SELECTED ARTICLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 197, 7 December 1876, Page 3

SELECTED ARTICLES.

SHS WS PA P Hit. -J AT NF,WFt if' NDLANI>. St. dohn's, Newfouridhir"'. h:x < r!:" citraiH'iiiu;>!.y i.u;-.;! . :■ .:r ►•!■■•.■' i; ;■< <: •,■■:•<■ (.-. They art; a'd .-■;•.;;. i .huets, ;v<>ui. ipiarter tin; size of the ordinary tlaih. < ":v of •in tu boasts of a circulation of '"■"•. :•.:»- nthcv taxes our credulity by claiming -'">- '['iii.TK is a pap>. r which is " puU'ishr.d daily," but only ciut'S out twice a week. W'w callell at another ofli.ee on Tuesday, luifi Monthly's hud not I ecu is.-ued. "You s»ee," «a.i the « xptariatvou, "the holiday L.-.C Timra<(ay has thrown us out ..my boy only appeared yesterday." A 'ji.l.le further up the coast a paper comes ~nh " send-occasionally." t'tie almost *-x~ .htUml Co Uv ar of another as " bi-doitbt-•iilly." All the newspapers appear irregu;:iHy, and it is no eiwy thins; recollecting ;iic did'erent dates of publication. The niliccrt here remind me of one we saw in Canada. Asking for the editor, wts were niifrontvd liy a brisk young follow iti Miirt-slcoves. "Editor! I'm editor, proprietor, rrlntcr, compositor, pre*smen. iirsvs-agent, toute.r, ami account-collector. ; r!iich is the hardest work of all—so I 4«i:hm if you want any of these gentL-men jiist speak to inr!" The papers are as iijUTcu art the hiils. besides one or two iirlii'ky from the London weeklies, some thrilling local news ;.-.s to t:;e j rice of i'.ttr.,d cod, and such important facta as tiiat his Kxrellciicy the (rovonim' has been iiracioualy pleased to appoint Mr. O'lCorke in I e Inspector of Pickled Fish, there U iviilly nothing to read. You would soon !i|)iin>siniafce to the mental condition of Riihinaou Crusoe, were it not for an old[ountry telegram oruu or twice in a fortnight sent to the " Commercial t.tub." 1). Kennedy, juri.

THE FAMJt'o Gl'.V THICK. Philip Astley, noted for his London r<|ucsfci uu amphitheatre, is said to have w.\\.\n litVi as a soldier, in which capacity, slum on foreign service with his regiment, b (li:uuijistv:ii : .i-'il lu« ability aa a eoujuror jr.- invent,tig the now famous gun-trick. V.is consists in prefc'.udiug to tiro a p'.si>d |.::dcd with hall, and catch thy hall on !:x' noiut of ft knife. Tno explanation of tliu trick is, the piatot is secretly loaded with only bhvnk cartridge. In tuis harmbs uoiuli.ion the conjuror .slips into it a tin tubo which nicely tift.-* if, and then ijtiniatious'.y loads it wi;■ ii hull. Before Iri.ig, tins tin lube is dexterously removed. Hid when the weapon is tir.d no harm insult'.; by an iti»r.iuiti.in'jonj uuwumvtj „o hull is triumphantly t-xirblted as being ■;tiuhb in t'. « rupiirid situation:. It is i\.lotL that Asfcky invented the trick to ,ivi: the fli'na;ou of blood at the duel of ivo comrades in the an>;\\ for one of ilium he acted act stc Tut. lSuc,;eedtng in lotting thy other man's second to assent .iit...e"ingtti't).ijt device, the duellists tired itwich other without eu'eet, and cue ait'.ur m amicably adjusted. v 'AN* INUHMOttS KDITOI:. 0!:u ''Town Crier" ; :t th.> San Franisct) JS'.-wrlrHtr writes: -''An ingenious !iiih>r, who S'arted a newspaper iri a omiim;:hy «»f foi.r houses right o;v tile line of t.iiin>ad. is souu times puzzled how to till ip (h'm sheet until the town a.-sutims larger He issues it <>n Saturday, iml ivlm.i Thursday comes, it he is short, w will go down to"the iufcervmv.hi; daily train, which gem .-rally .e -.'ilfcfl in blf a column about a jello.v dog who was tilling in the bra lonian's c-i.r, and an liitiai'.te one-eyed lad going ea.*fc. Then, i the train is late., he wr'nes an editorial liimit m.puuetu.ihty, o:- walks a mile down ;i;i! truck and counts the telegraph poles. living an ...(•count of their hi i,.J>t, and tiie '.ml nf wood r.i.ey are mml-j of.hid the only saloon in the town, lie drink* -iir gl;ioiu.s of beer ami scribbles an arid le ■U eiu'l'M, between times gets a coliuun of cil items out of a boy playing truant, a Kiiiiiway mule, the darkm*/. of the eity iiul necessity of anotuer k-.Tusetm lamp, •i'tito handsome- way in whieu Mr. 't'nv is painted gr. en. If h' is still shore »;- puis in bodily a whol,< chapter of ''ihrnynn'si I'lLriun* Progres.-i." under the i;uhug of " LLeatiing [or tie Voiin :," '•■iag up all retuaiuiug spae-.i in frantic .'iiUvatu :♦ to hb seventeen sub;;,jrih>ur:* to J .tj' for their paper.

♦ LADY KB LI'S. Tin; usually tinub dicier, of Forest-! ult w Uvv-u tlit; sootiw of nuicU eXcitt-'tnt-nt I'ii'iir.; - thu last t'ow day J. owliut t<> an ' v n.in> nuuit which appeared tu a motriurv,' •ipcr ct Tuesday fa*", statin;* t !| a£ » il"' ;iistu::ii:ud jomi;c tii<ly wiv* wanted " k to i■•fisfc a !..:.(ly in ii_c household to take tiu? Wc of a lost uicuo, and ait her "iva atari's i'f salary, marriage portion, iuv.l t'uC'.a' • provision in lift", with a com-U-u\,\>y l.vuw. Apply pi'ivoiui'ly," fui: I'ii-Mf. tntiicatioa <>f any tain :out of the isiu-vlcourse of F>usint ss v.v.s the revival, i'V ten o'clock train from Vi \V,ria.. »>f Nno thirty or forty vU'gantly-drtssfd '■"ujiiu women, nearly all travtUing vvic.lv iiiv<|--i:la.sa tic'vi--t-.-4, who luailo anxious inHuii'ica t' 1 >v tiie placid iruiicatt-Mt in tluv ad'"'•itiMi uutib—a villa-way station, ojcupiod I'V au jigwl couple, reported to bt> of sometT<uir. tsectnfrk: i::il>it«. and wlu> unf.it ru-t-'ntly were assisted in their household ! '!iu;rs hy a TiuiUtlw-iHitMi parson, who is ti'nv sfcatud Co have U:cn tluut niece- In Mow uauutca the niajovlty of the travcl- '■«* had- rttutrnid to the railway station, ludi annoywd at tiudui ;• that they had ' :, '«a (input uito applying t'>T the situation "iivuiauUot-all-wotk." ik'l'ort; t'uey could ''- : »v« the station on their return they had "hi jtriivi. satisfaction of seeing oilier dupt'S Sr i'ivg. bwtiv t'ruin and Vt«the day tvt-ry train jj|* jfcttun-britl&tfv Victoria, and Crv>yJflfefc/ttgUt friisli candidate* for the {.rize "» awlmaa'riage portion,, who crowde4 the

j mad in which the villa is situate! to such an »-stent that it might have been supposed that a fancy fair or Bower show was b-ing held in the vicinity. The miinbcr of applicants for the situation fining the day was estimated at upwav'.; -A .TO. It i-. ai.-.o stated that on tu.- ;■•!''-•-•.*.••■- ;r-ni- : ing the first post brought th*. ..ivtrtiser ; upwards of ISO letters. Uv ton o'clock , trie pilgrimage to the villa recommenced, j attl.ougu tlte nttmler of arrivaV, was less : thanuti the previous clay.— Mofi>'-i\f 7V\

CflilOt'B INCIDENT IN NATURAL UI.STUUY. A French correspondent of Lk Months relates the following curious incident in natural history from the Transvaal i?e----p,,„',/,:, • : —yiW coffee plantations there are much exposed to the ravages of large evnocephalie apes, and a good guard has t"> be kept in order not to lose, through these annuals, the fruits of long labor. Among the eoike (v.ho-ie aeietiti.tc name the writer does not know), the fritita of which are Loiiu v«iy itoae to the trunk. A species vi wasps, whoae sting ia very painful, had choduii several of ttieae a,.rubs to attach their iicsts to, aud the baboons had ofUn bcea obSv'rvetl casting envious glances towards the fruit, but hoc flaring to touch it for fear of getting stung. Oue tine iimming the planter heard terrible cries, and, witii the aid t»f a good opjra glass, he witnessed the following scene: A large, venerable baboon, chit f of the band, was laying hold of young apes and pitching taeui into the shrub, and he was doing this again and again, spite of the most piteous cries and groans. Ti'.y shock brought down the lists of the wa*ps, which attacked the poor victims tn swarm*, and during this time the old wretch proceeded quietly to feed on the fruits, deigning occasionally tu turow the remains to some females and young a little way off.