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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 221, 16 September 1872, Page 2

Kangaroo, the horse for which the late Marquis of Hastings gave £12,000, is now running in a Hansom cab in London. A New ,Catechism.- — Whom did Adam marry, and. when did he marry her? Oue Eve. — When Adam and Eve were in the gardening business, what time did they commence picking apples. In the Fall. — ■• What was the first step they, took in the sugar business? Raising Cain. — Why did not Gain make good sugar? Because he wasn't Abel. — Who was the wisest man? Noah. — What did he know? He knew enough to get in out of the rain. A late Scotch paper has the.following: — "Iv consequence of the rise in the value of labor and. raw' material, newspapers have been obliged to raise the scale for advertising. The Scotsman's generalscale is now sixpence per line, while the charge for public notices is ninepence per line. It is believed that the other provincial .papers will be obliged to follow the example set by their Edinburgh contemporary/ In New Zealand, where the

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•"• ;Vrice ; if -liSi^lttS^ at itr J iai& Scotland, ',■ and \£hei;e) .materiaia aro ; almoat '. dotfrtif ttie ■•",^ic^mpßfc")i]bwß'papetß. charge considerably, less for " ; advertisements than their .home,, con temporaries. Advertising and printing are both, for some unaccountable reason, cheaper m the Britain of the South than in the Britain of the North. K The Reeftqn correspondent of tbe "~ Grey Eivei Aryus writes thus : — To say that business was dull in Eeefton -would convey scarcely the faintest shadow of the, truth; to say that trade was dead and money unknown would express very faintly indeed the actual condition of things in this: lively city of the reefs. The reaction to be anticipated from the insane rush of business men to an undeveloped district has fairly set in, and at the present time tbe town is really in a state of collapse. Cash is almost as absent as in the good old days of barter, and before coinage had been resorted to; the only mystery is howtradesmen meet their inevitable weekly or monthly bills. The explanation is easy, and is conveyed ia the words has^y ' trading and speculation. It must be evident to anyone who has taken care in ascertaining the resources of. the district that they are .almost incalculable, and that in the course of time they will be unfolded ; but at the same time it is simply preposterous for a multitude of people to pitch themselves headlong into business in a locality that could not be expected to support them for a. year or two hence. Thus all the trouble, and because people have been rashly absurd, they blame the district for it. To tell the truth, anything much more forlorn than the aspect of the main thouroughfares could scarcely be imagined. There are dozens on dozens of houses sparsely inhabited, and the days of joval share-selling are altogether at an end. The whole delusions in short that only a few months ago clothed the fabulously wealthy. Reefton have been dispelled before the unpleasant light of fact, though the probability is that Ihe community, as a whole, will be far better for the somewhat bitter ordeal that they are now, and have been for some time, undergoing. A Chinese Duel. — A fight at Virginiaj Montana, between two Chinamen named Mun Gee and Ching Ho, is thus described by the Montanton : — Throwing aside their outer garments, and each armed with a huge knife and ugly- looking hatchet, they faced each other for the fray — the women,. meantime, viewing the preparations with unconcern. For a moment they stared at each other like wild beasts over disputed prey, and then sprung forward with uplifted weapons. In the first onslaught Ho's nimbleness of foot saved his worthless carcass, for, stepping quickly to one side, the hatchet of Mun Gee cleft nothing but air* and Ho buried the blade of his knife in the cheek of his unwieldy adversary. Withdrawing it, he stepped back into position. Howling vengeance, and with a torrent of blood gushing from his frightful wound, Gee rushed upon his man, and with a dexterous blow -which wo vi ld have been fatal had it reached its mark, laid a three-cornered piece of Ho's larboard ear on the floor, and received in return an ugly gaßh in the right shoulder from Ho's knife. Gee was now bleeding freely, and with the ebbing of the crimsoD tide oozed his strength and discretion. He fought wildly, while his wily antagonist rained his hatchet blows fast and sure, cutting Gee in a terrible manner about tbe face, hands, and neck. . At' last, as; Gee endeavored to grapple his opponent, he received a deadener under the right ear from Ho's hatchet. He, fearing arrest, fled. About this time the police arrived upon the scene. At the request of Mary, Gee was put in his little bed for repairs, and a physician summoned. Athough horribly mutilated Gee may possibly recover. The wound in the neck is not so deep as .was [hoped, and his jugular vein was unfortunately missed, but his facial attractions will always lack their usual amount of 'cheek, and bis genial voice will be marred byhthe absence of" nearly all his front teeth. ; section of bis left ear is the only relic the authorities' have of Ho, and even that will be relinquished to the medical faculty on application. : A Bold Fraud. — The Australasian giveVthe following ;~Afc;,a time when we are in daily expectation of being " v i'n''tele-' grapaicconQmunication with England, it is worth^jlwiile;>drawing^attention to a crime tha#has just jtjeen discoyerejd? in :.New; York - las; iUustr,atf rigcihV '.'n^cfessity: 6f „mVtcan.tile? = men look^t^ telegramsj :and|. ais<r ,the extent Atotwhicli; ; men Ire drtyett^yf cbmraercial comperitiipn-. "•':'" :The^ewt/¥OTk :^da!p^ :^v ; 'and(C<^4^S-the^&g^ of injrlirm in tfie United^JStattJs; ;^6ehtlyM l^&eiiiW^ ilmi^ii^^euibii^Pri^lQde^ci

minerals, and the prospect of foreign/markets being knov??n;r at once con- i ; eulted their lawyjej,,a|^!tb^e 4 8ervjcef8 of the': astutest detectives ia New York were put.' iri requisition ; but at first without avail. The detectives followed Messrs. Phelps and Dodge's confidential clerks day and night like their shadows, only, however, to be mystified more and more. At length it was resolved to try a new method. A close watch was placed upon ahe premises of the f firm, and at once the mystery was cleared up. After the premises had been closed, and just as night was setting in, a Mr. Nelson, a New York broker, was seen to come to the door and knock three times upon it. . At this signal, Peterson, the janitor, opened to him, and Nelson^entered and remained inside for two or three hour?. It was ascertained that these visits were repeated every night, and that Peterson moreover, called upoa Nelson every morning. After keeping, watch for several days, and making sure of these facts, the detectives arrested Nelson one night as he • left the premises. In his possession were found copies of the private letters and telegrams received by Messrs. Phelps and Dodge that^ day, together with a false key in wtiiph the originals. were kept." other accomplices were . arrested. •' The boldness and originality of their operations," we read, "are not more remarkable than the extensive scale on which they were carried on. A single instance will give some idea of this. Mr. Phelps was in treaty for a large quantity of -quick-, silver with a house in St. Petersburg, aud, as the value was very great, he resolved to go to Russia in person and inspect the metal. He kept, secret his real destination, giving out that he was going to New Orleans to open a branch house; but as ha was going on board the steamer a telegram was put into his hand announcing that he had been forestalled. The purchase had been concluded by telegram at a price but slightly higher than he was willing to give." ' Moke Executions at Versailles. — A correspondent, writing on" 6£h July, says : — " The bloody plain of Satory has been the scene of two more executions. The men shot this time were obscure individuals, belonging to the dregs of the Paris population, who were sentenced to death by a court-martial for common law crimes during the reign of the Commune, without, as the prosecution alleged, any political pretext. And yet one of them, Baudoin, was convicted not only of murdering a man named Herron, but of setting fire to public buildings. The other convict, Rouillae, killed a man named Dubois, and afterwards robbed his house. , The prisoners-, coarse, brutal men, whether justly condemned or not, assumed the airs of political martyrs. When warned. at four in the morning that their sentence was. about to be executed, they abused the gaolers, and said their friends wonld avenge them. They both refused to listen to the priest, arid repulsed him rudely. When asked if they desired anything before leaving the prison, they took some wine and coffee. Bouillac smoked a dirty short pipe, laughed frequently, and sang snatches of songs. < While this scene was. going on, Baudoin recognised iv one of the gaolers an old comrade in tbe artillery of the Guard. With him he conversed quietly^ and spoke with great coolness of the certainty he felt that his political friends would soon get the upper hand. After the very short ; interval for refreshment and preparation, the prisoners were conducted to the execution ground in prison vans. The chaplain, Abbe Folet, rode with them. On the plateau of Satory, at five in the morning, there was the usual scene, 10,00,0 troops drawn up on three sides of a square, and two firing parties ' opposite two posts. The prisoners walked steadily to the posts, but again repulsed the priest so .roughly, that he Jaastily withdrew to a carriage, quite frightened. They placed their- backs against the posts,; Kouillac still smoking and singing,, and seemed to wait their fate as bravely as ; many better men have done in the same place. -But, 'in consequence of its, having been found at a recent execution that the soldiers were made nervous by, the site of the prisoners eyes, and. could not take good 'aim,i positive orders, have been given that bandages r shalli be? iput rbundv'thefeyeßf of .every man brought out to be shot. Both Baudoin j and Eouillacrstrenously resisted; the .soldiers, sent, to ■execute, .this order. They loudly^. declared /they iwpuld ,. look death in" -the ';" face. (TheyJ. tore off^ the ; iftet^he7,^^:|j|ee^i^ut dD, and yiplentlyApushed'ith^lßpidiOTs awayl Al It ; ; was a .shocking an^u^ .vQumberJ^ ;^da£sdj|;biit^th^ Ipju^n^Mg^ \tooksfl^s^^ ¥$$;■ that.? they did ;^ti^U^|p!ttiei^cl|^