MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume X, Issue 1535, 15 April 1885, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

* One ef tho most startling feaioroc in ths Pennsylvania oil region is tho numher of deserted villages which have been caused by the exhaustion of ail wells. Pi thole is a remarkable saddle of oil excitement Barley eighteen years ago stood a city of 20*000 inhabitants with curches, th«v | ties, hotels, daily newspapers, pipe Hues, railroad and telegraph offices, aud all the appliances of a busy city. Now, says a recent traveller through that region, all appears is a log cabin, the dismantled wing of an old hotel some decaying timbers, and a little clearing in the forest so satarated with oil and salt water tha nothing will grow upon it A poor demented old man i» now the ouly inhabitant. There is, in the intercourse of the deaf with each other, a curious abtenoe of that espirei d* eorp* which govtrne most olacsot of eufierers. £aab looks upon his fellow as more deeitaaa himself, and where be has bees -.!:*<HWI with whips, he chastises bis b:'oti:ta vfi'.'u sections, sw to.spjwk

This is th- h-iO-«-:» i r. ? oo.f^Bi...iof •n» Whosn inflrniry is very trying upr,ti th<- views of •ho.c whosf he»ri-iK is good. . Are von to take astro -.oioy :«•*: -meal lesson, *«••!•„? vacaUon. I,?t that nice? ttj. » »"' J^ a.danatias?' Oh, L .nw. m.v &«*' j He says * ana th« world to him, and wiwnt l«an my head on his shoulder »he is my Atlas.' The Mahdi i* said to command a force of 100.033 -n; -, se-.tt«r«-d \*- twe«nß«n-b«T.S'ie'vly. a-» I K larfc^iin, of whom ..n-- M.f *- !"- --t ween D*r>->\ \ nrt K'wrtonnri. Several &ffic«rs of *V :»v.,iy of Hicks Pasha are with the Mihdi. an<l ii=iv«* to. .Ned for kirn more th*n on«- >-.%'ilar reuiruent. The negro I'e^i" =>i«»n<; it Ab-dol A!, whit-h were at D.imi^tta at the time »f the mfmrvubl- bitt^ "f Tci •1 Kebir. and which was considered, net without r^asan, t^.R only good omof the Egyptian array, is tl9o in th* servi<» of th^ Malidi. S««nt to _thi* j Pash*. it went ovt-r ;-. tf,* ---b-l >i&'' witUout liMitatio?!. The M=ih-ii h^s SjßJL+e hi* wrvi.'M iG-T'HJMjk') a.xromp^niecl •■iek«» P^h> «Wf w»nt over to t!i" • >■■ Ir'^'* 1 be V*9 in his trii i F !••• i V! "« ! '3t— M. Oliver Ph.-i-v !« '■•• '■'• •-' M*liomedan!s.a, v\\ *** b".'-«»-fl ' the chief friend of tiip He' played a lealin? part, and it is under his orders that f )nnidnblf entrenchments have b^'vi erec*,?d at the Mabdi's camp in OuH'-na* ». ?->nr railea from Khartoum. T!i« Mabdi is also kept w«*ll informed of thp movements of th* English px^ditw»n, and w*!l snppHed with provisions fo>- hi« troops. AH the trilws arc friendly to him. He is in , communication with thf famous Sheikh Seitous^i, rf Biroa, with Jhe triheg of Hedjaz and Mecca, and with Constantinople. The greater number of the province of Dongola are also favorable to him. The conrse of events iv the last f'"v weeks si^ni6cant!v 9l>ows ns how mnt?h larger th« curren'tg of human affairs are than we are apt. to consider thmn and how much smaller is the share of individual choice or volition in determining them than we often suppose. In many places, and especially in New South Wales*, the recent important st^p of sen line? cslonUt e»:itin.?*nts 'to th« armies of the Empiro is frequently discussed as through it*» exception fmgan and ended with C 4Neoiflion of Mr Dall«y. Mr Ddlev 'hi-iiself h*s protested against this view, and has declared that h* only did what would* have been done by any one else in his place. Bat still "this opinion is the current one. How hopelessly, however ifc fails of the explanation of actual facts 19 shown by the most cursory glance at < every moruinsf paper. It is seen that ' almost the whole, activities of the sffeat 1 natiena^f the world have for the time j 3 passed from internal affairs to external j 1 and have become international. De- 1 ntestic questions have in the most j peaceful countries sunk into a second place, and general attention is concentrat«d «n th« struis?le and clash of great national and territorial interests. The peried is one of immense expensive »ctiTity, and th» sjrear movements which result are constantly fanning into contract and often into conflict. The effect is U cultivate, a strong j ] national feeling, a keen susceptibility to national honor, md a desire to b»ar a part in a great, all-absorbing wor kof ■ ( the day. We do nothing ori^inil, and i c tak« no iwitiative in asserting our claims , to be regarded as integral parts of the f military power off the Empire. We < only go with the stream. In fact, we i f *rS only swept along by it. A.ll this is . l of the atmosphere in -^hl-b we live. We are all getting to look mm-iia iy at t'.e ( possibility of sharing in btii<e stru-jg!*B , in bare idea of which would ha v« caused j i th* ottnost alarm a few years ago. The j i i&Nt that Prince Bismarck is at the I bottom of it aH is in t'i^ sime category with the belief that onr Australian »ovenv-Mfc all am* f 'Tu M"D'M-v . Both riewrf ■■■•■• fr.it, ->.- ■ : ■■■ri-'.r : '!'i" it«ly too u'vii in > > i . » i dividaftl l'lltittivfi <»f ? tt^« uiit, i!i i t"o little to th«^r«*at, oroad, almost Wiia'!, impute* by which statesman and the natiotn th«»y rule are at time. Iwrne iri-^s j Utibly along. — AuntraVvtian March 14. Qu» of the Rothschilds was go ( 4*H^*t*d witli the *«i11..t of •• Th^ ! fMratts" at the London Alam't'.'a. t'lat! %» ma 4« a pntomt of a crown a piece — that i« to say ftre shillings each— to •very 0«« of the ballet Rtrls. They are ft«* asking tf there are auy more ttotliwhilds than one, und if that kind *f thing ru»» in the family. An English botanist of g^m* note j kaa recently b<?e» showi'ig the memWrs i ©f the L'mtmxn Society tko principles ! that onderlie the individuality of plaatf, with the special object of proving than plants have a dim sort of intelligence, and are not merely arL aggres;*tion of tissuvs responuive to tHiw direct influence of lij^it. A project is announced of tunnelling Mont Blanc, notwithstanding the fact that it wiM cost i' 3,200,000, take eight years' time, and be the fourth tunnel i*outeint» Italy. A German inventor has utilised cork iv the manufacture of fancy articles hy a navel process, Powdered cork is mixed with starch and water, and the mass kneaded while boiling hot until thoroughly mixed. It is then poured inte moulds, and afterwards dried at a very high temperatare. An American paper says that th€ ' greatest tea drinker in England is Mi ' * (rlarfs.ton« ; th# greatest in France, M ■'■ Ofemenceau ; and in America, Mi *- Boucieault. The latter carries whih trarollisg a fla*k of tea a j oUiei-s do o

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