MISCELLANEOUS NEWS

Colonist, Volume XVI, Issue 1660, 15 August 1873, Page 5 (Supplement)

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS

Manhood Sitffbage.—A demonstration, in whioh 10,000 miners took part, was recently held in Bishop Auckland, in favor of manhood suffrage. There were 16 colliery districts represented, and the.various districts marched through the town, headed by their bands and banners. Mr. Joseph Cowen, junior, (Newcastle) presided at the main platform, and, in,, an able speech, advocated the extension of the fran- ~.'■ chiseby manhood suffrage. Resolutions in favor,of H the objects of the meetiag were passed. . " (1 , '~„" Sending Bees by Post.—The new. praotice 11 pf. .*.. sending bees by post is causing trouble. A Wash*. ',' ington correspondent explains thus:—"The cage it a block of wood, in which are three large holes, covered with a fine wire netting. Seven bees, including a queen bee, are placed in each ocmpartment, and are introduced through a hole in the side of the block, which is plugged up by a piece of sponge soaked in honey. The postmasters and clerks allege that the honey soaks through the paper placed over the holes and daubs other mail matter, and betides, as one postmaster complained, the clerks in his office did not get through examining and studying the oon- • trivance until the bees stung every one of them, and. in shoeing them how it was made, and how to handle it without injury, they stung him too'" ' '•■■■'

Stbangb Punishment foe Scholars.—We have never muoh favored corporal -punishment in schools, but whether the substitute adopted by a Wisooniia teacher is desirable is a little doubtful. When a pupil is disobedient, idle, or refraotory, he administers to ' the delinquent a dose of castor oil. The only result of this treatment of which we have report is. a pun, - strangely and fearfully execrable, made by the editor of the local newspaper. He says such treatment ought to render the soholars "dose'ile." He evidently needs a quart or so himself.— America* paper. A Magnet.—At a recent meeting of the French ' Academy, M. Jamin exhibited a magnet whioh he. had constructed to carry upwards of 22 times, its own ' weight; it weighs two kilogrammes and carries 45. Hitherto the greatest carrying power attained in artificial magnets has been four to five times their own weight. M. Jamin has obtained this unpreoedented result by substituting for the very thick plates hitherto employed, a sufficient number of very thin plates superposed on each other, and all thoroughly magnetised. One result of this achievement'will be that the volume and weight of magneto-eleotrio machines can now be diminished to a' very gnat extent. " - - 'An unfortunate Kentucky editor thus addressee his delinquent subscribors : ." Friends, we are penni- ' lees ! Job's turkey was a millionaire compared with - our present depressed treasury!" To-day if salt was two cents a barrel, we could not buy-enough to pickle ' a jaybird!" ' . •■•'■* • • ' :■- Queer Substitutes job Cats.—Mr. E. L. Layard, writing to the Field from Para, Brazil, says:-:-"-Are • you aware that' boas' do the work of domestic cats in this country? They are sold about the streets, and purchased to be placed in the roofs, or under the floors of houses (usually raised several feel).to keep • down tbe rats. I lately saw about 20 in a box,in • shop I entered, and was told they were for.sale *o . captains of ships, to let loose in the hold. ' ' I calculate/ said a Yankee skipper present, • I have bought, half-a-dozen to take to New York; but they are the the queerest cats I have ever heard of.' They are exceedingly handsome, and, if not.bullied, quite harmless. Iheir mouths are, however, furnished with numbers of very sharp teeth, capable of inflicting a nasty.lacerated wound." A Sight foe the Ladies.—The special, correspondent of the Daily News at the Vienna Exhibition writes: —" The Messrs. Hancock's cases glitter in the sheen of nearly £300,000 worth of jewels. Their moat striking objects, at a cursory glance, sre the .. Tennyson rase, modelled in chaste and repoussS oxidised silver, by Armistead, to illustrate the Morte D'Arthur; a suit of emeralds and diamonds, worth £8000 ; a lovely tiara of wheat ears and wild flowers in diamonds, the centre consisting of a large oinna-mon-colored brilliant; a necklace and pendant of pink pearls, the large pearl in the centre of the pendant being the size of a pigeon's egg; another necklace and pendant in brilliants, with magnificent central ruby, the whole to'be bought for the bagatelle of £10,000; a necklace of black pearls and .diamonds, value £2500; a suit of pearls, consisting of tiara, bracelet, earrings, and necklace, also of the value of £10,000; and two earrings, each consisting of a single brilliant, the cost of the pair being £2000. Over against Messrs. Hancock's, Mr. Aitohison, of Edinburgh, is great in cairngorm jewellery, Highland , brooches, dirks, ramshead snuff mul's, &o. He shows the largest cairngorm ever yet found. It is in the rough, and weighs 71bs." Tblegbaphing aud Baoing.—lt appears that there were forwarded from and received at Epsom ' during the " Derby" week no fewer than 10,000 messages. Of those 3500 accrued on the "Derby" day itself, and about 2500 on the " Oaks " day. The telegraphing for the Press amounted to upwards of 35,000 words; while of foreign telegrams more than 150 were sent. A staff of 20 clerks wai employed throughout the meeting, and the systems of telegraphy at work embraced the Wheatstone automatio and duplex instruments. The Best Family Magazine.—The Family Hebald, of whioh the Saturday Review says that "ito novels and tales are quite as well written as the best circulating library stories"—which the Illustrated London News says, "is a joy to tens.of thousands of innooent households"—which the British Quarterly Review says is the " best," and the Literary Gazette says is the " purest," seems to enjoy as muoh popularity as ever. Its leading articles and novels are , contributed by eminent writers, and when republished aohieve great success. A new novel, " fler Face , was Her Fortune," commences the new volume. Well edited, printed on good paper, we have eighty ~ quarto pages, or one hundred and sixty columns, in a Monthly Part, for sixpence; and while the popularity • of the Family Hebald is explained by the tone and excellence of its writing, these, facts give it a claim to be not only the best, but the cheapest magazine in the world.— Jdvt. , , Holloway's Ointment xm Pills.—Dropsical Swellings.—Whatever may be the remote cause of collections of water in the human body, it must he prudent to disperse them.as soon as possible. .The readiest means of accomplishing this end are supplied by using Holloway's Ointment, to inorease the activity of the absorbents. When this Ointment» well rubbed upon the skip, it removes all venous congestion, overcomes all mechanical obstruction to the free return of the blood and prevents the deposit: of serum and water. Holloway's Pills likewise augment this absording power j they act powerfully « the capillaries through the circulation, while the Ointment aots directly through the skin. Both should be employed in dropiies and diseases of the kidneys.— Advt.