GLEANINGS FROM THE PAPERS

Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 2, Issue 87, 31 May 1879, Page 3

GLEANINGS FROM THE PAPERS

Tb" Oitv >f Councils of Philadelphia ha,« irdervd th« removal if telegraph IHiies.iro.i, the straits of thai city ami experiments have been made it tlu NatimalXube Works, M'Keesport, to yrty iuce aewire which -an Ihi lain miderground and worked satisfactorily. The wire is made n, sections of 10ft, but it can be made as I ug as 13ft. In making tin wire a copper telegraph wir-j is inserted in a glass tubs, of the sains length, and sufficiently large to idmit the wiic easily Tha glass tub,- is inserted in an «iba ; j«ist large enough to admit thr gloss tube They are ali placed in the furnace, and heated to .• red heat, and, run through the robs compressing; eoppar, > ire glass. ■and iron tubes ah into one aiass, but vithout el aslnng tliem af ..'oursp The ends are then ground Co .-, convex snr face, und '.be iOfi aeetioas cnupleo Ui gather liksr gas pipe, the convex ends, if course, allowing the centres to strike rirsi ntabLsAing t&e electric connection ih - jjipe will tit enamelled before lieinj laid bj that when onoe put down i f will be extremely durable

Frederick Eekert Orauge, NJ., lied ftt-aoth; from i singufai causa At theseeon3 b.-.ttl i Bull Hun, in Luc suinmei n' 1805, Eckari who was • member A the ?eoond New iTeaej regiment -vils struck bv hj iniuleball in Ihe back rhe bail eutered his • ' 'd. tn in.'b below the shori rib ami r»ij nrhes troui the right side >f the -piiu.l column. I'll ballot oould not tie fou.ui by hj. surgeons, and the wound was A such a serious natiu'e tba ; . til-, man was discharged, and returned to his home ai Newark The iritic finally dosed, and Uckert lieuame engaged in the grocery business in East Orange. TUb ball almost imperceptibly crept irom. i tlve si I.- •)' ids body to a poini. just ibive the pit of his stomach, wh r- i' mused bim uiucl, pain md trouble. The point finally caov in contact with the right lung, and for

■vsr ii .y mi before bjs l.eath lie wivs uuabl- to speak without having savere pain Friday morning he was found -lead in bed. A few days before his death he told Ids attending physician vere :he bullet could be fouud When the posttuiirteut examination was made the missile was found within Imlf-an-inch of the spnt. designated by the deceased. I'lie point was imbedded in tha right Lung, and the hollow end was filled with a fato .substance. The physicians decided that his death was -ausod by the bullet sh..' in his back sixteen years ago—Nov York Times

Santa. Claus is no other than St. Nicholas, who Was archbishop of Myra m \H2 and the name by which he hasof lite becouic jmpuh" i» thi* country is. the GefDiaii iorui thi' iiiin; with tUo .German custom of .he ..'hrtstmas tree and all 'lie rest of it. St. Nicholas it a great saint with all 'he Teutonic and Scandinavian peonies. It was his prerogative 60 manifesl his jiieiy wli:u at In- mother's breast, ion even thou lie fasted on Wednesdays ami Fridays. As a mattei .:■ course he soon became famous in working miracles, and here again hi appealed (.. seek favour

-itli young people. An inkeepw having killeu two young and put th-.ii I.- the- pickle tub intending to sell them for pickled pork, the saint, who. ua visioii had seen the ueeii done, declared ho would put u stop Cv tLij business, and thereupon he translated himself from Lyciu to Athens, ano etond before the astonished innkeeper au'i said, " What has) thou diii*.!''' The man trembled, confessed, and implored forgiveness. Having patted the man on the back and said, '• Don't, do it any more," tho holy man turned to the picklt tub, when the imitation sides, legs, and hands of pork began ic stir, and in quick sticks there came forth not two boys merely, but ihree, as may be proved by reference to the Salisbury Missal of 1534, wherein there is u picture of the event, anu one of its peculiarities is that as tl.t three boys rise complete out c i the pickle the barbarous butcher is still busy in cutting one of them up A.nd &'t Nicholas established yet. another cluiui to be regarded as the friend of youth, for he was partial tc boxing, and employod his fives upon the headf cj bishops Oh, that such glorious times could be restored!— Pictorial Worlcj I'hi Hague correspondent of tho Indc? pendonco Beige says that the Dutch Goveruniont intends to establish a tax on capital invested in st< ck, in order to cover the deficit in.the budget The project of law is to be presented to the Chambers next February. On the Ist of March of every year tho holders of stock and shares of all kinds will have to make a declaration of what they possess ' On the amount of the capital value declared by the holder or calculated by the tax collector will be leviod provisionally, 1 nor cent, a year, to bo increased according as it may be necessary for balancing the budget Capital below 100* tlorins is to be exempt from tho tax. The stockholders will have to declare themselves ready to moke oath a* to the truth of their declaration, and every year a cor-

I tain number will be designated for taking the oath. Defaulters will be imprisoned

Oliver W«nd«U Holmes hastheWlowing to ut\ ii refervuet tc music ; —" x dont like your chopped music in [any way. That woman—she bad nvre sense in iiei littb tinge: Ham forty medical S"cities—FloroU'-e Nightingale, says thai the mustt your pour out is good for si k folk, <nu Kt< you pound out isn't. Not thai exactly, but something like it I iiavi. 'eei '..• bail some rnusicpeunding I< vaaayouag »i»a.. with as many Ciitc nuslii ll uinc-s "\uiid 'ic as tb" plans! Seiuii Uas that lid it ?lie !•< >■' the mu«i -sio.i- - twirl oi fw i» ,; Hnffiii iomi on ii, lik .■■ "vhirl ok ip.-U'l- u. h-nd basil. Then iU" DOlhad oil aer .nrfs is if she -asioinf; to B*Uj u tli-.J .hauiii"i>'s belt. Tlifi she • orked •r.st- ■■ id hei hun-ls, to iimbei om . su,.po3« nn'l spread out hoi Sn.ers (ill the.» looked as though :b?y »...oid pretty much cover the keybonrn, frcn> lie grow uig end hj. the little squeaky v.;ie Thi" diose two hands of aers made -t juin■' ai: the keys, ii were a couple of tigers' coining down ouj fli';k of bl.uk Via whitf. sh ep, and the piaii" uave it * bowl, u if it« tuil had been '.too >u Deao stop—so still you could hear jour hair growing ; then unothc jump and another howl, i~ if the pisn,' bad two tails, *ud y> u had ti id on both A 'in at once, and then a jranc clatter sad scramble, and string of jumps back and foi-ward, one lumd ovet tue other, ake a stamped*. A rats snd mice more than anything I call music I like to hear a woman sing, ana I like to hear H tlddle sing, but these noises tlioy hamr uer out of their wood and ivory anvils ! -don't talk f o me, 1 kuo,« Mi- djile.rtnco between ■> buUi r og wi »-wood thrush I"