... I NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS. ge,- I have resolved tbat I'll ne'er smoke saain. ti 6ho.-Aud I that all my dresses shall be plaim. n HEe.- I mean to get along without my boer. a She.- I will not buy a bangle all this year. a 'te.- From lodgo and club this year I meas tofhy She.- One bonnet in each month is all I'll buy. I,1u- I'll not loso caah at poker ?? each night. She.- All ...

... I Whatever the times may be like-whether good, or bad, or indifferent, and whatever the doings or undoings may be in the imperial political arena, and however serene, mixed, or breezy may be our local affairs, that which we call fashion is always going and always with us. Fashion is the fetish to which we all bow down-at least all who wish to be in the swim with our fellow dwellers in the ...

... UU ailt[ ?Llttmnltr. 'lo remivnt' 'itains from clothing use banzine. or To relilsove bt ins8 front thoe ehiltaeter use sugar. tb ION'T be toon severo ou thlo loau who scoyds his vi wiie it, putlil. Perhaps that is the only tiue he cc ?? dio o. t(;oor Tbjigi After All.-` Ile's such an oxag. gi get vlot, I CIII t sw; lltw his stories. It's just as Io wisl. 'iiey're uiot fiesh. '1 ( ?? Wbat ...

... Thle spring picture exhibitions are open, and the usual annual effort to persuade them- selves that they are an artistic people is being made by the, English. It recurs at this time of the year, when the Grosvenor Gallery, the New, and the Royal Academy are opened with as much certainty as laburnam begins to appear in the London gardens and squares. We are all unaffectedly fond of spring ...

... WIT AND TIUMOUt. JoW peoplo-Dlvar's. A STU UJNIN artit'le-A club. ?? P ie s ?? -1IIc k it up. q y test size t/l It TAiii-Exercise. 'Vt 1:1.1 b:leli'd d- ?? diromiiedary. A lAO t biilolt. aililtt geli- Kot having it. A ?? (If It; sleloi; will nlot ?? w'eak; eyes. 1;Y IIle will of nature, honey is the universal bet. olne't. ''nli wuimsivimi misses his notes whon heo otes '1I jrii gimiliixt's ...

... I , I Tile CHRISTItAN Eiu,-Professor Sattler, of Munich, has published a pamphlet by which he tries to prove that the year 749, after the found&. tion of Rome, and not 764, is the true year of the birth of Christ, and that we are, therefore, five' years behind oar time. He deduces this fact from! some copper coins of King Herod Antipas (one oi the sons of Herod the Great), who succeeded hil i ...

... MARCH PUBLICATIONS. LONHorAN''S MAGAZINE.-The contents of the Marcha part of this magazine are replete with variety: sections of stories, essay-like productions and sketches-the latter full of very interesting, instructive matter-have a place in it; and, on the whole, the magazine is a pleasing, com- nmendable ptoduction. Tort SaOENOci MONTEVLY.-TCis is a particularly good periodical in the ...

... ?? BYGONES; When we went bilb'rry icking On tho bill tdde, you nn 1, In the golden summer weather, *Mottg thle hollev.secutted beatither Neath the blue, ?? cloud.fleck'd sky; flw we clatnotur'd and muade merry When cur fingers, purple stained, Mot above the dewy berry,d Fought for it till noneratuain WVai there ever such heart hlaughter In those lhppy summer days ? Our spirits ?? to ...

... I LITERARY SELEOTIONS. LoYn JOHN RUSSELL AND THE CacMa.-One evening Lord John Bussell called a cab to convey him from the House of Commons to Chesham Place. To the cabman he gave a coin; but, when with proper care, he balanced his accounts that night, be found that he was nineteen shillings short. He rightly concluded that he had given his driver a sovereign for a shilling. On the following ...

... LITERARY SELEOTION . . . _ ?? . - - ?? - - I ENT -Nw XOi.-rhey were walking down a street. Won't you take an ice ? said he, pausing beforeBryan's. No, thank you, she lisped, in reply. I would like to buy you a box of those gloves, he said, as they passed Lilly and Addinsell's. Oh, no, she responded, timidly: I have no use for more. Those you bought me the other day will last ...

... Id EBAlRY SELEC'TIUNS. AN rOFFENDED AuiTiu4,'e ATONEMBENT.-305t before Mortinier Collins,'s diiih t, ho tiappeited an somte way to run coinuecr to hol plrejudices of 006 Of the mos8t In illianlt atid raigged ot lolli of letters, with whom ho wats personally acqpUainted. His Isin brought upon his be ail-in ft, ?? or Ntte~s end Qaeries-at very ittvii- flood of tia ilii g denunciation irout the ...

... ) Cait1(Illo frost tic couttco. I (Fronm Puinch.) A ?? Bhleoose: 'Now then, sir ! C nu't you read ' Didn't you observe that this road is privato' ? Ed win: ?? my-m- s ' 'otell yoa the honest truth, that's exactly why we came hero ! A vimy much over-rate 1 place-London, under tbe County Council. TlioloicjA Wo!atLHer-MicZZle t' e dogs by all means, I but what is to be done with the lbtters? ...