GLEANINGS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1736, 21 August 1883, Page 4

GLEANINGS.

" I ii WJS boon mairied no*,v," boasted a prohy old fellow, " nioro than tliiity }<mi"s .mil havo never tfiven my wife n cio- 1 * word." " Thnt'H because you never d.iral, undo,'' H'lid n little nephew who ImH m i tli tli"m, "If you had, iiuutiu

Ixnrcmr. Re 1 son in jr. --'Mr Willi.un I).)d lie : ' i'c . Mi-s I'm-,!, 1 .ilw.ty- won <;l<ivt"i at niirlil : the}' m.ike onc'.s limiklk -o s,)f'r " ]\liv, T-'ioM : " All! And rlu you, sleep witli your hat on."— NO. Turn n). Ax oM tfOritlointui, whoso noso was not o;ily voiy 1 .rirc but \ civ highly oolourod, w 11 iskcd by a fiicud liow miHi it had f.lkcil (■) paint It. "I clhllii! ti 11, ' was (In- icplv, ' foi it is not finished \i.t." 'J'l" •:' v.is :i tciiililo fcueiio in t'ourb ,\t >v. \\-W\ >butn ict-vnUy wlu'ii Ljcvat'liaul !).)'it-L\ itbcii Mn& sentenced to di itli. His mtithci s.uik o\ci wlu-lincd .)ii ,i 1 ciicli, Ins lister i .vi) o'ifc w itb [Moroiiu' 111 1 ios, and li i -> alii uiucil biidu fell in a l)\s Echo, of Bcilin, slates that a uuiq'ii 1 tieat ha-j Ijccii j>i\cn to tlio uiuskml woil<l at Moscow dining the E.isUm- bolul.iys. A number of pensswls fiom tin. L'o\ oi nment province of Vladimir f;ave concerts upon wooden musical instnini"nt i j ot their own nuke. All the pciloiniois \scic self-taught, and their piogitimmc consisted entirely of old Kiisbicin folk -Sion s{s and aichaic music. ri.usoNs sitting quietly in vaiious places ot amuscincnt in London have lately been astonished at seeing a young gpiitlcman sitting near them suddenly llliimiriated in a- mj stcrious manner. A momenta inspection has rc\ ealed in his button-hole a tiny incandescent lamp, which is supplied with electricity by an accumulator earned m his breast pocket. Dunixcr the const 1 action of jil.irsronew %O'A, .il. H'jisl.i], l.i ir liuolicitur, npou wheh w oik upwards of lOJO fonviots are daily cinployed, a cutting has been in.ido thioa. r htli3 centre of one of tho ancient eioniU'ilis (Mnint etinu tho iim-ient f-opul-cln-iil -ivo'iuo at Adflinyton wirli \\.\V < Cotly-ho:i-e. iicmi liic \illage of Ayle.sfoid In tlu* intoiiot 1 of flic oiom'eeh six pcifc-t s\cletons ncni di eiveicd in a simnir pnsition, together with a iniinber of dunkinjr \ei e'sund implements oi warf.ue.

A Nl V (IIIWV "Dill •>■•!. II. — M(S&l'3 ComuM .'nil ( lowcn, dt (Xinuin, h.ue ]ii^l [i'it( 1 i'y> a li\iii.vnl iuid Lt .i-j' duplex Li i u S''j l i',f toi and gi.ulti, vhuli, lie ■.nil , > e;> uatmg I he dilK'i cut qualities of i;i.i ii lij 'in 1 v.is of sie\e , null's a c! i^silil.iljo.) liy in ans ot ftioui^ nnirnts oi an. The Vni'fi Ofm/n /mi"' ;;n^ the tollo^. in, (I cm i ip tii hi of it . — J tio u cuked l)j tic tlii t.c lidi --c powci \\.iic" - motoi (iiaiii ii <I 'limmoil f i nm t!».' Mck into a sli >nl, \\ lionco it h clcNalci! by mi cud kk 1 -.a le it in i" h.nul \\ llli cups attached, I'ito .i oincjoi cio-siiig the top of the machine. A worm win Kin;' along this comcyoi 1 dibtubutcs the into a sliaku, littcil witli faicxoi wlncli may he .in.ui'^cd lucoirlini.' to tlio quility of tlic gum b'lom the sic\cs clv- is n into ii '>!i,iffc and thoncio into douh'i' " tiu.iks '' tlnougli wliicli a stiong ouiiinfc of an diawoiip .ui> but the Ik-ju lust </iauis and deposits t hum in the seconds chamber ; thon;, again, a further bcpaiation takes place by a &till more ]}j\\ ii fnl tun entot air, and tlieiefu&e gi am is fin illy d( posited in a hoppei, while the diiat, &0., is blown oft into a dust chanilt'jr If not icyiured for seed or otlier |)iupo^csi the seconds may be reele\.atc!'l fioni tin seconds clumber and pul tluough the pvocebi a second time, and pio\ lMon is nitide for the legulation oi the di.uiL'ht accouling to the sample ie(|iiuel. Tli^ VrOikdoti'i liy the machine app ai j to lie a-i ii' u peifcctiou ;is is p')-silik-, the j»i am turn d out of it. wli^lliei (lists or 'seconds, Icing absohifc ly ficc fioin m.j linj uiity.

Twiioii) I'm \ i,\tiov — Now that Mckniss is piL'\.ilunt in tho district, a few won!, on t\ |i!ioi'l fever will doubtless be of iiit.'i J'-t Wo { I'ii/liii'ii Coin u>) noUcu al tho ;iu -cut hini, that this Cl\ c i is, wo un_;lit almost >-ay, laying in Now Zealand, two deaths oeeunng theiefiom hist \\itk in Jin i(. l n;. ) i)[ a!o;i<\ iJiiiiii'^ the ji'i. \ alt. -lo ut .vi cp demic, gteit ivttcnt>on 'OiduM bo i .ml to tiie character of the Wiitci used for domestic pusposi'S ; di inking waici should bo boiled to olniato ilang-i Milk should nlso lie scalded. Tvplioid poison in iv be .and doubtless uiU.i is uu-iwd into ilio system tlnotigli ■•"a'lL'd b< v \ erases ; and we ha\o no j.'uai antic th.it any pieciution is taken to asu'itain that the w.itei used m them i, puio 'iiul iYiv ii'oni the possibility of t> j_)iionl c.mt.nniiiation. This matter shuuid l)e thoi oai^lily looked into by all boa ids of iiialtih, especially in laigc centie^ of population. Some people labor iijidi'i ihe nnpiL'ssioM that typhus and t\poi'l fi'\or an; almost the baino ; but tin i 1-. ladie.vlly rong. Tvphusis liiLjlily co.'t.igioiu ; typhoid is noL. Attendants toiithingii poibon stillenng with typhus fevci mil <t eei'ain amount of libk of eat''liin£, r the disease, and doctors and muses frequently suttcr whcicthis fever is prevalent In Ireland in IS 17, 500 medical men (being one. fifth otthe entire numbci) sudered from typhus, and of these 127 died. In the Crimea also a l.ugo number of aimy burgeons died from thus disease. In hospitals, unless those Mifloiing fiom typhus are specially isolated, it sptetuls lapully. In the case of typhoid all this is reversed. One can .stay with a patient all day without running the iisk of en tchmg it, and doctors and muses do not buffer more ircquently that other people. In the large London hospitals patients suffering with typhoid arc put into the gcneiiil wards, no .steps aic taken to iaolatc them, and it never spieads horn bed to bod. 2300 typhoid pitients weio tieated in the London ie\er hospital rtiumg fourteen jeais, and >et only eight caseaoiiginated in the hoipitils. If, tlien, typhoid fever is not contagious, one naturally asks, how do mc get it .' It is not given oil marsh giound, or due to deeompo'jitionof animal bubstanccs. ]I, must consist of human c \cicment, and that from one suffeiing \\ ith typhoid fever. This eeitainly seems \eiy honible. "Wo natuially Hiy we tumot eat or dunk such a thing ; but unfoi tmnitely it is not Neiy difficult and is usually iiiLroduced into the system tluough the medium of water. Waterelobets are often built near waterwells, no ]ii coalition being taken to prevent the contents oi the closet soaking into the giound, and in time into the well. Let but ono tjphoul " stool "' be emptied into a c<'&spool closet and the mischief is done. Nearly all those diinking the water from the lu'ioinine well will sot the disease. 1b is on H'coid that epidemics have been caused tlnough a wliolo stream being infected with typhoid poison. A pei&on died liom typhoid in a lunatic asylum in a Cieiinau town, her clothes and soiled linen bad been so iked in a brook close by, and neaily all those icceiving their water supply from this brook were attai ked ; and it was borne time before the souicc of all the mischief was found out. Boiling the water would in this case have s.ned many fiom catching the dijoa^e. Every motion of a person buttering with typhoid should be at once diiiniected with a strong solution of caibolicaeid ; and bhould be buiied in a fcicii(.h as far as possible from the house, and soiled linen should be at once boiled in water containing Condy's fluid. Those attending on a patient should wash their hands and brush their nails previous to taking meals. Typhoid fever generally attacks this young and strong, those suffering from chronic ailments usually escaping. After one attack, it rarely comes again to the same person.

Likk ix the Bosh— Then and Now.— It is jjoncr.illy supposed that in the bush we have to put up with mnnj' discomforts and privatidns in the sh<ipc ot food. Formerly it was ho, but now, th.mks to T. 15. Hut, who has himself dwelt in tho bush, if food does consist chiefly of tinned meats his Colonial .Saucu gives to them a most delectable flavour, making them as well of the plainest food most enjoyable, 'and instead as hard biscuits arid indigestible damper his Ijitpkovrd Colonial Making Powder makes- the^ very b ps t bread, scones,^cakes^ and<pastry,i.,far./ superior, and' moref,\vhpleSo>ie£thitf^Vo'ast' of/