ROUND THE WORLD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1537, 17 November 1883, Page 2

ROUND THE WORLD.

..• .. •; » - Princo Bismarck was guarded during his stay at Kissingen by six Bavarian gendarmes, six Prussian policeman,, one Bavarian Commissioner of Police, one Prussian Police Councillor from Berlin, four defectives from Munich, and two from Wurzburg. Their duty wag to watch ; the • Chancellor" during his three hours'walk on] {he'.jpromen-. adenoid to prevent' unkhown,.persons I from approaching his villa' by ; day or [•tynignk: : .l :I>;U i;H. " i When Carter,:the lion king, was ex"hibiting with Duc'rbw, at Astley's, a •manager, with' Whom Carter had rcado andbroken:an engagement, obtained damages and-issued a writ against him. The bailiffs-fame to and asked for .Carter. " gentlemen up,"/said.l)ucrow, and when they reached the stage there'sat Carter composedly in the great; cage -wjiib an enormous lion on each side of him. : " There's Mr Carter waiting for you, gentlemen," said Ducrow, "go in and take him. Carter,' my, boy,;open the ; door." Cartor proceeded to Obey, at the same time eliciting,'by. a .private signal,; a tremendeus roar'from his companions. The bailiffs staggered back iii terror, rolled over each other as they rushed downstairs, and nearly fainted .before thoy reached the strbot.

' Foreigners are warned, against any attempts to inspect fortifications; in Germany without having first obtained special permission to do so. Several instances havo been reported' lately ■ which have led to disagreeable consequences, The. battle-club ; with whicji : Sitting Bull has split tho head of many a pros-, tratefoe was recently bought'by Ser A. geanfc Edwin Ham, • of tho; Spvonthfai Cavalry, stationed at Tort Yfttes. It is an ugly weapon, in shape resembling an adze-handle, about • 2ft long, and thickly studded withbrass nails.. Froh) its upper edge project two keen' knifeblades 7in long, and set iutp'thetwo flat sides are small mirrors for signalling by means of the sun's rays. Sitting Bull accepted lOdol in exchange for this sanguinary l'olic, "; . The following, which m clip" from anoxchangc,may sorve.as a useful hint to some of our horticultural friends:—A; gentleman from' Utioa, in Louisville, who wished to send some beautiful flower-buds to his 1 wife, was at a loss how to do so. A florist friend said he would fix them! He cut a potato into, two pieco3, and bored holes into' thenv into which he inserted the stems of.the buds, and then placed them in a box, withjeotton to support them. A letter- from the recipient acknowledged the remembrance, and said that the buds had developed into full-blown flowers. -There is sufficient moisture in a good-sized potato to support a flower for two weeks in a moderately cool ■ temperature. Flowors for bouquets orbreakfasts may be preserved in the;same way. The potatoes may be hidden by leaves or moss. The work of primary educatio'n has been carried.forward at a wonderful rato in England during the past 12 years. In 1870 thero wore only 291 School Boards j now • there At the first date named, the tax levied averaged for all Boards 5d in;, the &, which gave a revenue 0f£71,185. But during the past 12 years the rate of levy has gradually risen, and now the average for all the Boards is 6'diri tne £, that for London being nearly 6d, and the'total revenue is '£1,834,756'. The London School Board alone, handles more than a million and a half of money in a year. In 1870 the gross amount of loans raised was £6OO. Now the balance of outstanding loans is £12,806,031. The London "School Board pays nearly £130,000 in interost. Jfrom the emigration retnrnß recently .issued, we find that the, number of emigrants ot British origin' who loft Great Britain for Australasia in the month of June was 6642 against 2950 in the corresponding month of last year., The 6000 odd was. mado up of 445'1 Englishmen, 1314Scotchmen,and 874 IrishiM, There was'also in addition 135 foreigners. The liumbor of emigrants of British origin sent out during the half-year ended June 30 reached 20,600 against 14,671 m tho corresponding period of last year. Of these, 21,255 were English 4889 Scotch and 4456 Irish. There. were in addition 683 foreigners sent out. Thus it will be seen that emigration is now going on to Australia at.double the rate which it did last year.. _- One of tbe most at the Fisheries Exhibition in London is the boat in which Grace Darling and her father saved the survivors of the wrecked Forfarshire 44 years ago. , i At a meeting held at; Marseilles to protest against the sentence'passed on Louise Michel, a resolution; waafpastiod that the Revolutionary Socialists blamed tho jury most strongly, and undertook to put them to death, "if they ever find themselves in their presence." Proceedings are to be taken against the author of theresolution. With a view of avoiding explosions, Mr Schlumberger recommends that a bottle of ammonia should bo placed in each barrel of petroleum.. On ignition, by accident or otherwise, the bottle would break and the aramonlcal vapours would at once extinguish the fire, Dr Pictra Santai, proposes to apply this lnethodto collieries liable to firedamp. Tanks filled' with ammonia would, it is said, stop the combustion, as it could not continue.in an ammo* niaoal atmosphere."'; ■ m-' ■ •: ! There is considerable public excite- . montin Montreal in consequence of the alleged discovery by the police of an Irish-American Secret Society, having for its object the destruction of public buildings in Ottowa, Halifax and Quebec, for the caro of which, therefore, extra precautions nave been taken by the authorities. . Gorged livers, Bilious, conditions, «onstipation, piloa,. flsypopaia, headaobe, cured by''WeU f sMav>pplo Pills." 6d and Is boxes at druggists. .Moses, Mobs, & Co,, pydnty, General Agen'ts'for Australasia, Don't die ni the house,—"Rough Bats" dears out rats, mice, beetles, roaches, bed-bugs, flies, anto, - inseota, moles, jackrabbits, gophers. Moses, Moss, &: Co,, Sydney, General Agents,: ; -.>■•.. . BoutfnoN BATa."—clears out' rots; mice roaches, flies, ants, bed-bugs, beetles, insects skunks, jack-rabbits, gophera, Drug, gists, Mobos, Moss & Co,, Sydney, General Agents.