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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1622, 30 January 1886, Page 2

• Landowners seem to be, tir«d r for|thei time, of giving away their estates. Some large properties have been /withdrawn ' from sale, and few ' others' are taking their t>lace. The other day a fine Ber-wickshire-estate of 243' acres was offered at ah; upset • price of £27 per j acre, but \ failed to get a bid. ; But even this depreciation does. not approach that m the^ value, of the Stanhope Silkstone Colliery, which ,wJaB sold sixteen years ago 1 for £'8b,6t10, and fen years ago'fo'r '£50,000, ; aM was vainly off ered fbif sale 'the other day, with modem! machinery and comrilrtte appliances, for .'£2loo, or not much more than a fortieth part of its value m 1869.,,;.,,;/,,,, ;v ;,,...- ,■„;£ A startling illustration of the enor--mous extentjto which not only; food; and drink, but almost everything m use' is systgmal;icall^« adulterated,, js. given by the 'publication m (Germany" of an "Illustrated . Lexicon lof Adulterants." The first Volorrfe-issned does, hot exhaui 1 ; the letter ;Bj although ; it consists of 160 .pages. ' . ... A working man, who moves amongst his felloVsj- sober, gentle, kindly, cheer-' ful, brave| is' a leaven, m the workshop ; windoV ift the stuffiest 'and- most sickly ajimosphe^re ; a, flower, fragrant m a dank ! aWI frowsy f wilder- v ness. ■■:•-.-.; ■ . . .. ■ .. wU ; .' /■ When gentlemen go out on a spree they are apt to 'pick up all kinds or acquaintances. , A Texas gentleman, who was m &ew York .on a visit; weat out to see 'the; sights; About 1, o'clock m the "morning, accompanied by one of his boon c6uipaniohs, whom he had met that ■ evening for -the first time, he found him-' self m front of his boarding house. He' ■felt m his pockets for the latchkey which had been furnished him by his landlady, but could not find it. "I'ye lost my key," said he. l ? Never mind;" said ithe recently acquired acquaintance ; "I've got my jimmy with me. fll have that jUoor open quicker than ; you can open; it -with a key." ■ ■''•.. : :-.. ; Ib has been decided not to rebuild the Empire Hotel, Wellington, but aitnbly to make some alterationa m the present building. . , { .Doctor: ''Will you put dot 'your iouguCihy little nianT' Child of obliging disposition; :: "--Yes, and do this, too.rif you like/ /Putting his thumb on his nose';); ','•;• - ! At^the TifnaruSiipreufe lOoart sitting* on Wednesday^; tiier& were only jtwoJ cases m the calendar, Graham v. Clayton .for ilibel, and jfililes Archer )v. G^ 1 V. Horn* etuxor. The former, ah action' >for. jl^beL appearing m the- f Ashburton Mail m July, came before Mr Justice Johnston and a Jury of tour. The case resulted m a verdict for the plaintiff for £25, costs on. the lower scale. $ ? { [ In a' case' hear,d at Paliherston tSouth (Otago) m which a cordial manufacturer and holder of a'- wholeiale' license waiß ! ,ch'arged' with 1 Celling one* gallon of whiskey, 'whein the smallest quantity allowed. f by 'the license Was • two ■ ! g»llon«, the l^agistrate l dismißsed the' dase on ah. oWjectiori raised . by ! counsel that j the 159 th section of the Licensing Act' did not create an offence as to quantity.; „-, ) 'At the funeral of the Kins: of Spain; tke coffin was placed on a table m j the' ; magnificent black marble yau.lt, m which the kings p|f Spam He.' .'The '!.\ tiprjd. iC^amb irlajn' unlock'ecl the coffin^ raised ' •ithe glass covering from the.kiug's face, -and, after requesting! perfect silence, knelt down and shouted three time's, m: the dead monarch's ear, " Senor, senor, senpr I" Then he arose, saying (according to the ritual) .: Then it is. true that .the King is Vdeaid." J?e locked, the; coffin, handed the key to the prior, and taking tip his ,waud of office, broke it m his hand, and flung the pieces at the footoftbetableJ ■'"".'-, •* The falsification and adulteration of honey is carried on m v an uiiusjially barefaced manner. Large ' quantities of what is, sold as i honey is neither more or leaa than, clarified; treacle and simple [syrup, worth about 2d per ;lb^. Glass jars ace exposed for sale labelled, Y-New Honey,V[ the opjy p,pv|ipn,Qf .which,taken from the beehive, is the piece of honeycomb occupying th<} centre, from which the # hpney.Tlias been previous|y,extra'Qted. —M£diedlPreßß and Circular'. \ -Thereis a puzzling discrepancy m the, fines just inflicted, on a Manchester: fur I mture-dealer and a Romford labourprfpr similar, offences. For forcibly kispipg a young lady inarailway carriage the fur-.niture-dealer was ordered to pay, £30 ; bqt: the labourer,, who braved the coalscuttle bonnet; of a opmely Salyatipnist, escaped with a fine.of (five shillings^ At this rate, according the 'l^ain/if-the fur. niture-dealer had confined His attention to-membera of the -Salvation, Army, he might have had 120 kisses for his money instead of only one. j