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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 9316, 10 March 1893, Page 2

On the fourth page will bB found letters to the editor, our Walpawa correspondent's letter, and an article entitled " Cows' Food and the Quality of their Milk," Mr Joseph Kitnbell, who has taken over the Club Hotel, Danevirke, irora Mr J, Henderson, has decided to make extensive alterations to the premises. Mr T, B. Jasobsen, of Palmerston North, has designed the alterations.

The following will represent the United Cricket Club Id tbeir junior match against the County at Parndon tomorrow: — Bradley, Cato, Crowlev, Davis, J. Hughes, Jones, B. Martin, Morris, Ross, Tylee, and Whyte. Emergencies, Cox, Carglll, and Kiely.

We have received from the pnblisher, New Plymouth, a song entitled "At Last." The words are by Edith Grace Levy, and the music by Mr George Garry, formerly of Napier. In addition to the vocal score and pianoforte accompaniment, the music includes a pretty violin obligato. The air is pleasing, and Mr Garry is to be complimented upon his work.

At the Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday, before Dr. Caro, J.P., a man named John William Bible was charged with drunkenness. He was in a deplorable condition, as in addition to suffering from alcoholic excess, and apparently bordering on inbecillty, he had in some way received a severe injury to his face, probably by falling down. He was remanded till Monday to receive treatment in gaol.

We hear that Mr Harriaon Davis, who is well known In Hawke's Bay in connection with the Colonial Mutual Assurance Society, has accepted an appointment under the New York Life Office in conjunction with Sir Julius Yogel, in London. The salary which he is to receive ia stated to be £3000 per annum. Mr Davis Is at present engaged by the Colonial Mutual Office as resident secretary for Otago. The following are the crews that will represent the Union Rowing Club in their annual matches. The " rep." crew consists of J. Waterworth (stroke), lOat 6ib ; M. Clarkin (3), list 101 b; W. Warcup(2), list 2lb ; nnd J. Northey (bow), lOst 61b, The 10-stone crew are W. Hands (stroke), 7st 121 b j A. Slmmonda (3), 9st 121 b ; J. Fisber (2), 9st 81b ; and W. Connor (bow), 93t 61b. . Their match with the Napier Club will be rowed on Saturday afternoon, the 25th inst,, in the inner harbor harbor (weather permitting). They will leave by steamer on the 29th inst. for Glsborne to row against crews of the Poverty Bay and Glsborne Kowing clubs, Mr Samuel E. Moreton, who ia now in Napier, and of whose ability as a water color artist the Christchurcb papers speak very highly, will likely hold an exhibition of some of his pictures here. Lately, in Christchurcb, Mr Moreton showed 100 of his works in oils, water colors, and monochrome, and additional interest wcs lent) t9 the show owing to the fact that the artist described his adventures while sketching amoig the fiords, sounds, lakes, and mountains of the South Island. We have not yet hpard what Mr Moreton's arrangements are likely to be, but no doubt) lovers of the tine arts in onr town and district will have an opportunity of viewing the pictures of so able an artist, Mr St. Clsir, advance agent for the Holloway dramatic company, is now in town busily engaged in making the necessary preparations for the opening of the company's season on Thursday next, the first day of the Jockey Club's autumn meeting. The season will last six sights, and the plays to be produced include the nautical drama "My Jack," the spectacular play " The Land of the Living," the comedy-drama "The Ring of Iron," the farcical comedy "Uncles and Aunt 9," and the domestic play "The Workman." The opening piece will be " My Jack," which has enjoyed great fivor in the South, The company, the members of which arrived yesterday, are taking a week's holiday after seven months' hard work and incessant travelling throngh the colony, The management have to land to-day 20 tons of original scenery, and all the plays to be staged will be well mounted, There is a yarn oircling to the effect that two French globe trotters were recently introduced to Sir Roberre Stout, and that the first question be asked them was, "Do they talk much of me in France?" We don't believe this story, At least, we can hardly believe it, — Catholic Times.

Statistics show that the Dumber of passengers carried by steam within the area of the British metropolis in a single year does not fall short of 827,000,000. Next come the tramways, or horse cars, which transport in a year no fewer than 191,000,000 passengers. The omnibnses are credited with carrying at least 200,000,000. There still remain the riders in cabs and the patrons of the river steamers. Including these, the number of passensrers moved from place to place in some form of public conveyance is estimated at about 777,000,000. Mr Richard Mansfield, the American actor, has ordered his manager to discontinue the use of posters and window cards, and to conline all the advertisements of his oompany to the newspapers. He says :— •' A man who does not read the newspapers does not attend the theatres," and goes on to observe that If the hundreds of thousands of peunds which are spent on making cities hideous were spent on people who could read, and who patronise the drama, it would be much better for the theatres. Somewhat similar views are held by Mr John Hollingshead, and Sir Augustus Harris. In the course of an interesting description in The Times by Captain PasfieldOliver of the famous patriarchal giant tortoise which has been living in the barracks at Port Louis, Mauritius, for the last 128 years, it is mentioned that the importer was Captain Marion dn Fresne, who was murdered by the Maoris at the Bay of Islands about 1772. This tortoise is the cole specimen existent of the once numerous gigantic land tortoises. It is, Captain Oliver remarks, edifying to reflect that this same solitary tortoise, imported by Captain Fresne, has snrvived the whole race of those unfortunate Tasmanian aborigines with whom that navigator cutne into conflict whilat en route to New Zealand. A bachelors' club was founded in Vienna recently. A sum of money has been forwarded from, an anonymous husband, who wished the bachelors evtry happiness. Then a b»-\utiful decoration for the table was sent by a lady, who begged to be allowed to furnish the necessary flowers in case any of the bachelors repented and got married. Next, dozens of indignant letters from mothers and spinsters, who wished the Blub all sorts ot unpleasant things, were read aloud. Finally, the bachelors sleeted as President and as members of the committee refused to serve, fearing that they would be socially ostracised luring the coming festive season if their aames were made known, The congregation of a City church were eleotrlfied a few days ago by a decidedly unoonventlonal observation from the pulpit. The Rev. Stephen Barraes, one of the most sincere ana most convincing of the younger clergy, was preaching on the subject of national ideals. He regretted that in the capital and labor war each side fought for Its own interests exolnaively, and forgot the nations. Then ho sought in hia mind for a good epigram to olencb the argument, and in the heat of the moment out came the declaration : "There is, brethren, too much of the stand - and ■ deliver policy on the one hand and of the see-yoa-damned-flrst policy on the other." The congregation sat bolt upright as one man ; and Mr Barrass will get a call from one of the big American churches it he cultivates this style of eloquence. 4 volnma of memoirs has just been puolished giving the experiences of a French President of Assize. It bears enrions testimony to the inaccuraoy of women on the subject of their own ages. As the writer's information is from the calendar, he speaks only of the criminal classes. The only instances in wbioh he finds correct dates given by women are when they ate under 25 or over 85, At

these periods of life, he says, they arc to be ti asted. At) all other periods the sure controlling tendency is to understate. The Magistrate has been able to give a i vale for guidance. He finds that female prisoners invariably state their ages as 29, 39, 49, or 59, and from this remarkable circumstances he deduces hid rule. If their nges are in the forties, they boldly set down in the thirties, but, conscience asserting itself, they keep us near the truth 88 they caD, and fix fchom at 39. Whether inalo criminals i'o the same tho Magistrate docs not state.

Iv n lecture on " Some Curiosities <rf Bird Life " recently delivered in London by Mrßowdler-Sharpe, the lecturer stated that the hula of New Zealand was remarkable as the only bird in which the male and female differed structurally instead of In plumage merely. The male bird had a short strong beak andthe female a long curved beak, and the natives said that, In extracting grubs from trees the male birds broke away the bark, and the female dug down for the grub. With the button quail of the East Indies, the female bird was, In violation of rule, handsomer us to plumage, and larger and j stronger thnn the male, and she used her strength to compel the male bird to hatch out the eggs after they had been laid. Mr Sharps then adduced some examples iIU-qtrative of protective resemblances pod mimicry in birds. The owl parrot of New Zealand, he pointed ont, had perfectly-formed wings, but conld not fly, and It evaded pursuit by ro'ling into a bank of moes, the color of which was the same as that of its plumage. The button ■ quail, in the presence of danger, stuck out its feathers, so that it resembled one of the little browa cactus plants which were characteristic of its habitat.

The Hon. Wilfrid Laurier, the leader of the Liberal party in Canada, made a vigorons appeal for tariff reform in the direction of Freetrade at a great Liberal gathering in Toronto on January 12tb. He said that Canada was like a young giant manacled, and the Liberals proposed to set her free. With regard to the victory of the Democrats in the United States, Mr Laurier remarked that it was the second greatest that had been achieved in the history of Freetrade, and it was second only to that won by Richard Cobden and John Bright. He expressed the hope that Freetrade would bs maintßined in Great Britain, and that the trend towards it in the United States might result in a grand commercial alliance of all the Anglo-Saxon races. Reciprocity with the United States would not, in his opinion, lead to annexation, and certainly similar treaties between the great North American Repnblic and other countries had not been so regarded. Mr Laurier's speech appears to have produced a considerable effect In Western Ontario. The feeling in favor of tariff retorm in the direction of Freetrade is growing, according to a Toronto correspondent, and It is believed that the Liberal leader's appeal will awaken sympathetic response throughout the greater p«b of the Dominion. It) is now recognised on every hand that the annexation movement is i dead. The orean which was established I to advocate union with the United States has suspended publication for lack of I support.