UN DUEL DE CAFÉ-CONCERT.
MM. Boxe et Coxe.
M. le Général Boxe. "Savez-vous vous Battre?"
M. Coxe (homme d'état). "Non!"
M. le Général Boxe. "Eh bien, alors! Allons-y-donc!"
(Translation.—"Can you fight?" "No!" "Then come on!")
Jest in Earnest.
(What might have happened.)
Monday.—The Fleets started on their manœuvres. Before leaving, the Ironclads ran down, accidentally, all the unarmoured vessels in the harbour.