The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1890. MODERN MUNCHAUSENS.

The well-known tendency of travellers t to exaggeiate and romance, and — not to put too fine a point upon it—in some I instances to indulge in downright men dacity, is cleverly travestied in that amusing but now-a-days seldom read book yclept " the adventures of Baron Munchausen." Very generally these i drawers of the long bow overshoot their mark and presume so lar upon their hearers or readers ignorance and cre dulity as to ensure for themselves and their yarns exposure and disbelief, and when this is the case tbere is no harm done perhaps. But it sometimes happens that such stories do not carry with them the appearance oi improbability and beiug readily accepted work mischief more or less widespread. New Zealand we fancy has suffered more than most countries from this sort of thing. For example we read that a Mr Frater who recently visited Waimate (Canterbury) has published in Newcastle-on-Tyne, England a pamphlet giving the result of his experiences and if an extract reprinted in the " Waimate Times" be a fair speci men of the contents those of his readers who do not know better will certainly form very erroneous ideas, as to the characteristics of New Zealand. Mr Frater says in the extract referred to: — "The bush contained black men and wild animals, tall trees and wild flowers. Ferns were growing 12ft high. It was glorious to be far away from the noise and tumult of the busy world—roaming the forest by day, and Bleeping by night with a revolver by your side. Before re tiring to rest a huge fire was lit outside the house ; tbis precaution was necessary in order to prevent wild animals and other disagreeable people from approach ing too near. A sentry was on guard all night, armed with a rifle and re volver." Now nobody in New Zealand, or who has ever visited it, needs to be told that all this is pure romancing—in plain English, a string of egregious falsehoods —andthoughit maybe thatthe false picture of the Colony presented may attract one person in a thousand by the prospect of adventure with black men and ravenous beasts, the other nine hundred and ninety-nine would by that very prospect be deterred from selecting such a country as their home. This sort of thing needs exposure, and it would be a good thing if som6 returned celonist would do the Colony the good turn of writing to the Newcastle on Tyne papers and exposing Mr Frater's tremendous whoppers.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The number of milliners irs New York is estimated at 5000. A Wisconsin law compels farmers to keep their fields free of weeds. A string of light-houses across the ooean with relief supplies is propojed. The opossum is said to have praotically d'«ippeared from American game. The Manchester Canal emp!oysl2,ooo men and will bo rottdy In fiitoon montlin CgThere are five New Yorks, nine Philadel* phias, and twelve Borons in the United Staea. In the S.M. Court this morning, before Major Steward, J.P , three inebriates were severally fined 53, with the usual alternative. The Chinese are fairly overrunning the Sandwich Islands. Tbey number one fifth of the populatiuo. Yon Moltke bears this testimony:—" Beer is a far more dangerous enemy to Germaoy than all tbe armies of France."

The fashion of powdering the hair 13 re establishing iteelf with tbe Paris beaux, and is expeoted to show itself again in London..

The Museum of Natural History at Paris has a colossal block of saU, I'- wsigha 29,000=b. It has jußt been given it by Prince Bibesoc.

The "Little Lord Fuuntleroy " Company will, it i 3 announced, make a tour of New Zealand shortly, opening in Auckland about the end of April.

The longaefc bridge in tbe world is said to be at lungauage, China, over an arm of the China sea. It is as much sa five mileß long, built entirely of stone, and has 400 arches, eaoh 70 feet wide. The roadway iB alpo 70 feet wide.

A Brisbane Cable aays that what are known as the •'Hopeful prisoners," who were sentenced ia 1874 to terms of imprisonment ranging from life to seven years for kid napping and murdering natives in the South Sea Islands, have been releaad.

The criminal sittings of the Supreme Court open at Caristohurch on Monday, The calendar oontains 13 charges against 11 prho ners. i;There are 5 charges of larceny; 1 oharge of robbeiy with violenoe; 2of forgery; 4 of breaking into and stealing, and 1 of false pretences.

Doubtless, should Saturday be a good day as regards weather, a large number of farmers will be in town. In the Longbeaoh distriot, as well as in others in the county, outtiog is virtually over, and a large proportion of the crop ie in staok. Ia some oases threshing is fairly ft ell advanoed.

The County Oounoil are to hold a speoial meeting in the Counoil |Ohamber to-morrw at eleven o'clook, to consider matters in con nection with the water supply. The Mayor of Ashburton, with the Committee appointed to aooompany him, will wait upon the County Oounoil with the object of advocating the making of a ohannel to oonneot the North with the South branch of the river.

The report that the demand for hemp at Horn? was likely to fall off, appears to have been t canard; for, aooordiog to the " Mana watu Herald," a hemp-mill owner in the Raugitikei distriot, who at oaca cabled Home when he heard the disquieting rumour, received a reply from his agents telling him to " keep on," or in other words to continue sending the fibre Home.

The copper mines of South Australia still pontjmue to produce large quantities of ore at remunerative rateß. During 1889 the Moonta Company raised 19,000 tons of ore containing 3905 tons of copper, and paid one 10a dividend totalling £16,000. The Wallaroo Company for the same period produoed about 16,500 tons of or<?, containing 2000 tonß,of copper, and also paid one 10s dividend—total amount, £16,000.

Mr Thomas Brydone, General Manager in New Zealand of the New Zealand and Austra lian ?#ni* Company, baa notified the managers c! Stations that all employees will be granted one w£<*'9 holiday at full pay to enable them to visit the Dunedin Exhibition. Suob. a generous gift by the Company means a large sum of money, when it is borne in mind that the*eare hundreds of men working for them. The kindneas will no doubt be keenly appreciated, and great credit be reflected on the management.

you may be surprised to hear (after all that has come and gone) that the probability pe^bsps one ought to say possibility—of his Royal Highness the Prinae of Wales visit ing your part o£ the world is less remote than it has ever been. This ernes fr,om the faot that the heir-apparent has been peremptorily ordered away on a long sea-voyage, and will, unleßß his complaint take a favorable tutu, be away from London duriDg the greater part of next eeison. The temptation to kill two birds with one stone, i.e., visiting the oolonies and enjoying a salutary sea trip, wiH quite probably prove irresistible. Prince " Eadie " must, however, nturn firsr, an father and eon could not be away together,—" fcontton

? Two hundred and fifty thousand people live \ in furnished apartments in Paris.

Tbere is a lady in Milwaukee who is th° mother of nine children. Not one of them was named until it was 12 years old. They were Bimply called by their niok-names and their numbers, " one " " two/ etc When they were 12 years old each one chose his or her own. name and was b-.ptised. Ia view of the coming match between Messrs Fenlon and Mayes, the cyclists, and Mr Ootavius Digby's trotting horses—whiob match is to oomo off in tbe Domain on Wed nesday, the 2ith—the wheelmen were our. for a vigorous spin on the truck to-day. Tbey are new of course to the track, but from what they have seen of it they think it fairly good. At the reoent trial in Italy of a designer of great talenl, named Galloni, and his son who have been fabricating bank-notes with an extraordinary degree of perfection, it came out in the evidence that the elder Galloni had aent a oonnterfeit Frenoh note for a thousand francs to the Queen of Italy, station that ho had doubts asSio its genuineness, and begging her to Bead him Italian bank-notes in oxobango for it. Her Majesty good-naturtdly complied with the request of her audaoious correspond ent.

A memo to Major S(award, M.H.R., from the Land Offioe, in reply to enquiries made by that gentleman, state that the milest particu lars are afforded re the lands now being opened up to all applicants by the Department, the ofHoeis of wbioh are ready to supply every information in their power. Already over a hundred suoh applications have been reoeived and replied to. It is added that the Surveyor is now subdividing ths Station Peak land for the approval of the Minister after whioh litho graphs showing the subdivisions, and giving full particutars as to prioe, etc, will be duly circulated.

The reoent aooident at Waihao (near Waimate) resulted fatally to one of the men, tiamuel MoGullook. The ooroner took the statements of his widow, daughter, and son, as well as that of the Rev James MeKee, as to the dying declaration of deceased, which wae b» follows: —" I believe I shall not recover, though I may live for a few days. I blame no oue. It was an aooident which might happen to anyone. It happened through the winkers fall. ing off the horse. We fell out. I fell on my head and shoulders. I put the bridle on the horse myee'f.' The ooroner on the evidenoe before him decided to authorise the burial of the deceased without an iaquest.

Writing of the Bairnsfather family 0^ Scottish vooaliets, who open at the Oddfellows' Hall on Monday, an exchange says :—" It will be remembered that this family were some time ago shipwrecked while on their way to Melbourne after their tour through the United State?. It was this shipwreck whioh brought them to New Zealand, after a loss of several thousand pounds swallowed up by the deep." S arting in Auokland they have made their way from town tp town to the Empire City, and thenoe to Ohristohuroh, and bo to Aehbuitjn en route for the South. Their entertainment, whioh is of a homely oharaoter, is described as very bright and interesting, their varied programme comprising songs, pianoforte' eolob, stories, danoes, and duets—all Scottish of oourse. Mr fiairnsfather ia a oapital entertainer, having a rare fund of humour and a great deal of dramatio ability at command, while Mrs Biirnsfather has a pleasing voice and her Biuging ia remarkable for expression and clearness of enunciation. Miss and Master Bairnsfather are also said to have sweet voioes and to be very neat dancers. Altogether, a very enjoyable enter tainment may be anticipated. The " New Zealand Times" says tbe performance is one of tha beet of its o'ass ever eeen in Wellington,

Many farmers appear to ba under the impression that the quantity of water the County Counoil take out of the rivers for water supply purposes is fixed by a speoial Aot of Par iament at cfaree-fourtha of the whole stream. This is an error, None of tbe rivers in the oounty are navigable, and they aro therefore treated as simply wateroourses— ditohaß ia faot. The County Council is the aole judge of what is a sufficient water supply. In oouvernation -with" Mr~BTXter, the oounty Engineer, yesterday, that gent'eman pointed out; that Pudding Hill siream was only a tributary of the North Branch of the river. The whole of Pudding Hill siream was not taken to supply the races, and iaoluding this, and the quantity sent down the auxiliary ohannel, whioh tapß the North Branch lower down, not one-third of the water of the main stream of tbo North Branch is used by the Oounty for irrigation purposes. Were t,ho whole of Padding Hill 6tream sent down the river, and the auxiliary supply to cease flow ing, Mr Baxter is cf opinion that]the|water's reaohing the lower parts of the North Branch would still be very problematical; but it would be a very serious thing for the water supply were the raoes to cease for one day, especially in this weather,

Ashburton has reason to bs proud of her mpohanioa. We have quite a number of inventors in our midst. Mr James Keir, manager for Messrs P. and D. Duncan, has added not a few labor saving applianoes to the list of farmers' helps; Mr G. Aston, of Newlacd?, recently contributed an excellent butter, applicable to any reaper and binder, which has earned golden opinions from all sorts of people ; Mr John Stalker, of Tinwald, has a brain whioh ia oontinually running on new things to improve machinery, and his many improvements on threshers are well known —all but the last one, a clever con. trivanoe by which " oleaning up" goes on while work is going on, and not after thresh ing is over; Mr John Oliver's name as an inventor is quite a household word, and his goree outters are in use everywhere—but his mosc reoent achievement is the supplying of a decidedly felt want. We are pleased to hear that he has succeeded in constructing a set of engine governors that are quite automatic in their action, and require jno manipulation whatever on the part of the attendant, so that, full or empty, the engine goes on regularly and without strain, working just the same whether driving tbe combine or with the combine still,

An interesting event took plaoe on Tuesday, 18th met., at the Baptist parsonage, Mr James Campbell, of Barford, being united in matri mony to Miss Sawle, The ceremony was performed by the Rev J. W, Sawle, father of the bride, in the presence of a number of relatives and friends of tha bride and bride groom. The bride was prettily attired in a dress of white nuns' veiling, trimmed with white satin and lace, and bridal veil, whioh was beautifully embroidered by Misa Dews bury of Crhistohurch (a friend of the bride)* There were eight bridesmaids in atiendar.ee in pretty drosses of peacook blue, nioaly draped in front with white silk. They com prised the Misses Carrie, Annie and Emily Sawle, sisters of the bride ; Misses Ida and Amy Eemp and Misses Wildsmith and Kingston. At the conclusion of the ceremony all the guests were hospitably entertained by Mr Sawle, and the newly wedded pair were congratulated by the friends present, after which, amidst a Bhower of rice, Mr and Mrs Campbell left for Dunedin. Tbe bride's bouquet, and flowers for the bridesmaids, as well as for the deooration of the tables, were presented by Mrs Sea'y. The presents were numerous and valuable,

The best medicine is Sander and Sons Eucalypti Extraot. Test its eminent power, ful effects in coughs, colds, influenza, etc— the relief is instantaneous. Thousands give the most gratifying testimony. His Majesty the King of Italy and medioal syndicates all over the globe are its patrons. Read the oflioial reports that accompany each bottle. We have no occasion to offer rewards in proof of the genuineness of our references. The official reports of medical clinics and univer sities, the official communication of the Consul-General for Italy at Melbourne ; the diploma awarded International Exhibition, Amsterdam—all these are authentic doou nients, and, as suoh, not open to doubt. We dd here epitome of one of the various oases efeated at the olinio of Schultz, M.D. Pro tesspr, etc f —" 0.8., 24 years old ; conges <ional abscess on the thigh. Incisions made in two places. Although Lister's dressing was applied, the secretion became, two day@ later, very copious, and had adopted a foetid decomposed character. The temperature rose enormously. In consequenoe the dressing was removed, and in its place were made during the day-time repeated irrigations with Euoalypti Extraot. The offensive footer dis appeared very soon, the fever abated wiihin R few days, and the patient recovered after the lapse of several weeks. In this instance be must not lose sight of the fact that the latter trestn? Nt laved the patient's c.' — (Advt.) |

GOLD RUSH IN WEST AUS TRALIA

PSB PBK3S ASSOCIATION.

.Perth, (W A ) February 20. A rash has set in on Oakover, a tributary of the De Grey river, where five men found 7000 ounces of gold ia a few days, besides discovering a rich reef. A general stampede from other goldfields is being made.

WHAT SALT WILL DO

Salt in whitewash will make it stick better. Brassworks can be kept beautiful bright by occasionally rubbing with salt and vinegar. t Damp salt will remove the discolouration of cups and sauceis caused by tea and careless washing. When boiling a steak, throw a little salt on the coals, and the blaze from dripping fat will not annoy.

To clean willow furniture use salt and water. Apply it with a nail brush, scrub well and dry thoroughly.

If, after having a tooth pulled, the mouth is filled with salt and water it will allay the dang-r of having a hemorrhage. Salt as a tooth powder is better than almost anything that can be bought.- It keeps the teeth brilliantly white and the gums hard and rosy.

Carpets may be greatly brightened by first sweeping thoroughly and then geing over them with a clean cloth and e'ear salt and water. Use a cupful of coarse salt to a large basin of water.

A MISSIONARY MURDERS HIS CHILD

News ha* boen received that Oars nn L. Powell, a Biptlst missionary to Algiers, North Africa, ha~< murdered hie daughter He went ou 1; distributing Bibles <>n 1 Dacember 21 it, returned to his bones, tojk up a Bible and began raiding. Lit tin \ Kotb, his three-year-old daughter, ttt ou his koee, ai was her oos on, and wa« prattling to him, when be euudenly took a | kiiife from his poo' c and cat her throat. Dr' Liceb, of New York, who Is also a mission ary working with Powoll,happenod 10 be iv chi* home at the time, and dii everything possible to cave the life cf the obi d, bni Without avail. Powell la now confined if i Fi^nch tK'apUal in Algiers, Powdi bad frequently given evideuae of possessing an a s> nl mind, Or.o? at aßptltt State Jonven ton, in Atnerlot, he d m>nded hat he be sent to Africa, as a miisionaty bat hla application wai refused, He pro onred Buma g»i!y cjiorei ol'oo, ribbons »nd hftlrpk's, rearad to the uharcb, <vont into the basement, str'ppad binueif of hii clothing, wr-jppad tbe oali'oj and 1 ribbons ab mt him, aud fastened ihtm to ha body by rtoklng ploa dejp loio hla fleah, and than walked ia+o tha aadiiotlntn (vhlle the convention was in eseaalon. He soared som? woik as a missionary In Nor h Oacoliaa, While travelling he m9i a ymng worn. 1"', and they beoamn ongiged. The day preceding tha oaa set fir the uurriage he tr'ed on his wedding anlt and found the oost too amiil. Ho re^rded th' Baa an indication fr^ni ihi Lord that he ahoa d not mvry, and positively refused to fclfi tha eugsgsinept Hm finance's b^oanre 1 a na over thi>, »nd afterwards died iv an inane asylum In Kaiciah.

SOUTH RAKAIA AND SUBURBAN CO-OPERATIVE MONEY CLUB

Tha no jmm d annunl mocting was held en the 15 b. February. Present—- Mr T. W.-:itta (President), Messrs Loddy and Hervey (Trustees), M.r Kemblo (Vice- President', Mr Howoll ( rl reaeurer) and Msßarss Murray, dee, OctT^y, Dunn, Cole, iiufcter, ' lack, Pycrof', and Palmor. Mr Gee, nctlog-secre ary, read the £o_ilo\^L_ag report, wh'ch waa adopted on the motion of Mr Tel'y, eesonded by Mr Harvoy : — " Your Committee on presenting this, which, although the Olu.b h»a beon in ox'stet oe upwards of eighteen mon ha up to December 28cb, 1889, may b 1 called thotirst annual repcr and balanoa sheet, congratulate you on the fact that your club ia now established on a firm fhancial basis. There Is now a balance am'ablo for appropriation, and although tbi a may at first sight appear small, your Committee think that when j ou cDntiier that the preliminary expenses indispensable to tha formation of auy Sooiety have aU been covered, &nd that the actual assets have been rather v ider than over estimated, you will agme with them th it the result ia at least s .tiafactory. From the initiation of the Chub in May, 1888, thirty-seven members, representing forty two shares, hava j ined, and three others paid entrance feos. Thee are at present twenty -one me tubers Mo good stunning on the books, representing twenty-four shares. The prroas recaipta to Djcembsx 28th, 1889, are £131 2s lid, of which tie sum of £65 4a has been paid in subß .r'ptions, The expenses amount only to £9 5 i 8d; Tho sum of £7 14s Id has been paid to shareholders with drawing from the Olub, and loans to tbe aoiouat of £ill 2s 0d have been granted. The sab:criptiont3 good on books amount to £45 against which we have amount duo on loans, £44 14s; rule and

•-ass books, etc., £2; balance In bank, £5 14a Bd, showing a nett profit of £7 8s 83. This would give a dividend of 18 6 per ont, or one thilling and ten pence od eve-y fnlly paid op eh are often shillings. Tour Committee therefore re* commended that a dividend of 15 per cent be declared and that the balance be placed to a reserve rued thus forming the nucleus of a fund to provide ag*iost any future pos iole contingencies. Yonr Oommi tee would ask the membetu L- <1j all in th rlr power to promote the interests of the Club in future, by perentding others to ta'ie np shares and by tbere jresencd as often ao possible on the nights ofmeeticg. By doing tbi i thuy will be assisting to render tbe next aunual report and balance sheet still more eat sf o .or/."

B hearty vote of thanks waa aoccrded Mr Gee for auditing the account.

It wm decided to aco pt tbe resigna tion of Mr Moodie as Beontary,

Mr fGee t waa unanimously appointed secretary- Mr Leddy gave notice of motun to alter Bale 3 xelativa to the granting of loans.

It was proposed aud cirri d that the cum of £1 bo offered Mr Gas for hie SJivicej. Mi? Gee thanked the tnetting for the offer but declined any remunera ti in. Several mambpra addressed the meeting as to the benefits to be derived f«om t*ie Hoci- ty and v oped th ir numbers would ire eiee.

A vote of thanks to the chair termin ated ihe mpptinf?.

THE MARKETS

[Per Pkkss association]

Sydney. F'bru»ry 20

At the 'wool sales 2000 bales were oflered. Medium greasy brought 9id, crossbred 9fcl, average washed Is if d, good scoured Is 7d. .London, Fehrnary 19 The wo6l market is unchanged. Forty thousand bales were carried forward to the second series, whioh opens on the 10th April, and will be limited to 400,000 bales. The total quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,264,000 quarters, and for the Conti nent 469,000 quarters. The American visible supply of wheat ia 30,125,000 bushels. Messrs Nelson Bros., Limited, tele graph as follows:—" Meat market steady. Mutton, best quality» 4j|d j beef, hindquarters, 4^d; fore-qwterg,

TODAY'S TELEGRAMS

(PkbPbiss Association.) .Dunedin February 21

The Sweating Oommlaeiou to-dij xamlaed Mr D, Hayuea of Herbert Haynea and Co., whose evidenoe was to thu effect that that firm employs 118 faotory hands and 15 shop assistant, ai. on wages. There (s no pleoe work anu no cvectfmo worked, not are the hand a allowed to take work home. He ex pieased the opinion that an Aot siioa ti be ptflsed, oompalllng oloalng at 6, with tbe exception of tobaqscalsts and fault shops. Drowned. George Oaldioott, a laborer, was drowned while attempting to sitlm the liver neirAl bert-town.

TELEGRAPHIC.

FIBS|PBEBS ASSOCIATION.]

OBITUARY.

London, February 19. General Frome, R.E. is dead.

COAL DISCOVERY.

A coal field has been discovered at Dover.

UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE.

Betting is 2 to 1 on Oxford for the University Boat Race.

THE GARTER.

The Queen has decorated the Earl of Stair with the Order of the Garter.

THE PARNELL COMMISSION.

The Liberals are drafting an amend ment to Mr Smith's motion of thanks to the Parnell Commission.

COLLIERY DISASTER.

Information has been received here that forty persons hare been killed by an explosion of gas in a colliery at Nervas.

TELEGRAPH CONFERENCE.

The Government has invited each colony to send delegates to the Inter national Telegraph Confeience in Paiis in May next.

CABLE CHARGED

Mr Henniker Heaton asserts that it is feasibleto reduce the cable rates ta Australia to one shilling per word if the monopoly enjoyed by the Eastern Extension Company were terminated.

VICTORIAN DIVORCE BILL.

Lord Knutoford congratulated Mr W k Shiels, member for Normanby ia the Legislative Assembly of Victoria, on the ability be displayed in promot ing the Divorce Bill passed by the Victorian Parliament. He also referred to the extreme courtesy of the hon r gentleman, and the assistance he had rendered by his mission. Lord Knuts ford stated that all the statesmen who had been consulted on the question admitted that the autonomy granted to Australia carried a right to legislate on divorce matters. The Colonial and English Churches were making stroDg efforts to prevent the Queen's assent being given, one Bishop asserting that the whole Christian community of Victoria was adverse to the Bill.

Late*. The Cabinet will advise her Majesty to give her aasent to the Divorce Bill.

WORKMEN'S DWELLINGS.

Berlin, February 19,

It is intended to ask tbe ReicbsUg to spend thirteen million marks on workmen's dwellings.

THE PROPOSED LABOR CON FERENCE.

Most of the Great Powers agree with the principle of the Emperor William's proposal for a Labor Conference,

HAWAII.

New YORK, Fobraary 19

The Hawaiian Ministry, contrary to expectation have secured a small majority at the general elections.

THE DUKE OF ORLEANS.

Pajus, Fabrca'y 19.

The Comte De Paris approves of the Duke oi Orleans' act. This announce ment delays the pardon which it was expected the young nobleman would receive,

INTERPROVINCIAL.

LPBB FREBB ABSOOIATION.J "~ *" ™ Auckland, February 20. A trial parcel of twenty'eight tone of quartz from the Oiama Mine, Knotoakai, returned 6oz to the ton. This newi hab had a sensible efleot on the value of the shares.

A bush fire near the Federle settlement, Eawene, ia cauHne; great damage. Bush and flax are also tei >g dcs royad ia targe quantities by a fir a ia the Hamilton district. Tae licensing eleottons rsialted in the rotnrn of the moderate candidates In al! iho three watda. Tbo compromise ticket between the temperance people and the last moderate ooraratfei was defeated In the north and e»st wards, and the proht bltionlsta lost by a hundred votes at Ponsonby* A Bid o«cnrren:o is reported from Ohinewai. Mrs R. Muir was sitting near her honae when ehe saw a man thrown heavily from bis horse, the called for assistance, but was herself ao frightened thfct a few moments afterwards she tell dead from heart dieeaaa, : In regard to the Ohinoso leper, Ah- Goon, the friends of the patient incline to the belief that the disease is not leprosy but iupns, a form of poisoning, as stated by Hit)tuns, a seller of medicines, who b treating the cao3. Dr Bakewell, who has had some yearb' experience of leproay, maintains that there is no donbt that the latUr is the malady which has attacked Ah Goon The patient etme to Auck land direct from China about five years ago. Wellington, February 20 The " New Zealand Timeav' publishes an article on gambling houee« in Welling ton, und declares that at ''hazard " alone over £100 >i day changes hands in that city, ami at enrda, aroon.; what are known ac tho upper clasees, over double fhst amount ia daily &t atiiko. !ihe übual ctarge made by keepers of gambling 1 houses, it is said, h Is per player per hour, and the keeper or one particular room will think ho has made a bad day'a work If he does not clear £4 to £6, besides what bu may win from a throw ia now and again. Eunsdin, Febuacy 20 In the action Birch v Sparrow, the atalemetit of doftnea was ih«t defendant admits writing tha letter, bat denies any l/npruper inferance, and adds ih-t the state. menta ooetsiuod In the let.er are true In , f ict atd in substance, anJ, latrly, that ( ibo'ctt.r vraa piivl!:gcd, and w*9 written ia good fa'ih and wlthoat aialfco. After hearing ovideaca at oonßlderabio length, b verdict was for dafandtnt, with costs ?.a per idle, Pobi Chalmers, Fob 20

Arrived—Merope, G*pt Tuouiair, with 1800 tons cargo, partly for Weliugtoa, «nd ten p»«aengeri. Ninety-nine days (ion QivgQw,

A STORY ABOUT STOWAWAYS

Captain S gave a rather ludicrous ] account of the experience of a confrire so me few years ago. His ship was hardly well out oa the ocean when two stowaways made their appearance, and later in the day five more^ Ihe next morning s'x more came up; and the two following days they kept coming v in twos and threes until they numbered 25 all told. The ship seemed to be teemi g with stowaways, and the officer on watch was fairly bewildered. There was a plaintive pleading in his voice as he said to the last comer, " Say hadn't you bet er send the rest up at once." "They are all up now, sir." replied the stowaway, with repressed cheerfulness, i and the officer gave a sigh ofielief. When the vessel arrived at Quebec, the captain sent a despatch ashore with the pilot-boat to be forwarded to Montreal, asking that a detach ment of the harb >r police be at hand when tbe vessel came alongside, to arrest the men. The police were in readiness on the wharf; but the steamer stranded in mid stream, and lighters had to be sent ofi to relieve her of part of ihe cargo. One of the lighters was a'ongside wheu darkness came oa, and she had to lie-to until sunrise. Whea the lighter was fully ( loaded, she drew iv to the wharf to discba rge ; but hardy was she moored, when there was a movement among some sacks, and a stowaway leaped out and made a break for the wharf. Another immediately sprang out from the other side; and in another instant the /whole deck of the lighter was alve , with stowaways, running up the wharf and 1 leaping over ihe obstacles that came in their way. The captain was powerless with amazement, and did nothing but stand and look on in a dazed sort of a way. When the last of them had cleared the vessel's side and things had quieted djwn a bit, he re covered himself, and walking over to the sacks, he poked carefully about among them, but finding nothing, he resumed his former position. Suddenly, another stowawiy, who had been unable to get out with the rest, jumped up and cleared. This was too much, and the captain shouted, "If there's any more pas«eagers going ashore, they had better go now." But the whole consignment had escaped free of duty.—" Chambers' Journal."

INCIDENTS IN HIGH LIFE FOUR HUNDRED YEARS AGO.

Thi=! extract is made from the journal of Elitabeth Woodville, who became Lady Grey, and afterwards Q \e:n of Edward IV. " Monday morning.—Rose at 4 o'clock and helped Catherine to milk the cows, Rachel, the dairymaid, having scalded her hand in a bad manner the night before ; made a poul tice and gave Robin a penny to get something from the apothecary. " 6 o'clock.— l he buttock of beef too much boiled and the beer a little stale. (Mem.) - To talk to ihe cook about the first fault, and mend the second fault myself by tapping a fresh barrel immediate'y. "7 o'clock.—Went to walk with the lady my mother in the courtyard; fed 25 men and w»men. Chid Roger severely for expressing some ill will at attending us with some broken meat. " 8 o'clock,—Went into the paddock behind the bam with my maid, Dorothy. Caught Thump, the pony, myself, anl rode 10 miles, without saddle or bridle. "10 o'clock.—Went to dinnett John Grey. a most comely youth; but what is tnat to me.? A virtuous maid should be entirely under the direction of her parents. John ate but little, and stole a great many tender g?ancec at me. Said women never could be handsome in his eyes who were not good tempered. I hope my temper is not intolerable; nobody finds fault with it but Roger, and he is the most disorderly youth in our house. John Grey likes white teeth. My teeth are a pretty good co.ol. I think my bair is as blick as jet, though I say it. and (ohn Grey, if I mistake not, is of the same opinion. "n o'clock. —Rose from the table. The company are desirous of whlking in the fields. I ohn Grey lifted me over the stile, and twice squeezed my hand with much vehemence. I cannot say I should have much objection, for he plays at prison bars as well as any of the country gentlemeD, is remarkably dutiful to his parents, my lord and iady, and never misses church on Sunday. "3 o'clock. —Poor Farmer Robinson's house burnt down by accidental fire. John Grey proposed a subscriton among tue company fxr the relief of the far Tier and gave no less thin four pounds for the benevolent intent, (mem) —Never saw him look so comely as at this moment. 4 o'clock. —Went to prayers. " 6 o'clock.—Fed thq h"gs and poultry."

UNKNOWN

It .a only fa!? that a woman sent to prison should have ao^e aoftsrd acJp'iai rh*u it bat applied to a man ; for sentimen tal,y a£e goffers tho oiasi. Women, more than men, bate to be cHs>l2ed, at a groaptid, aud rnled by laws which tgn>re Idloaysci'tsy. Then the absolute morfel ficßtlor of that hartnleu bo t of vault? which fHfii bo mnoo of a woman's Ufa makes hey durance doubly vile. She 1o?6b all her fiuo feathers. Her h ir, vbfo'i she bae 6ven apostolic authority foe regarding as sm.adorDmont, is shorn to tta laotlook, once the cell has been allotted; an*, the face that bas been ptosive, auu the ioDgue that h>a been mnte andei the finding of tbe jury and the sentence of the judge, are msrid to plead with tbe bolder of the ec'ssoru, while the corridors ring again with often while the Inexorable task prooueda. The half renews it-elf, hawevor ; and before sheering day is duo again the g'rla grumbla ih^t n thoughtless government gives them no; at * pine. One womaD, whote hrir was resplendent es of mao»BB»r. was an object of some wonder ment to my friend, tne chaplain, till aho explaload to him that she allowed bee r roth to get cool and Shea skimmed the fat off the top to gleam-in bar crown of giory. Another girl certainly, touged, and roagd talks with groat effact on the pallid faces of the prisoner Groat was tho envioos indignation of her.elatera In servitude against atioh frivolity, aod greater stUl th» ourioetty as to ths ways aod means, It was discovered at last that some red threads In the bine skirt the bad to sew would, when extracted and ohewed, yield the bloom that wan -wanted by the oheek of baantv. The nay in which every woman manages to dtaarrange and double one of her underskirts so eb.to represent a orinolette Is to oomto as to mike even a prlaen obsp'iaii smile. Asd a woman wlthoat a looking glass I Why, only tbe severest and •euolosed ' order of nuns renoarce that. Perhaps' it Is tbe female prisoner's greatest penance, and tj ob tain a, substitute for It she is willing to risk the Imposition of punlshmaut In ,the ebape of more work or leu food. Tbe method Is simple. By an accident she declares she will regret to tbe last d«> of her life, she has broken*a window pane. There fs the hole, sure enongb ; but where Is the detached glass! Days after It Is found oonoealed la some orner of the cell, and with It a dark strip j of cloth—a substitute for quicksilver. And all for what 1 There are no male bcatts to win or to break, and hardly any male eye to see 01 discriminate, The governor comes and goes, but ho is bardly hamsn; The doctor is alwuyj In roquest but do women ever try to fool the doctor? Aa for the ohapUln, he blushed so much when I enggeßtrd (i*ys a writer In fie "Chicago Timee,") he was per haps regarded as being su;oeptible that I pat au ecd to his confusion by patting ■n end to our interview.

NELBOURNE NOTES.

(FltOM OUR OWM OOBKCSPONDZST,

The Act of Parliament which has been passed for the extermination of "bunny," both root and brarch, provides amongst other fhiags for a general crusade against the whole family on the 17th of .he present month* Phosphorised oats ate to be used as the mea s by which destruction shall be. car iei through the ranks of the enemy. It so happens that grass and herbage of all forts had bee me high dried, and the slightest spark suffices to ignite themir It is needless to say that phosphorus is a dangerous thing to scatter broadcast over the colony at such a season, aid it is equally, needless to say that only an official" mind could have con eived the i'ea of doing-so. We do not want a repetition of Black Thurs day, either oa that or any other day of the week. It lemains to be seen whether the dangerous experiment will be insisted on, or whether some other and safer weapon of des truction will be used.

Theie is an old saying that the man who can manage a Church Choir is fit to be mase Prime Minister of England—the administra tive capacity required in the former situation beijg deemed equal to that necessary in a cbiet of the British Cabinet. "■ "»he, Rev Stacey Chapman. Incumbent of St-Paul's Pfb- Cathedral, evidently is not possessed of those qualifications, for ihe choir have rebelled, and strack work ■ The dispute that has brought about this regrettable state of affairs is not one of 'pay* time to be allowed for meals, nor duration of the hours of labour. The question" is simply whether the clergyman shall "bass "-the " choir," or the " choir " " bos " the clergy. man. The choir, with the organist at. their head, claim the right to direct the' musical branch of the service set forth for use in public worsh p, whdst the clergyman thinks he ought to have something to say in.the matter. Neither would give way, and yes'.e'-rlay he was left alone, or nearly so—the organist and three others alone attending. ""It is'a pity, however, that euch a scandal- should have taken place.

• There is no fear that the affairs of the Premier Per man act Building Association will be lost sight of by the general public so long as the officers, pas: and present of that institu* tion, keep themselves in print. The latest contribution to this class of literature is a lone letter of two columns, which Mr Mirams writes to the " Argus" this 'morning. He defends his management of the company's affairs whilst he was at the helm, and hints very broadly that if he had not been forcibly deprived of his command, the ship would not have got on the rocks. Perhaps yes ; perhaps no. The general opinion, however, is that long before he left, the ship's course was laid straight for the point at which she U now stuck, . Mr Gillies will soon find himself in the position of a local borrower,if the new loan cannot be floated in London at an early date* The last Government money—jCSOO.COCh placed on fixed deposit has been transferred to the regu'ar "drawing,ac<nunt," and when that sum is exhaustel the Treasurer will h*Ye to apply to the banks foi temporary assiitance. A careful analysis of last year's statistics of the world's colonial wool trade, just published, brings out two facts which must be gratifying to every true Australasian; These are-^(l) a considerable increase in the production of Australian wool (including New Zealand), and (2) the very large increase in the quantity df wool shipped from Australasia direct to the consumer, of course without the aid of the London market. In 1888 the imports into England of Australasian wool were 1,330,000 bales; in 1889 the imports were 1,263,000 bales. But mark this, in addition to the above Australasia in 1888, exported 85,000 to foreign countries, whilst last year the quantify rose to 122,000 bales, This is the general view, and, as similar progress is made in sales in the local markets of South Africa and South America, there are strong grounds for the belief that the future wool markets of the world will be the countr es where it is produced. The more wool that is sold at home, with* out the intervention of the London broker, the better for all parties on this side, and the figures for the 12 months ended on 6th instant are encouraging. Of course lam now allud ing to Victoria in general, and Melbourne in particular. There were 308,352 bales offered. Of these 272,773 bales were sold, and of these 228,022 bales were sold in Melbourne. There were 151 sales held during the year, and of these )2i took place in Melbourne. I see that one-fourth of these sales (30) were conducted by Messrs Goldsborough, Mort and Co. Ltd., at which they sold 74,321 bales out of the 83,411 ba'es offered by them, or one-third of the wool sold ;n Melbourne. Thus, we see that, notwithstanding the large increase in the production of wool last year, the total quantity offered in the London market was less than in ißß3—the whole of the increased growth hay« ing been disposed of in the Australian nuTVtti, Melbourne, February 10, 1890.

KILLED BY A BOOM

Taking of "booms," we read the other day, ia an article oa " North Western Canada and its destiny," by a correspondent of the " New York Tribune," a pitiful description of a city that bad died of a boom. Says the writer—" In the course of my western conet* pondence I have had frequent occasion to speak of the deadly ' boom,' and audacious, absurd, and ruinous spirit of speculation which occasionally seizes the people of a new, town, and drives them, like a herd of craay cattle, pellmell into disaster. There are several towns in Canada which have been victims of the ' boom.' Some have got over it* Some haven't. When I visited Pembina, last May, a town of North Dakota, that almost touches the Canadian border, a gentleman took me upon a drive. Without saving where he wis going, or what we were about to see, he sped his horses over the 'line,' and we,were soon riding alongside a railroad grade evidently several years old, over which the grass had grown. We came at length to a splendid iron bridge. It had been built of the very finest material, but had grown rusty and shabby. The board flooring had rotted away, and the approaches on either side were in a wretched condition of decay. _ At last wedroye into the town—the dismallest,. dreariest and ; raost woebegone town I ever\saw;; r-Thefstteets, once handsomely laid out and paved, were overgrown with weeds and choked with dirti Upon countless building sites,'houes that had once stood in grassy lawns and pretty gardens were given over to prairie grasses and wild bushes. Here and there the' relic of what had once, and but lately, been an imposing structure was literally rotting in the weather. Along the main street'were a number of veir large and well-built business blocks of brick and stone, two huge hotels and a great post office and public building, almost en tirely empty and idle, window; 'glasses broken, locks rusted off. ' A more striking picture of the abomination of desolation was never presented to the human eye. This was once the city of Emerson. Five years ago it contained 10,000 people. Business lots on Main street were selling io,ooodols a front fcot. Now. you can buy the whole s town for what was then the price of a respectable lot. Emerson had a 'boom' and died of it."

WHY FROSTFISH COME ASHORE

Some discussion has taken place regtrding [the cause of frostfish coming ashore..' The •' Press " has written on the subject, but gives no reason for the act of self-immolation'on the part of the fish. The " Press," Tiowever, quotes authorities on the subject.': Sir" James Hector thinks it is led to the shallows in r*to3 eager pursuit of prey. Dr Von> Lenkenfield thinks that the fish, being a deep^ sea fish, suffers internal inju ies through coming to the surface, and is thus washed helplessly ashore. AMrßobson thinks it comes ashore tor ub the parasites off. These are the opinions of gentlemen who are supposed to hvn sime knowledge of the subject they have been wsiting about; but hre in Oamara there are those who hold a different theory, and one that is entitled to much more consideration ; than those we have quoted. An Oamaru gentleman of an inquiring turn of mind obtained one of tbe fish just after it had come .ashore, and cutting it open a'bng the back found close to the backbone large numbers of sea worms or maggots forcing their way through'the tit suet of the fish. Another person got the same re sult from a couple of specimens he cut open } ard we have heard of others 'who htve observed the same thing. Is it, therefore, not unnatural to suppose that a fish so afflicted loses the instinct of self-preservation, and leaving its usual habitat seeks relief oui the shore — " North Otago Times," ; j \ :

THE ASfiBtfRTOK GrtTABDIAN, FRIDAY #FB!?tt * !*t 2i, 1890.



■ "Tfeosgh Imitated by maoj, aurpassed by none." LEVIATHAIiI RAILWAY TEMPjSR ANCI HOTEL (Opposite the Railway Station), DUNEDIN, MRS SILK. PROPSIETRESS, ffIHIB v«ry popultr Efttabliahmaat con ' J^ tinaM to kford very superior acoom ■edatioß to tourists and oth«rs who desire th« COMFORTS OF HOME, combined with VERY MODERATE CHARGED Th« iolc management of tie houie, as Will ai th* coisine afffclra, are under tho Mnoßftl •np«rTiiiJ» of Mrs Silk. Tho : Maw !■ Situated within a few minutes walk of the Exhibition, Post Office, Steamboat Landings, and other plaoaa. QUOD VAOMUB YALDB Jf AGIMU ("Wliatwedo we o well," rnitß OHBIBTOHUBOH DB HTAL J_ BUEQERf, OMhel Street, Obristohnrch, next Bobtn- Boot Btore,and at the Octagon, Danedin. A i v )per»tloiui at strictly uniform and moderate Consultation free. 8. mtebTand co., OUBOBOR DENTISTS, ft fuau inn' HITBOt)& OXIDB GAS tdmlnlstered Thli Aumthetie leaves no cmplemnt •ffaett, and by lta ma the eztMatton of Bad Stomps and Teeth Is rendered per •iotly Painless »nd Effective. Ad «lnlatorad daily. Fee for administration of Gm. si. Eitrsctlon, 2s 6d a tooth. Honrs of attendance, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Private resldenoe, 93 Bait Belt. , Tha aeknowledgad superiority of AMERICAN DENTISTRY in the con (rtmotlon of Aitlficlal Teatb, the most MMEDIA.TELY after extraction, have ■tabllihed oor repatatlnn, A aloslt Artlfioia Tooth, 10a, complete it. Uppai and Lower, Temporary and Patnaneiit £10 10s ; ArMfioUl Tenth and Omtaiea made by other dentists re* noddled at small cotti, Stopping, Sotl -3g Patfeot and Palnlear. t ' i WM. SPARROWS TAILOR AND MEN'S MERCER VAST STREET. ABHBUKTON COUNTY STOCK AND SALBYABDB CO., Limitbd. AS the reaaast of several Farmero the Company ha* decided ii hold a Bpeolal PIG- FAIR Fw the Sale of STORE PIGS, AT THE Tinwald Yards Early in March Farmers w'll oblige by letting ibe Caretaker have particulars of their Entries . ■ »arly a« posfiible. GEO. JAMESON, 75 Chairman. __ THE CHEAPESf SA.LE NOW GOING ON IN ABHBUBMON IB AT "The Comer," Children's Hats half price Flowers at haf price Pfinta at half prica Ladies' Jackets at half pn'ce 17 doz Men's Box (best made) half prioe t f f SEE T|H E -,W I NjDJOJW S PEE T|HE |W NDO.WS on IHJSPEOT IT H|E STO|OK IN»P W<lT THE STOCK W. H. COLLIER •I'luft toner.'



___ Wanted Known Cash Advertigements under this head ing, not exceeding 16 words, ONE Shilling. Addresses may beleftat tins Office. WANTED by a Bteaay youog man, re3peotsbl(; board aad lodgings In ft amstll family. ~0. G, " Guardian" office. 2 97 OUBLLU NOi'lOE—All *ood wishers 2T of the \V e dne*d,»y Half-Holiday. Piease shop ealy, 1 o'clook. H, U, Ssgehs, Multf a iij.i,,,.. MANILLA. B.ndet Twine, maohloe oH, and Hire. Time ia money od the hircvn-t field—the beß'. is the cheapest. —R. Aioorn, Sanndera Buildings. WAiSTM) KNO^'N—if you want good value for your moat>y go to Meiford House Beaidoß out ordinary (i.eeeoia avi a'ditioi al one of a good useful basket to every purchaser of 20: and upwards, H, C. fcEG^ns, Me,ford House. W "ANTED Kuov, a. — " Siroug-wear Boots for Lidice Me a and Hhlldrc z*a ou'y ba obt/,ioad at W. M Colliers, OfTANTED Known that Ajxdkew Orb's W V half-yearly Bale of Surplus Stock of Drupery Clothing and Boots te now going on. 1 HI WANTED Known—ln addition to our ordinary presents, we shail give an extra one of a good usef nl basket to every purchaser of 20s and upwards. H. 0. SkGers, Melford House, "YITANTED KNOWN —My Special W Make of Ladles' 4 claep Kid Gloves, " The Aehburtonian," braided backs, 3s 6d per p»ir.—W; H, Collier. WANTED every mau in tno County to have a Suit of the Ashbarton Tweeds.-~K,oBBBT Alcobn 3 Aohborton Clothing Mart, Saanders' Baildlnga. ANTED Known lace onrtatna 34 lid, towels 4Jd, nmbrellaa la lOd, prints 2£d. eklrte la, kid gloves Is, 12doz dress buttons for 1«, tmbroldoted ocs*;um<'B 10«.—Andrew Cur's Sale. 1 160 THE Jubilee Sale. Andbew Obr 1» selllog otens bootß 9a 6d, ladles E.S. at 4s 6d, laoe np boots 5s 6d, girls bootß 3s 9J, men's shoes 6a lid. evening shoes 2s 6d. Sale now on. 1 151 MBS KBNJNHDtf and Miss Cameron, Moore Street—Teachers of Soiemifio Dresß-cotting- Bodies cut and fi ted. Dressmaking in all its branohes. Biding habits a specialty. 12 69 WANTED, Everyone to Know—Tha J. MOIBON bas now in stock t arge and varied assortment of BOOTS AND SBOES for the Spring and Summer Seaeon, Gentlemen's, Ladles', aud Chil dren's, both Imported and Colonial; lso HIS OWN MAKE, whioh OANN )T BE SUEPASSED for Style, Fit, Qaal ly, and Neatness, combined with VERY REASONABLE PRICES. All repairs exeonted prompt j and v, Ith neatness, lOtl Public Notices THRESHING BOOKS. mSREbHING Machine Books of J, improved deßi,n printed with despatch at "Mail" and ' fcluardian" Office. ___ TTALENTINES! V^lyutlnes—Nowest V *ad most Elegant D .-algae In boxes. Silk- Love Cards and Perfumed Sachem, etc. "Largest Variety in O-;mlo "Wentloeß L. F, ANDREWtfS & Co, SUfcionflsa 1 Hall, ADDFSLLOWS' TJ ALL T *O EIGHTS ONLY MONDAY A«D TUESDAY FEBRUARY 24 th & 25th, The World-rwwned BAIRNSFATHER FAMILY. The only Family of flaoitlah VccailstH llviag, In their REFINED ENTERTAINMENT OP SCOTTISH SONG AND STORY, Eu'itlad "A NIGHT IW AULD S0OIIA." Prices of adm>alon—3*, 2<, U. Reserved seats at W. Zandeb's. 5J96 J. E. PETHERIOK AgeDt. m* >> ~~~ ' * U.B.S. 00. IKBH u-s-s- co UNION sr^AMSHIP COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND, Limited. Steaooerß sail as under i -< ' From LYTTELTON 10 Wellington ... I)<rily, except Sunday (Tuesdays and Saturdays 10 p.m.; othor daye, 5 pm, Dunedin ... Tubs,, 'Ihurs., and £at, Nelpon ... Tues., Tharß , and Sat Onehnoga .. Fri. and alternate Mons. Auck'and vii Fast Coast ... Thursday Melbourne ... Tuesday Sydney via Auckland ... Every alternate Thursday Sydney via Cork's Strain.. Fortnightly Passengers may be booked to Hobart, Melbourne, Sydney, and all New Zealand norti at the office of GEORGE JAMESON, 2|91 Agent, Ashburton. SUMMER 1890 1890 QUMM«R HOW 1890 1890 (OHOW ALL DEPARTMENTS OF OUR BDSINEdS REPLETE WITH CEOICE GOODS FOR THIS SEASON. 0- PRI0Ks""""BIGBT t .£» For Juvenile's (Jlnthkc Try the N.Z. Clothing Factory For Bovb' Clothing Try the N,Z. Clotning Factory For Truths' Clothing [Try tha IN,Z. Clothing Faotoiy For Men'e ClothuT? .„-.,.,. . Try theN.s Clothing Fcctory For Men's Measure b'o'.'s Try tbo N.Z.Oiothing Z*tiwy Fcr Mercery and Hod ry Try the N.Z. Clothing Factory For Blankets, Bugs, find Flanne's Tiy the N Z. Clothing Factory For Hats in the newest shapes Try the N.Z Clothing Factory Wot the beet value for Ready Money I. Try the N Z Clothing Factory ENCOURAGE LOCAL INDUSTRY AND BUY FfiOM THE NEW ZEALANIO Ciothi.Bg .Factory. INSPECT OUK STOCK And°draw your own conclusions. |



flThe "Timaru Herald" states that an information baa been laid against a man for spearing trout in the Pareora river. Hollcway's Oijntment and Pills.— More precious than Gold.—During summer and autumn the prevailing diseases are diarrhacea, dysentery, fevers, and English cholera, particularly dingerous to children and young people. In these acute cases, where internal medicines cannot be retained, the greatest relief will immediately result from rubbing Hollowny's soothing Ointment over the abdomen. The friction should be frequent and brisk, to ensure the penetration of a large portion of the Ungent. This Ointment calms the excited peristaltic action, quickly allaying the pain. Both vomiting and griping yield to it; where fruits or vegetables have originated the milady) it is proper to remove a!) undigested matter froai the bowels by a moderate dose of Holloway's Fills before ping th? Ointment^



Aboiit two thousand epeoidß of inafloti, qn •n average, have been diacQYored, yttrly don ic§thelMtOiDtury,