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Evening Star, Issue 3896, 19 August 1875, Page 3

The revenue of Great Britain for the year Sta.“ SS 1 ' «»■*«* •‘‘ Iu a Word.»-In Vienna they have a • for - an occurren ce very common with them in winter the bursting a waterpipe. This is the word—“ Hochquellenwasaerlieferungarohrenfatalitaten.” Malibran used to say that the greatest complnuent she ever received—far greater than the bouquets thrown upon the stage amidst the bravas of enthusiastic audiences—was when upon one occasion, as she was riding through some green lane near Highgate, and humming an nir from the “ Maul of Artois,” two drovers stopped, listened, and exclaiu ed, “Well, she can sing}” ’ A uian mav as well expect to grow stronger by always outing as wiser by always reading, 100 much overcharges uature, and turns more into disease than nourishment. It is thought which makes books serviceable, and digestion which gives health and vigor to the mind. Books well chosen neither dull the appetite nor strain the memory, but refresh the inchnations, stiengthen the powers, and improve under experiments. By reading, a man, as it were, antedates his life, and makes himself contemporary with past ages.