MISCELLANEOUS.

North Otago Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 6978, 1 March 1890, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS.

Fifteen mart perms in an* thousand c* i» in Buu each year than England. Soom French laundries prefer boiled potfttOOß tO M»p » clMßißf Soiled linen. A bUI hsa been passed in Italy, taking th« control of charities from th« clergy. In JSsgland then are nearly 10.C00 women nailmakere and 347 Mscktmitbs. Horace are carried by attain in Chicago, and 150 boraea ar« cleaned is two bcurs Blackwood's Megaxiß* telk of ft factory which make* 5,000,000 tin aoldkra yearly oat of sardine tone. Windmills war* not known in England at th* Conquest, bat w*r* introdaoad in lam than ft century afterward. Tb* Argentina Government haa arranged for th* transport to Basnet Ayn§ of 1 0.000 Dutch ftod German immigrants, I her* died ftt Angle My. England, ft short time ago, ft woman aged ninety ei.bt yean, who had recently cot three new teeth. Theoldeet member of th* French Legion ot Honor ia ft eoldier nincty-aine yeara old, the laat survivor of th* battts of Trafalgar. 8o«th African farmera are greatly an< noyed by baboon*. They kill their ■beep, rob their bee-hires, and tear down froift tree*. The new French tea-going torpedo boas haa used her totpedo tnbee with rucceas when loisg at th* rale of 21 J knots aa hour. A new French invention ia ft amdke bomb intended to b* fired into th* ranks of tk* enemy who oaea sswkilsss powder and obscore hla view. To* first of four new ironclads forth* British Navy, each one to be of more than 14,« 00 tone displacement, haa jut been beirnnftt Btrkanhcad. Th* Municipal Cooacil of Riga ha* commencd th* me* of th* Raman instead of the German language at tta meetirg-, in obedience to th* recent nkaae of the Cztr. A Montreal police sergeant says that there are many hundreds of men, women, aad children in that city in such abj<e; poTerty that they are almost destitute of bo h tore and food. Rnaeia ia increasing her field artillery. Hitherto each brigade bad six batteries of c ght guns each, but now each brigade will hire eight batter cc of oigtt gone, or ft total of sixty-four gone, instead of forty* eight as hitherto. Toe King of ttacony and the Duke of Cumberland have raised »n aotton in the French law eourta against the city of Geneva for the reduction of the will of th* ate Duke of Brunswick who left all bia enormous fortune to Geneva. It is contended that the Duke was of unsound mind when he executed the wil.. During an unprecedented fog, which hang over London eleven pcrsoue were drowned in various parts of the city, by u conscious y walking into the nver, canib), or docks, and a number were seriously injured by falling into cellars, excavations, etc., or through bet q knoo .*d down and run over by vehicles. The press ot taly in discussing the question of capital punishment, which u at present illegal, eoefiacmentat hard boor for Ufa being the maximum punishment be at wed by the Italian laws. It is contended by many influential paper* that a return to de*th arntenose is necessary in view of the great increase in murder sine* th* «xistug awe went into operation. N* Hi* tsy mpettusticall) ) ' ' Yen po> r <le»r what a parr<>w e»capv ! nd wiut stared the horse?" Oumw (tndigoanrly) " ell, you know, \N ill was ja-t hwipiog me out of the trap, and the stupid horse could not tell the difference between a— good ntgbt kiss and * signal to start and h» just started, gome hor«e« have so 1 ttle scute ! ' He »»*ve Heed to his Wife. TbeclebrateJ Asiatic txpioter, Dr Wo ff, was not remarkable for the cleanliness of Mi personal habits. Oa one occasion, whea he was going on a visit, his wife gave him half a ozen shirts, with instructions to put oo a clean one every day. Oa his return the ihirts were not to be found, aod, when quasturned about the matter, he said " You told me to put on a «ieaa shirt every day, and I did so ; I have them all on now." A youog lady broke off her engagement with a suitor when a wealthier lover appeared upon th* ec-nc. She wrote to her old lover requesting him to return her photograph, tier* was a chance for revenge, winch he took by ssudlag th* following note : " I would gladly oomp'y with your request, bus >f I do it will spoil my euchre-deck. I have a col ectioa of photographs which I use for playing cards, and I do not want to break it by giving away the queen of diamonds." The Boston Transcript tells this one on little Johnny, who is having a good st eak and is levning ft new prayer. Toe other night h« attempted to replace completely his old " Now I lay me" with bia new 'Our Father who art in He veu " He had begun all right, and had progrecseJ as far as *'o* earth as is is in Imm veu,' when the slight nervousness of the occasion drove the rest of the prayer out of his mind. So he groped vainly ; * — In heaven. Well, Lori. ' siid Johnny, nonchalantly, " lam stuck I" A ma:aztoe writer, iv telling " How to Save Bays," says: "Open your blinds by day and light bright fires by night ; illuminate your rooms; tang picture* upon ycur walla ; put books and newspapers upon your tables, and have music and entertaining ftamas. ' Aad after doing a'l tbu, the probabilities are that your ■ oj« will spand their evening* at a ''club" rovm, where the costliest ptec* of furciiaic is s 75 cent deal table, and toe c<g *r«it* smoko is so thi?fc that it can be thrown out of the wiodow with a snow shoveL -Ncrmtowa Herald. We apologise for mistakes made in a'l former i-#nes, say* tb Sank Kaptd« Sentinel, and say they were iotxcu**i>le, a* all an editor has to do is to buut news, and clean the rollers, a&d set type, aad sweep the fljor, and pen short item*, aoi iold pip< rs, aud write wrappers, and rmk<» the paatr, and mail the papers, and uk to vuiton, and distribute typ? f and cirry Wdter and saw woo*, and tm+d the pmufa, and correct mutakes, and buot the «htar* to »ri c tutorials, and dodge the bills, ajd dun the deiioqueuu, and take aba>« from th« whvli fore*, and tell ior tuber ibers that we uted money, V> • »»y t>ut w.'ve no ba»ioets to make miaUke* wbila atteoaiok to those little matters, end qg j it.i q a living ou gopher-tail s up fl»*oftd wi.q iu;agiaauoa aaJ wearing oil »h^e« vi bs coiur, an t a patch in our pants, obligrd to turn a suiili q couDteoaiuM to a uun wio telis us our paper isa'c worth hioi, anyhow, aad that he cuujd mike a ihilUr out* wita b:s eyes shut. Tee goi<l rose, of which so mach im «rroaeou*ly written, h dos a ro%« at a 1, but a rose buah or plant, per baps eight inches in height, showiog leaves, bui», aad several fnli^b.own roses, lbedesigo is worked in gold wire acd is as secivate a copy of nature as the artist cculi be expec.ed to produce. It is aiwa>s paatei v\ a decorated flower pot fiilod with Kcmm soil, and being the gi t of the Pope, a •pocial oiees*n|«r delivers it. Jhe gold ioje is only bestowed upon prisce**** cf tb« highest rank, whion hau ation duqualiflea all American ladies. Right h«r* it m»y b* stetsd that th* lat* wife of General Sherman did not receive the gold roue for any gift or favor whatever from the soy ertiga Pontiff. The Qaecn Regent of Spain was honored w.to. the gold rose for some very beautiful ooosiderAuoo of h*r subjects, and tea Ut recipient of the precious rose plan* wm tb* Esjpnss on bcasal for thw pave she to** in bringing about the freedom of th* aUve* ia ta*