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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5108, 21 August 1895, Page 2

Tkc Oriental Football piub's. social takes place at'ftp Temperance Hall, to-moww ovoping. A Canadian brido recently wore, af her wedding a pet canary, attached to her neck by a golden chain. It.sang melodiously during the service. A- sailor is not a sailor when ho is a board; a sailor is not a sailor when he is a'sjjore; but ho pat be cither tihorc or aboard ; fterpfore»'sailor' js ijof ft t ,#r.,

A Committee meeting of the Masterton A. and P. Association, takes place on Saturday next, at 3 p.m., to arrange for the annual Horse Parade. A meeting of members will be held at 2.30 p.m. The annual meeting of the MasterlonOpaki Jockey Club, takes plaeo this evening. In the neighbourhood of Manchester, there is a glue factory. A lady, who was often obliged to pass the factory in hor jonvneying to ana from that city, always carried with her a bottle of lavender salts. One morning an old farmefttook the scat directly opposite to her. As the train approached the factory, the lady opened her bottle of sails. Soon the carriage was filled with the horrible odour of (lie glue.' The old farmer stood it as long as he could, then leaned forward and shouted, "Madam, would ye mindpultin' the cork in that'ere bottle f" Messrs White and Co, hairdressers and tobacconists, of Mastcrton. announce that their rooms are replete with every convenience for the conduct, of their business, their stock of tobacconists goods is large, well assorted, anil of the best quality. As toiisorial at lists Ihcy arc exceedingly popular, the public finding that every attention is given to their requirements. During the month of July,23 patients in the Wellington Hospital received IGS pints 17 ounces of wines, spirits, and malt liquors, being at the rate oE 1\ piuts per head. There was a' very good attendance at the licchaui'.c social in the Assembly Dooms, Caiierton, on Monday night. The local Tent was visited by the Mastcrton Tent and the Mastciion Juvenile Tent, and they afterwards joined them at the social. At the Civil Sittings of the Supreme CouU at Christi'liurc'b, Frank Scntt of Swananoa, obtained £IOO damages from John Winter, for the seduction of the plaintiff's daughter. Mr C. E. Daniell, the contractor for the Kokotau bridge additions, expects to finish the work (his week. He deserres the thanks of the settlers in that district for having kept the bridge open for traffic during the prop/ess of the work, says the Okcmr. He will start on the Gladstone bridge next week with a full stall'.

" Y." writes as follows to a Wellingion paper:—"l see by your issue of a few days ago, that the Government of Victoria arc favourable to setting aside an area of ground for a State Preserve. 1 trust that the Government here will do likewise; the necessity for it is manifest. I understand that some time back, the Government were negotiating for a block of native land lying to the north of, and not far from, Cape Palliser, and which I am told would be admirably adapted for the purpose, and could be got ul a low figure, Now Parliament is sitting, should be the time to move. I therefore commend the idea to ihe Acclimatisation Society and our sportsmen generally." It is understood, says the' Southland Sews' that the local authorities object to Minnie Dean's body being buried in the Wiuton Cemetery, and it will thereI fore be intcircd in the grounds surrounding "The Larches."

"Whatwas the most remarkable expeiience you had during your military service?" asked (lie old lady. The veteran volunteer reflected a moment or two, and then said he thought the woman whose clothes-props were knocked down by a cavalry charge one Easter Monday morning, during the battle of Carnage, made more noise and said more in ten minutes than anything he ever heard in all his career of slaughter. JN'ew South Wales legislators keep a line and varied stock of epithets for their opponents, Thus, before the recent elections there, it was publicly said of Mr lleid, the Premier, " that he had committed the unpardonable crime of putting the name of his club on his umbrella; that he was a foul-mouthed wind-bag; that he was a hound and a traitor who was' yelping, through the country like a kicked eur, trying to liud a hole to get through the legislative palings.'"

A settler in this district called at our office Ibis morning, says the Pahiatua Herald, ajul in course of conversation he said he had a cow which was ailing, and he was in a quandary as to what was the matter wiih her. The animal is continually licking her sides, and where she licks tho hair can be rubbed off and the skin breaks out in matter and scabs. Tf any of our readers have seen such a disease before, and can suggest a remedy we should feci pleased if they will communicate with the editor at once. Wc shall lie glad to publish any information that will assist those.whoso dairy herd may be similarly affected. Can a fish's slomaehdigest lish hooks,' The voracity of the piko is well-known, but a cod, caught off Flamborough the other day, breaks the record. On opening its stomach, the fishermen found no fewer than fifty-nine lish hooks, all baited! At Alyth, in Scotland, the olhoi' day, a curious incident occurred in connection with (he capture of a rat, An ordinary wire rat-trap was set with a bait of corn. The next evoning, when Ihe trap was inspected, there was in it a female rat, sitting suckling eight young ones. The youngsters were quite hairless aud only about the size of a kidney •bean, and had been bom prisoners. A laughable story comes from a London Court. Two greengrocers claimed individually the ownership of a donkey, and as the case was one. calling for friendly arbitration rather than judicial interference, the presiding judge recommended the suitors to go into the yard and settle, the mutter between then). His lordship's kipdly.mcaning seems to have beep misunderstood, for in tho course of half an hour or so, the costers returned into Court, one of them with pyes blackened, nnd hjs face cut ni|d bleeding, and tho other in a state of excitement betokening the authorship of his friend'sinjurics. The Judge learned .when it was too late, that his adyico had been accepted in its Whitcchapcl souse, and that tne two men had belaboured each other until one of them resigned Ihe donkey to save his own person.

The annual demonstration of the ! Yorkshire colliers took place at Leeds ! i ecently, when 50,000 men, besides many women and children, were present, wiili 162 bands of music, Mr Cowey, in opening the proceedings at one platform, said that last year 22,003 more men went into the miucs than in the previous year. Over-production was the cause of tho depression. A great proportion of the men who thus went into the mines came from the land, and the land question would have to be settled at no remote date. But men had also had to go into the mines because machinery wifs depriving them of work. He would not do away with equal distribution of the production of tho machinery. He would put a heavy tax on all who amassed wcaltl) by machinery.

With reference to the accident to Mrs MoKflllow, who was. seriously injured while bushfclling in the pastern Pukptois, the Herald correspondent there says:—Mrs McKcllow was engaged in falling a leaning tawa when it suddenly split up, struck her on the breast, and (hen fell across her. The escape from instant death was miraculous. A young man who happened to be passing through the bush heard her screams, and he instantly went over and cut the tree away. leaving the unfortunate woman in charge of ahoy, he went to the nearest place for assistance, but it, was three hours before they returned to the scene of (lie accident, and by this 1 time it was'pit'chy dark, 'Arough stretcher was soon njadc up and the woman conveyed t,p her home,' a track being cut through the bush'. T|iq stcefstaybusks of Mrs'McKellow'were completly shattered by % fqreo 'pjf't]|« blow [.•onj the Ircp, and lie'r jjsnapp wjtl) four ribs broken and sundry hiaises'niay be regarded as marvellous; she is now progressing as well as can be expected. I understand that Mrs McEellow is a direct, decondant of Burns, tho Scotch bajrd.

Mr J. A. McKenzie, of the Masterton telegraph staff, leaves fur bis new station at Tauranga, to-morrow morning.

Mr W. Scale, who was stricken with paralysis yesterday at Mastcrlon, is reported to'be slightly better.

We learn that Mr Burton Boys has alwost recovered from bis recent attack of illness.

Authority is given to charge at the Masterton Park gates on the occasion of the Ahuriri-Wairarapa football mabh on Saturday next, The Auckland B.C. will give away in added money this season £10,105, an increase on last year of oyer £I6OO.

A petition, bearing between 500 ard GOO signatures, is be:'ng presented to !he Government to take over Bichraond Park, Iho Nelson Jockey Club's course, and convert it into a public recreation grouud.

Ihe Auckland Eaciug Club have added auoiher day to their racing programme for the new season. They will hold twelve days' racing.

_ The N.Z. Grand National sWcc itwiis Inaugurated twenty years ago, has been favwrcd with fine weather on fifteen occassious.

Referring to Mr B. Cave's recent purchase, the Christchurch Press says:— "Merrio England has been sold by Mr H. Luun to Mr B. Cave, of the Wairarapa, and the son of St George and Rupee has left for his new home. He is in excellent health and robusf condition. He should bo a decided acquisition lo tlio thoroughbred sires of that district." • A B'll has been introduced into (he United Stales Scnaic asking for an appropriation of £200,000 to pay for exterminating a weed known as the Itussian thistle, which has orer-iun fifty counties in agricultural regions of the West, It is scattered all along the northern tier of counties in Nebraska, has invaded the north-western portions in _ man£ sections of Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Several friends of Mr J. A. McKenzic of the Telegraph Dc]inilmcnt, who after several years' residence in this district is leaving tor Tauranga, met at the l'lince of Wales Hotel, Maslcrtnu, last evening to bid him good-bye. A very pleasant social evening was spent many of those present speaking in the highest terms of their departing guest, and all wishing him health, prosperity, and pleasant times al his new slatiou. During the evening vocal items were contributed by Messrs C. Giudors, E. Eton, H. McArdle and W. Eouc. Mr li. P. Ginders gave two very humorous recitations, and Mr Mowlctn a vioiiu solo. Mr Kenrsley presided' at (lie piano, and played all accompaulmcnls. Several toasts were proposed and honoured, and speeches were made by Messrs F. Green, A. Hathawny, J. Williams, Ibbetson, Mason, Bone, Vile, Bellis, T. Smith, Vennell and others; a very pleasant gathering terminating at eleven o'clock.

A London curate had the usual notice to marry a couple, one Sunday morning, but when the lime camo he found that only the woman had arrived. After wail'tig some time, and no man coming, she reluctantly withdrew. The next Sunday the woman turned up as before, and again no num. After waiting some considerable time she became furious, and exclaimed, •' Drat him! 'taiut his boots this time, 'cause I boughtliim a pair."

A Japanese girl says that when ladies go to buy a dress in her country they tell the shopkeeper their age, and if they are married or not, because there are special designs for the single and double relations of life, as well as for all ages, The consequence of this painful custom is you can tell the age of every lady you meet, and know whether she is married, precisely as though she were labelled, or you were a censustaker. But then, ot course, as the ladies in Japan don't care who knows it, .there is no fun in finding out.

A notable example of a big result produced by small means is found in tho fact that lead pencil users have whittled away sorcral big forests of cedar trees in Europe, and the supply of wood suitable for lead pencils is practically exhausted in the Old World. An order has just been placed by a noted German firm of pencil makers with a Califomian lumber company for a large quantity of sequoia wood, which is found to be the best wood now available for pencils. The sequoia is the big tree of California, ft seems too bad that the grand old giants should be sacriliccd.andespccially that their end should be lead pencil shavings.

Mostof the stone marbles used by boys are made in Germany. The refuse only of the marble mid ugatc quarries is employed, and this is treated in such a way that there is practically no waste. Jlcn and boys are employed to break the refuse stone into small cubes, aiid with their hammers they acquire a marvellous dexterity. The little cubes are then thrown into a mill, consisting of a grooved bedstone and a revolving runner. Water is fed to the mill, anil tho runner is rapidly revolved, while the friction does the rest. In half an hour tho mill is stopped, and a bushel or so of perfectly rounded marbles takon out. The whole process costs the merest trille.

Mr W. H. M'Laren, mauager of the National Mortgage and Agency Company, has shown the Tiiiiuru Herald the stomach of a sheep that has been sent him by Mr W. Sibbald, from Sawdon Station, Mackenzie Country, "just to let you sec what they are like; there arc thousands more like that." Tho stomach is packed full of wool, in pellets from the sizo of walnuts down to peas, and there is not (lie faintest sign of grass or other vegetable matter among the wool. A sheep could never get rid of such stuff from its stomach, ami the poor brulos have added a virtual poisoning to their starvation.

That the days of superstition arc not yet past, is evident from a case winch, cirnebefore (belong Sutton Magistrates tl|c otl|cr day. A farmer and his wife, named Hicks, resided at that place, one of thejr neighbours being an old lady named Perkins, Mrs Hicks could not understand why her hens had neglected to lay,' why her puddings swelled to such an extent as to burst the pots in which they were boiled, and why her cows did not give the pro.pcr amount of milk. But the solution of this enigma appeared to her at last evident. They had been bewitched, and their unfortunate neighbour, Mrs i'crkins, came under (he ban of her displeasure. She accordingly waited upon her, and with a stick castigated her so sovcrely that one of her wrist!) was broken. When the ease came before the magistrates, Hicks, the witchfinder, offered the victim £<l as compensation for her injuries, and the old woman accepted it. As the hens haverecommenced to lay, the pots to resist the extension of the puddings, and thecows t j p rqducc tho usual quantity of nrlk, the Hicks' may remain'convinced of the efficacy of their treatment, while, oil tho other'hand, foup sovereigns will purchase for Mrs Perking not a few comforts for hep old age. It would affect many persons unpleasantly to learn that there was every probability of tho cockroach becoming an active agent in medicine. Yet it is used universally in Russia as a diuretic in certain diseases, and it also frequently used in European medical practice as acurc forßrrght's disease. The Professor of Materia Medica in Jefferson's College recently stated that the cockroaches aro not entirely unknown in the medical practice in Philadelphia, though physicians do not care to have it known that they prescribe so unpouplar nri insect in their practice, and few druggists will acknowledge that they keep it in stock.' The Professor say's that cock-roach-tea may be used'with''gqod effect in certain cases.' Its me'dicitial properties vespmbjo those'of "cnn't|iarjdes, and when prescribed it is in the shape of a pill, "maqe with tjfb'p'oy'dp'r of the dried insect. "TKe cockfoa'ch' is' no more offensive than the cahtharides, both being of the same class of insect, and the smell is not so objectionable as that of tho Spanish fly.

The Ahum-i football team play..» match at Greytown, to-morrow. Pifly-SCTon speeches we.'o made in th° House on the Financial Statement. The debate lias now concluded.

Andrew-Kennedy, charged with killing Louie Smith by throning a lamp at her, on June 6th last, has been found not guilty, The case against Joseph Jcwett is proceeding to-day,

Mr John Kellcher, a popular Masterton Jehu; took over the Club Hotel Stables to-dav-

Mrs Dean, executed for the Winton child murders, has left a long slatoment denying Iter guilt. She attributes the death of two to accident by an ovcrdoso oflaudssum.

Several numerously aigucd petitions praying for religious instruction in school were presented to the House yesterday.

MrG.Hulchison.is asking that District Court Judges and Stipendiary Magistrates should have the same tenure of office as Supreme Convi Judges.

Captain EusscH wants a B>'l to provide that in i'litu-c appointments all Chief Inspectors of Stock shall be duly qualified veterinary surgeons.

The members of the staff at the Masterlon Post and Telegraph Office, last night presented their old comrade—Mr J. A. McKcnzie— with a handsome silver-mounted pipe as a small token of the high esteem in which he is held by all. Mr McKcnzie feelingly acknowedged the gift, regi'ctli )g the fact that he wasabout tosoverliis connection with the old o3ice.

The distress among't Now Zealanders in Sydney, wo have hi,'a informed, is simply appalling, says I io N.Z. Times. It is slated that en o.i ■ occasion several New Zealand?"**, i'.iclin. l ' gan ei-Wcl-linglonia'i, •.. .-.o a: j Io he eating from a pig tub at the h: ck of a hotel. This, it seems, was Ihc oah food they could get.

JLijllei'sL ici'vua papers refer to the begiurn,, of tie " kite season" A corrcspon i' at ''jhrofu writes:—" I have beeiimr' c I 'a i usually iutercsled this season i,inoiic : jgthcvaiious shapes of lite iiites flying ; > the air or exposed forsa'c at the city gate. The most artisiic I have seen was in the shape of a bi'" inut red butterfly two feet or more new, the wings, which wasreally beauliri'l..'.itgrarcitt'lyfloated high up in (lie :'■•: Another which struck me spi -1-■ *'y was iu the form of adragon fly win 'Onj spiii(''ing hody and broad s; 'Vij'jgs, The serpentine kite so.- '. be one of their higher artistic eft'... :? common hed consist of |i'p ; a '.is of human figures, shapes O: ll : -■« f•>• :cs. cicadas,&n. The other j day, ithii.' iig from the cily ] saw for the fii's! ;:ai.' a small kite made to simulate a j".: ■ initio. Imagine such a lirovi'lliii!, i.eature soaring aloft as a light iiiiil i.'ry thi-g !" The qucnioii as (o why all foam is white is not an easy ore to understand, but (he fact is that wain is always while, whalever he the colour of the beverage. The froth produced on a bottle of the blackest ink is while, and would he perfectly so wete it not tinged, to a certain extent, by particles of the beverage, which the bubbles hold in a mechanical suspension. As to the cause of this whiteness, it is sufficient to say that it is ilue to the large number of reflecting surfaces formed by the foam, for it is these surfaces which, by reflecting the light, produce upon our eyes the impression of white. An interim return showing the approximate number of slice]) iu the Colony on 301 h April last was laid upon the table of the House yesterday. The num. her was 19,707,308, and as compared with (lie previous year showed a decrease of 403,521. All the districts in the colony show a falling off excepting the Marlborough-Nclsoii district, whero there was an increase of C'» 27. in the WellingtoQ-Wesl. Coast district the decrease was 78,819. The number of sheep in the different districts ol the Colony on 30th April last was as follows ;—Auckland drstrict, 8<J2,8J7 ; Napier district, .1,209,918; WellingtonWest Coast district, 3,915,322; Marl-borough-Kelson district, 896,009; Can-terhuiy-Kaikoura district, 5,559,035; Oiago district, 4,313,052, The decrease in the iN T ortli Island was 171,313, and in theSouthlshind292,lßl. Thoestimated number of sheen boiled down and preserved during the year was '133,0Q N,Z, Times, Au advertiser requires n boy tor a bush (arm.

An ownor is require'' for a brown and white spaniel. li you surly pwc'.'.cai 0.-onomy you will buy your drapery ami rl> I' lpat Hooper's EoaMarche. You c..; //V We'll tell you why I IVv .c. > <:inmh to spend or Iwcmysi" *■■«;.■* i">"*«' * '. Your objeat istnjntr- I ', l ■\uy c • ibe nwey you have. J' yoii will get a" > .id-! .i b loir.re ami a bit left fu.'s. "tbi c, A'so.'oi w ' get the b.iif'' i- e ; i. j « ;.ois o" standard ii'a-i.il 1 . i. i ■ ■ .1 lij,y elsewhere yoir two- / p7u ..•.. .»/ B.il'iirjs, as ll'e case ■••{ ■':)■■, ~. ~ |,o as far a? you ik-.Ji . d, n. ott'Li-li voioij-L'l.i'-o qw'/ors i-q> ■■.« caih. Will that sji». ju ? \i i,r»i, You're no fool; yo.'..''oeci \ ~)i . ;op fti'd t'om this b•: "..d wo .a i• • yt.'.i. a-.'d you knew yoor boi';. 0 c mr.y :,ny '•! is ooly assertion, wii We reply, use your ejo . •■vc'-iuyiur j.nl.nieoi and criticise a". ii.i'M, pu(l'oiu , vori)''oimi)stbe for h-0.. •.• A'Jo., reai.y mouy drapers, Bon H:m i\ Mi? erl'j. -Ami,

(.'•• •■■!•,'.e h's'Ai of We l ' niiton, at auy ii • ■•■ ii o ijiwiedly the n-a>ficont eslabI's'. i .'.'i ,v ias To A"o House, and now IV i-v ■'• p.nviiMt mi'.-Ii its walls is ii -■ ;> ii. JoAJa'i, with a bewi'derinj ii y ii ra.on's ic.i'to inroit ! c . .. '.il.v.ss.c.e., -is morothan e■: '.. ■. t..dproil;io\.' t the wholefare d.aotr/ vsve'. use, To Aro Uc .-. I'. hi' .e;. i\m lienq paid tb's yeari i o ~taofc»u>itf/cusio-n----ers, r.'.' I >e.i)'iU ii bo teen in l\n iuinw-w n (1 v.rvc'i stiH; of ca ,: coes, il inef, Ih'i.i.'ilclici, slroiij! wearinj dro.s mn.c.ia's, men's and liojs' e'oiVjj tin, Tro o'i-jI- e '• o;wh depart* ri'e.'i, i« r.' nosi ut v'-iv . , r5 may be mi'Jrj. \..\ i ; i'i ".'.!'•: . 'i.'ioillanneleUc aliro, nvcr ..'..0u0 ,' is bavo this sea.or "ico-.i r.',>o..cd at 'n A'-o House, WelliiigtOJ.--.Vi*