ALL ROUND THE WORLD.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 186, 24 November 1876, Page 3

ALL ROUND THE WORLD.

; Mr. Schuyler, the America ConsuliGonoral. who ha* been investigating the massacres in Bulgaria, is said to- talk Butgarituir like a native. He knows nearly alt Ihu ssiri* of Eassem Europe. Mr. Baring lilts Ao> imperfect acquaintance with tlto language of the people whose wrongs ho was investigating. Tlvo xVcto York tlmtt-tt says •.—"A eensuhol! flies has not been taken, owin:: to tlm expense to the Government and to tlm disgraceful deficiency of our system of arithmetic. It is thought, however, that thuru arts in New York city alone upwards of a,0t)O.«0O,o0t>,00(>,0»)O,yut.>.l)()('>,00t>,00(> lull-grown fiiea, exclusive of ancient ehie.t'livins, papooses, and squaws. --■ Tub is an Under estimate, but a few billions more or lus» uutktt. no practical difference, ft is miough that there are too> many. _ The fitality of a fly b wonderful. Benjamin Franklin says that if you put a fly into a Kittle of wine, eorfc him up, andj keep lim for a, hundred years, and then open ho bottle he wilt come out insensibly Irank, but that, prrt in the sun, he will fcvtve and make a direct tine for your ear.. iVo have not yet tried this experiment, nit know that franklin! must bo right. ihu fly is the most Faithf ut of alt creatures. )(ig» desert their masters, and horses try omit away, but the tty always returns to is. Leaving your nostrils or left corner if your a f*«y wilt appear to forget 'our existence ;. but his fidelity is great ly busuil. Hyenas and tigers can be tamed, iireots can be edncat>d to watch over ifnnts, and cats to suckle mice ; but the iy in faithful to the instincts of his race. toe of the best of the dramatists of luuen Elizabeth's era, wishing to give an l«u «f a perfectly wild nature, could rnty iy that it was as " nntameabte as tlies." flint could be more expressive ( Edttitud fleas are common, but an educated ?i» an unknown creature. They do- not '«l education, for they know too much romly. Flies are particularly fond of tails which are hairless, but we have yet luurn of a bald-headed man who did not gwd a fly with rage. There are many aula of Hiea—the" green fly, the bliteilml tly, the gilded tty, the buttertly, the agon fly, the swamp fly, the horse tty, <l the Spanish tty, but the worst of alt «is the common tty. That is the fly doit is the bust of att nations. 'Weal man and dog tight has been cetefited in America wtth fatal results. A "1 named Connolly, whose recreation « the worrying of rats after the manner »terrier, being in a state of hitoxiea- '"> offered to tight any dog in the place, (ttJarvis. Curled under a smalt table nop vnu an English bulldog of harmless position, and John Connotty selected 11 for his opponent, and made a savage :ivc k upon him. When once roused to f .V the poor beast fastened on the man "i iv grip which all the efforts of the fitatovs could not loose, anil which was rfolaxod even when the owner, drawing t>olver, and saying that it was a pity Ptl the better of tlie two to save the P>y allot the unfortunate creature dead, felly's wounds proved fatal three days

Pliam Rottpell, late M.P. for Lamp vwaivad his discharge from Port-

[ land prison after having served twelve i vears' penal servidnde. Instead of tak;ng ! the train from Portland, aa b usual with I liberated convicts, he was driven in a car- ! riage to Weymouth, a:*>l took his departure from that town to av..- t f the ?■« > •>£ a : crowd collected at iV-;-! ■■■>> . f Station. I Since his incarceration itas been I a m<xtu! convict, and Ins presence will be j greatly missed. He was employed as hosi ptftaC muse, and never seemed happier j than when alleviating the an tiering* ot his fellow prisoners.

Michael Gattey, the Melbourne hangman, aged fifty, i» abottt to have the knot tied which is to unite him in marriage to a young girt under twenty years of age. Mr. Start refused his consent as guardian of minora, the young woman being under age ; but it seems that Gatley has found another .F.P., also a guardian of minora, who is less scrupulous. In the absence of any startling item o f local news, we beg to submit the following lament, respecting'the career and sad end of a newspaper writer, who finding it impossible to fill his paper with original matter, died of a broken heart:—"With fingers blackened with ink, with eyelids heavy and red, the local editor sat in his chair, writing for daily bread. The small boy was by his side, the foreman grumbled and swore, and the ortice-boy, like an * Oliver Twist.' constantly cried for ' more.' He hart told of a broken leg that had never been broken at alt, he had killed oif the nearest friend he had, atid torn up a hows jin a squall. And now he was at an end ; he hadn't an item left, and he bowed hi* head to the small boy's scorn tike a fellow of hope bereft. They found him a corpse that night, in the street so drear and sloppy, with the foreman whispering into his ear, and the small boy waiting for copy."

A Vieksburg wife informed her husband the ©Cher morning that she was working herself into the grave for the want of a hired girl, and as he went out she leaned back and felt to weeping. The children were making a noise in the hall as he passed out, and he called out, " you ought to stop this racket ! Your mother won't live a week, and when yon get a step mother here nest spring siie won't put up with any such nonsense." When became home to dinner, lib wife met him with a smile, •' Isn't ottvs a cosy home, Richard, with only our own little family to took after l"

Mr. John Roberts, jim.. the champion billiard-player, gave the last of hb tarewe:lt secies of exhibition matches a 1; the Melbourne AthetueittM on the 13th, and signalised the occasion by making tine largest brsak—4t>2—whielt lie has vet made in these Colonies. An innovation b talked of in fashionabb cirutas which b making chignon and false-hair merchant* tremble for their trade. It. b proposed that all the luxuriant trusses which adorn the heads of our H! : i)iMtr* shall fall, and that Parisian ladies shall appear in puhtb, their hair dressed it ht Titus. Already several courageous ladies have shown themsjlvta *' cropped ;" but it is to be hoped that their _ example will not find many imitators in Groat Britain's fair isle. Having seen the hair dressed tt (it Tit as. we can assure our lady friend* that the fashion is very unbecoming, and we should regret if anyone of our acquaintance- adopted it. The latest eostnnie for emancipated women in the United States b more remarkable for simplicity than elegance. It is to be catted the "Emancipated Costume," and b the invention of Mrs. Gearing, and though it was coed in summer Mrs. Gearing found it was warm in winter. The new garment b made alt in one piece —tunic and trousers combined—and like the ice-hocise of the inventor, is Lined with sawdust; and Mrs. Gearing maintains that in extremely hot and cold weather, a layer of sawdust evenly disposed about the person will make the wearer perfectly c mifortabte. "In proportion as the temperature of the atmosphere rises or sinks to the neighborhood of Gjdeg. Fahrenheit, the quantity of sawdust may," we are assured. " be regulated until the weather feels neither too warm nor too cold. Thus clothed, a lady would need but one dress for all seasons of the year, and could adapt her clothing to meet the most sudden changes of the weather by merely taking in or letting out more sawdust." Other advantages, too, will result from the adoption of the new style of dress. " There will be no more corsets," says Mrs. Gearing, "and no more cotton." If the wearer of the " emancipated costume" is unable to emancipate herself from the prevalent pa3sion for skirts, she may snrroand herself with any number. But the true dres3-refonner and enthusiast for the elevation of women will, it is hoped, content herself with the "emancipated, costume" and nothing more."

Some idea of the growth of cord may be gathered from the description of a piece in the Cvoktmrn H»m(d :—"lt was taken off the submarine cable near Port Darwin, b of the ordinary* species, about sin. in height, *Vtn. in diameter at the top, and about "Jin at the base. It is perfectly formed, and the base bears the distinct impression of the cable, and a few fibres of the coir rope used as a sheath for the telegraph wire still adhere to it. As the cable has been laid only four years, it is evident that this specimen mast have grown to its present height in that time, which seems to prove that the growth of coral b much more rapid than our scientific men have hitherto admitted. This rapid growth may account for the new coral reefs that are constantly being discovered off our coast, and in the coral seas."

A letter from Madrid says that the investigation into tile mordcr of General Prim, commenced on December 27,1870,

I fcp.3 just terminated. The proceedings fill 12,000 tolio3 of manuscript, ana -a v - ■ - -i carried on by 18 judges. One hundred and twentv persons have been sought after as implicated ; of these 40 have been disI rhar-~d for want of proof of complicity; t.ie residences of ■« others could not be found, six arc dead, 10 are in prison, and two of those absent are out of the country, and have not obeyed the summons to appear. During the procedings it has be.n shown that some fabricated evidence was offered. Notwithstanding all the eflorts which have been made it has not been found possible to fix the guilt of the crime on any one by absolute proof. There must be two Saltans in Constantinople at present. The correspondent of the Journal dr.i DcbaU describes AbdulHamid as " endowed with athletic force, and capable of holding up a man on his extended arm." The correspondent of the Temps describes Abdul-Hamid as "Small of Stature, lean, and feeble." Correspondents never lie ; the latter must evidently be the shadow of the former. Talk of Irish bulls, here is one to match the best of them. On a shop-front near the Lowther Arcade is the inscription in gilt letters—"The only Manufactory of Foreign Liqueurs in England." The Prince of Monaco is seriously ill. Dr. Declat, of Paris who was specially called to his bedside, i 3 afraid that Ic jeu est fait. His Serene Transparency caught the crop in the spring, and is croupier than ever now.