... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... -- 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... MESSRS WATSON BROTHERS EMPLowEmE.-.'The ,r employees of Watson Brothers, numbering upwards of a forty, left Aberdeen on Saturday with the 5 5 p.m. *n train to enjoy a few hours of the caller air at Cove. h d Arriving at a nice secluded place above the rocks the i] h party partook of tea, after which games and dancing ;3 were engaged in. The com any returned to town C e with the 9-15 train ...

... PARIS, Sunday. I th I The Moscow correspondent of the Cologne Gazete, I th writingon the subject of the Merv expedition, gives I the following particulars in explanation of its origin th so and objects:-; t y The expedition of General Lazareff has by this I [r time probably penetrated into the interior of the Trans- di: Caspian Steppes and reached the Tekke Turcoman | e It ' settlements, ...

... IMETEREALPARjLIAMENT. j [FBiI3 Otr PABIAimENaRY COaRRSPONDxtNT.] .WESTM1sNSTER, Thursday night.:. Members of the House of Commonls mustered iF in grand force this evening for the debate on the F question of flogging raised by the Army Bill. The controversy having at length resolved itself c into a regular pitched battle between the Mini- sterial and Opposition benches, involved an issue more ...