ALL ROUND THE WORLD.

Manawatu Times, Volume V, Issue 180, 14 December 1881, Page 3

ALL ROUND THE WORLD.

SvriMMiMa thW HiLLis^mT. —Anotfc>r tandiflate for (he honors awarded, ••bMifoerably-to champion swimmers ap-•-p*»win the person of the eldest sont jof Lord Dii^e.ttg^3!Fp the celebrated nairie* t ... ojLLeander,. JLord Byron, Lieutenant.Eik- ~ ° ijfo'eail Sir^at^k-CriiqnhbiJni'Mr;, Becjcvrifb, atfc} is Csftta)h~Wel)^, must now jbe .rfdecLjthat- of Eoiß« Clandeboy.?^ who re." A <Beiat^feljtil^Ovef ' an: fibiir; »wim tpie Hellestant from, " Therrpia. to IBeicfa, ft^Srili^^ Asia* 3 considerably , :{ than that by/ the " pioet and "the' naVal'lieutcc'aii'tv ■*' .On the t our^P the . ftyihjp flours.- ; i.X«f- ander , .drowned. ;^,Lord ; Byron took the. ague. ;, Sir " f *tnck 'Cplqunoim '^aY 'according to i '■-■■ hii : own^tKowtng, goniewhat-'indotiven-ienced (rom long. iromcr«^n^byLt|so tar^iwe enn ste, Lord Du^erin'fi i bob ati 3 heir arrived at Beicoa at freah a» did -ei^aitf-Webh vhen he" touched the ground «n the westeide^of Cahiis Karbour^ having been m the wate^r~to^twcitj-one • : '%>ara : and'^lr«e-^artei*.";-^^u ; .; j ; . A Change >or the BEyriß.—W i» reported froni SvfPeteraburg that a new froer^Kaß ; See nadoptfd, but noiyet proBulgated, vw^ich/ exempt* all 1 foreign »ewipaper% periddicaJs and bookg, except those printed m German and French, frona the forei^ prewi Mnsorship. This will^be a great boon to m Bnsiia, who have been deprived of m»ny of the London 'journals, and hadmtach of ~ their niail-mfttter'detVced. . V ;• -.?. •••■■■'■■•. Mar»ihd.— A decifcpit ©Id man from Montreal recently arrived. .•■:■ »t :^ l irpy t lNew jTork!, stating that|hi« name, was Justin l^aaco, that he was born ml Prance* and went to raaada when a year and a half oW. At the age of 16 he married hia ftrst wife, and iince her death hu mfirried «evep other wiveti hi* last wife if living m Moutreal j he m 9ft years of ;agp, and haa been^the. f*ther 0t.44 chi!dren r ; over thirty } of wbomar* tow' r «yfn^ } ■:.;.:■£ ;, „....._. ,-| - BoTAJt OBMHTanp.r^Jnhn Matonty,. "Ihje soldier jgfco m: Anjrusti 1822, laVed the life of the lUtlc Pnnceaa Victoria Jt at the age of eighty-two dependent ; for •opport on ami'itnry-pfcwnon of aixp^hce •••» day; ■-.-.;: -The ypung pfiQC^ss.waß, driving in-Krnsingron Gardeßa wrhea the pjonyr , rw^ftway an(3t';twnert o^yer the carriage^ X and the priVjcoss wbiild "probably b!av« Wen killed, had-not Maloney riwhtd ifbr-" ward; and} Rraapcdv hei^ Re; attended^ the . ehild-ttt the pi»lacV,wher« be. received a 1 cuinea «nd, the thanks oi the Daeheit of Melbourue eorre«])O|ident: of the iSt] A //#reßla»t wetk, wni w >hu« of larriki«- --' iim iwtW-YK : u..aaß.eap!tal-i M Young' fc*t the.tandjlo^ ~ r ; lift "wi fei ;efpri i snaw^hir 'li^ri'of. ";Md* §l oae • the police «ent : in i puTsiKt ; \>f^tbern.. we are c(iiite;heipiQsg m |b 6: face: ftf these filthy • riots^ fov pblfee I ' krwi#ff it for of little Hae iiitcrfi^j^^aLJra^gtrttes > only^#ne the s^indr^^^aomiijaliimt^ or adtnQnish thgnfcto |c j^KMirbo^ifcltKe h Juture, atul fetrife>ttfe i^ik&g&ibW'jJe, matter l^ of the aituHtfen^^dß&mifeai^ai w^ ( do notknow pe«k out hawka^evei' ''--^r^^l^i^fa^lg^gla^jjj*^ s of ;^|s^»^|s^^fp^^^P' i«ir & : M'rFK'*t' t«M pten>h'fTglkoplatb®S.i an*Mf& J <^tf tebtoHctlfti^Wn*! »ri* Tsmftli, has bevn dißcpyerid bi;%Fi l«h; HwuigQeuJV : .■■\*>^-T^-

the QatsTiov.—Au original method of seeking a wife is reporteS^ffoni 1 Williamsburg, U.S.A. A provision storekeeper's servant, opening a barrel of eggs from TeHuease, . found a request writttn on oue of them that th- finder, if a lady w«uld write to/an address appended. She complied m fun ; but m five days came a very matter of fact request for her portrait; a proposal of marriage followed,, and very soon, the sender arrived to urge j bis »ait m person. 'Returned ou£ to be j a thriving young farmer m Tennesse'' thei girl accepted hiin, and 'sbfaf the marriagel has turned out well. ... ! An -Aged.. FiMj.-^One of the fattest, carps m tßVlake' at 4 Fontainbleau, says a! Paris paper, died lately. It was called; - Fanirjft affd ; is; believed to have been borni m the reign off-Francis 1., nearly 400: years ago. It was -accustomed nearly; everyuiifternooa ta^bow itself 'to an ad-i miring crowd, ; and, .accept crumbs from; their hands as it had done m times past; from the hand* of many of the Kings o f JFrance, . _ ' .Z"LS. '.. .'. '.'".__ . Smoke aS : a Cure fob Smali-fox.^-Of late years it is understood that physicians have dißobvered;that an .-atmosphere impregnated with, .toba^co-srooke is aU most certain t» cure" small pox m the stage of the disease jtist prior to the eruption, Hence, the first thing which the physician prescribes who- Is-, called mto attend a case of incipient small -pox is a ride m a -smoking-car* 'vTne.-patKnt is instructed not to smoke, but foce.it him•iseMkiext fo a smoker, an<l; -to inhale ; as much 'smoke 'asiposeibje. Jn nearly every cease this remedyscuves the disease,- pro vided it is persisted m .fqtytwo : or three week's. .Meauwhile^alL who ;cpme m contact- withtheApa'tieti.t-.-or who, occupy the smokingucari in ;;. which he is seated are ia danger, of contracting small-pox. Of course, if they .continue to ride daily' m smoking ccars, they wiil themselves experitnce:sq> :,4i^tls inconvenience that they will: hardly that they are ill. ■ They.^canriothelp, however, carrying the germs of the disease about with them, and m thousands of cases their innocent families are made the victims of imall .poy. ;; /;.':'. :: - - ~L'-.' -..^.i.-;..-. .:; . ; .'■_.■. > Shf*£ <M Wiii*s-*\tii extraordinary discovery^ was ,made by. the guard m charge' of a train to -Mellourne al the ilercditki^sta.tidri. : A number of longwoolled sheep had T b*en placed m a truck attached tHe and wrapped 1 m rather datnp i cdrerings. On arriving at "Lal'tial itsitibn the guard's attention wa< tttracttd to their panting, but of this-tie did not take much notice, as he believed it; W twv %? •"'efK'Ct' of the hof weather. TtoweVelr, on arriving it Mreditb station, he Wentto>lo6k at fbem again, and, to his great surprise, discovered three of. them to be on fire, the flames of which he lost rid time m extinguishing. They bald evideully not been on fire long, as could be s<ien. from the da™age done, to their covering* and wool,, but if the occurrence had not "been noticed , so soon there is little doubt -but that the rest of the sheep m the > truck, /'fegetiier ; wifcfi the three mentioned, : wouia have been ieriously burned before the next station had heen reached.; The fireii which, was jat first tbdiigbt lo have originated from a spark out of the engine, arote from, spontaneous conj^uation. ''. ; : ;.. •'';.;■ '" | -^ Eloekemt or am ©Frießß'a wipe wiTEt her coACHMAN.-^-A raihfuf Rena^tion l^as^been croated ; is Bast' €om w^i 1 Ky theelbpemeiit^of the of Major Gfan^cofabe Duke so£ fCorftwaß^i Light Infantr^^fc- wit|i •-jherf coachman. The .officer and r h|s^ifeVwere,,on a visit tq the latrer's*'brbtlief, the. .coachman arcotnnanyine; them^ Oh' Septl 23; the'-hnsband f iind his' hostvwent ■ off for -a; day 'a cub bunting, and.anjhdur after their depar. •ture tbe-ladyr*nd;her coachmatrdrove 4>ff m tjie ohaiie : to -the. coasrs^ oftv yihfre tbey tonk a boat for Devonpoit. . after Wards ' proceeding by train to a destination unknown. When they left, the cbaife'tbey; gave 5« to anlpstler tp drive \\V) back -.to the lady's brother's. It is stated that the lady .is. .only, twenty-three years of age, of very vivacious mannerej tbe rhotfeerof J\rd' children, and possessed of some^property id^iier own right. The coachman is about; the Bamc age, and the basband nearly forty 1 : : - 4 •• ! - • • ; : \ i ';.' ; JEskiisMFiaA*^ Sobbibtt.— l saw more it^oiiM^ed^ %bmen at the' Derby thau-on^aiiy fftrme.r^ptSßasion^ eaid Edmundv^at^in.'the 'Jiondqh World •, " and notnieirely ihe female. ' ? mtfr' whom inebriety is^notinal, but decent-looking wor nien, v appartii,tly ! t^e wives'" andvgweethpartsof artisans and small ibop keepers P'erhaips'tbe heittif the weather upset .tlweir. i«lculatipn ! as to" the * amount of liquor Wy could take with impunity i''., "Tiatß^Cirßa* or Scotlawb."— A' friend aiked meTaTew"ttays since'if I could ih"M :wHylth6J&ine ;of diamotrds (the playing card) is called " the Curse of Scot^ , ' land.'n|reroemb< r that;l:had be^ard something »f tbe'sameFfCnhject before ; but I was not aware-the saying was so common in'Scotl'aDd at>he ajtured ;me it was, I •ould not answer bji queitipn, but I de-; terro'y^;:,tbat, : ifj^oul4 .(opW(it up when I § ot home. ,•: And: ■■■% did^r.i-found more than one explanation of th^ci •iimstan cej but after a candid comrarinff of nof e» T maite-tjpimymind- that the following jiff-* torded^^ the,Abe^t s>lqt|ons :~',V[n^th& '$'"&] fractedßtate:oXthe ; -_couritry^dur|nff [the reign of MaVy,»arroan;Oamed(jeorgs Campbell Vattemij;*d^ tp> t steal the Crown j of .Bdinlnirghi \Ga«le> 7 ~, Jle did . not succeed Jn getting,awax witht heCrown itsel f, jbnt .ma&agi-d tot abstract: nine valuable <iiamonds,aad,t^.g§t qfl wj|H tnehrdut of the coiintrj. 1 ;" Tb'rf'place' itieae a heavy tax wjMjai4"»p<>S 1 the? people, which, being fobnd^buidensoraeTand oppf«B«|ve, was by them termed~Mbe Curse of Scotland ;' ana, uhtiKquiter€(Jentl'y,:.».icertain dis-. trictß of card itself was." "called 'Qeorge^Campell,' Another ;:exi planation relatfg to ;,the- mastacr* of Grlencoe. The order for this cruel derl; was signed, by. t^e eldjest son of itieMSarl of Stire, who was at 'tbat4irae Secretary ofState for Scotland^ coat of ajrmu of this family bears nitte..c^rao»d» on} its., shield; and theiadfgnaoiipjeop-'e. not dar^ ing to stigma- isejjj|r|iqrd;of Stair as jthe Gurss of Scotland ■' e a.^i^ th» termi of' bin sbjctd".. Stj^kanotKfir^eolution—^uoV *%w^-gfto4sdi!!aiai!m T J^ <Tf /jiUj>deD, the »eeutt of wKcbTextmcui!M% f <b^prfW tT^gtna^.aml fvas at^e time regarded as a nationaMcurse. knot^|oj^ve^fei^i^"ard«, and«rh# always earngda^pack m nis pocket, wleiy r beJia4!.m|ydetbTs victory of uullodencnm[^®lb'o^^»%oiP%lS^p%cf et, W wrote thereupon a de^B^tefiannSiaeing 1 .

.The PBt>pk?Bi;>yAi. Beaut*. - Witb anintomeofibout £1200 Mr^Langtry embarked m a social current' where the lightest "draught craft ..needs* -■'■'at least £6000. Society kindly magnified her husband's resources -five-fold, and they were soon #'mi the Swifti" with the richest. To. people, in such a. circle, getting m debt m ia -as eaßy. as breathing. No fancy is too extravagant, no price too large; the dealers struggled for the privilege of becoming Mrs. Lsingtry's creditors..^ But ;;if the "Jersey Lily" contracted expensive tastes, so did her husband, and between .them -th<?y • rode' the gift horse. to an early grave; Seriously and skilfully managed, the Langtry ere-' dit ought to have lasted^.tp.,. a good, old age, and^miiiht died, irf peace, with debts of not Jess' than £50000; bat ttwas too_ muoh fa try'and croyrd the £50,000 into t|bree or fodr years, It is-said Mrs. Langtry feally: means to 1 try. her fortune upon 'the "stage 7 . ■-"-' j'.:'"' //, '"" . ' :. •"'_;"■ Male or Female. — We hsve long since (remarks a London paper) seecthe. fi minine fo/mso attin d as to render it difficult to say whether we are approach•ing;a lady oran effeminate young gentleman. Mr, Gharleq Keene brought his satire to hear upQt/ this masculine mania someyesirs asoin the pages of Punch, where one week we saw an aucient parish beadle sternly demanding 'of a person who^ had entered that he would take his h*t off m clmrch, but who nonplussed when he , was informed that the persons was not a youhg.gentJeman who ought to have- known, .betfer," but a vouns lady ' attired m a long ulster and round ft It bat. ;Hince this joke appeared, however, the rnmia appears to have developed j:for. m the place of the long ulster, we now hav<> coats, which it' rocjnires a good deal of scrutiny to distinguish from *; 'those worn by geritlenipn, and ha>s which are ever> moro masculine. .'l'he other, day^ m a W«>st JJtid fhoroiiph a Tf>dy was thus . attired, with an elaborate silver ■kqnbbetl Malaca canie, and : a rimless eyeglHSs which went up to the eye with true Dundreary - style : whenever its wearer stopped to look at a sbop window. If is assertedby Sir Gardiner Wilkinsontb^Egyntisn mummies have hern discovered with teeth stopped with gold.