ALL ROUND THE WORLD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1017, 8 March 1882, Page 2

ALL ROUND THE WORLD.

The Hungarian baron, Arpadiopiesti, who lately died, would never pjiy his taxes. He kept a pack of .blond-bounds to hunt tax-collectors, who consequently seldom gave him the opportunity. One having at one time succeeded in entering his castle, which was undermined and mantrapped, was shown into a room where he j*. was presently joined by-aa enormous wolf, He climbed on the,stove, which was only warm, but eoan hot and hotter, the baron enjoying his-dance on the heated surface for while, The authorities, how• ever, kept account of monies due, and his heirs have now paid all bums due. It is said that the Emperof of Russia leads a tolerably happy life. early, walhs in the park, transacts business till noon, and after lunch receives despatches and drives in the country, He dines at half past seven, and often spends the evening alone with the Empress aud the elder children, The Empress is herself the patroness of 80 institutions. Buseian is always.' spoken in the family, although the children, with their tutors, Bpeak French one; day and English tho next, The Emperor is deeply religious, and maintains two splendid choirs at the chapel of Peterhof. ; He is also passionately fond of. and recently imported several thousand pounds' worth of flowering shrubs for ,ono of his parks, Japan wishes,foF further intercourse with Corea, andihaa asked that the port of I Ninseu be open to her commerce, and the Ooreaus are disposed to yield; but a request that Japanese merchants be allowed to travel in the interior has been refused. Catholic missionaries have probably done as much; as any race of men to elevate the intelligence of the Coreans, although, their work has been Blow, 6ince it was 200 years ago that they first entered the country. There are now ia Oorea about 80,000 Catholics, and nearly all of them belong to: the party of progress. Five- missionaries front France, who are in the country, are said to be concealed, and although the Qovomment knowß of their presence, it doeß nothing to drive them out for fear that violenoe would lead France to declare war.

The Siamese nation.has recently been plunged into mourning by the death of the court and body elephant of the One morning, after a hearty breakfast, ho went mad quite unexpectedly, and trampled five of his attendants to death, An attempt to tranquiliso his perturbid spirit by enroling him with a huge ring of holy bamboo, specially blessed by thi High Priest of his own particular temple, proved worse than ineffectual, for he broka through the ring and all but terminated the High Priest's career upon th« spot, He was then with diuioulty driven into a close court of the palace, where, after several furious endeavors to batter down the walls with'his tusks, he suddenly toppled over on his side, uttered a last ctj of rage, and gave tip the. ghost, A correspondent of the Liverpool Mercury states that the worst caeeoif small-pox can be cured in three days by cream of tartar dissolved in boiling water and drank when cold at short intervals, It is a preventative as well as ft cure. It has not Med in a hundred thousand cases, leaves no mark, causes no blindness and prevents tedious lingering. An ounce of cream of •' ft pint of water is the proportion, A. terrible dynamite' explosion took place on Dec, 31, at the Beaver River near \yampum U.S, King Smith, the head foreman of a gang of workmen, placed some dynamite man old powder keg to dry previous to using. At the uoon hour, just when the men stopped for dinner, the keg containing two cartridges was placed some eight feet from a fire, and while the men were eatirg their dinner the can exploded, wouudmg ten of them, two of them fatally. There aro 114 notaries' firms in Paris and 9660 in the departments. These firms represent a total capital £45,000,000, whose income is ±'5,800,000. In Paris there are 150 firms of solicitors and 30P2 in the provincos, representing a value of £9,200,000, and an incomoot £1,320,000. At Paris there are 150 bailiffs and 7000 in the provinces. Together with tho barristers, auctioneers, lawyers, &c, the men of law in Franco do business to- the average amount of L 12,000,000 a year. Special attention is called to Rapp and Haro's prioo list, which will bo found on onr frontpage For clothing, boots, ironmongery and grocery, they will bo found the oheapes, and best honso in the trade,—To FarmersJust arrivod. Harvesting Gloves; 1,000 Corn Sacks, equal to new, at 7s <Sd per dozen,- [Advt.] Carterton v Mastorton.—As a proof of who are tho choapest storekeepers in the Woirarapa wo wish to draw our readers' special attention to B. A. Gardener & Son's advertisement on our front page. This firm il determined to keop up their reputation. From the time of their commencing business in Carterton thoy have repeatedly proved that they can withstand competition, no matter how strong. It is therefore ridiflulous for another storekeeper from a neigh* boring township to post prico lists to their customers and protead to sell/at wholesale prices, when for the smallest quantities B. A. Gardener k Son supply goods in almost evory instance 10 to 16 por cent cheaper, and' in large quantities still furthor conees sions are m«de.-(ADVT ■

The Spring Fashions this season are *x« coodingly .pretty, varied, and chaste. In Ladies' Dress materials, iliUinery, Manila, bates, Sibbons, and Scarfs the choice ii unusually large and elegant, Visitors to Wellington would do well to pay an early visit to James Smith's Te Aro Howe, The stock of Clothing for Men'i, Yonthi' and Boyfl' wear has boon mado ,to speck order for Te Aro House, All materials have boen carefully selected and all styles judiciously chosen, Better value it U tmuo«|W« to obtain, One great speciality of Te Aro House is the immense variety of Boys' and Yeuthi' Clothing, Parents wd Guardians should keep this fact iu mind-when they visit ttwn, and wend thoir : way'to Jamtt Smith Te Aro Home. A trip to the Empiro City may not only be made pleasurable but profitable. To those who can oombine business with pleasure, it must bo gratifying to inspect the large. , stocks of seasonable Drapery and Clothing, such aecanbe seen only iri L a vast centre of population like the City of Wellington, Visitors from tho Wairarapa will find one of tbo largest and best selected at Jama Smith's TeAro House..