FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1885.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 53, 31 July 1885, Page 2

FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1885.

On our fourth pa?o to-day will be found Cable News, The Soudan, Australian News, Telegrams, Commercial News, Sporting News, Political New 3, Wiiitara N,ews, and A Strange Find at Waipawa. On June 28th, there died m a miserable bark hut, Thomas Boyd, the first man who crossed the Murray from tho New South Wales to the Victorian side, the last surviving member of Hume and HowelTs exploring party. He had been a prosperous grazier, but through mis fortune lost everything and died a pauper. The New South Wales Government some time ago gave him £50, and a Victorian Minister promised him £50, but this he never got. He was 88 years of age when he died, and was an honorable man, a good specimen of an Australian pioneer. -^Surely he had deserved better treatment than such neglect m his old ace. M. Dareste the other day read a paper before the Paris Academy of Sciences on the physiological onset produced by turning eggs during incubation. He had proved by experience (with artificial incubators) that eggs invariably perish which are not turned two or three times a day. He explained the reason on strictly physiological grounds ; but the fact, perhaps, is. of the most importance. A romantic suicide was committed at the service at a Protestant church m Paris, oa May 10. The clergyman had just finished, his sermon when M. Hermann Kellor, director of a well known school, drew a pistol from his pocket and blew ou.t his brains. . When Queen Victoria ascended -the Throne m 1887, the foreign trade of England was about 100,000,000 sterling-. Novy the trade of the Australian colonies exceeds that by 20,000,000. A member of the House of Lords was seized with, a fit m the House a short time ago, and not one of the members knew what to do with him. They had to run to the Commons for a doctor. Medicine is too utilitarian a profession to be honored by the elevation of any of its" practitioners to the aristocratic Chamber. ' - At a meeting m Westminster on May 12th, m which several Rf.P.'s took part, resolutions were passed m favor ot the immediate abolition of the House of Lords. Mr Bradlaugh attempted to take his seat m tho House of Commons on its reassembling oil June G, but a majority of 44 ordered him off the premises. On May 25th the great Atlantic steamer City of Eome cut through a fishing barque, and sent her to the bottom^ together with 22 out of 24 of herciow. It happened on the Banks of Newfoundland, about 4 a.m. whilst a thick fog prevailed. . Colonel Stanley, Secretary of State for the Colonies, favors the establishrnant of an emigration bureau, for affording information regarding the colonies to intending emigrants. " Was early man a savage ?" asked a magazine writer. That depends. If the early man was dressing to catch the 6 j a.m. train, and his collar button fell behind the washing stand, then the probabilities are he was about as savage as they make them. Dr Yorke, m a lecture before an Auck- 1 land audience the other evening, said : — "Evolution iga hopeful doctrine for the world, and tells of better conditions for man's development. It tells of a time when religion will consist »f doing good, and not m creeds and dogmas. It tells of a time when a man will be .ashamed to say • I own a thousand acres of land.' It tells of a time when women will stand as the equal of man, side by side ; and at that time there shall be no more war, for evolution evolves everlasting peace." Meßsrs George and Co. and. Hill and Co. are the successful tenderers for the 200 acres of bushfalling advertised by VVlribley Bros., Ashurst. The receipts from the tobacco tax m Germany have decreased since 1881 and 1882 from eleven and a half millions to seven and three quarter millions, and ft further decrease may be expected, be--oftUßo-the native product, owing to the heavy- tax which is imposed on it since 1879, cannot compete with the imported foreign tobacco. The native production of tobacco has been, consequently, reduced from 613,000cwts m 1880 to 390, OOOewts m 1884, while the imports of foreign leaf havo increased from 102, 770e\vts m 1880 to £04,000cwts m 1884. Messrs Stevens and Gorton's .next stock snle at Marton will be held on August 7. The entries at present re ceived are published m our advertising columns. They, include beef, forward bullocks, mixed cattle, yearlings, half bred Hereford heifers, mixed cattle, eighteen months to two-year-old's, mixed cows, fat wothers, ewes, mixed sheep, ewi's m lamb, lambs, etc. An' exchange says :— The debt of the United Statps has gone m 20 years down from to £300,000,000. This doesn't look as if Protection was altogether a failure. A newspaper correspondent writing from Afghanistan, says that the Afghans eat onions as tho Americans do apples. Wo don'l winder that England is trying to back out. Tho shooting season for the Mttnawatu and Oroua districts, which opened on Ist March last, will close on 3lsfc August i next, according to Government Gazette dated Feb. 12th. On Wednesday afternoon an unfortunate accident occurred at Messrs Bailey Bros, saw-mill, Malcombe. Robert Dalgleish, .1 young man who had obtained a contract for cutting timber, by some mea-is or other allowed his right hand to come m contact with a circular saw. The first finger was completely taken off, and tho next one severed at the second joint. The young fellow, who appears to have been particularly unfortunate, 'had only just recovered from a serious accident which happened at the bench, when the accident o';ctu red. — Herald-. In consequence of tho action of the Salvation Army m Melbourne, having rescued the sou of an English general,, ant] n. .fcllu^spldior "ofMiia Excellency i jhe'Cf%cfii^>, i 'from deyrndatbttj.eonso(jue'ut iiif ?i|AHh»erance. Sir H. B. Look s-Vit r<ir%tfty^ Aftr'r antffltojrtir^ about the work" doii«», he <iX\\r(Sßiiui\li)H BU r m ' a . ( 'r? t thpreauUs, :am},s.ml jth .H? ho W(iufd.!*iinpcjit theor■gjHiisalii/p o^itjir as'tie etulu. S* AHiit i>f Boap nilfbed Vn the liihges of ! doors will prevent th;m from creaking;. l > ,ipc«B:()"f T ftheeS(3-cU)th "liYakn the very best kind of , dusters. Cut {fopm. ftn(jL (torn Mew, : j

The reeeut successful Napier Harbour Board loan is tho first New Zealand loan that has been placed m the market by the Batik of Australasia. . Tho following singular advertisement appears m the " wanted "column of tho Napior Daily Telegraph on the 25th inst": -" Wanted, insurance agents and attendant medical practitioners nut to l>ick tho oranges when calling at To Apite on their rounds." ' : " It has been decided to open a Post and Telegraph Office at the Fxhibition Building, at which the ordinary business of the Department can be transacted. A Telephone Bureau will also be attached to the office, and be connected with the Exchange. Telegrams will be received and delivered, money orders issued aud paid, and Savings Bank business carried on as at other post offices. The posting boxes will bo cleared . every twenty minutes, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., aud 7 p.m. and 8 p.m., which are the hours the office will be open to the public. The office will bo opened on Saturday next. One hundred and fifty thousand houses! Such is the estimate made last year of the number of empty dwellings m London, aud it is to be feared that this year tho state of things is but little better. The untoward coudition of alfairs arises partly from depression of trade and partly from over building. The football" match between Wellington and Ilawko's Bay will take place m; Nowtown Park on Saturday, 27t.1i.: August. . Chang, the Chinese giant, who will be well remembered m this colony, has married an American lady, who is reputed to ba worth £47,000. He himself lias a share iv a valuable tea plantation m China. Mrs Chang reaches the respectable altitude of 6ft 3,in, but she s&ys she shall always look up to her husband. Farmer:" Well, my man, how much do you want a day ?"' Irish laborer : v Shillin' a day and you ato me, or eighteenpeuce a day aud I ate myself." Thero are no less than 11,575 women engaged m giving musical instruction iv England. - Two ladies have contributed, through Miss Gordon, the munificent donation of £2000 towards the Gordon Boys' Camp Fund.

Orango-pcel, when Ihorougly dried or bake<l, is a capital thing for lighting firus ; it burns fiercely and gives out an intense heat. When Mark Twain was asked to subscribe a modest gift for the erection of a church, he wrote to the committee that he thought they made a mistake, as m his opinion. what was wanted m their town was " a nice, new, large jail." A vicious heifer can be cured of kicking by using a simple fastening around the legs, which is called a spancel. It is a loop of small, soft rope, about 16ia. long ; one end i« noosed around one leg , and fastened by putting a wooden pin so as to hold it. The legs are left about four inches of play. It should be put on before milking. By far the best recognition of a verbal kind that has been made of the . spirit of New South Wales m offering a contingent of troop 3 for the Soudan, was contained m a message cabled to Sydney by the Earl of Rosebury. It was simply the two words " Well done." The longer formal messages of the Government are stupid, m comparison, with this. We {Examiner) understand Mr Macara intends running a daily coach between Masterton and Wood vjlle. There is no doubt that the traffic now demands a daily coach and when the contract is re-let a daily mail service should be arranged for. The Inman liner City of Berlin, which a few years ago was a favourite vessel with A ustralians travelling w'a the States — ran into an iceberg on the American coast the other day, well-nigh comingirreparably to grief. She was (owing to a dense tog)- going dead slow at the time, or nothing could have saved her. As it was, thousands of tons of ice full on the fore-decks, smashing into the hold, and doing altogether some £5000 worth of damage. Boats and rafts were instantly lowered, and preparations made for the worst, but the vessel being found perfectly dry and seaworthy, the captain proceeded on his voyoge. Later the same morning, the Berlin shaved two other immense icebergs. . The- Jane Douglas leaves Foxton for Wellington to-night at 10 p.m. Passengers by her Will be" able to attend the opening of the Exhibition. The- Marton paper says : — Mr Lacey, of Halcome, wrote to Mr Macarthur about the post-office at Halcombe having been closed m the evenings between seven and eight o'clock for the delivery of lottery. Mr Macarthur made inquiries about the matter, and the result is that the office is now open again for the convenience of the public. •. ■ English manufacturers are suspected of .supplying small arms and ammunition to the R usaians. If they are o E the same bad quality as those served out to pur own troops m the Soudan, there ought to be no reason to make a fuss. The well-known provision firm .of Moir and Son, Aberdeen, employ only ladies as travellers. It is needless to say that the difficulty is to keep them with the firm, as matrimonially inclined men pick them up. as soon as they are fairly started on the " road." A correspondent writes to the Sydney Herald : — " In San Francisco hotels may be ket)t open all night and every day of the week, and I have to admit that I saw less'drunkenness m that city than m any part of America. This proves to my mind that unnecessary restriction does not tend to make people sober." Several years a«ro a machinist m a railroad shop at Wellsville m Ohio invented a nut-lock, for which at that time, there was a great demand. It was an excellent device, and he saw m it a great fortune. He had no confidence m corporation.*., however, and refused to sell his patent to one of the leading .companies for $10,000. cash. He has the patent yet, and will now cheerfully take three dollars for it. Professor Sample, the horse- tamer, is now m Hengler's Grand Cirque, London, where he is demonstrating- how nicely horses can be driven with tin cans tied to their tails and fireworks exploding at their very hoofs. In London the Professor's price for tuition is five guineas instead of two. The only complaint pupils have to make, so far, is that there is too much oratory and too little horsetaming, It is said that Royal Hampton, who was third m the Epaom Derby, is owned by an illustrious personage. It is. moreover said that his Royal Highness, the heir apparent, landed nearly £50,000 by backing the horse to get a place. A correspondent of a contemporary procures all the young calves he can m tie autumn at a moderate price, takes •them from the cows and teaches them to drink. He then feeds one part of linseed "ineaV, one' of maize meal, and eight parts of bran, scaleded, and sufficiently 1 thin that the young animals mny : drinlc it for a short time ,; but as soon as possible 'they are : "made to take it dry, as otherwise, unless great care is -exercised they afe apt to scour. At the present .time- lie has three yearlings which have never, never tasted milk srico.tbo th'rd day afterbirths Those weigh, 7501 b • each, and are estimated to have cost about 253. The system hag 1-eea adopted by. him ipi h .i* fitter before bug for qujte fiity

Bussia possesses one humlrel .id nir als— an admiral for every two thousan tons of shipping. It is proposed to send an Australia* Rifle t«nm to the Wimbledon competition next year. . The Coroners Act Amendment Bill, 'iiilroslut'i'd by Mr Tole, provides that the concurrence" of four jurors m a ver diet at any inquest or ..inquiry taken by or before any Coroner by virtue of his oflico shall be . sufficient, and not more than six persons shall at any time be required to constitute a juiy at any such inquest or inquiiy. We have received a letter severely ceusui'iug the editor of the local limes, for several uufaeling allusions m recent iasues to the illness which for some weeks past has prostrated Mr McMinn, editor of the Standard. We do not think it . necessary to publish the letter iv question, as the paragraphs alluded to have already evoked adverse criticism m many quarters; and have been generally condemned, as betraying a bitter spirit, and lack of sympathy, aud embodying sentiments that are by no means creditable, and will not find many to endorse or approve of them. . We thank tho writer for the evident goodwill towards us which prompted his communication. The following .anecdote, illustrative of the rage fo«* "bargains," is told by the Auckland Herald :— A. local draper says he neglected to purchase at Owen : and Graham's sale, and his customers .; were disgusted. Seeing that they were determined to have salvage stock, he employed his assistants m carrying to a ] warehouse at tho rear of the shop all tho goods that were considered unsaleable, ami that had lain on th« shelves for months m somo distances. Heaping these up iv a shed he had a fire kindled, and after seeing that the goods weie thoroughly Biaoked % he /l«)u^eil the pile with ivftter. " Salvage Stock " was the war cry next day, and within a week he had sold 70 per cent, of his goods at. doub'e the price ho had been asking previously. The Washington monument will not long retain the proud distinction of being the highest structure m the world. An iron tower, 1,000 f«et m height, is to. be erected m the grounds of the French Exhibition m 1889. Paasengers will De earned to the top man filevator. ;

The Auckland Bell has heard on good antharity that it is Sir George Grey's intention to purchase, for presentation lo Her Royal Highness the Priucess of Wales, the Zoliindia Five Glass Landau, manufactured" from Auckland timber, by Messrs Cousins and Auk ins, of that city, and which will be on riew at the Colonial Exhibition. It is original m design, aud cantaius many novelties and improvements. Sanders, & Co., Adelaide, got a shipment of tea from Melbourne, aud sent it back. An analyst said it was exhausted tea (had been used before.) During the last winter — from October to April-r-43,000 dinners were supplied to the poor m South London at a cost of. I^_ each. This was for food only, the cooking being done by volunteers. Of 3,500 persons whom Dr Ferran had inoculated with chwlera virus up to May 12 m Spain, under the impression that tins will provide a safeguard against cholera, only three had not proved quite successful. Dr Ferran is of oppiaiou that the inoculation should be repeated twice. • We republish elsewhere the only other article which appeared m the Standard alluding to Mr Bunny m connection with the Waste Lands Board. It \yill be seen that Mr Mason's name is not mentioned m it. It might, however, to some extent account for Mr Bunny's hostility towards the Standard, but would not justify (he mis-statements to which he committed, himself, and a withdrawal of which he will be m due course asked to make. In an article on. the poverty of Great Britain the Melbourne Argus has the following :— A. nation which has spent £78,700,000 upon fermented liquors m the year 1881, and consumed 15,000 gallons of wirie, 1,007,000 gallons of beer, and 37,000,000 gallons of spirits between the Ist of Jannary and the 31st ot December of that year need not go beating about the bush to ascertain the origin of the poverty which, forms a painful counterpart to the contrast with its wealth. For unhappily, the bulk of this expenditnre comosout of the pockets of the wages earning classes, and the Joutlay on beer and soirits covers £90,000,000 of the enormous total quoted above.

The Home correspondent of the Dunedin Star says,: — The Revised Bible was published at noon yesterday, when the scene m Paternoster Row and around St. Paul's Churchyard was something to remember. Imagine about 200 imtriens" vans, from forty to fifty carts, and 1,000 booksellers' touts, squeezing and pushing, or cursing and swearing, m the attempt to get an advantage one over the other. Whilst the uproar was at its height, and two or three free lights were going on, an obese and elderly bishop, appeared on the scene, lie gazed around for 1 a moment m blank horror, aod then becoming aware that coarse remarks were being passed on his personal appearance, fj«sd up th<v stairs, into the warehouse Shortly afterwards, some policemon turned up and tranquilised, or rather partially trahquilised matters. The circulation of the Revised Bible will, however, long be remembered amongst booksellers 'as the occasion of a horse-play riot as unexpected as it was inappropriate. " I must have older m this Courtroom," sternly demanded a Justice of the Peace. "I must and will have less, noise and confusion here. I have already disposed of. three important cases without being able to hear ono word of the evidence." . Messrs G. M. Snelson and Co. have three sales on hand for to-morrow, viz., Fitzherbert-street Sale Yards at noon, for which the entries are numerous ; Saturday's Auction Pale at the Mart, which consists of part of a bankrupt stock of drapery, and at their rooms on j behalf of a local producer, 70 apple trees ' from one to six years old, and 20 sacks of Rye grass seed" ; the sale takes plaoe at 2 p.m. Tenders are invited by Mr B. B*uck», Pahiatun, up till' August sth, for felling 60 acres of bush. Specifications may be seen at this office. Mr George Eldershaw has opened m the bakery, and confectionery line m the premises next to Mr S, Abrahams'* As Mr Eldershaw is only charging 2d the 21b loaf, he should receive a fair share of public patronage. We wish him all success.