ROUND THE WORLD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2242, 12 March 1886, Page 2

ROUND THE WORLD.

A Binghampton couple stood before a Court Street jeweller's the other evening, when the young lady remarked;— " Gawgie, don't you think there is something perfectly lovely about those clocks ?" " What do you admire so much about them ?" ho asked. " Why, don't you see they-they name the day." The future will tell if Gawgio mumbled. WilHam Wallwork, of Great Lever, Bolton, an engine-driver in the service of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, was presented with £35 in recognition of the courage displayed by him on the 2!) th of December lust in remaining on his engine in the face of great danger, and avoiding a dangerous collission between an express and a goods train at Hindley. An express train missed the points at Crow Tree Junction, and dashed into a siding whero a goods train was standing, A collision seemed inevitable, as the express was going at a great speed. The fireman, perceiving tfi6 danger, leapt from the engine; but WallWork seized the brake, and by dint of great efforts, and in the face of almost certain death, so minimised the collision that no lives were lost, though many persons were severely injured, himself among the number, A number of passengers were so struck with the gallan'ry displayed by Wallwork that they opened a subscription list.; .Ho ought to have had the Albert medal besides.

Out of all the trouble and loss incurred by the war in Madagascar tho French seem to be overjoyed at having reaped one benefit from that disturbed source. The French doctors have discovered an antidote to the terrible tanghin—the most venomous poison in the known world—which travellers tell us has actually depopulated the island by the abuse mada of it by several generations of tyrant governors, The tinghin is the juice of the fruit of the TangMnia wmiifera, ahd is peculiar in its effect, striking the victim at once, throwing him into imraodiuto convulsions, which last but a few minutes, when death releases h'm from the atrocious torture ho has been Buffering during that short space. M, de Lassalo doclares that in the courso of a few years tho tanghin had destroyed more than 150,000 persons. According to Ida Pfoiflfer, by this poison, together with the warlike expeditions undertaken by Queen Rauavolo, more than' 30,000 individuals had perished every year. The dreadful venom attacks the nervous system, beginning with a few minutes of exquisite torture, to end in complete paralysis and death. The antidoto discovered by M. Quinquaud is homoaopathic, and said to be the strongest infusion of bitter almond*. Tho tanghin has hitherto been used as an ordeal, and the extent to which its administration has been carried may be juuged by the fact reported by Barbe du Bocage, who relates that Queen fianavolo, being desirous of surroundfug herself with a bevy of young girls from Anossi, sent for six-and-thirty of the most beautiful to be found in that country. Meanwhile Her Majesty, having reflected that it might be possible for theße young girls to bear h<r ill-will, she ordered them to be submitted to the ordoal of the tanghin before ushered into her presence. Eighteen of the poor voting girls expired then and there, while those who still had power to rise were stoned to death, as not being sufficiently pure to approach Her' Majesty. The few who'recovered were subjected for some time afterwards to all the most horrible symptoms of shaking palsy.

Beaumaris, chiof town of the Isle of Angelsey, is a lively place in election times, us Mr R. Davics, Liberal candidate, found, nut to his pleasure or comfort. While ho was addressing a meeting in the Town Hall a large mob attacked the place. Stones, bottles, and bricks were hurled the windows and among the audience, and Mr Davies, while entering the hall, was pelted with stones and rotten eggs. During the meeting large pieces of rocks and trees wero placed directly across the road oyer wtych ftjr Uavies had to drlvo home, with the view of upsetting hifl carriage, These obstacles wero removed with difficulty; but from, the rocks overhanging the highway from Beaumaris to Gaith, heavy masses of stone we>e hurled down upon tho carriage, and Mr Divi.'S narrowly esoaped with his life. The cause of the animus against him was that hi wai in favor of removing the quarter sessions. Porous red clay vessels of antiquo shape are becoming qu : te the raueas ornaments. Dinted with seeds, and kept filled with water, they become covered in tho course of a few days with a tiny green growth, which in those dreary months of gloomy darkness is absolutely refreshing to tho eye. Tho piottiost little baskets imaginable may be con'rivod, and a now style of dinner-table decoration extemporised, by means of the new fad. ' A'young clorgym'ep had corije j;q supply the vacant pulpit of the Ohitfch in a 1 now England village, Ho was just out of the Theological Seminary, and had tho peculiarity of an extremely boyish size and complosion, which, of course, was unknown to tho congregation. A little before tho hour tho new minister made his way, almost unnoticed, into the pulpit, whoro hewas concealed from view by the reading desk in front of him, But an old lady, who sat close on the right of tho pulpit in consideration of her deafness, was much concerned to see a boy in the place of the expected clergyman. 'So she very softly arose, stepped on tiptoe to the pulpit stairs, and beckoning with hor fore(jnger whjspered loudly in coaxjijgaoqents,, -''Gome (jown my boy, yqi: mustn't'sit there'; tliat!s tho'-place"for the huhjst'er!" 'A gentleman in Wilkesbar're writes : Whqn 1' was a Sabbath-school teacher there was placed in my class a youth named Alexander, about seventeen years of age, whqse Q|)pqrlunities'f()r acquiring knowledge had been, yery limited, but wlio was of aq enquring mind, One day ho brought, me the story of the old prophet and his sons, found in the thirteenth ehaptor of First Kings, and pointing to the twenty seventh verse, said he did not exactly understand it. The verse reads, " And lie spake tit his sons, saying, Saddle me an ass. And they saddled him." After tho explanation was given, Alexander replied, " I thought perhaps tho boys, for a joke, had put the saddle on the old man!"

The Periere Brothers, bankers in Paris, are Jews. A member of a large stow company fell into a dispute with one of lwqtj}flrs, ( wj)q was likely tpgej; t!|oadvftn : tagpW j)im : in a large 'ppefafion. Ywe'i at his own failure and Pfiflp's success', the man cried out', "'Do you nieaiVto eat me up T "'My religion;" blandly replied the Jewish banker,-" forbids imo '.eating you." ■ ' ' , : _

Sir Henry Taylor's autobiography is a very entertaining work, and contains very good stories of well-known' charactered. He tejjg an jjiijUsinK anecdote of hmv Inonce dalleil attjie 'FoVeigp : 'ofilcq' ; 'tp' sec the'rjt&etifc Ivord : '!rjaiilnjo^jithen the Permanent' Under-Sooretary, 'of Whom 1 'if. used :to,be said 'that he'never was' absent from Impost. 'On' this occasion ha was away, ; and'when "the doorkeeper was questioned, he said, "Mr Hammond has gone t<va funeral ;'and it's the Only day's pleisurin 1 he has had for two years," ■■ An ; old Scotch lady being |n London, ■**n«4 &*» * »a»*V'iw' ifar a

cow b tail fixed on the w»Uby way of s Sign, hhe stood for a coWerable time meditating upon-the (The shopmen went out and poliMy what it was that drew her XttehMf so much, upon which sho answered .TO, 1 ve stoodon an' lookif near atfpdr at the. coo stall, an I canna see, in thluame o' wonder, hoo the coo cud ganginto t sic a ' sma hole an not be able to' pjmm her tail after her. ■'"' /■ ; ,v: '• • At one of the stations on" tlie'Chicago and 'Northwestern railroad "recently, an anxious enquirer came up to theuioor\ of the luggage car arid said,"lslhere-.any. thing for me?" After some searching among the boxes and trunks! thebaggagemastor rolled out a "Anything more ?' asked the "Yes," said the baggago-man, "there's the gravestone that goes with the liquor." The countenance of : the whiskey man assumed a wrathy but thoughtful appearance, the door was shut with a slam, ■ and the train moved on.

A lad was approached by one of those dispensers of that which deprives men of their property and destroys both body and soul, who solicited him to come into hi* place of destruction and take a glass of lemonade. The boy hesitated, but on being assured that he would get nothing but a glass of nice, sweet lemomde, he was induced to go in. Sure enough'he was offered and partook of whatiiad'boen promised him, and nothing morK'ifflhis was repeated several times, till at lffiih, the trap having been set, it was nowtime to spring it, Accordingly, the rumseller began his work by dropping in the glass of lemonade one drop of strong liquor, increasing it so as thus imperceptibly to form in the lad a taste for it. A» the boy never paid for his drinks, one of the old customers of the place asked the land* lord why he so favoured the boy. He replied by pointing and saying, "Do yoa see that iiiio mansion upon'the hill yonder? That belongs ■ to" the' boy's father, and wilt probably seon belong to , him, and then in turn it may belong to 1110."

_ Ihe Birmingham police are just now m search of a'man named William Bailey, who has eloped with a young woman, leaving a wife and nine childron behind him, and taking upwards of £3O which he had charge of as secretary of a Christina* fund, Bailey worked at the Birmingham Qolloware company, and the girl ha sloped with worked there also. " Somo few weeks ago Bailey's wife complained to the girl's mother of her husband's "carryingson" with her daughter, but the only effect of this was that the man took a house for the young womaiyand went to live with her. On SaturoWha had to distribute a Christmas fund (This fellow workman, but did not attend tk meeting, 4. number of men went to his new house, but he said he had no money for them, and would not let them in) thereupon they lay siege to the house,> burst the door, and rushed in.. found the girl hidden under the mattress, and Bailey in the garret. They took him into the street, and used him very roughly, covering them with soot from head to foot. On Sunday morning the pair left the town, and a complaint was at one* lodgod with the police for the embedement of tho money. Mt M— and Judajo. o—were intimate friends, and each was fond of a'joke at the expense of the other. Among.the cases to be tried in tho court over which. Judge C—presided was one tor theft On being called, tho prisoner, aware that the proof was too positive to admit of any doubt of oonviction, and intending to pkd guilty and throw.'himself upon the mercy of the Court, appeared without counsol. In such cases it was customary for tho judge to app-iint counsel, Jfeayg selecting from the younger memljjfs. of tho bar. Here was an opportunity (oo good to bo lost forjudge o—to wip;e.off at least one of the score of jokes standing to his debit in his account with Mr M - So the Judge appointed him to defend tho prisoner. Mr M-thanked him for the compliment, and promptly accepted the appointment, remarking that as case was new to him he should like a fetf minutes' private conversation with hjj client, " Certainly," replied tho' Judge, immediately ilirectjugthes.herif|t(icQnduc| Mr the prisoner to a private, ron). On leaving, the Judge, withapecujiar smile which Mr It-well understood, ex. pressed the hope that he would give his friend some good advice, Looking tho door of the room to which the sheriff had conducted them, Mr 1&-L- askod the prisoner if ho was guilty, " Guilty," was tho frank reply, "Do you seethe woods yonder ?" " Yes," Well, beyond them is a small brook, the dividing line between the two counties; once over that brook' you are out of the jurisdiction of this court; and if you are guilty as you say you are I advise you to lose no time in posing that lino." No sooner said than done: out of tho open windojv hi jumped and ran for dear life, The Gourmetting impatient, sent the sheriff foflpm. Returning without the prisoner," tlfy Judge asked Mr M— whprs, lie wat; "May it pjeaeoyqur lumpr,'* h> .replied 1 , "as we Were' leaVihi ; 'this room for a, pt-ivato"consultation you kindly expressed the hope that I would give my client Kotoß good advice; and learning from him tI»F ho was guilty, and aofcing in accordant with your suggestion, I advisee] )mr, io cut and run; and the last I saw of him ha was hurrying towards the adjoining county as if the evil one was after him." 'Xht Judge concluded that he had pot made much progress in squaring accounts.

The Legislature of Oregon during it last session passed an act compelling barber-shops to close business at 10 o'clock a.m., on Sundays.. Thia has given rise Wv many practical jokes; among the best H this :-A fow Sundays since |he Goyernpn qf tfye State, stepped into a. feivrber-a'liojrl :k about 9.50 a..m.,and placed niitiDelf^in I ''? ' ojjair to be ohaVed.'tit the same time gV ingthe boy his boots to polish.' Thf( barber lathered lu3 Excellency's f ace," aM. . the boy industriously bjusheoV qn : {lig ''' boots. Aboqfc the timo qqo h,alf oLiK«|' ' Executive; heard was shorn, satisfactorily polished!" the clock. sfrqoV ', ten, The brnsh dropped'from tho boy's. ''' hand, and tho barber began hutjly.jto,-.;': plaoe his instruments on the shelf, The.* Oovornnr desired hlnl to prooeod. "Can't "'' do it, Mr Gibbi; the Sunday law is in > force," was the reply. And, in spite UW his protestations, the Governor was obliged to leave with one'side of his face unshaved and one boot covered with dust,

The following order is said to have been issued by a German diill : Bergoaut :—* l To morrow morning, by order of the Colonel, ~ there will be an eclipse of the sun, :SMJ ,f,< regiment will awrnWe'on the paradoground, where'the Colonel will come and superintend the eclipse in person.' If tho sky is cloudy, the eclipse will take, place in l the drill-shed.' 1 ' '-SoirieUihgHirtip was'onoopromulgated, aothefttiry-'gbe'jf in an'American'aamp,' the' order reading about asifollows:'-"Tho battalion .will' bo reviewed by ■ Major-General Bash at' sunset to-morrow. The sun will ; set at thirty-seven minutes past siv order of Mr Moody tensor.a! tdjnd begsarisji, ting by ■■ tho "• Bid.e-wa.lk: on' '*- with a briKhVlantorn byhia si.do j'whereai &' passerby wak so puzzled ; thit he had, ttf turn back with',' " What in the 'World' dp 1 you keep $ WterV burning for? Y.ou' can't see." "So't folks won't stumble 1 i dyer me," was : the reply. We should' keep opr lighta brigh.tjy buying -.for 1 . other's'-sakias well m for the'eood rf •

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