MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1306, 5 October 1883, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

The Pall Mall Gazette questions the wisdom of bringing O'Donnel Home for trial. It says: — ", Carey's murder, it appears, was committed on the high soas, 12^- miles distant from the nearest point of South AiYician territory. If it had taken place within throe miles of the shore, or say half an hour later, O'Donnel -would have been handed over to the Colonial aufchoi-ities, and tried for his life for an offence committed within their jurisdiction. As the crime was committed on the high seas, O'Donnell can be brought Home and tried at the Old Bailey. But, considering the many obvious disad- 1 van ages of this course, it might not be inexpedient to transfer the venue from the Old Baily to Natal if such a course is legally possible. O'Donnel in Natal is merely an assassin. In this • country the Irish section of our popnlataonx6gard him as a hero, while another ; dftid much larger section would shrink ; from hanging a;,|nan who rid the world j of a murderer who ought not to have escaped the gallows." In the divorce case at Sydney, Horwitz v. Horwitz and Solomon, in. which the co-respondent was cast in £5000 damages,] Mrs Horwitz in evidence described her brief courtship as follows :— She. stated , hat she metMr Horwlbz casually at the house of a mutual friend in Melbourne on a Friday evening. She saw him again casually the next evening.-' He proposed to her on Sunday i and' she accepted him on Monday. He left for Sydney on Tuesday, and returned to Melbourne on the ensuing Monday. They were married' on Wednesday. It is stated that Solomon, the co-respondent, intends to apply for a new trial. He cannot pay, the damages, and his father, though one of the richest men in Sydney, will not. Prosecutions for perjury in the case are ru!so<ruraoiH--sd. • *,- An' information has been laid by Sergeant O'Grady, of Greymouth, j against Ml- W. J. Ooates, a storekeeper J of that place, for an alleged hreaoh of j the 175 th clause of the Licensing Act, 1881, which provides a penal ty_ focusing bottles with labels more than j once. The clause is to the effect that j any pei'son making use o£ bottles with I labels for the purpose of bottling liquor for sale, shall be liable to a penalty of I not less than £20, nor mere than £200 ■ for each offence ; and any person knowingly purchasing such liquor shall ba liable to a like penalty for each i offence.. Some four or five bottles of ! liquor bearing different labels have been ! seized by the police, on the ground that in each instance the Act has been contravened. A discussion recently took place in the Tasmanian Assembly on the question of voting a sum to repair th^ Police quarters at Jerusalem. In support of the vote the Attorney-General related that a short time previously a drunkard was confined in the lock-up, and during the night roused the neighborhood by his screams. The constable went to see what was the matter, and found an opossum keeping the prisoner company. The animal had entered the apartment by means of a hole in the • Dof.and the inference was the aperture j would have been : qually as convenient, for the prisoner, had ho been able to. avail himself of it. The item was passed. Plies an Bugs. — Beetles, insects, r roaches? ants, bed- hugs, rats, mice, gophers, jack-rabbits, cleared out by " Bough on Rats."' 7£d. Moses, Moss & Co., Sydney, General Agents. Clergymen, Lawyers, Editors, Bankers and Ladies need Hop Bitters daily, for nerve force. Read. ( For rest of news see fourth paye.)

It i« pin'iable, s^ys the World, that the As ibui'ulinni Culluutiou will goto ChicUgo, as a tU-ccnsril merchant of that city has left nearly £1,(;00,()00 sterling to -purchase a puitlic libnuy of choice i noks and manuscripts, and tue persons • iiti'USb«il W:tu tiie business bay« nirtudy connnauitatcd with Lord « Ashbunihain. I A lecturer, discoursing on the subjeci of " Health," enquired : " Whause can a man make of his time while Waiting for a doctor V Before he could begin his answer to his enquiry, some one in the audience cried out : •' He can ii ake his will." An extraordinary instance of tenacity of life is related by the correspondent of an English paper as follows : — A barnful of barley was commenced to be trashed on the bth March last. When the straw was being si racked in the stockyard, aud was about a yard high, A violent storm '.-ame, on, and work was left for the night. The sow (expected daily to farrow) crept into the centre of the stack. Next morning beveral inches of snow covered the straw, and the men standing on the ground forked a great quaniity onto the Stuck lioin the ends iiud sides without treading in the centre. Thus the pig lett undisturbed in her extemporised bed. The dimensions of the ht.ick wljeu completed were 18ft. wide, SfifD. loiiii, and Hit. high. The hole tlve pig occupied was as nearly as possii/le in the centre, bhe was not louud till the straw was removed on i\w 19th July, jnst nineteen weeks after )ie.r first incarceration. A more eraacinti. d creature it would be impossible to imagine. Sic ww fall of tiesh when i>he was, lost but when first discovered her bones were barley covered by skin. >Jbe hud a large sore on the side she was tying on.. She is not yet a 1 le to stand, tliougb gradually gaining strength, and it will be long ere she resumes her normal condition. All traces of» the litter of pigs had disappeared. > This, is, I ihiiik, the longest instauce known of a domesticated animal being without jnod or water, and with an insufficient funnily of air. In the United States themanufacture of Wi..te ie:ul is conducted according to the Dutch method. Plates or gratingsdf Jead aie exposed to the fumes of- vinegar i<\ vessels set in tan, or stable manure, which acts as a hot -bed to warm and volatile tJie vinegar. As the lead is corroded it becomes covered with the carbonate, which is removed with hummers and gronntL The process is • tdious, slovenly, and unhealthy, and many v t mpts have beiui made t improve it, but noneoftheuj have yielded v product equal to that which results from corrosion. ■ Microscopically examined, tue. carbonate of lead formed upon iiu-. metal is fonnd to consist chiefly of juinute .crystals, which are hydrated, laminated, and transparent These, are. mingled with a smaller quamity of (PXfoliated particles of the car. onate which are opaqne. i hase particles, it is clamied, iuipart to the white lead its re>n»rkablepowerofresinifyingoilsas\vell us w.iAt the trade calls its body — i.c, its Jitypttity of completely covering objects paii'ted -witli it.- l)y the new process workmen are not required to det:ich by hand the carbonate from metal whicli remains un corroded, and the product is said to consist almost exclusively of the valuable opaque particles To eifect this, the lead is first brought to the. porous or spongy form, by which the surface, exposed to the slow earbonatiug process, is enormously enlarged, tne thin mass being seemingly composed of open interlaced fibrts. This is put m a close chamber, and there exposed to a mixiureof atmospheric air, carbonic acidj and the vapour of acetic jicid. The carbonic acid, generated by upnibufition, is cooled and purified l««fore it is driven into the chamber, The air passes in warm, and care is required to maintain ihe proper degree of moisture. The carbonate is the shape lii the metal upon Which it is formed, and the material is not rehioved until tlie corrosion is co m plete. What was possible under the ex- • jatiug bankruptcy laws (observes a JLiondoii paper) is illustrated by tbe liquidation of Messrs Overend and Guruey, who failed on M iy 11, 1866, more than 17 years ago. The shareholders ai c about to have returned to them 5s per share, At thr- end of 17 years, after so many persons have lost tiieir lives, the stttling is still going on ; and even now the business is not wound up. It will not be wound up for-some time to c«nie. What is a gentleman ? The following, said to have boen originally pub. Irs.ied in a Jfew York paper, is said to be ihe t est definition : — " The gentleman, is distinguished from him who is not by moral qualities whicli liavw justly won the highest place in tlm respect and admiration Of the world. The gentleman restrains his passions und subdues hit) selfishness ; he considers the comfort vi others before his own.; he respects the personality of those with whom he is brought in contact,; be never takes an unfair advantage ; he is scrupulously regardful of Jus own honour, doubly scrupulous if tb.e honour of others be committed to his ; keeping ; be may lack mental Oliltfcre, buthe is never without moral jefih» ment ; be way have an unpolished fexterior, but never a base nature ; t oarage he )ijlp, but shows it less in facing danger than in meeting responsibility; if not always sincere, he is Always reliable; and to him may bo Hafely committed all that others hold most dear, in simple rtli nice upon his honour ; he is a man whose manly traits are penetrated and modified i»y the gentleness ot women's nature and who ss ill preserves and endeavours to constantly act upon the manliest oi intitmctH— magnanimity." Moth n Swan's Wor# Svkiip.-^lu-falljbh-, tasteless, harmless, cathartic ; for feverishness, restlessness, worms, constipation. Is. at druggists Moses, &03S& Co., Sydney, Geueral .» gents.