"CHAPLAIN —— ASKS GUIDANCE FOR THE AUTHORITIES.

Prays that recent events may be prevented."—Baltimore News.

Surely this is asking too much.


"British troops in Macedonia are now in possession of Deltawah and Sindiyah, some thirty-five miles north of Bagdad, and of Falluyah on the Euphrates, thirty-six miles west of Bagdad."—Sunday Paper.

We know on Fluellen's authority that Macedon and Monmouth are very much alike; and so, it seems, is Mesopotamia.


BACK TO THE LAND.

The wintry days are with us still;

The roads are deep in liquid dirt;