ROUND THE WORLD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2070, 17 August 1885, Page 2

ROUND THE WORLD.

A passenger describing the bcouo on tho City of Berlin when the vessel collided with the iceberg saysl don't think coolness is a merit in such a casoas this. Ilpsveyeiy if there's to be ft bet- on it I'll back the three youijg men who, when the crash ocurred, called the steward, anci, telling Jiim to give. them due notice in qase death to. inevitable, turned back tosleep again, Oti the other hand, if any gentlemen wishes to know who was the most frightened woman on board I will tell him, She was a cabin passenger, and, spying a middle aged bachelor in. the distance, darted at him, liun? on his right arm, and implored him to tell her wliafc phe should do to he saved. 'Do, madani?' hp esglaimed, 'Go back and dress ypureelf, inthenanie ofGod and propriety 1 Thfit's the best thing you can dq undeii tfye circumstances, If you have to do, jtfor pity's sake dig decently, and if God wills that we should seek safety in the boats you certainly can't leave the ship jn that garment, It might make a good shroud, but you're not dead yet, madam.". The lady went back to her cabin and promptly changed the flimsly garment, Other women, especially among the emigrants, prayed and wopt, but none ventured on deck without some species of substantial, garment huddled round her.'' ' The lateßfc, inatanoe of the reversible nature of poriptu&l texts is the way in which both parties to the deoewed wife's sister controversy are olaiming the Revised Version for their side. Here are the two versions:— Oid version New vkujion Neither slialt thou - And thou sh&lt, not 1 tskeJawifs'toherßutflr take a woman to her to'VM her, W&tho sister, to be a rival to other in her li/etima, tjsr, beside the other ("Margin or " one mfo m her lifetime, to another,") . The, adversaries of marriage with a

deceased' wife's Bister olwavs ; stuck, of : coui3e,to the margin, ai?d argued, the verse merely tfademned general.;' tlieir' Opponents, on tne hand, left the nißlgin ; alone and. styck 'tqi '" in her life time," and argued that marriage frith a deceased wife's sister was implicitly allowed- Their case is strengthened, they think, by the-Revised Versjte, which, as will-'be margin; The other side, however, are quite equal to'the difficulty, and argue that aworiian to her sister" only means " one to another" and that the verse is, therefore, Inore'clearly than before, a mere/condemnation of polygamy.

In a' libel action in Melbourne, Mr McDermott, in commencing his address to the,jury for the defendant, deprecated such - long . speeches as were in- , / dulged. in in the recent case of Malpai v. Malpas. He expressed his intention of not occupying many minutes, - but after speaking for two hours he -intimated that he had only come to the end of his introduction.: Judge Cope was manifestly astonished, and, atter recovering.from his surprise, remarked, "If thi3 • be only a preliminary canter what will the rest-be likej". Then, gathering up his, paper, with 1 an expression of serio comic, indignation on his countenance, his Honor shook his head at the voluble counsel,' arid ejaculating "Oh,' you deceiver,". hurriedly retired from the bench, amidst the laugliterof the numerous spectators,' Mr'McDermott promised to resume his address to the jury next morninj. '/' _ Poker Bob Schenck still lives at Washington,; and the title, which he got asn his little pamphlet published in EngifSd while he was the American Minister there, still sticks to him. It is.a very unjust title, and-Mr Seherick- owes its origin to a noted English Duchess rather than' to himself, ... He met this woman, I am,told, atone of the' Queen's receptions, and fell into conversation with her about cards; During this talk he described to her tli'e beauties of poker in such a way that she becamo intensely interested, and begged him to write her out a setofrules anddirecti&ns'for playing the groat American game. The Duchess learned to play poker, and as it wove, its fascinating toils about her she wanted her friends to learn ako. For convenience, she had Mr Schenck's letter _ printed in a. neat pamphlet, and distributed among her friends of the Court circle. A malicious scribble, heard of the fact, and telegraphed-to' the American newspapers that our Foreign Minister had published a book on pokerplaying. They took it for gospel, and dubbed hiin " Poker Bob," and the pffle, as usual, sticks.—Washington cQfresponi dent Cleveland Leader, A malicious story comes to us about a well-known servant of the Crown, whose inches of stature are in the reverse jtetio to his diplomatic talents. This edging]}'simillbut worthy gentleman is the fortunate possessor of a sponse who fills the Homeric description of a stately Juno, towering in the Majesty of her massiyi/ beauty above the other goddesses of Olyifl- • pus; She is as strict a mother, as filip 'jj a fond and dutifql- wjfe,„ Sq when sho heard an inoipient riot the other evening in the nursery after bodtinie, she siezed her slipper and hastened to subdue the over-liilarous youngsters. The latter, witli the guile of childhood, the light before the correcting slipper could reach them,' so the maternal enforcement of disipline had to be carried on 'in darkness. Two of tiie eged the uneasiness of tlieir f|)j the maternja} bipp by juyinije The third sufferer, instead qf appealing for mercy to the weak treble chil'dliood, yelled his protestations in suol; a ponder* ous voice that the astonished litdy dropped him and gasped:-''ls that yoii, hubby"? It was. _ The reckless man' had, with unthinking foolhardiness, followed the irate Jady into the nursery and got mixed up with his family. He will not-do it again.— I 'ModernSociety.' . w