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Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 170, 11 May 1871, Page 6

A younc; dandy lady, having called on an upfly gentleman to rtanee with her. bo was astonished at the condescension, and believing that she was in love with him, desired to know why she bad selected him from the rest of the company. "Because sir,"replied the lady, " my husband commanded me to select a partner who would not give him cause for jealousy." In Mississippi, not lonj*- since, tlie minister noticed a seedy-looking chap in one of the pews looking as though he needed religion or ;\ good square meal. So he stepped iap to him and asked him if he was a Christian. "No sir," said he, " I am the editor of the Democratic paper in this place." " Then, in the name of God let us pray," said the devoted minister. Dame Europa's School. — This pamphlet is the work of cannon Pullen, of Salisbury. Of its author, it was related that he tned to sell the copywright for ti guinea, and could not succeed. The pamphet was then published under an arrangement that the author should have a third of the profits, and 20,000 copies having been sold, the profits must be over L 2,300. The latest definition of a " dangerous character" is a man who "takes life cheerfully."