MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1303, 28 September 1883, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

Ll the Ji*toa boys weie in the (Jolonies they would stand a chance of being dub ed "larrikins." We read in a Home papsr that the head master of Eton College is make a strict inquiry into the riotous conduct of a number of students who, while returning from the Harrow match at Lord's are alleged to have damaged the carriages of the Great Western special train by which they were being conveyed from Padding- . ton to Windsor. The glass windows of some of the saloons and carriages were wantonly smashed, the blinds torn down, aud the cushions thrown out, and the Company have, it is said, made, or are about to make, a claim upon the sfchool for the amount. The furniture and family portraits at Scrivelsby Court, in Lincolnshire, for | generations the seat of the King's Champions, are advertised to i>e sold by order of the executors of Mrs Dyuioke. The Dymokes have been at Scrivelsby ever since the days of Richard II — more than 500 yeara Putney bridge, near London, the last and perhaps most picturesque of the quaiut timber structures that used to bridge the Thames in many places, is to demolished. A Connecticut paper tells of a machinist in that State who is so ex- ' pert a workman that he has cut an ordi- ' i nary sewing machine needle in tw6 I lengthwise, drilled holes lengthwise through the halves, and reunited them r so that the lines of their division is not ; ; observable — all of which indicates a | steady hand, an observant eye, nice I 1 workmanship, aud good and proper . j tools. That man ought to command . high wages from manufacturers of deli- , cate apparatus. i A gentleman who was in love with a lady, aud had no opportunity to unfold Ins passion, appeared before her . house and cried out " Fire ! fire ! lire ! '" ( ! upon which she flung up the window . : and asked where. He placed his hand . I on his heart, and said ! here ! hero ! " [ The Timaru Herald su^g«sts that , ! Sir George (4rey should bo deputed to represeut this Colony at the Annexation Conference. The philological societies of England and th« j United States agreed on certain ; limitations in spelling. E — dvop silent ; c when phonetically useless, as in live, ; vineyard, believe, bronze, single, j engine, granite, eaten, grained, etc. ' Ea— drop a from ea, having the sound jof c shoit, as iv feather, leather, 'jealous, etc. Eau — For beauty use the : tlie old beuty. Eo — drop oin co, hay- ! ing the sound -of c short, as in jeopardy, .leopard." Foryeoi'iau write yoman — 1 1 — drop iin parliament. Foro, having j the sound of v in but, writs v in above ; (abnv), dozen, some (sum), tongue (tung), and the like. For women restore wimen. Drop o from ou, having the sound of v short, as in journal, nourish, trouble, rough (ruf). touch, and the like. Drop silent v after g before a, and in native English words, as guarantee, guard, guess, gnest, guilt. Drop final ue in apologue, catalogue, league, etc. Drop c in argue, ague, etc. Spell rhymo rime. Factory girls in Melbourne who have to entirely keep themselves by their needles have a hard struggle to do so, and only succeed by working a good deal of overtime. One of the witnesses before the Shops Commission states that she has to work sixty hours per week for 235,. which, as she lias to pay for board and lodging, is only a bare subsistence. A Melbourne telegram intheHobart Mercury of the 6fch inst. states that a Ballarat jeweller named Nelson has bequeathed £1,000 to a wardsman in a New Zealand hospital. A Mexican lady of rank now visiting *• ew York has hair two aud half yards long. She wears it in two braids, and has a page to carry the ends as he would a train. One hundred young ladies- of Youngstown, Ohio, with 100 spades, recently broke the ground, for the new Methodist church, which is to cost £ 1 5,000, and is to be the finest in the State. "Civis" writesinthe Ofcago Witness: — I never knew till the other day that the wives of our legislators where taken up to. Wellington at the public expense. But such it seems in the case. Mr Bracken let the cat out of the bag when he -asked the Government "-if they did not deem it desirable to afford the same facilities for Southern members to bring their wives to Wellington during the season as are afforded to Northern members?" I presume at any rate that " affording facilities to bring our wives" is high polite o> perhaps parliamentary for a free passage. The member for Dunedin central has asked many puerile questions since he became law-maker, but this was decidedly a manly one ; and douce Thomas Dick— quid auld Tammy, as his questioner once sty ed him in immortal rhyme — replied sympathetically. The Colonial Secretary said in effect that the Government (probably at his own benevolent suggestion) had taken pity on members' wives and decided that they should not be left disconsolate at home, like so many Calypsos or Penelopes, when I their dear lords were summoned by | her inexorable Majesty to attend to the affairs of the State. This is indeed as it ought to be, both as a matter of justice and prudence. It would be un- j just to sunder what heaven has joined, r

even for a short Parliamentary session, and it would bo highly imprudent to let our M.HR's run at large, without their natural guardians, for a fourth part of that time. The rogues arcnot to be trusted, so to speak, off the chain. Ido not believe that Mr M. W. Green himself, who can .shoot his detective glances rouud a corner as well as any man, could keep his eye on them, though I bave no doubt he would make it a point of conscience to do so. None but their spouses could shepherd them properly. Flies an Bugs— Beetles, insects, roaches, ants, bed- bugs, rats, mice, gophers, jack-rabbits, cleared out by •' Rough on Rats." 7£d. Moses, Moss & Co., Sydney, General Agents. Hop Bitters has restored to sobriety and health perfect wrecks from intemperance. Peruse all. ( For rent of news see, fourth page.)