Notes and Events.

Manawatu Herald, 25 June 1892, Page 3

Notes and Events.

If a supposed remedy is unsatisfactory one, it is not always advisable to try it in a different way, as witness the fate of Henry Stronk, a well-known resident of Reading, Pennsylvania who recently procured .an electric battery and tried it for rheumatism. Not securing relief he became despondent, and drank ihe solution of the battery, dying in horrible agony. 1 You in England," saj-s M. Bochefort, " do not know the meauing of the words agent provocateur — it signifies a police spy whose duty it is to provoke trouble and sow dissension, Many of them are tioket-oMeave men, or, worse still, criminals at large whose offences are constantly condoned by the police in exchange for the services they fender aa agents provocateurs." Mr John Eedmond thus describes MrDil on's present position — flouted insulted pulled by the no 9 in the face of the Irish people by Mr Healy." The shark— the marine specimen —is said to hold tha long distance record. He can outstrip the swiftest ships,apparently without effort, swimming and playing around them, and ever on the look-out for proy. The dolphin,, another fast swimming fish, is credited with a Bpeed of considerab-y over twenty miles an hour. For short distances Uie salmon can outstrip every other fish, accomplishing its twenty-five miles an boui with ease. The Spanish mackerel is ore of the fastest of food fishes, and cuts the water like a yacht. Predatory fishes are generally the fastest swimmers.