The Southland Times PUBLISHED DAILY. Luceo Non Uro. TUESDAY, 25TH MARCH, 1884.

Southland Times, Issue 4897, 25 March 1884, Page 2

The Southland Times PUBLISHED DAILY. Luceo Non Uro. TUESDAY, 25TH MARCH, 1884.

Football Club. — The Invercargill Foot- i ball Club will commence practice oa the ( Western Keserve this evening. i KACING Club — The members of the In- I vercargill Eacing Club are requested to l attend a meeting at the Prince of Wales ' Hotel, this evening at 8 o'clock. . < A Decided Victory. —It now appears ' that the Hobart Kifles beat those of Inver- t cargill in the late simultaneous -match by , 116 points. Distbict Court.— His Honor Judge Ward , will take his seat in- the District Court at , half-past ten o'clock this morning, when all ' jurors and witnesses must be in attendance. ( Oh ! — There are reported to be 1000 women ! practising medicine in England, and it is : supposed that they " kill as large a propor- '. tion of their patients, and receive as exorbitant fees for so doing as male practitioners." Sloan's Theatre — Miss Carry Nelson's comic operetta company will open in Sloan's Theatre on Saturday irght. Toey are spoken of as clever artistes, and their performances are said to be highly entertaining and amusing. " The Poor Player."— Order has been made in Melbourne for the sequestration of the estate of Emelie Melville, the well-known operatic artist. The liabilities are approximately stated at £3000, and the assets, which consist wholly of personal property, at about £100. Progress and Poverty. — The London Times says:— The Bey. Kichard Whittington, Principal ot the City of London College, writes a long letter, to the effect that the inclusion of Mr Henry George's work in the course of the college studies was only for the purpose of exposing its errors. The Perfect Raconteur. — Speaking of the late Mr Abraham Haywaid, Q.U., the Times says : — His memory marshalled half forgotten facts at a moment's notice ; he put them picturesquely or dramatically by a most felicitous instinct ; and in telling a story he steered the middle course between weari- ■ some prolixity and disappointing brevity. Marine Insurance Company.— From the twenty-fourth annual report of the Universal Marine Insurance Co., we leara that during the jast year the company's operations have been extensive, and financially successful. The dividends paid for the year to the shaveholders make a total distribution of 12| per cent. Unexpected.— A slight improvement has. taken place in the condition of the lad McCurdf, who was so seriously injured by a kick fro-n a horse on Saturday afternoon. He recovered consciousness yesterday afternoon, and in the evening spoke a few words to those about him. He is still in a very critical state, however, and requires constant and skilful attention. Turning the Tables. — The crew of the Swedish barque Natal have imprisoned the captain at Bri=bane, for their wa^es. It will be remembered that a mutiny occurred on board this vessel at sea, when the captain's son was killed and thrown overboard, the captain subsequently shooting one of the murderers, Strange to say it has been founi impossible to bring the remainder of the mutineers to trial in the coloay. Pbospects. — Lecturing at Abbeville on the great engineering work with which his name is associated, M. de Lesseps maintained the impossibility of a second Suez Caual being created to compete with Ihe first, and declared that so long as he and his sons li7e the Canal shall remain French. The works of the Panama Canal, he says, a>e proceeding so saiisfactorily that he can promise its opening n xtyear. Cremation is the Future. — TheSherborne Journal says :— Men of large fortnne and estate can have their own funeral temples and crematoriums, but the great mass of the public will seek facilities for burning their dead in vain until public opinion, backing up the recommendations of the medical profession and the suggestions of common-sense, shall demand the legislation of a recognised national sys'em of cremation, and this U only a matter of time. Barbed Wtre.— We have jnst been shown some samples of barbed wire from the Acme Patent Barbed Wire Co's woks, Cimavn, and have no hesitation in recommending it to the notice of farmers, as it is without doubt a terrible wire. It combines strength and yet lightness, while the'barbs C 4) are like needles. Mr J R. StaDsell. the company's representat ye. ha* left a Brm-de cr two at this office 1 ;' and he will ba found himself by anyone wishing to do business with him at the Pxiricfe of Wales Hotel for tbe next few days,

Danish Drunkenness.— The Danes L-. ' conducting a vigorous vr.w against druckbnnes3 in their capital, Copenhagen. Landlords are forbidden to serve out driak to ai^;- - person under 18 years of age, male or females or to any one under the influence of drink.} A drunken person is to be conveyed to his own dwelling in a cab or covered carriage, at the expense of the landlord in whose house he took the last glass. Fibe at Longbidge. — A correspondent | informs ue that a large new building belong-, ing to -the -New Zealand Agricultural Com-t pany Was destroyed by fire on Saturday morning, about 1.45, Six of the Company's shepherds who were sleeping on the buildine a narrow escape, and lost nearly all jtheir clothing. Three valuable collier unfortunately fell victims to the flame?. Our correspondent was not able to say whether any insurance od the building existed. FBENCH Views. — A leading French journal does not believe that Germany means war hy her fee-foh-fam admonitions, and begs the fair-haired Teutons to note that since 1871 France ha^ . expended two or three milliards on the defences of the country, and that she can call out one million of trained men, supported by lines ot fortresses. If Germany lost 100,000 men by the last war, she would lose double that number in case of a new collision. Even were she successful, and docked off other provinces from France, she would find these as difficult to govern as Alsace, or her Poles, Danes, and Hanoverians. Hussaks. — The first of a series of mounted parades, which are to be held prior to the Easter review at Oaruaru, took place in the Tark yesterday afternoon under Captain Eurwell. The parade was divided into two troops, which were put through a number of field movements. After parade, and in reply to a trooper, the commanding officer explained that the ccst to each hussar attending the Oamaru review, including board and stabling, would be about £1 10s for the whole time. About twenty names have already been given in of those wishing to ■join in the review, and it is expected that the Southland Hussars will be as well represented on this as on former occasions. Bactebia.— A microscopical knowledge of bacttr a, for instance, as the cause of diseases is now leading to the successful curative treatment of the latter. A not uncommon afiiition is inflammation of the bladder, accompanied by ammoniacal decomposition of the urine. Microscopical investigation has iecently proved that this ammoniacal decomposition is entirely due to the activjty of a bacterium. It has also been discovered that this bacterium is at once killed by weak solutions of quinine, which can bs injected into the bladder without causing the slightest injury or irritation. Professor Lancaster thinks that all the dis ;ase-producing bacteria may be thus killed by gome poison or another. What we have to do is to find out which. Mutually accommodated. — In the gaol at Red Bluff, California, languishes the editor of the local newspaper, confined on the charge of murdering one of his fellow citizens, presumably one of his non-paying subscribers. But his paper comes out with its usual punctuality. In his puson cell he sits, this gent.c editor, and writes, scissors, paste, and paragraphs, secure from duns, and oblivious of the complaints of readers and the demands of " exchange fiends." He has every convenience but liberty. The simple explanatien of the anomalousnes3 of the affair is that the sheriff and the editor are joint partners in the newspaper business. The sheriff cannot see his property suffer for want of an eJico*. He affords his prisoner every facility for th« conduct of their joint enterprise. Amateur Athletic Club — A meeting of the committee of this club was held yesterday evening in the Princ« of Wales Hotel. It was resolved to distribute the prizes won at the recent sports on the football ground probably on Saturday, sth April. Votes of thank 3 were passed to Mr P. Mclnerney for the use of his grounds, and the Garrison Band for their services. It was found that, notwithstanding the bad weather on the day of the sports, the club's financial position was such that they could give the advertised prizes. Dr McPherson- uuggested that intercity athletic competitions should be established, fnvercargill sending a team periodically to Dunedin, and vice versa. The suggestion was unanimously acknowledged to be a good one, and it was resolved to take steps to carry it out. Several new members were elected and the meeting closed. ' Gkowing Hyacinths.— A correspondent writing to the Gardeners' Chronicle says:— lf anything can be said to be cruel in the vegetable world, it is to expect a splendid sweet-scented hyacinth-spike when the roots have to live on nothing but pure water. It is unnatural, and the surprise is the custom has existed so lon&r. This yar I resolved to try a different plan. I filled the hyacinth glasses with drift sand, which contained a small fraction of vegetable refuse, but not enough to decompose or produce any disagreeable odour. I poured on just as much cooled boiled water as the eand and some vegetable fibre could retain, leaving room for the bulb at the top. Boiling the water is necessary, as it renders it pure; and, the glass not being porous, there is no evaporation, and no further water will be required for a long time So far the result has astonished me. Instead of a puoy, delicate spike, long drooping foliage, and a flower stalk unable to faupport its head, the blooms promise to be monster s, and to be at least second-class next year, and splendidly vigorous. The New Comet,— We stand in dread, says the Home News of 25th January, of two stortrs which hare been duly predicted for us for next week by our weather purveyors on the other side of the Atlantic ; the ones that we were t > have had this week have somehow, failed, so that it is possible they may get rolled up into next week's supply, an! we shall have something sensational. There is in that way the riew comet which is surnamed Biela's, which is rushing on at us with wondrous specd — at us is right, for if scientific calculations are to be reckoned on this comet is to be mixed up in the earth's movements in an awkward way, and the concussion will hurt us. This is now claimed by some to be the cause of the night and morning glares ; but they reckon thoughtlessly, seeing that we have had them now so long. The oddest theory broached is one which is based upnn the fact that light is moving to us, which has tak>?n thousands of ytars on the passage.therefore we may be receiving accelerated light which will last and even increase, having been coming to us before the age of man. This is at cist a thejrj which is not in any way damaging. An Axe to Geind.— Late on Saturday afternoon, says the Chester Chronicle, the following incident occurred at Hawarden. Just as it was "rowing dusk, the police, who are in constant attendance upon the Premier, were surprised to see a man walk rapidly up the approaches to the catle carrying a parcel under his arm, and from his manner ie was inferred . that the man was either laboring under very great excitement or was ineaae. He was speedi'y tiken charge of by the police, and removed to that part of the castle in which they are quartered. On his being interrogated by the officer on duty, he said he was a working man from Birmingham, and had made an axe which he intended to give to Mr Gladstone, and he would present it personally, no matter what the cost. The man, who evidently belonged to the respectable laboring class, was kindly treated by the officers, and after he had somewhat regained his - composure, a message was sent to Mr Gladstone, who came out of the castle and received his admirer on the lawn, where he was presented with the instrument, much to the satisfaction of the man. who afterwards walked to Chester, and returned to Birmingham the same evening. It appears that the mysterious visitor was Simeon Shorter, employed by Messrs Bmith and Sons, Adderley roai, Saltley, He presented to the Premier, at Hawarden Castle, a solid steel axe, which he had made spena'ly for the purpose. It was fitted with a highly- polished old English oak handle. On one side were engraved the armorial beaiings of Mr Gladstone, and on the other a Staffordshire knot, and a poetical couplet. In return for the axe, Shorter jeceived photographs of Mr and Mrs Gladstone, on which both wrote their auto- . graphs. Household Cheer to be had at Macpherson and Prentice's. Special arrangements made for a regular supply of Finest Fresh Butter, Eggs, Dairy-fed Bacon, <fee. Teas cannot be ; surpassed in richness of flavor, strength and quality. Try them j as they have given unbounded satisfaction to even the most fastidious.— Macpherson ahd Prentice, Dee street (next door t# Mr J, D, HayeSj Chsniist),

Opened — Several qualities in the famous Mosgiel blankets and flannels ; Roslyn dress tweeds, plain and faney — perfection in design and workmanship; specially recommended to the ladies. A purchase of calicoes of French manufacture, the purest cloth ever shown in this market. Opening daily, British aud Continental .goods for autumn and winter. — Thomson and Beattie. Beware of packages of injurious stuff purporting to make genuine Hop Bitters ; also preparations and fluids said tocoataiu all the properties of Hop Bitbers. They spring up on account of the great popularity of the genuine, which is only put up in large square-panel ambercolored bottles, with the names " Dr Soule," and " Hop Bitters " blown in the glass, and is the best family medicine ever made. Read. Truth and &oberness.— What is the best family medicine in the world to regulate the bowels, purify the blood, remove costiveness biliousness, aid digestion, and stimulate the whole system ? Truth and soberness compel us ■ to answer, Hop Bitters, being pure, perfect and harmless. See. SYNOPSIS OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS , Ellis Bros will prosecute persons found shooting on their estate. A meeting of the Invercargill Racing Club will be held this evening. ; The Acme Barbed Wire Company, Timaru, notify that the fencing difficulty has been I solved. 1 The Southern Cross R.A Chapter meets in the Masonic Hall this evening : Mollison, Duthie and Co have particulars respecting their great bankrupt sale. : Trew and Hall have Deering's twine binders for sale. : The Union S.S. Company publish sailing arrangements for April. ! Auctions — Wilson, Tame and Co, property, in their rooms, on Saturday next; Wm Todd, fruit, Ac, in the Exchange, to-morrow, i'or "Wanteds." "Wanted knowns," andsee first page. f