If you want an 'Amalgam'—why, mix it yourself!"


Feminine Saturnalia.

[Miss Klumpke has just achieved a great triumph with a learned treatise on the Rings of Saturn.]

Oh! maiden, learned, wise, you can

To froward woman prove a pattern,

You pay your due respect to Man

By writing up the Rings—of Saturn!


New Prandial Proverbs.—What's underdone can't be helped. A bird in a pie is worth two in a dish. Apollinaris (or any other) water in time saves wine. The early guest gets it hot. It is never too late to dine.