population of Africa.

r [We canfipt hope for many'-y eara yet to hiye anything like accurate statistics oiv tne population of Africa. Several regiotfS, tb[e population,of which is certainly great, twill pifabably long escape anything like a thorough examination. /There are, forj example, jn the regions of the Great Lakes', countries quite as thickly peopled as many of the States of Europe. Stanley tells us of countries of relatively small e» tent, and which yet possess millions d When we shall have sup ifceeded in making an approximate cevsji ; of all the populations, we shall probaby reach a figure considerably higher than tie '• present estimate. Some authorities ac cord to Africa n,ot more than one hundffd millions of inhabitants ; others less am- German geographers suppose that Afrpa - . ccoiitains somewhat more than 200 millions of Inhabitants; the latest English publi cations. estimate, the population at pnc hundredland eighty-six millions, wflicli for art. area of 13-g million square lijues jjtves an average of 10 inhabitants [per / square mile, or a specific population p-lg times less than that of France. Africa, which lias. 57 times the area of Frajice, has probably scarcely more than eight i times the population. The suppression of ■ the slave trade; and the influence of ri-pT'r if inn may lead to an in -'Tcreasfc ofpopulatioiT, TCVy great. It should be observed that the approximate .figure of the specific popu lation, applied to the whele of the Atncan continent, will not give a just idea of the compact character of the population of the. interior. According to Leima the negro regions are by far the most ~ populous.;parts of the continent, if the populations are sparse in the desert parts, they, are 'very dense in other regions. Thus,-; in the Soudan,, the population is estimated at 80 millions, or about 53 per square mile ; the town of Bida, on the Niger, has .a population of 80,000 inhabi tants;//The population of East Africa is estimated at about 30 millions, and that of Equatorial Africa at 40 millions. One of the latest, authorities divides the popula tion of Africa as follows among the great families - into which ethnologists have divided the peoples; Negroes, 130,000/100; 4 Hamites, 20,000,000 ; Bantus, 13,000,000 ; Fulahs, 8,000,000 ; Nubians, 1,500,000 ; - - Hottentots, 50,000. This would give a total population of 172j5o0;000. Tlipse |> figures are of . course only, approximate, and -,may. be much modified by ne\v|nd more precise information. ,The Bantus, for example, who, according to F. M. Muller, form at least one quarter |f the population of Africa, might be found to number 50 millions. These data t?ke from a paper by M. A. Rabaud,in the “ Bulletin of the Marseilles Geognphjcal I'. Society. . f .1

Temperature of the Human Body During Complete Rest in Bd.

An’ interesting series of obseritions relating to this subject has been rhently described to the French Accaderay ty M. ■ B'onnal. They were more than a th'usand in number, - extending over sevenyears, aiid were made at Nice, Millaii (Avfy’ron), Paris, and Aix-les-Bains, on five pftsons, of ages varying from 12 to 66 years. Regard was had to seasoi, day, night, abstinence, digestion, age, aidsex. —The-following, are ItHe principal Results arrived at The mriations of mtferaP” ture 'cf the-exterior air influence ap preciably the heat of ;a person placed a an apartment, though the temperatur of the latter has not varied (The actid of tlie surrounding medium only mojifies the peripheric temperature of the bdy.) .In every season the minimum of (rfctal) {[temperature is observed between midjight rand 3, a.m. At Nice, in winter, it istrely ijunder 36 *3 deg. 0.; in Paris somelmes 36 ‘OS deg. In summer, after severaljlays high temperature, the minimum if gner - ally 36'4 deg. to 36 ’5 deg. The fal of B temperature, is not so marked if ob is ' <• seated reading or writing, instead ofying '‘ in bed. From 3 a.m. the temperfcure - rises constantly till 9a. m., when it reahes, e.g.,.36’9 deg. in winter, and 36’9 di;. to ..•37/35 deg. in summer. In every sason .maximum is generally found to.pcur 1 .between 2 and 4 p.m., but in sucker, ■\> wdien tha atmospheric temperaturif lias 1 teehvery high for one or two weeldj the . the maximum may be delayed till fy.m. In winter, from 9 a.m. to 9 p. in, tfie ma tions of temperature do not exceed hree v ‘v/c>F|four-tenths of a degree centigrade in T /summer they may reach six-tenths, "At 9 'p.m.. the temperature is generally 34-7 deg. or 36-9 deg. in winter and 37 diij. or 37.5 deg. in summer. From 9p. ra the temperature sinks gradually to theoini ,;.-mum,but sometimes about midnigli the £[.' d.escent is very rapid. Sleep or wising, i£ abstinence or digestion, age or sex, 6 not . modify the course of the temperfure, provided the body 1 be kept at pefect rest. These facts should prove usefil the [’.physician and physiologist. |

Mr Archibald Forbes On The Lsh.

In the new number of the u Ninqtpbth; Century,” Mr. Archibald Forbes de-'j nounces what he calls the factious conduct ty -jibf' the “obstructionists, humanitanans, ciaptrapists,' >and what not, whose per siatent and unpatriotic opposition jo the ‘ flogging : of the, Army Discipline - *n«®' ?yV-Act ittaj «3:tj have other effect than to dirntii'iL the efficiency of tpjry,”' S(fne of the arguments of the opponent of riwwicorporal punishment he meets with opposite instances. For instance with -■ reference to the contention that tie con -iv of a liability to be floggid does ...tula* *■ act Mr.: Foises re luctantly adduces hig t— ?■ “ Twenty years ago J eqlisted 'm acayalry ; regiment. Yquij" fqll p'f and vigour, not destitute of hionrfr," and ■i no experience' cf disei]ijne, it ' • must be said that not in every reject was I a model soldier. For light . hearted ness I was somewhat scandalously ■ ftteris V At-~.?ength} for an : i escapade. Off tqq .OTB q* {ljatefy from .- to Sheffield, I jied by a p-iiregiinental court-martial, and itiderwent ■ ii}yenty T eight clays’' imprigonmeit, on the • j. most strictly farjoacppim fool in the Sheffield tgjirrtspp pc9vtist.lV Merging from confinement with a head; 11 so " • - bare that it resembled an affahe turnip, • Vi-.my light-heafccdnes.s was not l»jg in re 'l" • •asserting itself. Brought as (.prisoner before my commanding officer, f stood at attention in the orderly-room Uf or e him, b; V when he asked me the question,] ‘ Do you know, sir, that you are now a sjcond-class man V I had not studied thcj§ niceties , : '"k ’ ■ V-:': ' f Vb: ; v V #4;- ■ ;

'of military grades, and failing to see the drift df the question I simply replied ‘No, sir.’! The manner in which he pursued the!.subject was not wholly agreeable. ‘Well,’ said he, c you are. and as such liable to be flogged ; and, by God, tlie next time-you, come before me I’ll flog you !j I did not want any"more of that topic: He never saw me again as a prisoner, and wheil I deft the regiment it Was with ‘ a good character. I simply adduce this personal example to. domon ktfate how effectual a deterrent from .military crime it is to be brought in this -unpleasant manner face to face, as it were, with the lash. It has always struck me as very strange and unsatisfactory that the men who in the nature of things have the most direct knowledge of, and interest in, this matter have never been asked their opinions in respect to it. Members of ~of Parliament-, publicists political and sentimental, humanitarians, officers of position—Mr. Gladstone referred to the views of the younger officers of the army and gushers of all kinds, all express their views on it with more or less vehemence, and claim authority. But fit :is nob these varieties of the human family, but the men in the ranks, who are liable to the infliction of the lash ; and it might not be inappropriate to ascertain their sentiments with regard to. this time hoaoured institution. I cannot claim to oo a shtjrt-service army of which Lord Card well has been the creator ; but an ex perience. of some duration in the ranks, before the reconstruction of the service took evil effect, may entitle me to speak with some authority in this behalf. It may be remarked that there has been l no such change in the relations of soldiers to soldiers, and to the laws which govern them, as to foster the notion that any material alteration should have o icurved in the sentiments of the private soldier since the ill-starred revolution in question occurred. But I will not go beyond my own personal knowledge ; and I unhesita tingly aver that, when I served in. the ranks, the private soldiers—-my comrades were in the mass favourable to tlie maintenance of flogging.” Mi. Forbes argues in support of his con clusions by narrating the following episode in connection with the. advance upon Ulundi :

“On the night but one before the ad vance on XJlundi, while the force lay in laager on the right bank of the White Umfolosi, there was a discreditable scare. To what occurred elsewhere I will not advert ; but it happened that the rear rank of an outlying picquet furnished by one of the regiments of the Flying Column bolted into the laager, abandon : ng its front rank, which stood firm with their officer. , . Wood quietly flogged the whole half-dozen of weak-nerved youngsters. Not quite happy between the shoulders, probably, they nevertheless went back to duty, and the next.day but one they had the, opportunity of vindicating their man liness in the ranks of their gallant regi ment as it boro its full share in the victorious combat of Ulundi. What other punishment than the lash could have been jo compactly efficient in this instance l the lads did not quite deserve to bp 3hot, they 1 would have been blighted, for all tine had they been kept ignominiqusly as prisoners within the laager whed their regiment was adding to its laurels in the feld of honor. We could spare that day fighting men to the guard-tent, either risbners or custodians; ISutihe offence _ d not have been passed over, for it was a 7erv grave one. So it was dealt with sharply, swiftly, and sufficiently by a punishment that exactly met the case, and if the only punishment that would have done so. An officer, whose name I can gye, heard some men of the regiment, niittering among themselves that ,‘for oice the general had made a mistake.’ He tdj)k the; trouble to ask them in what. ‘ Why, sir,’ was the reply, ‘ in not letting tile cliaps have the full fifty to which they wiire sentenced!’ Wood had commuted tlje sentence by one half. In a campaign, believe me that the fear of the lash is the beginning of wisdom, It is bad enough to make efficient war as it is ; what with scruples about compelling selfish, huckstering colonists to make some sacrifices towards contributing to their own protection ; what with hpvvls at home 'because a casual wounded / savage is not furnished with a water-bed and splints of the newest pattern; what with the un worthy disposition of Government to sub ordinate the question of military capacity to personal predilection or political pre ference ; what with the nervousness that must afflict a chief in the field by reason of tie knowledge that he is the victim of imper&ixffiTit interpellations at home, which a flaccid”'Ministry shrink from boldly squelching, hi lit far harder would it he to make war-~ a y e > I will say that,. with our present huntan fighting material, it would be impossible to make war if re course to corporal punishment were for bidden. And Mtm&jng W* assertion I am perfectly qobfttiefA I_ have wit.i me the army, from'tlnr commander-in-chiet to the druVnmer-bpyA' . ' irirn

Eating His Words.

(Frcm the New York World..)

In Moscow city a goodly-sized book was published, - which contained • ' stinging sarcasms aimed at tue venality of the •ofilqjalg, many satirical and humor-;, ous allusifflf t«? bifibe-tftkiqg «*}d qtfter iniquities.* ISven the %ai: himself was handled " without gloves?, his acts were fearlessly denounced, and a powerful argumeff was adduced iii behalf qf the rights o'his subjects. 'The*' tratifjp • fif. ” thg ' ]avf syf fjf.tfqith in strong,’k plain language. " "The book at* tracteV .general notice, but this waa bad for fie author. He was arrested and thrown into prison. After a short and summary trial his production was prori )U hced a libel, and he was con deriled to “eat liis own words ” or suffil the qf iqsitrqirrent, ol; torture is in the sjape of along ‘whipjor scourge, and is composed of many tpugh thongs of thick' hard skin,, plaited towqtjier, and pi terwrven . ipr rtojut ‘V-i re. The is; stripped, and is firmly bounl to t\yq which ftrq sufficiently far apgyt %c 'ftljqw of the free .motion ol the hdri, The blows are CTiid- upon the bale back, every strcrip. cutting like a knife, and soon thewictiin of the scourgi is a shapeless man of blood and flesh. 1 One hundred bliws are equivalent, to a,death sentence. 71118 was the alternative for the qqhappy

author. The day fixed for carrying the sentence of the Court into execution arrived. A plat-form was erected in one of the public squares of the city. Bound hand and foot, the victim of despotic power was seated in the centre of the platform An immense concourse of people had gathered to witness the strangd’spectacle. The Imperial Provost, the magistrate., the physician and the surgeon, of the Czar ' were in attendance. The obnoxious book had been separated front the bindings, and as an act of grace the margin had been cut off. -Tlie leaves were then rolled up, not unlike cigar lighters. And there was a basketful. Now the meal began. Amid roars of laughter from the ignorant and degraded populace, the Provost served the author leaf by leaf with his own production, putting the rolls of paper one by one into his month. He slowly chewed 1 and swallowed one third of his book when the medical gentleman concluded he lujd re ceived as much of the unnutricious ma terial as was compatible with safety! He was then reconducted to his cell to'digest his meal. The two following days the same scene was enacted, until every leaf was swallowed, and as a matter of; fact lie was compelled to literally eat his own fun. '

Passage of Storms across the North Atlantic.

From the London Limes.

With the aid of a complete series of Hoffmeyer’s (daily) charts for two years (1874-5), Professor Loomis, of Yale Col lege, has lately made .a careful examina tion of Atlantic storms (American Journal of Science and Art.) He finds that in one year there are'on an average only eighteen different storms, which, can be traced by means of those charts from the coasts of the United States across ' the Atlantic. Nearly all these storms pursued a course north of east, and passed considerably to the north of Scotland. In only four cases out of 3G did the low centre cross the Paris meridian in a latitude as low as the northern boundary of England. Since the storm centres generally; passed 800 miles north of London, most of them did not exhibit much violence on the English coast. . Professor Loomis concludes that when a centre of low pressure (below 29.5 inches) leaves the coasts of the United States, the probability that it will pass over any part of England is only one in nine ; the probability that it will give rise to a gale anywhere near the English coast is only one in six: and the probability that it will cause a very fresh breeze is one in two. A notable - point connected with Atlantic storms is their slow rate of pro gress. This is due partly to the erratic course of the centre of, low area, partly to the frequent blending of two low areas into one, so that the eastern centre seems to be pushed backwards towards the west. Storms are also often held nearly sta tionary in position from day to day by reason of the abundant warm vapour rising from the Gulf Stream, close by the cold / air from the neighboring coast of North America. Thus, when American storms are predicted to appear on the European coast, and it is assumed that they will cross the ocean at the same rate as they have crossed the United States; such predictions are seldom verified. About half of the tliirty-six storms traced across the Atlantic in those two years seem to have originated in the region of the Rocky Mountains, and four can be distinctly traced-to the-Pacific.-roast, the others originating from regions to the east. Professor Loomis’ observations on West Indian cyclones seem to prove that those phenomena, however violent in the tropics, expand and lose much of their violence when they reach the middle latitudes, and after a few days are usually merged in some pf the larger depressions which generally prevail in some part of the North Atlantic.

Advent qe 1880.—The first noisy notice our usually quiet township received of another year being com menced in Ashburton was the spas modic yell of a Yankee engine at midnight, and further music followed, from the brass band, about a dozen larrikins, and a shilling’s worth of Chinese crackers, the whole performance taking place in a pelting shower of rain. As the larrikin element. required some excite ment to keep themselves warm, the peace of the township was disturbed about 12‘30 by a few clangs, op the fireball,' which had go worse effect than bringing the Brigade out on a fool’s errand. A wish was heartily expressed that the fellow who rang the bell would break his leg on his way home. We do not join in this too emphatic wish, but would like to point out to the youth of the town that the firebell is rather top. severe a thing to tamper with,, even on a New Year’s Eyq, A:s Holy Frieght.— lt is a good rule to insist upon haring freight paid in ad vance upon tigers and boa-constrictors. The lien may be valid, but there are difib cuities when the money is nqt forthcoming qn in "Melbourne.. That is ho-\y it was with the alligator the other day. The enterprising owner had no money to pay for the transport of his distinguished fei low-passengexyaml th'e jsfcsamboafc owner preferred not j to pSpr company until he saw the money, jjjfw, an alligator is not a convenient animal to keep in a steamer office ; and/ycu.-ean’t take him home to dinner. So ike stranger froni another land was in a coal-yard whilst his fyaiitjq briber, qar.e’ered around seeking to borrow thp required passage-money. They forgot the habits of the prisoner, and didn’t pir.oyide any 'succulent young bathers for, hi? refve.shmqni. 'Hurt at this fe turned upon his hack and dikd, ipid the dead alligator seemed a bad security for- freight. But worse to fol low! The owner actually wanted compen sation for tin loss of his departed friend. I believe the upshot was that he got a pas sage to Queeisland, and g back; "ticket for the new allisatoy which he, is going to try to, qatch in tfat favored colony.

HollowaVs. Ointment and Pills.— Multitudes suffering, under a conqilicatiop of disorders nnglt qhtaift relief- through these healing, aryl ptrifying, remedies, which should b,q em,pldyed| yrtho.ut' a,' day’s, delay. When, the weythe.r'is vafiaule and colds p,n,d influenzas are prevalent, this Qin,tpier,t, w-eli rubbed upon the throat and! &est, gives the greatest ease, and checks all tendency to inflamation in the lungs and other' organs. The Pills assist the curative action f>f the Ointment, inasmuch as they purify die blood and so quicken its c ire il lation thaticongestion is rendered almost im possible. i Iloilo way’s deals 'most successfully, taq, W'Ufi, that 've.l7 prptffiiesome and often ted touts’ aliment, indigestion, which is the bane of- ’{iaß.uffhds overiyovk and fast living in the p-'esent da^~ABVT.

THE NEW MEMBERS OF PARLIA MENT.

From tlie own correspondent of the Press. )

Wakatipu has changed ids lymphatic, ndulgent looking Manders for a nervous sharp featured lawyer —Mr. Finn —who comes to the fore in any legal discussion, and objects to being confined to one speech on such occasions. But his learn ing has not extended to politics, and lie does not cut a very bright figure in that arena, nor does he appear ambitious to do so. ! i

The junior Whitaker, who represents Waipa, is already nearly as, bald headed as his father. He would evidently be more in his element if ho were in Op position, as he is not a'member of the peace society. He is bright and witty,' though not often forcible. His voice is not good, and he talks so rapidly that it takes very sharp ears to catch what he says. He is an ultra-radical in his views. There is no love lost-between him and Sir George Grey; but, however much -he hates "the sins, lie. loves the sinner Sheehan, with whom he was a school fellow, and in the hottest fight he will never hit him hard.

The member for Invercargill, Mr. Bain, is both a thinker and a talker, but has avoided as much as .possible speaking in the House. I should take him to be by tip means a strong partisan, 'and quite able to see faults and merits on either side of the House, and a man whose good opinion would be valuable. In many respects lie is a contrast, and certainly a great improvement on his predecessor. - I think there is no new member in the House who has puzzled all who sit in judgment on him so much as the lion, member for Lyttelton. He keeps his baton, and whenever he can he keeps his pipe in his mouth, and there is a sort of knowing look about him that may or may not mean much. It is evident that the selectors, or rather the rejectors for Sir George Grey’s Election Committee, did not rate him highly when neither party struck him off their list as a dangerous opponent. But he there showed a will of his own, and a spirit .above flattery and influence that no one had calculated on, and in eveiy vote he gives lie appears as much guided by principle, and as determined to keep out of anything unjustifiable as any member of the House. He has spoken, very little, and will evidently have suf ficient respect for his fellow members to know what lie is talking about before he begins. One of his colleagues on that election committee was Mr. Ireland, who succeeds Mr. Bastings for Waikaia. If he. has anything in him it is exceedingly difficult to discover it. He offrn rises in the House, and/looks as if he were speaking, but as he sits very near the speaker lie literally obeys the Standing Orders, and addresses the chair—and the chair only. Those who sit close to him overhear a little of it, and they say that the rest of the House does not lose much.

'His other European Colleague who was left on that committee is Mr. M‘Caughan. He looks more like an athelete than a legislator, and would evidently' like to take a talking member under each arm, and lodge him in the lock-up for the re mainder of the session. lie has only spoken once, and I think that was in committee, so that lie will compensate the colony in the course or time' for the undue share of “Hansard” which his ,predecessor (Dr. Ilodgkinson) monopo lised. He roves about from seat to seat, and in three senses I think I may say that he has no abiding place in the House. Major Harris, who has supplanted Mr. Hobbs for one of the Franklin seats, does not look at all like a military man, being short with ample circumference, and has certainly not suffered any recent military hardships or privations. He has plenty of language, with a rather whining, though not disagreeable, voice, and his sympathies do not extend far south. He is' most liable to rise to his feet during the small hours of the morning, when his friend Hamlin is snoring loudly at his left hand. The cause is said to be that Hamlin has heard all his jokes and does not. care to hear them again. Mr. McDonald, on whose behalf so many telegrams, were sent by the late Government to the East Coast; is not a retiring or- a quiet man in a general way, but in the House he deals more in ejacula tions than speeches, and his remarks on the speeches of other members is not often, complimentary. He is by no means, a, slave to his senatorial duties.

On Sir George Grey’s left hand sits the P.G.W.0.T., Mr. Speight, who is not by any means, file. “ Learned Blacksmith,” hut is. the “• Talking Engine Driver.” He looks about thirty-five years of age, with a pale, beardless face, that often carries an expression that makes one feel disposer to. pronounce his name without the e. Like Iris patron he is a great grievance monger, and can discover a bad mp.tivo for every possible, proposal cr action. His words flow as if he .had swallowed a dictionary, but his voice is unpleasant and his manner insolent. He keeps himself very fairly informed of what is going on, and often jogs Sir G. Grey’s very defective memory. He is by no means such a perpetual bore as some of his. inferiors in ability and equals in education, On the other side of Sir George, as his right hand friend,, sits the celebrated •John Lundon. He looks \ a little over fifty, of dark complexion, with a, very handsome forehead, and very unhandsome mouth, He is, a man of very pTeat natural ability, witty and shrewd, who tries to pass himself as an innocent sim pleton, He will rise and speak inces santly, but no one but a native Irishman could understand half'pf what he says. So far as I can judge, his speeches are quite in thy tittle-tattle strain, as X can hear, a constant repetition of the words “ He says, and so says I,” His ,general object-seems to be tq obstruct business at the. order of his, chief. There was a great laugh in the House when he informed the Speaker- _ that lie never corrected his speeches in ‘ ‘ Hansard, ” But the arch obstructor of business, sorpetimes by order and at other times by choice, is one of the new members for Hokitika, Mr. Seddon, whose talk during his first session will have cost the country twenty thousand pounds, without estimat ing the members' time at a high rate or the amount of business that he has made impossible. He is. a good tempered dig • ger, and a fine; specimen of the purely sanguine temperament. At one time it looked; as if lie' would make all business Impossible, and have the whole House to himself, but at last he came to be satisfied with about six speeches a day, and took

some evident trouble to give the House fewer h’s than he began with. 1 Next to him as a brie, waster comes the new member for Const church. I don’t think ho often spo.ce to' order, but no subject over came up upon which he did not feel that he could enlighten, the House. Native difficulties, legal opinions intricate accounts, political economy, the defence of the colony, the honor' of the Ministry; the rights of the Grown, or higher education, were all equally familiar to him, and were Jill treated of in his speeches in an equally instructive way. It never seemed to occur to him that there were other members in the House who could read and write. His manner is very patronising, and as you hear him you naturally look about to see where the small boys are that he is talking to. If you add Turnbull's name to' these three last named ne w members, you will have the four members who take up more than half the time of the House without ever adding one atom to theknowledge,the interest, or the amusement of its mem bers, or rendering the slightest service to the colony. They are the kur men who have made it a weariness to sit in the galleries, who have made it not an honor, but a disgrace to appear in “ Hansard;’ who make a six months’ Parliament necessary to do two months work, who are reducing our Legislature from the highest to the lowest place in the Australian colonies, and who may fairly be charge with half the expenses of our Parliamentary go vernment. f.

If I have left the four silent new mem bers to the last you will see it is not be cause Ido not respect them. On the con trary, after spending so much time in hearing idle talk as I have done, I wish their number was multiplied by twenty, and I cannot help, .taking my hat off to them as I meet them in the streets. They are Messrs. Ilirst, Willis, Whyte, and Maso n —representing Wal lace, Ilangi hi ki, Waikato, and the Hutt. • I have no doubt that they'are all wise men. Who else could have sat for three months in the midst of clamor and strife and come out of t without taking, or giving snutch. ■

Rival Liars.

(From tli Boston Transcript .)

It is no. use for an eastern man to try to tell a big story when there is a western man about.

“ When I was a young .man,” said Colonel 8., “we lived in Illinois. 'The farm had been well wooded, and the stumps were pretty thick. But we put the corn in among them, and managed to raise a fair crop. The next season I did my share ox the ploughing. We had a ‘ sulky’ plough, and I sat in the seat and managed the horses, four as handsome bays as ever a man drew rein over. One day 1 I found a stump right in my way. I hated to back out, so. I just said a word to the team, and, if you’d believe it, they just walked that plough right through that stump as though it had been cheese.”

Not a soul expressed surprise. But MajorS., who had been a quiet listener, remarked quietly :

“ It’s curious, but I had a similar ex perience myself once. My mother always made our clothes in those days., as well as the cloth they were . made of. The old lady was awful proud of her homespun— said it was the strongest'cloth"in the State. One day I had just ploughed jfhrough a white oak stump in the way you speak of, colonel, But it was a little too quick for me : it came together before I was out of the way, and nipped the seat of my trousers, 1 felt mean, I can tell you, but I put the string on the ponies,’ and. if you’ll believe it, they just snaked that stump out, roots and all. Something had to give, you know.”

’ l THE ASHBURTON HERALD.

Fit 11) A JaNI’AKV 2, 1870.1 .



Auction Sales. SATURDAY, 3ni) JANUARY, 12 o’clock. A LFRED HARRISON lias received AjL instrhetioris to sell by Eubiic Auction, at his rooms, on above date— -4 Heavy draught Horses 1 Lady’s Hack by Ravensworth ‘ 'Also— A quantity of Harness .ALFRED HARRISON-, 875 a Auctioneer. MR. JOHN LLOYD CRAWLS Y~ A U CTXONHE K , Stock, Land, anj> Coksussion Agent. Farms, Town and Suburban Sections, for Sale and to Let. J. LLOYD CRAWLEY, AC CTIONEI'Ut, Offices, Saunimjbs Buildings, ; Asulukton. 737 a Amusements. LIONS ! TIGERS I West stueet (opposite''Unson Bank.) From 10 a. in. to. 10 p m. \}U IL D B EAST- S H O W, * s Consisting of tbe LARGEST LIVING LION Ever exhibited in, the. Australian colonies, measuring lOl't. from tin of tail to nose, and weighing SGOlbs, • Also, THE ONLY CHEETAH TIGER Ever exhibited in the Australian colonies. One RUSSIAN BEAR : and also the MIMIvBILLY, the only living Indian Snake-killer in the colonies, likewise other Small Animals WILL EE EXHIBITED FRIDAY and SATURDAY EVENINGS., Freni 6. to 10 o’clock. The Show has boon, inspected by t. ie Governors of Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, and Queensland. Families should not let this opportunity pass without witnessing the Show, the price of admission being to suit all classes. FOR TWO NIGHT# ONLY, Admission • .\dults, Is. ; children, Cd. 328--831 a ' V '



Public Notices. FOR SALE BY PRIVATE TREATY, r \\T® have the following Properties y f placed in our hands for Private .Treaty : •TIN WALD : 150 Acres improved land, It.S. 21609 • situated If, miles from Tinwald, part . in crop/and a permanent stream of water running through the pro perty. 131 Acres improved .Fand, R. S. 18997, 20307, 203(50, 23368, situated h mile from Tinwald, fenced and sub divided into 3 . paddocks, with two streams of water running through the land, also a nicely well-finished three-roomed cottage thereon. 300 Acres Education Reserve, in crop. HART’S RUN : 260 Acres Unimproved Land. "WAKANUI: 127 Acres Improved Land.' SUBURBAN BUILDING SECTIONS, ASHBURTON TOWNSHIP: Lot 93 E. Belt, with four-roomed cottage. , _ T.S. 458, Burnett Street, with three roomed cottage. TIN WALD : Lots, 182, 183, GO. W ATE ETON: Lots 102, 103, 104, 105, 106. WAKANUI : Lots 74, 75. HIND HOPE : Lots 1,2, 3, 10, 13; 15. TREYORTON ; Several Sections. For further particulars apply to EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY, Auctioneers and Estate Agents. |Q|N SALE by the undersigned— -50 Bags'Potatoes Grain Strippers . R. and G. D F Ploughs 50 Bales Wool Packs 100 Bales Corn Sacks And all kinds of stores, &c.j &.



Agents for the, Marsh Reaper and Binding Machine^ ED MIST ON BROS. & GUNDRY. To Let and for Sale. <• TO Persons desirous of renting GRASS LAND near town, 120 ACRES to Let. situated close to the Racecourse. Rent low. T, BULLOCK. TO LIVERY STABLE KEEPERS, CONTRACTORS AND OTHERS. TJiOR SALE, 50 Acres GRASS, suitable i> _ for Seed or Play. fTiO LET, at a Very Low TWO JL SHOPS in East Street ; also, one in Burnett Street. T. BULLOCK. 1’ O LE T , WITI-I A PURCHASING CLAUSE, OR FOR SALE, CHEAP, i AO RES, Which would make a very compact farm, situated at the back of Mr. Digby's. Apply to THOMAS BULLOCK. FOR SALE, GRAIN STORE at South Ashbur /~~j ton. Apply to 2 —366 a THOMAS BULLOCK. FOR SALE, COMPACT FARM, well-watered, and ready first-class land of about 200 acres, situated on Lonybeach Estate For fall particulars, apply to 6 THOMAS BULLOCK. ]MOR SALE, Cheap, or TO LET, with Jj a Purchasing Clause, a FARM, of 150 Acres, partly improved, and situated about three ancl a half miles from the Township. Apply to 5 THOMAS BULLOCK. OPPOSITION THE SOUL OF TRADE. REDUCTION IN FARES. Tin H. BREWER, in thanking the public s of Ashburton, Longbeach, and Water ton, for their liberal support in die past, begs to announce to his numerous customers and friends, that he intends running his Coach, DAILY as usual ; and he now in tends making considerable Reductions in the Fares. T. H, B, relies on" the support of his hitherto numerous patrons to enable him to carry out the above, motto. T % H. BREWER, Proprietor. 033 ; NOTICE. ;m H. BREWER’S COACH leaves a , Longbeach for Ashburton DAILY at 8 a. m. via Watovton, 8.40 a.ni., Asliton, 0 a. m., Wheatstone, 9.15 a. m.. arriving at Ashburton in time for the 10 o’clock trains. The Coach returns by the same route, on arrival of the 3 p.m. train- from Christchurch. Booking Office —Cox street. All orders, parcels, and telegrams . punctually attended l:<>. T. K. BREWER, 1 Proprietor.



Business Notices. v . FRUIT, CONFECTIONERY, Ac., Ao. , NOW OPEN. F. F U RNSSS ; >EGS to inform the public of Ash-' O burton -that he has just opened a ' . , NEW, STOCK OF FRUIT AND CONFECTIONERY IN THE SHOP NEXT TO HODDER & CO.’S, Saunders’ New Buildings, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Oranges, Lemons, Apples, Dates, '■ -i. Nuts, Almonds, Confectionery, Biscuits, &c., . Ac., Ac. 678 a



BUTCHERS, BAKERS, GENERAL STOREKEEPERS, GRAIN AND SEED MERCHANTS, NORTON FARM, SEAFIELD. IPO RES AND CO., Norton Farm, Sea field, return thanks to their patrons for the hearty support accorded to them since Norton Farm was opened as a Butchery, Bakery, and General Store, find solicit a continuance of past favors, assuring customers that their interest will always have first consideration at the hands of the advertisers. J ones and Co. beg to inform their friends and the public in the Seafield and neighboring districts, that their Bread Meat, and Store Carts travel the following routes on the days given below : Seafield to Kyle, and Acton—Wednes days. • Seafield to Wakanui Homestead, Waka nui School, and Creek, hack by Christie’s Road— Thursdays. Seafield to North Seafield, oharing Cross, Dundas, Cambridge, returning by Pioneer Road —Fridays. In view of the Harvest, orders for at tendance of the Cart may be left at the Store, Norton Farm, Seafield ; Wakanui School, with Mr. Ginney; with Mr. Lambie, at Kyle ; and with Mr Brown, Clontarf blacksmith. JONES AND CO., NORTON FARM, Seafield. Butchers, Bakers, General Store keepers, Grain and Seed Merchants. AGENTS FOR the ASHBURTON HERALD AND GUARDIAN. 679 a a TINWALD. Q HEARER AND GALLOWAY io ffILLWRIGHTS, AGRICULTURAL AND GENERAL IMPLEMENT MAKERS, , Great South Road, Tinwald, Beg to thank the public generally for their very liberal support during the past twelve months, and to announce that they have now every facility for carrying on their business in all its branches to the entire satisfaction o.f customers, as a trial will prove. COACHBUILDING* Orders received fer making or repairing all kinds of conveyances by thoroughly practical workmen, and none hut the best materials used. AGRICULTURAL. Implements of all kinds made or re paired. Also, Combines, Engines, Reap ers and Binders, Chaftcutters, Bruisers’, &c. BUILDING. Estimates given for all kinds of Build ing and general carpentering. Cocksfoot Grass Seed Threshing Ma chines, for hand or foot, made to order, great saving of labor. SHEARER AND GALLOWAY, Tinwald. 165—641 a REAPERS AND BINDERS. mHE Undersigned having been a,-- r pointed agent for the sale ».f McCORMICK’S & W. A. WOOD’S REAPERS AND BINDERS is now prepared to treat with those vho will want them for the coming season. FREDK. PAYITT, 555a—88 East Street, Ashburton, NYELOPES, NOTEPAPER, EN 1A VELOPES, NOTEPAPER.—Tha cheapest ever offered in Ashburton, at tj Herald Office, Wholesale. Static! Depot, Saunders’ Buildings. The Stud. THOROUGHBRED ENTIRE COLT Of the Traducer Blood. ' To Travel this Season the ASHBURTON AND WAKANUI Districts, See future Advertisements for Particulars, oU4a- S. H. FOWLER & CO„ ( . . Proprietors, -20 Winslow



IT is only,a Penny, is to be got every-v where in Town, along the Railway lirCe, and of-th* Country Agents. / • V > r 1