THIS FACES OF THE POOR.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 308, 17 October 1888, Page 3

THIS FACES OF THE POOR.

When wealth i locminu o'er the land, And co 1 1 era crorflow, When very fe^neerl wear (he bi'and Ot misery iiiu woe ; When most me, are to others kind. And losses wil endure, Thoie alwaj s ac a lew who grind, The taees ol! le poor. The shark whoh esup poinc dark lane, The monej-li'dor loan, Must always ber the brand of (Jain Upon his foreead mean. Extortion wa-itsm him behind. And greed lm)aramour. He cUuckles aiuhe loves to grind The taces of tli poor. The interest lie iiwont to charge Is slu-nt per sh|it at least, He smiles, and vws it's not too large, The money-grobinf? beast. And when the nqdy onob can't lind The com to paybe snrc He scnd3 the baiST oil" to grind The faces ot thipoor. No mercy he has per shown, No pity in his cc, Tlie poor one thabhtains a loan Mnst pay it. stave and die. To wretched onesie's deaf and blind, He drives thonfrom his dqoi . And to his ayingtay he'll grind Tho faces of tliipoor. Old Nick will lost him on his prong 1 , And boil him i>his pot. And for cacli pary cruel Avrong Will make it v?y hot. Before he roasts im he'll remind Tho vampire tire's no euro. Because he alwra loved to grind The faces of tlj poor.

Mr Albert Koebel, assistant entomologist to the Unibed State Depai-bment of Agiiculture, has arriva in Melbourne. Ifc is Mr Koebele's intotion to travel through the colonies, in conjrnaity with instructions which he has recjved from the United States Minister f Agriculture, whose credentials he blrs. , Professor Riley, entomologist to t^ department, has instructed Mr Koeb© to gain all the information he can witlregard to insoct life in Australia and uDn kindred subjects. Professor Riley stees that the orange trees of Southern Califojia suffer terribly from the white scale (kerya Purchasi), which was introduced irii Australia, where, on account of its nunrous natural enemies, it does but little han. He regards it as a matter of impor nee to introduce the natural enemies dbhe peat to California. Mr Kocbele will jye special , attention to this matter and also obtain as much general informations he can. It is possible that Professor Key himself may visit Australia before IoL