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Hawke's Bay Times, Issue 1530, 2 December 1873, Page 34

A Caution to Critics.—A professor's wile who occupied herself sometimes with assisting ] lev husband iu making casts of interesting objects of geology and natural history (says a contemporary), also for her own pleasure sometimes made flowers and fruits of wax and other materials ; but notwithstanding that she had become quite a succesful expert in this line, she found that almost always her efforts were criticised by her friends. Once at a tea party she passed a large apple round, and stated her conJidence that this time she had been quite successful iu her imitation of nature's product; but her friends were, as usual, not of her opinion. One criticised the shape, saying it would be more naturelifit were not so globular ; another criticised the color, and said it was better than other imitations; but that she had not quite hit that natural i udescribablc peculiarity which distinguished the natural apples from the imitation ; almost every one had some fault to find. After the apple had been passed round and had come into her hand again, she ate it, without saying anything. Her friends had beeu criticising a real applo but never afterwards criticised her imitation

Lawyer's Fees.—Barristers fees arc riot always as quite large as people, are apt to think. SI, dc Moray was one day entertaining M. Eouhcr.it dinner, when he asked his guest what brief he had first held and what fee he had received. "Well," replied M. Eouhcr, "I was very young. A country bumpkin came to me and asked mo to take up a case of his. I conducted it tolerably well and gained the day. ' How much will you take?' asked the countryman.—'Oh—saytwo francs,' I replied, smiling.—'Twofrancs! repeated the peasant, as though he had not ctearly understood me—'that's very dear. Won't you let me off for a franc and a half 1 — ! No ; two francs or nothing,' was the reply,— 1 Well, then, I'd rather pay nothing,' returned the bumpkin, and out he went, making a very polite how,"