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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume II, Issue 41, 19 February 1867, Page 2

During twelve hours in June, 1865, 19,305 vehicles passed over London Bridge, and 11,972 through Temple-bar, being about ol per cent, above the traffic in 1850. What is the difference between an auction and sea-sickness ? — One is the sale of effects, the other the effects of a sail. Elias How the patentee of the sewing machine needle, announces that he does not intend to apply for a renewal of his patent, ou the grouud that he has already made a million and a half dollars, which he redards as fortune enough for one man. It is reported that an energetic effort will be made by the leaders of the fashions in Paris next season to revive the practice of powdering the hair. It is to be regretted the leaders of fashion do not pay as much attention to the insides of their heads as they do to the outsides. There are 68 members of Parliament who have offices within the city of London ; and of that large class who are directors of the commercial undertakings which must have a home in the commercial centre, there are 56 peers of the realm and 132 members of Parliament. Ifc is not the height to which men are raised that so often makes them giddy ; but it is the look down upon those below them. A young lady reprimanded her shoemaker for not following her directions respecting a pair of shoes she had ordered, and, among others, insisted that they were not fellows. Crispin replied that he purposely made them so, in order to oblige her, well kuowing the modesty of her disposition, and that she was not fond of fellows. Bobby (who is being put through his English history by papa— Saxon period) : And he was to miud an' watch the cakes should not ;be burnt, an' when she was gone out — he only just looked round for a minute — ahd — or — a — he— was turned right into a pillar o'salt ll