THE CHIMNEY CORNER.

THE EXPRESS TRAIN. Two or three of us had lounged out of the club one night, into Stanley’s office, to find out the news coming in by tele graph, which the sleeping town would not hear until the paper would be out to morrow. .Stanley was editor of the “ Courier.” He was scribbling away at driving speed, his hat on, an unlighted cigar in h's mouth. “ You’re at it late, Ben.” “Accident. Sixty lives lost,” without looking up. We seized the long white slips which lay coiled over the table, and read the despatch. “ Tut, tut !” “ Infamous 1” “ Nobody te blame, of course.” “ I tell you the officers of a road where such an accident is possible should be tried for murder 1” cried Ferrers. Stanley gave his copy to the boy, and lighted his cigar. “ I think you’re wrong Ferrers. Instead of being startled at such casuali ties, I never travel on a railway that I am not amazed at the security of them. Just think of it. Thousands of trains running yearly on each, with but a minute to spare between safety and destruction, the safety of these trains depending on conductors, telegraph clerks, brakes-men, men of every grade of intellect, their brains subject to every kinds of moods and disease and tempers. The engineer takes a glass of liquor ; the conductor sets his watch half a minute too fast ; the signalman falls asleep, and the train is dashed into ruin ! It is not the accident that is to be wondered at; it is the escape that is miraculous !” We all had dropped into scats by this time. The night was young, and one after another told some story of adventure and danger. Presently Stanley said “ There was an accident which occurred on the Banister road a few years ago, which made me feel as I do in the matter. I happened to be an eye-witness to the whole affair.” “What was it, Ben?” “ It’s rather a long story ” “No matter. Go oh. You can’t go home until your proof comes in.” “ No. Well, to make you understand, about five years ago I had a bad break down—night-work, hack writing, and poor pay. You know how fast it wears out the machine. The doctor talked of diseases of the gray matter of the brain, Ac., and prescribed, instead of medicine, absolute rest and change of scene. I would have swallowed all the nostrums in a drug shop rather than have left the office for a week.

* ‘ ‘ I’ll take country board and send in my work,’ I said. “ ‘ No ; you must drop office and work utterly out of your life for a month at least. Talk and think of planting potatoes, or embroidery—anything but newspapers and politics. ’ “ Well, I obeyed. I started on a pedestrian tour. Finally I brought up, footsore and bored beyond bearing, in Stockhunt. While there, I fell intp the habit of lounging about the railway station, studying the constructions of the engines, and making friends with the men.

“ The man with whom I always frater nize most readily is the skilled mechanic. He has a degree of common sense—a store of certain facts which your young doctor or politicial is apt to lack. ‘ ‘ Besides, he is absolutely sure of his social standing ground, and has a grave self-respect which teaches him to respect you. “ The professional lad just started on his career is uneasy, not sure of his position ; he tries to climb perpetually. “ I tell you this to explain my intimacy with many of the officials of the road, especially with an engineer named Blakeley. “ This man attracted me first by his ability to give me the information I wanted in a few direct, sharp words. Like most reticent men, he knew the weight and value of words. I soon be came personally much interested in him. He was about forty, his hair streaked with gray, and with a grave, worn face, which hinted at a youth of great hard ships, and much suffering. “ However, Blakely had found his way to the brighter land at last. Three years before he had married a bright, cheerful

woman. They had one child —a boy. He had work and goed wages, and was, I found, high in the confidence of the com pany. One one occasion, having a Sun day off, he took me up to where his wife and boy lived. He was an exceptionally silent man, but when with them was garrulous and light-hearted as a boy. “ In his eyes Jane was the wisest and fairest of women, and the boy a wonder of intellect. One great source of trouble to him was, as I found, that he was able to go home but once in three weeks. It was necessary for the child’s health to keep them in the country air, and indeed he could not afford to have them else where ; but this separated him from them almost wholly. “Jane was in the habit of coming with Charley down to a certain point of the road every day, that Blakeley might see them as he dashed by. “ And when I found out this habit, it occurred to me that I could give Blakeley a great pleasure. How often have I reproached myself for my meditating kindness since ! “ January 25th was the child’s birth day. I proposed to Mrs. Blakeley that she and Charley should board the train which her husband drove, unknown to him, and run up to Harridge, where he had the night off. “ There was to be a little supper. Charley was to appear in a new suit. Of course the whole affair was at my expense —a mere trifle, but an affair of grandeur and distinction which fairly took Jane’s breath. “ She was a most innocent, happy creature ; one of those women who are wives and mothers in the cradle. When Blakeley found her she was a thin, pale little tailoress, a machine to turn out badly - made shoddy clothes. But three years of marriage and petting of Charley had made her rosy, and plump, and pretty. “ The little Highland suit was bought complete, to the tiny dirk and feather, and very pretty the little fellow looked in it. “ I wrote down to order a supper to be ready at eight, Jane and the boy were to go aboard the train at Shore, a queer little hill village near which they lived. Blakeley ran the train from Stockhunt down to Hedge that day. “His wife being in the train before he took charge of the engine, of course he would see and know nothing of her until we landed at Harridge at seven. “I had intended to go down in the smoking carriage as usual, but another fancy, suggested I suppose by the origina tor of all evil, seized me. “ Ho need to laugh. “ My fancy, diabolic or not. was to go down on the engine with Blakeley. I hunted up the fireman, and talked to him for an hour. Then I went to the engineer. Blakeley,” I said, ‘Jones, (the fire man) wants to-night off. ’ “‘Off! Oh, no doubt! /He’s taking to drink, is Jones. He must have been drinking when he talked of that. It’s impossible.’ “I explained to Blakeley that Jones lad a -kir wifp.nra sweetheart or some

had bribed him to give it to mo. The fact was that in my idleness and the over worked state of my brain I craved excite ment as a confirmed drunkard does liquor. “Blakeley, I saw, was angry and ex ceedingly annoyed.

“He refused at first, but finally gave way with a grave civility, which almost made me ashamed of my boyish whim. I promised to be the prince of firemen. “ Then you’ll have to be treated as one, Mr. Santley,’ said Blakeley, curtly. ‘ I can’t talk to gentlemen aboard my engine. It’s different from here, on the platform, you’ll remember. I’ve got to order and you to obey, in there, and that’s all there’s of it.’ “ ‘ Oh, I understand, I said, thinking that it requiredlittle moral effort to obey, in the matter of shovelling coal. If 1 could have guessed what that shovelling coal was to cost me ! But all day I went about thinking of the fiery ride through the land, mounted literally on the iron; horse. ! “It was in the middle of the afternoon when the train rushed into the station. “ I caught a glimpse of Jane, with Charley, magnificent in his red and green plaid, beside her. “She nodded a dozen times and laughed, and then hid behind the window, fearing her husband should see her. Poor girl ! It was the second great holiday of her life, she had told me, the first being her wedding day. “The train stepped ten minutes. It was neither an express nor a parliamen tary train, but one which stopped at the principal stations on the route —Selins- grove, Sunbury, Ac. “ I had an old patched suit on, fit, as I supposed, for the service of coal-heaver ; but Blakeley, when I came up, eyed it and my hands sardonically. He was in no better temper, evidently, with amateur firemen than he had been in the morning. “ 1 All aboard !’ he said, gruffly. ‘ You take your place there, Mr. Santley. You’ll put in coal just as I call for it, if you please, and not to trust to your own judgment. ‘ ‘ His tone annoyed me. ‘lt cannot require much judgment to keep up a fire under a boiling pot, and not to make it too hot. Any woman can do that in her own kitchen.’ “ He made no reply, but took his place in the little square box where the greater part of his life was passed. I noticed that face was flushed, and his irritation at my fioolisli whim was surely more than the oc casion required. I watched him with keen curiosity, wondering if it was pos sible that he could have been drinking, as he had accused poor Jones of doing.” “It strikes me as odd,” interrupted Ferrers, “ that you should have not only made an intimate companion of this fel low, Santley, but have taken so keen an interest in his tempers and drinking bouts. You would not be likely to honor any of us with such attention. ” “No. 1 have something else to do. I was absolutely idle then. Blakeley and his family for the time made up my world. As for the friendship, this was an ex ceptional man, both as to integrity and massive hard sense.

‘ 1 The knowledge that comes from books counts with me but for little, compared with the education given by experience and contact with facts for forty years. I was honored by the friendship of this grimy engineer. “ But the question of his sobriety that day was a serious one. A man in charge of a train with hundreds of souls aboard, I felt ought to be sober, particularly when I was shut up in the engine with him. “ Just as we started, a slipof paper was handed to him, which he read and threw down. “ ‘ Do you run this train by telegraph ?’ I asked, beginning to shovel vigorously. •“Yes. No more coal. ’ “ Isn’t that unusual V “ ‘ Yes. There are two special trains on the road this afternoon. ’ “ ‘ls it difficult to run a train by tele graph V I said presently, simply to make conversation. Staring in silence at the narrow slit in the gloomy furnace or out at | the village street, through which we slowly passed, was monotonous. ‘“No, not difficult. I simply have to obey the instructions which I receive at each station. “ ‘ But if you should happen to think the instructions not right V “ ‘ Happen to think ! I’ve no business to think at all! When the trains run by telegraph the engineers are so many machines in the hands of one controller, whc directs them all from a central point. He has the whole road under his eye. If they don’t obey to the least tittle their orders, it is destruction to the whole.’ “ ‘ You seem to think silent obedience the first and last merit in a railway man V “ ‘ Yes,’ dryly. “ I took the Hut, and was dumb. “We were out of town now. Blakeley quickened the speed cf the engine. I did not speak to him again. There was little for me to do, and I was occupied in look ing out at the flying landscape. The fields were covered with a deep fall of snow, and glanced whitely by, with a strange, unreal shimmer. The air was keen and cutting. Still the ride was tame. I was disappointed. The excite ment would by no means equal a dash on a spirited horse. I began to think I had little to pay for mj’’ grimy hands and face, when we slowed at the next station. One or two pas sengers came aboard the train. There was the inevitable old lady with bundles, alighting, and the usual squabtle about her trunk. I was craning my neck to hear, when the boy ran alongside with the telegram. “The next moment I heard a low ex clamation from Blakeley. “‘ Go back,’ said he to the boy. ‘ Tell Sands -to have the message repeated. There is a mistake. ’ “ The boy dashed off, Blakeley sat waiting, coolly polishing a bit of the shining brass before him. Back came the boy. “ Had it repeated. Sands is raging at. you. Says there’s no mistake, and you’d best get on,’ thrusting the second message up. “Blakeley read it, and stood hesitating for half a minute. I shall never forget the dismay, the utter perplexity that gathered in his lean face as he looked at the telegram, and then at the long train behind him. His lips moved as if he were calculating chances, and his eye suddenly quailed, as if he saw death at the end of the calcula tion. “ ‘ What’s the matter ? What are you going to do V I asked. “ ‘ Obey.” [to be continued.]

Useful Information. GARDENING

NOTES FOB, THE PRESENT MONTH, BY A PROFESSIONAL GARDENER. KITCHEN GARDEN. Sow during the month the last sowing of cabbage, "cauliflower, lettuce, winter spinach, to stand in the seed beds over winter, to come in for transplanting in early spring. Onions should be sown as early this month as possible, as it often happens that they are sown too late, and hence dis appointment is suffered, as the first sharp frost lifts them out of the ground. But by sowing early they will have taken suffi cient hold to resist the action of frost. The best varieties are Brown Spanish, Giant Rocco, and Bi'own Globe. By sow ing in lines they can be thinned out, and in early spring. Ihe Giant in the above manner, pro- sometimes weighing One of the best for

early use, Brown Spanish, also produces an excellent crop when transplanted in early spring. White Stone and Golden Ball Turnip should also be sown as early this month as possible, which will keep up a supply of tine tender roots all through the winter and early spring months. Care should be taken not to cover the seeds too deep, as in nearly all cases disappointment arises from their being covered too deep or not covered at all. Seeds, as a rule, should in no case be covered more than twice their own thickness, except peas, beans, and such large seeds —these from 2in. to Sin. Radish will do well sown this month. FLOWER GARDEN. The principal work will bo to collect flov er seeds of all the different annuals, Ac. Stow them in a dry place. Cuttings should be taken of all flowering plants, such as geraniums, verbenas, petunias, cupheas, Phlox, Drummoni, Ac., and placed in pots or boxes. To ensure suc cess, place about two inches of well-rotted manure mixed with loam in the bottom of the pot or box. Mix good ordinary loam, three parts to sand one part, well together. Fill the balance of your pot or box, putting a light covering of pure sand on the top, in which insert the cuttings. Geraniums cuttings should have little or no water for a week after being put in, as they are likely to damp off if kept too wet until they begin to color. Verbenas, fuchsia, petunius, Ac., must be kept damp and shaded ; but geraniums will root more readily by being placed in the sun. To strike fuchsia cuttings, ver benas, Ac., lay some pieces of glass over the top of the box, to keep it air tight, for a week or so after the cuttings are put in. Persons purposing to lay down new lawns should embrace the first opportunity, as lawns laid down this month do much bet ter than when done in spring, as it has the double advantage from the autumn rains and spring showers to give the young grass a thorough hold of the ground be the summer drought set in.

Useful Information.

VACCINATION. By an Act of Uie General Assembly of New Zealand, it is made compulsory upon every parent to take his child, within six months of its birth, to the Medical Officer appointed by Government for the district, or to some qualified Medical Practitioner, to have the child vaccin ated, and on the eighth day following to take the child back again for inspection. For breach of this law a fine not exceeding 40s. may be recovered before any Bench of Magis trates. If the child be properly vaccinated, the Medical Officer 01 Practitioner is to give a certificate of the fact. If the child be not sus ceptible, or unfit to endure the process, another certificate is to be given, which will clear the paients of the consequences. Children, al though vaccinated, whose vaccination certifi cates are not forwarded to the Registrar of the district arc still liable to a fine of 40s. Inno culation with the virus of small pox is a crime punishable by a penalty of £lO, The word “parent” means father, mother, or other per son having the care, nurture, or custody of the child. SLAUGHTER-HOUSE LICENSES. “The Slaughter-House Act, 1877,” pro vides that “no license shall be issued in res pect of any slaughter-house situated within half a mile from the outer boundary of any borough, unless such slaughter-house has been erected, or was in course of erection for that purpose immediately before the Ist December, 1877. If such slaughter-house is within the above described limit, application for the license must be made to the Council of the nearest Borough. If a slaughter-house is within any County, ex cept as aforesaid, the application must be made to the Council of such county. No license, 'not being the renewal of a previously existing license, shall be issued to any person, unless public notice shall have been given by the applicant for the same, once in each week for one month, immediately preceding the lime when such application is to be heard.” MOONLIGHT EVENINGS. The Moon at 3 days old shines till about 8 o’clock. The Moon at 6 days old shines till about half-past 10 o’clock. The Moon at 8 days old shines till nearly I o’clock in the morning. The Moon at 12 clays old shines from sun down till about 4 in the morning. The Moon at 15 days old is full, and shines all night. The Moon at 18 days old rises about 9 p.m. and shines rill morning. The Moon at 21 days old rises about II p.m. and shines till morning. The Moon at 24 days old rises about 2 a. in. and shines till morning. The Moon at 27 days old rises about 4 a.m. and shines till sunrise. THE HOUSEWIFE’S TABLE. The following is a very valuable housewife’s table, by which persons not having scales and weights at hand may readily measure the article wanted to form any recipe without the trouble of weighing, allowance to be made for an extraordinary dryness or moisture of the ar ticle weighed or measured : Wheat flour, I pound is I quart. Indian meal, 1 pound 2 ounces are 1 quart. Butter, when soft, 1 pound is 1 quart. Loaf sugar, broken, 1 pound is I quart White sugar, powdered, 1 pound I unce aic I quart. Ten eggs are 1 pound. Flour, 4 pecks are 1 bushel. Sixteen large tablespoonsful are I pint. Eight large teaspoonslul are I gill. Four large teaspoonsful are % gill. Two gills are % pint. Two pints ate I quart. Four quarts are I gallon. A common sized tumbler holds %. pint, A common sized wine glass is a gill. A tea-cup is I gill. A large wine-glass is I gill. Forty drops are equal to I teaspoonful. Four teaspoonfuls are equal to I tablespoon ful.

REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, MAR RIAGES, AND DEATHS. Births.—Parents and all other persons pre sent at a birth, are liable under the Act for Registration under penalty of j£io ; failing, the occupier of house in which such birth took place is liable. Births are registered free up to sixty-two days, day of birth and of registra tien, both inclusive; afterwards up to six months, on payment of ss. penalty, and after declaration as to truth of particulars being duly made ; and beyond six months only after conviction before a Magistrate, and on pro duction of certificate of conviction signed by Magistrate or Clerk to Bench, and within one month of such conviction. There are other provisions as to registration of children found exposed, and registration of names within one year of birth. Marriages.—Marriages must be solem nized with open doors, between eight in the morning and four in the afternoon, in the presence of two or more witnesses. Persons objecting to be married by a clergyman, can be married in a Registrar’s office by a Registrar. Persons desirous of being married must give notice to the Registrar of the district, and take out a Marriage Certificate; but before doing so, must have resided in the district three clear days immediately proceeding the application for certificate. The fees arc ;—for Notice and Certificate, 2s 6d ; Marriage by Registrar, £1 ; and 2s 6d for Copy of Marriage Registrar. Persons wishing to be married out of the dis trict in which they live, can only do so by residing in the district in which they wish to be married for three clear days, and obtaining certificate from the Registrar of that district. And persons living in different districts must either both reside for three clear days in the same district, or else obtain two Certificates, viz:—one from the Registrar of each of the districts in which they reside. Any person making false affirmation, declaration, nr repie sentation before a Registrar, is guilty of mis demeanour. Deaths.—The occupier of house in which death occurs, and all persons present at a death, are liable for the registration within thirty-one days; and failing these, the Undertaker or person so acting, under penalty of £10; but any of the persons liable may depute, in writing, some person acquainted with par ticulars required to attend and register ; and the person registering MLST in all cases take to the Registrar the Doctor’s Certificate of Death. In all cases of burial, the Undertaker or person so acting, must return to the Registrar within seven days, the Burial Cer tificate, duly signed by Undertaker and officiating Minister, or two householders pre sent at such burial. Undertakers not return ing such Burial Certificates vrilhin seven days are liable to a penalty of : and Clergymen officiating and not signing Burial Certificates are also liable to a penalty of £s■ Any person not attending to register, alter notice from Registrar is duly given, is liable to a penalty of 1 here are various other provisions defining powers and duties of Registrar, and imposing penalties for neglect in complying with various provisions of th<* Act.

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1880.

Printed and published by Horace John Weeks and Charles Dixon, at their Printing Office, East Street, Ashburton, Saturday, March 27, 1880.



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Sir, —Having suffered for some time from an obstinate cough, accompanied | ■with fever, continuous head-aches, and sleepless nights, I resolved after having vainly tried several other medicines, to have recourse to your ■ BALSAM of ANISEED. I cannot resist, sir, the desire of making you acquainted with the really marvelous results which I derived from it. From the first dose I felt great relief, the bad symptoms grew feebler, the irritation of the throat was calming down, and I recovered the sleep which had nearly left me. The third dose delivered me completely, and I am now completely restored to health. Receive, sir, with the expression of my gratitude the assurance of my distinguished sentiments. DUG DE MONTABOR.” POWELL’S BALSAM of ANISEED. "Sir, — I have for a long time suffered from a severe cough and tried all manner of remedies. Dr. Liberecht advised POWELL’S BALSAM of ANISEED ; it cured me after a few days. You are at liberty to use this letter in hopes that others may benefit by it.— I am, Sir, Yours. &c., ALBERT COUNT POTOCKI.” "DOWELL’S BALSAM OF ANISEED. WILL LOOSEN the PHLEGM imme diately.—The Dean of Westminster’s Verger writes: “I was advised to try the Balsam of Anijeed; I did, and have found great relief. It is most comforting in allaying irritation and giving strength to the voice. ” Lionel Brough, Esq., the eminent actor, writes : I think it an invaluable medicine for members of my profession, and have always recommended it to my brother and sister artistes.” TRULY an EXTRAORDINARY EX PECTORANT.—Mr. Edward M. Ullctt, of Bury, Hunts., writes to Messrs. Palmer & Son, Ramsay ; —" Having been in the habit o using Powell’s Balsam of Aniseed for a great number of years, I have great pleasure in bear ing testimony to its incomparable effects as an expectorant. I always find a single dose gives immediate relief, and a small bottle effects a perfect cure.” POWELL’S BALSAM of ANISEED.— The effects of one teaspoonful taken in a little water before going to bed is extraordinary. No family should be without it in the winter. Sold by Chemists and Medicine Vendors throughout the World, is i>£d and 2s 3d per per bottle; a great saving in taking family bottles, lls each. Established over 50 years. Prepared only by THOMAS POWELL, Blackfriars Road, London. A SK for POWELL’S BALSAM of ANISEED SOLD by all CHEMISTS and STORE KEEPERS. Observe the Trade Mark, "Lion, Net, and Mouse.” Wholesale Agents in the Australian and New Zealand Colonies- -Elliot Brothers; Evers & Solomon ; Felton, Grimwalde, & Co. ; P. and S. Falk, Paulding & Co. ; Rocke, Tompsit, & Co. ; Rosenthall & Co. ; Kemptiiorne, Prosser, & Co. ; S. Hoffenunc & Co. ; Hemmons, Laws, & Co. ; Berkley, Taylor, & Co. ; and all other wholesale houses. Proprietor —Thomas Powell, Blackfriars Road London. KEATING’S WORM TABLETS, A PURELY VEGETABLE SWEETMEAT, ooth in appearance and taste, furnishing a most agreeable method of administering the only certain remedy for INTESTINAL or THREAD WORMS. It is a perfectly safe and mild preparation, and is especially adapted for children. TESTIMONIAL. Medical Hall Gildersome, Nov. 28th, 1876. Mr, Keating, Dear Sir, —I think it nothing but my duty to inform you of the immense sale 1 have for your Worm tablets, which I may justly say is enormous, and in every case gives the greatest satisfaction. I have now in stock two bottles containing the Round Worms brought me during the last few days by customers, one Worm 40 yards long. I dare not be without . the remedy.—}-ours respectfully, M. A. Walker. Sold in tins by all Chemists and Druggists Proprietor, THOS. KEATING, London, REWARD AND CAUTlON.—Whereas fraudulent imitations of this umsurpassed remedy have been sold, I hereby request any one knowing the vendor of the same to com municate with me, on conviction of the offender a liberal reward will be paid. 637 BUGS, FLEAS, MOTHS, BEETLES And all other Insects ate DESTROYED by KEATING’S INSECT POWDER, which is quite harmless to domestic animals. In exterminating Beetles the success of this Powde: is extraordinary, and no one need be troubled by those pests. It is per fectly clean in application. Ask for and be sure you obtain “ KEAT ING’S POWDER,” as Imitations are Noxious, and fail in giving satisfaction. Sold bv all Chemists.in Tins, is. & 2s. fid. each 63c



GRATEFUL —COMFORTI? G. i BREAKFAST COCOA. “By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application oi .he fine properties of well selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tabled with a delicately-flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctors’ bills. It is by tne judi cious use of such articles of diet, that a constitu tion may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating arcund us, ready to attack wherever there is a u eak point. We may escape many a fata shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pure bicod and a properly nourished frame.” —The Cizii Service Gazette, SOLD ONLY IN PACKETS LABELLED JAMES EPPS AND CO Homeopathic Chemists, London,



Medical. ENO’S FRUIT SALT. THE PHYSICAL BASIS OF LIFE. GOOD FOOD. How to enjoy good food that would other wise cause Bilious headache, disordered Stomach, Poisoned Blood, Ac. —use ' ENO’S FRUIT SALT. A NATURAL APERIENT. ENO’S FRUIT SALT, when taken with water, acts as a natural aperient, its simple but natural action removes all impurities, thus preserving and restoring health. If its great value in keep ing the body in health were universally known, no family should be without it. Fagged, weary, and worn OUT ! ! ! Anyone whose duties require them to under go mental or unnatural excitement or strain— FIDO’S FRUIT SALT is the best known remedy. It acts like a charm. It allays ner vous excitement, depression, aud the injurious effects of stimulants and too rich food. Its power in aiding the digestion is most striking. It also restores the nervous system to its proper condition (by natural means). Use ENU’S FRUIT SALT. You cannot overstate its great value in keeping the blood pure and free from disease. ENO versus STIMULANTS. An in sufficient amount of exercise frequently deranges the liver. ENO’S FRUIT SALT is peculiarly adapted for any constitutional weak ness of the liver. A world of woes is avoided by those who keep and use ENO’S FRUIT SALT. —“All our customers for Eno’s Salt would not be without it upon any consideration, they having received so much benefit from it.*— Wood Brothers, Chemists, Jersey, 1878.” Every travelling'trunk and 1 HOUSEHOLD in the world ought to contain a Bottle of ENO’S FRUIT SALT, prepared from Sound, Ripe Fruit, as a Health giving, Cooling, Sparkling, and Invigorating Beverage for any Season. It is the best Pre ventive and Cure for Biliousness, Sick Head ache, Skin Eruptions, Impure Blord, Fevers, Pimples on the Face, Giddiness Feverishness, Mental Depression, Want of Appetite, Sour ness of Stomach, Constipation, Vomiting, Thirst, &c., aud to remove the effects of errors in Eating and Drinking. ENO’S FRUIT SALT.— From the Rev. Dr Hurst, Vicar of Collorly : —“ I have nsed your Fruit Salt for many years, and have verified your statements. The thanks of the public are due to you for your unceasing efforts to relieve suffering humanity. Long may you live to be a blessing to the world.” ENO’S FRUIT SALT.—“After suffering for nearly two and a half years from severe headache and disordered stomach, and after trying almost everything and spending much money without finding any benefit, 1 was recommended by a friend to try ENO’S FRUIT SALT, and before I had finished one bottle I found it doing me a great deal of good, and now 1 am restored to my usual health ; and others I know that have tried it have not enjoyed such good health for years.—Yours most truly, Robert Humphreys, Post Office, Barrasford. ” Agents for New Zealand, MESSRS. KEMPTHORNE, PROSSER, AND CO. VALUABLE DISCOVERY for the HAIR. A very nicely perfumed Hairdressing, called THE MEXICAN HAIR RE NEWER, now being sold by most Che mists and perfumers througout the coun try, at 3s. 6d. per bottle, is fast super ceding all the old restorers and dyes for the purpose of changing grey or white hair to its natural original color, for it will positively restore the hair in every case of greyness to its original color, with out dyeing it or leaving that offensive smell which most of the hair preparations of the day do. This preparation has never been known to fail in restoring the hair to its natural color and gloss in from eight to twelve days. It promotes growth and prevents the hair falling out, eradicating dandruff, and leaving the scalp in a clean, healthy condition. It imparts peculiar vitality to the roots of the hair, restoring it to its youthful freshness and vigor. Daily applications of this preparation for a week or two will surely restore faded, grey, or white hair to its natural color and richness. It is not a dye, nor does it con tain any coloring matter or offensive substance whatever. Hence it does not soil the hands, the scalp, or even.white linen, but produces the color within the substance of the hair. Read the follow ing from Mr. Nathan Berry, Chemist, Walkden : “ One of ray customers told me the other day he had had grey hair for thirty-five years, and after using one bottle of the Mexican Hair Renewer I sold him, it was restored to and kept its natural color.” It may be had of any respectable Chemist, Perfumer, or Dealer in toilet articles in the kingdom, at 3s. fid. per bottle.—Prepared by HENRY 0. GALLUP, No. 493, Oxford street, London.



COCKLE’S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS— These Pills consist .of a careful and peculiar admixture of the best and mild est vegetable aperients, with the pure ex tract of the flowers of the camomile. They will be found a most efficacious remedy for derangement of the digestive organs, and for torpid action of the liver and bowels, which produce indigestion and the several varieties of bilious and liver complaints. They speedily remove the irritation and feverish state of the stomach, allay spasm, correct the morbid condition of the liver and organs subser vient to digestion, promote a due and healthy secretion of bile, and relieve the constitution of all gouty matter and other impurities, which, by circulating in the blood, most injuriously affect the action of the kidneys ; thus, by removing the causes productive of so much discomfort, they restore the energies of both body and mind. To those who indulge in the luxuries of the table these pills will prove highly useful, occasioning no pain in their action, unless they meet with an unusual quantity of acrid bile and acid matter in the stomach and bowels. To Europeans on their arrival in India or China they are recommended as a preservative against the fatal disorders peculiar to tropical climates. Their occasional use, if com bined with the strictest attention to diet, will be frequently found to remove at once, by their influence over the secre tions, that congestive and unhealthy con dition of the liver which is so often the earliest antecedent of severe febrile and constitutional disturbance. It must be understood that these pills are not recommended as containing any new or dangerously active ingredients; on the contrary, they are characterised by a remarkable simplicity of combination, and whatever merit they may be found to possess depends as much upon the selec tion of pure drugs, and the unusual labor and attention bestowed upon their subse quent preparation, as upon the acknow ledged peculiarity of their composition. They are not recommended as a panacea, nor are they adapted to all complaints ; but as a mild and efficacious aperient and tonic in the various forms of indigestion, it will not, perhaps, be an exaggeration to state that they have been resorted to under all systems of diet, changes of cli mate, or atmospheric alternations with an extraordinary degree of success for upwards of seventy-eight years. This celebrated family aperient may be had throughout the United Kingdom in boxes at Is l|d, 2s 9d, 4s 6d, and 11s Od, as well as in India, China, New Zealand, and the Australian Colonies,



TO PRINTERS. MACHINE FOR SALE. For sale.— One Second-hand Double Demy Tape Printing MACHINE, in thorough working order, with rollers, moulds, &c., complete. This machine has been replaced by a Double Royal Wharfedale, which necessitates removal of the Double Demy Machine formerly used for printing the “Herald’’and “ Guardian,” for hand or steampower. Can be seen and all par ticulars obtained at our office. For a Country Office this Machine suits admirably, as it can easily be turned by hand, for which we have fitted a fly wheel and handle. Price £7O. WEEKS & DIXON. Ashburton, January 14, 1879 EMPLOYERS requiring any kind of laborers can engage through Herat.u Registry Office, on payment of Is. in ad vance,



Business Notices. B®* THIS ADVERTISEMENT SHOULD BE CAREFULLY READ AND RE MEMBERED BY EVERYONE IN TERESTED IN FENCING. THE PATENT OVAL SAMSON FENCE WIRE Has now been before the public for four years, and during that time 5,000 TONS HAVE BEEN SOLD, Giving very great satisfaction, in proof of which we hold numerous testimonials from j well-known colonists ; and the demand is daily increasing to snch an extent, that numerous spurious imitations have lately been introduced in the various markets of Australia and New Zealand, fer the sole purpose of damaging the reputation of the Patent Oval Samson Wire. The Samson Wire Was patented and introduced four years ago in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, and New Zealand ; and the principal claim set fourth was itsbeingmade Oval to prevent fraud. Yet, in the face of these patents, firms—many of respectable standing—have, for the sake of a paltry commission, lent themselves to the intro duction of various spurious imitations, which render them liable to actions at law, and annoyance and disappointment to the users.



We would point out to intending pur chasers that any persen erecting Oval Wire Fences, other than the Patent Oval Sam son, renders himself liable for damages. The Patent Acts on this point are very explicit ; therefore, after this notice no excuse can be made. Wehave had instances brought under om notice where some persons have been so un principled as to mix the Spurious Oval Wire amongst the Patent Oval Samson in order to make a sale, and damage the the reputation of the genuine article. We have a great aversion to take legal proceedings in this matter, but shall be compelled to, in self-defence, unless these practices are at once stopped. The public, when purchasing, are there fore cautioned to see that each coil bears a tin tally thus PATENT OVAL SAMSON WIRE, IN OVAL ; And the Patentee’s Tally or Trade Mark : M B R IN PADLOCK. Manufactured by the Whitecross Wire Company, Warrington, England. By using the Patent Oval Fence Wire you get a better and cheaper fence than any other, and the best proofs are the imitations already referred to. comprehensive circular as to its advantages, with numerous testimonials from well-known colonists, will be posted to any address on application. The state Forests of Victoria are fenced with the Patent Oval Samson Fence Wire; the one at Dookie is, without doubt, the best Wire Fence in Australia, and people come from great distances to see it. PRICES GREATLY REDUCED. ADDRESS : M Lean Bros. & Rigg, importer , 69 ELIZABETH STREET, MELBOURNE.



TRADE MARK ! M B R IN PADLOCK. We undertake through our agents, to deliver the Patent Oval Samson Wire at. any port in Australia or New Zealand, either direct from England or Melbourne. Inquiries by telegram promptly answered. REWARD.—Fencers throughout the Colonies who can give information as to the erection of Oval Wire Fences, other than the Patent Oval Samson Wire, will find it to their advantage to communicate with Messrs. M'Lean Brothers and Rigg, fit) Elizabeth street Melbourne. Public Notices. GRAIN. ROYSE, STEAD, & CO. are prepared to PURCHASE GRAIN or to make ADVANCES ON GRAIN consigned to them for sale or ship ment. C. PERCY COX, Agents for y ROYSE, STEAD, & CO., 493» Ashburton,



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THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Price Twopence, CAN be obtained from the following Agents, who will receive order* . • H. M. Jones E. A. Garnett. K. Sando D. Williamson M. Guinney M. Atkinson G. Leadley T. M. Jones & Co. J. Lambie Win. Cox ... W. Harris ... J. Davison J. Stephens T. E. Tomlinson ... P. Tisch A. R. Markham & Co. M. Hudson ... J. Bowick ... Intending Subscribers will please forms, which can be obtained from any of the above Agents. They.wiil also oblige by stating on the back of the order which agent they pay their subscriptions. The Triangle East Street East Street East Street Wakanui Seafield Wakanui Cre.»l Seafield Kyle Rakaia Winslow Westerfield Alford Forest Mount Someie • Snread Eagle Unerteejj Watertcl Mayfield JBVL . tC dtr 1 WEEKS AND DIXON, Printers and Pubusbkbs