Congratulations, then, to him

And to ourselves in equal shares.

But stranger paradox than this

Most surely there has never been,—

We send a most distinguished man,

Yet only put a Duffer in!


THE BISHOP AND THE SEA-SERPENT.

["The Bishop of Adelaide, in writing to a colonial friend, states that while riding along the sea-beach he came across a dead sea-serpent, about 60 feet in length.... The Bishop describes his 'find' as the most peculiar animal he has ever seen."—Daily Paper.]

The Bishop saw the Serpent