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Tun Nun-Luna is pleased. to givp Below extracts from the "log- hoo " of Mr. Henry D. Lloyd and son, William Brow Lloyd, who no Mug a tour of New Zealand. Some further matters relating to their journey will appear next week: l2 “One thing that I think would inter out you to that 1 think it the most truly U ristlan country 0! the Earth. It I: not like other countries you and I know of. where people are only inter- ested in Chriotlnnity at 11 a. m. Bun- day morning, and then rush to bns|~ nee: Monday and violate every tenet of that religion. Here they seem to think the Golden Rule is worthy of pmeflefiWtbn and it is shown ' and! sides of to” . Wellington. New Zealsnd. Feb. 17.-â€" 'I have got all through my. work here at the departments. and secured innu- merable documents. and many inter. esting polnts a: View which I could . never hove secured except by coming here. 9 9 , 9 Today we gave to f'psehlng up and winding up 9}: Wel- lington attain. We sail on one of the most miserable little “bohbers'” in these tempestnous waters for fifteen Jmnm. 9 9.; 9. .Qm. heat. ems 1-11111: arable 0111 «Hair. saturated with the appalling odorsof’n score of years of navigation of these tempestnons seas.. Our fellow passengers were an‘ inter- esting lot of sheep farmersâ€"young'and oldâ€"stalwart, grizzled men returning from a sheep sale The man who sat next me had; made two fortunes-one of $100,000 and. another of ten chil- dren. The man next to him had» a sim- ilar (unification of lab; in one thous- and acres and sheep galore. with $250; 000 and a family of fourteen. Klimt me nun; mam: lwu lultuwccr m“. of $100,000 and: another of ten chil- dren. The man néxt to him had a sim- ilar dupiicution of int-k in one» thous- and acres and sheep galore. with $250; 000 and a family of fourteen. - Feb. airâ€"Tomorrow I am to trawl 170 miles to view a settlement. The next any we start on a ,th'reevdays’ coaching trip to visit thelestate that Mr. Lush told us abdut, that had been - taken from Ready Money Robinson. Feb. 21.â€"-,Chriatchurch.â€"â€"lt seems very curious, almost inconsiderate, to be going about in the midst of roses end ripening fruits while you are shiv- ering in the hiimrds we read about. We have traveled 178 miles to-day. 88 out and 88 back, to examine some of the village settlements. One of the government otficinle has been delega- ted to go about with me. and the rail-’ road department has put a “bird-cage car" on .the train for no. A “bird-cage :‘car” in a compartment ear with ‘the aisles outside and outdoors. This aisle in under the roof of. the cur end its piliugisvmm.mdeotwonh |--\. .4. _-. reached the worst hotel ‘ the world ,t of (land- ‘ domes, who ted , ords and ‘hrtght smiles in ieu of parsnips and ”other wholesome food). on Tuesday night. On Wednesday we were to hate started thence. from the Te Anan 3 (Toy Anew.) hotel in a new steamer \ just launched for the head of the Lake where the trail for Milford Sound he- gins.‘ But the start this iii-st morning of the boat's running was made so late that the head of the Lake was put, off till the next day. and for us {or- ever. We and a large crowd of guests invited to the “first. trip" were. treated to an excursion up the lake. A great storm came on. the waves rolled up into something very hmowy and pil- iowy; the wind was no ‘tierce, that it blew the water of! the surface of the 'iaite in" great clouds of mist. The foaming tea, the" mountains rising ai- moet perpendicularly 6,000 feet high. with snow and .ciouds on their peak. and the rainstorm opening and closing our View. mode the npeetncie imposes TEE SHERIDAN ROAD NIQWS-LETI‘ER. wire. Hence it: Mint; You can mi ontheouuldeottheearlnthhm [an on em ”lung, and 3m". very good outlook. 'nke net‘s mary. “The gentlemen at America” are every when- received with great curiosity and great warmth. We have been “put up” at both the leading club: new. 'mmon‘ow we no to Cheviot whére the Government took Windfall 0! Ready Honey Robinson's 40,000 acres at the nine he had put on u for taxation. Feb. 22. 28. 24.â€"-'i‘heee inst any: inn been given to our visit to Cheviot. It has [been a briiLiant eucceu. The weather has been as Cine Septeinber weather as heart could wish: the some cry of the airvewept; treeieu. tnmnitn- one sort tint the foothills of the Rock- iee give in Colorado and Wyoming: the spectacle otfithe thriving fauna. but- treeeed with golden stack- of grain (W big as the barns or bigger, and the prosperous towns, where oniy five years ago. there was nothing but a manor house and vast expanses of sheep land: a population of 1.230. where there were less than tittyâ€"was most inspiring. We have been out of doors. driving. for three whoie days. Dunedin. March 8.-â€"We left hereto attempt the .'trip ‘ to Milford Sound-â€" something on the order of the Norway Hordeâ€"overland: We drove flf‘z'rtwo; miles in what they call a coach. ford- - ing the rivers in iien‘ of crossing bridges of which there were 'none. and passing over a very rough and pie- turesque country. There were snow- powdored mountains alivays in view. and one could nlways fancy oneseit in the country of the upper Visgo'uri. enough. But the break In the weather which had been very flu. and layer- perteuceoâ€"not a fewâ€"of rem-c for mountain storms to clear nil]. no.» It teem rather risky to (an In : bowl- in; gale and a rain that nude 1 water. (all of the entire sky to stun 38 miles up the lake and then walk 1nd climb calms (rpm Lebanon. mi trom' Colo» rado, limes (mm Englanjketc” etc.. all growl: from the deed an none of them ‘ ever needing to, be watered though lt Is a dry country. He, distlnctly als- courages all deallngs wlth nurseries. ngave us some apples his had grown that were a foot'pnd a halt lnvclrmn‘n~ terence. We'ntart toâ€"mm‘row on our coach trip to Mount Cook. the 13.600- t‘oot Klng or the New Zealand Alps. “__ _.-...... 84 miles more tor two den with no nhelter hnt engaging-out huts. and no full chance of chthtng poodhle. u the packs had to he reduced to the mint- mum. We regolved to take the nu;- nlfleent storm and It. pnnonm ot tnonntnln and lakes we hnd seen as our quota ‘ot the Sound and lakes we had counted nomuch upon. ad to best e tetreet. before the river: In our rear, which we had forded coming. become novella by the rein-{u to become nntordable. A detention theieby of a neek or- a tortnlght In no uncommon experience there. So we ten back. You can judge of the road from the fact that one of our horsesâ€"4t took flVc to haul our little coachâ€"4e“ and broke Its leg. and had to be‘ shot by the road~ sidefi Kurow. March 6.-â€"0ne of our pleas- ant experiences yesterday was visit- ing the estate of a great landlord, ,who Iald, speaking of the size or his farm In an ctr-hand way. that “It ran at- teen miles hacklrom the house." He his evqu cghcelvthe tre'é and Inn-ubâ€"~ if E. c; WEISSENBERG, Coal, Wood, Feed and Ice Cor. Railroad Ave.. and Elm CHAS. SCHROEDER, Dealer In flab, salt and Smoked meats. DR. H. C. R. NORRISS; Valuable Hones Carefully Shad. VICTOR BECK, _. - :-$ho¢r and magnifier, Orden called for and promptly defl.vet¢d WINNETKA. ELM STREET.