ROUND THE WORLD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2260, 2 April 1886, Page 3

ROUND THE WORLD.

A clergyman who, while preaching a Bermon oil a recent Sunday ovoning, perceived a yountr man and his sweetheart under the gallery in tho act of kissing each other behind n hymn-book, did not loso his temper. No, lie remained calm, He beamed mildly at the oil'eudcrs over his apectr.blos, and when tho young man kissed her the fifteenth time, ho merely broko his sermon short oil' in tho middlo Jjd "thirdly," and offered a fervent Sprayer 011 behalf of the "young man in tho pink neoktie and the maiden in the pink shawl, who was profaning the sanctuary by kissing one anothor in pew 78.". And the congregation said " Amen,". Them the damsel pulled down her veilj and tho young man does not go. to. church now as much ns ho did. Tho following stray scrap of gossipjias. been clipped from a. late Sew ir-outli Wales oxclian«el licard a good ;story tho other day about a politician win? has gone to a place where we are assured that a final division will.be taken 0:1 the Day of Judgment..' 'lie was invited by Mr Dalley, Q.C., to ..dinner .611 'Manly Beach. Mr Dally is a gieat gourmand, *nd prides himself on being- one of the best cooks in Australia; '• What do you think of that soup ?" he will ask. " I was in tho kitchen at half-past two, with my apron on, preparing tlui ingredients." Ho gave' Sir Joho O'iShanassy.a recherche dinner of eigiit courses. At desert he said: "Now, Sir John/confess tint, you never had a better dinner in your life,' nor ono you enjoy mure," " Very .good' dinner, Dalley very good dinner.".' ■ answered the '. old' knight. . " Ah, but you never enjoyed a. dinner more—now did your "Well," reluctantly replied his puest," I can scarcely say that;, be-: cause 1 distinctly remember a dinner Home years ago I enjoyed a great, deal more." "Oh! did vou ? Tell me, Yes, tell me," inquired Dalley, in tones of unusual earnestness, and with his mouth ; almost watering in expectation, ■What .' ' did you have i' 1 " A belly of pork, some ; greens, arid a bottle of whisky," was tho brief-reply, to the cuiistoimtum and'disappointment of liis host, who, in telling ; the story, lugubriously added," "1 believed him ; but fancy wasting .a. .dinner . of eight courses on that stomach." • , This is what an American paper says ofi widows and'widowers respectively A';' ; : womarvat GO is'alwrvys.sferi6vis : uhd' »nd if left a.-widow she lives true to her memories and comforts herself with fycr childrenandgrandehildroii. But a widower of three score' : years ■ is, the; biggest' tool, upon earth. There ought to be a reiamatory prison for boys over tjO,. An old widower will put. crapo\ 011. his bat and gdye 011 his beard and start out 0.11 a matrimonial skirmish in two or three mouths after tho funeral. - ■""" Tho tobacco habit-," wrote tho editor, while the entered' apprentice stood by the sanctum desk waiting ftr copy, '"the., tobacco habit is an evil that the Press, of ■. the country, should bring , its united, powers against-. It- is an inaidious foe to health..■ .It lessens mental vigor, shatters • the nervous system, and destroys the - vital force of the digestivo organs. • .The rapid increase of this habit, ruinous to' j ■' body and mind and taxing our purses, is ■ enough, indeed, to fill the minds of tho deep thinkers of our. ago with the darkest ;Vforbodings for the future of the nation." ' And then the editor; handed tho copy to tho entered apprentice, tilled his briarwood with " Old Virginia,'" and scraped : arod-headed liia-ch upon the wall; and as tho bluo smoke curled upwards in graceful wreaths that formed a halo about the editor's head, he leaned luck'.in his ■ easy chair, closed his eyes, and wondered what, in tho course of human events he .. should write .about next, Whatever may bo the utility and convenience of the penny receipt stamp, it ■ is certain that , it-3 introduction opens a. wido field for extortion, as the Act strictly, Jftjoins a tradesman never -to settle an Igicount '