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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5029, 18 May 1895, Page 2

Masterton Hospital Trustees meet on Tuesday afternoon next. Some naturalists say the whale was once a land animal, and took to the water for safety. A Japanese bride's playthings are burned on her wedding day, typifying the end of her chilhooil,

The Wairarapa Hunt Club Sports have been postponed till 2-ilh instant, when they will he held on the Cartel ton Show Grounds.

At Salta, in Argentina, a list of boys and girls who have failed to attend school regularly is published in the newspapers,

" When I was down South," said the returned commercial, "1 found just one busy man. He had a cold and a keyless watch. When he wasn't sneezing he was winding his watch " Holiday arrangements for Friday next (Queen's Birthday), at the Mastcrton Post and Telegraph Ollicc, are published in another column.

The Pahiatua and Mangatainoka schools were examined this week by Mr Fleming, the Board's Inspector. The Manawatu Gorge road suffered severely in the Easter Hood and will be closed to all vehicular trallic for some time.

Mr;. A. H, Gee, who is leaving this Colony for England at the end of next month, and who is now travelling with an excellent concert company, visits Masterton on May 30th. Furl her particulars will appear in a future issue. The road from Newman to Hawera is already in a bad slate, and there is every indication that there will be lively limes for all who travel on that road, for the next few months. The mclid lately put down has almost disupprared.und what is left might with advantage he trimmed up and (he nils filled.

It is expected that an early start will be made to lay the permanent way on the railway from Eketahuua to the Mangalainoka river. Mr Carlson has obtained a site for his sawmill on a section at Maugahao, belonging to Mr Hall. With tine weather the mill will soon be in working order, and will be another source of revenue to the Pahiatua District.

Fourteen shillings a day is a brave price to pay for horses and plough on co-operative works, This being paid lo a sub-letting of said co-operative works, what amount of pay and profit do the original co-operative workers get? Something handsome, no doubt, it's the co-operative man who's at top, who laps off the cream, says TmlL

The lady who was operated upon in Adelaide for tumor, under hypnotism, is progressing wonderfully well towards recovery, and she continues lo feci no pain. The operation was performed on Sunday, and on Wednesday the wound had so far healed, that tho stitches were removed.

| Messrs Thomson, Lewis & Co., .waled wafer manufacturers, of Lome Street, Wellington, have been established iii business since 18(10, and during that long period, they have acquired the highest reputation for their manufactures, on account of their purity and excellence. They arc now manufacturing specially prepared soda water for invalids, as largely supplied all over the Colony, privately, to Hospitals and the U.S.S. Company. This soda is highly, recommendodfor invalids, by physicians.

Mr J. Dixon, of the linn of Dixon Bros., Masterton,' met with a rather serious accident at Carterton, on Thursovening, which will probably confine him to his residence for several days. It appears that one of his horses stumbled, and as he was reaching forward it stumbled again, and Mr Dixon was thrown heavily on the metalled road, cutting his face and hands very badly. He was taken to Mr Lindop's shop, and his injuries dressed. The brake, in the meantime, had been stopped by a boy who was riding with Mr Dixon, putting on the brake, and after a shoit rest, Mr Dixon insisted op driving home, airiviug in ut very exhausted condition. We must congratulate Mr Dixoi) that his accident had no worse result, and trust (o sooq see him about again.

A remarkable illustration of the pride that won tako sontctirnos in making their homes monuments of (heir trade is seen in the house of. liobort Houdiu, the conjuror. Tho dwelling is in tho city of Tours, Franco. Everywhere in it arc mysterious trapdoors. Eiilrawcs appear suddenly in walls that look solid. Servants pop out upon the visiters from unexpected places. The hat rack comes forward of itself to take the wraps, The dining room is apparently empty ■ when the guests enter, but a table suddenly comes up through the floor all loaded for the feast. After a scries of comic surprises, the visitor escapes with tho feelings of a hoy who has strayed into Fairyland. Oncof Mr Houdin's jokes is exceedingly useful to hip]." The heavy gate of his garden swings very hard. _ The visitor only succeeds in getting it wide open enough to enter after a heavy tussle, Somebody asked tho magician one day, if ho could not contrive an easier gate. ■' Oh, yes," he rcpliod; •' hut now every person who comos in, hauls a buoket of water up (o my tank, It comes very handy, you see, to molstou my littlo garden." Hero is a hint to, ingenious mechanics,

Inspector Pender, of Wellington, will probably bo sent to England to bring back Mr Leonard Harper

. Edward Murray, a steerage passenger by the Eitnutnka, hooked to Wellington, jumped overboard during the voyage, and was drowned,

Mr Carew, S.M., has reserved his decision in a caso brought against P. Armstrong, of Duncdin, dentist, for failing to register his place of business as a factory. Mr Joseph Wliitaker, F.S.A., founder of the invaluable book, of reference, " Whitaker's Almanac, 1 ' is dead. Mr J. Carpenter announces the arrival of a new stock of boots and shoes, warranted both cheap and good, from the Home houses and the best factories in the Colony. We again remind our readers that nominations for the Wairarapa Hunt Club's Steeplechase Meeting, which takes place at Taratahi on June 13th, close (his evening.

"A Fireside Party "is the latest American invention in social entertainments, The guests are received in a room lit only with a blazing fire of logs round which they sit and roast chestnuts, pop corn, and tell ghost stories,

"How habits cling to a man," said Mr Sniff. " I hired an old ex-barber to trim my lawn the oilier day, and he asked me if I would have it shampooed also."

A summons has been granted against a lady member of the congregation of a church in Clapham for responding more audibly than the rest of the congregation and singing discordantly. The Grcytown Stundiml says: -" Wo arc glad to hear that Mr W. Armstrong, last Wednesday evening, was able to walk a few steps. It is now eighteen months since Mr Armstrong was obliged to take to his bed, during which time he has never been able to stand. His many friends will be glad to sec him doing Main street again." Cockroaches arc never wittingly slain by Chinamen. They considcrthem sacred insects, and think it portends ill-luck to step on" them. As they never make any effort to exterminate them, the Chinese quarters are usually overrun with these | pests,

A hold, bad bigamist was brought before the London magistrates recently, His case indicated the sadly overstocked condition of the marriage market. The prisoner, after deserting one wife, advertised for another—" to go with him to Australia." " Hundreds of replies," we read, " poured in."

Working men arc now haying their dinners brought from their homes in large vans specially chartered for the purpose. At Krupp's great gun works, in Essen, when the mid-day hour approaches, a scries of covced vans may be seen rapidly following each other through the streets. These vans are full of small cupboards heated to Hie degrees, and they call from house to house collecting and carrying dinners to working men who cannot go home for them. Each van holds 300 meals,

There is a plant in Jamaica called the life plant, because it is almost impossible to kill it or any portion of it. When a leaf is cut off and hung up by a string it sends out white, threadlike roots, gathers moisture from the air and begins to grow new leaves. Even when pressed and packed away in a botanist's herbarium it has been known ilo outgrow the leaves of the book in which it was placed. The only way to kill it is by the heat of a hot iron or by hoiliug water. Among the many industries that have been established in Palmerston North, one of the latest is the Manawatu Piano Works, of which Mr J. Davidson, late of Fromm's, is the proprietor. Mr Davidson is a practical piano maker and under his personal supervision, reconstruction and repairs to all instruments arc conducted, whereby pianos and organs which would otherwise be discarded are made equal to new. Mr Davidson has fitted up a spacious showroom, next to the Club Hotel, and the lnetory is in Main Street. Since his establishments IhcMtinnwnlii he lias been entrusted with many valuable instruments, and they have been skilfully manipulated and have given every satisfaction to the owners. Besides the business of repairs and tuning, Mr Davidson keeps a stock of valuable instruments of every kind, and being a direct importer, his patrons have the benefit of gelling a lirsl-dass instrumental wholesale prices. In order to extend his business, Mr Davidson will pay a visit lo this district, in June next, and afterwards at regular intervals, when those haying pianos in need of a thorough overhaul by a practical and experienced tradesman, will have an opportunity of availing themselves of his services. Due notice of Mr Davidson's visit will be given through our columns, and orders may be left at our ollicc, pending the appointment of an agent. Detcclive Herbert has taken from Winton to Invcrcargill (according to the Dingo Daili/ 'JHim), six illegitimate children who had been adopted by Mrs Dean. Tho eldest is a girl about 15 years of age, and the youngest a baby live weeks old. There arc also two little boys and two little girls, the whole four being nearly of one age—between live and six years. The children have been comfortably housed in Invcrcargill, pending efforts being made to find their parents. If the police are not successful ill their search, the children will probably he committed to tho Cavcrsham Industrial School. Great sympathy is felt for the poor little creatures, and great attention was shown them in the train on the way down here form Winton by the passengers, who provided thcro with cakes and sweetmeats, and otherwise showed a kindly interest in them. The children seemed quite happy and contented. They did not appear lo be very weli provided with clothing, but were stroug and healthy looking, and seemed to have been well fed.

A correspondent in South Australia sends us (Australasian) the following rceord of a crossbred tow in Ms dairy herd. The first season after she came into his possession, from August 1892, to July 1893, (291 days), her yield of milk was 86921b5. The second, season, from July 1893, to July, 1891 (371 days), her yield of milk was 79521b5., and for a portion of the (bird season, from July, 1891, to January, 1895 (183 days), tho yield was .1581 lbs, of milk. Her average per clay for 818 days was 21'228%, or nearly 2} gallons of milk per day. She lias calved two heifers, both of which are now in milk, aud the cow lias been dry only 11 days during the whole period over which the record extends, The owner of this valuable animal says:—" Her food is the natural pasturejf or the greater part of the year, and she is always in firstclass condition." The record of this dairy cow is worthy the serious consideration of Australian dairymen, the majority of whose cows would, make a sorry exhibition beside thp one whose record we (rave given. Tho Okgo Daily Times says ;-Tho cablegram which we published on Monday stating that 200 of the sheep by the Banffshire were sold at 13s each, and the others at 38s would seem to indicato that livo sheep can be sent to London with more advantage than frozen carcasses. The 200 referred to in the cable were in all probability the 200 fmo largo three-quarter-bred wethers from tho Edendalo Estate, estimated to weigh from 801bs to 851b. The other 50 were a nice lot' of half-bred (first-cross %nwoy) wethers averaging about 701b,' bred by Mr Nicholson, of Ida Valley. These were purchased by Mr Brydonc as types of whqt half-bred sheep should bo. Tho average yaluc of the sheen bore' when shipped was given as alipt, lis, The cost of freight, foclder, insurauco, landiug charges, (fee was estimated at £1 3s 7d per- head, so. that ftp cost landed m London if tho latter- estimate proved, correct, would bc£lUs H As tho ahcep would appear to have averaged £2 2s in London, the New Zealand and Australian Land Company and Messrs Turnbull, Martin andCo„ in whoso joint interest the experiment was made, will reap some attvsntaco from their enterprise, ■••:-■

i flli Eicclloncy the Governor will hold a lock on tho Queen's Birthday at Government House at noon.

Country services in connection with tho.Masterton Wcsloyan Church will be held to-morrow afternoon at WangackandTaueru.

, The buyer for tho Gear Meat Company purchased at Lowe? and lorns sale last Wednesday, upwards of two thousand old ewes for boiling down. Thoy were sent by road over the Eimutaka to the works at Petono.

The remains of thelato Mrs Agnes Ihoinpsonwcre interred at Masterton Cemetery this afternoon, tho funeral , being a large one. The Eev. Eobert Wood conducted service at tho grave. Tho Masterton Dorcas Society at its last meeting received a large parcel of most useful articles from Mrs W. H. Hosking, Mrs Wood, of the Manse, Masterton, left yesterday to pay a week or two's visit to Duncdin.

There was no meeting of the Masterton Mutual Improvement Society last evening, owing to the bad weather.

Messrs Lowes and lorns announce i their next stock sale at Masterton for May 29th.

The remains of Fred Monk, whose suicide wo recorded on Thursday, were interred at the Masterton Cemetery this morning.

At St Matthew's Chureh, Masterton, to-morrow, the Bishop of Wellington will preach in the morning and in the aftornooneonductsaconfirmationscmcc.

Messrs L. J. Hooper & Co., of tho Bon Marche, Queen Street, have extensive shipments to hand of now season's dress goods.particulars of which appoar in another column.

Hie Eev. J. Dukes will conduct Divine Service in the Masterton Wcsleyan Church, to-morrow morning aud evening. " Memorial Service" in the ovening, when the choir will render the anthem " Happy aud blest aro thoy who have endured."

Almost every winter a railway line is laid across the St. Lawrence at Quebec. The ice thcro is often ten or twelve feet thick, and will bear all the weight that can he heaped on it. The ties are laid in a graded road-bed cut in the ice, tho rails are spiked on, then water is poured into the excavation, aud in half an hour or wis frozen as hard as stone, aud the road is done.

A Stroud lady died from influenza the other day. On the day appointed for tho interment, all the mourners were down

with the same malady, and the body was consequently removed to the mortuary. Sinco then deceased's two sisters, who resided with her also died from influenza. A triple funeral took place. An energetic committee is busily engaged making preparations for the Bed Star Football Club's Social, which takes place on Friday evening next. The choir of the Masterton Presbyterian Church, met last night under the leadership of Mr Simms when in spite of the unfavourable weather there was a good attendance and two new members wero added. At 10-morrow's scrrices there will he special anthem singing by the choir. Mile. Tartonovski, of Odessa, a Jewess, learned at Kiel the business of a watchmaker ; and, having been awarded the diploma of Master Watchmaker by the Trades Council of Odessa, has come forward as the first Kussian woman to adopt a trade hitherto monopolised by men. A "miningexpert" writing to the Polorus 'Guardian' considers Mahakipawa offers a good opening for mining speculators, and ho is surprised at the field being so dead in appearance from the amount of gold that has been unearthed.

In consequence of tho small sitting accommodation in St. Matthew's Church sealholdcrs arc requested lo lake their seals as early as possible nt the ordinary services to-morrow, in order to prevent undue disturbance after the service has begnn. For the confirmation service ticket holders arc reminded that they will only get scats by presenting their tickets before 2,50 p.m. We understand that a final batch of ten men, has been sent from Masterton lo the Eketahuua co-operative works, and although there are many others at present in Masterton, and roundabout, who would be glad of employment, there is positively no further room lo he made for them. One of the simplest barometers is a spider's web. When there is a prospect of rain or wind the spider shortens the fialmcnts from which its web is suspended, If the insect elongates its thread it is a sign of fine calm weather. If the spider remains inactive it is a sign of rain; but if, on the contrary, it keeps at work during the rain, the latter will not last long. During a recent storm, Bill Bonker, a well-known fisherman on the Isle of Wight coast, was drowned. Who should break the news to his wife hut his pal, Jack Jenkins, who was famous for his

act and delicacy with the fair sex. So nek repaired to Bonker's cottage,where ic found the lady of the house singing oftly to herself while she blew tho lire. !ill pulled himself together, and eyeing lor sternly, exclaimed, "Mrsßonker, 'our a bloomin' width'!" Bread, as a daily article of food, is ised by only one-third of the fifteen inndrcd millions that constitute the Mentation of the earth, In the coast listricts of Spanish America the staff of ifc is the banana; on the Pampas, dried ieef; and in Eastern Asia, rice, even in he form of a soup or thick gruel. "He las eaten his last rice," say the Chinese n anticipation of a funeral,— Health. A pearl diver says that one 'of the trangc effects of diving is the invariable iad temper felt while working at the lottom of the sea. As this usually lassos away as soon as the surface i; cached, it is probably due to the pros. ure of the air affecting the lungs, and hrouglt them the brain. A divei leeomes so angry at some imaginarj rrong-doing on the part of those in tin loatabovo that he gives the signal to bi railed up," with the intention of knock ng the heads of the entire crew,' 1 onlj o forget what he came up, for when 11k urfaco is reached. The cxhilaratioi ndgood temper of the mountain-dim ier arises from an opposite cause. A general meeting of the Orionta football Club was held in the Empir fotel last night, B. Bennett (captain) ii he chair, about 15 members being pre cnt. The following new members wer lected;-rP. Dupre, Tai To Tau, I tolbcrg, I. Mandcl. A hearty yoti f thanks was passed to jfcty A. Walkei or-his kind present of d medal, to b ;ivento the host all round man in th cam, the player to be an tinsellisl 'layer, i, he following gentlemen wer ppointcd to watch Hie play of thoteaii nd select thobest all ronnd man Icssra G. Niool, A. D'Arcy, and J troraett, A vote of thanks to the chai nd to Mr T.Thompson for the uso o lie room con.olu.ded. the meeting, A rocent issue of the Buenos Ayer tfandard says:-" Since the beginnim i too year we remark a very visibl nriukagcin the gold speculation, com tared with the beginning of 18M ant irevious years. This akrinkago is pro Mbly the of a general falling-of n W wporttrado and the slow progrosi if shipments of wool and wheat Tin pld ■ requirements of tho market an windbag, the field of operations i: growing small, find, speculation reflect: :ho change. The crisis is still ir progress and stamps everything in tin Wntry—instead ot expanding wo an :pntracting. Our imports are in a sharj Wine; our oxporls are stationary; ou: National revenue is sinking j the stocl a.n.4 share business has shrivelled tt nothing;; the gold business is on. thi wane. AH the brilliant hopes of reviya entertained when Dr Saenz Pena tool the reins of government, revived affe tlm September lOYolntion of 1893, am roviyed again recently with a change o presidents, have been again dashed t the ground by tho unerring signs o depreciation, ourtailmcnt, and genera liquidation, yisible allover tho country,

Tho midday train from Wellington to I Masterton to-day brought one white passenger. All tho rest were Maoris.

At tho next sitting of the Masterton Licensing, Bench, 29 applications will he dealt with; 16 being for renewals; 9 for new licenses and i for transfers.

_ The Sabbath School of tho Presbyterian Church, Masterton, hold the. Aunt versarv social meeting on Friday, and tho special services on Sabbath week. An excellcntprogramme has been drawn up. Tho Eev J. Kennedy Elliot. B. A., from Wellington, will conduct services and be present at the social.

We notice Mr J. L. Murray, drapor and morcer, Mastorton, is again a successful tenderer for football uniforms, his tender for the Pahiatua Club being accepted. Mr Murray has established a name for his superior class of football requisites. Tho stylo and finish of tho (jerseys, etc., and quality of the material used is always of this best.

The applications for new licenses to be made nt the annual meeting of the Masterton Liconsing Bench are—Joseph Kenny, Empire Hotel, Pahiatua; * Matthew Edward Earns, Maknkahi Hotel; John Bcauchamp, Hawera Junction Hotel; Mrs E. J. Low.Eailway Hotel, Eketahuua; E. J. Scarl, Universal Hotel, Eketahuua; Wm. E. E. Burling, Grasscudale Accommodation House; G. McCandlish, Whakataki■■' Accommodation Houso; Geo. Dennis, Hoyal Hotel, Mastertou, and W. Hedmond, Queen's Hotel, Masterton, A dramatic suicide is reported from Lyons. A young soldier resolved on self-destruction, and suggested to his sweetheart that she should kill horsolf with him. She assented. On tho approach of evening the couplo shut themselves up in a room, and, after taking a light supper, thoy wrote a letter saying that they had resolved to die rather than he separated, and then they laid themselves dressed on a bed. It was agreed that the soldier should shoot die girl and then kill himself, and that if her wound were not mortal she should finish herself with a revolver. The man shot his companion, and then blew out his own brains, and as tho girl was not seriously injured she took up the revolver, aud firing, fell back in a swoon. When she recovered consciousness, she was unable to move. The soldier's arms wero drawn tightly round her in a rigid cmbrace, and for twelve hours she lay thus by the side of the corpse. In the morning, when the door of the room was broken opeu, the utmost difficulty was experienced in freeing the girl, who was then removed to tho hospital inn very precarious state. L. J. Hooper & Oo„ general drapers and clothiers, ot this town, aro making a spooial bid for popular favor. The price of every article in the Bon Marchchas been trimmed to tho very finest point. Their men's and. boys' clothing and mercery departments have undergone a thorough overhaul, and the prices cut down, leaving a small margin for profit. The Manchester, hosiery and haberdasbory departments have also undernone a similar change. While in the millinery, mantle, and dress departments it is simply wonderful how such beautiful, stylish and fnshionablo goods can be sold at such astonishingly low prices. The dress and tailoring departments have not escaped the unsparing ravages ot low prioe3, handsome and stylish dressos aro now turned out at tho Bon Marclic at from 10s to 13s 6d, ora complete New Zealand tweed suit, made to measure, at from 47s til. Themoito of the firm is now mall profits but i/ui'jfc returns." Advt,

One of the sights of Wollin lon, at auy tunc isundoubtably tlio magnificent establishment known as Te Aro House, and now that overy department within its walls is tilled to overflowing, with a bewildering; variety of the season's novelties in millinery, mantles, drcssts, eta., it is more than ever a pleasure nnd profit to visit tho wholesale family drapery warehouse, To Aro> House.

Particular attention has been paid this year to the requirements of country customers, aud the result is to be seen in tho immense cod varied stock of calicoes, shirtings, flannels, flanuellettcs, strong wearing dress materials, men's and boys' clothing Ac. The choice in eaoh depart. I ment, is almost unlimited, as may be imagined, when it is stated that of flannelotto alone, over 50,000 yards have this season been imported at To Aro House, Wellington.

A specially organised department, has been established to deal with country orders. Patterns of any materials in stock, will ha forwarded to any address, post froo. Country residents are invited to write lor prices, or any information regarding goods: wanted. It is confidently assorted that' i nowhere can such a wide selection, or such m sterling value be obtained, us nt To Aro House Wellington.—Advt.