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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2009, 12 June 1875, Page 2

'Why .Some Wombk are Thought Mean.—One of the worst evils of limited means consists ill the amount of thinking about sordid little economies, which becomes imperative when every meal, every toilet, and every attempt; at locomotion is a battlefield of ingenuity and selfdenial against over-impending deb.t and diflieulty. Amocg men, the evil is most commonly combated by energetic efforts' to earn, rather than to save; but among women, to whom so few fields of honest industry arc open, the necessity for a perpetual guard against the smallest freedom of expense falls with all its cruel and soul-crushing weight, and on the face of thousands of them may be read the sad story of youthful enthusiasm all nipped by pitiful cares, anxieties, and meannesses ; perhaps the most foreign of all sentiments to their naturally liberal and generous hearts..—" Thoughts. about Thinking," in the Cornhill Magazine for February.

The •' 'Tater Btra." —Here is a good thing on the (('tater bug" (the Colorado potato beetle). Three men comparing notes :—One says, " There aro two bugs to every stalk." A second says, " They have cut down my early crop and are sitting on the fence waiting for my late crop to come up." "Pshaw!" says a third, " Tou know nothing about it, I passed a seed storo the other day arid saw the bugs looking over the books to see who had purchased seed potatoes."