MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume X, Issue 1619, 28 October 1885, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

The mythical fat MS.ribed to Yan> ke« engineers of moving a house and j its cellar lias almost i^cn rivalled. , According to tin* Builder, the rather j risky operation «.f mot ing a tall j chimney w-,is snc ■•■ssfnlly performed I recently in the ti . cry y.»rd of Mr : -fames Kiely, SuN-nm, Massachusetts. ! The chimney is 90ft high, and measures ab its base 6ft 6in in diameter, that at the top being only Ift 6m less. It weLhs al>out 130 ions, and contain* 70,000 bi i.k*. The first part of tie operation was to baild a foundation which was to form the principal part of the "carriage, ' out of heavy beams , 9in by lOiu, and to place, it in readiness for the chimney to r«-si upon wluii t',' '.(itMin if its br»-k bise wastemovrH. Tiii' ?!t-r>t work was toconstrn: t sipporfs or inn^s extending up tne ■ sides ai a distances of 23ft. Titey ! were erected at the hack ami front obliquely, a:.d farmed at the top with iron rods, which Ik Id them insecurely. The outside carriage was thus foriiud, slanting from the side of the chimney • down to the tiintx r- whirl] formed tlie rest at the bottom. Am an additiot al support, another " turviii,»e" whs bailt i on the inside oi the onter one m a similar manner. The woi knien th<v» bewail to make :w opening in the base of t!ie chimney, tlirouyii which four lar^e l»eaias \\v;e p:»ss d :tt e«rh side, givinjf a support, under which thirty* four jacks wore placed. Tht. task of moving whs accomplished in the ordinary manner of moving a buildi ig on rollers, imt tsvo windlasses and a large nnmter of rollers were employed, so as to prevent any j»r. The chimney was moved slowly, bti via y, Mwacls its new site, where it was finally settled. The jonrney was but bliort — only one hnndred feet — but the moving was attended with much lalior, and a certain amonnt of dangi r ; for hid the bri -k tower settled tlirne inches, or become to that extent cat of perpendicular, an immediate . col la p*a would pro' ably havt. followed. ' . Six men and two horses were requited to do the work. It tarns ont that Lieutenant Mil- , • holland, of the Soivlan Contingent, whom Mr Slitter iv the New South Wales Asseraltly recently branded as a coward, served years ago as a volunteer in the M«on war under General Cameron in this colony. Mr Wright, late New Sonth Wales Minis ter of Public Woiks, in the recent i vote of no-confMence debate at Sydney i spoke op manfully for the aspersed j officer, and we take the followi m I extract from his speech, as »*eport*-d in the Daily TeJagrapk of f.;. 29th n t, — When a chaise was njiide xlbi st Lieut. Mulholland. He. j n -ui:\ iik-e to say something al>out his rxoeriem-e of Lieat. MulhollanH, wlsom he hid I known for >\ numWr rf yenrp, and he knew this about him — what seemed to be generally nnknown--t!i»t this gPD> tleman branded as a enr l>y the lion memlier for Bathnrst volnnteered to go to New Zealand, not to fight the old women of the Sondta, bat to fight the brave Maoris, and retnrned with the rank of wrgeaut* niHJor i onferred upon him by Geueral Cameron, Was that the reward of a coward? No. Was it powible that Lieutenant Hnlholland, who bad tasted fire in New Zealand in the midst of the strongest possible danger, woolJ have volnnteered to go to the Soudan if he knew himself to h* a coward ? The thing was most prepo*terons »"d unlikely. There was nothing about the man to stamp him as » coward. He was a fine, upstanding, handsom* man, as plucky a3 good -looking. But there was one thing he {Mr Wright) did not admire— that Lieutenant Hul holland diJ not buy a HP>d cutting whip in George street and apply it t-> the shoulders of the hon. mei»fx»r w!i,> had charged him with cowHrdicr. ("Oh, oh.") There were insults that conld l*» offered to a man which nothing would redeem, and tHsdsaijje israinst Lieutenant Mulliollan^ was <»ne of them. If the West African poNMit«te»^W> lire at p'vsrnt enjoyment th*> firtfta«tM f European civilisation on th*> ontinent are not satisfied with thei" <«iocess f is cc thinly 'h -ir own fault Distinction? w'l'c'i "er» ••- v" ■!■■■•« no ; Dtherwisf coufer rf a; v of Us u>&u<H:rs \re lavishly bestowed on the dsoky royaltiot, who not onfivqnaat|y<> pjg%

even appreciate the honour. Of tins tV f flawing is an instance :- The 0 „.•«. Ki'i* Mwaia, * special favorite of ","- h.li«» of Antwerp, is reported to ?i n- ■ » a My .von the heart of au English Jh.lv w'n, nothing loth, wrote to the Ki.. r off -riii" him her hand and he*rt, a,,d'f.,rtuii« ot £50,000. Massi'a, evidently filtered by the proposal of the lady" who honestly described herself as »no longer young," caused an answer to be written toher in which he expressed his regret that, as he was provMed with a auncient number of wives during his stay in Europe, he ecvild not enter into a new matrimonial 1,0n4 If, however, she would choose a man uo-n his suite, MassaU wouMbe happy tofnrtherthearrangement. How far this proposal met with the approval of the lady in question ha« «ot tranHpinH. but from the fact that as yet no Mimjoementhas been proclaim^ m the (Jmn division of the Antwerp Exhibi tion'itiß probiMe that the female Bi-kis is not willing. The Athens correspondent of thStandard sends that paper some in for mation which throws a litt'e light othe rising in Albania :-The proving ofEnirus (Southern Albania) esp^-i ally near the Greek froMtie.s, has recently been the scene "f tiv<VV'V entries by biiganls. A iwid of -J o' these ontUws entered M«-/7.ovn. •wi aUho'Vih tho plac- is _"l*r ! -. 'V «• ■.-= Vittilion« of T:irW*li tro.»p-. M,oy m. .1 off into the mountains tlirw? 'I k lading belonging to the wealthier el-m, for whose liberation they have rl.'uuuled a large sum as ransom. L ftois from Lower Epirus complain nft.ljp onprp«»sive conduct of the ()*to mxn -ithorities. Having revived to .-oivf.rn-t certain new high road", *h- y ar^ levying firnel.lv heavy contril.tr i"^ tirvl corvees, or forced labonr, on the ■Christian portion of the pnpulatio'i. The labourers are left without the mean? of subsistence, and the «nff • ings, more particularly of the women, are terrible. Cvm of extortion by violence are of co-ntant oc^uvouf". there being not a few Greek sub jpoN among the victims. Msimv "of^he Christ' ins, thus ruined »>v nx torfionate violence, have appealed to the Hellenic Government, imploring the mediation of the Powers under tho j terms of the Treaty of Berlin. j Onr mining reporter visited Kanier; Porks 'yesterday, for the purpose of asnertainiug the nature of the recent finds in that locality. The mines generally in the district »"vti to bi doiti^ fairly wh|| and satisfied with their prospects. On the hill at the back of Kennedy's hotel Messrs Gray and party have bottomed on p <f! j ground, only showing the color. They intend to sink again a miln further ii|> the terrace, where they expect to cot. better prospects ; they anticipate being down in a fortnight. Nankervis and party are tunnelling the main terrace on the i i<»ht hands side of the Kanieri river. They are making first-class -wages. Roberts and party's tunnel is ■driven 180 feet. They are also niakiii., good wages. The County Council's prospecting tunnel is in 650 feet; they *re still driving. When in 200 feet they got wash that would pay good ■wages. At 400 feet the wash wonl.l pay £2 5s per man per week. The men are complaining bitterly of the, manner in which they are treated by the County Council in iv>t paying them for prospecting. At Gentle Annie's Terrace about 40 miners are working. All seem quite satisfied with what they are making. — West Coast Times. Discoursing on the hard-worked civil servant of India, Mi- Jonbert tells the following anecdote : — '• My billiard Toorn in Sudder s«reet was the ren d«-zvons -fa number of fries, ds iliuiw the Calcutta Exhibition. O'i«them to whom, by the-bye. I p # v<l ;'i excellent t?\ble my frie'id AV«k •■ me from M?lbonrne, agent.-m •. 1 1> " ing a high position in the i-ivi' ■• • vi <> ««f the I:idini Government i" I-i '< '"> • > ' ' i ■ap-jrts na >, seldom f i ;! •••! ' » us on S'lttr.-ilny ?it't ■•!".>■•!> • • i.je twofold pnrpuse of liivm v. at Milliards and snmn fis'ii [■■.'* in '"» large ■:,*:ik or \ah' in the exit ! >i;i m ■vhinh lit**vHlly swai'im-d with excellent •irp aid other dainty fishes. The 1 inoil;H operandi ' of continuing the two pastimes was thoroughly An-_'lo-I'tffian ; • Uncle Ted,' as my friend is usua-lly called, bro-uriit. with him n bib >o, one of his clerks, and a couple of Native servants— the former carrying besides the inevitable umVei'a, a rod arm* line, squattetl himself on tiie grassy slope of the tank, the two sable •it*°'i litts oconio i iliy biir.i-i-j *,\\>*. book and casting foorl into iht> wn!"?, Whilst the trio wre bei;i^ <,"•'-•• roanted in the sun, ' Uncle iVd ' ran up Us score by skilful hazards and ocij.a-sional fl'ikes, until one of the st.rv;->iit-s appeared at one of the French windows »f thf • billard-rooin, an' a solemn ' Sa'iam B;ihib,' n.fj.iiicd his sporting master ihat a Imiil'-is iish bad swallowed tho bait, ft»i<l waited the skilful jerk of the Sahib to he landed. This irksome feat being ac«ouii>lisli«-d, 'Uncle Ted,' refreshed with a draught of w"\ whiskey and wnt'T. w<>u!il resume Ins cno until fn.t'ufM- notifO. Wlrit <]n onr Vicfoiim ,-ivil servants tiiink of such life? In a cou'iii'y wiiere my is hi h, fiirl-nLrhs plentiful, no Black Wwlnwlays, and the Russia.« beyond Herat.'' The sale of American pcfroleiim in the old world has lieen gre.-illy lessened l»y the product, of litissi.in oilwell«, and no.v the di'j.nvpry of oil in Gilicii Mireatpns lo kill wliat in 1.-ft of t!je l»usin -<s. Tl'.e g"it'-ot gun powder bl;Ht in conn^to i with a'lway wo k ; wmt.liat hy wl»i'-h Sir Willintn Ou'nt t blew away wifli O'V- charge of 19 ! >i>'") p nri.ls of -iUnpowil-r the Round D-nvn Cliff, wliich i'(iv to a hei./ht ti 3'»=) feet a'- ».\> the l»-vel of the se:\ within a . f»w miles of l>it»er this monster blasi • iiri'dty electricity a,t wvcral po nU a<

i once, tore from the cliflfc i mass of i more than a million tons ot ctialk. i j Sora- degree of regret is expressed ' I that the gold prospecting patty sent i into the King country has been turned '■ i>;iek, evmi although armed with the permit of the Native Office, as that permit was given contingent on rlie ' approval of the Native owners of .'-he blocks to be prospected no p >.itic;>! importance is attached lo th • rubnff. Wahanui's subsequent ex planaMon made it clear that the Kingites are apprehensive of an inrush of population before the Native land claims are ascertained and definitely settled, and thus lead to a great deal of dissension among them selves. If half the rumours be true, aud half the " specimen* " genuine, a payable goldfield in tho K i • country is one of the pos^^r?.^. i? not certainties of the near f-i ;;■". l : > **>-*"*"- the air is thick with rn:n •>-.., ■U^o'l discoveres of goM in varir.i 1^ p-rts uf the province. One of the I ?. r — - r i< at Whangarei, on the Kuitago l>Uvk, mid way between Miiungatapre and Ruafcmgata, where a reef lias I teen dis- /•. .vered and a parcel of the qua! tz from it, forwarded to the Bank of New Z«-iland for assay, with what result is not yet known. The great majority of the prospectors who have been in the district regard the geological indications as unfavourable for the dis covery of gold, but are of opinion that it will prove especially rich in coal deposits, as well as a manganese country. The extraordinary carlessness wilh which explosives are sometimes looked after was exemplified at Newcastle, N S.W., recently, where some children in playing came across a cive, winch they entered. Inside they disco* em.| five kegs of gunpowder and six cases of dynamite on the ground, whilst the earth was strewn with powder an inch thick. The. youngsters reported the matter, and the police were communicated with. The explosives were removed to a bowdf-r bulk. It is supposed that the powder was stored there by m>u working on the roads. Lord Carringron, the new Governor of New Sou tli Wales, holds very advanced views on the land question. j Speaking of the land laws at a Liberal Association meeting, he said he regarded rent as the profit which remained after all expenses were paid, which profit should be fairly shared by the owner and by the occupier, assuming, of course, that the business of the farm was properly carried out. The capital invested by the tenant belonged to him ; and for this he wr.s justily entitle:! to j compensation. He wished to see the stune principle exte- Lid to the dwlier in towns. He advocated the abolition of the system of let- ing li 1 on long leases, and at the end of which the results of the money spent by the tenant reverted absolutely to the liMidlonl. Further, in the case of the i refusal by a landlord to sell la;id which was required for allotments for agricultural laborers, or for inn ' ">* <■ uu-nts necessary for the health and wn! Ving of those who lived in our ■■'■owfJod towns, he wished to iriv«- lot' authorities power eomnuUonly to acquire such land at a fur [trice. By a fair price he meant the price that, a willing buyer wmild give a willing s;. : l ler in the open market.

THE BAD AND WORTHLESS, are never imitated or counterfeited. This is especially true of a family medicine, and it is no<i'i\f proof that the remedy imitated is of llh- !ii.jhest value. Ah soon as it had ben tt-swl uikl proved by the whole wm-ld that Hop Bitters was tho purest, b;'.st, and most valuable family medicine on (Mi-th, many imitators .sjmi!);.' i:j>. him! Ivgan to steal tho notices in wliuli fin- ! it -ess and the people of the c>'i><uy j had expressed the merits ot' 11. !>.. ami I in every way trying loiudiuv suffering invalid? to use their stuff ins!.' >•■!, ex tmyting to make, money on t'i< j <^<>od name of H. B. Many others suirted nostrums put in a similar >!\L' to H, 8., with variously devised names in which the word " Hop "or " Hops " were used in a way to induce people to l.elifVH they were the same as Hop Bitters. All such pretended remedies or cures, no matter what the style or namp is, and especially thosi; wi h the word '•H ( )(j"or ' Hops ''in their mime or in any way eoiinee.ied with Uu-;n jr their name, arc imitation* or vonnterfeits. Bo ware of them. Tou'.-h none of them.