Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878] THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1892. A LINE DRAWN.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4201, 25 August 1892, Page 2

Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878]

THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1892. A LINE DRAWN.

Being tub extended title or tub Wairakapa Daily, with which it is identical.

It ia perhaps ungenerous of us towards a brother journalist, but we cannot help being entertained with the news of poor "Labby's" discomfiture. Mr Labouchere is a clever man, who in his time has played many parts, He started in life as attache to a British Embassy; now that lie is comparatively well stricken in years he makes a living by editing a ll Society" paper called" Truth." He is also a member 'of the House of Commons, and of the Liberal persuasion. His admitted ability, together with certain services tlmt lie has rendered to his party at various times, marked him out for high office when Mr Gladstone was distributing his favours the other day. For high office, accordingly, Mr Labouchere was recommended by his chief, But Her Majesty objected—explicitly demurred to the inclusion of this gentleman in the Liberal Government, We imagine that, even if a reigning sovereign's unwillingness to accept a given politician as a Cabinet Minister may not be without precedent, the motive of tbis particular refusal is unique in the annals of the world. Thus far, the Queen's reasons have not been announced in the cable messages, but there can be no doubt that they related to Mr Labouchere's connection with " Truth."

The first society journal of any note or permanence was "The World," edited by Mr Edmund Yatea; the second—more daring still in its personalities, and probably more universal in its popularity—was ll Truth." The editor of the earlier paper was never regarded as anything more than a mauuais sujel by the great world; lie lived and moved among tho Bohemians. But with "Labby" it was otherwise; he belonged to the salt of the earth, and when he turned bis trustworthy and first-hand knowledge of Upper-Ten doings into a sharp weapon of offence—when he threw a lurid light upon the lives of the people among.wliom he had his being, it was felt that he deserved a Nemesis, The Nemesis has fallen at, length. Mr Laboucbere has his ambitions and his strong opinions, like every other man who is worth anything. His ambitions led him to hope for a share in tho Government of the Empire; bis strong opinions, japfortunately, were constantly proclajmed in reprobation of the Royal i?an)jlv. \ya.s a grant asked for on bshalfnf 9 Pfip.ce pf 'tjie blootjl who attained Jiis majority | Mr L.abou : chere was foremost in debouncing it,i Was another German carriage .contemplated? Mr Laboucbere wjs to tho fore with passionate gpcefa and even more inconvenient arguments. It could scarcely be expected that this political firebrand, this gentlemanly Red Radical, should be a persona fata with the Queen. Plit jyg shall not be surptised to learn that Ikfi .determining consideration which led Her }iajesty to object to Mr fjtilpoherp as" $ Minister of the Of,own is t.Q |b,e found ij) the positively jpipudent stpaifi adapted Jjy his little newspaper \ylieneyef 'itßesses itself to the doings of Boyjlty, That Mr Labouciiei'e'pgossip is true enough, may perhaps be assumed, but it is of a kind which should not be published j and the patronising advice which he is good enough to offer to the Queen and the Prince is absolutely without excuse in its impertinence. A Society paper can be conceivably inoffensive, hut it is not easy to conoeive of it as fulfilling any useful function, So long, however, as it limits itself to tho | chronicling of clothes worn at swell parties, nothing worse need be said of its editor than that he ought to marry a lady's-maid. It is when such n journal caters coarsely for theßritish 'public, whose tnsto in gossip is notoriously tie pf tjie : servant's-ball, that it ceases to apse and begins to annoy persons of good breeding, That Mr liaboucbore should have bit the public taste when he invaded'the private life of the Queen

and her family, is a sign of the titues' we live in, That he should now find the Queen nndesiroua of presenting liira with the seals of office, is a consequence which; should cause him more regret than surprise, Her Majesty's irresponsible adviser be has long teen, by letters patent issued by himself. Among her recognised, respected, and responsible advisers he is not likely to be ranked at any time.

We are not sorry:that the United Diatiiot Board throws cold water on the project of a Benevolent Home for tlie Wairarapa. In Wairarapa South there has been an economical and effeotive disbursement of charitable aid; in Wairarapa North there has been a somewhat extravagant and ineffective distribution. The remedy liea rather in following the lead of the South County than in establishing a poor-house to foster pauperism or to perpetuate liberal pensions which have been in force for years and which have been a direot encouragement to idleness and shiftlessness. Doubtless a poor-house system would he cheaper than a pension system, but Waira* rapa South has proved that neither are indispensable.

A meeting of the Masterton Farmers' I Club, to consider the report of the subcommittee, was to have been held yesterday afternoon, but lapsed for the want of a quotum. Tho convenor of the meeting, the Secretary, and two Press representatives were the only persons present, The judges for the next show of the Masterton . Agricultural and Pastoral Association will be chosen at a meeting of the General Committee to be hold on Wednesday next.

The remains of the late Mrs Battes were interred in the Masterton cemetery yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon, the funeral cortfgc being very lengthy, and including settlers from all parts of the district, Tho ceremony at the grave was performed in an impressive manner by theßev. W.E. Paige.

A Canterbury squatter sent some aheap to Duredin for Bald—a piokod lot. One mob, says the Catholic Times, brought 85s per head. Sixty went for 275, and others realised nearly that amount. Not long ago the farmers would not take tho trouble to send their sheep across the mountains for salo on tho coast; it paid them better to boil down at their own places. New they send them to the seaports off the shears, and, after paying expenses, clear from 7s to 9s per head all round. This is what freezing has done for the farmers.

In tho early days of Hawke's Bay, Edward S. Curling purchased a property and died, leaving it heavily involved in debt. His brother in England, Robert Curling, took over the estate, paid all the debts, and expended large sums in developing the property, but never came to New Zealand. Mr J. C. Andrew is now petitioning tho Home through Mr Hogg on behalf of Mr R. Curling, againßt the payment of absentee tax, as the latter claims that be is now so old that to compel him to come hero would be" dangerous to life,"- and he cannot "traverse half the globe"to avoid tho tax "unless prepared to dio and become incorporated with tho soil of Now Zealand to complete the circuit,"

This is an age essentially of shanu, and it is refreshing to find anything and anybody now-a-days really genuine. Ouo ofton reflects whether there is anything 'true and good,' or what the falso and tinsel civilisation we have drifted into will eventually lead us to. Aro wo any better or any happier for our boasted civilisation ? Do we not often see the 'old Adam'in man's nature furtively peering out, is not the fearful paEsion of ever-increasing competition bringing brother's hand on brother's throat? Restrictive laws are only damming up the seething flood of popular feeling. These barriers must bo swept away in time, and all grades of Society will beovcrwhelmed in a chaotic struggle for existence. In tho midst of tho darkening gloom, like the glimmer of Hope, comes the reflection that at least thero is ono bright particular exception to the hollow mockeries that surround us. There is ono thing that really performs what it is professed to do, there is ono thing that knows not the difference between rich and poor, or prince or peasant, and this solitary exception in a degenerate ago is what ? why, St Jacob's Oil, thß world-wide healer 1

A Masterton resident, who was in need of a help-mate, bethought himself that he would try the effects of advertising, Accordingly ho inserted a short notice in a Wellington paper, advising correspond dents to communicate with Box 64, P. 0., Masterton. Now it happens that Box 64 bolonga to a well-known business man, a man who is above reproach and who would not dream of captivating the guileless maiden by the means of an ordinary advertisement. When thß advertisement appeared, all the marriageable young ladies in the distnet-and some of the old, ones, too—inspired with the hope of prospective happiness and bliss, set themselves to work to find out who was the matrimonially-inclined individual- They adopted all kinds of methods; they sought to bribe the lettercarrier i they pleaded with tho Post Office cloik | and, they actually waited upon the representative of the paper in which the announcement appeared But all to no purpose. At last one of the fair ones conceived an idoa. She would linger in the preoinots of tho Post "ffica from morn till night that she might discover who was the plucky man, She accordingly appoared, From eiqlit o'clock till noon she waited, but no claimant was there for tho contents of Box 6i She waited nn until her patience was sorely tried, when, as the shades of the wintry night were falling upan the cold dark town a well-known figure tripped gaily intn the lobby and hastily removed his letters from the matrimonial box. The secret was out, Tho gay damsel, filled with joy, ran into the street, and into the arms of her anxious companions, " Who do you think it is ? Why it's Mr 1" In a few hours it was known from ono ond of the town to tho other. Tho stationery establish" ment was rushed for paper, the photographer's studi# was besieged, and it was simply doligfitful to seo the way tnes,e giddy young Jndies competed for the pri?e.' jlut, '(jtraiige say,' the owner of Box *6f knojy absolutely nothing of tho interesting affair;' fn facf, he 19 a i)iarried qjan with a family. Hjs surprise at receiving offers of marriage from east and west, from north and south, may therefore be moro easily imagined than described. His office has been fairly rushea with marriageable ladies, young and old, rich and poor, attractive and otherwise, and he is almost frantic with excitement. It has just dawned upon him that the thing is a jo'ko, and ho is now marching up and 'down the (own, armed with a fierco fookjng weapon, thjrstjng for the blood of the humourist.

A i-'UTtbbinc yEßfflCT.—Speaking of oao of the most flQted df colonjal specialities, the press sfiys j—' 'Saarland's Baking Powder deserves tnore than a passing notice,for the "Moa" Brand Bak: ing Fowdor enjoys a reputation second to none. From one end of New Zealand to tho other, large orders aro received.for this popular brand, Even jn the most out of tho way districts the careful house-wife, possessed with the laudable ambition to make Lor broad and her scones better than her neighbours', buys Sharland'e Baking Powder, and triumphs over the few of her less sensible eiaters, who, from a mistaken sense of economy, buy apparently cheaper brands. The reoipp of a good Baking Powder is anything but a secret; but how very fow manufacturers use, as ■Messrs Sharland & Co. do, the best only pf materials, jarefully tested before mixture' jhd ejaptjy jjrpjjpftloned." Readers, who require an economical, satisfactory and healthful Baking Powder, cannot do better than use thei»Moa" brand.—

A resident of the Fortroso district Iwb had his toea so badly frost bitten that it is thought they will have to be removed. While journeying between lnvercsrgill andFortrose 'via Oteramika ho got his feet wet on a froaty night, and foolishly took off.his boots, with the reaiilt mentioned above,

The Paatoraliata Review says:—There are utimiatakeable signs throughout the Australian colonies that the day is near at hand when the wage-earners will have to accept a lower rata of pay than they now receive.

From 1872 to 1991—both years inelusive—NSw Zealand has exported wool to the value of 166,397,580. The greatest amount exported in any one year was £4,100,609 worth in 1890 as against wool to the value of 2J millions in 1872 (the smallest amount exported). The wool exported in 1891 is valued at £4,129,080, ' A Wanganui woman waß released from gaol early the other morning, chose a husband, bought some jewellery and mado arrangements for her welding which was to tako place at once. However, after dinner she got locked up for drunkenness, was brought up next morning, fined, and within halt an hour afterwards was married to the man of her choice.

At a recent meeting of the Nelson Charitable Aid Board a report was received from Constable Kelly as to the condition of a family in Happy Valley, living on freehold land in a very dilapidated building. The report stated that the man was 05 years of age, the woman 35, and they had five children from three to ten years of age, two of these had no clothing on, and the others but a single garment each; the woman also had no olothing on, but ran and got into a blanket, so tho officer reported, Be saw two blankets, but no clothing, there was no food in the house but Borne salt and a quarter of a pound of tea. These people had three cows, giving a little milk, and they lived mostly on the milk, They were in a very wretched state, but appeared happy. During service at the Stanraore Congregational Church (New South Wales) on a recent Sunday a gentleman rose and read a notice convening a meeting nf the congregation for tho purpose of calling upon the Minister to resign.

A correspondent of the Taranaki News saysl am informed that there was a person on board the s.b. Gairloch, the other day, who told a most wonderful schnapperyarn and expected people to believe it. He said he was fishing one day off the Manukau Heads and caught VOO sohnappera, one of which weighed 1741b31 I like a Rood yam and can believoa great deal, but tno schnappor yarn stuck in my gizzard. Inthe Masterton R. M. Court this morning, Colonel Roberts, R, M., gave judgment for the plaintiff in the case T. Benton v. H. Burling (of Alfredton) for the sum of £46 7s 2d for breach of contract, and ordered the defendant to return goods to the value of £3 43 Id. Mr Bead, who appeared for the defendant, gave formal uotice of appeal, The Mayo Examiner (Ireland) of July 2nd, is rather too "previous. 11 It says: New Zealand women may vote at elec u tionß, and sit as members of Parliament. The Bureau of Industries has issued tho following circularThero appears to be somo anxiety on the part of farmers and station holders as to their woolsheds, etc., being considered factories. Tiio woolsheds, barns, milking sheds, etc., of producers on farms, stations, or runs, are not to be considered factories. Woolsheds or premises used by exporters, agents, and othors in pressing or preparing wool for manufacture are factories."

An up-country correspondent writes: Zur—wokuntry boys azjust form anew klub up ear fur kiokin at a futball on Sundays and wo ad our fust practis ear on larst Sunday aftnune in one ov our leedin sitzins big padickz wen we ad such grand fun an our shouten and kussen culd be erd fur milez round an our teem iz compoaz of jentlmon Buns and cole boiz an menny utlierz an we one an all votea it to bo grand amuzcuent an az well az it settin a gud zample to the gurls and boy wots been to Sunday Skul. opin our nlee'ceman will not' inte-foar but keap his hiez shut yourz trooly,

What is profane language, and what a auitablopunishmont for it? We (Hawke's Bay Herald) ask because oil Saturday last, at Maßterion, a man named Michael Thompson was sentenced to three months' lmrd labor in Wellington gaol for" using profane language," An extraordinary case of robbery has been reported to the Sydney police as having occurred at a small shop at Surrey Hills. Over tho shop is a dwelling-house occupied by a man named Alfred Qeorge Clark, his wife and lamily, and his father-in-law, Mr Salnty. Last Wednesday night, according to the statement made by tho police, Mr and Mrs dark retired to bed at the usual hour, locking the bedroom door inside. Next murning, when Mrs Olark awoke, she found her husband in an innensiblo condition. His hands wero tightly bound before him as he lay on his back in the bed, and a piece of cord which waß subsequently found to hare been cut away from ono of the Venetian blinds, was wound round his throat, ono end being attached to tho arm of the bed. After vigorous treat' ment sho succeeded in restoring him to i his sonses, but he could not explain how be got into the position in which his wife found him. An lamination was made of the room, and it was found that it had beon ransacked, and that jewellery and money to tho value of A'GO had beon stolen. It was also discovered that the door of the room was looked at the outside, though Mrs Clark had early in the night locked it from the inside. The theory of the police is that the thieves early in the ovening secreted themselves in the bedtootn, chloroformed the occupants, gagged and bound Clark, and then robbed the house. The children, who wore sleeping in the next room, Bay that tbey heard strange voices in their father's bedroom during tho night, but wore too frightened to call'out, and covered their heads with tho bedclothes

Some novel inventions (stys the Bush Advocato), are mentioned in the last Gazette. One inventor brings forward an idea for 1 converting heat into work.' It is to bo presumed that tho heat meant la the atmosphere, but it would be interesting to learn whether the heat of an argument could be turned into work. If this could be done, and the heat of some Into Parliamentary debates converted into good useful labour, what an inestimable boon would be conferred on the'suffering taxpayers. Another 1 mighty convenient invention' Is that of a bedroom indicator. Tho maimer in whjch thi? ar'ticlj) is to bo utijised is not oDioiallyajinouncoa, but s}iould jt prove to be intended to indicate to those suffering from alooholic or other disturbances tho whereabouts of their sleeping apartments, it will be somo years before the inventor will be able to koep pace with the demand for his noyel contrivance.

Be careful, when you buy, whore you buy what you buy and how you buy, -If you do not watch these cardinal points in the soienoo of buying, likelv enough you wi|| buy flit'fhe wrong shop, but what y6u don't want, and pay moro than'' is' at necessary. Of coarse it will Ije'j/onr'owij |aijit, flo ope else is to lilauie; your miso'rtune arisps from your own' denspngss rid lack of caution and ' foresight l ni foundering into the first hole in the wall you come across in your shopping rambles There is only one way out of the difficulty only one plan by which the thousand distinct ovila that ate jn your can be avoided; and the thousand blessings that are waiting for you gan be embraced, vii., Buy everything at Ho:per and Company BonMarohe, Makoita rule of your life and sen that your family do so likewise! It is to your interest, just the same as it is to inauro your life in a sound society, or build your house on a seoure foundation, by coing the whole heg; in other .words, by. determining to buy everything at Hooper and Company's, Bon Marohe, Take your grocery bill on one hand, and your draper's on the the other Give us your weekly, order for family stores; for tea, coffee butter) and other eatables, and you wii saye enpugh to buy your own clothes, with something to put i|) the poaUeta, Buy everything at Hooper,and Company's) Bon Marobe-Am

| A Manawatu contemporary bus announced, with regret, the death of Mr John Heel, of Featherston, who ia still i alive and acting as ranger to the Town Board of that place,

A buccossful "hunt" was hold at Maryborough on Tuesday by the Wairarapa Hunt Club. Mr Nathaniel Valentine, an old and respected settler of Wellington, is lying seriously ill with a chest complaint at a hotel in Petone. MrT. W. Glover, the lecturer of the New Zealand Grand Lodge of Goud Templars, will.be in Masterton on September 6th and 6th.

An inquiring statistician has ascertained that the present Parliament is larger in the size of its members than any previous Parliament. About twelve men of the House are over six feet ouch in height. At ,the last committee meeting of the Manawatu Agricultural and Pastoral Association, a resolution was passed requesting the Government and other associations to take steps to prevent the importation of stock from places where foot and mouth disease was prevalent. The Association received a reply yesterday from the Government, stating that Ministers could not see' their way to move in the matter, the examination previous to shipment and the rigid quarantine observed In Now Zealand being considered quite sufficient to prevent the disease obtaining a hold iu the Colony. The Egmont A. and P. Association replied to the Bame effect. Professor Mason and his "Musical Quintette' 1 gave another performance in the Masterton Theatre Royal last night. The audience, though not large, was very enthußWstio, and every item rendered was well received. The vooal efforts of MiBS Castle and Messrs Bergin, Oadzow and Morris were again succesful, and imperative encores followed the appearance of each. Professor Mason deliveredan interesting address onthe "Progress 1 of- Science," and also examined' phreriologically a couple ot young men chosen from the audience, An entirely new programme will be presented to-nicht, when the Professor will take for his subject) "The Circulation of the Blood,"

Down fieefton way the etorokoepers are a bit particular, - The Guardian Baya, "It is well known that our tradespeople must find the practico of economy indispensable in order to make both ends meet, but it is not very often that we hear of them'cutting a potato in half to avoid giying over weight. This, however, wo ore informed, was done the other day atone of the stores in town. Ab an evidence of a thrifty nature, this would bo hard to surpass.

Al' limb of the law" lost his equilibrium in the Masterton Post Office yesterday afternoon and fell through one of the windows. A meeting of the General Committee of the Masterton Agricultural and Pastoral Association was held in the Club Hotel yesterday afternoon. The ostensible object of the meeting was to receive tho report of the Ground Cummittoe, but as that report was incomplete an adjournment was made for a week. The body of the late Kaymond Cecil Hatch, who died on Monday through injuries sustained by his clothes taking Are, was interred in the Mastorton ceme-tery-yesterday afternoon. Messrs Thomas B. Ruydhouse and H. J. Taporoll, both of. whom served an apprenticcshipas compositors in tho oflico of this paper, hare distinguished them-. selves as journalists in New South Wales. Tliey are both omployod on the literary staff ot the Sydney Daily Telegraph, ono of the largest papers in Australia, and have just published a most useful work entitled ''Tho I.abour Party in New South Wales," being a history of its formation and legislative career. Included are also biographies of tho members, and the complete text of the Trade Disputes Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1892, Messrs Edward Dunlup & Co., of Sydney and Brisbane, are the publishers.Remember I Our big Sale of Surplus Winter Drapery and Clothing, commencing on Friday, July Ist at Te Aro Houso, llememberl If you want te receive wonderful bargains you should visitor send to tho Big Salo at To Aro House, Wellington. Remember I Thero are wonderful bar-, gains in every department such as wils make a trip to our Big Salo romunerativo You will Bavo far moro than your expenses by visiting the Big Sale at To Aro Uousel Wellington Bcmembor I Sale Fries Lists will on (ap» plication bo forwarded post free. Sale lasts 15 days only, If a visit is impessiblo, send your orders, enclosing cosh, so that you may share in the good things going at tho Big Sale, Te Aro House,'Wellington—Advt,