our rent.--M. S.

The following advertisement probably emanates from the same firm:

PERSONAL--HIS LOVE SUDDENLY RETURNED.--Recently they had not been on
the best of terms, owing to a little family jar occasioned by the wife
insisting on being allowed to renovate his wearing apparel, and which,
of course, was done in a bungling manner; in order to prevent the
trouble, they agreed to send all their work hereafter to D., the
tailor, and now everything is lovely, and peace and happiness again
reign in their household.

All this is lively. Never fail to read the advertisements of an American
paper, or you will not have got out of it all the fun it supplies.

Here are a few from the Cincinnati _Enquirer_, which tell different
stories:

1. The young MADAME J. C. ANTONIA, just arrived from Europe, will
remain a short time; tells past, present, and future; tells by the
letters in hand who the future husband or wife will be; brings back
the husband or lover in so many days, and guarantees to settle family
troubles; can give good luck and success; ladies call at once; also
cures corns and bunions. Hours 10 A. M. and 9 P. M.

"Also cures corns and bunions" is a poem!

2. The acquaintance desired of lady passing along Twelfth Street at
three o'clock Sunday afternoon, by blond gent standing at corner.
Address LOU K., 48, _Enquirer_ Office.

3. Will the three ladies that got on the electric car at the Zoo
Sunday afternoon favor three gents that got off at Court and Walnut
Streets with their address? Address ELECTRIC CAR, _Enquirer_ Office.

4. Will two ladies on Clark Street car, that noticed two gents in
front of Grand Opera House about seven last evening, please address
JANDS, _Enquirer_ Office.

* * * * *

A short time ago a man named Smith was bitten by a rattlesnake and
treated with whisky at a New York hospital. An English paper would have
just mentioned the fact, and have the paragraph headed: "A Remarkable
Cure"; or, "A Man Cured of a Rattlesnake Bite by Whisky"; but a kind
correspondent sends me the headings of this bit of intelligence in five
New York papers. They are as follows:

1. "Smith Is All Right!"

2. "Whisky Does It!"

3. "The Snake Routed at all Points!"

4. "The Reptile is Nowhere!"

5. "Drunk for Three Days and Cured."

Let a batch of officials be dismissed. Do not suppose that an American
editor will accept the news