MISCELLANEOUS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1653, 29 October 1887, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

q n9r ,il Boulanger's daughter is about to become a nun. . A negro committed suicide in Atalania, Qn. one day recently because his wife refused to mend his clothes and sew on buttons, ... , fhe Shah of Persia is going to make a another European trip. He will make a six mouths’ tour of the industrial centres. Almost daily some fresh case of poisoning with “rough on nte” come under the notice of the authorities in Sydney. Two suppposed attempts at suicide by means of this poison ware discovered last week one of which resulted fatab'y. An’ over-worked young man, who ac* companied an excursion to the seaside in nr ter to got a day’s rest a'd recreiimn, ran two footraces, pulled in a mg ot war, practised fifteen minu'as at a striking machine, and nearly pulled a lifting machine , op by the roots.

Mr Andrew Carnegie, the wealthy ironmaster, has given the town of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a eum sufficient to build a handsome building and to stock it with books as a Free Library. Young student physician (to charity patient); “I—l think you must hare a—a—some kind of a—a fever ; but—our class has only gone as far as convulsions. I’ll come in again in a week.”

In the Tasmanian Council the Bill imposing a property tax, a commercial travellers’ tax, a house end salary tax, and trade licenses was lost by 13 votes ,to 4. The Chief Secretary stated that be would bring up the proposals again. It is strange that public attention has not, so far as a Home correspondent is aware, been called to the fact that in the Jubilee statue of the Queen at Windsor the wedding-ring is placed on the right instead of the left band. The men employed in constructing the Hawkesbury river railway bridge at Feat's Ferry have struck for the eight hours principle. It is stated that they had been working ten hours for 7e 6d and 8a during the past 13 or 14 months. The contractors are an American firm. Wo glean from a story in Mr H. W, Tullock’s " Story of the Life of Queen Victoria” what is perhaps a solitary instance of a pun made by the Master of the Horae in answering a Royal question. Tha occasion was the Queeu’a visit to the Mansion House in the first year of her reign. “I wonder,” she said to Lord Albemarle, " if my good people of London are as glad to see me as I too see them !” He replied by pointing to the letters “ V.R.” woven inte all the decorations, and saying, “ Your Majesty can sse the loyal cockney answer, ‘ Te are.’ ” Dr Joseph Parker writes as follows : "Id some religious denominations there is, as you know, greVer liberty of speech than in others. Allow me to illustrate this. A Tory was taking part (strange as it may appear) >n a prayer meeting, and in his intercession he expressed anxiety for the union of Tories and Unionists. 1 Lord,’ said he, ‘ may they all hang together.’ * Amen,’ interrupted another ; ‘ Lord, let them all hang together.’ ‘ Not, Lord,’ said the first speaker, ‘ in the sense our brother means, but let them hung together in accord and concord.’ ‘ Any cord will do, Lord ; any cord will da,’ continued the Radical interrupter.* A lady want into one of th* fashionable Melbourne shops recently to buy a wrap, and, in course of her search for the right thing, picked up from the counter a cloth jacket, the color of which greatly pleased her. It was dark red, bat heavily braided, and to her taste it would have looked better without the elaborate trimming. Holding it up to inspect its peculiar cut, she said to the attendant, "1 should like this one. It is very handsome, except for all that common passementerie on the front.’* " Excuse mo, rriadatn,” said a voice behind her, in haughty tones,” “Excmeme, ihai is my jacket, which I’ve just taken off to try on another !”