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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3293, 11 July 1879, Page 3

A Good Stoby.—Prince Peter of Oldenburg is chief of the Imperial Russian colleges for girls, and exercises the duties bf liis office with diligence. lately he decided to investigate for himself whether there were grounds for the numerous complaints which had reached him of tho food at the Smolnig Convent, where 80D girls are educated. Going to the institute just before the dinner-hour, he walked straight towards the kitchen. At its door he met two soldiers carrying a huge steaming cauldron. " Halt! " he cried out; "put that kettle down." The soldiers obeyed. "Bring me a spoon," added the Prince. The spoon was produced, but one of the soldiers ventured to begin a stammering remonstrance. " Hold your tongue," cried the Prince ; " take off the lid, I insist on tasting it." No further objection was raised, and his highness took a large spoonful. " You call this soup," he exclaimed, "why, it is dirty water ! " "It is, your highness," replied the soldier, " we have just been cleaning,out the laundry."—Examiner. A painter has reached an extraordinary degree of accomplishment in hid trade. It is said he painted a board so exactly imitating marble that when he throw it into the river it instantly sank to the bottom.

," .Why should a despairing Scotch Bpjnster emigrate to India ? " asked an English wit. "Because ehe is sure to find a monsoon there."