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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 74, 27 March 1877, Page 2

: The Ex-Lord Mayor of London expended £17.000 in maintaining the dignity of the municipality, while Sir A. Lusk, in his year of office, lavished £22,000. It is now becoming the custom, in the London theatres, to throw upon canvas, by means of the oxyhydrogen light, an enlarged photograph, instead of painting scenery. During the past summer an English mission yacht, cal led the Evangelist, traversed' the coast of England, and distributed Bibles in various languages to all. of the vessels it met.

The Otago Times' Edinburgh correspondent writes :— Lieufeflant Payer, the commander; of the jAustro-Hungarian Polar Expedition, has published his account of its • doings, and in his very interesting narrative : tel|a many stories about fche Esquimaux dogs. He dwells largely upon the incurable persistency of some of these dogs. One of them, however, with much levity, suffered himself to be made drunk by the sailors with rum. Everything that he had scraped together for weeks and buried iv the snow and carefully watched, was. stolen from him in one night by the other dogs which had kept sober. This reminds me that there is alarge black retriever which used to haunt breweries and greedily drink any beer or wort that waa given to him. The consequence was that he became quite dissipated in look, with a weak shambling gait. Suddenly he seemed to " tak' a thochfc and mend," for he visited the breweries no more, unswervingly refused all alcholic liquor offered to him, and is now going about the streets of Edinburgh with head and tail erect as respectable in appearance as any dog in the city, as I can personally testify. ,.. -Phe Homeward Bound Quartz Company, Otago, reported' a cake of 100- ounces last week from 80 tons of stone ;T and, as the 'quartz was taken from a-reef eight feet in •thickness, the yalue of , this claim may suggest itself to the veriest- tyro in reefiug. The lode crops on the surface the entire length of the claim. -The only drawback iy-the puny crushing power, but this'is to be speedily remedied by the erection ofca powerful wheel and a ten-stamper battery: When this desideratilm is.accomplished, the -shareholders may realise the true -meaning ofr the company's title, and find there fs " soniethihg in a name after all. At a, meeting of the. Westland Education .Board, after. a .d iscussion .of . nearly ithree hours, during which a "motion and several amendments Vvere moved, ifc was finally re"sotyed that the staff of. teachers at Ross re- - -ceive three months' notice of dismissal. The cause of dismissal is said to be incompetency. The following extraordinary scene toolplace afc a recent /sitting of , the Geraldine (Canterbury) County Council. One of the councillors, addressing another said— "You contemptible would-be informer, you thought to lead the sergeant ou to me and fco my house." The councillor to whom this was addressed replied— •< Ifc is an infernal lie; I never did anything of the sort; I don't go near your house, and I don't want to know whether you sell liquor or not ou Sunday." The first-named councillor, who, ifc may be stated, is a publican, then rushed over to his brother councillor, and, striking an attitude that is somfcimes described as " shaping," he shouted afc the top of his voice—" It's not a lie. You did do it. You gave the sergeant the names of the persons who went in and camo out of my house on Sunday, and I have a— mind to " At this point the other councillors and some ratepayers interfered, and the " scene" ended. The story about the capture, in Tasmania, of a 28lb salmon, was a fabrication. The fish caught was a slb trout. The Tv >peki Timet says :— ln another column will be found an advertisement inserted by thirteen Chinese residing at the Camp, intimating that they intend to sell off aud clear out of this place. When John brought in his advertisement, we naturally asked him why was this fchusly, and we give his own words. He. said:— "Me obliged leave this place, as police too sharp. They look very sharply after my countrymen because they play quietly by themselves, and have small lottery; but they no interfere with hotel-keepers who keep their houses open all night, with a lot of swells playing euchre and poker. All the same white fellows do what they like, no get fined £2<5. My countrymen never get drunk, never go bankrupt, never swindle public, and never fight, but police look after them sharp. Chinamen spend plenty of money with storekeepers, always pay up, white fellow get plenty tick. No good at ail." The Celestial went on in the same strain for some length, and appeared to feel very keenly fche manner in which he alleged his countrymen were persecuted by the authorities, while Englishmen are allowed to break the laws in many ways, and are never punished." There is to be a general clear out from the Camp, as the Chinese say the police are making fche place too hot for them. In a late number of Fora Clavigera Mr Ruskin advises his girl readers as follows:— "Dress as plainly as your parents will allow you, but; in bright colors (if they become you), and in the best materials— that is to say in those which wear longest. When you are really iv want of a new dress buy it (or make it) in the fashion, but never quit an old way merely because ifc has become unfashionable. Arid if the fashion be costly you must not follow it. You may wear broad stripes 'or narrow, bright colors or dark, short petticoats or long (in moderation) as the ; publio wish you; but you must not buy yards of useless stuff to make a knot or a flounce of, nor drag them behind you over the ground. And your walking dress must never touch the ground at all. I have lost much of the faith I once had in the common sense, and even in the personal delicacy of the present race of average English women, by seeing how they will allow their dresses to sweep the streets as if it is the fashion to be the scavengers." . A legislator who made his mark— of what natureneed not; he t saidp-in fche House last session, appears since his return to have made himself obnoxious to a member of the fair sex. From a recent issue of the Waha tipu Mail we learn that at the local Police ' Court Margaret M'Rjean was charged with assaulting and beating Henry Manders, arid fined ss, or in default to be imprisoned twenty-four hours, A charge against the same prisoner for breaking tbe windows of Mr Manders' dwelling-house was withdrawn. An application was further made asking that the same prisoner be bound over towards all her Majesty's subjects, and Henry Manders in particular, but; his Worship did not consider sufficient evidence had ;been produced, aod he therefore dismissed the case. Sothern has so often played practical jokes upon others that ifc serves him right to be caught himself occasionally. A very neat trick was played upou hi ma few days ago, aud he acknowledged himself sold. Sothern is fond of hiring tug-boats and taking a select party out sailing on the lower bay. Recently he invited Steve Fiske, Billy Florence, and a few others to take a sail. The boat was to start early in the morning. Fiske was the first to arrive on board, and, seeing a board on the deck, wrote upon ifc with a piece of chalk, « Free trip to Rockaway," and set; it upright against the pilothouse. The docks are somehow always swarming with people whenever any craft, large or small, is ready to start, and when the sign board was displayed there was a rush to the deck afc once. The Captain supposed Fiske had a right to do as he did, although the boat had been hired by Sothern. When the latter came aboard he took Steve, by the hand so warmly that the Captain was convinced that Fiske had acted by Sothern's authority. Accordingly when the latter said "All •_ ready Captaiu," and went into the small cabin for his bitters, the Captain gaye v 6rders to cast off and Ibe' tug steamed down the harbor. Soon Sothern came on deck and asked wbo the promiscuous parties were. The facts were explained; Sothern exclaimed "Sold," and ordered a landing afc Coney Island. He treated the promiscuous to lager, and gave them tickets to New York by steamboat. And now if you want to touch him in a sore place jusfe mention " Rockaway." to bim, and he will wince all over. ■ 1

A fine little disputed bill, {says the Greymouth Stat ) is likely to crop up between the General Government and theCountyCouncil. According to the Act, all expenditure in--, curred this year has to be paid by the County • Councils, but it seems that sfeyeral progress payments on contracts, fell :d_e early y in January last for work done during 1876, and' for these payments the Hon J. A. Bonar, as Executive Officer, thinks the County is liable, the amount in all being £4000. The unfairness of this can be seen at a glance, and we are glad to find the Council haye determined to ignore the debt, jv Ifi the ' County is saddled with a lot of provincial debts its revenue will be swallowed up, and its ability to effect any practical good crippled ...... , „ . . * . . Miss Nielson seems to have had a peculiar experience during her recent visit to St. Louis. After her last performance there, on her return to her hotel, she found the corridors blocked with a crowd of between '7(T and 80 ladies, who bad come in a body to see her personally and express their admiration of her. After they had delivered their verbal congratulations, and what the reporter calls "flora! tributes," one of the young ladies announced their purpose of " kissing Nielson if it would be perfectly agreeable." It is difficult to imagine anything more agreeable; and the ceremony passed off with delight to aU concerned. Tv; It is very seldom that ia England elephant labor is utilized, but van instance occurred recently which is wbrfchy of record. The -road afc the junction oi Waterloo and York roads has been lately broken up, and the . other evening an omnibus proceeding from Stamford-street towards the Wandsworthi road was so heavily laden that the horses were unable to drag the load. Several of ;. fcbe.passengers alighted, and while the horses were endeavouring in vain to get over the piece of ground, oue of Sanger's elephants, under the charge of a... keeper, passed aloug the road. Seeing the - Helplessness of the horses, the keeper gave instructions to the elephant, who lowered his head, and placing his forehead afc the rear of the ' bus, pushed horses, vehicle, and passengers beyond the obstacle which impeded their progress. This was witnessed by a large number of persons, who loudly cheered the actors in the incident. A correspondent of the Christian Union writes as follows concerning the New York Cookery School: — Down stairs in an ordinary kitchen I found a group of ladies in street costume sitting around a common kitchen table. At one end stood a pleasant looking young man in a cap and jacket with wristbands of the whitest liven. The lesson for the day had already commenced, and savory ! odors, as well as the saucepans aud bowls in which were a variety of ingredients in different stages of combination, testified that the work was really going on. The chef, while using knives oud spoons with a marvellous deftness, was giving clear and explicit explanations which the ladies were taking down with pencils and paper. A fowl was dressed, eggs were beaten, fat was heated and fish were fried,, and not a spot nor; a spatter touched the apron or the jacket; no, not eveu the wristbands. There was no " muss " on I the table or floor, and everything about tbe place and the person was appetizingly ueat. It would be well if every housekeeper could be present afc one such kitchen meeting to see how cooking cau be done tidily, and it would be worth a great many more dollars fco us than the course of cooking lessons costs if sending our cooks there would inspire in \ them any appreciation of ; the positively delightful way in which a kitchen might be managed. ' Holloway's Pills— are the mcd cine moat in repute ior caring the multifarious maladies which attack humanity, when wet and cod weather givi-s ' place to more genial temperature. In short, these Pills never fail tp afford relief ia all disturbances of circulation, digestion, and nervous energy, which at times oppress a vast portion of the population. Under the wholesale, purifying, aud strengthening powera exerted by thcss excellent Pills the tongue becomes clean, the appetite improves, digestion is quickened, and assimilation reudered perfect. Holloway's meiicine possesses the highly estimable property of cleansing the whole inaß. of b ood, which, ia its renovated condition carries purity, strength, and vigour to every tissue of the body. gs_