MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume 23, 25 November 1878, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

•Some girl* are like old mu»koli ; (hoy Q<c p great lioal of powder, but don't go oil. Although n Kill niny bo ns proud n« Lik'ilyr, iL dotMf/t alwuyi full;* that 1110 makes n good nintcli. The Ho»#rend Mr. Dully, tho root or of Delrin, Co. Wen* month, it dianata* bl'ulnul clergyman of some eighty winters, is nhoiil to ioitd to (ho hymeneal nllar tho hidyVmaid of hii dftu^lilcr-in-lmT. A fit. Louis boy wrote tho following composition : 'Girls nro Iho folks Hint has their own way every time, nnd don't you forgot it. This is nil I know ntmii; girl't ond fntlicr nays tho It's* I know aboil them tho belter uN I nin " Among tho Zulus n nation of C> IVivk, according to etiquette, tho iuolhcr»io.hw D»u»t hido, or prolong to hid-j, wlun she sees him. In this count iy Iho ousloiu is ifvoiM'tl. Ii m tho Boi)>in>lnvv v>li<> docs Iho dod){ii>i:, Misi> Mliiisc Juno lins produced, nt lint Abfrde^n ih-'NlriMi m>vy col oh drums I'nlU'd " "J lio JJfiirn," writtfii for her by Air dioorgo Duncnn, nulhurof " \*oi\ and Tim\" Miss Juno was qiiil? Nt homo in tho chnruclof of Jjhu GulhiK', a Jf<!olcl» fiilier las»it\ A Yankee school loftchor was somowlmt disconcerted tlio other day. Shu hnd dotninod n hoy for miftcomluci for fiftoeu minutoH nftcr school. At the close of tho puniihmiMit thu iniilncioiis la<l bougod In-r to innko it liHll'nii'hoiir, (or alio was tho " pv<illi<<*t (tiitelitM' in town« * Tlio Mrlbtiurno Arttii.l snys AFr B*i'ry forii.iillv deolincJ to eoiniont to romit Iho duty on M'Cormnck's ronper nnd binder, which is pntontod in tlic ('<>!onv, nnd theroforo, ounnot bo nado hore. ATr (iil)i»\<i pointed nut thnt th s mnchi>)<\ vrhifli run bo boii'hl for i.70 or £7(\ in X*vr SonJti Walcßi is neoonsiirily sold Ihmh for ilO't, but U»« Chief tsonvlary i>» /inn in lii-i stnnd. Tlio patentee can mako tho niucliini* lici'O it'ho .so choo<cn, and it is only liy r>stal)liihinc tho in iiiiiVltiro in llm j Colony, s»ya Mr licrry, that tin? prior cnu bo brought down, ](of«irintf to Ilia lon« of tho Kloclornl JJjIJ, tho NnpiiT Tfl^rnph oxclnims ;— . • Pcri-h mimhood sulli'ii^p; perifth pence, woullh, nnd liHppmno*", if Sir Gror^* ounnot «''t his own wny ! Long life to sirifo, poverty, mul «lisoonlcnt, if Sir Goi'i'i'o ninnot bo tlio mi oernt of New Z"i)lundP lly this tiiim llio country lim nwiikoned to tho mnchiimtions of tho G)* vernment j the dronm-spoll has pnnsod orcr, and tho phnutom yirhi* of the Jfcnvcn born ibitpsmnn 1 is discororod to be polilicnl v'w.' ' Our eonlcuporary is ovidcntly sufVoring from an attnek of holiday foyer. Tho fto? Frank Bosnnt is discovorinc that he niado n i»istnk« iv rohbi g Mr« Bosautof bor littlo daughter. VYooxtrach tv« following from n Scotch newspaper : — Tlio Mns'cr 01 mo ltolls nu in* interim ii, junction ywlorday nt tho in« fitonro of t!to licv Mr JJosant rcstming, until tho lionrint? of tho motion, Mr-* Aiinio Besant from returning to cohnbii. wi tli him. Mir lWmt, now thnt her hu; band has obtniucd tho custody of Ijm daughter treated tho deed of Beparnticr ns At nn end, and threatened to return aii i live \>illi him unions ho permitted Ins daughter to rciidc one moult in ouch yen:

with her, ns stipulated in tho d«od of of flfptrutiou. A contemp'irHry ««?• tint nn rtmrods i-i Melbourne nnmmi Xolly M<lu-r <vrif« nf Onfirltm Lowh, of tho Aoiideiny of .Vliimlc) frolini? ««(fri«',»ol,Bt » ,«riii»«iHin of Iwr thht «pj»rftwi in tho Au«tr«lrtni«n, h«« n<ldroMrd >o VTahile' Homo v.«ry wnrni «o«n« tnuoic'adbiH'Uy moani of Hd\rf>rt'i*omontM in anothor paper. Tn one of theso aho objoots to hi« r'uht. to crifi<-iHo her costumou. «f»ying, • M? dro»«'» wcro not mido wiiti any tliought of plnaainjc you ; anlai to my appiaranco, I nm n« the Almi'^lttv nando mo, and hof« roaion to botfcunkful that I am nejlliAr flquinfc oyod nor an nborlion/ :il«m'ivin« no reply, nho Mtnrnnd to lh« oharg*, 'A hor«4whi.* In n womnn'n hnnd «?onja to me mlghf{«r thnn •Uli* •. I b*-« wntohed nnd waiM •" *»'"• y °" ul{ " * mt ° I nro . yonr liandHomo poroou. The w«alhor \» itoltinn wot and my lompitr i» tffttinpt cool. I uono way out of tUU «n|»Joitsant «t»Jo of tltfncCH but by ronortina; io *>»« hshion of my fo'efalliors, rcmiefliinc you to n«n>o tim« and »luefl nnd chooio your own woaTOi*. P-^.— P» y° u think to dt'ieo mo to oonunit snjoidr, and «o ««t fio ft*o for n Mroner'n ir»q»io«*. Y«»il never will, I nta not • 11»<» riulit aort o( n woman 1 * ' Tub He ' did not brcok ' his nilonco, and hH«J<in ia Mill unbarm©'. Ona o#miitiflr when riilting th« Dundoo AflrorlWftr pflloa wlib «orao »lrnncor«. Mr Oilfillim cot IfMi't'ly merry <>vo<- an nmiH> ing iricidflnt. Tn tho nbupncc of (ho entire library stitfF ho wni mhown into ihn editor's room by an ooflittionnl couUihutnr. On ()■ o'iiii? iho ny«U'm o( oloofrir bolli arrannoil on tho wall nt (Ii« haok of Hid e<\\ tor's chair )ip nuked nn *xi>lnnaiion hiiU tiiidind that Iho edilni could by a (ouch of hw finger mmmm in'o hinruoin nil or nny of the hoaduof «h« dcpnrtmonti from nil pn'tn of tho CHtnlilislinicnt, nb vo or ifQ\> w, Mr <?Ufillfifi oxcbiimol with « fiiita of U'\4 liHind-^' Tho editor horo ofin ihfitehrt' cn]\ (ho devil* from tho trn«»y drop or draw an «n«el down.' The guide* fiflving touohod tho dofil'» bell Hcvir^l timea without that porsonnuo milliner nn npiionranco, Mr OilHllnn fluid, ' Ttyo divil muni mttelr bo from homo or dikine • tifip.* The fttiic'o hnrin(i t»«nin torched tho bfll. ft »d<! 4o «umprt«iti»r and iiifortnod tho««toniMhed Vi«iloi-s that fhor« woro no vlavitg thoro nfter nix o'clock. Tho ninuifiii^nl of tho visitors w»n ntill mora huiithtcnod when, on •tritiu; n*ki'd f.»r tho r«i» on, tho/graro ocinpoitor c>c» fdu'mo.l, ' By an Act Of Piirlinniont no doril ia nllowod to work on iho niglit fdiift, or af»or giv o'clock at night.' Tiip il<*A of thtf di'vil bflinjt unrlor «n Act of |'rtrlinm<?nt oaunfld roars of hughei*. Ei|{htf *flvo tlif>u<and worn «n aro tonchcrs in thff Uiiitoil Htatoa. About a million 00 domoutio lervants, noarly liulf a million are engaged In manufactures, Rdd nhout COO nrj phfiician*. A KottU*ta«d (fiiyt Vanity Fair) wan oittinff aft diniif#i>«rty n<»xt to a lady. who««» dw«« Wat what the French (tailed dxolii^sh\^soMn, of cnurdo, hand* *ora>', rory bifl^Uful. A' fool man was hflndinu round t the icoj tho Inly was Anting forward, but, n« the footman I A wd, inddonly lonnt hack and struck bin hand holding tho diah, The spoon, containing a lump of he, foil d >wn her back iniido tho boaut.iful or dccolht* droiv 1 Whit tvjit tho gonMnmiMi to do f 1 aa* for no tiiwor, and ant trying to forgot tho oa»o.