MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 25, 25 January 1878, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

Indians novor lciss flaqh other ; nnd haying soon a fow Intjians we pan,t mmo It haspoon nroyo^iaNorndaand othor silver nrodqmnß 3tatqs of the West, that oanhfcßtototod to agriculture pays botl«r H Hgqlarly t\]an if pu,t in'P R^ ld iiPMlTcr m,ino,s. # qonimqniqaMon 15 about tq oe Ml||lishctd r ||^twcQn San Fianqisco an,q •filWO. ifrowWry nicotinga o,f capitalists naf«^rnjold,.and oro long California and tlip Cjnonf Vritl bo M n ' tcd b^ cl °P tr^ ° & tho 11th Spptombor, W. H. Van.der.hilt.' drpyo Hil toam, SmaUhopes ♦'and Lady Miio, i.i a light road waggon on tbo track af Fleotwood, npar N^w York, a Vile $ S.^— tho fastest time for a toanq pn record. Tho Ppsth paper? onnftupqo that Oap» tain Engloba.ob. iMsp^atpr of Policp, uo» dVoyerM trnpea of the tMef ?«■ who, tn 1876, 4tb1« b>onds tp, tbp V«l«o of florins in, Londons The pr.inQip«l porpotroto^ of t^is robbcTyi flceo.rding to thc?o iournalfl, is a London house owner. ' Tb^o Eastern papers furnish soraq pa?floncprnmK tbo Bill introduced into tho Sonato la^c wook by Ingi^lls, of Ran--■as, enabling' J(naianq to bcoomo citiaen?. ; -Xt' opens' the d,oor for any intelligent Indian to becomo som,p,thing n^or.fl than a mero item in a tribe. Bcforo, howeror, lie can bp, clothe^ with, qlafus citcn?ship, ho mm\ proVo to *bo of a Pntfod States Co\\rt or District Cpurt that he is sufficiently in^UigCQi and prudent to manage l^is own affairs, that ho hfls adopted the habits of civilisod life, nnd for the previous. five years bepn able to support himself and bis family. Two pilgrims who arrived Qar,ly in October in Lnhoro fijom Sa,marcand report tb,e rule of tho Russians in nnd Ifholend, to bo very oppressive. Tho holier there pre.v^ile.^ that tho British intended, qd^anoing, yja Cuodahqr apd Herat, into T^rkp.stan, a^d tl»o pcoplo impatiently, looked forward Ib,r relief froin Kussinn oppression. Tho pilgrims stnto tha^ the police of. Eiisfiia is to excite ohp p.hief jugainst another under prorai.so of Buppoijt, but wore imprisoned, in. of bei^g aidedj and their, territory annexed,. \n conformity wifh the policy purstied in Oashga^ nnd: Yarkand. Writing about Now Guinea the roy Mr LawcS, snys :-*-" I know tho country well, It oving lived three y^ars in tho dis?; t'rict, and; am quito sure that groat misery and loss of life inu^t ensno, if thoro is any influx of Enr,opoins to Port Moresby during the wot season. Any party going after that should ta.k.i provisions enough to bo independent of native supply. Tho. natives got a bare subsistence ; their plantations, especially o.fter this drought, producing really nothing that would bo, ayailnblo foi; any number o» w* nrrivnli. Tho natives,, both on the coast ni\d in. tho interior, ar,p, at pr,esonk friendly, if tro.ato 1 honestly and f^rly, Tho confidence wo ns wliito men have, now need not bo shaken. lam rot Tetu,rnintc to New (juinco. and I would e&rnestly wa,rn all gold Rfokem ns:«inak:«tbf njpting to push, inlnnd^u^tpg. the. wet qepsetn.. and also, agnio'st doponding upon the nativos cither fotlalou,r or provisions," r thefl»nc«t J t«WS"l^ N^SWTrerft 'City have wrftf^n^onfltWfltntf C«rfe,il»^*tktoments re-jyOTaing^-bog'iS: dramntiot wDrokenttttVes r8 - •Oae-la^f' writes :- !'v^"W»ok individu«l called At my r,esid<jnco and proficntei4'4iifr o»rd as rt" •Mjirff3 f fo the, local 'pro*? ntfd «(<t 'gM l)ordinAtoty lot f^fty , d,olfavs." W^W9U^bftn9^spape|^rr^4 >^hp.dis,v rfnoytijll numfefii 1 of paragj^B, cii^ fr©» .naoroyig and evonii^? p«pe^. ; p^ipg,«{r> tnin nr^rcsscs na fee»»^W*s» woaltl^ vthltmted, i^oMcssod «of» la/ue«ffa?mit indi ■i»nni#ftW ! *»mon«i»,'all of\fhi<* hßdb«dn s.kilfol^^KM^rt- 'bT'hiux for- i, sh(«ll an»>u«..*?Tte lady innocently ««Vs. " I>> thoso prr.qons renlly-bfllong 'o tho ProssP'' jp*r*»»*^><>t' • Acy? iiijJ it iivnotlike^ *htHh*y'w«qld entpme fn ; mjch 1 fiWi>o*itions. All newspaper business i% transaofiifd »fit ! tl» poblioa;i|)rt offico by rospon* -iSomo aHgtit indicfltioTi, indeed if any trere need^J. of Iho dire niinnhiof which h«,«' been < #ffi»c ted by the publication of thrf^fP^e^ in AbsohitiOn," hns" becii fiiK|nUlnjd a* Oxford, whero an nn;dor 4 ' Braduot*' h.i^ attacked tho. oiiHioriMeU.of tl^^B^dlofai), for Kfi/iwlng to allow him, tt> feldjuiocqpy of J tho, work possessed by tK«wWl»khown institution,. Tho youth ;olaj«ned his tight to studv the book on ! thd pida'Miat tm was,n candidato, for tfoly : Orders, but this tho librarian retjardod ns lan argumonC against its . p«rq«olv «nd ajjcoiiaingly bp took upon himself- the I ije^ppnfl.iblllty, pi tloolining 'q, allow tho j boQiq;. 1 jtjp, .lbnx<*' i*« shelf. NatnraHy the. imaUor ha,s bqcn dii>cti«scd in nnd«r- , graduate circles, ftnd> just, «» nntnrnl'y, there; will be .a general desiro lo *ea the i v?ork.w,hick has obtained such an infamous reputation, «nd io tbo result it is more ■ thtn* probable, that young Oxford will soouroftiflop^, w,biflh, among men of -like |mind^ w.ith tbo. wpuld be reader at tho. Bodleian, will have a circulation. And ye);, in J^ho face of such facts as| tho?e. tho bpojt Still fjnds '.'apologists, not only among. the clergy, but anjong tho lai»y ; and. we •are still, wb fear, vory far from having seen the la^ qf it.-rProtcstnnt Advo, : cato > ' ' ' .'■''' Anothor dnrirg, robbery of specimens b^ taten pta'rfi in our midst, this timo the Curb' G.M.Co. havipg^ boon tho victims. It appears that on, Monday evening, the. manager, Mr Crawford left- the mine : ofßco whero ho resides, and on wtuming, somo hpu.r.3 , lator foand , the door or tho i ofltei,. open, and a wooden strongbox in winch, thcro hnd been, a, quantity, of specimens haying disftppoarcd. Mr Oraw«« (pii. communicated with tho polwq.vestordjay mopninjf, but not tho slightest; o)uo ns to who tho tfiiof is bn^ yoi boon discoyerod. Th.o, key was bidden in a plaoo known to a goodmanv.nnd tho bojc, wbioh is oomposod of in, chkauri, was but lightly, fflfltonod, and bad ovidontly boon priso.d open with a picl^. After the, lessens pf^thft Qiioea of tho, May and tho, Curp.spocimrn robbories it is to bo hoped that mino. managers will tako greater oaro of tbo sjicpjmous in thoir ohargo.—Thanjics . . '■' ' Apropofc of Aimop in, La Marjolaino, Thp Spirit oC the Times says?—" Tho plpj; affords tb,o brilliant ponjedjenno a fino opporfunity to pourtray thp workings of a virtuous mind, and sho avails herself of it to roprescnt tho procosses, psyohologic,

and physiologic, through which a girl oi' 19 is supposed to pass when lovo is on ono sidq and a prise of virtue on thn other. As you can imagine, tho conflict; is a most interesting one. But I must bo permitted to say that I do not agreo with Mile, Aimoe in, sqtn,c of her methods. ?or jn^cnnDO, I« Cftnliot think tbat entity is W^fcSl^ i^ shu,(tinjj)ji tho m(£ oyn dlpfl^l tmnks^siicf oftaj^n thtfe ; rt'u ihoifld h?^n|bil. Then Jpde' e|W by &&ig£§mli tho loft fi>ot. Al^;j?tudont« of human nature am well awnro that t\\o most delicate senti-* ments of girlhood are host expressed by kicking with both feot. It is customary, in criticising aotor9, to give tho g.vatost credit to tfooso who act from "impulse rather than from oxporienco or knowledge. Now, in this case, it is extronjaly difllcult to deoidp whether tho girls under 10 pour.tray virtuo with knowledge or by tho forco of genius. Groat artists a/o known to, h,a able to represent things c,C which .th.oy actually know nothing by csporio,*nco, a,nd to confer this groat praise upon tho rauidons in La Mnrjolaine would, givo rjso to tho. ii^ost annoying tnisundor* Standings." Several lending Victorian colonists an? now on a visit to Wow Zealand, as will ho seen by reference to tho passonger liots of tho seniors arriving yesterday at thig port, livery year an additional stream ot Australian visitors may by etoeeted to bq greatly increased.— -Now J^oalaut] Times. Tho Transit of Vonos. — An exchange says :— Tho report of lh<* Astronomer Royal on tho Transit of Venus in \S7-U has boon published, from whin it appears that the observations taken in Now Zealand proved of value, notwithstanding tlia unfavourable weather experienced on, tho eventful day, Tho. final result, is to show that the distance of the earth from tho sun hns been hitherto, undor-rstiinated by a million of miles, and lb.it tho Into distnn.oo is 93,321.000 milos. As i* well kuown, New Zealand will bo ono of tho principal stations for tho Transit of Venus on Deo 0. 1883. With the viow ol reducing the cases of infanticide, Franco is almost decided U>. return to the praotieo uf Fonnkling Hos* [ pjtals. instead of the basket to r.voivo the stranger, and a bell to announoo when a "cleposit" lias boon made, it in proposed to adopt tho Italian system, where a monk with UuhWiml eyes, *its belupd tho wiek,ot, and takes in tho babes. It is reported thnt on one oe.o-Asion u mother brought her baby a^ed six years ; tho. ti^onk quossing his a»je !)V hi^ squailirtc ns well as by touch,, obj-cfed, tli at th*> foundling w^s '-'too advanced ;" tho mother oftored to tako threo children, aged two, years each, in exchange.