A CRY FROM THE POOR. (Original.)

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2088, 24 November 1885, Page 2

A CRY FROM THE POOR. (Original.)

Hear the wail of toiling thousand-, He u tlio thud of city dm ; See tlii< te us of we it y wmkers In the lecoids of their '-in. Maik the woislnppeis of Mammon In then can of st ite 1 )11 by ; And heedless of the clamour, And the toileis piteous ciy. For tho nuseiy of cities, Foi the c unities hei d of p >or ; Foi the reeking filth of alleys, Look vc to Mammon's d.ioi. In the iil.li, bejewelled lord-hip, In lu> empty-titled name, In hi- f il-o, seductive piuises, Find yom fallen sister's sh.uiu. In tlie nakedness and squalor, In those cues foi duly bieid, Iw ovoiHowmpf workhouse waids, Observe the rich one's tread. See yondei uncl.itl jnupcr, His. iMiiched wan-features scan, Vnd tiace the image of your Hod In what was once a man. (), ye, who roll in n'ches, Whose satins sweup the pave ; Who-,0 minds which fraught with plea«uu\ ic.ich Ko faither than the Rr.no. In deeds of mercy spiead your weiltli, In finding food for those, Whose agonised, dull, pleading eye*, Their poveity disclose. And j'e, who dwell in p.ila«s That brains of workmen bought, Winch brains have been ill-paid for, Who piiyb for otheis 1 thought. Pionmte the welfare of your men, Fiesh life for them bi-^m, And aid, by mci eased wage, toward Otf miseiy and sin. W C.S.O. Itangiaohi.i, 20th Novembei, 1S^~».

"I iiKisAV siiling when I was ten yems old," baid Kdwaid Jimucsi tne other day, " and I hive been sailing < vei smie. 1 shall never lose an intuest in yachting, ami I shall piob.ibly be a yachtsman as U>n« as 11 w ' Mi l»ui gess, who is the designei of tho I'uiitm, has seen the suns of tn.itylhe Sep. tembeis rise above tho hou/on ot Mis saoluisutt's Eiy H<' «»•> j.'i\ulu ited from Hai \ aid in the. tlass of IS7I and most of tho time sin -c then ha 3 belonged to a shipping firm in Boston. A Xkw Youk Sunday School teacher told hci pupils that, when they put their pennies into the contiib Uion Iwv, alie wanted each one to lepeat a bible \erse suitable for the occasion. The fiist boy dropped his pc uny into the box-, saying, "The Loid hncth a cheerful giver." The next boy chopped his penny into the box, haying, "He tluit gneth to the poor, lendcth to tho Loid." The third and youngest boy dropped in his penny, sayin", "A fool and Ins money is soon puitcd" . "Tm kk is a better feeling in pigs, appealed in one of tho tiade journals this week. I wondered whether the digestions of the moials of the poikers li.vi icquired correction, and whether the bacon would sufter in consequence. A fiiend in iron camp to my rescue, and explained that the pi ice of pig iion, which is the pulse of the iion ttaile, had for sonic time been less than the cost of piodnetion. Such of the big ironm.isteis of the North as have still got capital at command aie buying up the pigs. They arc confident that they cannot lose, for nun must be wanted again sonic* time, and a moderate improvement in the maiket is expected to occur \ery soon. When it comet-, they will sohe tho alchemist's pioblem of the tinnsmntition of metals by loii\ citing the lion into gold. They say pigs aic now the tip for inve.stois. But it would be lather appalling to have a few thousind tons delivered at your door.— Vanity Fair. Tins is what a young lady is leported recently to luvcsaid opiopos of mainage; " Well, no, I don't know if I would many for money alone ; but if a man h.ul plenty of money, alln d to a sweet dis position, and a moustache that culled at both endh, and nice blue ejes, and a social po-ition ; if he had a extinguished status in a piofession, or even as a meichaiit; and lus father weioiiehand hismotlui and Msteis aiistotiatie, and lie wautid to man \ ire, ond he would piomi.se to kt nu'have my own way in evciythiug, .mtKiep me liberally sup idled with inoi.ev, a. id have a splendidly tin nibbed towi'hm-e ai-d a handsome enuntiy rebi.h nee ; was hheial alout diamonds and otli r i:cins ; il-') about the milliner, nevu gui.nbling. and I leally and ti illy loved him, Iwo Mu't cotisidei maiiiiige a chaw back." A MusNhTio Umijiu i i v — .Sir Win. Thomson, of Glasgow, the eminent electiican, has been appealed to, undci novel circumstances, to dis&eet an umbrella. During a recent passage of the* Steamer Piince&s Beahiee fioin Lame to Sti cnracT, the man at the wheel called the attention of the commander, Captain Campbell, to the fact that the compass, since a cettain pnssengei had taken up a position neai it, had ceased to woik tally, the needle being nresistibly atti acted tow aid the stinnger. On be ing questioned, the gentleman piofessed himself unconscious ot having an} thing anything in the natuie of a magnet aiound him, but a sencs of expeinnents ultimately lcsulted in the discoveiy tint tlie magnetic inlluence which had caused the compass of vary to such an extent as to make it uni (-liable was located in the travelei's unibiella, the slightest movement of which was instantly responded to by the needle. Captain Capbell induced the owner to sell him the magic unibiella, which, having been tiied with similai lesults on the l.iigest compasses to be found in Belfast, haa now been foiw aided for inspection to the distinguished scientist all eady mentioned. The matter is of more nnpoitance than might at fiist sight appear, since it is obvious that the compass— in a fog, foi instance— would bo a very unsafe guide to steer by if its indications weic liable to be falsified by the accidental proximity of an unibiella. Mr J. S Buckland will hold his nc\t W.utm and U ulioii Cattle Sales on Wednesd iv, I id I)i i cmbor , C.imbridiff Cattle Sale on the td December; and the Cambridge Horse Sale on the sth L>LCtmber. Yes 1 It is certainly true. Ask any of your friends who have purchased there. Garlick .indCranwcll have numerous unasked for and very fivour.iblo commendations from country customers in their excellent packing of l'unnturo, Crockciy, and Glass, &c. Ladies any gentlemen about to furnish should remember that Garlick and Cranwcll's is mi! Cheap Furnishing Warehouse of Auckland. Furniture to suit all classes ; also Carpets, Flcor Cloths and all House Necessaries If your new house is nearly finished, or, you are tfoinp to get married, visit Garlick and Cramvfll, Queen-street and Lornc-strect, Auckland . Intending purchasers can have a catalogue *en free.