Wairarapa Daily Times. [Established 1874.] MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 1895. MATERIALISM.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 4936, 28 January 1895, Page 2

Wairarapa Daily Times. [Established 1874.] MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 1895. MATERIALISM.

i Tin; Bishop of iSitlisbmy is n great I a man, indeed one of the most illus-j jjtrious men who have visited our| i shores. Ho is son of it Bishop, a' grand nephew of the poet Words-1 worth, a peer of the United King- i ilom, and a distinguished Oxford scholar. It i« easy to understand j the flutter there has been at lhe| Empire City, Inst weok, over the! Consecration of Bishop Wallis, ] when a prelate in the position of the' liishop ■ of Salisbury, graced the scene. The new Bishop commences J, his labours under exceptionally fa- . jivourablc auspices, but it is, as yet, | too early to say whether lie is the I right man in the right place. He i has some very hard work ahead of ln'tn, mill wo should prefer to judge 1,1 him by the manner in which he copes' with it, rather than by the ceremonies attending his inauguration. In this Colony, the average man is not prone to ehuroh-going, but be likes to sec all churches nourishing, and if he can give a little help, whether it be to r a Salvation Army Captain, or a home-brad Bishop he will not bogrudge it. The Bishop of Salisbury appears to think that tho besetting sin of the Anglo-Saxon race is materialism, but we cannot expect an |» able cultured man like himself to quite grasp the materialistic necessities of New Zealand, Jlu comes into contact, as most notable visitors • do, ivitb a gilt-edged New Zealand, _ the real life and duty of tho mass of (, the people thiaughout the country'' is unknown to him. Had 'be gone to some hush settlement, such as llallance, Mangatiiiiioka or Makuri, and spent a week .or two there iu unclcrical garments, as plain Mr Wordsworth, be would probably fo have realised ihai in a new country ■ materialism is itaevfta&lo, Hard,.ex,n hausting andofteneJjQetfswf labours, , of which he can have 'kit li,tt|fl ponccntion, strengthen the muscles iujcj hiu'dcti the frames of the New Zcji»- 1 ; land workers, but do not equally tend to develop spiritual faculties. r; The physical growth in a measure " must precede .the spiritual. Still the latter comes in duo course, and '. whenever there is a field to be worked NjtfiW? mto found plenty of ivil- ;

ling Ministers $_ religion.. The pioneor in anew settlement may be an Episcopalian, a Presbyterian, a Wesleyan, or a Salvation Army preacher, but whatever denomination bo may represent docs not matter much. He is welcomed by one and all and lias bis fair chance to do what may be done to cultivate some spiritual growth in a doubtless materialistic soil. It would bo an experience for a Bishop of Salisbury to be able to come into touch with tho manhood of the bush rather than forming his impressions by si visit to Christchurch or Wellington, but we do not expect that his friends and hosts here would permit him to acquire an experience of such a character, and without it he will depart knowing little of the real heart of New Zealand and those necessities of colonial existence which cause physical progression to precede spiritual development.

The Mastcrton Volunteer Fire Brigade elects ils new olliccrs next Wednesday. Some very heavy bush fires have been raging in (lie neighbourhood of Electaluiliil.

Mr P. 11. Wood makes important additions to his entries for Hie Carterton Dam Fair. Smoke from numerous bush tires made the atmosphere of Mastcrlon most oppressive on Saturday and Sunday.

The Hon W. P. feres stated at a public meeting the other day, that, lie honed to yet see the Saturday halfholiday iixed through the Colony.

The Arawa with English mails of Dee. '."i!li left Sau Francisco on January 12th. The schools in the Wellington Education District ve-npen to-day, after the midsummer vacation.

Thirty applications have been received for the position of headmaster at the Eki'tiihuna school.

Wellington Education Board meets on Wednesday. Mr Joseph Kenny, for thirteen years a member of the Police Poire, has mm'hased the Empire Hotel, Paliiatua. The Cheviot leases arc bringing in a rental of £ll,OOll per annum. The cash sales of land to date total iTi.Otltl. Auckland and suburbs hayo decided on Saturday for the half-holiday. A young man riding a bicycle was noticed driving horses through Carterton the other day. The bicycle is getting on. A special meeting of members of the Wairarapa Hunt Club will he held on Kith February, to lix date of sports, the opening of the season, kc.

A meeting of Gladstone-To Whiti dairy fanners is convened at the Town Mali, Gladstone on Thursday, Mill February, to consider the advisablcness of erecting a cheese factory. The liiiderofagrtldeui'bbraeclet.lost between the Opnki and the AVaipoua llridge. is requested to leave the same at I'inhey's stables, Mastcrton.

Constable Collerlon, of Tenui, succeeded on Saturday evening in capturing tliclwouieii.MrMalion and Stirling charged with stealing the money of their mates on a co-operative gang. A horse ridden by a youiif; man boiled down Quern Street on Sunday mowing, anil as it ran on the footpath caused some commotion. Fortunately it was stopped without doing any harm. The annual races at Whakataki, will lie held this year on March 2nd.

Wenllierproplicsies are to lie temporarily supplied by Captain Kennedy, during Captain Kdwin's temporary absence on a trip to the outlying islands.

Mr W. Keehle of the Prince of Wales Livery Stables, Maslerlon, met with a very serious accident on Saturday afternoon. It appears that Mr T. Win'.crham had mounted an unbroken horse at the hack ol the stables, and called out to Mr Keehle to assist him. The latter at once went out and endeavoured to catch hold of the horse's bridle. The brute however, reared up anil pawed Mr Keehle striking him a fearful blow in the face and also breaking his thigh. The unfortunate sull'erer was at once taken to the Mastcrton Hospital by the direction of Dr Douglas. Wintcrimdiani did not altogether escape, havinghis face rather badly injured by the horse striking himwith its head, The Kumnra 7'i'wssays :■ -"Morcgold was sold to the banks this Christmas than nt any these three years past." At Adelaide the other day Sarah ' Francisco was sent to prison for drunk- . cnuess tor Hie 200 th lime since 1875.

Despite the elforts of the West Coast mines, Jiew Zealand last year took 1110,251 tons of coal from Newcastle, or (Kino more than in 18il3.

The camel trade in West Australia is flourishing. The steamer Darius, which arrived from Calcutta and Singapore, the other day landed 153 dromedaries al Frcemanllc, all of which were speedily equipped and mounted by gold seekers hound for the fields. There are some words in tho Chinese language that have as many as forty different meanings, each depending on the intonation used in pronouncing it. Analysts say that butter is (he most nutritious article of diet and that bacon comes next.

A woman in Boston is suing the estate of a deceased physician for £30,030 because of his breach of promise to marry her.

j An accident occurred on the Waipouu Bridge yesterday, when a horse attached ! to a light trap, became frightened at a I bicycle, and plunged in such a manner ' that the Iran was capsized. The driver | escaped with a few minor injuries, I An amusing scene was enacted in 1 Queen-street on Saturday last. A trap j loft at _ one of the local stables, had ! placed in it a rather heavy oven and sundry more or less weighty boxes of goods, which, when the shafts oftho' vehicle were lifted to enable the horse to get between them, drifted to the back portion of the. carl and overbalanced it, carrying both shafts and man into midair, emptying the latter,'along with (he goods, injo the middle of the road, much to the aiuuseincnt of the onlookers, European mail notices appear in another column of this jsstic. The skeleton of a prehistoric bird has been found in a mound in Idaho (U.S.A.) It must have measured dOft l>. twcen,the tips of the wiugs during its lifetime. The Prince Regent of Bavaria, gives presents on his birthday instead of re ceiying them. His recent gifts included 100 bottles of diptherin scrum for a hospital at Munich. About the most complete dyeing establishment in the Colony is (hat of Messrs W. Barber and Qo, Cuba St,, Wellington. Upon a recent visit to the Old Country Mr W. Barber picked up many new. wrinklesrcgardingthis trade, spending for that purposo somo considerable lime in the well known dye works of P. and P. Campbell, of Pprtli, n lirm which employs more than a thou, .suijd hands and occupies most extensive preiuitfi, Mr Barber not only acquired I'noivjideas, aft'l improved his already thorough acmiaktiJicp with tho art of dyeing, but he brought hack with him to Wellington some of the iuu'sf improvements in machinery and appliances, i As juialural result Mr Barber claims | i ,that Us slablishmcnt is now the most complete k flip Colony and that he can execute.\york ( riflewhich no other firm in the same line' of imsjucss cau approach. In addition to esflfll/wjt workmanship, the firm also guarantees ■WJk execution of orders aud reasonable charges, Wairarapa customers can send goods by paw} no?!, or through any forwarding agoii) liking j?p to legibly address all .tho paefctgps, lind \o Messrs W. Barber & Co. by the S»mp ; post Tho goods will be returned when finished in the same manner, complete fjt<i'rf»vtio» being gttWWtMi

The cyclists' back was followed by tho tennis-player's frnotnre, and now we have tho golfers' strain. The now Union railway station in St. Lonis, said to be the largest in the world, covers 11J- acres. A farmer named Daly lias just died at Cloumult, Ireland, aged lOli. As recently as six months ago he worked ou i hisfurm. An advertiser notifies that he has a quantity of plums tor sale. Two Pahiafua cyclists, who camo through to Mastcrton on their machines on Saturday, were well nigh suffocated with the smoke from the bush fires along the road, and state tliut Eketahuna was getting a pretty warm time of iL Over seventy millions of sewing needles arc make weekly in the town of ltcdditch, where the most extensive needle manufactories in the world arc situated.

North Wairavapa Liberal Association meet this evening.

The Gas and Library Committee of the Jfastertoii Borough Council meets this evening. The oldest public-house in England is Hie Seven Stars, Manchester, started in 1356.

Tho Queen never allows a horse that lias once been in her service lo he shot.

A West Hartlepool counciller has lost his seat through his name being spelt"Millar,"instead of''Miller,"on his nomination paper.

A very rare specimen of the veronica is now in bloom on Ml. Hohlswortli. lis flower is pink and wliito, and presents a magnilicent sight. There are also many line specimens of the runuundi hjulU in bloom; The flower is of a cup shape, yellow in color, awl quite four inches in diameter. Eidelweiss is very plentiful too, just now. A London widow, aged 87, died the other day from a broken heart, through overstraining lieiself in fastening the buttons of her grand-daughter's dress. It is stated that such a death has only been known to have occurred once before.

Two young men were summoned at Swansea, recently for damaging the communion rails in a church. It appears I hat tliey were in love with (lie same young lady, and as she was leaving the church they rushed to her side, and in the struggle which ensued th». damage was done.

Probably the largest species of spider known to entomologists makes ils home in the most mountainous regions of Ceylon. Tt spins a huge net of yellow silk, sometimes ten feet wide.

Messrs Temple and Co of Maslcrion publish an inset with this issue, in which they announce lhat further reduclions will be made in their crockery ware and ironmongery stock, which must be elenred this week. Special ((notations arc given for a number of lines.

According to the kelson Slav, in the course of a hearing of an application for :i prohibition order, His Worship said it was the custom, according tothc statute, lo renew prohibition orders uulcss evidence was forthcoming to show lhat the prohibited person had reformed siuce the granting of the order.

TheLytleltou Time* says that Mr K. Mcnloye intends to hold a sale at Windsor I'ark next month of his pure-bred and stud sheep, upwards of 2COOof which will be offered, comprising Liucolns, English and Dottier Lcieestcrs and Shropshire Downs. Country residents when they come to town are generally on the look out for pretty novelties, audit is always a moot question where lo go 10. Undoubtedly the prettiest stock in "Wellington is that held by Mr Alfred Micol, watchmaker and jeweller, of li 7, Willis Slreet, and what is better still the prices are always extremely moderate. At the present moment MrMcol has a charming selection of sterling silver and clerlro-plutcd novelties, which are highly suitable for presents. He has just received some splendid walchcs in gold and silver by the leading unifiers, which are especially wovlhy of inspection, while the stock of gem rings, brooches, sleeve links, and other articles of bijmiiirk is especially noticeable.

Frost bolls are lolled in sonio districts of Franco when frost is threatened. Immediately the inhabitants place rows of tar between the rows of vines. The tnr is lighted, and volumes of dense smoke arise, thus protecting the vines.

A lady of charitable disposition asked a tramp if she could assist him by mending his clothes, " Yes, murm," lie replied, "T have a button, and if you would sew a shirt on to it you would greatly oblige me," Writing from Coolgardic to a friend in Auckland, n correspondent says:— "New Zealand is bad enough at present, hut thing* are worse on the other side and the nearer one approaches the goldfields in the west, where you expect to lind business better and labor in demand, they are worse. It is at the cities and towns in Western Australia where the distress is greatest. It is not until you enter into conversation with those around you that one finds it out, as many are too proud to beg. These are not people who have landed ihcre without money, but they have lost all in a hope of finding more, never giving up until the last shilling had been spent. Few land there with less than £SO, and from that to £SOO, and hundreds of this class arc unable to leave the district for want of a five pound nolo. Jinny I have met arc in that position. Jn sonic cases friends arc sending money to bring them back.

The following/acts, staled in 'JMSitx, may be nconsolation to total abstainers: Champagne has never exceeded £lO per bottle, and rarely more than £2, Wines occasionally fetch extraordinary prices. At a recent auction in London some Madeira, supposed to have been presented by Kapoleon 111., was sold at £3 2s a bottle. Imperial Tokay has sold at £3 a bottle A few years ago two bottles of old Burgundy were sold at £BO each. There are ut dozen eases of brandy wino at the Hotel do Villc, or town hall, Brcnmnn, which have been valued, considering the original price and collarage, the interest for 250 years, at £400,003 a bottle, J55U76 a glass, and £6O a drop, The Rothschilds are in possession of some 1778 Madeira wine which was wrecked at the mouth of Scheldt. It was not recovered until 18W. Forty four bottles were Bold to Rothschild at £2ll per bottle.

Tenders were doalt with by the Wii. rarapa North County Council on Saturday as follows :—Eketaliuna-Tcaui Itoad, Contract No. -18, carting 232 cubic yards of melal-M, ICerrjus. £73 5s (id, accepted. Masterton-Waiipata Itoad, Contract No, 19,7'20 chains of mcfa'l-ling-B. Cnllotty, £1) Us fid („ Cl cepted). Conlraot No. -17, 33). chains metalling, and carting 300 cubic yards of gravel—J, Cummings, £l5O 17» lid (accepted) j (declined) J. M.eKco, £T(l;l 10s fitl; B. Cullotly, £16(110s 6d. Opaki-Mauawatu lioa'd, Contract No. 10, carting JOO yards of melal-M'. Kcrrins, £3O 13s Jd (accepted) ; (declined) L. Larsen £10; I{, Manning, £1)0. Mangaonc Valley Road, Contract No. J, 52.81 chains of metal-linjj-M, Kcrrins, £99 Is od (acce)tcd); (declined), C, Petersen, £129; Kellihcr and Hayes, £l6h. A party of Maslertou residents made the ancent of Mount Holdsworth on Saturday. A splendid view was obtained .except in an caster}}' direction. The country jn that direction ajipearpd (0 he qovcred with smoke nndliro. Tho party waspder the direction of Mr p. Bannister, and all speak very highly of him as a guide. '

A two-roomod cottago, occupied by a labourer aud wife on the Belvedere Road, was destroyed by fire at 1.30 on Sunday morning; The building and con-1 tents Tere totally destroyed. The Brigade- saved the Foresters' Hall which is only 20 yards distant. Tho hbuso saspwnedby Mrs G. A. Fan-brother and was pinsured. It is supposed that a candle left burning »t ]jgk (9 (j 0 b c d dlofce}, v ,7 .., ....

I Captain Kennedy wires at noon today :—"lndications of wind between north-east and north and west. Barometer fall."

Tho half-holiday question is to be. discussed at the meeting of the North Wairarapa Liberal Association this evening.

The Masterton Presbyterian Church was well filled yesterday, when the Bev. John Boss conducted the services,

Good congregations assembled at the Masterton Wcsleyan Church yesterday, to lienr the Bev. S. H. D. Peryuian. A hoy of thirteen was included in a party of of Masterton pnoplo, who made the ascent of Mount Holdsworth last Saturday. He is, we believe, the youngest boy who has yet reached the top.

An Americau has constructed an enormous magnet, which he says, would in time of war affect a ship's compass at i distance of six miles.

It human beings spent as much tinio cleaning themselves as the ordinary honsc-ily their ablutions would occupy the greater part of theday. An actress has just died in a London workhouse who, years ago, married a man worth £4O,IHX), which was run through mainly by her extravagance. A parcel of hoots addressed to Mrs W, Harris, was placed in a wrong trap at Lowes ami loms yards on Saturday. A reward is offered on the same being returned to Mr J. Carpeider. At the Masterton Magistrate's Court Ibis morning, before Mr Geo. Heron, J.P., John Stirling and P. McMahon were charged with stealing .(MO, the properly of .1. Maloney and others, fellowworkmen on a co-operative contract, Accused were remanded to Ekctahuna. A advertiser requires a general scrIvanl,

Messrs Simms andMowlem add to the list of entries for their nest stock sale, on Wednesday, 39th iiist,, 20 calves (mixed sexes), 1 good draught horse. 1 buggy mure.

Messrs Lowes and Torus add to their Mustcrlon Hum Fair list, G8 rams bred byMrW.McMaster. Tenders for road work are invited by the Wairurapa j\'oith County Council.

Services at St Matthew's, Masterton, were conducted by Mr B, Brown yeslerdav.

Tlie Heretaimpt Hack Jiaciiiß Club's mceliii;; was held at the Mutt l'ark on Saturday. The following arc llic results:—Trial Handicap Trickery 1, Dividend £2 .is; Flying Handicap Slaiden ljlividcnd £7 Ids; Heretauimu

Handicap, Hogcr 1, Dividend £t 12s; (rlnsgow llandirap, Bouquet 1, Dividend £7 10s; "Welter Handicap, Trickery 1, Dividend £2 Ills; Stewards Haudieap, Bouquet 1, Dividend £3 ISs; Ladies Bracelet. The Toad 1, Dividend £3; Consolation Handicap, Swordlisli 1, Dividend £3. One of the most cruel and crucifying pninß mankiud is afflicted with, is undoubtedly toothache, It wili be of interest to kii"W that instant r-lict ran be obtained by applying a little uf Herb Extract, and MalliMo Cure fur Toothache, which provi.s a permanent cure in nearly all cases where the teeth are hollow. Kverybody nt all likely to get toothache should he provided with a bottle, which cm bo hod for 1/- each (guaranteed not to injure the teeth or health) at the W.F.C.A.'s e'jnvy Cods Department, also the lullowing: - Gorman cure for corns, 1/-; Mortdn Insect powder and spreaders, !/• each; Hock's waterproof cement, 1/-; Dock's l'atz-p<ste, large tins, 1/-.—l', Hock A; Co,, Slanufacturing Chemists and Importers.—Ann,

The announcement is made in another part of this puperth.it aside of gruitennagmtu'lo than ever yet attempted by Te Aro House is now being held, aud Bhould arrest the at tention, of everyone in this part of the Colony. Te Are House has Ion;; hold the premier position as the leading Family Drapery Warehouse in the city, and further developments are now taking place to iunngnrßte the new year of 18115, Early in tlie year Mr Smith admits to a partnership in his business, a commercial gentleman who has lone; been associated with the London buying for Tc Aro House. To thoroughly reduce and prepare the stock previous to the partnership stocktaking, sweeping leduclions will bo made iu all departments, The stock must be reduced by £1.5,000, and will be offered to the purchasing public at most tempting prices, Heads of families, storekeepers, s ttlcrs, careful housewives, younj? and old, rich and poor, alike will save heaps of mouey by reserving their purchases for this great partnership sale, which commences on Friday, 4th Januarv, lb'9i>, at To Aro House.

In these limes of taxation and bad Goveriimcut, when no man knows what will be tliii next move, or how soon tlic country may have to file its schedule, it is well for individual citizens to keep tin-it weather-cy) open. Get as much os you can for your money, to that it the crash does come you may be riblo to hold your head above the universal deluge. Remember, the school commences on Monday, and the boys must look nice, It you cau gtl a Eiiit, and a good one lor thr.'c half-crowns, why piy four and so on. 1,. J. Hooper and Co. ]u>ve opened specially for the boys, ten cases Kaiapoi and Kos yn tweed suits, good sound tweed, a real blessing to lathers and mothers of this glorious country. The assortment is unlimited, the patterns new, the style irreproachable, the finish Al.the fit undeniable, tlw suits perfect. The aim has been to make them nice as well as neat, natty in design, as well as nest to nothing in cost, Down town houses might be abie to sell them at say 20 per cent, more, but even that is doubtful.—Ahvt,