NEWS, VIEWS, AND OPINIONS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 12, 14 January 1905, Page 9

NEWS, VIEWS, AND OPINIONS.

_ ff aiwiii the BtJSsisui peasantry are •ggijjiT fc»re«i Lr*.to mrlitjrv serrice, " .-.„.- vriti ■! ll° arrrid it. turd wlrLt ','•'. «•:' ;mnvigrantrt Ensr- ." ~ -i">rf DfITS-HirfcLrN i>; in ""I^ ll '" I '' 1O war - XVPTfi r>\pmpliartri in a. naw j- P"lirv < 'oni-rt ."I 'n-.wtn. Th'*>n- Aar.m Kurtz, a _ '•,;. - yoang Riiasixin. ot -H. v.-a« " t-«i v." ■' n.rr.t.i'- hard kib'">::r /or iv-N7-s sH <i-;m- 1 frwni the s ''.''„: ;>; \r:in«ii '<" i-T-Hc • ■ 11= had *._ Hpp-i •■.-!•■■ wcfk? m Rntrlanri. and — i'levij • i"^ r --"" •"■ :; , in __ >T . nr ., i>f ! hT-n-lin-jr cen- '^\.,,-,„ "hr -.v-!th iS ;iiad '■>■ frie-raJB aawl . n _. -..- l ■•»»•• ~h«r aixxy rrarblt ,^ i;rrrr-*n :n>n-'i«- !!-t<' Iw paid ~•"•!■ n>'-'i'-- ••' *ii a^ift fnyit'ii m ■ _ .__, p ,. , _'*;.:air fi>rk^ I Tlfiits o'll J,. i-'-i ■ ■'"••• *nai 'h-f .■■^..';. ! iiini iil«. : . Tl-"n<* "'■' t ., ' ■ , ami '!mni f ~,.'-, iMi-tuirU :■■ Kr-i.!---!. \riir-r.- he . '.;,.■!'. a "»':i:i\ . I. <>fii[Bßt:"w*lK Ti-i.-j-. -i> ".i-t.:vj l.im. IV irieamn . •." l i- , ".:-.-n > I 5? :utuie — rKrv. .: appeurs ;or -u.-h pnrp.^fr*. ",..... 1,,- i> !:rern mtsla, After- „.'.-,., Tcins :i-tao> m ■_"■■ wtirk. he ootn- ,, ;.hv: v k'ti wltii'li Iw Wits : --...• in lOir '■■■' .vi>La.in rood. ITte ". ",. • ;„.•".- o - his story uhsEt ".' vi i C r .:•:"! p Ijj Ij"»n- - --l'« ' >-r.h hin,. :in-i awniinn W;is made , L" . n.'"\-i - A-nw-v' i>rtl\ on the list ] , i .;, Nnvrn-iber fro-ni llirasia te ■ ' ; . r[ jrr4i.r\" scrvicr. '[Vv *.«y»> d*f- I , v j.. h-'iasr all yrnmc men, troiu 20 j " - vrti T> iwl. 'irrtwn ri'in ail <H*i-SKes. j v ". l- l i**'-eTTih«' '•"> "t "he iiapmpk)V- ■ L,r..r ; "ird in BrrtTWij. „,! , -if i ; ,.:.s i- j "it til w> i-iirniy H«w p«-i>t>ie .'' , lf , s a n.'. -'"- "itl> !"> i:< * ''xpiami "" ' . h( i.i l-c-*-wh tanifrf* , ,_•,' -_ v s lf piK<v -; t«.,-ii • wituul jiirn a :nr.i >>sk • ■ "«pc v sui. I -•ura-TdJia-rv - -aimOKC i si>«s are beuisj ai:hte«d 'y tibe ntmonr , Mr I- A. l-arodie. w+io reprpMTit-s rvrraj.u a:iii»n^>i>i 1 "> - :1 T "- r ' l""Jtoii his obiairte.! n.-rmi.-«nn for ai i - ■ i ~-.»- -'■ *. r****ir-n*4' \v,i Til i- i

I-.,-' *ri*l •" v ' ; <" r - 1,, ' I'"'' !r ' n - v; ' |T:in i* rail- j r-J-frrr*! York '•' I'hxladeJpdiia. -.. aea -ar tira.t :- to dv uhc irip is [ '* a.p. m«aii:i«.g'«n"d u> <U, 2SOO r- ;, a minute aril Lt wrigha 20001b. •- , berieved tha.: '■'■ '■- ?iven ; durable "f wir.d a.mi wpa- I 1■ ,r -i w ar :>■ ii" - ;v, an ! "■.■ V.jj/pjala.iflpbia - v ; b- r*a.-.hpd ~ ,:jp .■' iwJ: an hour. The liat/ , ct tha \ ".. \ -,•;■ kept ser-r." m »w«i*T to j ivrid a" crowd. The niM-bcffl'e wi-H be | a.; the ait Oimond. ! Forsk rtic month, after what* raitway Taeeii 'rf'- !> ' l afiAod To '.' " cp.r, -"-j Bpbop -t Tbetford hiw tell j B>t nb Tv-n-i- •! ~* '' rv (,: a TT!^-ri w.i.s 1 !-"' bled hv Wrhes, hut who*e - n. doming: the "'.irtle w inn Thmsrs , " ; i ;ncd. I'iapnrJ nn ' h» man pat tVrrer, j T " ,-, i ijjn; i pownp uf L'"i>d. This fcrmjr ••' nixii Roinilly'* -ton,- ot Lord •.-aim' , '- leei-ups IKiritii; :i -i-tion- ill- I !■(=« .it H.ir-nioutli trie irrral a.ivocatE ' m hfhodeii hy a coiid>p of ieei-hf =;. and j i.c <ff°ri i>l tii'ir -runt = t r-*: K>r~. he J.e- j-c.-iTiL iiis lil>. So he ehristcu e d ; beni Home andClivp, after the two cole- ; ir:i;H and when he left Ports- j mouth brought away his lii> ))r,'-errrrs ■ -■•', him. li, , took th«»iii to town and i Li .a.i.i tiit'Ti in .i rry-'a! bou-l. Every I c ■ '■ -upplipH them '.\itli :•;• ■?' water- | a-; .-i.'i-jarMi that t.hi\v hud romp to ! —; „,„, 3 , we j| as ~,. knrw ' hem. lie 1 I*: i::-ti lo Romi'' , .' willi ' lie irrpa.t- j ' ' ~~M< Thfy wprr rif.Tn j r tn liirn ih;ia ■ f-'-i. !••- "-.DM-- 2"<i-.'. L.i- lavouricr ma- . t." ,r ""■' n;oT..ircl.- '•" w'.ii ,, b in I- :■ i.-is'- b" hit..! given a-ylum. " r ": , ' Ft"": - - uf f "h : ,!ia . r -' issup'i vi! Imnorih! HiiifT tlisif on t ' :„"-" ;n ,' r.f •i ,' j-'r-t ntotlth "f Tli<* V-a , - .ill i ..;■■[ -oldifr- nuist r ' " " '■■ :r vi- ai:-. ;i - well a- all M.uv Ci.-.r- n? ;!•,. th-f- , Orilir.ary ,ir» to hf i!i«.wr-ct to do a> they ■ ■ ':•::: •':■.,■ Kr:pr>-- ' a- -howl! her '■':•'■"! -•.)■< -raft :•; ■'■«<.- ii7ii: ; her '' ;! " N h< r Lrui-e-i iip fa>-i that. if I ■ _.".-. ~-,.r,, ~r . i,.r i- .,j .., ~,11 ~(T I hpir i f •■•]>.•".- !■;.--• «-oir.i it i«»bly di<- j ■•■"•:. ;»••! : ; -.: j;- ,-■■.;, r , .. n ipn(- il'igl't

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The King of the Belgians has lately f ou,.t an extraordinary tower for himself near the castle of Lackeu. It is in J ap . ;an ese Rtyie. are ftve storie? ■ho door is wonderfully carved, am' ™ meS ' r ,l lla the Ja Pa«e S e exhibition m 7f- r , he door leads into a hall with shaded hght from coloured windows. represent Japan et peace and •lap-an nt « r . The furniture is all of : i tie most costly description. One day I Wst month the King entered the tower, and £aye the command that from hence- ; forth no one* was to allowed to »n- ---: ter it. The tower is guarded by j?en- ! darines and soldiers, who keep eVeryone !a! a dista nee. : Every body knows that in certain States "t tb« United tyta.tes t-hc\re are all kinds of for divorce much less than those which have to bo ruicged in otbpr English speaking coun- | tries. Even so. it is a little surprising lin find a husband complaining of his ■wife's ■•anp«±r.a.nc-<» in oM ;uid soiled J apparel.'" and putting it forward as part , <if r :ic r.iv. rTi:iffriiil oiil vi which he [invites the Court to manufacture a de-■T-p m>l. One can wpII understand his desire thai >h*> whould do him credit. Hut it gives rjT.iti c ;i new mearring to Marriage a la Mode if thf marriage ser-vi«.-e bfconj.-s a continuing contra<-r to uross v la iru.do. .Vny sucb obligation iiuist. 1.1 ivursr. be two-sided: if the ;.ic«,p's plumage mast not be old and s.'ii.-iL iieithor must the gander's. On : flu- wheic jt makes for the quiet life i hut there is less variety in onr marri- ' a.L , ' , 1;»W. A may. and does, take mant liUr; ir.-i with perfect impuiuir. but at lc:u»t Rhe cannot siap her mistress's face iuid go with her wages but without pan- | is.hnw.nt. (hie yonny woman who slapped ■ her mist-ress's face because slip was ac-;-used of purloining b\rttrr had the elTmntery. on bHng dismissed on the I j-pv*. to sue for a w W k< waxres- The j .Judge, for once, took the side of the i lnivT.res.-;. common-?en.*e. and heir play. L.i living judgment against the servant. nc said Uiar for a servant i., sLap a niistrpss'.s iace was an tninardonable thing: Jir «he 9-i« faX-ely she had her r mtßMv, l-or .i rni<trpss to «lap a sp.ivant's fin-p b;u ; e uou«h. and she would be entirely in i ho wronc. but for :i servant to smack a miswess's face— jwHI. no ntietrPßfi muld be exp-cu-d to jkfvp her a minute after that. .Although itbe had ptactk-ally earned a week s wages at th«» time, she had fori fMted them, as anything in lien of notice. "

Was it not Bhsmarrfc who said fhat if kiiijrs cuaid -visit a hxttlefield uud si c the herrors of men's dying agonies th<re would be no more wars? Such, sights as these made Xapoleon 111. and "tiie hmperor of .4us,tr:;< heart-aide. They saw men go mad of-thirst, ?a«- them strip themselves naked on th» battlefield an<l riancp maniacally where the shell fell thickest. an d pelt charging cavaLry α-ith clods of hlood-soddeti earth. Men hunger :ind thirst: and arc a= human in 1 heir wants in war as in peace. A transport fnll of Tommies for the Crimea, landed with hah" a ton of raw tnr;'.p< missing. Th.c Tommies had eaten ?f>em n- desert. Laasrhinar r, ver the notion. ihe late Sir Hurry KeppcJ walked up with Pir Colin Campbell to a -=pnt where a desperate Kalian ca.vaJrv charee had itePti repuised. [v the shov." lay the ilead horses. '"1 • i i»1 not knevr i lie Russian*! docked thr>ir so plose." -aid >ir Harry. Campbel! replied. "That's fl>e French, who took the i-iih to nuke bouillon soup." Tr has: been definitely that the Tvedding of the < ierman Crown Prince will take place in TVrTln on March '2'! nex f . The n«"wiy-ma.rripd Prince, with hi- bride, will then proceed to Potsdiim. vvherr- there v. ill be a eeremuny of re-i-vption by the t'lwu. Tbfv -vvill take up ■.hf.v residence n< rhe Town Pil.ic?'. v,b<r,. <'\t.-i:-;v.> .i Iterat !r,n« nre I>sin2 niad>-. i nmmnnic.itiiifip arc at pr»'~ejit ptwin;.' heiuefn the Tarious Prussia; 1 , riivi'iii-ipulitif , .- a> t" the form which their wedding preseJil to the Crowe Prinie ati-i I'ruwn Prin«v.-.s shall tak". The sreneral r,|»ini"jn is titai it >lioti!i! be .a silver (iiiinrj- -iervii-e. The Crown Prince li.i- iu.«i .-'n , in an old vegetable-seller lunii-d Krnjzer pholopraph. insoriti- . ii. "In meumry ot yotrr f r i''-nd. Prederiek William." lie niiide the old worunnV ae. quaintanee in lflOO. at the manoeavres. wlifii lie found her with Her head bandaged, suffering ajjony from toothy he. His Rjjyal Ifighiieas promptly v . n t tn her relief his mm regimental who drew the affected tooth on !he ~t)iit. Kver siiu'f rhf»n the old woman ■ \a< written two or three thn<»3 a year io .!:.■ ( m« i Prince.

WliP-n TV , said :r»d'>y.» to thp Alake ■if Al/puk'.u.i -<,!!!/■ iTiinni.n's ajf»>. writes m- l^-iMI.»M -IXu'v w.> won- ■ ~.-,,{ what \<. 'iii: ! h" thr n+'X! tiidrm?s rh-.n *p -Ii.»:ilil ■•■? lum a.iier ht- hatl irrivcJ hi '•!■- "wn lvi - •.•••tifUTy. As -v „ as ii- lnu! ~ui^. ; > down Li'.'ain. m hi- "'A v sv.oiup—ur i- it pruin<. ,, vv-iii'-h xiirii'.tl li iMjor f;:ll\- i-i in- l!i"im>|-v iif a'! ike L<Iki.l -i in hu-pj-y tiifflandv Wlta: wniHH ;;►■ mi-- lii:) , .- - !: \rirat rn.*st fiffijJ!' , ? '\\iil. t .:.' ;lil>«<T ''i.l> '-ijtxii'- II:.- -- =u-ii.i :■> ]ji>rbi-on f;.. , : v/. Tii.'. -li , . i» of a.iul ~!,: 01 ;iiir;t»<i ROTips ojki li~!i. aud li«i- pa-tii M>r iii.r>iri m g-oori ptlm ■>■] iuul -«rtiil raabnirany In??. Are U?p-s-» : in , inrsdt-m «juh.aJeirt« of whm-r. tr> o.a----.,;.:.it priauth i' peo-j>h? wen , "tii* , fjesii- ! ptm.-i <*f KgypL'S, It is. perhaps. jt»l a li?.:!c tn find Alatw's ; -■' upon L.iif 1 plex-<m*r- ii t'h«* tjuulp. ilo ißiftlii have ipat fur <Taics of lia-rdwj.-ri' gn-nds. for iuncy soa.j>.- ni , r.uiafia Itats. !L>r uvii'hanifiaJ I f>yvi '■■' »«tucaLUirtial appLianc**;, for ]»<■- i ti'rc j>«+r(urr:> <"»r In■it«»4 li' , iia-< f>rder«l pluun piuidir"?;- l>y j till , '-:lSi J . \Vp mi£?it i-OTlfßKri Otl r iffrK>raao> as to huw nstin- pi am puddings «■<> to niakf" a eacir. lor oaseß. Trke arp of varying 3ize6. Birt thf qiian-;it\ i? f.vkient-lv enermous. heyond thf> mvazina tion even of tero. ami due Aleke rs fflithei 1 prepevtrng for hdm~p!t inaujy of paiirful iwptefcrori, or bis rmTrd b? set on spireaidinjf ffl:«tn«s« Ehrou£=h liis paL'ice feaSs. As gpTOTOsiity b<*se<?ai]i= an Atatr hebteT cha.n we shsrfl hold to the ia.t.t'fr rheor\-. But who slvaJl coajusreup tJip im-paji-ent prid'f' wit:h wbi-uh tite ALake. seated it-t lii- own dintieT table — ba.rharic. iuipolisih«d iiiuJropuny—on. I CliristuHM Day. wLH fanti--1". Mr UiiuJiiHS to a ilinxter in •Uir. Eiijrlis'u fashion? Tumarl soup —oxtail, perIjiiffr. with bones to prove it—titmed tish iroon clie DoggeT Baaik. native roast beef. aivd then tbr pdum puridLngr? TwfQty-five cases of suck pieMings! If the Aiainx ha& a gowd Iroirsekeeper among , h/is wive 3 the paddlags oogiit to Last over Twelfth Night. Nor does the qhmoue menu cud there. There is dessert to foilow in T-be shape of crystallised fruits, the acme of d-oying sweetness aaid of sticky tteHigb-t. We hisre no <faHibt as to the Atjeofcntooi aqjpetite; jxstj good digestion wait upee itt