Savory Morsels.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4417, 1 March 1883, Page 4

Savory Morsels.

m An Enoißh rjbtirnal;-Sbciety, has the foilowinp amazing item: " When Lord Beaconsfield was lyinc, ill,_he requested one of his l friends to send for Father Plare^of the Society, of Jesus, wjth whom that celebrated statesman had long hsd friendly . .As Father Clare was.in LiTerpbol, another Jesait, Father Chwke, hastened to the concjhi of the dying old man, and had the happiness to receive .his abjaration, nndi to admit him into the Catholic Church.'" We are not in a position te'ascbrtain the truthfulness of : the above narrative. —Journal de Borne. „. A young couple at Soslyn have just Begun housekeeping and wish to engage a maid-of-all-work. Josephine presents herself. V'Afterl detailing the dufies re- . quired, the lady of the house remarks: •• Well, my good girl, I think you will be suited; the work is light, and we have no „ children." Josephine (with a gracious smirk): " Oh, madam, do not put yourlelf out on my account, I beg! I adore them." A London .correspondent of a Bombay eapCHf -writes-:•-«" A" prominent London terary man the' other evening gave me Borne curious information respecting the effect which newspaper reviews hare upon the circulationjof new books, and there-: latite F value in this respect of the various London daily and weekly journals. Sup- j posing the " Times'* reviews on Monday, the probability, is that Mudie will have 50 - applications on Tuesday for the work. A notice, in the" Standard " will similarly bring 43 application's, the '! Daily News " 30, and the "Daily Telegraph " about a dozen. A review in the " Times" alone is considered by publishers to make a work completely .successful. Of the weekly Sapers the " Spectator " has,the most in* uence.. . t "A. notice in its columns wilt produce a, great demand- at the circulating libraries... It ib a mistake, therefore, to assert, as was done lately, that reviews have no influence upon the sale of books." Some investigating person has furnished the New York Times with.a brief list of

patents OD'-small things, which in many instances^, have proved great, mines of wealth to, the lucky .discoverer. - Among ' these Verifies is the.: favorite toy—the "return, ball"—a wooden ball with an' elastic string attached,' dulling for ten cents each, but yielding to its patentee an income equal .to, £10,000, a year. The rubber tip bri" the end of lead pencils affords the owner of the royalty an independent fortune. "The inventor of the ' gummed newspaper,wrapper is also a rich, man. Ttie gimlet pointed screw has involved more wealth than most silver mines, and the man who first thought .of putting, copper tips to children's shoes' is as well off as if bis father bad left him £400,000 in .Tlflited States bonds. ' ■"■'.* An Austin man, says the Texas Sittings whc>'"ha«\ been living, in a rented house, notified his landlord that lie was going to move. "I hope," said the landlord, "that I will find the house in the same condition it was when you took it." "No Ido not expect.to leave'/i^in the" same condition that I "found it.'' " Well, you will have to do it." " All right, then, I'll drop a cat in,the cistern and advertise for ■bedbugs/" :\/; •■;;;. ,:; .'. .;; ; ; j>: IV is 'hard to say whether the,poetry r. of motion is best illustrated by a man reaching up the back of his vest for a lost suspender, or a woman,sendiug a rock %£tCseLt : oh. the .woodshed;': '■'■'■ '-- The comet has a head 24,000 miles long. It ought to know pretty well what it is • doing. ..= ..... r . ,:j -1 :-:. - - ■'•