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Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 3, 15 April 1893, Page 15

What is it that fastens two people together* yet only touches one ? The wedding ring. A compromise is a friendly agreement in which both parties get what they don’t want. Some men talk so much that their stock of truth necessarily gives out before they get through. “Wait till the clouds roll by” is a piece of advice that no really energetic man will follow. He will push them. Before marriage a man has sometimes to beg for “ only one little word.” He has never reason to do so afterwards. The man who is always wishing he were dead is sure to be the first to rush for the, door of a' theatre at the cry of fire. He—“ ’Scuse me, dear, bein’ little late. Been—hie ! —been t’ lecture on 1 Drink.’ ” She—“ Yes, sir, and you have come home full of the subject. Extract from a bride’s letter of thanks—“ Your beautiful clock was received, and is now in the parlour on our mantlepiece, where we hope to see you often. “ George,” said Mrs Gazely, reproachfully, “ before we were married yon always insisted on carrying- my .pgckages for me.” “ Yes,” replied George, “ but I didn’t have to pay for them then.”. Irate Country Squire (to new groom) : “ Sook here, confound you! •I won’t have this ! Do you think I am a fool ? ” Hew Groom- —“ Share, sorr, Oi can’t say, sorr. I only came here yestherday.” A wife w r as complaining bitterly of her cruel hushand. A friend advised her still to treat him gently and kindly, and thus heap coals of fire on his head. She replied —“Ah, that will not do, for I have tried two kettles of boiling -water on his head, and he’s no better.