earnest.

* * * * *

ON THE BOXING KANGAROO.

From SMITH and MITCHELL to a Kangaroo!!!
The "noble art" _is_ going up! Whilloo!
Stay, though! Since pugilist-man seems coward-clown,
Perhaps 'tis the Marsupial coming down!

* * * * *

[Illustration: FELINE AMENITIES.

"I'VE BROUGHT YOU SOME LACE FOR YOUR STALL AT THE BAZAAR, LIZZIE. I'M
AFRAID IT'S NOT QUITE OLD ENOUGH TO BE _REALLY_ VALUABLE. I HAD IT
WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL."

"OH, _THAT'S_ OLD ENOUGH FOR _ANYTHING_, DEAREST! HOW LOVELY! THANKS
SO _VERY_ MUCH!"]

* * * * *

"LE GRAND FRANÇAIS."

["With all his faults, M. DE LESSEPS is perhaps the most
remarkable--we may even say the most illustrious--of living
Frenchmen."--_The Times_.]