MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 6 October 1880, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

I It has lieen g/avely suggested in Enj> land th-tt ladies should give up the s.'desaddle—afiei* its having been in use 300 years — and ride astride like men. arid a lengthened correspondence on the sul ject is now beinj! carried ou ia the columns of the Live k'tock Journal. There is to be a grent divorce enso in die London Courts. It was instituted a few months a;;o but through the in f er vention of friends was hushed up, when the Queen's Proctor intervened. Fv.ur of the favorites of fashion will be drag' «ed iv, and sliil high names are niens limned. Every State in the American Union has a law against carrying concealed weapons, and every pair of pants manufactured from Maine to Califonra, and from the Ltikrs to the Mexican Gulf, has a pistol pocket. A rowdy Fletcher of Saltoun (if such a phenomenon could be) might say, ' I cave r.o' who makes a nations lows, so that I may order its trousers.' Euy those indispensable articles of attire ready made, and you are sure to find on the rijit hip— where it is hid Jen by the skirt of your coat, but ready for your lisind — a deep narrow pocket, for your pidol. Get the garment made to order, and unless yru are more than ordinaiily emphatic in your directions to tho contrary, you will find a pistol pocket when Ihe eMlies come home. If you b° a sfrnnger, you will see no necessity to forbid this ivrrangement — if you he to the manner born, you wti! accept it. I Do people carry pistol-* beciiu-e they have pistol pockets? Upon my worct I t'.ink bine tenths of th: m do. Nature abhors a vacuum, and there is this exi'a I reason : The LVn^ti'tit'on of the United j Slates provides ih.it ewrv cir z-n m.ay carry arm's for self-de'cnee, but th majority is ashamed (and the sVmh* is a creditable onf) to cu'ry tliom o; enly. The laws ngaiti-fc currying c< in-e s!cd weapons are adminisir-red in a lulMiearted mmner. They Lave a snv.ick of imcon>litu« tionality, therefore «.M-i.-'ly revolts a-fimst their enforcement-. Tlie police <--u • noarrest a whole city lull of .!e!inqun>ts. District attorneys hr.ye a fellow f.-i -hnt: | (just over iht- v'ulit h ; r) which m-kes ! tht-m lenient. Juries wrl not convict iheir fell'>w-mcn for d -.ing v\h-:tt they liiil'ilually do themselves. I '. crily be^ lieve that if the law were rh.-.nacd, atpd it were made a criuv? to have a ] istol^oc^. we should get en a great deed !)■ ' er. There is nothing in the Cot.sHrufi- n of die United b'la'cs r.i? ut pockets ! Any Legisla'uve cou'd sew up every slit in every pair of pants without infringing even the fifteenth iiniciidment.- A!: any d-- F.jablanq'ie in the Goiitbinan's Magazine. C darado i;ec'les have of Into been making <hrnis-lv-s unpleasantly '■ons;iieucns by t^cir ;.:r.--cr ( dine- in <"*tclipster ( 1 -ip.:v. >'ew Toik. where 'h-y hare nppsw. d iti .ilanoi;^ nnm-r-rs. Tl.o r f ,rm.'r- nr-d L'-'rdivi-vs lnvep:c«n,» I ; ,1! th.'ir b^i-hoi.N r,!i..! all the additional hel]> t'e-r c:<n nv.KUT into service io mrdie war np .■! fho<o destructive in-*.-ch in t!-e P"(^'-e »" ■ '■•* ; hr ' t if *' ' cm * iiUe!" t !iat in t?;O fill vi^lOl't" '.Till ' - CSJ will/ (he C-'onulo !-..t>t!<-s. The d'oat ! --pecific is P.-M-i.s srreon ; but i ( ivqnirrs such freqncnf tipplifi'io: 1 , and is. m-irc-ovcr, so dangerous to use where !h<r^ t-.ro domestic animals, that many fannor> ] ht-sJ-ale to rc-^rt to it, find prefer 'estioyinj the \u-y< by moms of boi! : iTj waie:-. Toys and -i' 1 '? ;inl many o'her assistants are pnid tlm'e cents a q-nr for p'ekin..' '•■"-•s. °»'? :irt W wi ' ! pick from 15 to 20 quarts of bugs prr day. Th<> pntat-e I-U-: is. l'.owev.-r, a cm.nina iii^of. or it th ; nks it is. It knows ins>.".ni!v when tl'.c vine is as* sailed, and drop' mi its back hs ih.-.ii<rh it were doi.d . Wiien th^ intru Inr hn« pa--,HI on i f climbs up the stock and begins to feed on the le-.v-s mrain. Til' fffWt of Paris crcen is .-dm-si in stan-'aiiPO'is. T'i" hu'l drn:^. re- Is on its back, c'vv n few spismodic kicks. an.! hi' do-'.!. Wl.cM-.or it snff.-rs i. ucl. under t'ipso rircunsstanocs i- n r-inttd 1 of do';bt. The farmers e^heraMv ]\<<y-i* it docs, i;nt s.--m- of tliem ar- iiudined to thiuk tlia*' !■ d-cs not. a tclr-Ta s fr^ro Co I -: q^ys thi\r t!i^ V f)}-cc rc!"iv ■>} il;.» rem-jind'.-r >» the arm'roni tjie J-: o. A nn ,- ; v.- ■: f lr.z<i 'Xevf .ili.d O'l '■"' r -' l-'l'i. j. ."» t-^iU -t-.-V' pulioa wit'i r i ill d oar-, :>•..! it w:-n^ secret that lh,>re wore arms ab^-.n]. Ail ■♦J:o ciiuiriiiuers woi'e araio4 v,-ith rerol-

von. Sis men we.iv mt.:-.iIoJ and Inve | be-n before the nngistrate. They ail i;<Mong to C_trk, a>id Avn? innble to givj any account of their presence --it th.j place. They were, committed for tria'. An important ru!i nrj was rrcnt'y i by the speaker of the Jhi isti i Ilou-e of Commons, Mr M, Henry j asked the Speaker wLe:her, in order to j keep a seat by placing a hat upon it, the hi« t should not be a real working bat. (Lmghter.) He objected to an hon. member depositing one hat on bis seat and walking about with another on his head. He also wished lo know whether i it W;is not against the rule of the House for a member to endeavor to keep n, seat by placing a piece of paper or card upon •jit. The Speaker : The usual practice of I the House has been that a member may ! retain a seat for the night by placing his I hat upon the seat before prayers. The | praciiee has prevailed for a considerable ! number of year 1 ?, and the idea has always I been that wiien so acting the member is in immediate attendance upon the House, or on a Committee. With regard to (lie ! retaining of s<.'ats with papers or gloves, I 'hat has nerrr been allowed, Ko mem* I her con retain a seat for the ni^ht by ! plucinu itis card or gloves upon it before | prayers. The necessity for some ruling j on the poinf will be understood when it is j stated that in the House of Commons j there are not seats for all the members. i On great occasion?, when there is nearly I a full muster, about one«third have to I stand in the lobbies or passages. Hence | the recent agitation for a larger build* I The Pittsburgh Stockman (U.S.A.) snys that more persons have gone into the i cattle herding and ranch'njj business in i the far west since January Ist than in ! any similar period in the history of the i trade. In some parts of the Colorado j and Wyoming the ranches are s"> overt j crowded with stock that there is not only ; difficulty in proouring sustenance, but a I number of cattle have actually died from I starvation. There are still many unoc» ! cupied ranges, where the business can be I successfully prosecuted, hue the exercise ] of more judgment and care is required ■ than at any previous time. Experienced i stockmen engage I in ranching see the I probabilities of the near future, and are ! preparing for the effects of the disposition j to overdo by improving the quality of \ their stock. It is stated that 30,000 ! cattls are crossing over the Comanche | reservation from Texas. The Onnho ; Herald says the drive of cattle from j Texas will be heavier this yenr than ever ! before, the number being estimated at ; 301000. Mny of the stockmen of I Western Nebraska are now making pre* : nnrations (o add largely to their herds of ; Texas cattle. I During the sitting of the Chamber of I Deputies on 25ih June, an individual in j the gallery set apart for the pu' lie flung I (wo large stones into the hall below. | Fortunately nobody was hurt. The roan ! was immediately armsfe 1, and on being j questioned said that he wished harm to ; the Chamber in general and not to any i deuutv in particular. Tic said hi" name | was Gordiglinni, and that he was i tailor 1 by trad'. 1 at Yiterbo. He elso declared i that he find come to Eome with the mii tention r-f killing a personal enemy or ! committing suicide, but being in a des» j prra'e st-»te. and tormented by hunger, ! he had done something (o cause himself ; <o be arres'ed, so that he might obtain j food us prison. It is stated tint he also ii'ieiied that some time nco he received a commission to come (o Rome to assass I s : ;ia'e the King. Aetico proceedings are 1 lu-ini; taken to investig-Ws the »ffai.-. The ! nccu-< d is 26 years of nee, nnd it is be— j liercd that he is insane. When he was ! « iz.'d his pockets were found to be full of st'iies. Thos' lie threw fell upon the Ministerial benches, upon which several ! d'-psiiics w.>re silting. They *rer<? flung j ?■ V< gre-it force, oud penetrated some : Q-iinl.m died recently at Eangnloon, j New Fon'h Wales at tl;o age of 82, ln.iv* ! ing 4 children. 42 iiramlchildren, and 30 I great crandiMii'dren. 5 irreat sreat grind* ;' cl-ildrer, making a total of 81. She led a i ri,->-t. useful anJ os°ravl;iry life, nn<3 her I death was very generally regretted by a ; \nrvp f-ircle n f npq'ri in tr. noes and friends. 'J he rHp ; !i<y with which new buildings are springing up in Cambridge (says the i Waiwnto Times), is astonishing. FramfS 'ire i'cins laid pvp'-y dav and at 'he preI sent time there c-»nn<»t 'c less than a | dozen new houses in course of construe- \ tion. The carpenter's is a trade that I onirht lo hr hi a flourishing state in this i part of the country. Sweeps on horse vac^s nr« unanimously iv pular in India. Ar TJmballnh, the iwoop on the English Porly was (he lar» •:o*i ever known, except in 1877, when j tW first hor^e took a 1-ie and a-'mlf of irnves (lotwp-n £11000 and £15.000). This vrar 27.9H2 li'-kets wore sold, at 10 unees encb. The fit st. horse received 11, 500 rurees. sec -n i 55.705 rupees, the third, 27 SS2 pi re >s and 11.000 rupees w ■"•]■<? i'ivi -.'.0il tunon^-t s'artprs ar-d noim | itartors. Ie id'Or was drawn by a clerk ! •)' who sol.) him '■-> Lord Beresford i i>r 20.000 r»..ee?, nu 1 2"),000 more if he won. Th:;t bo'in^ wiier will rrmve tea js'niiisanl i.""ny -'ru'i stains jour the ! '.v.iiev th:o«urh tho sain and thus prevent ,i iVo. . snronuing rv.T tie fabric. That | • ; o totn-ituv-s w[:\ remove ink an 1 other j *hii;i3 fro'u n iiite dolh; also frcta tho j h:\uds, Tir.\t a teasroonfull of turpentins

hailed with white clothes will aid the ,hitenin g proce.s. That boiled^arc „. au ch io.rvedbytheaddilioDoUhtHc snermaoeti or a little salt, or both, or a ;i'u]e gam a,abic disced. That beeswax and salt will make flat-irons a, c^n and smooth aßfilass; t^ a lump of wax in a "r.g.and keep it for that purpose; wlim the irons are hot, rub them with the w»x rng, then secure with a paper or rae sprinkled with nit. That kerosene will soften boots or shoes which have been hardened by water, and render them ps , pliable as when new. That kerosene wi 1 l ' make tin teakettles as bright as new ; saturate a woollen rag and rub with it ; it will also remove stains from clean varnished furnilure. The most remarkable circumstance cor* j nected with the nffair is, Hint while the boats were leaving and still in view from ihe vessel no alarm wns eiven by the ( captain or the revenue effi -ers on board At the time of the robb^y the patrols " were on the roid outside Cork, and were only twentysfive yards from the ship, a.;d the slightest alarm would Imve reached them. Four of the rifles stolen from the ship Juno were found in a pnrden at Eochea Town ; sixteen .more rifl -s have been found in the fu ze. not 100 yard*. «, from whero the Grst lot was found. The [: captain of the Juno states that after the | marauders landed he heard the rattle of ' wheels on the road, showing that they must have employed caniHges. Later . lelegrnms state lhat the seizure of nrms at Cork is generally regarded as a welotdramatie performance for effect in New York. Only fifty-seven old smoolb-bore. tnuskels Were stolen, and twenty have been recovered. The fact that fifty men fijddenly assembled, nearly all with revolvers, on hearing that the ship pot-ses-sed arms, is very significant. The seven prisoners who were sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment Bonie time since for attacking the Orangemen near Barrat's Hotel, Christcbureh. were set at liberty on Saturday by order of the Government, to whom it had been shown that in the punUhment already infle'ed they had sufficiently atoned for x their offence. They were also recommended on account of good conduct since their incarceration at Lrttelton. The four other prisoners who were sen * fenced to eighteen months' imprisonment were informed that a continuance of their present good conduct would secure tueni their discharge in November next.

*?', At Studely, in Warwickshire, re•f cently a decrepit old man aged 62 was to a girl age 14. The bride- * groom, on bis way to the church iind returning from it, wai pelted with I rotton eggs by the crowd. The ancient bridegroom was rich j b:s child-wife t mas the daughter of a poor labourer.