A HAUNTED RAILWAY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1330, 17 March 1883, Page 2

A HAUNTED RAILWAY.

.Firemen on .the .Virginia Midland Railway tell wonderful "stories'.''of the' nightly appearance of a ghost on the •tract of that road, near Otter River, whore a tramp was killed some time ago. His ghostship first appeared on two white: hor&es, but becoming more bold oMateythe spiritual stranger, in the form of a man, has; dispensed ..with the steeds, and has several times unattended, taken a position on the track in the attitude of the-mad'bull, and defied the iron horse. One night last week the fireman of an engine. dis : covered what was : supposed' to be a man on the; trapk. The engine/which was going at a-:high'.rate of speed, struck the man and apparently, killed him. The train was stopped and several hands were sent back to see what, damage had been done*- The.body was seen a short distance down the road, •but upon the ; men reaching it, it disappeared,; At other \times the -ghost has appeared in' the. cabs of engines,and, after surveying things- generally, just stgnngd ouj into space,;.;,

IHerr Most,the German 1 ioqialißt.whp' figured onoe in a London police court under a charge of having glbrified ; aasaasination.'in his. paper, the Frejheit, has 'arrived in the' United States.' . v , ?. '-'The term'of office'of^thet-Marquisof Ripon as Governor-General of India expires in May next. A petition~is to be pruented to Her; that the Marquis be're-fippbinfed for-a further ■lerni.-■'■;,. :V',,.-. ; -'' : '^ :; ' ;: '' '}'%% inutoicipalily'df mined upon irapnopolislng the electric ■ light/ ah&uitl it'Kb ' poanble |: fcp tlo so, and ; iheyire; ! atfpreseut e'n|agel*-in(iesting; the various oompetiriE! systems on a large so»leV : -'>";'-;".';: V'-' ';'■■ .'.•■;; ' : / ;: — ": : . '^ ; -: v

HINTS FOR DEALING WITH COLDS. Slighter colds if unattended by fevep ishness, and especially if the weather is. not very inclement, may often be got • rid of by a very brisk walk, or other prolonged muscular exercise, so as to, , produce perspiration is freely established, we should not expose ourselves to cold air; we"should rub the-surface of the body dry, change the flannel, or, t better still, go to bed for some.hours. If the chill be more severe and followed by a sensation of shivering, by pain in - the head, by, increased thirst, and by slight feverisnness, ~We' should also try to produce at once free sweating, and this is best effected by at once retiring to bed, being well covered up with blankets,.and partaking of moderate quantities l of warm !• fluids; ; suish as several cups of tea or gruel. The practice of taking stimulants at the onset of a cold is not at "all to be recommen* ded, and will often only tend to increase the general discomfort/' When onoe sweating is produced it should be kept on for some time, till a certain sense of comfort is experienced, or'we fall'into a slumber; then the clothing wet with perspiration, must be changed-for,dry, and a few hours after 'wo r may leave the bed, and the cold will either have been checked or it will pass off in a mild form in the course of a few days, during ' which, time ' it will sometimes Be' better to' discontinue the cold bathing, though r cold - sponging may safely be had recourso to. If a cold be assooiated \vitb. a good ded of fever, especially if the shivoring is very severe and prolonged, if pain or difficulty of breathing be noticed, medical advice should at once bo sought, Tor many severe diseases, especially inflammation of the lungs and pleurisy, commence in this fashion; .again,, if, after exposure to wet ahd - cold, ■ severe pain in several joints, togett'' W\ general feverishness, be noticed Ht neglect to send for medical VJr what looks like a simplo cold nflPfc an impending attack of rheumatic fever. —J. Dreschtield, M.D., on Colds and the Consequences,

' ■■KELidiON.M.' wla.nds . Preaching at the City Tempty in London, Dr Parker reviewed the-yari-ous aspects of religious; life in England, and more'particularly in,; London, as they appears at the close of his remaykn he referred to the Press and spoke as > follows :-f" Look' at 'tW' Press ri o£ London.. What did it say of the many Christian services which were'heldl-in the churches on Christmas Day! A column more than sufficed forthem'all, But. on the following dayjjeven columns were devoted to the theatres; each'.'with a head of its own in capital le.tteps." I do not blame the papers, The papers do not exist for our ■ advantage, they exist for their own, and the demand willregulate the supply, Far be it from me to say to the conductors of the daily Press that they ought to report more sermons and ignore the theatres., The people all like* to know what is ' 'going on at the theatres; they care nothing for what is going on at the churches. And this is Christian London. I will tell you what you cannot do in Christian London. You-cannot maintain one single religious daily newspaper, In three months it would be dead. Christians themselves do not want it; preachers would hot take rfc, and the churches wauld ignore it, The newspapers already in existence know this; and.from ..a commercial standpoint, they act accordincly. If a large were openad in London tomorrow there might be a few linos in each of the papers'): but ;whon : ' the obaohing season commences a column -find a-half will not suffice for the description of tho stupendous event."

AN OLD FRIEND. An item of news from the Mersey Ship-building yards, where very groat activity, has prevailed during the ■present year,'will: iuterest Australian readers,' ' 'Among- : the''• new works undertaken, such as the building and launching of several monster ocean stermships for the Atlantic passenger trade and another gigantic troopship, one .firm, that of Messrs C. and B Clayson, has completed the conversion into a" sailing ship' that well-knotta steamer, the Great Britain, She s has been classed Al at Lloyds', and sailed with a cargo of upwards of three thourand tons of coal;: 'paying at the samo time," it is said, "a freeboard of ten feet, which is equal, to 30 per ceijt, space buoyancy?'" The Greaji B.rltftjn, must be a:very old to many Australians. She has probably carried more passengers and emigrants to the Antipodes thau any ship afloat. 'Time was when she was one of the wonders of the deep, When first launched, forty years ago, people visited "her in crowds and admired- her magnificent proportions. 1 Then/her i rioseji was put out of joint by still larger ships, till the Great...Eastern came and practically put a limit to the dimensions of constructions. afloat. But no one who knew the- Groat Britain in her prime would have foretold that she would have ended her career as a C ing collier, 1 : .Afterjfchis,; such, isW extraordinary progress'' k-'m architecture, we may well wonder what fate is in store for the splendid fleet of the Orient Jine anfj vessels which at present pre. eminence among oceangoing snips. The Archbishopric of Canterbury, although not, at formerly, a post occupied by the Prime Minister, Chancellor, or, a; in some instances, by the actual rqle'r of the country, is still one of coniidetabli importance.and high historio grandeur, '. •'.'.'' !■ ■'-■-i- ' ti : ''-'i ■ '-f(..:--'

Addressing a meeting of the Radical Clubs of Chelaea, % Charts p>e]fc upon tlj© anamajies.qf tj]g butioh of. politinappowef/iusiating that the tup had oome pen there ahould/be one franchise ttirougbout tbo and when there should be a rediatribution of aeati,

■ that England"should hdt'rest-'satisfied until she possesses a ilarge; and thoroughly-trained reserve, and is able in one week'ttfeinbark a well-organised corps of say -25,000 men, every unit •being' for|sjryice and suitably drilled and equipped," with all newary ''\, arrangemeitW ipreyioußly made for a port at the basecooperations.;^:;; >;