Miscellaneous.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2066, 3 October 1885, Page 2 (Supplement)

Miscellaneous.

"I'll Trouble you for that Hat." Bekoiir tho war of isi'2 with A'nerioa, Captain Hull (American) and Dacrcs (British) were personal acquaintances, their chips bap pening to be together in tho Drlawara. The captains mot at a party, and had some conversation in regard to the merit* of their respective navies. Hull was lively and goodhumored. When they spoke of what would happen if, in the event of war, they should come in collision, Hull said "Take care of that ship of yours if I ever oatch her in the Constitution." Daores laughed, and off-jred a handsome, bet that if they ever did meet as antagonists, his friend would find out his mistake. Hull refused n money wager, but ventured to stake on the issue — a hat. Yeart after this the conjectured encounter did ocour. When, aftor a desperate Oght, in which the Englinh frigate became a wreck upon the water, Captain Daoros came on board the Constitution and offered his aword to Hull, who was waiting to shako hands with him. "No, no," said Hull, "I will not take a aword from one who knows so well how to use it; "but I will troublo you for that hat."

Rejected, God help thee ! Gtd bless thee ! Behold, I depart, Farewell on my lips, and despair in my heart. Though my heart lieth broken, and broken for tbee, Be thy life and thy love from my memory free. Think not I reproaoh thee amid my despair — " God keep thee 1 God guard theo I" is mine only prayer. Yet deem not I blame thee ; I blame but my fate. I loved thee too dearly, and loved the too late. O'er the tide of thy being my shadow was cast ; 'Tis lifted— the sunlight shines brightly at last. From thy past blot the hours in whioh we have met; Forget me, 0 thou whom I ne'er shall forget 1 Let me gaze on thy faoe onoo again ere wo sever, Ere I leave thee in anguish, and leave thee forever. One look from thine eyes, and one clasp of thy hand, Then alono on the future's wide desert I stand. Life's hopes, aspirations, and dreamings are o'er— God keep thee, God guard thee, 0 loved ! evermore 1

"A Peg Higher." The Danes first brought into England excessive drinking; and King Edgar permitting many of them to dwell here, was at length constrained to ordain, as a check to this excess, that certain nails should be driven into the sides of their caps, as limits or bounda which no man, under a great penalty, should be so hardy as to transgress. And hence the phrase, whioh still subsists, of a man in his cups being a peg hightr or lohcr, or putting the prg in.

For the Old Love's Sake. Thy way, he said, in smooth and green and (air, There are no thorns to wound and bruise thy feet ; Where snmmor reigns, and star like blossoms sweet Bend to the wind's low call— thy path is there 1 And mine I Alas ! no dewy mornings break Aorosß the valley where my way hath lain, And yet, though youth be dead and faith be slain, I keep thy tokens— for the old love's sake I Above the urn that holds no hidden flame Of altar fires that long have paled away, I yet may pause, and in the ashes gray Bead with dim eyes the old, familiar name And if some shadowy mem'ry should awake, If once again my eyes with teara grow wet, If in my heart should spring some vague regret, Nay, do not scorn me — for the old love's sake ! As one who sees in old remembered nooks, With eyes that have grown sad with ceaseless tear*. The same glad beauty of the long lost years, And bears again the song of Summer brooks — So if from troubled dreams I could awake And feel thy warm, soft kisses on my face, I think the sweetness of thy winsome grace Would touch me — only for tho old love's sake I

Napoleon in a Cafe. When Napoleon was in Paris it was customary for him, together with Marshal Duroo, to go out into the city clad in a blue overcoat, and without the least distinguishing feature about his person, in order to make observations, and it nearly always happened that there was something or other found worthy of I heir notice. It likewise often hapthat Napoleon hardly gave the marshal time to dross himself, and being somewhat absent-minded, he did not on all ocoasiqns replenish his puree with money. Napoleon himself made n a rule never to carry money with him. On one occasion, when Napoleon and Duroo had wandered about for a long time, and were grown hungry, they turned into a cafe at the corner of the Boulevard, and the emperor ordered cutlets and an omelette, which was his favorite dish. When they had breakfasted, and the waiter appeared with his acoount, the marshal felt in his pooket, and became aware of the fact for the first time that he had forgotten his purse. Both stood and looked at each ether for a moment, and felt somewhat embarrassed. The waiter, peroeiving their embarrassment, assured them that it did not matter, beoause if they had no money, they might, when next passing that way, pay their account. The landlady of the house, who appeared in n, bad humor, began to scold the waiter for too freely giving credit to people whom ho did not know, and added thereto, " Yet, that is another eight francs to the bad." " No, madamo," replied the waiter, '• No loss, if any, shall be mine. I will pay you eight franca, for I am convinced that the gentlemen are respectable, and that they will repay me."

A Business Melody. Tb/re was a man in our town, And he was wondrous wise, For when be marked bis prices down He then did advertise. And y hen be saw his trade increase, With all his might and main He marked still lower every price, And advertised again. And when he advertised again, His rivals •tamped and lore, To see (oiks rush with might and main To patronise bin store. And while they sat in solitude, And saw him custom win, That man behind the counter stood And raked the shekels in. And when he raked the shekels in, And paw bis fortune rising, He took a goodly lot of tin And kept on advertising. Each day a generous sum he'd sink, And demonstrate full plain Tho more one pays for printer'n ink The groater is hm fain.