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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2157, 28 November 1885, Page 2

ROUND THE WORLD.

A Canadian dealer in hides has issued a circular telling farmers that calves should be partly skinned before they are killed, in order that the hide at the throat may not be by the mortal cut,

Nelson declared that he never knew what fear was; and Marlborough said he. Was generally afraid in the beginning of an action. Washington (nice, and onco only swore, and that was in battle, when one of his officers seemed not very anxious to fight the enemy. Conde always became moro and more elaborately polite in his manner as the danger thickened; The novelty of having one of the decks of a steamer fitted up as a skating rink ut to bo introduced inNew York this summer. The vessel is to make trips up th(j Hudson airtight, when roller skating \viH be indulged in. ' ' '

A curious incident recently occurred in the Parade Church, Shomcliffe, England. It was found that the church was besieged by various kinds of bird, principally awal- ■ lows. Every effort was made to c|islodge them, but withput effect, and at abme soldiers were obliged to fire, a volley of .blank cartridges, which completely routed them, and the church being soon vacated, the Borvice was held, -One curious revelation of the last census of the United States was tho growth of tho female population of the large cities. It was shown that New York contains about 25,000 more women than men; Boston has a surplus of 18,000 women; in Baltimore there are 17,000 more women than menand so on in several other of • the large eastern oities; Fifty years ago it was the men that came to cities to pursue their careers, while the women stayed at home, but more recently women, both 19 fcliia country and in Europe, have been crowding to the business centres." A fight between a man and a bull, lasting over two hours, is reported from Cumberland. A man-servant employed at Fisliwork, Bannesdale Head, was cutting nettleß, when a bull rushed him. The man took the strake from a sythe and struck the animal. The bull ran on the man, and knocked him into, a drajn, where he fought desparately while lying on his back. The man kept hold of the ring in the bull's nose for over an hour; but, let-: ting it loose, the bull renewed the attack. All the clothes were torn from the. maq except his boots, and ho sustained serious, injuries. There was no one about except • some women, who witnessed -the fightj but dared not approach. The man eventually succeeded in getting p.ver. a wall, the bull knocking a portion of it down. • The post and telegraph office at Alexandra, Victoria, was struck by lightning on the 30th ult. , and the whole of the operating instruments, including all the wires connected with tho lightning rester, were destroyed, Miss Powell, tho postmistress, states that she was in tho act of forwarding a message to Melbourne when elie heard a terrific report, as if someone outside the office had fired a revolver throuffh the window. Immediately afterwards a largo ball of fire descended, ignited the gutta perclia wire, and completed destroyed everything with which it came in contact. The molten gutta percha ajso set a quantity of paper on fire.' Miss Powell staggered from . the. instrument quite deaf and blind, and called fpr j assistance. Her escape from, death y?as miraculous.

The following (ipiioar? In the Canter* bury Times on the subject of the Gaming and Lotteries Act, in its application to Robin Hood's Consultation Their eyes being opened they surely cannot be said to be opened on a good thing. We appeal to tho gentleman who drew Sheet Aneho? who knows that he will not be allowed to repeat that performance, We appeal also to the 30,000 other gentlemen who trjed their best to draw Sheet Anohor, and failed, and enjoyed their performance,—a few being consoled by certain substantial result's attached to the draw- ' ing of less fortunate, and in some cases, more favourite and famous animals!' The first condition of success for any law is that it must be upheld by the hearts o'f the people. Does a subscription 36,000 names look like it ? Tho s(f*K condition ij that tl)p law must bq Where is the logic in stopping tae '• con : sulfation," whilst allowing the totalisato'r. to flourish, and the metalUcian to' enjoy an existence, less profitable than bf yore, hut still after t!i6 brisk fashion of the fsbled busy tee ?