Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1895. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A visitor to Muriwai to see the stranded whales mi t.he West Orast picked us. 800 zs of ambergris. This find is valued ar £^00 '.

Trie foHoniig names were left our. in yesterday's nutice of the team reprvis n - ins? Tinwald against R&kaia, viz, Curtis, Rout, Armstrong

The Wellington papers report that it is understood thai the Cot.ncil of the Law Society ia now enquiring into certain serious charges n ade against a wel'-known member of the profession.

The Inspector-Oeneral of Penal Estab lishments say* that the g*g is an utterly unauthorised article in Vie ortan prisons. Any warder threatening the mo of it would be severely punished.

j JA very sudden death occurred «*t Warr nambool (Victoria) the other evm'ng. Mr James Christian wa-> standing in a garden conversing with a friend when he fell to the ground and expired.

Members of the Launceston StocK Ex change have passed a resolution prohibit ing themselves from doing business after six o'clock. Ihe object is to stop attend ance of outsiders at night.

Considerable uneasiness prevails in the Richmond River district owing to the influx of Hindoos to cultivate sugarcane. It is reported that the strangers have already purchased a small sugar mill.

Some Idea of the extent of the butter trade on the West Coast (Noith Mand) may be gained fro m the fact that one firm alone turned out no less than 3600 boxes last season. Kext season they expect to double this.

At a meeting held at Dunedin last night a resolution was passed that it is desirable to commemorate in fitting imnner the memory of the late Bishop Moran. A Committee was appointed to raise the necessary funds.

At a meeting of the Auckland Liberal Association it was resolved—' That this Association has heard with the deepest regret of the withdrawal of Sir Geo*ge Grey from politics, and hopes his life will be spared for many years for the sei vice of his fellow men.'

The snow-clad land this morning offered a grand opportunity to sparrow poisoners, and we hope fa-rrurs took advantage of it. Mr J. M. Cambridge spread about a quart of poisoned wheat in a paddock near his house, and gathered abouo three hundred dead birds very shortly afterwards.

At Waimate, at a meeting of the Ex* ecurive of the New Zealand Workers Union, dissatisfaction was expressed at the fact that while men were sent from other towns to cooperative woiks the Government had done nothing for the men of the Waimate district.

Mr McL^chUn, in the House last night, opened the Stipendiary Magistrate question as it affects Aahhurton, and got for answer fiom Mr MsK-nzie thifc no complaint of inconvenience had been made, and that neighboring magistrates were doing the work of the absent Mr Wray! We have had Mr Bishop up once since Bfr Wray went. The Justices of the Peace have done all the rest of the work.

Messra W. H. Collins and Co. have ace pted an agency far a recently invented corrugated glass, which ou iht to come as Loon and a bles&ing to builders t£ con servatories or other erectum in wh'ch light from the roof is a desideratum. The glass is in five feet sheets, exactly the fame in corrugation as the usual roof iron so commonly in use, and can thus ba uaed inst- a'l of skyiisht.B. The corrugated sheet of glass is slipped in instead "of a sheet of iron, and the job is done. For <he roofing of verandahs, hothouses, and *o forth, the new glass must ba invalu able. -

A public meeting, called by rhe Ministers' Association, was luld in the ii y Hall, Dunedin, last night It was <>nly moderately attended. Professor presided. The following resolu tion was passed— * Thit in the oj i lion of this meeting Parliamie/ib should not give mthority to hold a lottery of the Estates Company'd assets, ss the lottery would be ininvcat to tha moral and economic interests of the pe< pie, would tend to foster the active gambling spiiic which already exists, and w b» contrary to the po! cy of the bts 1". legifclation. of the day ' It wan decided to forward the resolution to the Government Hii mem bers for I he city and sul urbs.

Mb Hesby is advertising hj w stock of ryegrass and clover seed, imported and colonial grown, all of wbiph are tested seedst la addition to this, Mr Zander has made sweeping reductions in teas, sugars, and groceries generally, $n<l now ia the time to buy from him.

ROAD BOARD.

IMSCiITjITI

The monthly meeting of the above Beard lapsed, as only the chairman (Mr Harpe») and Mr Pd?er attended. As there were a number of contractors in attendance, it jjras decided to open ths fcanders, when the following were accepted ; r-Stone picfe"»:j—Carter's and Liddle's roads —W. Pafcerson, ffei per chain; Fuapuna to Moorehouseroal— Frank Low and Sons?, Is 6d { Ruapuna to Mayfield read— Betts and Harrington 0J ; Lismore to Baling road—Albert RingHng, 5!. The Clerk was instructed to call tenders for breaking the stones on the South Hinds ro»d ; for forming "ten chains at Mayfield south ; and for dealing the tufcsocka off the road Reading from C+yendifih to Hind-1, forty chains ; also to have the fords at Fg/rfurd and Mayfield attended to.

MOUNT SOMERS.

From Our Own Correspondent The annual soiree in connection with the Mount Somers Presbyterian Church was held in the schoolroom on Fiiiay evening last. In spite of the threatening stale of the weather there was a very large attendance, mwiy hiving come all the'way from Alford Forest, Springburn, and MayfieTd. A siimbtiuous remst, provided by the ladi«s of the congreg/tion, was spread on thre.e large tables, and for over two hoars these were taxed to Ihn uttgrmc#, Mesdameß Hood, Turtoa, Jorie£, and Fattpn, assisted by a galaxy of young ladies, being kept busy the whole time. The beauty o^' the tablts was enhanced by a tasty arrangement cf flowers and pot plants, from the conser vatory ci our local Jjbrist, Mr James Price, who kindly |lent them for thu ocoision. After tea, the room was re ! arranged for the after meet-ing, which parto,Qjc pf the nature of a concert. The Key % •/• Wi^'ibrooke, t)io minister cf tj£e congregation,' preside^. '%. |engthy programme, conf-jionng of m,usic|,l selec tioiis and recitations. f»s successfully gone through. Mps IMI, of Springbyrn, kindly oftlciatad at the organ, The usual votes of thanks were carried by acclama tion, and a very successful anniversary was brought to a close by singing a verse qf the national anthem.

ffljfi AISMBUKTON GtfARDIAN: WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 18%.



Btisir»oss Notlee*. ' G. J. N.eilPs CLEARING SALE IB NOW ON AT FRIEDLANDER'S CORNER. EVUBRYTIIINO BIUBT BE SOLD, NOW IS YOU a TIME. LtdW Jackets, this season's goods, Grey Oalico Is lid doz 2ls—Heduced to 12s 6d White Oalico Is 9d doz Corsets 3s lid—Reduced to 2s 6d Men's Colonial Tweed Suits 30s—Re- Corsets 4s lid —Reduced to 2s lid duced to 22-t 6d Heavy Dress Tweed.double width,2s 6d Men's All Wool Suits 19s 6d Keduced to 9|d, this season's Boys' Suits 3s lid goods Men's Tweed Overcoats, with capes, Double i-'erl Sheeting 8H 18 6d Colonial Flannel, all wool, Is—Re- Men's Macintoshes, with capes, and duced to Si sewn seams 22s 6d BUokfcta 5s lid per pair BOOTS. BO )TS. Men's Nailed Shooters 7s lid Boys' Nail Shooters 43 lid Men's Bluchers 4s 9d Women's Strong Leather Boots 5s lid Men's Watertights, Heavy, 10s 6d Women's Shoes 4s 6d EYEKY LINE MUST BE CLEARED MAKE NO ERROR COMPARE OUB PMCBS^ Q. J. NEILL FK EDLAKDEB'B CORNER, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. CASH CASH FLETCHER BROS. HAVK just received another consignment of HUDSON WATER BISCUIT in 41b Tina. This Is really with&ufc a doubt a splendid line. The Biscuits »re ttittch'fre:her and not*fbroken as they are when you get them in the large tins. We'have also in Stock and to arrive, WRIGHT'S CELEBRITED BISCOITS, ¥ In 2lb boxea in the following varieties :— . PARIS WINES OSWEGO GARIBALDI i ABERNEmY Et)INA SULTANAS ARROWROOT, &c, fto. CONFECTIONERY. CONFECTIONBRY is selling at low prices now, but we are selling at Lower Ratea than anyone in Ashburton. We are clearing out a line of Terry's Pagtilie3 (English), at a great reduction ;*also a splendid lot of Musks, Chocolate Creams, etc. Try our Scotch Mixtures and Cjnvernations at h*lf the price the Confectioners charge. We have in hand and to arrive Large Stocks of ENGLISH AND COLONIAL GANJLE*?. 50 Uoxes National Oand'es SO boxes London Wax" 50 boxes London Sperm 25 boxes Oosmipnlitan Sperm 25 boxe3 Vistas Paraffin 15 boxes Fluted Parafli i 100 boxes Premier Candles 50 Electric Stearin*: :o: —— . J Remember, it' we do not advertise prices, we are still'selling aU Groceries, etc. at tho Lowest Possible Prices. W« shoul-i be very much obliged if those of our Customers who can get in town during the week to get their Groceries would do so, as we cannot serve them and do them justice when we are so very busy on a Saturday, We can quite understand how unpleasant and annoying it must be to have to wait such a long time for their turn, and can quite sympathise with them. %&T NOTE ADDRESS, FLETCHER BROS, CASH SUPPLY STOIBES, & CIttHSTOHUROU. : — — "~ : " : " | THE -LATEST BOOM- Mitchell and Turner's Sale. FU R T HER INDUCE MEN T. Ladies' Shower Proof Cloaks 50s, lr. Heavy Oilcloths, 2s 6d 6 fee 1: Linoleums, 8s 4id 80 Boxei Cream and White Frilling Is 2d now 6£d Stroa S J^olland, 4|d 90 dozen ChcSba Lace from 9d per Colo: c.l Toilets, Is dozen Colored Curtains, 2* lid Ulsters and Jatke's, from 2s Od „, ,IV   , ' Colored Dimity, 4id New Jackets, 7s Cd  ( „,   ,  , ' 34 Flannellette*, j_o >c>, -lid Jerstvs from Is lid  - ITI ., t,, , , /- t1 . Hewy Whi'e Buinke s, <s lid China Matting, 7£d to B|d \ A TREMENDOUS DROP IN MEN'S OVER O ITS, ALL TO BB HAD FOR A LITTLE CASH. "'■" ■l 1""" 9%/**^ MITCHELL & TURNER,



j Wanted { 1 JEVIBW of Reviews for June. Younj *.v Ladies' and WMdon'B Journals, Pictures for 1895 'If Chrish came to Chicago' ; cheap edition. New books — J 11. M. Jones YJIOR. SVLK. — One Wuck i.f U-'over »*- Hay. In qu*ntriis to suit pur chisen. -Apply Thomas Tbevckza. Wakanui. ? 57 BIRTHDAY Cards, new and be%ulif ul 1 designs. Hand-painted Ivorine and Plush Cabinet Phi.'o Frames from 61 each, Kaw Games.-~HL \l Jojjei, JVIARSDKN, Junr., Bookseller, • *■ * Sta ioner, Newa Agent, Etc- School Books and all other School R qui»it9» 411 goods at lowest possible prices. Note— "(The Little Shop," East Street. \ l / ANTED Known—Great Purchase V* of Dress Stuff*. Lot No. 3 extra qua'ity, Nan's Veilings all shades, Nivy and Black Diag< n\l Serges all at Is 3d, usual price 2* 3i. —H. 0, Stegeks, Mel* ford House \i/"ANTED Known— Grand results, VV ourcish sales on Saturday last were the largest in our 25 year*,' experi ence' Practical evidence that our efforts are appreciated—MiTcaett & Turner. WANTED Known—Great Purchase of Dress Stuffs for Mcl ford House Sale. Lot No. 2 great variety, double width at Is Soma of these were Is 9 & wholesale. Everything reduced—H. C Segers. * »/ AN TED KNOWN. -The celebrated ** Yarmouth Oilskins can be ob* tainedatW. H Collier, "The Corner." WANTED Known —We are com pelled to realise on a v. ry large portion of our Stock. To do this we are prepared to take cost price for all our new Winter Goods, and almost any price older stock.—MitchEiL and Turner. *TT ANTED Known—Small Proßta VV and Quick Returns.— Melior's Zealandia Boot Store. WANTED Known-ftWd aid Boys Clothing and Underclothing, Boots and Shoes, Rugs and Blankets, at parti cularly low ra fes—Mitchelt. & Turner. ■^ a/ ANTED Known — Mellor's Zea- Undia B >ot Store Is the Cheapest Store for Boots and Shoes. ill ANTED Kaown—Ladies Lasting "V Slippers only 2s Ild-~U.ua! price, 4* 6d.—Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store %yANTED, Everybody to try a p«r of * * House Slippers, only la. Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. CITANTED Known—Mothers, be wis<? » and buy your school boots at Mellor's Zaalandia Boot Store. WANTED Known —Spectacles, Eye Protectora, Goggles, Folders, and everything in the optical line at S. S vlek's. Optician. yyANTfiD Known—l have good * * Bluchers, only 4* lid.—Mellor's Z «akndia Boot Store. \SJ ANTED Known—Bargains to be * had every d-y at Mellor's Ze. andia Boot Store iV ANTED Known-Great Purchase * * of D eps S-utF^ Lot No. 1 great variety. douWe wi Ith B|i. Most of theße iioods were Is 3^l wholesale Melford House £ale. Eveiytfing reduced. —H. C. SEOER3. VI^AINT.SD KNOWN.-Warm earpec * slippers for Winter wear, sirls 9d. Is, w men's Is 91.— W. H. Collier, 1 The Corner." V.ITANTKD Known- Football Boots, * sure eroal kickers; they never fail Melior'sZaiandia Boot Store. qpR7 FLEP HSR BROS for F.our 1 Br&n Sharps Potatoes Etc, at lowest- pries in town ; quali y combined — Cavh Supp'y Store?, A.-hburton. rpfi \ , T KA, TR \. If yoa are wanting X. a Bjx "f real'y first class Tea, at a low price, try Fietch^R Bros All well known brands of Tea kept in stock, -— ftosh Supp'y Stores, Ashburton. WANT&D Known—The Largest and Best shop for Evening Shoes in 4 shburton.—Melior's Zealandia Boot Store, 1 i WANTED -Everyone to call at VV Mkl.liOr's and get his price. No one asked to buy. DOT'S and Girls Own Annual, British ■-* Workman and Workwoman, Infant'B Magazine, The Prize, Child's Companion, Children's Friend, Little Dot, Family Friend, Band of Hope, Young England, and other New Books at Lowest Prices.— L. F. Andrewes and Co. 11 98 WANTFD Kno\*n — Ladies,' Linen Cuffs Id, 12 dozen Dref a Buttons is Velvet and Satin Ribbon Id per yard, li.f ntees 63, Black Mitts 63. Towels 3J. Ladies Casfeinare Gloves 6d ; all wool Fresh Dress Goods «d, tfgin Sheeting at lOd and Is. — Akprew Ok^'s Sale. 6 222 Or AN TED Known—Ten per pent under Chriatchurch prices at Mellor'a Zealandia Boot Store, *rrTANTRDIKnown~6O Ladies' Black » T and Colored Wool Jerseys at 2 > 61, formerly 10' 61; 100 P.tirs of White Blankets at 10s 61, Ladies' Muffs Si 6d, UmLrellaP Is lid, Corsets 2s 91, 6 and 6| fourbyittoßi Kid Gloves 6d, Genta Silk Ties 6d e&eh a Large Wool Hearth Rues 0* 61 each.—AuoßtiV Qjijix Sale. 6 220 a¥t ED KN O Wn7 —F- S. Jeffries, leading Confection^!' ■■ and Fruiterer, of East Street, next the Corner. Hot Pies at any hour and Te» »nd Coffee also, £,$? Lady Attendant. Frjjifc of every defiwipt| y on. Ladifs' Room a specialt?. If 1&3 Q PKCIAL NOTICE.—Suits aad'Single O Garments madia to measure. Fit and style with prices to suit tba times Large p«rcha«9 Heavy Kaiapoi Trousers , »nd Knit Underclothing.—Mitcheli, anp TORNZW. WANTED Known—Jost arrived from Melbourne for the Bi.br House 100 Men's Suits, 17s 6d ; 10 dozen Felt Hats, Is lid ; Men's Heavy Boots, 9s lid (worth 150 ; a line of Flannelette, 3h lid dozen; Melbourne Millinery at Melb<s»«rsa Cost. Everything at Mel bourne prlces,=sTifr.E Blub House. Arcade Corner, Tancred streat, 6 49 CHEAP Wool makes .cheap Blanket?, cheap Flannels, cheap Clothing. I have g)t in a nice assortment of t^lg season's Blanket c, men's and boys Aolo»iaJ Tweed Suits and Oyercoate, cheaper tha# ever they have been in New Men's colonial Tweed Kalapoi Sui's for 27s 61, a marvel at tha prioej iKaispoj Knicker Suite from 7s 6d.--lto»BBT Alcorn, Clothing and Boot Warehouse, Havelock street. tftw Vmm Tamo Mai Smtsf



HALF-YEARLY STOCK TAKING. NEW f/EALAND EW ZiEALAND nLOT.HII»G IP'ACTORY ULOTHING JL" ACTORT We find th*b we are Overstocked in many lines. We will, until the end of this month, mark goods at prices that will ensure a K< a ly Sale. Men's Overcoats, with capes, 28a 6d Biy'rt Overco its, with cipea, 8i 6d Men's Sao Suits 18s 61 B^ys* A shburton I weed Suits from ... 8s 6d Boys' Tweed Sailoc Suits 8s 6d Boys' Odd Knickers aU sizes Men's Heavy Mosgirl Pants 4s 9d Men's Working Shirts ... Is 61 Boys' Tweed Hats ... Is Od Girls' and Boys' School Boots from ... 49 Qd Men's Boots at prices^that will Sell them It will be to your advantage to give us a call for your^next pair of BOOTS, HEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTOKY. ALEX. HENDRY. Manager. CtOLl) BROOCHES AND BAWOMBfi. JUSTii EBCEIVED ~pd"KW :AND CHOICE! IIbESIGNS- j To be seen at the jJEWELLERY ESTABLISHMENT 'op S. S A L E X, WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER, EAST {STREET, ashb;ukton iff Inspection Invited, TO LRT, beginning of August, Shop in East Street, at present occupied by Mr James McGregor, Apply 7 44 JOHN ORR & CO. Clovers. Clovers. GLOVERS. T HAVE IN STOCK AND TO LAND My Season's Supply OF WHITE CLOVER, TREFOIL, ALSJKE, TIMOIHY, COWGRASS, , RED CLOVER, Also, a Large Variety of— COLONIAL.GBOWN CLOVERS, RYE GftASS SEED, COCKSFOOT, Etc, Etc. Samp'es f tnft Quotations of Oloverc, Rye» graae[[ittd Cocksfoot on application. A Complete Stock of GROCERIES, TEAS, AND PROVISIONS Always on hand and SOLD FOB CASH At Ghristchuroh Prices, IRONMONGERY, F3KCING MATERIAL, PLOUGH SCARES, RAW AND BOILED OILS, CROCKER^, | AND GLASSWARE. I In all Branches. WINES AND SPIRITS Qi Every Discription. I have Always for Sale— CRfLJS^Ep OATS, OATEN SpjA}!" CHAFF, (in Large or Small quantities) OATS, BsAf, SHARP 3, AND CHICKWIJEA?. Henry Z&ader, GENERAL MEROBAKT AND DIRECT IMPORTER. Son Fire Insurance O.sce AustraJJaa Mmnal Provident Society ' ■I T Ford an** 0o * i i __ TO LET, at a low rentij, Shop in the Arcane, % WbWGK



0s& Be«rf£>|i/4^eES B 41 Pills is warran tefl 16 cure alMi«jha%ls frow the Urinary Origans,"'in either stex (acquired or Mnsti tntlbnaN 1, Gravel and fains in the Back, /fuafraqfteed free from Mercury. Sold in IJoxes Is'^d Qtyh? by all Chemists and Patent Medicine Vendora the World. Proprietors ; Tips Lincoln and ' Mipf ApD



I ADVERTISEMENT.] rpiiE iupmchkieit j cfriwuMSG. *_—_ By Henry Varley. WITNES. 1 ES FOR THE PROSECUTION". 1. The Archbishop of York— The Clergyman 2, John Raskin— The Attlst. j 3 Horace Walpo'e— The Statesman. 4. Jahicb Greenwood— The Fournalist. 5. Charles Kiugsley—7,fe Poet. 6. George H Hot — The Novelist. 7. Herbert Spencer— The Philosopher. 8. Hugh Trice Hughes— 'Ihe Social Reformer, 1. One of the raqst degrading and deadly vices of the present day is gambling. It is blighting the youth and manhood of England and Aus tralia. It justly merits the sternest opposition of every man and woman interested in saving human society from being destroyed by its manifold curses. 2. Like many other forms of moral evil, gambling is subtle, ensnaring and fascinating, I propose to tear off the deceitful garb of this exciting fiend, expose his deformed character, and, so far as I can, drive him back to the hell from whence he emerged. 3. Gambling is the staking of money, or property, whether at the race, the dice, the gaming table, cards, the church bazaar, or the raffle, in the hope of winning more than is staked and hazarded. The gambler seeks to grow rich without either working or being honest- He has no intention of giving any equivalent for that which he gains , he aims by cleverness, chance, deceit, fraud, or a lie to become possessed of another's money or property. Charles Kingsley well says, " Recollect always that the stock argument is worthless. It is this! My friend would win from me if he could, therefore I have an equal right to win from him. Nonsense. The same argument would prove that I have a right to maim or kill a man if only I give him leave to maim or kill me if he can and will." THE ARCHBISHOP OF \ORK, 4. In whatever way the gambler plies his nefarious practices, his aim is to to gain advantage and possession at the price > of another's ignorance, and to his injury and loss. Herbert Spenser puts it well, " The benefit re ceived does not imply effort put forth, and the happiness of the winner implies the misery of tho loser." Selfishness is the gambler's supreme law, It is false when he says that " the chances are equal and fair all round." The Archbishop of York recently upset this base argument, he said:—" I will not call that match equal which leaves one side only pleased, and the other dcs perate and degraded." Money is designed for representative value. It is the necessary medium for legitimate commerce. In the purchase of goods and in the transaction of busi ness it is invaluable by reason of its representative character. Allowing a fair margin for profit 1, money when legitimately used is exchanged for value received. To traffic with money for gambling purposes is immoral for the conclusive reason that do value is re ceived. To give money in cases of necessity and mercy is right. To re ceive it or pirt with ib in gambling is dishonest. 5. Two men, or a hundred, whether in level bet, odds, or sweepstake, wbc invest money for the purpose of gam bling are engaged in a dishonest trans action ; they are nob less guilty of thef) became they are consenting parties The law of England and Victoria de dares gambling to be illegal, and ar offence against society. Every mar and woman in Melbourne who stak< even a shilling in this gambling carni val break the law, despite their res pectability, refinement, and wealth. 6. A man who consents to gamb ling in order to get his neighbor'] money without yielding him an] equivalent is as really a "re p'ctabL outlaw" as the highwayman or thi burglar is a notorious criminal Thi greater the stake and the larger tji< winnings the greater the th< ft and thi more guilty the thief. The Melbourm oup day, so far as its gambling \h con cerned, is simply a degrading carniva ia which the law of the land and thi rights of the individual are shame lessly vio^ted j and note this, the Q-o? ernment, the police, and the peopli are for the time being, consenting parties to the trampling under foot o the law and the violation of the rights of the subject. Such is gambling, th< lawless fiend whose worship gather* votaries every day. JGAWLING IS ANTI-CHRISTIAN. f. The gambler breaks jbhe royal lay of mutual human loye. He is an infi del to pvery principle of Ohriftianfty He tramples under foot the wopds p: Christ, " As ye would that men shoulc do to yiu do ye even so to them,' Bef.ting or gambling, of every kind whether for Is or £1000, utterlj violates this law of the Lord, and is as really sm as though diunkenness oi stealing had been committed. Th< gambler carea not who is plunged int( misery ? bankruptcy, social ruin oi prison, so lpng as he possesses ancj pockets his fraudulent gajns. Thf gambler corrupts himself ; he is sure to contract habits of idleness, deceit trickery, .and cunning. Work indeed Why should he ? when by a luckj throw, or gain at cards, or successful guess of the winning horse he wins suddenly a large sum. Honest and noble toil, which has given birth to the activities of brajn and muscle, pnd enriched the world with ten thousand productions, the gambler takes no part in. He has become a human parasite, whose genus may be found in line with the brutal Roman soldiers who, await ing the death of the lord pf glory ? filled the interval of his agony by gambling amongs^ themselves for his coat ?* with out seam." The gamblers at the Cross represent in their descendants the out laws of civilised society, tb.9 destroyers of that wjhjch is fajr, honest and honor able in human character and life. Bettjng d^btg arp falsely called '• debts of honor "—the fapjfc js, t)ie.y ' are @3sen|ially a fraud and a dishonor, RQ»AQB WA^PO&E. 8. The gambler's mind becomes de. prayed, his affections numbed, his manhood warped and debased ; be is the incarnation of ungodliness : horsey, fast, drunken, licentious—he soon becomes* in very de^d the child of hell. Horace "Walpolej speaking of this hideous curse of gambling, and tfie wreckage of character which it prb c^icpj $@l)g of ft iqaa who dropped $tfs



crime and criminals induced by this racing carnival. To me it is astonish ing how men and women of education, refinement, and position can lend their countenance to this Saturn ilia of j gambling. I am aware that many I distinguish between racing and gamb ling. Then let those who [care for what they regard as legitimate national sport desist from going until this gigantic curse is put down. To see thousands of ladies dressed in every conceivable array of fashion, giving, by their presence, assutance and eclat to this pandemonium of betting and gambling is simply deplorable \ neither is it any answer to say that they go for recreation and amusement only. The women of Melbourne have no right to close their eyes to the facts, and plead ignoranoe concerning the overshadowing curse of gambling which has its headquarters at the Fleming ton Racecourse. MR HEKBERr BPKWC?SR. 16. Hear wh«t Mr Herbert Spencer says: " Listen to a conversation about gambling, and where reprobation is expressed, note the grounds of the reprobation : that it tends towards the ruin of the gambler, that it risks the welfare of family, business and trade, and leads to bad company. Such as these are the reasons given for con* dooming the practice. Barely is there any recognition of the fundamental reason. Rarel/ is gambling condemned because it is a kind of action by which pleasure is obtained at the cost of pain to another. The normal obtsinment of gratification, or of the money which purchases gratification, implies, firstly, I that there has been put forth equivalent I effort of {a kind which in some way furthers the general good, and that those from whom the money is received get directly or indirectly equivalent satisfaction. But in gambliag the opposite happens. Benefit received does not imply effort put forth, and the happiness of the winner involves the misery of the loser," No quid pro quo is either tendered or received. ." This kind of actiun is therefore essentially anti-social — sears the sympathies, culti vates a hard egoism, and so produces a general deterioration of character and conduct." 17. No wonder that Mr Hughes : says, " For these reasons every gambler is either a fool nr a scoundrel, or both. I cannot but feel that our singular i silence with respect to the" gigantic social curse of gambling is largely due to th<4 fact that Christian men gener ally are as unawakened in relation to this evil as our grandfathers were to the evils of drunkenness and lust. The time has more than come to face, denounce, and attack the gigantic evil of gambling," JjIIN RUSKIN, THE ARTIST. 18. John Ruskin says to young men, " There is one way of wasting time of all others the vilest, because it wastes not time only but the interests and energy of your minds. Of all ungentlemanly habits into which you can fall, the vilest is betting or inter j esting yourselves in the issues of i betting. It unites nearly every con • dilion of folly and vice. By these hazardous investments the blood flows with fevbrish excitement through the veins, the nerves are strung, the heart throbs in protest of the blasting selfish ness which stirs the whole nature. The greed of unholy gain brings the miserable gambler to " prepare a table for fortune, and fill up mingled wine unto destiny," Isa. lxv. 11 ( K.V.) 19. A society journal says, " A gain bier has a thousand superstitions. He will go all over Paris to find the fiacre i No. 7777 which brought him to the club that night he won 50,000 francs. He will wander for hour* through the Quartier St. Antoine in hope 3of touch ing three humpbacks on the shoulder. He will study the numbers of the dead at the morgue and calculate insane : sequences on the strength of them. He j has been known to induce a friend to make love to his wife in order to verify the proverb that " those who are un i unlucky in love must invariably prove '•■ lupky at cards." i I'IJ 8 PROTEST OP TIJB O«QSS. j 20. What a degrading business gam j bling is ! Think you, that it is written [ in vain, «• He that getteth riches and not by right shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end be a ■ fool," " Woe to him that g&ineth an evil gain " From the Cross of Christ , comes testimony of the terrible curse jof gambling: "And when they had 1 crucified Him they parted hisgarinents, j casting lots." It is a notorious fact , that ladies (?) who become gambler* soon lose all refinement of feeling, and become blunted, coarse, and depraved, (3yen. as the intempeiate and the im moral are iSo wonder thai Qeorge Eiiqfc, writing of the gambling at Hoin* burg, says, " [ am not fond of denounc ing my fellow-sinners, but gambling stira my disgust even more than nay pity. The sight of the dull faces bend ing round the gamingtables, the taking up of the money, and the flinging of the coins towards the winners by the hard-faced croupiers !—the hateful, hideous women staring at the board like stupid monomaniacs—all this seeras to me the n}O3t abject presenta tion qf mortals grasping after, some thing called a goocj that ca,n be sepnpn the face of this little earth. Burglary is heroic compared with it." 21. 11 era is the letter of a gambler, picked up on the bank of the L'haraes, and published recently in the London Times :— THE SUICIDE'S WITNESS, " Good-bye to friends and enemies. , I have oonie to the end of iqy journey at last, aticj life has no further charm for me.' LJefore Igo lej; 'me, give. pns word of warning, especially to young iiisn : Avoid bettjng and the racecourse jisyqif would poison. Four years ago T was •> "<-*'• «>an. possessed, pf scinse thing like L"2Q,000 from qne source, alone My'fortune yeyerted to me sudJeuly, ,md I lost my head over so muei gold, and immediately launphed! into a. tmt life. The company of bas wqro.su —how horribly bad s.ome of them ar<? j -and low and illiterate men \yas qiy delight almpst as soon as I set fooji in London, qomujg straight from, the, peaceful village of Upton, in Dorset shire, where I had resided for years amid good surroundings. My gay com panions quickly introduced me to the gaming table and the turf. There are thousands of low, cunning blackguards frequenting the racecourse, who live upon the stupidity of men like myself, They live to lie,- and- cheat, and blag' pheiue, utterly regardjew 'of'wi Here*



at the door of a club in Now York, whereupon the members made bets m to whether or not he was dead, and when it was proposed to bleed him, the wftgerens objected that it wou'd affect the fairness of the bet. " When playing becomes desperate gatnbUng, the heart is a hearth where the fires oi gentle feelings have smouldered tc ashes, and a thorough-ptc yd gambler could rattle the dice In a charnei-houße, wrangle for his stakes amid murder, and pocket gold dripping with the blood of his own kindred." 9. Gambling has brought masses of Australia's youth and manhood to dis honesty, crime and Pentridge, It has run the vice of intemperance, within the past twenty years, a neck-and-neck race in the number of its victims. Thousands of young men ha^e been templed to steal, to cheat, deceive, and lie in order to bet and gamble. Mel bourne is literally blighted with this gambling mania, and oppressed with it as a moral pestilence. Horse-racing, prize-fighting, football matches, cricket, billiards, and cards are each of them made opportunities for this detestable vice, and the games are encouraged in order to facilitate gambling. A loath some revival of the brutal orgies con nected with prize-fighting is again to the fore : already degraded leaders have telegraphed their offer of L3OOO to England to secure the brutalising prize-fight to take place between Slavin | and Jackson on Australian soil. It is I gambling which secures these brutal and demoralising exhibitions. ME JAMES GREENWOOD. 10. Mr James Greenwood (the amateur casual), writing of the seven curses which afflict London, says " gambling causes perhaps more ruin than any other two of the curses named." Amongst these he mentions drunkenness and harlotry. That inde fatigable work ar, Hugh Price Hughes, says of this, " Without endorsing Mr Greenwood's very strong statement, which comes, however, from the pen of one who writes with authority, we must admit that gambling hag become a gigantic curse." 11. Lest my readers should think these statements exaggerated, mark what Mr. Hughes says in his new volume on Social Christianity .•-—] "Fleet street, London, .is now al most impassable when the telegraphed result of some race is expected at the offices of the sporting journals. When the telegram appears in the windows, hundreds of fools and scoundrels rush about Fleet street in a state of lunatic excitement. The most distressing feature of this madness is to see in that wild crowd so many working men, who in their shirfc sleeves dash out of the printing houses and other offices of the neighbourhood to learn the re sult" 12. Go ahead, Mr Hughes: "Itis impossible to exaggerate the evils of gambling. Well are the resorts of gamblers called " hells." Gambling, like drunkenness, bscomes an over powering appetite which the victim is helpless to resist. 1 shall never forget the first gambler who c me under my pastoral notice. He was in a god social position, a sober and industrious nif*n. He had a Christian wife and a healthy, happy family. But the bet ting manii took poasesion of him. He often wept and trembled under the Word of God. I cou!d not imagine why lie did not yield to Christ. At last I discovered the fatal habit which bound him —it was gambling. Ever and anon the newspapers gives us a momentary glance at the devilry and anguish of gambling. Ruin, despair, suicide—these are the three swift steps by which many a gambler passes to his doom." HUGH PRICE HUGHES. 13. " Is gambling wrong ?" asks Mr Hughes. " Must we condemn it absolutely and unhesitatingly ? Or can we make terms with it ? There are many sophisms in the air. Young men are taught to say that 'one may do what fye likes with his own,' and that f there is no sin in betting, especially if you bet only for small ampunts/ When I was in Oxford a.great dignitary came to preaph on this subject before the undergraduates, and informed an iasmen<se audience of young English men th*t there was no harm in betting if the sum you risked did not exceed a shilling, or at most half a-crown ? But that is not the way to deal «rith young men. What in the world has the amount of the bet to do with Ifc 1 Away with all such deadly trifling. On broad, intelligible grounds, gamb ling is either right or wrong. Which is it? Now, if gambling were not wrong in itself, its actual deadfy effects would make it hateful to every true man; but gambling fs positively and absolutely wrong, ans thai for two special reasons among many, First, it promotes gain without merit, and rewards those who do not deserve reward. "It is the highway upon which every scoundrel and " welsher " can ply his nefarious trade and pose as an honest man. The second objection is, if possible, stronger: it promotes gajn through another's absolute loss. It is, therefore, anttf-soqiaj and antj chrisijan. Thig is aft unfading test of lpgitimate transactions^r-Everything that benefits you by injuring your neighbour is unjnsfc and wrong." 14. Of course lam not affirming that every man who makes a bet is a gambler. Thousands of those who to day are bookmakers and gamblers by profession were once honest contri butory to the commonwealth of the colonies ;'now they contribute nothing —they 'are deadheads, and ' every year they are bound to" become more degraded. It is from the ranks of tihose who become fascinated by the practice of gambling that oar Jrsharpsrs, spielers, blacklegs," tire.yea, and crimi nals corns, J^uuia'u experience every where proves gambling to be an j unmitigated curse. No sj ngle redeem ing feature pan be named in its defence. The (Jepravjty of gamtj'i'rg |a written in letters of fyood all along the l|ne of numan fyist^ry.. Ip |s bhe;' "same ours'e whgt'her in." tj}3 gambling hp'J* qf Monaco, San jVancjsco, Parisj Ifew York, London, or Fleming ton. 15. There can be no question that gambling has made tha Melbourne Cup Day an overflowing cup of colonial " abominations." It is affirmed that £20,000,000 represents the money in vested in the gambling maniadu ing one brief twelve months in the Australian Colonies, to s&y nothing of the wreck ago of chafacter acid. %W in<Xms''Qi