MISCELLANEOUS.

Lyell Times and Central Buller Gazette, Volume V, Issue 236, 22 August 1885, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

Messrs Black w.;.; J mil Sons are ab >ut to publish The Tory Policy of the .vl.irijnis of Salisbury," by Mr Phil. 11. 1 Jegenai.

Saicides m iy n>t bo reported in detail in the Uruguayn papers under a penalty of a heavy line. The theory of the authorities is that publicity sugg 4 st inula! ion.

1 he Turkish Government has sent 1703 troops to S ilotiica, on account of the threatening attitude of Russia on the Bulgarian frontier.

Every iron and steel mill in Pittsburg an 1 vicinity, with one exception, is now u>ing natural gas for fuel. This will redace the consumption oicoai at Pittsburg, ii 8,000.000 bushels per annum. It may look strange on the face ov it, but there are lots ov people in the world who have spent half their lives tricing to take the eight spot with the seven. Sir W. J. C larke has been fortifying his mansion at Sunbury with a battery of iSordenfeldt guns, with one of his sous as lieutenant in charge.

Writers in the London Lancet call attention to the great value of hot-water applications to the head in cases of fainting or syncope. They say, also, that a prompt use of it, applied to the forehead with cloths, will very often avert such attacks. Mary Anderson has given great offence both in England and in America by curtly refusing to sing or recite at the American Benefit Concert for the sick and wounded

in the Soudan. Dr Guffin, replying to the invitation, simply said that as Miss Anderson was unaccustomed to reciting in public without the aid of scenery or costumes she must decline.

Mr John Ruskin, the eminent art critic s seriously ill, and is in a critical con-

dition. Tba Payment of the Irish Members of Parliament Fund has been augmented by a subscription of <£looo from Australia. It is probable that the Earl of Donoghmore will succeed Strachan as Governor of Tasmania.

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