This the gas oxygen――that you cannot see Which proportions with iron in atoms three, To make the chemical of formulæ O₃ Fe₂. That combines in atoms of twenty-eight times two, To form the ore, gathered out of the pit, Which was melted in a furnace, blazingly lit, That made the iron “carbonised” and clean, Which was “blown” in the “converter” and “puddled” to steel, That made the metal properly “tempered” through, Which was put in the lathe, all polished and true, That finished the work, kept under-weighed, To complete the bicycle that Jack made. P. HOWELL. _Wheeling Annual._ 1885. ―――― This is the house that Tithe built; This is the landlord, healthy and lithe, That made the tenants under him writhe, That sent their servants to pay the tithe, That abused the parsons, all so blithe, That ruined the men that worked the scythe, That earned no cash, That obtained the meat That they had to eat, That parsons were sent, That lay in the house that Tithe built. LEXICON. _Truth._ September 30, 1886. A very long parody, entitled “_This is the House Sir John left!_” appeared in _Truth_, August 20, 1885. It had reference to the cruel custom of people leaving their town houses with their dogs, cats, and other domestic pets improperly cared for during their absence. ―――― These are the Michelstown Murders. These are the constables brutal and base That committed the Michelstown Murders. This is the party that, clinging to place, Will back up the constables brutal and base That committed the Michelstown Murders. This is the bloody undying disgrace Attached to the party that, clinging to place, Will back up the constables brutal and base That committed the Michelstown Murders. This is the callous, insensible brute That ordered his men to be “ready to shoot,” Who shares in the bloody, undying disgrace Attached to the party that, clinging to place, Will back up the constables brutal and base That committed the Michelstown Murders. * * * * * These are the Radicals sturdy, with votes, Who very soon down the Conservative throats Will cram all the lies that the cowardly crew Unblushingly utter to carry them through―― Will kick out the callous, insensible brute That ordered his men to “be ready to shoot,” Who shares in the bloody undying disgrace Attached to the party that, clinging to place, Will back up the constables brutal and base That committed the Michelstown Murders. D. EVANS. _The Weekly Dispatch._ October 2, 1887. ―――― This is the Toy That was packed in the hamper Truth sent