WEEKLY WHISPERS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXVII, Issue 19, 24 January 1903, Page 2

WEEKLY WHISPERS.

If there's a hole m cCymir coats { I rede ye, tent V it. j A chiefs arnang ye takin' notes, i And, faith, he'll prent it. . — Brass. i The appended fancif ai sketch by a ' Richmond girl 11 years and 8 month i \ Id ■ written f.ir a echool coiup?tition, is worth printing..' It is gi>en with thn few email orthographical errorsjraarkcd|by the examiner : — | j "Jn the early fifties I was a strong yonnf, birch tree living with my parents I and my brothers and sislors in Aniseed "V alloy. My father was a towering birch ' tree, and ivas the slron/ost and largest Ir^e for miles around. Ah mo, bow well: ; I remember how my sistoru and brothers 'need to bosk in (he sunshine, and how our young leaves shook and danced id the slightest breeie, and how tho birds came and sanjr in the branches, and nsed to awing on the very tips. In the early ' spring the birds nsed to co>ne and build ' , thoir nests in our strongest branches. ' ■ One cold winter's morniog when the sun had just risen niy friend Red Pine and I were enjoying its waiuith when we were attracted by an unusual noise among the under groth. We suon found, oat that it was two men with axes and saws over shoulders, and i j their months were what we thought to be acorns on a loug stem withont leaves, and from the acorn- > like part a dense vapour caiuo, They ' ' seemed to bo consideirngtVe trees. After ' a while thsy eot to work to chop and saw down my brother. ■ ■ ■ * * * * ! •' My father groaned, and my mother and my brothers and sifters crisd loudly. ! How tuy every fibre shook as they began i to t xaniine me, and I beard one of the < •men say, ' This is a regular good 'un, j Bob/ And Bob scratched his head, aud i said ' Yes, we'll J ave iinv O, the agonies that followed as they chopped and sawed ab my yonn? trunk ! i•• • ' ' " After iliat I was sawed into lenghts and then taken to a nasty thing called a j mill. There I waa cub into so many • pieces that lam mrprised that there is anything left < f roe b-j toll my story. The smallest twigs were used for firewood, the bigger twigs were used for 'rods' some of which found t^eir way to the Stoke Orphanage, the Nelson jail, and ; others to different schools in the Nelson J district. The largest pieces wore taken . to Nelson by train*, and helped to build the present post office. I was unlucky enough to bo bi ought t> Richmond f -r the doorstep of the Richmond Girls' School, here I have to bear the pain of being trampled on daily by about 60 girls. lam very lonoly, but my friends, the two scrapers aod the grating, cheer mo with their l'fe's history, and sometimes a stray cat sits on me to bask in the sunshine. lam nearly worn out, and hope the end will soon come, as 1 am tired of living in this qniet and lonely plice called Sleepy Hollow." •Bullock wagon. * * * In regard to the plans and original specifications of the proposed new »nucapnio self-acting lock-action stwel-gir-derod "£3000" municipal chamber for kelson, it would be interesting to scan the bpecificalio s to discover how many things Bhch as neceeEary and unnecessary fittings are left out, to be put ia and paid for afterwards with money not included in the f 3COO. Greymouth Cormcil has just tailed to accept tenders for its elaboborate£Booo Town Hail (as per plan), because all the tenders weie too high. Can j the Nelson new chamber be built (as per plans) for out right with all fittings included in the specifications and no extras ? Tho matter will be worth nalcbin^ in the future. • * • "When an Egyptian dog of tho Nile region wishes to drink at th-j liver's edge, he knows exactly bow to do it and at the same time escape be ing eaten by a crocodile. In working out his littlo , piece of strategy he runs a short way np the river and howls for some time. Tho crocodiles, attracted by the sound, immediatily crowd to that place, whereupon the intelligent dog hastily runs to that part of the river which the reptile 3 have left, and drinks in safety. » • • A peculiar coincidence ia connection with a marriage at Arrow town recently was that the contracting parties were both named Smith, the bride was given an ay by a Smith, tho bridesmaid was a Smith, while the bridegroom by profesbion is a blacksmith. ft ♦ .• A. new methc.d of curing his child from tclliner stories has been discovered by a Tuikish judge. The child was two yeara old, and suddenly began deriating fioni the truth ; so the judue derised a plan. It waß arranged that tho firct time the child was known to tel? a story every member of the family should, whenever it approached them, send it away, Baying there was a bad smell. An opportunity came, and everybody refused to Jet the child approach. In the erening the father came home, and the child rushed to him for consolation, saying no one j would have anything to do wit him because of the bad smell, and be must find out the cause. After thinking of several things, he asked the child if he had told a story lately. The child thought for a little while, and then confeased. He was quite convinced that etoriis always produced the bad smell, and i ever gave way afterward)?. The cure was perfect. •» ' « Tho " Glasgow Weekly Mail ■" has the following:—" The heart of every true Celt will be inflamed within him when be hears of the uiartyrdom of a Scot in Galveston because of his attachment to the garb of old Gaul. The sad incident tell on this wise. Ifr John A- Walker was the manager of a side show that was travelling in connection with a large circus, and to lend eclat to the exhibitiibn he was wont to robe, himself in Highland custume and to dispense music from the bagpipes. In these parts there are still a few babarians, and one of these, John Perry, is described as a notorious character. When Mr Walker enter d the t»nt with his kilts on and his baglipes beneath his arm, Perry's wroth was enkindled, and he londly ordered the Spot to cear out and attire himself in ordinary civilian garb. Walker took no notice of bis insolence, and Perry at once drew his revolver and shot the hapless Scotsman dead. What has been done to Perry we do not know ; but certainly the man who would shoot a Highlandman for wearing kilts is not fit himsolf to live." * •' * . Airmen with Cult's revolvers and lassoes Colonel MnlhalTs baud of cowboys Jed by Miss Lnpille Malhall, visited the Givxd Opera House, at San Antonio, Texas. Dhriag the progress of a song Miss MuK hall empt ied a six-shooter into the ceiling, Th© excjfcemeat, had scarcely gnbsided before one of the cowboys, not liking (he way the heroine was treated whipped out bis lariat and successfully lassoed the villain off the stage • I .t,"^ I !^^^^ a "mMpirea noan^ I the Ist Scots Guards, whf arrived at I Windsor fiom South Africa the day be, for the .retail! of the battalion, is oflfcial Jy " dead l, and as a pqnspc a encE l is in * Stmnge dilemaia. The War Office seems totally inpapahle of dealing with the c'e ' , Be »»g " d ™* " refuses to-put. Stewarl on the strength of the bait dion. I and he has to roJy on the kindness of bis comrades for his focd. The " deal "man I has repeatedly asked to be given nis lb*ck pay, a civilian Buih, and his dislpha|ge, but. the autih O rjtios «roa't do I anything an ,ji the p | *bave been reI ceiyed frpntgoath 4frica toprovetbat he 111* -fi^ Wfeu Stewart compla.ned to I J h^* one l:>e wns pwt in the guardroom I for tUe; night, ani ia tho morojng gi?en I a.doßß of medicine, and ordered to be ronI fioed to barracks for seven days for " inI solent language " to a non-coaimi-eioned I ofloc-r. I ■' * * .■*'.*. ■:■■■ I T* e ' r^ ff l s !j^ or^ > '* eca^a3end / esI pritby taewte Baron He was I once a gue3t at a well-kno*n Geiman I j.*!*** 11 ' 8 mansion, where he met Piine* I HaJbeit itamm. who was noted for a I fiero. antirSemito, The Prince treated 1 I the Baron with mar iced disrespect At I dinner^ he remarked how he had been I in Tuikey, and was favourably unpressao I by^ two of tbeu customs, I ffiH? 1 - oaosrht; ire: iinmeaiateiy I kll^' , T > : Jbecame :tmlevw^ I constaroatwty .but Baron 4e^irBcbJ 1 5*^ iqe4 h ,l* and turned to J the)PrinQe w ith the^ort, «Ho^forfcunJ |»teryOuandldon'tliTOth e re" V I■ X '■: .' ■'■ .:' * •■', * /■'■-}*-v "".-'ft • -..-"■ •■■••• 'iv'*-^ rf^^ : : attU;4gJYipg,; : W'tito ' trees J : :

The cutes : m&%Becte& at night car Tuesdays and Fridays at Me week of full moon. A needle is srtuck into the shin over the affected par* 6f the body, ancl remains there until a few drops of bleed appear. The blood is) collected on a sheet of paper, and .the paper is rolled into the shape of a pill. The doctor then goes into a; wood alone, carrying the pill, selects a tree, and inoculates the bark with the pill. The process of bloofl-letting and inoculation is repeated three times, A story is being tcld in Paris says 1 the "Westminster," concerning a well-known public man who recently was presented by a Soudanese poten tate with, the Labaski Tapo Order of Merit. The recipient, anxious to display the decoration: at the earliest opportunity, applied at once to the Ministry for permission to wear it. While readily granting the permission, the Minister inquired, With a ghost of a smile, "Do you knew what the order is like?" " Certainly," replied the delighted applicant ;" it is a beautiful gold ring, and hanging from it a small red enamel pipe of peace. I should like to wear it" I •" Of course you may wear it ; but 1 according to law you have to wear it as it is worn by the Natives in Africa." " And how might tlat be ?" "Wliy t with the ring through the nose." The hew knight of the Labaski-Tapo Order has not been heard of since. MOFUSSILITE.