The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. MONDAY, MARCH 17, 1890. SELLING THE RAILWAYS.

The proposal has recently been made in various quarters that we should sell the railways in order to wipe out so much of tho colony's indebtedness and thus enable the lightening of the burden of taxation. Such a proposal, however, savors too much of tho penny wise and pound-foolish, we should hope, to meet with anything like general acceptance. To begin with, the amount which would be realised by the sale would probably fall short of the sum which the railways cost us by six or seven millions, or per haps more, and reckoning the purchase price at, say, £10,000,000, the entire present saving would be represented by 2 per cent on that sum, or £200,000 a year. Now the railways will, it is an nounced, pay 8 per cent on their entire cost this year, and with good manage ment and the increase of population must show increasingly favorable results in years to corns, while on the other hand v when the time arrives for the re newal of the bull of our loans, tho colony will be able tD borrow at par at 3 per cent, and all that the railways earn over that rate will be nett profit. It is, therefore, quite reasonable to believe that in a few years time, as against a perma nent charge of £200,000 a year, which would be the effect of selling the lines, there may be a profit of considerably more than that amount, representing in the whole a difference in the Colony's balance sheet of well on for half-a million annually. In the face of this reasonable probability the selling of the railways would be to secure a present benefit at tbe cost of an enormous future disadvantage. The feelers which have been thrown out, however, render it not improbable that the proposal will be one of the questions submitted to the people at the now rapidly approaching general election, and if so then we hope that the reply of tho electors will be an unmistak able and emphatic negative.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

There are.leas than half a million of Jews in France, yet the Prefeots or sixty-two oat of the eiphty-fcur departments are of the Jewish faith. The faot was recently made pnblio and created a grave sensation. Two thousand, four hundred and ninety, five telegraph poles hare been out down in New York City, and fourteen and a half million if ot ot wire have been destroyed by order of the Mayor. Tha "Boston Transcript" aecribe3 the coatiiest doli'a house probably in the world as that made by a Chicago man for hia fcur year-old daughter at a cost of £700. The entries for the Canterbury Agri cultural end Pastoral Association's ram lain number 2949 ram 3 and 40 ewpo. Last year ( there were 2849 rams, and 122 ewes. Thß Inangahua river is lower lhan ever before known since the town wes established. The want of water is Bericusly felt, and moat of the quartz batteries are disabled in con sequence, j

I The coronation of King Menelek, of j Abyßfcinia, has just taken plaoo, tha cere monial being identioal, bo it is olaimed, w 11 that observed in the d>ys of tha Qaeen of Sbeba, from whom he claims to be deaoenr c 1. S:r Walter Bul'er'a two eons, Meserj Laopold and A. P. Bu'ler, will bo called to tha bar of the loner Temple wilhin a vry te w months, and will then proceed to Nosy Zealand to praolkG their profesbion. O!d Mrs. Bantly : " Did ya hear hoy Mr] Brown ia getdng on?" O!d Mr titnt y: "Ihrari hg took a relapse this mornin'." O.d Mrs Bently, with a sigh : " Weil I bopo it'll do (be poor boul good; but I hain't miich fiith ia them now-fangied medioines," The " Oimira Mail,, repor'B that Mr Rotert Hi 1, ol Ooiake, baa lost the vhole of thi3 year's crop by tire. It is supposed a spark from a traotion engino whm moving away the mill set fire to tho straw vita the result that fin grain in tha baga was de stroyed. Mr Hilt ia believed to be uninsured. The fall cf enow on the Sierra Navada Mountain?, on the line of the Central Pacific Bailroad iB unprecedented. At summit thcra Bre 16 feet on the level and 12 feet at Emigrant Gap. With their huge ifotatjr ploughs they have been generally successful in keeping tha road open for travel this winter, !

A gratifying addition has jjst been made (o the number of Irish tennantß who own the soil they cultivate. Th 9 Earl of Egmont has col/i tbe whole Of his estate, in Kilkenny ard Tipperary fcr £250,000. The farmers are fortunate enough to get the land at the rate cf fifteen years purchase. This is the largest eingle transaction under the Ashbourne Act.

Borne kteresfc has been exoited by the invitaticu given by Cardinal Lavigerie to Ameiioa to aid in furnishing one thousand thoroughly disinterested and devoted mcv, who alone, bis Eminence says, are needed to put an end to the slave trade, for which in terior Afrioa is ravaged, and which is earned on by Arabs trading through Zanzibar. The 1 Cardinal expresses a particular desire for tlie assistapoe of negroes wuohsvethemseWesbaen emancipated. At a meeting held at Kurow in oonnexicn with the New Z ealand Shearers' Union, Mr S. Borebam pointed out that during his jourmy to Kurow he had stood face to face with tho faot of poor struggling farmers paying 103 to li per hour, whereas on the other hand ha had notioed that large holders of land were paying only 83 psr hour. He oould oome to no other oonolueioa than this—that the workman w-u doiilb a Bros 38 ros3 wron 8 to the genuine faimcr, ttha Admiraiiy lias selected the new cony poeite gun veesel Groldj4nq.il, fißos tons, 1200 h.p., for service or. the Au9ttaiit»ti etaiioa in plr.ea of the Eaves, wbioh is to come hort $ ; and be put out of commission as her arma ment is obsolete and her speed considerably below that of modern gunboats. Ike Gold finoh ia equipped with six 4 inoh breech loading gun?, and two quick-firing gunr, and is capable of steaming 13 kaota an hour.

According to the census of 1883 there wars over fifty million people in the United Stales and 51,760,000.000 iol in property—moro than enough to ocunt 1000 dots to every individua', or 5000 dols to a family. The number of workirig people in American manufactures in 1888 wai 2,730,000 and they averaged 5i6 dp's each, less than a collar a day. In the same year there wera 8,000,000 ot (&xmet3 v.ad farm-uand3 who raeaived for their labour tho average of 289 dole^ Taken collectively, the great raaeß cf American producers rsyoeivo each about eighty-five cents per day,—"Justice" St Patrick's Day was celebrated by thi Catholics of Ashburton by Mass at ton o'clock I in the Cbutob of the Hjly Name of There waa a good congregation, and Father Übaßtagnon waa celebrant. Father M'Manu?, j a visiticg clergyman, preached, making i epecial reference to the Saint fthose day they were keeping, and to the country of which that Saint is patron. Most good Jtiehmun are to-day wearing a greea sprig o£ §t Patrick in their bata and no doubt their beasts also. while out6ide the church the 17th of Quid Ireland is teing kept as a holiday.

An amusing fineodote wh'«h, says the London correspondent o£ the fl Western Mai!," I have every reason tot beli-ving (3 La true, comes to me concerning Me Justice Matthew, of the Queen's Banoh Division. A professional seller of painted sparrows osrno up to Sir James Matthew one day in the neighborhood of" the Strand, and, showing him ono of his birds, asked the learned judge'e opinion as to what species it might belong o Sir Jamea stopped, carefully examined lbs gaudy little creature, and then replied that he had not seen a bird exactly like" this ona before, but, judging from th& old pioverb that " birds of a feather flock together," he should Bay that it was a gaol bird, The vendor waited for no farther particulars, but instantly

Tho Asbburton Lodge, I 0.G.T., held its weekly meeting in the Templar Hall on Ftiday evening. Tbe Lodge was opened at eight o'clock by tbe C.T. Two new mambcrj were initiated and two accepted by clearance oard. It was resolved to hold a sooial on the 28th inst., and that aU the sister Lodges in the district be invited to attend. After the usual business had been got through the Lodge went into harmony, when Sings, etc., were contributed by several of the members and visitors. After a very pleasant evening the Lodge was closed in due form at ten o'clook. The receipts of the evening were £218).

Following is the offiojal list o! tha pro perty of Dom Fedro which was confiscated by the Republic:—Silverware removed from the palaoe at Petropolis, about £60,000; jewellery of tbe late Empress, valued at about £120,000; Dom Pedro's personal jewellery, valued at £40,000; Crown jewels, about £50,000; coaches and stableg of the Royal family, £15000; furniture and fixtures of the palace, said to be old and shabby, probably not worth, all told, over £1500; and the museum and library, estimated worth about £20,000, Oonnsotied with the palace are also about 100 houses, built by Dom Pedro as a sort of esylum for paupers, of whioh tho valua ia not given.

The "Wellington Times" says:—Ona the heaviest gales of wind experienced in this city for some tima commenced to blow tan early hour on Thursday morning, and in oreased in violenoa aa the day wore on. It started from the North-west, and about mid day brought down a very welcome shower of rain, which, however, waa light, and barely sufficient to lay the dust. A yaoht (the Imp) was blown ashore near tha Clyde Quay Baths, and was smashed to pieoea on the rooks, Several notice-boards in various parts of the town were blown down, and windows in one or two places sustained damage. The rain oeased early in the afternoon and the wind fell to a dead oalm,

Mr O. W. Laadley, of Wafeanui, met with a serious misfortune on Friday last. By some accident or other, not withstanding that great care had been taken by Mr Leadely to fence in his bags of wheat, so as to keep them secure from horses or other atook, some eight or nine of the horaes on hU farm broke through the fenoing end made a hearty meal. The un accustomed and dangerous food did the damage that usually follows, and four ot his bsst horses died, in spite of his own and Mr Frank Lewis' best efforts to save them. Three others were seriously ill, but at last accounts there was hope of th9ir recovery. The horses that suocumbad were two of Mr Leadley's trap horses, a fine draught mare, and an unbroken oolt. How the horses managed to break the fence ia a mystery, as it was as secure as wire posts and strainers oould make v, while there was plenty of foed in the paddook. Muoh sympathy ia expressed for Mr Laadley in his misfortune.

WAITAKI MOUTH VILLAGE SETTLEMENT

The KodoiifiE correspond nt (£ tin Waimato "Tiinß'' write i:—" Taero is co likelihood of these p-jup'e ' work ng out and quitlirg their holdings. 1 b.crvuso thoy can £0 howbera oho o bo half as wall off wi h Jh'j same mjaun It. would bo found, too, tJi ■ t tlnj > eoit'oss arj a lenpj \say bait r oil tlm ihjutaadfi iivi< g i \ towns tl roghou! Ih olouy, Tleirland ia poor, but it ig che p. Ejcli ao't er holdd a tection of 5J aces, whi h will graze eiy cowi in its uutu ai plate, fjt 50b a year, and a two roomei cjttig3 for £O> & year, Th,?y have ail added lo the Goveni ni'jat cottages, e.ccUd facets tlook yarda, ou hoasea and mado gßrdou«. Ttieir cViiidroo are acquiring know- Itj'^ge wh'ch wi'l erjg,blo tbam ts make a li iag ia the fatirj, whib tbj aaillers them? Ives got work pretty roga 1* iy L.n tha tc'j iulng prcpjrties, aad w'ltn woik ia rc»rce they hivo tholr f irr | to Imptnve. Tea aitartntiva to tha abovo sto'e of thiogß would bo that theee people v?culd bo living in towns, aud the 703 they now p >y Givc-ixmont yea iy would only pay aoout a third of tbe snausl houto rent, Ti.o'e ch'id'cn woold be iolWng about tha B'r?e^,, pUjijg mnrbios| talking fl'»ng, and gio^iog up to ha goaerally uaelßen, and tfjo m^u thtiu'elves would be ltea likely to g>t \Tc>'.k aud would be w. rie adapkd for if, vrhtlts lold'o i^) s 8 they would have to hang at>ooi the atr'2e!s awollli)^' the ift.ha of tbo unemplryed-

THE LABOR TROUBLES

(THE PRESS AS3OOIAHOJI.)

FURTHER EXTENSIVE! bTFUKES

iFER-PRiSiS ASSOOUTION.) London. March l§ Twenty' thousand of the JWeshire miners are insisting op an lacrosse of 10 per ceat in their wages. t-everai of the Lancashire and S'afford colliery owners, are willing to agrw to j the demand of the nlfln. Twenty thousand engineers at Ne>Y castle and Stockton on-Twsn have gone out on strike, demanding a cessation of work at midday on Saturday. The colliery owners not having replied to the o/fer made by the men, the leaders have order* d tho latter to go put on strike. Members of the jCTnion are attacking non-Unionists at Liverpool, and a body of 500 troops have been ordered {here to presrve order.

Tiio strike of 200,000' colliers is causing a great deal of excitement throughout the country, and tho short production from the Lancashire, York shire, Derbyshire, Kottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Warwickshire, and tho Jforth Wales Mines is expected to result in the .closing of the northern blast 1 furnaces and manjr of the mills. BkuSß2l#, March 15 ] The Antwerp cigar workers have struck for an increase of wages, and the factory proprietors declining to accede to the recuest, great disorder was occasioned and contiaues to mcroase. Beaijisr, March 15 Count Berlepch, the Bassian Mjnistgr of Qotnnierce, has been elected President of the Berlin Labor Conference, and it is hoped that the recujt of the discussion will result in an advantage to the labor ing class. fliectivod March 17, 11 20 am.) Lr>HDON, M>ro!i 16 Fearing riots the (? Liverpool) Magis trates closed the public houses and bflleted troops on tho premises. Twelve thousand of the East Worcestershire and South Staffordshire, colliers have refused \i etr'ke,

CORRESPONDENCE.

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

HONOR TO WHOM HONOR IS DUE.

IO THE EDITOR. S*R> —I nofice a paragraph in your issue of Sahirdiy last in which I am credited with making a long dissetation on the benefits of gocd cookery, at a farewell gathering of Mr T. Scott's friends. As I have m desire of robbing the author of the remarks referred to of his just rights. I have to state that the chair was occupied by Mr J. Maclean Dunn, and it was •ne who made the speech reported in your paper. I merely took the chair later in the evening, Mr Dunn being compelled to leave. I am etc., OF. Scott.

TELEGRAPHIC.

HOME AND FOREIGN.

(PER PRBS3 ASSOCIATION.)

Lokdok, March 15 ,1 The Key Mr Horsley, Vicar of Wool wich, has declined an Australian Bishopric. Sir Arthur E> Havelock has been ap pointed to succeed Sir A. Gordon as Governor of Ceylon. The Glenrock Company have de cided to re-form, with a capital of and propose to absorb the Premier Gold Mining Company of New Zealand. It has beee discovered that the ex plosion in the Aorfa colliery, resulting in a large loss of life, was caused by a miner firing a shot without permission. The discovery has caused a great sensa tion. la the House of Lords the Marquis of Salisbury has given notice of motion that the House adopts the report of the "Times"-Parnell Commission, and passes a vote of thanks to the Judges for their impartial conduct. In the House of Commons a motion, tabled by Sir George Trevelyan, mem ber for Bridgetown, Gbsgow, in favor of Parliament meeting in November, and rising in July, was, on divisioq, nega tived by a majority of four. Mr Thos. Archer, Agent-General for Queensland, states that information received by him from the brokers shows that the prospect of the Queensland loan, which is now quoted at a premium of 2 per cent, is good. The election for Stoke-upon-Tren', caused by the resignation of Mr W. L. Bright, resulted in the return of Mr Leveson-Gower, a Gladstonian Liberal, who polled 4157 votes, against 2926 by Mr Allen, the Tory candidate. Viscount Dunlo, who created a sensation in London in July last by marrying Miss Bilton, a singer at the Alhambra Music Hall, is petitioning for a divorce on the grounds of bis wifc!s adu! c y with a b ie a-biac dealer, New York, Matoh 16. The American dynamite ciuiser Vensuvius has been subjected to a trial trip wi'h excellent results, PakiSj Mttoh 15 M. Tirard, the Premier, has decided to resign office, and M. De Freycinet bas undertaken the task of forming the new Ministry. News has been received that the bombardment of Abomcy and Kaiavy by French gunboats has caused great excitement among the Daho.aeyaus, and a panic resulted.

THE MARKETS

c _ (PKE FfiEiS A3SOOIATIOH.) Me&bourne. M rah 15 The barley yield last year exceeded that of the previous yeav by 076,659 bushels, LctfDasr, March 15 A farther decliue has taken place in New Zealand hemp quotations Good quality is at £25, fair £22, with a poor demand.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercan tile Agency Company, Limited, have received the following cable message, dated London, March 14th :—« Tallow—'l here is a fair demand, fine mutton is worth 25s 9d, and good beef 243 per cwfc, Frosjgn Meat—? The mutton market is firm. Canterbury and Wellington mut ton U worth respectively 4|d and 4|d psr lb; New Zealand beef, foro and hind quarters are worth 3| and 4£d "per lb respectively. New Zealand Hemp —The mirket has a downward tendency, medium is worth £24 per ton. Wheat—The market is very de pressed. (deceived March 1?, 2.20 p.m.) LoCTQOtr, M»roh I§, Money is <3eclinii?g owing to a more adequate supply in outside markets, Jlfarket rate of discount 2£. fallow— Mutton, : beef, 22s 6J. Ayiiea.t, market dull, Continental 6teady, American advancing. N.Z. y?|}Sat'on passage 343 3d. 1 ' i

IP WRECK OF THE QUETTA.

DISOOVISRY Of TiJBJ ROCK.

(PdJU PaBSS A^SOCIATIOS)

TxruBSDAY Isi,4nd, M*roh 15. Tho rock oa which the British India Company's steamer Quet'a struck has been discovered, half s injje from where the vessel lies.

SPORTING

DUNgDIN ANNIVERSARY R\CE3. (PiU r ESS ASSOOiA'irIOJ?.; DusßDitf, M»rcjh 16 ' The following acceptances weri received \ for the Dunedin Jockey Club's Anniversary meeting:— Handicap Huudle Race, of 6$ soys. One m!le and a

Anniversary Handicap, of roo soys. One mile and a

1 CliVi?s Handicap, of 75 soys. S'x furlong.

! Kew Handicap, of 75 fovs, Five furlor>es.

1 Twenty-three have accepted for the Three Mile Trot,

THE WEATHER

The following ato tbe tnateorolog'csl rosdtiigG at A!ford Station for the week ending March 16fch. 1890 ;- 1

Raiof.*!! on Thursday eight. 1 luob;

A HEROINE.

The young lady who has heroically resolved to follow in the footsteps of Father Dimien, is Miss Amy C. Fowler, daughter of the Rev F. W. Fowler, chaplain of the Bath Union Workhouse. She was at one time engaged in literary pursuits in Bath, but subsequently took her vows in the Third Order of the Dominicans, She will be the matron of Father Damien's hospital at Kalawao, and will be known as Sister Rose Gertrude. She left Liverpool on Saturday last in the Bothnia, en route for Molokai. She left Liverpool quite unostentatiously, her desire being to depart as quietly as possible. She takes with her a quantity of necessaries and comforts for the lepers, and, doubtless, friends in England will keep her well supplied with the same, for an extraordinary amount of enthusiasm has been aroused by her act of heroic self-sacrifice. She is exceedingly anxious to have a piano sent out to her, so ihat she may play and sing to the patients. An interviewer, who saw her previous to her departure, describes her as a young, fresh, beautiful girl, with large eyes of the deepest blue, and a fair, rosy complexion. In every movement of her slight figure, activity and energy are expressed, notwithstanding the occasional dreaminess which comes like a thin veil over the bright face. She declared to the interviewer that the step she had just taken had been in her mind tor many years, long before Father Damien's illness and death drew special attention to the Molokai lepers. Seven years ego, soon after she became a Roman Catholic, she wished to go, but was then too young. Now she has the necessary ballast and expe ience, and is able to decide for herself. She added, " It had always been my wish and! my desre to do some of God's work on the eaith into which I could throw my whole being, where there was scope for the fullest self-sacrifice, and where I could follow Him who said, "Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friend." Sister Rosa Gertrude has had several years' preparation for her part, at Molokai. She studied medicine at Paris, hot to take a medical degree, but to become an'efficient sick nurse, and holds several certificates. She has also been at the Pasteur Institute, where she learnt much that she hopes will be of great use* For instance, she will try and .study M. Pasteur's theory, that the same microbe organism sometmes teing found in leprosy which is likewise found in tubercular consump tion ; perhaps the same remedies may stay the d sease if applied in time. She will try what bi-ch!oride of mercu'y will do, inasmuch as th:s k;Jls the micro-organisms more quickly than aay o'Jier known antiseptic, and can be put in baths on the hands, &nd is also useful for washing instruments used io leprosy. She has seen a good deal of the disease in the Paris hospitals, not in a very advanced stage of the disease, but still with very dreadful sores, Moieover, she learnt a gieat deal in the Exhibition last year. In the medical section there wers several models of hands and heads of Hawaiian lepers in the last phaßes of leprosy.—London special 'of the Auckland •• Herald,"

THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND LAND SETTLEMENT

The following sensible resolutions hava been p3S-:ed by the Chris'ohurch Chamber of Commerce :—" That tho Crown lands of ths Colony should bs surveyed without delay and made available for settlement upon such term?, even lo the extent oE leasing them at nominal rentals, aa would be likaly to attract desirable immigrants." *?That in such case limitations should be put upon jihe area of land available for lease by eaoh Crown tenant, and regulations framed for making such holdings non-transferable, in order to prevent the land being acquired for speculative pur poses. " ' 'That bureaus should be established in Great Britain for disseminating informa tion with respect to the oapabi'iuea of New Zaaland, ia order to show farmers and others tho advantages offered for settlement, and for supplying goneral* advice to intending settlers, as well as Biding to make arrangements with shipping agents for economioal conveyance to their destination."

COLLISION IN AUCKLAND HARBOR

(per press association.)

Auckland, March 15. Lißt night tho ferry steamer Birkenhead o^llidod ia tbo harbor" with the Waitoa, » aiefnl rives eteatcer, end oat her to tho watst's edge. The Waitoa was Bteamlnp: fco tha slip near ths Oaatom3atreet f ,-cnt iga, and j jßt ns ehe was paaaEcg fie Qaeen street whasf the Bi k>.'ahe»dl wjb'seen spp:oichlog /rocn JSTottho^te, Eich vessel kept on her ocn b:, acd t'io coaucquenoe Wiß that tho Bkkoiihead tan into the Waltca oc the etacboard Bide, The nhock waaoo severe that eeveral potaona on both boata were thrown dowD, The Waitoa had her side oat doarnto the bilge end other demsgo done. She would have foandorei bad not the hold baau oovoiod, and uha ttcs at once Uksn en to the slip for impairs, whioh are estimatod to ccafc £100 Tbe Bitkoaheid ttbb oom piraively u«ir jarad. An icqairy lsto tho 0;U39 of the aorilskn la to beheld.

THE KERMADEC SETTLERS

(PERI'aESS IsSOCUTIDN,)

AmjKLAND, Ma oh 36. ?h eotsmangtir of the German v.arabfp Alosandrina stalos that wbea hia veesol was pa33lng JSaucby island/ of tho JCar naadeo group, en the irsy to Auo'dftn^, a [feF^a §:o v^s aacn b'.fg'ag oa a bluft on th-3 northern ooit-t. JtKga eviiontly a al^n -I to tho chip, aud tho c«pta!n balioveu the teifclata wig^ed '.oaand tfflcttets He ivn np ifa-3 ensign, but did tot oomraani oste 0tP9?»7l«0: $iaaa tho eottlaru from Napis? aad Auokl.-n* !»aded at tlißi(jlfti.d ; a x months only two calla hive beeo ande a' the Jiiand by v£B3els,

INTEROVINCIAL.

(PI'.E Jt'ilESS iSSOOIATIOU./'

Auckland, March 16. Tno Govarnraeit era appealing against the decision of Mf Jnsllco Connolly in the Te Kooii c bo A OomtaiUe9 has boon appointed to arrango for tho visit oi: nemy Vacley, the evangelist to Auckland. William Hunter, aged thirty, flipped on the paveim-nii 3n Wel!oiloy etroot at o:ght o'dccklaat uight, .n;l waa takoa to ih3 Hospital. Ho died from r fr?cured skull. Theremur.a of booio soldiara killed ia the Mori w. ?rn 1845 hava been discovered at Okaihan ond r&movei to iln church yard in that district, ■ When diig ap ihe remains wero fn a perfeo-, ttito of prodorvtVion, Weimngton, MNrch 16. Mr H. Blundoll, Treasuror cf tho Hearn {nud, handed over the amount yoiterd&y Hearn, in repyieg, i aid ho iiopei soon to b-Aag oui a Wellington oiau to recover ;h« championtlvp

Ti. daring of modern surgery is Bho^n in an operation performed at Jefferson College Hospital, • Philadelphia. A; six-year-old patient who wasi troubled with epiieptio "gfcs had hia skull opened and a poriioa 01 the diaeased brain removed, The result ooh. firmed the diagnosis and justified the operation, »ad too child iidciDg well,

"SEND DOWN 113."

The nsually trnatworSby " Philadelphia Times" la raapooDlble for the following rarnarkable story:—

Out In the far weal one cold night In Jsnusry a hortible aeddent oooarred Snnu several fact In depth oovored the gronad.

The little town of B «*— if jo perfectly qaiet and uot ono of iti Inhabitants dreamed of the toane of disaster that would noon be wltnanced. The small station house was foe the timo deserted, the etstlonoaoster having gone to the store not f»r d'ntant. foil sat alone In the cczy HUlo Btktion boaso ever aad aaon Ulklag to heraelf. "Polly want a ornc'ser; PreUy Poll. Prtt y Poll." Then with a wise shake of has bead she flew to a sheaf that was jast above tha telephone, rang and receiving the answering ring shouted ' Send down 113.' Then flying back to he; perch she was eltUng qotte there whon the master returned. Toero wui no telegraph In that part of the country »nd Poll had often wntched has master fcalk through the telephone to the station mister at Jerome, a ennli town not many miles distant. In about half an hoar the paeslng iratn waa dae, '. When It was nearly time for the train to ooma tha stationmaater thought thnt- he heacd. the noise of a train in eaoh direction, bat oon eluding that he was mistaken he did not tionble himself to look oat. In a /few mlnntei the passenger train passed'op, bat It did not stop, and In another mo ment waa beard a fearful orash, a plerclog sfirlek rang" onfe Uf>on the night air, and thea piteous groans were heard, 'dna'.ch Ing up a lantern th.9 sUtlonmatter hurried out, A fearful sceae wss before him. The fre'ght train afctaohed to the engine 113 had come into oollleton with th 9 pasieoger train.

Fifteen pas3engera and both engineer a were killed and five passengers were injured sarioualy. la a short time the whole town wbb astir. The injured were cared for and en engine arrived and pushed the broken oars on to a Bide track. Much excitement prevailed throughout the town. The pe-ple wqndereiwhV It was who had telephoned to the station master at Jeromo. They did not solve the myatery for many, a long day and both siationmastera very nearly lost their situations, bat as nothing could be proved against them thep were allowed to remain, One evening ia Jane, as the staiionmaster at B eat dozing ia his chair he was aroused by hearing tha to!ephon6 ring. Looking up he saw Foil titling on the sh'Jf above the telephone and board her call oat in her shrill voice ; " £cad down 113." - At lafttho rovetery had.been solved,

HARVEST THANKSGIVING

The ■9*vloes in t-e Anhbarton Prea byterinn Oharch?B at Wakanal on Sunday were of a soeolsl character tiuudiy hav ing bean fixed as Harvest Thankegjv.'ng Day throughout Canterbury, and ai co:no?nicDt3 to that tff ot having bteo made, bath from the pn'plt?, through the pr cs3, Bid tbrcagh othos mcdli, there were hrg^ coogregations present a* the mirDfng scrvico at Aehburfcjn and fcbo Wikanal EQ.viaa in tha s-ffcarnoon. Al b:>lh of tbo acrvic a the dovotlona wo?e o.E a obstiot;? Bppropsicto to tha ocoa b'.oq. Theuita w^ra g!ve lin prsyas to the Almighty for tha abundant haevest juat gat^erod, for tho, favorable wanther voucbuafed for tho lugithejlnj, and for tha B'ooccsa that has attended tha labora of the hasbandman outlug the fifty yean of Key? Zoaland's hia',ory, Prom coth pi»lcaody end hyronal the aon^a of pralae aehotod wore ealtable to tho them 1* of the d*r, sad tha Rev A. M. B3ittl a, M.A,, wbo wsa the praaohe*, »t both phcoa nmdo " pratltocld " tbo eubj^ct of hia oaoraifig aud aft-:rnooQ d{BcoureQ3— , treating it It rcf rjcco to tha Christian's 1 duty to Gbd fpr hii goodne's. In the evening, allhough the c mgi:cgv<loo waa n ft ao large as in the m>rning, thera waa afiirly good attond-.uojut tha Asbbarioa ehttrcb, when thinks wore ag-iia eff^ted In prayer, snd tpocial paalm? and h?mas auna;. Tha prejoha? ohoaa for hia text n.btowaXt—JS/'Ande-nfesaedlhitthey were strangers tni pilgtfma on earth." Tin rev gectfocsan re^d ia aonnection with the text, tha dtfio tion of f*lth given (a tha ohaptGf, tha men of faith, and iho fru'ta of It as exitnpl fied !n the livea and special no is of faith of tba old tltne fathers, and the^v wont en to deal with tho poal'ioa (f tha Ohrlstlsu ai a 6tr-ing3r anl a pilgrim !a thij world, bat led and goided by the Lord Jeuas OhtUt along tho King'a Highway, tha itloyal Bond, —str&it and narrow and dlffioalt— that ioadj to atofnal Ufa.

AUCKLAND ISLANDS FLORA

" FAIROHILD'S GABDEN."

A reject visitor to tho AnokUnd Island?, in a letter to the "Dally T:mes," thus describes the fl *» of ens cf the 'Blanda of th 9 Ancklfnd gsoop :—Aaohoring cloao t> Mouomental I^ia d, which flto[.| the Qutraaco h<m the ocean, wa landed aid at qcoo found oa eelvea in the nrae p'.aotga'herlng oiunt-y. Thia phce will now be known by the nama which we gave it—Fairehild's O»r,j3a. It exkendß from tho etratt it the north west e*od of the liUod along tho chore to tho first piece of bach, tttd thenoeup to end ovii the etimii.it 'of tb? bill—lv pcrhafe 400 eoreE^-c-aa of She most wonderful natural gardens (he estca-tropiosl world can Bhow. Ko dcubt othar parts it Adatn'o lahnd and o'her places In 'he

gcoop era equally baautifu', bub the day we spent hiva can novoc be forgotteo. A peaked reck overhead is 700 feet above he 63a, tho earaoait eooka are 1100 by hdaneccid. Tha who'.o of tte gecund Up to to these and beyond them for some KlstaDco fs literally jncked with benutlful flowering . herbaceous plaoto. Near the g iore tbo Jjijaati^ums, L. 'atifqliaaj, end i o«ntlpod»s'i\tiigorif m 2plQadl^'pri.fuion tK Ie stout rhizomes and hoge rigid lo vesßtopplog tbe progccßßof p-d attlana. Over the whole country Pleurophyllutn

sp.:ciosizm fieEO3 up arnjd huge ribbed leaves two feet long Us epikea of beautiful lilac or purplo flowers. These-spikes are nsualy four or five eometimoa eight or tea in number, Tbe regul&r imbrianion of the laga ribbed leaves, co Bfrotig as to push aside the rank grajsaa, rondere these plants singularly beautiful. Ihoy fcrm deep cup 3of erfsp £oliago wiijoh gives way with a cra&h afl you 66t yorir fojt on >t, We long endeavored to avoid craßh Ing these pplendid plants, uitil they grew too tbiok, And we too oallous, but I coulJ seldom avoid the rtflec'ion th t often for hundreds of yarda r'eaeb -^tcp crushed a plant wsrth ton guineas in Covent &jr3ei>, 'I hensst specie F ? Pleufophylluai crinlferum was a!eo p'ontifal. Jts leaves are cvou larger, and thcugh not ro handsome, mako it a very fine plan* 1, especially as its tail, white, flawcr Bialk EOcaetimea tires fact Ligh, covered with button-lilie brown flowe? boida an inch actose ia a very Btrikiup oljict. A third species wbich Joee;h Hooker is Binder, and has the r«:.Bt baactifal silvery ieavee. It grows aparssly on the slopes, and in great profu sion ca thefltttop. Here, too. wo met in immen;o quantities tho moat b?antifal of all the Oeltnißlsß, 0.-vornfcsai, a little p'aat with leaves here seldom more thin two Jnchcs long, glesmlng like pollahed greenstone newly from the lapidcrj'a hand?, arranged In lha moat perfoot rosatfcaa. It h to ma smszing that I should find myself a!moat t'na only culti vator cf this p'ait la New ZaaUnd. Xt was past fljweelng, bat wa obtfaned Il>?far6 at s higher ttitUadancrt 'ay. B> feldtsa thisa bcftUtiful phaiP, Wj gathered many that £re cotjlouij {indlntoreetfpg to boUniets, and m*ny of vhloh I expect fp fiad Imptove under oaitlratloD. We made two joutneyi up tho bill, each/time o»try

lug dovvii he^vy bepkata of plants, whioh were duly Btoted ii boxes on bc«3, 1 hava but ;a!atly described the charms 01 the nioßt beautiful field of flowers I bare ever Been. I must laave the rasr to thj imagination of tbo reader. Mr Kitk w>i ]on tde hill most of tha day In a TiCB ' harvest of botanical trersuref.

MOUNT SOMERS

(FKOM OUK OW COBBISPOSDIHT.)

It ia now some considerable tlma elnoi yon received any news from this locality. DarlDg the last six weeks oiu farmers have been engaged In securing the exceptionally bountiful .harvest- Owing to the moist nature of the climate in Ufa district the orops got a good, start, sod occasional npr'west thowerv, aocoeeded by pleasant- adnahine bjought them to per fect maturity, and the long rpn of dry weather with a renaarktbly Immunity from nor-weatsrs, enabled the farmers to harvest them in grand order. The fields premise to be exceptionally ~ good i#biU the Bamplea will. In many caies ba simply perfeoMon Itself. Already on* mill has started threshing and a week or two ought to see a greaVqoan>lfyVfVth>7gi»in la the Bflolc. Tuffpniy aneatlsfaotory item In conaeatlon wllh the harvest is the a mall prices obtainable for farm produce. Toe Jong enell of dry weather has un fortnnstelyhad a very damaging iffeot on the pastures, sod owners <ofJ«took •were beginning to oompliln of- the pto- Bpecta foe winter feed, but all their fears have now been set islde by the rety coplom rain whioh fell on Tharfdav night. Already the fields are potting on a fresh robe of green and the water riot? which were beginning to fall are now well bashed. The turnip orops h»ve also re ceived a fresh Impulse aad given ;fine mild weather with an absence of froits tbera should be an airple supply of I wintar feed. : ■ • .-.-:■•_•

Professor Da Lorle gave a very snecetv ful 6Dtert&ln.Tjent ia the sohoolrocm on Satnrdty nlghu The evening being fine a fair number of people were present The entertalnmenttock the form of ■paaorsms. The light waii exaelfeat and the views were shown with remarkable distinctness, while the descriptions given by Mt Lorle ware InstroailTe and to the point. The Utter part of the evening wts taken op bf Messrs Da Lvrle and Sin g^lng through eonoe very clever codjarlng trioks, Tb« sleight of hind w*s really good and (Melted the applause of the aadienoe. "- ■ - .z,9 §

It was rumored short a time ago, that the Sprinjjburn Lodge of Good Templaia waa about to.lnatitate a Juvenile T o <Bple In Mount Someri, bat. as yetlt biu not began to aseume a p'aotlokl toras. P«i haps on; moat indefatigablt-tompuabee woikar, Mr Pclca, coir.be hjU:ah«ai"M oovared from » long »rd eevore- iilnees^ will atlr np tha coraooonity, and, bring the propoaition to a euoiessful Issjae. ;^«< We ware glad to lotin that (he pnblM rohool pafsad a euooeasfal axamlnaioii Ja February Ua^, foe whtoh the otaff received a he^r'y vote of tbanki tho Oiiii mlttee, - ■ • -?'* 1 *. Tha Isst t(ma the Eev W. Flniltygio visited this locality ha anrionnoed that the General Asa>.tnb!y sitting In WelHngton h^d fixed guadiy tha 16-h lost, aa a dty to bs set aside for harvest thanksgiving services, but as ho would not be in Mount Somers on that day he would fix Pond»j the 23rd as the day for holding thefflli this nlstrtct. So ye trust that gltan't fiaa day, a large congregation will be present to ttke p.^rt in' rendering thanki to ihe Giver ot a very bountiful huveit*

ASHBURTON SCHOOL COM MITTEE.

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Ashburton Borough School Committee took pace on Saturday right, the chairman, Mr W. J. Silc-sck, presiding. The Chairman stated the Bank balance was £10 19s 3d to credit. A quantity of correspondence from the Education Board wa-, read : Ist, asking the Committee to noaoinite a candidate for a seat on the Board rendered vacant by the I retirement of Mr A. H. Cunningham.--2nd, granting the Committee £20 towards school repairs —Major Steward was chosen by the Committee for the vacant seat on the Board subject to his approval, The Head master's report was read advising the af tf nSance for last month to be :— On roll— Bojs, 212 ; girls, 193. Total, 405 Highest daily attendance—Boys, 182 % girls, 165. Total, 347. Strict average — Boys, 167-4; girls, 1527, Total, 320*1 which showed a marked improvement in the attend* ance. , ' ' < It was resolved " That the Easter holiday? consist of two day 3, viz., Good Friday^nd Easter Monday." ~" That the good attendance certificates be left in the Chairman's hands to issue as usual," and ."That the. Secrftwgp; write to the Board for the school requisites.. required by the Head master. Mr Bean handed in £$ 1 is, the nett result of the late concert,

Mr G. Scott, on behalf of Miss Andrews, applied for a letter of rccomm,endation from the Committee, and'the Secretary. and Mr Scott \yere deputed to draw- up a letter accordingly. 'Treat accounts were passed for payment, aad a vote of thtnks recorded to all those who had contributed towards the treat, andtq^he carrier's who conveyed children to and frxwa ? the grounds. A letter of thanks was ordered to be forwarded to Mr T. Mi Jones for.the use of his paddoclr.'' \ '■""

The Chairman and Mr 6, Scott Were appointed a visiting committee for tht coming month/ ' ' - ■ '- '' '• i~~ r^?'; The Committee then adjourned.

THB ASHBtJRTO^ GTTABDtA^, MONDAY, MARCH 17, 1890.





















MWALD COAL AND FIREWOOD DEPOT. JA /^I.O?9?ER hiyfrg par • f\* \j cba ued fit business of J«rarH&.ABK from the OflQtiil Anei^noe, In prepared to eupoly Coal, Frowool, Brsn, Oats and Obaff, at lowaet market Tfttfl6« * J. A. CLOTH [ER, Tiowald. fPAOIMUS YALD3 JPftM )UStUaI ' ("Wbafcwedo we o wsll." 11*ffi OHBiaTOHTJROHDENTAL EURGERS 1, Oastial Ufcreet, Christchureh, noxt Robin ■on's Boot Store, and at tho Octagon, Dnncdin. A II operations at strictly uniform and moderate Oosvnltaliom free. 3. MTERS~AJS XD CO., BUKOEON DENTISTS. NITROUS OXIDE GAS »dm!nlatcred Thli An«Bthet!c leaves no unpleasant effect, and by Ha mo the extraction of o Bad Stvsmpn and Toeth la rrnderod per fectly Painless tnd Effs;otive. Ad jntnlaterod dally. Fee for admlnfstratlon af Gas, sb. Extraction, 2i 6d a tooth. Hoots of attendance, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Private residence, 93 East Belt. The acknowledged superiority of AMERICAN DENTISTRY In the son ■truotlon of Artificial Te3tb, the nost finished wcrkmansblp, and replßolojj tbe lott teeth TEMPORARILY ALMOST IMMEDIATELY after extraotlon, have eatobllsbed oar reputation, A tlcrfe Artlfiola Tooth, 10s, complete ijt, Upper and Lower, Temporary and Permaneot £10 10s ; Art&olal Tenth and Dentures made by other oentists re 3jodellefl«t grnrJl cos'r, Stopping, Sol- UiJl Perfeot cci Palnlear.



WM. SPARROW, ;'■'. TAILOR AND MEN'S MERCER FAST STREET. TEE CHEAPEST SALE O.V GOING ON INABHBURTON 13 AT "The Corner." Cr illren'e H*'b half p-'oa Flovr<ira at ha f pric« Prit U at hilf proa Lutes' J .oketa at balC p'ioa 17 doss ilou'a Sox (beat rai-e) half SEE T H'« WINDOWS JUiB TJfi3 WHDOWS OR NBKBOT THE STOCK INSPECT THE STOCK W. B. COLLIER 'r'llie Comer]



BIANJ) AND HUMPHERYH Fold Weekly Sales of .EORSE?, PIGSiOITTLB.PRCDUOB, FURNITURE, &o> EVS3.Y SATURDAY. LITE STOCK SALES ttcry Tcteediy it TJn-vald and Aeh burtoa Yarde •Ha-nately. CLEABIN3 SALES TOWN ASD COUNTRY A;ccrdln > to ftrrai ?omet t. —We tuvj for Si!e Private'f— O REAPERS AND BIND: R ICroiskUl HOLDER, GRiSS BTKIPPERS Wb have toen appointed A gems fo* , JOHNSON and Co's ABTIEICIAL MANURE. i ws hath: otTei^d 5 tons »*gle ml Pariloalsra of whleb can b ' L»d oa »pplio.t!ea. *UND AND HUMPHERY-S ATJCTIQNEEB3



Wanted Known Cash Advertisements under this head in?, not exceeding 16 words, ONE Shilling. Addresses may be left at this Office. WA^rED— A Nursa girl at oiice. Apply Mrs RoiLm,. Canterbury MlUe. 3 66 i^TAN'ED a general BatVins—»ppiy l V? Mits A, Cubth, Bivetbank, Tin w»!d. 3 79 WANTED Kmwn.-For firafc-claaa Drapery, if you want fond value for year m ney, go to H. 0. tEGCRs Melford House. t» rANThD Kiowu, -Oao handred and V J fifty tadiea and Children's Uleters, b ught « prcat bargain (g->od qa^Htio"), now Bolliog very th ap —fl, C. feiasßS, Melford House. WANTlDSltnatbuaa notklng honee lor-pr-r, by an experienced capable woman, Ficat-clan references. Apply A.U.. Cffise of ihifl popor. 3 99 WANTED Known—in addition to our ordinary proß9r,t3, we ihall giVe an extra one of a eood uaef ol basket to eveiy porotnser of 20s and upwards. H. 0. Segebs, Melford House,



WAJNTED Kuown.—" Sttong-wett Boots for Lsdlei, Men antf Children can only be obtained at W. H Ocujeb'b. ' \ 1/iNT^D Known.—The Cheapest Vy Shop to bay Tinware and Gal vanised Iron goods in A6hburton, la at W. F. Hannafobd's, Burnett Street. A Urge atook kept on lined, Tin aid Iron ware goods made and repaired trl.h dee patch. MANILLA Binder Twins, machine oil, and wire. Time Is money on the harvest field—the beat ia the cheapest. —R. Aloobn, Saandera Buildings. ■\ITAWTED KNOWN —My Special W Make of Ladies' 4-clasp Kid Qlove-i, " The AehburtoniaD," braided backs, iJa 6J per p*ir.—W; H, Collier. WANTED every mau in tne County to have a Salt of tho Ashbarton Tweeds.—Robebt Aloobn, Aahborton Clothing Mart, Sannders' Buildings. Mfia KBNNED7 and Miss Cameron, Moore Street—Teachers of Sciantffjui Dress-cntdag. Bodies oat and fi ted. Dressmaking in all ita branobes. Biding habits a speciality. 12 69 "VTTANTED, Everyone to Know—That W J. MOISON hat now Jta stock a arge and varied assortment cl BOOTS AND SHOES for the Spring and Summer Saaecm, Gentlemen's, Ladlea', aud Ohil dr^n't", both Imported and Colonial ; too HIS OWN MAKE, whloh GANN)T BE SURPASSED L,t Style, F>r, Qiil fy, and Nettness, combined with VSKI REASONABLE PRICE 3. All repalistxeoated prompt 7 and with oeatncFß. lOtl ASabUWTON COUNTY cOrjJSOIL THE attention of Ownars of Trrction Engicos Is drawn to the By-laws regnlatln^ Traction Engine Traffic on roads, wn'oh will be atiloly etforced, By oder, F. MaINWABING, S Clerlr. Ashbu tin, Mwch Ufc'i, 1810. 3|93



(By Sfechl P rnl'aiic «* C^Hii. the OoJoiralOrcrtta-y j GRANDNUMI37IATIOAL ART U>"JON r'TyiTij Un''erßLrel hnvfn;* drciid, 1 through ppoc a! i; fliant'al n qi< t, to cLspoe of h's splealid and uu?t v II d 0 RLMJTiOS (F OOlNi on view in h » ' x ibitioa. bga fo ii form the Publio that Tickotu a^e now rea^y for issue 2'oo MEMBERS AT £1 FAUH, First Thzs : Th.a Oolleoti n of 2000 Coma asnov exhibited in Dined'n. fsc-'HD Fejzs : A Duplicate 0 >1 eo'ion of the abo^e, coaaiaticgnf abou; 700 Coins For fft'tfet 1 ra see ha v dbi'.b. Ibe Drying wi'l be under tl c Buper v'bcu of aa liflidtitial o;ccmi t>a o' Guf tiemc n. For fmther p'ri^u'arfl app y to HENRY ZINDSR, 3t£B Asi burton MUiloitil DdZlalf rpHE ANNUAL BAZA.AU BDd Sale of L Work fn connection with the P*roohii»l Dntrict of Lontj^ewh, in »'d of .ha vl u-oh Fund's, will be held ia the TEMPLAR H AIL, TIK WALD, ON EASTER MONDAY, 7th April, 1890. B zani* o ens »t Ham. Lunden ! provided en a liberal eca'e at a v ry mode a*e c'.arge. Any contribution* of produce or live Bt'ck may be left at Mb Uesetvtini's Shcp, TI wald, .nl they will te tbanlfuly a'.kdOflJedgod. Admission 6d: Cbi'drea balf-prca-



SUMMER 1890 1890 QUMM'B QO vv 1890 1890 OflOW ALL DEPARTMENTS OF OUB BUSINESS KEPLETB WITH CKOICE GOODS FOB THIS SEASON. (g-PRIOSS RIGHT, For Juvenilo'a Ol« thiror Try tha N.Z Clothing Faotory Ftrßoyu' Clothing Try the N.Z. CJotnln^ F j 5 j t y For You he' Oloihing TrythaKZ. Clothicg Factory For Men's Oloih n? Try iheN.Z Clothing Fi.ctory For Men's FuVb Tr? tbo N./5. O'othing Faotojy For Mtroery and Hofi ry Try the N.Z. Clothing Fa-story For Blank*' b, Rugs, and Flanno'a T y tbe N Z. Cloth'ng Factory For Hats in tha rtweet ehnpes Try ihi N Z Clothing Factory value for Ready Money Iry the N Z. Clothing Factory ENCOOKAGS LOC^L liSDUaTHY 1 AND BDT FtOM THE JNEW ZKALANI> Clothing Factory. inspectTTue stock And draw you 11 own conolusioriß, tf. U, WBBBSR.



We clip the following important testimonial from the " Illawarra Mercury " (N.S.W.) of the 30th March. It needs no comment :— •" Mr John Loveday, of the Bulli Mountain, writes to us that after suffering for four years with acute gravel, he has experienced almost complete relief by using Sander and Sonß' Euonlypti Extract. He says seeing the Baid Extract advertised in the'lllawarra Mercury,' his intenaa suffering induced him to obtain a bottle of the medicine from Mr Hosking, chemist, of this town, and that the use of it gave him great relief at once. He states that between the 10th March instant, when he obtained the first bottlo of the extract, and the 19th, the use of that medioine continued to afford him relief, to which he had been a stranger for four yeara. Mr Loveday writes also that he has found the Eucalypti Extract a cure for rheumatism as well as gravel, He requests us to publish this information through the • Mercury. 1 Wa have much pleasure in complying with Mr Loveday'a request, whose word cannot be doubted, and who can have no object in view other than a pure desire to benefit suffering humanity."— Advt.



[ TEN MONTHS'SUFFERING II! i 1 HOSPITAL i ,^ .... . i _ ; There is an old saying that physicians are a i class of men who pour drugs, of which the^y , know little, into bpdles of which they know , fess. This is both true and untrue at tine same time. There are good and poor, lawyers/ariH' \ good and poor doctors. The trouble with,' I these medical gent'ernen as a profession^ that they are clannish, and apt to blp conceited*,^ 1 Tney don k{: like, to be bea,ten at their owij* tra deby outsiders M;ho have never st"dieq w 1 medicine. They therefore, pay, by the\r tti» i quent failures, the penalty of refusing instruc . tion unless the teacher bears there own " HtU , Mark" ! An eminent physician— Dr Brown-Sequard, [ of Paris—stages the fact accurately when he ( says : " The medical profession are so bound . up in their self-confidence and conceit that they allow the diamond truths of science to be picked up by persons entirely outside their, 1 ranks." We give a most interesting incident, 1 which illustrates this important truth.. .. „„„„ The steamship •♦ Concordia," of tne/ s ? Dona dson Line, sailed from Clasgow (|op^ ■Baltimore in 1887, having on board as st fire* man a man named Richard Wade, of Glasgow; He had been a fireman for fourteen years on various ships sailing.to America, China, 1 and India. .He had born the hard and.exhaustiDg , abor, and had been healthy an 4 QpsJ the trip we now name he begati for tng fifs^ time to feel weak and ill. Has apbejife failed, and h° suffered frorn'drowsiness, near^ burn, a bad faste in the mouth, aud costivene^s and irregularity of the bowels. Sometimes when at woikhe had attacks of g'ddiness, bat -r supp sed it to be caused by the,heat of the j fire room. Quite often he was sick and felt!,, like vomiting, and had some pain in the he»d,'.^ Liter during the passage he grow worse, and 9 when the ship reached Halifax he was placed ; • ■";,»„.;„. ni.«.«i w«ewi*«U;«.*a >*•-■" in tne vi^.ui.n u^uu. »i>u vie ship sailed away without him. The^housc surgeon gave him some ponders to 'stppMte vomiting," and the" next day t^e vlsiti% physician gave him a mixture to take every fouj? hours. Within two day 3 Wade w.»s so much worse that the doctors stopped both the powders and the mixture. A month passed the poor fireman getting worse and worse* H Then came another doctor, who was to be *= visiting physician for the next five months* He,^ gave other medicines; but not. much relief . Nearly all that time Wade suffered grfjrf lortiirie ; he digested nothing, throwing up all , he a'e. There was terrible pain in the bowels, burning heat in the throat, heartburn,- 1-**! ' racking headache. The patient was noW t&kiug; a mixture every four hours, powd^rsj one a'ter c&ch meal to d;gest the food, operatt - iug pills ohe every n'ght, 2nd temperature^ pills two each night to "Stp.p the cold *weaKT If drugs could cure him at all, Rpihard^^