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Taranaki Herald, Issue 8617, 31 October 1889, Page 5 (Supplement)

KIBBLITWS. • A little nonsense now and then. Is relished by the wisest men. APRES LA DANSE It was a chair of satin rose, And Arabella sat in it ; And heedless in her bitter woos That sbe had flung her bat in it. Sbo bad tbe paper in ber hand, And fiercely abe bad crumpled it ; Her hair was wild — you understand. The maiden she had rumpled it. And yet tbe morn was fair and bright, Alas ! that we Bhoujd tell of it ; And thera had been a ball o'er night, And she had been tbe bolle of it. . She'd danced with Lord Fitznoodle Brown And with her own dear Dick at it ; But still tine tbrew tne paper down And gave a spiteful kick at it. What wob tin story that it told, Could we look o'or the page at it — Which raade the maiden's blood run coW, » Then kindle into rage at it ? What hideous tale thus made her writhe? Well, tbia wao just the pith of it : Ber name was Arabulla Smythe, That paper bad made Smith of it. Softleiuh— Miss Flyte, do you think Miss Giggle is laughing at me ? Miss Flyte— l can't say, Mr Softleigh. She often laughs at almost nothing. THE CALLIOPE. A GENEROUS ENTERPRISE. A GREAT many people have expressed their dissntisfuction with thb tardiness of the English Government in rewarding the splendid pluck and bravery of Captain Kane and tbe officers and crew of tbe Calliope during the late hurricane at Samoa. It is true that the engineer has been promoted to tho offioe of Fleet Engineer, aud, as the cable now advises us, Captain Kane is down for the next " good service pension of £150 a-year when it becomes vacant" (sic), but very few will be inclined to admit that this is anything like adequate compensation for tbe salvation of a splendid ship, worth at least £800,000 to say nothing of the hundreds of lives on board. There is a sarca&m about this pension business, which well accords with the decision of My Lords of the Admiralty and Lord George Hamilton, that as such instances of skill and bravery were by no means rare in the British Navy there were no special grounds for recognition. It is true that the pension will ultimately revert to him— that is, of course, if bo lives long enough, and the present holder Decides to navigate tbe ethereal iustead of tbe. briny at an early date, but there is a beautitul vagueness about it that has not done much to allay the public feeling that some special mark of approval was deserved and should be beßtowed. What recognition the crew were accorded has never transpired — probably an extra ration of Jamaica rum or a second fig of tobacco was considered sufficient. Fortunately, however, where the humdrum routine of the department failed, private enterprise promises to step in, and the Waterbury Watch Company, always to the front, contemplate presenting each of the seamen and raariues with one ot their new short winding serie3, suitably inscribed in honor of tbe occasion. Bach man wili receive at the same time one of their new ladies' watches for preßentnuon to mother, sister, wife, or 3weetLeart, and no better wutchee can be found than these either as regards neatness, ease of Betting the hands, or time-keeping properties. Similar presents are to be made to the crew of the American warships, who, although unable to escape from the fury of the gale themselves, were brave enough, with death staring them in the face, to raise their caps and cheer to the echo the better-equipped ship j which was able to force us way out in Bpite of tke iury of tbe elements. JOHN AVERY, New Plymouth. Watches, Jewellery &c RENEWAL OFLEA'-E. & mHave pleasure in amounciug that they have secured a new lease of the premises known as Stewart Damon and Co.'s Gbahd English Watch Exhibition AT 94, QOBEK-aiSEEI (Opposite Wyndbam-atreat), At which they coruially invite the inhabitanis of iiew xlymouih and eturoundiug neighbourhood, nutsn viniii&g Auckland, to call and inspect The Grandest Display of HighClass Watches and Jewellery That has ever been exhibited in any country —all imported by c. v. aud le. direct irom their JfAtUUKY. The gigyntic success aud patronage extended to the Auckland braucu of BiKWAbT Dawbom & to., the well-known Waicu Mbnut-ctums, of .Liverpool »na Lonuou, by Lhe inhabitants of iifcw Zealand, since the mouth of *pril, 1884, has keen so eocouraguig ibai, not .niisiauuiug the pre•eLt depicoßion of iraae iv Xs.Z., .hey haft signed a leiiewal of the lease ot lueir piesi.ni Auckluuu premibes bo well kuowu us Stwabt 1/aWbuM & co.'v t»iand tnglish

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