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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue XIII, 29 November 1878, Page 2

An extensive limestone cave has been dis covered near the White Cliffs, between Westport and Eeef ton The explorer describes it as a magnificent sight when illuminated. A creek traverses the cave, yielding good payable gold prospects. Australia and New Zealand have the largest commerce per capita carried on by any people on the face of the earth. Their enormous exports enable them to purchase largely in the markets of the world. Mr Spurgeon is in poor health, and is reported to have said. " When I took tne Tabernacle I expected that it wouid kill me in seven years I have contrived to exist for fourteen, but I cannot last much longer." A fire near Moscow destroyed 23 atone houses, 31 wooden houses, and 70 whorehouses, valued at about £700,000. Miss Milly Christine, a woman of 25, with two heads, four arms, and four feet, holds levees at Westminster Aquarium. She converses intelligently upon twosubjectaat once, sing3 duets, and dancer A handsome Eondout lady has volunteered to kiss 100 men at one dollar a smack, and send the proceeds to aid the yellow fever sufferers. The total number of English medical attendants and nurses employed during the late war was 145, of whom 23 fell martyrs to charity. Frank Buckland, the naturalist, declares that babies swim naturally. A friend, put one into warm water, and it took to it like a duck, swimming briskly. Cyprus already ha3 a newspaper, the Cypress. Chinese railroad trains run but thirteen miles an hour. The United States have an average of over 180 fires per day. Colonel Henderson reports that la»t year 14,410 new houses, 270 new streets, and two new squares, covering a length of thirtynine miles and 1,623 yards, were added to London. The average yearly number of new houses during the last twenty-nine yeara has been 10,610, so that this year is above the average ; but the average length of new streets opened yearly during that period has been forty-four miles. The British Government has ordered the emancipation of all slaves on the island of Cyprus. The total loss suffered by Austrian troops in Bosnia and Herzegovina has been about 4,000 men. Professor Hutton has made some extraordinary statements. He said that it would take 120. millions of years to form the crust of the earth, and that man has exisied upon the earth 100,000 years. The Australian cricketers bad some amusing experiences in the old country. The London correspondent of the Auckland Star relates the following: — " I met one of them at a picnic, and he told me that in the country places they were constantly accosted by fatmera and men and women of the agricultural classes, who insisted upon a shake of the hand, because they came from the land where ' our Bill ' was settled, and it always ended with ' Well, you'li tell him you've seen us, you know, and we're all hearty,' without even communicating the name of either speaker or recipient of the message, much less the address." According to the New Zealand Herald, the Australians say they never could have got through their work in England had they not maintained the strictest temperance. " Some of them never drank spirits at all. The error they committed was in doing too-much. The , fatigue of the frequent and long journeys was very great, and they say that only 6n one occasion could they get sleeping accommodation in the railway carriages. Every other time they had to dose sitting, or lay themselves down on the floor of the carriage. They were thus at many of the matches not in a condition to play; and one of them told us yesterday that he has fallen asleep with the bat in bis hand waiting to take bis turn at the wicketa. They say they would get into good fettle, and keep their condition up for a day or two, and then they would all fall away, as it was impossible to maintain the system long at a high strain. In respect to the Cambridge match, one of the team told us they would confidently tackle the same eleven again if they had a spell and were in condition. When all this is remembered the surprise must be greater at tbe great success of the Australians. All the team speak enthusiastically of the cordiality of their reception in England." A Paris paper furnishes the following advertisement in English :— « Madame X. X. permits herself to say that she haa the skin white to pearls, full health, the cheek of roseß, face of sweet expression, blue eyes, and black hair, and a coquette; therefore is full of health. She will be vaccinated next Tuesday, and in as short a time as possible the lymph of her arm will be ready for the vaccination of any one desiring to possess a purely healthful vaccination. For terms, apply," etc. This originates an entirely new idea with an alluring prospective. Not only does it open a new industry to beautiful but down-trodden woman, but it will prove a great consolation to unrequited, love. The most unsuccessful 3wain could then have the lymph of his nymph however badly he fared otherwise. As one of the " Curiosities of Literature " connected with watches, we (Home paper) may cite the following, which can be aeen in the churchyard at Lyford, in Devonshire:— " Here lies, in a horizontal position, the outside case of George Boutledge, watchmaker. Integrity was the main spring, and prudence the regulator of all the actions of his life. Humane, generous, and liberal, his hand never stopped till he had relieved distress. So nicely regulated were his movements that he never went wrong, except when seta-going by people who did not know his hey, even then he was easily set right again. He had the art of disposing of his time so well that his hours glided away into one continued round of pleasure, till, in an unlucky moment, bis pulse stopped beating. He ran down November 14, 1802, ageds7, in hopes of being taken iu hand by his Maker, thoroughly cleaned, repaired, wound up, and set agoing in the world to come, when time shall be no wore,"

Widows over fifty cannot marty a ß ain V l ' Portugal. In this country, widows 'P ever : get over fifty. ;■;'■. Engagement bracelets are amongst the latest fashionable novelties "across the Atlantic. They are fitted witli combination locks, of whiah the husband in prospective* keeps the key. The Rev. George Brown, who made war npon the Natives of New Britain, has written to the Board of Fbfdgn Missions, saying that the effect of his having killed from 50 to 80 of them has been most beneficial Estimable ladies in Chicago practise calling at the gaol with baskets of choice bouquets, to which are attached verses of Scripture and other moral sentiments, and handing them to the prisoners. An English paper says :— The enterprise which for some time past has been active in endeavoring to stock the rivers of New Zeawith salmon and trout is now directed in the laudable direction of providing grouse for the same colony. An agent, Mr Bills, has been some time in Scotland, making arrangements for sending out a supply of birds to Otagci. So far considerable success has attended his efforts. He arrived in Scotland in July las V and has been hard at work ever since." He has captured broods of grouse on various moors, among others on Glenfiddicb, the property of the Duke of Richmond, and at Aberfeldy, on the Breadalbaue moors. Greafc care and pains are takeu to ensure the* safe transmission of the birds. They are enclosed in strong wooden cages, padded within with canvas, so that they cannot injure themselves^ The cages have bars in front and blinds to regulate the light. For food the grouse are' supplied with buckwheat, soaked tares, Sprott's patent food/ hemp and canary seeel,' hard boiled eggs, oatmeal, and maize, while for the voyage out Norwegian cranberries 1 are being laid in. The fears that the birds would not exist for a long distance from their native heather have not so far been verified. Some eleven weeks have elapsed since (hey were caught, and during that time they have neither seen nor tasted it, yet the grouse have suffered neither in weight nor appearance, and appear to do uncommonly well. It is to be hoped they, will reach their ! destination safely, and be the progenitors of large broods. Some day our sportsmen may take New Zealand instead of the Highland moors for their autumnal shooting.