Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, SEPT. 19, 1893.

Manawatu Herald, 19 September 1893, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, SEPT. 19, 1893.

The Borough election did not pass off altogether in peaoe and quietness. Difference of opinion should not altor friendship, so we are told, but endorsed by closed fists in close proximity to the eyes of the disputants frequently does. It in unnecessary to carry matters to such a point, and it is to be hoped that all feeling is now at an end, and that someone's blooming eye is better.

The s.s. Kennedy arrived on Sunday with a cargo of coal and fish, rock cod having been caught in great numbers. A large hapuka, weighing GOlbs, was also one of the catches and was obtained from the fisherman by the host of the Manawatu Hotel.

The larrikins, such as they are, and for*, tunateiy they are not very bad here, had a little joke with that excellent custodian of the Public Hall the other night, Companies do not rush the establishment ; one, however, was expected but caraeth not. The custodian was sad, the little extras would be missed, when suddenly he was brightened up by noticing, or being informed, that the signal light was lit. This, being interpreted, means ths usual lantern placed outside the hall to illuminate the dark places of the town, a Borough Councillor not residing in that neighbor there is therefore no lamp or lamp post provided by an accommodating public body. If the lamp was lit, ergo, somebody must have lit it, and who but the person who was to provide the shekels. Off started the custodian in great glee to claim his dues. He arrived at the light only to have darkness cast upon his hopes, as, to secure a joke, a thoughtless larrikin had expended a match and lit the property lantern Carefully blowing out the porliou left unoousumed the oustodian returned to his habitation wondering at the reoklessness and foolish, ness of youths in general and this one in particular.

We heartily congratulate our Christ, church contemporary, Truth, on the success that has attended its efforts within so short a time as four months. It has been found necessary to enlarge the paper, and on Saturday the new issue appeared. We are not surprised at the succcess achieved as the paper is written to make good reading from title to imprint. The usual Saturday supplement is to have a large sized cartoon on subjects of general interest. The first one deals with a subject of much newspaper notice, viz., the Mayor of Ohristchnrch fishing.

Mr Gilbert Carson returned to Wanganui from his trip to the Old Country on Saturday.

There will be a change of officers at the local Telegraph office this week, Mr McKit-. trick having received instructions to go to Pahiatua, and tho officer there, Mr McCrae, to move here.

It was announced in St. Joseph's Cathe* dral, Dunedin, on Sunday morning, that the health of Bishop Moran had greatly improved.

Mr P. Gucrin is gazetted as dog tux collector. The meeting of the TWIs building c.-> r.« miltoe is advertised for to morrow at 2 o'clock. We have to thank the Secretary of I hi? Uaiißiiikfi Racing Club for a complimentary ticket for thtir race meeting on the 271h instant. We trust the weather will tlien be fine. . . . - The city of Tolorlo has been flood, d, and imineim.-j ikmngo d 1:1 -. Forty persons haw li«>n druum-d. They manage these things better in Franco, as a na'ional subscription is being made (here, for t'v.> purpose of entertaining the Russian ffit.e -t.- In this town When £2 is needml br a public purpose the Council votos tin Mayor £10 lo pay it with. We n c ;^e sup'-rinr piople ? Frederick Shade was killed at, Shannon on Friday, while Imshfelling. He had been a resiih-m of the township from the time it was first opened, and held property there. Deceased was a married man without children and had been living by himself for some time. It is written, but not by us, that the man who invariably borrows, and never buys, a newspaper is mean enough to dig up" his dead mother and use her coffin for his own burial. L?t those whom the cap fits, wear it. The price paid for milk at the Belfast butter factory during the year it has been open has been from B|d to 5d per gallon, which is said to be higher than the rates paid in any factory in the North Island, says Truth. The 'weight, per gallon has been fixed at 10.}1b3, and the quality on the whole has been uniformly good. John Mottram, of Leeds, aged 75 years, receiving parish pay, was recently sued for a debt of 70s, which had been due some years to a loan office. "Do you press for this debt ? " said the Registrar to plaintiff. The plaintiff said, " I do." " Good," said the Registrar, " I make an order that the defendant pay one penny a year ; first pay. ment to be due July, 1899. Next case !"" The " demon comp " was at his tricks in the lieefton Guardian office one day last week. At a church soiree a lady tang a song entitled " Pass under the Rod." The printer improved upon that and made it " Pass under the Bel" When M. Zola wrote his repulsive story of French peasant life, it was said that such things as he described could not be. But a case which has just been tried at the assizes in the Department of the ''"am shows that in ." La Terre '' we have unfortunately too true a picture. An old man named Veyrios had ceded his farm to his son, stipulating that he should have food and lodging. He was immediately placed in the worst room of the house and starved by his brutal son. One day the younger Veyrios asked his father to come' to the stable and help him to move a !arge empty tub. As the old man stooped down, his son pushed him into the tub and turned it over. Then he put heavy stones on it, and locked the stable door. After three days he again went to look, and finding his unhappy father still alive, he strangled him. The son has been sentenced to death, the only defence being that the old man was too expensive. — Daily New*

The New York correspondent of the Aye writes : — The Nicaragua Canal Company has suspended work, and discharged all its employes, except just enough to take care of the machinery and preserve the workthat has been accomplished from injnrj'. The officers of" the Company say this state of affairs has been brought about by the general stringency of the times, and not by the doubt of anybody concerned in the ultimate success of the work. Outside the Company's oftices the belief is" that the stoppage was partly duo to the general stringency and partly to the fact that a session of Congress is to he held in August. For several sessions the Company had (sought to obtain the guarantee of the Government for the payment of (he principle and interest of the Company's bonds, and it is understood that a new effort is to be made during the coming pesMon. To suspend work is a praclicnl way of showing the necessity of (tovcrnmentaid, and- hence the suspension.

In the. course of a recent- lecture (says Jiimitiui)), what 13 probably the oldest prescription in existence was translated, together with other medical papyri, by Pro. A. Macalistcr, F.R.S. It was for a' wash for promo: ing the growth of the hair, of the mother of King Chata, second king of tho lirst Egyptian dynasty who reignctl circa 4000 b.c." r J he'n'oslrnm runs-:— Pad of dog' 3 foot, 1; fruit of date palm, 1; ass's hoof, ]. Boil together with oil in a saucepan. Directions for use : Bub in thoroughly.

A new method of buttermaking is thus described by Harper's WeA-ly :— lt is reported that the butter secret has been discovered. Mr Vaughan is the man who is credited with having found it, and it is regarded in scientific circles as perhaps the greatest of his discoveries.. The thing which he is represented to have got at is the alkaloid, which, being created in milk or cream by churning, produces butter. Dr Vaughan, it seems, takes a can of fresh milk, drops in some alkaloid, and presently dips out the fully developed butter without further ado-, .it. is not oleomargarine, or an illegalunlesslabelled. substitute, but veal butter.

As an instance of the humidity of the season iv this part of the country or the propagating powers of the Taranaki climate,.! may mention, says a correspondent of the Hawcra Star, having lately seen a pukatea log that had been felled three years ago and a length of six feet cut out of its centre for a fence lino, having green shoots in several places fully a foot long. It was lying on pretty dry ground, too I nlso noticed some fuschia scrub that I cut three weeks ago (before it started sprouting) havjug sinoe sprouted, both leaves and b ossoms,"too. .1 oarefuUy : examined it to see whether it still adhered to the roots in any way, but no, it was cut clean off, an-1 laying on perfeotly dry ground. No wonder the bush won't burn.

The ship Erin's Isle, which arrived in Sydney last week from Bio, brings heartrending accounts of the ravages of yellow feverat Santos, where thousands of people have already died. The death-rate at one lime averaged 310 daily. Hundreds of corpses were floating in the river in all stages of decay. Business is at a standstill, and 45 vessels are lying in the Santos River without crews. The London and Brazil Bank has closed its doors, as evenone of its employes has been carried off by the scourge, and the Brazilian and Souih American Dank had to take a similar course. The fever at Kio is abating, the death rate being enly five per day when the Erin's Isle left.

Shopping at Te Aro House means getting the choice of tne largest stock of new fashionable Drapery.

It means you are buying at the lowest cash price and getting a bonuf? discount.

We make special efforts to please our country customers. All goods are charged at Wellington cash prices and carriage is paid on all parcels of 20s and upwards.

Send for patterns of our new Dresses and Delaines, our now Prints anti Crepbns; you will find the choice large aid the colorings S'-lect: Enclose tfasll With all orders and they will be promptly executed and a bonus of ')% will l)j returned on all purchases of 20s and upwards from Te Aro House, Wellington.

As showing the wonderful development nn-1 steady progress of Colonial Manufactures during the past year or t• o, it is worthy of note that Mkshi'.h llo«« it SaHdfork, of the lion Jkrohe, Palmerston North, ale How relai ing to the public Men's All-wool Colonial Tweed Suits at the wonderful low price of One Pound, quite as good as what could be bought a short time back for double this money. This firm are now holding a gigantic Clearing Sale of the whole of their extensive and valuable stock and it will be to the interest of buyers of Clothing and (Jeneral Drapery to pay them an early visit. — At>vt.

FXCLE SAM'S ROLLED OATS, the most nutritious breakfast meal.