Thames Advertiser

ESTABLISHED APRIL 11; 1868s

■Vat- XXVI. No. 8,049.
Thames, N.Z., Friday, February 15,1895.
. Circulating. Daily in the Thames Valley, Te Aroha, Ghinemuri, Owharoa, Waitekauri, Puriri, Hikutaia, Tairaa, Coromandel, Hastings, Auckland, and Surrounding Districts.
Published Baily; One Peiiiiy.
BITS AND BATS.
i . . Unlike the photographer's, the dark-nom in courting is mainly used for developing affirmatives. Figg: What a • peculiar man Dander is. lie has a sovereign con tempt for anybody who does not know as much as he does. Fogg; 'I should think he would.' Everything comes,to, him who waits,' but you'll get what yon want much, sooner by going to fetch it yourself. It is impossible'to say absolutely of v most men's merits or talents and per formances that they are either great ,or small, save in companion with those of others. A few men, when they think of themselves involuntarily, glance upwards, the majority look downwards, and are naturally pleased at the elevation they enjoy. Parishioner: Don't you consider betting a great evil, parson ? Parson (decidedly): You can just bet I do..
THE SECRET OF THE CLIFFE.
