MISCELLANEOUS.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume I, Issue 3, 4 February 1890, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

Mr tyieehad »n.apple lr,aa infested wi:b qojjin m>tii ti'sp-o an ■ xrent tnat list 'yeir th re Was i| »t a s mu I apple on it. Xt n'gp bee tm • inf •sted with the .voaly apkiSi and the tree hegautonuow

sigiH of d-ciiy. It was san * six inches in diameter. Mr flic.* bored a bolei in the pee to about the centre anl tilled it with stflplmr, sealing it with w>x. i'e bound a wax cloth over the or.fi e. Tin's he did last spring, when the sap was going up. Itkidel every vestige .if the aphis, and t tere is not a worm in this year’s crop of apples, while the tree has grown more vigorously than ever before.—# B Telegraph, Why do we always talk of patting on a coat and vest? Who puts on a coat before a vest? W- aso aay putting on shoes and stockings. Who puts on the sh >es hef we the stockin is ? We also put up signs telling people to wipe their feet, when we mean their boots or shoes. And a father tells a hoy he will war n his jack*!, when hmeans to warm his [ aiitafooua. We are a little eccentric in our phrases, ain’t we, at ti n s ? The careful housewife, fin ling that the nursemaid did not come down, went up to her room, and found the girl in h d, complaining of violent sickness On being a*k d what was the matt r, sh- explained that, hiving a had col!, she had tak n some patent me liciue which had been recommended for tie* child —« H-iw much did you take?’ —‘ Well, mu n, I went by the direct ions on the bottle, anl it said, ‘ Two drops for an infant, ten dr >ps for an adult, and a tahlespooutul for an emetic.’ I kn *.w I wasn’t an infant, and 1 d da’t. know what n adult was, so I sup p isb I l uiust be an i-iuctic, and I to.ik a tahlespoonful. On the authorty of a Russian who was one of the few survivors from a v. ssel wrecked ..on the inlmspitible coast I Japan, avei hear that the ;Japanese never punish anyone for escaping from prison, for aft r bring ineaivenied according to their accust. me.i rule, he escaped to where he expected a boat Would tak - him to some of the Eum-p-an ships in the offiing, but suffering recapture he was fodgi d again in prison, and. to his surprise, treated very kindly until he was liberated by some,particulartreaty or roifveation. The Jipm-se hold that it is the natural right of everyone to ex-rt his ingnuitV: for lib. rty, and when retaken,.no harshness is used ju his conveyance hack or subsequent d tefitiou.; If I hereha blain • anvwhere..it rests with those .who suffered him to escape through remissuess m vigilance.