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MINING

Dcnbdin April 18 Dredging refcnma—Hartley and. Riley 128oz 9d%fc, Enterprise I 40jz 2dwß, Central Mataura 30oz 17dwfc, Waimumu 30oz BdTt, Oharlton Greek 29az, Main Lead Hercules 230z, Royal Maori 23055, Gold Klng2Loz, Magnetic 21oz, Waimumu Extended 20oz Idwt, Endeavor 180 a Indwb, Waimuma Central 16oz 6dwt. Coal Oreek Flat 15oz 12dwt 6gr, Spec Gaily loos lOdwb, Central Oharlton I2os ldwt, Point DOr 12oz. Grevmouth, April 18 Additional reborns—Mokola (130 hoars) 250 a lOdwt, Cornwall (105 hoars) lloz, Grey Extended (115 honre) 7oz lOdwb DrjNEDitf, April 19 Today's Sales—QstUagban's Creek 10s 6d ; Gold King 69 91. Golden River 7s 61; H*lf>?ay Hoaae 13i 91. 13j 91, 14a; Junc tion Eleotrio2of 6d ; LsvUthan ordinary 2s, Mante Chriato 25* 6<i. 25a; No Town Oreek 25a 6d, 25s 6d, 26 <, 25i9i; Rise and Bbins 23i6L 23a 91, 24a, 243, 24? 3d; Upper Mignetio7*4|;d: Victory, 245; Wtiimama ixrt^nded 12«. Reburns—Globe 15oz Idwb, Lady Charl tioa7iz lOdwta, FUnkleburn Ama!c;amated 6 ?., Leviathan 95 z 17dwr, Molynenx Kohinoor 14oz 9dwt 12z^», Mosquilo I7ioz, Oallaghans Greek 46"z 12 Iwfc, Bieotrio 47ca l^wtj Magnebio 21.cz, Janotion Eleotric No 2 dredge 275.Z 18Jwb; laoh Valley 12 z

COMMERCIAL.

ASHBURTON GRAIN MARKET.

The following in the grain reporb for the week ending Friday, April 18,1902 t — Wheat—'The market has been ia a most excited condition ail through the week, hut closes with a muoh quieter feeling, New wheat ia not Sought after so much at it was, bat millers find they oannot do without some extra dry gcaln and therefore have to tUro thefr attention to any lines of old grain that em be found, holders of which naturally, ask very high rates. As high as 4* 4d on trucks here has been paid for a very prims line of oli grain, other sales, of mixed lines old and saw have been made at 4a, bub the value of /f.a q, milling lioei of new wheat may be set down ab 3a lOd to 3i lid on trucks here today O^ta—There has been lOme little demand for ooaBta! shipments, and farmers are working off damaged lines uoSe for South African trade, Prioes for feed lines of dieoolourad oat« being on an avaraga of Is 101 to la lid, per bushel. Hood bright linns of Duns and Danish meet with fair demand, and are salo&bta ab 2< Id, while short feed aro bringinp 2a 23. Very fsw milling are now b-'iugf ff'red, 2s 3d being ruling price. Oab Shaaf Chuff—Prime oat. sheaf ohaff is very scarce, and 623 6d has beon paid here, The ooncinued rains will have the effjob of destroying ueady all tha clover oropa which are now cut. A few paddocks have been caned, but so far reports state that their i« [bob libtb seed to be found in the heads.

CHRISICHURCH GRAIN MARKET.

(From our own Correspondent) Christohtjroh. April 18 The grain market generally ia still in an excised condition. Farmers are now offering wheat very freely, bnb are declin* inn offers of 4i afc cetmtry stations for prime milling, feeling confident that higher prices will rale. News ie to hand that a consignment of Galirornlan wheat has been purchased, and will check the pHces rising to exorbitant figures. The Millars' Association raised the price of flour in 2001b bags to £10 10a, pollard bo £5, bran to £4 63, and oatmeal to £14 pec 1 ton, Oata are very firm, partly owing to 1 the operations of Melbourne buyers who have contracts to fiil for South Africa. Nothing ia doing fn barley. Potatoes are selling at from £3 to £3 4s at country stations, with a moderate demand. Onions are selling at £3 5a to £310s,

TIMARU GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKET.

(From Oar Own Correspondent) The markets are aH presoat a good deal unsettled, and bhe wheat market) especially la nob co firm &9 ib was last week. Wet paddocks and occasional showers atill retard threshing operatioss, bub a fair quantity fa oow eoflsiok <bo hand by road, and wheat is now up to $a, Misquotation being on trucks at ooanbry Itabions sooth of Timaru. For northern stations the prloe is 4i on tracks ab Timaru, this difference being due to southern millera who are abort ot supplies drawing on eUUocs to the north of us, Taken alto. d&A^fe, there ia nob much prime wheat on offer* X%e new*, on good authority, that a shipment of iso® tons of £bur ie on its way from America, has crooked the market. The fbur is for delivery in Panedia and Auckland, and this faob rebounds on our market, oheoking ib for the time being, faw Hues of prime oats are on offer, and quotations are unaltered, namely 2i l£d to 2s 2d in sacks, gj gd jbo 2s 2£d in ,QOlb oags oa traoks at Timaru. There is not a bushel of barley offering, and quotations arp nominal, feed 2* 61 to 2s S3, malting 3a to 3s 91. Potatoes are worth about) B% per ton, aacka found by buyer?, »6 country station?. The marked ia altrost bare, and the outlook for growers good,

CLEARING SALE.

The New Zealand Farmers' Oeoperafclve Association held a otear^ae sale at their West! Street premieea today, ob ftooouat of Mrs Amos, who has leased her farm. The folkwljjGt are the prioes:— Implements—D Jr Plough So9i chaf cutter £3; whare £18 12a 6d; leading ehaias S,<Js tp JL7e ( 6i.; plough ohsins 7s 6 1 to 10s 6J. Hor««a—Bay fiola ing aged, £26 ; b»y gelding 4 years, gss I black geldiDg, £49; chestnut msr;■', 8 y*»f» £31. On sosounb of another cheat 2> bay ladings £21 and £29 10s

Asgburton Guardian MAGNA EST VERITAS ET PRÆVALEBIT SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1902.

The cable news we publish today with reference to the peace negotiations appear to indicate that there Is a pro spect of terms being Bhortly agreed to. The suggestion that the British con template rebuilding the farm bouses, and re-stocking the farms of the Boers, does not seem to promise a settlement that will meet with general approval throughout the Empire, The British have in the past been quite alone in having on several occasions been will ing, if not to surrender some of the fruits of victory, at least to forego their right to an indemnity from the vanquished for the coat of war, Other nations have almost invariably exacted this, and the abstract justice of doing so in the case of the Boer war, which was forced upon the Umpire, cannot be questioned. But if the devastation which the war has wrought through* out the late South African republics be admitted aa a sufficient reaton why »wealthy power like Great Britain should forego any suoh cUim, there does not appear to be any valid reajon why those whose losses have been brought upon themselves by their own acts should Have them made good by the victors, who have alre»dy suffered enough at their hands. Even if our countrymen were willing to look over, and forgot the heavy losses which have boen enUiled upon them by the ambi tion and obstinacy of the South African Dutch, and to forego any claim for a nation«l recompense, what will the loyalists in South Africa think of the proposal to re-instate the Boers and Free Staters on the farms of which they have been justlr dispossessed 1 And must it not follow that all the loyalists who have lost so heavily in this war will have to he compensated also! That is to say that the British taxpayer would have to make good all thn damage done during the war by the victor, is well as by th» vanquished, an extraordinary condition of things that could only be brought about on the one baud by defeat, or on the othor by exaggerated sonti ment. This last has already caused the prolongation of the war, and the loss of thousands of lives of our fellow countrymen; the unprecedented leni ency of the British, and their deter mination not to employ their formid able Indian troopa against the Boera, having undoubtedly encouraged the lat ter to persevere much longer than they would otherwise have done* There can be no doubt that the bulk of the people of Great Britain, and practically all in the Colonies will oppose the re instatement of the Boers in South Africa at the expense of the Empire, unless in cases where it can be proved beyond doubt they have not been in arms against ua. We have had quite sufficient experience of the South African Dutch to know that they would, with returning prosperity, ra new their schemes against British supremacy. If the Boera and Free Staters who , have been captured in arms against us have got to be pro vided for, it would be better to settle { them in some other part of the British dominions where they would be hopelessly outnumbered by* loyal Brit ish subjects, and where they woa!d be powerless to do any more harm. Bat to return them to South Africa, which is already seething with hatred of the British, and where there must be still great stores of arms and ammunition hidden away, does not seem to be a policy dictated by prudence or humanity.

Local and General.

A Lotatiu— A man was arrested by Constable Fry last night on a charge of being a dangerous lunatic. He was brought before the Court this morning, and committed to the Snnnyside Asylum. Pobtbaits to thb Fallen—Porbraiti of the late Troopers Stephens and Bruce and Corporal Upton have been executed at Halma's Studios to the ord«r of the War Fund Committee, and have been bung in the Reading Room of the Public Library, Hampstbad Town Boabd Meeting—The meeting of the Hampstead Town Board, which wns bo h*Te been held iaiS nighb, lapsed for want of a quorum. Firs—A few nights ago Mr Alex Jamie son, farmer, Dromore, had the misfortune to lose a staok of oats by fire. The o»ts were not Insetted, and there la no clua ao far as to the origin of the fire. Codhty Wate# Baoss—The Aahburton Ccunty Council notify that the water will be Jbcfc off Id tho water races on the dates Eauiioned in the advertisement in another Mlninn, to enable oooupiers to effect a H&r&ugh clearance of bheir raoos to original Vptlie; and dimensions.

A Wastes oe Tims—OFten we have noticed cyciieta, wasting their time in walking, simply because they have no lamp. Messrs Oates, Lowry and Co have lauded so enor mous assortmenb of cycling capei, lamps, obeap mudguards, etc, etc, and their Aahburbon branch 9r« selling st exactly same prioas as the Ghristohurcb[shops. ' Surprise PAiiy—On Thursday, April 17th, a aurpriae party waited on Mr Alex Bennett, Riverside, thepromoberi doing all in their power to add bo the leisure hoati Muaio was Bispplied by Messrs Coohrane, Anderson, and rfbephenson. Mr T Ooohraue gave a hornpipe, and several sonff aolos at intervale. Bf r Ate? Wljaon, wjth his eomio antics, was very interesting. &a abund ance of gpod things werp provided j after Hinging 4u}d Langeyne, tbe yialtor? ad* oarued.

FooWAXft —A- Committee meeting p, J the Pirates Football fc Olub was held in MoOownell's rooms last avoning, Ikere was a fall attendance present, and the Captain (Mr D Wilson) occupied the chair. Correspondence was read from Messrs D Thomas, E F Nlcoll, W H Dardis, Dr Bolger, JOK Grig?, and J Lans, accept ing positions as offioerb of the Club, and enclosing donations towards the Club's ,funda. The secretary was instructed fco write, thanking these gentlemen for accepting positions and for their handsome donations towatds the^Club's fande. From W J Lewi*, accepting position of delegate fco S oß> U, and stating that the Senior flag draw would take plage on Thursday next. From J P Kalaug&er, {protaro of SOBM, re Senlotf flag competition. From Timaru Football Club, re match on 3rd June, As a fixture has already been arranged for this day, fche Secretary wag I lnsliEsptja^ to reply accordingly. Mbssm Hojzg, $ Oolllna.-IJ^thcote, and Dlcken* son were elected members o^ pke Club, It was decided to write expressing; tiae Club's deepest sympathy with B£r Sharplin and family in the death of their sod, Ben, .who was a prominent footballer. A vote of thanks tb t|'e chair, and the meeting terroinated,

Thb Bbassßand—We understand that Mr John McL»chlati, MHR, ha* forwarded a donation of two guinea* to the funds of the Aehburton Brass Bind.

Weather Forhoast •— Captain Edwin wires :—Moderate winds from between south went and sooth and southeast gUgg rise; frost tonight,

Masonio-Member* who intend visiting Lodge Rakaia, on Wednesday evening next, j when, the installation of the W W will take place, are requested to hand in their names nob later than Monday to Brother James ' Mollor, P M, Thb Poultry Sooibtit—The annual meeting of the Ashburton Poultry Seclety, which was to have been held last evening, lapsed, only five gentlemen putting in an appearance, viz, Messis Breez°, 8 Stephen*, De Beer, Berryman, and Christian. Wbstpobt Coal tor *hb Nay? —Messrs Saott, Fell and Company, of Sydney, have secured the Admiralty contract for the carriage of 44 000 tons of Westporfc coal to Hongkong, The Oharterahouie now loading in New Zealand, take* the first cargo. A BORNHAM ESCAPEK IMPRISONED—A Press Association teln^ram from Wellington states that Herbert J Fresllng, an escapee from the Bare ham Industrial Sohool, has been sentenced by the Chief Justice to eight month* imprisonment for breaking and entering, and theft at Masterton, A Notablh Visitor—The Rev J Dawion, President of the New Zealand Alliance, is announced to deliver a temperance lecture on Monday night, at the Primitive Metho dist Church, Wills street* Mr Dawson has a colonial reputation as a publio speaker, and especially on the subject of no-lioenßß he is said to be forceful and p3rsaasivei Dairying—Ab a meeting of the directors of the South Ciniierbnry D*iry Company it was decided to increase the price to be paid for butter f*t from 9i to 9^i per lb from May Ist, and to increase mto lOd per lb from June Uu As a result of the increased demand for pasteurised milk ia Tlmara it was decided to ran an additional delivery cart,

Elocution—At the weekly meeting of the Baring Square Mutual Union, Key Thos. Fee gave an instructive address on 'Etooution.' There was an excellent attend anoe of members, and the method in whioh Mr Fee dealt with the subjeot alloted to him, was much appreciated, especially the selections ohoeen for specimens of how, and how not, to recite. A «hort conversation followed. The subjoot for next week i* 'Fellowship,' to ba introdnoed by Mr Buxton.

j Pkesentahon to a Tkoopbk— Trooper 3 Breach, of Rakaia, was yesterday presentad with ft pair of field glasses and a silver wriat watch, subscribed for by some of the residents of Rakaia and the neighbourhood. The presentation was made ab the Addington citnp by oae of the oldest residents in Rakaia, who wished him God speed and a safe return, Bible Society—A fc the meeting of the British and Foreign Bible Society Com mitfcee, held on Thursday night, Mr Chas. Dlxon, who has held the office of treasurer to the local auxiliary for the last twelve months, wished, in consequence of pressure of other dntiei, to be relieved of his office. Mr M Priest was unanimously elected to the position, and collectors for the Society are asked to note the change.

Wesleitan Choir—The annual general meeting nf the Wealeyan Church ohoir was held on Friday evening, Mr J W Baker in the chair. The report and balance sheet were read »ud passed. Votes of thanks were given to the organist and planish and out going officers. The following officers were elected for the coming; year : — Conductor— Mr E Undritl; Secretary—Mr G EFC*r«on ; Treasurer—Mr J Thomas ; Librarian—Mr J W Biker; Oommifctee—Misses E Jones, B Aloorn, and L Rattray, and Messrs Humph ries and Biggins. The company then prooeeded to enjoy themselves with pirlor gfttnee, sad songs were given by Miss B Aloorn, Mr J Hay mac, Mr E Manchester, and Mr G H Garion, after which refresh ments were handed round, and a very enjoyable evening was brought to a close, TAltiORlNOt-Mr Karr, one of the leading j cutters for Strange and Company's tailoring i department (Ohrlstohuroh), will be In attendance at the Ashburton agency of the firm (Mr SaDdrny'e), from 11 am today (Saturday,) 195n lost, to 'fits on' ths nriers already entrusted to him, and to book lieih orders. BSrange and Company's tailoring is deservedly popular, and while all commissions are executed is a atyle befitting tha reputation of this popular house the prloea are most reasonable.-— (Advt.) The Latkst Consignment. —I have just landed a shipment of Rudge-Whltworth bicycles, also all cycle requirements for the winter, including the latest styles of gas, oil, and oandle lamps; also Bluemel's and HaHaboae mudguards. Inspection invited. —R. D. Johnston, Burnett street, Ash burfconi A Novelty—The Khaki bioyole is now being fitted with the two-speed gear hub, whtoh not; only gives tree wheel, but has the ! additional advantage of allowing the rider to change his gear ati will from a low to a higher gear whilst riding, and can be in speoted at Best and Towne'a, Sauoders' Building*. ;.

News in Brief.

MrXOkvlil, junr, atmouaeei that be ia prepared to out chaff ab oatrers'o rates. Orders may be left with Mr J Elliots, ooal merchant An election of two members of the Anama Koad Board wiil be held on Monday, May, sth. Nominations are due on Friday, April 25th* An dleobion of fawo members of the South Rakaia Road Board will be held on Monday, May 6th* Nominations olose on Monday, April 28oh MrD fEhomaa will hold his next Horse Fair on Thursday, May 22nd. He is now receiving entries for this fixtnra.

A social will take plaoo in the Newlands Sohool on Monday evening next), 21st ia&ft An Advertisement appears elsewhere. The Canterbury L»nd Board has had to notify some of his tenant* that they must abstain from further exoetiira cropping. A Danedin telegram abates that about ISO people have booked passages there ab different times for the Coronation festivities. One paddock of oats belonging to Mr J Holmes, Fortroae, last) week stsreahed out 116 bushels to the acre*

Mr James Tarubull, archifcoofc, Tlmarn, invites tenders for extensive addhlons and alterations to tho Ashburton Hogpitftl. lenders close on Wednesday, April 30th. It is reported th&b a Mataura rpsldent who went out shooting early lasb week baa not been seen since, and that searuh parties have failed to find any traos of him.-— A', the iftßt meeting of the (Sore branch of jbhe farmers' Union It was decided fshat the ratfjof wages for ordinary harvesting and threshing bands nhould bo Qd per hour aad found ; rates for threehlnß, §s per |0Q bushels for oaba and ga for wheat. Mr W Stonyer aanounoea that a trial of the new Colonial double spring tiued culti vator, and bh« latest) English Ransoms Spring felned Cultivator will be held at Mr M Sne«n»n'B farm, Newbown, near Sakaia, on Thursday next ab 2 pm. Mr Stonyer aleo notifies thab ha has in shook in his dep6fc, Tanored street, Drills, Rtdgers, Pioagbs, Harrows, and all kinds of farm Implements 3877 Acres of the Shepherd's Bosh Estate. Ruapuna, is for sale privately. The prioe is low and the terms are easy. All partiou- Tars may bo had on application to the Nabidnd Mortgage and Agenoy Company or Anyone wtntiog winter footwear fasb now should aob f»i! to pay a visit bo D Stook's Blue Boob Store. We nobios thab he is now showing new $oods ia warm cosy slippers, telb Haed footwaar, afternoon and evening shoes, eto. We feel sore that a glanoe a*) the, window display of the little Blue Store will coa«lnoa anyone thab the premises are •bbakea with the most complete and up to datfa asiortm»hb in Aihburton;

Rowley's Waxworks

Considering the iooiement state of the weather there was a fair attendance at the Oddfellows' Hall last night, when Rowley's Waxworks were open far the sixth night. There were fourteen entries in the Cat Show, and the audienoe had a difficult task in selecting the beßtt Six boyt entered in the tea drinking competition, which provoked much amusement. All the performer* went through their item* well, and had to respond to vociferous enoores. A ma&inee will be held tonight, when the full stage performance will be given, in addition to various oom* petition* for children! The Company makes its last appearance tonight, when an entire change of programme will be presented. A Beauty Show and waltzing competition are also announced, for whioh valuable pr'zss will be given.

HIGHBANK.

(From our own Correspondent) The weaoher still continues very unsettled for all farm work. The threshing milts work one day, and are then idle for a few day*. One mill only wo-ked thirteen days in four weeks. Bub while other farm work is stopped, the sheep feed ia growing wonderfully, and if the frosts will keep away fora while, the sheep will get in good condition to stand the winter, and should benefit at next lambiDg time. Ala) nexb year's orops will be bene fited by the reoent rains soaking the subcoil, sb it has not done for several years past, and ridding the land ot the grass grub and other insect peste. Thus our lots of a few wheat sheaves on the top of staoks this season should be a lon# way more than made up to us. The,meeting of the Domain Board waa held on Monday evening, and ii> was decided to Improve the property by ereoting now gates and fences, Mr Davis' resignation was accepted with regret, and Sir H Bond was elected chairman in his stead. It was decided to ask Mr Riohards tio allow himself to be nominated as a member of the Board, The meeting of the Library Committee waa held on Wednesday evening, when it was decide! to make another purchase of books for the Library ab cnoe. On Friday evening a soaial and danoo wai held in the sohool to bid farewell to the schoolmistress, Mis* Simpson, who is leaving to take a school in Taranaki. Miss Simpson has baen here about three year*, and was well liked. She was preeented with a hand some lady's (ravelling bag by the parent* and friends. Mits Simpson suitably replied) The sohool children are making their presentation to her on Monday.

Oddfellows' Conference.

United Press Asaootation—By Eleotrio Telegraph Wellington, April 18 The Manchester Unity Conference decided today to appoint a parliamentary agent to watch the proceedings of the Legislature. The contribution to the sick and fnneral fund was fixed at a farthing per annum per member, and to the Managements expenses at Is 61 per quarter. A uniform soale of contributions for all lodges was adopted. The Conference is still engaged on ft discussion of the dratb rales. The fol lowing new rule hah been adopted ;-—Every district shall Insert In its rules the tables, contributions and benefits fixed by the movable committee, by which lodges In such' districts shall be governed.

CABLE NEWS.

United, Press Association—By Electric Telegraph —Copyright THE BRITISH LOAN, London, April 18 The Times state* that the loan is already subscribed fifteen fold. QUEEN WILHBLMINA. The Hague, April.lß Qaeen Withelniins, is still feverish. There is mach anxiety, thongh it is hoped the crisis is passed, THE DUTIES ON FOOD STUFFS Ottawa, April 17 A movement is afoot in Canada to instruct delegates to the forthcoming Imperial Conference in London to secure the exemption of Colonial food stafts from Imperial taxation, RUSSIA AND CHINA. London, April 17 Farther fighting has taken place between Basaians and 800 Chinese robbers, between Mukden and Kirin. Only thirty of the robbers escaped. AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA.

Letters from Russia reveal a deep rooted movement against the autocratic Government. The army is disaffected, and the troops refused to fire upon the strikers at St. Petersburg, Moscow, and Tola. The Czar is inclined to modera tion, bat it is reported that M, PobiodonostzefF, and other members of tho Council of Ministers of the Empire, i prevent the Ozir from realising the desperate condition of the country: AFFAIRS IN IRELAND. London, April 18 In the House of Commons, Mr Redmond protested against the re application of the Crimes Act in Ire lynd. Mr Wyndham replied that the Executive were determined to grapple with the boycotting which was per sistently increasing, filling the people with brooding apprehension, AFFAIRS IN CHINA. Renter's Agency abates that tha Kw&n' tv rebels hold thirty towns and are armed with Mausers, They declare the revolt U intended to overthrow the Manchn dynasty and established a Chinese Em' peror over the provinces of Kwanghi, Kwelshan, and Kwangtnng, residing at Canton. The rebels do not molest Westerners. SMALLPOX. Sydney, April 18 Two oub of seventeen of the crew of the Indradelr which was quarantined, when she arrived have developed smallpox. RISE IN PRICE OF MEAT. Melbourne, April 18 Owing to the scarcity of fat stock, the price of beef has been raised a penny and mutton a halfpenny per lb. CLAIM FOR SALVAGE The owners of the tug Champion were awarded£s92* for salving the Port Patrick £1350 being distributed amongst the crew.

The Belgian Strike.

Brussels, April IS Vandervelde, the chief Socialist leadar in Belgium, asserts that three hundred thousand workers have struck. The Premier, ia the Chamber of Deputies, said the demand fur revision of the constitution was premature. The Government could not accept universal suffrage at any price. The Socialists predict that the Go vernment's attitude will produce civil war. The Chamber votes upon the quee tion of revision today.

SOCIAL COLUMN.

The matter included in this column is contributed and paid for.]

Ths Food of tfce Strong:

Strength is the result of the proper i digestion of wholesome food. We get strength for oar v?ork not from the quantity of food we eat, but from what we digest, Borne persons eat a large quantity, and yet are weak, because ] their food is cot' properly digested, i Others take a small quantity and yet are strong, because they digest their food. It is what a man digests that i develops him. In selecting foods having the high est nutritive value, two things should be considered—the nutritive value of the material and its suitability to de velop the body, and its digestibility For example, take the grains and leguminous seeds; they have a nutri tive value varying from 84 per cent and a small fraction to 31 and a small fraction, giving an average nutritive v»lue of 85 per cent. Rice is the most nourishing of them all (87 per cent.) Lean mutton has a nutritive value of 28 per centjlean beef, 28 per cent. 'But/ you say, •I am surprised to learn that j lean beef has a nutritive value of only 28 per cent, Is it possible that lib of j bread has a higher nutritive value than lib of beef? 1 That is what ehenai- | cal analysis tells us, and chemical analy-1 sis is the best test in the matter The egg has almoat as much QUtri r tive value as beefsteak ; but in oatmeal and rice we have » nutritive value three times as great; in other words lib of rice, lib of cornndeal, lib of rye meal, lib of beans, or lib of lentils is worth 8 lbs of beef; or, in fact, is equal f n value to 3lbs of any other sort of meat. If we take fish, the value of these articles is four times as great lib of rice being worth 4lbs of fish The same is true of the nutritive value of peas and beans. Dr Hall, in fitting out the Polaris expedition to the North Pole, took with him foods having the highest nutritive value (that was one of the things to which he gave the greatest study), foods whioh in the smallest balk af forded the largest amount of nutri-^ ment; When the men had reached a temperature of 40 degrees below zero (at the highest point that had been reached), fcney were obliged to abandon their sledges for a while, and travel on foot, carrying their food upon their backs. So it was necessary for them to have the most highly concentrated food. I was interested in the account of the things which Dr Hall pat in his knapsack for this occasion. One day he sat down on a glacier to eat his dinner, with the temperature many degrees below zero, and with a terrific hurricane blowiog, and of what do you think the dinner was composed 1 Simply a certain kind of biscuit. Why ? Because in those biscuits there was more strength, more muecle.making and more nerve-making elements, than in anything else he could eat. We have in wheat the best assort ment of nutritive elements in any food. It requires for nourishment one part albuminous elements to about seven parts carbonaceous elements* This is the right proportion. We can* not live on albumen alone ; a person would starve to death on the white of eggs. We have in wheat flour 10.8 per cent albuminous element and 52.6 percent carbonaceous element—-almost one p»rt albuminous to nearly seven parts carbonaceous, which is about right. In rice we have a little excess of carbonaceous element, but we can get along with that by eating more food containing elements which make adipose tissue. It is clear, then, that if one is to eat for strength, basing his eating upon the nutritive value of foods, he must cboose grains and leguminous seeds. He will find in them the greatest nut ritive valae.

These results agree with what we find in Nature and in the world at large, The strong and the hard* working people of the world are not " beef-eaters." But you may say that the English are beef eaters. It is the peasants, however, who are the hard working people of England, and they do not eat beef, as a rule. It is the English lord who eats the " roast beef of old England;" but the man who does the hard work and raises beef for others to eat, does not eac much meat,

I took pains to look into this matter a few years ago. I went into the Black Country, where I saw women and children making brick. The women would carry great loads of it, and I saw a boy, ten or fourteen years old, with a cnasa of olay on his head. I watched him while at work, and saw the little fellow go up to the clay b?d, plunge his hand into it, get a handful and throw it np to the wall, where it would stick. Then he would dive into the clay bed again and get another handful of clay and throw it up against the wall, and it would stick there. He kept doing this until there was a great maei of olay on the wall, sticking out into the air. He then made a hole through it with his fist, ran his arm into the hole, and pulled the entire maas on hie head and walked off with it. When he had put it down, I asked him how much it would weigh. " It's almost as large as you are," said I, " Lift it and see," said be, I lifted it, put it on the scales, and it weighed exactly IHlba. The boy did not get a taste of meat oftener than once a week. The peasantry of England cannot afford to eat beef. Why ? When a man has to work hard a whole week to earn twenty shillings, and has a wife and half a dojjen children to support, and hks to pay one shilling a pound for beefsteak, while he can get peas and boane for three halfpence a pound, and oatmeal at the same rate, and each pound of either of these foods is worth 31bs of beef (thus mak ing lib of oatmeal worth three shillings) be cannot afford to eat meat. On Sundays they have a soup bone or something of that sort for dinner, but that is all the meat they get during the week. So it is not the working people, even in beef eating England, that eat meat.

When I was in England I took a diligence and went out into the country, where I found the peasants living in their native way. One' day I wen* from Naples into the country, 'anji found an obscure place on the border of a lajte. 4 too|? IqucJj with a Uttle

family living there, and found it very I easy to make a hygienic meal. Thai food of the family was composed ofl beans, brown bread, eggs, macaroniJ and a little fruit. That is what thM people live on altogether, except occa*fl siionally a little fish. ■ Let as look at the other phase of thifl rub}< ct—the digestibility of food, Arfl tides of foed may bo exceeding)! nourishing, yet at the same time haifl very little food value; The natritiiM value of pork, for instance, is 61 pH cent, bat this does not necessariH represent the food value of por^J because we mast consider not only thfl nutritive value of an article of foo^| bat also its digestibility, in order tfl arrive at its true food value ; and pofl is very hard of digestion. It requirH five hoars and fifteen minutes ffl stomach digestion alone. Now Ist fl take rice as a fair sample of grafl foods. Its nutritive value is 87 pfl cent, and the time required for digesticl is one hour—great nutritive value a,nl quick digestion-—a rare combinatiofl just what is needed for high food vatuH There is a great deal of difference bfl tween one hour and five hours atfl fifteen minutes. Here is an article fl foodhavingamuchhighernutritivevaliM than pork, and yet it digests in an houl sind then leaves the stotnaoh; it pttssfl into the small intestines, is digest A and absorbed, and goes immediate! into the muscles, tissues, nerves, «nfl blood, where it can be ÜBofal, Bil pork is left sticking by the rib, up ifl the stomach, undergoing indigestto rttber than digestion, Ag»in,, tak roast duck, which requires four houi nod thirty minutes for digestion, an yet hie a nutritive value of onJf 26 p« cent. Fear hours are required for tb digestion of lean beef. There is difference of three hours in the time< the digestion of these articles—article having t nutritive value of only one third that of rice, and yet requirin three times as long for digestion. The oyster h«B a nutritive value s small that it is hardly worth speakinfl of, only 14 per cent and yet it requires three hoars and thirty minutes foil digestion—three times as long as ill required for rite. 1 Rice is so easily digested that it is! ordinarily termed 'light diet,' and yet ifcl is the most strengthening. So called I hearty food is simply fod that i« hard] to (iigoßt. There is another fact which we most take into cone'deratioa in this direc tion, and that is the rapid increase of the human race, which is so great that the time mast B"oa come, when, v * rale, man mast eat such food as he can get most easily and with the least ex pense. At the present rates at which the world is becoming populated, it will not be many centuries, perhaps not one century, before the geeat pasture lands of ths Woßt will all bo occupied, and the pasture lands of other countries I will bfl ocenpied for other purposes. Ay present England cannot produce heed enough for Englishmen to eat. It Hi raised in Canada, Ireland, and on the Western plains of America. England is even now drawing upon all the world for beef for its inhabitants; When Amerioa ia populated as England is, wher* is England going to get her beef 1 When North and South America cease l;o export beef, what are oar English beef eaters going to do ? The time will come to America, just as it has oome to England, if the population con tinues to increase, when we shall have no beef to export. What will Eng land do when other countries keep their beef at home for their own in habitants to eat ? By and by each of these countries will come to the same condition as that of England and Gbiaa China cannot export any beef. Japan does not export any beef. These densely populated Asiatic countries cannot export food; they cannot raise this kind of food, for they have no room for it, M. de Lesgepa, the successful con* structor of the Suez Canal, and * the unsuccessful projector of the Panama Oanal, observed that the labourers op« on the Suez Canal were vegetarians j they lived almost wholly upon barley bread. He observed that they could do bard work, and work which labour i ers who lived on meat oould not do. IHe was thug led to look into the | question, and the consequence was that he became a vegetarian. He publish ed an article some time ago upon the subject, in which he stated how muoh land was necessary to produce a pound of corn at second hand ; that is, in the form of beef. He found that it re quired forty timaa as much land to produce corn in the second-hand form of beef as it does to support the man who lives on food at first hand. 7ery likely this estimate is somewhat ex aggerated, but there ia a good deal in it. The oonsequence is that when a country becomes densely populated, it will be necessary that the people of that country be largely vegetarians. lam quite confident that the bill of fare fifty years from now will be largely composed of fruits, grains, and nuts, and that meat will appear in « eery small way indeed.— Good Health,

Interprovincial.

Christchuroh, April 18 The Acting Premier saw several depu tations shortly atter his arrival, bob all dealt with arrangements for the send off of the Contingent. There will b« abso lutely no alteration in the programme already fixed. With reference to the cable dealing with the extension of the Pacific Cable to Honolulu, Sir J Ward stated that the Cable Board had consulted the Govern ment in the matter, and the Minister was , agreeable, bub required further informa tion regarding the proposal as to persons behind Ib, and also want an assaranoe that the connection cable with the United States will not have the effect of diverting any traffic from the Pacific cable proper. ': Nilson, April 18 The City Council hats deferred appointment of ao export with regard go the drainage sohemo for a week, when a ballot will be taken. The choice lies between Meiarfl Mestayer and 'Leslie Reynold*. Ib ii estimated that to complete the scheme will cost about £40,000. BtfNKDiN, April IB A claim for compensation, arising out of a fatality on the Government Lime Kiln at Danback, came before the Su« preme Court today, when Eliz»beth Murray, widow, claimed £1000 damages for the death of her husband. An appli j cation was made for the adjournment of the trial owing to the absence of a iuater|al witness for the Crown, "j^na order w,aa. granted for tt>e. adjournment on condition, that the Crown m^de an interim payment, to ' the plaintiff' of £25& under the Workers' Compensation for Accidents Act, alf the pkiotiff'a rights being Urftj onem.

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