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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1600, 5 January 1886, Page 2

In an An ck I and papi-r, a girl advertises for a Bitimtßon to take charge of a laundry or dairy. S»h can cook, and understands housekeeping, and .adds— ' : Nouo , but a respectable mistress, who wishes to leav- her! servanj; m uninterrupted discharge of her duties, need apply."

At the Palmerstort Sonth Show a horse ridden by a lady won the 'prize for " hack, highest jumper;" It is seldom or never (says the North Otago Times) that a lady is neon contesting tint m this instance the lady. (Mrß Davidson) not only rode as well as her male opponents, but with more nonchalance. While there were frequent baulks on the. part of the hacks ridden by ' several of Jthe gentlemen,' the aaimal ridden by the lady never baulked, and there were a good many expressions of delight at the .verdict when it was made known — the gentleman whose tiack was second joining m the demonstration.

. It was one of the good little boys from a Sunday near Boston who gave this interpretation to a verse ttught by a teacher : "Behold a greater t'h'iiflSblomon is here !" " Hold a crater to 'Solomon's ear !'! When at a loss to give the answer "Cain " to a question relative to that individual, the teachea, to jo>: his inetnory, asked : " What does a man walk with ?" Quick as a flash came -the reply, " a woman."

Admiral Tyron's suggestion fora Col' onial Feiieral Navy for the defence of the uoa»ts of Australia will probably be carried but before-long by the Australians, who are interested m the defence: of the two weak points of their extenaivecoaßt, "which" are King George's -Sou ud and Torres Straits. At these are not; i the weak points of New Zealand, we do not see how this Colony can join the proposed Federation.

Recently a party of about forty men surrounded a house m Columbia, S.C., where two mormons were stayiug, and: took them out for punishment. One "of the captives escaped, but i flying bullet grazed his neck. The other received forty lashes ou his bare back, at the hands;of the irate mob. They loft that region and took up their abode m auotlVer part of the country. . . :