MISCELLANEOUS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 288, 26 March 1877, Page 4

MISCELLANEOUS.

A BTO& CCftfOSTtY. One of tne living turn »i.tte9. at BarJlim/s menagt rie and circus is a roan tattooed from head to foot. His name is Cbfistentenns, a Greek by birth, and it is Stated that ho was one of the party who penetrated Chinese Tartary for mining purposes* some years ago, a rut engaged in an insurrection there. The natives captured hint and two- of his companions, and instead of putting them t<» death, adopted the more cautions ptan of tattooing their todies and setting them free. The process ©f tattooing occupied six hours a day, for three consecutive months, and the torture inflicted was so severe that the captives nsed to' beg for death, instead. Captain Constentmus was the only one e>f the trio who* survived the ordeal, and he earlies abottc on his person 188 pictures of men and animafs and geometrical figures. A wiut'tttT r.ovKkjrßS*. Poor governesses are common enough, lot a. governess foiling in wealth is such a vara mm that she dest rves remark. Mdlte. Bettmi '.Rothschild, daughter of ftartm Alphonse Rothschild, of Paris, is tlvs •tartling phenomen< >n of the preceptorial world. The young lady who was married recently to- Baron iMhert Rothsehitd, of "Vienna, gained the diploma of governess, a© that if her husband is unfortunate enough to tose I'vis own fortune and the twelve million francs she brought to hint as tier dowry, she knows what to do to in order to gain an honest livelihood. The Jews pre a vevy sensible people, and their ■enae is shown in their custom, which enjoins that every member of their nation should team a trade or profession. The great Spinosiv was a spectacle grinder, and though he has no more need to work at his trade than Madame P>ettini .Rothschild is ever likely to teach other people's children, he always had his trade to fall back ©».. The example thus shown by the chosen people might prou ( 'ahly be imitated by the mixed races of modem Europe. KNOWS*." Over the tiny grave of the only bodythat of an infant—washed ashore at l,ydd, near Dimgeness, frotu the ill-fated etuigrant ship JNorfchrtu'.'t, has kern placed a slab with the simple inscription, ''God kno-ws,." that having been the touching reply of the parish, constable when he was appealed to by the underrak'-r as to what name should be engraved on the cotSuplate. 'urn w.vv rr t.'. ivurs. A clever thing was done recently by one of the reporters of the iShindnnt. He was "told olf" to write a description of the Lcrd May< r's Show I'o'ug tl-e entire route. Part of the 'show' consisted of elephants, the property of George Sanger, the well-known circus manager. To thi" caterer the energetic arid conscientious re porter addressed himself, oh taming per mission to ride upon one of the elephant, arrayed in full oriental costume. lit faithfully carried out his programme, noi do his proprietors know to this day htm he received lis information. A Sotnewha similar thing- was done by the reporter o the Time# on the occasion of the entry o the Princess of Vv'ah-s iut>> London. lit was there as a footman, and stood all th* time at the back- of a. chariot with his hait powdered, and his calves padded, and at imposing trold-head'ed wand in his hand. PICRSTKi'TtOM l>r JtAKK-UUG. If the perpetrator of the following atrocity had been (says " Atlas " in the MVrfii) an Englishman, my dear laities, to.turea would not have induced rue to publish it. however, a Frenchman, and a determined bachelor, his misdeeds may be overlooked for this once, ffe has one redeeming point. He is very fond of children* and was asked by a friend why he did not commit matrimony. I can't, my dear fellow t f must have perfection." "What do yon call perfection !" troth the friend. " Why, t could enjoy ait the happiness of married life in one week." "But that is too runoh to expect, ts it notT "O no! Quite simple, in this way:—.Yott marry a very rich girt on Monday; you have a sou and heir on Tuesday ; tie is baptised on Wednesday ; ©ft Thursday' you fake out letters to administer the property of your mother-in-taw, who dies on Friday, and whom you "bury on Saturday on Sunday you touch your inheritance." How <*str>< "KTSfrj.. The practice of the New York journals reporting the Sunday sermons *>f the various "preachers seems, in one case, to have led to some amusing consequences. The THb'icni' reports a trial of the Rev.. C. B, Iffmyth, minister and pastor of the Eleventh - street Ignited Presbyterian Cftraruh, before the First United! Presbyterian Church Presbytery of JTew York, the Rev. Dr. Find lay, moderator. The rev. gentleman was charged with having, after his sermon on a previous Sunday, collected the six reporters who were there and asked them to drink* The charge, after stating that fie took the reporters to tt refreshment house, went on to say : "Fourth,, that beefsteak ant oysters having been ordered, he turned to- the reseporters, and asked them what they would drink ;. fifth, that orders having ti«e» given, he himself requested the barSleeper to- bring him some of the same: sixth, that this turned out to- be gin and tftilk, of the former of which liquids he took ftvfr lingers •, seventh, that he swallowed the dose with evident relish ; eighth, that the viands having been disposed of, •11 toss to leave, and Mr. Smyth turned [ tot the barkeeper, carelessly requesting htm ! t©' ** hang that up."' The prosecution Ihmk the facts mentioned in the foregoing allegations involve a breach of the Fourth tfemmandment as obtained by Exodus 20, K $ to> It, and that if they prove t© fee Imw Mr.. Smyth ought to be censured, ft ii sad to record that for this lattilabEe kenpitftlity to. a deserving class Mr. ■MI& wash visited with the censure of the ,