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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 820, 18 September 1877, Page 2

Timber."— Tenders for supplying between twenty and thirty thousand feet of »awn timber at Ohaupo, are called for by Mr Burke. The Education Bill.— On Friday, in the Hou33, Mr Tole presented a petition from 319 Catholics in Waikato and Coromandel, against the Education Bill.

Cambridge Yards. — Mr A. Auckland announces for sale, at the Cambridge Yards, on Tuesday next, twe.ity two-year-old steers and a quantity of Hobarttown sheep hurdles. Mr John MacLeod, the Manager of the Te Akau run, near Raglan, is inviting tenders, which will be received up to the 1st of October, for falling nine miles of heavy bush two chains wide, in sections of two miles and upwards, also for draining two miles of swamp. We ttE&BET to learn that a severe accident h-»s happened to. Mr W.Martyn's game little raciug mure Memento, which it is feared will render her of Uttlo use but fur breeding purposes. By some ticcilent Bhe got cast in her box and caught by the legs, which were severely strained 1 . Her niater Polly has just d.-opped a fine foal to Beuathalath.

Mbssbs Gardner and Neilson, under the name of the firm of Gardner and Co., have commenced business as boot and shoe makers, in Hamilton East, and are prepared to Bupply a really good and uselul article, Mr Nei'Bon has been long known in East Hamilton as a skilful tradesman, and the n«w firm will doub Iless receive a large share of public patronage.

At the meeting of tho Hamilton contingent of the Te Awamutu Cavalry Corps held on Saturday, afternoon, at Walker's Commercial Hotel, it was resolved to form a shooting fund, for the purpose of eucouraging rifle practice by members, of the 'corps. Ic was also resolved to hold a series of drills, to enable the corps to put in as efficient an appearance at the Annual Parade aa the older and more practised portions of the troop.

The Alexandra. Concert ia aid of tho funds of St Joseph's Catholic Church at that place, has been postponed in consequence of the stormy weather on Friday, when it was to have coma off til to-morrow. 'I he postponement will not, we trust, interfere with the su. -cess of an entertainment undertiken with so laudable au object, and a3 tue several performers have thereby had the oppoitunity of perfecting themselves by another rehejrsal, tlw performance itself is all the mon likely to prove interesting and attractive. The advertisement will be found in another column.

The Blieep-worrying nuisance by dogs has not only been experienced in Hamilton aud Paterangi, but in Cambridge also. One settler , alone bas bad nearly two hundred sheep driven awuy or killed. The nuisance his reached such a height ihit it is almost as nece3saiy to consult what shull be done lo keep down dogs as.to keep awaj the scab. Many people ol jcjct". to byin-j poison, and think t iab If.cul legislation m-ghfc be etfdCtuully b;oiuht to be:vr upon out* cunino Jrieuds,

Thh Press tells another sWy as to tse inventive genius ot tho^e who deßtroy rabbits for a reward, Mr Cotswolds, of the Wairarappa, had several mw employed on his run in the reduction of a number of rabbit* thereon. He gav«< the men 15s a .week, their grub, and a Id a tail. He now pays Id for each pair of ear?. The men were accustomed to apeacl Sunday manufacturing tails out of portions of the skins. No doubt in time another modification will have to ba made when they, discover the seeret of manufacturing the ea».

"" ■'"■ ' ''$■■'. Some little curiosity, and anxiety, too, has boon expressed as to the truth of BbatemoritsVthade by a correspondent, that. ; a; ' ljlaori hostelry established in Alexandra, was made use of for immoral purposes, .and was likely to prove a viumnce to the settlement. We have personally enquired into the matter, and, fail to find thit any reasonable cause for. such apprehension exists. "We have not been dblp to ascertain that thore h any such building in Alexandra. The police in t hit sett lament should be competent judgeß of ftuoh matters, ani the fact, that they/-' have .no complaints to make, and we* write advisedly, speaks for itself. .■-•■■.■ : - :

Poaa "Worsting Shbep.— lf any of oar readers have dogs with the above propensity, ' but which are too valuable ia oilier respects, to be killed, we would recommend to their notice the following letter from the ' Animal World ' of September) 1876 :— Sir,— The following i>lan has been proved successful in curing a dog of worrying'sheep. Take the dog to a butcher's? «et him on to asheep just killed and quite warm ; let him attack and pullatloutehu prey, ut the same time al<p into his mouth a handful of wool well steeped in train oil ; the wool sticks übouttha dog's mouth— he cannot clear it away j the oil runs into his throaf, and makes him bo sick that he will not again touch wool. /This plan is more certain thau any cruel punishment Irom man's hand. —M. A. N.

Wings T. Steam.— An English exchange tells. u» that a carrier pigeon, which had been * homed' to a building in Cannon-strebt. City, was tosse.l through a oirriage .windo on the Continental ezpress'tram from Dover to London as the train movod from the Admiralty Pier, the wind being west and the atmosphere hazy, but with the . suu shining. For upwards of a minute the pigeon circled -, to an altitude of about half a mile, and then flew towards London. By tbia time the train; which carried the -European mails and was timed not to stop between Dover and Cannonstreet, had £ot up to full speed, and was proceeding at the rate of sixty miles au hour. The pigeon, as soon as it appertained its bearings, took the nearest homeward route in a direction midway between Madsfcone and Sittingbourue, the' distance 'a* the crow flies ' betwe- n Dover and Lonlon being seveuty miiea" and by rail seventy-six miles and a half. When the Continental mail-express came into Cannon-street station the bird had been homeftweqty minutes.

ALaiigke Moutb.— She led him to the, sofa, and in a deep bass yoice called him her soul's idol, and inquired what' his monthly income- was. Seeing his' face fixed on' her boa-constrictor-liko mouth, she remarked— "\Darling, I notice you see my large and ' beautiful potato-trap ; let me explain to you the reason of its unusual size. When I was a child I was playing on jpappy's cellar door ; it ga» e way •,' I w«6 precipitated do *n into the basement and caught by the mouth on a projecting meat hook which ripped u . my face and extended my mouth 'several inches." With his. eyes full of sympathio tears be lose from the sofa, and replied as he ma.An to war Js the door — ' ' My angel, you are perhaps mistaken. Probably in the excitement of that awful moment you left -your mouth, down in the basement and accidentally brought up the cellar. We shall meet again in a better world. Adieu. "— Amb uicaf Exohangk.

Thb Grkv Mabe the Betxeb Horse. — There is a gentleman in an inland town who has within the lust few weeks been gazetted to the magistracy, and who is happy in ' being ailed to a strongminded wife. He wa3 at a tea meeting the other '.'evening, and on hid return from that innocent class of entertainment; made some calls. Eventually two friends accompanied him to his residence. When •they reached the porf-il he was urgent with them that they- should come in and have something hot. u Oh, no," pleaded the friends, late, and, besides,. Mrs Blank night? not like it." Airs Blank, indeed, I'd. have you know I'm Julius Cooiar in.mj^bwn house. C >me in." At this moment the door opened, and Mrs B. courteously welcomed her husband's guests to hia 'sitting- room, placing before each ai glass, and upon the table a flask of cognac. Then, turning to her astonished spouse,- sho grasped him by tlie ooat collar, and said, with stern insignificance,." NW, Julius Cse-tar, you goto bed!" Which Julius Ca»*r instantly did.—" iE^ea " in the ' Australasian.'

Wool in. Gbeasb v. Washed Wool. —The following letter has been addreawed by Mr J S Macfarlane to the ♦ Horald ': — Many years ag j I arrived at the conelusion that it would be more profitable for growers of wool to sell in grease or to ship iu grease ia preference to washing, and the large growers of wool appear to act oo tha- principle as a rule, but I find that a great many small settlera are not aware of the faot, and they give them selves trouble, and-, incur expense fruitloaslyx. .'JCh^jftroflt <?h greasy wool at this year's -sales in London is even more marked than ia previous years, and it would be a gain to the settlera to give th«m this hint, so that they could maka inquiry and be guided by the information tixty obtain. I fiad that wool badly washed, or only partially washed, is injured iu the staple aul discoloured by the process, aud that wool does not keep so well in a half- washed condition as in grease. I can refer you to Messrs E and B. Maclean fur a confirmation of mys views, and you; aH. 'Uld givo the iuforuaa ti<m .prominence ia your weekly paper. Of course there are exo-jpti >hs, such as stations being hundreds of mile * inland, and where the carriage to a port of shipment is excessive. Bat if woolis vvash^l at all, it should be eff:clinlly washed and scoured with soap and warm water.

MJUC Murom's opinions oa E luoatioa should have some weight with us. Here are a few of "them : — National education a a national', duty. Tj leave n»tioaal education to chance, church, or charity i-i a national gin. ~. . . . In natioaal schools, sujiportedijy the nation at largo, yon oan ouiy< teaouthat oa which we all agree; heace, when children belong t;> different sects, you cannot teach theology. . . . . . A religion that opposes education of the peo <le is not a true religion, and a ay steal of national education that should exclude raligious education is not a true system. . ■ . Education by the nation and for the nation means the complete separation of school- teaching and church teauhiu*. Well then, invest your inoaey, utilise your peace,' rouse your. public spirit, and conviuo the world th-.it one-half, theefourth^,' nine-tenths of real practical religion 'is — Education, national education, compulsory aul+t may be grata*, itoua, education, '

The Vavsihi Mankatkh —fh ri w?s only oue oase in the Police Court at Ngaruawahia yeaerd.iy. Thomas Bond was charged by Dennis Hertman vvioh.; biting hia ear off during a uonniaiag« the two men had en Saturday week LiaV t)n : the Friday they had had a smffle, and oh. Saturday, , m-etiMg again, Bind usejj^ exhasperating aud abusive language, toiUertman, who forth with went T foi him.' The two fell together,' add while down, B >nd regaled himself with chawing a piece oft Hertm n'a ear- The bystanders then interfered, and one of them, pattiua his fingers in Bond's mjuth, a somewhat ha^irdoua acb, all thiu^s considered, drew forth Hertmau'a missing ear. Bond was fined 403 and costs, £L 14<, and both mu<> were bound over to keep the peaca (of Hertman's ear ?) for throe months.

As has already been "noted, the proposition ia seriously made to form a a a of: the Desert of dakaa by cutting a channel to let in the waters of the. Medi: terraneah — an enterprise r garde i as entirely feasible, more ao in fact than the. cutting of th.) Isthmus of Darien. '.which may said to be an assured projeo . A (J<rm*n scientific writer, howler, goes so far as t j assert that the Sahara project, if oarried out, would eventually tu^n Europe into another ureeulaadt fcfe alleges that the diversion of the Grulf stream, by. the cutting of the Suez CUnal, has began to have an imm«n-<e. iufluenje on the- climate «f Europe, and tuat the cove* ing ot the burning sa-ids of the 4fricaa desert with water would destroy the ho & winda, which are necessary for the. melting oi the Alpine Bnow and ice, and would finally result in a glacial for mition "that would overwhelm Italy. H ; instances the changes in Australia and New G-uinea, by ttie deviafio i of a warm currant of water which formerly ran through Torres Straits, as a practical illustration of his theory. '

Wolvb-5 in Sheeps Clothin&. — In the course of a sermon delivered by the Rev (J M. Nelson on Sunday morning the 9bb insti. (says the *N.Z . blerald') allusion was madrt t • the leading articles and letters which : h>ive appeared in thin joU'ml relative to the clerical w<>rk entitled 4 THo Pri-at in Absolution.' Thj rev gentleman did not refer directly to this no «v fumoui or infamous book, but to the correspondence which appeared in the • Herald '• regardi >g ir. He deprecated the intempnate language used in thu»e letters, and the great deal which wai made of simple practices, Muchas turniiiii to tbe e*st, wearing a cassock und r tne surplice, &o. He w.ia aware that charg <s of iniulgiug iu 80-called P<>pis<> practice^ vvoutd be briught against hitn-e f and other ministers at the-nexr. meeting oi tne Synod,, and hs would :»sk the pray -r-* of the congretjation for both accuser* an'i accused. . It seemed to him som «whar t-in.ular, however, that newspaper dis cussims in reference to '-noh nutt-nt rthoald nhva,s ake ulica j fe' revi<>u^ t th.es meeting of the D.ocesu i ayuod. The R-v C. iVT. Nelson of St. Paul's, writu»k> the ' Herald' in correction of the ab-»ve .

Russian Barbabitibs. — The Turkish Mi is er of Foreign Aff iirs has sent, a circular to Turkish representatives übro id. rec ting barbarous acts commuted •in the Russians, and says it is necessary thai; the civilised world should become acquainted with th se horrors, to expres* its indignation and to brand them. Th inhabitants of . Ternis, near i'irnoM, having on tli.i approach of the Russians taken refuse in a mosque, were bu ued alive in the inclosure. The. ussi-ms having met three hundred carts fi ie<t with fugi.ive f.niilies, deStojed them with cannon. shots, and then complex! thpii- work of massicrai iar all toe me i and women they could fiod. In evary suburban village occupied by Rmsim troops the dwellings of Mussul na iwere given to the flames. - The Bulg triaus, excited by tue example of the Russians, com nit fc agaius the peaceful and roai^ned Mussulman population aots of barbarity and , outrages still more atrocious and more horrible th*n fciiose perpetrated by the invaders.

PAific ix fluasiA.. — Reports c^me fr >m Vittnna of a panic througn Russi 1. Addibioual troops are bein^ hurriel pellmell to the Danube. Religious cimmunities are hastily packing- and sending their valuables to Austria, fearing they will be coufheabed in ag»neia_lswar levy for money, and 'here is an increasing feeling of uneasiness in. Russian Pol.n 1 Russia fears to withdraw more troops from that province, as it wi.l r j quire * s'rong hand to keep down a revolutionary movement in the presence of continued Turkish successes and exhaustive drafts of nceu and money to sustain the war. Nevertheless, tin re ia much eithusiasm at M«is<ow and St Pe&ersbur-r for the war. The Im aerial ttussian Guard, cohsweingof 64,000 infantry and cavalry, will 'follow the force of 48,000 men with 258 cannon already on th- way to the seat of war. The auburha of the Russian capital are studded with tents, and the city itself is full of martial sounds incident to warlike preparation «. A forca of 185. 000 Lmdwehr is nearly ready to start for the front, and there is every indiaatioii that Russia is determined to justify the general belief in her u!ti-

mat-; success.

CarcKKT — Tlie opening meet ing of the United Cricket Club, Hamilton West. was h j ld oa Friday ev«nia» at tli« Hamilton Eot.el Tli % re w»i* a rftmarkr ably good attendance, notwib istanding tue watery stite of fche atmosphere. Mr N & Uox being v.K.ed to the ohair, g'ive a abort history of the club, and oul'eJ uion Mr rfuott, tha secretary, to read the, annuil reoorfc a,-id ba'anij--sheefc, which ware rvlopt>s-.1. . Lufc yeir's officers being re-elected, vaoa-icips ia tlv comuiittee ware ftl'ei up. Rds>l ttiona were 'passed for tin purohis; o l ' a n-t tnd for t.he udo ttion of a r-*d atf-1 white cnp and ?u:irmey f>r a unifor n. T^'lre new ra ambers vveiM ad ranted. A. moat sati^f ictory maotin^ was brought >,j * couchnion with a vote of tln.ik« to -h* chairman a.id .>ffiW<. The ground me.l by thn dub is kindly lent by Mr J VI flan in, bub for whom Hvnilton Wast would now be- without a gmim I a together. The piece, 40 Ha bv 7yrls, aid ia3t ye it 1 , U in spleudil onlition nod another patch is now b^iiisr a<ld«d to it, of the same size. The fi laucial condition of the club is also satisfactory, showing a balance of £3 y Id from last season.

Tnß Coti')BA.DO BUKTLK OR POTATO Extermiwatoe. — Simultaneously with the passage of the Di^ube by th« Ru99iaus, it is »nnouaced f-ha'-.Sir Wilfrei Lawson's favorite dread, th a Co!<»rad» beetle, his suoce^/lei- in eff obini; the passage of the A.tl*ntic. aad has landed on G-rtrmn soil, t> -ing fi^st ob<^rved with numerous larvae, in a p>tato- field at Mulheim, neir Oolouj;. The German authorities v«re equal to the ocoaiion, and promising i<> inleoaiify the proprietor, they covere 1 th^. fteid wifh sa<vdus/and taunm^-bark, over which they poured petroleum- > 1 which they set on fire. One beatle, however, was seen ■ on the winsf, so thab the whole iiv\di >g. force was cerfcam'y not exterminate!. ' Colored en»ravmji ' of thfj iaae-Jb have been isaue I by our own Commissioners of Castomj — j iat as colored ph. ito^raphs of o8c»pel crimio'ils are issued by >>ur Commi«ion9M of Polioa— to all a'l'l'-su/ulry likely to fall in wita the potato-bj^tiH, if hvdoes.oomi.- Bat it will ba an «n qual Wir. Che beetla, like Saelley's ' Da-tola-tiop,':is a ' deficite thin^, which can easily find harbjra^e wifcljout b,oing i>}<

teofad by our coarse faoiiltUs at allt> -We snail rind it afinst as u»nicult ai to ra*ke W4r ; pi» -frrfaiaor TyflaallV. 'germs' G^Uirel specimens of the lu.secG in its various stuges are ou exuibitiou in the iwiudow of a Queen-streat < booksellers shop in Aiicklaud. . " ■■•'.; Things' as the* abb 'in .A private : let' er I'rutri . San Francisco; received by aet mail qoiitaiiid^ht) following r.itu'er *wri«uß beat* nets as respeei* th < uo.^liiiou of the lab.mr in»rkef|in the LJuiC' d State*, ami of th- somewhav alaimmg aspect' whioh the Chinese .question is uow assuming lu Ciliforuia. ToeI oorrespon leut wbouo letter is before me. a r»ys' : '• rhuigs""are extre mly ' (Tali ' htira'. : ' We hul a mild attempt ' at rioting, but nothing to make a uoise about. Unless che Cam so .leave, however, there will be' ugly times h ?re soon s - Over 40; 000 mem are idltf, and quite a* muiy/ women and. boy.-, ihere are about' 150,06i) Chinese, fully occupied. lirthv States things aro worse. Over 3,000,00 iof Americana and' foreign lesideu is are estimated to be out •if work — I mean , men alone. The prospects ot tue "Republic are hot, therefore, particularly bright.''/. . . ! Dban-Swiei.; was ...walking, in thg. Phceuix Park, Dublin, w^en V thundersh >wer ounie. 0.i, , and he touk shelter uctder a tree,, where; a pa.rty, !wer© sheU bahug also—two you'ug womeii aad tW/On youug m.iu. One of iae.', young girls iooKed very sad, till, c»a trie "raia fell, her tears fell. TneDoau inquired the cause, and Jearut that in wis their wedding day; they were on their way to the ohurcu, and now. her white olotliea were wet aud she ooutd'nt go.. " Jferer, iriind, 1 11 marry you," said the/dean ; and he took oub nis prayerbook, and there and then married them, their witnes&eß being present ; aud to make the .thing- complete, hct tore a leaf from, his pocket bubk, and vrita.his pencil wrote and signed a certificate which he hanued- to the bride., ic waa as follows :— Uader a tree, in stormy weather, I married this man aud woman together. Let noue, but He who, rules the thunder, Sjver this man and woman asunder. Thb ' iN'orth Canterbury News ' ooutri. butes the following: — '• As sosoe Maoris were digging ■. a drain at the old pah_a tew da>B eiuce, . they caaie.. across an old twopenny piece, temp, (jkorge'lll., whicli was at once recognised by sume oi the •Idii* onlookers as naviug bnon in the (jossessipii, at que time, ,of the occupiers of tue old whitrts whose si e was b;iu^ excavated, and th^ following strange siyry was the result : Thsse oid -entiemen <!■ cUre thit i.i ttieir youth "t'hio wnare in question was occupied by t#o 'Maoris who aa-i come from Of^o^long. bejfore— aom* 100 years ago. Thoy'hud fldd tb'Kaiap.t' in coiißequcnce of haying killed and eaten the fii-ot pakehas they t^id ever seen — omj castaway whders. They had brought i.uis coin w th them,.. with" other property ■nd a on9ideiabie p <rtion of the material 'lUbitauoe' of the original owner, overlaid funi Ounedin, ad hud -settled iuwu Here in preference to revi&icing the scene of clieir udveuture. Our 'informant j iya as areasou tor tne extreme measures of the ancient Maoris witii ilieir pakcha '■/'lei or», ' ■• that they wer frightened at the white men.' Thay^eetu, however, to iiava hul the best end of trie adventure. Cue coin "will be seuf. to the ..Museum." Thb Fall of Plbvna.— The battle of Pievca its j if wis übth, tig ' as compared vith the " battle of the cablegrams" uow bdiug waged by the opposing -armies of vV"yutiuam-9treet. We.g^veche 'Stars ■uxtdou >pdoi.itl oorresponlenta account of the •'Eallpf Plwvna,", ou Saturday, for ■vhat it was wortu. Yeaceriay. the H ral't ' pu i Wished aut uen tio and later caiograms, wmcu give a ve-y different complexion to the affair, but then the • tiar«»Kl ' doas uot ruu its broadsheet in the streets, wioh cbe cry of "Fall of Plevna, -price one penny,'" aud can afford co sacrifice sensationalism to fact, in its issue of yesterday, it takes a quiet rise out of Us evening rival, »a follows : — "lt <vill be se-n, by refeiMuce t<i our tel«.graphic onlumus, that the difficulty at Plevua has been ' specially ' settled at us. — though sciroaly in the way thac ' able journalists of expensive experience '- had anticipated. Tne comba ants, accordiug to our latest cabiegranis, hare divided tbe honours— the Turks, remaining maide PJevua, aad the Russians outside ! ! Special cablegrams 'to the contrary, the Turks persist — such is the infiuity <>f human impudence— ia ' brazening it out' at Pievua. It has been iuggested Chat tue ' bogus ' Plevna d^3pasou arrived per pigfcbu, and a3 a very ' old oird,' it deserves to uave salt put ou. its tail." '"*''