Daily Circulation, 1730. MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1898.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXIII, Issue 7183, 11 April 1898, Page 2

Daily Circulation, 1730. MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1898.

The greater portion of lasb night's cable and < el. graphic tews appears on our outside pages. We wifh to tike this opportunity of announcing that so far as we are aware the Oamaru Garrison Bind has not yet won the Melbourne contest, which began on Saturday nieht and will finish this eve >ing. Also we are very tired of a hard day's work on Saturday answering the telephone to assure people thitti this was not the case, aud stalling off the many enquiries of the many friends who stopped us on the street to ask. Farther, we beg to assure those enthusiastic thousands who ar* so anxiously enquiring for the result, and who thronged the Theatre Koyal on the occiaion of the Band's fare-w-11 concert, that as soo'i as that result is in our hands we shall take an early opportunity of disseminating it by means of an extra. Mr Kdward Piadar, of the lawyer's Bay School, haa been appointed of the Temuka District High chool. A visitor from Invercargill states th>t on the occa-ion of the Oamaru Garrison Band's visit to that city a local brewer threw his establ sh'nent open to tlvm. Possibly this may be a full answer to the qu*ry : Where has the Band got to ? Our informant also states that it cost the Band L2O to detain the steamer for the bandsman who missed the train her<?, and had to chase the boat to Invercar.ill. But he told us this after a day's bowling Mr E. Pipsr came to town on Saturday by the express. He left for Green Island again this morning. Wa regrtt to record the death of Mrs H. H>u - dy, which took pi >ce at Ashburton, on the 9bh inst. Mrs Hardy was one of Oamaru's old identities, and we are sure a large number of friends will as<emh e loand the grave to-day to do honor to the memory of one who was held in great respect by those who knew her.

The tramp is a fivorite theme for mor iliaing over, and the j 'ke about: the man who asks for work, and all the time p ays hard thiib he may not get it, is as oid as the hills. But the following confession of a " professional" is about as good as we have yet found. It ia from an American story, enticed, " Mills of God" : "If anyone asks where you are going, say you are going Wtst to get work. I've naver found that work yet. 'C-»use why ? '■ ause, h-nest. I nev r wanted to find it. When I'd get to where work was offered, ' Bob Murphy,' I'd say to myself, ' if you take that work, you'll keep some other chap out of it, some chap what lively enjoys work—which you don't. Getting that work won't make you no happier, and your get ing that work will make som- other chap mUerabH Don't be such a selfiish old sinner as to wipe joy out of the heart of s<'me poor fellow wha;> never did you no harm by taking his joV' Course, when ' seed io in that way 1 wouldn't work; mv it wouldn't allow me. 1 said, ' Plump off, Bob, us ain't go ; ng to t'ouble nobody, we'll stand aside an' let the res get in. An' I've stood aside, that way, for thirty years, making, as I figure ic, 'most a million fellers happy by letting 'em get the work they wanted and i didn't want. That's Bob Murphy's religion, Chapter Second ; and no collection from the congregation." The Sew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agercy Compa> y, Limited, have received the following London ca'-le message, dated 6ih Aprils—" allow—There i-> a fair demand for common qualities, but other deeci iptiona are slow of sale." The Auckland yacht Meteir was sailed in her races against the Bronze wing by Mr. " Darby " Kyan, at one time a prominent 2Sew Zealand representative footballer. '1 he prize was HOO wh ch, as our readers are a wire, was won by the Meteor. She also won L'O in the handicap race against the Jess, Isea, and B - or zewing last -a' urdav, making her th'rd victory iu Australia. She is valued at L 450. At a meeting of the Canterbury Land Bo rd on Fnnay the appl cation of P. Manning for section 14, reserve 1128, block .XVI, Waimate. 40 acres, was granted. A letter from the head office approving of the reduction of valua ion fo- improvements on lot 31, reserve 1126, Wainouo Village Settlement, was laid before tbe Board, and it was resolved to re-advertise the lot at the reduced va ua* ion. A petition from certain Crown tenants in South Canterbury, for reductions of rent, was deferred, pending the reci ipt of a report from the Crown Lands Ranger. * Not the -east interesting competion in the two-handed match at ihe Bowling i ournaroent was a match between two " dark horses " from the Taieri and a strong paifrom Kai'una. It had been pflpul rly supposed that the Taieri men would nob get through'he first round but they outplayed their opponents not only in that, but also in the second round, and were among the few •elect who assembled to try conclusions on S'atur ay. They stuck to their wot kat d went .off w th a good lead, and, as a prospect of a possible further success dawned upon them, their enthusiasm was kindled and blazed forth in encouraging adjurations in the broadest Scotch and eli-ph »ntine gambols of an expressive nature. " Yin at a time's aye guid fushin'" was the c mforting rtfl ction with which t>he skip solaced Jiis lead, in pure Doiic as broad as the firinameat, which d- fie-i the pen to reproduce and which would simply lip the mechanism out of a phonograph. « f course the pra\ ers of the spectators were with them, but equally, of course, in view of the character of the on'ookers, those prayerß ava led nothing, and in the run home " the Taieri beef " was beaten. Its victory would have been eminently popular.

Once upon a time there wan a local rink of bowlers who were to be going ( 0 smash thinga generally, and to spread I(j, tuna and Green Island and '.I imaru ogj Taieri all over the Phcenix < ; re'-n in litt, 8 bits, prior to gathering up the fragment) that rem >ined iuto 12 baskets for th>> p ur , pose of filling up the ho es in I hamcs street and they gi'ded up their loins, and pu]!,,j up their socks, and made other prepara'ions for going forth to battle, and said •' Lo !" and " Verily," and mailt- othej appropriate and relevant remarks intended to modestly express their inability to licked. And there came up out of Duoedij a rink of mild men and emote thim t|, 6rs for their error, for the jick was a stubborn jack who lay far from thtir " woods," atl( j the bia3 was inebriate, and the grei-n w s , rougher even than the spectators, and thci t bowls were as water in their hands. Andaj the 16th lead behold the score wn« 30.5 against them. And they bowed their heads and said " bother and a great mournlo] silence fell upon the green, and night carn« sl>wly aud sadly. And w-en everybody slept the moon rose, and lo ! its smile a , full of meaning. 1 The ' tennis tournament arratim) I by the locil clubs will bo continued on I Phoenix and K» ed street courts to-dny, I The North '.'tago Go f Club will open is season on the li-ks this morniug match betweeo teams chosen by the Cajiiaj and aiu. A lad'es' and men's foursome match will be played tlj afternoon. The principal loenl attraction for to-fc will be the H berninn Sports, which wili(i held on the Show Ground The »ccepta*ci| for the various events are splendid and tit sport promises to be above the uven-gc.; merit. Sme veritable fliers are engage, t ' the f ot races and the cycling events hijj also filled well Ibe preparations have in the hands of an expert, aud painstafcj,,, Committee, and it may be taken for giantj that the meeting will be run on the trio;' approved principles. The weather pr.mi t!i ' to be fin« and the gatneriug, wl ich achieved great pnpu'arity as a fixture, p ro . mises to be as successful as ever. The Bowling Tournament will ho CC|li tinued on the Phceuix Green at. 9 30, the semi-finals of the iuk Champ ona!® wid be played Ihe semi-finals of tho I s j r . Championship w 11 next be played and t(i( t the finals of the two events. Heavy rain started o fal' early yeaterdar morning, and continued to fail steadily about one o'cl ck, when it ceased, and :(>■ sky cleared during the afem-noou. Lt;.l night, however, was th : ck and ahmnwl The rain wou'd rlo an inesiimnblo nmouottjfl good, and, to judge from appearances, pretty general in the coumry. A furtl»;l fall, however, is much needed. H Mr Robert Peattie, well-known mecholu.H tic circles in Otma>u, is at present in tor;,■ Mr Peattie has relinquished training t'.>H young idea and has gone on the land. H The New Zealand Draugh's' Chnmpio;.H ship Tourn>ment opens in Willington:'fl day. Atn -ng the competitors will bo old friend Mr Willi; m Brownlec, said to be as eager for tho fray as young New Zejland blood. Mr is 70 years of age and belongs to aud had the honor to be one of atml jH team with the ten wned Andrew amongst their number in a match ag JH Wishaw. But Ritchie, the Wi haw won a game from Ander on, if Mr lircflß lee's memory server him right. The Municipal Council are incandescent fct'eet 1 onp-burners 11 iflfl and one has been fitted to the lamp corner of Tluines, i'ees »nd Itclien strt-MB The lamp is a vast improvement unit yellow tellowa, shining with a whi o light It is fitted with Kprir.;lH obviite the vibration of windy nights to be noped th>t the trial will burner to be an econom oal su'iccts, inii.'Hß case it is intended to fit all the with similar burners. HI At the Tahuna Park encampmea' North cjtago l dstric is represented fallowing Queen's Kiflt-a (Oamaru).-t-iin Forrest r, Lieutenant Lee, 2 1 bugler, 24 rank and file—29. Rifles.—Captain Mahan, i and ."-coon, 1 sergeant, 1 bug'cr L'S file 33. hifles.- Ciptin'n l ieuteuants M'i ennan ond U'luto, geants. 1 bugler, 33 rank and file—4o. the ."limner camp the VVninmto pr> sent 45 strong, under Licutoimms '.IH man and Hurst. The football season will be opend morning by a match between 'ho aud Pacific first fifteens, beginning a 1 A drag wi 1 leave the Post < ffico fc North Roaa Ground at 9 o'cl ck. F'.r to-night only one attraction nounced the exee.lenb concert by the Hibernian Society, jhe prepared is an a lmiruble one, natioi al element h»s nor been lust the cosmopolitan character of the h.is been recognised by a judicious cation Miss Morrison, of has scored ma> y successes in Oumaro has again been secured for to night': cert, and with such accomplished mers as Mrs T-ijnch, Mrs Johnston, Mrs Blue, Miss Tiryne, •' alia Me Maus, Carotin, and second her 1 ffiirts, the concert thoroughly enjoy Bble. The Clyde shipbuilders are still their order books, and in February 50,000 tons were placed, against January. Shipbuilders and have raised their rateß for now are practically forced to refuse before 18 months. An eminent) engineer has just ben from Cairo to !-uez to report 10 the meat upon the advisability of new d"ck basin there f"r tho of shipping in trac>oit through t Mails for Außtrmlia, Tasmanii, India, China, Japan, and ments, Continentof Europe, United also Noumea, per Mararoa, will Auckland, on Tuesday, at 12.10 Ihe tide of travel towards lated by the Canadian railway increasing dailv. Advices received Government at Ottawa state thit people are established at Dyea way. Mr Si ton thinks that it possible that this number can Ciiy before next autumn. rpectors cannot, says a Timta Le too strongly urged to abandon paiture until the beginning of the Canadian route will be in tion, Tiansp irtation facilities s" at present, all steamer accommod>» g t'tken up for weekfl aheiid. f " >; . Seatt'e has just arrive! at party of miners f>om D»wson report much sickness thorc, W being full. Japan, whi.ch views with trust Rnsnan activity aehof Arthur, having pres ed China f assurance given last I'ecember <° will withdraw after the w ' nCe 'j.l[ { r Government has, through ' ,s ° Peteraburjr, end.avored to °' >tlUS , Russian Government the assur#"® "he reply received and commo Japan is no\ states the of the Times, reassuring. that the ships will remain hng e originally arranged, their wiin" r '.| i j opposed to the i-'terests bo It 0 of Corea. The Chin'-se regard t nn intimation that the temp^ of the fleet will become a P 6l " 1 pation. . Despite the partial or tota Socialistic communiti-s, there» be found persons willing to rl ® \ ment in the attempt '0 csC^ eD [ thraldom of Bociety as at P' tuted. Here is an account 01 . Brotherhood, which has re^e B colony in a remote village nea re . Kssex, cilled Purleigh ' twelve members,pf the colotij 7 ' men, and, in addition, t" r ® . Russians influenced by 1 °'® ' serve Tolstoi's 1 • w,. " ' <e . B . 1 ° Finding some of their po""J l 6 refused to put lh" matter the police, for, said thcyi .. j lo would never have t ken them wanted them." Besides cult' they have built a large g r £ e growth of tomatoes, and ries and repudiate the P IC < hrisiianitj' and externa' ' do not observe Sunday or prayer, and when thcy , I f'j P oPg' purpose of singingnnarcni>-« , ing anarchical addresses. selves anarchists, but the ob f«RB is without violence,

Great dissatisfaction is expressed amongst the volunteers at pre?ent in camp in • unedin at the way in which the commissariat dep*rtmen-. is being managed. : hey appear to have nrither a con.-latency of quantity or qatlity—too much of wh it is meatable and too li tie of that which might be coaxed down. This is not f-fce first time thv. the men have had to pat np with very inferior food at cimps, and it s reitier compatib'e with fair-pl-y or health th »t such a course sh'.nld continue. Hither tha authorities are blind or cnlpab'y apathetic. it has been argued, of cour-c, that when the m»n go away to rouga ts for i» week or so they cmnot expe::t to ge*: th<* same kind of food as they receive at th-ir own tables. All this ia very i rue ; most of the men don't expect it. Bnt they do not Ste why th»re should not beau amp escpp'y of clean a*-d whol-some food. It ia juss as easy and just as chetp to i a'T in this way ai to adopt th- pre eut method of " throwing it at" the volunteers a3 to si many pi.s. 'I hr necessity which applies to soldiers in timi of act'on doe 3 not hold good here. Soldier' do not eat their indigestible and food because it is considered the correct diet for soldiers, but because it is th best ro be g>t aoder »he circumstances. Jt is nousen-e t> say 'hat volunteers are always grumbling. Give them the bes'. food possible UDder the ciicumstances, and they wi 1 be content. Car cablegrams of Saturday recorded an event which i 3 wr rthv of notice, namely, the funeral of the lite Arthar Ort<n - thelast >tage of an evcntfni but by no m'an3 honorable career. Tho*e who we:e at Home »t the time of the gre*t Tichborue Trial vvi 1 rem< mber well the inlente excitement which the caused : the heated discussion in workshop and mart, bus and railway ; the .-ever->nce of life-long friendships because of difference of opinion ; the car.ewturis (particu arly one l>y Ciuic'r--sh;iDk3. i" onr memory serves u- correctly, entitled "The Last .luror "); and the scathing remarks of counsel for the defence. And thousands were still infr- p'ol enough to fol ow to th-» grave the i:.o; remains of the nuthor of it all. In ano her c-d :mn we print a brief account of the trial of this truly remark .be man. It is to be hoped thih the accident which we chronicled »n Sat trday. wherebv a yoang man accidentally shot himself while on; har - sho >tiag, may prove a warning to who. at this ho iday B-ason, intend, to enj y a day with the gnu. T-o much care and thought cannot be exercised with lethal Wtapi: s.

The smallest bicyclist in the world is a Cc'oin lady of 26 inches in height, who rides a machine viirh 7-inch wheels. The heaviest bicyclist on record is Joseph H. better known as " Klis3." This inf-mfi is 6fo 4in in he : ght aod Weighs just under 35st. Apropos of tricycling, the imerioaos recently trotted oat as the oldest rider Mrs IJeborah I'oty as beiog an enthafi stic cyc'.tst of 101 yearj of age. Now tbey have beaten their own record with an Indian chief n -med Wastaki, who disporrs him-elf on the wh el at thu highly respectable age of 110. Next, please. The fashion st by S r Thomas Lipton in doaa-ing L 20.000 has caught on. Mr Yarrow, senior partner of the gre.it shipbuilding firm, has foil wed Sir Thorn-s' leid, and presented L 25,000 to the fnnds of the London Hospital. If all the other "m'l ionaires" would open their parse strings to the same tune the world wonld WJii more merrily. The Indian j .nrnals, saya an Erglish contemporary, have been publishing he moit seri"U3 an'l detai ed charges against those in authority in tin Kmpire. st is said that the tr opj have been rarely h.-.nd'ed well, and ottea soand ifously ; that convoys and rearguards have been l-fc io constant danger of an alt *cb by superior number ; that >cores ot" niea w*re eft hundreds were, wanted, and finally that companies were put to do the work of battalions. It is further a'l'ged that these small bodies hive not teen u«ed b-canse t -ere was no chance of mnforcinsr them; tn-t, on the contrary, they have been cut np in the struggle with superior numbe'B when there were tnou sind3 of men hard by in idleness. The {rath i', the authorities h irdly redised that fcty had to deal with a ready redoubtable ax:d have committed the sima e'.Tor raich ended so disastrously in the Buer Cimpaign.

The Gordon Highlanders and Black Watch, and the other Scotch regiments, liive in their rants as many f'ckneys as they have Scotsmen. These Cockneys do no make bad sotdiers. ' n the contrary, when the anremic denizen of YValwort" Road ha 3 been licfeed into ship?, and filled wit" l a sufficiency f the Q teen's rations, he is qnite a pre* ntab'e soldier. And when of an eveaing the veterans of a battalion sit round and become no o e liV.ens more att ntive y than the Sasssenach. In their devotion to the kit Brown from and Kobioson from R"tierhithe ari staunch as steel, wearing the tartan with a pride a r 'd swagger that would < o credit to the gayest Gordou of hem all. I'n? m nt contiirs representatives not only oi the four British s- ction3 of th« t" m pire, bat memb-ra of sajh divers race 3 aa Jews,'Jermans, Kreuch, and genuine Yankees trom 'way down-e.i3t. All tfiese men ire en d soldiers, and have a fine sense of i' di arp A reference to the game of chess h>a lately been f> und in an o:d Sanskrit work by an author named Bana, who is known to fcave lived "n th* early por ion of th*i 7ih century. The old Sanskrit name of chess w C-t ranga, which se-:ni3 to h-ve meant "baring four limb*" or "four membsrtd"' —"hit t3, the pieces r-' presented the four •j)n?tituents of the army in early times. Ihess were elephants, chariots, horsemen, icd foot soliiers. The pawn-i are the footnsn, the chariot is now represented by the nusie, and the bishop has been transformed from toe elephant. According to an American writer, Mr er Huntington, the origina s of Shak-spenr-i's Romeo and Juliet were not Italians and Veronese, but -Spaniards, and inhabitants of a city named 'i'e u<?l. Their names were respectively 1 oa Juan Diego Martinez de Marceilla and Donna. Isabel de Ssjcra. liibel'a en orced marriage to itcther danng Uon Jnan's absence led np e double tragedy immortalised by "hak!peate. Un their deaths, in the year 1217, fte lover.l were bnried ia Church of San Peiro, at Ternel, and the tomb has been dixtarbed aeve;a' times during the last three centuries by the curious-minded. " Uorgon-Zola" is one of the most inand presumably depreciatory of thorny opprobrious terms late'y showered B f Q >i M. tmile Zola by l'ari=i»n journalists. the recent opening of the Passmore Sswirda Se tlement—one of the instiwtioca having for their object tie promot on of sympathy between class a- d class, diffj.ion of knowledge, and i he brightening, th>-oQi;h |noral and a-sthetic influences, of lire a rendered snrdtd and joyless by [nveriat ar xietiei —Mr Morley observed that there was no greater question than that or grea . cities—as to their government and 41 to how their populations were to be c vilisg l and huna-'ised. '1 hese settlements Mustir.ated an attempt to deal with the prob em, or at least with some of it 3 many as; eats. A hnndred years ago the Wa'ch words which S3t men's hearts on fire *H over Europe were, " Liberty, quality, F a'prmty. - ' r.'nw fraternity was coming to take mo*e and more the first place in men's minds; there was not merely an occasion it gas; of fi: ful social feeling, but a atrong and steady current of social sympathy, and these settlements were only one, though a very important, indication of it. movement deserved support which helped to sofy.cn the violence of social contrasts and to avert that evil state of society wnen the relations between rich and poor w ere mainly re!a:ions of controversy, quartet, and dispute.

Dr Williamson, in his book " Journeys in China,' -w itten some 30 years ago, trios refers to Ta-lien-wun and it< neighbor\atnre would seem to have provided for railway operations in this region. An excellent harbor, well sheltered, with ttsep water nearly to the edge, and open all year round. There is a succession of valleys running north and south, so that tner* would fce ho need for tunnelling and little need for cuttings ; a few insignificant niiges, which would require only slight gradients being the only obstacles of any importance. The line would have minerals" aloris; its whole course, besides a c 'al-tield at Ta-li-n una, its southern terminus, and wna d command the commerce of a region ■which produces cotton, silk, hemp, and I ndjgo, besides cereals, minerals, and furs."

The Dnke of the Abrnzzi, nephew of King Humbert, who is only 25 ye-»rs old, is making arrangements to start off again on hs travels. He is now in Ch istiania conferring with l)r Nansen in regard to preparations for an exp°dition which he ii to loic'i to the I'o'ar regions The young Duke, who made such a" name f>r himselt by hia suj-ces-ful c'lmb of M<*nnt St. Eiia, in Al»sk», will leave next summer, spend the wii cer in F'anz J.is f Land, and afterwards ad vaace tow&'ds the Pole. The expedition is expected to be away three years. A correspondent writes to the Westminster Guzette :—" Th« other day, in a Sun lay-school class of boys between toe ages of six «nd ten, a question wuh a-ikt-d as to how Gi.'d punished Ad*m for di-obeyiug Him. I here was silence for a moment or so, and then one bright boy said, ' Ple-ise str, God took away one of his ribs *nd gave him a wife. 1 "

In Auckland," writes a full-fl ivored liar to the Bulletin, "the helplessly-drunken man :s so numerous that the police will only arrest ihose of iiim who lie across the pavement, establishing an obstacle to shortsighted o d ladies with heavy parcels to f ill over. The drunk wt o carefully lajs his incapacitated carca e parallol with the i-treet rests unmolested by the weary ' trap.' " v * riting of Mr lidstoue's condition under date Fe-ruary 25th, Mr Henry i _ucy siys : ;di!ce I last wrote on the subject there is whispered apprehension of a dread - fu cause of the persi tent p tin in the face, origina Iy at;r butcd to neuralgia. However that be. it is only the final effort of a m'gnifictnt con»titntion that enables the veteran statesman to s-till resist the deca> of extreme old age. A o one has a clearer perception of th« truth than has the patient himself. There is something paijhetiiJ in his remark the other day to his old secretary and iait.hful friend, »-ir Algernon West. " You must pray for me," he whispered on parting. 3 hat seems about all left for his friends to do.

Ftom a private letter just published by '''enter's Agency enmes a story of th». :-ikhs in Uganda that is to > good to be foigotten. In the battle of last i-«>vember at Busoca the Nubians had m : «de a dash up to With n 20 yards of a Maxim, driving back the Eni:iiih lice, when a Hkh saved the gun by lifting'it up bodily and carrying it back a hundred yar* - s to the Sdfe covers of our liies. T-ie value of our Indian troops hardly needed vindication after their recent exploits on the * orth-west frontier; b.t their usy in hot climates other than ludii, is oolv just beginning to be appreciated, and this act of physical stieugth and heroi-m wi.l. says the St. Gazst'e, perhaps accentuate it, not in onr own eyes only, but in those of every I'ower which imngines that aggression o i our - fricin territories, can only be f ced by a handful of soldiers fioni Southampton. The V-i ister for Lands was waited on last week at Liwren e by the inevitable depu ation re the rabbit question. The dfputatior.i-t3 pointed out the advantages accruing from trapping for export, and complained of the tyranny of inspectors in enforcing poisoning The Minister, in reply, said that in the first pi ca the l'epjrrmeut had no power to fix on any one scheme for de troyirg the rabbits all that they could insist on was thit they should be destroyed—and if the farmers thought th>s could be b.st accomplished by traps, they were at perfect liberty to adopt that system. He was positive that wire-netting wi-nld ult inately prove to be the most effective remedy,and it could bp. erected at a cost of 7s !er c ain Much, he thought, might be done in Tnapoka by rrappiDg, but there were districts in which trapping would be of r.o use. There was no question wha - ever but the inspectors had an immense power ia their han ls The law conferred a va->t deal of power on them There was, he admitt d, a possibility of the inspectors abusing that power, but he assured the deputation that if he conld only get pro.>f that they did abuse their power their time m the service would ba very short. 'j he Bruce Herald says that as threshing prcee-;tls, it is eomm nly reported that the qua'isv of the grain is not quite up to lust year's standard, and the aver.ige yield both in oits and wheat is not up to expectations. thresh ng season, owing to the peculiar summer experienced, is some weeks behind tt at ot previous years in the Tobomairiro district.

The Temple Magazine tells an amusing story iu an interview with Dr V\ hippie, the Bishop of Minnesota : yeais ago," says the Bishop, who i 3 testifying to the honesty t f ;he tied Jnuan. " 1 was holding a service near an Indian v llage camp. My things were scattered about in a lodge, and when f was going out I asked the chief if it was safe to ieave them there while I went to the village to hold a service. ' Yes,' he sai.t, ' perfectly Sife. There is not a white man within a hundred miles ! ! "

The output of whimsical bulls and blunders from the sshoolro >m is ceaseless. A fresh selection is offered ry the Journal of Education •« What do you know of 1-otd \\ olse'ey *" cli.-lted the startling reply, " hevja a vinister of Henry VuL, wht< exclaimed, 'lf 1 h-d served my God as 1 have s rved my King 1 should not have been tehe-i.ied here is also a choice definition of the word " tithes." Things," declared one ingenious youth, " worn by ladies in circuses and pantomimes." The rabbit season (says the Dunbacb correspondent of the Palmerston Times) militates much against our school. v\ ith the r.ew competition that has come upon us for rabbi : s to freeze, the price has gone up to 6d per pair, and the big bovs are tempted to earn a few shillings. L 950 was paid by the factory for rabbits last month. L'2oo more would cot cover cost of coal, railage and material.

Should S*Tte school teachers play lawn t°nnis on Sund iv ? was the question be'ore the fishburton 'chool Commi tee at a recent meeting, !«ilco:.k moved : —"'(hat the Board of ' ducation be respectfully asked to make a regula ion to prohibit all teachers in their employ from taking part in Sabbath Day tecr is parties, and make it for all teachers to make an outward observance of the tsabbarh Day tor the sake of an example to the scholars." teach, then hypocrisy, in other words. The mover was the only supporter ot the proposition. "F. F?M," in the Illustrated London Newa, writes thu3 sadly on »he subject of women's suffering on account of war : " Heroic sons the country bea'S, but women give up more than men," Mrs Browning dec aimed about the cost of war ; and who can doubt that the mother wh >se beautiful and darling i-on will never gladden her eyes again, and the wife whose strong support is laid in the dust, leaving her to face years of desolute st> tiegle, are more to be pitied than the man himself to whom death comes swiftly in a moment of excitement ? Bur« woi.en suffer from war, too, in less direct and obvious ways Is it not distressing to see the tragically handsome portraits chat appear in these columns every now and again of young officers killed on the Indian front er, and to know that these are but types of so many hundreds of other young men, nearly all unmarried and in their early prime—heroic, strong, lovable fellows? Now extend the vision one step beyond, and there see standing as many girls who are to be part of the unhappy " surplus" women of the on- oming generations—girls of all ranks —who are condemned to live lives of solitary, se'f-dependeut spinsterhood, because the men whom God made to match them have been killed: They will mostly be quite unaware that this is their fate because of this "little war," and yet it has thus atiected their story all the same. To many of them the lot of celibacy will be more bitter than death, carrying with it loneliness, want, and grief, through year aft».r year. P aio, as we know, thought that women as well as men shon d in person defend the country. But civil sation prefers its females sacrifices to be veiled. Percival Lowell, in the Atlantic Monthly, thus describes the planet Mercury:—Mercury is a body devoid, practically if not absolutely, of air, of water, and of vegetation ; con-equently incapable of supporting any of those higher organisms which we know as living beings. His surface is a vast desert. It is rough rather than smooth. Whether this roughness be due to mountains proper or to craters we are too far away from him to be able yet to say. The latter cause is the more probable. Over the greater part of his surface, change, either diurnal or seasonable, is unknown. Three-eighths of lii 3 surface are steeped in perpetual glare, threeeighths shrouded in perpetual gloom, while the remaining quarter slowly turns between the two. The planet itself, as a world, is dead.

, Great success has attended the efforts of Clayton, Gardiner and Co. to provide a •■•. tili eti', go' d fitting, stybsh. and well-piit-togethers-.it at from f.-2 12s 6d, made to order. 'J hs favorite range of tweeds seems to be those at L39s 6d the suit. They are beautiful goods, and worth four guineas. A fioe assortment of Gentlemen's Apparel of kinds, all ap to date. Boys' clothing a specialty. Advt ] G 'Orj news for the million ! A great reduction in Linoleum, two yardß wide, Ss Hd, 3s Sd the running yard—reduced from 3* 6d and 4s ; two yards wide l J ai;:tcd Back Floorcloth, heavy make, 2s Od, 2s 8d the running yard reduced'from 2s 3d and 3s Tapestry hearthrugs, 23 6d ; reduced from 2d lid. A splendid lot of Ladies' i-hirt Blouses, nearly half price. ! adies' Fancy Blouse Shirts, 2s, 2s 6d, 2s Ud ; should be 4s, 4s 9d, fis 6d. Ladies' White Blouse Shirts, embroidered fronts, 3s 6d ; usual price, 6s 9d. Ladies Spot Muslin Blouses, 4s lid; usual price, 8s lid. 24 Dozen Ladies' Bibbed Unndervests, 3 for Is. R. OiBlTEd. London Jiouse, Thames street, 0 imaru

Cheapest Shop in Oamaru—'The Polytechnic, Thames street. Union whirlings, 6^7Jd up; Dress Tweeds, 6Jd, 7fd. BJd (double width-); Wheeling Wool, 2s 6d; Men's Colonial T-eed Trousers, 7s lid; M- n's Leather hirts, 2s 6rl ; Colonial Flannels in Shetland, grey, white and pink, 1, IOJd, up ; < nble.iched t will Shiit i'g. 10J 1 ; Men's Colored Moles, 5s lid ; Men's beavers, 6s lid. C invited. Call ar.d be satisfied that our vulue is the best. Slave you tried Gawne's sancel Why buj' a small bottle of Lea and Perrin a saoce when you can buy a large bottle of Gawne's Worcesterah re, of eqnal quality, and net«r?y d-üblb the anantitv 'or iboo' Ua the pri— a Keep you.• eye on Clayton, Gardiner and Oo.'s advertisement- over thn leader. It h-mgr-s often. ; The Sensation" o? Season—.Extra ordinary Realising Sale at the Boot Supply. Startling Reductions. Boots and Shoes at half price. We must convert a largo portion of our sfr ck into cash. Do you want boots 1 Nois your opportuni'y. We want ca:-h, and to secure it will give you double va'ue for your money. Make no mistake, we are the people you should do business with. Look at our > rices : Ladies' strong leather slippers 2s lid, wor h 4s; ladies' kid shoes, small lot left-, only 4s lid * Indies' evening shoes, patent and glace, clearing at 2s lid; spl'ndid line of ladies tan 'ea:her 3hoes, worth Ss 6d—now 5s lid ladies' carpet slippers, sewn leather soles, 2s 6d per pair; m-n's strong nailed bluchers, given away at 4s lid ; men's strong Balmorals, good quality, 8s 9d ; gents' superior carpst slippers, '2i lid ; children's patent leather, arikltj strap?, indestructible tors, 2s 9d and 3j 9d; men's best canvas sho-s, worth 6s 6d—now -±s lid ; children's strong school boots, 4s 3d and 4s lid. We invite your inspection, feeling sure you will be delighted with the rare value we are offering. Sale now in full swing Come early aud secure the pick of the bargains A.Z. I'oot Supply, Thames street. Colin Siev wright, manager.