MISCELLANEOUS.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XIV, Issue 713, 23 February 1881, Page 4

MISCELLANEOUS.

Our lady domestics still continue to increase in form. A member of this section was recently applying for an appointment and after a- king her proposed employer an infinity of questions,ali KiißaTiiig.on her own ponifortj^he woutid^u^ tfiiWsaying, " By the "way,' mum, do you sit long over meals. .1, can't ,abear peeople as -hangs over their food." Responding at the Liverpool .Caledonian banquefc'on the^OfliNov., to the toast of the House of Lords, the Earl of Dalhousie (who. as # Lhrd Ratnaay, sat for that city for a short time) is reported to have said that if the Upper House should ever deliberately resolve never on any occasion to thwart the will of the House of Commons it would assuredly die of atrophy and contempt, while whenever it did venture to oppose the will of that House it was immediately threatened with a violent death. It seemed to him to be placed "between the devil and the deep sea." A gentleman well known in pastoral pursuits (says the " Tapanui Courier ") informs us that there is some danger in laying phosphorised grain at the present time, as owing to the excessive heat the phosphorus is likely to. fire the. grass probably 'damage to the rapidly j rljaenibg grain might ensue' in agricultural districts. The "Southland Times '^remarks that some tact is reported to have been'exhibited in. an unexpected, quarter at.jthe re-; cent Ministerial visit to Riverton. A prominent citizen, anxicus to impress .his opinion of a leading question on the.hon. member, but suspecting an adverse view, commenced a conversation with, that object, and after some' few introductory remarks proceeded : — "To any" unpreju- # diced mind there can be no doubt *' * Hon. member, stradlingbefore a "horsey " picture, " That's a finepicture, very fine picture." Anxious citizen, "As I said before, to any " Hon. member : Very fine horse that, very fine Jiorse,- whatname ? Anxious citizen : " Hermit ; but as I said -before, to any, , unprejudiced mind"- ■•' Hon. ' member-; "Who was' tho' owner of that' horsp?" Anxious citizen : " Chaplin ; but, if yon will allow me, I will continue, there can be no doubt " Hon. member; "Did 'he win any money ?" Anxious citizeji gives it up, and gives the hon. member be3t.'/ An impression appears to prevail (says the " Lyttelton Times ") that the notorious criminals, Garrett and Bu.tler, were re; moved from Duneiliti Gaol to Lyttelton for their safe custody, but this is not' the case. The facts are that Garrett, some months ago, petitioned for a change,- on account pi declining health,- which changewas also* reio in mended by. the medical at-, tendant, as he had been in"Dunedin t Gaol for nearly' l9 years, and the' severe south'ernwiniter wali beginning to tell uponTn'm. Butler was ramrdved • for '• reasons 'of dis"- * cipline, an(J not for safer keeping. ' • A man has invented a chair .that can be adjusted to 800 different positions. It is designed for at btoy to sit in when he goes to church . Legislation for the million. We constantly hear from the mouth of Judges that modern legislation is always in favor of the insolvent^ Why not? The greatest good for" the greater nuiriber ! Encouraged by the success of the system, ofirrigation^y artesian wells, as adopted : by the Fren^ in Algeria, a party in the, United States are advocating a grant of 50,000 dollars for the purpose of trying a similar experiment, on .some of the 'vast dry plains of the West. It is said that there are 50,000,0.00 acres of land which only require irrigation to render them capable of being profitably cultivated, but not more than 3 per cent, of the.m can be irrigatedibyjTne|tos''o'f' existing'st'ream's 1 . 7 Sir Henry Bessemer, ,who was: recently dnW> f by !f ttie LSiidoh Common ' Council, and presented with, the. freedom of, the city, • is onfe pf the b'enefactors'of the age, having rendered the production of steel possible at HOdols a ton'instead of 250d015, and in a space of twenty.tuns^at a time instead of fife or six nu'ri'dred He has revolutionised the whole application of iron 46 'the a,rts,~iln 'Erioiand'tft^- steel' trade has/trebled during the present year. Military Examiner Now, supposing you were stationed here, and the enemy held the terminus of Ab.e hue— what would you do </f (Hebraic' descent): " Do, sir ! Why, have the line up, and sell it ior old iron dfifcßeap V It is certain ibat thejb^Bt *ay t^qbtajn, a gbod ed.ucation,'aoie.9Ucation f sumas"' U absolu^ly. ne^sar^^in thejprftS|njbßtate of society," remains according io the r London "Wbrld r 'ia'proble|a'no r t;yee!'-is'6ived in England. We have followed the Greek practice of training the body; we can turn out athletes or prize fighters, but we have forgotten the converse of subtle culture and intellectual study.