"The vessels are at present under construction by the Kawashi Dockyard Company, Limited, of Kobe, and realised from L42 to L42 per ton deadweight."--_Poverty Bay Herald_. A careful calculation will show that the average cost was almost exactly forty guineas. * * * * * "Several rhubord recipes have come in this week, so that the reader who esquired for recipe for rhubard jelly is supplied with this, and recipes for other rhubarb dainties as well."--_Edmonton Journal_ (_Canada_). If _John Gilpin_ were to "dine at Edmonton" (Canada) he would come in for some nice new vegetables. * * * * * A PLACE OF ARMS. [Inscribed by a humble member of the Inner Temple to the Benchers of his Inn.] I knew a garden green and fair, Flanking our London river's tide, And you would think, to breathe its air And roam its virgin lawns beside, All shimmering in their velvet fleece, "Nothing can hurt this haunt of Peace." No trespass marred that close retreat; Privileged were the few that went Pacing its walks with measured beat On legal contemplation bent; And Inner Templars used to say: "How well our garden looks today!" But That which changes all has changed This guarded pleasaunce, green and fair, And soldier-ranks therein have ranged And trod its beauty hard and bare, Have tramped and tramped its fretted floor Learning the discipline of War. And many a moon of Peace shall climb Above that mimic Field of Mars Before the healing touch of Time With springing green shall hide its scars; But Inner Templars smile and say: "Our barrack-square looks well today." Good was that garden in their eyes, Lovely its spell of long-ago; Now waste and mired its glory lies, And yet they hold it dearer so, Who see beneath the wounds it bears A grace no other garden wears. For still the memory, never sere, But fresh as after fallen rain, Of those who learned their lesson here And may not ever come again, Gives to this garden, bruised and browned, A greenness as of hallowed ground. O.S. * * * * * RANDOM FLIGHTS. BY MARCUS MACLEOD. (_With renewed acknowledgments to "The Skittish Weekly."_)