ALL ROUND THE WORLD.

Manawatu Times, Volume V, Issue 163, 5 October 1881, Page 2

ALL ROUND THE WORLD.

Gold Room.— lt it stated that all th«. domes of the great churches m St/Petersy rburg, Moscow, and other large cities e& Russia, are plated with goliitearly quar-.. ■ ter, of an inch, thick. Thel ne«r : Onurch^ of Saviour,' -'dedicated and 'opened at? 'Moscow m Angust, 1880, represents ». value of £31000,000. " r „ A I>iSA.GKEKABI«B REKIKDE».--"An i Auckland hatter has received from Paris . a curiosity.! m umbrellas* The nob onthe--1 handle is m the form of a man's skull*' .executed m carved ivory. By pressing** spring at the, back, the jaw falls, the eye* start open, and the head gives a horrible. v not at all pleasant to a person with weak nerves. - r ... .-.,«.. . I ■'•; A ! 'O^sjiMßii Jokx.— A Mexican at Let Vegasi ' New Mexico, tiert his wife, firmjy to a board^ leaned her thus help- , less against a fenct, took a position 50ft ,away,.and used her as a target for rifle, practice..'- !yj^di4 Jiot hit her, hid object being ta frighten her by imbedding the. bjoV?^ m the bo_ara\ close to her head anil body, S_he fain^td under the Irightful ordeaK ''■_ — ''~^'...".'''-'.['" ■ .. "VT-- -■- ' Tis a» &<^ : W^iip. tjhat Brows NoBppX Good, —^Eighiteea prisoners sentenced to various, terms^ at the Sydney Police Conirt received an unexpected re-, lease. It will be ren^m^b^d that cable news spoke of a, vom&p, m, t^e Police Codrt dock who was fo^nd,te^ suffering, from smalf-po*, and, it wa,s tbje f|f»r.of infectioi^. being carried into the Gaql, that, led to the feiease:of the W. T^ere wai.' considerable comment over the matter in^' Sydney. ' " ''- Some^hih<i . iitKß : > Palaqb.— The\ i Japanese papers report thata newipalacej for tbe Mikado is. about "to be IKuilt at Ye^do, to cbtt si6iM),ooOyen (£1,200,000\ There will bt a grand rtctption hill, i%

which all the State ceremonies will ty» performed. .Tb« reception hall is to b~ built partly; of. tiles and partly of wood, at an estimated cost of 170,000 yea (about £34,000). "■'■•« • Origin or Worth 11 ? Dresses. — Mr Worth, thefani-mti dressmaker, is said to have a large.aviarj- filkd with beautiful birds from ail pnrt* of the world, and he spends, hours m studying them. .From " these, and the strang harmonies brought >nt of discord by one magical hit of ,>i!rfecMy unexpected coloring which combines and reconciles all. it is asserted he derives hid inspiratioiiTor his most charming but somewhat expensive < ! re9--<s. ; Lowering the. Rate oe Interest on the Nation At Debt.:— The. Economist considers.tbat, as consols are considerably over par, it would eeem probable that an operation Jn the way of lowering the in> terest might be successfully effected at the. present time m. the new 3 per cent, 7 ■to'ck,' as well as possibly m the interest on the^whole-ofitbe Nutional Debt. Thi me'tibd adopted m 1844 of a'gradual xecSnction of U^e rate of. interest allowed' (say to 2 per ■cent at once" and 2£ ten years henc:) appears to be the i best solution of the difficulty. :r> v ' :; ' ■. A Ke^ ' SpVERKiGSTT.--r While «t Hampton recently the Prince at Wales suddenly found himself h'iled at the King of Egypt. Some gipsies got round $he royal carriage, but while her Royal . Highness: declined to inquire too curiousljy ; into the. future, the Prince of Wales propitiated the idark-skibned children of Pharaoh by purchasing from one of the! fraternity a cpuple^of cub?. For this act of generosity he was promptly hailed by the Qiieeri'fMpsy. as " King of Egypt ." Prophecy had probably little to do with ihe~.cry,*and in Mr. Gladstone's time of non-intervention, it will pos*e>s nomeanirig. but with Lord Bea'onsfield m power the apostrnphe' of the gipsy woman might have had some significance. AKigTocEATK? Amusement. — Lawn tennis is quite the fashionable craze of the hour In England, and all sorts of people indulge m the dissipation.' Not only boys and girls, ;>but fathers and matrons take. XWr; places r ? either side of the net." 'Persons living a few miles out pf town are very fond this season of giving. what they: call a " la^n-tennis dance." Tbe invited ar'iye m flannels. c>rrvinjr th^'r dress clothes with them. The ladies dance "in'their lawn-tennis costumes The Bp<>rt m the field continues until about seven b'clocki when there is a. break" for dressing.. At; eight danOs become the order or the day or rather night, with aupper at inne and carriages at midnight. Most of these entertainments are highly successful.'- Variety is aj ways claiming, and dancing serves as a delightful foil to knocking about india rubber balls. A rtEVEB SwiHDtE>— This is how the big £30,000 diamond robbery at the Cape was effected. tJL cbmpany 6f burglars; purchased one of the largest and best iron safes 'procurable for money m Lon dpn. They shipped -it to the Cape of Good JJqpe^.TwoojF. the gang followed it. Ai Capetown they liad it sold by auction..'' It 'ifr'as purchased . for. the diamond afield; c 'Nobody would by such a ■afi^.ao- tlj^t un]trß« : he -had; something valuable to put into it. The original, iuvestors followed 1 " the safe. -One morning when the purchaser opened it tbe£3o,o!V worth qf property. which ; he had deputed there was gone. The safe had not been broken open. The thieves had made duplicate keys to fit it be fore they put it up by auction. ScAftCITT OF LTMPH TN StdnßY;— - The health authorities at- Sydney (says a Melbourne paper) appear 'not to havemade anything like adequate provision for vaccination. Several applications have been made to the Victorian Central Board of Health since the present outbreak of i small-pox, for a supply of lymph. Yesterday another request was received'friinf tHe"Sy<lri<-y health an^oities asking for more lymph. " Patients do -.not like the Sydney lymph."' The Government vaccinators write. " Sorry to give you trouble, but we are helpless and have to depend much on Victoria m this matt'eri"*' The Victorian Central Health Board have fortunately, a. large pupply : of lympVbri hap.d, and have been able to meet all demands. AN i EXTRAORDINARY Tk VENTIOX. — One of the most extraordinary inventions perhaps, ofjthe_age. is. that for which Professor John Gamgee, of London, now residing at Washington, has obtained a patent for Jristbermo- dynamic "engine. . The future Arctic investigator will have no trouble m keeping, warm,' nor will /darkness trouble hip, for the harder everything freezes thp faster the engine will run. r is tp'. Become of ihi> coal industry' if this engine really be what it professes f Fuel will no 1-ngir be required tp produce either motive power, heat, or light. These great factors m human welfare will m future be enjoyed by mankind without labor or cost, all the industries of the world will be revolutionised, and a majority of them dJscardedifor lack of further usei "it appears tbata persop named Keely claims ♦o >f> the prior irivenfor of this" wonder fa£ It is nothing, else. ' ' ' • ' Hawks andtoeir PRBr.-rrAt the last English Derby, several bookmakers wjere so effi.ctually ,'f brojf^n" that tpey hadn T t jnpriey enough to, pay their railway fares bapk to Xppdpn, However, they determined tp risV all consequences, and got into a c.arriage : When nearing home a Stoppage was made/ which was immediately taken advantage of by one of the f ? books." ; Muring his'grjjat coat arpund him, and pulling his cap well down over bis face, he entered a |irs.'t glas.s paqriage further on the train, and assuming an official manner authoritatively demanded, •! Ticket?, please." Withqut the siiffhtest hesitation, the occupants handed hjm their pasteboards, and with tb,bse Ije duly supplied .'bja friend's. Qq arriving' at London the confiding passengers who had parted with their cards had to pay over again. -..;•" •■; Old Peruvian Ornaments.—^A valuable collection of old gold and sjl yer Peruvian ornaments, recently brought jrb England, was disposed of by auction for £10,778. A fine old brilliant cluster brqught £lll ; an antique brilliant ring, £125; a pair of long antique pearl and diamond earrings, £235; a curious antique enamelled gold and emerald cross, £ 180 ; a silver-guilt mitre, with scrolls of pre< ions stones, £273 ; an an T tiqne gold crj^- w/ttb a Jarge cabocbon fmerald, £175; an antique chased gold* chance, m pieces, an,d paten" jBl 78 ; an fintiqueeqameHed,heart-Bfeajje4 : reliquary with diamonds, and garnets, £310; an antique gold monstrance with diamonds

and topazes, t'94o; fourteen gold rays for a monstrance, set with topaze s and diamonds, £640; a life-size silver figure of a pelican, decorated with precious stones, £380; an antique chased gold mqnstmnc, enriched witti man}' precious stouts. £2000. The End op the Wobid. — An eccentric old gentlt man m Lincolnshire. ; ged 83. is (say* the St Japies' Gazette) .t is stated, so firmly convinced of ihp approaching end of the world, that he has ordered on immense balloon to be nmrlr for bis convenience, .by means of which h«» hopes to witness the destruction of the planet, without sharing the fate of its inhabitants. He will take with him m his ascent tinned provisions, brandy, sodawater, claret, and other creature comfort m sufficient quantities to meet bis requirements for three -years by which time he calculates bis life will come to a natural close. He is of opinion that among the del'ris of the world will be several large fragments, on one of which be will be •Ibe.to i-fivßt a descent at an opportune moment, and find a refuge for his few remaining years. He proposes to take with him no companion but a game-keeper, who. has been long m his service, and for whom he ha§ a great regard. He has, however, warned his faithful retainer, who is only .52 years of age, that when thu provisions m tbebal oou are . exljaustt d he will have to shift' for himself, and may therefore, m three years' time be- without Jmeans of snbristt nee. Having made the e arrangements, the 6H gentleman is perfectly calm, and indeed cheerful. "I shall," he ■ eclares, •' g-t on better without the worl-1 than with it." Th ughtllewasDkap. — Asomewha'' aensitioiial incident occurred a f w d<}B ago at a ball m Melbourne. The last dance but one on the programme was just commencing, when the n pur? of a pi-ti>l somewhere within the building was heard At first not much notice was taken ofth circumstance, beyond some expressions of wonder as to what might have been ihe cnu<e of the noise, bti" n report soon spread about that a suicide had been committed, and m a few minutes it was kuown that it young man named Parker had been found insensible iv a lobby, with a six-barrelle 1 revolver by his side, nne chamber of wbicb hid been recently discbargcd. Thf* utmost cnnsternßtion at once ensned: The band ceased topliy ; one lady fainteil aw y ; juos of the others : became deadly prfl'e, and a general breakup took place.' On .xaminirig 'he vi - ; tim, a Wdund was fou'vl "n <>ne of the ; wris'e, and it was found that he was ; meri ly m a faint, from which after a time he recovercU It was nof known for a time whether he had attempted to commit suicide or whether it was an accident, but a bullet was after wards found near the spot. It was much itoo small for the revolver, and had evidently rolled out.; while Parker, thinking he had really shot himself, fainted away The front of his shirt was burner!, as from the powder ; and it was also discovered 1 that he wished several ladies good-bye, tellijg them they would not see him again. : VotDKTEEHS .V. REGULAR*. — A COntrpversyhas arisen with tff--r<nci ti» th-i-sseston-that no general <tfnser evt-r be fo r e commafulef) so mjiny TJrilish troop.* as those massed m Windsor Park on -July 9. . " One of the few who survive those days" . writes with reference *o the army commanded by the late Duke ol" Wellington at Neville:- "The largest strictly British force that ever fought under his command stood to its arms on the morning of November 10, 1813. The battle of Neville was. won by 44,074 British soldiers. In the r battle of Toulouse only 22.416 were engaged, and at Warer'bo 25,«89. If you add to these last 6,309 officers and /men of ; the German l.egion, the total amount will be 31,698. I wed scarcely add that t« each ofthtse armies were attached the corps ofPortuguese i>nd -^pHniards, or else of Ilanove*--»Ans, Brnnswickers, Nassau troops, and Netberlanders. But the entirely British force was on each occasion Mich as I bave stated it to be." Another correspondent, quoting Alison's "History of Europe,'" says that the Duke of Wellington reviewed m Paris, after' Waterloo, 60,000 British trbnps—^a'"sight never before seen, and pi obably never to be seen again. ; A Kokrtble Action.7-;A K.ief newspaper. Labor, published a telegram from Pontivel, m. the: provioce of Kourska, which states that 119 men and girls have been shut up m a barn by the steward of aiproperty called the Bolgin for refusing tbwbrk, r and were all hurried to death by avillage mob setting fire to the building. Discredit was thown upon the statement at the, time, but the St. Peters-burgjiG'o/os declares that'it is only too true. According to this journal 119 women and girls employed o« a large turnip farm in 'the district of Putinoi, m the government of Kourska ( outhern Russia), were much dissatisfied with the bread supplied by the farm steward, alleging that it was unfit for -food, and threatening to leave « ff work. After their dinner they all withdrew'to a barb to rest during the hottest period of the afternoon. The steward locked them m and wentjaway ;but four farm laborers came : and set fire to the barn.- The fire spread rapidly, the'buiMinsr, which whs like tinder, and soon the whole barn was inflames. The. shrieks of the unfortunate prisoners soon brought Some people to the spot. They could not help, because, the doors opened inwards, .and already the mass of frantic woman so jammed the doorsfrom Within us to make any effort to open them fruitless. Five women were taken /out alive, but fo fearfully burnt that they died almost immediately. All the remaining 114 perished on. the spot. One of the incendiaries went, off and drowned himself straight away ;, the other three are m prison. Coai. Mines on BNGi.AHD.-rT Some of the English coal mines have been run out' under the ocean. So vast, is this resource, that in 1 Northumberland the riet available quantity of coal is estimated by geplogists at 403.000,000 tons; and on the Durham coasts under the sea, including a breadth of three and onf-half miles, wi-b an area of seventy rone square miles, 734,500,000 tons—this latter; it. U calculated,, having an aggregate thickness of thirty feet, distributed m six seams As to the coal under water, it has bren estimated tbat the mineral will be worked "under trie sea a distance of three and onehalf miies.by means of la.nd collieries, and that the jfurther brca'th of ; seven miks may be worked by sinking shafts for ventilating m the sea itself. To what actual'distance from the shore coal upon a variety of considerations. A Photographer's Fxberievc*.— A ffW days ago t M Her the

priucipal photographer of Stratsburg. was arranging his atelier m the expectation of custom, the door, was thrown open, and an exceedingly handsome young lady appeared on the threshold. •Schweitzer at once recognised bis visitor as " Miss Minn." the golden haired blue-eyed " Lion Queen " of a travelling men sgorio ;empo;ari!y establishe ' on a plot of wa«.fe ground outside theMctz^u 1 Thoa. " I want to liave my portrait t-iken," said the fair ti..ms<.l. "iam at yourservice; pray be seated," renlierl the photographer, with a dcteren'ial bow. "By your leave," she rejoined, transfixine him with a strfly gliinc". "Tarn not al(,nc. Two friepcis areawaitiut; me outsido your door." s "o saying, she set a silver whistle }o her lips and blew it shrilly, whereupon two stately lions stalked into the apartment, greeting its proprietor with a salutation of growls that made his blood run old. At asijjn from their youthful mistress, however, the formidable beasts sate down quietly enough ; and Tier Schwcitz-r, giiuin/ confidence from their peaceable demeanor, proceeded to " group " his appa'linj clients with trembling hands, placing Miss Mina on a sofa m a Remi-reclinin j attitude with a lk>n on each side of her . A.'l three preserved a statue^qu:.' immobi'ity during the exposure, the result of which, was a remarkably fi:ie picture, now ad irtjing the windows of the leading Stationer's shop near the CithedrVl Hundreds of copies h'»ve been already sold, and Horr Schweitzer's mawis quart-d heure ■■■with a couple of loose lions is lkely to prove the most remunerative period of hi* nrofes^i 'nal csireer. A Rapid Railwat. — A recent 1 t'er from Afi^s M irv lioiise siives the following ludicrous jjictureof railway travelling at (he San^l^ich Ulunds: -*' This is the funniest r ilroad, and strange things 'appen on it. The trHin will stop anywheie for anybody to get on or < ft; it will situ; f»»r a man to buy som i ta-o and pay for it. Just as the train started, a Kenans • woman came along with a great hi^! i»ig and a dog to get on A man took boh) of the rope and hauled the pijj into »he coal car; the woman threw the flog m, and then tried to. get m herself ;-. she balanced quite a while on the edge of th* 1 car, sprawling bead and hands over on the car, and feet out m the air. Finally the man dragged her m as be had dom the pV. Sh«' sat do-Mi m the bottom of! the coil ca^ ; soon it bi.giin to rain ; s'e untied an old co-it, wrapped it roun.rthc piur. embraced the the animal iv nor arm-, took th. d- g m ht r lap, iind there sly sat umil we reached Paia, as hnnpy a-< the animals themselves While iv ou " car a pipe was lighted, and pas«ed from m uith to mouth, each man, w .man, a>u child taking a whiff or two. Oh. everything is so q'leer m the country !" The Thames Goldfield. — •' Just fourteen years ago," says a cotr emporary. "the celebrated Thames golilfi-l(i ki\* thrown open. One of the miners was ;•. man named Clarkson, who was so poor that he slept m the fern and lived on dry bread. At last he got s* low and disheartened that he packed up his. swan and walked towatdsthe steamer. There he was met by two fi tends, who pave him a lift and at-ktd him to stay. T: c three — Cla kson. Hunt, and While— w*;nt down a rivulet beiwven :>e K«ranui and Kiraki cecks, White ahead. CJark-on and Hunt behind. Clarkson c suall3* struck the bard water-worn rock, which formed a waterfall, when a glittering splinter of quartz flew dfl. On picking it up, it was fountl to be studded with gold. A few moie blows with the pick disclosed to the pvosptctors that the patch was of considerable dim< visions. White was called, and when the greatness of the discovery burst upon them, he laid down and laughed and kicked like a madman. Cobley join< d the party th.ice days after the discovery, b ing a friend oJ' Hunt's. Clarks' n. White, and G<»b!ey made about £30 000 a man, and Hunt wrmwha't more, he having speculated more luckily." The turn these men made, we may state m correction was more like £100,000 apiece..-, pne of them, we think it was Hunt, purchased an estate on the shores of the picture; qu<- liit.'e lalrp, ca led Takapuna, not far from Auckland; laid it out beautifully, and then found he bad lost all bis money m unlucky speculations. There the grounds still art-, the walks over-run with weeds, the fruit trees grown wild, and even the jetty built into j the lake crumbling away a mournful monument of the fickle fortune th-tt attends a goldniiner. The mansion that was to adorn the estate was never built. Another of the bank, more lucky or.i'iudent also pnrchnsed an estate 'oppose Auckland, and took unto himself a wife. There he now lives, happy and contented hut his fine fortune has had also, dwind'ed down to half* itsor ; gin-tl limi's lie- i _t>re he contrived to sever himself entirely from the "fascinations of tim Wovk-a day life. An honorable feitue about about these men was tbat they struck; well to one another, and it was m assisting his mates when m misfortune that the survivor of the quartette lost most of the money he did. The others all dissipated their gold m mining ventures, succeeding their original lucky prospect.