"Now," she said, when she had finished attaching it, "let's take the dogs for a walk, just to the end of the road. This parcel contains things that are dangerous to the public welfare, doesn't it? Very well, then, I shall make sure that it's taken into safe custody by the nearest policeman." "Look here, Elizabeth," I said firmly, "I'll have nothing to do with your silly ass tricks. If we draw blood from the police----" "Oh, that'll be all right," she remarked cheerfully as we reached the end of the road. "We shan't wait to explain. Quick! There _is_ a policeman coming! Here's the parcel. Put it down just at the bottom of the letter-box." As I stooped with it, "He won't get hurt," said Elizabeth. "He'll open it too gingerly to cut himself. He'll think it's a bomb." "Why?" said I. And then first I saw the writing on the label. It said, VOTES FOR WOMEN. * * * * * Illustration: "OLE BILL YONDER'S GOT A JOB. THINKS HE'S GOIN' TO SET THE THAMES ON FIRE." "NOT 'IM; 'E TAKES 'ARF A BOX O' MATCHES TO LIGHT A WOODBINE." * * * * * "IPSWICH ELECTION RESULT. WORDS AND MUSIC OF 'DON'T YOU MIND IT, HONEY.'" _"Reynolds" poster._ This has cheered Mr. MASTERMAN up a good deal. * * * * * "He left to his eldest son to devolve as an heirloom his picture by Velasquez of a girl with a bird on her finger and a boy and a basket of limes and L500 to the Foundling Hospital."--_Times._ No doubt the Hospital will be grateful for its three legacies. * * * * * A GREAT OCCASION. As was anticipated by the promoters of the tercentenary celebration of the discovery of Logarithms, to be held next July, the application for tickets has been overwhelming. The Albert Hall, Olympia, and the White City, each of which in turn was selected for the place of meeting, have been successively abandoned as inadequate, and it has now been decided to roof in the whole of Hyde Park. Even with the huge amount of accommodation thus available it is feared that many millions will have to be turned away. Excursion trains will be run from all parts, and the advanced bookings are already said to have eclipsed the record for the Cup Final. The whole period of the celebration will be regarded as a public holiday, and the Stock Exchange will be closed. Some idea of the entertaining character of the festival will be gathered from the following abstracts from the preliminary programme, a copy of which we have had the privilege of inspecting. The ceremony will open to the strains of Sir EDWIN ELGAR'S _Logarithmic Symphony_, composed specially for the occasion. Among the papers to be read in the course of the proceedings we note: "State-aided Logarithms," by Mr. LLOYD GEORGE. "SHAKSPEARE'S indebtedness to the Logarithm," by Sir SIDNEY LEE. "The Logarithm in relation to Federal Home Rule," by Mr. F. S. OLIVER.