MISCELLANEOUS.

North Otago Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8080, 19 September 1894, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS.

During the last century ono hundred lakes in tho Tyrol have subsided and dis« appeared. During tho hearing of a cjvso in tho TtU-anaki Court, ono of tho witnesses (a foreigner) stated that tho captain of tho vessol en which ho worked had on ono occasion called tho Fronchy CUrnot. Ho objected to tho mine, as ho was not dead, liko President Carnot, and considered it was an insult to bo so addressed. Wo shall soon hoar of a certain Christchurch gentleman objecting because lie is so often taken for tho Princo of Wales. Look at that now. — Chribtchurch Tiuth. Amongst tho bushols of "chestnuts " distributed by tho Brooklyn evangelist (writes " Woomera " in tho Australasian) were one or two now season's walnuts— at any rate, they lasted like walnuts. Ono was tho story of a backwoodsman, who dropped in at a Now York reataurant, when tho waiter handed him the bill of faro handsomely bound in morocco and brilliant with gilt lettering. Tho guest looked nb it for a while, and thoti called tho waiter. " Look yar," he said, " take this right away to oncet ; i doan'ti want no litoratoor— l want vittela." A rather touching incident occurred at tho annual meeting of tho Shipwreck Re lief Society at Sydney on tho 29th ult., during tho distribution of awards for bravery. Young Grant, a son of tho master of tho steamer Mermaid, had just received the Society's medal and « breastpin from tho hands of Lady Duff for, tho part he took in Having lifo at tho melancholy accident to tho yacht Kipplo, and ho was (stepping off tho platform, when a young lady ho had rescued stopped for* ward and deliberately pinned in his coat a " buttonhole " of beautiful forget-me-nots, Tho incident was bo unexpected that the whole of tho '.pootators broke into a spontaneous burt-t of applau3e. The muni of 100,000 marks is included in tho German Army Estimates for tho present year for tho supply of bicycles to the infantry. Two bicycles are assigned to each batallion. An instruction haa been issued dealing with tho bicycle service. Bicycles aro to be used for communications between columns on the march and for communications between advanced guards. When troops are in quarters bicyclist*; aro to fulfil the functions of orderlies, especially whero mounted orderlies aro wanting. They will also relievo tho cavalry from relay and intelligence duties. In great fort* ressos tho wholo of tho duties now devolving upon cavalry as messagebearers will be transferred to bicyclist?. — Army and Navy Gazotto. Stockholm has the highest death-rato from drink of any city in the world— 9o in 1000. The Parliamentary Committee on tha London buildings have passed a clausa fixing tho maximum heignt of any build* ing at 80ft) A socioty of young wom«m has been formed in America who declaro that they will have nothing to do with young moa who smoke. Tho now Dorby Hospital, the founda* tion-stono of which was laid by tho Queen, has been opened by tho Duko of Dovonshiio. Tho outlay has been one hundred thousand pounds. The town of Baden, near Vienna, has voted somo L2OOO to bo expended in tho installation of sulphur baths for the use of rhoumatio horaes. Tho proposecj establishment will, it ia believed, bo Ijjf