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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4503, 22 August 1893, Page 2

itu recently out into boardi;. which, when soldi in. the European market, erected in the midst of a gceit forest of FmbU, at a coat of about£3,(JC),pO, a well-known' brnteeai n»n in Montreal was' recently broken into, hi* father, mother, and juter murdered, and the hora set on In Ohiaa, a traveller wiahintt for a passport is compelled to havo the palm of hishand brushed ovet with fine oil paint; he jhbn : presses hjs hand on : a damp paper, ivblohrptajnaarijiripreasioa of f helirieß.; r Thiß ia yidd to prevent trans-

Complete speqtfications have bean accepted atthe patent office foe combined chair and Btepa by Mean Win, Oulleii and Michael Williams, 'of Maa'lsrton. A correspondent haa atitaed Hie following ■: remarks to wearors of kid gloves:—lt is said that Fronoh kids must be killed when still at milk, otherwise their skins are only fit for boots and shoes. Only very small kids oan therefore be used, and from each skin not more than three gloves can be obtained.- To produce the 1,200,030' ddzen pairs that Grenoble alone manufactures, no fewer than 0.0C0.000 bleating, little victims have to be killed yearly. -It is added that many foreign kids are ekiauod alive to produce a softer skin. Prohibitionists are nothing if not vigorous. A Keuter'a telegram states that Jhe other day ps the fiev. John Jameson, uf Virginia,. was ■ walking through the agricultural building at the World's Fair, hu suddenly htopped in front of the wbr.key exhibit of Sir John Powers, of Dublin,and raising a'heavy hickoiy cane smashed the hotclei, which wore arranged in the form of the famous round towers of Ireland, He strdck at the exhibit three times, bringing down a largo number of the bottles, before, he was arrested. Liter in the day he wrote a long statement headed, "Why lstruok the whiskey," cjying that it was because Jehovah told him to do so, and adding that he did it on July 4th as an appropriate day. It is eipected that the Courts, however, will apply the direct veto to this sort of thine;. A barber got converted one Sunday, sn he thought it was his duty to speak to all whocamo into Mb shop in future about religion, Now the barber was a veiy fluent speaker on most topics, but when it came to religion he hardly knew howtobegiu. OnemorniugaMrJonos came to be shared. The barber began to share him. All at once.he said, "Mr Jonen." Mr Jones looked up, and was so startled that, he got the brash in his mouth. "Mr Jones,"repeated the barber, but still ho could sno further with his speech. The barber then walked up to tho strop, which was bung on the wall, and began to rub the razor babk' wards and forwards on it. "Mr Jones," said he j '''Mr Jones', are you prepared to die?" It is said that Mr Jones jumped out of the window,''" Of the £24,419 females h New Zealand, 31,972 have been induced by energetic canvassers to ask for electoral privileges. The.wmaining292,B4if have not we may assume (says an exchange) the sfchtoet desire to become electors and vote in opposition to their husbands, their fathers, and their brothers.' During the part month 1.7C0 aores for perpetual lease, and 1885 acres for tho ocoupotinn with the right of purchase we:o disposed of In Auckland.

The total number of diggers on the kauri gjmfields is 6897, of which 577 are;Austrians, and their average corning are 27s per weßk,

Tho latest invention from Masterton, for which provisional specifications have been accepted at the patent office, is " tlosking's Anti-Profanity Carriago Lamp," invented by Dr Hoiking, of this town.

Amid the Instances of heroism, gallantry and pluck of which the late naval catastrophe lies given us so nuny examples, none, says the ffwitl, stand out clearer than that of young Laayon, the little middy who stuck by the Admiral to the last., We can fancy the boy standing by the great burly figure of Sir George Tryon, a giant, as I'roude somewhere desotibes hiui, and the sense of security which his presence must have inspired in the youngster, • "You had better jump," the Admiral is reported to have said; and sharp came the reply, "I'd rather stay with you, sir." The subject is one worthy of being placed on the walls of the Academy next year. h railroad employe" on a Wiso rosin line stole a kiss from a pretty passenger. The young lady sued the. Company for damages and wr. i awarded K.JO dollars. With the money thus obtained, her lover, a young o'.erk, established himself in business, and the couple have become wealthy. A writer in Ohristchuroh Truth, s.'.ys that between two stools, Deer and Stout, Sydenham TaylorfM.H.H.) is likely to come to the ground, " Beginning with the Orpheus (says the European Mail) which web wrecked in tin Mauukau, behind Auckland in 1863, when about to land troops for the Maori war, and ending with the Victoria last month, the Britißh Navy has lost a dozen ships during the past thirty years. In the Orpheuß affair, 190 lives were lost, and in the Racehorse which sank off Ohofibo in 1864, there were 94 deaths, In the saino yetr the Bumbey sankiu the River Plate with a loss of 61, and in 1870 there were two ships Inst, theSlaney.offParacals, 40 lost, and the Captain, off Fintsterre, 472 lost. Then theEurydice went down off tho hie of Wight, 818 lost, in 1878; the Atalanta, in the Atlantic, in 1880.280 lives lost; TheWaßp, at Tory Island in 1854,62 lives j another Wasp, in 1887, in the China Seas, 73 lives; the Lily, oft Labrador, in 1889, 7 lives; the Serpent, on the coast of Spain, 1890,178 lives; and now the Victoria. The last disaster, the exception of the Captain affair, is the worst in this terribly black list of the three last decades. Clearly the face mqfeute may be held to be as dangerous to us as tho God of War." The " oldest lady in the fond " is Polly Thompson, of Cambernell Workhouse, London, who recently celebrated her 107 th anniversary, and she is still hale and hearty. A photograph was taken of har not lone ago and forwarded to Her Majesty, and Sir Henry Ponscnby has written a kindly reply, Polly is a spinster, for she says that in her younger days the male population expected too much from their wires in the way of hard work, and she accordingly preferred to keep herself than to keep a husband as well. Hoi celibate economy did not prevent her getting into the workhouse, where she has now lived for a considerable time, Perhaps, after all, tilty years of marrjed life is wortli a cycle (if 'celibacy, if it has to be spent in a workhouse, Polly is.a remarkable woman for her age, for although old in years,sbe is quite juvenile in Bpirit.

A new kind of paint is announced, which, it is claimed, possssees in a peouliar degree the properties of preserving metal from rust, and is unaffected by either heat or cold. When applied to theet iron it Is found that the coating is n6t affeofced by worm water or steam, nor is it at all influenced by the apjjon of acid and albino ijquors, ammonia gas, hydrochloric acid' gas, and sulphuretted/ hydrogen gas, The principal ingredient in this paint is a silicate of iron which is found in the neighbourhood of natural depoM.ts of iron ores, and also occurs in veins in deposits of granite, which have become decompiled by contact wj'th the air,M je ofSitt , Mr Guy Boothby has rece,i ly orossed Australia, from north to south. Ho started from Ifoinjanton, on the Gulf of Carpentaria, in March 1892, travelled on horseback or in a waggon to Bou:ke, and then descended the Darling, partly in a boat and partly in a river, steamer to Morgan, thehoe by rap to Adelaide, The journey occupied mo'-'o than a year. A won T me at the breast to buy Mens 1 Bey's, and Youih's Clothing cheaply. You oan feet them atthe lowest Sale and &•. Ivaja prices, with a disconut of L.latho £ tuurncd in oash the nest 15 days only atTeAroHom TaßrauCHOidß ever yet offered, Luok to it men, Heavy Scotch Tweed Suits at 32s 6d for 32s M, Colonill Tweed Kits at 37s 6d for 16s 6d, with an ejjra. cash gift of ':■.■ '. ':"...'. : '■ :'&'SmLUBo HTmf.iß. Men's Tweed Vests'atZsHd'andSilld, Heavy r>qdle Tweed Twi'sers af 19s 6d lor 14s 6d,. Buu ik-jarcd of Im mi mm a emit Fifteen- Days Okii. Men's Tweed Overcoats 35s for 16s 6d, Youth's Trouser Suits 2ls'for 13s M, and to crown the whole a discount of lib. the £. Thif U,wkre ;he_ Wi come in; Tweed Knlokevs'at 3s 6u tor 2s 3d. School raits at Bs6d for. 4s Ud, Heavy Bei*e Kniokor Suits 10s 6d (or Os, Cd.: .%', VM W W® Qt\KWWy>- . '".'-. .■''•'':,•' ■■' ! N<lff Is?ireTiiD3; All .prices,, both Sale anrl Salvage extra discount of \y in fteV|'lslbrlS fays'only, on;puiohas_ea ol ;^wo»th'an4;||,'at.Tep' : 'Houp^..-p-j

A meeting of the Masterton Maionio' Lodge «ill ha held to-morrow (Rednes* day)eveningab7.4Bp.m. •

The Wairarapa Hunt Club Ball, to be held at Greytown on Thursday, pro-1 raises to ba the moat successful gathering the Olub has yet held, The Kev James Paterson has now been twenty.five years .in Wellington bb a Presbyterian Minister. He has a host of friends in the Wairarapa who will congratulate him on this jubilee in his pastoral charge.

. Palraerstoo North is.alwayß one ahead of Masterton. What are our Prohibition ists about that they allow Palmerston to ask Sir Robert Stout to represent them lit the next election ? Mr W. H. Jackson informed the School Committee last night that the Masterton schoolgirls had planted their own ground with trees, and had done the work very well.

A notorious Chinese robber chief, LI Sung, recently committed aubdo. by Bwallowing a dose of poison in the prison of Nanking. Upon being apprised of the faob his two wives committed suicide.

J _ A girl at Philadelphia, standing on the idghth floor of a building, rang for the ! attendant, and thiuking thelift was below, leaned over the guard-rail to see whether it wasbeing raised. The elevator, however, was above, and descending with great velocity, it cut off. her head, whiofc fell into the ce'lar beneath,

The annual dtairing exam!uatioa of the Masterton Schools, will take place on Wednesday, September 6th, .'lf' Parliament gets through as little legislation duringthe uest two months aa it has accomplished during the past two months, it is thought the Colony will be extremely fortunate.

' Bishop Julius in passing through Wellington last week was the guest of Mr Tolhurat, the well known bank manager, 'Mr &■ Grace has. been reelected President of the Wairarapa Trotting Club. , * The Countess of Solzberg has committed suicide in New York. The cause is attributed to love affairs.' Tho Manouester Ship Oanai will be opened in January next, By an explosion 01 firedirap in a colliery at Dortmund, in Westphalia, 50 miners were killed. Last week-130 failures were reported in the United Stateß in tho week, against 95 last year. Owing to tho depression SB per cent, of the cotton mills in the United States are closed, It is reported .that a sevious conflict Lm taken place between the strikers and the workers at Dowlais' great iron centre noar Merthyr Tydvil, and that 10,01)0 men were engaged in it,

' Another sixpenny concert in Bid of the Maßtofion Wesleynn Sunday School, Ukes place this evening, Heavy rain again fell in this district last night. The London Observer Bays the Australian cricketers "will scarcely succeed in convincing experts that thoy are better than an ordinary seconders ooiroty eleven. Australian cricket must be at a very low ebb if such a team is representative. Mrß. Hallenstein; of Dunedin, has written to to she Economist in defence of Now Zealand's financial position. He says that "alter a resideuco of 35 years in Austmlw and New Zealand, associating with all classes, he feels justified in euying that the inhabitants of those countrioi would father eat dry bread than repudiate their national debt, Be-ides, the jirogreca of Australia would, after a time, be greater than ever, and the temporary check, as in the oase of NewZoaland, would tend to put it on a basis more solid and true."

M. Leon Driver, the well-known New Zealand pianist, who left this colony recently for Amerioa, has written to Mr Walter Impefcb, music-teacher, of Auck- ; land, from San' Franoisco, stating that he has boen appointed to the Chair uf MußioatSanFranoisooin the Conservatoire of the University of tho Pacific. The institution 13 one of the oldest in the States, M. Driver says that business in San Franoisco is dull. Everyone is away in the country oral the World'B Fair.

Goorge Harper, the prisoner who escaped from the hard labour gang at Wangnnui some tiro months BKO,and who was captured at Paimereton on Friday, was brought up yesterday morning before Mr Kettle, and senteoced to nine months' imprisonment in tho Wauganui tiaol, the sentence to be concurrent with the one he is now serving. Prisoner made a statement to the effect that the escape was the rcßult of bad treatment in gaol, but tho Bench held that this wsb not borne ont by the (acts. Aleoture under the auspices of the Masterton Presbyterian Young Men's Fellowship Association, will be, Riven on Wednesday August 30th, by Mr T* Hutchison fi.ML, on "the Puritans and their Influence in England." A rather good thine; is reported to have been said at a recent meeting of Melb. nurnt licensed victuallers One of the publicans, illustrating how business had gone to the dogs, declared that the wine importers had written to their Home houses was no use sending any morechampangato Melbourne. All the people who use to drink it were now in Pentridge. Storekeeper] cannot be too careful in keeping poisons away from articles of food. A Masterton family recently purchased some tapioca and found it to contain aoveral lumps of sulphate of oopper, commonly known as blue«stono. Fortunately the discovery was made in time to avert any disaster. A Minstrel troupe of some sort gave an entertainment In the Masterton Thoatre Boy'al iaat evening to an almost empty hou,se.

In response to a requisition, the Mayor of Masterton (Mr 0. A. Pownall) has declared next Thursday afternoon a public holiday, The Church of All Hallows, London, still possesses an income originally given to it for the purpose of buying faggots for burning heretics,

Mr, F. H. Wood adds to his next Taratahi stock sale 60 fat wethers and 20hogg9ti.

| ifrF. fl. Wood announces an Im- , portent tale of Dairy Stock, hones flnd pigs, on the farm of Mr K. B. Briokle, of Morrison's Bush, to be held on September 6th, The farm property consisting of twenty four aores, and. the dairy utensils and household furniture will be sold by auotionon the saraedny. Full particulars of the stock appear in our advertising columns,

There are now on visw in the windows of Mr W, Whitt, Masterwn, several excellent speoimons of the cabinetmakers' art, in the shape of inlaid work in bedsteads, dressing tables, etc Only New Zealand woods are used, and comprise l totara knot, rung, rewa rewa, matipo, and others. The articles mendonod are highly finished, and together with the various other styles of furniture in the shop, make the display very attractive and well worthy of inspection.

Acme for bargains ut in this morning at the Bon March;, We, statu Hooper* teftny, have started clearing out the balance <& our winter ttook, ■ Our bargains are alwa/s genuine, We djn't say wo sell at cost pries, teoausono one.oi. vrcy few could test it hot lrnowih j' what the cost prlceis, WedonVoifer out goods at 20 per cent faiunl because no one can check the calculation, not L-iorfing .mi what it is ',based. 'Werely cpoti thi prices at whioh we offer 0v r bargains and {h nine cases out of nine aM-a-hnU those prices are staggerers both for the Fublio and the Trade. Of course, wearegolagto. loss money over this job 1 How wuld we do otherwist?..' But whynot? Vrby shouldn't we lu'well',-as other people ? Everybody's losing money now-a-days, and wo arr weparejf \& drop I our' share just for the saJiecJ .lobpany, but that -"a ]ose w« W»in ft good cauEO, We benefit the public sokeep your eye on the BonMwche for bargain?, Everything »t IfulogalcaV,

:'We remind • out readers of Messrs Lowes and Toms usual fortnightly tlook sale to-morrow (Wednesday) at 1 o'clock. Eulries at date comprise 270 hopts, 100 fat wethers (turnip Id), 10 young' cattle (steers and heifers) sixteen two year old steers, eighteen dairy cows, sixteen cows and heifers springing, and the thorough-bred. entire "Randwiok."

The adjourned meeting, called by the Rev, W. E, Paige for the purpose of forming a Boys' Club, in connection with St. Matthew's Church, was held last evening In the unavoidable absenco of Mr Paige, : Mr R. Brown occupied the chair. Mr W. H. Jackson was also present, and moved that a Boys' Club be formed, the object to bo the promotion ofthewell4>eingphysical,lntellectua|and moral, of the youths of Masterton, by means of athletics and outdoor and indoor amusements and also a reading room. Mr A. U. Nicol seconded and the motion was carried. Considerable dis. oussinn eus,ued bb to the beat appliances to be obtained. The meeting then formed itself Into a committee to report to the next meeting as to rules, management, etc., on the motion yf Mr.J.Benuington seconded by Mr R. S. Owen.' It was decided, on the ration of Mr A. Nicol seconded by Mr D. M. Mcintosh, that another meeting be held on Saturday next, it 7.30 pm,'in"StrMatthew's Schoolroom, to receive report and to make all necessary arrangements for carrying on the Club, ;

The Assyrian hawker, who was recently sent to the Masterton Hospital suffering with measles, has left the institution cured. :'•!.' ? : ■;, •'. . To-morrow' Messrs Lowes and Iprna will sell at their'yards the.thoroughbred stallion Kandwick, Randwiok's oareer on the turf has been a most brilliant one, He is by. Barbarian dam Gipsy Gill, and stands 15 hands 3 inches burb. For extended pedigree Bee Victorian Stud Book. .

A little girl named Gregory, daughter of Mr Gregory of Perry .Street bad a narrow escape from serious, injury by. burning a fow days ago, Exoept the loss.of her hair, however, the child is fortunately very little injured, The returns of rainfall for July are to hand, and are somewhat interesting. W« find that the greatest number of days on which rain fell was twenty-five at Auckland and Qpunase, at which places 5-34 and 693 inches of rain fell during the month. At lngleivood, 2474 inches; Ngatimaru, 1962 indies; Pahiatua, 8-62 inches; and Taita, 818 inches; rain fell on twenty-three days. Ai Newman 1328 inches tell on twenty-two days; at Woodyille, 8*72; Summit, 1298 inches; Pukerua, 7'61 inches j Welling, ton Reservoiri 7'88; on twenty-one days. At Stratford, 21*98} Ooylton, 5-64 inches; Ormondville, 707 inohea;!J*alnierston North, 6-21; on twenty days. Cape Campbell carries the;palm for the least number of rainy days, but in those five hss recorded C; 75 inches. St. Barthenß (Otagij); snven'days (2'2l'inohes); Mahino (Otago), Beven days (2-3 inches); Winshuiore (Ashbnrton), eight days and Balclutha, nine days, (107 inches); Dipton (Otago), nine days (1-47 inohes); Queenstown, nine days (2'2l inches), are tho next lowest. Puysegue point—where it never rains but it pours-has not mado a return for, last month. The record for a single twenty four hours was highest at Inglewood on the fifth, when 6-65 inohes were registered, This was nearly equalled on the sixth at Wainuiomata reservoir, when the register totalled 6'25 inches. At Oape Campbell where the rainfall was 6-75 for five days, 8-15 inohes follon the 29th and2'Boinches on the slxthor 6-45 inohos on two days. The lcwest reoord of maximum fall for twenty-four hours (0-25 inches) occurred at Invergargill; Wyndhara, Dipton, and Balclutha having the next lowest with 0'88,0,40, and 0-47 inches respectively. At Mastorton 6'57 inches was registered in thirteen days. At Kekeranga 13 98 inohes fell hi ten days, on the sixth and ; thirteenth B'l4and B'9o inohes beiug recorded.