"Toute à toi, mia amica cara Minta,
"Amelia.
"I forgot to tell you, that my sweet pet also lost her voice from catching cold rather late one night at the Opera. I gave her half a dozen of Stolberg's Voice Lozenges, and now she says 'Pa' and 'Ma' more distinctly than ever. You recollect, too, her voice was a deep baritone. It has changed to the most beautiful falsetto! Isn't it wonderful?"
"THE HUM OF MEN."
HOW STARS ARE DISCOVERED.
Mons. Arago says:—"Talking of the new fashion of discovering stars:—there's my friend Millevoye, who wrote to me post-haste one morning to say, he had just discovered two new stars! Now, one star is enough at any time, but two were so surprising in my eyes, that I rushed to him immediately to see if there was anything in them. 'Come, my dear Millevoye,' I said, 'can you look me in the face and say you have discovered two new stars?' 'I can,' he said boldly, and he turned his eyes full upon mine. The absurdity of the thing flashed so ridiculously upon me that I could not help laughing—the double discovery was at once apparent—for the poor fellow squinted. Take my word, never believe in a new star till you have seen it yourself."
HISTORICAL PORTRAIT OF IRONSIDES.