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Hawke's Bay Times, Issue 1530, 2 December 1873, Page 35

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Scene in a Menagerie. A tsrrible scene took place in Manders's menagerie, at Whitby, on 13th September. There were several hundred people in the show, when a cry was raised that one of the beasts had burst through its cage. In the rush to the door many people were injured. And the confusion was increased by a coupleof camels blocking up thedoorway Meanwhile shrieks were heard, and it was discovered that a poor boy named Laugley was the victim of the viciousness of a big tiger, placed near the cage containing the lion that worried poor M'Carthy, the lion tamer, to death at Bolton, last year. The tiger was endeavouring to draw the lad through the bars of the cage, and was growling frightfully. Some men ran for hot irons, while others heat the beast with their sticks and umbrellas. Ultimately, after a severe mauhng, the animal relinquished its prey; and the boy, helpless and faint through loss of blood, was carried away. The wounds are of a serious nature, though not likely to prove fatal. The brute seems to have caught the lad just below the elbow, and to have torn a strip of flesh right down the fore-arm to the wrist. There is also a deep gash in the left hand. One of the keepers has been severely injured. He was struck by one of the elephants, and his ribs smashed in. Ho now lies at the workhouse. The Chartometer. The Chartometer is the name of a useful and ingenious little instrument, recently invented. It is designed for the rapid measurement of distance on maps. A thin wheel is attached to the side of a small brass box, very much like a watch. On the other side is a face of cardboard, with a scale over which travels a steel indicator. If the instrument be held firmly, and the wheel run along the line to be measured, the distance in miles is at once shown by the indicator. Of course the scale on the dial must correspond with that of the map. As the wheel can be made to follow curves as well as straight lines, the most devious routes can he measured by meaus of this clever mechanism.

Treasure Trove. The Echo du Nord states that a workman has found at Bavai, in Belgium, a largo vase filled with gold coins bearing the effigies of Koman Emperors. Possessing himself with a good supply he offered them for sale to a well-known antiquary. The numismatist was struck with the sight of these admirably preserved specimens; but astonishment soon gave place to suspicion. Without concluding the bargain, he made an appointment for meeting the man on the following day, and when the hour arrived he had a gendarme in attendance who arrested him. Whilst this was occurring explorations were being pursued at Bavai, and are still being continued. Theirimportance is attracting much attention, and some enthusiastic local commentators estimate the value of the discovery by a million of francs. The Last Will of John Stuart Mill. By a will dated the 23rd May, Mr Mill bequeaths all his property to his wife, and iu the event of her dying in his lifetime, to his step-daughter, Miss Helen Taylor. The executors under | the will were Mrs Mill, Miss Helen Taylor William Thomas Thornton, and Mr William Ellis. By a codicil, dated 14th Feb., 1872, he revokes all previous wills, bequeths to her all his estate, real and personal. He also nominates Miss Taylor his literary executor, with full power to edit all or any of his literary works, and to publish all or any of his manuscripts as she may think fit. As regards his biography, the following expressions occur :—•'' And whereas in these days no one is secure against attempts to make money by means of pretended biographies, I therefore think it necessary to state that I have written a short account of my life, which I leave to the absolute charge of my said step-daughter, Miss Helen Taylor, to be published or not at her will and discretion, and, iu the event of her death in my lifetime, to the charge and control of William Thomas Thornton, on condition that he publishes the same within two years of my decease. And I hereby declare that all papers and materials available for an account 'of my life are iu the possession of my said stepdaughter and of her only, and that im other person has such knowledge of either my literary or private life as would qualify him or her to write my biography." In the event of Miss Taylor predeceasing him, he nominates Mr. W. Thornton and Mr. W Ellis as his executors, and disposed of his effects as follows:—To members of his wife's family and his own he leaves legacies to the amount of £9,000 ; to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to, Animals, £SOO ; to. \ha Land Tenure Re-, form Association, £SOO ; to any one University in Great Britain and Ireland that shall be the first to open its degrees to women, £3,000; and to the same university a further sum of £3,000 [to endow scholarships for female students exclusively. His copyrights he bequeaths in trust to Mr. John Morley, to be applied in aid of some periodical publication which shall have all its articles signed with the names of the writers. The property left by Mr. Mill is sworn under £14,000, Qqd-ilwer Oil in Breaa. Numerous attempts have been made to render cod-liver oil less disagreeable, either by gleatmitmig or soldifyiug it, but only with partial succsss. The system of capsules seems to answer best; but the great objection is the number of these which must be swallowed. Now it would seem that Messrs. Carre and Lemoine have contrived to incorporate the oil with bread. Each pound of bread contains a little more than two onncesof the oil with four or five tablespoonfuls, and three ounces of milk. Small loaves are also made which, altogether, weigh only five ounces. These loavs aje beautifully white, look tremely well; and have hardly any taste. Both children and adults eat them willingly,