* * *

"A gale of great fury raged at Sheffield early on Tuesday morning. Much
damage was done in the city and outlying districts, a number of beings
being unroofed."--_Yorkshire Paper._

Several others have been noticed to have a tile loose.

* * * * *

"The welcome, amounting to an oration, which heralded the Prime
Minister, was the most remarkable feature of a very remarkable
occasion." _Daily Dispatch._

Is this quite kind to the subsequent speakers?

* * * * *

"By his colleagues at Bar he has been regarded as a sound lawyer, well
worthy of the high position which he had filled for little over two
hundred years."--_Englishman_ (_Calcutta_).

Lord HALSBURY must look to his laurels.

* * * * *

"Mr. Clement Wragge has prepared a special weather forecast for the
year 9117. His opinion is that the year will prove distinctly good."
_New Zealand Times._

We infer that, in Mr. WRAGGE's opinion, the War will be over by then.

* * * * *

The Minimum.

Extract from a letter just received from H.Q. in France:--

"C.O.'s will take care that all ranks know that they must never parade
before an Officer--Brigade, Regimental or Company--unless properly
dressed, wearing at least a belt."

* * * * *

"The few women on the platform were dressed quietly, as befitted the
occasion, the smartest person present being Mr. McKenna."--_Illustrated
Sunday Herald._

Our contemporary might have told us what he wore.

* * * * *

THE GOLFER'S PROTEST.

Among the shocks that laid us flat
When WILLIAM loosed his wanton hordes
There fell no bloodier blow than that
Which turned our niblicks into swords;
And O how bitter England's cup,
In what despair the order sunk her
That called her Cincinnati up
When busy ploughing in the bunker!

Even with those who stuck it out,
Bravely defying public shame,
Visions of trenches knocked about
Would often spoil their usual game;
Rumours of victory dearly bought,
Or else of bad strategic hitches,
Disturbed their concentrated thought
And put them off their mashie pitches.

Now comes a menace yet more rude
That puts us even further off;
It says the nation