MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume VII, Issue 1180, 9 October 1882, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

A demure, diminutive girl, aged 18, is under arrest in Philadelphia for bigamy. She has three living hue-

band, all of whom shf* was married to within two years. When asked why she had done this, she said 'They were all good fellows, and they coaxed me so.' A Brisbane telegram of the 19th, in a Melbourne paper says : — "John Bridges, a blind man, while chopping wood, accidentally sank the axe in his daughter's head. The girl was four years. She died two hours afterwards." Two thousand cases of small-pox "have been reported in Capetown, and of these six hundred have proved fatal. The disease has heretofore been chiefly confined to the Native population, but it is now spreading amongst the whites. The following is the address of a Jetter which was received at Hobart by the last mail: — Howbat Town, New Zealand, New South Wales, Sydney, Australia." The letter bearing this .address was posted at Birmingham. A bibulous parson was introduced to a lady who had been represented to him as quite a talented artist He greeted her by saying " I understand, madame, that you paint 1" She started, •blushed deeply, and recovering herself after a few seconds, said with as much acidity of tone and style as she could command, "if I do paint, I don't make any mistake and put it on my •nose." Here's a little story about a soldier in the Salvation Army. « Why do you wear that uniform V asked an inquisitive fellow of the religious, enthusiast 'Because I am a soldier,' was the reply. ' A solddier of what !' was the next question. ' A soldier of Heaven,' was the answer. 'Then,' said the .curious and impertinent one. ' All I •can say is that you are a d long way off your barracks.' There is now in Trieste a musical won■der who is astonishing the greatest artists and musical connoisseurs. His name is Merr Nathan, and lie was born without arms and hands, and he is now giving concerts, playing on the violin with his toes, and when hearing him one is sorely puzzled to know •whether those exquiste tones are really brought out by the toes and not by the lingers. When the young artist comes on the platform and has taken his position, he opens his violin case and •takes out the instrument, seizes the bow, tunes the violin, at last pulls a hankerchief from his coat-pocket, and •wipes his face, all with his feet. But the astonishments of his listeneis reaches its highest point, when with jhis left foot he gracefully holds the bow, and placing his right foot on the strings of his instrument, begins to play. His expressive playing, together with his shakes and runs, and his modulations from the softest pianissimo to the greatest forte, is beyond description, and is the wonder of the •whole musical world, and those fortunate enough to see and hear him. Herr Nathan intends to give concerts in the various European capitals.