The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-02-03 00:00:00

A fire, which broke out in • wood-yard at Leicester.
extended to adjoining premises, and did damage to the
estimated amount of X 30,000.
Terrible distress and mortality prevail at Adrianople,
especially amongst the refugees. and people are dying
of hunger daily. At an and Bayazid, in Asia Minor. too,
the famine is getting more intense.
One of the main subjects of Government legislation in
the coming session will be • bill directed towards the
niolition of primogeniture and the simplification of the
tranafer of land. _

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Althiugh
the Commodore on the West Coast of Africa
is about to visit the coast of Dahoiney, there is no inten-
tion of taking any active steps towards enforcing the fine
which was inflicted upon the King. and which he ',rumbled
to ply in consideration of the blockade of hie coast being
raised. No attempt has been made by the King to meet
the demand made upon him, so nays the Standard.
General Bright has made a recounaisaance of ten miles
in the Lughnian Valley without meeting with any resist-
ance. Bitter complaints are made among the native troops
in Calmt of the want of blankets and warm clothing.
A proclamation has been issued, summoning the 11181114111
to surrender their arms. The son of one of the chiefs asks
for delay.
For Liverpool the Mayor has fixed the nomination for
Tuesday and the pulling for Friday next. Although the
Conservatives had • majority of nearly 4000 at the last
election, their opponents express much confidence in the
success of Lord Ramaay.
Tux THUNDERER Oug.—Before the final order is given
to double load the weapon • few rounds will be fired
under new conditions, in order to put to the teat another
theory of the catastrophe which befell its con,ort.
The Italian Senate, on the Grist Tax Bill, postponed
the abolition of the tax sine dia.

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For the suppression of the slave trade in the Mourn.
blew Channel, Her Majesty's ship Vestal has sent boats
to prevent the approach of dhows to the Umpeei, while the
Portuguese troops are engaged in checking the traffic over-
land.

collision took place on Saturday morning on
the Caledonian Railway' at Ruthergleu, between the
mail train from Carlisle and • passenger train. Seven
persons in the tail carriage of the pa...isenger train were
Injured, though not seriously. It is said that the signals
were against the mail train.
Intelligence has been received in St Petersburg, that
Austria has agreed with England and France to make
joint representations to the Porte respecting the execution
of the provisions of the Berlin Treaty with regard to
Montenegro and Greece and upon the reforuu.
The German National Liberals as well as Conservatives
regard the existence f Germany as depenriing principally
on her military supremacy and there is • feeling abroad
that the time is not far distant when she will have to
withstand the attack of both France and Russia combined.
When the reorganisation is accomplished, the actual
fighting strength of the German nation will amount to
upwards of a million and • half.
In the Leeds police-court, on Tuesday, • " gentleman,'
named Hardwick, who was charged with wife-beating,
suddenly leapt from the dock and struck his wife
violently, and subsequently bit and severely kicked a
policeman. For this outrage he had six months' imprison-
ment
CABUL. —Calm', where we are now putting matters in
order, or trying to do so, is emphatically an Eastern town,
and thus, it need hardly be said, quite unlike anything
we have here about us. It is not • large town; the houses
in it are for the most part built of wood, it is said, to avoid
the consequences of the frequent earthquakes, so that at
all to realise such • town of wood, we must revert to middle
age London before the Ilre, when it too was built almost
wholly of wood. It Is • little strange to think of how
much, in distant days, towns, whether in the East or the
West were alike, though at the same time, how unlike
and different Cabal is. indeed, not only of the present,
but of the past too. In it we walk through the streets
and ways of an antique city. In the north is the king's
palm, which, if destroyed, we hope to hear of some note
being kept On • hill near is the tomb of the Emperor
Babes, which is kept surrounded by large beds of flowers.
It would be curious to see • correct Ipilin of such • town se
this, for might not such plan throw ht en very many at
present obscure matters I Most of Us. streets are but
narrow lanes, many of them not more than 31 t. or 4ft
wide. The fistroofed houses built of mud, have, many of
them, but • single room, the light coming in through the
doorway, and all inhabited to fulL All is not quite so
bad as this, for the main thoroughfares are some 40ft.
wide, and the houses two and throe dories high.
Builder.
It is said that "a movement is taking place amongst the
converts to the Church of Rome in this country for the
purpose of erecting • large Roman Catholic cathedral, at a
cost of a quarter of • million of money, on the banks of
the Thames.* _ _

—Tb-ss Anti-Game Law League say—" We would point out
that the issue is • perfectly 'ample one No sane man
believes that game would be annihilated if the game laws
were repealed, or therefore that moderate sport would be
destroyed. The simple question therefore for the country
to decide is whether the battue system shall be upheld at
the coat of injury to the farmer, demoralisation to the
labourer, and injustice to the whole community, while
even the landowner himself has to pay the penalty for his
enjoyment in ill-feeling and a sense of wrong in the mind
of every man on his game-preserved estate"
Lord Derby has expressed his opinion that the school
board system must before long become universal in
. Though an admirer of voluntaryism, the noble
Lurffincleld that when a public duty was 'discharged by •
voluntary agency alone it was apt to fall on very few
shoulders..

-11.17:1;-ia the gas shares which have changed hands since
the commencement of the unfinished Edison scare have
been purchased by scientific men, many of whom are old
enough to remember the early attempts to utilise the
electric arc for the parposes of illumination.—Ecte.
The Good Templars urge all members to support such
political candidates as are favourable to the prohibition of
the liquor traffic or at least who would vote for Sir Wilfrid
Lawson's local option resolution.
The Roman Catholic Bishop of Adelaide brought four
young Australians to be trained for the priesthood in the
College of the Propaganda.
A sad accident occurred in the Solent Tuesday morning.
A boat belonging to her Majesty's ship Heels was return.
Mg to the ship from Portsmouth with about thirty men
on board, when she was run down and cut clean in two by
a passenger steamer. One man was taken out dead, and
another was so exhausted that he expired soon after
reaching the shore.
Errel OLTCULINI JUJUBES —CAUTION I —Thes• effective
and agreeable confections are sold by most chemists, By
others, however, attempts are often made at substitution,
we therefore deem it necessary to csution the public that
they can only be obtained inboxes, 61. and it labelled
ham Errs I Co., Homosopathic Chemists, 46, Thread-
needlc-street, and 170, Picaddly, London.

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FOR RUPTURES MI ALLCOCIL'S POROUS PLASTIRS, far
superior to the torturing truss. In chillblains their use
gives relief at once ; and, as a strengthening plaster, they
have no equal. As many spurious imitations of these
plasters are being offered for sale, the public are strongly
cautioned against buying, unless the words "Thos.
Allock di Co. Porous Plaster" is on the stamp of each
plaster. Sold by all dealers in medicine, by the single
plaster or by the yard.
VALUABLE DISCOVIRY FOR THE Ilsik—lfyour hair is
turning grey or white, or falling off, use "The Mexican
Hair Renewer," for it will posittoely restore in every 0484
Grey or W Atte hair to its original colour, without leaving
he disagreeable smell of most "Restorers." It makes
he hair charmingly beautiful, as well as promoting the
growth of the hr on bald spots, where the glands are not
decayed Ask your Chemist for "Tug MEXICAN HAIR
RENRWER," prepared by H/LNRY C. GALLUP, CM, Oxford.
street London, and sold by Chemists sod Perfumers every-
where at 3.. 6d per bottle.
TRY YOUR Wstowr I—Hydroleine (Hydrated Oil) has
proved of the highest value as a food in consumption and
all wetting diseases, invariably producing increase in flesh
and weight This preparation of Hydrated Cod Liver Oil
is tonic, digestive, and ten times more nourishing, as well
as far more pleasant to taste, than plain cod liver oil
Hydroleine will nourish and produce increase of weight in
those cases where oils or fat, not so treated, are difficult or
Impossible to digest All tendency to emaciation and loss
of weight is arrested by the use of flydroleina Of all
chemists, 4a. 6d.—Address, " Hydroleine Company," 403,
Oxford Street. London. Pamphlet free.
THROAT AFFECTIONS AND HOARSRNESS.—AII suffering
from irritation of the throat and hoarseness will be
ably surprised at the almost immediate relief affordedareb.;
the use of "Browses Bronchial Troches." These famous
" lozenges" are now sold by most respectable chemists in
this country at la lid, per box. People troubled with •
"hacking cough," a " slight cold," or bronchial affections,
cannot try them too soon, as similar troubles, if allowed
to progress, result in serious Pulmonary and Asthmatic
affections. See that the words "Brown's Bronchial
Troches" are on the Government Stamp around each box.
—Manufactured by Josef I. BROWN and Soxs, Boston,
United States, Depot, 493, Oxford-street, London
HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS. Colds, coughs,
shortuees of breath.—These corrective remedies are
infallible for thee! pectoral complaints, a hick neglected,
often end in asthma, bronchitis, or consumption. The
ointment well rubbed upon the chest and back, penetrat-
ing the skin, is carried directly to the lungs, whence it
expels all impurities. All blood in the body constantly
=through the lungs, and there all noxious particles
g to produce disease, can ho quiokly, thoroughly, and
permanently neutralised, rendered harmless, or ejected
from the system. Holloway's ointment and pills perfectly
accomplish this purification; and through tho blood, thus
cleansed, the influence of these wonderful medicaments
reaches the remotest parts of the human body; and thus
cures all diseased action, whether internal or externaL

FLoHILINI I—Fosi TUaTIKIK AND BREATH .—A few drops
of the 'quid " Florilane" sprinkled on e wet toothbrush pro-
duce a pleatant lather, which thoroughly cleanses the teeth
from all parasites or impurities, hardens the gums. prevents
tartar, stop, decay, gives to the teeth a geniis, whiteness,
and • delightful fragrance to the b-ech. It removea all
unpleasant odour arising from decaye I teeth or tobacco
smoke. "The Ftagrant Floriline," is ins c mposed in I art
of honey cod sweet herbs, ii delici-us t tie taste and the
greatest toilet discov..ry of the.age. Ptice 34 61, of ail
(themkt sod perfumers Prepared 1., lIZNIT C. ()ALLOT.
493, Oxford street. London.
ANTICS TO MOTHS= I—Are you broken in your rottt by
• sick child suffering with the paid of cutting teetlttilo at
*ace to • chemist and get a bottle of Mu. Wirethow's
SOOTHING STRUT. It will relieve the poor Audortr immedi-
ately. It is perfectly hermit's" eel pleaaabt to taste, it
produces natural quiet sleep, by mitering the child from
pain, and the little cherub awakes "a• bright as a but ton."
It soothes the child, softens the g.tins, allays all pals,
relieves wind, regulates the bowels, and lathe lest known
remedy fur dysentery and diarrl.col, whether a-ien.: front
teething or other cameo Mrs. Winslow's S•mtbing.
Syrup is sold by Medicine dealers everywhere at is. lid
per bottle. Manufactured in New York, and at 4,
Oxford-street, London.