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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 68, 19 March 1880, Page 2

The Neiv Zealand Wesleyan gitf ea tlie lollowing • — " If it were possible to secure a return of the quantity and quality of the literature thafc constitutes the mental . pabulum of the New Zealand Methodists, I hare an idea that it would reveiil some fcufiotis and interesting facts. One curious fact would be that there is even yefc a large number of New Zealand Methodists who are so far neglectful of their privileges as not to take in the Neiv Zealand Wesleyan, and another curious fact would be that a great many who do take in the Wesleyan are, as far as they are concerned, leaving the printer to whistle for his money." A correspondent of a Northern paper , writes: — As I expected, Kiccardi has made a '■■ hit in Melbourne as Sir Joseph Porter in " Pinafore." I did not see how he could fail to do so, for his singing is splendid, and his acting far above the average of Opera singers. Williamson will fiud that he is worth his £20 per week. The Australasian's theatrical reporter, referring to Harding's "Captain Corcoran," says that he is the best representative of the character that has appeared on tbe boards of a Melbourne theatre. Miss Leaf seehis to have been the least successful of the three who went from Auckland, bufc the reason of tbis is evident — she takes the part of " Little Buttercup," a part for which she is not suited. One of the Wellington unemployed, who used (o go in for a free lunch with his half pint of beer at an hotel, discovered the other day, to his infceuee horror, that the cheese was very " high," and he rushed out declaring that he distinctly saw a piece of cheese so lively as to ruu away with a piece of bread. A correspondent having asked the Hawke's Bay Herald whether the borough of Napier could sport a coat of arms, that journal replies, " We are not aware of any, but it is aboufc time we had one. We suggest as appropriate the figure of a judge in wig and gown, seated under a canopy 'In bankruptcy ' on a scroll underneath. The judge might be blindfolded, with a pair of scales in his hand, with ' liabilities" on the lower scale and 'assets' (very shadowy) on the one kicking the beam." Among the converts who accompanied Elder Pearce to Salt Lake City was a Mrs Jackson aud her three children, from Christchurch. Mrs Jackson is a buxom widow, whose husband died some time ago and left her a little property, which she sold to defray her passage to the City of the Saints. It is said that she is to be Mrs Pearce No. 6. The Auckland correspondent of the Otago YUaih) Times writing of the local Volunteers says :— " Half the corps bave been raised by vainglorious swash-bucklers who have de sired to have a commission, and having obtained their ambition, paid no further heed to the welfare of their respective corps. Men who cannot control themselves can scarcely be expected to command others." It is not often that a bankrupt gets a farewell address from his genei ous creditors. We (Bruce Herald) can vouch forthe correctness of the following memorandum attached to a debtor's schedule, and signed by the Chairman at the final meeting of creditors : " We are unanimous in the opinion that the debtor is a rogue, but thafc it would cost too much money to prosecute him." The Auckland correspondent of the Adelaide Observer writes: — *' The Jews here are the most law abiding of all religionists. They quarrel with no one, and are as sincere iv their grand old faith as the most modern of believers could be. They are charitable, too, and liberal in their donations to churches and charities alien to their own. I went with auother a few weeks ago, making collections for an extension of an Episcopalian Church. We called upon a Jew, who was a sporting character. We made our solicitation, ' Well, ' he ■ said, ' I don't belong to your set, and I never like transacting a certainty. I'll te!l you what I'll do. I won't give the guinea you ask, hut I'll throw you whether I give two guineas or nothing. And I threw with him, when he lost, and I got a cheque for the money without a word of regret that luck was against him. In our email country towns, where no synagogues exist, if there be only three Jews they will assemble in a room and one of them will read their service, and there will be as strict an observance of a fast-day or a day of prayer as if there was a multitude gathered together." How a country hawker settled his " little bill " with a re'uetant debtor is thus related by the Southland Times : — "A hawker well known to Invercargill and surrounding dis tricts, has had some little difficulty lately in collecting sundry small sums of money owing him. He, however, made an example of a " young man without encumbrance " a few daya ago. The hawker is in the habit of travelling round the country every seven or eight weeks, and often " truslß " persons, especially station hands. On one occasion he booked a suit of clothes to a young fellow who promised to pay in a month. At the expiration of that time the hawker asked for bia money. The man, who was wearing the clothes, when asked for payment, replied that he had no money, and intended " filing." This was too much for the hawker, and as the saying is, he " went for him." He hitched up his horse, took off bis coat and hat, stepped up to the debtor, and ordered him to take off his clothes. This request of course was not complied with. The hawker then gripped his man, and tore the clothes completely off him and left him ruminating amongst the tussocks with a full rsceipt. There ars several iflore to be treated in the

A man who was recently sentenced to two years' imprisonment in Wellington for obtaining naoney by false representations, had previously spent .fit of his plunder in taking a ticket in a sweep on the Wellington Cup. His ticket drew Hailstorm, and the value of the prize was £200 -a vice little sum with whicb to start again when his sentence expires. A good story comes from the Souih- Dr —^^ t as BUct - :mo ' ne d to gee a lady who ba-J been taken suddenly ill.. &OW, it was after dinner, and the doctor loved his wine, and he was not jfust then in qtiite the trim for giving a prescripiibn'. However,* the lady wajJ U good patient, and so ile " pdlied hiriiself together " and drove to her house. Arrived there he found the invalid in bed. He looked solemnly at her for a minute, as his head seemed to swim round. He felt he was not equal -to the occasion, and groaned out "Drunk, bjr Jove 1" He was astounded when fiis patient suddenly responded, " Ob, don't; tell my husband, or he will kill me." Taking In the situation at a glance the doctor promised secresy. " However did you find out so cjujckly that I had drunk too much, doctor ?" asked the lady next day, and he muttered something about . experience.— ■» Hawke's Bay Cou- ier. Naturalists (says the Auckland Star) will be deeply interested in a very novel occur rence which was witnessed in the shop of Mr Calnan, shoemaker, Queen street, yesterday. The premises in which be carries on business are old atd infected with rats, and he therefore Keeps a Cat ofl the premises. This animal, which is of the ordinary grey color, i3 oi meditotn size, but has frequently killed small rats, though it appears disinclined to encounter the larger species of rodents. The cat has lately brought forth kittens of which only two are alive. Yesterday afternoon she lay in. a corner behind the Counter with her kittens, while Mr Calnan was at work, as usual, only'a few feet away. On looking at the cat what was bis astonishment at seeing a full-grown rat lying down beside the kittens and sucking at one of her teats. He called in a gentleman who was passing, and for some minutes the two watched the singular occurrence. Even when Mr Calnan approached the interesting group the rat was not frightened away, while the cat appeared to submit to the sucking with qniet unconcern, even lazily turning het head to look at her strange progeny. The group was broken up when Mr Calnan seized the rat by the back of the neck and killed it. The rodent was old and suffered himself to be seized without moving. The cat was afterwards taken near the rat but wotfld no.t tptfch it.; The Waikato pafter says i — The other day two little boys were playing together. After awhile they began to quarrel, and, either ignorant or oblivious of Dr Watt's injunction " let their angry passions rise." At last one of them said, "I hate you." "I wish you were dead," replied the other. The first boy then said "I wish you were hung, and tbat I waa sitting at tbe foot of the gallows looking up at you, and eating ham and eggs." This was too much for the other boy, so he threw a stone at his quondam friend and decamped. A " Heathen Chinee" at Greymouth has defeated the police ou a point of law. The Mongol an had set up the game of "fair-tau " or "chaw-tau," and was summoned before the Resident Magistrate. The defence was that the house was a private house, and did not come within tbe meaning of the "Vagrant Act. It was admitted that the Chinese were playing a game, but it was for a supper. His Worship held the point raised fatal to the case, as there was no law in New Zealand against any person keeping a private gambling house, and he doubted if the English Act could apply. The case was dismissed. A controversy is going on in the correspondence columns of the Sydney Morning Herald on the quality of tea imported into the colonies. It is asserted that large quantities of tea which has been adulterated with other leaves finds its way to the colonies from China, the Adulteration Act in England having had the effect of keeping it out of the English market. The use of Indian teas is advocated. With reference to a recent cablegram which mentioned that the Russian Government had unsuccessfully endeavored to procure the extradition of a Russian named Hartmann, who is charged with being concerned in setting fire to the Forestry College in Moscow, the Dunedin Star says :— " Hartmann is the man's name, and he is a sapper. He is believed to be the prime mover in the attempt on the Czar's life at Moscow. The Staroveis, who occupied tbe house adjoining that from where the excavation was dug towards the railway line, identified Hartmann as the skilled engineer who superintended the work, and as the man who bought the house and superintended the excavation of a cellar, as he took care at the time to inform his neighbors. Another fact established by the Russian police is that Hartmann, immediately after the failure of the attempt on the Czar's life, obtained leave of absence and crossed the frontier." The Princess Louise (Marchioness of Lome) previous to her leaving Ottawa for England, gave instructions for a " clearing " to be made in the woods of Rideau Hall and a veritable backwood shanty to be constructed upon it. The work is now in progress, and will be ready when she returns to Canada. This seems to indicate that Her Royal Highness has been charmed with life as she has seen it in the Canadian backwoods. What will you probably do if you fall down a well ?— Kick the bucket.

JKfr Byron says that woman's sphere ia that ggfne wilt never find a husband. A correspondent in an Australian contemporary speaking of rust in the Warrnambool district, in New South Wales, says: — For years after 1864 thunderstorms almost ceased to visit the district; and during this period we had rust yearly, but directly the thunderstorms again, became prevalent, rust again ceased; and following that time the result of my observations has been tbe •same. Ido not know that any of those writing about " rust " have touched upon it in relation to thunderstorms ; but it will no •doubt he interesting to know from others whether tbeir obscrvaxions and mine are in any way similar. The American correspondent of the Times writes : — A pool has been made in grain, in New York — that is, many pools have been made, but they bave all been absorbed by one great pool, representee! by James tt. Keene. Tbis English adventurer and successful Californian 'operator * is tbe representative and head of the combination* Quite a national question here arises. They have locked up all the grain toward, and everywhere in Chicago, and all along the line to the East and K at the sea-board is chockf ull. No movement of grain can take place from points beyond Chicago without, their leave, and if the Western farmers sold their grain, buyers could not transport it to the coast. Thus the . selling price of breadstuiUs is \ depreciated, and the price in Europe is artificially raised. And the country appears to he powerless. In almost every part of Ireland miscreants are at work posting up notices on churches and chapels calling on the people to pay no rent. In some cases it is well known as the work of mischievous schoolboys. On properties wbere tenants have hitherto been and are still living on good terms with their landlords this attempt at social incendiarism is made. From all parts of Ireland reports reach us« (says an Irish paper) that the tenants arc paying their landlords, accepting with thanks the reductions made heause of the hard times that are in it. Why Communistic feelings should be forced.on the people in this country we don't know ; but those who are sowing the wind may reap the whirlwind. Tbe , enormous fortunes which are being made by- the British coal owners, put Ans-: tralinn and New Zealand gold mines into the shade. One owner, who sank a large sum in an unproductive coalpit one year, made £60,000 profit from another pit.. Another very large owner, a year or so ago made £50,000 beyond bis ordinary income of £ I OO.Of 0. An enterprising man with a small capital lately invested it, and what money he could borrow, £9000 in all, .in a colliery, and he sold it again almost immediately, and without spending a penny on it, for £40,000. Adviob to Mothbbs !-— J flr^ypu broken in your rest t?y s Bick child Buffering with the pain of cutting teeth ? Go at once to a Chemist, end pet abettle of Mrs "Winslow's Soothing Syrup. It will relieve tho poor •sufferer immediately. It is perfectly harm lees snd p!ea>*p.nt to taste. It produc**? natural quiet sleep, hy relieving the child from pain, and the Hrt.e cherub awakes "as bright as a button. It soothes the child, it mftens the gums, allays all pain, relieves wind, regulates the bowels, ord in the beet known remedy for dysen'ery and diarri'osa. whc-ih-r arising frrm teething or oth.r cauifp. f-old everywhere at Is. IJd. per bottle. Mauufactoiy 493, Oxford-street, London. "Valuable Discovert for ths Hair — I your Hair is turning grey or white, or falling off. use " The Mexican Bair Benewer," for it will positively restore in eve.ru case Grey or White hair to its original colour, without h aviog tfce disagreeable smell of most 'Restorers '

It makes the hair charmingly beautiful, as weU ai promoting tbe growth cf the hair on bald spots where tho gland are not decayed. Ask your rarest chemist for " Tho Mexican Hair Benewer," prepared by Henry C. Gallup, 493, Oxford-street, London* and sold . every where at Bs. 6d. per bottle. Flobiline I— For the Teeth and Breath.— A. Itrvr drops of the liquid " Floriline " prinkled on a wet tooth-brush produce a pleasant lather, which thoroughly cleanses lhe te«-th from all parasites and impuitriFS hardeis the gums, prevents tarlar, stops decay, r gives to the teeth a peculiar pearly whiteness, and a delightful frapranee to the breath! Jt removes alt unpleft«ant odour arising from decayed teeth or t<*b_acc: smoke. " Ths Fregrant Fh.riline." being composed in part of honey end sweet herbs, is delicif us to the taste, and the greatest t.*i!et discovery of (he ag<*\ 8o!d everywhere at 9,e. 6d. Prepared by Henry C. Gellup, 493 Oxicrd-street, London.