Show some of the manners and customs of different peoples of the earth appear to the ordinary caucasian pro fear audly ridiculous the polynesians and the malays balays always sit down when speaking to a superior the inhabitants of Malli collo an island wi f in the pacific ocean show their admiration by hissing the esquir esqui maux pull a persons nose as a compliment ment mabries greet each other affectionately by rubbing noses a feat which our new zealand za nd missionaries sion aries narles can generally accomplish after a short practice a chinaman puts ute on his hat where we should take ft it off and among the same curious people D le a coffin is considered as a neat and appropriate present for an aged person elsor k especially if in bad heckh if if the latter suggestive operation were to be applied inthis country to a rich consumptive uncle it would doubtless have a material effect upon the olo old gent lemans last will and testament the manchester england guardian mentions a new departure by a provincial surgeon A small tumor was removed from an important important nerve in a patients vs arm an and in the course of the operation some of the nerve itself was taken away this was naturally followed by loss of sensation in the part of the skin to which the nerve was distributed after forty eight hours the surgeon having obtained a piece e of healthy nerve from a leg which had just been amputated proceeded to tore re store the continuity of his patients nerve with the borrowed piece of tissue the resu result it was that sensation returned in thirty six hours and there was apparently t every prospect of a complete cOmp complete lere and healthy rev recovery verY |