CLIPPINGS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1769, 6 November 1883, Page 4

CLIPPINGS.

They were spoikiugof a young lady " r '," r >HiU-< beautifully, iiiul one of the prfityj. n3ked, " Is,she'ti m •z/.0-aopr.mo ? " " N<>. I t.l<m\ slits is a Swede," w«s the innocent reply. An* Gwmvs, lend me your. tul>. ( •Tan tdo it-— all the hoops me oil — i«V lull of snil> ; besides I nevur lia.l one—l \v i-Oii s in a \nv rel." Tin- author of -'Town T.ik 1 \ush<"« that tin 1 in u'or 1 )e,»e, e lUtiso <>f L.dy liodiva " would do tin; simu good hemc to tlio State that was dono by her picducsvwr, and take away, fur example, the r.icoino tax." The most luihcioub dieam I «\or had wo.-, after loading Tennyson* !> )oni upon this subject. 1 dreamt that one or the most puritanical and vinegaiish old maids I ever knew had offered to play the part of Lady (Todi\a, in older to loclm-m the tax on playing cards. It was so dioll that I could not help telling her about it ; but hhe w as not in tlie leas,t amused." \ Tin: Spanish military risings have come to nothing— though it i» said that they have occuued at many more _ places than have been reported— and it i> now asserted that they weie the coiihoquoncch of a hybnd plot in Fiance— half IU-pubh- ' own, half Stock lOvehmige- -which was up for the puipo,,eof conibiumg Stoyk liv change gambling with Republican piopagandiMii. What some of tho Kp.vni^h journals as-mt is, that £30,000 bteihng was subsciibwl m Tans foi the puipohO of to.nipeimg with Spani-h logimonts supposud to be disaifeeted, and so wealing a pronuncialniento against the Alfonsist dyuastv Henor llui/> Zoiiilla, whose name was Used tor the puipose of overling Republican fooling, has, it i« declared, been made a tool of by the St-ick Exchange gamblers of tho licighbmniii" jiopublic, and the Oppositioti lomnals in Spain aio voiy indignant with the Muustiy foi then want of \igilance in the matter, and their failure to denounce th..' l''icn«h meddler*. As yet those rumours are \ ague and unverified ; but curtainly the -.poiitdic miiitary risings, destitute, as they have been, of tenacity and zeal, do look more like a biibed and hpiuious disaffection than genuine .sedition —though it is clear enough that Alfonso has as yet obtained no btrong hold on the loyalty of hi> <»"iy. Probably there is «i good deal of sonu-brigaudago still pro\ alent in Spain. Wo obr-erve that a train between Barcelona and Granoller was stopped and pillaged by only thirty armed men. That dooo not look like a political rising, but does look like a fresh aocciu of ciawug for the old, loose, adventitious In ig.uidago.— Spectator. Kahu KLMb.uih.ts. — It ia uuncocssaiy to lenott tv .vjiiiu collection ot .meulotes ii-latiiig to old time an pollutions to show Mow yu'al an lniluenof faitli or f.un.^ in ly ha\e on tlw liuinau iriud, ami act thioujih llie imiid on the bod). The laiili iuu- wlnoli ate a poition of oui nil icnfc nnebw b tiiu sup])U iik nt«.d oy piac tii-t-s I)) .suiibiblo puuplo whioliJio oon Mtleiod by tlieiu to be of sik.li on occult oi doubtlul luilme ab to lie concviikd, Übiuiily, lot leai of liiliculi'. It is not uncommon now lor pciboiih to wear aiound the neck a suspended miniatuie oachot ot silk containing jjuiii cainjdioi ab u (Icicmc against levels, incasUs, ami •^mall i>o\ -\ stiing ot led coial beads, oi in lieu llieieot u bit of buailct y.un about the m.wk, isc\eu now coiibidcied a iicee s,ui pioli'ttion ot the infant hum \.uiuvis ilk. Some poisons who aie peiioiluall) aliheteil witli iheiini.itioiu eauy eitliei a email potato or a hoiso chestnut as a eliai m against the attack ot the dieaded 100. This soit ot nonsense i^, not ooulinud to tlio \ulg.u oi lynoiant. ioi in a', least two mstaiiees one was a duotm ot dninily and the nthoi a man ot ot likial education and cosmopolitan o.v peiioiiee. Tlio cuie ol waitdhas always Deen associated, more oi lc-ss, with tlie occult oi unknowable. A pleasant muineiecl joung woman who made no pietensi'jns to unusual skill and medical knowiedgi 1 , was. lor ycius the lesort oi all the wait aiHictod in the town and |\iomity. hpLaUing Mom mi'iiioiy, what she did was to take the nuiubei ot waits gi\eu her by the patient or an accompanying fiicud, and that was the sum and substance of tlie pu'sfiiplum. Tluic aie plenty ot hei patient-, liowevei, >vho will sweat that tiioii \i-ittothe (puet- httlu d'ossnuikoi" was I'jllowotl by the Kipid dUappciiiiincu ot then w.iits. Theie aie leasouablc ,uul beiisiblo nien h\ my who will a\ ci that tlie} euudtluii wails by stealing, unob«-i;i\cd, a bit of tiosh meat, nibbing it on the waits, and buijing it in the "round. Jn cases ot tlnoatened tetanus, caused by a toot-wound, the dunking ot w.itei in which vincgai-nistod nailt> ha\e been stilled was loimerly adjudged to bo a specilic, and theie aie persons ho will leadily gi\e testimony to this ellcct. In this case it is not impossible that the nou tonic may have been advantageous. It may be dilHcult to chaw the line between the ellect ot medicaments on the human system under certain known laws and the mental iniluencu ot behet and desire on the physical body. Whether mental emotion or intelligent faith does leally atlect the animal portion o£ the human stiuctme or not, it is a cm ions fact that education and culture do not eliminate a bebet m iaith cures or remedies. Tub WuLLmi'fOX Statujj.— The London correspondent of the Manchester Guardian sa)& :—''l: — ''I am glad to be in a position to state positively that the Duke of AVollmgton's ttatue is now condemned to be biokiui up. The exhibition of the wooden pi ofiie in St. James' I'aik has, a u was anticipated, .settled the (|iic-tion, and the colo-ssal statue will \oiy soon pass tioin its pioscnt position in I'icc.xdilly, not to a pedestal, but to the mcltuiu pot. It is \oiy batisfactoiy to Iciiin that the piesciit iJukc ot Wellington has In m-.clt \i--ited the model in St. Jauioa' Paik and is entuely of opinion thai the eioclion of tlio .statue upon i hat site i& not desiiable. His (h ace, it is inidei stood, iully concuis in the decision ;> t w Inch the ( to\ ci nment has an ivod, that the statue should be destioyd. It has-, howesei, thcie is good ica&on to i beluvo, at the same time l)eon convoyed to tlio Duke ot Wellington and other-, that Iheie i, no inlenfon ou the put of tlio (lo\. eminent to ml hit by the hi caking up of tliia huge statue the nuinbei of iiKinoi mis of tlio lit 'it Duko of Wellington, -md it is believed thai next session the <io\ eminent will pioposo lo take a \ oto loi tbo oioetion ot an cijuesliian sSitur of tlio Duke at Hyde TaiK. Comoi loi a sum which, (ogolkci with the \alue ol the metal in thoii po>-so?sioii. will not mui'h exceed the piobable cost of the remov.vl and the un lion upon a now pedoMjiloflho cxistiutt sl.iluo on the- Hortc (in mis" site in St. .lames' l J aik." A Lwwiu Cmm.iit. — A j'oiinglawyor lell<- <i stoij about liniiself which is good enough to go on rocoid. lie was tiying u " nun case " not long ago, Avlien the witness vms pul in the box to testify to the loputation ot the place in question. This witness, astage-dihei, in answer to a rpiery as to Hip reputation of the place, leplied, " A nun shop." The lawyer in(juned. " You say it has the leputation of being a nun shop ?" " Yes, sir." " Whom did you ever hear say that it was amm shop.' " The witness did not hh ollectot anyone he had heard say &o. " What !" said the lawyer, " you have sw orn this place has the reputation ot being a rum shop, and yet you cannot tell of anyone yon n\ er heard say so ?" The witness was staggered fora moment — in the woids of the lawyer, " I had hi'ii '" —and the lawyer was feeling triumphant, when tlie witness gatlicied himself together and tnuelly remarked, addressing the law yer, '^ Well you have the leputation of being a clever lawyer, but I have never heard anyone say bo.'^ You will do well to furnish your house fiom Garlick and Cramvell's. They have now the most complete Furnishing Warehouse in AucKlancl. furnituta to suit ,?U classes,, good strc .£, rtnd cheap. They havc/rapestry Carptsts „-om 2s 3d pci yard, Brussels ' from 3s lld^por yard. Linoleum from 3s Od tofls, OH Cloths from Is Od to 4< Od per yard, good 12 feet wide Oil Cloths at 3s 0d per yard. Immense .assortment of Iron ' Bedsteads from Infants' Cols to 5 feet wide half-tester Bedsteads. Double iron Bed•tf.'ids. from 255 l 480 rtcds'tfads<in stock to select from. Beddings of,a(l kipd* and sizes,^ept in readiness. Diiiinff, Sittinpr*, Drawinc-room Fur-J niture, and.and ajargc jtssortrnpnt oiManchrster "ir'c lfurn'isHlnsr Goods, 'including 'a lot* of. Cndtonn'efX'Brfbk q4talofebei l »nt'free Ww.) ; tßnaintr pwrob.iUcr« f rri;QS\f Jjrjk j;;and|rCi-ao V cll, '