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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 16, Issue 817, 29 August 1870, Page 3

.News received at Melbourne from Zanzibar, via the Cape of Good Hope, leads to the belief that Dr. Livingstone is still alive. It is so very seldom (remarks the Colac Observer) that a man dies and comes to life again, that when a startling fact similar to this does occur it is generally worth chronicling. A man Samuel Talbot, a laborer residing in Colac, became suddenly indisposed, the services of Dr. Rae were called in, and after the usual medical inspection the man was ordered to bed, and the doctor departed to obtain the necessary remedies. While away a message was sent to him that Talbot had suddenly shuffled off this mortal coil> and believing the statement to be true, though somewhat surprised, he drew out the necessary certiticate, stating the cause of death. The friends of the supposed dead man immediately took the necessary steps lor the funeral, the undertaker and the registrar of deaths having been informed of the mournful event, and no doubt chuckling at the thought that business in their line was looking up. In the house where Talbot was laid ' straight out upon his bed ' was gathered a number of women, aud mourning and lamentation could be heard, the friends weeping for the poor man, and would not be comforted, when, io! Talbot opened his eyes, and stared around liim with marvellous surprise at the scene that was being enacted in his house. Of course, the women screamed and covered their faces, forming all manner of thoughts about ghosts, and ic was afterwards found that Talbot had merely swooned away, and had been in a sort ox trance for a number of hours. The undertaker was compelled to desist making the uoliin, the registrar destroyed his certiii cate, and the doctor indulged himself with a hearty laugh. The joy of the friends can, ol course, be better imagined than deeeribede

. Mudj farmers in Kew Zealand complain e of (heir crops, They would probably in. i many cases have better crops .j&fchey paid 6 more attention to the prepararodh of the - soil. A high agricultural authority says; —" It is by the preparation and applica--3 tion of manure that good crops can and p will be produced, and just in proportion as , it is largely applied so will the "farmer be , enriched. If you want a large crop of , turnips, prepare manure and apply it; if | vou want abundant crops of flax, prepare manure and apply it; if you want large potatoes, manure j if you want plenty of oats, manure ; in a word, if you want plenty of money, I would say, prepare manure properly, and apply it." A corespondent of the Scientific American recommends turpentine as a cure for lockjaw. He says:—" Let any one who has an attack of lockjaw take a small quantity of turpentine, warm it and pour it on the wound, no matter where the wound is, or of what nature it is, and relief will follow in less than one minute. Nothing better can be applied to a severe cut or bruise than cold turpentine ; it will give certain relief almost instantly. Turpentine is almost a certain remedy for croup. Saturate a piece of flannel with it and place the flannel on the throat and chest, and in a very severe case three to five drops on a lump of sugar may be taken inwardly. Every family should have a bottle on hand." (The remedy is simple and Gau be easily tested. In all serious cases an application should be made under medical advice.) A Melbourne telegram of 6th August says: —''Steps are being taken to form a new colony in the Fijis, on Vitu and Levu islands. It is intended to call the town Guilders, and the colony Wilberforce. The Alhambra will sail full. The Fiji trade is generally increasing, both here and at Sydney, where six vessels are laid on."

Texan ladies eat snuff, are always eating it, and are sallow in consequence. So do women throughout the Southern States. " Horrible! " say the English papers, and of course, therefore, there is horror in the practice, buc wo should like to know why. It is quite open to anybody to say tobacco is a poison, and quite true besides—the writer speaks from the experience ofysars and of to-day—but why is that particular mode of imbibing poison so bad. Swallowing tobacco through the mouth would appear to be at least as natural as swallowing it through the nose, and our grandmothers all did that. It is curious to observe the only point on which civilised men still maintain a morality of the stomach differing as between the sexes. For a man to drink spirits is a bad habit; for a woman it is a vicious one. A male snufftaker is a person with a dirty way ; a female snuff-eater is a criminal. —Spectator.

Referring to adulteration, the Dunedin Evening Star of a recent date remarks that the public will have cause to thank Mr Travers for his action in this matter, when they learn the amount of deleterious and poisonous substances they daily absorb, for to know of the evil is the first step towards finding a remedy. In the report of the Adulteration of Food Committee, brought before the House of Representatives, wo learn that in one sample of English beer were found cocculus indicus and nux vomica —the former being a drug largely used in the adulteration of ale. The fact is to be communicated to the firm whose label the beer bore, which it is thought may be a forgery. The coffee could not be said to be adulterated —it was a mixture of foreign substances slightly adulterated with coffee ; and as for the liquids—wines and spirits—rhey were adulterated in every case. In our lasv, we republished from " Hansard " the speech delivered in the House of Representatives by Mete Kingi on the second reading of the " Sale of Spirits in Native Districts Bill." We now subjoin the remarks of Tareha Te Moananui on the same subject:—" Tabeha Te Moananui. —Mr Speaker, I wish to speak on thia Bill because it refers to the Maoris. I approve of this Bill to regulate the sale of liquors in the Native districts. I think that no public houses should be permitted to be erected in the Native districts. If they are erected in the districts where there are but few Maoris and many Europeans it is all very well. I approve of this Bill also because I have seen a letter from certain persons—certain Natives in my district, in which they object to spirits being conveyed there. Let the grog be kept where there are many Europeans,— where the Europeans are more numerous than the Maoris. The Maoris can go and get grog where the public houses are, where the Europeans are. If grog were prohibited from being brought into New Zealand at all, and the Europeans prevented from getting it as well as the Maoris, then a law could be made to prevent public houses from being erected anywhere. I have also to say, in reference to these .-pirituous liquors, that they have an ascendancy over man. The peeple are put down by grog. I wish to say that I object to spirituous liquors being introduced into the Maori districts. The Maoris sell, their land to Europeans for grog: that is the use it is put to in the Maori districts. If the Maori does not want to sell his land, comes after him with his grog, and the consequence is that the Maori is put in prison. I have already said before, when I made a speech on a • former occasion, that it is grog which has taken away my laud. Tile laud is being uiortguguu for iiquor ; and I wish to say, .ilso, that it is tiie duty of this Assembly to pass an Act to provide that something i should be done in reierence to Europeans who have purchased land With liquor, That ia all 1 have to say."