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Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Issue 52, 28 September 1878, Page 3

Humility makes all other graces ami- i ible. i A rather novel sort of pavement hrvs teen introduced by Mr. John Young, the ] ontractor at the new stores of ueesre. I Julton, Brotlipix, Pitt-street. A layer of 1 fluent is lint spread, over which blocks t if wood are placed about one inch apart 1 knottier ooai of Dement i» then applied, i vbicli tills up the crevices, nud form a \ iard and durable surface. This, ere t lelieve, i' the tint, pavement nf the kind s li.it baa been tried In Sydney. 1

is! ULKANINUS KHOM Till: PAPKKS. Ie A t.v--v.mii from Wellington statf ;■•-ntativn Southard "intruding, II ■ : i Itipres in iti\ *, i .1 .;,. nth amend ,| in.-iil to the Constitution providing to . a triple Presidency. Mr. Southard iva I wry particular in stating that th measure was not one of his own, but wa introduced hy request. It is pro] • . th.it the Executive power shall be veste. ( _ and hereafter administered hy thre Presidents, constituting a Supreme Exocu live Council of three, to bo elected b^ v the qualified electors of each and all o J tho States, and each to be taken from on. Y of three prominent sections of tin 1 United States known -one as tin Western States, one of the Eastern am f Middle States, and the other as tin 1 Southern States, and no two of whop s j shall be citizens of tho same section oi .- [district of country. The term of oflici shall be six years, and no President L . I having served a full term shall be eligible _' for a second term. At the first election i under this article the President from th< j Western District shall be elected for o I. j fnutinnal term "i' («,, ,•.„,,...., .■„.] „... r from the Southern District fora fraction;il t.TTn of four years, and one from th' - Eastern or Middle District, for a full term of mx years : and after the first election one President shall be elected Horn oi f the three several Districts every two years. Instead of :i Vicel'r. id nt.asnow provided for, thcSeuate , sh il -vt\ four years elect a President of lii ■ .. •■, who is not a member of that li l.i. ■ I wh >, as presiding officer, shall : imvi and exercise ad the authority hero- : tofore conferred on Vice-Presidents. Tlic ; Bill further provides that each of the !' sidi'iits shnll receive a compensation : ._■ -, 1,000 d .liars per year. a r.it.jer iviutukab'.o document was pulilishe i. a few days ago, in the shape of a protest by George' Ah L-n, ChiuAteak, Sum Kuui On. and other! 'liine.se residents of Sydney, against the injurious and violent language used at the late meeting against < 'hinese immigration, and notably against Mr. White's assertion that it was the duty of working men if they came against a Chinaman on the footpath to shove him off il. Judging from the tone and language of this protest, the speaker at tin- late meeting have much to Irani which the writers of it. (''hinese though they arc, could teach them. Insulted grossly, and provoked in the strongest manner to retort, the latter have not availed themselves of materials tit hand to reply to their assailants with tu qiioque arguments. Tiny quietly deny that the I'liineM) as a rare are more vicious than other races, and appeal to tie-gaol ii cords of the e ilnny in support of their denial. They do not object to tin- regulation, restriction or prohibition of Chinese immigration : but whilst they live here and obey the law. they claim the protection of the law. fair play, and sympathy against violence byword or deed. They conclude by attributing the denunciation of their fellow-countrymen not to the fact that their accusers think them immoral and criminal, but to their knowledge that Chinese industry, steadiness, aptitude ami thrift have a strong ciFect upon the labour market. There is a great deal of force in this hist home thrust. The probability is that if the Chinese we're, as to morals and personal habits, the most exemplary people under the sun. the outcry against them would be very nearly as strong as it is new, provided they threatened as they do now to interfere with the working men's artificial syst of regulating the labour market, 'Kill a man's family and he may brook it, but keep your hand out of his breeches p -uket." Tiicvc is noexcuso ■' '.< Wolenc ■ of language against the I 'hiiiese ■ it is net neutralis. 1 by the efforts nf tho e who use it to appear as the pure advocates of morality. But, for aii that, tiie Chineso question is one that demands the most serious "consideration, and Sir Henry L'nrkes was right the o i a- -lay in pointing out the danger o! ; ; the midst of the community :v c . [citable number of aliens ... '■,]■■■ t I ■ ued with the exercise : ■, ' : I right i, and who must therc-iti'-i ii ipurative I ition. r.g amusing incident np- • ' u A bravo, active, • : trier, bel mgir.g t i a lady, li ■■. i id a m mkey belonging to an itinerant organ grinder seated upon a lank within the grounds, and at onco made a dash for him. The monkey who was attired in jacket a:.. 1 hat. awaited tho onset with such undisturbed tranquility that tho dog halted within a few feetof him to reconnoitre, lioth animals took a long, steady stare at each other, but tlit) dog evidently was recovering from surprise and about to make a spring for the intruder. At this critical juncture the monkey, who bad remained perfectly quiet hitherto raised his paw and gracefully saluted by lifting his hat. The effect was magical; the dog's brad and tail dropped, and he sneaked off and Entered the house,refusing to leave it till he was satisfied that his polite but very mysterious guest had disappeared. His whole demeanour showed plainly that he felt the monkey was something uncanny and not to be meddled with. The most corpulent man ever known previous to the death of William Campfaell the Scottish giant, wn.s Daniel Lambert, a native of LeioSlUr, who died on the 21st Junt 1808, lie measured !lft tin round the leg, lift +in round the body and weighed 52«t 111b, His epitaph, which is of a somewhat eccentric character, calls him a prodigy of nature, and says that he "was possessed of an excellent and cynvivial mind, and in pononal

•■■tii.-.s had ie, competitor l.imiic I lived to the 113 cof 3!l years. Hi* coll Ml In. u-id . an 1 i .1 Hn d- p. Like tha t ~f C,, n ,pbell it hj , , a •■(0.,!. caw, Hiv remains n ]. down an incline in-., the grave, whi' 01 was in the yaid of St Martin - I mford. It was also found necessai i IB in his ca.se t.i take down tho window an as wall of the room in which his body la . f | to allow its ri m iral. si The American Minister in Japan ha •e sent to his government, 4 very interest 11- ing paper by a native savant on th 1} earthquakes that have oeourrod in tha d country during the past fifteen huudrei ie years. The number or destructive earth ie quakes recorded is 149. The ninth cen ie tury was most prolific in these, reacliin: id 28; in the fifteenth contury there wor ie 13 j tii" same in the seventeenth ; 13 ii ui the eighteenth ; and 10 in the prosen >r century. 'J'he recorded average is om •>• great earthquake every ten years, bu it the nineteenth century gives "one evert Ie live years. Unusually high temperatun 11 and strange atmospheric changes have .1; been noticed as precursors of great a convulsions, espociully in the earthquake .« which desolated the city of Yeddo ii ,'.' A good character is in all rases the ' fruttot personal exertion. It is not cre- « ated by exumal advantages ; it Is no no. " cessary appendage, to birth, wealth, talents - or station; but it is Oie result of ono's '" own endeavours, the fruit auj reward oi '■ good principles manifested in a course of 11 virtuous and honourable action. .t _