THE LOVAT PEERAGE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2034, 21 July 1885, Page 4

THE LOVAT PEERAGE.

Tiik claimant of the Lovat peerage and estates has at last l>cen able to bring his case bcfoic the House of Louis The case is one of enointous impoitancc, involving, as it docs, tlie existence of one of the oldest Catholic peeiages iu> Scotland, and estates whoso rental is not less tlnn £,'lO,OOO a year. The present claimant is John Fraser, who resides neai (.'ar,)a t \oi), in Wales, and his claim rests on tteh c contention that he is descended from Alexander Fiaser, tiie son of the "liith Lord Lovat, who fled fiom fckot and towaids the clo«<e of the seventeenth century on account of killing a h'ddlei in a io\v, and also because he was implicated in the rebellion. In Wales he worked as a miner, and his descendants ha\ c followed the same occupation, being m ivceipt of \eiy mull wages. 'I his is ,illf<red as the leason why they did not prosecute then claim to the peerage lie foienow. Itn claimed th.it the Alexander Kr.is n r heie mentioned was the heir to the title and estates, and that the present holder, Lord Lovat, is only the repusentitive of a collateral Inanch of the family. The case came on for hearing lately before the Committee of Pri\ileges, and on the application of plaintiff's counsel was postponed in order to give time for further preparation. The claimant has a very strong bar consisting of six counsel, one of whom is Mr Chas Russel. Lord Lovat has engaged the Solicitor-Generals for England and Scotland to resist the claim.

Ixsomc experiments carried out by the ofliceis of the Regimental School in Versailles, France, it was shown that the incandescent lamps used in the lightning of subterranean passages were capable of resisting the concussion caused by the explosion of 300 kilog (11,00 pounds) or powder. Two Frenchmen, the brothers I'orre, have invented a knew kind of harp made entirely of wood. Instead of strings, the inventors use stiips of American fir. The sound is pioduccd, as in the ordinary haip, by the contact of the fingers, but tho playor weais leather gloves, covered with resin. The tone of the instrument is said to be of remarkable purity. An immense ledge of white metal has been discovered in Antelope Valley, Mon County, Gil , the nature of which has pu/ilcd all mining experts to whom it has been submitted. The metal is fusible at first, but after the first time it yields to nothing except a mixture of acids. A pound of rock yields half a pound of the metal, and there aie millons of tons in the plant. It contains plantiu in. People who wear clothes -n hich arc e\en tinted with green cannot be too cireful to pie\ent the mateiial touching flc-m wounds. Mr Humphries, Chief Surveyor, has been a sufferer this last week or two through an indiacietion of this kind. He giaicd his skin some time ago, and the wound being but small he did not diess it. The consequence was that the dye from his clothes poisoned it, and he was unable to walk for a time. — Taranaki Herald. Tmk Amkkh AiiDUiuumMV.— 11 During the five- years of his icign, 1 ' s.iys a daily pa.er, " the Ameer lias rid himself of all who sought to disturb his peace of mind " This ia a euphemistic way of saying that he has caused his political opponents to bo put to death. Indeed, before we get to the end of the leading article in which his habits are thus de Rciibed, we learn that " he never moves without his executioner, and that he even brought one to R.iwul Pindi m case of any unpleasantness ausing with some member of his personal suite." There has been nothing like this since the incident dcsciibed in "Qtientin Dm ward," when Louis XL, while on a visit of friendship to the Duke of Burgundy, is attended by a similar official. The question is, can a gentlennn of these murderous habits be ti listed when his interest is opposed, to Ins "personal guarantee?" Louis XI. himself was certainly no example of the delicate blending of tho butcher and the man of honour. Upon the whole, I think, we should be content to say that thewoid of tlm Ameer is as good as Ins bond.— Town Talk. Ti:\v-> Luurs .\m> Snuh- l)irr-i\-(..— And now I am about to tiead on the tops of these fair se\e,s. They have a— what shall I call it ?— well a\cry peculiar custom in these southern states, not confined to f.umen' wives, working or coinitiybrpd women, but frequently indulged m by the well biod town dame. Idiscovcied it in the following manner. I had occasion to call on a Mr W about the sale of some hogs. As usual we took seats on the galerie, talked over, settled <«n business, and then entered on a geneialcom citation, mostly consisting of questions on the pait of my host .md answer on my part. While talking, Mr WW — — — was chewing largely and .it frequent intervals Hpittmg out about a gill of daik brown liquid, and each time it fell sp-uik on to thebiick p.ivi Inuiit, tho ->ound vva-i le-echotd on the othei hido of whcie 1 s,it. Tin-, regular echo veiy naturally attiactrd my attention, and looking round 1 saw umnhei two halfgill come squii ting out fiom a dm»i clo^e by. Determined to solve the miiWy, f, under jnetence of picking up a oli J]> to whittle, cast my eyes lound the door-po>t, and there sat Mrs W with a .shoit s<(uaie blown bottle in het ha. id, and in one coiner of her mouth ii thin stick of wood like a small ikewei, and about foin inches Ion?, and at this she was chewing away with an cneitfy woithy of a bettei cause. What, sayn j'oii, at a stick of wood? Yes, but my dear fair reader you foigct tho bottle. It contained snuff, into which fiom titnr* to time «he dips the well-chewed biushlikr the end of tho stick, and this is called snuff dipping. I have soon Tr\,ui ladies who could cxpoctmato ns far as any man, and so straight (fioin practice) that they could hit a mosquito on the w ing, and that too with forty mule foice. In this instance Mr-< W could not conquer hoi curiosity b> hear what tho Bntishor was talking about, and doubtless was so much amused and interested that she foigot that she ■night betray her whereabouts by squuling that abominable black flood within a few inches of my car. Ueing a daughtei of that iot.pect.iblp old p.nty know n as Mothei Eve, I can forgive her that natural failing of listening, but the filthy habit of snuff dipping is enough to disgust a decent pig, and if evm I do got on to the judicial bench and a man sue foi a divoice, 1 don't cue a Vailiaiupntaiy nish, pio oi con, he shall have all the divorce he wants if .she dips snuff. -Uxcr.h Will.

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