MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 11, 4 May 1877, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

A charming mistake was made upon the Wlwy a short time .. 0 by some sharpers ? A 4 ? lngßbu^ ra " e8 - Tiie ? were play. ing the three-card trick in a friendly way, and asked a- fellow passenger to join th <m. "It and I own it does look churlish to refuse" so cordml an mutation. My difficulty, how. Of magUtratea of (hit divißion of the county, Arf«£l^-1? ptaa that y°« wi « c o"« ilfc» "Ji. ffiolJ r lly - ln fche courßß of tJ 'c I2w- ♦ s confus T , of t^ little party was P? I t ?, wltn ! M « BQ d broke another by. law Dendeß that against cardsharping, by getting ont at the next station before the tram had come to a stanstill. It is stated of the proprietor of Truth, that he came down to his club on the day after its publication, with the idea of receiving the congratulations of his friends, A' golden silence, however, reigned among them, except in one instance, whore a gentleman ventured to observe that, though "very, very clever, he thought the paper just a little— well, scurrilous." " Ah," said the proprietor, •• then I've won my bet." " What do you mean ?" inquired the other. " Well, before I left home this morning I bet a friend five pounds that some fool or another would make that very observation." If these gentry are thus uncondliatory in private life, it is sot to be expected that they should spare the rod, or the flail, in their printed columns. Both the World and Truth have fallen foul of the editor of Punch (Tom Taylor) lately, and describe his particularities and shortcomings in true American style. It is reported from Constantinople that if theßussians do croas the Danube in force, they will meet with no resistance, The entire Turkish army iv Europe does not number above 153,000 men, and owing to commissariat difficulties, and stupidity of generals, the Turkish soldiers are so scattered that it would be impossible to unite 80,000 to repel the Russian army. The informant states he was the other day in a town where there were less than 3000 soldiers. He subsequently saw in the English newspapers telegrams stating that there had been 300,000 men in the town when he was there. It is calculated that if unresisted, the Bussian army would take seven weeks to march from tbe Danube to Constantinople, but in Turkey it is generally supposed that if there be a Bussian in* vaeion it will not extend tbe to Balkan. What an affair it is altogether ! Just before going to press I learn that Madame Patti arrived in Berlin on Saturday 1 st, at 630 a.m., and descended, at the Hotel Berne. At noon the diva took a drive, avoiding the fashionable Thiergarten. and choosing tbe lower quarter of the town, where she proraehnaded. On her return to her hotel she re* fused to see any visitors, even her oldest friend, the Baroness BenkendorF, who called twice. Madame Fatti left at night for Paris. She was apparently much annoyed at the observation she attracted at tbe station. Sigoor Nioolini went direct to Vienna. The Marquis de Caux passed through Berlin on Frday en-route for Pan*. He stopped at tbe Kaiserhof Hotel, and ordered a beautiful bouquet to be placed in Madame de Caux's room on her arrival. The Bishop of Manchester, who has no üb» pleasant vay of speaking the truth without fear or favour, has been shocking society b/ preaching to tbe stage players of Manchester, and even addressing tbe ballet girl*. "It is not you," be said, " who degrade the theatres, but the men, old as well as young, wko sit ii the stalls and glont on you through their operaoglosses." His lordship does not oppear to understand that it is " tbe office of a bishop" to make things pleasant for people of quality, and to ascribe all their vices to the " peculiar temptations" of their position. I should like to hear his opinion of the blasphemy alleged by the Bonapartist papers to have been com* tnitted by Mad -me Jules Simon, wife of tbe Prime Minister, and whereupon she has brought an action for defamation agaiust tbe Suffraye Universe]. This lady visited one of the schools of the Sisters of Charity in very bitter weather, aud found the poor children without fire, an X suffering keenly from the cold. «Why is there ao fire?" "Alas." replied a sister, " we have no wood." " "So wood?" echoed Madame Simon, "then take that," pointing to a crucuix on the wall, which be forthwith took down and put into the store. Now if this was done as au insult to tbe Christian religion, it was of course infamous; but if otherwise, and merely for the purpose represented, it seenrs to me that it was au act essentially Christian, and would only be fotnd fault with by those who prefer the letter to the spirit, and estimate images of wood and stone above the virtues they tjpify.