NEWS IN BRIEF.

Manawatu Times, Volume IV, Issue 91, 24 November 1880, Page 3

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Some members of the British Philologies Society propose to change the spoiling O " laugh," " trough," and " rough," to lagh tro^h, rughj while others prefer laff, troff and ruf. At a bazaar m England £10 was given for a rose which had been m the fair grasp of the Princess of Wales. Shakespeare says th.it " a rose by any other name would smell us sweet ; but it may be added that " a rose by any other hand would not sell as high." Professor Miyart tell us that dogs seldom 1 reach the age of fifteen years ; hardly ever twenty years. Wolres and other allied animals live much longer. " Retrospective Proph»cy," whatever tLat is, is what Professor Huxley is working up now. It is reported from Berlin that Haus-Von Bulow has had a stroke of paralyais, and that he has lost the use of his right hand. Sarah Bernhardt is said to be taking two lessons m English daily. Accesses will now have toloak to their lanreh. The father of Mrs Langtry, the "professional beauty," is said to be m serious financial difficulties m the island of Jersey, of which he is Dean. It took thePridce of Wales a whole year to learn how to Waltz, and even now he holds his legs as stiff as pokers. What sort of a King will such a man make ? Kit Carson, a son of the famous scout, says that he and Henry M. Stanley, of African renown, once clipped sheep at two centi a head m New Mexico, and worked with a team sear Ogden, Utah, for • lodol a month. Manrice Koechlin, aged sixteen, an inmate of a school for the deaf and dumb, has recently passed succassfully his examination for the degree of Bachelor of Letters at Lyons, France. He is stone deaf and cannot articulate a single word. Since Jan. 1 of the present year 140 duels have taken place m France. The women of France are erecting a monument to Joan of Arc at a cost of £60,000. Since 1857, 62 steamers, valued at £551,000, have been wrecked on the coast of New Zealand. A servant at Q-overnmant'House. Sydney, presented her husband the other day with the 24th child. The French revenue of £100,000,000, is asserted to be the largest ever received from a population of thirty six millions. Opals are being extensively found m Queensland, and the local jewellers are busy polishing and cutting them. Painting on silk or satin m now a fashionable employment for ladies m Britain. Ribbons, muffs, parasols, and portions of the dress are all adorned m this way by the ladies' own hands. Natural flower 3 are worn at balls m the shape of pockets, necklaces, bracelets. Some of thp short sleeves are composed of double rows of roses. Great quantities of lace are worn. I At ajLondon ball, which cost £10,000, a weeping ash m the gurdsn was transferred into a fountain, and bowers of real grape vine 3 were aivaaged alougside the corridors m the house. A cheese factory has just been established FeathersLon. The plant uof the most complete description, and great success is anticipated for the venture. L;ist year the British and Foreign and the American Bibles Societies put into circulation 60,000 copies of their, scriptures. It is said t here are less likely tilings than that the Duke of Manchester should become a New South Wales squatter. For the first 16 days of the Melbourne Exhibition there were 119,656 visitors, of whom, 50,156 were admitted free. Cato, at eighty years, of ago, began to study the Greek language. The Irish absentee, landlords draw six and a half millions annually. Dr Johnston applied himself to the Dutch language but a few years before his death. Lockjaw runs m a family m Camden, N.J., three members of whioh have recently died from that c.iuse. A piano cla-s for the Mind is b^ing successfully conducted m Pariiy by M. SaintOven, himself a blind man. During last year there were m Austria 169,083 marriages, 878,035 births, and 652,492 deaths. Out of the 49,024 sailing vessels afloat on the world, only 116 were partially on fire, or burned, during 1879. The Life says that the Messrs Bass will lose £40,000 by the new Budget, Allsopps over £W,OIO, and Lhe to.vn of rur-ou^over £130,000. Many of the Scandinavians m the Norsewood settlement are on the verge of starvation. An Australian contemporary notes the cutting of a giant eucalyptus, felled m the Dandenong Range, Victoria, tkat had attained the height of 300 feet. Wedding cards are to be Bmaller then ever, and made as plum, quiet and|genteel as possible. The betrothal bracelet now takes the place of the engagement ring, and is worn m the left arm. Extravagance m d amen *est the Parii sians has reached its height. A dress at a fashionable dressmaker's was valued at £4,0C0 There is a lady at Smyrna, U. S., who has just buried her 7th. husband, and is eageily seeking for an Bth victim. Her n a : dennatne was Williams. A Paris lady at a French watering place changed her dress nine times a day. First she donned a breakfast gown, then a walking dress, then a bathing costume, then another walking dress, and after that a yachting toilet. After this a tea gown, a dinner dress, a casino costume, and then a careful evening toilet for a, select suppoi' and a card party, [ The Enrl of Eosslyii is president and the Duke of Westminster and the Earl of Shaf tesbury ai-e vice-presidents of a society to direct attention to the use of the goat a Bource of milk supply.