not to overawe, for that idea is prepos terous—but to strike—strike quickly and hard, and continuously, remember ing that, as Lord Beaconsfield said, England is capable of bearing the strain of more than one campaign. If Russia enters Constantinople, so much the better ; the reaction will be quicker and more effective than if it were possible for her to be moderate in the seeming, and only seeming, hour of her success and triumph.

ELEPHANTS AS TIMBER CARRIERS.

“ One of the great industries' of Bur mah,” says Dr. Field, “is the timber trade. The teak wood, which is the chief timber cut and shipped, is very heavy and requires prodigious force to handle it; and as the Burmese are not enough advanced to use machinery for the purpose, they employ elephants, and bravely do the noble beasts perform their task. In the timber yards, both at Rangoon and at Moulmein, all the heavy work of drawing and piling the logs is-'done by them. I have never seen animals' showing such intelligence and trained to such docility and . obedi ence. In the yard that we visited there were seven elephants, five of w'hich were at that moment at work. Their won derful strength came into play in mov ing huge pieces of timber. I did not measure the logs, but should think that many were at least twenty feet long and a foot square. Yet a male elephant would stoop down, and run his tusks under a log, and • throw his trunk over it, and walk off with it as lightly as a gentleman would balance his bamboo cane on the top of his finger. Placing it on a pile, he would measure it with his eye, and if it projected too far at either end, would walk up to it, and, with a gentle push or pull, would make the pile even. “ If a still heavier log needed to be moved on the ground to some part of the yard, the mahout, sitting on the elephant’s head, would tell him what to do, and the great creature seemed to have a perfect understanding of his master’s will. He would put out liis enormous foot and push it along, or he would bend his head, and/ crouching half way to the ground and doubling up his trunk in front, throw his whole weight against it, and thus like a ram would “ butt ”■ the-log into its place ; or, if it needed to be taken a great distance, he would put a'chain around it and drag it off behind him. The female elephant especially was employed in drawing, as having no tusks she could not lift like her big brothers, but. could only move by her power of traction or attraction, then using her trunk as deftly as a lady would use her fingers,, she would untie the knot 'or unhitch the chain and return to her master, perhaps putting out her trunk to receive a banana as a reward for her good' conduct.- It was a very pretty sight, and gave us a new idea of the value of these noble creatures and of-the way in which they can be trained for the service of man.”

TELEGRAPHIC.

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LATEST FROM EUROPE.

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London, April 15. Consols and discounts are unchanged; New Zealand 4 *4 per cent loan, 103. Adelaide wheat, 60s to 625; flour, 4is to 435. Arrived—Lusitania from Victoria. The exhibits are now all ready for the Paris Exhibition.

AUSTRALIAN.

Melbourne, Wednesday

Sailed—Tararua, via Hobart Town, for the Bluff, on Tuesday. Albion, for Hokitika, on Wednesday.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Auckland, Wednesday.

A miner named Michael Collins, at Coromandel, has received a letter from London solitors, announcing that he is heir to a fortune of

In the case of Arthur v. Waikato Steam Navigation Company, a claim f° r £s°° damages for injuries received from failing down the hold through alleged negligence of defendants, nine of the jury were in favor of awarding no damages. The judge held this to be a verdict for defendants, and entered it accordingly. A young man named James Aitken, fell down in an apoplectic fit this morn ing, and died immediately. Montague McMurdo, son of Captain McMurdo, of the Mutual Life Associ ation, was thrown lrom his horse, and sustained concussion of the brain. It is feared the injuries are fatal.

The City Council to-day referred the question of the employment of Mr. Clark, C.E., to the Public Works Com mittee.

Grahamstown, Wednesday. A digger arrived in town to-day from the Upper Thames with some very good coarse gold, and two gold-bearing speci mens obtained from a new locality. Fie has shown them to the county authori ties, with the intention of either claiming a reward for the discovery or obtaining assistance from the county prospecting committee. Several parties out pros pecting are., said t.o. have obtained payable returns from alluvial or reef wash.

Wellington, Wednesday. The evening, papers to-day publish the names of nearly all the leading people here as interested in the New Colonial Insurance Company.

Greymouth, Wednesday,

New- quartz reefs have been dis covered in both the Moonlight and Blackball districts. The stone shows good gold.

Eaten out of house and home—an oyster.

Pat (giving the Squire “notice”): “What did we agree when I tuk the place? That we should never he drunk at the same toime! But faix ye never gi’ me the chaunce ! ”

Hawthorne said that “ manual labor was part of the primeval curse, and that it brulified whoever had to do with it.” Now we know why the American tramp won’t saw wood. Says an exponent on the dollar question : “ Wat I would like, would be to hev dollars which reproduce their selves. If two dollars cood only marry and heve large families, we should all be in clover.”

“Do you believe in the use of the rod, my dear professor ?” asked a lady whose children were making life.a burden to all the guests in a hotel. “In some cases, madam; but there are others,” glancing at her gamboling dar lings, “where I prefer the revolver.”

Old Tale Retold.—“ Cum, Patsy, guess how many pigs I have in the bag an’ I’ll give yees the whole foive o’ thim.” Pat: “ Indade I will, an’ it’s foive ye have.” Mike: “Och ! bad louk to the mon fwat tole yees!” (Turns over the pigs like a fine old Irish gentleman).

THE EVENING ECHO, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1878,



GOOD FRIDAY! TEA MEETING, LIBRARY HALL. 'T'HE THIRD- ANNIVERSARY of the L Ashburton Primitive Methodist SUNDAY SCHOOL will he celebrated by a TEA and PUBLIC MEETING in the LIBRARY HALL To-Morrow. Tea on the tables at 5.30. Tickets—Adults is 6d ; Children, is. NEW BOOKS ! NEW BOOKS ! ''y^T E have just received ex “ Waka tipu,” from Sydney,' a large collection of Entertaining and Popular Works, amongst which are those of Dickens Scott, Miss Braddon,' Ouida, &c. Gift Books, Temperance and Sunday Reciters, &c. FURNESS & DIXON. WANTED, a GENERAL SERVANT Apply to A 1 Restaurant. VXTANTED to PURCHASE A Light Draught MARE, and a Second-hand AMERICAN WAGON. A. 0. AITKEN & CO. ANTED, the Public to come and in spect A. O. AITKEN & Co’s New Stock of Autumn and Winter Drapery.



WANTED., ''PENDERS for SHOP FITTINGS', for Mr. Gavin, Draper, to be sent in to the “ Echo ■’ office, under cover, before noon on TUESDAY, tlie 23rd instant, where Draw ings and Specifications may he seen. Ihe lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. WANTED; TWO Young Men, of Modem Habits, aged 23 anil 25, the one a Tradesman, the other holding a Responsible Situation, wish to Correspond with Two Young Ladies of similar taste, with a view to Matrimony. Blondes preferred ; and if of a religious turn of mind, no objection; age from iS to 21 years. Ad dress—A. B. c., “ Echo” Office. WANTED a Respectable NURSE GIRL, Apply to Mrs. Birtwell, East Street, or at the office of this paper. V\TANTED, Tenders for FEEDING OFF 100 Acres of TURNIPS, situated on Mr. Frisby’s Farm at Wakanui. Tenders to be sent to the'undersigned not later than Satur day next, April 20. 1 he highest or any tender not necessarily ac cepted. SAUNDERS, BROS., or to A. O. AITKEN, & Co. TENDERS are invited for taking one CROP of OATS from 200 Acres of Land on Greenaway’s Farm, Wakanui. To be sent in up till 30th April, to SAUNDERS BP OS. or to A. O. AITKEN, & Co. TENDERS. TENDERS are invited for the ERECTION of a DWELLING HOUSE for the undersigned. Plans and specifications to be seen at our Stores until FRIDAY, the 19th instant. 'renders to be sent to us on or before the 20th instant. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. FRIEDLANDER BROS.



[a card.] E. A. GARNETT, HAIRDRESSER, PERFUMER, AND TOBACCONIST, TANCRED STREET, ASIIIIURTON. Fancy Goods of all Descriptions at Lowest Prices.



BAZAAR. LIBRARY HALL. TO-NIGHT ! TO-NIGHT ! ALSO, ON (MONDAY) EVENING,



WILLIAM GAVIN, DRAPER, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON, announces that he HAS CLOSED his Shop (next the “ Echo ” Office) where lie has had a Clearing .Sale for some time. From encouragement received he has re solved to Commence Business permanently, WITH A FRESH STOCK in one of the Shops in Montgomery’s New Buildings, ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF MAY. It is his intention to confine himself exclu sively to the GENERAL DRAPERY DEPARTMENT. By strict attention to business, selling at the lowest possible price, and all due civility, he hopes to merit a share of the patronage of the inhabitants of Ashburton and .surrounding district, j



T OTTO, Draughts and Draught Boards, ' Dominoes, Cards and Cribbage Boards, Ac., at FURNESS AND DIXON’S, East-street, Ashburton. [A Card.] LESSONS TO YOUNG LADIES, Four times a Week in Music, French, German, and Drawing, at M-ISS STEANE’S, Oxford Villa, Burnett Street. E S T A U R A N T. REMOVAL To the premises lately occupied by Mr. Quinton. TANCRED STREET, On the Bth April. Increased Accommodation. C. TRUCKLE, PROPRIETOR. A LPIIABE r CARDS and Boxes, Mayor’s Spelling, Royal Readers, Slates, Pencils, Copy Books, Drawing Books, and other school Requisites to be obtained at our premises, East-street, Ashburton. FURNESS AND DTXON, Stationers’ Ilall. MRS. E. PETERSON, DRESSMAKER, Cox Street, Ashburton. All orders executed with neatness and with promptness. WATER COLORS, from is 3d to 255. Drawing and Tracing paper, Paper Binders, File Clips, Date Cases, Ink and Pencil Erasers, Black and Colored Pencils, Colored Inks, Quill, Steel, and Magnum Bonum Pens, Pocket Books, and Purses, in immense variety, at FURNESS AND DIXON’S, Stationers’ Ilall, Ashburton. J. G. ANSTEE, BUILDER AND CONTRACTOR,. EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Every description of Carpentering, and: kinds of Jobbing Work, Shop Fittings,. &c., done 011 the most reasonable terms. Pictures Mounted and Framed ! HEALTH FOR ALL. HOLLOWAY’S PILLS AND OINTMENT THE PILLS Purify tho Elood, correct all disorders of the Liver, Stomach, Kidneys and Bowels, and arc invaluable in all com- ■ plaints incidental to Females. THE OINTMENT is the only reliable’ remedy for Bad Legs, Old Wounds, Sores, and Ulcers. For Bronchitis, Diphtheria, Coughs, Colds, Gout, Rheumatism, and all Skin Diseases it has no equal. Sold by the Proprietor, Thomau Holloway, 533, Oxford Street, London, and by all Medicine Vendors throughout the World. W. R. BOYLE, jgSTATE AND GENERAL AGENT, MOORE STREET, ASHBURTON. TO L E T . A SHOP IN EAST STREET, next door H to Mr. San no’s. Enquire at the ECHO Office. U T II E EVENING ECU O.” Town Agent, MR. A. WESTON, Tailored-street. STATUARY! STATUARY! A GRAND Display of some of the Finest Models extant. Casts from the works of the Best Masters. A Rare Chance for the Adornment of the Drawing-room, Portico, or the Garden. FURNESS and DIXON, STATIONERS’ HALL, EAST STREET.