Cleanings.

Colonist, Volume II, Issue 141, 25 February 1859, Page 4

Cleanings.

Prince Alfred. Prince Alfred landed at Gibraltar, from H.M. ship Euryalus, on the 29th November, amid great honors. His Royal High- , ness took up his residence at the Convent, where he received the principal persons in Gibraltar, who xvere introduced to him by the Governor, Sir James Fergusson. In the course of the day, the Prince was present at a Review, held in the Alameda. The Euryalus left Gibraltar on the'6th inst. Crowds of soldiers from the garrison cheered the Prince on his departure.-— Times, December 17. St. Paul's Cathedral. The special evening services number several thousand worshippers. The choir consists of about 400 voices. Every facility is afforded to the congregation to join the singing, and in addition to the ordinary cathedral "service, psalmody is now introduced, and the effect is grand in the extreme. The dome of the cathedral has been lit with 15,000 gas jets, extending all round the Whispering" Gallery, and the domejias been re-gilded and enriched with stained glass. The "Sovereign of Great Briiam. There is no difference between the power exercised by a king and queen in this country. Their office is hereditary, passing upon their deaths to the next heir-males, in the next degree of relationship, being preferred to females; thus the youngest son of the present Sovereign would inherit the throne to the exclusion of her eldest daughter, but any daughter would stand in the order of succession before an uncle, a nephew, or a male cousin. The crown of these kingdoms can only be worn by a Protestant; should the king-or queen, as such, or when they are heir-apparent, marry a Roman Catholic, it is forfeited from that moment. The person of the sovereign is sacred ; she is above the law; no act of Parliament can bind her, unless it contains express words to that effect. It is also a maxim of law that she can do no wrong. She is the supreme head ofthe Church, the Arm)**, and the Navy. She has the power of declaring war and making peace, of arranging treaties and coining money for the use of her subjects, and of sending and receiving ambassadors, She may refuse her consent, to laws passed by the two Houses of Parliament; but this right has ]

not been exercised: by any sovereign since the reign- of Queen Anne. * These and other rights are called the Prerogative of the Crown. Under our Crown. Under our Constitution, the * sovereign- must govern through her ministers,' *whd are responsible to Parliament and the country for her political acts. The royal consort has, as such, no' 'in/the government of the country, but may be appointed to fill any post in' the State 'that a subject can hold.—" Row we are .Governed," hy Albany Fonblanque. The Philosophy of-Advertising. If a chap was to fall into a well, up to his neck, I kinder reckon he might shiver till he shook his teeth out without any one coming to his aid, unless he sung out " Murder" or something else, so as to alarm his wife, and bring her' to rescue. Just so it is in regard to merchandise. A man may have his shop full of goods,* but' if no one knows it, what does it benefit him? He may have two or three, or a dozen local customers, but to fetch a crowd he. must call a croxvd, and the only way to call 'em is to sound the news in that etarnal trumpet —the newspaper. Advertising,'goods is just like snorin' or takin' a cry in' baby to church. If you:sleep in church and don't snore, how's folks in the back seats or in the gallery .to know that you , are there? And in' regard to the' baby, folks would never know that you could raise one if, when nurse takes him to church, he didn't begin to let off steam. "But' when he yells out good and strong, everybody, parson and "all, feel mighty good'; they, look at him and say to themselves, ?• Fine baby that, by ho'key! a regular young rhinosr sercrow, by gum' ! The more he bellers, the more people know it, the more people think about you; they read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest what you say, and then they go and see you. One would imagine a chap who never advertises his goods had stole 'em somewhere, and was afraid the owner would, as soon as he seen them advertised, come and claim his property; there may-be such a thing. A man who is afraid to ad vertiso is afraid to look an honest public in the face, that's veracity; and they are just as feered of him. I'm-always suspicious of a chap that has a store full of goods and never spends a cent in-making people aware of it;* he is either a big fool or a big knave. When such a 'coon is likely enough to get a good customer, he'd ort to take a daggrytipe of him'sure; for it aim likely he 11 see him agin in a hurry ; for you see the man that don't advertise never sells twice to the same person; he sells so little that he has to charge like thunder to be able to live. He is sq stingy that he would let his baby out to a beggar at a penny a day, and if he ever gave a* blind man a cent it would be sure to be a bad one. His store smells so musty with his six year old, moth-eaten, fly-specked, old fasliioned goods, that it is enough to knock a negro down, let alone a lady. . You see, goods is like gals; they must go when they are in the fashion, and good -lookiri*, or else a yoke of oxen wouldn't draw 'erh off afterwards. The man that advertises most does most business, because he don't make one stock to last one life-tirhe. I know a merchant of this district who has imported three different batches of goods within a year from Europe—and none of your small schooner loads either, each time—and now he's nearly sold out again. How does he and his partner get rid of so many goods? They advertise more than all the others put together, that's-, the how; I can prove it. ,If you want to borrow money—-if you want to lend money —if you want a farm to rent—if you have one to sell—advertise. If your hoss^' pig, cow, colt, sheep, oxen, or husband go astray, advertise them right off,-and not run the chance of losin' 'em'altogether, or bavin' to pay as much as theya're3v6rth in charges for their keep. If you are >' shoemaker, tailor, blacksmith-, waggon--maker, or any kind of useful mechanic, show people that you are not" ashamed''of being a mechanic-by advertising. If yovL keep a hotel, make it knowfn. When peo-y pie see a man advertise, they know he's a business man. ..'■.' "... ' The world is full of folks who want.; Some want to sell; some want to buy; and the only way to meet these wants andmake money is to advertise. Advertising is like honesty—it pays well,if followed up. Merchants think nothing of paying forty dollars for one sign with nothing but their name on it. Well what, do you think of havin' two thousand signs a week in a newspaper! In it you can show your; whole establishment to the country every week. If you are wise, just rub your eyes; and go to* work and advertise.- — Yankee Doodle,in Niagara.Mail. " ■~,. .' -' " Come here and tell me what the four seasons are?" Young prodigy;ans.wers,"Pepper, mustard, salt, and vinegar; theraV what mother always seasons with." " What possessed you to marry: '.that dowdy ?" said a mother to her son.. cause you always told me to pick a wife likemy mother," was the dutiful reply.