MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume 30, Issue 30, 30 March 1880, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

" There is nothing now under, ribe sun," ia an adage which has its exceptions. Tlie newest thing in sleeve-studs, says a northern paper, has just been imported by an enterprising jeweller. They are in the form of squares of platinum, covered with white enamel, on. which is stamped, in a microscopic form, the title page of Punch, or a page of the Lo'ndin Daily Telegraph, and the news can be comfortably read off with a good glass. A man may " wear his heart upon "his sleeve for daws to peck at," but he would scarcely be suspected of wearing the day's doings upon his sleeves, " yet the trick may be done. The set of sleeve studs we inspected yesterday contained a page of the .Daily Telegraph, with all the English and Continental views. There is a terrible commotion among the bakers of Dnnediu. It seems that sometime ago Mr. R. Hudson, a wellknown miller, baker and confectioner, invented a sort of self-raising flour which has the advantage, without yeast or any other ingredient, {of anab>l|ang any to manufacture wholesome bread or buns with ease and certainty. The self-raising flour has obtained a wide circulation in Dunedin and is beginning to be regarded as a household necessity, and th# rpsult-n a sad falling off in the consumption of yeast-made bread. A few days ago, the master bakers, intent on revenge, convened a meeting for the purpose of sidering the prospectus of a joint stock confectionary company, and of course Hudson was not invited. He secured one of their circulars, however, wh^ on the following day quite a senwition was created by the appeareance in the window of Abraham's cigar divan, of a sketch of three donkeys in solemn conclave braying at each other, the central head bearing a wonderful resemblance to the i convener of the bakers' meeting, while above all was the legend "Hudsons' self-raising flour." There is great indignation among the manufacturers of dough, but the confectionery plot is not likely to be a success. ■■ . * * | A rather amusing incident owurred the other evening in Masterton,, says the Wellington Times. It appears that an unfortunate debtor there had '* the man in possession" as an unwelcoioe guest at his house for a night or two, and getting tired of him suggested, daring a quiet game of cards, that a beer would do them no harm, and induced the bailiff to go and fetch the liquor. Meanwhile the debtor fastened doors and windows and prepared for a siege, but was heartly disgusted to find the limb of the law in a very short time make entrance again by descending the chimney. Previously to doing this, Mr. Bailiff, with careful regard for his habliments and the majesty of the la wy had impressed a small boy to get down' the chimney and open the door,l -but the adventurous youth went down the wrong one, much to the astonishment of an adjoining tenement. We give th»£ story as told us by a traveller, who vouches for its accuracy. Copy was out. The devil picked up a paper and said : " Here's something ' about a woman ' must I cut it out V " No I" thundered the editor, " the first disturbance in the world was occasioned by fooling about a woman. A frog was found in a New York milk can obo day. The milkman believes the cow swallowed it