ROUND THE WORLD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1510, 16 October 1883, Page 2

ROUND THE WORLD.

';' |eautiful.gjr||atne| Mamie' 800, appe'ared in ithje the; of v'W^ishingtonw j a large-pistol and bow&k'nifer," I am' looking for a clerk in this building," she said, when interrogated, '.'. and if I .'find the villain I wilV ; ?kilHhim on .sight. 1 ; ! S|h6 would not divulge the name,. aiid was finally- induced to: depart, without carrying put her blood'thirsty purpose!: < j; U - _'; At'an.exhibition gtyen-recently in New York .of tho|ip;r^adin| , 'methbd sy/ which number'■ of boys and girls',answered j IcssonßifTgepgraphy, natural philosol phy(-'history:ahU : 'anthmeMc;by articuj lation, the - moveili.e^|s. ; . of the profea-j sor'slips king watch'ed'for {ascertaih-i *a.na\ : seyeraVof'tho pupils' talked of. the' .audience in the same-way-.:,...■.".!' .'■ The Empress ..of i) "gus^ia herl .BBter .the Princess of Wales ''are- both* pretty vwjbmeiij sister, the; Eriiicess Thyra," hof'tha • Duchess of :Oumberlandi is' so, plain' she; frightened away the Prjnce. Imperial; .when-he went wooing in! 18J8,-;which' brought such a storm about hilars' 'that he went to the Zulirwaiv ■'• Hence! the consolidation .of the French Republic may' he said"- to-?be' due to the — : -'-'-''-.!

■The Prince by several noblemen.''and' gentlemenj who take an interest in sport, recently i went to Hnrlingliam: end-saw. several, matches where clay pigeons were used.! ( They were, tli.e;St&hdard; says,: highly i ■satisfied with' th,e : , result, and, we; belie ve, " are .of .'opinion that the clay ; pigeon may be substituted for the' •living-bird." .It is that the, result of this visit will be to facilitate the passing of Mr, Anderson's bill'prohibiting pigeon .slido'ting fromtraps.....

The richesfc.colbred man in America' is. Aristido Marie, 'of' New Orleans, whoserents alone, outside of personal estate, amount to fifty thousand dollars yearly. the - war hei owned a, large number of slaves, '.•The Prince of Monaco is trying hard to induce .the French Government to purchase his Principality. His price is ,£400,000, arid a formal promise that the Blane concession will not be withdrawn until 1910. A Geneva correspondent, ,who has received aletyer from Prince', Erapotkine, says ; that, the Prince is still in ■prison at Olairvaux, and is likely to remain there. He neither repines nor complains, and supports his fate with good temper'and philosophic resignation. : - ; ': -. l •;! ■■'Abraham .Myers, of York County, Pennsylvania, is'a successful hunter, although he'has lost both hands, loading with his mouth, carrying the gun strapped to;,' the stump of his arm, arid ■pulling the'.trigger with his teeth; ;,.■ . ~ A wealthy planter of Mississippi and ■Sjtii'ia Lambert, his housekeeper, were committed on July .23 for trying to 'poison; Mrs-Dyarj.the planter's wife,, by head of mocassin snake-?-* yene'moiis reptile":—id. her coffee. r ■""•-■

An investigation has been ) commenced into ; the • conduct of- -Father Villeneuve, of Montreal. About six ■years agjo heTstarfeed a monster lottery for religious objects, and although an Enormous number of tickets were ,spld •.in Canada; : and, the United States ti ■;drawing'htya!ge!vet ; ' taken place.;; '•'' ■% ' Beyond tilajgi'ey lmirs, John shows hardly any trace of time. Last year the actual expenditure oh the British navy was £10,756,453. ? Cetewayo has appointend a Britishsubject named William Grand as 'resident adviser at Ulundi. - : ■'..

':.'■■ Twenty thousand Chinese are to be' imported into Brazil, it-is said with the object of' cultivating tea and coffee .there,

The- greatest. female. landowner iri England is. -.Baroness- Willoughby cl'Evesby, who. has an' income of £50,000 from'.land. '

■ The old-fortifications'of Calais are now being destroyed, and "the, fossa around .the -town, is-being filled at a cost; 0f600,000f.;.;'..; ; '\ ; -'-':> ~ The Princess Louise has promised, some : bf her owii wateivcolors for tlie: 'World's Exhibition in Boston, where she enjoyed herself so much,' ■. \' .f, The German Government it actively;, engaged in obtaining from Turkey xp; ductions in the-import duties upon [German productions, . '.•-.; 1 Gold in considerable quantities has been found hi the,highlands., of Boone 'County, Kentucky, 'aid in : those of south-eastern Indiana.".. .'

Lord Chief Justice Coleridge made a very pretty remark at the dinner lately given to, Henry Irving, he. said that the pain of parting the American Colonies had been followed by pride in their; magnificent results, and the yet greater expectations of their future. . ,;v •'<'»'« .--,

A Committee, has beem- appointed by the Paris 'Hygienic-Council to- revise the instructions to"bVj&uefd in view of a possible visitation of .cholera, though rrither'with'a' view lio' show that the authorities are on tl/.e alert than from any actual apprehefasioh. of danger. There is hardly.,- any ;,book. of.-notr published which ■ -{he Queen dfoes no) look over. particularly- fond of George Eliot's h»vels;:and*keeps;.»: set of them at hand I .''-.One.'of her ladiesinwaitingread/j'the:newspapers, and mavks such'parages as she thinks will interest the Que'en v . .1 ■•- ■. y A'london;j>aper ..of. July' •that the screw ''frigate-. Galatea, of 26 guns, is being broken up' at.Chatham, where she wa's towed frpm Davenport; She- was a vessel tons,-; .with engines pf; lit was on.board this tesseknat.the JDiike .of Edinburgh madel'his cruise ground the world. |■• ■: ; .\'•'-,.- TV ;,-; "X ,h-'?A The expenses of election ; as'Primate ; of ■&gli(jaii' i Church iamountfldfo&Q.OOO; ; . . : '-Krd-:Emdplpt ;^ur^t'&a, 3OTer of cfessV,' Sir ;Snffprd/: croquet sldlfuUy,'an| : Ebrd ■ SaUsb.ury dotes--ba-tnVmj^vU-'-<^iua l ; - : --- ; - -•• - ' The oldest* is published" prjnM j)n a large" BKfiet'of|ilki saidi' ha;g • appeared TeeM|ftr opwards pi lOtij) years. •/;', ''^Mi^'',