With rag and metal polish

The dirt we must demolish;

Still, still, with toil-bowed figure,

Among the grates we grub;

Still, still, with vim and vigour,

'Tis ours to scour and scrub.

CURTAIN.


A TALE OF A COINCIDENCE.

"Coincidences," said the ordinary seaman, "are rum things. Now I can tell you of a rum un that happened to me."