These doubts are about to be removed for ever by the aforesaid professor, as he intends to exhibit the luminaries in question in open day.

He will also place Charles's Wain[C] at the disposal of any one who is desirous of taking a drive in the Milky Way.

The learned professor will likewise stand for an indefinite period on his head; and whilst in this position will clearly demonstrate the rotundity of the earth, and the tendency of heavy bodies to the centre of gravity.

In order that the prices of admission may be in accordance with the intrinsic value of the lectures, nothing will be charged for the boxes, the entrance to the pit will be gratis, and the gallery will be thrown open for the free entry of the people.
The audience will be expected to assume a horizontal position.

Persons given to snoring are invited to stay at home." "I rather think I should know that style," remarked Willis.
"It is a pity Ernest is not with us," observed Fritz; "but the placard will keep for a day or two." "They say laughing is good for digestion," remarked Mrs.Wolston; "and if so, it must be confessed that Master Jack is a useful member of the colony in a sanitary point of view." The party had scarcely advanced a hundred paces farther, when Fritz called out, "Holloa! there is another broadside in sight." This one was headed by a smart conflict between two ferocious looking hussars, and was couched in the following terms:-- "PROCLAMATION.
"All the inhabitants of this colony capable of bearing arms, who are panting after glory, are invited to the Fig Tree, at Falcon's Nest, there to enrol themselves in the registry of Fritz Becker, who is about to undertake the conquest of the world.