A French paper gravely tells its readers that " Lord P." went to the office of the Atlantic telegraph and demanded to send a message. Refused at first, he urged his point, and by a payment of 200 guineas, argent comptant, succeeded. Ho was furnished with paper and ink, and wrote, " Send me the strongest spark you can. Lord P." Waiting a moment while the message was sent, he took out a cigar and held it to the end of the wire. The spark came, the cipar was lighted, and " Lord P." went out smoking. This is not told as a joke, but is given amongst the news. It was recently stated in a French journal that it is a Parliamentary train that conveys English Mem bers of Parliament up to town and back again at night. The English language sscms likely to be amplified, if not improved, by the luxuriant imagination of our American cousins. An American paper gives the fol lowing specimens of the last things in New York slang. A fast young man when thirsty — and fast young men are always thirsty — asks for " a wash ;" when he eats he " wrestles his hash ;" when he is drunk he is " swipsey ;" when he gambles he "slings the pasteboards ;" when he sleeps he is " under the blinks ;" on.l when he Bteals he " goes through some body." His friends are " gayducks," " no slouches," " bully boys," and "bricks. His enemies are ''hits" and " suckers." A clever writcr'is said to " sling a nasty pen," a good dancer to throw herself into a " dangerous" attitude. A man is " nibs," and a woman a "he^." A Paris correspondent states that the medical faculty of that city has made an agreeable discovery. It appears that the brewers of London send to Paris every year for a fabulous quantity of strychnine, which wholesome material gives the exact amount of bitter which is considered to impart to beer a plea sant flavor. The Society proposes, says the writer, to draw up a report on this subject, which will be duly transmitted to the Medical Union of London. 