"Laughter Holdeth both his Sides."

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1961, 31 January 1885, Page 2 (Supplement)

"Laughter Holdeth both his Sides."

A\r, thou varlet! Laugh aw»y! All the world's n holiday I L»ugh away, and roar and shoot Till thy hoarse tongue lolleth out ! liloat thy cheeks and bulge 4hine eyes Unto bursting, pelt thy thighs With thy swollen palms, and roar As thou never hast before 1 LuHtier I wilt thou ! peal on peal ; Stillest ? Squat and grind thy heel — ■ Wrestle with thy loins, and then Wheeze the whiles, and whoop again ! Tiptoo up »nd pour thy mirth Kloahingly around the earth For a wallow-sloughjfor thee To swash round in— Hi ! whoop-ee I — Throughout all eternity 1 fames Whitcomb JRiUij.

Bcsini <.n is business. "Little boy," »ho said kindly, " don't you want to beoome a member of tho Sabbath school and learn to be good?" "No, I guess not," ho replied. " Why, wouldn't you like to be a nice little boy, and have everybody respect you ?" " Yes, I would like that, but I guess I won't join any Habbath school now. The trouble is," he went on, " I am engaged to drive a span of canal mules as soon as navigation opens, and, with «i sabbath Bohool education I don't believe I could get the mules over the ground fast enough to suit the boas." — Philadelphia Call.

Tin: Siamese, as regards long names, appear to hoad the list, judging from the following, whioh is given by the Boston Journal as the namo registered at a hotel by one of the Sia mese Ambassadors now in this country: " Sorudotch - l'hra- Paraminda - Mali* - Chula-lonkorn-Patindr-Dobia-Maha-Monghut Puru - Hiaratue-raje - ra- wongec - Warut - niabroug«e-l'arabut-Warakh-attiura-raia m - karo - tama - Chaturanta - paramarnaha • Cliak - ruLar - tira - gasangkas-Parumad-harm - mika-Waha-rujad-hira-ja-Para • manarth • Pabito • Phra • (Jhula - Oroiuklow-Cho\v-\ u-Ilua."

VAhin child should be taught to pay all hit debts, and to fulfil all his contracts, exactly in manner, completely in value, punctually at the time. Evorythinf? lie has borrowed he should bo obliged to return uninjured at the timo specified, and everything belonging to others which he has lost ho »hould be required to replace. — Dioujht.

Thkki: are a poople of gravity and leisure, these chinamen ; they take their opium cum digniUte.