MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume IX, Issue 1355, 30 January 1884, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

The Manawatu Times gives currency to a report that Sir William; Fox is likely to be asked to stand for Rangitikei at the next election. Our contemporary adds that a number of Mr Stevens' supporters have asked Mr ■» rkwright, formerly a member of the English Parliament for Derby, and now a Rangitikei setter, to stand for the seat, but. he has definitely declined to- do so. Though indigenous everywhere, the "masher" flourishes nowhere so luxuriantly as in London, the capital Of i bhe world. The scientific reporter of * medical journal recently caught one *>f these trousered idiots and subjiected i turn to analysis, the following result: { —Bicarbonate of cheek; 990.280>r i issence of gall,. 2,500 ; mitrate of stare, I 2.5 0 . tincture of conceit, 8.500 ; I oxalate of cuff, 270 : protoxidn of i sollar, 256 ; acetate of toothpick r 267 ; l 'ulphate of smirks, 500 ; chloride of « )f coatfail, 002.; cyanide of Brain doubtful), 001. Total r 1,000.000t ( "Rough on rats."— Clears ou<t_ats r nice, roaches, flies, ants, bed-bugg, r >eotlf-s, insects, • skunks,. jac/k : rabhits, a ■ophers. Druggists. Moses, Moss & 2 Jo.. Sydney. Geueral Agents. ; -.

" An association has been formed, it is reported, for the purpose of discouraging private entertainments of an ' elaborate and expensive character, and , of promoting others which shall be i conspicuous for their simplicity and I frugality. Every member of it will be called upon to sign a self-denying ori dinance, by which ha pledges himself 1 neither to give nor attend a heavy ' dinner-party, nor a ball at which tbe I refreshments take the form of a costly ■ set supper, nor to sanction any oon- ' viviai feasting which can be held to be ■ conducive to dyspepsia, headache, liver > complaint, or apoplexy, and to the ' rapid* depiction of the entertainer's purse. ' A fire occurred in Christchurch on Saturday' night, by which the fotlow--1 ing ships were destroyed :; — A. Simpson, bookseller - r Church, draper; ' Delamore* grocer;- and Smith, shoe- ' maker. The v following, insurance offices are interested :. — Liverpool and > London,- £500; Standard, £500; Union, £825; New Zealand, £1300 ; Mercantile Union- £1000'; Imperial,. ■■ £500 ; South British,. £500 ; Phoenix,. £1000 ; Royal, £500 ; Norwich Union. 1 £500; Guardian, £500; United, £500; Victoria, £500; Hamburg- ! Magdeburg, £475 ; London and Lancashire, £500. There were one or two ! other items, bringing up the total in- ' surances to £10,250. Spain rose to the headship of Europe ' (says the Spectator), founded tho '* mightiest organisation for war seen in Europe up to that time, conquered I wherever she listed, attacked England, and in a great storm oft the Orkneys lost her leadership. Louis XIV. [ raised 400,000 men, previously considered an impossible number, dis- : ciplined them under a cast of warlike though profligate nobles, conquered or defeated all he encountered, roused the patriotism of England, and, after years , of defeat, was rat-lid to his grave like '. a pauper, to escape tbe cutses of his i own subjects. A correspondent of the London Times writes : — There can be little doubt that one reason why there is so little good reading aloud among English people is that many persons areafraid to trust themselves to pronounce words which they have never heard pronounced by others. This is one of the penalties we pay for our irregular spelling. We cannot of course be expected to remodel our j spelling to suit the Continental pronounciation of the letters, but we caur see that there is some little justification for the French lady (a genuine case) who, frequently discoursing of high life, pronounced the words so as to rhyme with fig-leaf. lamina position (writes " AngloAustralian " in the " European Mail") to absolutely contradict the statement that on his release, next year, the Claimant will become a publican- *« Sir Roger " has not been cultivating his mind all theso years past for such an occupation as that It is stated by Mr E.. Kimber, of the Tichborne Release Association that a comfortable home will be ready for this victim of the law and the Jesuits when he requires it, and if he is not recognised by his country generally as a " nobleman " deprived of his estates and title, he will, at all events, be housed like a private gentleman. A rather singular occurrence took place recently, says the Maryborough, and Duunolly Advertiser, at the interment of the late Woolff, a highlyesteemed German resident of Maryborough. On the coffin being brought to the grave the Rev. J,. C. Atkinson ' (the officiating clergyman) noticed: that there was a dog in the grave. This put a stop to the ceremony until the animal could be removed. But it was found that the accomplishment of this purpose was not an easy task.. The gravedigger first decended, but immediately he did so, the dog, a smart little terrier, flew at him and bit him on the hand. Attempts were then made to throw a sack over the animal,, but without effect. Another person then went to the assistance of the . .rave-digger, but the dog still fought viciously, and was only captured- at last by making a noose of the grave rope which was passed over the animal's head, and thus it was drawn to the surface, where there was nearly as much trouble in getting the rope from the dog's neck. There are those who laugh at the science of physiognomy and phrenology. Let him do so who can conscientiously aver that he has ever met with a retreating, apeish forhead covering a sagacious brain ; a vacillating nature, combined with a square, Napoleonic jaw and chin ; and a vulturine,. nasal; beak and near shifting eyes with a frank, honest nature ; a snub' nose with statesmanlike- or com mandiug qualities; or narrow, pinched nostril e with a cogitative mind ; an. ear placed forward and near the top of the head: with any intellectual force;; a brutal mouth with a refined disposition - r thin pale lips with sympathetic nature, or an eloquent tongue; or thick red lips, without sensuality ; a bullet cranium and enormous nape witho.it erimimial or gladiatorial instrincts. Happily formosi. of us these things pass unnoticed in the world. Familiarity with the ordinary types of mankind renders people unobservant : general good looks, a pleasant manner, fine clothes aud hair, covers a multititude of sins ; and, in cases where the exterior is unusually attractive, and the character as a whole genial and lovablei the outward signs of spiri ual defect are all but imperceptile.— Sir Henery Pottage, Blue and Green, vol 3, gage 50. m ßuch!o--paiba." — Quick, complete -•ure.-,. all annoying Kidney, Bladder md Urinary Diseases. Druggists Moser, M«»s & G\, Sydney, General A.gen'a. .•••-.. •-..'.- . ....