MULTUM IN PARVO.

Otago Witness, Issue 1704, 19 July 1884, Page 6

MULTUM IN PARVO.

— Wooden sailing vessels are being rapidly superceded by iron steam craft for even coastwise trade in Great Britain. Higher freight is considered to be more than compensated by speedier and more certain voyages. j — The Vienna correspondent of 5 London paper says a Mormon missionary has been arrested, and sentenced to a month's imprisonment. He tried to propagate the Mormon faith, and baptised a man and a woman in the Danube Canal in such cold water that the man took to flight and the woman fainted,. , 44 — »Two English railway companies, -owing to depression of trade, have discharged 2500 em ployoa and reduced the salaries of clerks 10 per,, cent. • ' — Within three daya after the arrival in America of the first copy of "More Leaveß from the Journal of a Life in the Highlands," Messrs Harper had ready a reprint for fifteen cents (7£d). The authorised edition, with the illustrations, is published by Messrs Scribner at4dol. ' . V ' —Advices received from Newfoundland state that the catoh of seals by Bteamera was 190,000, against 850,000 which had, been taken at this time last year, showing » decrease of 160,000. — The proprietor of thu Ship Tavern, in the vicinity, of the Strand, seized, the effects of an absconding lodger on the 2nd May, and discovered a box containing 121b of dynamite, cartridges, and gunootton. ' , •'•'• * —According to the last census 'returns the population of "Sweden has increased from 1,763,000 in 1750 to 4,572,245, the mdst populous provinces being those of the south, at they - have thirty-eight inhabitants per square mile, while the northern provinces have only thirtythree. . —The cry of " Spare that tree !"is now being heard in Russi*, and. considerable numbers of young men are sent to study forestry in the French and German colleges. -rThe Duke of Hamilton's splendid collection of books has at length been completely dispersed. The whole sale (including thVßeckford library) has brought a total of over- £86,000. The Hamilton library proper fectched £12,893, so that " Yathek's " treasures have been the chief means of replenishing the duke's pockets. — Mdnie de Cuzien, long known as the moat eccentric inhabitant of Lyons, France, died recently, .and left her fortune of j 15,000,000 francs to benefit in various ways, the women of that city. — A bill has bean introduced into the New York Assembly to' compel stamping on canned goods the date on which they were put up, and preventing the sale of goods more than a year old. — The different shooting clubs of England hava in five years purchased 897,000 v pigeons > for sport, at a cost of £§0,261. —Mrs Gladstone is expepted to contribute a little manual on " Healthy Bedrooms and Nurseries " to the series of handbooks about to be issued by the International Health Exhibition Commutes. —It is estimated that over 1000 Frenchmen j ha£ their death sentences commuted, and were sent to Z^ ew Caledonia during the presidency of M. Grevy. . . , —A dipsomaniac boy o£ 9^ hb . J** v f. waß recently attacked in Dublin, w7. h wvlmum tremene. —The Edison lighting station in New York is now conneoted with over 500 houses, whioh are wired for nearly 13,000 lamps, of whioh 11,272 are actually attached to the conductors and ready for use as required. —As soon as a fire breaks out' in Valparaiso the proprietor, manager, or head man is arrested and lodged in safe keeping until the authorities are satisfied it was accidental. This often causes great inconvenience, but on the whole it undoubtedly has beneficial results. —The Ganeta de los Hoapitales, Valencia, reports the cure of triohiniosis by the use of alcohol in quantities of 6oz to 9oe in 24 hours. —There are now 12^348 pupils in attendance on the schools for girls in India. Only a few years ago no woman vras allowed to learn to read. — The Paris Municipal Conncil have resolved gto pave with wood the Rues de Riroli, de la Jftix, , de Caßtiglione, the Boulevards dv Palais, '• W°heL £Jt. Germain, Hausmann, Maleaherbee, and <uher leading thoroughfares. t — The population of Oglon, which is springing into importance as the *t«rtjng point of the Panama canal, is only 9000, yet tfee de^h-rate •veragei J. 50 per month. ; win England a short Jbima a boy of jll killed mmgelf because his teacher refused to allow him a holiday to go birdnestjng. —The annual wagea of operatives, domestic Btr|4s8 t r |4s8 O»WW fcherß in^ ngland are « Bfcim ated —A bar of iron worth £1 if worked into howeahoea is worth £2, if made into balance , apnngs for watches £50,000. - j —A few weeks ago at Julpigoreo, India, aa i elephant killed fourteen persons and injured 1 seven others. . , : T-v«tT -v«t year over 1,000,000 cases of tinned ; salmon were tl^ £rom tha western coast j of America. ' - 1 —The colonies of Franco cover *.• -u^S 386,000 square miles, and have a populate5,500,000. —In accordance whith bis request, the remains of Professor Gross are being cremated at the Lemoyne furnace, at Washington, Pennsylvania. His wife's remains were recently cremated there,

—Pipes have been laid iri aU the down town thoroughfares of Chicago for the reception of telegraph wires, and it is expected there will be a fair tost of the underground system. The pipes have a diameter' of four inches. Manholes are constructed at the street intersections. , ' " ' ' — Geologists of eminence, have reported that within a snort time of the'shbck of earthquake at Colchester, the"level:-of< < the*-water in the wells rose sft above thai highest ever known. On the Sunday after the shock the water had risen Bft, and it has since remained at a rise of 7ft. . ' O ?.}., —New York manufacturers of oleomargarine who have a large capital' ibvestecDin the business have declared they will defy the new law prohibiting its sale,' claiming that the' law is unconstitutional. ,' . • — " The Monarch of the Glen," the magnifL cent painting by' Laodaeer, bequeathed by Lord Londesborougb, father of the present peer, to Lady Otho Fitzgerald, was' sold by auction the other day, and after a- spirited contest it was knocked /down Bj gtoj /Mr Henry Eaton, member for'Coveritry, at the prica of £6510. • • ' • —Canary birds are mostly raised in the Hartz mountains of Germany by people who are so poor that the two New v Y(frk firms which have a monopoly 'of importing them are compelled to advance money ; to buy food .for the young. There are a"bpufc ,150,000' canaries taken to America alone during ther*ir&aßon, from September to MafVb, and a" great icany die on the way. One large 1 American dealer says that the cost of feeding the pets in that country is fully 5,000,000c10l a year. — The new building of "the New York Produce Exchange, which' has recently been opened, epst, with the SitevS.OOO.'OOOdol. Its chief merit is its great si?e, the aggregate floor surface being over seven acr.es_in extent. The main exchange room is -200 ft lone*, 140 ft wide, and 60ft high. *. The Produce/Exchange has 3000 members^ and eaob^seat/is worth 4100dol. — The first line of telegraph 'was erected less than 4.0 years ago,* and at 'this .present time there are more than I,ooo,ooo'miles in operation. The * United States comes firat, with 250,000 miles, with tb'o immediate probability of adding another 100,000 miles; 1 Germany come next with 150,000" miles, and/ fcjie great Chinese Empire last, with 1200 miles.'? — It has been decided by the trustees of the British Museum to make an important accession to the treasures of tbe-coin department of that establishment by the purchase ol about 2500 Chinese coins selected- from .the ..Tamba collection, the romance of: whose ihistory waa recently described in the : Numismatio Chronicle. The coin* represent the; mintage of various ages, going baok as far as, thSi.f ourth or fifth century of the Christian era.; < >, "■ — The anti- vaccination fanatics should study the scene just now presented at'Mijdraa (says the Spectator). The city has been visited by an epidemic of smallpox/falling chiefly upon unyaocinated children, n.nd the death rate for a whole year has risen to 85 per 1000," four times the English rate. This is, exclusive of the large percentage of persons deformed, weakened, or made blind for life, the latter infliction being a frequent consequence < of Indian smallpox. The .natives submit ,quiatly,"j holding; «;tbat the goddess of the .disease is angry";" Tout they do not like to tee their children*' die, and the local council has been .able to pass an Act making vaccination compulsory. — Some of the oorreapo'ndentr.who ttere connected with the French Expeditionary Army in Tonquin (the Naval and Military Gazette states) speak of the undisciplined character of the French soldiers. It is said. that.tbe.Frenoh officers had no crntrol. whatsoever over .their men ; that they did not salute their superiors in rank, .even those.of their,own/pojinpsßy ; that they smoked and talked ttwjtn jtny/. one who came up when they were on, Hontry ; duty, and laughed and joked when they] were at,driJl, —The founding, of Rugpys, colony has resulted in one good thing for the reading public, as the experienced of Mr .Tom Hughes have been incorporated into, a volume.-/' Gone to Texas," or letters from three". Boys^w ho ate seeking tbeir fortune in an ew country. The letters are written, to friends at Home, and give every detail of life from the' ways of the people they meet to the 'modes' of .working and the wages received. w . .. j —Two additional suicides, arising cut of | losses at the Monaco' gambling' tables^ are reported to have taken place'at Nice, where the victims were spending a holiday.- - One- gentleman blew out his brains,' and the other shot himself through the heart. Both were Austrians, and members of gqod families. - —On the application of Bishop Horden, a grant has been made by the Religious Tract Society in aid of the translation of the " Peep of. Day " into the Ojibbeway language, and of the "pilgrim's Progress "into Cree/for.the use of the Indians in this remote region. - This will make the seyeqty-eeyenth language into whioh Bunyan's work has been translated! ."Polycljnio" states that $he ÜBe of '; paper towels jn cleansing wounds has been ■ found very .s»fciaf*9tory. Spobges have always been regarded with suspicion by' surgeons, as - it is difficult to keep them in a perreofejy purjcondition. But the paper towels are to \>9 used once nn^yi»nd, as they obst only from £1 4s to £1 10s per o.*0 .* are available in the sick room. They are irofii Japan, .^nd the I pale colours with which they are decorated 2F? found to be unobjectionable. . ' — Compulsory education 'in London appears ! to work much hardship to the poor. Oases < are frequent in whioh boys and girls whose earnings are indispensable to the support of ■ their families are compelled Ito give up their employment, or at the « best wor^halt-time, < in order to ■ attend sohool. . Tlht School Boards have little option" ifr the msWlr, and^ allowing ' half-time is the qesbbjtfyey oan dp.. Consequently many struggling 'and deseyvjhtfr families have been forced into really despor|^ ' straits by the action of th# . law, while tho^e alone who continue to evade jit »ro t.he vjeioija 1 and idle classes. . G'^ .*■*•'»>',' Some interesting reasearches 'h'aVe reoentlr -' been made by the director of the ' Bureau of Statistics at Vienna, to determine the com* parative longevity of men and -women and to .ascertain the causes for any difference that might appear. He finds' that out of 102^831 fndividuaw who have passed the age of ' ninety years, jgQ^Oj? are <women^ ,whUe> 5 0n,1y;42,628 are men. Jn Italy fee finds 241 alleged' oe> tanarfon women,'*u4 ineaof that age. The fa.et that of /jmldr^ wLoxaa^h jfchijMfe of ' ten years there are more v | oma^ejt' &aIH «eemß to be well eatablishßd) andttba^tJae.d'isi; proportion in nmifibers .grows greater, as t^e years of their life advance is equally.eertaln. The number of male births "exceeds\the female' by four p«c cent. '« ;, „ , , ;" t ,' c —A paper »QQentty read before the Trenc^ Academy of Meaieiaa expressed 1 , the; writer's conyiotion that one in ,evary -^000 persons jb huried alive. Thig estimate, however exag^orated.iis calculated to allay an appraaaue(j3o WbUU ie eooapipuoua ftmong the jFreqoh people and wbleJi ws# latedjp 'bßouihf*o public attaa *"*»» by the d9§Jft?»ap» ©jf <*e jaejiident of ffi« Chamber o." Vot «HW ; tliflfc e*pr«|3 Wsm&m ireg?veninonewm oCtf /W *&&>£ th« testator's heaifc pierceE by 4 t^W»M «W gepa bsrfore the lid of the coffin v ooreww 1 down. ..