The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1886. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1639, 19 February 1886, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1886. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

"Mr Haggen writes to c say then 'ls no I foundation tor the rumour that fifi.J? .-to j leave Woodville to take the position "of editor of the Napier News. A requisition to the Mayor to have Wednesday 3rd March, . (race-day), proclaimed a public holiday, is being taken round by Mr T. King; and has a large number of signatures. already 'attached. - . .?':.• Mr David J. Nathan, son of Mr Joseph , Nathan, has become a partner, m .the: firm of Joseph Nathan and Co. of Wellington, th« partnership dating from the Ist of the present month. Mr D. J. Nathan is at present resident m London. . ! In the December number of the Fortnightly Review Mr Theodore Child supplies a good deal of interesting m» formation with respect fo the American' newspaper Press. /Between the -i two weans' there are ijjß3 Jaily, 10,02 wje«k4 ly, 139 semi^weekly, and 39 tfi-we«kly journals. No leas than 600 .papers are published m the Gerra»ii, language,some of which have 'a "--daily circulation of from 30,Q00 to 50,000 copies, But there is no metropolitan Press m tie United States, and high class journals are the exception ; pushing and unscrupulous newspapers are the rule. Mr Child, speaking of the American Press 1 as a whole, 'characterises it as " trivial," sensational, and essentially vulgar.*' Original articles are badly written, and " art, literary and dramaticcriticism cannot be said to exist m the American daily. Press." Every thing ; is sacrificed to the desire for making money. Clergymen were rather roughly handled at Mr Ulover's meeting at Wellington. Mr Glover, , in the .course ,of his lecture, alluded to several'" parsons ." who had, after taking the pledge, found it necessary to " take a little wine for their stomach's sake." Sir 'Williani r 'Pox described similar cases. At the eoncliision of the last gentleman's remarks the Rev Mr Isitt rose and expressed his desiro to inform the meeting, .that. Jh'e clergymen alluded to we^e-not Methodist clergymen, and he 1 remarked that the news came from the Church Conforance the other day that there was not a single minister of their church who was not a total abstainer. In referring to the sponge as a carrier of poultices, Dr Richardson considers that ijt makes the best of rhustard carrversi Mix the mustard m a basin with . wafer jjntil the mass is ; smooth, , and of even oonsist^ncy. Then take the soft mass up with a clean : sponge, lay the sponge m the centre of a 'white handkerchief, tie up the corners neatly, and apply the smooth convex surface to the ekin. This mustard sponge, warmed Aby the fire and slightly moistened, ; can -be ap-l plied three or four times, is good for several hours, anfl: saves the i trouble, of making new poultices during the weariness of night watching. The sponge can afterwards easily be washed clean m warm water.