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Oamaru Mail, Volume X, Issue 3431, 29 December 1885, Page 4

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Dacraark appears to be> ea ths verge of rev»latroo. There » a hj«« (sad between tte fMttt maw of the people and the amteoatfe ekuA Tb« Danish House ef Commotnt. whfch ta elected by universal an&»• toe many year* comprised a tafgw majority ef Butcnlt, and Uws, of eu«se. efiuai a Radical Government. Bat «&« tfpper ficm, which U composed partly ef Crown Bomioess and partly ol rntinntiitim elected indirectly, claim ao total right wish (he lower Hesse In dctaemffliofe the cooatitotko rf the Ministry, and the Tory majority there have kept eh* old Tory Miai&srj in power. The retail has bees a legislative dead-lock. Io seen* ruscwcta the situation is not nntiko which prevailed in £o?Iaod under G&»les I. Tlw Mti Born of Commons ha* refused to grant snppiiee nntil it* demand* are acceded 10, and, as a conImperial laxm cannot bo levied. If ths King and the tfpper Boom were BS* ti> attempt to tails revenue on their own actoo&C, the crises would be exactly parallel to (hat which coovolaed England when John Hampden stnod oat »g»inst Hitherto, under th» pradent gtlHimfe ef t&ei Badieal leader*, thie pepofoe attitaiioa to fitnmark ha« been cond««tad hi order and p«ace. bat the attack ea the o»aish Ptemler » an iodtottisn that even teferatloa fan iU limit.—Dan* fermliset Press.

A r**i it is said. ought to know something about everytMcjr, thatis, he oogbt to have sufficient acqoaintance with ev*ry *aKj«cß to enable' him with a little atady «»► mister its p»rt Scalar*. TheCoonty O'tnt jsdgt at Linqw«l has ißi»t**tad this talsne to fwfrcion in * meant ttv»l befr» {tin, coccernir g the fit of & lady's b<>dJo». The ptaine.ff »itrr>d that lb<r garment **9 biuity cot, and that the pfidShtit inserted by (he defendant wae «r>p«tfiafjo?-. The defendant averred it was well cot, &od that the padding was mcmout on account of certain rfrficienei«» tr» tn<» pt«ioei£T» Eaarr. Hi* Honor.— •* Coafd it be remedied by bringing op Cfte skirt » little higher 1" The »n»wment '•( the contending parties at this technical soggvafioo cf tbo jods* is described! u th*y f«!t that (he whole of the natter was now io (he hand* Cf is expert, even (he delicate qatttbo of the lady beingc " too fat" or not, it was trader steed by both sides, coold be safely left (o hia diaceromeoS. " 1 think,* 1 said hie Hnocr, "that the jobjw lady had better try co the bodice." There was • nwmentary hesitation and a btosh on the part of the complainant, bet eventually the marched faito (he jadge'a retiring ttoto, "with all the parties interested in the trying it on whether this tern ineluded the judge himself is not qoile clear, bat bis decision was no donht in accordance with the fact?. His Honor "thooght ibat the bed ice was too short, bat that the skirt misht possibly be railed hr the help of a good dr«9S improver." Knowledge is always excellent, bol unless the leleetfaa to the cfEce is con6aed to fuafly na, it seems impmiblt that the ptissMslen of si! this pecnliar information e»a be calculated npon la a Coan!y Coort jrcdaeThe popular sopposstfoo that an ostrich never lay* mora than one es?g and drops that anywhere opoo the (and is nonsense, •ays s writer who describes the ostriches on the American plain?. The female lays ss many eggs annually as a p>«ae or a hen, and covers thecn with as much care, usually digjfiojj a hole in the Mad with her feet anddapesitins her sgRS in it daily until the lime for htcobaiico cocoes, when she site /tgalarly open (hem, and is fed by her mate. Very often eggs aro foond lingly upon the desert, dropped in a chase er when the bird is onabte to reach her Best. The egg of the ostrich is equal in liai end ooansbment to about two dcxen ordinary hea's eggs, and sometimes weighs (hrte pound#. The fl »vor is wholefame, and an omelette made of them coold be detected. One egg makes a good meal for half a doom hearty persons, and the Indians use them very extensively. They are often used by (ho residents of Pasta. Arenas, and aru sold t<> passing vessels far food ; bat there is a gr*at risk la parehaaifijr the cggi of the ostrich, the shell being so dense as to prevent acconue judgment ss to their merit. A decaying hen a egg will not sink in the water bacaoae of the gases inside the shell, bat no each rale can be applied to the eggs of the •stricb. They will sink in water whether jood or bod, and when a bad one is opened (he odor is toScient to destroy the peace ct aa enters vittaoe. At Hammersmith recently, Mia Osborne, of Bepertoa Road, Folh*m, was s wooed for assaulting Heory Ward, medical stodect. There was a dispute between the eoepte, who were neighbor*. Compfainam alleged that defendant rushed after Mm and strode him on the cheek with her isf. Defendant's oocle interA LuadoO cormptredent writes:— "One cannot be snrprised at the irritation whicit prevail* amongst colonials in farad to prevent farther violence. Defendant sdmittsd (be assaalt, »nd said the

bit bin because bo would not ajologfoe. She was an American, unacquainted with English law*, and was bora on a sheep farm in Pennsylvania. Mr Paget was informed by defendant that her ancle was a tcaitcr of foxhound* in Wales, and had a " meet" that day. He wan aJostico of the Peace for Monmoatbshirc. Mr Paget: As a Justice of the Peace for Monmomh•hire, be abonld havo _ kept yon from breaking the peace In Middlesex. Defendant : lo America, if a>meninaoltsalady, and he wi!l not apologise, she baa a right «o hit hi®. Mr Paget called defendant a mother, and aaked if she would be bail for her daughter, who bad received a sc«oa in Bncliah law, to keep the peace, aud not slap men's face*. Tho mother consented, and the Magistrate ordered defendant to Gad one surety to keep the p-.-acc.