MISCELLANEOUS EXTRACTS

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue I, 14 November 1862, Page 4

MISCELLANEOUS EXTRACTS

i Bread 1 1800 Yeas Ojld.~A inip<S afchoeological discovery has'juatbeen ifl LtPompeii, ofa mill with a£**eat quail If corn in- excellent preservation, ani Wen with eighty-one loaves, arrange* tows, and but slightly affected by- the 1 k the lava, having heen<pTOtected%b ftantity of ashes- which had covefe^ ton door fitted to the mouth of the o<^ TiesM'oaves have all been got out ehli I' large iron- shovel • for introducing* ' ifetves into tlie oven has 'also been Tot ojithespot, yvilh'a remnant of its wbb< Kflidle. This is the first discovery of Idld on record. Not far from this pi s|silver and^s6l bronze coins have bi ikn6.— Weekly Dttpatch. Wantbd.— An artist' to draw abadgf all. a few active hands io collect the dtf aspey break ; persons of arnournful oY paction preferred. ' • I 2ALrGNANT Sore Throat.— The J girar-general'for Scotland reporji^^l theecond quarter of this yel*iF"*^||l tbjtats and diphtheria were remay^|| segtered localities, and that in Muff Sfth Yell (Shetland), the sroe th& vt|b accompanied (by an effection of \i hjds, which raises the suspicion fthj solthroats and diphtheria in tbe bnmi select is but a variety of that epefejg dSse in cattle known by the nairteV miain or epizootic aptha, character is] inliem by the apthous.and ulcerat mfih and sore hoofs. An intellige velinary surgeon lias brought und nbie a few cases which it was clear esflfehed that the milk of cows aflecfc wumurrain caused apthous mouths ai di-fieria in children, and fatal aptha?, fc mffling in ulcerous affect ons of t mon, throat, and windjiipe.in '-'the case yX&rExpress, 26th August. v~ Br Philup FAhiea's I : Socibtp| The|ea«fer in noticing the late shol I the^t Phillip Farmers Society, sayl " TMirizes, which «re silver cups of tl valif LSO each, are offered on thefol/ol ing iris: To be given to the animl wh|in the opinion of the judges;! posjgd of the highest order of meritl its fi, and when thrice awarded to ll saninimal : to become the property fl the libitor. These conditions have 'njl beerjglfilled by 'Prince Charlie,* arid M cup | consequently passed permaneij I intofi possession: of his owners, Mesrl J. awl. Macintosh. * Prince Charlffl has pnumerous first prizes "in the colbt*l and «also the winner of the : first pjß of tetovereigns as best "entire drauil horsMiibited.at the late show. He.rl darkfhand was imported from Scott I by Airs. J. and M. Macintosh. jHe^ m bred EM r. Anderson, Drumore, Wigt I shireld was exhibited in Scotland se I titnefitainingseven first prixes, includ M the i f prize at the Highland Socie fl showiilasgow, in 1857,beating30pth fl The? trt-horn heifer 'Dahlia AAV A? is. fl winn If the first pris^e in the two-yIH old h f class ; of the^ piece of plate/yf^| L 5, i ihe bestlcoldriiai bred^east^lru^H the I ii Guinea Challenge Cup, as^^fl animi possessing most merit in all; W cattlensses inthe yard. This heifer ■■ been libited by Mr. Robert M'DbugH long favorably known as a breederH short ns iv the neighborhood of B*fl "I hot say," remarked , Mr. Bro*H " tha pcs is a thief, but I do say thaH his ft oined^ mine, I would not tryH A ] b**n. — A horrible man, whoH alwa] aking us laugh, yesterday toldH the 1 wing, which we-' regard as a' v .lj^H ,possi' :— - Two naturalists having <^H caver the spot where a huge' .s^H hsar ] deposited, her young or^| deten sd to capture them. AccordinoH hivinltisfied themselves that " GrisszH wjs spat, one of theni crawled onfl foirs j| the cave, the other meimfljfl sejetjihimself close at hand. ScvJH I*7 .*||' venturesome nian disappeaiM ivilhii fie recesses of the lair, when *^| i>h|enl 'onster returned, and prepared *^| |#ral r to enter its desecrated hptrH tye tl« whole of its body disappeai^H p'e*i i the friend who was bidden lr^H || e dt|;he spot, and firmly grasping .*^H Bte I the tail, held on with a «*^H f#haif ' darkening the door,' says! S infie, * Sir,' replied the ott^H loußfjthe tail which I now hold in r^^fl m finer break or become separa^B MJhjjst of the body, it«ppeai*s to j^H Babli that you will have an opportur^B ♦gidging "for yourself.' " So disgus^H fj we !at the levity with which S^M Ked so' serious a '** fix," that we ge our informant enlightened us &^^| ftrmination of the adventure. ' *4^| j|iridan, speaking of his stay at &nl*^| °red, "I called for a bottle of V^| tjjky landlord might live. 1 abstal^H fwrinking it that I might live toolj^H 8 GtrupowDEß. — The latest explr^^fl -.^1 consists jof4heja.pur of starch, w^^fl b*np aT peculiar way with nitric fl^H P°4 a far greater projective force in ordinary use. It has^^H the ladvan tage of not fouling the /^^H to ippreciable extent, and fron/^^H used, is produced atf^^f c ! 1 ?»te. Another point in itsc^^H sitKKch recommends it especial! j^^H '°^«nd magazines, is the facilit; whi« ingredients are mixed togj^^H thum r j n g jf, possible to keeplj^^^f se P c^Bitil wanted for actual use. l^^^H statesp owc j er i 3 now explosive|^^^| e^.P e £ now in course of progrfl^^H en §3 Berlin are said to leaygl^^H doub||t;s general adoption in- Auj^^H an d armies. — Scientific Paper^^^M