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Southland Times, Issue 1585, 31 May 1872, Page 3

The Council of the Melbourne University are desirous of enlarging that building at a cost of £10,000. "No tin-can mystery ! " wrote up a bold butcher of Bath on his Christmas prize ox ; " No sheep in Wolves clothing ! Here's the real prime English beef ! " A prosecator in the Daylesford Police Court, pointing to a prisoner charged with highway robbery, said with the utmost ndwete % " That is the^ gentleman who knocked me down and put his hand in my pocket." This might be called the height of politeness. A quarrelsome couple were discussing the subject of epitaphs and tombstones, and the husband said, "My dear, what kind of a stone do you suppose they will give me when I die ?" " Brimstone, my love," was the affectionate reply. An old lady was telling ncr grandchildren about some troubles in Scotland, in the course of which the chief of her clan was beheaded. " Ifc was nae great thing of a head, to be sure," said the good old lady, " but it was a sad loss to him." The Scientific Press says : — The experiments made in the United States with a view to discover the bast way of transmitting power by means of leather belts, have led to the conclusion that the most effectual way to prevent the slipping of the belts is to cover the pulleys with leather. From this it would appear that leather on leather offers a certain steadiness, and with the further advantage that the belt does not fly off, and wears out less rapidly than When it runs on iron or wood. It is found in practice, in a spinning factory, that a belt running on leather will produce & thread free from knots, and of much greater length, within a given time, than when running (and slipping) on an iron pulley. And we learn that in a steam mill, with five run of millstones, oaok cot grt»u.il<l 2/ bushels a day after they were covered with leather, being from three to four bushels more each than before. In paper mills and sugar mills, equally satisfactory resultsliave been obtained ; and we conclude that pulleys covered with leather are best under all circumstances, even when ropes of wire are used.