BREVITIES.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3460, 15 March 1890, Page 2

BREVITIES.

Frosty.., 1(i ". Shaclos.of winter, ■". Einking to-night and Monday.. General holiday St Patrick's Da;

Races at Opaki, Pionio in •town. Libel case concluded. Farthing damages, eaclr- side to pay their own; costs.

Special jury of leading.-Wellington citizens arrived'at this decision. Mr Bell, for the plaintiffs,, described electioneering articles appearing in tbo" Star" as" disgusting Eatanswill literature," :

The New York Herald building has been sold for 5200,000.. It lias been decided to form v Prospecting Association at Havelock, and a committee has been formed to obtain subscribers*'

The Gorman flag has been hoisted on the islands of Moiifla. and Batta, both in the neighbourhood of Zanzibar. , . :' : ■':'

A Chinaman named Hong Lee has been arrested'at Wellington on a charge of committing an unnatural offence upon a boy 12 years of ago. Serious loss of life has occurred in NiS.W. through the recent r!oo'ds,aiid Government are sending boats with ratious to sevoralplacesinthocouutry, The fashion of powdering the hair is re-establishing itself with the Paris beaux, and'it is'expectod to show itself again in London.

Mr Gladstone says ho regards the condition of the Italian finances as a national danger, : The gaol bird receives no attention from ornithologists or cats, "Thank goodnsss," exclaimed a fond father' as he paced the floor at midnight witli his howling heir, ''thank goodness you are not twins I' Stationmasler to suspicious-looking lady (aged) who has just entered a first-class apartment: ''Are you first class, ma'am ?" Aged Lady; " Yes, thank you; how are you ?"

Windmills were not known in J England at ilio Conquest, but were introduced iii less than a ctntury afterwards,

Baroness von Bogue, Mrs May- ; brick's mother, has been rofused permission to write to lior daughter,. Apropos of (bo" Tichbomo" trial revival, Lady Tichborne gave birth to a son and'heir on January 18. Conservative.—" Don't yoinvanta few signs,' Honesty is the best policy' hung on your wall V" said a man ?vho had such signs for sale, to the grocor, '■' there's money in 'em." No, 1 guess not," replied the grocor, !i I've been doing business on this eornor for ten years in a stiddy, conservative sort o' way, an' idont b'licvein making any now fauglcd departures,"

Some Surgical Oddities*

A strbngrlooking man consulted; a' surgeon about a pain in his back. The point indicated wasvery sensitive and the slightest touch caused so nuwli pain that the" patient screamed. Finding no reasonable and probablo causo other than nervous mischief, the surgeon affected a deep interest in the mans domestic affairs ■ and had the satisfaction of seeing hiui absorbed in j the story of his daily life. The relation J lasted a. considerable .'time, during ! which the surgeon struck repeatedly .and sharply, thji hitherto highly serJsilive part of the man's .b'ody'.'plioqt drawing from him any remonstrance or sign of hurt.' - ' ; :7'/■•''.' ';■ : r A youth omplojod at a largo wire-' houseiu.thecityiiadhia arm hurliu Qti recovery it w

found that tbe arm was useless. It : . (would not remain straight, and the fingers were tightly clutched. Surgery was tried in vain, and the patient ■ .... finally became an inmate of a hospital , (bvoted to tbo treatment of epilepsy and nervous disorders. Wheu the youtlnvas under tbo influence of an ; anaesthetic, his arm aud hand returned to their natural condition, so that thorecouldhave;been' no > structural' "T". - injury. But immediately he became ,; _ conscious'tb'e'arniistiffened (and thai} 7 hand closciL„.A.oure jyasjultimately. „.,,., vj effected by fright, the surgeon 4tf suddenly threatening the limb, with a ~ red-hot iron.

This ruse was adopted with equal success iii the treatment of _ a young woman who had been bedridden for nearly ten years. Her hands had been so long inactivo that the skin of tbe fingers aiid palms bararited, and the ossification that had set in had made it necessary that the feet should be broken and ro-set.

in each of these cases what would appear to ft superficial observer to have been paralysis of certain parts of the body* was in reality, a subtle paralysis of the will, due to causes so oiioiu&that they had hitherto eluded M iifidst diligent research of the surgeon and physician. " Shamming" is sometimes traced to an unuatural cmiugfor sympathy. A North'county surgeon tells how a young lady waited upon him for treatment of a wound upon the arm. Ho gave*her a lotion and an ointaont, neither of which had any beneficial, ; r effect. . ;• : ( i 1 1 J. 'ijLl^j, i F The origin and the obstinacy of apparently trifling injury puzzled the doctor. AfclastlicMdithe'curiosityj to take a piece of .the .blade matter! that covered the wound and submit it to analysis... To his astonishment he found! that itjvas nothing more than liqubrice or Spanish juico. Once :upon tlio right scont, he made enquiries that 1 confirmed his theory, and was soon able to inform the mother that her daughter had mado the wound by scratching the skin enough to draw blood, : and then .rubbing ,iu.SpamßK;juice/j'{ }"j/; The lady, naturally indignant that""' ' her child should seem anyimpostor, wrote the surgeon down an ass, aud started for London in order to consult a 'specialist, She returned _ .*•. soon afterwards to apologise to tho" «f local practiti6ne^jndto',await\withT; : , patiencejthe result.pfafiiuri course qf| i . treatment whidi removed her daugh- I ''" ter's'craviug for sympathy, and with ■■ 'it' 'any;reappearance of tho selfinflicted wound.,,. ....... 'There is also- the'easoof woman undor treatment at St *t Thomas' Hospital. She declared that 'she was blind, and her statement , was apparently confirmed by the fact that she had to be 1 led' into!'" the room. No organic defect could, however, be discovered niter a. most careful.examination' by all wulist.-> Y,° <\ Suspecting that tho true cause was one of those obscure nervous disorders whose effects take many curious forms, the surgeon adopted a ruse m order.to ascertain whether or not his diagnosis was right, ~He scolded % tho patient, She- ; hegaii .to cry, ?• and / ■■; unconsciously betrayed herself by ' carefully wiping away the tears as thriy fell upon her dress. He held the Baby.

A young man with a baby in his avma' stood on. a street corner. ~ baby was a't peace with itaelf," tho ' '"'; y umig niau who held it, aud.the world ■ \%l- ' in general, The young man didn't, lppear so satisfied..'. He lookedqiiitoW;;!: nxious, and ill at ease, Clr

, He had been stati'ding- thero'wit. tho baby iu his arms for almost a: hour; when tw9.young.mep., who hat been standing on' tho opposite cornei enjoying the situation, crossed the street,'and WAlkeJ.up to.Lim. ~ . .;," I say, old chappie, wh&edidydu geUhekid?" '" ' ' ' "A young lady asked me to hold it for k few monieuts while she wont into is jstore," au6wered the young man, beginning to look as if he wished sho hadn't,

" She did, eh ?Well,.the best thing you can do is to tak'o ,thei child *up.' to police headquarters and report'the case. The mother has deserted the baby," ■-'!>

"Idon't believe it," said the holder of the baby, but the expression of his face seemed to believe the statement, "You don't," exclaimed the second young man." I'll bet you £2 to Is it's a fact." : : :■ "? T. ■;'>, ':

"I'll take that bet," and the money' ; ' was put up, -. About fire minutes later a very trim -wr'liltlo lady came out of the storo with - her arms full ol bundles.

',!' Ob, John how long IVo, kept you waiting, Has baby been behaving f W itself? Come to the mother, poor little dear. What! You've got to soo a friend I All right; hurry up." And as the.couplo walked off tiia young gents on thb corner'could hear the fond father say: " See, it will just buy baby thi carriage yon want so badly,"

Sheep with Worms.

Tlie New South.Wales.Chief Inr.. ~ . specter- of stock) Mr 'Alexauder' "'-■ Bruce, writes;—" I think you would be doing a service to many sheep ownorsly publishing the following [directions for treating sheep with worms, Arsenic, lib GJoz (avoirdupois) ; washing, soda, 21b; water, lOgal. Boil slowly until thoroughly dissolved. "Then j; add water Mo h mixture to malco it Inr to'B2 for grown sheep, to 44 gallons for'" weaners, and 50 gallons for lambs. This will give just, under.two grains to grown-shiEep, and approximately \'i ; ;■ 1 2-Sths grains to raners. The dose in each case is ouo fluid ounce of mixture, Tho sheep should be yarded the evening before tho moru> ing oiij which tho dronch is to be given, that it may bo so on an empty stomach, The sheep should be ; kept? ;><fin and from water for foiir hours ai' ; ' * loast alter drenching.' If drenching may be repeated in from 20 to 24 days, Tho.'greatest caro and exactness-should be exercised in preparing the dronch, and also in administering it,

Aii Oyerzealous Reporter

■• An enterprising but uuscrupnloii, reporter, on a New York paper, recently tried to obtain an interview with MillwAid, the English actress at present etarriug America with. 11 r Terriss, but she declined the The reporter, not to be beaten, drew*>

upon his imagination to tho extent of tbiwjnartcrs of a-column, iu which he made Miss Millward give a lively little account qf the I'iince of \Valcs' easy style of doing things behind the scenes, A vivid description was given of His Eoyal Highness gping to the lady's dressing-room at the Adelphi one evening, during the run of "The Silver aFalls," whore lio drank brandy and soda, which Miss Millward procured from Mr. Tertij'

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room, emdked cigarettes and generally niado himself .'all hbnio. [ Thisj sup] posed interview,' ! which'* kV hJeii copied by papors in most parts of tlio .world, naturally caused Miss Millward to be exceedingly annoyed, and she wrote to the paper and asked for a retraction. This was duly given, with regrofc for the occurrence, and the too zoalousiepoi'ter lost his billot into tlio bargain,

TRUTH STRANGER THAN FICTION. L <y~No fiction ever trauscotuled the workings of nature. Ay, thoimugihalion of the most prolific and sensational novelist Las been eclipsed by strange incidents 'or coincidents iii real life, Tho dose''connection between mind and body, lias often been curiously edutited by the effects of strong passions. Anger Las produced apoplexy j a paroxysm of fear has in one night bleached black hair to the color of the driven snow; grief breaks the heart, and learning has sent tinny a man mud. of. dim readers limy repudiate assertions as pure fiction, for such is the fate of all narratives that do not rccowl merely the every day incidents of vulgar life. Yet another example that truth is stranger than fiotion has, just been furnished by Miss Nolly Ely, who, according to the latest cables, circled the world in 72 days, and has broken Jules Verne's fictitious record as expanded in his sensationaluovel," Around the World in Eighty Days." And would any. ■Ms care to enquire into the silent (Wirings endured by'many poor ' devoted wtfe or hnsbaml smitten with disease, it would be shown that 1 no fiction ever outstripped the doings|ofuature. Mrs C. A. Beduoood, Geelong, under dale January 81), makes the following statement:— ( " For some years I have been suffer- | ing from advanced kidnoy disease and chronic congestion gf .the liver. I had (lull pains in the back wd burn- , ing stitching pains in the region of the liver. There was a strange • soreness of the bowels, a frequent ' desire to urinate, audi had often - violent cramps in the legs. I was troubled with distressing nervousness, swelling of the ankles, and an examination of the urine showed traces of pointing to incipient vßright's disease of tho kidneys. I had such short breath and choking sensations that I frequently imagined 3 I would suffocate. % nights' were Bleepless, and my constitution was reduced to a ■•pitiable plight. Such was my condition when I heard of tner's Safe Cure. Boon after ig same, to my amazement I experienced a most wonderful improvement. Tho sediment in my water cleared, and with tho use of tho third bottlo of Warner's Safe Cure, the pninshad gradually ceased. In all I took some sixteen bottles of Warner's Safe Cure, and they have cleared the secretions of the kidnoys, and restored me tobealth and streuglh." Mr John R, Williams, Wills Street, llallarat, Victoria, manager Earl of Beaconstield Mine, writes, under date, January 291b, 1890:—" i'or some live years 1 have been a sufferer from constant dizziness in the head, so that I was frequently in danger of falling. I passed sleepless nights, suffered from shortness of. breath, and my doctor said my heart was effected. The idea that thora might bejorganic disease of the heartweighed me down as if there was a millstone suspended -#oin my neck. I found my gloomy forebodings happily misplaced when j myself treatment with Safe Nervine. The second' bottle gave me relief, and I could again resume my duties comfortably. The giddiness disappeared, and the medicine enabled mo ;.to sleep well and sound. I hive taken five bottles of Warner's Safe Nervine, also some of Warner's Safe Pills, since which the giddiness is permanently removed and every symptom of diseaso has vanished."