NOTE ON THE FEEDING, &C., OF WHITE MICE.--Such of my juvenile readers as may be disposed to make a pet of one of these interesting little animals, would do well to observe the following rules:--Clean the cage out daily, and keep it dry; do not keep it in too cold a place; in winter it should be kept in a room in which there is a fire. Feed the mice on bread steeped in milk, having first squeezed the milk out, as too moist food is bad for them. Never give them cheese, as it is apt to produce fatal disorders, though the more hardy brown mice eat it with impunity. If you want to give them a treat, give them grains of wheat or barley, or if these are not to be procured, oats or rice. A little tin box of water should be constantly left in their cage, but securely fixed, so that they cannot overturn it. Let the wires be not too slight, or too long, otherwise the little animals will easily squeeze themselves between them, and let them be of iron, never of copper, as the animals are fond of nibbling at them, and the rust of the latter, or _verdigris_, would quickly poison them. White mice are to be procured at most of the bird-shops in Patrick’s Close, Dublin; of the wire-workers and bird-cage makers in Edinburgh; and from all the animal fanciers in London, whose residences are to be found chiefly on the New Road and about Knightsbridge. Their prices vary from one shilling to two-and-sixpence per pair, according to their age and beauty. H. D. R. THE PROFESSIONS. If what are called the liberal professions could speak, they would all utter the one cry, “we are overstocked;” and echo would reply “overstocked.” This has long been a subject of complaint, and yet nobody seems inclined to mend the matter by making any sacrifice on his own part--just as in a crowd, to use a familiar illustration, the man who is loudest in exclaiming “dear me, what pressing and jostling people do keep here!” never thinks of lightening the pressure by withdrawing his own person from the mass. There is, however, an advantage to be derived from the utterance and reiteration of the complaint, if not by those already in the press, at least by those who are still happily clear of it. There are many “vanities and vexations of spirit” under the sun, but this evil of professional redundancy seems to be one of very great magnitude. It involves not merely an outlay of much precious time and substance to no purpose, but in most cases unfits those who constitute the “excess” from applying themselves afterwards to other pursuits. Such persons are the primary sufferers; but the community at large participates in the loss.