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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 25, 1 February 1879, Page 2

Sir Julius Yogel. — A correspondent of a Northern paper writes respecting the present Agent -General, and former Premier : — "Private let ters received from friends of Sir Julius Yogel by the last mail go to s'-ow that he meditates an early visit to the Ci 10.-iy. I slioull not be at all surprised that even now his resignation is on its way, and that lie will followit so as to be here to get. elected for a Southern constituency." Fair Smokers. — The Duke of Cmnaught, it is reported, Ims ordered a charming silver-mounted leather belt tobe made m London for the the Prussian princess, his betrothed. "Among the scent bottles, scissors, tnhlets, etc., suspended from this btdt is a cigarette case. The Duke is quoted approving "o'f 'the' yo-.'ina" lady's use of that article, and saving that ehe would probably make m9sfc use of it. The Duchess of Edinburgh, also, ib ia stated, smokes eigar-ettt-s. •-•.-. A Modest Income — Tf money he power, says fche Whitehall Review, what a furoe is J. VV. Muckoy, who thirty .years was a penniless boy m Ireland. Twenty years ago he travelled through the United. Stales »s a Fneflulative wtaman, nnd ji^tegu j<?ur» -jo.

he waa a bankrupt. To-day, afc the age of forty-fire, Mr. Mackey owns three-eighths of great Bonanza, the richest silver mine that has ever. been, discovered,, and draws out of Nevada a yearly income of £2,750,000 which is the interest at. 5 percent, on a capital of £55,000,0 J0. Mr. M«cke>> fortune increases £o every minute. The,question ia what will he do with it ? Or, perhaps it would be more cautious to ask, what will it do with him ? Fortunes m the Far West often |vanish aa rapidly ua they are acquired. Mr. Maekey haa v magnificent hotel m Paris, where hia family re-' ides, while he passer moat of his -time infche neighborhood of hia va»t interests. The Last of the Tas3Efs.— The Hobnrt 2bwii Mercury states thntjthe-bidy-'of Tauganini, tlie last of fche Tasmauian aboriginals, which was buried m the graveyard attached to t he Cascades factory has been exhumed, the bones denuded of the flesh, and the skeleton handed over to the Royal Society for scientific purposes. Good Reasons.— A fourteen year old girl was a witness m recent divorce suit-* and a portion of her evidence was as follows :—" Father got mad because mother starched hia stockings. Mother picked up the stoc-kings and hit father on the head with them, und it sounded as- though they were sticks- of wood.' Father then stuffed a liot wheat cake down mother's throat, then mother set the dog on father, and twisted thi dog's tail to made him bjte harder. Colonial Titles.— At an election-meet-ing ir) England lai ely, speaking of his opponent m the field", Sn- Richard Wallace, M.P., incidently remarked, " Who is this Mr. Wilson?" One' of the free and Independent electors, desiring I o «ir his smartness, sang oat as only an Irish man e-in at election time, and not far from Bush Mills distillery :— " He's a bushranger from Australia." This created considerable amusement, but it was capped by another of the O'Neill faction exclaiming, " Begorrn, he's worse — he's an Australian squatter !" an announcement which evoked a storm of grunts and hisses. It is Better to be Born Lucky than Bich. — Mr. Luekie has for many; years worked very hard for something " good, and has now received the reward of bis perseverance. We think we are not wrong m asserting that he has either m the Press or m Parliament, supported every party which has been m power for the last fifteen or twenty years, but somehow, until now, at the eleventh hour, hia merits haye never been recognised. He for a few sessions sat m the House for Nelson, but is one of those men who once elected, never meet wit h that accident again ; and ns a politician he was a decided failure. Sir Julius Ydjrel put him m as editor of the ' Southern . Cross, " but when Sir Julius became as a " dead hog" so far as his power ot advancing the;interests of his friends m the Colony were concerned, Mr. Luekie " went m a header " -for the live lion of Kuwait. There is nothing what, ever to be said against his appointment as Commissioner of Annuities, except that he ia m no way qualified, which is really Uow-a-days a trifling objection unworthy of being raised by any reasonable man. The only wonder (says the Dunedin Star) having a good thing to give away, the Ministry gave it to a gentleman so absolutely respectable as Mr. Luekie. A Sensitive Editor.— The, pursuit, for information ia sometimes attetule'd wltJi difficulties. One enq.iirer who applied to the Chronicle, for information as to* where Cain obtained hia wife, is cruelly rebuffed, the only reply vouchsafed to luuv heinjf this: — '• Upon any subject of-' : a public naiure, we never refuse tu. throw the desired light. But tbis is altogether a different thing. It is a family matter with which -wurrfoTjot ea-m.+Q-metfilTe. Cai"rt'~dh>il solne-" time before. many of us were born and such idle curiosity regarding the family affairs of a deeased persons we regard as reprehensible and calculated -.to violate the sanctities of domestic life, For these reasons, and because we do not wish to injure the feelings of the relative of the deceased, wu~ decline to answer the question." Bead, Ponder, and Digest. — sfou can't eat enough m a week to last you a year, and you can't advertise on that plan either. People that advertise only once jn three months- forget that most folks cannot remember anything longer than about seven days. No bell can ring so loudly as a good advertisement. lVoplo will believe what they see rather than whattiiey hear. Quitting advertising m dull limns is lika tearing Out a dam t-.ec.ius- tiie water is low ; cither plan will prevent times over coming. An Indian tried the softness of feathers uy laying one on a lOi-.k and stretching himself upon it. Tliere are some who- try the vir(ue of advertising on the same plan. It is as true of advertising as of anything else m life, that if it is worth doing at all, it is worth doing well. Bread is the staff of life m trade. We'd»m't recommend advertising ns the best way to get a. good wife, but we can recommend it us the best way. to got a trade. Small advertisements are worth nipre m proportion than large ones. If all people were deaf, loud advertisements might be expected to win. A heavy advertisement oncosis mure than quadrupled m value by a small card published fpr a few months after,} giving yeur address. Beware of long prosy advertisements ; if you want people to read them, have them short and sweet. Judicious advertising alwajs pays. Never run down your opponent's goods m public. Let him pay for his advertising. A Cruel Hoax. — X facetious railway guard on the Otago trunk lints jately cried out as a train was about to enter, a tunnel, " This is one mile long, and the" train will be four minutes passing through it." The train dashed through into daylight again m four seconds, and the scene within the carriage was a study for a painter^ Two young ladies were closely pressed by two pair oi masculine arms ; four pairs of »lip* were glued together, and three liquor- ftasiis, huld by bucolic matrons, flashed m tlieVair. Lord Harris and tub Colonials. — " VVuiuba" m theDnnediu .^dhas^the following :— • Lord Harris, of the "gentlemen " cricketers, has been taken down. a peg by the members of the Meloourne Cricket Club." The correspondent of a Victorian journal who was an eye and ear witness of the affair, recites the following interesting anecv dote : — As the close of the Australian team's first innings, and when the scorers were engaged m lotting up the figure.*, a knock; came at the door. Tne scorers took no notice, aa it is not regular for anyone to interrupt them. Another ktioek ; still noj response ; wken the knocker went round and' looked into the window, with an oxpressio-i conveying the words, " It is I — can't voh ; sec? — Lord Harris!" O.ie ot the scorers-im-mediately went to the door, und, opening it, began,. " 1 beg your pardon, but we did not. know it was as a rule, we don't open to anyone ;" when bis lordship broke out with much impetuosity, m tne following words : — " How dare you address me m that way, fellow?" Whether it. wis that, our Colonial, for want of practice, had! omitted to say "My Lord/ or whatever else' was the reason, has not transpired, out the! last of the affair was that Lord U'artjs had. the door slammed liv^ns-T^uj-itujjotuV auother word passing on either <udo.