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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 439, 23 December 1876, Page 2

Vaccination is proposed to be made compulsory in Valparaiso, in view of the great mortality. Santiago had 2000 deaths from small pox. The Bay of Plenty Times snys:— Captain Read, ex-member of Parliament has been fined £3 and costs, for a breach of the Vagrant Act in calling Mr Tucker “a pimp.” This is the second offence within a few months. Defendant’s counsel said it was a trivial affair for a person to object to be called a pimp in the public streets. The magistrate fined Read £5 on the occasion. If this scale be observed, Tucker may have to pay R-ad something next time.

The Waikato Times has the following: —“ Lovers of this game (billiards) in Hamilton were treated to a novelty in the game at the Commercial Hotel, on Saturday night. A gentleman, from Auckland gave Mr Misseu, one of our bes’t. local players, 800 in 1000, he playing with his fingers, against Mr Missen’s cue. Some of his cannons were marvellous, showing surprising accuracy in the judgmentof anglesand sides. The game at the finish stood 1000 to 978, Mr Missen losing by 22 points.” The loss of the Otago will inflict severe loss upon many of the passengers, though none will suffer so severely as Mr Brooke, a gentleman who took passage from this port to Hobart Town. Amongst Mr Brooke’s personal effects were two boxes containing plate and jewels to the value of £3OOO, and according fo a letter received yesterday from Mrs Brooke neither of the boxes was saved. Unfortunately the plate was not insured. The loss, therefore, is total and complete. The misfortune is the more to be regretted as Mr and Mrs Brooke were on their wedding tour, having been recently married in Wellington. — Wellington Argus. A Magnanimous Conqueror. — We cannot give any authority for the truth of the following story, neither can we give the name of the king whose valour and generosity are so strikingly illustrated. It is a pity that the possessor of such sterling qualities could not have his name recorded in the annals of fame. “ Long ages ago," says the story, “ in times so remote that history does not fix the epoch, a dreadful war ivas waged between the King of Cornwall and the King of Scotland. Scottish valour prevailed, and the King of Cornwall was defeated. The Scottish monarch, elated by success, sent for his Prime Minister, Lord Alexander. ‘ Wed, Sandy,’ said he, ‘is there ne’er a king wo canna conquer the two ? ‘ An’ it please your Majesty, I ken but o’ ae king that your Majesty canna vanquish.’ ‘An’ whaur is he, Sandy 1 Lord Alexander, reverently looking up, said. “ The King o’ Heevon. ‘The king o’ whaur, Sandy !' ‘The King o' Heeven.’ The Scottish king did not understand, but was unwilling to show any ignorance. ‘ Just gang yer ways Saudy, and tell the King o' Heeven togie up his dominions, or I’ll come mysel’ an’ ding him oot o' them; and mind, Sandy, ye do no come back till us ontil ye hae dune oo.r bidden.’ Lord Alexander retired, much perplexed, but met a priest, and, reassured, returned and presented himself. ‘ Weel, Sandy,’ said the King, ‘hae ye seen the Kfrig o' Heeven, an' what says he to our bidden!’ ‘ An’ it please vour Majesty, I hae no seen the King himsel,’ but I hae seen ane o’ his accredited ministers’ Weel an’ what s»ys he!' ‘He says your Majesty may e’en hae his kingdom for the asking o’t.’ ‘Was he sae ceevil?’ says the King, warmed, to magnanimity. ‘Just gang yer ways back, Sandy, aud tell the King o’ Heeven that for his ceevility the de'il a Scotchman shall ever set foot in hi ■ kingdom."

They understand the art of advertising in Omahau. In that enterprising town of the Far West, as we learn from an 1 American paper, an individual in printing an edition of the Prayer-book, which hr gives away to every attendant at church, the right hand page contains the Usual prayers the left-hand is allotted to advertisements! Another person was endeavouring to purchase the privilege of using the outsides of the pulpits for posting the merits of a patent baby-jumper. The same journal is responsible for the sta’empnt that in Chicago the backs of the policemen are let to advertisers by the Town Council. James Bruce writes as follows to the Builder : — Will you be good enough to allow me to make known, in your columns ths extremely simple discovery that I have made, that hard waters are rendered very soft and pure, rivalling distilled water, by merely boiling a two-ounce phial, say, in a kettleful of water ? The carbonate of lime and any impurities will be found adhering to the phial. The waler b >ils very much quicker a the same time. The knowledge of this fact will prove a boon to housewives and laundresses, as well as to brewers, as it is affirmed that good porter cannot be brewed out of Loudon.