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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 233, 1 October 1880, Page 4

A man at Chicago is trying a twelve days fast on nothing but beer. Pickles says that one more bier msy do for biro. A New York pickpocket, taken with his hands in someone else's pocket, endeavoured to invent all manner of impossible explanations of the phenomenon. 1 What's the use of your trying to lie about it so clumsily !' said the judge benevolently. 'Haven't you a lawyer ? ' An international food Exhibition is to be held in London in October. The objects are to bring jirominently ■= before all classes , l in a comprehensive ••manner, the multitudinous articles applicable for food in^the animal and vegetable kingdoms, together. with the various mode 3 of producing and preparing the same for consumption, embracing all the 1 different processes of manufacture, preservation, and cooking. A tall, stalwart gentleman (says the Sydney " Bulletin ") who is; well knbwn in Moore Park, where the color ofhis locks corresponds with the warmth of his temper, thrust his head out of the window of a stationary train and angrily demanded of the guard "why the d- — - train was not going on ?" The guard quietly responded: " Oh, put your head in; how d'ye think the train's to go ahead when the danger signal is sticking out ?" The crestfallen footballer'B lqqk. was a study. He is now; known .as ! " the danger signal." Play has run so high of late at the St. .Petersburg ; Yacht Club . that the most august personages in Russia have s felt, themselves called upon! to check' the gambling propensities of the reckless Boyars, whose recent inordinate gains and losses have, been brought under, their cognizance. The particular episode wliich prompted Imperial intervention was the changing of handsj within a week, of no less than £600,000 •inthei playrooms of the'- Club. More than half of that enormous amount was lost by. Prince Demidoff, of San Dbnato, to his cousinj Col. Coiint Sch^ouvaloff—not the diplomatist, but an Aide-de T , Camp to the Czar. This stupendous gambling transactipn"came to the ears of Count Lorris Melikoff, who deemed it his duty to report the matter to the', Emperor, craving his> Majesty's permission |to dissolve the Club. This, crowning disaster to the jeunes^e doree of the Russian Capital was averted through the interposition of the Grand Duke Vladimir j but the Czar sent for' Count Schouvaloff, and laid his commands upon that gentleman to return seven-eighths ofhis winnings to Prince Donato, observing that "he might be very well satisfied with having gained 40,000 dollars at a game of cards." It is needless to say that His Majesty's orders, were carried out to the letter,— London Telegraph jjsfc,-'ia>»*~ ! -» \

The "Fydney Morning Herald" comments unfavorably in a leading article on the action of Sir Henry Parkes in prohibiting Mr Proctor's Sunday lecture on astronomy. That paper remarks : "Instead of Mr Bright there was Mr Proctor ; instead of spiritualism or free thought there was astronomy. What was there in (his change to make the case, specifically one for the police? There was certainly a difference in the amount charged, Mr Proctor's popularity enabling vim to put as high a price as four shillings oo th» best Beats. But that can hardly be said to constitute a legal or a moraldifference. Nor can it be said that the operations of Mr Bright or Mr: Tyermon, or Mrs ,Hard-iDge-Britten had escaped the notice of the Government, and that Mr Proctor's announcement' for the* first time drew the attention of the authorities to the "feet (hat" money was made by lecturing in the Theatres on Sundays. The Premier's syllogism seems simple enough. All Sunday trading must be put down : lecturing for money is trading, therefore Sunday lecturing muat be put down. But then, in that case, how about the moaey taken on the Government railways and tramways on Sunday? How about . the running; of mail coaches on Sunday, 1 and the country delivery of letters ? How about taking license money from publicans who are allowed to trade i od Sunday, and from the owners of licensed : vehicles ?"