" A littln nonsense now and then;-. ...... Is relished' bv tho wisest men." : « Lives of groceryrao-n remind ua, , .. , - ;. Thoy cannot make their starch halt lime ;\ And with sugar wholly blind us, °- f - Putting sandin all the time. r 1 There's one sort of ship. I always isteer clear of;' said' an- old. bachelorfsjea*' captain, 'and that's court-ship, ;'oause on that ship there's always two mates and no captain.'. - '* I 'Is that mule tame?' asked a, farmer of an American dealer in domestio. quadrupeds. ' He's- tame enougti^in* front,' answered' the dealer; 'but; 'lie's" awfully wild behind.' ' J.. r A reporter calls at a bankingshousey and takes notes and. it's- all right.. Along comes another fellow, takes some notes, and gets ju gged for five years* This illustrates- tha privilege*, enjoyed- by the press, A Mobile paper describes n ypung; lady with hair ' as- black, as. a- raven's.'* The ravens weren't wearing any hair to speak of last Summer, but we suppose the style has changed this yaar« ••'•"-. A young man on Main-street sftys • he is going to attempt the feat of going -40 days without working. Hh J 'saya -' if his employers do not watch- him, he-' thinks he can accomplish the task. 1 Ella, is your father at home ?*' saiii* a bashful lover to his sweetheart;'* I* want to propose something , very ..im portant to him.' 4 No, Clarence^ papa » 's not at home; but I am. Couldn'tr you purpose to me just as well ?*': And-sJ he did, with perfect success. ' An old lady visiting the Antiquarian^ Museum in Edinburjrh the other; day,,, on inspecting the old weapons very j earnestly, and failing to find what 'she- : was apparently looking for; asked a- visitor if he could tell 'her whereabouts^ they kept the Axe of the Apostles.. ? Forty years ago the proverb ** The schoolmaster is abroad" meant- * that ■>• ignorance prevailed, because the.school master had " shut up shop " and* gone abroad. To-day it is generally used to signify that knowledge is universal, because the schoolmaster is to be found.' everywhere. 'Do you want to kill the child I, exclaimed a gentleman as he saw a boy- tip the baby out of its carriage on the • walk. 