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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2488, 30 December 1886, Page 2

' Rumour and Honeysuckle .were scratched for all. engagements at the.' Featherston races at 4,30 p.m. yesterday. . AGisborne.boyi aged thirteen; killed himself last week by eating green gooseberries. The programme of the Greytown Firo Brigade Sports for Anniversary Day is published in another column. It will be seen by the announcement that liberal prizes are offered. A theatrical lawsuit was heard at Sydney last week, the plaintiffs being William Philips and wife (better known as Nellie Wilson), and the defendant Harry Rickaids, from whom £2OOO damages were claimed for alleged slander. The plaintiffs received £25 and costs,. . - It 1b suggested that Major Garner should form another volunteer corps, consisting of those who have filed < their schedules during the year. They might be known as the Hawkcs Bav Engineers, or the Pree Selector's Brigade.—Telegraph. Mr Whackem, a fiery schoolmaster, lost another scholar yesterday. The class was parsing a sentence, ".What is the imperativo of tho verb 'to go' ?" said Whackem to Johnny Fizzletop. "I don't know," "Go ?" shouted Whackem. "Thank you, sir," replied Johnny, and he wa3 two streets off before the teacher could catch his breath.

Mr E. McEwen, local agent, for Sannielson's low level reaper and binders, notifies to farmers that he is now receiving orders for tho coming season, and would impress upon them tho desirability of ordering early. Already these machines are coming into public favor, and ho has received a good number of orders'during the last fortnight,

A Taranaki churchwarden says tho treasure some of his people are laying up in heaven will be subject to big deductions, for the clipped and defaced coins thoy put in the plate, and which he can't get tho bauk to take, Wo, Evening News, have been shown a literary curiosity in the shape of a lawyer's bill, of costs, It covered 12 pages of foolscap and totalled up to £l2l, The actual matter in dispute 111, the caso was somewhat under £SO, and the other side had rcpeatodly offered to' Bottle for that sum. We aro informed that the precious document'will bo referred to the Judge at Wellington, and we shall be curious to hear his ruling on the matter.

The old Scotch narno for a draughtboard was a " dambrod"; being simply a Scottish perversion from the French of the Gallic equivalentfor draught or checkorsiu,, "jeu de dames," or (as the board is called in Drench)" daraier." " Can you show me," said an old Scottish lady entering a London linen warehouse, "atablecloth of a dam-brod pattern?" (She meant, of course, simply a 'checker' style.) " Well," responded the astonished shopman, "we have, madamo, very broad patterns, but none quite so broad as that."

Fruit was unknown in tho early days of the settlement of New lork State, but orchards of apple trees were soon planted between the stumps of the cleared forest, One rugged farmer passing through a neighboring settlement at a little later period, picked up ,111 applo from under a tree and was roughly ordered by the owner to roplaco it on the ground. Obeying the order, tho Quakor turned to the owner with the remark: " Friend, thou art a very close man with thy fruit. Next year, if I live, I will plant 100 appletrees by the wayside for the use of travellers." And he fulfilled his promise. A Spanish medical journal (says " Health") refers to a'curious case of diagnosis by means of photography. Alluding to the fact that the camera of the photographer, provided with the sensitive gelatine bromide plates, sees something more than the oye of a man can perceive, (witness the recent discovery of a nebulous cluster in the constellation of the Pleiades) it gives tho caso of a distinguished senora of Seville, which has been much talked about in that city, The lady's photograph was taten a short time ago, and was beautiful in every respecUave one—namely, that the nose was covered with minute black spots which no one could account for, Two days later tho lady was laid up with tho measels, The photographic camera had detected traces of the eruption fortyeight hours before anything of the kind was visible, to tho eye of her medical attendant,

The following particulars are given by a Sydney,'paper of the singular manner in which a merchant was poisoned.—Mr Uhde, the landlord, it appears, entered the room where some guests were sitting and placed some sandwiches on a table, remarking that they were poisonous, and left the room. When he returned ho was horrified'to see Mr Frederick Berndfc eating one. Mr Uhde again said that the sandwiches had been spread with.' Rough on rats," and were intended to poison those animals; and he implored Mr Berndfc to take an emetic. Some mustard and water was administered, and later on, when M? Berndt appeared to be potting worse, Dr Walker and DrM'Laurin were sent for. but their services were of no avail Mr Lewis Levy was called h) on the following day, when a will was drawn up,: Mr Berndfc was too weak to sign it, but ho touched the pen. He was quite conscious up to that time, but ho died soon afterwards.- Mr Borndfc was a German Jew, about 30 years of ago, and Carried on business as a merchant in JanuesQji-sfcreot, An inquest was at first (Jeemed unnecessary, but the body was afterwards exhumed, and an open verdict was returned. Mr Berndt' exonerated every pno from bjame,

About that £35 to be oivest away.— To the Editor-Sir, Will you allow- me •through your columns to lot the people of tho know that I am going to sell all ri)y .stock, consisting of men's, youth's, ,and hoys' cloljbiijg,'.(jhjrts, hats, hosiery, &c;,,at a great in prices up till the end, of' the year; and aiso'tp renpd them that every oiie who buy's goods to the value of ( 2s fid gets a ticket in my£3scompetition. Think of that! By spending 2s Cd with.me, you way win money enough to carry you for a- trip round New Zealand.—John Thobbubn, Clothier, <fec„ Willis st„ Wellington, :

' A minute specimen of humanity of the masculine gender a; son. of Henry Offer made its debut;rat.-'the ItM. Court yesterday ''morning;, charged: with the heinous offence of .being a. " neglected child,". Inspector, Shearman . informed tlie Bench that the/poor 'little fellow's father was in gaol, while his mother was "knocking about the: town," and the boy consequently had no one to look after him, The Inspector applied for a remand,.. and when asked by. the Court as to what would bo done with the boy in the meantime, he replied that he would be kept in 'gaol, where no doubt he would bo much better looked after than would otherwise b'e the case. The application was acceded to.—Pross, Mr Hautne : West's organ 'recitals drew ■a fair audience last night at St. Matthewß. Schoolroom, Mr West's programme con : slated of six selections from high class musical composers; the-' execution of which proved him to be a player of more .than ordinary merit, and tho prolonged applause that followed oach recital testified to the appreciation of the audience. Vocal selections were rendered by MiBS Lowes, Mrs Clifton, Messrs Gant and Gaskell, tho last named gentleman, who has a pleasing baritone voice, made his debut before a Masterton audience, his two songs. ."'Balaclava I '' and "Jack's Yarn" being excellently -81111".. Tho >''? Lost Chord" by Mrs Clifton, with organ and piano accompaniment, was a treat the organ part having a beautiful effect. Mrs Paige and Mr West played the accompaniments' for the vocalists during the entertainment. At the conclusion of the programme the Rev W. E. Paige expressed his thanks to Mr Hautrie West for dovotin? an evening- to giving Masterton residents an opportunity of hearing the organ played by a' master of the instrument, and'intimating that his recitals had been a. rare treat to the lovers of good music present. Some interesting.details have come to hand respecting tho capture'by' brigands of Monsignor Kyrihios, Greek Metropolitan of Jllassona, Tho captors of tho (ireek prelate ask a largo ransom, know' ing him to be very rich and in a position to pay the amount.. It is said that the brigands cause tho Bishop to read a mass every day, and oblige him to pray for the success of their undertakings, after which they all kneel down and piously receive his episcopal benediction. These religious bandits treat their prisoner very humanely, and do everything in their power to make him wile away the tedious hours of solitude in an agreeable manner. The Bishop is trying havd to convert these outlaws, and it seems that his exhortations have at last had a temporary effect, as all the bandits have, with touching unanimity, declared upon their conscience that they would abondon their ternblo calling and retire into town for jjhe purpose of plying an honest tr.itlo— a 3 soon as the Bishop's ransomo is paid. It is a significant fact, observes our (Melbourne Argus) London correspondent, that the emigration from the UniW Kingdom during the past nine months'; of this year exceeds tho returns for the similar period of 1885 by over 52,000 souls. The incroase in the numbers of emigrants of British origin is nearly 20,000, but the number of foreign emigrants embarking from British ports increased from 44,833t0 if 7,488. The Australasian gain has proportionately, not been so large as that of the United States and Canada, but still 32,221 proceeded to Australia during the past nine months, as against 29,762 leaving in 1885, A lecture on emigration was delivered at tho exhibition 011 October 2, under tho auspices of tho London Working Men's Association. Mr E. Wilson was the lecturer, and Sir Graham Berry tho chairman, Neither passed a very com Portable evening. Mr ■ Wilson's advocacy of an extensive scheme"' of Imperial or State-aided emigration 1 provoked the ire of Mr John Norton, tho New South Wales' labor delegate, and ho, assisted by a few Radical friends piovidod for the occasion, " heckled" the unfortunate lecturer unmercifully. ■ The fun became so fast and furious that tho Chairman was a little apprehensive lest 'his dignity should .be compromised. So, taking advantage of another engagoment,' he retired, first .observing, however, that it seemed to him that there were as many 1 different opinions represented at tho i meeting as there were soparato individuals present.

The Indian natives have a singular idea of Mr Gladstone's holiday occupations, Thus a correspondent sends to a Lahore paper a rathor amusing question put to him tho other day. Talking to a -native honorary magistrate, he was asked if it was a fact that tho only exercise Mr Gladstone took was gnawing the bark off trees to strengthen his .teeth. The bump of impudence must have been largely developed on the head of a Parisian thief who tried to rob. a wine shop the other day.- Instead of giving the fellow into custody, the landlord merely kicked into the street. There-, upon the thief not a bit grateful- for his escape, went to a policeman and. complaiued that the landlord had ill-treated him, Perhaps he was a relative of the man who killed his father and mother, and then appealed to tho Judge not to bo hard on a poor orphan,

The other day a racing man was a witness in a case of assault and battery. He had caused the examining solicitor a great deal of trouble by giving " crooked" answers; and at last.the lawyer said; "Now, sir, upon your oath, will you positivoly Bwear that the defendant hit plaintiff first"? " Well," was the answer, given candidly, "1 \yon't swear to it, but I'll lay six pound to fqur ho did!" . Hore is a story of tlie Napier firo, A firm of solicitors were burned out, and, in the scufflo to save things, their'cashbox went ainissing. It found its way into the hands of a lady who worked very vigorously and effectively at tho firo in saving valuable property; bufc-shaking it and " hearing no sign" of the presence of treasure, the cash box was put aside along with some other salvage in a corner to bo givon up whenever claimed. One of the clerks, on the hunt for the box, came at length to the lady in question, arid asked if she had seen such a .thing. " Oh, yes," she replied, " thero is ono lying in the corner there." The overjoyed clerk recognised the missing box. " What do you think is in it ?" ho asked, "Nothing." "Indeed there is."he said. " There's a negotiable bill for £OOO and cheques and notes for another £4001" The lady was delighted that she had been the means of taking oara of so muph treasure,andfolt.a genuine pleasure in seeing the young fellow march off in triumph with tho valuable box. The lady, we hear, is to get a present, and so she should.-Evening News.

A Sydney paper commenting on the reception of Beach 'in Sydney, says : ." Organisation was conspicuously brilliant Jjy its absence, The first care of the chmmi,fcteo should have been for Mes : daines'fieabli ap4 Kemp and their families;'their sc'coiid foy. thp Hon, George Thornton, and the last for them', selves, They reversed the order. Beach himself didn't, No better tribute to the manliness of the man. could be--desired than the eagerness he manifested to see and meet Ids dear ones. Like a divor parting ihe'wayea to get to the pearl, the moment his fopt touched tjm Admiral's bulwarks lie parted the crowd right and left and went straight for his family, The committee looked aghast.>. Affection before formality, They had never thought of this,' .. ,

The annual picnic of tlio Greytownl Wesleyan Sunday School takes place ou New Years' Day. Tenders are invited by'Mr A. Dorset, Secretary of the Education Board: for the erection of a gallory in tho inlbnt room of the Masterton School. , '■'."■ ■.; ' A meeting of the directors of tho Wairarapa Caledonian Society will bo held in the Club Hotel on Friday, 31st fast, at 8 p.m.' Coroners' fees are to be reduced from two guineas a corpse to one. Tho good old times, when pleasure and profit were combined with each inquesl, ate passing away.; A very attractive .New Year's night programme has been prepared by Miss Georgie Smithsoh and will bo given hi tho Theatro.Koyal on Saturday evening. The President's cup, to be presented to the winner of the highest number of poiiits at the Caledonian Gathering on .Sew Yoar's Day, ; .is on view iu the window of Mr A. Henderson, jeweller, Queen Street. At the settling up of the Mastertonr Opaki Jockey Club's Summer Meeting, held on Tuesday ovening, tho following amounts wero paid :—Messrs P. F; Tancred £250, A. Hoskins '£lss, James Macara £UO, O.F. Vallance £45, and several amounts under-£2O, making a total of £635.

A shocking murder occurred at.Deloraino (Tasmania) on December 2. A man named Walker shot another man named Hampton because tho latter persuaded his wife's neico, who had been living with Walker, to return to her relatives. .Hampton' died almost immediately. Walker, who is seventy years old, has been held for the mnrdeiC

The Dunedin people are exercised as to where the statue of Burns shall be placed. Some favor the Octagon, while a Councillor bearing the appropriate iuitno of Fish, suggests that it bo placed on a pedestal about ten • feet high to which drinking fountains should be attached, Alas for the memory'of the gqnial Burnß. Ho wanted bread and they gave him a stone, and now the last idea Is to make his graven imago preside over a fountain gushing fluid of a kind he was not over partial to as a regular beverage,—Daily Times.

Says an Otago paper:-" Somo people have peculiar notions' as to what prizes to children attending public schools are intended for.,.'A well known ratepayer in South Dunedin gave a prize to the children attending the Macandrew-road school to .bo awarded to the boy or girl who. mado the nearest guess as to the number of poas contained in a large pickle' bottle. The competition resulted in the children making some good calculations, and two. boys who returned the same answer wero within five of the actual number."

"Portcous" in tho Sydney Mail says: -A good story,,showing howtlieMammnn of unrighteousness sometimes, controls recognised pillars of the Church, comes from one of the Northern towns. A resident went to Melbourne, and won nearly£lo,oooon.the Cup, Tho news reached tho ears of :a certain churchwarden, who, with an eye- to a liberal donation to the church funds,-at once telegraphed to the lucky winner id'"words somothing like these;- Committee and the .churchwardens of St,——-heartily congratulate you on your success,—Soon afterwards a reply camo as follows:"Thanks for congratulations, old man, but it won't wash."

A wedding, which attracted a good deal of attention and a large attendance, took place at St. John's Presbyterian Church 'at noon yesterday. The bride, writes the Post, was Miss Jessie Gertrude Martin, daughter of the Hon, John Martin, M.L.C., and the bridegroom Dr J. M. Tweed, of Christchurch. Tho bridesmaids were the Misses O'Connor (2), and George (4), nieces of the bride, and Mr Campbell, of this city, officiated as' best man. The • following ■ relatives of the bride were also present:-Mr and Mrs J..R. George, Mr .and Mrs O'Connor, Captain Cameron, of the lonic, and Messrs E. and A. Martin. Tiio bride, who was charmingly dressed in white silk, trimmed with pearls, was given away by h'er father. The bridesmaids were dressed in cream-colored nun's veiling. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. James Paterson, and as the bridal party loft tho Church tho "Wedding March" was played by the organist, Mr England, It may bo mentioned that the bride's trosseau was procured from England. After the eruption of Tarawcra, in Juno last, it was feared that tho grass lands on tho East Coast settlements which were covered with the shattor'ed debris of Tarawera Mountain and tho bed of Rotomahana Lake, would be destroyed for along time to come. These fears have been falsified by tho result. On several occasions wo (Auckland Herald) have pointed out that the grass lands appear to have been benefitted by the topdressing of volcanic dust, and a correspondent writing from Maketu, on tho 10th instant,,says':-" The grass is better all along this coast, especially hr re and at Matata, than I have seen it at this time any other year. All the cattle are rolling in fat. _ The Te Puke can be seen from hero quite green,- The clover is growing so fast that the cattle cannot keep it down." A Wonderful HENN.-Many aro tho instances cited of tho astonishing fecundity of tho various species of domesticated fowl; but the celebrated Wellington Hrxv (whioh, strange to say, is of the masculino gender) has a houl above the mere production of eggs, The manner in which he turns out Venetian Blinds, etc., is tho'wonder and admiration of everybody from tlieGovcrnor downwards. The namo' of this .wonderful bird is R, W. Henn, and his wellknown fowl-house is tho Tonoke Steam Window Blind Factory, Molesworth-street, Wellington, -Adyt .