Dancing Mice

There havo been fuuud in Japan some raice that have been the subject of a good deal of zoologicul discussion. These creatures are white and black as a rule, but some have sbadinga of brown aud pale yellow. Wheu the baly rnouse first begins to walk, it exhibitp the tendeucy that characterizes this peculiar breed. After moving a short distance it beging to turn round and rouud, increasing in rapidity uutil it sarina alajost like a top. This walizuig, for it is notlring else, amounts to a ruad dissipation, being kept up for Eorne minutes v ithuut stopping. There will then be a pauso of a few seconds, whcn the dance begius again. These creatures waltz almost al] night, sleepiijg in ttiè daytirue. Soroe: times they dance in couplcs, whirling around a;;d keoping tiio most perfect tima. Three or four have been kaowrt to dance together, two forming uu inner circle and th3 othera dancing around ihe outside. The smalluess of thecirelo they take may be imagined from the fact that they will spin for honra under an ordinary tumbler with but brief intervals of rest. - New York Ledger. A fashion note of significance is the return in smart London and Parisian circles to the wear with evening dresa of long loose wristed black snede glovea. This fashion was always becoruing to the haad wad decidedly beueiiuial to the pona