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Colonist, Volume II, Issue 193, 26 August 1859, Page 4

Persian Customs.— -When a Persian comes into an assembly, and has saluted the master and received his recognition, he marks with his eye the place in the line of guests to which he holds himself entitled and proceeding straight to it sits down and wedges his way in there, without offering the slightest apology for the disturbances which he produces. It sometimes happens that a guest takes a higher place than that to which he is entitled; and sometimes also, but still more rarely, he takes one lower. In all such cases, however the master of the house has the right of placing any one in whatever position in the assembly he may choose; and Mr. Morier mentions a remarkable instance of this at a public entertainment, to which he was invited. The governor of Kashan entered the room when almost all the guests had arrived; and seeing the lowest seat vacant he placed himself in it. He was a man of humble bearing, though of exalted rank. As soon as the master of the feast perceived him, he: fastened to express his,welcomej and pointing to an upper seat, courteously constrained him to occupy it. This characteristic circumstance strikingly illustrates the lesson of humility which our Saviour endeavored ,to impress on his disciples, when he desired them to choose the lowest room when bidden to a wedding." .. A clergyman in the county of Durham lately concluded morning services with the following words :—' Brethren, next Friday is my tithe day, and those who bring the tithes on that day shall be rewarded with a good dinner; but those who do not may depend upon receiving a county court summons.' Economy. —Economy is one of the chiefest duties of a state, as well as of an individual. It is not only a great virtue iri itself, but the parent of many others. It preserves men and nations from the commission of crime and the endnrance of misery. , Mr Long, of Tiverton, has invented a brooch with a secure fastening. He says he has introduced the invention to the London trade, but they are prejudiced against it, as they say the more brooches there, are lost, the better. [ [Ah! this prejudice—if it had always had its way, we should hjave no railways—no telegraphs—no penny postage —and, in fact,.«no nothing!' as the boys say.]