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Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 27 October 1880, Page 2

A Tomp( j r;'iK;e Coiwm^s is to bp he'l in Melbnuine in ' ov^inner n j xb. T! c idea is a good one, and if properly earned out o:u:not fail to become productive of \i efu! re.-u'ls. Tho mein'ieisof the teninei'iiisce community ;> c numerous ; i nd is.flnenti;' 5 , butmuelj ] of I heir power is lost Irotn w.wit or unit 7 They are too inu h broken up into St"p:»r;Ue borl'es ?uch us Good Temp!. trs, Rech:ib:!e*, Sons of Tempe.'nnce, and so fort b. If thr^e soe'eties e-iuld devise some nie.'ns of co operating together lo ell'ect cert.iia object .«. a^ the saiie time relainin^ I heir ind'Viduil inuepeni'enie .°3 associations, i he lab* ur of th:-X'l»ina; the tiiiffic in iniox'catiDS liquors wou'd hecomi 3 co!i-sid«r.-b!y fju'ilitaied. A house divide 1 ii^iinst ii?elf must, sooner or later f.tH. and it would be Weil wera t\\e nujmbers of the iiHeur'ed congress to keep this t';>cl before 'hen dntino: ibese delibera!ion.«. Tiio pnbiin mind ia all tb^ C;i!""-n'fs is f.. v- itir.ib'e lo ;in-re.i^ed re- | ' strict ions 'emu p'pfed on ihe I rone in beer and oii'l it will be 'he f;>wif. <>' : i he teetotalers themselves it this t!o»s ■ | noi le,-d to a s=|j--edy i;vi^ : on of the j varii)iis pu'r.liiJ" house sysLems which i hive so long proved a curse to the antipodes. A* the Melbourne International lv\< | hib'tion a Kiosk in connection with the Bible Societies is to be erected, ;i ud a iU'ize supoiy of Scripture' in various l;iivj;-.j:"4(--s lii.a been f^e'it out lo the C^i.'MissHiners. 'i'he National Bibie I Scciety of Scotland has printed a ; s, < j ci:ti eriilion of the Ts'ew Te.'!;;menr mihl had e;ich copy shunned wiih th^se \ •■ i woi'iN, ' ■Niiuvnir of the Meli)ourne Ex--hibition. ISSO.' '! his .nil other portions of God's Word will be presented to every vistor of ihe Kiosk as a free a" ' • Xnpoleoa Bonaparte a'mosf; in--variably wore bent-a ii his clothe> a c'o.il of mail, which Ik had '..ade to order. When ti>e workmen bronchi j it, the Km e;-or q:: ; etiy exMiiiue.. l ii. j ai>d ord.M-fd hiiii to ;>u- i( nn him^^lf. Tlif-n he t'M.k l>\o pi.-i. Is. md fir« d :?. th< 5 j liin.'s breast. The cuiruss r listed. 'I'iifc'M he iirvd at his b-.u-A. -v it Ei a .-'iiii'jir r--suli. Mut B n^-uie w s .) ... yr't. s;ii>(s',l HV t..(i!v n lon-j ;■(•■.■. i,:i^ p tj ._•■-, .■.!!.■; ".' >de liie Si.ne experiiueiil r,.. a ; ii ■■ s ■> <u'd. r.;, back, ,nl Ui'tusi dl ti.e tr;in'iiiug mau, who, however, was unharmed. " How inujij

"n ! to p iy you,' s.iu! Yioobon, .after this nohlo exploit ? IS3OO francs," sintr.meied out: the frightened artiOcer. " Xo such thins, sir," said ISYpoleon; I - hall give y-.-.u o'.'OOO' — and gave him an order on his treasurer for that ■> mount. A good anecdote is told about Judge i^i'.lvL', while one circuit one time in Jioekhampion. The Judge t'n'n as n uv was equally food of new-laid e™s i'tvl butter. At breakfast one morning • t he hole! where he wn staying, some of the farmer ueiieaoies were u!,ced on the fable. iMr iJlalce sooa <: ■■" :ne in contact with them —knocked ■he top elf the first, smelt it, cxpec!"iM>rt as if dissiu^ted, tried the -c.nid v. illi a similar result, and so on till he I). -id secii'^d aii he. wanted. He ■ti»n quietly made a 'i^od breakfast, ■ h; 1 " no v.-l v 1 22,4> ' t Tiniuz m incon--=«'!e"al>!e portion of it. Tt ?ud lenly invnr-d ir>i>u l.he other boarders that 'i'.ev lind been hoaxed. Tanner, ibe faster, gave out tliafc he wart a bachelor, and then a woman out West ro?e to explain. She has been. ii>3 wi'V s-be but on :'CiOunt of hi-i n.'.rrow notions abou r eating, a case o' me arose, and there wasa d'^orrp. Then Tanner : .vo'.- liie floor, .md observed Ih it the wotian had beeu in t!if balit of Gorging bnrself with •■»■■! I; and eaoba/e, doiiglmuts, cnillers, tbeoa?, and sever.il o ! her tiling, every day, and mn ie him s > mad that he had Ih) Ip;iv^> her. 'No mnn ' he adeded, 1 c;in live wth a woman who ca f s pork md ca'dv.^e t!in i e (iniea a day,' A new c vs 0 of d voree h rxlled to a list 15:1 s " wa' already preltv lon^. — Pilot. The I'lji correspondent of the Srd* ney Ivlorning ITerjld write? : — 'The '■r>o:<t foolish stories ara told of Sip Arthur Gordon, especially fcbout his bad 'ernper but those who know him as a reticent, retiring, anl evea-tem« pered, wTtn'ieafed nim, He certainly i.-s npver to be deceiveil and not to be ;rft j d with. Those who have discovered liis ili-temp°r hnve perhaps lonrnt that fact also. His work here was nor, finished, an I retirement from the oo'ony afc the present lime is much to he regretted. A whaling c.ptain declares that a new breed of whale' has made its ap^ uearence in the Arctic sens. They are supposed to have cone from the open set at the Pole They are very much lamer tlv-n th.3 old <.vhale*, aad very ! gentle and c^nlidiria:, lv former years wlien a whale was hnrpoonM the re<t. of ihe 'er I thr. j Y up their flakes ;md tn> ie -tT. Tbe new breed do not s j pm to m ; nd in ihe leist ihe captar3 ' i.f one of ilic'ir num'-ei*.