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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5171, 1 November 1895, Page 2

i The Eketahuna Mason'e Lodge meets this evening. Several Wairarapa people leave for Chiistchureh to-morrow to be present at (he Show and ifaces. The Committee of the Masterton A. and I'. Association meet at 130 tomouOT (Saturday) in the Club Hotel. MrF.ll. Wood holds m important general sale at liis Caucrton rooms to- | moi row afternoon. Archdeacon Faneourt will conduct divine services at Eketahuna on Sunday ' next, at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., and baptismal service at 3 p.m. • Wo remind our readers of Mr F. If, Wood's sale of show exhibits on the : Carterton Show Ground to-morrow moia ;, )g at eleven o'clock. Those furnishing, pre reminded of Messrs Lowes and lovns' sale of firstclass furniture, which takes place at i their Auction Mart, to-morrow, and being sold under bill of sale, will go w.ithout reserve. The furniture is now on view, and the premise? will be lit up for inspection, this evening. Sub-marine advertising is tho latest idea. Tho words of tho advertisement are printed in gigantic yellow or while letters on a black ground. When sunk auil securely held at the bottom of a lake, the advertisement is fairly legible, ■ the refraction of the light making the \ words appear on the surface of the water, i 'l'm trials made in tho Lake of Geneva ! are described as having been "completely successful." 1 It is not generally known, that the ' Canadian-Pacific lia'hvay for years past 1 has reused to se'l its land immcdiatoy j adjoiuiug its stations, except upon con- , ditions whichjpreeludo the sale of intoxi--1 eating liquors thereon, A clause in i each deed provides that tho title shall become invalid aud tlio property revert to tho Company h the event of it being used as a placo for the sale of intoxicants. Mr George Daysh of Masterton, has decided to run a special excursion from Masterton to Castlepoint on Saturday November Otli, returning on Monday the 11th. Scats may he hooked and further particulars obtained on application to Messrs Hood and Johnston , Queen-street,

A good deal of raiu fell in Masterton last night and early this morning. Wc hear that a movement is on foot to establish a strong Working Men's Club in Masterton. The rntlier threanen i ng weather to-day is unfortunate for the Carterton Show as it is hound to deter some from attending. Two of the harvesting implement manufacturers have hinders at work on the Carterton Show ground, driven by steam power. Mr A. L. Whyte, the well-known Carterton caterer, will supply luncheon at the Wellington A. and P. Show, Shorthorns are most largely represented at the Carterton Show, in the .•aide class. Mr Andrew Henderson, of Eketahuna, was married at Fealherston last, week to Miss Mary Murphy. The l!ev. S. 11. D. l'eiyman performed the ceremony. Mr and Mrs Henderson will reside at Inglewood. A line commodious residence, containing fourteen rooms, is being erected at Mungapakclia for Mr John Groves. Mr C. E. Danicll has the contract in hand. Mr T. S. Scott, special travelling representative of the world-renowned Sim.'crManufacturing Company, is mak- ' ing a tour tlrough this district. He will be on the Carterton Show-ground to-day, The ex-Queen Isabella of Spain is the grandmother of more children than any woman in the world. Lady Henry Somerset has the reputation of being one of the richest ladies in England. ' The l!ev. 11. J. Day's, with Mrs Davis and fitnvly, left Pnhiulua yesterday for Dmiedin. During (he'r two year's residence in Pahiatuu they have made very riKiuy friends says the Herald, with whom we jo'n'' l expressions of reg.ttnl ! Ilii'ir departure aud best wishes for thcii future welfare. ■ French footpads have discovered a new weapon for assaultirg travellers at night. It is a hollow gutla-pcrchu cudgel, which has the advantage ol inflicting a vci/ effectual blow without producing any visible wound. Consequently tho belated wanderer, who ha> been robbed,finds itdillienlttopersuadi ' the authorities that his iale is a true one, since he can produce no evidence ol having been struck. The electric current is now being employed in jimcricafor the killing of stray i dogs. The victim is lifted with foui leather boots, with metallic soles; a picci of wet sponge is fitted iu the iuierior ol the boot, and a copper w ire connected with the street lighl.''ig sy.Heni is atJ lachcd to the metallic soles. A po'iccman holds the dog by a rope round tin neck, and a lireman acts as executioner. A switch in the lirelui'l is tinned on giving a current ol 1700 volts. The idea of hatching eggs by elect, i city may appear somewhat far-fetched but electric incubation is not only bein; carried oil in Germany, but is growim , up to a large industry. A Sirasburj electrician, who has been expcrimcntiiij for three years, has found that with tin electrical incubator ninely dickens cai _ ordinarily be counted on out of every hundved eggs dealt with. Inasmuch as the auntial average num j her of suicides iu Switzerland for tin last twenty years has been 050, which ii propoiiion to population is higher thai in any other European country, excep Saxony and Denmark, the Bciac Modi cid Society Ims appealed to the pros not to give so much space to reports o suicides, and thus check the tendency t( initiation to which many are evident! •i duo. Two Florida g"-'ls, Isabella and Sail; ISroadbenl, whogavo valuable assistant in rescuing the crew of the wrecked Nor - wcgiaii ship Catharine last August, havi s received silver lockets and chains fron ( l Xing Oscar, of Norway and Sweden, ii recognition. The lockets arc inseribci • with the crown and monogram of tin Xing and the words "For a Noble Deed.' Birmingham is the greatest brass - making town in thenorld, and it keepi i- in steady employment nil average o '• 700'J brassworkers. Paris conies ii J' a second. In the I'ormer town the hand '• work nine hours a day, and, when com potent, about :10s to:i:is a week; wliili j iu the latter city they work ten hours and earn 40s a week, The ladies oF_ Venezuela, a Soutl ' American licpublic of considerable pre . tensions, have declared war upon tin Queen of England, It appears tlia Venezuela cannot get Great Britain t< ( talk sense concerning certain dillicullic: iu the Guianas. Accordingly,the youiij ladies of Venezuela have written to tlici: : papers thus: —"GreatUrityinis governec by a woman, and therefore it is mos _ natural that the daughters of Vcnczuch " should inaugurate a peaceful waragains ' the English Queen, so that she may hi B compelled to respect the integrity o 1' our native land. The plan of campuigi 5 is described thus-" In our hands an i placed the funds for the daily houscholc . expenses. Let us promise, then, not t( . use this money to buy any good! , imported from England." A letter iu the li/llcllon Timesnnv, ' thus:—"On talking' to a friend tin , other night, I remarked, 'I suppose yoi ) would be glad that the Upper Jlotisi 3 spoiled the Licensing Bill?' 'lnom way, yes; and in another way, no,'h< ' answered. ' You sec,' lie continued 'my grandfather was a drunkard, and 1 my father the same, and I confess It 1 having a weakness for long beers ■ myself; but for a", that I voted prolii : bition last election, and I intend to dc ; tho same at the next, if I am spared. . ' You surpiiscmc,' I replied. 'l'erhpps , so,' he remarked;' but believe me then [ will he more than prolibitioiiisls vot( for prohibition noxt election, for nearly ' everyone is disgusted with the action ' taken by members of the Upper House, and if they have not put another nail oi ;wo in their collin, lam a .Dutchman; j 'Well, why don't you go in for proliibition on your own account, and give uf _ drinking yourself ?' I asked ' You re. , move the temptation and I will gladly give it up,' lie replied. 'ln any case, I shall vote straight when the time • comes, and 1 shall vote fo do away with ■ the Upper House.'" , The youthful Archduke Ladislaus, ' who met with an accident while boai shooting on Monday, September '2, in the forest of Arad, in Hungary, and I shortly afterwards succumbed to his in- : juries, was only 20 years old says the ■ Auckland Ucnlld. He was the second son of the Archduke Joseph, whose per- , maneut residence is iu Hungary, where > he is extremely popular, i lie accident j seems to have occurred in the following mannerlt appears that the Archduke [ Ladislaus had just wounded a wild cat without killing it outright. While lie [ ws makiug l ,! s way through a thicket to I give it the coup dc i/rticc, the second ) barrel of his weapon, which was a double- • barrelled rifle, went off, lodging the , bullet in the upper part of his right leg, and setting his clothes on lire. The wound bled profusely, aud the A rchduke ' lost consciousness. He was taken on a peasant's cart to a neighbouring village ! and thence to the hospital of the lied ' Cross Society in Buda-Pcsth. There he 1 underwent an operation, and suhse- ; quently mortification set in. Both 1 parents were present when the young 1 Archduke breathed his last, This is 1 probably the first instance in which a ' member of the Imperial House has died in a public hospital. There has been ! during the present generation a remark- ' able number or violent deaths in the ' history of tho reigning Honso of Austria, ■ The Emperor Maximillian of Mexico, ' brother of Emperor Francis Joseph, was [ shotinlß6'l, Tlio Archduchess Jf atliildc, ' daughter of the lato Archduke Albreeht, ' was burnt to death in 1876. Tho > Orchduko Eudolph, heir to tho Throne, • came to an untimely end six years ago. The Archduke Johann Salvator, s familiarly known as Johann Ortli, is i belieycd to havo been drowned oil the r Cape of Good Hope shortly afterwards, r The Archduke William was killed by a . fall from his Jiorso last year; and now . another accident has carried oft ono of i the most promising among the junior mombors of the House of Ifapsburg,

Mr T, W. Kirk, Goyernmont Biologist, was in Mnsterton tbii morning. Dr Dawson, of Te Nui, is at present on a short visit to Masterton. Mr John A, Gilruth, M.E.C.V.S,, Government Veterinarian, was in Mastertan to-day. Several dogs and horses from Govern-1 incut House have been entered for tho j Wellington Show. The estimated loss to the storekeepers by tho late (ire at Coolgardie is stated to bo £IOO,OOO. A tally clerk named liobert Roberts fell overboard from the steamer 80110 at Brisbane, and was drowned. There has been over £7,000,000 subscribed outside Western Australia within the last two years to develop its gold mines. 'lit 'MM reports that tho sura of £■lo7 is lodged in the Bank to the credit of the Bishop Moran memorial fund. Whales are reported to be numerous olf the New South Wales coast. The monsters are heading south with their calves. The country services in connection with the Wcslcyan Church aro at Wangaehu afternoon, and Loner Taucru in the evening. Messrs Lowes and lorns announce a sale of stock for Ekctahuim next Wednesday, Gth, entries for which appear in our advertising column. The examination for the 50 first year drawing scholarships offered by tho Wellington Education Board will be held at the Technical School on Wodnosday, 4lh December. The Lunacy Commission has roloased Miss Lauchester, aged 24, whom her parents had seized and confined in a London asylum owing to her desire to liyo with Socialist agitators without marriage. Mr P. Rollings conducted tho mooting of the Masterton Blue ami White League, at Oxford Houso, on Wednesday cvenina last. Tho meeting which was fairly well attended, proved of great interest. At Kaitangata the other day a boy niimi'd James Welsh, eight years of nge had his skull mid a leg and an arm fractured while playing in an empty coal truck, which ran down nn incline. The Anniversary Service! in connection with the Masterton Wcslcyan Sunday School will be held on Sunday next, Special hymns will be sung by the children under the conductorship of Mi Boagcy. The Jiev, J. T. iS'ott, M.A., from Wellington, will preach. We understand every arrrangement has been made to make those services attractive and satisfactory. One of the drawbacks of country life, a! least to the small settler, is undoubtedly tho incftased piicc ho has to pay (or any articles of clothing or general drapery, by reason ot the extra charges (or freight or . cfivriayo. This drawback need exist no longer, for extra charges are (lone a,raj with under the new system which has been inaugurated at Te Alio House, Wellington. Under this sysicm, any ot the parcels advertised, will be sent to any addross in New Zealand, rosT to:, the prices charged being exactly the same as those at which the i goods are sold over the cowtcr in Wellington. As may he imagined, however, this liberal offer is ouly exteuded to cash customers, and all orders for advertised parcels, must be accompanied by cash tor : the amount, before the order can bo exe--1 cuted at Th Ar.o House, Welliugtoa, i In illustration ot this system, we will t give an example. Take to 1: instance No, 3 • fared, which contains 1 Lady's White i Mainsook D'ousc, trimmed with embroidery ■ and with the new butterfly collar; 1 Navy oi , Black Sateen Blouse, with white spots, new , style; 1 pair oi Black or Coloured Taffeta Gloves,and :! pairs ol Ladies Black Cashmere ltose. This complete parcel will bo scut, • post free, to any address, on receipt ot 12/ G. ■ from Te Alio House Wellington.—Advt, Marl: Twain's Toast, -The Babies—Wc ! have all beeu babies. Heaven bless tbein i To make tliem strong and healthy use Di . Kirk's Farinaceous l'ood. Sold by all store- [ keepers,