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prodigy can move a eand bag wtigbing 6001bs. with a single blow of his fist. When seated on a chair, ha extended one foot, and two ordinary strong ni n were unabb to move the foot in any dhection. He bared bis left leg, and then beat it with three iron rods, each a half iuch in diameter until bis leg was black and blue and tarrib'y swollen. Ttien he applied some liniment to the leg, and in ten minnt s all visible signs of the beatitg had disappeared. Nacg also gava exhibitions of heavy weight lifting aod other feats of strength. Sir Robert Etout — " The Premier broke his ward." Tha Speaker — " The member mus' re&lly admit I am correct in calling him to order.' 5 '6ir Robert — " Ve?y well, sir, I will withdraw that phrase, and say ths bon member gave a pledge which he iian't keep. 1 (Laughter.) The Premier langriiy) — '• Tiie hon. member never did keep a pledge." 11 Woomeba " in the ' Australasian' tells the following tfele : —The local football club had scored avic'ory, and tho players that evening having spread ihemeelv^s unduly over the footpath, one of them was brought before tho court charged wi'h •* loiteriag " as well as the inevitable tequel " resisting tbe police." Th 9 second Justice on ;he Bench was a member of the commit'ee of the lootbsli club, and the case having been heard, the chairman remarked " I think we'll have to fine him ten shillings." •• No, no," said the eecond J.P. excitedly, " that would be punishing me, not him : I'd have to pay the fine : give h'm twentyfour hours, if you like." Lady Jeune discussing in the Saturday ' Review ' the disinclination said to be now manifested by the New Woman to the marriage tie, remarks that there is no doubt that at any rate temporarily there is a weariness and difficulty in the matrimonial market. Whether it is that we are poorer or that we are more luxurious and exacting in our tastes, and that the girls of to day require more in their marriage than the ordinary Englishman can afford, I cannot say ; but unless girls have great beauty or large fortunes, we hear much more of the difficulty of their marrying. We learn from an American contemporary, that at a church at Boston it has been announced that Sunday services will be held at 8.30 in the morning during the early summer months, in order to accommodate those people who take an outing on Sundays," and by reason of so doing feel compelled to absent themselves from Church services later in the day." Two men, one strictly sober, the other — well 'as tight as a bottle,' says the West Coast correspondent of the Otago ' Times ' jumped into a descending coal waggon on the Denniston hill incline. It broke away on tbe first steep gradient, and leaving the rails, plunged through mid-air foi two or three chains, during which the sober man attempted to take a highei flight, and supped that night with Dives, Bacchus sat still. The tract shot on and presently sailed down among the trees of the forest far below. Full of consternation went the onlookers to the fatal spot, The car was a complete wreck, but Bacchus sat unharmed on top of a stump, anc hiccoughed, by the way of a reply tc inquiries, • Mine's beer, and Bil what'll 'e 'aye?' Bill was his late companion de voyage. He— " Have you ever had you] ears pierced?" She — ''No; but ] have had them bored. Vanity and jealousy are the two weakest passions of the human heart and strange to say, the most com' mon. Here is an example showing how that up-to-date product of civilisatior the " advanced woman," might distinguish herself, and, at the same time, enhance her character for usefulness and her claims on the "gratitude of the public. Twenty girls, full-grown, of course, and big of limb and muscle, of East Lynne, so an American paper solemnly says, disgusted at the disgraceful condition o\ a public road, determined to institute a radical reform. They turned out in Ml force, armed with picks and shovels, and repaired and fixed up the part of a bad road in their neighborhood. Upon his accession to the throne the Emperor of Russia was appointed culonel-in -chief of the Royal Scots Greys. Whilst dressing for dinner an enthusiastic subaltern communicated the information to his soldier servant. ' Donald,' he said, ' have you heard that the new Emperor of Russia has been appointed colonel of the regiment ?'* • Indeed, sir,' replied Donald ; * it's a vera prood thing.' Then after a pause he inquired, ' Beg pardon, sir, but will he be able to keep both places ?" A correspondent of Melbourne ' Age ' has been supplying instances of sweating. He says : — The case is one of sub-letting, labor only, of some carpenter's work, in the school room of a suburban church. As I have had over 20 years' experience in the trade I feel competent to judge, and I estimated that there was about a fortnight's work for two men. Having been out of work for 10 weeks, and having a family dependent on what I ban earn, I tendered at the rate of 2s 6d. per day, or £3 for the job. Tenders ranged from about £6 10s. downwards, and the job was let for £1 l£s. The highest price would have been a low price. There are many reasons to believe that before many years are over the telautograph will be in as general use as the telephone. The Chicago • TunesHerald ' reproduces a number of autograph letters sent by it, by means of the new method of transmitting messages, from Cleveland, a distance of 481 miles. They are very clear, and are said to be exact fac similes of the original messages. The machine used was the invention of Professor Elisha Gray. It is the result of many years of labor, and is believed to have reached the point of perfection. No operator is required. The sender of the message writes on the transmitter with an ordinary pen or pencil which are connected with the machine by two thin rods of steel. As he writes every letter and curve and line is reproduced at the other end of the wire by a pen which works automatically and duplicates the original message with a faithfulness which nothing