ges exceed one hundred years. The editor remarks that--

"The most venerable patriarch now in Canada is Abraham Miller, who
resides in the township of Grey, and is 115 years old. In 1758 he
scaled the cliffs of Quebec with General Wolfe, so that his residence
in Canada is coincident with British rule in the province. He is
attached to the Indians, and lives in all respects like them."

W. W.

Malta.

_National Methods of Applauding._--Clapping with the hands is going out of
use in the United States, and stamping with the feet is taking its place.
When Mr. Combe was lecturing on phrenology at the Museum building in
Philadelphia twelve or thirteen years ago, he and his auditors were much
annoyed by the _pedal_ applause of a company in the room above, who were
listening to the concerts of a negro band. Complaint was made to the
authorities of the Museum Society; but the answer was, that nothing could
be done, as stamping of the feet was "the national method of applauding."

The crying of "hear him! hear him!" during the delivery of a speech, is not
in use in the United States, as an English gentleman discovered who settled
here a few years ago. He attended a meeting of the members of the church to
which he had attached himself, and hearing something said that pleased him,
he cried out "hear him! hear him!" Upon which the sexton came over to him,
and told him that, unless he kept himself quiet, he would be under the
necessity of turning him out of church.

M. E.

Philadelphia.

_Curious Posthumous Occurrence._--If the following be true, though in ever
so limited a manner, it deserves investigation. Notwithstanding his
twenty-three years' experience, the worthy grave-digger must have been
mistaken, unless there is something peculiar in the bodies of Bath people!
But if the face turns down in any instance, as asserted, it would be right
to ascertain the cause, and why this change is not general. It is now above
twenty years since the paragraph appeared in the London papers:--

"A correspondent in the _Bath Herald_ states the following singular
circumstance:--'Having occasion last week to inspect a grave in one of
the parishes of this city, in which two or three members of a family
had been buried some years since, and which lay in very wet ground, I
observed that the upper part of the coffin was rotted away, and had
left the head and bones of the skull exposed to view. On i