Passing Notes. BY CITIZEN.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 131, 10 April 1900, Page 3

Passing Notes. BY CITIZEN.

'Creumtioji is lai'gely on the increase in Germany. Last year, 403 bodies were cremated —21 at Jena, 179 at Gotha. 105 at, Heidelberg, and 93 at Hamburg. — Just so. This is merely another evidence that the German is up to-date. Cremation is the only sensible way of disposing of dead bodies, and will, without doubt, bo general all over iho world before 50 years.

That President Kruger could possibty bo considered anything, but a Boer born and bred seems absurd. Yet, according to an American paper, the Transvaal is only the land of hi 1 * adoption, whilst the United States is his native country. According to this story, Oom Paul was born near Rock*burgh, Pennsylvania, and when 12 years of age left home, because of a thrashing given him by his father, and shipped at Philadelphia for a voyage abroad. He drifted to Germany where he married a sister of General Willieh, who afterwards fought in the American Civil War, — I didn't think any country would be anxious to claim the old reprobate, nnd our American cousins are welcome to him.

The boss sent the new-chnrn sailor* man from the hay-paddock to bring along the horse and dray. Tha collar aud hiiraes had been taken off so tha the horse could feed without being pig-yoked. The sailor-man baeke'l the horse in. and Hitched the bre"eohing straps to_ the shafts: As it was down v> hill to stare, all went well at first, but at the first " pinch" the horse, much to his own surprise and satisfaction, walked out of the shafts. Tho sailorman carefully backed him again, made fast as before, 'and told the moko to " git up " — which he promptly did, and out, too. Trie sailor , scratched Ms head, then fried again, with the same ~ re& <\t. Then - that disgusted marinei* went over to . the boss (who had boon watching the circus and rolling oiribe grass almost in fifes) aud remarked, V 1 say jnwter, do you guia the "Wye in, or how do you do it aibYbovvT*,., r'J-'r-?^ . '

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