MISCELLANEOUS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1990, 4 January 1890, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

_ £724,110 was recently announced as six months' profit of the Bank of England. Sankey's hymns have been sold, it is to the extent of forty three -million copies. New^ postage stamps put in circulation in Spain contain a bust of Alfonso XIII., the three-year-old king. It is said that Lady Butler (nee Miss "Thompson), the famous painter of " The Eoll Call," is now engaged on an Irish eviction scene, which is certain to create a sensation. The Anti-Alcohol Congress at Paris has passed a resolution to the effect that the Governments of the world ought to be asked to place prohibitive duties on alcohol, and to exempt tea, coffee, etc., from custom dues. There is considerable excitement in mining circles in Sandhurst owing to the magnificent yield of 1650 ounces of amalgam from sixteen tons of stone from the Hercules and Energetic claim. Very rich stone has been opened out. Blackbirds have committed such depredations on fruit gardens in Weison this year that cherries there fetch 6d per lb retail, whereas a few years ago Id per lb was as much as they would fetch. A clergyman who had been invited, by a chaplain to officiate at a prison, somewhat spoiled the effect of his discourse by his absent-mindedness. He said, as he closed his sermon, "The collection will now be made." A lady teacher at Hawke's Bay got married to another teacher, and now both husband and wife receive house allowance, and the regulations do not provide for putting an end to the anomaly. The workmen who go in advance of the Czar whithersoever he travels form a squad of six mechanics. Two are locksmiths, two carpenters, and two masons. All are married men, born in the Czar's service, and absolutely devoted to their sovereign. Their business is to examine the walls, flooring, chimneys, locks, and furniture of the apartments which the Czar is to occupy. The chimaeys, in particular, engage their attention, for every flue leading into a room in which the Czar is to eat or sleep has to be grated and barred at top and bottom. Two extraordinary cases of somnambulism are at the present moment greatly exciting psychologists at Berlin. A brother and sister have suddenly been attacked by somnolency. Ii began (writes the Daily Mews correspondent with the elder of the two, a boy of eleven years, and a few months afterwards his sister was seized. While playing and in school they suddenly fall asleep ,- also, while walking, standing, or speaking, so that they do not finish their sentences. If they are put to bed and afterwards awake, they try to continue the conwhich was broken off by ™Bleep, and answer questions which were then asked them. If they are not put to bed they continue with what" they were doing when awake. instance, in the street they conIRftue to walk on, and always arrive at :*Eheir destination. When Fergus O'Connor, who, being charged in the House with being a Eepublican, repelled the imputation, adding, however, the equivocal statement that he did not care whether the Queen or the devil were the reigning monarchs, Sir Eobert Peel quietly remarked, " When the honorable gentlemen sees the gentleman of his choice on the throne of these realms, I hope he'll enjoy, and I am sure he'll deserve, the confidence of the crown " Augusta Holmes, the little girl who has leaped into world-wide fame by her grand Triumphal Ode in honor of the Trench Eepublic, which was produced in Paris before 22,000 spectators, is a Franco-Irish woman. The first performance of her great ode was a magnificent affair, the cost of the staging in the Palais de l'lndustrie being more than 70,000 dollars. The orchestra, of 300 selected musicians, was led by M. Colonne, the famous orchestral leader. The production is of an exalted class of poetry, and the grandeur of the work is equalled by the appreciation of the great city, Beports of English school board examinations will form quite a comic j library. " "What would have happened if Henry IV., of France had not been murdered ?" The reply was: '<' He would probably have died a natural death." " Where was Bishop Latimer burned to death ?" "In the fire," replied a little fellow, looking very grave and wise. An equally unexpected reply was elicited from a pupil when asfced " What did the Israelites do when they came out of the Red Sea?" They dried theirselves." "What is the feminine of friart" ? First bright boy. "Hasn't any" " Next.' 7 Second bright-boy: ''.'Nun." "That's right." " That's just what I said !" The following is still more ludicrous, A teacher asked a juvenile class some questions regarding thpir knpwledge of electrieity and enquired which of them had ever seen a net. One sharp boy immediately said he had seen lots'of them. "Where?" enquired his instructor, astonished at - his proficiency. "In cheese," was the ready reply. But the good things are tjiot all monopolised by the boys, Some A "jittle girls were studying the history ef David, the passage of the day being that which describes the shepherd boy's Victory over Goliath. The teacher a «ked the question : " Mow, can any of ; ;, oU little girls tell me who killed the ■ iiant ?" as tkrught, one of the l tallest responded " Jack,"

Guilt is always jealous. Good breeding is benevolence in trifles. "

A widow named Poulaillon has just died at Toulouse who was born on March 2, 1873. On the 14th of July last the Perfect of the Haute Garonne and the Mayor of Toulouse presented her with a bouquet and some money as a survivor of the Revolution.

Not long ago (says a writer to the Queen) I asked a friend who has three daughters if she was having them taught household economy. The answer was " Oh, no ! there is no time for all that; education occupies them entirely." On my venturing to say that surely education ought to fit them for the position they would probably fill in the future as wives of men of moderate means —she could not expect them all to marry rich men —I was told that " I did not understand the requirements of the present day, and that, what with examinations to prepare for, and music and other prizes to win, they had great difficulty in making the day long enough as it was." She added, however, "of course, when the girls marry they will easily find out how to manage their houses. I had to, and so can they." Now this is a common mistake, and one that I should like to do something to correct. How can young people learn properly, unless they are taught by persons who do know ? To the few it may come easily, to the many this finding-out process is a long and j costly one, inyolving much loss of' temper and waste of money. And here I speak of my own experience, having had to find out for myself; and I look back now to the money which must have been wasted in the early years of my married life with much regret.

A romantic story comes from Kalocsa, the seat of Cardinal L. de Haynald, Primate of Hungary. A short time ago a young student applied for admission as a pupil to the priests' seminary, and being duly provided with examination certificates was at once recieved. The new pupil lived exactly the same life as the other inmates of the establishment, and showed a marked disposition to study. A few days ago Cardinal Haynald visited the seminary, and in the garden met the newcomer, who bowed respectfully, but, contrary to custom, did not kiss the Cardinal's hand. His Eminence not only noticed the omission but it led him to examine the candidate priest somewhat closer. The effeminate face of the young student turned scarlet under the Cardinal's scrutinising gaze, whereupon the prelate uttered a few words in a low tone that caused the former to turn quickly to the house. Five minutes afterwards this mysterious personage had left the premises, and has not since gone back. Eumour says the individual was a lady who felt an irresistible desire to become a priest. Some of the Hungarian papers even give her name. We believe, says the Westminster Review, that, marriage would be a much better and higher thing if men were taught from their early days that women ought to be their companions and equals, and were not led to suppose themselves able, and to have a right, to make wives after their own pattern. In this delusion men will marry a pretty face or a fortune for their own convenience or amusement-, and do not look below the surface to see if tastes correspond, or to ask themselves if they are doing justly to the beings they request to make a sacrifice of their all at their shrines. It is because uneducated wives cannot be companions to educated men that the latter seek companionship away from home, leaving wives to find the same as they can. It has, indeed, till quite lately been considered that politics and literature are beyond a woman's province, and that she is to be talked down to like a child. What wonder that many a woman who wishes to have communion of spirit as well as of body with her husband has, feeling herself shut out from all high and pure fellewship, in disguat and disappointment thrown herself into dissipation, folly, and extravagance, and that the horn© of many a man has been ruined by his own selfishness and blindness ?

In Greek statues, as is well-known, the second toe of the foot is represented as longer than the great toe, while in th 6 modern European foot the great toe is the longer. Albrecht states that in this respect the Greek foot is more quadrumanous than the modern. The second toe is also represented in antique statues as being further separated from the great toe than is seen at the present time. This might be regarded as another evidence of quadrumanous character, but it has also been suggested, and not without reason, that it is simply the result of wearing the sandal strap. In the modern foot, on the other hand, the reduction in the size of the smaller toe is ascribed to the influence of shoes. Houowav'b Pilis.—Nervous Debility.— No part of the human maohine requireu mora watohing than the nervous system—upon it hangs health and life iteelf. These Pills ore the best regulatora and strengthouers of the norvo', end the safest general purifiers. Nausea, headaoho, giddiness, numbneae, and mental apsfcby yield to thorn. They despatch in a nummary manner those distreisitig dyspeptic 3y*aijptoißfl, stomachic paim, fulnasi at pit of stomach, abdominal distention, and overcome both capricious appetitoo and confined bowola—the commonly acoorapanjing frigna of defective or deranged notvoua power. Eolloway's Pills are particularly rosommoadtid to persons of studious aud aedonUry j habits, who gradually uink into a nervous and debilitated state, unleai some tuch xeaioKatiye bo occasionally takes,

George Murray, manager of th e Dunstan Hotel, was drowned in the Olutha while bathing. At Greymouth on Wednesday the Grey Yalley stakes of 100 sovs, was won by Messrs Hobbs’s College Boy. The Auckland-Cauterbury cricket match commenced at Christchurch on Wednesday. Ihe first innings of the A uekland team closed for 163. Canterbury made 78 in their first innings, and on Thursday night 33 for two wickets in their second. At the Caledonian sports at Dunedin on Thursday over 8000 were present. D. H. Tail, of Invercargill, won both the 120 yards and 350 yards events of the handicap. In wrestling, list and under, Border, Cornish, and collar and elbow, J. Miller was first, Eayner second, and O’Brien third. M. Prowley won the event for colonials only. The noted quality of the Coffee made in tho Cafes of Turkey, France, and America is chiefly due to the fact that only Freeh Roasted Coffee is used ; so that none of the volatile oil and other essentials are lost. Ask jour grocer for Anderson’s Coffee, and you will have a beverage alike refreshing and insulating, as it is fresh roasted and ground at the factory, Tirnaru,— [Advt.