GLEANINGS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1733, 14 August 1883, Page 4

GLEANINGS.

Tiik force of example lias no effect on tko-inaa i« the moon. Ho stays, sober \fhc\i the' moon gets full. .Kux Away.— A nigger named John ; t his nose turned up five feet eight inches abtt'hiulon a vair of c6rduroy pants "ijiuoli worn. . t Ok Thomas Bnbhmldn Mnc.uilay, ' Sydney Smith said : There arc no limits "to his knowledge, on small subjects as well as great; hi U lily it book vi breeches." An engaged girl is happiest when she is telling about it to another gill who is not enguged, and is not likely to be. Two Frenchmen wishing to show off theirkugli&h in a London eotFcc-housc, one remaikcd, "It deed rain tomorrow." "Yes it was," piomptly answered liis friend. A lot of New York maidens recently got up n fair for the poor, and as quite a number now wear engagement rings, the enterprise is spoken of as a brilliant sue- " M. Paul has offered to the French Academy of Medicine -jfJOOdols to found a prize for the discovery of a cure for diptheria, the coinpelition to be opened to tho world. "'SoMR of the idols were recently brought out ot tho temples ufc Kun-suu, China, and publicly flogged for having failed to send snow and rain when implored to do so "Miss Smith," said a simple youth, "how could you think that 1 had said in company th.it you were stupid ? Quite the contrary ; u henever your name was mentioned, I was always the only one who didn't say so." "])g\k Mr Jones," said a learned woman, " you remind me of a barometer that is. filled with nothing in the _ upper storey." " Divine Amelia Brown,' 1 said he, " >jon occupy my upper storey." A I'j-AN^YLVvsn inventor has evolved a new r.it-tr.vp in one end of w hicli i-. a inhror. This may do for tho female rats, .says .m Americ.in editor noted for liis con\i\ial habitn, but when <v male rat notices that tho bait looks double he will think he has had enough and go home. , , , . i i HhNKY Cmv never liked to sec dumb animals worded, and once, passing down the avenue, hedeyciicd aciowd at sport vitli abillygoat. Mr Clay drove them away. And as they scampered, billy, seeing nobody but Mr Clay within leacli, made a charge at him. Clay dropped his cine and caught his goauhip by the Jioins. The goat then took to re.irinir up, being nearly as high as the tall Keiituuki.ui himself, and he had to pull In ni down again. Tins soon bee.ime tiresome ; Clay could conceive of no way to clear himself, so in desperation, lie ' Bang out to the boys to know what to do. One of tho smallest of the ciowd shouted —"Let go and run, you fool?" Clay always maintained that, thousjh he signed the Tteaty of Ghent, yet that ragged boy knew more than he did. A well-kkows bishop, during tho exercise ot bib official duties, was once muirteml upon the wealthiest leoident of a oeitain village, whoso wife chanced .to be away fiom home. He is withal a a slim man, and on this occasion, when lius host inquired how lie hail slept, and hoped he had passed an .igiee.iblc night, lie answtied with some \ehemencc, "No, I did not ; 1 pissed a \eiy dis-agict-able night, indeed '! The bishop departed, and when the wife ot his ho««t leturncd shi' natuially inqniied who had been to the house in her absence. " l>ishop ll J — -,' sn ' f l the husband. " l>i-hop F ." exclaimed the good AWMiian. " And whcie did you p-it him to sleep .'" "In the spair bed of course." "In the >paio bed ( " shiioked the bonified mation. " Why, I P"t .ill the silver ■waic under the mattress before I went awpy !"' Macvkom with Ciili.si-.— lake half a pound of the laigc-si/cd niacaioni, and, after bi eakmg Miiall, soak it in a pint of milk foi two houi I*.1 *. Then put it_ into a stew pan, milk and all, and let it cook slowly until the m.icaiom shall have absorbed almost e\ny diopof tho milk. Tim pioec-s occupies about half an hour. I'iepaic on a plate ,i qnaitcrof a pound of Cheddar cheese, cut in small pieet s two ounces ot buttei, aW> cut small, and penpei ;tluow tins mistiue into the stcwp.in with the macaioui, &tir all gently but thoioiighly together, and in twenty minutes the ni.icironi will be lcady loi di-luui,'. It should be seived with thin slices of blown bread andbutter, and i-.iten witli imi^t.ud. This is a veiy nutritious and easily digested clMi. " jMI'KOM-MIAr IN Hi MM I!S \M) Him I it» —In a upoit in an Knglihh niriioultur.il journal of the B>ith and We -.tot Kiigland Society, held at Budgewater at the end ot May last, mention is made of seveial iinpioxcinnifra cttectcd in the leaping and binding machines shown there, from which we cull the following : — IJornsby and Sons showed a fctiing binder which gained the u'tst prize at the Highland .Society's tiial the previous year, and which has since been improved in v.uious details, .unong the .ilteuitioiib being tho fitting of the machine with thtee lmtead of two sheaf ejector*, secur* ing a better sqj.ua.tion of the sheaves, If We icmcinbuf lightly, Impcifectscpaiabioii of the slieavcj W m one ot the moat ulniout, defecti In tli" Woikilig of the Jlonuby binder in thU district last )Uav. Mr Waltcl A, Wood has huther impiou'd his ntrinir liludci. It no^ h.w an non fiatne elitlielj open at the i uar, calculated to accommodate any length ot yi.iin and a\oid all liability of choking oi clogging. A new method for the automatic st.utmg and stopping of the parker lia-, been mtioducrd. An impioved knot-t^ing appiiiatus hasfeatuie.s which lcndeis it literally positive in action and almost piecbules the h.ibibty ot thiowing 100-,e shea\cs. What it, tci ined ,i "tucker' has been added, •wliicli laises the twine at the pioper instant and plae'"; it with coitainty between the baib.sof the knottei. AVitli this impioved knot-tyiu«r apparatus it i> said to be impossible foi either stiand of the twine to bo misplaced. The twine gia^pm has been gi entry impioved, doing away with a spring for actuating the grasper holder, also doing away with joints between the gia^per level and giasper, alsognin^ tbcgia^pt-r greater tluow and obviating all wear on the giasper roller. The dclivciy of the sheai, by the new de\ ice for that purpose, is mipioved so as- to effectively .scp.ii.itc the bound fiom the unbound giain. Mes.sii Samucl-on and Co. have also fuitber impimcd their stung-binding leapci in se\ eial m.itteia of detail. The knife is now diiven from the front istead of from behind, and theic is an airangcment tor sinttiiv.' tlic binding machinery to suit, long oi «:hoit coin. A MeCouniek twine bintler was. shown, but no comment is made upon the exhibit. Kats and Mick.— lt you wish to dehtroj them get a p.iLket of 11 n i 'sM \i.u A i kmin Kn I iK in pa'-kcts, («], 'Id, aiu\ Is, to lie obt uncd of .ill st«irchri % pcrs, or liotn T. ]5. Hill by cncldMiiK nn extra stamii. Lin: i\ TMJißrsir— Tnrv wn Now.— It is fftMH'rall> Mi|)(M)srd tli.it in tin 1 bush we h.no to put ill) with ni. mv (lis< omlnrts and jn i\ ations in lhc sli.ipc nl Jnml FdniH-il) it was so, but mm, thanks to 1" 15. Him, who has liinisclt dwelt in ihcbusli, if food does consist chiolly o| tiiiiH-d nu-ats Ins Col on ( \i Sai'c i kuos to them n most dclct table flavour, making them as well of Iho plainest tood most crirnablc, and instead as hard biscuits and indigi'Miblc damper his ImI'Kom i> Coioniai I'iM\R I'owniß makes the ■vcrybestbrp.nl, si one 1 !, lakes, and pastry far suprrioi and more wholesome than \east or Jeaveii. .'"old by al) storekeeper who tan obtain it from any mrrt h.int in Aurkl.inrl You Mill do well to furnish your house from (iarliik .mil Cianvvill's. 'J hey have now ihe uxist i oni|.letc I'uinishinjr "Warehouse in •Aln.kl.tnd ■furnitiiii' to suit all classc. good ktic.fi, anil cheap, lhev have Tapeslr\ Carpet!, jroin 2s pci yard, Brussels from !K lid per yard. Linolcumtrom 3s Od to /is, Oil Cloths from Is Od to 4s Od per yard, good 12 feet wide Oil Cloths at 1(4 iid per yard. Immense assortment of Iron, Hf (lst ends from Infants' Cots to 5 feet wide half-tesrer JVdstends. Double iron J?cdf toads from 25*. 480 Hedstrads in stock toseloct from. Beddings of alt kinds and'.si/cs kept in readiness.., t)ininj(, Sitting, Drawing-room Furniture,' and'nnd a large assortment of Manchester and iWiuiliing Gftods, Including a lot of Cretonnes. Book Catalogues sent free lo int«!n.dirtff purfhasers. G^rlicH apd CranwelJ, Hall Arc*do, Quecn-Jtteefj Awklnnd, <