... A STORY OF THE GOLDFIELDS OF 1 _ CALIFORNIA. I was always fond of the science of physiognomy. From my youth up I was noted for my proclivity for reading the character of a man from his face; and I finally became such an adept in the art that I could occasionally guess the very thoughts of the individual whose countenance I was studying. Soon after the gold fever broke out I went to California ...

... Soft hearts often harden, but soft heads never change. 'Necessity knows no law.' Well, necessity is like a treat many lawyers. 'Dr Parr,' said a young student once to the old linguist, 'let you and I write a book.' 'Very well,' replied the doctor; put in all that I know and all that you don't know, and we'll make a big one I 'Why should a red cow give white milk?' was the subject for ...

... The moment a man is satisfied with himself, everybody else~is dissatisfied with him. Uirs Partington says Ike has bought a horse so spirituous that he always goes off in a decanter. Grocers should remember that honest tea Is the best policy. When a fellow goes skating for the first time he can never tell what is going to turn up. A good motto for a ?? patients and you will succeed. A Noisy ...

... I _ . AND POULTRY SHOW. l It would indeed be a bard task to find a sufficient reason in explanation of the apparent lethargy into which people have fallen with regard to flobee shows. Not very long ago, throughout the country, shows of flowers, with plants and vegetables combined, were of every, day occurrence during the balmy summer months, and it seemed as if we could not get on without them ...

... SUTTON 3R ;E SHOW SocipITy. d 'lhe twenty-et bannual exhibition 4f horses in Csoannection witt this-seeciety was held on Wednesday 5. I s and preved a eeiy successful ffsir. We were pleased to observe .a snarked impr4veient in the ie iaription of ?? seut in for coippetition, and A tht ,the show generclly suistned the increasing a pestige whi&S toiirhas of lte years gaiied amongst A ether towns ...

... The death of Mr. Charles Matthews, the evergreen Adonis, although coming rather suddenly, could not be said to have taken playgoers altogether by surprise. A man who has spent the greater portion of his life endeavouriug to please others will not readily soon be forgotten by the public. Of late years he seemed to have, in a measure, lost his freshness, until le hit upon IMy Awful Dad as a ...

... T Litcraturr. REGE INT ROSALIND. By the author of The Wynnes, &c. London Samuel Tinsley and Co. The writer of this book has wasted her time and talents on a, production which few will care to read, To wade through its 338 pages has been a positive infliction, and one which we would not willingly endure again-of story there is absolutely none, the whole of the book being a record of the small ...

... LITERARY EXTRACTS I NEWSPAPER QuESTION8. The editor sat in his sanotum, Regarding with sad, earnest eyes The huge pile of ' Questions' his readers Had sent with demands for renlies ' Why these,' said the weary quill driver, * Would fill up a moderate book, I'l publish the whole lot together, And lot people see how they look.' 'Who was it wrote that sweet ditty, Beginning, I saw from - ...

... ,YNCHHLAW AT THE THEATRE ROYAL. I . . _ . The long experience of Mr John Ohute in theatrical life should, one would imagine, have taught him that the public are not quite destitute of judgment and taste. Theatre-goers do not care to be insulted by being asked to sib through such a trashy literary abor- tion as Lynch Law. Whatever the original lines of the piece may have been-and they ...

... THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SHOW; SUC CSSES OF YORKSHIRE HORSE IX ; -OWNERS. i The forty-first annual show of the Royal Agricultural Society opened on Monday at Carlisle. The show as E held in the same locality twenty-five years ago,; 'but whereas fifteen -ares of' land' then proved amply sufficient for all requirements, -no fewer than seventy - acres are now ctompriged within the enclosure ...

... CRowLE.-The annual harvest festival took place last Sunday. The parish church was beautifully decorated with the precious fruits of the earth, and both the organist and choir acquitted themselves in a satisfactory lway. The Rev. Frederick William White, B.A., vicar, gave a suitable address in the morning, and then ad- Riiseved the holy communion. In the evening the George Jennings, M.A., vicar ...

... CAPINGS .FROM -THE:I WIEELY JOURNALS. & ICEINGS FROM PUNCH. tp1,ce a sensitive plant ner- a laushing.btock, or elbe I'Sd PZZLS AN]) PAT'S CnAr ')rE.- YOU ?? 3t by ?? rent for my secand, o-sd my whole rouse rag - ?? land. is My CVsOOYED TEIXEGBAM TO DIE. FoFsmO L. 9T WEEK. VSa BSk to ?? 1-and he went. o a p (to the Rector).- Yunr sermon was Tfgh FiLoeght to last night, sir- Rector (flat. ...