The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 1892. LEGALISED LOTTRRIES.

There aro in New Zealand some people, and not very wicked or foolish people either, who regret the time when "consultations" (as sportiug lotteries were euphemistically called) were made illegal by Act of Parlia ment, and who now and again break / out into advocacy of these schemes being again, legalised. In the absence of opportunity for this sort of specu lation in New Zealand large sums of money, in the aggregate, have been | sent to Sydney, and just lately some information respecting the hands the money was consigned to has been published. In most of these lotteries the confiding subscribers were com pletely at the mercy of the promoter, who either distributed such a part ot his receipts in whatever way he deemed best to induce fresh flats to send in their pounds or followed the simpler plan of sticking to the whole. The exposure, together with the legislative restrictions now in force, will no doubt be the death of the consultation trade. How this form of gambling is regarded in the United States may be seen by the outcry which has been raised there against the renewal of the charter of the Louisiana State lottery. This concern was run by an organisation which, about twenty-five years ago, obtained a charter by which on the pay ment of a license fee to the State per mission was granted to conduct lotteries for money prizes. The teem of their charter is abo-it to expire, and they are now asking for a renewal of their charter for another twenty-five years, and offer, as a consideration, to bind themselves to pay into the State Trea sury the sum of £6,000,000 sterling, payable in annual instalments. Every moral agency in the State is rising up against it; but the consideration is a great temptation, and the issue is yet doubtful. Some facts concerning this lottery are given by the American correspondent of the Dunedin " Star," and are very disgraceful. The annual receipts of the lottery company have averaged £5,600 000. That is, they have simply held out their pros pectus without any expense to them selves, and hundreds of thousands of people, chiefly of the poor laboring class, have handed over this company £5,600,000 of their hard-earned money every year, while the company gave them back £2,900,000, ani kept the balance of £2,700,000 for themselves. This is really what this enterprise means. That is all that this lottery has done for twenty-five years. A multitude of people by their own act have let this company rob them of £2,700,000 yearly without the vast ma jority getting a single dollar in return And now those same people are making the most desperate efforts to give this company a renewal of their charter in order to rob them for the next twenty rive years in the same way. The facts that have come to the surface show Chat, despite the talk aDout the in creased enlightenment and the good character of mankind, the people deli berately corrupt themselves by main taining this lottery, and they know that they are corrupting themselves. We read that in New Orleans the middle and lower classes of society ha\ c become utterly demoralised j that children have robbed their parents and servants their employers in order to invest in the lottery. One would think, says the correspondent, that unless civilisation is to perish, the indi vidual should be wise enough and morally strong enough to need no law of the State to restrain him from throwing his money away for nothing. If it be necessary, as it seems to be by this experience, to have a statute law to prevent men and women who are considered sane from daily plundering themselves to enrich the already rich, and at the same time make thieves ot their own children and the servants of their own households, then it does seem that mankind has not yet got very far along the path of progress or ot selt control. This is the conclusion arrived at by thos'i who have had experience of the working of State-sanctioned lotteries, and we trust to hear no more of the exf for the legalisation of consultations.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Advertisements intended for insertion in the (iuARMAN of the same day should be handed in Hot later than 2 p.m. Replaces must reach us the day before they are desired to appear. During the next six months the First Edition of the Guakoian goes to press at 3.30 o.m. Under individual cultivation the Maoris hold about 50,000 acres of land, and in common cultivation 30,000 1 acps approxi-, matelv- They own 251,703 sheep, 42,912, tori of cattle, and 86,259 pigs. Mr D Oliver writes that the comet is mible from 2 a.m. till daylight, in the P-mteoi sky. It hasa lar§e nu»leuß» but hS veta W faint tail Mr Oliver saw it yesterday worning at 4 o clock, and again this morning. The carpenters and joiner* of Christchurch have resolved unanimously that the Employers' Association be informed that the meeting considered the time had arrived wken the rate of wages should be raised Is ! ncr day, and the secretaries of the Amalgamated Carpenters and Joiners Association were instructed to have the resolutw conveyed to the association referred to. Th« " Taranaki Mew# " records the death of Mr Israel Fellow, a piwepr settler, wiio arrived in the barqueTimandraon February 24 1843 He reached the age of 80 years, and wa« in fairly good health until recently. His family consisted of five sons and five daughters, an«l «l graml-children. He celebrated his golden writing last year., He took part in the Maori war, and was engaged in the battle of VVaueka. At nine o'clock last evening the gas in io^ r aveout,,an,l for about, halt-au-hoiir the bent burner was only able to make dark ness visible, fc o»r ofhec the compositors had to cease work i<s » time, and at Mr Morley's lecture note-taking wus done under ■em* disadvantage. What was the cause .5 «h» fadine of the light we have not, learned, by/> was stated that the gas .engine a-t Mem IMedlanders' store re xmu'ed so much that lh(f s> was none left for fighting purposes. If suck is th,, case the «£w«r we Jutve a permanent installatoo* of ( i tfaedeetro Htftf fye better, ihe difficulty, however, was got ovej by about, ten o clocje.

The Auckland " Herald" received the following letter from the Recording Secre tary of the W.C.T.U. Convention:--" Dur ing this afternoon's session of the Conven tion it was resolved, 'That the hearty thanks of Ihe New Zealand Union be given to the editor of the " New Zealand Herald " . 1 for the excellent reports that he has given lof bur meotims.' We think that, con sidering we ate" only women, we have been very handsomely treated.— I am, etc., L. M. Kiric, Recording Secretary." At the meeting oj the Oiiristchurch City Council, on Monday night, the Finance Committee reported :—" Your Committee has considered the Local Authorities Acconn.sand Audit Bill (1892). The Bill is an arbitrary m asure, and from the stringent nature of its provisions would deter gentlemen coming forward to serve the city. The Committee cannot see any benefit'to be derived from its becoming law, I and recommends the Council to ask the city ' members to oppose it.'' The report was adopted. The Committee of the Ashburlon Horti cultural Society met in the Arcade Chambers last evening, with Major Steward in the chair, and a good attendance of members. It was resolved to hold a CirysantLemmn Show on Saturday, May 14, in the Orange Hall, and a snb-committee was appointed to arrange a prize schedule and report to the Committee on Monday eveniug next. Mr W. H. Rule handed in his resignation as treasurer, owing to his contemplated visit to England, and Mr James Tasker was elected in his stead. A general expression of regret was made at the loss of Mr Rule's services, and the Committee hoped soon to welcome , him back again to Ashburton. At the Na-seby R.M. Court on Friday, Thomas Healey was charged by W. A. Scaife, inspector of stock, with wilfully re -1 moving more than one-third from the ears of 12 sheep found in his possession on January 9, 1892. The evidence (says the local paper) \ was similar to that adduced in the case of alleged sheep-stealing recently preferred • against accused in the Supreme Court, ! Dunedin. His Worship reserved judgment. . Two other charges were brought against Healey by Sergeant Green—one for cutting 1 out t'.ic brands of a number cf sheep and ! the other for polluting the Kyeburn river - by depositing carcases of dead sheep therein. Judgment was also reserved in these cases. 5 The annual election of School Committees , will take place on Monday, April 25. Where the average attendance of any school or J schools under the Committee of a district * lias not for the preceding school year ex ceeded twenty-five children five members I will have to be elected; where it has ex ceeded twenty-five and not exceeded two ' hundred, seven members; and where the , average attendance has exceeded two hun r dred, nine members. The names of persons nominated as members of the respective Committees must be sent in to the Chairman 1 of the School Committee or Commissioner on b or before Monday, April 18, signed by the g proposer and the candidate. The official notice by the Board of Education, giving i, further particulars, will be found in our advertising columns.

At the Royal Commission on Labour an important witness was Mr Plimsoll, who went very fully into the preventable loss of life at sea. He objected very strongly to deck loading, which he thought was responsible for the greater number of casualties in the British mercantile marine, which was 1 in 66 ; while in Ger many, Italy, Norway, and the Nether lands it was only lin 271. The English act prohibiting deck loading was in force from 1839 till 1862 and reduced the mor tality by two thirds, but it was repealed in 1862"without a word of explanation, by a side wind. Further legislation in 1876 permitted deck loading to the extent of three feet, but this was frequently ex ceeded, and the fines inflicted, generally 50s, were not deterrent. Mr Plimsoll spoke strongly against the manner in which sailors were fed, and insisted that their sleeping accommodation was very defective.

That part of East street known as Orr's buildings has lately undergone great im provement in appearance by the alterations and occupation of the large saloon, formerly Messrs John Orr and Co.'s drapery ware house. Lately the shop has been soir>°«-ha( of a wlitee elephant to its present owner, but the establishment of a tobacconist's business by Mr J. McGregor in one of the subdivisions of the building made a great improvement., and now the fitting up of the other shop for a jewellery and watchmaking business under the management of Mr A. Black completes the reformation and makes the appearance of the front of the building worthy of the principal business block of the town. The alterations which Mr Black is m.'oking are not yet completed, but it is evident that the premises are to be equally well fitted up with those from which he was unfortunately burnt out, while they are much more commodious, and when he opens out his new stock, in a few days, we are pro mised the best display of goods that has ever been made in Ashburton.

The following letter, signed by the whole body of the clergy of the diocese of Dunedin (with the exception of one clergyman, who thought it " a pity to ke«p the matrer open any longer, " though quite supporting Mr Howell) has been published:—"To the Right Key. the Lord Bishop of Dunedin. My Lord, —We, the undersigned licensed clergy of the diocese of Dunedin, desire to express our surprise and regret that the Primate, at the recent session of the General Synod, without cause assigned, practically inhibited from preaching in his diocese, the Rev. E, T. IJowell, a clergyman beneficed in this diocese, and accredited by us as one of our representatives in the General Synod. We beg to express our sympathy with Mr Howell, and our high appreciation of his moral character, and of his unwearied diligence as a Christian pastor. We thank your lordship for endeavouring to obtain from the Primate a statement of the reasons for his action, and are constrained to express our astonishment that the Primate has not done Mr Howell the justice of acceding to his request to be informed as to the grounds of his inhibition. "

CORRESPONDENCE.

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

YOUNG MEN'S CLUB.

TO THE KUTTOR. i Sir. —As some misconception appears to prevail lespecting t'.ie scope and objects of the proposed Young Men's Club, will you permit me shortly to explain them. Imprimis, the Club will have no connec tion whatever with any religious body or total abstinence organisation. It is not in tended to be a Youmi Men's Christian Association under another lurae, or Mutual Improvement Society, or anything of that kind ; it will be .simply and solely a Club where young men can meut of ab evening, particularly during the winter season whm the nights are long and outdoor recreation impracticable, and ninuso themselves in a rational manner Gambling and betting would be strictly prohibited, ' but otherwise the mem bers of the Club could pass away the time in any diversion Which they found mosc agreeable. Wo-should neces sarily have to begin in a modest way, but the premises required to start with would be a l;trge room —a social hall— where entertainments could be held, and some smaller rooms for reading, wricing, smoking, playing chess, draughts, cards, etc. The rooms would be well warmed and lighted, furnished with newspapers and periodicals—possibly a library in course of time—and a caretaker would be engaged, whose duty would be to keep the place neat and comfortable, and supply tea and coffee to those who wanted them at a moderate price. A piano could be bought or hired, and if the Club pros pered, and a sufficient number of mem bers required it, a billiard table might ultimately be added to the Olub's attrac tions. If suitable premises could be ob tained, we should also have a skittle alley. I have already remarked that the nature of the amuseme.its provided by the Club would depend entirely upon the tastes of its members. We should, however, s'ar with a debating class ; chess and draught classes might also be formed, and if the members possessed sufficient musicil talent amongso them, we should be able to do something in that dirciHon. I don't see, either, why charades should nob be acted occasionally, and tableaux vivants produced ; in fact, if the Club was once fairly under way, I have no doubt that thehigh spirits of its members would keep it gcing in a lively manner enough. If the Cycling, Swimming, and Football Clubs would only join us en masse, we could work in with them, and the premises of the Young Men's Club would form a convenient place wherein to hold I their meetings. The promoters have met with a con siderable amount of encouragement in their efforts ; and the only question is, whether we can get enough members to join to warrant us in opening the Club. In order to start the Club upon a sound footing, we want an income of from £125 to £150 a year. Possibly we could manage with less, but we prefer, in our computations of probable expenditure, to err on the safe side. Then, we require a little capital at the outset for the purchase of furniture, etc., although we hope to persuade sympathisers to give us dona tions for this purpose. Now, we propose to fix the subscription for ordinary members at £1 a year, payable quarterly; and for honorary members at one guinea a year ; therefore, you see, we require co have the names of a good many intending members on our lists to warrant our making a start. It simply rests with the young men of Ash burton to decide whether the Club shall be formed or not. It is intended for them ; and if they don't care about it, the affair will drop, oj far as the promoters are concerned, the Club will be of no benefit to ary of them personally, but somebody has to make the first niovo in those matters, and hence they have bestirred themselves ; but when once the Club is fairly afloat, its manage ment will be vested in the ordinary members. Mr J. E. Buchanan is acting as honorary secretary pro tern., and 1 am ; sure he will be glad to give any of your readers further information about the ! project.—l am, etc., • ChAS. VV. "PuitNELL.

CYCLING NOTES.

[by pagan.] Rk«. Curtis is doing excellent work, and if he continues well, will be in splendid con dition for racing on the day. He might do a little more steady work. E. J. Craiohead has been putting in some very fast laps on his racer, and will make things very lively at Ea&ter. He is far from a cautious rider, though, and I think he should be a little more careful when spurting. The secret of speed on a racing machine lies in keeping the machiue well in hand, and thus prevent any twisting. Craighead should certainly take this timely hint. W. J. Shjsakman is a good rider on a bad machine. He works very consistently, and I hope to see him score a win. H. J. Moss is going faster than ever. I should recommend him to sit in an upright position—bending over appears to make him roll too. much. He should endeavor to pedal from the knee and not the hip. The latter style of riding is too exhausting. Frank Denby is working well, but he should now do more fast work. I hope to see Denby show up on the day, A. J. Daly is the making of a good rider. He stays well, and works consistently. Ho ia one of the best of our maiden riders. A. Williams is another good rider, but he lacks training. He has been doing a lot of fast work instead of slow. It is too lato to remedy this now, but he should put in as much time riding as possible for a week. He should take a place in the half-mile dash. W. F. Bennetts had a very nasty spill on Tuesday night, and I am doubtful if he will be able"'to ride at the meeting. If he rides he will not be up to his old form. Jamks Wilson's and W. J. Shearman's machines are brothers. Wilson is too cau tious to make a good track rider. If l te in tends to ride on Easter Monday, J should advise him to put in an hour daily on the .track, The runners are all doing good work. H. Curtis is doing fairly well, but I don't think he is fast enough for short distances'. He has a very gooJ stride, and wijl certainly i develop into a good quarter-mile runner, Percy Cox does nojb tram consistently. Of oQutse \\<i v/jll <jo YeU> as he has always done, but a man cannot run if he is npfc trained. £;E.U'j;ster Matson hag improved very mucli, I must say J dislike*], his style of running at first, bub it aeeros to suit him, and he will certainly uphold the honor of the local Club on the day, E. X Clowes docs too much work; in fact, he appears to be overdone. He is a good stayer, bnjt does nof- lake a good swing iug stride/ fj'e fjceius to bo developing a short stride, iiiifc f know t}u> hint wj.ll put au end to it. Clowes is U}<? tnakings. of a fjrst-class runner if he were trained properly. Our local men will have to work hard. Several of the Pioneer (Jlub aro in hard training. Wihnot, of Raugiora, and Ral- Jinshaw, of Christchnrch, are both intending competitors. Clarkson, of Ohristclnu'ch, will also be vu\ing } and McGuire, of Lyttel ton, is doing very'fast work for this meeting.

NOTES ON LAND SETTLEMENT.

We are glad to see that the Govern- j ment have made a beginning towards t providing small holdings of land for 1 laborers in districts where there is a ■ < demand for such holdings, by exchang ing, under the powers of the Act of last session, an area of pastoral country . for a couple of Education Reserves, situated respectively near Waimate and Studhohne junction. Those reserves have just been surveyed into sections of 10, 20, and 40 acres, or thereabout, and will shortly be offered for occupation under conditions to be gazeUed, the tenure being perpetual lease. There will be some seventy of these sections, and from information which reaches us we believe that not only will all these be applied for, but that it is probable the number of applications will be largely in excess of the number of allotments available. In the township of Waimate and its immediate neighborhood alone there ;i,re fully that number of men on the look-out for sections, while we notice by our Oamaru exchanges that there are also a great many would be settlers amongthe residents of the White Stone City. The same thing is true of Timaru and other centres of population, and we feel confident that the result will show that three or four times seventy allotments would be eagerly taken up. It is, therefore, to be hoped that the Government will, if our anticipation prove correct, at once proceed to negotiate for other ex changes, so that the demand for facilities for taking up small areas of land may be mst. There are in the neighborhood of Makikihi and in other parts of South Canterbury, a number of reserves admirably adapted for the purpose—especially some adjoining the railway line at the place named, and which belong to the College authori ties—some of which steps ought to be taken to acquire. And while writing on the subject, we would express the hope that when the conditions upon which the sections near Waimate are to be offered have been finally determined upon in Cabinet, no time will be lost in making them known; and, further that th« widest publicity may be given to them, through the newspapers," especially t'uose published in Waimate, Timaru and Oamaru, so that the mistake made in the Station Peak case, of circu lating the plans through the papers on a Saturday and holding the sale on the following Tuesday, may not be repeated.

Referring to the circumstance in connection with the Station Peak sale above adverted to, which has not unnaturally evoked considerable con demnatory comment, it must be admitted at the outset that the Waste Lands Department made a mistake on that occasion. Mistakes of the sort will of course sometimes occur under any administration, but they ought not to be repeated. It is, however, only fair to add that, although it is true there was in the Station Peak case only an interval of one cleor day (not counting Sunday) between the day on which the plans were circulated through the newspapers and the day of sale, it should not be forgotten that thft plans were, exhibited at the railway stations, and post and telegraph office ; <. good f( rtniglit before, namely, on March 8. But ihe rneanaof publicity which should be relied upon is the circulation of the plans and conditions though the news? papers, and if the Department were only mose alive to this the result would be largely to the public advantage from every point of view,

Of the earnest desire of the present Minister of Lands to promote settle ment on the lands of the colony we are wsll assured, and it is satisfactory to know that he is seeking to meet the demand by throwing open to applica tion all the suitable land over which he has any control. Unfortunately, do what he will, the area of bis operations has been circumscribed grievously by the mistakes of previous Ministers and Parliaments, but notice of resumption has been given in respect of almost every run which is suitable for subdivi sion into small holdings and which it is possible to resume. Thus, such notices have been issued for the re sumption, twelve months after date of notice, of eight runs in South Canter bury, comprising a total area of 25,300 acres ; 34 runs in Southland, comprising 151,773 acres, and 43 runs in Otago, coEaprising 242,649 acres, making a gross total for the three districts of 85 runs with an aggregate area of 419,722 acres. Mr McKenzie may, therefore, be congratulated upon having done everythiug in his power to meet the undoubtedly widespread de mand for land for settlement.

Fire at Greymouth.

LOSSES j»ND INSURANCE

[PER PltfiSS ASSOCIATION.]

Grkymouth, April 2. The losses so far as can be ascertained arc—Mr B. Forsybh—loss £6500, insur ance £IQOO on the store, and on the stock JEISOO : 'Mr Williams—loss £2970, in surance £1870; Mr Slson—jioss £600, insurance' £300.. The National Bank cannot yet compute their loss, out it is covered by insurance. The Bank of K'ew South haye '£800 nf insurance. rJ?hey cannot yet estimate their loss, but it is'at least £2000. TTealey and Taylpr— loss £^.500, ' insurance £20§0. Forsyth and Master§ cannot yet p§timate their loss. The insurances .so far as can yefc hp obtained fire—lSTew Zealand Oompauy— B ink of Now Zealand £2500, of which £1500 is reinsured ; Williamson, £300 ; Healey and Taylor, £100. Union Company (reinsured in the New Zealand Company) on the Bank of New Zealand, £150; Healey and Taylor, £250; R. C. Forsyth,' £250. Phoenix Obmpany—R. C. Forsyth, £250 ; Forsyth and Masters, £500. South British Company—-Forsyth and Masters, £500; Elson, £100; Williamson, £270 (reinsured in the New Zealnnd Company) ; Hank of JS"ew Zea^ land, £500. Victoria Company—-National Bank, £300 ; Forsyth and Masters (stock) £350 ; R. C Forsyth (stock) £250. jS'orfcfc Oe.rman Company—R. C. Forsyth (stock; £'dOO ; Wxjliau>i:on (buildii-g) £300 (reinsnred Jin 'ihe Natidn&l for £"fe(j)- 'JJnion Conipany--Healey''.and Taylor, £4(|ty (reinsured iijt the National for £200). trnpeiiai Ooinpany—R'. C. For.sytjt (sto(?l<) £520 ; ditto (building) £250 ; Farsyth and. Jfastgrsj, £§00 on the stock. Northern Company—Forsyth and Masters (stock) £250 ; 11. 0. Forsyfch, £250 on stock, and £50 on the buildings. GomtTierei&l Union Company—Healey and Taylor, £200 on, the stock ; Korsyth and Masters, £275 on the stele}* ancl £200 on

the building. Royal Company—Elson, £100 on tha stock ; Forsyth and Masters, £500 on the ntock ; Williamson, £500 on the stock ; Haaley and Taylor, £.300 on the building ; Forest, £50; R. C. Forsyth, £250 on the stick. Fannin's chemist shop, £100 in the Liverpool and London and Globe.

AMERICA: What I Saw and Heard There.

LECTURE BY THE Rev. WILLIAM MOBLEY.

Last night the Rev. W. Morley gave ;i lecture in the Wesleyan Church in aid of the circuit funds. There was a fair attendance, and the Rev. S Lawry was chairman, and briefly introduced the lecturer. The Rev. W. Morley, in opening the lecture he had been announced to deliver, entitled " What I saw and heard in America," said he claimed no crigi nalily for the statement that America was a great country, but it contained an undoubted fact ; the importance of which he would emphasise at the beginning. It contained the largest trees, the highest mountains, the longest rivers in the world. One given to the exploration o^ nature would find five years' work in climbing the mountains alone. As you talk to the natives of the scenery of the country, of its agricultural land, and of its mineral wealth, they visibly expand. You may know Asia, with its four thou sand years' history, and Europe which has made some little stir in the world, but before the vastness of America these fcink into insignificance, and Australasia is small indeed. America was made up of States and territories, each one of which contained a tract of country that a kins; might envy. It had a population of sixty-two million souls, fifty per cent of which was the increase of the last twenty years, one-half by natural . increase, and the other by immigration, and the crj was still "they come." Crowded Eng land .sent its annual quota ; from un fortunate Ireland they came ; the unbear able militarism of Germany forced many of her sons to American shores ; Bohemia sent her share,andßussia ; the Scotchmen went to make money if they could ; the 1 Dutchman, who could drink more, bser chan any other nationality ; the Anarchist could be found there, too ; and there the Welshman with his soul of song. And from these countries and from others came an annual increase to the population of America of fcalf a milliou souls. A Canadian gentleman said Canada was large enough to put Ireland in one pocket and Scotland in another and sink England and Wales in one of her rivers. In a scamper of ten weeks over the face of America one was not able to see all the wonders of thfo New World, still less was he able in an hour's lecture to tell a tithe of what was to be seen, but he could say this to the Canterbury farmers—that, as compared with those he had seen in America, they lived in a paradise so far as their land and climate were concerned. The facilities of travel were such that he had been able to cover the length and breadth of the States, and he had found thousands and tens of thousands of acresof land unsettled, and immeasurable resources of wealth undeveloped. But the people were all contented, and he thanked Providence that this great land had been pus into the hands of an Euglish-speaking people. When one was speaking of people who spoke the language of Milton, and Shakespeare, and Burns, to a people who spoke the same language it was difficult to laise an interest. Max O'Rell on inti mating that he was to lecture on the people of Great Britain made use of the <li.-tii:c five pot nr.nua by waioh the people of England, Ireland and Scotland, are known, and lie was asked if he was to lecture in character ! Ha was not to lecture in character that night, and he feared he would not be able to describe to his hearers the many characteristics of the people, from the p dished and chivalrous Southern to the swaggering Western, but if he had all these des criptions at his finger tips he would not be able to put the typical American before them. Very soon after his return from America he met several ministers in his house, and told them, among other things, that there were men who ate clay. When he had made that statement a smile passed over the face of one of the ministers who had had the honor of being President of the Conference here—a .smile so full of meaning that Mr Morley could not go on. Bub it was a fact all the same that there were thousands who indulged in that not altogether attractive article of diet. During his ten weeks' stay in America he saw no batchers' or chemists' shops. Not that the people were wholly vegetarian and had reached that period when man could eat grass like the oxen, but they had greatly refined the language in America and spoke of drug stores and meat markets instead. After a few flashes of sunny humor, in the cour.se of which the lecturer poked fun at the Americans about this refining of the language—''legs," for instance were "lower limbs," and the "legs " of a table had to be draped to avoid shocking delicate feelings—he went on to fjpeak of American scenery. There was nothing in American scenery that could at all compare with the peculiar grandeur of the Black Forest, or the play of light and shade upon the Swiss mountains ; with the silvery light of the New Zealand rivers, or with the lakes of Cumberland or the Scottish lochs. But there had to be allowed on the other hand that there was nothing like Niagara. Fhe lecturer went on to give the figures of measurement in regard to the falls, and, after stating that even these, stupendous as they were, were no description of Niagara, drew a pricture in most flowery language of the great scene, —a scene he would have wished to have spent more days in witnessing, more days away from the world and alone with nature —a scene, however, that only fixed his admiration more and more upon the Great Builder. He paid a special compli ment to the" Legislatures of both the United States and Canada' for having fixed the Niagara as the property, on both sides of the falls, of the people of the two countries, and fqr ever prevented them from becoming the property of any individual or coinpairy for purposes of speculation. The lecturer then gave a graphic description of a sail on tlio St. Lawrence, with its '-thousand islands"— many richly wooded, others very bare ; some with houses hidden away in the hollows, others with the habitations perched high up on the bluffs. He touched on the thrilling sensation of shoqting the rapids, when two strong men stand b,y tlie wheel of the steamer, with two other strong men beside them in case of need, while the Indian pilot takes the bridge, and guides the movements of those men with a signal, At the supremo moment when the water of the rapids surges round the steamer, the deflection of half a foot would send the whole into eternity. The shooting of the rapids is one of the experiences of a lifetime. He described ass the acme of pleasure sailing, a moonlight trip on the Sfc. Lawrence, the steamer lit, byitbe electric Slight,.and a band of music accompanying the trip and sending [ts strains across the water. Touching on tlia history of America, he said 250 years was but a short time in the, life of a nation, but that was all that had elapsed since the Plymouth settlement. I But the people held the historical spots in reverence. Plymouth Rock was the Mecca of the States, and Philadelphia the

Medina. The State House in Philadelphia was annually visited by thousands—l he building in which the independence of the thirteen States was declared and their allegiance to Great Britain Fevered. The lecturer dwelt upon the meeting at which the then representatives of the people resolved upon the course, recited the well-known poem descriptive of tVe signing of the Declaration, and of its an nouueement from the b.lfry. As 1e J scood by the bell that had announced the , signature he felt that he wa.s standing by thecradle :<f the nation. After a reference bo the Miunehaha of Longfellow's ''Hia- watha,"and a description of the fsillof that name, lie recited a portion of the poem, comparing the time now with the time of which the poet is supposed to treat, and adding that the spot is reached by an electric tram, a means of locomotion that was not available to Hiawatha when he .vent courting the Laughing Water. The great bulk of the people were active, " busy, pushing men, and their typical city was Chicago, To Benjamin Harris and his wife, two of the earlier settlers in the Chicago district, there was born in 1830 the first female child born in Chicago. That female child is still alive and the mother of a Chicago family. In 1871 the city had increased to a popula tion of 100,000 people, and then the great are came and swept the city away. But before the ashes were cold they had begun to re-erect the buildings, and had gone on ever since. There were miles and miles of streets, trams, and the buildings went skywards with a marvellous tendency. Houses of eight and ten storeys were common. There was one of sixteen, and one of twenty was being erected. He thought he would rather live in the upper storeys than the lower, because of the greater possibility of enjoying fresh air. for the odors of the city below were not of the sweetest, and the climbing of stairs was dispensed with there as each storey was reached by means of an elevator or lift. It was a marvellous city for build ing's, both public and private, and an im mense traffic ran through its streets. In the great public library of the city there were 1600 readers every day, which was not to be wondered at in a city which was the centre of 28,000 miles of railway. One of the sights of Chicago that was not to be missed by the many Ashburton Wesleyans who would visit the World's Fair —for he heard they were all wealthy in Ash burton—was the Corn. Exchange, a building of the best kind of freestone, with granite pillars, and white marble floor. On the floor were circular marble steps, and around where offices for brokers, etc., and an offbe for telegraph purposes, at which were sent and received information to and from all parts of the world as to the state of the corn markets. This was the great centre of the grain trade. By and by a man would ascend one of these circular steps, and the brokers to the number of eighty or a hundred would cluster round him—men, some in their shirt sleeve?, but all anxious and excited, and gesticulating wildly. He offers a cargo of wheat, and then ensues such a scene as is seldom to be seen. To the onlooker it is a perfect Babel. Men hold up one, two, or three fingers, gesticu lating wildly the while and shouting loudly. Those fingers held up may mean for ought the lecturer knew, the number of cents per bushel they were prepared to advance on the last bid the auctioneer received. Then the trouble ceases, and we hear that thousands of quarters have been sold, that men have been ruined, and others made their fortunes. The lecturer then dealt with the immense slaughter yards of Chicago, quoting the figures representing the tremendous number of cattle, sheep, and pigs that are kille .1 in these yards, and went on to note that although the Ohicagans were men who pushed along their business and made money at a great rate, they were very generous, a*id their generosity took the form of making provision for education and religion. References were made to Milwaukee, the great lager beer brewing cicy ; to Boston, celebrated for culture and for boots—both head and feet seen fo —to Minneapolis and St {Paul, very jealous of each other, and in regard to which jealousy the lecture told a few funny stories. He said the one accused the other of keeping up the nominal population by stuffing the census returns with names taken from the tombstones, and lest the population of his native town should suffer in reputation for numbers, a young man of the one city always takes a wife from the other. A preacher in Minneapolis once chose his text from St Paul, and had the strange experience of seeing his horrified congregation rise and leave the church. Touching on the mill ing industry, the immense mill of the Spilsberg [firm was noticed, grinding nine and a half million bushels of wheat yearly, with a capacity of 7000 barrels per day, and making more flour than any other two mills in the world It was the boast of this firm that their mill's output of flour was sufficient to feed the popu lation of two New Yorks. Co-operation had been introduced into this mill by the firm, and according to their length of service and their status in the works the employees received a share of the profits made by the firm. This plan had settled the question for the firm a» between capital and labor, and there had never been a single dispute between the men and their employers. Arter a sketch of the English-like Philadelphia, a descrip tion of'the United States mint was given, in which seventy-seven and a half million coins were struck, at a cost each of one twelve hundredth pare of a dollar each. In addition to thejnaking of coins there was also a large Whection on exhibition of specimens of all the coins of the world, and many very ancient. They claimed to have the veritable tribute money and the widow's mite. Those who had to do with the taking up of collections would be pleased to know that, although thousands of the visitors to the mint ex pressed a wish to possess the widow's mite it was not coined now ; it represented the fifth part of a cent. Silver dollars were coined at the rate of eighty to 100 per minute. There was a wonderful counting board that counted twenty-five dollars in cents in a minute. A rapid glance was taken of the great Methodist publishing house and of church life in the States. The strongest denominations in the country \y ere the Baptists and Methodists. There vpeve two and a quarter millions on the rolls, and last year the increase was 46,000 souls. In the sixty-two millions of popu lation, one in every three belonged to some form or other of Methodism. The lecturer then passed on to, notice the hospitals that were maintained' under Wesleyan auspices, in which individual subscribers or combinations of individuals undertook the maintenance of s beds, at the rate of 365 dollars per annum per bed, or a dollar per day. Then the question of higher education was touched, and the Mefhqdjsj; University of Denver com mended, in which 600 Methodist students were studying in a college in connection with the church of their fathers. He would be pleased to see something of the samesort inJS'ewZealand. The lecturer then spok© of the negroes. After twenty years of freedom the negro race was not yet very high in the social scale, and many of themJiekl but servile positions. After so long in grinding slavery, it was not to be wondered at that they should wish to lenye the plantations and see cry life, Many };ad , done so, and it had not. been po their advantage. Mr.Morley went to, see t]ie Julilee UiKyers'Uy, of which we heard during the vi s ;t Q f the Fisk Jubilee singers, and found it attended by five hundred students, all of whom were colored. There were negro journalists and negro authors, but their work was ©hiefly among their own people,

and the color line, of which they heard so much, was drawn just as definitely among the negroes as araon? the whites. A stirring description of the devotional character of worship among the Africans was given, aid I lie lecturer passed on to notice United States politics and the journalism of the country. The news papers were totally differed from those in the colony or anywhere else, and were particularly noticeable for their want of leading articles. This was to be attri buted in a great measure to the many magazines that circulated in the States and dealt with the burning questions of the day. A description of the Fire Brigades of New York, &nd the admirable training of both men and horses, preyed i d a grand peroration in which the speaker said the Americans were contented and firm believers in their country, and he wished the same feeling in regard (o New Zealand could be inoculated into New Zealand's people, but he would end his lecture as he had be;»un it by thanking God that He had given that great country into the hands of an English-speaking people. The lecturer was frequently applauded throughout his eloquent, rery amusing and instructive lecture, and at the close was awarded a hearty vote of thanks on the motion of Mr John E. Buchanan, seconded by Mr John Orr.

SPORTING.

OAMA-BU AUTUMN MEETING.

The following are the entries and acceptances for the first day of the North. Otago Jockey Club races :— Maiden Plate, of 25 soys ; One mile and a quarter.—The Jewel, Cumberland, Smuggler,,,Wenonah, Affection. North Otago Cup Handicap, of .120 soys ; One mile and a half.—Prime Warden, 9st .51b ; Galfcee, Bst 71b; Tem pest, B.st 21b ; Miss Mack, Bst 21b.; Don Pedro, 7st 21b. Novel Race, of 30 soys ; Six furlongs. —Sweep, B.sc 121b ; Nettle, Bst 101b ; Kitty, 7st 71b ; Wenonah, 7st 51b. Flying Handicap, of 50 soys ; (Six fur loners.—Hugenot, yst 21b; Enfield, 7st 12lb ; Finetta, 6st 121b ; Pique. 6st 121b ; Ro'seleaf, 6sl 91b ; Lounger, 6st 71b. District Handicap, of 35 soys ) One mile.—Wolverine* 9st 101b ; Miss Mack, 9ot 21b ; Count d'Orsay, Bst7lb ; Windsor, 7st 71b: Melton, 7st 41b; Exile, 7st; Moonlight, 7st ; Cumberland, 6st 121b ; Rothamstead, 6st 101b ; Kitty, 6st 71b • Affection, 6st 71b, There are fifteen in the Two-mile Trot and sixteen in the Three-mile Trot. Eos accepted in both. "

Sydney, April 4, The following are the acceptances for the "';■... ... Sydney Cup. of 200U soys ; Two miles. —Marvel, Highborn, Strathmore, Free dom, Zalinski, Grey Gown, Tirailleur, G'Naroo, Strombcli, Alchemist, Oxide, Portsea, Sfc. Blaize, Forty Winks. Sun shine, Althotas, Sainfoin, St. Helena, La Tosca, .Jack, Jarrandick, Mitre, V;un Hope, Eclipse, Yowi, Gildus, Bodkin, Selkirk, Emm Pasha.

TELEGRAPHIC.

HOME AND FOREIGN,

PER PB.ESS ASSOCIATION

THE RIMUTAKA.

1 London, April 2. The Rimutaka left Plymouth to-day for Wellington, via Teneriffe, Cape town, and Hofaart. LABOR QUESTIONS. 'London. April 3. The unemployed in. London are agi tating for work. At several meetings which they have held lately speeches of an angry sort were delivered. A dispute with regard to wages, which has taken place at the o'lmills in Manchester and Staley Bridge, in volves a sum of £50,000 per week." April 4. The families of the Durham miners out on strike are without food and fuel, and are appealing for relief. Paris, April 3. The Paris Labor Bureau hat> issued a manifesto, in which a proposal is made to form a syndicate of labourers to construct public works. • THE ANARCHISTS, The arrest of Ravachal was affected through the agency of a waiter in a wineshop which he frequented. The Commissioner of Police was informed of Ravachal's visits to this wineshop, and paid the waiter a large sum of money for the information which led to the arrest. The waiter is to be decorated with the Legion of Honor. April 4. Ravachal has made a statement incriminating three of those who assisted him to carry out the recent explosions, and admitting that be is guilty of five murders. It is rumoured that Mathieu, his principal accomplice, has made his escape to England.

MUKIETTA AND CO.

Lpxpcm, April §. The Court has made.'an order for the compulsory liquidation of the Muriettas' firm. AFRICAN TROUBLES. It is stated that a native force under the command of British officers is being raised on the West Coast of Africa to suppress revolts amongst the natives, Paris, April 3. Intelligence has been received to the effect that French troops iv Dahomey have suffered a reverse in an engage ment with the natives. Reinforcements are being sent to their assistance.

REVOLT IN ARGENTINA.

Buenos Aykes, April 3. The city is in. a state of siege. Several prominent Liberals have been arrested on a chargp of of conspiracy, tq murder the President and two o,they leading officials. j April 4. The Radicals in the city deny that they instigated the revolt. Dr. Elem, General Garsia, and others have been conveyed under police escort to Staten Island, Terra del Fuego. They are to be charged with high treason.

THE CHINESE QUESTION.

New lork, April 3. A petition bearing the signatures of 400,000 Chinese residing in the United States, has been forwarded to the Emperor of China, requesting him to compel the United States Govern ment to remove the restrictions which they have placed on the Chinese. LYNCH LAW IN KANSAS. A sensational lynching affair is re ported from Kansas, A negro who Ijad assaulted a lady was captured by a band bl lynctvks, *,Vho fastened a rope round his neck and tied the end of it to a horse, which on being set free went off at a galloping rate. The culprit's body, which was picked up a considerable distance away, was shock ingly mutilated,

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