Elbctbioal Pavbhbnts pob City Loco motion. —The latest suggestion for the use of electricity as a motive power is to have the streets of cities paved with iron, either in blocks or so arranged that the pavement will form continuous eleatrical conductors, divided into suitable sections, each section to be charged with electricity by a stationary steam engine and dynamo machine of proper size. On the electrical pavements thus provided, waggons, carriages, fire engines, omnibuses and other vehichles, each provided with an electrical driving wheel, and taking electricity through the wheel from the pavement, may be run, in any desired direction, with more ease and certainty than by the present syetem of horse locomotion, although that syetem would not necessarily be interfered with, as thooe who preferred to use horses could of courso do so. Iron pavements could doubt less be made that would be quite as service able as the present stone blocks. The subject presents a fine opportunity for students of electricity to exercise their head gear. — " Scientific American."

Thb Wbakbb Sex.—A peculiar custom in Corea is thus described by a recent traveller : —" In cities and small townships, it is con sidered a great offence against modesty and custom, whenever a woman is met in the publio streets in the daytime, and they quit their apartments hardly ever during the day. To indemnify them for this strictly kept up seclusion, the following remarkable arrange ment has been made. At 9 o'clock in the evening during summer, and at an early hour in winter time, the city gates of Saoul and other towns are closed at a given signal. As soon as this has taken place all men are bound to leave the streets, and these are abandoned to the women for the pur pose of recreation and promenading. Any male finding himself by accident belated and behind the appointed time in the streets is BUTe to hurry to hie house as fast as possible without looking up or regarding anything about him, and severe punishment would fall upon any person daring in the face of the stringent prohibition to molest women in the least. 