MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume IX, Issue 1491, 2 January 1885, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

The. coal f<ir col iur industry is chief! v, and in its highest perfection, earned on in Germany, \viiere during the year 1883, colours in value A'2so. 000 were manufactured. During the same time England produced colouis in value ten millions, Switz;rlau I six millions, France and Austria four millions each. This is about double, j the figures of a year's work ten yeut ; j I ago. Coal is now worth ten time- | what it was at the beginning of this ) immense industry. j A writer in the, London " Time ?' . says : In this discussion ot' the qn./.^ ! tion as to the employment of swu't. i tiuarmounl, nut heavily artii"d cruisfi ; ; there is a point which his harJ y j received sufticent consideration. Of' th« relative advantages and disadvau j tßges of armour plating we can form a ' tolerably correct estimate, but we have ! yet to learn in what way, or in how | many ways, the enormous change which ! has been made during the lust twei.t\ ' years in our naval artillery will »ff. <:;. actions between hostile \>swls at p.:i. : 1 will draw attention to one only, which • involves a whole, host of conoid i.i tions, and which mnst tell stro uly against the employmont in ;!•>} n im- ; bers of unaruioured cruise. x -namely, ! that the ranges of all naval gina havbeen virtually equalis. duy it. V)■ roerly weight of xn- til and ran.; went together. Consequently s-na.il tonnage, but carrying (s;ty) a b.M- 1 * 82 pounder jj^uu amidships — tha tl;eu lower deck gun of a line-of battle ship — could capture or destroy at will a whole fleet of merchant vessels protec ted only by su -h guns as they could carry — 24-pomder canvmaclss, long nines and tie !ik? — out of th«.» rang, of which guns she. cou;d ke-p. But i; ig not so now. Should two lustily vessels, both unarmoured, but ( > i ' carrying a 100 ton gun, atnl th ■„■ •>*': ■■• a six-ton gun only, enoMinffer o,i->\ other at sea, and — directly there •• ;s a posibility of hitting — begin to lite at each other, the s ; iin mn.-il with t:j ttmaller gun would sta-i.t as g0.). 1 a chance of sinking or blowing up b?v opponent as the latter would havy oi doing the same to her. I may say even a bettor, for the s i\allt.r £iiii could b« tired oftener, and would 03 morn easiler laid. Now, many ot enr merccntile ocean steamer could rarry quite as heavy guns, as or even h<\v*i r than, those of the proposed unamcrrvj cruisers, and have certainly as gi'eat or even greater spaed. A very curious question hp? m*i3?n out of the action recently b-.-'^g'ii at Wanganui to oust Mr -^pu/ilia ft'i.? Mayor elect) on account of having j committed breaches of the Municipal Corporations Act. It will b« recollected that one Timbs informed and obtained judgment against Mr Spnrde in t\a sum of £100 for hiving sat as th<? Council table and voted on two oc«>;>s ions while he. was interested in cevtavrcontract work being done for tho \\ r\<\ganui Borough, The fines were daly paid into Court aud were claimed by the informer, But the borough cleric also put in a claim for the money as Corporation revenue, the Act providing that the borough fund shall consist (among other things) of " all Hues a:id penalties recovered under the provisions of this Act, or of Acts incorporated therewith, for any oflfe;K-fi* v> n mitted withiii the b>r)U-f I T 1 penaltifis were clearly ie,o\ r»-l under the A<'t. and clerk of the C > 1 is in a quandary as to who is entitled to receive the money. He h.is a ■ •<>•■ dingly referred the quesioi to r.iGovernment for the advio? of it-? law officers, and until fortiHed with tliis he intends to k»'ep th«- money. The London correspondent of r'iStar writes: — As an ins-a i.-" jf i mischief that imj be wrnnj'it th -o'l . public men making reckl-ssext- \\ \ . statement. I may mention th 1 >; from a recent speeuh of Si 1 <Vi i 1 : Fox at Plymouth in which h" sti I th t " the New Zealand Cjloay wk m 33 ! by the vice of persistent drinkiMg, m 1 was going down hill ih consoq.ie:u-e," has been the round of fully fifty » - L---sixty provincial papt>rs, adorueil with such headlines as " Drinking C<»lony," N«w Znalaud CiV'te I wth Swn; Drink,' Drunkenness in N -w Z"il 1 id, etc. People who do not know tint Sir W. Fox is a l»igottp<l teetotaller naturally attach considerable importance to these allegations, coming as they do from a highly distinguished Colonist. ONE BOX OF CLARKE'S B 41 PILLS is warranted to curd all di^cbar^e* from the Urinary Organs, in either sex (acquired or constitutional), Gravel, and Pains in the Back. Guaranteed frve from Mercury. Sold in Boxes, 4a. 6d •ach, by all Chemists and Patent Medicine Vendors: Sola Proprietors, 'Fas Lixoocm AMD MIDLA.VD CotJUTIES DKUO Co., Lill coin, England. Wholessile of all the Wholesale Houses. It is seldom that the dreary station of Aden furnishes any topi aof int»r«st, even of scandal, but it has just do: ie something to redeem its dull fame. The commanding officer of the English regiment staione.Lthere cillad one nf his subaltern oUi*.-«ffs, whilst OU p.ir.ide. "a young blaclrgiiard."' This wi; It.lt polite, nor was .it according to discipline. But wfcat followed was less so. AfU'r the par,\d • w.is over the subaltern entnivd riio coiumandiug officer's tout and knocked dim down.

It is supposed that a court-martial most follow, bat the regim? it being under orders for active service, there are difficulties iv the way of that ttdiuua method of trial. — " S n-i.ty. * The two inlands, Steers and C.d ra3yer, which spran ' tip la** v.-.i st ' the time of the K-.'akatoa » >u >tio:i, h.ive again h'Pii swallowed »»p by t,ie sea, while the ci uptio:i of th vo!-iio ll^rapi, i;i Java, seems * • .». :n---creasing Two inventions have jus* be-» « de-,-Ciibnl bef.v.v one of the s<-;e itti ■ ■;■». 1 ties l»y Dr Atcli^rKy, a Li> d>i engineer, whifh (says tie Eio-em Mail, seem i!;\>tiucd to iv\;i!u t:.>: i - the operations oi the g01.1.i i It. J.i the first, t'iodo---ioi's <>w , i.i»- ■••itiu-i, that old servnit "t ihemiji r, a •».••!. v is made to do a far ft i iy.t of duty in ainiljaimting „ . ,r,«,[ m washing operiti juj. Ti > ,>n ?k \ ventien which is i>v M vl i . ft Cassel of New V >ik. is . o »• • •;-. <•: ,t j importance that f.iii -i\ ta es ii • i.,v.i i away He d.-ni'.'i-it -at; s tv- possi l>ility, at th.' oo.st o :i few nil ; _<j ;»e ton of ore tr •,ile. l. oL ohta;r;i- m > • t .a i 9"> p'/ •i.-nt. . >f ail t c ;.•!<.! •..■■>:, nf I le iu.tet I'etVact.ii-y q-iautity \'.->- thr-iw away Ky the Califm-iiian, AiiMntlia'i, or Indian miner, the t>til viln.-of whicli on the various 40! 1 i j.U .»t" the world is imlciillU.-hI at n . .• -ii.i.i 200 milliong st#i'li>ig. The i ) > ...-.<s o:ilv ' requires the d^u<>rnp.)sitt n of wi' ■•■, cn-.Um jii salt, ail I lin \ >v 11.I 1 .- :, \ means, in patience ot" i.ii ivb '. »i: «»? in a Ktute of tiitu.ution T.it L'r.l.l is in fact sepaiiitnl i-xn^ty by ft'iI'rooefcs adopted by Native to I'mn-: -a tv\tv> the wat^i.- ->t' the o- -i-i. evrt.-y f-> 1 ot vviiii-h ao'ording to •• c-nists, ■>„ tii.iss) mriiv i;viius >f 1. jMj.vevrnl ?vn ..lioate has^\^;i,\y .104 i 1 ttie rights ..»r he luwiili.ji. Th» Kivii'Mi (rover-iin.'Mr ' as lecidod to impulse- a -iiiii!! siiilt:»x 011 every (>eCSOM llTUllt- ; at Ca'ia: rOr fj Mlo^ne, '„a<i iiii>'it-y to I)* !i^.a i,, 'm,.' o> i-i; Mih narbours on the nonli C< a-;. The two tiny sa^iliti-s of Mars, .v eh wei« discovered by Pntes-t.- As p Hall in 1577, have dia.ni;>'' rs of .•• ,< t'-.n lOiailes. ac'i, ul ir- i,h .-n 1 le-1 col«stial <> iti.*» - ki > ah. Two soldie:--* w- '•« l-no;n,j<i jr „j thg neighiiourhoo Inf A 1 - \ in].' ; :vi ii; u<JH€ath thi-ir bia; k- >, t'i y we.c Kuk ing up at tUa su.-... S.iid Ja-.-k . •• What ra.nK- v-ni i:;t > the aiuiv. T0,../' •• \V./S.- ief)!-t T. <; I h;u\ no wife and loved war What made you go ti::!iMM«j, .1 :-k ?" " I had ii n - if<» and lovod v nc> . «•» I went.' " Pie.ne, si.-, g'vp a !> «.)i" bli:id mm ii nickel 1' sail a tii-ii.a.n'ig !i<?jji;ar to a gentleman.. '"Bat you are uot blind,' JVniarked the "••ntlHinaii." •• No, but ivy pai'tnei* i-?. He is standing down th«f«o'i f.btjcoi*;j«r ti j<-3 if the policeare. coming." Too s-jj-^astive. — ft rather annoys ths l~'ly ho! huy thr pag dog iv her lap in an o jiuiUns 10 bear a learnedlooking gentleman lviaai-k to a frieud : '• Do yon know the female orang r ltung at the Z>o h,<« fanned an att ich:nsnt for a small d >^, and fo.idLs s . co!istanr,!y "? " A man returned to hi 3 home after an absence of two wrok?. Hh eigiu-yf*ai'-o!d s'>n londly w^l^oaied hi, 11. • ; Is everybody wi) .1 iift.ttio f the father asked. - T:i" wriest kind." the boy replied. " And nouiiug has happcaed ?" •' Nothiii-T it all. I've, baen Jennie'n ad nj;ht.. and I never sat ma behave as well «& she has this time." Here is rather 1 jv at sfory of tlie in Wiiicli a *t»iy say (or proud) miv made a " L .'iopo3al." He ''^"lfjht a wediiin-^-ri'ijj. and sent it to '* tbw lady" ( whose fibers he knew hy h« ait), and with it enclosed a sheet of ti<Me-paper with the- biief (juestious, '• "Ooes it fit ?" By r<:tnru of post he received the mors laconic — though svllabically lo i^«- ■ — ivply, " Boantiiuily." A yonn^ WOIII.U we.jt int;) a lit miry and askid for '-M-m As He Is." '■ T.jat is out," said tiie lilnarian, •* li.ir. wo have ' Woin»n As .She :i.i-:i-iia iV.' ' A Tex m pi-)?/ lia.'i.ig 11 I>l 1v I that " silk ties, knotted at tlie tiuoat."" would b> mncli vvoni iv that section \\-i pLVsnit pe:isi-;> 1. 1 s'ibs.;ribdr pn»-;'-ited ;ii;.ii:ist such •txf."a».ig*n;.-e, Siiy- ; 4 ''ilmf. heretofore a couiinon rojie i'ii- 1 at: tlie throat. Ins ••♦•en con . i.'.-od ,>ood enough for any of J;w!i Biliings gives he following a'lviiv to young dift>is : — Hir« an «>tfi*s iv the main s'reel of the villnge, and stay in the otfiss. When yn dn, HO out, alwus i;o on the jump. Don't never talk iniii-h o: any su'»jek, hut hlwu» look ktissid inisterious. Seldom «o f.mv Church, but. when yn dv, I alwus leave hefofe the chnrch dnz. I Charge everyl»ody like thunder and I lightening, If yu foller these rule* clussly, and don't snekceed, yu kan kutn lew the conclus^ion that the ; i do< trine business ain't so good as it ■ waz last year. ! A certain captain, who had made a ; greater figme than his fortune could : well bear, and the regiment not being paid as was expected, was forced to put off a great part of his eqnipi^* j a few days after, as he was walking by tlwroidside, he saw one of his noldiars . Hitting cleaning himself nnd*»r a hedge: ! ** What are yon doing there, Tom ?" said th«» officer. *♦ Why faith, sir' answered the soldier, " I am following your example, getting rid of part of my retinne." A regiment of Negro troops was bring organised in Massacbnssets. Tb j night preceding their departure for the camp of l-Hiidtzvous a nieet : ng wnsh^ld iv the African Gharch, at be close of •v'r h tV M»n«rable minister, in a : 1 ;; r, m ;•■> the fo I . = ••■ ug remarkah' lKjtM st :— " i hat when these man g >

on the l>attle field they may be as bcld at lions and harmless as dores!" The result of the M.-li.oiirae Cap (writes the Post's correspondent; wit (^coding to Cti^lish time) known in Lonlon fully mi hour before, the race was ran at Pl-raington. Cablegrams a-inou icin^ Maiua's victory, and dated " JlolWrnnno, Tvs Div, " appeared in ion/til editions ( published at 2,30) o all t!ie i-wmw-x papers on Tuesday, 4th N.rv . mb^r. Hows that for high I It .va-! inmife-nly unfair on the prut of a i A. n ■•rii-an p mtographer (says a N.-w York co item-wary) to take a certain actress, much appreciated in her cou:itr-y, l>y sm-pri.se, and obtain a port ait of her just :is she was stepping, drppinj? wet, out of the sea to rega n lu-i- .lrsis-;i»»4 box. A Uiiy of whom i nea i a IvanMge w.is thus taken had r.-fis-d to bf piiolojj uphwl w'th a (1 rr*i:niuitian tint Uaffl <l the c: deftv .us .if New Yok photo^i-apber^ her r aso i bi'in^ that she. objected to Mt> iif !.!i ■!i-»«s m every sliop window she pused. Ftmluijr her inexorable, it \v.i«* resolved to \v\vc r»-cours« to an expedient ; and one member of tit* ptoftssiou, ascwrtuning that she was s,>!-U'lui«{ a few days, for the purpose ot" Lathing, at S^u Piancisci>, followed her there with his apparatus, put it in a b:ithin.r m.iclii.i-, and ohtaineil what h- wilted nsik >n\v Ito tlie. artHte. S uily iftuHwaivls she received a polite • c containing hor portrait as she f i.' 1 f »mit;ie waves, and the int -i* ijii tiiat 10,(XK) of the same woald '•<■ put on sale the following day unless s .c o isentod to allow herself to be piotujj iii h^d in more becoming attire Si« t.ilketl. in the tirst moment of mit itioi i, of appeali to the polio* but on redaction she considered it wiser to ca;>ittil ite, although her annoyaiice is extiviiu at the mifai; proceedings of her pei-serntors. Don't dir in thx hottsx. — " Bongb Bats" clears oat rats, bum* bet Hps, roaches, l*ed-bugs, flies, ants, .O» -="Cts, moles, jack-rabbits, gopher, Sv-inpthorne, Frosser and Co. Rents' Gliristchnrch.