SHIPPING.

FORT OP LYTTELTON. ! ■■ ■■ ' r •' *■. i <■ ' T ; OX- -' Sailed . Yibmrd ay. Kestrel, ketch, for Oamaru, , 420 Antelope,cnttor, for Akaroa. • Minnie, ketch, for Mackintosh Bay. ! Scottish Knight, barque, for Valparaiso. Roeeneath, barque, for Cork or Fal ,p for orders. nTnnd Graham, schooner, for Oamaru. , f> Auckland, Yesterday., Arrlved-rSnva, from Levuka. * ..WKUaNGXOH, Yesterday.; and Hawea, from the South";' , ; Taiaroa, from Picton and Nelson; Murray,^- from Nelson and Pic ton ; Hauroto,. from Wailara. . Sailed —Taiaroa, for the South ; Waka tipu, for Sydney. « : ; ! ’ Tim abo, Yesterday.: Arrived—Onward, from Lyttelton ; Awaroa, from Lyttelton. for the United Kinjg .*su“.-wi'j ..'d v» Yesterday.; . , Arrived—Tarawera, from Sydney. "t brifc for, Kaipara ; Te *■ Anau, for the North. : r

DAILY MEMORANDA.

AUCTION SALES Saturday,’ May 26. > —Mr Tr“Bnllock, at the Arcade—Town ji A .Sections, Stock, etc. ,at 1 o’clock. ; Mr Alfred Harrison, at his Rooms—Land, v':ao Cotfcgo, [ eto, at 2„q'clock. ftapAT, Junb 1. ■ Cox- J and Go. , at Waterton ’-o Jhrihi’Live and Dead Stock; at 12 •• i' ;■. x[u4.i« yr.- : t ‘ TErtBaDAY, 'JUNE 7. •. - ; M*tSdn, Goxand 06., at Waterton—Town On.*- Sections, Faring Live and Dead Stock, O-'-.t Ase.,-htl , ll'6’dl6ok^sharp. 1 : :ij -FiiDAT, ,(i >l6Mwrt Wilkitt and Go j at the Tinwald :■Varda— Surplus Stock, Farm Im plements, etc. ts MSf.T Otuio MEETINGS.. AMUSEMENTS, &c soat. Mat 24. Town Little Treasure” Comply OorKpanyj at 8 p.m. . ■ W&atiUi Wealeyan Church—Lecture by Stanage, at 7.30. r,! - IW ' Monday, May 28. Borough Council, at Borough Council ~ Chambers, at 7 o’clock. ... Upper; Road Board District — GeneraTelec£ion of members; nomina . - -tion May 27th, polling day 7th day of .Monday, June! 4. _ . ' ■ Borough—Annual Licensing 2 : Mi ' meeting for Borough, June 4th.,. Wednesday, June 6.. Risidtot Magistrate's Court, Ashburton— Annual Licensing meeting for Ashbqr top'district,'June 6th: :

MAIL NOTICES.

A L'f it\ * 'V < -r——— 1 v ’ ‘ ' Mails close at the Ashburton Poat Office as follows: Fop, Christohurchand North at 6 a.m. daily. ■, , r . Cjbertseyßakaia, &0., at 10.30 a. nr. “ am& Jtm. daily. mii Fb*lhniedin,Tinwald, Winslow, Hinds, -Rartgitata, Orari, Winchester, .•pd Geraldine, at 10 a.m. daily. x: i,J *Fbif”Temuka, at 6 a.m. and 10 a.m., daily. For Tim&ru and South, at 6 a.m., 10 a.in., and 4.80 p.m-, daily. ForGreenstreet and Ashburton Forks, " ' not Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3.30 _ . “ . ~~ For Mount Somers, on Tuesdays and Saturdays, at 6 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. ** Mayfield, on Tuesdays and Satur days, at 6 a,m. and ]Lon g boacll > ' Fot N?epaington, on Mondays, Wednes fiays, 7vo:iaF6r Wadtanm, Elgin, Seaview, Seaneld, -''-i attSKyle/ on'Tuesdays, Thursdays, and ... ~,.F*r JJjewlands, on Tuesdays and Fri oi fMailsarrive - at' the ' Ashburton Post ——VjNßwOf S/lOV-luZ J' 1 ' ■ <■ Christchurch and Bakaia at 1Q.15 a.a& f.fclj >m. : ’ FxOThTOiertsej - , &ci at 10.15 a.m. and Dunedin and intermediate places \atß3opwm. - idaily,.;: f ; From Tetnukaand Timaru at 10.40 a.m. A-hburt™ Forln, Wednesdays ahd''Saturdays, at 10 a.m. ,y'Z X/. -» .0 bl ; From Mount Somers, on Tuesdays and Saturdays, at 10.5 a.m. and 8.15 p.m. , From Mttjrfield,on Tuesdays and Satur day, at 10.5 a. m. v -beaehatlO a. m.. daily. : : > . iii.Ua'®!?® Elgiu, Wakanui, Seafield, . and Kyle.on Tuesdays, Thursdays,, and, Sait p.m. ; j From Howlands, on, Tuesdays and Fri-. ■■ dap/S*;i3i)AiTU v ■ b TFfohi BTemihgton' on Tuesdays; Thurs days, and Sundays, at 10 a. m.

TRAVELLERS’ GUIDE.

iifgltotf'lißiW MtiuBTON 'itiß Christ tiq oaaribOHAhd intermediat e stations at 7i 10 .txfcTO.*:.K>J, and (Express); 5.39 p.m. * Trairß lobavk , Ashburton tor Txmaru and i7l (Express)^and 4.45 p,m.—-the latter pro ceeding no farther than Timaru. ■ Tbaihs Arbive at Ashburton from Christchurch at 10 20 a. m. (Express), 4.35 p.m., and 7.20 p.m. Trains Arrive at Ashburton from Tdcaru and South at 10.45 a.m., 5.28 -p.m. (Express), and 8 p.m.

NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS.

Advertisements for The Ashburton Guardian must be sent in not later than 3 p.m , with the number ®f insertion, written plainly on the copy, otherwise they will be inserted until counter manded, and charged accordingly. Re place Advertisements must be supplied the day previous to that on which they are to be inserted. Special notices can be received up to 3.30 p.m., but will be charged double rates. All notices of Births, Marriages, or Deaths must be accompanied by the sig nature of the sender, as a guarantee of good faith. All advertisements and business letters to be addressed The Manager; literary communications should be addressed to The Editor. Y

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prevalebit. THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1883. The Queen’s Birthday.

On this, the 24th day of May, is celebrated the sixty-fourth anniversary of the birth of Her Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, the most popular sovereign that has ever reigned over Great Britain. Wherever the flag of Old England waves, the thoughts of the inhabitants will turn to the gentle lady whose coming into the world is being celebrated, for she has gained not only the esteem and admiration, but also the ' love of the people over whom she rules. The fierce light that beats upon the throne has, during a long reign of nearly forty-six years, served but to bring out more clearly the good qualities of our present Queen, and there is not one of her humblest subjects that does not wish her a long and happy life. History plays strange pranks with great names, and the idol of one generation is not unfrequently the scorn of the next, but it is a safe prophecy to predict that the reputation of Her Majesty will remain the same in the future as it is now. Napoleon sneeringly spoke of England as a nation of shopkeepers, and the criticism was, in a sense, just enough. We value above all things the homely virtues, and the extraordinary popularity of the Queen is due to the fact that she repre sents to the mind of the majority the ideal of those virtues. Among the monarchs that have reigned over Britain she is the .only one who has been entirely en rapport with the people she governed. When some years ago the narrative of the life of the Royal family in the Highlands was published, the divinity which hedges royalty was in a measure broken through. No book ever went more directly to the heart of the nation than did that simple story of a gentle life well spent When we read of the little pleasures of that household, and (saw in the highest lady in the land the fond wife and loving mother, full of earnest solicitude for her offspring, our respect was in creased a hundredfold, for these are the virtues that Englishmen set greater store by than the possession of brilliant talents. No country in the universe has a more truly representative govern ment than has Great Britain, but while monarchial institutions exist, the reign ing Sovereign must possess a great deal of influence in political affairs. It may, however, be safely said that Her Majesty has never exercised that influence except for the public weal. That she has predilections in favor of certain men is only natural, but those predilections have never been allowed to obtrude themselves. This is the reason why Republican opinions in modern times in England have never made much way with the people. It is only when the monarch is licentious and the court corrupt, as was the case when Charles I. reigned, that a revolu tion of the constitution is possible. While Queen Victoria is om| the throne, the nation need have no f&r of violent changes taking place, and it- is the heartfelt wish of all Englishmen that she will long be spared to reign over a nation which she has governed so wisely.

The South Dunedin ratepayers will apply for an injunction, restraining the Council from completing the gas contract. The Otago Land Board yesterday de cided to hold an enquiry on June 7th re garding the purchase of deferred payment sections at Strath-Taieri, and to summon as witnesses the purchasers and those who acted for them (Messrs Smith, Gellibraud and others). An inquest oh a stowaway named Thos. Russell, who arrived at Lyttelton by the British Queen, was held yesterday at Port. It appeared that the deceased suffered from heart disease, and the medi cal evidence given at the inquest showed that death resulted from this cause. A verdict of death from natural causes was returned by the jury. No less than twenty stowaways were found on this steamer between the passage from Lon don to Lyttelton. An open meeting of the Will and the Way Lodge, 1.0.G.T., was held at Tin wald yesterday evening. There was a very good attendance, considering the state of the weather ; Bro. Wallace, L.D., presided. Addresses were delivered by Mr Killworth (of the Blue Ribbon Army) and Bro. Isaac Pcott, and songs and re citations were rendered by several mem mers of the Order present. Altogether a very pleasant evening was spent, and it was suggested before separation that a similar meeting be held in the course of a few weeks, when we hope that the Tin wald Templars will have more favorable weather.

At the meeting of the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board held in Christ church yesterday, Mr Hawkes reported that he had visited the Old Men’s Home at Ashburton, in con sequence of some complaints that had been received, and was very much pleased with what he saw. The building accommodation was very defective, but the general management of the institution was excellent, and deserv ing of praise in every respect. It would be a very good thing if the Old Men’s Home could be transferred to the Lyttel ton Orphanage, which was peculiarly well adapted for the purpose, and the children of the Orphanage removed to a suitable home on the plains. Mr Stevens remarked that the proposal would be a very good one if they had L 4,000 to enable them to carry it out. It reply to Dr Turnbull, Mr Hawkes said that the officials at the Ashburton Home had no intimation of his intended visit. It was reported Chat there were fifty inmates in the Old Men’s Home at Ashburton. Early yesterday morning signals were made from Dog Island lighthouse, at the Bluff, that medical assistance was re quired, and the principal lightkeeper was dying. A pilot's crew took Dr Glass, Sergeant Nickle, and the Customs Officer across, and found Mr Clarke dead. It appears that Mr James Clarke, principal lightkeeper of Dog Island, went up the tower at 4 a. m. that morning to relieve Mr William Collie. Mr Collie went home, and Mrs Clarke went out at half past seven, and noticed the light still burning, although it was daylight. Not seeing her husband she went up the tower, and could not find Mr Clarke. On Cuming down she called Mr Collie. He, accompanied by Mi (Frost, assistant keeper, searched outside the tower with out success, and on opening the door inside the tower at the basement they discovered the body of Mr Clarke in the recess where the lamp-weights are sus pended, and quite dead. The last entry on the Slate in the tower shows twenty minutes past six, and it is supposed that the deceased had overbalanced himself whilst adjusting the lamp-weights, and had fallen down the centre of the tower, about seventy-six feet.

Messrs Izettand Selig published an apology * for the statemeiitß macro in Society, which reflected upon the charac ter of the Rev. J. W. Cree, of Leesion.

An inquest on John Tomlinson, who died from the effects of an injury to tho knee by falling before a railway waggon, was held at Invercargill yesterday. It was shown that his foot caught in the crossing, and that the deceased was thrown down. The verdict was “ Acci dental death,” with a rider that none of the railway servants should bo allowed to interfere with trains. The deceased, without being asked, went between the waggons when in motion to uncouple them. He was a single man, but con tributed generously to the support of the family of a brother, who had long been an inmate of the Hospital, and his death is generally regretted. On Tuesday evening the police at Kaia poi having locked up a prisoner for drunkenness, were alarmed a few hours after to find he had forced his head through a small aperture in the door of the cell looking into tho passage in the lock-up, and that the man was quite un able to withdraw his cranium out of chan cery. The unfortunate prisoner was lifted up and assisted in every possible way for some time without success, and the difficulties in the way of increasing the size of the hole lay in the fact that the cell door was covered with a plate of iron, and there must be some delay in finding a carpenter and a smith after ten o’clock. It was finally decided to well soap the prisoner's head, and this, aided by a desperate effort on his part to get free from the pillory, proved successful. The only reason he could give for his rashness was that he was curious to see how the door was fastened. Subsequently he slept well on a pile of blankets, and before Mr Hurse, J. P., next day, was cautioned and discharged. — Press. The ceremony of the installation of a Provincial Grand Masonic Lodge under tho Scottish Constitution, for Canterbury, took place yesterday at the Canterbury Masonic Hall, and drew together a large assemblage of the craft, not less than 260 brethren of various Constitutions taking part in the work. Bro. the Rev. James Hill was appointed the first Grand Master of Canterbury. The other Grand Lodge officers were next installed and invested as follows :—R. W.D.D.G.M., Bro. T. Turnbull; D. S. G. M., Bro. W. J, Fer guson ; D. G. S. W., Bro. W. Sparrow ; D.G.J. W., Bro. J. 0. Watson; D.G. Secretary, Bro. J. L. Cassell ; D.G. Treasurer, Bro. D. H. Christie; D.D. Chaplain, Bro. Rev. J. Townsend ; D.G.S.D., Bro. J. Cunningham; D.G.J.D., Bro. W. Graham ; D.G Stewards, Bros T. G. Rowley, Neil, J. Grubb, and O. Louisson ; D. G.D. 0., Bro. H. T. Gourlay ; D.G. Bible-bearer, Bro. L. Elerig; D.G. Sword-bearer, Bro. A. Taylor ; D. G. I. G., Bro. Tait; D. G. Tyler, Bro. A. Frazer.

Mr H. Peldwick, member for Invercar gill district, addressed a second meeting of electors at North Invercargill on Tues day. About fifty were present. In the course of his address Mr Feldwick denied having changed views on the education question. Had it arisen at the election he would have answered that one-seventh of the people of New Zealand, many of them of poorer classes, had to pay for the edu cation of their own children, and at the same time to contribute through taxation towards the support of State schools, which they did not, as a matter of con science, use. It had not been made a party question, either at the election or afterwards in the House. The principal objection to Fyke’s Bill was that the pre sent Education Act was a settled thing. Now, he had a very short political creed ; It was the golden rule, and were hea Roman Catholic he would feel that he had no right to pay for education of his own children and be taxed for those of other people’s. He did not wish to examine into the motives of his antagonists at the pre vious meeting, but he thought their ques tions were asked for party purposes. At the close of his address it was moved and seconded tljat Mr Feldwick be thanked for his speech, but ah amendment to the effect that the meeting express implicit confi denoe in him and concurrence with his views on the education question was ulti mately carried. Few more extraordinary stories have been published lately than the narrative of the loss of an American whaling schooner called the Pilot’s Bride. This craft, it seems., so long ago as October, 1881, while hunting sea-lions, was wrecked on Desolation Island, usually charted under the name'of Kerguelen, a desolate spot in. the middle of the vast Southern Ocean, some degrees to the southward of St Paul’s, the scene of the loss of the Megsera. There were eighty-one men on board of her, and it would seem that all managed to get ashore. Some provisions were washed on to the beach, but not by any means in sufficient abundance to ren der the look-out tolerable for these eighty one men, who would form a company large enough to tax very severely the hospi tality of a small island. Fortunately rabbits were plentiful ; and there was also discovered a great growth of wild cab bages ; but, good as a dish of rabbit and wild cabbage may prove, when occasionally served, say once a week, it must grow a very tiresome diet when there is nothing else to be had for eleven months, and for all that time those eighty-one unfortunate men were forced to live upon this singular island fare. The sole variation of their tedious and ajpparently hopeless imprison ment was the departure of a crew of them in their boat to deposit a letter, stating that they had been wrecked and where they wpre, at Three Island Harbor, a place of call for whalers, situated about 150 miles distant from Kerguelen Island. Having, so to speak, posted this letter in this extraordinary ocean-box, the men re turned in their b at and remained on their island until September in last year, on the 4th day of which they were taken off by the schooner Francis Allyn, and subsequently landed at Cape Town. On the subject of American sympathy with Irish sedition and crime, the San Francisco News Letter remarks : “ Tem porarily the exigencies of politics cause us to pander to the Irish vote. We know that Great Britain is in no present need of our open and avowed sympathies, much less of our active assistance. But let the circumstances change, let dire disaster and danger threaten the land of our fore fathers, and forthwith it will be speedily seen that the vast majority of us are far from unmindful of our Anglo-Saxon origin. The tight little island from which we sprang would not in her hour of real distress want for a dollar, or a man to fight for her, so long as American-born sons of British sires had the wherewifhal to help. Meanwhile, as no such necessity exists, and as our local politics are pecu liar, we pat Paddy on the back, coax him into voting as we may happen to want him to, and fool with and cajole him to the top of his bent; but he who is de ceived into supposing that such signs indicate the true feeling of Americans towards the Old Country, has never measured their pride in being sharers in the glories of the race from which they sprang ; has never studied the history of the longevity of that feeling which, in all lands, springs from race affiliation, and, in a word, does not realise how much thicker blood is than water. The English lan guage, the English commercial instinct, and the English love of fair-play, of good morals, or religious faith, and of true liberty, will conquer the world, and live for ever, and perish the day when Americans fail to realise that they are equal partakers in the glories of that universal conquest. That day; we are persuaded, will never come.”

A man named Edward Hughes, who re cently served a long sentence in Dunedin for burglariously entering a jeweller’s shop in Christchurch, has been arrested on a charge of pawning a diamond, know ing it to be stolen. It is believed that the ring formed a portion of the property ; stolen in Christchurch several years-ago.. A terrible tragedy has been enacted in Liverpool. A bricklayer’s laborer named Me’ntyre had a drunken quarrel with-his. wife, who refused to give him more money* for drink. He then produced a revolver and fired at her. The woman fled up stairs, and her husband, with the poker in one hand and the revolver in the other, followed her, knocked her down, and beat her fearfully over the head with a poker, leaving her for dead. He then went downstairs, and shot himself through the head, death being instantaneous. The woman is not expected t • recover. She has been shot in the breast, and the doc tors have extracted the ballet, but the wounds on her head are of a terrible character. The following curious letter, signed by Mclntyre, was found in his pocket:—“ This is a true account of my life. My father was sergeant-major in the 17th Lancers, and had half-a-crown per day pension. My brother died fighting for Queen and country, and you told that I was a Fenian. How could I be a Fenian, having such good men be longing to me 1 This is no lie, for their names are in the War Office. My brother was one of the gallant Six Hundred. You have driven me to it. Say nothing about wilting fori am drunk." On an enve lope addressed to the coroner was written, “ Please, coroner, don’t say I am insane, for I am not.” Holloways Ointment and Pills. — Outward Infirmities.—Before the discovery of these remedies many case of sores, ulcers, &c., were pronounced to be hopelessly incurable, because the treatment pursued tended to de stroy the strength it was incompetent to preserve, and to exasperate the symptoms it" was inadequate to remove. Holloway’s Pills exert the most wholesome powers over the un healthy flesh or skin, without debarring the patient from fresh air and exercise, and thus the constitutional vigor is husbanded while the most malignant ulcers, abscesses, and skin diseases are in process of cure. Both Oint ment and Pills make the blood richer and pmer, instead of permitting it to fall into,that poor and watery state so fatal to many laboring under chronic ulcerations,—[Advt.]

HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

The annual meeting of the members °> the Horticultural Society cook place at,the Arcade Chambers last evening ; there waa a very good attendance, Mr A. Harrison, Yice-President occupied the chair.

Gentlemen, —Vour Committee have much pleasure in being able again to meet you with a fairly'satisfactory report, although the balance is not so large as at this time last year, it still shows on the right side of the ledger, being a credit of Lio 6s 21, as against L2S 5s id last year, showing a falling off when the value of the presentation made to the secretaray is ac counted for, of Lio. This is mainly attribut able to a laxness in the canvassing for subscrip tions, cansed most probably by a slight dis agreement, which occurred amongst the Com mittee through the action of a section of their members holding a summer show, in which your secretary took an active part; still though it was admitted that it was done with a view of helping forward public interest in horticulture, there still remained a latent feel ing of apathy which militated against the usual collection of funds, as evidenced by the fact of a general decrease of some twenty members, many of whom were not solicited for a sub scription, but would have given if asked. Another cause of regret to your Committee is the small attendance at the monthly meet ings of the t-ociety. This is more to be de plored since these meetings are open to the public, and many members are at some trouble to prepare instructive papers for reading at these meetings, and it is therefore poor satis faction to them to waste their time for'only the benefit of a few. Members seem to con sider that a spasmodic effort at the annual show time is the be-all and end-all of horticul ture. Your Committee trust that now they have procured so good a meeting room as the one we are now in, that more interest will be exhibited during the coming season, and as a means of stimulating increased interest in horticulture, they would suggest that at each monthly meeting a prize be given amongst the members for the best exhibit of whatever is in season (the particular plant or vegetable to be named the meeting previous). Funds for this to be derived from a sweepstake of sixpence per entry. The balance-sheet, duly audited, is laid before you, also a statement of assets and liabilities to April 30th. The arrears of subscription rhay be considered good. And now we resign into your hands the offices you honored us with last year, and hoping our successors will revive increased energy in the Society.

Report and Balance-sheet. —The annual report and balance-sheet were read and adopted. The balance-sheet for the year ending April 30, 1833, showed the receipts to be Ll2O 7s lid, including a balance of L 25 5s Id brought forward from the previous year. The expenditure was Lll2 13s 4d, leaving a balance in the bank of L? 14s 7d. Election of Officers.—The following officers were elected: —Messrs B. G. Wright, M.H.R., president; A. Harrison, S. Revans, 0. W. Purnell, and Dr Trevor, vice-presidents ; H. St Hill, treasurer; S. E. Poyntz, secretary. Committee— Messrs ,W. H. Zouch, T. Simmonds, W. H. Collins, W. Davison, C. Ward, J. and T. Sealey, G. T. ? Smith, Bloomfield, An drews, Potter, and R. Elston.

Meetings.—A motion was moved to the effect that it be a recommendation to the incoming Committee that the meet ings of the Society be held'quarterly in stead of monthly. Mr S. E. Poyntz moved as an amend ment—“ That jit be a recommendation to the Committee that the meetings he held on the first Wednesday in each month, and that an advertisement appear prior to each meeting.” The amendment was carried.

An interesting paper on “ The Modern Flower, Garden ” was read by the Secre tary.

A vote of thanks to the chairman for presiding, and Mr Poyntz for his paper, were carried unanimously, and the meet ing adjourned.

HYDROPHOBIA IN AUSTRALIA.

From a report furnished to the Min ister of Mines of New South Wales by the Health Officer, it appears that several cases have occurred in that colony lately which presented every sympton of true rabies in .dogs. Only one confirmatory test was wanting, the inocculation and production of the disease in other animals. Dr McKelkr says that if hydrophobia has not yet been introduced into Australia, it will be sooner or later, and that the very rapid means of transit between the colonies and Europe will facilitate its introduction. The Chief Secretary of Victoria has requested the Colonial Secretary of New South Wales to fur nish the fullest particulars of the matter, in order that, if necessary, action may be taken by the Department of Agri culture of this colony. The question was raised last March, and the depart ment at that time requested the Go vernments of New South Wales and South Australia to join Victoria in a general prohibition against the importa tion of dogs, in order to prevent hydro phobia from reaching Australia. They declined to carry out the desire of Victoria, and Mr Young, feeling that Victoria could not act alone in the matter, took no further steps in con nection with it, - ,

THE SANATION ARMY.

. writes to an Auck land contemporary as/ follows f—ln the notices which have appeared in your cplumlps relative to the Salvation Army, J/haye not noticed any reference to the “ orders and regulations ” which Gene ral Booth has drawn up-for- use* of the “army.” These are certainly unique. in their way,- and Misplay an amount of I worldliness which.is scareely calcuiated to inspire one with feelin'gs of admira tion for the “new religion.” For in stance, impecunious and hungry com manding officers are told that “ pressure put upon the people will frequently cause them to make presents of food,” Here is another choice extract: —“ In addition to any collection made, a plate or basket may be held at every door, so that any who have been missed in collecting may have an opportunity to help. With collectors strange to their work, it may be necessary for the C. 0. from the stage to watch carefully over the collecting, and to give needed direc tions to prevent seats from being passed over. The collections must be carefully explained in all cases. The total expenditure weekly for hire of buildings, gas, bills, etc., should be mentioned if heavy, and the invariable generosity of working people pointed out. Whilst the collection is made ’a j solo or song known to everybody should be sung. It is a mistake to make any other announcements, or sing anything requiring a book during the collecting, as it divides attention too much. From the first, some respectable person should, if possible, be asked to be pre sent at the counting of collections and. offerings, and to initial the entry,of them in books ; but, of course, it is necessary to make sure of a real friend, if pos sible, for. this. It is not-weH to make known the amount of offerings at first, and indeed at no time is it wise to pub lish them to the whole congregation. The mass ot the people will never suspect real soldiers, and it is, therefore, foolish to assume any possibility of sus picion, or .to '' any statements with a view to meeting it.” These' instructions would have done credit to Machiavelli. Their shrewdness node can question, nor can it be denied that in a worldly sense they are-'exceedingly clever. All through the little handbook conipiled by the General, gs a vase mecum for his officers the same cool, calculating worldly advice is enforced. For ,instance-rr-“ An officer on this duty has no business with bashfulness or propriety. He should never wait to know whether he’ ; should go ’ here or there. If a theatre door be open, walk in and inspect every part of the T build* ing until somebody objects. The re mark that you want to see the mana ger, and that you are a perfect stranger groping your way, will generally satisfy everybody, and wilt prevent officials treat ing you with disrespect. You can afford: any quantity of apologies after you have got the information you wanted. But if you go in a humble timid way, people will take advantage of you con tinually.” Then, again, commanding officers are told:—“ In talking with anyone on business, always ob serve the eyes closely, and take notice of tones' of voice and man ner generally. You will often learn more, in this way jn a second than from what the man 'says in an" hour. It is only by such observations that you find out whether a man is really, friendly or otherwise, and to know how to deal with him. To make ministers and others engaged in church work friendly, you must say that you attack those who are quite outside their range, and that from want of education amongst us, we cannot be in competi tion with them.” With regard tp the hire of rooms, the “orders” say “With publicans, theatre proprietors, and others who have buildings to let, it is generally well to call attention specially tp • the probable permanency of our tenancy, if the building prove suitable. To be able to get Lso or Llbo a year from us will make many of these friendly enough.” These quo tations are epough to show the general character of the “ Orders and Regula tions which Mr Booth has drawn up for the use of his “ army.” The handbook has- been described as an “ un-Christianlike production.” It cer tainly contains little ini common with the precepts of Him who preached the Sermon on the Mount The quota tions given Above read more like the work of a shrewd, clever man of the world, than a true and earnest Chris tian.

SMOKING AND DRINKING.

(Pall MaM Budget, 16t]i March.) What is the reaVinfluehce of wine and cigars, gin and tobacco, stimulants and narcotics, upon the brain ? Do they give increased strength, greater lucidity of mind, and more continuous power ? Do they weaken and cloud the intellect ? Is a man’s intellectual strength hindered or helped by their use 1 These are the questions to which a practical enquirer has been endeavoring to find some satis factory answer. And he has evidently taken much trouble about his work. He has addressed his enquiries to men of letters, novelists, essayists, journalists, men of science, statesmen, in England, France, Germany, and America. Their replies he has embodied in a volume of 200 pages. ( Study and Stimulants, by A. A. Reade: published by A. Heywood and Sons.) Altogether some 124 answers have been received to his appeal, and in many cases the writers have not only re plied to the direct questions, “Do you smoke 1 ” “Do you drink ? " but have given many details of their everyday habits, which adds much to the interest of the collection.

Twenty-five use wine at dinner only ; thirty are abstainers from all alcoholic liquors; twenty-four use tobacco. Of these twenty-four only twelve smoke while at wcrk ; Mr Edison chews, and Darwin took snuff. One or two find alcohol “ useful at a pinch.” “Not on© resorts to alcohol" for inspiration. Mr Gladstone “ detests ” smoking, though he finds wine is necessary to him at the time of greatest intellectual exertion. He drinks one or two glasses of plaret at luncheon, the samp at dinner, with the addition of a glass of light port. M, Jules Simon objects to smoking on the ground that it tends to separate men from the society of women. Mr St. Hilaire thinks that in France no stimulants are needed. The Duke of Argyll has never touched tobacco, and only takes alcohol under medical advice. Sir John Lubbock con siders the use of tobacco in most oases prejudicial. Louis Blanc never smoked nor drank, and so could not give ah opinion. Of the scientific opinions, those, of M. Paul Bert, given at some length, are, as usual with him, outspoken,. trenchant, and-to the point. “I never smoke,” be says, “ because I am not fond of tobacco. I taka wine to all my meals

because I like it” As with all other plea* aura it is a question of degree. Professor Tyndall thinks the man happiest who is able to dispense with .the use of both. Sir Henry Thompson, in a speech at Exeter Hall, declared that brain workers could not stand alcohol. Professor Huxley did not commence to smoke until he was 40 years of age. Dr W, B. Carpenter had never used tobacco, and has never felt the need of alcoholic stimulants... Darwin used to drink a glass of wine, daily.::: “ I have,” he adds, “ taken snuff all my life, and regret that I ever' acquired the habit. I feel sure that it is a. great stimulus, and aid in my work.” He was accustomed to smoke two paper cigarettes of Turkish tobacco. “ This rests me after ■I have been compelled to talk, with tired memory,, more than anything,else.-’’ Out of 20 men of science only two smoke. Professor Boyd, Dawkins finds quinine;the best stimulant. Edison invariably chews tobacco 1 when at work ; smoking He thinks too violent. in its action.,, Ai igh(,, he fancies, is the best time for intellectual work. • -

To turn from men of science to men of Mr Matthew Arnold tells -us that he has never smoked, and has always drank wine—chiefly, claret. As a general rule, he drinks water in the middle'ofthe day. At a late dinner “ a glassor twaof sherry and some light claret mixed With water, seem to suit me vary. welli”- Ho comes to the very acceptable conclusion that, in general, “ wine—used in mode ration —adds to the agreeablenessof life—« for adults, at any rate, and whatever adds to the agreeableneaa of life adds .tolits resources and powers.” Mr; Freeman is candid enongh in his reply. He tried once or twice when young to smoke, “ but find ing it nasty, did not try it again.” Why people smoke he has no notion!,: As to alco hol, he has no theories. He drinks wine like other people, and finds brandy an ex cellent'medicine. ■ “I- have drunk, beer and wine as I have eaten beef and mutton, without theories one way, or the other.” Mr Becky is not a smoker. Mr Buskin is very emphatic. He abhors smoking for two reasons. A cigar or pipe often makes a man content to be idle ; the exoeaaive use of tobacco abroad, and tho consequent spitting everywhere, and upon everything. Mr Charles Reade sums up'the. matter in three curt but pithy sentences : “ I live seen many people the worse for tobacco. I have seen many people apparently none the worse for it. I never saw anybody perceptibly the better for it.” On the other hand, to Mr Wilkie Oollins tobacco is his best friend. ‘‘When I read,” ha says, “ attacks on smokers, I; feel indebted to the writer. He adds largely to the relish of my cigar.” Mr An thony Trollope, too, gives; his tetimqny 'in favor of the weed, having been a smoker all his life. Mr .Thomas Hkrdy never smoked a , pipeful .in his life, and never found alcohol helpful in novel writing. Mr James Payn is A constant smoker, and the guiltiest of his brethren. He Smokes the: whole time he is writing— three hours a day—and after meals. Those who object to it, he thinks,'have never tried it or find it disagrees with them. K'ngiley was a great smS&er. He used a long and clean clay pipe; whan they accumulated he sent them back' to be re-baked. Tourgdnieff, the Russian novelist, neither smdkes nor drinks. Mark Twain began, - according to his own account, to smoke immoderately > .when eight years old, allowing himself 100 cigars a month, when 20 he. , smoked 200 a month, and by the time he was SO his monthly allowance was 300.,. For four months he works five hours a day, and five days in'the week, and smokes,the whole time he is at work. Wine he finds a clog to the pen, but two glasses of, cham pagne are an admirable stimulant, to the tongue. Mr Frederick Harrison' has never touched tobacco in his life. The Rev. Mark Pattison has been a smoker all his life.

Of all the people in the world one might fairly expect to find the traveller and the newspaper correspondent in the- ranks, of the smokers. Dr W. H- Ruuelii>fo7 instance, has smoked and taken wine for years. Mr O’Donovan gives some very strong evidence in favor of stimoluns, and draws a picture of his, arrival in some wretched mud-built- town, he has lain down in some miserable hoyel, worn out with fatigue andanxiety.- But the newspaper letter had to- be written. It was then that he found .stimulants gave him “ energy to unpack his' writing materials, lie on his face, and propped at both elbows, to write for hours by the light of a smoky lamp.” Mr Henty . finds it difficult to write without smoking. Mr Sala has been a constant smoker 'for nearly forty years, “ but as to smoking stupefying a man’s faculties or 1 Maiding his energy, that allegation I take to be mainly nonsense.” He declares, however, that if he had to live Jus life over again he would never touch ‘to bacco. According to M. Taine a cigarette is usefnlbetween two ideas—when he-have the first but not the second. Throe fourths of the men of letters of his ac quaintance smoke, but none .of them has recourse to alcohol. M., Taine>declares that English journalists write their articles with the -aid of .a bottle* of cham pagne. “With us,” he adds, "“the articles are written in the day tima! We have therefore no reason to resort to this stimulant.” There are many more'opinions which we have no space to quote. It is sufficient to add that Mr Blade’s' con clusion is that alcohol and tobacco are'of no valne to a healthy student. The most vigorous thinkers and hardest workers abstain from stimulants. The “ student” will probably think out the problem for himself, but he might do worse than con sult Mr Reade’a curious collection, and think over the words of Wendell Holmes: “ I do not advise yon, young man, to consecrate the flower of your youth to painting the bowl of a pipe, for,- lot me as'ure you, the stain of a reverie breeding narcotic may strike deeper than Jrbu think. I have seen the green leaf of early promise grow brown before its time under such nicotain regimen, and thought the brown ambered meerschaum was dearly bought at the cost of a braid enfeebled and a will enslaved.”

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