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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 1906, 11 February 1875, Page 2

Hints to the Marines.—lt must not ; be thought that mariners know nothing ) of wine because they are willing to accept ;" any port in a storm." There is no hair :to be found on the mast-head ; the mast is one of the bare polls which the ship scuds under in a storm. The bighi:. of a rope you may find, to' your sorrow, has a smart taste, if you take it that, it means a mouthful. Don't ask the first mate why he has the sails fl set" and the rigging "standing." It also would be imprudent to inquire the time of day by the-larboard watch. The boatswain's pipe will not be lent you to smoke. It is nof; necessary that you learn the act of sel-defence in order to "box" the compass. Don't imagine that you can steer a boat because i you hare been a tiller of the soil. You need not be afraid of getting shot because it is "blowing great guns." The cook does not kindle his fire with chips from the ship's log. The best way to learn what sea life is is to go to sea for yourself; be a son of the sea for a season.

Bulls of Various Races.—lt was a Scotchwoman who said that t"he butcher of her town only killed half a beast at a time. It was a Dutchman who said that a pig had no marks on his ears except a short tail. It was a British magistrate who, being told by a vagabond that he was-not married, responded, "That's a good thing for your wife." Tt was an English reporter who stated at a meeting of the Ethnological Society, that there were " casts of the skull of an individual at different periods of adult life; " though Dean Swift certainly mentions two skulls preserved in Ireland; one of a person when he was a boy, and the other.of the fime person when he grew to be a man. It was a Portuguese mayor who enumerated, among the marks by which the body of a drowned man might be identified when found, "a marked impediment in his speech." It was a Frenchman who, eontendedly laying his head upon a large stone jar for a pillow, replied to one who inquired if it was not rather hard, "JS"ot at all, for I have stuffed it with hay." It was an American lecturer who solemnly said one evening, •' Parents, you may have children ; or, if not, your daughters may have." It was a German orator who, camming with hi; 3 subject, exclaimed, "There is no man, woman or child in the house who has amved at the age of 50 years but what has felt the truth thundering through their minds for centuries." '