Not To Be Won That Way.

Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1797, 12 January 1884, Page 2 (Supplement)

Not To Be Won That Way.

Do you know you have asked for the costliest thing Ever made by the hand above — A woman's heart and a woman's life And a woman's wonderful love ? Do yon know you have asked for this priceloss thing As a child might have asked for a toyDemanding what others have died to win With the reokless dash of a boy ? You have written my lessons of duty out, Manlike you have questioned me ; Now stand at the bar of my woman's soul Until I have questioned thee. You require your dinner should always be hot, Your socks and your shirts should be whole ; I require your heart to be true as God's stars, And pure as Heaven your soul. You require a cook for your mutton and beef, I require a far better thing ; A seamstress you're wanting for stockings and shirts — I want a man ami a king. A king for the beautiful realm called home, And a man that the Maker, God, Shall look upon as He did the first And say " It s very good." I am fair and young, but the rose will fade From my soft young cheek one day ; Will you love me then, 'mid the falling leaves, As you did 'mid the bloom of May ? Is your heart an ocean so strong and deep I may launch my all on its tide ? A loving woman finds heaven or hell On the day she is made a bride. I require all things that are good and true, All things that a man should be ; If you give this all, I would stake my life To be all you demand of me. If you cannot do this— a laundress and oook You can hire with little to pay ; But a woman's heart and a woman's life Are not to be won that way.

—Mrs. Browning.

It has been proved by numerous experiments that flour cannot bear the action of the son, oven when not exposed directly to its rays. When flour is exposed to the heat of the sun, an alteratien takes place in the gluten similar to that produced by the heating of the stones. For this reason if is advisable that the transportation of floor should take place, if possible, on cool days or by night, as well as that flour should be stored in a cool plaoe.