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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 157, 28 March 1919, Page 8

The Wise Fool.—"It is the unexpected that always happens," obserxxtl the sage. "Well," commented the fool, if true whv don't; we learn to expect its' •Cheap Knough-"Want to buy a mule, Sam?" "What ails de nnile. J - Nothing." "Then what are you sellm hnn ■ for?" "Nothing." "I'll hike lull). The practice of wcarmu hoards had nractically died out in w Queen Victoria cauie to the throne. lint during the long winter' siege of heta.« topol the British soldiers m the Crimea allowed their beard* to gro\v, and on their return revived the fashion, which b*is uov°r died out. ' • i >» A Slv Doj?.~"Before wo wore married, she complained, "you always engaged a cab when von tool: me anywhere. Now I vou think the street ear is good enough for me." "No. darling, I don t think the street car is good enough for you; it s because T'm so nroud of vou. In a cal> vou would he seen by nobody, while t can show you off to so many people by taking vou in a. street car." . " The volcanic island nf Salitorino. 111 the. \egean Sea, produces a liat.ura. cement called "I'ortselaua," which mixed in' certain proportions with lime and sand is ail excellent substitute for tlio best cement. • Portselana lias been us;ed feir many ccnturies and is etill being used throughout the Near East.