THE LAST OLD IDENTITY.

Otago Witness, Issue 2456, 17 April 1901, Page 64

THE LAST OLD IDENTITY.

"Witli'ii r darkened room, An old man wns sinking lev.-, The laot connecting link Vitii the years of long a^o , While strong m youthful pnnc, And great m well-earned fame, S'ood ihe one sirnivmg gon To bear the old n:an*3 narce. The old man's bieath came quick. But h i v\ords \\ere painfully slcm, A' he spoke in broken accents Of v.'-Mt he wanted his son to know. " ily son, ' th" old man °iud, "A fe-.v short hours at most, And I will meet my God, Mv Gocl in Whom I trust. 2E(fkc the counsel I ha\e to jive For the years that are to come, And the life yon have \ et to ].<e: Honoui thou thy father, As t h y nther hptli honouied Ihcej Foiget rot what is dae Tc the old identity. "Remember, m the ea ly <??>«, How the settlers Tcught — How every mountain obstacle Was counted then as nought, And wh^n in the years to ccine, Ihey boast of this southern rat on, Forget io" thou, rcy son, Who laid the great foure'et'en. ' In a \oice that still had a }Cuci:ful ung, And yet was strangely tad. The young man knelt by his father's bed, And promised to do as lie bade. '" My father, oh, my father, In whptever I have to do, iJv only giea-t r.mbiiioi 1° to do i>s well as 3*cu. " And thicugh the* coming pge"? My children s^ail hoi>oui ti'ee, Just ps well and truly As vcu have hoi.or.red me They shall see the e/id of thy lalcurs, The wcrk of thy roble hand How j-o ' bitilt th:s> mp^ifice'it city On what was primitive land. ' Arch. 2,1. IL'XrccL,. Meiton, Apnl 1901. CAME NEAR "For three clays and n'ghts I suffered agony untokl from an a^ack of cholera mrrbus brought on by eating cucumbers," AJ. E. Lowther, clerk of the Di=(r'cfc Court, Centerville, lowa. "I thought I should surely die, and tried a dozen different medicines, but all to no purpose. I sent for a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera, and Diarrhoea Remedy, and three doses relieved me entirely." This lemedy ;^> for sale by all dealers. Price, Is 6d and Zl-.Z 1 -. — King Victor Emmanuel 111 as an enthusiastic collector of coins. It is now announced that the King has bought the immense and unrivalled collection of Italian coins formed by the laic Senator Fihppo Marignoli, Marquis of Montecorona. By the purchase the two be°t collections in Italy are now to be amalgamated, and the 32,000 Marignoli coins are to be added to the 20,000 and more coins of the King. Every morning between 6 and 1 9 o'clock the King passes more than an hour in arranging his collection, examining the coins, and dealing up the points relating to their history. The addition of the Marignoli collection will provide him with work for many months to COIJW.