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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXVI, Issue 98, 30 April 1892, Page 3

The temperance party in Scotland nro groatlj iucottßed to fiud that so innny mombers of the titled olasa are ownets of pubiio houses, Aruong those to whom licensed premiiiea beiong ia Sootlnnd are the Marquis of Breadalbane, the Marquis of Ailsa, tho Marquis of Bute, tho Earl of Stair, the E.»rl ol Weniyßß, the Earl of Elgin, tho Earl of Moray, the Earl of Zetland, the Earl of Eaddiagton, the Eatl of Home, the Earl of Galloway, tho Earl of Ruaebury, and tho E«l of Aberdeen; and still i.igner up the uriatooratio ladder, aa beuefiung from tho liquor traffio by reason of iucreased rents, oomo tho Dukes of Richmond nnd Gordon, li«milton, A thole, bunderland, and File, But the nobility are nofc the only otfeuders in this reopeob, The blackest mark is placed Bgainßt the thirteen olergyruen who derive inoomea from the proceeds of tho liquor trt.ino, one of them actually drawing A lO5 tk year from a lioensed houeo, Duly six out of the thirteen divines have so far been truoed to the Eatabliehed Church ; but tho process of analysis ia still going on, and if the majority can be laid to tho account of the "auld kirk" this will be advanced aa ftn additional reaeon for Dise2tabUßhment. Evidently the faoiltiea for obtaining intoxicating liquor iv Scotland are by no means deficient, Gupar is 3aid to have a license for every 22 families, taking a family «3 consisting of rive persoua ; l J eeblca has v license for every 20 families j Stranraer, one for every 17 ; Wick, one for every 10 ; Burntieland, ono for every 13 ; ana Irvine, I one for every 12 families. The red quarry at Mentone Butms yielding Jome valuable palwolithio dieouverteg, It is a dintriot which ii&s yielded a " find " before now, tod is just euon a wild ana mountainous coiner, in ptoximity to great fertility, aa would have atforded comfortable cave apart* lasnu io predatory histoiio m&n. A human skeleton, measuriLg eeven feat, wns some lime •go dug up while tunnelling was goiug on; bat a still more imporiant liud has now teeu made. Penetration into the rook ohff opened the entraooe to a grotto— a subierrane&n chamber entirely encumbered with Rolt eattb. Under the rubble and soil of the cave lay three tkeietons, of which the largest was of enormoua Size, while all three were abnormal. Ia close proximity to one giant's hand lay a flint dagger of the unpolished period, aru a necklei of rudely oarved teetb. Tho jed qn&rry at Mentoue will have to be oarofully examined by anthropologists. THERE IS ONE THING every housewife should know, and that is— Hkbooles Baking fowDKa is the best. Why? It is the cheapces beoause it ia the beat for making bread, pastry, cakes, puddings, Boonee, &o, In 6d R»& In una,

MR. A. P. TURNER Prfaohfß in the Christiana' Meeting House, Spring Grove, TO-MORROW EVENING. Subjeut : 11 The New Birth." —1 fIIENDERB aro wanted by 30th MAY JL NEXT for FALLING about CO ACRES (caore or leos) of BUSH. Par.iculats oftn bo obtained on application to GEORGE HOLLAND, Junr., 1250—4 Belgrtvo. FOR [SALE CHEAP. QECOND-HAND Engliah-raade 'lwboel lO CARRIAGE. Price £12. Apply A. F. SOUOLTZ, 1251— t 0 Bridge-Btreef. CITY OF NELSON. A PUBLIC MEETING will te bod at tha City Council Chamber ou TUESDAY NEXT, KG f'3o p.m. To consider tho question of instituting an Arbor Day in Nelson, Nelson, 30Lh April, 1892. 1254-M THE Friends of Mb, A, GLEDHILL aro reupeotfally informed th.ttlio FUNERAL of hie late WIFE, Hannah :\ ary, will leave tneregMenoo of MieoGifford, Apploby, TO-MORROW AFTERNOON, at Oao o'olock, for the Richmond Cemotoiy. T. SHONE & SONS, 1253—1 UndoiUkcis. WIRTH BROte' ENOBMOUS UNITED SHOWST ;three ring circus, roman hippodrome, —AND— WILD WEST SHOWS. GRAND PEBFOBMANCE THIS EVENING AT BIGHT O'CLOCK, in tho Teat erecifd in Collingwood et. •POPULAR PRICES. NELSON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. ALL ACCOUNTS BRBiimt thin fkeiety must bo SENT IN by 12 o'o!ouk on MONDAY NFXT to the nndereigned. —1 H. FIRTH, Hon See. NELSON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. A MEETING of the COMMIT! EE will b« hold in tho City Couuoil Obßmbe! on MONDAY, May 2, at 8 p.m., when oil membera of the OommiUeo aro requested tc attend. Business of importance, 11 . FIRTH, 1262— 2 Hoc. Sec, $||y!|| ORANGE LODGE, x«pPfs|J, EXCELSIOR, No. 53 Ml nHP^^\ rP H E USU A 1 fil&l^V. X MONTHLY V'lkZW^SoPT' MEETING will b heWott MONDAY EVENING. Members 0 No. 61 Invited, Bpeolal bußineas. J. PIPER, W.M. "I[ISS"OKUftn^ TEACHER OF MUBIO, lately of the Methodist Ladife' Oollegi Jluwtliom, Melbourne, ia prepared io rccoiv Pupils for tho Piano or Singlug, at hi rasldenoe, "Tliu Willowa," Stoko, or t ftrr&nge for LessoDß in Nqleon. Mies Grum holds tha Bonior Certino&to of Trinit College, LoadoD, and has had a largo 02