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Thames Star, Volume IIII, Issue 1697, 11 June 1874, Page 2

Thb Otago Guardian says:—"The Natio« nal Insurance Company 'jot New Zealand bis made a very successful start. It has baen prudently managed; and with a continuance of similar management in the future, it bid* fair to be one of the most successful institu* tions in the. Australasian Colonies." Query—Can anybody explain why late comers and early goers at popular lectures invariably have creaky boots f Cincinnati pig-breeders have discover* ed that kerosine is good for fattening pork. ■■■■:•-■;■ "> A man writes to an editor for fotti dollars, " because he is so terribly short," and g t -.ts in.reply the heartless response; "Do as I do-stand upon a chair." "Och," sail a love-sick Hibernian "what a recreation it is to be dying o lore! Shure it sets the heartAgchini so delicately there's iib taking a win! of sleep for the pleasures of the pain! Query.— Can the pedigree of a sky< terrier be traced up to the dog-star? We are constantly told that "th< evening wore on"—but what the even ing wore on such occasions we are no informed. Was it the "close" of I summer's day? ■ ..,;.;■ i . - Caoss-Examination. I—Attorney foi the prosecution: "Was there cny thing in the glass ? " Witness: " Wei there were summit in it." . Attorney "Ah, I thought we should come to i in time! Well, my good friend, wha was the something in it? Come, ou with it." Witness (after thinking) " Well, it wur <a spoon." The love of study itin us almost th only eternal passion; all the others nui us m proportion as this miserable machin which gives taem to us approaches it rum. Study has been with m* th sovereign remedy against all disgusts c life, never hating had a chagrin whic an hour s reading has not put to flight.