MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1247, 19 March 1883, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

♦ ••■ < It seems- felaat the safety of thechimney at Bradford which fell and I caused such loss of life and property [ was often questioned. The fear and trepidation with which, the poor operatives had for some time past goue to their wort in the mills was; touoiiingly descrilied. by a bereaved mother in her evidence before the coroner. This poor woman, uaiued Hancock, wliose son aged 13, her only source and help, had been killed, said :. On Thursday morning he awoke shortly before G o'clock, and, as there was a strong wind blowing, the poorlifctle fellow remarked, ■ v Oh, mother, I don't want to go this morning. There'll b * sure to be someone killed a you place." The mother made .answer, "Bat, lad, this is t'wceli I've rent to pay, so tha' mun go." The boy cheerfully obeyed, and called "Good morning " to his mother, and disappear-^] in the darkness of the morning. She did not again see him. In answer to the Coroner as to whether the boy had said anything about the chimney previously, the mother stated : "On the evening before it fell my poor lad was at tea, and ha commenced talking about the chimney ; he moved ! his hand backward and forward, and said, ' I seed it sway this way and that wny to-day. 1 saiU, ' James lad, don't talk on that way,' and he replied, ' Well, mother, you'll see the chimney will be down before 21 hoars.' I theu answered, ' o, lad master; will know better than that, and will never let you wcrk in danger." As the poor creature was giving this narrative she broke down more than on.cc, and before she had finished several of those present had to dry their cheeks.' At a recent discussion at one of the American medical societies, there was a statement made that, for delicate women, horseback exercise was a good thing as a rule. Another stater nient was quoted by one of the speakers to the effect that no woman-ought to. ride horseback. American physicians may take heart of grace from the larger experience in this respect of English practitioners. In this country, says the British Medical Journal, equestrian exercise is the hippy privilege of decliate as well as robust constitutions. It is impossible for anyone who has seen the healthy glow spread over the clieeks, pale just before, of some lady after half, an hour's, exercise on horseback, to agree with ! the proposed dictum. Ladies take far too little exercise in the open air. It is rather the duty of the medical man to seek to encourage athletic exercise of all kinds, than to deprecate it from fanciful fear. Americans will gain health, and lose nothing in grace or refinement, by emulating the accomplishments of their English sisters as horsewomen. At the Social Science Congress held at Nottingham in October, Mr David 'Chad wick said that the total loss to the-wage-earning class by loss of work through sickness had been estimated by Dr John Watts, who had had great experience in friendly societies, at L 13,000,000 in the course of a workingman's life 1 The poe.fc Whittier celebrated his. 75th birthday on December 17 at Boston, U.S. H<.; rcceive-l many callers and letters of congratulation, and was touched by the f;tct that several letters came from England. His health is good, and his mental vigour is unimpaired. General Lord Napier of Magdala, on Magdala, on his return to Englaud from Gibraltar, has retired permanently from the active duties of the profession. From 10,000 to 12,000 tons of salt have been gathered along the shores of Great Salt Lake this season. Them is a large surplus of common salt over from last year, and this caused the gathering of a less amount than usual. The lake furnishes salt as use in all the silver mills of Idaho, Montana, and Utah and large, quantities are shipped to Colorado and Nevada for the same purpose. The supply is. unlimited, and the quality is in proportion to tho care used in its manufacture.

The Rev James Fleming, of Ti \>on Scotland, although in his hinetietli year, continues to hold a double service every Sunday and to preach two sermons committed to memory and delivered without notes. The Salvation Army have dispatched a captain and lieutenant to open a spiritual campaign in New Zealand. At their "last grand parfciug and final farewell," -representatives ■were present from eight foreign uoun--tries. AU -"folfe thoughly satisfied ■that God still nuans to turn the world ■down, and are determined to spend their lives in helping him to do it." The Cape of Good Hope is threatened with a similar invasion, and an " advance " has already been made upon New South Wales and Victoria. Ths officer-in-charge at Melbourne reports that he saved 22 souls the first Sunday, which must be considered a good bag. The Cape Argu3 is alarmed at the possible effect the nrray may have on their natives, and a similar fear will probably be felt in New Zealand, if the Army is allowed to practise on the Maoris. There may be something congenial to the warlike spirit of the New- Zealanders in the military organisation of this peculiar sect. It is only fair to state that the worst fault of the Army is the frightful language it uses. There is no doubt it has helped to reclaim many bad characters of both sexes.