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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 375, 16 July 1903, Page 2

Varieties.

: v . A : c-:- ♦- i.;. NOTES. KK ALLOONING is the latest cure for df >|» cdnsumption. The patient has to jjfflg make ascents at stated intervals, -increasing or decreasing the altitude, in accordance with his- condition New kinds of livirig'butterflies can be produced from existing forms by greatly increasing or decreasing the temperature cf the place where the butterflies are kept. & difference in-colouring and even in form has thus been obtained by Professor Fischer in recent experiments. ~ What may be termed a musical typewriter is an instrument to be attached, to a pi.Bao for the purpose of writing down in 'musical characters all the notes played on' it. The" new instrument is adapted for the. use of composers.and these who have to arrange music for bands. Fresh air tablets are a preparation: discovered by a French scientist. It was while investigating - acetlylene : that ; ,Jhe discovered that he could combine certain chemicals into a tablet whicb> on being, dropped into water, dissolved, and gave' forth pure oxygen. These tablets exceedingly useful in a closed carriage, a submarine,boat, a mine, or anywhere else whore the air has become vitiated, HIS RESPONSIBILITY, am I 3." Tb;e troubles; of) the ljteraryi manare : eeklom bejtpr in the case of the' into a newspaper office, venturing j;o hope, that the editor would accept his effaring; ' Give me your address,' said the editor.- • 'That, sir,' was the frank .reply, 'depends" entirely on yourself.' r -'-' "* On myself?' <said the astonished editor. 'How so?' •Well, you see/ went on the unabashed poet, * it's this way: if you take the poem, my address will remain 7?, Blankfstreet; if you don't take it I shall have no address My landlady is a'woman of her word.' ; ' ; -■■ ' -^'■■■■■ :b'{B FUNNY r SCENE WITH A PHONOp. ;,.. ; QteLSlf. '■ „ t .The late Mr Panmure Gordon, whosp will has just been proved, was very j>rpus of his clan, and he had always a piper to play the rounds at dinner-time. One day Gordon was taking a record., of the pipes, oh his phonograph, and while; the experiment was in progress a footman entered the room and the piper stopped. ' Ga oh, you idiot, you, go on !' shouted Gordon, anxious to have ; the. record perfect. .•• '- .';,•, • yttz ,*'-. « " "' .A ,|ew days after he hnd a large party to dinner, including the-Duke of Fife. The record of the pipes was put on for the; delectation of the guests, andr out camef the whole incident, including, the forcible" admonition to the piper, If certainly made a hit. I BALLOON CHASING BY MOTOR. CAB. An interesting ' experiment, organised•by the Aero-Glub, took. plice recently, to | test the ability of motor car's to follow the i flight of a balloon. An ascent was made I from Prospect Park, Reading, at one 'o'clock, in the presence of twelve cars,

which immediately in &The balloon disappeaire<i||pfedilyipiMl r feet, tiio W&fJuckag||lnd tfie H©joural|j C. SB3p®Sggi;| 'ltififgcl themselvw|iji ■ asct'gieat aii»pt-'"deep o#d sky*?like thafcof t^lpfirfi^r&nean, i&d some were -. * photographed; but dating- vn& passage, ' through the clouds, 14' degrees of frost were registered, Bad the ropes of the car J became frozen, finally at three o'clock J the balloon came down near Pewsey on the borders of Salisbury Plain, eight miles from Salisbury '.Two cars were present near the descenty 4hose of Messrs. Miyhew and Chit, and their occnpauta reached the balloon., with considerable difficulty, being: compelled to Tun across ploughed fields and ditchOs, and also to negotiate a quantity of barbed wire.' "SaeTrir-ihat* R 'Wranff»*WTflßvVW*r clouds for over an hour its capture must be accounted a capital bit of work, and t Jheu.prize., ,of Mjsvm^W4t!BsSs3!L to Mr May hew. The other cars which bad participated in the competition wont to Marlborough and D.vizas.

A MAN WRONGFULLY CONVICTED. * 1.0 U.' recalls a celebrated law case of a man wrongfully convicted of murdefing'his father. ' The latter, an elderly man who livad with his Bon and daughter? was found murdered in a abed, The son,: was accused of the crime, and the evidence against him was purely circumstantial, the principal witness being his sister. She proved that her father had money, and that her.brother,.who was his beir-at-» law, had expressed a desire to como into his inheritance. On the evening of the murder deceased went out to. the shed in which he was found to milk a cow, while the witness went to visit friends, at whose house she spent the night.' The i sgn was thus left alone with his father. Snow was on the ground, and footsteps leading from the : house to the shed were observed. . .-, The impressions in every detail corresponded to those made by shoes belonging to the accused man. In his bedroom a hammer stained with blood,was found; and "this had obviously been the instrument ;used to commit the crime, On this • Evidence, which was/fully corroborated by 'neighbours, the accused -was*iconvicted and executed, lour years later the eiste'r confessed on her deathbed that she had murdered the old mau, arid had'tluu got rid of both livfs standing between herself and her father's money,

.<--- A GOOD RECITATION.- , *-:' : A chieftain'to the Highlands bound, Cries,' Boatman, do not tarry! And I'll" give thee : a silver pound, To row us o'er the ferry "'."'" : '*'"' v *- : ' , '■■ 'Now," who be ye would* cross Lsch Gyle, This dark and stormy water.?' 'Ol I'm. the. chief of Ulva's And j this Lord Ullia'B daughter.? ■» ' * s| 1 Arid fast before her father's--men Threa. days we've fled .together; For should he find us in the gleri, My Btaini the heather." A ?££■, :A \ *»*** v His,, horsemen hard behind r us ride; Should they our steps dfsCoverfTh|ni who will cheer my bonny* bride,- Wfi<lnithey hayeislainher lover ?'— j \\\ Out: spoke the,.hardy i Hi"ghiahd r >ight, ' iil go, my chief:r--I'ra„ ready : ff T£jtr'"' is not) for yoUr silrer brrghtj But winsome ; lady :■ ' ■'■ ' --- '■'■* ':' >P%imsjfim \ And, bymy word-I the In danger shalLnot tarry ; Sj, though the .waves are raging white, I'll row. you o'er the ferry/—' ' '"/ /'"-■"- v s a>;! * i! By thisthe'stbrm grew loud apace,: The water-wraith was shrieking ; Aad in the scowkofrheaven, each, faoe- Gjew. dark as they were speaking. .:., ~-, But still, as wilder blew"^thei wind, And as the night grew drearer,- Adown the glen rode armed nm; Their trampling sounded nearer.' ' *■'. -Jtk • 0 ha|te .thee, | haste % the lady cries. 'Though tempests round us gather; I'lr meetthe raffing-of'the-skiesi 'But* not an ansry father.'••■" •■*■.*? a* a < -, The boat has. left a stormy land, A stormy sea. bofore, her, When, oh I too strong for Huriian ' hand/" The.' tempest gathered o'er her. "* And still they rowed amidst the roar;? Of waters fast: prevailing: Lord : Uiißg reached .that fatal rshore, .His wrath was» changed to wailmg. . For, sore dismayed, through storm and? shade His. child he did> discover':—One lovely hand she Btretched for aidj Aad one was round her lover. ; '■* Cqme back Icome: back■••!' he in grief, 'Across this stormy water:-) Aids I'll forgive your Highland chief > My daughter! oh, my daughter!' 'T was vain; the loud waves, lashtjd the shore, Beturn or aid preventing;! waters wild wenfeo'er his- child. | Afad he was left lamenting (> j ; ...