JINGLES BY A JOURNEYMAN.

Otago Witness, Volume 11, Issue 2280, 11 November 1897, Page 59

JINGLES BY A JOURNEYMAN.

By T. Bend.

HOW THE WINDS BLOW. "With a ruatle, rustle, rustle, With a hustle and a bustle, With a swishing and a hissing Aud a very vulgar liissing, With a. sighins and a seething Through the shaky tree leaves breathing — So the fitful breezes blow As they Quickly come and go While they travel to and fro I And they howl, howl, howl, And they growl, growl, growl ; • And go melancholy moaning, with A dismal dreary groaning, Discontentedly bemoaning Their life's lot— bitter ]01. Be the weather cold or hot ; Never patisfied, I wot, With the fortunes they have got 1 Just like raan, just like man, Who, since daylight first beean. Has, in constant fume and fitting, -» Not content with what h« s getting, Been continually ssveatiug. Howling, growling, moaning, groaning, Till his life is scarce worth owuiog, In a fickle, false endeavour To attain what he will ever 3?ind a dearth of on this earth : Yes, he'll always find a diarth. Though he rave and rt»nt and slave Till he's lyittg in the grave Of the ihing he's running after, Counting tears instead of laughter As be worries on the way, Looking grave instead..of gay, Ever hoping for a day That will Btill be far away When his hair has long turned grey, And the battle he h»s fought And the schemes that he has thought Have resulted in a nought— In a nought, in a nought, In a vacant, empty nought, In a sad, disgracing nought, In a vile, upbraiding nought, In a jeering, sneering, leering, ridiculing, Nothing fearing, In a nothing-counted nought I

— Great Britain has 180,000 miles of roads, which cost £90,000,000, and 6000 miles of streets, which cost £60,000,000.

— A. Lancashire girl of 17 not long ago won the prize in an unusual contest in competition with two strong men. Three portable forges were placed on the stag-, and each contestant was allowed a helper to blow the bellows. The men smiled indulgently at their girl rival as they waited for time to be called, but finally became discomfited when she turned out a perfect horseshoe before the audience and judges in less than four minutes.

A prominent western newspaper recommends flax seed tea as an excellent remedy for ivheoping cough. It may be good, bat it is not to be compared with Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. This preparation will allay the violent fits of coughing and make them less frequent and lees gerere. It also liquefies the tough mucus, making it easier to expectorate. Complete recovery is much quicker, too, when fchia remedy is given. There Is no danger in giving it to ■mall children, as it is a pleasant syrup and contains nothing iDJuxioud^ Foe jiafa by al\ iettdjng chemists,

— Drimtaidvickhillichattan is the name of a I — Water insects vie two methods of breath* small, hamlet in the Isle of Mull, containing • ing. They either come to the surface to p»r« not more than a dozen inhabitants. Again, as I form that function, ©r breathe by mean* o& in Wales, ttlQ emalleflt village, h£B (fee. iojyjejJJ peculiar gills, which draw the oxygen, OtttjA •Btfc Abo witter nod transfer* it to tlu blood*.