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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2114, 13 October 1875, Page 2

Peoverbal Philosophy.—There is no place like home. Fallacious; If your home is a row of houses, it is probable that the homes of your neighbours are very like yours. A Politician.—The Columbus Journal, describing an Ohio politician, says: " He is an honest man by profession, and he earns his bread by the sweat of his jaw." . What, Indeed.—" What kind of sas. sages is them?" queried an old lady of the young man of literature and peanuts, as he passed through the train selling bananas. The Only OccAsioN.—The expression of a nervous woman's face upon-getting into a dentist's chair is something that no man can imitate until he gets a letter from his mother-in-law, sharply inquiring if that spare room is ready. Lover's Catechism.—Questions put to his sweet-heart, at intervals of a quarter of an hour, by a bashful boy during their first tete-a-tete ; v How's your father?; How's your mother? How's your parents P -How are your mother and father? How are they both? ! Juvenile Subgeby.-^A precocious boy was asked which was the greater evil of the two, hurting another's feelings or his Angers. He said the former. " Right, viniy dear child," said the gratified quos? tioner, "and why is it worse to hurt th.c. feelings ? " " Because you can't tie a rag. round them," exclaimed the dear child. The Best Legal Authority on Cbi-MATioy.—-Cokp.