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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXIII, Issue 162, 29 July 1889, Page 3

Oar usually grave and reverend legislators (cays tho Post of Friday) were in a merry mood last night in the intervals whioh took place while negotiations were proceeding between the Government and country party. Unbending from the Beriona mm that affaire had taken for the previous twenty- four hours, members indulged tbemßelvea in a quarter of an hour's uproarious fan. The hon. gentleman who represents Dune tan took hie place on the chief ministerial benob, to an accompaniment of cbeera from all parts of the Chamber, ,aad. allowed himself to be badgered with questions without notioe, to whioh "the Premier' replied in the usual ministerial formula. The farce was at its highest when the veritable Mr Speaker waß announced, and at the appearance of that revered functionary members relapped into silence with the air of a party of school boys caught by their master in ." a lark. " Miofiiah lion Icy, tho mau who invented i roller ekate?, lives in Richmond, Indiana. [ He was a poor wood sawyer, and it took ; nearly his last dollar to pay for bis patent, ) but tbe craze for skating that spread over i the country made him rich, l ■

f Much excitement has been caused (says a London correspondent of the Birmingham Post) by the introduction of a new kind of cigar into the high class clubs of London. The ingredients of which it is composed remain a secret with the soi-disant inventors, but the effect produced upon the consumers is said to be magical. Ihe softness of per. fume, the aromatic flavour, and, above all, the soothing qualities of this new cigar are unrivalled. The one thing certain is that there enters not an atom of tobacco in to the composition. At present it ia manufactared only in Scotland. It is supposed by j more than " one who knows" that it was I brought over by the Piute Indians of Colonel I Cody's troupe, and that it is nothing more j than the killikiliiok smoked by that tribe— ' the secret of whioh has long been preserved among them. Dr Colmao... , who had dwelt among them for many yearts inDoied that it was made from the thin shavings of the willow. The medioine men alone are entrusted with its preparation. The dootor describes it in the memoir he has left as the panacea for all ills — calming the nerves and procuring the most placid sleep even iv the midst of a raging fever. He never oould ascertain whether any other ingredients save the willow Bhavings were employed in the manufacture of the killikiliiok. Scene : A Glasgow Board School, Teaoher to a little girl. "How is it you're co late this morning, Maggie?'' Little girl: " Aweel, there was a wee bairn cam' tae oor boose th' morn." Teaoher : (smilingly aooepting the excuse) " and wasn't your father very pleased with the new baby?" Little girl r "Ma feyther's awa' in Edinboro', and he disna ken aboot it yet. Eh lit wis a guide thing ma mither was at home, wis it no ? Gin she had been awa, I wudna hae kent whit tae dae wit."