GLEANINGS.

Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1707, 14 June 1883, Page 3

GLEANINGS.

Governor Cleveland, of Now York, sold newspapers when a boy. Worms on lawns may be destroyed by a solution of common sublimate. Propaie the solution by dissolving in hot water two haiulfnls of salt and one ounce of corrosive sublimate, and then mix with' nine gallons of water. The^ best time to apply the solution is immediately after rain, as the worms are then near surface, The worms that come to the surface after the application should be swept away and destioyed/and caie be taken to place them out of the leach of poultiy. — The Gcudcne^s Magazine, Ix a police coiut two young men accused of stealing a pie from a baker's shop, pleaded that they were hungiy. " Why didn't you steal bread then?" the judge asked ; and the sententious iepl\ w.is, " Liked pic better." " How old are you ?" said a magistrate to a German arraigned before him. "I am diity." " And how old is your wife?" " Mine wife is duty-two." "Then sir, you ,uea voiy filthy couple, and I wish to have nothing further to do with eithei of you." M:th Lamstju'.s \ isitand her pecuniary success (says the New Yoik Drxmnltc X/'u s of Match 27) have enabled her to render tardy honours to the memory of her In othci Tievor, with whom she u&ed to lonip over the clifls of the Jersey Isle, and who died, as a young lieutenant, tint teen yeais ago, at Toionto. While tlieie last week she re-intetred his re mains in a nicer plot than they had rested in, and ordeied a comtncmoiativo monument to be placed above them. If the bronze statue of Burke and "Wills at the top of Collins stieec could havo seen jounjr Morrison trudging home with his swag upon his back would they not h.ivo been wither astonished. A sohtaiy footman, with no help beyond a .strong will ami vvondeifnl powois of ciidiuauc, had a< complished the task winch bi ought such dis.istei on tbo gi.md civaloado ot h-jises and camels that left the Royal Park on tli.it rnemoiablo j mmcv. Alone, unii'iiud, fio'ii tlio Gulr of C-iipentaJia to Collini|wood, for four mouths, tluit lmlLuil } oungiter, d.iy by day, tlnough flood and file, had won liis weuy way 'To wli.it good Y ciiucl '-oino Coll.us stioet da»dy with &lim waist and spindle le<r.s To h har frood ! Why, to show thai m the h tidy Austi.iii.in name's wins thiru Hows the same blood lh.it sent Cook to traverse in his cockle shell- ot ships the gieat and utiknow n Southern sp.is ; that sent Livingstone to the souicos of the Nile, and Franklin to tho ' thick-iibbed ice. ' thit guirds the Atvtio /one If 1 miitikc not, thiiis the s'nic y mug lieio tint walked horn Queeiiiuhft' to Adelaide, and vvhopulLd his pair of (-culls from Eehuea to Lake Alcxaiidua. Moie povvei to him! and nny his evunplo not be lot,t on some of his l.i/y young counti vinen, who dawdle about our stieets hanging on to the end of a pipe, and muddling tho little wits they h«,vo with beer and bad tobacco.—lmjlouood Advertiser. 0\ i.K-FEbmxu Bkehujxc; Stock. — Mr Thornton, in his Shoi thorn circular, says : — "It seems de&nablc to lc-as&crt the caution so often given against oxtiavagance in feeding blooding stock. That a held cannot Lo, shown, .still less sold to advantage, unless in supenor condition, is undoubtedly tine; but accustoming buyers to expect bulls and heilots m the sile-ring m a state which fits them ior a Christmas show, cannot but have a pernicious influence on the animals, and sooner or later, on the business. Already a icaction has been manifested at, at least, one sale in ISS2 ; the demand for cows and heifers was distinctly limited thiougli their high conditon, and it was pl.nn that had the animals looked lowci in condition the}' would have sold higher " Ciu'Mistry ov Tin. Electric \l Accumulators. —With the attention that is now directed to thcstoiage of electticity, the following de^ciiption of the chemical action of the. Plan to and Fame accumulator, as given in a German exchange, v\dl not be without inteiest If a plate of load, coat( d with a little peio.xide of load be placed in sulplnuic acid, it will soon become covcied with sulphate of lead as a lesnlt of local currents between the pei oxide and the load, or by simple chemical solution, so that in Plautc and Fan&e's batteiy the pei oxide is giadually destioycd independently of the main cm lent. This action takes place very hlowlv, because the sulphate ot lead is deposited between the. lead and the p^i oxide, and hence greatly diminishes the local current. If no sulphate of lead weie formed, the peioxide of lead would soon be all consumed. The sulphate of lead is subsequently reduced by the hydiogen, founing spongy lead. By repeated charging, the quantity of finely divided substance increases. In a similar manner, if two electrodes that are covered with sulphate of lead be imincised in dilute sulphuiic acid, and a cm rent passed through them, one will become coy cred w ith spongy lead, the othei with pci oxide formed from the sulphate. The peroxide formed upon the positive lead plate of the second batteiy becomes coveied with a compaiatively impenetrable layer which pi events the fmtlicr pioduction of peroxide: hence l'lanto loaves his batteiy at rest, which favours the formation of sulphate of lead. In this way all the sulphuiic acid can easily be taken out of the solution. A consulciable quantity of oxygen — more than half — will not be absoibed. According to Kabath, tho interior plates of lead foil are, lapully crumbled, but the particles icmain hanging between the outer plates. Mr. Bradl vtigh's Positjox. —Mr Bradlaugh has at last scored a point in his contest with Mr nowdegate. The House : of Loi da has finally decided that a common informer has not the right to sue for the penalties incut red by Mr Bradlaugh for sitting and voting in Parliament without having first taken tho oath, and Mr Nowdegate has probably been oast in costs to the amount of t'^OOO. If the decision of the lower courts had been upheld, Mr Bradlaugh would have been made bankrupt, and thus been icndeied incapable of sitting in Pailinmotit for a time. This has been avoided by Mr Bradlaugh's own dexteiity as a lawyer ; but singularly enough, the same end lias been accomplished in another fashion. The decision of the Court of Final Appeal left Mr Bradlaugh free to enter the House of Commons and re-enact the offences which were the basis of Mr Newdegate's case. Accordingly the Conservatives were up in aims, and the question was raised by Sir Stafford N.ortbcoto. To the surprise of a good many people, Mr Gladstone said that aa a oommon informer could not sue Mr Bradlaugh, the AttorneyGeneral would do so if he should again commit himself. This answer gave great satisfaction to the Opposition, especially as it had been previously announced that the Government intended to remove from the Affirmation Bill the elements of retrospective action, and would make it apply to members elected after the passing of the bill. The Government has, it seems, aurrendeied. to certain of their friends, and to numerous petitions hostile to Mr Bradlaugh, which have lately come in from avowedly Liberal quarters. Consequently, unless Parliament decided to make the bill retrospective, which is not very likely, Mr Bradlaugh will have to resign his seat, and obtain re-election before he can take J his place in the House of Commons. _ A young man had been boring a young lady with his attentions for Borne time past, although on various and sundry occasions she had given him to understand thai ha was distasefnl to her. A few evenings ago he assured her that he was anxious to fulfil her every wish. " Is it really a fact you will do whatever I ask of you ?" " Your slightest wish is law. Command me, and I shall obey." " Well, then, I wish you would, see if you can induce my mother to marry you. She is a- widow, and is no 1 ; as particular about whom she mairieg ag I