Untitled

New Zealand Herald, Volume XII, Issue 4217, 20 May 1875, Page 3

CVoi-EKATivE lYxsisr:.—The American ncw.-paiiers juintthc following:—Why should the lie.in keen ahead of all other vegetables J — Because- it has the jkilw.— L<,a\!l Curler. Tlie bean lias the \«>\u, lmt in the vegetable race the cabbage is sure to eouiu out ahead.— Adwthrr. lldl.l ! I'un't jon kno»- that the carrot was never beet i-l'ltrald. It might have been beat if it had not been pulle.l up siuHcnly. But, a.s the wh..10 tiling is likely to lie run into tlu' gruuii'l, we shall wait for something else t»tnrnii>.—lSo*tonAili-:rti3er, If this kiml "! tiling ]sm-s on much longer, tha whole veritable will exclaim, "Lettuce alcne."—-V.«- Standard. We should liku to know what celery those fellows t;et for writing such pea-dantic IHHI3. — Sen; York Commercial Adrerti<tcr. We don't see why it should concern you.— American Groctr. These vegetable puna have become so numerous that one cannot make an oat of them without a rye face — i 6 ■foes so against the :;rain.— Boston Comi.tcrrid /;,(,'/,>;,,.

(ior continuation ol nsi« see Suppiemettf.)

-would be impossible for the most heartless trifler to get out of his or her engagement on the ground of " no serious intentions." This plan would, moreover, throw a spirit of ! earnestness into social intercourse winch is sadly required. Unstained professions of admiration oraUectimi would lie looked upon not only as hollow Ilirtation. but as attempts to defraud the revenue, subjecting the gay deceiver t<) a penalty, part of which would go tu tin- informer. I'erhup* some colonial Chancellor of the Exchequer may avail hiin-(-elf of this hint. .iki.lv it.om oi.n r.fioTs. The reader may stare, but science smiles superior and asserts very emjihatieally that a toothsome delicacy can "ho made from a dilapidated loot eove'rin-. Some timea-o, says the Sd-Hthir A m> ricmi, I'r. Yaii.k-r Wcydc regaled some friends not merely with boot jelly, but with shirt cilee. and the lvpast was pronounet-d bv ail partakers exeelleiit. The doctor tells us'thal he made the jelly by first cleaning the boot, and subsequently boilily it with soda, under a pressure of about two atmosphere.-. The tannic acid in the leather, combined with salt, m.ide taimate ..I s.uia, and the -.■l.iiine rose to tl.e top, whence it was removed and dried. From this last, with suitable li.ivourin- material, the jelly was readily encoded. The shirt eollec, incidentally mentioned above, was sweetened with cull' and collar sn-ar, both cvtl'co and su-ar bcin- i>roduced iu'the same way. The linen (after, of iMiirsi', washing) was treated with nitric acid, which, acting on the lignite contained in the fibre, produced glucose, or grape MI-μ. This roa.-i.ed. made an excellent imitation colieo. which an addition of unroasted glucose readily sweetened. norr-si'Ki.vN it.ats. The ride recently accomplished by a Hungarian e,;liucr from Vienna tu Paris on tin fame horse promises shortly to be surpassed by one requiring even srill greater endurance iu h..r.-o and man, na:::ely. a ride from St. Petersburg to Vienna. The lidcris again t<• be bound to the u-e of the same horse, but there are to be a party of horsemen, otiiers in the Russian Guards so that for the greater part of the journey there is likely to be emnpanv. The time allowed for the whole ride is -Jl davs. The winner—he who reaches Vienna iirlt—is entitled to a prize of 7.">,000 roubles. The horses to be employed are of the Don breed, noted for their endurance and hardiness. EXr.'KT.UION OF HORSES IT.OM GEKMANY. The S/«-rttii!i '.'.!:• '(•. referring to the statement made that the Kmper.ir William has forbidden the eX]iortat ; ou of horses lieyoiid the German frontier, says : •• This startling announcement heralds a revolution, the results i.f which are liki ly to very seriously atleet the horse-trade iu ' England", as threefourths <>! the carriage and draught horses ill London at this moment have been imported from (itrrmany. Moreover, we are dependent up..n Germany in a very large degree lor our troop horses, and it is not clear whence we shall obtain the necessary supply now that we are shutout mon Hermany, especially as l.otli IV.iaee and Spain are also at the present time in want of troophorses, the former requiring 10.000 the latter γ-ckjh. " A NEW MKAT VAX, The ..'-.'.■ says:—(ln Monday trial w.-.s made on the Givat West, ru Railway, of a new meat van constructed on Captain Aekl.iu's patent tor carrviu- safely meat iu a.'i temperatures. The principle involved in the new patent is that of excluding the dust and the sun's ray-, while the temperature of the van within is kept er.o! by a system .it evaporation -~in- mi constantly around it. This result is ct]'..eted by constructing the sides :uid top of the van of walls of f.-lt stret.-hed upon it, i.p..-n framework, and k-pt in their place by panm-ls of network. The imn'f panel "! the w:dU is of line mesh, an.l is backed imim-diatelv by a double l.iy.-r of dry -in.l in...|..rous f, it. "outsi-K- th.-e are two hi. iv layers of tli.- -am.- mau-rial, whi-h are to be k.-pt moist for the purpose of the evaporation, and ihe who'.-- i- faced whh a s.-cond network pritir.eMin.- of wi-hr nu-h than that already nier.tioi., d. The layer of f.-lt which forms the ceiling of the van is Separated by an o;i-n jpa-vof a few inche" fr..:i. tiie ar.!:•.•! outer top...' :l : , w;s_-..n itself, .r.ib ;h:..ti-h this -pace th.- air p;.sscs :r,dy in :i rapid eurr-nt a< th- tr..in v.-s alonj. Th.-proe-.-s.-..f ].r.-parin- th- v:-n for us- is us follow- : —An attendant, landing at .-ie end of it. works the handle of a pump attached t- the end hi ■Uμ*, and com-mv.m-ating with a tank ;5i,.!..i n-ath the van. T).e w at. r is forced up thi.j.ijh a tub-, and liiid* it-, way into a gal>- u.i-ed gutter or re-ervi>ir nil! h runs round the whol- top of th- van immediat'-ly above the outer lav-r of f-lt. This law- is a<-tu;i!ly dipp.-d into the. re-.erv.iir in question, -o that the whole weight ..f water in it. rests directly on the felt, and thus bv its own we-i-ht perflates thr-ugh it down th.- ..ut-ld.-s walls of the vat;. Arrived at the bottom of these, it is conducted back to the tank underneath, ■whence it ran be again j.nmp-.l to gothmn-h th- samv pr..et-.-<. 'I'liir" action of the sun tr warm atmosph, re iip-.n the outer cov.Min- of v.-i-t f-!t will pr.-d'u-e a eor.tinir.d ev.-i]■■(■ratio:], whiei: is .xpeet. d to keep the t- iiiper.uiin- of th.- interior >. v. ral d-gree.i low.-r than th.ic of the .■■urrouiiding air. The jir: i ipai is <nie whi.h e.i:i, of ..-..urs-, be c\t-ii'l-.l in v.iri..iis diiveti n.s, and it will obvt...:s!y be app::.-.-:ble t-i tii- e-nvrvatioa of melt. !;-]., an.l other i-orru; t;'ol- good. a i;ii.iii..wii A euri-us bit .if juipular si.perntition is the folloui,,.'. w11i..-h a *,i!l,-IMj.. ill the 11.-i-h----bourl.oi.t ot Invenies, wa- -0,, d .-noiu-h to bring iL-ei'iitly to public ;;olin :—Alter breakfast, at which, anion,; oih.-r --«.nl tiling-, we had .-..me. exclleiit fie.-h i.:l-, he xiig..-.-ted that wi- should -o into the kitchen to smoke '• an-i w.it.-h." he- = ai-i, •• vi li.-.t ,„ v housek. ejier will do with iheen.pty .■_■->!;. 11- as the breakfast tliin.'.- are br..u-lit u|.i.i n (In- parlour " \V- w. in. and ,-t 1 and wat-n.-d accrdinglv, and thi- is what we saw, eh .t in- w.th 'our ho.-t Li.u uhile. that the h.-l:-ekri-|..-r li,i-l,t no; su-p it tiiat, We took any p.irticiil.ir int.;- ■ r.-t in i:-r doinjs : —W, ; noticed that when j the ui.l -.line in;.ith- kit-!i a and laid the '■ t'n-i , f,- ;..i,le. t:- h.,i;, k,-p. r, a .-uld j an.!i s ec-a;-ie-l-.,,;ui : j.vo:i.i■;.»■..-ila U.in.-.-d in \.ar-, 'Her .Hid i , k tiie .-■- nh-lis ■ —-'h. n: ■->.!.: f..u;- .-'■ l.x- ~•• ' til- m-and, j ph.-..,,. t,.-m ..,.-.- :i ft.-r.,,, i.: ; . :• i,,t.. -n , --- \ c.:p. -I.: •.....:; a.-m.dl ki .; .>:..', p..- Ed i , \ Willi ..-:i,a.t t.i', thi-u.-h Lie bottom.-,, i r ; hili.ci'.o r.iibrokeii .:.ioi ;',. 10t,..,,.! in,n ! tur,...i .iw..y to .-.:„- ~: :,, ,■ !„, ~,-,,i. | Thi. «.,s a!!, f..,-.,ur h. .t ino-,,.iiat. iy ,-u-- i ge.-;. .1 th.it «■- .-lion:.; i '~,t ii. : .sia'.les. V, e j w-re a _-...-d de.il p;i//.le 1 : :. -, in.- ; -,mi .„> , litU-, u.iere we ex| .. i-d to have s.-ui a j gre.ii .led, and th.it lit :, ~. vi'.iiout meaning and ].ur;i-. -'.-1.-.-s. Whuii | we goi to ihestab'es, our i:■-•. a-ked if We iml.r-i0...i the m. ■] :.,, ~}.\ 1., dv- . f deali.g wish :h. -..•-.-h.-11-. \V, C.l.fe.-el our pi-,,!.,:1-id i.-. ~-.■„.,,,, bavinnevir I, :.,,v -.-n u.-v-i, ~( i. ~. t. -, ..„ .-.,', a:- s.,i.. ;i .iy to:ioti..--:i:. > -:i,:i l .. ~| thi; ..in i before ••>iy1,,,,,s - , . p-l , , ,a ,„ u. L k..ovv. ' X^-V;,;''.-"'.■^γ - :;'■,!.■■. l '"'." ; ' '■';).':'"':"' :i, : s";i- i:\"'L.,."- [i. in ..■',-',"-,i':..'.i'-''-. L i.'.'i'i m.; :i wi'.-ii ,-hoiild get hold ... !• ...id ii.se ii as a bo-il, .u which to set I" .-• ; in 'irder to rais-- , violent storms, in wliieli ihe ablest hcamausiiip could not possibly siv- hiindrtds of vess-U from being miserably w recked !" bISCoVKI'.V OK .VNCIEN'T SU.NK COFFINS. A discovery of great interest to archasoloS'sta lias been made at B-irnhill Links, nmglity Ferry. A new street is at present being cut there, and in making some excavations at a depth of alnmt five f-et below the sr.rf:i—. and in a -ravel soil. Ih<- worknvii fe... , on- w.-ic i...inh . :e .. •.: ihe

skeletons of two human bodies, ■α-hich chiefly consisted of skulls and bones of the legs, and these were in a sound state. The coffins were of very rude construction, and appeared to be more like square stone boxes. They were 3 feet 4 inches in length, 2 feet 2 in. in depth, and 2 feet wide, and consisted of slabs of considerable thickness—that on the top being no less than "I inches thick. As ! the skulls were found lyiiifj mi their faces, it is supposed that the- b <di-s had been interred in a sitting posture or doubled up. A cairn of stones iivcrv'ii'.-h the grass has grown f° r many years, w..s in immediate proximity, and "no" doubt liad marked the resting place of those who had been interred. Ihe colfuis arc undoubtedly "' great age. mt.ni: \t \ rrsEKAi.. At the funeral .if ATrs. Hose Gollaghay, Mullabawn, near. Foi-khiil, Newry, a quarrel b-oke out as to the property the deceased h-i.i left. On '.he U"V t<. the graveyard the colliu was laid down, and the relatives l.iHL'ht for the cows and pigs. Several of the parties received sever.' injuries. After the li-ht the eollin was lilted and carried a little further, but before the graveyard eould be readied another tight took place. The corpse was ultimately buried without any religious ceremony.