MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1283, 13 August 1883, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

♦— The Kumara Times of yesterday says:— A most remarkable case of resuscitation to life was performed lately by Dr Keiran, of this town. A little boy about four years of age, named Lammerson, whose parents reside near the Long Tunnel Cornpans race which supplies the water for their large wheel at the claim, was playing near the race and accidentally fell into it. There were about 80 heads pf water running at the time, app; when it reaches the claim, which is about 500 yards distant from where the child fell in, the water falls in a body some 30 or 40 feet. A cry was raised by some other children, and a miner named Peter Moran, who was just emerging from his house after dinner, rushed to the race, turned the water in another direction, and laid hold of the child when within only a few yards of the claim, and it was taken out of the race, quite stiff, '

and apparently dead — and was, in i fact, pronounced by those present, to ! be dead Fortunately, however, Dr| Keiran happened to be passing near at the time, and set to work 1 , with true medical skill, to try and restore life. After half-an-hour's vigorous effort in rubbing, signs of life began to appear ; water was ejected from the mouth, nose, and ears, and after about four hour's carej&i attention the boy came, to, and %^ day was playing about as before. There is no doubt but for the opportune presence and aid of the skilled doctor young Lammerson would now have been in his grave. The following figures, giving the contrast between the expenditure per head on war and education in the various European States, which have been compiled by Mr Leon Donnat, a Belgian statistician, are very suggestive: — War: France, 20s; England, 18s 6d; Holland, 17s 9; Saxony, lis 6d ; Wurtemburg, lis 9d ; Bavaria, lis 9 ; Prussia 10s lid; Russia 10s 2d; Denmark, 8s 8d ; Italy, 7s 6d ; Belgium, 6s 9d; \ustria, 6s 8d ; Switzerland, 4s lOd Education; France, Is 5; England 3s ld; Holland, 8s 2d; Saxony, 3s 4 ; Wurtem .burg. In Qd ; Bavaria, 3a -fid; Prussia, - 2s sd ; Russia, l|d ; Denmark, 4s 7d ; Italy, 8d ; Belgium, 2s 3d ; Austria, Is 6d ; Switzerland, 4s 3d. This comparison, of course, takes no. account of the frightful waste entailed by the sacrifice of the labor of ablebodied men during the period of military service. New Zealand has sent away, since the year 1857, nearly forty millions worth of gold, but, year after, year, that export grows less. In 1882 the yield was 293,229 ounces of the value of £1,1 70,520, aud in 1883 it had fallen to 248,862 ounces of the value of £994,555. A drop of nearly £176,000 is not a pleasant thing to chronicle: It is not as bad as it looks, however, for the Westland fields suffered* much last year from the dryness ofthe season. As the total yield of Westland, in spite of the almost total absence of water for mining purposes (sluicing), comes within £10,000 of the previous year's yield, the prospects of Westland may be pronounced to be exceedingly good Still the actual drop is bad! It means a serious hole in the wages fund of an industry employing 14,528 men (inclusive of 8,882 Chinamen), of whom 8,164 are alluvial miners, 2,447 are quartz miners, the Chinamen also being in the alluvial category. The industry has, moreover, to pay interest on machinery, valued at £462,658, and on races and sluices whose approximate cost is set down at Mdl 7,659. Commenting on the purchase of the wreck of the George Roper for a sum of £3000, a Melbourne correspondent writes : — The vessel: still holds' on the Lonsdale . reef; despite the wind and the waves. And not only, will all the cargo be got out of the vessel, but there is a very strong probability of the ship herself being saved A hull worth soi&e £30,000 and a cargo valufd at £50,000, of which amount some £20,000 is represented by steel rails, that under any circumstances will be recovered undamaged by salt water, cannot be considered a bad bari gain at £8000. The steamer Blackboy will soon be afloat again. The George Roper was quite a new vessel Sir Henry Thompson has written a letter to the ''Lancet " about cigarette smoking. He points out that in the East a cigarette without a mouthpiece is rarely smoked more than half way through, and thus very little ofthe offensive oil of the tobacco reaches the smoker's mouth.- Here, where tobacco is dear, he suggests that a holder should always be used, and he says that he himself invented one, which opened transversely in the middle, disclosing a small cavity which is filled with cotton wool to catch the oil. " Simply smoked," Sir Henry continues, "and with cotton wool interposed, 1 do not hesitate to regard the cigarette as the least potent, and therefore the least injurious- form of tobacco smoking." The following remarks regarding the distribution of land in Scotland are I made by * Truth' : — " The total acreage I of Scotland is 18,619,698. One single nobleman owns 1,828,000 acres, and his wife 149,879. Another has 481, 000 acres, a third 424,000, and a fourth 878,000. Twelve proprietors own one quarter of the whole acreage of the couutry, and seventy proprietors own one-half. Five tenths of Scotland belong to 1,700 persons. Does the Duke of Argyle assert that a systemof which this is the outcome is. a right and proper one l Whilst on the one hand we have these mammoth proprietors, on the other hand we are told of crofters who are starving, and who are evicted from their poor holdings because they cannot live and pay the rent which is exacted from them. Assuredly there is something wrong in all this. The mistake of the Duke of Argyle and his friends is that they regard legal right and moral right as identical." The heaviest soldier in the British army, Roberts, is an Irishman. The champion pedestrian of the world, O'Leary, is an Irishman. The champion oarsman of the world is an Irishman. The champion Swimmer of the world, Boy ton, is an Irishman. Fur-* ther comment is unnecessary. The originator of the Ashburton Industrial [ exhibition was an Irishman also. Some people think that Adam was an Irishman because he was an evicted tenant, but this assumption is not founded on fact. Mother Swan's Worm Syrup. — Infallible, tasteless, harmless, cathartic ; for feverishness, restlessness, worms, constipation, Is. at druggists. Moses, Moss & Co., Sydney, General Agents. '

A return has been presented of the solicitors engaged to"! do professional work for the Public Works Department, from 81st March. 1878, up to 81*t March, 1888, The respective amounts for each year are— £lß9/5, £1940, £1572, £2740, £2204, and £2355 ; total for the six years, £12,388. During that period Mrß. 0. Haggit received £4868, and Messrs Izard and Bell £1614, of which £854 was for last year. Vast improvements coritiuue to be made in regard to the speed of oceangoing steamers. Two new Atlantic steamers, the City of Rome and the Aurania, have just been tested almost simultaneously, and both have attained precisely the same maximum Bpeed — viz., IBf knots, or 21 J miles an hour. The City of Rome measures- 4800 tons gross, and her engines indicate 12,0 ohorse power. The Aurania is 7500 tons, and her engines indicate 10,000---horse power. The latter vessel is the broadest ship in the Altantic trade, having no less than 57ft beam to a length of 470 ft and a depth of 88ft 6in. These ships, together with the Arizona, the Alaska, and Oregon, all employed in the same trade, and the steam tea-clipper Stilling Castle, have ■inaugurated a new era in oueau HWaming. There is much matter for reflection among professing Christians in some remarks in a contribution to the *• Sunday Column" of the Sydney Echo by the Bishop of Melbourne. Df Moorhouse writes : — •* There is a fable, as most of you know, that in those days when men's hearts were being visibly stolen away from Paganism by, tbe divine story of the Gross, wayfarers heard, shuddering through all the woods and moaning over all the seas, a deep heart-thrilling whisper, as if from the very soul of the world— • Pan is dead,' Well, by "brethren, 1 believe that if the more awful whisper ' God is dead/ could ever freeze with its breath of horror a shuddering creation* there are multitudes of people living amongst ourselves, and called Christians, who, after getting over the first shock of so tremendous an announcement, would find it unnecessary to change one of their voluntary habits or to remodel 20 of their ordinary thoughts. In other words, multitudes of people exist in our midst, called by the name and baptised into the faith; of Christ, who are living as if it were matter of the profoundest indifference whether there is a God or not." The Nelson Evening Mail says : — At Mr Bayfeild's office are to scon two splendid pieces of native copper, weighing respectively 961bs aiid 90lbB, taken from the Champion Compariy ! s mine in Aniseed Valley, which are. well worth inspection by those who take an interest in such matters. The following is the mine manager's report for the, month : — "Since my last monthly report bearing date 29th June, I have risen five fathoms during the month, distance from the back of jthe main tunnel six fathoms, with a good payable lode all the distance, average thickness of the lode five feet Tho lode in the .south end of the up- rise looks well for a grand future for tho Company, for it appears that the further we get south the stronger the copper gets and in larger quantities. I expect to have the up-rise through in about a week's time to the bottom, of No. 1 drive if the ground continues favorable. I shall then start to push on the bottom drive. I hope to have my tram road finished by the time the up-rise is through. I have the approach for No. 1 drive all cleared out and made a start to drive. There is some splendid ore in it, but lam not into a settled conntry yet. I have my dressing appliances all fixed and they work well. I have a large quantity of ore on the floors ready for dressing whioh will yield a good percentage of copper. The amount of copper ore sent from the mine to Richmond was about six tons and one ton of native copper this month, and there are a. good number of tons on the ground all dressed for packing." At Paris, on June 12, the trial was begun of the Marquis de Rays and 17 others, charged with manslaughter, fraud, and infringement of the public companies and emigration laws. In July 1877, the MarquSs advertised land for sale on the island of Port Breton, and inaugurated a scheme for emigration. The Legitimist papers, interested themselves in the enterprise,, and 5,000,000 f were subscribed. Of this sum the Marquis pocketed 2.000,, OOOf. It is statsd that 700,000 hectares of land were sold, although tha island contains only 7000 hectares.. The Marquis had maps o£ tbe land published, in which were indicated imaginary houses, churches, and roads. He also instituted militia and gendarmerie forces and necessary civil officers. Finally, as is well known to* the inhabitants of this quarter of the world, he despatched to the island fourold sailing ships, with a number of! emigrants, the majority of whom perished nnder the most miserable circumstances. On one vessel 80 emigrants died during the passage, 250". more died from hunger and disease> after reaching Port Breton, and five others were captured and eaten by natives of the island. Only 100 of the unfortunate people succeeded iv reaching Australia at last. The remains of John Davidson were interred in a grave dug just outside theboundaries of the Nelson Cemetery out the 29th ult. Koapena, a New Guinea chief, ofthe Aroma tribe, and ruler over 6000 people, has been visiting Queensland. He is 6 feet 2 J inches in height, and one of the handsomest mem ever seen in Cooktown. The vigour of youth given to the aged and intinu by using Hop Bitters. Try it. Read.

Reading in the light of our (New York Herald) despatch, -the 1 Pope's, letter shows him, not aa the ally of England against Ireland, but as the watchful head of the Church, calling the attention of his excited children to the universal principles of Christian morality as proper to ihe conduct of a struggle for larger freedom by an op pressed people, and warning then: against the miserable schemes of dynamiters and assassins, whose misconduct would bring disgrace alike upon the cause of liberty and the name of Christianity. Ta calm the passions of men, to warA and guard them against excesses, to, instruct them that in seeking redress for wrongs they must not transgress the rules of Christian conduct— this is surely the true and the highest office of a Christian Clergyman. This duty the Pope has performed, and all Christiaas, no matter what they call themselves, must honor him for the admirable and judicious spirit in which he has done it. He has counselled moderation, not submission, and has shown his clergy new -cause to respect, not only his goodness, but his sound judgment The cost of stopping a train of cars is being guessed at by experts just now an a very interesting way. The " Railroad Gazett/^DOriSs a discussion on this subject, in which the eonclusioivis reached that the actual cost of sfoppifig an ordinary * train . is about 80 to 60 ■cents. Aii amusing story is told of a trial where : e,^*ts teatff^d that' it costs two dollars tp s^pajtrain. They established the fact. I'hien tHe counsel on the otlieV fliiie prqid^c^d th 4 6#npany's time-table, with_* full list of all the stops, including stations, took the total number.of ita taains^ calculated the total stoppages of all the trains for one yeair7 multiplying the result by •two. dollars— the experts' estimate of cost — and .demonstrated . that the stoppages ; alon# had, it the estimate was right, cost ,'the cd^'any tihree times as aiuch aa the entire amount of its operating expenses for the year. This reduction to a solid basis of fact upset the two-dollar theory. % Wb r.i.3" " bojjoh jj>s ' coa v 8. " — Ask for Wells'. ".Rough/, on Corns." 7£d -Quick reßefy j ' complete, permanent <sure. Corns, Warts, bunions. Moses, Hosa' k Ci^'^ydjaey, Generol Agents.