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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4513, 2 September 1893, Page 2

Fahlatua Gymnastic Club has started well with amombership of about eighty, ipcluding seniors and juniors. An jjnieyjainmenl yffl shortly be; held to raise wpf purdbasjng aflice.and building a proper '•" ''

.On a wedding patty irrivjnji homo jn an Oxfordshire village, the bride' disqjyered to hef .dismay that the nngh'ad been pl»eeij on t)ie: wrong hand, The ! clergyman was seni for, and'tjtie matter | } put right before the wedding festivities were pweoded with., ':. ■■ '

Tho scarlet fever epidomio of last winter in London has revived with increased virulence.

At tho annual pigeon-flying contest from Richmond, Xork, to Waltham Abbey, Essex, the, birds accomplished the journey of 200 miles in slightly over I four hours, '

An old woman who reoently died from privation • in the streets of Glasgow was found to have £4B concealed in her clothing. At the Chester Agricultural Show, whioh was visited by the Prince of Wales, i'a novel churn made butter in less than fourmihuteß, Owing to the revival of bright dresses, tho fashion of painting the cheeks and lips is Baid to havo been, revived by i Society women. _ At Paua small box, which had. been in possession of a priest - who recontly died rhore, and whioh was discovered under his bed) was found to contain the head of a woman, with beautiful hair. The priest was in tho habit of locking himself in his room, and contemplating for hours some object which, it is now supposed, wjb the woman's head,

It is stated that the way to the Mount I of Olives is disfigured by advertisements of Dublin stout, and that bands play dance music on Sundays in the Garden ofQethsemano.

Only the other day says Modern Sue' ioly (to choose two instances curronte caiamo out ot thousands), we hail the edifying revelation mode thata ' reverend gentleman" ha'd-boen investing his shekels in shares in a rausio-hall company j and now, in a provincial paper under date Juno 3, we find the following : " Congregational Ouurch. The week-night service at this church was dispensed with on Wednesday evening on account of the "Oerby." A great many Maori children have been apprenticed to tradespeople in the Opotiki district by the pay the premiums, The boyß go into business of various kinds, while the girls are apprenticed to dressmakers,

At Oxford aßsizos a butcher was sentenced, -to eight months' hard labor for Belling unsound meat, whioh oaused the death of a customer.

A hoi'se having broken away from a dogcart, through ihe shaft snapping, jumped over the parapet of London Bridge into tho Thames. A steamboat loaded with passengers • was passing through the bridge at the time, ■ and tho horse narrowly escaped falling on it. Home menin a boat assisted the horse, which swam ashore, and was landod apparently little tho worse for its plunge,

Mr A. Manguaon will agaiu placo hia horse FitzHercules at (ho sorvico uf breeders in the Eketahuna district this aeason. We will refer to this stallion in our stud notes next week. A niceaajortmontof boots and shoes uf all descriptions is now on view in the shop of Mr H. Hansen, of tho Eketahuna bo«)t factory. A special feature is a line imported direct from India, to which the attention of the ladies is par* ticularly directed. A caso of considerable interest to setHers has just cropped up in tho FortyMile Busb, in which the Supreme Court will bo asked to decide, whether tho Government can claim rent on unsurvcyed land, held under perpetual lease, from the date of allocation or only from tho date of completion of survey and signing of lease. In the case under notice, the cost of Burvey—which was considerable —was paid in advance, Mid nearly two years elapsed from date of application before the survey was completed,

Russia has added to her navy, says the Iron Age, one of the rami remarkable vessels afloat, tho great itonclad Iturik, She is the longest ironclad of all the great navies of Europe, She measures 485 ft from stem to stern, is 67ft breath of beam, 25? draft, and 10,933 toniHisplacemcnt, Tho longest war ship next to the Rurik is the Bardeage, of tho Italian navy, which is 410 ft Tho Rurik's estimated speed is 19 knots an hour, and jtia claimed that she can steani a distaupe of 19,000 miles without coaling, It cannot (says an exchange) be emphasized too strongly, especially at this season o f tho year, that pure fruit is one of the best blood purifiers and system-regulator thero is. We cau testify to this fact, particularly as to oranges, It can do no harm to eat one or two oranges with noarly every meal,: particularly breakfast, A judicious use of oranges is a good thing, but a few precautions must be taken. In the first place buy nothing but''good fruit, especially ripe fruit, Green, or bad fruit cannot be good for anyone. Then, if you do eat the orange opt of the peel, bosnretu. peel it carefully. The whit? pith lying beneath the yellow rind is, one of the most indigesiiblo substances known in the vegetable world, It is bettor to eat oranges with a spoon and take as little as possible of the cellular matter. Do not cat ton many orangej at first; but if the habit of oating them with mea)s is oncp formed, a person will never be satisfied to eat a meal without fresh fruit'of'some kind. Tho habit will work wonders in a short time towards regulating the system, keeping the blood in good condition,'and creating n healthy appotlto

■"■"• "farenoeto tho refusal to allow the hounds to' cross ? tlm f9 ™ r J lands, at Morrison's Bush yestetu..,, (says Friday's Greytown Standard) we have-.heard several, farmers who are fricidly totU'hunten' sport declare that tliu blunt Club begins its season too late, and prolongs it unduly. Said one of them -"You see, if they go over stubble fields or bare paddocks it does no harm, and in the minium the ground is good fot the sport, but when they take it late jnto the spring, tbe young crops are coming on, and the grass is beginning to grow. Twenty or thirty horsemen galloping through a paddock then make holes and ruls that a couple of season* won't cover again.'' We do not offer any comment on tho farmer's observations, but report them for the ..guidance of the club,, as showing one Bide of public opinion. Americans, being a vo;y practical people, do not hesitate to chalk out hneß for themselves, They are quite conscions that in'so doing they are ridiculed by the inhabitants of older ciuntries, How very often, for instance, do we hear about the vulgarity of American ladies in wearing diamonds at all hours of the day, "1 had a conversation," writes a Chicago correspondent" upon tho subject ,/ith a wealthy American, a lady lecturer, < authoress, and all-round reformer. She laughed merrily as she asked, 'Doyou not think it preoious cool ofyouraristooratio women over there to call us vulgar because we choose our own customs ] Does it never strike 1 you that tha real vulgarity, not to say barbarism, lies in women wearing jewels only when they gfi half naked to balls and dinner parties ? We ova here take the liberty of haying our own opinions about these matters j and, as yo believe thot diamonds are very beaut|fu) fo look at, we elect to wear thorn morning najjn, and night, if wt pan afford to do so.. 1 do not say. this habit is nut carrjed to excess, but I do nut agree at a)l that the vulga l ity is on our side. 1 like diamonds, ehp'added, 'and wear them so IW, the bonny daylight cm thine on them as well as the midnight gas. I make my husband buy me as many, as he can.' This little lady was about sft high, hnd lier hushaud, who would be 6ft 4in in his stockings, and was standing by listen ing with iapt admiration to his wife's cheeiy speech, looking at me iu silenco for a moment and said, ' By the Lord, sir, and that is solid truth."

Snorrixo a,t ,Xe Aro Bouse means getting tho'on'pic'o 1 of the ''lkrgjsf Block 1 of;new fesbjoualjle Ijrdperyl' , 'lt means vou:are baying "W-t "the lowest cash pjfice'and' getting a bonus discount, ' •■:••-•''■

.. We make special offorts to pjgp our countryoustoiners. - All goods are charged at Wellington cash prices, and carriage is paid en all parcels of 20s and upwards, ■" to for-patterns of our new Dresses and Delaiues, our'now [Prints and Crejims, you will Mawohoice large and thircoloringi Silec'i.' l ' f *? ff '"'."« * ; "' < "; Exclosb cash with all orders, anl they Will lib promptly eiecute'dl' arid 'a : Sonus Djscoun) of 6,% w.ll be returned on all pur 1 ,ebESOB of' 20a and upwards' from ToAro Hpi)sc,.Weltingion,,. ' . : ; "

Another mooting of tho Boy's Club will bo hold in the Bb, Matthew's Schoolroom thin evening. To day i) the monthly pay day of tho Maatorton and Waitarapa Permanent Investment and Building Societies, . About 800 persons ■'have registered in the Masterton electorate since the issue of the Provisional Roll.

The livery stables at Pahiatua, formerly belonging to Mr J. Vile, are now 1 under the management of Mr Gi V7j Kemrant, who has lately taken over tho business. Mr Remnant is well kaown in the district, and we have no doubt he will be successful m his new venture. A business announcement sppears elsewhere.

A girl in County Cavan has beßn in a trance for six mouths. Sho lies motionless and corpse-like, taking no nourishment for weeks together.

Thoresidonoe of Mr Andrew Young, Upper Willis Street, was burglariously entered a few nights ago, and all (he cutlery and table ware stolen, A quilt also vanished. The things were takon from the back kitohen, whioh is supposed to haveboon entered through a window.--Post,

No weather forecasts have been Issued for the last day or two, Captain Edwin is indiaposcd, and unable to leave his. house, '

The Woodvillo A, and P. Sociely has decided to alter the date of its show to 11th November, so as iiot to clash with the Wellington bhow, and yet meet the convenience of exhibitors at Palmerstou. A death from cholera has occurred ac Grimsby in England. So far as can he ascertained, it is local and not imported. : It is reported that Lord Roberts will succeed the Marquis of Lansdottne as Viceroy of India,.

The Amateur Athletic Association of Canada, has endorsed the proposal for a Pan-Britannic meeting ot London in 1894. The Minister for Education in reply to Mr Hogg said there would be no time to introduce legislation dealing with Ooipitals and Charitable Aid this ses> sion, . A jealous wife at Perpignan, in South France, saturated her dress with petro leum, set tiro to it, and clasped her husband in her arms. Both were immediately enveloped in flames and terribly burned. The man went road with fear and pain, and the woman died in a few minutes, Mr William Stookvb, who comes to Now Zealand to take up the position of General Manager for the lntra-Marine Supply Company arrived at Wellington, on Wednesday.

'rlr Brace, M.tl.R,. is in Pahialua today whore ho has promised to give a lecture to the Burns' Club. A wish has been expressed by others as well as by ourselves that he shouldstund for this olectorato and there appears to bo a chance of his doing so. . Tho collection undo; tho Beer Duly Act throughout New Zealand last month amounted to £}!>74 10) 2d, as against £4133 IDs Id in the previous month. The largest contributions were-Dune-din, £IOBO 83 lid j Auckland, £lOl6 2s; Christchuvoh, £85717s Id; and Welling, ton, £479 4s 9d. Tho' total for the first five months of the present financial year is £22,744 Is 3d, or £2255 18: 9cl leas than the estimated amount for that period,

A vicar who objected to the erection of a tombstone with an inscription on it

that was no 1; Biblical, was assaulted by the stonemasons engaged on the job. The case came before the magistrates, The stonemasons contended that the vicar's rule being illegal, lie was responsible for all the consequences, including tho assault. The defence w as, however, overruled, and a fine of a shilling each and costs imposed. Many queer stories have been told about hypnotism but probably nono have been so ludicrous as that given on the authority of the Kow York Herald recently. It runs thus;—"An English gentleman was carried into the police: station at New York unconscious and, apparently, intoxicated. The polioo were unable to rouse him to learn his name, or any particulars about him One of the police-officora was, however equal to the occision, He hypnotised the unconscious gentleman, who im» mediately answered all tho questions that wero put to him. The patient told tho policeman his name, birthplace, and ago, and relapsed into the stupor directly the officer relaxed his hypnotic power over him." The Theatre Royal was packed last evening to witness tho third entertainment by tho Good Samaritan Variety Company. Vnluablo prizes wore ngaiu distributed, and further attractions in tjie shopo ot a'baby show end a corbie Binging conteit were Bucpessfully carried out, under the managership of Mr Gunn. the proprietor, The prize of a guinea for the Vest baby under eighteen nipntbß was carried of by the four months old child of Mr Caleb Bwington. Sis babies were entered, Tho comic singing contest was also the cause of much amueeiyout, the first try ending in a draw between Mr, A. Forbes and Mr Oaleb Ewington. It wssdecidjd to sing off, and the verdict was'gtven in favour of Mr Ewington, Thero were throe competitors, Tho members of the Company also carried out an excellent programme, the local,song bv Mr Bryant causing ondless amuse" menfc, and ;;S (lin ß ovoryoue away more than satisfied with their sijpew-worth. Tonight the Oorapany ngaiu appear, when another popular bill will be pre. sented, including a prize for the best looking gentleman in the hall. It is positively asserted by the Sfcickeen Indians that within thelaat five years they have frequently seen animals which, from the description given,' must be mastodons, Last sprmg while out hunting one of these Indians came across.a series of large tracks, euoh the size of the bottom of a Bait barrel, sunk deep in the moss. He followed the curious trail for some miles, finally coming out in full view of his gam'o. As a olaaa, these Indians are tho bravost of hunters, but the proportions of this new speoies of game filled tbe hunter with terror, and he rook to swift andinnnediato flight. He describes fcheoreaturpasbelpgas Urge as a post trader's store, with great, Binning

yellowish-white tusks, and a mouth large enough to swallow a man at a single

gulp, He further sajs that the animal was undoubtedly of the same species as those whoße bones and tasks lie all over i this section of the country, The fact that other hunters have told of seeing these monsters browsing on the herbs up along tho rivers gives a certain probability to the story. Over on Forty-mile Oroefr bonps of maitodous are quite plentiful, Doe iyopy tjjsk, nine feet long, projects from oneofthe bso4 (Junes on that cteek,and single teeth have been found that were so largo that they would bt a good load for one man to carry.

An inquiiy into the,condition of the Courts might embrace the consideration of the influence of tho wig upon the human brain, Its abonr'nbtion in every sense, practical and ornamental, is admitted, It is n relic of a bygone age, and spoils the looks of moat'men with any pretensions to beauty, whilst ugly map it makes grotesque. It'prubably conduces to soipnolenc'p It is costly and a burden. The monstrosity which Qunpn's Oop8;l are compelled to wear |u the Houso of Lords and on State occasions must go first. The smaller absurdity of overy day would soon follow it into tho lumber-room of tho theatrioal artist.— Law Times.

Nearly everyone has heard .of Paroness Burdett.Oouttfl. The old lady, who was sevonty-nine last 24th April, is a constant playgoer,' a great reader cf fiction, essays, aiia newspapers, ami Is Dot is bad friend to the Lonjlnn poor, Still she is oxlre'iuoly old(a'slitflpell'jn regard to dress, Her gowns are always made up jnjifylesqut of vofcue, and she still clings to many of the old forms, of speech, for she will be' you to pass the 11 cowcumbcr," and speaks of the favourite i lunohebri dish as" chicking. * The Baroness, i mjssips tell us, was at one. time the Queen's [ 'ae'tSds) and 'most"' confidential friend, but I she lost Court' Javoijr 'throUjb marryint ("Willie "-Mr Ashmead'-Ba'rtletHJwelve 'yearsago, a youth who' was'nekrij" forty, I yearts her junior. ■■'■.-.

A collection will be taken at the Park Gates to-morrow afternoon, during the concert given by Pearson's Band, on Mall of Mrs Weaver, a poor woman who lost soveral articles of clothing ac the fire this week.

■' Modern Society' says :-The Queen is very much upsot at the loss of her warship Victoria, and Her Majesty no doubt j thinks the same is a royal ill-omen, for tli ere was a vessel lost called tho Duke of Kont three months before her father died. Also a ship was lost with all hands on the American coast on the day of the battle of:BuH's Run named; Albert.»ix mouths beforothe Prinoe Consort died. Then tho Bteamboat Princess Alice was lost on the Thames, when COD perished, and four months later Her Majesty's secund. daughter, the good'and kind Piiocess Aliooj the 3rahdLuohessof Hesse, died.

A rather good story ii; told of a young farmer not ut hundred miles from Kahautara, who was one diy driving a friend in a gig and presently they saw that a treehad fallen across ihetiaok "tfulloa," said the frioud," What's to be .do.no now." "Oh, we'll jump it of course," Baid the farmer;'! Sit fast," arid whipping up the horse, who was nothing loth, went at it in lino style. Bangl and up went gig, friend and host,", The gig was all right, and the driver, after a brief »rial flight, landed safely in his place in it. >!hefriendalsofound himself,"-all there" when he ; gathered hinnoif up off the ground mid got in again, and tho journey was continued comfort ibly. It is needless to say that the young farmer is an enthusiastic nieulber of the Hunt Club,—iifaiufard. Two or throH members of the Reform Club, including a barrister, have been surprised to find that that they have been left £2OOO each by an old member of the club, "whiiße evenings they helped to brighten with circuit stories."

At the Wesleyan Church to morrow evening, the llev. J. Dukes will give an address on " The Church of Chrufc and Party Politics," Mr D. S, Dalgetty, the well known Masterton carrier was married yesterday to Miss Jane Laing, by 'the Rev. J, Dukes, at Masterton.

Tenders for the removal of and additions to tho Masterton Municipal Fire Brigade Station dose on Thursday next at7p,m, Mr 0. E/Daniell, of .the'Masterton;' hardware stores, has received tho. following telegram from tho manufacturers of the Toxa Babbit Poison, who are the sole agents; " Factory shutdown last week : . enormous demand cleared markets raw material. Supplies landing; start again to-morrow; ship your lot Friday." The enormous demand for this now favoriterabbit poison has boon the means of clearing the New Zealand market cf raw inatwial. The firm has entered into a contract with an Australian firm for the supply of 10 tuns of raw material to bo devoured by the first week in November.

A Bpeoial meeting of the Masterton Salvation Array wrb held last evening the chair beiDR taken by Air Goo. Mr G. W. Woodroofemovod"That this meoting of residents of Masterton eipresses its great iudignation at the extreme sentence of three pounds flue or one month's imprisonment with hard labour, passed upon Captain James Kerr by Mr Hawkins, R.M., Aue. 19th, for simply playing a cornot in the stroets of Milton, without the permission of the Council, and calls upon tho Minister of Justice to canoel such an unjust and outrageous conviction, tho meeting being firmly cf opinion that Captain Kerr's action was perfectly legitimate and within his rights as a citizen. It also requests the local members of the House of Representatives to convey this resolution to the Minister." The motion wbb seconded by Mr T. Oolller and carried unanimously. The Rev. Robert Wood, and Messrs Woodroofo, Wyett, Collier and Captain- Veitch spoke on the motion.

Two bankruptcies occurred in the Wairarapa district during last month against three for August last year. This brings the total number of bankruptcies occurring In the district, since the Ist January, 1898, up to 20 against 13 for the corresponding period of last year,

The Rev J. G, Wood, the naturalist, so tamed two buttei flies that they Bettlsd on his hands and hair when called by name, They flew outdoors, returned at night, and lived a year, but were killed by a thunderstorm in their second summer.

The Morrison's Bush folks are to hav 8 a treat noxt Friday, in the shape of ß service of snog, entitled, ''John TreEf noweth—His Mark," by the Greytown Weshyan Church Choir. It is also probable that a concert party from the same ohoit will give an entertainment in Gladstone at an early date, Mr R, J. Malcolm, who his just Bovered his connection with the Wairarapa Star in order to take over the Union Hotel, Pahiatua, was presenter) this morning with a very handsome diamond pin by his fellow employes, as a mark of the good feeling existing between them.

Messrs Lowes and Torns add to their Mastetton Stock Sale, for Wednesday next, 6th September, one hack, thoroughly sound (6 years old, carries a l«dy or gentleman), and 60 fat ewes. Yesterday in the House, the Cheviot Estate Disposition Bill was reported from committee, and tho Land for Settlements Bill read a second time, Several material amendments were proposed in the Electoral Rill in the Legislative Council, but none of them wore oarried.

The N, Z. Times hears from ft re< liable aouroe that the run on the Auckland Savings Bank continued yesterday byeninK'iblit thd'. withdrawals were mostly by-women, bystericially. anxious abopfc their small savings, as tho amounts withdrawn wero 'small. As> curious result of the situation comments are loud and deep in Auckland about giving women the franchise.

The fees in Great Britain lor letters patent lor titles ato: Duke, £350; Marquis, £300; Earl, £250; Viscount, £100: Baron', £isQ;sronei, £ioo. ' ' Thirty miles from the oily of Kumamotp, Jfipaa, fstbo volcano Aso San, which'has the largest crater in tho world.' Ij is pre than thirty miles in circumference, and Is peopled by 20,000 inhabitants. The inner orator is nearly half a mile in diameter, and a steady column of roaring steam pours opt of it. The last serious eruption was In 1884, whpn immense quantities of blaok ashes ant) dust wore ejected and carried by the wina as far as Kuammoto, where for jhrce days it was so dark that artificial light hud to bo u sed,

Another victim hassucouuibed to the prevailing mania lor making cycling "records," 4- B&Mm named Heiinessy the other day undertook although quite a novice at cycling, and betweon forty' ind flfly yearn o| age, to ride from Preston to kn'castef pud baok in six hours for a wager, On lb outward journey all went well, and the rider, in the picture language -of the sporting reporter, wasVrell abeadof the old gentleman with the sand-glass.' 8oon : after he turned his faco homewards, however, Henncssy was seized 'with cruup. More 'than! gppe ho had to dismount from his machine arid get tie pacetnakfrs who accompanied him to rub his limbs, b'ut'ho went on'wlfh w'ondo'rfuH tena'olty, reaohing Preston in good fime-tbat'is to say,- in Jen minutes less than tho ilipnlatfd six hours, Cut the feat Wt him'his ljlo. exhaustion, and dico) onjhefpllowjng day.''. icra?e for bargains set w thjs njorning at the Don Maroho, We, flat 13 Hqoper& Corcriny, have started olearing' out the balance it our winter stock, Our bargains aro always genuine. Wedju'tsay we sell at cost price, beoause no one 01 v°ry few could test it not knowing what the cost price is. We don't offer our goods at 20 per cent discount lecwiso no one can check tho calculation, noi Lining .>n what it is Sased. 'WorclyuDontht prices at which we offer 01; 1 bargains and in nine cases out of nine anft-a-half tboso'priceaare staggerers fiothforthe-Public and tha Trade. Of gulag to lose money over this job I How toujd we do otherwfe? But whynot? tfhy shouldn't we h» well : as other peoplo ? Everybody's losing money now : a-daf s, and we are prepared to-drop our share just for the sake cf company, but that •vo lose we lose in a good cause. - We behefltthe Public, so keep your eye on the BonMarchb for bufgaine. ■" Everything'' ! a't l panic bjijes/" ,; ''' ''. '•': ..•'

.The usual weekly mooting of tie Mai 'i ' : terton Mutual Improvement Society was held in .the Wesleyon IMoolrooni'laiVu evening,- the attendance; beiug -fairly'%; large, Tho ohair was ocoupied by the' 1 ' President ißei' J. Dukes). Tho buaineii -.; i uf the evening was four short hy.Miss Willlamß, on "The Influence of : MubIo"; Mr J. Burton, "MindOO- r ' ture"; Mr A. Donald, "Tho Evils of / Card-playing"; Mr JfJobnson, " Fash« ''?■ ion." Froiu an oratorical .point; of: view themeeting' ~ was; undoubtedly, the most successful iu the annals of the Society and the President took occasion tocompllnjent tho - speakers .oh 1 their ■ well thoughtoutandinteresting speeches. " Questlonßox" will form the .business of the Society's noxt meeting, -at-which;.. a large attendance is.spacially requested as there is important btajueesto be trad.. • sacted., - Our Carterton correspondent writes: —" An" indignation meeting was held, last night in the Carterton Rechabtte Hallin reference to thu fine inflioted on Captain Kerr at Milton. /Mr S. M. Hart ■: occupied che chair and'-gave in very .' forcible languago his opinion on the . Magistrate's ruling in the matter. Some others alao'spoke but when a ' show' of hands was culled' for it m dearly shown that tho decision oUjBB.M, was appro'vod of," : do not waste much sympathy un the Army. ; The nice poinUs to what constitutes a charge for admission to a theatre and what a mere' Collection,' which, fays the. Melbourne Argus, was argued with so muoh subtlety, by the deputation wbioh asked ;Mr Patterson to take action to stop the Sunday evening entertainments, has been'settled by'the Premier in his own decisive fashion. A ' charge' iB something exacted from a person who is standing, and a collection is schiething solioited from a 'person,when seated. Having with qiiiet, calm deliberation disentangled the knot, Mr Patterson, in his capacity as Chief Secretary, recently caused a letter to be sent through the Police- Department to tho lessees of the theatres and places of amusement where concerts are given on- Sunday bights, > Btating that complaints have been made - 1 to liirn that rnouey was demanded from persons on presenting thoraselyoß at the doors before thoywetoadniitled. Uider no circumstances, he added, must money be demanded or taken at the doors prany charge for admission made, but at the same time there would be no objection to a collection being made after the people had been seated in the .theatre. Wo havo to acknowledge feMfl ef tha programme for tho Wairarapa and East C'oait.P. and A. Show. ,•-.- An artful fellow has beon victimising the Biraplo people of Auckland* For some time past he has been fending 'whijt is culled the "Rook of Madagascar," a small piece of which he advertised as possessing infallible preventative properties' in.iase of sickness. So Buncesslulhas been in palming off this wonderful substance, that ho has sold great quantities of it —not. with the object of making money, but mjroly to benefit man» kind in general, and the simple Aucklanders in particular. In one case, how* ever, the "Kock"was purchased for the express purpose of keeping away the prevailing epidemio of measles, and the day after, tho pusohaser and two of her children wero stricken with the complaint. A piece of the "Kock" was thereupon Bent to Mr Pond, Colonial Analyitt, who found it to be Bimply impure alum, containing a little iron. It can be purchased at 20a per owt., and the enterprising philanthropist was making a profit of £4316s on every £l.