MISCELLANEOUS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 4540, 16 May 1889, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

A soldier named Vertjoie was m llnrch condemned to doath for an extraordinary performance. Ho was being tried by courtmartial afc Oran for an attempt to desert, when ho suddenly threw the quid of tobacco comfortably stowed away m the recesses of his olieek m tho face of Colonol Thierry, who presided. Tho man was at onco aonlenced to death for an assault on a Buperioi while on duty. Here is Patti's opinion of herself, given to an interviewer: — "I know, although thoy call me ' Queen of Bong, 1 it is not becnuso i am the greatest singer, but becuuso there aro many gifts m tho same person m mo. lam not beautiful, but I pass for pretty j that's one. lam tolerably graceful ; that's two. I am a good dresser ; that's three. I have a way with me that's piquant ; that's four. I like my public; that's firo— for my public like me because I like them, and am never tired of ploaaing them. I have a good voice ; that's nix. I know how to sing vory well — my way j that's seven. I always know my music ) that gives comfort to ths audience, and may count as eight. I act fairly well m the rolos I sing | thnt'e nine. What nioro could ono want m a ningor ? " Tho retirement is announced, through ill. health, of Mr K. Billingham, engine driver, who hns a record which enn scarcely bo equalled by any man of his class. For over forty years ho has been an engine-driver, and he was the oldest drivor m the employ of the Great Northern Railway Company. In (lie year 1818 he was engaged os a drivor on tho railway between Paris and Rouen. When the Revolution broko out which caused Louis Philipuo to (lee, Billingham remnincn nt his poßt, end drovo tho lost train which went from Kouen to Paris prior to the mob burning the bridge aoroio tho Seino, and by Unit meanß cutting off railway communication with the northern provinces of Krunce. After thnt he relumed to England and entered the aervico of the Great Horlhorn Railway Company. According to tho Dai!// Telf graph, a goncral wail is reaching tho ears of Lord Knuteford from tho Governors of our colonies that tho Balr f vioi paid aro insufficient to maintain tho duties and dignities of their position. Many apparently jiph posts rnal(e their )taldct"< poorer men than w!\on they woro first uppointod, and oven uplcndid Gavernornhips nrnl Viporoyultipß might bo nantcd which go iipnror |,o ruin than to enrich their envied (K-oilll'anU. Tliij, it ij represented to the Colonial Secretary, largely reaulu from tlic forced lncrooso of g(ibprnntorj»l lioapitnlily, clue to the ever augmenting number of dia tingui(bed " globe-trotters."

Tlio noted quality of tho (Joffee made m the Ctifes of Turkey, France, and America is chiefly due to tho fact that only Fresh Roasted Coffee is used ; co that none of tho volatile oil and other essentials are lost. Ask your grocer for Anderson's Coffee, and you will have a beverage alike refreshing and stimulating, as it is fresh roasted and ground at the factory, Timaru. — [Advt.] For rtmaindtr qf Neat ttt Fourth Pagt.