"He pulled out a plum, And said, 'What a brave boy am I.'" --Now he is happy. He has realized his fondest hopes. The blue-bottle has no tickle for him now. He was Frawnce and he has licked Proossia. There is nothing left but the plate, and his teeth are not hard enough for that. * * * * * "Hooray for the Impurrur!" The ardor with which our Milesian element embraces the cause of France furnishes a puzzle for many thoughtful minds; and yet its solution is simple. In planning a passage of the Rhine, LOUIS NAPOLEON proposes to BRIDGET. That's all. * * * * * A Roland for his Oliver. OLIVER DYER, of the _Sun_, is the original "Dyer Necessity that knows no law." * * * * * OUR PORTFOLIO. And now comes to light another divorce case in Chicago. Mrs. HUGG sues Mr. HUGG for a decree _e vinculo matrimonii_. If there is anything in a name, no one will gainsay the observation that if hugging has lost its charm, Mrs. HUGG is the last person to make a fuss about it. She took her HUGG with a full knowledge of the circumstances, and it is contrary to public policy and good morals that her plea of "hugged out" should enable her to obtain the remedy which she seeks. In France they do not wait for the completion of the years of adolescence to dub a scion of the royal family with the title of "man." The Prince Imperial, prior to his departure for the wars, was presented at Court as the "first gentleman" of France. For a youth of fourteen he is said to have gone through the trying ceremonies with great credit until directed by his mamma to dance with a venerable female of noble blood, just as he was about to lend a beautiful American miss through the mazes of a Schottische. The son of his father took one glance at the ancient dame, and one at the lovely creature beside him, and then set up a right royal blubber of disappointment. "Remember, my son," said EUGENIE, "you are a man now, and men never cry." "Oh! mamma," sighed the afflicted Prince, "let me be a boy again, rather than dance with _cette vieille_ yonder!" Alas! for the ambition of monarchs, who put forward their beardless progeny to do the deeds of men, and to suffer with men's fortitude, when they are more fit to be puling in a nurse's arms, or unravelling silk skeins for some maid of honor. * * * * * THE WATERING PLACES. Punchinello's Vacations.