MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume VII, Issue 1182, 20 September 1882, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

Scientists will" "lie interested in the statement of the Honolulu Press that recently a piece of timber supposed to be wood of the cocoanut' tree, ' -was brought up by the borers engaged in sinking all artesian well for Mr Jkegxr. It was 255 ft i.clow the surface of jttie ground and under 150 ft of coral. This unexpected discovery will be -an important one to geologists. It- is probably the . first " find " of the kind in the Pacific Islands, as there have been no excavations of any kind to any great depth on any of the other

group. The ' North China Herald ' recently contained a story of which it guaranteed the truth, and which is worth repeating. A man employed by the town of Houeltecheon fell in love with a public singer. • The young woman looked upon him with favoring eyes, and they were engaged. Unhappily, the gentleman died before the marriage took place. The dead man, . however, did not abandon his rights to the lady's hand. Indeed, he af> peared often, during the night, and insisted that the lady should appoint a time for the long-delayed ceremony. The young woman became so alarmed at these apparitions that s'.ie fell ill.

t Some days after a strangor canrj to tho town wlio called himself Ymi. This gentleman said lie was tin? bearer of a request from the departed Siring. | Siring desired a new arrangement, which was that he might bis married through You by proxy, as that would satisfy him just as well. Tho young woman accepted the terms with pleasure, and she rapidly recovered her health after the marriage The inhabitants of the town think that she is married to an incarnation of her fiance. But the other theory is that Mr Yeu is a young man of remarkable cuteness. Job's distress has at last been satisfactorily explained. A half witted boy in a school at Norwich, Conn, used to depend on a bright boy near him in reading his passage of Scripture during the exercise preceding prayer. The verse in Job reading, "And God smote Job with sore boils," fell to his lot, and after receiving his customary assistance, he delivered it thus: "And God shot Job with four balls."' Amid the uproarious laughter the bright boy whispered to the-half-witted boy : " That was oil >U mighty heavy charge, wasn\Jt f" .No sooner was order restored -than the, reader, parrot-likeTfoid to&Je teaefteP •* " That was a ' almighty heavy charge, wasn't it?"