GLEANINGS FROM THE PAPERS.

Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Issue 47, 24 August 1878, Page 3

GLEANINGS FROM THE PAPERS.

Mr. Edison, tho inventor of tho phonograph and aerophone, is about to apply l.is discovery to toys, and will make dolls that will speak. What, with the finelyillustrated looks which children now enjoy, the mechanical toys which delight so mnnv millions, and this new application, tho children of the present day are blessed beyond their lather and grandfathers. A correspondent writes :—" Mr. W. Herapath, of Bristol, makes the public acquainted with an easy method of proving whether kerosene oil is dangerous or not. Let two or three drops be allowed to fall upon a plata or saucer, and apply to them a lighted match ; if the flame spreads over the surface of the drops the oil should on no account bo used, as it will under many circumstances piove explosive. The gonujne kerosene or'pctrdleum will not burn oxecptupona week." .Tho following advertisement appears in, n Wie Nelson exchange '■r-" Sir, —I see a notice in your yesterday's iusuu that tic w.ife of Frank Perora has had a son. 1 wish to state that my wife and I have been separated for four years.—Frank

The Victorian Government analvst has , found the point of ignition of Diamond kerosene oil to be 101 dag. ; Devoe's 105 , deg. ;,and Oriental l-'+deg. None of 1 1 them wan op to the standard, but it is i intended to use Oriental at the railway i stations. ! When Mr. Gladstone was staying in ' Ireland last year, went into Dublin with some friends one morning, and determined to travel third-class, in order—as well lieh'ts a popular leader—to have a look at the lower classes. But after the first stoppage, he rejoined his companions in the first clan compartment. One of them being of an inquisitive tempera- , ment, made inquiries of the tenants of the third-class as to what had occurred. ' He was told that shortly after the de- : parture of the train from the station where Mr. Gladstone got into it, a man sitting next to the ex-Premier turned to 1 ; him and commenced a spirited conversa- ! tion, into which they both heartily en--1 tered. Suddenly the native said, with a . | rich Hibernian brogue, " They tell me . sorr, that Mr. Gladstone is in this train!" i " Oh, is he I" replied the ex-Liberal , I leader, " very likely." " Then," retorted . his companion'" I'll tell you what it is, [ i sorr. there is not a bigger blackguard in , I it." At this juncture tho train stopped, , and Mr. Gladstone rejoined his friends.

'■ Don't write there," said a father to his son, who was writing with a diamond on his window. " Why not '(" " Because you can't rub it ont. Did it occur to you my child, that you are daily writing that which you can't rub out ? You made a cruel speech to your mother the other day. It wrote itself on her loving heart and gave great pain. It is there now, and hurts her every time she thinks of it You can't rub it out. You whispered a wicked thought ono day in the ear of your playmate. It wrote itself on his mind and led him to do a wicked act. It is there now ; you can't rub it out. All your words, all your acts, are written in the book of God. The reconl is a sad one. You can.t rub it out.