ALL ROUND THE WORLD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1320, 6 March 1883, Page 3

ALL ROUND THE WORLD.

.-..'■ > .* ■- ;; '''';,.:,Gormany is to give £SOOO fob . scientifioexplorationin Africa andother •countries during the financial year ...-18834;. . •■..-... ;._;■;. Four .Presbyterian preachers in-Philadelphia-lias lately adopted the custom of wearing gowns in the pulpit. : ■ j The summit of tho Arc de Triompho m Paris has had a group placed N upon lty which, if accepted, is to be executed in bronze at a cost of £20,000. The . ;;"work)Bintended to crown and embellish .'•the famous arc, and lopresonts a female' . driving a triumphal chariot drawn by four fiery steeds. In one hand is a table of the Eights of Man, and in tho . other the flag of liberty. Tho effect. ,is said'to be most disappointimr. ,' The new Customs tariff in has.been the means of largely increasing smuggling. During 1872 and, 1878 the . number of suits of revenue frauds was 10,019. In 1878-79, the' year when the new tariff went into effect, the ;,number, of suits roso to 11,478, and :increaskd until in 1881-82 it rose to ."-18,461,"0r more than 80 per cent over 1878-79. A Mr Bacon writes to the Western -; ' Star that a strong solution of common ,' washing soda is a perfect cure for burns and scalds. He says :-r ut I have tried • soveral experiments with soda; one by •'' dipping niy bare arms in boiling waterj' : . kd afterwards immersing them in a ':- basin .of washing soda in solution. Tho ■ hot water had no move effect upon the arms than a blister would, upon 'a " woodenleg," - " Mr Preston, author of "Unclaimed ~ 'JftMoney'," has startled Londoners by an that the magnificent pile of buildings known as the palace of justice, which tho Queen opened on December 4, has been mainly raised by the surplus •' interest of suitors' money; Section 6of the Courts of Justice Buildings Act, 1865,. giving power to apply for • £1,000,000 from the "Surplus Interest Fund" for this purpose. Mr Preston asserts, and without fear of contradiction, than no less than £75,000,000 • are in the Chancery Funds, tho number • of accounts being 35,545. A hundred years ago it was £7,500,000, and 2,385 .accounts. "An amusing incident is reported from Madras in a Bombay paper. Mr Spring Brandson, barrister-in-law, who • has hitherto worn a very line beard, appeared in Court on a recent date clean shaved, and rose to move the Court to take an insolvent out of goal. Mr Justice Kerman. looked at the learned , gentleman very hard, and then with a : smile remarked that he had made a very barefaced motion. The Court waij in roars of laughter. The jocal ; jili'iiiM'enu'nds the learned judge that " Patience" is in active rehearsal by the •••dramatic society, and rumour has it that an alarming sacrifice of beards is to take place among gentleman qualified to be heavy dragoons. Such .is the enthusiasm for the drama in Madras! The ways of swindling are as nume.r- ---.; ous as the leaves in the forest.: Here sre two very neat dodges; A young opfor. who 'found himself in'a/IJakptii village without a dollar to pay a heavy ; hi1.1, ; concocted a plan by which a wondering tramp played the part of a small pox patient, and the.doctor vaccinated the entire population of the town with someinhocuous acidat2otlols, each, The swindle was discovered too late, for the enterprising physican and Jvis bogus patient skipped 'put with BQO dollars each. A western' circus manager arranged to have a wax baby dropped from a second-story window in every town which his show visited, just in time, to be caught by one of his •\ ■'■ athletes.' The performance was successful several times, ■ and crowds went to see the ■hero of the rescue, until the newspapers exposed the trick. Earl Eortescue is not an admirer of '!.''.. \ialk.' He was invited to become a . ~ member of the Barnstaple Debating :;•■ Society, but declined,.and said he was ,' •■ sorry to hear of the, existence ot such a society, and wished it' had been ••, founded for writing essays,. instead. " Public speaking," he says, "is a poor .substitute, for. honest industry and ; perseverence. I think we in England are now suffering, not from a deficiency, but from a superfluity of debaters in ' . Parliament, in our municipalities, in in our boards of guardians, 'jn short in dmojjj): all puf Various governing and administrative bodies: impeding busi'npss, and gradually tending, as "in the v - tJnjted States, to drive away the men :.-;.. most capable of transacting it with ; ability and integrity, whose-l}me is yajuab]e, andiso replace them by jobbers '.'[ fir. bores, Excellanceinneitherdebatmg . noy vrithig can he attained without " practice. But writing compositions ' Only seek, and do not pqmpel, perusa] While public speaking, like vivisection , Ofinonly.be practised, not always with. \out the infliction of some sufferinj

'upon living subjects." ; ";, k consignment of fifty women will be despatched in a few days from Bordeaux ' to Noumea at the expense of tlio State an English paper of November that, on reaching their destination they 'must contract marriage with those ' convicts whom, the local authorities . ;; , : . wish to reward for good conduct by cop- .'. ferring wives upon them. -It should be .explained at once that these pman have, not been pressed into the service, ~ going to Noumea of their own free will ■' 'to settle down as respectable convicts' 1 ' wives; How the match-making wil| be. ' carried on is at present 1 unexplained: ferhaps tho persons most interested ■ will be allowed to choose their partners, ' "perhaps to avoid heartburning, tjio • lottpty system ' will be restored to. We're the'principle of open, competition •: ;.;., in love making,... admitted, ; tne most ,i : ■• frightful consequences might ensue, considering the imperfect civilisation of the - ••- '-'avoided, France will deserve credit ■ foi: ; ,v:u.tlw heroic mairnov in which she has al at length ; set herself to; tho, task of in- ' . 4i ' '■ ereasuig the population of her colonies, "'■ I 'Taking?'-He took lief fancj . ;wyfan he came; he took her hand he tool [•!■■■ akiaa'jvhe took ho notice of the'Bbami B that glowed her happy oheok at'ihis. jHi ; ;Yopk,;to coming afternooriß'j'.lie took at ,-";;Voatli" he'd' ne'er'; Ideoeivo; he took i he: .''" faih.er's BilverSp'opDS'; and after thatf-hi ■ tookiu'aleave'.'-.,""," : ' ' i-