Foreign News.

Manawatu Herald, 21 July 1892, Page 2

Foreign News.

The latest foreign news is very suggestive. On the Indian frontier trouble is kept alive. The Hazaras tribes are in revolt, the Ameer of Afghanistan is stated to be sulky, and another Eussian expedition has started for the; Pamir country. This is Eussia's contribution towards the opportunity look forward to when Mr Gladstone becomes Prime Minister of England, In. the column of "Notes and Events," to be found elsewhere, will . be seen a peculiar forecast, of the events that . are now taking place in Morocco. The country, referred, to is France, and this is one portion of her duty to'wards creating trouble to assist her ally Eussia. Foreign countries have always a deep interest in English elections and are prepared to do a lot of bounce when a Liberal Ministry isin office. Mr Balfoiuy in one of his latest speeches, hinted that! foreign matter* were in a very ticklish j state.

Messrs McMillan, Rhodes & Co advertise two special lines, their new Sylvan crockery < and tfie Bartholdi lamps. The two lines \ are c eap and good, and are on view in the i firm's grocery window. j Messrs Loveday Bros, announce a bar- ' gain sale now on, and to run for three ' weeks. Every important line is reduced ' and bargains are to be had in every de- ' partment. ( Poor Government ! The only " liberal " j newspaper in Dunedin vide advertisement , in N.Z. Times, is for sale. ! A remarkable instance of honesty in showmen is given by a late English papet, i At Banbury there was one of the old-time i penny-shows performing, and ,an old lady i | in paying for her entrau.de. jtive the ddor-keep.evana!i-^nay,fta<*> 4* fto: tfcotfejhfc two farthings, but they were half-soveirelgrli. When the show was full, tho ; proprietor went to the front and asked if any. person, had more coin than he or she knew what to do with. No one answed. The showman then asked the old lady to look in her purse, when she was surprised to find only two farthings. The audience loudly applauded when the two half-sovereigns were handed over to her. At the London show they equal even the attractions of Palmerston North, as they have at the "Wild Wett" a troupe of Cossacks who perform such tricks as picking up whips, dismounting and re-mounting at full gallop, standing on their heads upon the saddle, and riding backwards. In addition this troup ?ing, but though it has very little variety it is said to be more refreshing than the terrible " Ta-ra-ra-B66m-de-ay." Then they also dance, so that perhaps they evell excel the Cowboys of our neighbouring town. ' In Scotland great trouble has been oc'ca- I sioned by the ravages of the field-mouse, or voles. These mice are larger than - the ordinary mouse, and has a redder hue, and a short tail. ; A good many years ago the New Forest, in Hampshire, suffered from their depredations aB they killed tree? by biting their roots asunder underground, At last the plan of digging small pits about a foot and a half deep every twenty or thirty yards was adopted, and in a short time 40,000 were caught, and it was supposed as many more were taken Jfrona. thepits by haaafs of preyV.v.'i'- ■ < '■■■ Some boys, some big, someflittle,,created, so it is asserted, some disorder on Saturday evening, whitat the Phonograph was ! being' exhibited. It may be of interest to them, likewise to their parents, who, if the youngsters are fined, will have to pay, to know that summonses are about to be issued against a certain number. It would be better, wiser, and cheaper if parents would exercise some control over their offspring, than to leave the constable to. act 1 as a sort of god-father to them. Mr T. Wilson wants to hire a draught | horse for six months. The Borough Councillors came in for some hard swear words on Tuesday evening, on account of the state of the road to the Hall. "Water, water, everywhere," and into it most of the audience went. However, as three of the Councillors experienced the inconvenience of combining i roads and canals as a means of communication, we may hope for an improvement , in the sweet by-and-bye.

On Tuesday John Anderson, well known in this town, wad brought before the Justices at Palmerston on the charge of stealing some spring cai't harness, He was remanded for seven days. Ball waa allowed, himself in £50 and two sureties £25 each. : „

• The black pox, of which we are informed the other day,, must be the worst- kind of cholera that is now raging ia "Europe- and Asia. It is generally described as ttfe Black death, on account of purple blotches conning out on the skin. It is said to carry the victims off in a few hours. It appeared in Dublin in 1866, and in Ita y away back in the year 1340.

A Sioux-Indian maiden, during the Indian war, fell in love with a lieutenant in the United States army, and died of a

broken heart, This was sad enough, but now the Americans are going to exhibit a life-size statue of her at the Exhibition, Why not have one of the heartless lieutenant ! We must be there ! A number of farfamed Kerry cowb are to be taken from Ireland to Chicago, at the time of the Wor'd's Frir, for the purpose of presenting to the admiring gaze of visitors the spectacle of real Irish milkmaids and butter makers— pretty ones, of course— pursuing their avocation. At the Irish industrial village, too, which will be one of the interesting features of the Fair, will be seen native Donegal peasant girls spinning wool in genuine Irish cottages, and dyeing it in the historic potato-pot on a real bog-peat fire. We reoorded the other day that a 'balloon left Havre on the ; Ffench coast and was after three days found in England, snow oovered and empty. The aeronaut* were rescued by a sailing ship in the Channel, and have been landed at Finisterre. Lucky fellows. A Chinaman, named Long Way, died the other day in Wellington and waa buried at Karori. Light refreshments were served, to thos& who attended the funeral, andia quantity of freshly-cooked food and a modicum of Chinese Were left upon the grave. ' The importers of colonial produoe .recommend Australians to exercise caution in the erection of freezing works, as it is difficult to dispose of frozen' meat supplied at 3d per Jb. They assert, that the. demand r for the colonial article is limited, that , the ' increase shbuld be gradual, ' and that any sudden influx would result disastrously to shippers. The importers further state that Eiver Plate meat, which is improving in quality, is equal to that imported from Queensland aid' New South Wales, and that hostile tariffs have had the effect of dosing the Continental markets. The Timed Palmerston correspondent says : — Five residents of Stoney Creek were poisoned on Saturday through the effects of arsenic. The men were working at Cotter's place, near Ashurst, felling bush, and having forgotten to take cooking utensils to the camp, utilised a kerosene tin which they found in a sheep yard. A pudding was cooked in this, and after the men had partaken of it all were seized with spasms and vomited violently. They were conveyed home, and are now out of danger. It Beems the tin had been used for boiling arsenic before it fell into the men's hands. A curious discovery, says the ; Vyangariu,i .■ChronitUi appears to have' ijepn-. madeiat Castlecliff (Wanganui Heads). Mr Shannon, in sinking a well on. his ground, met with an effervescing water with a taste closely resembling the ordinary soda water of commerce. The supply is continuous, and is used and well liked for household purposes. It might be worth while to have a specimen of it analysed.

The Victorian Government lias decided to recognise Decming's will, and his estate is now being administered. His will contains several bequests to the gaol official?, including a block of land to the Governor of the gaol ; also a piece of land to Mr Marshal Lyle, who conducted his defence.

We are in receipt, from the publishers, of Stone's Wellington Directory, a most useful work for all business men. The various town and country districts are first given with an alphabetical list of the residents, then there is an alphabetical list of all the inhabitants with their addresses, atid thefl a^ list of trades and professions. Thus it will b'e seen that it is easy to find anyone with its help. There are" two maps, one of the city of Welling' ton, and the other a map of the colony showing road and railway routes. The whole wjork is splendidly printed p.nd well bound; The New Zealand annual comprises a complete calendar, an historical sketch of the doloiiyj a digest/of various laws affecting settler* moi'e particularly, and the Customs Tariff revised to May last.

/The Manawatu County Council have Siiddeßß*dl in 1 securing that half the cost of the erection 61 a bridge over tho Oroua river near Carapbelitotfn", Shall be borne by the Manawatu Road Boaraj «te last Gazette having published the copy 61 the warrant for so doing.

The experiments conducted in Greece for the purpose of destroying mice by introducing the typhus bacillus among them have been successful.

A most amusing scene was recently witnessed on the Seine. One of the passengers on board a steamer was a man who had travelled a considerable distance. As the vessel was approaching its destination he was asked for his fare, which he declined to pay. On being. pressed for payment' he suddenly leaped overboard, striking out after the mantier of ail expert swimmer. When nearing the bank, however, he was alarmed at seeing ft police* irian, who had seen or heard the coinmotfofl Oti ttW t* v sel; The officer did his best to induce the swlnimef td land, but the [man preferred the opposite ham, tot 'which he swam, landing safely, . and making good his escape, •