Cause for Declining.

Observer, Volume XXI, Issue 1178, 27 July 1901, Page 20

Cause for Declining.

It wm love at firat eight, and the youth In bia ardour at onoe gave the rein ; He waa eager and bold, and, in troth, Not a little preaoming and vain. ' All thia paaalon and fervour of love Ia sudden, ' he aaid, ' I must own it ; Bat c'en though you may not approve, . Yoar kindness, I'm sore, wm condone it.' 'Bat, sir ' 'Nay,' he whispered, 'my sweet, To prudence allow no concessions ; Encourage, I beg and entreat, Yonr heart and ita tender confessions. 'Tis well for the old to be w.bo And diaereet, bat trast me | the daty Of youth ie to love, and your eyes Reveal all ita fervour and beauty. 1 And, dearest, that blush bo divine Belies all indignant emotion, Consent, then, at once to be mine, And aanotion my boundlesß devotion.' ' Bat,' she said, ' I beg to decline Yoar love, although sweet aa the daiaies. The oause 7 Oh, that husband of mine, And my three little dear, darling babies!' B

The truth is that the subsidised 'Frisco mail service is a remarkably bad bargain for New Zealand; it is a case of everything for the Yankees and nothing for the New Zealanders.— Blenheim Express. It does seem strange tbat politicians wbo, in their earlier history, decried the engrafting of titular distinctions on the Bocial fabric of the colony, should now accept titles themselves, and become the very thing they condemned in others.— Oamaru Times. To the present Ministry is due the credit of grasping the fact that reduction in fares and freight would lead to increased traffic and greater profits. Now that they have started on the right road it is to be hoped that, as the finances of the colony will allow, reductions will be made until the railways are really doing the work for which they were mainly projected— to promote the settlement oi the country.— Hamilton Argus.

The Salvation Army in Maoriland ia taking a cinematograph of the gorgeous doings of the Duke, for the looal Government. Yet these circus saints denounce Jand bedamn the 'pomp ' and vanity of this wicked world. — Sydney Truth, He (the Premier) will be unable to lay the charge of obstruction against the Opposition, who have purposely agreed to give him the fullest scope in pushing on the work. In view, however, of the fact that memberß intend to inorease their honoraria to £300 for the eeaaion, it would perhapa be injudicious to make it appear that they have not wasted Bufficient time to entitle them to the increase. — Oamaru Times. There is only one way in which the de fence forces of thiß colony will ever be placed on a satisfactory footing, and that is by appointing New Zealanders to the permanent military staff. — Carterten Leader. We wonder what our readers who place any reliance in the existance of a surplus in the finances of the colony think of the fact that last year's transactions have resulted in the accumulation of liabilities nearly a million in excess of last year, and only equalled by the great smash-up of the Grey regime in 1879. The only way to show the usual boasted surplus was to hold over this huge total of payments until after the end of the financial year. — Palmerston Standard.