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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2083, 1 September 1885, Page 2

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Unitkd PKESS Association. Auckland, this day. . Tlio.Pirongia Prospecting Co, has obtained the permission of the Native Minister to .prospect "the Kin« Country for Koldr The Wanganui prospectors hare been driven off by the Natives. AMENDMENT OF AMERICAN' . MARRIAGE LAW, Tho new marriage lioenee law which will soon go into offect in Pennsylvania' is (observes the "New York Tribune'') a step in the right direction. It says that' no person shall be joined in marriasre without a license, and declares {toat if a marriage ceremony is p'ptfp.i'med whore no license has been issued,' the minister',' justice, or other pnrson wjio performs tho ceremony shall pay a penalty of 100 dols. The purpose of tins law is to punish persons who perform the marriage ceremony where the necessary requirements have not been complied with. A somewhat similar bill waß befp'ro tho lew York Legislature, but failed to pass. The Ip makes no change in the rulings of the Courts as to the validity of marriages. Unlicenced marriages are not declared void, but any ceremony where a man recognises a woman as his wifo will be as binding in Pennsylvania in the future as in the past, [f that were not so, ill-favored .women would constantly' be at the mercy of the adventurers,, who through the connivance of a third person could quiet their scruples by a marriage ceremony and a bogus license, If such marriages were yoiji, the man could discard the \yoman .whenever, he saw fit, Happily such is not to be the effect of t|\e law, But its purpose to punish such a person .who py perform nuch a cermouy .vhei-u a proper'license has not been obtained is a good'one,

PAINTING 81/AOK EYES,

The lqecliing and painting of eyes, discolored through misfortunes which their victims call by various names, has become qnifc(»aprofitablebusineßß ( thehuadquavters of which are situated in the centre of the district occupied by thebiuising fraternity, "You see lain'pretty busy," said.one of Philadelphia's' most successful bruise disguiaers to a reporter, as'lie ushered a very pretty young lady out of lp office and. resumed his seat, pjaqed within easy reach of the Implements of his profession," 'Hero are my materials,' he went on,' pointing to a collection of.tiibes containing variouslycolored paints, and taking up a bottle filled with healthy, squirming leeches. "You would be interested to see thepatientsthat will call here to have their disfigured beauty made perfect again. There are all kinds, from the well-dressed lady, who for once uses the street cm instead of her' carriage, down.-to the ragged potboy at someconcert den, jrjjp.iag been trying h{s ppwers a? a boxer." - l)o your visitors tell youhow they receive thefrVoupdil"

. "O'yes.vtliQHgh i .new ails." Xl»y are generally eagerto explain ho* stupidly they,rah 'against, a. door left.. ajar in the dark; That la. almoatialways foestory told, by ladies,. although some vary it by describing the fall down-stairs, caused by a torn ruffle in thoir dress, <The other morning a young lady evidently a bride, caini here with a badly

: W)lleoan.d blackenedVfi Inching it. ah&Vlpjd'we'Hoff-& had struck ker face !a|t.aina(| 'tl;t corner of a in sWgi'iigio pick,"up her fissure, wliich she 'imd 'drojipijcl on the floor. 1, as usual, fiffijvsd my condolence, and as I.was about" to apply thb®iint to her eyelid the dooi; was arid a gentleman'appeared;- : imtli a face very much the worse , for'three W<scratches oil the left cheek. The miJ looked up, started, clenched her small lm,lids, grew white ivith aiiger, and perhups there would have been more blood spilt had hot the hew arrival, evidently recognizing my visitor, beaten 1 a hasty retreat. There was'no more i talk of diesaing-tables t-lmt day." " Do you remedy,bruised faces as well as blackened eyes f "Oh, yes, no matter what the injutm' .• is, I can generally render it invisible' through my skill with the paint. pot. I ~ nevar ask for names, and, if possible, avoid any conversation, because in some cat«B where people have been .quarreling ~ nnd applied to .the courts for a. settlement of their difficulties, I am apt to be called in to testify .as to thnir appearance when they called on me.". " How-.often do you have .to treat your patientsf. ' "About every three days"the paint becomes hardened and creased, and the* first coating lias to bo fenio'ved before painting, and J, cijir; in alinW'every case, enfcirely.eonceal thfr, bruise;' The. paint I carefully apply with iny-fiif'get, rubbing it well in, and. taking great-, care, that tho blundintr of the colore is exact," Jfc jPhiljv delphja '"' ■■■ '• r--;i't