ECHOES.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 27, 1 February 1875, Page 4

ECHOES.

Of what has Heaven given us an equal share?— Air. What do&s. rumor often do when it flies?— Lies. Which is the loveliebt flower that grows? Rose. Whose children are we apt to think tbe sw eeteat n > owerf>?-*~Ourß. What in manner is sure to please? — Ease. What will frequently overcome the most austere— Tear. , What losea its flavor when we borrow it? —Wit. What is that wealth seldom extinguishes? — Wishes. What traits are difficult to exterminate? — Innate.

The Auckland Star says two immigrants by the Assaye Btate that they intended to go to Ddnedin, but came to Auckland on the representation of the Home Agency that they could walk there. They went to tbe agent of the Stpam Shipping Company* and arranged for their passaged South on promissory notes, and are absolutely penniless. Among the articles of an inflammable nature included in the cargo of the illfated ship Cospatrick were 1082 gallons linseed oil, 100 gallons rape oil, 95 gallons turpentine, 89 gallons varnish, 20 barrelß pitch and tar, besides spirits and drapery goods. Tbe total vslue of the cargo was f 16,945, of which £15,063 was covered by insurance in Mew Zealand offices. A Victorian contemporary, the Ben~ digo Advertiser, has the following : — " li is not very often that even amongst miners such a case of extraordinary liberality is heard of as one which was brought under our notioe a few days ago. The news comes from 'Finn igan's,' an important division of the Ethbridge district. One of the most persevering, hardworking and successful parties of miners was that of Harry Jjewia and ..his tbree mates the proprjJßtorrfNof^ tbe Mtaenßlander and Majg|j^M| Lome v^BSSSSSsbSbKSSsBS^^ something V^fHSKKf^'^y offered £600 by his |||IBBgHEr his interest in the reefa and PB^HGary, but Mr Lawis not only BBBbB to aece P t a shilling, but, making ifißHßHgßlute gift to them of tbe property, ■^MHHchampagne supper to a numerous S^BflSof hi 8 friends prior to his depßßHUjond on journal says when the SHBHEture takes up the flogging Hbßq it may be well to consider HjaHJiwr punishment by the /( cat" gBBBBnot often with advantage be imSHHMHMB not necessarily bb an addition to Sj^B^ft lieu of that of imprisonment. SMBftouse often made by magistrates |Mfll||B|e lenient sentences they pass on E9HBM od& 1 ruffians for ill-lrentiug their l3|flflj|§ is a lengthened terra of irameans starvation Or the workhouse to the wife and family of the offender. This difficulty would be entirely obviated by soundly flogging him and then lettiDg him go. Moreover, to many of these ruffians imprisonment is no punishment at all, but on tbe contrary a pleasing relief from necessity of supporting their families by labor. It must also be borne in mind that the good effect by example of a flogging would be materially heightened if the culprit were turned out of ihe prison dooirs smarting from his castigatioh instead of, as at present, being allowed to remain a burden on the j public while his scars, if be has any, < are 'being healed under the supervision of the ptieon surgeon. Tbe Midland Railway Company in England have abolished second class carriages, and have fixed the rate 'of fan • on their lines at 'three half-pence per mite for first clsbs carriages, and one peony per mile for third class. The Limerick correspondent of the Freeman* 8 Journal soys that the statue of O'Connell, erected some years ago in one of tbe most fashionable quarters of that city, has been 'utilised for a purpose evidently never intended by the admirers of the Liberator. It appears that a considerable number of country people ride into the. city every Sunday, and, to save the expense of livery, as many of them aa can do so, ; tie their horses to the railings sur- [ rounding the monument. Leather sorapß are a very valuable fertilizer. The best way to uutilizej them is to bake them in an oven until/ they become quite brittle, and then fc| pound them with a flail or I wooden stamper upon a barn fiooii In tbta way any waste leather may bfe made ueeftrl;- -They furnish an acceptable fertilizer for grape vines, and mm be hoed in around the roots. j Old Temple Bar is tumbling down at last. While everyone has been; ta&iaW one side or the other on the question *f taking it down, it has settled tbe business itself by letting slip the key-Btoni of one of its arohee, and then diverging altogether so much from the perpendicu-A lar that it had to be shored, up until the] question is decided, in tbe only way, apparently, in which, it can be decided. It is supposed that the digging for' the foundations of the new Law Courts has i had something to do with its sudden collapse. Long Island city, on Hunter's Point we are told from an American paper, is now succeßifally; lighted with gas made fjcouvair. The coal of this gas is very small, the light U said to be equal

in every respect to that fVotn coal gas, and tbjore is no unpleasant Bmeli connected 1 with it. At Hunter's Point about 1500 consumers are Bupplied with this new lighting material, ell of whom are more than satisfied with if. The Poat Office is lighted at. half the expense of coal gas. To make it extensively, two upright cylinders are properly placed and connected with an air pump. A email quantity of liquid Carrion is placed where the air can strike it, And then plain atmospheric air is pumped in. This simple affair, with the gasometer in which to store it until required for use, comprises the entire apparatus. A man at the wheel in two hours makes and Btores all the gas used at Hunter's Point at night, at a coßt next to nothing to the manufacturer. To bouses where only two or four dozen lights are required, there are machines of another form supplied. Bicycling seems to be taking a stronger hold every day on the tastes of the young men of the middle and trading classes. Bycicle clubs are springing up in all directions. The other day when the Prince and Princess of Wales visited Coventry, a somewhat novel escort of twenty picked bicycle riders met them five miles from the town, and though the four horses in the royal carriage were pushed along at a hand gallop, the escort kept up with the greatest ease. The ten mile bicycle chompiouship medal has just been competed for. The winner accomplished the ten miles in 36 minutes 32 seconds. He is said at practice to have beaten this performance by two., minutes. The manufacture of bicycles forms quite an important business now at Coventry, Birmingham, London, and other centres of industry. They make them now of an enormous height compared to those first introduced the fore wheel often measuring 58 inches or 60 inches in diameter. A terrace of handsome villas in the town of Wishaw has suffered severely from a subsidence of the fens on which they were built. Several of the houses nave suffered great damage, and at one time it seemed as if they would have x come down in ruins over their inmates. The coal underneath has been worked out, as is customary in working thick seHms, large stoops or supports for \ the roof had been left. These stoops ' had also been reduced, so that the weight of the strata above crushed them, and hence the subsidence, j^ Wishing to be Young. — -/Give me back my youth again," dm you say ? Friend, it's a mistake. Fen to one you wouldn't have it again, If you could. If old Time were to come Boldly to you to-day, saying, " Take back! wise middle aged noodle, these twentjlpast years of your life, with all the painl and disappointments which have made Vyou clear-Bighted and sound-headed, witaall the occasions on which you made a long eared donkey of yourself, worry through"""" a second time all the tight boots and tribulations, and all the tooth aches and heart aches of your youth ; do, be, and suffer it all again ; be in short, once more jusfc the soft young noodle you were twenty years ago," — ten of manhood's hearty hopes to one dolorous wail for your lost youth, but you answer — " Pass on, Father Time ! And you may as well tip those twenty golden j sand grains back into the lower half/ of your hour glass. Ido not want them.