MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume X, Issue 1589, 19 August 1885, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

It is wonderful how mnch ** sqneez ins;"' the hun>;U) form divine (feina!** will stand ; if it is to only satisfy th< dictates of fashion. Au engineer onc< measure! the tension of his wife'i corset and found that she was lace<i up to th»* extent of 801 b to Ihe squan inch ! Takinsjont his pencil he figured this up to mean th;it the total pressnn on her ribs nin^unt-d to a trifle over a ton ami ;t half ! Wivw ! we've known a yonng feliow s<p<-«-z«* his girl so as k nr.ike her scream. Just tigger that up, It fioi.'t pay to hant for good lack. !.;<■!< is 'mt a subtle thing, and fa kne it when tliey find it. Tallent allwuz travels in the wake ov genius, picking up what iz karelesslj dropt bi the wayside. General M'lver has turned ap in Brisbane where he is endeavoring to organise, another New Guinea «?xpedi tion. Messrs Blackwood and Sons are al»ont to publish " The Tory Policy ol the Marquis of Salisbury," by Mr PliiL H. Begenal. Countess Von Hol>enewks isn't a handsome name, hat it i* the incog. n^der which the Empress of Austria travels. '•Rogn.es and Vagabonds," a scries of the waysides of life, by Mr George R. Sims, will l»e issued by Messrs* Chatto and Windas iunnedi<it«ly. It may look strange on the face ov it, bnt there arc lots ov people in the i world who have spent half their live* tricing to take the eight spot with the seven. ■ The cadet of a large English firm contemplates starting an earthenware manufactory iv Now Zealm I. The precise location has not been fixed yet. The Russian Government has issued an order forbidding the newspapers to make any r»-ft rence whatever to the action of Knssia in the Afghan affair. The Turkish Government has sent 1700 troops to S:iloniea, on account of the threatening attitude of Russia ou the Bulgarian frontier. Snicides may not be reported in detail in the Urugnayn papers under a penalty of a heavy fine. The theory of the authorities is that publicity rag. gests imii ation. Butterine is imported into England in vast quantities. During the first four months of this year £1,164,000 worth was imported, chiefly from Holland, Belgium, Denmark and France. A new feature of tlx? next international contests at Wimbledon, Englaud, will be a competition with revolvers, in which it is expected that large numbers of the police will take part. Every iron and steel mill in PitUburg and vicinity, with one exception is now nsing natural gas for fuel. This will reduce the consumption of coal at Pittsburg, 38,350,000 bushels per annum. Over 20,000 cases of k*rosene arrived by American ships, have Iteen condemned by the Queensland Customs' authorities for not having reached the standard test. W. L. Brown, of St. Petersburg, is said to have written a paper, to In* published shortly in book form, in wltifl' h> in;*l<* * a scrims attempt to co m)>i!« ;n nl iv I*i t>xt>n»g knowledge i <;i° wind anri w:inl cut rents and the nitiuenuv of lhi> moon then on, 80 M to

found some scientific rules for a definite weather guide. Like flakes of snow that fall unperceived on the earth, thfi seemingly unimportant events of lif« succeed one another. As the snow gathers together si fire our habits formed. No single flake produces a single change ; no single action creates, however it may exhibit, a man's character. During the next 250 years, it hai been computed, there can be only on* total eclipse of the sun -that o August 12, 1999— which can be seei in England. Archbishop Whately used to tell th story of a traveller, who, finding him self and his do? inn wild country, anr destitute of provisions, cut off hi dog's tail and boiled it for his owi supper, giving the bone to the dog. " No." said the merchant, "I don' advertise now. I mod to, but I got completely tired on:- waiting on custo mers Since I stou that advertisement I have had a coutiirvil vacation, and been able to discbarge two of mj clerks." A cement very much used at the present day in China and Japan is made from rice. It is only necessary to mix rice flour intimately with water a-id g*vif;!y smvn*r the mixture over a clear* fire, wh *n it readily forms a delicate anl durable ceimnfc, wliich answers all the purposes of common paste. Hanlan's Toronto townsmen are making amends for the cold shonlder given him when he first returned from his Australian trip. A banquet and reception was tendered him at his island home in Toronto, and an illn-Tni-nated address was presented to him. The enthusiasm shown by his many, admirers amounted to a regular ovation and his reception was never more flittering when he returned on previsions occasions as t,h<» world's champion oarsman. Referring to his cornin? match with Teemer, Raiilan said : " Teem u r is a great oarsman, proWblv greater t'-ia" any of vo:i are aware, of, and if I beat I will have to row my best." He said he thought he could bent Boach and wou'd return to Australia shortly and come home champion of the world again. The N.Z. Times, says :— Tt has been suggested to us that it would give a somewhat unfair advantage to the contestants who are to follow if we were to srive an analytical criticism of the details of execution. We therefore refrain doiii',' so, but we may mention that of the pieces given, perhaps the nio-"e meritorious and enjoyable, of all was the selection from Spohr's "Last Judgment," the sweetness, softness, and expteasion with which the famous quartet " Blest are the Departed " was interpreted, being specially remarkable. It is to be hoped that this will lw> repeated, but tin; who!e programme was excellently chosen, and will be very hard to beat by the other bands. The test of sight reading was a march written by the jndg^, Mr Mackintosh, with th^ express view of proving the band's capacity in various features of wind-instrument practice, such as donble-tonguing, unision shakes, chromatic progressions, &c, also their quickness and readiness in reading by interpolating sudden and unexpc^fc-d pmsus in peculiar situations. T'ia bin I, however passed the ordeal triumphantly, and both they and their able and enthusiastic conductor, Mr Jones, may be cordially congratulated on thuir opening performance. One thing a Snick ns as specially praiseworthy, and that, was their very orderly and soldiery demeiiour manifested in the way they took up their positions, and in their thoron/h readiness to commence at once without any preliminary tuning. Not a sordid was heard from any of the instruments save that actually written down in the scores from wlr.c'i th^v olivid. T-iis was muc'i appreciated by the audience. No little commotion has been occasioned in the North (writes a Home inner) by a stntevnen!;, whir.h is genernllv credit.-d. that Mr W. L. Winans, the well koown American sportsman, and lately made notorious by the " pet 1am 1 ) cas°,'' has just added another extensive tract of land to his already princely forest. This gentleman's snorting domain stretches from the Boauly Firth to the shores of Loch T)nich, and embraces some of the finest pastoral lands in the Highlands, large tracts of which, at no remote period, maintained a hardy and prosperous peasantry. The shootings of Olenaffaric and Knockfin, now let to Lord Tweodmonth, will he added to those already in his occupancy. Lord Tweed mouth has erected an exceedingly pretty lodge at th« head of Lociiaflftrie, at a cost of about £7000, and it is understood that it, too, goes to Mr Winans. Mr Winans is already the grazing tenant of the forge sheep farm of Knockfin. The rental of this farm is about £1000, but Mr Winans pays double that sum for it. Now that Lord Twoedmonth 's shooting lease is brought to a somewhat unexpected termination, it is believed that Mr Winans will convert the whole of the land into a deer forest. Affaric and Knockiiu are both on the Chisholm estates, and regret is expressed in Strathglass and the North generally that any proprietors should enter into any arrangement whereby the shooting principality of Mr Winans should be further enlarged. Mr Winans already pays yearly £7000 to The OJiisholra. Sir O. Grey has advised Mrs Marcus Clarke (widow of the deceased Australian author, md fomvrly a Dimedin girl) to apply for the Queen's pension available for the windows of literary men. I believe Sir G. Grey suggested it would I>h a grafff'il and appropriate act if this pension were, coiiffrred On (he widow of an Australian writer, now

that a movement is in progress to bini the Empire together in a bond of federa tion. It is expected that Mrs Clark will forward Sir George's letter to hi: old friend, the present English Premier with whom would rest the recom mendation for granting the pension. The question of whether medica men should be the sole depositaries o: the power of admitting to hospitals has recently been the subject of controversy in Melbourne, but it mighl also tie so here. The Auckland Herald of a recent date says :— " On Thursday night last, a young nun named Sydney Evans was found by Sergeant Kiely on a doorstep, ill and destitute. On being examined by T)v Tf-nnenfc at tlin Polic« Station to give him shelter for tho night, he was found to be in the second stage of consumption, in an unfit Sate to remain in a police cell, and the doctor recommended his removal to fclje. Hospital. A fonwr comrade took Evans there in a cab, but it is alleged that the Hospital authorities demurred to receiving him, apparently on the old ground that he was not a fls subject for the Hospital, huiwt incurable. Evans' friend is said to have expressed himself warmly and wondered what on earth the institution was for, if not to receive dying men who were destitute. The upshot was that Evans was either left or received. Poor fellosv, he was past all cure, and so far proved the medical authorities to be infallible, for he passed away hi to the, Unseen on Tuesday, no more to worry the doctors or the Hospital Committee as to who shall have the deciding power of ad*> mitting patients. The awkward question still remains unsolved. What is to be. done with the next Sydney Evans dying by inches, friendless Hid hojoeless, on a doorstep V