AN EYE FOR EVERYTHING

Mataura Ensign, Volume 6, Issue 328, 5 February 1884, Page 2

AN EYE FOR EVERYTHING

By CrcLor. Mt royal friends are in trouble tfgiJtt*™The Emperor of Russia having ha<i a nar~ row escape , some time amd. and) hM&isMt-. «* pretended that rfc"war « hunting* iceidentv !|as been keeping c|qs©^ But even to emperors, bread is tne^sikS of life, so that a Nihilist baker could mis his confectionenrvorJUis. ,cEust*r loaf. Jn jßuch.fi. ._ a pistol shot or a -charge of dynamite. The Nihilists, therefore, laid themselves out to T get* « fpielxd M cduH^fiafcdrft&nß butler. They gotia |bftk«r, who tfillrfio -*- dojibt 2 sopn bp ift.the > same, categora- Tfifa^ jfnaroans baker, . whose dream Joseph .inferpreted-^'^ yhattKft^^ r tlim^elsr jV frqin off thee.l' ! How wfis'th© attempt 1 to^**! poison the Royal family ddfaeoyereMi^sft suppose a taster is kept who samples ill * fodd in the Royal presence. If the fellojr is ] with' Jo^ttisioas^iM m i K-m agony, poison is immediately snspeeted and the Roja^rlainilyjfftsjfclo^hf .xnext course and another taster. - AjJoTT^b of my. IK^aPfriyri^ Is'f CKi-« t wayo, the Zulu. He has- come down in the worfd. Erom Bchool, Dlit has been 'ignomihicuilT japtnred. Now, if the Gz*,* ran away from his billet, I would be*faT less snr» ~ bemp-ied 'to run aww, Kut^ was-recognis^d l X s br ja publican, who thouglit hlg.gueat was 'like the fellow on 'the -coin, md sopoor Lohis <wa^ jparc J^ed f back.^ p^vb&£<&\ col> r jectioii of 'and refugee rE^lanO. ' <J TSasj had and will have— Napoleon I and lit, the Prince Imperial, the rt exiKhedive; Tt% Arabia Cetewayo, KingTheodoro'B wn, £i I. Mahdi and the Czar, ■ " . • -''' •■■? - -:.•• * ■- -si ■,'**.:■ ■■.■ :.-* •■»*}* Sift Geobge Gbev has iweJi^ addr«B9iiig ; 60,0Q0 sopfs and trying to put soaw of his *v .spirit into them. He finds them StrjßW^jT -» ■• oblivious of tho privileges he' his g^ea them, and is -trying rto-, stiy r ;up)^«fix>"i politicartfSsociations for the j)uno6Se i o? carrying elections and -p\qttßl»g^*^ into power, as their, only hope. He of^iiL fated that he would lead the 'orgfwSng^ they would support Him* ifftdadt^l^^ ?jwt * m^ptUl he failed, Thia is a<;p^f^-->-..n position far the gallant Sip George 46 *& ■ sunie TOat 'MfQvLiwi^lu JtkTf| ■-_ = ' Oa^tatn MAOiyBKaJis 1 fits 0 fpoken-T-and ftonfe too soon; still W ig .better thajt tho^^gentlemeji ,wjio ; - W^P^P^-'L^ i-\ .opeping of a session call tb,©i? con«|ituv -v 1 ents together' and giye them a co^Jla^^L :of the previauat session. :>v Ait that?caiif^*> sai4iflfayo*qf t^at-tsty^e r that the part played ; by : .SB^MLtti i > Bariian^ent' has such ' an ' aTOniiiy 'f ov^olpi yion that it vroi\l4 u©ve»— be remembeiNitl nmjFeT-eis va> not simply getting his huad in fop an approaching session, or, reminding his heaiterf ; o| . jnjg^ 3 .^a«y^r^, fergotteh— his ' services., _H^ wa? Oflto tof the rerj first pret^sgionalß in ihp field, and discussed someth»g ( mo^..t^ ;.*« WWV w4 peTao^^Hy dojie and widi t' ,1 w|as gladttq learfl that the ht>spjitali^oj| •f.the capital did hot Wdu/ce him. fro^ tKe austere path of duty and getf.gncrinee |q which he, fuosn flrsft, deTO*e4 hjxn, the Kq^idT^g^e^^^P^^?^ 4 1 T ft W *^c tennis net waii^^adi In yajn splendid If ehes spread their charts a»4 - In vain of theJ?ainong»ji JU to cling to the ftrm^of sttch tL'gMkht^ f m>nv He! sat entrenched behind his duty and his eyebrows, and defied? the?chAHHef&,tl/ cnarming never bo iwisely. I don't re* i * member any, finer ejcamjue c£ deVotion, , , l^oAylolis "olef ftack^6ok?'- ''^ m^ * o^ually devoted to nil parts o|hic;4ji» v ,;.,.{ So he was at the last "election." 1 '"' 1 ' Those unkind people who fancied h«; wjpf^l showing, gpm© preference for JLetebMi, % no doubt be sorry, now that they. hav{? heard the truth. It was in the iaimni ftj;;j;he whole district. He is equally 4jyided amongiU^ a]\,i so; lthia^ tShafapFW Benefits him, benefits us all. " '•' .captain toucEed a wealc spo't-in'twK e,4ucatiojp. system when he referred to'^s ipp^t. When I was a.-sm^hoj^ tpqk r, shilling to the schoolmaster cT e ?2 l^i* 1^ v and'f'fea^iliafw^ ail'^e^ot, Tj^e^wg; " e .*de?» 1»-Qpw f and - yor. the ' sp^ylfng -Ifdiidn't get more 'than valued i wisHniy critics to remember this and be charitable. I Well; thenj ' yo\U ice VElcos^ii^ Ofiß honest parents, say, shillings pei pas brougnt me to. Jlut young JSew •sr / Zeklahd cos"ts the r c6unti^ "E4 SV%d f fcOe the three Jfc.s, and, what te h€e?^]ife&l*J . 1(0 come to P * Jtyt tho Cath6lics i c.a%i^ „ fully people spend their- owa money. When will we .feel that, government money is our owh P • > ,-..-.-f? Education on the WesFCqast is in the iand§;*of .tho bailiff; iThft^Board)thfe^ has; overrun coMtab]^ aad <&#

, afcjiie^ihfcti c&ln't kvWbelongto Government. An- unpaid contractor has put a dweendfint' of i%tferiryl in possession, and turned the cniidren out. The young Hps gave' three cheers for the bailiff. attempts, to get into .the Board's offices, And < had therefore to seize, the school, f iie fiftd seized the children alsjo,. . he might have extracted some money. •Mb' John Gubr is naturally connected witH IHlfoafion. rHTs^Srviceiaffi Jnvercargill wiUglfjfog $ig He is still teaching some of the inhabitants of that place a thing or two. 3lryhn§pfedt(Jr9hip' in T^iriaru lias expired, but it Traslbn^ .enough to enable him to jjet a good billet*. as a*, teacher, for Gurr junior. A fear haunts , t me^that I shall heaV'of'lum! again:*' He ! wiU'never be fatally shipwrecked." „ • YSS BT*« N U I .^-t*rrF tf •'.; <* - ■•■■'.■ Maot ;^p|ople ji ,dre under , the^ impression Ifffif'wnen a man is arrested for. tlieft, o&y whaHs'foffittd* on* nis person "can be seized or returned to the In the Mmous Massey cas<s» -for example, it was thought the tell-tale pocket book and the I other things found in his possession could be c.onfiscMedr^ T TMs*iSppcars A to havo been popular error, r > ;The;iCdrp6ratibn, 'finding him to be in the possession of money, havergpt,, if 'yer&ipt^for Ll5OO. I atu delighted." It would pay such a fellow we : li"td f spefe"na !I tKree : years in prison, SoHE curious statistics have been'publifehed, showing that the birth rate is cen«s&MBdblys*fcighur bfcWeltitigtfth tlian rt iti any other town in, the> colony. "What can the reason be? ,1 utterly refuse to believe that it is in anyway connected with . ti&WutMlMsMti -a lo£oflu>fy memWfcl Bfe &M,tmmmti • in J iSAt ' They - aon't all take their.jwiy.ftB with them, ana soflae of them haven't got any-r—so, that e?&ftP*Mitl'' FWv^'not'beeW able W tftice it to earthquakes, eithef\ and I am fe6t quite .certain ithajb government em- . plqyes are more prolific than less important people. I therefore hold the problem ot^it thr€p*^«entMopln^f6^]iii njkfn the iolution of itj v^Wtenldo, I'll tell you. ■ be popuiMy^He^xefoses. tp;b©;yt^e; or yt ellinctbn. He will stay away from itr. m*j:6dt that Ji? ev>n L 4eW%|y wiU, f<wbtfiftt h they : ISftfr "-'a* 1 ' ': At Atickland he fairly. !wpn the hearts of ithe peopl^.J^adjurmg jt^eir scenery and en* jvyibg their climate.' ' In Dunedin there there ißgomething like enthusiasm over Jus appreciation of the beauties and adAtr^CHnficnurch tnere is just a little •orenest at his giving them the go by,but they will forgive all when their turn '.'■ comes.. It feM 'no isfeiall 1 importance to the Empire that Governors should be popular the stronger. A. aoTB&xoB, Sirtrebrge" Bowen I think, once; had a very unpleasant experience of the SoSaast H^ T and family, are now enjoying. He— Sir George ■*-went tkither in a man-o'-war, that met •iih some accident and had to stay some ." t?as Telieved by pne '41 hw^art^trampingpver to* Queensfowii . and procuring the dispatch of a vessel TssPons comet is Irather a played out >-«ffiftir to be exhibiting in these parts. It "*~i»»s all very well in 1812, when the thing Was rdttn<i- this way before. We. had notbfeijg b^tter'ih'enl but. Aow/it is; like a dirty tug-boat following a direct steamer. Of course Pons doesn't know anything about the great comet of 1882, or else he'd eiilHil^iiMjrsiiwtf'jfchis article >of*> his or get a new one. This leads me to infer .that he's gone out of the stargazing business and isn't up To the times. Perhapß my spiritist friends will enquire. T&y^ould-teHAim that we",wilM6t.'BfcrC off*thit time, Dut wilTexpect something better in 1956. . Philanthbopy is a most estimable virtue to see that the virtue I have mentioned becomes a shadow when the lover of his fellowraen has to put his hand in his pocket. The Dunedin Coffee Palace M « case in point. When it was instituted it was to be a great moray.ever. Drunkenness would begin to disappear and a happier day had dawned upon humanity. But after^ three, year^trial , it is MpLfth^^h^a^thlopyS unßfcs it is diluted with whisky does not pay. At the annal meeting on Thursday last one speaker said he was r oh# of those who took tip shares in the venture, not with thf }Oint*ak3&g ; any. iprpfiti -He would not like to see the affair collapse, but hoped the directory could ,see their ■ Kray to carry it. on without loss to the shareholders. He understood that the landlord was willing to undertake the management for a time, and would guarantee that* the"^shareholders^ would not be at any loss. He hoped the direc? tors^woulct seriously consider tHis or any other proposition whereby, it could be c»rmed on without getting further into ' de'l>t. If some such. plan could not be adopted the Coffee Palace must go, and that would be ! agreat^ity. •'* f - - O»kj 6omes^ laeross^ some, exceedingly queer "misappropriations of words occa•iO^^mt^isiifm'i^in'the habH of Ooii|i with " 'oil pblloi." (I' earnestly hbpVftAt*much tried juvenile, the P.D,, won't make my good quotation, ■-« Ho.y\ $m? \") Vb* «W day I bear 4 a ma« %hQ" ta&rs the name of a captain of ajsc^ers h± Scott's M ,Quenten Durward " f||[^de to »A -*'tfccoucheme»l? v 'as an '* enW^m^" PjobaWy, he was right, l^aci^ as tfte Uracje \n the " Innocents A\»foad n was .unconsciously so when he : called, the butter the only palatable bsve*age"* on* ' the : 'ship: -' Another genius with whom I. am well, acquainted persistsm calling '" Psyche " •''Physic." 'Tie too, is jmcojaseiously correct* as . we have had fiftuclisaid abpuj(i#ie.so\}l tM I pB^BEVB that my, old friend Mr W. G, Mackay*has^di^c6vered 'another omen of the enipf Jhe^orl^ iJIe has found an. analogy between the plan o| a Jmp^e appprdfflg'^ I^^ 4^&c«iption of Bzekiel, jftz for m;any years stuaied %he fit eight^chaptersi o£ "^tte . prophetiman-^ >^ci I s^oul4,li^to know (1), Wta c tempH^cMcuiatealft j^4 9 1 m] "4 o^ lKwraSw.^U W» t». i.JH feomJreaoJe^oiis o^ B?W§ s.P,ecto? $Ms ojß "tije pjpopps.^4 tompje that dge S- mm fiaa SeenlW^fiOTt^a^om, M fti t^e wl?sts (wjo must be SeT and lor aftars and the burning ceii^«and f |atf .hereditary priesthood^wiU notr^t'theriewsof^.Scott^hportion jcrolnmeld'tC^Sully tdmake a/life sti^dy of sauaring the circle, rather than at T tJtePt ta^^n^Wa^ie^t'propheti