Whether this constant cramming of the mind and purging of the body be the true secret of longevity as well as of scholarship, we know not; we should judge, however, from the appearance and conversation of students in general, that a system directly the reverse of the above mentioned process would be more certain of turning out the real article.

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Spare Us!

Nor only is everybody’s attention directed towards Paris, but the English Sparrows appear to be gradually Worming themselves into public estimation.  They have been picking away so vigorously, since they were brought over here, that some of them are now able to pick their way across Broadway, in the muddiest weather.  In course of time, we suppose the worms will disappear, and then, when these poor birds have nothing else to pick, they will go out to pic-nics.  Come, arouse then, friends of the sparrow!  Fetch out your bread and your grain, and fear not that these little twitterers will ever over-burden the city.

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A Gourd of Honor(!)

The latest, and most important news from Spain is that SICKLES has been furnished with a guard by the government.

Some things are managed better in Spain than in this country.  SICKLES should have been placed under guard, here, many a year ago, to keep him out of mischief.

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“Carpe Diem.”

The following telegraphic item is a remarkable instance of the exactness with which news can be transmitted by the submarine cable: 

“LONDON, September 16.  Mr. CHARLES REED, member of Parliament for Hackney, to-day unveiled the monument to ALEXANDER DEFOE, at Bunhill Fields.  The monument in practically one to ROBINSON CRUSOE.”

With the triffing exception of calling ROBINSON DEFOE ALEXANDER DEFOE, (and that is a pardonable error, considering that ALEXANDER SELKIRK was the prototype of DANIEL CRUSOE,) the above item is perfectly satisfactory.  All the more so, if one pays attention to the date, and remembers that September 16 fell upon a FRIDAY.

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BY TELEGRAPH FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF THE WORLD.

[Special Correspondence of Punchinello.]

BERLIN, October 15.—­In a conversation with King WILLIAM, yesterday, he said that he relied upon the growing taste in Hoboken for Bavarian beer to destroy the sympathy of the United States with the French Republic.

METZ, October 12.—­While examining the fortifications to-day with BISMARCK, I lent him my cigar-holder, and he told me that Prussia would refuse to entertain any propositions tending to peace until the Schleswig-Holstein question was definitely settled.

STRASBOURG, October 14—­Among the priceless volumes destroyed in the library here, was a full set of ABBOTT’S NAPOLEON histories.  They were all presentation copies from the author, with autograph inscriptions.  The regret expressed at their destruction is deep-felt and universal.