—A new phrase was invented by Lord Compton, a Radical peer, who was recently a Parliamentary candidate in London. " Three rooms and a cat " was, he said, the existing standard of comfort for the work ing classes.
—M. Variofc gives a method of getting rid of tattoo marks which causes but little pain and leaves no deformity. He simply punc tures the skin over the mark with fine needles, and introduces a little tannin, and then touches the parts with a strong solution of nitrate of silver; this forms a tannate of silver scab that falls oif soon and the mark goes away with it.
