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THE Autonomie Club will be closed in a few days. One of the chief reasons is stated to be that the majority of the members are indifferent, and that the club scarcely defrays its expenses; while the abolition of the Anti-Socialist law in Germany has deprived it of. many of its o

IT is perfectly natural for every young lady to possess aspirations for the stage. Some carry their ideas to the extreme, and, after a time, actually believe they possess merit as actresses or vocalists which would fairly startle the universe if afforded an opportunity.. . . . .

A VENERABLE and pompons English Bishop was having his portrait paiuted.by an eminent artist. After sitting steady for an hour in silence, the churchman thought he would break the monotony with a remark: 'Row are you getting along?" be ingni red. To the astonishment of the Bishop

to the town named, where she arrived in a destitute, exhausted condition at about midnight. She was delivered whilst lying in a barn, of a female child. A young men named Plant was present, and he packed the baby in a corn bag, carried it across several fields, and placed it in

" SAMOITRA," said Mr. Chugwater, "do you know where my hat is?" "Your hat, Josiah," answered Mrs. Chug. water, "is in the corner over there by the bookcase, where you tossed it when you came home last night. One of your gloves is on the piano just where you laid it, and the othe

Hew ad Artist with Two asulbiecta Produced. it Perfect Picture. (Subject of Illustration.) UNLESS a high price is paid an artist finds it a difficult matter to secure might be termed a perfect model. That obstacle was obviated, however, in a rather neat manner recently by an art