GLEANINGS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1278, 15 January 1883, Page 3

GLEANINGS.

A L iidou jKjfßiomD fayajhftt.pply one ;! f yiioimbly draw, a full breach wit^jieji;olfiiheß;on.''.», ' : A linle Pompoii io tha oetitte of 'France •haabeen unearthediti'tberieigjibiiurhdod of Poiistiers.' It -contains-a''tbmplb; 114 'ywdr in -lengih by ; 70 yardfih; bathi occupying .five cork 1 , "a' : theatre! of ,which ihb'atßßfeaWne'ireaßiires riinfyyaj'da , on' its loni;eßt;ei,dea/..&treetß l 'jioQßes and other buildings, obvering a Space of innre Hah ,Barj9nteei3 aores.: The excavations if this EomanrGailio town, 1 , whioh. are i?ing. Continued,, ■ have brought to light aore.edifices, joulpture in 'the very' best tyleand in good preserration, dating, it tia through, from the' aWoad -ipen^ury,' • md a quantity of irdri, bronze and oarthorn rticles. ' ■' . The Sydney Mail has been publishing a leries of articles on the tour of * the Sydney ; Football l Team'"through New Zealand/' We give an extract from the soncluding article:—" With regard to the ' ixp'ensesof the'team,' I am told that all ixpenies have been coveted except the ium of about has.been sub-; loribed by the taamlA large portion of ;his the;teaid expect, to .have refunded i to ;hem .when' th» final . settlement. takes' place,'.and .this",is: only; delayed. ;by the lilatorineaa-of the in for-* warding the money'. whioh U in their hands. - Of the different teamß, pur re-, presenUtivei"generally - 'doneider s the:. Dunedin ; team: .the atrnngeßb ; r iuet, and the.Auckland {earn nexti, .Thpy ; lay. that Canterbury played 'the best'game of;. football, ncoordiag l'o (be new-fules of 'no holdiii^'-the ball, 'and' no scrimmages, the other- relying', too much u upon brute Blrengih arid^^igliy^and'fioldin |E the ball; th'erefofy 1 / dotal |ii|e-an'^ : the-spirit of the game;'touring these into' play.\ 0| Wejlington,,.and; the...matches] 'there, ißpeoi'ally.'; Ibe second johp,'tbey are loud.; in pi'aiseV,^'Tjictp"' waa .'.liqt. a single jar. or iinpteMrttifels in V'tlitf match. 'l% trip , i iaßted.. i .^xactljc, six w.eeks,-and; t Ij rQUgli'^ili:V?aa'" / j»<]: vt§ujoyal)la rinej-'and. had dpn&thßir ujm'oßt tQ. show them the sights and to make theinh selves.lt. is to bo .hoped ihat Sydney men .will work m hard fqr.. the. New Zealand team that is coming over next season.. This team will bis very hard to pick, owing to the great distance between the different New- Zealnnd'. cities, and therefore the difficulty in having frequent interprovincial matches, in whicli the best men would soon'nho.w out; but, despite that difficulty and thq ilisuuce'lo Sydney] a ( splendid team can be got, anlone-,which ;iviil,W;ii|yeryi- hardTniit indeed >'ta i; o'ur combined team loiorack...-Anyhow winjor lose, Sjdneyfo'otlmll ! are determined to mako them have aa good a time as possible when they .visit us next :Naseby possesses an original character, who announces in the local paper" Pnbl.'o notice of repudiation of- personal debts." If.hia example.were to be followed, generally throughout the colony, the effect would be finally snt at. rest (he v6xed ; ■ ' bankruptcy"- questioh. The ingenious "notice" referred to is as*followa U :I the undersigned, hereby.declare s that all' debts owing-by nie,'all rates and taxes, or any such commercial, transactional; wilj' become from honceniill and void,.alj payment of such having been stopped, until all those debts and accounts owing to me ure.paid.'." .. • , 5 „o i There is really no mystery in learning to swim-an .accomplishment which 'is f "possessed in perfection by the most stupid of froga. More tkaii,'once I have, explained how any-one' can. leach: himself,. .The trunk, less the arms, is heavier thau. the water: with the .arms, it is lighter; all, therefore',, that,,»; person has to. do:, is to acquire the.'habit of drawing in the breath when lie is preparing to-make' a stroke, and expelling it when be ia making it. Let any one do this keep, calm; and bitwill find tliat he caa'awim. But, perhaps it is better to acquire cenfidence by a preliminary course.of floating, :To ; dO this it is only necessary to lie Hat on the : water, stretch out the armß.with the palms of the' hands'downward, throw back the head,' and whenever the body sinks low. slowly to fill-the lungs with air. Truth. In the,laat Post Office Londonv Directory there are ten. pages of the name of Smith..aionej averaging one, hundred and -sixty, /.namea to-*a-^&ge, ; land when it is receded, that the -bqokja eight inches thick, weighs over half 4' atohe, and ! that every name inserted ip'it involve,! a .visit •'to'the jooal habitation' of it.S'owher, whose initials are appended in' each case, this Directovy may.' with tr.uth : , be viewed aB a-, great national : Wdrk, u and;"'£ome.-,faini notion may be had, lofit' only'of ,Vork b^tow i ec( lv .,l)Ut;of; |thp expended; in- its' statUtica.-.ißy labor, .manual,; mental;,and\'cerebral,j it ihas, been compiled,.a'credit 4o the: hands ■;and heads andjfeetiemployed. The year ■IBB3 is its eighty-ihird'publication; ; The inothod r in, which.-J/iparie^e/news| papers'are coiiduistisd naive; "A reVent isßue : bf the NickiNicki Shimbun^whicH : like'all'MtVjriative-'don'' tempoMries,'- is'riot; in ; ';colutiiriß,'> but in squares—came, ont with. onei?,qUMo iblarilc; the empty space:<being covered With a 'number of' stfaiKht'lirnesj'"The" editor, apologised appearance of the hia yeaders that'iit the last' moment he found that' what he had written waa all wrong and had to be takori out;' He had no time to fill it. up with anything;]else, and there was nothing tobe dono but to leave the sjiade'witiiout'any ift iJc L '. j ■ ; .'••Aji ! characteristic, : bl' ; the...eliemplfry Christian chiirity.'' displayed- by" Bishop Seltfyn, of Melanesia,; the., following oirnarrated by a Sydney coin tempprary (t-? 1 Towards of. Sepj teirtberjaat a. promising girl ,of .'sevenlean was 6tricken at; Norfolk'lsland . with, typhoid fever. The doctpr called >in at; onpe, isolated the patient .and f the' house in-which ish'e resided; was strictly, 'quarantined, When the parents were worn out with nursing the poor /girl,' 1 Bishop Selwyn', who' heard of the case prhffered hia Amices, and in his roigsion. ofjChariJ.y hjp iii fact broke tlirough the quarantine. Night after night this., kind-heated prelate rode ip.wn,. frpm. the missionstation ani' took his seat at' the' bedside,'of . the'dying girl, notwithstanding-her dangerous'.condition, and, .acting: ap ( her,, phyaicinn,,he .pevei relinquished his. charge' until her death, which took on,October 2,. One dark .night, whilst tiding-to -the house' when his patiently, jioksun.to,. death, the Bishop's; horse stumbled oyer gome,young cattle lying in' the toad, ahd .he .wsi thrown' headlong and severely bruised Th eire' wa«' a : v iblfin t 'thitn ser4idr im-t ragi nj at the .time.-and the Bishop came neai losing.,hiitp.wn4.ife,.bqt hotbipg dauntec he remounted and -rode on to the housi of sickness, where'duty called him..-Man] Jeeds auch .as ihese have endeared Bishoj Selwyn ito the hearts- ofhifl people;' 1 •; country' jecfor! Had'ai.a ,gardene ait, .oii.raan' who was k incorrigibli drunkard, and meeting-him one mom ing 1 afjber.. a. three daya' - abseace in drinking), he'eaid':'« John, I'm quit disgusted you've drmkirig • a&'d.l6'St ! , three;-.days,''fj temble 'pbrryi i'd { 'pnly; i now, how mue! had you 5''..• f-(l'don't.exaotiy'-know-niay: be" Wo ortbree * g&llosa bf; drink so much wlter.' 1 " Eli, no moi could I, Mesterf