OATMEAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1318, 9 April 1883, Page 3

OATMEAL.

Professor • Liebig has demonstrated chemically, that oatmeal, is nearly-as nutritious as the Very best English beef, and that in bone, and muscle forming qualities it is richer than any wheaten bread. Some twenty-four years ago a professor' at one of the Scotch universities measured .the breadth and height, and tested the strength of the arms and legs, of his students, a numerous .class of all nationalities, who were attracted to the seat of learning by the fame of the professor. He found that in height, in breadth of chest and shoulders, and in strength of arms and legs, Belgians stood the lowest; a littlo above them Frenchj very much higher English; but Scottish, and Scottish-Irish from Ulster, were highest; of all. These last students were fed,; in their early years, with at least one meal a day of good oatmeal porridge!— Exchange.

In the published "Proceedings of the Linnean Society," giving an. account of the various papers read at the meetings held at Burlington House, Picadilly, we see a notice of three by Mr H, M.: Brewer, F.L.S. At the meeting on : the first of January, was read "Kemarks on the Birds and Mammals introduced into New Zealand;'! 1 on .the 15th of February, "On the;Salmonidra and other fish introduced into New Zealand waters; and on the 18th of/March, " on the Indigenous Timber, and qnthe Plants introduced into New Zealand." In Mr Brewer's absence the papers'were read by Mr Durie, F.L.S., L.L.D. Apart from any scientific reason, we think papers of this class are valuable, as they draw public attention to the colony, and give people,, at home and intending immigrants.some.idea of the sort of country- this is,' and . what "they are likely to meet when they get here, i . A Chicago young man,.in ,a, rash moment, told his girl that if she would hang up her stocking on Christmas eve he would fill it to the brim withjometbihg nice. When he saw her stocking he was undecided whether to get into it himself or buy her' a sew% machine. Gentlemen who require good service* able auitß, guaranteed to fit and to : Vearl go to Emporium, Rapp &' Hare.-AnvT.

! Th>Christchurch Telegraph has the following:—They are treating the Rev A. 0, Gillies very badly in. Dunedin, jmd we really wonder why he remains 'with them;. though: his ,forbearance towards tho •persons who hare .'bo dispitefully used him is powerful evidence of the meek gentle lamb-like 'spirit which is his chiefest characteristic. Mr Gillies has always manifested an utter abhorence of the Press and everything pertaining to it, He has said that he never reads the papers and has mourned over' tho hopelessness of the task of plucking editors and reporters from the burning, which is in store for them. What, then can be said of the straits to which he is reduced when hetias to avail himself of the assistance of the Press by publishing the following advertisement: "To Whom it May Concern,- In Justice to every Honorable Memberof the North Dunedin Presbyterian Congregation, let 'it be known that Mr Robert S. Patterson is the "Member" who (in the interest and at the request of his friend, Mr William Hutton) outraged all decency by surreptitiously securing Private Correspondence and then making public use of pretended copies !— . A. 0. Giixes." Now although, Mr Gille3 was rather rough on us: and our contemporaries we bear no malice. We feel that his treatment by his Kirk Session ,is inhuman, and out of all proportion to his offence (he only called them "bollocks" and "idiots") and .we. think' ho should try to get another., billet—pardon, we mean pulpit.. We will keep our eyes open, and if any vacancy occurs at Guam he shall have.our warmest recommendations, We will even go so far as to start a fund to defray his travelling expenses.

A ■ Chicago journal points out tho close relation that exists botween the exports of American cured meat and the size and price of the com crop. The shipments abroad of cured meats inlßßl-82amounted to 648,447,4781b5. The production of Indiau corn is stated to have been 4,104,916,0001b5, and the average price 76J to 80£ cents. In 1800-81 the exports wore 1,055,585,9051b5; the production of corn, 1,716,434,5441b5, and the price 62J to 98| cents, In 1879-80 the exports were 1,214,136,1591bc; the production of corn-wag 1,547,901,7901b5, and the price was to 61J cents. The surplus for shipment during the past yeav, therefore, was but 62 per cent of what it was in 1880-81, and 54 per cent of that in 1879-80. The quantity also followed upon the production and prices. Great Britain still continues to take a major portion of the exports, although we are now opening up a considerable trade with Australia in this respect.