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Horowhenua Chronicle, 26 May 1910, Page 3

A young lady wen,t out to Tmlin to join her husband. Slio was of rather jan (inquisitive nature, and after a while became- curious to st>e how the cooking was carried on Her -lisuband however, told her (thai natives were host left alone, as thenways wore .not our ways. A short time alter the young wife gave a tea. poarty, and thinking /to herself 'there could not possibly he mono than one way of cutting bread-and-butter she determined to steal into the kitchen and watch .them. Entering quietly, she- at the far end o the room saw ia dusky native, employed in cutting bread-and-butter One dirty arm encircled the loaf of bread, while in his right hand hi held * huge clasp k&fe. But whe.ro was the butter P Gastino- her eyes downward, she beheld the* missing article reposing on his big too, to winch he frequently applied his knife. _ The lady's feclingV ma, be bettor imagined than described'! The Bishop of Lincoln, Dr. King who lias just passed away, was a, good and popular churchman. He mas also girted with a keen sense- of humour, and greatly relished the following incident in his experience • Ono day the Bishop was sitting in a chair by the seashore, and on attempting 'to rise, found that his loos were not so young as one© they wore. A fisherman's little daughter came along and lent her aid. "Thank yon, little girl," said Dr. king. "Oh, it's nothing," said tho giri in reply. "I've helped faithor to get up many a .time when he hasn't been near so sober as you." TO FEEL GOOD. To feel good it is necessary to feel well. Nothing makes you feel so bad as stomach and liver troubles, but Chamberlain's Tablets will make you feel well and good when all other medicines fail. They are a pleasant tonic laxative for men, women and children, and are a positive cure for constipation and biliousness as well as indigestion. For sale every-

A farmer in tlio Arniiriv district writes 1 to the Lyttelton limes to say that tho reason vvliy astronomers missed the transit of j Bailey's comet was that they were out in calculations. About 7.25 a.m. oil Thursday last, he says, lie arad others saw peculiar' rays projecting from tli'» sun, and live minutes later saw something appear in front of the sun, which" flickered and blazed with a blinding light, mid then settled over the sun in tho form of a white, opaque shade so that for nearly .an hour they could look dircct at the sun with tho naked eyo. The air grew cold, and there were peculiar rainbow lights on tho hills Kireless locomotives in seven sizes from 7 to 31 tons are being built in Gormany. The boiler is protected specially against radiation of heat, and is charged in 20 to 30 minutes with steam from stationary steam-generator. One charge runs the locomotive on its ordinary work about G hours 'tho inasSimum pressure of steam being 180 pounds, while 5 to 7 pounds will return the engine to ilie generating station. About 53 pour.ds of steam per four is the ordinary ok imprion Oiio of the machines recently ex hibited weighed 17.6 tons, and was of 28 horse-power, its boiler capacity being 1-M cubic feet. Theso locomotives are designed specially for large factories and mines, to avoid smoke, and lessen fire-risk.