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Woodville Examiner, Volume XVI, Issue 2865, 28 September 1898, Page 2

It is one of the delusions of the human race that it occupies a somewhat important space in creation. The writer of an ingenious series of arithmetical articles in the Strand Magazine set himself to work to prove that, to use a familiar vulgarism, “ Man is very small potatoes indeed.” Thereare 1,480,000,000 human beings on this planet, and the whole lot could be tucked aw’ay in a remarkably small compass. For example, every living person could be contained in a square common less than 22 miles each way, each person having a square yard to stand on. Or the 1480 million persons each could occupy a square yard of standing room in Bedfordshire, and then only fill up only two-thirds of that county. They could be tucked away down in Radmorshire, by a little squeezing, and leave all the rest of the world empty. Even the Isle of Man would hold nearly one half of the world’s population at one person to the square yard. This fighting, struggling, white and red, black and tan, good and bad, very much mixed popu! tion of 1480 millions could be packed in a cubic box measuring only 1 MO yards in height, each person bung allowed 27 cubic feet of room inside such box, and the box itself could be deposited when full in Battersea Park with a squeeze, in Victoria Park with ample room to spare, or in Hyde Park and not occupy much more thau one third of the ground space of that park. The town is very busy to-day, the cause being a long list of cases at the Court. Nearly the whole of the residents of Kumeroa are engaged in a case. Our report of the Court wi ll . appear next issue. The ’Frisco mail arrived at Auckland yesterday morning. The Woodville portion will be delivered to-morrow. The excellence of the programme for the Wesleyan concert to-night should attract a large attendance. The annual balance-sheet of the Borough of Woodville will be found on page 4. Messrs Ham Bros., Makuri, offer substantial rewards for the recovery of two mares lost some time ago. Mr Dulhie is using every effort be can to have the ’Frisco mail quickened in transmission after it reaches the colony. The potato boom has burst. They are selling at £4 5s to £5 a ton at country stations in Canterbury, and the Sydney market is glutted. The French are imposing a tax on all people twenty-five years of age, who are not the parents of one child at least. This applies to both men and women, married and unmarried. The Feilding butchers see no prospect of getting abattoirs in the town at present, so they are arranging to have their meat killed at Wanganui Freezing works and forwarded by rail. Newfoundland is issuing postage stamps with the Princess of Wales’s head i on them. The Prince of Wales and the Duke of York and his sou are to follow on others. The Dannevirke people have determined to buy a section and to build a library and reading-room, and have refushed Mr Whitelaw's offer of a room for the purpose in his new buildings. On Saturday evening an old settler at Teroti, near Hawera, Mr George Roach, took a drink of bird poison by mistake, and died in great agony soon afterwards. Paper is being made into guns, bullets, and floors now. It makes light guns for mountain use; bullets that hit as hard as lead, but are not poisonous like lead ones; while the floors are like linoleum, and have no crevices to harbour germs of any sort. The following are the returns for the Waipawa District Hospital for the week ended Sept. 24,1898 : —Patients in hospital, males 23, females 9; admitted during week, males 4, females B ; discharged, males 5, females 0. The shooting fish is a native of the East Indies. It has a hollow, cylindrical beak. When it spies a fly sitting on the plants that grow in shallow water, with remarkable dexterity it ejects out of a tubular mouth a single drop of water, which seldom misses its aim, and, striking the fly into the water, the fish makes it its prey. The so-called “ disappearing carriages ” are among the most wonderful of new inventions for war purposes, rendering it practicable to conceal a battery behind an embankment and to expose the guns to the eilemy’s fire for a brief moment while they are being discharged ; then immediately they are lowered out of sight.

We have received a copy of the Waihi Miner, giving particulars of .an invention of the proprietor, Mr Jos Galbraith. This is a contrivance for enabling wheels of vehicles to carry roils along with them so they shall always run on them, and so avoid the friction of the roads. It is claimed that this will add very much to the haulage power of the horses, and the appliance can be fitted to bicycles. Indeed, a development of the idea is a monocycle, a cycle on one wheel only.

It was a pity the Inspector of the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was not at the station at midday yesterday. Two trucks of young cattle from Longburn cn route to Oringi arrived by the train, and a miserable lot they looked, Some of them were so weak that when they fell down in the truck they were unable to take care of themselves, and were trampled to death. Four were dead when the train reached Woodville. The men at the station tried to save one poor brute, but ho was too weak to stand when they got him on his legs, so he had 1 to meet his fate like the others. We understand the matter has been reported.

Capt. Edwin telegraphs fine weathe r all over the colony. ' A terrible accident occurred in the Jubilee mine, Waitekuari, on Friday night. The smoke-stack of an engine which was being used in timbering a rise from the Moonstone level to the" surface, 102 feet high, caught fire, Dense volumes of smoke filled the intermediate level where two miners named Graham and Stevens were putting up the rise. Graham’s dead body was found. He was evidently suffocated in attempting to escape. Steven’s body has not been found. The miners and volunteers made desperate efforts at rescue, but were driven back. The miners and volunteers made desperate efforts at rescue, but were driven back. The mine manager (Mr Barney) was lowered down the winze by a rope, but had to be hauled back. The mine has been blocked to extinguish the fire. It will be a week before the mine is opened again. Everything possible was done to discover "Wallace, but without avail. Graham was a single man, about 25 years of age, and his parents reside in Otago.

Lloyd’s News has followed up somd revelations of prison life at Wormwooe Scrubs by a remarkable series of statements relative to Broadmoor. Money is declared to be an “ open sesame ” to privileges and luxuries that the nonpaying cannot obtain. The following is an extract from the article published on August 7 : —“ Five years ago a manufacturer was sentenced to 15 years’ penal servitude for fraud. Ho was scon after sent to Broadmoor as a lunatic. After a medical examination some two years since he was declared to be hopelessly insane and incurable. His friends thereupon agreed to take him out of the country, and he left a free man. This '‘hopeless lunatic ” proceeded to South Africa where he is a partner in a thriving business. Moreover, he has since visited this country perfectly sane.”

"We would direct those in search of a cure for a cough or cold to the following testimonial testifying to the efficacy of Nicholson's Cough Balm. It is ample evidence of the excellence of that remedy. —“ I have very grert pleasure in testifying to the efficacy'of Nicholson’s Cough Balm both as a cure for, and preventative for colds, coughs and chest complaints.—(Signed) K. J. McLennan. —Woodville, 21st May, 1898.” — Advt. To Mr T. Nicholson, chemist, Woodville : “ I have much pleasure in bearing testimony to the value of your Cough Balm. I had a severe cold with bad cough, and four oilier members of the family, two with sore throats, and two with colds and cough. Three 1/- bottles of your mixture cured us all.” Signed A. W. Huhst. Woodville, August 27tli, 1898.

More good news for consumers—further reductions in flour and kerosene. Since our last report, flour has dropped another dll per ton, we are now selling for cash, 601hs 6s Cd ; lOOlbs, 12s 6d ; 2001bs, 245. The market is flooded with kerosene, consequently our price for best brand is now 5s 6d per tin, prompt cash. We have received our first delivery of the celebrated quacker oats, unequalled for the breakfast cable. Agent for Pages patent leaver wire strainer.—D. G. McKibbin & Co.— Advt.

Early to bed, early to rise, never get drunk and advertise. Paste this in your hat if you can’t remember it. Why? Because its the first step on the golden stairs. There is only one more solid fact than this. That Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure is the best and most effectual cough mixture this side of the line. The price is not prohibitive, Is fid and 2s fid. Your grocer keeps it. 5 Don't lose sight of the fact, and always remember that A. Sandel is in the Market with a complete assortment of Grocery, Ironmongery, Cutlery, Brushware, &c., all at actual Wellington prices. You will not be disappointed by calling at the People’s Cash Store in the Berliner Buildings, nest Club Hotel. — Advt. Messrs C. Sandford and Co., of the Bon Marche, are now opening and showing early spring novelties. They invite inspection and comparison of prices.— Advt. New spring goods are now being opened up at The Economic, of which we invite inspection. 1/- in the £ discount on all cash purchases.—A. Rosenberg & Co., The Economic.— Advt. Chamberlain’s Cough Eemedy Superior to Any Other. Geo. B. Secord, the well known contractor of Towanda, N.Y., says : ~ I have used Chamberlain’s Cough Eemedy in my family for a long time and have found it superior to any other.” For sale bv Monteith Bros, Storkeepars. 588530