GENERAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9082, 16 June 1888, Page 3 (Supplement)

GENERAL NEWS.

THIS ON-RUSH OF A TIGKR. As a general rule a tiger will 'endear, to avoid an encounter with a line of V phants ; on rare occasions it will wail n • approach and charge home when USS a few paces, but on still rarer occasion l will advance to the attack from someT tance, mouth open, lips curling unwir,i ears down, tail on end, and every hii ' its body and head bristling 2th Whoever has had the good fortune to 17,' ness such a charge will never fomeb * k magnificent sight, nor the terrific e H ounl which accompanied the onward bounl of the enraged monster, and filled th air around, drowning the voices o f n other living creatures in its awful dentil and volume. A large tiger viewed muS such circumstances, when his head at body are greatly swelled out, and hU ai pearance rendered most terrific by' tl bristling of his hair, is a very differed creature from the listless, flat-sided beast of menageries and zoological gardens —« g, : in Bengal," by Edward B. Baker." DEATH OF A DISTINGUISHED PK&VZBT The death (says a London of the Rev. H. N. Oxenham removesi a2 markable figure from clerical circles and" from many learned clubs and societies Mr. Oxenham was from outward appearane' the ideal priest. Tall, thin, sallow, witl* flashing dark eyes and jet-black hair hf> walked with rapid tread, and preoccupied air and downcast glance, looking the very em! bodimenfc of ascetic devotion and rapt abstraction from the world. Yet the moment that one spoke to him one became aware that he was a keen observer of men and manners, profoundly interested in all thai was going on around him, and those who knew him intimately found him the warmest and truest of friends. His theological history was not a little curious. A vehoment, even a passionate, High Churchman from early youth, a Ritualist in clays before the name "ritualism" was invented ho was ordained in the Church of England, but very shortly afterwards seceded to' the Church of Rome, at the time when the diaturbance following on the Gorham judgment drove out not a few. He took minor orders in the Church of Rome, but declined to proceed further, believing that his priest's orders conferred by the Church of England were valid and could not be re. pealed without sacrilege. In this ambiguous position he would of course take no clerical duty, but bestowed his time, hU varied accomplishments, and his dialectical skill on a succession of theological, critical and controversial works. A FAMOUS YOUXG AUTHOR. Instant recognition of his work is everything to a young struggling author. Y e o the usual fate of first efforts in authorship, however meritorious they may be, is to suffer comparative neglect for a time. Many a brilliant genius has only been awarded posthumous fame. In life" he had little or no reputation. This anomaly however, is fast disappearing in the present) day. The reading public is so large that) he who has anything worth telling to communicate is almost certain to secure some willing and sympathetic ear. The news soon spreads, for the channels of communication are abundant, and the world is not) long before recognising the ability of the new author who steadily perseveres in his work. The reward of good authorship also is more ample than of old. One of the most notable cases of instantaneous popularity is that of Mr. Fergus W. Hume, the author of " The Mystery of a Hansom Cab," a work originally produced in Australia. In seven days a first edition of 5000 copies was sold in the colony, and a second and third edition quickly followed, until the sale, in a short time, reached a circulation of 25,000 copies—an astonishing fact in the history of colonial literature. To add still further to the fame of the author, when his work was reproduced in London by his publishers, the Hansom Cab Publishing Company, three month.'- ago, it took the bookstalls by storm, and abouc 200,000 copies have already passed into the hands of the novel-reading world. It is aD present the most widely read book in the kingdom, and the author, a young man of about 22 years of age, has suddenly attained almost universal fame. CHOOSING A HUSBAND. Husbands are not made to order; they just grow. To get a good one you have to know him when you see him. He may uoC look like the man your fancy painted, yet you will recognise in him the qualities that go to make up thd reliable, enterprising, amiable man. As a rule women are noS possessed of acute business minds, and are not as observant as they might be. One after another they will fall into the same open trap, just as though they were blindfolded or were impelled by some uncontrollable force. The majority of them seems to think they must marry, and all that is necessary is to find a man that is (,'oodlookincr or rich. The average girl first takes a fancy to a pretty man, and thinks and dreams of his lovely hair, charming; eyes, elegant) dress, divine moustache, and dovelike voice. She declares that he is too sweet for anything. This fever passes off in time, but too often leaves a perverted taste. A dandy figure, swell manners, and clattering tongue are apt to even outweigh a good heart, industrious habits, and moral worth. I Even after marriage visions of the early ideal ripe up to disturb the serenity and tranquillity of the domestic scene. Better such an idea had never been formed.— Pit^ , burg Chronicle.

LOCIS KOSSOTH. The son of Paul Somssich gives an account of an interview which his father hud shortly before his death with Louis Koesuth in Turin. The present nourishing condition of Pesth was spoken of, and Kossuth said if broke his heart to hear such a great account! of "the poarl of Hungary and not to be allowed to see her." The great patriot was reminded of the change a wig and a pair of spectacles would effect, but he shook his head and remarked with a glow of patriotic fervour : " It is just possible that I may see Hungary again. If Russia attacks my country I will go without a wig or disguise, and will visit every village and every city, and give my right arm in the service of my fatherland."

FOUGHT WOLVES WITH A TIN HORN'. R. C. Jopp, a school teacher in Biirron county, Milwaukee, while walking from Rico Lake to Clear Lake, was chased by wolves, and in his flight was obliged to throw away his overshoes and overcoat in order tt> make time. Fortunately for him, he had a tin horn which he was taking to the city to have changed for a neighbour, and whenever tho wolves got uncomfortably near he would blow the horn, when they would stop and he would run again, until he tonally reached hie destination.

STEALING LORD ROSEBERY'S u BFR>'SElizabeth Bell andher two sons, Albert and Edwin, were brought before the Marlboroughstreet magistrate, charged with stealing two volumes of Burns' poems, valued at£S3, and belonging to the Earl of Roeebery, from Lansdowne House, Berkeley Square. A!bert Bell, it was stated, offered the booM for sale at the shop of Mr. Parsons, in the Brompton Road, asking only 30s for them. They bore date 1793, and, being part ol the second edition of the poet's works, were very valuable. The police were communicated with, and Elizabeth and Edwin beu were arrested as they were leaving «*• Parson's shop, to which they had gone tor payment. Albert, who had been at work at Lansdowne House, was subsequently arrested. All the prisoners were commits

for trial.

a " lead" combination. According to a statement in the ; I '."",} the principal lead merchants of the Un»«" States have entered into an agreement *' the European producers of that met* J_' the "call" of their output for to* years at the price of £16 per ton. p» a not moved up since the activity in the oit market began at the rate at which tin •* * copper havo done, but it is expected t» considerable advance will now take pi Last September the price of English pfa was £12 7s 6d, and it is now W V ton.

MAN-EATING TIGERS. Man-eating tigers have, says a corwspo J dent, become so numerous along •* «£ . road in Malacca that quite a panic u seized all foot-travellers, and tney not go along it now unless ts . do so in company with a string , o g and carts will nob travel at nig" ■■ brute has for the last five months take two or three men a week reguiarij ,, aether has done the same, at J" place for three months, while at nve c. other spots on the road men are freque.W token off; The statistics of death by t g in Sunjrei Ujong during the last ha"J must be enormous, for as many-a- b men a day have been taken ot aloo? 34 miles of '•"& principal road.