, 1864-05-14

most respectful and well behaved upon the
last occasion when | happened to meet him,
and that he has not the slightest recollec-
ton whatever of having attempted to con-
dense" the writer.
There arc wuod and coal shops in every
street, ard at almost every corner, where
you can buy any sort Of fuel you chuo>e
To order, and it is always sold by the pound,
there is no dispute or uncertainty as to the
quantity, and the price appears to be uni
form :hr"ughnnt the city. The nnst rigid
economy prevails rs to the use Of fuel.
never saw anything like II, and myself
have learnt many useful lesson. The
French often submit patiently To degree
"f c"ld, which, with our habits, we should
think scarcely endurabIe. In this respect.
! think they show their wisdom, and have
fewer colds aud catarrhs, than prevail with
US. They neves make fire, unless abs,.
lutely necessary. Their fuel, in the next
place, is always perfectly dry, and is pre-
scented IN the must convenient forms. They
Use much charcoal for cooking. in which
there is great oconomy. Thy have none
u the derestahle cooking stoves which ARE
used with us, filling the house with odors
"f the mist disagreeable kind; but they
have ranges Of little furnaces, where they
cook entirely with chare,Sl, and So placed
that the odOr Of the f,od is carried I'll.
They have every c0ntrivance for maxim. u
fire Instantly, and ara never ut a loss for
meat, 81 numerous and complete are their
appliances.
A certain man, who is very rich now,
was very poor when he was bay. When
asked how he got his riches. he replied:
"My father taught me never to play till
my work was fin shed, and never To spend
my roney until had earned il. Ii | had
but an hours work in day, must do III t
the first thing, and IN an hour. Aud after
this ! was allowed To play; aud then
could play with more much pleasure than II
had the Thought Of an unfinished task be-.
fore my lniud. early farmed the habit
Ot doing everything IA time. and it snoi,
became easy to do so. It Is t this ! owe
my prosperity" Let every one who reads
this do likewise.
"Scdley," raid Ch rles the Second, "Iook
me out u man WIN can't be corrupted. I
have 81 ut three treasurers n the north aud
they have ail turned thieves"
"Well, your majesty, recommend Mi
vert"
"Mivert, you dos!" said Charles, why
Mivert is thief already"
therefore he cannot be corrupted, your
majesty" SAID SedIey.
In u achurchyard in FIodsham, in Cheshire,
is the following ludicrous epitaph:
Here lies l.
J"na han Fry
Killed by sky
Racket in my eye
Sucket.
Lord Tenterden's early destination was
changed BY a disappointment. When h.
and Mr.. Justice Richards were going the
Home Circuit, they visited the cathedral AT
Canterbury together. Richards recon-.
mended the voice Of o singing man in the
choir
"Ah!" said Lord Tenterden, "that Is
tho only man ! ever env'ed. Whsn At
schNl in this town, we were candidates for
u choristers place, and he obtained it,"
Pupil" Please, Miss Jones, what is the
meaning of sub rbs2"
Guverness-(~h" Is extensively crino.
lined) "The outskirts Of place my dea,. :"
Pupil-(seizing Miss Jones' by the
dress) "Thrn Miss Jones are these your
suburbs T.
VI believe that mine win be the fate of
Ahrl' said wife tn her husband une night.
"Why 81 :" inquired her husband.
"Becausc Abel was killed by club and
your club wild kill me if you continue to
go every night"
Somebody, describing the absurd ap-
pearance Of man dancing the polka says:
"He looks as though he had a hole in
his packet, aud was trying to shake shil.
ling down the leg uf his trowsers."
The reason women so seldom stainmer Is
because they talk sd fast s;ammer has gut
no chance To get in. People " "stut,er" be-
cause they hesitate But WIN ever knew a
woman to hesitate about any,hingl
"Fellow.Citizens!' exclaimed q stump
speaker during meeting last year, "whrn
| see the fragments &c all the brOksn Sab.
bath days, collected To Ieiher and put into
bAskets, then, and not till then, will be.
lieve that this glorious Union can be dis