GENERAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9130, 11 August 1888, Page 2 (Supplement)

GENERAL NEWS.

WOMEN AND HEALTH According to Dr. Richardson doubted authority on health, no • STI . "V warfare against disease is so impr , "'bj I that of getting the women of th.-'], 45 to work heart and soul after J, 't We always (he says) look to women !; ,s. cleanliness and tidiness of home \<- taa home is miserable if a good w'c* f 'V mother be not at the head of to rUi>° *. n<l internal arrangements. A sloven] ' is a mark for discredit; but there V ? rri:ir » doubt that the excellences of tidy vyV'* ,; ' i respect of order and cleanliness ] la .'. ' m '*" ' r ' out any distinct system or mod, ; ' r /'' Wlt ~- tine education, saved us from s<-\- V >;r '' fatal outbreaks of disease. ~ tr& ,;r -l - SHOWER OF HAT*. One of the most wonderful 1 nomena ever recorded vi.-it th,.'"' !"'•» part of Norfolk County yesterday ?! !Ur ' ! Boston despatch of 4ih June). IV :i hours it literally rained huts i„ towns in that region, and today " ri ' vanes, church steeples, and otli-I- .. r ?V' :i " r ture peaks are decorated with : " strange product of the clouds. Ti nation of the strange freak of n;>iur i'''''" 1 " the fact that abo rt the middle of th* ' 3 small cyclone struck the ExeelsiiV i' 1 "' 1 Works at Medfic-ld. Several ImiKlr-'d'*-! 1 * hats that were out drying were su.'p; swept up by a funnel-shaped cluum v - ny carried them out of sight in a tv.'in'' ■'* f '" l To day the hats have been piea.-u u . in a circle of more than tea tail-; 'j meter. The cyclone was also sr f „ '*• ; ' to pick up from the back van I of th"iV-''~ 1 a large number of heavy Canton hat* ""e'' were whisked up in the ait- fullv ji,, ( ' like so many sheets of paper. "D'liy'/*' and other property were not duine.vd the storm, which came without w~rnC'"' and disappeared as suddeniv a* it cain-'"*' A OKNEKAL FIN For AS-AfJx General Sir Robert Bright, of Xr, r ,, Park, Guildford, was sunm — -r Mar i borough -street Police (.'our., a I. V f i' -' ago for assaulting Charles Heiier wbuJ"' 4 ."" Oxford-street, London. The eoiiioli.irsaid that he was pushing a in:!;-; i;'.-.-'.. .''I'll" later in the direction of Hyde Park : h.'"v'' stopped at the corner of L'uke-.-tivjt lv- 'SI tratiie. The defendant was in the l-.i-Ja. in front of him, and when a carriai'.. f * near to him he stepped back, while complainant) at the same monita; v. I forward. The consequence was tie.: ■ ' wheel of the barrow caught the *g.-11*l->-i * I light trousers. Instantly ha ral.-*i hi..: - and dealt him a severe blow over the tV cutting his cheek and causing it to ju-*:' up. lie complained to a police con-..',' and lie took the gentleman's name and r X dress. Sir Robert Bright said t} id: t t» wheel caught him on the ankle and ea"-"' him great pain, and on the impulse 0 -1 moment he took the law into hi., own ] !: , a ;* and struck the man. He was r«nv v- , sorry for it. "dr. De Rutzeti .-aid that ia the crowded state of the street.- t-vtrvh'-,;--got pushed at times. There was no ia-;;. cation for the sank, and he 01 >I-.-red the General to pay .14 and i'l costs. ENTERING THE LIONS' DEN. An exciting scene was witnessed recent!? in Wombwell's Menagerie, at Cnrditi. \ local hotelkeepcr, Mr. Robert Wiudihv had made a heavy wager that he voui'i enter the cage of lions, and several tim sand people assembled to see trie lea*, i-r. formed. At the appointed lime .Mr. h'ii;. shire, accompanied by the keener, enteral a cage containing seven lions, and de-nite their threatening growls, walked in tiicLmidst in a most fearless manner. lilavir,; remained in the cage for several minute* while the beasts were put through their ordinary performance, he came out, and va,.greeted with great applau-e. HOW To CLEAN WASTE I'IPltS. " If you want a point- or two about cleaning waste pipes without sending for a plumber, just listen to me. One of the most frequent and trying annoyance*." he continued, a? he flashed "his i: (h) dollar diamond ring at the reporter, " is the obstruction to the free quick outlet of the waste water of the wash basin, the bath tub. and the kitchen sink. This is caused by ?. gradual accumulation of small hits of re-fuse material, paper, rags, meat, bone, or grease, which check and finally entirely stop the outflow of the waste, anil then the pi it tuber is called to remove the stoppage with his force pump. Just before retiring at night pour into the clogged pipe enough liquid soda lye to till the * trap,' as it is called—or the bent part of the pipe just below trie outlet. Be sure that no water runs into is before the next morning. During the nighr the lye will convert all the oil'al into s ft soap, and the firso current of water in the morning will wash it away, and "leave the pipe as clean as new. See V This is • .radical chemistry, yet few chemists would ever think of it."—New York Telegram. BRAIN WEIGHT AND KM AIN I'oWKR. " Seven" being the average size of a man'; head as measured by his hat, it .pears that out of 14 distinguished personages two (Lord Chelmsford and Dean Stanley) were below, while other two (Lord Ik-aeun-thM and the Prince of Wales) were exactly up to the average. Of tiie others, Dickens, Selborne, and Bright required 71. Ear! Russel, 7.t, Lord .Macaulay, i dad-tone, and Thackeray 7-3. Leads Pidiippe 7i, and the Archbishop ot Vora s full! Of "23 distinguished men whose actual brain weights are known, four, including the late Professor Hughes lx-tinei and Hermann, the philologist, were die tinctly below the average, showing that a well-constituted brain of small dhnen.-ion-may be capable of doing much better work than many a larger organ whose internal constitution is from one cause or other defective. A FRENCH JURY. Recently a man named Bronchot, wha kept a wine-shop in Paris, was tried mere for having killed a man under peculiar circumstances. It appears that Madame Bronchot is a belle limonaditre, whose beauty attracted numerous customers to her husband's zinc counter. One of these ei:-t<>meis, an ill-la ted Adonis of tiie quarilw, had » weakness for the belli lirnonudiere, ana one day, thinking that the eye of the hi:?hani was not upon him, lie ventured to go b-iiinl the counter and to kiss her. M. Broncho: was, however, at hand, and in the twinklia; of tin eye he had his revolver out. and. tiring it, sent a bullet whizzing through the brain of the Adonis, who fell dead, bronchos was acquitted with flying colours, the members of the jury all taking his part. " KING SOLOMON''' IN BANKJiri'TCV. Singular disclosures were made lately at the Brighton Bankruptcy Court, when "King Solomon," leader of the Army of the Lord at Brighton, whose real name is W 000, was publicly examined. It transpired that prior to coming to Brighton the debtor had lived in Australia, working first as a miner and then as a mining broker. After this he commenced evangelistic work, but represented no sect, and lived on what he received by preaching. There were between 40 and 50 members of the Army living &> Brighton in seven houses, and supported by the funds received. Examination adjourned. PUBLICANS AND COMPENSATION". Mr. Henniker I fen. ton, M.P., has aildressed a letter to the chairman of the Conservative party in Canterbury, saying that as the Canterbury Temperance Union have passed resolutions against compensation of any kind on the ground that a vested interest would be thereby acknowledge" and created by the State in publican? licenses, he thinks a. compromise is possible, and Mr. Ritchie, on behalf of the Government, lias given him authority to make tne following statement:—"lf a proposal 1made to allocate the additional -0 per cent, license duty for the purposes of compensation, the Government will oiler 110 opposition to it." ECONOMY AMONG MILLIONAIRES. Many amusing stories are told of economics practised by exceptionally rich peopie. The New York Sun tells the following 01 the late Mr. A. T. Stewart.—"He naa given a dinner and theatre party, and instead of taking his guests, to the tlieatt'3 'in carriages, as they had expected, he h:'u<* a stage and democratically hustled them into it. While paying the fares Mr. art dropped a piece of money, and dartre, almost the entire trip kept turning u;> t straw in the bottom of the stage in of it. Judge Hilton, who was sitting nt -'" him, took from his pocket a nickel, an , passing it to the millionaire said, * - Heaven's sake, Mr. Stewart, put tnl your pocket, and don't kick up a' l }' 1110 dust with that straw.'"