RAILWAY TIME-TABLE

Tbatrs Arrive at Ashborton— From Obrißt f huroh and the North, at 10.15 a.m. (express), 4.85 p.m., and 7.10 p.m. From Timaru, 19.45 a.m. From Dunedin and South, 5.27 o.m. (express). From Mount Bomera, 10.6 Lkavb Abhbubton— For Ohrißt huroh and North, at 7.10 a.m., 10.55 a.m., «n 5.37 p.m. (express). For Dunodm and -*onth, 10.25 a.m. (express). For Timaru, ' \& p.m. For Mount Somers, 5.5 p.m.

THE ABHBURTON GUARDIAN.

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Malta olow at tiwAahburton Post Office follow! :— For Ohrlitohuroh and North at 6 a. no 4.80 a.m., wid 5 p.m., dally. Fov OhertseyßakaU, &c, at 10.30 a.m and 5 p.m. daily. For Dunedln,Tinwald, Winslow, Hinde, Ooldstream, Rangitata, Orari, Wincheßter, %nd Geraldine, at 10 a.m. daily. For Temuka, at 10 vm, and 4.30 pn. «Mly. for Tlma/n and South, at 10 a.m., and f SO p.m., daily. For Groonstreet and Aahburton Forks on Weanesdays and Saturdays, at 10.30 a. ib. For Wakanul, Elgin, Seavlew, Seafiolri id Kyle, on Tuesdays, Thurodaya, m:io turdays, at 6.30 a. m. For tfount Some?s, daily at -i.30 p.i= For Mayfi«l<i ■imi Jl'.mpuna, on Mov Jays and Thnrsiays, at 4.30 p.m. For Ashtcm, Waterton and Longhead . 4.30>m. daily. For Flomington, on l&ondaya, Wednej ityg, and Fridays, at 4. 30 p. m. For Newlauds, on Tuesdays and Fr at 10.80 a.ro. Malls arrive at the, iu&hburton Posi ffiee— Jxom Ohrlfitchuroh and Bakaia at 10.15 m. f 4.35 p.m., and 7.20 p.m. From Ohertsey &o. at 10.15 t and ,95 p.m. daily. From Dunodin *ad intermediate places 5,3^ md. daily. A robt Temuka an Tiraaru at 10. 40 a. n> p 5, 50 p.m daily. From Greenstreetand Ashburton Forks, Wednesdays and at 4 45 p.m. From Wakanul, Elßin, Seavlew, Bea feld and Kyle, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, ■nd Saturdays, at sp. m. Prom Mount Somerß, daily at 10.5 « m. From Mayfield and Ruapuna, on Wed oeadayi and Saturdays, at 10.5 a.m. From Ashton, Waterton, and Long . at 10 a. m. daily. ._. „■■ i'^V From Newlanda, on Tuesdays and Fri at 2.30 p.m.-"^^^? ;r"'":;:-'^;^;-. ;-..; ■ Prom Flomlngtem- mrMfl^zxea^yo, Thurfc' days, and Saturdays, at_loa.'m. ,

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1887. A MODERN MARTYR.

Although m these days of light and liberty men aro nob called upon to give their bodies to the flitups for conscience sake, there are not wanting instances of noble se'.f-abneg^tlon which prove that there are anil those who value duty more highly than all other considerations, and are ready to Baorifice even life itself m its performance. No grander example of this true heroism is to be fonnd m the pages of history than that of the Rev. Father Daruien. the missionary priest of the leper settlement at Molokai. Molokai la a small island iti the Hawaiian or Sandwich group, which haa for many years been act apart f<>r the realdence of the lep« j ra of th4t_.ißland__kioj;dom, who are alaß^eX6se3ingly~narneroua^ MololcaT being tenanted by hundreds of all ages and conditions. On the appearance ol Bymptoms of the dre ided disease, whiah ia the soourgo of tho .Native population, the patient is forthwith deported to Molokai, and touching are the accountß given of the enforced parti. ga betwee hnsbanda and wives, parents and children, which are necessarily attendant upon this involuntary migration — ♦h*) wife or th» husband sometimes ay. imming for miles after the veaaul wh'ch benra away th belovod never more to bo seen. Vet »■:.■ dreadful Is the disease, and bo infectious it 3. nnt-ire, that the law of tho lalandn which compels the isolation of the lepern ia a humane and necessary one, and the macagemeut of the great lozaret of Hawaii ia described as being distinguished by the greatest care for the oomfort and happiness of its afflicted tenants, so far as comfort and happiness are possible to the victims of bo dreadful a scourge as leprosy. The buildinga are said to be commodious and well-appointed, and the surroundings oharming and those of the inhabitants of Molokai who are not m the advanced stages of disease are said to enjoy existence as much as those who live elsewhnre under happier oircum atanceß, But much na these unfortunates owe to the Government of their country for the care token to render existence as endurable aa possible, they owe even more to the Belf-denying heroism of a uoble prieat of the Roman Oaiholio Church who haa for years labored among them, seeking to prepare them for a here after m whioh all the sorrows of their present state of being will be forgotten* Nut only has the Reverend Father thus out hitmelf off from ail other aooiety for the lepern' sake, and voluntarily give him aelf up to labor among those whose dfeeaßo oftou takes tho moat ioathsoma forma, but he haa run tho terrible risk of bacoming and haa unhappily at length become him s>3if a leper. Not long ago he pinned a noble letter asking for help for his suffer ing charge, and exhibiting at the same time aa unmurmuring aooeptanoe of his own sad lot, which cannot but have aroused the admiration of every reader, and great was the regret wlUi which it whs felt tlvit It could nob be long ere this Udrldt-like priest sealed his faih by his martyr. lom. It is, therefore, with a corresponding j>y that it will now be lxarnrd on the authority of a letter the Reverend Fa'hiT Damlen himself wbioh has been published m The Catholic Missions, a German monthly serial, lhn •hero is room to hnpo not only thao the Rev Father himself, but that with him mitr.y t f ihe native lepers of Molokai may yet bo cured of their dreadful disease and restored t« health and strength. And Tor this plensing proepeot it would seem — surprising aa ia the fact — that the world ia indebted not to European but to Jxp .noae medical oklll. The following ex tract from the letter of the Key Father Damion, re- published m our Ohriatchuroh contemporary the Press, will be read with Interest : — " Fcr abouv. twenty yoars our atost distinguished physicians tried every josßihle means to mnßter ih-s dreadfn) J'fii^HHo, but ull I heir ttfiiis failed to check tbeaprnad of the distemper. Abou< three yvara ago a wiiite miD wob e» zed with t prosy Bring very wealthy he pie* fetred to go to Japau rather than submit to a lifelong exile at Molokai. In Japan he continued for two yean a courie of

hydropathic tvoatme'it under Dr Goto, I Ha returned hither, accompanied by the aoti of Or G to, with ovary npprarance "i -i peifeot cure. About the end of last year the hoalth committee re.S'»!v<d to m U'lduc?, un'ler the guporvisr.n of T;v G <t< hi Japanese tvo.itmQMt into the lepe hoaptta), which is iv tho charge of Fran ciscan Siaterß at Kakn.iko, uoar Honolulu. Already (hen I fo't ino'ined to £»o to Wonolnlu to oonftu't Dr Goto about Uk dißoase. which had already made havoc with on 9 of my ears. Afc that time, how* | ever, my superiors did not oonaider th<- ( "tcp advisable. Last July, however, I bad occaaum to personally satisfy myself of tbe buoco'S whioh hid attended the treatment m question ia the hospital of t^B "Sißtera at Kakaako, »nd to carefully ihsetve its method, which o insists In this: — Every d»y the leper h.is to take two baths In hot water, m whlob. a certain quantity of Japanese medicine has been dissolved. After every meal he has to ;<ilre a small pill, and an hour later ar ou^ce of tea. prepared from tho. bark of a Jipanene tree. This i 8 the whole treat raoiit. •'Both young Dr Goto and tbe whi>e pitient, ot whom I mad mention above, have assured me that m Japan many » leper has been completely cured by th ; « treatment. Whatever truth there be m this statement, I must own that the im provement during those six monthi In the condition of many lepers, whose ill ness wai already In a very developed state, has been simply marvellous. I think myse'f therefore justified m seeing m this treat meut a glimpse of hope for our poor outcast lepers of MoloksJ. King Kalakau and his Prime Minister honored me with a visit during my short stay at the hospital at Kakaako, near Honolulu They told me It was their intention to introduoe the same system of treatment In our great leper settlement. I look forward with satisfaction to the day on which we shall receive a steam boiler which may heat about fifteen bath tubs at the same time. "Fora few weekß I have undergone the treatment m question, At the same time t commenced the same treatment with about forty or fifty of my orphan children. We have already derived some banefit from it. My work seems lighter and my strength la returning. Laßt Snn day, for instance, I said two masses and preached during each without being obliged to sit dowD, and without feeling particularly wearied." Heartily indeed it ia to be hoped tha* m the oase of the Rev Father, and of those to whom his self-denying labors are devoted, these natiefaoeory results will continue to be experienced, and if bo, this would eeem to open up the pleasing poasiblllty of the eventual rooting ont of the terrible scourge which is the saddest feature of life m the Sandwich Islands.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Eev. Fathers Mulvihill and Moors, ' who are on a visit to the Rev. Father Ohastagnon, will officiate at tho Catholic J2.hurcb~»*» -a^*rirty—Tsrtne~li o'olook Mass and at Vesperß. Mr W. Sparrow, being the only candidate nominated to-day for tbe vacant seat m the Borough Council, was deolared duly elected. The ÜBual weekly meeting of the Star of the East Lodge, 1.0. G.T., was held at the Aroade Chambers last evening. There was a good attendance. The usual routine business was transacted. It was decided that the next meeting should be an " invitation " one. The Lodge then went into harmony, and a pleasant evening was spent. A conundrum contest took place, prizea being given re spectively to the author of the conundrum adjudged tho best and to the most successful answerer. Both prizea were gained by Sister E. A. Manbire. The conundrum whioh gained the prize was " Why should our Lodges meet m the kitohen ? — Baoause the one holding the highest position ia only • cook (A. Cook)." At the R.M. Ooui't this morning, before Major Steward, J.P., and Mr T. Scaly, J.P., John Mitchell was fined 5b and oosta for drunkenness, and on a charge of obscene language was ordered to be imprisoned for four days; The Bench commented on the prevalence of the latter offence, several cases, they regretted, having come before them of late. They expressed the opinion that if men wore to maintain respectability when Bobtr they would not be likely to use such disgraoe ful language if drunk. The telephone) has been ingeniously put into use m Belgium. Little bella are supplied and fitted to the beds of all who desire to rise early m the morning, but cannot do bo of their own aoaord. A oortain time is fixed and communicated to the central station, and at the precise moment agreed upon the current is turned on, and the bells commence to ring, and continue to do Iso until the slumberer awakens, leaves his couoh, and informs the head offico that he haa bad enough. The Midland Railway oontraot reaohed England on Saturday, and the decision of the Company may be expected any day. The moat important of the new provisions is one binding the Company to begin work at both ends as well as the middle, and aa this must necessarily lead to immediate financing, m order to provide funds, it is the only one which it is thought likely will require serious deliberation by the direotors. South Australia is now celebrating its jubilee, having been founded fifty years ago. In those fifty years its export have totalled £102,000,000. The first person who touohed land above high-water mark was a baby carried ashore by a sailor, who is still living at Adelaide, aged 83. California m 1885 Bhipp-d 400,000 boxes of raisins, and this year 750,000 boxes will be marketed. The State claim to be able to supply tho entire wants of the United States and with a quality equal to the produce of Spain. The wine product this year will equal 25,000,000 gullons. Of canned fruitß the pack will exceed 500,000 caßes. Kidney and urinary oomplaints of all kinds permanently cured with flop Bitters. Genuine made by American Go. Read Holloway'b Ointment and Pmiß.—Cougha, Influenza.— The soothing properties of these medioamonta render them well worthy of trial m all diseases of the respiratory organs. In common colds and influenza the Pilis, taken internally, and the Ointment rubbed over the chest and throat, are exceedingly eflicaciouß. When influenza is epidemic, this treatment is the easiest, safest, and surest. Holloway's Pills purify the blood, remove all obmaoles to iia iree circulation through the lunga, relieve the over-gorg< d itir-tubes, and render reupiration freo, wi.h. out recuoing the strength, irritating ho nerves, or depressing the spirits; Bucn are the ready meanu of escaping from Buffering when afflicted witb colds, coughs, bronobitiß, and other ohest complaints, by whioh the health of so many is seriously and i f ermaneotiy iojuieil iv moel q wateiii,

The Oamaru Mail says that negotiations betwoen the Government and the Harbor Board m referenoe to an advance of the necessary funds to start the repairs to the breakwater are progressing satisfactorily and that there is every likelihood of the Board making a start with the work shortly. During tin first two days of a recent fog m ! London the receipts r-f one gas company werp increased by £10,000. and it was shown tha* a fog of twenty-four hours' duration neces. sitated an inoreased supply of gas by the Gaß Light and Coke Company by 37 per cent., or over 35,000,000 feetl It is estimated that twenty-four hours' fog m London inoreases the consumption of ooala by one gas company alone to the extent of 3500 tons. The Argus asserts that to Mr R. E. N. Twopeny is due the credit of having sug gested the idea of the Indian and Colonial Exhibition. In 1883 he not only impressed the idea on the Colonial Governments, but wrote to Sir |P. C. Owen, asking him to bring the suggestion under the notice of the Prince of Wales. To this day, tbe Argus ia informed, Mr Twopeny has received no reply to his letter, but some five months after he posted it the projeot was reported to have been mooted m London as if m perfect inde* pendence of Mr Twopeny'a looal agitation.

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Stdnbt, Februsry 10. Sir H. Parke3 has stated mos> unmii takeably that one of his first acts will be to repeal the ad valorem duties. The Rev H Brittle, lnoumbtnt of St Ann's Church, Ryde, has been charged with setting fire to the parsonage A quantity of kerosene balls were found about the premises, and the prisoner had previously pnrohated a case of kerosene- Be has been remanded. The nuemployed In the building trades are urging the completion of several publio works. Two oases of abdnotion of young girls came r^oantly before the Court, Iv the oaae of Edward Gilbert Fleming, a ware houseman, he was oharged with abduoting a girl from her home, but as the girl went of her own freo will this charge" could not be sustained, and another haa been brought by the parents for loss of services, whioh has not yet been deolded. In the other ease two young girls left a boarding* house where they were employed, and with two of the lodgers resided at Ba) main. In this instance also the aot waa a voluntary one One of tho prisoners, John GHfford, a mhiing engineer, has been committed for i rial. Mr Dibbs, speaking, at Wagga, said the Thomson affair bad nothing to do with the resignation of the Government It had been originally formed of freetraders, but half of its numbers had gone over to the protectionists It would have been better had Sir P. Jennings reconstructed the Government by tnking m more free traders, and letting the proreot'onista go by the board. He still oonteads that the defioit was a mere fl abite, as valaable assets had not been reokoned. Melbouricb, February 10. Typhoid fever ia very prevalent iv dif ferent parts of the colony of Victoria. Tbe military force ia to be armed witb • the Schfiutoff msg;<zlne rifle, from which nix shora can be fired without the removal of the weapon from the shoulder. A deputation from the Australian Native*' Association suggested that Janu ary 26 h of next year be set ppart as m national holiday ia celebration of the contenarj . At a o n'erenoe of delegates of the oity and snbu r ban munic ; parties, the Brisbane fl >oda relief fund was stated to now amount to £4000, and subscription were ~fltlfirCOmllig Hl i IrcrJy. Cooktown, February 10 The party who iun ed »t Johannette Inland to puntßh th« murderers of Oapcain F. Craig attaoked the village. They found about eighteen natives ; ton were Ktl:ed and two wounded. They then burnt three villages and destroyed tht> cocoanut trees aurrounrlina thorn. Th* remainder of the natives fled into th* ■ornb \ Winchester nfla. a Colt' revolver, and some ammunition were dia oovererl. They had bel mged to Craig Most < f the NaMvea wr«o murdered him are sill m the mountains, and it wool' be impoHsible to follow them, owing t> the dense undergrowth and scrub Adelaidk, Februnry 10. Mr Col^s, leader of the Opposition, upoßbing at Kapunda, opposed the io crease of the land tax. and advocattd the ■ale of lan^s to meet the deficit. They had, be said, a • almost unlimited tern* tory, practically undeveloped, yet they were at a standstill, paralysed with fear, publio confidence was lost, and the popu lation was leaving m hundreds The Chief Inspector of StocV has re ported t hat affected horses st Petersburg are sofforai*' trom malignant^ typhoid fever whioh is oontagious. The Treasurer, speaking at;the Kipunda banquet, said the Ministry would oon tinue their pilioy of enc>urauement of local industries. The deficit wan caused, to a great extent, by the abrupt stoppage of Crown land sales. A few years back £4U0,000 was annually received from this source, and not half that sum came In vow.

ADDINGTON LIVE STOCK MARKET.

There was a Urge attendance at the Addlogton market yesterday, and a better tone w»s perceptible. Cattle.— A large supply of fat cattle was yarded, including more of prime quality than has been the case lately. The demand wnagood, and a compete clearance was effected at an advance of 5s to 10s per head on good beasts Prime beef may be quoted at 18a 6.1 to 19k per 1001 b; middling to good, 15a to 17a 6d j inferior and cows from 12s. Store cattle were few m numbers, and no buyers being present, the sales were unimportant. A pen of two and a-half to three-year-old steers from tho Amuri were lod by Mr F. O. Tabart at £4 2s 6d, and the other lots that were Bold comprised only odd animala. Sheep —There waa a full market of fa sheep, bat very few lines of firm quality were present. Quality waß bent repre sented by BBvt-r*l very good lines of cross bred maiden ewea. tturfuess as better than iaat week, an impr iven-en m prices of 6d to 9d a head was realised.. A * eat Ooast buyer gave valuable support to the market, and Rome of thu beei lines of crossbred wethers were cold to croas tho ranges. A prime line of cross* r<rd wethers from Mr Allan M esn, Wauaki, toppiw >,he market b-t 8 9d. Gooo oiQflsbrw wethers acid nt 6s 6d to 8- ; liylu weights and ewes, 4a fid to 6 6d ; od -we. 3> u;>Wi-ida. Jno prime m. rin< w >'.••« -ffered; •<»d secondary lines Bold ut 2b to 2a 9d Pr me mutton sold at the ruto ■ f full) $ ,i per Ib ; fair quality wothera ai)dewve, | < per Ib ; inf-.-itor, down to the price of urn, offal. Fat lam 1 a were m heavy sup ply, motty of iud fi^rent condition. Prices were weak from tho comment eraent of ihe sales, and gave way further later on, closing at a fall of la eaoh from last week'b i ateo The beat lines told from 53 to 6- 4d, stores to fair conditioned but-ber's lots, 2s to 4b 6d. A few good hues of ator* *her>p were placed upon, the market, and sold fairly well ; but anything cot first oUsh meets witb no oouipi t ticu. 'Che s» e» comprif^d 200 4-ioit> hiob^ 1 ed .■•,«;> li<^h forward condition, at, 4s 9 t ; 200 Sl-tooih d.., 4a; 100 do do, bs 8f .>ld ftht><>(j, for tioiDUg ut tallow purpouca, a .Id from 8d to 3s each. Piya. — Good storeß for stubble were iv ■briak demand, and brought lolly late rates. Porkers, of which the tvpply wai imall, realised « alight advance.

THE MARKETS

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LovdoNj February 15 Consols remain at 104^3. The market rate ot discount has advanced 'o 3^, and is now i] - below tht nank rates. New Zealand 4 per cem inscribed stock has again suffered a decline of £1, and is quoted at 94 Three per cent 10.40 loan remains a\ 102. The wool market is now deci dedly firmer. The catalogue for to day's auction comprised 11,500 bales. There are no changes to report m (colonial breadstuff's. Adelaide wheat, ex store, 37s 6d j New Zealand ditto, 33s 6d to 37s 6d, according to quality : Adelaide flour, ex .store, 26s 6d.

CHRISTCHURCH ITEMS

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CHRWicmmujH, February 16. The Canteruury Tramway Uompanv at the hulf-yenriy meeting to-night de clared a dividend at the rate of 7 pe> cant per annum, aud oarritd forward £40 to new ao .ount. A meeting waa held to-night to receive i he report of the can vainer sf >r eanporip tions to the Rifle Association's funda when it was b ate J that £58 m oash an* £2-5 m trophies had beeu obtained. I is expeoted that as the new meeting is to be held near Ohriatohuroh tha citizens will aubsoribe more liberally. One extra ordinary. f -»ot conoeraing to*nlght's meet ing w«a that, except Colonel Lean and the Major who is Captain of the Heath* co'.e Rifles, not a single Volunteer offioer was present It is asserted that for aome nnknown reason the Volunteers here have agreed to have nothing to do with it Some companies, however, hare decided to enter teams, eapeoiallly Rpserve Oo'pA, Kaiapol and Ohriatohnroh Riflaa, Lyttel ton Navala, and N Battery of Artillery. No prominent oitizens hrve yet attended the meetings, which some persons attribute to the faot that the Mayor, who aota as Chairman, was returned at the last election m opposition to the candi date supported by moat of the principal ratepayers. Herbert Rees, telegraphist at Oalver den, reported to .the police that while riding near Burnnut on Monday night he waa stack up by two men, pulled off his horse, ntnaoed, robbed ot £7 m money, a watch, and stripped of most of his clothing. The perpetrators have not yet been caught.

MOSER'S AUTOMATIC DOG.

Jaok Moser rented a cottage m the suburbs m order to please his wife. Th« house lacked a number of modern improvements, and, unlike all other cottages advertised, was not " within five minutes' walk of the nearest railway station ;" but had an ivy-olad piazza, woodbine twisted gracefully over the door way, and Jack's wife was satisfied. She had a " vine-embowered cottage," for which she had frequently yearned. Jaok thought they ought to have a ferocious dog to warn off tramps, -midnight robbers, and other ob noxious visitors, but his wife wouldn't listen to Buoh a proposition. She said she would as lief have a robber or tramp m the house as a cross dog about. She intimated that her husband might bring home a Bengal tiger or a sheep, or some other wild beast, but if he purchased a dog she would go right home to her mother's. Her deep-rooted aversion to the oanine tribe was owing to one of her dear friends having been bitten by a mad dog several years before. Jaok had set his heart upon having an able-bodied dog for protection, but as he bad -hnnix marriAil only a tow months, and the honeymoon still retained some of its saccharineneßs, he was willing to make one more 6aonfico to augment his wife's happi ness. But be didn't dismiss the dog from his mind ; and one day, while reflecting upon the feeling of seourity suoh an acquisition would afford, ha conceived an idea. He would have a dog built according to a design of his own invention. It might be a little more expensive than a genuine dog, but at this early era of his married life money was not bo. muoh an oljeot as Mrs Moser 's felicity. The automatio animal was successfully built. It was of the bulldog brand. One eye was bloodshot and the lid swollen, and one ear had a ragged edge as if it had been "chawed" m an old feud. Its jaws were flabby, the undamaged eye had a wicked glare, ami the whole contour of the brute was one of repulsiveness m the first degree. Observation had taught Jack that when a man wished to gain a dog's confidence he instinctively patted the animal on the head: The interior department of Jaok's dog, therefore, was fitted up with machinery of » very sensitive oharaoter, which was oonneoted with a wire running ftom a button on the animal's head, and when this .button was slightly pressed, the internal eontrivanoe would go off like an alarm clock—one of those diabolioal inventions that wakens up every member of the family except the servant girl, m whose room the infernal maohine is at work. When the dog was patted on the head the brute would make a slight move, open its jaws, and emit a pro longed and sonorous growl that would cause the oold shivers to meander along the spinal oolumn of a snuff-shop wooden Highlander. The dog was brought home, and Jaok got his wife to test it. She said it was an ugly brute, but she wasn't afraid of any home made dog ; and when she patted it on the head, at her husband's suggestion, and was greeted with an unexpected and blood curdling growl, she let escape an ear piercing shriek, and fainted dead away. The dog was an overwhelming success. It was regarded as an offensive partisan by every member of the tramp fraternity who halted at the gate and threw a hungry glance toward the cottage. One day Jaok and his wife left home for a short visit to the Beaside. The house was securely closed, and the automatio dog planted where it would do the moßtgood. That very evening a couple of dirt-begrimed tramps stopped m front of the cottage. One of them unlatched ths front gate, and was about to enter when suddenly his gaze beoame rivetted on an objeot m the path. "Whe-ewl" he softly whistled, backing away from the fence, " Great Ciesar, Jimmy 1 just take a squint at the size of the brute I" "Yer not afeered of him, are yor, Bill?" said his companion. " But look at the wioked eye of him ! He's a terror. None of him m rains, if yer please, Jim." "¥er a coward, Bill," said the tramp addrofcsed as Jim. " See yer uncle make friends with the terror." And Jim cautiously approaohed Moser's dog, using all the wheedling terms of endear ment at his command. "Poor old fellow I Gome here, my fine beauty ?" Then he whistled encouragingly, and snapped his fingers cajolingly. 11 S-s-p p-p-p-p-r-t," he chirped, plaoing his hand caressingly on the dog's head. " Ho, you old fel " At this juncure the dog's body moved forward, his mouth opened, and un awful, never-distracting " Bmrr-Gnrrr ! " issued from its throat, and the tramp dashed out of the yard with so muoh impetuosity and unexpected oelerity that be lost a portion ul bis tattered garments clinging to the gate latoh. " It's mighty luoky for yer, Jimmy, that the big-headed cur didn't lunch oil yer hind leg," said Bill, as the twain hurriedly resumed their journey, Next morning Mrs Moser's mother arrived. Wishing to give her daughter a little surprise, Bhe had not apprised her of her intended visit. It was Mrs Closer's mother, however, who received the surprise. And it wasn't so very little eitber. She saw the dog aa soon as Bhe opened the gate, and S'ood undecided whether to advance or retreut. "What au ugy monster I" she mused, •' And Caroline would never have a dug about the boune, eitber 1 It'B very strange. But may be it's somebody's animal that has wandered into the yard." "Then ebo dosed the gate between herself and the dog. raised ber umbrella threaten' ingly, and cried :-«

" Git out ; Go 'way, you nasty boast I Shoo 1 Soat, you dirty dog ! " But Moser'a dog didn't. " Cavrie ! Gar-o-Hne ! " called the old lady *, but for some obvious reasons there was no response. Catoline was some miles distant. 14 Well, I'm not going to stand here all day," finally Baid Moser's wife's mother, with an air of determination. " I'll sea if I can't make friends with the homely oanine. Corns JL'owser," she coaxed. " Good doggy ! Nice old Carlo 1 Here, Prinoe, come here 1 " Then the old lady, having almost unconaoi ously advanoed within reach of the dog, slowly extended her hand and began to pat it on the head. " You nioe old do — — " " Ouoh ! Fire ! Murder ! Git out 1 Caroline 1 Oh-000-oo ! " she screamed, aa the dog's deep bay, " Grrrrrr 1" seventeen yards long by a foot m ciroumferenoe, pierced the adjacent atmosphere. The best previous tima made by a badly soared woman m getting out of a front yard is not on record, but Moser's wife's mother beat it. She was m a hurry, She didn't say so, bat aha wa», all the same. " Oh, my 1" Bhe gasped, when Bhe reaohed the middle of the road and discovered thai the dog had not followed her, " I thought I was a dead woman, sure I" Then aba looked at her satohel, which lh« had slashed around wildly m her flight, and which had burst open by coming m contact with tht gate-post. " I deolare if the jar of currant jelly I brought Caroline doesn't lay smashed all to bits m the yard 1 John Moser heard that I was coming, and got that horrid ugly monster on purpose— l know he did I I'll go right home and never set foot m the ungrateful wretch's house again 1" And she left by the next train, • fairly boiling with anger; and one of tht flnt things she did upon her arrival home was to make an alteration m her will. The next visitor at the MoMr eottagt was a tax collector, who had a variegated •*• perienoe. He boldly opened the gate, leisurely olosed it after him, and started up the path, meohanioally {ambling m an inside pocket. " Whew I" he ejaculated, at the automatic contrivance enoountered his vision. " I'll bet that overgrown dog is kept for thaspeoial benefit of tax collectors. Here, Ball t Odnt here, old fellow 1" he coaxed. "If I had A revolver I'd blow the roof off the savage* looking brute 1" Then he advanoed gingerly towards the dog, nsing kind words that never die, and cautiously placed his hand on the animal's head. There was a tree near by, and the tax oolleotor was safely at the top of it before the oadences of Moser's dog's " G.r-r.r-r.r« B-r-r-r-r-r" had died away. With the tax oolleotor time was money, bat, all the same be concluded to remain m the tree and think about one thing and another until the dog retired, or someone came to hig resoue. . Five minutes devoted to vigorous yelling con. vinoed him that the Moßer cottage was unoooupiidt The sun had sunk behind the western hills, bathing the landscape m a field of purple baze, and tall trees m an adjaoent meadow were darkly silhouetted against the hazy skies, but th 6 tax oolleotor didn't enjoy the scenery to any considerable extent, for his position m the tree was beooming very uncomfortable, and the dog was still there. And he was annoyed by the animal's har« rowing and persistent silence. .- Finally the tax oolleotor conoluded to venture down the tree, and take his chances. The feat was accomplished with a rapidly beating heart, and when he safely reaohed the gate . without the dog making a demonstration, his courage quiokly returned and assumed huge pro* portions. " Perhaps the wretohed brute is asleep,'* he reflected. " I must have revenge." And the thoughts of revenge made him feel very brave indeed. He left the gate open, to per* mit of a hasty escape, and then proceeded to gratify his thirst for revenge. " The animal is as quiet an a statue, and I'll just give him one vigorous kick for luok, and then glide out of the gate like lightning." And he bestowed the kick. - Only one. It was a hearty, a one-hundred-pound-fo«the« Bquare.inch kick, but it was enough— for the tex oolleotor. One million pounds m onsh would not have induoed him to give Moser'a dog another kick. Not with the same foot, anyway. That part of the programme relating to gliding out of the gate, like lightning was omitted. But the tax colleotor did some gliding, nevertheless. He glode around on one foot, nursing the other with his hanis, and yelled like a thousand throats. He thought his toes were telescoped into his ankles, but they were not. Two of them were broken, and two others badly bent, but the dootor who dressed bin injuries said he thought his patient could dispense with a orutoh m about two months. The tax collector's fate should teach a man to refrain from attempting to kiok the maohinery out of a sleeping dog— especially one of the automatio breed. It is a mean advantage to take of the unsuspecting animal. When Jack Moser returned home, his dog, like the Bhineland watch, was " still there," Bhowing no sign of hunger or fatigue. When Jack saw the mashed jar of currant jam and a dozen tax demand notes lying about th« yard, he qniokly surmised that hit dog had strictly attended to business during his ab* sence. He oontemplates having hii automatio dog patented, but when he hears from his mother-in-law ho will probably change hit mind.

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

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JÜBILEE AMNESTY.

Calcutta, February 15. Twenty-five thousand prisoners m India have been released m honor of Her Majesty the Queen's Jubilee, the fetes m connection with which event commence to-day.

ASSASSINATION IN IRELAND.

London, February 16. At Ballycar, m the county of Clare t a bailiff and two constables were shot at and mortally wounded. The ass assins, who were m ambush, succeeded m escaping the police.

NEW UNDER-SECRETARY FOR THE COLONIES.

It is announced that Lord Balfourof Burleigh will succeed Lord Dunraven as Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies.

(Received February 17th, 12.30 p.m.) .

THE POPE AND POLITICS.

Bkriiin, February 16. The action of the Pope m seeking to influence the elections to the Reichstag has caused a split among the members of the Centre parliamentary Party.

QUEEN'S JUBILEE IN INDIA.

Oaloiita, F 'ternary 'l6. The celebration of the Queen's Jubilee took place to-day m the various cities and towns throughout India. The proceedings eveiywhere were of the most brilliant character, and great enthusiasm was displayed. , Grand native processions took place, special religious services were held at night m most of the towns, which were brilliantly illuminated. The jubilee was further celebrated by the wholesale release of prisoners m gaol for petty crimes and debt.

AUSTRALIAN.

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N.S.W. ELECTIONS.

JSvdnky, February 16*. The election returns show that, sixty four supporters of the new Ministry and twenty of the Opposition have tn §n re turned tor the Legislative Assembly..

COLLISION

A collision occurred to-day off tbr Heads between the steamer Coonao*

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TO THE LADIES OF V^ ABHBURTON. MRS PAULING has REMOVED to WALTON COTTAGE, GitBBN Lane, Hamfstbab. 145 MBS MANHIRB, FANCY GOODS WAREHOUSE, Satjhdebs' Buildings, East street. FANOY STATIONERY, Toys, and Christmas Presents m variety. Christmas Cardß, &c. &o. Ladies' and Children a Pinafores and Aprons, &o. } &c. 9624 CAUTION TO POACHERS. IN consequence of so much Poaching of Trout from the Lagmhor Creeks. I hereby give notice that anyone found so doing will be prosecuted ; and further, that a reward of. £20 will be paid to any person who will give such information «* jhall lead to the conviction of such ' enders. DONALD MoLEAN,* ll°3B Lagmhor;