I'M NOT MARRIED. (From the Life Agent.)

Waikato Times, Volume III, Issue 115, 30 January 1873, Page 3

I'M NOT MARRIED. (From the Life Agent.)

Dn. BKKJHT'a Phosi>hody>'e — Multitudes of p' (iplp are hopelessly suffering from Debility, Nervous and Liver Complaints, Depression of Spirits, Delusions, Unfitness for Business or Study, Failure of Hearing, Sight, ai. i Memory, Lassitude. Want of Power, &c, whose enscs admit of permanent cure by the new remedy Phospo.l\ne (Ozonic Oxygen), which at once allays all irritation .uid excitement, imparts vow energy and life to the enfeebled constitution, and rapidly cures every stage of these hitherto incurable and distressing maladies Sold by all Chemists and Storekeepers throughout the Colonies, from whom pamphlets containing testimonials maybe obtained.—Caution : Bo particular to ask for Dr Blight's Phosphodvne, as imitations are ab>oad> aud avoid purchasing single bottles, the genuine article being sold in cases only. — Adv. A writer to the South London Prest says — "I hare the greatest admiration for one linxton clergyman, and tins is based entirely upon a single circumstance. He stands I li g'icr in my estimation than any clergyman I know, and because the other day he | was seen turning a mnnglc Not a very dignified position, you w ill say. No ; but Christianity knows very little about dignity, and a great deal about duty, and more still about chanty and loving kmdnpss The mangling came about in tins w Ue. The clergyman, going his visiting rounds, called on a poor woman ■who kept ft mangle, and ■who was nt "her wits' end," seeing that her husband was ill, and she could get no ono to take & turn, " so that she might get her work home in time, so as not to lose, her customers " The kindly clergyman listened lo her tale, saw her difficulty, and said he supposed turning a mnngle required no particular skill — could he do it> ? The woman protested that «uch a tiling was impossible ; but in spite of her remonstrances, the rev. gentleman insisted on trying his hand, and continued the work till far into the nglit, until all the clothes were ready for delivery ne\t morning T m w,rt a true muscular Christian of My Apostolic t\ pc ; and if ever a memorial window should be raised to 11111 m his church, it should represent linn m the most glorious action of his ministry — turning the mangle.' 1 Jealousy is at once the meanest and the most unaccountable of vices. Wh^t belongs to us we shall have inevitably ; and what we want and have not, we shall never win by unreason. If we ate lovely we shall be loved ; and if we are unlovely we ghall not be loved, no matter whether any other takes our place or not. Jealousy of the wealth, of the social importance, or the happiness of others is alike unaccountable and absurd. Your on n^ house is not loftier became your neighbour's is fcwo stones higher. If he should fail, and have to give up his carriage, it would only crowd the omnibus a little more, and by no means providp you with a vohiele. \Vlin.t is it in human nature that malcC3 our poor fare seem poorer berau=o our neighbour is eating roast duck, and drinking champagne ? To envy the love bestowed upon another, is equally idle. Hearts keep their accounts usually with yery tolerable fairness. We shall receive that of which we are worthy, no more, and what is our o«n, by virtue- of our do»evt, no fate can take away. The Louisville Journal is responsible for this : When Barnum's cannibals offered one of the spectators nt the show last nignt $10 if he would give him his little boy on a half shell for breakfast this morning — " My little boy is not for sale," replied the fond parent, "but I have a stall-fed mother-in-law you can have for half the money.

WflEy, in the course of his canvassing, the agent seeks a proposal from a young man, lie is often put off with the njxiiuler — " lam not married " It is not difficult to show that there arc inducements offered tjj^-tlie wwinnrncd ty life assurance. Lnder all circumMnWes a man ran be' advantuged most jb\ assuring at the ea> beit moment. Health 19 fickle, and advanced years mean high rates cf premium. Moreover, the agent can argue that the habit of economy — fasten d by then} tenithe payment of a premium, if acquirpl before marriage, will bo of n ore valne than the largest dowr--, or hoarded wealth. Hut, "I'm not married'' is, afrer all, but a specimen of a myriad trite utterances which selfish or heedless lips pronounce, rather than discus's with th ngent the advisability of taking out'a life policy. Ihrough all the grades of society there is none in which 1 lfc as«mriinqe may not be adopted with advantage, yet it is equally true that "I'm uo£ roamed," op some similar Ftntemcnt, n offered aimost vmversally uhe* the agent £egm« to unfold his mission. The rich ought to assure, for there is no other investment f.'iM be made which is so ample; this fact is largely recognised by business men. Very many of them possess policies upon their lives amounting from £5,000 to £30,G00, and what they consider a sound investment nift> safely be accepted as such by otli,cr men The poor should assure, for they have no other dependence, and their moderete savings cannot effect so much and so speedily in any other way The man who lues upon daily wages and the salaried m«i should assure, for death or disease may cut of their work at any tune. The Kn-married man should assure, for he w jll need the help of assurance for himself. The man who is saving from day to day can save more rapidly and certainly by life assurance than in any other way; "the man who is not saving should at least begin to sa>e by assurance. Life assurance contributes effectually to make life itself longer, the aggregate piospenty of the community greater, and just so far as it shall extend, it w ill multiply the kindly dbomis that connect men, whi),e encouraging economy, invigorating enterprise in each individual, and shedding the iiglit of a more serene happiness over the whole life. Let these time-proved truths be reiterated never so constantly, the ngent has always to meet the adamantine carelessness wnicli in " I'm not married" or some equally threadbare utterance, 13 -pxit foitli There is a wa\ to make a little produce much ; to sow seed that is certain to make an ample return. That way is by using life assurance, the greater equalizer of both burdens and benefits. That is a resource adapted to all conceivable circumstances; it is positively the only one that is now know n or is ever likely to be found practicable. To assure life is neither gambling with chance, nor tempting of providence, and it now move aud more admitted to be jiot expediency merely, but duty. Life assurance is not presented for more than it is. It is fiot a remedy for all misfortunes ; but it is a safeguard against at least one, — poverty for ourselves in old age or for our families after us. It does not shorten life a moment, but often prolongs it ; mid it is almai/i a benefactor, never yet proved false by facts or circumstances. Under the iniluence of these incontrovertib'o claim?, we jcounsel the agent to heed not trivial objections, which are in their essence akin to " I'm not married."

Watkr and Trees. — The South AuHralian Register publishes an interesting letter of Dr M'Henry, winch was •written by him in Egypt, on his voyage to England, which letter contains proofs of the correctness of views which they have tried to impress on their readers for many years. He jelesci ibes tbc Suez Canal, and speaks highly of some of the results of its existence which have as yet bi-en too little .noticed The Doctor says, among other things :—": — " The Sweet Water Cannl is about thirty feet wide, full o' fish, and nil around it appears vegetation w'lere before nothing was visible but stones and "and. M. Lesseps during twenty 3 ear*, has planted here more than one million trees, including date palms and inulbernp" Already hundreds of square miles appear as green as English meadows in June, interline 1 wiih fruit tires of different kind* where iwenty-five years a^o twenty francs were paid for n with fresh water for house use. The whole country of Ooschen is being resuscitated from its sandy desert bed. Formerly it scarcely ever rained at Cairo. Since the construction of the Suez Canal and other watercourses for irrigation purj oses, the atmosphere became cooler. Since my arrival we have had a shower every night. Last night a heavy rain fell Hence it becomes plain that the construction of canals, &c, and the planting of trees, will change a dry climate. During the day the heat is great ; the nights aie cool and refreshing, almost too cold The Viceroy of Egypt spends millions on the improvement, and especially on the* planting of trees. The roads jn all directions arc planted on both sides with large umbrageous trees, and Australia should learn from Egypt and California to plant and culllvate trees, specially alonjj their roads and highway 5 ." Lo>don Society — Ladies of question \hh repute distinguish themselves m all our places ot public resort. They are everywhere. They ride the nc*t horee«, rival the Court in carriages and ponies, they " walk in the Zjo," display their dress improvers af South Kensington, leer at vou"nt the theatres, flash their diamonds on the grand tier of the opera; now and then they are even presented at Court, they are always conspicuous at the boat-race, and they monopolise pome of the best houses in the prettiest suburbs of the town Society is more and more tolerant of these creatures. Young innocent girls copy their ntvle of dress and manner in the hope of captivating the men who do not marry because of the increased freedom which society has extended towards them. lam not an old man. Ido not know, therefore, how long the present lor>«eness of London society has been coming on ; I know that when a certain belle of the season only a few comparatively short years ago dazzled Mayfair, th& shop windows, of the metropolis had not burst out into exhibitions of infamous photographs ; and it seems to me tha tthis great triumph of Anon} ma in London society dates from the time when photographers commenced to take their type» of female beauty from the class of women who now fill n o ln>-<*e n «nnce in the public eye, here, there, and everywhere. — The Qentlemen't Magazine for October.

HOW TO GET KID OF THE CRIMINAL CLAUSE* — The USUttl dulncss tbat hangs over tho proceedings of the Royal Society (says the Melbourne Leader) has been slightly dissipated by Mr H. K. Rusden, who took ml vantage of Monday's seance, to startle society with a private scheme for the extermination of its criminal classes. In brief, this in nothing less than to keep inch of them as arc not doomed to suffer capital punishment in perpetual imprisonment, and to hand over those who are to the prison surgeon for experimental purposes. The object to be gamed by secluding tVm for the rest of their lives is to prevent the perpetuation of theic species, in other words, Mr Rusden's advice is to kill out the breed by means of compulsory celibacy. Crime is the result pf an hereditary taint m his argument. A man is a thief oi> p, murderer of organic necessity, just as he is scrofulous phthisical, and will trarsmit his vicious propensities to his pffipring just as he transmits the germs of bodily disease. The only way therefore, according to Mr Rusden, is to cut off the entail.

To KBK.r TIIE TIKES on Wjieem.— Hear what a practical mav^ays on 1P subject — I ironed a waggon some years ago for my own me, and before putting on tbe tires I filled the felloei with linseed oil, and the tires have worn out and were pever loose. I ironed a buggy for my own use seven yenrs ago, and the tire 9 are now as ticht a* when first put on. My | jnethod of filling the felloes with oil is as follows — T used a long 'CMt-iron oil-heater made for the purpose ; the oil is brought to a boiling heat, the wheel is placed on a stick, so as to hang in the oil eneh felloe an hour, for a common sized felloe. The timber should be dry, ns green timber will not tnkc oil Care should be taken that the oil he not made liottei than a boding heat, in order that the timber be not burned Timber filled w ith oil is not susceptible to water, nnd is much more durable. It is rumoured, says the Age, that some curious litigation in connection with property in one of the fa«t-advnncing suburbs of Melbourne is about to tnkc place. Many years ago a gentleman obtained in that district a Crown grant of 3000 acres, which he subsequently tubdivded and sold, the deeds stipulating that whenever necessarr he should produce the original Crown grant in order to prove thp titles good A« population inqreased and the ground became more valuable, these subdivisions ■were in turn subdivided, the Boilers guaranteeing the purchasers to produce the guarantee of the original holder of the Crown grant to produce that grunt This process Trent on several times, and now the 300 acres are divided down into bui'ding allotments of crenter or I larger si7,e, the titles being simply euarnntpe* upon cunrnntees 'to produce the original Crown errant \ depute is paid to huve arisen requiring the production of this very document, ' and it is aliened that it is nowhere to he found The first purchaser is dead, and Ins fTc-utors know rorhing of the grant Something like a panic umongst property holders in Unit district hn« taken place Piety and business arc very plcTsimrly Mended in the following circular, which has been recntlv issued bv a firm in Bombay • — Gentlemen. — We havn the p'o'snre to inform you our respected father departed this life on the ■ — jnstant. His business will be conducted bv hig beloved whose names are stated below. The opium market is quiet, and Malwa 1.500 rs. per chest. ' 0 gny* where js thy sting? 0 death where is tty grave ?' {S.o ) We are, yours truly, . A Scotch clerk, who employed a gran mnrian to teach his daughter the syntax of his nntive tongi c, hearl him with much surprise define the article*, n. «•, and /Jw. "You cannot place a, the singular article, before plur i no. none can say a horses, a homes, a "—"" — " Hold thcro," said the parish clerk, " I must contradict you in that. Don't I nt church evory Sunday say a-nicn q "