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Manawatu Herald, 5 January 1893, Page 2

Mass will beheld in Foxton next Sunday at 11 a.m. Mass will be held at 8 a.m. the same day at Campbell town. The privileges in connection with the Foxton Racing Club's meeting will be sold by auction by Mr Snelson next Thursday. Thieves slang is sometimes very curious and appropriate. Evidence was given of a conversation between two of these worthies, in a London Criminal Court, and one, asked as to the victim of an assault, " What was he ?" " A monthpiecp." Witness asked " What was that ?" and got fov a reply, " A. solicitor." There is a pretty well known play en tilled " You musu't laugh," and it could almost have been imagined that our Foxton friends who returned from the Otaki races had been rehearsing for a performance, as there wasn't a laught left in them by the time they got home. Rumor says there was not much of it on the course either. " Can tfiese things be." In London all the curiosities are to be seen. At one hall they have a bo ing kangaroo which has a proper match with gloves with a prof j ssor of the ' noblo art ' each evening. There is also shown Hull, the Iron-headed Man. This abnoi;:ul individual breaks two inch planks by striking them againet his cranium, and winds up by placing on his head a solid piece of granite weighing about a hundred weight and allowing a blacksmith to break it into fragments by means of blows from a sledge hammer. Now that small boys are to be " run in " if the attempt to earn a living " in " a factory by spreading flax fihre in a paddock a mile away from a mill, a careful eye must be kept on the constable just as much as he iutends to do on them. Any little hint therefore as to measures resorted to, to secure a conviction, may be handy at the present time to know of, to guard against. Therefore we report that in London the oth >r day, harmless though it looks, the furniture -van may be as treacherous as the built-up horse by which the Greeks got inside the walls of Troy. At Birmingham, two detective? made use of one of these cumbrous conveyances to catch a street betting-man red handed. There being no policeman in sight, he was plying his vocation right merrily alongside the van, when the " tpps.," who had been watohing his proceedings through a crevice, jumped oat ond hauled him to the police oonrt, where he was fined £5 and costs. What is done in oue place may be reppated and we may live to see our astute constable being driven on to the drying ground in a dray load of fibre with sufficient of hia head projecting so as to see what he can see. An American doctor has invented a bit which will enable even a lady to drive the most spirited horse without any danger of bolting. The principle is that by pulling the bit slightly a pad is pressed on each nostril, depriving the horse of the power of breathing. The inventor claims that a horse brought to a standstill in this way will not attempt to bolt again. A very pretty wedding, says the Nelson Mail, which oooasiohed a considerable amount of -interest, was celebrated in St. John's Wesleyan Church, on the 29th of December last, the contracting parties being Mr Wm. Smyth, M.L.A., of Queensland, and Miss Warner, of this city. The church had been prettily decorated by the bride's friends, and long before the blage. The bride who carried a beautiful ehower bouquet, was robed in a remarkably handsome gown of soft grey cashmere with hat and gloves to match, aad wore a magnificent diamond brooch and bangle, the gift of the bridegroom. She was escorted to the altar by her brother-in-law, Mr A. W. Bain, the bridesmaids being Miss Amy Bmford in a pretty Empire costume of white veiling and liberty silk with bouquet, and the little nieces of the bride, " Clarice and Connie," the quaintn-Bs of whose Empire gowns and floral wands and hats creating great attention. The bridesmaids also wore gold brooches,' the gift of the bridegroom. Mr B. Buttle acted in the capacity of best man, and the choir, of which the bride has long been a member, attended and sang a hymn appropriate to the occasion. Miss Jackson effectively performed the processional and wedding marches. The Rev. William Lee, of Auckland, was the officiating clergyman, assisted by the R-v. F. W. Isitt. The wedding was one of the prettiest ever seen in Nelson, and the presents to the bride were both numerous and valuable. The happy couple left by the Penguin en route tor the Hot Jj&kea.

It is stated that Mi' W* H. "Levin ivill probably §eek election for the House of Representatives at the hands of the city 6£ Wellington electors-, at the next general election. Mr Levin is. ideal manager for the Australian and Kew Bealarid Steaptl Shipping Company, an I one of his objects will be to minimise the present influence in Parliament of the Union Co., as represented by the Hon. Geo McLean in the Legislative Council and Mr Mills in the House. The mam facts ill the life history of the mopquito are told as follows in Insect Life : —The eggs are laid in bdat-shaped masses upon the surface .of usually more or lebS stagnant water, and Jhe lame, cdnimortly known as il Wig^lers," ate aqiialic. Their development is rapid, and with one specie?, at least it has been ascertained that the entire life round from egg to adult is undergone in less than two weeks. There ars, therefore, several annua generations. The insects hibernate as adults, and possibly in some one of the other stages. The most important work to be done in the way of prevention consists in the drain, ing of the swamps and stagnant i onds where possible, the treatment by kerosene of restricted bodies of stagnant water which cannot be drained, and the introduction of fish into ftshl.-ss ponds wnere these insects are breeding. The Showroom is abundantly stocked with choice goods for present requirements, of which we invite inspection and comI parison Boss »nd Sandfobd, District Im* I porters, the Bon Marche,Palmerston North, — ADVt. Over 10,000 yards of substantial qualities in Flannelettes, large variety of the best patterns and colorings, are now being shewn in our warehouse at the following prices, 4Jd s£d, Gsd-, and B|d per yard. Snd for patterns to James Smith, Te Aro House, Wellington. In Harvard and Oxford Cotton Shirtings our Slock has been bought from the be3t manufacturers' in the world The value is therefore first class and. the prices are exceedingly moderate, ranging from 4£d to lOJd per yard. Send for patterns to James Saiitit, Te Aro House, Wellington. " There is nothing like Leather." Our Leatherette Shirtings are the strongest and most durable evsr made, will stand any amount of rough, hard wear, are therefore invaluable to hushmen, perpetual leasers, and country settlers generally. Prices 9Ad to lOJd per yard. Send for patterns to James Smith, Te Aro House, Wellington For Summer Suits for Boys our Galatea Sti 1 pcs are simply unequalled. We have them in all color grounds and in all coJtfr st ipes from CJc* to lOJd per yard. Send for patterns to James Smith, Te Aro House, Wellington.