News in a Nutshell.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 223, 23 August 1883, Page 2

News m a Nutshell.

, An Irish doctor declares that for ivTalids the only safe climate m Europe is North Africa. A little learning is not a dangerous thing to those who do not mistake it for a great deal. * A foreigner is about to write a book on America. He will call it " Great Ex« pectorations." Is there a word m the English language that contains all the vowels ? There is, unquestionably; — ■:■■ -_ - • .; Appetite extraordinary: He had eaten nothing for twelve hours. He hastened home, ran»into the house, - and^ •-* bolted the door. "' The funniest of Christmas toys is called " The. Politician." _It throws") up its hands when the owner pulls a string. It is a cheerful reminiscence to brih£ to mind just, how that immediately Rafter >. & his coronation, which took place under the most happy auspices, the late : ..Oz&c . Alexander II. 1 asked ;one of the Maids of - \ Honor m attendanoelhow she enjoyed the • ceremonies. ' Oh, so mucb.your Majesty,* she replied j • I hope we shall have an« , other soon!' - ;; "- Collins, one of the Fenians rescued frohV 1 Western Australia m 1876, hat turned up at the Chicago Irish Convention . " ' ■' ' It is not probablo any amendment of the Gaming and Lotteries Bill will be iaa troduced this session. A bush fire at Cape Campbell onMon« : day night last caused some of the resi« dents at Island Bay to believe that the conflagration was caased by the burning of some, vessel iff the Straits. ~ Mr Hutchinson /has suggested m the 7 - ■ Hotiae that steps should be taken to counteract any fictitious or extragavant statements circulated' at Home as to the soil and .capabilities' of the Petetore Blobk.i The Wellington Meat Export Com* , pany'a works are capable of turning oat 300 carcases daily. There is to be a total eclipse of the moon on the 9th September 1885, which will be visible m New Zealand. ■ '• , Mr Py ke, M.H.R. , , estimates that the annual gambling on ' racecourses nn thit ..'. , ( colony is a quarter of a million steElmV '.' Want to know how to tell the most ' stylish dress ? Get 5 m a crowd, and mark [ . the one that all the women turn up their I noses at. The " idiot grin," much used m society 5 is noiless effective than what is called , "the front teeth, smile," indulged, m by I I those who have yisitad the dentiat. [ Conjurers : aslolaish ari^ audience by 5 taking a rolUof ribbon from their mcuti s, but then it is a common thing to see a. [ carpenter take a hammer and nails out of ! his chest. » The Rev. Mr Spurgeon says. in a ser« mon on family pride, ■•'" Rememberj ; my friends, that we are all descended from a common gardener, who' was given what ia termed • the sack.' " A new Hampshire paper says that while a Rerr MrStScKing was orThis w eda ding journey last jummer, he occupied one of, the pulpits m that State. He was a very little'man, "and when he gave out 1 his text, 'She hath done/wbaMhe could,* i the ladies' of the congregation smilingly l accepted his apology ih>behalf of his wife, } for not having paired . herself better.