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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2275, 20 April 1886, Page 2

A writer man English journal, ironically classing himself amoDg the " army contractor portion of mankind, satirically unb'urthens himself as follows on the question of unreliable we contractors, complain of, sir, is'; this sudden change in the test for the bayonet without uotico.. It is an error to say the implement was not tested before. It was tested, at least I speak for my own firm. You could toast with it, poke the fire, stir the soup or tea, and, after a fashion, comb the hair. We have seen it used as a shoe-horn with the happiest results.. It was also useful at military funerals—see lines on burial of Sir John Moore. Now thoywant to kill wild Arabs with it as well. They should have let us know, that iB all. We were given to understand that there were no'eke quarters with the modern rifle. 1 But to spring-'-* — l on us in this way is not fair. . Ari%.«,„. tractor must live, like other people f and I assure you sir, these are not the times when a three years' contract' will enable a man to retire and build a church. Our business has never recovered the shock of' the Crimean war; and, for my. part, 1 would fain leave it at any moment W I go into somothing for the working m/l Our firm have lung since then given up tinned goods as a profitable branch'; now, 1 suppose, we are driven out of arms and ammunition, The bayonets' did very well boforo this business in , the Soudan; we won Merman with-them, anyway; and there remember that they had to pierce the Russian frieze coat. The fact of the matter is that the fault is not in the bayonet at all, but in the extraordinary hardness of the hide of the average Arab of tho desert. Believe me, sir, this natural shield would turn, anything '• our goods simply 'buckle' against ;it, like' a bicycle on the twist. The spread of civilization may soften his cuticle, and I attach far more importance to that than to any absurd attempt to harden the steel The difficulty was aggravated, in the recent engagements by the enemy's indecent way—l will use no ether word —of springing on the weapon.- Notf' net, sir, could stand such, a strain*. nuu in the final treaty of peace 1 hope therfc* will be some item of compensation fo| " wilful damage. Our weapons, sir, ar/ made for christian warfare ; and for tli/■, purpose, and the domestio useß aforesail,we are prepared to stake our reputation onthem,", Invigorate the system with Wolfe's Schnapps the pureßt Btimulent in tho world. ■ ■ »<■ Half Asleep !--" I never," wrote a young lady to a friend, "goto churph or lecture but I am halt asleep, and. I never know afterwards what the sermon or lecture was about." It was a plain'case of nervous lethargy, produced,by want of action of the liver and digestive organs. She was persuaded to try American-Co'a Hop Bitters, and now she writes: "How intelligent and bright are sermons and lectures now, and how glorious the world we live in is! Dr Soule's Hop Bitters are indeed a blessing to me." Notice Coughs, Colds, Brondiitis, die., are quickly cured by using Baxter's .cele--brated "Lung Preserver." This old established, popular medioine, is pleasant, .to the palate, and highly, extolled by the members of the medical, legal, and clerical professions,' Sold by all Patent Medioine Vendors.' U See ,'tfjjjr. mbnials in advertißements.-rAimv ■ I