ALL ROUND THE WORLD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1601, 5 February 1884, Page 3

ALL ROUND THE WORLD.

In 1816 Lord Schworterbury gave £690 for a tooth of Isaac Nowton, which is now set in a ring and worn by the eldest branch of the family. Takativi-Bakin, a Japanese novolist, introduced so many personages in his novels that in order not to get the characters inextricably mixed, it was his habit to surround himself with a number of tiny dolls, appropriately attired, and named after his heroes and heroines, When ho had tied a couple together, he knew that he had married them. When he shut them in a box, he remembered them dead and buried. When ho had put them in a comer of his chamber, he could see they had gone on a journey. The irrigation system of Italy is probably the most complete in tho world, and it is constantly being increased, Tho canals are not only used for the purposes of irrigation, but also to supply a motive power, by which again the water is raised to districts ' lying upon a higher level. The great principal of Italian engineers is to work on it large-scale, thus, attaining at the same time efficiency and economy) and avoiding constant alterations and additions; and it is by such, means that the extraordinary fertility of Northern Italy is produced and maintained. The PrimitiyeMethodists in England are tho only Protestant body that has missionaries on the Island of Fernando • Po, Western Africa, The climate is ,; ' exceedingly dangerous, and their . families have been called to suffer, and ..'• jn some cases to die, The painter Millais, the head and front of tho English School of Art, is & frank, robust, fresh-looking gentleJBPa, above the medium height, sturdy fflpbuild, broad of shoulder, a complexHj§n suggestive of breezy downs and hills, a rich mellow; voice, and a . manner that belongs to a country lord, . ■ master of fox-hounds, and owner of a thousand acres in the Midlands, ' At ' nine he won a silver'ni&lfll for a paintfog, and at sixteen years of age he was .. db author of.a historical?painting,- « The Capturo of the Inca by Pizarro,"* ■ : -which was hung with distinction on the walls of the Royal Academy* He : . js.nQw.ftffr-foinr, ; ... . ' ..- . It is a hard tiling to please, overyJiody. Miss Mary Anderson, the actress, has been criticised by a London i , paper for. pronouncing " forgive" as "forgeeve" which was. solemnly '_■ declared to be an Americanism of tho " : - basest sort.- And now comes an - American paper, which criticises Lord .Chief Justice Coleridge for the same .word)' which 'it declares is' a British

wnJgarism.of-(he raostflronunced kind. •; International.criticism canhardly yet Vie pjcabMidimobgthe;eiacj; sciences.

Tho DuuedinStnr says :-«Tlie Govornment havo agreed to contribute .£SOO towards the cost of a surgeon's residence in connection with the Timpeka Hospital,"

Notwithstanding that thirty years havo passed since the Crimean campaign, bombs and ammunition are still being found in great numbers in Sebastopol and the surroundings, which are supposed to have been used by the Anglo-French army at tho bombardment of the town, A great quantity havo been collected, and are bought by the Government. The money paid for them will be devoted torthoorectionof a monument to tho marines killed at tho defence of Sebastopol,

Iklhm/s Pi7/s.-This purifying and regulating Medicine should occasionally bo had recourso to during foggy, cold, and wet weather. These Pills aro tho best prevention of hoarseness, sore throat, quinsey, pleurisy, and asthma, and aro euro remedies for congestion, bronchitis, and inflammation, A moderate attention to the directions folded round eacli box will enablo evury invalid to take the Pills in a most advantageous manner; they will there be tauglii the proper doses, and tho circumstances undor which they must be increased or diminished. Holloway's Pills act as alternatives, aporionts, and tonics, ■ Even when' these Pills havo boon taken as the last resourc'o, the result has always been gratifying. Even when they fail to cure, they assuage tho soverity oi tho symptoms, and diminish the danger,