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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XII, Issue 946, 10 November 1868, Page 3

VARIETIES . Resign for a Monument over a Teetotaller’s Tomb —An urn. There is a Disraeli in power ; there is also a power in Disraeli. Judy’s advice to Earl Russell — Rest and ” —let us ‘ ‘ be thankful.” An ugly old bachelor suggests that births should be published under the head of new music. When a storm has been brewing in the air, has the downfall ever been known to take the shape of beer 1 An ag affirms that there was one genius and two hundred heterogeniuses at the Dickens dinner in New York. Why is the Free Church on the verge of pauperism ? Because she must either go to beg ( Begg) or the Union. Mr. Disraeli, King John, and James 11. will most likely divide between them the detestation of the schoolboy of the future. As for the continuance of hi 3 policy it is simply impossible ; he has no policy. — Pall Mall Gazette. Thomas Carlyle pays the following compliment to Disraeli :—He is the fittest man for Prime Minister, because he is the honestest. He is a scoundrel, it is true, but he never pretended to be anything else. Housekeeping has been introd need as a regular branch of instruction in German schools. Young ladies are required to write essays upon the probable prices of iood, the weight of fat or lean fowls, the method of fattening beeves, and in general upon whatever pertains to the economy of the culinary art. We have bad news to give. Mosquitoes are domesticated in England. There is no doubt about it, as anyone may find out by stopping for a night at Woolwich The “ bizz” and the “ sting” and the swelling are all genuine, and if the insect gets into the Thames it may spread over all the river valleys. The Second Empire is declared to be the empire of ill manners. The nation which was once the type of politeness is now pronounced, even by its own citizens, to be polite no more, but rather, as the corruption of the best is the worst, to be the least polite ; is pronounced to be curt, hard, unplastic, irritable, almost brutal, by comparison with what it was.— Saturday Review. A modern writer says :—“Don’t keep a solemn parlour, into which you go but once a month, with your parson or sewing society. Hang around your walls pictures, which tell stories of mercy, hope, courage, faith, and charity. Make your living room the largest and most cheerful in the house. Let the place be such that when your boy has gone to distant lands, or even when, perhaps, he clings'; o a single plank in the lone waters of the wide ocean, the thought of the still homestead may come across the - desolation, bringing always light, hope, and love. Have no dungeons about your house, no room you never open, no blinds that are always shut.” George Augustus Sala thus diconrses. of tall and small heroines in ‘ Belgrowia Grace Darling, the lighthouse heroine, was tall. So was the Countess Isabella, who so stoutly held he r castle against the besiesers, and foreswore the ministrations of all wash-er-women until her beleaguered stronghold was relieved. Marie Antoinette, if we are to trust picture, was tall; so was Mary Queen of Scots ; and they both died heroically. Elizabeth had pluck enough for the whole 88th Regiment, and I doubt not would have fought Philip 11. and the Duke of Alva single-handed had they landed at Tilbury Fort. Flopa Macdonald was a lassie of considerable inches ; the electioneering Duchess of Devonshire was tall ; so was Queen Caroline, who whatever may have been her morals, certainly fought a good fight against George IV. But I hold the tall heroines to be exceptional ; and when we have all humanity to deal with, the exceptions are relatively numerous. I told you in the outsets of these papers that I preferred the Extremely Little. I adhere to the Little Women. Boadicea, you may depend upon it, was short. Her most Zenobia was not of exorbitant stature. Her most gracious Majesty Queen Victoria is no giantess. The Princess of Wales is not colossal. Patti is diminutive, and Lucca quite a Lilliputian. So was Jenny Lind; so is now Madame Goldschmidt. Miss Nightingale is slight and slender ; and were could you look tor a more delightful Little Woman than Mrs Keeley ? I grant your exceptions ; but for every ten tall heroines you bring me, I will cap them with a hundred little ones. Some time since we noticed the high prices paid by Mr. Rich, New Zealand, to Mr. A. M. Oampbell, of Connewarre, for some first-class rams. Within the last few days Mr. Campbell, who is becoming celebrated as a breeder of stock, has sold a number of his rams to Mr. C. Hurst and Mr. D. McLean, for exportation to New Zealand, at prices ranging from £2 10s to £lO each. — Argus, Oct. 2. Holloway’s Ointment and Pills.— Reliable Remedies.—ln wounds, bruises, sprains, glandular swellings, enlarged veins, neuralgic pains and rheumatism, the application of this soothing Ointment to the affected parts not only gives the greatest ease, but likewise cures the complaint. The Pills much assist in banishing the tendency to rheumatism and similar painful disorders, whilst the Ointment cures the local ailment. The Pills remove the constitutional disturbance and regulate every impaired function of every organ throughout the human body. The cure is neither temporary nor superficial, but permanent and complete, and the disease rarely recurs, so perfect has been the purification performed by these searching yet harmless preparations. VETERAN VOLUNTEERS THE Veteran Volunteer Company will meet this (Tuesday) evening, at 8 o’clock, to pass rules for the internal management of the Company. . The Adjutant, Capt. Noake, has kindly consented to attend to swear the men in as volunteers, in place of bringing them to the Militia 03fice during working hours. Nov 10NOTI 0 E . ALL outstanding accounts owing to the undersigned must be paid within seven days from the date hereof, otherwise legal proceedings will be taken for their recovery. All open current accounts will be closed from this date. WILLIAM FINNIMORE. " Wanganui, 7th Nov 1868.