MIE.C ULANTOUS.

New Zealander, Volume 3, Issue 189, 22 March 1848, Page 4

MIE.C ULANTOUS.

Womt.x of Fashion. — To lill medical mm of a " Woman of Fashion" i-> alrao~t at once to point out to them a subject of ncivous djscvp. Society is full of women made in this w>y ph\ sickly unfit for the duties it expects fiom tin m ; and who, w> women, inolhei 0 , a.i'l citi/i" -, ue worse th n urn ' ss to ill? world s pio^iYS' ll «( note il>o v ims forms of hy&tena, hypoihondu.i, aiul lunacy— l"U"lun^ and r\-v-ing by turns, la. litmus, iiß<n<;p in the tluoaf, fliffiruU lespu.ilion, a tUmoniac soil oi coipor.-u] po^sess-icn, e\tieme weakness and initabili'y of emy organ, e\acgcated sensibility, exalted imagination, unstable resolution and charactci, cxcitcm°nt J melancholy main, satiety, restlessness r plcen — such the evetyday phenomena, of faslnonaljlc bociety, can be traced in clfcir sequence of cause and effect, to the peer liar course oflife that has been followed, did which has annihilated Ihohe qualities which gave usour to the muscles licalUiy cncij>v to Uiebiain. 'Ihcir houiß have b.en ill divided Then midnights weic passed in the excitement ef an artificial day ; their mornings on the encivation ot an heated bed. Niituie speaks in all •w<'yB,aml with 3oUr luminomness, agianst the abuse ; but hei prot"st is ai ineffective at. that of peeiage minority. — Medical Times. h. Wii;an .mctioneer advertised, on the walls, for public sale, lately, sundiy Bilk dresses, mennoc-s &c , winding up wit li " one bottle of nun, one hntile of whi*'^. and several other articles suitable for Lwhes ' C > In an aaotion catalogue hi'cly circulated, wer 3 duly nrnounffcd for competition, " a Kmliod Baby's C t "\dle Cos er," and a " Muhofjany (Inld i C'vm. fui h"n Cook, boih-i, or vi Oaken LaHiulrcw'v rloihs hoise, \/onld ha\^ been jn-it as accii.tte det-cripuons) as thole which we h«-\e here n'gisteicd. The following ipj)edrs,in an ad. ortisemcnt i>i a pro•vii'Cial nt'WspujjCi : — 'Li-st, a silk umbiella, belonging to agen f !em*H with a ruiiously caired head. Tlie folloving p.dvcriiheuit j nt npptniv'd »n the Tunes; — Wanted, a roarlnidn, to drive a pan ot hoi sea ot a decidedly pioub turn ofoiind. A runaway app, entice is thus dofcribed in an Amej'ic^n paper: " He is thic!v-s>et, ll3u^lly wars a glazed hat five feet high and iron-shoes with crotb eyes !" A Birmingham " Ivf mrning Warehouse" is weekly ad'.eitibed in the loral papers : why the w.nehouse mourns we are not informed. All the li bil'incnts of woe, liom tho " intense" to the " miu<;aieu" sensation, are to bp had hcic ; and, in addition, Mourning Jewel cry and Mourning stationery. We «ould venture to suggeft a lew fmther additions . — Gioans, per geore ; sobb, at per jiacket ; and tears, warranted fiee from the least tiace of onion, at |cr bottle. The proprietors might then, indtapery s>lang, " defy competition." A Nottingham paper regre's, " that by a typoptaph.ciil ciroi in noticing -a uurs^lary at Mr. Clarkes iJuicli'b yaid, ISewcastle-btrter, I'c is w^l! described as ' biotliLL' to Mr. Clulve, the well-known Iwwe bieaker,' instead of horse bieaktr. 1 ' An American pHper slated, on a recent occasion, Ihat the 6teamer Hurricane on descendinp; the Ohio, T\as diiven on a hank by a lar^e rat ! Ihe Yankees-, although accH9tom°d f ,o swallow bnunimg stones in their newspapers, could not bolt so outiageous a fie'ion as this :it was too much of a choker. Hut, m the next number, the editor ldieved them by an etratum: " for hat, read ham\" Anvi,iinsuMßNT Extraordinary — Wanted, for the old opposition slow-coach, one or two tteady-going leadeis. They must be very quiet to ride, very free from vice, not liable to go too mst, nor disposed to kick over the traces. A clevei h.u k would be likely to suit if tolerably suie-footed, .md not addicted to stumbling. N.B. No job-master need iipj'l). For sale at the same stables, a miniature turn-nut consisting of a small equ page without a head, called a Bentinck. — lunch. A simple Cure poii Dysfntery, which has never "Ailld -~T.>I c hqtiie butter oil the churn, immediately alter being churned, jutt as it is, without Icingsalted or washed ; clarify it over tlie fine like 1 ouey ; skim off all the milky particles when melfed o\er ai lear fire. Lst fie patient (if in adult) tske two table- spoonfuls ot the tlanhed remainder twice or thrice within a day. In Der'iyshiie ,i sheet of paper has been made 1:3,800 feet long, or 2\ miles. To Cuul Wu./is or Co^vs.— A correiipoudent o the Bv it ish American Cultivator says that he cured some \eiy obstinate corns by the filkwlng simple remedy. Like, the yoke ofane»^, thidcon it with fine salt, which appl) to a [ aa'tioe at ni^ht, having i<off in tlie morning. Thu, coutinu lor twf> or three nights, until the part afLcted l;tais a whi.i->n a|ipearance ; then leave it <ff entirely, and th wait or corn wi 1 come out, root and brunch. If a little or Ihe l'a\es of rue be bimstd and added} it is said to be the baler. Eu ctutc Ttli guaph — AppHiensjon of a robber 33et\vecn si\ and i.fvun o'clock yesterday (I''nd vj) f venjng, a niess.j;^e w "• • . :ived in hi u nan,) on by the electiic te!o»i<xph 'ro n London, in consequence c( w Irct. a non named i*er.j.i,ma I Jail w,is ppuhcmlr>d , html cLvcn o'clock the same evening, at the \\ liits Hart Inn, lull was formerly bootb yr ?1 ilchini'j hotrl, and subi s ec|U''iitly ke,it an cutfittin-r {.hop in BuJgestiect. He was fppre'.endul on a ch.'rqe of btesihi.g jewellery, plate, &.; , lh< piopcit) of Mr. Nathan Gpk, of London. He lud with him a lOitm.mlcm and tluee lie.vily-bden bo\es, which lu'^c not yet be -n opened. f':i b"i 'q 6e.iuJn.d, .i w.itcii, a ciskft containinj'Vli ,r <l'ami>nd itii'l 1 -, and tin gob l rtut's, iinl the sum of '2 C'e 1 , wro found on his pcibon. lrll wr'i secured I'l th* lock-up at the police- la ton, and '.all bf iMiiriK'l be'oie the Boiou,;li Jit o Ucts Uus cjjy. H'jmpiln) c indcjicu '"iit.