LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 13, 13 December 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Already Mr Mitchelaon'a temper has been ruffldd, (writes the Auckland correspondent qt the Bay of Plenty Times) He. i-fijiids 'himself outvoted m every large" question relating to Auckland interests : ; and I' should not be at ail surprised to learn that he resigns. his,, portfolio. His best friends advised him to have nothing to do with a sinking, 'ship; and he is already realising the importance of their . advice. Poor Mitcheison ! : The Greyiown paper contains the fallowing paragraph :-" It is carious that while brsad /is being (advertised m GreyV town at 3d the 21b loaf, the Wellington bakers are: charging 4d; Moreover, the bread made m the Wairarapa is: better baked, and of better qualify than that produced m Wellington/ j iM . > Amongst the passengers by the San Fjaaci'sco mail steamer from Auckland was Edwards, the pedestrian, who goes to America to compete for the walking championship' of the world; HeTiT accompanied by Mr J. 0. Seymour, his agent And trainer. ■ „ Captain Jackson Barry is " going for" the Press when it adversely notices his -lectures. Recently/ afc Gf isb or ne, he made an attempt to horsewhip the editor of the Poverty Bay Jferald. ' '-■■ ; A rather singular case 1 was brought m for "medical treatment from Hawera , tp the- Wellington h9gDi^J.;Th.ei son of Mr Read,, Hawera, storekeeper, about two years ol^ swafc with some wheat, A grain 'of'.whicji entered the ear and caused grnat pain. Medical aid was obtained at Hawera, but all efforts to extract the gram was unavailing. The child was brought into torn two days ago, and taken to the hospital, where Dr. O'Carroll performed a rather delicate operation and lytsui-. successful In exti acting the grain of wheat, which had swollen six or eight times its orignal siza and had caused '.excruciating pain. lifi _ _;, A epfrreßpond*eni of tnV^Loridon; Telo- ; - graph asserts that the " golden apple'/; o£ - theOld-Testanient is undoubtedly the apricot of Cypruae The references m the Old Testament apply, m all respect?, to this fruit tree alone. It has been abundantly cultivated 171 Palestine from early Itiines ; its foliage forma a " delightful shade/ and its bright and pall like " pictures of sil» . vet/ while it bears *' apples of gold" of aAe\V' and "sweet to the taite.' 1 There is at Turin (Italy) a tiny boat formed of a single pearl, which form it assumes ia swell and- , ccracavity. Its sail is of beaten gold, studded with diamonds, . and the binnacle light at its prow is a perfect rbby. An emerald is set at it's rud« der, :u;d its stand is a slab of ivory. It weigh) leas than half an ounce : its pric* is £1000. , „, . . To-morrow is the day of T)r, ; Curl's weekly profersional visit to Palmerston, his consulting rooms being at Remington's Medical Hall. A. verr old ftf-ttler jn the Manaujahi district remSved'iiimilii^ U&i Strati ford, writes a correspondent of the Patea Mrtil. Being a bachelor — all bachelor* irs c fond of cats — he took his favourite tor* toistf*sbell with him, securely sown np m an old sugar bag. Three weeks after-' w&i'ds pussy tunned up here safe. She i-'muM; kftf> travelled .about 30 miles, and iwaW^nf- Uhbridged-river,, a thing the feline species dread. A few days ago, the owner again esrayed to iak© away his old compamop, but on. this occasion »he only ]topk. ; twelve /hoi|r«« on the hoimewar4 journey. \ To encourage tree-planting the legist I latu w-,o| $ York . feaya, passed a law by w bid any ibhabititTt who shall (transplant by the side of the public hijfh« ways .adjoining UU premises any forest shtideTtre.es. fruit trees,, ornamental trees, or any nut-bearing trees, shall b» allowed, id abatement of his highway tax I dpi. for erery four trees set out. Jilms miist be plae«d got lena that 70ft. apart on th* same side of 'highway,' aud no maples or other foreafc trees, ornamental or fruit trees, nearer than £Oft. apart; on the same side of ouch highly, : T^he oldest 'musical instrumest jpnpwn to be, m existence is said to be m the mugjauin of Copenhagen. It is a large bconzf war trumpet which was found m a graveyard iri Schleswig. The ingtrament is casi ,of nine tenth copper and one tenth tin, is very large,; ■ and its tube is m the shape of a cork-screw, so that it must hare encircled the playw. The mouthpiece is comparatively, very wide and tbeop'enlhg iv flat lik^ia eyabaV.; {JXhp. length bf the instrument is nearly 7ft.; it has a yery low, full, and exceedingly /arranging tone. Marble soon monWera into dust of carbon* | ate of lime, but hard, we'l.-burut clay endures for ever m the ancient landmarks of mankind. ; ..jn.V. >:■) Papier mapbe for Bmall work is made by boiling clippng/of paper m water beating them into a paste, adding glue orjjuin siiiog and pseasjng Into oiled moulds,^ i