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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3753, 26 July 1883, Page 2

An interesting article on hop growing, the report upon tho Crown Lands Department, for the year ending March 31st, and other reading matter, will be found in our fourth page to-day.

The warm rain accompanying the northeast gale has had the effect of bringing down the shoav, and the Tuki Tuki and Tutackuri rivers are flooded. The Tuki Tuki water being banked up by the heavy sea, tho whole of tbe lower portions of Clive are under water, necessitating the removal of the live stock. The Tutaekiiri is in high flood, and is running across Mr Brandon's paddocks. Mr Tracy, the road overseer for the HaAvke's Bay Council, was engaged Avith tAventy men on the Meanee bridge preventing the Avater course being blocked by logs. The water was within a feAV inches of tbe floor of the bridge this morning, and the river is still rising. A later telegram from Farndon informs us that the AA-ater at CUa'C is into the baker's shop, and that at East Clive it is still rising, and is iioav Avithin six inches of being as high as the highest flood ever experienced there. At Meanee the outlook is equally bad, aud the proverbial "oldest inhabitant" docs not recollect anything like it in the district before.

In consequence of the inclement Aveather prevailing, the sale of Mr Condie's stock, at Redclytfc, Avhich was ffxed for to-morrow, has been postponed until Tuesday, 31st instant.

There Avas another blank charge-sheet presented' in the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning. Evidently the bad Aveather has a benign influence upon the morality of tbe town.

A special general meeting of members of the Working Men's Club will be held this evening at 8 o'clock to receive the report of tho building committee, and to approve of plans for the proposed alterations to the premises.

AYe again remind our readers of the debate to be held to-night in St. Paul's school-room on tho subject of Phrenology v. Physiognomy. In spite of the inclemency of the Aveather the attractiA-eness of the subject will no doubt bring together a good audience.

The folloAving Aveather forecast was received by Mr AVilkie from Captain EdAvin at 1 o'clock to-day. " Indications sboAV you may expect Avind to veer from eastward rounl to south-Avcst soon, with an increasing sea in the bay, and after twelve hours glass will rise."

The meeting that Avas to have been held at the Clarendon Hotel last night for the formation of a provincial Gun Club did n»t take place, the very boisterous state of the weather prcA'cnting those interested from attending. It has heen decided to hold the meeting on Thursday evening next.

Cr. Ellison has given notice of motion for the next sitting of the Municipal Council, " that a sub-committee be apointed to ascertain tho probable cost of widening Shakespeare road sufficiently to provide for future requirements, including the formation of a footpath throughout its course."

Tho directors of the Southern Cross Petroleum Company desire the folloAving information to be published :—"The bore at the bottom of the shaft Avas doAvn last Friday 350 feet. A strong A'ein of gas has been cut, and there is a little oil in the tube. Tlio prospects are regarded as extremely promising."

According to the correspondent of the Lyttelton Times, the three judges who are rumoured as likely to retire aro the Chief Justice, Justice Johnston, and Justice Richmond. The present Premier, he adds, would not at all object to being Chief Justice himself ; and Mr Harper, of Christchurch, is spoken of as likely to fill another of tbe vacant scats on the Bench.

There is no chance of tho English mail arriving here till to-morroA\ r at tho earliest. The steamer Taiaroa only resumed Gisborne at 11 o'clock this morning, and, as she is in good shelter there from the prevailing weather, sho is hardly likely to leave until tho galo moderates. [Since the above was written avc observe by the Telegraph board that the Taiaroa Avill leaA'c Gisborne at 8 o'clock to-night.]

There was a good attendance at the AVorking Men's Club hall last evening to hoar MrAV. F. AVilson's lecture on "Men and Manners." Mr John Murray, President of the Club, occupied the chair. The lecturer treated his subject in an entertaining style, and was warmly applauded at intervals, a general regret being expressed at the close of the lecture that there Avas not a little more of it. On the motion of Mr CoAvlrick, seconded by Mr PerciA-al Boar, a very hearty vote of thanks Avas accorded to Mr Wilson, who suitably acknoA\*ledgo:l the compliment. The remainder of the evening Avas devoted to harmony, Mr Pcrcival Bear presiding at the piano. Several good songs Avero sung, and a very pleasant evening Avas brought to a close at a quarter past ten.

AVo aro requested to direct attention to tho Poultry and Canary Association's advertisement in another column, Avhich, it Avill be observed, has had several substantial additions made to it within the last feAv days. Extra special prizes are still coining in, aud a glance at the list should be sufficient to indicate the general interest taken in the show, and tho energy put forth by the honorary secretary and the committee to make it, AA'hat avc havo no doubt it Avill be, a success. A large number of entries have already been received ;in some cases many more than Avas expected by tho most sanguine. It may be as well, hoAvever, to remind intending exhibitors Avho have not yet entered that "it is necessary they should do so not later than 5 p.m. on Tuesday next, or their'exhibits AA'ill be excluded.

Pcarse's American Panorama, entitled "Ocean to Ocean," which opens at tho Theatre Royal on Saturday night, has just concluded a very successful _ season in Gisborne. Tho panorama consists of a series of 46 paintings, covering 5,500 square feet of canvas, and each painting is pronounced a gem in itself. Starting at Sandy Hook it takes in each point of interest on the route from Ncav York to San Francisco, showing the old as well as the new stylo of traA-clling on the great continent. The views embrace lake scenery, tho raihvay routes, the famous Echo Canyon, the Devil's Gate, Salt Lake City, the interior of the Mormon Tabernacle, and tho Amelia Palace, Cottomvood and American-Fork mines, (said to be (he finest scenery in theAvorld), the beautiful Yosemito Valley and falls, Sacramento, and tho Golden Gate. The incidental lecture by Mr Pearse is said to bo humorous and interesting, and the entertainment is A'aried by vocal and instrumental music.

In a review of Mr Rusden's " History of Ncav Zealand," the Argus says:—"Mr Rusden's qualification for the office of an historian are, unfortunately, extremely limited. They consist merely in his patience and industry. As a collector of material for a Avritcr like Mr Froude or tlio late Mr J. 11. Green he Avould be invaluable. But when he comes to marshal his facts and arrange his narrative, he betrays his incapacity. Ho is like a man afflicted Avith a voracious appetito and feeble peptics. He devours a great deal of food, but as be is unable to digest and assimilate what he _atn, the elements of nutrition are converted into the factors of disease. Instoad of furnishing his readers Avith Avholesomc mental aliment, Mr Rusden only confuses and bewilders, while he occasionally misleads them, by the moles indigesta Avhich he lias emptied out into his 1800 pages. Mr Rusden's work contains upwards of a quarter of a million more words than does Hallam's ' Constitutional History of England,' which covers a period of two centuries and three-quarters—namely, from the accession of Henry VII. to the death of George 11. And the diffusiveness of tho

three ponderous volumes under notice is not redeemed by any grace, A'ivacity, or picturesqucness of literary style. Mr Rusden's 'History' is as dull and Jas deadly-lively as a blue-book. . . . Tho best we. can say for Mr Rusden's ponderous achievement is, that it is the work of an historical brickmaker, and not of an historical architect."

Tho report of the Deaf and Dumb Institution at Sumner has been presented to the House of Representatives. The institution has been in successful operation for three years. There are hoav 32 pupils, namely, 16 boys and 16 girls. The director has the aid of two assistants. The method of teaching is that known as tho " articulation," by AA'hieh deaf mutes are trained to the use of their organs of speech, and leani both to speak in tho ordinary sense of tho word, and to understand from the motion of the lips the speech of others. The use of finger-signs is strictly excluded. The buildings are on the detached-cottage system. The expenditure of the institution has amounted to £1937 Is Bd, in addition to payments by parents to the extent of „322 5s lOd. The Government charge for board and education of pupils is £40 a year. Tho medical officer's report is a highly satisfactory one.

The Palmerston Times says:—" A word or two of counsel to our business men may not be out of tho way just noAv. Palmerston is at a trying point of its history. Trade is dull, money is scarce, and the place is feeling the depression somewhat keenly." After alluding to bankruptcies that have recently taken place, and to rumours concerning others about to take place, our contemporary urges that there is no reason -why a panic should set in, and everybody begin squeezing his neighbour. Ho adds: "AVhen that takes place business becomes unhinged, and even sound, good men who can pull through if time is given them, suffer and go to tho wall. AYe therefore advise our businessmen earnestly to be moderate ; to be as gentle as possible consistent with their own security. If things can bo satisfactorily settled privately, let it be dono that way rather than forcing men into tho Bankruptcy Court, Avhich will only mean bringing the place into bad odour Avith outsiders."

As showing tbe growing importance of tho frozen meat trade in London, the folloAviug statistics, taken from the annual report of the superintendent of the central markets at Smithfiold, will prove interesting:— " In 1881, 222,114 tons of produce were delivered at Smithfield, 106,376 beiii"country killed, 79,680 tons town killed! 8054 tons general foreign meat and produce, 27,439 tons American killed fresh meat, and 565 tons Auslralian and New Zealand killed fresh meat. Last year there Avero 101,643 tons of country killed meat delivered, 81,520 tons town killed, 9936 tons foreigd meat and produce, 1G,G35 tons American meat, and 1747 tons Australian meat. In February last some Australian oxen and sheep, Avhich had left Melbourne tAvo months and nine days preA-iously, were slaughtered in England and sold in tho markets; and in May last a consignment of about 5000 NeAV Zealand sheep Avas sold at Smithfield after a passage of 98 days in a sailing vessel." These figures blioav lioav small a proportion colonial" meat at present bears to the total supply, and AA'hat ample room there is for an increase in our quota.

The " A'agabond " Avritcsin the Argus: '' These Ncav Zealand lakes are the coldest in the Avorld. Here, on AA r akatipu, lam told the same as on the Eraser River, in British Columbia, should I fall OA'erboard I shall never come to the surface again—the icecold water Avill kill me. But they also say that I should never reach the bottom, but 50ft doAvn Avould bo frozen, and so float about, stiff and gruesome, a fearful sight for young trout. 'So the old men tell,' and if such be the ease, instead of planting one's beloved on the hillside, it Avould bo nice to moor him or her to a buoy in tho middle of the like, and then one could occasionally haul up tho dear departed and see lioav tho body was getting on ; it would be far better than any system of embalming I have heard of. It isn't a very easy thing to get to the bottom of AVakatipu ; in places it is 1400 ft deep—that is, 400 ft beloAV the level of the sea. _ Iv all theso lakes there is a peculiar quality, present or lacking, making the waters Avondorfully light. It is very hard to SAvim in them, and it may bo this, instead of the cold, Avhich keeps down the bodies of droAvncd men."

When thieves fall out honest men arc supposed to get their oavii, but AA'hen policemen turn thieves tho honest men arc " run in." At least that appears to be the programme at Kharkoff, in South Russia, AA'hero for Avant of something to do the police tried their hands at picking and sicaling. One unlucky fellow, who Avas not in the secrot, accidentally arrested ono of his comrades, and Avas promptly carried off to gaol, but ho made such a row that the AA'holo tiling came out, and iioav M. Phillpoff grand master of police, is arraigned, Avith several under officials for having employed his men for the purpose of pocket-picking and house robbery. Things had got so quiet at Kharkoff that, it is said, the police could stand the monotony no longer. The Victorian detectives, according to tho report of tho Police Commission, used to do somcAvhat the same sort of thing, but they were AA'iser in their generation, and got "fin-gigs" to do the dirty work, while they contented themselves Avith producing the handcuff's at the proper time. Luckier than their Kharkoff brethren, none of them ever came to trial that avc heard of, though some were dismissed.

Writing of Mr Henry Russell, the wellknoAvu composer, and singer of his own songs thirty years ago, a London journal says:—" A ghost of the past, Henry Russell, still Avalks London. Hoav many people aa'lio heard him upwards of a quarter of a century ago singing ■ A Life on the Ocean AVaA'c,' and others of his oaa'ii ditties AA'ould suppose he is yet alive ? But he is, and very much so, being ono of the heartiest and jolliest companions anywhere to be met Avi th. AVhat his ago is no one is bold enough to guess. But as lis sits at the piano and trolls forth some of his old songs or as he Avalks the streets Avith upright figure and sprightly step, no one Avould take him for more than sixty at the most. Ho retired from his profession at a moderately early age, having made a substantial fortune,

Avjiich he invested with more success than professional people usually do. Since then lie has lived a happy and contented life, residing for a considerable portion of the year at Boulogne, and sometimes at Ramsgate. He is uoav content to live iv the groAving fame of his son, Clark Russell, aa-lio

has lived part of ' a life on the ocean AvaA-e' to some purpose."

Probably there was -t good deal of curiosity Avhen the engagement of tho Princess Alctoria to Prince AValdemar Avas announced, as to which of the Queen's numerous relatives was meant. There are at least four or five Princesses named Victoria in the list of the Royal Family, and avo Avere inclined to think the eldest daughter of the Princess Alico was the particular lady to bo honored. From tho" Melbourne papers, hoAvever, avo see that it is a daughter of the CroAvn Prince of Germany, now in her eighteenth year, aa'lio is to be allied to the House of Denmark. The intended marriage is of some interest, as it is the first matrimonial alliance concluded betAveou tho Royal house of Berlin and the present Imperial family of Germany, which less than twenty years ago despoiled tl;_ Danish kingdom of several A-aluable provinces. The couple uoav formally engaged are Prince AValdemar, tbe sixth and youngest child of tho King of Denmark, and tho Princess A .ctoria, the socond daughter and fourth child of Prince Frederick AVilliam of Prussia and Germany, and the Princess Royal of England. The previous alliances of the offspring of Kiny Christian of Denmark have been Avith SAvedcu, England, Russia, and HanoA'er.

An illustration of the value of certificates of character given by clergymen (says tho Australasian) is supplied in a report on the boarding-out system in New South AValcs: —"Four children avci-o removed front a

guardian avlio was discovered to bo of grossly immoral character—a Avife-beater, and much addicted to drink. AVhen asked how this man had obtained tho clergyman's certificate that lie was of 'sober habits, kindly character, and a fit person to haA-o the care of children,' the Avife replied, ' Oh! Mr (the clergyman) never saAv my husband beforo he signed the certificate ; but I persuaded him to go to church for the occasion, and got him into a front seat, Avhere the minister oould see him. He was never there before, and has never been since !'"

The school authorities of Juniata, Adams county, Neb., have introduced reading the daily newspapers in the schools, instead of the readers so long in vogue. The plan is said to work well.

A Home paper asserts that tho _ largo number of rospectable but short-sighted peoplo who gave their money and lent their favour to the " mischiovous burlesque of a religious movement called the Salvationists," have come to their senses. Tho Earl of Shaftesbury, has, in terms of tho strongest reprobation, comdemned the Avhole business.

Tho police of Hoerde, in Prussia, have issued an edict forbidding the supply of drink to young men Avho havo not attained tho ago of 17. Under that age, moreover, no ono will henceforth be allowed to dance at public halls except in the presence ot parents; Avhilc boys arc forbidden to smoke in public places until they arc 16 years of age.

A reporter of a Dunedin contemporary was shoAvn on Thursday last ten bracebuttons—of bone, iron, and brass—laken from the crop of a young hen, which had suddenly deceased down in South Dunedin. The wonder is not that the foAvl died through eating this indigestible mess, but that so many buttons should come in its way, and that it should have been tempted to feed so unsparingly upon them.

Tho United States survey steamer Blake has returned from a Aviuter cruise for deep sea exploration between the Bermudas and the Bahamas. On January 10, in kit. 19deg. 41m. N., lon. GGdeg. 24m. AY., about 105 miles north-Avest of St. Thomas, there Avas found the greatest depth over measured in the Atlantic, or 45(11 fathoms. The place AA-as about 89 miles south-west of tho place where the Challenger made her deepest sounding of 3862 fathoms.

Mr D. Lisle Hay, iv the paper read by him before tho Colonial Institute, when referring to AVcllington, says: " Government is the main industry of tho place." He characterises the other places thus : '_' There is tho commercial tone of Dunedin, the polite tone of Christchurch, the ecclesiastical tone of Auckland, but in AVellington the tone political is siiperemiiicnt. You haveespecially when tho House is in session—the sound of politics continually in your car."

The Blue Ribbon movement appears to be rapidly extending its operations in Ireland as well as through the whole of Great Britain ; 31,775 persons haA'o signed the pledge and donned the blue ribbon at Belfast during a fortnight's mission, which has recently been concluded by the Irish Temperance League. Over 14,000 signed in shops and offices. It is computed that in Belfast, out of a population of 220,000 thero are 02,000 personal abstainers, and 40,000 wearing the ribbon.

A shocking accident occurred at a filegrinding Avorks at AVhifHct, near Coatbridge, England. Ono of the Avorkmen, named AVilliam Hutton, 45 years of age, was engaged grinding files at a massive giindstono Avhich Avas driven by steam. The stone suddenly flow in pieces, a portion striking Hutton Avith great violence, lifting him off his seat, and burling him through tho roof of the Avorksbop. He was found quite dead in the yard, his face and body being horribly disfigured.

At last a man has been found who avouUl not marry for money, and the fact is Avorth the record. A certain young lady wrote to a popular young clergyman of Toronto that ho had converted her soul to grace, that she was ready to lay her fortune at his feet, that she loved him deeply, passionately, and that her hand was his if ho Avould take it. To which tho clergyman replied: "My dear Miss ——, give your soul to God, your fortune to the poor, aud keep your hand till Komc man asks for it."

An unfortunate newspaper proprietor at Breslau has been found guilty of the terrible offence of " Majestatsbcleidigung." He is said to have applied Avhen at the theatre an epithet, " blase," belonging to the argot of Silesia, to the Emperor AVilliam and his Court. The accused protested that he did not remember having used the Avord, and that, if he did, he did not intend to apply it to the Emperor or his Court: and a specialist in Silcsian slang Avas called Avho declared that tho word had no offensive meaning. However, the Court held it might have, and condemned the accused.

Tho discussion raised by the recent production of Mr Salmi Morse's Passion Play at New York has led Mr Dion Boucicauit to remind the world through the customary medium of an intervioAver that he produced a Passion Play more than 25 years ago. It Avas brought out at the Gaiety Theatre in NeAV Orleans in 1850, during Lent, and it ran for tAvo months without interruption. It Avas a drama in five acts entitled "Una" or "The Crucifixion," and contained a simple story interwoven with the persecution and crucifixion of Christ. The action of the drama began Avith the pursuit of Christ, instituted by tho High priests, Annas and Caiphas, folloAved by His arrest and trial, and culminating bi the tragedy on Calvary. There was no attempt mado to prohibit its production.

The teachers at the school for the sons of Japanese nobles in Tokio appear to have hit upon a notable method of teaching physical geography. In the court behind tho school building is a physical map of the country, about three or four hundred feet long. *It is made of turf and rock, and is bordered with pebbles, which look at a little distanco much like water. Every inlet, river, and mountain is reproduced in this model Avith a fidelity to detail Avhich is wonderful. Latitude and longitude aro indicated by telegraph Avires, and tablets slioav the position of the cities. Ingenious devices are employed in illustrating botanical studies also. For example, the pine is illustrated by a picture showing the cone, leaf, and dissected flower, set in a frame Avhich shows the bark and longitudinal and transverse sections of the wood.

In America it is customary to bury tbe bodies of the dead in metal caskets, instead of in Avooden coffins, as is done Avith us. The Atlanta Constitution in a recent issue mentions a case where a man named Jones had lavo children buried at Atlanta. Subsequently he moved to another part of the country, and having prospered there, 35 years after tho burial of his children Avroto to friends at Atlanta to havo the bodies of his children exhumed, aud fonvarded to AA-here he then resided. This AA-as done. The metal caskets were found to be quite sound, and ou the face-plate of one being opened it Avas found that the body of the little ono was in an excellent state of preservation, and presented quite a Avax-like appearance in every respect. There Avereno symptoms of decay, though it had been so long numbered with the dead. The remarkable preservation of the body is not accounted for.

The propietorof oneof the Ncav York hotels thus explains how he rids his house of the drunken loafers who fall asleep, in the barroom or rotunda :—"AVhy, you see, Avhen ho a'ets asleep, as he generally does after having drunk too much, nobody can take him up or do anything with him, and be is a combination of a devil and aAvrcck. I just get a little ice, avcll pounded up, and take him in a friendly way round the neck and slip the ice doAvn his back. As it descends, he sort of straightens his spine up ; that makes it drop doAvn a little further. As it gets toAvards tho small of his back, he looks very milch surprised and opens his eyes Avide, which previously he could not 1 open himself, or anyone for him. He looks at three or four places around, and seeing ovcrybody looking a little cold and queer, he rises right up and Avalks out of the front door. I never kncAV it to fail, and don't you forget it."

1 In nearly every city in America the attention of teachers is attracted to the increased use of tobacco among lads and young men, which is due to the introduction of the cigarette. A principal of one of the Philadelphia schools has addressed the Board of Education upon tho subject, and says that a large proportion of the 50,000 pupils in schools are in the habit of using tobacco. In hopes of doing something to check the of it, as avcll as the use of liquor, he has pasted on the inside of every text-book used in his school, Avhere it Avill staro the pupil in the face every time he opens his book, _ form of good advice, entitled "The Three R's'"—- "Read, Reflect, and Resolve that you Avill never use intoxicants or tobacco. Intoxicants greatly shorten life." This is accompanied by a tabic of insurance expectations, shoAving that the life of persons between the ages of 20 and 00 is shortened by intemperance to the extent of from 5 to 28 years.

A man in Illinois has brought suit for divorce because bis Avifc alloAved him to go to work mornings Avith no other breakfast than cod liver oil, and bad bought a piano, which sho did not knoAV lioav "to play and had not the means to pay for. To-day, as from the time of it * introduc-

lion, AVolke'b Schnapps takes tho lead of

eA-ery other stimulant and tonic in the esti- )■ mation of the public and of scientific men.— [Advt.]