MULTUM IN PARVO. ENGLISH MAIL TABLES. PEASES OF THE MOON. July.

Otago Witness, Issue 1912, 13 July 1888, Page 6

MULTUM IN PARVO.

ENGLISH MAIL TABLES.

PEASES OF THE MOON. July.

— British residents in Japan are subscribing for the repair of the grave of Will Adams, a British sailor who was shipwrecked in Japan in the reign of James I> and who lived for many years in the court of Yeddo, where he obtained extraordinary influence. His grave was discovered some years ago on the summit of one of the hills overlooking the Government arsenal at Yokosuka, near Yokohama.

— The landed proprietor, Easmus Thorsen Malo, of the parish of Hedrum, was born, died, and buried on the same ,day as the Emperor William. The clergyman of the parish mentioned the strange coincidence in the course of the funeral sermon. — Morgenbladet.

— It has been the custom for small vessels known as "copers," loaded with all sorts of grog, to cruise about among the North Sea fishing fleets, selling liquor to the sailors. Five European Powers have now entered into an agreement for the suppression of thi3 business, and have ( declared rum-selling illegal uponthe high seas.

— In the theory of English law every Englishman is a member of the Church of England, but it is estimated that in 1883 the population of England and Wales actually claiming membership with the Established Church was 13,500,000, leaving about 12,500,000 to other and no creeds.

— Queen Natalie is earnestly petitioning King Milan for permission to return to Belgrade. She expresses her determination to keep aloof from politics, and insists that the prolonged residence abroad of the 12-year-old Crown Prince Alexander would be detrimental to the dynasty and the kingdom.

— Some time since an anonymous donor contributed over £15,000 to the fund for the parish church of Portsea, now in course of erection. He now offers a further sum of £5000 (including £3000 allotted specially for a stained glass east window, reredos, and chancel screens) on condition that a similar sum be raised by ordinary subscriptions or by special gifts. The church is to cost over £40,000.

— The introduction of American watches into England has reduced the number of gold cases marked at the London Assay Office from 34,844 in 1876 to 20,416 in 1886, and of silver cales from 119,394 in 1876 to 95,708 in 1886.

— The Duke of Devonshire lets his lands on 99 years leases, with option of purchase within the first 10 years.

— Berry, the public hangman, receives £10 each execution, also travelling expenses and perquisites. — The total of killed or mortally wounded in the American Civil War on the Union side amounted to 110,070 men, out of about 2,200,000.

— A Welsh gentleman has planted the side of a mountain on his estate with forest trees ranged to make " Jubilee, 1887," in letters 600 ft long and 25ft wide. Six hundred and fifty thousand trees were used.

—Algeria, which 60 sixty years ago was nearly all waste land, has now 9,000,000 of acres under cultivation.

— The highest rate charged for the carriage of fish in Great Britain is under f d per lb, and that is lor salmon by express train over the 750 miles between Wick and London.

— Dr Gatling has patented a 1 new guv metal composed of^steel and aluminum, and said to be of remarkable strength.

— Cornelius Vanderbilt's income from his Capital is said to be £200,000 a month, while that of William K. is not very far behind it.

— There are in England 347 female blacksmiths who actually swing heavy hammers, and 9138 women employed in nail-making, who make nails for horse-shoes, 10,522 women bind books, and 2302 assist in printing them. —Mrs Blake, in her article entitled "In the Bahamas," which appears in the " Nineteenth Century," gives a fascinating account of those islands. Pink pearls are found there, and they also possess the "undeniable charm " of being free from railroads, trams, and telephones.

— Smoke will certainly play an important part in the warfare of the future. Last year at Milford Haven and this year in Langs tone Harbour it was artificially created in large quantities, in order to form screens behind which attacking forces might, unobserved, approach within range j of forts and batteries.

I— Women, at present, " hold the reins of parochial office " in Oskaloosa, Kansas, and it is reported that one of their ilrsb official acts was to pass an ordinance prohibiting men from appearing in the streets after 10 o'clock at night.

— The Eussian Nihilists lately arranged to release the author, Tschernischeffsky, who has been in prison in Astrachan for 36 years on account of writing two novels displeasing to the, censor. His mental and physical condition were such that flight was impossible.

— Wine-makers are experimenting with electricity. It is said that if an electric current is sent through a barrel of wine the liquor loses its rawness, gains in bouquet, and in every way takes on the qualities that used to come only with years of age. jgj-— There are 22 crematories in Europe, in whicti over 1400 incinerations have taken place during the past year. — What .shocks people most in life is not the positive evil they encounter, nor even the negative good, but the inexplicable pettiness which predominates. Men love and hate from the most paltry motives, and selfishness corrupts, at the very source the flow, of all our thoughts and actions,— Vanity Fair.

— Dr Juneman, an Austrian chemist, has invented the most destructive fluid known to man. This fluid, when brought into contract with the air, after the explosion of a shell in which it is held, becomes a gas, which destroys all living things within its reach, melts metals, and sets everything inflammable on fire.

— Inquiries issued to 28 medical colleges elicit the common response^that " most, if not all, infectious diseases are caused by the growth of microscopic organisms." — A new method of deadening floors is to fill the space between' a floor and a ceiling below with shavings made incombustible by saturating them in thick whitewash. It is said that this shuts out the spuftd mopre effectually than cement.

— The chamois, it is said, were destroyed wholesale last winter by avalanches in the Alps. — In Denmark most of the girls are trained in agriculture, which is there an important industry. The owners of farms receive pupils who undergo a regular train- „ ing.

— All public religious processions have been prohibited in Italy*

— Some of the Western States cities pension their public school teachers after a certain number of years of service. The State of Wisconsin has ■ a rule, that after 21 years a teacher can apply for a pension, and Cleveland is considering a proposition toward the same end, giving a certain percentage cf the salary of the grade in which the beneficiary last taught.

—4 photographic company are about to distribute automatic boxes from which can' be obtained for a penny a photo of some, celebrity. The principle is to be " one penny one photo," not a mere daub, but a little work of art. They will fill the boxes with cartes-de-visite of celebrities of ev;ery kindV- royal personages, "statesmen, 1 and fashionable beauties. Each personage .will, be in three different attitudes, and fac simile pictures will be placed on the outside of every machine.

— The news from Berlin (says an' American paper) , is to the effect that U. S. Minister Pendleton it constantly snubbed in official society, and that he is without either status or influence in diplomatic circles. It is • claimed to be due to an acute German hatred for America and Americans — a ; hatred inspired, no doubt, by the spectacle of America yearly drawing into the ranks of her free citizenship many thousands of the best members of the German population.

— A New York photographer has invented a new processs for producing photographs on metal. It is said that up to the present time no one has been able to do this. The work shown at New York is described as very pretty and very delicate. The pictures are executed on wacch cases, buttons, lockets, breastpins, and other pieces of metal. The process is a secret one, and the negatives are taken instantaneously and by means of a flash light. A liquid used for developing the negatives appears to be the vital part of the production of photographs on metal.

— Owing to the appearance of swarms of rats, it has been found necessary to alter the routes of the Chinese Government courier service in three of the postal stations in the Khalkha region in Outer Mongolia. For two years past the pasturage has suffered severely from the ravages of these vermin, and last year much of the grass was eaten up. The whole country has been honeycombed with their burrows, and the horses and camels are reported to be in a famishing state. The burrows are a source of great danger to the mounted couriers, and the want of forage ■ renders it impossible to maintain a supply of animals for the service.

— " Every fellow with a moustache and a cigar is a low fellow," said Major Pendennis. The moustache has been tolerated since the Crimean war, but many people even in 1888 are secretly of the Major's opinion. Indeed, we believe that many modern smokers have adopted the cigarette, not because they like it, but because they think that no one can blame them for smoking such a thing — " is it not a little one 1 " — and because they can throw it away without a pang whenever they see their maiden aunts or other unsympathetic persons approaching. — British iron and steel masters pay 114 per cent, more for carriage of iron and steel than those of France, and 112 per cent, more than those of Germany. The railway rates between two of the most important centres of commercial activity — Liverpool and ManchesJJ ter — arc found to be higher than those of any other railway in the world, with the exception of a small line in the Isthmus of Panama, and the result of such an outrage on commercial instincts is the Manchester Ship Canal. — A Minneapolis, Minn., man has invented a machine for digging trenches and sewers and gas mains. The apparatus is 50ft long, but can be made longer. On the front of the machine a 4-horse power engine runs two knives, which do the digging. In the rear another engine which furnishes the power for the apparatus, carries the dirt to that part of the machine and drops it into the portion of the trench in which the pipe meanwhile has been laid. The trench may be of any reasonable width. Six men attend the monster. It has been claimed thnt 1200 yds of pipe can be laid in a day by this machine.

IMPEOVED FENCING STANDARDS.— Some time ago we issued a circular calling attention to our new Patent Selflocking Steel Fencing Standards, and are pleased to report that we are again in a position to supply any orders which may be sent us. The demand last season proving too great for our stocks, we were unable to quote many inquirers or to. supply the whole of our orders. We have recently landed extensive shipments, and have large stocks ready for immediate delivery — in all lengths, from 4ft to 6ft, holed and slotted to any gauge required. The special advantages of these standards are : their lightness, running 25 per cent, more in number to the ton than the ordinary plain standard ; absolute freedom from breakage in driving and shifting from one paddock to another ; and the patent device for locking ;the wire* jwithout a single loose part, loss of time, or inconvenience of any kind. With fair usage these standards may be drawn and. re-drawn a dozen times without the least breakage', and form, when in position, a strong and attractive fence, everlasting so far as wear and tear are concerned. For repairing as well as renewing any existing fences no more convenient standards can be used, and when lightness and durability are considered the cost of the Patent Self-locking Steel Standard is infinitely less than that of any of its heavier and brittle rivals. Large quantities of these standards are used by the Government and the largest landed proprietors of the colony ; and we shall be glad to quote prices and send copies of testimonials to anyone requiring standards during the coming season. — Begg and Wilkinson (New Zealand Implement Company), Castle street, Dunedin.

San Francisco Service.

* Mails leave Invercargill a day earlier. By Direct S-^kambrs.

Leave New Zcalaud.

Arrive at New Zealand

In posting letters per direct steamers it is of course necessary to take into account the time the letter will take to reach the port of departure (either Ohristchurch or Wellington).

Tides: For time of high water at Oamaru add 17min. Subtract at the following places:— Bluff, 2hs7mln; Invercargill. 2h 12min; Talaroa HeafJs, lh 25min; Port Chalmers, 40min ; St. Clnir, lhr 50min.

Date. h. m. Date. h.m. LaatQuart'r 1 3.23 p.m. First Qnart'rl6 11.42 p.m New Moon 9 5.40 p.m. Pull Moon 23 5.15 p.m

Last Quarter, 31st, 7.59 a.m

Homeward Eoute. Outward Route. Leave Dunedin.* Arrive at London. Leave ! London. Arrive at Dunedin.* Friday. 1888. Mar. 23 April 20 May 18 ' June 15 July. 13 Aug. 10 Sept. 7 Oct. 5 Nov. 2 Monday. 1888. April 2 April 30 May 28 June 25 July 23 Aug. 20 Sept. 17 Oct. 15 Nov. 12 Dec. 10 Wednesday. , 1888. Mar. 21 April 18 May 16 June 13 July 11 Aug. 8 Sept. 5 Oct. 3 Saturday. 1888. Mar. 31 April 28 May 26 June 23 July 21 Aug. 18 Sept. 15 Oct. 13 Nov. 10

April 5 May 3 May 31 June 30 July 28 Aug. 23 Sep. 20 Oct. 18 Nov. 15 Dec. 13 M'rch 27 April 24 May 22 June 10 July 17 Aug. 14 Sep. 11 Oct. 9 Nov. 6 Dec. 4

Pob thr Week Ending July 19. Sim. I High Watbb at BisesSets 1 Dunkuin. PIUDAY, 13th 7.33 4.39 1 6.37 a.m. 6.57 p.m. laturday. 14th 7.32 4.40 | 7.18 „ 7.39 „ lUNDAY.ISth 7.32 4.411 8.1 „ 8.26 „ .IONDAT. 16th 7.31 4.42| 8.51 „ 9.17 „ Jubsday, 17tli 7.30 4.43 9.44 „ 10.14 „ FednkSDAY 18th 7.30 4.44 10 49 „ 11.20 „ Thursday. 19th 7.29 4.45 11.57 „ — „