The Dunstan Times. CLYDE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1883.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1081, 12 January 1883, Page 2

The Dunstan Times.

CLYDE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1883.

Beneath the rule of men entirely jus* The pen is mightier than the sword.

Bishop Moran, Roman Catholic, intimates his intention of contesting the Tacent seat for the Peninsula in the House of Eepresen tatives. Thi«, we believe, is the first time a bishop has ever sought a seat in the of Parliament. The contents of the notice elsewhere in reference to the Property _Tax is well worth noticing by all'interested. We acknowledge receipt of Mills' and Dick’s book almanac for the year 1883. It contains a lot of useful information. Members of the Committee of Management of the Duns tan District Hospital are particularly reminded that a meeting will be held on Monday evening next, the 15th inst. Being the last committee meeting of the year for the purpose of reviewing the past years proceedings land arranging for drawing up the annual report. The annual meeting of subscribers of the Clyde Library will be held in the Library I Hall, Clyde, on Saturday next, the 13th inst., at 3 p.m. The opportunity will be a good one fur Arthur Dunn, if he is a subscriber, to bring up his grievance (if bo has got on-) as to past management. I The Oamaru Times understands that the | prospect of a good harvest over an extensive area has led to nearly all the reapers and binders in the New Zealand markets being bought up. At the present time there are only a few of these machines in the colony remaining unsold. The Land Transfer Act will he consolidated and amended.i'next session. The Attorney-General has sent the proposed Bill to several members of the legal {profession for suggestions. Up to date £680,000 has been applied for under the Roads and Bridges Construction Act of last session. There is a great scarcity of labor in the South Canterbury District. A similar want is felt in North Canterbury, The Telegraph states that the wages asked by shearers are £3 per week and found. ■- At Koroit, Victoria, recently (says the local Standard), a Thomas Bonce made a somewhat novel wager, and won it. Ho undertook to eat two and a half dozen eggs, boiled hard, at a sitting, and he accom» plished the feat in fifteen nrnutos. The editor of a Napier paper, having been asked by a correspondent what would be the consequences of a comet’s tail striking the earth, confessed his ignorance, hut siad that should such an event ever occur whilst lie was in charge of the paper, an “ extra” would be issued, and in it the results would be stated. An honest man, who has felt in duty bound to pay his debts, has turned up in Invercargill. In 1863 he got into difficulties, was sold up by one of his creditors, and bad nothing for the others. Making a fresh sfart, he now finds himself abie to pay snd accordingly has forwarded cheques to each of thoie to whom in 1868 he owed an account. The incident is given publicity to in the Southland Times, but by request the name of the conscientious debtor is withheld. 1 Are you in favour of colonial industry ?’ Mr David Buchanan was aske 1 at the Mudgee nomination. ‘ 1 am, indeed, ’ he answered ‘I am a protectionist.’ ‘Didn’t you say colonial wino was soap-suds ?’ ‘ Colonial wine,’ said David, ‘is very good when you can get nothing else. Mind you, I am not going to destroy my stomach for the sake of colonial industry. Make your colouial wiue good and I’ll drink it,’ A case of sudden illness is reported from Waitahuna, supposed to have been caused by eating almond-nuts. Constable Hicgins (says the Tuape.ka Timet) had been up with a prisoner at Lawrence, and on returning home, was suddenly taken ill, he being seized with a sore throat, his eyes swelling, and a rash comi g out on his body. An emetic was given, and Dr MacCarthy sent for, who, on his arrival, prescribed some medicine, after which the patient rapidly recovered. Higgins had neither oaten nor drank from the time, he left home, with the , exception of the few almond-nuts, which were given him by an acquaintance.

All the Melbourne theatres are giving benefit performances in aid of the Creswick relief fund. A most extraordinary swimming feat (says the Townsville Bulletin, a Queensland paper) was accomplished by a sailor under the compulsion of undue excitement the other day. It appears that he showed his admiration for one of the young ladies promenading on the strand in a manner more marked than polite, which behavior was summarily and forcibly resented by her escort. Others took part in the attempt to inflict chastisement on the jovial tar, who, when the police appeared in the distance, immediately made for sea, and swam far out towards Magnetic. The police being determined that he should not escape, went round the creek for a boat, when the sailor altered his course and turned in towards the jetty. Before the boat reached him he had passed the breakwater, and was within a few yards of the pilot boat shed when he was captured. The man was heavily clothed at the time, and although he made one or two gallant but ineffectual attempts to allude his pursuers by diving, was brought on shore without even losing his hat. A crowd assembled ;on the beach and watched the affair with great interest, odds being freely offered that the man would ne monopolised by the sharks before the police had an opportunity of taking him. One has heard of wills jwrit'en on bedposts concealed in haylofts and' flower-pots md other possible and impossible places, but (says a London paper of October 10) probably no will has ever passsd through stranger vicissitudes than one admitted last week to probate by Sir James Hannen. The testator was an engineer on board a Channel steamer, and made his will, giving everything to his wife, and gave the will to her. Some time afterwards they had a quarrel, luring which she tore the will up and threw the pieces into the fire. The hnsband pi'-ked up the pieces and put th<-m into an envelope labelled “ Poison,” but said h<would make a new one. However, several vears afterwards he died ofsmallpnx on his steamer, and on his clothes being searched before burning, the envelope with the pieces o? the will inside it was luckily found and given to his wifo. This brand plucked from the burning has now been pieced together, and willJhe'deposPedrat Somerset Housea lesson for all time to wives not to lose their tempers too far if they do not wish also to lose their husband's property, or to save it only by a lawsuit. The Daily Times Reefton correspondent has sent an interesting summary of the results of the mining on that field for the past year, with prognostication of what may bo expected (luring the coo ing twelve months The dividends for the past year have totalled L45,0()n, only three companies —Vt elcome, Rc-ep it-Dark, and Golden Treasure, having contributed—whilst the Rum of 1,50,524 has been paid by shareholders in ra'ls. The total yield of gold has hj -en 22,7015(17.. giving an average of from 26(1 wts. to 27dwts. for each ton of stone crushed. It is a rather significant fact that only three companies out of the large number in operation have paid dividends. Some wonderful cures are being effected in Wellington at the present time by Mr Milnei Stephen, who had formerly been a barrister of these Colonies, and who claims to be gifted with the power to cure from the Almighty. A display of his wonderful power was given in the Atheutenm Hali, Wellington, on Saturday afternoon last, before 700 persons, including the Hon. Thoa. Dick, and Doctors Rogworth and Hutchinson. Several extracts were read by Mr Stephen from A ustralian papers of his wonderful cures. It was while he was on a visit at the house of a gentleman in Sydney, he states, that he began to cure diseases. This gentleman had been deaf for ten years, and his hearing was restored after the third treatment. Several cu’-es were mentioned as having been (fleeted by him, among them being the restoration of sight to a woman in Sydney who had been totally blind, and the lengthening of a young lady's leg by seven inches, ii having been drawn up by hip disease. About thirty cases were treated by him in presence of the spectators, among them being that of a lady who had been suffering from rheumatic fever, disease of the lungs, and pains in her legs, and that of her husband, who had been suffering from epileptic fits. A wonderful cure, which called forth the applause of those present—that of a young girl about five years of age, who bad been so afflicted with paralysis as to render it necessary that she should be carried about—was effected by him. Stephen took the child on his knees, and after stroking her legs for a couple of minutes, put her down and she ran across to her father. Mr Siephen uses only a silver tube (through which he breathes on the effected parts), rod flannel, wadding, and magnetised oil. A bottle of the latter was presented to each patient. Towle’s Pennyroyal and Steel Pill, for Females quickly correct all irregularities, and relieve the distressing symptoms so prevalent with the sex. Is. IJd- and 2s od., of all Chemists. Sole Proprietors : The Lincoln and Midland Counties Drug Co., Lincoln, England. Agents for New Zealand—Kempthorne, JProssor and Co., Dunedin, Auckland, and Christchurch ; J. Monteith, Manners street, Wellington, Wm. C. Fitzgerald, M-mners-stret, Pharmacy, Wellington. Floriline I For tub Teeth and Breath. —Af o.w drops of the liquid ‘ ‘ Floriline ” sprinkled on a wet tooth-brush produces a pleasant lather, which thoroughly cleanses the teeth from all parasites or impurities, hardens the gams, prevents tartar, stops decay, gives to the teeth a peculiar poarly-whiteness, and a delightful fragrance to the breath. It removes ail unplcaaano lonr arising from decayed teeth or tobacco smoke. “The Fragrant Floriline,” being composed in part of Honey and sweet herbs, is delicious to the taste, and the greates I toiler discovciy of the age. Price 2s 6d, ot "all Chemists and Perfumers, Wholesale i dcpOt removed to 33, Famngdon Road,