MISCELLANEOUS.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 234, 29 August 1873, Page 7

MISCELLANEOUS.

Mr. A Trollope has written a book on -what he saw in Australia, and thus writes of a young college man. It is hard-han- | ded emigrants the colonies want, and they offer but a poor prospect to the poor gentleman or gentlewoman. Oh his road to the Gympie diggings. Mr. Trollope came across a butcher, who a year or two back had been lieutenant in an English regiment and who seemed to be leading a dissolute life " all among his carcases." Here is another picture from the life, of a gentleman in search of a fortune :— r " On one goldfield T found a young man whom I had known at home, who had been at school with my sons, and had frequented my house. I saw him in front of a little tent, -which he occupied in'partnership swith a : Working miner, eating a'beef-steak out of a fryingpan with his' clasp-knife. The occupation was- not an alluring one, but itwas );i the one happy moment of his day. He was occupied with his companion on a claim, and his work consisted in trundling a rough windlass by which dirt was drawn out of a hole. They had found, no gold as yet, and did not se"e'm to i expect to find it. He had no friend near him but his,mining friend—his mate, as. he called him. I could not but think what would happen to him if illness came or if his mate should find him too far removed from mining capability. He had been softly nurtured, well educated, and was a handsome fellow to boot; and there he was, eating a nauseous lump of -beef out of a greasy fryingpan, with his pocket knife, just in front of the contiguous blankets stretched on the ground, which constituted the beds of himself and his companion. 'Timaru Herald.'

Otago Institute.—The usual monthly meeting of this body, held in the University building, last week, Dr. Webster was unanimously elected a member. A very interesting' paper "On a smokeless and self-feeding furnace for lignites and other fuels, :, ahd the -utilisation of the waste heat" was read by Mr. Skey, who showed that a ton and a-half of Green Island coal had the same generating power as a ton of Newcastle coal, though the "former 1 took more time in getting up a fire, which was a serious drawback. Mr. Skey described an engine, which he said would make local coal equal to Newcastle for the purposes of r machinery. It was proposed to do > away with the firebars. The amount of force required to create a draught. caused a great in the value of fuel as used in present furnaces ; the disappearance of heat up the chimney was a greater waste; and these it was proposed to obviate. Air should be heated before it j was allowed to' pass into the furnace and create a draught. If this idea was carried out there would not only be a great saving of fuel*, but lig-' nites could be used in place of Newcastle coal. In raising steam, the saving of coal would be quite one-fourth, anoT the principle was capable of application to dwelling houses. • .;

Recipe: Just before going to bed, eat two pig's feet and a cold apple pie, In less than an hour j-ou will see a snake larger than a hawser, devouring light blue-haired children which has just escaped from a monster with sorrel eyes a".d a red-hot overcoat.—' North Otago Times.'

Nervousness, Debility, Loss of Power, " 'of Early Youth, ■ -i Syphilitic Diseases,, Id all cases arising from, errors and the yielding to the passions, no time should be lost " to at once' arrest the progress of disease. r\R. L. L. SMITH has devoted -M-J himself for twenty years in the colony to the practice of this branch of his profession, while previously, in England, he was the piv pul of arid practiced with the celebrated Dr. E. T. Culver well, the "only medical practitioner who ever exclusively adopted this as the sole branch of his profession.

Dr L L Smith hereby informs the public that he is the only leg ally-'qualified medical man in this sjoeciality of his profession ; that others advertising are unqualified, and that, therefore, in pretending to be qualified, are obtaining money, under false pretences. DrL L Smith also warns the public against the quackeries advertised. If the taker of any of these advertised nostrums escape .with his life, or his system be not' thoroughly and irreparably undermined by them -he may look upon himself as the most fortunate .mortal.

Dr L L Siuitii has been applied to' by so many uufortnate broken-down you tig old men, .utterly crushed in spirit, ruined in body and filched in pocket, that he deems it a duty to publish this to the world.

Those.men and women who have been the victims of unprincipled charlatans frequently seek that recovery which is often beyond Dr Smith's control. When will the public understand that it is their interest to consult a duly qualified medical man. who has made this his his sole* study, rather than apply- to a number of ignorant importers, who merely harp and prey upon their pockets and he-ilth. Dr L L Smith has always stated that to warn the public of these quicksands is his chief reason" for advevlising*. ] In all cases of nervous debility, lowness of spirit, loss of power, pimples on the forehead, lassitude, inaptitude for business, impoteney, drainage from the system, and the various effects of errors of youth and bloodpoisoning from diseases previously coutraclcd, Dr L L Smith invites sufferers to consult him, as he has no hesitation in stating that no medical man, either here or in England has the opportunities of pi*acticcs am extraordinary experience which he has had. Therefore, those who really desire to be treated by one who is at the head of his profession in this branch of medical practice should lose no' time in seeking his advice. Nor should anyone marry without first consulting him. The new Consulting Eooms are at 182 COLLIxNS'' S.PREET EAST, MELBOTLRNE, .. Opposite the Melbourne Club, (Late residence of the Governor) Private entrance is in Stephen street south. CONSULTATION FEE (by Letter) £1 Medicines forwarded to all colonies, so packed as to avoid observation. Books published by the Dr can be had on application to him."