FLASHES.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume I, Issue 18, 23 July 1887, Page 2

FLASHES.

A brave, gallant man gone to his last long home. Exit Stanley, the gallsnt rescuer of Livingstone, from the stage of life, R.I.P. “ War, thrice horrid war.” Looks as if a “ bust up " were imminent on the Continent. France seems to be oontemplating la revanche and a descent upon ths fair Rhine* laud. Fancy 22 hew regiments, and their Mgi meats are about 1200 strong too. QvsF« quarter of a million ihore of the little felldwe in blue costs and red Breeches at one kefslap. Ah they’re in a nice muddle. Hissing and hooting poor old President Grevy and cheering Boulanger. Rioting prevented with difficulty, tf It had been in the good old times of '4B, when the streets were narrow, stone paved bar* ricades would have been up in no time, but it’s not such an easy jobjiow. How’s that ? The reason is simple eneugh. Nap the third was like Joey Bagstock, Esq., "cute sir, outs and d—h sly.” Ms smashed down all the old streets and built wide new boulevards at right angles, and paved 'em with cuphalte I So now you see, tho mob oau’t pile up pav< ing stones for there are node td pile; and a half dozen field pieces with small shellS standing at the corner of four long wide streets soon clear up an emeute. Shrewd fellow, Nap although he was a precious rascal. Not pleasant for Germans just now id Baris nor Englishmen either:—every lighthaired man is “ a sacred pig of a Prussian " now-a-days with a Parisian mob. It would be rather awkward for Garment if Boulanger got into power and made a Russo-French alliance against Germany. Rather I *

Looks as if the Russ and the Deutsches were not good friends at present. Do you see that wire about the German clerks in Russia having to pack up their boot trunk* and travel. Thousands of Germans in Russia, especial!* in the Baltic provinces. Riga is quite a German town, and if the order is carried out, old Bizzy will be very waxy. By the way, do you see those Anarchist fellows have been plotting the murder of Pious William. Poor old ohap, they might let him alone, he’s 91 and is not long for this world. Wait till he dies and then there'll be a row. The Crown Prince hates the Russians and when the old man clears out, England will have no need to worry about the Muscovites. By the way, an Englishwoman, (the Princess Royal) will then be Empress of Germany. Poor G.O.M. Three more elections have been won by the Tories, and Home Rule seems further off “iu the dim and distant future” than ever. But., bless you, Salisbury’s seat is no sinecure just now. He has had to give into those Unionist Liberals. The new Land Bill was too Tory a measure for them to swallow and he had to make a lot of concessions before they would suppor him. Pity poor Bulgaria. They go hunting about for a monarch to succeed Alexander, and thought they had secured one in Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg. Now they find he’s frightened of Russia, and is far from up to the martial bearing of Alexander. He seems a poor sort of fellow. If they want a King, why not Micky M J Sure he was King of Tolago Bay, and sure he’d bring them to their bearings, begorra he would. Bremen torpedo seems to be a success. Glad to hear it, for there was a terrible rumpus about the price paid for it—£loo,ooo. The clever young Australian has scored, however, more power to him. Old Krupp’s dead. Well, what does Ithat matter ? 1 Wno was Krupp? Why, the "Cannon King,” a man whose guns have sent millions of men to their long home, Another example of perseverance, he started as a poor lad in an iron foundry and now his works at Essex occupy four square miles—--14,000 men are employed there. It was the German siege of Paris that made him. His guns proved better than all others and the result was that at one time his extra hands numbered 17,000. Lord Brassey thinks wages in ths colonies are too high. But so are rents and the cost of living, things about which His Lordship does not seem to have informed himself. The " Darkie" Richardson got a nice "tying up” at Wellington on Wednesday from Matthews. The fight lasted ten rouads, and the Auckland man had the best of it all through. It would be interesting to know whether his baoker, Lindsay, talked as big after the fight as he did when the pair were in Gisborne.

According to a Dunedin legal opinion inmates of the Benevolent Asylums are entitled to vote at the elections. What about those in the Lunatic Asylums 1 Wellington has got its little loan of Randy Churchill was right after all.. He always contended there was extrav*. ganue in the British navy, and now you see the Secretary has had to pare the estimates by £BOO,OOO. The Russian and French Press are crowing because that Egyptian Convention is not yet fixed up. But it will be soon. Germany supports John Bull, and Italy also, and th* three can whip France any|day. Hennessey in hot water. That's not the 8 star man, he tastes good with hot water, Who is it then. Oh, the Governor of Mauritius, Sir John Pope Hennessey, a Governor of the Arthur Gordon stamp, always kicking up a bobbery. ' He has been humbugging the settlers in the Mauritius by all sorts of petty, vexatious tyrannies and there was nearly a revolution. However, he’s been let off by the Govern, ment sort of verdict of " not guilty, but don't do it again." £50,000 all right. Ninety seven pounds ten shi''ings was the minimum. Cardinal Moran has only been in Sydney three or four years and ue has let contracts tor building new ohurohes to the extent of £850,000. Christchurch has given £2OO to a Jubilee Convalescent Fund, The French Government now derive * large revenue from taxation ol the “ totalis*, tear " returns. Cannot N. Z. do likewise. Mr “ Tom ” Russel, of Auckland, has gone Home to work a special settlement scheme for Morinsville.

There was a man in our town, who thought him wondrous wise, he swore by all the fable gods, he’d never advertise. His goods were advertised at last; and thereby hangs th* tale; the ad was set in Nonpareil and headed “ Sherriff’s sale.”—Typo. The Scottish Chiels are doing very well in Auckland, Mr Munro’s dancing being very much admired. The oompany has been strengthened. It wanted it badly. The Wairoa ladies are getting up a bazaar in aid of the local Hospital funds, The Auckland Star and the Wellington Post are having a slanging match about the qualities of the Waitemata and Wellington harbors. There is nothing like genuine enterprise in collecting really good news ! Says the Haoraki Tribnne, “ The construction of the Gisborne breakwater will be commenced in a few days.” There is great depression in the Thame* timber trade just now. A large number of hands have been dismissed. A Dunedin publican has been fined 40s and costs for selling liqnor after closing time. Newspaper business is not at all rosecolored. Ten thousand pounds have been lost on the Dunedin Herald.