MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 23, 21 January 1878, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

In "The Retrospect of Medicin*.Dr. S. Wilks, endeavours to maintain that nlffoho! should be classed rather a« an antithetic than as a stimulant, an>l that, although it is not an indispensable article of food, it is a valuable me iicine when the pulse is quick and the temperature ot the body lii^h. As to its value as a medicine he say* it is c*« pecially useful in cases of wistimr in children, and is ofted more effectual than codlirer oil. A new township is advertised to be sold near Dunedin, and the grandiose name of Plevna has been given to it. The beauties of the spot ure advertised in local papers in the following «ushiii-4 terms :—•* To those whose occupations are of a sedentry nature, the verdant slopes and fresh air of Plevna would afford a delightful retreat from the count-inu-house or work-shop of the crowded city." This year Mr Dalrymple, of Minnesota ant.cipates having 15 000 acres under crop, and intends u<irig 80 of Wood's reaping and bind ng tnacliines. Although the pretension;* of flip vt-^e* turians are not warranted by >ci"i-c* or statistics, much co «d may be «ione by tlio 'wcusMon of their argimeutson dietel • •• i'he Story of A vis," by Elizabeth S'.uar* Phelplis. anchor of '" The Gates j ir," h raid tibe a remarkable romance* an I worthy of exception*) attention. The toial expenses of thr**« leading Fpiscopal charclies of Mi vr York, are ? Grace Chnn-h 15.000 Inl* ; Advent 17\00r> dollars; Ttinity 34,000 lnl«. The mu*io at Grace Church osts 4 000 dollars per unnum. It is raid that Qaetn Victoria refused] to po t<* Manchester to op n the new town hn'l. simplf becan«e sh^ c mid not bear the excitement of the eer^moifcs. Admiral Semroes. when . ijm*. for a time imagined that he wa« nu*»n the 4tf-.*k of a ship preparing for b*ttle. He gate quick and positive coimnnnrigranc) »e«e«l elii'prl xr'tb thpantii-ipa ion if*iptorj*. A striking feature ot"K npp'a eanm>n> w.Tks \* a hundred thoasan I» pou id tripInmmer. The Emperor William recency ruide a visit there, and 6 9:U workmen tu»-neu out to receive him A prominent Huns-rim land«iwn»>r r die-iW the fen»--« on* rtain<>d of iheColo ad) Bee'!c in Euro -, sivin^ thnt the insucf hns \ona t>e<-n knotrn in Turkey and l{onm>in : n, th >ugh it seldom appears in very al: rminj numbers. At a recent Convex • : "n of school ttachen at M<>nd-». in B li'van the c•- . eduuiiinn of the sexes in tue saina schools wns strongly reeommonded. It is rumored th :t Gambetta, has come n for it leffHftV fi\ n-><» tnillinn stArlintr.