MISCELLANEOUS.

Waikato Times, Volume VIII, Issue 434, 27 February 1875, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

Thppxtpfit of milroad open in British fndta ft^MWefum* m«r, 1873 was 5,511 miles. The gross revenue of the year 1872 \pm« £5,755,00 \ t ! -e pH»-»pn){i?r traffic producing over' £4^.000,003, and the troids traffic nearly £2.000 000. Ameiiran newspapers frequently print ttiptlirig para* graph-" ; the following h rather calculated towstom-h any sober-minded printer, In the <flfce of a 'Wii<p>hsin journal there i* ft compositor who s^ta types e«o rapidly (*»>» tlie paper) that the fnct.kjn of his movements fuses the U-aden emblem" in hi- ' st «i\ nuking tlnm Bolid, l.ke e<ereot\pe l>)»itei«. The onh way^to\prtvent. tins is to lav.- bU ch»b mb nereed «iih waier»a>d tie rapidity of lus unions k ei»e ihe water hclin-i Mnd bubbling, to fat reeß hut© frequently be<n holed in tie «p»oe-J>ox. Pipes )e»ri from tlie hotiom df hi-* cage to a boiler in the pie«B-ronrn, and the steam emer<ited ><v the l»it«t fompoMtui'c> inovemen's run-* the michinerv. In oie Ha\ lie *et. no much that, it look all .hajulti, trorn e^iior to *rti vil* two weiik* to rend, the j>roof-- ! -nnd it wasn't, ii* i ood <'h\ for. *e(ii!f(j£ x type eilhvt. r , JOptnn S,, pa\s tl c Pall Mall Gazette, dif.l l\>t venr \n the C niral Asylum, Dmnlrum. iruni. Briiil^dt cn.\# being corwlmb'V ovei* 80yeais of Hge, i M«» wa^Hrnnsfewed to tli«t «Bt»W(»bnieni on ite opevwe^^iyU ■tlieiCojk J&ylum, of whio'j. he hud be«n hU ijin\»P|jJFf<?r iip«j tunfiiy-iwu >e«r-», havii.e been acqu.ttVd'W w b>«ck a 1829.' 0n tlie around orthwiiiy, ofcthe murder of seven N eu— tltt whole crevr, in .fact, with the »xcep'ion ol two | p, of a vest-el tJhe'jV under h'B com mat 4, nn'l «»« it* ret-Mrji^ ibm Bern udn. »P«»-8t-«»in,« nrigmalh a rerv decided flmri.d'i 1 ] I hut becoming t^p (!ii^i' jetj ct of mental dis'a«£ fr« m c<>nii^umis ex'Nipii'ent him! w»nt<if *>leej> for a forftiiijj t. he lal|>red under delu-oion-i us to an i< tended miftirn amoi q hif^hrpuiatts After ii)duci»ni rheitf in proff of their *übor«Jira|i«»n and of Ihe nb jpnee <>f such intuit iqjfct mallow thrm<>elve.« to be t\ed down with ropes on deck,iu£?which johjiion. t-U* ju J«y 4cfa t early ap hour, tbv fiot m»te tiUqwing the oininfle approaching Wie C>rk liHtb>iii"fie deliberatehrin'ird'l'jii'tlieiri it) ' puceesciou with an iron bar. After JW'fta* |{aa»>'4ie recp cre«i his |^ < \) i" tke dictriet asylum, »rjil w^JgAp doubt, Horry lor wha^ qt nVVdoi c, for lie w »r .retiiMljcfcble for uniform kindnpiß^"dM|io!iition toward his" Mo^fcifuerits ; lii-« ptety. a\sb\ \*n» very w\nspicUouf, and he was cpfj^Antiy eng»jr»'d in reading the Bible and religion* «orks.| OOca»i # ea» i-innallr, howevpr, he had violent relapses, prtcedfd by a taei'urnity, unbroken for Berer»l dnyis, envp by th^ quota* tions of an # incoherent character, or repiutijn of iiuuiical p)irns>ei»» ' '