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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 188, 9 August 1881, Page 2

Farms in Scotland, of which the leases which expired at ' Whitsuntide, were re-let at considerably lower ren'.s, varying from 20 to 60 per cent. The Bill compelling the removal of all screens in front of bars in liquor saloons, thus making the purchase of liquor as open to the public eye as the purchase of sugar, has passed both Houses of the Massachusetts Legislature. _ The latest novelty provided by the electricians ig an electrio omnibus, which will soon be plying between Zehlendorf and Teltow, on the outskirts of Berlin. This lightningdriven omnibus is to cover its mile in five minutes,— Truth. A torpedo was placed in the grave of a young lady at Plain City, Ohio, aB a security against grave robbers; Several nights afterwards a party of body-snatchers went to the grave and began digging. The torpedo explode 3, tearing up the ground for some distance around. One of the ghouls is supposed to have been fatally injured. The religious papers give accounts of a "remarkable revival" in Indianapolis. It began in Roberta Park Methodist Church some months ago, and nearly 900 conversions were made. Meetings are now carried on in the Baptist, and Presbyterian Churches, and the bnildings are said to ba too small to accommodatß the great crowds. Lazarua Stern lost £4000 during Beveral years of businessin Chicago as a money lender. He was old, want stared hiu in the face, and he desired to die, but did not wish to leave behind him the reputation of a suicide. In this dilemma, he broke open the money box in his room, tied hia own handa and feet, wrapped a quilt about bis face in a way to indicate that he bad been smothered, and then swallowed poison. The real cause of death, however, was readily discovered. A Bill baa been introduced in hhe French Legislature providing that any citizen who loses his life while saving property at a fire, any physician who loses his life while laboring in the hospitals in time of epidemic, aud anyone who dies while endeavoring to save a fellow being, shall be regarded as a soldier Blain on the battle-field, and insure a double pension to his family. Any person watching the House in Committee of Supply on Friday night and on Saturday morning (sayg the N.Z, Times witnessed a very strange sight. He would have seen members getting on their feet to express the hope that the PostmasterGeneral would increase the salary of some telegraph clerk or letter-carrier la their respective districts. The idea of economy in the Public Service was not in all their thoughts j they were anxious only to keep the impending election steadily in view. The Minister, iv fact, had to stand between the candidates for future Parliamentary honors Hnd the public purse. Of course this was the proper position tbe Minister should assume, but it is to be hoped that the House will prate no more collectively of its desire for retrenchment. The experience of Friday evening shows very conclusively that the House of Representatives is utterly unable to deal with * any comprehensive measure of financial reform. It has a greater desire for spending than for saving money, and especially if the influence or advantage of individual members can be increased by the expenditure. If the Civil Service has outgrown our wants and requirements, the House has displayed Its inability, in the face of an impending election, to repress its growth or to reduce its expense. A Commission has reported on its cost, and made recommendations ; a resolution of the House affirmed that a 10 per cent, reduction should be made for a fixed period ; Messrs Batkin and Seed have been sent through the colony to report on how the cost of the Service Bhould be reduced ; and yet, on Friday evening and Saturday morning, members were clamorous that certain officers in their individual districts should receive increased salaries. Was, or was not, this exceeding solicitude prompted by the hope of obtaining their votes before another Parliament assembles ? A certain gentleman must have been very proud of bis wifo when he described her as "beautiful, dutiful, youthful, and an arm ful." The new President of the United StatesGeneral Garfield— is, as is natural, the subject of many biographical sketches. From these the English public have learned, or may learn, many particulars of bis personal history, all of which will tend to increase their respect for tbe new Chief Magistrate of the Republic. General Garfield affords another example of " self help." Hia mother was left a widow when he was but two years old, and had to struggle hard to support her family. She still lives to rejoice iv her son's promotion to the White House. At ten years of age he had to take his share in pr< viding for the household by farm work, and at sixteen he began life as a mule-driver Bat he had brains and a love for books, and be managed to secure a college education. He has played his part as teacher, preacher, soldier, lawyer, and politician, and io each case has scored a success which now culminates in his election to the highest office in the State. Physically, ho is described as " more than sir feet in height, with broad shoulder?, a massive bead, and a robust constitution." — Christian World. A patch of kauri gum, weighing six tons, was recently unearthed at Tairua, and is estimated as being worth £2000 to the lucky finder. The Hokitika Star Bays :-" The Maori prisoners were in ecstaciea on the night prior to their being discharged from our local gaol, and their belief io Te Whiti's powers over the universe— strong as it has always been— received a confirmation quite unanticipated and from a quarter least expected. It seems that tin wily old seer prophesied that tbe Maori prisoners would never be tried, that those confined at Hokitika would be the lait batch released, and that the 6jgnal for their discharge would be that the moon would turn red. Two cf the prophecies of the Maori prophet at that time had been fulfilled, and the minds of the Hokitika prisoners were filled with awe and admiration of their great deliverer, but when the eclipse of the moan took place — as it did on the night previous to their deliverance—they interpreted it as Te Whiti's prophecy of tbe moon turning red, and their delight knew no boundi. Kapai. Great is Te Whlti, the high priest of Maoridom." The New Victorian Cabinet is being very severely handled by the Press of that colony. One journal says :— " It ia not alone a burlesque ; it is not alone elevating Billingsgate and stupidity ; it is not alone a monstrous piece of Cabinet manufacture. It ia worse than all thia, for it is an insult to the country. The very rakings of the Assembly hava been brought together to discharge functions which none but men of intelligence, good character, and prestige among their fellows should have any kind of parfc in. With the exception of one member, there is not a man in thia new Ministry who is not either a rowdy, a chronic place- hunter, a traitor to his party, or a political imbecile of tbe first water. The sole exception is Dr Dobson ; and how tbe mischief a man of his culture, University standing, and respectability, could hare anything to do with such a motley crew passes all comprehension. All the rest aro the very "rag-tag and bob-tail" Of the House, without their careers of late exhibiting; one. redeeming feature."

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