The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, JULY 16, 1877.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 166, 16 July 1877, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, JULY 16, 1877.

The recent reduction in railway fares which allows passengers to take a return ticket on Saturday which holds good until Monday,; at single rates, Ms already had the effect, wc are informed, of nearly trebling the passenger traffic on that day. On Saturday, last, for instance, the fcraiu arriving in town afc 2.30 p.m. came in full, and fche 4.30 traiq went out crowded. Could nofc fchose who have the control over our gasworks profit by the experience of the railway department, by decreasing the charges largely increase tho receipts ? . We have received a report of the Road Board Conference held at Richmond on Saturday, but have, been compelled to hold ifc over until to-morrow. A sale of work, the proceeds of which will be devoted to the building fund of a bunday schoolroom in connection with All Samts Church, will be held in the Provincial .' i

MI onmnd»\ efehingsnflst. There wilk afeo bs, j_ Ctest|nas;-Tree^ cbntaining a likM ndmhec of Jaany bf which wel& ihrbagfif out Mom^iSnglMdi hy the Ve^ [Airchdehcon ThorpS^. Refceshmenta of «B MndS will Im pi|acuraMe ; >ini 7 the Grand Juip %qo_dj.-v X-I^^^w^ \« AfecoßDiNo tB--pafo-_use fche Rev P. Calcllr delivered a lecture in the Presbyterian Church last evening on " War, viewed in the light of Scripture and of Reason, with allusions to the present Russo-Turkish struggle." The rev, gentleman took for his text the 2nd chas,of E^h,?'<tth verse:— ••iM he -hall.judge.ama^Lth^-nationa, and _6a_t. rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into.prunicg hooka: -natioHu ahalLnofe,lif fc,jip-. sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more,',' From this texfc M? <Mder , delivered a*_dosfc hMufcifiil ahd'- I _l_qu_nt 1 -_l? c ..Mf®»..^-. w hich we are sorry we have^not_ space ta give even a summary;- -1.-* was" a" flowing and richly colored address to his hearers, full, of -imagery touching -, figur^, ward,\and brfafch|_| tjieivery life\fy Scripgare, and|afcih4isam^ tifhej thoroughly suited>4o ta& ! compr_hea_ion-df-all. T_ta_. lecturer entered evidently con amore upon his.ta.k. A .large..number of people wgig present, and Mr CaMer; i<ept r them ingn,*^ thusiastic andjwrapfc -.ttenfeioni for the fl&y' 3 minutes d_-rihg|w-dchil_-,.:l6j_^are lasfcel. The lecfcnre'^as.'the^r-^i^pf feapplica& of a mind liberally endowed hy rSture, higmy . c .^tured, and ripened, by judicious study. It had been caref ully prepare3, and was rich p.*S- I rS tt0 *' afcroßa rOID - various au_h9.a „and --•pa&KdationsJ and showed that th^ 1 .dct^rer - •fad-penetrafied his researches into .the .afe-4 Jsbu^t depths of modern philosophy. <H)W _iihe. r whole the lecture waa a decided.--•aridr-wasa toaster-piece of elocutiotJi hei_^ /delivered with that pathos for whfcbrjMS. Calderis renowned. • w *"'- Cl - r . AnaaNDiNfe source of he^ifch/N, Thousands*, of invalids s_ek in vain year,^after v Veatf, c^K^' , -30-u.erreal-source of .health.- -They=J.rjt-one remedy after another' until tHey-liegih" to despair of finding the much wished for ohlect.' Oh; that some bfesconubuia lighfct^heae unfortunates groping ' in; the | dark [s»' ithafc,s genuine source of health, Hdoe-fho woij,Ps'a.' Sc_ntEDAM Aromatic Sc_criAP_*s^-i.dvT.~ ""''