Savory Morsels.

Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4289, 29 September 1882, Page 2

Savory Morsels.

Our New Zealand Sir V^ilfred Lawson -has the credit of being a very mean man, and; there are'-those' who say that his of teetotal .princiipals, .is,4ue to the fact that water, tea, and coffee cost less than Wandy, whisky, andjrbeer. On one., occasion he went do an? hotel and asked for a glass of milk and some bread and cheese. They were brought to hip by the landlord, and he made a very? hearty meal. After; he had finished he: asked the landlord how much there swas to pay. "Nothing," was the reply.^"l do not Charge anything for milk or bread and cheese."---The^ knight -^insisted dnn paying 1/-so if tier some''further talk the landlord told him he might pay what he thought right. >: H&ftid so^'ptitting^dbwn twopence. " That is too much," said the lanU|or!3, and he gaye him backa|pennyl *'The following is a description of two of the gunboats sent out for service in.the Suez Canal -.—The twin-screw gunboats' Don and Dee will leave shortly, for Alexandria, and are expected to b* accompanied to the Suez Canal by spme^ships, belonging to the Mediterranean, flet. These gunboats were specially con.structed for river service, haying a very 'shallow draitght,, and with their 18-ton guns aod Gathng weapons as eminently adapted for the duty, of protecting, and maintaining, a free passage of' 7 the: Suez Canal. They have coaled and provisioned to their fullest extent, and are expected to be in commission at least three years. The Liverpool Mercury says:—Another attempt seems likely to be made to secure justice^ for•^e|tfapliw ij|i^|w Zealand who : Have,been^ deprived;of'tti^iri'landslby the att^ refdress.."lf thiey^^Bist."^^the Colonial iihem." The Colonial will not .move. 'It has Wo^^dSthe? doctrine of "colonial respqnsibilityVv and therefore leaves the N,ew;^Zealanders to bear the burden of their owncrimes. It is useless to appeal to public opinion in the matter. The public have ■ erioughHo do to think about Cetewayo and his woes, and will not receive with sympathy-ttfe atoryroFjihe eyildone to the .prophet Te Whiti, who has preached peace in his own race, yet has, had the audacity to claiaujustice, only' to? be arrested as a:; seditidus person. Itis after all, only a chapter in the story known as." The extermination ofa grand race.' 1 The Maoris we're) once 15};000 strong ; they are now,rfewer,than 40.0CK). They will soon be elbowed buf and reduced by rum until they are not 4,000, and the 4,000 will; be :he.wers oftwopd an n d drawers of water." Why, after all; 'should we seek to arrest- the inevitable ? vlt will come and perhaps it is as well 'twere done Quickly..--. •• ; J .><v: > ' ?.?>i\&tpN m ) * , Among jt.heJate.st;Yajk^ejio^elfies' is 4 a toy pistol for ! bdys-^a" 7breacir 'loader, about 4in. to 6ih. lotfg—beariDg a blank' shell 0f ".22, calibre. |The effect bfcthis toy, on July; 4 (Independence,Day)jhas beefi terribly fataj. within a radius of ; a hundye4^iies; of phiipf S6| S^Ke|slightest , WjOund «or, scratchL of vtbe skin produces I6ck\jaw" and dVatli' Iri 99/ cases: but of 100. If this toy sHdUld put in' an appearance in New Zealand, it is.the duty of the authorities to confiscate and utterly destroy the entire stock. Xour'boys and the rest of mankind wpuld be safer •if supplied, with Gatlirig guns. Look out for the. toy pistols!— American corres» fpbndent Dunedin Star. ■ '■''-■ 7*'' : Cabbage grew wild in Siberia, buckI wheat originated in Siberia, celery originated in Germany, the Jpbtafojis a riMtive of Peru, the onion originated in I'Egyp't,' tobacco^ is a nativ*; of & i^»uth America, "millet was first/disdovered.; in India, the nettle is a native of Eiiirbpe, the citron is a native pf Asia, r; oats originated in North Africa, rye cameorifiinally from Siberia, parsley was'first discovei'ed in Sardinia, the parsnip is ?# native of Arabia, the apple belongs' to Europe,",the/Eorse jjh.estnufci.is: native of Thibet, tlie quince paTOeJ"ir6m^ihe island of Crete, the radisU'is a naUye; of China and Japan, the pear, is supposed, to be of Egyptian origin, the horse-radish came from the south of Europe.