The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit MONDAY, MAY 12, 1890. A MISCONCEPTION.

In view of the fact that the question of Property tax versus Income and Land tax is certain to be debated next session, and that either on that occasion, or more" probably at the first session of the new Parliament, the question as to whether the former is tb be abolished, and the latter to take its place, will have to be decided, it is very remarkable indeed that so ex perienced and prominent a politician as Sir John Hall should have fallen into so gross an error as, if the report of his speech at Leeston be a correct one, he evidently has done. According to that report he is made to say,- "Many favoured a Land and Income tax, by which they meant the taxing in the first place of a man's income, however derived, and in the next the taxing of the land; -or, in other words, the, taxing of the land twice over. It was most unfair that, while personal pro-' perty should be only liable to one tax, both the land.and. the income derived from the land should be taxed." New it is absolutely astounding that Sir John'should^have^made such a state ment, and should be laboring under such- a manifest, misconception. We have read lots of speeches delivered in the House and on the platform, but we never met with a single instance of the double taxing above alluded to being advocated, On.'the cv".tmry. th^" who are the champions

■ f " s !'.■■ ■!"■■ •;:.! land-tax in substitu tion of the present property-tax, are always careful to. make it absolutely clear that both the land and the income derived therefrom .are in no case pro posed to be levied upon. The income tax would •be levied upon all income derived frpin every source except from landed property, and the latter—that is landed property—would be taxed separately. The income-tax paper would specifically call upon the tax payer to fill in the amount of income derived by him from all sources other than from landed estate, and upon the income so returned only would the tax be levied; the capital value of landed property would be returned either in a separate column or upon a separate paper altogether, and there would be

absolutely no difficulty whatever in keeping the two things distinct and separate. Sir John Hall may be, and no doubt i 3 strongly in favor of the Property-tax (that is to say as; in his opinion a preferable alternative to a land and income-tax), but he ought not ignorantly to misstate the case of those. who advocate the opposite view. 'Of course he would not make a wilful misstatement, and it follows that he has erred from ignorance, but that he should have fallen into so egregious a mistake in face of the repeated declara tions by the supporters of an income and land-tax as to what they mean by it is absolutely astounding.

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The French circulation of Zola's works amounted to 2,000,000. Sarah Bernhardt's tiger has died at the Jardin dcs Plantes, in Paris of the influenza. Of Mrs Danforth, who died, aged 101, at, Manchester by the sea, U.S., it is told by the veracious Yankee prints that "all t' rough life she used a pound of dark plug chewing tobacco a week. She smoked regularly after each meal, and nearly every night would wake up and smoke a pipeful or tAvo in bed, and then drop off to sleep again. A portable house of paper has recently been constructed in Hamburg. Tho walis consist of double layers of paper, of which the interior one is impregnated against lire, and the exterior one against moisture. The paper is fixed in frames, which can easily be attached i;o each pther. The house is in [ tended to serve aa a restaurant, and cont 1' ius ! a dinjngroom 90ft long.

It is a dreadful point about microbes (says the " Hospital ") that the only way to avoid having them in a virulent form is to have them in an artificial or attenuated form. The children of the future will not run through the present gamut of infantile disuses, but they wl" :■" ■'■ n- n;. 1 .bjected to inoculation w|tl> " ■ .- ■ - . ■ every few months. First, they will be vaccinated for smallpox; when they have recovered from that, they will be taken to a Pasteur institute to have a mild form of rabies ; next they will be given a dose of the comma bacilli to prevent cholera, and so on through alj the ever-growing series of disease mic robes, bh J luckless child of the future ! you will never be ill and never be well. How glad we are that we live in tilitj present, with all its ups and downs of health, to lend variety to life and death !

In order to take away the incentive which girl mothers of illegitimate children may haye to committing suicide, and also to put dcr. !' i ■-'-■•-■ -~f legalised murder known as i. !■. ■ . municipal authorities of Paris have established an institution where single women mothers may legally and secretly abandon their offspring.' Tlie' mother goes early in tl«? morning or late in the evening, and in a private room delivers over her child to a woman who attends for the purpose, and thereupon the legal tie of relationship is for ever at an end. Having once abandoned it she can never reclaim it. This has put an end to baby-farming, but it is possible that the ultimate result of the municipality constituting jt§elf the foster mother of abandoned w.aifs will be quite an increase of its business in that line as .time goes on. A project is mooted for converting Lake Eyre, in South Australia, into an inland sea, find the submersion of an area of 63,000 acres is .stkus contemplxted." It is stated that the lake is } 2$ below the sea level, and it appears to be assumed tjjat the surroimcling country is also so low that il would be flooded over a very wide area by the opening of an inlet channel from the ocean. The iejisibility of this channel, says the ■"Melbourne Leader,' j is another jniportant element of this project, ; and another. very important question is the; provision which woujd. be necessary for i evaporation. Then the area which it is proposed" to submerge is in Sou'h Australian territory, Q.nd the new sea' is intended specially to benefit Queensland and New j South Wales., so jjihat, f is an Australian contemporary suggests, tlic question is of such a character that nothing but a Dominion Parliament would be able to grapple with it. ! The divining rod n$ n means of finding a good supply of water recently stood a very successful trial at Oundle, Northampton shire. Mr W. Todd, a landowner, requir ing a well on a portion of his property, sent for a "diviner," a man named Pearson. There had been some considerable difficulty in obtaining a supply of water in the town, and the Oimdje Commissioners had spent £83 in .trial boring*. Z 1" :: '<V trials were conducted by a ] ■' ."-. ! : '■ they proved futile. In the presence pf a number of spectators' drawn together by the novelty of the experiments, Mr Pearson, with the usual V-shaped hazel twig, walked over the estate. In several, places the twig., was visibly agitated, but the " divine " kept on until the twig almost bent itself double in ( his hands. At this spot he indicated with i coniidence that a good supply of water would be found. A weJl was- accordingly sunk, , with the result that at 17ft water was found ; in such abundance that it rapidly, rose to within 3ft of the surface, at which height it J has since remained,

A magic lantern entertainment consisting i of news of London and on the Thames was f kindly given by Mr C. I. Wiggins of Sumner \ ,in the old Mens Home on .Friday evening ( and was greatly appreciated by the inmates., The attention of members of the Hunt Club is called to an advertisment in another column announcing that hunting will be resumed to-morrow. The meet is at Long beach at 12.30 p.m. Miss Elsie Low, of the Ashburton High School, is, we see, a successful competitor for one of the Education Board's Scholar ships, piaving scored the highest number of marks of any of the winners, her total being 590, the next higheab being 554. The Very Rev Dean Jacobs who has been continuously in harness in Christchurch without leaving New Zealand for nearly forty years takes a trip Home by the Tonga riro leaving Lyttelton on Thursday, Hej will be accompanied by Mrs Jacobs. J The annual election for the return of two members of tho South Rakaia Road Board, in", place of Messrs Lyttelton and Pycroft. who retired by ballot, resulted as follows :—W. M. Lyttelton 98, G. Vucetich 80, and J. Lambie •65 ; informal paper ,1. Messrs Lyttelton and Vucetich were there fore declared dvtly elected members of the Board by Mr A. Makeig, the Returning Officer.

The numbers of cloisters and monks in Spain have increased with astonishing rapidity of late years. Spain now has 29,220 monks and 25,000 nuns in 1330 1 cloisters fand 179 orders, i In', Barcelona alone there are 163 cloisters ior women. In the last 14 years the number of monks in Spain has been sextupled, and the number of nuns has been doubled.

The "Otago,Daily Times" announces a forthcoming much needed improvement in the early rebuilding of the Provincial Hotei for which a contract has been signed. It also states that "plans for the rebuilding of" the theatre are now in Melbourne, Mr Show man having decided to submit them to the' best authorities there before entering upon the work, which, however, we understand will in all probability be begun about July."

The usual weekly meeting of the Ashburton Lodge, No. 29, 1.0. G.T. was held in the Templar Hall on Friday last. Owing to the unavoidable absence of the C.T. Bro Welch the Lodge was opened by Bro Higg3 V.T. at 7.30 and the business of ,fche evening . was discussed It was decided as the Lodge had" now been in existence 12 months to hold an annivefsa.y tea and concert to take place in about a fortnight, in the Oddfellows Hall. Before going into harmony the'V.T. reminded the members that their next meeting would be held in their new Lodge room and hopes to see a large number of members present on that occassion. Songs were then given by Bros Duncan, Johnstone, and Sisters L'eitch and Washington, and the Lodge was then, closed in due form by the C,T. at 9.30.

Says "Mercutio" in the " Auckland Herald":—The voting at the City * ■ Committee election gives much food for thought. I saw men there who had never been at a meeting of the kind since the/ Education Act came into force, and who had neither chick nor child. It was easy .to see at the outset that a " put up job" was on. Some of them could not read the names of the candidates on' the blackboard, and others could not write the names of the candidates on their voting tlcketa, and it was done for thsm. It must have been somebody's interest to go to the hall' entrance to get a second ballot-paper in order to vote twice, and to put in a bundle of. ballot-papers, though toth dodges were exposed and defeated. The Rev Scott West said, at the Presbyte rian meeting this week, "the voice of the people is the voice of God;" but if the late City School election was a case of Vox popvll vox Dai, then all I can say is that it was ,the voice of the sorriest deity human heart ever worshipped. I expect the attempted double-, voting, and ballot-box stuming; Avas'in tended, like the cumulative vote to aid "'Jbh° representation of minorities !" " \'''

The Chrysanthemum and Fruit Show;*'of the Christchurch Hoi'fcicultural Society' \Vasy held on Thursday last, and brought o-.it Pi grand display of the special Soever pf the^ season, but a far better display of friiit. Special notice ia taken by the Christchurch papera of Mr G. T. Smith's exhibits, grown, of course, at his gardens in Smith's Road, Ashburton. He gained second prize for his collection of 18 varieties of apples, and v/as specially commended for his exhibit of 100 varieties shown for exhibition only. Mr E. F. Wright, of Mount Somer3, sent from his orchard a}} of groat merit, and received a flattering press notice. Mr 1 James Porter was socond for Mrs Murray-Ayi)sley's prize for a collection of apples, not more than .36 varieties, four of each; third in' the competion for 12 dessert apples; and first with 12 culinary apples. In the latter class Mr Bloomfield was second. We regret that neither Mrs George Lamb (of Elgin), Mrs Joseph Hunt, nor Mrs John" Cochrane saw fit to enter hi the competition for chrysan themums, as we are told that the choice blooms grown, more especially under Mrs Lamb's careful 'tendance; would have been hard to beat in any class of the show.

Tn« !v-3t; meriicino known ia SANDER and SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTIUCT. Teste i s imicent powerful effects in coughs, cold?, influenza, tto.—the relief is instantaneous. Thousands give the moat {^ratifying testimony, His Majesty the Kinp, of Italy, and mndioa' syndicates ail over the globe, are its parron?, Read the official reports that accompany each bottle. We have no occasion to offer rewards in proof of the genuineness o£ our references. Che official : reports of medical clmica.and universities, the official c'ommiinlcntion o£ the Consul-General for. Laly.at Melbourne; the diploma awarded international Exhibition, Amsterdam—all these are nuthf;ntio docu ments, and, &3 such, not open to doubt. We add here epitome of ope of the various cases treated by Biegcn, M.1)., Professor, 'etc.,. Burning cf the right hand through the ex plosion of a small oil stove. The epidermis on the volar and pahnep side of the hand-of the thirty-year-old patient was completely ■jepnraled and lifted up as ar as the joint o! the hand.' The likewise Kf ed nails ,weve bringing IfKne, and hstlf of the phalanx J the nail of the tuidd'e -finger was coaler"| The wound? '1-"~ r—'r-."'"' 1. healed in three weeka under .'.:; ■■.'■■ ■ ■ '■>* "■ ■■ '' ' " ■' lresein>-, ':. 1 ■ i..-..:, V.:. I u:e of thfi band.— (Adv 1 .

The Cable Steamer Weather-bound.

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Wellington, May 12,

In consequence of the heavy southerly weather the fefiotia wag unable to go out last night, and is still in tho harbor 'wait ing the first opportunity to pick up the cable. The fault is supposed to be about thirteen miles out. The detention of the steamer is rather a costly thing for Government, as they are'paying her £210 per day while in harbor and £255 when outside.

New Plymouth Murder.

[per press association.] New Plymouth:, May 12. In the Recreation Ground murder case, Mahi Kai was brought up again before the Resident Magistrate this morning, and further remanded till Monday next.

The inquest was resumed. A witness named Wilson, who was subpoenaed, wanted to know if his were to be paid. He and his sou had como all the way from Palmerston and had been detained several days. It had cost him £4 odd, railway fare, and his and his son's living since in New Plymouth. The coroner said he would represent the matter to Government by telegraph. Derby Olaffer, caretaker of the Recrea tion Grounds, was called, and said he saw Maloney on Friday about 11, as he was going into town. Had somkconversation with Maloney about' a Maori boy. Saw Maloney returning home about 11.15, which was the last time witness saw him alive. He was working in the grounds till noon, and could have seen from where he lived if Maloney returned to town ; Saw no one in the grounds that morning but wo Jads with children,

The Ashburton (W.A.) Goldfield.

'TThe Perth correspondent of the "Sydney Evening News " sends the fol-I- lowing respecting the recently reported < gold discovery in Western Australia :— " Intense excitement prevails in the city in consequence of a reported rich dis covery of gold in the district of Ashbur ton. A telegram fron that field states that Messrs Wilson, Ford, and Pat Brosnaham claim to have obtained 1000 oz of gold 200 miles • from here and fifteen miles from the. river. - The informant handled the gold, but had no means of .testing its weight, though there is no doubt that the find is a big one. Mr Wilson, who is a practical man, says it is the richest he has ever seen. The find consists of nuggets and coarse gold. A party of 20 left Perth on Saturday, and. upwards- of 200 this morning. The discoverers report that'the find is 230 miles'by road from Onslow,. and that the road there is splen did, there being plenty of water and horsefeed. The field is 25 miles from Brosnahan's statiou, and 15 miles from the river. The gold-bearing country ex tends 50 miles by 20 miles. It is believed that the find is the richest the colony has yet seen. Several large nuggets have been unearthed, and a large quantity of loose gold. There is plenty .of water on the scene of the discovery^ and the Ash burton people are all leaving for the find.

What the Publishers Paid Dickens.

Dickens, at his death, left £80,000, a considerable slice of which came from books. ' The stipulated payment for his first great success, - " The Pickwick Papers " was £14 for each monthly part. This sum was afterwards increased to £15; and as the popularity of the work became assured, the publisher presented him-a intervals with several cheques, amounting in the aggregate to £3000, ' ( : For ' "Nicholas Nickleby" Messrs. Chapman, and Hall gave him £3000, and from the same, firm he received a, similar amount for ''Barna'by Rudge." -Of the profits on the sal& of. The Christmas Carol," his half share, contrary to his 'expectations, amounted to £726, for he had looked forward to a clear £1009- For the sale'of Dombey and Son" lie realised,. during the first, half-year of its publication, £2820. ■ • ' ' • For "Edwin Drood" he was paid £7500 for 2500 copies ; the publishers and author agreeing to share equally in the profits of all 'sales beyond that number. The number of copies sold while Dickens was yet alive, reached 50,000. , The sum paid for early sheets of this' work sent to i \m-i-~; -' '

; i'ji ■" Alivi'tin Chuzzlewit" it was ar ranged that he should receive £200 for each of the 20 monthly parts (in all £4000) and on the completion of the- work \a 'fourth of the value of the existing stock and half of the future interest. For ji a short story, not longer than half of one of the nuiribers of the last-mentioned work, the editor of the " New York Ledger " sent him £1000. i . Ib is curious to contrast this liberal treatment with ■ that which he received, when unknown to fame, from the editors of the "9 ld Monthly Magazine." For those of his " sketches" by Boz," which he contributed to that periodical, he got nothing beyond the mere pleasure of seeing them in print. The conductors of the "Evening Chronicle," on the staff of which he was i^ngaged as Parliamentary reporter, and 'feo which the " Sketches " were afterwards ■■ :f ■••■ \ '■ 'laved somewhat better, j ■ ■ ." '. of his extra services they raised his salary from £5 to £7 per week. 'The '" Sketches " were subsequently col f]-Qcted^ndsoldto Macrone, the publisher, ior£-100..

The BrucePotato: A New HyTbrid.

Russell's monthly time- table to hand a slip (published by the " Wan jganui Chronicle) setting forth the advan tages of a new comparatively frost-proof potato raised by Mi-A. Finlay, of Mark rich (Fife). It is the result of seven years careful crossing and selection, the original stock being a variety known as Paterson's Victoria and the late Rose. These were selected as being in no way related, as the former was of• Scotch and the latter of American origin. ■It is claimed for this now potato that it can stand without the least injury to its haulm from 6 to 8 degreps of frost, and that it has a fine flavour and is a good cropper. There is no reason why a potato possessing all the above qualities should not be produced. It would prove itself to be a valuable introduction for early planting, &c. We trust that some of our enterprising potato growers will give it a fair trial and report the result when the time comes. >

The Markets.

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London, May 10J -New Plymouth Harbor Board Stocks are flown to 60. The'wheat ex barque Carrizal, from Lyttelton, was resold at 35s 6d, being an increasa of 9d. Two 'Australian cargoes, March sly'jiment,- sold, at #5s 9d. The;wool sales closed with the market steady, Merino's, medium greasy -|d ; in ferior, Id ; scoured, superior quality, l|d; inferior, 2d; orossbreds, medium greasy, id .; inferior Id,' below February,'rates.

¥'. Lenders" and Co.,'of London,' tele graph the sale of the Mersey's cargo, from Lyttelfcon :—Wheat, &% 345-3 d, f.a.q., May shipment, ' '. ' ,

The Cronin Murder.

ATTEMPT OF THE CULPRITS

TO ESCAPE,

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New York, May 10. The murderers of Dr Cronin have been detected in an attempt to escape from gaol. They had made great pre parations for securing freedom ? and had bribed the warders.

Proposed Strike on the Midland Railway.

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Greymouth, May 11. • At a monster meeting of the Trades and Labor Union, at the Kaiamata-Stony creek contract of the Midland Railway, a ballot was taken as to whether the men should go out on strike, in consequence of one member of that body being dismissed without just cause. The result was for a strike, fifty-nine against fifteen. The men go out on strike on Friday next un less Gleeson is reinstated.

CRICKET.

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AUSTRALIANS v LORD SHEF FIELD'S TEAM.

[per press association.] London, May 10. The cricket match Australians v Lord ShefSWd's team, which had been postponed owing to the heavy rain, was resumed to day, and resulted in a decisive victory for the Australians by jui jiniiv.gs and Ji-4 runs. The visitors with eight wickets down for 190, resumed their innings, ]mt the hist two wickol s only added ;i single (o tiie score, the innings closing for 10 L. Murdoch's score was 03, Ferris not out. The wicket wus not in favor of the

batsmen, and so it proved to the English men, who in their 'first innings were all disposed of for 27, of which Mr W. G. Grace made 20 before being bowled. Six of the local team were dismissed without scoring. Of the eleven four were bowled, the rest being caught or stumped. Having to follow on, the Englishmen made a much better stand, but were all out for 130 runs. A. E. Stoddart, caught, 21; Briggs, run out, 35 ; Peel, bowled, 28; W. G. Grace, caught, 9, were the highest scorers. r ' The fielding of' the Australian Eleven was excellent, especially that of Gregory, Murdoch and Turner. Seven thousand were present to-day. . .The hot sun dried the wet wicket, and made it treacherous. In the Australians' innings Briggs secured four wickets for 47, Attwell three for 53, Lohmann two for 48, Peel one for 17. In the first innings of the Englishmen, Turner took four wickets for 9 runs, Ferris five for 17. In the second innings, Turner took two for 41, and Ferris seven for 70. Murdoch was in for over four hours, and his score included thirteen boundary hits.

New Zealand Merino Sheep at Home.

Three years ago in July, 1887, Mr L. A, Macpherson, a landowner in Stafford shire, imported to England from New Zealand a small flock of merino sheep. The experiment did not attract much attention at the time, the majority of British flockmasters concluding that the failure of a similar experiment with Spanish merinos a century ago had finally established the impossibility of acclimatis ing fine-woolled sheep. However, Mr Macpherson quietly persevered, and the result is a pronounced success. The flock, just before the last lambing season, had increased to forty-five, and they were bearing the English climate wonderfully well. -They crossed well, not only with Lincoln and Leicester ewes, but with Shrops, Herdwicks, Cheviots, and Scotch black faces, and several young rams were let for the season at £10 each. The ewes exhibited at the Royal Windsor show .■l'i-v'.-I o- r.<M< i.i 1-! ■ i--!'i.v.' and every-

■ ■:i-,- .. > ii.'^i 11-■: i i !".-i-1 .'-00 lof such fine quality grown, in England. "Mr Mac pherson has a flock of crossbreds at Corrimony, in Inverness-shire, where he keeps four of his young merino rams for crossing with Scotch black-faced ewes. This cross he finds a most profitable one for high country, as they are very hardy,, and stand the climate as well, if not better, than the native sheep, while they clip fully one pound more wool, which is worth much more than pure black-facett wool. The introduction of the merino promises to have an important bearing on the future operations of the sheep breeders in Great Britain.

Superstitious of the Russian Peasantry.

The Sfc Petersburg correspondent^ of the "Daily Telegraph" gives' a fuller de scription of an ir?:dr-r:^ rr-rr^y reported from Russia. I:,'!!■.-;iv. ■■« i\ \ startling, manner the life and superstitions of the Russian peasantry. 'A rich ( popular farmer died somewhat suddenly in' the village of Sooroffsky. He had been seen in the enjoyment of excellent health on Thursday, and was found dead in his bed on Friday morning. He was prayed for and duly "waked," after which he was carried to the grave, almost all the \ in habitants of the village, inclusive of the priest, following him to the churchyard. Just as the body was being lowered, the lid, which had been fastened rather loosely with the wooden nails, began to rise up slowly and detach itself from the coffin, to the indescribable horror, of the friends and the .mourners of the deceased. Then the dead man was seen in his white shroud stretching his arms upwards and. sitting,*up. ,At this sight the grave : diggers let go the cords, and, along with the bystanders, fled in terror from the spot. The supposed corpse then arosei scrambled out of the grave, and, shivering from the cold (the mercury was two degrees below zero Fahr.), made for the village as fast as hisfeebleness allowed him. But the villagers" had barred and bolted themselves iri against 1 the "wizard," and no one made answer to the appeals he made, with chattering teeth, to be ad mitted, and so, blue, breathless, tremb ling, he run from hut to hut, seeking some escape from death. At last fortune seemed to favor him, and he chanced on a hut the inmate of which was an old woman who had not been to the funeral, and, knowing nothing of his resurrection, hadleftherdoorunbarred. Heopeneditand entered, and going up to the stove seemed as if he would get inside it if he could. Meanwhile, the peasants gathered together, armed themselver with poles and sticks of aspen wood, the only effectual weaponsin a fight with a " •wizard--'' and surrounded the cabin. A few of those whose super stition was modified by faith in the merits of modern improvements also took guns and pistols . with, them,,,and _the door being open the attack of these Christians against this " devil's ally" began. The miserable man, dazed by all that had happened that morning, ' and suffering from cold and hunger," "was soon over powered, and his neighbours, with many pious ejaculations, transfixed him, though* alive and unhurt, with holy aspen stakes to the ground in'the court before the L hut. When things had reached this jppint the priest, who had recovered somewhat from his terror, came upon the jscene, with a half-developed idea that perhaps" after all the alleged corpse, had boon phifijrcd in a lethargic sleep- arid, inigln- ivoovor and live as before. But he found the unfortunate man pinned down to : the earth with the aspen pales, with no manner of doubt about his -death., . The police superintendent (Stanovoy), who lived close, by,,then arrived, and also paw the murdered man, and made inquiry intd' the manner of his :death. The peasants had gone to/their daily,work, leaving ,the body, according to the requirements of the My \~':'\ ]■>■■■■;■ v" :I'v. :-r T»:. '->.. until sun<i--wi-. ■.!'■■!: , V,: •■•■, vi-■! \ , draw out the stakes and throw the corpse into a bog. Cases of this kind are not of in frequent occurrence in Russia. The Press is taking the matter up, but is not, sanguine of attaining permanently satis* factory results, which cannot possibly be achieved until a fair and impartial trial shall be given to education.

Shetland Ponies.

Until within the last few days (says the Newcastle "Daily Chronicle ") very few people indeed were aware that Shetland ponies were successfully reared in the County of Durham. We all know that the Marquis of Londonderry annually disposes of a number of these clever little animals at Se'aham Harbor ; but his Lord ship's Shetlanders are bred in the island home of the tribe, and are imported for service in his collieries and for sale. But, through the announcement of a sale issued about a week ago, we now know that an important breeding stud of Shet land horses exists at Holmeside, Old Hall, about four jniles wesj; of Chesterrle street arid three miles east of Manchester. The stud is the property of a firm of col liery owners in the locality, and these gentlemen' supply the needs of their min ing business from the ponies bred on the farm in question, The district lies high, and is so bleak and wind-blown that neither sheep nor cattle can be reared upon it with any great prospect of profit, but it. suits ("he hardy little Sliullanders perfectly. Few iiner specimens of the r.ice have been .seen than those .supplied by the Mcnsrs Tledley lo their pits. As a I rule tho animals are strong, thick-net , .specimens, about i.en linnds high ov under, i.nd some of them do not reach nine hands. They {ire horded on the grassy hills Jike

sheep,, and a couple of collie dogs can \ round them up at evening and bring them back to Hioir night's shelter without the slightest diiliculiy. The same clever collies are equal to the task of separat ing from the herd any single pony which may be indicated to them, and thus the stock us managed economically and with little trouble. -

Bruised in a Fit.

THE DIME OF -EDINBURGH KNOCKS HIS HEAD ON A MARBLE FLOOR.

' With reference' t\> £he Duke "of Edin burgh a curious story is current concern ing his strange absence from the King of Portugal's funeral, to attend which he had specially travelled to Lisbon. It appeara that he reached the Portuguese capital iin perfect and even boisterous health on the day before the one appointed for the royal obsequies. He was received at the rail way terminus by the Duke of Oporto, the members of the British ( and Russian legations, and the officers of the English cruiser Active, which lay at anchor in the Tagus .After exchanging hearty greetings with all present, he drove off to the Palace oftheNecessidadeswhenceheaubsequently proceeded in full uniform, with the order of the Golden Fleece around his neck and the sash of the Portuguese order of the Tower and the Sword across his breast, to visit King Carlos at Belem. The Duke had just taken his leave of the King and was crossing the grand vestibule of the palace to his carriage, when he fell to the ground'in a fit of epilepsy and began to 'dash his head against the marble floor So startled and terrified' were the Portu^ guese chamberlains and dignitaries in attendance! by the shocking contortions of his features and limbs that it,was not until sharply rebuked by the Duke's equerry that they recovered their presence of mind sufficiently fco lend a helping.hand. In the meantime, however, the prostrate man had been permitted to bruise his face in such a manner as to render, any appearance in public for several days absolutely out of the question. As soon as the fit had. passed off, he returned to the Necessidades, and on the following morning, while the entire population was gazing at the funeral pro cession and wondering at his inexplicable absence, he drove down to the arsenal and quietly went on board the Active, whbre he spent the remainder of the day in the congenial society '•' of his old messmates. To such an extent were his features dis figured and discolored from the effects; of his .fall that he.was forced to remain a full week' at Lisbon b'efdre being able to start) on his return journey.—Correspondent; of "New York Tribune." "v iA {

Anatomy Made Easy.

We do not think much of Otago-made doctors. " Unless the medical students are apter men than those who stake their | reputation on arts we pity their patients, i But something worse remains to be said, j As we pointed out a few days ago, con siderable f discussion is taking place jin Ofcagoas'to the failure of Otago Univer sity students as compared with those;in other parts of the colony. Sir Robert Stout has come to the rescue of his alma matter: * jHesays the reason is that Otago's best students betake themselves to the study of medicine. That is all very well, but to this contention a writer in a Dunedin paper gives a crushing retort. He says that " cribbing " is the order of the day at the medical examinations, owing to the want 1 of supervision. He then tells , a story of an enterprising student of. the Otago Medical School. The night before an anatomical examina tion one' student climbed through a window, and had a look at the bones that' were to be the 1 subject of next day's examination." ' His exploit performed, he described them, to his fellow, budding .medicos. ■We . suppose they all passed with high honors. Fancy a lot of such sawbones being let loose oh a confiding public. Evidently there are a good many screws loose about the Otago University [College.—" Christchurch Telegraphl" , ■

An Incident of the Conse cration.

' (VLyttelton Times.")

Few of those who attended the service at the consecration of Bishop Julius were aware of the appropriate position taken up by a group of Maoris, who were clustered round the steps of the Selwyn memorial pulpit. These representatives of the race amongst whom the Anglican Church was first planted in this country, had so placed themselves that the Primate, in going to the pulpit, had to pass f'-r;-;;: 1! tVicrr.. Their presence in the <VL .i>-.il !-!u-t have awakened strange s'■ -ii-.'li! ■ iil i lie jiftind of- one who,;as a pioneer missionary^ helped to found-that church over which he now rules as the .third Primate in succession. What a contrast the -building, the congregation, ithe service in^whifch^he was then taking so prominent a part must have presented to -his surroundings, when alone and single handed he raised the banner of the cross amongst, thewi^d and warlike Maori tribes on the ''shores JoTOook Strait more than fifty years ago. As the Primate pro ceeded with his sermon, one Maori, sitting among the robed in r a .surplice— whose' 'intelligent- face andk'-4reverent de meanour had attracted particular notice— became visibly affected j the tones of the Ereacher's cvoice, t doubtless, recalling ;to" is mind tlie time when, as a slave in the household of the great warrior chieftian, Te RauparaKa",' he 1 "heard from the Pri mate's lips the Gospel which ultimately -freed him from the bonds of slavery and r-cathon siipor^riiion, and conferred upon Jiim 'fhf liberty .of the children of God. and a place among civilised men. ) <

Little Lord Fauntleroy.

The production in Aahburfcon of a play with such a reputation as that achieved by "Little Lord Fauntleroy," and by, a company specially organised in America for the purpose, is an event which should I attract a very large gathering" in the Oddfellows' Hall .tonight.- -The-play, moreover, is very different from the class usually presented. The story is one of beauty and of childish love and devotion, and if the play is nearly as interesting as the novel "Little Lord Fauntleroy," should be witnessed with delight by a' closely packed house. The success al-. ready achieved by the company and their J play at all events, entitles them to, a pleasant welcome, and this it is safe to predict, will be accorded this evening. The part of Little Lord Fauntleroy wil} be sustained by Miss Gracie IJopkins, who came out from, ATOorioft tp .play it, and who is spoken of by. the press of Australia as a child of wonderful ability. Mr Harry Edwards, a very old Australian favorite, who, during an i extended absence in America, has secured for himself a place of distinction in the histrionic world, will appear as the crusty old Earl of Dorincourt, The cast of characters is identically the same as that engaged in, the origin-.l pr.-^ur^y." ■-■' t^r play at the Princess T';» v.i< 1, M. !:»-i.!'.•■.■. Mr George Wotherspopn, the representa tive of the authoress and of Mr Sisson, ;of New York, who hold the copyright of t|he play, travels'with the Company, and it? is by arrangement with him that the piece is produced. It may be a long time before the public of Ashburton will hav-e the opportunity of oujoy\ng such a rare diMinatio lueftt »s may be expected this evening. __________________

An exliibiiion of a thousand different f-ovis of iiorse-shoes, including some made by the ancient Romans, is now going on, in London,

CORRESPONDENCE.

[We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our corres pondents.]

OAT FEED FOR SHFEP.

TO TJlfi EDITOR,

Sir,—l have been waiting to see if any one would answer Mr Oliver's article in your paper, on "Sheep feedingjon^oate, 1' but as yet no answer has appeared. When ( my wife rend that article to me, my sheep dog was howling : I thought the poor tyke was going, mad ; I• could. .mofc-'Jaike him out. The sheep dog. is. one-' 6£.' the wisest of all four-legged animals, and many shepherds on the l>onnio hills of Scotland owe their lives to tlie .poflfics sioon. of good collie friends. These doers frequently lead their masters home on dark drifty nights ; and I own that ;my dog has done that for mo in my earlyjdaya when I did not know in the dark wheJoe I was making for, and owed my/life to following my dog home. /;. .■, W \wo' ,',"/• Mr Oliver says that' sheep -are>.{nof> such fools as they look, :but Lthink-those wethers that he refer, to, that' wouldfdriot eat tlie turnips, must have been*! great fools indeed, and did not know iwhat/jwis good for them, if the turnips had 90 per cent of nutriment in- them. We-known that some turnips do not have 20 per';.. ; cent in ; them. Now, what, cheaper feed ( for fr.t^rrr'n^r cAxftft *Ho gofc-than oats, chaftV and :i;:i \\-, v- :.!■«: chaff makes the sheep go for the turnips. I have used oil 1 cake . in my early days,,,but that''food- costs money" and win not'fatten' so -quickly as oats and'turnips. , Look.at th.c. finejace of ineri, we can turn ill .Scotiaittaj*fed on oats—big boneSj broad "shoulders, and well put, together... | fr wish Mr,,-joliver wQuld'.teil us' how mapy 1 lbs 'of'turnips ■; would a 901b sheep eat per day when 1 fat, and how much more will it catwheti'half fat—of turnips with' 90 per cent in them* —I am, etc., . ■ ' -'Adam Jackson. Ealing, May 12, 1890.

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

[PER PKBBS.AiBSOCIA.TIbN.] ''"'' v- ' Vvmhi. 'Wad! ; ■'•■'"''•■' . . . t > ■ Makton, ,May 12. L. C. Richards, aa.. old stfttler, was found' dead in his" bed at "the Railway Hotel yesterday. "A bottle .of bird poison, ■partly 1 was:on a table near him. It is supposed that he drank the poison during the night t by mistake.- ..-

The Weather.

,' - ALPOBD STATION The following is the Meteorological Be> port for the we^kendiaigMgy. 11th, 1890 :—

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[PER PBSSS " ASSOCIATION.] •

Auckland^ May' 10.. The Auckland Licensing Committee are to be asked, at their annual meeting to grant licenses to the four houses which they closed last year. . : ■- .'"'; Wellington, May-11.; , Arrangements have been made by tho Union Steamship Company to load the s.si. Bundhara at Calcutta in July for Now Zealand ports. She will be followed in October by the s.s. Caimtoul. ; At this morning's sitting of tho Mari time Council, the 28th October in each year was fixed upon ; sis' the anniversary day on which labor demonstrations >will be held in various parts of the colony. The Secretary was instructed to com municate with the Government,. bringing under their notice alterations ,which the Council considered desirable in several of the Acts relating to labor. < fjl r,■ n

TELEGRAPHIC.

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*•' ' London,', Ma-y'lO. Mrs O'Shea has obtained^ wi^t'j^om-, pelling her husband to r fulfil the i marriage settlement. . :c: ;>; : a^. Owing to private affairs SirMJ. P. Garrick, formerly A^nt&eneralifor Queensland, has declined to come for ward at present for "a in tho House of Commona j'\ X'" f''' The election for the vacancy for the East Division of Bristol, caused by the death of Mr Handel Gossham, has re* suited in.the return of Mr Weston, tho Home. Rule candjda^,' tyho defeated Mr.lnskip, the Conservative, by 2875 Lord Duhraven, who has interested himself in the alleged sw;eating;system: advises that there should be closer in spectioh of those suspected of adopting the system', „ He. ; also* actvlses establishment of unskilled labor organ* dsations, with a,.view jto stopping the importation of foreign labor. : ' . ',' •■: Puris, May 10. It is proposed to reduce the French .Budget by 30,000,000 francs, v-. r A " </; . . Washington, May 19. Congress has granted a pension of £10 per month to Mrs Parnell. Naw York, |^y. 10. f Many violent lunatics; escaped at Chicago^ and created totror' Aix 'the country. The. settiera shot one and bound others to trees.; , :, ; -.^,/ . ; i.; ZANZiBAB,sMay 10. The • Arabs - who, assisted' ra^ the occupation qf Kilima-Njaro have re occupied Uganda,- which was recently placed.. within the" influence: p{ . the British EastAMcan Company.' i'» f' .

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