I do not expect to be believed, but it is a solemn fact that within a fortnight two more bearers of my name moved into the village. One was a cowman, and the other a maiden lady, so that at the present moment there are four of us all opening or rejecting each other's letters. The thing is absurd. One might as well be named Smith right away. I don't mind the cowman, but the maiden lady is a large order. I have, as I say, lived in this place for some time--at least six years--and she moved into The Laurels only ten days ago, but when she came round this morning with an opened telegram that was not meant for her, she had the maiden--ladylikehood to remark how awkward it was when other people had the same name as herself. "There should," she said, "never be more than one holder of a name in a small place." I had no retort beyond the obvious one that I got there first; but I hope that the cowman henceforth gets all her correspondence and delays it. He is welcome to mine so long as he deals faithfully with hers. * * * * * "Balakn Centre has shifted." _Toronto Mail_. So we observe. MR. PUNCH'S POTTED FILMS. THE WILD WEST DRAMA. THE ROSEBUD OF GINGER'S GULCH. [Illustration: The Green-Eyed Monster.] [Illustration: On the Trail.] [Illustration: "He has left his pocket-handkerchief, and he has a cold in the head. I must take it to him."] [Illustration: "You have five seconds more to live."] [Illustration: In the nick of time.] [Illustration: "Darling!"] [Illustration: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING YOUNG. Office-Boy engaging a suitable Employer.] * * * * * NEWS FROM KIEL. (_By our Naval Expert._) An interesting little item of news in the daily papers of last Wednesday may have escaped notice. It appears that the German Liners which have been laid up in New York harbour for the last eighteen months have discovered that their magnetic deviation has been affected. This is the explanation of the recent movement in the harbour, when all the German ships were turned round so as to readjust their compasses. The special significance of this information is to be found by taking it in conjunction with the recent puzzling reports of movements of the German High Seas Fleet. It will be remembered that the Fleet was represented in an enemy official report (with the customary exaggeration) as sweeping out into the North Sea. That was not readily believed, but it was generally felt that there must be something in it, especially as all manner of rumours of naval activity kept coming through from Scandinavia about the same time. Our naval experts in this country were quite at a loss, but to-day the riddle is solved. What was happening was that the High Seas Fleet was _turning round_.