GENERAL NEWS.

Bay of Plenty Times, Issue XX, 22 June 1892, Page 2

GENERAL NEWS.

Professor Lombroso, an Italian scientist who has been making some veiy astonishing discoveries recently, now tells the world that he haii ascertained that women are almost insensible to pain — that is, physical suffer- ; ing. He says the ma'e sex suffer physically nearly twice as much as woman;. that woman can undergo a surgicM operation without moob. pain* Simikoly^woraett- do not fee+ r joy, sorrow, or love so keenly as men.

The Tail Mall Gazette > -ohroniele»«»» funny incident in connection with the Salvation Army fights at Eastbourne. Miss Eva Booth, a daughter of th.eJGrejßer|^rwentia. person to expostulate vrith. the mayor J»M was the prime mover in the prosecutions. : Having exhausted her arguments, «he fell upon her knees and then and there in tb>e mayor's parlour prayed that a- new heart 1 might be vouchsafed to his worship. at. Miss Booth was not to be allowed to occupy the field of prayer by herself. She had counted without her host, who is a Scotchman and a devout, God-fearing man. He readily assented to Miss Booth's request that she might.be allowed to pray. But he had no intention of letting her pray alone. He also fell upon his Jrnees and prayed with a fervency equalling Miss Booth's own, that a new heart might be vbachsafedtd "the lawbreakers " ! The «• knee-drill " thus ended in a drawn battle. , .-•. ::; /?

Daring the last ten days, aays the. *Kiispr of April 7, crowds of people may be seen daily making their way on foot from Baku to Beachany, where a monster petroleum jet raises an immense colnmn in the air, and has been sponting with undiminißhed rigor for the last fourteen days. The jet throws but daily 300.006 poods, or about 6000 tons^ and forms a stream sufficiently strong to drive a good sized flour mill. Hundreds of workmen are busily engaged endeavoring to confine the stream to the condnctor leading to the reservoir. This task is difficult, as the volume of the stream continually threatens to break through the dams. This immense spring is the property of the Caspian Company. The effect of the voluminous spout has been to reduce the prioe of petroleum on the spot from b\ to 3| copoeka per pood, and if the spout continued as it promises to do, over a months the price will probably fall to 2 copecks. Wheathe boring of this spring had reached the oil bed, the first spout came with terrific violence, and for the first few hours it ca|t up so muob. sand and stone that the surfacf round about has been raised by atlea*t Sfoot. Alter this the jet consisted of pare naptha. It rushes forth with so much yioleoae, Jihatthe vibrations of the jroond^nd^bout ffcllks the rumble of an earthquakei <j \| f ! H

Professor Anderson Stuart, til Bj|dif?y7ft<^ ferring recently to the Isolation of teacriiof] professors in the colooies and the .necesaicy. for riaits to the older oentrea of learriiag to ! keep In touoh with the progress of the day, suggested thatjit would be * eaaj tp aeou.e at ] once a visit of a Earopeau teacher to the colonies, and of a oolomal teacher to Eorope, by a temporary exchange of duties, suppos- J ing that the the two teachers of a subject ! agreed to apply for leave of absence, eax?h proposing the other as his substitute, for the, time speoified. ' The distinguished Oxonian Professor Ray Lsnkester approves of the suggestion, and considers that such an exchange would not only be of very grea|; inr[ tereat and advantage tp th,e teaehejL-s, but also in no less d3grea tneir olassest ** A deputation of timber employers an 4 etoployees asked the Treasurer of- Sou^i v A'ui»--tralia on Monday to impose, a fieav^; duty 4 upon New Zealand kaurifhiEoddced inf^the colony ready for box making. Timber merchants have erected sf» ;ial machinery for the making of fruit boxe^ to meet the growing demand for the fruit trade, and have incurred considerable expense by importing timber from the United States. The |jmber more especially referred touby^the^ej^ation was New Zealand wf^tekauw^roae, and this is made into boxesC\hatarlj*>i6w?to fruit-growers at. half " the pHce that box#s could be made in the colphy. The Treasur|ir promised to lay the matter before his collea| goes. ■'„'- . ' z^^ Mr Harbicon, of California, i| the largest bee-keeper in the world. He possesses 6QOp hires, which yield annually 2Q0,0001b. of lioney. It is said that a bee Must y«it 218,750 flowers for each ounce of hdney gathered, "

Is the classic phrase, * Would you be surprised to hear?' which, thanks to Lord, then Sir John, Coleridge, became so familiar' tpjthe jurors in the Tichborne ejectment: suit, to be for ever vanished from the armoury ofthe professional cross- examiner ? Counsel in a case at the Birmingham assizes having ventured to put a question to "a., wftnesjS'in thw historical form, Mr Justice DenFman sternly observed ' Don't say, * Would you be surprised to hear?' You may, hajre somfe facts on which you are prepared to cross-, examine, but I don't think it makes it »l alii better to say, ' Would you be surprised, tQ hear ? It does not matter to the case (added his lordship) whether or not he. isfsurgwaed to hear anything, and I never allow that form of question.' (•','- " ! 1'/' '.i: ?'<p" Xord Ancrum (eldest son of Marquis -o| Lothian), A.D.C. 10 Earl Jersey, rwhile out on a shooting expedition at' Cambala/ in' Mooaro district, N.8.W., in company with, jPaptain Leigh, was accidentally shot dead., The horse which Lord Ancrum was ridiifg' became restive, causing his gun to explode, the full charge entering the rider's body. and death was instantaneous. ' ! ;■ - *> t An esteemed scientific contemporary' sa^si that genuine sky signs can now ba-instaUed* for the enterp^in&.a<? ve4iaer. Jfy a B*B*?*^ arrangement of mirrors, \ reflecjh.Qg tfjasse^ ?and lights a sort of gigantic ">*iagib>4an*OT I »» E 'can be B(6t up, by which images pan fig. thrown upon the clouds. You will be able'" to advertise your wares, in letters 100 feet long, on the skies, so that they will be visible over a dozen counties. As if this truly awful prospect were not enough, we are told that these sky signs can be made luminous, so that they will blaze^ away idl nighlTf | Heine, in one of his rhapsodies, said that hp would like to snatch a burning^f|ne fror|k its Norway mountains and write ,withj& the^ name of " Agnes " in letters of fire oa<tne^ skies. But he would probably iiok-»Bave cared to adorn the flrmamentwith blazing descriptions of somebody Vfpafcnff "tib^e^a stretoher, or a glowing picrari,W large as Bradford square, of a lady wearing the latest' thing in hygienic corsets. „ * , *j s § .« f % ,

KeTrs received by the mail indieatea that the past season's shipments of butter to Eagland hare been the most successful on the whole of any since the trade was parted. .The Grocer states that the grocery tirade at Home •' has now thoroughly satisfied itself that these butters are of a superior quality, -and will obtain a permanent place in the market, especially as they arrive at such an opportune period, when pure fresh grass butter is absolutely unobtainable." The same journal observes that " the* colonial product, consistuig of the purest grass butter, churned and turned out under the most favourable circumstances imaginable, and possessing rare keeping qualities, with a good colour and sweetness, has always met actively demand when other and doubtful makes were purposely avoided by purchasers wljose chief aim was to obtain a sound and perfectly wholesome article for their mo^ey^ f A 39 showing the wonderful developnijßtif of the trade, the season's shipments reached an aggregate of 146,861 packages, against a total 01,69,036 in the season of 1890-91, and 51,470 packages the year before last. Of the total packages daring the season 93,000 wexs from Australia and 54,000 from New Zealand.

The lM[^y or of Melboutpe hwfcwrit&^i to the preasjo»aki%f an earnest * appeal' to^the^ citizens for a^istancc to jf&lieve£wie dia^sss.| 4 Full inquiry^* he siys, f|tas been made aaf to the extent ,Jf- such distrlbs, aiid thja^dbm^ mitte* have iscertaiued that, tKtragh it wilt probably be only temporary, "'^Hs, widespiead and severe. * It is now state 1 that in 1889 there were in oreatßrTtHmT^Ogii|ob sngtitll hold|aq&. under admitted to bj rather delusive, since only 85 000 of the small occupations were genuine «H»H farnrrof "20* acres to 50 acres, the rest being allotments, fruit gardens, market gardens, and accommodation ploks, occupied -by persons wbo|dp p.ab |jefc their livelihood v^^J^Jam^ai.^ / <J»» •■- "'->>■ ;■- - M^ * Augur* was until recently editor of the sporting I matter in the Australasian, is dead. "*" "We ■''jnffieFirom the' Engiiph^budfret that •While in 1840 the consumption of cofftje-was ITjOz. per heid, of tea i9^pz.,,it was ncw:re^iQoii«©lyl%2. of coffee 87oz. of pea. TBe f ifiCireaiS^ rev&aiie'from spirits to 1^ taullionflf from teT^BM*|d a half mil- ■ lionsiybatf j^ceq^g^j^^g,^^ JjO the increase of the "population *"aua' . riot to a greater use of spirits per liead. There is ; a rumour afloat . that Mr John Dillon, the well-known Home Ruler, has it in ophtemplatiori tjb retire from, political life, and it' is also stated \\\ this connection that he proposes going to Sydney (N.S.W.) to praotioeat the bar. The Kafoproba and Saone hive returned to Noumea aft-etdestro^ng several villages the i .. .Nev? Hebrides, iu revenge for the Sawers murdef. Alariding party found that the nitivePhad fled to the interior, but f urther attempts will b$ ■■ madtf to secure the I murderera ? . . / In the House of dommons Mr Balfour stated . that the withdrawal of the East Africi Company* from Uganda did not imply the abandonment of ttie country by England, within whose sphere it lies. On the contrary, the survey of the railway line from Mombassa inland was rapidly proceeding.

It is proposed to form the Californian fruit industry intba gigantic trust with a capital of £10,000,000. One object is to ; supply the fruit growers with the necessary capital to develop the industry. The iruit [ growers look on the f eoheme with a jealous eye, ana will probably rej[ect the terms :OflE ered. ** -j -.■? c ; -< ?w ,;•■ ?|H ': A 'double-Barrelled let^ei".— Here (says the ' Journal of Eduoatiion *) ; w a faithful copy of a-double*barrelled4eUer"forwftrded to-us by IWW& jsohoolni^er; i UW!^ 9 half is jrerittenon the outsila of "an- envelope, the last^n.'Jhtrinß^-i We^.wish we oould preseit ouT^eaaeril Vj with Si raosunilej-- ' please do not keep Charley Hall in and not oane him as he has had such a bad eye and oold Hot to see out of it for three days and I bad to tdke him to t^ie. doctor and ha .told him to k^ep in doors from his Mother,' * please sir Charley is quite well enofe to oome to school and he won't come and you oane do as you ! like with— from hia father, 7 {

An American: woman died lately from the effects of eatmg cucumbers, germinated from seeds distributed by* the [Department of Agriculture in the Uuited States^ Th» widower is evidently a philosopher. He has .written •to rtbfi Secretary for Agriculture, saying,^ VYQur|iucumbers ribbed note- of mv sx>,~ insteatT of serioTn^ irie cucumber seed this sprjmgj send me ajruthai \^ e -T ;? Que of thejrno&t illiterate members of the '!§, a|so,lhe most selfimportant*. ~ r His sptsdcn ib***the Electors recently bristled with blunders, of which a few specimens 1 are : appeifded': ' The time, genfclemau, has, arisen-rthe time, I say, has arisen— when there, should fag mutual concessions ; - and what is more-, those mutual ,b.e on both sides.' • The IfruffliouJ^pnt? JtiAifc sj3fj!l|d be relegated to jm^cotpS^Lenc^li.' 4^ve must put our ujfflj^cloud of depression whi&h^has *laid itg Jbsavyft J\.and upon this land flawing with d^ And.Jtronje^. ; 'i This gentlemaisNold the audienee^^ajfeiie* did not speak of many questions as ne^did not wish'> to waste the time of Parliament. ' Quite fight, topi' yelled the audience, as wifcfi one»yoic©/ . „ ; ,. --, A man ri^^m clearing^*^ut &. well in France can(ie iijpcßi a S^ibterrlkgean: passage in the ehlilKi; E^plorinfj: 'ibis he, reached a spaoions itKWn^' in observed the bodies of twb.solilierf; one leaning against the .wall *and-tlie other^seated at the table. IttS sunpb^dHheyitOd^'Tjfuge in" the underground apartments <iurii*g the war of 1870, and Germans filling up the well the victims were buried alive.

fixe slave** t&deTPourJshes Slorocco. TJfe '§ultan;and:hi§feon,#reQ^iitlyArec6ived a .present- of 200-slaves to-celebrate the event of the marriage. of the heir -^o |the Moorish throne." Girls from 10 id I? ( years of a,ge fetched from £16 to £24each:-' f -.1 A **' ■ ' , At the ftnnuaV ofcetittg of^ther-i&iebraety Society ia Loridon v tniß''oteer "htg'h't/Dr" Nor.man Kerr in pthe^h^,f Jsf.-||a^ryj^*J^l-'bonniej 'Bpoke" J 6f~ two fCJrms^ of^aKonoirsim, thqaa of heredity and acquisition ; also anpthe/, infantile, bropght jabout by v neglige'noe aiid' carelessness 'of parents in giving malt i aptdy spirituous liquoFS to^childreni At the present time there .are *,nearty ,100, aJnd ? retreat* in the World for' tn'e treatment ' oi t^Mdvssa^e.j < (\X\ is- eofttpq€fed^th>t:>h<Jref dity^ia t^e chief. factor iv nearly 60 per cent. 6f jfhe ijiasdsJ^-lajuries and diseases may aqoouii t fqr'f nether ■ 20 , p^| oenfe p i^qr so^ae *, tinie it ha^3 : ■occurred to me, said, -the doctor alcoholism/ 1 M»lfS pathologicaj relations, -vasTTOtas^w^tTnTtrawfoTJa^n^ the infoipratOTP a«7th^- gSbfetTp's full as thaH po^fisep ofgofif^l- diaeaseClFottowing thisl neany two y t^»rs,' a of experi"wetitl 1 $&(s&>s■■%&<*.' ahd" a singular and startliug s-t tte of things was found in the^Hp^d severe oases of alcoJ3'^^red jblo^ jcprpu!*ele%; /^vefe •■■lp^S^^ldJ'^^ve undergone extensivechanges of a degenerative ..chai>aQtec.. . Added to wjiivh, mat£ than a suspicion?* wa& -raised* that.beytain i&,|l|B brain and in spmi^uf th^ne^es pointed strongly in the" dire&tioik of jH utigoid tSteratwbs, wfiere ' gerna-life^ tt&glf. $c SupposetlHo have some |;onjD^cU(in^|Th^' poder^ r|m^iieß take us info tne *re^pn of narcofic\ ,<s opium, atropioe, cocajoje, nervine t(wic.s, r£ uch as Jpc, ? g<M,B So^dPaH & nervine alte^ative^ar)i^nip, iron and quinine, and a host'- of 5 "vej etabfe remedies having some fU&I£ mtU Urge-jtrve c m mt f&fy , - mamafee * fhy|#ol£ ! isiiril Im& !• liiaai belfig employed. Rest, isolatio^«|Of||he^pl|ti§a|,; good air, and judicious selection of "food, shools'...;brmg:'---Ti^|Lit benefioi-ti results. Special attention must be p-iid to any disease or frouble^^ajfet^m#B« inebriate condition. * w : - "^^^^ '^': '

The best medicine knowu'rfe^Si^ictet^ftid Son's Eucalypti Extract. Test its erni^^^mwerful effect m coughs, cold,-?, influenza, etc.— toiF^Uef is instantaneous. Thousands give the most gratifying, testimony. His Majesy/the King, of Italy, " and' medical syndicates all (rver ; tW 'globe are its jjatfons. • Bead the official reports that accompany each botttle. Mosler, M.1)., 1 Prorfl TJnf vercity, Greifswald, reports :— The Eucalypti Extract proved maguiticeutly success f tip in very severe contasiora; bruises, sprtifti*,* wounds, scalding*, broken ribs, and b'mbs. (Mcd ! Jaui-nalj ;|s ov,, J8S1) . -■ In -diseases, of the kid--neys, either active, cpuggastiou pi 1 sunjre^siou (ur^enuii) .ar^l^uuiyiuria, j&rq[»£, fithiasis Nothing will eiuai^nut^actfoti EW^WptiExtraet I^oses^ bto 8 dTopfe. Mesler, M.1).," Prof. Uni vfiiaty, Greifswald* reports:- -DiptheriA. Tonsils cbntaiHiaJly coher >nt presenting ulcers witn white exudats. Cured in 1-i days. Surgical Clinic of Prof. M'lntyre, College cf Physicians and Surgeons, St. Louis-^cnthus of Brfeaiit Excfeitin. Eucalypti Extract employed. No srwe^innf, b«a or discoloration. Cuxea in 14 days. — \ Advt.j