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Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 6733, 16 April 1885, Page 2

A number of Parisian duellists are organising ii club under the name of " La F)amber.>e,''' whose m mbers must have all fought nt least one duel. Many pianists no.v have ili3 extensor tnusck's ot the ring finder cut, for superior freedom. It is said Louis Got 1 - Bchalk submitted to the operation. The. drees worn by Patti in the first act oC "Tiaviata" is an embroidered silk tissue, wiih jewels woven into the fabric. With this sin wen is her famous necklace o£ emeralds. There has bern a scaich made to find out who is the oldest Freemason in Great Biitaiu. The. result is Mr. Georg'; Stirluti. oC Mount Pleasant, C'oupar-Aii^ns, is credited with that iv.nU. lie has been 77 years a Freemason, and has now reached his 103 rd year. It was thought Sir Moses AJontetiorc was the oldest Mason. '• You needn't tell me, sir," siid an angry father to his son, " that \ou drank nothing but a glass or two of beer ; you have been drinking whisky; I cmsmill it." "Father," acknowledged the jounj man, ''it was whisky that I drank, not bscr." " Well, you shouldn't have tried to deceive me, yon young rascal : you ought to be ashamed of jouiself." '' lam ashamed of myself. It hi's very foolish to think that n man of jour — your — experience wouldn't know whisky from beer." Two tcacheis of languages were discussing matters and things relative to their proi'osMon. "Do your pupils pay up regularly on the first of" each month? 1 ' a&ked one oE them. " No, they do not," wns the- repl}". " I often havo to wait for weeks and weeks bofore I get my pay, and sometimes I don't get it at all. You can't well dun the parents "for tho money." "Why don't you do as I do? I always get my money regularly." " How do you manage it ?" "It is very simple. For instance, [ am teaching a boy French, nutl on the iirst day of the month his folks don't send the money for his lessons. In that event I give him the following sentences to translate and write out at home : ' I have no money. The month ib up. llast tliou got any money ? Have not tliy parents got money ? 1 need money veiy much. Why hast tliou not brought the money lliis morning ? Did thy father not give ihee any money? 1 That fetches them. Next motninjr, you bet, thut boy brings the money,"