Correspondence.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3401, 4 January 1890, Page 2

Correspondence.

The Masterton Hospital(To. the Editor.) " Sib, -We, the undersigned patients' in the Mastenon Hospital, desire, through the medium of your columns, to place.on record. the thorough appreciation of the uniform kindness and consideration shown to ub during our sojourn in this institution by the Trustees, by the genial Dr Hos'king, by Mr Williams, the cuatodianwhose unremitting attention to our every small want is beyond all praise, and.who is certainly." the right man in tho right plaoe,"—and Mr and Mrs Johns, Especially would we gratefully announce tho efforts put forth on our behalf during tho festive season just passed. Life in a Hospital is at any time dull and drearyat all times attended with mora or less suffering of mind as well as body,—and we cheerfully bear testi mohy to the fact that everything that oan bo done is done to alleviate our sufferings, and to make our lot more bearable and cheerful in this institution by all oonneotod in its management. We trust the above will not bo regarded in the light of fulsome ilattery, but aa a genuine expression of gratitude; and although rather late in the day, we wish all connected with tho Masterton Hospital a very Happy New Year. We aro, &0., Masterton Hospital Patients, January 8,1890, - Miscellaneous. The Railway Commissioners of South Australia have agiwd that Sunday work shall be speui-illy paid for after December i, They *ill also take steps to define a week's work, and will set out their condition as to payment of overtime, . Tho Fortrose correspondent of the' Southland Times hears that the divers have found the silver which went down with the illfated Taranm at Waipapa Point. The vessel had on board defaced and worn silver coins, withdrawn from circulation, valuod at various sums from £3OOO to £7OOO. At i sale of Crown lands at Dunedin on December 19. a number of pastoral IuaRUB in tho Lake district,, wlrch havo been unoccupied for somu limn wore offered and sold at an upset of £5 each. The arm varied from 15,000 acres to .30,000 acres. The country is badly infested with rabbits, It is said that King Tawhiao, although he has given up Mormonißin, still claims i kindly right to hava a f«w wives. Ho has threo, one of whom is a' pretty damsel U years of age,

A Temuka min had an unpleasant experience recently, He whs cutting flux on the rifle range, when a bull came up behind him without being noticed and tossed hiin over its buck. The Httention of tho Chriatchurch police having been called to the fuot that Zola's works were sold there it is believed proceedings will be taken against certain booksellers iu consequence.

Baid Sir Edwin Arnold in his Harvard lecture:-"In India, with its 200,000,000 inhabitants, there never occurs a marriage of inclination. Yel thare ara more huppy marriages 'in India, more.happy! bonus, more pure dnmestio relations than in any other part of thb worlj," A drunken man was arrested wheD lying in the roadway in Little BurkeHireet, Melbourne, Ho had .£I4OO in a pocket-book, and as he refused to put £1 in the poor-box he was fined that amount.

Lord Dorby, in a speech at Liverpool, endorsed Mr Gladstone's foreign policy. He deprecated alliances, and said that' England had no business to assist Germany in keeping conquered provinces. . •..„ .

A good story comes from Engadihe, A doctor at Ragatz has so endeared himself to the'sexton and. the undertaker that they have combined and presented him with » miniature marble tombstone,

The new rifle for the army is now being manufactured at the rate of about two thousand per week, and it is anticipated that it will' be in the hands of the Queen's regular forceu at home and abroad early nexVyfov ; In the Italian ai'myJhe; system ; of AaU prevails, 'n,iider"wh joh all troops ;in fteieW lie down fot«cwplfrcf

kilt's during the heat of the day. The practice is so universally accepted ;•• •■"-:'. j iliKt the hour is fixed in general' m* 1 urdcra. ; ''■(■ J The bank rate of discount is on the . Hvemge no lower now than it wan ien : or twenty years bjjo. Tho averrfge ■'/'■'"■': rate lust year was 8 l-_6ib percent, .'• '"T '■;..?; in 1868 the average rata was 2f per cent, in 1875 it whb 3{,in 1880 it ,wa8.2}..,.;,.\,^..,.,'..,.„.^.',,-.:..,.,...-/*■.-'--••-•.■•■. '■'% : It" ia urged •in opposition to the' -r, prediction that the' ragefor fast sailing .;;_;.. -i steamers will hreed iriany ■'f that the less time you a're.atseathaT; -' : '4 safer you are, while the faster the : ': :^ steamer the greater is the.care takeni. ;" :?. hy owners and equspment, and navigation, /' :'■

The ecclesiastical mind seems to be •■'■'"''.;/ miich given to superstition. \Ve are > told that the Chflpter of Peterborough ' Cathedral have ae'.ually been consMering Whether it, will not be necessary to reconsecrate that vener*- i ble editice beciiusi! the sexton has just,'. '■' committed,'suicide by hanging himself '>'-\ in the belfry. "' .■'■■ "•■■. ■.'..' """" " : .'.:V= : -.'- With a view to provide chaVp and A ,; wholesome meals for the children of« ...j poor pareniß attending the p schools, the London Scliooi Board has '•' I'; beeu making inquires into the cost of ' V such meals and find that fur three ' 1 half: ppneo per.deira . a satisfying ]■; | bre<ikfasr arid dinner oan'lie'provided, ~: The Board is noff endeavouring to pro- ■ vide funds for meals for about 25 000 scholars who now attend their schools y>" on what is termed an einpty.stomach, '( and who return home as hungry'as -x? they come. The estimaleil cost of required provision is £l6oper day. ; .. I ■""' WAK. ". : ;"'

For some years past the condition of matters in relation to many of the V nations'of continental; Europe: has .' ■ presented one of the. most perplexing ' problem*) for . contemplation by '• thoughtful minds, It would be« titupendons tank to attempt an. estimate of the almost' —?j fabulous sums that have been dovoted to the increase of standing armies '} with the~desi°n to be readiness for ' some impending conflict which a single - ~.! false sle.p mightat any moment pie- ' oipitate. Nation seems to vio with nation in the expenditure of money in the effjrt to intimidate each the. other from entering up:>n a ;, which would bs of a most terrjlija^L'" i nature, illustrating the truth of the axiom that peace is best maintained ' by being prepared for «ar. But to come nearer home. We, in this southern hemisphere, have againi) arrived at the particular seasofi favourable to the dissemination of typhoid and other poisonous germs, which in an insidious way seek to fasten themselves on the careless and unsuspecting. These cowardly assail, ants are so far wise in their genera- '"■ r tion as to select for the field of theiroperations not only weakly and debilitated constitutions unfitted to - resist their incursions, hut frequently attack the apparently lustyandßtrong ■ although not perfectly sound. While it is satisfactory to know that by increased attention to the improvement of sanitary surroundings, the ■ propagation of disease is to some" BXten'. prevented, it is equally necessary that the individual system should be fortified agaiiißt the possibility of a lodgment being,effected iii the , human fortress, which may be said to be undergoing a state of eiege, The utmost watchfulness is necOßsary inguarding the approaches. Should thero be ft feeling of, weariness and/; disinclination for exertion. accomA panicd by but little or no actual psjfipk it should he acoepted as an intimation'' that a condition exists favourable to the entertainment of the dangerous foe. Now is the time to place the fortress in a state of defence, On the hypothesis that prevention is butter than cure, it is just the time for raising the general tone of the system. To this end, nothing has been invented equal to Warner's Safe (Jure. This remedy, together with Warner's Safe Pills, taken according to direc- • tionA will have the effect of pulling the vital organs in a sound condition forporfomiingthoiuiportai.tpurifying procosses they are designed to accomplish. This done, the lifeblood' will becomo a vigorous heal lb .giving stream, coursing merrily through the arteries and veins, and giving the snbjeet a guarantee against', ; the inroadß of those, invisible pVstY that' throng the air, and seek by siratagem to enter the lines and foster rebellion among the garrison forces. It is an established .fact-, lh.it-,. although prepared ipeciticully to renjarf, rate the kidneys and liver, Warned" Sa r e Cure often serves as an antidote to many other ailmpnts which.although apparently independent, are the. direct result of the derangement of the ji organs mentioned, and with thaJf removal of the cause, theso effects dis-' appear. That these medicines act as represented, read the following ;-"St James', B-nalla, Vic'torii, 7th October " 1889. For many years I suffered much inconvenience from causes I could not ascertain, while repeated applications to the medical profession failed to give relief. ; The 'symptoms • were not so much of » painful kiud, an causing at times great weakness and depression, so us often Jo is unable to follow my booiipationi-lhat of a farmer, Some timo ago, from roading in the newspapers of the good " - effects of Warner's Site Ouro, I took a lew bottles, which made an evident impression for the bettiir. Ultimately, after experiencing great.pain, I felt, thut something had been brought awap which gave a most pleasurable senCs* tion cf relief and finally, the full was revealed by the passage of two calouii of considerable size. It is impossible to describe the contrast between ray former and-present state, I oannowdoany kind of work with pleasure, and I think it my duty to let yon know the groat deliverance the medicine, has worked, and the grand resnl t oftaking your Safe Cure," (Signed) Johk Eoas, " Charters Towers,Quoe«fed,May , IT 21st, 1889. I write to toll y* of the : great benefit I havo received from '.be ' v' use of Warner's Safe Cure. For so long as 23 years, 1 had suffered intense misery from stone in the bladder,' for the removal of which I underwent repeated painfnl operations without relief, Jinally, and as a last resource, . N ' I was induced in March last to try the Safe Cure. After, taking fifteen bottles and by that agency slono, two calculi ' of enormous dimensions, were expelled; but I continued the medicine until I became assnredot complete recovery i\ Thankfnl for this I mako known {§o' facta so that, you may employ ray experioiioe for 'tho benefit of others who may be affected in like mannor. I tuko every opportunity. .of publishing .tho wonderful succbts of your remedy, for Iconsider the circumstances cannot he too widely'circulated,' (Signed) - Mrs M. A. Watson, Millobesterßoad, Charters Towers. Queehston, Queensland, -.;!vr f , : ;v,,.,'.;,,.,...,-';,. Lr- It is 1 "thus 1 thnt ' Warner's'- Safe t Remedies ippke successful war against ' the inroads of thei diseases jprol/iffliot humanity,