the Editor tora 8 little joko joke the proprietors ot of the scotsman had once to pay damages because their famous editor alexander russell ll in a leading article called some local celebrity a serpent As the calling of 0 bad names is illegal in scotland russell had practically no defense yet lie ho made a fight and on biln being s worsted lie he went straight back to his office to attack the triumphant serpent ber pent anew on his bis arrival by a singular accident lie he found on his table a pamphlet which the serpe serpent uV had bad just issued this pamphlet then he be proceeded to make the subject of a leading article and in it he presently noticed certain statistics which 60 somehow were all wrong in their additions so he be quoted tile the statistics pointed out their blunders and then wrote 14 thus if mr Is not a serpent he yet seems to be a particularly bail bad adder