The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1890. LOCAL AND GENERAL

'^George White alias Clifford alias_ Rose was committed for trial this morning at Christchurch on a charge of stealing a horse the property of Thomrs Lamont of Somortoiij near Rakaia. s , This year New South Wales sent about 40 tons of butter to Victoria, and is sending, about seven tons a-week there—the prices reaching the highest ruling figures.. The consumers pay the duty. An entire family of six persons were wiped out of existance near Kingston, N.Y., on Sunday, February 6th. Four children were skating and went through the ice, and the parents, who attempted a rescue, were also drowned. A young woman who resided in Clerk en well has just committed suicide, after a quarrel with her lover. Two' years ago another lover attempted to shoot her at Charing cross and then killed himself, and' since then yet another young man has committed suicide from love of her. We have to acknowledge with thanks the receipt from- the compilers (Messrs G. G. Turri and Co., Melbourne), of ".the Inven tor's Guide to obtaining and selling patents." This little volume will be exceedingly useful to those for whose benefit it is published. The public will be glad to hear that the Little Lord Fauntleroy Company will play at Ashburton on Monday week, 12th inst, for one night only. This will be the greatest treat we have had here for al ong time, and there is certain to be a crowded housq.

The New Zealand "Herald," says Mr Deaville, of Te Awamatu harvested 3221bs of onions (Red Tripoli we believe) off 44 square yards of ground. This at one penny per lb, means no less a sum than £147 Us 8d an acre, the largest return of any kind of crop that could be grown. There is a vast quantity of meat required in Europe over and above what is produced. ' In France, 226,000 tons are yearly required ; 'Germany, 360,000 tons; Austria, 15,000 tons; Belgium, 481,000 tons; England,, 672,000 tons. , -'•'" Mr Walter Rothschild, who xisited New Zealand in 1887, has successfully acclimatiqed five kiwis, which run wild in his ?park at Tring. He entertains a hope that they will breed as they have paired well euough. Even more successful with kangaroos, Mr Rothschild has now some thirty of various kinds turned loose in his domain, in company with emus and rheas. ' A sale of leases of pastoral runs took place at the Christchurch land Office yester day.' ' Following', are the rentals dbtained for those in this district; viz—Me Farlane's Station, No, 101. 1900 acres, Miles and Co, license for ten months, rent for term £35; part of Anama Station, run 105,1520 acres, W. S. Peter, license for ten months, rent for term £48.

A Scotch gentleman, while riding in Lon don with a young woman, discovered iu the cab a box crammed with precious stones and articles in gold. They did not report their* find, but took it with them to an hotel, and for this they were arrested, together with the hotel-keeper, and charged 'With stealing the treasure. . ( . ( At the banpuetto Mr John Roberts hi Diuiediii on Friday night he said that, though he had abstained hitherto from seeking Parliamentary honors, his services would shortly be at the disposal of any constituency that might seek them. This is generally regarded as a declaration of his intention to stand fo'r cither Dunedin or the Taieri at the general election. A chemist has lately pcrfonncil a feat of no common order. The explosion and fire nt Antwerp reduced to a charred mass a Ojumllo of one thousand florin Austrian obli gations. Without prsscntatiou in some identifiable form there could lie no payment. The imperilled obligations were giAen to a chemist, and he succeeded in separating the whole of them and finding out the nnmbcrs, and upon thi3 report the money has been paid. One of the curious complications that could only arise out of such hybrid legis lation as our Charitable Aid Act is now exercising the charitable aid authorities of Taranaki and Wangauui. A jockey named Potto resides in the latter di3tricb, but travels from district to district in the exer cise of his calling. While riding at the Hawera races ho broke his leg, and for attending to his injuries the hospital authorities of Hawera h;ive preferred a claim against Wanganui for i'l4 odd. the latter body repudiate all liability, and a lawsuit is sure i.o follow. : I

In tho Governor's speech at the opening of the New South Wales Parliament on Tuesday measure"* "wore aimouiicc'l for the construc tion of additional railways andoublic works, for dealing comprehensively with district self-government, for the revision' of the electoral l,iws, while a reform of the tariff and readjustment of taxation and the reduc tion of inland postage to a penny will also be proposed. The Postal Bill gives power to the authovieies fco prevent the transmission by post of objectionable literature. The first communication of the JSTew Zea land Grand Masonic Lodge was. opened at Cliristehurch on Tuesday night, R.W., Bro E. T. Gillon, presiding. The executive com mittee's report was received. The'basis of union recommended by the convention was provisionally accepted, subject to furt'ier consideration. It was decided to substitute " Provincial" for " District" Grand Lodges, and increase the number of stewards to 20. | Last evening the Foresters' Court, Ash burton, No. ;G729, held their annual social in the Oddfellows' Hall. The Court met formally in the Orange Hall at half-past seven, and adjourned thence, after closing, to the' Oddfellows' Hall where song and dance were the order of the night. About j 150 people —members of the Order and male and female friends—were present, and j enjoyed themselves thoroughly in the dance 1 to the music of Mr J. H. Brooke's band, j Step dances were given at intervals by i members and friends, a rousing jig by Mr i Lyons being specially well done; and the ' evening was varied by an occasional song. | Mr John Ranger was purveyor and at tended well to the creature comforts of the I guests. Dancing was kept up till an early | A recent visitor to the Dimedin Exhibition, J says the"Even:ng Press," went into the orrery and found a professor giving a lecture on the sun and his planets, illustrating his lecture by referring to a beautiful mechanical orrezy worked by n. tiny steam engine show- j ing the planets, etc., ail spinning round at a j most surprising rate. A* *h'e conclusion of the lecture, and while the audience were endeavouring to digest the scientific facts > just imparted to them, a venerable old fellow who had beea paying great attention, got on his feet and askeel, " But, sorr, which of the planets is Oireland ?" He could not under stand the laughter that ensued, and seemed to think that the lecturer had been guilty of a great omission in not including the Emerald Me among the list of the earth's planetary companions. Certainly the Most Effective MEDICINE in the world is SANDER and SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. Test its eminent powerful effects in Coughs, Colcb, Influenza, etc. ; the relief is instantaneous. Thousands cave the most gratifying testimony. Read this certificate:—"24th April, 1885 — Messrs Sander and Sons,—lt is with the greatest of pleasure that I testify to the excellence of your Eucalypti Extract. Having had inflammation of the bone of the leg, M'hich came on after a severe attack of low fever, I ijj'as attended by Dr J. Boyd, who had made skr.eiuiQu# efforts to save my leg, but without' success. He found it necessary to amputate my' limb. H*»,viij<* i freard in the meantime of the wonderful cures 1 awi-kod by the Eucalypti Extract, I obtained a, boUk, &T-4 the ..extract had'not been applied more fcbw.au hour, when I began to feel greatly relieved, After applying the I extract every four hours for nine ur fen days i J was out of all danger. , I would persuade ;Ui «K<> jnay be "* ■'- 1 -~il such Vii-sciise to :_'Koihe J. ■■ " ■■'■ " trial,

SHEEP FEEDING.

OATS AS' A FEEDING STUFF..

[By D. Oliver, Chelmsford.]

The low price of oats this year is suggesting to the minds of farmers the possibility of making it pay better to give them to sl^ep than to sell them at the figures offered for them. There- is a good deal being written at present on this subject, but no one has shown that any safe conclusions have as yet''"been arrived at by direct experiment, and until this is done I would respectfully warn farmers against rushing into a cure, ■which, without safe data to guide them, might prove worse than the disease. The safe outlets for our mutton,, as well as our wool, make sheep farming now a much more important industry than it ever was before in this.country; and the surest and cheapest w"7 prrmrip sheep for the fat market > ■"---.-=■- ■■-■-- which affects every,.one. } '"'^.^ 1 , We .have got an 'irrigation . farm within the county, which by this time' d'ught'to have (fo'iie all'the good its 'welUmeaning promoters, expected of it: As'for myself,. I am sorry to say that any knowledge, 1 have gained from the experiments carried on there has neither made me a wiser nor a "better man. ■It is to be' hoped that 1 am the only dull pupil the County Council lias had. But let that be as it may, I now suggest that a-petition be got up praying the County Council to sell the irrigation farm, and devote the proceeds, or part of them, to the erection of an establishment- suitable for .the proper carrying out of .sheep feeding.e^perimßivks on cheap and common sense principles. A very modest and inexpensive, set^oi enclosures, with temporary sheds* would meet the requirements of the case. The

only difficulty' would be to get a, proper man to take charge, and attend to the feeding for six months, during which period every required experiment could, be completed. , o "^'."^,3 ' ' Sheep are not half such fools as they look, and would, under the gentle care and ! kind treatment of one man, fatten; whilst under the harassing "treatment of another and his dogs they would hardly hold their own on any kind of .feed.. One man, as a good many of <us know, could drive a flock of. sheep 100 miles " and bring them to their journey's end as fresh as when they

started ; another on the same journey : would harass them so much with dogs and irregular overdriving, that they would require months oil rest and .proper care afterwards to recover themselves again. ;- I regret that I am not able, from my own observation, to say anything definitely on the subject of ph™^> v^h oats and chaff. I have ■ rl\ ■■..'., :\ ■ once, , and it resulted in a complete failure. Oats and chaff were supplied in troughs to a flock of merino wethers on fields of first class turnips. Oats being cheap' at the ■ time, they were given to the sheep with out regard to quantity,, and the conse quence was that the wethers - almost gave up eating the turnips altogether, and L depended solely on the abundant supply 'of,oats carted put to.them. That flock idid hot give mtich more than ! half-the return f'o. food consumed "than'flock's of the same description gave from turnips and tussocks alone on the same'place during ; a period of .twelve years.. M , ■.. I know that single' experiments ought not to be relied on, but the one given is sufficiently convincing to me that -.the in discriminate feeding of sheep on oats may end in a loss and not a profit to the farmer; hence, according to my views, nothing at the present moment could be of more importance to the farmers of the county of Ashburton than to have the profitableness or otherwise of feeding sheep on oats and chaff set at rest this winter by careful and'dire '■"" ■' ' " .

This is an agricultural x . ■ . I think, ought to have been settled long before now by the ' Agricultural College. We can hear of the amount of rainfall, barometric and ifcliermometrical observa tions,, chemical analysisj and such like being carried on; but these, though highly useful and interesting whon viewed from'a scientific and philosophical stand point, arc utterly useless to the ordinary farmer ; they bring no grist to his mill. What we want particularly to know just now is, how long would a bushel of oats and a corresponding weight of chaff keep a sheep of a given'weight in.,'store con-' dition, or how many pounds of- mutton the same amount would add to a fattening sheep, with or without - the assistance of any other land of food ? I fix on a mixture composed of a pound of oats and a pound of chaff,; because the latter is, sa iunutrifcious and bulky ' that' I 1 consider moro of it would neither'-add to. the profit nor the comfort of the animal. A tabl ■ 7 .' ■ '' "* of various kinds of . . ■■■ v: .- ■ ' /in Silesia, by Reaumur, informs us that lOOOlbs of oats .will add li6lbs live weight, to. sheep, of" which 91bs 12oz will -be 'wool,' arid-' 401b's tallow. Then Professor Tanner, of the Royal Agricultural College, England, avers that in sheep every 141bs livo weight usually consists of 91bs meat and 51bs offal, any wool and tallow are included in the offal. Reaumur does not enlighten us as to how much additional oats or other food was required for the maintenance of theai' 1.. 1■ '■ ;:■"■ '■" V 3a,lth and condi tion, ■ ■■.■■' '■■ lOOOlbs of oats which produced the 1461bs of increased live weight; yet it is a well established fact that sheep must have a sufficient quantity of wholesome food to keep them in proper thriving condition, over and above the supplemental food which in creases sheir flesh and|fatness, % finally, Reaumur leaves us, completely in the dark as to..how much oats were given per day, or whether; any other kind of food was mixed with them or not, Anyohe Icould give a sheep lDOOlbs. of oats in such small quantities that by the time they were finished the >fjheep" might be, ready, to drop down dead from starvation, or the r oats may, ha given in such large .quantities that the same'end'might be' quite as'' surely arrived at. So it will be seen that all thq useful information we can get from this often quoted authoiityi s simply none at all., r . , . Dr Randall—who is-not only the •'moat correct and painstaking writer on sheep of the current century, but also on account of the necessary in-door feeling which the severe winters of the Northern States of America imposes upon the farmer, better able to speak on the subject of feeding than any other writer on sheep pf the present day, because, he is a highly educated man, an enthusiastic s sheep] farmer himself, and takes the utmost pleasure in attending to every detail of his own work —says that sheep fed on well saved meadow hay only, require lib per day to oveiy 301bs live weight of animal, to keep themin good healthy store condition . Thus,'a sheep weighing 901bs live weight, would require 31bs of hay per day, if getting no other food besides. Wow the hay inetioned py Dr Randall, is assumed to be of equal value, with that placed at the head of Boussingault's table of the nutritive equivalents of about 40 different kinds of fodder ; and in that table the value of oat? for feeding, as compared with hay is given by eight different authorities, viz : —Boussingault, Trcsenius, Block; Petrie, Thaer, Pabet, Schweilser.and Rham. These authorities differ considerably from each other, but the mean of th,e theory of two, arid the direct feeding experiments of six, when all taken together make '581bsl2ozs of oats equal hi value to lOOlbs hay for feeding sheep'-'-that would bo 9|oz nearly for each pound of hay, or 28^ozs -to be equal in nutriment to olbs of hay. _ But oats by themselves would not be suitable Xor sheep feed, so we fall back on straw chaff. Mero again Boussingault's table • us the values arrived at by all the i jiuihiH'ifcios already given, and two others lionidoK, viz., SchwcTtz and Meyor. And the mean of their conclusions niakxjs

561bs sozs of oat straw to contain as n luch nutriment as 581bs l2ozs, of oats — a hey place barley straw..so near the value a f oat straw that the two descriptions t aay be practically considered the same in • eeding v?ilue. With wheat straw it takes j ;2slbs loz, and with' rye straw SQSLbs'to 0 ontain the same amount of nutriment as ( iSlbs 12ozs oats or lOOlbs hay. - I Boussingault considers that 1531bs of c he chaff of ■ wheat is equal in feeding t ralue to'6olbs of oats. That would make it \ vastly superior to any kihd of straw e ihaff, and v therefore,, one,would-think, v t ought to be carefully saved up by the c afmer when he is threshing.; No one j vill un4erstand that because a certain g weight of straw contains* as 1 much' 1 nutri-' ] nent as a given weight of oats, it would \ g ;onsequently do to feed sheep on straw e ilone; their stomachs could neither « contain nor digest the quantity required -, so nourish them properly. Huxley, in - fiis lessons on physiology, explains this ] in a style of his .own. He says, that ] ',' unproductive labor 4s 'as' much to be \ avoided'in •physiri!--r-' >"1"'n" iYi'-!^"?i A"V-l , 3conomy;: andit i-o.; 1 c{■ «-i:-V: :i ■ ..: animal fed ...with perfectly;..nutritious matter should die of, starvation, the. loss of power in various operations required for the assimilation over-balancing the gain;,*,or the time..occupied in < their '• performance being too great, to, check ■ waste with sufficient rapidity. The body, under these circumstances, falls into the condition of a merchant who has abundant " assets, but who cannot get .in .his debts in I time to meet j^his creditors." Mechi, in his " How -.to'farm profitably," says that one ton of tuynips will produce 141bs net weight of meat, and if 5601bs of ktraw chaff is consumed along with the turnips there will be an addition of 61bsjmore meat,; ,and ; ,on his being .askecLif animals would pay" for '- ■ purchased*Jfo'od, replied, " decidedly not, even with the very best management; I mean if you leave but of tne calculation the manure they leave." 'He says" "mutton always sells at an average of 15 per cent, higher than! beef, and is, therefore, more profitable to^raise; besides, there is less offal. A friend of mine, a close calculator, who on 1500 acres does not keep a bullock, says who keep many bullocks will never have to make a will.' I think he is right." Randall says that sheep would pay {better than cattle, even if they were kept for mutton alone, and did not produce a valuable fleece at all. This is a: truth which ought to be clear to everyone whose pasture is,, suitable for sheep, ;-because it has been .over and over; again demonstrated that the production 1 of a pound of beef (live weight) requires as much -food in warm, and more hi cold ,weather than a pound of mutton, ahcDthe; offal in beef is 61bs out of every;l4lbs, and only 51bs out of the same weight 1 of' mutton. Mutton is also worth more per i lb than beef; and finally, every jpound of mutton when sheep are kept f ourjyears, i pays:, as much in wool as the pound of [ 'beef is" worth altogether, so it ought to be plain to everyone ' that beef is not the | most valuable commodity we could raise lon our surplus, farm ..products., ] ;■ f | .' I have befor6 me a list o| twenty fee&insy experiments/'carried out' by v Mr Robert Smith, an English authority; but he never mentions straw, nor straw chaff, 'in any of them ; ,and .if he did, his - experiments would not hold good here, because we reap all kinds of grains befor^ they become so fully ripe as they are allowed to do in England and other countries, consequently our' straw, when saved care fully, Avill contain more nutriment than it would be likely to have in England. But theorising and consulting the authorities of other countries can never settle the feeding question for the county of Ash burton. We must do this for ourselves if it is ever to be done satisfactorily. ' If the views of the authorities I have quoted hold good ,in this country, I will show, that it would not be profitable to', follow them, especially in the case of dry store sheep. A 901b sheep, live weight,; would require, if. kept in good store condition for' threß months on oats and chaff alone, 3j bushels oats and 1£ bushels chaff; ,-. The oats''l > put vat Is 4d per bushel, and the chaff at Is 6d per cwt. That would be 6s 6d per sheep, without counting the cost or attendance, or feeding enclosures. Now it is no odds what the value 'of'tlry storo sheep might bs, but we will say that a former has 100, for which he could get 8s per head, or he buys a hundred at Bs. If he feeds them on the quantity of oats and chaff required; by the. authorities I hrive been studying, his sheep would at the end 1 of throe months cost him 14s 6d each,.; but,as it has been shown that the . amount of feed I am allowing will,only' • keep them in good store conditioh~-the.' condition in which it is assumed they started—then, at the end of the three .'■months',. all./ the profit they will have gained is an additional amount of wool, value about Is 6d each ; leaving a loss per head of 5s to the owner, or £25 less than he would have had by seeling his oats and chaff. But according -to Mechi's calculations of the value of manures from the several kinds of grain and fodders, that from 3£ bushels of oats andL| cwt straw chaff, would be worthiat" the. time he wrote 3s in England. However, all kinds of grain which this manure might be made to assist in producing were the2i worth in England at least double what they are now worth in Ne^r Zea land, go',, that in. .our case the, manure cannot 'be reckoned 'of more value than ,Is 6d, which would, if my authorities are all correct, leave a dead loss to the farmer, of 3s 6'd per head on ordinary sized store sheep, if fed on oats and chaff at current prices for three months. The loss would not bo so much felt on ewes that were about to lamb, but even then, allowing that the ewes reared 100 per cent, of lambs, 50 per cent, of' them would be required to make up the loss, Avith the .additional expense of feeding them on pastures along With theirmqthers, till they became - old enough to be sold. These conclusions are rather, startling, and point seriously to the necessity of having' the truth _ of them tested if possible.' '* • -''- >'■• . I jery much fear that until the price of our mutton gets beyond 2d to 2^d Jper lb in our local markets, we may look for nothing else than a loss if we go ; to the expense of raising any kind of grain crop's to produce it. > I believe, before entering upon any experiments, thao every pound of mutton, (net weight) produced from oats and straw chaff will cost 4d. • : Oats, if they could be judiciously, given along with turnips, would be quite a different thing, so would oats, chaff, and peas, or oats and good clover hay chaff. To explain, this, I will copy a paragraph from Professor Tanner's writings. He says, '' Ifc has ; been shown by^ repeated trials that by a judicious .combination of different kinds of feed, we can obtain a much larger production of flesh and fat than by using the. same quantity of the same food separately from each other. For example,- Slbs beans or 61bs linseed cake are each capable of producing lib of increase in live weight, but it has also been shown by direct experiment that when these foods are mixed and given together, then we just get double 'tho produce. *Thus 81bs of beans would produce one pound increase, and 61bs of linseed cake would produce a ..second pqund, but if the beans and linseed cake are given as a mixed food they produce 41bs of live weight. In forming an estimate of the results which are likely to arise from the use of any artificial or supplemental food, it must be borne in mind that the results are ■ largely influenced by a judicious combination of foods possessing different qualities, the one being essentially a fat producing food (such as linseed cake, linseed, barley, &c), and tho oUior a ilesh forming food (such as beans, peas, lentils ttc.) It appears as^iftho growth cf lies nd fat took pluco

more rapidly"when the materials are) abundant for botli,-than when the supplies are limited to that'^which is necessary for the one or the -other.' ' There is no end to the false notions people entertain about the profitableness" of artificial feeding. I have known a, Canterbury stock owner to give orders to : have hundreds of high class seven months ' old merino ewe hoggets killed and given | to pigs when pork was selling at 2^d per I lb, a freak of extravagance which in my estimation has only been equalled by that which was enacted by the dusky Queen of Egypt when—to treat herself to a j meal of unheard of expense —she dis solved a priceless pearl and.swallowed i.t. Dependupbn'it, if the growth and fatness, are simultaneously forced forward at the expense of mutton and our best grains, j " the gintleman that pays the rint," will wind up his days in complete insolvency, and die indebted to his creditors in a larger amount than every ponnd of Ms body—so built up —would pay, if sold twice over,' at the rates now ruling in the colony. .'•,■','

FIRE.

A fire occurred yesterday afternoon on the Alfo'rd Forest' Road, whereby the stable, rh iffh-Mi-o p.r.d -moke-house, v,of, Mr Carl !{>■'. ■■ -!i cure:-, were destroyed. Mr Ryel was down in the .township'at the time with his son, and there were only his wife, daughter, and , the • younger children at home. A gentleman passing observed the fire in its, incipient . state,' and had the Alford Forest Road race been in flow then,, as it had been in the morning, he -could have put out the fire with a. few bubkets/of water. But the exigencies of the supply are.such that that face and the < other main race are allowed to flow full, at certain hours only, - and 'long^befqre noon the Forest-Road race had been turned off. When the bell sounded bothy engines turned out,, but the race, only a V chain away iromthe house, being dry, they had to stand idle. Fortunately the wind' was due north, and blew just betweenl, the dwelling:houseiand: a stack, of oat straw,-, catching,'"however, the burning ' stable.' \ .The , lattlef •; burned fiercely, for a few minutes, and theHremen. onthf* -roun-i did .-'1 in their, rpoweivr-. and ■■:.!y-.'.;iv \i--i in liuir power—to save the dwelling . house and the stack;, In both objects' they were successful, apparently by a miracle for^ both the.stack and the house were but a few. feet away from the V.rr.:".r V,-v.llini which, was completed!<n ■ (-(..Wil: Tli-. burnt build ing contained Ma Ryel's^hplej, stock 4 of

fishing plant, his supply"6f "dried fish for .the ,;vtinter,' trade,; several** bags -of,.salt; three or fonr tons of chaff^ and a large quantity- of sparer household furniture that had been stored in the upper storey. There was no insurance on either the burned building, the house, or the oat stack, and by the fire Mr Ryel calculates he will be a loser by about £160.  r

SPORTING.

j$ ?.„ I[*eb.;pr*3s'; association] -', y- ; ( London, Aprils 29. In the Hastings Plate Kirkham, who i ran third, was many lengths behind the j i winner. He started,a't 33; to' 1 jagainstTj It is Karelian and not Kirkham who runs in the Two Thousand Guineas to-morrow. ■

DEATH OF HERMIT.

■ , , . London, , April 30.; . Hermit,, the well-known thoroughbred racing stallion is dead. .'..•" Hermit'won the Derby of 1867, and was the sire of' many good many racehorses, including Shotover, and St Blaise", Derby winners and Thebais and Lonely, winners .of TheQaks, -= • , . • ■

STARTLING : ENENT IN A VILLAGE.

-Td'tne' ''Editor rof- "Saturday Night," Birmingham. I recently came into posses sion of-certain facts ofiso remarkable a nature, that I am sure -you will be giadto assist in making then* public/. The follow; ing letters were shqwlito, ] ine,' and I at once begged' permission ' to" J6opy'them'for- the"- Piess.' • They/cojne; from a highly responsible source, and may be received without ques tion. > • , - MESSAGE from George "'James Gost ling, L.D.S., R.C.5.1., Ph. C.1., Licentiate in Pharmacy-and Dental Surgeon. " "' Stowmarker, July 18, 1889. To Mr White, The enclosed remarkable cure should, I think, be printed and circulated in Suffolk, The statement was entirely voluntary, and ia genuine in_ fact and detail, —G. J.G. - "To the Proprietors of MotherSeigel's Syrup." " Gentlemen. —The following remarkable cure was related to me by the husband, Mary Ann Spink, of Finborough, Suffolk, was for over twenty years afflicted with rheumatism and neuralgia, and although comparatively a young woman at the time she was attacked (she is how fffty), she was compelled, - in consequence, to walk with two sticks, and even then with difficulty and pain. About a year and a half ago she was advised to try -.Mother.. Seigel's Syrup, and after taking three bottles and two boxes of SeigelY Operasing Pills, the use of her livib n was, restored, and she isnow able to walk;three miles to Stowraarket with' ease in three quarters of an hour. Any sufferer who deubts this story -, can fully, ascertain its truthfulness by paying a visit to thi village and enquiring of the villagers, who will certify to the facts." • '- - , is the husband's-signature to the statement. . .

,;;-" (R. Spirik), •'.'■'■ ' r- > G. S. Sostling, . „ Ipswich Street, ■; . , Stowniarket. This is certainly a very pitiable case, and the happy cure wrought by this simple but powerful remedy, must move the sympathy of all hearts in a common pleasure. This poor woman had been a cripple for twenty of her best years; years in which she should have had such comfort and enjoyment as life has to give. But, on the contrary, sbe was a miserable burden te herself and a source of care to her friends. Now, at an age when the rest of us are growing feeble, she, in a manner, renews her youth and almost begins a new existence. What a blessing and what a wonder it is ! No oue who knows her, or who reads her story, but will £be .thankful that the good Lord has. enabled men to discover a remedy capable of bringing about a cure that reminds us— we speak it reverently—of the. age of 1 miracles. It should be explained that this most remarkable cure Is due to the fact that rheumatism is a disease of the blood. Indigestion, constipation, and dyspepsia cause the poison from the partiaily digested food to enter the circulation, and the blood deposits it in the joints and muscles. This is rheumatism. Seigel's Sprup corrects Tnc digestion, and so stops the mri !!<■!■ fonin'.iou and deposit of the poison. It then removes from 1;lie 'system the 'poison already a there. It is not a cure at all, It dcios its, wonderful work entirely by its mysterious action upon the digestive organs. But when we re member that niue-tenths of our ailments •arise- in those' organs, we can understand why Seigel's Syrup cures so many diseases.

The Panama Canal.

I , A ( DISMAL FAILURE, „ Tlie 'Commission Oof Engineers dis-' patched to Panama to investigate the con .dition of affairs, returned to Paris on :April;"2nd-: Their story is a dismal one/ De Lesteps is plunged into the "depths "pf despondency' and is obliged to'confess that the Canal scheme is a complete j failure. The Commissioners say that an immense amount of work is still necessary but money is not forthcoming. Several contractors are charged with swindling I and will probably be brought to account. ?'• " • * i i *.

The doathi of 458 persons of tlic ago of 75 J year.? nnd upwards oecured last year in j 'Melbourne. Of these 244 were mules, and 14 female*' . i

The Markets.

[per press Ass^qiATltbN.] '

Sydney, iApril 29. Wheat, chick feed 2s 8d to 2s 9d, local milling, 3s 7d to 3s* 8d ; oats, '. feed 2s 3d milling 2s 8d ; barley, Cape 2s 7d to 2s 8d ; p'eas,. blue Prussian, 3s 6d to 3s 9d ; potatoes, New Zealand', £3 15s to,£3 17s 6d ;. onions, £4; butter, dairymade 8d to lOd, factory-made 10d to Is; cheese (plentiful) 2d to 6d ; bacon, New Zealand cured ,Id to_ .9d; h^ms, New^ Zealand, cured, lid to "is. Melbourne, April 29/ - : Wheat, 3a 8d ; oats are neglected, prime sorts, 2s-10d ;" barley', malting 3s ' lOd ; peas, 3a 2d. , •  Adelaide, April 29. Wheat, shipping parcels at • Port Adelaide, 3s 6d to 3s 7|d; oats, New Zealand, 2s 9d to 2s lOd. ' : •London, April 128. i 'Wheat is. Is. dearer on the week'. An "Australian cargo has been sold at 35s 10|d.' '..'''; London, -April 29. Tlie wool marketis/ weak. are buying good sorts.freely.-e 'The present series will probably close on ,10th May.'.

Addington Live Stock Market.

There was a good attendance at the market on "Wednesday which'was brisk. _ Store Sheep.—There' were-less of this 'class than usual, ; only about 2000 being yarded. Nearly all were sold, at advanced rates. \ ;-, bound mouthed . merino ewes realised 1:.3s 6d ; store lambs' 7s to _8s ; merino wethers in good forward condition 7s, while «i,few-lines of crossbred ewes | fetched from 6s to'9s./... . ; [ , Fat Lambs.—TherVwas^ again a very fair entry, of which a good'many .were prime'freezers which'sold at from 12s 6d to 14s 6d/'" ;.' ,,,-. . • I Fat Sheep.—About 5500 were yarded of whichthere.was a;fair proportion of good quality mutton. There was not the eager, demand by exporters that occurred last week, and in. consequence there was a drop'equal td abouti Is per head on* best "sheep, and up to ls;,6d per head on in ferior quality., : \ The best realised . was 17s 9d in lieu of 21s last week;f:but there,were no,sheep in; to compare with these latter. Best wether mutton fetched fully "2M per lb and there were some pens which fetched a trifle above this. Fat t Cattle. —There was only a moderate entry of beef. Of 156 head yarded there, were only about 30 steers and,*these suffered a drop on last;quota tions .though^th^y were in a minority.' Beef realised from. 12s to 17s 6d. : •■'*'!' Store'. Cattijb/—^Thf^'e was a fair entry of odd lots, chiefly dry* cows and j young stock, but therfr was an absence of good quality steers or heifers. '■ •/ Pigs.—About 400 good sorts 'of pigs were yarded, of which three fourths were ready for bacon, the remainder] being' jporkers., f ßaconers fetched 2|d to 3^d;, •.porkers .to' 4£d. , ■ , ■

Hampstead School.

"the; recent MpkoveSients. • The improvements rendered necessary upon^the Hampstead School buildings by the 'growing increase in the number of pupils were completed last week, and the school is now capable of accommodating \as many children as the district is likely jto send, for some years at least. During the progress of the work, accommodation was found for/the..children the integrity of whose class was attacked by the workmen )( in outside .halls, the Salvation Barrack's supplying space, foi^ several lasses, .but.'despite the degree of disor ganisation that was inevitable under these circumstances, discipline' has •'been well maintained, and, all things considered, the master j Mr Malcolm, is not dissatisfied with ; the workdone by.the children. " .., L'i Grippe has .very considerably inter fered'with the attendance since the re ,opening -if tcr thr y-.Y.rl-.y?, aiid'increased accommoV' ' i> if ;::.r ('.invent and the Catholic Boys' School (has made room in these institutions for a-considerable num . berJof children belonging to?- the Catholic .faith who , were' t compelled to use the Government schools. About 30. of these c 1 :1 n.i■; 11 v.':■:.« under tuition at Hampstead \ ■■■ I:, 1., 'i-i I*, of course, left to attend the schools of their own denomination.! These two fa'cts have combined to reduce for a time the average attendance, but still there is an average attendance of about 340. The buildings are now complete, as we have said, and a more compact or con venient school could' hardly be obtained. ■The sanitary arrangements, always an im portant factor in the comfort of school buildings, are now perfect, and whatever may affect the health of the Hampstead children, it can hardly be traceable to either the arrangement or construction of the outbuildings, the drainage of the main building and grounds, "or the ventilation of the class rooms. J" ' Miss ShirtclifPs room, sacred to the infants, and all 1» l-«v. i\:-.- 1 -1 .-i^iidird. has had no'addition n;«l> 1 i«i \\, i»m tin: i.ther additions in the building have given more room hero, and she now works with, the conveinent number of 110 or so directly under her own eyes and those of her assis tants.^ She has, Jiowever, 130 on her roll, and could easily find room for them and to spare. > To the central room lOft.has been added in length', the old mairi'entrance has bWii closed,up,,and.the fireplace that used to be in the end waif "has been removed to the middle wall, thereby securing a more tl"i"-r-'.r ( r.' li n.-l i -;«?-lI diffusion of heat. t Tv- 'ii-vil!-:!>:-,.■■■< room has not; been' interfered with, so that here the sth, 6th, and 7th standards are studied as before, and there were 34 children deep in these researches at the time of our visit. This room is just off the eastern porch, and off. the headmaster's room again is thai of the 4th standard. In the 3rd and "V4th standards in all schools the greatest number of pupils are usually to be jfound, and to the 4th standard room has been added 22 feet more of space, that is to say, the room has been lengthened by 22ft, the other measurements being carried along .withthe extension. ..This will provide acco- t modation in one room for the 3rd and' 4th standards, and so relieve the hamper ing that used to occur in the central room. • ?.,,, The ventilation, as has been Baj,<j>:is perfect—especially in the new rooms. By a very simple but ingenious arrange ment of a grating in the outside wall, and a pipe carried from it half way up, inside a continuous current of fresh air ; is. admitted at intervals along the walls of the rooms. At the top of the walls again valve ventilators are at 'work to give egress to the vitiated air, and this \ egress the * current from the wall ,^ pipes just below materially facilitates. Between 300 and 400 children necessarily use .and waste a large quantity of water, so -,th'at the pumps are almost constantly going, and the overflow serves admirably for flushing the concrete open channel that carries the surplus to the outlet. TJie. entrances "to, the school are .three in hupaber, an^ the buildings^nowj being in the shape 6f. a double T,,the f entrances are so' placecTas to avoid the annoyance of a nor'wester or,.the more disagreeable blast'off the sea—altogether a comfortable arid'iwell.arranged' school. ' ">a' " ; ..

The explorers who have penetrated into Africa have been surprised at the fertility- of the soil and the density of the population. They found towns of 10,000, 20,000 and 40,000 people, and the banfca of the Congo one continuous settlement. iheCongo Free State is now declared to have a population of 30,000,000, ten times as much' as was; originally though I. The estimate of the population of Africa, which twenty years ago was 75,000,000, lias risen to 100,000,000, 1 then 200,000,000, and ia now 2o0,Q00;000, '

Householders' Meetings.

U&MQBE.

The annual meeting of householders, \: for the election of the lasmore School i ; Committee, was held in the lismore'/ schoolroom on Monday, April 28th, 1890. , The district was well represented. Mr C. J. Harper was voted to the chair, and reviewed the work of the past year. -, There was a good balance to the credit of, .■ -. the incidental fund, but-it would be re- ' Quired for the purchaseoffiring, etc., for the winter. A' handsome 'assortment of, , . prizes had been ; purchased,, and the , balance in hand would probably'be ex- ; pended on a school treat.-vf.Ttieiwiport of ,'' { the Inspector,, L. B. WooS, Esq., M.A., had been recently received"and was read. .. as follows ;—,-, - f ,' (^.: jy ,,^ f ' '■ '•■ ,' Education dist^ctb'f Nojrth^J^ih^erbury. V ■^-Examination report,on>-tißmore public '- school. Examined March 27th, 1890.- - - Percentage of passes-r-r-JKhJI;; y Percentage of failures—-nil., b.-l

Mr Fred. H. /Bowler^jnaatajr;. Mrs Woolley^sewing mistress.: r/.'l ":' The pupils have ■been thoroughly well. prepared for examination. All the work is characterised'by great accuracy, and . much of the answering befa-rf the marks V of very intelligeiit instruction. Through-, out the school the'level of attainment is high. The pupils of,-Standard li. answer many of the'tests applied to Standard IL, . and the: performance of tbe youbg chjl- [ : dren in the upper rßtandardß,:iß; a very 'meritorious onel :/j ?,ic .. ' ', ';: , (Signed) ■'.'•.:. ,li. B'^OOD, : 'f i j --\t ' /.'. Inspector. The Chairman remarked that he con sidered the report could- hardly~hav e been . better. It far surpassed ,-any hitherto. received. It was, .he^saiidyja matter of deep congratulation to tne district,'and . also to fehe f master, that such an extremely . good«report • should % be made upon theo ■ school. "■■■.".".'"' ' / . The election ,of then took r ,placef?wj[th the/follqf||| via :— Messrs C. J. Harper (Chairman), T. Patersoni J. Patersonjil.-W. Hill, -T; B.! Richards, S. Burr and J'. Bell.  . ;

King George's Sound.

[PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

, . ,"",. - IkJ(i^NrA|)ril 29. /> j Lord Knutsfprd vhaalicabijbd to the Western AustralianVGovernmfent not •; to sell land near King .(Jeprg^'s Sound/ andEast Albany '■ pending nthe "decision ;I of the Imperial Government on the question of colonial defences. Baron de Worms inforpaed the Wes tern Australian Enabling Conrarittee; that it had not been decided to delay V the defence .VorkiitfJKing George's . Sound, but the colonies would have to defray the cost of- armaments'. o .:' Major Clarke, Secretary olfjhe Colo nial Defence Committee, of the War Office, considers "that it would cost. £50,000 Jto fortify King : ,George's Sound, and it would -require to be v garrisoned by 1000 men in time of war.. He thinks'it would be better to. leave the Sound defenceless than for - England to bear the whole of the cost.

Irish Land Question.

[per press association.] .'Lo*TDOiii April 28. Sir John Dillon has resumed the de bate on the Irish Land Purchase Bill. London, April 29. In his speech imjilhe^ House of Commons, Mr Chamberlain said that Mr. Parnell's Irish land scheme could be worked .concurrently with the pro-, posals contained in the Irish Land Purchase Bill/,; He trusted tnat the Government would undertake the task of ultimately placing, the? control of land purchase in Ireland in'the hands of County Councils. Sir Verhon Har court said he would oppose Parnell's.' schemer The debatekwas adjourned.

Commercial Bank of Australia.

FORMATION OF AN'aSSETS company;

[per press association.] Adelaide, April 30. A Company has been formed to pur chase the assets of the Commercial Bank of Australia;. 1.20,000^wi1l be distributed to shareholders the lottery principle. * \ There t t^aiTa'treinen> doiis rush for shares, 1 ddd xhe whole were alloted in a few hours. The Soveiiunent nasrinsianiicted the police to Suppress thVlbt^iy.^ ■ The Company includes many leading citizens. ■ v . Several clerks engaged«in a Com pany^formed for tak£f^Mter the assets. of the Coromercial Jfonk^haye been arrested for issuing receipts t tp allot-' ment'.foms. ;';»■.;'•!•:-,»;■">!■:;;, f«0l ' "'

Men who Miss the Train.

;Floa? arorai'thedeepojesVTO' lßee the Pull- ' : _manscoot,  ..' r ' ...  I An' to see the people sc&lnper w*«n'.wiey hear the ingine toot; '. But w'at.makes, the most impreasion on my . somew'at active brain # . !Is the careless men who 1 get there jest in . time to miss the train. ; , An' some cuss the railrok4*con4>*Bjy an*; . ' some loiidly cuss their'starß^ 1- ' ■ An' some jest' gallop down tnfe track an' try to catch the cars ; "■'"- "'-.,. An' some with a loud lasand joke will poul tice up their pain: <••■'•*'* '^'4 . " Var'us kinds q' people gejb there jest in time , to miss; the twm; A ,i !?.>>.; ■■''•.

An' there is many deepoa an' flag, stations 'thout'a name ' •'' ,• Along the Grand Trunk Railroad "that leads , to wealth and fame; "/',' An' men rush, to these deepos as fast as they can fly, •'- .' "'.;\ lJ lt( ■ ' . :As t>V train of Opportunity vmtt goes a f thunderin'by. ' . :>it'.-'■'■' t!H;- The. Grand Trunk RaUroad" :of' Sbccess, ife . ' runs through every clime, x ii! But the cars of OpporUmi^rr'they go on . schedule time, ' ;; ' \ i 'And never are their' brakes reversed—they\ "t won't bftck up again, To take the men who get there jest in time to miss the train. . —S. W. Fobs, in Yankee Blade, :

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ASHBURTON COAL & FIREWOOD DEPOT. - RQ '* X) E A N, . D» -O E AN, ■ COAL & FIREWOOD MERCHANT OATS BEAN CHAFF ETC., ETC



H. CHILDS SHOEING AND GENERAL BLACKS SMITH AND ENGINEER, (Late of Chertsey. ; BEGS to notify that he has com menced business in Ashburton in the premises on Wakanui Road,. lately occupied by Mr 0. Ray, Engineer, where he hopes by strict attention to business, combined with good Workmanship and - Moderate Charges, to merit, a fair share as public support. . All kinds of Agricultural and otli Machinery repaired. Horse Shoeing an all kinds of Blacksmiths' work done with promptitude. Note the address- Late premises of JR. RAY Wakanui Road.



£20 REWARD. IN consequence of the amount of Poach ing going on in the Creeks on the Lacmhor Estate, the above reward will' be paid to anyone giving information that mil lead to a conviction. From this date No One will be per mitted to FISH in the Creeks on the Lag hmhorEstate i)ONAL3>McLEAN Laghmor, Ist April, 1889. TO WNE N D S Bilious and Liver Pills CURE * Nervousness, Headache, Acidity, Heart urn, Pains between the Shoulders, Pa pitation of the Heart, Interrupted Sleep, Harassing Dreams, Tendency to start, to be Frightened, Spasms, Flatulence, Cos tiveness, Skin Eruptions, Impure Blood, and Bilious Disorders, price—ls and 2s 6d. By post free for 3°StaniP W.P.TOWNEND, . Pharmaceutical Chemist, 183 Colombo Street, Christchurch.



, QtTOD FACBITJS VALDE FACIMU3. " What wo do we do well.") fTIHE CHRISTCHURCH DENTAL J_ SUKGE£Y • Ca3hel Street, Christchurch, nest Robin son's Boot Store and at the Octagon, Dunedin. operations ab .strictly uniform and moderate charges Consultation freo. . S. MYEBS~~axd GO:, surgeon dentists: NITROUS OXIDE.GAS administered." 1 This Anaesthetic leaves no unpleasant effects, and by its use the extraction of Bad Stumps and Teeth is rendered per fectly < Painless and effective. Adminis • tered daily. Fee for administration of 'Gas, ss. Extraction, 2s 6d a tooth. Hours of attendance, 0 a.m. to' S p.m. Private residence, 93 East Bolt. , , , The acknowledged superiory' 'of AMERICAN DENTISTRY in the con struction of Artificial Teeth, the moat finished workmansh' 1-. ■."■] •'/' '" ~: most teeth TEMP* •'.! \::!:. \ .:. "■ J■> -i" IMMEDIATELY after extraction, have established our reputation, A single Artificial Tooth, 10s, complete ': set, Upper and Lower, Temporary and Permanent £10 10s ; Artificial Teelh and Dentures made by other dentists re modelled at small cost, Stepping, Scal- Dg Perfect and Painless



ASHBURTON HIGH SCHOOL. ' Established 1881. "OUPIL of both sexes are taught, the A_ elements of a liberal educfcfcion. . Special subjects of study may be pur sued where circumstances require a de parture from the ordinary school course. Head Master : Me, J. E. Buchanan. Ist 8.A., (London), per .term Fee for pupils over 12 years of age £3 3 ° Fee for pupils under 12 years ■ of age, ..-. 2 p 0 Music (extra) 1 10 The School year is divided into three terms. All fees are payable in advance. C"hT RL E S "DEAD D'E L L J3 Licensed Landbroker and Valuator - mler " The Land Transfer Act, 1885. ESTATE, HOUSE, LAND, AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENT. • ____ Office—Burnett Street, Next to "Mail',;' Office. , • LOW VITALITY.' ■ DR CHURCHILL'S Syrup of IXypophosphifco of Lime prescribed' by the faculty for the euro of Consumption, Chronic Cough and General ' Debility, It contains two of the princißjLJngW; dients necessary for buMi.f^p tae Human Frame, and wUteh are" considered, deficient in the above complaints, viz., .khusphoms <md Lime. It cannot be too highlyrecommended for" Delicate Children, Dr Churchill's Compound Syrup o . ' HYPOPHOSPHITES Is real Brain Food, and in s cases of Muscular and Nervous Exhaustion has acquired a world-wide reputation. Each bottle bears Dr Churchill's signature P.-ice, 4fr. ■ , Prepared only by SWANN nHKMjaT WANN, VjBEHIST, g P r Oastigliono, Paris 2 j



"Wanted. Cask Advertisements tinder this heading, not exceeding 16 words, ONE 6MIA G Addresxes may be lejt at this Office "TXTANTED a respectable party toS VV adopt a baby. Address A.D., ' "Mail "Office. ',4 117' "TTTANTED |one or two , gentlemen W boaders. Apply by letter to Comfort, "Mail" office. 5 3 ■TXTANTED KNOWN.—The Cheapest VV House in Ashburton to buy. Drapery, Millinery, Clothing, Boots, etc., is H. C. Segers, Melford House. WANTED Known.—A special pur chase of choice Ladies' Hats at a desperate price.—W. H. Collier. 4f130 -TITANTED KNOWN. —Muffins,! VV crumpets etc., fresh every morn-I ing, at the Ashburton Bakery. Orders will have prompt attention. —Charles Grtjbb. 4 217



STOP THAT COUGH! By using > Flower's Cough Drops. Guarantoeg efficacious. Can only be obtained at H G. Flower's, Confectio reet [ 3 191 \\J ANTED KNOWN—TIie "Strong s j » "Wear " Boot is the best for Men, Ladies, and Children.—W. H. Collieb, 'The Corner. "Z^gSSXZZZM WANTED Known—For first class Drapery; if you want g*od value for your money, go to H. C. Segebs, Melfofd House. WANTED every man in the County to have a suit of the Ashburton Tweeds.—Robert Axcorn, Ashburton Clothing' Mart^ Saunder's Buildings. TTTANTED Known —One hundred VV and fifty Ladies' and Children's Ulsters bought a great bargain (good qualities), now selling very cheap —H. C. Segers. Melford House. %\J ITH one of my Tweed overcoats or \\ a Sewn seam Waterproof and a pair of my double-soled shooters on, you can smile at la Grippe and Influenza as they pass.—Robert Alcorn, Ashburton Clothing Mprt, Saunders' Buildings W' ANTED Known —The Cheapest Shop to buy Tinware and Gal ■vanised Iron goods in* Ashburton, is at W. F. Ha-itnaford's, Burnett Street. ~A large stock kept on hand. Tin and Iron ware goods made and repaired with des patch.



<^ Public Notices. LONGBEA.CH ROAD BOARD. & FINAL'NOTICE. ALL Rates unpaid on May 10th will be sued for without further notice. 4§230 ■' BY ORDER. SELLING OFF PREVIOUS TO STOCK-TA&ING. ,■. T3OOKS, Stationery, Fancy Goods, J[3 Mupic, etc., at Greatly Reduced Prices, for Cash. N.Z. Jubilee Chronicle L. F. ANDREWES & CO OWING to the rise of Fat Sheep, we, the Undersigned Butchers of Ash burton, are compelled to raise the price of Mutton as follows: — . ■ , per lb. Sides Mutton 3d. Fore Quarters 2 Ad. Hind Quarters 3jd. Legs 4d. Trimmed Loins ... ... 4id. Loins with Suet and Flap 4d. Chops '6d. JAMES TASKER . ■ . Y/. H. RULE SAM. BURNARD JAMES SMITH . THOMAS REVELL EDWARD J. COX GEO. WORNER GEORGE JAMES 4 237



, .bli^Qp^-Dippin? 1 /X Ten (JOKE'S : iNE'tf PUBLIC DIP . , r RAILWAY RESERVE, , - Opposite Asliburtoii Salsya^ds, IS NOW GOING UJN ' Man' in attendance" every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, from 9 to-1, other days can be arranged by applying to C. M. BROOKE, East Street. PRICE : One Penny per head under 500 ; [ Three Farthings per head over 500. After Ist Maj, One Farthing per head more. grostey'i'eilC S ;eep D:p Equal to any, and superior to most, is sold in the Ash burton County only at 6s per gallon, used 1 to 110 and or 120 gal • lons of water, goes further and is cheape-.. han any OTHER DIP.



\WINTERf % iBgo. '.:: :.!h- .... ;nBW ZfEALAHD NEW Z^EAL'AND CLOTHING [ PACTOEY. '.' ;: d — OLOTHIERS OUTFITTERS TAILORS MEROERS GICNTLEMEWS HAxTERS. —8 . WATERPROOFS made to Measur^ A splendid variety of patterns to helect fi-ow» BlanKets, Ryg^, F^ider Down Quilts at prices|to suit everybody'(2 , • . Inspection Invited. ■ jj ■ NEW ZBALANP "ClotMog Factor/ Wf in ">VBRBfIR, Manage



and I. urn convinced iJpil Uicy will lind il/ the most wondei-ful of nifcdici.ncs. — You is tr., E. .1. C'tfUNOW, Wattle street, Sandj, huwi.—(Advl»)C3| 0