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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1639, 19 February 1886, Page 2

■ The growth of American public;, libraries: since the revolution < has been; something phenomenal. There were m the country m 1776 but twenty of t^ese institutions, with an aggregate of 45,623 Volnmes. At the present time there are nearly 4,i200 containing more: tjhan 13,000,000 volumes. '<>■ '■ -'■ il | Th« Parewanai School Committee have i decided 1 to vote for Mr Fry and the ilevJMr Ross at the forthcoming eleciion for the Wanganui Education Board: 7 ' ,v, .-v: ; .. ..:. „...: ,■ ; .;..;. . ,

I Peopw'wh6 : have had a leg amputated nave probably experienced the feeling, that the toes of the -buried member ,wer9 r unc6ti)fortable. Few of them ever thought of trying to . remove the bauseof the discomfort, as Mr Jacob JBereau, of .'-Massachusetts, did.. His wife uuderwent arr amputation; ahd soon after she complained, ♦' Two of tha toes of my '■'■ buried leg overlap jeach other and pain me dreadfully." Jacob unknown to his wife, had the leg iexliuihed, found*, two toes overlapped, [straightened them out, andJiis wife said jsue'jknew by- thd relief thas folio writhe iexjjqt foment tH&act was perf ormed.'lf 'this "story is -n.pt/tf &e it bughVto r W;V i 'vFrotn^the Wellington J?yie»m<2 Piress }we : learfl tha^Mr Lfittlejbhn, senr.; of I jthe firm of Messrs Littlejohn^and" stfn, [watch and dlockmakers, &c. s \pf Lamb■ton Quay, has proceeded to Greymouth, • for/the (purpose ot, superintending the erectiori,6f .«' /large* } clock which / iliey have just manufactured for the loci i post office, Jlt is a, turret clock with dials of 'about " \ ■ feet ; m ''■- diameter. Messrs Littlejohn_ and Son, we understand,are. a.t present engaged m the manufacture ' of a 'self-registering- tide gauee for the 'Wellington Harbour Board, which cannot- fail to prove a great convenience .iurregistevmg th»rise and fall of the tides fand , oilier occurenceqi, .„: .... ;. .• „' " ■ " --"■ • Last .Snnday, at daybreak, a patient JnitheiNew.' Hospital named Fry, who was suffering from sunstroke, suddenly jumped out of bod, and knocking down an attehdftnt|i*wh'o tried to stop him, bolted from the: 'institution m his! shirt, and for some time. eluded pursuit-; AMr Shirley, who .lives near the Hospital, was considerably startled oh seeing Fry- in the spanty attire mentioned, walk into hia bedroom, his wife was'ih'bed/ Oh being expos-; tulated with, Fry soon calmed down, andc' accepted. MrT of .clothes r with which he dressed himself. The police were communicated with,andFry, on .being "requested to do so, walkecl 7 quietly back to -the Hospital. Oa being queßtionedas to his conduct,! he said he felt as if he w«re gbiug mad trom a pain m h|s head. .. The fatal ' accident at Masterton on Sunday which oost Thomas Donelly his life, was, caused m ,a very peculiarvway; Ponelly and Burke were driving tbrough the main 1 street m a trap belonging' t6 phe latti?r; ; and wilth a dog belonging to one of them tied by a chain to the back of the vehicle. 4 '■ 'number of yelping cufs suddenly rushed at this dog, whic^ ? m his haste to get o.ut of the way, , ran Under the trap and got among the legs of the horso, startling it and causing it to bolt; • ' One of the moat singular applications for holding an art .union ever made came from Mr T. B. Hannaford, proprietor of an Auckland servants' . regis try . .He has; written to the Colonial | Secretary for his sanction to dispose of I a girl by this process. He states that she is good looking, and possesses various domestic accomplishments, and is willing to marry the winner of her fair self. ' - "!Marsf^ writing jtp the Marlbproqgh Times, says :— " One thing which all : Volunteers should bear m mind is the neoesßlty l tbv perfect -silence m the ranks, for it is impossible for men to be on the alert for orders and to converse with their neighbours at the . same time. It should also be impressed en Volunteers that they must not let their white collars show above their uniforms, for half-a-dozen white' collars showing, above the tunic, spoil the appearance of any parade. Many Volunteers are also very lax m a duty whioh is most clearly laid down m the, rules and regulations, namely, that of saluting their superior officers. Whether it js that many men do not know' how fa salute, or think themselves above showing proper respect to those who. hold, a higher fank than themselves, I know" not, but it •«era» to me plainly the duty of <iP cera to insist on this regulation being observed.,