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Colonist, Volume XXVII, Issue 3924, 1 September 1884, Page 4

Among the thank offerings for her. 'recovery from a recent terrible illness, Mrs J. J. Astor. gave a : gold watch .and £25 to each of her house ser;;7.vants. '.'.;. •■-, ..- • >.■■■.,■■:... \ ; < : , ,r rr The importance of the'cultivation of the sugar-beet will be rendered a|p- ;; parent when it is known.that theN. jZ, „. Sugar Company recently paid £17,000 . .-= duty upon one entry alone, that-sum Trepresenting the duty oh-4000 tons. 7.71f this sugar were,,rhanuf^ctured ; 'in ' the Colony from -beet, pfi our own r growing not only would the consumer ■• '< be; saved this enormous tax,1 but a ; large amount of labor, would be em7. -.ployed, and, in Tact, - the /whole : value ■^'i-ijof-.-the sugar7itself«wouid"be! a: factor, - •-in our natiotarpi:ospexity and wealth. -&- - {The "' Taran&kr NeWs.' fells' of | a ' man in that, district whoborrowed* a Tedder.,. Wliile using it the ladder bt hisiribs^iuHe; is?: going i ta ; ; site k^he^6wne^;or^^ladder|por«alsoo, *-mr WbaJ,i ain> ." 1.7 , rf;;>;';,';.':v,v' ; .'-. " tfmUtftttW F:IsV7 1 /

..Dunedin . Paelimient.—There/liave been stirring doings in the mimic, parliament at /Dunedin. /Notwithstanding that the Government and their supporters.were taunted for their ' unseemly scramble for the treasury benches,' the Jago Ministry (very strongly radical,, by/./the way), triumphed,:.the no-confidence motion being : rejected;, by. 52J 0 49. The Otago ' Witness/states /that ;two or three bills",were introduced,/ and a committee was appointed; to. consider the advisability of instituting a '. Hansard.';' The Colonial Assembly .at Wellington will .have, to look to/its laurels. ..<,■ .... 7 , , The Marshal's. FAEB.p-One night the Marshal was walking about the camp, as he 7 often,did, and hear,d a dispute between two Zouaves. One said, "What a,dog's life! I have been wet through three days, anil |not had a chance to dry myself.. If only we had a little bread and: a drop o brandy there would still be a chance to sing ' Mere Godishon.' But there lis nothing at all,;and.into the bargain those/rascally Arabs,, whom we ;cannot, catch to pay off our ill humor on their backs." An., old soldier answered,'. '■" Conscript ', you -hay no business to gr.umble, v W you \ had been, as. I was yesterday, on; duty at 'the Casquett's 7 (a pet name .among the soldiers for the' Marshal) tent, you would put away, '■ your i complain ts; Marshal of France and Duke 'that He is—listen, conscript- 1 saw -him with my own eyes, all alone, making no complaint, as he gnawed at a bit of biscuit and drank a cup of water after it, When God has nothing,-.what do you expect, the saints can, have?" The squad cried out," The old one is right. Shut up", ■ conscript. Down, with the conscript.'' .-; When the - Marshal told this little' story, he. said he felt as pleased as he had. ever done in his life.—From ' The Memoir of Marshal Bugeaud.'. ;/ „,,. v.-7 .-- Horrible London .—Th^ /circumstances attending the7'death"of ah', infant from smallpox, which ,l)r I)ahford "Thomas was called iipoh. to. investigate last week, were of a particularly horrible description. ;Tn the first place, the/father was .in such a drunken, condition at the time of Ihe inquest that: he was incapable of giving any account of himselfpr his surrounding's. Dr. Hunter stated" that he was called at ten o'clock,the same morning, and found the man, his wife, who was suffering from smallpox; ithe dead infant, arid another'"child four years: of age, who .was*embracing it, all in bed together/"" The&oom was in a most filthy condition/ 0 jwas informed that the man ,had come home drunk the previous night; jand at the time he saw him' had just i returned from work in the ' meat market.; • " •".'"' ■ v ., . j Victoria in Scotland.—lt is a mistake to suppose that the Queen enjoys a holiday during her 'spring visit toBalmoral.. Exactly the same amount of business is: transacted as when;her Majesty is atWindsor. A.messenger with a huge sack1 of boxes /and hags is despatched from, Buckinghani Palace three days, a ,week, .and from Whitehall on- the alternate daysi | He leaves King's Cross-at half f past, ten in the/morning', ahd/arrives; at Aberdeen/ at three the next,"' morning,:, going /at' once toßailaterby the special" messenger "train, which is/ run/ on jthe ; Deeside line when' the Court is ;fci; Scotland, and which also.. conveysjtn'e" supplies of cream, butter, fruit,/ and, vegetables' which are sent to Ithe Queen every ;.day from' Frpgmpre.The messenger reaches/ Balmoral' about 7, and remains there -till early in the afternoon !of the1 following day, when he starts with another. load to catch the train leaving Aberdeen! at 4.40, which, brings him to Eustpn Square-atß:the next morning. /Asa rule, the Queen. and/Sir,.Henry Pjonsonby are, kept hard/ at" work , from balf^past .9 till 1. Her Majesty usually, breakfasts at half-past' 8: '.in' Scotland, in order to;have time for a turn in the gardens , before going to business.-r-'. London World.' « ■ • In Dread of ' Dynamite . —The; dynamite vigil on the other,.side1 of the Channel is making the 'travelling pub-? lie very sour against the.-English. In their clownish zeal the employes, who seem.convinced that .the explosive! material is/brought in from Prance, are frequently brutal, and; are .almost invariably impertinent. / A well-known; American attempted -to jesiwithn one of.the guardians ats.Dover, -the .other day, by .7 ?• clicking " f in/his7hand, while the honest islander -was^peering/ ihtb his valise, a, small- toyj made/to;./prbduce a noise like the; ticking of. a clock. At; first the/examiner's- hair /stood onrend. .And,; when he saW; the joke, he was wild., with/rage, An — you,"-he-said: to the /American, f' I. have a mind tc. /knock: you ■ into, the water! c. .I'll .'teach you/to' "try: .your Yankee; game on Ime 1" • r Click! iwent the toy again. ' " I'lLcall apoliqeman, and have you locked up !" cried' the examiner. Mvt-^-j.T have ia /mind jto knock you over the head; " <I'll f have you to understand that this isl ;no' laughing matter.!' 7 And so, indeed] it ;isnot.; The: consternation'isc/.widespread^ and seems daily to; deepen; in degree. TYou have heard' how/Lord Hartington was detained/the other day by a: zealous- fool,: who thought there might 'be dynamite concealed within a. weddingi cakp^ which < some one had asked-the noble, lord to add ;tp his'baggage.—i^Boston Journal.' >■■■ /v