TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Auckland Institute. Auobxano, July 11. A.I the annual meeting of the Institute Mr R. H. Gulliver was eleoted Freiident The Auckland branch now numbers 101 members. Vicar-General. The Bishop of Auckland has Appointed the Ret Father Mahoney to bo Vicar- General of the gee of Auckland. Orange Grand Lodge. The half-yearly cession of the Grand Lodge of New Zealand of the Orange institution was held on Saturday In the Protestant Hall, Newton. Tho Rev O. B. Ward wan elected Grand Maator vice, the Rev T. G. Brooks, who has left for the South. The report nhowed the Order to be flourishing. A Political Committee wai appointed to watoh educa tional matters during the general election . Yesterday the Orangemen marched m procession to the Choral Hall, headed by a brass baud, and were addressed by tho Bro Ward and Daniels: Objectinglßatepayera. Hawkba, July 11. t it » meeting at Manaia on Saturday evening it was deoidbd to take a legal opinion as to the liability of thehmd m that locality to the New Plymouth harbor rate, and if the opinion be favorable, it was determined that the rate should be resisted. Supreme Court. Dunjsdis, July 11. In tho Supreme Court tho following prisoners convicted last week have been sentenced :— Bobert McCainn, aged seven* teen, indeoent assault, 6 months ; Thomas Edwards, unlawfully wounding, 6 months j Daniel Barry and John Hunter, robbery with violence, 3 yeare ; John Atkinson, do, 4 years.

KUDOS FOR AN AUSTRALIAN SCULPTOR

The following tribute to an Australian •colptor is paid by Mr Follogsby. the well-known painter, who writes to the " Arqas" :— " I wish to plaoe on record my opinion that the two busts exhibited at the exhibition of Australian artists by Mr Maokennal are works of exceptional merit. Fer oorreotDens of drawiDg, knowledge of form, and masterly manipu lation of deUH,jthey will compare with the best work of modern sculptors. The handling and realistic treatment of the flesh reminds me of the works of the great Begas (of Berlin and Borne), who is called the Rubens of modern sculplora for his wonderful imitation of flesh m day. The mouth, nose, eyes, ears, and m faot all the features have a oorreotnc fr of model- Hag and refined treatment that not only show the artist's knowledge of form, and power m reproducing it, but hh apprecia tion and intimacy with the Greek masters. There la no doubt that if the promlee now given by the artist's work is borne out m the future, he will make a name of which Australia may yet be proud. I speak thns without any personal knowledge of the artist himself."

LIMITS OF HUMAN LIFE

The Attainable limits of human longevity Hre generally underrated by the medical profession fend by popular opinion. In stead of the scriptural limit of three-soore yean and ten, I would estimate twice that amount, or, 140 yo,rs, aw the ideal •go of healthy longevity, when, mankind shall nave been bred atd trained with the wlie energy that has been expended on hones and cattle. Of the present aorub r»ee, m very large number ought never to have been born, and ought not bo allowed to transmit their physical and moral deficiencies to posterity. The esti mate of 140 year* as a practical longevity for a nobler generation is sustained ry 4fce number of that age (14, if I recollect rightly) found In Italy by a census nnder one of the latter Roman Emperors. But for the race now on the globe a more ap plicable estimate is that of the European scientist, that the normal longevity of an animal is five times its period of growth, « rale which gives the camel 40 years, the horse 25, the lion 20, the dog 10, the rabbit 5. By this calculation man's 20 years of growth indioate 100. But growth la not limited to 20, and If we extend the period of maturing to 28, the same rule would give uk 140 as an age for the best •peoimens of humanity, which has been at tained m rare cases, its general possibility m Improved conditions being thus demon - •crated. — Dr J. F. Buchanan,

THE BIRTH-PLACE OF BEER

The Scottish L'tder says :— Professor Schwaokhofer delivered a lectu.a last week to the Vienna Heygienio Society on the •txWeot of beer* After giving some sta tistics on the consumption of this beverage the lecturer went oh to describe its manu facture and adulteration. The birth-place Of beer is Egypt* A papyrus hen been discovered In whioh a father reproaches his ion for lounging about m taverns and dt lnking too much beer. From the Egyptians the art of brewing desoended to the Ethiopian*. While the Romans de^plstd beer, the Germans of the north of Europe fully appreciated Its good qualities, However the re.rcjblng draught became more popular In the first half of the Middle Ages. In the beginning only convents obtained the monopoly of brew* Jag beer, but later on tha privilege was extended to lay corporations. In Aus tria the first brewery was f abllshed m Vienna m 1560, and beer boob became thefavorlto beverage of Bcotaty. kt pre lent the yearly production throughout the whole world amounts to 140,000,000 hectolitre ', England tiklng the lead wLh 48,000,000. Profelaor Soh wackhofer think* that beer fully deserves tho designation of " liquid bread," as It i« undoubtedly nutritions, and leu liable to be adulterated . than wine.

DISGORGED A REPTILE FROM HIS STOMACH

I Recently George Dishler, of Beallsvilld, was relived of a horrible monster In the lhape of ft lizfcrd, almost tix <nohes long, whioh had been growing In his stomach for the last five years, The reptile was ejected and wn elive. It bad a head resembling a catfish, a well-shaped tail, two well-defined but very small eyes, • broad month, two web-shaped feat attached to short legs and oonneoted with the body about two-thirds way from the bead. It was covered with fine brown hair, and its belly was of a d'rty greenish hue. It li luppoisd DMiler got It into bis itomtoh while drinking from a •prlDg on his farm ye ri ago, He has been awakened several times the past year by the reptile c,rawlir«s up Into bis mouth during tho night, when he would awaken Up with a mouthful cf lizard, and In a moment of disguit attempt to awallow It; the reptile would kiok and tafaae to go back until after a foroible musoular effort, and even then would ilide reluoantly down his throat with a **■ peep-peep " sound like a young obioken. Mr Dlshlor often thought be wenld spit oat the Ilwrd the next time it oame up, but on awakening he would begin the ■wallowing operatic n without control of himself and with a sort of choking sensa tion. He Is now happily relieved of the wretched lizard, which Is In the posßes plon of Pr Farqubar, prererved m alcohol.

The jewels recently made m Germany for the UmproßS of Japan are said to ooneiat of a diadem, A neak'aoe, and several braoelets, Re* diadem contains 600 diamonds, pine of wbiolilM^y^jge,

A CATTLE DISEASE.

Masterton, July 11, A disease is said to have broken out m lower valleys among the cattle, which has the effect of rolling off their hoofs twenty four hours after they are attaoked. A numbor are walking about on hoofloss stumps. There are indications of, foot and month disoaso.

THE ISSUES OF THE ELECTIONS

The Anokland "Star," disouastng the election Issues, says: — "The people generally are not inch fools as to btlieve that the whole welfare of the oolony ' turns oh the question whether the present oooupants of the Treasury benohes con tinue to administer the affairs of tho oolony, or whether the rump of the Con tinuous Ministry comes into power. Wo dtolare, without a moment's hesitations that if the choice were between a Stout- Yogel combination and a return of a Hall- A tkinaon-Brjoe-Itolleaton-Oonolly Execu tive to power the new Parliament would give the present Ministry such a majority as no Ministry ever had before. There is, therefore, a deal more to be oonaldered than whether a candidate ia for or againßt the present Ministry. That la, indeed, the very smallest question. The electors have to ask him whether he is for or r gainst sound measures. What the conscientious eleotor has to do is to pick oat the next best men — men whose opinions and pledges and public career, so far as they are known, are most m aooordanoe with his own political views ; to pledge the candidate to give thosa views effect ; and to put out not only this but every suc ceeding Government who faU to give effect to them."

TAKING THE WRONG MEDICINE

The following amusing yarn anent a local sportsman) is sent to the "Lyttelton. Times" by Its genial Ashburton correspondent. Those who have read it already can read it again, or skip it, whichever they prefer, and those who haven't can read i<. now and enjoy a good hearty laugh :— He was a young, good-looking, healthy fellow * I liked him well ; so did everybody who knew him, girls included, happy chap- He was fond of a good hunter, and his hunter wri fond of him. He was never ill la his life, ex oopt, porhap 1 , when said hunter spile him at a wire fence ; but his hunter was some times out of condition, and wanted a dose or so of physio. The physio was procured from his friend the druggist, and the hnnter had his ailments seen to. But one day it was not the hunter, bnt himself i that wanted medicine, and so he went to his friend the druggist. The latter was not In— only the boy. " Tell the boss to make me of >i sweating powder." " Yes, sir." The boss was told, but the boy m hlB innocence added, " for his horse." Now, if I had given a similar order, and the boy mado the same mistake, I Bhould hsve done n was done byj^he gentleman I am writing about, for I never took a sweat ing powder m my life. Neither did he, neither did the ohum who was with him. When he came back to the shop, the stuff was ready, I k looked big. " How many dose are there here ? " Only one." "By Jove, it looks big." "And rob down well m the morning." "Ob, that of course ; and have a complete change of clothes, too." Three minutes ' after that powder had been included m the poor fellow's anatomical system there was an eruption therein, to which, com- 1 paratively speaking, Tarawera was but a j soap bubble, and that something was very wroDg was self-evident. On infor mation of the illness of his friend being conveyed <o the druggist, tbe poor ma> — well, you can imagine hta feelings when he heard tb«t the powder had been taken by the huntsman instead of by the hunter, especially when I add that he knew the component parts of the powder — enough nitre to piokle a pig, and as many grains of tartar emetio as would have kept a professional prisoner goiag for a month. Bnt the magnitude of th« dose, and the patient's grit and pluok In taking it all, saved him, and beyond the weakness likely to result from the retohing, no bad effects eto.

ESCAPES FROM HANGING

There are many instances on record In which the pnnlobnent of Btuspension by the collar has failed, either by anmo pecu liarity m the neck of the individual, or a want of tnot m tho hangman, More than six centuries ago — If old records are truthful— Juettade Brleham, oonvlcted of harbouring thieves, was sentenced to be exeouted. She hung for three days, re vived, and was pardoned *s a phenomenon who had somehow or other overmastered the gallows. There 1b the authority of Obadiah Walker, master of New College, Oxford for a story that a Swiss was hanged thir teen times over, every attempt being frus trnated by a peculiarity m the windpipe which* prevented strangulation ». We are not told whether the thirteenth time wan successful, or whether jaitioejwas meroifal at last. Ann Green was hanged at Oxfori for Infanticide m 1650 ; her legs were pulled, and her body struck with soldiers' muskets m accordance with a barbarous custom | sometimes adoptsd of making assurance doubly sure. Nevertheless, she survived, after hanging some considerable time. Her body wa* given up for dissection. The surgeon observed faint signs of life, and attended her Instead of anatomizing her, and In thirteen hours tho wai able to speak. She remembered nothing dis tinctly of whit had ooourrod, but seemed so herself to have been In a deep sleep The »rown pardoned hor • fihe married, and became the mother of a family, and her husband forgave her the errora of her past life, possibly for a Hod of celebrity which tho singular eplwde had brought to her. Other examples oE a more or less analogous kind, are told as follows f — A womr.n-r-ntme unknown— waa hanged In 1808. She oarae to hoc self After a suipeneion for the preaorlbrd period, not by slow degrees, but suddenly. John Green experienced an ordeal some thing Jiko that of Ann Green, A fter being hanged at Tybarn, his body was tj'cen to Sir William Blizzard, the celebrated surgeon, and while lying on a table In the dissecting room he displayed signs of life, and effectually recovered.

A female servant of Mrs Oope, of Oxford, oonvlofed of some penal offanoe »(.i execoted Jn 1050. After hanging an unusually long time she was cut down, and fell heavily to the ground. The •hock revived her, but the unfortunate wretoh van effootually bung the next day. Margaret piotson, a oentury and a half ago, was oonvjoted of oonoealnaent of birth, and was subjeoted to the lf.it penalty of the law. Her body, afior hanging on the gibbet at Edinburgh, was given to her iclends. They put m a coffin, and drove of! with It li a cart, nix miles to Hue ell. burg. Soina apprentices rnde'y stopped the cart, and loosened the lid of the onffia. This let In the air, and the air and the jolting togeiaer revived her. She was carried Indoor* alive, but faint and barely conaoloos ; a minister came to pray with her, and ibe effectually reoorered. No mtnUoo ' of collusion occurs In the narrative, although some of the incidents would seem to point that way. Margaret lived, many years, had other children born t« her, and was familiarly known In Edinburgh,, where flbeliyed by selling sai', as " Half haDged MaVgie."

Sir William Fox denies that he is likely to be s. candidate for any seat at tie. general

THE PASTEUR TREATMENT OF HYDROPHOBIA

A Spaniard named Ramon died of hy drophobia on the evening of Febrnsu/ 16, at the Hotel Dieu, Paris. Senor B-unon was bitten by a wolf on February 15, nnd was at onoe sent to Paris, where he went through all the Pasteur treatment. This makes tho forty-fifth death from hydro phobia after treatment by M. Prsteur. The Academy of Modioino, which pro raised to aa*!sfy opinion by re sumiDg the discussion on the Pasteur system on the return of M. Pasteur to Pjrls, seems now (the oorrenpondent of the " Daily Chronicle " says) very d"a»o y m the matter, if not entirely unwillfog to keep Its pronuse. A reaction has oertninly set m, which cannot fail to paralyse my efforts made by other medical men to discover an cffeotlvo romedy against this dreadful dlserao.

THE SCHOOLS OF EUROPE

The "Paris Figaro" glvei vome Interest- Ing statistics on ttohooU m Europa. In Rusaia th6ro are 82,000 aohoola, haying eaoh an average of 36 aoholaro. This is one aohool for 2300 inhabitants, at a cost of leas than » halfpenny A head of the population. In Austria, with 37,009,000 of inhabitants there are 29,000 ichoola and 3,000,0C0 aoholari. The average number at each aohool fo 104, and the coat per inhabitant 9|d. In Italy for 28,000,000 inhabitants there are 47.000 aohoola — one school for. eveiy j 6000 people, at a coat of 8&d per head The average numbor of pupils at the uohools is 40. In Spain there ere 3,0^0,000 Boholara, 29,000 school*, giving an average of 66 m oh oh sohool, and one Bohool for every 600 inhabitanta ci m Italy. The eohool bill corncß to Is 2d per head. The number of eohooh given for England is 68,000, whl^h is one for evo.y 600 inhabitants and an average attendance of 62 per sohool, and a coat of la 6d per head. The Germans have a school for every 700, glviDg a total of 60,000 rohoola with 100 papils m each, and la 7d per inhabitant. Franoe has 71,000 aohooh, being one for evory GOO, with 66 m each sohool. Franoe would therefore, seem to have more aoboola than any other great European ooantry. Theee achools cost the country Is 2sd per inhabitant.

A TUSSLE WITH AN ALBATROSS

The following is from a book entitled 11 Three years of a Wanderer's Life," by John F. Keaae : — '• There h a famous otoiy of a man having kept h'mseJf afloat, tfter falling overboard, uutU picked op, by solzlug hold of an albatross that came within reach. There is nothing im probable m this. I have been overboard with an albatross myself, and found the bird quite manageable m the water. I was one day catching cape-hens and molly hawks with a floe twiue line and V%ki hook made from a bent needle, when a large albatross p' limped suddenly down on my bat, and was hooked before I oould prevent him. The ship was bprely moving through the water, so thnt I wri able, after a long time, to keep him on and play the big bird right up to the stern. Now oamo the crisis — would my line lift him out of the>ater ? I the ugh tit would. I rained hi* weight gently, pulled cau tiously vp — another foot, and I would have been able to grasp the neck. At that moment he gave a wave of his wings; the extra resistance broke the twine, and down he flopped into the water, wings extended, but making no effort to leave the spot. For a second or two ho lay still under me, almost within my r*"U><i and yet free, Off I went oa to him, selzad a wing In my rfght hand, end found myßelf having a regular rough and tumble with the bird m the water. It never offered to bi'e. I wes able to change hands and get the struggling bird by the feet with my right hand } then thoo drawing my brats!: up over its tail, I grabbed the neck wi<h my left hand I had a protty b*»d tusr'e to do this, for the bird was very strong and fought from under me ; but when I bid the neok In my left hand, I let go the feet with my right, and took hold of the right w'ng oloflo to the body, I had only dropped about t6n yards attorn In doing this ; but now the bird swam with me on its brok, and I was able to steer it after the ship. I made great way, overhauled the rhtp, and swum right alongside. A rope's end wes thrown me and I made the bird fast ; let it go, and saw it hauled on board, swimming with the ship, Afterwards 1 went up jthe rope's end myself} having actually caught aad mastered an albatross m the water.

THE INCOMES OF PRINCES.

The incomes of the royal families of Europe amouat.to olose upon £13,000,000 a year. Gerirany stands at the heal of all Europan nations m the matter of the royal incomes. That empire, with a population of more than 45,009,000, supports twenty-two royal, prinoely, and ducft 1 families, and the direct cost of the?? maintenance Is £3,300,0:3. In Prussia and several of the other German States the reigning family, beside* its publio Income, possesses very large prlva o estateß, and, indeed, m some of the Stites, the Princes are the chief land owners In Meoklenburg~3trel(tz, for instanoe, the reigning family owns three fifths of the land, and the Grand Doko governs without the old of any repraseu tatlve institution whatever. Turkey comes next to Germany m Its royal expenditures, the total amount absorbed by the Sultan and his family being about £2,000,000. The Imperial family of Roeftia coats that country £2,450,000, the grr.iter part of which comes m the shape of. rents from the crown downing, which consist of more than 1,000,000 square miles oi land, beside gold and silver mi nee. Tho Austrian Imperial fami j is tolerably 'well 00, having a revenue of £010,000, all of whioh comes directly from the revimue of tho country. The Brlttah Royal Family oomeß next, with a oont to tho oountry of about £900,000 This sum includes the revenue derived from i the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall, whioh amounts to £111,000, The Duoheuß of Cambridge, now elghty.olght years of age, continues to draw from tho Britidh Troesury £6,000 a year, besides enjoying the royal palaoes of St, James and Kcw as her residences. Italy piya her royal family £660,000, whioh is a very htfc sum In propoition to the means of the oountry, while Spain dhburaes on the came account £400,000. This finds the Hit of European monarchies of large population. $ut the minor monarchies also pay their families very large sums. Belgium pays £133,600 a year to her kl' <j, and Portugal, with £750,0C0 less population, pays £'27,CQ0 Monavchy ooatß Sweden afld Kovway £117.650 annually j penmwk, £62,000 Hclhnd. £63,000; Roumania, £40,800; and Greeoe, £42,030. But £12,( .10 of this last mm la pad by Englpnd, Franoe, and Rubs*. Republican Frinoa givas her President £36,000, two-thirds of which Is m the foi n of salary, and one-third for household experiqea. Tho Swiss R3* pubJ'o nays it* President £600 a which Is probably the ■nr'il'eit sura that tne bead of any olvl!?B5d nation In the world receives. All the expenditures of Switzerland are on a correspondingly low scale. The expenditures of tho Con federation do not reach £2,000,000 annually.— " tfablio Opluion," London.

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HOW LINCOLN EARNED HIS FIRST DOLLAR.

One evening when a few gentlemen among wrom was Mr Beward, had mot m the Executive Chambor without special business, and wore talking of tho past, the President said, *' Seward, you never heard, did y»u, how I earned my first dollar ?" " No," eaid Mr Seivavd. " Well," replied he, "I wns about 18 yearß of nge, and belonged, »s you know, to what they call down South the ' Sorubn' ; peopto who do not own land and slaves are nobody there; but we hnd succeeded m raisfng, chiefly by my labor, bufficient produce, as 1 thought, to justify mo m toking it down *b») liver to bqH. .After much perounaion I had pot the concent of my mother to go, and had constructed a flat boat, large enough to take <he few barrels of things we bad gathered down ! to New Orleans. A Btoatner wo* going down the river. We have, you know, no whaivos on tho Western streams, ond the custom was, if paßsengerj wore at any of the landings, they were to go out m a boat, tho steamer Btopping and taking them on board. I we a contemplating my now boat, and wondeiinw whether I could make it stronger or improve it any part, when two men, with trunks, came down to tht shore m carriages, end, looking at the different boats,, single! out mine, and asked,- Who owns this? 1 I answered modestly, ' I do.' • Will you,' said one of them, ' take vi and our trunks out to tho Btoomer?' 'Certoinly, 1 said I. I was very glad to have tho chance of oarnipg eometbing, and supposed f iat each of them would give mo aoouple of bit 3. The ti units were put on my boat, tho pa&sen gers seated themselves on them, and I scullf d them out to the stoamer. They got on board, and I lilted the'<- trunks and put them on the deck. The steamer was about to put on stacTia^pin, ffhen Icallc i out, * You have forgotten to pay nu* ' Each of tbetn took from his pockets a silver half-dollar and threw it on tho bottom of my boat. I could scarcely be lieve my eyes as I picked up tho money. Yon may tuink it wos a very little thing, and m these days it seems to me like a tiJfle, but it was amost impoitmt incident m my life. I could scarcely credit that I the poor boy, had earnr \ a dol'ar m le js than a day ; that by honest work I hn-j earned a dollar. The world sr emed wider and fai r or before me ; I wps a moro hope ful and thoughtful boy f com that time." — • Rominiscencos of Abraham Lincoln.

MAKING HONEY VINEGAR.

A contributor to " (Meanings m Beo Culture " writes as follows : — •' Wo make Beveivl barrels of vinegar every year, and seU it to the folks >n town at twenty-five cents, per gallon, md have had no trouble bo far to sot! p'l we had. The demand 13 increasing ovwy year. ] t tokes 21ba of horey <o moke a gallon of vinegar, and two yf am' time to mnko. Wo make the most of ours out of refu«n honey, or honey that we cannot iU3 for any other puvpoiro, and would otherwise be lost or wasted. We rctaU a 'prgje quantity of honey ; and when the honey is rindiod there w.ll be a considerable quantity left sticking to tho sides of the b.iuels. We alwaya waeh out all the bp rels wo expect. t-> use again. Tho first washing chat takes off tho honey we put m the vinegar. It is clean ; it is nothing but honey and water. Then, again, when we ore oxtmcting honey w,o have a box with a wire- cloth bottom which we set over a ba'rel that has the upper head out. Into th ! s box we pat what cnpplngs' we have to drain out tho honey. In twenty four hours we empty those oappinga into a barrel that has some water m it, to soak out what honey remains straining them onoe or twice a cay. The ifearrel will bold wHt cappinga we get m a week. Abcnt onoe a week wo utrnln onfc the water p id put it In the vinegp." and irelt the capplnga into wax, so there is nothing lost. Main there i» always more or lei honey that opt, be made into good vinegar 'hat fn not jast fit to sell for n!oe honey, In that way it 1b saved. To know when the water "1 sweet enough for the vinegar, pat m a good fresh egg, and make the water sweet enough to float the egg so that there w'tll te a patoh of the shell cut of the water about as big 01 a sh'Ming, then it is about right. We keep ours standing fa ba rels, with one he d oat, to give it nir j for t\-* it must h^ve to norke vinegar. Tie a tqoare yard of ohe: e-cloth over the top of th« barrel, to keep out dirt or flici and other i n scots. Keep under aover oat of the r*'n, m « dry, airy Dtaoe. Either m the autnmn or oprJrg, we find some that ii fit for rale. We fake It Into onr dwelMng-hou' t cellar and pot it into onr retting bane'e, whiob we keep therefor the purpose, X have been thinking of hte whether it wou'd not be a good plan to make all oar cheap honey into vinegar ; but I don't know how mnoh It oonld be ■old for who'epile. It may be that we oan do something In thh direction to re lieve the market of onr low«p- iced honoy. Honep J » getting to be so plentiful and oheap that we must tarn it 'nto erey channel tla v , will trke it." '

A FAITH-HEALER OF THE OLDEN TIME

In Sir Bernard Burk'a M Fara"y Bo manco " it given the slngnh?? atory of Valentine Greatraka. Apropos of the dairas of Milnor Stephen and Dowle to the po&seo&lon of aupomaturr^ or extra ordinary healng power*, it might be interesting to our readova to peruse the story, It appearn that Valentine Graatraka wri the ion of an Irisl gentleman, and was born on Valentine's Day, IG2B. A i ha grew np he manifested more fondner ; for the btndy of humanity than of books. He was pained to aoe the miaery th»t~ surrounded hf»r About the yeir 1G62 he became consclouß of what he believed to be a divine mission to cure the King's Evil. Bis fcr'th m his mission was soon nhared by afflicted persona. Tho Blmple method he employed wpi rnbbing wilh hia hands tho affoc'.' 1 p.rtn while offering prayer to Jestii, He Ihua ob l iinad ths designation of tho "Sttokev." Asltcd why lome of hia pat'sn/i were cured and not others, Qvoatraks rep''ed that thr\fc wi m God's huad*: He chose to nae difier^nt means for the cure of diffsrent persona. A iked whether it wna a eapsr natuul powor or frioHon that currd, Greatraka ar'd ho believed it wn an extraoidlna :j gift from God. H« wri «a --| hlbited by T.o ecoleaiiiHoal authoritiri j fcom practising,, b\ifc bj d'sobeyed the order wheoev? alok people asked help from h'^a. M, do St Everemond, m ha <' Mfacellanlea," iid 4 ou't V G.-r^traks, but the people far and wide believed In him. He died In 1683. He la epoken of •■ i havlrfan Attractive and vlvaclois appear ance and vety 6we oyr\ brides great bodily itrength. He had a vet/ large, ■oft and heaty hand. In ore ia no doubt he was a remr-kab!e mm, sincere, ecrneat and d^intercated, and his «toiy m aa fnterestlDg chapter m the history of faith heallr>

The mavriago of the Emperor o! China fa (o be cidlcbrftted shortly at a cost of a mil Hon. In New Zealand there are 102 Roman Oatholio puetsts, of whom one is Italian, one a colonist, threo Germans, eight English, one Sootoh^twenty*ono Fronoh, and sixty-four Irishmen ; threo Biahops, of whom one is an Irishman and the other two En^lishmcni Kb^tinq'b Ooron Lozbnoes oure Coughs Asthma, Bronchitis, Medical testimony tates that no other modioiae is bo effectual n tho oure of these dangerous maladies.; One Lozenge alone give ease, ono or two at bedtime endures rest. For relieving difhouUy of breathing they are invaluable. They oon* tain no opium nor any violent drug. Sold by aU Ohemißts m Tine, 1b Itf an<? m U eaab,

THE ASHBUKTON GUARDIAN, MONDAY, jqJLY 11, 1887



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'. ,4 Public Notices. ASHBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL. KORTH ASHBURTON BRIDGE AT DIGBY'3. TirE ISfOIVni APPROACH having been DAMAGED tbia Bridgo will be CLOSED againot Trailic until farther notico. By ovclcr, WILLIAM BAXTER County Eogineor. TENDERS FOR GRAZING. 2424 ACRES; miSNDERS will bo received at tho X oflioo of the Undersigned up to SATURDAY, July 16th, for renting, the 2424 ACRES known as Singletree, for one or more yeara. 1400 Acres now laid dowa to English grass. For full particulars apply to H. MATRON & CO.. IP* Aabburton. HAVES & -OIL'S (ireat Sale. OBLIGE BY READING THE FOLLOWING:- BLACK Straw Hats only 3d ' Felt Hats were Bfl 6d, now Is Grey Calico, l^d • "White Twill, 2£d Blankets, from 2b 6£d Lot Velvet Buttons, all ia 3 dozen for Id ; Cashmere Gloves, from 2d Men's Good Waterproof Coats, from 7s 6d Lace Cartains, Is Bojs' Caps, 4£d Men's Black Felt Hats were 63 9d now 2a 3d Heavy JUresa Gooda, B?d Lot of Wide Ribbons, Id Good Shirtings, 4£d "Wool Squares, 6d Tweed Trousers from 6s 6d Let of Diagonal Coatß were 21s fid now 10a 6d A Grand Lot of Overcoatß awfull Cheap, and a quantity of othor goods too numerous to mention m this advertise- ment. —^ In addition to the above, H. & Co. will dnring tho Eale, givo a Discount of One Shilling m the Pound. Only cull and see the WONDERFUL BARGAINS at HAVES AND CO. '6 6+29 T. Bullock; TINWALD. TO LET— A Cottage near the] School. Apply to T. BULLUCK. TO LET—fi-Foomcd lloubo m Cameron Street, opposite the WesJeyan Church, Apply to ' T. BULLOCK. O*y -f AS TOWN SECTION 260, 3D / JLU Tinwald, near the Railway Station for sale at tho nbove prico. Peraors desirous of qualifying themselves for a vote at the forthcoming election this offers them an opportunity. T. BULtOQK; TO k CET.~ Dwellinßhouue, toi»etho£ with email stable, Moore's Road, neat the Preebyterfau Manae. App'y to j T. BULLOCK. TO LET,—Ata low rental, Property In Tanored Street, reoentJy m the occupation of Mr Dolman, on which i ereoted Shop, Stable, elo.— Apply to - T. BULLOCK. EOR BALE,— Central Site, being part of TS 177, containing One-eighth of an Aore, having a frontage of 33 feeb on Burnett Street, and adjoining the " Mail " Office. Very liberal terms of payment will be accepted. — Apply to . T. BULLOCK. EfiOß SALE— Lot 25, fronting the North 1 Town Belt. Price, £19. Libera terms if required. Apply to T. BULLOCK. TO PAINTERS. TO LET at a low rental, Bhop an<?^ Dwelltnghouae m Moore street, latolj m occupation of Mr Lucatrt T. BULLOCK FOR SALE. 4 Strongly Built 4- Wheeled covered tx. Waggon, suitable for a Hawker' . t T. BOLLOCK. TINWALD. TO LET— A Four-roc mcd Honsa with Shop, adjoining Mr HeseUine'a pro- perty, and near the Railway Station. A lew rental will be accepted. : ■- T. BULLOCK. H. Matson and Co. STORAGE. STORAGE. STORAGE. WE HAVE ROOM FOR A L&Btx QUANTITY OF GRAIN; N O v"e~R MI N. H. MATSOir & CO., ASHBURTON. TITE ARE CASH iI'UROHASEU OF Wheat Oats Barley AND Byeg*ass ■ H. MATSON & CO., ASHBURTON, George Jameson ASHBURTON COUNTY STOCK AND SALEYARDS CO., LIMIT D. DIPPING SEASON, 1887 THE CONCRETE DIPS are nowßff feet long, and fitted with ell the latest improvements. ■ - .~ . For particulars as to coat of dipping Bheep, apply at tho Caretakers, ■, ; geo. Jameson,-. 3164. . Secretary. Drain Pipes. 71 Lli SIZES— From 3 to. 15 inches— With F BENDS, ELBOWS AND JUNCTION And also FIRE BRICKS FOR SALE BY OEOBGE JAMESON, ASHBUR^OWi



StratzandOo. WATOHBB WATOHEB WATOHB3 WATOHE9 OLOOKB WiIOHBQ CLOCKS ' WATCHES CLOCKS ! OIIOOKB JEWBLLBRT CIOOKB JEWBLLEBY OLOOK JBWJBLLER"? JBWBLLBaT JEWELLERY JEWELLBBY* : GREAT Clearing Sale, 108 4 WPEKSONLY/ J. JA STRATZ & CO., PRACTICAL WATCHMAKERS jewellebs & m.anufaotubbbs, 261, High Btreet, OHRISTCHOROH. HAVING now been established 10 years, intend to hold a GREAT OLEABING SALE of their Lar^o Bud Varied Stock, conuieting ot £6000 worth of Watcheß, Clocks and Jewellery. The Sale will commence on WEDNESDAY, July 6th, and will last i weeks only. All Goodß will bo marked m plain figures, at less than one-half of onr already well* known low prices. OOME EABLY AND BECUBK BABGAINB. GENTS' ENGLISH HUNTING LEVERS. 18 carat Gold Oases, usual price £26, rednced £16 10a } usual price £20. reduced to £13 10s ; nenal price £16, reduced to £10 16b j übuc! price £12 10s, rednced to £8. GENTS' PATENT LEVEBS, BOLID GOLD OASES. Usual prleo from £6 to £10, now reduced from £1 to £7. • G NTS' ENGLISH HUNTING LEVBESi STEELING BILVEB OABE3. ' Usual price £10 10a, reduced to £6 10a ; usual price £8 10s. reducad to £6 6a ; usual mice £6 10s, rednced to £4 6s j usual prioe £6 10?, reduced to £8 10s ; qqup! price &i 10b, reduced to £2 10a. PATENT LEVERS, BTBONG HUNTING SILVER OASES. Usual price £8 16s, reduced to £2 1 canal prico £8 8e ; rednced to 86a. * STRONG HUNTING WATOHE& Usual price £2 60, reduced to 265, LADIES' GOLD WATCHES, BEAUTI- FULLY ENGRAVED OASES. ÜBaal piicea £0 10b, reduced to £4 10s. Do. Do. Oau&l priceß £6 10b, reduced to £8 10s. A WRITTEN GUARANTEE WITH EVERY ( WATOH, LOCKETS, HALL-MABKED, STBBLING SILVER. I Usnai pricea 20a, reduced to 12s Cd ; 17a ; Cd reduced >t» 10a 6d ; 16s reduced to 8a Cd j 12s Cd reduced to 7s 6d ; 10s 6d reduced to 6b 6d ; 7s 6d reduOvd to 4a 6d ;6a reduced to 8s 6d ; 83 6d reduced to 2?, NECKLET , HALL MARKED, STBBLING SILVER. A very large assortment, tho usual prioe being from 7a 6d to 80s are now reduced from 83 6d to 18b Bd, BILVER BROOCHES, IN EVERY DESIGN. Usual prioe 10.1 Cd reduced to 6s 6d, 7a 6d reduced to 4s Od, 6s Cd reduced to 8s Cd, 4s 6d reduced to 2a 6d: 83 6d rednced to la , 6d. STERLING SILVER EARRINGS At Bpesially reduced pricea from la a pair. GOLD SETS OF BROOOH AND EABRINGS Beautifnlly finished, mounted with real stones, usual price £C 10a reduced to £4 10s } usual price £5 10s reduced to £8 7a 6d; usual prico £4 4s reduced to £2 10s : ÜBual price, £8 6s reduced to 87a 6d j usual price £2 10s reduced to 80s. . SOLID GOLD BROOOHEB. Usual piice £8 10s reduced to £2; usual prico £2 163 rinced to 86a: ueual price £2 2s reduced to 27b 6d : ÜBual prioe £1 10a reduced to 18s j usual price £1 2a 6d reduced to 12s 6d. LADIES & GENTS' STERLING SILVER ALBERTS. A very largo variety to ohoose from, the usual piice being from 7s 6d to 803 are now redacod to differont pricea from 8s 6d to 17a. As it is imcosßible for ua to cnuxnerato every article, wo invito tho pnbl'c to call and Inspect for themselvi vb one glance wP' prove that we are selling the goods at n price novor boforo attempted m New Z inland, Remember this Great Gloating Sale com* moncoa on WEDNESDAY, July 6th. Storekeepers, Jewellers, Hawkers and others ahonld no' loobo thia opportunity of laying m tboir year's atook of our own manufactured Gooda< EVERY ARTIOLE FULLY WARRANTED Note tho Addresß,— J. F. STRATZ & CO. PRACTICAL WATCHMAKERS, JEWEL- LERS, AND MANUFAOTURBRS 201 HIGH BTBSET, CHBISTCEUBCH. •■■ ■■•■ • W-*-, 4 .



Public Notices. McCallum & Co, COAL! COAL! COAL ORESH SUPPLIES OF NEWCASTLE COAL WESTPORT COAL G MOUTH COAL. Also-* Native Goal, superior to Mount Somers Coal. Fresh uupplie* of Building Timber and Building Material* of every deaoriptlon. FRESH IMPOKTATIONS 07 FENCING MATERIALS NOW TO HAN WIRE- WIRE- WIRE. BAEBED & PLAIN. No.'s 8, 9 and 10, OVAL STEEL WIRE No. b 8, 9 and 10, ROUND STEEL WIRE BARBED WIRE, "BEST DOMINION ( BARBED WIRE, •• AOME ',' STANDARDS STANDARDS STANDARDS. Out and Punobed to any length and guage required, McCallum & Co., Iron, Timber and Coal Merchants & Importers ASHBUKTON, OAMABU DUNEDIN & INVEE CARQILL, 4*lW LAST MONTH OF THE GEEAT CHEAP S ALE- Further Special Reductions PREVIOUS TO TAKING STOCK, \ AT ORR & ALCORN'S DISSOLUTION SALE m- PARTICULAR Attention ia re- quested to tbo following lines, which will be found extraordinary Value, viz., Ladies' and Children's Uletons, Ladles' Jackets, Fur Capos, A LARGE QUANTITY OF SUPERIOR DRESS GOODS, \ HOMESPUNS, &c t AT ABOUT HALF PRICE. HENS' AND BOYS' SUITS AND OVERCOATS FURTHER REDUCED; Customers will find it to their advan- tage to make Large Purchases this month, previous to the close of tho Salo. ORB, & ALCOM'S DISSOLUTION SALE.



I Owe My Lift. crurTKR i. " I was taken siok a year ago With bilious fever." "My doctor pronounced me cured, but I got sick again with terrible pains m my Vaok ond sides, and I got so bad I Could not move ! I shrunk ! From22Blbß to 1201 I had been doc- toring for my liver, but it did me no good, i did not oxpact to live moro thnn three montha. I began to use Hop Bittern. Direotly my appetite returned, my pains loft me, my entire &ystom seemed renewed as if by magio, and after using several bottles, am not only as sound as a sovereign, but weigh more than I did before. To Hop Bit- ters I owe my life." Dublin, Juno 0, '81. B. Fitztatmob. CHAPTER 11. " Maiden, Mass., Fob. 1, 1880. Gentlemen— I suffered with attaoks of siok hoadaohe." Neuralgia, female trouble, for years m the most terrible and exoruoiating man- ner. No medicino or dootor oould give me relief or cure, until I used Hop Bitters. II Tho first bottlo Nearly cured mo ;" The second made me as well and strong as when a child. "And I have been so to this day." My husband was an Invalid fcr twenty years with a serious " Kidnoy, liver and urinary oomplaint. " Pronounced by Boston's host physi- cians—" Incurable 1" Seven bottles of your Bitters cured him and I know of tho " Lives of eight persons " In my neighborhood that have been saved by your bitters, And many more aro using them with great benefit. " They almost do miraoles ?" — Mrs E.D. Slack How to Get Sick.— Expose yourself day and night; eat too much without exoroise, work too hard without roßt, dootor all the time j take all tho vilo nostrums advertised, and then you will want to know How to Get Weu..— Whioh is answered m three words— take Hop Bittora I Prosecute the Swindlers! If when you call for American Hop Bitters (tee green t/ivig of Hong on the white label and Dr Soule's name blown m the bottle), tho vendor hands out anything but American Hop Bitters refuse it and shun the vendor as | you would a viper ; and if he has taken your money for anything cho indiot him for the fraud and suo him lor damages for the swindle I and we will pay ycu liborally for the convio- tion. Auctions. SATURDAY, 16th JULY, 1887, On tho Railway Siding, opposite Baring Square, At 12 o'clock sharp* MESSES FRIEDLANDMt BROS, have received instructions from Mr A.LPHKUB Hayes, to Soil by Public Auc- tion, at the above timo and place,— 10 Trucks fihort cut Manuka and Black Pine Firewood. FIUEDLANDER BROF., PJETER WILLXAMS, 7*61 Auctioneer. Public Notices. FOR SALE. A NUMBER of Blue Gum Poles' suitable for Stockyard Bulls, or making a frame for Rough Stable. '£. BULLOCK. WE have various sums of money to lend on approved Freehold Secaritioa at Lowest Current Ratea of Interest, WILDING & LEWIS, _ Solicitors Ashburton. ASHBURTON CALEDONIA n'sOOIETY mnE next INGLESIDE will bo held m 1 the Oddfellows' Hall on MONDAY, 11th inst;, at 8 p.m. J. O. DUNCAN, 7_30 Becrotary ; UPPER ASHBURTON ROAD BOARD. THE Fords on tho Rivers are dangerous. Persons are warned that traffic is stopped till the same are repaired; D. MoLEAN, Chairman • NOTICE. "~ MOUNT HUTTpROAD BOARD DISTRICT. nnHE Bridge on the Rakaia Gorge Cut- X ting below tho gato to the Mount Hutt Homostoad is unsafo for traffic. Wm. momillan, 7 13 Chairman. ME S. B. SEYMOUR, QURGEON-DENTIST will VISIT ASHBURTON THURSDAY, JULY 14th, And may be consulted at Mr Kamnltzor'e (Chemist) until 4 pm. 7 49 WAKANUI ROAD DISTRICT. npENDEBS are invited for Clearing out 1 about- 20 Chains of Outfall Drain (MoLeary's), Waknnui, to be m by NOON on SATURDAY, July 16th. 7 37 FOOKS & SON. ASHBURTON GUARDS. ASOCIAL Gathering, consisting of Music, Singing, Dancing, and Military Exercises, will be hold m the Oddf ollowb 1 Hall, on FRIDAY, July 15th, at 8 p.m. Tickets, 2s Cd each. Ladies free, J. PURCHASE, 7t24 Sooretary. ASHBURTON BOROUGH COUNCIL "VTOTIOE is hereby given that all Borough XI Rates now duo must be paid on or before the 15th July. Ratoß remaining unpaid after that date will bo sued for. No further notice will bo givon, By order, CHARLES BRADDELL, Town Clerk* Borough Council Office, Ash-burton, 28th June, 1887. 6 195 <pO MEET THE TIMES. O. TRUCKLE, proprietor of the Prince Albert Boarding-Houße, Wills Street, Ashburton, noxt Oddfellows 1 Hall, wb.il© thanking his many Friends and Customers for their liberal support for tbo past 10 years, solicits a oontinuanoo of tho samo. Board and Lodging, 14s 16e, 18s per week ; or 3s per day. Board only, 10» per week. Dinners only, 4s per week. Good accommodation, for Families, and private rooms for Ladies. 7 62 STAR OF ASHBURTON LODGE, L.0.L., No. 23. 11HE Annual Dinner m connection with the above Lodge will bo held m the Royal Hotel on TUESDAY, JULY 12th, AT 7.30. Tho Annual Ball will be held m tho Orange Hall on WEDNESDAY, July 13th. Danoing to commence at 8 p.m. 7*45 SAMUfifc BROWtf, W.M,