ALL ROUND THE WORLD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1748, 29 July 1884, Page 2

ALL ROUND THE WORLD.

An Austin gentleman who had lost one of his children was presented with a bill for payment. "I see by your bill that you eharao twenty dollars for ien visits while treating my child" he remarked. I Certainly; two tlnllars is the usual price for a visit," responded the doctor "'Yea but man alive the child was under len ten years of age. I could got heuinto a circus for half price." » It is said in o letter from Khartoum i hat Gen. Gordon Ims had an Arabic text inscribed above his throne in tho palace, which may be translated as "Ged rulea over the hearts of men," and that itfdi reception chamber, which ho receives dally the crowds who come into his presence, it is conspicuous. I An aetor named Otiley on appearing ns Hamlet, for his benefit at a provincial English town,recently-found an audience of seven persons assembled to greet him, and instead of proceeding with the tragedy he grouped the faithful seven in a stagebox and barauaned them. He and his company said the actor, had been performing for a week or so without obtaining _ the semblance of bd audience. Curious to kuow what entertainment was really adapted to the intellectual requirements of the town, he had studied the hoardings and found that the show moat likely to obtain support was the visit of an educated pig. But, concluded the acnr, "Ihave only one thing to suggest about the animlfchich is that as far as the people of DaWh are concerned the pig's education has been thrown away for an uneducated pig would have suited thtm. much better." The funeral of a celebrated Irish piper, Patrick Bohan, took place on April 6 ja Glrfnevin Ceinetary.'" When the Que%. and the Prince Consort visited Ireland in 1851, Bohan played before them on board the yacht Victoria and Albert in Kings* town Harbour, and during the Prince of Wales visit he played at the'.Chief Secra. tarj'a Lodge in Fhcemx Park. At a marriage celebration,, the bride was requested to sign her name in the register at the sacristy. Excitement caused her fingers to tremble: she took the pen, Bigned, and made, an enormous ink blot. " Must 1 do it over again?" she blushingly asked her husband. " No, I guess that will do, butr-" "Oh, don't scold me ! I will pay more attention next time," A telegram from Ottawa states that 6,5.00 immigrants have landed in Canada within ten days.