ENGLISH CLIPPINGS.

Waikato Times, Volume II, Issue 81, 5 November 1872, Page 2

ENGLISH CLIPPINGS.

The National Bank of New Zealand is announced with a capital of £2,0UU,000 in 200,000 shares of £10 eaoii, of wiiich one-half only is to be issued in the first instance, and one-third of that reserved for New Zealand, whilst the amount called up will be confined to £6 per share. The object of the new company is stated to be to extend to Jfew Zealand additional bankmg accommodation which the recent rapid increase of population and development of the mineral, pastoral, and agricultural resources of the colony de.:.and. Tiie prospectus publishes a variety of statistics to show the rapid growth of the colony, t ie population (exclusive of natives) whicii in 1866 only a.Mounted to about 99,000, being now 260,000; the revenue, ordinary and territorial, £1,381,639 as agamst £161,739 ; the customs, £765,930 as against £189,168; and postal, £55,781 against £10,069. The imports, £4,639,015 against £1,5i8,333; and the exports, £4,832,766 against £555,953. The increased productiveness of the gold fields will also, it is believed, add materially to tiie prosperity of the

;t .<? yield which from April, 1865, to Di-cem- j ber, laua. was £19,407,894, having been in 1870, j £2,157,535, and the first nine months of 1871, I £2,191.205. The directors, many of whom are well I known m the colony, are prepared to commence ! bus.ness at once, and propose next session to apply to ! the Legislature of New Zealand fur an Act authoris- ! ng ti:e issue of notes in the colony, and for other i purposes. f The Emperor Napoleon, a correspondent says, has ! frankly indicated his views with regard to the forth- j coining interview of tiie three E uperors at i'oriin, j the present condition and the prospects of France, ' and other topics of the day. Referring to t ie I : • : perial assemblage, His Majesty did not cons-V: that it involved any immed.ate threat or danger t-> the peace of Europe; but lie did not conceal his be- ; lief that more than mere compliment was intended j by the unwonted meeting. and that when each Power j had served its own immediate purpose by the help of j its neighbours, the partnership would be dissolved. ! Napoleon 111. lent somewhat severely on the Pro- j tectionist views of M. Thiers, and on his lavish j expenditure on the army, which he contrasted keenly ; with his parsimonious views while in opposition under j the Empire ; and pretty plainly hinted that., despite j the President's words of peace, his mind was bent on ! war. i The Harvest for the year 1872, says a French I writer, will be remarkable in France for its abundance, j which is calculated at present at 35.900,000 hectoli- 1 tries (2|- bushels each), representing a capital of j 1,500,000,000f. It exceeds by one-third the average : of the ten preceding- years, which did not exceed ; 24,000,000 hectos. Hitherto the yield in France has j not sufficed for the consumption, and she was obliged | to have recourse every year to foreign importation, j She obtains her . corn from the Black Sea, and as she j has no commerce with those countries, is obliged to j pay annually in gold a sum of 45,000,000 to I 500,000,000f. This year the yield will more than j suffice, and thus that large sum will not have to leave i France. !

Acgio-AudtrxLan writoig 1U the European Mail, »ays —"A uiereaant captain wiiu oa.a i.o isai jujl cvme irom New Zealand stepped into tiie y.itneaa-uj*. ol the Tunnies Police Uourl on August 31, una asked tue magistrate's adrift.', lie sa;U a passenger was { pu: on ouard u:s suip, and his passage-money paid. ±jtae voyage ue louud tie was a lunatic, lie J wad ioid tuai. tile man s lnetKls would meet uiui ui | Lon.lou, bat nooody nai come forward, ana he eoiUa j gaai no jiiioruunou from tue lunatic paaacnger. lie | wauled to Know waul ae could do in tue matter. • jlr j f'ageL aaid it «&a exceedingly indiscreet to lake Lie j man uli O iu.d. lie uohi'u tut* applicant wuav tue I stitp uoj lying. l,io applicant replied ,n tue is.a»t lad.a Ujcs. Mr l/agei sa.d uie uiny tn.ug he count suggest was lor the applicant Lo apply to tae parish Oiiieero ol l'opiar." ±Jr ivaiacistone (who lias just returned from franco) mis, i understand, made arrangements for ..ciut.ng out to New Zealand a sum;! nuniber ol aen-cieu emigrants, lroin t.ic w me-producing countries ol tae it.aae, ill i.ie nope ol' encouraging lue cultivation ol t.iC vine at Wanganui, and m otuer districts 01 me colony, wnicii are said to be adinirablv adapted to the grow, aol the grape. Xue experiment is well worth a trial. Tae wortiiy Doctor has not spared annseif in regard to linm-uung New Zealand'witn lresa biood. ior Wiium lue next seven or eight davs no wiii nave scut on' more emigrants than have ever been despatched beiore within t.:e same Men." 1 Agnes Muir >vitl lakeaboi" 1 -'<•'» iw U..r«>i :an land t.iw Jfienules l&J, t1 e Cain i. ; ie Je e Kcadman 300, and anoluer vessel, not _»et selected, "nl leave about September <i 0 wit-u -UO. 1 ,ie bulk ol tae above, 1 believe consists of navvies engaged lor tiie construction of tiie railway. Tae rent consists of agricultural labourers, with a small nuniber of mechanics. 11' you consider that every one of these have to be examined separately on the score of health, antecedents, and general aptitude for colonial hie, you wdi see that me business of an Agent-Lienera! . agency is rather heavy. 1 am glad to announce that Mr Falconer Larkworthy, tae Managing Director of the Bank of New Zealand, in London, lias despatched to the colony by the Queen liee, waicu sailed for Auckland last month, some eight or ten brace of grouse, in the hope of being able to acclimatise this valuable game. I not ice irom the colonial newspapers that a'sum of £200 was recently asked in Canterbury lor a pair of live grouse, under oiler to tiie Christ church Acclimatisation Society, I have 110 doubt that Mr Larkworf hy's cntcrpr.se, if successful, will be l'ully appreciated in the colony.

A duel iias been fought in the wood of Buzenval between M. Arm and Lucy and M. Edgar Rodriguez, of the FUjaro. the origin of the quarrel being an insulting sketch of the former by the latter in one of a series of articles headed "The Decoralod Men of the Republic." The conditions of the duel were three discharges of a pistol on each side, at n distance of twenty paces. M. Rodriguez had the advantage of tiring first, but missed. M. Lucy then aimed at his adversary's chest ; but the ball was intercepted bv the left wrist, from which it made a ricochet, and it. aftewar-Js lodged in the collar-bone. The wounds are cons dered serious. A Struggle for Supremacy.—The other evening, when the squadron was in Portland Roade, the nine o'clock gun was tired from the royal yacht ' Victoria and A!be. t.' The Lords of the Admiralty, who were in the ' Enchantress,' immediately sent a note to Prince Leiningen, captain of the rova' yacht, demanding why he had tired in the presence o" I'm Admiralty flag. The Prince Le ningen reohed tha; he did so, because he had two royal princes (Prince of and Prince Arthur) on board. The Admiralty rejoined that their flag was supreme. A con troversy was kept up, the Prince of Wales taking part in it. It is stated that an inquiry is to take place nto the matter. The Rigor vlortis.—Our raiders will remember some rather sensational accounts of " headless horsemen." and ot .er alicged illustrations ol' life-like attitudes ret a ned in death by solders killeJ n action. The subjcct ha; been upon by French, American, an 1 German authors, and of the fads there can be no doubt. These positions have been usually attributed to the effect of the instantaneous or very rapid manifestation of the rigor mortis. 1)r Rossbach, for example, writes that, as it is impossible to assume that any vital action or muscular contraction could take place after death, it seems to be beyond doubt that rigor mortis must have set in with light-n:ng-like ranidity, just between the last moment of li e and i.! o first moment of death, and was, perhaps, the end or result of the last muscular contraction, Had the rigor set in, say even only a minute after death, the relaxation of the muscular contraction would have been the consequence, and the limbs would have followed the laws of gravity.

A romantic ease of breach of promise was tried at thr» Leeds Assizes on August 12. The plaintiff, Elizabeth Parker, is a .young lady 20 years of age, and daughter of a retired spade manufacturer in | Shell!'id. The defendant is a gentleman farmer at Withersfield, in Suffolk, paying a rental of £300 a year for about 187 acres. The plaintiff, in July, 1871, was going on a visit to a relative at Reepham, in Norfolk, when the defendant got into the same railw ay carriage, and after some conversation hoped to have the pleasure of meeting her again. They met subsequently several times, and exchanged visits and letters. He wrote to the plaintiff's father, ex- j pressing his a'lection for the plaintiff. He presented i her with a locket containing hi* own likenes- and that \ of the pla'nt'ff. During the time that the parlies j were engaged the defendant wrote a great number of i letters of the uuwl According to the j |>jaint :, f's story, one evcn : n7 during her visit to the ! defendant, the defendant's father -a d to her, in the : df-f'»ndan ; '> t-re-enep, " You a e o<•<?!• 17. 'ni l i'd enough i > kn>w 1: it ace irnig <■> :•xke :n ;,and. ; Y .u are not I e r : r- he br Mijrbl •'■ere bv 'v>anv. His word is not worth a straw, and lie will do i«> vo-i as he has done to others." Aiterwards the defen- j dnnt's letters became colder in tone, and he eventually j broke off the engagenent. The defendant gave j evidence for himself in reduction of the damages, i He stated fhat he had borrowed .£*1.400 fro-n Yhe ! bank, and rvel bp-' le-, a'vl " • t • got £100 of his own, A" i e ! n. ; •• v letters breaking oh' the engagem-nt lie wa- lid u.j . w'th a br. ken leg. The jury found a verdict for the j plaintiff —damage?, £500. j The L'noln-Vo-e ram sale and letting season com- j merfeed on September 1, when the celebrated Bjsca- j thorpe flock were brought to the hammer. Fur above | a hundred years the Rickham rara< have been let, j and this being the first opportunity o't'ered to home | breeders of purchasing from sue 1 an I and valuable flock a large company of ram-breeders • and wool-growers assembled from all parts of the j countrv. The prices reali-e 1 were above the average. ; and the competition was very brisk to secure some of ! the shearlings. Sixty-eight shearlings sold for 1772 i guineas, being an average of £27 7s 2Jd ; sixteen • -"wo-shear sheep sold for 357 guineas, being an aver- ; age of £23 8s" 6fd each ; thirty-six three-shear and ; upwards realised 793|- guineas, averaging £2-3 2s lOid \ each. The 120 sheep were knocked down for £3068 j 12s 6d, giving a general average of £25 lis 6d. \ Great sympathy was expressed for Mr Kirkham, and | great regret at his probable retirement from ram- I breeding, he being under notice to quit the Bisea- j thoroe farm or pay a much larger rent. For a 100 j years there has been a progressive and enterprising j attempt to secure and perpetuate for the old Hag- j naby and Biacathorpe flock every excellency. j

ATXKMI'T Swim ACUOJJS IIIH UUANKKL,—On' August ii'A, J. ii. Joun.ion, ut JLrivds, attempted t<> owi.u l.om JJover u> Unlaws, the computed distaueo being about thirty mitoo, lor a wag«roi JiikAA) toXtiU, Tuo harbour tug ' Fulmcruluu,' convoying a iurge parly ui' gentlemen, accompanied Ujo intrepid jwuliner, Jvi.ujjh s bioluer and a mend being lowed in a Ujdi to render Usoisiainx* Jii case ol need. Wucn »e\eu allies iiuJ boon ucco.upiM.icd it was iouna mat, ! Jj.;UjOU s wot were gel Uug coiJ; nome Ih-vi-icu »vaa, now ever, given to mm, wuicn Ho partook ui', atili beuig m tne water, bat the sniveling continuing iim ir.euda UiSstitiacd mm iroiii proceeding lurmci with iiia task. lie wits taen taken un boaru tne tug, and Uie pari y steamed on lu Caia.s, wnere uie Visitors received a most entuusiasue reeepLiou. lne arrangelnrnu were eiitrusu'd to Jlr 1". Sirange. ol tne iVo.id Surrey Uardens, w.io.-o ei.ee.ient limitary band enlivened Lie vowujo by tiieir performances. it being tne L'uiaus t'eu-s, :ii me request ui tne -Mayor, tuo bund pinned 111 tne market square, and were alterwardj entertained al Lne lioiel ue Vine. Un August -o tney were me gucats ol t.io band ol tne 6m iieginient ol' tne iuvncu line, and in tne afternoon lne hmghsh instrumentalists gave a promenade concert, w.ncit was attended by at least 20,0UU people. A me.ileal contemporary, remarking upon tn«» above, says •• mat continuous immersion ibr lu m nours, tlie tune denm'" 1 " ' V cross tne Cnannel, »u wait-r al aujia tiu vieg. I'anreniieii, the temperature u. 'jar is in it-sell more tiian tlie liuman lrame .-an uu-.tergo. it represents, in a large quantity of evei-e.ia.ig.ng waver, a eoiibtani exli uci.ion of-AU deg. ot :k'!u lro.n me body, wnica lias a tempera! uro of aujui deg. l»aniennfit. Tuo muscular power requeue to swiin lorty miles may probably be possensed by Joiinsion, but wuen tins o.iU'ti tit.v oil tuo atrengili is demandea, t.ie possibddy of peviormmg tne ieat wimoui. some very aiMneial moans of keeping up me ueal ol me bjity is p.iys.caiiy l ;u) question." A California court has just devilled tiiat 110 mnrriage pertoruied over three miles from snore is legal, and t ins deeision is said to iiave " lallen like a boaibsiiell " among seores of families in that .State. IVopio not living in California naturally ask why sucn a decision was made, and also why it should fall liko a bombshell among any families whatever. The reasons for the decision, and also ibr its startling effects; are to be found in the fact that eloping and romantic couples have been in the habit of going out to sea to be married. A domestic difficulty, involving questions of property, huvmg arisen in the courts, the counsel for one of tne parties raised the point of law that, aa the jurisdiction of tne State extends but three miles f.'om the shore, the powers of clergymen and justices become vacated wnen t.ley go beyond that line; and, consequently, that all couples whose marriage ceromonies were performed beyond tiio jurisdictional lino are, in fact, not married at all. Tne court sustained this point, and hence the consternation in so many families, it is stated that there was a good deal of remarrying as soon as this decision became known.

The other day a young man oi' Liege contracted marriage at the town liou.se of Jierstal. Everything appeared auspicious. The bride was smiling, parents and guests seemed lull of jollity, and the parly went m joyous style to the church of St. Lambert, to demand tiie nuptial benediction. There the scene changed. A young woman .stood before the married coiijiie. Already tiie mother of three children, and there bouig a fourth in prospect, she attributed tiio patern.ty to l.ae new .u-bund, L ie son of her loriner ;nu*ler. kxasp.'raied, sue cud desired to oppose liio marriage, and, no!, having been able to roach the plaeo early enough, si>o now eame to tiie c.iurcli followed by many hundreds of workmen, impelled by her, and excited themselves at Waal was going on. The result was that t:iey violently opposed tiie religious celebration of tiie marriage. Tney maltreated the priest, and tore his sacerdotal vestments. The husband was not mo. e fortunate, lie was struck, his clothes were torn to bits, and he escaped worse treatment only by tligiit. Everyone followed him—his witnesses, his relatives, his gueslH, his assailants—and it was in the midst, of a terrible tumult that he rcaciied Ins home at Liege, Ihe police intervened, but the workmen held t.ndr ground, constantly threatening and uttering most unpleasant exclamations. Ultimately the fury ol tiie assailants was ealmod down.

An amusing incident occurred in the village of Lower J£verley on the march of Brigadier-General Stephenson's brigade from Wilton village to Kusra.li. Tiie brigade was halted in the village, when a bridal party appeared on foot coining down the hill. The JiOtii Kegimerit,, in front, cheered the party loudly as they passed down, and the males of the party, no way disconcerted, waved their hats in aoknowled"ment of tiie welcome. The head of the 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade, with their band, happened to be drawn up in front of the cottage into which the happy pair entered. The band immediately struck up " Hasto to the Wedding," and the men of the party came out and danced the jig in front of the cottage. "The bride with her own far hands brought out some beer to the band and Bomc w,ne to the officers in front, who heartily drank the healths of the happy couple, and when at last the order to proceed was given, the rifles marched cheerily away, the village resounding to their strains of " Haste to the Wedding."

In the year 1829 a beautiful and highly-endowed young girl, just out of her teens, made a triumphant debut at the OJcon, as Isabella de France, in " Lancastre." Her name was Mdlle Charton. At the very height of her triumph, the jealous hand of a man hung into her face some aquafortis, whereby she nearly lost her sight, and her beauty was destroyed for ever. Mdlle Chardon pardoned the coward, and withdrew from the stage. She sank into penury and •■blivion ; but two or three friends lightened the first, and showed she was not tot-ally forgotten. The poor lady, who came on the dramatic world with such br'.ll ant promise, was recently carried to her grave — twe fusnf commune—the pauper's grave. One actor f Mowed her thither out of respect, —viz., M. Delafosse, of the BelviJle Theatre. A French inventor has patented an apparatus for r-w i'imers. For the hands he has a large membranous mi, which is held in its place by loop holes pass•?i- i»r the f'nger-, an: a strap around the waist, i en* ejects u to reduce ■ erymuc.i trie e : .s'ort rcq.nred to swim without j> ut the greatest ingenuity is displayed in the form and ntnossTof tiio fin- for the legs, which are attached to the arjkies, and are so formed that they act upon the water both in the movement of bringing the legs together and throwing them back. They act so finely in "treading water," as swimmers call it, that one can really walk, if not ori the water, at least in it. The old swimmer has no trouble in using the fins on the first trial, and is surprised to find with what ease he can swim without exhaustion.

A letter from Bucharest reports a curious atmospheric phenomenon which recently occurred there daring a hot and stifling day. The sky was eloudless. In the evening everybody went oat walking; and the gardens were crowded. Tho lad : es were most-Iy dressed in white, low-necked robes. Towards nine o'clock, a small cloud appeared on the horizon, and a quarter of an hour afterwards rain began to fall; when, to the horror of everybody, it was found to consist of black worms of the size of ah ordinary fiy. All the streetswere strewn with these carious animals. We trust there was some one in the town sufficiently interested in natural history to preserve some specimens, and that we shall hear something further respecting this phenomenon^

Thb Homkb op One he Dayh.—The Anglo-Saxon ham, or home, conainlerl generally of a heal, or hall, xvith little roomit, or burn (afterwards bowers) on the outside, Htirroundcd by an earthwork or wall, inclosing the house ami a yard (<jt:i\rd). The remains of these Waxor) homes are often mistaken for car;;/ camp-*. Hero the Anglo-Saxon nobleman or geiiticunm kept a rude state, according lo his means; and a very slight invent igafcion info the manners of our forufatln rs, show how much they needed tho polish and refinement of their Norman conquerors. Tnoy hud strength of mind and body--(he latter predominating—but both obscured bv sloth, engendered by habitual drunkenness. There can be no doubt thai the Norman Conquest irifine I nto o'ir race the energy which in our national chariieterisl ic. if—as there id abundant rea-ion to believe—many of the Savon rioblomvH-wore like AtheUfane of Comngsburgh, depicted by Sir Walter Scott in " Ivaniioe," we ejinnot won ler a* their incurring (he ridicule and contempt of the more refined Normans. The English language survived beenuse the unmarried anions the conquerors selected wives among the beautiful Ha ton maidens, and these would nalural'y teach their children their native toimuc. The kuhic tiling had happened before when the Scandinavian adventurers wljo settled in Nor if andy married in that country. The manner* f the previous to their conversion to Christianity are snu>... ;„ »,| JC romance of ,; Ucowulf" —supposed to have been compose, i,.c,_„ t |i CV ]~("; the continent —and also in early grave.?. I)/in!;iim eupn and buckets a e frequently found : the former are made ho that they will not Mand upright, no that they must be emptied at a draught; and the latter, were u-ed to carry the ale or mead info the hall. The hall generally consisted of one apartment (tin* relsrnernaing it at night as a slccping-room), but sometime - it had an upper room, approached by a sto-gor, or (stair. Tho house and its belongings wen; nearl; hlwhvs of wood ; the only Amdo-Saxon words f>i | buildiiiLf «'*e, n fief, timbrian nnd atiinbriun, to mnke of timber. Ham was not tho only term lor the ; as a ;evidence, it was called hus; from ii chief rooT, h<al; or as nn enclosure, lim (origin o! town). ASa on never dined in private—it was con f-idercd disgraceful to do 30. Seated on the kcahseU or high neat, he dispensed a lavish hospitality, even ono being welcome. Tho rude walls were often covered with hannings, sometimes richly ornamented, on which arms nnd trophies of the ohiise were hung The lire was made in the middle of the apart nun l , the smoke flnd'iig it a way out of an aperture in the roof. Wo I was generally burned, though it is believed the Saxons were acquainted with the use of coal. Breakfasting about nine o'clock, the Anglo-Saxon was ready for his dinner or principal repnst at three, after which was the a-fm-inelc, or evening meat, the time for partaking of which is un certain. Mr Wright thinks the last named meal was not originally in use among our Saxon forefathers. If the food was deficient in quality, it was made un in quantity. The great, oak forests fed hirge drives of swine, and bacon was largely eaten. Boiling neem-< to have been the chief mode of cooking meat, which was eaten with a great deal of bread (so that a servant was called idaf-ce.tm, or loaf-eater) and vegetables. Many of our culinary terms are Saxon, such as kettle (ci/tiel), cook (roc), kitchen fa/anej, and brolh (broil). Wine (win, from Lat n wa used bv the Saxons, though only on stale occasion's.

a lew only ol the monasteries appearing to have had vineyards. Whilo ndulging in their potations, tin Hasoni had various persons to afford (hem amuseiu'tit, such as hnnrfere, or harper ; pipere, or piper ; gVtjniun. or gleoman. Minstrels wove always wel coned to tho hall, and for this reason spies gencrallv Ciimo in this disguise. They had also the game of /■it.t'til, supposed to have been like backgammon, to beguile weary hours either in tho hall or the bowers of the ladies. The beds in the latter were of the rudest description, and generally consisted merely of n bench with a sack filled with straw placed noon it, hence the words for tins article were b(cne (a bench) and streow (straw). People went to bed perfectly n iked, a-nd the bed-<dotlies consisted of a sheet (sci/fe) find a coverlet ihetl-ffW). It is surprising to find that h t baths were frequently used, derived probobly from the Romans. Merr:age was treated ss a civil institution among the Anglo-Saxons ; it is not, therefore, surprising that when a couple disagreed after marriage, (hey could readily separate and marry again. Nevertheless, Mr Wright says, " The Saxon women in every cla.-s of society possessed those characteristics which ore still considered to be the best traits of the character of Englishwomen ; she was the attentive housewife, the tender companion, the comforter and consoler of her husband and family, the virtuous and noble matron." It is n pity that ladies did not treat, (heir servants better; there is little doubt that, as a rulo, the fair sex used their slaves (for they were nothing else) very cruelly.— Chambers's Journal. We borrow the following from a New York paper, though wc are not sure that it is not of English origin : •'Women have no right to : n ure the'r health in order to enhance the"- beaut-.-. A lady who B-!'.:ee:'e3 her in'o 'en ivN's en lancers lior l'fe in :'vdc;- to h.>(v-.iMo » d ; s -m ■' ; n-r obieet ; she provoke* the horrified ouevv, ' Where are her bin r s and internal organs 0 ' She O'lg t t > be ovchided from the co-urnny of all aesthetic and sen;iblf-minded "eople till she sees '■ ->!• lollv - . T' e same "-us' 1-e aaMofagir! who wears '-eels so lofty that she cinn-»t vvak wit -out tho support of an umbrella* and whose features are acteaHv drawn w th pa n. T '•-mr for I c t ui<> w'-en some acknowledged otMis.>r will m-u u on rhe hwv-. : of pronriet v and h auty be ng ob erved throughout | the fnshionnble world, who will absolutely forlrd theemaciated to exhibit their bones 1 ke anatomical | bodes; who will sternlv command those who are j obese beyond all limits to wear nothing but black, ! decently made : who will forbid the heated dreams of | overworked dressmakers to disclose themselves in j gigantic patterns on human drapery." j j\l. Limb-man i ontinues his invi stigation of the parasitic bodies {Grryarinh.la') found on the false j tresses and chignons commonly worn by ladies, I '1 bey are to be found at the extremity of the hairs, i and form their little nodosities, visible, on careful | examination, to the naked eye. .Each of these I nodosities represents a colony of about fiff-y pso-'o- j sperms. Each psoroa: erm is spherical : but by the reciprocal pressure of iis neighbours, it is flattened, and becomes discoid. Unnder tho influwnoo of heat and moisture it swells ; its granular contents are transformed into li-tie spheres, and then into psendonavicelhe —little fusiform eo puseles. with a persisten* external membrane, and enclose one or two nuclei. These pseudo-navieellro become free, float in the air, penetrate into the interior of the human organism, reach the circulatory apparatus, and produce, according to this author, various maladies — "cardiac affections, especially valvubr jatfectionß. Bright's disease, pulmouarv affe tions." M. I,indeman calculates that, in a ball room co-itaining tifty j ladies, forty-five millions of naviccllee are set ;>ee : ■ and he concludes that it is necessary to abolish false hair, which often proceeds from unclean < persons. It is reported that photographic copies o r <re--"'. "-:■ bank notes have been fo <t-ed u-oi' -rvv:-!--.- -..-.... , --. the Hunter district. At West Mair--. \ ■".; ; Jr. ; --v-» Gepy was committed for trial on a ■' a - e ■•■' ■■■?.-■ r.e. in July last, passed to Samuel T-.gri'n a ?;'--• i .'• •■ forged in this way, and th.e manager o t'e Bank >f Australasia, whose note had been copied, said, in the ; course of his evidence, that he knew of the existence of two other similar forgeries. Attention is called to this case, not so much on account of it* intrinsic interest, as to put tradesmen and others on thair goard. j

A writer signing himself " W.S." writes to the in lavour of chicory lor cattle, us a (substitute fur grass when the latter fails. 110 «aya: — " Having hccu a Bpecies of wild chicory growing near my place, 1 got some chicory Be«J from Brisbane, an J sowed it lor experiment. I can not now trench it out, it has such a deep roothold in tiie ground, and this chicory is growing on tiie hardest ridges in rny place. Wo matter how yu u pl/ir.t it—if even two feet under ground—it come* up again directly. Tiie dry weuUier takes ilo elleet on it —it still keeps growing, and everything id lond of it- —horses, cattle, aiieep, and worst of all the waiiabies. Horses that liave had a taste jump tiie fence to get at it, The chicory in of easy cultivation, and it lasts for years when once established. In France they cut it lour or live times a year, as given feed for cattle. Arthur Young wao n<) struck with this- plant tiiat lie strongly recommended it to the notice of the British agriculturist j and it is said to be a preservative against tiie rut m sheep. The best time to sow chicory is in the wmter rnonMis, about June or July. It is sown inu same as carrots, in driiis. A small patch of it, say a .square rod, would produce seed enough to sow a large paddock, and if tnat was done at wet tunes, tiie seed sown on tiie ridges would soon establish itself Mere without any further trouble, and g.ve something for the cattle and sheep to eat wnen tne grasses la.il. l'iiere is not tiie least aoubt tiiat iia.lt' of the diseases in stock are caused by starvation. They eat the dry -i - fiat has not tiie least, nourishment in it; the poor brutes t'um.vi. ,i Die mass, for there are 110 sail ticks to help the digestion, dinners and stock owners will tind if tliey intend to do any good with stock tiiey will have to cultivate for them. It i.-, not now at it was Lweiity-live years ago; ihe runs 11 nv limited, and tne aniount of stock increased, tiie only remedy is to make the land produce more by | cultivation." Tne editor of tno above journal reMiaiks:—The foregoing is timely, lew crops are oeitvr t..ian chichory for slock upon poor laud. We wo. Id sow now, although ai our correspondent re-coiuiiK-uds, earlier in the season would be befcier. it having recently conic to the knowledge of the authorities tnat a man named Koss and a woman named Lawrence, who had lived together as man and wile at Dalkeith, but who were not lawfully married, lad registered at least two of their four children as legitimate, W»ey are being proceeded against on the charge of false registration. Tho man declares tkat he was under the impression he was properly married, owing to a c TLinony he went through with the woman. It appears that in 1867 the parties left Dalkeith for (jalashiels, and not having the requisite iunds to get married by a minister, they each took a landt'ul oi' meal and knelt down facing each other, after placing a basin between them. Both then placed their handluis of meal in the basin and mixed it, m token that they " would not sever until death did them part." After swearing to this en'cct upon a Bible, they rose up and declared, themselves man and wile. They afterwards returned Lo Dalkeith, where they have since resided.

The extraction of oil from wool, without injury to its texture, is now successful] y accomplished through the agency of bisulphide of carbon. Large quantities of oil are by the same agent obtained from bones, from diH'ereut kinds of oil cake, and from the press residues of cocoa and olives.