The Taranaki Herald.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 11665, 26 January 1901, Page 2

The Taranaki Herald.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1901.

All Privy Coilncillorships expire with the life of the sovereign who grants them. Tenders are being invited for the new Post Office at Wanganui. No sign of New Plymouth's yet. The imports at the port of Pa tea during 1900 were 7990 tons general cargo and 1091 tons of coal. Archbishop Rodwood has wired the Rev. Father Trcacy that special memorial services are to be observed at St. Joseph s Church to-morrow. Mr S. Hill received a telegram from Corporal Coutts this morning asking him to postpone his lectures here and at "Waitara until further notice. It is not generally known that the Post Office authorities have by instruction of Hon. J. G. Ward abolished the fine known. as " double deficient postage." H. R. Bollinger (New Plymouth) and Jane J. Climie i Stratford) qualified for matriculation at the recent New Zealand University Junior Scholarships Examinations. A clerk in the Government service, who was examined in the Magistrate's Court, Wellington, the other day, de posed that he was only a temporary clerk. It was subsequently established that his temporary employment had lasted twelve years oontinuoualy ! Absolutely the funniest single incident in ''Jones" is Goodly 's bit of play with a piece of ice. lie takes it off his head and drops it into his trousers pocket, and. of course, it begins to melt. He pulls the leg of his p.ints out, he dances a little, he gasps, and finally ho stuffs his coat-tail into the pocket. The audience simply yell* with laughter, and poor Goodly hasn't a smile on his face all the time According to the Tapanui Courier a. private letter from Mr Watson Abrara, now in the Homo Country, indicates that horses of all kinds are very dear, and a good caught stnllion costs from £800 to £1500. First class geldings bring up to t'lsoin Glasgow. Light horses are at famine pries, i'Boo being paid for a stylish gig horse in England. The balance-sheet of the Western Packing -and Canning Company, Patea, for the year ended 30th November, 1900, shows a loss of £61, on a turnover of £11,180. Although 1678 shares of £10 each have been lßsued, the actual amount paid up by shareholders is only £4332. The company has borrowed £3000 on debentures, and is indebted to its bankers to the extent of £4189, and owes £2133 on a refrigerator which has been lying at the Pntea wharf for months. The expenses of management arc rolatively large, and no provision has been made for depreciation of plant, machinery, and buildings, which have been in position for some yearn. The question has frequently been asked during tho past day or two whether the DuWo of York becomes Prince of Wales on hi« father's accession to the throne. According to tho Post he will not become ho until a patent to that effect is issued, but nonnrding to precedent such a patent should I c issued. He is the eldest sur viving Mon of the reigning monarch, although not the eldest born to him. Honry VIII. was created Prince of Wales after " Ohe death of his elder brother Arthur, and Charles I. after that of his older brother Henry. Charles I. was, moreover, born before his father's accession to the English throne, so that his case is very closely anala'^ous to that of the Duke of York. The Earldom of Chester is usually associated with tho Priucipalitv of Wai's in the patent. While tho heir apparent must wait tn be created Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester, he is ipao facto Duko of Cornwall purauint to a patent of Edward 111. (1337), and he is High Steward of Scotland, Duke of Rothsay, Earl of Carrick, Baron of Renfrew, and Lord of the Isles pursuant to an Act of the Scottish Parliament in 1469. At the Baptist Church to-morrow the speci-il reference will be made to death oc Ilvr Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria. At th-j morning service tho Rev. James Ings will prcaoh upon "Christ's Sympathy With Earth's : Sharpest Sorrow," and in the evening ', from the text : " God Shall Wipe Away i 1 All Tears From Their Eyos."° I ;

Application^ are invited for the position of wharfinger add aetffetary to the Mokau Harbour Board.

Mr f . Wright advertises iri this issue that he haS jtttt received a eboitie consignment of grass seeds. The first raleetirig of Mokau Harbour Board \£as held on Wedseq|3a'y laVt, when Mr S. W. NichollS was elected chairman.

On the occasion of the funeral of Her Majesty the Queen a united religious service will be held at the Theatre Royal, over which it is expected that Archdeacon Govett will preside, and which tho Mayor and Corporation are invited to attend. The time of the service will be mmounced in a few days.

Art electric bodt-bjlrtckidg device is in use in Paris. Iri a slot yo'ii dfo l^ A tencentime coin (about one penny) arid the machine ia ready for business. There are three compartments, into which you successively put each foot. In the first compartment tho dirt is brushed from the boot, in the second blacking is applied, and in the third the boot is polished.

Mr L, M. Taunton informs us that his latest consignment of fandow's developers are selling rapidly. The chief advantage of this new type of muscle making apparatus is that by " simple adjustment of certain parts it may be attired to suit either child of man. Several local purchasers of the machines have already affected a mark of improvement in fcheir physique.

When 1 the daughter of MV Soiiverin, the well-known editor and publisher of the Novoe Vrenlya, in St. Petersburg, was married to Mr Miasoiedoff Ivanoff, the son of the Minister of Ways and Communications, recently, her father made arrangements whereby his daughter shall enjoy henceforth and always the daily profits oi one of the advertising pages of the Novoe Vremya. This, it is estimated, will mean over £3000 a year.

With regard to the objectionable abbreviation " Jap," the Japanese newspaper, Yorodzu Choho, says: — " To us the word ' Japs ' always sounds like an insult. Whenever we see it used in American papers, we are tempted to return the insult in the fashion a witty Japanese did to an impolite American. The American siid to him: 'Which nese are you, Japanese or Chinese ?' Without making any reply to the questioa the Japanese s;iid curtly: ' Which kee are you, monkey or Yankee ?' "

Unavailing regret is one of the chief torments of the " Inferno." In this world, also, it sometimes visits trangiessors, but not always in the way you might oxpect. The other day a prisoner en route for the Police Court became quite confidential with bis guardian, and remarked in a contrite manner : " There is one thing lam Sorry f or." • " What is tint ?" said the officer^ expecting to hear a confession. " I had my hair cut last night." said the prisoner in a dejected tone. " I might have saved that three pence. It's just my luck."

According to M.A.P. the Paris Exposition, on the whole, has been an enormous success. Some £40,000 has been lost by the speculators in tickets, but, after all. that journal asks, what is that in comparison with the millions which must have been left in Paris during an exposition which has been visited by 50,000 of human beings. But Paris, all the same, breathes a certain sigh of relief that it is freed from the exposition, and that for tne moment her hotels will have reasonable prices; that it will once more be possible to get a meal in a good restaurant without having the fortune of a son-in-law of a Chicago millionaire.

An astonished American gentleman, who witnessed the Commonweath celebrations in Sydney, declared that " this is a great and glorious people, and there ain't no power on airth can keep them back. They are about as jakey a lot of civilised high-rollers as air fidgeting about this planet. You Britishers ought bo feel proud of your colonial families. I am proud to own up to belonging to what you people call one of the greatest nations on airth, but you vigorous bright colonials are an eye-opener to me, and although I aitt't much in' the prophet business I will put up some dollars that you will make a noise in the world's history."

When Oom Paul first visited England he was the object of much concern to his fellow- passengers on board the liner from Cape Town, many of whom were consumed with curiosity when they noticed hiß absence from the dinner table for the first fonr days out. On inquiry, they found that the careful Transvaaler spent the dinner hour on deck, where he eagerly devoured biltong and biscuits. When asked his reason he testily replied, " I have n ) money to fool away on expensive eating like you Englishmen.*'

The correspondent who tells the story, and was on board at the time, adds, 1 ' You should have just seen the old man trying to make up for lost time when it was explained to him that his passage money included his meals on board."

In an interesting article ou ''Psychologic Animale," the Journal des Debats tells how Sir Edwin Landseer, when salmon fishing in Norway, landed a salmon; bat, tho lad who carried his basket being absent for a moment, Sir Edwin placed the fish on the ground, and covered it with handfuls of grass. When the lad returned the place where the fish had been placed in the shade was indicated, and he was told to get it, but it could not be found, and it transpired that one of the cows feeding in the meadow had devoured the fish. Cows, it appears, have most accommodating appetites and digestion. When, in the sixties, an Oxford cow was credited with a macintosh, it drew from Osborn Gordon, then the well-known witty censor of Christ Church, the expression of a hope that its milk would now be waterproof.

The fire underwriters in Now Zealand have (says the Evening Post i experienced a very lively time since the beginning of the year, tip to Monday, the 21st inst., 23 fires were reported, involving the underwriters in a loss of about £120,000. The insurances on the fellmongery at Knkanui, near Oamnrn, are not available, and the losses by tho fire at Hunterville are not yet complete. Omiting these the actual losses through 21 fires are approximately L 107,140. of which the North Island is responsible for L 77,230 through 12 firos, and the South Island for L 29,910 through nine fires. The losses at Hunterville and Kakanui may be safely placed at L 12,000, making the gross total about L 120,000. Altogether, 25 different companies - practically all the insurance offices in the colony — have been affected, and the heaviest losses, without reckoning the Hunterville fire, are : Norwich Union, L 11.400; National, L 8450; Now Zealand, L 7720; Alliance Assurance, L 6800; Commercial Union, L 6350; Phoenix, L 5420. These six offices account for L 46,140. The Auckland fire, in which the insurance companies lost L 70,245, is the severest knock the underwriters have had in New Zealand. The uncertainty of fire insurance business is amply demonstrated in the losses for the month. From the Ist May to the 31st December, 1900, a period of eight months, the fire record of the ©>lony shows 305 fires, involving an underwriting loss of L 127,947, and now in the short space of three weeks the lo<*s n s on 23 fires amount to within LBOOO of the total of eight months. The underwriters are unable to account for the disasters occurring at a time of prosperity; all they do appreciate is that their p-ofita for the year will be greatly diminished, and the demands for State and municipal insurance will oease.

Tho sudden changes of temperature of this reason of the year are a fruitful source to ladies of that distressing affection, chapped hands. A certain cure, however, will be found in the use of Wilton a n=ind Emollient, and not only a euro but also a preventative. By its use the skin is k?pt cool, soft, and white, and tho hands therefore retain all their usefulness and their charm. Price Is 6d per jar.°

We are asked to notify ttfttt . the State schools will not re-open until Monday, 4th | February. I

Captain" Edwin wired this afternoon : — Soiitb-east to sdtith and west gale with tain ; glass rise? tides high and sea Heavy.

The progress of edVcatJori aurd advancement among women harf teen 1 again d'airionstfatea at the . recent examination 1 for the L*^«W University degree of 8.A., when several :a&»i ha^ve obtained honours, and one or two ua?*' gained' prizes and distinctions. Notably amC^'f the latter is Miss Evelyn May Savidge, who at the age of 20, besides her degree, has taken the first place in honours for modern European history, winning the '• Derby Prize " of £50 and the title of "Derby Prizeman." This prize was founded by the third Chancellor, the Earl of" Der%, tor be awarded" to the candidate under 23 yeatf* of ag> (if of stifikfteot merit) most distinguished 1 art ftteexamination for honours in history*/

The official schedule of the late Cornelius Vanderbilt's estate contains several surprises. Although dominating the New York Central railway, he owned only 20,000 sharas and no bonds of the main lice. This acquits him of the charge that he unloaded Central' bonds upon the public when they were floated in order to reinvest in stock. He did not own a single share in Union Pacific stock, and only 600,000 Union Pacific bonds. His largest single investments at par valtfe were &,000,000dols each Lake Shore arid Miciuganf Central Collateral Trusts., In Harlem' stock fee held 8,498,289dc1s market value. The gregate personalty, 32,Q9Q,$Wdo1a realised under four per cent income". The realty aggregated 20 OOO.OOOdoIsV

Twice condemned to death for a crime he did not commit (the Daily Express says), David Ruttei has recently been re leased from prison after serving a term of 27 years. It w39 in 1873 that he stood in the dock at IpsWicji Assize Court with another man, charged with the murder of a gamekeeper on the estate of the Maharajah Duleep Singh. The whole burden of the guilt was assumed by Rutter, who exonerated his companion from blame, and, on his own confession, was condemned to death. Many, however, believed in his innocence, and on the plea of a deformity in the neck, which would make hanging a horrible torture, a respite was obained. Medical examination failed to confirm the theory, and he was again ordered for execution. Petitions still poured in, however, and at last his sentence was commuted to penal servitude for life. Now, on his release, an old man, he tells a sensational story. It was the other man who shot the gamekeeper, battered his head in, and threw him into a pond. But there was a woman whose heart would have been broken, and whose children would have Been left fatherless; while Rutter was alone in the world. So ho took the whole bknie Upon himself , and has just crept o*dt from beneath the burden of it — endured for 27 years.-

Electricity haft conferred innumerable benefits on mankind, but if it will — as Dr Frederick Giegler, of Wurtembnrg, lias discovered — cure toothache, it will have achieved a distinction whioh will, from the point of view of the average man, outweigh almost every other advantage it has bestowed on humanity. The method of application would seem to be exceedingly simple, and consists in merely putting the electrodes one on each side of the affected tooth and passing a weak current through it. This sends what are described as " little darting arrow like thrills " through the roots of tho teeth, and in a very short time the pain ceases, while the microbes which have been irritating the nerve or decaying the bony structure are killed. In this way, it is said, a really painless process of dentistry can be ensured, and, as a rule, it is only necessary to keep up the eleotrical application from eight to twelve minutes, although in other cases as much as half an hour has been necessary to get a sufficient effect. Incidentally, the work of the dentist is considerably shortened, for what often requires a long time, as in the case of the tooth of a nervous patient, can be done in ten minutes when the cavity has been made absolutely painless by this means, which leaves no subsequent feeling of exhaustion or discomfort.

The notidn was at one time current that an electric installation secured the householder from many of the risks attendant upon a gas installation or the use of oil and candles, nut it is very doubtful if this is so, at any rate under the present methods of laying cables and of '* wiring " our houses. Recent events call very seriously for a fresh inquiry as to the methods adopted for supplying electricity to houses. It is common knowledge now that an otherwise innocent current — that is, one of low voltage - -may through certain defects become an exceedingly dangerous current of enorroons voltage. " Earthing " is, of course, the main source of trouble and the generally offered excuse, but if electric lighting is to be our mode of obtaining artificial light "earthing" must be overcome, and it seems to us that %l earthing" has not been overcome -it is happening on all sides', and in several instances with most alarming results. Leakage has led to outbreaks of what have pr.—vl to be' serious fires. Re cently, for e.vimple, a serious outbreak of fire took place at some photographic studios in Regent-street, and the fire brigade attributed the cause to the fusing of the cables at the switchboard. These accidents are most alarming, and the Board of Trade should be approached with a view to enforcing by very definite regulations a safer method of installation of, domestic electric lighting than appea's to be in vogue now. — Home paper.

The Otago Daily Times records how the sly-grog seizures were made in the Clutha District lost week. For some time paat pr parations had been made, and the inspector of police has had a private det.ee tjive in the Clutha district carefully noting the doings- of the liquor-sellers and taking stock of those who obtained liquor and who did not. This gentleman was regarded by the natives as a visitor from Home, who had come out here to forward the interests of some particular business he was connected with. Needless to say, the " business " was hypothetical, and the real object of his presence in Balclutha was to collect evidence for a prosecution for sly gorg-selling. From Balclutha he took a trip to Owaka, and then, after exploiting Clinton, went round by Kelso and Tapanui. At the latter place he could not but be astonished at the unwonted sobriety of the inhabitants as compared with other centres of population in the district. Finally, when the psychological moment arrived, the inspector rose to the occa sion. How to convey a dozen and a half policemen to different parts of the Clutha. all at once without exciting suspicion was a task not unattended with difficulties, and, with a view to future possibilities, j the modus operandi must not be divulged here. It is sufficient to say that about 6.30 yesterday morning ten policemen, armed with search warrants, crossed the Balclutha traffic bridge and invaded the prohibition capital simultaneously. They seized all the liquour they could find at tho Railway Hotel (Vial's), the Farmers' Arms (Bain's), the Criterion (Mac-Don-nell's), the Crown (Allan's , and at Marshall's lemonade faotory. Altogether a cartload of beer and whisky was taken possession of, and as the Licensing Act provides that any person on whose premises liquor shall be found must show that it was not kept for sale, the result of yesterday's raid must inevitably be a number of prosecutions. At Owaka, Richardson's boarding-house and a place kept by Mr Vial, hen., were raided, and a quantity of liquor found there. New Zealand's warm and lovely clime Is not without its sudden changes, More noticed in the winter time When hail and snow fall on the ranges. The wind blows hard and biting cold. And finds our weakest parts for sure, *" And gives us coughs until we're told To take some Woods' Great Peppermint Cure.