And see what he has done for France!

Peste on this Panama affair!

Egyptian sands sucked not our savings

As did those swamps. Still I can't bear

To see him suffer. 'Midst my cravings

For la revanche, I'd fain not touch

Our Greatest Frenchman—'tis too much!


SHORT AND SWEET.

["The Young Ladies of Nottingham have formed a Short-skirt League."—Daily Graphic.]