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ary offour did not attempt, diving PICTURESQUE FIGURE SOUTH CHINA for example. Ho makes this observation

on-

It pretende to en semble does this little frock and Щапарав it Vory cleverly with the jacket and reat effect in front. At the back a straight line broken by a sot in belt is most at-. tractive. Dark brown silk falls with modo georgetto, pleated, for vest, collar and cuffs, and a gold and brown. woven bolt, make the frock.

THE PARROT AND THÉ BISHOP.

Admiral Bacon's Lively Yarns.

I have never known of a caso of sharks Attacking divorm, but ootopi occasionally twine round their loga. The proper treatment for so "hostile an act is for the diver to put his hand inside the octopus'e mouth, soize his internal organs and turn him 'inside out. I belloye this quite defeats the animal, and that his suckors roloase at once.”

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AFTER THE SLAVERS. One the greatest stories which Sir Reginald relates is of the salving days of the Navy, A gunboat was sent to an African station by the Admiral, and as alavers captured moant much prize money the commandor was) given orders, making him: in- dependent of any other ship that| ho might moot!,

...

While he was waiting for a slavor to put to sea a sailing brig arrived, and her captain, who was senior to the commander of the gunboat, ardored him to weigh and proceed to sea..

Whon the time of sailing had passed and tho gunboat showed no sign of moving, the brig open-" ed fire, the gunboat returned it, and there, in a river on the weat coast of Africa, within the momory of man, two British warships fought an action. After a short time the brig weighed and went out to sea, and was never heard of again. Probably she was capsized in a tornado,

This is a.recant portait of Raisuli, the Moroccan tribe. chief, whose death is reported by Reuter.

DR. SUN AND PRESIDENT. YUAN.

"Looking back over the hap penings of the last 30 years,' writes the author," I am forcod] A STAMP ISSUE RECALLED. to the conclusion that to boa King or Queen is to join the

Mr. Fred J. Melville, the well- most dangerous calling in the known writer on philatelic topics world. I have had the honour refors in the Daily Telegraph to of being presented to 22 Kings Dr. Sun Yat-sen's one appearance and Queens, and out of these on the postage stamps of China, five have been murdered and four and the delicate etiquette of the doposed in other words, nearly Oriental which made it necos- 25 per cent. have diod througsary to give China two issues, violence, besides those forcible each of twelve denominations, at deposed."

the same time.

Most, men have at least one dog story.

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This is Sir Reginald's :-

11.

After the Republic had heen proclaimed in 1913, the Imperial A retriever, a great friend of with Republican overprints until stamps, he says, were marked the family, and qvon & greater new stamps could be engraved friend of the cat, was one day and printed. The new stamps. Admiral Sir Reginald Bacon's out walking with them and came in November, 1912, and book of reminiscenees," A Naval frisking ahead when suddenly he bore portraits of Dr. Sun Yat-sen Scrap Book" (Hutchinson) is came to heal and walked quietly, and President Yuan Shi-Kai. It brimful of first-class stories. refusing all efforts to make him would have raised fine points of The first page contains a brief play. On arrival home, thinking precedence if they had been. masterpiece:

that he must be ill they followed portrayed together on each "My mother's great grand-him to the stable, where they stamp, or on alternate values in mother was the wife of the saw him go straight up to the the series. So two complete sets Governor of Sumatra in the times cat, open his mouth, when out wore made, a full set with each. when relations between England jumped a mouse, which the cat portrait; the frame design is BY and Franco were strained

to promptly caught. He must have similar for each, but there is a walked at least & mile with the subtle distinction in the Bars of mouse alive in his mouth."

wheat which embellish the frame.

their utmost limit.

"On one occasion when her busband was upcountry with his

BRITISH troops a French frigate anchored

off the fort., Not knowing whether the two countries wore

ALEXANDRA DAY.

On the Sun Yat-sen sorios the care of whaat, are unripa, sug- gesting his part in sowing the

London will celebrate Alexan-seed of revolution and bringing it at peace or war, the lady grasped dra Day on Wednesday, June 10, to its successful issue. The

WORKMEN firmly, ked the Arrangements are in hand for the wheat is rips on the President's

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captain to lunch, then called organization of the collections in series, marking the fruition of dinner, dressed all the women' in Greater London. Last year over the revolution in the establish- their husbands uniforms and £40,000 was collected. The roses ment of the Republic: dotted them about on the which make London gay on this:

ramparts outside the range of annual occasion: are made by

accurate vision.

***During dinner she mada them *roll .caske of

cripples. They have been famil iar to us since 1912, when Alex- stones andra Day was inaugurated in overhead, which noiso he honour of Queen Alexandra and explained was made by the for the benefit of hospitals and artillery exercising at gun drill."

charities. The French captain thought the adventure too risky and

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LONGEVITY

A letter has appeared in the E. A perfect story in the fewest Times, from Colonel R. possible words is that ofthe Crompton, R. E., calling attention captain who always took off his to a remarkable longevity shown uniform to read his Bible, since in in the obituary column of the uniform he could recognize no issue of March 2. Out of 18 per- higher authority than himself" sons over 77 years of age, 11 men A. soft answer that did not turn and seven women give unitod away wrath was that given by a ages of 1,534 years, or an average Captain Heneage at naval in-

of 85 years per person. Of these, the four oldest, two men and "Why did you not starboard two women, averaged 9411⁄2 years. your holm?" he was asked. In The six oldest averago 02 years, slightly mincing tones came the and the 12 oldest average 88 reply: "If I had boạn... whore years.

quiry.

I was not, and I had, soony,

that which "I did not see, then is... within the le-

it

amits of possibility

. that I might have done... that which

I did not dol"

· HARD TO BELIEVE. The Bishop and the swearing parrot is another good one. After one particularly violent outbraak of oursing the Bishop took the bird from his perch and swung him. at the full length of his arm -several times with the idea of teaching him A lesson. The bird seemed dazed for a second or two, then cooked bis head, oyed the Bishop, and said:

'. “There's a-óf a—59a running

again to-day, mate ?"

Bidshipmon had a good deal to put up with in those remote daya. One of their chief bugboars wAS the examinations..

I calculated that while in the

Navy I had to pass 67 examinat-

DAILY HUMOUR,

ions, surely enough to try the "IT IS NOT MY HABIT TO

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fempor of any boy, g

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