The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1888. LEAPS AND BOUNDS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3066, 28 November 1888, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1888. LEAPS AND BOUNDS.

It is somo fi/e years-since Sir Julius Vogel promised us a rush of prosperity by leaps aud bounds, but year after year we have waited in vain for a single leap or a solitary bound. 1 Each succeeding year has been still more stale, Hat, and unprofitable] than its predecessor, and we do not wonder that the prophet of the leap and bound policy gave up hope and went back to London to write tho fiction ho could not play. There are, however, signs now of a leap and a bound, due not to the enterprise of tho Colony but to tho distresses of our neighbors in Australia. Their extremity is becoming our opportunity, and the tjrrible drought thero, is rapidly euhanciii" tho value of our local produco.Within the last few weeks prices for wheat, oats, and potatoes, have been jumping up by lea (is and.bouuds, and as these three crops are leading lines amongst our farmers tho result must be of immense advantage to-them. Oats for example have Ireqneiitly been sold in. Mastertonat prices ranging from a shilling to two shillings per bushel, iipd when at t)ie present time t|ie rate goes up to nearly lour shillings it is evidently a good thin;; to be a farmer, Theio oannot be' the slightest doubt but that farmers in this district will make large profits this season, aud their prosperity will stimulato alPbranchcs of trade, in (ho town and all local industries; There is one consideration which should not bo forgotten when prices are rising by leaps and hounds, and that is the prospect of the poor mini" having to pay higher rates dining the coming winter for his bread, meat, and potatoes. This will • be in a measure counteracted by the increased amount which will in all possibility be paid in wages in this district, but the contingencies, of an acjyance in prices is one wjiicfi ought fo bo faced, Almost pyery hbusehojder injght provide against a dearth in a commodity like potatoes by planting a |ato crop during the coming month. In this district patatoes planted in December or even in the end of January are a pretty safe investment. . MoM householders have a bit of land lit for growing potatoes, and where they have not, a suitable patch can be secured in this town without cost for cropping purposes, For months past Masterton has been importing potatoes instead of exporting them to other districts, and if people hero are to reap an advantage from .the lljgh" mt,es rates which miylast &'pojjsfjlerab|B' tjrae, - they should neglect no opportunity of planting If, say next Autumn, a small hoj/'seliplder fnjliis' district has taken time by the forelock, and has a little crop of potatoes for sale at ten shillings a bag, lie wjll be in a much better position tjiaij!}j: hpljad. to buy a sjipnly fofjiiii faiuily at t|iat. fate,

Ul, couise, poiutoes inn) not luich bucli an Bxtiemo villuo iu> thib, but it llio lunble dionglit ncio*>s tho wntci ih not boon laminated, ihuiu will bo i'auiino |)ii(.o3in Australia, and extraordinarily high mtis in New Zealand

;.' N Wiiliam Hot Germany spoaks Russian fluently, and is tho first Prussian Sdvoroign who has ever.learued the language. Robert Yoluaton, a shoemaker, died ,*t;iiis houjic/rtt: Kirkwall 1 recently, He was 101 years of ugo last December.

Mr F, H, Wnofi adds to his next Pamtalii stock sale nine head of cattle.

A negrowedding in America cloned with the remark by the parson,'; ''i\VV will sing that beautiful hymn,' Plungedin a gulf of dark'despair, The Dental Hospital of London, Leicester Sciu'arej-liitsreeoived nntice that a legacy of £2,000 has been bequeathed to it by tho Into Mv Capel Carter]' «:'.'■■

The London Times of tho 24th mist, contained a leader ami one column only of foreign intelligence, while 39 columns were devoted to Irish allairs,

The Merchaut Seamen's Orphan Asylum has just received from Captain Guddard of the ship■: Melbourne .the balance of his generous contribution of £I,OOO to the institution. : ;V ■, : i; ., : : Messrs Lowes and lorus add to their sale for Saturday-next eight, steel, tails• on account Official Assignee, - . lu.auother cutuiiui will ho found the trainarrangements for Sj, Andrew's Day, the'Miisioai li'estival in Wellington! and the Wellington,. Racing .Cub's Spring Meeting 'at the'''L(iitt"Park, oii Friday and Saturday next.. ... Mr Robert Louis Stevenson's story, ' Tlie'Black Arrow,' has: wotwith almost unprecedented' success'' in 'America,' No sooner was- the book announced than advance orders for it exceeded 10,000 copies.;

A London paper Bays that; the rulers of fashion have liow pronounced against the moustache, and ii; was to bo noted at Lord's, at Henley, and at Newmarket last week that tho young sporta have all ''been to the barber's." . A child's cliaiico.of living is at ilsbestabout the age of 12 or 18. Then - comes a change. The mortality aftor 13 or. thereabouts rises rapidly till about tho 20th year, whon there is a slight fall, and then a gradual rise till the end, Friends who were disappointed iu obtaining copies of the Daily of tho twenty,tliird instant can procure copies of the report of tho Maaterton Agricultural and Pastoral show and the Horticultural and Industrial Exhibition in tho Waikaham Wkeki.v, published on Thursday, November 29th. Twenty-two cattlo have died at Girdstingwood, Kirkcudbright, through the' absorption of a sheep dip solution, the activ.o ingredient of which'is arsenic, and which had been applied to the animals to keep off the warble lly. We have been requested to acknowledge thefollowiug donations with thanks from Tinui, in aid of Mr John Hopwood who a short time since had both his legs broken while- bushfclling at Kkctahuna: —R. Maunsell os, A Owen us, "M. Nathan Bs, A, Speedy ss, 6, Speedy ss.

A scullin? race took place oti'Mondny last on the Potomac River between O'Connor and Teenier for £2OO n-sido. The distance mis threo miles, and the former won easily by ten lengths. Time20min 33sec. O'Connor will shortly leave for Australia to row Searle for the Championship of. the' World. Teenier will in all probability' accompany him, The Quadrille Assembly at the Theatro lloyiil last night, was an undoubted success in every way. There was a capital attendance, and the iloor was in splendid condition. Mr Ferry's Band treated the Assembly to apiwrainme of now dance music, which was highly appreciated; General regret was expressed by those present that tho lateness of''. the .season precluded the possibility of having any more of those enjoyable re-uuions. ,

Six Plymouth Book fowls (four lions mid two cocks), imported from America via England, by Mr Arthur Martin, of Qtaraia Station, Wairampa, wore landed from tho s.s. lonic, on Monday afternoon. The birds, which were originally shipped at New York, were in capital condition after 'their long shipboard imprisonment, aiid looked clean and healthy. This breed is he; coming very much prized by poultry connoisseurs, and Mr Martin is to be congratulated on their safe arrivalPost,

From purloining, a letter to listeninii at a key hole is an easy step. A wellknown «irf </c auwut our local contem-

porary stationed himself' outside the Temperance il-jfi on Monday evening while a private meeting'of some friends of Mr IS. Feist was in progress, and supplied him with tho names of those present and' what thoy said. Is it possible to conceivo n meaner, dirtier, and moro contemptible trick ? Yes, theroisonc lower depth of perfidy, and that was reached when our contemporary published the pilfered news supplied by his peeping Tom. Surely the larrikins ought to return Mr Rcnall after this.

Amongst the latest novelties for ladies in Loudon is tho "M<! leaf" pockethandkorchiof. It is made of whito cambric, and is cut tlm exact shape of a largo fig leaf, only somewhat larger in size, The outside and the veins of the leaf are all Bflivn with colored washing silk, either red, blue, or sage green as the purchaser uiay prefer, and they decidedly have the charm of being new. -They are hardly suited for active service, but. to tuck in the front of tho dress or into a muff, they will make, a pleasing variety, It wiil seem a little primitive in the event, of reading a pi|tjietic boi.l< for a lady to wipe her eyes with a leaf, but it will probably answer tho'purpose just as well.

A very interesting investigation has just been made under tho direction of the French Ministry of Agriculture. Tho results demonstrate that sugar is an excellent agent for. preserving meat, and possesses some advantage over salt, It is pointed out that the latter absorbs a portion of the nutritive substance of meat, When ,an analysis is made of a solution pf. tho salt dissolved by water contained in meat albuminoid bodies, extracted substances, potassa, and phosphoric acid aro found. Salt deprives meat of those substances so much the more readily in proportion as it enters the tissues more doonly or acts for a longer time. The result is that the meat, when taken from the snliuo solution, has lost.elemonts of genuine importance.' Powdered sugar, on the contrary, beiug less soluble, produces less liquid. It forms around tho meat a solid crust, which removes very little water from it, and does not alter its taste Thus presorved, it is sufficient that the meat is immersed in water bnforo using it. Tho report dechfres that although this treatment costs a ljtt'e more than preservation by salt, account must .be takon of tlie linal result and of the loss- prevented, which offsets t]|e diftei'encp in costbetweeu the twfl preservatives,

The system of harso tramways appears to. be on Hs trial in Lonu\m,' as tested tJilHiieially against electricity, jleoontly the London Streets Tramway Company declared a dividend of four per,cent, against eight per cent for tho previous year, 1 Tho Electrical Review urges tho company to substitute electricity for horse pewor. It says':—" Forago has beeil clearer, and mortality among horses has lie'eiuii' excess of tho average, aud there are other ronsons for. the unsafe-' factory state of .the finances. Tho only way open to recover lost ground is' to go bodily in for electricity." Electro'motors do not give upthd ghost readily. Coals will hot'vary in price like forage, which, after] t||o terrible weather pf of the lasj fow mouths, jy'ill certajnly become nidrgi costlj'j and Sprague's; American .exper-j ienco clearly shows that thore'is'a real saving over horse-flesh by: the employ-1 nient of eloctficity. :, :With : the ..ipileagoj made qn'th'e 'Eichinond lino 125' per! day'js'flayed'm indyTO-pfliyer; oxppnee| alonp,'! ';-,■'.■ ';:.;; ; .':'.'•'•• ■ .'"-v.

Alr'R, S. 11 awkius )yas etebted i tci-tlfty without; pjipositid'iiras;re[jroß(jiitfttiv6 : of the." tn'b,: boroughs' of Groytewh;»ud Mnstovtnn on tho United District Aid Boaid.i- ';.;,■;:• ;,:■ .-'

;.,-. Wo ip requested to.romirid themembers' of tJiO'Amateiir Ohriaty's of tho-re-, lionrsul nt 7.50 to-night 6u tho Thbatro Royal stage, and to request a- punctual attendance.''

Messrs Lowes and lorna add to their .Stock. Sale.for Wednesday'next: two tip drays and sot harness, ono light brake,' ; •

: Mr'F.H, Wood solicit (ho Criterion stores, Carterton(lately in' tho occupation of Mr G. M.Oariiner), drapery, .'roclifli'y, and ironmongery, entirely ivithout reserve, The sale takes wlnoo im Tuesday, Doconibar 11 at noon. •

: Ai'quiet milch coV to c'alvo shortly, is | advertised for sale in auothor column. ( Particulars".'dan bo obtained at this • oflico. ■ '■• ' , The Mustortou'Hbrticultiiral Society. ' Committee moot this evouiug at Mr ' \V. OißOard's office, for tho purpose of : airanging for tho sottleiuont of prizes find' passing accounts in connection with the. Spring Show. • Cr Carman's proposal to raise a loan nas OMsidorod at the Counoil meeting last:' nightj and it wiis decided '•■ before going to any expense in taking the sense of tho burgesses upon 'the pes-) tion, to ascertain 'whether there would beany difficulty hi getting the holders 'of gas doboritures to give them up. A resolution to, take a vote, of tho ratepayers \Vas held oyer'until such information was .obtained. :; According to, Cr.,Ohi:-. man's siiowiiW by bis plan a shilling rate cqt\ld do.all.that an eighteen penny rate was now doing and liio'ro than'that, leave a-surplus'of two or three hundred pouii'dsibrroad making. 1 ' ' _ •"' "' .. Little,Josej)h Hofumn, tho infant plie: no'nienoni'id'not ftatisliod movoly'witli'■ his fame, as a pianist.. In New York one night the prodigy faced the orchestra as a loader and a composer. • His composition, which he calls " Polonaise Aniori cuine," proved a graceful rythmetical piece of work, without,, any striking merit; When tho admirable 1 child, led by his father, Stepped to the conductor's scat, the regular loader of the Opera House presented him; a/ baton of gold, wtwitb. jewels. There burst .of laughter when tho boy waved his stick in the air, but it.(prickly subsided iuto something like* awed silence; as (he-vast audience noticed his perfect mastery of tho highest-form .of the musician's art. There is a great deal to be seen by visitors to Wellington at tho present .season of the year, -Visitors from the country cannot but be struck by tho creat display of goods in all branches of trade. The Spring drapery and millinery is a sight in itself There is also to be seen some splendid Bamples of Colonial Industry in tho various furnishing establishments. We were 'much pleased with an inspection of one establishment' in particular in this line of business. Going through Messrs Scoularand Chisholm's crowded show rooms we. were not prepared for the magnificent display to be found theie, not seen by any menus to tho,bestadvaiteo, tho rooms being ovorerowded. A magnificent Queen Ann's, bedroom set caught the oyo with' its splendid wardrobe in timu .and honeysuckle, Duchesse mirror, and tal) back washstand, Quito an assortment of Chestorfield settees, Spanish chairs &e, A very fine display of upholstery—the firm seom to.make a speciality of this,.sparing;no expense, having quito recently' imported a first-class hand at considerable expense from London—massive wooden :■ bedsteads handsoinoly draped, and quite a display of iron bedsteads, mounted in brass. In anotherronni wero shown handsome sidobpards and , oheffociers," whatnots, music,' Canterbury's very J handsome, over-niiihtels 1 with bovel plate glass, Chippeiidalo ' cabinets, very- - handsome "haf .and umbrella stands. In the musical instru- : ment room there is to bo found a very 1 fine .solootiou of pianos, and 'organs, 1 Mason and Hauibhn liud other makers, Tho whole is well worth a visit by any 1 of our readers vinitiiiK Wellington. • The '. proprietors .would be. Very pleased to showauy visitors through tho rooms; though tboy aro not in want of anything, ■•■ . ■:; The question us to whether thoro are. \ in.New Zealand aboriginal dog», that is I to say dogs which "are descendants of • canines which were hero anterior to the , advent of the Europe'au,. has often been ' been discussed (says the Eungitikoi Advocate), aud the. verdict has generally ' been in the negative, Mr 13tuco,M,H,R, Mr William Crmercn, and other Parae- ; karetu settlors, however, say that they have often seeu dogs which are-in tho. ! strict sense of tho term '' native' dogs," Theso animalsareof a perfectly distinct typo, Thoy are big and strong, and in ! appearance thoy exhibit a combination ■ of tho wolf aud the fox.. The color is • (awn, A- couple of these dogs havo s recently been visiting tho Pavaekaretu ; Hooks of sheep, Mr, Bruce's amongst i others. > One Of their characteristics' is I their fondness for lambs. They always : go for tho laiiibs first. PitEJUDiuK KtiiDi,—"Elevenyears our 1 daughter suffored on a bed of misery j under the care of sevoral of tho best (and some of tho worst) physicians, who | gavo her disease various names but no relief, and now she is restored to us in good health by as simplo a remedy as Dr ' Soule's American Hop Bittors, that wo j jiad poohed at for two years, before using it, -We earnestly hope and pray that no one else will let their sick suffer ! as we did, on. account of prejudico j against so good a medicine as Dr Houle's I American Hop Bitters," The Parents, /"Telegram,"' ' ', Haunibu Mb-A working snys; \ "Debt, poverty and suffering hauuted , me for years, caused by,a sick family , and' largo bilk for doctoring, which did no , good, I was completely discouraged I until bno year ago/by the advice of my I pastor, I procured Dr Smile's American , Hop Bitters and commenoed their iise, \ and in one monthWo were all well, and none of us havo been sick a day since, and I want to say to all poor men, you i can keep your familios well a year with [ Dr Soulo's American Hop Betters lor less than ono doctor's visit will cost, ; "Christian Advocate."

Wo arc showing an unequalled assortment ofthe ; WliitoEol)csatfisli(l|lo3(i(l,l&G(l,lss 0d,17s Gd.Sls.Od, and so on up to 50s: These are really .beautiful goods, anil*aye better value than any that have been jet offered jntlje Oily,o> at To Al'o House, Wellington,

A sumptuary decree lias recently been promulgated by the committee of the forthcoming Musical, Festival at Wellington, that 'all tho lady vocalists must eg miessed ■ix white. From an ii'slhctio point of view this is no doubt a pleasing arrangenien and for other reasons, noted below, it ha our entire approval," at To Aro House Wellington \Ve are admirably prepared with achoice assortment of White Embroidered Muslin Itobes, purchased by our Home buyer from the niiiini(acturie» ill St, Gall, .Switzerland, and also with a splendid assortment of White Dress Miics, in a variety of charming makes and designs, at Te Aro House, Wellington. - And then wo have also a full supply of white dress; fabrics, such as Princess Ida dress muslins at C]d ami 12 jd per yard! nainsook dress muslins, embroidered muslins, and mull dress muslins from Oil to la lid per yard; broche dress muslins from l-ljd to Is (ijd pur yard; and brilliant dress muslins from B.Jd. li'l's (idjuY.per yard, at To Aro House, Wdlinetpn,—Advt, ■