SECOND EDITION.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 4316, 28 May 1885, Page 3

SECOND EDITION.

A devout and worthy gentleman is the clergyman of a suburban parish. His con"Tegation was somewhat amused at the singularity of one of his recent announcements, which was as follows:—" Remember our communion service next Sunday forenoon. The Lord will bo with us during the morning- service, and the bishop in the evening. At a boarding-school for boys the master established the rule that no nicknames should be used, and that one Simon Jennings should never be called Pontius Pilate. One day a boy noted for dulness was called upon to recite the Apostles' Creed, and droned along carelessly to " suffered under, when s.iddenly the threats of the headmaster flushed upon him. With unwonted energy he said, " suffered tinder Simon Jennings, and was crucified." The recent alarm as to the poisonous nature, under certain conditions, of canned foods has led to the introduction in the New York Assembly of what is called the " Earlc Bill." This measure renders it unlawful for any packsr or dealer in foods so preserved to offer such articles for sale unless the package plainly bears the name of the prepare: , and the date of the preparation. Violations of the provisions of the Act will be deemed a misdemeanor, punishablewith a fine of oOOdols in the caso of manufacture, or oOdols in the case of a mere vendor. The Yankees won't be able any longer to sell badly tinned meats as Australian. A party of five men, while hunting deer, discovered a cave near Mace's Hole, on the Hardscrabble, Pueblo (Col.), and inside v. mare and sucking colt. They could not capture the mare, and killed her, but the colt was taken out to the ranch of Mr. Robinson, where it is doing well. The colt has not a particle of hair on its body, has eyes like globes of glass, and yet cannot see in daylight, but distinguishes everything in the dark. The impression of Mr. Robinson is that it was born in the cave, aud never saw daylight until taken out by the hunters.