MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume IX, Issue 1475, 26 November 1884, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

"" A waiter a*t mne "off the leading betels in phjcjstchurch had a rare sl^ce of Juck in the local sweepstakes*"^©^' fltttS 1 flew Zealand C'i*\ He drew Leonora twice — one in " Robin* i Hoodii v pro* gramme, which gave him a prize of £191, anT a^xin^ni-^p^e&l U u-

limited," consisting of 2550 subscribers at 10s, in which the second was £172. Tho Paris correspondent of the Times writes: — "Two fresh Monte Carlo -uicides are recorded by the Nice journals. A Polish advocate named Goulscky, aged 30, has shot himself, having left the gaming tables penniless, and bis rich parents having refused to send him further funds, of which they foresaw the certain destination. A man namedMaurin, who had been living for several months at Nice, regularly frequently the gaming tables, has killed himself with laudanum. While these tragedies are still going on, even in the Monte Carlo dull season, its managers have unconsciously betrayed some misgivings as to the duration of the establishment. They have -announced on the Paris Bourse the issue of 60,000 shares of £20, their •apparent design being, not to dispose of" their shares, but to make it believed that they have been disposed of, and . that a host of shareholders is interested in the maintenance of the infamy. They •seemingly hope that this will deter the French Government from exerting pressure on the Prince of Monaco, or will at le»3t give them a better chance ot an indemnity if the concession be cancelled." j Oue of the largest declarations of weiring appeal recently made at the New York Customhouse was that of Mrs Ayer, who arrived in the Gallia. ]\trs Ayer is the widow of Dr Ayer, of Lowell, the well-known pateut medicine man. She has . sixty packages, contuing a variety of rich and costly cl ithing. Among the articles declared by Mrs Ayer were two fans valued at £100, each, and three dresses valued at £220 each. A now uso has been found for sawdust by employing it, under a recent patient, as a substitute for use in house plastering. It is claimed to "be cheaper, lighter, warmer, more porous, and by its non-conducting qualities causing the inner surface of the wall to retain the heat which sat id plastering allows to escape. A London paper, in an article upon the influence of the clergy in public Affairs, goes en to say that they have been taught to deal in intangibilities, not iv matters real — things that can be seen be felt and understood. The United States has set the world an ■example in this matter. A man may be a clergyman if he pleases ; but when lie has chosen his vocation the people take good care he will not meddle with public affairs, even to the extent of getting elected a member of a school "board. And they are right. Clergymen are in this world, uot of it, and the sooner the peoples of all countries •come to realize this fact and to act upon it, the better will it be for our 'common humanity. The length of the ballet girl's dress again puzzles the officials in the case of a new production. In shortness not in length we mean. The officials do not like to say •• longer," but the public may. It may be remarked tbat a long skirt does not hinder good dancing ; for instance the late Madame Tagliaei's stage costume would have -surpassed ballet-dancers of the present day, Tiie fact was that •she never in the whole of her career wore a dress which allowed her knee to be seen. Her own ideas of art were well expressed in the rebuke she administered to one of her admirers in Millan, who begged her to shorten her •dress "just a very little.' " Signor," replied the dancer, " I do not dance for men; I dance for wives and their daughters.' 1 Comely girls of marriageable age are .old in Yokohama for £3 5s each. The Maori population is generally -set down at 42,000 to 45,000. A person named Puckridge has just had to suffer the penalty of an electioneering joke at Sand which (England). On the occasion of the general election of- 1880, Mr Puckridge's enthusiasm for his party was so great that he did not stop at bedecking himself with "party" ribbons, hut he colored his dog with a yellow dye. The effect on tha d>s* Wis s-rio'n, anl -after suffering a great deal of pain it had to be destroyed. The case was taken up by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and the defendant was sentenced to six -weeks' h?rd labor without the option of a fine. Notice of appeal was given, and the defendant was granted bail. In the interim, however, he left the country and lived in Boulogne uutil a few weeks ago, when he was arrested as he was making his way back to the mail packet at Dover. The defendant -tfho seemed very much surpised was ♦conveyed to Canterbury gaol, where Le will fulfil the term of sentence. Said Mr Boucicatih) in his. lecture on acting : — " The letter R has been nearly swept from the-language, simply because the Prince of VVales and the Duke of Edinburgh pronounce it like W, aud their friends followed their example." The coupon prize of 100 guineas offered by the Melbourne ' Sportsman ' ta the successful tipster who first lUraed the winners of the Giulfield Cup, y.&Q. Derby, and Melbourne Cup was not secured. Although several thousand coupons were forwarded, Rufus was never coupled with Brink Bonny* ""The " destruction" at Auckland of Ihe consignment of apples from San Francisco by the last mail steamer appears to have resulted in as wide*, if not a Wicfer dissemination of the codlin moth titan; a diapbsal of the apples in t!v» ordinary. wfry .ntAi-adewoull brave <lone Tue Herald said the oases wer^ carted to a ' piece of reclamation aud the. agylys there thrown out of th«> cases. The, news spread, a great crowd of m^yit^ l^d^'<-oMected i and h greaijscranibld for the f/uit took place.

3 The police were utterly • powerless . to stoo them, and even the. drays } were boarded and the cases robbed of » their contents whilst on the way. The j .scene was one of indescribable conl'l fusion, and after it had lasted two , hou ts the Customs authorities decided i r to stop operations. The result was i i.ij thi.ig nut w..at was intended for 'io fri'nl> was fo-ind in various parts of j . the city, safely encased in the papers I ; the apples had been wrapped in. : Children and men earned the apples i away, and cared not where they threw the papers so long as they got the fruit. The VZ limes of yesterday says : — The steam r Kennedy brought a second consignment of 32 tons of antimouy ore from Endeavor Inlet . yesterday afternoon for shipment to London by the Pleion. The latter vessel takes as ballast altogether 300 tons of this ore, which, as we stated some time back, commands a very good price in the English market. About thirty men are employed at Endeavor Inlet in getting the ore, which is obtained by blasting in " drives " cut into the face of the hill. Au inclined .ram way conveys the ore to a handy little wharf were it can be shipped with the greatest ease. The extraction of antimony from its ores ia mainly carried on at Liuz.in Austria, where, the sulphide of antimony is found extensively, and iv Great Britian, which receives its supply of ore from Singapore and Borneo, commonly as ballast. Exposed to the air at ordinary temperatures, antimony does not tarnish or rust, and this property, combined with the hardness of the metal and its compounds, renders it of essential service in the construction of alloys, such as Britannia metal, type metal , and plate pewter. It is likewise employed in the preparation of the large concave mirrors used in astronomical obsevation, and in the casting of bells to make them harder and whiter, and to give them a clearer and stronger sound. The various compounds of antimony are used as medicinal agents, especially the tartar emetic, a compound of protoxide of antimouy, potassia, and tartaric acid. As it is stated that the supply of the ore at Endeavor Inlet is almost inexhausti -le, it will be seen that there is every probability of another important item being added to the list of New Zealand exports, and that in the future there will be an opening for important local industries in this part of the colony iv connection with the extraction of this valuable metal, from its ores, and its utilisation in various manufactures. i " DECLfNE OF man." — Nervous Weakness, Dyspepsia, Impotence, Sexual Debility, cured by " Wells' ealth Renewer." Druggists. Kempthorne, Prosser & Co., Agents, Christchurch. Take Hop Bitters three times a day, and you will have no doctors' bills to pay. See.