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Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1799, 17 January 1884, Page 3

CLIPPINGS FROM OUR MAIL FILES.

"I am .\n admirer of Matthew Arnold, lie holds with Carlyle that most men ,uo tools, a-d is fin thai 1 of opinion th.it any dis )<n cement with him is an evidence of Philistinism and want of proper eultiue vVithout going quite a 5 * far as this, undoubtedly much that he has written is woith reading. But I confess that, iudginir fiom the uxti acts of one of his leetun'S, which appeared recently in the I'all Mall (iazette, I am surprised that people should be found to sib listening to them for over an hour. It would seem that he reads them, and further that he leads them without any elocutional y skil'. They aie carefully pio paud essays— interesting, no doubt, .vhen in ptint, but they must bo tciribly vve.nisoine when read fiom aioshum." riio above kindly- withheld tiibuto to U<>niu-> is from the pen of tne editor of Pintli The capital I at the start is meant for the ego sum. The l'aiib Figaro of a late date contain* a story, which, is true, solved the question sis to whether the bi.uu ictaiiii its actions after its severance fiom the hotly. It cites the case or a L)r , who w.i» condemned to the guillotine kn inn-dels of the cold-blooded pow>nhm stieak. A few days befoie tlic date fixed tortlie execution, Valpau, the woild-ie-nowned pii>sician, called upon him and made the following compact : "As *oon ,»s jour head is cut off I will grasp it by the hair, hold it up, and if you stiil ictam the pouei of thought you must winU \ouilefte\e twice." Th" head winked, uid Valptan was linuiiteil to his dying day l>\ the w inks. Now that the "False Piophet ' is sweeping away tlie aunies of the Faithful, the \\d\ is ibilit\ of dumping the piefi* is being anxiously consideied by good Mussulmans ' Tlioliu~M.m (iovcimnent liavo come to <i detoimin.ition, such as boles ill to the peace of Km ope They have icsolvcil to urn the whole Rn^mn Army with iiiajiii/inc n(ie> of that last unproved Amenean p.ittern winch allows of ten caitudges being stoied in the rifle, and which also petmits the caitiidgos to be retimed in the weapon as a reserve, while it may be loaded 01 fired with a single cutudgo in the oidmaiy way. An actual older for the supply of iiunv bundled*, of thousands of thes<> nips has actually lieen given to a London fh.n. — Vainly Fair. The pi ospectus has been issued of the Nevada Land and Cattle Company (Linnted). It pioposes a c.ipitil ot £o()0 ().)0, m t'"> shaies. hut only half that unount will becieiled now, and the amount to be immediately called up it, i) 2 10-. pel -haie. The company, it is stated ha-, been foi iiu d foi the purpose ot secuiing uid developing an impoitant cattle lanoh at Kelly CieeU and Squaw Valley, Xev.i'la. Ilitlieito this i.uich has bjen uoiked In pnv.ite paitic, under the title of the Cential Nevada Li\l- Stock uul Lind Company. These paitic->aie th" \e'idois, and the piomokis of the new compiny intend to take o\ei, in iddifcion to tlic i inch, Witli its eattlo, u 1u 1 , a ti.icfc of countiy on tlic Owliycy l'nei. The dividends aro estimated as ikely to b> tioin 10 to ],"> pel tent on the cipil.<l w hilst the heids and lands will l)f ilwavo iiiuieasint.' in value. — Euiopean Mail Tin cc women weie tiied recently for -he muidu of a worn in in Gh&gow, Tne-v weie Msteis, and their victim was then sifter in law. Thciu hid been an )ld tui.l between them, and this ciiliui iated in in attack by the sisleily tiio on theii uutoi tunate lel.itnc at a time u hen *h" had a child in hei arms. This is the le-ciiption ot the a>sault as woid"d in rhe liidutnient: "They sei/ed her by he h,iii ot the heul, diagged her down upon the giound. sti uek her with then i-,ts. I icl.ed hei on the breasts, belly and g^, and otherwise abused bei, by ill of uhu.li she was moi tally mjuied, and died 'innu'tliati'ly afterwaids." At the tual •lotlnng was pioved to gainsay tins view pf the assault, but the ''Advocate J-pute"' accepted a plea of culpable n>iiii( ide tiom two of the prisoners, and >t si mi pic a-sanlt fiom the third, because no l'thal weapon had been used " The iwo wcic sentenced to a yeai's nnpiison-iv-nt, and the third to tluee month-, he ])ievioiis day the same indue sen'iiced a .\oung man to eight \eais' penal •i \ it ude for '•snatching a hand bag with U 2, 1 in it fiom a woman m the '-tie't ' \ T o wondci that modem Luiglais, instead of su-ruc-ting your money or your ite. take the one as scon as the othci. Dlcv.i>i x-cK oi f vuu TmixDi m u — The ( )io])ii' toio of The Times must have had ,'i ue^-ome countenances sev eial dijs this week, when they saw what a talling-olf tlieie has lji j en of those advertisements which make the Times a pacing paper. Phi!-, on Tuesd iy list there wcieonly thuty--<\ columns of adveitiaoments, while on the cone^ponding day of 18S1 and ISS2 thcic weic foi ty-eightand fiftyone columns, ie>pectiv cly. This i«. tenible In no othci 1 newspaper can I detect such a falling off as this. An oidinaiy editoi, iinding his papei in such case, would teduce hia supplements ; but the edifcoi of The Tunes is notan oidinaiy peison, and sothevvoild haa been staitled l>y tlu lemaikable aiticlcs on " microbes" and oth' i wondeiful things which have taken the place of the lost advertisement 0 . The English makers of agiicultmal machines and implements seem to be astonished to find that the sale m the United States for the ii w.ues giows each yar smillor. They have no leason for I the astonishment, foi the cause is patent to all. In the fiist place, the American nuclnn-sts aie now nearly, if not equ illy a> good woikniPii as their biotheis in the old countiy, find can tuni out machines better adapted to the countiy they aie used in, for but little over the i-iices a^ked for the imported article. In the second place, the makeisand their agents aie uioie pushing in their ad\citisinir, diuinmiiig. etc. Long befoie the sleepy and coiiiciviitive English manufactuier has begun to think of looking out foi tiadc, the Aineiiean diummer has been in the licld and has 1< ft but few wants to lie supplied by the next man that comes along. Besides, too, the American undei stands more fully the benefits of idvertismg, and while his British rival is higgling over a few dollars in an ad, he is haul at work, sparing no money, to let the farming w/oild know what he has got for sale. Vanity Fair hns an article upon English gami-Lis abioid, which rather opens one's oyes to the alai tiling extent to which play is carried on among society ladies The ai tide winds up with the following tiite paramaph : "We may blame our transatlantic cousins for having introduced poker — much in the spirit that Ulam whined foith, " The woman tempted me and I did eat ' — hut like our weak■iiiiidud forefather, we are only too ready to eat of the apple so sedulously held out to us. Our ( iist paients weie thrown out of Paiadihc for yielding to the fiist tempUtion. Is it too much to demand that society should make a stand and expel trom its visiting lists the women gainb leis who squauder their pin-money, diag the fair names of their husbands in the mne, seduce poor boys and bring lis gr.iceon the name ot Itaglish women ?" Tliei c have recently been seven slaves publicly sold in Tangier — a nogress for §42 ; a negro girl nine years old for §31, the latter being sold under eiren instances which aroused considerable indignation ; a girl about fifteen years old, for §29 ; .i negress and her son, six years old. to gether for §49 ; and lastly, a girl ten years old for $27, and a negro for $18 The total number of slaves publicly sold in Tan siier alone since the second week in April last is ninety-six. Some curious episodes occasionally occur when the Land Commissioners in Ireland take evidence for the purpose of establishing a fair rent. Recently a farmer ne v* Skibbereen, in County Cork, ipplied for a reduction. It was- found that he kept two cows. He pleaded, however, that the land waa too poo,r to feed tnem, and that they ware " hand-

kept," on which' he was called to produce evidence to that effect. Paddy bi ought out a grocer's account, which, he said, was for food given to the cow, The first item was a pint of paraffin " Did you give that to the cow ?" asked a Commissioner. " Shure and I did, sor," was the answer. " I gave, it the poor baste foi medicine." The noxt item was a pound of blasting powder. "Did you "ive that to the cow ?" abUed the Commissioner again. "Begona, shuie, and the giocer has sold me, yer lionner," exclaimed the nun. It is haidly neces sary to add that his claim was struck of. A cnaiPAiUMDN is made in the Field between the hunting establishment maintained by Queen Elizabeth in 1383 and that ot Queen Victoria m the present year. It i> shown that Queen Elizabeth kept a pack of buckhouiuK, a pack of harriers, a train ot limiting officials of the ci oss-bows, the keepers of Epping Forest, the kcepeis of the bcais and instill-., a racing establishment, falconers, officeis ot th< j greyhounds and spaniels, a mole-taker and a iat-eateher. A fuend of mine, who was recently in •Sfc Pi'teisburg, and who had, w lien there, a good oppoitunity to look behind the scenes, tells me that the piesent Emperor is an obstinate, pig headed fool, inciedibly ignorant, and th.it unless he is pushed fOlf 01 Wai d by his enloinuge, he is not likely to tioublc the peace of tlie woi ld by any giandio^e schemes of tfji eii^n coiujuest. "Will ho," I asked, '■ give his subjects some 1 soitof Constitution ?" lie is too great a fool,'' my tni'iid replied ; " lie will continue to do one dry what ho did the piovious day." — Atlas, in Tiuth. M.ituinony has strange chances, and a m unaye, that Mill take place in J.uiu.uy, is an example. Dm ing the last .season two dinner parties had bien ananged in, let us say, Ailington- ! stieet, to one of which a joung foieigner of distinction had been united. He .11 lived fiom his hotel in a hinsoir., the diiverol which made a mi.stiike and deposited him at the opposite lesideucc. Moiisieui de B entoicd just at the light point for announcing dinner was leaehcd, and, being mistaken for another guest, went down 111 due older, finding as his left hand neighbour a young daughter of the house. In .if tei -dinner discourse it was found he had joined the uiotig patty, and explanation*, both heie and opposite weie given. The short time together, however, had plunged the young foieigner (who fortunately had both means and position) and his fair young neighbour so deeply in lo\e, that he leceived pei mission to continue the acquaintance, which will end 111 mauiagc and the depaitnie to a continental home ot a blight young English gill.— Court Journal. Two live shilling pieces were found on the poison ot a man who lecently anest< j d for some oltencc in London The coins weie hollowed out, and 111 each hollow was a mil 101, and while these were lying on the table, at an angle of 43 degiocs, behind a stack of coin 111 fiont of tlm dealer, he could see every caul held by liis opponents. The Visit ol the Geimnn Ciown Prince to Spain is a \eiy pompous .vil.uv The etiquette suirouii'ling loyalty has always bei'n elab Hate with the h>|janiaids than with any otiiei Euiope.m people, but in tins instance it i-> piobable that a little e\tia a^ony is. piled on, in oulei to show the 1 0,11*0 pW>icin Fttzie-h that Alfonso can easily bear the hissing ot a Pausian mob, when he lias such \eiy powerful .md aiistociaho fuends as the future Empeioi of Uermauy come all the way to Madud to sec him. Lovers of statistics may be interested to know that 10 000 vehicles of every desciiption daily perambulate Paris: v 1/ , 8,000 cabs, 5,00 Q of pi ivate eaniagos, 1 ,-300 omnibuses, and GOO tiaius. Tlie balance consists of niouining coaches jobbed carnage 1 -, and stiange vehicles. Add to these 4,000 loaded caita and shocking bid dimng, and one may well be suipnsed that more people aie not uui ov er — Tiuth. The latest movement in West African adans is a piopos.il to extend the jmisdiction of the Euiopeaii Concert to the livei Coago. The Times suppoits the pioposal, and advocates the establishmeut ot an International Congo Com-mis-101:, on a tooting "somewhat similar to that of the Duiubian Commission." Die King of the Belgians is lecommended as the piopei President of the Congo Com mission. It seems, however, that tho Poituuuese Government piotfsts against tlie cuiying out of the pioposal. It claims a light foi Poitugal to establish a juiiodiotion on the temtorv at the mouth of the Congo as the only means of pieseiving law and older in a seat of tiade alieady occupied by Euiopean establishments of v arious nationalities. At the same time the Poituguese disclaim any desire to prevent the navigation of the liver. The plan includes the neuttali/ation of Equatorial Africa, " not as between whites and natives, which would be impossible, but so as to prevent hostilities ocoui ling theie between civilized povveis which might he at war elseuheie.' 1 Thus, as a London contempor.uy puts the case, England and Fiance, at war on the t^o sides of the Channel, may be ab peace in West Afnca, in Madagascar, in China. Such is the happy state of tilings to be introduced by the Institute of International Law, fiom which the Congo proposal delives its name. Theie ,11 lived at Wrexham, Wales, lately, a solitary goat, which was escorted fiom the laihvay station to the barracks, and theie lodged. To relate its history would mean a long and stirring narrative of trivel and adventure in many parts of the globe, for wherever the 23i cl Regiment of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers have been for some time oast, this faithful and docile ruminant has accompanied them, ft is, or has been, as it -were, an emblem of the regiment, and many a maich has it made, always heading the gallant fellows of the 23rd, by whom it was thought much of and cared for. Owing to long sen ice —it appears to have onto ed the service on the long service t-ystem — the old goat began to exhibit signs of feebleness ; for it no longer felt equal to wearying marches, notwithbtuuhnu the inspnitiug mattial stiains of the band ot the regiment, and the caresses of the officers and rank and file could, unhappily, not avail to ward off the enfee bl ing accessories of old age. Therefoieitis that the faithful old goat wa3 despatched from the regimental headquaiteis, to leave the very busy scene? of active military life, and to live in retirement at the depot of the regiment at Wiexham for tho remainder of its days, a worthy veteran and a pensioner. — -Court Journal. The election of James Russell Lowell, tho American Minister to the Court of St. James, to the Lord Rectoiship of St. Andrew's University, is certainly a strange and novel occurrence, that gentleman being, so far as our knowledge goes, the fiist foreigner that has ever occupied that most coveted and distinguished position. It is gratifying, however, that such is the result of the election, since it shows how sincerely cordial are the feelings of friendship with which Englishmen regard their " kin over sea." Americans cannot fail to feel complimented by the selection of their distinguished countrymen for a diguity which British Piemiers have been proud to hold, and certainly the honour oonld have fallen to no worthier man than Minister Lowell. — S. F. News Letter.

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