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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 25 June 1891, Page 4

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j There are^six.irisandfeihafles'toflveia' , : cane niales. ; J. oWthird of the Paris streets are planted with tree 9. Qver io.ooo Irish/people settle in England every year. . 15,000 people are employed in making violins in Germany. Belfast pays nearly as much in Customs r * duties' as Liverpool. " 9 salary of the infant King of Spain is £150,000 a-year. 1 . ■ .■' ■ . i . . • • ! ; .;■■■'.. ... £ ''* SriuERS are seven times stronger in pro- '' "portion than lipns> : -.> ;• . Vi . , „.,.. „* Nearly 25,000,000 copies of p'erloaicals , arc sold every week in England. l ~ iikssn^liylp^Asi the great .jyTanchester., 'iianufacturers.'employ 12,000 hands. * * ' The chances ,pf ljfe }n England arefprty per cent": greiteftharfiHiriaia.l > l lJ^-'' >' The earninpfs. pf the North- Western railway aipproacht £5^06,000 per ahnuni. ) ./. r Oxe-sixtii of the Postal Department business iniLondottds conducted by .- The first dyeworlts in England for dyeing ; • icarlet were established-. at Bow Vx.jQ^ r , ; , A Latent authority says that not more than erne invention in 110.is9f.any practical UStt. i ;..-.- P Jr rs computcd»tt)at;,9so,oop dinners and jjnnchcs .-ire served' 1 daily in' 'Londdn fi-es-"t.unants. — - In V'rariee'thd i doctor's claim on* tlie estateof a deceased patient has precedence pf .all ; others. [„j., „..; „!„,'// -.;.., </ ...-,., ' uQpniSG tlie'seige of I'aris 120,000 official df v p.i.tclies were carried into the cify by '•pijicoiijipsl.!' , ""■■■ " : a febrifuge! ■>• ; ?i • ■■■'■ A man was desperately ill, and the aid of .c< lebruted phj qqian'i as" skilful a man fis : ever lived, wits called in, i-.. " Let me fuel yo'iir pulse," said the doctor. The patient stretched out what in better days hiul been his arm. '• lluuiX Xun .jjiliauld fb.ave, sent fpr me befoie." ' - - ..•■..., /. •'l'jo your bestjiowv" said the sick man. i'ui*. a uhiiie- week there :\vasho sigiifsb'f {•tiiuntln (lit in thu sick man. The doctor wv niil coiiie. : liel'j \\}a \n\ke, . look- at his r ti.r.,. ue, onlcr hini.to i:i.>'is notttiti.'jf.'and de : ■ pint. Out i).- nil jialiu.ioc, the. sick man o;ie „ ri::in^ .-iiid : '• ' . ••(.juo n-e soisK'fliai.'. doctor: don't let ■ -him !iii licit; iiiu.l u-.B r.s|fiioutf an effort to. I) >.;i;v illtf .c-Vrtr." ' ' .- " ' ' '" *~| i in' tiociur ■A r i'i'i<Kt;.i'f>!V'S-:<ripijon. r „ „ •• \Vii.i;'s i!i.s. > "li.--r.iili tlie patient, "%!H- - jsu u.i!,{s i (..nut .J<ny\v the ingre-. j r jyt,Un 01." -- -'-•-' ■-.--... ■ . r it':i a .'GbrilH-je," said the physiciaa, l.ri'j.i; .• ' , "i'l-LIiXDOS: ■.'* ••A* what?". •' A tei.)i-ilit;j;e.'!/ jT'-Ttj.^ rr^ " Febri n.v«»! "febrffuger repeated the pn ijiit, .'lji.il/ and musingly. " Hum ! You h .vts come hers daily fora week, and you now f;iy« me a 'febrifuge ? Be good enough to lnv.id f ihe' ithaifi purse ; upon theltaible.. [Tliyink.-ypu. Howj much 4s, ypur fee? ivYou • doii'tj understand' my case, and. X >ylll iiisfsV ■on your leaving me."""":' "' ' j ; '" 'v 1 "Stop," cried the doctor, fearing the . fever ,hacl disordered Ills head. I ! < '•■ •■ - .•■.• I " \'o» Jake ygjir money; ?, ; Then retire, "and send in your bill; I beg of ydui Ihe doctqr. Jopked .\vitlx commiseration- 1 on the suffering irha'n.-btit observing the fire fi;ish : from his sunken sockets, withdrew with a haughty, bowr-. O ■ .. • •,- <■*$ /», Hal f, an hour af t er\vardk a friend called raft ,tlie sick man, and found him repeating in .-'every variety 'of iridignadMone: " Febrifuge ! — Febrifuge !— the ignorant gtuck-4-tb give rKi febrifuge. .Wljat doi^du .; tliliik!? That licensed assassin, after'cbh-sider-lng my. case -for a week, has just found lout thaffaiti 'trbubled'with'Worms, arid-has | : subscribed a febrifuge. Worms ! Whoever . beard qf DUt molasses-candy-sucking chihlreh haVing worms?" . - "Fehri'lnje!. Worms!" said the friend, in Hiirpujie. !'■ Haven't y0u,... made- some* j jiii.stal^')'' Febrifuge. is a medicine, intended ■to r-ctti-hl:- : "f»veri«.V Aren't you '.• thinking of verniifflga:?": : -.. 1 , '■*'**■!&<.■ J^ ••. y 1 Ohj*. goodness!'^ cried' the repentant pßtienti 1" Vermifuge, that's, what.i do iflean. ;.i>l'.ve>made a- mistake ; , call back the -de ctQi-. I: must beg- his pardon. But why thjejclence don't they call their medicines by j.Ciiistian nanles?"' <■ '•.-. , . . 1v .ANECDp'l i ES' OF MATRIMONY. Some persons abotit. to qiarry.^aye shown bucli. supreme .indifference .that" Me cannot ■help : -woii^eVih^.lio^the'prbiimynsUy cburt- .- libin, was >dpiie> L -A 'cfau'^l6 1 appeared at a .{larspna^e in 0 1 tawa, and-expressed a -desire ta/be uniiedi Just as the xlefgjman <.v/q$- t fpidt to •pb'nlmerfce, however, ttei'ady dis- ; ■'tdveired.- isiie,*i was:minus one of . her glovef ;■ > tyntl j-equested the gentleman', tp go and get' ! . bjii; a pair, : -and to be"4tncH abouf it/or she * '.j.iu'^l, t^dKinjfe. her mind. ■•;-•••- ■....;-. ;-i .'$ I'h a bbecii'ent bridegroonV went ; and;clerg j;: \ • witnesses^. and bride .awaited .f a p4t % |Q'lpo]f-,senons;"---fsm gMdMi-gymkn Mfe'self started '6ft' y ... s<£ircbs|^el^t£ ■ Aftei-'ajlbng search,. ' I hci\va,s.discbveredc'selted iri-the 1 verandah of a li4«*iv >vi.tl>; his .the bacjr of a chair, eijioy-mg a cigar, tjpbn ; r the. parson de'in'giHJJJn? an explanation/ ttle^mdrpnsgraSraV ka'hlj with alt th£ qpolness inlagioap|e>-that he , tf as . waifcfng /tpi s^eei %l was. gbiiig to chartqe her mind.' . • •<. ".'.'■'■". «..•: ■ .itiia said oira certain plebeian in one'of-the-'■nprtjhern cbuntiesaf' Home that on agU-ett'; day;he took in his homely conveyance five vH'oung women to some religious- meeting. . rAjteV'th^'rustie drive and the marriage .- serv!ic3,7h4 Jtv|s oparried to qne of his fair■,coiitnatjjbr.s. She 1 died, ! and as .fortune • • i \voul4.)vave it.oivhen he w^as in search 1 df ; Ws ; f BecdnH : >yife, he*&.'(igiUed-o'n anotherjO'f those' i,\vho h*aa i favouted himwithher company -p^: iVthat day. And so mdvtd^he train ofeveiijtSi'thai the -third and the fourth and the fifth' 'jbecjirril wile tp him. Courtship this, witb-ia venjjerfheef/ J ' ./-I. »~>:i ,YJ..-.l : : -V ; . ■''!.*-'"■ ' : A gentleman in Nottingham, lpolung froni'f liirs 1 window one day, saw a Jady. pass 'whY sdenicil very much lilfe.his.late wife.- :He'. mh^le rhaste. af ter-her, .andhayang-succeede>d, . tn joT>Uinrng aU nede^ry '; ihfc|rniation, <wope<l 'fhaMndy, 'a^d mafl ; ied'her'l*ecause of \nv\ likeflefisfshe bore, to 6ne .whonvhe, had ;■■ lender! y loyed., •: '....*. . ; \ minisiter r ci^eretl his v hand.' to a. •ybiing'. 'laJ.v,'. and was" aciccptfedV' this was in the ' "nns -never saw or heardpf each other. till tfie :^l'f»lt>\V-jn*f January,. wKeii th"? young lady Thais' visiiirix,iift^ lhe,hi>us'e]pfa ftie^.'-T (.:/ ... ; Xii 'ipe lesson at morning prayers the fpl- r l.ivvi nj; passage occiiinfed :^He'tbat belfeveth ; . shall 'ffiit i«T^e; haste," whjchr .^reatlyVim- \ press^tV ahd;v perpipxbd r the. t'jrn^nd^.^'.ltie •' young lady." So* slip inquired anxiously of ••: he^ hpstetis wha-t the, pßssa^'/meant'.j: The,- . hostess ■ p.! I 'Jitjptffd , a -.little exppsitipn .:. that, i the meaning wKs'that where' there was' faith*; in a pt-Kson. in his promise or engagement,. ' • Oxire would, be no' fretfulness, or irritatipn, .;. or, fear, or anxious wish to speed on the a faifilmeut,pf-theprpmT«a.".'-' .| , . v' '• - While 'th6y were cdtfdiioting the donverVation, they heard tho postman's knock. 1 ;; and the oorvant brought r .lettflr for the young lady, which, when opensd, the found wna from W loh^ tttent lover, IM Wtftttgely ', enough tha firat untonca was, "H« th.M bslisv&th ohftU net make baau,"