COMMERCIAL.

Ashburton Guardian Office, Monday afternoon, Mr T. Bullock reports on the horse market for the week ending Saturday, May gth : There was an average attendance of farmers and others, and a large number of horses were entered, viz. 35, but mostly of a light descrip tion or aged horses, for which class of stock .here is not a very good demand. Out of the 3S yarded I succeeded in disposing of 16 at the following prices, viz. Draughts of a good stSMUP> aged, brought Ll 3, Ll 4 and Li 4 ; medium draughts aged, from Lg l to . 11 10 ; two and three-year-old colts and fillies ot » light description from’Lß 16s to Lio ; hacks and light harness horses, L 6, L 6, L 6 5s and L 7 I os; two and three-year-old hacks un broken, from LS to I 7 10s. Implements: Spcond-hand doub e-furrow ploughs, from L 3 ICstoLg. Harness and sundries sold well. On Wednesday last I held a clearing sale of horses, cattle, etc., at Mr Peter Peteison’s farm, Alford Forest. There was a large at tendance of settlers and others, and a large entry of horses and cattle, viz., about 40 horses and 40 head of cattle. Out of the horses I sold a number of young unbroken draught horses from L 8 to Ln ; a number of unbroken hacks at from L 4 to Ly. The whole of the cattle were disposed of at ftill market rates; viz.:—Two-year-old steers brought L 4 each ; itore cdws from Lz 10s to L 3 17s 6d year lings, 355; springers brought up to L 6 ss.

DAILY MEMORANDA.

AUCTION SALES. Tcbsday, Mat 12 Messrs Mataon, Cox and C j., at the Ashburton Saleyarda—Stock MEETINGS, AMUSEMENTS, Etc. j Mojtdat, May 11. Borough Council, at Borough Council Chambers, at 7.30 Arcade Chambers —Star of Ashburton, U.A.0.D., at 8 o’clock Wednesday, May 13 Orange Hall —Star of the East, 1.0.G.T., meeting at 8 o’clock Wednesday, Mat 20 Oddfellows’ Hail—Lecture, at 8 o’clock Fbiday, June 5 Ashburton County Council —At Council Chambers, 11 a. m. Lonbgeach Hoad Board at Road Board Office. Saturday, June 6. /Takanui Road Board, at Road Board office, Moore street, at 10.30 a.m.

NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS.

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MAIL NOTICES.

close at the Ashburton Post Office follows: — For Christchurch and North at 6 a. m. 10.30 a.m., and 5 p.m., daily. Fox Chertsey Rakioia, &c., at 10.30 a.m. «ld 5 p.m. daily. For Dunedin, Tinwald, Winslow, Hmds, Coldstream, Rangitata, Orari, Winchester, and Geraldine, at 10 a.m. daily. ■fot Temuka, at 6 a.m. and 10 a.m., For Tima.ru and South, at 6 a.m., 10 «.m., and 4.30 p.m,, daily. For Greenstreet and Ashburton Forks, Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 10.45 a, in, For Wakanui, Elgin, Seaview, Seafield, and Kyle, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 6.30 a.m. For Mount Somers, on Tuesdays and . aturdaya, at 6 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. For Mayfield, on Tuesdays and Satur days, at 6 a,m. For Ashtsn, Waterton and Longbeach, st 4.30 p.m. daily. For Siemlngton, on Mondays, Wednes days, and Fridays, at 4.30 p. in. For Newlands, on Tuesdays and Fri days at 10.30 a. m. Mails arrive at the Ashburton Pott ilffioe— From Christchurch and Rakaia at 10.16 •.m., 4.35 p.m., and 7.20 p.m. From Chertsey, &o. at 10.15 a.m. and i. 36 p.m. daily. From Dunedin and intermediate places at daily. From Temuka andTimaru at 10.40 a. m. D.JO p.m., and 8 p.m. daily. From Greenstreet and Ashburton Forks, Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 10 4,m.

lor Mount Somers and Ashburton Gorge, on Tuesdays and Saturdays, at 6 a.m. and 4,30 p.m., and on Wednesdays at 6 p»m. From Mayfield, on Tuesdays and Satur days, at 10.6 a.m. From Ashton, Waterton, and Long beach at 10 a.m. duly. From Newlands, on Tuesdays and Fri days, at 2.30 p.m. From- Flemington on Tuesdays, Thurs days, and Saturdays, at 10 a. mi. From Elgin, Wakanui, Seafield, and Kyle on Tuesdays, Thursdays, And Sat-

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna Est Veritas et Prevalebit. MONDAY, MAY 11, 1885. Dynamite.

The word dynamite has been staring us in the face to a greater or less ex tent for some years past, and the feel ing which it conveys varies in different minds according as it has been re garded and understood by those who have noticed its use. There is one very hopeful and satisfactory view to take of the dynamite question as an element of warfare. If we go back a few hundred or a few thousand years, we will come to the time when people fought with clubs and spears, and other primitive instruments. Fighting was not a very serious business then, as people could be produced much, faster than they could be destroyed. Fight ing was such slow business that the people had to devote nearly all their time to it, and there was none left for pursuing the arts of peace. There was no opportunity for the development of great inventors or great merchants or intelligent professional men. The profession then was one of muscle. The man who could wield the largest club or throw a spear the | farthest was a brilliant man; yet he was not a very promising subject to deve lop the agricultural resources of a country. After a time the implements of warfare became more elaborate and more destructive, and it did not occupy the same length of time to settle a dis pute. The time that was left could be employed in caring for home affairs, working in the field, fishing or some other useful occupation. Then came gunpowder, which was a great advance and did a great deal of good for the world. Under former methods physi cal and brute strength were always triumphant. Gunpowder was a pro duct of. intelligence, and could be best used by intelligence. The people could go out and fight, settle their disputes, return arid go to work, while, with the more barbarous imple ments of the former period, every man was a warrior, and had nearly all his time occupied by martial pursuits. With the help of gunpowder it was pos sible for a large portion of the men to remain at home and support themselves and those engaged fighting battles. We have not yet left the gunpowder epoch. We can point to the great standing armiesof Europe, and to the large amount of unproductive labor which is absorbed in this way. We can see and realise the burden that it is upon the people to support so many drones, made so by the imperfect civilisation and imperfect methods of warfare. There is dawning ripon us the product of a higher civilisa tion—dynamite—a great pacifier. With dynamite a few men can do the fight ing of a nation. As people realise the destructive force of this material they will be less inclined to use their time in fighting. The chances of survival in warfare will be so slight that there will be no one on either side to contest, and instead of a destructive warfare, with the completest of all destructive influences we would have a great peace. Thus we have a perfected material of warfare, as the quality which may put an end to all fighting. The commer cial benefits of this condition can hardly be realised. It amounts to the removal of a great blood tax. As they exist at present in Germany and some other European States, the horrors of this tax are most apparent. The regulations as to the standing armies take the young men at a time when they might be learning to do something, and de vote them to several years of idleness or warfare. In the meanwhile the fathers and those at home are strug gling in poverty, for the most part, to support the army and themselves. It is this system which brings about the dreadful condition of poverty among the peasants and laboring classes of many European countries. They not only have themselves to take care of, but they have to contribute more than a share towards the support of the large standing armies. It is in the condition of general peace that we may expect the abrogation of the blood tax, and as we have seen, and as history proves, it is possible that the greatest peace may exist at the time when we have the completest elements of destruction.

Our cablegrams this evening give an unfavorable account of the American wheat crop. Mr John Stalker, of Tinwald, has ap plied for Letters Patent for an invention for a self feeder for threshing machines. Another unfortunate.—Again we must draw the attention of our readers to the fact that a .£2,424 stock of Clothing and General Dra pery, in the estate of Dennis O’Connell, tra ding in Lyttelton and Crigtchurch, now bank rupt, was purchased by H. E. May & Co., of the Hall, High street, for £954, or only a little over one-third of its value. H. E. M. and Co. are now selling it at half the marked price, which surely ought to seenre a speed clearance*

The session of the Ashburton Debating ociety will be opened in the Orange Hall> tucnett street, to-morrow Evening, at 8 'clock. The usual fortnightly meeting of the t ishburton Borough Council will be held c t the Oouno'l Chambers. Library build- t nga, this evening, at 7 o’clock. i Mr Hugo Fried lander, J. P , presided * it the Resident Magistrate's Court this ‘ norning and dealt with the following lases: —V man for leaving a horse and Iray unattended, was fined 20s and costs 1 Cwo first offenders for drunkenness were sautioned and dismissed. The following description of the South Danterbu y Militia district, is given in the Nev: Zealand Gazette of May 7: Bounded on the north by the Rakaia river ; on the south-east by the sea ; on the south by the Waitaki river ; and on the west by a parallel to the sea coast six teen miles inland. The officer in charge of- the Telegraph Department yesterday notified us as fol lows :—“ The Russian land lines are in terrupted.” From “ Age Specials” appearing in another part of this issue we Isarn of the first fatality in connection with tho New South Wales Soudan contingent. Private Robert Weir died at Suakim of dysentery on April 24 We are repeatedly requested by per sons convicted of drunkenness and other offences in the Resident Magistrate’s Court, not to publish their names. Our Inexorable rule is to withhold the names of first offenders and to publish all others. Persons interested will please bear this in mind and not embarass ua with their i applications One of the latest incidents connected with the military ardor of these colonies Is reported from Invercargill. In that town last week a lad barely twelve years I old applied to tho Sergeant of Police for I employment on active service, and the I young enthusiast appeared much diaap -1 pointed when told that drummer boys I were not in demand. I The usual monthly meeting of the Dis- I trict Court will be held before His Honor

fudge Ward, at 5 o’clock this evening. Fhe following is the Cause List :—Orders for discharge—Tate, Rolston and Antony [Mr Branson); John Miliichamp (Mr Branson) ; public ex imination, John Stribbling (Mr Branson) ; probate of will, James Ranger (Mr Purnell) ; letters of administration, Franz Schrader (Mr Oay -8i»).

We are informed by “ Boaz ” that his eighth grand drawing for L 4 000, consist ing of 320 prizes, toot place in the pre sence of a number of subscriber*, and the first prize, L3OO, went to a business man residing in Lambton Qnay, Wellington, the second, L2OO to Dunedin ) the third, LIOO, to Invercargill ; the fourth, LSO, to Nelson ; the fifth, L 59, to Westport. It transpired at the Resident Mag's trate’a Court this morning chat a man charged with drunkenness had obtainei intoxicating liquors from one of the hotels in town yesterday. Mr Hugo Friedlan der, J.P , was on the Bench, and appeared determined to elicit the facts ef the case. His searching interrogation placed the police in possession of particulars which will probably support a very serious charge against a well-known publican. The roll of the Ashburton Guards close! on Saturday evening with fifty-five names, and the services of the Company have been offered the Defence Minister. The following gentlemen have volunteered for service since the publication ->f the list, viz :—Messrs R. Minnie, A. Harris, S. Elliot, J. W. Jones, W. Anderson, W. Taylor, H. A. Gates, H. Dempsey, A. McPherson, P. Sim moods, G. St Hill, J. Oalder, G. Venables, J. Cockburn and 0. Miles. A drill for untrained members will take plaee this evening at 8 o’clock, at Mr T. H. Zouch’s grain store, kindly lent for the occasion. The following statement of assets and liabilities has been filed :—James Frank lin White, of Ashburton, farmer. Lia bilities : Secured, Christchurch —Trust and Agency Co., L9OO (secured by mort gage over R.S- 27,032, interest due June 1, L3l 10s); Trust and Agency 00., L3OO (secured by mortgage over R. S. 27,353 and 27,354, 125 acres Dromore, interest due June 1, Ll2). Ashburton—Matson, Cox and Co., LlO5 (secured by fewnd mortgage over R. A 27,353 and 27,3 >4); Ashburton Permanent Building Society, L 460 (secured by mortgage over 5 acres at \Uenton) ; Friedlander Bros, 1.925 (se cured by second mortgage over 5 acres at Al'.enton). England—m. lemon, L 1,127 10s, including L 27 10 1 interest due April I last (secured by mortgage R.S. 27.033, 250 acre’, and second mortgage over R S. 27,032). Unsecured: Londo i —W. White, L 230. Ashburton —Orr and Alcorn, LOO; Ai Orr, LlO 2s ; Dr Ross, L 5 5s 6d ; E G. Wright, L 22 10s ; E. G. Crisp, L 4 15s ; Wilding and Oaygill, L 5 2s ; Cam bridge, L 5 ss; Kidd, L 4 10s ;G. Smith, Ll 9 ; W Horne, L 35 17a 6d ; G. Jame son, L 2 2; Sealy Bros, L 22 9s 81 ; M’Pherson, Fil.ner and 00, L2 12i ;

A hbukton Guardian 00, L 3 15s; P. and D. Duncan, L2 ; J. Ranger, LI 10s; J. Tasker, 13 ss; Johns and Sons, Lll 14s ; O Digby, LI; F. L K. Hill, 1-4 5s ; J. Mecch, L2 ; H. Lewis, L 5 10s; Upper Ashburton Road Board, L2 2s 41 { Rakaia and Ashburton Forks Railway Co ,L 3 10s 10d. Christ church : Lane, L 3 16s ; R. Wilkin and Co., LI 11s 31, Matheson L2O. Lis more : Woolley, L2 7a. Dromore :J. Wilson, LI 15a; H. Hampton, L 1 0; Kemp, L 8 10s 6d ; Dalgeiy, L 37 18s Chertsey : McDonald, L 4 6s 8d ; Pater son, Ll 9 2s. Alford Forest : Ooopsr Bros, L 9. Elgin : S. Killing, L 37 2a 101; sundries, L 4 6a 91. Assets—Dromore R.S. 27033, 250 acres, valued at L 3 10s

per acre, I 875 ; R. S. 27032, 301 acres, valued at L 3 10s per acre, L 1053 10a; Allenton, 5 acres, with seven-roomed

house, valued at L. 600; R.S. 27353 and

27354, Dromore, 125 acres, valued at L 3 10s per acre, L 437 10s ; leasehold of 213 acres at < romore, with purchasing clause, nil ; leasehold at Dromore of 530 acres, rental 6s per acre, 2| years to run, nil ; stock-in-trade, L 135 ; book debts, LG; furniture (surplus over allowance), L 2 5; 1208 bushels wheat at 2s 6d, LISI ; 870) bushels oats at Is 31, L 543 10s ; 2272 sacks at 6£d, L6I 10s 8d (all grain in possession of Friedlander Bros ; total, L 4477 3s lOd ; deficiency, L 589 3s 2d. Mr Edward Wakefield, M. H.R. (says the Timaru Herald), having bought into the Evening Press, Wellington, left Timaru for that city on Saturday to undertake the editorship of it. It is Mr Wakefield’s intention fo endeavor to make the Evening Press a thoroughly colonial newspaper, and there is little doubt it would be hard to find another man in the colony more fit to undertake the work than he is. It

is high time, indeed, that a thoroughly independent and unfett red journal was started in Wellington to deal with matters political and otherwise in a broad and colonial spirit. Wo may also mention that in the Evening Press will appear a novel written by Mr Wakefield himself, which will subsequently be published in book form. August Flower.—The most miserable beings in the world are those suffering from dyspepsia and liver’complaint. More than 75 per cent of the people are afflicted with these two diseases aod their effects; as soui stomach, sick headache, habitual costiveness,

palpitation of the heart, heart burn, waterb.msh, gnawing and burning pains at the pit of the stomach, yellow skin, coated tongue and dis agreeable taste in the mouth, coming up of food after eating, low spirits, etc. Go to your druggist and get a bottle of august flower. This valuable medicine has cured thousands and thousands of sufferers, and is known in all civilised countries. Two doses will relieve you. It costs only 3$ fid a bottle. Sample boUleSj fid,—("Adyt,

FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT.

Thames, Last night. A melancholy boat accident occurred at the entrance to the Thames river yester day. It appears that about noon four men named W. Rea sen., W. Rea jun , A, S, Colquhoun, and John James started from Tararu for Piako in an open boat during a severe north-westerly gale. ■■ he boat was not seen to capsize, but later sn ‘he day the master of the river steamer reported having observed wreckage at the mouth of the Thames river. The boat, was found bottom upwards in the mud channel this morning, but no sign of the occupants, and no hope is entertained for their survival The whole community is astir, and taking part in the search for the bodies. The three elder men were married, and leave their families unpro vided foe.

YESTERDAY’S TELEGRAMS

Auckland. Colonel Lyons reviewed the Volunteer forces in the Domain on Saturday after noon. There was a good master. The Pharmacy Board of Auckland have held the examinations prescribed by the Board, and the following passed the third standaid examination, and are entitled, if 21, to enter into business : Dodder, Christchurch ; Hill and Firth, Auckland ; Whitefield, Wellington.

Mayor W. Waddell, received a magnifi cent present from Captain Ardigi, of the Japanese corvette Tekuha, in recognition of the kindness shown to the officers and crew on the visit of his vessel to Auck land. The-Mayor also received a present for his Excellency the Governor, which he will forward at the earliest opportunity to Wellington. The second election for the Takapuna Licensing Committee resulted in the Good Templars* candidates being again re turned. There was immense excitement, and it was the hardest temperance contest yet held in Auckland. The Gareloch, which was in collision with the Herald in the Manukau harbor, arrived here for repairs. The Rowens, in crossing the Hokianga bar, had her galley carried away bodily, and the stove driven into the saloon, which was filled with water. Two large cans of oil were emptied in the sea, but to no effect, as the sea broke over the vessel in tremendous volumes.

The South Carolina, cutter, was blown out to sea at Port Charles, and has not been heard of since. It was in a disabled condition, and two men were on board. The ’schooner Saxon, from Lyttelton, had a perilous voyage. During the gale the steering apparatus gave way, and the vessel was in a hopeless condition. The bulwarks were broken to clear the deck. Ofl Portland Island saw lights as of a vessel in distress, but the weather was thick, and could not be sure of it. The Board of Education resolved to give School Inspector Peacock six months’ salary in lieu of notice. Wellington. The surveys for three more sections of the North Island Main Trunk railway are being pushed on, and Government hope to have the contracts out shortly. One section is fifteen miles from the present contract at Te Awamutu, and the second is eleven miles from the present contract at the Marton end. The third is a tun nel contract about the middle of the line. The following tenders have been re ceived for the Lincoln-Little River con tract for the formation of permanent way and station buildings ;—Accepted : A. Swanston, Christchurch, L 15,488. De clined: J. Coates, Palmerston South, L 13.908; R. Carmichael and Son, Christ church, L 14.217; Stocks and Wallace, Christchurch, Ll 6 709. Within the last few days the Defence Office have received no less than seventy eiaht offers from new Volunteer corps, offering their services. Instructions have been received from some of the English legatees under tbe will <>f the late Mr James May to insti tute proceedings against Mrs Rhodes for the recovery of the Bank shares trans ferred to her by Waring T>ylor in settle ment of an amount appropriated by him from the Rhodes estate, while acting as trustee. The value of the shares so transferred was about L 12,000. The action will corns before the Supreme Court shortly. The whoie of the applications for space in the home industry and fine arts de partments of the t'ew Zealand Exhibition been received About 800 persona have applied for space in the former, while 206 have made application in the latter.

The following telegram has been re ceived from Russell, by T. W. Lewis, Esq., Under-Secretary of the Native De partment. Wellington:—“Tawhiao and other Waikato natives return home co day. Tawhiao’a visit, on the whole, I consider, has been a failure so far as the object of getting Ngapuhito acknowledge hi* sovereignity is concerned. Hone Hongi, Kingi Hori Kiri, « ith most of the other leading Nagpuhi cheifa, refused to do this or to join him in any way. Strange to say the only new rubjects are the late followers of the prophetess Maihai. Kaniti, whose guest Tawhiao has been for the last week' fell out with him over the signing of their treaty of alliance, Ta whiao signing with the prefix of Kingi to hip name. Kaniti seeing this refused to sign unless this title was omitted. The Waikatos firmly refused to allow this to be done, and were about leaving in anger. To prevent a complete rupture, after a long debate, Kaniti signed under protest, rsserving his right to object to the ob jectionable title on any future occasion.—

j. ri. Gbbenaway, Clerk of Court.” An inquest was held on John Carl Erich, and a verdict of “ Accidental death ” was returned, while engaged in his ordinary calling. The jury attached a rider condemning the inadequate way the wharf was lighted, and the danger to the men loading vessels on dark nights. Fri day night, when the accident happened, was dark and tempestuous. About seven o’clock on Saturday even ing Stephen Walsh, storekeeper, Hatters Terrace, Nelson Creek, iwas drowned while trying to ford Nelson Creek on horseback. The creek was flooded at the time. His body was found this morning about twenty-five chains below the ford he tried to cross. The horse was found the same aide of the creek bo went in at. He was drowned almost in sight of his own home. He leaves a widow and one child. Grey River was at very high flood on Saturday evening, having risen very rapidly. All the lower portion of the town is under water. Dunedin. The weather being fair to day the pas sengers perJLrawa with their luggage were taken to the Quarantine Island. After their effects have been fumigated they will be admitted to pratique.

OTAGO CENTRAL RAILWAY.

Dunedin, Saturday. A caucus of the Otago members, attended by six M.H R.’s and two M.L.C.’s, three others being unable to attend, was held to-day to consider the position of the Otago Central. Mr Pyke, Chairman, read letters and telegrams from the Ministers, in which it was ex plained how the line stood, and stating that if any more contracts were let at pre sent it would be a waste of money. After some discussion, it was resolved unam •; ously that, assuming that the figures as forwarded by the Minister for Public Works to the Chairman are correct, there seems to t.e a balance of L 55,000 of last year’s appropriation still available, and that the Government be urged to place in ha .d without delay, amongst other work, the following :—Foundations of Wingatui visduct and erection of piers, completing of the formation of the Hindon section by contract, proceeding with four bridges on the Taieri river and other streams, and the speedy prosecution of other sections beyond Nenthorne ; that inasmuch as L 30,000 was borrowed and specially allo cated by Act of Parliament for expendi ture on the Otago Central Railway, the Government be asked to take immediate steps towards making the full amount of this sura availab'o for such railway.”

MR BARNUM UPON THE ART OF HUMBUG.

(Foil Mali Budget .) The great showman of the New World is aggrieved. Some one the other day attributed his enormous taking to “ hum bug.” But “ there is no humbug about Barnum and his wonderful combination of the world’s marvels.” Therefore Mr P. T. Barnum has despatched to his office the following vindication of “ the Greatest Show on Earth ” and its creator, which we print as a perfect specimen of. the kind of humbug—not in its offensive sense—by which Mr Barnum has risen to his present proud pre-eminence among the Showmen of the world:

In a recent number of your journal I read a statement which is perfectly true —namely, that the expenses of my travel ling show were last year about L20D,000. The other part of the statement —namely, that my profits, after paying these enorm ous expenses, were also L 200.00 cor rect within 169,009 —the real profits being in fact 703,000J015, or L 140.000. These expenses and profits have been about the same for the last five years, and a third less for fifteen consecutive years. But you most unwarrantably add that this is all the result of “humbug.” I merely give the gist of your article, the paper having become mislaid. If by “humbug you mean deceiving the public, I think you are teaching a false and dangerous philosophy. On December 29, 1858 (twenty-six years ago), I gave a lecture on “ The Art of Money-getting ” in the Great St James’s Hall, Piccadilly, Lon don, and repeated it sixty times in that hall, and in other parts of Great Britain. This lecture is inserted in my autobio-

graphy; more than a million copies have been printed and sold, and an average number of 40,000 copies are sold each season under my show tents. I send you a copy of the boob by this post; you will see that when speaking of the advantages of advertising good and genuine articles, and tha disadvantage of advertising spur ious goods, I said, among otter things, as follows: —

Advertise your Business. —Those who deal with the public must be cereful that their goods are valuable ; that they are genuine, and will give satisfaction. When you get an article which you know is going to please your customers, and that wnen they have tried it they will feel they have got their money’s, worth* then let the fact be known that you have got it. Be careful to advertise it in some shape or other, because it is evident that if a man has ever so good an article for sale, and nobody knows it, it will bring him no return. If a man has a genuine article there is no way in which he can reap more advantageously than by “ sowing” to the public in this way. He must, of course, have a really good article, and one which will please his customers ; anything spu rious will not succeed permanently, be cause the public is wiser than many imagine. Men and women am selfish, and we all prefer purchasing where we can get the most for our money ; and we try to find out where we can most surely do so. You may advertise a spurious article and induce many people to call and buy it once, but they will denounce you as an

impostor and swindler, and your business will gradually die out and leave you poor. This is right. Few people can safely depend upon chance custom. You all need to have your customers return and purchase again Preserve your Integrity.—lt is more precious than diamonds or rubies. The old miser said to his sons, “ Get money ; get it honestly if you can, but get money.” This advice was not only atro ciously wicked, bat it was the very es sence of stupidity. It was as much as to say : “ If you find it difficult to obtain money honestly, you cm easily get it dishonestly. Get it in that way.” Poor fool! Not to know that the most difficult thing in life is to make money dis honestly ; not to know that our prisons are full of meo who attempted to follow

this advice ; not to understaud that no man can be dishonest without soon being found out, and that when his lack of principle is discovered nearly . every avenue tc soccers is closed against him for ever. The public very properly shun all whose integrity is doubted. 1 have been a public manager for nearly half a century, and it has always been said that I give the public novelties to be found nowhere else, and that my patrons receive their money’s worth thrice told. The only fault ever attributed to my ■' Greatest Show ou Earth ” is that it is “ too large, and contains more marvels than can be well seen and comprehended at a single inspection.” It is obvious, therefore, (hat my milii na of patrons will say that there is no hum bug, in its offensive sense, about Barnum or his wonderful combination of the world’s marvels. But 1 plead guilty (if it is guilt) of that kind of “humbug” which consists of flags, banners, sky rockets, unique advertisements, attractive colored show bills, grand street pageants, bands of music, etc. —all used to attract public attention to the ve y beat exhibi-

tions extant. This is the kind of humbug which placed the inscription on the Egyp tian pyramids —“ Try Warren’s bracking, 30, Strand, London ” The uniqueness of this advertisement, in such a placa, gave the blacking maker great notoriety—the people did “ try ” the blacking, and find ing it good, Warren made a fortune, much of which was duo to the “ humbug ” way of advertising his genuine article. To this sort of humbug, and no other, do 1 owe my success, as is well known wherever my exhibitions h ive been’ seen.

EUROPEAN ITEMS.

(“Age” Special.) (Bt Telegraph prom the Bluff. ) London, April 27, noon. A French squadron has arrived at Alexandria. Its presence is regarded as a menace to Egypt The greatest enthusiasm prevails'in.. England over the prospect of war with Russia- It is not considered probable that war wili be immediately declared. . ~ London, April 30. The Russian authorities have deter-, mined upon mobilising their army, and the necessary orders have already been issued. It is expected that the British ultima tum will be despatched t? ’Russia in the course of the next few days. The Great Powers are endeavorlngto have the Baltic declared a neutral sea in in the event of war between Great Britain and Russia. The Standard this morning announces that the Emperor of Russia has sum-, moned a meeting of the Grand Oonnoil of the Empire t” consider a proposal from the British Government to refer to arbl- ' t rat ion the subject of the occupation of Penjdeh by the Russians. The accept ance of the proposal by the Grand Conn oil is considered very improbable London, May 3. * . It is believed that a secret treaty has . been concluded between England and.. Turkey.

Suakim, May 1.

The New South Wales infantry re turned to-day from Otao to Handadb, and will proceed to Snakim to morrow. Pri vate Robert Weir, of the New South Wales infantry, died at Suakim on Friday last of dysentery.

Batavia., May 2. The ironclad steamer Mininis the only Russian warship at present in the port. She has been disabled, and will require to be docked for repairs before she can again - proceed to sea.

London, May 6. Notwithstanding an arrangement with Russia to submit the Afgnan frontier question to arbitration, British prepara tions for war are being vigorously pro ceeded with.

The Russian outposSs at Bulficar on the Herirud river to the west, and towards Meruohak on the Murghaub river to the east, will probably be evacuated while the proposed Oonynission is engaged examin ing the details of the new Rosso-Afghan frontier line. It is believed that Penjdeh will be allotted to Russia, and.Buliioar and Meruohak to Afghanistan.

GLADSTONE A FALSE PROPHET.

Under the above heading the Obicago Daily News of March 28 has the f0110ir...- ing :

The present Anglo-Russian political situation is one of the most signal indica tions of the policy of the late Lord Bea- - cons field on record. At the same time it. exhibits Mr. Gladstone in the light of a statesman whose theories and methods have been utterly falsified in the outcome of events. Yet it was through the pre sentation of these theories and methods that Mr Gladstone attained to place and. power; it was because Lord Beaconsfield proposed to do what Mr Gladstone then opposed, but now in turn proposes, that Lord Beaconsfield lost place and power. - r. It is thus that the whirligig of time bal vindicated the dead and condemned the living statesman. . . •, 0 Ever since his attainment to office Gla- j, alone has been going back on every, pro fession made in bis Midlothian speeches. There he pasa onately and disgracefully denounced Austria and Austrian policies, for which he has since abjectly apologised;, at West Calder, on tha 27th of |Jbvamb€*. ... 1879, after complaining that Lora Beaconsfield had “estranged from .his country the feelings of a nation of eighty millions,” he said : “ I have no fears of the territorial extension of Russia in Asia; I think they are old women’s fears.” Not only did he thus speak, but he apolo- " gised for Muscovite aggression on the' ground that Russia was the victim of a -- remorseless destiny ! He said : “ She has * been compelled to extend ’her frontiers ■ southward towards central Asia by causes insome degree analogous, but certainly more stringent and imperative, than the ; causes which have commonly led us to extend far more importantly our frontier in India.” He finally held out a hope t that there would be no mere Russian for ward movements, the reason for 'which cheering prediction is extraordinary read- o ing in the light of present events. “ When we were in office,” he said,' “ we "* made a covenant with Russia, under .• which Russia bound herself to exercise no influence or interference in Afghanistan.” ~ Now that Russia ruthlessly breaks this ■ covenant, and at the same time falsifies every prediction by which Mr Gladstone attained to power, no wonder that “ the a grand old man ” is the very last personage, in bis government to practically admit bjr most enormous war preparations that he is the falsest political prophet of his time.

SPORTING.

WELLINGTON RACES. Wellington, To-day. Flying Stakes. Speculation ... - ... 1 Kingask 2 Pasha ... 3 A bad start, ISingask being left four lengths behind, the others. Tima, Imin Dividend, L 4 ss. Hurdles. Erebus 1 Orient 2 Director ... ... 3 THE ADELAIDE GUP. [reuter’s telegrams—copyright.] Melbourne, Yesterday. Adelaide Ocp, a handicap sweepstake of 10 so vs each, with 600 sots added; one mile and a half and a furlong. Mr E. W. Ellis’ oh h lord Wilton, 4yrs, by Countryman—lnstep, 75t... 1 Mr Bobertson’s b h Anchorite, 4yrs, 7at 71b 2 Mr Watson’s b h Sardius, 4yrs, Sat 10lb ... 3 Time, 2min 53|aec. Seventeen horses started.

The editor of the Deadwood dioarer attended church for the first time last ~ Sunday. In about an hour he rushed into the office and shouted to the tele graph editor—“ What in the blanked blazes are you fellows doing ? How about the news from the seat of war ?”—“ news!”—“ Why, all this about (ian army being drowned In the RaUpSw. Why, the gospel sharp up at the church was telling about it just now, and nptw word of it in this morning’s paper* Bustle round, yon fellows, and get the facta or the Snap Shot will get a beat on *. f us. Look spry, there, and ran an* extra 1 I edition if necessary, while I put oh - the - i bulletin-board “ Great English Victory- in * the Soudan. ’ ”—Sin Francisco Post, “Staying” Power.— lt will be interest- *;' log to athletes, and to all who Talus the.' '* power of physical e»dn<-<mcei f tp know that at “ home ” and to th* sister polonlef an article has of late yea-a come genera) use, which is vwj' si ropgly;‘‘reV commended as being an exceedingly plea,*I*' 1 *' aani beverage, and which yet imparts, in au unusually large wljat Is expres sively known as “ staying power,’’—in v other words, nutriment and strength. Wg refer to Cadbury ’a “ Coco* Essence.”

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, MONDAY, MAY 11, 1885.



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