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Dunstan Times, Issue 945, 28 May 1880, Page 3

Farmers and others who stable their horses are probably not aware (says the “ Queenslander ’) that by a small outlay the value of stah’e manure as a fertilising agent may be greatly increased. The irritating effects of ammoniacal fume s in the stable, and their injurious action on the eyes of horses exposed to them, are piobahly Well knUiVH to eveiy practical farmer ; hut it is not perhaps so well known that among the best means of combating the evil is the distribution of powdered gypmmonthe stable floors, the chemical action thereupon ensuing resulting in the absorption of the ammonia, ami the formation of carbonate of lime and sulphate of ammonia, the latter of which possesses a very high value as a fertiliser.

A contest of an exciting character took place recently in California. A man named Alfred Ross backed himself against a grizzly for 3000 dollars. Thousands of people assemble 1 to witness the light, a dollar apiece being charged for admission. Odds were freely laid on the gristly. The description of what ensued is quite romantic. Wrapping a shawl around his arm till it Was swathcl to the shoulder, Ross went into the crowd and asked a young and pretty girl to tie it for him. She gladly did so, using her own handsome scarf for the purpose. Ross in return took a diamond ring from his finger, and bowing with exquisite gallantly, presented it to his fair patroness. Kissing his band to her the bold Ross drew bis bowie, a terrible weapon, weighing four pounds and a half, and sharp as a razor, tightened his belt, and leaped into the arena. A muffled cry of horror rose from the crowd ns they saw the grizzly rush on Ross, lint Bruin was not in it. One quick upward blow and the bear’s under jaw dropped, cut in two. One more quick descending blow behind the shoulder, and Bruin rolled over with his heart cloven in twain. Amid a storm of “ \ ivas,” Ross wiped his bloody howie on the grizzly’s hide and walked off - without a scratch.

The following peculiar case occurred recently at Hindmarsh, South Australia:— “ A man named Cousans, formerly of New Zealand, and having property valued at LIOOO, died. The inquest elicited the fact that he was recently taken [into the house of a Mrs Collins, and that he made a will in her favor. Sire gave him brandy contrary to too doctor’s orders, and would not let his friends see him. The jury decided that the deceased bad died from natural causes, accelerated by the treatment of Mrs Coding.