PICKINGS AND GLEANINGS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 275, 10 March 1877, Page 3

PICKINGS AND GLEANINGS.

The n are rumoured dissensions in the Queen***t Cabinet, ami it is reported that tlujCebmial Secretary will snortly resign. l:..\f:F.tf.-. i:» sot Tilf.\>*r». I The instruction of rabbits is proecodtn" aiuf i» Southland. The-%>*»-* barns that'v.f-in the last ei-ht ninths 70,000 have t! eirdoom on Mount Deauuioiit ! Static, - n 'Ud " tl '" iy adjoinim; station of i iM'ot'-"- Lmton n,>t fewer tEr«« 10t),000 ! have n slaughtered tu the same period. I n*r/ ; p.«t, furnished by Captain Stevens, i wi( iiluafr'W' tt;o c >stty nntriro of this I wjrare. ft is, that he has paid the , jindsoue i.ttm of i«0!) for dogs alone. Uhc'lu-t sigudicant statement H that at A. o-uhdu fchetv wrl he 7,000 fewer sheep 'to tlu.'r this y»a:- than there hc.v last a ason. On Me. Holme* »*t diou 127.000 of the j-eita have been destroyed, and yet at this, as at all tlie- other plaees mentioned, the forces of " hmtny " have not visibly *t!.eTfa.-«'d. This is the most dishe,i',rtenihg feature of the warfare. StO.V.VTVr.E Oi' TKK I'RoS.S. The mark which persons who are unable t> write are required to make, instead uf the signature, is in the form of a cross ; and i-his practice, having formerly -been t'uili'Wt.il by Lni;;» ,I't'i nobles, is■ constantly revt ib fI to as an Instance of the deplorable ignorance of auer nt time. The .iignature i* not. FV'wewr. invariably a proof of such ignorance. Anciently the u.sj of the mark wast not confined to illiterate persons : tor among tl;u Saxony the mark of the tr".;.,•>, as an attestation of the good faith of the persona signing, was ntptired to be at tacit «.-d to the signature of those who t'oitht write. in th'Me times, if a man could write, or t'cit read, hi* knntvhd_e (iw wotu-ri-h red proof presumptive f: I ;i.i' j-t! was ivt h"iy ord'. rs. The ctertoil.s. or ehrk. was synonymous with penman : and the laitv. or pcopty who weiv not eLrl.s, d : d n'.f feel any for the i;,-.«: ot l;-: til,.-. Ti-e ai-.eit-nt use of the evos.i wijs therefore nniver-.al. alike by t'.oso v. h.. wo:;ld an,l th*» ;e who cotild not wciie : it v.;;.. 5, indeed, the synvbol oj an oadi. trout it* saei'Lu as well a.:* t. e mark rally adopted. Hence the "i-i'/iri of tlte t xpfecSJott, "" <'o I :,:tvc the Uiaii>," ;>s a forxn of ejaeulation approaehiii'; 1 the ehavaeter of an fct't. M'iW.U'XS T'.'.VOn WtTII -f.-.I'AS. r-iir tri.i,!e wir.h -r,:r>:ut itiei'eua';* fast (s;>.yjt the / i»/'n'.■.'.■•!'A 1 »>"■'■/*)■ 'i' f 'e •Japanese oynnh.! are inveutivt. V. hen tu«y bt;y our t',.!.0;;f..-! t-'V - a et a')»*nc improving f.h.eui, arii I rh.t-.iv genius is displayed iv, u;,'.-uy ;MK-li innovat-.on-t. WEwn ottr (.io'.-t rnn.eh,-. i-ut Ooiuuiodore I'eny to hi-.r.-k ti.e » xeht.-.-iiv, nt:.--rf of .otpan, we .v-nr, ; leoii:;- ot! er J'res-: I'.ts, a easy o: S;uv>.V. :;u.>. Tv,,. years later i!ie .!.•■ j.,,:;,,-. e'■ 0.-v. rt'm: :.t „,tit to us rel:tm o;-.^„h'.--.. .'. t. e:.t was .v hat ;••]>- n ; re.,(l ,-. i.,- th,; ~:-. ntieal b(.'X of Sliavp'i r;' ... J. e i i-s bore i Xe.et fi semblance ar.'.i ■',;■>■ v !!■..> ,i-.- s;.me. tv.-n to the name >■-' ,S ;'ii i ::;;:;-. V; ,i lull UtU* (~iv; ;j.niv:;f :■■•;[ r-OL.'.-ii th:.:; to be evi-ltuee o t hi. aro,c,\;:.i. I< r it >['eitois pfotiottneed r.!.; Kit e :;i!iv '-th.s t> St-afp \i,!.;.-. t -i;.- ,'o-r, at i'ii'j.idetpiita. The Sir.st .'.-urv,y to him a certain ii;i[>iove;,e -i,r T which had i-ii.UU.-d his inventive :.;i-uiu.-t. and inch he had jjiven up atv iieouaeUeai. It t-aved one extra niovenu-nt" m bt>.ev.'!:-hiadint,', and Sharp :uuuu.u,i.,U.y adopted it. TCif. £l;kf:» »;A>;rTrt;. The fath'T ot alt newspapers is the veru-ra'-de j'eiiin ('<■:'!'■■■. vihteh is over one thou-sind yi atn old. ft is a t«n-payed [ : --;.p'-i', v- it ;■ a J.\ !h'.v eover : has tto stones, no •" ;i.;.;," u" iu;.rr',,-v.e. t r death im'teus, •'.,. f!h-o;-i:!.I,! t r;o t-ru..-ijribers. it simply eoui;alu.~> rhv oltieiel notiet-s of the GovcrnI'ieii.r. Te,e >/:■',!,lit..-J. tm.fi .\taif wonders if it. hj;- :■.-: venerably appeaivmee ait our ;-,>:•; \r;o .i;:.utv v vM. Tiie report to the Admiralty of StatYA. lh M.D.. U.X., on t.';e subjeei. of poi.-soneil arrows is important. tu\ M, ••*.-. r iiifiiui.-i to the opinion that :-"o-iv.lh d poisoned arrow* I'.ave no tti'eet save that "of the tie ah wounds whieii they e.uise. an.l of the terrors which their us j and their supposed deadlines create tu the udud of th.e suthrer. The lamentabli-: di'.ifclv of (..'otunu'dore »'ior>derio:yh, of f. ; ;. I.'i ar!. will be fresh in the memory of ail : but l>r. MtSser mentions the hy.tty,s'e;ti.i!:iea.iifc fact that s 'Vefcd nvnri were wounded at S.uvta t'rrti: bvsids s Commodore ♦ loodc u''K>;h, arid that, nevertheless, live of tueu' r, eo-vered, at least i in one ease fcetame symptoms lead begtin ; to display themselves. Tue inference ; dri-.wn b,v"l.>r. Sfe?.ser— and if it W correct . it shoithi lie made known to every sailor. ; uiereh:t,ut. or udsstonary iti the Sj.ttth ; t'aeihe--!-! that whenever ariow-wor.nds ; enti.V! le.ehjav.-. it is wUiv.-T att institnee of ! what surv't-oris fall trauma tie tetanus, or i-ise. "S with sou; ' easea of hydrophobia '■ oi: smalbpo:;. a un re refkx projuci to be :v tMU-nted t'oi- by an- Un4efinable but still ; I'.edf uukuoun aVion of the imagination upon man's physical; organism. |