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Timaru Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 5353, 4 February 1892, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS A fine constitution may be ruined by simple negleot. Many bodily ills result from habitual constipation. There is no medicine equal to Ayer'a Pilla for restoring the 4>ystem to natural and healthy action,— [Advt] For removing dandruff, Ayer's Hair "Vigor has no equal. It roitor.s faded and gray hair to its original colour, etimulates the growth of the hair, and gi7es it a beautiful, glossy, and silken appearance. — [Advt] Mies Beatrico Potter aays tho evila known ac sweating pro. ail almoat entirely m thoae indualriea whioh had escaped eifective regulation by law. Thiß mass of poverty waa not duo to overpopulation, for wealth waa produced m abundance. Nor was it duo to, lack of employment, for whole sections of the communily were shockiugy overworked. But it was a oaae of wrong population and wrong employment. It ib gratifying to know tbat the Admiralty havo not forgotten t- whosa exertions the escapo of tho Culliope from tho hurricane at _amoa was mainly due. Mr Bourke, lho Btaffonginoor of tho chip, it will bo remembered waa rewarded by the barren honour of "advancement" ta the. rank of fleet engineer, which did not increase his pay, scarcely improvod bis position, and caused him considerable expense for extra gold lace on hia uniform. Mr Milton, who was the noxt engineer officer to Mr Bourke, has beon moro fortunate. He has just beon specially promoted to tbe rank of chief engineer, whioh iB a real und substantial advantage, as he gains thirly-two places on tho seniority list by it. Captain Henry Kane, commander of tho Calliope, will, it is understood, succeed Coptain Palliser es flagcaptain to Admiral the Earl of'Olanwilliam, at Portsmouth. The Dowagor Lady de Boa, who died m Eaton place on Tuesday, at the great ago of 96 (says the London Daily News of December 18), was present at the famous ball m Brussels on the night bofore the battlo of Waterloo, commemorated m Lord Byron's well known poem. She put on the Duke of Wellington's sword whon he went to meet Napoleon, and the scene of tho festivities waa tha iouso of ber father, tho Duko 4if Eiohmond. Nine years afterwards sho married the Hon. William Lennox LaEcellas de Ras, afterwards twentieth baron of that ilk, who m 1839 succeeded hia brother, the hero of the famous card case. Her husband died m 1874, and the present Lord de iflos ia her son. Lady de Hob is believed to have survived every officer, if not every man, who fought at Waterloo. Lord Albermarlo and General Whichoote having died within tho present year. Lady de Roe publißbod a fow months ago her rominiaoences of tho ball, with a description of the building and tho atreet m which it was held. The scandal arising from tho discovery of adulterated flour at St. Petersburg, cays a despatch of Deo. 28, is apt to make trouble for a large number of people. A consignment that comprised 300,000 poods (7,800,000 English pounds) of barloy flour was purchased from dealers m Liban, with a view to regulating the pricoß of wheat m the Bt. Petersburg market,, aa well as to afford rolief to famine sufferors. Investigation proved tbat tho entire consignment was adultorated with chalk dust and other Bubatances. These adulterations comprised auch a large proportion of the consignment that the use of the alleged flour would constitute a very dangerous menace to the health if not to the lives of thosa wbo partook of it. Speaking of the gigantio fraud, the Novoe Vremya remarks, •* If such frauds oan bo perpetrated m Ihe capital of the Empire, the appalling account of similar orimes m the famine-stricken provinces cannot be overestimated." At a mooting of tho Aeronautical Sooiety of Great Britain on November 27th, Mr Maxim explained the progress of his experiment to produce n maohine by whioh it will bp possible to introduce aerial navigation. He has already spent £10,000 m these exportmonto, and has arrived Ht such important results that ho regards it aa certain that m the near future ho will nchievo euccese, Mr E. P. Froßt, J. P., of West Wratting Park, Cambridgeshire, gave a detailed description of a flying maohine, the construction of whioh he has beon engaged on for many years, after much Btudy of birds, &o. He produaod one of tho feathers of one of his wings, wbioh, though weighing only a few ouncea, is 10ft or 12ft long. At the" close of the address a brief diacußsion toofc place. Sir .fames Douglas described some of the results stated by !_r Maxim as most astounding, and aa showing the practicability of aorial navigation, which he had little doubt Mr Maxim would Bolve. It wa9 stated that Mr Maxim is prepared to Bpond £10,00,0 more upon his experiments. $qr rem W«" *V jfvue tee Fourth Page. Auctioneers. Glasson & Co. TURNBULL'S POPULAB BOOMS. ON SATUBDAY NEXT, 6th FEBRUARY. YE!"® will Sell on account of Mr T. Reid— 1 Big Drum, good as new (double baßs). No Boserve. GLASSON & CO. SS. B. Webster & Co — — . ,___ — , — _ JTJ.OR SALE PRIVATELY— A COMPACT FARM of 153 Aorea, m two paddocks, well-fenced and watered ; 50 acres m turnips, balance m tussock. To be Sold — a bargain. Apply to H. B. WEBSTHIB & 00., Geraldine.