THE BLACK WATCH.

Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1852, 20 May 1884, Page 2

THE BLACK WATCH.

AnemiuLD FoKr.Jbs thus writes of the Black \\ ateb, wlio boic the burnt of the fi»liting at the recent battle of Zareba, with the Aiabs under Ooinan Digna :—: — "(Jeneial Ktephenson h.is chosen from the si\ battalions under hi-, coinnnnd in Kgvpt the 42nd Highlandeis, the Ist battilion Goidon 11 lghlandeis (the old 71th), and the 3rd Battalion of the GOth Rifles for service in the Soudan. The Black Watch \\a-> sine to be among the select ; theie is no otiuncher legiment in the sun ice. Colonels may come and oolonels may go ; a Macpheison may succeed ,i Mudeod, <md a Binll-hiio tiiecn may follow a Macpheiaon, but the legimental tiaililions and systems ot the " Vo\ ty t\\ o " go on for ever. It is vciy iS(oteli in composition, although not 11 tidily .so Highland as the 7Sth, 92nd, and 93 id. Lowlandeis abound m its winks— piwky, canny fellow t. as ticiee as any Highlander when then blood io up, lint luwng the attubutcs of steadfastness, staunchness — " douincss,"' it your readeis Lnow the word. When '2000 bhang-maddened (iha/.is <siiildenly dashed at the Black Watch m one of the maichea ot the Indian mutiny, with the brandished tulwtu 1 in one hand and the eiuel stabbingdagger in the other, the chief seienely halted his legiment in line, bade his fel lows fire one volley, and then stand fast to take the Gazis on the bayonets. The bayonet, as the Ghazis found, has a further reach than the tulwar. They skeweied themseh es recklessly on the points of the Scottish bayouetb ; and, pieiced as they weie, slashed at hands and faces , but their iieice nish nowhere bioke the line. When thcie was some waveung in the advance at Aniaeful — for it was nervous woik for young soldiers to tread the bush out of which, iiom unseen iocs, lattled a hailstoun of Asn.ui tec slugs — Alison made the ad\ancchedou n, and biought up the 42nd at the double. They p.i'-sed over the pro^tiate detach inent", took the fionfc, and boted their way with grim resoluteness through the bash, waiting no ninmuuition while no maik showed itself ; Macleod, stern and composed, tiding on a mule at then* head, with a big stick m his lignt hand. Their blood was tingling sharper when Alison tigiin, in the morning gloaming, led them in that fierce rush athwait the sand, aeioss the ditch, and ovei the parapet into the hottest section of the Tel-el-Kebir position. A line stciling regiment the 7">th proved itself throughout the long sttuin of Delhi, and it had its place in the fhst line of Hamley's division at Tel-elKebii."

Aii English writer lias just discovered that yiiaUsp"ie dibhked dogs, looking upon them all moio or less cms, sn.ipplsh and cowaidly. Hir Homy Holluid once lost a bet of a guinea owing to his failure to find a dog spoken kindly of by Shnkspere. Dk Oscar Lr.xz, the well-known African ttavcller, will shortly issue his book of tia\els thiough Morocco, the Western Sahaia, and the fSoudan, undertaken in 1579 80. The work will bear the title of " Timbuktu." Tiru new illustiated weekly paper which is to be published simultaneously in England and France is to be called the International. Artists and authors of both count! ies will contribute to its pages. Ik crops are not kept free from weeds fertiliseis are lost or do moie harm than good by furnishing food for the weeds. This wa&cleaily shown by some lecent experiments made by Sir J. B. Lawes, of Rothamsted, where a plat of mangolds planted for forty yeais on the same ground was much more thrifty than the mam ciop, which had been heavily uiamued. The experimental plat was kept exceedingly clean, while in the main crop, owing to the wet season, the weeds weie numerous. Foe, iann implements ot all kinds, having metal sui faces exposed, for knives and torks and other household apparatus — indeed, for all metals likely to be injured by oxidation or " rusting" — take any quantity of good lard, and to every bait. pound or so add of common resin (" rosin") an amount about equal to half the size of an epg, or less — a little more or less is of no consequence. Melt them plowly together, stirring ' as they cool ; apply this with a cloth or otheiwise, just enough to give a thin coating to the metal surface to be , protected, It can be wiped off nearly clean from surfaces where it will bft. undesirable, as in the case of knives; and forks, &c. The reaiu prevepts rancidity, and the mixture prevents the. ready access of air arid moisture. The above is a .capital thing .for keeping- bijs \ and^ stircup'-jroris free 'from rust, y j j ,'' The Waikato Coal' and Shipping C.onjipany 'invite tenders for building two coijjpoiitb barges,