Varieties.

Otago Witness, Issue 568, 18 October 1862, Page 6

Varieties.

Thrive is no right o:.joyel by man, without involving on his park a corresponding obligation. It is not eminent talent, tint is required to enaura success in any pursuit so much a< purpose. Nature teaohes choerfulness ; tho covers even forgotten graves with fl nvers. Pleasure itstlf soon ceases to be pleasure, when there is uo o.'ij''ct in it hut p'ensurc. Death, to tho good mau, is the coming of the heart to it-i blO'SOining time. Do we call it dying when (be bud Imr&ts into flower? To vex another ia to teach him to vex us agfcin, and is juries awaken revenge. Even as an ant cau stlngr, aud a fly trouble our patience. (J/jlppixos prom " Punch." "ATaperWakt"— lighting the candle at both ends. New American Name for Leicester-square — Mas* sooii. " The Head and Front" of Womau's " Offending* — Curl -paper*, The burglar's Aspiration. — A. skeleton-key iv every cupboard, '• Bar Sinister"— The bar to which men like Mr, Edwin James belong. Thi Omnibus Conductor's Cry. — " All's fare during the Exhibition." A Regular Mudlark.— Tho Duke of BuccleuoU't opposition to the Thames embank tnent ! Tne Middlesex Sheriffs Harangue to hie gallant Officers. — " You must take a nnn as you find him." Defence of Oinoline Man should receive it joyfully imd gnitefully as a htriHng proof that it is physica'ly impossible for lovely woman to contract a b'ld habit. Very Likoly.— Hannibal, crossing tho Alps, wag (^nitli the liisun in») much annoyed by insecta. tf.t. Charles Keun thinks that they must have been Hnnnibalculfe. The Happy Medium. — Oui- Conservative economists liave been raiding a preat cry for what they call "the (inldeii m 'an "in expenditure. What we want is the silver nio;m hetweeu. " the penny wise " and " Hie pound ft>Gli-:h." ' We Live to be Deevuvrd.— lt seeim that there is no chance of st'curiii"' a cab unlejs you happen to be a party of three or four. This is the first time *c etar knew a cabman to evince tlie slightest reluctance in taking one in. Flattering Recognition. — Madam Rachel, in oonsequence of her pr.-ifes-inri of enamelling Indies, and the i xorbiLint prices &!io charges (and she certainly knows how to lay it on uncommonly thick ') has be«a daotcd an houoi-ary inembar of the Skinners' Coin. panv. Tho Wife for out Taste.— Wo see that Mr. John Sruuulei-s has licjii publishing a new book, under tho title of " A lwl Drake's Wife " A bel is to be envied, for it rcrjuinsno £;roat n-asoninrr, or seasoning of the truth either, fo toll n* that a Drake's Wife must bo a perfecr duck ! Wit'i such a wife, what husband would ever be lute for dinner 1 HESA BUTIVKU. General Butler made a law, and a proclamation, On his lip.i'l whicli fails to draw Y"a:ik, e execrati'-n ; If New-Orleans ladies were to his troops unciri], l'hat they should servo Iho saucy fair like the social evil. Yankon doo lie doodle doo, Yankee doodle dandy, Butler is a rare Yahoo, as brave a3 Sepoy Pandy, Havnau's lash tore woman's back, when she rii his ■ dander. Butler by his edict black, stumps that fumed commander, Wreaking, upon 'maid and dame, savnprery subtler ; None but Neaa Sahib name along with General Batler. Yankee doodle, &c. Ultuajiostank Impomoy. — A letter from Romp, in ono of tho French now. i *p l»l »p orß,o rB, asserts that, on fcha occasion of a prand/e/e at tho Quirinnt, theothor dayi the ex- Ivin<{ of Naples, Francis the Second, received an English, ov lalhcr an Jrfch deputation, charged to present him with a sword of honor. . The leaders of these delepratrs fiom the Isle of potpjjops «t)4 patriotism nve stated to lmye been Car<ljna| Wjw. man, and Dr. Oulleii, the illicit Archbishop of Hublin. Tb is statement requires confirmation. The \mpulsive Irish eoclesia&tic might bo impolitic eneuglt to mnko a gratuitous demonstration of the h<iondjinjp of ropery for dpspotism : but surely Wiseman wquicJl hardly be sii'ih a fool a.i to commit himself and W» party by such a blunder. 4

" SnNSATiox " Anvv.RTisiNa.--So, it appears from' the report of tlie proceeding in Webster v. Bouclcnult, that all those lutounrling puffs in the Adelphi advei-lwuwnts were in-sorted by Bouoicault himself] Only think of Friar Bacon's brazen head writing thus of itself;- " Anothos 1 immense success achieved W t!>e author of tha < Collren Bawn.' "" «« (; n overv ocrasion experienceil a rapturous reception," &c. *" Jt is on the character ot Griraiilili, and its thorough elaboration by My. Bouoicault, that the attraction of ' the piece depends, and the talent he displays in' vb ! entirely new lino is likely to cause a considerable wn-' sation. At times tho (ipplause wns quite uproarious, nnd the houee rang with acclamation." .iMsr should ' advise Mr. D. I), to apply for the next irtPMntatioa to the o(fic-e of oity tnimpeier, with the privilege o^ blowing his own trumpet. "An Asswek Required."— Lately, a simply; looking countryman >vas observed to throw a W^r.' into tho box of Uie po-t-offico at Charleroi, and th«n to remain upwards of two hours, without m^Yhjjf from the spot, At last the sentry, -who haß' x pe*i£ ceived the whole iwoceeding, addressed hitti, and «dd, . "My good man, what nre you doing there, witKyjnrtf"' eyes on the letter-box for these last t two" hour* £"„ " Why," replied the other ; 'f lam waiting- for'uutf answer !" " : ~**^,