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Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue 281, 17 September 1889, Page 2

The other night in front of Hunter * hotel, an extraordinary sight was witnessed. A man, unfortunately the worse for liijnor was staggering about, when a member of the Salvation army came along, selling war erys. The inebriated one, penetrated with some obscure idea that his condition hardly adapted him' to act for himself, made ii bargain with the army man, that he would purchase a dozen war crys, if the seller would pray for him. How* much of earnest desire, or wickedness, prompted the re-, quest we cannot say, but the Salvationist took him at his word, and fell upon his knees in front of him, and prayed loud and long. Our informant did not stay for the completion of the prayer, so we cannot say if the promised purchase was completed, but the whole proceeding has a touch of unseemliness, and is to be regretted. However good the motive, the surroundings were incongruous. A gentleman of the Jewish persuasion when instructing his son in his busiiv-ss, is reported to have informed him that the art lay, not in selling what was asked for, but in selling what was not asked for. In this as in every thing else, what is for sale is generally wanted, and the expression was used to bring it clearly before the youthful mind the necessity of showing all the goods held by the storekeeper, to every customer. One storekeeper j (or his wile) in this town understands the art, us by her politely sending us one of the "Eureka" iced cukes for sampling, has managed to Tct our opinion at a very cheap rate. Still t le act wuh to nicely j erformed, and the cuke, when cut. one which is called the " Citron " and manufactured by Gnflin <V Sons of Nelson, so good, that we readily accord our approval of these delicacies imported and sold by Mr \\. McLean. The f 'it rin, cukes are very nice, but as to the utlwf* we only lu,j,.- they arc. We notice that in Wellington the drapers are making special efforts to inform their customers of iho arrival ol' (heir uew season's good-;, fn this town our business men imagine (hat such changes should l>e ascertained by a perusal of an ancient a'lununu. It may be a saving of shillings, but it undoubtedly is a ]o;s of pounds, to them. A wild black rabbit was killed in th 0 Main street on Saturday evening. At ft meeting of the committee of the Foxton Racing Club on Saturday last it was decided to notify the Cromwell .Jockey Club that the committed could not bee it's way at present to joining the agitation against the Metropolitan Hubs organised by that club. Commenting upon this matter, the chairman Mr Kussell, ye marked that in his opinion the dissatisfaction which at present exitted would not cease until delegates from the variouscountrv clubs were allowed a voice in the deliberations of the Metropolitan clubs upon all! matters affecting amounts t:> be given in I stakes, r lies ,' f racing and so forth, l.'nder j some such proposal, it might be possible ! for delegates to attend the annual meetings i of the Metropolitan club, and represent the ' views of their clubs upon subjects which J were likely to create any friction. '

Parliament stands adjourned to Friday, when it will be prorogued by proclamation. The chairman of the Wirokino Road Hoard has now forwarded to this office the specifications of the duties of the permanent way man and his wife. Intending tenderers can sea the same on application. The Ilawera Star says :— Some settlers report great success in poisoning small birds- with the County Council- -wheat-, others very little. We believe that successful poisoning is almost an art. You can fool the sprightly sparrow and the larrikin lark with poisoned wheat lor a day or two, ty I .*. M. 1 .?. £«V.Y?vp. 118 somehow .manage .to connect the dea: •; of "their relatives with the poisoned grain, and subsequently pass the poisoned, and proceed to less dangerous, provender. The Napier News says:— "A Kaikoura gentleman yesterday left by train for Palmerston North for a holiday. He intends to walk from Palmerston to Wanganui in order to have a look at the oharacter of the country between those two places." He is evidently unacquainted with Colonial Kail, ways or he would not walk, as the train would allow him more time to view the scenery. The School Inspector informs us that ihe examination of the Foxton Stats School will commence on Tuesday the 24th t instant, and not Monday as previously fixed. Edward (liesen, of Foxton, who claimed additional compensation for loss of office in the Public Works Department has, in the opinion of the Public Petitions (A to L) Committee, no claim against the colony. The Waste Lands Committee recommend that the petition lately .forwarded to the House by V. Van Redan and others, praying that a vote may be placed on the Estimates for the construction of a road to connect Eketahuna with the West Coast, via Shannon, with a view to opening up settlement west of Eketahuna, be referred to the Government for favourable consideration. . We have no desire to be alarmists, bnt ii is stated that the product of a single pair ol English sparrows for ten years will be 27{MiU),w:-W,<Mw birds. ■^ Colonial policeman must have returned to England as an exchange says a man gave another man into custody' at Liverpool races on a charge of picking his pockets, It turned out the man so accused had ,nc arms. He brought an action for false imprisonment, and was awarded .€2O. The lambing of the Hampshire Down 5 flock at the Oroua Downs Estate ha' totalled 120 per cent. Mr Wolseley, the inventor of the shearing machine, is arranging to float his patent in a Company, with a capital of 41850,000. It is reported that scab has broken outir a small liock of live hundred hoggets run ning by themselves at Black Valley, a dis tinct portion of the run of Mr John Kerr, oi the Lake, Nelson. The Inspector was communicated with at once, and means were adopted for preventing the spread ol the disease. The Great Diamond, lately discovered ir Cape Colony, and now at the Paris Exhibition, weighs itfO carats and is valued ai £000,000. It is kept iv a glass case by it self aml.guardians stand aroun:! it all day At night it is placed in a big safe*, which if similarly guarded all night. Tt is said tc be of the first water, and as pure as tin fambnsßegent in the 'French Crown dia monds. ... The antiquity of d 11s has lately beer proved at Home, where thera was found ir a sareopagns, containing the skeleton of a young girl, a wooden doll with jointed.arnu and legs. Disastrous floods have been experienced at Echuca town, situated on the peninsula formd by the Mumiy and Campaspe rivers l()(i miles north of Melbourne. Many persons have been rendered homeless and arc living in tents pitched on high ground Boats have been scut from Melbourne tc rescue residents from theiv unfortunate position. A cyclone has devastated the Atlantic coast of North America. Many wrecks nnd the loss of f)0 lives are reported. A number of persons have asked us (say.s the Canterbuty Times) if the late Hon. \V. Robinson's entries for races in New Zealand and Australia become void by the death of the nominator. They, do not. The English rule bearing on this point reads: — " Subscriptions and all entries or right of entry under them become void on the death of the subscriber ;" but there is no corresponding rule in New Zealand or Australia. This will answer co respondents. The Melbourne Leader says ; — Mr P. M'Farland of Barooga, one of the most experienced and observant sheep breeders in Australia, is of opinion that the type and colour of black sheep can be fixed, and he is now devoting attention to the carrying out of his theory. All the black lambs at Barooga are collected and sent to Malogna, a station in the Lachlan district. He h'nds that by careful selection and the rejection of all lambs having a trace of white about them, tho colour can with a considerable degree of certainty, be' depended on in the third generation. He intends persevering with the experiment, and has no doubt that in time he will become the possessor of a black Hock having such a fixity of type as to be capable of transmitting he colour to their offspring. The wool of black sheep, on accounts of ifs scarcity is extremely valuable. The Chr stchnrch Press learns- that a private cable message lias been received in that city from London, stating that arrangements are being made for great ex- , tensions of tonnage for frozen meat, equal to nil the demands for next year. The Press was also informed that the gentlemen who control the shipping interests in \ New Zealand had represented that six new j cargo boats would be needed to meet tho ivquiri'inonts of tho trade of New Zealand next season. KEATING S COUGH LOZE' GE'S ur" (Jon-ili*, Asthma. Bronchitis. Medical testimony states that no other medicine is ho effoiu.il in the cure of these dangerous maladies* Oho L zenge alone giv<« etsc, or two at Umltime ensures rest. Ft r relieving difticclty of breathing they ara invaluable. They contain no opiate nor any violent drug. >t>\A by all Chemists uTins, li I.UI ,'nifl 2^ 91 unco.