At the Academie de MiSdecine M. Levy related a remarkable case of a well-developed foetus found in the abdomen of a young man. The man had suffered, it seems, for two years from fa abdominal tumor, which gradually attained a considerable size. In the course of he laparotomy performed this tumor was found to be situated between the mesenteric folds. It contained a yellowish gelatinous liquid and a well-developed foetus of about five months. The patient suc cumbed twenty-four hours after the oper ation. The speaker considered that the cyst should be classed among those called, “dermoid,” not infrequently met with in young girls.— * Medical Press. 5 “ What makes that hen in your back yard cackle so loud ? ” “ Oh, they’ve just laid a corner-stone across the street, and she’s trying to make the neighbors think she did it.”

THE LOAN BILL.
[From Our Parliamentary Reporter.]

WELLINGTON, August 27.
On the House resuming last evening the first four Orders of the Day were postponed in order to go on with the debate on the motion for the second reading of the Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Bill.
