MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1280, 6 August 1883, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

> _ « The detailed report of Professoi ' Black, Government analyst, and forL warded by him to Inspector Weldon ' on the nature of drinks used in the City of Dunedin, shows that in one ! .case of beer there was as much as 115 grains of salt to the gallon and ! two samples of whisky were spoken of | as being very ■ impure, there being an excess of vegetable residues. Two ' , samples of brandy .were thus spoken of : ' "Twenty four degrees undg*, coloured '"bWS 1 whisky, J ! tanning, bitter, dirty' "13 de'g.nnder 'proof, dirty, organic, residue, excess 1 of tanning." Some samples 6? rum contained fusil oil, and one' contained " some bitter vegetable matter, much tannin other than of oak, traces of iron salts, liquorice," and was "25 deg. under proof, very astringent, and injurious to health.'' A sample of sherry contained' 120 grains of alum to the gallon, was plastered and injurious to health. Mr C. de V. Teschemaker, of Nelson, has. issued a paper in which he shows how great are the ravages committed ■by rabbits. He points out that during the years 1874 to 1881 there was an increase of 2,375,580 acres of land laid down in artificial grasses, and of „ 1,280,232 sheep, yet the wool exported was only worth in 1881 £76,665 more that exported in 1874. But for the rabbit, pest the figures ought to have stood thus; Increase o/ sheep, 5,938, 950; increase of wool^ £1,584,698, In addition to the above losses he estimates that the State loses fully £200,000 a year, A shocking accident occured at a file-grinding works at Whifflet, near Coatbridge. One of the workmen, named William Hutton, 45 years of age, was engaged grinding- files at a massive gindstone which was driven by steam. The stone suddenly flew in pieces, a poi-tion striking Hutton with great violence, lifting, him off his seat, and hurling him through the roof of the workshop. He was found lying quite dead in the yard, his face and body being horribly disligured. Flies and Bugs. — Beetles, insects, roaches, ants, bed-bugs, rats, mice, gophers, jack-rabbits, cleared out by " Eough on Rats." 7£d. Moses, Moss & Co., Sydney, General Agents. Parents' u o not uso vile drw"-; „;■ ! nostrums in yonr families, but" u^ | purr Hop Bitu-rs. See and r.ad. I

111 t_jj ; The writer of " London Town Talk " for the Melbourne Argus gives the , following as the real story of the conviction of the Irish Inviucibl«s : — " Mr Murphy, Q.C., the counsel for prosecution," finished one of his preliminary examinations before tliß magistrates with this peroration : lOu the next occasion that I come before you sir, I shall be able to state in every detail by whom and under what circumstances the Phoenix Park murders were committed.' The promise made a great impression, as hitherto very little had been disclosed (and, indeed, as it turned out, very little known). The prisoners were particularly impressed, and tried to exchange words with one another as they were led away. What was in every man's thought was, ( Some one of us has betrayed the rest.' That same night Curley — the man who wrote the letter the night before Jris execution, thanking Heaven he was no informer — sent lor the solicitor of the Crown. Now, the Crown did not want Curley, whom they suspected, and rightly, of having been one of those who actually struck the fatal blow, to turn Queen's evidence. They wanted Carey to do so, who they knew had been the contriver of the whole conspiracy, but; "HOt 'one-of -the actual murderers. The door of his cell, which was next to Curley's, was therefore purposely left open, and when he i heard the footsteps of strangers going i by he looked out. ' Whp is that ; "■ he asked of the inspector of police. — ' It i is the Solicitor of the Crown," wasthe [ reply, • whom Curley has sent for.' — ' Then don't go to him ; come $o me, ' who knows more, and will tell you 1 more.' And they came to him accordingly." WALLS' "ROUGH ON CORNS." As-k • for ' Wells' "Hough on Corns." 7£d. Quick relief, comple c, pennaneut cure. Corns, warts, bunions. Moses, 5 Moss & Co., Sydney, General Agents.