LORD SALISBURY. "CAN YOU SUGGEST AN ENTRÉE FOR DINNER?"

M. LE PRÉSIDENT. "HOMARD AU GRATIN,—AND, BY THE WAY, HOW ABOUT NEWFOUNDLAND AND LOBSTER QUESTION?"

LORD SALISBURY. "NOT BY TELEPHONE, THANK YOU!!!"

[Telephone between London and Paris opened, Monday, March 23rd.]


SUFFERING ON THE "SILVER STREAK."


HANDS AS THEY ARE SHOOK.