WEEKLY WHISPERS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue XXXVI, 29 September 1902, Page 3

W EEKLY WHISPERS.

U therS, a hole mrtyovr coats AndJaM.he'lhrent^^ thee loSy i 8 nut changinß with t».edwappe»rance of the £oi «te. Happily Nele£Tba> teen escepli nolly favoured dn. ing bhe cold enap. True we Lave it old and one's nose has tome dew drops , hk, rain on a red beacon, otd 'beno^aw bammer spring salt has been all too ,ug andtbe «t« blanks ttbich^repu away b»ve bad to be brought wt J^ from tbe linen o^ 6 '^^ Bun h.rly bla«t have wi.t a .^' e z 8 f 8 ep t office, here in Sr^ltS^^b.dlittU.t., cotuplai Qof - B # * «T Climbs havobeen seen being re£Jtffs burial^ven.ascloseto the city »* Stoke and infeßUjjauon ha B shown fwolUle'vatnpire-marks on the throat ffiriiSff ihn dcpr t daU.. n3 of the p „-- ,. tected *ild aaimaU. 'Ihore w now nior. than sufficient evidence to d*monstrate to the Governnaent thai the SSiononatoats and ««uels should U removed. In fact, protection oi no that caused by the cold Bnap. & ! Where is .he nian-mnrderer of that iufant, and perhaps the mother ? Cao i we not get him into ti.e pillory i &£&&£%& HBnßtfaSs (Continued on «h Page. )

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P 3rfected machinery calculated Jo deceive a h« U into laying two era of l> 8 £££ sorta day one may start a boarding house without insolvency staring hioi m me face, * * * \ keen piece of satire in " Panels Coronation Number ia found in his ' r recession ia Emblematic Motor Car?, ana is the subject of a Mlf-page cut by Raven Hill." " The rear will bo brought up by a car which might otherwise re tar 1 the pace of the procession. It will be a sleeping-car, emblemact ie of unti-n enterprise, and fitted with a powerful Trad* (Jni..- b.ake. In front .-f it will _»alk a British workman beat n * a fI»K witn Uia inolto, '' We level do*n."' The arti-t has added tmebos of his own. c. R™™ American eagle is perched on the t.ot or (he car in which the Bati-h manufacturer lies asleep, and the workman's flap, in addition to the motto, bears the de-noo of a powter pot. A ft South Africa may be termed tho " Smoker's Pa.afee." Eight pic'mts ct cigarettes can be bained in Natal f"i- a -hilling and four larere sticks «i t .baeco f,,r a like sum. What the Übaeeo is like, however one is afraid to conjecture. Auy 'way, " Cape uinoke " Ihongh n« I a tobacco, is warrant-Jed to pull d-'iva its man at 10 ) yards. A short time ago a young naval ofticer Sflrying in the AVest Indies was stricken tviih illneis and ordered h.-wc, says the •' Pall Mall," AVi.-hin;* to apprise his pareutsof tho fact, he telegraphed them biiefly, "lnvalii.d; n-mittet.t lover, appending bis own name to the m ssage. When the telegram was deli ired iv London it ran, " Invalided ; r nut a fiver. ft * * Anglc-Tndians will re>d iho appended with iutereßt and amusement, recalling niem'T'o3 of the vexatious, noiay, and übiquitous crow, aad feeling {satisfaction at the rascal's di comfit ure : — Great is the indisjn .tiun of tho crows of our .titi"ii, writes a correspondent or i he " Times of ndia." And the cause ot it all is t lat new-fangled game, that si/n of twenti th century degeneration—pingpone. Utterly regardleas of the fact that it was the Sabbath, and that a higu Episcopal dignitary was staying a,' the Btatioi), it was ordained that the " nnat of tbe local ping-pong t uruament should be played off 0.. cuaday. One of the compel itons was a; retired colonel ot three score years and ten but bis eye is not dim, aor his natural forcj abated He lost, but not without making a plucky figut ol it. He atributed his defeat tj the face that an unsonud ball waa us«d at a critical juncture. Ibe colonel acted up to his belief, and wrought yenK eaoue upon tho ball by sending it forth into spud The ball, although unsound, obeyed the laws of gran 'at on ;it tell on a grassy plot. Pr sently a vigilant crow espied that ball, and, 1 >king it for an e,>g, swooped down ui oi it, seized it ia i«a powerful beak, acd bore it off in triumph. Ot course .t was very foolißh of the crow to oiidtake a ping-pong ball for an egg ; for, grafted that he wa> not a ><«ciety bird, acnuai.tea wilh the mysteries of pingP 9QO' the weight of the ball should have sufficed to convey to hi< cor vino rjind lho fact t lat it could not contain a \ cry substantial broakfa.t. They havo 101 I he wit to discover when a koel has dropped an egg into the nest, nor have they l he sia,e to distinguish the mterlcptr, wbtn it is balci.td, from one of their o,\n kind, • ♦ ♦ Having soc>. red its prize, the vorthy Crow took up a commanding position oh tho branc of a bamboo tree. *fter a little prospecting, he caught sight of a small ,stjne po j t, which appeared |to be admirably adapted to his purpose, lo this; he flew,-md dropping the bal», pecked at it to br<>ak it. Instead of breaking, the ball hopped on to the ground ; the oro* rotriMved it, and ag^in had a p 'ck at it, with the same re-ult. Having r - peul ml the pn Cess half n do-ien times the crow grew ihoughll'ul. Never before had ne comeacri»s such an obsiinatt- egg. He then decided lo tuckle it upon tae ground ; hero he met with no bettt r succos. lie next flew to a neighbouring ireo, and from fiat alUtudj cooitemplated tbe ball which he had left lying on the ground. * * ♦ A happy thouglt suddenly seizod him. He took up the egg in his beak, and flow with it to a branch some Oft abovo the ground, and let it fall. It survived the ahock intact. This way too much for another cio.v lUt had been attentively •vatchiu* the first bird. Said he to himself, "If that juggins can't break the ega, there ia Lothing left but for me to show him how lo do it" Having delivered himself of these Benlimnnts, hom«de a swoop at t c ball, snapped at it as he (lew otror, but i-ice thefirat crow was in hot pursuit, he oiissed it. Then followed a long contest between the second bird end Ibe rightful owner. Kvery time tbe former aUenipiod to capture the egg, tbe latter Hew aft r bini and tried to peck him. After o little both birds came to rest on different trees within full view if the ball each wtih bis back toward tbe other. ' • • • Crow 3 aro l] t straighlforwaid birds. They lieo chiefly by doe'eit. Each waute. the other to think that he had forgotten all about the bone of contention. After the struggle had continued some t*euty minutes, the firot tird \-as seized with a sudden tit of generosity, and decided t > Jet his lival have an innings. The lalter's score was nn larger than that of the first crow. In vain he pecßed at the ball, which bounded away at each peck ; in vain hejumped upon it. He was clearly loßiog bis temper when a third crow arrived^on the see e ( an 4, Jiltlu knowing what was ia storo for him, gaily tackled the egg, which the second cr jw give up to him in the most Belf-denyinu manner. Before he had quite exhausted his energy two more crows arrived and forthwith attacked the ball. » • • The other three crows remained placidly looking un from a nt ighbouring tree. AfU-r a time the two new-comer-, who had taken alternate peeks at the celluloid sphore, left in disgust and joined the otber three birds in the tree. The whole five cawed in unison, in a njanner betraying ihe nlost unspeakable aiagust. The caws tj which they gave vent wore identical in tone with those which they emil, when ti.ey are deceived by aa eclipse of the sun. It grows daik, and all crows in the vicinity, as is their wo^t at eventide, come to roost on the accustomed tree, .so sooner have they comfortably <<etlkd Ihemselvos for the night, and bifore thoy h.ve eujoyeda wink uf fcleep, tho sun cornea out again. This Is to niucb f.r ti e ice' •• ■- . f tho crow,-. Never before had . uch a tilck as tbid be-'n played upon lh«m, co iv. ir righteous mujgnation is lo r Bpoutiii.«ly great In exactly the sau.e manuer'did tbo.-e five crovs caw as they s irvtyed the ping pong ball. Mott of the crow.s of tbonei hbourliood know that ping-pong ball, Whither they now rcco^nißJ its true nature I know not, but this I do know, that thfly have left, it in a most cou picuous place ; tnd one t two of them are usual'y haugiug around, wailing on tbo chance of seeiug some unsophisticated crow go up to the b»i" and try to break it. They t hen begin tv look iuterested, and encourage vim ie his futile efforts by loud oaws of dcrieion. MOtUSfcILITf.