CLIPPINGS.

Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 101, 9 May 1885, Page 5

CLIPPINGS.

I am told that the most expensive kind of oil ia Garm-oyle, because £10,000 was spent in connection with it by a gentleman who only took one gal on. The following "ad," was received by a cycling paper the other day, and got crowded out : — " Wanted, a tricycle by a lady with a crimson seat and ivory handles." At an inquest recently held in one of the Eastern countries on the body of a deceased gentleman, aged fifty-one, the jury returned the following verdict: — "Death from natural cause 3. Organic disease of the brain, pro* duced by chronic alcoholism." This is a fact. " Figaro." The wear and tear to furniture caused by an over-energetic temperament cannot often be estimated. In the case of Sarah Bernhardt, however, the sale of her recently purchased household goods shows that to amount to about 80 per cent, depreciation of the original cost. A Brighton jury has distinguished itself by finding that a blow which killed a boy was accidentally given in a fair fight. I was not aware that downright punching in a fair fight was accidental. I thought that in most cases it was deliberate pummelling with malice aforethought. The pawnbrokers of Boston are considerably agitated, and fear a loss of patronage in consequence of an order issued recently by the Police Commission, compelling them to send to headquarters, at the close of each day, a description of each article presented to them, the amount of money loaned on the same, together with the name and de« scription of each person offering it. According to a Frenchman who has recently interviewed that last "resource of civilisation " — the British hangman— Berry is a fascinating fellow, ever ready to give the unfortunate c ' rope enough " and to spare. However, the fewer "interviews" either Frenchmen or Englishmen have with experts of the profession to which Berry belongs, the better for themselver. There might possibly be one " interview " too many. A clergyman at Manchester, who was recently ordained "from the ranks of Dissent," has resolved to return to his formersect. The "Church Times "gracefully compares him to " the sow that has been washed which goes back to her wallowing in the mire.— "Truth." The right to collect the bones, crusts of bread, coffee-grounds, dish-water, &0., from the bakeries, Darracks, markets, and other buildings in Paris, is annually sold to the highest bidder. It brought £480 this year, but the privilege, if diligently worked, id said to be worth £3,000 a year. The " Public Ledger " of Philadelphia recorded the deaths of 428 persons during the latter half of 1884 who had lived to or beyond the age of 80 years. For the whole year the number was 913, 376 men and 537 women. Of that number there were 163 between 90 and 100, and there were no less than ten who were 100 and upwards The exact figures are — At 100, three 5 102. one; 103, one; 104, one; 105, Qua j 109, one; 110, one; 115, one, Miss Fortesaue has confirmed the esttV mate formed of her character by all ,th^t| :^ was made known in court in the breafb^of promise ease, She might have retired from the stage on the £10,000 awarded her by the jury, but she preferred to earn her living as before. Of her fortune, she settled £6,000 upon her mother, and wont back to the stage. After her provincial tour ehe will return-to London, a&ttvig hew> during the season. In 'September she sails for the United States. inUndin^ tn remain there, playing in, til th© principal citie* ov«* a t«uA,o|aw or «ifikt uioutiw.