First Visit to a Prize Fight.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2916, 5 June 1888, Page 2

First Visit to a Prize Fight.

A friend gives the following comical experience of his first visit to a prize fight that took place some five-anil-twenty years ago, when the noble art was under its heaviest cloud, and given up entirely to roughs. "I put on," lie says, " a new white hat, a Chesterfield wrapper, a bird's-eye scarf, anil a handsome pin. When we arrived at the gate we saw a knot of fellows armed with sticks. ' Pay here!' said one, 'ten bob a nob.' Wo put down the coin, and in return received a yellow ticket oacli, Wo had not gone far when we were stopped at another gate, guarded by a similar group, and another ton bob demanded. Remonstrance was useless, so we tipped again, and got a blue ticket, but that only passed us to a third barrier. We showed our two tickets, and were told that-well, to put it genteelly, that we must pay again. Then, armed with a pink ticket, we were at length permitted to enter the field and get near to the ropes and stakes. When I was taking a survey, I felt a smart thump on my hat, and, turning round, saw a gentleman of very unprepossessing aspect at my elbow, who demanded a 'quid' for a front place and some straw. As soon as he had got the money, he gave me another crusher on my castor, and ordered me to sit down. Being rather stout, I preferred kneeling on my straw. The next moment I felt a man flop down on the calves of my legs. " Are you aware,'' I said mildly, ' that your knees are digging into my calves, and giving me great pain ?' ' All right! don't worry yourself, old man; I'm very comfortable,' was the reply,' and I'll make you all right,' and as he spoke lie stuck the end of his stick under njy chin and regularly trussed me. I could neither speak nor move, and in this helpless state was rilled of everything of value I had about me; then my hat was jammed over my eyes, and I was told to sit still and watch the light, for whioli after that you may be sure I bad not much stomach, Returning home I met a friend who had also been to the mill. 'Ah, 1 lie said, when I told him my experience, ' I walked with the mob fourteen miles in my oldest olotlies; had nothing with me but a cotton pocket-handkerchief and a captain's biscuit; but my—they took both. But I don't mind such trifles to see a good set-toand I encountered another of my own way of thinking, a young fellow, a thorough-bred one ; his coat and hat were gone, and his torn shirt gave indications of a struggle ' I hope,' said a Chadband, ' this treatment Will disgust you with such horrible exhibitions.' 'Not a bit of it; I don't care as long as they leave me my , trousers,' was the reply,"

A Great Banker's Kevenpe,

An amusing adventure is related as having happened to the Bank of England, which had committed the unpffii donable sin of refusing to discount large bill drawn by Anselmßothschild, of London. The bank had haughtily / replied that they discounted only their own bills, not those of private persons. But they had to do with one who was stronger than the bank, "Private persons]" exclaimed Baron Rothschild, when the fact was reported to him. I'll make those qentlerotn understand what kind of private persons we are." Three weeks later the Baron—who had employed the interval in- gathering all the five pound notes he could procure in England and on the Continentpresented himself at the bank, He drew from his pocket book a five pound note, and they naturally counted out five sovereigns, at the samo time looking quite astonished that the Baron 1 m should have personally troubled himself for such a trifle. The great banker examined the coins one by one, and put them in a little canvas bag, then drawing out another note—a third—a tenth—a hundredth—he never put the pieces of gold into the bag without scrupulously examining them, and in somo instanA trying them in the balance. The lira pocket book being emptied, and the first bag full, he passed them to his clerk, and received a second, and thus continued till the bank closed. The Baron had employed seven hours to change tweuty-one thousand pounds, but as he had also nine employes of his house employed in the same manner, it resulted that the House of Rothschild had drawn two hundred and ten thousand pounds in gold from the bank, and that he had so occupied the tellers that no other person could change a single note. On tho first day the bank people wero somewhat j amused at this exhibition of Baron W Rothschild's pique; bnt they laughed less when they .saw him return tho next morning, at tho opening of the bank, flanked by his nine clerks, and followed this time by vehicles to carry away the specie. And they laughed noc at all when the king of bankers said, with ironical simplicity—" These gentlemen have refused to pay my bilk, I have sworn not to keep theirs. I notify them that I have enough to keep them for two months—" For two months 1" The bank took alarm, There was something to be done. Next morning a notice appeared in the journals that henceforth the Bank would pay Rothschild's Bills the same as their own. Cassell's Saturday Journal.

WE SHOULD BLOT OUT DISEASES IN ITS EARLY STAGES.

The disease commences with .1 slight,derangement of tho stomach, but, neglected, it 111 time involves the wliok frame, embracing the kidneys, livor, pancreas, and in fact the entire glandular system ; and the afflicted drags out a miserable existence until death gives relief from sufferius;. Tho disease is often mistaken for other complaints; but if the reader will ask himself the follow: ing questions lie will be able to determine whether he himself is one of the afi'Weil—Have I distress, pain or difficulty in . breathing after eating ! Is there a dull heavy feeling, attended by drowsiness 1 Have the eyes a yellow tinge 1 Does a tluck, sticky, mucous gather about the mouth and teeth in tho mornings, accompanied by a diaagreeablo taste'/ Is the tongue coated ? Js there pain in the sides and back. Is there a fullness about the right sides as if the liver were enlarging ? Is there costiveness ? Is there vertigo or dizziness when rising suddenly from an horizontal position 1 Are tho secretions from the kidneys highly coloured, with a deposit after standing 1 Does food ferment soon alter eating, accompanied by flatulence or belching of gas from the stomach ? Is there frequent palpitation of the heart, These various symptoms may not be present at one time, but they tmwmt tho sufferer jfc* turn as the dreadful disease progresses* If the case be one of long standing, there will be a dry, hacking cough, attended after a time by expect ration, In very nlvanced age the skin assumes a dirty; brownish appearance, and tho hand and feet are covered by a cold, stcky perspiration. As the liver and neys become more and more deceased m pains appear, and the 'Ail beutment prcves entirely unavafflng agains the latter agonising disorder The it,in c this malady is indigestion or dyspepsia, and a small quantity of tho proper medicine will remove the disease if taken in it incipioncy. It is most important that the disease should bo promptly and properly treated in its iirst stages, when a little medicine will affect a cure, and even when it has obtained a strong hold the correct remedy should be persevered in until every vestige of the liseaseiseradicated, until theappe tito has returned, and the digestive organs restored to a healthy condition this surest and most effectual remedy for ■ Tiie distressing complaint is "Seigel's Curative Syrup, a vegetable preparation sold by all chemists ar.d medicine vendors throughout the world, and by the proprietors, A. J. White, Limited, London, E.C. This Syrup strikes ac the very foundation of the disease, and drives it root and branch out of tho system. Ask your Chemist for Seigel's Curativjfc Syrup. ** "East street Mills, Cambridge Heath. 'London, E. 0., July 24, " Sir, —It gives me great pieaslftto be able to add my testimony in farar of your valuable Syrup as a curative agent. 1 had suffered for some length of timo from a severo form of indigestion, and the long strain of distressing symptoms following that disease, I had tried all the best medical advice. 1 had swallowed sufficient of their stuff to float a man of - war, so to speak, but of no avail, A friend of mine, coming on tho scone in the midst of my sufferings, brought wsi him a bottlo of your Seigel Syrup j'hii" advised me to try it, stating he felt confident that it would bonefit tno Being weary of trying so many drugs, I condemned it before trial, thinking it could not possibly do me any good, but ultimately determined to take the Syrup. After doing so for a short time it worked such a change in me that 1 continued taking at for nearly two months, and I then ws thoroughly cured, for I have discontinued its use for five weeks, and feel in the best of health, and can partake of any food with ease and comfort, lam therefore thankful to you that tlujfcgh tho instrumentality of your vawfle medicine, I jim restored to the sta'te of health I now enjoy, Yours truly. W. S. Fqkster, v.

The Mineral Wealth of South Africa. Sir Donald Currie's picture of the M&l'ftl wealth of South Africa is as as the nuggets lie exhibited at a recent meeting of the Royal Colonial Institute. The production of gold has increased in proportion as tamps have been got to work, and the output for tho lirst three months of the present year has been nearly equal to the output in the whole of 1887. Taking into account what has been retained for use in the country and the amount exported, the production lias already reached a total value of a million sterling per annum, and that by noiiieaus indicates tho limit. The Transvaal Exchequer lias benefitted very materially from the discoveries of gold in their territory, the latest return showing that mining licenses tfc realised £OOO,OOO per annum, The |l effect of the discovery of so much gold upon trade had been marked. The exports and imports have materially increased, the Customs duties have grown, and tho revenues of the railways have almost doubled. The diamond mines are still highly productive ; the copper mines are turning out rich ore; and silver, lead, and cowire also to be found among the minora! resources of the country. If the politicians, Home and Colonial, will only deal wisely with the country, South Africa should make progress.