MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 33, 8 March 1878, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

Chnrl(>s Parwin Ins boon made on L.L.D.' of Cambridge. Tho socno in the Senate House- beggars description. The opportunity for tlio. display of undcrgradunto fun was 100 flood 1 to bo lost, imd from the crowdcd'gallcries wore suspendo.l monkeys in Academical dress, while hurrahs for " J.'ritnovnl' men," cries of " Out originnl papa," admonitions not to "sit on your tnil," wore- bountifully addressed 1 to tho eminent naturalist timid shouta -of laughter nnd- tho ring of Lord Nenvo's evolution song from n chorus of a thousand voices. Tfio grout and steady mortality going on among tho Maori moo is referred to by the New Zealand Herald as being in* dicntod' nowlioro so plainly as in tho number of succession orders that come boforo tho iMutivo Lands Court. liuL.K 1 :, it ro mar It s, looking nt the proceedings of certain rccont sottings of that Court, it would 9oon\ as if tho issno of thoso orders was now ils ohiof work". A number of Maoris leaso n block of land, and it is found that amongst perhaps a score of le*nocfi-tho deaths nro freqi'ont, nnd appliontion lias 'to bo madd to the Court to decide who is ontitlcd 1 to rccoivo tho shore of those who havo died, In very fow oases leaving any direct offspring, andihoir proporty has to go to distant rolativcf). .Ifcro is another example o' 1 how aboriginal rncos fado nway in tho presence of thoAnglo-Snxon. What wir has done for the Maoris- wo know; but now when pcaoo roigns, when they live in thoir sottlcmoutH, no man during to make theranfruid; when most of 1 thorahavo incomes, nnd all of themdiavo abuadanco of fertilo land to culiirato they are dying off as fast as- over, Tho information at our command does not onabl6 us to say how it fui'os- with tho Kingitos* but this morn lality- amongst ilio- natives who live amongst us is sadly groat. Tho Wellington Argus says :-— We lmvo been shown 11 wonderful invention in tho shnpo of ft now idea in candlesticks, whioh wo may bo pardoned for saying in tho strength of our admiratiou "knooks" <

tho American novelty man " into pumpkin since." It U the, invention of Mr WiHinm Douslin, ure.hitoot. of Ulenheiin.' He in?' nn eminently peculiar contrivance, we d » not pretend to sny how it works, but nnv state that it bus nn economical tendency,, nnd is warranted tosiive enough onndle I ,ends to' reduce tho expenditure on li^ht considerably. Mr Donslin has takon out ) a patent for hi* invention,, which is ox croiHnuly simple, but very clovr, neverthelo**, titul may be recommended to enre- . I'u l housewives The Melbourne Punch- linn n cartoon whioh roi>resentfl- tho Victorian Governor ' disroßardinj* tin* pleading- of n younu • maiden, repp-winim: •'•<• "Constitution.' , nnd yielding l«> th (> s >l eitvinn of nn ugly . old lemalo cnllrd " Revolution.' 1 Wile.) boaters, larrikins, nnd other evd doors are * pictured ns rijiicin«! Nt tk« dismissal of fcho Utoßistrnles. It is unwise to keep larf-o sunn of nionry in v dwelling house tor various ronsons, herois one. A three-roomed house '; bclonßinc to two brothers named Modi dins, in Wiseman's Gully, tho Thames, hiisledn destroyed'by lire, and JKM) in , notes (ivhieh was kept iirn candle-box under their bed) was eiMinumed. No doubt ' iho losers regret thntt hoy did not make use of one of tlio numerous InHts; Captain Somcrville, of tho sle.imor , Durham, reports seoinir a large ser.inonsi or resembling a serpent oi" Brown." Island ; thirty feel, of Mie monster reared poiponriicularry out of the w.itor : the i crew nnd passengers- eorrobnnitoil th« .statement. | An editor having rend in .-mother pnner , that thoro was n kind of 1 to >n< o\ whioh if ' a mnn should Mn Ice or c.how, be would | forget I hat, ho owed 11 dollar ift Hie world, ■ sadly remarked tint; nmny of hi* «nbi scribers must hnvo boon lurnished with ! the arl.iele. Professor Roll lectured on the telftphono ■ 1 in tho theatre of South Kensington re> 1 eenlly. Having oxphincd tiio oourso of . experiments which led to its discovery, bo said there was some reason to suppose | Mint, tlio sound was caused rath.»r by moleciilnr notion th.in vibration, n.» bo linl conversed with a man 100 miles o(V' with a piece of wood one inch thick interposed between his inoitlh and tho i plate. Ho hud heard th>; brouthiug of n i man 149 miles oil. , Tho London correspondent of the Toronto ijlobe gives some, interesting 1 pnrliouliM of tho effect of the war on the 5 London dailiss. Me says that the editors r I bought it would be » short, nnd slurp campnign, nnd so .sent out nrmi«s of cor respondents with orders to spare no ex- ' pense in gelling oirly and complete reports; but, the war neviT Look any hold i upon tho rcidinu public and the proprietors of !ho newspapers are goltinii alarmed at Iho fro-meoti of nn ' endless 1 succession of telegraph bills,, for which 1 there is o >app«»vnl. return ; eonsr-qu -nlly, reports are lit'ii.g en! down and CMTes pondenls orltivd horn.'- The Daily News lie says, has loli. the strain so severely, that it; is fnlhru; behind in its I'imih'cs , and it i«' even inmoured in newspaper oirohn Mint Mi 1 Arehili-ild Porhos 1 sti Id -n return from 'the scat of 'n\r is nviinly dn>> to tho nrtjes>ity of eurliiiling nn expen Ifcuro too heavy for ih" rosumvi's ot' the paper. The correspondent says further, the New York llernid his reddled nil its v/nr eorrcspondenf.s us not, beiju; worth their cost. Tin. 1 Teli'^i.ioli and Stand ird nn) ii»'Awi»ij>; in .t\\*i'-v special Mitel ig -lire, ninl X 'expect during tl'.o pres'in winter Ibo Times will l>e (ho only pup-r which will go on with its pivsenl nystcm of wholcMiile telcgrtiphing. An incident occurred the other day which nlV.M'ds v very pretty . illustration of tho " hloi'ui in a liM*pot'' style, and shows that tho spirit which omv denounce! the pri-Uino hurdy«gurdy from tho Kirk pulpit still fhurishos in perenn nial tri'sbne.is, In this case, howuvcr, the ,1 roublo was not music, but. oniiiinon^lion In n certain place of worship in this city (not L'resbyterinn) various nlloritions and improvonu'ivta were bein^ carried out.. Amongst tho hitter was v Scripture t^t nfintly and Ustctnlly inscribed on tho wall behind the rostrum. Now, the guileless ariiat, in all simplicity, nnd in perfect in>noceneO' of' Jiitualistio proclivities, hud painted a Maltcso cross as an appropriate Gnishing touch. A fo»v of tho moinliers on a visit ofinopoction,gn2od with sp ( emloss horror on this outrage and geitin^ very croxs, announced tho dread alternativo that the thing must bo altered or they would secede. Now, th s was becoming a serious nlTair, even from a tinnnoitil point of viow, because somo of the lending objectors had been known, on occasions, to deposit as- much no sixpence in the sacerdotal saucer. What was to bo dono in this emergency ?.' Well, a so'omn conolaro was held, at whioh it was resolved, as a compromise, that the cruiculioyo-sore bo altered so as to re* somblo sora«lhing else.. This wasdono with such success as to convoy n very fair idea of a plethoric oaulillowor. Thus tho threatened schism vvns avorted, and tho erstwhile objectors, so vocently at cross purposes, mndo iatiniiod and happy. Por« liaus 'twero bettor i'uus. Compromise and cauliflower may bo proforrabln to cross and confusion, but tho ftllair foroibly ro» oalls the historical Quaker, who was no strongly opposod to capital punishment that ho refused to '• lung " his gate.— Lev Zealand Hbrald. Tho British Trade Journal commenting on tho Sup/. Cannl as a oommoreiul spocu. lalion, says that tho hopes- and oxpoetations of M. do Lossops, except in tho mutter of capital oxpondod— for, from first to last tlio cost •■ of tho ouial lud been noarly double tho amount ori«inilly con-templatcd-'hnvo been fully realised. Tho canal wna oponed to t radio in 1809,' and from 1870 to 1870 the not tonnage passing through it from 430,009 tons to 2,090,772 lons, whilst tho receipts rose from £200,00!) in 1870 to about; £1,200,000 in 1875 ; and in 1875, after th • share and debenture* holders had received their 5 per cut. dividend a small balance of profit* was still lof , . to becomo larger in subsequent years. Mr JJ. L, Faijcon, who hns been visiting America, hrts got into hot water with regard to his nationality. When interviowed by a reporter of tho T?hilodelpbia Times ho stated that hia mother was n Kentish woman and his father a .Tow. Ho then coutinued j. lv When I left home, sotno seven years ogo, and went to Lon« don to work' out my career, I made a* study of Jewish oharacter, and I found it as represented in this book. The Jows lire n hard-working, domestic poople, but I havo novor hoard such sentiments from their lips nr'thoso uttered' by Daniel Peronda or Mordccai. JJy Jew, Solomon

Tsuars, is th" foundation Jew; ho i' tin.* .st"ek from- whiish spring our best, i known and nio-'t bi'jhlv-re^pected Jew>". I Moses nnd Kaehel Levy are nNo to b.> [ ("Uiid in ovei'y oily." Spe-dcm » ot' tho • clevernens nnd success of tho .Pews ho S'id: "F have iv ure.'tfc deal of faith in phrenology, ami T find Ibat tin 1 Jews havo the best Inhumed' beads of nnv nations ; and unless a mnn bns nn eqinllv* b.ilnnocd mind hois not npt to succeed." Tho Victorian (I ofornrnent lately imposed a tux on lire stock, ft is deelnmd by the local Press to be v,>ry oppressive, and to have r''<lueed tho numbers of live s'oek very malcrinllv. In proof of this, figures are quoted iV'tn >i report of the \Vahj{U.nyah Murray Urid^n (yonipiny, showing the great decrease in the crossings of sheep nnd other stock over the n'yer. The effect has b 'en tv lesion tho number of cros>iiKS Irom 38.982, whioh are the ligures relatini» to sheep which crossed during the lnlf«yenr ending December. 1870, to 1 l.,*Jiio, or a diminulioii of 2-t 7-2-in the convspondiug period of last yen*. The pecnli nity is noticeable in both the other e.!u>ses (catth nnd horses) nfKcted by this Inv, the figures Ivin . r . as iv^arN ei(ile, 7071 fur the latter lndlVycar ot ISrO. mil only 477, or a decrease of 711)1. in the c>rresponding period of the p:> s t -year, IliJises(loosi')have deereaseil in the a line peii els from 211 to l;)t, so ih->t as shvp. e<t(le, and J?ors->s nre a one nlfeeted liy the Heny Itil, and ns such, a material dconviN.i is visible, it, is logical to suppo>c tlmt. t>» I Iho operation of tho lax in' n very «ient I measure the diminution is nltriluiuMe. Some 'lOyenrsngo t\ widow lady ina'ii 'd | Mr H. T. Urown, an intending opiiijrnnt t<> In'pw Zealnnd. l)y the first, nnrmiie she had two children, who, on her l-sivitu; the old country, wero left with her friends, nnd .sho h;\% never seen them since. Until n lew days ng->, ne fier Itiiew of their near proximity, and |io--Bibly olteu psis"! d without knowing onenn other. Alilumgh (iib pur'y wrote tooiiMin th t, | the letters seem not to have reached tlieir destination, and alter som y . yens cor'e^ pondenco cessed. JSevernl ell'ors by eitiier p«rly to (Ind out tho whereabouts of th" other were nride unsueci'ssfully, in con:ii'(jMence, it now tuns oil!, of lit-! chant; of their renpeefiye re^iili'iU'es, Thi» dnughter marrie.l :\ Mr lMlt"id ;o now in the eir>|>loy of Messrs If. nnd M., and has been in 'AncMind for upwards of £;) y<'nr.i, an') is si ill resident there. Sim is one of our e.-y.iiisl. settlers, aid now nd» vntieod in yours, but, is in yootl health. Tho discovery oi'iho mnliial relntionsliip was n in;. 1 re aeeidiMt. only coming out i« the cour>e of e<)r,versaMon between My> friends of I lie mother and d:iu^hter who hud hoard tlinr resp»etive stories,-— •Star. 7h is enriotis to note, rennrks th" XotUie'ii Iu:!io, f!n> division of op ; nion in ill" limdon Press about the wnr. Tim '.''imc'- 1 , t!n> Puily News, nnd the luiilv (Jiiroinclo nre iiir-'in^t the Turks. The Mornirn: P«>st the Morning .V.lvortisei' nnd the Dr.jly Tee jriph— Ijseribe I irreverently by a clonjyin-m ns the World, Hie Klc<di an I the Devil— loi-ellter wi'h ib" Sf.ui'lnrd. are all on Hie oilier suf ■ .. Tli" Ke'io, .'imoii ; ih" evening pipeis. is ■ nnti-Tnrkish ; the Glob" mil fie I.ill M II <?-i;:el(e me nii'i- I'n-s-i in .