MISCELLANEOUS.

Dunstan Times, Issue 751, 8 September 1876, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

The entire assets of a recent bankrupt were nine children. The creditors acted magnanimously, and let him keep them. ] It is not improbable that the following, from the letter of an American, is entirely authentic :—“ At sunset wo reached GaetaThis place abounds in historical interest, iud it is here that the Pope folmd refuge when he fled from the Republic of 1849. Among the legends of the place is ono to the effect that ho and the King of Naples, who had come to visit him in his exile, wont on board an American vessel. The commander welcomed them in these terms : ‘ Pope, how are you ? King, how d’ye do ? Here, Lieutenant Jones, you speak French; parley vous with Pope, while King and I go down and take a drink. King, come on.’ ” The peasantry of Hertfordshire are somewhat noted for a want of urbanity. Lady M—L—relates that she was recently on a visit to her noble relation at Verulam, and whilst sojourning there she took many rides on horseback in the neighborhood. One day, when ridingjnnattetaded, she came to a by-gate of her uncle’s park, which had not a lodge. A fine, ruddy-faced hoy was swinging to and fro upon it. She ventured to beg that ho would hold it open while she passed. To her ladyship’s utter amazement, he did so, touching a lock of his rustic hair in token of respect. Delighted with his complacency, she gave him half-acrown, observing, “ Good boy, good boy. It is quite clear, from your civility, thafyoa ate not a native of Hertfordshire." To her horror, the urchin replied, “ Thee’t a liar—for I just be now.”

An English newspaper says “It may interest Australians with their short hours of labor to hear that the nine-hours system in this country is pronounced by the Liverpool Post to be doomed, and that a return to 10 hours is regarded as inevitable. Mr Ellis, managing director of John Brown and Co.-, of Sheffield, and Mr Stewart, of Sharp, Pleasant, and Co., of Manchester, two of the largest employers in England, state that un'ess the 10 hours’ system is again worked trade must inevitably disappear from the country.

The Intelligent Vagrant says:—l am afraid that those who control Bellamy’s would not make good conductors of an hotel. Would any landlord, because three or four people owed him some money for some time, bo foolish enough to send a circular to every frequenter of his house requesting prompt ’payment ? And yet this is what the Bellamy authorities have done. It appears that certain patriots have gut tick to the tune of L7OO, and instantly a number of gentlemen who never, as the saying is, stuck up) a drink at Bellamy’s in their lives, are notified that “really you know this kind of thing” (meaning the tick) “cannot ho allowed to go any further ” Would it be competent for a member to move for, and obtain a return of the Bellamy 'defaulters ? Such a document would possess undoubted features of interest.

A writer in the Home News tells the following —“Two gentlemen, pretty well known in the literary, theatrical, and generally * jolly ’ -world, hit last Derby Day upon a very brilliant, if not altogether novel, expedient of relieving the dull monotony of the London season. They got themselves up with exceeding care, under the best professional advise, as “nigger minstrels,’ and with one of the genuine breed to help them, set off for a day on ‘ the Hill.’ An atnusing time, I have no doubt they had of it, and a curious time too, I hear, but hardly a ‘good time,’ in the professional sense of the word, inasmuch as not only were they on their legs from about nine in the morning till nine at night, to say nothing of being rejected with scorn by every cabman on their road to London, but the till at the end of this very long day showed only eight-and-twenty shillings all told ! And to amass this limited fortune they had among other trials to sing that delectable ditty, ‘ Tommy make room for your uncle,’ no less than thirty-eight times !”

If the following extract from a home paper is correct there should be a go-.d opening in the missionary line in Scotland :—“ltis estimated that there are in Edinburgh and Leith between 40,009 and 50,000 inhabitants who never went to church, in Glasgow, the number is between 120,000 and 130.000, and in the whole of Scotland about 500.000. Valuable Discovery for the Hair.— If your hair is turning grey or white, or falling off, use the Mexican Hair Renewer,” for it wid positively restore, in every case Grey or White hair to its original color, without leaving the disagreeable smell of most “ Restorers.” It makes the hair charmingly beautiful, as well as promoting the growth of the hair on bald spots, where the glands are not decayed. Ask your Chemist tor “The Mexican Hair Rf.Rewer,” prepared by Henry C. Gallup, 493, Oxford Street, London, and sold by Chemists and Perfumers everywhere, at 3s 6d per Bottle.