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Daily Telegraph (Napier), 25 March 1881, Page 3

A gentleman who is no longer young, and who never was handsome, asked his son's child what he thought of him. The boy's parents were present. The youngster made no reply. ' Well, so you won't tell mo what you think of me ? Why won't you ?' ' 'Cause I don't want to get lickedj replied the sprig of a rising generation. Nautical Questions. —When a heavy sea runs high, would you expect a lighthouse to be brought low ? What sort of timepiece is the dog watch ? Do rats avoid the cathead ? When a sailor tips his flipper, does his money change hands ? Of what build is the tug of war ? When sailors are right out at sea, can they be wrong in the main ? Would you say a seaman given to marine proverbs pnd deep sayings was fond of a see-saw ? Is the ship's waist the proper place for her stays ? In hugging the shore does a vessel lay hold of a neck of land ? Are Mother Carey's chickens kept in the hen coops under hatches ? •