Sirty Years Ago

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21785, 15 October 1940, Page 4

Sirty Years Ago

“ The Timaru Herald ” October 15, 1880 Round the World in 66- Days Mr Ismay, the head of the firm of Messrs Ismay, Imrie and Co., of the White Star line of ocean steamers, recently returned to Liverpool, after what is believed to have been the most rapid tour round the world which is ever supposed to have been made. The trip is thus described by a New York contemporary:—“Phineas Fogg's Tune Beaten.—Mr Ismay, arrived In this city on Saturday last from San Francisco, and is stopping at the Windsor Hotel. He was in time to have taken passage in the White Star steamship Germanic last Saturday had he so chosen, and allowing nine days for her passage, he could have landed in Liverpool after a seventy-five days’ absence, having in the meantime travelled completely around the world, thus beating by nearly five days Mr Phineas Fogg, who made the journey Inside of eighty days, according to the veracious Jules Verne . . The distance travelled from Liverpool is 22,320 miles, and the time occupied has been sixty-six days exclusive of stoppages at the various points visited. An Electric Cow A remarkable case of anima! electricity is given in the current number of the Veterinary Journal. It is reported by Mr W. Woods, F.R.C.V.S., Wigan, and is as follows:—“On the 21st of February last I was requested to visit a dairyman's cow which had calved the previous night, the owner stating that he did not understand what was the matter with the animal, as every time he touched her a trembling sensation ran up his arm, and he involuntarily twitched it away. H" seemed perfectly astounded, end kept impressing it on me that he was not afraid of the cow, but he could not help shaking when he touched her. I visited the cow, and when I placed my hand upon her I received a perfect electrical shock, the animal evidently receiving the same, for as often as she was touched by any one she bellowed and jumped forward, apparently terrified. The pulse and temperature it was perfectly impossible to ascertain. The owner was unable to milk her, as she went wild when touched, but was perfectly tranquil when not meddled with, with the exception qf a wild look about her eyes. No matter how many times the animal was touched the same result followed. With great difficulty I administered a strong saline purgative. combined with 15 croton beans, followed in a few hours by a pint of linseed oil, containing 3 ss. chloroform. At night the cow was considerably better, and the following morning I was pleased to find her quite convalescent. International Law London.—ln replying to a note from the Sultan, the Emperor of Germany regrets that the necessity for carrying out the Berlin Treaty precludes Germany from acting apart from the other Powers.