LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7757, 8 March 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A court in Philadelphia has just decided 'that a wife, may search her husband's pockets, but he has no legal right to look into her pocketbook without her permission. At tile Supreme Court sessions, Sow Plymouth, young eouiisW (net.iled at witness' hesitancy under cross examination) : " Are you trying to fence the questions or is it your stupidity ?"• Witness; " .My stupidity." (laughter.) Air H. J. Lally was manager on the Pacific Coast for the Chicagolinn of Crane and Co., and had filled that position for sixteen years, lie suddenly received orders from the head otlice to institute a clock in the oflice for the purpose of registering the attendance of the clerks. The time-sheers, thus murked, were forwarded to Chicago every week, but it was noticed that Mr Lally him- 1 self registered. After correspond-j cnce 011 the subject, he flatly refused 1 to be "insulted" by tile meLhod of: "punching the clock," whereupon he received notice of dismissal froui a 1 post worth £4OOO a year. |

A Sow York paper tells J.his story of the courtship of 'Bill Gates, a noted Klondyke character. He fell in lovo with a Dawson girl, who fav- ■ oured his suit at first, but later rivals with mora money than Gates had Co tile into the tield. He learned that the girl detested the canned . goods and pork and beans that formed the principal diet of the community, and lived principally on eggs of which 'there were a few cases in Dawson. Thereupon he went out and bought every egg in Dawson. "Now, then, my honey," he said, "you must marry me or go without eggs." She married liim. At the criminal sessions Oft Tuesday, during the swearing-in of tiw common jury, the Clerk of Court mentioned that one of the jurors summoned proved to be very deaf. The man in <iucstion was brought forward and the fact elicited, after some shouting and gesticulating:, that he had not even heard his name called. Dili not the <ton»table know he was deaf?" asked his Honour. ■■ flu Jjj released from attendance ; we don't want a juryman who 1 can't hear the evidence." Another tradesman, who received the " blue paper," was laid up at home with hn nttiick' of sciatica • The doctor fill J- '' - him came forward and stMeU that his patient was <iuite unnMe to hu .abyuf, In excusing the juror from attendance, hjs Hpnour mentioned that he would always cept a medical lunn's certificate as sufficient excuse. Some judges required the personal testimony of a doctor, but, for his part he thought that no medical man would write a Ofitlficate that lie .was not prepared j to substantiate, A twenty jiio»,thtf' residence in St. Louis form/? t.iie basis of some re-' flections on tiic- causes of American i success, which .Mr Lucien Serraillier contributes to the Times. ..He attri- i butes the success of the American to .'lis willingness to take risks. An American j<j not content with one thriving iMisfnc®, buf will speculate in another enterprise, w - twenty, )v - | lying on suneess- in one to compensate for failure in another : whereas ! tlie ICngfehman, ])wrtH hIH prejudice against novelty and his horror of ' failure, runs less risk, but at the i 1 *ame time less chance of a brilliant j su t-'ee,ss. "J once endeavoured to in- I troduce a n,.iy machine into Kngland, 'j and Offered it oi, jaj to a leading , lirm in the trade, ai no .expense to , themselves, and with no conditions , to purchase., Tlie.v refused on the plea tlmi they already iiad all the 'j most upnU>-dute machines. Such a re- I ply from ap Aijierjean ,'ifm is inconceivabie. Another F,ngli.sh iji'ni refused to book orders because tii.cy had enough work for two ,\ears r ahead. An American linn would, £ ' imagine, have risked an extension of;, plant and a continuation of orders I to recoup the outlay. 'Another risk j 1 Ihe American will assume is to sell ' goods at a loss with a view to ere- j'. aling a new market, relying on the ! foi'Cri pi habit which leads'a custom-| c ei; accustomed to « certain article 1o i c gradually pay an increasing price for 8 it, until tlie sale be'-owie* jvojita'blp,'^

"It is said that you can pieii out' a Swedish woman by her walk ; she - walks like a queen," remarked Mr , 11. U. Ell, in the course of an address o® jjhysietil culture at (Jiiri.stchurch. He thought, he said, that some of the ladies whom l.e had bvm walking in the streets of Christchurch could prolil by a cotir.su nl physical culture. Their wulK might be fashionable, like tlwir boots, hut it was imaiylit.y. lie referred to the 1 style known as the "Oivuian bend, 1 and said that he trusted that the' aping of someone who was ridieu- : lons enough to set a fashion wculii be abolished. No man in the whole of l-.i<tory has had so many monument:-, columns, and diher meinentues put. up to his memory as the founder ul the (JonimH hmpire, i r,,,cc Hi:-.mnrck. At the present iiioi' 1 !-::! tiit-rc are iuj. monuments in (..ermany that have been completed, whilst | | otliers are in course ui con.^ruc. .on or arc planned. Germany Ims no fc'wer than ltM> IHsmarck Un\x:r» and columns which have boon completed, besides which 90 arc being built, or will be constructed in a short space of time. The' Earl of Selbourne, who succeeds Lord Milncr at the Cape, was born in 1851), the son oi a very eminent lawyer, who was Lord Chancellor froiu 1872 lo 1871 ami from 1880 to 1885. 1-le married a daughter of the late Marquis of Salisbury. lie was private secretary to the lute Mr Ohilders, Secretary for War, from 1882 io 1885. He entered I'urliament in 1885 as a Liberal, and joined the Liberal Hi-ionisls in in 1880. From 1895 to 1900 lie was I'nder Secretary for the Colonies, and lias been First Lord of the Admiralty since 11)00. .In the latter' otliee he has established a reputation us an administrator. | A couple of men, recent arrivals from England, discussed the merits of New Zealand as "a paradise for workmen," whilq standing inn labour bureau recently, "I'm oIV home as soon as 1 can get," said one, who had apparently expected to j see the streets paved with jasper, pearls, and -diamonds, and the iiouses made of beaten gold. "Not me," said the other, "not me. whilu 1 can earn as much in three days as I'd get for a week in England. Hesides you can get fed for nothing up country. It's only a case of ask and it slml! be given unto you when you seek bread at country houses. Jf you beg for, a meal in England you are sent to gaol. T'll slick to Sew Zealand as long as I can." .The first Danish co-operative dairy, was opened in Jutland in 1882, and the growth of the movement, may be ( judged when it is known thai there' are now upwards of 1100 suchdair-' jus in Denmark, with a ino m'bershjp of o\or 3 50,000, and dealing with the produce of 7'50,000 co ws. The j total value of the imports of Danish I butter into Great liritain in 1902 was 4J.9,;J02,000, as compared with l £8,029,000 in 19U0, and representing, at most, ten times the total of . the entire co-operative output of this country. Truly an object lenson for } us (observes the Dunedin Farmers' j Gazette), when we consider that the | whole country is not much larger than the province of Munster. \\\<t (Elt'ham Argus) have been shown the safe thu't was lym'glaris*»d a short time ago at Mr Joll's, Okai-! awa. It is a lovely} specimen oi' no- I farious work. The door was blown right off its hinges, and very little other damage was ■done. Gelignite | was apparently squeezed through the keyhole. Then a fuse was inserted, j After that the keyhole was smeared with butter to help to smother all j.sound. Blankets were then wrapped round the safe to further deaden the : noise of the explosion, a hole was cut in the blankets* for the fuse to j project through to allow of its being • lighted—and then all'was ready. It must be quite a treat to have one's safe 'b'urglnris»,\l in such a workmanlike style. "I have been thinking out what ought to be the policy of all State Governments and the 'Federal Government for the future," said Mr D. Storey, M.L.A., in speaking to the I toast of "Parliament," at Kami wick :(X.S.\V.) recently, "and I have come to the conclusion that i 1 can bosummed up in four words—let the j people alone. l.'nshackle labour; 1 do away <vith all your restrictions i | which are now imposed by the Arbitration Act, which has cause.l I 'more trouble than any other Act of | iparl'iamcnt ever enacted ; establish iconfidence in our land ; out , State Socialism, and emulate the j | statesmen of the Canadian Dominion by encouraging emigration and assisting people to develop our primary industries on the lands of Australia —the foundation of all prosperity."

Wirth's Circus was a scene of turmoil on Thursday last. To begin with, some of the seating gave way, and those who were deprived of their accommodation roused the anger of t)ie remainder who were still seated by crowding round the ring and obscuring the view. Then the tent ill which the sensational act of looping the loop was to be given ««s ruslieu by the crowd, and the circus attendants, failing to put out intruders who had not paid tile extra charge, let loose the elephants to effect a clearance. Finally the acL had to be abandoned, and some of the "crowd expressed their opinion pf the treatment -they had receive! by comma ridcering olio of the circus waggons ami upsetting it in the river, besides doing other damage to the properly. A despondent Englishman called at j tile Chrislchurch Labour Bureau the other day (savs the Lyttelton Times) JHe had been a farmer on British soil, ho said, but matters had not [prospered with him. Consequently ho had made inquiries in London regarding the prospects of tile colonies, ami, relying on information given him by the Agency-general for Western Australia, he had gone with his wife to that Stale. Failing to settle himself there lie had decided to try .Yew Zealand, hint- by the time

he reached Wmstchurch his resources. were reduced to live shillings. Til*- officials at the bureau advised 'hi ill to take some work oil the Midland railway. He could take his wife with him, they said, and live in tt tent as other married people did. My wjfo would rather drown herself than do that," the gentleman farmer replied, as he prepared v> go forth again into the told world. Jn a paragraph concerning the death of Mr i''. J. Loudin, manager of the lirst company of Fisk Jubilee Singers to visit. Australia, the Melbourne Argus states lhat the company was organised by Mr Loudin in 1882, and after touring the I'niU r'l States and Canada they went "to Knglaird, During 1 two years they travelled alj over En)^,and,"and when they were at Hull, iji Voj-k,shire, Mr K. L. Smytlie happened (o hear tiiejn, ami hu strongly advised an Australian jour. The advice was taken, and the c/ompany arrived jn Melbourne in ■ 1 HSCi. Fof mpre than A month, a-jt hjgh '.rates ,of adjiijsr s)pn, the Jubilee. Siiigers drew very large aud|oijoes to 1 li.e Town Hull, and tin' colonial tour lasted foi three years, Mr Loifdin, who wa: really the proprietor of the troupe realised a H>i<ti|ne, and li(; bujlt a splendid house at iiavenna, which lu named Otira, after the. famous gorge jn New Zealand, and it is from thii house that Mrs Loudin has advised Ml' Smytlie of her husband's sealh. '('hi: djstrlct (.'lectors' lists for the JlproHgh, Clerk notifies, (il'fl now opeft for imypeptfofl. The Taranftki Education Jinnfti have accepted the tender of Messrs Anderson and May for the crec'iiun of a new school at Makahu. Messrs Itewley and (Jrimths have i» this issue an especially attractive (list of new properties, all of which have onjy Jffsf bwn put on the n.arket. It comes aj a surprise to us to .learn that such bargaiiis, whether it be in businesses, house property (town or suburban), sh'eep farm' . or dairy farms, are to be obtained in We are always heaing i-ajuerj- are too high. A ' perusal 0..' Jfessfs l)e»|jy iijid Uritliths' propertv iVilvertjX'inent wi'!| speedjly correct Lhilt iiiipruss-jo)), a CLorraiiies c'oxvxcnu.v. Mr F. t'ohen. of Willis-street, UVliiigton, is 1( , busy business i. an, ivith no time to waste on lellerivriting- for fun. He tried liheumo, i#d was convinced. .Mr Cohen says 'Last J' l-iay 5 experienced a verv Md attack rheumatic gout, in act so bad that 1 had to leave busiifss, and being unable tp walk J vas assisted to a cab. On arrival it tuimp 1 immediately took a dose • Of" 1 ' WlPmny, repeating same ivr-ry four hours. The , >u i w SOOII ti't, and in ionling I came lown to business as usual. 1 can--101 say too much for the prompt ind eflectual manner in which your theuiiio acts on pain." Jfhcumo -uit'S cm/jy tiint'. Chemists and stors, 2s Gd and 49-6 d pee bottle, tV'holeale Agents, Kenipthorne, fresher ml Co.* y

1 We understand t\wb the deficit on the la«te exSJbltloS has crept up to over £IOOO,. M. J, Dickie, of - t ted suiejdo oil Tuesday to* cutting his throat. Deceased nuct been w. well :or some time, but lately appeared much better. A. meeting of thts committee of tht New Plymouth Amateur. Swimuiin. Club will be held to-night at 7.3 C p.m. in Mr A. It. Standisih's ollice Devon street,. All are req.uesto I u attend, as business is important. At ihu inquest at I'Miiieilm on th body oi <) olm Henderson, who was crushed to death by a bumper post a \erdict oi accidental death wa rcturnevl. The jury added a ride i hat it was the duty of the Kailwe, Department lo have seen that tic cca.sed had some assistance, know ing the work was dangerous for on loan. A m'etlv.» Now Plymouth Kxhibition Committee was held m the Town llall on Tuesday night to go into financial und other matteis. There were present—Messrs It. Cock (in the chair), Ambury, Johns, Wilson, Greene, \V. 11. Skinner. Smith, J. Skinner, Dockirill, Brov.n.', Jay, Colli*. Lennon (secretary), and JJr Whitton. At the outset the clvairmian i\4ked for ithe opim-oii ictf the committee as to the admission of the Press, and the unusual course was taken of excluding the reporters All the information officially vouchsafed to our representative was that a report by Air \V. 11. Skinner oil the Maori village was considered satisfactory, that: various account's not certified to by the committee are lo be referred back to the creditors in 'question for certification by the persons ordering-., and that a further meeting will be held on Tuesday evening next. | The American Cancer Commission ; has deejded that cancer is not a he>- ; editary disease, and that surgical • ( treatment is the best, In an 'elaborate report, covering its four years' investigation, the Commission states that its main efforts- have been to ; discover the cause of cancer. "This," says the report j "we were unable lo do." "YVheu we know what life is," says Dr. Nichols, President of the Commission, "1 think we shall know what dancer in. No more is known a'bout its origin iiiav than at the /be- • ginning of the Christian era. it is a supreme mystery." The Commission desires to impress upon the world that cancer can be < completely cured if the patient is operated ujKm early and completely. Certain sui per/icial cancers can be cured by the X rays, but; ; for deep cancer that ,' method is useless. Popular, theories that cancer is caused by protozoa, _!an animal parasite, or vegetable pa.rasites. are exploded by the Commis•sjon. J'he scientific idea that cancer is 1 due to errors in development is considered highly probable. I' 'lhe law's delays arc fmpienUy spoken about, but the fact that when lit does commence to move it waits for no man was sharply brought home to one of the counsel engaged at Tuesday's sitting of the Supreme ! Court. When one case had been 'disposed of more abruptly than an- , ticiprated, the prisoner in the next case on the list was escorted up and harged, but there was no appearance of counsel for the defence, 111 1 answer to Mr Justice Edwards' |tpiery another of the legal fraternity, who had been engaged in the previous matter, arose und explained that be had told his "brother" that his case would not come on HU about three o'clock. "You had no right |to maKe such a statement" was the Judge's cutting comment. "No one but the judge is competent to fix a time for any ease to come on." 1 Mis Honour was assured that th? belated solicitor had been has>tily summoned by telephone. In a fe<v minutes' time counsel bustled in, apolo- » gising to the Bench, but before resuming his- seat had to stand the or- ' deal of a sharp rebuke for delaying " the business of the Court. "It does not matter so mucli when there is- a light list, as on this occasion," said 3 his- Honour, " buit it is not to be | x pec ted that the time of the Court should be allowed to be wasted by 1 the non-attendance of counsel, and 1 cannot overlook it." The delinquent then drived into ihis duties with a perceptible sense of relief.

The annual general meeting of the Tukapa Football Club will be held on Wednesday week. HOLLOWAY'S OINTAIENI AND TILLS.

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The following is taken front the i Auckland Weekly News of the 18th : February, 1904 : Settler, near Inglewood, Turnnaki, writes : " In an is- ■ sue of the News a little while back 1 noticed inquiries about sick pigs, and thought I would take the liberty f giving you my experience, which you can pass on to your readers if you choose. In the curly spring I had live young pigs, seven months old suffering from what appeared to be severe colds. Tlieir heads were swollen, their mouths open and their breathing thick and whistling. I had by me a packet of Sykes's Drench, which I regularly use for cows at calving time. I mado a pailful of •arm oatmeal gruel, put into it three large cupfuis of sugar, and half n packet of the Drench, and a good spoonful of dripping to make it rather greasy. Til is I fed them at six in the evening, and afterwards- shut them in with a warm straw bed. In he morning they were considerably etter, and the following day all right ; in fact, they have done well ever since. I generally get Sykes's >rench at the store, but It is manufactured at New Plymouth." Thanks.•