THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN.

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DIARY.

Moon's Snn Sun Moon Moon ufo at Jsnuiry, Rises. Bets. Bines" Bets, noonifny p.m. p.m. 7 Saturday ... 4.33 7.41 * • 0.43 23 ajn. 8. Sunday .. 4.34 7.40 0.22 1.54 24 9 Monday .. 4.'fi 7.40 0.66 3.6 25 10 Tuesday .. 4.36 7.40 1.38 416 26 11 Wednesday.. 4.37 7.39 2.21 5.25 27 19 Thursday .. 4.89 7.39 3.11 3.29 28 13 Friday.. .. 4.40. 7.39 4.9 7.27 20

Moonlight Evenings.

The Moon at S days old shines till about 6 o'olook. The Moon at 6 days old chines till about half-past 10 o'olook. The Moon at 8 days old shines till nearly 1 o'clock m the morning. The Moon at 12 days old shines from sundown till about 4 m the morning. The Moon at 15 days old is fall, and shines all night. The Moon at 18 days old rises about 9 p.m. *nd shines till morning The Moon at 21 days old rises about 11 a.m. and shines till morning. The Moon at 24 days old rises about 2 a,nj. ' and Bbineetill morning, The Moon at 27, days old rises abont 4 a.m. and shines till sunrise.

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1888. NOMINATED IMMIGRANTS.

A day or two ago a small farmer j resident m this district communicated with the Immigration Office at Christ church under the following circum stances. He, (the farmer) desired to arrange for the passage of two young women, sisters of hi« wife, from the Shetland Isles, and also, on behalf of a farm laborer m his employ, for the passage out of the latter's wife and family of eight, of ages ranging from 21 downwards. On asking for the neces sary nomination fcrms and making enquiry ap to the proportion of passage money which would have to be paid here by the nominator, a reply was promptly received from Mr March a? | follows.: — "I am instructed to re ceive no fresh nominations m conse qugnpe of the House refusing to vote fuada fgr carrying on future Immigration operates, consequently. I much regret that it would t?fi jag use my sending. the forms you write for.?' Now we confess that we cannot under stand Ibis at all. No doubt Mr March has Hiceiyed tfce instructions he men tions, but why such i/astoictfons should have been sent Jo that oscer jg the puzz'c. For though the Immigration fote was struck cut both from the gene ral Estimates and the Loan Schedule, both votes were subsequently restored at the instance of Ministers themselves, so that it is not the fact that the House has refused to vote funds. Whatever, may happen next year, Parliament has granted #11 the funds asked by the Government far $c present year, and as Ministers announced &e£r jntention of providing for assisted passages to ijojfti nated immigrants we again say that we cannot understand iheir issuing an in struction to the officers of the depart ment to reftsff Jo receive further Domina tions. J.n tfoe cases fijppecially referred fo the persons proposed to jbe nominated are of the very best class, and would £ojr#e out to homes ready for them, and we trust th»t Mr Walker, who is member foa the district m which the would-b t c nominators reside, will Joojc into the matter, as we are quite sure that ment did not contemplate the imme diate withdrawal of all State assistance (0 this kind of Immigration, Free

Immigration, with the necessary costly system of barracks, immigration offices depot masters and matrons, etc, etc, is another thing altogether, and the pro posed dismissal of this class of officers is quite m accordance with the inevitable policy of retrenchment, but we think it will be an unwise thing to go so far as seems to be proposed, viz, to refuse any assistance whatever to those residing m the colony who desire to bring out to it their relatives or friends.

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The ordinary monthly meeting of the "Ash- j barton Sohool Committee wab held last 1 evening. Present — Messrs J. 0. Duncan I (chairman), Sawle, Oraighead, Dimant, and Cook. The Visiting Committee were granted I an extension of time to report on repairs, etc I The Committee decided to reoord its veto m I favor of Messrs E. G. Wright and O. Booth I for the vaoant Beats on the Board of Eduoa- 1 tion. An additional month's holiday waß I granted Miss Diok on the ground of I ill-health. It was resolved thai further! consideration of the matter of the I ohildren'a treat should stand over till after I j the Bohool had re« assembled. Aooounts were I passed for payment, and the Committee ad« I journed. I The oldest botanical work m the world is] sculptured on the walls of a room m the I great temple of Karnak at Thebes, m Egypt. I It represents foreign plants brought home by I an Egyptian sovereign, Thothmes 111., on his I return from a campaign m Arabia. The I BOulptureß show not only the plant or tree, I but the leaves, fruit, and seed pods, separately, j after the fashion of modern botanioal I treatises. Mr W. Flinders Petrie, the well* known archroologiat, has recently taken paper I easts of this very interesting work. j Danish butter realises the highest price m j England. Next cornea the German artiole, I followed m succession by the produot of I Sweden, France, and Holland. I Says the Hasting! " Star " :— W« hear that Mr Bowman, one of our local carriers, has a I notion of doing a bit m the show line.- . He I has, so it is said, heard of a petrified child I somewhere m the Taupo country, and intends I

leaving with a ooaoh and pair shortly to bring the wonderful curiosity down. Some aheep that bad never been Bhorn were mustered for tbe reoent shearing at Ledeourt Station, Victoria. They had been apparently forced out of tbe recesses of the Grampians by last summer's fires, and had joined the flocks on tbe plains. The fleeces were of remarkable length and weight. One from a ewe weighed 521bs, and a sample of the staple was 15 inches m length without any break. It is claimed that London now yields to New York the proud dißtinotion of being tut great money oentre of the world, sinoe the total exchanges at the bankers' olearing house for the United Kingdom last year amounted to only £5,917,921,369, while those made by the New York olearing house were £6,735,365,022. The difference is thus over I £800,000,000 m favor of the latter. h. book byjhe Hon James Inglis, entitled " Our New Zealabff 6TOBin«,'i.ia_cromised by Messrs Sampson, Low, and Go. ~ ' Ferrets have been found to be no match for the rabbits on the Otematata Bun. At a special meeting of the Oatuaru Harbor Board recently, Mr Pearson, writing on behalf of Messrs Tesoh' emaker and Bitobie, stated that 11 ferrets had been turned out on Otematata many years ago, and for some time they appeared to keep tbe rabbits m check, bat latterly the rabbits obtained the supremacy and last winter the ferrets appeared to have taken to eating the poisoned rabbits, as they have been found dead all over the run, so, m thefaoe of this, it would be a waste of money to turn out ferrets there." A "laughing plant," it is said, grows m Arabia, with seeds producing effects like those of laughing gas. The flowers are of a bright yellow, and the seed pods are soft and woolly, while the Beeds resemble blaok beans, and only two or three grow m a pod. The natives dry and pulverißo them and the powder, if taken m small doses, mako the severest person behave like a oiroue clown or a madman; for he will dance, sing, and laugh, and out the most fantastio oapers, and be m an uproariously ridiculous con dition for an hour. When the excitement eeaseß the exhausted exhibitor of these antics falls asleep, and when he awakes he has not the slightest remembrance of his frisky doings. The late Oeorge Fordham, exolnsive of £10,000 left to his widow, I leaves about £40,000 to be divided among his four chil dren. Three weeks before bis death Fordham called a meeting of bis family to bis bedside and distributed among them the whole of bis accumulate* presents, worth a very large sum Of money. Fordham's last words wert { *f I'm waiting for the flag to fall." The Jubilee gift of the Gtrman Emperor to the Pope is a mitre set with precious stones, valued at 20,000 francs, and that of the Empress a Bet of Mass robes costing 30,000 francs, while Queen Carola of Saxony has presented Sis Holiness with a beautiful basin for consecrated water, made of ohina, and containing 5000 franos iq gold. If the kbantankerous Ayoub Khan, who is a khandidate for the Ameership of Afghanis tan, doesn't khanoel his engagement |witb Mtrafghi Khan, they can make a very khan kery khanvass together. But if the khanny Ameer goes after them with his khannon he will make .them danoe the khan-khan to tbe whistling of kb&nistpr shot.—" Springfield Union." The growing potato crops m some parts of New South Wales have boen attaoked by a destructive sort of disease, From 10 to 20 per ceas, of some of the orops are reported to have been d»fltrp.jred. The tops of tbe plants affected look as if fire had parsed over them ; and the tubers are rotten. Farmers m New South Wales are rouoh agitated as to Jhe oause of the disease. All kinds of potatoes a.re affeoted. ft is not known what the disease fa, frut ps «pme of the haulms and tubers are infested wftb ap jingect it is supposed to be the potato fly ; but this is not known for pertajn, The potatp crop is rather heavier than usual m JJew South Wales this year. Another instance of the power of oil to calm troubled waters is reported m the case of tho English steamer Warwick, and the result is said to have been most remarkable. The Warwick, while going from Newport (Won,) to Philadelphia, enoountered terrible weather. On the 80th a heavy north-wast gale was blowing and tbe seaa ran mountains high, making a clean breaoh over the steamer and carrying all valuable things off the deck. During the* rtabt of the storm the experiment p£ throwing oil on the Tutors was tried. The efleofc jls dJßfcribod as .marvellous'. T hc »ea became corapajratyvey h^mjefls, and wherever i i the oil was on the water , the qutyaoe appeared to be quite calm and unbroken, while outside £urbuljpn£ waves were running. i ' When worn down *p,d Jffi.ady to take your 1 bed, Amerioan Oo.'s Hop Eittfyfl j# wbafc yo»i pwd k wMtti you. get

THE MONTENEGRINS RAID.

t (per fkess association.) Sofia, January 9 With the exception of about twenty, all the Montenegrins who made a raid ' on the town of Bourgas have been either killed or captured. One of the Russians who took part m command of the raiders was killed.

LONDON MARKETS.

4 i [Per Prbsb Association.] London, January 9. Consols are quoted at 1033^. The market rate of discount is 2 per cen, bank rate 4 per cent. Australian red wines are now greatly m demand. Reports received show the French vintage to be a failure. The freight market shows an upward tendency, and advanced rates are asked for cargoes to Australia. New Zealand four per cents are kuoted at 98^.

IRISH AFFAIRS.

(FBB FfiBSR ASSOCIATION ) Lomdon, January 8. A large gathering of Nationalists was held at Dromore, County Down, The proceedings were quite orderly. During the hearing of Mr Wilfrid Blunts appeal at Portumna the police charged the crowd, many of -whom sustained injuries. London January 9. •\u25a0 The "Freeman's Journal" states that if the efforts being made to con vince the Pope id reference to Irish affairs are successful. a frightful blow will be struck at the Catholic religion. Dublin, January 9. Mr Timothy Harrington, M.P., has been sentenced to six weeks' imprison ment for publishing reports ot meet ings of the League. The decision will be appealed against.

PATENT RIGHTS IN REFRIGE RATING MACHINES.

• (Pbb Press Association.) Napier, January 10, It appears that though jndgmoat was given against Haalnm m the resent notion brought against Hall (or alleged Infringe ment of patents m connection with freezing machinery, It does not follow that thut ia the end of the matter. The following la the present position, as axnlalned In a private letter from Mr W. X Tyoer to Mr Dobaon of this town : — '•The aotlon has been terminated m Hall's favor. The drying pipes hare been prononnoed an infrlngment of Haalam'a pttent, if the patent were valid ; bat the Judge has held that Haslam's patont is invalid, as It Is at present. Boslam firat of »11 contemplated applying for permis sion to dliidalm a oertain portion of the patent whloh wbb invalid, being an ar rangement of cylinders m the smaller machines, In which we ate not intereßtod, bat eventually he withdrew the application his connael had made on this point, and Hall got judgment. The deolilon as to tbe division of oontti Is still unannounced. I understand Hnslam can now nrninUjJJuj, controller of tho Patent Offioo for leave to disclaim the Invalid part of hia patent. Then the question upon what terms permission may bo granted will be con sidered. It may be subject to all Inf ringers receiving a ' white- wash ' up to that dote, or may enable Haslam to go against them for Infringement. It may give us leave to continue our present boats with drying pipes. It is not very material, for In order to meet a possible decision of this kind Halls have boen experimenting without any drying pipes In the River Plate trade. Two cargoes have been delivered In splendid order, and the boats, the Heltades and tbe Heltiues, both owned by Houston of Liverpool, are going back again without any drying pipes. The consumption of ooal 1b a lightly more without them, but that Is all. No more •now than there li with them."

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

[MR FREBB ABHOOIATZON*] Auckland, January 10. Bishop and Mrs Cowie and family wew passengers by th» as. Manapouri, which left for Sydney to-day. They proceed to England, where Bishop Oowie m to attend tbe Lambeth Conference; Tho bodies of H. M. Hammond and H. P. Bankart, drowned on December 26tb, were recovered 3 eaterday. The Wakeham inquiry into the manage ment of tbe Mount Eden gaol terminated this evening. Tbe evidence will be for warded to the authorities at Wellington The Marine Department have notified the Hnrbor Board that they (the Board) should take whatever judicial aotlon is necessary m reaped to the raoing of ferry steamers on 9th November last. The Board have, m view of this, decided to consult their solicitors as to what proceed ings they should take. This matter has now drawn out to a considerable length. WAsqiNUi, J aauary $.0. At tbe police court this morning a charge km biought against Joes and Son, printers, for issuing an early-closing squib without the imprint, but ac tho only J,P. on the benoh was a printer, too, and would not decide the case, it was ad journed, Wellington, January 10. A little girl named Pusan Dotno, aged eight and a half years, had a miraculous escape of being drowned m the Upper Hutt river yesterday. While wading across oho was swept away by a rapid current. Her father wont to the rescue, bat being unable to swim was powerless to save his daughter, and the child was parried down tbe river about 150 yards, when she was caught by a snag; Her brother, aged eleven, then swam off to her rescue, plaoiog a rope round her. &he was pulled ashore m an exhaustive con dition. The Exhibition Oommießionors have re ceived an intimation, m reply to their cable message to Melbonrnp, that entries for tho 1887 wool clip will be received up to such time as will suit the ftew Zealand Oomnajisßiqn. The boats belonging to the squadron were exercised m torpedo practice tp,-day.

HOSTILE ABYSSINIANS

[P*a Press Association] . MA6BQWAH, January 8, Mr Portal, first Secretary of the British Diplomatic Agency at Cairo, who was charged by the Imperial Government to act as 'one of the mediators between the Abyssinians and the Italians, was subjected to insult during the visit, and narrowly escaped being massacred, owing to the hostility : shown by the supporters of Ras Aloula, the Abyssinian General

THE LEWIS CROFTERS.

COLLISION WITH THE MILITARY.

(PBR FBBBS AS3OOIA8ION.) Edinburgh January 9. On Tuesday last iooo crofters at Lewis Island, despite the opposition of the military, proceeded to the Aignish farm, and drove the stock off. The procession of crofters, was headed by pipers, and numerous flags were borne. The officer m charge of the military and several crofters were injured. Thirteen arrests were made.

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

THE QUEEN.

Lokdow, January 8 The visit of the Queen to San Remo and Florence is of a non political nature. Her Majesty merely wishes to escape the winter winds of England.

THE AFGHAN QUESTION.

News has been received that the Afghan frontier delimitation has been completed according to the Commis sion's decision.

SIR SAUL SAMUEL.

Sir Saul Samuel has been inter viewed before leaving. He said he was homesick, and wanted to see Australia again. He also expressed the opinion that the lime was unripe (or federation, and moreover wished to see the Cape Colony joiu m the scheme as well as the other colonies. He had full faith m the future commercial welfare of New South Wales,,, but believed that the protectionist tendency on the part of the colony might mean mischief.

VICTORIAN LOAN.

The Victorian loan is quoted at a premium of 4^, and a further advance is expected.

RUBIES.

Lapidaries pronounce the South Ausr tralian stones, consigned to Mr Wm. Murray to be rubies.

THE CROWN PRINCE.

ban Rbmo, January 7. * . . A municipal -imputation from Pots dam waited to-day upon the Crown Prince of Germany and tendered their New Yeai's congratulations. Prince Frederick, m replying, said he hoped to be able to visit Potsdam m the summer.

THE RUSSIAN GUARDS.

St. Pbteiujburg, Jinaary 8. The first series of time-expired Russian Guards have been dismissed seven weeks before their stated time.

A MYSTEROUS MURDER.

' Pabis, January 8. 1 Further particulars regarding the | discovery of the ; body of McNeill at Boulogne, show' that the deceased's pockets were rifled and marks of throttling were visible. At the inquest the medical evidence indicated that McNeill was first stunned by a blow, and subsequently thrown into the sea, the body being washed up on the , beach.

THE EMPEROR WILLIAM.

1 Bbblik, January 9. An official bulletin issued respecting the health of the Emperor William, 1 states that the catarrhal symptoms . necessitate the greatest care being [ taken.

AUSTRALIAN.

(Per Pbbss Association.)

VICTORIA.

Mbiboubne, January 10; The report of the Board of Health m reference to the suggested federal quarantine system recommends that until vaccination is insisted on by the other colonies as it is m Victoria, the regulations should not be rescinded, The report favors the establishment of qaarantine stations at I£ing George's Sound and Thursday or Lizard Island, the cost of them to be borne pro rata by the several colonies. Mr Robinson, of London, suggests as a remedy for the destruction of rabbits that they should be inoculated with liver rot, which m itself would not be dangerous to human life. He con siders the scheme could easily be ar ranged.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

Adklaidb, January 10. The Exhibition building is now being dismantled. The Government have refused to grant free carriage by rail for the British exhibits intended for the fylelbourne Exhibition. Qne hundred pounds weight of small rubies discovered at Alice Springs, and worth several thousand pounds, haye been brought into town. The proken Hill shares have ad vanced from to £232. Other mines m syrppathy also, increased^ Qnly a fey? shillings have bepn paid up on the shares,

NEW SOUTH WALES.

Bydney, January 10. A rich find has been uncovered m the Broken Hill mine, which is esti mated will yield 100 oz to the ton. The Premier has telegraphed to Major Atkinson that, m view of the coming conference, the New South Wales Government will not at pre sent take any action respecting cable rates. The shares m the Broken Hill Silver Mine have to-day made a rapid advance m price.

CORRESPONDENCE.

« We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondent?. •

A TRIP TO THE MOON.

TO THK EDITOR. Sib, — I bob on reading over " A Trip to the Moon," that) there is an error m it, which I expect must be mine. I therefore proceed to correct it, In speaking of the ) Moon as being the beau ideal as the site for an observatory, owinsr to the freedom from at*nospheriq inflmncep, aberration is mentioned as being one of the results of such influences. £ can't think how I managed to class it so, as it is an error m observations, not due to atmospherio influences at all, but to the influence of the earth* movement m her orbit, corn* hinod with the appreciable time taken by light m travelling long distance?. I am, etc., A. Ireland.

MURDER AT THE ISLANDS.

I [PUB PftBSS ASSOCIATION*] Sydney, January 10. Information has been received that a Mr Walker, who had been, a settler at Mallicolo Island went to Penticost Island, labor recruiting, when the natives enticed him ashore, and he fell into an ambush. The natives opened fire, and he was wounded with a rifle shot, and then being set upon he was killed with axes. A Malicolo native who laccotn panied him was also killed, but three others escaped into the bush. Those on the ketch saw the murder perpe trated, but were powerless to prevent it. Several murders are known to have been committed at the same spot.

AUCTIONEER'S REPORT.

Mr Peter Williams (for Frledlander Bros) report* for the weak ending Tues day, 10th January, 1888 :— On Wednesday, the 4th inst , we heldja clearing sale at Wakanui, oa the late Mr Hugh Smith's farm, of live and dead stock and growing crops. There was a large 'attendance of farmers and others, and on the whole it was a very successful Bale. Thn following paces were obtained : — D.F. plough, £4 10a ; S.F. do. £12s6d ; chaff cutter and intermediate horse-power, £10 10a; farm drays, £/, £'6 ; set 3-leaf harrows, £1 15s ; grain drill, £7 15s ; grass stripper, £5 6a ; spring trap, £27 ; do harness, £5 35s The horsas were a good useful lot, and fetched, for ge'dings, £16, £17, and £23 10a ;.grey mare, Jess, £20 ; trap horse, £10. Harness (leading), £1 12a 6i. £1 15s ; shaft, £3 10s. Cattle (yearlingß), 21a; 2-year-old steer, £3 10s; cows m milk, £2 10a, £5 ss; pige, 19s ; sheep, 257 ewes and lambs, 4a Id each ; standiug crop, 72 acres wheat, and 14 acres oats, £2 93 per acre, j On Thursday, the 6th inst., we held our. monthly sale at Rakaia, ia conjunction j with Mr 0. W. Turner. Notwithstanding it being a very windy day the.c was a large attendance of farmers ani others. Our entry consisted of about 1000 sheep, all of which we disposed of at the follow ing prices: — Fat crossbred ewes, sa; do wethers, 7b 6d ; 2 and 4-tooth crossbred 8, 4s 6d ; 1 aged draught horse, £10 ; and a sundry lot of furniture at satisfactory prices. On Friday, the 6th inst., we held our second wool sale of the season. There was a large attendance of foreign and local buyers, but owing to a misuader standiog as to the time of sale, it being advert sed to take place at 11am. instead of 1 p in , some of the buyers deolined to compete unlesß the sale took place; at the advertised hour. In justice to our olients we could not start tho' sale imtil all the buyers had valued the wod^jput notwith standing the unpleasant circuawtances, we consider that the sale passed off very boo cesßfally. In all about 817 bales were catalogued, our own being represented by 280 bales, exclusive of bags of looks and pieces, a'l of which we disposed of by auction and privately at very sat sfactory prices. Our report m detail has appeared m a previous issue. We also held a sale of sheep skins, 410 being catalogued, and all of whioh we sold at s£d per 1b all ronnd, pelts Bd, lamb skins lOd each. On Saturday, the 7th iosU, we held our weekly Bale of horses at our East Street Horse Bazaar. Thirty horses were en tered, out of which we placed 21. There was a very large attendance of buyers, and the bidding on the whole waß very satisfactory, the horses entered being of a better "tamp than has been offering for. some time. We sold on account of Mr R. Gawn (f rom Mosgiel), 10. superior and medium mares and geldings at the follow ing prices, viz. :— £l2 10s, £13 10a, £14, £16 10s, £18, £19, £23, £27,' £28. A 5-year-old bay mare, ." Namcy/' first prjz« taker at Inveroargill and Rlverton shows, wsb very much admired,* and oaused keen competition. The bidding started a,t £2o, the next being £25, and aft^r a spirited run of £1 bids went up to £38, when the struggle was left between two admirers to fight it out at 10s bids, Mr John Gitmour being the successful purchaser at £41 10s We also sold oh account of Mr W. 8. Wilson (from Dunedin), nine medium draughts and hacks 'at the following prices, viz :— £ll, £12, £16, £16, £20, £20 £21, hoc* £7, and deg cart mare £17 We also told on account of other vendors, medium draughts £17, £19. Farm dray, P^as— Slips, 7s to 10s 6d each. Poui,TßY~l)uokß, 4s per pair. . Proddou — Derwents, 3s to 3s Gd p?r bag; fowls' wheat, 2s 6d per bnehel j feed oais, Is 8d per bushel ; bran, 4s 3d per bag ; cheese, 3d per lb ; flour, 18s 6d per bag; tea, t%* 6d per box; furniture at satisfactory prices. At the Ashburton yards on Tuesday, the 10th inst., the entry consisted of about 5000 sheep and 60 head cattle. There was not a very large attendance of buyers, consequently there was a slight fall m the price of all classes of sheep, a large num ber of both fat and store sheep being turned out. The following are tho prices obtained : — Fat crossbred ewei 53, 5s 9 J ; 4 and 6-tooth ewes and wethers (mixed), 6s lid to 7a 9d : stores, 2 tooth cross breds, 4s 2|d, 4» 9d to ss ; 4-tootH cross breds (niixed sexes), 7s 2d to 7s 4d ; 4 and 6-tooth crossbred maiden, ewes and wethers, 6a Id ; oroßsbre4 ewes and lambs, 2s 8d to 33 5d each ; old merino ewes, 2s. Fat cattle-Cows. £4 ss, £4 10s to £6 ; heifere, £3 IQi to £4 10a j 2-year old eteerr, 30s to 40a ; do heiforß, 36b 6d. ' ' ( \u25a0\u25a0 ~ I

A WONIIERFPL CITY

An American writer gives It aa hla opinion that Chicago la tho cpmmeroUl centre of a surrounding country destined, within a lifetime, to contain 100,000,000 of Industrious and thrifty people, The population of Loo don Is to that of Eng land and Wales as 4 to 26 Should the population of Ghloogo ever' hold the same relation to the population of the ten great States that eno'rolejand art) commercially tributary to her as London holds to England and Wales, her oen«us will, it is estimated, show the enormous total .of 20,000,000 of souls. Nor is this to be wondered at when one oonslders that she is the queen city, the centre and outlet of such an agricultural area as can nowhere else be found on the globe ; that the is already the third manufacturing city of the Amorloan continent; that the total VaJoa of her trade Is about 1,000.000,000 4o!H"ri per year ; and that 15,000 vessels !v r Vu'datand sailed from her wharves M ye>r, with a tonnage of 50,000,000—

A SENSATIONAL YARN.

MIXING CFrjftorAL BABIED '^

Ah Araeiican paper publishes the follow ing :— Prince Albert, before his marriage with Qaeen Violoria, was mtrried morganatl oaltyjto the Counters Reiss m Germany. In November 1840, Qieen Victoria and the Oounteaß pave blrtii to female cklldren almost at the same time. The Countess under a throat of ex posure, compelled Prinoe Albert to ex ohange the two Inf/mta, a sabstltation which wa* effooted through the Interven tion of the royal narae. The Qieen's obild was taken to Franca io charge of Lady Anna Campbell, and .wit brought up m her care until her eighth year at PoUey, near Paris, a Bavarian servant named Peter Seldd being their protector. . &The Qieen'a ohlld waa called Sophia Adelaide. The-Ooantess's ohlldremafned In the royal household In England, was brought npao a princess, and Is now the wife of the Grown Prinoe of Germany, * In 1848 or thereabouts Sophia Ade laide, then about 8 yean old, was sent to ' a ooaveat near Munich, In Bavaria where she was educated for a few years. Sht^, afterwards wfti taken to Sohleiirlg- ' Holiteln, where she and Ltdy Anna Campbell lived for some time m the house of a friend and agent of Prinoe Albert, named the Count de Lundl, who pasted, as ancle to Sophia Adelaide, In his charge and that of Lady Anna, Sophia Adelaide went to Italy and France; and afterward, when about twelve years oldt, to the Isle of Boufbon, In the ludiaa Ocean. They aoon removed to Quito, in* South America, and THBNOE T3 HBlf OBLWANS, the date being about 1854, The oholeri was making great ravages,, and they re moved for precaution to Dayton, Ohio, where her protector, the Count de Lund!, took cholera and died. Before his death he dlsolosed to Sophia AdelaldtU'ihkj mystery of her birth, and gave her t> medallion with a portrait of her jmother, Qasen Victor In. :v ,o The doath>bad diioloiures were n^adfl In the presenoe and hearing of Dr Bradbeok,. the attending physician, and Father Hahn, or HthomauD, the officiating priesti In order to give Sophia Adelaide the pro tection of hla name, the Count de Lnodt married her on his death-bed, Father Hahn performing the ceremony. A few months later, Lady. Anna died, and Sophia Adelaide, now the widowed Countess of Lad wig was left alona la it strange ooantiry. : She- then went to lira at New Orleans. with the family! of » Colonel Pleroa, whose acquaintance she had previously made, She was m reoelpt

HANDSOHI FBNSION FftOM INOLWrb.; Her father wrote, urging her to return thither, bat she wan afraid of being iov^ marod id a convent, and deciles^ ,- j&4~. left New Orleans for Dayton by ,thf Mississippi Bt earner Rainbow, which, how ever, was burned pa the trip, nod sank, about 100 lives being loat, BophU Ade laide, though severely scalded by ateatp, was saved, but all her papers and truntoi were lost. She reached DaytoD, and afterwards, m 1859, married an 'American physician of Kan tacky. ..'• /<r la 1831 her father died. In 1870 iKe obtained a dlyoroe from her husband -and returned to Europe, travelling theref or several years. All this time her pension had been regularly paid to he; through the Rev Edward B^nverle, of Ooleahlll, England. About 1876 It was suddenly \u25a0topped. . , "' " :-M3 She had become acquainted with John Brown, Qaeen Victoria's Highland aer vant, and appealed to him regarding her pension, and he aent her money on two or three oooasiono ; bat he died in;lßß2|*ndi \u25a0he haa ainoe been without regular means of support, \u25a0- j She states that she has appealed to her royal connections for jastloa and recogni tion, bat m vain, and-sho has now relarhed to-Amerlott to appeal tapubllo- ojplriiba here to see if she cannot get justice In- that way. She Is now m. New York aaaertn* tending the publloatlon of the story of her life, which is expected to be out-ino* few days, and to oreate a sensation,; She certainly boare & moat remarkable *e \u25a0emblanoe to Qieen Victoria whom iht olalma to be her royal mother. '

TWENTY-FIVE MINUTES IN PARADISE

» There is one young lady, 'Miss Delia Street, of Gtfea County, Term , who claims to have' " spread her white wings and sailedjover the sea ' to the Celestial City las>Maroh:. About February Ist of the current year Misa Street informed her patents that on March 27th fpllpwing, at four o'olock m .the afternoon, ;Shofhould be taken riolently ill; that she would grow worse until the following day at 9 o'clock p.m., at which time ehe would die and remain m a state of death for twenty five minutes, and that during of suspended animation she' would *visit ,that;" house not made with haudaj eternal m the, heavens." - She^askjjct her* father not ; to Bond; for doctors,^ as human instrumentality could / not: prevent her j ourney to Paradise ; iM «b^ told him not to , be alarmed, deolarjng with moat implicit confidence that -after Enduring the sting of death for twenty five minutes her mortal and immortal natures would reunite and she would again return to her earthly home. On the arrival of the day on which she announced she would be taken ill her parents ovinced great solioitude, - inquiring hourly as to her condition. ' She answered oheerfully, and continued to ad monish them not to be alarmed. The hands of the olook tolled round till four was finally reached. While the tlme-pfooe was upon the stroke of- the hour the young lady was/ prostrated with Blokness and violent pains racked her body. Despite he* entreaties the father sont for skilled physicians, who vainly administered Ihelr moat potent remedies, and at nine o'olook ontha. 28 th they pronounced life 'extinct. The sick ness and death occurred as she had pre dicted, and, in time so did the resuscitation. The father remembered the dsolaratton that she would return to life and looked at tho olook, and lo I the pendulum had ceased to vibrate, and the old tlnte-pleoa that had for years faithfully tolled off the hours had stopped while upon the stroke of nlue. When • the gicl returned to consciousness thß clock smarted of its own accord, finished striking the hour, and has ran ainoe without interruption^ By reference to the watph of one pf the dootqrs it wan found that she had been insensible— shall we say dead— for 5)5 minutes. After the return of animation her tongue was paralysed, and she In dicated by signs that writing material wav wanted, whloh \u25a0 w«s provided) and she wrote a description of the heavenly Jerusalem, clothed In the most elegant and chaste language, and describing a country more gloriqas than any . upon whioh fne feet of fancy have ever trod, The whole covers 19 pages, of foolaoap paper. She sayq she is commissioned to read her manuscript wherever she goes. While m the home of the blest she was asked by a worn m to write, after return* ing to earth, to her great grand-daughter, Mrs Annie B. Shelton, of Klnterbush, Sumter County, Ala., and tell her how anxious her great«grand-dame awaited her coming, Oar inform<mt is not positive as to the oorreotness of these names, bat thinks that of the old lady was Mrs Annie Belmont, who said she had been dead ninety-five years. By writing to the ad dress the girl gave It was learned that a woman of that name had died In that plnoe In 1792, and that she had a great granddaughter resident there Miss S raet says she will be told In 1839 the dato of her death, The statements at given above are established by uninv peaohnbla wltßesiai.-^Qtaauga.

THB ABHBURTON QUABDIAN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1888



Wanted. 1/ ANTED Known— Board aod Ben- ( V denes for one Gentleman com- table bedroom and use of flitting. room, ly one other Boarder. Address— A. B, ! Jturdian Office. 11l TTANTBD Known.— That HAVES ry and CO. have a splendid lot of hite Embroidery Robes at 14s, worth 8. Segers' Great Sale.— Melford louse. ______«__^ IT ANTED Known.— For Sale, Blue f Gum, Stringy Bark, Peppermint am, Bed Gam, and Silver Wattle Tree seds, locally grown, and saved this :aaon ; also Tar nip Seeds, just arrived, c BoS. Bimutaka. —J. Ssa.lt and Co., sedsmeo, Eaet Street 11+61 Sale at Melford House.— H. i. Segera, [TT ANTED Known— To ,the Ladiea W of Ashburton nnd •arroandlng Istrlots, that an experienced monthly inrae is desirous of engagement. Good aferenoe* can be gUen. Addreia—MES I ill, Peter Street, AehborCon. 11 18 WANTED Known— Wells sank, with pump and pipe found and fixed, root £2 10a upwards All kinds of tamps, Ranges and hou«osmith work [zed or repaired. Ohlmneys swept and anger cleaned, 3j. Registers Is 6d eaob. Ml orders punctually attended to. Note tddreas, B. Dudley, Moore street, Ash* aorton. 11 22 WANTED GASH — Moir'a Oatmeal 251b8, 2s 6d ; Sperm Gaudies, 5d ; Ooffee and Milk, Is per tin; Goooa and Milk, Is per tin ; . Vestas, fid per doz ; Cornflour, 4d per lb ; tin Fruits, Is ; Crockery, Ironmongery, eto. — At Jameis MoGbegOb's, Tanored Street, opposite Arcade., '....-.'.'._• WANTED KNOWN — Oleographe Scenery, and " Oatholio Subjects Catholic Cards, good variety m Scraps Novelties io Penwipers, Crewel Wools and Silks, Knitting Cotton, Colored Crotchet Cotton, Transfers, Tinsol Balls, Ac, &c, at Ana Manoibe's Fancy Repository, Saundgrs 1 Buildings? Melford House Sale.— H. O. Segers.



I . - .1 I"Bouoh 6h Itch."— 1 Bough on Itch, ewes elrin ',hump,rß, eroptiotta, ring worm I tetter, .flalt rheuta, f Sated (oet, ohilbUin, \u25ba itflh t iTy|ioi|on.bai:bei'(i, h, .8, .\u25a0\u25a0•» •- *» j



Cortajnlj the Most Efleotive MEDipiNE m the world is SAMPER and SONS' EUOAItfPTI EXTBAOT. Test its emipent powerful effects m Coughs, Golds, Influenza, etc, 5 the relief is instantaneous. Thousands give the moat gratifying testimony. Bead this certificate :— •" 24th April, 1835.— Messrs Sander and Sons,— lt is with the greatest of pleasure that I testify to the excellence of your Eucalypti Extraot. Having had inflam- mation on the bone of tho leg, which came on after a severe attaok of low fever, I was attended by Dr J, Boyd, who had made strenuous efforts to save my leg, but without suocobs. He found it neoessary to amntuato my limb. Having heard m the meaning of the wonderful curea worked by the Eucalypti Extraot, I obtained a bottle, and the extraot had not been applied more than an hour when I began to feel greatly relieved, After apply* iaa f>ie extraot every four hours for nine or ten (fays I \u25a0waS -out 0( all danger. I would persuade toll who bay be auC2t? d TOO any I suoli'dfseaßd to &*(s tjte Eucalypti Extract- a ; I trial, and J am aonviMefttnflfr Ha«ir.wm Jud \u25a0 it the most wonderful of medioineo.— Tofe?^ \ etc., E. J. Ouwow, Wattle street, gindhuwt.' (



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FOR SALE. OH Account of the Trhstoes of tbt Ute Wawbe Harikjbll,— R. 8.16493, South Rakalo, eomprlsfng 400 acres, inoludlog the growing oropof Wheat. Further pulioulars may be obtained from OHAS. W. TURNER, ,« «« Land and Estate Agent, 12 28 Sooth Rakata. Proctor & Co., WHOLESALE AND BETAIL OABH GROCERS, &o, BEG to announce to the inhabitants of Ashburton and Surrounding Dis* trictß, that we have just landed our Christmas Goods, and as we buy largely for O&.8H, we are m a position to SELL Cheaper than any of the other Houbbs m Town. We have also a large and varied Stock of CROCKERY and IRONMON- GERY, wbioh we are disposing of at PRICLB that will defy competition. * N.B.—S^e windows for Presents to b« given away at X MAS. Please note the Addretß, — BULLOCK'S ABOADE, __ - -_\u25a0_- . Bqynett Streett NEW ADVERTISEMENT. TIE OOMHSFG X 1 49 GBEAT SALE of; Bankrupt Stocky owl Drapery, Clothing, JAND 810 O T SJ ANDREW ORB having secured the Etock of A. G. PRIOHARD at a great reduction from Invoice Cost, will offer it to the Public on WEDNESDAY^ DEC4j,2Bth, {At Unheard of Prices. — ! s^Remeabor TUESDAY, the 27th DEO. mmmmm *a Sw» AKDEEW OEB.



F. H. Ton SCHOENEBER6, FRENCH POLISHER, CABINETMAKER, UPHOLSTERER, AND UNDERTAKER, TTTAB opened In Premises (next W. -.El. Patching) East street, *nd hopes to receive a fair share of public support. oeins prepared to MAKE FURNITURE, any design to order at CHBISTCHUROH BATES. Pianos and Fnrnitnre re* polished «t verj low rates. SB* LOOK HERE! 4££ THE PBEMIiB TAILOB, Town Hall, JS making Tweed 6uits m first-class style from £2 10s Od. Trousers from 18s (specialty). Heavy Saddle Tweed Baiti l £4 osod f OBNTB' OWN MATERIAL MADE UP. Trousers, 7s 6d ; Sao Snits, 355 ; Pagets, ' Tsrms Cash? town""~hall § EAST STBEET* MAXWELLS PATENT, SPRING PADS. GIVE your faddler orders to line your old dollars and Saddles with. MAXWELL'S PATENT SPRING PADS. They keep the shoulder cool . Testimonials coming m freely. Everyone is giving satisfaction. NO MOBE SOBE SHOULDERS AND BACKS. Very good for. newly broken m horses Pplendid thing m Biding Saddles. A|k your Saddler to ihow you them, and fZpUin te jou how they are put m. One Trial will prove it. To be bad from all Sad^ers I*9 JUAOTLLA BINDER TWINE I HAVE secured a quantity of the same make of Twine as gave so much satisfaction last Season, and as is tho true Economy m the harvest Field) farmers will consult their r-jm interests by securing a sufficient apply early, as it is likely to be scarce tn!sJ&Mon. EOBERT ALCORN, Importer and General Merchant. PAPEBHANGrINGS! PAPEBHANGINGS!! fIiHS Undersigned have justfopened up X a splendid assortment PAPEBHANGINGS, ; SCBIM, TAPES, ,TACKS, Aaoj-J WINDOW GLASS (aU|size»). If & R LEAD, PAINTS, OILS, i VARNISHES,^ COLORS, |IHT EBB, TURPENTINE Jvst landiug, a splendid lot of He use ex " Hanroto," McCaUum % Co.,| BON, TIMBEB, ANDfcCOALJIMER- CHAKT3,* IMPORTERS. for TITAN aad TBIPLEXI .. STRAINBRe. IMO3 j I



Al TENTDBPOT. \ PO'OONNELL (late of Cbristchorch), wishes to make known to his friends, aad * 0T * the pnblic m general, that he has commenced business at Moore Street, ? n j Aattrarton, as TENT, TARPAULIN, HOBSE COVER, FLAG and OILSKIN llaanfaciurer t P. O'CONNELL'S experience of 20 years m the trade is a sufficient guarantee that 11 work entrusted to him will receive prompt attention, N.B. — Orders by poat or yj otherwise promptly attended to, ' 21 Not* ths Addsbss,— P. O'CONNELL, Al TENT DEPOT, H Moore Street, Ashbnrton, \J Opposite FBIEDLANDER BROTHERS. lf2l q, , ' Be ALBERT ROBERTS ! HAS FOR SALE,— 0 CIiOVBRS,—- " 1 BED, WHITJB, GOWGBASS, ALSYKE, and TEEFOIL. J RYBGHASBjIOOOKSPOOT, aw© RAPE, ! \u25a0 . (I Golden Tares, Cape Barley, I BEBDi.WAB, 6EED OATb (raricoß hinds), ORDSBED BEANS PLOUGH SHARES i utii \u25a0 — | COOPER'S SHEEP DIP, AckncwWg^d to be THE BfiST m THE MARKET