The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. SATURDAY, JULY 11, 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 37, 11 July 1885, Page 2

The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. SATURDAY, JULY 11, 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

jA;,inedical paper caUsatte.ntion»to a simple and at; the same tune wonderful efficient treafilie'ift for!" 'many kinds of headache. ;ft is nothing more or lrss titan a solution of the bisulphide of carbon. A w.ide-i.noulhed glass-stop-pered.bottle is half-filled with cotton or ajfiiie sponge, and upon this two or t^ree dracliiris of the solution are p'oure|l. The mouth of the bottle ia to-be applind to the temple, or •■ as near as possible to the seat of pain, so closely that nooe of the valatile vapour may. esjape, and retained there four or five ininutes, or longer.' It niay be.' reapplied, it necessnry, several times inthe day, and it generally, acts like magic giviftg immediate' rcliof. . ■, • .laiapapei' on eyes read before tlifr Lite English Social Congress, it is stated ' t jia't- yery quiet, eye's,-;which 'irhpreßsari(l '■ embarrass one ■with.t heir repose/ signify ' ijot only selfrcoth'mandV but >&lw- much complacency. nndßoine congeit.. Restless , 4yes that cannot, look one steadily. ; in the face 5 denote, a deceitful, d'eßis:r\ing iu'indi' By^sin 1 which the* whife i : ' Has- a ' yellowish tinge and is streaked -with .reddish^yeins, -indicate strong ' passion and hasty temper. Very blue eyes iud'eate. a mind inclined to coquetry. Grey ej'es signify dignity, intellifteuce, and excellent reasoningfaculties ; green- . ibh oyes falsehood, and a. fondness for -scandal.. Amaliciong mind is often indicated by greenish eyes. Black eyes show a .passionate,' lively tomperament, •and often a-most deceitful disposition. 1 Ten-auiogtaph letters of Lord Nclsoh were ree'ently sold m London "for 3Jli>. One of them was written on board the yictory during the , .battle of Trafalgar. An angl«r at the Greymquth had^about, as strange a bite ; as can: well be imagined. Instead of a fat herring •oh his hook,' he found a. yoang kitten " ; Btill : airve, though its eyes did not appear to bo«open. The fishor vows that he will rear that kitten and keep it as ' lon,jc ,as ; he cannon account of the extraordinary way m which. it came into his possession. ' ! - ' '' - ; ' ■■ Michigan !aholi^hed tKo death penalty sdree ye'afs (6^o., aud the result has been--a^ increase m the. nnmher «f murders 'far beyond what might naturally be expected' from the grrovyrth 'of population. •It ia asserted that m no other civilised cauimuriity of equal population on the face of the earth are there so many homicides annually as m Michigan. It :is .tlWught that a restoration of the gallowswould be a good thing; ; and a bill has'been' introduced m the Legislature for that purpose. ' A pifteting was held at Ormondville last Monday, with the object m view of obtaining a - medical man for that district. . •■.■•'•• Dyjnamite, (says the Scientific Timeit\\ will play.an; important pstrt m the world's^ next.great war. Much' doubt has been entertained, as to the possibility of safely v.firihg^rom a canhona dynamite proiec'tile of sufficient power to destroy" a first class ship of war ; but it is said that one ot the six -inch shells used recently at a test of dynihamite projectiles on the banksj of the Potomac? would have sunk any, uharrnoured ship afloat and severely racked the heaviest, ironclad. Eight-inch ; shells, containing 35 pounds of nitroglycerine, f are soon to be'tested, and it is belive^ that the new engine of war wilL be . irresistible whatever the strength of any enemy's fleet. It 1 * production may simplify ttie problem of the defence of our sea coast. , ' Sir Edward Watkins tells the following capital Btory\to point the moral of "as right as ninepence m a lawyer's pocket." An attorney m the Black Coun- ; tryj says Sir Edward, swallowed half -a- . sovereign. With a view to recover the gold, coin surgical skill was invoked. But the. utmost the stomach-pump aided by strong emetics, could recover was 3s 4d" change! The balance «f 6s 8d had gone into the legal system of the unfortunate attorney, and was hot get-at-able. They would seem t;o be getting quite savage m England m their comments upon public men. The following passaged fxom Vanity Fair of the 21st of \M arch 'smacks of the politics of' the old -days of Gilray andßowiandaon ;— li l am greatly disappointed to learn that the man^Kinxberlev, who was hanged at Bir-. ,- • minghani ,6n Tuesday, was not a Cab m ot Minister' after . \alL". For a moment ■brigfit' Nope dawned upph me that, at any 'rate Wiiad got.r'iH' of one of them. But ■'.it seems that the Secretary for India had nothing; to do with the murder of the woman; named Parker. He has hitherto only r been convicted of complicity m the 1 murder of a man named Gordon. A;t a rather lonely farm m California lately a bear made its appearance and entered under considerable noise. The woman, who was by herself, thinking it wns s her husband ; returnirinf home drunk, ■ received him m her usual: style. The hear ran eleven miles the, same- night, and for weeks was avoided ljy his chums on account of his horrible looks.

Tho fdllowinjj are thoentriea received for tho EKliibitiou baud cutitests :—lnveroargill Garrison Bnnd, Dunedin do, Tiiunru do, Wellington do, Nelson do. Cliristctturoh do, Ontmru do, Auckland Artillery do, Wanguuui Garrison do. Tho abovu bandy liavo oach uului'ml.2o men, with the exception of the Nelson Baud, .which numbers 19 men. From the Pout we learn that the Post Office Savings. Rank returns for the Wellington, district for tho. quarter ended; 30th Juno show deposits £60,971 13s 9d aod withdrawals £49,148 2s lid, being *an excess of the former over, the latter of £11,823 10s lOd. Compared with the corresponding quarter of last year, there is an increase m tho amount of deposits, of £15,999 10s 6d, and of withdrawals £7980 17s 6d, thus showing that the business of the department .is steadily increasing, . ' At the meeting of the Wellington Land Board, the Commissioner produced a plan of tha sandhills from tho mouth of the Waitotara River to the Rangitikei River. It was decided to bring the mat- 1 ter trade? the notice of the i Government,*: with a view to having the hills planted, ao as to prevent the sand drifting further inland, and if funds wdre not avaiU able : for the purpose, that the ! lands ■ should be leased in 'runs. „ I ■:• From the Post wo learn that Coun-> cillor Ptitherick has given notice 'of his inteution to move at the ntxt meeting; of the City Council; that the name? -pi Waring vTaylor-ati'eet 'bo changod tip_ some other name.