‘‘There, sir,” sr*.i-r the artilleryman, triuni|>h;in !v. s at, t u the C eli •>n the ground. "Yon were r:giil, .aur all,” growled tin marshal, and iode away to another po ..t of the line, hut at night the ca t :• <v '• <,-d at i. -.. ,t the Cress ■ t S V m :nr I >r.t vein m the field

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LATEST FROM EUROPE.

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The Eastern Situation.

London, Thursday.

An extensive fire has occurred on the premises of Messrs. Nelson and Sons, publishers, Edinburgh. Bishop Selwyn, formerly Bishop of New Zealand died to-day.

Madame Rachel has been sentenced to five years’ penal servitude.

Gortschakoff’s note has arrived. He leaves the Congress question open, and reiterates that each Power should have full liberty of action, and claims the same for Russia.

There is great uneasiness in Rou mania.

The concentration of Russian troops, chiefly artillery, in strategic positions between Giurgevo and Bucharest are movements that foreshadow the fulfil ment of the threat to disarm the Rou manian army.

Singapore, Friday.

In a speech the First Lord of the Treasury said he regarded the actions of those in authority at St. Petersburg with disfavor.

The Russian troops are nearing Bu charest.

Regarding the Peace Congress, Prince Gortschakoff says he can only repeat his previous statement, leaving the Powers full liberty to appreciate his action as they may deem fit.

AUSTRALIAN.

[Per Alhambra via Bluff,] Melbourne, April 6.

Sir Charles Sladen stated in the Council the other day that the Gover nor had solicited the votes of council lors in favor of passing the Land 'l'ax Bill. This he characterised as an act of impropriety, bordering on indecency.

The revenue returns published show a deer ase of £ iS.oao m the cnrvs ponding period of last year, and of on the whole revenue. File principal increases were in ad valorem duties, wharfage rates, and territorial.

It has been shown that the rainfall during the present year was greater by an inch than during the last twenty years. Everything looks green and well all over the country. Business is brisker. There is good demand for brandies and sugars. Sydney, April 6.

The revenue returns show a decrease of owing in a great measure to the withdrawal of land from sale.

The Free Library and Museum, in accordance with resolution of the As sembly are to be opened on Sundays.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Westport, Friday,

A prospecting area has been applied for at Totara River, midway between Westport and Charleston. The pros pect yielded eight or nine shillings worth of gold for two men’s work for two days. The wash is black sand. Theie is plenty of ground, but the cheapest race will cost Several claims are already pegged out, and applications made for water rights. Port Chalmers, Friday.

The election was keenly contested. The returns, so far, give : —Green, 269; Dench, 179, One booth has yet to send in its return. The contest will probably be in favor of Mr. .Green. The official declaration will be made on Tuesday.

Nelson, Saturday.

At the Supreme Court to-day, Samuel Austin Green, for robbery from the Postoffice at Reefton, was brought up for sentence. The Crown Prosecutor read a telegram from the Postmaster- General saying he did not desire a

heavy sentence as prisoner had been s x months in gaol, and seeing that there was no proper classification of prisoners, the Chief Justice said it was <: ;se in which he could adopt the Cost, n ster - General’s suggestion, and -cmciitv i the lad to three days. Russell, Friday.

Lie whaler Alaska, Captain Fisher, arrived from tee Chathams, having taken smee leaving here last year 650 barrels sperm, 150 right whale oil, and 6oolbs. bone. He spoke the Triton, Captain Keith, with 500 barrels sperm oil.

Gisborne, Friday. The Herald states that the Govern ment have sanctioned the return of the ex-rebel Te Waru to this district.

Tlmaru, Friday. Margaret Wilson, lately committed to the Supreme Court for infanticide, has become a raving lunatic while in gaol, and will be sent to the asylum. The weather is again very hot and dry.

SCRAPIANA.

For music lovers —a Pattie on a Grisi plate. Common pleas—Please shut the door. Staving business—making barrels. How did Queen Elizabeth take her pills ? In cider.

What holds all the snuff in the world ? No one nose.

Why is dew like a falling star ? One is mist from earth, the other missed from heaven.

Self-made men are very apt to worship their maker.

Train up a child in the way he would go, and when he gets old he will do as he pleases. Waisting sweetness —putting your arm about a pretty woman.

Old gent —“What do you wear specs for, boy? ” Bootblack—“ Cos I puts such a shiny shine on gentlemen’s boots it hurts my eyes.” What is the difference between spermaceti and a schoolboy’s howl ? One is the wax produced by the whale, and the other is the wail produced by the whacks.

“ Sir,” said an old judge to a young lawyer, “you would do well to pluck some of the feathers from the wings of your imagination, and stick them in the tail of your judgment.” With four metallic qualifications a man may be pretty sure of earthly success. These are— gold in his pocket, silver in tongue, brass in face, and iron in heart.

A darkey gives the following reason why the colored race is superior to the white race, lie reasons—that all men are made of clay, and, like the meerschaum pipe, they are more valu able when highly colored.

When a small boy with a prejudice against dogs observes an old oyster can in a condition of inactivity, he at once begins debating whether itj was created to point a moral ot to adorn a tail. The dog gets the first news of the decision.

Ao Irishman was once indulging in the very intellectual occupation of eating raw eggs and reading a newspaper. By some mischance he contrived to bolt a live chieken. The poor bird chirruped as it went down his throat, and he very politely observed : “Be the powers, me friend, you spoke a little too late ! ”

Never paper a room without first removing the old paper. Ihe moisture of the fresh paper causes a fermentation of the old paste, and hurtful gases are generated ; and if the old paper contains arsenical colors, the arsenic is liberated in a deadly form. Tear off the old paper and make the walls clean before applying the new.

_ It was at a party that some young ladies were discussing the relative benefits of the sparrows and the worms, when one of the fair ones ap pealed to young Fizzleton who had just joined them, and had not caught the drift of the con versation. “ Which do you think the worse, worms or sparrows ? ” What did the stupid brute do but innocently answer, “I don’t know ; I never had sparrows.”

“If you want a purely unsophisticated family pill,” says an advertisement,’’.buy Dr. X -’s liver encouraging, kidney-persuading, silent perambulators. One hundred and twenty-seven in a box. This pill is as mild as a pet lamb, and as a fine-tooth comb. It don’t go fooling about, but attends strictly to business, and is as certain as an alarm clock.”

“ What are you about, you rascal ? Twice have you roused me from my sound sleep to tell me that breakfast is ready, and now you’ve awakened me by attempting to pull off the bed clothes. What do you mean? ” Why, massa, if you isn’t going to get up, I must" hab the sheet anyhow, ’case dey’re waiting for de table cloth !”

A lady resident ofßoyertown, Pa., the other night, had a desperate fight with a mad dog in her bedroom, and finally, having hurled a $l2O set of false teeth at him, was pleased to see him disappear. She awakened to find that it was all a horrid nightmare, but that the room was wrecked and her teeth shattered beyond redemption. A miracle is reported from Dunkirk. Some days ago a fishing boat captured a great whale, not with any difficulty, as it was dead, and had ceased blowing for 10 days. It was towed to land, and was in course of being cut up to be boiled when a naturalist from Paris arrived to purchase the skeleton. Inhiseagemessto prevent injury to the bones he fell into the unemptied, decomposed stomach. Jonah was rescued after a residence of three minutes.

THE EVENING ECHO, SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1878.



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