MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 21 April 1880, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

On tbe 18th ult., the second Australian Kleven were entertained at a banquet by the Major of Adelaide. la rephing to the toast of the day, Mr H. F. Boyle is r 'ported by the South Australian Kegis* ter to hive said :— ' The success of the present Elpwd might not be as grout as that of the first Australian Eleven, as the Fng'ish criokefers now knew what they had to ope with, whereas formerly they had under-rated Australian crirke'. Now, on the contrary, they were doing what they could to get the strongefc teams to play against thpm. But it would not be the fault of the present Au«traliau Eleven if they did not do as well as the first eleven. No practice, or selt<denial, or unanimity on their part should be wanting to ensure success. They would work unanimously in the field and out of it, and he felt sure from the conduct of the team- that socially the present team would l>e equally as good as »he last. They would do their best to uphold cricket, and to behave as gentlemen and as men,"' Among the many sermons— some of them ia execrable taste— - preached in Scotland on tbe subject of the Tay Bridge disaster was one by Dr Begg, who tools fur his text a portion of the j tenth verse of the nine chapter of Isaiah : 1 ' The bricks are fallen down but we will

with hewn sione*.* The s°rmon ''pmisj printed lias drawn fotth an M' 2* utnt letter from the coniractnr cr ihe bi ek^ u'ci.l it. the <vn>t'ii«Mion of tli^ bri.!,;?, vrl,., Ui vp= first, that las brisks w-fc.-e of tup very i-st qu.hty; an.l •*co> iv. tlrl it nH , t | ie „t iincw , rk> not :i'Q Lfi-kworL- .! lfl t tydVe w , VIt mnv r.oifc,. V n .,, Tn (s4) s . A ,, |r|| , • i-i i!- Mrlbournp J. Oi H ,), J, a t Jhn Morri^y, the (t.zMter who w 3 * el-'ctt-vi a mem'er ot i>\n:rt»s« % w ., s a tn-n who rvveH cferyth'ne io his wfe -"he t" K h> hir v ro read and write nnl may he said to h«re tair.y 'worried' him u-. ]).' Iw.Her. Kv-rr H'trht «!ie made him Suell for an lion-, and says in her num v — a te:y curious look, by ihe wny :— ' The mornine a!;e.- Ju!;n !eat Heemn ho was snre and Unnoted, ana l-Upd of one ove but T n^rl.- V m f \* np j 0 i, !s hp^ mu \ propt-p.j lum with '..illows uni-l ho i)»,J sai.i hi? lesson. ' Whit h the n%? o!" -.A] this study ?u-ie,' lie wold s*y, ' To go to Conu r ! - es3. J.U-y.' ' O'', that s vmir lay , cut for me, is it ? Well, we'll g.> to Cop grefcS; a>!U lie did,' This is a If sson of uluek hid iffei-tion which mure rtfiaed pp'pk m^y not I>lm4i to learu. A fe%v days sgn, says an American paper, a hap> y vouna conple came down iromTaeomijiy hesoiing from fhpjr eyes. «nd the whole bHter, holl w word one sol'H glow of dcight, Can-p — matrimony, Next iflortHtig the hridesrooin.all a-fl itter with ahidnes?, called upon Uie County Audi' or to secure tbe Jicen s e necessary before the consummation so deyoutiy wished could be reached. Mr Booth is a kind n>nn, an accommodation gentietßHn. and when the youug man informed him that the woman soon to be his own was a resident of Pierce Coanty, the Auditor's heart was filled with s>m« pathy for his luckless lot. Ho could not issue the license, as the lady was not a reident of King County. Nothing daunted, our liero sought advice, obtained a boat, a minister, the necessary witnesses, and passed out upon the romantic expan*e of water known as Puget'Sound. and thus surmounted the obstructing d : .ffcu.ities, Verily, love conqaereth all things. An important experiment with the telephone is reported to have been made at Oiiiahn on the 2>th of January. Th* object of the experiment was to ascertain whether conversation eoold be carried on i be!w«pn the Union P«eific Transfer on the east side of ihe Missouri River, and the American Union Office at St. Louis, * distance of 410 mile*. A previous trial had bfen un<«tis f ae*ory, but that of tl c 25th of J'huary was a complete success. An ordinary conversation was carried on with ihe u'mnst enw. the QKst noticeable fziet being that, while the enunciation of •he word? wa* perfectly el^ar. they came hvnrinhly wi-h the regular vibrs-tion of n musical note Tl>p poTiT^r^ation wos VRrien w;'h ?i.'.e : >n-, of which apparently iW a note vns 10-t. A St. Lrut? singer sei!* o^er t Tie wire, in a clear baritone voice, ' Sweet bv-snidoy,* which WSS» repented !>y Mr Ffauce, cf the Omaha TehMioHG I'schatije. The Bt. Louis sinqor then fon*; •1 m n piljrriaj and c Str-'ii^er.' wli<ch sqain trs? repented NeV by ISlr France. This is sa> 1 to be the lenses' distance over^hich the telephone 1 'm yet been successfully worked. Th" budff»'.a of European nations for^i an inferestinsr tnpic. The inereas|^^j national exi'Prjd ture rhv>n^^^^^M twenty yenrs \s ?!uru<n£o^^^^^^^B *f;)n 's first viith an (X( en^^^^^^^^H 000.000 I?n «ia rcm^s .^^^^^| OOO.OrtO. Every nntion, tiou cf our fffn ond,,*H^^^^^^^^^^H tbe past tweniv y^^^^^^^^^^^f national debt. Fi nnv^^^^^^^^^^M debtor. During: that t^^^^^^^^^H i'n^aiM. has inr-re.-!«ed it^^^^^^^^^^H , 000,000 to £600 ooo.ooa^^^^^^H The prrjpc-t of Nvinsr irod^^^^^^| pronnd, *'"> con*'py petro'enrn^R^^^^^^^ wells in Pennsylvania to tide w^^^H Ik'en practic.ilty t^stod. The riiilrraQ interests bavo fjuabt ngainst it in the Lp»is!aturt* f;r severe' years. bec;>n«o they would \v9?- the frr'a^tintr of oi ! , wliich i^ >> btavy in'prps? in tbp Epvstonn State. Th« 'Tide Water Pipe Lme ' which fx'ends from CorryTillo to Wiliiamstort— 101 miles— has ermraenred operations. The fir.*! ol wps 147 bours in riasxing t!iis .iistßnce; and it took 20,000 barrels of oil to fill the entire pipe. Sis thousand barrels of oil pass brough it daily. Ln-ge tanks for its r-'ception are built at Williamsport. This is doubtless an important esperimpnt, wbii'h will fiDilly result in a complete oterlurn in the transportation o f petroleum, flerp, sorely, is something new under the sun.— Exchange.