MISCELLANEOUS.

Waikato Times, Volume VIII, Issue 451, 8 April 1875, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

Preserving Wooden Posts, — "Some one has> tried it;" says a col respondent o. the Ptaificl : ii> r/ier: — I discovered inauy yeai'B ago that wood can he made to last longer than iron in the ground, but thought the process po simple and 'inexpensive that it was nob worth while making any stir about it. *I woulcjL as soon have "poplar,' bass'wool, or quakitt*' ash as any othei'' kind of timber fbr fence posts.} After having been set seven years they wem #^ sound when they were taken out as when they imm? first put -in the ground % Tiaie and weather setetri tfc> have no effect- on 4h<si4. "* 'i he posts can lie prepared for less than two c\aty"apiece. This is the receipe : Take boiled linseed 1 qU and stir in it pulverised charcoal to the - cunsiBteuc\of paint. Put a coat of this over the- timber,- aud there is not a mag .who will live to , see -it rot." " , Sjme sensatfoififas'rpc'ntiy'been caused ia Eng- . land by hji advertisement • fFeriu<*<£loQQ fora single voluim of "a>^6lS| i^T i ae name of the bcok i^Tjfoj mummed, butefrom^Biw&P* uf $])£ pjiblistW and: printer, which are gi^en, the book is recognised as a sort qf .scamljilous chronicle which was publishe.l m tne"yeeir^ne itioied, and*which cave what purported* tb^H aii^fteura^e^accauiit of the secret marriage of King George JLV.. with Mrs Firzbe.rbeit, -and— o£-the- issue . of _that__ni_ari'iage— aso n — w ho was either kept *n cqu^^glinßator spirited out of tb:eAcjui\try,-jbut who, ; if. ,this P story be true, could now make very ,ata:ongLpriWnsipns to the'BfitUsh throne and the ™le of George Y.- - Mr. William B^ttimer, ill useful little- pamphlet on the necessity of isola^jiqrj iti infections diseases, relates a siii^Hiar >§ase in which the seeds of conta- > gion had beW\;oaveyed to different chil Ir n by means of a-^fVreCr&ver. Tlit' dog in question had been reared inj^.bouso~wtiei:e scarlatina prevailed, and was subsequently given to a friend, and shortly after-oner of the children in the dog's new- home was attacked with nvilignaut scarlsuiha/ and died. Dis-in-fe'ctaiits-were ase\l plentifully, aad ev<?ry preoaution taken to preveiit a vecurrence of the malady, but in two months' time a second child took the same disease ii} its^ worst form, and died 1 . As the dog had beef^the constant companion and\j»layfe'lbw of these children, its woolly coat became so charged with contagious matter as to render it a source of disease and death. A new and .beautiful application of photography has lately -appealed in England, by the aj^ of which any lace tlesiajii cm be transferred to |ilk, so th^fc Hhe Hatter material appdara to be covered\vitli *etielioato and costly fabric. Tlie lace to be ojjied\ secured iv a frame in contact with sensitive albumenized paper, and exposed to the light until a very deep impression i> obtained. This is then fixed, and the paper, washed and dried, forms a perfect negative. *, Another piece of p*p"r is/then sensitized with biphrbtn'ite of poiash and geißtlne, and exposed under the negative. Inking with lithographic transfer ink follows, and the paper is placed in water and ligchtW rubbed with a sponge. This throws out eveJy detail of the inked spaces, the rest remaining white or free from ink. The- impression, is lastly transferred to a lith (graphic stone, an I tlience printed upon -the -siik by the usual process. Tae portion^onthe famous painting at the Cathedral o£ Sa^Ule rejA-'eseyt^ng St. Anthony of Fidua, which was 'gtolen has been recovered in, N'§w York, afthotigh, uiiforuihftt^lv^thet^jieves \Wre not caj> t»J«JiL Pa the^nd^inftt'two Sp.inia\*as oilled at ithetg.illeojyu^ a^pj^^oi^l^^^&iiji o|ei-Qd i valuable oil painting »for Baiei.Ou the 4th they bjeouglib the paintingtoNexhibit. Jt%a» trtekfedfby Ib^e lge» to a plain striiner, but looked ki if it h&\ bpfei>sj^ some tii^&y«Hvd ujj, us xntioh of the paint from I&g> face, hea|, and eves of the Saint had peeled off and J&3rW&j£- i,a other parts was miioh jkmaged. The dealer, who had heard of the thoftat Snville, at once rocognised tho picture and he kept it, saying he would buy it, biiJtt was not prepared to ivnne a, pnce t He then sought ihe^§jjanis|i_ Consul, and, on hia 4j|HJgJj4i^a tlio Slh iusfc., paying th« Suauiard*

turned to Us proper pja^e^Very sdSUul re-t.uc'iing , Jill be required to restore it to anything like its f jraxiv beauty ' TLFIZ . ;..*'i ' 'J ~ < ~ A TorkHiiiiv innkeepnr liaB-been fi lei for being d.nuk U b^J. The'o Taa was heardWo^ two magi J tr.v c* at Yovk C^tle 1 o f • S itnrhy, wheaHt appeared ■ trj.n Mie evid nice that on tUe uightyot l^U'iL»t. a J s r^uiitof pjUc „011 calling at the inakeept^N nonse, w.w i liunu j tliat ho was ashiep in bed. Wislfirig to fe^iaf/ liimsett' <vi t.) the genum -as of the* alleged •jLunib.n-; the .serge i- it proj(v<led up^airs^ ajjd found ■^^uujout of'hii anxiety lying there " helplessly di-i^ak. 1 ' It, wis urg -J t.iafc.the d fendant was ih ; but, as it sccj.njvl tint ha ,t Imitted his drunkenness on the night iv question ty a police-officer .who 'served the siimmo'us, tWB -tich s^cT there coufd be> no doubl a=j tb'His giiilfc, aiuf accordingly fine 4 saanda and . costs, "^he decision miy have been bothsjust hud wis^ f -but i^he of, the police, instead of being luiite I to the*atreet,s, are to be- 'extended to' the I 5->edro»m, gv at citutioXshotf d hd eXge.rcised i^.d'ealiu^yith pe-.^a »nSaiu.idinsW,ibttj in theirbeda^.Policein ;n s:i nij.l, iijjjs-ii.)le,'be iSWe cirifiilthau everto\ duu Lettish uutween the "dm dying." p *m w ara jijui'iieyitig to tl/e bjrii^vh^nctJ iio>fond fi& y i-V ivefl. r ever rdtitms, they be allowetl^ to (I -pin. in pp. t e •, and except in very extrsine o ises the |)jlic^ sliould never interfere. — " Pall MalL Giz^tH." - . -V *: \ Th • i«^p srt of " Tlie ( Jom nis'^ioftei^ of > Police of fie M jtro.iolis "of tlie mothfcp cdnntry, for 1873 (o3Jii"]jyia^ thirteen closely 'printed [Ages of foolsci t >), w is presenteJ, last year, to both 'louses of P.iriuiu<jnt, by coui.naul Her JM.tjestyj^nd coatuihs uiiio.i de^ply-inferesting and instructive .date -on a v.wietv-ot* topics. <A x appendix of niuety-nine paijes idrtd.led fco this report, setting forth curious inform ttiou in connection with 1 this^tfbject,-^— alt v.>ry elaberatelv prepared and carefully 'arranged. The report itself is addressed by Mr E. Y. W. Henderson (che Commissioner) to the Secretary of Scate for the Home Department, ' and treats the ( Metropolitan Po'ice Force, Statistics of Vice and dim", Public Ve.ticles^ the Operation pf the Smoke NtiLSince Abitp'ment Act/ Contagious Diseases, and C im\aou Kottginor-housßs. • To this are added {pefott t the appendix above-mentioned), six retuft|s bearing" principally upon the *«chil «vil of great^cities, as unhappilyuxeinplitiedin Loudop. TUe Commissioner also remarks that in the \ear 1873 " The, registration of habit Ucil criminals has been continued as heretofore, but the numbers on the registpy havein-creis-'d so rapidly that there are now 117,568 names on rhe register, and they iuc ease at an average of (3^,000 thirty thousand per .annum "—aj.ime.nttial<lo Jin.l rather alarming fact. In the.vear.,lB73, the number of lie 'nses issued for carriage.-} in London was not less than eleven thousand and seventy-seven (11,077), the number of diivers and conductors amounting (for that year) to sixteen thousand and forty-nine (16,049). I v that year-, 1907 hackney r carriages ano! 175 ojnrii buses w^re regestere.d asaiufil • for use, making not fewer than 631$ c^mage-T*" condemned since the passing of. the Carriage Act in 1870. The operations of the Smoke Nuisance Abatement Act appear to be about- the -same that they were during the previous year — the flues fdr 1873 paid into the Treasury, and costs to the Po'ice I Fund, amounting, we are told, to .£733 18s 3d ; en- [ gineer's charges for inspection and attending Police | Courts wre £693 4s SJ. Tle number of ''Women" • registere-l for t!ie first tiin* under theC. D. Act dur- 1 in.? t'leyeir 1373 was 15§3, but the aggregate! number of unfortunates hus diminished by 169, as | compared with the total on the register of the pre 1 vious year. Tiie dre.td of being broujfht under the I opMMtions of the stringent Act referred to has had, j it see.ns, a silurary doterrent etiect upon yowug ! women of doubtful character,^.' no woman 1 being," it [ is said, "now able to misconduct herself for any j lengthen* d period without beingspecially cautioned by i - the police. Tn ere has also been a redwetiouof the number i of houses of ill-fiime, 17 having been done away with, ', L^aini ofclier valuable sanitary effects have been pro- j jjbjced. Tae Mrrangimeuts for the regulation of I common lodging-hoiihes are also described as) working well ; conducing, in a very perceptible j degree, to greater health and comfort, and to improvem j nt in manners and • morals in the lower J classes. In the appendix are returns of houses and | streets built in L mdon during the year 1873; the ! number of pei sons arrested and convictel through I the actions of detectives; an-l the nifmber of persons I taken to hospitals for accidents and otherwise,&c. | It appears that in 1873. the number of persons . suffering from accidents who were taken by the ! police to the London hosirtta's was -1805. There I are very voluminous returns as to the sickness of | the police, which cannot fail to he usefnl and 1 suggestive when carefully considered by tfoe j Executive. The use of tramways for street traffic 1 is repeatedly and emphatically condemned— pages ! 94,101, and 103. At the burial of the lute Emperor j Napoleon 111, order was kept at Chislehnrst by ] 900 Dietifpolitan police. Tl c estimate number of j persons pi-eaeut at the Emperor's funeral was no : less than '45,000. "'" ' ! Pii'tmii it D-.ioiflr — Am iiishm«»n ir'lo had been doing to i-e work lor h «>»•» uivi n h" mnall j.orii >n «»f wtinkv This lie *'»•*' l iK dw'iHovrei •(!»» tnptt |.>okp lat t e iia*» and sail.' C n v.«r Ivmo ip tfll me h«>w ihev make thun i'lisse'* so mre.' Thrtuntlrrun «J«*ve lutn the mtur m»ti>n hovr. gla«g tvai blown. '* Arrnh, duro.thin,." said Pul Iv, '* ie in-iHt. have boen mighty short 1' the wind that b e«* th«t elads. "