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The Nero-sully lot a New [Kc-formation Ber Forth. The first impressions of our senses are often wrong. To all appearances the sun rises in the east, the earth is flst,a.nd when a stick is put into a. glass 0t water it seems crooked. But. as a. matter of fact. the earth moves and not the sun ; the [armor is not flat, and the stick does not become crooked by being immersed. It is this incompleteness of the sense of sight which is the secret of the sleightot-hand performer and oftentimes of the spiritual- istio medium: B_ut we make quite as 1dr..- __.. Lnk:‘n luuu Luau-unu- u _. absurd mistakes in our dress and habits. Many people brush their teeth in the morning. ten or twelve hours after they have partaken of food, yet clearly the proper time to cleanse the teeth is after a. meal. otherwise the operation is performed for beautifying and not for cleansing the teeth. Then our olothing is yer)! ‘ebsurd. In this __A A .11--..”‘1- n-n .LHUIJ VII- w-v-â€"-â€"u _ climate. where throetena lung diseases are particularly prevalent, we expose the throat to the cold mght air yith yum alight protec- _I_. :_ 41.. in" W Dun wsu sup...- vuâ€" “-vâ€" ., - , u _ tion. while we cover it securely in the day- time. Women, who suffer from eatarrhs ‘ and colds in the head. wear hats which are purely ornamental and afford no protec- tion. They put warm clothing over the body and are generally insufiiciently clad ' about the limbs. The weight of their clothes is on the hips instead of on the j shoulders, which has a tendency to aggra- j vate all the diseases uliar to the sex. ; Instead of wearing s ass to protect the ‘ feet, high-heeled abominations are worn which cripple the movements and plague the wearers with bunions and come. Un- doubtedly, the blouse is the most sensible garment worn by many members of the human race. It protects the neck and chest as well as the back; it does not impede motion, and is as useful for work, as it can be made ornamental for cere- monious occasions. The Chinese.Japanese and the European workmen who use the blouse have a great advantage in the way of health and comfort over people who affect the coat and vest. Herodotus, the father of history, in a well known cha ter which is hardly quotable in a mo em periodical, tells of the different ways in which certain things were done by the Egyptians as compared .with the Greeks. The contrast was amusing, but the habits of the modern man and woman are often as opposed to the ways of common sense as were the contrastingpractices of the Greeks and Egyptians in the time of Herodotus. Oxenstern, the famous Swedish chancellor, who told his son to go forth and see with how little wisdom the world was governed, might have passed the same criticism upon the clothing and habits of the great mass of mankind. In all the animal creation sleep follows feeding, and in warm coun- tries people take a siesta after a meal; but the modern man and‘woman dash from the dinner table to the theatre, ball. or club, and bring all their powers‘of mind to hear at a time when, the process of diges- tion and assimilation is going on. Indeed, considering the wilful errors we commit in diet, attire and general habits. can we not all sympathize with the man who said he‘, believed in the doctrine of Metempsychoa sis, for he could distinctly remember the Only 5 smile Item 3 friendly lace 0n the busy street that day I _ Forgotten as soon as given. perhaps- A‘ the donor went her way. . But straight to my heart it went speedmg To glld the clouds that were there. And 1 team! that o! sunshine and life's Only a mule thet vol Ivan me In the crowded Itree one day I Buc n placed the gloom o! my uddened been Lure e sudden euuheem'e ny. The shadow of doubt hung over me, And me burden 0! pen) I bore, , And the voice of hope I could not hear Though I listened o‘er and o‘er. But more came a rut In the crowd about And a face that I knew passed [Yer And the smile I caughfi was brigh to me Then the blue 013 summer eky. For it gave me back on suuahine. And scattered each sombre thought, And my heart rejoiced In the kin in “numb Which that kindly smile had mug n. tithe when he was an ass. T115 uniformity of toilet which has now become the fashion in London and Paris owes its origin t9 the_ Qneen 70f ‘Italy. At . Ag .._-..-.L “ch Inn Vllalu '- u..- i-” a. special ball got up (0; Bar on her 'recent visit. to Vienna, the young beauties of that. graceful c‘agita‘l all wore white in her A J: ....... :1-nnn11 nnfirnlv BIWUIUI Uuynw- w. honor, and she herself was draped entirely . in white satin. trimmed with silver gauze. ‘ looped with gardenias. and set ‘ oh by strings of the seed pearl. which is the latest fashionable revival. The white Austrian uniform. too. chimed in appro riately. So in remem- brance of the comp imentQueen Marguerite. at the first ball on her return. made it known that her fair guests were to imitate the beauties of the Austrian capital. And so at the latest balls in London and Paris the ”uniform toilet" is the rage, andladies are expected to ap ear in some stated tint. The Princess of ales was once almost as tasteless in dress as her mother-in-law. Even yet her example of screening a neck of rather lengthy proportions has given a ridiculous habit of muflling in England to many of the {short {and most apo letic of dames. But the visits of this 0 arming lady to Paris have gradually developed a genuine fine taste. and the Princess of Wales is fast becoming as much of a sovereign dictator in dress as Eugenie was. When last in Paris she appeared almost always in black. It is the fashionable color of the moment. and, with the quan~ tit of lace worn, transforms Parisian la ies almost into Castilian demos of the sixteenth century. when Spain was under the severe influence of the gloomy Philip II. The Princess usually wears pearls and cat's‘eyes, which the superstitious suppose bring good luck I algoT'xIfi'ght take my share. ‘1! It" (3031MON RI ISTAKfll. uuuwu 4-.- M'vvv' -_- -,, citizens of Scott County. Tenn., who was drowned on Saturday, while attempting to ford the Emory River. was the original of Mark Twain’s Colonel Sellers. He was a aohoolmate and personal friend of Mr. Clemons. A prudent. theatrical company tele- graphed to Springfield. Mesa. to earn it they would be safe from small-pox in that city. The City Physician replied: " Our patient} are all eafely lodged in the hospi- A- -1 n.-.“ ain't: on nttnnd vnnr urapucu w URI-lu’uv-w' Fm, , they would be safe from smell-pox in that city. The City Physician replied: “ Our patients are all safely lodged in the hospi- tal. and none of them care to attend your performance." Julian F. SoottLoueA of flue best. known Fashion's Frollcl. only 3 Me. blue A. linen-cal Io Tumult Sun“ a: the Tclrfihouo Doo- Sounds. When the telephone was first pro and many scoffed at the idea 0! truism ttiug sound by means of a wire and a battery. Later It was proposed by a European eleo. trioian toendeavor to transmit scenes in the same way. and this idea was met by even a wider inoredulity.‘ ForL the past --_ mn- A even I wwv; luvswm-v . -V- -,_- ., J three em experiments have been mule toattmn this eud,but with the exce tion of those of Mr. Sheltord Bidwe l. a. London engineer, they have been unsuc- cessful. At the_reo_e_nt electrigal exposition HUD-lull LIV Iuv -vvvâ€"v â€"â€"_v at Paris Mr. Bidwell exhibited an iifgenious instrument which he calls a dioscope. The apparatus consists of a small objective lens fixed so as to command the object or scene of which an impression is to be submitted. This lens'is connected by a wire with a small white glass plate. Total darkness having been obtained in the room furnished with a dioscope. it is claimed that a perfect reproduction of the image shown in the lens will be produced on the glass. The distance is immaterial. So far. all that has been accomplished with this instrument has been to make visible several letters of the alphabet. Still, the more enthusiastic claim that the time is not ”far distant when the owner of a tele- phone supplemented by a dioeeope can spend the evening at the opera in his dressing-gown and slippers, seated in his easy chair, with one eye and one ear closed. Mr. Edison was found at the ethos of ths_Edison Electric Light __ “-1.! ,_.A.__ -..A van-Aw Company, at No. 65 Fifth avenue, and in repl to a question asto what he thought of the ioscope, said : “The ready imagina- tion of the'Frenoh has tinctured most that has ap ared in the papers regarding Mr. Bidwe l's invention, but I must admit that he attained whatever success he claimed for his instrument. Still not enough is promised to justify the wild rumors that prevail in some quarters. In turning sound into electricity you are able to move matter. but to turn light into electricity is a very difl‘erent thing, especially as it would be necessary to transmit all the hues of a picture or a scene of an opera. Still it is not an unreasonable lan nor one impossible - of accomp ishment. But should it succeed, what good would it do? It has no commercial value, but is merely a luxury. Until satisfied that it can dosome‘ good I am unwilling to tackle such a thing,‘ but so soon as I am convinced, that it can be useful I shall want nothing better.” Mr. L. E. Curtis, the Secretary of the United States Electric Light Company, who has just returned from the electrical congress in Paris, says that there wereagreat many electrical tOys exhibited which showed a great ingenuity in construction, but were of no real or permanent value. and thinks the diosoope must have belonged to this class. He did not see the dioscope, nor has he read any account of it inthe records of the 1 r, mun--- LL-‘ :9» LDOKINH THROUGH A WIRI- any wkuuv v- -- -_ -_- 7, congress, and is inclined. to believe that it has not attracted much attention among electriciana.â€"New York World. THE death is announced by cable of Sir Richard Melina, the well-known legal authority. He was born in 1805. was eduâ€" cated at Cambridge. and was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1830 ; became Q. C. and Bencher of Lincoln’s Inn in 1849. and was first returned for Wallinglord in the Conservative interest in July, 1852. He was re-eleoted in March, 1857, and in April, 1859, but lost his sent at the general elee- tion in July, 1865. He was appointed a. Vice-Chancellor December 4th. 1866. and was knighted February 2nd, 1867. n.- u..â€" W-°,, , Sssuoa Waassn, the originator of the Wagner Palace Car. which has contributed so much to make railway travelling oom- fortable. was one of the victims of the rail- way catastrophe on the New York Central on Friday night. He had a most remark- able career. Born of humble parentage he managed to mount to wealth and position and his success was achieved by courage and determination. His parents were Germans and he was born at Palatine Bridge. Montgomery county, N. Y. State. in 1817., Educated in the common schools he was a mere boy when he was appren- ticed to his brother James, who was a waggon and carriage builder. After this he became a station agent on what was then knownas the Utioa ' Schenectady Rail- road. He had considerable inventive faculty and while he was station agent he made several improvements in railroading devices. He invented several systems for sleeping and drawing room cars, the result of which was the Wagner Bleeping Car Company. of which he was President. In this way he acquired a large fortune. As a legislator, he was also a success, having been in public life for the last 12 years. At the time oiohis death he was 64. Mn. JONAS Cmmrr, one of the pioneers of Upper Canada , and a. veteran of 1812, died at his son’s residence yesterday (Sunday), in his 93rd year. He was born on the banks of the Hudson, New York, and came to the wilderness of Upper Canada. with his father, a U. E. loyalist, when 4 years old. At the close of the war of 1812 he settled in Thurlow, near the site of the present city of Belleville. His life wasoharaoterized by_g_rent energyand industry ; and in the - 14.4.“ _...1 Al... “pantinn n' by great energy and industry ; mm m um cultivation of his farm and the erection of his mill he oontributedlargely in his day to create the prosperity of the County of Hastings and the city of Belleville. Few men stood so high for sterling integrity and upright Christian character. The last three‘ years of his life have been passed in Toronto with his son, where he died. His remains W1“ be removed to Belleville for interment. A Toronlo Judge Finn n Counsel 8100. In the Probert insanity case, heard by Judge Mackenzie yesterday afternoon, a slight breeze resulted between the Bench 1 and Mr. Mur hy. counsel for l’robert. The judge claimet that the counsel had insulted the court by stating thathe would appeal the decision against the defendant to a higher court“ A fine of 8100 and commitment to jail was imposed on Mr. Murphy. but after ‘ some e§planation on his part. sentence was revoked: During tho last few days tho eruption of Mount Vesuvius has assumed largo!I pro- portions. Copious streams of lava flow in an easterly direction. It. is noteworthy that this increased activity was preceded by sensiblo sismio agitation of tho sml in the neighboring provinces. Deaths of Noted Men. Prof. Davidson. 0! the Scottish ere Church. denies that the book 0! Job is the oldest la the world. He thinks it was written between the time of David and the return from exile. The Mutinmas rents on the Duke of Arav‘l'n Inmnmv estate were collected OUUuuuu uuc n-uv~.v-â€" w sion, the petitioning for which ie,of course, a mere form. Said London Truth: “ The Home Seers- tary would do well to inquire into the ease of Mardonia McLean, a girl of 12. who was sentenced last week at Lewis (Hebrides) by the Sheriff Substitute to ten days’ imprison- ment and three years in a reformatory. for having stolen a. pair of stockings, this being her first offence. This seems very hard upon the child, and» by no means satisfac- tory to the ratepayers." The sentence of three years in the reformatory was after- wards cancelled by order of Sir Wm. Har- court. vv u- '- The annual meeting of the Federation of Celtic Societies was held in Perth lately. at which Dr. Cameron, M.P., and Professor Blackie were present. Both speakerscalled attention to the land agitation in Scotland, making particular allusion to the eviction of orofters in the Highlands. Resolutions. asking that in any land reform that takes place the Highland orofter should have a permanent interestin the soil he cultivates, that Gaelic should be taught in the schools and that the franchise should be extended to the crofters, were agreed to. A most extraordinary instance. says a Glasgow paper, of the length to which boy- cotting operations can be carried has just cometo light. David Garey, Scotch steward on the Rostellan estate of Mr. Frank Wire, owing to family affliction. committed suicide. Mr. Garey was very much respected. but during his sojourn at Ros- tellan had the misfortune to be unpopular with a certain section. He was to have _-.--. IrAL A I‘_4- u: Inn» twp-â€" ~â€"----__. been interred in Middleton, ,but a large crowd collected, and swore that having committed suicide he shouldnot be interred on Irish soil. His remains were then con- veyed by another course. guarded by police, and Were buried at Douglas. The will of a recently deceased Dum- frieshire laird has been causing consider- able discussion in the south of Scotland. The testator seems to have been a most ee- oentric person, for, a few months before his death, he threw a parcel to his forester which contained stock to the amount of £17,000. on which that fortunate servant is , now living in luxury. He, in the same} easy way, gave his comhman a check for‘ £3.000, his shepherd scrip for £13,000, and a check for £3,000 to the aforesaid shep- herd's brother. Shortly after he died, and on his willheing opened, it was found that the good luck of the shepherd was far from exhausted, as, except legacies of £6,000 each to the coachman and the brother, he was left the whole property, about £80,000. He now finds himself possessor of the es- tates on which he commenced his career as “ the wee herd lsddie," and in right there- of he has been appointed a Commissioner of Supply for the county. . LATEST SCOTTISH NEWS. This is how Oscar Wilde, the English wsthete. looked when he and his first new York audience made the acquaintance of each other : The post was tall, but modified his height to a due measure by rounding his shoulders. His hair, browu, waving and fliffy, was parted in the middle, and tell, like that in the pictures of Charles IL. to his shoulders. His face looked forth as between a set of soft window curtains, white. beardless, smiling and mild. The features were of .Irish, .much toned down, prominent, but not strong. The brow â€"the little triangular area to be seen of it, that isâ€"was wholly placid and unmarked, and the eyebrows were neat. delicate and arched, of the sort coveted by woman. He wore a swallow-tailed coat of the ordinary pattern, a white waistcoat, low cut and double-buttoned, a pair of black knee-breaches, black silk stockings and low ; counter shoes. His broad expanse of shirt‘ front was punctured in the exact centre by a diamond stud, and a fine handkerchief was thrust negligently in between it and his waistcoat. A ribbon and seal dangled below the latter garment. His collar turned down, not very wide and not out very low. and a white silk tie was evenly knotted beneath it. His upper and lower parts, to sum up. were picturesque; and his middle section mathematical and commonplace. A Fool and Ill- Money. 1‘ Afewwleys ego mention was made in; the sporting notes of this paper of a. Toronto man named Forbes, who some time ago made a. bet of 3100 against 375 that he would walk across Toronto Bay on the 17th instant. He started on his perilous Journey Tuesday. Armed with a. long pole.he left from the Northern elevator. where anumber of friends were ssembled to witness this exhibition of foolhnrdmess. Helnd only gone a few yards when he broke through the ice. but succeeded in extn’oating himself by means of the pole, and made another attempt with a. like resdt. Seeing there was no possibility of his winning the bet, he turned back, break- ing through twice before ranching the what. He was almost perished with cold whm his friends helped him off the ice andtook him home. Vhile General Tom Thumb reclinea in a. wrinkle of his lounge. tells his frihnds abmt his travels and urges the claims of gpifitualism, to which he is a recent con- vert. Captain Martin Van Burch Bates and hiswife. at their farm house nonr Seville. Olro. no in and out of doorways ten feet high. ride in a. gigantic waggon drawn by ainstout Norman horaea. and sleep in a bel as big as a wheat field. 0m:- Wflde’a Ami-e. .nd POISONED BY DOCTORS. Medical Men Who Have Betvuyed Their Trust. The fact that Dr. Lamscn. the American charged with the murder of Pero Malcolm John. his brother-in-law. at \ imbledon, has been found guilty by a coroner’s jury. has revived interest in the ease. The great excitement created in England by this case is attributable in some measure to the fast that the accused is a medical man. and that. as was said by Lord (Jam bell in the Palmer case, “ his opportunities or destroy- ing lite and avoiding detection have been so great that there is no knowing the number ‘01 his victims.” Palmer was a doctor of Rugeley. in Staflordshire. He was the ‘ owner 0! two or three race horses and it often happened that persons who had won bets from him did not live to collect them on settling day. On November 21st, 1855. John Parsons Cook. a racing man, was taken .suddenly ill at Shrews- bury races while drinking with Palmer. Cook, at Palmer’s suggestion. was removed to Rugeley, and there he died in great agony from tetanus. Palmer had administered strychnine in pills. The murderer was arrested. tried in London and banged at Staflord on June 14th, 1857. The bodies of his wife and brother were exhumed. and it was proved beyond a 11“..-â€" SOME FAMOUS MURDER TRIALS. mwu. snou- - 3311b: that he had pb'iEanéa them. Palmer 1196 givgu p._n\§!nber of bills of exchange to .. IA,__'_LL_â€" H Lnnl. mnlnav um EIIVM I. uuâ€"ngâ€" 'â€" Mr. Padwick. the “ leviathan" bookmaker, who died some time ago. as security for advances. These purported to be accepted by Palmer’s mother, a lady of means, but when Padwick brought suit on their non- payment. Palmer then under indictment for murdering Cook. was taken to the Nisi Prius, sitting at Westminster, where he swore that his wife had forged the accept. ance. It is Believed that Palmer poisoned at least thirteen other persons. three of them local tradesmen and ten racing men to whom he owed money. On August 15th, 1859, Dr. Smethuret was put on trial at the Old Bailey for the ‘ murder by slow p'oison of Miss Bankes, with whom he had contracted a bigamous marriage, and at whose death he was to ‘obtain a considerable sum of money. The trial lasted a week. and he was found guilty and sentenced to be hanged. The Lord 1 Chief Baron. who heard the case, thought the evidence did not warrant the finding of the jury. and ultimately- Smethnrst was pardoned, although there was no moral doubt of his guilt. He was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment for bigamy. In April, 1862, he brought an action in the Probate Court to recover the sum of £1,800 bequeathed to him by Miss Bankes. Her relatives opposed the claim, but Smethurst was successful. At the trial it was broadly hinted that Smethurst had poisoned four other persons. ‘ 1 n A w “‘ nâ€"‘Ln‘uneu‘ nf UIJLIUI.’ Pulwuu. On July 3rd, 1845, Dr. Pritchard, of Glasgow, was tried at Edinburgh for poisoning his wife and mother~1n-law, the latter with aconite and the former with; tartarized antimony. He confessed his, guilt before his execution at Glasgow on‘ July 28th. It was strongly suspected that Pritchard also poisoned a servant girl, one‘ or two members of a secret society to which he belonged, and two tradesmen in whose life insurance he had an interest, but no official investigation was held. In Dr. Lamson’s case the' popular suspicion that he has murdered a number of persons is borne out in some degree by the discovery that Percy John’s brother died suddenly at £136 Vpfiaofier’s house. Rumors ofa Western Newspaper Funny Mall. Robert Burdette, the bright and particu- lar star of the Burlington Ilawkeye, lec- tured in New York the other evening on “ Home; or, Advice to Young Men.” He diligently forbore from advising anything. And yet he did say something about young men going west. They ought to go west if it was only to experience what a wind storm was like. People in the east had no idea of wind. at least not until they had heard him lecture. He described one of his visitsto Omaha When the wind was shaking that city up. As he started for the hal where he was to speak he remarked to the agent accompanying him, “ The wind is rather demonstrative this even- ting.” “Not thisâ€"” The agent did not say that ; he was going to, but a man on the other side of the street shot at him. He remarked instead that it was not blowing ver hard at that time, and just as he dnis ed he was taken up in a whirlwind and never came down. Mr. Burdette knew he never came down because he had his fee in his pocket. He was then caught in the blast himself, which luckily took him in the right direction, and as he reached the hall a tornado lifted him right up to the platform. Once in his own arena he resolved to prove to his auditors that he could not be outwinded even by the blasts 3 of Omaha. He managed to forget the end‘ of his lecture. and kept on talking and the wind kept on blowing until nearly daylight, when an elderly gentleman ‘ in the audience arose and excused himself. He said he would very much like to hear the conclusion of the speaker’s remarks, but he was compelled to go out and bury himself. Mr. Burdette hoped the others would follow. and that the janitor would come and hand him the key and ask him to . lock- up when he got through. None of l these things happened. however. but the man who owned the hall came and set fire to it. He was not an extravagant man, but hecould better afford to build another hall than to pay taxes on that one until that , lecture was completed. M. Mssnno, General Director of the Museums in Egypt, has prepared. at the‘ request of the Egyptian Government. a.‘ report of the remarkable nrchmologionl discoveries at Deir-eLBehsri. The mum- mies discovered are about forty in number. and are shown by the inscriptions to be those of kings and ueens known in history. They appear to be ong principally to the seventeenth and twentieth dynasties, and therefore to date from about 2080 (period of the “ Shepherd Kings") to 1200 or Jater, 13.0. With these have been found 1 many pspyri. funeral statnottes. canopies, liibstion vases in bronze, and many other {objects connected with the interment of the illustrious dead. TOUGH \VIND STORIES. â€"-Thoro is but one onto my to Keep from being dunnodmnd thatis nova: to run in debt. â€"Thero is, site: 311. only one real bone of contention in the world. and that is the jaw-yous. .u.,__|: I.--.- .‘..-L mhnt unll 4"" , an.-- -â€"It bu should have just what you really mrveâ€"no more, no lessâ€"would you be as happy as you are now ? v 7-;A travail; gain; that no respectable man in Edinburgh [8 ever seen on Sunday morning With a. cigar in his mouth. â€"The Detroit News risen to remark that: an overworked Indienoggent is a thing too rare and too utter! g (or this world. â€"It you Will to ow this rule you will save yourself many a. heartache : “ Never bite till you find out whether it in bread or stone.” â€"â€"It is ex acted that the Inniakillen Dragoons wil proceed to India. next season,takiugthe place of the 10th Hua- sars at Lucknow. who will return to Eug- land. -â€"â€"The Kingabon Chief of Police says there are no houses of ill-fume in that cit . and the Ohio! at Police of Ottawa says he own of none in that city. â€"" My Love is Gone," is the title of the latest song written by a. young man in Boston“ 0! course this is rough. but, as Benjamin Franklin sand, “ The absent girl eats no oysters." â€"There are three prominent phases of a. young woman’s life all visibly connected: As a. baby, she's lugged. As a young woman she‘s hugged. As a wife she's humbugged. -â€"Indian corn. potatoes, squashes, cub- bages and turnips were unknown in Eng‘ land till the opening of the tenth century- The peasants subsisted upon bread made of barley and ground in a hand mill. w-Mms. Mary Ann Brown, w1fe of a toll- gate keeper on the Columbia pike road, near Quebec. died a few days ago of erysipelee. She weighed 425 pounds. and has had to sleep in a. chair for years on account of the asthma, from winch she sufiered. a. loose ~reiu to indulgence, is adiegraoe ; but. to be poor because one will not cheat or adopt dishonorable means to make money, is a cfown of ‘glory. â€"â€"-To be poor because one is too lazy to work, or has wanted his fortune. or for giving â€"Mr. John J ameson', the celebrated distiller of Irish whiskey, has just died in Dublin. aged 78. The London World thus writes his epitaph : ‘ Ales. else! from us has one . The Barley 1635‘ John emlesonl The men is do , but still survives The spiritsent to cheer our lives â€"Many persons find it hard work to hold their own. but a good many succeed in holding their neighbors. Well, it their neighbors are young and pretty, and of the feminine gender, we are not surprised that they hold them. â€"â€"Cholerio old gentâ€"“ Christmas box! Why, you aren’t. the regular sweeper." Arabâ€"“No. air; but I mind' the -ge’tle- man's broom. air. while he’s gone for hia ’alf pint.” gExit old gent, storming. with symptoms 0 apoplexy.) â€"-A discussion on women’s rights.â€" Algernon to his sisters, his cousins and his eunte)-“ y dear creatures, if you went equality among the sexes, you must learn to be independent of us, as we are of you. Now, we men live chiefly to please our- selves first, and then each other ; whereas 3,3011 vzomen live entirely to please us."â€" “720 e ' â€"Mr. Henry Lebanohere : “ Personally I confess that much as I should regret the loss of a relative through death, I should be very indifierentto the loss of a. reletive‘e corpse, for, after all, what can it signify whether one‘s relative is decomposed into gases in one place or another ‘2 The body is but a suit of clothes. worn during life and thrown away." ' â€"-'J.‘he Timber Trades Journal. of London. England, says the Marquis of Lorne and Princess Louise visited the establishment of Messrs. A. F. Halliday, at Eton, and ordered several pieces of furniture in American walnut to take with them on their return to Oansds. Her Royal High- ness said that the whole of the furniture they had taken out with them last time had gone to pieces in consequence of the climate, an assertion not very complimen- tary to the firm that supplied the goods. â€"-One of the amusing sights in the cold weather is afforded by the man who walks carelessly and quite unconcernedly along until he reaches the thermometer which is exposed to view onthe street. He looks at it a. moment, sees that the mercury is very low, pulls his collar up to his ears. shrinks up in his coat, walks {rigidl away, and exclaims, “ Gracious, how 00 d it is l” ~â€"-'1‘he common practice of having night lights in the bed-rooms of children of well- to-do srents is deprecated by Dr. Robert H. De. swell. He says that it has a. most injurious effect upon the nervous system of young children. " Instead of the per- fect rest the optic nerves ought to have. and which nature provides for by the darkness of the night, these nerves are perpetually stimulated. and. of course, the brain and the rest of the nervous system suffer. Children thus brought up are excessively timid for years alter on going into the dark." â€"-â€"A correspondent of the New York Erening Post says that the writer on “ Slang Phrases ” in the January Atlantic does not appear to know that the hreee “ too thin " is purely and distinctly 8 akspeerenn. and quotes “ King Henry VIII.." not 5, scene 3,whore the kin is represented as address- ing Gardiner as allows: Ynu warp ovor ood at sudden DOI‘nmonunuunu InshOp of Wine mentor. But know, I come not To hear such flattery now ; and in my presence They are too thin and base 00 hide ofienae. --A matter 0! eat immediate concern to the learned. t e curious, the idle. the epicureen and disgusted is the value of the crocodile as an article of food. Crocodile steak, fried, toasted. roasted, smoked. per- boiled. or baked in the sun ; how it tested, and twenty other aspects and accidents of the reptile csrrion, are expanded on. Charles Lamb never smacked his lips more in memory of roast pig, nor did Hume, when he gave up writing history in order to leern how to roeet turnips, ever grow more eloquent over his beef and cabbage, than some of the Government correspondents of ‘the London Times over the savory cercosa of s crocodile. TEA TABLE GOSSI I’-