The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-06-29 00:00:00

WHAT THE WORLD SAYS.

Sir Garnet seems to have altered his views a little
regarding the war correspondent since he described
bin in his "Soldier's Pocket-book" as a oasis= drone
who eats a good man's ration and does no work for it.
Ho now, it seems, believes that "no men have ever done
their duty with greater honesty and greater zeal than
the special correspondents." Of this variety of the
j mrnallstic species Sir Garnet further opines that
"the most active and efficient of military school-
masters has been the special correspondent."

There is just now a great chance of getting into the
Ordnance Corps. While the competition for Sand-
hurst is so great that some 900 candidates are com-
peting for • hundred vacancies, Woolwich is compara-
tively in small request. The vacancies at the latter
place are about 80 ; but the number of the competitors
is less than half those for the Uns. It used not to be
so. Can the Duke, or Mr. Childers, or anybody else,
explain why the scientific corps are less popular than
of old?

I read that the Lora Mayor has formed au influen-
tial committee to collect funds on behalf of the many
who will be reduced to want by the disaster which
befell H.M.S. Atalanta. The sum required will be
nearly the same as in the similar case of the Eurydice;
and I hope the necesasry funds, amounting to about
£20,000 will soon be forthcoming.

The complaint" were unusually loud at Henley with
regard to the umpire's boat. The places that ahould
have been occupied by the press, who hare on the
occasion an arduous teak to perform in watohinfatesnl
chronicling the various races, were filled by
children, and amateura

If there is one place more than another where the
oonventional pampered menial ot the aristocracy is
out of his element, it is on the water. At Henley
Regatta (which to many in but • huge water picnic)
boatloads of happy luncheon-eaters, hampers in the
bow and stern, • six-footed James in livery and
powdered hair In the neighbourhood of the rudder,
were seen up and down the course. The trusted
servant's position in thaw, cranky boats, was not only
ludicrous, but position,
withal. At the 'lightest
collision, into the water went one or other of his coat-
tails, and "land I see" warn probably to him am
delightful • sensation as it was to little Milne, when
he viewed both Jerusalem and Madagascar from the
masthead. One flunks'', in getting out a hamper, un-
fortunately toppled over into the water. He was res-
cued, however, by a nigger rejoicing in the name of
iisquu.h.wwd &id psy woman, who, with sympathy very
like irony, asked him if he would like to have his fortune
told. on one steam-launch was seen an original of the
Nubian so well known in the blacking advertieements,
and who, from hie anxiety to keep close to the stoke-
hole and funnel, raised • suspicion, which sometimes
influences ladies nowadays, that water is an overrated
thing after all, and detrimental to the complexion.

Who wee the honourable and hurnorom member
who went up to Sir Wilfrid on Friday night, after the
division on "Local Option," and asked the hon.
member for Carliale's sanction to a brandy-and-soda
before going home!

Wives and daughters of England I Hear what the
Queen, your accepted oracle says : "Women hardly
!waive that men are caPtiv•ted more by the general
effect of • lady's dress thaws by the detaiL" nig bi
most true; and if lovely woman would only take it to
heart, and act on it, what • huge waste of trimming
and embroidery and "work" would be saved, and how
our poor pockets would be the gainers

Last week a Bogdan lady accosted three gentlemen
during the afternoon Row, and, in excitable French,
detailed the theft of her purge (or cigar•case, which
served the purpose), indicating NI the delinquent a
shabby-genteel man who denied the charge, and
showed a reprehensible desire to go across country.
The lady, however, was ant to be done ; and one of the
tmtlenten, procuring from the civil inspector at Hyde
Fark-corner the of one of his constables, saw
justice done in summary ialla the constable i
one arm and the infuriated the other, th=
escorting him to the nearest station. The opinion of
the crowd which collected was that the man was
guilty, though he had managed to spirit away the
puree. But it surprises me that robberies in the Park
are not more froguaatt alMecially when, as in this
the snide Maim was carried In an outside
pocket

GENERAL ITEMS.

In St Petersburg preparations are being made to meet
any contingency that may arise owing to the dispute with
China. Vessels are being sent to the Pacific, and about
1,500 soldiers will shortly be despatched there.
Since February of the curreat year to date, the follow.
log reductions have taken place in the values of pig iron
and rails. Hematite. from Its to £3 Glasgow
warrants, from £316. to £26. Middlesborough warrants,
from 1:3 5s to £1 17s. Steel rails, from a 15t to gI. Iron
rails. from £9 to Aq.

--PTain-i7eo—ple—will scarcely believe that the schedule
against which the Duke of Richmond spoke and voted
WU the work of his own Government, This schedule was
added to the code by the late Government in 1175. It hoe
been retained and favourably reported on in each year
since by the Duke of Richmond, as Lord President In
the w& for the present year, laid upon the table of both
Houses by the late Government in March last, this
schedule was retained, and no hint was given of any
intention to abolish it. The amended code since lamed by
the present heads of the Education Department contain,
no new provision whatever.— Pall Kali Gassits.
Mr. (Redstone suggests that the brewers should lay
before the Board of Wand Revenue their views upon the
new Budget ; and if they should be dissatisfied with the
conclusions at which he might arrive after conference
with the board, he will take care that there shall be ample
time before the committee on the bill for them to
ventilate their grievances. He cannot undertake to
receive separate deputations on the pointa they may desire
to raise.

The cattle plague haa made its appearance in North
Desbyshire....

In consequence of
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Neeir Rains., Ireland, an ejectment server had his
skIIPUATf
the recent elections in Belgium, the Bishops have
resolved to acquiesce in the new Educational law and
to take part in the patriotic Rite in August.
A cattle epidemic, fatal in twelve hours, has broken
out in the province of Manitoba.
In Central Asia the Tekke Turcomans have attacked
but were dispersed by 2,000 cavalry.
The Governors-General of Eastern and Western
Siberia have represented the immediate necessity of
constructing telegraph lines to the Chinese frontier.
The Boutti Staffordshire blast-furnaoe-men, who
drunk against the reduction of wages, 10 per cent.,
resumed on the masters terms on Monday.
RUSSIA AND CHINA.—The rising against the Russians
In Central Asia is spreading, and the Chinese,
operating from Kashgor, are reported to have diured
Fort Narin. A rumour to the same effect has already
reached St. Petersburg.
himrreause tie Gassent.—A telegram from Athens
states that the Greek government are taking measures
for increasing the army from 12,300 to 40,000 men.
The Sirdar Abdurrahxnan is moving towards esb
avowedly with a friendly intent, with 2,000 men 'iil
twelve guns.
In New Zealand the Ministerial programme will
Include • reform of the native land and Bemusing laws.
The Governor has condemned the educational system of
the colony as too expensive.
Fnessind. Commixes& Consols on Saturday
reach 9811.16, 13-16 erdiv., or 1004 to 1001 with the
dividend—prices which have not been equalled for
more than a quarter of a century.
Loos AT 'Tors Com.—At East Bridgford, • village
near Nottingham, Mr. William Green baker and
growl., was last week preparing coal for his oven when
he noticed some scraps of paper attached to a large
piece of coal. On looking more closely he discovered
that the coal contained a "shot," or cartridge
used in blasting. It was about a foot long and five
Inches in circumference, and contained more than a
pound of gunpowder.
EtsorioN Pirmso6s.—At Westbury, Mr. Phipps
(Conservative) is declared duly elected. Judge Lush
stated several gross acts of bribery had been com-
mitted ; but the agency of the bribers was not preyed.
—At Tewkesbury Captain Price (Liberal) is ousted,
the judges considering the agency of the briber proved.
Mr. Baron Pollock added that it was a melancholy
and degrading sight to see men come forward, as they
bad done there and during the Gloucester inquiry,
and confess they had fold their consciences and
betrayed their honesty and con..titutional rights.
Tams Lissam. SLAM LOOT.—The election trial at
Macclesfield resulted on Tuesday in the unseating of
Messrs. Brecklehurst and Chadwick, the sitting
members. The judges intimated their opinion that
systematic bribery and treating had prevailed, and
proceedings would probably he taken against one of
the Liberal aldermen.—The seat of Mr. T. Russell,
the Liberal member for Buteshire, has been declared
void by the election judges in Edinburgh, on the
that he held Government contracts at the time of his
election. .. . . . .

Mr. Bradlaugh's was a painful and trying position.
He stood alone, appealing to an audience wholly
unsympathetic, as far as his opinions are concerned,
and in great part bitterly hostile. It cannot be
doubted that his speech made a deep impression. The
conditions under which it was spoken would almost of
themselves have made it impressive. But it had an
impressiveness entirely its own. It was earnest to
intensity. It had an artistic or dramatic arrangement
of tone, gesture, and phrase which well suited the
occasion. There was indeed a certain sternness, and
even harshness, in the most subdued passages of its
purposely moderated appeal. To judge from that
speech, we should say that Mr. Bradlaugh might
become almost the typical orator of a "fierce
democracy," not indeed of the cultured order whom
Demosthenes could sway, but of those whom a
Camille Desmoulins could carry with him.—Daily
Neves.
Tics Parch or WooL—The Feat question of the
hour relates to the probable price of wpiol, in which
there has been stanant trade recently, lind in some
instances& slight decline in price. An old farmer told
me &short time since that he remarked all his life that
the wool-staplers always manage to lower the price at
clipping time, but that after the bulk of the crop is
gone out of producers' hands they raise it again. I be-
lieve, however, there are graver causes operating just
at present. The Yorkshire manufacturers have met
with a reaction in trade themselves, which is the true
reason why they abstain from being eager purchasers
of the raw material. Fervently is it to be hoped that
this will prove only tempwary, in which caw wool is
sure to be of still higher value.—Fron the "Live Stock
Journal."
RABBITS IN THZ ISLE OF WIGAT.—A tourist writing
in the last century, makes a remark which comes as
an opportune comment upon the Hares and Rabbits
Bill of the present Government. He says "Through
the efficacy of a bill procured by the gentlemen of the
Island for securing the farmers from the depredations
of foxes, badgers, polecats, and other noxious animals,
the Island is kept very free from them. Even to let
one loose is an offence punishable with transiortation ;
for were they once to take root in the Islam it would
be nearly impossible to extirpate them." e writer
goes on gravely to remark that while be was in the
Island a fox at Newchurch "broke its chain," and the
consternation caused by Reynard's escape was not
allayed till he was "luckily shot." But we have
changed all that. To shoot • fox now would be
considered "an offence punishable with transporta-
tion." Reynard may be safely left to Mr. Cotton (a
master of hounds). But what shall be said of rabbits?
There are farmers in the Isle of Wight who are being
absolutely ruined by these "noxious animals," and to
them, as to many another struggling agriculturist, the
Hares and Rabbits Bill of Sir William Harcourt comes
as • perfect godsend.— BON4II/edgeNdtla.
THROAT AFFIICTIONS AND 11011LSZNIBL—All suffering
from irritation of the throat and hoarseness will be
agree-
ably surprised at the almost immediate relief afforded by
the use of "Brown's Bronchial Trochsa" These famous
" lozenges" are now sold by most respectable chemists in
this country at li. lid. per box. People troubled with
"hacking cough," a slight cold," or bronchial affections,
cannot try them too sooa, as similar troubles, if allowed
to Progress, result in serious Pulmonary and Asthmatic
affections. See that the words "Brown's Bronchial
Trochee" are on the Government Stamp around each box.
—Manufactured by JONI( L Bnowit and SONS, Boston.
United States. Depot. 493, Oxford-Mreet, London

WARNINGI RZCHITYS kali BLUR The marked I
superiority of this laundry blue ever all others, and the
quick appreciation of its merits by the public, have been
attended by the usual results, via, a flood of imitations;
the merit of the latter maigl/2consists in the ingenuity
exerted, not simply in imi the square shape, but
making the general appearance the wrappers resemble
that of the genuine article. The manufacturers beg
therefore to caution all buyers to see " Reckitt's Paris
Blue" on each packet
Via-came DISCOVERY vox raz your hair is
turning grey or white, or falling off, use " The Mexican
Hair Renewer," for it will POlitiOgiV MAW, in AM/ "N
Grey or White hair to its original colour, without leaving
he disagreeable smell of most "Restorers." It makes
he hair charmingly beautiful, as well as promoting the
growth of the hair on bald spots, where the %binds am not
decayed. Ask your Chemist for " THE Mr.xicair Hata
Ricsinvga," prepared by HR.TRY C. GALLO', 493, Oxford-
street London, and sold by Chemists and Perfumers every-
where at 3a Sd., per bottle.
ADM'S TO MOTHS= I—Are you broken in your rest by
a sick child suffering with the paid of cutting teethlGe at
once to • chemist and get a bottle of Was. Wirfsion's
SOOTHING Braur. It will relieve the poor sufferer immedi-
ately. It is perfectly harmless and pleasant to taste, it
produces natural quiet sleep, by relieving the child from
pain, end the little cherub awakes "as bright as • button."
It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain,
relieve, wind, regulates the bowels, and is the best known
remedy for dysentery and diarrhom, whether arising from
teething or other causes. Km Wioslo Soothing.
SyruLitsu.sold by Medicine dealers everywhere at is. lid
per bottle, in New York, and at MS,
Oxford-street, London.
HOLLOWAY!' Fru.* —This cooling medicine has the
happiest effect when the blood is overheated, and •
tendency to inflammatory action is set up in the
system. One pill taken shortly before dinner does away
with the indigeition, fulnees, end flatulency indicative
of • weak stomach or disordered User. A. few pills
taken at bedtime act as alteratives and aperients; they
not only relieve the bowels, but regulate every organ
connected with them' overcome all acrid humours, and
encourage • free supply of all the secretions essential
to our well-being. Holloway's pills thoroughly cleanse
and perfectly regulate the circulation, and beget a feel-
ing of comfort in hot climates and high temperatures
which is most desirable for the preservation of health.
Fi.ofuu I—Fot Turman' AND BREATH .—A fee drops
of the 1111.14 " Floriline" sprinkled on a wet toothbrush pro-
duce a t hither, which thoroughly cleanses the teeth
, from parasites or Impurities, hardens the rams, prevents
tartar, stops decoy, gives to the teeth • peculiar whitenees,
and • delightful fragrance to the breath. It removes au
unpleasant odour arising from decayed teeth or tobacco
smoke. "Me Fragrant Florilina" being composed in part
of hooey and sweet herbs, is delicious to the taste and the
coldest toilet discovery of the age. Price Is 114, of all
Memist lus=nsers. Prepared by HiNRY C. GALLOP.
493. Oxford Loudon.
TRY YOUR WRIGHT I—Hydroleins (Hydrated Oil) has
Proved of the highest value as a food in consumption and
all warding diseases, invariably producing insllllllll4 in flesh
and weight- This Preparation of Hydrated Cod Liver Oil
Is tonic, digestive, Inc ten times more nourishing, as well
as (sf TOM pleasant to taste than plain cod liver oil
Hydrokine will nourish and produce increase of weight in
those ea"' where oils or fat, not se treated, are difficult Of
impossible to digest All tendency to emaciation and loss
of weight is arrested by the use of Rydroleine. Of all
chemists, 4set,. gd.—Addreas, " Hydroleine Company," 493,
Oxford Stre London. PamphUt free.
EPPS'S 0000A.-4laArtroL AND COISTORTING.—" By
govern
careful application of the fine properties of well-
tha tebooroperugaktiotosaledicentios thone nattrainutiwstiownhich.
and
by a
selected conetlircUPpe has provided our breakfast
tables with a y flavoured beverage which may
save us many heavy doctors' bilk It is by the judictou
use of such articles of diet that • constitution may be
gradually built up until strong enough to resist every
tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies
are fiatang around us ready to attack wherever there
Is • weak point. We may escape many • fatal shaft
by keeping ourselves well fortified with pure blood and
moped), nourished Swaim G.asUe.—
Held
only In Psoiosta Jams Erre h
Hamosopathie atilohb. London.*

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