Two Curious Needles

The King of Prussia recenily visited a needie manufactory n his kingdom in order to Fee what mncbincry, conibined with tho human hand could produce. - He was shown a number of superfina needies, thousauds of wbtobi did not weigh half an ounce, and marvcled how such miuute nrticles could be pierced with an eye. But he was to see that in this respect even something still finef and more perfect could be created. Thö borer - that is the workman wliose business it is to bore the eyes in these nepdles - asked for a hair froui the inonarch's head. It was roadily given and with a smile. He placed it at once under the boriug machine, made a hole in it with tbo greatest care, furnished it with a tliread, and then handed the sin-' guiar needie to the astonishcd king. The second curioue needie is in the possession of Queen Victoria. It was made at the celebiated needie manufactory at lledditch, and representa (he column Trajan in miuiature. This wellknown Roman column is adorned with uunierous seenes in soulpture, whiuh immortalize Trajan's heroic action in war. On this diminutivo necdlc, scènes in the life oí Queen Victoria are represcnted in relief, but so finely cut and so smal! that it rcquircs a magnifying glass to see them. Th Victoria needie, morcover, eau be opened ; it contaiüs a number of needies of smaller size, which ave cquully adorned with scènes in relied " You must admit, doctor," said a witty lady to a celebrated doctor of divinity, wilh wlrona she was arguing the. questiou of the " oquality of the sexes," - "you must admit that woman was creatnd licforo man !" " YTu], really, madam," said the astonshed divino, " I must ask you to prora . your case." That can be easily done, sir. Wash'fr Eve the ürst made V' Anothcr divnreo trick in Indiana is mentioned. The wife had the legnl notice served upon her husbanH when he was too cïrunk to know anything about it, and tho eourt slipped the knot before he wa3 aare of eny procoedion;?.