ALL ROUND THE WORLD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VI, Issue 1861, 10 December 1884, Page 2

ALL ROUND THE WORLD.

The Baltimore School Board made a mistake in authorizing the.,study ot German in the primary, schools.- The movemeuWs unpopular. , > • A few ' yeani ago _ the. women •of learn to read. there* are" attendingsehbola : " establiahed'. for ,"them, ;r.y,

Nearly three thousands suits for 'divorce were brought in France the day after .the new divorce-law .went into effect, many of the best families in.-the land being involved'."" : i: An insect'which "eats'irito the stalks of growing cordis-dateagibg'ihe c'rop.ih Canada.':.'--" - ':* !'

the iJmperQc-William ; i*3 ; so old that In spite of the way; in:-whi'ih-'he'bears his age the smallest mishap-causesi ' the. greatest 'anxiety. He'TaVjust had a fall.in bis room, at; Castle'Benrath. •Afall:in his room or anywhere else would be a; serioua; Matter theage of the Emperor' Willia m -; but him it "does not seem greatly to have troubled. It kept him from attending l a ,banquet on the same evening," but ■ the" next day he was about as usual, awlpereonaUyJed'hisliussar regiment past- the* Eatress. A very fine- old geptleman, the Epipetor W-illiam,- : -

1; Sir Moses Monte Gore, notwithstanding hiq hundred years, is still as'keen! as ever in the management of his affairs.: Only the other day the . old, baronet, whose niemory is wonderfully good, reminded his private secretary that the,: agreement between them for three - years' engagement "was ; on : . the point of expiration.. "We will renew it; for another three years, if you please," said the centenarian. .An Eastern: manager, who. recently participated in a discussion regarding, the shrewdness of stara in reference to their receipts, brought down the' actdrop' as follows !•—" Barrett is the most knowing fellow in the business, He asks .to know how many , passes are issued to the local papers and correspondents, Then when he is on the stage at night,lie counts the house, He doesn't do like most peoplecount the people. He counts the empty seats, You will observe, in a death scene, lie always.falls with his face to the audience, Then he opens one eye and counts. I know Tom Davy-, used to have many rows with him over the, slips of the night's receipts; I remember onco Davy handed him the slip. " You are wrong by twelve dollars or twelve seats." Davy said he wasn't, Barrett said, he was, and thoy started in for a quarrel. Thoy wdiit to tbe office together and put the question to the manager of the house,. Barrett was right, . The local .. manager bad' a right, by contract;.to twelve seats, and they had not• been put:on the slip. Barrett can tell within'Jfty-cents of what's in his, house 'any time. That's all he is thinking of when acting." The devotion of Salvationists to "the cause" must bo very encouraging to General Booth, "Dear General,—l have much pleasure in sending you the sum of 108, in answer to your letter, God bless the. Salvation Army.—W. I Smith, Corps 360," The receipt of such ready replies to his demands for money must be very affecting to tho General, -The faot that W. Smith, Corps 360, stole the 10s in order to satisfy his General is, of course, a detail,

English girls aro rapidly coming to the fore. Two of them,, aged 14 and 16, daughters of an English General, have recently made, in company with their brother, an ascent of the Dohi, a mountain in the Carton ,of Glaris, which is nearly 12,000 ft high, and very dangerous on account of the ice. Worth, the dressmaking celebrity,'is tall, burly, red-faced, and slouchy looking, with fishy eyes, and a hot temper for persons who refuse to leave orders after inspecting goods. All of his clerks are compelled to wear the same cut of clothes, and the color and fabric must be of fine material. Worth himself is very careless in attiie, hastv in judgment, and decidedly petulant. He affects a passion for flowers, and owns some fifty acres of nursery plants and blossoms. Women are indeed coming well to the fore, for no less than five females entertained ideas of standing for tho Presidency of the United States; qf these one was selected, and she My intends not only to go to the poll, but to succeed in her candidature, She pledges herself to try and secure equal privileges for all citizens, and to'seek to ensure a fair distribution of public, offices among women as well as mei). The natoe of this lady is Belva A.. Lockwood. . She is already a lawyer,' and a staunch advocate of teiDpeiahce, and it remains to be seen if she will bo successful,

Tne island of Mauritius is the home of witchcraft. The London Times asserts positively that young children are frequently tortured and killed for alleged magical purposes. One Picot was tried by, tho British authorities and condemned to death. He coolly told his judges .that they could not hang him ; nor did they. The house of the Chief Judge was instantly haunted by spirits who threw atones j night after night the missies rattledabout the slates. No watcheis could discover the human hands of the flesh and blood allies. Finally, "the Judge's lady was nearly frightened to death," says the Times, and the Judge himself pleaded for Picot's life with the Executive Council. The Lady's Letter from London in the Australasian has the following " Here is a little novelty in the matter] of dress, and yet not so much a novelty .as a recurrence. Shoes with wide, flat heels, and straps to go round the ankles and fasten in front with a button and loop, or an, elegant thong and button, are the very latest fashion. These shoes are very: comfortable, for the strap keeps the heel in its place; and as they are generally made with-cork soles, they are practically useful articles. Dainty sabots made of ebony, with the wearer's monogram insilver on the front, are "tres pschutt" for coun-try-house visiting, when ladies, are supposed to brave the dangers,of the upland lawns and the damps of the shrubberies." Perhaps there is no more touching feature of our time than the zeal and enthusiasm displayed ; iri the East-end of London by % bat\4 of young j

Oxford men who are coming to dwell . .. in tbe large bouse standing within easy, : reach of Mr Burnett's vicarage in the. . • dreary labyrinth of Whitechapel. Binding themselves to restrict., their laborious -and self-sacrificing lives of' ybung.monks, «':To learn to.^nowrthe- ■ the jesapn ta*© Wf them- & live in the midst o{ the slutics and'i jw" 1 streets that are the-haunt of %o degraded and neglected.'. these young men have no intention of joining the Church,ithef are simply ' actuated by a feeling of dedication to * the" needs of their, fellowi-heinga. - They TOT'injwo^to weighs on the national conscience .like.;. " Eactlaior'eHV'allbwMtd;.^that for "fitted" to, .do.itftffa'rds ministering .human needMhat he.lfioturing,: - reerfeabionj'. Bt^rtr-; v trying cluhi)- : fe-6ne.wortl. mak infgl friend i : ••: : with the ignorant, the' depressed, the ... . thriftles% guiding 'them';to-.rflaci.. sunnier, spots ih life's 'circle.-, hy. the- .v-£ •hand of enlightened sympathy,-;.^ Coursing men wilt -regret - to . ; '"rt'. (writes the Press) that'the : cefebrat^d;.ll;; stud dog 'Champagne.; Charlie, . was • killed last Thursday morning in a most ' : - extraordinary manner. The door of hia kennel, had just, been opened; arid a - ': " " -.• moment after the ; nian ; ih. cMrjje, • ■l.'}': Jacob Spooner, • found •;: Champagne, <js Charlie dead." "Mr C. A. Calvert,,the^»'i well-known veterinary surgeon, subse- J qiiehUy examined the dog-and caibe to ' the conclusion tnat he-'must-firsthav^ : ' gunned himself by : coming in contact r s ?; with a portion ot the wood work 1 , of .hiß ; 'i kennel, and then fallen off his . bunfe and . broken his neck. Mr Calvert ■ states, that he never saw so large. a : '• ■; heart in any greyhound, which'may : have; been one reason why the. old veteran was so game, -His loss will be! - a serious one, not only to Mr R. Fill, ■his owner, but to the' coursing community at large, for it is doubtful if ' % his eqUal as a ; sire can be found in New :f " ** Zealand.

At a meeting of the Christchurch Working Men's Political Association a long discussion took place' concerning the proposed New' Zealand Trades , Union congress to be held iu Dunedin, and the following motion by Mr Kae • was carried" That the members of this Association being desirous to promote a national and patriotic unity among the industrial classes of this colony, cordially ' approves of the course taken by the Otago Trades and Labor Council, and have much pleasure Jfe in-welcoming to this meeting the dopu- ® talions from the trades and other kiiidr'ed societies, with the hope . that - s.uch measures will be. devised as will enable us, by united action,- to ... . strengthen the bands of tho proposedconference at. Dunedin."

It is a nost extraordinary thing (says the Lyttelton Times) to notice . how people, in spite of repeated warnings, persist in allowing thernselves.to be gulled. The swindler who was ~ chased out of the Ohristchurch showgrounds on two different occasions has turned up at Wellington, where he has been repeating his trick of- selling • pound notes for less than 20s, and afterwards palming off dummy watohes ' on the crowd" gathered at the races. The.pranks this man has played have boen telegraphed all over the colony, and attention repeatedly called to bis proceedings in the newspapers, yet he seeing to have no difficulty in' finding- . victims wherover lie goes. The public : appear to have taken things in good humor at the Hutt course, and so ® there was no display of the revolver this time,'