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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 214, 7 September 1872, Page 4

The St. Alban'a(Vt.) Messenger thiDks sky blue is a pretty color for ceilings, but not so tasty for country milk at 8 cents, a quart. Two : State Coaches, late the property of the Emperor Napoleon, have been bought by a Sheffield 'bus proprietor, who intends to hire them out for weddings. Josh Billings says—" If a man has got 80,O00doIs. at : interest, and owns the house he lives in, it ain't much trouble to be a philosopher." A Nkwhaven Doctor quieted a clamorous landlord by showing him a skeleton in a closet, and saying that "that man came, here just two weeks ago with a bill." In reply to a young writer who wished to know " which ' magazine will give the highest position quickest," a contemporary advises " a powder magazine, if you contribute a fiery article." . . ; The Freemasons of Gloucestershire have undertaken, at their own sole charge, the restoration of the beautiful. reredos in Gloucester Cathedral, the cost of which is estimated at over £1000. „ , By latest advices from Sydney, we learn that the New Zealand vessel lately engaged in f 'the pearl fishery has been very sucpessful. 7 Wo "•"beliey.e this, to. be the brig * Pakehaj' - belonging to 1 Dunediri . 'We ; learn from private sources that Mr Cadell has .a barque engaged 1 |n the fishery, and , is -re^ortSU ; • tolbe highly pleased ; witV his v venture, as he has succeeded beyond the most sanguine •; anticipations.— Auckland '■Seiar^r^-- : -'y^ : r-yU x : ' :: : '.:' : .■,/,■■.:■. >"■ '.''; ,'•: The iPjaris^Qdutois 'gives the' fpUo,#ing:- .*+•*?& ;Capucliinvnibnk, well ikno wn in the Faubdurg J^inj^J^nea^^fierej he< fed 'nearly a■; hundred -pbpr:p^^ . collected by him ; sin the J^^ourg rSaiiiftvj ; has ■ j ust: \ di^ paying . '"afc hir ■ . Wb^^inter^^ .?■ - a£ : y^«iDfle;' :, by ir Ml v',^^r^C;ian(i^a^aH«iv ,V

: f»e dpes;-not;tk^^ ■• JulWiEa^r.^ myl fwfyk to fhide/itii ,'3rdly, to M. XJambetta, my .qord, which jjvill prove useful oneway routed his neck; ; fthly, to M. Thiersyvjiis own, work, that •he may read it over again; and Stbly, to France, my, wallet, because she may shortly have opcasitiri for one to- collect alms?" • A Novel Military Match. — On the 17th of June, the officers of the Royal Horse Guards (Bluc j b) and the 9th Lancers playei'd a match of " hockey on horseback," in Windsor Great Park, this rather uncommon pastime attracting a large and fashionable company to witness the exciting sport. The site was the cavalry exercising ground. ■■■ About four o'clock two bodies of ihorseroen rode on to the ground, and the two sides were speedily placed in position, tbe Royal Horse Guards taking poseseion of the goal at the Queen Anne's. Ride end, the : 9lh Lancers having that . nearest . the Cemetery. A white wooden ball was thrown in the air, and the Royal Horse Guards having won the first goal tbe sides were then changed, Captain Ciayton soon after obtaining a goal for the 9th Lancers, A half-hour's more play gave another goal, made by the Marquis of Worcester, to the Blues, who finally won by two goals to one on the part of their opponents., Suicide of a BoY.--An inquest waslately ,beldon the body of a boy who committed suicide in a very determined way on the London and Brighton Railway. It appears that the deceased wa"s the son of a farm-laborer and had to watch some cows after leaving school. He disliked this employment, saying it was duller than playing at marbles. Although of a cheerful disposition, he suffered at times from weak nerves, and did not like to be alone. His age was ten. One evening, meeting a schoolfellow, he gave him a knife, saying he was " going to commit suicide." He then got into a ditch, but the water was not deep enough for his. purpose. He got out, went to the railway and . placed himself across the metals. This was near what they call the " Palmer's Level Crossing." The driver of tbe train, seeing the boy on the line, sounded the whistle and shut off the steam. Upon this, the deceased raised his head and covered his face with' his 1 hands, as if to conceal. the approaching engine from sight. The train was going at the rate of forty or forty-two miles an hour, and the i deceased was killed instantaneously, the head being severed from the body. The coroner said it was the most extraordinary case he had ever heard of. Verdict, " Suicide while of unsound mind."