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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 189, 11 August 1877, Page 2

, 'i-triith" says th"e custajm of applying an i artificial bloomy toichildren'fc faces is ou the : increase.- " - j ! ; ; Five rounds .were recently firedj f ro'm the i 80-:ton glin atuSKoolwiclfr (Jharges weriquse'd (Of 4251bs qf-powder and a 17031b 'shot, anil ; the velocity, "registered v?as about HBO feet persecond. ' ' >'■ i: : * I \ : Toe. doea not Kijovr ; wiu7tWtlu} magistrates iareearly risers or not, biit hs was up| " before ja magistrate" twice iast'Vet k. £ I | ; - T-he Jmimnl; dtrStrf t etefslurgsa.y% that thjj ( most "northerly telegraph .oSce in tjie world jharjtist beecLsefc^uj)." Ifr is at a Igorwegtan station oamed'Gjesvor.a little, above the. 7 is^ parallel ptnoj^h. iatitude. \ . : u& tiii " () " l^ Wj'tfee %.Wp4 has published "a prayer-book, which ,js preseated gratis ,tp, all^hujphgpera, , 'Iheirigh'thaud J pages 6f .'the 'boxjk.qontaiarihe usual prayers, and tli'e'lef Waat}d^j'^r&eS^; 1 ...".Saadflj? "/writes, n iUeLyUeUpn'Times^ | I'wbs lafetyT)ecoming]ealo^^r. J thyapnof j of . •^j^lwd/Jit^e^mattfSr.'.xif "painea. ! Theivondei;f uV 9fll%ahon.s^Vletierf V'b)ch i appear" in yodr" Iblegrams, .re tne' war 'in Europe, ratga^ '-well m r ake 4.ne* despair of evej^ndingranyghing-in this little colony to equat'tlieb. -Ihav^'libwever been rejieved fey the appearance tt"f in : which land ia Taranaki known as " Onaero-Urenui-Ta^:alao^l^auku " . is. declared - waste | landabf fehe-Grown. ;;I;d6 ( nb"t bfeli'4ve that Turkey and Russia altogether can beat that, and I take my stand on New Zealand names. : nOne bf the employments in 1 ' which woman ia about. to. compTefie cwith .man is "(says the Pall Mall Gazette) that of service in^tb^; fire : brigade^ The first/ste^in this direction has ; beeyUaken in America,' wh'ere, at one of r,th<J ; cqllegesjor xoujig.ladics > _a..jbrigade.-of ficei women, or rather of firegiris, is, it.js,ptated., !in couese-of organisation: J '-\The ■ notirih ; fe . to : accustom the fair members ■of 'the brigade to extiibifi-. tfe'e so necessary in moments oteaiergency, such-as the outbreak oi : a five, and at the same time *p teach: them how to act with promptitude' oh 'such occasions. . The brigade is- to be divided inTo ! grofaps, each having'its "own captain aud fire- : engine. - The pupils arc also to be taught the .management -of a fire-e,ngine . until ■tHey are \as efljcient " at the pump jas at the piano. Whether women will I generally " take to- this •" occupation of | extinguishing fires is- doubtful, although | there ia no question that tlie^ often exhibit a I courage.. and aking froid^hett' houses they i inhabit are on fire, which is4oiai'ways shown !by those who were-ia-former day3 termed their " natural tpfotectots-?' v. l On 'the other !hand, they soaiet[mes gojffii hysterics, jwffile~vile andsEupia man, to do¥im justice, is not so frequently .sUbjedf tfaithk dfatrefi sing a,nd; inc,pnvenie..nfe affieciion. •; ., j