He'd Give a Mite to the Church.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3159, 21 March 1889, Page 2

He'd Give a Mite to the Church.

Early this week a few gentlemen bad met in an upper room at a wellknown hostelry in town to transact a little financial business, namely, to decide upon the erection of a little boiling-down establishment to take up some of the surplus sheep which the droughty weather was rendering decidedly cheap in the market. They had reached a discussion of the plan of the building. 'A perfect stranger to all concerned, though by his style and manner either a sheep jobber or a wool king ventured Into the room. He was then understood to say he '•'• was buying up all the New Zealand wool for export to Japan, of all places. What were they all doing?" "Oh," replied the Chairman,"we are busy with a church question, these are the plans." The Northern | stranger was pleased with their , arrangement, but thought the pulpit [arrangement might be capable of remodelling. This, in, reality was the boiler in which tho tallow was to be extracted, but if the. subscriptions come in well the Chairman thought a more orthodox preadhiug Btand might be good. The visitor volunteered promptly to give a suitable contribution for the purpose, but the affairmußt be orthodoxi ".Well," observed the financial scribe, "we are building the whole thing on shilling ':.'. subscriptions./ There are 600,000 people in the; Colony, and a shilling per head would carry the Church through. « Grand; jiagnificerjfc idea,, by George," remarked the unknown, "here's, liiy shilling." But his eye ofi ft bjfch,erto

'■ ;■■<■ '■' - • ■■■■■-,. q unseen corner of the plan, on which/ ; was written " Plans of the* '■■ : BoiliDg -down Works." Bimul-r ■ taneously a huge shout nearly lifted tbo ceiling and the roof of the r— — . hotel, and the unknown stranger had . vanished!" ;Q?heVshilling.has. beA : ; drilled, and' hangs suflperidednn'tuf •room by a ; 'pieoe: of pink tape, to be .■■■". handed over when-olajmed... :..^.-Weddrng-'PavoM:'.'..'.- .■'. '

If the: pretty and amusing custom of. rice • throwing at weddings is a remove from the barbarity of 'pelting a' new bride and tho groom ,with old boots; maty per- > sons will say'why objeotio it," till soma other innocent way of irishiSi? good luck, which includes in it a decided compliment, to the newly married pair,.and some harmless entertainment to their friends. Judging by an incident whiob. happened at one'of the country stations last, night, thero-are -some persona' who appear to protest against even this little pleasantry which happy couples expect and -poßSibly mightnover afterwardsfcolthatthe/had been treated properly if thier friends become a custom.. The charming little bride of a few boars and her husband in the incident referred to had been, esoirted the train by a bevy of acquaintance? A ohiefly young men'and maidens, TJfnT'p taking their seats, and whilst waitingj«u the signal for starting seemed the time for firing a few packets of rice, and the little brother of the party opened fire at his sister, when a tall pompuons party of the male order instantly made a rush out of the carriage, evidently intent upon treating the pleased hoy as a . larrikin of the worst type, Fortunately by tho time he reached his prey, the individual, who for aught one knows, was one who had been' much married or a crusty -bachelor, simply seized tho.lad bv the coaj collar, and demanded thqguari should arrest him, " Well. sir," observed theguard, "what's the matter?" Pompbuß . party-" Bice throwing; highly dangerous! " young person struck in tho oye once, and died after it," Guard—" She could not die afore, could she sirl'i (Roars of laughtor). Pompous party—"' The boy should be severely dealt with," Sensible Uuard—" It's, bettor than old boots, but thoy must not throw too muoh." The gen-' ' tleman who objected to the rice'Bhower, seeing a movement on the part of Borne of - •"• the crowdon the platform, made a decidod rush to his ebair, the bride waved her band in a general good bye kiss at tlfjfcien window, into whioh went a perfeot sWer of rice, evidently to her, satisfaction, and to all concerned, to judge by the' hilarious laughter. What the porsons left on the platform said about the person who objected to these little attentions we M better not repeat. . <IA Heroism in Humble Life.*)

. The annals of heroism fnrnißh few braver deeds than that which has' jnst'Be.t the hHtle servant maid, Minnie Mnrrell, in the full blaze of recognition. ,The story of how she saved three young children from a fearful death by to reads like a romance of tho_ noblest type, which indeed it manifestly is, Let no one after this Bay that chivalry and devotion are dead in the humbler olasses, or that, those qualities orist only on the battle field. In the house of Mr Inglis, of High-street. Dorking, a gas explosion took, place. The family had retired to rest, and the shop below with alt its oontents, was speedily aflame. Minnie . Murrell, who is only fifteen years of age, v rnthed to the room where the ohildrerr were sleeping, and safely secured the baby in a blanket, Mrs Inglis snatohed the' ' , infant, from her and esoaped with- it safely into tho stree). But' Minnie, nothing daunted, returned for two ohildren aged three.and five respectively, and with one under eaoh ann she bravely dosconded to the first etorey; but sbjjfeuld go no further, for the stairs wore aim fire . and burning fiercely. Going to the window'. :• of the front room, she flung it open, and calling out to tho spectators '• Catoh tha ' : children," she dropped them into friendly . hands. Mr Inglis, niuolr scorohed, had "■ now come to tho gallant girl's assistance, and not a moment too soonj for her duty ' being accomplished, nature gave way, and ■ she would have lept from the window under '' the stress of her hysterioal 'feelings, Fori - tunatoly, her master caught her in Ar,V> • and lowered her carefully to those tjMfc'" " saving himself afterwards. Minnie) Ho is a native of tho little fishing village of Leigh, near Southend, now belongs to all ■ England! for her deed will be remembered with those of Alice Ayres, Grace Darling, and others who have shed immortal lustre- \ on her sex. She deservedly received V '•/ testimonial from tho Eoyal Society for tho " ,\ Protection of Life from Fire, together with " ~'" a donation of £5, A Unique Interview.

A distinguished General had arrived in Now York, aud as a consequence,' the reiPteßentatives of the different newspapers wero competing with each otheiMtobtain an audience ot the great man, bPhe was ■ invulnerable. At length, being worried out • of all patience by their importunity, he ' sent notices to the hews ofiioes that the first interviewer who again appeared in his presence should bo kiokod down stairs. This notice being handed into the offioa of one of the leading newspapers, a reporter noted for his effrontery and push, '' thought, the matter over. He. soon came to a decision, Going to a district of the town where he knew he could pick np & scientific pugilist, he engaged onooftho most 4 skilful of the fraternity to accompany him in the business he had in hand. Along with his strong-fisted ooinponion, he went | straight to tho General's hotel, got access to him, and presented his card, whioh sufficiently indicated to the officer what tho visitor was, whereupon ho rose, and in great angor proceeded to carry out his purpose of kioking tho unfortunate interviewer down stairs, ■This, however, was the interviewe|i|nporlunity. Giving a preconcerted fTPf. the pugilist stepped from his Btation out- "■>■ 6ide the door, and in another minute had ' closed with the infuriated General. The fight was long and hotly contested/ Tho' interviewer sat quietly in a chajfcenoil in , hand,taking notes oi the in >" its various stages, and a few hours" after his , paper appeared with a three-column * description of the fight to the amuso- ' ment of everybody but the unfortunato General. Cure for Diarrhoea* >

The following oxtraot from a TasAanian' ~& paper (the Eiaminer) has been handed to : us for publication, the above complaint-'vi> being prevalent during tho fruit season:'Take a cupful of good rice; put it into a fryingpan guito free,from all grease, wen roast it through, as with coffee beanß,' : ; : - stirring well to avoid burning, WheiK' ground it should bo a good brown. Take» ; - : ■'-■')■' dessert spoonful of the'powdor and pour' half a cupful of boiling water on it, Let it' • '— ■ stand'until cool, and then drink without ; '■;* ony.addition. Ono dose is almost always! \> suffioientto oure the worst cases; but ifi- 4'> not sufficient in theflrst instance, repeat--'' ■« the dose in say three or four hours. I have -ivj nevor known is to fail after the second'/—i .doao. It is most important that it should -.;■ I be'prepared exactly as above, especially as . ,1 to its being well roasted. Long standing cases have yielded to this whenmedioine ' H has ttttorly failed. ■■<?

Kams Fighting. #' '■.■■■' ; 'f ; ■Tho Cornhill liajfr, articlo ltec(W '-'■''■ Shoep,"by aßheejijfderwhogained hio- ; ' experience inNewTOith Wales. This is': ■' exceedingly humorous.; Here is a oharminr' ''• *' : - dMoription of rams fighting:— . . :"■;?]' " Watch two rams ongago in a duelwUoh they da in a most gentlemanly manner, as' - V \ il it wero as much a matter of etiquette as''-. -i ' an engagement with swords in the environs • ■'- of Paris, it is better. than most farcea '■ '■ ; : now-a-dayß, Perhaps there are some/ ; ? ten or twenty rams in a yard or and presently two put their heads.togethor. Probably they are having a con--.'^' l vcrsation, and in it some debatable orops up, for oneshakeshis head impatient!*' as if doubling the word of his Tho insulted ram looks np, advances a or two, and they rattle their horns together '*' --il Instantly all the other gentlemon gather' ■-§} found as the two intending march backwardsstepbystep with an admir.''' able slowness and deliberation,.. There two knights at the end of the lists. A--is an instant's pause, and then they hurl themselves violently forward to meet head to forehead with a shook that break their skulls. Then the baokward march recommences;* the pause :^S; f is made, and tho- two belligerents leap"a#<* each other once moro, and the terrible thud "M is heard again. Sometimes they run ten ; 'if courses before one turns dizzy and declines the battle, but oftener five or six blows '■'■** make tho thinner skulled turnjjpay,^to"be''■"% contemptuously hustled in thMby conqueror." x ■'"ff ■_*W;;&,si ; During Friday night last 4 ; inohlsoill ram fell in six. hours Only once in many years 'MWhU-liem'khmra.'"■-..' -.m^m^m