... SCOTCH THRIFT AND INGFNIITY. s niteresting illustration of Scot'ch thrift and in- ohie: kgenuity is at present being afforded by the iron- the - masters of Lanarkshire. In competition with their ordir brethren in England the northern makers of ir stair have always suffered from the inferior quality of the mtis e coal available for smelting purposes, the production have - per furnace, in the ...

... TEE WEATHER. airY LONDONS, Tuesday, 6 P I ,IAMThe wavether during to-day, though still dull ...

... THE REIG?J OF HUMOUR po0KA Ntwithtiiding the: prsEc nature of~ thfe age| ~ry. ,we live in, there is an increasiiig tendency to treat rig. miatters lightly which were formerly dealt with with aar llpossible gravity. Wie see evidence of the fact de- every day in every phase of life. We see it peeping' IkY, frmbehind thie official gravity of Ministers of- mi- State, gilding the hereditary decorum ...

... 1st. Nothing is more fatal to good table manners than haste; therefore be deliberate. Do not eat fast. 2nd. Soup should be taken from the side of the spoon with noiseless inhalation, the spoon being slightly tipped. 3rd. Keep the plate that is handed you b y carver lor servant; it confuses one who presides to have it passed from one to another. 4th. Cnt your bread into pieces and let them rest ...

... TUE ~SCOTCH EDUCATION REPORT. The report of the Committee of Council on Education ine Scot] and has been issued from th'e Edulcation Depart- ment. The peerhal to which it relates closes on the 31 ...

... t;CHIlLD SUEFFOCATED.-fin Th ursday n ight a child n ine Iweeks old, the son of M~r M'Ken tie, spirit dealer, JBlgin, was overlain by his brother and suffocated. rTHEFT OF A PERa aOF BOOTS. -On Friday-before 1 Honorary Sheriff:Suhstituste Mfaclean-MIary Gordon or eBremner was convicted of the theft of a pair of elastic- sided boots, the property of Euphemia Rtoss, Lossie- omouth, and was sent ...

... GREAT MEETING IN LIVERPOOL. A towvn's meeting, called by requisition to the Mayor, was bold in St George's Hail, Liverpool, on Satlurdlay afternoon to consider the question of sup- porting tbe Sunday Closing Bill nOW before P~arlia- ment. The Mayor, Mdr Thomas B. Royden, presided, and there was a very large and influential attendance. The Mlayor spoke in hearty sympathy writh the Sun- day ...

... WEA¶1H.ER STATISBTICS OF TEIE UITNED KINGDOM, OBo AGstICCLTURAL AND e.SAHL'.ARY PtiitiOSES, Y3OB THE WEBE ENDIS-G JULY 7, 1879. t(Lisu by tfie Meteoro~ogcal Offie.) ;1; ' einperature Itain~fail. 3r . -f7 X Aasove -t iu,.o* ur More K: Distre. * ts = ,2 orhelue N.'. s> fall lesbs ilusn ie~~ ~~~ - rl .. -X: ';: Meuil kta.yX f ,r . ie 2.e;Lei - - ek. w-. - -i y- Seiotlatnd, East! 66 47 5i 4 belowf ...

... -- SiEVEDOM.. * Of the many antique virtues which have disappeared. hefore the niia'rcb of miod-ern enlightenment and progress,. the smost comnpletely aextiaot is-.thatiof *reticence; . There are 3o such WinDgs, as sfecrets nr cenfidepees nowvadays;', l and society acts upon,the supremely un'selfish principle tb'dt whitever any one member of it knows: should be procllime~j rmiscellaneously ...

... SEQUJELS. There is a story that at a provincial theatre a wag i. in the gallery enlivened the tedious pauses between '5 the acts by a clever imitation of the lowing of a I cow. Being much applauded, he essayed imitations !1 of other animals, not, however, with equal success, } C id for a friendly critic in the pit cried at length, I i. *'Stick to the coo, man. There was sense inl thel to ...

... CURIOUS ACT1oN AGAINST A C LERGYMN. AW good deal of public talk has been excited in Coat- I rithebridge over a dispute in conn~ectionl with the Baptist I wtaes congregation and their minister, Rev. C. MWLean. It t :would appear that about six months awzo Mr M'Lean t wsentered upon his duties as pastor of the Coatbridg~e ] etoBaptist Church, and for a considerable time wars very a ewill popular ...

... r Yesterday afternoon a dapper little man, with a two- boy th ounce cane and a half-pound cluster diamond'pin, came dition into the Chrordele office and asked if the amusement Ml~D reporter was in. Whlen the mlan he sought -was pointed Thev .E out, the stranger grasped him warmly by the hand, The A^ remarking- thea Delighted to meet you, sir, really I am. I've heard foretus of you at every ...