ALL ROUND THE WORLD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1614, 20 February 1884, Page 2

ALL ROUND THE WORLD.

The educational statistics of the British army show that out of every 1000 soldiers 30 can neither read or \vi ite, 28 ciin rend but not write, 186 can read and write, while 756 are of superior education. Twenty years ago 134 could neither read or writo, 173 could read hut not write, 641 could just read and write, while 52 only were of superior education, So perfect is her architectural work that the latest addition to the British navy, the Galposo. a comparative small vessel of no more than 2000 tons displacement, will take nearly as large a crew as some of the iron-clads three or four times her size, and carries from twelve to sixteen breach-loading cannons,

The following appears in a recent number of the Illustrated London News among the well-known " Echoes" of Mr 0. A. Sala"'lt may be of some interest to you to learn, 1 writes 'A.A,'(Glasgow), 'that there are only four words in tho English language ending in «dous," viz,, «tremendous," "stupendous," "hazardous," and - My correspondent gives the fourth word, but I refrain from doing so, in the hope of stimulating the curiosity of my younger readers. Schoolmasters, governesses, and lexicographers, please don't answer. 'Tis to tho young folk that I propound the poser." During tho quarter ended 31st December, 1883, 218 vessels, of 124,238 tons aggregate measurement, arrived in New Zealand ports from "foreign" places, as against 209, of 118,689 tons m the December quarter of 1882. At the port of Wellington there were 27 vessels of 23,162 tons, as against 26 of 18,978 tons. During the year 1883, 805 vessels, of 484,926 tons aggregate, arrived in New Zealand, as compared with 795 of 461,285 tons for 1882. Tho departures were in proportion,

American free trade journals have commented on the fact that 70 workmen, discharged from the Paterson (New Jersey) locomotive w»rks, sailed oil Dec. 11 lor Liverpool, England, to AH engagements to work on iron shipbuilding oil the Clyde, Each man paid his own passage. This fact they considered a powerful argument against the present system of American pro* tcction.

The Pope has approved the proposal to erect a memorial church to Daniel O'Connell, at Cahircoveen, County Kerry. The corner stone will be laid , by the Rev Dr Croke. Archbishop of Cashel.

Thirty-eight different nationalities, each speaking its own language, which is foreign to all the others, live under the sceptre of the Czar.

Victoria has 780 aboriginals; New South Wales, 1643; Queensland, 20,583; South Australia, 63,346; and Western Australia, 2346.

. In a letter written more than fifty years ago, Goethe predicted the cutting of the Suez Canal; and in his novel of " Capitaine Pamphile" Alexandre foretold that of Panama.

The Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Maryland (U.S.), which held their annual meeting at Baltimore recently, declined to admit the ladies of the Women's Foreign Mission Society to participate in the proceedings, Kev Doctor John Morris objected, on the . ground that the" Scriptures command women to sit quietly in the Church," ; and he thought they ought to do so. The great historic country houses of England are now seldom occupied by their owners, In the season they aro in London, and when that, which now extends far into August, is over, as tho court circular shows, they make for \ Scotland for tho shooting, or for the continent,

Professor Newton says that the earth receives about 3,000,000,000 meteors every year, but they only increase the size of the earth about one inch in 100,000,000 years. Among the relics in the possession of the late Fred Yilliers, of London were the pens used byYakoobKhan and Major Cavagnari in affixing their signatures to the Treaty of Yundamuk. Mr "Villiers was on the staff of the London Graphic. The Marquis of Lome and the Princess Louise carried home a rare collection of Canadian birds, having about 325 varieties, The case belonging, particularly to the Princess is filled with small birds of brilliant plumage. The Emperor of China eats with gold-tipped ivory chopsticks, arid sleeps on a Ningpo bedstead, carved and decorated - with ivory and gold, the same which the Emperors Khang Hsi, and Ohien Ling used in the last two centuries ;

THE BAD AND WORTHLESS lire never imitated or counterfeited, This js especially true of a family medicine, and it is positive proof that the romedy imitated' ia of the highest value. As soon as it had been tested and proved by the :whole world that Hop Bitters was the purest, .best and most valuable family medicino on earth, many imitations sprung up and began to steal the notices in which the press and tho people of the country had expressed the merits of H. 8., and in overy way trying to induce suffering invalids to use their stuff instead, expecting to make money on the credit and good name of H, B. Many others started nostrums put up in similar style to H. 8., with variously devised names in which the word "Hop" or " Hops" were used in a way to induce people to believe they wore the same as Hop Bitters, All such pretended remedies or cures, no matter what their style or name is, and especially those with the word " Hop" or " Hops" in their name or in any way connected with theiu or their name, aro imitations or counterfeits, Beware of them, Touch none of them. Use nothing but genuine Amorican Hop Bitters, with a bunch or cluster of Green Hops on the white label, and Dr Soule's name blown in the glass. Trust nothing else. Druggists and Chemists are warned against dealing in imitations or counterfeits.