GLEANINGS.

Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1706, 12 June 1883, Page 4

G LEAN INGS.

The qggei\co of true nobility is neglect of self. '' Let the'tlioughfc ohtrnlt pass in, nnd the beauty of. a,gre.\t action ib gone, liks flie'.ljloom of a soiled flower. arc you thinking about, Ida ?" " fin'thiiiking about nothing, anntie. I nefer thnik about anything unless I haiftuii 'to think of something to think abiW." " IlKisa man after my own heart, pa, ' said Julia ii'vciting to her Cluulcs Augustus " Nonsense," replied Old Practical ; ", he is a man after the money your uncle left you."' Tuk distress in the Wost Highlands is said 'to have attained an appalling magnitude. Dr Caim:i on stated in the House ot Commons tli it in Lews alo'ig 14 12,000 persons" wore in absolute want, and in Skye, Harm, and Uist it is estimated tint there are fully 3,000 inoH*. A colony of FiJini3ise.in monks and nuns is about to settle at C)o\edon, in England. The luijfeat hotel in the place has been bought for the new monastery, and a villa with extensive grounds has been secured for the nunnery. Keep some salt in a box where it is not .exposed to the weather and where the cattle can have access to it every day. They will take just so much as they need and no more, whereas, if they are only fed with salt occasionally, they will sometimes eat so much as to cause excessive thirst. Darki;y Looic. — A city friend happened to be ■waiting on a ii\er whaifboat, at New Orleans, the other day, ■when he oveiheaid the following conversation between two coloured qcntlemen, which considerably i clicked the tedinin ' of delay :— JefY— Sam. I beam was aqwinc No\f soon ! Ham -D.its so, Jeff. Jeff— Well, which o' dese fast boat is you agwincon, say? Sain — Mo 1 Why I'm. 1 agwine on the Capitol, I X Jeff— Look heie, Sam, amt >ou f i aid she 11 blow up, dafc boat? Ram (argnmentatnclj) — T tell you whot it is, Jell, I think dar's danger on nil disc cere boats, an' so I makes mv calculation 'coidiug. You see, Je.T, de, Capitol sin* go V> Memphis in two days; deoidei boat--, it takes clem four ilty'i, so \ou <-ci- dat its only lialf di 1 danger on de Capitol ' lfo, pah ' pah ha ! yobt ! Jell (admiuiml\) — I gives it up! No use spurting with you niggei ! Yon s smart as white folks, you is ! Pukskrvinu (4ru\.— At a tune when the preservation of green crops by ensilage is occupying our attention, it may be of interest to know that French ingenuity has produced a method of preseiving grain which has been found to be economical of space and cost, and very eih-cu-nt. It is desmbed as being simply tv Bheet-iron cistern, occupying very little space, and which holds nearly 300 bushels, and is wot ked by an air pump ■\vith a pi'eseutc \al\e to indicate the degree of vacuum, This computes the whole hermetic apparatus of preset yation. Ji.\prJiiinnits made of late at Vincennes Showed that, after a detention of seven hiontln, t ho wheat, the floili, and the biscuits oncloM'd in tlin appaiatus weie in n pi'ilcct state of pu'soi \atnm, while l)ie!id made, fiom the flour inclosed in it tuuu'd out to be of e\ullinl quality Tho citit o! sikJ) pn -.ci v ation X tli in tst<iiil'_'C m (.lie while the 0.) lindeis aie as iirpei n. cable as pits, v* ijuii (• no in i-.oni y, anil can be pl.ii i 'I anymlhmc. Wheat is sale horn In*-, feiinentation, insects, ii:nl u^ pto-^amic voyeta tion. The \ .tcMitirii, it i-> <laim<d, not only Uillb paiaMtic insults and picxents goi munition, luit ihics the giaiu at the fcaino tune — M'-niui// /W. Evri'KiJtuvrnWi.n Bu & anij Or.<>\ i:h — Professor B'-al, Mi<hi<rui, l elites that, m order to test the belief in the necessity of bumble-bees for fertilising tod eluver, ho made several exppiimeiits. The h'r-t year a few clover head-*, covered with lijjht sislies of muclin, yielded about two-third-* a* many needs as those lott uucoveied. In t'K'HCoond yen r four he ids coveted before flowering Melded 18, 30, 3S, and 11 feeds respectively, while four bends that were uncovered yielded 4(5, ")4, 13, and bl seeds pacli In "the thud year of tho coveied he.ids, only one ainomr 6\ heads yielded seed V\>r tlio <u >nd < iop of the thud ye ir, <>lc\en co\eii <1 lio.iiK \ idded uowtd, ■while the uiu u\eu d head-. yielded an u\ cr* ntrc ot I 37 1 , cub. ()th"i f\|ioinn. Nts showed that wllh tin 1 awl of llie humbfc bers four titn^s us many s <d- wtio piohued, eoinpaiod with those tioiw wlmh the> wci.' cxi luduil 'l'lie I'l ufo-sor thinks it f ilr to c iin lixlo that t iie h"t>s are ef «onpideiable \ ■ I lnc in fertilising" tliellowcis of re.l clover. " Mks " — A woman who opened a Binall milhnriy slio,i onuaged a pmitei to paint her a sign. Whin it eune home the other day, bhe siw that it lead, "Miss .J. Blink. 1 &c, and she ealletl out, " You I'.ne an e\tia 'b m ' Mis , and you must punt the siun over again " The painter saw the enoi, but he didn't vnnt the iob of oucctuij; it, and lie icp'led, " Mad un, haven't on had two liuabaml-j? ' " Yes, sir." "You wuc a Mrs, when you lost the hi -t ? ' " I was.'" " And do you think a woman can go on man ymg for ever an I not lengthen out her title ? ' Mi-..' means a inauicd woman oi a wulow ' Mi-s ' means a woman who has been mairied twice, and i-> young enough to mairy asMin ; and only \ i stei day a l ioh old tliap was in rail and oaid if lie had any idea th.it you weie heait-fiee, h'j'd come up " "Oh, well, you can nail up tho sic,n !" she mtoiiiipted. A j\oni.r. L\M)j.onu — Theie is an interesting and dote i elated of the late Duke of Portland •— The Duke found that one of his tenants, a small farinei, •was falling ycai attn yeru into aiieais of rent. The htewaid wished to know what \\ as to be done. The Duke i ode to the farm, saw that it was lapidly detenoratine, and the man, who was really an e\peiienced and industiiuus fanner, totally unable to manage it thiough po\eity. In fact, all that was on the iaim was not enough to pay the aiieaii. 'John,' says the Duke, as* the farmer came to meet him as he rode up to the house. ' I want to look o\er the farm ' As they went along, 'Really," said lie, ' c\eiy thing is in a bad rase. This won't do. 1 see you aio quite under it. All your stock mid eiops won't pay the lent in an ear I will tell jouwhat 1 must do. I must take the faun into my own hand-. Yon Bhall look after it for me, and I will pay you join waives' OfuiUt-c, then: was no sajinu nay, anil the poor man bowed absent I'iesently tlieiecame a loinfoicemrul of stock, then loads of niaiiuic, at the p'Opu time, seed, and wood fiom tho plantations foi lcpainng gates and buildings. The Duke lode. o\er ficijuontly. The man e.\ei tud himself, and seemed ically quite ulie\ed fiom a load of care by tho change. Ciops and stocks flout ished, fences and out buildings wcic put into good l epair. In two or three rent days, it was seen by the stewaid's books that the farm was paying its way. The L'ukc, on his next \isit, said :—: — • Well, John, I think tho farm does veiy veil now. We will change again. You shall be tenant again, and as you ha\ c now your head fanlyabo\e water, I hope you will ho aMe to keep it tlicrc' The Dul<e then rode off at Ins usual rapid rate. The man stood in astonishment ; but a happy fellow he \\\\% when, on applying to the stew aid, he found that lie was actually re-entered as tenant to the farm, just at it stood m its lestored condition The Duke, howexei, was, it was very likely, the happier man of the two. 1 livrs axd Miob. — It you wish to destroy them (jet a )>,i< ket ol lln l.'& M W.ic Vi'kmi v > Kn 1 1 r m p.icki t^, Cd, Oil, and Is, to be obtained , of all siiirpkcepers, or from i. J-J. Hill bj en-,' closiiifir ,in f\(r.i stnmp. Likk is tukßiisii— Tiii;x and Now.-— 1 It is (ji-ncr.illy supposed tli.it in (lie bush we li.ivp' to put up with man) discomforts and pri\ationb in the shape of food Formerly it was so, but now, thank', to T. H. ll in, who has lum&elf dwelt in th(- bush, if food doos consist chiefly of 1 tinned mc.its his Coio\tAi S\ru'Ki\cs to thern^ aniost dclcrtnlile fli\our, makinfir them as well r as the plainest food most crjmablc, and instead; of hard biscuits and intlijjestible d.imper his Tm-| 'i'HOvfd Coi oviai JUktNfi Povmvn makes tho vrry best bread, series, rakes, and pjstry far! superior/and more \yliolctome than yeast or; len*en, 'Sold by. all jtorokcfipers.who^carL pb-i tain it from any inefdiant in'Atjbkland, v 'M )j *]