And prophets of a prior age
Might fairly be astounded
To find the system of the sage
Confucius worse confounded!
LADAS!
(By a Disgusted Backer.)
Ladas, Ladas,
Go along with you, do.
I'm now stone-broke,
All on account of you.
It wasn't a lucky Leger,
And I wish I'd been a hedger,
Though you did look sweet,
Before defeat——
But I've thoroughly done with you!
Scientific Gossip.—In spite of the great number of bathers at all our most frequented sea-side resorts there has been no appreciable diminution in either the quality or quantity of the sea-water.
STUDIES IN ANIMAL LIFE.