Here and There

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXI, Issue 8960, 8 December 1905, Page 4

Here and There

In r.or;.ir of P.o.r.smt". Ar h< • 1.- C-.f-_ ■•'. Il'iri-'n it; th» s»-v,-r.fh ly-utirrv. wh'\- d>v itf IVtoh-f Z">. hi.- rtty u„,.-.l a-irtu.-Hy f. wit ties* the recuse of" ,* rcntrd-r-r. Thi.cuinfotn. n'tv like tFi.it v.hieh tv.i.s ..-..trtpUried hy the -e!e..-.;- of l!>.rVti:>-w f t'f .!.T,s, r,.,nii[u:i-'d {..si int..> the tin;- of tfiFrerffo Kina». Two .. : ,„rttf:.<i h-fo-e .W, :i----«i'in Dty rli-- <r;»tfv-.|r;.;l rhapter of It'i'n -:t ir«.-. notire thtt execution* must li- m:--p'-rvird. »m Aseen*i«>c» Hvy the fortunate rrurt **< elio.vn. arid, after f»'ina r»[;d---ri-e <-i-| t« death, h- r.irrteri tt:-_ shrine of St. I!«ma.ritist i;r p-o.;,«iott. rxf>ib:t«»i it .» piltpit to tfie people, had two ,-ihort >;- ti,.ry address! to him. :w! w.w r,-IM,-d. The (i..pcl«r f-vettd run th.it St. Konu-ittij fuel s!.nn ;» hm-r re. $.,.[/ '-" h the .>M of .>

murde-er fr-m th- duiu-eort ; but v, ry po->-stMy |{»>u-Ti,a t'*ut»-n was a. survival of r. m-irt» geneni «r.e »t early tinus. h-token-in.- tFie Churt-lt a of m-r. y. i'h ■• r>-:vdi»i* Polish j-xirn.it of <;»rti'..«iiy. "f»fiefltiifc l'.i.-t;.tiL's.> " !.?.» !!•>! pofA-£oi">;: »f .i r>'m.irkitfit- dontint-'nt iet.t i>v :!■« IVke i'rtswlfnt of the Ctty .-f variotw m,'dit:i'F nn'ti in th>- provh:'--*. Fr. {P-ij rin-uUr. whiih :-. ruark-.l *"*_"*■ nT;-f--fi-tt.»L" the IWi.'.i F'r.sid-T.t tr.e wish «if the ««wontor >d the l'r..v:rir.- tir.; preper opp-irttiniti-s slh-titd !>-■ £.>!; en f->r trr.pressinc lienn.nr; w»iiten with th> r.-".*-sity for entering th-? ranka »>f nt:dv.:v>.-* in the trvtetiftj «< th-- "iJetirafhlort:." 'ln- ;r.-fett'tu-e to he drawn is thit I'<.i;~h r.:;deiifs are it; the majority in JSernsae. IVtand. ar.d that their itdlneßt'e ia feared or «oasiJ«feij ttmiesiraWe. Tie's is only oi:,. «f thooe nnt>:?fea* B{B-pfi'-■*>'■'' nrsrk the pot£ey_«.f the Pctt.vi.iti ,; '.'■!■ - I'ofah stihjfft.'. The prohihittoii n( the «««; (>i il' "oiiih Lt.r;;ri.i.-e in schools, the piitiiahmetit of l'o!Uh' s m'*tew for speaking Po r i.*it at h.•:.•..-. cii-pl.'i-snir of ditttt-ttltiiri in th- wiy of .- I'..'. urijntrinj the p-tiijession of Un.i. .-r-.d (::•■■ rtwttovtiort of f'otah for /u.iv::;; Polish literature, .ire other r:;e.i.*;;r,s ;.",;;. ,> tr. the intet>*:<> of the "Mentsehtn:!!." whtt-h have only hitherto in .Tit-

bitterins: tKis „•;!':.■.! people and irr.pW.tmore ftriuly tr; their bre.utst 'their .irdent n.*tt«in.».«-srtt .irid th-ir hope t>» f>e «>no day frte Ipjm she yoke which u''»ife them. Mr Sidney Low. in ha indictment of she Ktig r ujH girl in the country home who 0.1:5 her si.* metis a day. doea no! perh.ipi re.-.-Isw that many meals do no! alway.-t mem the cownrnptinn of much food. In old KngSand the meals in the ordinary country horj*> were not »« many as in the sn?»nrbaa villa of to-day. hut much more sotid foxl was consumed. Howitt gives a description oi a farmhouse ir> Staffordshire where. After a very substantia breakfast. and a short stroll. Innch was served at 11 j o'clock, "coruiatuiir of boiled ham. a neat's tonga?, a piece of cold Iwef, fowl and beefsteak pic. tarts, bread and cheese-, and toffee for the ladies, and fine old ale for the jer.tEemcn.™ This was only preparatory, however, to dinner, at which was a kircl of Arabia 1 Xichts fe.wt, before which oar late dinner of to-day appears an affectation. So wonder they Aid not want afternoon tea a hundred years ago. - Romance' »rsd tragedy."strangely remintacrrn of Otb'-110. fiinre in the~ particulars •eat by the Djibouti! correspondent of the ;„„.„„ *W!!v. Chronicle of the recent ere-I-ocdon .... . „h ;ef o[ thc Kmporor cotton of a favorite -- *"■ --.._' n i JlenoiiV;. Ra» Byjrance, the duasy .-'" gallant head of 15,000 wariors, named a abort time ago thc mater of » neighboring R«. They Trad happily at Ad*-Abcba until Bynnc* grow jetton* of a certain

chitf, and in this spirit ho one night mur-..k-r.-d his wife and sis servants. Her broth.; ci-mamUd. of the eupreme court that, in ar.ordr.n--e with Abvssinian law, the as-.-..5..in should •«■ d-livered into his hands so that hi- might avenge the crime. Bei'ciu the tribunal, presided over by the Kmperor Menelik himself, Kos Byzance filled to prove the infidelity of his wife. i h-refore he was condemned to be handed

...cr to the victim's brother for execution. .Menelik, with trembling voice and glisteniiiL' evi-s, interceded on behalf of has By/.•nce". "I ask you." he said, addressing the brother, "to have mercy. By killing th- miserable assassin vou cannot call hack the beloved dead. Let- him live: that will bo. the best revenge. Look at him ' . v 'ee the repentance in his face! I ask vour mercv." But the brother would not hear. So "Has Byzance was taken to tiie prlion. Troops hurried into the eity to prevent a possible rising of the people. "I hen on- morning at four o'clock Has Bvzance was conducted by an armed guard out of the citv and delivered into the hands, of his brother-in-law, who slew him v.itn the sword. When the city awohthe people found the dead body of Has i'.vzam-i.". and over it the weeping form of f'.ii.i Walda Cieorgis, a near relation and the favorite of the Kmperor's Court. MeilKiiiriic is grappling with the dttr.::isiiiev. The city surveyor is about to ttnricrtake (says the Age) a series of exprriment.-) with the object of discovering .'•in:i! ii.cans of effectively combating the f'.ast which iiiundales tlie" city during the B-iinmer months. It is proposed to mak.- .< trial of refuse kerosene oil. This plan l.a.i already been tried once, and was a failure: hut tiie city surveyor was not

.-.atisti-d with the exiieriment. He aLio iu:-;i.!.- to try the effects of tar on lhe ro;uU—not mixed with the ordinary bitid-

i:a,'. but put over the bare metal after the interstices have been filled up with roii-ii M-r.-enintts. A new substance is also to be t-oti-d. This is known as ]>lienolic. It i. a iiiixtitre of cheniically treated oil and v. iter. Tile patentee claims for the ■uicitaiii— that it no'- only lays the dust. La- :,.iv.h alwmt one-third of the present

. ..-•. of maintenance. It was tried in Adelaii- 1,-tit April, and was reported to have -iven :-ati.-;iaetioli.

"live rr.-.nli of the fir.M- niontli (Xovemh.er) of the iLshins season very clearly indicat-s tiiat the- trout in bake Kotoruti and its -.treaiia. ar.- exceedinelv plentiful (sav.s the I lot Lak.t, C-hroniele)." The fish record..! as htivin- I.m-11 secured total 4029. This i„ an itn-re.-i.se over that for the Kline period hu-it season of 1078. Tlie aggregate w-ij;ht of the trout taken during tlie month ■..a, i...92j!1i, this also showing an ini rea<— over th-• weight for November, 190-1. ■•: 62oai!b. Thesi- figures indicate that th<» trout are more numerous and in as good e..million as last season. Large as tlie ntnnl'.-r is. it is well known that hundreds of fi.-h are taken of which Mr lies, who k-e|>s the re.ord. is not informed, and we would in- will within tlte. mark wen? we to add Zo p'-r cent, to the number quoted. Non-skidding and non-puncturing tyres or covers are generally unsightly anil i lumsy-looking (says a writer in a Home paper), but this cannot be alleged against th- new Michelin non-skid, which differs v.-ry widely from anything yet put upon tii.. mark.-t. and which is, I believe, the o.ticoiiTi: of long and tedious test- and experiment at Clermont-Ferrand. The hardened .steel studs are carried in a Y-shaped strip of untanned leather, which, in some in-eiiioiis and lasting manner, is made up

it.to and iltish witli the surface of the lyre. As a non-hkid and non-puncturer the thi:, - is perfect. tin 11.toiler 26 fh-neral Booth received tii.- l-'rc-dom of t'uc- City of Ixmdon—no :.:rrall iriuiuph for "coryhantic Christianity." to use Professor Huxley's lor was >! I'mi. Mor Tyiidall's?) famous phrase :n th".— early days when the ISal- -. tion Army hands began to offend irs |Mj|ite. The Urand Cliil Man is ,-dao to have the fre«'dom of Not-tii-.-iMm, v.'twre he was born. His father was. curiously er.'jiljh, a small lioiisc-jub-i-.-r: p>-rhnps he got. at home his first :_■ >:ioit of the housing problem. It is generally supp<ve.d that the British army .-. a-, de.iiierately taken as a model l-v Mr Booth for his organisa't.at. but this i» a mistake. The id- a of ( iiristians as forming an army is . • ry old. and is expressed in several faini- ;.- iivian.-. But the military docor of

I ti. ■ Silvaiion Army grew naturally when II - th. rejected" by th« Wesleya'n Con- : rr -. r-..olveil upon an a'solut•> form .. ..o-.-rran-nt for his organisation, pul-■i-r_* it "all under one hat," and that hat he ...ve. "C-tptaitr' was the first military :'.•'.- :rlr.;-.-.|. nnrl that was really intend- . t ;.. i... naval or nautical, to please some ti-h-nr.e.'i. "flenerai" for Mr Bootli liim- ;• ■'!'. which ou-lit, on strict military .--...-.!ox>-. to be "Kield-Marsha! Commander- :■ < iii.-f or "fJeneralibsimo." was tlie in- -. atrot. ■>! Coinniissiom-r Cadnian.— I have considerable pity to spare for t : . i Irani Duke Cyril, should he stand in -■■-'.:■/ tie-i of it. I have followed this young ■.■['.tl-.-tcan's public career with more than • oi.ur.on inter.**, not altogether wit limit regard. People may remember that when tie- l'.ii.wi-.lapanese war was raging, anil tie l'etropavlovsk was blown up by a .lapaiifs.- mine, in April of last year, the Urar.d Hake Cyril was on the bridge of th- unfortunate vessel. Not feeling quite

, ■•[: fortaK- titer-, he jumped into the fcea. f.miid a pfe-.y- «f wreckage, and embraced i; i"T .-.'niu- twenty minutes, when a l«>r-ji-.ioluii! picked iiim up. In recognition. i-t this gallant behavior, his cousin the ■'/ar presented him with .1 gold sword with tiic inj-ription "For valor." Some of us, i:' ot:r degraded state of ignorance, may r.-vve fati-d to realise the full valor 01 tii" t'.r.r.A Ducal exploit, and the only ex-phn-ifion |>v.di>lr i.s that tin- young hero ittisto-k itu- wreekag- tor a wounded .sailor arid endeavored t<> save its lite. They say that tier- were few total aFjstainers on the P- tropaviovsk.—Sketch. Ar.ording to an interesting report jiLst

i.v-urd l>y the Uureati of Commercial Statistic-, at Washington, the two mo.it i;«ii»>r;an: [>or;.s are London first and l.v. r|i'cil feeond, with New York a goo<l third. In their order and aggregate trade rri-r leading ports are in this order: £237.103.000: Xew York, £221,396,000; ilamte.-.rg. £195.303.000: Antwerp, £147.VZ'iA'O; Marseilles. £86,511,000; Cal-.->;tta. £55,831.000: liomhav, £51,054,000: Singapore. £42.794.000: Svdnev, £37,7??..m0.

it ij that tlie lato BLshop Kllieott'.-. loni; life was due to the fact that h • mingled recreation prudently with hard work, for which he was famous, lie was

..it Alpine cliimVr, and fond of all sorts of outdoor exercises, while within doors he. ir-ii a creat love for the game of billiards. Shis latter gam!: "Cuuntn,' Life" tells a story. The Bishop was playir.g iiilliards at a famous country house not \,ry far from Gloucester with a Peer who U now dead, but who in his lifetime was e.-l-'ir.-.trd for hLs practical jokes. The h."d reached its most interesting i.iint. when tin? clock struck twelve, and tite iiishop somewhat reluctantly laid down hi-i 'i:e. saying "It is Sunday morning: we must .stop." "Oh, never mind, Bishop." i-airl hi; with a laugh, "it makes no difference- now, as I put back the clock for an hour." I)r Kllicott used to tell the .'f.rt- ti-01, iwfc />ieo canfte OX h'iv.or.

1; Ls always tl» ambition of America to ;.. en- l-etter than the rest of the world. A'-d now American builders have dcter-

::;it • d to oatbitild the highest building ex;.r:. It will U- 1250 feet high. The Kit Tel Tower is a |>altry 992 i'eet, and • oloirv* Cathedral, once one of the architeetural mountains of the world, is almost a dwarf by the side of the latter, lint it has lx>ant*y which modern monsters 1 itmr,: have. The new "Weber" Tower will re built of steel and concrete. There

'.vi!l lie lialconies at various heights and ei;ht lifts, with a capacity of 1250 persons per hour, will earn* visitors to them. "Hie main balcony will be 1100 feet high, and will have a roof garden, with a restaurant with 10,000 square feet of floor ••pace, a post office, telegraph office, telephones, toilet rooms, and all the other comforts of life. The tower will also contain the highest weather observatory, a theatre, a museum, and other varied amusements. From the ground up to the 300-feot balcony alone "there will be 18 storeys.. But (be marvel of marvels will be at the top, over twelve hundred feet from Mother Karth. There the spectator will find an observatory and a magnificent view, to saynothing of the quality of the air in anykind of weather. Bcforo tho eyes there will lie the whole ciiy of Kew- Tbrk, the Atlantic Ocean as far as tho sight can reach, the Hudson River, and the surronnding country to a distance of 250 miles. It has been estimated that tho view will take in territory of 20,000 square tj-iles of the b»>st known, most beautiful and expensive land in the world. It is certainly wonderful to get a view like this, bat tho building can scarcely be said 4*o to 5 Ihing of beanty.