ROUND THE WORLD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1518, 25 October 1883, Page 2

ROUND THE WORLD.

A number pi life rafts have arrived at Dover from New York, and are to be carried on board all the London, Chatham, and Dover Company's boats; They are composed of two iron cylinders kept together with wooden stretchers, and are very compact and portable. They can be easily thrown, into the water, and will support about 20 persons. \ ■ ■• ■ • ■• The British Medical Association has: lately had under notice Dr Moore's . new method of vaccination. His plan ■' is to make,, with a perfectly clean sharp lancet, five or six single scarifications, holding the lancet as a pen is held, resting securely but gently on the arm of the person operated on, which is,held with the left hand. Thus performed, the operation is said to occupy scarcely two seconds, and when lightly but'sufficiently done, does not waken a sleeping infant,nor cause a waking child to cry, providing the attention be diverted by gently stroking the arm or by otherwise engaging the attention, The lymph from the arm of another child, or preserved in tubes or on points, is then gently nibbed with the flat of the lancet or charged points across the little wounds; which may be made to gape by slight traction on the adjacent skin. The result of his mode of operating is found to be one or more, usually ; two, separate vesicles, or an oblong compound one at the site of each pair of scratches, or more if six were made longer than upual. It is neither necessary nor desirable that the incisions be made at all deep. '■A London paper relates a curious incident. A short time ago someone called at a house in St. James's asked if "his lordship" was at horn* sent up his card, and was admitted' towon interview. The visitor straightway J - proceeded to give a lengthy and pathetic account of the spiritual destitution of a orowded West-End suburb. "Excuse me,' said his lordship, when he conld squeeze in a word edgeways, " but what have I to do with this subject I" " What, my lord t Everything 1 All these souls are perishing for laik of knowledge 1" "That is a pity," answered his lordship; "but the matter doesn't concern me." "Not concern you,my lord I" exclaimed tho visitor, with indignant tears in his eyes, " Surely, your lordship must be concerned about all the sinners in your diocese!" "Oh, dioceso!" said his. lordship. " I think you have made a (mistake, and want to see the bishop •-. next door./ So he had. The visitor had called at No. 23, where the Earl'' of; Derby, resides, instead at No 22,' the Bishop of London's town mansion, Peers spiritual and peers temporal ought not to be indiscriminately known as" their lordships." A curious community of Germans has established itself near .Haifa/,under .'. Mount Carmcl, and elsewhere in • Palestine, who. hold that the world is to be converted to Christnot by preach- : ing, butby holy living. Some 30t) having this ; belief cultivate olives at' Haifa, and deal largely..with Nazareth, Their founder, ; Mr Hoffman, was expelled from the Lutheran .Church in lj consequence of his peculiar views. Further sales of slaves have taken place in Tangier. The first sold was a., young negro who'realised forty-five dollars, The next a girl, whose price was 28 dollars. A few days later two female slaves were sold, one aged about fifteen years, for thirty-six dollars, and tho other, aged thirty, for thirty-eight dollars. Tho most painful case was that of a young woman, the property of a wealthy and well-known Moor, who during the time she was exposed for sale showed signs of dismay aid . indignation at the treatmont to which she was subjected by intended purchasers.