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Manawatu Herald, 9 July 1904, Page 2

Messrs Millar and Giorgi’s sale al “The Don," Palmerston North, of men’s, youths’, and boys’ clothing is ,iow in full swing. On Wednesday evening next _ there is to he a series of boxing bduts in the Foxton Public Hall. Admission of is will bo Charged. The ordinary monthly sitting of the Borough Council will be held on Monday. Importarit business is likely to be brought forward. This morning just as the Queen of the South had crossed the bar she grounded, ;lnd hd.3 been unable to get off since. It is expected she will get oft at high water this evening. According to Mf Wilson (who lectured here a short time ago on Socialism) one, if not two* Socialistic papers will be published in the colony shortly. We wonder if our Levin contemporary will be No. 2 ? On our front page to-day Mr Edmund Osborne offers for sale several valuable Foxton propei ties, amongst the number being the Well-known business premises 11 Manchester House 11 ‘ and “-.The Centre,of CojiimenJej" Mr.. Osborna should flnd no difficulty in finding purchasers. We refer our readers to the advertisement for fuller imformation. “Do you know what has made the American people the greatest nation in the world f" asked Mr Wilson, the American orator, at the Lyceum Theatre, Palmerston, on Wednesday night. “ Roguery 1” answered one of the audience, whereat the man from the" land ot the wooden ham said “ You’re another,” thuswise : “There, are as many rogues to the square inch in New Zealand as in any other country.” We thought Russia or the United States held the corruption record. Thus Lord Plunket al the dinner given to him in Wellington, on Saturday evening : “ Lest they should think he was beginning to discourse on the question of the birth-rate, it was outside his particular field—(laughter)— hut when Lady Plunket appeared on our quays and proudly displayed, like the mother of the Gracchi, her six little jewels, he hoped the object les bn was not lost." A man from the country went to Lyttelton the other day with the purpose of “ seeing the ships.” One of the first sights that came under his notice Was the Harbour Board’s big bucket dredge which is employed scooping up the sea bottom for the general improvement of the harbour. Apparently it puzzled him. Finally he addres-ed himselt to a city man who happened to be transacting some shipping bush ness in the vicinity. “ Say, mister,” he remarked, “ how many buckets does that blamed ship carry ? I’ve been looking at it for the last twenty minutes, and have counted a thousand, but haven’t come to the end of them yet !” A native woman at Tokomaru, Gisborne, was found dead with a cup containing diluted match-heads beside her. The Magistrate ordered a postmortem, which the natives obstructed until told that the law would have to be carried out, by force, if necessary. The jtuy returned a verdict that death was due to poisoning, there being no evidence to show how administered, and expressed disapproval at the conduct of the natives.

Two racecourse frequenters, Foster and Woodward, with several aliases, were sentenced, at the District Court, Westport, to six month’s imprisonment for conspiracy to defraud John Ogg, at Westport'races', last. March, by false pretences. Assisted by the production of a bogus £xo note, they induced Ogg to give them. £5 on an qnknown-horse, which they did not invest. '.Judge Ward said .the prisoners were a disreputable. scoundrels from Australia, who were getting a living on race courses. A lady, upon whose child Velpeau, the, great French had performed a most difficult operation, called upon him; full of gratitude, and presented him with a pocket book which she had embroidered with her own hands. Velpeau received the B)e testimonial very it was a beautiful pocket-bdok,- apd all that, but that his necessities demanded something more substantial ‘‘ My fee,” he said, coldly, is "five thousand francs.’’ The lady very quietly opened the pocket-book, which- contained ten one-thousand franc-notes, counted out five, and, politely handing them to Velpeau, retired. The Foxton Literary & Debating Society assembled together last Wednesday evening for the purpose of discussing the history of the month in its various branches. A fair number of members were present, and a most enjoyable evening was spent. Reports were read by Messrs L. Jenks, W. Barnard, and.W. Hutchison, while Mr Hunter delivered an extempore address. Messrs Moore, Healey, E. Wanklyn, and E. Spelman, also took a hand in thrashing out the various knotty problems of the day. Owing to the increase in the numbers ot the Society, it was decided to obtain a hall if possible for future meetings. Mr Hutchison fulfilled the office of Chairman. Next week the question as to “ Whether New Zealanders work too hard ” will be debated, and a full attendance of members is specially asked for. The Secretary, Mr W. E, Barnard, will be pleased to take the names oi any prospective members.

A North of Scotland girl has just recovered £2OO as solatium for breach of promise by a policeman. Plaintiff stated Mat one day she interrupted her faithful lover’s meditations on his beat by asking for an explanation, and he threatened “ to run her in !”

A peculiar case was brought up at Whangemomona the other day before the local Justices, when a lad was charged with stealing wild honey from the bush on a man’s property. The Bench held that wild honey could not be stolen.

The Sydney Telegraph is responsible for the following cat story:—That a cat has nine lives everybody has heard, but tabby is so tenacious of the first one that it evidently is not aware of the fact itself. The tortoiseshell mousecatcher of the R.M.S. Miowera has just furnished an example of what the feline can endure and still escape a funeral. On April nth the steamer was coaling at New Castle, and pussy's glossy coat was stroked by • the! steward and the crew and the lumpers as It purred around and watched the coaling operations. Then it disappeared as completely as a flash of lightning. Unavailing search arid expressions of regret followed, and the ship'9 cat was forgotten. After a lapse of thirty-one days, however, and while the Miowera was plunging through the tropics, a stoker noticed something white jammed in some coal In the bunkers. It was the ship's cat, emaciated, without hair, in the last stage of helplessness, almost blind, and covered with sores. It had been cooped up there for four weeks and three days Without air, except what penetrated the coal heap, and without food or water, but still had a spark of life left in it. This was fanned by the medium of weak Whiskey and water for two days, and thert the Cat began to take more solid food. It grew stronger daily, its tortoiseshell coat began to grow again, and it gradually recovered to be the tabby of old, land is still on tho Miowera as great a pet as evef. ' - :