GLEANINGS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1734, 16 August 1883, Page 4

GLEANINGS.

' Some pooplo think that not only did man spring from tho upe, but that some men haVnt sprung very fur. Thk Arkansas Legislature passed a Bill prohibiting the sale of liquor within tWo miles of any church. Thk French military engineers have suggested a schcmn for extending the arc.t of Paris by suppressing old fortifications, which cover '2000 acres. Thk Queen has commissioned a firm to prepare a handsome grey gianito monument to be erected over the grave of the late John Brown, in Cr.ithio ChurchThe percentage of fatxl accidents in Tasimuii.in mines is by no moans a light one, eight nuiieic* having limmi killed last year out; of a totul of 4000 employed, or two to every '2000. Thky ha\e discovered a good plan of planting a park in Cincinnati. On u given day, 20,000 children were assembled, and planted groves in honour of their favourite authoisaud of -well-know n citizens. Thp, venerable, senior and presiding bishop of the American Episcopal church, Dr Smith, may be said to have been a citizen under every President of the United States. He was five years old when General Washington died. The Common Council of New Yoik has given permission, to the Western Union Telegraph Company to lay its wires under the streets of the city on the payment of I cent per lineal foot of each street opened, and the giving of two wires for the city's use. A company 1 has been formed in Vienna to undertake the general business of washing windows. It is likewise prepared to execute ordcis for the scrubbing of house fronts and vestibules, and the cleansing of inirrows and show-cases, and doubtless for all kindred opeiations. A LEcruRK on the effect of reading and writing on tho eyesight of young children was recently given at Jicme by Piofcssor Pflnger. The lecturer first called attention to the poi teutons fact that tnoio than one-half of 4"),000 children lately examined in Germany Mere found to be suffering fiom defective \ision. In .sonic schools the piopoition of tin- .short sighted was as high as 70 to SO per cent, m liil.st in the Heidelberg Gymnasium eveiy lad in the school had bad eyesight. This lamentable state of tilings atose fiom insufficiently lighted schooliooms, bad print, and bail paper, the method of writing in vogue, and 111-contiivcd desks and forms. Sy.ntkmyticj Dhunkknm-v-i. — Getting drunk appear.-, to be a leoognised institution among the Moujiksin Russia. According to a wiiter in Truth, they hardly ever quarrel, but become affectionate and embrace each other. Thcie idea ot drinking is to imbibe until they are quite insonsiblc. When the wiiter was in Russia he had a coachman, who once a month used to come and nak for leave to get drunk during two consecutive days. Upon inquiiy it Mas found that only on these conditions would a coachman remain .sobci dm ing the icat of the month ■ Having obtained leave, he would go to a iliinking-hou* 1 , .show the piopnotor his money, and state how long he might leiniui theic. Then ho would sit down tit a table with sumo spiuts before him. Uiachially and solemnly lie would get chunk, placo his amis befoio him on the table and leJiuo on them. Thus- he Mould lom.iin for two <l.iy^ and nights, tho propnotor supplying him with moie dt ink whoriovoi he looked up. lli-> time up, the piopuotoi Mould di ay him outside tho house, and -ct him down in the snow ag.nn-o, tli'' wall, having hist filled his cap with miow. Kvoiy elwuitabledisposed biothoi co.uliinan passing h) Mould Ijo\ his ens. In about h.ili-.in-lioiu this di-.oiphno would sober him ; he ■would gel. up. shake himself together, and resume his duties. One man's poison isanotheiniansine.it, and so wo must be ohai itahle enough Hi supposing that he enjoyed himself. A ('A\n,i!iiiKY Fvumlk'.s pKnn,v-,io.\ OK J ( 'vi'ni. — Tho following 1( ttei m.is -niittcn l»y a 1 umu In ing in tlio Jlan^ioiii Disliiet to a lnend in Cuuibeiland, Eii"liind, .mil published in tho //W Cumin i lmnl Ttim sot -luiiu "2 . — "' ll.uvcst opot.ituin . h i\o lieu upon us, and we h.ivo been veiy busy \\ o have had tho finest lvi ve«t yom^ on th.it J over icmi'iubji in o.u distiiet, and wo could not li.ue had bettci'wcatlici if v»o had tlio making of it. Such splendid ciops, and the prices gooil ! \\ heat lias gone up from 'Si Oil to Js (id pel bushel ot GOlbs. Tho thia-liing maoluiics aie in use everywhere aiound us, and tlio crops are turning out sometning gi'.ind, fiom GO to 70 bushels per ai'ie. JJailey is dear— ls to ob per bushel : oats, 2s : and beans, 3s Gil. 1 had 1 5 aoi os of w heat, 1 G of bai ley, JO of bcdiis, fou i of oats, 10 of potatoes, two of cauoti and mangolds, all looking Well. 1 had "27 tons ot lauots last year fin ais. squaio oiiauis, and 1 sold them at i3os pel ton. it is a iin • yen for roots, mid there is a gieat quantity ot turnips f>ow'n, as tho •'cockatoo 1 ' iaiineis aie going in for mutton They have coinnieiioid iuo/ii'gin at Belfast, a plaoe halfway between li.wgioia and Clni.stchurch. Tiicy aio killing at pioseut 300 per day, and nothing but tho best four and hivtoolhed sheep and lambs. Sheep me usim; in value. They bring fiom Gd to 7d poi lb in the old couutiy ; and it costs about "Jd pel lb to fioe/e and send to you. Wo have oomimucid daily factones in dillorent purls of tin country, mid the (< jv eminent h.ia olkieJ a bonus of 11501) ioi the In at .30 tons ot cheese for expoit. 1 think tlio Colony was nevei in a moie p'o^pi-ious state It has been fearfully hot at tini'-s, and .sunstiokcs have luen ticquent. Isi>now l(i jeo-is ooiuc J uuesuiee I left (Juglitoiside, and five }(.ais sineo 1 tiisted beei. 1 have impiovcd my place vei\ much, and have as nice a f.innci\ homestead as jou would w ish to see. I hay o about the homestead a fine lot of giapcs this yeai, tho vine being thickly chd with sm h laigc bunches. It is a good year for fiuit ; evciybody has plenty, and mo are scarcely aiilo oven to gi\c it away. Labour is very scaioo— l mean men, and very high wages they arc getting."' GKNhiUL Sur.itMAN'.s P^sriMK.— General .Sherman (.iccoidmg to a San Fiancisco paper) is the champion kisser of Amoiiea. Ho never kisses boys or babies, but ho lots no pretty gills escape. It he had but devoted himsolt as assiduously to the babies as he has to their big sisteis, he might have been Picsident befoie this. A lovely gu l, with lipe, red lips, mho has known tho Genci.il all her life, was suddenly seized by the gallant hero, about noon the other day, light in fiont of the Kbbitt House, and smartly kissed square on the hps. She didn't mind the ki*s, of course, but she didn't like the publicity. She fiowned fiercely on the Gcnoial as she thought of the pictuie&quc pccne of a moment before, and then said, sharply : " How dare you, Geneial, tieat mo so ?" " Tut, tut, child," said the grizzled veteran, " I'm old enough to be your father; jes, your grandfather. Don't let's have any foolishness over a little matter like a kiss." And the flow n passed away in a smile. A near fi iend ot the General estimated recently that the General had had a hundred thousand kisses since the Mar ; " and the old gentleman says," he continued, " that when he. dies ho wants the eight piettiest gills in the neighbourhood to gather lound him and kiss him to death. He \\ ants a, taste of heaven before he dies." Rats am) Mk k.— lf you wish to destroy them (jot a packet of Hir i MlaoicA I rmin Kn I i'H i» packets. Oil, 9d, and Is, to be obtained of .ill uorckpcpers, or from T. 15. llur by enclosing 1 an extra stamp. Lii'K in TiiKßiihir— Tiucx Axii Now.— It is generally supposed that in the bush we have to put up with many discomforts and privations in the shape ol food Formerly it was so, but now, thanks to T. 15. Hn.r, who has himself dwelt in Hie hush, if food does consist chiefly of tinned meats his CoiovrAi. Saih v pives to them union delectable flavour, rhakinp them as well of the plainest food most enjoyable, and instead qs hard biscuits and indtgcsiiblo damper his I.MPKOVi:u Coios'iai Jlaking Z'ow'DEß makes the best biead, scones, cakesj and- pastry far superior and more wholesome than Vyeast or Jeaven, Sold by all storeVeppers who can obit from any merchant jn'Aucklsnd,