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Rohert Hall was unhappy in hia courtship of Miss Steele. While he waa yet i/ smarting beneath the disapointment, he (went out to tea. The lady of the house j said, with no very good taste, •« You are i dull, Mr Hall,; we have no polished steel i here to entertain you." "Oh, madam, that's not the slightest * consequence, you have plenty of polished brass" His genius for happy retort never slumbered, vjne of his congregation, a sickly, querulous, old mortal, met him in tbe street. " Ah, Mr. Hall, you have— never — been to see me— sir. I've— l've— l've been very ill. I've been— at— Death's door— Mr. Hall." •* Why.didn't you step in, sirP Why didn't you step in ?" Revenue Returns.— The Cape revenue returns for the quarter ended June 30, showed a net decrease of L 38,495, as eomparad with the corresponding quarter of 'fast year;' .".In customs duties alone there was a deficiency of L2/U)91« In the estimates -for'-the .year an* increase of ten per cenKltr th&customß'duties, or about LBO.OOO j -ytu calculated upon.- !