OBSTINATE PUN.

Aliquid is mater unite dextra ordinari laeto he at.

A liquid is matter united extraordinarily to heat.

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A worthy Cambrian at the recent Eisteddfod, or Welsh Musical Festival, after staying a short time at the concert, walked off, shaking his head, exclaiming, “I like singing and drinking by turns—­here it is all sing and no drink—­that will never do.”

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PARISIAN MARRIAGE MART.

Among the curious institutions in Paris, is an establishment by a marriage negotiator, by means of which persons who are seeking for wives are enabled to view all the females upon his list, who are placed in different rooms with glazed doors, so classed as to give an easy reference to the particulars on his books, as to their ages, fortunes, and qualifications.  When the inspector is satisfied with these particulars, and with the personal appearance, an interview takes place, and the bargain is struck.

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Captain Basil Hall has addressed a letter to a Scotch newspaper, stating that the story of his walking 16,000 miles in fifteen months, is a hoax—­the whole journey being performed in land conveyances and steam-vessels!  Not a line is written of the “Book” of these exploits, said to be “in the press;” the latter is by no means so great a blunder as the former.

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A facetious gourmand suggests that the old story of “lighting a candle to the devil,” or as it has been corrupted, “holding a candle to the devil,” probably arose from the adage of “GOD sends meat, and the devil sends cooks,”—­and was an offering to his Infernal Majesty, by some epicure who was in want of a cook.

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GERMAN MODE OF PREVENTING TIPPLING.

The following is a late order from the mayor of a department in the Isere:—–­“All persons drinking and tippling upon Sundays and holidays, in coffee-houses, &c. during the celebration of mass or vespers, are hereby authorized to depart without paying for what they have had.”

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[*.*] ERRATA at page 189—­for Quoites read Quoties, and in the same line insert hyphen—­thus, mori.

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