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Pahiatua Star and Eketahuna Advertiser, Volume 1, Issue 21, 20 August 1886, Page 4

Sir Robert Stout has put an end to all I the rumour, as to his having changed his 1 faith, by allowing himself to lie re-elected 1

President of the Dunedin Freethought : l.ycemn. A letter, disliking t) e members for the honour done him, vv.is recently \ r‘-a ! »• the annual meeting, and has since i found Us way into tin- Press. 1 it longest word iii the English, or rather We! h, language, hu«, after n long

period id ohlivnn. been once more exhonied. It is Llnnfav rpwilgwngyllgi'rlrobgllgercyw vinbyllgog.i bull/.mt tvsiliogog. ogocli. This awful word of seventy-two letters and twenty.two syllables, tlie name of a village in W ales, constituted the sub- j ject of a lecture lately given by the Rev. ■L King, M.A. at the Museum, Berwick, in which he showed that it means :—“ St. Mary's white hazel |>ooi, near the turning pool, near the u-hirl|>ool, very near the pool bv Llanstilio, fronting the rocky is- | let of Gogo." On June 4. Sandovvn was in a stale of

wild excitement. A horse belonging to the Prince of Wales had won a race. The betting-ring cheered again and again with frenzied loyalty : tin- hand played “ God Bless the Prince of Walesthe horse and his jockey were mobbed by an eager crowd, some of whom patted the steed, others his rider; ladies waved their handkerchiefs and forgot their betting-books; gentlemen threw their hats up into the air and forgot their gains and loses. One would have supposed that some hero, after

vanishing his country's enemies, had suddenly api>eared, instead of one horse, ridden by one stable-boy having run quicker than others ridden by other stable-boys, in a very insignificant race at a suburban meeting. In nil able nrticle on “ Women nml Politics,” which appeared in tlie June number of the “Nineteenth Century,” the Countess of Galloway said : “An educated, intelligent, nml refined woman

has an ideal to which she hopes to attain as far above the ideal of the keenest advocate for ‘women’s rights’ as the song of the nightingale is nhove the song of other birds. Such a woman does not dream of equality with men ; her {tower is motive rather than active, nml she rightly resents any doctrines which would seem to deprive her of this. The ancient saying that woman was made for man takes a new meaning for her, and she is as far removed from the butterfly existence ns she is from the woman who n|ves men's ways and trvs to prove herselfthe equal if not the superor of man. " lie elements which each supply are two currents which must meet ami harmonise t<> accomplish the destiny of humanity. The conclusion is, then, that precisely because of their differences from men’s, women's influnnee in politics, apart from the influence through men, may be of definite value, and would be increased in a

right direction by giving the married as well as unmarried the franchise, and that it would not materially alter their social standing. Might and right will always go together : and although thtre may be a majority of women in the country, this fact would be neutralised by man's stronger position intellectually and physically. Women must always remain the

weaker vessel, and as such will be able to exact the deference and respect she now receives in all educated societies. The wider scope given to her faculties, and her deeper interest in human affairs, need not distract her nor lead her to desert her true mission in the world. We give the following interesting extract from the Press : —Mr Ilulke gave his fourth lecture in the Adelaide Road Hall last evening. As showing the increased

interest taken in these instructive discoveries, it .should be mentioned that the attendance w as larger than on any previous

occasion. Mr llulkc, at the commencement of his address, notified that he intended to give two lectures on Geology instead of one as originally intended. The reason of this was that he wished to show his hearers something about volcanoes

and volcanic action, Npecial interest being felt in that branch of the subject owing to tlic recent Torawern eruptions and hydrothermal disturbances. After alluding to the latest theories on the cause on vnlcanisiu, the lecturer, by means of a wap of the l'acitic Ocean, showed its Circle of h ire, and in a pleasant chatty manner, with remarks replete with odd and valuable information, led his audience from

New Zealand to Fiji, the Solomon Islands, Suntln Archipelago, up the coast of Asia, Japan, Kams hatka, down the western coasts . f the two Americas, through tin- All tar tic regions and so back to New Zealand again. The trip was here and there illustrated by limelight views, w hich included Vesuvius m it* former and present state; the Tiiffcones of Auvergne; Me are, or lakes ill the Eeifel; diagrams illustrating the elevation theory of Leopold toll Bitch; a normal volcano ; a volcano in tlu' l.ipari Isles, nnd the craters of Voleanello* also, several views of livu dykes; excellent visus of Blands of Smtorian in the Levant, and the Island of St. Paul in the Indian Ocean ; and an illustration of a submarine volcano. In addition was exhibited a map showing the efli-ets of the eruption of Cosegttina in Central America ; aud anolh.-r ot Siinda Group, illustrating the vast extent of the circle of eruption of Tom boro in tlie Island of Suuibawii. After describing tlie Lava d'aquit of the Italians, Mr Ilulke proceeded to explain the calls* of Ihe electrical phenomena connected with eruptions, and concluded by stating that his next lecture would be on the “ Stratified Formation," and in connection with this he would allow some of the strange forme ol lite which existed ill former ages. He also announced the; at his next lecture a box would Ik- placed ut the door to receive donations towards the Hospital Fund from any who might like to contribute in that direction. With regard to thu views exhibited, it is only just to say that they w« re exceedingly gissl. ami were admirable s|Hcitiiens of Mr Hulke's photographic work, taken from plates in one of tlie best modern works on Geology.

P.WVNINt; A PAli: OF TliOlSHliS FOB MEDICINE. I AMES FKANCIS THOMAS lives in I‘outuewnydd, near l’onty|hm>l. Mouiuoutlishire. He is now tf.'l years of age, living with his mother, u widow. Sonic 11 years of age, then a mere boy, lie went to work in the coalpit as a miner, in order to assist his mother in rearing her family of little children. Soon, howc\«r. the littlu fellow broke down in health, but the necessities of the family set nusl to requir.- it, ami he continued to toll m the mines, suffering all the time from the effects of indigestion, an agonising symptom being asthma, in such a troublesome form tluit the bov wns unable to he in bed. Working through the day. ami resting as best he could , in au armchair during the night i naturally undermined Jus comaituUuu