THE ASHBOBTON GUARDIAN: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1890

Printed and published by Hbnby Willis o Peter Street, Ashburfeon, for the Propria tora, at (heir Printing Office, Burneb Street, AaJiburbon, THUBSOAY, November 2,1859



TO ALL MY OLD CLIENTS FARMERS, AND RESIDENTS OP ASHBURTON COUNTY.j I BEG to inform you that I have severed my connection with the Canterbury Mill, which was under my management for over seven years, and have PURCHASED from Mr Edwin Thomas the WAKANUI ROLLER FLOUR MILLS. The Canterbury Mill, which is the property of the Bank of New Zealand Assets Board, is still trading under the name of Rollitt & Co., bo to avoid confusion with correspondence, I would like to ask you to address all orders to THOMAS ROLLITT, WAKANUI ROLLER FLOUR MILLS, ASHBUJRTON On and after October Ist, I shall be pleased to supply you with firab-clasa ROLLER FLOOR, WHEAT MEAL, BRAN & SHARPS, at lowest current rates* FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF FARMERS DOING GRISTING, I have arranged to keep a supply of Flour, Bran, and Sharps at the Stores of the N.Z. Farmers' Association, West Street, where Farmers, Shareholders or non-Shareholders, can leave their Wheat and get Flour, Br*n, and Sharps m exchange. THOMAS ROLLITT, WAKINOI ROLLER FLOUR MILLS, 9 265 ASH BURTON. TURKE'S 841 PILLS warranted to cure Gravel, Pains m the back and all kindred complaints. Free from Mercury. Established upwards of 30 yean Inboxeß 4s 6d each, of all Chemists and Patent Medicine Vendors throughout the world. Proprietors, The Lincoln and Mm land Counties Drug Company, Lluoeta England " FOX SALE. ~~ If\ ACRES If\ L\J ACRES 1U T7IIKST-CLABS Land Fronting Middle JO Road, Allenton; either as a whole or m two allotments of five aores each. Easy terms can be arranged. T. BULLOCK NEW STRAWS, Flowers, Ribbons, Ruchings, Gloves, Veilings, Laces, Muslins, Prints, Embroideries, Caliooes, Flannelettes, Dress Goods, and lovely Summer Capes and Jackets now to hand. The making of Underclothing, Pin»fores, Aprons, Sun Bonnete, and Dresses still receives first attention at Mrs A&cobn's, A OABD MRS A fi /^LA-RID<?2" TEACHER OF, v PIANOFORTE, ORGAN, £* SINGING COX STREET, Terms oa Application.



81M0VAL NOTICE. JQUJBING Building Operations I have EEMOVED to Tempor ary Premises, next the Ashbur ton Club and M.S.A. R. J.^HJY, PADDLEB, BURNETT STREET, ASHBURTON. T. U, Undbill j [c. cndbill «A J^ , M ''"■. . . T H. UNDHILL AND CO., T7IURNISHING UNDERTAKERS, JD URNIBHIJSG UNDERTAKERS. TANORED STREET, ASHBURTON EVERY REQUISITE ON HAND. Poushed Coffins a Specialty. A Choice Assortment of Artificial Wreaths n Stock. — — Private Address, Peter Street, directly behind Oddfellows* Hall; alao care «f Mr T. Andrews, East Belt. 2 J^V. DE BEEB, WATCHMAKER & JEWELLER, TTAS just received the first consignmeEt of his XMAS GOODS IN GOLD AND SILVER, CocaietiDg of WATCHES, ALBERTS, MUFFCHAINS, BROOCHES, BANGLES, STUDS, LINKS, PENDANTS, BELT CLASPS, And numerous novelties m the latest designs and at prices to Bait the times. INSPECTION INVITED. All Goods Marked m Plain Figures A Farther Shipment of the Celebrated RQTHERHAM LEO WATCHES | JUST TO HAND. Aim— THREE DOZEN HARVEST WATCHES AT 9/6. Best Value m Canterbury. REPAIRS AS USUAL—Prompt Neat, Reasonable. jSIGHT TEST ING* A SPECIALTY. J. V.DEBEEK, J{Late S. Salek) EAST STREET, ASHBURTON



WOOL. WOOL. WOOL. T AM now making LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES, FREE OF COMMISSION, upon all WOOL placed m my hands for Sale either m Ashbarton, Timaru, or for Shipment. —— This Season's WOOL SALES for CANTERBURY have been fixed as under, viz:- CHRISTCHURCH-November 23, 1899; December 14, 1899; January 18, 1900JJ February 9, 1900. TlMAßtT—December 1, 1899; January 5, 1900; February 7, 1900. WOOLPACKS and all Station Requisites supplied afe Lowest Market Kates. B. THOMAS, Ashburton. -PURE_SEED S- I HAVE lately erected, regards of Cost, the MOST COMPLETE Seed Cleaning Plant South of the Line, and I now ask intelligent) Banners to inspect the same at Work, I am'now prepared to CLEAN for Farmers any Description of SEEDS & GBAIN And will GUARANTEE to give them SATISFACTION. I can Supply Best RYEGRASS and COCKSFOOT, locally grown; also, Begt CLOVERS, Dressed by my own machines, the purity of which must be [seen to be appreciated. Also—Hubst and Son's Best ENGLISH CLOVERS, ITURNIPS,* RAPE, :|LUCERNE, TREFOIL, Em DAVID THOMAS, ASHBURTON. WHEAT. WHEAT. WE ARJG PBOMPT CASH BUYERS OF PRIME MILLING WHEAT. AT HIGHEST MARKET RATES WE are also Prepared to STORE GRAIN on Faru.su Account m our New GRAIN SHEDS, West Street, Ashburton, on very favorable Terms. FULLSIZED CORNSACKS AND TWINE SUPPLIFO AT LOWEB3 CURRENT RATEB. ROLLITf~& Co., CANTERBURY FLOUR MILLS. OFFICE SAND STORES—WEST STREET, ASHBURTON J. SEALY AND CO. NEW SEEDS! NEW SEEDS! NEW SEEDS! FOR THE FARM—lncluding Clovers, Byegrass, Cocksfoot, Turnips, Eape and Peas. KEW SEEDS FOR THE VEGETABLE GARDEN In any Quantity Required, or m3d ackets NEW FLOWER SEEDS IN Id PACKETS OR 9& PER DOZEN PACKETS ASSORTED. NEW GARDEN REQUISITES IN ENDLESS VARIETY. WHEELBAND'S BLIGHT SPECIFIC— One dresiiing according to dinotio "t|will thoroughly eradicate Scale Blight from fruit trees. t TKEE LUCERNE- J. SEALY AND CO.



•• God made the « God made the i Country, Man made LIFE IS THE COUNTRY Count**, Man made I the TowN."-00-vp' r the TowN,"~C3wper IS Pleaaanter, as well as Healthier, than Lifegia Towa—tut it cornea more expensive, chiefly— THE REASON \ Because—Pbices are fo much Higher m the ( THE RE^ON WHY? j Country than they ake m the Town. (, WHY? This is just why so many Ladies shop with us, for by doing so they nob only nd MUCH / OUR PRICES ARE INFINITELY CHEAPER THAN \ MUCH CHEAPER ! \ THOSE RULING IN THE COUNTRY, J CHEAPER Bufcj also, that they get better quality and a much wider choice LOTS of Ladies resident m the Country visit Town but seldom, yet shop regularly with ÜB— Shopping by Post C -^ Shopping by Post Costs Nothing but I \< V Kf I X I ' Nothing but A2d STAMP. £ -*-" ■*- J- vy kJ A . A2d gTAMp> All that Ladies residing m places distant from Ohristchurch, and who do not want to incur the bother and expense of a trip to town, need do iB to write down require ments as fully and plainly us possible, enclose stamps, postal notes, or P. 0.0., and forward at once to us. :&%?& I COMMISSIONS RECEIVED BY POST I Ti'Si Are as faithfully and zealously attended to as if the customer came*|in*[person to our establishment and did her buying] at the counter. 0 U,R S PjEJO IA L r— *—„ ISHIPMENTB _, f JUST 1 QF j JUST ) to^ mm & summer goods |op= Including the Very Latest Novelties m MILLINERY, DRESS GOODS, MANTLES, GLOVES, COSTUMES, HOSIERY, DRESSES, SUNSHADES, MEN'S AND BO^S' 'CLOTHING, SERGES. WORSTEDS, Etc. (for made-to-order Suits and Sin^'c Qwments) have just been opened up, and we can assure you that Latest Novelties RfiPfiiall / timMiva Latest' Novelties Newest Styles OfJtSbldll llldbilVd Newest Styles Are this Season's Consignment ot New, Beautiful, and Useful Things, specially Shipped to us by our London House, (189 141 Wool Exchange, E. 0.) fo7«^ I OUR ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE j OF SFJRIjyO AINU SUMMER GOODS, Is now m course of preparation, 'and 'will be ready on or about SEPTEMBER 21. Write tor one. It will be sent post free, on application, to any address m the Colony! IN THE Oub" Goods are j LADIES 1 Otm 00 s ABB Cheaper, Fbesheb, I Cheaper, Fbesheb, and morh Stylish J SHOULD WRITE FOR AND MOEE StylisH than those Obtain- i than those Obtain- r :is-™000-l patternsi r iK™cou- W. STRANGE & CO. MERCHANTS, MANCFICTURERS, & FAMILY DRAPERS, CHRISTCHUBCH. 56



Smoke New Venus ISLINGTON FERTILISERS FOR GARDEN USE MAY bo obtained m Cwt. and half Cwt Bags from KICGLL BUGS, District Ayentß 11^ E ARE OiSH BUYBl«ToF~" FAT SHEEP AND LAMBS AT HIGHEST MARKET RATES. nicollTbros., Kast Street, Ashburfcon. mHE CHRISTOHUROH MEAT CO X LIMITBD; j ISLINGTON MANURES! Especially prepared for Wheat, Turnips, Rape, and any other crop, and to suit any description of soil. GREATLY INCREASED PRODUCTION WHEREVER USED. SATISFACTION GIVEN EVERY WHERE Nicoll Bros, store five varieties of this celebrated fertiliser. Price on application. Allowance made for quantities. Letters will receive prompt" attention. NICOLL BROS., DISTRICT AGENTS JNEW SEASON'd SE&DS, RAPE, Ciovera, Ryegrass, Cocksfoot, Cowgrass, etc., at lowest market prices. NICOLL BROS., East) Street FREEZERS. FREEZERS. T7IARMERS wishing to consign Sheep on their own account can book space at any time to auib tneir own convenience, by com municating with us. NICOLL BROS., DISTRICT AGENTS, CHRISTCHUROH MEAT COMPANY. Limited. 8 ""■■"g""""'""Jl-lJJg..l_LJilJ J WANTED Known—That Mitchell & Turner have taken Temporary Premises below Mr Burnard's, there to make a display of the largest range of Oilcloths and Linoleums ever shown m Ashburton. HOW IS IT the Alcorn's can sell so cheap ? Easy, when you know that their rent is leas than one-third it would be m East Street, and that they do most of the work themselves. If you want a nice Suit for yourself or your boys, or Boots or Shoes for wife or daughter, come to Robert (Alcorn's, Havelock Street, where you will get them good aa well as cheap.



TO M.V CLIENTS. j T AMj PRE P t A;R ED TO DISPOSE OF ANY ISHEEP AND LAMB SKINS SENT TO FAIRFIELD FBEEZING WORKS, TC BEST^POSSIBLE ADVANTAGE. lc would belwell to give me particulars prior to sheep being"forwarded. OAVID THOMAS, . ASHBURTON OBSERVE OUR STOCK, OUB QUALITY, OUR VALOES TjTTE are "to the Front;" with the PICK and CHOICES r GOODS In • the Home Markets, DRESS GOODS m neatest shades, plain and fancy, and Trimmings to match, m endless variety. BUCK FANCY LUSTRES, SICILIANS, AND GRENADINES. PIQUES (White and Striped), MUSLINS (very new), 300 pieces of PRINTS for Blonsings. ■BIHHHHHHI^HH^^^^^^^^^M DRILLS, GRASS OLOTHS, GAL'^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H SPECIAL - Sl^^^^^H A GREAT CHOICE 12? L \ J^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H NIOE LOT OF BELTS IN WHl^^^^^^^^^Hs VEILINGS TO SUltl^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^B Fancy White BAILOR HATS, L£GHOKHHH|Hli^^^^B's MlLXiilMlu m Our Windows will give you a slight idea of the Assortment within. CARPETS, LINOLEUMS?, SHEETINGS, TOWELLINGS, & HEARTH RUGS All useful household 1 lineo. Al value. Imported direct from Manchester. The LATEST m Gentlemen's Ties, Bows, and Collars. Up to date HATS m Felfc and Straw. Our Stock of MEN'S and BOYS' CLOTHING and MERCERY is hard to beat m Ashburton. Ladies 7 Tan Shoes, Gentlemen's Tan Shoes, Children's Tan Shoes, Many useful lines m Canvas and Tennis Shoes, Bluchers for Shearers, A grand li'ae of HARD* WEAR TWEED for Boys. School Suits, double width, 3s lid DRESSMAKING, MILLINERY, Etc., ON THE PREMISES. NORTHCOTE "& HEFFORD "THE CORNER,"



JUBiIEL REFRESHMENT ROOMS BURNETT STREET UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT. H. H. CAPON HAVING taken over the above Refresh ment Rooms, trusts that he will receive the liberal support of the Public, who may reiyj on getting the best ot attention. Dioncrß'frotn 12 to 2p m daily. Refresh menta at all hours, up to 10 p.m. 11.H.0. will mike a specialty of Catering for Balls, Partiea, Picnicl, etc.'—town or country Terms on application j ~J. L, ISGGSj ART DECORATOR & SIGN WRITER, TT/ISHES to intimate to the Ladies 0 Ashburton that he has made a Special Study of COLOUR during the last Seventeen Years, and is therefore™ prepared to give the GREATEST SATISFACTION BOUSE DECORATING. Terms Moderate Workmanship Secon to JNone. App'y early to avoid the rush for SPRING OLEAFINti. J, L. ITIGGS, TANCRED.STREE!'. LOOK CHEAP WINTER FIRING. IS'EW MOUNT SSOMERB COAL. OUTPUT has Trebled during the la twelve months, IT IS USED EVERYWHERE. Tljlb Coal is the Best »nd Cheapest S^oarr \nd Household Cotil m the market. Used m the Woollen Factory and Canfcp bury Flour Mills. GIVES SPLENDID RESULTS WRITE FOR PRICES so G. T, PARK, MOUNT SOWERS — LE T ■ —- FOR Six Months, for Grazing purposes, Paddock of 34 Acres, near Winslow, on Longbeach Boad. Apply to T BULLOCK PIAKOFOHTE, SINGING, ORGAN, AND THEORY OF MUSIO. ivr rs "rowman pox Member of the Canterbury Society of Professional Musicians,



WANTED Known-That J. Moisonl has received a large supply of Winter Boots and Shoes. They arcs ail of the best broods and makers, and never equalled m Ashburton. J,M. being the only practical and experienced Boolirnker m the town, thus givea him superiority and facility to know best what to gefc. There fore the public have no need to wonder where to go for reliable Boots and Shoes. Discount for cash as ueu&L Repairs done at once. Best Sole Leaf her used and work manship,, at The Hal!, East Street, Ash burton. BICYCLK for Su!e, very Cheap-Good wcond-haxid Safety Bicycle, m firtt class order.—Apply this office. «|3 Sound the jßf PRAISES PURE CEYLON OR BLENDED TEAS. i 2 ■» J £ s © 2 i -s OB-§§° <1 g- riSi^| g I o <H t a I JUST LANDED. A CHOICE SELEOTIOI OF THK MOST FASHIONABLE JEWELLERY, .Also, WATCEES AND CLOCK? By all the Leading Makers. SPECTACLES TO SUIT ALL SIGHTS 6EOR6E~JESBON, WATCHMAKER, East Street, Aahburton, Frank Curtis. THE LEADING Watclimolcer, & cX&weltei" 1 EAST STREET, HAS just opened up FRESH LINES nearly every department. New atoc! OF Roihernm'N Watches* bo hand. Jewelled m six holes, eompenea Jon ballancas, heavy cases, hunting am open faced, latest movements, keyless, an key winding. Also a new line of WALI HAMWATCHES which are well worth inspection. "Best value m Nickel and other chea] Watches m Ashburton. Largest and best stock of Engagement and Gem Rings. I give especial value m this line, makin. it a speciality. GOLD & SILVER BROOCHES. (Noveltic: Neat charms and Greenstone Pendanta^in every variety. SPECTACIES & EYE GLASSES "Accurately fitted with latest sight testing apparatus. NOTE.—AII my Spectacles are of Englisl Manufacture. Beware of cheap French ant foreign goods. Old Jewellery re-made into latest design at moderate charges. Watches and Clocks repaired with accuracy and promptitude. FRANK CURTIS, THE LEADING WATCHMAKER & JEWELLER. CHOICE Seed Potatoes—Various kinds from 2s per sack. Puritan, the quietest of all Potatoes to mature, 241bs for la, 5s per sack. Carrots, 10s »er ton. Carter's Turnip Seed 6d per lb or 52a 6d per cwt.—J. Thomas, Havelock Street. NEW LINES m cheap Fans, Tin-lined Wedding Oake Boxes, Change Purges, Perfumery, Cheap Song Books, Diaries or L 900; New Books afc published prices, in cluding A Pauper Millionaire, by Austin Fryers; The Market Place, by Harold Frederic ; Confounding of Camelia, by Anne 3edgwk)k ; On the Edge of the Empire, by fepHon and Beamea ; Marietta's Marriage, by Morris; and others. —A. H. WjLLIAMS, L'ancred Street



Bicycle Harvest. LANDELLS & SON, ENGINEERS & BICYCLE MAKERS BURWKTT STREET, Next the Club. TO the Farmers and General Public of Ashburton, —We beg to state thab we have reaped a harvest m Bicycles, havir j just landed a big consignment of first-class jiggers at £14 10s. We are the oldest bicycle firm m Ashburton and intend ,to uphold our reputation. Agents for White Flyers, Budge-Whit-, worth, Waverleyp, Cyclops, The Parrot, efco Repairs by experts. All work guarao teed W" ANTED Known—2so~Sacks~Fineat Blue Derwent Potatoes, la lid per Sack, or 2 Bags for 3s 9d ; further reduc tions by the ton. Beauby of Hebron, 251bs for la ; Early Rubies, 20lbs for Is, at FlET qhbr Bros-, Caah Supply Stores,



Slipped Her Mind. Dimpleton—l heard this morning that Bobinson was lying at the point of death. Didn't yoxi say you met his wife down town? Mrs. Dimpleton—Yes. Dimpleton—How was he? Mrs. Dimpleton—She wanted me to match some silk, and I forgot to ask her. —New York Herald. While You Walt, "What 1 like about your boss," re marked the caller who was waiting to see the head of the firm, "is that you always know where to find him. And he calls a spado a spade." " Yes, and he calls us paid when we ain't half paid, too,'' grumbled the office boy.—- Chicago Tribune. Optimistic Calculation, "Well," said the good natured man as the friend of former days left the room, "I'm $4 ahead on that transaction." "Why, he borrowed $1." "Yes, but I thought he was going to ask me for $5." —'Washington Star. Preferred the Uncertainty. Johnny—Doctor, if I was to ask you Whether It's goin to hurt or not, would you tell me the truth about it? Dentist—l certainly would, my boy. Johnny—Then go ahead an pull it with out tellin me.—Chicago Tribune. Infallible Prophecy. Hobbes—We're going to have chilly, rainy weather for at least two weeks lon ger. Bobberty—How do you know that? Hobbes—l've just got my new spring overcoat.-—Chicago Becord.



Altogether UngalSant. "It takes some women a long time to cay 'goodby' to their friends," said tho man who disobeys the "don't talk to the gripman' sign. " Yes," replied the cynical genius of the lovers. "If it took them as long to say 'yes' when a man proposes to them, there would be a terrible lot of old maids m the world." —Washington Star.



Which Won the Prize? Three students of tho Ecole dcs Beaux- Arts, Marseilles, were talking m a cafe. "My dear fellow," said one, "I painted tho othor day a little piece of pine wood m Imitation of marble so perfectly that it sank to tho bottom of the water." "Poohl" said another. "Yesterday I sus pended my thermometer on the easel that holds my 'View of the Polar Regions.' It fell at once to 20 degrees below zero." "That's nothing," said the last. "My portrait of the marquis is so llfolike that it has to be shaved twice a week." —Bos- ton Woman's Journal.



THEIR FIRST QUARREL,"""' ——————— i She Thought the tetter Was From ft Wo man, and It Was. Husband —I got an interesting letter from your father today. Wife—Oh, where is it? Husband—ln my pocket somewhere— > let mo see—isn't it wonderful what a wad of letters will accumulate m a fellow's pocket m a few days! it is somewhere >] among these. Ohi (He shuffles a letter out of the way and slips it into his pocket.) Wife—What letter was that? Husband—-What letter was what? Wife—You know well enough! The one you shuffled out of the way and put into your pocket. Husband—Ah, here is your father's let ter. Wife—Give me that other letter. Husband —What other letter? It was your father's I was looking for. Wife —Yes, I know, but I want to see the one you slipped into your pocket. Husband—Which pocket? Wife—Don't be provoking! The side pocekt of your coat. Husband—This pocket? ffife—Yes. Husband—Oh, you don't want to see that letter. Wife—Yes, I do. Show it to me! Husband —I really can't, my dear. Wife—Why not? Husband—l don't want you to see it. W^fe— Why not? Husband —Come, dear, don't teasel Here is your father's letter. -Wife—Whom is that letter from? Husband —From a very respectable per son, I assure you. Wife —A woman? Husband —Um-m-m— Wife—Now, I must see it! Husband —Please don't insist on get ting it. Wife—Why not? Does it contain any thing you would be ashamed to have me know? Husband —ISo, indeed! Wife —Anything I have no right to know? Husband—Oh, no! Wife—But it contains something you don't want me to know. Husband—No, it doesn't. Please read your father's letter. Wife—Does the woman who wrote that letter say anything about me? Husband —No—yes—I don't know. Wife—There is something about that letter you are ashamed of. Husband —Um—er —no —cr—why don't you read your father's letter? Wife —I'll never forgive you if you don't show mo that letter. Husband—You will never forgive me if Ida Wife—John, didn't we promise when we were married that we wouldn't have any secrets from each other? Husband —But this is no secret. Wife—Then why don't you show it to me! I never thought you would treat me like this. (Gets out hor handkerchief.) Husband—My dear, it is so as not to hurt your feelings that I don't show it to you. Wife (sobbing)— You are very tender of my feelings, I must say! From another woman! And you won't show it to me! (Sobs violently.) Husband—l tell you it is not from an other woman! Wife—l never thought you would stoop to tell me an untruth. You said a moment ago it was from another woman. Husband—Pardon me! I said from a woman. Wife—Well, how can it be from a wom an and not from another woman? Such evasions are unworthy of you! (Begins sob bing again.) Husband (defiantly)— Well, if you must see it, you must! Hero it is. (Throws it on the table near her.) Wife (still sobbing)—l won't look at it now! You might have shown it at first! (Sobs for a few moments, then steals a look at the letter. Then she takes it m her hand.) Why, it has not been opened. Well, if I ever! The letter I gavo you to post last Tuesday. Oh, oh! (Springs to her feet and faces him. He still looks defiant.) Tableau.—Truth.



CHEAP MONEY! CHEAP MONEY CHEAP MONEY IN SUMS JF £100 *» £10,000, ON COUNTRY, CITY, AND SUBURBAN FREEHOLD, At'exceptionally low rates of interest. TnOR FORMS OF APPLICATION AN \? FULL INFORMATION Apply to the DISTRICT MANAGER, Cnristchurcb. J. H. RICHARDSON, Govarnment Insurance Commissioner. W~ ANTED Known—That now is the time to make selections of Costumes for the Summer. Full ranges of choice materials m Novelty Colorings. Bee oars



A Curious Dispute. A curious ecclesiastical dispute is pro ceeding m the little parish of St, Valery en-Canx m Normandy. The free think ers of the neighborhood object to enter ing the church even to attend funeral? or marriages and complain that during the religious portion of such ceremonies they are obliged to wait m the variou. wineshops at hand. So they request th^ church to build a "neutral shelter" ad joining the sacred buildings, where the/ can wait without violating their opin ions. The clerical authorities refuse, and the free thinkers propose to tak» legal proceedings.



THB EXAMINER BUILDING. lacture of a great newspaper. The three Hoe insetting (double) presses have a ca pacity of printing 72,000 8,10 or 12-page papers m an hour and twice that num ■feer of 8-page sheets. The newest press, which has just been put m, will print m two colors from a single plate at the rate of 24,000 per hour. Under the management of Mr. Palmer The Examiner has taken a front place m the ranks of great metropolitan journals Of the day, and by indomitable energy and tact has made for itself an enviable reputation for hustle m the news and business world. Its editorial and local staffs contain the names of many of the brightest pen cil shovers m the country, among them Arthur McEwen, Ambrose Bierce and Tom Williams, now its Washington rep resentative. One of the characteristic enterprises of the management is a Wash ington bureau, through which it under takes to carry out commissions of what ever sort its constituents may have at the nations capitol, except perhaps ob tain recognition at the White House for the army of office seekers. It does not assume to deal m office brokerage, but etands ready to give the public informa tion of what, is going on m that line. Mr. Hearst, the owner, has been wise enough to put the right sort of men at the head of his paper and then go away to enjoy life without any fear as to the fate of his immense investment. MASTER OF THE HOUNDS. j The Boss of the Bogs That Hunt Tame Beer In Windsor Fewest. The master of the btickhounds is an official of great antiquity and greater uselessness. The post was formerly hereditary m the Brocas family, but was made appointive m the seventeenth cen tury. At first the sovereign exercised the power of appointment, but the mu tations of politics finally lodged the power with the ministry, and the incum bent is now changed with each change of government. Lord Ribblesdale, who holds the office at present, is a Yorkshire peer and was appointed by Mr. Gladstone to succeed the" Earl of Coy- MSM entry, who was JIBa Salisbury's ap- fO/¥ pointee m 1886. -•■' j&jl ! Lord Ribblesdale /fw)/jS%T\ was one of the .iA /YWffaJ \ lords m waiting 'foffiKg k to the queen dur- \Jm|» f I ing Gladstone's ' "wJ : , m ,,J ;) : J former ministry. /lw*" l"Ojf / He is said to be a K^> k^S / ' man of tact and '-^-^ :«\ ioT j diplomacy, qual- « ities m great de- LORD eibblesdale. mand at Ascot, where he has to decide the momentous question of who shall be admitted to view the races from the royal Jlnclosure. He came very near losing his job la3t year, when there was an ener getty agitation for the abolition of the iiUnt, btickhounds and all, because of the cruelty of nunting tame deer, which were the only kind that could be hunted, as there were no others. The queen and prime minister did not view the agitation with favor, how6ver, luid'some of the farmers and land own era protested against the abolition of ©fen a cruel sport that brought them ctacata, so the matter died out for a time. The Humanitarian society is still interested m the question, however, and ■bids fair to keep it before the people. The secretary recently wrote to Mr. Gladstone asking if the report were true that the buokhounds were to be con tinued, and Mr. Gladstone very diplo matically answered that no decision on the subject had yet been arrived at.



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f an enterprising newspaper. ache San Francisco Examiner Has Movefl Into its New Homo. The San Francisco Examiner has just completed and occupied a new building. The structure, as stated by its enterpris ing business manager, C. M. Palmer, was planned less for show than for busi ness convenience. It is on Mission street between Second and Third, and covers ground space 165 feet m depth by 45 feet m width. Four floors axe occupied by the newspaper plant, editorial rooms, composing rooms, press rooms and other necessary convienences for a first class newspaper home. By way of machinery the building has six engines and three boilers, aggregating 200 horsepower. It lias 12 elevators, eight electric machines, motors and generators, and is m every ftspect admirably adapted to the nianu-