The Dunstan Times. CLYDE FRIDAY, JAN. 18, 1884.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1133, 18 January 1884, Page 2

The Dunstan Times.

CLYDE FRIDAY, JAN. 18, 1884.

Beneath the rule of men entirely jut. The pen is mightier than the sword.

The public pic-nic, got up by the Com* mitte of thejClyi.lo School, and held at Mr C. Holden’s,, Monte Christo Farm- and Gardens, on Thursday last, was, to a great extent, iparred by the unseasonable weather.it being bitterly cold throughout the whole of the afternoon with an occasional shower of rain. The Comr.lt.iei, assisted by many other ladies and gentlemen, however, worked most strenuously in getting up ad sorts of gaqios, so what with running, jump ing, skipping, and every other conceivable game that could be thoughfof, added to a bountiful supply of good hot tea and any quantity of sandwiches, hurts, and sweeties, the youngsters were kept too bury to pay much heed to the .weather, and on the whole wo think we may safely say they enjoyed themselves. The weather, doubtless, deterred many from putting in an appear, anoe, yet there was fully 100 adults and fully 250 children on the ground ; therefore numerically the affair was asucoess. Mr T. H. Bell was the caterer, and every credit must be given him for the highly satisfactory manner he performed his duty, while more than thanks is due to Mr Hoiden for granting the use of his really beantiful grounds for the occasion. The announcement of Mr Miles, Sheep and Rabbit Inspector, convening meetings of all landowners interested in the rabbit question in the various parts of the County, we hope will receive the amount of attention the subject warrants. That bunny is coming again to the fore there is not the least question, and to our mind it is only by simultaneous action in every quarter that a check can be put on his increase. It is to bo hoped that all the meetings will be well attended. ' The faneral of tho late Mr Goodger, whose body was found on the island a short distance below Roxburgh, and which took place on Sunday afternoon last, was largely attended from all parts of the district. Only a few hours notice was given otherwise there would have been a far larger attendance. The following is the Order Paper for the next meeting of the Vincent County Council to bo held on Wednesday, the 23rd day of January, at 2 p.m Cr Fitches to move—“ That the honorarium of the Chairman for the curntut year be fixed at Ll5O per annum.” Why bo sick and ailing when Hop Bitters will surely cure you ? Read and know. Auoost Flower.— The most miserable beings in tho world are those suffering from Dyspepsia and liver complaint. More than seventy-five per cent, of the people are of Aided with those two diseases and their effects : such as Sour Stomach. Sick Headache, Hamtual Costiveness, Palpitation of the heart, Henrt-bnrn, Waterwash, gnawing and burning pains at the pit of-the stomach, Yellow Skin, Coated Tongue, and disagreeable taste in the mouth, coming up of foo l after eating,low spirits, etc .Go to your Dm guest and get a bottle of August Flower This valuable medicine has cured thousands and thousands of sufferers and is known in all’oivi ized countries.[Two doses will relieve you It costs only 3s. fid. a bottle. Sample bottles GJ. ,

Tom Thumb’s fame ia to be eclipsed by a lember of the equina tribe, A full grown owe has arrived in Sydney 19 inches high* nd weighing only 271b. The Lilliputian lidget was reared at Boccacia Park, Fem ’ree Gully, Victoria. A fat woman named Blanche Grey, who ied on November 7 in New York, weighed ver 6001b, Her husband sold her body to he surgeons because, as he said, he was toor, and needed the 25 dollars he received or the remains. It is alleged that Louis B. Martin, one of ;be three bond counterfeiters arrested in Sew York on November 12, is the man who recently visited Australia in connection with sheep and blood stock operations, and established relations with the stockowners in the colonies, California, and the eastern dotes. A short time ago he was manager ofMrE. J. Baldwin’s racing stables, made a tour of the eastern racecourses wiSH several Californian-raised horses. it is also alleged, was arrested in 1875, in Philadelphia, on a charge of counterfeiting, but got out of the scrape through the influence of friends. A series of burglaries in London having being investigated, it was found that in each ease one of the servants in the house at the time had received a character from what purported to be “ her last place.’’ This “ place” was always the same ; it was the house of a lady and gentleman who appa* rently lived in good style at the West End, and whose names were in the Ppst Office Directory. The establishment was maintained solely for the purpose of planting an accomplice in likely houses. In some cases the accomplice was actually a member of the household at ths time of the robbery, and made all the necessary arrangements—such as leaving the windows unfastened, giving a signal, and keeping the other servants ont of the way The whole plot is said to have been carried out with remarkable skill and ingenuity. A policeman in Leeds got a deeded surprise recently. He was on duty near the Corn Exchange, Leeds, when observing a small boy loitering about, he spike to him. The lad immediately polled out a pistol and fired at the officer. The weapon was loaded with buck-shot, which struck and splintered the wall of a building within a yard of the policeman’s head. The youth, who proved to be the son of a chemist, was at once arrested, and powder and caps were found in bis possesion. He said he bad been at a theatre and was afraid to go home. “ Bucuu-Paiba.” —Quick, complete cures all annoying Kidney, Bladder and Urinary Diseases. Druggists. Moses, Moss and Co., Sydney, General Agents. It the following accounts aie to be credited, there are worse plagues than the rabbit. At Deniliqnin (says tbo Melbourne Leader) the grass is disappearing through the effects of drought and grasshopp is “Although the grasshopper visitation,” tbc Pastoral Times writes, “ has occurred at a later period of the year than usual, it ia more numerous and more destructive than the average plague. Out on the plains tbo grass has been cut down to the ground, and is seen blowing in clouds with every change of the wind. The grasshoppers are there in myriads, and a horse will not canter against the moving hosts of insects. In the town the gardens are suffering considerably. Every green thing is attacked—leaves of trees, vegetable climbers, and (fruit being vigorously absorbed. Nothing is spired, and the devastation increases day after day. From down the river we learn that the vines and fruits trees at Tumubgcrie have not escaped the plague; and from ont towards Pretty Pine the same monotonous tale is told of myriads of grasshoppers, and consequent destruction of herbage; similar news comes from Conargo way and the Albnry road. The pest is certainly a great one, and there seems, no probaoility of its decrease until nothing is left for sustenance. A squatter in New South Wales some time ago bought a number of cats for rabbitexteimination purposes. A couple of hundred cats of moat varied sorts, colours, and sizes, were turned loose at a rabbit warren on a remote part of the station. A night or two after they were freed, however, the occupants of a shanty, situate some miles from the warren, but the nearest place of human habitation to it, were disturbed by a dreadful noise, the cause of which they could not divine. Their dogs made a most tremendons hubbub, and their barkings and yelpings were answered by terrible cries from trees in *he neighbourhood. The m ining sun revealed to them the cause of their disturbance in a horde of cats which filled the trees, and made a terrific noise in response to the challenges of the d gs. It appears that the pussies hurried to a place where they could get a little society. They did not “wade in a slay,” as it was expected they would. Mr Ellery has supplied the Melbourne papers with the following memorandum with reference to the comet which is now telescopically visible at the Observatory : “The Pons comet—so called after it discoverer at Marseilles, in the year 1812—according to Encke’s calculation of its period of revolution round the sun, to be again visible after 704 years, and first seen on September 1, 1883, by Brooks, in America, has been looked for at the Observatory , since the beginning of the year, wbenjit J should have been visible shortly after sfll set; but owing to the cloudy weather aijf the very faint nature of the object, it was only last night, about 20 minutes past 8 o’clock, that it could be observed shortly before i s setting. It is at present a small telescopic object, of which only an oblong nucleus, surrounded by a very faint nebulosity, could be seen. The horizon was not quite free from haze, and there was not time lor making accurate measurements, but the position agrees pretty well with the computed places. , This eyening (Jan. 7) the position will be 8..A., 22h 23min., declination 9 leg. north ; and at 8 p.m. it will be nearly 20deg. above the horizon, bearing W.N.W.” The comet will bo visible for about a month.

The dreadful death of James Gifford near Grey mouth has more than passing interest to many in this locality (writes the South* land Tima). The unfortunate man was a brother of Mr William GiffoH, of the Bluff pilot staff, and also of Mm Burnett* Woodlands. He paid a visit to his friends here just two years age at the holiday season, and is described as a quiet, respectable man. As Gifford was a strong, aotive man, it seems probable that the attack'made on him was unsuspected* and that one of the first of the deadly knife thrusts must have disabled him and left him at the mercy of his merciless assailant,,, The Economist say* s—“There isone dement In the German field jarmy which sets calculation almost at defiances. It is permanently young. History tells ns of all man* tier of armies, but never of another in which 1,400,000 men were collected, all of whom must be under 25, and most under 23, and, therefore, by service and the expenditure of energy. Tno officers are cider, but the men, while as well drilled as 'veterans, have all the fire and the inexperience of youth. That is an Immense addition to their strength np to the time when the officers grow weary, and we are by.no means sure that the German army, if •driven steadily forward, could not conquer Europe or the world, and for a period hold cither in servitude, as the Roman army did. Fortunately there is no wish to ■ attempt each a task, the people, who are the army, holding tint the plunder of Europe would not compensate them either for their losses in lives, or for the strain which any wide scheme of conquest must necessarily involve. They want security from war, not. war; and Central Europe sleeps in peace because it is guarded by such vast aud readily mobilised forces. Still it is a terrible idea that a Hohenzolleru, animated with the spirit of Napoleon, might conquer Europe as he did', and hold it perhaps much longer in subjeo* tion. Captain Harvey, late of the English Navy, has left t London, having been engaged by the Chinese Government. A number of retired officers are following, it being the intention of the Government ar Pekin that the Chinese ironclad fleet shall be officered almost entirely by Europeans. .- The following, from a Sydney paper is rather more pleasantly put than the ordinary run of public items :—“Oh Friday Mr William Dunn.'k gentleman who derives his revenues from his oonnex'on with a-hansom cab in the capacity of driver, was impelled to become festive, and obeyed the impulse. On Saturday his festivity had all vanished. The following extract from the Water Police Court charge-sheet will do something to explain the change in Mr. Dunn’s demeanour: ‘ Riotous' behavnur in Casfereagh-street, 4Ds ; or 14 days ; assaulting Constable Jeffs in the execution of-his duty, 405.,- or one 1 month; using indecent’language in Bonrkestreot, Ls'orthree'months;- assaulting oon- j stable Porter in the- execution of his duty, 405.,'0r cue'month.’' ■ ~-s.J