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Colonist, Volume XL, Issue 8806, 4 March 1897, Page 2

Railway Gcjpe fob March — We have to acknowledge receipt of the Railway Guide ft the present month. Bishop Sutbe Art Gallery. - A meeting of the Trustees of the Bishop Suter Art Gallery Trußt was hold yesterday a'tarnoon when the matter of s design for the calloy was ooDsiiered. After consideration lasting fcr some time it was decided to adjourn the meeting un.il one dsy daring the coming week wbea tome deoisive aotion in regard to the design will be taken. A Pbinteb'b Ebbob — la the s : xth line of the leading artiale in yesterday's issne, the word Empire was incorrcotiy printed Emperor, bat no doubt the context indie .ted the meaning. Answer to " Ekquibbb.' — If you dfctira '.o register your claim for an old ape pension under the R^gittration of People's Claims Act passed la- 1 Bession, you mcstfillin a form, which you can get at the Post Office, and make the neoeßaary declaration. Remember all applications musi be delivered to Mr Webb-Bowen, the Deputy Registrar, on or before the 30th of next month (April.) A Veteran. — Yeßterday Mr Charles Parker J.P.i of Motueka, celebrated his eighty-eight birthday. Mr Parker for some years represented the Motueka district in the Honee of Representatives. Considering bis advanced years Mr Parker enjoys fairy good health. | A Mishap.— Yeßterday afternoon a Chinese gardener was driving smartly down Haray

.stree', and while in the ecjfe of itarriing into ,the Commercial Ho:ol y.iids tbe trap struck the cui'b, and going on one whetl for come )6r a tvemnally capsized. The Celestial displayed great activi y io clearing tha Bide >of tbe cart. Vegetables of all diaoriptiooß were foatiercd round, but when the horse and trap were righted it was fonnd that ontysome sight damege «va3^jne lo the eida of tbe ojrfr. It frßb a mi'ra chance thit a seriouß accident did not accur. Cbicket.— The fo.lowing playera will be engaged oa Saturday >i the match Nelson Club y Junior Reps. — Nelßon Glub — Messrs Silcock (2), Giil, Denoker (2), E TraEk, Waetney, Liceß, Petrle, Talbot, Walker ; emsrßency, Lnxfordi Janior F^ps.— Measis Ancell, De Vere, B Trask; Bird, Eutiibold, Clear, F,ecletrield, Brown. Palmer, Page, Ji'ckell, Fell ; emergency, Obi3nall. An Acknowledgment.— We have to thank Messrs Bolton Bros for a large and magnificent bouquet of flowers cut from their grounds, as well as for some exceedingly fine bunches of grapes grown by them under glass. The grapes, of the black Hamburgh variety, are oE very fine flavor. We hear that this firm has exported a large quantity of fruit this season. Bibi*: Class. — A Bible class will be held at the Central School every Thursday afternoon, commencing to-day, by the Rev J. P. Kempthorne. Parents are requested to intimate whether they desire their sons to attend or act. The Queens Garden's Aviary,— The aviary at the Queen's Gardens ha s just received an Hdditi'oh in the shape of six Australian birds which were recently received by the Mayor. One is a small c ockatoo, a pretty bird with salmon pink breast, the body being white. In another coinpaitment are five birds of the parrot kind two being $oniewhat similar to the Auckland Island Paraquets, while another is a many coloured bird, and still another is black and with pale yellow face, and reddi h patches Dear the eyes arid a topknot. Thess birds, which will no dcubt be inspected with interest, appear quits tt home in their new quarters. Undeserving cf Charity. — At tbe Charitable Aid Bjatd last night, Mr Gully reported that he was appli d to by a Dane, who said he had walked from tbe South of tbe Is'aod, for boots and food. He found the man boots and food, and he then left staving that he intended walking to the W6tt Coast in eearbh of work. Mr Fattie said (he man arrived at his place in Riwaka, and they found him a meal, a bed and breakfast, after whioh his son tound the man a job, but before he oould Bet him to work the wan cleared away. The Moidpiko Sports.- A meeting of lie Motupiko athletic AsEOoiatidn wa? held iv the MoMlplko Sohoo'roorn on Toe day evening for the parposa of receiving acceptances. Out of 05 who nominated, 62 have acc-p'ei, a fact that speaks well for the handiaappers, while it gives promise of a very suoce.sfal dij'd sports, providing cf course that the weather is fine, The Committee have deoidei to hold a bill in the Mo.iipiki Schoolroom, as well as a ball in tbe TaJm r Ha 1, on tbe evening of the eportj, and an additional itenl has been added to the sports prjgrarnme in consequence of the generosity of Mes rs Bisley Btop, who have presented an alarm deck, whioh is to be run for in a force handicap, it being compuls.ry that thd winners in ihe other events sha'l sttrt, whi c lose b m=.y stari or not as they chose. It is veiy evident that tbe Committee are doing their very irmot to ensure the saoceaß of the sports, and it may with confidence be predioted that there will be a large attendance in Mr W. Thomson's paddock on the 10th instant. Motueka Valley Pce3.— Owners o! hors?B are reminded that nominations for these rao^s oioss with the S:cretary on Saturday next. Continuous Wet Weather. —The oHes» inhabitant deolares that never before was to auch wet weather txp rienced in the early months of ihe ye3r &a during the present season In Borne in tmces the frequent rai s are doing mnoh mkchief. Some of the grain crops in the Waimeas ara s ill in the field, and on Tuesday some of the Waimes West farmers c it open their sheaves to enablo them thi be'.ter to dry, but so far the grain muet be as wet as ever. la some places hop pioking is being eerioua'y retarded, and we learn that the JRiwafca growers are unable to aeonre sufficient picker B to gather the cr p between tbe shower?. Says " Dagonet " in the London • Keferee ' : — " When leaving Ssyil c I wanted to oarry home with me certain specimens of Spanish manufacture as presents to my kith and kin, and I thought I might save myself the dangers of ' shopping ' by boying at my e-ise over my coffee and oigar. Bat my German friends, after letting me examine the go da, said quietly, ' Don't buy 1' and gave a Spanish hawker the ' straight tip ' to e'ear off in hia own language. • Wby didn't you leS me buy something ?' I asked ; ' I must take some Spanish presents back,' ' Quite bo,' replied one of the Germans, ' bat thosa thiags ate not Spanißh, though they are exaot imitations of the native manufacture. Those fan? are made in Germany by the firm I have the honor of representing ; the Spanish knives are made in Germany by the firm foi whioh my friend here is now sulioiting orders, and the lace was alse manufactured in the Fatherland." A sovaii use of " X " rays has been made in Saodtfrland, England. A lady while making some cakes, lost her ring ia tbe paste, but did not di' Cover trn loss till the cakes ware out of the oven. Af aid of eh king acme membti of her family, she s'.ruck on the happy expedient of taking the cakes to a chemi t and photographer, who placed them under tbe ' X " rays, wish tbe reaoU that the ring was immediately located. During the past few months at Judge Bacon's County Court of Whitechaple and Bloomsbury a woman has been observed to be among tbe earliest attendants and sit throughout the day. At the end of the day she will invariably make her way to the usher and ask either for particulars of a case in which she imagines she is to be called as a witness or else for some documents which she ha& left at the crurt. On being told the papers cannot be found she will depart to return again at the next sitting. The foundation Btone of the new Wealeyan Church in New Plymouth will be laid in the ppriug. The oo?t of the building will te from £1800 to £2000. The precocity of genius has been fr< quently remarked. Dante wrote a sonnet iv Beatrice at ni'-e j ears of age; Tasso wrote verdts at ten ; Gothe wrote a story in seven languages when he was soarcely ten ; Pope composed his " Otfe to SolituJe " at twelve, and his " Paetrals" vi B'x'een. Meyerbeer, at five, played ixoallently on the piano ; Claude Vernet drew well at four ; Handel composed a mass at thirteen; Rjphatl was famous at fourteen ; Mozart gave ooncerta at six ; and Weber was only fourteen when his firs, opora, " Das Waldmadchen," was represented, The prove-b, "A man who is a genius at five ia mad at fifteen," has many c xceptione. According to Topinard, the average beight of Laplanders is 60-7inobes; of Bushmen, 62 : of Chinese, 64 ; of Frenohmen, 65 ; of iiusaians, 65 4 ; of Germans, 66-2 ; of Dane', €6-2 ; of Irishmen, 67 ; of Englishmen, Scotchmen, and Swedes, 67 4 ; of American Indians, 68 2 ; of Pitagonians, 703. The ether day (say 3 a London pape?) Mr Frederio Harrison, while on his way to deliver a lecture at Tonybee iiall, on '• William tbe Si'ent," had the misfortune to slip and sprain his ank'e. Though in considerable pain and unable t] walk, he drove to the hall and delivered tbe leotard Bitting rather lhan disappoint the audience. The Hon John F. Molntyre, an a'.toicey of New York, who is watching the ca?e of the prisoner Jaory or Bell, in London, has proßicated in mere than five hundred trials for murder in the American law oou ts, end has obtaiued oonvio ions in no le^s than four hundred and eighty casep. Mr Me In tj re bearß ppon his chin the mark of aw.uod inflic ed upon him in public coort by a derperste criminal whose crimes were at the time being exposed by him. Mr Mclntjre's life was ugain threatened when ha was prcsacuting a notorious female Sooialiet for oomplioity in a plot to blow ap tbe City of New York with dynamite. Pbikce Christian rf Denmark after a recent review at Bierre stopped at a ftrmh(.uae to beg a drink. Tbe old farmer's w;ft tade him welcome and enter. As ehe was at tha moment pancake-msking, she aßked him if be would like Eome. " Very much, in deed," rep ied the Prinoe, and coon he was comfcr ably eeated, enjoyiog hia humble fare Bt the kitohen table. The Prince having finished his meal, apked tbe old dame how much he owed her, [' Nothing at all," was

that answer. On bis peieipting that he would prefer paying, Bhe pat'.ed his shoulder affectionately, saying : " Yoa Bra a soldier, my «on, and eoldiera are always hard np ; I never take anything from them." lie suggested that he >vaa not quite so '• hard op " as the gonernliiy of them. "Ohi I know better," and with a, knowing wiok and a nod. she tamed t? her paoc&ke-makinp. "It ia quite true, good mother, Boid the Prince, laogning heartily, "for yoa Bee my grandfather happens to be the Kins." What 1" cried his astonished hosteee, dropping her whisk, and nearly opset ing the frying pan in her fright A fleoood or tw> the gazed at him epeeobles3ly, ithn renia-ked;; naively; .VI should have aefeiii ton indo tho parlcr, shouldn't I ?'| Bats the • New Zealand Tinr s ' : -Ibere is much specu'&tion in outside circles as to what the at itade of the Mssonio fraternity is towards revealed religion, co that the following from the London 'Times,' under the heading " The Ptince of Wales as a Freemason," may assist them to a conclusion : — " The Prinoa and Princess of Wales, accompanied by tbe Dnke and Duchesa of Sutherland, drove from Trentham Rail to Longton, where they were reoeived by nearly 1000 Freemasons. The Prinoe laid tbe foundation stone of a bio ok of b-i!d<ngs for teohnioal educational purposes, wbioh is to be presented to the town by the ex-Mayor, the Duke of Sutherland. The oeremony was performed according to the Masonic rites Tbe Prince said;— Men ond brethren here assemcled, be ii known unto you that we ere lawful Masona true and faithfal to the, law.a o* . our country, and engaged by solemn obligations to erect handsome buildings, to be serviceable to the brethren, and to fear God, the great Arohiteot of the U diverse. We have amongst U3 concealed from the eyea of all men secretß which rhiy not be rtvaaled av-d whioh no man h»9 discovered. Those eecret* are lawful and honorable, and not lepagnant to the lawß o* God or man. They were entrusted in peace and honor to Masons of anoie.it times, and having been faithfully transmitted ,to ua it i 3 our duty to convey tbem unimpai.ed to tbe latest posterity. Unless oiir ci^aft were good and oar calling honorable we sbould not have laßted for so rmny centuties, nor should we have had .so many illustrious brothers in our Order ready to promote our. laws and further our interests'. We are assembled here to-day in the presence of you all ti erect this building to the honor and glory of the Moat High, which we pray God may prosper as it seems good to Him, and as tbe first duty of Maeons in any undertaking is to invoke the blessing of God; 4robiteot of the Universe, on their wo:kl oall upca yoti !0 unite with pur Grand Cliaplain in an address to tbe Tnrone of Grace. The G'and Chaplain (tbe Yen Arobdeacon Stevens) then offered prayer." Dp. W. B. Rash, Oakland, Fla., writes — " I employ Sunder & Sons Pura Volatile Eucalypti Extract bb a local application in chronic inflammations and rheum i!io pains ; internally in nephritic as well as in pul monary, gastric and vesicil catarrh, It is somstimes difficult to obtain the genuine article. I employed different other preparations, they had no th rapeutic value and no effects. In one case tba effeats were timitar to the oil camphor, the obj 'Otionable action cf wbioh is well known."— Thig ia certainly a mos* striking evidence of the superiority of this exoellent preparation over any other. — Irsist getting Sander and Sons Eucalypti Extract, or else you will be supplied wi'.h worthless oile. Cheap Clothing.— Gent's Alpioa Coats 2/11 each, Summer Trousers 6/6, do Suits lijG each. — Jas. Armstrong & Co, Trafalgar street. Boys' Sbirt3* 1/- eaoh, Sailor Suits 5/6 each, Straw Hats 63, Braces Gj. — Jas. Armstrong and Jo, Trafalgar street. The ba'ance of Dre sas left over from the Farmers s'.cck and our own new season s to be cleared at less than half prices. — Jas. Anx strong & Co, Trafalgar str<"^Str mg Shirting 4d yarJ, F.'annelet'e d yard, heavy Si esia 4£iyard. strong Sheeting white and unbleached, 72 iaobes wide, 10£ i yard.-Ja?. Armstrong and Co, Trafalgar Street.