Serious Accident.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5570, 16 September 1889, Page 3

Serious Accident.

(kuom orn owx coruesi'oniient.) Oiuiond, to-day. A serious accident occurred here on Saturday evening" to two of Mr W. Morris' .sons. It appears that the lads were riding double-bank on a horse belonging to their father, when it bolted with them and pitched them oil. O;ic of tho lads aged about live years was very much shaken and escaped death by a miracle. The other had his right arm broken above the elbow. He was taken immediately to Dr Pollen, who set the limb, but siiys the boy will never again be able to use it freely.

(Continued from third paye,) Another amusing instance of the vagaries of tha wind In bree/y Wellington ir vo« corded. A bivilift 1 , who had been engaged to servfl a aummona scut from Auckland, h(W jusfc written a«king that si duplicate of the summons might bo furwardou him, ;is the original document was blown out of his possession into the harbour while lie was on the reclamation waiting to effect service. Those who know Wellington will not be surprised at the occurrence, but rather that the man was not blown away with the summons. — Auckland paper. Sir John Hall wanted to know the other night when the Premier would give the promised opportunity of considering the question of female franchise? Sir Harry Atkinson said that, like the hon. member for Selwyn, he was a firm believer in female franchise, but he regretted that he could not see an opportunity of setting a day aside for a debate. He would suggest that an early day next week be taken (laughter), only that he was afraid the House would not listen to any debate on the subject. (Cheers. ) So far as he could see, they could reasonably expect to finish the work of the session by the end of the week. The Queen will go for a long sea trip before long, Her Majesty having been urged by her physicians to do so for the benefit of her health. America has been suggested as her destination, but it is far more probable that that she will go to India and make a short tour of her Eastern Dominions. So far, however, nothing is settled. The scheme is simply under consideration, but since tho Queen herself has taken kindly to it, it is pretty certain she will try the effects of a sea voyage. A Palmerston North settler is advocating the insurance oi cattle in order to protect farmers. He says that this plan has been tried in Denmark and proved successful, and he believes it would be a great boon to settlers if adopted out here. A ' Cattle Insurance Society ' should be formed. Veterinary surgeons could be employed in inspecting cattle to be insured, and attend them when they were ill. At present farmers lose a great many head of cattle during the year through being unable to treat them for the diseases from which they are suffering. | |A prominent physician once remarked that were his patients to eat an orange or two every morning they would require but little medical attention ; for throughout the entire range of fruits that have attracted the attention of the medical profession as a means of alleviating many of the ills of mankind, there has been found none that has so many diversified uses as the luscious orange, particularly in cases of low fever and malarial complaint, and it should more largely take the place of unpleasant drugs so extensively used, to the great disgust of the patient. At tho fortnightly meeting of the Irish National League, held in Dublin on the 2nd July, subscriptions amounting to Li, 860 were acknowledged, including L 1,200, 200 from Melbourne, while L 125 had been granted to evicted tenants during the previous fortnight. At the next meeting, on July 10th, it was announced that the contributions received amounted to L2,G87 10s, including L 2,500 from Sydney for the evicted tenants' fund, and the amount voted to evicted tenants during the fortnight was L 271, which, together with the previous sum, makes L 226 for the four weeks. Mr Dillon has stated in these colonies that the expenditure on evicted tenants is at the rate of of from LI, OOO to L 1,700 a month. In every-day life no fact is more noticeable than the inability of many persons to do their oivn thinking, even in matters and upon lines wholly within the range of their intelligence. They will see a point that is suggested to them, and will at once understand its bearing on some matter in hand, but they do not seem to have the faculty or art of raising points for themselves, and consequently their action is not as intelligent as it might be. If given a rule to work by, they will apply it not only in season but out of season, and will look amazed if one suggests that, under special circumstances, they should have varied their usual procedure. Every employer and overseer of labor knows to what an extent this is the case. It is the exceptional workman who really thinks, and who can therefore be trusted to suit his action to circumstances. And so in nearly every sphere of life a kind of automatism seems to be the rule, and intelligent self-direction, in the light of present facts, more or less the exception. One is, therefore, tempted to ask whether in connection with our system of education some gymnastic might not be devised for the special purpose of teaching the rising generation to think. Certainly the best medicine known is Pasdrr and S ons' Eucaltpti K'xtract. Test its eminently power ful effects in cough?, cods, influenza ; the relief is .nstantaneous. In serious cases, and accidents of all kinds, be they wounds, bump, scaldinßs, brui-cs, sprains, it ia the safest remedy— no swelling— no in Hammation. Like surprising effects produced in croup, diphtheria, bronchitis, infl;mmation of the lungs, swellings, etc ; diarrhcoa, dyscntiy, diseases of the kidneys and urinary organs. In use at hospitals and medical clinics all over tnc globe ; patroriised by His Majesty the King of Italy ; crowned with med'a »nd diploma at International Exhibition, Amsterdam Trust in this approved article, and reject Ml others.