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Southland Times, Issue 1304, 6 September 1870, Page 3

The instrument for feline serenaders — Tbe tom-tom. When is an original idea like a clock ? When it strikes one. A Richmond milliner advertises for a " second-hand seamstress." There is no dungeon so dark and dismal as the mean man's mind. Advice to a Toper. — Don't let your spirits go down. The shades of night — Window curtains. Payment in Kind. — Habneman, the founder of the homoeopathic school, was one day consulted by a wealthy English lord. The doctor listened patiently to tbe statement which the patient made to him. He then took a small vial, opened it, and held it under the lord's nose. "Smell! Well, you are cured!" The lord asked, in surprise, " How much do I owe you?" " Thousand francs/ was tbe reply. The lord immediately pulled out a bank note and held it under the doctor's nose. " Smell ! Well, you are paid!" A Hopeful Student. — A wealthy French countryman, whose son was studying law in Paris, paid a visit to his hopeful scion at the capital. After dinner father and son took a stroll througb tbe streets, looking at tbe various fine buildings. Finally they Btood still in front of a very remarkable and characteristic building. " What building is this, my son ?" inquired tbe father. "I don't know, papa," replied tbe son, "but I will ask tbe Sergent de Ville, who is standing behind us." The Sergent de Ville informed them tbat it was the law school, where the young man was believed to bave attended lectures for a year past. I