NEWS BY THE MAIL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1589, 2 June 1887, Page 4

NEWS BY THE MAIL.

A working gardener at Luton has just received a oheqne for £72,000, money which he had just recovered in Chancery. A gentleman in the town had advanced bim £IOO with which to proseouta his claim to the money, and one of the fisst aots of the fortunate claimant* after receiving tidings of his good fortune, was to call on his friend and prsent him with a cheque for £llOO. "11l blows the wind that profits nobody," »ayg the proverb, and it appears that the boisterous .wind that had been blowing for some days previous to Easter has not been without profit to the fishmongers of Billingsgate. On the Thuriday before Good Friday they were selling cod, ordinarily 2s 6d per lb lor 8» per lb «nd more, and ail rough fish was up from 100 to 400 per oent. The demand during Lent is always great, and thia year it has exceeded that of any previous period, so that the dealers had the opportunity of making the most of the windy weather, and they did it. , Our friends aoross the Atlanfcio have a very free a'deafly way of talkiDg about Oourb oeremoniei. This ii the way one of the Amerioan papers "peak of the last Drawing-room : —" Queen Victoria wore at her last drawingroom the invariable black with a white tulle veil. After the Jubilee is over her faithful subjects may exolalm with the elder Mr Weller—" A little leis of the inwariable, my We have had pink teas and yellow breakfasts, says the Boston Budget, but the latest novelty in society has been a Greek dinner. The table was deoorated with garlands of rosea, and tbe centre ornament was a Greoian lyre wi h golden strings. The floral deoorations of the room were garlands of roses, and the walls wero hung with rugs. Couches were pliced at intervals throughout the rooms. The guests sat ou great chairs covered with rugs, and eaoh wore a wreath of laurel tied with purple ribbon. The menu was written in Greek, and among the dishes were wild boar, roast kid and hare. An intermission of half an hour took place at about the middle of the dinner, when burning Oriental drinks were served in silver tankards. P.ofeisor Brown-fequard has been informing his students that death by throatouMing is painless from the momeni the skin of the neok is severed, and *hat the severing of the larynx produees complete artesthesia. Moreover, a blow delivered with violence upon the larynx c»n produce instantaneous death, with syncopal appearances; and M. Brown-Sequard thinks that, " Inasmuoh as most assassins seem to be cognizant of the feet, honest people ougbt to be made aware of it also." Just _ what the conclusion from these statements is, we do nob exaotly see. Is it a plea lor the introduction of a new method of oapital punishment, or a veiled oompliment to the extensive and peculiar knowledge possessed by the Frenoh assassin ?