LOCAL AND GEENRAL.

Te Aroha News, Volume XIV, Issue 2084, 8 March 1898, Page 2

LOCAL AND GEENRAL.

Attention is directed to the advertisement of the Ohinemuri Council in another column, calling for tenders. There are, now over 60 cases, of typhoid fever under treatment at the Auckland Hospital. A peculiar accident happened to a man named Sunnicane at Wellington on Friday He was shaking a.oarpet when a nail which was thrown up penetrated one of his eyes inflicting serious injuries, which necessitated his removal to. the hospital for treatment. By a simple rule the length of the day and night, any time of; the year may be ascertained by simply doubling the time of the sun’s rising, which will give the length of the night and doubling the time of the setting will give the length of the day. The Great Fire.— Tonson Garlick & Co are selling their stock at Hoffman’s Buildings, Elliott-street, behind the Opera House. Ten Thousand Pounds worth of Carpets* Linoleum, Bedsteads, Fenders, Rattan Furniture. Overmantles, Bedding, Drawing Room Suites, and Furnishing Drapery. Such a sale as this will be has held beenneverin Auckland.— Advt. A gardener in the Wairarapa advocates a winter dressing of kerosene for codlin moth, and to judge by a sample of apples shown U 3 ( Wairarapa Star) grown.by him at Rangitumau, there is every reason to believe his advice is worth following. The ffipples were well grown, of good size clean and healthy. : There are some queer specimens bred in New Plymouth. A correspondent of the Taranaki Herald describes himself as follows:—I am an esoteric Christian with a Swedenborgian tendency, and a leaning towards the plate. My first Wife was a Free Will Baptist and her grandfather was a Seven Day Adventist, with two thumbs on each hand and a wart on the inside of his upper lip, who lighted a match to. discover a leak in a gas meter, and being took sudden died in the hope of a glorious resurrection.

Mr Ritchie (agricultural department) replying to a deputation at Hamilton with reference to the experimental farm, said he had seen several suitable places, but the prices were rather higher.than he anticipated, and it would be for the Government to decide. When he returned to Wellington he would do what he could to further the object. They had to ernsider, not only the cost of the farm but the cost of a scientific staff to carry out experiments. They would require a farm of from 200 to 300 acres.

To thk De\p and those troubled with Noises in the Head or other Aural Troubles I/r Nicholson of London, the world famed Aural Specialist and Inventor of Artificial Ear Drams, has just i.sned the 100th edition of his illustrated and descriptive book on Deafness and Aural Troubles, This book may be had from Mr Colin Campbell, 160, Adelaide Road, Wellington, N.Z, Mr Campbell was cured of his deafness by Dr Nicholson’s system, and takes pleasure in spreading the news of the great specialist in Zealand. A little book on the cure of Rheumatism, Corpulence, Lumbago, and Indigestion by the same author, may be had from Mr Campbell, also free.—Advt.

Mr Alderton. proprietor of the ‘Northern Advocate,’ who visited Te Aroha the other day, was telling us of some of his expert* iences of hush fires ’originating in bits of glass—broken Jbottles for example, lying in the undergrowth, which wore not a little singular. An extraordinary illustration of.the danger of glass in hot weather was afforded at Lvttelton recently. A lady, on going into he. bedroom, found a hole { burnt into the counterpane. She examined ; the burn to see the amount of-damage, and to her astonishment found that a small whitehead on the trimming of s jacket lying on the bed had focus ed the _ sun s .rays, and had burnt through the jacket and down through the counterpane two blankets to the sheet. Tho bead, which was only the size of two pinheads, had got burnt from its fastening on the jacket, and was lying in the centre of the burnt hole. The London ‘Times,’ in reviewing the frozen meat trade, and by tho way we have to thank a subscriber for a copy of that journal, dated January 10th, states that in 1897 was no improvement on its predeeesaos. During the four mouths fallowing the Jubilee demand prices fell to. almost the lowest level on recoi'd. The *■ Times ’ attributes this fall partly to the London labour troubles at Home. The imports, it is satisfactory to observe, were of better quality than ia 1890. It is pointed out that though the colonies cannot supply the needs of the United Kingdom for beef, the supplies of mutton drawn from the continent could be replaced by increased shipments from New Zealand. The Australasian trade fluctuates, we note, while the River Plate is steadily expanding. The Argentine trade, it is curious to observe, is centering at Home ip the northern, midland and Western counties, whereas in the south and east, including London, the importers from Australia and New Zealand are making strong headway. 10,000 tons of frozen rabbits arrived in London in 1897 as compared with 4,000 tons in 1896. So far, there are no indications of any shortcoming on the part of New Zealand or the River Plate for the present year, though the outlook for Australia is not so good, and the tone of the demand is improving. A welcome result for stockproducers.

Dog storiesused te be the rage. Now cats are coming in for their turn. J. F. T., in the 4 Pall Mall Gazette,’ tells a cat story well worth repetition:—•* Some time ago a lady residing in the southern suburbs of London was interviewing her cook, when to> her surprise the house oat brought in a sparrow which she had killed, and laid it at the cook’s feet. On inquiry it was ascertained that this was a regular the cook plucked the bird and returned it always, and this had been going on for some.time. Unfortunately* when the tale came to my ears the cook and her mistress had parted, and I was unable to discover how the arrangement began, but I think it is a very remarkable case of co-operation. Evidently the oat found the feathers a nuisance, and had somehow come to the knowledge that her human ally could and would help her to get rid of them.’ Fragment from a report of a meeting of the Karangahake Debating Society, the subject for discussion being the comparative advantages of town and country life : • Mr Gilmore arose and made some most brilliant remarks about the advantages of both places, and then came the speech of the evening, when Mr A. Reed supported the country in a most energetic manner* and laid particular stress on the great facilities in the country* for obtaining firewood (we understand he is going into that line). Mr Roche made some interest** ing remarks about both sides of the question and Messrs Trelease, Tresize, and Walters also, made a few remarks. The vote finally was put to the meeting, with the result that those present considered that the ’Countrymen’ had proved the best case. A few remarks were made by Mr Tatton hoping that in future there would 'be a litte music interspersed during the evening.

A correspondent writes to the Wellington * Post ’ . —‘ I want you to warn mothers against leaving children outside shops while they are inside doing their shoppiog. On Monday my wife and a friend were out shopping and left the ‘pram’ outside a drapery warehouse for a few minutes while they were buying a few things. When they came out the pram and two children were gone. Twenty minutes afterwards they they were taken from a woman and girl in Manners-street by a constable,, who noticed that they looked rather suspicious to have crying children in their possession.’

A good story is told on the authority of the chief constable of Exeter. It is as follows> A merchant in that town has a Dalmatian dog, which lives in a stall with one of his horses. During the winter a large quantity of carrots has been kept in a covered hamper in another part cf the stable, and one of the stable men, noticing that the oarxots were disappearing at too rapid a rate, kept watch, and found to hia astonishment, that the Dalmatian dog was the thief. The animal used to go to the hamper, push it open, take out a corrot, and give it to his friend the horse, only taking one carrot at a time, and never offering one to any other horse.’ Our P.D says this is a 4 whopper.’ Women, who are somotimes pooused of being inclined to talk too much, should take comfort from the words of a certain doctor. Talk as much as you can, he says, because talking is the best possible way in which to exercise the lungs, The man who talks much,, the little child who shouta all day in glee over the trivial amusement, the young woman song-bird who mikes herself obnoxious to the other tenants of a flat house the fat man who laughs vooiforously until his sides tremble, the maid who sighs, and and the | woman who weeps as if her heart would break, the bored individual who yawns in churoh when the sermon is dull, all do so in response to an inward demand for the expulsion of a certain nervous energy which would find vent in no other way. Talking is not only good exercise for the mind, but for thebofly as well. In fact, persons who do much talking in their business or professions such bb lawyers and and auctioneers, can dispense with other exercise. For in talking they not only expend much nouro muscular energy* but they experience active respiratory movements. Therefore much talking is conducive to longevity* It is also beneficial in heart disease.

Colonial Geography continues to be al» most as unknown a science as ever in London (writes a London correspondent). Only the other day a lady of obvious education and culture called at the New Zealand Agency General to make some inquiries regarding Melbourne, she was informed that Melbourne was not in New Zealand, and was . referred to the Agent General for Victoria. At first she declined to believe that Melbourne was not in New Zealand town, and was rather inclined to be annoyed at what she seemed to think was an unworthy attempt to ‘.shunt ’ her ; but at last one of the courteous officers of the department did succeed in convincing her that Melbourne was in Victoria. 4 Ah, yes,’ she said, ‘I understand now, Victoria ! That is in New South Wales, isn’t it?’

An advertisement calling tenders for completion of Mr Williams’ house, next the Family Hotel, will be found in another column.

In another column particulars of several properties for sale in Te Aroha and the neighbourhood, appear. The third item consisting, of an eight roomhouso, centrally situated, with all the conveniences of a modern country dwelling, including good stables, offers a capital investment. All applications must be addressed to House’Land and General agent Box 31 l'e Ar jha.

The Dorothy Quadrille Club give their.second dance this season in the Public Hall on Thursday evening next.

The Lancet says : Some change must soon be made in chemical nomenclature or a large portion of a lecture on ohemistry will be occupied in articulating the name of the subject which it is proposed to discuss. In a late number of the Comptes Rendus MM, A. Haller and A. Guyot, describe a new substance they have obtained which has the portentous title of the ‘ tetramethyldiamidodipheny ldia u thrano Itetramethy lediamide symmetri cal with the ooiTespondent oxanthranol.’ This, we think would be hard to beat even amongst German sesquipedatian words. The chemists want a Linnaeus. Speaking of the great strike a Tory English paper says The greatest, the most lasting, and the most lamentable effect of the great strike has, how ever, yet to be recorded. Home trade is fast finding its way into other hands. The Batons won’t work at the wages the masters offer, foreigners are only too glad to do so, and in more than one case, it has been discovered during the last few months that foreigners will do the work not only more cheaply but better. British engineering trades are slipping from Britons’ hands, and that undoubtedly, is the most terrible effect on the national welfare that has been caused by 4 the great dispute of 1897.

Latest English papers to hand state that Mr Bonny, who was assistant to Henry M. Stanley in 1887-88, when the latter brought Emin Pasha from thedEquatorial province of Africa, is dying in the workhouse infirmary at Fulham. He is suffering from phthsis, resulting from persistent attacks of malarial fever contracted in Africa. He is penniless. The Emin Pasha expedition yielded him nothing beyond his salary and an honorarium, which amounted to a total of £6OO, and left him a wreck. Mr Stanley has occasionally helped him. A correspondent eays The late fire at Waihi has rushed the populace into activity with regard to water supply; A public meeting was held at Waihi on Wednesday night, and a very strongly-warded resolution was passed, and forwarded to the County Council, where it was discussed. The disaster was' briefly referred to by the chairman, Mr H. P. Barry, who said that immediate steps must be taken in order to provide the place with wa.or. All the councillors concurred, and it was agreed that the chairman, who possessed a large amount of practical knowledge in such matters, should formulate a plan showing the best and most systematic way of providing each of the goldfields townships with a temporary water-supply. It was also resolved that an application be made to the Warden for a water-race from Dogherty’s Creek for domestic water supply purposes at Karangahake.