His going would cause a deplorable gap;

And the village would suffer as heavy a slump

As it would from the loss of the old parish pump.


A HAPPY JUXTAPOSITION.

"CHEAPER MATCHES. | FRESH LIGHT ON THE KAISER'S PLOTS."
Daily Mirror.

From the report of a Royal investiture:—

"The first officer to mount the dais was Major ——, who wore the broad-brimmed slouch hat of the Austrian Infantry."
North China Daily News.

A souvenir, of course.