... .. - i5.Maiden Circuit-An engagement-ring. Man is very mueh like an egg, keep him in hot water to and he is bound to become hardened. Why is a church bell more affable than a church at organ ?-Because one will go when its tolled, but the other will be blowed first. Marriage, said an unfortunate husband, is the graveyard of love. And you men, retorted his wife, at ar the grave ...

... d Crismus-eve I put on my new suit, and shaved my a face as slick as a smoothing iron, and after tea went over to old Miss Stallinses. As soon as I went into the ' parler whar they was all settin' round the fire, Miss | Carline and Miss Kesial both laughed rite out. 'There! a there ?? see they, 'I told you so I I knowe'd it would be Joseph.' What's I done, Miss Carline ?? see J. IYon come ...

... The Ven. Archdeacon Woollcombo presided on Wednes- IV day last at the nineteenth annual meeting of the members pa and friends of the Exeter Branch of this institution which be was held at the Enotgate Assembly Room. of The report of the committee, read by Mr. J. At STfIN, see., : 0 stated that the work done, and the progress made by the Of institution generally, would be gathered from the ...

... E GYPT. ed THE COMMISSION OF ENQUIRY ad The sittings of the Commission of Inquiry continue rk without interruption, even on the Mussulman Sabbath, a but at present there seems no prospect of any definite id result. It has been determined that no one shall be allowed en to defend Arabi unless he pleads in Arabic, which practi at cally excludes those who have arrived from London. Thi- ur is ...

... I The iinnnildreport just issued refers to matters of interest IIo riflcneme n it Il parts of thle kingdom and the colonies. 5lio LCoIOciI YVeCsV with COnceCIL thoe continued docreaso g,.in t' otfwyasof th revenue receipts, and attributes the considerable decrease in the entries for rie lotyear to thle general depression of incomes thogotthe conntry, findl altO toC the great heat. The ...

... It is acknowledged that the child never sees the necessity of strict obedience until it becomes apparent, A Mississippian says that a great deal of the land in his State is so poor that not even a disturbance can be raised on it. Hie was a young man for an archdeacon, relates a sporting contemporary, and his wife was old enough to be his mother. Any allusion to Anne Domini was tabooed. They ...

... GREAT FIRE IN LONDON, DAMAGES £2,000,000. Another enormous fire broke out in London early on Friday morning, in the city. Shortly before three o'clock there was no sign of fire, but soon after that hour the whole sky citywards was illumined with intense brilliancy, and sparks were flying to such a distance as to fill spectators with serious misgivings as to the safety of the thickly crowded ...

... A very successful three days' bazaar in aid of various parochial funds connected with tho parish of IHoly Trinity was opened on Wednesday at. the Eastgato Coffee Tavern. The sales took place in th leceture hall, which had been tastefully decorated and presented a very attractive as ?? as business-like appearance. The stalls, eight in number, wero erected gratuitously by Mi. Scadding, and the ...

... it Next to a clear oonscience, for solid comfort give ns an a easy boot. We presume a sentence must pass for the naked truth e when it's bawled. 6 Ah, said an old Highland piper, as he was describ. ing to his comrades at home is recent experience in Edinburgh. * A h ! there was ane nicht I'll ne'er forget. e There were ei ghteen pipers, besides mesel, all in Mrs. r Glass's wee back parlour ...

... M OLLY. Midsummer Day, 1882. It bad been very cloudy all the morning and at about L two o'clock the rain came down in torrents, much to the disgust of five girls seated at larch in a pretty country house in Devonshire. They were the daughters of f Reginiald Mastora, J.P., and very proud he was of them. ?? possessed an equal number of sons, but as they were fall away, and we have nothing to do ...

... i |WerEIr.1 MEaTING, FIUDA1.-Tho Chairman (thc hen. and R1ev. . If. Courtenay) presiding. The pauper report was read as ?? relief this week, £187 19s. 7d.: last week. £189 10s. 2d. ; tho corresponding week last year, £187 Gs. 8d. ; outdoor paupers, 2,17,1 2.178; ).G164 indoor paupers, 1i55; 16; 162; total paupers, 276;2 331 96 vagrnts, S;7 S. The report of the Treasurer showed balance in hand ...

... I ?? LONDON, February 13, 1882. All the anticipations of the Session are turning out to be true. The Ministry is in ?? is off his head,-the Party is at sixes and sevens,-and Sir Stafford Nortbcote has the ball at his feet. This isaqueerstate of things to findinthethird Session of the first Parliament of a Ministry which, like this, ?? all the virtues that can adorn Parliamentary or political ...