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Manawatu Herald, 1 October 1898, Page 2

We draw attention to the new advertisement over the leader to-day of the firm of Nelson Moate and Co.

The Post says the first shipment of tomatoes from Auckland were landed in Wellington on Thusrday, and were sold at one shilling and mnepence per pound.

The new Viceroy of India is only 40 years old, and is the youngest that has ever been appointed to that responsible post.

We notice from our exchanges that the Maori Brass Band plays in public on Saturday ever ings. Would it not be much appreciated if the local Brass Band followed suit and played in the Main street fof an hour on Saturday evenings ?

A curio from the bush was shown in Danneviyke the other day. It was what might be termed a 'nut' of honeysuckle, and was found in the Ngapaeruru block by Mr A. Hart. The nut is of circular shape, about seven inches in diameter, and is completely enveloped in honeysuckle bark. The grain of the wood, on being cut in two, was found to be really-exquisite, and radiated in all directions from the centre.

"Our" Mr Holmes, the "Commercial Ambassador" as he likes to be styled, has stirred up Dublin, and another whole column is given to him by the "Daily Nation" newspaper. " Hide not your H.^ht under a bushel " has been taken well to heart by our Flax representative.

In Thursday's N.Z. Times Mr H. D. Bell administers a lesson to that paper for what he terms its unfair criticism of Mr Eyre Kenny, and as a valuable set off Mr Bell says, " I believe Mr Kenny to be as just, fair and impartial a Magistrate; and as honourable a gentleman; and as capable of controlling his Court and those who have to appear before it, as any Magistrate in the colony."

It is reported that the complications of France are being discussed by the Powers forming the Triple Alliance.

The French Cabinet has decided to continue the steps for a revision of the Dreyfus sentence, and will send all the documents to the Court of Cassation.

Skeletons of a human family have been found in Moravia along with mammoth bones. The skeleton of the man was of enormous size. The find is said to dispose of the theory of scientists who contend that man did not exist during the mammoth period.

In Paris there am over 1,000 pro fessional fortune-tellers.

The Spanish Government has instructed its representative on the Peace Commission to resist the cession of the Philippine Islands.

The finest lemon orchards in the world are those in Sicily, where an acre ot lemons is worth £300.

Potatoes, it seems, are a cure for gout. The working people in Ireland, who live chiefly on the potato, never suffer from this dreadful jcomplaint. As the British warship Narcissus was on the point of sailing from Hongkong for Kobe recently it was discovered that one of her safes had been broken into and a large sum of money stolen. Several of her men were also missing, and it transpired that they had decamped on a Japanese steamer from Yokohama. The torpedo-boat destroyer Whiting was sent in pursuit, and, overhauling the Japanese steamer, the men wanted were taken out of her and back to the cruiser.

A new use has been found for diamonds, in assisting marksmen in their shooting. The cut stones are fixed in the front and back sights, and it is said that they enable the marksman to take a quick and correct aim, even when the light is bad.

She: What is the opinion of clergymen in general as to rational dress ? — He : The cloth is very much divided on the subject

Mark Twain, writing to a resident of Adelaide (S.A.), makes this reference to the possibilities of an Anglo' American Alliance :--•' It is a great pleasure to me to know that in 1 Australia the feeling of kinship moves the people to sympathy with as, and that Dewey's— and now, no doubt, Sampson's — British-tike performance stir.- them. The Australians used to tell me the Spaniards would whip us a few times at the start, because we ware ignorant of war ; but I said : •We are merely Britishers under another name, and ignorant or not, you will see the blood show up.' The war has brought .England and America close .together, and to my mind is the Wggest dividend that any war in this world has ever paid. If this feeling is ever to /prow cold again I do not wish to live to see

The Wellington Education Board has adopted a proposal tb remodel the inspection staff; aot without much discussion and strong opposition to the reduction of the Chief Inspector's salary. The scheme, as agreed to, includes the appointment of a third inspector at £300 per annum, the second inspector to receive £375 and the senior inspector to be be ; reduced to £500, all three to receive actual travelling expenses. The reduction is on the ground that the additional appointment will lighten the duties of the head Inspector, which, however, was dented during the discussion.

Three pints of water should be drunk daily by the average man. Water that has been standing In a room should not be drunk, as it absorbs all impurities; as a disinfectant it acts well. Salt and water maks an excellent gargle for a sore throat. A hot salt bath will be found ve±y soothing by those who suffer from nervous restlessness, if taken before they retire.

Two shipwrights have invented an ingenious device for closing watertight doors in the bulkheads of warships. When water obtains access to any compartment, it causes a bell to ring, and a few seconds later the doors close automatically.

Mr Andrew Jonson has an advertisement in this issue about his houses on the beach. With the promised concession in the time of leaving by train on Monday mornings these houses will be still more sought after.

The Commissioner of Crown Lands notifies that the right to cut timber on a block of land at Mangahao will be sold in two lots on Friday 21st instant at Pahiatua.

The Railway Manager announces the holiday excursions for October.

The Annual General meeting of the Manawatu Rowing Club is convened for Wednesday next at Whyte's Hotel at 8 p.m.