BATTLE OF LIFE.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 399, 4 September 1889, Page 8

BATTLE OF LIFE.

0o forth to th§ Wattle of life « m y toy, Go while \t in called to-day ; J?or the years go out, and the yea:** go in, Eos ardlesu of those who may lose or win, Of those who may work or play. And the troops march steadily on, my boy, To the army pone before ; You may hear ibe sound of their falling feet, jGtoi np down to the river where two worlds meet ; They go to return no more. There is a place for you in tho ranks, my boy, And duty, too, assigned ; Step into the front with a cheerful faceBe quick, or another may take your place, And yop may be lef p behind. There is work to bo done by the way, my boy, That you never can tread again, Work for the loftiest, lowliest men, Tor tho plough, spade, spindle, and peu, Work for the hands and brain The serpent will follow your stops, my boy, To lay for your feet a snare ; \JLnd pl< asure sits in her (airy bowers, •With garh.nd of poppy »nd lotus flowers In wreathing hep goldon hair. Temptations will walk by the way, my boy, 'iVinphi lions without aud within > An.l spirits of evil with robes so fair, As those which the angels inhearen might wear, Will lure you to deadly sin. Then put. on the armour of God, my boy, In the beautiful days of \outh ; Pu|t on the helmet and breastplate and shield, And the sword Ihe fullest a. in may wield, In tho cause of right apd truth, And go to the battle of life, inyboy. With the i •ice of tiue faith sho4 5 And hefoie high heaven do the best you can, For 'he gieat reward and the gopd pf man, For ihe kingdom and crown of Q-od.

Young men in New York have discovered a fresh distraction, They go in for training uh nuises, and after t»yo yearp spent in learning the business, are to have a pertificute of competency, and the right to nurse anybody and everybody who may require their^services. This opens up a glorious sphere of usefulness. Indies yrho ore indisposed will be abie to dispense with the snuffy and wheezy p)d women on whom they had hitherto depended for assistance, £q 1 will be waited on by educated and > p.n potent young men, whose aristocratic liands will smooth the invalid's pillow, mix the cooling drinks, and perform the other little offices of the sjck Foom. This will he delightful fpr all oarties concerned, except, perhaps, the husbands of tUe patients. A sin'ill Irish farmer, who was a depositor in the Post Office (Savings Bank, died the other d»>, and the Bill for his funeral ex<penyes whs sent to St. Miirtin's-le-Qrand to l>e adiudicated upon. Here it is —

£5 8 0£ The Kill was allowed, thojigh to fhe ordinary niijul the tobacco und whisky will be thought to bear u vather nndu;e proportion %o the polßn and black ppils. A pint of mult, moieoypr, must be considered disJinc|;]y deai at 2a |sd, says the (Jlobe.

Coffin ... ... Black Nails ... TnhitCCO Wl.jsky ... Giosm Pipps ... Extnj Pint Al.alf £ B. o 4 0 0 1 10 ? 2 0 7 0 2 3 a 6