ALL ROUND THE WORLD

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1321, 7 March 1883, Page 2

ALL ROUND THE WORLD

Some astonishment has been created in —- England by the discovery that a beverage extensively Bold as 11 Good Templar" champagne/ and cqnaumed' ga a temperance drink, contains alcbhol equivalent to 25 per cent of proof spirit, which is considerably in oxooss of the intoxicating .qualities ofreal champagne.' A chemical-' analysis revealed tbweoretS" • '*& '<% The Berlin News understands that at a recent conference of the New Mennomte Church a resolution was adopted prohibiting njembers ffonij insuring their lives, Singular.>.as. it' may (appear) there are other religious denominations' in which the same view obtains, the reason at- - v Bigoed jboiug tlifit.to.raakef thi?rprovißiStt for the future argueaa Want' 1 of- failhWa Providence. Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria is probably tbo most successful of any 11 anciert or modern; Nimrod. During one •single day's hunt'iii''Kammenilz, near Prague, his "bag" consisted of 901 pieces' of game, including 6 buoks and 4 snipes. The total result for six hunters on that day waa.,lo Ijucka, 1334 hares,36.rabbita, 336 pheasants, 97 '.partridges", I jjnipei, and 1 wildcat, making'm' all 1818 pieces, Meerschaum comes principally from Eskisclieirln Anatolia, Asia Minor. The average price per box of good meerschaum has increased Bince 1873 from 16 to £lO per box, while refuse can be had far about one ; eighth of .the price. There qualities, and.eaoh .is.to be. ha&.in f/uV ' sizes, there being 25 to 40 pieoes of the first size'pot of the fqtfyjvftlie ' box .ia 30in long, Bin broad, and 15$ in deep). In the last two decades the export , of meerschaum has considerably increased ; from 3000 boxes' in 1855, it has risen to 11,110 in 1881. • An ; extriioi'dihir,y cage' . oflaruolty by boys was tried in November at Essex, England: ! . Five ..boysc all; under, itwelve years of-age, had gone into a field where there'were';thirteen steers on pasture, and tying the tails of the animals together they.chased them up and down, the " fun" lasted half-an-hour or more. The result* was that Jthe .B,ejen ita^la;. j were-wrenched off, and the next morning the- prosecutor's attention was 'drawn to, '*j the state of the animals by, wlM. JI. tail fastened to a black beast. It wwtnen found that the tails of four of the /Keers were bleedingj apportion of the bones haying been; torn away? were severely reprimanded 6d eaoh, including •costs; ; ;s -' '.j. A mine-owner lost his ljfe in England a short time ago in the following peculiar circumstaniJes'i-fThe maper \j up • and dofari In%oit'bf-tho uinea 'iu«- ' Great Britain are the most primitive, namely, i bucket attached,.to a common wincb. The pit-chain ißt thi(<time had been in use for a number of yean, and beenifrecfii i Complaints as to its condition 'had' been made six months agoj-and thb-Peputy Government Inspec* tor had pronounce'd it unfit for use. The ■ chain got'sbibad'that it became, necssary 16examftibit hours and renew broken or worn out links, and on the night before; the acoident tha.Fropr_ie.tor...,..,. himself pntiitrspmer new'linkj. >os ihd Ji ylowing'morning'while".descending the' pit the chain broke and the man fell to the bottom of the mine, being killed '■ The riew4usperfsiori 1 briage' Niagara Hveius to be completed Sept, 1, 1883, / ■ "The Times correspondent telegraphs from Durban: pWe havejust cWdr /}; that Cetewayo sent the comet tonotifyliis return. Montreal JGrM^te" aas J eLts that lai^e coming into Canada from the united* States, britj'glpg their familiearwithr - < tfceiti for