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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8912, 4 September 1907, Page 2

Members of Royal Rifles are reminded that there will not bo any parade on Thursday next. The grand juvenile opera, “The Japanese Girl,” will be produced in the Opera House, Martou to-night with a powerful company numbering GO performers. The prices are popular and children will ho admitted to all parts of the house at half price. The company arrive by special train from Foildiug this afternoon, returning at 11 o’clock. Both Wilhelm and Horn, who wore taken to Foilding from Halcombe formed! cal examination yesterday, were sent to Porirua by the afternoon train. The latter had formerly lived near Martou.

During service at a church in Georgia news was .received that a negro had attacked a white woman and fled. The entire congregation left the church and pursued the negro, whom they captured.

A telegram from Piatikor.sk, in the Government of Terek, states that a party of tourists., including Miss Constance "Baruicoat, a Now Zealander, , loft there on July 9th to make the ascent of the Elbruz Peak, 18,535 feet, and of other mountains which have not yet been climbed by British tourists.

The magnificent McKinley tomb, in which the late President McKinley and his wife are buried, will cost £IOO,OOO. It is rapidly approaching completion at Canton, Ohio. Mr Pieter Nelson, whoso death, at the ago of 107, is reported from Worcester, Cape Colony, and who fought in the earliest Kaffir,wars, is believed to have boon the oldest white subject of the King.

Constable McKae, from Hasting;, will take duty at Tedding in place of Constable Henderson, .transferred to Queena-

Vestorday’s collections for Dunedin T.M.C.A. building fund amounted to i>G57 17s XOd, which bring the total up to .£7067 17s lOd.

The Taihapo Post states that the soo tion of the Main Trunk line between Matavoa and Wnioum will be taken over by the Railway Department about the first week in December.

Mr E. Short, of War tuna, is expected to arrive in the colony on Bth October He is bringing a number of sheep, which ho intends to exhibit at the A. and P. Show.

The report of Levin Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., states that a dividend of C percent will be paid and a balance of £2-18 carried to reserve fund. The output during the year was 30Gi tons of butter, an increase of 13J tons on the previous year. Good prices were paid to suppliers for butter fat, Is for August and September, XO.jd for October to April, and lOd tor May, Juno and July. The company has decided to erect a cheese factory at Linton.

The Nora Niven, which has been under Government charter conducting trawling experiments, arrived in Wellington yesterday , from Auckland. On tho way down she trawled in the Bay of Plenty, whore good catches were made, chiefly of schnappor and terehiki. Mr J. J. Niven, representing tho owners of the Noia Niven, whoso charter expires to-day, is in Wellington with a view to negotiating with Government for a renewal of tho contract.

At a meeting of tho W.C.T.D. at Dunedin, a resolution was carried unanimously that in view of the alarm aroused in tho minds o£ a the public by circumstances connected with tho wreck of tho steamer Ilia Ora, Government is respectfully urged in tho interests of the travelling public, especially of women and children, to abolish packet licences. It was also decided to send a copy of the following resolution to the principal steamship companies : —“ That taking into consideration tho number of lives entrusted to your company on its passenger steamers, Dunedin W.C.T.U. earnestly bogs your company will follow the example of tho principal American steamship companies and insist on total abstinence from intoxicating liquors on the part of its officers.” Lord Pcckover, of Wisbech, one of tho now birthday peers, who bad an enthusiastic reception on his return to Wisbech, says a London paper, said that the supporters of his coat of arms would he two' woodpeekers and ou his crest would he a sheaf representing a peck of corn. On Tuesday the New Plymouth police arrested at the breakwater a young woman masquerading as a man. She had been sentenced to 13 mouths’ imprisonment at Auckland as a rogue aud vagabond,, but eluded tho authorities and came to New Plymouth. SI 10 was sent hack to Auckland.

As showing how wide and strong are the bonds of Freemasonry, it may bo mentioned that the Grand Secretary of the New Zealand Constitution. Bro. Malcolm Nicool, has received" a lottey from America asking for information regarding a hr other Mason. The person inquired for was the tourist who sot off recently alone on a journey from tiro Greenstone Valley, Lake Wakatipn, to the To Amur and Mauapouri Lakes, apu has never been heard of since.

Last month, a woman, -who was a-confirmed tea drinker, died in a Manchester hospital, and an examination of the stomach showed that instead of_a soft texture it resembled leather, inquiries revealed the fact that the woman had yeou known to drink as much as a gallon of tea a day. The tea, probably nut of the best quality, contained much tannin, and the result of this was practically to act on the soft membrane of the stomach much in the same way as leather is hardened by tanning with oak bark, which contains the same chemical principle. "Miss Phoebe Couzins, the first woman United States marshal that country over had, for many years ono of the most ardent advocates of equal rights for women, has startled America by the anuoucemout that suffrage for her sox lias been a failure. She expresses the belief that the country is not ready for women’s votes. “If wo work on hiio present linos.” she says, “we shall £o.on become as silly a bunch of female nuisance.-' as our friends in England have shown themselves to be during the last twelve jnonths. In any case I have come to the conclusion that polities cannot be improved by women’s votes.” Miss Couzins wasltho first woman over admitted to Washington University, and received her diploma in IA7I. She was appointed United States marshal in 187? to succeed her fattier. It is proposed, says the Prose, that the last tangible reminder of the late Exhibition, the remaining tower, should bo butchered to make a Thursday holiday, Mr _ Muuro has given us a final taste of Ids sliowmauly instincts, by suggesting that the fall of the giant be made the occasion for a silver coin collection in aid of some local charity. Exactly why this should ho done is not particularly obvious, and if the proposal is approved it will inevitably load to the inauguration of similar functions weekly. A silver coin collection to see the dustman retrieve the tattered fragments of paper about the Exhibition site; a silver coin collection to see the wire netting at the aviary rolled up ; a silver coin collection to see the workman eat their frugal lunch, and so on, ad nauseam. Charity would grow bulbous, purse-proud and arrogant upon the proceeds, The further question arises, and ono voices it with duo trepidation, seeing that most of the Exhibition landmarks arc in nroepss of being swept away, his cherished babo sundered limb from limb will Mr Muuro remain with us to the bitter end? In the words of tTo capricious Blob; “Will; lie' what? Will he not? Why, of course, ”

The alleged assault by three men on Mr James Flemming, of Halcombo, on the night of August 34-th is still something of a mystery. The facts of the case, as reported, are rather peculiar. Mr Flemming, when walking home from his shop at about a quarter to ten, say* two men fighting. In order to give those pugilists a wide bertli lie attempted to pass them on the grass, hut they at once made him the butt of their blows instead of .each other. A third man, who Mr Flemming thought had been following him along the poad, also joined in- heating him, a process lie endured for about a quarter of an hour, and w/j? rolled about the road in the souiilo, fiq believed, however, that he kicked one of his opponents in the face during the attack. No one paid attention to Mr Flemming's cries for help, though thoro were houses near and no one seemed to have heard him hut a boy named Schmidt, wiio thought it was only the noiso of some young fellows playing, ft yvas moonlight, but Mr Flemming did not recognise any of his assailants and he escaped with bnt slight injury, considering the duration of the attack, a contusion under tlio eye. Sir Flemming cannot give any cause for such an attack, and ho is not the sort of man to make enemies, and though some young men have been questioned concerning the matter there is absolutely no cyirjcpco to connect them with the affair. THE HARTNETT'MILKER.

It was prophesied by certain people that the Hartnett milker would soon disappear from off the market. Does it look like it? 230 machines sold within three mouths. Somebody will surely ask for an explanation, and probably will receive the usual reply, ‘ ‘ wait and see. ’ 1 Come along and‘see the Hartnett milking cows and reserve your order until thou, if you value your herd, your comfort, and your money, and you will do so.—o. DAHL & CO., Ltd., solo agents N. 1., Palmerston .N.— Adv t

Ton thousand Handkerchiefs seems a big lot; yet wo made a big deal in upwards of 10,000 Ladies’ Hemstitched Handkerchiefs. ‘Heedless to say they must have been good value; you will back our opinion whop, you see the sale prices at Is lid, Ss Od, 4s and Cs por dozen; worth double at J. McEldowney’s Olearing-up sale, Merton, Taihape and Huntervilie Rheumatism can, be cured.—then why will you continue to suffer. Rhenmo lias effected wonderful cures for*others, after all else had failed, It will cure you. Try it.

There has been groat scarcity of labour iu Kansas, aud farmers were faced with a serious problem iu view of tho near approach of the wheat harvest. In one place tho shopkeepers came to thoir aid by mutually agreeing to close their shops as much as possible and allow their employees to assist in tho work of harvesting the crops.

At Wellington David Stewart was fined £5 on a. charge of selling boor without a license. Accused obtained a cask of beer and placed it in tire scullery of an unoccupied house whoro a number of thirsty men soon gathered, Stewart, according to Inspector of Police, doing a brisk trade.

Tho Hadficld Memorial Fund notv amounts to £8(55. His Excellency the Governor has .made a second donation of £lO, Mr G. Shirtcliffo has given £3O, Colonel Williams, M.P., £SO, and Mr Edward Pearce £lO, sqpoud donation. A further sum of £340 is required before the building of the memorial hostel can ho proceeded with.

Iu accordance with a promise made recently to a deputation from Dunedin the Minister of Justice brought before Cabinet the question _of removing'from police control of homes licensed under the Infant Life Protection Act. Cabinet lias now decided that these homes shall be placed under control of tho Education Department. The object of the change is to make one authority responsible for tho whole of tho institutions of tho kind. Legislation will ho introduced at au early date to give effect to tho proposed change.

A farmer at Georgetown named Jas. Fleming is supposed to have boon drowned iu the Waitaki River about midday on Monday. He started to ride across to Redcliff, ou the opposite bank, aud later his horse returned riderless with one stirrup gone. Tho river lias been low for some time, but the late rains have swollen it somewhat. The settlers were iu tho habit of crossing ou horseback, aud it is supposed that Fleming was washed off in the river, which was running swiftly. He was a sou of tho late Neil Fleming, a well-known auctioneer in Oamaru some years ago. There is a faint hope that ho may have reached one of tho numerous islands iu tho river.

The lasting qualities of_ heart of totara have been further illustrated by the existence to-day of some posts of an old native pa or fort which has been discovered recently at* the southern extremity of Miramar peninsula by Mr H. N. McLeod. The wood, which must ho upwards of a hundred years old, appears, ou being tested, to have endured -all weathers without alteration of the fibre. Mr McLeod has been engaged over a period of eight years investigating evidences of the occupation of Miramar by Maoris, and has found traces of eighteen villages or forts, six of which ho discovered personally. A sheep farmer, who had ' 2000 sheep ou turnips at Oarterhope, Otago, had an unfortunate loss the other day. The sheep were being shifted ou to a new “break,” and raced down a hill, at tiic bottom of which was a small crook. Sumo of tiic leaders fell, and when blocked by those in front the roar of the mob made n, bridge of them. When the stamepdo was over and the place cleared it was found that So sheep had boon killed. They wore owes and wore worth £IOO.

In a Baltimore, U.S.A., cemetery there are three curious gravestones. The stone at tho right has an inscription testifying to the fact that a woman lies beneath, and a _ hand sculptured below tho inscription points to tho centre grave with tho significant sou bonce : “Ho was mine.” Tho grave to the luft,_ likewise had an inscription testifying to the fact that a woman lies there, and hero again is a parved hand pointing to the centre grave with the legend: ‘ ( Ho was mine also.” In the middle grave is buripd the husband of those two women, and on his tombstone are carved two hands joined at tho wrists, ono pointing to the right, and the other to tho left. Then there'is tho inscription : “They were both mine. ’? ' ‘

The business of meat preserving in New Zealand, according to statements made in the Arbitration Court at Christchurch by the representatives of the Canterbury Frozen Moat and Christchurch Moat Computes, is in a parlous state. “'iVith the present values of laud and stock, ’ ’ said Mr Murray, “wo are not in the running in tho preserving world. Moat preserving has become a necessity to us to got rid of by-products, but it will be a bad day for Now Zealand when it becomes a business of any consequence.” Mr Waymouth also had a discouraging report to make. ‘ ‘ The Chicago tinned moat scare lias not quite died away yet,” ho said, “and we still feci the effects of it. Three-fourths of our 19015 output is stored in various parts of the United Kingdom, because wo could not find buyers, and tlio 1907 outputtis practically untouched. ;

An interesting specimen of limestone rock, taken from a cutting "at Pohui, HawkO?s Bar; lias boon shown to tho Hawke’s Bay Herald, it contains six sharks? teeth 'of various sizes, in a very fine state of petrification. Tlie specimen was taken from‘the centre of a large stone, and indicates that at sopio distant date the laud must have been immersed. The Sydney Registrar in Bank, ruptcy holds,the view that smoking a’paokot of cigarettes each day will destroy a man’s memory. Ho expressed it when a bankrupt was before'him' for public examination. The Official Assignee as,kod- the witness many questions, aid althd'iigh it was obvious that the man was trying to recall certain incidents, he was, as his questioner despairingly remarked, the most hopeless case ; ho had ever seen. “Co you smoke cigarettes?” tho Official Assignee queried. l ‘l do,” paid the bankrupt. ‘‘l thought so; how many?” “A packet a, day,” replied bankrupt. “Your fingers are stained, and your brain is clouded,” commented’ the Assignee. Tho bankrupt, ill at ease, jumped bin hands in his pockets, “No wonder you cu-n-’t remember,” added the Regisirar.

A pretty story of old Maori loro was told tp the Marlborough Express recently by Mr G J. Jury, a wellknown native authority of the Wairarapa. Speaking of “Polorus Jack, ’’ Vi'hoco antics ho had been interested iii, while travelling ,by steamer from Nelson to Pictpn, Mr Jury remarked that the f|g}j brought back to ills' recollection a story told him by an 6kl acquaintance of the ancient trail L tious of bis ancestors. When Now Zealand was first discovered by the Chatham Maud natives, the canoe containing the warriors was passing through what is now known as tlio French Pass, when a big white fish blocked the way and would not allow them to proceed. The natives became frightened and landed. Looking out to sea they behold a big whirlpool, which would have swamped-them all hayl pot the fish prevented thorn from proceeding. When the sea became calm the natives wont on, being preceded by tlio fish, who acted as a guide for a considerable distance. The cbioffff the tribo was so thanklpl for tlio deliverance that ho gave the fish the power to live for over, and told fttto continue to act as guide for all boats : that came that way, and keep them from harm. Old natives thoroughly believe in the tradition, and to thorn “Pelorus Jack” is sacred as identical with the cue .that saved , their ancestors from destruction,

THE PRIZE ADVERTISEMENT, j Why is Universal Cold Cure like Silk ? | Because it can never bo Worsted ! One Guinea lias boon posted to Mrs J. M. L., Sodcole Street, Pahiatua. (Eull name disclosed on application.) The Proprietors of The Universal Cold Cure—the latest and. best specific—award a Guinea each week for the Best Conundrum (with answer), Humorous Verse, Pun, or Witty Observation on the Unquestionable Merits of THE UNIVERSAL COLD CUBE. , Contributions must not exceed thirty words; must be accompanied l)y the coupon found around bottle; and should bo addressed : “ Universal Cold Cure (The Latest and Best), P.O. Box 710, Wellington." . . Stores and Chemises —Is Gd and 2s 6d. When you need a good and reliable liniment try Chamberlain's Pain Balm. It inis no superior for sprains and swellings. A piece of flannel slightly dampened with Pain Balm is superior to a plaster for lame back or pains in the side or oldest, It also relieves rheumatic pains' and makes sleep and post possible. For sale by T. H. Bretlih, Co-op, Stores, Marton ; and D. Wilson, Rongotea. Thomas Pauling writes i “My liajr fell out for two years, ■ I then used two bottles of Oapilla which completely stopped the trouble.”

■’ lu speaking at the Commercial Travellers’ Association, Sydney, Mr G. Yalder, New South Wales Commercial Agent for South Africa, throw au entertaining sidelight on tlio domestic relations of the native people of that country. The Kaffir, ho explained, toiled only in his adolescent years, in order to provide himself with a competency of wives for the ndonday and evening of his life. Twelve bullocks were currency for one wife, and two wives assured to any bridegroom of modest requiromeuts a comfortable retirement. Tbo wants of the kaffir were few. His wives cultivated “mealies” and kailir corn, the first to make “mealiopap, ” their principal food, and the second for making “kaffir beer.” With this and a little game which he killed himself the kaffir lived contentedly. ‘ ‘ Hero you will see him, ’ ’ said Mr Yalder, pointing to a lantern, view, “ wearing his European dress, and on his way to market with his wires to soli “kaffir boor.” Ho walks in advance, and his wives ■follow in single file. Ho carries a walking stick, his wives carry the Xiroduce. ”

Mr Richard Atwell, tho draughts expert, who has devised a number of rules aud regulations for tbo conduct of draughts matches which are now almost universally applied,_ has recently invented a now time limit for chess. Tito avowed object is to “transform chess from a game for the leisured few to a game for everybody. Au ordinary double clock for timing is procured, which tho players tap after every move. Each plycr can take as long as ho wishes over his moves, with tho proviso that if at any stage of tho game the clock shows' that one player has taken over his moves ten minutes .more titan his opponent, tho former loses tho game. ” Tho ten minutes limit is only 7 a suggestion,, as players can make tho game quicker or slower by decreasing or increasing the number of minutes forfeit.

Under tbo Employers’ Liabiltiy Law, remarks a writer in Loudon Fairplay, domestic insurances are still being done very largely. Householders who proposed to run their own risks are, prudently, changing their minds. Notifications of claim are pouring into tho offices and Lloyd’s.* An employee of St, John’s College, Oxford, in stopping fronr’a punt to a skiff during Henley week, fell into the water aud was drowned. The claim has been allowed. A gardener who_ got a stye in his eye by sleeping with his window open, considered it a fit opportunity for claiming compensation. A nurse who has rheumatism in both hands from putting them into cold water solicits tho protection of the Act. A housekeeper who contracted indigestion by a tough steak which her master had provided ■ demauds indemnity. Oases of “housemaid’s knee are being settled by some of the offices. A shop assistant, while crossing tho road to get a enp of tea for her employer, was knocked down by a tram and permanonty incapacitated. She will receive a pension for the rest of her life.