The Ashburton Guardian. Magna et Veritas est Prævalebit. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1890. THE LICENSING ELECTION.

The result of tbe election on Thursday was not altogether unexpected. The echoes of the little storm in a tea-pot over the Boxing Day booth in the Domain bad died away, but the memory of the storm had not been effaced. It has not been usual on the part of the ratepayers to slum much interest in the annual licensing election, and really only the hotel keepers and the more enthusi astic portion of what may be called the temperance party took any active part in the elections. By the temperance party we mean those philanthropic men who, looking upon not only the abuse but the use of alcoholic beverages as a moral wrong, leave no opportunity un availed of to enter their protest against the trade in liquor. Between that party and the "trade/ the annual election has been a duel. The little tiff during Christmas week over the Caledonian Society's booth left the impression o*n the minds of many that matter? in re that license had been carried with rather too high a hand, and remarks could be heard frequently then that the booth affair would leave its traces on the Licensing election. It has done so. The two gentlemen who signed the booth license have been returned, and the five members elected are all 1 what may be termed " moderate " men. Two of them are pronounced total ab stainers, who have never, it is their proud boast, tasted spirits in their life time ;. but then, although thus rigidly abstinent they find no fault with other people making use, of liquor, and belong to no temperance organisation. The temperance candidates who have been unsuccessful have to thank the Boxing Day affair for their defeat, for had the election been conducted as previous ones have been—no canvassing done, and the customary apathy displayed by the great body of ratepayers—a seat might have been found for each of them, for the figures they polled have always been good enough in the past to secure elec tion. But it is certainly a new experience for Ashburtonto find 118 votes recorded for one man in a Licensing Committee election. There were dozens of voters brought to the poll on this occasion who never voted in a similar election before.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

About a thousand ladiea in Chicago ride the bioiole. One twenty-fifth part of the world's coal fields are British. Prince Bismarck's offioial salary is £2700 per annum. The Arctic raspberry is the smallest known fruit plant. London votes £10,000 a year to its Mayor; Dublin £3000; Liverpool £2700. The well-known Duval restaurants in Pariß serve over 4,000,000 meals annually. There are six public schools in Ireland where the old Erse or Irish language is still taught. During the last eighteen months the Russian Government have expelled 35,000 Jews from the Empire. There are no old maids in Japan. If a girl is not married by a certain age, the authori ties take the matter in hand, and choose a husband, whom ebe is compelled to aocept, The English Customs authorities have abandoned the rule requiring all wool balea to be marked with the name of the place of origin, and have reverted to the old system. During the months of December and January the number of sheep slaughtered at the Gear Company's and Wellington Meat Company's works, for Home consumption, was between 95,000 and 100,000. The modern land of Babel is Austria- Hungary. Everybody there wants to speak a different language from everybody. A new telephone line has just been opened between Budapest and Prague, and the employees could not agree what language to use to each other. An association in London called the Sunday Sooiety occupies itself with arranging the opening of private collections to the publio on |the Subbath. 'For two Sundays reoently the Duke of Wellington haß opened Apaley House to those who wished to see its treasures. The Bishop of St. Asaph, in Wales, appeals to English Churchmen to aid the clergy of his diocese, whose resources have been nearly out off by the tithe agitation. " Starvation," I he says, " is an ugly word, but it represents the condition to whioh several of the Welsh clergy have been reduoed." There is an easy, simple way to tell if a diamond is genuine. Make a small dot on a i piece of paper with a lead penoil, and look at it through the diamond. If it shows but a single dot the diamond is genuine. If it shows more than one, or the mark appears scattered, it is false, no matter what it cost. At the factory at Oastleton, United States, there are manufactured between two and three tons of post cards a day' all the year I round. The largest order ever filled for one city was 4 000,000 oards, or abouo twelve tons of paper, for New York. There are 450,000,000 post oards manufactured annually and their use is increasing daily. The bronze gates for Cologne Cathedral ! which have been for many years in prepartion, I are now nearly finished. The deßign includes 1 the Four Ages of Man, the Four Seasons, and the Wise and Foolish Virgins, with beautifully prepared ornaments, representing ooats.of armß and groups of animals and plants, whioh have been superbly sculptured. Near a village in the district of Sohl in Hungary a woman while out woodcutting with her little girl, wbb attacked and thrown to the ground by a large bear. The child began to scream, and instantly rnshed at the animal, seizing him by the ear, whioh she vigorously pulled, pjither surprised or frightened, the bear left the woman and re tired at a brisk canter into the woods. The latest estimate of the population of Australasia makes the total population 3,672,429. In round figures Victoria and New Sputh Wales haye each a population of a million 5 that of New Zealand is over 630,000 j South Australia and Queensland have between three and four hundred thousand. Of the residue Tasmania has 140,000, and Western Australia 40,000. Taking advantage of the absence of the Nagae, the general commanding the vanguard of King Menelek's army, the dervishes, led by three chiefs, burned Qondar and massacred the few soldiers, forming the garrison of that place. On being informed of this, Nagas gave battle to the dervishes, who were completely defeated and loit their three leaders, among the killed. , I The report of the Austrian seotion of the Alpine olub shows that mountaineering in the Austrian Alps has this year oaußed twenty-two accidents, while in the course of last year the number of persons injured was 31. Only four deaths ooourred; ninty-focr new shelters were erected during the year, and fifty difficult mountains were asoended by 200 tourists, most of whom were young, and among whom figured eight ladies. The doctors who attended the late King of Portugal in his last illness have certainly not under-rated the value of their servioes on that occasion, to judge by their bills. One ( of them demanded £2400 for ten visits, j another waa content with'£34oo for eighteen, • while a third thought that £5000 was not too ' I muoh to pay for nis presence at the same number of consultations. The medical fees , came to over £12,000 in all, which the new Ring paid without a murmur, though poieibly got without Rtwjpge, ;>

One of the results of" taffy "is that the ] j handsomest equipage on the Bois in Farie is 1 that of the woman who keepß a noted oandy shop. The champion heavy-weight bullock (says the " Manawatu limea ") was slaughtered by Mr Collins, of the Rangitikei Line, the other day. It turned the soale at 11201ba dressed weight. The " Manawatu Timns " remarks;—lt is said that much amusement is being caused at the present sitting of the Land Court in Palmerston by the fact that while Judge Trimble cannot speak Maori, he is now called upon to aot with a Native Assessor, Pirimi.of Botorua, who cannot Bpeak English. Aa both have to oonsult, the question is how is it managed, and how far does pantomimio dumb show enter into the consultation ? A sensational scone took place in Messrs Wombwell's menagerie at Great Bridge, near West Bromwioh. Orenzo, the lion tamer, entered the oage containing several lions, and was proceeding with bis performance when the animal, which a Bhort time ago effected its escape at Aston, suddenly attacked him. lacerating bis faco, tearing his shoulders and wounding his arm before it could be beaten off Orenzo entered the oage again after his injuries had been attended to, and eon eluded bis performance. The oodlin moih peat, says the " Wanganui Chronicle," is playing havoo in some of the local orohards. A gentleman in Wilson-street, out of some thirty trees, has not one uneffeoted. Indeed, his usual large crop will this year be diminished to a few pounds. On Saturday he evtra ted between thirty and forty of tho vermin from the trunk of one tree. >We were not aware that the moth had turned its destructive attention to pear as ] well as apple trees, but Mr Andrew Gihnour discovered one of the paste in a pear pluoked from his orohard one day laßt week. The Bishop of Richmond preaohed on football to over a thousand men in Bradford on a recent Sunday. Hiß Lordship said that if Christ had seen such a great crowd as assembled in Bralford on Saturday, and noticed the enthusiasm and interest in the Lgame be would have rejoioed with them in breaking away from work; and would have drawn out all the good He could. St. Peter also would have stepped into the field, and found bis illustrations there. The Bishop, as a lover of the game, urged that it was worth playing and Witching for its own worth, apart from betting and other evils. Hii Exoellenoy Lord Garnngtonwaß not highly impressed with the aristocratic bear ing of the »J. Hupper eucouls "of Dunedin. The fact becomes known (says the " Post") in rather an amusing manner. At one of the Governor's garden parties His Exoellenoy of New South Wales, apparently under the impression that he was addressing a dis tinguished visitor from Anstralia, remarked ineidently that he had never seen a more common locking crowd than was there assembled in the Fern Hill grounds. Un fortunately the gentleman addressed ohanoed to be a leading oitizen of Dunedin, and he did not appear much gratified at hearing His Exoellenoy's opinion of the Dunedin upper ten. Mr Stead after taking the journey to Borne was disappointed in not getiing an interview with the Pope. Coming largely as a repre sentative, or at all events aa the literary embodiment of Cardinal Manning's views of progress in the Cathol Church on social lines, he had largely against him the weight of the Italian Unionist Cardinals, who now do their best to rule the roast at the Vatican, and exclude all forms of demooraotio and Liberal opinion on Irish and English labor questions, With the Duke of Norfolk Mr btead has necessarily very little in common, so the mission, though it may result in the writing of a great deal of good " oopy," has not been quite as fruitful as was expeoted.— "London Star." The Asbburfcon Cycling Club's Sport Com. mittee are leaving no atone unturned in]order to make their coming meeting a big snooesa. They have bo far been very suoeMaful with regard to prizes and entries, having received several entries from Cbristohuroh and aleo from Timaru. Mr G. B. Shaw, the celebrated hurdle racer, will compete in the foot raoee. The Traok Committee are also making arrangements to have the terrace viewing the ground made private property, so as to be able to prevent onlookers from Hespaeßing. We hope the publio will, rather than cause any unpleasantness, secure a ticket either at the gates or from any of the officers in oharge of the ,expresses which have been engaged by the Club to oarry passengers to the grounds. A German paper, referring to the desirable^ ness of England as an ally, remarks :—" The Powsr whioh blind hatred designated as ' the Champion of Barbarism and Reaction' has, in reality, everywhere been the pioneer of culture and oivilizatiou. The English col onies enjoy an independence greater than that of the various states of Germany, and the ocean-ruling Britannia protects the Bmall eat of her colonies with her w: ole power. This is a power not to be under-rated. Not only the inexhausible sources of England's wealth, but also the manly energy and the toughness of the national oharaoter of the English people raise it above moßt of its ad versaries. The German Emperor yesterday reviewed the mighty war fleet of the island Empire. He will have reoognised that Eng land is a terrible adversary and an exoellent ally. The world of to-day has no idea yet of what England oould do in the event of a strug gle for existence. There seems to be little danger that the dynasty of Montenegro, so dear to the heart of tfae Czar, wilt become extinct for sometime to come. A few years ago another son was born to Princess Milena and prinoe Nioholas of that principality. This is the eleventh child whioh has blessed their union sinoe 1862. The happy mother was the daughter of the " Wognoden," Peter Bukotisoh, and was born in 1847. She is consequently still in the prime of life and may live still many years, to the joy of her race. She was married when a mere child of thirteen years, although celebrated at the tune for that great beauty whioh captivated her semi-barbarian chieftain. Of her^jght daughters, the three eldest are already married. Princess Zorka iB the wife of Peter Harageorgevioh, whose pretensions hava so complicated the Balkan question. The Beoond daughter, Militza, was recently married to the Grand Duke Peter of Russia, while the third daughter is the Duchess Leuohtenberg. If the other children make suoh alliances the position of Montenegro will be one of considerable power iDjtbe Balkan peninsula. Certainly the Most 'Effective MEDICINE in the world is SANDER and SONS, EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. Test its eminent powerful effects in Coughs, Colds, Influenza, etc,; the relief is instantaneous. Thousands give 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 inflam mation of the bone of the leg, whioh came on after a severe attack of low fever, I was attended by Dr J. Boyd, who had made strenuous efforts to save my leg, but withoue success. He found it necessary to amputatt my limb. Having heard in the meantime of the wonderful cures worked by the Eucalypti E;:(rr/;t, I obtained a bottle, and the extract nad not been applied more than an hour when I began to feel greatly relieved. After apply ing the extract every four hours for. nine or ten days I was out of all danger, I would persuade all who may be affecvad with any such disease to give the Eucalypti Extraots trial, and I am convinced that they will find it the most wonderful of medicines.—Tours, etc.. E. J. Cornow, Wattle street Sandfrirst, ->(Advt.) 5

THE LICENSING ELECTION

Shortly after seven o'clock Isat night, Mr 0, B. Fookfl, tbe returning offioer, de olased the result of the election for a, Licensing Oomniittee for the Borough of, Aihbnrton to be ib follows :— D. McLbhd 113 D. Thomas 104 J. Scaly , ... 102 J.G. Reslell 97 Hugo (Trledlander 94 J. W. SawJe 68 ' J, C.Duncan 67 W. J. Siloook 61 W. 0. Page 37 Informal votaa ... 4 He then declared Meisra McLean, TbomM, Saaly, Restell »nd Frledlander to be the Lc u»ID6 Committed for tbe emolng year, : A fair number of people had aseeinblpd to hear the ttiolt, and there wia ■ome oheiriDg oa its being •nnoanoed. No Bpeoches were, bowever ( made« A vote of tbanki to the Betqrntofr Officer tirmloattd th« prwetdlpgi, !

TREATING A JURY.

An amusing incident occurred at ,■ Reef ton during the season of the Seymout-Walshe Opera Company. After the day's proceedings in connection with the Allen mining case, the Judge, Cro* n Prosecutor, and advoesi es were seated in one row enjoying the opening scene oi' Maritana,' when a most piteous appeal on paper was presented to His Honor from the jury, who were locked up, begging that they might not be deprived of the chance of wit nessing the performance of such a high-class combination. A consultation ensued, which resulted in a messenger, in the shape of a stately "bobby," to get an escort ; and marched solemnly, two by two, through the street, with a policeman on each side aud one at each end of the line, the poor, much worried jurors were ushered into the hall, greatly to the amusement of all present. A form in front and at the back of them had to be cleared, so that they might hold no com munication with the outside world, and a solemn (representation of the Jaw sal; at each end of the form to keep careful watch,— Greymouth ' Star."

MODES OF EXECUTION.

A contributor to American Notes and Queries summarises the modes of execution in different countries as follows :— Austria> gallows, public. Bavaria guillotine, private- Belgium, guillotine, public. Brunswick, axe, private. China, sword or cord, public. Denmark, guillotine, public. Ecuador, musket, public. France, guillotine, public. Great Britain, gallows, private. Hanover, guillotine, private. Italy, capital punishment abolished, Netherlands, gallows, public. Oldenburg, musket, public. Portugal, gallows, public, Prussia, sword, private. Russia, musket, gallows, or sword, public. Saxony, guillotine, private. Spain, garotte, public. Switzerland— Fifteen cantons, sword, public. Two cantons, guillotine, public. Two cantons, guillotine, private: United States, other than Mew York, gal lows, mostly private.

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

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Wbllington, February 6 The " Evening Press " accuses the City Council of indifference to the,.public health, and states that though their attention was forcib'y drawn to a place in the centre of the town in a bad condition no action was taken, with the result that a person living near has been removed io the Hospital suffering from typhoid fever. There are now a dozen cases of typhoid in the fever ward. The Directors of the Woollen Company have had under consideration the project of their employees to form a Union. They decided that tbe men had a perfect right to do so if they choose, but to confine it to one mill was an error of judgment. They would have supported it iiad the movement been com prehensive, but, holding the opinion that the agitation in its present torm would do no good either to masters or men, it was deter mined to remain quiescent. ouhbdht. February 6. ■ Mr G. P, Glifford, who took with him in he Hinemoa some 3000 salmon fry, succeeded mr n safely transferring some 2500 to the rivers on the West Coast. A lad named Montgomery, fourteen years of age, pluckily jumped into the water with his clothes on and saved the life of another lad named Wilson, who had fallen into tne Pelichet Bay baths.

QUEER COURTSHIPS.

" Mary !" " What ?" " Wi'ta ha'e me ? " "Nawe." Such was thesnmand substance of a courtship described by a writer whose sketches of Lancashire life are generally »ccepted as photographic in their fidelity to nature. The vocabulary of rustio lovers, especially in the northern counties, is often of a very limited character, being largely made up of chuck es, grins, sheep's eyes, and pout ings. Once or twice a week, with the regularity of clockwork, William Henry will present himself at or near the abode of his sweetheart, calling out, perhaps, with a sharp whistle, and then the two will go for a stroll through the fields in as methodical a manner as if they were performing some penitential duty. Very few words will be exchanged between them, and least of all will they talk pf love, for it is the frequent boast of working girls that they would never, oa any provoca tion, " tell their love "to the object of it. A time-honored anecdote exists in West Riding of Yorkshire, illustrative of this silent style of courtship, which may be worth repeating. A young couple walked out together for the first time as lovers, by some mysterious understand ing, felt but unexpressed. Only once during the walk was the tilence between them broken when the youth touchingly observed, "Treacle's risen, Sarah." "Has it? "said Sarah, affectionately. On they walked, through many fields and country lanes, and nothing more was said until the time came*for parting. Then the ardent lover mustered up courage to ask, " When mun I come agean?" "When treacle settles," was the calm re sponse? and they went their several ways. Dean Ramsay tells of a Scottish beadle who, could hit upon no better way of popping the question than by taking the object of his aflections to the churchyard gate and saying, " Mary, my folk lie there; would you like to lie there, Mary?" This is not quite so direct as the proposal made by a Galloway swain, who carelessly remarked, "I think I'lL marry thee, Jean," the response being, " Mon Jock. I would be muckle obliged to ye if ye would." Sir Alexander Dutf Gordon's court ship of Lucie Austin was a rather curious rff.iir. He met her one evening at Lansdowne House, and going up to her said, "Mm Austin, do you know people say we are going to be married. Shall we make it true ? " Her reply was in the affirmative, and not long afterwards tne nuptial knot was tied in Kensington Church.—From "Cassell's Satnr day Journal" for December, 1889.

TOBACCO SMOKING AMONG WOMEN

Tobacco smoking, in this country at least, has till recently been regarded as one of the peculiar privileges of the male sev. Of late years, however, the habit has undergone certain important changes as regards the extent of tts influence. It has attached adherents by the hundreds from among the most youthful of the community, and it has, we might also say, in a great measure changed its stx. Many men, and these as capable as active, and as worried as their fellows, have always been and still are found among the non-smokers; while on the other hand, a belief seems to be growing that women are largely adopting tobacco in its more asthetic forms as a feminine perquisite. To its thera peutic charm as an aid to a soother of worries, and a mild hypnotic, is added its alleged faculty of rendering women more companionable to their] husbands or brothers who smoke. On such grounds its wider extension as a social custom has been strongly advocited by some, while others again repudiate it with equal warmth as a veritable poison|of domestic womanhood. The question, indeed, is incapable of settlement on purely physiological grounds. It may be freely granted that tobacco does in some degree yield that artificial nerve rest which is claimed for it; but this will not suffice to silence objection, for its use by the smoker is more than a mere therapeutic method. Like every other luxury, it carries with it something of the slavery of indulgence, and this is to an extent not known in |the case of the simpler restoratives. While, therefore, we admit tha^ its moderate use is in many instances not onlY practically harmless, but even beneßcial, we cannot allow that its general adoption is at all necessary or likely to prove advantageous. What is true regarding its effect upon men is even more applicable to its influence on women* The companionship of the sexes has, in our opinion, little to gain from the fragrant weed. Concord of | the kind suggested is, after all, but a gross bond of union, and the fin; st common influence we would say is here, 1 as in many other things, not that of •• like to like,' but of " like in difference.*—•• Lancet,"

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NEW ZEALAND'S PROGRESS.

The following interesting review of the progress of the cohsj is from the able paper read by Mr 2<*. Q. Stead at the Conference of Ohambera of Commerce at Dunedin :— In the period between 1858 and 1888 her white population has inoreased from 59 413 to 607 380, and the following figures 'aken from the official statistics of 'i the colony, need no explanation :— 1859.  .1889., Aores. Acres. Land under cultivation including land with Bown gnsfea «., 156,940, * 7,670,167 1858. 1889. Sheep.. .. , 1,523.324 15,122,133 Cattle 137,204 853,358 Horses ,- .. 14,912 187,382 Savings Baak Deposi tors,- _ „. 715 103,046 Amount on deposit at ■ - ■ 31sfc Deoetnber in eaohvear .. .. £7862 £2,691,693 Letters received and despatched.. .. 482,856 40,398,020 Output of coal, tons Nil . 613,895 GROWTH OI OBDIHAB* MHKINa BUBIH»Bg. Deposits. Assets, ■'.: £ £ V,-, 1857 .. 343,316 .. 419,860. ' 1889 .. 11,594,603 .. 17,754,412 During the thirty years ending the 31st Deoember, 1889, the total exports repre- BBct" a Talue of no taw than £179,968,733 ; and if we examine ■; the 1 figures which go towards making np-this, total, the expansioa in the production of all the principal exports will be teen tj> be enormons. j j

Bat probably tbe following comparison showing the colony s progress during the past ten years, which hava been con sidered as a period of more or lesij de|)res« eion, will best illuatra c what a promising fielJ for employofeut already ezistii in New Zealand. :

Theio figures, together with sundry j Items oot Included in the Above, repre - sent • total value of. exports for 1879, araonntinr to £5,743,126, and for 1889 £9,339,265. It will be leen thereform that tho annual value of oar production! hM Increased by £3,596,139 in the Utter year m compared with ten yean ago, or nearly 63 pee coat., » ratio of tnaresse prottably unequalled fn any other portion of the (*lobe. ; Thus, after provtdfug foe ou» own wamts, we hare sent a»ay daring the ten yean ending 31st Deeembar, 1889, £8735,926 of breadstuff* and feeding gnAaw. During the same period we have sent away £2,361,238 worth of dairy pro dace, vegetables, and preseived meats, wall «t (n the single year ending Deoembae 31s/,, 1889, we have, after feeding our selves lavishly upon fresh meat,' been able to spare 1,065,831 sheep and 11,880 cattle, veined at £783,374, to feed ;oar, kindred In Great Britain.- Had there been twice as.many people here the ret: I salt* would probably have doubled, as it Is only by Increasing oar population that oar resouro.es and oar annual Income can be properly developed and augmented. Within the last quarter of a century we have oousiruoted 1777 miles of railway and 4790 miles of telegraph lines, whloh 1 vesture to say Is argreatee mileage pc? htaJ of our population than oah be shown In any ether country, whilst the gross private wealth of the Oolony, aoeordiog to tbfl property t«x retnrns in October, 1885, tob £137,138,317, or, deducting £23932 507 foe foreign indebtedness, £1] 3,305,630 net. The foregoing figures clearly Indicate how rapid has been the growth of wealth in proportion to the population, greater In fact than anywbeee else In the world! for the same period; and, as the wealiih is undoubtedly more evenly distributed amongst all classes than In any old o matey, the result Is a high average standard of well-being. We can also j tolnt out to Intending emigrants that we he ive a popular Government, whose endeav or is to legislate for the many rather flhau for the few. At the same time Its aim Is not to pull dowc and abase 'the rloh, but to rasia the general oondltlou of the people, and to add to the sum of human napplneia. We have no oJasa privileges—nil are on a common platform, and success i« practically assured to the frugal and industrious, Bread snVl meat are cheap and plentiful, the hours of labor are short, end there Is absolnte -political freedom, Compare this with the jpontlon of the masses In Europe—tte aerl oohural laborer with his scanty wage and I oilaome life the miner in danger and d arkness hewing out his brief exlttenoe, the faotory hand sacrificing his manhood h y long boars In a reeklog mill ;—each ;and all cannot but feal that the life for th urn and for "the children around their knees" promise to be a jayleass pilgrimage*. Is it not certain that thetr oonditlon would be distinctly benefited if they cast In tlwlr' lot with us, where the wide field for activity assures physical oomVort to the industrious where the ploughshare is better known than the sword, and wbiere a maximum of work Is obtained at a-| minimum of Motion between, the emploi 'er and the employed. The Colonial Empire of. Great Britain Is universally recognised nn a marvello as phenomenon, not only In. hei own his to ry but in the general hls'i^y of tha world. Its area is estimated, at 7,938,422 squi we miles, whilst all thoftoionies put together ot all other natl.ona are confined within \ 2,014,134 square miles. So vast and unique a series of possessions .has became the envy t>f all other Euiorjean countries. Bat of all these colonial possessions none &?n be found acre for acre to equ»l in fee tllty our own fruitful soil, and even though our bracing ollmate Is not all sun shine and gentle breesas, yst for health and pbyiloal enjoyment it li OQiurptMsd by »Dj In tbv HQfli I

TELEGRAPHIC.

HOME AND FOREIGN, fere PBBBB association] TBIAL OF THE BISHOP OF LINCOLN.

Lohdon, Fdhrnwy 5. After a long delay, the trial of the Bishop of Lincoln for ritualistic practices has finally commenced. It first came before the Ecclesiastical Court last February. IMPERIAL PENNY POST. It is probable a Parliamentary en quiry into the feasibility of the Imperial penny post will be granted. : MB PARNELL AND THE "TIMES." ■<■"-'. Mr Paraell himself instituted the proceedings which brought about; the settlement of his action against the "Times.'' The latter pays costs as between party and party., ' " STATEMENTS BY ALLPRESS. Allpress asserts he revisited Adelaide. He also states he was Successful at the gaming tables of Monte Carlo. It is expected the Bank will be recouped its losses. Allpress is anxious to be ex tradited promptly. AUSTRALIAN BORROWING. ; •■' The '?St James' Gazette" has con tained a series of articles in which it was asserted that all Australian borrow ings were used to foster State socialism, whidh dominates the whole fabric of credit, speculation, rent, and wages, especially in Victoria, where eact> loan causes a surface prosperity and inflation on the strength of her former reputa tion. It adds that Victoria hat pawned herself to British capitalists. The cen tralisation of Melbourne had starved the country of population and labor, ond country industries are neglected, owing to capitalists being , unable to hire labor at a profit,'and the result is unhealthy speculation. THE LAUNCHING OF A NEW STEAMER. The Australian cruiser Persian has been launched at Sir W. Armstrong and Co.'s works at Elswick. Lady Berry performed the christening cere* mony. In replying to the toast Sii Graham Berry said that he believed Colonial Federation was being gradually and surely brought about. . IMPERIAL INSTITUTE. The fusion proposed between the Imperial and Colonial Institutes re mains in abeyance, until the Imperial is more advanced WOLSELEY'S SHEARING : MACHINE. The exhibition of Wolseley's shear ing machine in London has been at tended with great success. : SPAIN AND ENGLAND. Madbid, February 6, A Spanish Deputy called attention in the Cortes to the persistent presence of the British squadron at the Canaries. TxHE CZAR AND BRAZIL, St. Petersburg, Febroarr 5; The Czar declines to recognise the Republic of Brazil during the lifetime of the ex-jftnaperor Pedro. BISMARCK, Brussels, February 5 The rumor iff revived that Bismarck meditates resigning. . . THE BULGARIAN PLOT. (Sofia, February 5. The plot against Ferdinand of Bul garia is ascribed to Russian machina tions.

AUSTRALIAN

i(W> (Pa* fMSS AMOOIATIOW.) NEW SOUTH WALES.

Sydney, February 6. The schooner Summer; Rose, from Newcastle to Tweed, was wrecked near Yamba; six of those on board being drowned.. j v Sir J. Thurston has written to the : Wesleyan Conference, enclosing some : lively and interesting correspondence between himself and the Rev Shirley ' Baker over the Tongan dispute. He I states that the charges in Mr Baker's I blue book are not founded on fact, or i even upon circumstances which excuse 'the author on the ground,of,honest ! misconception. Sir John adds that • with the assistance of Admiral Scott he hopes to be able to visit Tonga, and may be successful in /inducing Kibgl George to extend to air his subjects the fullest religious freedom. In a letter dated Auckland, January 7th, the High Commissioner declines to hold any social intercourse with Mr Baker until he. has made reparation for his calumnies against Vice-Consul Syraonds. Mr Baker replied next day 1, withdrawing the charges against Mr Symonds in full and apologising for publishing them, The Australian Conference passed a resolution soliciting Sir J. B. Thurston Jo remove existing disabilities, and re turn to their homes the exiles now in Fiju and Topia. "..'-. QUEENSLAND. Brisbakb. February 6. I The ketch Evelyn, laden with explo sives, was abandoned at sea in a sinking condition.;^ The crew were rescued by a passing steamer. The, Government sent a vessel to recover or destroy the vessel.

It is enrrently reported that Mr Barnnm is abont to do another smart thing in the way of enterprise. He is in negotiation with a rail- Way company to ran fortnightly trips from Manchester to Olympia for only a trifle more than the "almighty dollar," inolading, of oourse, admissonto the' < show." Eaoh train is to have a gnarantead freight of two hun dred peraons. If the terms can be settled— and they are pretty sore to be so with one company or another—the ran ia to continue for three months I Holloway's Ointment and Pills.— Abscesws, Erysipelas, Piles.—Unvarying sue ceae attends all who treat these diseases accor ding to the simple printed directions wrapped round each pot and box. They are invaluable to the young and timid, whose bashfulness sometimes endangers life. Though apparently local, diseases of this nature are essentially blood diseases, but a little attention, moderate perseverance, and trifling expense w^ill enable the most diffident to conduct any case to a I happy issue without exposing secret infirmities to anyone. The Ointment checks the local, inflammation and alleviates the throbbing pains. These directions also clearly point out when and how Holloway's Pills are to be taken, that their purifying and regulating powsrs may assist by adjusting mi streagth«n» mcUiccouiWution, x' • " •

THE QUARRELS AND QUERULOUS NESS OF MUSICIANS

" Legato " in the " Age " writes: How li it tba unlllumtnated have occasion M often to grow merry over the quarrels and ? calamities of muiioiaoi and "musleal people V' So other art exercises so wide ■ and deep an inflaence orer humanity, yet in no other diviiion of hunuh labor are the workmen so disunited. The fends of muaiolans have convulsed society for the pose 50 years, and ranged, .pcolajsjonat andamateormusiciane into hostile, oampe. German composers despise f the'|tallM school, and the French affect to believe that the music ot the'perfideAlbi6n~U m mostly as hie lot^rnfecloniil -ppjiey. So tha battle tagee furiously. Dispassionate ; onlookers extract mos* kmssement than profit iron thfs display, But the art on» doabtedlysuffers,; for whenia maa hates a rival—and where will yoa find c bettet hater than a mustolsa t —he stops as nothing to gratify bis penon«l spleen > If* will damn a work of genius with as little compunction as anlruhmeawUl deolMt kgalnsi the bett government that ever loJed, Abarrelorg«or»perlpatlebfasi band - will, dluooipe sweeter mulb to him than e»n be prodaqed'by » htted brother artist with whom he teppshs' to have a feud., ■; .. ' The artittic temperament eriems to be fed' by extremes and jealouaJei and tirtl ries, oompared to whioh the qaarrels^t tha Montagaes and Oapuleta, or even a Gonrioan vendetta, r are f mere ohlid's play. It Is, these ridiculoas qaerrels sad jealonslee that Id jure > both the profeselon and the crt of moaic, than whtoh there Is none greater, 01 more solacing to poor, braised and buffeted humanity, and give sooffers, like Heine, tbe opportunity of saving that mosical ontloism is nothing but personalities and technicalities. These fends are unfortunately fed ;»nd in tenrifie dby the well meant bnt mistaken hero worship of composers, prime donnas, fiddlers, aod pleniett.' MoeW km wlthla tha past half eentary obtained ■ footing In every hoosehold, and eoelety has thrown Its doors wide open to all of the profeHloa who oire to be lionised. V Tha •• hobUlty end gentry ": no longer retain tb« power to oonfer': soefal dlsttobtloK upon • gifted artist'; on tha contrary their entettalnments are vistlyenhinood In popularity and rendwred greatly moro enjoyable by the- pteeenoe of weft off women rlohly endowed jby toattire^wUh some of that •' damned lntsUnet" we have often heard to be the tiannting nightmare of your average otmservativa. It was pnee fashlpnable -*o ? sffeift to despise musiolans, actors, andli^erary men, and a jeeneraUon or. two ago no gentleman oonld employ the gifts Heaven blessed him with in any of these pro fessions without lodog oatte. Today kings and queens vie with authofev f»cteM and musioians' for distinction In- thoia professions. For' a man to oonfses m this yeaV ef' grade that he hears as maoh music apd meaning In; the scrapings ttpon a torn torn as on, a Addle'lsto r write himself down, if not exwtly aVa^'at all events as a man wboie eduoation has bean sadly neglected. Muiic Is language of the soul.

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

[BY ILBOTBIO roLMJBAtH OOfttt (FIR PBWS AB80011TI0V.)

t (BwelTed February 7, 1 p.m.) A GERMAN LOAN. ,' ■ . ; BKBtnf. Febrnuf 6, The German Imperial Lo«n o 129,000,000 macks is to be issued 00 the 14th. , IRONCLADS. P. ' PJlßis, Febratiy §• France boilds next year ten ironclads, eleven cruisers! and many torpedo boats. ' ' .;. *""*' *',' THE SAMOAN TREATY/ WuBmKGTOH, Febrouy 6. The American Senate has ratified the Samoan treaty by 38 to 12. A UNIFORM COINAGE. The Pan-American Congress is con sidering a proposal, to .adopt a silver coinage which shall be common to the whole American Nation..,.. ■;,: / THE FRENCH FLEET IN THE ;;. •■; i^-;;;>PACiFic :'■: ;'Cf'' l ( jlThe Victorfleuss has been ordered to replace the Dubordien. COMMERCIAL EDUCATION. ■ Loitdon, Ftbiury 6. An influential Conference, largely composed of the Scholastic element, has warmly approved >ot the> London Chamber's scheme of commercial education. . :] \ t --^^j^ft^^ JTUBILESE JUGGINS., . The subsidiary clirges against Ben son the " plunger" have been settled, and be is expected to receive only a light aentence for the forgery. THE PORTUGUESE BMBROGLIO It is reported that Lird Saliibury is preparing for the immediate occupation of the Makololo country, adjaceot to :the Shire iriver. s ixXMv^ §[]( '



THE LABOR TROUBLES

ÜBOBJIOUBUSS ' (raa~ FBias inceiAtooir;)

■ . .■ LoirboiT) Febraaty 5 Mr Buxton has advised the docker* to to reasonable."* -T" Thirty fire oat of 125 wharves hare joined the' Employers' Union. Tht leaders of the docker? show a defiant attitade. •■•.:: '. ■ -t.-h.> '"- -i'- 1 A small strike of wool laborerf at the Docks for the abolition of oßeltkm money and coneets^on..of higher pay ment for piece work has earned temporary peace among the men who wett irritated at the rerasaltb dischargenon-TTnioniats. The dockers are debating the abolition of meal times if the pay is increased to an equivalent. The Bed Lion Wharf South Dock men hare been locked out for refusing to load, Mr Hayes, statea that the laborers of the firelargeßt wool warehouses willjtrike., on Saturday na less they are conceded the 5 terms of the Septamber general agreement.'i T- 1^ The officials of the Lightermen's Union assisted by Messrs Lafone, Scrutton, and other wharfingers, hare formed a Co operative Union with capital of £40,000 to undertake,the lighterage of ; London, and abolish master lightermen. A ... r Bbbmk, Febtuacy 5. The Emperor William has directed Prince Bismarck to favite!tluh; Great Powers to arrange a Conference on. the labor question. •' ; .''^; l\ '.' (Hecwved Febtuaij 7f. ;'i / p,ipi)& . > Bkrlqt, F«bra»fy 6. The Emperor William in a speech to. the Staatsrath, declared his firm resolve to ameliorate as for .as possible the condition of the working classes by modifying international competition. By this means he hoped to promote, peace between employers,and employed. He regretted that Germany did* no,t ffloweea England's countless millions. Had she done so he would have bean better able to promote a great German colonising I scheme. The speech has eaued aml

ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, FRIDAY FEBRUARY 7, 1890.



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T EVIATHAK RAILWAY TEBSrJfflß.'' Jj ANCK HOTEL ( (Opposite the Hallway Station), DUNEDIN. MRS SILK, PROPBIETBESS. Read the following taken from a news paper:~" During the holidays, a friend who spent the Christmas in Dnnsdin saye : "The ette for the approaching Wew Zealand Exhibition was the chief subject of oonvewatlon. Having heard much of lbs Leviathan, he stayed there, and was greatly surprised to find the city possessed such a very exoellent Temperance Hotel, ooiitalnmg *fl it does 110 rooms, all well and comfortably famished, and lorupu loosly dean. In addition to this, he assures us that the board, he is quite confident, is not surpassed at any house {no matter of what kind) In the Colony and questions very much if it is equalled W. W. SPENCBB'S Is the CHEAPEST Hooks in Ashbatton for DRAPERY, CLOTHING AND BOOTS. We sell fo? GASH. Small profits and quick letorns, and we give sterling value. While Oalloos 3s 6i a dosan Grey Oalloos 2a lid a doien A Splendid Turkish Towel for 7}d Flanelettes 4s lid a dozen Summer Dress Goods 6si Tbe best quality of PRINTB for the least money; Blankets 9a 6d a pa!» Ginghams in plain Colours 3i lid a do*. Double Width White Twill Sheeting Is Men's Tweed Salts 18s 6d Saddle Tweed Suits 39j 6d A ease of Men's Ool'd Moles just to hand, slightly damaged by water; worth 9i 63, foi 7b lid Boy's Ool'd Moles 2s lid. THE OHEAPESTHOUSEFOR MEN'S CLOTHING IN ASHBUBTON. BOOT S7~B OOTS, Meo'i Shooters 10s 6d, Bluch9ia6s lid. A «e»)ly good pair of Women's Kid Boots for 6s lid. No seoond-hand stook, A SPLENDID ASBOBTMENT of Children's Patent Leather Sllppera and ____ .__ Boots at W, W. Spencer's the abcaoe. " SsHßuSton cash SHOP. GT\I&OE fo returning thanks for \j the support he has received since coming to Aflnbcrton, bej?s to aunounoe th»t he has now a well Seleoted Stock of BOOTS and SHOES to choose from of Beat Quality. Order Work and Repairs Promptly Executed.—A Trial Solicited. —Note thb Addbms— Next Mr Rahdbix, East Street. G. DIACK, Propeietor. QUOD PAOMUS YALDB * AOIMU ("Wliatwedo we o well," TflJB OHBISTOHUROH DENIAL SUBGBBY, i Oaahal tttreet, Qhrigtohnrch, &axt Robln- B'ußoofc Store,and at the Octagon. Dunodin. All mentions at strictly uniform and moderate Consultation, free. & MYERS^AND CO., PURQBOK DHNTI6TS. v i; W .si w - «aftraOf/''TELTH SQ NITBOTJS OXIDE GAS idmlnisterod This Ausßßthetio leaves no unpleasant effects, and by its use the extraction of Bad Stumps and Teeth 1b rendered par 'eotly Painless and Effective. Ad ministered dally. Fee for administration of Gas, ss. Extraction, 2a 6d a tooth. Hours of attendance, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Private residence, 93 East Belt. The acknowledged superiority of AMERICAN DBNTISTKY in the coo •truotton of Artificial Teatb, tbe moat finfubed workmannhlp, and replaolag tbe oil teeth TEMPORARILY ALMOST MMBDIATELY after extraction, have atabUahed our reputation, A slrjgle Artlfiola Tooth, 10a, complete •t. Upper and Lower, Temporary and Permanent £1010s; Ar*ifictal Tenth and Dentures made by other dentiata re> aoddUd at small costs, Stopping, Soal -3g Perfect and Patalesr.



6FBMG & STJMMEB, 1889 WI. SPARROW, TAILOR AND MSiICER, JDST OPENED, A IiARGE and Varied Aeßortment of J\^ Gentlemen's bhhta. Hata, Sc»r£s, NBW SEASON'S TWEEDS AVD COATINGS. - A Inge and well aeleoted Stock to ohooie fEE TAILOBING DEPARTMENT i rode? tba Management of Mb T. Ebbb ■jnohai'htcl Lufpe experlenoe aa CUTTER taj pttaalpil Tailoring Eit&bllhmenta £}hriitobutflh, J« and WoetosawMp Omranttti W%< SPARROW. |



Wanted Known Cash Advertisements under till* head ing, not exceeding 16 words, One Bhilling. Addresses may beieftat tbia Office. MANILLA. Binder Twine, n^chine oil, aod vitro. Time in money on the u*rTe-t field—tbe beat is tbe cheapest. —R. Aicobn, Saandera tfuildfogs. "TTTANTfiD X o*n.-" Strong-wear W Boots foe Ltkdiei, Mea and Ohlldrea era only be obtained »t W. H OOIiLEBb'S. TTTANTED Known that A«dbbw Obb'b ff h»lf-Vb«tly i»] e of Surplus Stook of Diapery Clothing *Dd Boots .» cow going on. 1 141 WANTED KNOWN— My Special Make of Ladles' 4-olaep Kid Gloves, "The Ashburtonian," braided backs, 3b 6d per pair,—W. H. Oollub. WANTED every mau in tbe County to have a Salt of the Ashbnrton Tweeds^—Robebt Aloobn, Ashbortoa Clothing Mart, Saunders' Buildings. V^TEDNKSDAY Half-Holiday. Pleaae' YV >bop early. Wednesday we alone at 1 p.m.—H. 0. SxaBBB, Melfotd Home. TTIttBROIDERIfitf— Fc» good Embroiy ITi deries marked obeap &v to Melford House. We bare a Urge ana splendid assortment to choose from.—-H, 0. Scare's Melford House. WANTED Known laoe curtains 3i lid, towels 4Jd, umbrellas la 10d, prlnti 2sd. sklrte Is, kid gloves Is. 12dcr dress buttons for li, embroidered costumes 10*.—Andrew Ork's Sale. 1 160 THE Jubilee Sale. Andbiw Obr 1b selllug mens boots 9a 6d, ladles E. 3. »l 4s 6d, laoe ap boota 5s 6d, girls bouts 3a 9d, men's shoes 6s lid. evening shoes 2s 6d. Sale now on. 1 151 B8 KEN IS ED 5f and Miaa Osmeroo, Moore Street—Teacher* of Scientific Dress-cutting. Bodies cut' and 'fitted. Dressmaking in all its branches. Biding habits a syeolality. 12 69 ILLINEKY—If you want o choose from a large stock of tiimmed and nntrlmmed hats and bonnets go te Mel ford House. A lot of children's Oalatea straws from 6d to 9a, very cheap---fl. 0. Sbobbs, Melford House. TTTANTED, Everyone to Know—That W J. MOISON bas now In stook a arge and varied assortment of BOOTS AND SHOES for tbe Spring and Summer Season, Gentlemen's, Ladles', aud Chil dren's, both Imported and Colonial; i too HIS OWN MAKE, which OANN )T BE SURPASSED for Style, Pit, Qaal ty, and Neatness, combined with VERY REASONABLE PRIOE3. AH repairs exeouted prompt y and with neatness. lOtl



Public Notices. ~" DON'T FORGET! BUT Oome and see the Flyera, molud ing Shaw, our Hurdle Champion WEDNESDAY Next, 1 o'clock sharp, Sports Ground, Eaßt Bait, Ashbnrton. 2_27 TTAfcENTINES! V*lentlne£—Neweit \ and most Elegant Designs In boxes. Silk-Fringed Love Chrda and Pertained Sachols, etc. Largest Variety In Oomlo Valentines. L. F, ANDREWES & 00, Stationers' Hall. OHAFF GUTTING, Toseph Taylor having purchased a oom fcj plate stexm power chaff-cutting plant, is now prepared to out ckaff in any quan tity for farmers and others in the Asbbnr ton County. Orders left at my house will have prompt atteition. —Joseph Tayxor, Green Laoe, Hampstead. 2§7 ™ NOTICE. OWIfsG to the nee in ihe Wholesale price of Goal, through scarcity of f resgbts, we regret that we are compelled to raiie cur prices—as from this date. JOHN G. BESTELL. W. H. OOLLiNS & 00. K. S. BHAN. ANDREW YODNG. , February 4th, 1890 CANTERBURY HOLLIiR FLOUR MILLB. WE beg to notify ths.t we have This Day LEASED to Meis.s ROLLITT •nd 00. the CANTERBURY MILLB, ASHBOBTON, who wilij we are oon fideii*. maintain the high standaid of excellence that these Mills have estab lisbed for the%! Supremo " Brand of Flour. All Accounts irom this date will be elected by Messrs Rol'ltt and 00. at their Offices, 145 Hereford street, Christ en uroh. (Signed) KAYW AND CARTER. Chrißtchurchj 31st January, 1890. IN reference to the above we be/? to announco that it ia our intention to miinia'n »he Previous Excellence of ihe Quality of the FLOUB supplied from theso Mills. We, tberefore, confidently, i solicit the support of the public, 1 (Signed) ROLLITT AND 00. ObTWtchuroh, 31ut January, 1890 SUMMER 1890 1890 QUMMER HOW 1890' 1893 QHOff ALL DEPARTMENTS OF OUR BUSINESS REPLETE WITH CHOICE GOODS FOR THIS SEASON, 0f PRICES BIGHT. jgC For Juvenile's Clothing Try the N.Z. Clothing Fcctory For Boys' Clothing Try the N Z.Clothing Factory For Youths' Clothing Try the N Z, Clothing Factory Fa? Men's Clothing Tiy the N.Z. Clothing Factory for Men's Measure Suits Try the N.Z. Clothing Faotoiy For Mercery and Hosiery Try the N.Z. Clothing Factory For Blanket, Hugs, and Flanne's Try the N,Z. Clotjjing Factory For Hftts in the newest shapes Try tha N.Z. Clothing Factory For the beet value for Ready Money Try the N.Z Clothing Factory ENCOURAGE LOCAL INDUSTRY >LND BUT FROM THE NEW ZEMiAND Clothing Factory. uopectlTtjb stock And cv2 w ycop own conclusion*.