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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4338, 7 February 1893, Page 2

A meeting of creditors fn the estate of George Dkon, bankrupt, will bo held at the Old Court Boom, Ifastorton, on Friday next, Within a six mile area of Charing Gross there are 279 miles of railways and 225 stations. A lady doctor has been appointed assistant medical officer of the North* ' Eastern Feyer Hospital,

_ The Govomor of Maryland has just Bigned tho warrants for hanging eight men condemned to death for the murder of a Dr Bill.

The Californian Legislature has carried a reaolutiou iu favour of tho annexation of Hawaii by the United States. The Admiralty has decided to victual the Australian Squadron with Hew Zealand Bait pork, The editor of the Marlborough Daily Times refers to Maaterton as "an obscure place. Thifl is not bad for Blenheim, which, when it gets its nose above water, is not unlike a whale. Owing to the great demand for trained Wesleyan students the President has now no available mon on the list of reserves.

ACommtttoe meeting of the Mastorton Hortinultural and Industrial Society wbb hold last (Monday) evening In Mr Beard's office, whon final arrangements were made for the forthcoming Autumn show, to be held on Thursday, February ICth, Special prizes were also allotted, and the list of them will be published in a day or two. lb will bo obaerv&l that the Committee have selected a Thursday half holiday for its show.

The Rev. Mr laitt his slated to an interviewer in Christchurch that the Sydenham Licensing Committee will not appeal to tho Privy Council against the tecent judgment of the Court of Appeal, They look to the ballot-box rather than tu the Courts for success in establishing Prohibition. The sum of .£4B 2s Gd has beon collected in Auckland by the local branch of the Irish National Federation for tho Irish evicted tenants. The following team has been selected to represent the Featherston Me Club in a niatoh against the Greytown Mo Club, to be fired at Papawai on Thursday next:-Meaare Bidwill (2), Benton(2), Tookor(l), Feast, Tidswell, Parker, and Yule. Emergeuoy,S.Feast. TheGroy. town representatives will be Messrs Hutherford (2), Webster, Izard, Walden, Major Donald, Morrison, Oates, Whiteman, Beid. Emergencies, Captain Cameron, Messrs Eowse, Jury, Fisher. That famous humorist and loefcuror, Max O'Rell, describes the French people as the" happiest nation on earth," There are many reasons according to Max O'Rell why his countrymen are so favoured. They take their pleasures brightly; they aro of a peculiarly mercurial temperament. There aro fewer contrasts in France between tho immensely rioh and the miserably poor, because every man, according to his station in life, makes ends meot, end a littlo over, in order to provide for his old age, In a word the French people aro more provident; they aro better fed, better clad, and better housed than the

great bulk of Englishmen, The most ia made of everything—Dothiiiß is wasted. Take the French chi'sihc, what a dainty and tasty meal can bo concocted from the most meagre materials-materials that in Great Britain would be regarded as useless for culinary purposes, because we area wasteful and extravagant nation with but a faint idea of the science of cooking, 'Take French coffee and com-

pare it with that nauseous concoction known under that name in England, What a difference. In one thing, 'however, weUritiiiherscap the French. In Franco a cup of really fragrant and invigorating tea is an unknown quantity, they can no moro make tea than we can coffee. Therefore it is evident that their cup of happiness cannot be full in this respect. The English are, next to the Orientals and tho Eussians, the toa drinkers and tea makers of the world jnw excellence. Tea is excelling boer as a national bovorago, and good it is for ua in this portion of that great Empiro "upon which the sun never sets" that we have such a firm as tho Empire Tea Company (Messrs W. & G, Turnbull A Co,), who are in a position to supply an article equal in quality, in blending and in flavor to any tea placed on the markots of tho world, We would, therefore, recommend a perusal of the Empire Tea Company's now advertisements another column,

The immense chandelier at Her • Majesty's Theatre, London, probably the largest in England, coats ovor £ 2500. [ It was recently sold for only £!). MiBS May Thompson, the organist of t tho Groytown Presbyterian Church, was ' presented on Saturday last with a handaoino gold watch by the congregation in appreciation of her services in the above capacity. Miss Thompson- has been most indefatigable as organist, and has won golden opinions from the congregai tlon, and the presentation is the tangible i oxpreßsion theroof. Mesdames Baillo, Loasby and Black mado the presentation on behalf of the congregation, The watch is a gold three-quarter lever by i Rothorhara, and is inscribed as follows: "Presented to Miss May Thompson by ' tho congregation'of tho Greytown North 1 Presbyterian Church. A token of esteom • for her seryices as organist. January, ; mr-Stankri " Mr Samuel Baldwin, the well known engineer, of Cambridge, mot with an accident on Monday evening (says the , Waikato Times) whioh very noarly terminated his earthly existence. He possesses a largo dog, and on the above evening ho took It down to the Waikato River to give it a swim, The dog had never, to Mr Baldwin's knowlodgo, boon in water, aud consequently ho thought it would be bettor to throw the animal into a deep part so that it would have to swim, and for this purpose ho choae a portion of tho riyor noar tho booms, whoro it is deep with almost perpendioular banks of clay, This answered very well as far as the dog was oonoerned, but proved most disas* trous for Mr Baldwin, for when he flung the dog into tho river his foot Blipped, and he quickly joined his oanine friond in the watery oloment-a dear case of being hoist withhisown petard, Unfortunately for Mr Baldwin, he had never learnt the natant art, and consequently he was in cxltemk; but, howeyor, he did not loso his presence of mind, or waste his breath by calling for assistance, but tho dog being at hand he grabbed it by tho tail. The dog naturally endeavoured to swim against tho current, but this was not to Mr Baldwin's liking, as ho found it was conveying hlra towards tho middle of the river; so he elected himself skipper for the voyage and headed tho craft for shoro. Tho dog proved equal to tho occasion and after a somewhat lengthy voyage dowo the river" Skipper Sam " reached terra firma onco more. He then turned his attention to saving the poor dog, which by this timo was so much exhausted that it could hardly crawl out of tho water, Mr Baldwin then wended his way to tho Masonio Hotel, where he was kindly provided with a change of ' raiment and also with a fortifier in tho shape of a good stiff glass ol whisky. Moral! Don'fctry toteaoh dogs to swim ' unless yoq are proficient in the art your- ' self. i

A sensational suicide has occurred at Nice Tho young wifo of M. Mairargqe, who is well-known in Paris, went a short timo ago to consult ono of tho numerous fortune tollerswho abound in that district. She was told that she would die on the

birth of her first child. Showas very much upset by this answer, and informed her husband of what she had been told. Ho immediately repllod that if it ware so ho would die too, and he at once prepared his will. The wife was confined on Saturday and, strange to say, died a few hours afterwards, Upon tho tad news being conveyed to the husband he went to his room, placed his will in an envelope in his desk, and then shot himself through the heart. JlMtonnwflari/aiiisatthc Dress Counter during tho Gigantic Sale at To Avo House,

Buy (/we qukHy, full dress lengths of iumnier ccarte, worth 5/6, for 1/11. Nql many left, very useful 6uramer choroils, 12 yard lengths, worth 6/6, for 2/11.

Sow is ik tiiat for a fall dress length of summer diagonals ut! "'5; for 3/U.

>«„„ """ ""' Sptendid qualities £ OTOP fnen ~t • • . mi knjeker tyceds, w6)},li B/jS, tor *, lv

The prettiest dresses of the season avp our 10/6 French De Laines for 6/G the dress, ' The most cliarming and exquisite designs in 12/6 French De Laines for 7/6 the dress.' /(is impombk to help buying our Fronoh Dc Laines at 15/- for 9/6 the dress.

' Onh a fat left of our superior quality 181Fronch Do Laines for 10/6 the dross at Te , AV9 HoftSC, Wellington, ,

The average death-rato ot the world's shipping is about four pet cent., and the birth-rate 6vo per cent, The new Porirua Asylun will be fin. ished in about two months. The building is designed for some two hundred patients, It will be aeon by & notice in our "marriage" column that the popular manager of Bowlands has led to the altar Mrs Riddiford, tho second daughter of Mr H.B. Wardell, of Te VYhiti. The dead body of a man, not yet identified, has been found in tho Olutha River at Miller's Flat. A lady help advertises for a situation I in another column,

An actor says that it is moat curious to watch tho audience from the sta?e during an emotional Bcene, He'aaya that in evoiy audience there are many people who aro sympathetic, and who unconsciously imitate the expression of the people In whom they are interested. They will scowl with the villain, languish with the heroine, grin with the funny man, and weep with the wronged one. The effect of dozens of people making the some faoes at tho same moment is quite funny, The well' to -do promoters of the Atkinson memorial have limited their contributions to the fund to a maximum of two guineas.thus quenching that enthusiasm m their bosoms which might otherwise haye impelled them to subscribe in accordance with their means and with the merits of their old leader.

The Board of Education has approved tho followiug schedule of work for pupil teachers fur the current year :—l. Pupil Teaohers of tho first and second years (juniors) -(a) Arithmetic (reduction, vulgar and decimal fractious); (b) history so far as to show ability to give instruction to a third standard class); (c) science (chemistry, Rosooe's Primer, and Johnston's Agricultural Text Book), (d) school management (Qladman) j (o) composition, reading, writing, recitation, eto j (f) drawing; (g) drill. 2. Pupil Teachers of the third and fourth years (seniors)-(a) Arithmetic (as a whole) • (b) history of Englaud (in simple out* line); (o) science as for juniors; (d) school ( management (Gladman); (e) composition, etc.; (f) drawing ; (g) drill N.8.-The piece For recitation will bo Byron-s " Prisoner of Ohillon," lines 107-230.

A stupendous quantity of jam is consumed in London. One firm of refreshment contractors in tho metropolis givoi orders to wholesale houses for about 100 tons during tho year.

That which ib popularly know us the fanny bono, just at the point of tho elbow, is in reality not a bono at all, but a norvo whioh lios near tho surface, and which, on getting a knock or blow causes the well-known tingling sensation in tho arms and fingors,

Tho Napier Telegraph saysi-Under the impression that we are collecting evidences of insanity, an excited individual threw down a piece of paper on our table, and then, luokily for him, rushed out of the room. On the paper waa written" Amenities of the Bam Fair. A sheep-farmer went to an auctioneor and said, '1 hayen't heard your silvery voice to-day,' 'JSo,' replied tho auctioneer, •but when you do I shall oxpeot to Bee your golden nod.'"

Thesteamer Ohingtu, belonging to the China Navigation Company'! line, says the Sydney Morning Horald, brought word of the appalling disaster near Canton. A temple in tho Shin Hing district had been visited by a band of robbers, who demanded a sum of several thousand taels, which was refused bythoso in charge of the temple, An immense mat-shed in front of the temple was crowded with people who were witnessuig a theatrical performance then in progress. This shed tho robbors set Bro to, and the people rushed patiic-stricken into the templo, tho main entrance iu I which caught fire, and the result was that fourteen hundred people were oithor burnt to death or smothered. Moat of the deaths were caused by suffocation, the wind having driven tho smoke right into tho temple. A careful register (says a lettor roport) taken by a Magistrate results iu 1940 missing. On the 1 4th December the native hospital (Ui I Yuu. Tong) sent 700 coffiriß to the scene to the disaster, besides many that were taken trom the shops. Fatshnn also sent hundreds of coffins.

I Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were brought before Mr Burton Boys at Masterton thia morning, and convicted and discharged. An advertiser in the wanted column | requires a married couple for the country.

I' "notified in another column that Mr O. H. Hayes has been appointed to take chargo of the Masterton office of the Mutual Lifo Association of Australasia during Mr Gill's absence

Sir Benjamin Baker, one of tho engineers of the Forth Bridge, notos as a curious fact(writes the Daily News) that during the progress of the work eoveral of the workmen fell from tho bridge 160 ft or 160 ft into tho water without being killed or even stunnod. Thoy had breath enough left in their bodies to onable them to catch arop B whop it was thrown to them, but not breath enough to speak for the next fortnight. - During that period they lay perfectly still,and at thei end of the fortnight they generally said they felt as if they had been beaten up inßide, "a sort of whipped ogg arrangement." It is furtherstated that tho percontage of accidents sinoo the bridge has been opened has boeu greater than while it was being made. We learn on the Bamo authority that the proud proominenco of the bridge aa a heavy onginoerins work of ita class is threatened by two schemos in New York, to one of which a charter has beon granted, In this instance the span is to be nearly half aa much again as that of tho Forth Bridge. Tho cost will bo twenty millions sterling.

If a recent decision by Mr Justice Col ins in a case heard at tho Winchester Aaaizos bo made a precedent, the way of those who wish to be divorced from ea«h other ia made smooth. The circumstances who peculiar. A man and his 1 wife did not agree. But the wife was regarded with loving eyes by another man, The husband, getting to know of this, offered to sell his wife for £3O, which sum the other man agreed to pay' and did pay. He then married the woman who had been sold to him. Tho seller, to complicate mattora, married another woman, Tho polico, in their oapacity of keepers of the publio morals, deoided that tho man who sold his wife and the wife who was sold should both be prosecuted for bigamy, and prosecuted they were. The trial, as atated.took place beforo Mr Justice Collins, who heard all the facts. It wbb shown that the " sale" of the wife was formally set outm a formidable-lookjng doouraent of legal aspect, and that all the parties knew of the terms and agreed to them. The Judge, under, thoae circumstances, decided that nobody could have been possibly deceived, since all were aware of the facts, and that as nobody had been injured there was no need that anybody should be punished. The husband who sold his wife and married another, and the wife who was sold and married her purchaser, were therefore diacharged on their own recognisances. The Judgo apparently acted on the assumption that the business only concerned the two men and two women implicated, and that as they wore all satisfied, it was no use making further trouble by sending two people to prison. And really, remarks anoxchange.whenone comes to thluk of it, tho task of proving the Judgo wrong would not be an easy ono,

A good story is going the round of the town juat now concerning a hat of a particular description, whioh was wanted by one of our local magnates. He tried m Bea ? ch o£ !t i and found ,'t £ woat'placea, there *» T. iy about tba{. jjrjD JJIJ prices, Oh Fie'! nine shillings at 'one suop, pl/jljt at another, 6eyon?ndjji}i aira thirl}, and'"a crown aojn'e\vhere'else.' Theil Hoi'per and Company's was readied* ana!' Booh the seeker went homo delighted, singing "That Hat, That Hat, that wonderful Hat j I got it at Hooper's for'two and 'Mprat,«-Aj>YTi

The usual fortnightly stock sale of Jfesara Lowes and lorns will bo held In thoir Masterton yards to-morrow (Wednesday), at one o'clock, Tho cntrios at data compriso :—2000 ewes, 1000 shorn lambs, 800 2-tooth wethers, 300 fat wethers, 300 woolly 1amb3,33 Lincoln rams, three 18 months steers, two good dairy cons, and one pair of chestnut buegy ponies,

After an exhaustive onquiry into tho history of the trotting horse Prince 11, the stewards decided that no evidence had been produced to show that the liorae was Sandy Cook, as alleged by the protestors, nor had any evidence boen brought to show he was any other horse than he was described to bo, Further, thai the evidenced Mr J. Falloon, the present owner, and Mr J. B. Whyte, tho late owner, was most satisfactory, and showed that tho horse was Prince 11. The stewards therefore awarded the Btakes to Mr Falloon m both racas, viz., theJolmsonville Handicap, 40 sovs, and the Harness Trot, of 15 sovs. A curious coincident is roported from Perth (W.A.). On the 21st of last month Alexander Munro, employed at Torboy mills, was with three other men working a vertical saw. In tho act of moving tho jack the outside piece carried away, crushing him to death. During the daydoceased stated that tho previous night he had dreamed that he would be killed.

MrF.H. Wood further adds to hit entries for next Thursday's stock Bale at tho TarataMl2o fat wethers and 200 fat owes. This is a very special line. •

The Rev. L. M. Isitfc was recently I asked by an interviewer, whethor thero was any truth in the rumour that he intended standing for Parliament at the next election. Ho jocularly replied "that despite the decision of the Appoal Court, ho still had aomo character to lose,"

Sorgsant McArdlo left for Ekotahuaa this morning for the purpose of bringing down a runaway apprentice boy named Brown, who was employed by a farmer near Maaterton.