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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 682, 28 October 1876, Page 2

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I As will be seen elsewhere, NewSouth Wales has been trying to steal a march on New Zealand. The following spirited reply, forwarded as the ultimatum of the New Zealand Government, will probably bring that of New S mth Wales to a. reconsideration of the matter : — " New Zealand will agree to abandon Honolulu, but insists on Auckland as the port of call, and will abandon the service rather than accept the Bay of Islauds. They require immediate decision, so as to enable them to make other arrangements." | The Sydney Government will probably yield.

A Okicicbt Much, fir«t h«lf of th» Alp'iahct Bgains' ltttT half, wi 1 l>e heM on the Zmgari G-rouud, Hamil 00, thii attcrnooa.

T« AwAMtrra Cattlb Sales. — We would remifi'l thoito intures'ed that (Mr Keunw 1y Hill'i ninthly ua'tlo iJe, At the Te Aw*mntu ja-ds, will t»ko plauo on Tn-»day next, the 31st iatt

Hamilton Sports.— A meeting of those interested in e<*' ting up the anira tl boxing day «.'orti, at East Hamilton, wi t be be'ri >it the Royal Hotel, oil Monday m b ht next.

Tbkdxbs for iome forty chains of road forming are invited by tlir Kirikinroa Highway Pis rict Board, nnd will h« receimi till 2 pm of Saturday the lltli proximo.

Thk Shaw Relief Ftjnd. — The Hon. Seciettry of ik-> Hamilton fc'ntertaiiiment C imini tea, yef-terdfty forwardci to Mrs Sh»w, of Cambrilge, a ditft for £12, bmng the vet amount of the proceeds o! the lute tuUrtaiaoueut gv«D at Httmiltou ElBt

A LtrsiP of beef. — W»ng«nui is famous {or it- f«t oxeu, »ud vow we learn that ft bullock vtm recently tUughtertd at Wantanui, the carcass of which weighed 15001 bo. This. ■»>■ the 'Auckland Horuld,' is believed to bo the largest bullock, ever killed in New Zealand.

Calls to the Bar.— We perceive that, *t a anting iv Bauco, held before Mr Q-nLes, ou Weiubsl.«y Jasr, MeH.rs Qeotge N. Brassey »nd Mr K. Keoaing weie, up n the application of Mr Bioonfield, foun*lly admitted an Sohcuois »ud LUnaten of 4he Supremo Cuurt xn JNew Z«a'aud.

Penny Postal Cards —We were yesterday shown a •ample of the ,peuny pea A o.nU vow i«MVy for issue at t • Post, Office. The addiess i$ wiit ea on one suie, the coinaiuuication to the yerhon diidieaseil oo the other. Thua, for Bho r t lettert on uiAtters which ure not of ft atiiody privato ntktu c, tho publio t»n AVdil thcta^eJvea of tba po»t at h*.f prica.

TH9RSTOIT, SIHTH, AlfD FIBTU'S PftlCK3 Current — S oi-'O the putitmg of oar supplement of to day, in which are publin.'uJ iha pnoei currjit ot Mesari I'Uornton, Smith, nn<i Firth, wo have received notice of the folio amg aileratioa iv the price of the second hne :— bine flo.ir, Bilk-dressed, XcS&F brunil, namely, per tail ot 2Uooibs, BJ.O s, £L7-8<; luO.b oa^B, £17 13^ ; 50ib bags, tla 3s

Seterb cm Melbourne' — I- haa been sau 1 that M luuu<ii« is «s much laitm ed with beggars as CVuaiantiuo le, aud lv p iiat of tiita tnere is nothing to cin.ose Dctntra iho Victorian meutlic-utu and \,bose of SUmooul. lv faJt, dirt la » uec nary ccruacate of charauttr lo tiie former, far a oie*u, dejeut y dr satd beijger is l«abia to i^i g«Jed as eooiftuiug worse tuau a begger. .* di?t nguiahed vi-iiior to Melbourne not long ago «i» n»id ta have declared tnao ' ovoiy li>t i nun yuu meet is a beggar.'

Shkep shearing hn set in la the SwutU, ami, Air^-Aily the tUe»rer» are milting a stand for former prices, wliioh some of the squatters timi attempted $> lo*ver. Tue wuolo of the ■t»eep-shearer-> who bad beeu engaged by Sir Craorolt Wilson for ah«»nug at Uasiiinere, Cauterbury, ktruok work in coustijueace ot the prti-e <>tft.r j «l per hundred boiug 17d 6 > lbttefcd of £1. itiisUtel tli»t * guueral uu(ieratan<iin^ ban bt-eu oouno to by all the shearers in tbu province tj demand £1 per hundred this year.

Thb Kaipara. Railway. — In answer to a lett r a idr ased by John L*uib, <f the W*itm* a Milln, the to Minuter for Public W"ks, de->inug to kiio*v thi Government's i iteutious with regard to ihAuclila.id Ext»nsiou of the live, lijo following reply has heeu receive<J : — •• Fublic Works Office VV H tli« gt.m, October 17th, 187G — Sir,— L am nir cted by the tlou tuo Mmistnr for Public Work" to acUnnwledgM ttie iee ipt ol yoar letter of the lOtb mutant, ieUuv« to the i oute ol the Kiv< rlieait aud Auckland 'me, aud m reply to ataie the ualt>-r will hi brought before Pariiim-nt in » fen dijs when probably a deuiaiou will bi ,arnvol ft t. — 1 it&ve, ftc, — JOHN 1 KNOWLE3, l nder-Secret«ry for Pub ie VVo k»."

Gjcnxrai. &ynod Election.— Tuesday next, tlie 31->t inst , uot tbe 30ch, is ihf day on which tie nomination of a memb r to represent Walk* to iv the General Synod of the Church of England in New Z a 1 n I will l>« recoivod l>y tlie Keturiuug Offi c, I. Sriddon, K^q., of HUantton Waikato returns one ot the four rambera furnished by the Auckland dioisest, but, as the next session of the Geueral Syu'id will be t>e'd iv Nelroa, it is scarcely likely that a Waikato man oould be found who would attend its meet nj<. YV«uudt^r^t md that Mr Kubert B. Lutk, of Auckland, who, its an old member of tlie Aooklml Diocesan Synod, mu-tt be well acquainted witii the rtquirements of the Otiurch in this diojese, hu signib-d his willingness to r ur. senc Waikato iv the G n r«tl Hyn )>l, if »p|)Oiuted, aud we artaware that tne ntcesaary pap^rH, placing him in nomination, h»ve bt«n kent in. It is open, however, to any tw i electors qnalifi d to mtd iv Syuod E ectiona to iiomiiiate ft oaudid*te. Thoy have noply to send in on b. fore tbe3l-t in-tmt, to Mr 8e Idon separa ely or together oottce that thoy uomiuate m:h and snch an one, aud if more than one such perton is ■ omiiiated by two eleo'ora un el otion by voting will Uke place ou the 30th of next month

afkican Disc >vemks bv Mr -tanley — Tbe U me corre*p njeut of the "Q'ii*o Duly rimt-s," say* : — Let era troui Mr H M Stanley givi ,q an iut Testing aciountui' (lißon voiies made by bun in the region near the AWrt Nyinza lake have b^on published in the "Daily Tel^grepb." He pasmd on imint-nau m >unt<tin named Udtnharagara, about 11,000 feet in height, and whine to,> is fiequently suow-oappo I. ' Upou it« •uuiimt,' he writes, 'dwe'l the ohi f medicine men of the Kab'ia Rtva, a people of European complexion. Taey aie a haudaome race, and /some of the woraeu are singularly beautiful. Th ir h»ir is inky, an I inclined to brown iv colour. Thrir f atures are regular, lips tbin, but their noses, though well bhaped art; somewhat thick at th« pomt Ihe rooun an, it »p,>e»rn, ia an < xtmct volc»no, for on th^ top of it ia a crystal-cle-ir lake, about 500 y rds tn length, frmn tin cfiitie of wh eh naea a onluma like rouk to a great huht. A rim of stone Itke a wall sunonuds the xumunt, within are several vll ages, where the principal medicine man au>l his people reuida ' A great gulf in the Albert Ny^nzt w<x natntd by Mr Stanlty sfier the Pricness Beatrice One side <fit i« formed by a prommtory nain id Us nijori. of which Stauley head »ll sorts of wounerful things Ii >• a region covered with a^lt and alkali, an i r p>'ted ro contain an active volcano. It is inhabited by ' a hrded of very lar^e d >gi «>f extraordinary forccity, and a race of t-u.-h long leyg^d nativ>s th»t ordmary njortaU regani th^m with surprise and awe.' The diet of thone lanky Ravage 8 eon^ts solely df milk, ami their only oi-CUpa'ion is tl>e Wdtcl ing •>f their lmm me herds of coab. How the latter finl «Uften mce in ao sterile a region Mr Stanl«y omitj to say Mr Stuu'ey'a expl 'rations in this dirpotiou w r» cut aliort by the hns i'l'y of tie o* iv^i which he 'ttcr'bea to th« invasion of thu country by Sir Samuel B»k*r'» Hgypton exp» difcion. Mr Stmcly cmue t t >*> conclusion that without tbti aid <>t 50,000 or 60,000 (sic) men it wouid be lmpohiible for hitn to hold his groui d loug enough to set out -on a twomouiJi-t' roya^e of exploraim. Acoo diagly at he bidfnlyaoin 2200 m<-n, he r traced hiH steps. It is a pi y that, while recog> n«sing the evil io-ulu of ibe einpleym nt of armed force in this regimi by S r Samuel Bak'-r, Mr Stanley nhaild have t^eu guilty of preaioely similar cunduct With a oo'd bloodednesa which i« revolting, ho reonunta his/ho iting of some Bcoru of i ativea, a<id the wounding of over 100 utiie », besides which I c loaded two of the ndtire Kings with heavy chains to a 1-1 to this c uelty, he us d explosive bullets, and describe* tli'ir focirful effects with a fiendish exultation worthy of a Basbi-Bnaauk. If Ceut<al Africa is uot to b«, to use his own word. , ' a cl sol country to any man of a pule complexion,' £)tanl>y had better he re> called by bis employers at once Betide < the murderous forays of this blood-t'iiis y Yankee, tbe peaceful exploratnna if E< glit ami n, ev'-n whi-n military or naral ottioera, like Spoke. Giant, and Camaron, ahinewith a bright, autjraished lustre.

Tub Nkw Zealand Bo^nca. — 1 1'« Mount Kiogitoto Hilrer Briiii.ng Company are now COiiHdmtof bi'iog able to extract 2<»o tons of ore pc numh. The ie> f is ■ now three feot thick, and increasinc %t tlie tuiiQi 1 goes iv. The slurnholilert huve waited upon the Deputy Superintendent of Westland, urging th« ixmBlruciion of the propoat'd road to the mn c, specifications for which hare been prepared.

The Waikato Bbidob. — Fr m the following iuf rmation furnished by its soecitil correspondent *t Wellington to the "Cross" we learn Ijhe fato »if the Waikuto petition for a Widget at Hamilton The Petitions Committee baa not recommended the undeimkiDg. Tlie question, however, is one wtuoli must be agitated ur.til justice is obtained, and if we have been lees lortonute than we dese.ved in the present -aetsion, wo may hope for more favourable treatment in the next. The co-respondent ef the "Croaa" -ays: "The PetitidV>B Committee make no recomu end ition on the pet t ion of the ratepayers for « road to Ohiuemuri ; nur ou ti<e petition of Taura>'ga eotilors tor a road to Cambridge, neither waitliere any r commend. ition on the potion of inhabitants of tbe Waikato and Piako for a bridge over the Waikuto lviv*r. The am-iiiitte.-coiisi'K r the matter of the petition from Gr ibamstowu for <i railway Irom the Thames to the VV ika<o asubj ct lor tba coneio elation of the GoFornoient.

The Dukjiow Futch.— It would seem that it was actually po sibleto find a married Co .plo who weie prepared to swear that for u year and a tiny, ht*y had ntvibern unfaithful to each olber in word, thought, or deed, n*ver eirertuined an angry thought against the other much iesi . aye utterance to it, and never wished themselves uuuiirneil. From an £ q isn Exchange we tako the fo lowing : —"The well known certmonyof tue presentation of the Dunmow flitch <.f bttoa took place on July 17. There were two couple wiio cUitaed iht> fiiich on the urjuud that lor a jear an.i a day thuyr had lived together in uubrikfii fiiohty and »& ctioo. The fir-a coupli*, tha Key -atnui-l Marriott Sinitti, Vicar of Harwell, Burks, and his Mile— did not put in an appearance, so the proceedings were limited to the other couple — Mr J-mieo D Booney, Clerk o. l'riuity (Jhurch, Ventnor, and hia wife. About three thousand pernona were present »t the trial, Mr W Andruws, F X Hist, Sof nuil, being the judge. The j try consi-ting o{ buCnelors and tuaidens, giving tueir T«.-i'ilict in favour of the claimants, they we. c uwirded tha 'flit -It, aid then " chaired" ti> a huh platfoim, where, kneeling upon sharp stones, they looli the Ancient dog -erel oath, and thp flitch was handed to them amid cheering and the fi ing of cannon.

Annealed Glass. — As to the 1 out of lh" application, 'he man will be more mil than vt\*e who ittetnpts to fix it. Wh -n we si-e bow gl ss, m t,>ft* of its extreme fragility, ha« so far superseued the usp oT Bilvor, of eurtbenwaie, and of wood, for domestic purposes, we may form a faint lit en of - bat will be the n-su t of the introduction of a rmterul tlmt adds the qualities of metul, without K«bi Uy to rust or to verrligrm, lo those of gla-a nnd of p'>t'ery, ¥<>r domestic us , Horn the «ppir»'us o the kitchen to the service o i lie t»l>l«, '* verr " bide fair to displace lOppr, tin plate, poi-celutn, as being far more durable than either, &s well »s lighter, c eaner, ami more elegant. For cutting pirposes, again, tha new gluss will be imed. hoc surgiC'l instrumentH it is likely to bo m»,iluuble. A circular sr.w of annesli-d pl»-s will probtbly be found the be«t means of over co niug the ireat rea ■ unco offered by iti own substance to < uttin^, which cannot be done, a* wi h ordinary gins", by tho tflf<zier'« diamond. As to feaeutntion and ilecoraiiTH purposes, it muH be remenbered that the new gUng Wl l| serve us a structural mite rial ; it will not have to be inserted as a panel protected f om press i re in a fr»mo of woe I or metil bu' will ac'unlly become a bund.-r's mitciial, taking weiglit like oth r subgtances. R'ductioam price will certainly fallow the demand for produotion in mlk; a d we tnayfipect to -eelhat treacherjuj mid peris babe mitcnal, ca-t iron replaced t>y a- neiled gl.vas for gr^e^■«, I'ipes, and oihor atiulu>al purposes. Indeed, if, will be easy to build room* w thout win owe, except (or purposes of ventilation; houses of solid gla»8, as f iry-like, bu l more Humble, t an the ice palac s of HuS'ia.— F R Candor, in the "Art Journal."

Reason or Ijtvt'nct, Which ? The most tmicbi q bto y that we have ever read of — the iuuli(<»ut aff c'ion of a trnt— is tod by tbeTr..y (N.Y.) "Press." E irtio 0- rr-ild, a hoy nine 5 earn old, while gatnenng chesnuts, on the 21 tit ult me, ne*r Newtouville, N Y , fell from a tr c And bioku Mi leg. He wit far fr m any houses, and uo ci to >*iii m save h<s dog, arj't ua-* so badly hurt that he 'ay inseusih c for tweuiy-four h»ura — until the nt-xt evening. VVh n he revived the dog was watching hy his i-i le, and through the night the faith'ull animal tried io vain to attract attect on hy continued burking. The next morning, thirty-fix horns after the acci'l«ub the boy tri d to drag h>m elf to where he could gtt Bomo of the nut*, and the dog, underHtatniing h« wu hungry, ran to the houst of h» muiter, and there, acted very strn^ely, but was put out by tde p oplti, who though greatly ularni'd by th j f^u^lpo^e^ losa t>» the f >mily, «'id not Mut-p ot thtt the whiiiinir and burkiu.' of the} dog had any •lunifics.noe. tie then went to thtt house of Mr Scovill, '+ neighbour, and spying a 'o»f of bread, he 8-iisud it, oud took it nt full speed to the Iml, who eat it, anil then hrgan to cry. in tio p»in a d loueli k?k«. The dog ran back to the nou<e, and the men, having he-trd of his «■ izur« of t>e breal, «er, then a* r--ady to fo'low him as le Wat to cvi I hem. E 'die w»s »onn nt home, in care of a phyaicia •. Though hread it poor fooil f>r do<«, tt'is dog evideu ly knuw thflt it WHS g'tod foQii for box s. and lie musthnveg ne without food f r two day i, in <>rder to watch over hi« yontij ai»»ter \b long as N< wlonville etandt, that incident will he remembered th«r», and it will be u el<»K» to t»ll the Nowtonville people th it do^s are incapable of rcnon>n«.

A New Double turkow PtcaiT. - The Melb'iirne"' -^"saya: — "A salis factory tiial bus been muJe Ht Horsliam of* new doub'e-'urrow plouh, lo be nulled the fj^ver Ghng, m .nufacurfld by Mi-Hora May and Mil it, thf agricultural implement makers of that town. •• When wo inspcted the new implement," the local Presi report*, "it win at work in Mr G.lli s's paddook, i-eingdriren by Mr May, and was getting fir Ugh the work lit a gre t rat«. A num wr of practicil men were pn-stmt, and tlie «ral opinion seftined to be that tlis new invention w«§ a dpnide'l ftcquiaition to the * r cultural implen ©nts of the di* rict. 'lbn p ounh is without handles, and has a tent, so that the plough-nan can either wilk or ndo. Tue ploui'i on bci q put in the furrow at the end of the lun i. the man in charge dm turn all hti attention to the horse" and so save a driver The fur ow whuel turns on a round elern, on the top of which is a steering rod, which rrs's on b raok, and comes bac< <o thi driver, fo that ha can steer the plough when required or letvo it in the notches of the Tack when straight. The land wheel is ou the end of a )e?cv, on tho tup of which

is a tmvll rod fitt«d wiih a •pring. 'Whin levei trails in » rack wifh holei in it, nnd the spring tbrowi the pin la the boW when required, lho rodiefr«re n.nd» »o that, by shifting them, tbtee ditfrienti widt v iH of furron may be taken, vik , 7£in, Bj.n, nnfl lOin. They are alao mail ho that, by s wedge on the top ot th« beams the sh ires may be put deeper m hard ground.

Progress of Cambridge Settlement. — If increase in the number of building! be » sign of progress, Cambridge u in ft very healthy state A new but herB shop is bein/ built in Duke street Mr Camp has opened new pr^m Bes in 'front of Hnlly'j Bivwery, and last, though not by any means least, Mr HecU r ha« -entered into busmen a* a chemist *nd druggist, opposite 'he Masonic Hotel. It is cheering when onu he*isnothi q talked of but bad titn -s, to ccc euoh advance* beirnt made in our frontier town*. With a professor ot law, and another of medicine, Cambridge would be comparatively happy.

Cambridge Farmhis Clttb A^tfr/AL Meeting and Dinner.— Ou Tuesday next, we would remind the m ber« of the •bove club, the Annual m et<n? and dinner will he held. The full namb '«f envois f>r th« members and the umteft guests will b« Uid at the dinner, which taken plic at 5 p. m , a* it ii hoped that every member of the club ivill be prrnent, the object being to make the afikir % »oc ; mble re uni n. bringing t.em »ll t<>gi tber on one occasion at least in <hs y^ar. The time u well ohngcn for tha m"OD, and should the wrathcr coittinua fi o, an now, there will be little excuse for non attendance.

Hurried Lr<jisi i a.ti'-n.— A. correipondenf, Runnpmedc, writing to the " Herald" of Thursday says :— " In^JiV. House of Parliament last weak the •cene was a disgraceful scramble, ovet twen'y B Hi dealing with the public csta'o, and giving large borrowing and tixing nowep«, with nut comment or explanation. The Ministers stood bye with folded arms. Upwards of a thousand clauses were rushed through in about four hours. Here is *' Business ! Here is what out lo al-gOTernment B'ipporters hare been cr}ifig out for. 'Knock 'em down,' auctioneer style. But it it honest, it it •f atesmanliV ?It is i he fruits of corrupt centralism, and even them only m the bill ; not full blown centralization." Notlxng of ih^ki'id! If is the fruits of talk, talk, falk ; of the tims of the Assembly waatod for monhs ia the di«cussion of party qiiestiona , of 'ong winded eflfu^ionto'f menibeM adTocatm^ the ri«ht« of humanity ina'ead of atten'ling to rha practicil bu«i ess of letiislanon ; of the strusj^ie for the p >ssess on of th? trenoury bonohes ; of the venting of (ho pent up oli^ioal a|ii», malice an) unch iritibl»ne»s of yean. Ths it i* whicli drove the rail busmen of the nfs*ion to the last week or ten >lajr» o its exi«tence crowding the work of to ' mnny months almost mto as many daj*.

Mibuied Life — A correspondent who hi* b en la'ely married sends vi the following experiences Ho is a littl* man nnd his wife vreirbs two hand ed and forty pound*, and was the relict, o the late Mi* P of v Abouttendays after marriasre— wu surprised on waken- | ins; in the morning to find L\u b>'ter h ilf fitting up i i be 1, crying hs if h** heirt would break. A»tonished, he asked th» c "8" of her sorrow, b it, rceivnii no ivply, he began to eurmiso tha« there mutt be some secret on her mind wine 1 she wi h ield from him an 1 which was the c 'U«e of her anguish, so he re>narlted to I Mm ihit us they were mimed *he ou.'h' *o i ell him the causn of htr grief, ho thit, if |>o>B bin, he mi^ht be ab e to ! lrssrn it. After considerable coixi 'g, he el'citrd the following from her: "List night I dreamed I wa* niiHe, and at I w lk'd throuith a wol-lig'it d « p roet I cami to a »hph >p wh-re a sign in froit advertised huaban Is f>r sale. Tlnnki ig it carious, I entered, an-l rangrd hlooit «h» wall on either s do were rru'n witli prices affixed to (hem — B'ich beanti r ul men — tome for one thousand pounds, some for fire hundred pounds, and so on to one hundred poun Is ; and at I hid not tKit amount, 1 oull not purchase." Thinkme; to con»olo her, our corr*>tpo iclen' sitys he placed his arras hvingjy around h r, and asked : " And did you Me an? mem like me there !" "O ,\eß,"she replied, lots like you ; they were tied up in bunc ie» >ilco atpangus, and tol.l for a •lulling per bin eh." Now, Mr Erliior, oonoludns the letter, after this have 1 Dot a fair claim, to a divorce P

Th* Whata Warn. Lime KrtNs — \ correspondent furnuhe* m with the following mfoimitioi :- Although com« mencirijr in a quiet and unoitenta uui wiv, there aro few tilings more likely to ii>flu>'"c» farming iti the Wnkato, than t o starling of the What* Whut* Liens K-ln. B> tin* perf< )n fc law of na'ure tb* liiue vrl ich is 'ound mor or less throughout tlie m cv exien 'ing from Waikata ! heads to the Pirongia m >untain, is most neede i upon the land situated at the bise of ti>e hills, inch a the clay land of Rai>Wn and the heavy th u»'i rich )*'fl on the western side of the Wiiua, quid* a 1 11 rent c>a*s ol lan is tj >he hg iler soil in the Cambridge side of the delta, whftr« there is do iadicition of lira' in the hills. The lime ki n under no 1 ice, wh oh lihi burnt several hundred rocks of lima, though only iturted three moot is nzo, is sita ited ,ibout >i ruiln below Wbata Wh*t» and i# throe miles (ram the river- The •upp y of hine*lonn is unlimited, and the M'ond tor burning i» on tbn cpo', the great difficulty, id far, has be^n the want of proper means for delivering the lime upon the river bank, As I have said, the quarry it three m It's fro'ii the riv<-r, bnfc turee fourths of the distance i* a level plum, over which an ordinarr tr.kiuway could be constructed very cheaply. \ wire tramwat wnuM covor the remaining distance. By lh<s moans, with tho preSi'nt f icilities for burnin B , ft great quiniicy of lime could be deliverod maxb >rt time. At present it is draw n upon sle Igea w..i<:h is siow and expensive wore, and which will acL-ount fi>r the lime benn; Is 9d instead of Is per bushel. Like a I new uti<l<nukini!S, tnai,y diffiuultie* hive to be overcome at thefimi start, but the propr.eior intends to lower tli« price, at the facili tes fo< deliverini; the lime are increased This industry deserves general support, for I know of nothing m>recalculsttd to benefit the Wiiikuto than a liberal and chenp supply of lime, uvatlable at ull stations on the rivers, and in timf at all sUiions on the rail war.