When London lads in battle bent Their bows beside the bows of Kent ('Tis told in many a gallant ditty) Their caps were tufted as they went With "London Pride" or "None-so-Pretty." Oh, London is what London was, And mighty food for pride she has; Her saints are wise, her sinners witty, And Picard clay and Flemish grass Are sweet with stars of "None-so-Pretty." * * * * * "SAMMIES." _À propos_ of the note in our issue of August 1st, a Correspondent suggests that the Americans might go into action to the tune of "Tommy make room for your Uncle." * * * * * "A Leghorn pullet, belonging to Mrs. G.R. Bell, of Coxhoe, Durham, has laid an egg 3-1/4 oz. in weight, 7-1/2 in. in diameter, and 6-1/4 in. in circumference."--_Scotch Paper._ Most interesting and novel, but very disconcerting to the mathematicians. * * * * * "The procession was headed by the choristers and songmen, and included the surplus clergy and the Very Rev. the Dean." _Yorkshire Herald._ No support here, you will note, for the recent suggestion that Deans are superfluous. * * * * * [Illustration: THE FAILURE OF THE FILM-THRILL. PATIENTS FROM THE LATEST PUSH AT THE PICTURES.] * * * * * DUELLING EXTRAORDINARY. The contemplated single-stick encounter between Colonel ARCHER-SHEE and Mr. PEMBERTON-BILLING recalls to mind a ludicrous affair which actually happened some years ago in a foreign city which I will here call Killemalivo. Mr. Alec McTavish, a Briton many years resident in that fair capital and editor of the only English newspaper, had taken up stout verbal cudgels on behalf of the Americans, who had been viciously attacked in the columns of a local "daily." The United States of the North, in its capacity of "special" to the entire American continent, comes in for plenty of abuse when a new revolution is about to be perpetrated. The strife had waxed fast and furious and eventually had taken on a personal tone, the editor of _La Muera_ accusing the editor of the English paper of being "that lowest of all living things--a Texan." It will be remembered that in times gone by the State of Texas decided to desert its Latin parents and roost under the shadow of the eagle's wing, thereby earning for itself prosperity and an evil reputation--in certain quarters. McTavish's editorial reply was a gem of satire and displayed an intimate knowledge of the antecedents of the rival editor. At that time duelling was still prevalent, and it was not many days before the editorial sanctum of _The Tribune_ was honoured by the visit of two officers in full-dress uniform.