NOTES FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIX, Issue 12647, 7 November 1905, Page 2

NOTES FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.

According to experiments wihiich. have Ween conducted under the auspices of eCJhicago University 'by Drs Gutherie and jOarrell, a time may soon come when ssvorn out (hearts in ttiumiaai beings can be replaced. In it/he course of experiments ■svditih dogs itih^y 'learnt many import/ant "Jlessona on tthSs ipoinit, and they begin stiheir new experiments iin October. ""Wihiat we have learned," says Dr Car3rell, " gives .us hope that some day we _iaay replace a wounded or worn out J&earfc in ta humian being with a healthy, youitihf ul, stfrong one from, a living mon~tkey." Dr CarreU was formerly a surgeon in tihe French, larmy, and is at the -^University of Chicago only to conduct i&ris experiments. " „ , iMr Graeey, United States Consul at banking, reports to the ©fcate department that Luo-teung-yao, Chief Comlanijssiic'ner of the Bureau of (Foreign Affairs in itlhe Bang-kiiang provinces, 'has informed Ihim of a scheme for. the use of Mandhurira, which he has amibmitttetet to amd dtiscussed with 'tlhe -^viceroy. La'o-feung-yao's suggestion is Wihiat *he use of Manchuria should sretturned to China as a testing ground zifbr such reforms ias the opening of the *-ooumt(ry to 'foreign trade and commerce, ■&he granting of mining and railway con«oeseions, the (refraining of ithe judicial jaind imontetairy syetemls, and rtjhe aibolition «of itorifcuaie in ddie courts of law. Lao-Ttisung-yao Wld iMr Gracey tihat tihe vioeicioy was mucJi impressed ,wit!h this idea, jand probaibly -would memonailise tihe Tjtlhrooie dn its favour. A writer in a 'German magazine has «J3iscovered a neiw dndu'stnial disease, to -^vMtih (he has given the name Of " Kuch--enkoller," or 'kitchen firenzy. It would 5%e more ladcunate to say itftia/fc the Jfaas given fhfe iname Ito a phenomenon -wiltih which mioisib people are familiar, zjaamely, tihat general irasciflbility with -t^-Hiioh people 'are afflicted whosa work lies fin kitchens. Acfoprdiing tfco (the writer, 3sitohen frezy is a aiervous disorder oap---alble of diagnosis like any other illness. 3t is, .besides, iMgfhly infeoti'ous, and can ?Jbe communaloafted from perscin to person. 3[t can extend firibm tihe servants of one ifannily to tihe servants of nedghlbouring and alt can even (happen that *entire diisfhriiots dan (be infeDted.' The *csaus9 of this disease is 'usually to be Sfound in ,the Iheat to <wihich its victims iare generally exposed, to excess of itigjht, someltiiaiies to long-continued sstanding and 'Otblier causes acting on tihe snerve centres.

At Fisbk-Sl, a dibble town in the State *d£ New York, a great sensation was when six women, all giood looking, presented themselves at a local Jtiotel and asked if uVJj\J£oung (had aniv«ed. The clerk replied "No." The ladies -waited. By t!he next train came a long, man w'itfli -wavy black feair. He rgreeted ~them affedtionaitely, esicor.ted itihem to. -the dining-room, where lunch "Was served. During the repast the clerk jjsaid he must (book the naime of the gen-

tleman, and the reply came, " Brighiam "Young, ©alt Lake City, wdltlh a party of «six."' r

A (conference of the National Negro 3Busin€ss League hais ibeen held in New "York. In recounltling ftibeir struggles sand successes, many of tHie delegates, •^who were accustomed to the JVlethadast meeting/ felt no more an giving tlhear "testimony" in matters than, in religion. This piad a very quaint effect when Ohas. T. SBass, of SulHvaai, <Ind., told how he beldame the owner of Whe opera house in -4ihat town, and went on to deoeriibe what liie had done iin Ibhe raising of hk>gs ; reiser ving. for 'hiis peroration the exihibition •of a bottle on inair tonic whitoh he«was ito place on th& market. -/iMiss A'koe {Roiosevelt's igirtisib. playful- - ■ yaess occasioned much / "aniu&emerifc!; if he

«dther day W^eH^e^'sbeatoishap M'aaiohiualiia, which is Conveying Mar Secrebary ■"Taft and a da^tdngudshed pai'ty on a ~*T!siifc ito the !Far East,, was leaving Naga■ssaki. On deck, jusb Ibelwv the bridge, a I3arge canvas Ibathiing tank iwas erected. s-iOne morniixig the President's daughter rjsbood near the Ibank with iher hat off, ■^fcut ■wiffcdi a pint" piaralsloil: tfco prioteofcher. ?She fwas wearing a white elilk ibodice and <isiilk skart. "GM[;ir I/oiigworth," she sud«denly iec^almedpbo; ia popuikir yoiisng :snem!beT of the House of Cctngress, "if lyou will : take" m plunge dressed as you "are, I; wil follow" suit." Amid 'much :*Q«rriiment, Mi" L.ongr\voii|tih, who was «ribyl)ishly .artfayeid in a Wue coat and ' aStamnel trousers/: f?pM[tely detcMned.. if you are "'arraJid," I am hot, if«(aid the impiilsave young lady; and; -with a laugh, tshe plnniged initoiihe tank *dressed as sh<e wias. "Don'ib let me "^eat yciu,"^jshe. ; shouted.to (Mr Long■^w*orbh, as she rose fe> tihe surfa©© and ;Swam to the ladder leading frcon the -fcacnik. About a dozen memfbers of the

Taft party witnessed (the dhallenge, and ~tneir 'bantering proved too much for IMr Longwortihi when then plunged, from Hbhe 'bridge inttoi itihe tank and helped JMis.9 'Roosevelt from tihe water.

A good story is being told of the well3snown German surgeon Thiersoh. A sricn man came to him in Leipsic and -.asked him to recommend a clever tspecialist, adding that he did not mind ~3iow far 'he travelled or what expense lie incurred. Thiensch looked at him for «a moment, and then said, " Well, if you iiike travel, go to Berlin and see Berg- ; or, if- that is not far enough, go -to Munich, and see Nussbaum; or, if must go further stilLjstart for Vi«enna and see Billroth. When you get ~%0 these men,ithey will ask you, 'Where you come front?' and when you an.aswer, 'Leipsic,' they -w-ill say, 'You W'ooMiead! Why don't you ©o to "tPhierech?' "

A story 19 told of how Signor Foli's -i-obust ocanmon sense once saved a situation jeopardised by Sims Reeves. The -"two singers had (travelled into the coun~try together <to keep an engagement at -ascrane large provincial town, and Sims ";Ileeves (had for once admitted that he "isvas dn excellent voice. Visiting the tenor in his iroom at the hotel just

before the concent, Foli was surprised to find him nervously "despondent over the usv.al incipient cold. Knowing his man, the basso prevailed upon him not to send tihe usual excuse 'but to show up at the hall, just to prove 'his "bona fides." When the hall was reached, he suggested 'he should sing one song so that the puiblic could see for themselves how hoarse he was, and then apology could be made for his not singing again. Sims Reeves, in great trepidation, went on the platform, sang splendidly, and gave two encores. Britain of late has spent more than 'half the sum of her National Debt in education: education, be it noted, not of muscle, lungs, or skill of hand ; but book education; education that will not give us a farmer, a colonist, a soldier or a mechanic, but might have given us a second Keats or Shelley. And there is a sense in which they would not ue dear at the price—not dearer perhaps than the winnings of a recent "war; though (had popular education brought forth » genius, popular apathy would likely enough (have starved it to death, as it did Millet and Mozart. At present, however, it seems that all we have got for our-money is possibly some slight decrease in crime, and for the rest a populace enamored of the unfertile ledger; intolerant of the spade, the rifle and the plough; a populace inert, deoxygenisedj regaling the grey industrialism of their pent lives with comic cuts and the penny novelettes. " Punch," to keep pace with the times, ihas started >a "ladies' column," from which <we cull these (pleasing items: — Our first though? this month must be /the all-important one of chapeaux. And, 'by the way, I hear that the post bag of a certain Cornish vicar has been crammed lately with grateful letters from milliners' who wish to endorse his remarks about the shameful conduct of women who dare to appear sans toque, sans ohapeau dn his dear little church. There is also some talk of a deputation of promient artistes attending the church congd'ess to present-W resolution on the sufojetet, ad to urge the Bishops to stand firm.

As little Madame Juliette said to me the otiher day with tears in her eyes, " It is not as eef chapeaux could not be arranged for every face. If these ladies who made the objection would but have come to me I would have found them something to suit them. Me, I fail never."

lAnd now for the autumn fashions. After a careful inspection of all the leading milliners' windows it is evident that this autumn will find our dear little songsters 'with us more than ever. Feathers, wings, plumes—all are being used for the tasteful and beautiful creations with which we women must cover our heads. And this reminds me of a ibeautiful thought that I saw sweetly carried out in a well-known artiste's window, not many yards from a certain shop were they sell leather belts! The ■window was full of ihats trimmed with birds' feathers and plumes. From all lands the little dickies had flown to perch on the crowns and brims—humming birds, birds of Paradise—as I heard a charming American girl saying, " I guess there'll be a good many birds in Paradise this fall!"—and our own little feathered friends from the wood and hedgerows—all were there. But what brought happy tears to my eyes was the placard in front of the window. In one corner was the picture of a nest of young 'birds, with the mother sitting on it, while underneath was written, " Aids torohureh warships." Could anything have been sweeter and more appropriate? It was .just that little touch of thoughtfulness and reverence that as much needed in this dear worldly London of ours, and as I stood in front of that window I could^not help wishing that*.that deai'-man in Cornwall -could have■'■; been-, there, beside: me.- How it v would have rejoiced his^heart! .That a man should pause ~with the rope around his neck to ask for food seems an ddea possible only to the humorjjst.: But it has just happened in the tfnited States. After this it as feasible that another man really did ask, in similar circumstances, " Is this 'ere planking safe?" The executioner lie not without humour o£ a sort, though it is unconscious. Said iMaJPwood, when advocating the long drop to a iGovei\nment official, " Now there was Mr Peace, a small man. £ gave 'him a six-foot drop, and I hassure you, sir, 'c passed hoff like a summer > (he ye.".

A tombstone in Boughton-under--Blean churchyard records (that a parishioner, who died in 1861, >at the age of 81, had six children in ten months, twins being followed ten months. later iby quadruplets. She was thirty when the children were born. On the other side of the tombstone the death of the father is accorded ait itihe age of 72 in 1810. He died five months before the birth of -the quadruplets, whose death .and burial took place within the same year. ' • There is such a thing as carrying a fiaid'too far. The simple Me, for instance, os 'all very well from the point of view of our Western civilisation, ibut, it is concedvalble ibh-ait there are places on the eafth's surface where the simple lifer would 'be de trop, as it were. Yet one of these faddists, on (being asfced to suibscribe towards sending out a missionary to v r one of Sthe 'cannibal islands of the Palcific, ds .reported to have answered, in the most discouraging manner, " Certainly not. I am <a vegetarian." : General iSpiitzer, of Toledo, Ohio, tells of ©ome remarkable poker play upon the North German liner which, lately 'brought ;a 'numlber of rich Americans home. At one table the players were 'four irepresientatives of the high finance in America. Play was almost incessant tliroughout the journey. It started with a £200 limit, ibut gradually\inoreased, until jackpots of £800 'to £12,000 were common. On the last night of the voyage the (final jaokpofc, containing precisely £18,000, was token !by Mr Norman Ream, fowner chairman of Ifche Toledo railway.