England little suspected the game that the Pope has been playing. It turns out to be billiards.
His Holiness no doubt has his cue given him by one of the astutest Members of the College of Cardinals.
His aim, no doubt, is the old traditional one—to put the globe into his pocket.
Good Old English Pastime.
The Elizabethan age delighted in bear-baiting; and it seems not improbable that the reign of Victoria will witness a similar amusement. A formidable Russian bear has broken loose in the Danubian Principalities, and a large number of British bulldogs have been already collected to worry him, unless he speedily retreats into his den.
A MISTAKEN MEASURE.
A Strike is generally supposed to be another name for a Bushel. It is, however, a Sack, which certain workmen are so infatuated as to give themselves.