y then and there,
Heigh-o, fiddlededee!

And ever since that grievous hour,
Heigh-o, fiddlededee!
Ever since that grievous hour
When the lovely Lady was in their power
They've never put nobody in the Tower,
Heigh-o, fiddlededee!

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Flattery from the Front.

"I got your parcel quite undamaged, and it came at a time when we were
short of grub. I could have eaten a dead monkey, so your cake came in
very useful."

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"Major-General (Temporary General) Sir Hugh de la Poer Bough, K.C.B.,
whose name appears in the New Year list of honours as being promoted to
the rank of lieutenant-general, is a second cousin of Major-General
Hugh Sutlej Kough."--_Liverpool Echo_.

It is rumoured that he is also connected with that famous fighting family
the GOUGHS.

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A POSTSCRIPT.

(_Suggested by a later list of L. & N.W.R.
stations which have been closed._)

A further list of closured stations
Elicits further protestations.
Blank desolation, grim and stark,
Broods sadly o'er Carpenders Park,
And Friezland, as perhaps is meet,
Is suffering badly from cold feet.
The population of Rhosneigr
Is raging like a wounded tiger;
And those who used to book at Llong
Are using language, loud and strong,
While residents around Chalk Farm
Are filled with anguish and alarm.

N.B. In our anterior lay
One letter somehow went astray;
We therefore now apologise;
'Tis Aspley, and not Apsley, Guise.

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From an article on "Greece and Belgium":--

"King Tino has a black record of blood and treachery to answer, and to
compare his case with that of King Leopold is the blackest outrage of
all."--_Star_.

Personally we think that it were blacker still to compare his case with
that of KING ALBERT.

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[Illustration: "HI! BILL! DON'T COME DOWN THIS LADDER. I'VE TOOK IT AWAY."]

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THE LITTLE RIFT.

My wife and I are in perfect agreement about everything. We are like the
Allied Ministers who meet at Paris; we always "arrive at a complete
understanding" in all matters of policy. When strict economy was enjoined
upon us I moved my desk into the dining-room to save a fire. She made a
summer hat out of a bit o