ROUND THE WORLD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2148, 18 November 1885, Page 2

ROUND THE WORLD.

It is stated that the Czar's morbidness concerning Nihilism is inoreasing daily, and that as a result his mind is almost unhinged with dread. He gives no credence at all to the persistent assertions of his police that Nihilism is crushed out, To ljeep pfisfege stamps in the pocket or memfifahdum-hoqk without a New Orleans post-office'' clerk 'iidvises pegpjetp ri)b the mucjlagenoijs si.d'c on the hair tyo pr tips tinjesj sjie 9}\ of the hair the stanips frpm aticlfing to anything thereafter.'

When the British ■ Oori sulata at Adrianople was burned down, the Consul's sisters, having escaped in their nightclothes, found that a female servant remained behind. One of them instantly 'slashed back apt} rescued the woman, both Ijeing tijitqh butnetj. JnTJrogheda a rqnjantic marr|agqha? taken place, t]ie bridegroom being Geprge Harper, J,P,, a gentleman pf 86 ' years of age, and the briqe being Annie jipjay, 35 years, who had beep hishfiiwelfeepgr, The personal estate of this gentleman is said to be worth £IOO,OOO,

A reference to the" London Directory" for the year 1885 discloses that there' are in London alone over a hundred shops for the gajepf birds and animals,' It'is evisenjL therefore, that a ' piper q{ catcjiers are employed ksijppjy thQ 4ea!?r9witfr'their sto'ck:'ip-|rade. Among the acta of tjje jato Plenary Council that escaped the quest of the ro. porters was making the Kenrick Bible the authorised English version, Henceforward there will be but 'two Bibles rpoognised'by the English-speaking world; the King Jartiga Bible and; the Kenrick Bible. f •' ! The minister and his wife are making

a pastoral call upon Mrs Judkina. All goes'well until; Johnny goes,- over to his mother and asks in in Irish whisper-: " Ma, is that gold in Mr Revend's teeth?" " Yes, frhy did you want to Jcnow?" " On, nothin', only I think it refitoean for God to give him gold teeth and me only crockery ones." . ■ An efficient microsciitktmay be timde with a simple drop of wafer placed on a aperture in a board. It now appears that this microscope was invented/190 years ago by Stephen Gray. A still better, or at least more convenient microscope was described by Hooke, 220 years ago. His description is very, distinct. -"lfj *' he says," you take a piece of clear Venice glass, and, in a lump, draw it out. into •fine threads, and then hold the ends of these threads in the flame until they melt, they will run into.a' small round globule or drop, which will hang to the end of the thread. Having made a number'of these they are all to be stuck upon the end of a stick with a little 'sealio#)|ax, with the threads standing- upper mot. ■ These ends are to be ground off first on whetstone, and then polished on a metal plate with tripoli. The lenses thus finished, if placed against a small hole made in a thin piece of metal, afid 'fixed there with wax, will both magnify and make some objects more distinct than any of the ?reat 'ftiicroscropes can do." These globules found a ready sale some time ago under the name of Stanhope lenses. A Witness at the Police CourLsays the Dunedin Herald, was adroitly ojwtioned by Sergeant-Major Bevin. Hermisband was charged with-making use of bad language within the hearing of passers-by, in a public place, and she was called on to rebut a constable's evidence. Crossexamination was as follows:—SergeantMajor: "Now, Mrs. -, how long have you been living with the accused V, Witness: " Seven years," SergeantMajor: "Haveyou lived with him all that time?" Witness: "Yes; except for a twelve month when he was on tho West Coast, but tliep-'Sfp wjtjj each other." " Have you nover been ij] gaol during tjie fieven jejrs ?" N then you see, he was in gaol too. tffiugh we. were at different enijs of t](e billing," Here tye witness's frank ahswer§ pauße{| roars pf laughter, in which tlie Bene)] joined, and the accused, in admiration pf what ho tool: to be smartness on tjip of Ills spouse, exclaimed, She's ?oniered you, Sergeant," However, the : iptvn did not profit by hi? wife's'' gift of.'the gab," aud had to go to gaol for fourteen days, 'A Lovely (Jhaplet.—A late fas Won report says: "Nothing can be prettier than a chaplet of hop vines in blossom." A recent medical review says: JjJothipg can be a better repoyfitor pf s|S|iealtjj than American Hop' Bitters, They aijl in all the operations of nature; toning up the stomach,' assisting the food to bScome properly assimilated, and promote healthy action in all'the organs. The dictates of fashion, as well as the laws of health, alike favour a right application of hops,^ 1 Bead, ;