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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5269, 12 July 1888, Page 2

There was a clean charge sheet at tho R.M. Court this morning.

Theru was a good attendance last night at the niusiottl service of "Reclaimed" held in the Methodist school-room. Tho entertainment proved a mont enjoyable one, tho various items being exceedingly well rendered, whilo tho selections by tho choir were given in such a manner that reflected great credit not only upon the members but also on the leader, Mr Watkins. Tho connective parts wcro read by tho Rev. J. Edwanln. Mesdumes Ward, Watkins, 'fait, Chicken, anil Israel, MissTownshond, and Mr Simpson were allotted the solos and part songs, their respective pieces being well given. Tho sorvicc on the whole proved a, capital one, and those who assisted are to be congratulated upon the success which attended their efforts to ensure a successful gathering. The same programme will bo repeated on Sunday evening next, commencing at a quarter past eight o'clock. | There will bo no charge for admission, but a collection will bo made in aid of tho church funds.

Tho fourth gathering this winter under tho auspices of the Lα Mascotto Quadrille Assembly will eventuate at tho Theatre Royal this evening. Wo hear of still further additions to tho numbers previously attending, Mr Newbonld's bund will be greatly augmented by other members of his combination, and the floor ie sure to bo in

good order, as the forepart of this wook has been dovoted to planing the hoards, and working theiv surface imo condition again.

While here in Hawke's Bay we are enjoying the most delightful weather, almost summer from its genial character, down south they aro experiencing all the severities of a cold wet winter.

Some modifications arc to be made in the specifications for the second boach groin which will raako it cheaper, and obviate the ufio of some of the machinery used in the construction of the first work.

Our Clivo correspondent informs us that Messrs Nelson Bros, have bought out most of tho butchers' businesses in that locality. There is evidently a centralising tendency in tho Hawko's Bay meat market.

Mr C. C Graham, Official Assignee in Bankruptcy, will bo in Napier shortly.

Among the " retrenchment" items «v the estimates we hear will be found that Dr. McGregor's salary is to bo raised from £1000 to £1200 a year.

Tho Napier Rifles parade this evening at the drill-shed for Government inspection at l.io o'clock, in review order with gaiters. After tho inspection tho company will march to the Clarendon Hotel, whero Major Bly the will be presented with, a handsome sword and spurs suitablo, to his promoted rank. As a token of appreciation for his services rendered to the company asCantnin, and also to commeraraorate his promotion to the rank of Major, the,members of the Rifles havo decided on this step, and have subscribed individually towards the cost of the testimonial to be presented this evening. The remainder of the evening will be occupied with a social. Tho members of tho presentation committee, are requested to meet »t tho drill-shod at half past seven o'clock. . .

Tho steamer Chingdo will leave Port Darwin for Hong Kong on Sunday, the 15th instant, the voyage occupying about nine or tun days. Telegrams can bo sent ncroes the gap by this means at tho senders' iiek. ......

Tho "World's Fair at Barcelona will bo as great a success as Barcelona papers can inakoit. The editors of eighteen journals' published in that town have put their heads and pens together and perpetrated a circular to their foreign confreres in journalism. Sad to relate, the eighteen were not content with promulgating their views iv their native tongue; they added thereto an English version, which i? a monument of linguistic labor. Hero »ro a few passages, from the proclamation of the eighteen editors. "Spain make ready all to celebrate by tho first timo ati Universal Exhibition. May bo our nnibitions go very more far that our means, but separately of what our purpose, our design cannot be badly received for his gonerous intention; nobody in conscience may demand to us more that we be able of doing." The editors then go on to remark that " Spain is imperfectly known in outlands, and wants have an exact knowledgeof those countries." This exact knowledge tho World's Fair will encourage; and, "if we can count our colleagues in the press, our reclamations will bo great armony and resonance who shall resonne in tho civilised world.".

The Hon. Benjamin Harrison represents the Stnte of Indiana in the United States Senate, and was at ono time Governor of Indiana. By tradition and conviction he is a strong , and consistent Republican. He resides at North Baud, Indiana, of which State ho is a native. Mr Harrison is a man in the prime of life, and among the Republican party is exceedingly popular. His father was Mr John Scott Harrison, and his grandfather was inaugurated President of tho United States on March 4, 1841, but he died a month afterwards ero he had time to formulate a policy, after an illness of eight days. Mr Consul Griifen, who represents tho United States in Sydney, has dedicated a book written by him, entitled *" The Memoir of Colonel Charles S. Todd," to tho Hon. John Scott Henderson, father of the choioo of the Chicago Republican Convention.

Tho sreond son of a certain royal poMonago in Germany smokes his pipe in tho English fashion, and smokes it .Tionnng, noon, and night. It is related of him in San Remo that, ifoing to church ono Sunday afternoon, ho started with his prayer-book under his arm and his briar-root well alight in his mouth. A young English friend of his who was staying at San Remo ventured on a mild remonstrance. "My dear boy," said tho English dtuidy, " you arenntgoing to church with that thing in your mouth?" The prince took his pipe from between his lips ;iml looked at it. "I beg , your pardon, old fellow," ho said; "I forgot it was Sunday." Ho ran buck homo -with tho briar-root and reappeared with a meerschaum.

The Charitablo Aid Board, Christchurch, yesterday agreed to co-operato with the Southland Board in endeavoring to obtain endowments for Charitable Aid Boards, and to request tho Canterbury members of Parliament to give their support. An animated discussion took place re tho Lyttelton Orphanage. The chairman of the Orphanago committee stated that complaints having been made that a. girl fourteen years of ugo had been severely punished, he, with tho Eev. Mr Chambers, visited the orphanago and enquired into tho matter. They found that tho governess, tho under-master, as well as Mr Brownlee, the head-master, had been in tho habit of inflicting punishment. This had now been altered. As to severe treatment, an examination of tho children showed that no undue violence had been used.

Calling a boy up in tho morning can hardly bo classed under tho head of pastimes, especially if the boy is fond of exercise tho day before: and it ia a little singrnlnr that tho next hardest thing to getting a boy out of bed is getting him into it. There is rarely n mother who is a success at rousing a boy. All mothers know this, and so do their boys. And yet the mother seems to go at it iv tho right way. Sho opens the stair-door, and insinuatingly observes : "Johnny." No response. "" John-ny," Still no response Then there is a short, sharp *' Jolm,'' followed a moment later by a prolonged emphatic " John Henry." A grunt from the upper region signifies that un impression has been made, nnd'tho mother is encouraged to udd : " You'd better bo coming down hero to your breakfast, young man, before I come up there and give you something you'll feel." This so startles thoyoung man that he immediately goes to sleep agaiu. And the operation has to be repeated several times. A father knows nothing about this trouble. Ho merely opens his mouth as a soda-water bottle ejects its cork, and the "John Henry" that cleaves the air of that staircaeo goes into that boy like olectricity, and pierces tho deepest recess of his naturo. And ho pops out of that bed and into his clothes and down tho stairs with a promptness that is commendable. It is rarely a boy allows hiniriolf to disregard tho paternal summons. About once a year is belioved to bo as often as is consistent with the rules of health. He saves his father a great many steps by his thoughtfuluess.

An notion for libel in Auckland lust weak failed, and plaintiff was non-suited, on what will appear to most people to be a very fine point. Tho alleged libel was contained in a letter that dealt with other matters as well. The recoivor of tho letter thought it was his duty to give the portion of the letter that referred to the plaintiff, to him, This portion only was forthcoming in Court, and Mr Justice Gillies ruled that when a libel was contained in a written document, tho whole of the document must bo produced, so as to show whether what was complainod of was not qualified or explained.

Parliament has now been for two months

in session, and practically the only work done has been the revision of tho tariff -a

work which in tho interests of tho colony we could wish had been left undone. The two months of the session have indeed been mischievously rather than usefully employed. As to general work, there has beon littlo or nothing done. Almost tho only item worth noting is tho abortivo Chinese Immigration Bill, which is now hung , up between the two Houses, and it is not at all likely to become law. At tho present rate of progress, tho session will have to lust until Christmas, if ono-half of the business which is not down for consideration requires to bo dealt with. The Estimates aro not touched, although the first quarter of tho financial year has passed, and although two-thirds of tho length of mi ordinary session have gone. , , tho Public Works Statement has not yot been mnde. If members aro not propared to pa.ss tho whole spring and part of the summer in Wellington, they will have to hurry on and do more work, with k-ss talk.—Post.

A Isiish grows in tlio interior of Australia

(ssiiys the Eureku Timen) called by the colonista " imtivo hops," wliicli Koino day

must come into prominent notice owing , to its medicinal virtues, ns well us the fact

that tho blossoms have nil the qualities of common hops in mi intensified degree. The habitat of this valuable jtlimt is between

the Darling and Lticliltin rivere, mid it spreads over an area of about 200,000 square milcn. Each bus.h yields on au avumge about five pounds of hops, which hang in clusters all around tho outside of

I tho bush for üboufc four months in tho year, and arc fit for plucking during all that period. Tlio shepherds uso them for fermenting bread; the breweries also uso them inthe fermentation of beor ; and us v tonic bittera they are unequalled by any known vegetable production. They thrivo best upon sandy soil; are not liable to any dise.'ise ; very little care is required in their cultivation, us the bush is very hardy, and the leafage is graceful and evergreen. The yield per aero is more than double that of common hops ;no poles nro required; and tho pushing is v comparatively easy and speedy proceeding.

Tho Orphan Houso at Lahr, in tho Duchy of Baden—which has been built npon, endowed with, and is sustained by, the ends of cigars (says a London paper}—has been frequently described. It originated with tho editor of that most popular of German year-books, tho Lahrer Kalender, and it has its busy collectors and contributors of cigar ends in ovory German town and among the German communities on the other side of the Atlantic. A now society of benevolent collectors, according to the Kleiue Zeitung , , is now at work. Tho members gather together all the old used corks they can find—it matters not how damaged they arc—and forward them on to tho central

depot, wnenoe they n,ro sent to linoleum factories, us the oolleotcU cigar ends are sent to the tobacco factories. The yield from the corks, it is said, promiso to be much more profitablo than that from tho cigar ends, and some poor folk have been employed (by a iniddk-mau ?) in collecting them. ■' *

The followihg.are to-day's mercury readings :—Rutsell 54, /> tick laud 55, Thames 59, Cambridge. 40, Tanrariga 55, Taupo 48, Gisbornc 4C, Napier. 62, New Plymouth 54, Wanganui 51, Wellington 55, Blenheim 56, Nelson 47, "Westport 47, Greymoutili 47, Hokitika 45, Bealy 29, Lyttelton ii, Timara 50, Oa'maru 56. Port Chalmers 4/, Dunedin 45, Clyde 43, Queenstpwn 38, Brflclutha 46. Invercargill 43, and Bluff 38.

Mr Grant, principal of Queen's College, Kingston, Canada,.is. now on a visit to Wellington. Ho has expressed the opinion that a largo trade in wool would be opened by the Vancouver route between this colony and the Dominion.

The sequel, to the alleged garrotting, robbery, and attempted murder at Wellington bus come. Cousins in his report to the police stated that the offence was committed at 10 o'clock on.Sunday night, but Detective Ben jainin, who has been carefully investigating the matter, was to-day able to throw quite a different light on the subject. In the course of his investigation he got information from several' of Cousins' friends as to his whereabouts on Sunday "evening. Thomas Reid, employed at Soffee's, cabinet-maker, states that he met Cousins on Sunday evening at about 10 or 9.45 o'clock. .Tolm Lockwood, tailor, and Charles Mitchel, a sou of a coach-builder, joined them, and they went to several placos, which can bo proved. They state that Cousins waa not out of their company until midnight. This information, which is entirely reliable, leaves Cousins under the necessity of obtaining some confirmation of tho statement he made on Monday, or of lying under the'odium of having invented a 'charge of robbery and attempt to murder to screen himself from the' consequences of a position he wasunable to face. : -. r

Woollen manufacturers in America are in a very bad way. Many mills, with their ■ plant, have recently been thrown into tho market, and those disposed of have fetched only a small proportion of their original cost. A correspondent of the Now York Herald expressed tho belief that an advertisement asking for woollen mills at half price would elicit even more replies than an announcement that a bull-pup was in request. The cause of this depression is the impossibility of working at a ptofit with wool at the price to which it has been forced up by protective duties. Native American wool is not produced in sufficient quantity to meet the requirements of the trade, notwithstanding that it has the advantage of a practical bounty in tho duties imposed on foreign wool; while,', at tho same time, these are inadequate to countervail" the superiority of British goods. Thus tho American people have to pay excessively high prices for cloths, blankets, and all other kinds of woollen, goods, without oven tho satisfaction of knowing that they aro thereby supporting their own manufactures. As a matter of fact they are only swelling the surplus of public revenuo, which the Washington Government is sorely puzzled to dispose of.

A telegram from Dunedin last night says:—"Railway communication with Dunedin both north and south is now t-topped. The Southern express only came as far as Clarkesville, just south of Milton, and had to stop thore as thoro wore four feet of water on the line. Tho Outram branch lines are also under water, and trains have ceased running. All efforts to the northern line clear by dark failed, and tho railway is blocked. Arrangements have been mado to take the mails by couch to Waitoti and connect with the train there. In town the damage done by -tho persistent rainfall is very slight, but as it still continues ruining, although not heavily, there is serious danger of slips occurring as tho ground becomes saturated. In the North-east Valley the lower portions havo about two feet or so of water on them."

A case of breach of promise, in which £50C damages was claimed, was heard at the Supremo Court, Dunedin, yesterday. Sarah Ferguson, of Naseby, spinster, sued John Dawson, of the same place, baker and grocer. The parties had been engaged for about four years. Dawson then began to pay attentions to a Miss Donaldson, with whom lie stated he had become entangled. For the plaintiff it. was contended that ho induced her to write and release him from bis engagement to her so as to be able to show Miss Donaldson the letter and enable him to free himself from her to marry Miss Ferguson. For the defence it was contended that the engagement was broken off voluntarily by the plaintiff. At tho conclusion of the evidence tho jury said that they considered the plaintiff had not proved her caso, but at the request of tho Judge they listened to Sir Robert Stout for the plaintiff, and then they found for tho defendant.

" Rough on Catarrh " corrects offensive odors at once. Complete euro of worst chronic cases ; also unequalled a-* gurgrlo for diphtheria, sore throat, foul bresitn.

Skinny Men.—"Wells' Health Kcnewor" restores Health and vigor, cures Dyspepsia, Impotence, Sexual Debility. At chemists and druggists. Jvcmplhohie, Prosser & Co., Agts., Wellington.

We are requo.sted by Messrs Scarlo and Co . to state that, for the- convenience of their evening customers, they will keep their Drapery Establishment open till nino o'clock every night.—[ad\t.J • .

Cheap saddlery.—John MuVay in tolling for cash Coloniul-mado kkliUis, with kueepads si'id furniture complete, from 30s each. Hastings-street, Napier. ■

IMPORTANT TO BUILDERS and carpenters.—W'ebboi- and Wilson have just lauded, ox Aoraugi, 12 cases carpenters' tools, including Bucks, Hand, aud .Rip Saws; Dovetail Saws : Matheson's Planes; Ward's Chisels, &c.; also 3 cases Stand Mangles, and 1 case Kerosono Cooking Stoves. Webber aud Wilson, Ironmongers, Emerson-streot.—[advt.]

Fearing your readers might wrongly construe your remarks about the Koromiko Cordinl, I bepr to <ira.w tbeir attention to the fact that the cordial made by Mr Owen is prepared at his pharmacy from tho fresh shrub, and was so made and sold by him before the American tsnbstitute came into tho market.—L-^v^J