Miscellaneous Items.

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4, 9 July 1891, Page 3

Miscellaneous Items.

s A ynnth'n! ".--aside naturnliat tried j v tfco kt«np v latge t-iafi dive, and pur it i •awa\' in thM c»llar. The eat being of J an inquiring turn "of mind, weut 'he <■ » to cxuiiiijUti it. A nuMiifiit lati-r v> 4 cat was> helping the <mb up the stairs at the rate of a mile a minute The Sydney Bulletin has a striking cui'.uou m a iale number. It lejne aunts Sir George Grey, in flowing rone^.as Mi>bpß hearing down a mountain, a dtiiiMe tablet iimotibed ' Ouejiiaii Ons Vote,' and in the bnckgusuud is seen Sir Henry Parkes putting the finishing touches oii a (golden) calf labelled ' Federation.' _ It is said that a wealthy gentlemen <>f Liverpool - has purchased the Garden of Gethaemane, near Jerusalem, in which the Saviour/passecTthe night "befure His crucifixion. The purchase was made Tin order to prevent speculators from carrying out their scheme •of building on the sacred grounds a hotel for* the accommodation of visitors and .tourists in the, Holy Laud. The heat in Buenos Ayres is des , 'Cril>fid as "exceeding any which has been kuown for many years. The •couutry stock, especially cattle, have ißuffnu'ed fr.nn;want of water. About 40,000 animals (sheep, cows, and horses) have perished in the,Pro--viuces of Buenos Ayres alone, at the i Santa Fe one cattle-breeder has losj; ; 8000 aheep. In Buenos Ayres three persons recently died of sunstroke A very- sad fate ■ (says the Christ- • church Press) befell a French savaut • the other, day while prosecuting: some ' .researches. ,uHe wen*: to Algeria on a •'Governmenjrcommissio'n, to investigate the locust plague. The gentleman in •^question, -OM-y Kunckelfc Heiuuiaix, - -President of the Entomological . Society, according to a telegram in •the Alta - California, was examining > of locusts' eggs at the village -of Sideval, whVnj overcome with. "fatigue and heat, 1 he fell asleep on -^the ground: While' sleeping 'he was attacked by a 'swarm- -of locusts* On —awakening he struggled desperately -vto escape from the living flood. He -^set fire* to r the 'insect-laden- 'bushes Hoar him,- bufrall 'his efforts -proved ri.iefftictual, ~ and •-' when ifiually the locusts left the. spot h:s corpse -iuuud. We tiave heardof previous • cases of scientific " men 7 'falling 'victims . -* to ,their .ardour • in' *' pursuing ' their r.-pautitsular a ßtudy,l J -but 'nothing so , iiombie as thisi-occurs to mind. A. constable uttemped to arrest a wellXknown Melbdurrie^ solicitor the other day. i rrtforan " unsafcsfie'd/ debt " /The- lawyer V V as equal to'th'e 7 occasion, howeveh.'as he - pleaded " hfe' was goirig'tdorcoming from' s- a case." Theiconstable-jhad to depart. ___ _______—_. — — — • * Certainly ' the* liest) inedic'ine known is Sander and Sons' Eucalypti Extract. v Test its eminently powerful 'effects in coughs, colds, \nflnenzay; the«rehef is'in* i "stantaneous. -In. serious 'cases, and nc* -cnlents of'all kinds,; be they wounds, I. urns, scaldings, bruises, sprains, it is '-"the safest remedy — no swelling — no in" - fiamation. " Like' surprising effects proin crou^fliptitheria/ bronchitis,, nfl immationWf the 1 lungs, swelling, &c. ; ■-.vcl'.arrhoßßf'tlysentry,' diseases of the kid* " ney^-^nd -.urinary organs. In use at I J hospitals and medical clinics all over the globe; patronised by His Majesty the Sing of Italy ; with medal and - diploma at. International Exhibition, Amsterdam"/ Trust in this approved 1 - nrtwle, and reiject r £,ll others. — Advt. Our readers hare been sorely puzzled - for sometime past' to know the meaning oi ihe words v»v Dawson's Perfection," mliicli hare and are now daily appearing in the colums of' our paper. We will tell them the"' secret by explaining* that 1 Dawson is; the name of a' large distiller I in DufftownV- Glenlivet district, whose - establishment dates for nearly one hun--»dred years/- -The firm put up a high. ■c class Scotch, whisky called "^Dawson's .^Perfect(on,"-wbich is now having a phetenomenal runiiuiiill.the Aus'raliari co'lo* - nies, it being the principal whisky drank mi all the leading hotels and clubs in • these colonies. - This.brand has just been "iutrotfucedirito' New 'Zealand and is fast - meeting with great favour with all lovers --of really good' whisky. The numerous "testimonials received from medical men 1 . and others describe this whisky as mild, well matured, and of excellent flavour.' The pubhc\nalyst of Glasgow reporting -oa this wsskjv says — " Da Wson's Perfection is jjositiyelv the finest whisky he ". has ever analysed during his long pxperi-"1 as an analyst. The whisky has age, """" itr-is well matured through Laving been in bond for-' a ( l on j? time.- He ssfysitis' yery suitabfe for invalids, and he strongly recommends' it f to everybody." He would -advise connoisseurs ' ef whisky to'purehase a bottle' and jud^e for themselves whether the^liigh encomiums passed on | -"this article are 'not 'well merited. — Advt