OMNIUM GTHERUM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11113, 14 May 1898, Page 8

OMNIUM GTHERUM.

The San Francisco mail reached Dunedinlast evening. '■■..'.. Tho Agricultural Conference will be held at Christcuurch on the 16th pros.' ...... ' It is understood a conference of brewers will be held in Wellington next week. ' The Hon. W. Rolleston is laid up at present from the effects of a fall from his horse. Owing to the ravages 61! umall birds ib is said to be impossible to growl oats near Wellington. . " . ... t ". ' ... ." ~ . The Prefect of 86. Petersburg. ha« issued an order for fixing' a legal eight-hours day for young people ,in dressmaking, millinery, or tailoring establishments. Special advantages are offered by the Mutual Life Association of Australasia at very low rates. Best investments ever offered. to the public. \*-i . . » The quantity of water discharged every day into the sea by all the rivers of the world has been estimated to be about 36 cubic miles. ' Artificial coffee-berries have lately been manufactured abroad. Examination showed that they .were made of ash-gum, dextrine, and other'pleasant materials. ..'•■,.',' The Dnnlop tyre has undoubtedly proved itself to be the most comfortable and reliable tyre on earth, and it essentially the only tyre which will stand the wear and tear of' New Zealand roads. It is guaranteed for 12 months, and can be procured everywhere. *.*■ According to Napoleon, the proportions of an army should bs 70 per. cent, infantry, 17 per cent, cavalry, and 13 per cent, befcweep artillery, engineers, and baggage. Sundays come round regularly every- week; so do Wednesday and Saturday afternoons ; and it' may ba remarked that ..Queen's Birthday, and Winter Show holidays are drawing nigh. What about those new tailor-made shirts you so badly want ? J. A. Kibbt, Shirt and Collar Maker and Tailor, Princes street, is awaiting orders.— Advt. . ' : .■■>'..: v . There is a great hubbub in Napier over an assertion by the Rev. Oliver Dean ," that a, respectable parishioner inioHoaed him that he saw in front of a hotel in this town three children lying drunk in the gutter, a-nd the publican stood at his door with a hellish grin on his face delighted with his handiwork..";; The Napier pnblieans hive abeolntely denied the charge, and have deposited £20 with the editor of the local evening paper to be forfeited in the event' of Mr Dean's allegation being, substantiated. ' '.'."■'. . . •■'.'..-'"' Tea: How small a, word bat how great an article is designated by these three letters— t-e-a!' The marvellous part ib plays in the lives of ally civilised people becomes apparent when we consider that it is used several times a day by hundreds of millions of the moat enlightened inhabitants of the world. Acting as a pleasant stimulant, it cheers the depressed, refreshes the weary, and generally makes life worth living, and you can secure for yourself all those pleasurable effects by drinking tho best and purest of teas—the Ticjek Blends, v Mr John Hay, jun., a member of the wellknown firm of Hay Bros. (Limited), manufacturing eonfeetioners, Glasgow, being on a_ visit to Dunedin, entertained a number of prominent citizens at a-social on Thursday evening. Mr John Hopkins, of the Provincial Hotel, served up dinner in his best style. Mr D. Macp'herson (chairman) proposed the toast of "Our Host." In the course of his remarks in reply, Mr Hay referred to New Zealand as an ideal country to live in. From what he had seea, Danedin could hold its own against any city in the Home country for commercial enterprise. The evening was passed very pleasantly with songs and recitations. ' ■

— The largest fund expended yearly b* any country on behalf of its army is that oi Russia, the latest military budget of which amounted to £+2,500,000. ■ " Soilenoe in the coort!" the bobby cried. And I really thought I should have died With the coughing here and the sniffing then*, Till the judge, enraged, said —"I declare 1 will this row no longer endure; Just send for Woods's Great Peppermint . ; Cure!" , - ' . Near Boise city, in one of the States of America, there is a subterranean lake of hot water of 170deg temperature 400 ft below the surface. Contempt of Court.—The Burman who was fined yesterday for expectorating in the witness box should use Grimaulfs Indian Cigarettes, which immediately arrest asthma, uervous coughing, loss of voice, hoarseness, and ensure a good night's sleen.—Burmah Tferald. — The Queen's Jubilee medal takes precedence of any other medal on the breast of an officer of the army or navy, but is worn aftei decorations. . . ' — Dr Guinness Rogers, the great Congregational minister, was adopted at an early age. and entirely educated by Mr Guinness of the celebrated firm of ale and stout makers. THE HABIT OF HEALTH. If we think of soap as a means of cleanlice^v only eves then Peabs' Soap is a mattee of courec. It is thoonly soap that is all soap and nothing but soap—no frcs fat nor free alkali in it. Bat what does cleanliness lead to ? It leads to a wholesome body and mind; to clean thoughts; to the habit of health; to manly and womanly beauty. Pure Soap—Pbajss1 Soap.