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Evening Star, Issue 3199, 22 May 1873, Page 3

Nothing is more indicative of the earnest* ness of life than the sight of a well-developed male creature spending eight hours a day in trying to wear out a dry pine deal with the seat of his pants. A small dinner-party was given in honor of an extremely shy man, who, when he rose to return thanks, rehearsed the speech, which he bad evidently learnt by heart, in absolute silence, and did not utter a single word ; but he acted as if he were speaking with much emphasis. His friends, perceiving how the case stood loudly applauded the imaginary bursts of eloquence whenever bis gestures indicated a pause, and the man never discovered that he had remained the whole time completely silent. On the contrary, he afterwards remarked to my friend, with much satisfaction, that he thought be had succeeded uncommonly well.—“ Darwin’s Expression of the Emotions in the Face of Man and Animals.’'