ALL ROUND THE WORLD

Manawatu Times, Volume V, Issue 171, 9 November 1881, Page 2

ALL ROUND THE WORLD

■■'•>-' .•'-■'■>■ -■"'~. ♦ -'''"- ■■'■ '^H Effect? of Ok amming.— There been several-, distressing deaths -'^H amoDgst yonng. .people -who had^H cVanimed^to a fatal exteß*. tbat^B might pasa examinatinns. If tbej^H lived: and had succeeded passiq^ ■■ examinations they would have io^H tl^iaiellYf^fijirlife ; but thejr hare^H They are the victimi of ambttiotu P^H and of parrot kaowkdge is miidoitt^H

"military cadet, i& tfdditiotfNd "Latin, 6reek } algebra, mathematics, Fr»ncK and German, has to take up for examination "The Canterbury Tales" »b bis first reading-book. /The object seems to jrbe cram the education of a lifetime into the first twa' deca^e^ -of .ekistance, so that the system 'may be 'able 'to boast that it turns, out .a.yqujth so perfect that he neyer. nee 4; want, ; and .certainl^' would not be likely to wish, to ojbn a book •gain. ....._ _... ;t . ( ;. v . ... -'■ ;: -; . V; ; ■:'■ ' MURDB«OUS OUT,ttA(S« IN OoltK.— An extraordinary outrage occurred at Ratbcoole, near Mill-street County Cork, on the occasion of the tnarrwge f»f SirOeorge Colt hurst, the chief; landlord m ,tsie district. The tenentsw^ere engaged m rejoicings. They had assembled round a bonfire, and were dring from some barrels of porter. About eleven o'clock, ten armed men with rifles, revolvers, and pikei/and having tb ir faces blackened, came upon the scene.. They formed. a circle round the tenants, wht were too much terrified to move; The word ;to fire wasgiyenby one, of the men, who appealed to be m .command, "and , imme-1 diately a vojleyr was discharged amongst the unfortunate people: Several received revere shot wound.B in various parts of ; the body, and two were wounded m their rides with revolver bullets. The party then rushed m upon the party and beat them with stick Having driven them ofi^ they. quenched the fire with the porter aud scattered the embers about the place. They remained but a short .. time, and then marched off. They were not followed, and there was no means of identifying any of the party. .",. Several of the tenants have been seriously injured,' and four are lying m the hospital dangerously hurt. . ' ' Vagabond Homoue. —It is curious that the British tramp should have been so long overlooked by the graphic writer. Yet, the scampish fellow would seem to ! ! have m him ail the essentials for a jvery striking piece of portraiture. Here we read/iif one of them who* having i dcstroyedvhis own clothei^while taking a night's lodging at the workhouse, was > brought. iafo Court next day pinned up •??:ina*!anketi like Dickens' ♦* IVf r^Mopes." iWb'ile his case was, being heard, bfe occasionally shook off this covering, just to fho^r the Afagisjtrate- that he really had i no rother clothes. An even niore! impudentrdpg was<tbe:Warrington tramp whe the other day paid a visit to the Bull* iHJKttI Inn; m that town; -On hidt first visitv he.apnronnstpd: gome 31b ofi cheese and escaped with is booty, although the landlady caught sight of the . ragged de/poiledliti he r wag making off, ;with the ;^'cheese 'dropping} from his pocket.; He does not seem to have been aware' that - she bad observed him>- for- m the course >■ ofhaljF^an ( vhpur . b*ek be came t^>- the ' h'oiisef -'Then putting on what is ki>own among Ihe Irish as « the poorfaee,'" he begged the kind ladyrto -give him a' morsel of bread to eat with a bit, of cheese be had= picked ? Npw,< it would have * een j aßt aß . €a »7> * n d % more sr.fe for the jEcamp to bive : gone to "same; other house," arid can ofily be concluded, '■'"- "therefore, that he was tempted into danger by his sense of humour. ; ... A;? HOCir * 0 Hrs Dignity.— Democrate failway accidents; says an American paper, are no respecters of persons 1 The^DukeoeAthol-wasin a Msleepinsrcar m a; train abound i for Omaha. Whan " standing kt a station the car was run into by a freight train; which, as an ATnierican i reporter; graphical it," ? shook. >;■: (t^PSSiPP. Uyely, fcjUt^did no;, particular damage" The sleepers were alarmed, however,' arid the 'Duke jumped \-oub- ; Immediately? the passenger train 'moved °^H^9 f^^^«J?^ presumably, an ordinary T oec^rrence which 1 demanded no •< investigation*; and the Duke found him■elf.on the boundless prairie m hisnifflitebirt Jaappilyhisclotbes-wereVsentto him by the. next train; and by : this time it is hoped that he has reeoveited his equanimity.. /■. i ;;, "; Boycotting a Driwicaiu>:— it may .not beijgenerally: known thar^ there is a clause (N0.167} m ,% new JAtrtKni' -'Act; which runs as follows :~ M When" it ■t. a ]l he made to appear m open Co,urfc< that any person by excessive drinking of -liquor mis-spend*, wastes, or icsaen/his J*«. estate-or greatly injures his or her health; or endanger* or interrupts the happiness of bis or her family, the indices preeWjng m such Court shall by; writing under the bands- of any twb such justices forbid.anyjjcensed .person to sell to him AorJier ; any liquor for tbe space! of one y^ar, and such justices or any two justices ■- may at tbe same or any other time m like roarner forbid the selling o f any such liquor to the said drunkard by any such ,-, licensedpereon of any other city^town, t ? or, district, to which the drunkard shall ormay be likely, to resort to the same.' Tbe penalty provided for a breach of this Bection is a sum not exceeding £10. This clause^ of course only comta into force after due notice has been given tonubi Kcans;: The first jime that the clause referred to has been putinto operation since tbe passing oftheActloccurred on Friday at.the; Dtinedin Police Court when Wilh liam A-lexander, charged with attembtine ~ to commit suicide, was bound over <io? montns m nis «to recognisances of ;£SO; and, it was ordered by the presiding justices thaXnotices^^ be given ; to the publicans m j the city tbat they were,not,to supply him with liquor till tt»e. stated period had" expired. The Bench remarked thai the attcnpt-ef-tben accused to. rommit suicidt wasfdue to his 'fr^:' 1 " habitual drunkard, land- they thoßght.be. was a fit iuhj ec t ; to brin* nndrr the : clause m question. = ... -1 ..Hisrewc Mummibs. A "find" of gr^aud rar« interest to historians has ? just befJb ma«?e m BgypS. I n a wcret sultry huwu out of the solid rock of the Lybian Mountains, a large numberof re--licsoftheThrbiaij dynasty We been discovered, 'li.ere are thirty Royal mummies, one of which is that of Thutmes TT. who reigned 1600 years before the birth of Christ, arid who qnarrier the obelisk, Cleopatra'? Needle, which now stands upon the Thames] Embanks went. Another mirmmy is that of 'Bamse« IT, who^i76 years ;afrer tpe deartj of Thutrncsj^au^ed h'fa.own official tiTleetto > c earned upon tbe same obelisk. Papyri wcK> 'buniin all the coffins,- some-of the Inul.sfKMfiible value. The feoflSn confining the remains of Nant 'Neydem, a dauprhterof K-'ng Ramses IL, ■• is adorned witb^oW and- precious •tone* of graatyahie. In all nearly two thousand objcc'.s have; been discovered j ■■•' '•"'"'-'■ BbPOET.BD PlscbVßlfcy INiTHB SHlP>btolhihg ; iFAABBf:;-r-r/ Professor RtouJ Pasted, writes the Geneva comspondent of the Times, who bai been giving hit

attention of late to marine architecture, announces a discovery, which if his anticipation be realised, will effect a revolution m the art of ship building and greatly atgraent the speed of seagoing and other ships. The discovery consists m a new method of construction and ! such an arrangement of the keel as will diminish the resistance of the water to the lowest prssible point. Vessels built m the fashion devked by Professor Pictet, iai stead of sinking prows in rtbe water as their speed increases, will rise outoftne water the faster tbey*gb, m such a way tbatthe only parts exposed to the frictibn of the water will be the sides of the hull aud the neighborhood of the wheel. In other words, ships thus constructed, instead of pushing tßeir way through the water, willglide over >it;% Accordiog to the Professor's calculations, m the accuracy of which he has tbe fullest con. fidence, steamers built after his design will attain a speed of from fifty to sixty kilometres the hour. A model steamer on the principle he has discovered is 'm course of course of construction at Geneva. The machinery has been oodered at Winterfhiir, and when ready the new veicel will make her trial trip on Lake Leman. : Letter Counting: -^ When the enormous number of letters passing through the Post office daily and the haste of despatch are considered, it' will be concerted that it is no easy matter to ascertain with~ accuracy the exact hunber transmitted during a f year or any other given period ; and yet for statistical purposes this is not infrequently an important matter. 'The' enumeration is at present mentally peiv formed by the stamper as the letters pan under his hands, and his method is of course, open to objection on the score of human fallibility. In order to render the process of counting infallible. Mr. H. Ferguson and Mr. H. R. Kempe, of the General Post office, have invented and patented a method whereby perfect accuracy is attainable, either by, mechanical or electrical means. In thefi.st a small counter, similar to an engine, counter is placed m the head or handle of the. hand stamp, and each time the stamper pressesit upbti-a letter it is registered on the cojinter. At the dose of; the day tbe stamp is opened^ the^ \ number of letters stamped, read- of unregistered, and; the counter set ready for the next day's work. In the second case, -two methods have been devised for electrically effecting the object. In one, the striking of the inking pad causes electrical contact |to be made, whish transmits a current jto a counter similar to that of a gas meter, and so registers every letter stamped. The other methoa is similar m -principle, but a levejnstajn|pisemplpyedii This invention is ingenious, and has the merit of being ; /both simple and effective; thus commending itself to notice »s a means of correctly registering the numbVr of letters pawing through the post. '. A LrBEUAi. SVyAGB-^His sable of the Islands had bis health proposed by the Lord Mayor at the- banquet recently given m London. Tn reply he spoke as follows:— I itbank you. for the kind manner m which you have proposed/my health. I assure you it is very gratifying to' mVtbat the present Lord Mayor has been to our; island, and has given us a gracious sketch of the customs i of the country which I ruljj. We hnye no Land Leaguers there (laughter and cheers), hnt we have our Liberals and Conservatives. lam glad to s^iy that I am half between the two, or. as you say, gentlemen, Co> <i»r ya iiy^ 7 LiberaL This being, my firqt: visit to this country, I assure you that; T have been yerymuch pleawaby what I have seen of the grafciousness; of Her Majesty the Queen, H.RvH., the Prince of Waleß,;and tbe rest of the Royal Family,^and the very many distinguished r persons of this country , r and I return you all my sincere thanfts.—^Cheers.) On my return to my country I shall carryback with me the most ;pleasant recollections of mV visit here.— (Cheers )" y ■ ; - A Six-fingered FAMi;i,t.— lt may interest tame of our Teaders to hear that tHre is at present living m Brown's r lpwT), JamniQa, a... family^in whom the ponsession of six fingers has been 'hereditary, for at least four generations. Un-' fortunately tSey consider the six finger a deformity, and; always amputate it, so thatihere inve;j little opporturiiiy of observing it; TKere; is a little prl; bowever, upon whbm this operatioc !has not been performed, Slid I much regret that, H? her parents have takenher upjintotbe bills to work m their provision j I could not r e her, . As lam informed, tbe sixth finger springs jtiom th'e'little finerer knuckle at right angles to !the little finger, and when it is free of it it turns up parallel to the rest,-/ beinel a little Shorter than ; the ,little finger, tj'u't quite perfect, with nail and two joints. It is bent and extended wjA the rest [on opening or closing the fist; [ \ Another fact, which I daresay, however, \a usual m such cases, came under my notice at: Brown's Town, viz., two perfectly black parents haying a family ail pure albrabs.—'Nature.* ..■'..■.. . ' '/, '•■!"" : ■ ■■' PbTTEPTINO THE HoUSB OF JCOMMONS --^One. result of the fresh Fenian outrage m Liverpool has been to' cau?e k renewal pf those precautions m the Hourfe of Commons which' were at; tne t ? rne of ( the.atrhc% on the Mansion House. For many weeks pr. : the regulation which _forb.yTe strangers to enter the! precincts of the House cafryinjar small ba^s or parr eels, has been practically withdrawn. It \ has \now been reimposed, an^ will ne carried out with^reat vigour. Gathering of strangers m the lobby will also be prohibited^. Every half- hour orprener, if necessary, the^ lobby will be cleared, and strangers baying obtained admission .by .the personal introduction of a member -will find themselves' outside, where they will have to wait fresh opportunities of, admission. Gigantic Scobb.— The great innings of the East Melbourne Cricket Club against .Tasmania m December, 1879, na« been paralJeled and cnribufily enough to the exact number made on tbat occasion. In a match m England at the end of July the Derbyshire Friars, Iplaying a;gains^the Gentlemen of ; Nptts, made 742 ; m an innings, vt which Captain Johnston contributed 21 6/ Mr/ G;;Barrineton 190, aud Lieutenant CresHwell 194 The principal scorers m th^Melbonrne match were Horan 250,in0t oiiC Gaggin-IOOrDr Campbell 94, and Boyle 70. ;. Thb.Socibtt Papeh^—A writer m the Dtogo Witness toy* : ~" The colonial ad> t ciety*paper ?s?the jmosqiiito of 1 joumalisjn. It is very insignificant, very blood-thirsty, ▼try anwying, anxl no one Can any for

what useful „ purpose it exists. The literary level of the society paper is that of the billiardmarker, the barmaid, and the milliner's apprentice, yet it is evidently written for r . a much wider public than tbat. It has much to say about members of the Civil Service, much about bank clerks, much about church choirs, much, and most of all, about unmarried ladies, who, as it expects its renders to believe, are persons of decent reputation, and living (" moving" I believe is tbe correct word) m respectable society. Of ; these it discourses with a slangy impertinence . clearly not intended to be pleasant to tbe victims. It knows, or affects to know, jhe whole of their »ffairs, dogs them m their public walks and secret ways,. pries into the recesses of their domestic life, advertises their loves and hates, flirtation-, quarrels, reconciliations, ■ their debts, their duns, their drinks, their dinners'; par^raphs them for a new dres* or a new baby (m es&e or inposse), chsfTs them on their personal appearance, the color of their hair, the shape of their noses, their airs m walk and gait ; chronicles faithfully their moral pecca'iilloe.-., hints at worse behind, and fastens on any genuine social scandal that may occur amongst them with the wicked delight of a Mephistopheles." Glass Etes. — From particulars supplied to tbe reporter of a Chicago paper by a dealer m glass eyea m that city, it appears tbat there are as many &> a thousand wearers of these eyes m Chicago, I and that from 600 to 800 eyes are sold there every year. The best eyes are made at Uri, the manufacture" being favored by the poenrance there of fine silicates and other minerals required. These ; eyes withstand the corrosive action of tears and other secretions better than those of France. At Uri are also made large quantities of eyes used m mounting animals, besides a BU[. „rior quality of glass marbles, known to boys as agates. The artificial eye is a delicate shell or case very light and thin, and co: cave, so as to fit over what is left of the eyeball. The shell is cut from a hollow ball or bubble ofgla~s, the iras is blown m, and then the whole is delic*tely recoated. The trade m Chicago is undergoing a curioui change. Twenty years ago there wore sold very many more dark eyes thau lijfht, but from that period on the sale of dark eyes has been perceptibly dyiug out. About 20 %ht eyes are now sold to one dark. In Boston the percentage is even larger— about 35 blue or light eyes to one brown, while, on the other band, m New Orleans 50 brown or dark eyes are sold to one light. The change m Chicago is supposed merely to show that the influx of pppuliition has been from the ' E.ist principally and from Northern Europe. Surgical operations on the eye are now performed much more skilful y. Whereas it was once thought necessary to take out the whole eye, various parts are now amputated, and the glass eye fitted on .the stump, which moves quite naturally. Some people who have lost an eye keep several substitutes. They will use one for the day time with a email pupil, and another for night with a large pupil, to offset the dilation.