THE CHIMNEY CORNER.

“PER C.” Ripe summer wore into autumn, and as the golden days grew grey and chill, Mrs. Bronson returned to the thoroughly renovated family mansion on Murray Hill. The four women were all shocked at the pale face and languid air of the son and brother. “He must have a change. He must go a journey. Either one or all of the sisters would accompany and take care of him.” But he refused to entertain their offer, and would “ look put for himself,” he said, should he decide upon any place to go. Passing through No. 5 the next morning to his own curtained niche, he chanced to glance over Mr. Walker’s shoulder, and cought sight of an order from Sturtevant Co., in “Per C.’s” well-known clear-cut characters. He took the bill and studied it from the “Chicago, October 18” to the “ Per C.” in the lower right-hand corner. The blood danced through his veins, his heart throbbed with an exultant joy, his very fingers tingled he was stimu lated and refreshed as he had some times been by the fresh cool breeze when sailing down the harbor on a sul try morning, or by finding himself in a cool, woodland dell, surrounded by the romantic fragrance of wild azalias after a brisk, warm walk.

“ I have decided to start on the 8 p.m. express for Chicago,” he an nounced, to the surprise of the house hold, after he had already surprised them by’appearing at lunch, which they were enjoying with two or three lady friends.

After a rapid journey for a person in pursuit of rest and enjoyment, he found himself on a clear, crisp October morn ing in the vestibule of the business quarters of Sturtevant and Co, “ Mr. Sturtevant ? One flight, No. i, to the left.” The young New Yoiker’s heart beat as it had never before beaten at antici pation in any form. He thought, “ I shall see her in her plain, grey dress, with her smooth brown hair, white cheeks and her thin, pliant hands busy over the morning mail. How her shy, blue eyes will light up at sight of me. I don’t know what I shall say. Of course, I shall go through all the proper con ventionalities. Ah me!” He reached the door. His hand trembled on the knob. Just then it was turned from within, and he stood face to face with Mr. Sturtevant.

“ Why, Bronson ! my man ; glad to see you. Been ill ? You look like the ghost of your former self.” But his quick eye did not lose his visitor’s rapid glance around the office, nor the change of countenance when the ac countant’s desk was seen to be vacant; but he made him say, after a little com monplace talk, making an effort to speak quite naturally : Miss Clark is not with you ?”

“No, her place is at the house. My wife was an Eastern woman, and had relations by the name of Clark. They have hunted up some kind of relation ship, and have struck up a great friend ship over it. Kitty, as my wife calls her —‘Per C.’ she will always be to me —fits right into our household as if she belonged there. Wife needed a com panion. The children needed a gover ness, and I needed some one at the house to straighten my books out for me, when I can think to take them up, and to write orders when I am in a hurry. I have never had a woman in ray office, nor a Chinaman in my kitchen. I don’t take kindly to the new order of things.” “ * Per C.’ and Eliza, my wife, are taking singing lessons and brushing up their German, and I don’t know what all; but Ido know that she more than earns her wages by the additional light and life and interest she brings to our home. She’s a rare woman, and there are plenty of people in Chicago who are finding it out. You must go home to dinner with me this evening and get acquainted with Eliza and the children, and see what the West has done for ‘Per C.’”

He had planned to surprise her, but of course he could not make that ad mission, and had to accept the invita tion to dinner like any other gentle man, and went abroad all that day with an undefined pain in his heart, lest, just as he approached her, she would fade away like the flower maiden of his dreams.

Mrs. Sturtevant was never surprised to see a messenger coming with a little billet from her husband. The one this morning, however, was of unusual interest.

“ He’s come !” it said, “ I knew he Would, and he looks as if he had been through a siege. You must tell her, for we won’t allow her to be surprised. You ought to have seen the man, with his heart in his eyes, when I opened the door upon him just now, and the blank look that succeeded when he found me to be the only occupant of the office. I shall bring him up to dinner. Have the children down ; we will re ceive him like a family friend. I want him to see that a man’s best riches are in his home. And mind you, Eliza, we won’t leave them alone for a moment. If he wants favors, he must ask for them.”

I think Mis s Clark cried a little for Joy as she k ne lt beside the low white bed in her pr e tty room, and instead of any spoken prayer, saying simply, in prayerful spirit, “ I shall see him again i” But experience had taught her better than to admit one stray gleam of hope into her yearning heart.

She was in the back parlor, telling the children a story, when Mr. Bronson entered the high, handsome rooms with his jolly bustling host. Too much the man of society to fail of saying just the right thing when he was presented to Mr. Sturtevant, he was still looking for the quiet maiden, of whom he had almost begun to think of as a creature of fancy. We had never seen her surrounded by children before, and thought at first, " She has caught a gleam of youth from them,” and then the thought asserted itself, “ Had I known my mind we might have been married these seven or eight years,” and still approaching her through the long rooms, at the further end of which she had risen and remained standing in the centre of the pretty group, he thought: “This plump, girlish figure in blue silk and white lace and frizzes is not

she at all.” But Miss Clark smiled and blushed, and held out the small white hand which he took in his own for the first time in all those years of acquain tance, and as he held it fast said bravely before them all:

“ I can’t do without you, and have come to ask you to return with me as my wife.” “Ha, ha,” laughed Mr. Sturtevant. “ I wrote to Eliza the first day I was in your office, ‘ Bronson is in love with his confidential clerk, but he will never know it until something happens to remove her from her position.’ Thank me for opening your eyes, young man." “ Per C.” became Mrs. Bronson, but the wedding did not come off until the following spring. It was well that Oliver Walker was such a treasure of a book keeper, as business matters kept his employer in Chicago a great deal during the winter.

The mother and sisters of Bronson admire the wife of the iiead-of-the faraily exceedingly. They liked “ Western women,” they said, and they are glad to have Clarence married and settled in a home of his own.

One day not long ago, at a family dinner in the grand Murray Hill mansion, the oldest sister said : “ It has always puzzled me who Kate resembled; now I know. It is Miss Miss ; I have forgotten her name, your old accountant, brother.” “ Perhaps,” replied the young man, smiling across the table at his wife; “ Yes, I can see the likeness myself, although it is a long time since she was ‘ called away.’ ” (CONCLNDED.)

THE ARCHITECT’S WIFE.

Towards the middle of the four teenth century, Toledo was invested by the troops of Don Enrique de Trasta mara, the brother of that king, called by some the Cruel, by others the Just, to whose cause the Toledans were devoted, and for whom they were de fending with conspicuous valor their native city. Many a time and oft had the loyal and brave denizens of the “City of Swords” sallied forth across the magnificent bridge of San Martin, and throwing themselves with irresistible impetuosity against the besieging forces encamped in the Cigarreles, had in flicted on them severe loss. Indeed, so disastrous had these frequent sallies proved to the army of Don Enrique, that he determined to destroy the bridge, a structure of great beauty, and conspicuous even amongst the many architectural monuments possessed by Toledo.

But indifferent though Don Enrique was to the charms of the bridge of San Martin it had a special value in the eyes of the Toledians, from the fact that it formed their only means of access — unless indeed by crossing the Tagus by boat —to the Cigarreles, that Champs Elysees of Toledo, whose praises have been sung by well nigh all the poets of Castille.

One night the soldiers of Don Enrique might have been seen hewing down the magnificent trees which sur rounded their camp, and piling them on the bridge of San Martin; but with such care and precautions against sur prise was the work of devastation carried on, that not until day was dawn ing did the Toledians suspect the loss they were about to sustain. Then, indeed, a horrible glare overspread their beloved Cigarreles, now laid waste, lit up the waters of the Tagus, brought out into mournful distinctness the ruins of the palace of Roderick, the last Visi gothic king of Spain, and illuminated the Moorish tower which still overlooks the river.

The Toledians, roused by this sinis ter splendor, hastened to rescue the favourite bridge from the imminent ruin which menaced its existence; but in vain was all their haste, for a fearful crash, which echoed mournfully through the caves and windings of the Tagus, told them that the bridge was no more. When the sun rose to gild the dome of the kingly city, the Toledan damsels who crowded down to the banks of the river to fill their jars with the clear fresh water, returned with them still empty, but with hearts full of sorrow and indignation, for the stream of the Tagus was rushing along, turbulent and muddy, whirling round and round in its boiling eddies the still smoking ruins of the bridge of San Martin. The popular indignation knew no bounds, for the bridge, as we have said already, was the only direct means of access to the Cigarreles, the lovely pleasure grounds which the Toledans had inherited from the Moors, together with ail the veritable passion for trees and flowers for which those barbarians, as they have been misnamed, were so conspicuous. The endurance of the besieged, which was beginning to fail them, gained renewed strength from the outrage, and the army of Trastamara speedily found itself the object of a series of furious onslaughts, which ended in a complete and disastrous de feat, and watered the Cigarreles with streams of blood. (7o be continued, )

THE ASHBUETON GUAEDIAN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1880.

WMMniIMMW {J' Pnntedand published daily, - at the Guardian Office, Saunders’ Buildings, ,Easi street,/- Ashburton, ,by JAMES hIacLiEAN _ DONN/ | residing ht stfeet,"'Ashburton, . r v Thursday, December3/1880. ’ ’ "



It is well known that butter, cream, milk, and flour are peculiarly liable to ab sorb effluvia, and should, therefore, never be kept in mouldy rooms, or placed where there are sour liquids, aromatic vege tables, such as onions, cabbages, and tur nips, or smoked fish or bacon, or indeed any kind of food or thing of strong odour, lest they lose their flavor. But alas ! adds the Sanitarian, how much more es sential is it that the utmost care be used in the prohibition of bedside food and drink in the nursery and the sick room— a practice fraught with constant danger to the sick, and of spreading disease to the well. Holloway’s Ointment and Pills.— Diseases of the skin, ringworm, scurvy, aundice, scrofula or king’s evil, sore heads, and he most inveterate skin disease to which the human frame is subject, cannot be treated with a more safe and certain 'emedy than Holloway’s Ointment and Pills, which act so perculiarly on the constitution and so purify the blood, that these diseases are at once eradicated from the system, and a lasting cure obtained. They are equally efficacious in the cure of tumors, burns, scalds, glandu’ar swellings, ulcerous wounds, rheumatism, contracted and stiff joints. These medicines operate mildly and surely. The cures effected by them are not temporary or apparent only, but complete and permanent.



METHYEN AGENCY. MORGAN and HIBBS, General Store keepers, Methven, are authorised agents for the Ashburton Guardian. Subscribers will please get their papers from the agents in future. Orders en trusted to them will receive prompt attention.



Business Notices. Friedlander Bros. ARE CASH PURCHASERS OF WOOL, GRAIN, AND ALL KINDS OF Farm Produce, | j and are prepared to make LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES on the above, placed in rar hands either for sale or shipment to the English or Colonial markets. TWINE BINDER We have been appointed SOLE AGENTS for the DEERING TWINE BINDER for the County of Ashburton, and as only a limited number can be sup plied, all' who wish to make certain of securing those favorite machines for the next season, should ORDER SAME at ONCE from the Agents. The DEERING TWINE BINDER awarded GOLD MEDAL at Ashburton, six machines competing; took special prize at Oaraaru trial, &c., &c. HAVE ALSO ON HAND, McCORMICK’S, OSBORNE’S & WOOD’S Eeapers &.Binders with LATEST IMPROVEMENTS, at CHRISTCHURC PI PRICES. Freight added. We have now on view, a few Second-Hand REAPERS and BINDERS, in thorough good working order, which we will dispose of at a very LOW- FIGURE. A complete Assortment of extras for all Reapers and Binders, kept on the pre mises.



ARE JUST LANDING SIXTY-FIVE TONS OK BEST SOFT STEEL Binder Wire (Made expressly to our order), And it will be of great advantage to farmers to give early orders, as the QUALITY CANNOT BE EQUALLED. QORNSACKS 1 CORNSACKS ! ! We have to arrive our season’s ship ment of CALCUTTA CORNSACKS, Fullsized, extra strong, four-bushel, manu factured expressly to our order, for English wheat shipments. These Cornsacks, being purchased by us direct from the manufacturers in Calcutta, we can supply farmers and others on MOST FAVORABLE TERMS. WE have been favored with the AGENCY of WILBERS PATENT EUREKA Hay Mowers, As only a limited quantity of these machines, which took the FIRST PRIZE at the recent competition of the Ashbur ton Agricultural and Pastoral Association, can be supplied, orders for next season must be given early.



The new improved ALfHOUSE Yaneless Windmill la now on exhibition in front of our store. The prices Ere considerably lowered and within the reach of everybody. Come and examine them. Implements, &c. TO FARMERS, WE CAN OFFER now at remark ably LOW PRICES— Hornsby's H., H.H., R. 8., and R.C. Ploughs Reid and Gray’s Double and Single furrow Ploughs, and extras for same. Reid and Gray’s Drays, Rollers, Har rows, etc. Bentall’s, Richmond’s, and Chandler’s Horsepowers and Chaff-cutters. We have further a large stock of— Douglas and Gould’s American Pumps, Force Pumps, and Piping, and farm and station stores of all kinds. jQ R A P E R -Y. WE ARE JUST OPENING, in addition to our well-selected stock, our SPRING AND SUMMER Drapery Imported direct from the manufacturers, which will be sold REMARKABLY CHEAP, in orders to make room for coming shipments. Our CLOTHING and OUTFITTING DEPARTMENT is now replete with the most fashionable and serviceable goods, and we have an excellent stock of superior Boots and Shoes of colonial manufacture. OUR GROCERY and PROVISION DEPARTMENT is characterised by the best qualities of TEAS, SUGARS, DRIED FRUITS, &c. And the best brands of Warehousemans goods, sold at smallest possible profits. The CROCKERY and GLASSWARE DEPARTMENT has a very large and varied stock, and at prices not to be sur passed. Ironmongery in all its branches. Orders punctually attended to. FRIEDLANDER BROS., AGENTS COLONIAL FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY.



Business Notices. £3* 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 well-known colonists ; and the demand is daily increasing to such an extent, that numerous spurious imitations have lately been introduced in the various markets of Australia and New Zealand, for the sole purpose of damaging the reputation of the Patent Oval Samson Wire. The Samson Wire By using the Patent Oval Fence Wire you get a better and cheaper fence than any other, and the best proofs are the nutations already referred tp. J&a'-A 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. 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 :



R IN PADLOCK. Manufactured by the Whitecross Wire Company, Warrington, England. Was patented and introduced four years ago in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, and New Zealand ; and the principal claim set fourth was its being made Oval to prevent fraud. Yet, in the face of these patents, firms—many of rospecaltry 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 person 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 our notice where somepersonshave 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. ADDRESS M'Lean Bros. & Rigg 3 IMPORTER , 69 ELIZABETH STREET, MELBOURNE TRADE MARK I 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, ither direct from England or Melbourne. Inquiries by telegram promptly answered. Notice. 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, 69 Elizabeth Street Melbourne.



Business Notices. pRINTING, Of Every Description, NEATLY AND CHEAPLY EXECUTED, AT T HE SHBURTON Q UARDIAN QFFICE, SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, . East street, ASHBURTON. GRATEFUL COMFORTING EPPS’S COCOA. BREAKFAST. BY a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations oi digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of well selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may : save us many heavy doctor’s bills. It is by the judicious use of such articles of diet thai a constitution may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every ten pency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us ready tc attack wherever there is a weak point. We may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pure blood and.a properly nourished frame.— See article in the Civil Service Gazette. Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only in packets or tins, labelled ; JAMES EPPS AND CO., HOMCEOPATHIC CHEMIST, LONDON. 91 °c



Medical. jgLINDNESS, DEAFNESS, &c. DR. GRANT, Member of Royal College of Surgeons, England, and of the Medical Boards of Victoria and New South Wales; also regis tered in New Zealand, OCULIST, AURIST, & SPECIALIST, (Prom Europe), may be consulted upon all Diseases of the Eye, Ear, and Throat, Deafness, Noises in the Head,. Defective Sight, Squinting, Cataract, Amaurosis, Ophthalmia, Gutta Serena, Loss of Eye | lashes, Inflammation, and all Diseases of the Eye, Ear, and Throat treated upon new and scientific principles. DR. GRANT has arrived in Christ church, and may be CONSULTED at his Consulting Rooms, 4 HEREFORD TERRACE, Hereford Street East, Christchurch, Near St. John’s Church. Hours of attendance: Morning, 10 till 1; afternoon, 2 till 5. Saturdays, morning only. Dr Grant’s consultatipn rooms, during the four months of his successful practice in Auckland, were crowded to excess, and attention is confidently and particularly requested to the following cases of the Eye, Ear, Throat, and other special af fections : 211 Queen street, Auckland, July 23, 1880. Dr. Grant. —Dear sir, —I have to give you thanks for the great benefit to my hearing since I have been under your care. —I am, &c., Robert Campbell. Ponsonby, July 23. Under Dr. Grant’s treatment I am very much improved in my hearing, and should recommend any one to try the same.— M. A. Parker. Tamaki West, near St. John’s College, Auckland, July 23, 1880. Dr Grant has greatly improved my hearing during the time 1 have been under his care.— Thos. Churches. Brookside, Pakakura Valley, July 23,, 1880. I was under Dr. Grant’s treatmefit for squinting, and >vas completely cured in ten days. I would earnestly recommend any persons suffering from diseases of the eyes to make a trial of Dr Grant, feeling sure that he would benefit them as he has done me.— John Sinclaire, Jun. Ponsonby road, Hope Town, Auckland, June 16, 1880. I have been under Dr. Grant’s care since May 26, for great deaf- - ness, for more than twelve years, and am about seventy (70) years of age. Dr. Grant has removed a large and small polypus from my years, and I can hear much better, having greatly improved under his care, for which I am very thankful.— Charles Lowe. Horne’s Estate, New r North road, Auck land, June 16, 1880. I have been suffer ing from a severe local disease. Dr. Grant operated upon me on Saturday last, and I am now quite well, although I had been in an ill state of health for four years.— Charles Muller.



Cross street, Newton, Auckland, June 17, 1880. I have been nearly blind for over seven years, and unable to work at my trade (a confectioner). On the first day of this month I went under Dr. Grant’s care, and already see very much better in this short space of time.— John Whittle. Parnell, June 14, 1880. Dr. Grant has just cured me of a long-standing deafness of more than ten years, for which I am very thankful, having tried many other doc tors without success. —M \ria J. Theeman. Auckland, August 6, 1880. I have been deaf in the left ear for four years and in the right also. On August 2 I was treated by Dr. Grant, and am now quite well, being able to hear as well as ever I did.— Arthur Parkinson, Farmer, Opotiki. Maugere, Onehunga, Auckland, August 26, 1880. For thirty-five years I have been suffering with diseased eyes. Since August 5 I have been under Dr. Grant’s care, and am rapidly recovering. —J. Nicholes, Symonds street, Auckland, August 27, 1880. I have been deaf for eighteen years (since I was four years old) the drums of both years having ulcerated away. lam still improving under Dr. Grant’s care, and can hear much better now, sometimes very well.— Margaret Sanderson. Auckland Lunatic Asylum, Whan, Aug. 28, 1880. This is to certify that I have been under Dr. Grant’s care for hardness of hearing from the 13th instant, and find I am so far improved as to hear the ticking i of a watch, which I could not do before I



Medical. put myself under his treatment. lam over sixty years old. —John King. 'Auckland, September G, 1880. I have been under Dr. Grant’s treatment since August 18 for deafness of both ears. lam returning home to Tauranga this day, quite cured, and can hear as well {is ever 1 did. —Sydney Hoben, OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. We can conscientiously recommed those suffering from deafness or other ailments that Dr. Grant has made a special study of, to pay him a visit, when, if curable patients, they may certainly expect relief. An instance came under our notice on Thursday, in the case of a man named Charles Swanson, who had been very deaf for three years, but, after ten days’ treatment, can now hear perfectly even the lowest whisper. The cure is a rather remarkable one, as he had been under the care of many medical men, but has re ceived no benefit whatever from their treatment —New Zealander, Dec. 27,1879. Mr. Earnest D'Egville Michau called at our office yesterday, and stated that he had been blind with the right eye all his lifetime. Hearing about Dr. Grant, the oculist, who is now on a visit to this city, he determined to give him a trial. He had only been under Dr. Grants treat ment ten or eleven days when he found that he could see large objects at some dis tance. Mr. Michau states that he had been under the treatment of some of the best medical men at home, but had not received the least benefit. We are at all times chary of accepting details of “ Wonderful cures,” but the young man who called at our office appeare i to be telling the truth, and was exceedingly grateful to Dr. Gant for the relief which he has already experienced. —New Zea land Times, Dec. 25, 1879.



Dr. Grant is also SPECIALIST in the DISEASES of WOMEN and CHIL DREN. Dr. Grant has recently effected a very remarkable cure in the case of Mrs. D. Evans, of Kumara, who has been under his treatment for deafness since Feb.'l4, last. Mrs. Evans has been deaf in botlv ears for a very long period—no less than thirty years—her affliction having been caused by a fever, from which, she suffered severely. Since that time she has been almost totally deaf, for she could only hear the the loudest sounds. Since she has been under Dr. Grant’s treatment her hearing has gradually improved, so that now:she can hear plainly conversation in an ordinary tone of voice. She will re turn in a few days to Kumar a perfectly well, and in possession of the full faculty of which she has been so long deprived.— I Vest Coast Times, March 10, 1880. One of the employees in the Public Works office here has sent us the follow ing testimonial to the skill of Dr. Grant. He says : —“I wish to let you know that Dr. Grant has greatly improved the hear ing of one of my ears, the membrane of which was injured some six years ago. I may add that two surgeons, whom I con sulted a short time ago, considered the case incurable. ” Dr. Grant has also been very successful in several difficult cases of disease of the eye. —Hokitika Times, March 23, 1880. There are amongst Dr. Grant’s ■ success ful eye cases at Hokitika, a young lady, at J. Jack’s, Esq., the Mayor, cured, by operation, of squinting; and Mrs. Wavent, operation for artificial pupil.



Nelson, May 11, 1880. “I, Thos. Adams, have been under Dr. Grant’s treatment for deafness of the left ear,' from which I have suffered twc years, the result of a severe tropical fever. I find my hearing greatly improved in the short time—since April 30. —Thos. Adams.” 428 DYICE TO MOTHERS.—Are you broken in your rest by a sick child, suffering with the pain of cutting teeth-? Go at once to , the chemist and get a bottle of Mrs. WINSLOW’S SOOTHING SYRUP. It will relieve the poor sufferer immediately. It is perfectly harmless ; it produces natural, quiet sleep by reliev ing the child from pain, and the little cherub awakes ‘vas bright as a button.” It has been in use in America, and is highly recommended by medical men. It is very pleasant to take ; it sooths the child ; it softens the gums, allays all pain, relieves wind, regulates the bowels, and is the best known remedy for dysentry and diarrhoea, whether arising from eething or other causes. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winskw’s ■ Soothing Syrup, and see that “ Curtis and Perkins, New York and London,” is on the outside wrapper. No mother should be without it. Sold by all medicine dealers, at Is. lid. —Depot, 493, Oxford street. HO is Mrs. WINSLOW? As this question is frequently asked, we shall simply say that she is a lady who for upwards of thirty years has untireingly devoted her time and talents as a female physician and nurse, principally among children. She has especially studied the constitution and -wants of this numerous class, and, as a result of this effort and practical knowledge obtained in a lifetime as nurse and physician, she has com pounded a SOOTHING SYRUP for Chil dren. It operates like magic, giving rest and health, and is, moreover, sure to regulate the bowels. In consequence of this article, Mrs. Winslow is becoming world-renouned as a benefactor of her race. Children certainly do rise up and bless her. Especially is this the -case in this city. Vast quantities of the Soothing Syrup are daily sold and used here. We think Mrs Winslow has immortalised her name by this invaluable article, and we sincerely believe that thousands of chil dren have been saved from an early grave. by. its timely use, and that millions, yet unborn will share its benefits and unite in calling her blessed. No mother has dis charged her duty to her suffering little one, in our opinion, until she has given it the benefit of Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup. Try it mothers, try it now. Ladies’ Visitor, New, York City. .



VALUABLE DISCOVERY for the HAIR. A very nicely perfumed Hairdressing, called THE MEXICAN HAIR RE NE WER, now being sold by most Che mists and perfumers througout the coun try, at 3s. Gd. 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, Walkdeh : “ One of my customers told mo the other day, he had had gray 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.lt may be had of any respectable Chemist, Perfumer, or Dealer in toilet articles iruthe kingdom,, at 3s. 6d. per bottle. by HENRY C, No. 493, Oxford street, London.



Medical. 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 arc not recommended as containing any new or dangerously active ingredients; on the contrary, they are 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 lls Od, as well as in India, China, Ne w Zealand, and the Australian Colonies.



Keating’s Powder. Keating’s Powder. Keating’s Powder. Keating’s Powder. Kills Bugs, Fleas, Moths, Beetles. This Powder is quite harmless to ANIMAL LIFE, but is unrivalled in destroy ing fleas, bugs, cockroaches, beetles, moths in furs, and every other species of insect. Sports men will, find this invaluable for destroying fleas in their dogs, as also ladies for their pet dogs. THIS ARTICLE has found so GREAT a SALE that it has tempted others to vend a so called article in imitation. The PUBLIC are CAUTIONED that the tins of the genuine powder bear the autograph of IHOMAS KEATING. Keating’s Worm Tablets. Keating’s Worm Tablets. Keating’s Worm Tablets, A PURELY VEGETABLE SWEETMEAT, both in appearance and taste, furnishing a mpst 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. Sold in tins by all Chemists and Druggists. Proprietor,' THOS. KEATING, London. 956 c



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, &c.—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 fatn should be without it. Fagged, weary, and worn out 1! i Anyone whose duties require them to under go mental or unnatural excitement or strain— ENO’S FRUIT SALT is the best known remedy. It acts like a charm. It allays ner vous excitement, depression, and 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 ENO’S FRUIT SALT. You cannot overstate its great value in keeping the blood pure and free from disease, ENO versus STIMULANTS. —An n 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, 1578.” Every travelling trunk and 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 Blocd, Fevers, Pimples on the Face, Giddiness Feverishness, Menta 1 Depression, Want of Appetite, Sour ness of .Stomach, Constipation, Vomiting, Thirst, &c., and 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 arid 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 finish <1 one bottle I found it doing me a great deal, of good, and now I 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.



Medical. O TEEDMAN’S SOOTHING POWDERS O FOR CHILDREN CUTTING TEETH. CAUTION TO PURCHASERS. The value of this well-known Family Medi cine has been largely tested in all parts of the world, and by all grades of society, for upwards of FIFTY YEARS. Its well-earned exten sive sale has induced SPURIOUS IMI'i'A TIONS, some of which in OUTWARD APPEARANCE so closely.resemble, the ori ginal as to have deceived -many purchasers. The proprietor therefore feels it, .due to the public to give a special caution against the use of SUCH IMITATIONS. ' ' Purchasers are therefore requested carefully to observe the four following distinctive characteristics, without which ; none are genuine:—. - . ■ ist —In every case the words JOHN STEEDMAN, CHEMIST, WALWORTH, SURREY, are engraved on the Government Stamp affixed to each packet, ,r 2nd—Each" Single Powder has directions for the dose, and the words, John Steedman, Chemist, Walworth, Surrey, printed thereon. 3rd—The name, Steedman, is always spelt with two EE’s. 4th—The manufacture is carried on solely at Walworth, Surrey. Sold in Packets by all Chemists and Medi cine Vendors. ■ • ■.; Sold by Kempthorne, Prosser and Co., Auckland. | 63 pOWELL’S BALSAM of ANISEED. TJOWELL’S BALSAM of ANISEED^ jpOWELL’S BALSAM of ANISEED. Extraordinary testim'o ■ NIALS. *



pOWELL’S BALSAM of ANISEED. Due de Montabor writes “ Chateau de Montabor, Aveyron. 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 :sirj the desire of making you acquainted with’the really marvelous results which ! derived from it. From'the first dose I felt-great relief, the bad symptoms grew/feebler, the irritation of the throat was palming down, and I recovered the sleep, which had nearly left me. The third dose delivered me completely, and-1 am now! completely restored to health. ’ . • r Receive, sir, with the expression r pf my gratitude the assurance of my distinguished sentiments.- '!!. .V'lVrnr DUG DE MONTABQB - HER MAJESTVS GUN BOAT *ETLEY. ‘V“ Wick, Scotland; “ • Dear Sir, — ... • a Having had a most distressing and severe cough, which ■ caused! me .many sleepless nights and restless days, .1 was recommended -by his LORDSHIP the EARL of CAITHNESS to try .your most invaluable Balsam of Aniseed, and I can assure you, with the . first dose, I found immediate relief,‘.even without having to suspend my various duties ; and the first -small "bottle 'com pletely cured me, therefore I have,,the greatest confidence in fully recommend ing it to the million. Signedj ; W. LINZELL, H.M.Gr.I3; NETLBY.



For coughs, bronchitis, iU3 FLUENZA, COLDS, &<v. .ftA T?OR COUGHS, BRONCHITJVTN -17 FLUENZA, COLDS, &c, OWELL’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 Weiidbra throughout the World, is per bottle; a great saving in taking'.family bottles, xis each. Established over 50 years* Prepared only by THOMAS, POWELIi* Blackfriars Road, London. - POWELL’S BALSAM 0f... “ 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 afcen a few days.-. You are at liberty to r : Use: thisi letter iti hopes that others may benefit by it:— I am, Sir, Yours. &c., ALBERT COUNT POTOCKI.” For coughs, bronchitis, FLUENZA, COLDS, &c. IN FOR COUGHS, BRONCHITIS; ENf- FLUENZA, COLDS, &c. For coughs, bronchitis, in FLUENZA, GOLDS, &c. p OWELL’S BALSAM OF ANTS BED WILL LOOSEN the- PHLEGM imme diately.—The Dean of Westminster’s Verger writes : “I was advised to^ try 4he Balsam of Aniseed; I did;'and have - 'found great relief. It is most comforting in allaying irritation and giving strength to the voice.” Lionel Brough, Esq., ; the T eminent iacfor,. writes: I think it an invaluable medicine.-for members of my profession, 1 and‘ have'always recommended it to my brother-; and- sister artistes.” - ,- • *. : TRULY an EXTRAORDINARY! EX PECTORANT.—Mr. Edward of Bury, Hunts., writes to 1 Messrs. : Paiine’r& Son, Ramsay ; —“ Having been im thehabif’of 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 giv.es immediate relief, and a small bottle'effects a perfect cure.” s:- r >: n niSfl -Ix



ASK for POWELL’S BALSAM --of ANISEED SOLD by all CHEMISTS and STORE KEEPERS. i Observe the ■ Trade Mark, “Lion, Net, and Mouse.” Wholesale Agents .in the Australian .and New Zealand Colonies -ELLtor 1 Brothers*; Eyers & Solomon; Felton, GRrtyWAiinaiV/ & Co. ;P. and S. Falk, Faulding & Co., . Rocke, Tompsit, & Co. ; RoseNthaeU:&U£ Co.; Kempthorne, Prosser, & Co.; S. Hoffenung & Co. p Hemmons, Laws, & Co. ; Berkley, Taylor, & Co.; and all/,5 other wholesale houses. Proprietor— Thomas Powell; • Blackfriars-Rbad TmSS^SSSSSS.- THE ASHBURTON (HJARRIAfe Price One Penny-, CAN be obtainedf from- .the -follow Agents, who will receive orders J ’H. M. Jones ... The Tmnglji ! _7 E. Clark ■ ... -East street -1 ; ;V. D. Williamson East atreei '' ia O. Caratena . East street r Mr; McLauglan ... Wakanni" ;! M. Atkinson ... . Seafield,, ' G, Leadley ' ... Wakaridi Cre.ds Bawry and Son Seafield 7 rr .. T/ J.' Lanibie Kyle '- ' i /*,- Win. Cox ... Bakaia W. Harris ... Winslow ■; E. H. Butler ... ; <•> Wesierfield 1 ‘' : ’ T. E. Tnmlinann -, P. Tisch ■ iA, R. Gei M, Hudson ... Watertbn ' J. Bowick ... Mayfield Morgan and Hibba ■ Meihven Intending Subscribers wilßplease fill np forms, which can be obtained from^ny-of the above 1 Agents:' They will"also obligati by stating on the. .back, of the order, t(f ’ • which agent they paytlieir RUbsoriptioha.’