ALL ROUND THE WORLD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1171, 6 September 1882, Page 2

ALL ROUND THE WORLD.

♦ ■ It is said the Russian Government propose* Inking 1 over those nilways which are in financial difficulties. A man who was recently arrested in Kent, England, gave the name of Judas Maccobeus Alive I Copenhagen, capital of Denmark, has a population of 236,000, of whom but 6000 are Lutherans, A correspondentot the London Statist shows that a pound of tea, sold in China for less than 2d, costs the consumer in London 2s Id, Some figures about the St, Gothard Railway are interesting and suggestive. Its total cost is set down at 12,000,000 dollars; its length is 113 miles, the le»g.h of the tuunel alone bains; 9} miles. Two million and two hundred thousand pounds of dynamite were used in blasting, and about 1,000,000 yards of reck were axcavated for the tunnel alone. The loss »f human life was great, owin; to the extraordinary difficulties of the work. Work was cirried on ■niljlit and day by •in average force of 3347. men, and »t these 177 wer« killed in the tunnel on the spot and 631 injured, some of whom afterwards died from the injuries. The total number of deaths for the entire line was 310, and of injuries 877. It is now positivelyanniiunced that the coronation of the Czar will take place at the end of AugUßt. The Czar has been influenced in fixing the date of his coronation for August by certain, mi-vements of the Grand Duke Constantino's party, which were bejinhing to develop themselves, and the phniße, "The deposition of an uncrowned Sovereign," which frequently be heard, placed him somewhat in the alternative of &i»g; either his life or hjs crown."'''He prefers to expose the first, and try to save forth. We .may anon expect (says a St. Petßrsburgdnspatch to the" IVewYork Heraid") grave evenis in ltussia, for at the sound, of.,the,first revolutionary cannon that is fired, Germany, without any preliminary foim whatever, will occupy the Baltic provinces, und then annex them. This has been repeatedly told the Emperor by a number of well-informed persons; i'/i- .■■> .> The Times of May 29ib contained the following ourious and painful announcement;-" On February 25th, drowned (offtheCapeof Good Hope, during bodk nambulism,' in the imaginary but' gallant' attempt- to save life, John,Rodd Child. . lieutenani'of EMl'ship Espiegle,-beloved' aiid lamented by all who knew him." It seems that Lieutenant Child, in an. unusually vivid dream,, in-which was recalled what is hot an uncommon incident of. his. vocation responded promptly tothe ideal.-.ory, of-'JArman overboard"; and rushing on'deck while still asleep and still dreaming, Bpraog into the sea to nave, as he supposed, even at the peril of his own life, his drowmnphipmato. The sudden immersion no doubt dispelled hit disas'trous dream a"d restored him to consciousness ;'but""the bewilderment of his • situation when he awoke and, found him"self'in'the troiish of the' v sea must have \ deprived him of liisjpresefice of triindlaSfd 1 of the power tti'raake"efforts for his own I '] .ufaly. ■.:■'■,; ]

1 1 v; Describingthe trial of 1 by teiephoiie from Greenock ,10 | f a distance of 2Gi mi es; the writer [! 1 '•ldisUpctlyheard the sermim, thetext'lp 1 be.ng from the sixth chapter of Helrew»r ■fe 8' and the wordß' LU-ira of promise.', Op- yfi) •; .casionolly I lost a sentence, : but 011 the^ijlj 1 whole, it was very perfeet; the hymni;it| t given out, the; organist playing' ; them ;] | • over, the rußtlemade by the people rising, 4| 1 the'vbliitne'of souud by the > gation singing, every .note coming out; | ; quite clearly and distinctly, and the whole-. I i effect »erj'fine. The ; benediotion (tol<r J . lowed by a few moments, of and the % | r mstle made by Uhe' people| leaving were 41 ) distinctly heard. The whole thing teems i | r jalmost incredible; and if I had been*?-1; • told three or four years ago that it would J K ' be possible for anyone in Glasgow to hear .'! i a sermon being preached in Greenock, I - t am sure I would not have believed it." y-$[ i This bußiheß9 ! df'p'psiug aimodels (say« .. 1 ah 1 American contemporary)} whioh 10 ;;.•; .years ago, was regarded as so scandalous i: across the Atlantic that it was difficult 'o get a model of either sex at six shillings .'! an hour, has grown so raj'iftn repute of - • late.that any number oLaredels can now ba had for one-third that sum. At first ' a a model, oannot;stand longer thaj(.2o , 1 minu'ies without resting,'.but afterwards ' , they pose from 12 to 20 hours a week. In ; >me rare case a female model is said to 1 hiiyeppsedeight hours a day. Mmt o{ ' the female models'ar'e youhg women who i' work'in workshops and factories; hut in • their cases, as in all others, "it is always i the whip of neceashy i.hat drives people a into posing. I Gobert, who long appeared in the ' ] French theatres aud circuses as Napoleo 3 1., in all the piedeilin which the career 9 of the conqueror from Toulon to St Helena was depicted, was abominably lasy, and 1 and had a poor memory, and whenever I he had to read a letter or a despatch in ) hit part,made it a rule to have the letter t duly copied out, so as to save Btudy. On 3 one occasion the. Empqrpr,, batine received an important despatch from hii aided-e-camp, Was to read it.'to the aii: aembled staff, and ask the 1 opinion of his t generals. The part of the aide-de-camp j was taken by an inveterate and merciless ' praotical joker named Gautier, who, being 1' but too well aware of'the infirmity of the 1 noble mind of his chief, substituted a 1 sheet of blank paper for the written dei- ) patch.-The moment pame, The aide 1 hurried in-and'presented the despatch. 1 The Emperor opened the paper, perceived the joke, frowned, knit his brow, and, ■ with of command,, handed the ; despatch to Gautier and said-'Bead the - despatch to the staff, colonel, while I 1 look at the mapi'/.The aide ;paußed, be- , came ..flustered, broke dovrnj and was , sonndly hissed. " ;" , Intelligencerespecting Mißffiurke, the , *i4 ; erof the late Undersecretary, is very , melancholy. She felt most keenly the 5 death of her brother, giving way to , paroxysms of grief. It was .with great , difficulty Miss Burke was induced to per- . Mit the fnneral. Uer friends removed i her from Dublin, but efforts to ;, divert her, thoughts, w ( hioh incline stead- ; fastly in one direction. Miss Burke is ( - convinced that her brother in not dead. 1 She Bita at the window of any room in , whioh she may be appareutly , oblivious of all Burroundinga.'' Whenever , the sound of wheels or footsteps outside of the house falls upon her ears the un- ' fortunate lady criea that'her brother I is coming,' adding, I told you he was not dead." From the minute she waß i informed of the murder of Mr Burke she has not shed a single tear, and this rigid form of urief constitutes one of the gravest „'.. I of the, physician-'s difflcullies. MiV I Burke's condition is now extremely 1 carious, and is exciting the most painful anxiety. 1 Householders, remember thai you will be able to buy your Blankets, Sheetings, Counterpanes, Quilts, Carpets, Floorcloths, at sale 1 prices.. It >our consult your own interests, you will not fail to 'be of the many wh< will throng to the Surplus.Stook Sale at. Jame t . Smith's, Te Aro House, Wellington -Ao. , As we_ are ' positively assured that this ~ extraordinary t>j.k of Surplus Stook will . only last.l 4 days, it behoves a 1 who wish to replenish their stores of drapery at a fabulously cheap rata to make a very early visit to Jam's Smith's, Te Aro House.-AD. Heads of families, don't forget your little ones I Boys'and Youths. < to be had cheap at the Suipliiß : >iwk ..--.mi at Te : Aro House.—Ad, ' " : y " * ' - ' '-v% .\kn ef tho Wairatapa should not forgot that they will have ah opportunity of purchasing all articles of oiothing at a very largo reduotion from u-uai rates, aud should thenfore not fail to be among the euniest visitors at the Surplus Stock Sale at Te Aro