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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 161, 10 July 1871, Page 4

White Aboriginals.— There are white aborigines as well as dark ones in Victoria yet, writes, the Ballarat Courier. The other day a bushman entered a hairdresser's shop in s isallarat, who, though nearly forty yeafc£ of age; had never seen a lookinggtass\jjn his life . When he entered the shop a^gentleman was sitting in one of the chairs, and a conversation was going on in an adjoining room, between which and the sitter hangs a large pier lookingglass. ' The bushman, seeing the back of the sitter's head reflected in this glasg*.. imagined the owner was engaged in conversation with some one not far away. He asked the hairdresser whether that was not " M'lntyre" whom he sa;w through the window, i.e., the glass, and an expression of doubt being indulged in, he went near to the glass and addressed the reflected cranium. Not receiving a reply, he walked out of the shop and entered the room behind, where" he was still more mystified by finding half-ardozeu persons carrying oh an animated conversation, bat. the head had disappeared. ' Returning with a curious expression in his countenance to the hairdresser's shop, the mystery was explained to, him. He spent some fifteen minutes, afterwards looking at the glass, and " his wonderment at there being such' an article of furniture in existence^.. The ,rustic said ,\he . had ; been far liack in the bush since , he was a child, and v that -was .the.jfirs^ti^e^he had come wfißin the bounds of civilised lookingglasses. - -■; '" "" ■$^fc T :FqX; ;Hf 1 . r SEW< i i YoßKvrr-Sm'all-i pox, of late, has y- been « mating ''great* ravages' ijOv|New (^ork,,the.p^ of deaths, accordip^ to XheiNew YorkJPimes, bemgie^p,rmou».,r; ?The aamejjpnrnal gives thetot oiferihg; pM'ticulari^%^ means taken to prefe^ra^ spread 'of in f ectioiit^i Asr?*i gOTeraMri'lei'titf %6 , 6 ! ff as cases are repor^d^^n'^SpeWor is tdespatclied : to v t^ij@;»^pxe^aiß.es make ,-an examination. If it proves to be a real

stantly sent to convey the patient to the hospital. Where the parties are able to allot the entire qpper floor of the dwelling ani furnish a uurse, in utter isolation from the world,; tbe [patient is permitted to remain, and thel.placg is disinfected and watched r There are many highly respectabla,persons.%ho*cannot do this^ajad to remove tbe 'sufferer to the dreaded hospitaljprecincts is a most painful^task. The' patients there are isolated fromvall tlie world ; the nearest and dearest friends cannot see them v — When death ensues, the Board 1 of He£lt£ men wrap the corpse in double sheets,- completely saturated in. carbolic' acid. .The, coffin- is sealed-'per-* fectly tight aud ''boxed. No funeral is allowedV ' The remains are'interred privately in the family, plot, vault, or' potter's field ' Several cases" have been reported in person at the Sanitary office. One came into the building completely pitted. Dismay seized upon policemen and clerks, who scattered in all directions, some sliding down bannisters, some vaultiog but of the windows, and others plungiug pellmell into closets and locking the doors: Finally a brave African was bribed to lead tbe sufferer to the ambulance." .. Napoleon and Eugenic. — The exiles are so much -tormented by the curiosity to which they are victin^j.they are unable , to remain at Chiselhurst ; the crowds that go down daily, just to catch a glimpse of them, as though tbey were the lions or monkeys, of the iZoological Garden^;, press upon them, destroy their privacy, .and prevent them from taking the walks in the, open air in which both Emperor and Empress have always been, so assiduous.; They are going to reside in a remote castle in one.of the. Scotch Islands, placed at their disposal by the! Marquis qf Normanby, who, like the owner of Cbiselhurst, is a very old friend of Napoleon, and glad' to: prove his friendship by substantialservice,. It is certain that the Emperor has not got a penny- in the world beyond .his little estate of Arenenberg, in Switzerland, which his health does not allow him to reside upon, and which is of very small value as a means of support. They are living oni the small.income of the Empress, which she had before her marriage, helped out, possibly by relatives and friends. The Em peror-' seems to. have believed himself to be the. possessor of Aladdin's lamp. He raised money by the million, and spent it ; but he put nojthing by, and has, at all events, left France as poor as be went back to it. He was 63 years* of age yesterday, having been born in Parian the 20th of April, 1808, atithe Tuilerfcs, from the top of which' the ominous. red flag is now floating in place of the tricolour. . „., ;\ • j| The Great Overland Telegraph.— The following interesting information with reference to the progress oi\ the .oyferland telegraph is from the S.ZAl, Register :— '** We may mention that altogether there are about 300 teams employed on this linej and had Mr. Todd known, thai* the season would have turned out so favorable as it has done, he has no doubt that a considerable saving could have been effected in the contracts for cartage. .The stations,, for which plans: are now being prepared, will be ei'ected at" distances of from 150 to 180 miles apart. They will be, substantially built. of stone, and attached' to each there will, be two tanks capable of holding 15,000 gallons of water to provide for seasons of drought. At Port Darwin there will be a central office, consisting of three compartmentsl On one side there will be the South Australian officers' quarters, comprising seven rooms, **while ; on the Mother side there will be the quarters of the British" company's superintendent, and quarters for four assistants, besides a mess and; store 1 roomii :; The. company will keep one large steamer constantly at Port Darwin to repair tte, cable.; Almost immediately an operator will leave Adelaide to join the wiring party at Beltaiia; He wlll^accompany them as the wire progresses, which will be a£ the ; rate of about 100 miles per mouth, until he reaches - the north end of' Mivßagot's '"•contract of 500 miles.i ; When the wire. reaches the Peake an instrument will be permanently fixed there, under the charge of an operator,,*. n$ another operator will go on to' connect the^wire with \tjhs south end of Section A, where by Sha't iiime the wire" < will 'ha^e beem continued another; 300 miles, afl^.a,. P e ,cond. operator ( w s ill be Rationed at the Charlotte Waters. A thjrd; • wd.ll,.,;beiplaced f .iu y charge,; ;oK..tlie,, secppd dep6t, the junction of the Hugh ijnd the Finke M and,a fo^h f operator will proceed with'thdi wlrih| pWt^'tb sections < C, D, and E, keeping up the communication as 1 He goes.. 'Mt-.'TSdd'WiU/probably a* ispa teh the st^tipnmaster for ; win by the vessel pilihg.^ext'iimoDth, and on 1 his arrival ther^|^opJßmoY jgvho is howstationed at Port Darwto-wilrbe sent with instruments *n^ih|fit^es to*the Roper, and a tliird operator on jlhat^sye wilj keep tip. communication w i th. the, f ßoper- and ? Port Darwin, so that* when the. two lines meefcj comtßuntiiati^n wiU^be 'established a r^ght throughi" XtiMX \. ■ ; ' : '"'''^

Consolation for the Poor. — Among the poor, the approach of dissolution is regarded with:' a quiet and natural composure, whichrit is consolatory to contemplate, anJ-<which is as far removed frota the dead? palsy of unbelief as it is frqirt the delirious raptures of fanaticism. Theirs is a true unhesitating^iaUh; and they are willing to lay downHhe burden of "a weary life' in the sure and certain hope of a blessed immortality". ~ Who, indeed, is there that would not. gladly make the exchange, if he lived only for himself, and were to leave none who stood in need of him, uo eyes to'- weep at his-, departure, nd : hearts to ache for his loss ? The day of death, says the preacher, is better than the day of one's! birth ; a sentence to which whoever has lived long, and- may humbly hope that he has not lived ill, must heartily assent. — Sottthey.