MISCELLANEOUS EXTRACTS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 219, 2 September 1862, Page 5

MISCELLANEOUS EXTRACTS.

,*r v 8°^ aHX!^ SrRtTP FOR PSIKTISO ROLLERS.—We W nave been making four sets of rulers f.,r our pToss&s iecl and have used the Sorghum tvmp instead of ths imttal ported article. The experiment has convince lus that jori « will make better rollers tha:i anything else. They bis are tougher, smoother, and far more elastic than any iah we have ever made.— Xupa Reporter. hat „-*■*_ Coubt.—At Buckingham Palace, on the sth of my b^T' \ dlned ior ths first tiais *«& the Queen, ird "*=lthcr dttrin^ the dinner nor in the drawing-room jch aJ'*rwarJs» was the conversation animated or intervas tstill S- Political subjects were entirely avoided ;we ( sat round a circular table, beiore tho Queen, who ttss on, On a sot.a J two or three of lier ladies v> ere endeavoring to - to work; Prince Albert played at chess: Lady' laliuerston aud I, with some effort, rarried on a flagging dialogue. I observed over the three doors of pl att eiit Portrai*s ; Fenelon; the Czar, lye rufJfßo^/ and Anne Hyde, daughter of Lord »k Clarendun, the nnt wife of James 11. 1 felt surprise ;he at i lB association of three persons so inconjrruou^ No ;nt r^e^r r im^k^ \ and no oae pouH explain the leoion. I thought of one; the portraits were selected ** nLt^ ruT~^ h7 fittfcd veil in their respective Jj K'tuis^hli^' AmbaSS3j °r fwm ** Ma" ng America* Me.v.—The American, thou-b. }.* ,l y dresses like an Englishman, and eats roast beef with !» a silver fork-w sometimes with a bteel knife-as >ot «?e s an Englishman, is not like an Englishman iv , re nj* ujuml, m his aspirations, in his tastes, or ia his >re P° Ji! ;cs- *n his moid he is quicker, nio-e tsmvorsnilv e H intelligent, more ambitious of genera! knowledge R^ i»h "^"'o'ett of stupidity and igooraace in others, t.arder ild sharper, brigh tor with the surface btWitneAsof **ft/ y e than 13 an Englishman : but he is more brittl* "le=* rd eoounng, less malleable, and, I think, less capable of ue mip-esaons. xne mind oi the Englishman has ir.ore ha «inasiaation, out that of the American more incision w. \ l! c American is a great observer, but he observes , e> things material rather than tLir<r3 social or pVt-j----ey resque. He is a constant and ready <ipeeuV-£ i,uis t all speculations, even those which c"". L } u 'vl j , 'js are wi jh him more «r le-s iaa!ai d I-, h-s a - }ir t r' ur the American is more constant t: uu n «Ji u -. h -_ j t or, 1 should rather say, he is mo, c i v »nfc i r i . n . nag. livery citizeu of the Uni.W it in s Tj [, c do something. Kvery one thin v, I , D^f n , ld some eflWt. ButiahisaspiraTi.n u< i»u - ( ; , ( ar tuan a« Englishman. The am bin u-* \.i ■i« ti " ( 0 soai-s as hi^L as the arubitjoaa Hn^.iJi r? i II !, e pot even hee up to so p:reat ahe cr'.t, '!• /<■ V ie lias raise] himself somewhat abi.«* t! cri d i> ljt) comes sooner dizzy with his ovm aititu?!e. An Am>^ icaaof mark, though slwavs anxious fo s'-ov !^ mars, w always fearful of a* fail. In his iji«t*< <"h." American imitates the FrencLmaa. shkli aa«* to say that ben wrone, tetiug th,it in jreuer.-'! jnsi^-i-s iy fdesign and luxury the French kve'wa tl.rtb*-ii-t- selves the foremost name ? I will uo t say that f lie ie American is wronsr, but I cannot avoid" t'j-''>i:-re aat he k ho. I detest what is ca le-l French u^£° iiiit the world is aj^inst me-.- When I carji'lame-t to it a iau<norJ of an hotel in the West that hisYur; n U r,» it was u.,e!«s; tbat I could not write at a niarb^ ; U>!a •c v/lioie outasde rim was curve I into f iuti-i'- vlw^ • ie j Uai a gold dot-k in my bedroom vbich'di-j n^t'-o • ii | would give me no aid in washiu? mvs«'f• that'a ;v ! iu-avy, liainoveable curtain simt out the I^'it • -»•«•( ft tuat papicr-iijiacLe chairs, with ftaiff '4:va' n sta^-i were bid to six on-he ansv,- 3 rei we comr. et-i,- ---; byteJimr me that his kjuse had be-.n fur«;^-; »'■-% iI m i^evrdante with the ta&te of En-Jan'l. but'v^l y thatmFrauce. I acknowledged the rebuke, "iv- »p c my pursuit* oi literature ;md cleanliness, and im> i•:■•"« jj out of the house us quickly as I could. Ail A'fi-vT.-^ ; | v now iuriii-.bing itself uy the rules whu-b "a^^ I c j flat houlki-eper. I divot merely alluie to Wt'il i | L<|tisehola Inruiture—to chairs, ufiies, an-i der^taM--u j closes. The taste- oi" America is becoming I'r^ch c [;« itsroaversjition. French in its cotufcrw aui F-.--ncL ;: m its oisj^iufvrts, French in its eusin? and Frr-uc*-. in ,', its dress, lmnch in ha muuner^, aa.l will bece»i.I trencii in us Arr. There are those who wiii say ihzt r JMzghdh trtrite ts tekia^ the same direction. I ,'<<> s »j i | tlmiii so. I strongly hope that it is cot so. Ant i ■ therefore, I say, urn an Engiishiaaa and aa \m-r-I 1 can ditier in their tastes.—'- North Amsri.-a." ijy -; Anthony TroJlope. |j Sicii.r.— This extraordinary Island treros w:tU ;{ everything that can bo vnmUd for u=e a-1 lusu--' ;; and casts iorf h the mo«i beautiful weedi and fijwe4* ; ] as somut'iing Hip^dded to, and not int-rftrin-^ wHI ; j tae cnu«- Bssi-Jes com and fruit in the ufaas-. - j pleaty (the lonner without manure) there is cotton | sulpaur, silk, ansl^r. &att, uietil, aad inar?'»^ iai'-* _ i inauna. saOron, alum, vitriol, zgdm, emcrai.U '^1 \ \ at?^ tie. lV' rb3 cf ,ever y description. In the i^t'of ; j all this nchues. tue uaall popai^tion is mi^reble in , . app^anmc^; and as \->z iaon?y, no such thin* 'a-, '-as' \ | X. ktbv > surs, except what is brought br trav^fi;^" ■ . iwo or three tunes we found no inn" whatsoever . I a?? aecor.Jiijgiy went to tha Capuchin monks, who r S «!id Uieir best ior us. but could not do much b»in~ 11 tucinselves, according to their own devrift«on '" o— ;! gars of b^'irars." The worst was, thac'iheir' aboj« ; ■ were Jroadiuhy dirty, and the fleas were absoln^v I hopjansr about die room like dust. Indeed "i/i-^Ki I and pulchi are tile real evils of a Siciiiai *ou- <C c ;; of our party safTsre-.t froa th-ra so ma-h a^'tou^ ; j whole ni-:.is with very little sleep—a very serous • j matter on a jmirney when the dash- fa:ura<s req-^frei , the b.>sy to be in iv best state. Th*-v ui^e -ir& in1. altogether, and for this I was aa ohj'-.-t of a i eavv : tiinv cowpanious. I Lave been very careful in forj warding to yon notices of our pr»grc-s durn ''tV •whole time, as L thought it well \brth ware"M-a ■ country which has eit been s« coraplet-lv ran nek* i ius many others, eve;t of minor inters— aud I Lave ! always looked ou Sicitv wi:h peculiar int-re^ ra^'v I from tliat cause, partly frojn its (ireciau iahabiWs j and piirt'y from its present decllue in the-vhhr" o } i the iull luxuriance of natural beauty : " Teii*ris j concephut ah annlt Met-wn credit amor" ml qJw i I have had the privi!.-*; of enjoying to th-j full V iv j early anticipation?, f>r which I aiu very thankful — S A Few Notes from Past Life: 181S-183" 1 ' By tb^ * I,w ,Fraacis Trench, M.A., Hector of IslitjT o *\ I!V^ IC%:- C ': *--TKMPS.—At th? baaqu^f. of S^rj I M^V Icel^. oS I'---T»'l»toths Kuij.evor ao i Emp«^ _ of th ' i-mich, it was remarked tisat tiie tunes pUv-l by ihe vioeregal baud were chiefly srrjuajel o"i t^ 01-J marches of. the Freuch re-:meiits. who en»-r-d haypt sixty years ago underline First XarvM^n j ihen-wasa j/a?£c/<ecompiiiuent of th- S-H T-i-in" I (specially if any of the pas-^iges recalled to" m^w tnsgra-v.l mireh oi tnon oncle — ont of K^vn* The jdmnerpvcu to their Majesties by Said l\Ti4a t-s ' | served ivsth truly Orieatul rnasnifie^nce T^- E-a-p^ror, Uie Eaiprei?, the Viceroy, and his review Mustapha Pasha, took their seats round a table o-i-ather a larjsa silver salver, richly chs^l "and {enamelled, oa which covers of massive <^01l w> jpbeed for four pers.jns. At some metres Wnt'a | table of tweaty-five covers was lail out for the ladies and officers of the household. The latter table tfs served in the I re.neh style, but the disae* were rre pared m the E-yutiau mode, and amon* them 4"era iwolatnbsrmstei vrhole. The animals were nurchase<l alive by the \ iceroy's servants, aud killed "and cookcl by them d I JSwptienne. Ths servauis af.:er dinner removcl the silver salver from before th* \ ux-roy and tboir Majesties, and replaced it by one of gold, on which were arranged four dessert covers, the wjates, kmves, ana forks, being of gold enriched With diamonds, as were also the dishes, filled with th* m.-n magnificent fruit. After dinner the whole "party retired to another room, where coffee was served in the Oriental style, in very small porcelain cups standing on a ioot, and havin« much the form of ->i egg cup tut waole of them enriched with diamond^ lion- chibouks, ornaaieuted with precious stoaes" were afterwards offered to the gnests. Coal-tar made PieTURESQtTK.—In noticing the Internutioual Exhibition, a correspondent of thDaatjnes Courier describes the virtues of coal-tar as" a source of co,or. «If coal be regarded as the product of ancient sun-force-then the * li-jht of other dav< * whicu has not faded, may be reproduced in color" of every shade_ and hue. Every one knows that whea coal is distilled, gas is produced, is carried away and collected, and that among the refuse products of the process is coal-tar, which was fonnerlv sold at a very I low price. Coal-tar is a very complicated body and when carefully distilled, it yields certain volatile fluids, smellina: more or less of tar, amone which is a naptha called * beuzo!e.' Small bottles cf benzole -u-e sold for removing grease stains, under the name of betizute collas. Beuzole is next acted on by uitri*« atid, and by that means changed into nitro-benzole—" ft liquid so exactly the smell of the essential oil of bitter almonds that it is substituted for it h\ the manufacture of almond soaps and of chean perfumery. ■\\ hen iron filings and aX acid act upon the nitric i? £ changed into aniline, and this aniline wbeS acted on by arsemc acid, oichromate of p*as3um permanganue acid, stannic chloride, &c, Sds a great variety of very beautiful colors. Ttee S-ta? dyes are a characteristic fcatoro of this Exhibhion In Perkins case, the visitor will see acvKnderof unSr aUtl lme P^V^ could easily bVcarried under the arm. It is worth at least £800, and required for its production the tar obtained from -,wui tons of coal. It is in tinctorial potentiality equal to 100 miles of calico. Thus are we reminded that death in nature is but new life. Force is indeed indestructible ; form alone it is which changes. The actual elements caught up from the air millions of years ago, and then quickened into vegetable life by the sun^ that shone on earlier scenes than Eden, are now delighting the eye and gratifying the taste. The elements of the decayed forests of a pre-Adamite earth are quickened in 1562, and re-assembling shoyr that, «• a iiupg of J>fau,ty is » joy for ejer, 1 >