CLIPPINGS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1818, 1 March 1884, Page 4

CLIPPINGS.

• At Saliord', 'Kugland, a dairyman named Hunt hnsbeen fined £20 for selling milk adulterated with 40 per cent of water., Ho had previously been fined £10 Wa similar offence. It 1« Recorded in the London Woild tnnt^bCently the organist at a f.isliion able churcli in an English watering place, excited by the aristoeiatic chai.u'ter of the congregation, played for a postlude the Peers' chorus in " lol.intiic" — " Bow down, yo lower middle classes." TnK captain of a vessel plying ho tween Galvcston and Columbia wioto tr> the Governor of Texas asking for a. pardon for Lena (Jay hart, .i Geiman girl, aged about eigntcen yens; tho captain wanted to m. v i y hoi, .mil as a Judge and County Clerk, vouched for his worthiness and sincerity of purpose, the Governor concluded not to spoil Lena's chances, and he paidoncd her out. It is in a Western city that a baibei nnnonncps bimsoU as "A piofrssor oi crinicultural abscission and ciauiologica! tripis, tonsorial aitist, pliysio^nrcil liaii dresser, facial opciator, cranium mini pulator and capillary abiidgci." Volcamc eruptions lia\u beenicpovted of late at Alaska. Volcanic islands have been formed. One of them, 7>)ft. high and a mile and a half long, was called into being simultaneously with the split ting of Mount Augustine, near English Bay, and the subsidence of the noithcin part of that mountain to the level of the cliff, by a sudden volcanic eiuptiou on October G, 1883. Tidal waves fiom 30ft. to 18ft high accompanied this \olcanio action. In addition to Mount Augustine, which has continued active since, two volcanoes in the Alaska Peninsular have broken out. A volcanic island 100 ft high is also repot ted as formed in Behring Sea, Tub Freeman's Journal pays that the rumour of a plot against Mr Gladstone wilt (jxcitcin Ireland sorrow, indignation. and ehame, Though tho Pi line Minister be unfortunately identified with coercion to-day his name will alwajs lie first upon ttiany Irish Hp 3 and impressed upon Irish hearts, as that of a refoimcr as able fls he was ardent. The disestablishment find disendow incut ot a land wlm.li, though impn feet, contains within it the germs of equal justice, to landloul ami tenant ; tho emancipation of tho single vote from the beck of the posvciful landlord by tho ballot— these and many less instalment's of fair play given to lidmd are due to the power, tin- sensibility, the eloquouce, and tl.c state-nianship of Mr Gladstone, and they should ne\ei be forgotten to him. The nnii who lnjuud a hair of Mi Gladstone's head would be execrated whei over Ins name penoti it^d, and would prove the w oi st enemy to tlic cause of reform, by invoking, and not unnaturally impassional \engc.uiee, and estranging the civilisation. The Fieeman proceeds to strongly denounce such alarms as those icpoited. It does not believe that any baud of Invinciblcshnve arrived to avenge O'Donnell's execution, and says the piesent alarm is but a sc.ue The liish Times also ridicules the affair. Aooonstoiy is told of the cccentnc Duke of Portland, winch shows the caie and attention so'ne l.nge landlouls give totheirtenantrf.it nothing else. It appears that the duke found that one ot his tenants, a small tanner was falling year after year into auoais- of tent. The duke rode to the faun, saw tli.it it w<v> lapully deteriorating, and the in, m, who was? really an cxpcueuceil ami miiustiioiis fanner, totally unable to manage it through povoity. In fact, all that was on the faun was not enough to pay Ilio arreais. "John," s.iys th<> dnke, as the farmer came to meet him a- ho io<lo up to the house, "J want to look over the foam a little." As they wunt along, " lie-ally," said he, " cvei} th.ng is in a bad case. This won't do. f sec \ou aie quite under it. All yom -stock and uop wont pay the lunt in an car. 1 will tull you what I mu?b do I mast take the faun into my own hanJs. Yoii shall look after it foi me, and I will piy you your wages." Of couue, theie w i-, no s lying nay, and the pooi man bowed assent. PiLscnlly theio unit a itintmcf ment of stock, then lo.i'l-s ot matiuie at the piopei time, stcd, and wood iiom the plantations fci lepaiung gates and budding, llio man tvcucil himself, and Beemed teally (jtutu ichcud iiom a load of care by the change Ciops and stock flourished, fences and out-buildings, weic put in good lcpaii. In two oi tluee lent days ifc was seen by the stevvaid's books that the farm was pajmg its way. Tho duke on his ne\t visit said, " Well, John, I think the farm docs \civ well now. We will change again. You shall bo tencnt again, <uul t, v, on n iw ii i< c ynu head fail ly above watoi, I hop.? you will be able to keep it theie. ' The duke then lode off at lm usual iapnl iato The man stood in astonishment, but a happy fellow lie was v\l,on, on applying to the stew aid, he found th.it he w as actually lc-cnteied as tenant to the farm just as it stood in its le^foicd condition. The duke, however, wa», it is very likely, the happier man of tho two. There is a fieice war in piogie^ in Texas, the popular ciy being ''lieu grass." The s.jiiatt'.ii andco\\bj\s cut ilown fences and l/iiii) bains and unpiovc menta ;on the oilie: li.iiid, v ,i>t .uca-D fit public land are usuiped and enclosed in fences, which al«o take in public loads and roseni 1 ? cvoiyw iiciio. Public rreetings liave been held to discuss the mattei. At ouo of tlie^-c the Govetnov of the Sta'e p'onu^d to pardon anyone who killed .t peison in tlie act of cutting a luicc ! The Te\an Legislatuie is moving in the same dnec tion. The Judici.uy Committee Ims favourably reiioitod on a bill constituting the cutting of a fence a felony, punish able by imprisonment for two to five years in the peniteutiaiy at the option of the Court ; also a bill making it j ustiH able homicide to kill .i fencecuttei caught in the act of cutting, with nippeis in his hand! Public feeling is veiy strong on both bides, laige inteiesto being involved. Whenever anybody hereafter objects to my presentation of American social types, just point them to these projects ot law in a soveieign State of the Union. They aie in full accord with the Amciicau •sentiment. An Unpopul uiOrnu:rc — Major Steinmann, of thcGpiman Ai my, inu&t have a few drops of In-.li blood ;n him. to ]iull'c by his capacity foi h'glitipg. He was le ceutly sent to inspect tlie Oldenbuig troops. After reviewing the four com panics and finding the men deficient in smartness, he called thorn " Oldenburg oxen." This insult, which doubtless conveyed an allusion to the bucolic pursuit of the population, went to the heaits of tho Oldenburgeis, who arc sud to have ie minded the Major that tho\ had shed then blood side by side with the Piussians in the war against Fiance. Tiny aie reported moi cover, to have " improvised a patriotic song," an unmilitai v pioeeedinq, ■which could only have tho effect of in it.itingthePrnssianinspccttn beiyond all bearing. In the end foiu captains commanding the! our companies compiiscd in the Oldenburg battalion waited upon the ms-pectoi and severally called him to account foi his offensn ewm ds, w lien f i om each of thr four Major Steinmann accepted a ch.il lenge. In the fiist encountci he wounded his man, on which the people lose in insurrection, and rushing to the Majoi's house, attacked it and wrecked hi a propei ty, so that to suppress the riot troops — appaiently the very tioops who had been insulted — had to be called out. In the second duel Major Rteinmaun himself was wounded in the shoullei, and as soon as he was able to be about he was ordered back to Berlin, where he l'ecived % good scolding from Bismarck, who inferred to the actions- of Majoi Steinmann as those of a Doeiskopf, and the unfortunate Major has no one to wreak his' vengeance upon. - One Shilling. — Francis J. Shorty' Popujar Art Union. — Ten firsf-class Oil Paintings by artist-., 6000 tickets at Is , The {sfizes*are magnificent and costly. Country subscribers sending stamps or otHcrvvtse vijil have ticket* by roturn', post. Enclose staro^rd envclopo for reply,— P^ANcii J. Shokti, 110, QHQen-idWti'AttfcWwd.-tApYT.J