MISCELLANEOUS.

Tuapeka Times, Volume V, Issue 253, 5 December 1872, Page 8

MISCELLANEOUS.

i. :a sn^vko ia "reported by the/; AVarancra Chronicle." 'A min;'6'r natfi.ed IMlousel'eJr was sinking a.jjfljaft'ana hja'd arrived at th'e 1 dfeptli' of ' ■60 foet. He had just "barply c.scaped 'driving the :piek into -his'leg.ittnd while 'sitting d6\vn to examiriei'tHe ; damage done to his,trouser's, which 'were per--.forated, by the ppint of ih'e'pick^be,, ,felt somothing drop .across, his shoulders i and dowri his • back:- , Thinking that his'iriate had/seiit diwnthfe fopfe 1 , *■ ,'hejaid hold, of it, wbetttq his' astbn'lsn-^ ,ment And d,fsmay ,he, discovered^at^jt' was a diamond snake; he the>n .threw it to the -other end qf the- shaft and jS'truck'it with a shovel. Whibh'He;hastil^ • seized, across, the back. ;, J^ousel^,' then climbedo.' up the . foot .^. "holes', ffltid further disabled the reptile,, after 'rtrhicb *h& s'e^fc'' l^ tip bo his rhaWitt a ' ,&u.clie. f t, .atilt aliv'^. showing sigrns 'of ,activity. in- spite of/the punishment it had received. It measured 3- feet 10 inches' long. • ' A writer i n the <# Charleston' Heral d " says: — Pco # ))le. would .grumble if telegraphists told "the secrets tliey entrusted to be wired ; and yet some are so Careless as to, leave copies' of their heart's secretst lying about the outer office. rWithin the last week, business f'ftllin'gf m6 r tf> the' telegraph office, I have found no' [ less thfin three copies o^ messages lying about, arid, as a caution I'll publish them. The first was I—"T1 — "T ', Nelson. ' Send :iegoa ■ and butter. ' ' Cannot do with' eggs- at rilore than .sevenpdnce a d6zefri, and butter ; seven and a half." Well, that's, a spl cret worth knowing, as showing, what profit good marks' have to 'contribute for doubtful" ones. 1 The ' seefen^ VHs 1 signed, by one, cr.e^diWd ,in socla^-au^ .commercial cirble.s 'for, being wett.in., '* F -, Gre-^-irioatK. -Do tiofc presa'm'§ forad^y of't#tf,top must filo. Will flpsit^ely.sejnjd'yo'u'^S end of week." uHere'-is ,what7r-Tn — •, would npt let his f feft; band fenowy -yet .carelessly it was; airowe'd; to fairiiito my 1 hands. A third 'Aboy.'b'^th; doing. well. ij}&)h^\z'.-' ' Tliis .last was. ;r.ot so importaritj i Rat Ct-ano.ws., what 1 Voois"pß6 pl& m'tflib of 'them^el'ves -by/ a~ 'li^e thousjhtfiw^^hh&^on^.^harrf man ;niay,,bsri}ujjsft,); niay,,bsri}ujjsft,) tyft yot^Mer .tpjfathomf the • jittery, pf bis fa)l wfjiktj' o"ft^n' ! th'e > teJ«3rapHißt <may beablamed' foptgll IfnW'WM1 fnW'WM« i '!r*'lie«)Sie krfo'Wfif to Xi,ttle,^^g%?ga^ c,4ut} a n f/i^ t . 3V rf j:ii . < ! "i i)i' 1 CayTe*? %™c6Wmiiw& <A ni^rican' ] div{n4 jW l fetter I>l ffclm.'*'llondon J . ffiu?' —.On Tue^aji jnai&iQ^vspqnit a mQst •int|;restin^* riJ^l<d-'Jde}i3htful half-hour wjtJh. the Hon. M-v Gladstone -at his residence in Cari^n So i ii§e r GPeVrd'ce. i The^raraier,.Jives t v^,|.han^i»e]jr r j|i state! jt-bldi mansion^ xssib. iad^CQedt with paintings and sculpture. He re-^ ceives his guests with much of the af.

fable pignity of DanieLl Wejriter. I [jroiAh Ij dare^tojpenqrt %^#obletttterJUfcCOtiversation on.i^^phggg^ con-tfd^rby-iww-ragm^betweea^ tho two fil&M& 11 8 * It" wSBTrot omy'xiie' u&mfti& " nJtfst Eminent men of Britain ana Am* >Mm-, but no one of J^em e^r sp s jm[W«»Be<l me by^ his |ii m PM grandeur of jbpa'mg» of sgtfedjbv «n# ot pure moral •pomope aFam o William E. Gladstone. ' H&hasra warm heart withal Tan JTafge, lojyirfgl sympathies 8 3 w?flß tn'e p'd'ofest 'i,t& 7 lowliest. r Some time ago a poor tminkte££hat. abroad jfoeen ft visited by MrCAadstone !" " What Gladstone ?" -'in^iilrea f be 5 rector! I " "WyV* replied the sick man, " the only Mr (Gladstone. •I. used to rki&^crcgsm' ; and one daitr he missecT me' and n© hears that I • iI. ,—, — .—r-^. — r-^ . __. am sick,, and -so, he cornea and sees me, and pragft I?^%'©^.! i vyVfth, such . we pan safely trust any nggqtiatiQnf^/ on anyr^eftt^ttestien^aLjmoril right. '■ A' lady went intqa^/.^^ drapers shop i in. „,tiio.;4QitjF, and, inquired .for,, ," beached dloth^'-i' Several of ahe^ian'g/.wep^pTfei'etf foT inspection,; butffailedrta suiti/ .1' t Jfecuhips," said the r'l&ay,r 'l&ay, " if I should tell you what I wanfe ;4t ( j^>>r, you would knov^Tliltter what to giver me. - It 4s to ibeoised for " reposing- rob'e'si" •'- The- iha.tr threw down another piece, hastily summoned another shopman, and rapidly vanished: in/the distance. ' The bulk of the report of "Dp. Thorn,, the ,1 oeal-4><ktlfck Sffi^^J*,^felLEa»bhftwle', in reference to the^injuripus effects arising from' tlte? freatjnent [of pyrites- at - the Pioneer Works Long/ GKilly",'* was ' read at the Eaglehawk Council and it would seem from it that half the people who come under the cover of thejdense "white fumes, from the /stack" ~aVe. being slowly but, purely poisoned^.. The evidence number^ o£ . of persons is given, -and- all of -them _ complain of severe°il'lhess, dryness and burningin the' throat' sickness; vomiting ?r paihs^n the^ stomach,' in fjatet thd ' sjrmptoms attendiug poisining by arsenicy and not only do persona appear to be severely attacked, but it is dangerous to oat the fruit; from, the trees un-, jegs" it is washed. The poißonous deposit is described as falling like snow {lakes, and covering the ground with a Mjliite powdery substance. An analysis of the powder- is to be made, and if .arsenic i> detected decisive action will be taken to stop the dangerous nuisance. •'- ••''-' ■ '%' Spiritual- Egg — An immense seajßAtioßuwas caused at Long Gully lately v "by' - the ' exhibition ■ by a "Spiritist pf a newly-laid hen's egg, with .the! wprda, "distirifetly marked on the shell, " Jisus is coming." The spirits <JammuhjfaJat§' : tbro"iigh' chairs,- tables, • and other articles .'of furniture, and why! not through a hen-. Scores of ppqple 'ran;."tp" see- the' wonder, and -fchqre sure' enough jwer^tjje words formed by the. sub«|tancaof the shell being sli^htlyi raised. Believers in , Peebles and tyerinan' rejoiced tj^eatjy ;• here yvas i an v ujimis|4kabl'e / .co!mmiinic'ation through* a : medium f whose? s irectitud© could'n^t be"donbted. i: ' It waft <tt pure aiid ! gmrelegs w Tp.wl,,v inpo.ge.nf ( as /the v ,'birds of heaven, and withe no: .possible' • objectionable creted-io bias itsrfnJQcliin, - the deftvpry.df tb/ei Celestial announ'ee■ftehjfc/ ' TO.q'coutd"^u^r'fh'e" ' efcfc ten'ce of* spirit communication after tlmt ?", Tef it is a fabt that there were - •unbelievers— rpßopla,pf. a'praofical and /^ scientific turn of mind, ;wbo ;venturedj iohint'.tbat t/he lftyWg ,'of tbe ! egg- with the Words on.jt'was as $rue asthat'Dr Dunn held his unprotected" hand in the flame, of; a. kerosene lamp for five minutes 'without being burnt j they even saidjtwas a blasphemous doing, and; oughVto ': be ,'seveply' punished. The^ stated: that writing .on'otlrej^shjellj with sulphuric orrhttriatio-aeid would, produca the same r'e'sVts^S^d, id fact, a drop of the ; acid had escaped .round the shell. As a fittmg climax^ they., suggested that an education . soh&me. . was! sadly wanted in' the sph'ere^fr'om*" whence the eommunicationj CMp\e,,;7^ne medium could not be blame'd l for 1 the bad spelling,"as surely 1 sijch an impor- ' t'ant announcement would not ,be en- . trusted to an ignoramous of a spirit.— ," Advertiser." ,':'\ ' Hottojhpys Jpills.'^- Bilious Headache •' ''^qfl Depression of spirits. — Whenever ■ .there is l xis 'excess of- bile,' or when the» . 'seeretio'ri* dues not ~na"fcnrany J3?kw from - the liver, it. enters the oireula'non, viti- . ates the*. blood, and g?ye^ rise to headache, sickness, weariness^' and depression 1 of .spirits. This 6ril is readfly corrected by a few doses o? these Pills,' which work ' a' speedy cure -without » • 'creating' •diSgus£ 1 " l oi' weake'^itig.' -ttie;' ' stoAiac^rrrTjCp^sequences too bfteri t e^- l •taileuVky/.tbe administration' _ pf purgfk-1 ,, .in' eW" '/Ho"! Wway'B Pills simultaneously ■ .purif^^^tr^gtheti-. they improve , _. J:t)6i appdtite^ cleanse the palate, and 'int'^c/r^re ,t&0- Btoniach. TUese Pflhi W«t ai'^he'inoatsaccessfQi Sffiejatfve ia" a silent, yet certain, change | .. %r the odtter in ervei'y organ which/has become dis,prd.er'edf either through! ; ■krxtmous:livinw or other Qauses. - / .„ f l &^The tendency of womankind is to magnify There's a woman in Illjniiius whr jj .wants a divorce simply because her bvßbani • N beats her with. an iron bootj'iek. ' '' .; • J <A. father was winding his watch, when *> * playfully tb^is little girl, " Let me wiid * XQur hose np " " No,"- said the ohjM, }3 Al , don't want my nose wound Tip, i<>T 1 tw^"" 1 want it to xw all day," !

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