MAIL NOTICES.

TUESDAY, October 16. ' For Northern Ports, per Flora, at O SO p.m. WEDNESDAY, October 18. For Australian Colonies, and also corre spondence specially addresed " via Naples," for the United Kingdom and Continent of Europe, and for Prance, Algeria, Mauritius, etc, specially marked "per French packet only" per express (to connect with Waihoro, at Port Cbalmeis), at l£s»3O p.m.. Due London Decernbi 5. WEDNESDAY, November 1. l' Saa Francisco mail. Due London Dec. 5

Note—On aud after October 1 the parcels post system will be established between New Zealand and New South Wales at the same rate of postage as to the other colonies.

NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Liberal Elector.—Wo cannot allow you to revile anybody in the strain you have adopted under a nom-de-phimc. The Great Master made a scourge of sec all cords and drove a certain olnss outof the temple ; you can turn up the passage and Bee for yourself what he said. The language He uaed was strong enough we dare Bay, and the rev gentle man'd in question ia also strong, but when he asks the use of our columns to give expression to his strong language we ask him to father it. You must do the same.

Ashburton Guardian Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1893. AT TOULON.

A French cook can make a dinner containing the maxinum of nutriment out of the very minimum of materials, A French comedian can make more fun out of a bald part than a comedian of any other nationality, and the Frtnch stage manager, with his satelite?, is credited with being able to make a spectacle which will be a masterpiece of stage effect out of the materials left over from the failute of an English stage engineer in the same direction. And the nation itself is display, and successful display with little. Effect is everything in the national life of the French people. But' effect does not always win. It did not win against the Germans, although recently it scored against the poor Siamese. Yet the French believe in effect, and its efficacy is being relied on just now in the fetes given in honor of ihe visit of the Russian fleet to French waters. A writer, in the " London Times" recently complimented the French people on being good haters, and with bearing a national grudge with all the intensity of a Corsican vendetta, quoting in proof the bitter ness of feeling still entertained by Frenchman towards the sons of Vater lancl who trailed so igaomiKiously the tricolor in the dust in the Franco Prussian w*r. The bitterness of feel ing referred to must be strong indeed to overmaster that which France once enteitainod for the people, in fighting whom the flower of France was left frffc-m among the snows of the road to Moscow, or efface the memory of the horrors of the Berosina, which w ; re a ghoul that haunted for years the lighter moments of the most light hearted p-sople on the earth. Strong indeed too the feeling that can overshadow the renewal of the hate of Russia that the Crimean war supplied, when al'id with Britain, Italy, and Turkey, France be'pid to carry the war in'o the tnemy's country, and fought nobly and well, i But the humiliation at Moscow was far away from Home, ani out of the Crimean* struggle France came with honor. Germany is her near neighbor, and German soldiers made one gigantic barracks of the capital of la belle France, and dis ecrated the most sacred fanes ol the nation. And that was but as yester day. The greener wonnd is truly the keener wound. And the Russian fleet plashes in holiday in Gallic waterp, and the mercurial French go mad with joy and make demonstrations of a magnitude and magnificance only French, Effect is everything with the Freuch—bufc the effect upon the Earopeaa nations of a union between France and Eussia will not be the tfleet that France thinks. Germany, wiih the phlegmatic coolness which is her nation*! characterist;c, looks calmly on at all these high jinks, listens quietly to the Minister of Marine's assurance that the Emperor of Russia is the hope of peac. but gays nothing. Lutheran Germany trusts in God, but keeps her powder dry. France by herself could no more fight Germany »nd win to.-day than she could when the Empire died at .ftedan j and ano her passage at arms between the two countries would end in another triumphal ■ march to Paris of the men of the nee-dlei gun. And so peace ia made with the j Czar and his alliance courted. Just so. The© trouble at the Afghan frontiar means trouble again »t the Mckhong and an enemy at cither end of our Eastern Empire, while Gladstone iull of his Home Rule hobby sends Lord Herschel to be Viceory of India and keeps General Roberts, the soldier, for garrison duty in England ! Ever;, day the parties to the great fight, which everybody is exposing soon, are be'ng more clearly defined, and jt now looks a3 if, when the boil burst., Russia and France will be found with their loins girded and in alliance to bid defiince to the world. And terrible things will follow ; for whom the gods love they first moke mad.

THE CRIMINAL CODE.

The Bill Introduced into the Legislative Council during last session ami passed into law with little alteration w & step in ilio right direction- It is perhaps too much to expect that our laws should bo so simplified that any person could understand them, It has always taxed the combined abil:ty and legal know ledge of bench pnu bar to interpret the law up m cases in any degree compli cated, and there in a good deal of glim [irony in \he axiom tfi&t a man, who is

his own lawyer has a fool for a client The folly appears to consist in any lay- i man attempting to understand tbe law! —either as it is written in the statute books, or is interpreted by the judges oi the land. The fact is it was never in tended that the common law of England should bo understood by the common people, otherwise there would be no place for lawyers in the economy of the community. The art of making laws so that they shall bo above—or below— the comprehension of the average lay man, has been carried to such a point that thry are almost incomprehensible to the trained mind of the professional lawyer. It is quite a common thing for a judge even to " take time to consider" —not so much that ho may get a better grasp of the facts, or of tho written law relating to them ; but that he may look over old records to ascertain how Judge So-»nd-BO decided in a similar case half a century before. Yet in spite of all this— which is pretty well known to almost every man who has bad occasion to read tbe law reports recorded in the public press—we actually see men appearing in Court on their own behalf, of coarse with the proverbial fool as client. The abso lute necessity for some sort of simpli fication of the laws has been long acknowledged by leading reformers, but none have taken the bull by the horns so boldly as tho great French ruler did just a century ago. His " Code Napo leon " expressed in clear and comprehen sive, but general terms the fundamental principles of all branches of the common law, and the great benefits which this work conferred upon the people of France almost mado amends for the misery which his unbounded ambition entailed upon them. But everybody is not a Napoleon, and the most progres sive statesmen England and her colonies have produced have not ventured to do more than a little codification now and then towards satisfying the demand for laws that can be understood. It is to the credit of Sir Patrick Buckley that he, although himself a lawyer, has made some progress in tbe desired direction. We are only referring to the Act in this connection as a measure intended to simplify the laws, and have not space for detailed criticism. But we may point out one direction in which an alteration has been made which does not strike us as an improvement. One of the provisions relating to punishments runs as follows :—" Everyone liable to imprisonment, with or without hsrd labor, may be sentenced to fay a fine in addition to, or instead of, such im prisonment." We should hardly expect a clause like this to pass into law in a dem critic crunfry such as this is supposed to bp, for it is apparently meant to leave an or cuing through which a rich mm may escape punislmifin*, that a poor one cmld not so avoi>'. Ths word ing of the now Ac' is a decided improve ment npon the antiquated and compli cated language adopted in former codes, and this alone is worth some! bin". Al together the new Crinrml Code Act is one of the most us ful mcasuivs passed last session. We lnp-J it will he followed by more pronounced s'rnplification of our laws in the near future.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tha Committee appointed by the Re'igkug Tixt B-jok in Public Sohoo's As3ociition have resolved to recommend the Assoaiatlon to adopt tbe fourth scripture lesson book of the Ici-h National Society. The sale of privi'ege3 for tha A hburton Agricultural and Pastoral Association's Show (she date of which is Friday, October 27), wi!l take plaoe on Wednesday in Messrs Pried lander Bros', store?. The sal 6 commences at one o'clock, Tbe Ohriatchuroh City Counoil and Lin wood Borough Counoil have passed motions urging Governmant to tak3 immediate steps to place ths Volunteer force oji [he colony on v proper footing, and the City Council decided to oal! a meeting of tha mayors of the district to consider the matter. Yesterday afjiernoon about three hundred men attended a meeting of unemployed called by tbe mayor of Christohurch, Mr IJlen George, who made a lengthy s-paech attacking the Minister for Labor and the "Lyfc'elton Timea." A resolution was cirried demanding work, before Mrßaeves left Christohurcb, for every man who wanted i\ Mr George gpoke of his candidature fir Parliament, and the meeting paesed bm^ a yota of thanks for the assistanae he had rendered the unemployed. Groam were givsn fjr tbe '.' Lyttelton Times' 1 and the Minister for Libor, and cheers for tbe " Press." According to the Dublin correspondent of the "Daily Hew?*" a telegram hf»s beeo re* eeived stating that although the official decla ration will not be published for a month, owing to disputed claims of captures, etc., the umpires appointed by the Admiralty consider that Admkal Fairfax has failed to achieve the task allotted to him of giving the Bluß (>v defending fleet out of tjbe £ru£ Chonnel and dispersing ans pasturing the Irish flotilla of torpedo boats, aad oousequoat'y they award the victory to Kear-Admiral It. O'Brien Fitzroy. This is the first time in the history of the Naval ruarujuvres that the defensive iieet has won. Tbe following ara the handicap for the swimming races to be held .tomorrow: — 50yds 'Senior—R Upton, soratob .- T Gru'bb, U eeeonda t H Gurtio, IJ; S Boyle, $; P Cookaon, 6; Cromie, 7{ J Graham, r/jW Murray, 7£; J Shearman 8; W Shearman, 9; R Shearuiao, 9; H Hoult, 9; B Taeker, 9 \ ; W Saundere, 9\ ; Ji Alsorn, 10; F Tuckei-, 12. 50yds, j amors—F Williams, scratch.; W Purohase, 4 b°cb *. A Wilkie, 5; G Gordie, 6 ; J I^mpthorne, 3.0 j A Kel'y, H Stcphenson, 16, In addition to thje aboye there will bs severil Other evepts including a show race in fancy costume and a pojo matcb, To commenoe at JJ pua Another strange incico it in connfotion with ike Binjiirg of the Viotoria has ]U3t been mude ■known, in addition to Admiral Tyron's tolo isaopo his dispatoh-box was also rcopvored. sJow this b.ox was made apoprding to speoifil sesfvicn regulations?, in order to contain the code of signals, U being essenlial that theso signals should not fall into the hantfe of an enemy the box ia lined with lead and porfo rated at the bottom, to secure it finking as soon as it reaches the water. What happened ? Th<3 gojoijl ship, constructed with ail tbe ioga. nuit>/ of modern Boionco on purpose to float, sank like » stone. The lead.-lined, perforated box, specially oreated to sink, floated, and | now Ym At Whitehall,

According to a writer in the " Leader " the | expe'iment baa been made in Scotland of teaching dancing in the publio schools. The idea is a pleasant one, and were it nob that the little ones in Now Zealand sohools are i already crammed with about as many lessonß os they are capable of standing, we should bo induood to recommend its odoption hero. A disputation from tho uncipployod waited on the Hon. Mr Bbovgb yesterday morning. The Minister said arrangements hnd been j made to send twenty mm aoma tirno this week to Oatlina, and liopcd tho wen 'her would be warm enough noxt wook to permit, of ' eending a few mono Mount Cook rood. In making the selection preference would be given to married mon und thoso who had not previously had Government employment, Tbo following rogulntion under the Govern, mo tit Insurance Aot is gazetted : —Policies shall bocorae void if tho person whoso life is insured shall die by (suicide, whether Bane or insane, within cix months from tho date of tho policy; provided, novortbolcßH, that it fchall be lawful for the Commissioner, in his absolute discretion, to pay the sum insured if ha ia Bfttitiiod, aflor oareful inquiry, that tbo person whoso life is insured had not at tho dato of policy any suicidal intention. There are 50,000 mon here, Bays Dalziel'a Chioago correspondent, out of employment; half of whom are skilled workmen. In Cincinnati five thousand are in the same oast), tho majority of them carpenters. The unemployed in Pittaburq and its suburbs , number 50,000. Half of these are usually employed at the iron and steel worka: In San Franoiaoo 5,000 are|out of work, and in Buffalo 10,000. On the other hand the mills itt Galveston, Now Orleans, and Atlanta are running full time with a full complement of hands. The G.Y.O. camp has broken up, and the Ashburton, Geraldine, and Timaru contin gents returned yesterday. Everything in con nection with the camp, including " sham light?," etc., went off successfully, and the experience gained should be invaluable to the members of the corps. On Saturday, how ever, two unfortunate accidents occurred whioh helped to spoil the last hours of the camp. The horse ridden by Trooper Smith, of Timaru, in jumping a wire fence Ml an 1 broke its neck, the trooper fortunately escap ing without serious irjury. The same day Corporal Buckley, the well knowa master of the AshburSon bounds, while engaged in pur suing drill turned hia horse rather sharp round a corner ia Fendalton, with the result that the animal fell, and though Mr Buckley esoaped without broken bones be reoeived a severe shaking and nasty cuts on his face and Bide. A curious incident also happened in connsotion with the camp. A trooper hailing from Laghmor possesses a very tame goat, about twelve months old, which he took with i him, Nanny seemed perfectly at horns amongst the oavalry, fol'owing them wherever they went, and resolutely declining any friend liness from other than members with the uni form on. Oa passing through Tiowald on the I journey home yesterday, Nanny, being evi dsntly fatigued with the bustle and excitement of the past ten days emitted sundry ories of distress, evidently understood by her muster, who lifted her to the pummel of his saddle, the kind action being alike appreciated by horse I and goat.

LABOR ITEMS.

[PEB PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

London, October 16. One hundred thousand workmen par aded i-i Hyde Park in support of the minors who are on .strike. Tlw" Daily Chronic'c" says that the remainder of the coal-owners are offering to let the men resume at former wages, provided that they pledge themselves nof to ask for an advance liter on. Mr John Kurns, addressing a meeting at Hyde Park, said that the miners were winning a great battle. Forty per cent, of the men have re turned at tho old rate of wage 3.

THE SENATE

(per pbkss association.)

Washington, October 16. The Senate resumes its sitting to-day. The President will meet the opponents! of the Repeal Bill in parson. Mr Voorhees says that the fight has only begun, and that the ultimate victory of the opponents cf the Sherman Act is certain. It is reported that the Democratic senators have agreed to a compromise on the silver question by which the Sherman let will be continued for eighteen months, and the issue of bonds limited.

CABLE SUMMARY.

The German press takes the French demonstration cilraly. Kight deaths have occurred at Green wich wotkhouse, and 200 inmates are ill. It is reported that the Nationalists are thinking of making Mr O'Connor, member for Donegal Easfc, leader instead pf Mr Justin McOarhty, The Peace Congress has asked Mr Gladstone to invite the nations of the earth to conclude treaties binding them to have recourse to arbitration in disputes. The cause of the late railway accident at Jackson's was that the air brake up Dn the rear train failed to act. The list of casualties is reduced to eighteen killed and sijcty injured The Aorangi has sailed from Plymouth for WeHingtpn and Lytteltqn, with thirty saloon, forty-one second saloon, and 130 third class and intermediate passengers. During a violent storm on the east coast) of the United States lightning set fire to Baltimore Goal. Five hundred and forty four persons wero rescued, but tw«nty were 1 ''II(?(* or injured in ?Mci»)t>u»s from the burning building- - any <W S fdA i Hj>iwh .damage to property is repoi«,C~ elsewheFfe.

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

PEE I'KESS ASSOCIATION.

j Drifting- Sautlt. j Wellington, October 16, I The Golonjal Secretary leayes ,tor Dune; din to-msrrow He >vilj be absent for a week. l§iir l»oU«rt Scout. Sir TJobert Stout speaks here on Friday, JUU'gal Priutiiig-. Dunkdin, October 17. At the City Court to morrow Richard Harriband will be charged with distribut ing a printed p^per without an imprint. Ifcliad reference to Sir Robert Stout's connection Ayitli women's franchise.

LATEST CABLE HEWS.

HOME AND FOREIGN,

jPBU JUIffSS AHSp,OJAT^.ON.

(Received October 17, 10.49 a.m.) COMPOUNDING. London, October 16, Mossra Brooks. HcGlashan, and Me- Ilarg, dealers in feathers, flowors, and laces, have called a meeting of their creditors. Their liabilities are set down at £4-O,OOQ, and an offer of 15a in the £ Was accepted,

CORRESPONDENCE.

(We do not hold o-jrseives r?sponsibie lor trie opinions expressed by our correspondents.)

THE TENTH COMMANDMENT.

TO THK EUITOR. Sir, —Your correspondent Mr "Peter quotes from tho newspaper report of my nddrof.H, that I stated that the runholders bought up all tho road frontages*"- this I believe fco bo a mistake of the reporter, and creek fronlatjes should bo substituted. The public can observo on tho maps, and find out to this day, many instances of narrow creek frontages of land having been bought, for the solo purpose of cutting off tho water from other would-be purchasers. Further I cannot discover any Hontenco in my address justifying Mr Peter's remark that "Mr Graham calmly asHumea that ho is tho Almighty." We can only know His intontions by His re vealed Word, one verse of which, althouck not reported, I quoted as follows : " The profit of the earth is for all; the king himself is fierved by the field." Now if tho foregoing is the case, it must have been wrong to allow a few people to pur chase the larger portion, and the best of tho country, as it was doing a manifest injustice to the landless majority, who were being imported, or were already in the province. Mr Peter then adopts the line of argument respecting the lease of the runs, which Mr Michael Campbell did, when that gentleman and myself discussed this matter in the "Lyttelton Times" nearly three yeara ago. Both these gentlemen forget that it was, or probably was, the intention of the Government of the day to allow the run holders to only temporarily occupy the waste lands, and until the people yet to come into the country required them for j their own use and maintenance. The very name of waste lands goes to prove J this view of the question, and also the name of squatter, which I have heard old Australians say meant that whep popula tion came within seventy miles of them they had to absquatu'ate or move further on into the back country, —I am, etc., I. R. 0. Cujskinghame-Graham. [* "Road" frontages appears on the notes of three reporters.—Ej>.]

Wedding.

STORRIER-ROBERTSON.

A happy event in which considerable local interest was evinced, took place at Lowcliffe on Thursday, when Miss Catherine, youngest daugtr er of Mr John Robertson, farmer, Lowcliffe, was united in marriage to Mr Charlea D. Storrier of Baling. The ceremony was performed by the Rev 0. Abernethy, and took place in a large tent, which had been erected to afford accommodation for the wedding guests. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a pink Cashmere dress, trimmed with whits laca and theusual wreath and veil. Misses AmyPithie and Maggie Rae Robertson (nieces of the bride), Daphne Withel, and Lizzy Storrier, acted as bridesmaids ; each wearing a dress of , cream nun's veiling, fastened at the neck with a brooch, the gift of the bridegroom. Mr John Robertson, brother of the bride, acted as groomsman. A long table was laid through the entice length of the tent, ; at which the friends and guests, to the number of between sixty and seventy, sat down to the wedding breakfast, at the , conclusion of which the happy couple took their departure amid showers of rice, and the hearty good wishes of all, for their long life and happiness—an old gum boot being thrown after them for Juck. Taey left for Efiling to catch the evening train for Timara, the first stage of their honeymoon trip. A table was placed in a separate room on which the wedding pre sents, which were buth numerous and costly, were displayed i Mr Withel proposed the health of the bride and bridegroom, and referred to the esteem in which each was held ; and though the district would appear to be rather out of the way, yet as t-hown by the gathering that day, they could as semble as neighbors and friends to fchow their esteem for the bade and bridegroom as well as for the parents on both s des. Mr McKeage, also in a humorous speech, remarked that if the happy couple followed through life the example of their parents they would do well, and concluded by wishing Mr and Mrs Storrier a happy and prosperous union. Three cheers were then given for the bride and bridegroom, and also for their host-3, Mr and Mrs Robertson. Music, games, and other amusements were in dulged in during the afternoon and even ing, the company separating towards morning.

Bishop Moran and the Labor Party.

Bishop Moran thus addresses his people in the"Taolet" : — It ig said by astute journalists that Catholics do not vote together—that the block vote is a myth—that the labor question and other questions divide them 1 In replying kindly say what your Lordship thinks we are to expect from the Labor Party as far as the general good of the colony and justice to our schools is concerned %— What astute journalists state any have been the case to a limited extent in the past—not to any appreciable extent. I feel quite cer tain i|b will be so to even a less extent in the future. There may, perhaps, be half a dozen unworthy Catholics J.n New Zealand prepared to abandon their prin ciples for foolish ambition &nd fancied interests, but no more. What are these % They can neither make nor mar us. As to tha Labor party in New Zealand, I am convinced that the Labor party in this colony is its own greatest enemy, and I am pertain ib is our greatest enemy. The Labor party in this colony has not been led by its best and wisest members. Its policy has killed enterprise here, and is majnly responsible for thepresent dearth of employment. Money is abundant in New Zealand —so abundant that it is con stantly being sent to Australia, and even to America, instead of being employed here in the development of the country. And fcfus \o to fee attributed mainly to the Xiabor party. Therefore, i say, it is its own worst enemy. There is another point of view in which it is its own worst enemy also. It advocates free, godless education from bottom to top—from the primary school to tue Unijrgrsity—not having brains and intelligence enVugh to see that by this advocacy it is injuring itself, and providing rich endowments for the well-to-do class. In the second place it ia our greatesb enemy. Whilst loudly demanding even more' than ;justjce for itsulf, i,t "pledges itself to continue to plunder Catholics, and to trample on their consciences' and thsir principles. My advice, therefore, to all CatUqlies is to have nothing whatever to do with the Labor party in New Zealand. It is the uncompromising advocate of the plunder ing godless system of education in this country which inflicts upon us such ter rible injustice. I adyige such Catholics as may be found in its ranks to CQme fortji from them at once, and to be ho longer responsible for the mischief it is doing the colony and the wrong it is doing themselves,

GEMS IN VERSE.

A Fallen Idol.

High niched within the temple of my heart An idol stood, all faultless in my sight; The rosy tint it wore in love's waij^light, Its pose, finisse do grain, and ever>TSfrt Proportioned fitly by the sculptor's art, Combined, it seemed, aa seen from its great height, To make a form divine; and day and night My soul to it did adoration pay, Till lo! in time it fell upon the ground, And right before my feet it broken lay. When, scanning it amazedly, I found *Twas but a coaree and faulty piece of clay. My partial sight alon© had made it seem A work full meet to fill a master's dream. —W. E. Vasser.

Outgrown.

Kay, you wrong her, my friend; she's not fickle; her love she has simply outgrown, One can read the whole matter, translating her heart by the light of one's own. i Can you bear me to talk with, you frankly? There is much that my heart would cay, And you know we were c&ldren together, have quarreled and "made up" in play. And bo for the Bake of old friendship I venture to tell you the truth— As plainly perhaps and as bluntly as I might in our earlier youth. Five summery ago when, you wooed her you stood on the' self name' plane. Face to face, heart to heart, never dreaming your souls could be parted again. Bhe loved yon at that time entirely, in the Moom of her'lif o's early" May, And it is not her fault, I repeat it, that she does not love you today. Nature never stands still, nor souls either. They ever go up or go &ow*i, And hers haa been steadily Boaring—but how has it been with your own? Bhe has struggled and yearned and aspired— grown purer and wiser each j*ear; The stars are not farther above you in yon lumi nous atmosphere! For she whom you. crowned with fresh rose* down yonder five summers ago Has learngd that the first of our duties to God arid ourselves is to grow. Her eyes they are sweeter and calmer, but their vision is clearer as well; Her voice has a tenderer cadence, but is pure as a silver bell. Her face has the look worn by those who with food and his angels have talked; The,white, robes she wears are less white than the Bpirite with whbm she has walked. And you? Have you aimed at the highest? Have you, too, aspired and prayed? Have ybii looke4 upon evil unsullied? Have you conquered it undismayed? Have you. too, grown purer and wteer as the months and the years have rolled on? Did you meet her this morning rejoicing in the triumph of victory won? Nay, hear mcl The truth cannot harm you. When today in her presence you stood, Was the hand that you gave her as white and clear aa that of her womanhood? Go measure yourself by her standard. Look back on the years that have fled, Then ask, if you need, why she tells you that the love of her girlhood is dead! Bhe cannot look down to her loyer—her love, like her soul, aspires; He must stand by her side, or above her, who would kindle its holy fires. Now, farewell! For the sake of old friendship I have ventured to tell you the truth— As plainly perhaps and as bluntly as I might in our earlier youth. —Julia C. R. Dorr.

To the Typo.

He's a grimy handed fellow, But his smile is bright and mellow, And his apron can't conceal his manly heart; He's our certain, sure salvation, For we'd get a long vacation If his judgment didn't fix our clumsy part. When we send a hasty poem, Or a soulful sonnet throw him, Written on a ragged blotting pad in chalk, With no thought of dots or dashes- Just a lot of scrawling slashes- Why, it's then he makes his type get tip Mid talk. ' He eliminates our blunders— They are often comic wonders- Braces up our lines and capitals supplies; What correction gives our spelling There's no hope of ever telling, But he crosses all our t's and dots our is. And to all such doctored "batches," Honest fellow, he attaches Not Ma name, but ours, in letters bold and plain, But the world shall give him credit, For as soon as it has read it Twill be known our sins have been absolved again. To the typo, then, a bumper- Let it be a rousing jumper- May compositors no sorrow e'er detect, But with joy their "case" adorning Be up early in the morning Our last manuscript to wade through.—and cor rect.' —George E. Bowen.

Two Lives.

Two sons from out two distant homes one day Went bravely forth in life to win a way. And one had wealth to shield him from rough cares; The other, poorer, took his mother's prayers. pne sought and found high honors at his hand; One fought to gain a place whereon to stand. One found his path thick etrewn with roses One struggled long through thorns, with bleed ing feet. One came at noon, wealth gone and flowera dead; One stood In calm, with sunshine round his head. One fell beneath temptation's wiles, unarmed; The other stood amid all dangers still un harmed, ' ■'■■"'* — Eugenia Parham.

Which Road Would You Take?

If you could go hack to. the forks of the road, Back the long miles you have carried your load, Back to the place where you had to decide by this way or that through your life to abide. Back to the sorrow, back to the care, Back to the place where the future was fair, If you were fhere now, a decision to make, 0 pilgrim of sorrow, which road would you take? Then after you'd traveled the other long track, Suppose that again to the forks you went back; Alter you found that its promises fair Were but a delusion that led to a snare, that the road that you first traveled with sighs and unrest, Though dreary and rough, was most gi-aciously blest With' baton for each bruise and fy charm for 6)*chache ? ' -■■■ • P pilgrim of sorrow, which road would ypu take?

Ambition.

I heard a saying in Egypt, that ambition ts like the sea wave, which, the more you drink, The more you thirst; yea, drink too much, as men Have done on rafts of wrecks—it drives you mad. •■■'•'" —Tennyson.

Be Merciful.

Though justice be thy plea, consider this— That in the'ctiur.se of justice pone of us glipulij sed satyation; we tr^y for mercy, stifle pi'fty.fir Spph teach us all to ren ,3, el - - • >•••' Ihe deeds of mercy. —Shakespeare.

COMMERCIAL.

BJelbourne, October 18, Correspondence is passing between 1 the wool buyers and brokers with a yiew to effecting a compromise in the difficulty which has cropped up. Ihe Diinedin Association has cabled its approval of the action taken by the brokers. The dispute between the wool buyers and brokers is compromised, the latter having agreed to accept cheques if time is allowed to satisfy themselves of the validity of the cheques.

THE REVOLT IN BRAZIL.

ER PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

Washing-ion, October 16. The American (SoVemmenti have 'ia scruefced their Minister at R'o de Janeiro nofc to take part in'the interference of other diplomatic bodies with the inter national affairs of the country. Ifc is expected that the quarrel will be settled at an early date,

POLITICAL.

Wellington, October 16. Mr E. A. Haggen, of the " Woodville Examiner," has been committed for trial on a charge of criminal libel. The com plainant is Mr J. P. Clark, of Pahiatua, and the alleged libel consists of come allu sion to or comments on what is known as the Pahiatua poisoning case. Mr George Fisher declares himself a candidate for the City, and Mr 0. M. Luke, iron founder, is mentioned as a likely candidate. Mr W J. Scott, tabor agent, announces himself for Wellington. Tn latest tem perance ticket Bpoken of here is Sir Robert Stout, Messrs Fraser, and H. D. Bell; Mr McLean to replace the latter if he will r.ot stand. ™ w r. O DA? BV1EKB» October 17. i Mr 3^/ °'Smi^ h ? ddressod the electors last night. He intimated that in conse quence of failing health he would not con test any seat for the new Parliament. A vote of thanks for paßt services and regret at his enforced retirement was passed by acclamation, A resolution was also passed that^he action of Smith and Cad* man in connection with the Umutaoro block had been beneficial to the district.

The Rev. L. M. Isitt's Prohibition Tour.

Lasb night Mr Isitt lectured on prohibi tlon. The chair was occupied by Mr J. H. Maynard, President of the Ashburton Liberal Association, and the Oddfellows' Hall was again packed to its fullest extent. As a reply to the statements of Mr H. Ot. Stringer, the lecturer referred to him aa a paid agent of the licensed victuallers of New Zealand, sent over to America to find out all he could in the prohibited States to prove the failure of prohibition, Mr Isitt went on to say that even if prohibi tion had been a failure in come districts it was because the people in that particu lar district were not educated up to ifc, and naturally would attempt to violate the laws if they could, by encouraging sly grog selling. At the same time the fact that it had been an unqualified success in many places showed that where the people really desired prohibition the evila fore told by its opponents would not follow. The cases quoted by opponents of proh - tion were easily explained. In a large State a large majority of the people might carry prohibition into effect, and though of course in the majority o*j the districts the people would be favorabl* to prohibition, and by keeping its laws ensure its success and its consequent benefits, there would very likely be a few districts where temperance influence was not felt, and where the inhabitants would be against prohibition. There of course the law would be broken, and sly-grog selling would flourish. But he doubted even in such a case in New Zealand if there would be mare sly-grog selling than there is now. Sly-grog selling, he asserted, would include liquor sold on Sundays, after hours, and under the '* lambing down " process. He quoted statements of the judges of a number of districts of pro hibited States showing that in very many cases the carrying out of prohibition had emptied the gaols, poorhouses, and lunatic asylums, lessened the taxes, and given the police officials nothing to do. A proof that prohibition was a success was that those States which had tried it were more favorable towards it than ever, and one State ha<? had prohibition for over thirty years. At the conclusion of Mr Isitt's speech the chairman referred to the town of Ormondville where prohibition had been tried and had not been a success, the people after a three year's trial having returned to licensed houses. Mr Ibitt, in rpply, said that the return to licensed houses had not been obtained fairly, and that at the tji-esent time the Ormondville people were agita'ing for a return to prohibition. Several questions were I asked and answered, and a vote of thanks to the chair closed the meeting. To night Mr Isitt will speak on compensation, and at the conclusion of his lecture a vote of those in favor of or against the Direct Veto will be taken.

The Trouble in South Africa.

[PKK PRESS ASSOCIATION]

Capetown, October 15. Sir F. Canington considers that Loben guek is a clever savage and bis warriors bloodthirsty devils. To be on the safe side the company's forces ought to be increased,

THE WEATHER.

ALFQRD STATION.

The following is the Meteorological report for the week ending October IS, 1893:—

SPORTING.

MELBOURNE NOTES,

PER PRESS. ASSOCIATION.

Melboubne, October 16. Light Artillery has been scratched for the Guineas ; Scrip, Halifax, Carrington, Pounamu, and Bessie McCarthy for the Caulfield Cup. Melbourne, October 17. Newman is hacked to win £8000 on the Caulfield Cup. He is down to 100 to 8. After 10.00 to IQJ) had been taken aboyt Jeweller, 100 to 11 waa the best pffer obtainable, whilst Diyisjon receded, 15Q0 to 120 beipg laid against him. Owing tp an excellent gallop during the morning 2000 to 300 was taken about Pulvil for the Derby, an offer to accept 6to lin thousands meeting with no response ; 5 to lis now the best offer. Garcon has been supportod to win £1500 at 100 la-14.' Sfcernchaser is recovering his position, 100 to 5 being the best offer.

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JSew Goods. G. J. NEILL and Co, XTTE HAVE GREAT PLEASURE IN ANNOUNCING THE OPENING UP °F °UR /V£l^ SPRING GOODS. Millinery ~in alt Ws BraneUes, New Prints, guaranteed to wash, 4^d, s|d, 6£d, 7M New Washing White Muslin 4^l New Delaines 9d  liQ _ a i llfl on iv Is New Dress Goods, double width remarkable v^lue, only New Coloured Cashmeres, double width, is Ja New Double Width Sheeting 9|d New Flannelettes 3|d. New Table Damasks Is bd CLOTHING- CLOTHING- Men's Tweed Suits 17s 6d Men's Colonial Tweed Suits 253 6d Boys' Tweed Suits 4s lid Men's Strong Cotton Shirts Is lid Men's Tweed Trousers 6s lldj <• Men's Felfc Hats 2s 6d Boys' Felt Hats ls 6d BOOTS. BOOTS. BOOTS. Men's Bluchers 5s Men's Nailed Shooters 8s 6d Women's Strong Shoes 4s Hd l Women's Leather Slippers 3s 6d Women's Canvas Shoes 4s 9d 0, I NEILL & CO.'S. FRIEDLANDER'S BUILDINGS, EAST STREET, " THE ESTABLISHMENT FOR SATISFACTORY WATOH AND CLOCK REPAIRS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION AT CHARGES AS LOW AS IS CONSISTENT FOR Sound and Reliable Workmanship IS S. SALEK'S, PBiOnOAI WATCH » CU)OK M^EK, -^OIOBHO ™^ A gent „ mof A *•_? m.de o. Counting Customer^* JeweUery into New and Fashionable WEDDING ANE BIRTHDAY PBESEOTS AND PRESENTATIONS. H. gAEEK. EAST STBEET. " "" ~ 7" " ' TIT ANTED Known.—The T and N "Wanted. , TV Corset now landed, in all sizes.— i M J tch^^dT^enee._^^^ W Pupils, 20* per quarter. Mr . y^wBIENTAL Coffee is the blend of Dongf/s, Church street, Hampstead. l\J the Choicest Ceylon and Mocha. 10 12Q Try it. ____-—_-— . APTIST Church.-Re'ceptiun TeTto \ TwTOKEL^ Watches at 125,61, usually __J^: — j supremacy over all others at the prices. SPRING Cabbage Plants, per thousand , Obtainable only from S. Salek, 7s 61; one hundred 1?, from Yateb , Jeweller. - Reliable Seeds, at Whittisgton's, Bur-1 ANTED Known—W. H- Collier's nett street. , yV noted four clasp Kid Gloves, 2s WANTED Known—For Sale Cheap, W^ejartj«iwd^ alUi-es. a first-class Model Piano by Haake, .-p^rksent^ ._ Beaut if u i Presents now just new. Apply ll Guardian ofhco j^ h&^ given away to all purcha?erß ..V..'— of Drapery, Millinery, Boots, Clothing "liilJl OrsngfS, aid )ipe Bananas for etc.—H. C- Segeb9, Melford House. .JC sale by Mrs James, East 8m et". ~~ - ' 10 101 "Jl/TITCHELL and Turner's prepara- . ■ -——* jyX tions for the Season are FIREWOOD, short lengths Mid dry, / acknowledged to be very complete. for sale. Orders left with Mbs . ___ £ i James Fruit Shop, East street, or at -^-vrANTED Known.—Choicest JSovel- Mayo'a Garden, Hampstead. 10 75 \V ties in Dress goods, Mantles and — t — — ; Millinery are to be seen.—Mitchell and FOR Bread, Scones, Pastry, etc., you TuKNBRi will find Jumbo Baking Powder . _ unsurpassed. ______ TIT^NIISO Known —" 'I!he Corner "ia -, ■--=- T * ▼ showing a magnificent New Stock WANTED lvnown-That A. J Dra p" a * d Clothing. -W, H. Walker repaira'Bicycles, Sewing 01 J-™*^ B M*chines, Lawn Mowers, Medical Coils, i U,°J[___3'_^ - ■ and all descriptions of light machinery. [ \ttaNTEO Known—For good value in —£ YV first class Drapery, Millinery, RAILWAY Book Stall.—A very large p oofcSf olothing, etc., go to Melj-ord and choice lot of books to select fI OUSB< Beautiful presents now giving from. JLlO^ away to all purchasers. IF yot want fiist class fruit go to Known—Some wonderful Adams' for Fiji, Tahiti, Auckland yy j o b lines n Drapery, etc., now and Sydney Orange 3, Citrons, Lemons, beinggoW; aj^ presents to all purchasers. etc. ' h. C. Segees, Melford House. 'je^epa^a^oderatejat^ workmanship guAranteed.-U. ix-coRN, MEDICAL Coils made and repaired ( Saundera' Buildings. __________ on the shortest notice at easy ', — _™_^^_ — prices at A. J. Walker's, Old Kinder- 1 HO ia your Plumber i Why W . J"te n VV Habdlby, who is a Manufacturer : -7 7, s—-'of Spouting, Ridging, Steel Gutters, HERBAL Beer, Ginger Beer, Rasp- Bath £ g.^ Tankat efcc#| and w ho has berryade, home made Jams ana hdh fe b Btock of p um ps and Marmalade, and all fresh" fruit in season p fcown T. HoULT, East Street, Ashburton. 10 18 _-i— ——■- ; ■__— ~ \ I"? ANTED Known.—To make room fT HE Best Nickel Watch in the Market W for Spring Boots I will give ten J for Isa. Usually sold by Jewellers p er cent for cash. Repairs done at once ab from 20a to 25s each. Specially made cheaper than ever to stay bad times over In England to our order.—John Our and a t J. Moison, Premier Bootmaker. 818 Co. _L___ f-s__!-^_!sfr^ l_- lp_?f!?^?™11<1?. L • S"OMERS_Tlieat Mart. The oldest r/^ATAXTn the largest, th« best, aud the cheap HEW ZEALAND Mb. Small Goods a specialty. Ful weights guaranteed. A trial solicited. £ ILOTagMG[ FiICTOBY -W. J. SttOQCK. _* Tioi ifKW Isoods. ' New Bocks Games and Fancy Goods. Hatg ff<>m v All goode redaced m price for cash this from ls m month. -L. F. Andrewes a»d Co, _ weed R^ from la Stationers Hall. Over 1500 Hafcg in Btockt BANG 1 Bang ! Bang ! Guns! Guns] _••*.*«! I Guns !by the best makers and New Washing Ties from 4d fitted with all the latest improvements. New Tennis Shirts from Ss Jd Powder, Shot, Caps, Cartridges, Wads, New Collars, New Shirts, New Studs. and Cases at J. W. Hardley's, East TV(BPWI ., r nITR NWW a rrcK Street. Guns repaired. INSPECr OUR^IfcW STOCK. BOOKS in good order and complete pj^TTTTMa T)V,V A RTWENT bought or taken in exchange. New ULiUXillJNbr _i_il Aftl *_Ul<l> i ock arriving every week. Circulating Library.-J. Marsdek, Newsagent. Boys' Sailor Suits from 7s lid I —— : Men s Sac Buitg from 30;! BOOKS in great variety to suit all Men's All-wool Trousers from 9a 6d. classes of readers, at the Railway Book Stall. 7102 ALL NEW PATTERNS. 8~~ TUDlTHealthlnd use Jumbo Brand m I TT-ORINGr DEPARTMENT Baking Powder.JWtand best^ IiIUJiWI>VJ JJUliiltJ.m£i_> J. C-^OFFJSFi as a Beverage is more pala- Men's Suits to measure from 59s 6d J table and wholesome than Tea. Men's Trousers to measure from 17s 6d Use Oriental Coffee —— 7rT^ K ¥d^yoT~ ge r y^7Tro;"m^. BOOT DEPARTMENT. VV gery ? At Hakd_by sof course, where we get the best value in Sheet Men's Nailed Balmorals, 9i 6d Lead, Nails, Locks, Hinges, Plough Men's Bluchers, 63 6d Chains, Rope, Wire Knetting, Gorse Boys' Strong School Boots from 5s 6d. Knives, Spades and Forks, Lamps, —— Fender and Fire Irons, and anything * NEW ZEALAND you reqtiirp g=-- — ' —-— -— -~r> HLOTHING Xjl ACTO RY. FOX. SALE—6O Acrea, all m Lnghsh \j JJ gra&scs, not far from the Tinwald Sale yarda. A property such as this has often ALEX' HENDHY, V>«en asked for. Manager peen »««« w*. BULLOCK



Hollo-way's Ointment a^d Pills.—Theso re- Eiiediei, arc unequalled throngbout the world for bad Tegs, wo lids, foni sorei, bad breasts, and ulcers. Used according to directions given'with them tkore is no worind, bad leg, or ulcerous sore, howovdi' Obstinate or long standing, but will'yield to their healing attrt i-urative prbportlo's. Mnny poorsufferers 1 who havfl been piuieuis'in tlio largo 'hospitals under the: care of eminent surgeons, and 1i.,v0 (ictivtd littje or uoljecejib from tlieir treatment, have been thoious'hly cured uy Kolloway'B Ointment and Pills. Vov glandular pwolliugs, tumours, piles, auit diseases of the skin there is uothing that can bo used with so much benefit. In fact, in the worst forms of disease, de pendent upon the condition of the Woofy tJiesei Hiedwiuee, used conjointly, are irresistible j '



4c Son»Kacalyn*l Kxtrac There are imitations of Eucalypti Extract in the market now, products of simply djstillhtion forming rude lesinous' oili. order that tta prude mw not be taken, Onr Puw ToUiHjb *nca! lirntt Kx*ract, which is recognised by the Medical division of the Prussian Government to be of perfectly pure origin, as per information forwarded to us through the Consul at Melbourne, March 2, 1878 WGIt is proved by tests made by the Medicia! Clinics of the Universities at Bonn and Greifswali, Prussia, and reported by Dr Schulz, Erofeasor of Ehwwacology at Bonn, aud Professor Dr Rosier, Birector of thfe ModicalOlinio at Qreifswald;that only products that are saturated with oxygen and freed Of adds, rfesinoui and other substances, ■adherent; to primary distillation, will develop the'sanaftye'qualities propjfc 'to tHe Rlanfc SAKPBR * SON<S BtCALYPTI EJtTRAC^ ' according to these authorities, and according to pjyj fessor Dr Lister, of England, and to Dm Bauer, Mclntire, Wood, Hazard, etc., of America, is the only extract correspondingly scientific tests, and the only one which possesses the" proper therapeutic value, All other crude oils are to be classed among the turpentines, which have, when used as medicine, no therapeutic effect and are abandoned as an internal modicMenf. There go caljed Eucalypti Extiucts ( which tiiiy have y.eceiv«sd dist u&tipawExhibitio£i3 ua commercial articles gjjd we used for mgcaani£4j pffi poseg only are discernible ;-=*> . - • "■ 1. By their deficiency in pungent odour (which on* product, the only genuine Eucalypti Extrac de velops most freely through its surplus of oxy 'gj ),' 2. By their alcoholic thin and mobile appearance, being reduced ia specific density through the presence of acids: ;< ';' 3. By their tasto, the result of the contracting tea dency ol resica and tetotjateg. ■ >'» wi"? If these crude oils, no callel eucalypti extracts ans applied by mistake in annas of crdiip, b.roJicWtis, tfiplt-' theria, internal inflaawiations, dysentery, wounds,eto. the c>useqiiencos aro most appalling, for safety ask ask always for Sander and Son*' IZacaiyptf extract and get the old, well-tested and reliabif preparation.—Sandhurst, Victoria, AuatnOia,-- ~ •a«««r »»* ••■•