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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXXVII, Issue 11992, 10 July 1903, Page 5

A olengyman who was towelling stoppedat an hotel much frequented by wags andi jokers. The host, nob be.ng used to'havmg a clergyman ab bis table, looked at him -with surprise; the guests used all 'their' raillery of wit upon him 'without, elidilting a remark. The clergyman ate hia dinner quietly^ apparently without observing the gfibes'"and sneers of has neighbours. On© of them at. last, in despair of his forbearance, said to him,. "Well, I wonder aft youo.' patience. Have you1 not hoard alt that has been saidfta you?" "Oh, yes; but lam used to it»" Do you know who I am?" "No, ■&&. : "Well, I will inform you. I am chaplain of a lunatic asylum; such remarks hare no effect upon me." The Trappist Fathers, from Cherbourg, have, through on agent, bought an estate, of some 600 acres'at the village of Martin, , *near Fordingbrddge, Walts. A large monastery is to be erected, and) about forty, monks walT take"'up their abode there. ; The committee of the French Chamber recently inquired into the camparative cost of-English, and French' shapbuiidfcag. The , # result of an exhaustive comparison shqwed that for labour only, the cost per too for-, the English Navy is £15-£lB, and for the: French £22-£25. Materials, hull, armour, and fittings for the English shipa cost £22-£24 per ton, and for tihfe French £37----£42. The actual results of shipbuilding are shown by a compaatiArat of H.M.S. Majestic with the French battleship Charlemagne. The English ship cost, with her armament, 69 p_er, cent, per ton less fcham the Charlemagne. If an fcngiish ship costs less, can shoot better, and hat the tinark more often than a foreign ship, which w;e have reason to believe to be true, the I actual strength! of the British Navy is, i happily, -greater than the apparent strength. • '

Air-ships are the last invention, They navigate the air, In future we'll be in suspension Travelling here to there. We'll gaily sail up in the sky, . Till us the clouds immune , And catch bad colds, but won't say die,

With— WOODS' GREAT PEPPERMINT CURE.

Unequal Eyes.—-Do you see equally well with both eyes ? If not, both may be defective. One certainly ib. Have them properly examined. We prescribe glasses only when absolutely necessary, Mid guarantee satisfaction.—Hear A. GREEN, Chavaawes'~^otel, Avenue.