ROUND THE WORLD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2256, 29 March 1886, Page 3

ROUND THE WORLD.

A story is going the rounds, of a party j, of ladies, who were caught in a shower, having tho colour washed from their ... chocks. A lady at our elbow thinks the colour of some of the gentlemen's noses would not bo washed out with a waterspout I A boy about six yenvs old entered a sliop in Duadco, a few days ago, and asked for a pint of canary seed. As he had no money to pay for it, tho shopkeeper (to whom , the boy was well known), wishing to 'SL ascertain whether lie had been sent by jffi liis parents, or by any other party, asked, ■"■ nie ?"—" No," said the boy, " it's for the bird." A paper giving an account of Toulouse, in France, says:—" It is a large town, containing sixty thousand inhabitants'iiu'li entirely of bricJ:!" This is equalled only by a well-known description of Albany, which runs thus:—" Albany is a city of eight thousand houses, and twenty-five thousand inhabitants with: most of their gable ends to the stmt!" ri . ■-. " Do you really believe, Dr Johnson," said a Lichfield lady, "in the dead walking after death T " Madam," said Johnson, "I have no doubt' on 'the subject; I have heard the Dead March in Saul.." ; '. George 1., in a journey to Hanover, stopped at a village in,.Holland.' While . the horses were getting ready, he asked.

uL ' for two or three eggs, ; which were brought' m> him, and for which 'ho Gwas:.:charged' two j, ' hundred florins.; ■".■Ui'iw'l'.'-'said the Kirig,' : ' "egga must be- hero.'-;. '''. i'. "Pardon.me," said the'h'ost,'-:Veggs'■ are: ■•' -'\ plentiful;enough, .biit:■ kiiigs'i'avblivery; ■ scarce here.";; The,-Iviiig siniled, .Jand, : ordered him the moii6yV>V;-'. : ";;S >■ s?:;'S''" ■':■■■■ ;Dr.ClementsV«a;;; ; :physmian::fof.';sj)me; ■ ;' celebrity at BatlCpayiiig'h&Hask visit jo; a patient who was • >i)'tliu' .poiiit-of death; . was desired by tlicsicEiiiaiif aino^iytten-. '. dant p;ut ; .hisjiaiul ',', ..'-..into his 'pooket:^aii(.V.::tiik6.^ouf'This^ied'., "■'■" But would not ffiiti^e-l^ery^lik^piekj ."■■"Mng your pocket, 1 iiiy^jfrienM'^saidiho ■ physician, as he hahdje'd'.tiie. ;dyjng;niati!s' ~, "■ ■ pantaloons.'J ; "'Very;:hl;e^':ihdeed';sjrj" ; ";.; said the other, ■aiul;:expiredi' ; ' y.. J : :'."': ..■ It has been said ; of the .late celebrated. ..: Rothschild tliatthoiigli';no ; n'iari',.;;was.' less, . lavish of was;, more ready to detect a .love -of ■'ifcjn'./pjtk'i's.. '. .It wasoneday^wlii|e.a't:a;.cityfcast^tliKt \:: a gentlemanJeinarkedi'tliiit'.for his :pa"rfc' ■: he thought venison':' 'was;■■'v.Bry^go'od;-..'but .■' that he Jik eel-in ut t toil "be t.t er> ■. '"Ali^ahi; ,;:.-/: . -.1 knowsh : yy}N::'lfcis;;bucaush he ;(l6u3 ? .u''6 : >;.;■;.. ';' like to pay th'cyprishc—itais. becaiish niii't-' ; : J. ' ton's j ". " .". / "Atinpenh'yj'ypur; honp"r i: !'..:exclaimed :.. .: mk sturdy a4a.:stag'c;-coach.j.doqr; in ■"'. Ireland,,toaScotclvmari;with fiery ring.-. lets, but who was'(juit'eV. insensible;W the jL appeal; ''a : ;fipcimy,: your lipiior.;.;. a Ha fipenny r or a pcmiy,.'qc iialf.peiiiiyi JP plazo inexpthbib, the beggar altered i;hii fo^ej'andv.sa'i'd,^' ■ " Will your'honor jjfcaso' to: ■ic)u(yine. a lock of yourJiair tp; ljgjit;ii)y;pij)e;wit!i 1 ? ' ■ \ . A youna maivjnu:iiig7p);eache'd ; ;:fpr Dr Emmons'.one:dayjwas;'inxiouX;|o:'get a '. word ofapplause.tor -his- :iiibpr.:of tove. ,/,'.' . :The grave e ; vei\ iritrtt- '•• ■ duce the subjeetj.ahd/liisjVo'ujiger b^ was obliged; to'bait the hook 1 forVhiti'i;- .'" I V,. : ', hope, sir,'l;did;hpt:,weary y.iiu'r pcopleiby thelengtJx'ofniy^sermoii-today:■#* ;'*Np,.' JV'.. sir, not at all;f nor'iy the, tlepth of it; ■ :,: : :.; ■. either.".,.The.young^niare-iyas'sjlcnt;, '/,■:> ■ Thackeray'says : 'awoma^i'S;heart;is']u ; sfc : ';■;'■{ ' liko a lithograpiieKs/styite-cwhat is^mico . written upon it can't bp>r'ubbed;.put/7 This - ■■ ! ;.''. ■ ':, is so.. Let an hcire'ss .pneo fixllier affde..y V'' tions on a stable-boy, and all thb ; .preachr-. ■ ■". ing in the world will.iiotygeb JipiVthoughts above oat-boxes comb* *;jWhat- ;'''-. ib'written on- her ';,heart:\cah't'?pe rubbcS.-. ■ ' ■ Sslf I , .' l ' s 'f !l ■:' :sh.pws ;itselfy.iipfc';pii]y. -in ■ ;y/, Im;-' but in religion..:' Meiy ckiigeytheir; . ; .« ) g^sadi)zeivtimesVa ; .wo)iian'iiever.y ; ;T.o^ ..,&' convert a;Sister;fifyCharity.fc(Metlmdism' ;- fe .would .requireya far ■'greater.,'amount;of 1 power tlmiv'is'v.possessed.;. b'yyany.'.huirian' 1 ' being."; v'-.H\ £i : x-'J.-'''i ''';' : ' : ■■"£&■'- : . ,' A; military cprre'spbridcnt; ; bf;;:the ;::f imes) tells tho following:ahecdpfe;. ; ;3i:rhad; : ;iii. : my. company an' Irishman whose name was .• Connolly, a clean, stiidrt; :fgdod ; huiiwrefy.i and brave soldier; .but lioliachn inyctcrV, ate passion'for. sellmg : evening my pay sergeant •caihe to merand' said,' Connolly has ; soldJinother'paipf \ shoes.' ; My answeri i w'as,lo. , '-Parade''ilre.: company to-morrow ; ; ; mpvhihg":!;at :; ; six o'clock, without arin's; ."-%iid. ! f-.in"/f fitis'jie-■ jackets; butletConnollyparade'jii'heavy marching order but no shoes;*'' ilynta'rchjd the Company out on;tho:rpadl fpiir iuilcs and back, poor CorinollyailjtlieAvTfy'undcr ; the lauchterof the ;menj -.while; Jiis only • remark was, ' Faith;anil truth"the captain. has the right way of yit!\ ■.Heyimye'r'spld'. another shoe, and he>'.e|ca'|ieci':wjtl.i'' : :sore feot but a sound back-.'/ k i:/■/':'■■: A toy-seller, who,lia|.'rcceritly taxen to : ■ himself a wifo, was;exceedinglyiender'to;.' her in epithet; his:fii\quent''address';\Vas, i ;, my lamb." One tlayl.it.'little dirtyrfiiccd:

boy asked for :i iiifd tlib^iisj ■iiayi Mgpsaid—"My'lamb;, ser^eythaVhby;: The briy \yiis^ery^ccl^-jincl'-wont:' / away, but soon rotunjcdvta, : 'li:weVliis;tby. -Uv' changed.. The wiiefclier ; - it had been boiightat/his; shoji^aiidv.said! —" wlio sorvied'tlieo;?^.. .TJie; ladirepjiedf "It war t7«m',; ; siiv'';' .-.The; .tpy-'sollor blushed, exchanged tiie..toy,: ancl;'for tlife, future addressed-liis: wifo.-.as-if rational creature/ ■. "■■'■."." : i.-':.?.-. 1 " 1 '

A young scain))grac.e^who" : ]iad : secn;o.ut t fortune, •anOall.en-.;into/'bad'vjiabitsj; took up his' residents : ani|a;icountry : Tilliago, pretending to ; be;an shabby appearance,; Avns/>{therefore;./ : : acv counted for; and as his address was good'; ■ »nd marks of persbnal;Veauty.' ; ; remained ?■■. many a lomantic ' yilliage : over the "cruel fate of'■'genius." .Sighs' ■would not pay his JKndlord's ;bili; ■• aiid. whort a month .had expired, \ he.jwaS' dunned in good earnest. At length; the; landlord told him he never saw'any'pf lijp; productions, and wished work ho had been the author: of thus pushed lie replied, Well, .sir,il : call : myself an author, and ■Vso:l 'm—ih, vaiht of my own misfortunes'".-, : : -W\ '■;■% Lord Chief Justice lartigilmner party at the waslseated next to the Countess i . lady in that age of considerable .fashion, but of very lean proportions/ and%uch : f remarked upon for displaying to air iihv ' necessary degree a,neck', not.''lovely .to look upon. By some accident the Chief Justice remained unserved, his fair neigli^. : bour meanwhile being busy. The host, »eeing at last the plight of the hungry and discontented judge, recommended to him Bohit) particular dish,, "I wish Ij could get some,', growled; Ellenborougli, casting'a savage glance at,the angular bust bending over the table at his side, " for 1 have had nothing before me this quartet of an hour but a raw bladebone." A correspondent of a Waikato papor writes;—" I know a Now Zealand civil geevant who will before long retire on a good pension. Some time ago he took a young man aside, and gave him the secret of getting on in the service. It was this; —"Keep quiet; don't write offensive letters; do what you are told, and as you we told, leaving the consequences to yoajjuperiors; don't fall out with those ajJßyou, nor with the public." That genlleman is now getting about £7OO a year through keeping quiet. Of his Ij&j ability in his profession I will not write; • ™ but 1 will say this, that the Government some time ago wanted him to rotire.on half pay as a pension. He replied he would sooner not retire and have full pay. It ia hardly necepiy to say that he comes , fto« berth of the Tweed, "