The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 1890. ANOTHER WONDERFUL INVENTION.

When Solomon declared that there waa "nothing new under the sun," he was Bimply bored with the dulness of his own times, and could he return to this sublunary sphere in the present year of grace would doubtless be as surprised as pleased at the lots of new things which have been invented since his day. Nowadays indeed the number of new inventions is legion—it required a whole court, and that a large one, in the Paris Exhibition to display those of one man, the inventor par excellence of the i age—we mean, of course, Edison. Yet Edison is only one of many, and the cry is "still they come," Edison's dis coveries opening the path to many more. For example, his latest invention, the phonograph, of the working of which we have recently published interesting des criptions, has led the way to the intention of a machine infinitely less costly, indeed so cheap as to be within the reach of all, and which, says the correspondent of a contemporary ' promises to make ducks and drakes of type writers, phonographs, graphophones, and all previous inven tions. The inventor of this mechanical prodigy has just brought it over from America, and its existence for the present fs-praotically a Becret. The new inven tion, which is named the 'phonortograph,' is about the size of a large cigar box, and weighs s£lb. There are two immense advantages possessed by the * phonorto graph.' First, it will reproduce sound j with perfect accuracy upon a flat surface; and second, it can be produced and sold for a sovereign 1 The Edison phonograph had this disadvantage as a means of conducting correspondance-r-in Edison's invention the impression of the words spoken into it is made upon a cylinder, which is inconvenient to send through the post. In the ' phonortograph' the impression is made upon a flat sheet of paper which can be doubled up and sent through the post like an ordinary letter in an ordinary envelope—the paper of course having to b»e specially prepared for the purpose. The very highest hopes are entertained as to the universal success of the •phonortograph,' full descriptions of which will no doubt shortly appear in the technical journals. Its prospects may in fact be gauged when it is remembered that in the United States no lees than. £6,000,000 sterling is invested in the present phonograph and graphophone. One hundred thou sand of these machines are already in use, and they are rented out for an annual payment of 40dol each."

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The editor of the i;i Fotsden Zeitung " is to be place on trial on a charge cl lese Majestic, in having stated in paper that tho Kaiser rode in a eeoond-olasa cab. A cablegram from Adelaide under date 19th {net. says that the Hon. J. Ramsay, formerly Chief Secretary, wan horribly burnt by the explosion of a lamp in a railway carriage, and died shortly after tha accident. " I meant to have told yon of that hole," said a gentleman to his friend, who was walk ing with him in bis garden, Bnd stumbled into a pit full of water* "No matter," said (be friend, blowing the mad and water out of his mouth, " I've found it." The total rainfall during December was :— Auckland, 2.63 inches; Wellington, 2.73; Lincoln (Ghriatohuroh), 1.727; Dunedin, 4.07, Except in the last instance, ibis is less than the average for the same month in previous years. The navy of Portugal oonsißts of 33 vessels, not one of these armour-clad, and five torpedo boats. Great Britain owos 77 ironclads, 88 protected ships, 195 unprotected, 141 torpedo boats, 25 merohant cruisers, and 49 gunboats, etc—total, 675. A defendant walked into Court with an enormous bludgeon under bis arm. Judge: " What have you brought that bludgeon here for?" Defendant: "I was told in the summons, your Lordship, to come provided with my means of defence. I first thought of bringing my axe, but then I fancied this would do." ° I The terms in which an English Company ' taJr? over the " Safe Cure " businsss of H. H. Warner snd vendor is £700,000, of which at last £800,000 *iU be in cash. The share capital has been fixed at £550,000, divided as follows:—20,000 8 per cent cumulative pre ference shares of £10 each, and the debenture capital iB £120,000 in $ per cent debentures. All the capital has been subscribed. It has been discovered that a current of electricity passed over the rails under a locomotive increases its power and is prefer* able to sand when the metals are " greasy." On a grade of an Amerioan railway averaging 185 feet per mile a locomotive made the asoent with 45 oars and a dynamo running in 28 minutes; without the electricity the time was 55 minutes with the same load. It will be seen by a telegram in another column that the rifle championship has been won by a Wellington volunteer, Seamen Williams, with a total eoore of 453. Another Wellington competitor also a naval volunteer, Seaman Franae, took second place with 451» Notwithstanding that he missed his last shot an Auckland man, named Gunner Taylor of the Artillery, was third with a score of 449, and Lieut. White, Auokland, fourth with 448. Somebody at Vienna has just invented a powder which seems likely to put a very dif ferent complexion on all future military operations. The powder in question, when ignited, has the novel quality of sending up suoh a dense smoke that in eight or nine minutes fighting is quite out of the question. There is something decidedly quaint in the idea of foiling your enemy by enveloping him, and yourself, in an exaggerated London fog. A sensation has been caused in worHly circles by the announcement that Mies Kuto Drexel, one of (the richest heiresses i j tbe United States, and sometime a leader of fashion in Philadelphia, has taken the veil in a convent of the Sisters of Meroy at Pitts burg. The ceremony of reoeption vtaß oarried out with gaeat splendour, the postulant being magnificently attired and glittering with diamonds, and an arohbiahop and four biebops being present. The novice is known in religion as Sister fifary Gatborine. The " Advocate" states that a Taier* farmer had a bit of bad luok with some young cattle last week. Six of his yearlings were suffering from ringworm and he was recom mended to wash the affeoted parts (the eyes and neck) with sheep dip. He aoted as advised, and the result was that one of tbe spimals died in about four honrs, and the remaining five died through the night. The dip was applied jfce the gores in its pare state instead of being fi'rsi dilated with wter, hence the fatal results. It is very plain, however, that the dip must be' o*£ an extraordinarily poisonous nature. One of the cattle was a fine bull reoently purchased by the owner. The "Waimate Times" reports thßt Mr l^ddleton of the Royal Hotel, received a truck load of coal from Timaru on Thursday, and when the carter who was engaged to carry the coal from the truok to Sir Middleton's premises was nnloading his dray, he was surprised by discovering a ,dyamite cartridge, about 4 inches jn length, among the coal. Had the aattvidge passed unnoticed into the cellar, and fina'.' v int<> the fire, there is. no saying what the" corieequfaSoes mighs have | been. How it got among the floa! is not known, but it is surmised that it must have 1 been there from the time the coal left tha , pi'fttNewoutla. \ r

The latest statistics of the Catholics of the world issued by the Propaganda place their numbers at 220 millions. Eighteen tons of steel disappear daily on the single system of the London and North westorn Railway, through wear and ruat. "James, yon have been fighting. I can tell it by the look in your eye." " Yes; but mother, you should see the look in the other boy's eye." A Chinese doctor in San Franoiso, who ha 8 been in America thirty years, is Baid to enjoy an income of £1200 a month from. the practice of his profession. Mummies are cheap in Berlin just now, quite a number having been imported from Egypt, A fine speoimen, warranted 5000 years old, oan be purchased for £17 10s. Wednesday, 29th Jan., has been proclaimed a public holiday to celebrate the Jubilee of the foundation of this colony. The local post and telegraph offioe will be oloaed except from 9 till 10 a.m. and from 7 till 8 p.m. All mails will close at 6.30 a.m. A very bright three year old girl in a Cambridge was seleoted to " show off " the merits of the sohool, even for mere babies, to a party of visitors, and was asked |to count: She reflected credit on her home by by doing itjas follows:—" One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, jack, queen, king." At a recent meeting of the Wellington Hospital Trustees . a report was presented setting forth the amount of liquor consumed in the Hospital. It appeared that twenty patients had, in the month of December, con sumed 270 pints of wine and mi.lt liquors. This soems to be the standard quantity, for in the corresponding month in the previovs year thirty patients drank L 270 pints of wine and malt liquors. There is a custom observed from time immemorial, in some parts of Dorset, for land to be let by auotion by meanß of an inoh of candle; the candle is lighted, and, whilst it is burning, those desire to rent bid in the same way as at an auction, the last bidoer obtaining the use ot the field for the enßuing year for the amount of rental he offers* This curious custom, the origin of whioh is lost in obscurity of time, is not confined to any par* tioular village or town in the county. We learn from the " Press " that Mr N. 0, Nioholaß, whose name is associated with the majority of the large takes ot fish in the Temuka district, has again oome to the fore with the biggest reoorn of the season. Accompanied by Mr W. Smith he prooeeded to the Rangitata on Friday evening, and returned on Saturday morning with a splendid basket of seventeen fish that weighed 145pbs. 01 these Mr Smith took eight, whioh sdaled 71£lbB and Mr Nicholas landed nine weigh* ing74!bs. The heaviest flhwaßlSJba. The remarkable takes that are constantly made in tb is district are attracting large numbers of visitors from Dunedin and elsewhere, and the majority of them are meeting with fair sport. One of the saddest sights of London is a (says the correspondent of the " New Zealand I Times ") the crowds of half-starved youngsters who attend the publio sohools, They sit Bide by Bide with well-fed children, and the oon wast is often startling. A Committee ia now at work for providing euoh children with free dinners. They find that they will have to provide for at least 50,000 youngsters, and the : cost will be something like £25,000 a year. It . is proposed to raise this sum by private sub- Boriptions, for it is considered that tax payers would grumble if a general rate was fixed to feed bodies as well bb minds. ' P£re Pamphjle De Yeuster, the brother of Father Damien, is now making a tour of the world for the purpose of ereoting a memorial to the heroic leper priest, in the shape of an institution for the purpose of training missionaries for work among the lepers—an institution whioh will not only prepare 1 courageous men so as to fit them to administer to ttj i spiritual wants of the abandoned lepers ' oat also teaoh methods of alleviating their bodily ills. Other admirers of the apostle of i Molokai propose to found a leper hospital for r the special purpose of treating leprosy, with , a view of making a oloser study of the terrible I dieeaße, in the hope of discovering a remedy against its ravages. • There are not many persons who have both , a grand.parent and grand-ohildren, but Mrs [ J. P. Earr, an old resident of the Malvern I district, and now of Pspanui, occupies the ; almost unique position of a grandmother and grandchild. A very interesting occasion was that on whioh the representatives of the five ' generations met to be photograpeed in a > group. The ages of the members of this 1 remarkable family are as follows:—Mrs 1 White, the greatrgreat-grandmotber, 90; Mrs 1 Thompson, the greatrgrandmother, 70 j Mrß Barr, the grandmother and grand-child, 50 ; , Mrs Keys, the mother and great-grandchild, 27; Blanche Keys, the great-great-grandohiid, 3« Besides the last-named there are fourteen great-great-gracdohildren, Mrs White, it may be mentioned, is still strong and healhty, and she is one of the oldest ladies who have orossed the line, as she oame to the Colony only a few yeara ago.—(" Lyttelton Times.") Mr H. 0. Russell, the Government astrono mer in Sydney, writes as follows in the " Morning Herald" :—" It will be remem bered that in the beginning of October last a plague of moths visited Sydney, and so com pletely ate cp the bea food that at one bee farm fQOlbg of honey had to be given to the, bees (o keep them alive. A similar account comes from Port Stephen, One bee keeper there lost 200 hives from this cause. At the close of the visitation there the sea washed np the dead moths inches deep in some paats of the beach. On Oct. 6th a cloud of these moths settled on the Bebeoaa when off Green Oape. They quite darkened the atmosphere as they approaohed, and crowded in every nook and corner when they rested. Even the lamps were put put by the pests, and the sails were blapkened by the multitudes that orawled over them, At Eiama, we are told, they were so numerous that school work-was almost stopped by the time taken to remove the dead moths. If it be remembered that at least 250 miles of our coast was infested by these moths at the same time, some idea of the magnitude of the swarm may be obtained." ■ [ ,

TEN MONTH'S SUFFERING IN A HOSPITAL

There is an old saying that physicians are a class of men who pour drugs, of which they know little, into bodies of which, they know less. This is both, true and untrue at the same time. There are good and poor lawyers, and good and poor doctor?. The trouble with these medical gentlemen as a profession is that they are clannish, and apt to be conceited. They don't like to be beaten at their own trade by outsiders who have never st"died medicine. They therefore pay, by their fre- I quent failures, the penalty of refusing instriic ' tios unless the teacher bears there own " Hall Mark" An eminent physician—Dr Brown-Sequard, of Paris—states the fact accurately when he | says : "The medical profession are so bound ' i up in their self-confidence and conceit that they allow thedhmond truths of science to be picked up by persons entirely outside their ranks." We give a most inteiestipg incident, which illustrates this important truth. The steamship " Concordia," of the Donaldson Line, sailed from Glasgow for Baltimore in 1887, having on board as a fire man a man named Richard Wade, of Glasgow. He had been a fireman for fourteen years on various ships sailing to America, China, and India. He had born the hard and exhausting labor, and had been healthy and strong. On the trip we now name he began for the first time to feel weak and ill. His appetite failed, and he suffered from drowsiness, heart burn, a bad taste in the mouth, and costiveness and irregularity of the bowels. Sometimes when at woikhe had attacks of giddiness, but supposed it to be caused by the heat of the fire room. Quite often he was sick and felt like vomiting, and had some pain in the head. Liter during the passage he grow worse, and when the ship reached Halifax he was placed in the Victoria General Hospital, and the ship sailed away without him. The house surgeon gave him some powders to stop the •vomiting, and the next day the visiting physician gave him a mixture to take every four hours. Within two days Wade was so much worse that the doctors stopped both the powders and the mixture. A month passed the poor fireman getting worse and worse. Then came another doctor, who was to be visiting physician for the next five months* He gave other medicines, but not much relief. Nearly all that time Wade suffered great torture ; he digested nothing, throwing up all he ate. There was terrible pain in the bowels,, burning heat in the throat, heartburn, and racking headache. The patient was' now taking a mixture every four hours, powders, one after each meal to digest the food, operat iug pills one every night, and temperature, pills two each night to stop the cold sweats, If drugs could cure him at all, Rcihard had an I'ea that he took enough to do it, But on the other hand pleurisy set in and the doctors took ninety ounces of matter from his right side, and then told him he was sure to die. Five months more rolled by. and there was another change, of visiting physicians. The new one gave Wade a mixture which he said made him tremble like a leaf on a (fee. At this crisis Wade's Scotch blood asserted itself. He refused to stand any more dosing, and toM the doctors that if he must die he could die as well without them as with them, By this time a cup of milk would turn sour on his stomach, and lie there for days. Our friend from Glasgow was like a wreck on a shoal, fas f going to pieces. We will let him tell the rest of his experience in the words in which he commuuicated it to the press. He says; " When I was in this state a lady whom I had never seen came to the hospital and talked with me. She proved to be an angel of mercy, for without her I should not now bp alive. She told me of a medicine called ' Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup,' and brought me a bottle next day. I started with it, w.thout consult ng the doctors, and in only a few days* time I was out of bed calling for ham and eggs for "breakfast. From that time, keeping on with Mother Seigel's great remedy, I got well fast, and was soon able to leave the hospital and come home to Glasgow. I now feel as if I was in another wotld, and have no illness of any kind," The above facts are calmly and impartially stated, and the reader may draw his own conclusion* We deem it best to use no names although Mr Wade gave them in his original deposition. His address is No. 244, Stob cross street, Glasgow, where letters will reach fr'm- '

EAST STREET HORSE MARKET.

Meßßta Williams and Bland report hiving held their weekly sale of horses on Saturday. Th.ore was again another vnry large entry for the day, v% 46 horees, of vrhloh 20 ohsng^d hands. There wan a flic attendance of farmers and others, and the bidding on ha whole was very mutoh more sptrl ed th in hat week ; all the good arU aonn foand buyers. We sold on so count of Messrs Cochrane and Vaugaao,, of Methvon, 4 first-olaas sorts at the follow -1 t? prioea :—Chestnot gelding " M'ljor," 6 years old, £30; do gelding " bof(y," 6 years old, £20 101; bitck. msra, 7 years ild, £24; blask back mare, 6 years old, £8 10. ; on account oE Mr O. O'Oo mov, a grand 7 year old black mare, £23; on aooouat of Mr P, Jolly, a good 5 year old cjeldlug, £19; on aocoiipt of MrJ. Spring I Tlmara, t*o 'useful geldings 5 and 6 year •Id, at £40 for the pair; on acooant of Ht O. Leddey, brown gelding, Star, aged, bat a good sort, £16 ; on account of other vendors, 5 year old nmes, £21, £19 5s ; 5 year old gelding, £15 ; aged geldings, of g;ood it.mp, £12, £12, £12 ; aged inferior sorts, £7, £2 6<, £4; hacks and light harness horaes, £9 £9; collar harness tad winker*, £1 12s 6d ; old set harness, £117s 611 reaper and bloder, McQorooilok wire, £'£ 10i. Produoe—Wheat straw chafi, £2 per con; oat sheaf, old, £4 par toa; ob.tak whe»t, 6s to 9s per bag; sharps, 7s per bag; brao, 4a per bag; new potatoes, 5i pee owt; Ham, 7d per 1b; bacon, 6|d pei 1b; onions, string, lsd per Ib, In bag l|d per Ib.

HORSE MARKET.

Mr T. Bullock reports fqr the week ending Saturday, January 18th :— , Thirty-eight horses were offared at the day's sale, Biddings were again languid soap ting tor a.f aw of the best sorts of medium draught*. Out of the day's entry of 38, 13 changed bands as follows, viz*, medium draught * 4 years old of rather a light stamp, £1$ 10*, £18, do £12 101 ; 5 year old, Ji ? ht, £14; 6 year olds, £15, £19 10a; 8 year olds, £12, £13 10a ; dg id, £9, £12, £12; others, £3 ss, £3 15s, £5 : light harness horses, £§, £10; hacks, for this olasa it was very difftouly to obtain bids aad only tho*e of a very inferrlor stamp changed haods at nominal figures, Beapeas and binders, eto: Privately I disposed of McOormick twine binders. £10, £20; spring trap, £20; double seated buggy, £18 ; dray, £7 ss; tip cart, £3 ss; harness, eto., at market rates,

PROPERTY SALES.

Previous to the horse salo I ofliered town and Bubnrban properties, rnral land, etc., when the following sales were effected :—3 acres 1 rood 8 perches, part of RS 4906 with ten-roomed honse. near the corner of Town Belt North and olose to the Domain, the residence of the late &, T Permain, £770; 5 acres 2 perches, patt of RS 17763, near the Springbarn Bchool. Alfotd Forest distrlot, £8 5» per acre; the other properties offered, biddings not reaching owners reserves, werd passed in. friv tely I have dis posed of BPt 12562,1880515595, confin ing in all 143 acres, situated near Auhton at £5 10s per acre; town section 548, Cox street, with dwelling house £265; lots 371, 372, a 73, 374, 375, 376, 377,'Tinwald Town Board district at £5 5s each.

THE STORY OF LEAH, THE JEWESS

In the old dayi, when Jewish people were craelly persecuted in German?, there livad In that country an old firmer, whose only nor, haviog met a beautiful yonng Jewess earned Leah, desired to marry hit. At that day there were fearful supersti tions Buivenfc amongst the Ignorant, some of whom believed that Hebrew women ate little children, and that they eoufd oast all sorts of spalls upon Ohrlstlaas; and , tho farmer, though a good man, pleaded with hia eon to give ap his lanoy for Leah. However, the boy Deemed so broken-hearted that the father, wfco kvsd him dearly, oonaulted with tbe village pastor and the schoolmaster ai to what was beat to do. The pastor wbb a kindly man, *In was very pitiful to all but the schoolmaster < was crafty aad cruel. He was actually a Jew who had professed Ohrlctanlty through fear of peneoatlon, and his greatest dretd web that the villagers would dlioove? him, and amongst tho people with whom Leah lived ;he bad seen an old man who knew him well. His only hope of escaping discovery eeemed to be to drive these Jewish people from the poor place In whioh they sought shelter, and he foresaw that it Rudolph, the farmer's aon, married Leah, this would become Impossible, Therefore be con- Geived a plan whioh would rid him of their presence. ■- " My good friend," he said to the far mar, ''your aon Is blinded by the beauty oJ' this girl. She is really mercenary. Offer her a sum of money, and she will leave him and depart. I will become your messenger, and bring yon back tbe news." , , • Tbe father reported thia to Rudolph. "My son," he said, "I will take*no unfair advantage of you. I will ask the ichoulmaiter to undertake the mission. But if the girl refuses the money you shall marry her: for I shall know that she loves you and is true." ' - Budolph, who t'usted ia Leah Im plioitely, consented with joy, thanked hia father and awaited the result calmly. Meantime the • schoolmaster lurried away, and sought the old patriarch of the Jewish party, Abraham by name, to whom he represented that it was desired tbat he should move away from the neighborhood and take the others with him, and th»t the money was offered him to do s-). He felt safe ia doing, this for he had discovered that Abraham had be come blind However, after he had agreed to depart,, and had accepted the money, Abraham remembered the apos tate's voioe, and charged him with being Nathan—a Jew who had greatly incensed hie people years before—and threatened to expose him ; and in terror of discovery Nathan killed the pld man. Beaching the farmhouse he • reported that the Jewess had accepted the money and re Inqulshed bee lover. The farmer rejoiced, and Rudolph, bis love turned to hate, renounced the unhapgfy Leah and betrothed hlftself to a young and worthy girl who had long loved him in atcret. ■ , Leah, anxious and alarmed, sought an interview with him, but he repulsed her with reproaches. They were cruelly unjust, and fell upon her heart like deadiy blowß ; but, seeing that he wae ia some way mis'ed and forsaken, abe forgave him and loved him still. But terror had seized upon the J«v?lsb family. Their old father was found dead, and they hastened to leave tha spot j Before they deoarted Leah wandered about the woods, bidding adieu to the scenes of her departed happiness, and came one evening to the door of thel church, lit with many lamps and full of villagers. , , , Sha heard the mußio of the marriage ceremony, and felt a strange impulse to see tbe happy bride. Creeping to a window, she gazed through it into the ohurch, and saw Bndolph, who, a few weeks before, had vowed to love her for ever, standing before, the altar, with a bri le's hana in his own.. iiorror stricken and furious, she ruined away to bide herself in the fdreßt, but returned, as thoogh fasolnated, and met Tiadolpb, who, the car oniony over, bad etoltn away, to be rid of the joy In whioh he bad no share. Thpy stood face to face fop the oW t'rro. He listened to her, and learnt that one was innocent of that laid to her oharge; that no money bad ever been offered to bar, and that It was hi who had been false to her, while she was true to him. Shame and grief weighed poor Rudolph to the earth. He fell at Laah s feet and begged her pardon ; but she, insulted and enranged,' spurned blm from her. Tl|en \\t tint; her hands toward heaven, rh» called upon the God of Israel to ca-se him, and ottered the awful meledlofclon of her faith cursing him, and those he loved and at! that he possessed or should possess —his future ohlldren, should he have any his felencs, his servants and his 1 battle, and rushed away Into the woods, leaving him prostrated on the ground. ' Budolph made no attempt at concealing what bad happened, aod from that hour uever forgot Leah'a maledltlon. But ahe returned no more, aad no evtl fell npon hm. His «ife and children were well, and his business prospered, Bat fdr rememberance on bis firat love he would have been happy, I '*' Meanwhile tbe ma derer lived In the village, boasting of his piety, and peraecu fug all of his own raoe woo oroiaad hia path. Enraged by his It jnatloe, Rndolph at laat determined to seek the Emperor and. aek for protection for tbe Jaws, It was, at that time, against the law to shelter or fee J them, or to deal with them in any way. For the snke of Leah's memory, he hoped to benefit her people, and left home for tbat purpose. His wif9 awaited his return anxiously, and as the tfma went on, almost despaired of ever seeing him again. She stood at her garden gate one day, watohlng the road, when a woman, pant- Inp and trembling, rußhed towards her and begged for protection. She was a Jewess. Behind her followed the schoolmaster and hia pupils, furious, and full of threats and menaces. The good woman protected her, and even against the law, gave her shelter. But as the poor oteatnre'a aenses returned ahe recognised the plaoe, for this <ras Leah, and no other. She knew that T she was speaking to the wife of her old Jover, and fury posaeseed her, Qbe saw that he had prospered, and all her old wrath returned. She watched his little girl &b ahe played about, and planned tb do her aomo great harm. For this purpose she concealed herself on the plnoe, and awaited hia return. Already h.e was near. She heard his wife's pry of joy ; ahe heard him call her fond names, and ktssj her and his daughter j and sha oronohed down, listening to their conversation. I Then she heard the purpose of hh visit to the Bmparor, and that his prayer had been answered, and as ehe listened to the good that he had done her people her, heart softened. Hia little deaghter approaohrd her, She embraced her, and Inquired her name, "Leah." said the little one j "and my mamma saya I %m to pray eyery night for the Leah 1 was named for. Then the unhappy Jewess melted into tears, and invoking a blessing on the man she uad cursed, would have stolen away ; bet as she turned to do so cries atd shouts arose, and the. schoolmaster and bis band returned with the police to drive her to prison. ■ Again ehe led, but this time it wan Budolph whbwas herproteotor. Armed with the authority given him by tha j Emperor, he announced the f act o f the royal pardon for the Jews, andidrove then fom tin ipoti Mmfttiwj

parted Leah had recgns d thß school-! master. i "He persecute the Jews!" ebo wed, "Be is a Jew himself—Nathan the apostate!" Bat a» she spoke the words the furious! schoolmaster drew a dagger from mV ho; otn and plunged it in her side, ' She faltered and fell, bnt Budolph caught her in his arms. He knew her at last, His wife also knew who this must be. With true and tender tears in her blue eyes, she also knelt beside the dying' woman, and placed their little one near hers. ■ Their arms encircled her. The child preßsed its innocent lips npon her. " May the God of Israel bless you and your house," murmured! the Jewess, " and forgive me for the curse He did not hear." And then her head fell peacefully upon Bodolph's bosom, and she breathed | her last in his arms. Later the authori ties sought the murderer, and foundhim dead. He had hung himself to a tree, and so died, Jadaa-Hke, as he had lived.

STRIKE OF LUMPERS

[P«B PbBSS ABSOOIITION] '

( Attoklaitd, Janusry 19. A number of lumpers discharging the Waimea struok wotk this morning. A local merohant, who is the conelgnee of a quantity of artificial manure od board the vessel, sent down a gang of men to re bap the manure, whioh had leaked, bnt as these men were not lumpers or members of the Lumpen' Union the others left their work. They will, however, resume work on Monday morning, when the labors of the non-Union men will have been' oom pleted. "■ - ' • ' '-:,,--,

TELEGRAPHIC.

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HOME AND FOREIGN.

OBITUARY.

Loitoon, January 17 »nd 18 . The death is announced of the Duke of Aosta, formerly Kiog of Spain., ,:. ,

PRINCESS MAUD.

Princess Maud, who has been'suffer iog from an attack of influenza, is now recovering,

THE 100-TON GUN.

Experiments made on board H.M.S. Benbow proved that the 100-ton gun is defective. :

STEAM TO AUSTRALIA.

Arrangements are being made to double the present fleet of the Nord- Deutscher Lloyd line to Australia.

THE INFLUENZA.

From advices to hand from Paris and New York, the mortality from influenza does not appear to be increasing:

LORD NAPIER'S FUNERAL.

■ The funeral of Lord Napier; is to be carried out.on a grand scale. The re mains are to be interred in the crypt of St Paul's. .

NEW ZEALAND COMPANIES.

The New Zealand Trust and Loan Company declared a dividend of 10 per cent, and the National Mortgage and Agency Company of New Zealand, Limited, a dividend of 5 per cent. •

THE FISHERIES QUESTION.

Parleying has been resumed with 1 Washington in connection with the Behriog fisheries dispute. America now seems inclined to abandon her claims to the exclusive ownership of the fisheries.

THE JOHNSTOWN DISASTER.

New York, Jan. 17. The Johnstown flood relieHund has reached

SPANISH POLITICS.

, Madrid, January 18. . The ex-Queen Regent Christina has !asked Senor Martinez to form anew Cabinet.

THE STATE OF CRETE.

CoNSTAimiioPLE, Jirioary 18.' Judges and magistrates of Crete are resigning their offices, and there are many symptoms of further trouble in Crete,

GOVERNMENT INSURANCE.

Brussels, Jann«y 17. The Belgian Government have in stituted, an "injury fund" of 2,000,000 francs for workmen in the employment of Government <

FAMINE IN THE SOUDAN.

Cairo, January 16 ■_ is to hand of a terrible famine in the Soudan. The mortality is reported to be enormous, and it is stated that 'ttie Mahdits' followers have been dis banded in consequence.

SPEECH BY THE CZAR.

, ■ St. Pkebbsbubg,. January 17. The Czar, in replying to New Year's greetings from Moscow, says he prays that the development of the resources of the country may continue undis turbed jtmidst the profound peace, which is desired by all the great Powers

PRIMITIVE METHODIST CONFERENCE.

(?n pbkss absooiahoit:) DtrniDW. January 18 At the Primitive Methodist Conference tbe state of the trnst properties was reported to be, on the whole, satisfactory. The fltatistiqs showed that there were thirty-four schools, 425 teachers, 3463 scholars. The money raised was £656. It was determined to take up Stratford as a new station^ ■_ ;

THE APPLE WEEVIL

(PIR FBIBS AB800IATI0H.)

Blenheim, January 18. With reference to the te, fegram received by the Government from Sonth Australia re the. apple iDteot, the contributor of " Garden Notes" to the "Express " say 6 '< that a statement cornea from Too woomba, Qaeenaland, that a fruiterer and practical gardener there exhibited at the 11 Chronicle" office a bottle containing hundreds of live insects or small beetles, which had' been taken out of the Cali fornian apples jaat received." These proved to be the apple weevil, a more, destructive pest than codlin moth."

THE WEATHER

The following are the meteorologfoil readings at Alford Station for the week eodlog Jana*ry 19feh, 1890 :—

COLONIAL DEFENCE.

(FBB PBBBS AfIfIOCUTIDIf.)

r , Londok, January 17. Sir Wm. D. Jervois presided at the United Service Institute last evening, when Colonel Robert Ellin re*d a paper on i( Colonial Defence. He contendg that in order to meet any emergency Australia mast be pelfcjdependent in the matter of defence,/and''that this end might be attainedihe suggested, by (he amalgamation of all the colonial fonety the holding of manosuvres in convenient centres, and connection hyj'rail between all the Australian colonies^

INTERPROVINCIAL

WTtHPMUVI^CIALI (Pjbk e&sss AssooiAwnr.) '

' ACOKLUTD, JititfttJ 19. In the adulterated pepper case against , Hart and Home, each defendant m toed 10a and coats. D» Giles wuied that It was not necessary for oonvlctlon to show tint the defendants knew; that the arttoU ww adulterated. >* ■r:-'*tikrh&- ■'' There has : been a decrease In tht namber of applicants foi ohsrltable aid. The flax urflls app«ar to have absorbed t great deal of surplus labor. -. The authorities of. the early eloaing movement have baaed a notloejeqa eating , all oltuei of the bonUßnbttj ito aaalat by •bopptng before six o'clock ;do fire dtyi of;the week, and before nine 'o'clock on Saturday!. - **■'"»•■<" ;-"£ ■ '.'.['"'\ . . Gisßoiiri,January 19, A lad named WillUm Edward Ward Graae was iicldantallj drowned In tht river whilat bathing alone.'' ■'- » - . . "WmuNOtof, January 19. On Thursday evening & banquet will be tendered t<> the Hon_l>r Graoe, M.L.0.. who hai lately returned from an extended tour of englind iia^he Continent. The festival la io celebration of the event oC hU having been raked to the dignity of ft Count of the Holy Boman Empire. Mr H. B.VogeV coHeitpr^the eldest eon of Sir Juliqs Vpgel/ met with ft serious accident. He woe playing tennis, and jumping rove? a net feU, bat notioed nothing wrong at the time." In the even ing he was dining out,, and was suddenly taken; ill with; Intense internal pains. Medical assistance was obtained, and is was discovered that be had broken ft rib, whioh had penetrated the kidney, causing the roptore of that organ., * The. rfquitabla lotnranoe Qompany of the United, States, has given notlos of appeal in the recent case, brought by Mr Bertie, iv which the Company was mnleted in £50 damages for alleged misrepreseu* tatiohs in respect to the tontine system.

IMPORTANT DESPATCH FROM LORD SALISBURY

Mr Pctre, the British Minister tt Lisbon, handed to die Portuguese' Minister of Foreign' Affairs on November 25th Lord" Salisbury 1! despatch of November 2ist; protesting against the claims of Pottugal in Mashonaland. The following is the despatch referred to;— l •'■ ■ ii-" Foreign Office^ November 2ist, 1889. Sir,—ln your despatch of theil6th fnit. 1 received a copy of the following royal decree which was pulished in the official." Gazette ** of the sth inst. It purport! to place a lar^e territory under Portuguese administration in tbe interior of Africa to the north'and south of the Zambesi river. The district to which the name of Zumbo is given,.i appears to comprise a great part of Mashpniland and an.' immense tract to the northward,-approaching ■ the frontiers of the Congo Ifree-State, and the watershed of Lake Nyassa. 1, J enclose a map. indicating the frontiers set forth ikjthat decree*. I have to request you to remind lEe Portuguese Government that Mashonaland is under British influence,', and.tq.^stajte that her - Majesty's Government do npt^ recognise * claim of .Portugal:to,,a,rw-.portion of (hat territory. The agreement between Lobengula aud Great Britiaa of February nth, 188$ : was duly notified to : them in, accordance with the iustruction given by me to Sir George Bonham in my despatch, of July 24th of that year. It was also officially published in the Cape Colony. The-agreement! wcorded the fact that Lobcngula is ruler of Mashonaland and Makalakaland.' Her Majesty's Govern* ment are also unable to recognise the dana£ of Portugal to cbe territory to the north of: Zambesi indicated .in the abpire mentioned proclamation. So far as they are defined they follow the course of the Loaisgwa River, on whose banks there are tiribes" with whom Her Majesty^ GoverhmenthaVe'freatiei, and they appear '.to: haw become iniistent with British rights established by-settlement on the Shire river and the coast of Lake Nyatta* Beyqnd this they assert the jurisdiction of Portugal over vast 'tracts* which are still unoccupied,-but the knowledge sot which is. principally due to British explorers. You will refer Senhor Barros Gomez to tie-, memorandum which you placed in his hand* by my direction, on -August - 13th, ISB7 In. which it was stated that Her Majesty 1* Government protested against any claims in no* degree founded on occupation, and that they could' not recognise the sovereignty of Portugal in territory in which she had not practically :- taken: possession, and in which she Was represented bjy no> authdmty capable of exercising the ordinary' 1 rights oC sovereignty. You will formally renew tliis ■ protest. You will inform his Bxcelletrcy that her Majesty's' Government recognise on the Upper Zambesi the existence of Forragues* occupation at Tete and'Zambo, but that they have no knowledge of any '6ther place or district. You will place a copy of this despatch at once in the hands of Senhor Barros Gomez.—l am,&c, -' (Signed) -> <--SALISBURY. ■ George Glyn fetre,Bscrfi, C.B. Portugal's rkply. The London "Times " of December 4th . publishes the reply of the Portuguese Government to Lord _ Salisbury* The reply . reiterates the statement that Portugal is with* ■ in her rights in claiming, sovereignty over the African territory in dispute,; and denies that the resignation of the local directors constituted a disappearance of the Portuguese Company^ Failing an amicable arrangement* however, Portugal statea that she will agree to Lord Salisbury's proposal to submit the cue tot , arbitrations .

ENGLAND AND PORTUGAL

[MB FBttS ABSO0IAn0H»l

THREATS BY THE? BRITISH CONSUL. (PIB PEKW AB8OOIATI0H.)

ZiKHBAB, January 17. The British Etat Indian equadnn has again assembled here. . Lisbon; Jannaiy 17. \ Excited mobs are still gathering in. different pacts of the city «j a protest against Vhe submission of the Portu- SPSse Government to England. ; / Lisbon, January 18 The Portuguese are boycotting Eng lish residents, and are cancelling con- : tracts made with 7 them. Three dayf since Mr Pfttre, British Consul hare, threatened ,that a British fleet would V anchor in the Tagus if the violence of the populace towards the English waft not repressed. The Portngwte Pwaa (tampon w|id pcrtUg*, iM ft|^

aSB ASHBTTRTON GUARDIAN, MONDAY JANUARY 20, 1890.





SAP. NOW ON ■ S h.T T B ; NEW ZEAI^ND CLOTHING ZACTORY. Half Yearly Stock-Taking- MEN'S AND BOTS* OLOTHIN3 At Piioes to suit eTirybody. KO OLD STOCKS TO SELECT FROM The Goodi wo HIW ud til our own ttake. HATS SHIRTS TIES BRACES JLMREDVCBD IN PROPORTION INSPECT OUB STOCK And judge for yonraelveu. NEW ZEALAND Clothing Factory. W. H. WKBBBB, Mwnger. __ SPRING & SUMMEB, 1889 WI. SPARROW, TAILOR AND MEBCER, JUST ftPEHED, ALARMS and Varied Assortment; of Gentlemen's fchlrti, H«t», Scarfi, NEW SEASON'S TWEEDS COATINGS. A luga Mid well Mleeted Stook to obooi* ton* JHU TAELOBING DEPARTMENT • nnaef the Mtntgement of Mb T. Kkkr who fau had LMge experience sa OUTTBR the principal Tailoring EBtabUhnsentß Chrlatehuroh, Pert*t Fit and Wcrkmnthip QmranUtA WM. SPARROW Sait Street CHBISTMAS GIFTS. W. W. SPENCER IN addition to the Great Bargains he ia now ofEering for Christmas and New Year, will give every Customer spend ing 5a and apwardi a PRESENT. White Calicoes 3a 6d a dozen Grey Ca'lcoea 2a lid a dozen Scarlet Flannel B}d a yard Bnmmer Dreas Gooda 6|d Zephyr clothi in, all colora Pink, Grey, Light Blue at 5Jd White Towels 3Jd each Donble "Width White Twill Sheeting If MEN'S TWEED SUITS, 18s 6d Men'i Tweed Ttoaaeri, 6s lid Boyaand Toatha' Colored Mole* 2i II i Men's Colored tfota 6i lid fBOOTB 'BOOSTS. Men's Blaeben 6s lid, Shooteis 10s 6d Women'a Leather Elaitlo Side Boots, 4i lid The best value Jo BOOTS to behedin Aibburton AT W, W. Spencer's THE ABCADE. P.S. REMEMBER every Castomer pending 6i will reoslv valaable resent > ' GBEY VALLEY COAL. 3000 TONS — SOLD WEEKLY.— NEWCASTLE COAL '^MENSE SUPPLIES COMING TO HAND. WEBTPOBT COAL REGULAR SHIPMENTS CASHING MACHINE Proprietors *arf F»nnera ahonld apply immediately partioulars to f.H,COLLINS&CO. TIMBER AND Goal Merchants EAST fiTBEBT 4SHBUR7{ON*



Waited Known I Cash thi head in*;, not cxc eding 16 words, 0 v B j •ihiliinv. addresses may be;eft at tiiis Office- U ANTED—V^oik in harvest field fo VV cart ng In, with good home mi dray,—Jambs Poktbr, Alleutoc, I*l3l LOST between Wlnohmore and Digby'e Bridge Nuw Hoop off Trap Wheel, Kindly leave same at D, Thomas' Offiue. < _ 1 133 WANTED to sell a secondhand Bioyo'e in good oondition. Apply "Mail" Offioe. 1 137 . —— . i LOST, oo Sunday, a fox terrier Slat, dark colored on head, iemaindt>r of body white. Reward on returning to Mb, Jambs Pobtbb, Allenton. 1136 WANTED To Let—A six-roomed Horaie, corner of Peter street and S.E, Beit, rent Ba. Apply W» 0. Pag*» Eaßtstreet' * 125 MANILLA Binder Twine, maehlne oil, and wire. Time li money on the field—the belt Is the cheapest. —R. Axoobk, Saanderi Buildings. "YTTANTED Known.—"Strong-wear 1 W Booti fot Ladlei, Men and Children oan only be obtained at W. H Ooiiibe's. MBB KENNEDY and Miss Osmeroa Moore Street—Teachers of Soientlfic Dress-catting. Bodies ont and fi ted. DresßmakiDg in all its branohes. Riding habits a speolality. 42 69 WEDNESDAY Half-Holiday. Please ■bop early. Wednesday we close •t 1 p.m.—H. 0. Skgkbs, Melfoid Home. T7IMBROIDERIEB—Fe* good Embroly fli deries marked aheap few to Melford Home. We have a large ana splendid assortment to ohooie from.—H, 0. Sigeb's Melford Honse. WANTED KNOWN —My Special Make of Ladles' 4-olaep Kid Glow, "The Ashburtonian," braided backs, 3s6d perp»lr—W. H,Colliib. WANTED every man in tue County to have a Salt of the Ashbarton Tweeds.—Eobbbt Aloobn, Ash burton Clothing Mart, Saandere' Balldlngs. MILLINERY— If you want o choose from a large stock of trimmed and nntrlmmed bats and bonnets go to Mel ford House. A lot of children's <9al»tea •trawa from 6d to 2s, very cheap'-»H. 0. SBGBBB, Melford House. '«T|7 ANTED KNOWN—That finding VV Bast stieet rents too high, lam remoflDg MY STOCK from J. Ore's premises, baok to my Havelook street •hops, where I will be able to sell goode Cheaper than ever, having no tent to pay there.—James Baker Furniture & Fanoy Goods Warehonsft. lt!16 "TTTA^TEO, Everyone to Know—That W J. MOJBON baa now In stock a 1 arge and varied jwsortment of BOOTS AND SHOES foe the Spring and Summer Season, Gentlemen's, Ladles', aud Ohil , dren's, both imported and Colonial;» too HIS OWN MAKE, which OANN )T BE BU£PASBEJ> fur Style, Fit, Qaal \y, and Neatness, combined with VERY REASONABLE PRIOEB, All repairs executed prompt'? and *ltb neatnetß. lOtl NEW GOODS. STATIONERY, Fancy Good*, Music, &o New Serial Volumes, Wew Books for Prizes or Presentations, Subscribers wanted for any Magazine or Newspaper pnblished. Diaries frr 1890. All Woods BMuced in Price dnriug this month, L. V A^DB^WES & CO VIOLIN TUITION MR R. WOOD, of T/nmu, Teaoher of Violin, Viola, a&d Cello, will •visit Aehbutton and > to take pupils commencing 11th October. F r terms, eto, apply to Mr B. Culleo. 10 102 Binding Twine. "donaghy's" SUPEBIOR BINDING TWIN^ FOB SALE. J. SF.4LY & CO ("What we do we o well" T»LK OHKISTOHUEOH DB HTAL BURG£B7, 168 Oaehel street, Chiistchorch, sozt Bobin son's Boot Store, and at the Octagon, Dunedin. All )peroticng at Htrictly nnlf orn and moderate Gonfinltation free. 8. MYEBS~AND CO,, SUKOEOH DBNTISTB. KITBOUb OXIDE GAS »dmlnlstewd This Aujesthetio leaves no uopleaiani; effects, and by Us nae the extr«otion of Bad Stumps and Teeth Is rendered per feotly Painless and Effeotlve. Ad ministered dally. Fee for administration of Gas, 5k Extraction, 2a 6d a tooth. Hoars of attendance, .9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Private residence, 93 Eaat Belt, The acknowledged uaperlorlty of AMERICAN DENTISTRY in the con atraetioS of Artificial Teath, the moat Smtuhed workmanship, and replaolag the lost teeth W'PORARILY ALMOST IMMEDIATELY after pxttaotloo, b»ve established oar reputation, A slnele ArtlficU Tooth, 10s, complete et, Upper and Lower, Temporary and Permanent £10 10s ; Artificial Teeth and Dentures made by other dentists re moddled at small costs, Stopping, Soal- Ugi JPocfcofc and iFfttnleHi \



Holloway's Pills.—Nervous Debility.— No part of the human machine rekuires mo-e • watering than the nervous system—upon it hangs health and life itsejf. "yb.es.e Bills are thp best regulators arid strengthened Qf tbe nerves, and the safest general purifiers. Nausea' headache, giddiness, numbness, and mental apathy yield to them. They despatch in a summary manner those distressing dyspeptic symptoms, stomachic pains, fulness at pi of stomach, abdominal distention, and overcome both capricious appetites and con fined bowels—the commonly accompanying signs of defective or deranged nervous power. Holloway's Pills are particularly recommanded to persons of studious and sedentry habits, who gradually sink into a nervous and debilitated state, nnless some such restorative be occasionally taken. The best medicine is Sander and Sons Eucalypti Extraot. Test its eminent power ful effeots in coughs, colds, influenza, etc.— the relief is instantaneous. Thousands give the most gratifying testimony. His Majesty the King of Italy and medioal syndicates all over the globe are its patrons. Bead the omoial reports that acoompany each,bottle., We have no occasion to offer rewards in proof of the genuineness of our references. The omoial reports of medioal olinics and univer sities, the official communication of the Consul-General for |j;aly at Melbourne; th£ diploma awarded International Exhibition, Amsterdam—all these are authentic docu ments, and, as such, not open to doubt. We add here epitome of one of the various oases efeated at tbe olinio of Sohultz, M.D. Pro? teßsor, etc.—"C.B., 24 years old; conges tioaal abscess on the thigh. Incisions made in two plaoes. Although Lister's dressing wad allied, tbe seorotion became, two days later, very copious, ana £** adopted A foetid decomposed oharaoter. The temperature to&i enormoaaly. In consequence the dressing was removed, and in its place were made during the day-t jme repeated irrigations with Eucalypti Extract. The offerisiyd foejier djs-i appeared very Boon, the fever abated within j a few days, and the patient recovered after the lapse of several weeks. In this instance be must not lose sight of the faot that the latter treatment saved the patient's life.' «~ (Advt.) 3 Buoha-Paiba.—Qnick, complete cnr-> of aU armoring Kid ey, "" Blad er, and ' tJnnairy Diseases. At chemists and druggists. K^mp ibgrns, Prpsser, and Co. agents, Ohxiatchnrch , Wsi4M' Hai BiIBARM.—If gray, restorea to Original colon An elegant dressing, soften and beautifies. No oils or greasa. A Tonic . Restorative, Stops hair coming oat, Btnngth] j p B QIQIOMI beaJfl ntty .



The best Remedy for Indigestion.— NoKtON's CAMOMIU Pills arc confidently recommended a$ a simple remedy for indiges tion, whiph is the cause of nearly all the .^diseases to which we are subject. Norton's plls, with justice called ," Na.ture'a stengthener ti the human stomach." act as a powerful top 1c and gentle aperient, are mild in their oper*, lion, and safe under any ciircum stances* Sold in bottles at His#d,ai 9 pj 9ii, •»tdl«oc fcadpn^hzon bout tbe wor



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