General News.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XX, Issue 2053, 8 April 1887, Page 2

General News.

A noted Dunedin butchof advertises that “ the beef which gtft luck immense satisfaction last year can b# procured again this year” at hi* shop.

A firm of bootmakers in lawcargill advertise in the local papan that in honor of the Jubilee of th* Queen they will prosout every child born in Southland from dale to the oominemoration with a pair of boots. Thus Boon, who has been twentyeight months in gaol in New JSouth Wales, for contempt in refusing to pay for the support of his children, has been released by order of the Court. The Judge said it was * terrible thing that a man should b* incarcerated for 2S months for so small a sum as £l3 10s.

Mr C R (Reason, a professor of horse traming, who, it is stated, has shown great skill in subduing and breaking tho most obdurate animals, gives the following advice on selecting a horse: —Never select a horse luffing long ears lined inside with long, •li igh; li.ur Hi mu buy one that is n.MT w between the ears and between "(•ou , or that Las flat, round eyes :ii sunken orbits, and whose noitrds lie .small and thick, tor ho will certainly prove to he a beast of small intelligence, hard to teach, incapable el'remembering, and liable lo be obstinate, just as atupui persons are. And do not buy the horse that is narrow at tho fop of the head, bulging between the eyes, and ba* a sunken, dish like face between them; fop be is sure to bo vicious and treacherous. Hut take the horse that ba* short ears, with short, curly hair inside them ; that is broad between tb* ears and eves, with a regular straight face, and large, thin nostrils ; for in him you will find an intelligent, spirited, yet willing servant and faithful friend, if treated rightly.

The Uniform Collection Agency ia the title of a firm for collecting debts. The subscription fee is 5s per annum. When the agency receives a case, an ordinary and gentlemanly collector ia at once sent to the debtor to solicit payment of the amount due. If this is of no avail we send another collector who wears a striking uniform with the word ‘ collector ’ in very distinct letters on the band of bis hat. This collector visits debtor at his private residence and business address three successive days (if necessary). If the third visit doe* not result in obtaining the money the collector then wears a hat on the band of which are the words “ Collector of Doubtful Debts.” His order* aro to call daily on the debtor, both at bis private residence and place of business and demand payment as often as is necessary These calls soon attract the attention of the neighbors, and become the talk of the neighborhood, the very effect our ageney aims at, and the very shame of which produces the desired ell'cct ; for who could boldly face more than hail a dozen

•tills from the gentleman with the ■mggestive, uniform and hatband '* I’ho consetjnonce is (hat an arrangement satisfactory to the creditor is almost always cli'ccted.

Too Chinese arc noted gourmets, and the young Emperor of China, the IVkin correspondent of the Debats tells us, has as keen a relish for tho pleasures id the (aide as any epicure tu Ins dominions, (iastroiiomic taste uines wit 11 the lalili.de and longitude more perhaps than any other ; and 'he Empoior's notion of a good dinner hj certainly not one that 12nd.it •Mvant; would have mvgited. Eight i 1 ■ lb: in ;..e s ■ , ,d (he menu.

•■■ • ii, ■: , i.r ist i■., aving ‘ .ear a paws, ~ni . pi d i a...-, i.uck s t 'ngnes, . • pmo ie,.’ eggs, camels hump, ..ionkeys’ .ip>, car,.#’ tads, and mariwa.eirn" i" ried :a his table every ,av ;i tne vc.n , a lid, tuOUg‘> the onions incus of Ihe imperial kitchen i ■uijU h.s appetite with an euule»» variety of supplementary dishes, it i* •it these that no practically dines. . hey are esteemed the very choicest delicacies by all Celestial lovers of good choer, and have b eu iroui time immemorial.