GLEANINGS FROM THE PAPERS.

Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 2, Issue 60, 23 November 1878, Page 3

GLEANINGS FROM THE PAPERS.

On July 10 tho Court of inquiry at Kiel delivered judgment in theensu of the Grosser Kurfiirst. All the officers are fully acquitted of Maine, ana the cause of the'disaster is attributed to some unexplained confusion or mistake on the part of tho men at the helm of theKonig Wilkelm. A Hill has been prepared mid brought in by Sir Michael Hicks-Beach and Sir Henry Solwin-Ihborston to remove ecrtn.ni ioul : o ; i! v i i ,: .\ ■■:?.<.< -A---'-marriage solemnised in the islands of 1 ,- iji prior to tin ir erection into a liiitish colony. The bill declares thai any marriage solemnised in the islands before October 10, 1574, by any minister of reliuion, of any ileiiomiiiiition of (Ihristiuus, duly appointed or ordained, or reputed t>> be duly appointed or ordained, shall be as valid in law as if the same had I n solemnised within Her Majesty's dominions with a due observant f all forms required by law. At night, about H o'clock, Mrs. Peterson, land-lady of the Oriental Hotel, Sydling " in one of the bedrooms, and upon instituting inquires, a ruffian darted for tho door. The goodly lady was equal to tho emergency, and with commendable courage ami presence of mind, she seized the fell iw by the tail of the cliuv-lumi-mer coat, and cried for assistance. Her husband ..as on tin! s, one in no time, and complel d the capture of the w mid be thief—who turned out to bo a gaol-bird who li i only a few days sine.' been liber led ' in Darlinghurst. It ; ■ le .!. "I IV] • hit! : ■ '. •■•• lltll lie I ' . , , and I Id all n : ,i ipo, iuj to Sunday ; but i look al id over the limp of populai . hi-Idiii in the world, and it dees uot si ito me Occidental that Switzerland, Scotland, England,and the United Stale., the countries which hest obaarvo Sunday, constitute almost tin) entire map of sale popular government. -Joseph Cook, The boort of the Fool is iii his month ; tho language of tho wi-e iifan is in his heiirl.

e It vrajj tin- ly said Irj S cratea that the I mid moat direel road U> popu.■■i- i amai lo I■■■ the Imm that • ■ howiihaatobti taken for." ft pie are - -n-Iv mistaken if they think they ■. hypocrisy, by • y ia-i trances, and by dis uly their language but their True p polarity takes deep root,' - and spreads itself wide: but the false .... iv like blossoms : for nothing - that is t: is" can be lasting. A well-dressed lady like woman recentl) appcureil al the Centra] Criminal Court, and said he wished the judge to allow her to present to the grand jurv bills against certain persona upon the charj '* joi murder, forgery, perjury, and i >' racy, and she desired to stale the circum- " slanc.s under which the application was '■ made. She said, she had already applied i! to Mr. Avory, the officer of the court and he had referred her in his lordship. Mr. I A vol y said, the applicant had applied to il him lo have bills preferred for the ollbnccs die had mentioned in order that they might be sent before the ."rand jury, but the circumstances wore of such a nature " thai he declined to do what she requested unless she received an express order to do so from the court. Mr. Commissioner .. Kerr asked the applicant to state the circumstances upon which she grounded her •, application for permission to prefer these bills before the grand jury. The applil cant said she was the widow i\f a gentleman who had formerly tilled the position I of magistrate in Tasmania, and who upon ' retiring from that office came to ling- i land, and went to reside at Kensington. ■■ While ut this house she said that her hits- : ~ laud was murdeied that u will was forged by the parties who committed the • murder, and probate was obtained to this will, and the parties had obtained posses- ■ sioii of all his property. She charged them all with conspiracy to murder, and also with having committed forgery and • perjury in order to carry their object of obtaining possession of her husband's property. She said that she had , mad • all applii ation : i the magistrate at the Hammersmith Police Court for . ii warrant against the parlies, but he had, for some reason or other, declined to interfere, and she had al,o appli* I at Scotland Yard to Superintendent Williamson, but he informed her thai be could not interfere. and | thai the only thing she could do was ■ pjily lo the Court of Queen's Bench ' i..hi- t'i eomp ■! th i magi trate ' i.i- ii w arrant. '.'■ '■•■: undi r the :l ; ■ .in ,' •ver.thai . lordship had ' i .\ei to i -is', her. she asked forju-r- ; :-.-:■' ; . a lie- ■ bills bcfoi lliu ;iaud ' . i Ito a k for a mandumii i. The , |C. iiimissiener told the npplicanl he had ' 1 no power lo grant a mandamus to (he ' magistrate and he did not feel je tiii.,l ': in permitting ler lo prefer these bills be- ! , fore ll:o grand jury. The Tiehbornc claimant has petitioned ~ the Home Secretary to make Ids two ~ sentences coneuncnf -that is to say, that ~ I on linishing ti:.. one the other siiall he x considered to have expired also. He ex- ~ . pre- cs his,! sireul.su to be tried on n , whole question of his guilt or inno- | A writer in London Truth says:—"l a leg to draw ait, ntion to Zaehar'iah viii. I •Hi, in which, methiuks, I see a prophecv 1 ' of the Berlin Congress. The words ,if ! the text arc these:—" In those days it c ! shall come lo pass that ten men shall take ■ held of all languages of the nations, even shall take held of him that is a Jew. saying, we will go with you." A remarkable cure by blood transfusion has been wrought in Boston. Cecilia Meckel, a child of seven years, was attacked first by diphtheria, next ly relies paralysis, and finally by sanguinca - . purpurea, and her life Mas despaired of. 11-r fulher, who is a physician, consented to have tlm experiment of blood traufusion tried. 131 1 was taken from the veins of a young man of Is, and injected with a syringe into the child's system. ' Subsequently the little one took cold and began couching, with a mucous rattle in her throat, so that the father v.as com- : polio Ito afford artificial respiration, lithen took blood from the veins of his servant, a healthy girl of 1!), and tho effect of the transfusion was charming. The child fell into a peaceful sleep, and it remarkable change cam.- over her. When and from that hour hor improvement was • rapid. A caso has occurred at Scarborough which proves tho inadvisability, on tho ■ put ut persons who are not in possession ) ot actually robust health, of bathing with- \ nut the advice and concurrence of a medical adviser. On August 10 Mr. John ' Wood, J.P., of Collingw 1, Melbourne, who lias boon bn a visit to Scarborough, . went to the South Bench to bathe, along | with his son. Ho had nol been long in i the water when he was seized with giddiness and faintness, and it was with some ■ lilli ulty that he reached his machine, !"•' ift had to bo hurriedly convoyed hotel, before lux Id 'be dressed. • vj soon after reaching his ' jei n'mg, and a verdict of " Death from >\ syncope" was rcturilod by tho jury. . What is one of tho best of all earthly , possessions P Self possession. | A boy shouldn't throw dust in his i teacher's oyes, because if may occasion J . : lull in to the pupil. ' (I. .vent yourself. —Hold yourself well ( in check. The weakness and inoftioiencv of the men and woman who eati- ; nol hold n tight rein over themselves ,s II in ll iicr"cncie; of life are luosl piliI fill.

■ ■ : u Sred iu ! tbirt) man and ftftj v.-uih-ii in all have Us-n arretted in tie r ■ . EUhiUtioo for pocket-picking ain! from 1 oiid..a have baen arreated at Calais, Boutbgne, and llontleur, or ' their way to P 1 Which is the mi-' wonderful animal in the ft myard ': A pig, because he ikilliil iiist. and em-cd afterwards. " Tin- nearest 1 '■•,•,-.■ came to cannibalism." tid l.it I (i '!'..">■ 11.-utick," was when I swallowed a little Loudon porter." A young man who is given to atheltic -j. '■ w and like to know when the much-talked of Anglo-Saxon, race is to ■ : ' A girl marked the figures IS in bet shoes. Thai when she, .-loped, she swore to the minister that she was " over eighteen." Troops are Icing despatched to the Indian country to be in readiness foi th savages, who it is hoped, will also be "despatched." By the old Bachelor—When two girls meet they kiss. When two Auung nun t I they don't, That shows* who wants kissing the worst. Celtic Hair splitting.—Scene: Highland ferry. Tugald (trrrvinan) : "Will she tak a poat '.." Tonald : " Xa, un, Tugald, la poat'll tak her." Can the evil wrought ly gossip l,» estimated '( We trow not. A wise woman cannot say too little in company if the conversation trenches in the least upon