Inconvenient Questions

A gentleman recettüy inVíted a weJlknown lecturer to !iis Lome to take tea. CnmëSiately n béin'g séáteá i(. tne t:iblr, a llitli dunght.ev of tüè gentleman siiid to the guest, qwíp alu-uptly, " Where is yourwifc '!" Theifi-Milli'inaii. Imving recently been sepai.jted -froin the partner of In's Üfe.was surprised and anooyod a1 tho i'jim.stion, iiod stqinmered fortli tiue trnth, " I don't knaw." '-'..Doirt blow?" replied tho infant terrible. " !:v doii't yon IíiiowV" Finoñkg that the ehfl'd persistéd in lier iutri-vogidioiis, despite the milil rc;prool' of tho párente, be oouciudëd (o Ctiake clean breasi of the mnlli-r, and Save it over at once. Ho he saicl, with galmnesB, " V,-l), we don't live together. Wc (hink. as wc can't agree, we'd liottor uot. " 1I! stófled a groan as the ehild jegan again, and dartod kb exásp'erated ooi at her parents. Bnt tho littlë torment wQald not be qaieted nntil she exélaimed: "Can't agree ! Then why not fight it ont, a.s pa and ma do?" - Providente Journal. Last autumn Mr. Gladstone visited Ireland foV the tirst tinte, and (liis áu tunan luis páid ln first visifc to the [sje of Man. Lord Beaconsfield lias i been in Irelaód, nor. rtnubtless, in {lie ]sle of Man. The latter remains to all intents and purposes independent, has its cmu Piu-Iiamcnt, and doos what it pleases. There are excellent hotels, unsorpassed bathing beaches, a mild, ugreeable climate, and all things very oheap.