Stranger. "Oh, no. I'm the new tax-collector."


"We published yesterday a protest from an eminent correspondent against the appointment of a British Ambassador to Berlin. We understand, nevertheless, that Lord D'Abernon has been selected for the appointment."—Times.

Sir William Orpen is already at work, we understand, on a picture for next year's Academy, entitled "David defying the Thunderer."


VANISHED GLORY.

(The Life-tragedy of a Military Wag.)

Time was I rocked the crowded tents

With laughter loud and hearty,

Librettist to the regiment's