There cannot be a grand dinner in Russia without sterlet.  In summer, when brought alive from Archangel, &c., these cost from five hundred to one thousand rubles each; a fish soup, made with champagne and other expensive wines, has been known to cost three thousand rubles; no water is allowed to enter into the composition of these expensive soups; and the whole company get very merry and talkative after partaking of them.

Honest Tar.—­John Barth, the Dunkirk fisherman, rose by his courage and naval skill, to the rank of commodore of a squadron in the navy of France.  When he was ennobled by Louis XIV. the king said to him, “John Barth, I have made you a commodore.”  John replied, “you have done right.”

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