GLEANINGS FROM THE PAPERS.

Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 2, Issue 103, 20 September 1879, Page 3

GLEANINGS FROM THE PAPERS.

Lord Bcaconsficld, according to a Loudon correspondent, lives principally on champagne jelly, of which he consumes three guineas' worth at each meal. A German physician siivs that thirst arises from the'loss of liquid in food which is cooked. He advises fresh fruit and oysters for medicine in gout an indigestion. age 11 .1 ;vA ,:.v 1. . ir.^iirl piper, who has lor two years travelled about and ourued bis living ostensibly by hisAVeired music, in tin- midst of a favourite strain suddenly relinquislun] his hold on the bagpipes and seized upon one of the admiring throng of listeners producing papers to show that he wae authorised to arrest that man. The sequel to the incident i- this:—

Two yeais u<;o :i murder was committed in Scotland i>f :i wealthy geiitlniinii, aivl this man lirady, who absconded to America, whs supposed to 1»- the murderer. A. detective knowing Brady's passion for the pipes, dropscd himself in costume and wended Ins way hitherfoiward determined to charm him out-of hi* hidingplaeo. Having travelled aver Ml tin l coal districts for two years, his patienco was at last rewarded by finding liis /nan in the maiiner described. Brady could no more keep away from the sound of the pipes than a hird could from the fascinating eye of the rattlesnake, and thus he was captured, and is now on his\va\ to .Scotland.

l''»r.a long tinio past, as some of our realtors may .have hoard, there has been gi cat. talk about a new ".motor," which is alleged to have been discovered hy a man named Keely, living in Philadelphia Oringinally, wo believe, Mr. Kooly jiromised to enable the laigest steamer to cross the Atlantic with no greatei motive power than could be supplied l.y a bucket of water—no coals, no furnaces no tiro of any kind Mould be required. This seems a romance, but there was

something more than imagination iu itMr. Keely unquestionably managed to set very powerful machinery in motion at his.workshop in Philadelphia, without the employment of any of the Usui forces, and the experiments weic v--l; I" - by many practical men—rai. ng ■ ! ' as we remember, by the nun ngers oi iw-> or three of tho gieat steamship iii.eWhat was his secret? Some sail! electricity, others compressed air. There were many who did not hesitate to aj-svrt that the whole ofi»r wis 'u fiaud.' .For months togethee nothing more was heard of it. At last- we learn from the New York World ithat the invention, whatever it may bo, is vory near completion. A correspondent, who has De-cently-seen the machine nt work, confirms our own recollection of it, nirmvty, that the only motive power visible is contained in a glass of water. With this Mr. Kooly .can produce a pressure of 20,0001b. to the square inch. We.do not profess to esplain it, nor are we even pmi, L .:t,-,,.-,,.,::.. .'....!.!:• it. We only know that the force is there, ami tliat the,-nmchiiien set in .motion hy it was built by some of the Lest known firms in.tbe-United States. If there is any Imposture in the exporimonts.no one has yet been, abjo to trace it.—The Week. The United .-Service 'Gazette states that one of the reuse/is which finally decided the Government to send out Sir Garnet Wolealev to South Africa was.that Sir Bartle Fiere reported itb*t as the Zulus had burnt the grass, the movements of cavalry and transport would be UO.diffltO.lt that three campaigns wonld.be necessary to subdue .Cetcwoyij. The Government did not at all rtlUn that the enormous expenditure at present Ulna incurred should continue for .thrM yew*. !ltis.tii«opin.HMif.tim*.'iii llU* places that.opemlions in Zuiuland WW bo practieally KUpanded until the arrival of Bin Garnet Wolseley, whoso instructions are framed.in,the most jwuiticseuso t pae»ible.

Dr ('. Heitzman (Archives of MeU-«-"w. Now York, January 1K79 tells us that i»aiTiagea should ie allowed iu doubtful eaten only upon the pennil of n reliable mieroscopist. Last season," hi' says," a youug physician asked inu whether 1 believed'in the marriage among kindred. lie had fallen in love with his cousin, with hiui. 1 examined I hi- bio. d, and told him he was a nervous nan, pawing sleepless uight-, and hav. "12 a moderately good constitution. IK.' similar luiiilition being suspected in the lady marriage wax not advised, for fear of degenerate offspring. So great was his faith in my assertions that ho gave i• i> the i.lea of marrying his cousin, I ottering her that last chance—viz., the !examination other blood. This beautiful girl ean.o to my iul orat ry, and, very much t,, my smnn'sc, 1 found, on examination, her blood of tirst-closs constitujtion. The uext day I told the geutleinan, ' You had better many her."— liiiiish Medical Journal. 1 In a lecture giveu at Lislion, Major Serpa Pinto, the Portugese explorer of Africa, says:—" I here (on Upper ZamI besi; made one ol the most cuiioim dis-Icovi-iies of my journey 1 one day noticed that oi : ihe ' umbra was a while man. i. ~ . ~..., ~,, I tirelv unknown i | pie-en: : A great white ; i.-ts .1. i,;h Afri..i. Tie ..,,,„,•. lie. .... i.; , ( ,„. «!',l. ...'.. I i,.i.1l u.v i ...... . s ot veiy slmn «i" 'li ■ .. . ... - are prominent, in.ll ,-,, ~..,; U.OSC of tllO Clline-e. .'ihe intii hi. e.vicn.cly robust. When 1 they discharge an arrow at an elephant the shaft is completely buried in the

animals body. They live on root and the chase, and it is only irhen these

supplies fail them that they hold any relation with the in ighbotiring races the Ainbulos, from whom tln-v obtain food in exchange for ivory. Tin IVsequerca are mi entirely nomadic race, and never sh-i-p two nights in the same encampment. They are the only people in Africa that do not cook their food in po's. They wander about, in groups of firm f( i:r to -i\ families, over all the territory lying between the Uuchi and the Cubango. It would seem that from a crossing of the (.'asscqiicres, with the negroes of other races, sprang those mulattoes of the Smith whom the English call ijiisTimeii. The latter are, however, better ilf than the (.'assequeres, and use pots in cooking their food, ■M.iiii- (heir dispositions are good, though quite nppi s,d to civilisation. I found it necessary, during the course of IliV expedition, i,, tluow i- bridge across the river, on aceoiml of the numerous crocodiles that oU>und< ,1 in the stream. My negroes ami myself ioi,.-t.Ui-:eJ the' bridge, and crossed in three days. All this territory is desolate. Tombs are everywhere to bo met with. 1 itccngnised one as being thai of ii Portugese- trader, iinnicd Luiz Albino, a native of Lisbon. At this point, the expedition touclved no food tor the space of one hundred and threo houis. We afterwards contrive I to obtain some alpistan (canary-seed), but, even so, bad intervals uf fasting which lasted from forty to forty-eight iicibi-s. In other luaish.v spots it is impossible to meet with duties, which the natives call lahinil (■»,' but in the zone that the 1 iigo-e-l'ngo trusses it was impossible to Host to turtle for supplying .us with food. Finding myself and'my companions reduced to the extreme of misery, and possessing but a very small quantity of goods, 1 sent to a chief, who 1 was informed was not far oil", begging bin, to supply us with some provisioi s. The chief's reply was a decide,! lefusal, 1 was then .obliged to have i,.c urso to an expedient «•!;:, I em-i. I defend on tl„. m- • n i.,liiv- tually pur- !,',!,.,.,. - .i in. .i-;.i- «cot pota-

I, ~/ ~ _, .... ~ ■ e |.t I '■<■ i" ),.,. ~. , ;,,■ . -,,:, i \ a yoiniji flench- „,„,, ~!.,.... l'.-.ul Luukngci to tin) wonduriii' olli.iuls at the Newlmveu Infijunarv whcie lie is Iving suffering from woutids fullv a< wonderful as his tale. A few ilnys since Boulanger onteml the Nowhaven Police Station greatly agitated and told Sergeant Kenville lie hod robbed a Palis bank to the extent of 7,4001'., adding that he had merely taken the uionoy out of revenge, and that on his way "from Paris to Dieppe he had destroyed a number of notes. Arriving nt Xcwhave,,. ho had *iml.l-.1. lie said over the cliffs towards Drighton. About two miles fro"" Newhavcn, at a disusod gap, he had secreted the remainder id the money, and was about descending the Clitf With the intention of drowning himself, when he fell a dis,tance of CO feet, cutting his threat open .with B large boulder. He lay on the beach insensible for some time, when reviving 0 Uttle, he returned towards Newhaven with great dillieiilty. and gave hiuieelf Into custody. Bonlnnger is now prehearing loWds recovery. As Kon Ol the formalities can bo Completed oa application will he made lor his extradition to Fra.ice.-Glasgow News, ■June 'M. ~ . The Pall Mull Oawstte says:- A German phyAlon has started a new theory with regard to food. He many tains that both U» vegetarian* and meat,.at«rs are on tlie \»ivng taolfc J egotables and Wining is gamed by consumfag tt ~.m|io.md of be*"- M»taX* nutritive uualilies they way geese* be

■land often entirely by the process of 1 0 ik- ■ tag, AH food should l* eaten raw. If I this ;>'... tiee were adopted, there would 1m- little >.r no illness among human kings. They would live their appoo j tioiied time, and limply fade away, like. I animals in a wild .state from old age. Ix't those ntiiioted with gout, rheumatism and indigestion try for a time the etfectl of a simple, uncooked diet, such as , oysters and fruit for instance, ami they 1 will find all medicines unnecessary, and I Mich a lapid iuij rovenient (of their health that they will foreswear all cooked articles of fiKid and forever. Intemperance ; would also, it is urged, no longer be the curse of civilized communities. The yearning for drink is caused by the un- | natural abstraction from what are termed : ' solids of the aqueous element they 000j tain—uncooked beef, for example, con- ■ taming from seventy to eighty per cent., I and some vegetables even a larger pro- ! portion of water. There would be less thirst, and consequently less desire to drink, if our food were consumed in its natural state, without first being subjected to the action of tire. Clothing, our adviser also thinks, is a mistake, but he admits that the world is not yet far ', enough advanced in civilization to go about undressed. Whatever difference of opinion may exist as to this anti-cooking theoiy, there cannot be a doubt that in get tine rid of the kitchen with all its nouses, including ihe cook, housekeepers would oe spared a vast amount of worry, and probably 011 ti,is account alone would livo to a greater age at present." Mr. Archibald Forbes, iu one of his recent letters from South Africa, has the following humrous passage : — '.' I found a friendly bed in the tent of a quartermaster of the 21st. This gentleman is a heavy sleeper, and he has fallen on a curious method of having himself wakened. About four o'clock I was startled by 11 vehement cock-crow, apparently within a couple of feet of my iiead. The noise continue,! for some time, theu oeased. I thought it emanated from a cook roosting on a tent roof outside. About five the piper of the 21st sounded the reveille by playing

'.luliimiu t'ojK)' "li Ilia pipes. The demoniac biid was roused t'> noisy rivalry, oud vied vehemently with the l>i)it's." An day dawned 1 observed a ragged, yellowish cock serenely roosting on a ],.*!-. li inside the tent. He was thi' quartermaster's alarum-clock and lie it whs who had been milking all tindin. 11,-, with nthersof his race, male and female, i» a perfectly-contented denizen of the tamp. 11>' comes home to roost in the tint with all the punctuality of a curse. When the regiment moves the poultry ascend the baggage wjiggous, anil are serenely wheeled to anoiher locality. In the '" .\t tent thenare live hen's, by name Mabel, Mrs. Langtry, Joan of Ate, liindi'e, and Mrs, Ketchw'uyo. Thus there are iggs in the 21st, but ill-feeling occasionally occurs by reason of the erratic laying of the

li'i-iis. Suppose a hen not belonging to Jones elects to lay mi egg on Jones' gluatcoat in Jones' tent then- is a strong temptation and some excuse for Jones in ai.nexing for his own use the deposited egg. but liubinson, to whom the lion belongs, naturally regards the egg as his also, and if lie discovers that Jones has regarded it in the light of a lawful waif he's likely to grumble. The quartermaster, although he bus no hens, only a cock, somehow has always eggs; but the quartermaster is an old soldier.' The will of the late Baron Lionel de Rothschild is understood to bo sworn under £2,700,000. The will is ill the handwriting of tlie deceased, and is dated July lHh, loGo, St Swithiu's Lane. The document occupies two ordinary sheets of letter paper, which were sewn to.-ether with silk and sealed. His sous, Sir Nathaniel de Uotbsebild and Mr. A fre.i ■!«■ Uotbsebild, are the executors 1,, ■ The le-tutor leaves to his win 4!0 0.0 and a life interest of

Uu.uuo ... icLog from the houses at Frank- ,,,,;' iin Loud together with tin-' residence in hccadilly am) tho estate at liiiunt rslmiv. A request is made that "mvi<oi«l wife" shall give £IO,OOO to JcwifcE charities ami 55,000 to others. Annuities (in connection with which tho mother U> exercise discretionary power) are mad* in favour of sous and daughter, and the testator expresses hope that they will be kind to tlicir mother, who had" been kind to them and him also. To his two brothers (since dead) ho beoucathod a sum of £I,OOO each to purchase something in reuuanberance of of him—" a picture or anything ehte." The testator thanked Hod for the success and prosjierity that attended him, and hoped the BOine guiding hand would direct his sons- Excepting the immediate members of his own fotnily (above referred to) no otter name or legacy in mentioned in the will. Wo understand that there are smne imperfect attestation clauses in the will, and marginal notes intended for insertion, but not signed. The testator advises his sons of the nappy unity that existed between him and his two brothers, to which he Attributes tho suocen of the linn, and hopes that the same kind feeling will continue to maintain the petition of tiio home.—Daily New*.

An ollieiol report from Sumatra state* that htqoent disturbances of telegraphic communication ale caused in that island by ttahltntl. During the three years 1875-8 there have been (iO senous luterui.tions Iraouahle to this cause. Ali an instance, the kwA Hays:-" On May 3tl 1870, the lluiara-Dura-Lahut hue was completely destroyed for a length of throe itauU, and the wires and insulators were hidden away in a cane thicket. All.

I were regularly destroyed by night, and I this for three nights running. Besides the systematic hostility of the elephants the numerous tigers, bears, and white buffaloes make it both difficult ami dangerous to keep an efficient watch "on the telegraph lines where they pass through thick jungle, both the greater' apes and the little monkeys seem to re- ' gard the lines as set up for tho purpose of affording them the opportunity of practising special gymnastic exeieises, swinging from the wires, breaking them, and carrying off the insulators." It is estimated that the loss sustained Uu.ssia through the plague is not less than £.1,000,000 sterling,