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Thames Star, Volume XVII, Issue 5176, 19 August 1885, Page 2

At the time when war between England and Russia appeared to be inevitable, it is stated that the Eassiaa Finance Minister urged the-Czar not to press matters too far, as the financial condition of Russia was such as to render it unable to bear the strain of another war. To this the Czar is said to have replied ;—" The day on which war is declared I will sacrifice the whole of my private fortune, and I hope that others will follow my example." The fortune of the House of Romanoff is said to amount to 180,000,000 roubles, or about £27,000,000 sterling. The following remarks on the barmaid question are made by "An Anxious Mother," writing to a contemporary:—ln the late discussion of the barmaid question, one member of the ffouse said that "they kept young men out of mischief." Are we mothers then to under* stand that they are only nursemaids pro* vided by generous publicans for those too old for the home nursery? Surely we may claim a voice in the choice of nurse* maids, and insist upon the discontinuance of the bottle for our grown-up sons! A man wanting his wife to let him in when be was to come home late at night, she said: " But, my dear, I shall catch cold coming down bo late to let you in;" to which he replied, " Oh no, my love, I'll rmp you up thoroughly before you come down." Skinmt Mkh.—Wells' " Health Renewer' 1 restores health and vigor, caret Dytp«pua, Impotence, Debility. At druggists.—Kemp, thoroe, Prosser and Co., Agents, Auckland,