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Manawatu Times, Volume V, Issue 129, 30 March 1881, Page 2

Not bad foe Jack —When Sir Garnat Woles<iy was embarking his forces, for the Ashantee Expedition, a detachment of , the Royal Arlillery was the first to embark. as Jac'< we handine the luggage up, he catled out tha address: — Captain , R.A.; Lieut -n ant , R.A. ; ,&c. &c. With a comical 'ook he squinted at his mate on deck, and aaid, " shiver my timbers, Bill if Solomon m all his glory wa» R- A. (arrayed) like these fellows are. A UALIFORXtAN Ea.RBIA.GS.— At the marriage of Miss Sharon, daughter of San Francisco's wealthiest banker, with Sir Tbuinas Fermoy Heskoth, Bart,, the bride wore £10,000 worth of diamonds. Special trains were laid on, at the father's expense, from San Francisco to the township nearest to his magnificent villa, to convey the wedding guests. At the wedding feast the moat costly wines were " swilled " m barbaric prdfasin, the consumption of ohampagne alone reaching 1500 large bottles. The bride's dowry is LI 0,000 a year. A descripMon Of the w^dd'ng festivities occupied^ nearly^ 16^olumn8 of the San FrancisciT'Post. ' A Cotgn of Vantage —The officers of the ocean steamers, it is said, can, from their posts of observation on '" the bridge," till more of what is going on among the passengers— flirtations and elopements— and better.jadge of their characters - and characteristics, whether they are fugitives from Justice,, commercial travellers, clergy., men, or grasa widows, than the passengers learn below. ' One of these observing captains declares that he knows whether a young woman has left her lover m one port, or expects to meet him at the" otheS The explanation of it, like the explanation of|many other amazing things, is simple enough. If her lover is behind her she cares nothing for wind, rain, and f©g, but gets tanned, freckled, and roughened m a highly healthful and independent fashion But if lwr lover is waiting for her she takes infinite trouble with veils and other completion preservatives. Degrading Diversion. —We do not hesitat« (says the Saturday Review) to pronounce the exhibition of what is termed prof ssional pedestrianism more, and not; less degrading than prize«fighting, whioh had at least a very definite reference to the practical affairs of life, arid the. disuse of of which, though it has nO doubt stopped a great source of blackguardism, and rascality, has p>rhaps exercised m some res* pects an unfavorable influence on the beb avior and disposition of Englishmen . It was useful to know how to use your fists upon : occasions, and the use of them was not the worst wav of settling quarrels. It is not useful, and cannot be useful under any conceivable circumstances to be able to trot or stump-e so many hundred miles.in a given, time on a prepared path, with elaborately given stimulants, restoratives ajßd appliances of all kinds ready to hand. All- this is as obvious and as trite as .tho performance* themselves are discreditable, 'but while the facts are repeated it is necessary to repeat the comment-' — —-•.— — ~- ■ Fond of heb — Biscuit.— The/London newspaper Truth says that the most -arduous dury ot the British Mini-tor at Brussels C3ir Savile Lnmley), is that of seeing to the packing of a box of Belgian biscuits desunedfor the. Queen of England. Her Majesty one day lunched at Laeken, and expressed high approval at some biscuits which mad'jjtheir appasrance on the occa-; Bi'on. Queen Marie Heneriette explained that they were home-.made, and, the like Of them coald no,*hefe be {equalled (the seor*t of thei<- manufacture resting with the palace confectioner^, bat promised that her Britannic Maje^y should henceforth receive a regular supply. Every other- week, accordingly, a packet of these edibles is dis patched to Sir Savil'e Lumleyy and hia Excellency confides th a m to a Qneen'B mesSengor. The messenger returning .frolm Berlin is usually selected to be the custodian of the precion* charge. , . A,_WQKjOJBRFaii-SWA.IiIiOWBB.-T-Qeorge-Wilsou, more famiUrlv kuowa as the* frog man," dind at Stmfford a few_days jipo liast July he cmght a frog "and~swalloweH it alive, * This was m the forenoon, and m the afternoon he complained of a severe pain m his stomach. He was sick several weeks und:r the care of a physician, and got better. The first of last month he came back to Straff rd. but had worked but. a few days whoii he was taken sick with inflammation of the stomach and bowels. JTbere is no doubt that his death resulted" frbnf the swallowing of that fro?. -Wilgon seemedto have a mania for swallowing flyi-ig things.. On one occasion he oausht a green* sriaV'e more than a foot long and swallowed it alive, At another time he caught a ; black" snake, five feet long, cut it open, took out its heart and swallowed it while pulsating At the time hi swallowed the frog, the: first time ha swallowed it, his fr -gship not liking his quarters, turned round and came back. It was not until the second or third time he succeeded m imprisoning him m his stomacb, / Gskbya axd .era WATCHES.-r-Gteneva, like other cities, has its specialities, and its first and greatest is its "manufacture of watches The '(genera watch has,, attained a world-wide celebrity, and though probably nQ better %b m rfoqie of A^q4qj*h n^nfa^*

tuie they are wonderfully fascinating. and it is difficnlt to withstand the attraction! of th;ir Bhow rooms. Th ir exhib'tion of ladies' watches is especially fine and their prices .vary from 2y dollars as high as you care t...gp; and iy^ju^sore <o get a good 1 articUtf, youpay:fpr_ono.& Another spoci ality is jsmsic bbxes>of :>hioh large quau i"e£»?ejsbld every year. > There are several establishments here which deal m them exclusively, and ttoey put th?iin_u?i m all 8ort« of shapes. There are musical chairs, which surprise you by^pjayirig » tune when you sirdow^n thdraj£mjißioal footstools, g .b---latssand ti inkers of variouo kinds, ranging in^price from 6 dollars to 2000 dollars, and eveii s -.higher. Geneva has almost a mono^X^t==*eß^^j^bl«hmenfe^fbt=TaaTo*>. one at Berne, I have not noticed any elsewhere, i •<•- - -~- ' ■ --'. v — An~exchange contains- the folltftfirtjf" ' stranige story V-« That the mere accident of unusual corpulence should prompt % young and hea'thvrwomantvdr story herself is a sufficiently " : trange^^ .bccurre^ice to excite general surprise ; hut wlietf tt^ psy-cho'ogicalmyßteYy^ihvblved-w-^^ tive foc.sellmarder:is: further' complicated by the fact that the suicide-was anjcrphan, brought up by public "harity. "we cannot but regard «f anomalous"^ the utmost^astoi^hmwitGx^rphjn^parochwUy nurtured, arc hy.no mean « wont- to *»x inconveniently fit f ;l r lew to attain;* measure of obesity so ; extravagant 1 as to be incompa-. tible witti'theiFfoleratlon of mere existence. Yet such wnuldjappeartorvhaTe^beeft? the the cas - wih Marie Speiz, a Native^ of Brunn. in-the^B^uJmarketeof whicliVri■Ting city she haVfor ' some years ■> past retailed^»usages^tO'bß^ellowi'citiisen«rzAl£? though, like the immortal F,at Boy_ in•PickMoK)' sCe^sai ajaf^rplgn-^etfuiaTik* that epicurean, philosopher,, she took a si. nister view of he^abnbfmat'dtinensions. A few weeks ago. the-s«ra*age*<-trade having prpy^djtn/enmncjrativfi,^he,- del t Brunuf Ux Vienna; wflUOhS W^X^Wtiu l'Vm^ tic/servica m the f Eaiseretaain' Portly after 12 •hisr -^ Bifljter4n-law,jecei*ed-.a;let cr f ron» her, con- vtaining the melaiich,olxannouncemeiit that , she cpuld no long rput up witfi 1 her coiv " pnlence, which 1 «poseB B ner < >t6' iidicu% and ; had conseqnerity "K^gol *e<i <-tri- Hrown. - hetselfr,, -Her body h^irinjßg , been found iv. ' the Danube, near^Kioat^ri^eDburg.",, _• ?! ., tf Tbicks of .^tagb ; Gostumb.— Ar^r^afe .. many tricks of stagSf coßtume ipring from • per sbiiiil Uefects. In whifey^cfit' of ' waist" ' ilodjtska' aplpears^theife !a ! iMSyi^a'buucii-^ of or'i bow" placed ■-atMthfoleft; %id^>i of .hex open ;cpjsage.jjj^hen v Mߣ4enc^s%^ not resorted. to, .a little sfra^wmbeffr^ed^ across fliagonally. M a. little, fan "of lacaT wi« J BMaemy^%lrrmm« 0 icor\ier:tb hida^ sca.r^on' the^breasV 'thatIbofcs. »Brif- : it mightr.bejthe.rewltoi awduod;. r f.rcm a-poignari^ia, .^.souvenir it of : a .to?.; mance," Poor Lucille Western wm afflicted by^a birthmark. "She 7 ; if c ifegufat 1 ' feY male Bsau> Abouthe? waisif there r was a ' growth of silky br6wrnihair..which i ran td - a point m front* ; When it came tp the^tops; r qf,h : er^dr? sacs it v was CMefully butt the' skin always^ reWaihea Hue. S"o" Lu> ' celle wore a huge cross dangling just oveV ' th»t. portiou-of -,her fanatomyi;-; Parppa, BosK had a deep vaccination .scar., far down her robust arm, and wbe» .Her" tieeyes wefeJ^ very Bhort^a : kn')t j of Vi& .nrbr a :> trail" -of :> flowers used-tocccrer it. vojßeifore 'she '^ grew^ - bo extremely stout she wore a golden band • above tfceel£ r ow. to.h^le it, but when herarmlet 7 had-tb be as big as a waistbabd sha, abandoned:the.odility. ' One 'iftight, 5 speak- ' ipg of this scar to aif AmericahN giri^.wha . sat m her. dressing . . r00m,., the offered an immediate' and' "e^e^tuai con^ cealm>nt of the offftttiihg^Bpct.«i§he T i took r! * one. of the oaudles.off the- toilet table, and, i holding it abpye the: arm, sJ,et5 J,et .one, rtrpp? o% [ themeiled.wax-fa[|;uppi» the place, .and.,.* i here was no f nrther hi^i .of concealing de^. vices.- A dash of lesh-ttiittd p jwder' com- ' pleted the cure, and Parepa's make-tip box; - . for ever after . contained a _ bit r -of - wa*. candle. ' '- ? T '' /';'" "'/''r *"'.', '!'?''''''. PAPRB ■BABBKtiS.^-TAn attempt n is being. * made m the" XJniteyi : -stateß.'tci utilise- paper - for the making of the- barrels Hn -which,- : petrobum and feerflscen^rare sent to this : country au'd elsewhere, ijew .puirsons are., . aware that the 'cost of the barrels" ribi* ' ! used is comparatively low ; but the'' hunfber used ia, comparatively -low ;. but the. number used- if soenproijiua that faying- „ of on^. per cfent.^p^r' imi^er V^^ld • idd "•' three' hundred dollars aday ■ to the"' 'ihcdmeof the company c ITb^ebaji^lsare^madcand : . pa ; nted ; by : jm^hinos r :te^ed,-tvy r tw.p. men,, ; and a boy, which turns out I2OQ as .;i ,day!a. ! . work, at a cost of I dollar 25' i'dents" eWchj and as the^ r opm,pany s mak.es ■■» 30.000 day^ -an :econoioy i'^^pntly ?,a- cent? !•;•,• ;eqniyalentto a saying .«.-.f .fi^t- ; Qomgres- • -. scd paper jjuljp/n^cbpE 1 w&jctt ia T made-; . . from stewefi' sawdust; if a material : of 'sar- " prising strength, vbu t (if the cbjirret gtnakers . succeed m : their,:caSoctß to,rfi<lj*c«' : Uiej -cosfc;' ; ,by even tw^o, or.three ceutg^ itjem: inaio be- ; . , seen/whajt wta be . d^n? with the _ empty^ , barr-li At present TKe f w odH caik'Vare ; made up ; into. waßhing : iubßi; r ai^i "at the, ■■' "• worst are;, excellent .fl»"'iW<vi<JiJ:P ( -sh*pß« the. '. paper barrels will, not,iie, so usef ul here, ; -,-f , , !TBW Fodrth EsXATEKtrrAHfacetioua,; ?tibuß waiter m. the Ohristchiirch Star Jbug, ,dißc6ufatiSHSpSfi-* : 'iffa T g\o^ J^of J ~^sm^ :1 Kn~ i editor }— X I were "oaap.il i'vd choo^n be,, twee^becpjoiftg an editor or a^ b*iliS or suffeping &ummi*ry annihi!atioii^Slf"'tfii^^ Bhouia goii£f6f.the sadtlen death; rclause> I am told t^at jh« average editor hag i mbi^.enemies" ilxan 1 any pther.. £tt>feßJnQ)>alJ'man~ on the fa,ce t of.tbfe,^tbi.*nj,i; strange to, say. the more talented^ he ia, th^ m r»> hi»^ enemies advertise^him_ and . i bxbig, bvta^inipj prominence. Thefe r 's\ifelylma|t be sonse-> thing m a man , i vhojiß ai»u)»ed^ I am further assured 'fbatj^jbuinalist' can neverhope to a^taiA^ipbsUiye^emine. cc, unless, -ha carries'abdurwith hirtra'fist-aii b'i& as" a. shoulder ftftinutton, "He; mu«j be proficient m (he "pugilistic Wt^ *nd prepared a^gii ; tiny-s h'bnbr and his nose both, with his fist- iarid - his^ qu^l;^ Tbefrti ; Ktbesri't f seem to bn miich -of? th«o poetry ot .? life? :i 'aboivtaU'thi»,and fate ii'-liardi upon: the. man consigm-d.ito e-Jitorjal dopm.j.'irßpji'tlube fruiters, dear boys, Jlife iti uhort. j About tffose^aAllSs lEayen't m-ch to say." -Ton may |eepne or |wp7>f tb.em,e*eryday" y about" the B,eafdent Magistrate's Court; if wi han eyft.iu.a. sling, and presenting ml" 'bettered a,n appeas*tfcV'a*thb igttttbfeyJhad just off a :battle-field. oV Howev,er,.,of ; . .two. I should piefer'iprbe a baaj^jba^ my «p,% is fot 'be death racbefc> • ; !; -- f ''^;l-^'-* -; ; A T&ftsißJLM SEL^-^We 5 hav,« ; alwayß! r ' :: anderatobd-Hr/atHh'e^Aeo^alrd^dftnnot. • change his epojta. b.ut e^idenlljg 4 diß>r .. ability does not extend to the equine race, jthat is if tfeere^^uyfihj^in -the iol!ow* ing story, "which* wtf dip" f rbmi -a . contem* "porary ; -"3t was 15 *: gpod practfcai'Jdke, "of which th,e priAcipaj! w ew a bucket of liquid wfeitin^ .and an ordinary, brush, and- tbv? locality was, -jao^aewhere on the southenrcoasjt there wai. an] agricu tivaD'Bh'bwi-or " which was foilqv?edby-a dinner, -to which, all the leadirig >hen pf he district had come. To"f'irthu>e'iiiv«n the proceedings, Vcircuß,trp,upe w(aa i j(n.tfte.town, Xhelead^ ing men, for the grater part, came to t? c. feast oii^hbrseif "an,"a '■'fhVse— sp«clal~peiv missioA haying^been i obtained— were turned - ; . in^o a good |iafid\>ek^ There: weretbaysjr;* browns^ a,nd blacks ; a n<3 these, ■vrhil*' the "" owners were ,feas.bi|(%j*~hy^|h*%'cal{<>-.df *ho whitewash hru'sh lief re mon'ionefl, soinft.. wa^. converted . into « pi - J|nd 4 sk evib^'H^-

was responded to, and all hands sought their horces to take flight '! he paddock was reacbe i, and in-the.. dim^Jight each, man with bridle "on arm, sought his trusty ■teed, So many harrtl words- were never before utterad m the district when the univenaaf.VSaiSt *%* SecfM&'Sihc ~&vgi£) men had let out the fJHdcntT.'hortet and turned their own m. The owner o£ the paddock, wh(£Ewa<KmesifCtb.e SaSquEtiers. was more irate tban^any of the lot, and warmly neeondSi^fie^ moiidW'tKrt'-'every horsejjtohe_lot..Bhould_be_put_into-the-pcund—and pomded thy were, "ay light brought head^EJs/^nd^ misg|ying<^ ana never were p *unafees~paid with leas cheerfulness. The gdnerab>desire?now m that district&^leatgwhp Jj| r the-»Jocal^Landrf