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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2643, 28 June 1877, Page 2

A Lesson in Dbiving."— He was a young man in a claret-colou:e'] sleigh, a fur bat, and.swell robes, and he was driving a clipped horse at a slashing pace on Beacoa s'a-:et. Confident in the speed of his trotter, he paid no aiten+'.on.to the mounted policeman who pursued him, but to his astonishment the officer overhauled him, and fuming his" horse across the road stopped the clipped steed short, whereupon the drive? looked up at him with a smile that was childlike and bland, and said: " Thank you, officer, I have been trying.to stop that horse for the last 15 minutes, but I couldn't handle him." And the " cop " smiled, too, but grimly, and responded: " Young man, when you have driven around to the police station with me, you will be able to hold that horse with two fingers." And he was.— American papers.

The Kofnd of the Studios.—Esthetic Party (to child of the house)—" Tell me, little boy, was it your father who painted this exquisite copy of one of Luca Signorelli's most exquisite masterpieces ?" Child of the House (in great-trepidation) <—-"800-hoo-00-oo—I want nursey!"— Punch.