THE WHISTLE. THE TWO BRIDES.

Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1729, 4 August 1883, Page 4

THE WHISTLE.

THE TWO BRIDES.

I ba.w two maidens of the kirk, And both were fair and sweet ; One was in her bridal robe, One wa*in her winding-sheet. The chorister's sang the hymn, The sacred ritea were read", And one for life to Life, And one to Death was wed. They went to their bridal beds, 'In loveliness and bloom ; One in a merry castle, One in a solemn tomb. One to the world of sjeep, Locked in the arms of Love ; And one, in the arms of Death, Passed to the heavens above. One on the morrow woke In a world of sin and pain — But the other was happier far, And never woke again I

Fratfklin, aa honourable n name. As any on the roll of f.imc, Relate* tli.it, when lift w.is .1 boy, He bought a whistle for a toy :— Piping away, h« homeward hies, JX'Onimtf Ins purchase quite .1 prize : lint |ohath.in's cow -vas then .1 c.»lt, Ho gave, if seems, toi) much bv half; Was b.tntor'd well, nu-w sli im'd .md shy, And "foon icsohod to t'lro.v it by. Our ulmtliny bo) , in i ijmt ngo, Uccntni' i iclobi.itcd s.iro; _ Could piovTrbs frame .md " nrws incite. And "niodorn lnst.iiui's" recite ; Pitliy. i (iiin«', .mil trui' to n iture, Issued In Wisdom's " imjirim.itiir " Amonßst the u-st. this uncnilc act Hi; tells, with h.s pc< ult.tr u< t, J{y w is of wholesome ridicule. To chide .md Lh.iston in.inj .1 fool. Who, led by some pet f.inry merely, l'urdi.ise tlicu thistles fit 1 too dc.rlv— Sots, tf.imblurs, r.ikes, ,md many such, P.i\ tor iliuir whistle-, far too mm h ; Would they his mortal courage show, Awaj their whistles they would throw Shake hands with I'rudencc, save their pence. And rise like him to eminence.

Don't bo afraid to work ; life is short, and you will have time enough to rest when it is over. Mason, the poet, was asked to sub* senb" to the poems of Ann Kear&ley. the Bristol milk-maid. " The poems," said the gentleman applying, "of a heaven born genius in much distress." Mason gave five guineas, with this reply : " Time are five pounds for her ih^/rc^, add five shillings for the // cum »• born <jen i nt> . ' ' An IxciuKvr in tub K mays' Caiieek. — The circumstances connected with the tragedy in Nherntt'd hut during the pursuit of the Kelly g.mg are probably still h'rst in the nundt> ot most colonists. Four constables were in the hut the night that Shun ltt was shot by the gang, and all four weic dismissed on the recommendation of the Police Commission, for not hiWing lushed ont.ind made an dl'ort to capture the desperadoes. One of the four (Niys the -/y) was a young constable named Alexander, who feels that an injustice has been done to him, and is an\iou-i to lias c a Board of Enquiry to w Inch lv: might submit hei&elf for special examination. He as^eits that he will take his stand upon the evidence given befoto the Commission, and prove from that document that he ought to have been exempted fiom the punishment meted out to his comrades. A cursory examination of the evidence certainly goes to show that Alexander displayed a little more activity and reHouice than his mate's. He volunteered to make a rush out of the hut, and more than once warned his senior in charge that "Mr Hair would be wild it they didn't tho outlaws;" and when he tumid his aidom upturned lie irounted gu ud at the paitition, so as to cover the door with his 141111, while the other* more prudently placed themselves under and on the bed m piepauition against .\ smyitee. Com: \.— Among the papers which form the subject m:\ttei of the May jinmbci of the Vi»nulin</-> of the Royal (icogiaphicdl Society 1^ an iiiteicsting abiidijinriit of a icj>oi t cuinnmnioated by by Mi JJall, fiutnig consul at Nagasaki, o! a loeent ]Oiuney to (Johm—.i conntiy wlucli, as lie poinU out, owes it's secluded chaidctci in no small measuiu to the difficulty patented to na\is.'.itois by the thick clu-jtei ot l-laniK that finite its vesta n coi-^t, eoiiil)iucd with the niiiam ii 5 ami io^-^ pievalent in summer and tin* u'c m uintoi The tuluies of both the Kicnch na\al expedition ot ISfio au<l tiic Ammi.au expedition of 1871 ueio duo solely to dilheiilties of navigation. Swiil, the piiiK'ipal city, ia dc scubed as peopkd by about "240,01)0 inhabitants, tin- liou^es eight 01 nine feet high, build of stone oi mud, and mostly rooted with tiles. The chief wares arc •silk and cotton goods, boots, papei, and brass waie, all of native pioduction. Thu total population of Coiea, accoiding to (he (I'moimiKMifc census, is alrout 0,810,000 souls. The State levenue is deu\cd enlnely fiom the land tax, and at the cm lent iatc ot exchange is equivalent to about CI!U,00<) steilmg. A Modi its Toi un \mi.n r. — In honour of the in.uii.ige of the liuke of (Jcnoa, a toiunament altei the nirili.i v »'«il style was given in the Villa Isoi»hese, at Home, on iUa\ "2. Tlic I'ia/Ai di Seena, w inch was ])lanncd foi ]> infants of this kind, and ■w hcie many lu\e been giwn, since the da^sof I'ope Paul V, has exactly the outline nl an ancient Woman aiotis. The heits which hid beni erected along the .sides and semiciiculai ends wcie Idled ■sMlli l.i,O\)> spjL.t»tniN. In the Royal .Pavilion, in tin middle of one side, hung ■with ciiiiiiDU \cl\et, and docoiated with iloui'is, weie the Kinii and Queen, the biido .mil Ijiidegioom, llic Duke of Aosta, and I 'mice Ainulph of Jievana, with Ihoir ic=pjcLi suito. On thoii light was a jm ikon loi Ihetouigii Ainbassadoi.sand l'ltnovs, and on then left othcis for their lainilie-, and toi the (J linnet Miniateis. The ciualieio, .ill young Italian nobles and cavalry ollijura, divided into four bquadionsof .'?+ ndeiseaoh, two reprcsouing I3j.vuuus and two Italians, were mounted on iichly-uapaiisoned thoroughbred hoisea, and woic luntliomc I (3th century coHtumci of q iv colouis, with plumed liats. They ioile into the U-ti pi needed by the heiald, Pi nee Odcscalchi, trutnpctcis, tiiid st.uid.ud beirei's, and were Ivd by tlic joiinu' Pi nice of Naples, who acquitted IniiHelt gallantly. TliP j sports Moie ot the \iiiious Kinds piactised at Midi pai^i'iiust, mine lilting wont out "With Uie use ot .ii liiom — the Tut It's head, tlic hunt ot the lose, and tin 1 like. The men lode will, and the evolutions, especially those at a hand gallop and mci bin dies, weiv admiiably executed, and eliutcd loud bui.sts of applause, liog.ij' a spectacle, ltissntl, basnotbeen vtnessed in I lonic foi many ve.ns. Anim.\r ov \ M\s or \V\ii.— The Jiipun (ut.hlli the subjoined ]iar ticul.us connected with the gun accident 'which lecently (^ccuicd on boaid her Majesty's ship Daunt;, at Yokohama, dining t.u get piaetice •— " Kor some icason not \el known a (iS pounder inu//,le-loa(liii4 L r un exploded, killing two men instantaneously, and slightly ■wounding othcis. The names of the unfortunate men who lost their lives are Timothy Couelly, A 15., and John Kauri ell, private X.MLI. The bleach of the gun was blown clean off. The icmaiiio ot the victims of the sail accident ■wc\e lntumnl \v\ the coiwetuvy \v\tb militaiy hononis Met Majesty's snip Cm ujoa called at Yokohama on her way to Hongkong to leplace the Dai ing's gun, ■which was lendcreil useless by the explosion ; and she also ldt 14 men to make up the Daring's complement. The Dating has since left tor Yokosuka for rcpaii s. Jt\is \mj Mi< k. —It you wish to de.Stioy tllOlll !,'Ct ,■>. ]).ukll til till I \~SI \(.ll A I'KMIN Kn 1 1 k m i).i< kits, Oil, 'id, ,intl Is, to be obtained of .ill s>tnii'ki'e]iiis. oi iiom 1. JS. Him. bj unc]t)sui), r an f\ti.i stamp. Tin. Pmicixs S\m'im. — (Jrcat reduction in s e\\!ii^ m u him s I'iit ts, carnntre paid ■with ill iNtus ltumu Shuttle, 1,2 l.'is ; AVi'itheim, I 1 , White, 1 .{ I<K ; Siiikit, L 3 2s ; l'nsti-r .lutl Korsnun, IA Hl,— wilh cojer, LI; Kn.ttuiK M i<iuiHs, 1.7 ; Howe. L.J , Standard, jo, os, !kc., Kiltmsr -\l." limes — D. S. Chambers, Qiii cv and l'o.t Sticcts, AucKl.md. Mo canvassers. 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—B. 11. Stoddard.