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Southland Times, Issue 2278, 1 February 1876, Page 3

Stable "Windows. —We find says the Tuapeka Times, in a German exchange some curious observations on the manner in which the position of the windows affects the eye of the horse. In one instance, the horseß of a farmer —fine animals celebrated for their excellent condition —were kept in a stable lighted only by a email window at one side. When light was needed for work, the door was temporarily left open ; the result was, that nearly all of the animals had eyes of unequal strength, and in a time became blind on the side toward the window. A strong light directly in the horses' faces has been found to weaken the sight. The worst position of all for i stable window is in front of the horses, and much higher than their heads. An officer had bought a perfectly sound mare from a gentleman whose stable was lighted by windows at the rear of the stalls. The .animal was sound and perfectly satisfactory. After three months, she became suddenly groundshy ; on examining her. eyes, they were found directed upward, and this was explained by the fact that the windows of the officers' stable were situated above the head of the stalls, the eyes being generally drawn in that direction. She was removed into another stable, where the light was admitted from all sides, and in three months' time the difficulty had disappeared. The New Zealand Times, referring to Sir Donald McLean's speech to his constituents at Napier, says : —" Whatever may be the feelings which animate other constituencies, there can be no doubt about the sentiments of the electors of Napier as expressed last Wednesday, and Sir Donald McLean has every reason to be justly proud of the reception given him by his constituents. So much has been said in dispraise of the Native Department, of the supposed extravagance with which it is credited, and of the so-called mystery attending it, that it is perfectly refreshing to find a constituency which knows a good deal about native troubles awarding to the Native Minister the honor which is his just due. On this subject the opinion of such men is worth taking; they have had the opportunity of watching the working of the system, and they have seen how, by a quiet and steadfast persistence in the course he had laid out for himself, Sir Donald McLean has eliminated from among them all causes of hostility, and has secured what we thoroughly believe to be a permanent state of peace, not only for their own heretofore so troubled district, but also for the entire North Island. With the sad experience they have had of the past, of the miseries and ruinous expense of a continued state of hostilities, it is not surprising to find that the inhabitants of Napier fully endorse the policy of the Native Minister, and show, that they recognise its wisdom. . . . On the whole, Sir Dohald's speech has been an honest exposition of the policy of the Government, and of his own views, and we cannot wonder at the decison arrived at by the electors of Hawke's Bay to once more repose the fullest confidence in the representative who has achieved so much for the colony." The reputed scai'city of young men at the watering-places this year is confirmed by the testimony of the young men themselves. One of them says he entered the hotel at Hichfield Springs under the fire of thirty or forty pairs of covetous female eyes. " I'm not a stingy man," he adds, " yet the unspoken sentiment of my heart at that moment was —' Thank you, but there isn't enough of me to go round." —Brooklyn Argus.