ALL ROUND THE WORLD.

Manawatu Times, Volume V, Issue 163, 1 October 1881, Page 3

ALL ROUND THE WORLD.

v j.GHOfiBEJiS'iiDSTiiM.^^A. 'private letter; from f ßang;kok,Siam says that Aiiatic ch^erai'isjraging ttiere. It is varidusly estimated 'thafrffom one hundred to three .hundred Natives are dying daily, yery fey? ,foreigner>£ hare died, but several Mave i fled to Singapore, jmd. .Hongk'ong. Everyone feels as though he were living m a graveyard. :-; ' f "7 , t ... .Lady jGodota.— After, a lapse of seve- ' rat years the Lady Godiva processioniwas revived this yeatin Coventry, m • vesence ,pf { nearly 2t,000 persons, many "«j£ whom came long dißJances to witness the (pageant.. Ladyr.Gpdiya was personated by <Maxlem6is(*He "Minnie ; Seymour^ who, , clad mia tighfcfitting', flesh colored suit, with short muslin jpetticoat, we ■; mounted bna handsome grey .charger, A number of histbncal' characters were represented--in the • procesiiottr ? r There i ; weire* also children on horseback and representatives ofifmn'dly institution, the whole presenting- an interesting spectacle. : ." : A. TBBBiBIiB" ; STOltT7 'A"" 0 * I *^^ CoY " respondent writes! to the Danedin Herahh --^The^Grovernmeut are doing pretty il 'lmuch Is they, pleases w|th ,the O ] rzo beiines». Theirer^inary and indeed constant practice' ;ujT hold a Cabinet rneefingon Sunday. " Dick wHi a °t attend these meeting; -conscientious sci-u---ples standing fn" Ms way. So whenever there is any troublesome Ota go matter to^^ settle, they ' (Ke., the Cabinet) make a •peiirtfbf dealing with it on Sunday m hh (Mr Dick!s) absence." The -Bcrald says this, if not true, ought tojbe authoritativelyrCpntradicted, but it unwilling to believe that Ministers couldftake 10 " mean a,n advantage" of thtir unfdrtunate co]ieagueV J -^ \ j OETteTAii 'i&^mtniXtTj--" Society " jat has been}amazed and scandalised'Ky theissuing of -the folio. ; *',-'• order by Am'ral Poloy r for v t\e sty?c ;*f which aylprefceaedi might ? 'in- ; vain |a ; sought m the annals of ganison or r»o-&---yard towns^ " In ._/£nture,_ if. ..a -dockyard officers sees a nayal officer playing' lawn tennisroWtheTgJeen,, who is, m his ; opinion, improperly'--Qr '--■ insufficiently dre«jed,ut is my direction thatjie report to me, and I will communicate^ with it. 2 captain of the Excellent ov the Cbmman- " 'der-in-Ghief ;-on^ the -^subject." """The " opmion'^oYmien^n^r^omuch oasuch matters, [that no and trouble; w likely to rbtjthe result of this astoiiftding: edict. ' Al^BEAtiTiPtri, Mixtueb.-— A youug. man >m Chicago was found dead m bed the d^yaftet^New Tear's Day, and the supposition- was 1 that he hadi co. ;— .ittcjd"' Buicme.by)pbii«ning ; but r^upon analysing the conterifs-tff his stomach, nothing' but the following wain found '•*-• iC:-f-Eickles,TTßOuud, cake, A leffionpde; "cold turkey beer, -fried oysters,' cold Ll pfVrfn, ham.sßndwichesp?ponge^cakey^bee minw-pie,^amjpiagnei lobster, game pie, fruit cake, tea,; chicken salami, whisky, coffee, ~ Bolog ia rgausage, port,- cheese,' sardines, pickled turnip, and boiled crows. The/jury rfetiirned a verdict of "Dietl through the visitation of iiiiends.' 1 Babies.— There is n ) ■-, fitiait' apparently to ": "Xmencan ingeauitjl. We have'all heard of their wooden h-.- j ; aid nutmegsf but tHe 1 manufacture of ba!bies is a stiU higher. manifestation of the i incentive genius oif that wbndeyful peoj- ; pie. ■ We clip the following" C:om anexichange, and commend jtsperusal to : our childless mamed "friends, :-s^ There ii something new under "the san ; it ig an| '■J* india-rubber baby." America, 01' course, is the land of its birth. " Those oJ our- bachelor friends who Mhh fa invest m, a family ready made, terms are: long white dress complete, b oys. or girls, i4stampsjtw)nsj post fee 2J*i* f1 " A|v;4cs-« criptiqn of the A nei JQgp, y?e flip from the advertisement i-^r" fgpesfin the waistcoat pocket. Blows out to life sizes . I^washahle, durj>.bi.e^ and unbreakable Resembles life— for, like the article, -it coos at pleasure, yet screams awfully if ■nfiSßked^B v%lP^^erietcea "Others these, laughter-produciiig ynifafitij/. andlna jean be .;a[,rea''7 happy one /with^ut^ itheir ■ cheering : . ipre-WoMAN^^HANDI^-iTbe female thumb is said^o be Sri importarit^index of the female character* Women with large thumbs, are held by phrenologists, phy-

siognomists, &c, fo^'Sore^thnn ordinaryjin^el|i£ens^ what are called sensible wdmenVwMl^ women with small thumbs, are regarded as romantic. According to ; certain .attthora^Mo^rofesJifp b^ave been observers, a woman's handles more indicative df^iwomdn'#character,as iherface than the latter is to a certain extent, andei; control of temporary emotions oV * 6f the will ; whereas the former is a fact which exists for any who; understand it jo profit by. Consequently, a few hints about the pfoj^r reading of a woman's hand may be - eful to certain of our j readers, -eßpecially-raamedTO*n,~oYTnaen iconfenYplating maJrimony^^W'omen with sgv: c hands- and 'small thumbs' a l resaid| to m c ; good >; fj gdifi gentle housewives. . These sort of women will make aryone happy who is fortunate to win them. They a^e 'not are what is better— thoroughly' domestic. Women "withweiy large thumbs have a "temper" 1 jofitheirowtojand generally a Ibhi; tongue. ! There &» hint; to a lover. Let him, the first' time He seizes hold of his mistre L-' ihahdy examine; ; imder some prextext or . 'another, her thumb ; and if it be large, let him make up his mind that as/ron, as he becomes a marri«d man he will -have-to~bea~very~gdOT3"b6y,~orelse these will be the very deuce .to p a y. Again, if a. youhglmaa'frads ith' aV'his lady-lq ve- has a large palm,-with cone-shap . 1 fingers .and a^smalLthumb, ,let, hinu^'ank his "stari, for m thajt f qas>Bh,e is-s.uscept'ble to tenderness, readily flattered, easily talked into, 1 or i talked..pulqof,!atij!Aingj and can '1)8 readily managed. But if she is a woman with a square hand, / well proportioned j and only a tolerably developed thumb why then she ia either a practical female whp> wiliest and; ,oio nonsen~3, or she is a ! designing female — one cf the two, distinct elates of women; also, one who cannot be duped, or a woman who will dupe him. , . SUBSCRIPTION JOB, ..TOT PeeSIPESt'S : ~FAira.T^A characteristic incident m the excitement attending the President's ; danger (saysan7American cor'respondc at). Was thevcommencement. of a subscription forTns family. , 'This was started by Mr. Cyrus W. Field, a. gentleman of 'great, wealth, who r is somewhat knowu abroad, as the American principle m the eaterprise, ©f the Anglo -American cable. ' Mr. Field proposed, to .rawe 250,000d01., and r'fiome'i^OjOOOdqi. pf .the. amount was of- | fered w'ithiii 1 th'ree'^r "fdu I r.,iiayi, mostly m large sums. Then., suddenly the isubScriptibn's^feU awl have apparently, stppped/atLa itotalrof about 150,000d01.' The impulse was a generous one, and the gift was made m the utmost goad" faitb, but a little reflection was enough to show that there was an: element of very baditas'.e^to'say the least, iii the offer of money'to the family of a man lying near to death. -.'-..1f he recovered, he could, not need it, s for the JPresidept's salary, though not large measurec|]by the British stondarcl, : is \'W,666^ol a year, and ample fpr the simple habits expected of the- ilxecutive. The offer, moceoyer, made publicly, t with .all thenames'df subcrib'ers • pubUshed ' la the' newspapers, might wellbe iembarra*ung to the President., Qn the hand, were he sure to die, it'would 'be easy to reassure" him as; to the fortune of his family, r^jd without publicity. This view jgeemstoi have come rather sudAii*ly;i* o^ e mm & s of subscribers, or m ading subscribers, and, as I have .said, the enterpri.;?: appears t» have come to an abrupt standstill. Ilr.-GOTTBNWE4r.TH. — The mail papers report the.deata of Madame Blanc, of Mon^co'nitofietV. * Strange to np.y, theugh the ov.vier of the most fashionable gaming saloons m she never once entered them. At IVlonaco she esaab'lishedi a porcelain 4nd a perfume' manufactiOTy to. fiad occupatipri^/or the many women wh» applied to her for assistance );■ and ; at i firides*ks-ba ; ns, m France, she has erected a church, \a, school, and a ,casiuo. To her tree, children, two df l wh6to s*'.e sueeeeued m marrying to princes, she has lefii a fortune of £4,000,000 sterling. Expewsivb "DicoßATioss. — Some idea of the extent to which the employ? ,ment of ,naiural flo.wers ■ |acionab!e bails and b*nq«et_« at "Home is carried at theprecentAaypiU *c gathered from I the sum paid the other day bj a ltdy of for' the garniture of of her vgreenhousV, 'reception rooms, ! dinner; tableiiwhich-was decbr^ed -from one end to the. other ;; )ittle> wreath classes of flat circular shape, v made t« 'pre^rVeiitfle wreaths of forget-me-not in'airitbeir^ffe'sKness duririg' the whole lime -of the> repast- 1 "' The middle of t^e table iwasi addraed^w'th growing faints, torn roots and^aU->fri>m the.;»oii, «4d maintained fr,esh.aTid blooming m china i troughs running tfiewhele lengthiof ".ie hoard! " The^'dec^ratiohs cost £4,066.| ' The BBiGHnr6N'Muiti»Eß,-^-The r ßMgh.ton:trageiyihaß taken^a tfew^urn', 1 which will be understood ; ftoninthe. following paragraph j» a (London letter :nrl)etectvr:£ are on the tiracW of a man who may tuin^out 4o' v be the '* cbuhtrymaa l ' of "whom life'firoy ! spbke ;' and ? who, accordißg ■to iLefroy'i improbable >Storyi must : -havfe.kjlled'.Mr.^old,L..mur defously : assaulted Lefroy^ and then left the Expres3vtr»in while.it was at full ; speed, .and^ man-e d to effect'Ms own Tt ap\car» that sooinafter.the "murder was committed a certain ticket-»t-leave man appeared at the Brifhton Hospital with a broken lev, TOdTrfterwaTds-tbts-^niiß--iffdividßrJwai traced to Guy's Hospital. The police are now m search of tbis, .indiyidualiin'eohnection with Mi"^ Gold's mur|der. He mayzhaye-been; the " countryjman " m question, Tbnt it seems far more likely that no f such 'man I ' ever travelled m theicompattmeW'l«tfi^Mrv..Gsld and Lefroy, -- m . , , •• An Ancient TuEK.-T-The celebrated cypreis'tree thitjiad''st<}otl"near the city of Siiartai Greece,, for' 2300 years, anq was described by Paus^nians 4&0 yeavsi before the comin j 'of -Ohristi' '• haff been destroyed by^a hand; of; strolling gip'les whqeamped \ it {, and ; !their ifire burning. It was ( 7s/eet high and 10 feet m diametet netff the^ ground. r The people of Sparta greatly wotlrn 1 i loss.. iFfeßH:' ANB^ ;HAPPT!U^G'tANi>P-The other day a.ppOTiold WQman'i 62 years 'of age, was.Bentenccdit.to jtWja months' im-. prisorime^'fof drinkip^ m : pmt. . o£ left on 1 F a'dbo% atep at ( 'BromUy|. l^ndon.; VicTdinr-'oi^^tN^wf^W.XND P^dbsTHIA.N.— A gp-as-you^please t«BrDn,ment was^cbiic^tfdeidt'af |V ilie 'Sydney Hippodrome on Sept. 10," -m the pre-ence of .n , immense Ocrowd of v'-spect^torf 4 ,- at eleven o'clock; Sw,an (of Ke.Wi Zealand) was returned the yic.or, haTtin^cpm^ pleted<4S^ miles' 1 atift' S li*pi*;i)\EdwarJs, J 424 miles and 4 laps ; Eajmr, 414 miles and 1 lapt Wf'liama 3.55 fliUw and 7, laps; La Petite, 335 milet auU 1 ! pj Campbell, 328 miles, (