A GOLDEN SORROW.

Waikato Times, 8 January 1874, Page 2

A GOLDEN SORROW.

I «\vc»r, 'tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livets in content, Than to be parked up in a wintering grief. And wear a golden sorrow. Shak^eakx.

proper ralue.— Gentlemen !' Miriam made a gesture with her band which directed their attention from herself to Florence — ' in a ihort time you must have known the truth, which Mr St Quenhn's intemperate language obliges me to disclose befuto we liad intended it to be proclaimed. How false every word lie has utterod is, you are all awnre j you need nothing to strengthen your conviction of that j but OTen he will be as'mm.ed of hiimelf whrn ho loams t'latthis lncly, ray boloved Iriend, called here \tn^o Dixon, is Florence Clint — my bother's \rifo— and that before my lit her diod, he knew ih ' Mr St Quentin did nut lrave the Firs ; but neither did he attend tho funeral af .Reginald Clint. H ( > had been somewhat, hotly purnucU of late by a niuch-dreaded enemy, fatal to his most cherished pretensions to youthful energy and fascination— gout. Aided by tiio stormy emotions, to which ho gave their passionate way, it came up with him, and dealt him a hard blow. Ho found himself condemned to the double humiliation of being Florence's guest and Mr Martin's patient. When the wonder and excitement of these events had •*mewhat subsided, Florenco and Miriam, comparing notes of their feelings, found that in the caw of each the fist conscious impression mado by the reading of the will had been its elucidation of Mr Clint's mysterious words, its explanation of how, indeed, ' after all, he had done his son no wrong. 1

Dr Neild read a paper before the Royal Society of Victoria recently, on the advantages of burning the dead instead of burying them, as was at present the custom. Ho pointed out "that there could be very little doubt that the process he advocated would be fur preferable to the practice at present in force. The putnfyinghodien in cemeteries must of necessity cnuse noxious gase* to rise, and theie were detrimental to the living. He admitted that there was one objection which might be raised to the practice of burning dead bodies, and «hat was the likelihood df murders being committed, and the bodies so disposed of. Th»t objection he thought might be overcome by post-mortem examinations being held on every body to the death of which the slightest suspicion was attached. He, finally pointed out th»t now dead bodies could be more easily disposed of by firo than «•• the case in earlier dura. Ho admitted that ho was likely to be strongly opposed in the proposition he ! ad . bujught forward, but he thought that, if the subject was j»iven careful consideration it would be approved of by all ri^'it-thinking men Mr Sydney Gibbons expressed his approval of the proposition, and suggested that it miglit be brought into operation by all those who were in favour of it giving instructions to have their bodies disposed of in that m nner. Mr White thought that all scientific men mu=t be in favour of incremation. There was no doubt that ll © gei eral public would beat first opposed to such a proposition, but in hia opinion it was merely a matter of education. He hoped Dr Neild would energetically push hia proposal. Mr Pirnni suggested that some chemical menns might be u»ed in the interment of bodied io as to prevent the noxious exhalations referred to He thought such a course would meet with more general approval than the proposal to hum the dend. Alter some remarks from Messrs H X RmHen »nd A. X Smith in favour of the proposal, Mr Sydney G-ih- » bons suggested that each of the gentlemen present shouLl v sign a paper binding themselves to have their bodies dnposed of by incremation. The President thought the matter ought to be looked at from a purely sanitary point of view After some further discu«sion. Dr Neild, in reply, said he had not treated of the matter of burning bodies in the piper he had read, but had left that p int as a subject for another paper, to be read before the society by himself or any other gentleman who felt an interest in the subject. Mr A. Arden sends to the Australasian, the following directions for preserving skins from weevils :— " With a whitewash brush or the like, serve the skins as they come off the sheep with water (*oap suds nre the best menstrua) containing not. less than i!b of arsenic to the gallon. 1 never could keep skins till I tried this plan, \w\ have found it a perfect remedy, and the tronble to me, not worth naming. The skins will take the poi«on equally well when dry as when fresh stripped, if more convenient to dres* them in a lot. Any one not used to arsenic will find it difficult to dissolve without tlie following direction*. Quite soft water will not bold in solution, when cold, more than 4ozs of arsenic to the gallon. The water should be brought to the highest possible pitch of boiling before introducing the mineral; a very | intense fire should be kept for fully half an hour, and it is * e»iential that the arsenic should be distributed over the surface of the boiling water, so as to ensure its mixing with it before it can reach the bottom of the pot, for once there much of it will granulate lilts coar»e salt, and being then insoluble, ignorant people suppose it to be snnd, which I never found in commercial ar«enic yet. The water should, moreover, be kept well stirred during the whole time of solution, and more added when finished, so that when col J there •hall be fully one gallon of water to every \\h of arsenic, or precipitation will occur ; no soda or potash should be used if the water is soft. Perhaps some of your renders know of, and would mention, something more adapted to general application than ar»enic, which, though cheap, involves much care, from its habihtv to he mistaken for articles in common use, and its somewhat difficult solution." To which the A editor sdds " Opos»um and other such skins can bo preserved in like manner, but if arsenic be objected to for them, put a& soon as dry into close cany«» bags ; they can so be kept free from moths, &c . for years " The late Dr Howitt has bequeathed to the University of Melbourne hii valuable entomological collection and his library on the subjects of entomology and botany. *• his library contains many rare and valunble books on the sub* jects to which they refer, and the collection is known to be the most extensive of the kind In this pnrt oftho world. Dr Howtt has also bequeathed to the University the sum of £1000 for thp purpose of forming three " Howitt Natural History Scholarships" in the suhjeoti of comparative i nnttomy and zoology, chemistry, mineralogy, and botany, and geology nnd paleontology. As this sum is, at present, insufficient to carry out the design of the tfst&tor, the bedfc quest is to accumulate at compound interest for 18 Tears, or until the fu"d is sufficient to produce the required income. Much attention is now being paid in G-ermanv to the " cultivation of fish in pond* end ditches, and it has been found, coitrarv to the genernllv received opinion in reference to such localities, that they are more favourable for the purpose than other large bodies of water, apparently fresh and pnre in their character. This is doubtless owing to the great abundance of animal life, as well as to the more decided concentration of vegetable substances in the form of living plants of different kin' s, including the algas. This produces a constant evolution of oxygen needed for the respiration of the fish, and allows a larger mass o( life to crowded together in a given space. The reproduction of the «pecies is also nmnnally rapid, and the young grow very quickly. An Illinois newspaper styles sensational clergymen " performers on the moral trap&ze " The Gorsseddcrffildlderwydr, an E-steddfodd, to be held at Coedpoetherw\rlhdvr next year under the designation of Eistcddfodd Cndcorvwhynolddr Dwflwrvbrvvirnrldolwyhn Mnewhydlor, lms been proi laimed with all the ancient cerei monies, a Welsh rabbit being slnunhtered bv ClwywiiwvdI _ dwdfwardd, the principal bnrd, who was assisted bv lololn'v lulo Trewhvfddwllwhn and others, who helped to drink all the whiskey. The old practice of outlnndish nflme* f^r the«e ceremonies hns been entirely discarded. [Weather mys tenons I—Hornet,1 — Hornet,