MISCELLANEOUS.

Tuapeka Times, Volume V, Issue 248, 31 October 1872, Page 8

MISCELLANEOUS.

A letter from Berlin in the " Elbdrfeld Gazette " represents Prince Bismark in a new light — in that, namely, of a papermaker. The paper manufactory established by the Imperial Chancellor on his estate at Varzin has proved so successful, says the writer, that it is impossible to meet the^ large orders which come from England.' This paper is made of chips of fir — that, at least, is the chief element — and the annual consumption of fir trees is at the rate of 600 klafter to keep the manufactory supplied. A new workshop is now being erected, which will require no fewer than 1500 " klafter of wood a-year. The fir forests in the vicinity, which it has been found necessary to acquire, will furnish ample supplies for several years of the raW material for Prince Bismark's mill. — " Fall Mall Gazette."

There is in use at New York, at the Grand Central Depot, a a steam cai 70ft wide, which travels on a track of corresponding width. The great vehicle is made in the form of a low platform car, and the track on which it runs is provided with four rails, extending from Fourth Avenue to Haidson Avenue. The car is used ,for the lateral transfer of passenger cars from the main tracks of the Hudson River, Harlem and New Haven Railways to the various side tiacks, thus avoiding the use of turntables. The car is propelled by steam, the engine and boiler being contained within a- sheet iron house carried, on one side of the machine. The cars to be transferred are run upon the great car, steam^is then turned on, and the huge machine starts off with as much ease as it is possible to imagine. The machine is supported on eight wheels, arranged on independent axles. There are in addition four driving wheels arranged upon one axle. This is supposed to be the largest car ever constructed.

The "Nelson Examiner" says, that " the manner in which new Justices of the Peace are increasing in the colony is perfectly startling."

The following sentences are from the " Gospel of Agriculture," by John R. Hayes: — "How long, ye shallow ploughers, will it take to learn you the lesson that one acre deep-ploughed and well-cultivated will produce nearly double what two acres will shallowploughed and neglected ? Farmers plough deep, subsoil, go twice in a furrow, thoroughly mix and incorporate your manure with the soil, use the harrow, keep, the soil completely and continually stirred and pulverized, and you shall reap such a reward as shal-low-ploughers have never dreamed of."

Au eMerly and good- natured spinster, on being rallied as to her single blessedness, declared, " I never yet have yet lost heart, because I have always kept in constant remembrance the fact that Naomi, the daughter of Euoch, was five hundred and eighty years old when she married."

On one of the trips of an Aspinwall steamer, the steerage passengers were so numerous as to make them uncomfortable. The sleeping accommodations were aptly described by a Californian, who approached the captain and said : " I should like to ' have a sleepingberth, if you please." " Why, where have you been sleeping these last two nights since we left ? " " Wa'al, I've been sleeping a-top of a sick man ; but's he's got better now, and won't stand it no longer."

It is noteworthy that of 73,653 immigrants to the United States during the three months ending December 31st, 1871, the largest number to wit : 30,292 were from Germany and Austria, while, 16,2 1G came from Great Britain, and only .10,200 from Ireland. Even the North American British Provinces sent 11,865 more than came from Ireland. Manifestly, therefore, this country is less likely to become a new Ireland than a new Germany, the Teutonic element absorbed into our population being about three times the Irish.

Hall's " Journal of Health " has the following :—": — " Dear Doctor, — I will be 175 yeara old 'next October. For 94 years 1 have been an invalid, unable to move except when Btirred with a lever. But a year ago last Thursday I heard of the Granicula'r Syrup. I bought a bottle, smelt the cork, and found myself a new man. I can now run twelve and a half miles an hour, and throw nineteen somersets without stopping. P. S. — A little of your Alicumstone Salve, applied to a wooden leg, reduced a compound fracture in nineteen minutes, and is now covering the limb with a fresh cuticle of white gum pine bark.

Kossuth has addressed from Turin a letter to the electors who have chosen him as their representative in the Hungarian Diet, declining the mandate. He declares that he considers the 1867 compromise as " illegal, impolitic, and dangerous, and cannot look upon it as the door through which he could return home from banishment."

The " Bendigo Advertiser " has the following : — The connection between the bottle — except it . be a bottle of smoke— and the shape of a chijnnej stack isjnotvery-obvious, but there is one chimney stack at leastin the district wkih' has been built ''on the square," instead of round, altogether, because a man got drunk. When examining the splendid plant of the Golden Fleece Company yesterday, we noticed tljat the main stack, which ig nearly 80 feet

high, was rectangular, and did not present the finished appearance one would expect, and -that was apparent on viewing the smaller stacks. On remarking this to Mr. Cock, the manager of the claim, he told us that the stack assumed its present ugly form from the simple circumstance of a man having taken a few glasses too much. Bricks of the proper shape for building a round chimney for the Golden Fleece were made, and were put into the kiln to burn. The man whose duty it was to look after them' got drunk, and the whole of the bricks were completely spoiled. There were no other bricks of the kind to be ob- j tamed, the company could not wait, and so it was determined to erect a square chimney. Thus the stack in question is a lasting momument to the effects of drink.

According to the "New York Herald" Sefior Gasset, the new Minister for the Colonies, has telegraphed the Governor General of Cuba to be firm in his resolution to uphold the integrity of the empire, and to chastise the enemies of the island. The present Captain General of Cbua is the last man to need any such instruction. His policy, from first to last, has been savage in the extreme. Spanish rule in Cuba is an offence to modern civilisation. It needs but a little more severity on the part of the Spanish authorities to make ita necessity for the United States to give Spain . timely .but emphatic notice ,to qnit. We can no longer afford to behold with indifference, the barbarities which are practised in piiba. The carrying out of the above savage instructions cannot fail to have the certain effect of hastening the end. •

The following important' decision, given by Judge Ward, we extrafet from the " Southland Weekly Times:'—O'Brien appellant and Fbrbefc and Watson, respondents, was an appeal from the Warden's Court, Otepuki. Mr W ade for appellant, Mr - Harvey for* respondents. Owing to the inadequacy of the Warden's notes. of theevidence? parties consented to waive the appeal and have the case re-heard in the District Court. It appeared that O'Brien had taken the whole of the water from a certain creek, for use in a wate race, his property. Forbes and Watson brought an action against him for a breach of sub-section 10, clause 21, Goldfields Act, 1866, -which provides that two heads of water shall be allowed to flow down the natural bed of any creek, if required for general use. Complainants required it for sluicing. It was not shown that anyone else required it, or that it was wanted for any other purpose. His Honor held that it had not been shown that the water was required for general use. Judgment for defendant (O'Bren) with costs.

A " little difficulty " has sprang up in the district of Manawatu, with respect to the Norwegians. It appears that an election took place for .a seat in the District Board. .There were two parties, the one the " settlers," and the other the Norweigans. The latter returned 'their man at the head of the poll. This has made the " old settlers " furious, who have written to the " Independent," stating that they will not recognise the newly-elected member, and affirm that the Norwegians were brought down in a body b) Mr Monrad (a son of Bishop Monrad, late Premier of Denmark) to vote en masse, against the " settlers' " candidate. The circumstance has caused a large amount of correspondence, and a good deal of ill-will.

The " New York Herald " describes the manner •in which Mr. Greely received the intelligence of his nomination at Baltimore. *It appears that the " Sage of Chappaqua," as they delight to term him, was the least concerned person in the Glenhain Hotel, New York, where the National "Liberal Republican " Committee had its headquarters. Most of the leading members 'of the new political party — which the fusion is asserted to be — were absent at Baltimore, and there were few people in the hotel. We are told that Mr. Greely, as usual, devoted himself to business :—": — " He laid his Greely hat on the sideboard among a mass of papers and goblets, opened a letter or two, and, taking his pen between his fingers, commenced scratching over his notepaper at a rapid rate, forming those hieroglyphics that utterly defy the counterfeiter's art. His arm was raised, as usual, to the height of the sideboard, almost on a level with his ear." The time passed thus quietly until " Mr. Graely," said Mr. Horton, " have you received the news of your nomination?" " No," replied the- philosopher, looking up blandly. "Not received itj!" said Miy Horton in surprise. " Why, here is the despatch." And he handed the old gentleman the following telegram : — " Greely nominated by large' majority." The imperturbable sage read the lines without visible emotion, ~ and merely-, remarking " Yes," resumed his writing. The mind of the great sage, we are told, now reverted to his home folks. "There were two daughters and an invalid wife a^ home who would be interested in this matter. He a£ once wrote the following despatch to his daughter Ida, at Chappaqua, the future hostess of the Ignite" House,, that now leoms so promisingly before the eyes of.. the, hero:— 'To Ida L, '"Greely, Chappaqua, Harlem Railroad.— Greely and Brown nominated at Baltimore unanimously on second ballot, — Horace Greely. 1 He paid life money for the transmission pf this message, and

O'Dwyer, his secretary, took it to the " telegraph office. The telegraph operator could not read it, of course. He eyed it from all sides and made a couple of staggers at reading i£ but he could»noteven make out the. name to which it was addressed: He thought O'Dwyer was playing a joke on" him, but that gentleman -finally copied it /or him and pocketed the original "

Horace Greely presents the following as a sure means of destroying the prosperity of the most promising town : "If you want to keep a town from thriving, don't put up any more buildings than you can conveniently occupy yourselves. If you should accidentally have an empty building and any one should want to rent it, ask three times the varue of it. Demand a Shylock price for every spot of ground that God has given you stewardship over. Turn a cold shoulder to every mechanic j and business man seeking a home with I you. Look at every new- comer with a scowl. Run down the* work of every new workman.. Go abroad for wares rather than deal with those who seek to do business in your midst. Fail' to advertise, or in any other way to support local your paper, so that people abroad may beignorantastowhetherany business is going on- in that town or not. Wrap yourselves up within «. yourselves with a coat of impervious selfishjiess. Ihere is no more effectual way to -Tetard the growth of a town than actions like those enumerated, and th'er^apef •■'paapie in every town who : are pursuing the same course every day of their lj.ves, and to whom, the above remarks are respectfully offered. for their consideration."

The first annual Congress of the British section of the . International Working Men's Association was held in Nottingham. England, on July 22nd. Delegates were present from all the principal towns in Great Britain and from Australia and Germany. A resolution was tinammously adopted to the effect that it was necessary to take political action to -work out the social emancipation of the working classes, and that, therefore, a distinct Labor party should be established, to agitate for the principles of the International Society. The platform of political principles adopted by the Congress contained the following planks: Political equality, based upon adult suffrage, with proportional representation: eligibility of every person to fill any office in the State ; the nationalization of land ; the abolition of all hereditary titles and privileges and of the office of justice of the peace ; religious equality, and the disestablishment of a national bank of issue, in lieu of all other banks ; the establishment of a system of obligatory, gratuituous, industrial and secular education, and the formation of a federative government, with local parliaments for all the purposes of the so-called British Empire. Resolutions were also adopted reccommending' working men to form trade uuions, and to join' the International Association, in order to abolish syste natic overtime, and to limit the working day to eight hours.

A restaurateur of Tours having sued the French Government for the keep of Prince Frederick Charles and his staff (the Eed Priuce) in February and March 1871, to the amount of £1200, has had" awarded him one- half of his claim, £600. » . A western, editor thus " goes " for an opponent: — ".The flannel- mouthed poll parrot of the Faoli Seaveucjer has too long roosted in the shadow of our good nature. Let him beware. Forbearance is no longer a virtue. We shall set his dainty plumage scurrying on the four winds of heaven,' and ' give his bloated carcase to the vultures."

A Georgia coloured preacher during a funeral sermon lately said :—": — " He ruminates no longer among us ; he have ex- ' onorated from the syllogisms of this world's discrimination, and when he gets to de cold dry streem of the River Jordin, the Kerosines and Periphens will meet him dare to row him over on dry land to the silvesteriug city." "Poor but respectable people" are common enough — but what we now want is a few who are rich and respectable. One of Boston's fair daughters thus writes to her bosom friend .—. — "Dear Susie — I shan't attend school again until I Get some new cuffs, collars, and jew. ellery — dear mama agrees- with me that it is my Dooty to take the shine out of that Upstart Mamy Jones ; and I'll do it if I never learn nothing." A western paper has .the following advertisement ;—"; — " Engaged — 'Miss Anna Gould to John Candall, city marshal of Leavenworth, Kansas, From this henceforth and for ever, until Miss Anna Gould becomes a widow, all young ta.en are requested to withdraw tlfeir particular attentions." • A Michigan farmer, lately offered his wife, with whom he had lived over forty years, 16,000 dote, to^sign a bill of separation, so that he might marry a girl of 15, who acted as "help" about the farmhouse. The dame, after-" thinking about it" concluded 16,000 doliLwas a good price for the old fellow, and -the bargain was completed, Holloway's Pills are-a never-failing remedy for Dropsy.'— Mr "Wellington Leake, Chemist, of St. Vincent, who has sold an immence quantity of Holloway's Pills, certified from his own » knowledge to a most extraordinary cure of dropsy, that has been effected upon a person residing in that island, by their use. The patient was so dreadfully afflicted, that, though he obtained the best medical aid of the place, he derived no benefit-', -nothing seemed to reach the seat of-, his. complaint until he took these celebrated Pills, which so effectually eradicated it from his system, that he is now as well as eve? ;• Hp was in his life,