Miscellaneous.

Clutha Leader, Volume II, Issue 79, 13 January 1876, Page 3

Miscellaneous.

When Aldus Manutnis set up inl._i_ business.asa printebat Venice^he came in possession; of . a Httje^negxo', hoyi This boy was known over 1 i_if city as " the little . black": deVil/^ who: assfsted the my?teridustbibHp»factor, ; and: sbmb of the .f-mbst \ ignorant ~, people? believed him none other iHan ihe "embodiment of Saian, who v__ijjfed Vih • thb prosecution of. his proiessipni. ' ? One day^ Manutius, desiring *to dispel this strange hallucination by publicity, display edlhe young. classes. " ' Upon this occ'asioii / he\mlad& this, short -but characteristic -speech V '• Be it known to, Venice that I, Aldus printer ; to ; .the. Holy Church and ~doge, naye'xh^ exposure Of ; the " r fr%iefs- 'Devil !VVAl|f those who think he is not Jlesftvancl blood may come >'andpncA ibim. ' /

OELTIO OR KELTIC ?

The institution^ j ship at Oxford 4s' _bw -xcting'sbffife^t" ; ten tion as to, the proper pronunciation of its yerynjEime. More, thap half a cenp tury " _gd; Sir; Jaihe_ : "Foulis, f'-'-in \he " Transactions, of : ;the . "Antiquarian 6ociety ; of Scotland " , L ,23, . referring to the origin. of the old,. Scotch bu.foin of drinkipg Keltic, Wys,''"Th&t ! is to fill up the cup again and drink 7 it out, according to the laws of the Kelts ; for sb .ought the word Celt tothepronounced.V , Dr Jamieson, in reference to this, says|, "The goocl baronet .should have told us whether the' term' originated with the JKqmaiis br r: th^ VPicts,' w what ''other nation ; for it was heverifbrbfjed byvthe peoplejo whom he.TeferJ3 v They nevejr designed themselves .• either Celts, dr Kelts," but jSael. It is noHikely,- at any rate, that" they wbuldi borrow from themselves a name for drinking; cus-, tpms," Tod, in his 3rp! jql.. T 4to editiop of " Johrisbn's-Biction-a^jri" v _bejs [not give the word ajfc .ail. In'th'e " Imperial' liexecoh" the pronunciation is given as tSeltick. Seeing* that ouV Irish friends also claim a,chair, we iqajy have the Celtic at Dublin,' tne Keltic at;, Oxford; arid the Gaelic at Edi_bji_£hy

SINGER ANDIBISfWiyES. %

"The death^ c^^M^JSi^ljpfer^ s^tl^j^f^pa^ sewing machine^manj^^ of his will; re^e'ajsi"' .au^m'eti'cbb' ! paper says t solial.a^afr,s,almpst beyond credence^ • Sfnger leaves thirteenV millions of dollars tp be divided :ampng f hi& four x wives and 32 .children.' Mr Singer was divorced ; from _tis r 'fir^t. wife in 1 860. 'He subsequently imaffied four ladies, wh^ bore tp 4 him in 4;He'aggregate,' 32 children." His'Tast^wife, .Is_bella, T h.as been\wishjhiai-injEnglan'd for many years, has been received into the best families^ Siid entertained in hpr< 6w e n house the most fashion able guesjts raa^nificently> .. ,Tp , her, his hwtf^ovj..' 1 Singer leaves about bne ailiipn sfbrlftig. '- Thb? rest -of his property is ed a)l 5 his. wives and children;" C»ne of them lives in this' city' drifter' the name of M a thews. Herself and children receive IJJp.O,QQO This strange r condition of maraagrarhas peen r going on" for 20 ybars,'_n_ yeVit tJ dßes not i Appear > that the ;sl igh test 'disturbance -was 1 ever made by either of the Wives, or any attempt pn : thepaft~of friends to levy blackmail. x Smgerkbpt ih .ma ll in Oonifoit, indeed, J rm.ay j|ay3.n\vaffl^ence,:fja^d avoided.^ scenes. , The strangest part ;of the .usihes. _s' that r b. ! *was a;vb¥y''religious man— -gave largely *to ; thOichurcV witk' which he was connected, and tob&' an active part in its aifafrs-. ' I » i The r will is being contested _by. the first. wiM": f

SOUTH SEA ISIiAND ATROCITIES;

The arrival, of -the schooner Katb i Kearney, » at.. Brisbane, brings r further advices from the Solomon fstarids./'Oapr;. tain FergiisPn, of the-tearae? sipplg, \q. 7 . writing' from MsfciWt Sag Island, I.2th -^pvgmb^r, *p. a gsptleman '" connected wijtfy this .journal,. £ays.:j-f ' ;.'.' This hasTOefln rather an eventful year in the" Solomons ; the natives requirb' more watchimr than evei. n Wb' visitjed" the locality ; brthe^Jani._Birnie , mas--acre, at Howes group. The Natives .attacked, us_ wij^^deTcarbipes; yhich they ' mU'st^haye Jfbt ! frbm- ! {_# capturjed vessel. r;Thi«rifaß'pnly fp.urvdays^fter H.Ms. Beagle left* after giving? them wbftt'in man-wfiWar ypcabularyris called " chastisement." This so-called chastiseImenHW^thevmurderV bpd^pjunder fof> peaceahle traders is a thorough mockery, and I hopb; '„pw thafrGommd'do'rtfGoodenough .has .bebsL..speared, that the co__- v raaH'derspf'HirM!" ships or perhaps fhp T rm'p'eriaLG.vernment, wili see the fallacy of ;a;bsurd"treatment-dealt put -to thfese Islanders*' who, though 'sav_ge»,vbiiyfr: just as; clear, a, notion of right or wrong" as ypii or t. However) 't_e ''' Howe's Grotfp o natives- made Mothing; :%;?tnetr ; j ajta.ck;upon us ;. J^think.-th^fqundTwe could shoot a little^straighterthVn^they bbttfdV^Atthe A : _mu_lty'Grotfp Wrought a native, belonging te [s^£^9%^ ftroxip; ho was a prison^ V^f^arV and had we noj ..paid i.^Cor^hju^ "wVu&.hja^ been eaten -^ ;r_it he isftbe'dbjy sui|viyor c pf of the, CarPlme^^bH^ , niapi |; : wexj.|arp^ing .the jeeffipr . |echb^de^ mer^ when Ta r thi • vAdmiraltyj ' n_tiv^» ; iellCoitthemV v J ; understand j the, .schooner these pebple ; belonged to JarbV ''llffif! ?*Tfllft_4lß-s*-» »«*hd« the captain's, name -w_SrUole;.jsThev|taife. ; K eiarney ■ MfrMso^efea^^ native, of gpsstlslahdi Kubiaaa, opened jf,~«~-rfT Vi,. _», ...-X-- '." '- -v'.-'-'s''.'!- i ---"A [-;.-. ' <