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Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 323, 8 December 1888, Page 8

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" ;-' : |-" : AM&reamy : rqaebuj^ ;* w^}?* P?f r " l ,0 ® ' f : - - ' , -% , - v •> j i They wrapped her form in.hwtrmH silk' And draped so iV folds of if' my, I co * About the slender, pulseless wrwts ; Arid UnJerneatli the p.itisnt t'aoe. ( ' , ' ■ i j *i' | "AtlMfrshelayhrperfcet rest, v ' •p While voicesj-lateso-almv ty prais'i-t Behenrsed hen many .yirtues'uVr'' "7 And spoke* of 'all herplea?>unt waya. The sloeperheeded'nnt the wea'th J -\O$. bloom that lay uMthin herh.iht 1 ; , And not a word of love .or.lo^s .> T Het\8ealcd eurs could und ;rstun,l. Strange, we so often heap the flowers To lay in folded hands at lust ! And little luxuries of life Withhold till care for. them is past. 1 Strange that we do not oftener praise" ' The willing toiler by our side 1 Why keep the full-blown flower of love Until our friend we loved has died ?

decent visitors from Melbourne state that the quartz display from New Zealand - in-the Melbourne Exhibition is now splendid, and all that her most fervent admirers could desire. , the most important and influential visitors hud left before it was put up, so that the benefits to be derived from the erection of the trophy will be somewhat limited.' The • -cotumn representing the output of silver from the Broken Hill mines makes a poor show beside it. All the visitors are agreed thattheworstthingirithe Exhibition is the topogiaphical model of New Zealand, which, witk its scared mountain mnges, volcanos, and Alpine mountains, gives the Australian the impression that there is m-t a square mile of fl.it country in the colony. Indeed, some 01 them go so far as to t-ny that it ought to be removed from , the Court, as giving a totally misleading idea of -the -colony. Fortunately, -the New Zealandevi • o are over there, take, the trouble *o rur." t! impression, and by their e'-.thubU^tio 5-^-vocacy of the colony • and ltb'ie'sC trees :r-puir the mischief. Bride (esv::. .;g; ig bridal costume foi travelling diess^: "Did I appear nirvou< at all during the ceremony,' Giar.i V" Bridesmaid (envious): "A little iit fir*t, dear, but not after George had said f 1 . \vill." 1 'I am slowly starving to death.' { 1 am very sorry,' replied the editor, with much sympathy in his, voice, ' hut I haven't any pennies.' * Well, will you let me have a mouthful or two of paste ; 1 -see j'ou have nearly a pailful of it there ?* •*No, I cannot spare my paste ; 1 have just begun my editorai- work for to-morrow's issuej and I shall need it all.' ' Then yon •ca-n't' help me any this morning ?' • I .guess- not this morning ; but 1 am going to write Borne lettws this afternoon about i\te o'clock, and if you will happen to come in at that time I will let you lick ihe postage stamps.' .A ,Mean,Old > Man.~M Why, old mar, what are you dbipg on a' bicycle?" ' " It'a TOy-"orily,j,chdnce-to'get a little fresh air with*ouf tSkrner the 'old ladv alousr : set? "