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Manawatu Herald, 31 May 1894, Page 2

I Four-fifths of Afghanistan is mountainous and desert, the other fifth being exceedingly fertile. Rain was scarce, bat by means of irrigation abundant crops were obtained) and sometimes clover yielded 10 or 1 1 reapings in a season. In England people are. accustomed to Use the term Afghan to denote ftll the p^dple undar the Ameerj but although the Afghans tfere the doniinMiit race, they were by no mottns numerous, nor were they the ruling race until the middle of last century. Mistakes, and very odd ones, will occur in .the best of regulated families and newspapers'. Jn giving a.. Lbndon cablegram tiie >;ew £ealaud Times makes it read "An application has been preferred by Countess Russell for the restoration of conjugal niijht*." It is not far out, bat it is generally mentioned as rlylit*. Dr Carl Wehuier, a Hanoverian botanist, is said-to-fiave -discovered that sugar solutions exposed lp the action of certain iuioroSfiopic fungi, the spores of which float in Bie atmosphere, become transformed into citric acid precisely identical with'that extracted from the lemon. .0^ By a calculation rtlade a year or two ago by an American statistician, it seems that 70 citizens of the United States possessed among them an aggregate wealth of five hundred and forty million. That gives an average of about seveti million five hundred thousand apiece. To come td particulars : There was oiie estate returned as worth not less than thirty millions. There were five individuals valued at twenty millions; one valued at' fourteen millions ; two valued at twelve millions ; six valued at ten millions ; six valued at eight millions ; four valued at seven millions; thirteen valued at six millions; ten valued at five millions ; four valued at four million five hundred thousand ; and fifteen at four millions. Miss Phillips, a well-known temperance lecturer in England shortly ago prosecuted a publican for serving a drunken man, but failed in her suit, owing- to a policeman, on whom she had depended, giving evidence on the other side; The publican then brought an action for libel in the Queen's Bench Division before Mr Justice Wills and a special jury. The judge remarked on the difficulty of getting eases J against publicans fairly tried. The jury returned a verdict in Miss Phillip's favour, ' and judgment was entered for her with ■ costs. The French Sunday Rest League presided over by M. Leon Say, has brought the Sydicated Grocers to engage to close their shops on Sundays. Many of them only closed at seven or eight in the evening. The average time during which their assistants are employed on week days is fourteen hours a day. But the Syndicated Grocers are only making a trial of this humane change. M. Leon Say, in congratulating the League on his victory, advised them never to ask the State to help them. State help was a remedy that often killed where it meant to cure. The recent legislation to limit the powers for the employment of women was depriving them of work. It was better to gain one's objects by transforming habits and ideas than by rigid laws, the working of which was stive to oppress. Certainly the most effective medicine in the world is Sanders and Son's Eucalypti Extract. Test its eminently powerful elToct in Coughs, Colds, Influenza ; the relief instantaneous. In serious cases and accidents of all kinds, be they wounds, burns, scalding?, bruises, sprains, it is the safest remedy — no swellings — no inflammation. Like -surprising effects produced in Croup, Diphtheria, Bronchitis, Inflammation of the Lungs, Swellings, &c, Diarrhoea, 'Dysentery, Disease of the Kidneys and Urinary Orgaod. In use at all hospitals and medical clinics ; patronised by His Majesty the King of Italy ; crowned with medal and diploma at International Exhibition, Amsterdam. Trust in this approved article and eject all others. — [A DVT.] Sixty-eight cases and packages of new aud seasonable good for all departments have now been opened out for present season at the Bon Marche/and it 13 freely admitted that uo such choice is obtainable in the district. Buyers are invitee] to make their selections early while first choice of this magnificent range of new goods is still obtainable at The Bon Marche. Ross and Sandford. — Advx. Our imports of now season's dresses, millinery and mantles are now fully completed. Tho choice we are enabled to show, and the strictly moderate prices charged are much appreciated by our country friends while visiting Te Aro House, Wellington. Our new dressmaker, Madame de Verney, from " Worth's," Paris, is the leading dressmaker in the colony. We guarantee perfect fit, and the latest styles and designs, as known only to Frenoh dressmakers. Our charges for making dresses are from 22s 6d at Te Aro House. Ladies can do their shopping by post, and save the inconvenience of coming to town. Our order department has been enlarged, and is under most efficient management. Patterns of all our general drapery and dresses will be sent post free on application at Te Aro House.