BELOW THE SURFACE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2164, 22 May 1886, Page 1 (Supplement)

BELOW THE SURFACE.

Undftr tha aod th« flowers are sleeping, Under the cru &t of sleet and mow ; Never would ttr*i lger dream of, the germs Quietly testka r so far below. Nevertheless, from the brow of the hill, To where the val a meets the silvery rill, They trust, till the spring shall remove tb» cnill, Ready, they wait for the Master* will. Under the snow there are dear ones deeping, Under 'Ais crust of sleet and «now ; Never a wmrd they send back to us, Never » smile from the depth* below. Lying: at r«at, till the round years fill, Till time is checked and its wheels grow Till called together from valley and hill, They w.ut, to rise at the Master's will. Under the crust of » lifetime's care, Under the sleet and pelting storms, In spite of the sting of pitiless blast, Many ft heart into beauty waims. None ever look 'neath the frost and chill, For the true heart waiting some niche to ■fill, Where others ire working with ease and skill, So. in darkness it waits for the Masters will. And w« walk carelessly, numbering Blossoms and beauty that greet our eyes, Mourning our dead, who in silence slumber {taunting those workers who bear off the prize, „...» And the blazoned nameo which the front ranks fill, The crowned fow on the top of the hill ; We see not the heads that are bowed and still, ..,,», .» Willing, but waiting, their Master s will. — Vick's Magazine.

The hay crop of 1885 in the United •Stotea amounted to 38,000,000 tons. The largest crop tvtr grown in that country was that of 1885, which amounted to 46,864,000 tons. The total value of the crop of 1885 was $361,000,000. Thb editor of a high-class journal for boys in America offered Mr Gladstone - 1500 for an article of 1,500 words ; this being at the rate of about $4 a line. Mr "Gli&tonq declined the offer,