ominions. He
has dispatched a near relation of the Moon's to arrest him in his
flight, and, wherever he may find him, instantly to cut off his tail.

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A NEW ZODIACAL LIGHT.

At the recent Meeting of the British Association, PROFESSOR GLIMM, of
Finsterberg, favoured Section A with the outlines of his plan for the
better arrangement of the signs of the zodiac, which, as he truly
remarked, were in a very unsatisfactory state, and not at all in
accordance with the spirit of the age. "What occasion have we," he
asked, "for Libra, the Balance, when we have already the scales of the
Pisces?" He therefore proposes to remove Libra from its control over the
harvest month, and to substitute for it Virga, which, as every
school-boy knows, is the Latin for a threshing machine in common use. As
Aquarius comes under the provisions of the New Cab Act, which declares
that no water-man shall be allowed on the stand, he is to retire on a
pension, and his berth is to be held over for FATHER MATHEW.

The weapons of Sagittarius, and his mode of conducting the chase, have
become quite obsolete, and can only excite ridicule in an age which has
made so many improvements in fire-arms. He is therefore to share the
honourable retirement of Aquarius, and his duties and emoluments are to
be divided amongst a troop of shooting stars. These last have petitioned
that Canis Venaticus (the hunting dog) may be allowed to attend them,
but their request cannot be complied with until it has been ascertained
that this celestial pointer will refrain from worrying Taurus and Aries,
and barking at the heels of Virgo. PROFESSOR GLIMM has also persuaded
some distinguished members of the Peace Society to arbitrate between the
Gemini, who have not been on visiting terms for many years. By the
intervention of these gentlemen, it is hoped these discreditable
squabbles will be stopped, and Castor and Pollux will be once more seen
in company.

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OUR TOURIST IN PARIS.--No. 3.

The Englishman in Paris lives one of two lives: a life of duty or a life
of pleasure. In the former case he wanders drearily through the Louvre
and the Luxembourg; he makes painful pilgrimages to churches, museums,
and galleries, in the hope of picking up a knowledge of Art. He devotes
this day to St. Denis, the next to Versailles, the third to St. Cloud.
He fills his catalogue and guide-books with annotations,