Hawke's Bay Herald. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1884.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6779, 11 February 1884, Page 2

Hawke's Bay Herald. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1884.

Our Waipawa correspondent's letter and a report of the sailing match on Saturday will be found on the fourth page. A lecture will be delivered by Mr Or. A. Brown to-morrow evening, in the Protestant Hall, on the question — " Is man immortal bj creation or redemption ?" Admission i* free. Mr CWcheth, 0.8., the winner of the Napier Harbor Board's prize for the best design for a harbor for Napier, will arrive in this district on a visit in about a week's time. At the Resident Magistrate's Court on Saturday, before Captain Preece, R.M., James Gardiner and Alfred Taylor, severally charged ■with drunkenness^ admitted the charge, and were eaoh fiDed 5s and costs, or in default 48 hours' imprisonment, Tbe money waa paid. The meeting called at Villers' Hotel on .Friday evening to consider the question of appointing cemetery trustees, was well attended. Mr A. T. JJaultain was voted to the chair. The following gentlemen were appointed trustees : — Messrs W. A. Richardson, 0. Villera, A. Tuxford, W. Oarswell, and A. T. Haultain. The crowded condition of the Napier Lunatic Asylum has been romewhat relieved since the jury which sat to enquire into the death of Anne Trask, a late inmate of tbe institution, added such a condemnatory rider to their verdict, eight patients having been sent to Wellington on Saturday by the Waihora. It is to be hoped the Goverament will soon see their way to erect a new asylum. One of the Napier firemen was in such a hurry to get to the fire which occurred yesterday morning, that lie put on his helmet wrong side foremost. He wondered several times while on duty why he had to throw his head so far back to get a view of what -eras goicg on, and why the water from the jets occasionally got down his neck when he stooped, but he did not discover till the fire was out that the long peak of his helmet, intended to protect the neck, had been gracefully covering his eyes and nose instead. The representative cricket team to play against Wellington has been finally chosen, and tho men will leave Napier by steamer for Wellington on Saturday next, and not withstanding that such representative players as Messrs Loughnan, Pram, and the Rev. 0.-L. Tuke cannot leave their duties, yet the match committee is to be congratulated on the thoroughly representative team that it has put together. The names are as follows : — W. Aehton, Jf. Fulton, F; Logan, H. Martin, J. Martin, Or. Newton, E. 1). Tanner, G. White, A. Williams, Or. Williamß, andW. Tates. Emergenciee : B. J. Hunter and B. Broughtoh. . _ .

As showing the difference between the treatment of 3Sapier and other places in the matter of railway accommodation, we direct attention to a Dutledin telegram announcing that oh Saturday the first of a series of cheap Saturday trains was run from Dunedin, the fare being only 5s for forty miles, but only forty people went. The other day a special train was run from Wanganui on a holiday, and conveyed three paßsengera. By way of contrast Kapier has had the utmoßt difficulty in getting a Saturday night train run, though a guarantee was offered for the cost, and though all the experimental trains were crowded. We have received from the publisher, Auckland, a copy of the first number of a new 'weekly journal, entitled Labor. The new journal, which is somewhat plain-spoken, and here and there a litle rash, is the organ of the Dunedin and Auckland Trade and Labor Cauncils. Its molto is, "I pay for all," which is stated to be part of the old English inn sign " The five alls," the explanation being as follows : — Under the representation of a king is the motto " 1 govern all ;" under a bishop, " I pray for all ;" under a lawyer, " I plead for all ;" under a soldier, " I fight for all ;" under a workman and his tools, " I pay for all." AVith a little more careful writing the new publication may do good, Mr W. Douglas has kindly placed his dip and 3000 shee|> at the, disposal ot Mr Hayward for the sheep-dip trials on Thursday next, and Mr Carruthers has consented to stop the 7.25 a.m. train from Napier at a point near the dip. The trial is open to all manufacturers of sheep-dip or their agents, under conditions advertised elsewhere, and an independent committee will be appointed to see that the makers' instructions are strictly adhered to in all cases. Mr Hayward will use the " glycerine " dip upon one lot of sheep ; the "Lincoln " poisonous dip on another lot ; and a mixture of the two on I a third lot. He still unhesitatingly claims for the "glycerine" dip that it ■will do everything it is represented to do if it be I used according to instructions ; but the "Lincoln" dip, or a mixture of the two, may be better suited to the requirements of flockmasters with short dips. All sheepfarmers are invited to be present on Thurs • day, when they can judge for themselves which iB the most suited to their requirements. The Rev. J. 6. Paterson lectured last evening at St. Paul's to a crowded congregation on " Off the Track." The lecturer chose as his text, Isaiah, 53rd chapter and 6th verse, "All we like sheep have gone astray." A graphic sketch of a train oft the rails and a steamer on a foggy evening going off her track and striking on a reef introduced the lecture. A great variety of works were always to be found in our public libraries, showing and iiiarking out the paths, but it was, the lecturer affirmed, the duty of Churches specially to attend to those who were off the track, and so follow the example of Jesus Christ, who said his mission was to " seek and save the lost." Mr Paterson held that there were two great powers which often put young men especially off the proper track, and these were " moral gravitation," that power . which naturally tended in a downward direction, and the "evil result of bad habits." These were amply and forcibly represented in their every day bearing by anecdotes of incidents of daily occurrence. Mr Paterson inferred that doubtless there were some amongst his audience attracted to hear his lecture from seeing it announced in the papers, who had gone off the track, and he pleaded with them to look to their position, and mentioned two motives which would help them to their return, "Moral courage, and "a clean I throwing off of evil companions and propensities." Ihe very interesting and eloquently delivered lecture was brought to a conclusion with the expression of a hope that the words which had been spoken in weakness mig'it bear some good fruit, and an earnest exhortation to those of his hearers who were <; ofE the track" to take the example of the Btripling Hanibal, who standing by his mailed father's side swore that henceforth, through all seasons, through all vicissitudes of life, and even unto death, he would be an enemy to Rome, and swear that night, before their God, a like declaration to be an enemy against sin. A lecture was delivered at the Protestant Hall last evening by Mr GK A. Brown, on the " Seligious signs of Ike times." There was a large attendance, and the lecturer was listened to throughout with interest and attention. He commenced by stating that what he had to say would probably run counter to many beliefs, and possibly arouse prejudice. But those who differed Bhould suspend judgment until they had heard what was to be said, and questions might be asked at the close ot the meeting, and would be answered. The lecturer then reviewed the religious and scientific controversies of the times, and said the present was a time of trial, but the truth would emerge from it as pure gold. Modern Christianity was corrupt. It was tainted by encumbrances from Plato, the Alexandrian school of philosophy, and from Egyptian mythology. The doctrines of hell, of the Trinity, of man's immortality by nature, and of redemption by Christ as a substitute for sinners, were unreasonable and unscriptural. The Bible did not teach the doctrines he had named, and when Christianity threw them overboard it would be triumphant. Freethinkers, who sometimes went too far, were often made by lame attempts to explain doctrines that were unacriptural, and that cauld not be received by reasonable men. The ren.l freethought was that of Saul of Tarsus, who said " Prove all things, hold fast that which is good." Some professing Ohristians believed that Christianity was intended to convert the world. That was an error, and also nnscriptural. The best proof that Christianity wns not intended to convert the world was the fact that Christendom had seen the development of the most horrible crime, and if judged by that standard must be pronounced a failure. Id was not a failure, however, and was fulfilling its divine purpose, which was not in accordance with orthodox conceptions. The speaker concluded by announcing that his future lectures would deal fully with the questions touched upon. It is impossible to remain long sick or out of health where Hop Bitters are used. See another 138 Good Words— l/rom Good Authority. — . . . We confess that we are perfectly amazed at the run of your Hop Bitters. We never had anything like it, and never heard of the like. The writer (Benten) has been selling drugs here nearly thirty years, and has seen the rise of Hostetter's Vinegar and all other bitters and patent medicines, but never did any of them, in their best days, begin to have the run that Hop Bitters have. . . . We can't get enough of them. We are out of them half the time. . . Extract from letter to Hop Bitters Co., August 22, '78, from Benton, Myers and Co., wholesale druggists, Cleveland, O. Be sure and Bee. 165 Dr Sinclair, the eminent Dentist, will arrive shortly.— See Advertisement. — [Advt.l 372 August Flower. — The most miserable beings in the world are those suffering from Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint. More than I seventy-five per cent, of the people are 1 afflicted with these two diseases and their effects ; such as Sour Stomach, Sick Headache, Habitual Costiveness, Palpitation of the Heart, Heartburn, Waterbrash, gnawing and burning pains at the pit of the Stomach, Yellow Skin, Coated Tongue, and disagreeable , taste m the mouth, coming up of food after eating, low spirits, &c. Go to your druggist and get a bottle of August Mower, 'ihis valuable medicino has cured thousands^ and thousands of sufferers, and is known in all civilised countries. Two doses will relieve you. It costs only 3s 6d a bottle. Sample bottles 6d. 1076