The Manawatu Standard. (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. MONDAY, JULY 13, 1885.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 38, 13 July 1885, Page 2

The Manawatu Standard. (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. MONDAY, JULY 13, 1885.

On our fourth pajre to-day , will be fouqd Cable Nuws, Tflle&ranjs, 06min«r- - oial{N^wß| '-and aome ■brigiHal.poetry.;' : A man said to' his aged mother, speaking" of his wife : " I d» wish I. could keep Mauy from exßggeratlng so." '• Get her !- to ! talk- -about her own .age," responded the shrewd old lady. . | .The. pleasure' ( .pf tunning a:paper is ' sometimes an expensive.one, as> witness the Melbourne Eveiiing : World, which, after a ; cheqiiered existence of nearly 'fiveytiars^ diiiing which £47,000 has been /sunk, announced ils own demise -last, month.' fortunately,, the proprietary, 'which included - the natnuß of Sir W, J.Clarke, Mr R. Goldsborough, ami .others, of that ilk, can afford the luxury.. -^Exchange..- ; ,•- ■■) ■■■-• • *:<;.^ They were husband , and wife, aud as they Bt*od before the Captain m Washington, she asked : " What \t> that figui^ on the top ?"'• Thai's a goddess," he answered.!, "And "what's a godilosa?" ,''A,,\yoriian who h6lds ■; bar, tongue," he '.replied!'" She looked at him sideways, andthen Hegan plauuing how to iiiake a poach. tyie wHh, a stone mit for the beutf,;fit of sore tooth. '. , ;/■■' ; An lowa \editpr wrote an obituary on ' ori'ti df His'subscfiUerSj'^at tht request of his widow, m which *ne liij&dvertantiy ; i ßp^ka°yf^4li^de\!ea'Be(];-.j)aring.g6iie''''to-a 11 far happier hbnie." And tlie'iastidibifo- 1 fmpurnerrwafiiian^ry., ,..,;.. „;. .-■■}■.-;•,•/;:• 11 These'; ti roiijen must be >a r frivolous set, said Mr Spilkins, who was reading a paper. " Why so ?'V « I read in* the par? per that,, after the fire w&s under-;con-trol'the.firenieri' 1 phiyed. all night over the rump. Why didn't they go home and go to, bed like sensible men, .instead ot rdmping abipufc like children ?" ' TliepKrase:'" printer's devil', o\res its origin to the fact that .'ihefiist errand boy employed byv. William Caxton, the; first printer, wns the sou of a geiitieman of French desceut named D« Ville," and the name ;thus camu. to be appliedto all print- r's apprentices. . , ■Witii regard to the. dfftir made to' Wahanuijast session, it is saiil by a corres-^ pondent that !ie ; Avould prefer a seat iir the B[ouse of : RepreswritativasJi andTthat 'if hejbas': any ambition to cuter Parliament it tends that Way. . , ' r , | It is. proposed /to' hold 'V meeting m November 'rjiextbf the coin rriftudants of the varibus J colohieß tb^i'deavpur io-form s arcoinaipn baisis, of military x)peratibJis. - It is stated that manjoOGinbept-afibe-jflkiistr-alieMT-conitliisciVt. are looking.worn • aifdhagsrard'.' A" few' montl'is more m the.Spudau would have killed* lot of them". The history of the South Australian -Woollen Factory Companyi(sayß an exchangeV shows that, without the assistance of a heavy protective duty, : the,factory can turn oufe good tweed and niake ,14" profit, last half -yeir; it -ibasmadq. 27,s92 yards, and, what is still more satisfactory, sold "tlic bulk of it, having only worth on hand. Thr prpSt for the half-year had beon and as there are four months' orders on hand, and as the -productive power is c6uside|ably "increased, 'the next halfyear's accounts should show^a^ better 7 re- - suit. 'This, m face of the fact that tlia .company have to pay 12 percent on all the materials which they have to import and use in .theirfa.cto.ry-, while mauu-"factin-ed wbol'en; goods are 'admitted .at 5_ pencent, shows what'can be done by in-^ .dustries which are, as it jviere, indigenous to a country, and which, moreover, haveHhe advantage of being well managed iiom the outset^ ,■■-,. Thackerey tells of an Irish woman begging alms of hiwjj c y/hfl\ when she saw -'him put his liand. m his pocket, cried out ;i—" May the blessing of God follow you all the days of your life." And when lie only took out his snuff-box she immediately added :—•• And never overtake you." v Messrs Stevens and Gorton hold their usual monthly sale at the Borough Yards 'to-morrow,'- and. as there are numerous entries, we hope to report a successful sale. On the following I day (Wednes"day) tlie 'same firm will/submit to auction at their rooiusj Ran^itikei-Btree3fci a, large number of town properties.^ < y It is to be hoped that the School Comjiiriittees 0 Election Bill, now before the House, will be passed, as it abolishes accumulative voting.' Additions have been wade to Messrs Stevens and Gorton.s property list appearing on our fourth page. ■ A p«ragraph m Saturday's issue should "have read Mr Johnston, *of Autrim, not Austria. • : : The total loss by Europe annually, on account of her armies is £|'96;514,352. The New Zealand Clothing Factors, vhjisf opened another; branch "; of : "their business m Napier. ; - ' ; •5-' I arii afraid that young Fcatherly, who.caHs on you so often, is rather a fast young man, said ; a father to his daughter. " Oh, no, he isn't father!" replied the little brother, who was present. * c What do yon know about 'MrFefttherly ?"' demanded the old man. "l only know," the little man replied, '.'that I heard him ask sister for a Idas last night, and sha . told him lib could have one if he would be quick about it : hue it waa l the slowest kiss that ever I saw." The increase m school attendance m the colony kst year was greater than m any former year sinca 1880. What a mean thief will not steal it is '.hard. .to sny.- <Not.a thousand miles from Aiicltland, the other day somn bn« stole from the^precints of n< -Onnrt- House a medical nian's report 'in-a lunacy caiv - ««-G««ntiernen of the jury," said the pn tliei r ireturn from th e jnxy .ropm " are yort asrroed 'lipon a v'eVdict ?"■ are," replied the 'foreman- [solemnly. .«.' What say; yon ? Did you find . tl'ie prisoner at the bar guilty or not guilty.?',' •Guilty of murder m the first degree, 1 ' " G uilty of ni v i-der m the fi rst degree !" ei'cl aimed the judse m- the utmost aa;t6hißhmeht. "Why the prisoner is only charged with stoaling chickens, What earthly reason have you, for '■ ■brinscinjr m such .an ontragoojtß verdict' .18 that ?" " Yoiir honoi-"' replied 'the | foreman of tli« jury, looking timirllv;! ov««r Hi" orowdod Court room," we plead : stlf-dofence."

The lollowiug is the state of tinLunatic Asylum, Auckland, for the we«'k ending July 4, 1885 : -—Remaining last week, 327 ; admitted since ,'2 ; discharged 0 ; died ();. remaining, 221 males, 108 fomalos : total, 329, , An Essex. Mass., burglar, who \v,as recnlly disturbed at his operation*,,, made his escape on a bicycle which ho had provided at Jvdori'^enieut point ; for' just such an emergency. • April-foola jokes are not wholly a bad thiug, as a Lawreuce, Mass., man found who lost on the street a pocketbook coutaiiiiug 42 dollars. Several passers-by .winked at each other knowing and care- , lutly let it" "alone, so" that ' whetT tW owner retraced his steps half an hpur 1 ater he' found- it j ust where ~hf s»&d/ 'dropped it. A settler at Buunythorpe has requested us to draw the attention of the propel authorities to the nuisance caused by parries sledging heavy timber along" the Buonythorpe road. Our informant tells us that the settlers on the road are paying a heavy rato towards its maintenance, but that through this couliuued practice of log-sledging the 'highway ib ' wildodi passable. Also that complaints made to the engineer .of the .Manchester Road Boaad have had, no effect. . , I The. Sydney Morning Herald, writingof the proposed New Zealand taxation, says;— -" Whatever , may besaid iu'jtisiifioatinn of these changes, tli« i proposal to impose a new import duty on foreign coal— that, is; ou, .Newcastle, coal— is a ilneasure of protection aa mtich as a revenue measure. The -tax may, at the ex-; pensc of the general, consumers iv New Zealand^ help the coliery industry m tha^feolpiiy <;■ but it may' attho sainb 1 time >'i damage the colony's timber; agricultural, and dairy-producing interests. . New South Wales, . receives a. good deal of New Zealand prpduce/ which cau'bc sent here, m coinpetilipp with, that from Other colouit^, ' through tho cheap ili-eights .which . returning coal .'ships cau afford to offer. Anything which would damage that .trade, might be nj»re pngtidicialto 'New Zealand '.than: ,to New South Wales. Last year we /exported to New Zealand produce tci. the value of £506,7H,i ;■ aud >Ne vy Zealand sent' us goods to the amount:: of £881,530. She has'jthe larger interest iv thejLpatie,-4ud may be the greater, sufferer by 4'res^ tricti ve policy." ". ' v . I At the next £>istricfc Court, to be: held m Palmerfton, Mr J. H. Hankins" will h' aye. ; h.is r Hands, pretty full. ; -Mr.^'Han:lfins'.i&r^^ne. t d''f9r. > 'plaiatiC& i m ine^'follbvVmg civil cases :— 4iindwatu J G6xihf>T Counqil v.-,- Ppole and -another, Claim $IQO iriifficiai 2LBsignee.T.: Hpllana^claiiin \ iiOO. For defendants m Weisner y. claim £51 0s 6d ; Natives y. Stuart a-nd Davis, claim £150 ; Poole md another v. Manawatu County Council, claim >£85 18s 2d. For the aQpused, m the criminal case, Queen vi Bikins^ concealmnnt of birth. Alsp, letters of aJministration of Ellen Morrisj deceased. Bankruptcy casesj 1 public exa-mination : John Poad, James Brazier, and Xiduie John Bees. ;. . ; ,.•-!.. \Ve have to acknowledge the receipt of I another batch, of Parliamentary papers: from the Q-overhuient printer,. ... y) :, ; jln .Saturday's issue "we omitted m. otu: report o,f tlie dratnatic' entertainirieht to; rnentiori 1 the" valuable assistance' lent by the band under Miy Current able 'leader- 1 . ship: 5 - :._'•'"• r' : ':- : . •■;■: : T_. ' I ■;'.'&^trike.'pf. an. iiuprecedented character' occurred m( Bulgaria, ' the' clergy of the 'orthptipx church haying closed the;J places of worship, throughout : the pi'lnci-i; palityf ;-<The cauae. of the. strike ia; ithW; non-payment of ; stipends; ,In . 1883. ; the> National Parliament enacted that ihe^ .clergy should ba-pai^-lor-tbo—^tateTju^L -ject-tora-etiitfch .rate"; lmt the people" re-~ setite'd !:: the '■' levyitig of rate so "eti^r- : ' getically that it'has never been collected. An endeavour was made to vote the necessary'.aiiibunit if rom ' the -'Treasury, but Parliament declined to sanction the expenditure. -and consequently., the clergy determined"' to cease * performing their duties..- . .--■- - -. '■.'•.'--. •- • \- The Ellesmere paper has the following m its latest issue '.—^A business man, m reply to antinvilation, telegraphed to his friends in;;a,neigh'bpuritig town : "Cannot be dp\vn tuUTThufsUayT^foreman drunk.-" When lie arriyed .he .was; astonished ;by the hilaribus manner in^whidh'his "friends received hrn.^ i -rlti]b^n-trahsj)i're3 . that his telegram, iwhen received, vread : : come dovrri till rrhiirsday. f Orenbonr-r drunk!" „.. J . " it ' : . . -'.■"""■ • " Waiter," said a fastidious gentleman j at; a; Nevada;^ hotel,- exhibiting a> Bingiilarlopkingjobjept his spoohj * li waiter,, doj you kiibw what that is?" ."Thai,' 'sir, j looks like a-mp^se^suv. Wo. often find them m soupj sir." v 5 - A stranger m a small town, having lo3t his way, -^accosted a. gentleman, on" the' Street. "Please, my good man,"^ he j paid, "can you tell me the way to the post-office ?" "I am not a-, good ,ma^,", 3 said r tli'e person acpo^ted, with/ co|iisci6"uß I dignity ; "I- anr the; iiiayoiv" ' ' '?.