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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IV, Issue 161, 12 July 1869, Page 2

" 4 Would you not love to gaze oii Niagara, for ever ?" said a romantic young girl to her less romantic companion. "Oh, no," said he ; "I shouldn't like to have a cataract always in my eye.". A Moke Difficult Task. — A certain M.P. may carry his bills for enabling a man to marry his wife's sister ;, but when shall we see a bill passed for enabling a man to exist in the same house with his wife's mother. 7 7 Joking the Pope. — A case has come to our knowledge (Scotsman) which is probably without a parallel iv the annals of St Valentine. Six young ladies in a boardiug school- — two of them hailing from the north — purchased a very pretty valentine, which they sent directed to " His Holiness the Pope, Home." Accompany iug. the valentine was a letter, signed by all the young ladies, stating that they had seen his Hohness's condemnation of chignons and long dresses, and had been so impressed by it that they had given up both. The young ladies waited patiently, and iv due time received a letter from Cardinal Antonelli, acknowledging the receipt of the valentine and epistle which had afforded his Holiness much gratification. The letter .was iv French. The young ladies were delighted to get an epistle from such an exalted prelate. However, another post brought back their valentine, with the Pope's blessing beautifully written upou it in Italian. His Holiness had not been accustomed to such souvenirs, and thought it would be doubly valuable returned with his benediction. . The young ladies were immensely pleased, and are now having the the docutnents lithographed for preservation — the originals to be given to the. girl who suggested the affair. It may be added that neither of the young ladies has either taken down her chignon or shortened her dress one-eighth of an iuch ; the . whole matter having been; entered into as: a joke,; although ;it may ; seem to some that for a; few-girls to hoax: his Holiness^ lord-cardinal .1 of ;^^^|ar^; ; wa9 hoaxii^ in rather; high quarters. ..» .

M. Taebieu, the celebrated French chemist, has made some interesting and important experiment with red stockings -imported from England. After extracting the colouring matter, he introduced a certain quantity of it beneath tha skin of a dog, which died in 12 hours. A rabbit similarly treated expired in 8 hours, and a frog in 4. Opening the animals, M. Tardieu extracted the red colouring matter from their bodies, and with it dyed a skein of silk In this report, communicated to the Academic des Sciences, M. Tardieu condemns the use of the "coraline" (the mineral, poison to which tbe fatal stockings owe their brilliant but deceptive hue) as an article of general commerce, and recommends that the importation of the stockings from England be strictly prohibited.