CLIPPINGS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 2008, 21 May 1885, Page 4

CLIPPINGS.

"I'm a tough," lemarked the alleged spnn^ chicken A m «sr valuable discovciy was made the other day, says tlm S.ituulay R«view, of neaily all Swift's autogiaph lettent© Alilcim.m Baiher. After they had been in id* for many yeais, these Riibei I'tt'is, it is stitid, \\u\c found b\ th 11 owim in a lot X up I.mt.iu m an old manor Iv.us" The letter* iliU* fi'ini 17 '.J to 1,.!\ a l)unful luit into ln M g pi'iioil ')t Su tt\ litf Theiv arc hi; ,\ tnK ii' i i" tin in in Ui idly and tiiou,,'iitrnl ft !■:._-. tin ohi i ; tlu'V Cl lll\ w-'l"\V 11 AY I|m (I'lM^ t) Old ii in inricrincn unl to old flit mis ; st'll ,n I.milv do tli \ -li'» \ how much In siill. i, 1 lio n d. ii'..s. I,'iildines-,, ,mil loss of nn mid} , and Mow life was l)ccoininjr moff and iiiwr a Inn den to him bi-foii h^ 1 sank into the .i|uthf»tio silence of his last tm pc \cirs The Satin d.iy points out thitall tlic letteis aie r rintc(l in Si ott's second edition to Swift, in \oliunes xv in and \'\\, hut not as printed then- they are full of mistakes, omissions, and insertions, and it is evident that Scott could only have had access to copies. Some cf the errors are qnotfa, and the Saturday adds there are many othiM. The letteis to Berber are to sold by Mu=>srs Sotheby. Wilkinson, and Hodge next month.

Boons Divorcks.— Notwithstanding the ease with which divorces are legally obtained in New York State, it was ascertained some months ago in Brooklyn that two lawyers had issued over 300 framlnlent divorces. This was done by forging the signatures of the judges District- Attorney Ridgwoy claimed great credit for this discovery. It now appears that no one is to be punished for these infamous crimes. Mr Rid^way has enteicd a nolle ptoseqid in the case of John (I Law, one of the lawyers concerned in issuing the bogus divorces Tim is said to have been done because there was no testimony, except that of on accomplice, to convict Law. His part iiei, Mumo Ad.nut, was allowed to escape. The judges (observes the Tnbune) aits said to have been in the habit of signing papeis so c.uelessly th.it they cannot give positive testimony as to the forgery of their signatures, though theie is no question as to tho fradnlent character ot the divorce paper*. Three hunditd homes broken up by bogus divorce papers, and no one punished !

E(.c.s —There is nothing more strengthening and nourishing than eggs as an aiticle of diet, and farmers ought to indulge in the luxury of eating them. Not infrequently the eggs are saved up and Hold when not as much nutriment can he purchased with the money they are sold for. Four eggs contain more nutriment than .1 pound of beef steak, and will gise more strength, and a ptrson will not tue on egg diet as quickly as hu will on fiesh meat. They never disticss the partaker, and if pioperly cooked en u be eaten with perfect safety Foi an iu\ahd there is nothing mote wholesome than a raw egg beaten up with a little sugar and stirred into a glass of milk, and taken before breakfast given strength and health. Boiled cgj^s rue inoie wholesome th t an fried one*, and eirg sandwiches aie a splendid dish, taken either hot or cold, and especially suited for lunch 01 picnics Ohk lets, poached eggs or boiled ejjgs cut in slices, and a ueain gra\y pouted over th in rue bpKudid suhsititiitea for moat at breakfast Ctibtai ik and puddings at^ good cli.in^'fs in the bill of fare, anil much better for pies than hot wt.itlior, an.l i 4i;s ,i 3 mi imijici tai// item in then iiKinufa'-tuic — Alta California.

Niiiiii^m in Tin, Rr,->siAN Army.— " St< pni.ik," ni a letter boating d.ite Feb. 4 Lit, states that thp Nihilist" in Russia aiei|tuitly u ot kirn; to bung about a miip (liiat vviudi will oveithimi the* (Jrncin iin lit by open, though unexpected d^-uult-j on it in t!it- cipit.il, ami then id tl.c |»iuicipil tenties of administration Tli'.y will do so by nierms ol a milit.uy con < -|iiiai'y, which is iepi't>entul as having spicad with remaikable \ elocity. Soiui id' <i of its stiongth in.xy bo fonnul ft on) the number of ai rests which have been mafic of officers implicated in treasonable practices during the I i->t three y<urs. Tlicse have cornpnseol \\ in the infantry, 27 in the artillery, and 14 in the navy. "Stepniak" adds that the nnlitaiy officers arrested have been the flower of the army, and he enumerates, for, example, Lieutenant Colonel Aschenbrenner, who is covered with orolera ; Captain Pochetonov, who has six decorations for valour in action ; and Stombeig Tiehonovik and others. Military aolbcrents are being gained daily, and " Stepniak " regards the overthrow of tho Government as being " within reach." An unsciupuloiifl politician opposed to Kussia just now, ought not to find much difficulty in diso-ganising tho army. A little English gold say, quietly sent to the Nihilists, would| go a long way to solving the Afghan difficulty.

"Dtw> Man's (Jdicii."— The following incident occurred during the early i days of the Califoinian goldhplds, and is cli.nactei l-tic of the state of things that existed among the dicgeia at that time. A inuitT had (litvl in a mountain digging, it" T. iT hv was much lespected, liis acquaintances it solved to give him a "square fuueial," instead of putting the body in the usual way in a roughly made hole, and s.iying by way of funeral seivicc, " That goes another bully boy under!" They sought the services of a miner who bore the reputation of having, at one time of his career, bepn " a poweiful pieacher in the States." And then, F.ir Western fashion, they all knelt down, u'hile the extemporised jiatson delncied a prodigiously long piayer. The niinets, tired of this unaccustomed opiate, to while away the time. b<van, digger fashion, fingering the cat th tint had been taken from the grave. Gradually looks were exchanged ; whimpering commenced and increased, until it became loud enough to attract tlx attention of the paiwn. He opened his eyes and staled at the whispering miner*. " What is it, boys?" Then, as suddenly his eyes lighted on sparkling Rcule? ot gold, lie shouted, ' Gold, by jingo ! and the nclicHt kind o' diggin' — the cougugiition is dihmissed." Infctantly, every man l)egin to prospect the lie v/ digging, oui clerical fiiend not being tlio least active of the number. The body had to be ic moved and buried elsew hcif, but the inemoiy of the incident long lived fiom the name given to the loiahty, for "Dead Man's Gulch" bec.trrx one of the rich* st gold/ields in all California. — Ilotifachold Words.

LIVJXY TlMt FOR TlfK OI.D LADY — Dining tho past uiumnrr a handsome yoiiiiif man and a mischievous youn^ lady w ( it, stopping at an American seaside hotel Tli' young m.iii \.,is ti.iM-d l>y liib f i it mis on account of his h.ibil ot having ."■ouietliinu to (at just lictoit going to bid (Jin uwuii.g li found a luge paper bag of Ijhoui's ou his table. Risldy jumping to the conclusion that Hit mischievous joung Lid> haa made linn the g'ft, lie went on tip tot 1 to th« dooi ( I her room, and to-fed a cr id ci th p <'iigh th<- open ti.uinonM Tli» ,'iorn ».i, d,nr, )>ut the 'i.i'kfis fall WdH fodov , d by a .slight ■cufHiug, He paused a 'muim nt, ..nd then tiuuw <t get on<i and a r ij ■ i < t. Ivieli time theru-tling was heard, out no one Hpoke. Jla\ing toHH^u the entiui couteiiti of the bag into tin- room the young man stole away. Ah he left the conidor, he met the young lady coming to her room. Trouble! m his mind, he made inquiries the next morning ,11 to the efFect of Ins ho'idmidtiK nt, and kanud, to his honor, thiit tin fust cracker tlnovwi had landed ou the head of the joung lad)'s grandmother, an liiliim old lady of neaily eighty, why was at the moment kneeling reveicntly by her bedaide. Much aJauned, she, had risen to her feet only to leceivo the second ahofc. She had then ictttatcd to a corner, but, being fmther assailed, and not being able to form any idea of the origin of the mysterious miH3ilen, sho had finally crept under the bed, where she was di»coveied in a forlorn condition by her astonished grandchild.

Xkv> HhWdM. -Where the treas.uei is theie thu cash is also. A Nokih Si- v cod man carries a suite of lines which extends 7200 fiithoins in length, and has usually fixed upon it the ama/.ing number of 4GSO hooks, every one of which must be halted. Tiik English Salvation Army authorities have announced a new scheme of campaign foi use in town and country ullages wheiu the.c are no public buildliii/s. \ numbei of waggons aic being luilf, Tiu-v aie to be called foits, and it I'inod i>y cidets and officers, who will [ii imbul.iti 1 the countiy in tin m I'll.', Savings Bank", in the liuti&h X n ( >iiu haw £U0,00<'),000 of deposits, and about, ."i.fwO.OOJ of dipoMtois. The ,un'>u T, th'nigh gnat, i>i not txtraordi n.it y foi io \k'nli .in cinpiic, and Lompaics uni.ivuiiiably with the United States, whciu the uvinijs ha\e nsen to tin* unoiiiiuusbum of C-202, 000,000. Ttlh latest i eligio.ss sect in Russia is that of the Jerusaleniists. As a distinetise sign they wear on their chests u caid with a pi in ted dispensation giwn by tln> Patriaich of Jerusalem to all those who come to visit him. The members pledge thunsehes to make at least one pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Their meetings are held at night, in places which .no lighted up by no other light than that of tlicir faith. For two centuries the entire industry of Mittemvalrl, a town of Bavaria, shut in by snow clad niouutains and dense forests, has been violin-making, for which the surrounding forests furnish the beat of mateiial. Every >aid is ciossed by a labyrinth of ropes and poles on which hundred of "iohns are hung up to-dry. Every kind of stringed instiument, fiom the finest violin to the cheapest banjo, is manufactured and shipped in laige quantities to all parts of the civilised woild. It appears to be no uncommon thing in the United States for men and women who haw been divorced to v* marry then upudi.it»d paitners. A Vcimont paper contains an a( count of a case in point. A woman l.iti-ly npphed to the County Court at Inland Pond for a divoiee from her husband, on the giound of incompatibility of temperament The deciee was in due ionise announced, but instead of going away in opposite directions the emancipated pan left the Com t arm-in-arm. The man insisted upon seeing the woman, liist to the nearest railway station, and then all the way to her house, thnty miles oil' ; and ere he parted fiom her he had persuaded her to marry him once moie. Still more ciuious is a btoiy which is reported from Lewiston, Maine. A woman called to sec a lawyer in that town, and having reminded him that twelve months before he had been instrumental in procuring a divoroe for her, explained that she had since become engaged to her late husband, and that she wished to sue him for his bi each of promise to marry her a second time.

How Many Bitxkts it Takkh to Kirn. a Man.— La Nature publishes home interesting details as to the number of bullets requited to kill a man. At Solferino it is estimated that 8,400,000 shots were fired by the Aiihtiians, which occasioned a loss to the Fionch anil Saidiinan troops ol ?000 killed ami 10 001) wounded ; so that in this battle 42,0D0 shots were required to kill and 700 to wound one man, showing an expendiUie of 28Sllw of lead to each 11 in lulled. The Germans, however, in the Kiiinco (Jfiman war appear to ha\e siiot imirh better, foi it is calculate d that with an experidituie of 30,000,000 iifle bullets and .'iti'J r union shots tlic Fiench lost 30, 000 killed, or died from wounds, thus reducing the a\eiago nuinbei of shots lequued to kill a man to 13,000, about 861bs. This calculation must ha\e bun aimed at by assessing the cannon shots tired a* the number of bu lifts they would conespond with in V,( l»llt. An experiment which seems (a containpoiniy bays) to have inteiested tic New Yoik public, was leuently made by a blind man, who undertook to walk a& fieely and easily by ear as any other poi ooii not dcpiived of bight could do. Ho told those who had assembled in the stieets to witness the experiment that the fine, glassy, open, hi own eyes he boasted of were ornamental, not useful, and to convince certain incredulons newspaper reporters of the truth of his statement, he took a button-hook from bis pocket, tapped his eyeballs with it, bo that the tinkling sound, which proved that they were made of glass, might be heard. He had carefully educatul his ear, and could tell by sound w here to walk and how to govern his course, and in suppoit of this assertion he started off, head erect, walking so rapidly and with such perfect ease, that no one meeting him could have believed that he was bliud. Now aud then he stopped to listen ; every sound arrested his attention, and so fine was his sense of hearing that woids utteicd in a low tone in audible to those near him, were dis tinctly audilile to himself. lb> even detected the kind of boots &ome of the reporteis wore, whether single or double soled, of a can. mon or Mipenor quality, and accomplished vaiious other marvellous feats to the astonishment of the public. Aftei walking with the utmost facility, and without the aid of a cane, for seveial houis, he needed lefrcshmcnt, and guided by his ear — or peiliaps in this instance by his nose— detected and entered a bar. Tiik Australasian says the Yictoiian ciinnnal recouls afford many a stiange lllustiation of the old adnge "Mmdci will out," but there has been none sti anger than that afforded by the con\ictiouof Jlarnes foi the minder of the late J. 15. Slack. The peculiarity in this case is not that the muuleicr was undo tected, but that the murder itself w is unsuspected. The tlieoiy that the deceased had come to his death by suicide was accepted without question. Mr Slack had, in his day, been a troublesome and irritating poison, and theie seemed a gcneial consensus that Buicide was a fitting and piobable end of so peiturbed and restless a life. Society is always ready to believe anything prejudical to a peison who has a reputation for eccentricity, and it is po3 &ible that under these conditions the manner of Mr Slack's death was not so closely scrutinised as it would otherwise have been. And the iesult was that it would never have been suspected that he came to his death by murder had not liirnet been urged by the haunting either of terror or remorse to make a kind of confession while in Pentndge. What he said was sufficient to inducu inquiry, and when that was set on foot there was little difficulty in collecting a complete case of circumstantial evidence against the prisoner, who now lies ui:d< r sentence of death. The lessons of fie case ar<», fii«fc, that coroner's inquests as at piesent held hcive sometimes lathei to conceal ct irric than to detect it ; and, eecond, that ii society were to adopt a proiicr way of dealing with known irreclaimable criminals who show themselves by their In es to 1 c mere beasts of pr»y, thif many-times-convicted Mid (no.it dangerous ciiminal would not line been allowed at laige and afforded the opportunity of ending a life of lapine by an act of murder.

The People Want Proof. Tlicro it no medicine preset i bed l>y physicians or hold hy Dniggmtn, that can tea sucli e\idcncc of its sucoevi and supeiior virtue as Bosclien's German Syrup for severe Coughs, Colds settled on the breast, Consumption, or any disease of the Throat and Lungs. Any peiHon afflicted, can get a sample bottle for 6d nnd try its superior effect before buying the regular m/c at 3s (id. Its wonderful cures are astonishing every one that uses it. 'I'ln pc doses will relieve any cnne. If yo.i have a Cough or Cold that will not yield to other remedies try German Syrup and you will be surprised at tho result. It has cured many cases of no-called Consumption which doctors had given np. It is sold by all Druggists in the Civilized World,

A Lvw has recently been established in Texas which provides that no stallion m ill he allowed to cover males without a certificate to the effect that he is free fiom heiedituiy diseases. This cet tific.ite has to be lenewtd eveiy year, and wheu the law is not complied with a hea\y peinlty is imposed on the o>\mrof the stallion, the man in charge, or the man w hose mare is sei \ cd. "Tun annihilation of time is." saye "Vanity Fail," "slow, but sine Accoiding to the calculations of the Post Office, it should take exactly 1080 bourn to icach the Antipodes, allowing for oidmary accidents and stoppages ; and the New Zealand Steamship Company • Mcently accepted a contiait to carry the Koval maih between I^n^land and New Z( aland within that time. On tho occasion of tlieii fiist attempt with their steamer, the Aorangi, the dibtance was tia\cised in the uinaik.ible time of 93*2 hours only, and it is confidently antioi pited that even this almost fabulous run w ill be beaten heieafter."

Disi\n cr\\Ts —M. Miquol, who is one of the leading authoiitii'S on the subject of air germs, ha<» recently conducted c\periiuentB at the Montsoui is Laboratory which prove that all gaseous antiseptics aie almost useless. Dr. Laiulm long ago maintained the inefficiency of the vapor from chloride of lime, phenol or perfumes, to kill gems, and M. Miquel has demonstrated the correctness of his views. He finds that the vapors of chlorine, brominu, iodine, and chloroform take several weeks to kill the microbes, and that they do not net at all unless present in such (juantity as to render the air irre^pirable. Consequently, so long as the air is breathable it may contain living germs. M. Miquel considers mercury to be the most practically u«eful antiseptic known. Pk\'\\ko\u, is easily grown on any wet pece of land, and although a very old lemedy, it seems that there are yet ft good many persona who do dot know the value of pennyroyal. It will clear all kinds ot veimin, horse flics, gnats, fleas on hogs, lice on stock or poultiy, &c. No farmer should bo without it. To one ounce of oil ot pennyroyal add four ounces of any other mild oil — lard is good ; give each ploughman a vial of this and a feather to touch the horse about the head, eais, flanks and legs— just a little evny two hours— and jou may rely upon it all insects will leave the horses alone. Flies, gnats and insects trouble the horse some days that they actvnlly worry and bother the animal mote than the w ork he has to perform — San Francisco Chronicle. A i.EADIvr, article of the Russian newspaper the Novosti ('24 th February) weighs the two sides of the Afghan question, and attributes the excitement of England against Russia to the preponderance of the Conservative element in Paibament, and to the temporal y decline of Gladstone's influence It adds :— " It is certiin that if England wints to drive tilings to ft crisis, it will he sufficient to place at the bead of h»i Cabinet a second Bi aeons Held. At the present moment Russia and England could do e.ich other a world of harm in Asia. But should the politics of Gladstone prevail, and peace be preserved, then the condition* willbe favourable for at riving at better anil more solid international relations than have hitherto been attained The only way to reach this end is to govern the Asiatic*, so as to win their goodwill and their respect." Thk best apples for making jelly arc hard juicy ones, consiquently cooking apples are generally preferred Pippins make delicious jelly Pare and cut the apples into piece, remove the cores, and put them into a preserving pan with sufficient cold water to cover them Let them boil for an hour ; then dram the syrup from them through a hair sieve or jelly bag, md measure the juie* ; to every pint allow tflh of loaf -<ng(ir, and boil them together for throe qnartris of an hour, removing every paitiuk- of scum as it rises, and keeping the jelly well stirred thut it may nut burn. A little lemon rind may be boil< d with the apples, and a s nail quantity of lemon juice (attained) may he put in just bi forp it is done if the flavour is liked. Plum Jelly. — Put on the plums with enough water to cover them ; let them come to a boil, pour off the water, and fill up this time with hot water. Boil haul till the plnms are perfectly soft, then squeeze them through a jelly bag. Now to every pint of juice add one pound of sugar, and return to the tire. Or for easier measurement, one tumbler of sugar to one tumbler of juice. Have your jelly bag thoroughly cleansed, and after the jelly comes to a boil, strain once more, just to ensure its being beautifully dean. Return to the fire and boil hard for an hour. Take up a little in a spoon, and when cool see if it is cougealed. Be careful not to let it stay a moment too long, or your jelly will be too stiff.

G i:\TLb\i lsi- at Arms —In accepting the Gu\crnoi ship of New South Wales (nbscives the St. James' Ga/etto), Lord Cat i ington leaves the captaincy ot the corps of (JcntJcjfiu) .it- Anns to be bestowed on any Whig peer who may still care to enlist undei Radical chiefs. Only once since the toimation of the corps by Henry VIII. h.is tlie oflico been eonfened on a commoner— to wit, Sit Antliony Btowne, whom Queen Maiy aftei wards cie.ited Viscount Montague. Mis sixth successor, Heniy, l"iil of Noithumberland, got into a ttniblc Hctape (as the vulgni might phr.is'- it) tiy admitting his kinsman, Thomas l'ercy, as a pensioner, without tendeimg to him the oath. The said Thomati was confedeiate with Guy Fawkes ; and the Kail must have known him to be " a Popish recusant." Wherefore the Star Chamber adjudged Northumberland to pay a fine of £30,000, and to be impt honed during Ins Majesty's pleasure, which chanced to mean thirteen \ciis. But the post hay long been & perfectly safe one, though ns late as 174f» nn older was issued to the effect that " the rebels having advanced to Derby, the King has signified his intention to >c t up ln.s st.mdard on Finclilcy Common;" and the " Gentleman of the Rand" were aecoidingly warned " to be in readiness, with their servants, horses, and arms, to attend his Majesty there." Among the most notable of the captains is Roscom • mon, whom Pope has relebrated as the only moral writer of the reign of Chariot 11., and to whom Johnson seemed disposed to allow the samo merit. Richard Boyle, Kail of Burlington (1731-84), has also an honorable place in the history of literature — which may ecjnnlly be claimed for Alien, Lord BathuiHt (1742 44).

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