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Colonist, Volume XXXV, Issue 7265, 9 March 1892, Page 3

Education Board Election.-— Mrs Evans, M.A., late Lady Principal of Nelaon Girlß' College, has been nominated by theEichißonil Sohoal Committee for a S2!>t on the Education Board, to supply the vaoaney caused by the decease cf Mr Olayden, , 'Ilia ability, ani enthusiasm in the causa of education displayed by this lady, both when she had charge of the Girls' College, and einca her retirement, ought to be strong recommendatioaa in her fjvour. Ciiijjdr&n's Cantata. — It will be remembered that the programme for the Jubilee oelebrations originally included the performance of a oantata by the girls attending the Toi-toi Valley School,, and that this item had ultimately to be struck out of the programme in consequence-of a difficulty experienced in obtaining the mnsio in time. The cantata selected, Bed Biding Hood's BaFOue, hau now, ihowerar,. been in practice for soms short time, acd we learn it is to be performed at the Theatre Royal on Monday, Maroh 21st. This cantata is said to be an exceedingly pretty one, and we have no doubt its production will be looked forward to with considerable interost. British India and Queensland Agency. — We have received from Mr Ke'eble, the Nelson representative of the Union S.S. Company, a' very handsomely got upcard, with calendar, which has been issued by the British India and Queensland Agency Company, limited.. TLo card bears admirably got up illustrations of some of "the fines* steamers on the Australian coast." . ' Hatses asd BiutLiANao's .Cißcue. —Mr Bouoher, the advance agent for this circus arrived in Nelson yesterday with assistants, who aie preparing to adorn the walla with oolored iilustraions. The Hawke's Bay ' Herald ' in referring to a performance by this .company, alluded particularly to the manner in which the horses went through various manoßUvres at the command of tbeir trainer, Mr Organ, as being really wonderful, adding, "we very much doubt if such excellence in borsa taming has ever been witnessed here before." The downs, the juggling-, the acrobatic feats aud the oircus band, are also very favorably spoken of. This oompany will open a short season" in Kelson on Tuesday next. Jubilee Committee. — The meeting .of the Jubilee Gornoaittee announced for ihis evening for the purpose of fina'ly settling matters in connection with the celebration of the Jubilee, an-i deciding as to what shall be done with the : surplus, haa baen adjourned till Monday evening next as it was found that several members had previou.3 engagements for this evening, With regard to the disposal of the surplus, we hear that there is a growing feeling in favor of plaoing the money on deposit as a nucleus of a land for the holding of &n annual carnival. Two ta>ae hone have been forwarded to the French President by the Negus of Abyssinia, the descendant of the Queen of Sheba. They are in charge of two natives, whom they follow about like doga. Mr Chahlbs Whitehead tells us that since the B jyalAgricuUu.al Society reoommended fruit-growing 15 years ago, the acreage of land devoted to it in England ba.9 risen from 154,000 to 250,000 acres, . At the University Senate in Wellington the other day, the pranks of the graduates on the oooajricn of the presentation of diplomas, came under review. The worst scenes had occurred at Dunedin, and Dr Fitchett attributed this to the relationship between the students and the professors having been very much strained., On a regent ocaaaioa

,- -TTT-i-.i ■„■).,;.< '->">> iii' '• ■■ . •"" the professors,- uv^a- body >.Tef treed ;;to attend, and the, students toqk revenge by erecting a Urge, pilloryfjia Jthe, haUv and grouping arounS it,o r number,^! .phajra ticketed with the names pf Uhe; ab'santV.profeg?Qrß..:.The^ Senate; re 1 . |eoted a,mohon to abolwh.ibefnnotioh. ; .'rA! : b^mpijb oure, for lungwdrm inWheep ls la thing our runholders bavd ;been looking for fpr'years pas^:Kjtook,aalt is admittedly valuable, but it has to.,be BUpplemeoted by something else.. Generally iturpflntine and oil 'are given in the foj{m-of a drenobj-'Th&t is slow and.trqubleeomß.-! .Mr : John O. Ellis; of Merivalejstation, Southland, writes to a local firm stating that a mixture of salt r and turpentine has ieen used •.successfully for; Borne years in Sb^th Australia. ,. n JfeHesperimented in that direofciqn.-ond thus resordß his experience :— " I commenoed using it about twelve mouths tfgo and found it effectual, none of my stook .being | '.troubled; with, lungworm list year. 'Some other., shipowners; to whom I reoommencied it used it with equally good resalts ; The general modepf ;using. the mixture is as, follows :— To 70 or BQlbs of any coarse or fine; salt, add one pint ol turps, and give to the' sheep in troughs in ihe.eame way as salt-is; given to them, gheep and lambs take the mixture as readily as they take the plain salt.'.' It is etated.that no fewer than 14,000] fat sheep were exported from Merivale station last year, ohiefly due to the disappearance of the previous mortality among the lambs through worms. The remedy is one whioh could be_very easily tried, at all events. j, A PRoaiiNBNT Glasgow business man, who is., noted alike for hia fastidiousness and iirrascibility, is in the habitor dropping into a certain restaurant near the Exchange every ! forenoon for a cup of coffee. The waiter who has attended his wants for about ;a week, being a hew hand, is a* little clumsy (at the business, and in bringing the gentleiman his cup of coffee nearly always managed jto spill some of it in the saucer. The other laay, on giving his order, the gentleman exiclaimed:"Look ihere-, my friend; if you ;manage to bring^nefa cup of coffee without ispilling some of it in the saucer, I will give you a shilling."^ The waiter retired without ■a word,, and in a few seconds re-entered, parrying the cup in, one. hand and the' saucer p the other ;• and putting down first the'one and then the other before the fastidious customer, gravely picked up- the shilling and retired. . • , ■•..-. . ; '.Mb T. A Edison thinks that electricity will play such a part in war whenthat time comes as shall make gunpowder- and ■: dynamite go and sit iti humble obaourity wi hthe obsolete fiirit arrdwbe ;4 and call him >. brother.- He ■sa.vs ;-r-" Ev,ry electrician, .when that tf-ma oomes, will have hte plant for. making the'life ;of . hia '.enemy, electrically uncomfortable. Here is, one item of defence which I have in mind. It is as simple iaBA 80. I have never spoken or writteaabiut it before. With 25 men in a fort I oan make .tbarfort absolutely impregnable so far as assault is ooncernecl, and I should only nee i' 25 men in the fort to do it. This is; not pues'work, but a matter of absolute scientific cerainly. In fact 25 jnen, would be a very- liberal garrison. Foreign " soldiers undertaking to whip America could walk round b 1 eh a fort a" mine, but they never could go through it. It would not be necessary to deal out absolute dfeath unless the operator felt like" it. He could modify the current gently so as simply to Btun everybody, then walk outside his fp.it, piok up the stunned generals and others worth keeping for ransom or exchange, make prisoners also of otherß if convenient, or if not convenient, turn on. the, full fcroe of the oiirrent and play the hose on them onoe more, and send > them to the happy hunting grounds for good."Tire British Consul at Santos has sent to Lord Salisbury a petition, . signed by 23 masters of sea-going vessels, requesting that their ships may not have to go alongside the railway wharf there, as the ships which do go lose most of their crews by yellow fever. The Consul says :— Eighteen masters of sea going, ships have died here of yellow fever since the end of August. On some vessels the captain, mates, and entire crew have perished. Three days ago seven sailors died in the streets, and the same day there were 22 fresh cases in the hospital— nearly all sailors and immigrants. Nearly two-thirds of the cases end fatally. The weather is fortunately still tolerably cool here ■ for the time of yen-, but the disease increases in intensity, and will probably increase until February, the hottest vnonth in the year There are 200 vessels lying here awaiting their turn to discharge, owing to the monstrous delay experienced in unloading them." The Consul suggests that her Majesty's gunboat should |be employed to tow a' hospital ship down j from Kio de Janeiro, and moor her near the j mouth o£ ;he harbor, so as to'catch the saving j sea breeze. i A tEssATioN was caused in .New York on I January 17 by the arrest of a man named Henry G Dowd, known to the polico as j 11 Jack the Slasher," on acoonnt of his following drunken raen and mutilating them with a knifa. U appears he commenced his blcody wo:k about i'ecember 29, and up to the tiro a of his arreet had cut some ten of Uelve persons, as well as murdered oat and out a Baltimore lawj-truamed Oareon. wkose tbroat ne cut on finding him lying asleep oo the side walk He made a fall confession in the police station, and afterwards denied all he had siicL The raan is evidently inaane. Tho reason he gave f.ir his cutting people was that hij mother had been assaulted by a German, and his mission waa to kill e^ery person of that nationality he could find. He is an Englishman, and haa a brother who is a religious crank. I!he New Sork polioe think they can identify the- " Slasher" with the vvhiteohapel fiend, " Jack the Ripper," but are not talkative on the subject. The latest editor of Burns is an American lady. She announces an expurgated edition of the ploughman . bard's poems with no '.' crudities of expression, no expletives, no vulgarisms, and no allusions to alcohol." Certainly the best madioine known i 9 Sander and Sonß Eucalypti Extract. Test its emmontly powerful effects in coughs, oolds, influenza -the, selief is .instantaneous, In serious cases, and aooidents of all kinds be they wounds, burns, eoaldings, , bruises, sprains, it is the safest remedy— no swelling, no inflammation.. Like . surprising effects : produced in oroup, diphtheria, bronohitis, inflammation of the lungs, swellings, . etc ; diarrhoea, dysentry, diseases of the kidneys and urinary organs. In use at hospitals and medical clinics all over the globel patromaed by his Majesty the King of Italy ;- orowned with medal and diplpma at International Exhibition, Amsterdam. Trust in Ibis approved article ; and reject all others. Autumn Drapery,— We 1 commeßco to-day to show our, iuipottalions for the autumn of 1892, and shall bi receiving new goods '.'every few^ dßys. The dress materials are most varied in style and texture, some of the robeß being stakiagly handsome and effective Our reputation for firot-olaSB drassmakiog is established beyond all question, it being admitted that for a real satisfactory costume no one can equal U3. We solicit the favor of a visit from our customers, and especially from ladies who have not yet entrusted us with their praers.— E. J, Warner and Co. Clearing Lines— 9s 6d boys suits tor.os 6d ; 3s 6d boys Oxford shirts with collars for Is 3d; Is tjdrhojs' hats (straw) for 9d,; knicker trousers from Is 6d; men's trousers and vests from 9s 9d. — Jas Armstrong & Co. Wp have a splendid stock of Manchester goods, - comprising calicoes, sheetings, tabling^ flannels, hollands.'&c, aU'niarked very low, inspection invited. Jas Armstrong & Co. ; We have just opened another case of girls' and women's hosiery in all our well known makes. This is a line we make a specialty of, no rubbish but good sound articles,— Jas Arrnstong & Co. - Just purchased a Iqt of ladies sample underclothing, -which we will offer at a large reduction on wholesale prices ; come and see them.— Jas Armstrong cfe Co. ;' The Assistants' Association appeal to the public to .Bhow their sympathy with the Wednesday half -holiday movement by shop- j ping before one o'clook on Wednesdays.— Advt.