THE Marlborough Times PUBLISHED DAILY. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1882.

Marlborough Daily Times, Volume IV, Issue 374, 24 February 1882, Page 2

THE Marlborough Times PUBLISHED DAILY. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1882.

The Marlborough representatives for the New Zealand Rille Associotiou prize-tiring left by the train this morning, eu route, for Briglitwater. The cricket match, Town v. Telegraph, will not be proceeded with to-morrow, on account of the absence of some of the players. Sergeant Finn, drill instructor, has arrived in Blenheim, where he will remain for about.six weeks. During his stay there will be squad drill every Thursday evening, and company drill every Tuesday evening. We learn that Mr.). Barleyman is about to enter into partnership with Mr. A. Rogers, barrister and solicitor, of this town. Mr Barleyman is an old acquantance of the Blenheim public, behaving formerly been Registrar of the Supreme Court here and Collector of Customs, and ho has filled many other public ollices with the greatest eiedit. Here also he was admitted to practice, and since his admission he has resided at llawcra, from which place we are glad to welcome him back. On Tuesday next the Rev W. Ilo.vingbam Root will lecture at the Orovetown School on “ Father Mathew ami Temperance.’* Mr Root’s reputation as a pleasing lecturer is now established among us, and we hope the lecture on Tuesday next will lie well patronised. The admission is Is. We understand that the return match between the Kaikoura Cricket Club and the Wanderers will be held in Blenheim about the middle of March.

In an .Arkansas ease, a disreputable citizen was on trial for murder. 'Pile evidence was circumstantial, and iiisiillioient to convict ; but the jury, believing that the culprit was a vicious man and ought to be convicted of something, brought him in guilty of The .Judge enlightened them a little on the negro question, and again sent them out. They came in with a verdict of /mrse-stealing. The Judge lectured them soundly, and believing that they were now sufficiently enlightened to act understandingly, sent them back once more. The next verdict was perfectly satisfactory—at least to themselves :—• “ Guilty of mai-slaughter in the first degree ; but we don't think he is the man !" Harper '■<.

Many years since, in California, old Judge C made frequent trips to San Francisco, to deposit bis “hard-earned” savings, and lay in a fresh stock of ideas. One night he sat up late, imbibed much, and assisted at a little game of draw.” An hour after going to bed, he awoke, and, to his horror, saw a robber staring at him through the window at the foot of bis bed. Judge dodged back ; robber dodged back. Judge peeped : robber peeped. Judge put band under pillow, drew out “navy,” and fired—through a looking-glass ! the exact price of which was 25d01. The robber did not appear again. Harp The legislature of Ohio lias just passed a Bill providing for the inspection of buffer

and cheese, “ami all substances having the semblance of butter and cheese.” and of dairies and other places where milk is sold or butter and cheese manufactured ; to be done by Inspectors appointed by the .State Board of Health. The Superintendent of Inspectors of Butter and Cheese, Mr Robert Orr, has issued a circular of instructions to his subordinates, giving information which may be of value to butter-makersaiid buyers generally. He says:—“When butter is properly churned both as to time and temperature, it becomes firm with very little working, and is tenacious, but its most desirable state is tiiat of waxy, when it is easily moulded into any shape, and may he drawn out a considerable length without breaking. It is then styled gilt-edged. H is only in tins state that butter possesses that rich nutty flavour and smell, and shows a rich golden yellowcolour, which imparts so high a degree of pleasure it eating it, and which increases it-; value manifold. It is not always necessary when it smells fresh and sweet to taste butter in judging it. The smooth unctuous fee! in nibbing a little between the linger and t liunib expresses at once itsi ich quality : the nutty smell and rich aroma indcate a similar taste ; and the bright-golden, glistening, cream-colored surface shows its high state of cleanliness. It may lie necessary at times to use the trier, or even use it until you become an expert in testing by taste, smell, and rubbing.”

“ Robin Hood.” the English sporting eorrefpondent of (bo Aitxira/asinn, states that Mr A’ - .'. S. Crawfiml beaded the list of winners in the English racing world last season wilh twenty-five wins, value L1T,910. Mr I’. Lori 1 lari I, the American, was next with nine wins, value L1T,913. Mr J. I!. Keene, the owner of Foxhall, won six races, value L4,9(!(i. This, of course, docs not include (he Grand T'lix do Haris. Among the horses the American Iroquois was a long wav at the head of the list with seven victories, value Lid,SO.") ; Thchais being next with six wins, value L 10.307. Dutch Oven headed I lie two-year-olds with nine victories, value L 9.-129 : Kormcssc being next with live wins, value L 7,117. Fetor, the imeeituin five-year-old, started in sixteen laces and won three, value L-i,351. Bend Or was at Ihe head of the four-year-olds with three victories, value L4-.202 ; Robert the Devil next with four wins, value L3,00t; Potroncl, by Musket, being third with seven victories, value L2.G77.

An American physician is suing for a divorce from his wife on the grouds of illtreatment. His professional duties frequently call him out at night, and his wife, being very jealous, adopted the plan of taking poison whenever ho had a night call thus compelling him to stay and attend to her. Several times he lias saved her life witli great difiicnlty. Jt is very probable that now the twine binders have proved snch a success, a fresh impetus will be given to the flax industry in Xcw Zealand Mr Lark worthy, of the Carnarvon estate. Napier, now residing in London, but who has taken and is still tailing a great interest in New Zealand affairs, has been communication with Mr J. \Y. Gower, on the subject. Mr. Larkworthy and, Mr Gower are very sanguine about the 'lax industry, and both believe that it will yet lie a great succes in New Zealand. —Exchange. Bishop Snter and family of Neb on have left for a trip to tin old country. The Bishop expects to be absent about sixteen months. I

The importation into Canada of Paine’s “ Age of Reason” and Voltaire’s “Pocket Theology” lias been prohibited, and some copies of those works have been seized at the Custom-house. The matter has excited considerable discussion in the Dominion. The Toronto Globe, in strongly deprecating Hie action of the Government ollieials, points out that such a blunder must inevitably advertise the books in such a manner as will stimulate the curiosity of hundreds, and lead many to seek their acquaintance who otherwise would never have heard or thought of them. The Echo, of Dunedin, says in the early editions of the ‘ Encyclopedia Brittanica’there was an article on ‘Creation.’ In tiie last edition there is no article on ‘ Creation,’ but there is one on ‘ Evolution.’ Perhaps nothing could show better the change of opinion that lias come over the world.”

By the ’Frisco Mail the police have received copies of the handbills offering a reward of LI2OO for the arrest of the persons concerned in the Hatton Garden Post Oflice robbery. The bill gives a description of the suspected parties, also woodcut portraits of them and the principal articles of jcwelery stolen. There is nothing like being graphic. A man who attempted to give an idea of eternity said:—“Why, my friends, after millions and trillions of years had rolled away it would be a hundred thousand years to breakfast time.”

A few evenings ago the eccentric conduct of a swagsman in Bridge-street, Ballarat (relates the Star), attracted the attention of passers-by. lie was proceeding down the street at a tottering pace, stopping every now and then to inspect the fronts of the various shops along the thoroughfare. When accosted he stated that lie was looking for some of the reminiscences of bygone days, he having worked as a digger on the spot now occupied by Bridge-street some twenty-eight years ago, since which time he has been through many lands. The wayfarer was not certain whether lie was in Ballarat of oid, and spoke vividly of the circumstances relating to the early times, particularly referring to the hardships which he hid to suffer in the time of the Eureka riots. He said he had obtained plenty of gold in Ballarat, and had married here ; but misfortune followed him, and during his absence lie had lost his wife and nine children, and was compelled to shoulder his swag and seek employment from the farmers. The old man did not want money, but had merely come to take a last look upon the scene of his early labors. A correspondent sends the JSapicr Tele(jroph the following account of how honesty is rewarded “A railway laborer going to his home on Thursday evening picked up a pockethook containing memoranda and money to the amount of L 303. On looking over the memos, be discovered the name of the owner of the book, and at the next hotel there he found the person. On the finder apprising the loser of what had happened the latter invited him inside, where lie generously gave him a glass of whisky and one fshillhi;/ for his honesty.”

Says the IVuiroa Guardian :—Last week we had an opportunity of inspecting, at MrS. Locke’s residence, Napier, an ornamental shrill) known as the blacking plant, which is now in full bloom ; its dark purple (lowers posess the singular property of imparting a brilliant polish to boots when rubbed over them, that Day and Martin might strive to emulate. To-morrow, Mr .L D. Fraser will sell by auction at bis yards, Cliarles-strcct, pigs, i milch cows, and several good backs. The j sale will take place at 2 p.m. Our thoughtful Government reminds i taxpayers that a penalty of 2s in the £ | will be chargeable upon all amounts of the ; first instalment of the property tax due loth February, which remain unpaid after Wednesday Ist March. Under the heading “ Remarkable Discovery,” one of the English provincial papers relates how a certain octogenarian was lately saved from total blindness by using a remedy certainly not recognised in the British pharmacopfeia. .Some years ago the old gentleman was attacked by cataract, which soon completely blinded the left eye, and grievously impaired the sight of the. other. Matters were growing worse, when one night he had a dream that a course of rubbing with petroleum would restore his sight. In spite of the urgent entreaties of Ins family he proceeded to make the experiment, “and in ten days the right eye was restored to its former state.” Encouraged by this result, he forthwith applied petroleum to his other optic, and in a fortnight he could seen little with it, although it had remained stone blind for six years. A valuable discovery, truly, but the virtues of “ ilo” do not appear to stop even there. From another part of the country comes an account of a paralysed youth, who for eighteen months had been quite unable to help himself, getting up one night, putting on bis clothes, and going faith into the outer world, where he bad remained bidden over since. The report does not say, it is true, that bo bad been lubricated with petroleum, but we make little doubt, after reading and believing the oilier narativo, that it was the remedial agent in the second case as well. Perhaps the Laurel will turn its attention to petroleum, and tell a grateful world what i are really the medicinal and curative properties of the oil.