The War's deep waters o'er him rolled
As he beheld Young England giving
Life prodigally, while the old
Lived on without the cause for living;
And yet he never heaved a sigh
Although his heart was inly riven;
He only craved one boon--to die
In harness, and the boon was given.

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=Vicarious Parenthood.=

"DABRERA.--Yesterday, at 6.55 a.m. 'Shernery,' Bambalapitiya,
to Mr. and Mrs. Ossy Dabrera a daughter. Grand parents doing
well."--_Ceylon Independent_.

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"Mr. J.H. Minns (Carlisle) charged the brewers of his city with
allowing their tenants to be placed under the heel of the Control
Board.... It was the cloven hoof of the unseen hand that the trade
had to face in Carlisle."--_Derby Daily Express_.

Mr. MINNS must cheer up. The Trade has only to wait for

"That auspicious day when the velvet glove will be stripped for
ever from the cloven hoof of the German Eagle."--_London Opinion_.

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