ADDITIONAL MAIL NEWS.

Timaru Herald, Volume L, Issue 4827, 25 April 1890, Page 4

ADDITIONAL MAIL NEWS.

Thoro were rumours of an outbreak of influenza among horsoa m London before any authentic information was ir.ade public of influenza amonghumanbeingatliere. Professor Prichard states that the disease which appe are among horses towards tho close of November became widespread a3 time went on- 1 Curiously enough, its course among horses seeinß, m Borne respects, to hate resembled that of tho great epidemic amocg men. 1 f the horseß attacked were promptly attended, and due care exercised, they soon m the majority of cases recovered, but a conaiderable number died. :

The Board of Trade have just- awarded their' bronVa medal for gallantry m saving lifo nt sea to William Elibank Murray and Quintin A. Rhodes, apprentices on board the ship Northbrook, of London, m recognition of their gallantry m going aloft m a hurricane off Cape Horn, on March 3rd, 1885, to clear away the wreckage of the main and mizen-masts, which endangered tho safety of the vessel and the lives of her orew. These brave young sailors have had to wait fiye years for official recognition of their services. Buffalo Bill and bis troop of Indians, Mexicans, and cowboys have been giving entortaiamenta ia Home, which hare been ottenoed by the elite of Roman society. At first the performance was prohibited by the police authorities, but the prohibition was afterwards withdrawn. The audiences, numbering some 10,000, appeared highly delighted at the show. The troop was presented to the Pope by Father Fogieschi, tho English-speaking confessor »t St. Peter's, and His Holiness sent them medalß.

Tho belief m witches stilt survives m Cornwall. Two yonng farmera named Jilbart were at Penisnco Police-court bound over m £20 oaoh, with a surety of £20, to keep: the peace six months. They had gone over to a neighbouring farm and threatened to murder its tenant, Mrs Clarke, a woman of seTenty-ono years of ace. They held that she was a witch, and had ill-wished their horses, so that they suddenly refused to pull, and started ticking. The elder Jilbart was not ashamed to testify on oath to the faith that was m him.

The Emperor William, speaking at Brandenburg m one of his tours, said that ho did not travel solely for the purpose of becoming acquainted with foreign countries and cultivating good relations with neighbouring States- His travels had thiggreatvolue, that being removed from daily party agitation, he was able to observe the country's domestic relations from an outßide point of view. The Emperor declared that he regarded it as his foremost duty to aid the flourishing growth of economic activity. .For this reason, after having first devoted his energies to assuring tranquillity abroad, he turned bis attention to internal affairs. " All," continued the Emperor, " who will asaist me m my great work 1 shall heartily welcome, but those who oppose me m this task I shall crush."

The impression produced m France by the publication a few months ago of M. Drumont's " La France Juive " has induced another French writer, who has recently made a tour m Austria and Hungary, to give his impressions of the anti-Semitio movement there. He appears to be somewhat of an alarmist, though he produces a good deal of evidence m support of his statements. He declares that the Jews m Hungary, especially m Budapest, have an immense influence, and are enormously wealthy. In the town mentioned there are 100,000 persons of Hebrew blood, and they form the commercial ariatooracy of the place. Bank", factories, shipping, and nearly every branch of local industry ore m their bands. The handßomeßt house* m the handsomest streets, the most spacious villaß ia the suburbs, everything except the political government, are m their hands. The Jews all over Eastern Austria and Hungarin, though m a less pronounced degree than m Budapest, are m the aaceucUnt, and the writer found iv many places m the dual empire abundant symptonu of an- Anti-Semitic feeling which, if kindled into activity, mightspreadfarand wide. Cut so long as the Jews confined themselves to commercial industries and refrained from meddling with politics, he is of opinion that & general rising is far off. Statistics for the year 1889 show that m the state 3 of New York, .New Jersey, Connecticut and Bhodo Island, the acerage under eultivitien and the yield per acre of the chief cereal products have experienced considerable uimiuutiou. Th,ere is, moreover, a great deal of lanS unoccupied, aod farms, with all (he requisite buildings and ready for immediate occupation, can be acquired on terms much below the cost of the improvements executed on them. This result is the consequence of the continued exodus from the North-Eaatern States to the West, "where farming offers greater attractions and can be conducted under easier and more profitable conditions. Indian com, oits, potatoes, fruit, and garden crops can everywhere be grown to advantage, but wheat and barley do not yield remunerative returns. The consequence is that dairy farming is on the increase, and it is probable that it will m future become a much more important feature than it now is m tho agricultural economy of the Eastern States. The growth of the towns has increaeod the demand for dairy und vegetable produce to such ac extent that tho farmers find it conduces to their advantage to respond to that demand, and to leave the production of the heavier cereals and the fattening of cattle to their more favoured rivals m the Western States.