MISCELANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume IX, Issue 1396, 5 May 1884, Page 3

MISCELANEOUS.

The authorities at Saint Gillis have adopted a plan which strikes one by its simplicity and common sense. They have supplied the police on night <luty with cloth boots, having indiarubber spies. With these boots the police are so perfectly noiseless that they are at least placed on a footing of •equal advantag" with "brfr&lars and •other dangerous spirits that walk by night. ._ The new Prime Minister of Spain is 355 years &l uge, and a widower without ■children. He once before served as a minister under Qneen Isabella ; huthis •eminence dates from the accession of King Alfonso, to whom he has always been a candid, if not always liked, adviser. The King his been several times offended at Canova's bliintness, without, however, withdrawing from him his confidence and esteem. He. is eminently .bourgeois**., not only by-name and rank, but also by his habit and manners. The Queen has granted to Sir Bichard Owen, in recognition of his eminent services to seien-ee, an addition of £100 to the civil list pension of JB2OO a year, which he was enjoying' In Great Britain statistics show that out of every 1000 Boliders 30 can neither read nor write, 28 can read Trot pot write, 188 can just read and write while,' 755 are really fairly -educated. At one of the hotels in San Francisco the other day, a drummer ordered a roast beef of the waiter. Pretty -soon

that functionary brought oh" a piece of meat in the plate the width of hisfinger. The drummer continued conversingwith his friend, apparently uuconscious that the order had been served. Soon he called the waiter again and asked why his order had not been attended to." " Here'syourroasbeef,"said the waiter. " I served it some time ago." " Oh, indeed ? So you did. I thought all the time it was a crack in in plate." Prospective brides may be interested to learn that there are days on which it is unlucky to many, according to the authority of manuscript dated in the fifteenth century. These days are :— January 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 10, 15 ; February 6, 7, 18; March 1, 6, 8; April 6, 11 ; May, 5, 6, 7 ; Jnne 6, 14 ; July 5; 19 ; August 15, 16; September 7, 9; October 6; November 15, 1(5; and December 15, 16, 17. Consequently, January is the worst month and October the best month in the year for marriage. Don't die ix the house. — " Bough on Eats " clears out rats, mice, beetles, roaches, bed-bugs, flies, ants, insects, moles, jack-rabbits, gophers. Moses, Moss & Co., Sydney, General Agents. The only safe and sure cure for Gravel or Urinary troubles, is Hop Bitter;. Prove it. Read.