German Emperor born, 1859.

O welcome, pure-ey'd Faith, white-handed Hope,

Thou hovering angel, girt with golden wings.—Milton."


"If men well up in years would cultivate a habit of breathing properly and always holding themselves erect when walking and sitting, we would find fewer elderly people bent double when we do."—Daily Express.

Our gay contemporary has been caught bending on this occasion.


"He asked the Government not to muzzle the ox that laid golden eggs."—The Daily Argosy (Demerara).

It wasn't really an ox; it was a bull.