WOOLEN UNDERCLOTHING.

Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 59, 19 July 1884, Page 7

WOOLEN UNDERCLOTHING.

Among- the many means hy which wo seek to guard ourselves from the effects of chill, there is one which hardly, even now, receives suff cient attention — the use of woollen underclothing. The majority of persons of tlie male sex do, indeed show their appreciation of its | wholesome qualities $ but there remains I a considerable moiety of these, and a far smaller number of women and children, >vho prefer an nndersuit of smooth but lelatively meagre linen. Yet the superior advantages of weariiur wool next the skin ire e.isily apparent on reflection. They lo not depend merely on its greater •varmth and closeness of application* Ttis farther capable, according to its texture and in virtue of its composition, of better adaptation in rtspec* of temperature to the needs of various climates and the changes of soasons t lan any other ress material. Moreover, whether it be fine or rough) dense or light, woollen uiderclotuing, it is evident exhibits a special faculty for absorbing and distributing moisture. It is this property especially which renders it the natural next covering of tne constantly perspiring Mtui. If one be engaged, for example, in active exerc.se of limb, a linen fabric •nil absorb what products of traiisudation it can till it is wot, but will leave much moisture umibsorbed upon the clammy •airfaee, whereas a flannel, from its more spongy nature, will rest upon a skin .vliich it has nearly dried and be but lamp itself, lr is obvious then, that in ■he event of an aftor-c u'll, and this occurs in summer as in winter, the body a. in the hitter case, most favourably lisp-.sed to resist it. Flannel is not less ■leanly than linen, though it may appear >ss white ; and if the wearer batne iaily, it is surprising how long it will retain ts purity. The disadvantage of skin Titation to which it sometimes gives ise is usually associated with coarseness f quality or freshness of manufacture, ! nd it is with nearly all who have experiiccd it a merely transient condition. ] Cornell, as well as men, we repeat, but i bove all children and the aged, who are ' like particularly apt to take cold, should & jrtainly adopt a woollen material for leir undergarment. Jt is easily possible > adjust the texture to the season, so •- lat it shall bo warm enough in winter £ id not too warm in summer. — Lancet .VI

'he richest stake over competed for on the •irf, a prize of £10,000 <a mile and a .uarter, weight for as;e, is announced to b* un for in July, ISS6, at Sandown Park, .'he date is distant, but that is part of th< •herne, for thu directors propose that foa' liall be entered, and thoy may be scratch c. fe different times on payment of increasin, jrfeita The entries are to close an Decem •er 11, and if struck out by the first Tue.^ ay in February next year, the animal can -c freed by the owner paying • 10. If lef . l till the dato iixed for the race, the feevill amount to £110, and a little investiga ion will show that the offer of the £10,000 ■vith CnOOfor Uie second, and freedom from payment for tho third, does not constitute o generous an offer as at first sight appears. There are to be 300 entries, or the race will be void. Thus if the 300 entries are made, and only half the possible liability of tllO. that is 1.55, is paid by each competitor, the receipts would be £16,500, which would leave a very comfortable balance for thi Sandown Park Company. This is overestimating the probable receipts ; but reducing them still more, and supposing that a considerable proportion of owner* otrike out their entries in the course of 18S4, which they can do for 30 guineas, the margin remaining is large. Practically, as it has been pointed out, the Company bet owners £10,000 to £110 against their animals, providing them, however, with a .iioan? of escape which was not at the disposal of speculators who made "yearling books" and laid owners 100 to 1 to £100 against their Derby nomination. Nevei uieless, a tlo,ooo prize is given and can b(won at a risk of £110. — " btandaid." 'avy extiv.'n dnnry scenes hi.ye boor .wiotou on the Liverpool Landing-stage nd many remarkable inatanreb have ol urreri of runaways being ca-ight tlujre \r '•ie vigilance of the Liverpool pohVo, Oi. •t thebc si range capture occua.don tin •aireone Wednesday in September. Oii< "the officers who has for a Img pe> L>. >nc duty on the stage is Polu o const;- b ■ \o. sits(Wiegans), an oM memb >r of thty force. While watching the departure>r Anvuma Wijfgans noticed two youths eviuenfc respecbibilty, strutting aboul ie st.igo, nourishing heivily - mounttu ic'is, and whose extraordinary bulky ap (i aranre about the waits u attraftcd tht yen olficui^ attention. Pie put a few juostif/.is to them, fiom which he a&cerlinoii that they had come lrum Lancaster, uid that it was their inlentiou to proceed 0 America. Thei' 1 was something sus'iciotis abvmt the youths, and Wi^ganc ook them into the river police station on 'ie at.ag^. He there searcned them, and >und tiiat each youth was woaiing a 1 bushman's belt," to winch was suspended i six-uhambereJ revolver (loadc<l) and o onnidabio bowie kni^e. Tho officer ascernined that the youths hud boon reading omantic stones of Uie in the baok woods, .u ch as are depicted by Fen ni more Cooper n the "La.-t oi the Mohicans," and Capain Mayne Ileid in hia description of ad/entUres on the prairies. The youths, whe ■vere about 18 years of age, and •lamed Jowitt and Wilson, were respectably connected, and belonged to Lancaster. One )f them had taken twenty-six sovereigns belonging to his father. They had run iway from home, come to Liverpool, and purchased an outfit, including the revoi rein, ammunitirti, and bo vrie knives, suitable cor the wild lite of adventure that they had oictured iov th-.-mseales. They had takeu )assages to New York in thelnman steamoi Jity of Miuhmoud, and had upon them ? jon-iiierabio sum of money in Americar lollars. Wiggiins escorted the youths t< •he detective office in Dale-sir- -eft ; theii )arents in Lancaster were telegraphed to nforming them of whnt had occurred, am .hey took the runawuys buuk to ihui loixurn. — "Liverpool Post."

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