MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1230, 7 February 1883, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

; ::^m a Caw) paper" :-^V The- Be^Puii^,. yyere greatly pulled hy^e''g^/p&((ig'__ighlandersj who,Ythey caine 0 t* v, the • ■ • -„ „,. * ... ... o *-> v ■ elusion, were not solders, but. s theij^iyes pf^ the, jSoJdwrSiX.Dis^nee; 'P&Vcpjttise \ engag^this'de^ c Thore :discern»sieA than the' taep's" f^es,;iCoyer<ed, ag fcbay iw*re;; with veils, ;. • : ;the spiers' womfefl'^ • and they toigO doWanahd 'spoil the infidel 'soldiers of tlieir wiv&b and a body of theni- aotually went, with a result which, must haVe .addech-te the wonderment of both, "the firitfeh harem turned / put with;.,rifle,,apd ;baybnetj-'attd ..very, speedily 30 or 40 of • the amorous Bedouins ..bit-the-dust' The soldier's" wives were ,npt again attacked by/. Arab sheikhs, , who wanted to replenish their 'harems with English moon<-face!s. w v ;' When ah individual is. reported to have died- of disease of the' heart, we are (says'" Hall's Journal of" Health") in the habit of regarding it as an inevitable event, as-something which could not have been foreseen or. prevented j sqid it is, too much the habit- wheii'p'ottoha suddenly fall down dead'tp repprji the heart as. the .cause. '^Tbis .: siiencpt? enquiry aftid investigation^ and'saVes the trouble; ; of a" psst "inprte'tn/'' -.'!a true .report would . hayje;aj( tendency to save many lives. It is through *a; report of -the disease '^f. the hejai;t\ that many „ri opium eater is led' into the grave that covers at once His 'fofly and his crime ; .the brandy' drinker, too slides round the corner thus, heard .of no, jnore . ; in- short--, report^ :■ of the disease of the heart is tslie mantleof charity which, .the ipolrte 'coroner and sympathetic physicari "IJirow' around the graves of generous pepple.,,. ,Ata scientific congress at Strasburg /it/was., reported that pf thirty-six.perspns who. had suddenly, died, an immediate and. faithful post mortem showed tha^ only: > : two persons had any heart aflfection whatever — orie sudden death 'Only 1 in/ * : thirty three from disease of the heart Nine out of sixty died .Qf.appopjexy,^ — ohe.outof seven ; while forsy-six., niore-' than two out of three, died from- lung affections, half of theni from congestion ' of the hmgSjVthatji ia, the lungs' <vei'.e '' so full of blood that they could not ' work — there was not r6om enough for air to get in to support life. /It is then of practical interest to know some of the causes of congestion of bhe lungs. : These . are cold feet, tight < shoes, light clothing, costive bowels, sitting still until chilled' through after [laying warmed up by hard labor or a long hasty walk. \ The United States Consul-General in China has collected some interesting statistics upon the present state of tfages t.mong the working classes in

j China, and these have been recently ' published by the American papers. . Skilled .workmen* | w-ho, in a sense, might bNJ consiclered'artists, those who have to do. with decoration, .. embroi- ; derfrig <^4f}^^^o^:.p'wi^, &i., ; even >- > Vh&ir . have"'." 1 attained ■ j^nSiderabfle" && ' 'scarcely * sAarn-'as raueh-as willke&|r tbew^'and enable them to set apart what wifi' cover the co_t;iof 'tfieir- f_neral,• a special sp^ci^ttde jop r the?paj|t of every celestial. JoweJlera^ who. have a great^ responsi- , bility^ar^somewbat bejtter peJtrj.^hilst "the highest^ages, four shillings to eight shillings' peV' week, are obtained by the silk weavera. K^.!The. r , average, earnings 'per/we^k,^ll* Wer,f,we --^For lnasters, ■ l_'s 9d;!for v/orkmeir,. 6s women and c^ildrenj'z^ lives* as a rule^iri'his. workshop ; he h„s_?_to J&5 worth of liou^eHjold goods, and; spends about Bl^pf^^i'^iorr^n^ £% for clothing ari^c^hsiders himself foctuv nateif&e h&sirohi £6 to £8 over at tiie,,«m,(|df the year. The unmarried wo^kma9.. hy^VT^k ; his jrelatives or friends. : 'ff^sptends for food f9,for io^gpng^.a^ abj>ut; 30^ .aus children spend every c^^Mey earn. The peasant eams^QinrMd, to> ;7A : a day.^ /During haryeit • tinjje t he v .makeis 0» : .-ai week,, witfr )Mxi!^)fcclbJk.^e^mated at 4»|d per' dayr.^^ie^are lo^t^ate. who are \tii^^^^^^ykJ^^^Q9X. Day laboW^por^rSj^beelbo^row-men^and sailors eani. from. 2^d to la^ 2d a day. In West Ohihaiihe porters, who have tv carry, from 120 to 150 kilogrammes of tea in tbe ihountaifrbtis regions, *i*bake Is;a ,: day. The ordinary day laborer $ajcos, ; 4ssd per" paonth? and oaly spends 4sf ' J G^lsl-washers receive .2|jd.to 7d a.dayv. '.A -gang of seven pien "c^^^&ht V^ehty :. ; $0t& of gold-sahd dailjf. "■" Th'eyeariy n^intqaaaice. : 6f a CSjiTOseJ'sdiSier &>^ ftijttle over £ia Msef^pi^er .Ineed ,|W*wl that t tbe OhinaiMn 16ok# fu^n^ipetj^.^ the ;: Auistraran^ ct^^niei-^aa veritable Tom jTiddle?*^ event though he works' for what $he European cofisiders pitiful wages."'' vi-'- ■■■'-*■-■"-■■>• '- ;;AV — '