'How old are you, Monsieur Fontenelle ?' asked a pretty young French lady.

'Hush, not so loud, dear Madame!' replied the witty nonagenarian, pointing upwards.

What Fontenelle did as a piece of graceful wit, some Freethinkers do without any wit at all.

They object to laughing at the gods, whether Christian, Brahmanic or Mohammedan; and perhaps they would extend the same friendly consideration to Mumbo Jumbo.

Strange that people should be so tender about ghosts! Especially when they don't even believe them to be real ghosts.