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Waikato Times, Volume I, Issue 74, 19 October 1872, Page 3

Raising- thk Wind. —Hero is a suggestive expedient adopted by a Budhist priest at Shanghai. According to the London and China Telegraph, the reverend gentlemen in question, being desirous of raising money for erecting a temple at Soochow, started on a begging expedition in the neighbourhood, and in the course of his tour visited Shanghai. Here he proclaimed on high that he would allow himself to be locked up in a wooden box for seveu days, during which time he would remain in nn upright position and without either food or sleep. Accordingly* a box about two and a half feet wide and about five feet and a half high was duly prepared, and at an appointed time the devotee entered his cell, in which he was carefully secured with bolts and bars. With the exception of a space just large enough for his feet the bottom of the box was studded with nails, and near the lower end a few open bars admitted the requ : s : te amount of air. The sagacity of the priest was demonstrated by the complete success of the experiment. DaV and night crowds of people v : sited the temple consecrated by the presence of the holy man ; money poured into the priestly coffers, and at the end of a week, to the delight of his friends and admirers, the devotee emerged from his confinement looking to all appearance little the worse for it. A further hint to those whom it may concern is conveyed by the fact that pieces of the box were eagerly bought as relies, and every nail proved worth.more than its weight in silver. Why is a commercial traveller whose " walk in life" is selling eggs certain to be successful ? Because he shows a good egg-sample from egg-sell-ent motives! What is most like a hen stealing? Why, a cockrobin, to be sure ? Why is a joke like a chicken ? Because it contains a merry thought. - If an egg could speak—more si ale eggs—what preserve would it name? It-would say, "I'm mammakid!"

I Dll'-iOMAMA ANO Ditt: NKKNNKs.S.—-Dr. Sk te, of liMinburgh, insists upon the cli'ar ami certain diagnosis which in ay be: made between d.p.somania and drunkennes*. In the dipsomaniac there is a genuine disease of the nervous eayatem, often hcrditary, and displaying itself in periodic paroxysms. These paroxysms arc preceded by a general perturbation of the system. " The patient ia sleepless, is ill at ease ; he has a perspiring skin, a quick soft pul.se, and experiences a feeling of nervous prostration so great that he is driven to the use of stimulants for relief from his suffering. In the intervals such a man abhors the very smell and sight of drink ; he is, while his disorder is in abeyance, amiable, and exemplary in the discharge of his duties, and 's frequently possessed of mental endowments of a high order. How different is the condition of the sot, who drinks for the sake of drinking, and the pleasure ho derives from the gratification of his appetite! The habitual drunkard is never exemplary in the discharge of his obligations ; he does not drink in insane paroxysms, followed by bitter repentance, but quietly makes up his mind that drunkenness is happiness, and indulges his vice for the pleasure he experiences in doing so." The moral is, that whilst there is little hope from medical treatment in the case of drunkards, dipsomaniacs may and ought to be confined at the earliest date.—/'since t. Gi:>ial CurTroiSM. —An organ grinder, an old veteran suicide inducer who understands the power of advertising, lately paid an editor of our acquaintance 75c for a puff. The newspaper man who had not made a cash entry on his books for two weeks, responded promptly' in his next issue witli the following :—After giving a history of music and musical instruments from the earl jest ages down to the present day, he says : "Mr Rubin: Likwisky, an Italian nobleman, arrived in this city yesterday w.tli one of the finest hand organs we have ever seen since we were in Rome. During the afternoon he moves through t he streets discoursing rich gems of music, and altracting large numbers of listeners among the elite of our village. We have heard the music of all nat ions and a thousand organ grinders, but none, in our judgment, could throw such pathos and subtle expression into the machine as does Mr Likwisky. Mis rendition of the popular air '15ully for Me ' was simply superb. He will remain in town for a few days, and families wishing his services by the day can procure them for 25e. This instrument is set for six tunes, but he can sing and do a very fair jig. Try him ! " ■—American paper. Jo.su UiiiUNti.s ox the IlorißrNa. —The robin lias a red brest. They have a plaintiff song, and sing az though they was sorry for sum thing. They are natilfs of the Northern States but they go (South to winter. They git their name for their grate ability for robbing a cherry tree. They kan also rob a currant bush first-rale, and arc smart on a gooseberry. If a robin cant find ennything else tew cat, they aint too fastidious tew eat a ripe strawberry. They build their nests out uv mud and straw, and lay four eggs that are speckled. Four young robins in a nest, that arc just hatched out and still on the half shell, are alwuz az raldy for d nuer az a nuzc boy is. It ennybody goes near their nests their mouths all fly open at once, so thatyu kan see clear down to their palates. If it warn't fur the birds, I sup; o e, ov course, we should all lie eat up by the caterpillars and snakes, but I hav thought it wouldn't be ennything more than common politeness for the robins to let us hav now and then just one ov our own eherriz, to sec how they did taste. How to Dwarf a Town.—Horace Greeley presents the following as a sure means of destroying the prosperity of the most promising town. "It you want to keep a town from thriving, don't put up any more buildings than you can conveniently occupy yourself. If you should accidentally have an empty building and anyone shoukl want to rent it, ask three times the value of it. Demand a Shyloek price lor every spot of ground that. God has given you stewardship* over. Turn a cold shoulder to every mechanic and business man seeking a home with you. Look at every new-comer with a scowl. Run down the work of everv new workman. Gro abroad for wares rather than ileal with those who seek to do business in your midst. Ifail to advertise, or in any other way to support your paper, so that people abroad may know whether any business is going on in that town or not. Wrap yourself up within yourselves with a coat, of impervious selfishness. There is no more effectual way to retard the growth of a town than actions like those enumerated, and there are people in everv town who are pursuing the same course every day of their lives, and to whom the above remarks are respectfully offered for their consideration." Which one of the seven wonders of the world are railway engines like P The coal-horses ol roads (Colossus of Rhodes.) Why ought cocks to be the smoothest birds known? Because they always have a comb a-bout them.