Recruit. "Excuse me, Sir, I feel greatly exhausted by this exercise."

Instructor. "Do you, dearie? What would you like to play at? Kiss-in-the-ring?"


"AIRMEN'S ORDEAL IN THE NORTH SEA.
FIVE DAYS ON A PIECE OF CHOCOLATE."

Continental Daily Mail.

Rather a precarious perch.


"'GIB.' SHELLS FALL IN MOROCCO.

Madrid.—Near Algeciras 20 shells fell from the batteries of Gibraltar. There were no victims, and no damage was caused. The authorities at Gibraltar have given satisfactory explanations."—Evening Paper.

Still, we should like to know the nature of the explosive that blew Algeciras across the Straits.