CLIPPINGS.

Press, Volume L, Issue 8589, 16 September 1893, Page 6

CLIPPINGS.

When, recently, a Sussex lady seized s pickpocket and held him until he was officially arrested, she met with no more tanI gible reward than the compliments of the magistrates and publicity in the papers. At Copenhagen, however, a young lady who performed an almost similar feat has been presented with a diamond brooch and a flattering letter of thanks by the Director of Police, and has received an offer of marriage from a Danish journalist. The coast between Hythe and Dungeneta, says an English paper, has suddenly become infested with wasps, which are causing the inhabitants a great deal of inconvenience. The insects attack the flocks. At Dymchurch two sheep were stung to death, the inserts attacking the throats of the animals, causing them great suffering and eventually choking them. After Mr E. M. Row's horse Ocdric had won the high jumping contest at the Royal Agricultural Show, Melbourne, clearing 6ft 6in, he endeavoured to beat SpondulixV record of 6ft 9|in by jumping 6ft lOin. but failed. Lubra, a brown mare, by Duke of Wellington (son of King of the Ring) from a halfbred mare, however, carrying lOst 71b, I after five unsuccessful attempts, cleared the I great jump cleanly and well, and accordingly I put up an Australian record. A3 an mdi I cation of the luck attending such contests, it may be mentioned that in the official competition Lubra went out at 6ft 3in, which i she failed to clear. General Lord Roberts has met with many a gratifying display of enthusiasm in England since his return from India; but it may be questioned whether any reception yet given to him appealed to his heart more strongly than that on the occasion of his visit to Glasgow to receive the freedom of that city. There was a guard of honour of old soldiers who served under "Bobs Bahadur" in India and Afghanistan, and more especially of men who followed him in his famous march to Kandahar. Upwards of seventy veterans were present in attendance on their old general. They appeared in plain clothes, but displayed all their medals and other decorations. It would be interesting (writes a correspondent of a London paper) to know if people in other parts of England are suffering to the same extent as we are from one of the plagues of Egypt. Here in Shropshire, where I am living, toads and frogs of a small size have abounded lately. They come, as in the Biblical narrative, even up into our houses; and although they have not as yet invaded 'our ovens and our kneading troughs, yet over two dozen were found in my front hall this afternoon, besides several odd ones in the dining-room ! Out of doors they swarm, and it is impossible to avoid treading on them as you walk along. Probably the tropical weather we had is spring is responsible for their being hatched out in such appalling numbers. But where is the Moses who will rid us of the pest! A fatal accident happened recently ab Hastings (Vie.) to a boy named Frank Incigneri, a cadet in the local state school corps. The schoolmaster had thirteen or fourteen members of the cadet force practising at a target in the school-ground, and after a few rounds had been fired the cadets were taken back to the 150 yards range, where the deceased was engaged to do the marking at the target for the other cadets, and whilst in the act of endeavouring to find the result of the last shot on the target he received a bnilet in the neck, which severed the main artery, entering on one aide below the jaw and coming out close to tiie ear on the other side. The deceatied ran about five yards and fell dead. It appears' that the master told another boy named James Mentiplay that it was his turn next to fire at the target, and Mentiplay, either misunderstanding or not seeing Inogneri at the target marking the previous shot, fired, with the above result. Both boys were about twelve years of age, and their parents are fishermen residing in the town. A magisterial inquiry was held, when the Bench found a verdict that death was caused accidentally, adding a rider that no blame was attachable to anyone, but that the system of allowing boys of tender age to carry and use death-dealing implements and missiles was one which required amending. A report of the affair was furnished to the Defence Department by one of its officers. When the Victorian land boom was at its height, says the Age, a number of orchards in the outlying suburbs had their fences pulled down and the land cut up by syndicates for sale. The trees were left standing, and through having been entirely neglected during the last three or four years, they have become a breeding ground for various kinds of insects which, are injurious to fruit trees. If a person want on to the ground and chopped down the trees he would be subject to prosecution for trespass, and as the fruits-growers around Melbourne consider it essential tbas authority to enter upon the land and deatrey the trees should be given by Parliament without delay, the Minister of intends proceeding with the Insect rests BilL ■ The Bill provides for the formation of a Central Council to advise the Minister with regard to framing regulations, and it will enable district Associations or Unions to be established to exercise supervision over their respective areas. These will be honorary bodies, and they will either have a paid

' inujiHitor (on condition that the Unions and ' iS the Government provide his salary), or fcavoth" services of a constable placed at t disposal to prosecute tho owner of flSt trees who failed to destroy the insects, i the event of the owner not being known IJ unable to be found, the inspector or » m„ will bo empowered, ufter due eon n -rtcr upon the land and cut down l-f Tk. ChicsW correspondent of the Age, in t letter, stated thftt the e reat b "t<ter A recent Albans, Vermont, was the factory ' j aclory j n the world, having, jarj-ett buu flf m&^ c tt T£d M much as 10,0001b of butter in li- that »t »'» s supplied by sixty cream on .«« and had upwards of 1000 WP*™. This drew a letter from Mr E. T mtvvev, the founder of the Fresh ~C i .rrl Frozen Storage Company, Limited, ?°°ihlch he said that the above Comin „v\Jas ">» oh iar « er than that of St ' Ai)»n« and in fact was said to be the U eft' butter factory Company in the world. "IU sreraffe daily output of butter last Mmr " writes Mr Dyer, "was upwards T2OOOOIO. It i* supplied by 120 of its cream separators, and iv the exporthas over 3000 patrons, of whom * r i v 2000 are i.!iureholder3. Last seasou ?Mf Compaoy exported cue-fourth the total hutter exp° rt of Victoria, and next yaar Meets to export over 1000 tons, all ma;iufoftufta at the Company's head premiaes, Boarke street, Melbourne, into ouc uniform fint claw quality. The Company has been " u Mi» u ed ou novel but systematic lines, which have enabled it to pay an average of Je per cent- in dividends to its shareholders during the last two years, while paying its tappliers, wh° are also shareholders—for „eC<wnp» n y is a semi-co-operative concern— iitiifactory prices for milk." Spanish ladioa will regard with much enrioaity the wonderful gown that tho Infwtft Eulalie has been given by the Libbey (Jut Gl&»s Company, of Toredo. "Its foundation," writes a lady correspondent of tho Daily Netct, "is a silk warp, woven with flue strands of glass. In-each strand tbero are 250 almost inviaible threads, and to make three-quarters of a yard of this material employs four women one whole day. This curious fabric of mingled silk and glass is arranged aa a gored skirt over one of while isilk. It is bordored with a flounce of chiffon, partially veiled with a flittering fringe of glass. Above it is a twi»t of chiflou and plaited glass. The bodice is in Bilver cloth, woven in with thread! of glaus, and glass epaulets glimmer sbave the chiffon eleovcs. Tiie price of this ball dress IB 500 dollars. The infanta's is pure white, but the glass can be made iv a variety of colours, and can bo so woven through tho silk as to produce a shot effect. The warns have to bo clued together iustead of being eewn. The Bilvery sheen produced by the fine threads of glass is remarkably Cretty, especially under the rays of artificial j