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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1611, 18 January 1886, Page 2

Ten physicians, who Have Indian op,poruf uity for personal, obsejya'tipri,. report idiverß«ly''a"s to the* deadMdess 'of leprosy. Four feel certain that it is incurable, three are m doubt, ;thre'e believe that chaulinoogra; oil may prove, a specific, as they, have seen reiharkable,rejßii|tß. from,. its use, .'.'., .' , rAn extraordinary^ darkness prevailed J all ;oyc-r : -Loudou the/whole, of 'November, j 12.. '■ It; was not afogjbut.the sky ; .pre,-.. sented a dark .laden appearance. Gas' and fltheij artincial fights had to be used the wh'ole'of tlfe day m all houses apd 'places' 'of 'business. 'Traffic iti the streets was 'much impeded, and was carried'- on m s^me districts only with difficulty. The 1 river, steamers were unable to run.; : The town council or rlimberley, Cape Polony (saysiilve VtilfiMalt Gfaitefte)ftifiß a supreme contempt for unmnrrud men. One of these unhappy, crefatufejs complained to the council on the subject* \>f the howling of dogs, aud screaehiug of cats' caused liy the use of the 'bus bugles. The' chairman remarked that only a bachelor would make such a complaint: no one would think much of the noise if he were used t»- having children crying around, him. ;;Anot)»er councillor; added that "anyhow the fish-horiis m CYpe To^Vn were' ! ever" so much worse than /thej'bus bugle." And' this was all- the consolation the complainant got. People who do not possess babies will naturally sympathise with him, and those who do ! should rejoice that they have English | .and not Cape Colony babies ; for a child 1 whose crying can drown the combined utterance of 'bus bugles and; catsafid dogs must prove a remedy far worse', than.th,e disease. ,: „ 1 i A famous Roman ecclesiastic Was making his periodical tour of inspection , m the Dublip /Sunday schools. ''.Kate M <Uuney ,"• said be . to :an intelligent;-''' loolking girl, " explain the meaning '. of {he holy sacrament of matriibohy." A pause. " Please, yer' honour, it's a sad state / of;. , existence . before entering fu ( rgatpry." " Go to the bottom of the, ignorant girl,"- cried; the local clergyman, very much ashamed of his pjopH. _J3ut the Archbishop stopped huu7~" Not sbifast.Tather Patrick, not Bo.fast. The lass, may be right after all. .What do you or-t knoW about' iff " The steamer V;.w;hfcU. .axri red at Cooktown on^tffe^OtTt : brought news from Hongkohg that a daring act of piracy, was committed 70 miles ofitjth4 cdastf of HoMfeQni^6ri(thl 18th October, the. steamer Greyhound being' Seized l 4nd 'Captain illyde^m'iiir V dared. It appears that about noon 10. of the Chinese passehgors' oh- bbarid, armed, with revolvers, suddenly sprang up at a, preconcerted signal, and ' com* 'mjen'tfed' firing' all' round m araoist 7 reckl less mkniieri Four men, each 'aimedwith"; two; revolvers, attacked Captain Ly3er an 3Mr §hevell, the chief officer,- , on iKre bridge. , The captain was ; shpt d^ad'tiid hii^ ;f body' yas thrown 1 over^ board, and 'chief ; office'r ; wa's> tnor^ tally The chicf ', engineer was .also, 'wounded. All' the -otherChinese 'ftasserigers, numbering about 100,'wiar« ordered into the afterhold, . where !i they kept under guard. Snortijr afterwards two junks came alongside, and the vessel was plundered of everythiug, and then abandoned by the pirates. The crew managed to get the vessel- under wey again, and reached Hongkong, . • w here iuf ormation ' was given to the i.authgnHes. ; - '-^ '. Advices from: the: Red:: S^a continne to describe the discomforts: experienced, at Soukin : a» very serious. The, English soldiers, it is said, are a "pitiful sight," not one man m fairly healthy, condition,.- while even the Indian,; troops, are grumbling bitterly, and. almost mutinous.' The heat is tremendous, aud frequent sandstorms most; distressing, and the deaths very numerous. But if Soukin be-bad, Massowah, which the Italians have occupied, is worse. ; A private . letter says : — * We ; called , m ,at Massowah, and had to anchor., for the night, and a more frightful, night I never spent. ; not a breath of air, and the thermometer^ 122 ■ deg. Fahr. This is no exageratjon ; we were pa,ntitig about the deck ; the heHt seemed' 'to choke you ; sleep? was out of the question... Some negroes seemed to feel the* heat more, .than Europeans, and were groaning. fearfully, and pouring buckets of water over their heads, 'which, : bowever,,.was.of very little use, as the water was between 95 degs. and 100 deg. Fahr. Five Italian officers have e'oiriuiitted.Bui cide, a.nd : no wonder ! Aden, after Suakin and Massoivah, isa perfect paradise,', —British Medical Journal. !! ; * :