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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 879, 21 September 1881, Page 2

The qf a Bpma'rj villi), on the Isle of fight,'founc- a year'ago proves'o'n further exploration to be ofitereit and importance. Already 'the number of 'separate rooms explored'is marly thirty, five of which, have' bse'nopened during the present season.' 'Qbjgots' ■pbM cjearty inidqate, 'the, foi'rnei'exjsfenq'ijti, long, open court supported by."coluir(i|s, havp cpnqe to light, besides others, whifili unmistakably poiqt tq a structure at q'nce pajatjal and, pxtens'iye,' ■ Pqtfery' afld bones Ijave also haen. djscqvfireif, 'a.s, wej( as valyable pains, indicating tbe, cjat'g at which the villa was oooupW by citizens of the Empire of Rome. On invitaion to a Chineso feast the proper thing is to return the c»rd of invitation with a present of money if the invitation be refused, and even if accsptod, to return a present of money. This money w not the perquisite of the, servant,' but is duly 'entered in m master's ledger, and forever forms a pre', cedent between these'two persons. If 'a return invitation it given the firsfinviter returns exactly the same sum, The person;in\!lefflpt^e,thß,rul fi . , '|f s ''j a Blaimed phap many wretchqd 1 teratea make a handsome'profjt out of the dinners they give. " '■' % yp4ng Count Bisnjarck has been forrrjajly wedded, to fjje Princess Carloftfc with whqrn he recently f]o(| tq Sjwjti'er! land. The bride, possesses one' advantage qver her young husbancj-that of tl]e experience whigh years alone can. give, at; she jg his senior by some three tus,tre,s. Bismarck, whqsp paternal' amour- propre 1 is said to have been mtioh wounded by the rnatchj was induced by the advice qf his phynloiaq toreoeive the newly-wedded couple and pronounce his forgiveness for the rash engagement into which his son bad entered,

■ A Fact Worth Kkoviko.—ln these time »f retrenchment and enforced oconomy, both. public and private, it is consolatory to know that the "wind is generally tempered to the shorn lamb," and that th, rp are few misfortunes wlfhout compensating 'adwij! tages. With m.ones in .less abundance i{a purchasing power ia greater—a pound >\oy will go as far as thirty shillings in the era of •prosperity. As a proof of this, tlo readers «f this paragraph need only pay a visit to tho large sale of surplus stock at Jama Smith't, Te Aro Home, Wellington. A very full and elaborato catalogue of the many large reductions made in the prices pf general drapery' and clothing is onbjqsed with SaWaya (July 2nd) Issue, and' rnorits a We'fnl perusal olt (Up flfr Q \ ■& Holders, hotelkeepera, hoads of families, and oountry residents generally, gpccif| opportunities, like the one at present v un dfl consideration, occur but Beldom; and it if therefore of importance that the fullest adfl .vantage should be taken of it at the earlieF period. Te Aro House has always stood Well with the publio as to the undoubted veracity of its. advertised - priges, and on doubt many oountry residents havo a 'iiyeW recolleofioirof the styisfactory bargains tWy secured in the past ' Equal, if not superior advantages are now being offered. Owing to the nnprecedently low rates at which the goods are marked n> discounts can be allowed during the sale. As'an 1 additional at. traotion, the sale "wijl 'include a,' special presentation \o eapb, purchaser of n worth and upwards of a beautiful chromol'ithographic picture, mounted on the best white cardboard, size 24 inches by 18 iriohes. No time should therefore be lost in paying a very early visit to the surplus stock sale at James Smith's Te Aro House, Wei-ington.-fADTr.] '