kk" Official statistics show that, contrary fco the general belief, mechanical-labour is higher paid in New England than in any other part of the Union. yvk. Afc a " Burglars' Contention" held lately in Vermont, it was resolved,, after some debate, "that it is .expedient to .use chloroform on victims." ni^ The San Francisco Chronicle calls a de faulting subscriber to account by publishing the following advertisement : — " The Rev Dillon Eagan is requested to call at this office immediately and settle his;bill." In speaking of " intellectual vagrancy," the Churchman deprecates" " a deadly mental dyspepsia that has had ifcs.kfoundafcion laid in many of our American girls';' between the ages of seven and fourteen, by,- the gorging of washy Sunday-school books." All children in New Jersey must be edu cated, and may be educated free. None of tender years can work in manufactories unless they have ,been to school one year. High schools are to be established in every congres sional district, and therekare to be state scholarships. The State Board of Health in Massachusetts is desirous of investigating' the effects pro duced on the health of women by the use of sewing machines, and has selected Dr Lucy Sewall, of Boston, to prepare a report on the subject. This is said to be the first instance of tlie appointment of a female physician to draw up a medical report for tho Government. A lady, writing to the New York Tribune regarding the Chicago fire, relates the follow ing! incident, of which she was an eye-witness : — '■ A young husband, finding ifc impossible otherwise to save his bride, covered her up with sand, except her head, and then ran betWeen her and the lake, soaking his pocket handkerchief to lay over her mouth." / The American Law Review says : — " In America all lawyers drink ;- very few are sober after ten o'clock in the morning. Ifc is nofc customary to keep sherry, kbofcfcles or beer barrels in offices, because sherry and'beer are rarely drunk in America, except by women. 