CLIPPINGS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1884, 2 August 1884, Page 4

CLIPPINGS.

In Posth, Hungary, pure water has been found at the depth of 3060 ft, containing chalk and sulphur. The stream amounts to 150.650 gallons a day, American Live Stock ano Fiii--.ii Meat.— Dining the week ending M.iv 31, nine steamers anived at Lnetpnol with live stock and fiesh meat on board from American and Canadian ports to the extent of 1633 cattle, 6300 qnaiteis of beef, and 45S carcases of mutton. Theie weie no sheep landed during the week. The ai rivals of both c\ttlo and fresh meat show a decrease in comparison with the previous week. Devtii of a iNorhu Implkmlvi 1 Maker. — The death is lecoidcd at Chicago of the hon. 0. H. M Cormack, the head of the celebtated fiim of aj,«iicultural enginceis w liich beats hio name Mr M'Cormack was 75 year* old. The cldcbt son of one ot the oldest Vnginian families, of Scotch extiaction, lie, with his brother, in early life left Viiyinia foi Chicago, which was then a email town in the Far West. Heie the) elected the oiiginal Reaper \Voik*, whose pi«jduo tions have since gained such notoiiety in the luu\est field in many paits ot the woild. Tlie Me&sis M'Cotmack base obtained much Mc.ilth by then business, and the he.ul of the finn is ci edited witli bavin" died a ' milhouaiie." A Versatile CoßUh>ro\ jjhat. — Youn,* Power, tho Times oouespondent, who was locked up with Chinese lioidon in Khaitouir, has a histoiy almost as e\ent ful a^ his compatiiotb, M'Uahan and O'Donovan. He is tho son, accoiding to a contcmpoiaiy, of a late mmigei* of the National Rink, Dublin, a nephew of Richard Laloi, M.P. ior Queen's County, Ireland, and of the hon. Tetei of that name, Speaker of tho Victorian Assembly Power was educated paitly m Belgium, and paitly in Austii.i, and went tliiougn the Seiviau and llus&o-Tui kis.h o impawns as journalist and semi-militaiy attache to the Austi i.in oJliucis. His yams concerning this campaign, told on hi., lctinn to iidmuing Bohemian bicLlncn of tlie Dublin Pi ess, earned for hm the title of "Gliazi the Magnificent.' It was Power of whom JMmund O'Donovan wiotc, prexious to stalling with the il!-faled I licks expedition, as being ill with kver in his tent; it was this fever which detained Imn in Khartoum, and enabled him to knock tlie other " speci do " out of tune. Power is an aitist as. well as a journalist; and an American admirer assei ta that the "Gha/i" can wiite book leviews with an air of profound audition — make •witty paragiaphs with a flavour of Attic salt in e\eiy line of them — wntc love roiithan,, and tuolets, and >t'is dc ttocnti, the melody of whoae woulb will linyei m youi ear for half a day after jou h.i\e hcaid them — and that he has wntten novels thiee \oluines long. The lloy.il Hibernian Academy of lielaud lia\e hung three of hi-- pmtuics atthur annual exhibitions. Ho can talk m four oi live languages, and Ling dunking songs in a dozen, lie can fence like a .French man, nde like an Irishman, box like an Englishman, and wait/ like an Austiian hussar. Power is in all tilings chaiacterististicaUy lush. His mother lived in what We<-t Bnton apes call " Munion tSqueer," tho most fashionable -.pot in all Dublin ; bat the (Miazi' was seldom seen there. Ho was living m lodgings, enduiing luid-,hips which only his intimates knew, ot ten tindging the sheets all night because he chose the anti lent ticket. On those occasions he geneially bicakfasted on a pig a fnot and a bottle of stout, tlie netl cu*t of which in Dublin is 4d. Power is only ?.] yens of ag", and his title of '• The dha/i," which is apt to '■tio'c, w is earned by his many aiiretiointe lofoi onces to Giui/i Mouhtai P.Hi.i. A w-mvkk mill " oil spot " in tho flnlt of Mc'v'co has beon lccontly desciibedby Lieut ofcamm, of the Aui'Ti can Nny, and thuo has bocn iijiii.li di->-ciiasion icsp cting it among Aimncan scientist**. The tacts in connection with it arc couoboi.itivo of the claim set up lor stilling ihe s.,i w<i\eo b) l'ic aiti ficnl appli' ition of od to thj -...utiee of the sea. The oil '-pot m question is situated about ten miles oouth ot Habino Pass, into w hidi ilows the Sabino Kiver to the Gult of Mexico, and ie extends two miles along the shoio, amd seawaid about tlnee quai teis of a mile. Theic is nothing icnuikable its apjieai nice dm ing calm v. eatliei, but in a gale, when •' nled '"— to iisj f'o ti l in — it assume*, a li'ddish hu.'.tudi, thick and muddy. The guate^t depth, w hoic eompaiativv quiet udu i'. ; i'i- whiL the elements aie atwai, i-. IL'lt, but aossils ol modcKi'i' diauyhtean entei Lit' ut Stamn- pushed, wiLh \eiy little efloit, fium out' or t t-t- ships boats, t ) pole IJOit hi length down into the soft bti.ituin A stuim ii oiii the noith cast, by way of c ist to "oith ea t hw\ lake ot fi om ."00 to 700 mil -s.icioss the Gulf ol MexieD into this mj^t'c ha\en Duimg a L'aie a spot well defined, Looking e.'istwaid the scene was guild. Anaeie ol foam inaiks II c ibmpo dis^lution of the seas as the/ in-li towaids the slioie. This oeeiiM in nliont Itift ut walei, fiom which the stoim-dii.en ciaftnn-cige-s, and suddenly lind , lieibolt in a calm «ca. J)eJ.s of xes^els aie fie quently sciubbed with the mud and the bpot. It is soapy, :nid its' cleansing pio paities aie lemaikable. Tlieie aie 1.0 sticams in the locality emptying into the gulf, and i'le mud of" the .Sabine Eiver to the noi tiiw oid contains none ot tlie piopeitics heie touud. if theie is any oil, it must com" fiom the bottom The place is tcimed the " oil spot,"' not fiom any known analysis of its natuie, but simply for its condition ; it has no troubled water. — lion. M\xriAU'UKL ok Ijiuut Woud Piris — The following mfoimation coneennng the mauufactiue of the "' biiar wood pipe is given by the 8t James' Gazette : — •' The fahoifc okiy pipe lormuily used by smokeis has of late jcais been to a gieat extent &up"pl.iutc'd by the w ooden pipe, tlie manulaeture of which i 1i 1 - now an impoitant industry. Some inteie&ting infarmation lespcctiiig these pipes i& given in Consul Inglis,' tiade lepoit on Leghorn, whence the matciial foi making wooden pipes' is now largely exported. Similar works aie also to be found at Siena and Grosseto. Selected roots of the heath — preference being given to the male vaiiety — aie collected on the lulls of the Matemma, wheic the plant glows luxuiiantly and attains a great size. When brought to the fac tory the roots are cleared of eaith, and any decayed parts ore cut away. They are then shaped into blocks of vaiious dimensions with a ciicular saw set in motion by a small &te.un engiue. Great dexterity is necessary at this stage in cutting the wood to the best advantage, and it is only after a long apprenticeship that a woikman is thoroughly efficient. The blocks are then placed in a vat, and subjected to a gentle simmering for a space of twelve houis. During this process they acquire the rich yellowish brown hue for which the best pipes are noted, and are then in a condition to receive the final turning ; but this, is done elsewhere. The rough blocks are packed in sacks containing 40 to 100 dozen each, and &ent abroad, principally to Fiance (St. Cloud), where they are finished into the famous G.8.D., under the name of pipes do Iruyere, known to smokers in England as "briarwood." Rats and Mice. —lf you wish to destioy them get a packet of Hu l's Magic Vermin - Kiixhk in packets, (id, 96, and Is, to be obtained i of all storekeepers, or from T. B. Hill by enclosing an extia stamp. Life in the Bush— Then and Now.— ■ It is generally supposed that in the bush we have tp put up with many discomforts and privations' ' " n the shape oi food. Formerly it was so, but now, thanks to T. B. Hill, who has himself the buhh, if food does consist chiefly of tinned meat? his Colonial Saocb gives to them a most delectable flavour, making them as' well of tha,plaincst fo«d most.eiyoySibfei and instead • «»shjird biscuits and indigestible damper his Im»*HU>VfeD Colonial Baking Powder makes the • very best bread, scones, cakes, and pastry far y x superior and worn wholesome .!than sypast or, * 4,e»««n.",§gld-bv all storekeepers who canob--c£fc4in it from anv'ninivliaiiiiii 'Aii^lritanit . ■%'->. i**