Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 1896.

Manawatu Herald, 14 March 1896, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 1896.

Mr Pirani, M.H.R., visitel the town on Thursday afternoon and interviewed the chairman of the Foxton School Committee. The Rev. G. Aitkens will (D.V.) hold divine service at Foxton in the morning and at Levin in the evening. Messt*3 Gorton and Son hold a stock sala on Friday at Awahuri. On Thursday Messr3 Abraham and Williams hold a sale at Palmerston. A charge is to be made for the carriage of bioroles by rail.

„ Artiftci&l leds an'd ji.rittc were in ii?e irt Egypt aft early as 700 i.e. They were mftae by lhe priests, who wer« the physicians of that early time. The Advocate says Mr Blundell, Stock Inspector, slates that the publicity given to the recent case" df cattle disease has had fjoo'd cuect. Hiß time has since almost wholly been taken up examining cattle at the request of owners, and he has found many more affected with contagious dis eases than he previously supposed were in the district. Sealskin is now almost double lis value only two years ago. " A pdund an inch" is the estimate givoti by a competent lady expert as the worth of really fkst-olase sfeirl of this description. Th* number of steamers lost on the New Zealand coast since 185*7 is 102, representing in vAlu6 Wat-ly A niillioii stciS litig. The Cathedral Fund Commi|.tee hai? authorised the purchase of the Taranaki street site fov £7000, says the Ttriie*. The Rev. Mr ha3 generously ottered an ftdditidnai iISOO towards the purchase of tho site if the total is raised to £4000; The school fence, thft repairing of whioh has been eric cf the ir.ariy trdUbles Whli-h hfthto the headmaster, will probably be seen to since Mr Pirani has had a private view. He has promised to send th* 1 timbsr along. K?Xt Sunday the Primliive Methodists hotel a harvest festival and Mr Rush, of Pa!Mer9toni will take .both services- The fruit and vegetables : will Be sent oh Monday rtiorriing to the Palriterston Hospital: A cut'ious discovery, of what is supposed to be a smuggler's cave, is reported from St. Margaret's, near Dover. While a field was beiug ploughed a piece of ground subsided, and one of the horses narrowly escaped falling id; On an examination baing rhade a subterranean chamber «•£**s discovered. A well-known smuggler lived near the spdt at the beginning of the c°ntnry, when the fi-ld was a thick wood, and it "s supposed that the chamber was a store- I house for smuggled goods. I Theban mummies have been found containing evidence that in the days of tlie PharaGhs there were dentists Who filled de- i Bayed teeth with gold. At the bottom of the dsep seas the waier is only a few degrees above freezing poiut. Paper teeth are manufactured by a Lubeck dentist. One set has boen in use fov 13 year6, and are as good as ever. The buttons on the wedding dress of an American millionaire's daughter, recently married, were made of jewels, and cost £20 each. Lawyers are always with us, they were known in lUlybn 2,500 years b.c. Tho gicut Northern Railway Company have turned out a new engine built in their own workshops, which cm easily at'ain a Bpeed of flO miles an hour. The wheels are 8 feet in diameter, the cylinder? 19J inches in diameter, and the total weight of engine and tender is 90 tons. No better pictnre of the cowboy's peculiar traits and mannn-s could be had than that indicated in outline by a liitle incident at Tuscon, Arizona, a few days ago. A cowboy was brought into Tusdon from a range in the St. Simon Valley, to bs treated for a wounded instep, which had been shattered by a pistol bullet of big calibre. The shooting, it was explained, occurred during a round-up. There was no quarrel between tho injured man and the man who shot him, " but one morning when they got out the air was rather crispy, and they began shocking at each other lo increase the circulation of the blood." So, at lea9t, says a New York paper. Certainly the most effective medicine in the world is Sanders and Son's Eucalypti Extraot. Test its eminently powerful effect in Coughs, Colds, Influenza ; the relief instantaneous. In serious cases and accidents of all kinds, be they wouuds, burns, scaldings, bruises, sprains, it is the safest remedy — no swellings— no inflammation. Like surprising effects produced in Croup, Diphtheria, Bronchitis, Inflammation of the Lung3, Swellings, &c, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Disease of the Kidneys and Urinary Organs. In use at all hospitals and medical clinics ; patronisod by His Majesty the King of Italy ; crowned with medal and diploma at International Exhibition, Amsterdam. Trust in this approved artiole and ejeot all others. — [advt.] One of the drawbacks of coVintry life, at least to the small settler, is undoubtedly tho increased price he has to pay for any articles of clothing or general drapery, by reason ofthe extra chai-ges for freight or carriage. This drawback need exist no longer, for extra charges are done away with under the new parcel system winch has been inaugurated at Te Aro House, Wellington. Under this system any of the parcels advertised will be sent to any address in New Zealand, post free, the prices charged being exactly the same as those at which the goods are sold over the counter in Wellington. As may be imagiued, however, this liberal offer is only extended to cash customers, and all orders for advertised parcels must be accompanied <ky cash for the amount, before the order can be executed at Te Aro House, Wellington. In illustration of the system we will give an example. Take for instance No. 7 parcel, whioh contains 7 yards of double width stylish fancy check tweed ; 2 dozen buttons and silk and twist to match ; 2 yards of body lining and 4 yards of skirt lining. This complete parcel will he sent, post free, to any address on receipt of 15s 9d, from Te Aro House, Wellington.