ROUND THE WORLD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1960, 9 April 1885, Page 2

ROUND THE WORLD.

A man named Levy, a tobacco manufacturer, committed suicide in Meldourn a fortnight ago by cutting his throats He had made eleven attempts previously to shuffle off his mortal coil in thaijfey. Johannes Brahms is said to have w piv ep the sum of 30,000 marks from liis publishers for the copyright of his "Third Symphony," which is fust to be brought out at the next Wullner concert in Berlin. \fhiß is the largest honorarium every paid for a symphony. Joachim Raff received 180 marks for his most important one, ',ln the Forest." This is how a Yankee paper touched up Mr Blaine during the late Preideuljil.election :—" Blaine is a liar, a horsom'ef, a highway robber, a bank cashier, and a silkman; he sucked eggs when a boy, stole watermelons, ' sassed' the minister, and tied a tin can to his dog's tail; he is the author of 'Sally come up,' 'Beautiful Snow,' 'The Breadwinner,' and 'Birdie, where art thou!' He is, beyond doubt, one of the worst men in America. Go for him boys!' How would a New Zealand politician like that kind of critisism.! In Lima, Poru, the impressario of an Italian opera company, has been fined little over three dollars for not raising the curtain promptly at 8 o'clock. , Ifjsprpppssed to start a land farming company in Scotland, with a nominal capital of £IO,OOO, tq rent a farm of 1000 acres in Aberpleepshire, on the estate pf' Lord Kiiitqce. It is intended that after Mjng of 4 percentile shareholders, the remainder of the profits will be dividend amongst the employees of the farm. A disgraceful fight recently tqqk place in a Methodist Gl|apel 'in Anglesey. A man, named Jones took possession of ft pew, and two others, father Jk son,' attempted to eject him. A fight'tPsplaoe in tha pew, and the seats were bespattered with blood. Jones whipped off his men, and, wiping the blood from his face, waited for the service to proceed! However, both minister and congregation had had enough of chapel for that occasion. It has been found that the emeralds in the diadem of the Empress Eugenie, recently sold, wore bogus, An English nobleman bought them for 200,000.dollars, The money has been refunded. Paris " Figaro" .userts that the empress knew that part of the stones in tho diadem were false. <