TO CORRESPONDENTS

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The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1888. RAWLE'S OROSISING.

Becently we pointed out the necessity of something being done to remedy the mischief done by recent freshes m the river to the ford known as Rawle's crossing and the danger to travellers involved m delay. W e also showed that to do away with the ford altogether and compel everybody to go round by Dlgby's bridge woujd be to inflict much inconvenience upon residents m the Forks district and others, and that recent legal opinions threw upon the Road Board a very plain responsibility m the matter. We at thejsame pointed out that owing to the way m which the Board's district is divided the cost of the necessary works would fall upon the wrong shonjderg if charged on the Ward system, and suggested t.hat either tho Wards Bhould be differently divided or that the cost of the work should be made a general charge spread over the whole Road district. The Board has since taken the matter into considera tion and has called for tenders for putting £he fprd iq order and maintain ing it m a pafe condition, but so far has taken no step m the direction of our suggestion as to the just allocation of the cost. The result has naturally been that the ratepayers pf the AUenton district have met together and, as it seems to us, very properly protested against being saddled with the coßt of a work which is of no special benefit to themselves and have resolved to petition the Board not to spend any money on Bowie's crossing at present but to close the road leading thereto, until such time as the ford can be made passable at a small outlay. This last we suppose could be done m due course of law provided the proposal to close the road were adopted by the ratepayers. If, however, it prove tl)at a sufficient number object to the closure being effected, then it appears to us that there is no alternative for the Board but to put the ford m a safe condition, but if that alternative has to be taken most certainly the cost of the work should as we have already said, be a general charge over the whole Road Board district nr charged specially to the district specially benefited,

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tho Railway Department notify that atte* Deo. let grain and other agricultural produce carried on the railways will bo charged on the aotual weight— 224olbs to the ton. A " life-Baring saloon " is among the latest inventions. It is arranged so that the whole saloon is allowed to elide overboard, and it praotioally becomes a email ship. A wonderful landsoape which is on > ex hibition m Paris has been executed m European and foreign inseots. The desired tones for the foreground are Bupplied by 450,000 coleoptera, and 4000 varieties of other insects make the rest of ths picture. Speaking of the Railway Board, the " Post " Bays : — " The Ministry are determined to make appointments which -they know will excite a storm of public disapproval, bo strong that thoy wish to put the evil day off aa long as possible," Mr Eugene Kelly, the leading Irish banker m the United States, and currently reported to bo worth two million pounds, began his career mauy jeara ago m New York State, tramping from town to town as a pedlar, Belling needles, thread, and buttons, I As an indication of tbe movement m proper ties, a prominent Dunedin legal praotioner informs the " Herald '' that more legitimate conveyancing business has, during the laat three weeks, passed through the office with whioh he is connected than was ohronioled m any three months fur five years past. At a banquet given to Mr Larnach the other night, Professor Black said that on the Waipori fiat alone, an old diggings about forty mileß from Dunedin, there were two millions' sterling worth of gold waiting to be lifted by dreJges ; and on tbe Nevis, Dunstan, and other flats of Otago there was as much gold as had been won from the colony. The Cyclists' Alliance has decided to allooate the championship events for the ensuing season as follows :— One mile, Christ church; 5 miles, Dunedin ; 10 miles, Ohrist ohuroh; 25 miles, Auckland. A Committee was appointed to report on the advisablenees of issuing an alliance annual at the close of each season. At tbe R.M. Court this morning, before Mr R. Alcorn, J.P., and Mr D. Thomas, J.P, James Early was brought up on remand from Ohristohuroh, charged with having obtained money and goods to the value of £4 16s from William Mitchell. The matter having been settled, the prosecutor did not desire to go on with the oaße, and the Court accordingly allowed the oharge to be withdrawn. A peer who had always ordered his ooata through hiß valet stepped into bis tailor's m Piccadilly to order one for himself. . When he gave the address the tailor, supposing him to be a new valet, slipped a little packet into his hand with, " Here's your commission, and it's your own fault if yon don't earn more. Just you take this brush and give the old man's clothes a good wipe down with it every morning. He doesn't wear half as many coats as he should." It was a steel wire brush. The peer took the money and his custom with him. The weekly drills of the Ashburton Cadets were resumed by Sergeant Major Hayes last evening, when there was a fair attendance. We are glad to learn that the rauks are being recruited, and that the cdrps seem to have taken a new lease of life. The following promotions have been made :— Cadets Alfred and Arthur Priohard to be -Sergeants, and Cadets William Pearson, Robert Hepburn and Edward Cottrell to be corporals. These non-commißßioned officers were eleoted by the members, who are to be congratulated on the wisdom of their ohoioe. Mr Gladstone has replied as follows to a Welsh gentleman who reoently asked his opinion on the authorship of the well-known hymn, " Art thou weary ? " •• Dear Sir, — I thank you for your enclosure. I regret that I can only very briefly answer your question. Dr Neale was the translator j St Stephen, of Saba, the author. Being of tho Eastern Ghuroh, his name doeß not appear m the Latin hagiologies. I imagine the hymn to have been composed m the Servian tongue. — Your very faithful and obedient, W. E, Gladstone." Groaer (to his shopman) : " Pedio, I have about three thousand francs m the safe, but the Bhop is empty ; I think it is the right moment to fail." — •• That's just what I think." — " But I want a plausible pretext for jny_9£fidifeirefl.-— You have^vlents^oL-braiatSf tmnkthe matter over to-night and to-morrow morning." The clerk promised to think it carefully over. On entering the shop next morning the shopkeeper found the safe open, the money gone, and m its place a note, whioh ran as follows : — " I have taken the three thousand francs, and am off to America, ft is the bast exouse you oan give." The mathematical fiend has recently been at work upon the human heart*. His oalcula? tion is a curious one, and gives the work of the heart ip milei and beats. Is is based qpon the presumption that the pulsations of the oardiao organ are 69 each minute, and the assumption that tbe force of each pulsa* tion is 9ft. Computed thus according to his figures, the mileage of the blood through the body might be taken as 207 yds per minute, seven miles per hour, 168 miles per day, 61,320 per year, or 4,292,400 m a lifetime of threescore years and ten. The number of beats of the heart m the same long life would reaoh tbe grand total of 2,538,841,000 The weekly meeting of the Dawn of Peaoe Lodge was held m the Templar Hall last evening, Bro Jones, 0,T. ? m the chair. The usual routine of business was'gone through, after whioh tbe quarterly election of officers was prooeeded with, resulting as follows :— C.T., Bro G. W. Andrews; V.T., Bro J. Dalley; W.S., Sister G. R. Andrews; F.S., Bro T. Andrews; W.T., Bro T. M. Jones; W. 0., Sister Hugheß; W.M., Bro Pearson; D.M., Sister W. Campbell; 1.G., Bro E. Constable ; 0.G., Bro J. Pauling ; A.S , Bro E. Andrews. It was decided to meet m the future on Thursday evenings at eight o'olook. The L,odge was then closed m the usqal manner. A will of rather an interesting character was admitted to probate m England recently. The good man who executed it leaves all his residuary estate to two granddaughters, and to his wife one farthing which is to be despatched by post, unpaid, "as an indication of bjo disgust at the treatment he received at her band.'" In a genoral way, the. intelligent take euoh bints of family rnisuqderstjlnd; ings m respectful gilence, They know by observation that husbands and wives some imes disagree ; they think it very sad, and dismiss the matter— unless, of course, developments arise which suggest a funny ■tory. But the testator m this case furnishes detail. His particular annoyance arose from the ladyja babjt of calling him an, "Qld 'Pig." pat he ia quite reasonable aboqt it. Had there been any proper justification for the epithet, he would never have complained; it was the unreason of the tbjng that outi raged his sense of congruity. The worthy man goes into this question. He explain! the oircumstanaes m whioh his vlaoens u&or levelled the charge of "Old Pig " against him, and shows categorically that " they did not justify fluoh opprobrious language.

In another column, Mr Eden George, photographer, announces a discovery by vrbioh he can euppJy photographs at one fourth of the usual rates. Mr George baß lately been experimenting, with a view to producing photographs m colors, and while thus engaged a certain chemical action was notioed that led to the above discovery. One great advantage claimed for the new prooeßS is lbat the photographs are permanent. The number of entries for the forthcoming show will be very large. The Secretary of the Association, Mr Quane, has been bu3y all day reoeiving entries, and at wo o'olock the total was about 550, the largest for any show yet held here, and possibly many more entries will have been reoeived by the time the list oloses. The total last year was 495. It is impossible yet to give the number of entriea m the respective olasses, but we believe there are large increases m nearly all, with the exoeption of sheep. Say a the "Wairarapa Star: — "We hear that the Maoris are predicting a very dry le&aon and we are sorry for it. The Maoris, we are informed, are remarkably good weather prophets. Personally, we are not acquainted with Maori folk-lore, but there is no doubt as a race they are remarkable for their observant powers. In determining the weather they, are guided by the appearances of birds, beasts, and plants. According to native tradition m dry seasons the wild duoks lay their eggs near the water's edge, and the fish m the rivers seek the head waters. Certain kinds of inseots also make their appearance that are never Been except when a severe drought is impending. Theße signs, we are informed, have been witnessed this season, and the natives confidently look for ward to a dry, warm summer." What is to be done with a band of oriminals whose loader is only ten years old ? This was the problem that the Oollingwood Bench had (writes " Atticua " m the " Mcl bourne Leader " to solve the other day, and all that they could do was to commit the chief and one of his followers to the industrial sohool. The chief was, it appeared, the terror of the neighbor hood. He had gathered a gang of other hardened oriminals around him and preyed at. large upon sooiety. He bad been already oonvioted for laroeny, and had been whipped under the provisions of the Juvenile Offenders Act, " but did not appear to have benefited by the punishment, as he was now the leader of this gang." His lieutenant — another "boy Oaulfield " — was only eight years old, and they both stood m the dock charged with repeated sets of laroeny. I suppose that after a time spent m the Industrial Schoole those Australian natives will be boarded out m some innocent rural district where they will probably open the eyeß of our up-country friends to the wioked ways of Melbourne. A remarkable instance of memory haß oome to the notice of a correspondent of the •• New York Oritio." Its possessor is a lady member of Dr Howard Crosby's ohuroh m New York. Without having taken a single note, she will, when ehe goes home, write out every word of her pastor's sermon, and, he tells me, she never makes a mistake of a " the " or an " and "—that every Bentenoe rot only embodies his idea, but gives it m hia exaot language. For 25 years this lady has been performing these feats of memory, and during that time she has written out some 20,000 sermons. The manuscripts of some of them she has had bound and pre sented to Dr Crosby. They make 40 large volumes. But this is not all of her devoted labours; Bhe has written out, also from memory, all of his leotnres, and she has classified his opinions upon all the snbjeots upon which he has spoken during these years, and has made an elaborate series of indexes to them. Not a word is omitted. Even when the preaoher drops into Greek, Latin, or Hebrew she follows him, for she is proficient m eaoh of these languages. Certainly a remarkable woman. The best Remedy for Indigestion. — Norton's Camomile Pills are confidently recommended as a simple remedy for indiges tion, which is the cause of nearly ail the diseases to which we are subject. Norton's Pills, with justice called the " natural strengthener of the human stomach," act as a powerful tonic and gentle aperient, are mild m their operation, and safe under auy circum tances Sold ia bottles at is i£d, 2s $1, 4s, by all medicine vendors throughoutjthe world

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

AUSTRALIAN.

[Phr Prhss Association.]

NEW SOUTH WALES.

Sydney, Ootober §6 It is expected that the new cable which the Eastern Extension Cable Qompany intend to carry between Java and Roebuck Bay, Western Australia will be ready for use m January next.

CORRESPONDENCE.

We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents.

WAKANUI RIVER DISTRICT.

TO THE EDITOQ. Sib, — In your issue of the 20th Ootober la your report of a meeting of the rate? payers In the Wakanul River Dlstriot you have made an iaoorreot report of what I said. You make me say : — " When they had to put their hands m their pockets aDd poll the money out at once it awakened the vlgllanca of the ratepayers and made thorn keen critics of all that went on abunc the river ; bat if they got the money easily as a loan they would quietly go to sleep and awaken op and have % good growl after it would, be too late to remedy their own Improvidence," Now thia la lncorreot. I said nothing of the sort. What I did Bay was that I was opposed to borrowing money to construct groins with, bb from the greet rise m the riverbed groins would have little or no effect m sending the river off the banks, even if they were not carried away altogether with the first flood," whloh was moat likely, and tho money thrown away m ereoting them. The river would only ran round them and come against the bank again ; and that only one-half of loans are ever expended In works. I hope yoa will Insert this In contra diction to the report. % am, etc,, Thomas Olbphans. Wakannl, October 26th.

THE SAMOAN WAR.

(per press association.) Sydney. October 26 The steamer Lubeck, which arrived to-day from the Islands, brirjgs Samoan news up to the i6th inst. ! The representatives of England, America, and Germany have held, a conference at Apia and determined certain lines of neutral territory where no firearms would be allowed. Admiral Fairfax has informed Tama sese that should any of the. lattet'g party m boats again fire on neutral territory, the warships m Apia harbor will fire on them, unless the boats at once surrender. Tamasese has assured the Admiral that no further firing on neutral territory will take place. H.M.S. Lizard will remain at Apia for a time m order to protect British interests. The adherent? of Tamasese who retired to, Mulunqi £oint, after suffering defeat at the hands of the followers of Mataafa, the King^elect, have now deserted that stronghold and taken up a position at Saluafata, twelve i miles to the eastward.

THE ACCIDENT IN THE MATAURA.

(per press association.)

InvbroabgilLj Oo'ober 26.

, Nono of ihe bodi>ea of ihe persrn drowned m the Mateura hnve been re ooverad. Lat r n^-?B i\ow th^t M*ifar lane made a gullnnt tff >rt to sa7e his wifp and her slater. He was swimming strongly oloae to the shore whec he saw them atrogt^llog In the witer, and turned back to help them. They sank before he reached tbe spit, howev r, and he soon after disappeared This hfar'rjndiDg soone waa wl neased by t'ne only sirvlvor n lad of eighteen", who sez)d hold of a box and part of a bedstead and kept himself i fl >at till he landed some dlstaooa down the river

DANGERS OF TIGHT LACING.

[per press association.] Dunedin, Ootobßr 26. At an tnqaest to-day, on Jessie Mecz a?, who died suddenly last nigbt, a roedlcd man said deati resulted from syncope oaused by stoopiup with her garments fastened rather tight round the waist. There might or might not hsvi been be >rt dls«a«a. A post mortem was aoggested by ' Dr Stenhonao for the sitisfaot'on of friends and medical men. He said the public ought to know tight lacing with stooping was saffiolent to cause death. A verdiot of "Death from natural causes" waa returned.

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

{PBR FEEBS ASSOCIATION.) Auckland, Ootober 26. It (s computed that the Jubilee Steam Shipping Ourapaoy have funk nearly £4000 la thoir competition with the Northern Company. The reßolation paased by the O\*y Ooanoll a short time ago to dispense wlih the services of the atone breakers ia being rescinded, and the men <>r« to ba retalnej In the Council's employ, being p*ld at the rate of 3s 3d pur yard insujaa of 3b 6J as formerly. An lllum'natpd address has bee • pre sented by tbe eraploy< ea nt the Kopo v saw mills to Df J L. Oaiupb<>ll who lias sold the mills to the K-»uri Taub t Com pany. DtrNßnu. October 26 As showing the iniurcve) demand for property, it may ba oi .ntimbd that aomo seotlona m St 0 air today sold at >he rate of £1200 per aore for those fronting tho espl nade, and thono m the rear of these at £1000 par core, A very good moa'a nkeluton has been dlsooverad at Graeu lalanfl, n» ar Duue.din. It has been presented to the Muteßm and appears to belong to a apeclea tv present unrepresented there. The "Dally Times" has received a telegram annornons; that Messrs T. MeKeuzie, M.H.R., O. MoKinnon, PManß, aod Fred. Muir, have arrived at Lumaden, having performed tue overland journey from Mif.rd tfonnd to Lake Te Anau. The ovttrlp.Lid r jute to the Sound and Strherlund Falls will be practicable In summer when a -rack ia eat. The falls hare been measured, but the result ia un annonnoed. From above Mr MoKetzle says they look to bo 1500 ft. The scenery between Mllford and Te Anau is simply magnificent. At a meeting of the [Exhibition Com mittee It was decided to float a Company with a capital of £10,000 m £1 shares. A strong directorate was formed, Mr D. Harris Hastings being appointed Secre tary, Over 1500 abares vvera aabsorlbed for m the room. It waa decided that the question of making the Exhibition colonial or intercolonial should be left to a majority of sbareh >)ders, but If it la intercolonial another £700 was promised. Mr John Roberta (Murray, Roberts and Co.), JErasldant of thfl nhftrnhnr of Commerce, Wai appointed Chairman. Thooo Included City M H.R.s and representa tives of leading houses In the town, and were of opinion that now the matter has been taken np the Exhibition will take place! and as a good many promises have been received from other provincial dis tricts, its success, so far as exhibits are concerned, Is assured.

UNSEASONABLE VISITS.

There are some people who seem to think that visiting is the most important duty of life. They come mat any hoar of the day, usually m the morning, that most precious working time for women, just to ohftt about something of not the allghteßt importance to the person vijlted, 'Oh we are not going to detain you ; we won't stop a moment,' they say. While the hostess listens and replies courteously to the conversation of her guests, her ear oatohes omlnoua sounds m the kitchen, and hastens ont to see and remedy the misohief, and is quickly back again with her visitors, who remarks on the loveliness of the day, and what a pity it is for any one to stay m the house such weather. The hostess makes some polite reply agreeing to the statement made, bat thinks of her daties m the other room waiting for her, how she should have them com pleted but for her untimely visitors, who though having remained fully an hour, always going, yet seem not any nearer to it than when first seated. After another hour spent m the same way, during which time the nervous housekeeper has made many journeys to and from the kitchen, the guests leave, remarking th^fc they couldn't possibly stay any longer, and the wearied woman goes back to her negleoted work. Why suoh people, If they mast visit, should choose the busiest part of the day to o&U npon women whom they know to have all they oan do, toil as hard aa they may, to get their work well done, Id preference to those having more leisure at their disposal, l^ke the riddle of the Jsp,hins, is hard to answer.

TEE ORIGIN OF FOOTBALL.

The origin of football'la unknown, bu l the first mention of the game m In the reign of Edward 111. (1345), who loaned an edlot against it, not from any particular objection to the game, bat beoause it co-operated with other favorite amuse ments to impede the progress of archery. The penalty was one of Imprisonment at the King's pleasure. Ihe danger Attend ing the game occasioned King Barnes I. to say from his Court : "I cjebarre all rough and violent exercises &b the football, mßeter for lamelng than making able the asera thereof ? ' A Cheater antiquary aaye; '• It has been the oußtom time out of mind for the Bhoemakera yearly on the Shrove Tuesday to deliver to the drapers, m the preseppe of the Mayor of Chester, a*, the Cross on the Rodehee, one leather ball, oilled a football, of the va'ue of 3a 4d, or above, to play at from thenoe the Com mon Hall of the said oity, which praotjoe was produotlve of ranch Inoonvenienoe, and therefore this year (1640) by consent of the parties conoerned the ball was changed into six gayvea of Bilver of the like value as a reward to the best runner that day upon the aforesaid Rodehee. This waji the origin of the Cheater Cap liow ran for. 4 ' Football was played often between dtfereut parishes at the church alee or waken, the reepeotlve oharohee being the goal*. When played m the open the goal consisted of two sticks driven Into the ground about two or three feet apart.

SCIENTIFIC FARMING.

WHAT IS DONE ON THE CONTINENT. The following extract from an artlole hy F. M. de B*rrlDg In the •« Fortnightly Review " for May last will be read with interest : — " In the depressed atate of aytionltaro la England It Is Intereating to <*x*mi"e the oondltioa of a neighboring emntry superior to our own neither m conditions of climate nor a '11, but where oraotlcal f aem'ng Is the business of two thirds of the population, aod brings pro ■pßrlty to the who c nation. Oar neigh bors and klr.snisn, the Danes, manage not only to grow for t^eir own consumption, bat t" pzport a considerable quantity of it. Their mn'o exports, however, are butter, eggß and cattle. At the last census the pr between the urban and the rnral population was, per thou ! aa^d. 234 • townspeople to 766 rnral inhabitants, whilst the agricultural area is divided m the following proportions:— Gentleman's farm?, 14 per cent; peas ants' farm 8, including both the larger and smaller nf the yeoman class, 74 per oanfc ; cottage holdirgs, 11 per oent ; leaving 1 per oent nceultfvated. Centralisation is less marked than with 09 ; the contented and weh-fed rustic generally scorns the town's attractions, bat If be be desirous of bettering his position he emigrates. The landed gentry, with exceedingly few ex ceptions are keen and practical farmers theuißt lyes, bringing eduoatlon. study, and the experience of federations to bear upon a question that interests them vitally, since, unlike many English country gentleman, it is from their land that the large majority draw their entire inoome. Agricultural colleges are numer ous and well attended, professors of agricultural chemtatry, and of the science of husbandry are active as leotorers, busy m the wide diffusion of their knowledge, with the happy results that at the present day. thoogh the smaller proprietors may occasionally complain, still the yearly exports tf enormous quantities of butter, egge, grain, horses, and cattle, produce a fair roe*n average of prosperity through out the crnutry. The Danes, indeed, 869 mto have Undabiy determined to oom pete with the virgin soli, and boundless BC'ehge of new countries like America, by raising their own farming methods to the h)£!.e<t scientific level, After 1870 the agricultural societies went so far as to tend Ins rue ore from farm to farm to teach the people, and their Instructions WKre gratefully we'eomed, A great Im pulse wrb thus given to fin export traio m butter of exceptional quality, which gained a deservedly high reputation, slightly clouded, perhaps, of late y»ara. It is curl m to learn how m Germany this Idea of widespread Instruction baa fructified, the intelligent Teuton having even coneeorated three million marks wherewith to build him a ptlace at B.nl n to enshrine all the learn ing which is to yet further enrich the sons of th.3 soil. Bat then for 81 years m Germany technical education has been considered the chief shield and buckler In the fieroe fight of competition. Tn France, too, where, m spite of fostering protective duties, fa mere great and small, but par ticularly (he latter, do not seem at all oontent — a finger has been laid with piti less accuracy upon the festering sore by no less a personage than the Minister of AgriouUure, Mons. B*rbe. He oalta the malady ' routine and ignoranoe' ; declares that the only remedy is instruction, and advocates the universal establishment even la primary schools of a oourse of prelimi nary study beariug upon the question, as preparatory to that offered m the agricul tural colleges, which he desires to see multiplied and enlarged i

AMERICAN MILLIONAIRES.

There are other millionaire la America than Mr Jiy Gould, Mr Vanderbllt. and Mr Oarneg?? — Me Philip Armoar, for instance, the great Chloago pork paoker. How rlohhe jb he hitnaelf declares he has nn We*.::TtT« cerTaTir~nowWeif, that be oan "clean up," ao tVe ' "Western phrase Is, not lees than six or aaven millions Bterltng. He carries more buslneßß m hli head than ary two men m Chicago. He lives tn a very modest honse on Pralrle avenue, Every night, winter and summer, he goes to bed promptly at 9 o'clock- Every morning- winter and summer, he is taking his bteakfast at 6 o'olooV, and at 7i before any of hta clerks appear, he is at his desk hard at work upon his Immense correspondence, Mr Armour's plg-slaylng works are one of the great eights of Chicago, and certainly the most disgusting. The famous inventor and manufacturer of the Pullman car ranks next to Mr Armour. He is described as a strange, Bllent, austere sort of man. He flits about from Chicago to New York, and then to Washington In an uncertain way that is rather puzgling to those who come to do business with him. His home op Prairie avenue is one of the finest m the West. The summer residence he is building on Pullman Island, m the St. Lawrence, will be ODe of the curiosities to tne visitors to the Thousand Islands. It is estimated to cost nearly £200,000. Every one who has visited Chicago has visited the famous Palmer House, which is owned by another millionaire. He owns £1,500,000 worth of real estate, and hia big hotel is aaid to bring him m over £100,000 a year. Be pays very little attention to It, and it praotioally runs itself on its reputation It is. the Democratic headquarters, and durtag a political campaign it is a sight to see. They pack about four thousand people into it during a convention.

A STRANGE AWAKENING.

According to the Paris correspondent of the " Daily Telegraph/ an elderly gentle tmny residing la the Hue Rocheohooart, who was supposed to he dead, has sud denly come tq life. Ha haa a nephew In Par la, who, being duly informed of his demise ou Sunday, repaired at onoa to the house with hl3 wife to keep watoh over the mortal remains of his uncle until they should be borne to their last resting-place. On Monday evening, as the lady was tired, her husband tent her to the draw ing-room to take Borne repose on a sofa, and, a servant having placed some wine and broth on a table, he threw himself Into an arm-chair m the bedroom, and soon went soundly to sleep. Qn awaken at 4 In tha morning he foqnd that the broth had disappeared, and that the bottle of w,lno was half empty. Becoming alarmed, he went to hie wife m the drawing-room, rouged her, »nd told her what had happened. She returned to the bedroom with him, bnt the pajr had hardly readied the door when they heard a noise. They paused on the threshold, and, to their consternation, a voice bade them not be afraid, bat to o:>me m. The husband entered the but soon rushed out with his hair standing on end. He had seen his unole's ghost. The old rcan was sitting, enveloped m a sheet, on the side of his bed. Tbe supposed ootpw had the utmost difficulty m getting h.U panic-stricken relatives to understand that he wbb not dead after all. "lam alive 1". he repeated, adding that the preparations for his funeral had not escaped hla notice. He had been m a lethargy, and, waking up, had helped himself to the broth, which had done him good. Hearing someone approaching he had jumped into bed, as he was anxious not to cause any alarm ; but Richard was ihlmaolf again. He felt perfectly recovered., and certainly on oloser examlnation'the unole's appear anoe by no means belied hla words. The refreshments hid come m most oppor tunely to restore him, and, as he was muoh pleased with the affectionate atten tion which his relative* had shows him after his supposed departure from tjhis world, everything wasisoon mad.q to»J?Py BOd comfortable all ron^ •** j

THE WEATHER.

The following is thp meteorological report at .AlfoH StatioD for the week ending October 26* h ;—

MOUNT SOMERS GOSSIP.

(FKOM OUE OWN OOBRtSFONDBNT)

If. will be remembered hy your readers that 8' me time ago Mr David Stott loii ell he possessed m the detraction" "of hli house by fire Maoh sympathy wea ex preyed for him by his namerouß friends, tha more bo that be Is doable to perform heavy bodily wot k. Their sympathy took a pruotloal shape In the organizttlon of a concert and ball given last night at Sprlneburn fur bis benefit. The room was densely orowded, Mr Moßae befog chairman. Yoar correspondent bad ar ranged (or the surrender to him of the Chairman's programme aft a r the enter tainment, bat accident prevented tha opportunity to obtain It, bat your readers, I am ears, will ganereusly pardon the ommission of some performers' names, I was unable to ascertain. Following are the Items so far as I could aeoartaln them : — Address by Chairman ; Highland Reel, danced by fonr gentlemen to bagpipe muslo by Mr Morrison'; " L'ltellan m Algeria," piano, A. Baechler ; song, " Moon bohind the hill," M -a Price ; sonp, ''The Bridge," Mns Lilian ; song, " The Irish Schoolmaster," Mr Brown ; " Siege of Farts, "pi n > aolo, MW a Oohen ; "Reel of Talloch"; duet, "Very Im prorer Indeed," Mies E Johnston and Mr D. Oark ; song, |! Soldier rest," Mr Jaueß Price ; aonuf, "Toe Sliver Rhine," Mr A. Bueohler ; soDg, "Roses adder* heath the Snow," M 8 L'lUan ; two reci tations " Laat man," an I tacop Orator," Mr romlimon ; song, " Oh, you pretty Sonl," Mr D Olark ; recitation, " Parody on Charge of Light Brigade," Master Finlayaon ; song, " Now and then," Miss Prfoa ; aworddanoe, Mr Morrison ; sonp, "Brown Upalde Down," Mr J. Prhe, The conaert came to a conclusion with a npa f . ep9eoh from its chief promoter, Mr MoNelll, followed by " A aid Lang Syne " by the whole audience. A ball was being organized when your reporter; left. On Taenday an eotettiinmeft "Twa honra at hame " will be glTOti by Mr A. Purves at Mount Somers. Admlislon It for adults, 6d for children. :

PLUCKIM OUT HIS OWN EYES.

An extraordinary oase of self mutilation is reported from Dublin. A medtoal student, named James E. Gannon, aged 86 years, living at 20 Northumberland avenue, Kingstown, left his residence oq Monday morning with his brother, Edward Gannon. Abqut one o'olook a girl named Bessie Oarr, aged 12 years, sir him walk ing aoroßS a little pasture field whioh lies between the rear cf seme cott«ges ad joining the Royal Cinal and the LJflfey Junction Railway. He held a pooket handkerchief to his eyes, and appeared to be bleeding very muoh. She ran end told, her mo>her, who went out and found Gannoa lying In the field. Mrs Care assisted him to her houae* and bathed his face with cold water. He declined to give any particulars of the ocourreno9 t but said, "I am blind; let ma rest foe an hour." Mra Oarr's husband reported the circumstances to the police, and two constable* prooeeded to the houue and found that the unfortunate gentleman had both bis eyei. out. His bauds and onffa were besmeared with blood. He said, "My eyes are m jured ; take, me to the . - hospital," whereupon |he ,fton s table a procured' a "oati. and' conveyed him to the Mater .Mleerloordise Hospital, where it was found that both the eye* had been taken out of thelv sockets, and that the injuries had been selMnfliotecL On being searched, a second oltes return ticket, 9i ll£d m cash, a watch and a chain, si pooketboek with some letters therein, and a bunch of ke^l were fonnd m his possession. Two police constables' examined the field where it is supposed the extraordinary aot was committed. la a dry dyke, about one hundred yards from, where the gentleman was fonnd, boti the eyes were discovered, about 2ft apart; among some nettles. They viere taken to the hospital by the offioers, and the house* surgeon took charge of them. A hazal walking stick and a piece of twisted wire, both of whioh were marked with- blood, Were also found m the field. Mr Ganon was visited at the hospital by his brother and Dr M'Dermott, of Kingstown.' 'The brother who conversed with the. patient m private, stated that he told him the whole faots, but at present he could give no in formation. The latest report from the Mater Miserlcordisa Hospital is to the. effect that Mr Gannon is doing well. Onleaa io fiairmation of the brain Bhould supervene, his reoovery is probable. The- Self-in flicted injuries. »r,e terrible, both ayes being Absolutely torn from their sockets. The patient is still laboring under melan choly delusions, aud is quite inoapable 6fc Qomprejiending his condition.

THE DRY FRUIT INDUSTRY.

An instructive article on. this industry? as carried an m the western portion of New TJbrk State, of which Rochester is the trade centre, is published m "Bead* street's." The cultivation of fruit In tha dlstriot, it is said, has superseded »U other branches of agricultural indaitry, and has proved remunerative. Thousand* of tons of apples, of a quality previously waßted, are dried and sold every season , Within a radios of forty miles of Rochester there are over fifteen hundred evapora tors, from the small farmhouse drier, with a capacity of 25 bushels a day, to the large steam-power evaporator, drying 800 to 1000 bushels m twenty-four hours. At least. 30,000 hands are said to b« employed, at 6dol to 12dol a week each, during the autumn and early winker at this industry, and new fcotorias are created every season. The production In 1887 was larger than m «ny previous season since the Industry was established, about fifteen yeo?a a>go, the quantity being esti mated at 80,000,0001 b, worth at first sale &,OQO,OOO dollars. To prodaoe the quantity of dried fruit about 6,000,000 bushels of raw. apples are said to be; re* quired. It appears, then, that the pro* duoers got less than Is 8d per bushel let their apples, and not quite 3^3 per lb for the dried fruit. As freight to England Is only a little over a farthing a. pound, there must be a good margin of profit for. dealers, the " store " prloa ' being il • poqnd, But If the grower In this country oould get 5d for dried apples, it would be equivalent to only half-a-ccown a bushel for the raw fruit, and expenses would have to be deduotfld> In the United States, however, the parings and cores of the apples are used as the base of cheap fruit jellies, bo that there is something to add to the receipts for tbe dried apples. The greatest quantities of dried fruit are. exported to Germany, England,' Belgium Holland, and France. About 18,000 barrels of a quality known as chopped or sliced apples, dried without being paired or cored, were sent to France laat year, where they are nsed m the production of cider, cheap wlnee, and spirits.

THE ABHBURTON GUAKDIAN, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1888



Shade. High * Date. — — — . m Stats of weather low. high, Sun. Saturday .. 46" 69- 123- Fine, N.W. Sunday .. 41* 69 128 „ „ Monday .. 43- 68- 110 „ „ Tuesday ..38- 72- 142- Light rain, S. Wednesday 39- 54- 64 „ „ S.W. Thursday . . 35- 60- 125. Overcast, W; Friday .. 32- 73- 136. Fine, N.W.



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Wantetf I T \ FAN TED Known— Ne* Milk, freeh VY Cream, Oorde, and Whey, Dally, at W. 0. Page's Horbal Beor Shop, East I Street. All orders left there pnnotuallv attended to. 10 199 \\~ ANTED at once good Skirt H*ndfl VV Amply Misses Morbison and Hollowat.^ 10 205 WANIED Known — Mrs Merch, Drsesmaker, h»s returned frocu Sydney, and re commenced busin9B3 m launders' Buildings, next Mr R. Alcorn'o. 10 78 NEW Lines m Ornaments, Fairy Lamps. Photo Albums, L*dio/ Hand Bags (fitted), I'hoto Flunks.— -H. M. Joints. WANTED Known.— J. Obr a^d Co invite Laries to inspect their largo a*id vnrit d aßßorlmect of Summer Dress Materials. Over one Ihoueand pieces to seleot from. WASTED Known— The beßt imd cheapest house for Wedding rut- fito, Family Mourning, Woollen Dreaaea, Silk Mercery, aid General Fanoy Goods, la Andrew Obr's. 10 185 HEEP SHEARS, 11 A*, BB A's, and BB Z'«; aod Reualoe Turkey Stones. — hOBSBT AICORK* Baunders' Balldingi. WANTED Knowu— That Mrs Hill, Monthly Nurse, has removed from Peter Street to Dr Trevor'n house, In Moore Street. 10+39 TTTAHTED Known— Andrew Orb Is W showing a grand diapUy of Ash- barton, Ktlapoi, Boslyn, and Worsted Tweeds for Bolts, Suite to measure from £310 i. 10 184 \\l ANTED Known — J. Obr and Oo VV are now showing a Large Assortment of Feathers, Flowers, Bibbone Laces, Gloves, &o. 10 1 102 STOCKINGS— 700 pairs of Ladies and Children's earn pie Hose jast opened (landed under the old Tariff.) All quality to be sold cheap during our sale.— H. O. Sbgbrs, Melford House. \l /"ANTED Known— Andrew Orb Ib VV Bhowing beautiful Embroidered Robes, Corsets, new Dress Goods, Ladies* trimmed fiats acd Bonnets, Klbbcno, Flowers, aod Feathers. 10 183 ~TT/ ANTED Known.— J. Orr and Co VV are now showing Ladles' and Children's Artistic Millinery m Great Variety. WANTED Known— We are now showing a splendid assortment of Summer Millinery and Drapery, at very low prioes.— H. O. Ssgbrs, Melford Honte. "TTT ANTED , Known— inDßEW Orr VV has opened bis Second Ship- ment of high-class Drapery, Clothing, and Boots, ex ToDgarlro, The very latest London fashions. 10 182 WANTED Known. — J Obr an© Go's Drapery Department is under new management. Prices of the Whole Stock have been revised and reduced to such a point as will oommand a speedy sale. WANTED Known— We are now shewing a grand assortment of Trimmed *nd Untrimmed Hits and Bonnets. The largest Stock to choose from m town, and the cheapest bousa. — H. O. Seokrs, Melford House. *TTrANTED Known. —J. Obr and Co VV are now showing the Leading Novblties m Ladies' Mantles, Jackets, and Past Cloaks. _ BOOTS. BOOrS.— Keep the feet; dry »od save doctor'a bills. Quality la. everything (n bad weather. I guarantee every pair. Best value m New Zealand at Ashburton Olothlog Mart, Saunders' Buildings. — Robert AtooEir. WANTED Known.— J. Obr and Co are now showing a large assort- ment of Ladies' Embroidered. Robes from 10s 6d. ______ WANTED] Cash, — Mulr'i Oatmeal (251 b), 2s 6d; Candlea, sd ; Vestas, 5d doz. ; Coffee and Milk, Is ; Cocoa and Milk, Is ; Corn Flour, 4d ; Fruits m Syrop (21b tine), Is. Crockery j Glassware, and Ironmongery, — J. Mo* Gbegor, Tanored street MRS ADAMS has removed to Saon- dera' Buildings, opposite Railway btatioD. Crewel Silk*, Wools, and Fancy Goods of every description kept m stock. Agent for Eclipse Dye Works. Registry office for Servants. 10 92 ~Ti TANTED everyone to know that VV J. C. Duncan is a Land Broker, licensed to prepare and register Transfer?, Mortgages, Encumbrances, Leases, Regis- tration Abstracts, Powers of Attorney, Applications to bring Land under the Act, and every description of instruments under tho Land Transfer Act— J.O. Duncan, Arcade, Ashburton. 10I10J Summer 1888. Latest jJs ovelties IN AM. DEPARTMENTS, NOW ON VIEW AT IHE NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY. Everything New. New Shirt*. New Underclothing, New Ties, New Hats, New Snlts for Boys, New Salts for Men, Everything New and of the LATEST FASHIONS. See our Windows, and judge for yourselves. ENCOURAGE LOCAL INDUSTRY AND IDT FROM THE Hew Zealand Clothing Factory. W. H. WEBBKR, MaDw;



p. Thomas. __ MBTHVEN SALES MY oexfc Periodical S*le at Methven will be held on THURBDAY, 15th mber. Entries to be left with Messri HIBB3 BROS. D. THOMAS, 10 105 Ashburton. PERIODICAL SALES AT MOUNT SOMEBS, I. shall hold my next Auction Sale OT LIVE AND DEAD STOCK AND BONDBIES ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14th, 1888 Entries to be left with Mb Jno Hood. D. THOMAS, Ashbnrton. Wool. Wool. Wool. I AM prepared to make Llbercl Cash Advanoes on the growing dips of Wool Plieed In my hands for sale or shipment either In Ashbnrton, Ohriitohnrob, or any other Market . Wool Paoki and every requisite on Bale at lowest prices. If no Sale effeoted no Commission or Charges made, ""^Fit»i sale early m November. * — . D, THOMAS, 10 113 Ashburton. D. Thomas, (Late of Matboh, Cox and Co.)» 1 UOTIONEER, LAND, INSURANCE, A. »nd ESTATE AGENT, VALUATOR, WOOL AND GRAIN BROKER. ASHBUBTON. Loans negotiated, Weekly Sales of Live Stock, Tinwald and Ashborton alternately Fortnightly Sales of Sheepskins, Fat, Bidet, etc., on FRIDAYS Sales of Wool throughout the Season Grata Bought and Sold on Commission Oleatlng tialei as pec arrangement agentTfob— llatson and 00., Ohristohoroh Mercantile Finance Oo.,Qbrlstchuroh Colonial Investment Company, Danedln National Mortgage Co., Chrlßtoharcb Booth, Macdonsld aud Co. r Ohriatoborob Morton and White's Sheep Dip Baekeye Reaper and Binder London and L»rio»shlre Insnrsnoe Co. Graham's Foot Rot Composition. 9 6 D. THOMAS, Ashbartoa. LONDON AND LANCASHIRE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, I HAVE been appointed Agent for the above Company, and am novr pre- pared to tako Kiaks on Boildings, Stock and Crops at current rates, D. THOMAS, Asbburton. Skin Sales. I shall hold Fortnightly Halea of the above thronghont the Beason at my WOOL STORES, West street, Aehburton commencing FRIDAY, 2itd NOVEMBER At 12 o'clock, D. THOMAS. I have the following /ROPEHTIES FOE SALE. H p? f\ Acres, Wakannt, grand lan Xt)U and improvements A A C\ Acres, Wakanni, rpleod *xr±v fwm £\ Q(\ Acres near Rakais, splenc • £ij\J laud, all m crop, no hot H QAA Acres, near Mayfield A_r\C\ Acres, Maronan, tussock C\T7C\ Acres, West Melton, goo t/ | \J. farm A ~i ~t /cres, Bdendale, near Fat L tory, grand dairy farsr easy terms H C*C*(~\ Ackh, Kyle, splendid pro« .LOOU perty QA f\f\ Acres, Alford Foraat information apply to ' . D. THOMAS, Ashbnrton,