THE LITTLE GRAVE.

Waikato Times, Volume XIV, Issue 1224, 4 May 1880, Page 3

THE LITTLE GRAVE.

" It's only a little grave," they said, " Only just a child that's dead ;" And so they cirekssly turned away From the mound the spade had made that day ; Ah i they did not know how deep a shade That little grave in our home has made. I know the coffin was narrow and small ; One yard would have sen cd for an ample pall ; And one man in his arms could have borne aw ay The rosewood and its freight of clay ; But I know that darling hopes weic hid Beneath that little coffin lid. I know that a mother stood that day "With folded hands by that form of clay ; I know that burning teais were hid 'Neath the drooping lash and aching lid ; And I know that her lip, and cheek, and brow, AVeie almost as white as her baby's now . I know that some things were hid away — The crimson frock and wrappings gay, Ike little sock and halt-worn shoe, The cap with its plume and tassels blue; And an empty crib, with its covers spread, As white as the la.cc ot her guileless de.id. " 'Tis a little grave ; but, oh ! have a care, For many world- wide hopes are buried thsic ; And je, perhaps, in coming years May see, like her, through blinding tears, How much of light, how much of joy, Ib buried with ni) only bo\\ — Chicago T> ibituc.

•' Staple" articles. — Padlocks. Well-Wishee.s, — Thirsty travellers. Cheap Out-ol'-doob Breakfast.— A roll on the grass.

A Chicago man told a lie, and then said : "I hope to be struck dead if I have not told the truth !" He had scarcely ceased speaking, when he fell to the floor— a man having knocked him down.

' ' Somebody ',s coming when the dewdrops fall," she was softly humming, when the old man remarked: "An' you bet your sweet life, Maria, that he'll think a thunderstorm's let loose when he gets here. "

" These Czar troublous times," remarks the Old-mau-afraid-of-his-hack-dvivevs, ' ' and y ; ou muat keep to the right as the law directs.'" From his intense hatred of hackmen, it must be inferred that the Czar used to spend his summer in Niagara

It was a delicate piece of sarcasm in the boarder who sent his landlord a razor, neatly enclosed in a handsome silk-lined case, labelled Butter-knife. "

" Who brayed there ?" asked a member of the Canadian House of Commons of the persons who were trying by interruption to silence him. "It was an echo," retorted a voice.

'• Wiiex shall I call you in the morning, sir ?" asked an hotel waiter of an Aberdonian one night. He replied pawkily, "I'll ring the bell when I wish to be

called." " Little words, " says a tender-hearted philosopher," are the sweetest to hear." Oh, yes; " no," for ins. Lance, when a young man asks his girl if she likes him well enough to many him.

A Waksaw rn.au invented a combined hammer and can-opener. Unfortunately for domestic science, the first can lie opened with it was a can of nitro-gly-cerine. He got it open though.

The latest advices from over the Gulf state the Mexicans have captured Meq-p-vvtzicotplzatlzlatan. Do you know we always did believe the Mexicans would have possession of that place some time or other.

"Beauty is ever young," sings the poet. It is — it is. Look at us. Only twenty-three, thirty years ago, and not a bunion to-day. Photographs for .sale at all the principal news dopolb ami drug stores.

School Barometer.— School Inspector — " Can you name a mild Avinter to m* 1 , my boy?" Scholar — " Yes, sir, 1877. Schoolmaster was laid up for six weeks." As sume lady visitors were goingthrough a penitentiary under the escort of a Miperintenclent, they came to a room in which three women were sewing. " Dear me," one of the visitors whispered, " what vicious-looking creatures. Pray what are they here for ?" ' ' Because they have no other home ; this ib our sitting-room they are my wife and two daughters," blandly answered the superintendent.

-Repentance.— Teacher, who is trying to explain the meaning of repentance : " Suppose a bad boy were to steal an orange, and his good mother should catch him with it, and take him by the hand gently and tell him how wicked it is, and how very, very grieved she was ; don't you think now that the little boy ought to feel sorry!'' " Sunday scholar ; " Yessum" Teacher: "And why, Marmaduke?" S. S.: "'Cause " Teacher: "Because what, Manny? " S. S.: " 'Cause he hadn't eat the or'nge befo' his ma cotch. him and tuck it away fum him ! "

The new Pure Cash System now being initiated by (j. and C. will certainly pro\e a benefit to the pU j a C " keen a great success in S}dney and Melbourne, and when strictly carried out the customer who buys .it an establishment where the goods are marked low to ensure a rapid sale must be a. great gainer. G. and C. sell their drapery, milhnary, and clo.hing at such prices for cash as gives the bujer the advantages of a shareholder in a co-opcrati\ c society, without the risk of being called upon to bear a portion of the loss should the year's business pro\e unsatisfactory. Garlick and Cranwell will aim to retain the confidence which the public luuehithei to shown them, and are detirmined to give the pure cash system a fair trial; whether they gain or lose the first year. Countiy bu}crs on 1 emitting cash with order will be supplied with goods at co-operative prices ; just the same as though they made a personal selection. Furnishing goods, such as carpets, floor cloths, bedsteads, bedding, and general house furniture, the largest portion of which is turned out at our own factory, will be marked at the lowest remunerative prices, and a discount of five per cent, will be allowed to those who pay at the time of purchase. G. &C. h.ning realised the entire \alue of their stock during their late cash sale, the present stock is xhw ano cheaply bought. An inspection is invited. — G\rlick and Cranwiill, City Hall Furnishing Arcade, Queenstreet. Auckland.