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Public notices. A Cabo MISS WILLIAMS BEGS to notify the genera! Public that) she has started business as DRFSS AND MANTLE MAKER [n Saundera' Buildings. Entrance by Cooper's Studi I*.l*. " A report comes from the district of Wagunyafc, N.^.W., of a settler and Ms family exhibiting very serious symptoms of poisoning afoer partaking of their evening meal. In*searching tor the cause, sus picion fell on the tea they had used. A sample taken from a one pound tin in use was analysed and found to contain strong traces of muriatic a«-J«l, the presence of which is caused by the use of spirits 6f sa ts in welding the parts of tin together. The analyst warns consumers that tea packed in small tins, owing to its very absorbent nature, is very liable to become impregnated wita this acid, and therefore daugerous for human consumption, and advises that the very safest package to purchase is that packed in lead with an mside lining of vegetable parchment. This style of pa ket is quite impervious to the air, aDd tea so packed has been known to retain all its aroma and strength for a period of five years.' ar«TB.— KOZIB TEA is packed in lead wfthlaß nside lining of Vegetable Parchment. TANORED STREET PAPERHANGING .WAREHOUSE^ (Established 1876.) C CHAPMAN l HOUSE DECORATOR, SIGN WRITER, PAPERHANGER, GRAiBER, GLAZIER, Etc. TUST ARRIVED, EX RCJAPEHU, BEST SELECTION OF PAPERHANGINGS Ever shown in Ashburton. Direct|from the Manufacturers. LATEST ENGLISH DESIGNS. Please call and inspect. Established 1880. Telephone No 69 BAKER BROS., BURNISHING TTNDERTAKBRS C URNISHING U NDERTAKERS DIRECT Importers of Best and Latest Designs in FUNERAL FURNISHINGS FUNERALS conducted with the greatest care and satisfaction, at moat reasonable charges. Oorner of Wakanui Road and Caea Streets, and Baker and Brown's Coach Factory. LAWES' Dips & Manures. riIHE Public Dips at the Aehburfcon And X. Tinwald Sale Yards are now open for the SEASON. For terms and particulars apply to Gara taker. Lawea' Superphosphate — Best Turnip Manure in the world. Alao poisonous ana non-poisonous Sheep Dip in stock. EDWARD SATOfDERS, LOCAL AGENT. 11 116 THEY CAN STILL DO IT! WHAT? WHY WIN! WHO? WHY, STERLING BICYCLES. TTT T)URCHASE won the Half Mile Amateur Race on the 19th, from scratch, mounted on this favorite JOEY BARKER also holds the Halt Mile New Zealand Record from a standing Btarfc, mounted on a STERLING thorough* bred, A consignment of these* machines ex pected nezb week, call and see them, WE have also— BINDING TWINE, MACHINEIOIL, and a fail stock of MoCORMIOK EXTRAS on hand. Momw^BassetttfGo, WILLS STREET, ASHBURTON M. PKIEST, Manager. ASHBURTO& No. 2 INDUSTRIAL BUILDING SOCIETY To be incorporated under the Provisiona of the Building Sooieties Act, 1880. - PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS: Charles Reid, W. D. V. Pbestow Edwabd (Sates, Francis Sobint, J, H. Pauling, G. R. Andersow, H. Stephbnson. SECRETARY: SOLICITOR: Fbedk. Makeig. E. G. Oeisj?, BANKERS: The Bank of Australasia, Ashburton. OFFIOE OF THE SOCIETY: Post Office Buildings, Cameron Street, Aahburton. Office now open to takt Entries. OFFICE HOURS: 9.30 a.m. to 1 p.m., 2.30 to 5 p.m., an<} from 7 to 8 p.m. on Tuesdays and Saturday*



• ■111I 11 -~w" ii mini ■urn _ nm p- ■iiihui i^pium in, m, -...._ ir-n.n i mwiinn_WP>-i i— II 'r' ff" '""" "'■"■T WHAT NOW? GREAT HALF-YEARLY CLEARING SALE OF Drapery, Clothing', AND Boots, FOR ONE MONTH. ALL GOODS REDUCED 33| PER CENT. INSPECTION INVITED. ANDREW ORR. ALL CUSTOMERS OWING ACCOUNTS TO W. H. COLLIER, DRAPER AND CLOTHIER, "THE" CORNER" Ashburton and Rakaia, A RE RESPECTFULLY REQUESTED TO SETTLE SAME BEFORE JANUARY 3lNt, 1899. G. D. fl. HEFPOBD, Manager. BELFAST FREEZING WORKS MANURES, ARE THE BEST ■pOR TU IP, RAPE WHEAT, AND ANY OTHER CROP. SPECIAL MANURE can be made for any kind of Soil, or description of crop. SATISFACTION GIVEN EVERYWHERE LAST SEASON. Orders received by itrijbij>la]nj:>*;k bkok, Limited., DAVID THOMAS, TJHJEJ N.Z.. FARMERS 00-O^JSRATIVE A BSOCIATION OF CANTERBURY, Limited,, oa Al^BSJEfci? ROBERTS, AGV.NT, Ashburton. OANTEBBUBY FKOZEN MEAT AND DAIRY PKODUOE EXPOKT COMPANY, LIMITED. 8 80 F. WA¥MOUTH, Secretary. ASHBURTON GALVANISED IRON WORKS. IN VIEW OB 1 A SUCCESSFUL HARVEST HARDLEY BROS. TT'AVE Just Landed a Large Consignment of HARVEST MATERIAL. HAY RAKES, FORKS, Etc., Etc., at SPECIAL PRICES. CIAIJL AMJD GITE US A IIHAI,: WE have also Jua Manufactured a Special Lino in TiDware, Oil feeds, Oil Bottles, Tea Bottles, Pannikins, Billies, etc., etc. *&r WANTED TO BUY — teOR/YL* I^EJA.!) IN ANY QUANTITY. HARDLEY BROS., WHOLESALE MANUFACTURERS OF SPOUTING, RIDGING, TANKS, Etc] PLUMBERS, TINSMITHS, & GASFITTERSj WOOL. WOOL. WOOL. I AM NOW MAKING Liberal Cash Advances Against Wool PLACED in my hands for SALE in ASHBURTON or ELSEWHERE. rjIHE CANTERBURY WOOITsALES have been fixed as follows, vlz: ---j Emam Sale - FEBRUARY 8 8 1899. Christchuroh Sale — FEBRUARY 10, 1899. \ and Bhall be glad to reoeiTe conßi«nments' Wool intended for me at Ohrtatohuroh Sales should be consigned to Cantebbuby Sbbd Company's Sidin«, Addington, account 1). Thomas. Wool intended for me, at Timaru Sales, please consign to Messrs GuiNNBSS AND LbUben, Timaru, account D. Thomas. FarmT S^lß^!!*o6o^^"^ll^? 1! 11118 f? f disP°Bing of Clips privately, either on the Farm or mmy Store. Clients will do well to give me notice wiien they are ready. Forfni Wf? \ ?Kftndl^ Oli 8> Twine» and other Requisites Supplied, feha SeiaSn Sheepekins, Fat, Hides, every alternate MONDAY throughout D. THOMAS Xolß* i.SJSBURT.ON. i



Henry Stephenson. j (successor to Alfred Hardsell.) { Established 20 years. AUCTIONEER, LAND ESTATE AND COMMISSION AGENT AND VALUER WEEKLY SALES of Live Stock Produce, Furniture, etc, EVERY SATURDAY, at 12 o'clock. Clearing Sales of Stock, Household Furni ture, etc., as per arrangement, in any part o the county, Advances made ou Goods placed in my bands for Sale* CHAFF, OATS, WHEAT, FLOUR, 1 SHARPS, BRAN, ONIONS, POTATOES SEEDS, etc., Sold Dally Id Large or Small Quantities, Agent: Norwioh Oulon Fire Insurance Company ft Dresden Pianoforte Manufacturing and Agency Company. PIANOS and ORGANS on time pay ments from $£On per month. HENRY STEPHENSON, AUCTIONEER Leitch and Richards, (Successors to W. F. Hannafosd), TINSMITHS, PLUMBERS, GASFITTERS, BELL-HANGERS, Eta. HOT and Cold Water Services laid on most approved plans. Estimates given for all kinds of work. N.B.—Competent workmen sent to any part on shortest notice. LEITCH & BICHABDS, BURNETT STREET. 1 220 81-GHLORIDE OF COLD CURE. DRINK HAD NEARLY DESTROYED IT I SUFFERED from an Insatiable Appe tite for Liquor. The Bi-Ohloride of Gom> Treatment cared me permanently. It Eradicates ALL Desire for Intoxicants. The desire will never return unless yon re cultivate it. No cure—no pay. Address : 81-CHLORIDE OF GOLD INSTITUTE, Aahly House, Rattray Street, Dunedia, 129 NEW CYCLE WORKS. W. McKnight] [B. McKnight Mcknight bros., (LAIE OF TIMARU AND CHRISTCHUBCH) "ARIEL" CYCLE WORKS, SAUNDERS' UUILDINGS, BEG to announce that they have Com menced Business as Cycle Experts, etc., and all work entrusted to their charge will receive their most Careful and Prompt Attention. Repairs Guaranteed. All kinds of Cycle Accessories in Stock. Agents for all the Leading Machines. mt Machines ENAMELLED and LINED any Color. Mcknight bros., A-Klfc^ OYCIL.IS WOKKS 179 Saunders'Buildings, Ashburton CHEAP MONEY! CHEAP MONfiY CHEAP MONEY IN SUMS JF £100 10 .£IO,OOO, ON COUNTRY, CITY, AND SUBURBAN FREEHOLD, Ab exceptionally low rates of interest. FOR FORMS OF APPLICATION AND FULL INFORMATION, Apply to the DISTRICT MANAGER, Christchuroh. J. H. RICHARDSON, Government Insurance Commissioner. SMOKE THE NEW! VENUS Dark Aromatic Rliag Tobacco. QQaE CELEBRATED & BEST BFAND MANOJfAOTDBED JfBOM OHOLCESD VIRGUNA LEAP 3 LOOK CHEAP "WINTER FIRING. NEW MOUNT SOMEBS COAL. OUTPUT has Trebled during the last twelve months. IT IS USED EVERYWHERE. This Coal is the Best and Cheapest Steam md Household Coal in the market. Used in the Woollen Factory and Canter bury Floor Mills. GIVES SPLENDID RESULTS WRITE FOR PRICES TO G. T. PARK, MOUNT SOMERS. " As electrioity is to a tallow candle " so is diamond jubilee tea to its competitors.— Agents—Shearman Bros., Ashburton W (E Doak, Mount Somers and Mayfield j James Gudsell, Tinwald. Smoke New Yeuus



nizr"^ I . . dunlop's r . i c , THIS . . _^^_____ j Smoke . J \— y IS THE . 3^ jsj Q j Y°U '' # i •- — - ,_ __rr=L A" I V% AN 1 . , TOBACCO ■ Tobacconists



:= PURE SEEDS. ~ T HAVE lately erected, regardless of cost, the most OOMPLETBi SEED-CLEANING PLANT south of the Line, and I now ask intelligent Farmers to inspect the same at work. I am now prepared TO OLEAN for Farmers any description of SEEDS AND GKAIN. and will guarantee to give them satisfaction, I can snpply best EYEGRASS, weighing fiom 26ibs to 44-lob to the bushel; and COCKSFOOT, locally grown, U&lbs to 16|ibs to the bushel also, best CLOVERS, dressed by my own machines, the purity of which must be seen to be appreciated. ALSO—HI7RST AND SONS BEST SNGLISL GLOVERS TURNIPS RAPE, LUCERNE, TRKhOiu, Etc. FENCING WIBE, BAUB WIRE, & STAPLES. The best quality on Sale. WANTED SHEEP FEED. WANTED|up till March, 1899, good young grass for 300 sheep.—-Apply DAVID THOMAS, ASHBFRTON MELLO R'S ZEALANDIA BOOT STORE ALWAYS TO THE FKONT. Tj^Oß GOOD CHEAP BOOTS AND SHOES WE STAND ALONE We do the Leading Trade, and we mean to keep it, NOTE OUR PRICES—Men's Good fehootere, 9s 6d; Children's Ankle Straps, la } Ladies' Pretty Shoes, 4s lid and 5s 6d ; Men's Good Bluchers, 4s lid. Thousands of other pairs at the same Cutting Prices. IF You want a GOOD EASY BOOT, one thab will stand the wear, be sure you go to MELLOR'S ZEALANDIA BOOT STORE, TANCRED BTREET, ASHBUBTDJ^ ASHBURTON FURNITURE WAREHOUSE- Great Cash Sale of TjiURNITUKE LINOLEUMS OARPETS BEDSTEADS BEDDING (JHAIRB :rugsj TOILKT WAJEfcJE In Ox-eat Variety. TEA AND DINNER SERVICES AT ALL PRICES. FANCY GOODS AT COST PRICE. LARGEST STOCKS. SLOWEST PRICES. AT T. H. UNDRILL & ; CO, CABINETMAKERS, UPHOLSTERERS, PICTURE-FRAMERS, & UNDERTAKERS TANCRED STREET, opposite Arcade, and next Building Society's Office} -— 20,000 =zr S'ORION" COOKING RANGES [IN USE IN THIS COLONY. THEY BURN LIGNITE, TRUE GOAL OR WOOD UP TO 24in NO SETTING"REQUIEED. With Stove Pipe can be worked out in the open. SPLENDID BREAD BAKERS. With Oast Iron or Copper Boilers. The Copper' Boilers are large and Tinned inside. REPAIRS ARE A MINIMUM. Made in all sizes, single or doable ovens. High or low pressure boilers: Sold by all Ironmongers, from whom Catalogues can be obtained, or from the maker, H. E. SHACKLOCK. SOUTHEND FOUNDRY, DUNEDIN. 631 gn| fflP^^^^^So^^^^^^^H Sir JM*^ £ASY TO ORIHK . ikSi 10 $WLSA. EASIVt THE BESV '; . s ■ — ' — —— ————- i as: ai, J. WILSON, IMPORTER OF HIGH-CLASS WALL PAPER S. "YTTE Have Just Landed a Large Variety of the Very Latest Designs in FA.INCSY GrJLiAWa*, including Mureneae, Figured, Rolled, etc. Ordinary WI]NI>Q"W" GLASS always in Stock ; also MIJRJEt,OI* GLAS^ 9 which we cut to any size. The following is a list o few Lines kept in Stock at our Warehouse, Corner of A read© Sc BEwrnet*SStreett t MIXED PAINTS WHITE LEAD LINSEED OIL! RED LEAD SCRIM HEMATITE RED RADDLE PUTTY TURPENTINE BLUE RADDLTS OPALS OAK VARNISHES STAINED \TABNISHES ENAMEL LAMP BLACK PICTURE MOULDINGS BRUSHES! ARTISTS COLOR. OILCLOTH FUR DADOES GOLD PAINT MAN



costume, who announced himself as the I master of the house, ntwv came out tc take charge of my trunk. I was, or fancied myself (as yon may have noticed), a quick judge of faces, and this peasant's face failed to commend itself to me. It was at once heavy and gloomy, while a scar at one comer of his mouth caused that feature to twist itself into a perfunctory grimace, gro tesquely at variance with Ms normal ex pression. In person he was much above the common size, and to judge by the ease with which he slung his heavy trunk over hia shoulder, he must have boon as strong as August der Starke himself, whose brazen statue domineers over the market place in Dresden. "Q-uten morgen, Herr Rudolphl" said J Slurk, hailing this giant affably. The two seemed to be on some sort of terms ' of comradeship, having perhaps struck j up an acquaintance during the previous negotiations for lodgings. I must say they looked to me to be a not ill matched pair. We alighted and were welcomed in with surly courtesy by Herr Rudolph. Kate, confessing to a headache, went at once to her room, whence she did not again emerge; Slurk disappeared into the kitchen regions with the landlord; Mr. Birchmore presently went out for a stroll before dinner, and I, finding my self thrown temporarily on my own resources, decided to make a virtue of my loneliness by writing some letters which had been long owing. I accord ingly groped my way up the darksome stone staircase and so along an eccentric passage io my room. I did not know then nor could I even now accurately describe tue arrange ment of rooms in that farmhouse. There were at least three separate passages, not running at right angles to one an other, but seeming to Wander about ir regularly, now and then turning awk ward corners, descending or ascending short flights of steps or eddying into a little cul de sac, with perhaps only & closet door at the end of it. The conse quence was it was nearly impossible to say whose rooni adjoined whose. It might be a long distance from one to another measured along the passage, and yet they might actually be separated only by the thickness of a wall. Where the fanner and his family slept I know not, but I have reason to believe that all our party, including Slurk, were accom modated upon the same floor. On opening the door of my room 1 found some one already there. This per son was a comely young woman, the farmer's daughter evidently, busy in the benevolent occupation of putting things in order. She had moved my trunk be neath the window, she had put fresh water in the ewer, she had straightened out the slips of drugget-on the rough board floor, she had placed some flowers in the window, and she was now en gaged in tucking a clean sheet on the bed. I said she was comely; on second look she was bettei than that. She was positively pretty, with the innocent, blond prettiness of some German peas ant girls. Her fair hair, smoothed compactly over her small head and wound up in a funny little pug behind, possessed a faint golden luster; her eyes were of as pure and serene a blue as any I ever looked upon; her smooth cheeks, slightly browned by much sunshine which had rested on them, were tinged with health ful bloom; her mouth might have been smaller, but the full lips were well shaped and there were white, even teeth bejiind them. Her figure, like that of most Saxon peasant girls of her age, was robust and vigorous; she wore a simple bodice and skirt, and her feet and legs were bare. Altogether, I thought her a very agreeable apparition, "Good morning, honored Herr Gains borough," she said gravely in Germaa as 1 entered. "Good morning, pretty maiden," re turned 1, gallantly. "You seem to know my name, though I don't know yours— what js it?" "I am called Christina. —Christina Ru dolph. It is some time since I have known Herr Gainsborough's name," she added. "Really! how comes thai?" I asked, by no means displeased. "The honored Hen 1 has been kind to a relation of mine—a very near rela tion," replied Christina, with the same gravity. "Havel? Tmglad to hear it! Was she as pretty as thou?" inquired I, ven turing upon the familiar form of ad dress. She blushed and answered: "It was not a woman—it was my brother." "Oh, thy brothetl And where did 1 meet thy brother?" "In Paris, Herr Gainsborough." "In Paris! Rudolphl What, artthon the sister of Heinrieh Rudolph, who lives in the Latin Quarter and is con sidered the cleverest jeweler in the city?" "Yes, honored Hen*," returned Chris tina, smiling for the first time and showing her pretty teeth and a dimple on either cheek. "My brother Heinrieh cut and arranged the diamonds in the parure of the honored Herr's mother." "So he did, Christina, and he did it better than any one except him could have done it. And so thou art really bis sister! How did he tell thee of me?" "He wrote to me while you were still in Paris and described the pretty stones, and told how Herr Gainsborough used to come and sit with him and see him work and talk a great deal with him." "Yes, he was well worth talking with. And I remember now that he said he was born in this neighborhood, and that he had a sister and a father living here. It was stupid of me not to have thought of that when I heard your name. Well, Christina, I'm afraid I wasn't of much use to him after all. I tried to get him customers but I knew very few people in Paris, and the only person I did suc ceed in introducing to him—By the way, it was this gentleman who is with me, now." "Herr Birchmore; yea, my brother spoke also of him," said Christina, her gravity returning. "But he did not speak of the young lady or of the serv ant." "No, I believe they weren't with him



(TO BE CONTINUED.) TO OYOLTSTS, LANDELLS & SON, ARIEL Express Cycle Works. BURNETT STREET, ASHBURTON Agents for the Leading Machines, viz. WHITE FLYER, (black or white frames) RUDGE-WHIT WORTH, RALEIGHS, 'akiel express, WAVERLEY'S, Etc. i Stampings and Forgings made on the premises. Trade supplied. AH Repairs by Experts- No slop work. Guns, Lawn Mowers, Pumps, Windmills, Sewing Machines, etc, a speciality. Steam Gauges repaired, tested, and regulated. j



CONTINUATION OJP S A L E. FURTHER RE'DUCTIQNS IN PRINT 3 & WASHING FABRICS. ALL MUST GO. FAST COLOR PRINTS, Good Patterns, 3£d and 4|d per yard. AH Linen Tabling 9|d per yard Special Prices in Flannellettes, G&lateae, ShirtiDgs, Towels, Cretonnes, etc. Double Width all Wool Serges, Choice Colorings, la 3d per yard, were 23. GENUINE EEDUCTIONS IN MEN'S & BOYS' CLOTHING, etc. Youth*' Tweed Trouser Suits, 12s 6d each Boys' Drill WashiDg Suits from 3s 6d Boyß* Caps, sd. Boys' Braces, 3^d. GENUINE lOR EVERYBODY, A. P. WILLIAMSON, TANORED BTEIEST,



I HAVE a Nice Line of LADIES' and GENTLE WEN'S., Roadster Bicycles on View, and am expecting a Consignment of the BAMBLEfi MODEL 26 RACING MACHINES, AT AN EARLY DATE. Cyclists intending to Purchase Racing Machines should not fail to call and inspect THE " NEW MODEL 26." The RAMBLER is declared to be the Easiest Running Machine on the Market, aod ie undoubtedly the Strongest and Neat est Bicycle Built. The RAMBLER, fitted with "G & J" Everlasting Detachable Tyres and Dunlop Valves, is without a doubt the Best Machine a Cyclist can ride. Accessories in Stock, Price Low for Cash. Eaßy Terms arranged to Suit Purchasers of the RAMBLER. D. THOMAS, WEST STREET.



ABT CLASSES. ETHEL X JONES, /CERTIFICATED art teacher, Canterbury \J College School of Art j Free Student Technical School of Design. Wellington ; Fapii of JamesM. Nairn, Wellington. Instructions given in all branches of Art, Painting from Life, and Sketching from Nature, in Oil or Water Colou-. For particulars apply to Mb John Wilson Arcade. 1 224 ""RAMBLER"" BICYCLES.



SAJNIXESft* JSc s»ons Euca lypti Extract. Under the distinguished patronage of His Majesty the King of Italy, as per communica tion made by the Minister for Foreign Affairs through the Conaul-General for Italy, at Melbourne, March 14, 1878. Awarded diploma at the Amsterdam Exhibition, 1883. Acknowledged by Medical Clinics and Universities ail over the Globe. There are imitations of Eucalypti Extract i la the market, products of simple distillation forming crude resinous oils. In order that these crude oila may not be taken, OUR PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI BXTEACT, which is recognised by the medical division of the Prussian Government to be of perfectly pure origin, as per information forwarded to us through the Consul at Melbourne, Maroh 2, 1878, we Bbftte s— It ia proved by tests by the Medical Clinics of the Universities at Bonn and Greifswald, Prussia, and reported by Dr. Schulz.Professor of Parmacologyy at Bon, and Professor Dr. Mossierj Director of the Medical Clinics at Greifswald, that only products that are saturated with oxygen and freed of acids, resinous and other substances, adherent to primary distillation, will develope the Sanative qualities proper to the plant AUcrude oils, or so called Eucalypti Extracts Are to be classed according to the named authorities, among the turpeacinee, which •re abandoned long since as an internal medicament. These crude oils, or so called Eucalypti Extracts, are discernible :— 1 By their deficiency in pungent odour— which our product, the only genuine Eucalypti Extract develops most freely through its surplus oxygen. 2 By their alcoholic thin and mobile appear anoe being reduced in specific density through fehe presence of acids. 3 By their taste, the result of the contracting tendency of resins and tennates. If these crude oils, so-called eucalypti extracts, are applied by mistake ia cases of croup, bronchitis, diphtheria, internal nflamations, dysentery, etc., the con sequences are most appalling. For safety lake ask always for SANDER & SON'S EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. — Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia. SANDER & SONS.



Psbhaps the most ominous thing in the condition of Jfrance at the present moment is the THE JEWS IN manner in which the ALGIERS. Government has al lowed 'lv-i Anti- Semitic movement in Algiers to get out of hand. The Anti-Juif, the organ of the Mayor of Algiers, M. Max Regis, lately organised a company of photo graphers to take snapshots of any ladies who bought things at Jewish shops. These photographs are to l»o enlarged and paced in the office windows, in order, of coutsp, to hold the ladies who deal with Jews up to popular odium. Another example of how the persecution of the Jews ia ac quieseed in by the authorities ia shown by the fo'lowing story:—Last March a French firm represented in Algiers ! by a Jew informed its ag>nt that, owing to the Anti Semitic agitation .there, it felt obliged to rescind its contract with him. " The agent went to law appealing for redress to the Montelimar Court, which, however, refused to admit his right to damages, * considering that it was a case of force majeure, and ordered him to pay the costs," As the Paris correspondent of the Times says, such incidents show that after seventy years of occupation the French have not improved on the government of the Dey.