PHASES OF THE MOON.

Januaby,

Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Vertis et Prævalebit. SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1899. Local and General.

On the firab page to-day wili be foun.i the nominations for the principal events at the C.J.C. Summer Meeting; on the fourth page Mayfield notes and cricket news. Horticultural SociETY.—The Horticul tural Society's next show has been fixed for February 16» »pd yi!| be held in the Odd fellowa' Hall. How he LEi>«~Colonel Theodore B.o^se yelfc, U.S.A., in giving his farewell address to * the Ijiough Kiders at Oamp Wikoff, Btated—> %i Seyeral persons palled on me yes terday and said, 'Oh, you were brave to lead your men up that hill I' ' Vyhy, £ lead thsm,' J answered j • J had to ma like the fiend to keep them from run ning over me s'" m The Irrepressibles.—Once at an impoiv tanb function at Marlborough-house Sir Francis Knollys came up to the Prince of Wales, and remarked, "Some gentlemen of the P*ess wish admission, your Royal High ness." •■'Qij/' .9ai4 fche PfiQCe» "show them in J If they djon',fc ffomts in at the door, they'll come in ab the ventilator. A Hundred Years After. —Od Novem ber 4, 1798, jusb a hundred years before Sir Herbert J&itcliener was received at the Mansion-ho^ss, h# gr ( eit - grandfather, Captain Edward Be?ry, Ifelaons flag captain'on board the Vanguard at ph& bat^e of the Nile, was presented wi£h the freedom of the City, he having been sent home from Egypt with the despatches giying the news of the victory. The Plague Bacilli.—There is a dis tressing sequel to the death from plague of the Vienna hospital nurse, Barisch. After the death of JJarisch his clothing, by an incomprehensible blunder, was sent to his parents, who reside in the village of Laa. These people are now undergoing a rigorous quarantine, and are to be prosecuted—the father for opposing precautionary measures of disinfection, and the mother for having made a false declaration on the the subject of her son's clothing. When the couple leajre the hospital it will be bo enter the Departmental prison. A Gubernatorial Baxrj.-~Under the heading of " A New 1 .Zeatatfd 'Bui},'" the London Spectator publishes the' following letter from Mr Walter W. Madden, of tiusß^ll a Bay of Islands:—Sir,—lt may interest you*' readers to learn that our popular .Gfojre'rnor, with a yi'ew doubtless, of acclimatising the frisk v .<• bull" ab the Antipodes, has released at * the various centres of population in the colony several fine spe,einiena o| this interesting breed, im i ported direct from the County Tyrone. For inst&ppe, on the occasion ojE a public recep tion at papier, the qoho.pl children of the towja. aft,er being duly conip|limented J?y Kib i --—•tleaoy ®.b tjae hearty gaanner in Which htx.^. ■-"-"awed tfe© '|l Anthem/ they had renu-. " iS"^ if theyput theij? were solemnly aasurea v.... ** " ""ra t<* j shoulders to the wheel they woula oo „*.. reach the top of the tree! Upon which a compatriot turned to me and said, " Sure ib was an axle-tree he meant, bedad." (Signed) Walter W. Madden. This "bull" at any rate may b? said to have made » tour

Tim Versatile Kaiser. —According to a telegram in the Daily News, the Emperoi* William has expressed his intention to write a book on his impressions during his journey in the East.

Awkward —Two ladies tnthing in Warn atnbo'jl (Victoria) lately had an unpleasant experioncp, as they found on coming cut of the water that their clothes had been stolen, and they had to lay in hiding for several hours before assistance and proper covering could be obtained.

Stub Lincoln's.—On bor.rd tho Oonoh, which passed through Lyttelton on Friday, MrGeorgeSutt.cn, 'he well-known L'uooln sheep breeder, had 160 two ami four-tooth rama, to be entered at the Napier and Wanganui fairs. The sheep were a remark ably level nice lot.

The Gaiety Company —To-night the Gaiety Company give another entertainment in the Orange H*H, and considering the very pipular entertainment they gave on Thurs day, and the hearty way in which the items were received, there should be a good attendance.

Dbep Wells.— A paragraph in a Sydney paper states that at Tulloonabore, in the Moree district, the water bearing stratum has been reachod at 3200 feet, with about 400 ft further to go to secure a good supply. The present overflow ia three-quarters of a million gallons daily.

Thb Godley Cross. — A correspondent signing himself " 27-1-57" writes to the Press as follows:— "Sir, —I am almost certain that) when I first favv the Godley Dross one of the arms was broken eff, and that the inscription ran {I forget the date) nearly thus: • Erected by Charlotte Godley (date), in remembrance of a great mercy. Drink and be thankful.'"

Top Prick Wool —For the past six years the wool from the Cuiverden Estate has topped the local market. On Friday it came well to the front with 9| 1 per 1b for greasy merino, and in half bred it was equal to other good clips at 6-lid per lb. Glyn Wye and Hawks wood merino went to B|l, and the same figure was reachfld for Mount Somers halfbred and quarter back. The wool sale was an exceptionally good one, and the beat clips were spiritedly competed for.

Andbek. —Herr yon Payer, of Arctic fame, ha's been lecturing in his native town of Teplitz upon the probabilities of Andrea and hia balloon turning up safely. The explorer ia by no means hopeful. He believes thab Andrea may have reached the east coast of Franz Josef Land, but in thab case he would still have a very long and dangerous case before him on his way to civi lisation. On the most favorable supposition, one cannot expect to hear "of him before next autumn.

Korfolk Island.—lnquiries are being made by the New South Wales Government to secure a fitting representative at Norfolk 'aland in succession to Colonel Spakling. An experienced ojiicer is needed, but the post is not a particularly inviting one. The salary is £250 per annum, and the cost of living is said to be somewhat bigh. More ove>* t the difficulties of the position in other ways are noteworthy. It is possible that the name of the new magistrate will be shortly announced.

Divorce Petitions.—ln the course of a divorce case at Sydney the other day, petitioner's counsel referred to the length of time necessary to prepare a petition, and was brought up with a round turn by the presiding judge (Mr Justice Simpson), who declared that ib took very little time to prepare. <? They are becoming bo common," continued bis Honor, '• that I think I have seen one printed. In a little time they will be selling them, all ready printed, ab the street corners, like ordinary printed matter "

Fastidious Royalties —A stock of Dutch postcards has just been suppressed by Queen Wilhelmioa, who has found fault) with her effigy on them. The hiir above the ears is, she says, too much tied behind. France provides an analogy for this proceeding. In 1853, when the ijrsb pieces of money with the effigy of Napoleon lIJ. were strupk after his accession, he found fault wich the look of hair on big temple. It was too curly, he said, and he gave instructions for the coin to be modified. But a number of the poms had gpoe into circulation, and by and by they came to be regarded as numismatic, puriosities.

Affairs at Fiji.—^According to the latest Fiji files to hapd by the Miowera, business at the islands was niaver more prosperous than at present, and g'.imatic conditions are favourable to a bountiful harvest. The out: put of sugar, notwithstanding two unfavour able months through a prolonged wet season, totalled something like 34,000 tons. The copra output fop the year, it |s antipipatad ? will come quite up to the average, if it does not surpass ib. This product has lately realised an advance of 20 per cent, more than it did in 1897. A considerable expansion in the export of bananas is chronicled, viz; , between 50,000 and 100,000 bunches. The minor exports show improvement in bulk as well as la value,

Drtolanrjg Castlb —Drumlanrig Castle, where the Empress Frederick was recently the guest of the Puke of Buccleuoh, is an interesting old edijE?ce. Although the greater part of the «astle belongs to the seventeenth ceDtury, there are remqaats within it of the more ancient baronial residence orepfced about the end of the fourteenth century by the founder of the Drumlanrig branch of the Douglas family, Sir William Douglas. Ib has the orthodox haunted room, and has also a haunted passage, known as the "Bloody Passage," from its having been, as it is said, jbbeio«neof some particularly foul murder. On the death of the famous " Old Q," in 1810, Drumlanrig passed to the Buecljßpch family.

Plague Bacilli fob Experiments.—A correspondent writing to the Bombay Times with regard to Dr Haydon's plague bacilli in Australia, says :—"While fully endorsing all you write with regard to the carrying of virii9 to uninfected places, I would point out that)' the practice has been quite common. Scarcely ons of the medical'men —medical students many of them might be termed, considering the youth of many of them —who returned to England ab the termination of their engagemet's, failed to carry with them microbes for experimental purposes. There are now in the hands of ffiese yogng gentlemen in England sufficient) bacilli to {fill of half of the population. Bach one of them ought fco be compelled to give np these cultures lesjj the ig^ideqjis af Vienna be repeated in Bngland,"

Diteai> fu l Misappropriation,—The several afternoon tea gatherings in Daune virbe are somewhat cold jaat now (says the jßafrkfjuq H^'^d ) Ib appears that a section of the young ladies of that go-ahead town ship decided upon a monster picnic for New Year's Day. There was no difficulty what ever in getting a sufficient number. At a final meeting held oh the evening of the $BUj, a resolution was moved by a budding new woman, <f That parried women be hot allowed to attend the pioniff.'' In moving the resolution, the speaker was charmingly franjfc. She said the girls for the 'of tfre §aw should have the boys all to themselves, and *Srpa?rie4 women always spoilt a show. She for one waf determined that only single people should atfcm). 4 long and angry discussion followed, but eventually the motion was carried. Several young ladies therefore refnsed to grace the gathering. Howeypi? ? thp picnic was held, and ib was a great success.

Anothee New Zealand Mons?es.—Wow that interest ia the supposed kumi at Gieborne has waned, it is time for someone else to discover anothec monster to supply the lack. It has fallen to Mr T. E. Taylor, M.H.R., and the Rev. P. W. laifct to fill the empty void. They return fresh from the Southern Likes with a story that is already grown hofcry yjth age, but which in the figKti of recent partial corroboration is worth printing. Some fifteen years* ago the jy§Jl known guide Sutherland saw from a' distance a great animal like a short-legged elephant odtning down to''the banks of the Poseidon river. He avers thjufc he has frequently found the tracks of the'animaj sipatjl The story has hitherto been treated as either romance or the ebullition of a heated brain. Now Mr Ipng, poatmaater at Gore, comes on the soe'ner ife hae i'nfornjed Messrs Taylor and isitt, with 'all t,he solembijty <}f truth, that)'he has seen the huge tracks of'the g,nifflal in the sand and shingle. The traokf ■ <»e«embie tjje |op«tprj.n.tf $i a puge' elephant. • -- ««n.de "b«S96j:ouß piljqt^g^aph^c MrKingna... " --id.«.^»j trips to the Coast, »m» »« ~ cautious observer.

Thb Ekye Poetess.— Mrs IVUry Mac- f Phe son, who has just died at P.rtree, was • famous throughoui. the north of Scotland aa "The Skye P..ctes°." She p-asessed th« bardic title of " Main Nigr.ean Jain Bhain," which slio inherited from her father. Her educational advantages were very few ; as a fact, she could not write her own poetic tffjrts, yet cutics Invo declared that in form and language her pc >ms were pure, unclcfiled Gaelic. Professor Blackio was a warm admirer of her. She was greatly proud of. the si ver mounted waHcirg-etick he gave her, and the Professor always wore the Highland pluid she ma.do for him.

Officialdom. —Mr Laboucho'e in 'litilh has Urn following paragraph :—Yf nra u^o I remember once voting on some very trifling issue agai; st Liberal Officialdom. The next time 1 met the chief Whip he glared at me as though I were a monster of iniquity, and atked me whether I could sjive any explana tion of my conduct. I modestly replied that I had thought that the other side was right. He almost had a fit, and gobbled at me like an irate turkey. I asked him whether I was to vote against my own convictions. "Damn your convictions !" he said, "a pretty pass things are ooming to when one of our lot talks about convictions V'

Electric Light for Railways —A new system of tram lighting by electricity is under experiment by the Midland Railway (says the London Daily Telegraph) on morn ing and afternoon expresses between St. Pancraa and Bradford. Passengors find that the light is brilliant and steady. The electri city is generated in each carriage by the running of the vehicle, and after the train has come to a standstill there is a storage sufficient to last about ten hours. The light in the guards' vans is also electrical, and a simple contrivance enables the colour to be altered without the inconvenience of chang ing lamps. These trains are the first long distance expresses thus lighted, and it is stated thab soon all the main line trains will be similarly furnished.

Felix Faube's Letters. — An amusing estimate and classification ha« been made of the letters received daily by the President} of the French Republic. The number is said to be 700, and these are made up *s follows : —Begging letters, 250 ; petitions on political affairs, 150 ; petitions from criminals, 100; complaints against various functionaries, also 100; anonymous letters containing insults, 80 ; and threats of assassination, 20. It is to be hoped, for the peace of mind of M. Faure, that the 20 daily threats of assassination are read by subordinates less likely to tempt the ambitious Anarchist than the President of the Republic. A similar classification of the letters received by various heads of States would be instructive reading for students of comparative govern ment,

1.0.0. F., M. U. —The quarterly summoned meeting of the Loyal Ashburton Lodge was held on Friday evening, December 30, when there was a good attendance, and the N.U., Bro. 6. Baker, presided. Sick pay was granted to a number of members, and the usual quarterly accounts were passed for payment. A considerable amount of routine and special business was transacted; one new member was initiated, and one candi date proposed for admission, The election of officers for the ensuing term resulted as follows :—N.G. Bro. James Paterson, V.G. Bro. James Nicholas, G.M. Bro. B. Baker. The minor offices were filled as follows :— R.S. to N.G., Bro. C. Muir (P.G.); L.B. to N.G., Bro. W. J, Oooper; R.S. to V.G., Bro. H. Baker (P.G.); L S. to V.G., Bro. Rumßey (P. 0.) j Gdn. Bro. H. C. Craig head (P. G.); Warden Bro. Mahood {P.G). The income for the meeting amounted to £i3B 79 Bd, including £20 2a lOd, hall re turns for quarter ending November 30.

The 21st Lancers.—Colonel Rowland Martin, the late commander of the 21st Lancers, electrified the guests at a banquet given recently ab the Hotel Me';ropole", in connection with the Glovers' Company, by telling a simple story illustrative of the splendid spirit in whioh the troops went through the hardships of the recent campaign in the Soudan. The anecdote was elicited by a glowing eulogy of the magnificent charge which has immortalised the regiment. Referring to this, Colonel Martin said that, though the charge was what had attracted the attention of the public, the real heroism of the regiment consisted in the patience with whiph they had borne untold hardships. He mentioned the case of a trooper named Bishop, who, though exceedingly ill before the battle, resolutely refused to report him self. His conditrpu was brought to the notipe of his superiors by bis squadron leader, but when the medical officer went in response to the call the man could not be found, as he had hidden himself tp escape being placed on the sjck list. That day the regiment made » long march, a^d at its close Bishop watered his horge and discharged the ordinary routine of his duty, bqt he had np sooner done so than he fell down in a state of collapse, and expired the same night. Told with soldierly brevity, and with a total absence of any straining after effect, the pathetic incident made a very powerful impression on the gathering.

News in Brief.

The services at the Primitive Church, Wills street, to-morrow, will be conducted by the Rev F. Boys, from the North Island, one of the delegates to the Conference now sitting in Christchuroh,

On February 15 the N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., in con junction with Messra Pyneand Co,, will hold a great sale of sheep (40,000), horses, cattle, implements, etc , at the Starborough Estate, peat- Blenheim. Full particulars of this important wale v^ill appe^f at aa parly date.

The Bishop of Bath and Wells told a story of the Primate at the recent Church Congress. When the Archbishop was Bishop of London, a policeman, who was a lay-reader, went to see the Bishop. His comrades asked him what he thought of the B shop. " Hia lord ship is a fine man "he replied. "It would take two of you to run him in."

A Scotch minister, to his great) surprise and delight!, received a cheque from an dn knpwn charitable donor. " This cheque is to order, and must be endorsed," said the paying cashier q,b the highland bank. «'Eh? "" Endorsed —across the bapk.' 1 !' Ob, ay !" And, with the pec and o.\\ hia sfjul, the minister wrote, ?' I heartily endorse jihis cheque^'

During a very web "night a pitman was wendiog his way towards hie home with a new umbrella under his arm. "Hallo, Geordy," exclaimed a friend ; " ye're nearly web through, and yet ye hey an umbrella J " " Wey, it's this way," explained Geordy. " Aa've paid seven an' a tanner fort, and AaV not) sigh a fyjji as to hey the thing spoilt the fint oeet.','

4 couple of pitmen halted In front of a brass plate fixed on the front door of a house whereon was inscribed the ' word " Chiropodist." '• Ohirrupodisfc J*' remarked the one. •« What's that?" "Why, dissent thoo knaa what that is?" returned the other, li No, Aa divvenb.' Aa niyvor hard o? the word afore." '• Well, then, '^aH 'toll |ha —a qhirrupodist is a chep that lams canaries fco whfstle I" ' " '

THE WEATHER

ALFOI^D STATION.

(Ehe following is thß meteorological report for the week ending January I§, 1899 :—

When the little boy was saying hie cate chism, they ' asked him what was the chief eiid of a man. He said 1, " the end that's gob the hab on." you do get the bald truth from youngsters at times;" Ask a child, tor instance^ whajt'sgoodpr coughs and coids: f $/hy, $foods' $reab Peppermint 1 Cure of ■,-■-««■«-.»* ' (Jjij e^ &no,w,j &1J i^ew - •-— Mwug kq]^' |n| »£wa.rd_B youngsters ot fou* -,.'

CYCLING.

THE H*LF-MILK RECORD.

Mr &. V W. Humphreys, the representative of Messrs John Orr tml (Jo* in Christchurch for the Wavariy bicycles, yesterday suc ceeded, in lowering the half-mile record from a flying start on Lancaster Park, covering ihe .distance in 67 seconds. Of course he was mounted on a Waverley.

CHRISICRURCH WOOL SALES.

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.

ChristchurcHj January 13,

The fourth oi the present series of local wool sales was held to day. There was a large attendance of home and foreign buy erf, and the sale waa the best for many years. Better clashes of merinos and finer haifbreds met exceedingly keen competition, and the price for these advanced fully Id from last sale, 9i'i being reached for the Oulverden clip, which has topped the market for some years. Best crossbreds a'so advanced, and even lower classes of wools met a better sale, owing, no doubt, to the shortage now apparent. Loc*l mills bought some of the best merinos. Out of a catalogue of 6499 bales, 5587 were sold. The offerings this season have been about 7000 bales fewer than at the same date last year. Super merino Bid to 9£d, medium to good 6Jd to 8 J, inferior 4d to 6d, super half bred 8d to B|l, medium to good 6^d fco 7f d, inferior 4J4 to 6d, »nper crossbred 7|d to 83d, medium to good 6|d to7£d, inferior 4£d to 6^d, best longwool s£d tobAd and inferior 4d to sd, good pieces and bellies 5d to 7Js'i, inferbr 2|d to 4|d, locks 2d to 3|i.

The fourth wool sale of this season's series ab Ohristchurch was held on Friday. The following is the catalogue of

MES3BS FBIIOLANDEE BBOS., LTD.

Grea«y-~42, crossbred ewe, 3 bales at 5Jd. I SR, halfbred, 3 at 6|d. PN, crossbred hogget, 3at s|d. — over SM, -crossbred ewe, 3at 4£d. HL, croa-bred hogget, 9at 4|d. WP, aecond cross hogget, 3at4|d. 43, merino, 3at 6|d; half bred, 3at sd. Ztt, crossbred ewe, 3 at 4£d ; first croas hogget, 13 at; 4£d ; crossbred hogget, 11 at 4dl; Lin coln, lat 3£d, passed. DX, balfbred ewe, 11 at 6|d ; crossbred ewe, 2 at s|d; merino ewe, lat 7£d ; pieces and ram, 1 at 3|-d ; halfbred pieces, 1 at 4^d ; merino pieces and 5 black, 1 at sd, HW conjoined, three quarterbred hogget, with 26 three-quarter ' bred hogget, rest three quarterbred ewe, 7 at 4£d; halfbred ewe and hogget, lat 4|d. OR, crossbred wether and hogget, 5 at 4d, passed. 4E conjoined/crossbred hogget, 8 afc 4£d. — over f, crosubred ewe, 2at 4£d. JJcob joined twice, three-quarterbred hogget, sat 4|d, passed. — over S2, first cross hogget, sat sd. KA, crossbred ewe, 2at4d ; crossbred wether and ram, 1 at 3£d, passed, WS, Lincoln cross, 1 afc 4£d ; thre quarter bred Lincoln ewe, 1 as 4&1. 25, crossbred ewe, 1 at 4|d. Three Arrows, crossbred ewe, lat s|i. B, crossbred ewe, 1 at s|d. —r over y6, crossbred hogget, 2at 4|d. Oak Flat over MB, Leicester eotted, £ at 4^d. TH, crossbred and halfbred ewe and wether, 2at 4£d. +in diamond, crossbred hogget, 2 at 5d ; three-quarterbred ewe, 4 at 4Jd «-» over TH, crossbred hogget, with 14 merino fleeces, 10 at 4^l; first crossbred ewe, 2at 4d. Mallet, merino ewe, lat s§d. — over MS, crossbred ewe, I at 4|4. T over and F under A C, halfbred hogget, 1 at s|d. E over EE, crossbred hogget, 14 at 4|d ; halfbred ewe, 4at 4|d. V in T, crossbred ewe, 3at 4|d ; crossbred ewe, lat 4£d. DL conjoined, crossbred ewe, 2 at 4^dl. AN conjoined, crossbred ewe, 2 at sd. "*M7i longwool, lat 4,d. —6, halfbred wether, 3 at s|d ; halfbred ewe, 1 at 6d | halfbred wether and ewe, lat 7d. H over X Shrop shire, with 5 crossbred and 30 merino Ueeces, 2at 4Jd, passed. — over 71, crossbred, 1 at 3Ji. "D over J, halfbred ewe, with 2 ram, 2 black, and 1 merino fleeces, 2 at 4^d, WD, crossbred, 1 ab 4|d. +is 0, cross bred ewe and hogget, lat 4d. w over 2V, crossbred owe, 1 at 4£d. OR, crossbred ewe, 2 at 5d ; halfbred ewe, 2 at s|d ; cross bred pieces, with bellies, 1 at 3d, passed. Pin «J, halfbred ewe, lat 7|d. BF, halfbred ewe, lat 7J. R, pieces, 3at 3Jd ; 20 ram, 3 black, and first-cross bellies, 1 at 3|d ; locks and piepes, lat l^d. PCS, merino, 4 at7d ; pieces. 1 at 4i. .-% over 80, halfbred, 1 at 64d; crossbred, 1 fadge, sd. oHo, crossbred, 2at 4^d. Two S's in ijexangles, piepeß, d ac 3^4 ; pieces, 4 at 3^d. McA, halfbred ewe, 12 at 6|l. W2, crossbred, 2 j pieces, I—not in.

THE AUSTUIAN "INFLUX."

United Press Assoajation^B.y Eleotrio Telegraph.

Auckland, January 13 The Austtian Consul has received a cable gram from Tasmania, offering employment to several hundred pick and shovel men on railway construction, at 7a 6d per day. The Consul stateß thab if he can induce his countrymen to go to Tasmania on these terms he will send the whole batch away. They would be far bettor off than they would be here at £1 a week, and do away with friction with the labor people. The Consul wiil accordingly try to persuade the Austriana to accept t^e Tasmanian offer.

PRIMITIVE METHODIST CON FERENCE.

The annual Conference of the Primitive Methodist Church of New Zealand was opened at the Cambridge Terrace Church, Qhristehureh, on Thursday afternoon.

v The Bey, B. W. Jones of Timaru, was elected President.

Mr W. Puddicombe, o| Sydney, lately of Ashburton and Mount Somers, gave a short address, and was charged with a message of fraternal greetings to the New South Wales conference.'

The opening sermon was preached at 730 p.m. by the Eev. j. Cocker, general commis sion delegate. ' During the evening the first draft of eta tions was read by the Secretary, the Rev. J, Sharps as follows :—

New Plymouth, Jobt} Olpherb; Welling ton L, G. H. Mann, W, J. Dean, and J. Dumbell; Wellington 11, J. Dawaon and B. Hall ; Auckland J-, W. Laypoek and H. Williama ; Auckland 11., J. Sharp | luver cargill, C. E. Ward 3 Timaru, R. Raine 3 Thames, E. Drake 5 Greendale, J. Clover ; Uhristohurch, T. H. Lyon; Ashburton, W. S.Potterj IMlding, P. W. Jones; Geraldine, J. Nixon • Dunedin, J. (?uy and P. J. Cosean ; Foxbon, W. Woollass; Haloombo, T» Henderson; Invercargill S., T. A. Pybua; Stratford and Eltham, G. C3emens and B. Dudley ; Waimate and Oamaru, J. W. Hey wood; 'V^estport, Denniston and Mokihinui, W. Hards, J. B. Merrifcb and J. M. Bourne; Hunterviile, G. P. Hunt; Ingfewood, one to be obtained-: Bluff, F. W. Boys j Waihi, S. Barnett; Wangauui, J. Cooker. Christohilrch, Friday- Ab the session of the Primitive Hethodisb Conference to-day, the' retiring president), Rev. J. Duwßon, delivered an address. He characterised imparity, gambling, and iix temperanpe as fche great trinity of colonial e^'fls. He reyiewpd the work of tba church,, and said that the crusades against the evils during the past year had done good work; Cirouib reports presented to the Conference showed an increase of 152 in the membership flf the ghurgb..

SOCIAL COLUMN.

\The matter contained in this rohtmn h paid for. Any person in sympathy xvith the wot k, and wishing to contribute toivards the cost, may do so by Jo> warding contributions to the manager of this f-afer, when the sun ioill be acknowledged under a number or nom-dt ■ plwre thus : —" No, 4~20n.'] i BABBITS AND REFORMERS

The New York Voice is a wonderful paper. Ido not "know one that gives you better value for your money, and it seems to get better and better. For the last year or two, the column of comments on Christian Endeavour Topics, which Mr J. G. Wooley con tributes every week, has been alone worth more than the subscription to the paper. In the number which I have just been reading, the topic is " Chris tian Courage," whereon the most notable of his observations are the fol- I lowing :— ■

" Phrenologicall they, seat of courage in the brain is just back of the ears ; possibly for the reason that one is more apt to be frightened by what he hears than by what he knows of by the other senses. It makes one timid to listen too much. That ia what ails rabbits —ai% boards of trustees. I fancy that the rabbit may have been at one time a brave and hardy animal, which fell into the habit of studying the noises of the wood, until it lost its self* respect, and gradually ran to ears and to hind legs, and lost heart to such a degree that a tap would kill it, and became a coward j for courage is heart age. At any rate, it is certain that a Christian who devotes himself, and measures up his action, to the public rumor, losei^eourage and virility, and dwindles from man to rabbit in the forest of reform. For it stands to reason, that when one is harkening to sounds outside, he will not hear, or will hear imperfectly, the still, small voice within."

By way of further distinguishing the reformer from the rabbit, he presently adds that " the reformer is a man with a gun, and very unpopular in every warren."

"BE STKONO, AND DO."

His concluding paragraph is this : " Opeu your Bible to 2 Ohron, xix. 11, and mark this with a blue pencil: • Deal courageously, and the Lord shall he with the good.'" This is certainly a grand text for the campaign year that is just upon us ) but it would be a much better one, if it were properly trans lated. Look at the margin of your Revised Version, and you will see that it should really run :—

" Be strong and do., and the Lord be with the good."

Though they have done us splendid service, it must be conceded that the Revisers had something of the rabbit as well as of the reformer about them, and not infrequently you will find the still, small voice of truth registered in small type in their margin, while the rabbit whose long ears have listened for public rumour and false tradition scampers timidly through the text. If the Revisers had risen to the height of the passage they were translating, they would have dealt courageously with it, in the coafidenoa that the Lord would be with the good. But they have at any rate supplied us with the means of correcting their own error, and the message as told ia their margin is a grand call to arms for the coming year.

THEY AerUAIXY DG SOMETHING.

Nob a bad illustration of the text is to be found in the very next column of the Voice to that containing Woolley's comments. Among a number of testimonials to Woolioy's work, a generous opponent of Prohibition, Bolton Hall, of New York, ofiers the following:—

«<ln my opinion, Prohibition ia morally wrong, but brother Woolley believes in it, and, believing, justifies his faith by his works. I believe in prohibitionists, because, seeing an evil, they actually do something about it their own selves. Therefore, I extend my hearty greetings to your strong man, Woolley/''

This just expresses what has always seemed to me the strong point of Prohibition as compared with any other cause I have taken up—viz, that it is a cause for which there is always some thing to be actually done and suffered. At times, the reality of the suffering may be more obvious than the efficacy of the doing; bat the one, though we may not see it at the time, is generally the complement of the other; the suffering would not be so real if %h$ doing were not efficacious. Resolu tions against sin in the abstract will not cost you a single vote or a single penny of pew-rent or of salary \ but you qannpt grapple with it in the concrete at so cheap, a price. Your suffering begins |ust f?hen #oijr effec tiveness begins, and is a proof of it. But to, return to Bolton JJall'a, testimonial to the Prohibitionists, what is it but an admission by a candid foe that after their lights they are striving to carry out Woolley's text; "Be strong, and do"! Such a generous tribute from an adversary is as refresh ing as it is rare. If it were commoner, the reformer's path would certainly be easier; but if it were too common, perhaps the rabbit himself might take a gun and turn reformer.

TWO VIEWS OF THE W.O.T.TJ.

In the same number of the Voice are twq expressions of opinion with regard to the 1, which are w^rtji placing side by side. In his Biography pi JSTeal Dow, which has been rannfng for gome m,6ntfa.s in the Yoic&, and whicji unfqrtunately contain^ more padding than Neal Dow, Dr Qh^rlesi Martyn writes: of this passion. ate protest eam,e the Woraen ls Christian Temperance Union, the greatest'single power for Temperance fa the world. The names on the roster of the Union are the most prominent and consecrated of the age—Mary A. Liver more, Annie Wifctenmeyet, J. Ellen Foster, Sarah K. Bolton, Helen Gouger, Mary A, Hunt, Susan A. Gifford, and above all, Frances A. Willard, the patron Baint of the Union, A complete list of names would necessitate a census, taken by seraphs and written by the Recording Angel."

1 This is a trifle tall, even for a Yankee rhetorician ; but for feafr apy members of the WiO.T.U. may itei their wings beginning to sprout as they read it, the antidote is supplied id another' paragraph ot the satae papepl Personally, I find the Oarlbs Mar'tynf style rather more trying t^an £he bthe.r, inordinate eulogy befng to me l ajwa'ya deadjfer than indiscriminate atiuse, JSqt I will jjuotp the other sample, and D^y

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Persons troubled with diarrhea* will be interested in the experience of Mr W; M. Bash s clerk of Hotel Dorranee, Providence, R 1., Hesayfc; "ifor several years, J have been almost a:constant sufferer from diar rhce*, the frequent attacks 'completely proa trafcing me and rendering me unfit for my duties at! this hotel. About two yaars ago a travelling sfelpsman kindly gave me ft small bottle of Chamberlainfs Golio, Cholera, ap<? Diarrhoea Rettifedy. Much !to my surprise and delight its effects were immediate. Whenever I felt symptoms of the disease I would (fortify myself againsb t^efcttack witji a few doae& of this yaluabte remedy. The result has been very satisfactory and altnoab gomplufce relief from ' the dgfietion.? 1 fof I



CHURCH SERVICES.



Is whab every manufacturer of mowers directs. With this grinder It can easily be done. With a dull knife, the wear and strain, both on machine and team, are greatly increased, and the grass will be badly cub. A man, or even a boy. with this machine, can grind a mower knife per fectly, and with ease and rapidity. When a section is dulled or nicked by coming in contact with a stone, as often happens, ib can be sharpened without grinding the other sections. THE '* COKUNDUM GRINDING WHEEL " Does its work well. It wears bub little, and will last, according to the amount of work done, from three to five yfeara, and probably longer, There is a large hole in the centre of the wheel, made water tight by the flanges which clamp the wheel and hold it in position. When the machine is used this hollow space is filled with water through a small hole in the side of one of its flanges ; the hole is then plugged up. When turning the wheel In grinding, the water is driven through its pores by ' centrifugal force, completely wetting its grinding surface, this prevents the temper of the knife from being destroyed, which would be done if the wheel were used dry, THE OPERATOR While grinding a knifr, stands facing the side of the whe^l and over the knife ! clamp, this brings the grinding of the section directly under the eye. By means of a new improvement the i grinder can be readily clamped to a pole or the rim of any wheel having a width of from 3 to 5| inches. It requires but little skill to. ÜB,e this grinder; the directions senfc with <jaah machine will, if followed, enable any one to work it without trouble. Those machines are protected fully by patents in the United States, Canada, (ireat Britain, Franco, Belgium and Sweden, F,FERRIMAN, AGENT.



THE New Model Button Mower Knife Orinder is beli'ved to be as near perfection an such a machine can be made. A moat Valuable Improvement has been made in the means used for holding the knife to the grinding wheel, when being ground. The pressnre of the knife against the wheel is made legs afc th« lower part of the knife section, where the least grind ing is needed, and is gradually increased as the wheel id moved along the edge of the section towards its point. " KEEP THE KNIVES SHARP,"



ST. STEPHEN'S OHUROH, Ashburtoc. SUNDAY SERVICES-January 15, 1899. 11 am—Morning Prayer and Holy Com munion. 3 pm—Dromore, Rpv R, A. Woodthorpe 6.30 pm—Evening Prayer. The Services will be conducted by the j Roy. R. A. vVoodth<<rpe. ~ F. "fERBIMAJN. ' W& SALEL /~\NE Second-hand Dray In good order. —r-YoB SALE. ~ ONE Second-hand Andrews and Beaven Ohaffoutter. F. FERRTMAN. Knife Grinders FOR Grass Mowers. THE NEW MODEL BUTTON MOWtffi KJSIFJfi GRINDER



Friedlander Bros., Limited. CORNSACKS CORNSACKS. XTTB are now Landing ex^'Elbe," 1000 BALES FULL BIZE AND FULL WEIGHT CORNSACKS, Which we offer to Supply at LOWEST MAEKET BATES. Clients who desire delivery direct} ex Ship will please give us their instructions early to save milage or extra h&ndliog. PRIEDLA.NDKR BROS., Limited. THE Ashhurton Drug Co. (LIMITED) HAVE jusfc unpacked, direct from the English Manufacturer, a new stock of all the Drugs used in compounding physicians' prescriptions, specially made in conformity with the new British Pharmacopcei, 1898. Ttie Inn- of dispensing medical pre portßiit soriptions is the special and Work constantcareof themanager (J. M. Oamebidge), who has been engaged in this •3uty for 36 years, as well as having had the benefit of aa JfiUJSrlish training and experience, and holding an English certificate. To those who unfortunately have to take medicine, especially incases of SeriowH It is of the utmost import- Illness, anoe that the drugs should be new and freshly im ported ; that the medicine should be accurately and Bkilfuily prepared ; and that exactly what the Physician orders should, be used, and nothing else substituted in its place. I.li©JPrloe should never be the first and only consideration-— Drugs can be bought &t all prices. We prefer to import all our Drugs from a firm we chn rely on, though we could buy many of them cheaper in the colons, Bub we charge no mo^s tuan ja usual in most of the larger towns, and generally a little less. A.'V An urgent eatl for medicine •JTIMLIfiS h responded to at ortflp, whether during business hours or at night, Sundays or holidays. Night Dis pensary— opposite Dr Maude's, and next to Dr Hunter's reaideaof, J. M. Cambridge, MANAGER. Jl 135 Insist upon bayiaflf our IPuxe Tesws, Don't be put upon. Tfeey are the Sest and Cheapest. Absolutely pare. Copied but never equalled. WONDERFUL Gnaraiit«9d Vicer and Better Yalum tiuua any at 44 per Ib. more money. Compare onr 3/- T#» wtsh any at 9/4, Mid onr S/4 with, any at 3/- jh>»' £$■ TEAS •§o*o H,n -^ a. 6 o "^ss?* 9 11 I I * e^=s i v 1 O £^ I **s bd »**- I-. CM £ » S h-H L ' - I 14 ? 1> »Semm I.^H ; o SP \^__~__^ **" O m <P 7~rs -^ » co on r^ I . £& o- 1 .* rH *— -si CD | Q '^^ SI H i SF * <Lj* »j •"* r s=cs — --—•■BSis^: ——:, Smoke New Venus *



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