News in a Nutshell.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 272, 20 October 1883, Page 2

News m a Nutshell.

The Qaeetfa 'messenger' twins ooitht* ; £65 a.Weet..:;.;:;...:: ./r;_ .-,, f.; .. .;. . ..." / ,Great activity prevails m all military .qaartws'of GeritUDjr.;; , f.^.v,. „... „.[ ■* J It. is stated that 90- per ceat of th» Russian people are illiterate. .[ /* A^Jew: has,!* ithe/ first time, gained *': Hebrßyrßoholarßhip f ia.Oxfpci. ,";,'",*" .'" .V/The stee^g '^'iEiuis^are unsafe '»» they have never been. sinee the MiddleAges..,./. ' } u^" i ' ■ii;ir:: -<iv -<■.■■•<• 'i qwirel ojera jjanie oiE^^sitoialtea m a murder'& suicide inSti Louis. <! " There are 113 newspapers pabUstied m Japan, besides 33 miscellaneous publica* tiong; '■''['■[ ■''■■::tii}it*->l i,i<> J.•;;;,;,• ;: „:. ijThe greal;-Mage joining JSre^iyorkana Brobklyniei lighted by sixt^^foimeleotrioi/ lamps.- lvi,- hi-.*,, •: -'. -.;:.; .'; :: ■.<.? V...;J •j iOne hundred ani forty^oat njillip^f tons of coal wrere takea oat of the British mines last year* v .. .> ._.. . „ ' In France eyery man who has b,een lma prisoned three times is tranaporied to Ncr Oaledonia. " ' J^> '••;'*. /.'*.> „.;'; iA .^S Jft° 7? s > *^t«difo? cruelty to a miserable lopkinsf horse was asked' if-'hi ever fed himV^Ererfe'd himlThai'i g> goodW:wa»^the reply; '*B*'s'iot' ■% bushel' and a:half oft bats at home) now only ho ain't got time to eat . .... A little^tea-year-^ld miig told hex mother, _wa,g^.nerer going;tomarry» S^ajgsF^te mdowi ■; dressed lnsucfi nice biadcranr always looked so happy. r ■■ ,The Qrand Duchy of Luiembnrc is the only state m Europe.where the Bible if forbiddenby law to be sold. iThe Royal-Family-wife ?theexcepaon of the Prinoe p^Walea^reMsaid^p be get* ■ ting veryfrugalj as if rainy^ days were ■■coming. y^ri t. 9 -or. r*u !The Albanian Sal'jajnjbe, which num. bers 1200 m»nj has, refused to, makaaob< mission to the'Tarkish autho'ridefc 5 c * . One match, lumber' factor? m . Americax made;in;the>lf 188 i; 406-pOO;tibo boxei \oE matches, and paid £900;000 m takes. iThe sDnke5 Dnke at. Albany Kasi to. become th© President 'of Ea»t iLondoa ■iTTnibnifor Advanced Edacationi(eYeningr ! Classes). .noiiiviOw^n \x::■.)%',.>-.[ -:.,i -J^i.; „ i The National'Zietung-jeporta that seven* of the , IBnrqpeaa^Powera are negotiating^ for the jestabliahment of an international sanitary board. v '" Ji"""" " ' ' iThe safoty.pf Mottley, ibhe, hatter.-a witness,^ the.PHojnuc Park tinfiitf trial- il: now proved.' "!Ha is alive • and well ia JJ^ieße^;-'',*^ "»i:l '■■' '.">-■•' . ■■■ -ifj The sale of the forniture und other 'effects at Strawb'eiry Hill, the residenc* ioi the latefGodntessf* bf Waldegrave, released about £14,000.—/ (Said Rtzßymthe,' smarting, under the ; hands of the barbery *Ii wjah you were likey.quj;:;razor( .f/_ 'How is thati* i asked tbe toniorial artiit. * Underground.' replied Fitzsymthe, with a snap. A Negro preacherjin^Tirginia .was lately trying to impress'upon :"» cor« rect idea, off ther general .agcomforiableneas of the lower regions. tßradorin,'aai^he, •you'g quaMted'wid Maasa Carpenter's farnaee, ain't yout' A general chorus of VXou's right!'..? Ob, courw we i»V convinced ,him .that..they 'were not any* "■ tli% else.^>}Well? r c^nfinued hei' lovk ' .know iJatde iron runs out 6b that same aa wateVi' dosen't^oii!' The'layes* had it;* 'again, so he concluded with^'Now-Pa tell you brudcrin, d>t if a sinner was took out of 'Hell'and put m the roi r ddle i>f Masaa Carpenter's furnace, he'd dun gwine to have a bbillahd a ; sliakin*agy right off~/ dat ;.;hv. i^,.,