FISH DIET

From the Scotsman. The growing demand for animal food in this country has hitherto been chiefly met by increased supplies of meat, obtained in the form of live stock from tho Continent, of frozen carcases from America, and of tinned meats from the Antipode". The gigantic proportions which our foreign butcher’s bill has thus attained of late years may be in part attributed to the comparative neglect in this country of another source of animxl food —namely fishes, of which its rivers, lakes, and surrounding seas might, by enlightened enterprise, be made to yield an enormously greater harvest. This neglect is pro bably somewhat due to the fact that the value of fish as an article of food is very generally under-estimated. In many parts of the world, and especially along the northern shores of Europe, Asia, and America, where vegetation is of the scantiest description, fish form the chief, if not the only, food of the inhabitants. The Siberians bake bread with a meal formed by grinding down the dried re mains of fish, while it is true of the majority of dwellers in every fishing village, that fish, and uot flesh, form the great bulk of their animal food ; yet, as Dr. Davy remarks in “ The angler and his friend”—“ In no other class than in that of fishers do we see larger families, handsomer women, or more robust men. ” The number of fish species fised as food is much larger than that either of birds or mammals, and there is similarly a greater diversity in their ixuti-itiousness. The nutritive value of any food depends on its digestibility, and on the quantity of flesh and force producing material which a given amount of it contains, the flesh producing matter consisting chiefly of such nitrogenous substances as albumen, fibxxne and gelatine, while the force producing qualities lie mainly in its fat. In both of those respects considerable difference obtains between the two groups into which food fishes ax’e usually divided —namely, the white blooded, of which the cod is an example, and tho red-blooded, of which the salmon is the type. The latter, as a rule, contain more oil than the former, and have it distributed throughout the muscle and immediately beneath the skin in much the same way as the flesh of mam mals, while in the former the oil is chiefly concentrated in the liver. The red blooded fish thus afford a richer diet, but for the same reason, they are, as a rule, much less digestible than white fish. The maximum force-producing power of one pound of certain common articles of food when c orxsumed in the human body, has been calculated from actual experiment by Professor Fiankland, and from the results thus obtained it would appear that a pound of whiting—one of tho white fish thus digested and oxidized in the body will produce a force equal to that expended in raising 491 tons one foot high; while a pound of mackerel —rne of the red blooded group —owing to the much larger quantity of oil which it con tains, is capable of producing a force equal to 1000 tons raised one foot high. With regard to force producing power, most of the other food fishes are intermediate between a whiting and a mackerel. Comparing fish in this respect with other forms of animal food, it is found that a pound of lean beef will pro duce a force equal to 885 tons raised one foot —that is considerably less than a similar quantity of mackerel—while the lean of veal is only equal to the produc tion of a force of 75C tons raised one foot. A pound of mackerel, on the other hand, can produce at the maximum 3| ounces of muscle or flesh, while the same quantity of lean beef can only produce 2J- ounces. Fish oils are exceedingly rich in the force producing element, cod-liver oil being placed in this respect above all the other food substances experimented upon by Professor Frankland, a pound of it digested and oxidized in the human body being found capable of producing force equal to 5649 tons raised one foot high. The muscle of fish usually contains less nitrogenous or fleshforming material than that of mammals, and generally less fat, but the difference in these respects is, in many cases, comparatively trifling. Thus lean beef, according to Dr. Pavy, contains 19 3 per cent, of nitrogenous matter, while whitefish contains 18 T per cent. ; the former having also 3 6 per cent, of fat, against 2'9 per cent, in the latter. Fish also have special value in human diet, owing to the larger propor tion of plxosphorus contained in them tlxan in other forms of animal food ; and as, according to Buchner, there is “ no thinking witlxout phosphorus,” writers on dietetics have recommended them to brain-workers and all who are liable to mental worry and anxiety. Buchner’s assertion, however, is scientifically ac curate only so far as it is a statement of the fact that phosphorus is a necessary constituent of that nervous matter which forms the apparatus of thought, and that, as a recent wx-iter puts it, “for the integrity of thought, integrity of the ner vous tissue is requisite, and for the integ rity of the nervous tissue a due quantity of digestible phospbatic salts.” The eel is the°oiliest of all fishes, but is correspon dingly deficient in nitrogenous matter, containing only 10 pex’ cent, of the latter, but having at least 14 per cent, of fat. The Jews were prohibited from eating eels by the Levitical law, which forbade the eating of “whatsoever had no scales or fins in the water. ” Prej udico has led to an almost equal abstinence from the eat ing of cels on the part of the Scottish people, although in other fish-eating countries they form a favorite dish. Especially is this the case in England, where the demand for eels always exceeds the supply, and where no fewer than ten millions of them are annually brought to Billingsgate for the supply of the metro politan market. It is also a special favorite with the Italians, who cultivate it in the great lagoons of the Adriatic, and the Neapolitans, who import it to the extent of a million pounds annually. The quality of fish is greatly affected by the act of spawning. Immediately before this operation they are at their best ; tor some time after it they ax - e out of season, and barely fit for food.*]

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THE CHIMNEY CORNER.

AN UNPLEASANT ADVENTURE. I was travelling in the winter of 1867 in one of the most beautiful and mountainous districts of Ireland, when I accidentally en countered some members of the famous Fenian Brotherhood about whom we have heard so much. My tour was on foot, and one afternoon, when the daylight was fast departing, I found myself in the midst of a series of ranges of hills of more dr less magnitude,

and saw that my path lay directly over Hi cm ; if I hoped to reach the village for which I was hound before night set in. Slowly and wearily I plodded onwards, finding out, as each step seemed more difficult, that the way I had chosen was a very toilsome one, and the sun sank be hind the range of hills in front of mo just as I readied the bottom of the first valley. A violent snow-storm increased the dark ness, and in a few minutes I could hai’dly see a j'ard before me. Slowly and laboriously I toiled up one range after another, not being able in the darkness and snow to choose the easiest paths, till, after several hours of tedious climbing, I was completely exhausted. Just as I rounded the base of one range I saw a light, apparently from a cottage some dis tance before me higher up the mountain, and I joyfully made for it. Tho rude shelter of an Irish hovel would bo a blissful exchange for the fury of the tempest bn such a night. It was not the only cottage on the side of the mountain : there were several others, but scattered at a distance from each other, so that I could not then perceive them. They were, like the hovels of most of the native Irish, of a miserably poor kind, seldom having more than two apartments —the kitchen and the “ room,” as it is called ; often only one. The walls were built of mud, the old rotten and moss grown thatch, sinking in here and there, let in both rain and wind ; the windows were mere holes in the wall, stuffed with straw or closed by a wooden board at night. The fire in such cottages—of peat, orturf as it is called —burns on the floor, and the smoke finds exit by a hole in the thatch, or by the door. The pig occupies the best place by the fire. “And who’d have a better right to it, yer honour 1 sure, an’ isn’t it him that pays the rint 1” says the tenant. The manure-heap, or at least a green stinking pool, stands just before the door ; and a fierce, snarling, dirty cur keeps angry watch over the family possessions. Such a hovel was that which 1 now entered. There was no one within but an elderly woman, dressed in miserable rags ; a tolerably good peat fire was burning on the hearth, and a pot full of Indian meal stirabout was set thereon, and being assiduously tended by her. “ A wild night, ma’am,” said I, as I entered. “ Will you be good enough to allow me to rest in your cottage till morn ing, fori am fairly exhausted crossing the mountains, and the snow-storm is so severe 1 can get no farther? I will pay you well for my night’s lodging.” Troth will I, yer honor,” she replied. “An’ it’s not pay ye need be talkin’ of, for I wouldn’t see a dog outside my door sich a night as this an’ not take the cray thur in, let alone a Christian. Where was it ye came from ? ’Deed an’ ye had a wild read across the mountains the night.” And as she spoke I drew near her fire, and warmed my well-nigh frozen limbs. “ Whisht, here’s a stool for yer honor,” she said, wiping one as well as it might be done with her apron. “Ye don’t belong to this country ?” “No, ma’am,” I replied. “I live near Dublin, but I come from England. ” “ From England did ye V she said quickly. Then went on after a short pause, “ What will I do wid ye when the boys come in ? they 7 mightn’t be plased to ' find ye here. ” ’ “Why should they not 2” I said. “I shall bo glad to make friends with them.” “Oh, it’s not our own boys,” she re ! plied, “ they’re quiet enough ; but there’s a power of the neighbor boys was to be in here the night for a meetin’ like, an’ they’ll be afther havin’ a dthrap to ; warm them maybe, an’ betimes they be . hasty like.” “ What kind of a meeting is it to be 1” I said. “ Well, your honor, it’s a sort of a meetin’ the boys are goin’ to have : that’s . all I know . and there’ll be speechifying, . an’ the like ; an’ Mick, that’s the head o’ \ them, he’s oncomraon wicked when he’s „ got a dthrap o’ dthrink, an’ swears he’ll put his knife through the first Sassenach s he can find, an’ Barney he’s as bad, an’ ( you’re like a dacent gentleman, an’ 1 wouldn’t like to see no harm come of it, ' an’ in my house, too, that’s a quate widdy ( this fifteen years come Candlemas.” Here -was a pleasant prospect for me. , The civil old woman’s evident anxiety ! made me excessively nervous. I was aware that the use of the knife was be , coming too common in this particular ’ county', and of the bitter feelings enter ' tained against the Sassenach, whether recently come from England or of a family settled in Ireland ; and I knew how ont i rageous was the violence sometimes mani fested by the Celtic peasant under the in fluence of drink. But 1 hardly knew what to do, for if I faced the storm again I was certain to perish on the mountain | from cold and fatigue. While I was medi : tating somewhat ruefully over my position, the old woman, who had been looking anxiously out at the door, suddenly ex claimed — “Troth thin, .an’ here they are a comin’. Rin intill the room an’ lie down till they be gone. Jimmy an’ Pat sleeps in tho far bed, an’ me an’' Biddy in the near one ; she’s away since Christmas, an’ I’ll be for sittin’ up. Jist lie down on my bed an’ rest, an’ I’ll keep the door shut betwixt.” On the whole, this seemed the best thing to do, so I did as the old woman bid me. The two beds were very poor, though far superior to what may ordina rily be found in Irish cottages, being placed on bedsteads furnished with coarse blue curtains along the outer side, whereas a straw pallet thrown on the ground is the usual sleeping-place. The bedsteads were placed end to end, and completely filled the room, the uncurtained head of the one she bid me lie down on being close against the wooden partition between the two apartments, and the open chinks in the partition a!low r ed me a full view of what passed in the kitchen. Coarse as was the couch, it could not be otherwise than agreeable to my weary frame, but I had hardly thrown myself down on it -when the house door opened, and six or seven young men tramped in, stamping their feet to shake off the snow. “ Good-evenin’ till ye, Judy. Sux’e an’ hei’c’s a night if iver there was one ; it’s mighty little dthx'iilin’ we’ll be afther havin’ the night, barrin’ we do it here in the kitchen.” The speaker was a ferocious-looking, short, thick-set man, powerfully built, and with a hang-dog expression of coun tenance ; his black brows, shaggy unkempt hair, and badly-shaven face adding to the wildness of his aspect ; he seemed to be regarded as the leader. ‘ ‘ That’ll be a small parade ground for ye, Mick, though most o’ the boys is away the night,” said a more youthful speaker, with a less repulsive countenance. “ We’ll jist niver mind paradin’ and dthnllin’ the night, but take a dthrap more to warm us, and dthx’ink success to ould Ireland an’ dthrownin’ to ivexy Sassenach in her.” Thrue. for ye, Barney,” said the first speaker, “ an’ I’ll jist read a letter for the boys from Anxeriky, from Paddy Phelan ; an’ sure an’ he’s a captain now in the army of the great Irish republic, an’ he says we’re to keep up heart and wox’k all thegither, for that we’ll surely have the boys across from Anxeriky afore Patrick’s Day, an’ thin won’t we see the Sassenachs flyin’ 1” The letter was produced, as was also an ample supply of the potteen, or mountain dew ; but at this stage of the proceedings fatigue got the better of me, and I fell in to a sound sleep. I hardly know how long I may have slept, certainly more than a couple of hours, when I was awakened by loud and angry voices in the kitchen ; and looking through the crevices in the wooden parti tion, I could see the man addressed as

Mick and a younger member of the party facing each other on the floor with angry gestures and violent language. “ Is it you, ye spalpeen, that dar’ say a xvord agin’ me !” ci'ied Mick. “By jabers, but if ye don’t jist do every hap’orth I bid ye, I’ll make sich a scare crow of ye that yer own dog ’ll bark at ye.” “I dar’ ye, so I do,” shouted the younger defiantly. “ Jist [let me see ye lay a sign of yer finger on me, an’ ye’ll see what I’ll do.” Mick seemed provoked beyond expres sion at this, and he advanced rapidly and struck his opponent a violent blow on the side of the head. The young man stag gered a little, but instantly recovering himself, planted a far straighter and better-delivered blow right in Mick’s face. It was Mick’s turn to stagger now, and one or two of the “boys” shouted, “ Well done, Tom, give it to him again.” This expression of their opinion roused Mick still more; his face grew purple with passion, and calling out to his com rades, would they see their leader beaten and not stand by him ? he was immedia tely joined by Barney and one of the others, while the three remaining members of the party as quickly sided with Tom, and the scrimmage became general. Mick and Tom had laid hold of each other, and were apparently fighting rather by a kind of wrestling and struggling than by blows, when Tom again managed to throw his antagonist against the jamb wall which, in Irish cottages, generally forms a screen between the outer door and the hearth. Livid with rage, Mick seized a clasp-knife which lay open on a stool beside him, having been apparently used for cutting tobacco, and struck Tom two rapid blows with it, xvounding him first under the ear and then in the Txeart. The poor young man instantly staggered back and expired without a groan. [to be continued.]

Useful Information.

VACCINATION. By an Act of the 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 parents of the' consequences. Children, al though vaccinated, whose vaccination certifi cates are not forwarded to the Registrar of the district are 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, 1577. If such slaughter-house is within theabovc described limit, application for the license must be made to ibe Council of the nearest Borough. II a slaughter-house is within any County, ex cept as aforesaid, the application must be made to the Council of such county. No license, foot 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 time 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 days old shines from sun down till about 4 in the morning. The Muon at 15 days old is full, and shines all night. The Moon at 18 days old rises about 9 p.m. and shines till 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. m. 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 readiiy 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 I quart. Butter, when soft, 1 pound is I quart. Loaf sugar, broken, I pound is I quart White sugar, powdered, 1 pound 1 unce arc 1 quart. Ten eggs are 1 pound. Flour, 4 pecks are 1 bushel. Sixteen large tablespoonsful are 1 pint. Eight large tcaspoonsful are 1 gill. Four large tcaspoonsful are % gill. Two gills arc pint. Two pints axe I quait. Four quarts are I gallon. A common sized tumbler holds ]£ pint. A common sized wine glass is % a gill. A tcarcup is 1 gill. _ A large wine-glass is I gill. Forty drops arc equal to I teaspoonful. Four teaspoonfuls are equal to I tablespoon ful.

REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, MAR RIAGES, AND DEATHS. Births. —Parents and ail other persons pre sent at a birth, are liable under the Act for Registration under penalty of ,£lO ; failing, the occupier of house in which inch birth took place is liable. Births are registered free up to sixty-two days, day of birth and of registra ti*n, 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 1 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 are :—for Notice and Certificate, £1 2s 6d ; Marriage by Registrar, £1 ; and 2s 6d for Copyof Marriage Registrar. Pei'sons 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, or repte 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 pei'sons liable may depute, in writing, some person acquainted with par ticulars required to attend and register ; and the person registering MhST 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 within seven days are liable to a penalty of £5 : 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 ,£2O There arc 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, THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1880.

Printed and published by HORACE JOHN Weeks and Charles Dixon, at their Printing Office, East Street, Ashburton. Thursday, April I, 1880.



Business Notices. A. J. WHITE'S STEAM CABINETMAKING AND FURNITURE ESTABLISHMENT, CHRISTCHURCH, Will be found one of the most convenient in New Zealand. THE Stock being so varied, that pur chasers may at once select any Article they can possibly require, suitable for any class of House. This will be found an IMMENSE ADYANTAGE TO COUN TRY CUSTOMERS Thus saving time, trouble and expense. 589 a H. M. Jones, Baring Square, LAW & COMMERCIAL STATIONER, BOOK AND MUSIC SELLER. Toys, Fancy Goods, Violins, Strings, - Concertinas, &c. Magazines, English Papers, & Periodicals, by each Mail. Bookbinding Executed with Despatch Gazette in Bankruptcy. R, THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN (County Agricultural and Sporting Recorder) is a GAZETTE for all Notices under The Debtors and Creditors Acts. Medical. Advice 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 L cliild from pain, and the little cherub awakes “ as 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 teething or other causes. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow’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. Tfi/'HO is Mrs. WINSLOW 1 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, Now York City. 'TEEDMAN’S SOOTHING POWDERS > FOR CHILDREN CUTTING TEETH. CAUTICN TO PURCHASER 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 IMITA 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 : 1st —In every case the words JOHN STEEDMAN, CHEMIST, WALWORTH, SURREY, are engraved on the Government Stamp affixed to each packet. 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 Kempthorme, Prosser and Co., Auckland. 63c



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, &c.—use ENO’S FRUIT SALT. A NATURAL APERIENT. ENO’S l\ 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— 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 toils 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 in sufficient amount of exercise frequently deranges the liver. ENO’S FRUIT SALI 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.— t “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 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, Mental 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 used your Fruit Salt for many years, and have verified your statements. The thanks of the public arc 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 benefh, 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 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. 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 my 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. OCKLE’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 ai’e 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 fid, and 11s Od, as well as in India, China, New Zealand, and he Australian Colonies.



Medical. P 'OR COUGHS, BRONCHITIS, IN FLUENZA, COLDS, &c. OWELL’S BALSAM of ANISEED. |>OWELL’S BALSAM of ANISEED. P OWELL’S BALSAM of ANISEED. T HE Oldest and Most Effectual COUGH REMEDY. E XTRAORDINARY TESTIMO NIALS. HER MAJESTYS GUK BOAT NETLET. Wick, Scotland. Dear Sir, — Having had a most distressing and severe cough, which caused me many sleepless nights and restless days, I 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 pie/ therefore I have the greatest confidence in fully recommend ing it to the/million. Signed, W. LINZBLL, H.M.G.B. NETLEY. POWELL’S BALSAM of ANISEED. Due be Montabob 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 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. DUC DE MONTABOR.” pOR COUGHS, BRONCHITIS, FLUENZA, COLDS, &c. IN pOR COUGHS, BRONCHITIS, FLUENZA, COLDS, &c. IN- F OR COUGHS, BRONCHITIS, FLUENZA, COLDS, &c. IN- F OR COUGHS, BRONCHITIS, FLUENZA, COLDS, &c. IN TJOWELL’S BALSAM of JL “Sir, —I have for a long i ANISEED, 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 arc at liberty to use this letter in hopes that othe-s may benefit by it.— I am, Sir, Yours. &c., ALBERT COUNT POTOCKI.” OWELL’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 Anijccd; 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. ” HpRULY an EXTRAORDINARY EX -1 PECTORaNT.—Mr. Edward M. Ullett, 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. N© family should be without it in the winter. Sold by Chemists and Medicine Vendors throughout the World, is I and 2s 3d per per bottle; a great saving in taking family bottles, 11s each. Established over 50 years. Prepared only by THOMAS POWELL, Blackfriars Road, London. 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 ; Eyers & Solomon ; Felton, Grimwalde, & Co. ; P. and S. Falk, Faulding & Co. , Rocke, Tompsit, & Co. ; Rosenthall & Co. ; Kempthorne, Prosser, & Co. ; S. Hoffenung & 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, noth in appearance and lasts, 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 child) en. 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 I 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.—yours 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 are DESTROYED by KEATING’S INSECT POWDER, which is quite harmless to domestic animals. In exterminating Beetles the success of this Powder 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 arc Noxious, and fail in giving satisfaction. Sold bv all Chemists in Tins, is. &’2s. 6d. each 63c GRATEFUL—COMFORTIF G. EPPS’S BREAKFAST COCOA. “ By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of die fine properties of well selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables 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 weak point. We may escape many a fata shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pure bleed and a properly nourished frame.” —The Cizi, Soviet Gazette. SOLD ONLY IN PACKETS LABELLED JAMES EPPS AND CO Homeopathic Chemists, London,



Business Notices. «ST 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 Was patented and introduced four years ago in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, and New Zealand ; and the principal claim set fourth was itabeingmade Oval to prevent fraud. Yet, in the face of these patents, firms—many of respecaltry 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 notiee no excuse can be made. Wehave had instances brought under oui notice where somepersonshave been bo 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 Oral Fence Wire you get a better and cheaper fence than any other, and the best proofs are the imitations already referred to. 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. ADDRESS M Lean Bros. Sc Rigg 3 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, 69 Elizabeth street Melbourne. THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN. in the Country are Particularly requested to communicate with the Publishers if their papers are not properly addressed. The number of Sub scribers has increased so rapidly that un less great care is taken in giving orders as to address and how to be sent, the papers may be left at the wrong place. All orders will receive our prompt attention. WEEKS AND DIXON, Proprietors,



TO PRINTERS. MACHINE FOR SALE. For sale.— One Second-hand Double Demy Tape Printing MACHINE, in thorough working order, with rollers, moulds, &0., 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. Prigs £7O. WEEKS & DIXON. Ashburton, January 14, 1879 EMPLOYERS requiring any kind of laborers can engage through Herald Registry Office, on payment of Is. in ad- j vance,



Printers and Publishers. IF YOU WANT NEAT BUSINESS CARD GO TO THE "GUARDIAN” OFFICE IF YOU WANT i WELL-PRINTED CIRCULAR, TRY THE "GUARDIAN” OFFICE. IF YOU WANT AN ATTRACTIVE HANDBILL, TRY THE "GUARDIAN ’ OFFICE. IF YOU WANT 4.. A MAGNIFICENT POSTER, CALL AT THE "GUARDIAN” OFFICE. IF YOU WANT ANY DESCRIPTION OF PLAIN OR ORNAMENTAL PRINTING CALL AT THE "GUARDIAN” OFFICE East Street Nort WEEKS & DIXON, PROPRIETORS. THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN Price Twopence, CAN be obtained from the follow uig Agents, who will receive orden. ;-- Intending Subscribers wiffsjks fiU up forms, which can be of the above Agents. They wiloßHpobh'ge by stating on the back of the order to I which agent they pay their subscription*# l WEEKS AND DIXON, Printers and Publishers