ROUND THE WORLD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1746, 26 July 1884, Page 2

ROUND THE WORLD.

Hen- Hesse-Wartegg, the Austrian traveller, who is now in Mexico, to a London paper to say that tno State Government of that province has erected a large monument, in red sandstone upon the spot where the Emperor Maximilian was shot in 1867. Hitherto fclie only means of identifying the spot where he fell was a pyramid of stones, which was gradually disappearing, as many of the old soldiers who served under him took the stones away as souvenirs. The coffin, which shows the stains of his blood, stands in the Government house, and Amerjjjto tourists have chipped a great mai.y pieces of wood from it, While some of the English nobility are taking shares in American land and other securities, a young and wellknown nobleman .'is the owntMf 35 cabs and 70 horses in London, The hansoms may bq recognised by their smart appearances and the letters" S. T." under the driver's box, There was a great probability the other day ot his lordship appearing as a defendant owing to one of his cabs having come into collision with a private owner's vehicle; but the spectacle of a noble lord in a London County Court baa been obviated by a compromise. v |» ■ ■ The "new chum" is credited with a depth of ignorance regarding affairs pertaining to Australia, but few are so innocent as the one referred to in the. following anecdote. The new arrival (says the Warnanibool Independant)' found his way to a station about shearing time, and asked the squatter if he could give him employment in washing sheep. The flock owner replied in the negative, saying that he intended to shear the sheep ''in the grease" this season, Then came the naive observation from the seeker of work: "Ah, I would not mind having the Job of greasing them i" w "Doctor," said a gentleman to his physician, who had just presented a bill of £SO for treatment during a recent illness, " I have not much ready money, Will you take this on ban tradef "Oh, yes," swered the doctor; "I think we can arrange that. But what is your busi. ness?" "I am an undertaker," was the startling reply, A pound of averago coal develops, with perfect combustion, 12,000 units of heat, which, multiplied by 772, the mechanical equivalent in units of the work of one unit of heat, equals 9,264,000 pounds of work, representing barely a consumption of onequarter pound of coal per indicated horse-power per hour. The very best engines of modern times, leaving out only a few exceptional cases, require not less than 2-} pounds of coal per horse-power per hour. The average engine uses very much more.—Auckland Machinery and' Trades EMster. A well-known cobbler, in the town of Kilmarnock, having occasion to pass the door of a public-house just as Boniface was endeavoring to lift a poor, helpless inebriate'froni the gutter, was greeted with "fley, man, comenjjft'e and gi' us a lift." " Na, man," returned the Knight of St. Crispin, "ye can jist dae as Idae, When I'm finished wi' a job, I aye pit in the window." "What is the matter love?" asked a St, Louis husbaud, as his wife burst into tears at his sick,bed, " I am so afraid," was the loving response, " that you will die, John, as your life is only insured for 10,000 dollars, By the ' time I pay the funeral expenses and get you a nice tombstone, 1 will have to mortgage the house and furniture in , order to go to Florida for the winter," ' John was pronounced out of danger the next day. jfc The Italian Government DWconclui ded, through Professor Villari, the negoliations for purchasing the Italian . manuscripts in the Ashburnlmm Library. The amount to be paid for i them is said to be ,£23,000. : Attention is being called in Lonfftn to the long-felt want of public retiring rooms for both sexes in the streets, and i the agitation is spreading in all popui bus cities', where it bids fair to assume i a practical direction. i A Eeuter's telegram from Paris to . the London papers says that it is rei ported there from Cannes that the ' Queen intends buying the Villa i .Nevada, where the Duke of Albany died, and building a memorial chapel r on the spot. The European Mail devotes an article s to the visit to England of King i Tawhiao. It expresses a hope that i precautions will bo takon not to repeat I in the person of Tawhiao the terrible history of his predecessor, E' Ongi, who after a visit to King Georgo IV, when he was loaded with flattery and f with presents—among which was a small armoury of muskets—returned to New Zealaud with such distAed ideas ' of his greatness that he (levied the ' most unsatiable ferocity, and in h£' attempt to assert his sovereignty o!h£ | the whole country caused the mosr terrible slaughter, till a stray bullet ' put an end to his career, There is no 1 chance of Tawhiao being supplied with a lavish assortment of fire-arms, but if his head is turned by the foolish ; attentions of certain " protectors" of 1 "aborigines,"his visit to England may prove a curse rather than a blessing to him and to all those—natives as well [ as Europeans whose future prosperity depends on the part that be may play in promoting harmony between the two races. , The secularists of Sydney ious to be known .as a " religious body." They will want the chief seat in kingdom come next, South Australian Parliament in full swing, The new Government can't say anything bad enough of the powers that. were.. It is reported from Oderifothat the British graveyards around wiastopol have been consecrated,by the Bishonfli , of Gibraltar. 9 j Peall, the rising billiard player, on.* i May 19. made a,break of 1989, the. ' biggest on record; it included 548 consecutive spot shots.'" They are rousing themselves in Sydney on the subject'of New Guinea, and are going to communicate with Mr Service to assist in an exploring expedition with LIOOO.