The Taranaki Herald. PUBLISHED DAILY. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1892,

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 9540, 5 November 1892, Page 2

The Taranaki Herald. PUBLISHED DAILY. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1892,

Captain Edwin telegraphed at 1.30 p.m. to-day: — " North-east to north and west gale, with rain and heavy aoa after twelve hours from now ; glass falling."

The quantity of spoil lifted by the dredge Progress and deposited at sea for the week ending November 4, was 3080 tons for four days' dredging. The weather on two days was unfit for dredging.

Seventeen horses have beon loft in tho Now Zealand Cup after final payment.

The Very Rev. Father Chastagnon, formerly of New Plymouth, who has been stationed for many years at AshburtoD, has loft that place for Darfiel I, a town about thirty miles from Christchurch. His departure from Ashburton, says tho Guardian, "is much regretted by bis many friends outsido tho palo of his own church, as well aa by every mombor of his own flock."

New Plymouth lovers of music will be glad to learn that they will havo on Tuesday next the opportunity of hearing Mibs Alice Sydney Burvctt, tho world-famed pianisto Tho Lyltelton Tunes says of this youniy lady's performances in tho Theatre Royal, Christchurch:— " Miss Burvott certainly shows great confidence in her own merit by taking upon horHolf tho whole responsibility of pleasing her patrons, but it must bo confessed that tho splendid execution ehe displays fully justifies her. Her playiDg at onco stamped her as an artiste of tbo very highest rank. She has a remarkably oven touch', porfect fingering, powor and dolicacy of expression, anl equal facility of execution with both hands. Tho effects were produced with a reposeful method that is in marked contrast with tho extravagant action sometimes indulgod in by pianiates." •

Roforring to tho highwayman, the Catholic Times S'lys : — "Someone up Taranaki way is bringing the glorious profession of highwayman into disrepute, lie bailed up three men in ono night and succeeded in extracting only ninepenco and a damaged Waterbury from tl.e crowd. Yot tho highwayman so called, carried both revolver and sword. Why a Salvation Army Lass equipped with a lianjo would havo done better. I should strongly advise this latoet edition of a road agont to hang hii fatlur'B aword up on tho cottage wall at Bingen, and turn politician. Ho would make a groat deal more money at that brunch of bushrangiug, and with v great deal less risk."

Professor E. D. Archibald, who, it will be remom bored, was hero with tho Phonograph some timo since, was a short time in Now Plymouth on Friday, being on his way to Auckland, where he opens on Monday. U o returns in about a month'B timo, when ho will givo one of bin entertainment--. During big Eastern tour some unique records have beon taken by the Professor to be re-produced for tho benefit of ull whom the phonograph's voice may reach— the etrange sounds, the quaint and notable voices, and tbo weird and characteristic music of tho people amongst whom this modern edition of the recording angel has journeyed.

The news that tho authorities in New Zealand propose to introduce a Bill for the inspection and grading of produce in London, and to appoint &n expert to look after the trade there, is referred to by The Capitalist aa follows :—": — " It is a most cur prising programme. A function is to be assumed ot most doubtful value, proposing to do what merchants l.aye boon supposed to be quite capable of doing for themselves. Such a system may be established with tho best intentions, but the difficulty will bo to keep it free from political corruption, wbich can hardly be possiolo."

Tho first trial of the Saturday's halfholiday in Christcburcb has not beon v finnnciul success to tho shopkeepers. One of tho local papers says: — " The city itself was as desertod as on Sunday, all tho different shops boing closed . In the evening tho streets were by no moans so well filled with pedestrians as is usually the caso." Saturday afternoons and ovcuingß havo as a rule boon vory busy times for tho ahopkeopers in Christcburch, and their takings must have boen considerably lossenod by tbo half holiday.

According to tho Pnhiatua paper, Mr E. A. Haggen, of tho Woodville Examiner, is again to bo proceeded against on v chargo of criminal libel. Jn this caso the informant is Mr Clarko, of Pauiatua, and it is understood that tho case has arisen ia connection with certain comments made by the Ekcami icr on the Pahiutua poisoning affair.

" Why is it that you aro bringing up your daughter to work for her living when you havo enough to keep her in comfort nt home ?" " I want her to be able to support her husband properly if she ever gets married.'

A good looking, well-to-do, and popular young bachelor of an interior town waa being teased by the young ladies of a club for not getting married. He said : <% I'll marry the girl of your club wheni, on a secret vote, you elect to bo my wife." Thore were nine members of the club. Each girl wont into a corner, and used groat caution in preparing her ballot, and disguising tho handwriting. The result of the vote was that there were nine votes cast, each girl receiving one. The young man remains a bachelor, the club is broken up, and tho girls are all mortal onemies, united in the one determination that they will never speak to that nasty man again.

" Dipping for ticks with arsenic ; no, not much ; you don't catch me at that any more." This, says a Victorian paper, was from tho manager of ono of the ,tinest wool growing stations in the Western Dist'ict. The arsenic kills the ticks right enough, but wherever the skin bis be.-n cut in the shearing it raises a blister, which, bye and bye, comes off, and on that place no wool grows any more for that year." " What do you use ?' " I find 'a specific best. Tho ticks are killed instantly, and you can see them lying dead by thousands in the draining pen. Besides, it promotes tho growth of the wool sufficient to pay tho cost." As there ore inauy competitors in the dip specific line, the name mentioned by this gentleman is auppressod for obvious reasons, but the relative merits claimed by the users of the different specifics from the subject of such spirited discussions, that a public trial of dips might be suggested as likoly to prove of considerable interest.

An amusing anecdote is told of Malibran which, simple as it may seem beside the grandeur of her professional character, serves to show what a thorough musician she was. She bad been asked at a private party to bestow a contribution on the company, and seated herself at tho piano played with solemn force and effect a magnificent march. All were impressed and delighted ; then, reserving tao same melody, she simply changed tho time and tho key, and the p.ir assumed an outirely differont aspect ; proceeding on this principal, gradually it became a jig, and ultimately turned out to be neither more nor less than " Polly Put the Kettlo On," as she ended by adding tho words to the music.

Farmer : " You bad a fire at the manso this morning. Any serious loss ?" Minister: " Yes, 10 years' sermons wore completely burned. ' Farmer (with tho memory of many a weary Sunday morning) : " Mon, they had made a gran' blazs, they wore so dry, ye ken."

"Your husband,' said tho callor, sympatbisingly," was a man of excellent qualities.', " Yes, ' sighed the widow, "ho was a good man Everybody says so. I wasn't much acquainted with him myself. Ho belonged to pix mutual improvement associations."

Have you noticed what a lot of men nowadays who are looking for work aro so very particular about what kind of work they'll tako ? saya a writer inthe Melbourne Leadei. It was different with the punoertj, who wired into tho first thing they could get. That led to something hotter, and theso aro now the men who occupy tbo best positions throughout the colony. "Talking lbout the 'specialists,' who are so particular about what work they will take, one came to a friend of mine the otlmr day. 'Can you give us a job?' 'Yes.' 'What is it?' 'Go down to the yards and catch and hold' sheep for fire branding. 1 ' I can't do that.' • Oh, what can you do ?' ' Well, boss, I want a job of winding up an eight day clock.' 'Oh, that's it, is it? Wo havo hoard of your sort before. You beloog to the kind who believe that the country is going to the bad owing to the pernicious habit it's got into of requiring a man to work between meals. Good evening.' "

Readers of Marryat's " Mastcnnan Ready " will remember that tho author hii to apologise for having given to his villain the very name, residence, ami c\'en professijn, of a gentleman in Shields of whom previous to writing the etory he had never heard. A similar incident has just happened. Mr Fred. J. Proctor, having written a story called " Dr. D.ibbs," which was announced tor publication in a periodical named Chat, lias received a lawyer's lottor culling upon him t« alter his titlo, which bad given annoyance to Dr. Dabbs, -x medical man prac ising iv tlio Islj of Wight. '• It is a peculiar coincidence," added the lawyer, "that in the explanatory note which you published in your edition of Fiiday last yon state that the story is basoil on the advonlurcs of a Dr. Leslie, of H.M.S. Excellent, of which ship Dr. Dabbs's father waa surgoon for some time. Whothor tho Dr. Dabbs of tho titio was to turn out the villain of tho tale fioo.s not appear, but perhaps, having regard to tho libeitioß taken by writers of fiction with members of tho medical profession, his namosake was not altogether without warrant in being biispicious." While protesting that he lad never heard of tho real Dr. Dabbs or his father, Mr Proctor has determined to change his titlo to " Dr. Dobbs," a concesxion which hardly appears to bo regarded, however, by tho Isle of Wight practitioner as altogether satisfactory. :