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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1506, 14 November 1885, Page 4

An Englishman m Naples made a bet with some young Italians, that he could set all th« lame aud paralysed, bergars, crouching m corner of that city on a " clean run." Matterß having been arranged,. the Englishman retired. after a while came rushing around- tho 1 nearest corner, followed by a rabble shouting., "The tiger is Ioobo! The ; tigen is coming T'&c., arid dushed -madly ; past the. beg^arsi, who m their terror. I forgot their professional trickery, and, !j leaping' to th«ir ' fe6t fled with the ij crowd. :"'■'■' ( A learned Irish judee, among other i peculiarities, had. a habit of. begging j pardon on erery occasion. On his cir- ■ cuit his farorite expression was employed m a singular manner At tke close i of the assize, when he was, about to ■ leave the bench, the offiqerof the court ! reminded him 1 that he had not passed > sentence , on r one of- the. criminals, as v he i had intended. > Dear me £ rt fpaid Wi | Ifordship," Ideally beg his| pardßn-4 I bring him inj- r ;<p ; I? It is s^pld |hat Cord Tentjygon %nd/ t hi* } family, including hit,little[granddaughter, were dining at Osboriie by invitation of the Queen. Dfcrihg tho- mear j the" bread iplate i*an Ibwi and the Queln , took the-Jast; piece, i Thereupon" the nlita jtleTennygon.twho^had been tgii'gh'tthftt; i^jWaßbftd maßnerfto.^.aJsa! tts la,6t ; aiid, said. Bcornfuilv : f Piggy, piggy, decapitation was m sto^e for the'eTiild 1 ;' I b'ut'theQritfeh'c^me 1 nobly to the resoTie. ["'Yoii are; righ^ my "dear , ;^ sfie^ "nobody but the Queen ihoiild take the; lgst piece on the plate. ,y . • , ,; > | The following : is /the result of;. thel Volunteer (-.firing for: the: t Goyernme.nt; pVisse* money^ which took pla.ee yiesterr day :^-Tarrant, Ist prize,| JEI ; Sergeant" Betf, 1! 2nd'priV:e;i.ss ; Votunieer^Hughe S ;, Brd prize, 10s ; Volunteer Ganstad^th' priz©i!7s 63 ; Voiu y nteerlhle, 1 5tn prize, ftg'j Voluneer Berk«hshaw, 6th prise,' 6s; Karen, 7th prize,2g 63. iSnow' lowest; score., s,'wfo-«ii---»>i;>hi\ 'nil S-~-\

The subject of to-morrow's Lyceum address is "Who are Christians." From the Woodvillo Examiner we learn that Messrs McAllister dud .Brooke went prospecting on their own account' a few days ago, foiiowiiiguptht) Kapantpawai -creek (near Bonnes).'' They have returned, and report haviug found vtry good quartz and well-defined . leaders. They intoml to go out again as scion as ' ' -the Daneyirke men eoine back; And vill ta We' witiiUhem drills to ir«ake l a' : dr ye ■intb the face o£-the ; r6ck. ' : ;! ■"'' } One 1 <6f the. 1 celebrated ' _• .*' Mignbn Pfanos" kindly Mem' for Iheticcaaion jby* M^HBr« ! Welch ami ; Go,' was heard". to id- t . ; vantage at the Dramatic entertainment last eveniujj. ; ■ ' . ; , ! j ", charged \. j>y 1s liiß|jeclpr Simpson witli haying' jji., mix«d t '. v lsis «if * lniisy. sheep m rua.passessioniniiinb.eri'Jg to-day, lliy )\losarß . crave and Sneißon'J.'P.,.4l^& n (l costs 7s " .H/lKUIl) M ;•■- --\lailsdfdf!the United Kingdom, and the cpntihddt '•; ofi ; Europe, per direct /riWa'rner/Aorangi, clnße at Halmerstoii on . VTueßd«fy, November 17th, at 7 45 p.m.! i.lTJieJtotal. receipts at' All Saints Convent m Wanganui, amounted to over A corresp6ndent|ii)formß us that tjie progress, being inane m opening tip Anderson's claim at Pohangtjria is hot geoSrally cun!»idered 'sntiafactory, the work being the reverse of continuous Or eneriretio. ' ! '■;,.-:■■. :'-.-.i?:-/ : :■ • • • ■ ■ .•' j A v^ry promising-loolcihg piece of qnartz with. a plot)^nugget of golil projecliiijr ffbuj it was siittwii to us yfsj.erfd'ayiCrWe^a'rKuotiailrberfyto^aHd^aie tire Jop^llty'in >y)iichat w&sjtpuodr j We leaVn that iM«BsVa Dundns anjdpalmerson; intend leading forrPohari^iu'a Mr T-*"Nelflou^ co'uv'eyink the p&rty 'up., to the ; reofsj,^making, d}\ early start from Ashurat m the raornijig. We should advise sheep-farmers sending stock to auction tube careful against any wilful- 'or unintriiitidnal-infrirtge-mentof the Act, as : the ,lnspector c will \h\> kind. Although unwilling to prosecute,h|e has an official dutyi to ; pftrfofm. • (■-. vi| v^ '".^~. r ' ( \ ■ '■ ' The writer ot letter -signed " Con- ; Ratepayer "mustjfurnisb'Shn* 'name acd .address; according, to^nsnal The stone referred, to' by us m our last issue as having been brought m- from PohingitfaibyTM^ Rickatatt^is*- crushed at^Mr'Forbes' ycsfev^ay,i m tfre prfesence of a number of gentlemen interested rin gold prospecting affairs. On, being broken it showed gold plainly to the naked "eye j; the piece visible' (about the size of; a couple of pinsl.heads), was dropped, into the acid and stood the test satisfactorily. All those who were present at the v ti'm|s .were agreed as to the genuineness of the test, more especially as the "gold and ' silver floating m the air of a jeweller's workshop" could not affect sucu a trial "kk the one given. .We understand' .^tliat; the piece tested' was just an ordinary sample of the stone lying about m aU. directions at Pohangina.-r-Th«iraday's Herald, ■ . !