'Gin pituitary bodies,

With awakened eye,

Meet with humble hoddy-doddies—

Smaller human fry—

Cries and kissing both are missing

When they're passing by,

And the astral demi-god is

Comin' thro' the rye.


OUR COLLOQUIAL CONTEMPORARIES.

"Repeated charges by Turkish cavalry resulted in only a slight gain of ground at the expense of heavy osses."—Daily News.