The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-25 00:00:00

vE G ill 1-11 N.

IRISH WIT AND HUMOUR.

Under the title of Zosimu,s a weekly periodical is pub-
lished in Dublin whose mission it is to combine fun with
nationality. The enterprise affords in itself a proof that
,humour has not departed from the island with the fairies
and the emigrants, and that patriotism is assuming a more
Hills.
shape than that of Molly Maguire or Rory of the
Hills. The following are extracts from this week's
number : _ _

" CONNESIARA NEOPHYTES.— Evangelical Gentleman
to Mission Class :—" Again, observe another absurdity :
You are not allowed to eat meat on Fridays, but you are
allowed to drink milk. Now isn't milk part of the cow?
Where's the difference ?'— Mike Lally (in consternation
and perplexity)—` B—b— but yir riverence, av it's not agin
Scripthur, ye don't mane that I might as well ate my
owld mother here as well as I dhrank her milk—'
[lrreverent howls from Biddy, who runs out, and re-
lapses into Popery. The missionary " adjourns " the
class, and retires to study the knotty physiologico-theolo-
gical consideration started by Mike.]"
What china is the soonest broken ?—Break-fast china.
His ACCEPTANCE.— Our friend Tom Tinterton has seen
in the last Weekly Register an advertisement of some
musical compositions among which is " Dr. Holloway's
Falling Dew —3s. "—Tom says if the Falling Due in his case
was only 3s. he wouldn't say a word about it, in print, or
otherwise.

LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND ART.

The Athenceum has the following :--Mr. Elwin's `Pope'
will soon appear. The first volume will be published in
November, and after that a volume will issue from the
press in every second month until the work is complete.—
k.lx-President Johnson is said to be engaged on a history
of the events of his term of otfice.—` Lothair' has been
successful in America. It is said that 25,000 copies have
been sold, of which a single firm—the American News
Company—account for 5000 copies. A travesty of the
novel is to appear at Boston.—lt is understood that
Mr. Goldwin Smith is writing in The Nation.—
We believe no new sect of Christians has before been
formed in India. Now, at Rangooh, a sect is reported
as Edgites, named after a Mr. Edge, and combining the
practices of the Baptists with the Plymouth Brethren.
Is not this an American sect, however ?—A congress of
geographers is to be held at Antwerp in August.—The
Mends of Professor Agassiz have already learnt that he
has had an attack of illness, which will prevent his pur-
suing his scientific studies for some months to come. The
singular fact is now related of him that at the conclusion
of his last protracted effort in the way of study, he sud-
denly became very drowsy, and• slept a number of days
almost without any cessation, which his physicians looked
upon as an unfavourable symptom. His labours during
the past winter were unusually severe, and perfect quiet
both of body and mind is now a necessity.—Miss Loretta
Mann, a lady compositor, has been elected a member of
the Philadelphia Typographical Union. Miss Mann is
studying medicine at Philadelphia, and works as a com-
positor in order to pay her expenses while proceeding to
her degree.