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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3151, 12 March 1889, Page 2

' Thei annual meeting of the Maßtcrton Football Club will •bo lield on Saturday, evening nest. Mrs Milton advertises for more hands for tho dressmaking business. /

Wo remind those interested of the HarVeat Home Tea Meeting at tho liasterton Salyation Army this evening

: Messrs Lowes and iorns add to their catalogue for to-morrow's sale 1200 mermp ewes,6oo good cross-bred wethers 600 good cross-bred era. Notice is given that at tho next sitting of the Bankruptcy Court, James Thompson, of Mastertun, cordial manufacturer, will apply for his discharrc. . Tho! finder of a bunch of keys is requested to'return the . same to tills office when a reward of ten ebilliuvs will be paid to him, His Worship tho Mayor invites the burtfesses to observe Monday, March 18, ns a public holiday,-it beinstSt. Patrick's Day and the Autuniu Meeting of the Masterton-Opaki Jockey Club, We are requested to remind' our readers of Messrs Lowes and lotus stock salo to-morrow. Their list is tho largest yet offered this season, embracing some 8000 sheep of all classes, 300 head of cattle, horses,' pigs, vehicles, &c.

"We are all women aliko I" remarked a fomale soldior in her oxhortation on a recent Sabbath, "As far as a drop of gin goes" added a reprobato in the audience sptto torn, and those within hearing Broiled.

In the course of an article on Mr Creighton's proposals re San Francisco mail servico, the Sydney Morning Herald suggests an extension of the present contract for another year in order to afford full timo for the consideration of proposals for a line from Vancouver,

Tho trial of Carman's smoke-consum-ing apparatus was made at "NVoHington, before the principal engineers in Government and other offices,including the Doric. Tho remariable success of tho trials,extending over'four months,shows that it saves duel, to the. extent of ton per cent,and in'som'e instances more. Experts who.watched it say it, is the most thorough apparatus of the kind they had seen,- :

Baron vou Mueller reports that tho highest tree he has seen in Victoria was 400 ft high. He recommends that the' giant trees|of the colony should bo fenced in, ' .

.' The Dunedin Exhibition Commissioners have decided tlmt the time for receiving application's for space from British and foreign exhibitors bo extended to tho first of July. 'Mr. It. McLarin, of the Now Zealand and Australian Laud Company, was presented with a gold watch and chain at Edendale on the occasion of his leaving on his way to the old country. An American paper publishes a statement concerning the wealth of the Vanderbilt family, giving : their combined possessions at §274,000,000, with with an annual incomoof $13,864,000. Mr AVilliam A. Vanderbilt died, three years ago, leaving his family §2000,00,000, and this sum has sinco undergone a remarkable increase, - There are twenty cotton factories now in operation in Japan, with a total of ■ 82,080 spindles. There aro also twenty factories in process of esfabMmerit or extension,. with' an' estimated capacity of 180,680 spindles. ' ; / Young men in London are clubbing to j wear good dotnes out as far' as they will go. The first man has three. months' wear," the next sir months'; and the third eighteen mouths recorded. Clothes that will go.round sj long as tho latter ore not made of shoddy. ■ ■. After a second attempt of about two voars'duration, tho Hot Lakes Chronicle has coased to exist. The latter fow months of its career were somewhat erratic, coming out in various styles and on no fixed day, Tho, phylloxera is spreading fast through the western province of South Africa, and, as it will not be ex terminated now (says the Cape Mercury), the Govornment had better give up the light and save the money of the taxpayers,

The inventor offche word " larrikin" died rocimtly at Royal Park, being an old and rcspeoted Melbourne " bobby." About twonjr years ago, in giving evidence, he said, "The.prisunor was larrikin' iii the Btrate, yer banner-'' meaning v of course,•■"larking," The word excited a great deal of laughter, was taken up, bandied about, arid finally became part and parcel of tho English language... , :

In to test the "London market. Mr E. S. MaunseH, of Waihakeke, shipped by the b s. Coptic in January last,'twelve of Pond's boxes, containing each 561bs of separator butter, which Imb tealiaod 122 a por cwt. -The greater part of it; was mado six : month? ago, : . The result shows that,dairymen who produce good; butter in : New Zealand are independent of tho low prices whioh rule in the colony for the article by shipping to London, A Wellington paper records a sale at 108s, in London, but Mr Maunsell tops the record.—Standard. - ' _ May' a miniate wheel his own baby iria perambulator! Oiie would supposo that lie might, -but not ;.so . think .the people of Edinburgh.- ' There, aPresbyteriau clergyman was seeiij carrying his baby. His horrified congregation presohled liinl witli a perambulator j,but his last state was to'bo ; than the first, tor lie' wheeled this vehicle along the streets with his baby in it. _ This insult to the." genteel"' susceptibilities of his congregation -was - too rau'eli',- arid ! he' received a letter; politely'informing him that, whilst his .'abilities gavo,.satisfaction, ;; Ins pastoral; services',, would no longer be required.' :

Pew.stones of death--by shark-bito equal in horror the oiio reported recently in the 'EDglißh' 1 papers; 1 ■ Aii r :Engl]Bh sailor was employed in cleaniiigtlie side of d ship iii the .M'libui 1 'of Sierra Leone; when he suddenly disappeared from the ,view. flf h' B astonishod messmates,;'. He liadiijs fqet iu ; the water as lie sat at.hii work,(an|" herjfas sipgingj "He never camo to tlie surface, .' His friends' ,w«s far 'fpom 'außgßcUngy/tKe Viause of li's disappearance uiitil day'^or'two after, wlleii his' iiipbfr'was,''<)ischanged fro'ni^thei-'iiiaW>of,fi'ciptnr.ed iliarf';T|w" iljai'li; Wvcailght; him' by (Jiofoot, nnd l)im dpwn,;andj'(iß there is.tb'p fljdch rtason to jynged" a fiofca: fight: Over hja; reiiiaina wlfTr o]?Ver mpnsfers of the " An, 9,.spf(figßj H° single'pir'ciirasiiance i jsuy;: -' ; —wanting to t-b? story of of hoirorsecu. " • "id, toCQP)this poor fellow's doom, . - 1 : plpte the.count,yiye .'.have • the, almost fateful carles3iVc33 by which it . was : brought about, Only. a : sailor,perhaps, : would Mfe^hpwpii^i^i^o^!i;ce''to..a! perfectly well-known danger of tropical scas,'.:ilis Boiig.at the moment of his disappearapcp' Bqoiiis: the drueilost touch of all,: : Vv-'^j

We hear tint n brewery is about to be established at Ekctahuna by'Mr Jcsaop, :Wno has had .considerable experience iii tliftb line of business in the Bangitikei : diatrlot.jJ,: H At ,-tliOswimming ■ tournamon t at Duncdin yesterday, W Cro«r(To]egraph Department) was in -rare'forni, lviuuing jnn ovon ' ; a,l d< afterwards the 400 yds championship from Talbot (Telegraph), the previous champion, by 25yds, Crow n 011 the Maiden Race on the previous Saturdny. -V, l.?^^ay.i#ftoni(Km';'a' d veiling: and the property, of Mr A, Johnston, of'MMora,'was destroyed by'fire/* The' dwelling was insured for iflfl and the 1 for ; £4O in the-JSow Zealaiid pV "?flnston by Mr'W, Maxwell, lost.th'^,.wliole of; thisßeasoii's crops, consisting: .2ooo, bushels, of oafs, reaping machine valuod, at £6O, and a .Bet -(if harness'. y.(rerieral\Bymj)athy- : is felt for Mr . Maxwell, who loses everything he :possessedj 'not- a' penny, of insiirance.being.taken out by bini,.-.The fire originated through= a: spark being blown oil to ono of the stacks of straw from some burning thistles. . : . . -^•W«wrjp^Ne / v.-t)ir|t| is a vare oxejuisifce. I .jHo wears corsets,; bathes daiiji in perfiimetl; teter,i'uses' flake, . white rouge, Freuoli extracts and Florida wator, and comes forth for his afternoon promenado or '.'first:'.nights'.'?.at.-the thoatres, a tiling of faigrauce anil radiant loveliness. But Mr. Wanzor's beauty is but akin deep.. His pecfumfid-and powdered, tenement, of elay' .'conceals'. a despicable heart; and his wife,' whom he is in the habit of,beating, la suing Himfor divorce. ./. _ 'A Sydney telegram •in the Argiis states that a murderous, attack was made upon a warder named Ingle at the Paramatta Hospital for 'the Insane on tlie 15th inst, by a man named Cameron, a _ criminal patient,.'.Cameron,'; along with other patients,, had been chopping wood, but when the assault was committed the gang had knocked off for a smoke. A' day or two previously Ingle had threatened to stop Cameron's tobacco tor a slight breach of the rules, and. this appeared to We roused a spirit of revohge in Cameron; '.While the others were, sitting smoking lie stole to tlio wood shed, and, securing an axe, approached Ingle fro behind, and was in the act of delivering. the latter a powerful blow on the head when another' warder oried out in warning, ingle'moved his head and the. axe descended on his shoulder, inflicting.a severe but not very dangerous wound. Camoron has been in the institution a very long time. Many years ago, while Dr Gieenough was examining his eyes at the Bailie hospital, he suddonly stuck a pair of scissors into the doctors abdomen, th& result proving fatil. Cameron was a member at ono timo of the well-known gang of '•Forties," a set of thieves who committed a series of dopredations in Victoria.,

Pugilism in America is in danger of being driven out by dog-fighting. This is.the latest craze, Not long ago there was a torrifio encounter in a. plttca not 20- milpslrom Now York'between tho celebrated dogs Jack and Euby for 300 dels a sido. Asonly 20 men could' witness tho light-ten from each side—it 'required much diplomacy to get there. The spectators each wont by a different way, but they all reached the. pit with, out discovery. The two handlers were ready with tho dogs.- The fight was a long ami fierce one lasting nearly three hours, The d6gs weighed in at 301b. each, Jack is a white with oriudled ears, and Ruby is adarkbrindlo with four white paws, The last mentionedlosp the battle through having beeu trained down to tho above mentioned weight, AVhen called to the scratch for the sevonth round he was to weak to respond, and sank in his corner from exhaustion. The holds wero taken principally about tho noso. jaiv, neck, and shouldors. Ruby died of his wounds 'about two hours after the battle.; To stop work means for honest men (says tho Hospital) a check on. their onward progress, : , They cannot.contemplate such a check with any thins; but pain and dismay,, Thoy. have onarked out the lines of their career, and, like the driver of ail express train, tlwy hate to shut off stoam. Many a. man in the difficult conduct of life gets himself on to wrong linos—Hues of overwork, of worry, of stress—which it is impossible for him to sustain. Whether is it better: to stop now, "and brave tho check and tho present loss, or wilfully persist until broken health,- or lunacy, or death, prove to he the ■ final alternative ? Mon think they cannot stop at tho. present moment because duty forbids. ' In a fow cases no doubt it is so; and individuals have' to die, as well as to live for their families. But before a man makes up his mind-to do that, he should be very sure that it is his duty. Many a man's uninstructed conscience and toogreat self-approbatioii prove his physiological rain'.' .

1111 one of the towns of tho North of Englandaccompany was playinp Ben Bolt In the vision scene tho man who was cast for Bon was drunk, and.while Alice was singing' from the "spirit-land," behind a green muslin curtain that represented Paradise, her agonised lover wriggled and twisted in the' mingled contortions of despair and drink, and repeated warnings from the gallery that " a drunkard cannot enter into thekiu®dom of heaven." At lust, towards tlTe end of the song, he staggered forward to the curtain that hung between himself and the ghostly Alice, and as he rolled, crashing through, a voice shouted "Thore lie goes, my lads, headjbrig into heaven just as he is; and to make tho partcomplete,a harmonious voice in the pit sang -Don't you remember sweet Alice. Ben Bolt, - '••

: A young inan named Gustave.Bacquet has been condemned to ponal servitude for life at the : Seine Assizes for ■ tho murdor of Madame Piocq de Berthier and an unsuccessful attempt to take the llfeof M. Oavillb, an organist. Robbery was the motive of the crime, which was committed on the night of August 2 last. Racquet,-.who had been employed'to do odd jobs tor. Madame de Berthier, was recognised by the surviving victim, _A singular feature of tho case was that the yoangmurdorerwasfrequently employed by artists as a model for beauty of the atigelie order. It was this special attraction whieh inspired M." Oavallo' and Madame de ■ Berthier with. confidence. : Bacquet left the dock laughing- after sentence was pronounced and as lie was being handcuffed :'said.,toone of. the guards,-" I care little'for'Now Caledonia now. that lily head'is safe." ■ Seeing that the ately endeavoured to cut. out-Madame de Berthier's tongue,'it was impossible for even a French jury to fiud extenuating, circumstances. . .- v' Thoftelaon hop-growers say that they have every reason to bo aaiisfied with the crops this season,.; They are, decidedly heavier.tha'n those 1 of last year, :: and : 'as the'prices appear likely to rule higher, the growers should'make .up ,for 'sonie of thoir ilWuok of tlie 'past' feiv . years, when crops have been light and lOWi

; The maniifaoturingjepartmcnts: at Te Aro House continue fp give- abutitfanl, proofß (if,their popularity: among, a .large' arid constantly increasing: number of' ciis" Nothing but real excellence in lit, finish, and'workuianship would etand the tests, and sacoesßfully come out of them as has been <lon4 at To Aro House; Wellington. |yEßT;My,'iri Wellington and its suburbs, indeed.we might say •throughout the province, knows -that to have a dress made properly,correctly; artistically, so as to -ho a I'thing of joy and beauiy/'- it is abo\e all,things: necessary to have it made Aro H°u^,;Welliiigton;. So aty with, our tailprinig: department, which we hay©,made a Bludy,' and brought to boaj - on; it- all available talent. Out, success during the past season has been gonjotjung ph'enotoehal, and Is 'a; sure proof of its excellence. On the same lines, and Willi an'equal amount, of energy and skill, ve are prepared fo. cater for our patrons diirifig flie,coinirig,season'i(t,Te Ai-o Hoiisei Wellington,; . . ■:;; ■ ; i?t - t AJMmM jyrifeyejwrted: ftiid'ip ;• :•- WtlorMSQrfpnt pi French ['■ penihg tip ut ■ s suitings, worstedsuiting, iii; i colonial-tweeas.^ ';rom6;Te^oliqice';GHmotß',''£abn6Abiirav as#meiit,of:blher:;goods; Bpeoially.selccledfor our, fu-st-olass;: failori ug trade, at Te Arc We}lin'jt6a,--ApTii

/ Telegraphic. ' Supposed' Drowned.

Wahoanui, March 11, I'. Law6on, telegraphist, and E, rNewing,- formerly ot Manain, wont out .flounder- catching;: on Saturday night. It is supposed that they aie drowned as; their • boat was found bottom upwards, Nowiug'B; coat was also found near.