SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXI, Issue 106, 9 May 1896, Page 3

SOLDIERS A ND SA IL ORS.

♦ iT is a remarkable thing that life m tiie tw services will, after a certain time, clian? jxactly similar characters. The surrounding sire so completely different, that they inonli che temperament and alter the habits of mci who are very much alike m individualit; when entering the respective services. Tommy Atkins and Jack Tar have thei peculiarities, but there is one thing tlia belongs to both, namely, a happy indifferenc to the future and a quick seizure of ever; opportunity to get away from the fearfii monotony of a daily round of peace duties but When tho guns begin to play, As Rudyard Kipling says, both respond t< the call of duty, without a flinch. The boat swain pipes his whistle and tho drummei beats to quarters, or the bugler sounds tin advance, aud at it these veritable timers fo fighting go, whether dressed m blue or red But, m peace, how different is the jovial gay, light-hearted tar to the stiff bearing o! the red coats. No one ever saw two soldier: riding on one horse ; but, this is one of Jack'i highest ideas of fun. Welson, Drake, aud Rodney obtained foi England the supremacy of the sea, withoui torpedo boats or ironclads. Wellingtor gained immortal victories without AJaxin »un 3 and quick tiring breechloaders tha could kill at 1000 yards. t So it is with othe things. The old clay pipe and the cherno are discarded as obsolete, and now 01c Judge Cigarettes are, figuratively as well a literally, m everybody's mouth.