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Manawatu Herald, 9 July 1891, Page 4

A FAMOUS PIPE OF WINE. The most famous Madeiraever known was the " 1814 pipe." It was fished up from the bottom of the Scheldt, a short distance above Flushing, in i3i4, having remained there since 1778 in a ship which had been wrecked at the mouth of the rivor in that year. It was sold by auction at Antwerp, the greater poi tion having been secured for Louis thu XVI II, who despatched an agent with instructs na *.n secure it regardless of expense. Sevml tlnzens were presented to the French O nf-u! at Antwerp, which he .sold to the Dit..- dt Ra .use. In 1858, after the death of ih* D.iclijss de Raguse, four dozens remaii.t-d in her cellars, and they were sold for sometlrnsr over their weigh In gold to Baron Rothschild. 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A KING CATiiCHISKD. , The King oi the Ttel^ians was somewhat j freely catuclii.'-i-ii by workinun delegates of ' the Del.^icin Council vi J i:tj tistr y and Labour. Iv reply to an liiviuiry !nm the leac'er of the^ ■ deputat'osi as to whether bis ivlaif»sty woi'ld ' use his inJiiience v.iti) the vi^w oi securing the adoption oj universal suflrajje, the Kinff declfired that he hsA thu cau«; of the working men greatly a! heart, but ihit, not beinr a dictator, her.iust Ifave the natibn to decide the question. The People says that King Leopold declared that the working men were »vrong to consider themselves a caste separated from their fellow-countrymen, adding, "We are .ill Belgians, and, in different grades, we are all workmen. " The delegates replied that they had been relegated to a separate class, in that they had been refused the right of .voting. His Majesty thereupon informed the delegates that the Constitution forbade him to, occupy himself with these questions, adding. '"l- can promise you nothing, since I must remain faithful to my duties as a Cpns(itution. Sovereign." The workmen, before taking leave of the King, remaVifd that his Majesty could assist in conciliating the different parties in order; to avoid unfortunate occurrences. LIFE. It will be observed that each line of this remarkable compilation forms a quotation, from a standard English or American author. Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour ? •— Young. Life's a short summer, man a flower. — Johnson. 1 By turns we catch the vital breath 'and die. — Pope. The cradle and the tomb, alas ! so nigh. —Prior. To be is better far than not to be, — Sewell. Though all man's life may seem a tragedy ; — Spencer. But light cares speak when mighty grief* are dumb — Danicll. The bottom is .but shallow whence they tome. — Raleigh. Your fate is but the common fate of all, — Longfellow. Unmingled joys here to no man befall ; — Southwell. Nature to each allots her proper sphere, —C&ngreve, Fortune makes folly her peculiar care; —Churchill. Custom doth often reason overrule, —Ilocheßter. And throw a cruel sunshine on a fool. — Armstrong. ■ Live well ; how long or short permit to heaven ; — Milton. They who forgive most should be most forgiven. — liailey. Sin may be clasped so close we cannot ,-ccc its face, — French. \ . '<# Vile intercourse where virtue has no place. ?-SomerpiUc. V Tbps keep each passion down.i however dervr,-^— Tlumson. \ ■ ■ Thou pendulum betwixt a smile and tear. — ■ Byron. . 1 # Her sensual snares let faithless pleasure lay.-rSmoHet. \ , . v * Wfth' craft and skill to ruin and betray. —Crabbe. . . ."••'■- Soar not too high to fell, but stoop to rise, —Masiin^er. ' • , We masters grow of all that we despise. — Cowley, . • \ Then I renounce that impious self-esteem ; —Peattie. • Riches have wings andgrandeuris a dream — Cowper. ■ I** ■ Think not ambition wise because 'tis brave, — Davenant. .■#, The path of glory leads but to the grave. —Gray. t-v What is ambition ? 'Tis a glorious cbeat, •— Willis. <v Only destructive to the brave and great. — Addison. ...» What's all the gaudy glitter of a crown ? —Dryden t»The way to bliss lies not on beds of down. •r-Quarles. How Ion? we live, not years, but actions tell ,—Waikim. That man lives twice who lives the first lFe well —Ilerrick. Make then, while yet ye may, your God your friend, — Mason. Whom Christians worship, yet not comprehend.— Hill. The trust that's given, guard, and to yourself be just ; — Dana. For live we how we can yet die we must. — Shakspeare. A couple of sweeps, having occasion to pass a bridge at Manchester, unluckily could muster only a single halfpenny between them. How to raise the other halfpenny to pay the toll they knew not, till one of them proposed to toss up which shonid carry the other oven '1 his was done—one was instantly crammed into the bag, and lugged over on the shoulders pf the other aj a burden of soot.