ROUND THE WORLD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1883, 8 January 1885, Page 2

ROUND THE WORLD.

A Kansas man has patented an arrangement to, put upon locomotives for squirting hot water tor driving cattle off the track;. '

Verdi, the famous composer, is now 73 years of age, a line-looking remnant of humanity, with snow-white hair nnd moustache, His public.opens number 125.

The memoirs of Lord Malmsbury, lately published, are creating quite asensation in London because of the glimpses given into the private life of great English leaders, •:■•: | .

Mr Joshua MonteHore.'a brother, of Sir Moses, crowne.d an extraordinary career by marrying a second wife when he was seventy-three. yeaisM of age, Eight years later he died, leaving a young widow and six .children; '-tjie; youngest of whom was six weeks bid, v-

The.supply.iug has become a regular business,-'■"•"A Mrs Fernandez, in New .York/lias almost the monoply of it. child or a number of children aft wanted for a production of a play, the manager-; almost invariably gora .to ~ : Mjb_ fimii* dex, -She fan' aiipply' required. article, male or female, at short notice.; If a mother, in'needy esrtumstances.haa a child which displays any scintilla'of dramatic talent ahe.takea'the little one" to Mrs the ehjld recite 'for her, 'and. sidera.it slows .any taj.enj, ■dqft\ gOM; Statue ott-a ijffljjpljst' offttherji,and when Hs turncdiaeß, ( 'w a ciiild'' possessing' its ■ peculiar qualities. is wantedforfiiip new is sent foy and eng&gament'.raao'e with; ; ?6r'lljjjVmoo>r9& Mrs fernandez, •Baby's Drama^b^geacy';! 1 :;--'; ■;. So enthusiastic-were, the people in their reception of 'Mr.. Gladstone during.b'is recent Visitxtp -Scotland/ that the windows jjf'his saloon railway carj riage we're broken, The English' Prel;raier started- for Edinburgh,' but saw I Glasgow first/. _ Antoine Bub%seln, the celebrated pianist, was'lately'atMarienbad. Having promised to give his.services at a j charity, concert to be held "that night, [he was in his room choosing'what iho would poiform. As he. was runn-' ing his fingers over the keyboard,' the I door suddenly opened,.and themaid of a-.lady occupyingi'the next rooms entered, and- lmnded-.the artist the ! following note :—'.'Please to stop your strumming, which, shocks, m,y nerves. P.S.—lf you only did not play flat, I might bear it,,' .The great'pianjsl' took out one of his. cards and wrote on the back of it '.—"Excuse me, fair lady; I will henceforth try to' avoid flat notes. —Antoine Rubinstein,"

. Special.iutereijtihis year attaches to ,;Hie Stale, carriage -of the Mayor Elect in -the fftot that the heraldic paintings on the panels and doors are theworltbf the late celebrated (leaf and dumb"' artist, Mr D.T. Baicer, one. of the most accomplished heraldic painters of his day,-.. The carriage is ia provided by Mr i Joseph Offbrd, Kensington, and is in many respects more than usually ornamental. In place of the ordinary' upper pannels plate-glass has been • almost entirely substituted, so that the handsome upholstery of the interior may be seen to the best advantage:. Rich amber silk is the material used for the linings.with •blue laces and tassels,',: ■■■-■".'' •'- The Faris journal Le Temps, Writing in.•reference' 'to the New Hebrides, considers .that it will be'. Necessary for France-'eaVly to annex ihosei islands ia order-jto. antioipate;G.eWairinT«n.ti.ons 40 the &# direction, , ■ y.,- '■} Q'»e,n6ticeao|a cemeteries.' in'the M'th".df'.:'Eijirop'e is wid/to'bethe icarcity.of. newly-mada graves after an'ejiideraic^#;'cii3ler&

or yellow fever, Statistics show that fewer of the race died than any other race from" these or kindred diseases, entirely due to the simplicity of their diet. A new York property-owner declares that the city must be torn down rebuilt ten stories high, m order to meet future demands' Ten and fifteen-year-old girls, who are great singers at their work, earn 12 cents for a day's work of seventeen bouts in the silk factory of Italy. "' , A telegram from Lima states that .the capture of Truxillo by the Government forces has closed the. campaign in the northern departments pfPerii. The recent Middle Rhenish vM.usic'al Festival at Mainz has, unlike- many*" others, been pecuniarily successful, having produced a surplus of 3400 marks (£170). Several large boxes labelled "omp.tv bottles" ,have been seized at Vienna because they contained printed roafcer of a revolutionary character from Geneva, to" the Socialists. ' ;

A Yienna-telegram Btates that an Englishman has offered £i50;000 for Makart's,studio with all.its-icon(;entß, but his' offer could■ not' because the executors stuaio valued, ■•-•■"-•' i'i,-. :.^;.- . , The, editor of a- newspaper, pnblisned in.;tne r ,Rerri'ei;e assassiriated by tne'ji rosiden^p|an : ;JJI. tramontane aooietjr. uptfn editoral comraenta ■■:'. In;%wich,;,^pnn^' c the currehtyear hasresembled trie famous ''year, without, a juinrher 1 ' |1866), in that thereTiasvbe'en frost inrthat place every month ; ., #The^ie^iy^s. : -at Balntqraton Hal|oweeS"were'fone|4b ,beq'a|so; John •Brown couldh'p^taUo ( ; tbe ; •!. ■■■■ ~•£■"'•':. v •' -In-:- Ar^^Mrs Richard Preemanirecently' cave.lmfej to two boys' and two girls, perfect. ..';..'•" ■■' .?■*•■■'■■'■' (s>?. ■ .■•■A^ ; ;o'f '■::':■ ■;'. ■ ..^^n®iifl ; ;.pf''fc)ie latpQerieral Todiebg^^^^ ceremony iii- the; miUtary'.',censte>,y at Sebastppbl; : i i : 'k ■: ■■ ■■ ' . \ Atialysis'of temperance .drink'. lowa, showed:.'Ho" strongly preset ~.:,.■; j,,.^,-?-.' The German Emperor has presented 1052 manuscripts of the..Arabltongue "to the Royal Library at. Berlin,^The oldest date as far back as 1058jk According, to some German-,papers, Germany is interested ' iri* Egyptian, bonds to the araoiiht'of £15j000,000. Edinburgh can now claim to:'.pe tb£ healthiest city in the kingdom. _Jjj§death rate, by official return, WsilMl' at fifteen in the thousand.. ;.Twe!rWfive per cent greater than New-Zealand. ; An ecoentric character has bequeathed to the French! Academy, of Fine Arts a sum of mowy'-'to.ah'annual prize 0f.2,000fr, which will foil to the paintar who has. taken the lowest position in" the competition for the Prix de Rome.

Slid a penurious railroad -director: "What is the use of compelling us to put up all these signs, (Railroad cross* ingf Cau't/rifiy-fool see; that it is] And if he can't won't 1$ fjnd itpuj when he gets hit by tr;ajrt;f''•' It is, darlj; the garden gate; :•< My own sweet f. <My dearest ownf Then the noise of kiss--ing. ' Speakln.whispers, dearest; the old.man is hot in bed,.yet. 1 ' v.'-And do you lore -.raef 'Do I • love /you 1 I Jove you with, a strength 'thatwould knock Sullivan out in one '-'found,,! •Thesestolen meetings are%)oveiafc> Don't yoji think 50 f llorp.. kis.«-(aPf .Ih6n,a voice from the house—* M»v J hia'ani.' Hfo -is- a. 'rapturoi^-parting. .'. Then the steals' off solildqulseg tuke, That's tfie servant .girl's name,' .WThibld cui^o^thqsfcf bwliavesaidjall.burgbod things hap c. eVtauj ■; Scotch : :copJtiie%, •where in^'W'tKe^a^^^llititfal Meeting #.Wipeech .Morshwd^^^^^ fthV' :bth©r,tßerQ waij #&&alsMs>tl; tha "date;,and a'jjhll.Wpbipfi'^feji-. a v'ote. of.thanks -ab'.'%'eM duly Berted—day when the speech was to be delivered The audience/says att feigiffttfge, .thus have been 'able!'Mattpe'xid with cbpie's of thespeecKft'ithelr band; and) the annoyance oi'afrorafap »>- havin|f*\ the words taker., out of :Wis at being anticipated in all his best pojte, andeven, perhaps,.hiving premaWe call's for his peroration, can' be better imagined than: described," '-,;.'.'.' '■% /• ' ColonelMoLeod, althopghriot?.a, bad man at heart, used ve'ryVQugh language in his intercourse with his family. On returning to his home from of business he found much excited over .the outrageous j»n'dictVf, a tramp, who, being diss&tisfjed food given him by Mrs, McLec-d,' had abused her in-a most-outrageb'ug manner. » Johnny,", said v Colonel McLeod to his ten-yeaf-oicl son, - "when you heard that; cowardly scound/el abusing your m'other,;,'why run to the store quick 'ftrid' Jci-. ; )tiß know ? Didn't you hear f ".i¥es>/pa, I was out in the'stable and heard he said about tho victuals' him, and now he abused her, but—" ",B,ut whatf " I thought in was you, ma. He used when dinner don't sfu.it yon. * I' didri't think anybody else would dare : t» talk to ma that way." .','' ''' '",."' '' Before the trates there was recently..brougniMfoe Berber to answerasomewhat barberousiy;tbwar^s. r hisjwiiß —in fact, the quarrel' llad-' .bWnJof- so violent a character that Mrs B'.' had to be placed underHha.care:of a- docton The bench • months! « You; might■ make; months, holidays," was the piteous appeal of fi wife beater;; The; %ich,<] that "they "could the trfati. by sentencing .him, toV; default t>f paying %\ doctor's bill' for. afctendanco ■ to.sj. mfe aetfdeoVto the .- prisoner's frith, aM-Berbj'r'will: cansoquently eat his Christmas dinnef to ' gaol. ' '

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