The Patea County Press, (With which is incorporated The Patea Mail.) “Be Just and Fear Not.” MONDAY, NOV. 25th 1895. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 141, 25 November 1895, Page 2

The Patea County Press, (With which is incorporated The Patea Mail.) “Be Just and Fear Not.” MONDAY, NOV. 25th 1895. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Contractors should note that tenders for County gravel contracts close at noon to-morrow. All interested are reminded that entries for the Hawera Horticultural Show close with the secretary to morrow evening. The Bankruptcy notice of Messrs J. and A, Atkins appears in this issue. The first meeting of creditors is tixed for Tuesday, December Irrd, at two o’clock in the afternoon, at the Courthouse. Mr J, Graham informs residents in town and country that in order to keep puce with tiro growing requirements of the district and his increasing business, he has arraged to import bis goods direct from the home manufacturers, so as to enable him to give bis customers the ad vantage of the saving of the merchants profits—a concession which will place him beyond the reach of any competition Mr Graham has long been renowned for tbe excellency of bis workmanship, and by importing direct will now be sure of the quality of his material ; so that customers will be unable to find cheaper, or hotter, articles in the colony than those turned out by Mr Graham A very special line of importation is that of heavy silvermountings, of unique designs and exceptional quality, while it must be admitted that Mr Graham has shewed bold outerprise in securing the services of a collar maker, thus enabling him to tit any animal and suit any owner—a circumstance of which customers should not lose sight.

The teak, which has passed into pro verb as the best material for shipbuilding is superior to all other w»ods from the fact that it contains an essential oil which prevents spikes and nails driven into it from rusting. Two women having claimed a dog, a London magistrate orderel the animal to bo placed in the witness-box. The clog at once recognised his mistress, and made every demonstrations of Joy at seeing her. The magistrate said the dog’s evidence established the ownership. Prom the top of the Cathedral spire in Mexico you can see the entire city, and the most striking feature of the view is toe absence of chimneys. Thera is not a chimney in all Mexico —not a grate, nor a stove, nor a furnace. All the cooking is done with ehai’coal in Dutch ovens.

The cable message announcing a four months’ “ moratorium ” in Turkey, to relieve the financial pressure may be a mystery to many people. In olden days, after the death of a ruler, the law courts were closed for a time, and no one could sue to recover a debt. This was known ns a “ moratorium ” The decree of the Sultan simply means that no debt can bo recovered in a Turkish law court for four months—Exchangs. There has lately been going the. rounds a story' of Joachim and a London barber. The great violinist is said to Lave once visited a barber to ha* o his hair cut. He is in the habit of wearing it rather long behind, and intimated as much to the barber, whereupon the barber promptly replied: “ I wouldn’t wear it too long, mister ; if yon do, you’ll look just like one 0’ them fiddlin’ chaps.” A Masterton man, according to the Daily Times, went out eel-fishing a. few nights ago, and returning placed his rod on end between a fence and an outhouse leaving the bob ” dangling a few inches from the ground. Towards morning ho was awakened by a frightfulcaterwauling and on rising to ascertain the cause, found a big Thomas cat suspended from the bob, booked securely to his top lip. The work of liberating the snared and wrathful feline was no easy rnarter, but it was at last safely accomplished, and puss cleared out with tail extended and every hair on end. A romrntic story comes from Brunn, the capital of Moravia. A journeyman baker and his sweetheart determined to commit suicide together by drowning themselves iu the Schvarza. The young man was out of work, and saw no prospect of being able to get married. The couple carried out their fatal resolve, and their bodies were found in the river. The pockets of the young man were searched, and in them were found a florin and a lottery ticket. A few days afterwards the drawing for the lottery took place, and that very ticket turned out to be the winner of 20,000 florins, or about £2OOO sterling. A Maori lady traveller gave her friends a surprise the other day. She arrived in Palmerston by train en route for her home down the Manawatu Line, and without much ado seized ber portmanteau and carried it ini o the train witli her. On reaching her destination she invited some friends to watch the unpacking of the additions she had made to her wardrobe, and they came in brimful of cariosity. But their surprise can be imagined w'hon the first garment they saw unpacked was a pair of men’s unmentionables, then followed a hardhitter, and other articles of men’s attiio. Peal after peal of laughter greeted each garment, while the wouldbe owner said she felt ready to die with shame—she had brought home the wrong portmanteau. It did not take long to pack it up again and despatch it to the Palmerston Railway station, where a young man, who had been persistently inquiring for his lost luggage, was delighted to regain possession of his own property. —Manawatu Standard. The Indian and Eastern Engineer, commenting on the Hon. J. G. Ward’s paper on “ Now Zeand in 1895,” says He has fully convinced us that if there is a paradise on earth it is there. And thoie we mean to go when our ship comes home, and our soul can cease from worrying and our spirit bo at rest. The Right llev the Lord Bishop of Salisbury went one better ; said he—“ It is, I think, a noble country, it is certainly a most beautiful country, a most healthy country, a most civilised c untry; a country where you will meet with courtesy, refinement, gentleness, kindliness, and a high standard of morality wherever you may go.” Major-* General E. C. Sim calls it “ the Japan of the Sou hj,” and, indeed, everyone who has been there agrees that it is more like dear old England than any other country, with the further advantage, as George (FHenry) Russell used to sing of the West —that “ there a man is a man if he is willing to toil, and the humblest may gather the fruit of the so 1. ” Lord Charles Hereford, writes Mr Lucy in the Sydney Morning Herald has just performed one of those risky feats which are irresistibly attractive to him, whether iu time of peace of war. It is an axiom to which British naval and military authorities cling that Chatham Dockyard is approachable by a foreign ship at night. Even in the daytime, without the assistance of a recreant English pilot, the I Medway, broad as it looks, is a remarkably delicate and dangerous maze for a ship to tread. That a torpedo boat, maimed by British bluejackets, and commanded by I an officer familiar with the river, could safely thread thepassago on a dark night was hold to be impossible. That was enough for Lord Charles Beresford. Choosing a moonless night, when possibility of the light of stars was averted by I a slight mist, Lord Charles steamed out 1 in a torpedo boat flom Sheernoss, made some way to son in the diieclion of the Novo, and, punting the torpedo’s head about, boldly made for Chatham Dockyard, some 20 miles up the Medway. The waterway suitable for ships drawing any reasonable depths of water lies midway in the broad sheet, and is very narrow. It is buoyed on either side, which, with local knowledge, makes the course moderately easy in the daytime. Bat the buoys are 1 not lit at night do is there any light' shown from the shore; Helds fur the most r part running down to the water’s edge, j with hero and there a factory for the j making of cement. Lord Charles wont' ahead at full speed all the way, and succeeded iu reaching Chatham if not nnobsew oil at least unchallenged. They had some narrow squeaks at one or two places whore they were conscious of being within a few turns of the screw of running 1 ashore. But the feat demonstrated not a reassuring thing for the authorities of Chatham, that the dockyard could be approached on the darkest night.

Tenders are invited in this issue, to close a fortnight hence, for lease of the railway refreshment-rooms at Patea and elsewhere. Last year 1115 persons were killed on the railways' of the United Kingdom, and 8120 injured. One passenger was killed out of every 7,789,854 journeys. A banker’s clerk in Vienna is said to have died through moistening his thumb and forefinger with bis lips when counting bank notes, microbes having caused blood poisoning. Perhaps the now woman is responsible for the falling off in marriages in England. For the first quarter of this year only 10*0 persons in 1000 tmarrled, wl?ich is the lowest rate on record. A prisoner committed suicide in his cell at Wandsworth by fastening a bandage which he had around his nock to the handle of a labour machine, turning himself about till he was strangled. The next English and European Mail via San Francisco will close at the Patea. Post Office on Thursday, the 28th day of November, at 10 a.m. Money Orders on Tuesday, November 26th, at 4 p.m. This mail will be due in Loudon on January Ist.

Since it has b°come fashionable for woman to wear a collar and necktie, hoi > superiority 6ver man has been fully demonstrated. You never see a woman with her necktie up at the back or over hei oars. A brief trial of six months has taught women more in the necktie-wear-ing art than men have learned in GOOC years. A sensational statement is current in New York to the effect that a Mrs Ang ell lias begun a suit to prove that she was the first and only legal wife of the latf Jay Gould. The claimant who resides at lionscs Point Now York asserts that she was wedded to Mr Gould when be was 17 years of age, and then he deserted her. A witness in the M-isterton P.M. Court, says the Times, slated that he stood bj and saw the accused strike a girl seven .times, whereupon the S.M, asked the witness whether he meant to say that Instood by a id saw a woman, assaulted The witness replied, “Yes.” “Then you can leave the box at once,” said the; S.M., and the witness left. In a pasture near Grafenberg. Bavaria, there is a large Hut boulder lying prom upon the ground in such a manner that the smooth surface forms a splendid dancing floor. It is locally known as the Teufelstisch, or devil’s table, and tradititiou says that in ancient times his satnnic majesty and a larg® concourse of imps often danced upon it from midnight until morning. A rare instance of a phenomenon knowi: [ to medical men as “Leucodering ” is at present under notice at the hospital The skin of a native of Mauritius has changed by natural process from the dcepesl 1 brown to a colour lighter than that of a European. So far only one other authentic case is known to the profession. The process has occupied five years, the first appearance of the change being a small white spot on the man’s forehead. A story is going the i-ounds of tin Yankee papers that is far too good to be lost, A man made a bet with a shopkeeper that lie cmldu’t spend all he made a year by advertising. The shopkeeper soon food it was impossible, for tin simple reason that the more he advertised the more be made, and utter a strenuous effort to get rid of bis money in advertising he had to give it up. The story finishes up with the curt announcement that “ if you don’t believe it, try it and see for yourself.” A light bridge thrown across the river near Bourko impeded traffic on the river, and prevented a steamer passing. Th{ captain of the steamer requested the contractors to remove the obstruction, but the latter stated the structure had been handed over to Government and declined to interfere in the j matter. The captain thereupon at tached a tow line to one of the supports of the bridge, and unceremoniously hauled the whole structure down, and when the debris had been washed away, quietly proceeded on his journey. An alarming incident happened at the Lyttelton wharf the other evening. A steward of the Tekapo'named Redfern was engaged in carrying a passenger’s child up the gangway, when he slipped and fell. lledfern fell into the net, which, in accordance with the Harbour regulations, is placed beneath all gangways, but the net being rotten it let him and the child through into the water. He bravely stuck to his charge, however, till Mr Wuss, a wharf foreman, iu the employ of the Hallway, was able to get down and fish him out. lied fern kept the child well out of the water, but was much exhausted when rescued. Dr 8. F. Scott, Blue Eidge, Harrison Co., Mo., says :—“ For whooping cough Chamberlain’s Cough llemedy is excellent.” By using it freely the disease is deprived of all dangerous consequences. There is no danger in giving the llemedy to babies, as it contains nothing injurious. For sale by A. A. Gower. If King Solomon was alive lie would j now say : “Go to the travelling man, learn his ways, and be wise.” Mi C. W. Baltell, a Cincinnati travelling man representing the Queen City Piloting Ink Co., after suffering intensely for two or three days with lameness of the shoulder, resulting from rheumatism, completely cured it with two applications of Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. This remedy is gaining wide reputation for its prompt cures of rheumatism, lame back, sprains, wellir.gs, and lameness. For sale by A. A. Gower.