_The Pall Mall Gazette_ for April 22, 1887, contained a Political Parody, entitled “Jubilee Coercion Bill, No. 87.” It was profusely illustrated by F. C. G., and without these illustrations the letterpress would read flat and dull, especially as the fun of calling Goschen, Chamberlain and Caine, “_Rats_,” however true it may have been in 1887, is pretty well exhausted by this time. The parody concludes with a portrait of _John Bull_ waving a Home Rule flag, under him are the following lines:―― This is the Farmer who’ll blow his horn――(_John Bull._) When he hears the Cock that’ll crow one morn,――(_Justice to Ireland._) And rouse John Morley shaven and shorn, That stands by the Peasant tattered and torn, That loves poor Erin all forlorn, That cheers the Bull with a lofty scorn,――(_Sir W. V. Harcourt._) That tosses the Pup,――(_Lord R. Churchill._) That snaps at the Cat,――(_W. E. Gladstone._) That’ll kill the Rats,――(_Goschen and Chamberlain._) That swallow the Stuff, That lay in the Bill The Tories built. ―――― During the trial in America of the action for Crim. Con. brought by Mr. Tilton against the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, a well known journalist, Mr. W. A. Croffat, published a parody in the _New York Daily Graphic_ called “The House that Bowen Built,” but it would be of no interest to English readers. ―――― SCHOOL BOARD VERSION OF THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT. This is the domiciliary edifice erected by John. This is the fermented grain which was deposited in the domiciliary edifice erected by John. This is the obnoxious vermin that masticated the fermented grain which was deposited in the domiciliary edifice erected by John. This is the domesticated creature of the feline tribe that completely annihilated the obnoxious vermin that masticated the fermented grain which was deposited in the domiciliary edifice erected by John. This is the sagacious scion of the canine genus who disturbed the equanimity of the domesticated creature of the feline tribe which completely annihilated the obnoxious vermin that masticated the fermented grain which was deposited in the domiciliary edifice erected by John. This is the graminivorous female of the bovine race who with her curvilinear and corrugated protuberances considerably elevated into atmospheric space the sagacious scion of the canine genus who disturbed the equanimity of the domesticated creature of the feline tribe that completely annihilated the obnoxious vermin that masticated the fermented grain which was deposited in the domiciliary edifice erected by John. * * * * *