A NEWSPAPER FOR ROUGHS.

Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1658, 20 February 1883, Page 3

A NEWSPAPER FOR ROUGHS.

The London roughs, having been pro-: vided witlia/elfgion to theie taste, are. next, it seem", to be supplied with n, • ttttrioaical literature. Some one has sent o&efrcopy of the Ra& or Weekly Scorcher, written by roughs in then. hottv langnnge, for their own class* A«en i a. somewhat careful perusal, \ am or onpinion that the Bag has been most ,apppmria|»ly -named. Nothing quite so -raKKed in ,ininil and manners ever came, ' under my notice before. The Bag is the, 'very crossing-sweeper amongst newspapers. ' The satire which is hinted at in Its second title, the WvchU, Seotehcr, I was barely able to detect, but the class "for which the paper is written would not be doubt recognise it <vithout difficulty,' 'and find the intellectual stimulation m it .which "society" Londoners extract from the World or the Sat 'nnluy Bevtew. Asa specimen, I give a paragraph, the very first in the paper, and an •• editorial :— ■ "While writing, a pal comes Hi and tells me that the city peelers arc to be allowed to grow doormats. Oh lor, oh ldr, how very flash the coppers will look Everybody knows that that the • city coppers are the handsomest coppers .in the world, and the mashercst of the mashers. Fancy Wiggy with a doormat, and Sergeant Grace ! " The " pueler" or "copper" is the rough d ' natural enemy, hence the pungency of WioJtaa on the subject of policemen s beard. ' Another functionary w ith which roughs and rowdies have perennial war is the "chuckei-ont." A lew sentences from a descriptive article on " chuckcrsont" will $xp(an\ the title and afford an interesting study in dialectic Jiiiglish .— ' " Chuckcra-ont arts ot two blooming sorts'gcnerally .simple and compound, Ohe simple chuckcr-out is sometimes a bit • tal-my in the crumpet, and is only kept for tlie sake of show, and to prevent the sweet tarts behind the bar hollering out when a bhindy starts. Such ih the - chucker-out yon'll find in quiet sort of , pubs which only toffs use— toffs that never have the ghost of the slo&hcr in them. Of conrsc it suits bung's game , often to keep a tame kind of chucker-oufc, for he dosen't want his customers chuekedout so long as they'll keep on swilling his blooming booze. Not likely. A\ hat do yon take him for ? A blooming mug ? Ihe compound chucker-out, as we term him, is quite another bloke. He's a gee-gee of another colour. Whoa, my rorty pals, he'a a hot'un, though some of you can do him a treat when he gets a tune cheeky. He's a warn 'un is the compound chuckerout You generally find him at music halls, and about the hats of pubs which blokes use that arn't afiaid of a couple of black peopws. Whoa, our rory pals you've had many a blooming tussle with the compound ehucker-ont, and will, we guess have many .mother turn-up with him before you cock your toes-won t you cullies •> Of comse you will. \\ c like a «ood compound chucker-out that can «ive and take ; and we like all our blootning rorty pals that can take as well as rive a licking. What would life be if it wasn't foi a Wooming good booze now and again, and a blooming lively turn up ■with a chuckcr-out ! " A charming- m.uineicd people, those London bavages ! Compared with them, the Maoii is a qcntleman, John Chinaman a iMivngon of refinement. After leading The Bug, one understands a little better the peculiarities of the Kah.it ion Army. The Army pi ovules a lonph lcligiou for the roughs, and appaiently they want roli«ion in sonic form badly enough. Whether we in New Zealand want it in the same foim is another question.— " Civis,"in Otago Wifufis.

" It is said that the Chinaman who married the Newmark lady the other day now wears his hair cut ahoit." His nueuerosity is satisfied. Tim: first Spanish lady docter has just taken her degree in Madrid. She has met with considerable opposition, her success has eucouraged a conipatiiofc to adopt the same profession, and the latter after being lefused adnu&sion to the Valentia School of Medicine, is now studying in Madrid. A Ni.w Riru,.— The IVhUcJidll Review states that " what is pat-tidily a new rifle wilUhoitly, in all probability, be Issued. Experiments with this view have been going on for some time pa&t. The new weapon emanates from the ■Royal Small Aims liactoi y— the birthplace of the original Enlield 1 Hie— and its construction it mainly due to Mr Magoo, one of the assistants of that establishment, after whom, in all likelihood, the new lille vill be named. The breech action and lock of the present Martini-llenry arc retained, but all else is changed. Tims, the di.unctcr of the new ban el is 1 educed to 40 of an inch ; while, instead of the Henry rifling, what is known as the ' I'fitchutt .system' has, been substituted, the gtooves being cut deep on the flunk and vanishing .iway to nothing on tlie other. The bullet has been slightly obligated, and the charge ot bowclor increased to S."> grainb. The weight of the bat i el has likewise been inct eased by some 40/,. However, the nett result of these new niachanical combinations is to give the bullet a very high degree of initial velocity— about 1900 ft per second at the muxzle of the gun, whereas in the Snider it is only about 1100 ft. ; and while, as a matter of course, the accuracy of t(\c vi(lc is, tUeiuby much incie.ised, the height of the trajectory is at the same tiiuc ho reduced th.it is is seriously proposed to do away with the adjnstable-back-sight as now used altogether, as the trajectory is so flat that the lifle practically shoots point-blank up to 900 yards, In other wovds, an enemy would be under the power of the rifle throughout that distance without any judging distance being required on the parts of •fiver. In such rilles as have, however, been provided with sights, instead of elevation being obtained by raising the back-sights, the requisite elevation is hocmed by a drop fore-sight at the side of the barrel close to the muzzle ; the object of this being to allow the firer to Bhoot at long distances, auch as 2000 yards, up to which distance the new rifle is sighted, without having to strain the neck and shoulders,. In plain language, elevation is obtained, not bv depressing the breech, but by raising the iniuzle." Tin: following excellent advice is given by the American Agiiculturist Avith reference to putting away tools :— "The wearing out of farm implements is, as a rule, due more to neglect than to use. If tools can he well taken care of it will pay to buy those made of the best steel, and finished in the best manner : but in common hands and with common care such is of little advantage. Iron and steel parts should be cleaned with dry sand avid a cob, or scraped with a piece of soft iron, washed, and oiled if necessary, and in a day or two cleaned off with a corncol) and dry sand, finally paint the iron part with resin and beeswax, in the proportion of four of resin and one of wax ; melted together and applied hdt. This is good for the iron or steel parts of every tool. Woodwork should be .painted with good boiled linseed' oil, white lead, and turpentine, coloured of any cleaned tint ; red is probably the best colour. Keep the cattle away until the paint is dry and hard or they will lick, with death as the result. If it is not desirable lo use paint on hand tools, the boiled oil with turpentine ami liquid drier docs just as well. Many prefer to saturate the wood-work of farm implements with crude petroleum. This cannot be used with colonr, but is applied by itself, so long as any is absorbed by ' the pores of the wood.'' ' No one at all familiar with the habits of the colonial farmer will doubt the necessity forsujch' advice. .Costly implements are purchased just when required, used pnee, ; and, left pretty much without' shelter or ' protection until again 'called for'. t ' This ) jmprbvicjent; ,' state of^arfairs'.' 'H "' ac- ■ companipd with a continual mttrffltar of dissatisfaction at f ailured'Eiio. lowest' and yet true ecenomy and., thrift would suggest that better care 'should. t be taken of ) #\e t tQOlS|>>pmp of which, beidg'ek^nsrr^s * ijppftw Vto'coaveniont to replaoV *■[',-■, -■ 0 &4rt?ix>^M&L,;^'ii*& c->e -> Vt • y^mMkb