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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume III, Issue 274, 19 November 1868, Page 2

In his very interesting and instructive pamphlet on small-pox (which should be in the hands of every reading person), Dr Elliott says that after exposure to small-pox, go freely into the open air, and any poison in your clothing will immediately depart. It is for this reason that physicians never carry the disease from -one to another. But when the infected ■clothing is locked up, the poison isretaiued through all climates, and almost through all time.

The question whether an 'infant' can be bankrupt was lately argued before •Commissioner Winslow, and judgment was delivered in the affirmative. His Honor held that there was nothing in the Act to prevent, an infant from availing himself of the law of bankruptcy if he considered such a course would be for his advantage.

Curiosities of Advertising. — 'Wanted, a steady young man to loek after a horse of the Methodist persuasion.' *To Let.— A cottage in Newport, containing eight rooms and an acre of ground.' 'For Sale. — A. piano by a lady about to cross the Channel in an oak case with carved legs. *Lost. — A small lady's watch with a white face; also, two young ladies' work-boxes. A mahogany gentleman's dressing-case, and a small pony belonging to a young lady. with a silver mane and tail.' — A lady recently advertised that she wanted a * gentleman for breakfast and tea,' while another in the fame journal seeks to recover 'a lost wallet belonging to a gentleman made of calfskin.'— - -American Paper.

'This is George the Fourth,' said an exhibitor of wax-work for the million, at 3d. each, pointing to a very slim figure, with a theatrical crown on his head. 'I thought he was a very stout man/ observed a spectator. « • Very: likely^ replied the mafo, shortly, not approving of the comment of his' vjmtor;^bufe if yoo-d been here withoi^v^ualfh^f Belong as : he has, you'd have been twice as thin/