* * * * * [Illustration: A CONSOLING THOUGHT. _Belated Traveller (surprised by a bull when taking a short cut to the station)._ "BY JOVE! I BELIEVE I SHALL CATCH THAT TRAIN AFTER ALL."] * * * * * "Alexander had his 'Plutarch' always under his pillow."--_British Weekly._ This must have been a very early edition. * * * * * "Colombo is suffering from an attack of rabies and there have been 38 cases reported so far. In the first six months of the year 1,300 days were destroyed."--_Singapore Free Press_. Let us hope that every day had its dog.