THE CHIMNEY CORNER.

“PER 0.”

Alone in her own little room, pack ing her scanty possessions, she burst out bitterly to herself — “ Oh, the wretchedness and wrong of shutting a young girl up in an office day after day for years with a young man no way, her superior except in the matter of money, and expecting her to look upon him as indifferently as upon the improved type writer at his elbow. Oh, the cruelty and the pity of it. I have had my dream. I will not call them foolish dreams; it was only the rose bush reaching towards the trellis. Every girl has dreams, and it is right that they should have. It makes no difference whether she is filling the position of a man or that of a woman—her heart is not changed by the work that her mind and body are engaged in. “My beautiful visions have faded into air as I have faded from a plump, pretty girl to a thin, wan, colorless old maid, and all the time he has been growing manly and strong and hand some, year by year. Yet he has been kind to me, in a way, and although constantly in society, with elegant ladies, he has remained single, and my woman’s heart has dared to hope that it might be for my sake. For the sake of me, his book-keeper ! How his proud mother and sisters would spurn the idea.” “ I had better have been a kitchen girl in some good family, or a cook, or a farmer’s wife, with rosy children in my armis and about my knees, than to be what I am, a recluse, with no friends or associates. A dissappointed woman, with her heart eaten out for a man who looks upon her only as a calculating machine.”

That night she arose from her bed, and, throwingashawl around her, looked out upon the tireless moon and stars, and upon the sleepless streets of the great city whose life is so abundant that it must go on by night as by day, but this thought did not occur to her now.; she was saying: “Had I been his wife be would not have allowed me to serve him as I have served him. To think of the nights I have sat up over those books ! saved him from bankruptcy, and in his gratitude he promoted me to be his confidential clerk! He was very grateful, and I am to blame for having thought that my life might grow fresh and beautiful with love like the lives we read of in books ? What hours I have spent, which should have been passed in sleep, in reading and study, that I might keep abreast with him in mental culture. He must remember me as one who has been a help to him. It is impossible that he should forget me. There is a modicum of comfort in the fact that a young man is to take my place. I could not bear to think of him; smiling over the top of his desk into the eyes of some other woman. If he marries I hope I shall never know it” -

. “ It is the nature of single women to ove the . unmarried men who treat them pleasantly and kindly, and with whom they are constantly associated. I wish it was in my power to put an end to every such unnatural relation. The people who are con stantly crowding women into the places which should be filled by men, wilfully misunderstand this matter. Every woman who fills a man’s position is keeping some man out of a place of employment —keeping him from marry ing, and so lessening her own chances of matrimony and of being mistress of a home. When will this problem be set right ? I have been guilty and must suffer; and yet should I dare speak these sentiments in public how I should be ridiculed by the so-called reformers ; and should I weave what I know of these shop and office flirta tions into a readable newspaper article, there is no editor would give it a place because it would treat of an unpopular side of the subject, and because women can be hired for less money than men.” The,next morning she went early to church. There had been a funeral of one of the . members,. and they were bearing the coffin out as she entered. “I wish it were me,” she thought, looking at the mourners, headed by the stricken husband, walking, sorrowing, with bowed head, to the carriage.

As she sat in her accustomed seat that idea had such complete possession of her that she took no notice of the Opening services, in fact, comprehended nothing only that she wished that her life might go out then and there as a candle is blown out by the wind.

Then she heard the minister read : “ For it is not a vain thing for you because it is your life : and through this thing you shall prolong your days in-the land.” The sermon which followed was practical as well as spiritual, growing but of some circumstances in the life just ended, and Miss Clark left the Church) saying; “God has a right to my life, and therefore to serve him I must do my best with what he has given. I never looked at it in just that way before. I have seen my duty; I am glad I came. If, through this change which has been Wrought for me, I can prolong my days in the land I will go away cheerfully. And since I have no right to trouble Others with my trouble, I will take up my burden bravely, for I can never hope to leave it and hide it away in my heart ) and I will even call up a hope to take with me as I start out upon this new chapter of my history.” She told no one that she was going away. ; Indeed, there was no one to tell, for, aside . from the minister, not more than half a dozen people had addressed a word to her in all the years that She' had regularly attended the church, and now they were all away on vacation, or summer journeys, a stranger; to her filling the pulpit even. She doubled her weekly offering to a poor old woman who always stood while the congregation was dispersing, at the opening of a little alleyway a short distance from the church, and said “ Good-bye,” as she put the scrip the - withered, hand. She smiled rather bitterly as the thought asserted itself, “ All my going to that church has formed: that, single, easily-severed tie !” Then in her mind, trying to remember what had decided her to fix upon that particular church, and blushed when she had to confess that it was because he attended the church'just' and that she

often caught a sight of him going in or out, and sometimes he gave her a smile or a nod of recognition. The thought that she might see him in this way to-day, for a last look, had been a comfort all the morning, but now, when it came up to her again like the last lingering ray of sunshine in a clouded sky, she resolutely put it away and turned down another street.

At that very hour the object of that poor soul’s conflict with self was swing ing in a hammock suspended from the spreading branches of a giant oak, on the Highlands, above the Hudson. There were four of these swaying crim son and yellow cradles hanging in the balmy air from the huge limbs of this massive tree ; and it was characteristic of these luxury-loving Bronsons that they had lounged here, looking up into its vast emerald dome, through the shining leaves of which filtered an occasional arrow of sunshine, while the clear-voiced church bell, only a few rods away, was summoning other people in carriages and on foot for miles, from farm and hill and meadow. The mother and the three sisters, four stylish society women, were all beaming now upon this black-whiskered Adonis who was their idol.

“What should you have said,” he asked, indifferently, after lying for a long time with his eyes closed and his white hands clasped beneath his shapely head, “ if I had married my accountant, the woman who has been so long in our office, you know ?” There was a little rustle of drapery and flutter of fans, then Marie, the youngest sister, began an indignant protest, which her brother checked by saying, “ Don’t excite yourself, Mane; the idea merely occurred to me as I was about to announce to you that she has been called away.”

“Is it possible !” exclaimed his mother, settling her grey frizzes and finger puffs, which the fresh breeze had slightly disarranged. “ What was her name ? I never saw her, but remem ber of hearing her spoken of in the matter of settling your poor father’s estate as a faithful creature —”

“ I should think so,” interrupted the young man; “ she saved the estate from bankruptcy, and your daughters from going out into the world in some capacity to earn their own living, as she did when her father died insolvent, leaving her without relatives.” Mrs. Bronson ignored the point, and went on in exactly the same key as be fore. “It is very unfortunate. What will you do my son ?” “ I have already hired a young man to fill the vacancy.”

“ Ten years ?” said Adelaide, the oldest sister, “ she has fairly grown grey in our service.”

“ Do you mean that white-faced girl in No. 5?” asked Sarah, and Mane, who was swinging in the same airy couch as the second sister, added, “ I never noticed anything about her.” “I thought you looked worn out,” said his mother, “and I heard you up in the night walking about your room. When did it happen ?” “ Yesterday.”

“Suddenly?” “ Very.” And the young man dis missed the subject by turning upon his side, crossing his elbow under one ear and reaching his long slim fingers around the back of his head and cover ing the other ear with the tip of them ; an old boyish habit of his when he wished to shut out the tiresome chat of his mother and sisters. They exchanged glances and smiles and let him alone while he was thinking, “ I didn’t say what had called her away, or where she had gone. Am Ito blame that they think she is dead ?”

“ Mr. Bronson took it upon himself all through the late summer and early autumn to open the mail. As usual, there were plenty of business letters from Sturtevant and Co., but none “ Per C.” After a time he ventured an inquiry, in a postscript, and received in reply : “ ‘ Per C.’ is recruiting.” After that the morning mail was left for the new clerk, who, happily, was all that was represented. Yet Mr. Bron son found an unwonted wearisomeness about the business that seemed to him would wear his very life out. Night after night he lay in his luxurious rooms at the St. Nicholas, for he had entirely given up going up the Hudson now, and dreamed tha;. he climbed the long, hard stairs up to No. 5 with a light hopeful step, and sitting down by his desk looked over the bisected back to meet the soft, blue, faithful eyes that had never failed him ; and then the fair face and smooth brown hair turned into a white lily, or rose, or a frost flower, or snow wreath, and faded away.” “Always into some emblem of purity, and fitly, too, he cried one night, when these dream pictures continually haunted and deluded him, leaving him in agony of remorseful sorrow. “ What am Itodo ? The old time can never return.” (7o be continued. }

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, WEDNESDAY, JjffICEMBEE 1; 1880.

Printed i -Office, iSaAude^lßiliiaidgs,^Eiis;llst^t7| i Ashburton, by JAMBS' MaeLEAN,;tDuNt^l -resid i ng-a t-Ta ncred-s treetj-Ash burtonj i-r —■ I , .p tlfim .'t'.ri:;i aluj;T •**



Holloway’s Pills, —Let the Sick take heed.—The stomach is the commissariat of the physical system. It furnishes the material sus tenance of every organ. If disordered, the whole body languishes; but however severely it may be affected,' its tone and vigor may always be restored by a course of these irresis tible Pills ; biliousness, indigestion, liver com plaints, and other disorders of the stomach can easily be cured by the use of Holloway’s Pills. Thousands attest this assertion, and no sufferer who has ever tried them will deny their su preme efficacy. In every case of stomach dis ease, from the mildest case of dispepsia to the disorder of both liver and Stomach, from the nausea of the free liver to the vomiting accom panying ulcerated stomachs, these Pills imme diately relieve, and by perseverance effectually cure.— Advt.



Public Companies. THE NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MERCANTILE AGENCY COMPANY (LIMITED). WOOL SEASON—IBBO-1881. SPECIAL NOTICE TO SHEEP FARMERS. THE Company makes LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES on WOOL entrusted to its care for sale in the London market. This being one of the leading depart ments of the Company’s business, and an expert and practical staff being employed by its London House especially to superb tend the* classification, valuation, and dis posal of wool consignments, growers may rely upon their clips being carefully handled and placed to the best advan tage. Further information may be obtained upon application at the Company’s offic e. Cathedral Square Christchurch. 283d'



Business Notices. WO. DAVIS, BRICKLAYER, &c., , having commenced business for himself, in the above line, is prepared to undertake all work entrusted to him, at reasonable rates. Ranges Set. W ork manship guaranteed. Note the Address—- W. 0. DAVIS, Bricklayer, &c., East street, south. All orders left at Mr. S. Hardley, will receive prompt attention. 593 NEW INDUSTRY. ASPHALTING. JAMES BRADLEY is prepared to ■ take orders,for ASPHALTING at very moderate rates. All orders to be left at the Works, Park srreet. All work kept in repair for twelve months. 386 m F. S. Shearer, TIN WALD. Agricultural engineer, in ventor and Manufacturer of Com bined and other Threshing Machines, Dressing and Winnowing Machines, Corn crushing Drill, Turnip and Broadcast Sow ing Machines, Flour Mills, Saw Mills, etc., etc. Water Wheels of every description made and fitted up. Reaping, Binding, and Mowing Machines promptly attended to. Spring Carts, Traps, and Drays, of every description made and repaired. Plans and estimates given for all kinds of car penter work. All repairs neatly executed with first-class workmanship. Charges moderate. j£3s'Note the address — GREAT SOUTH ROAD, TINWALD. 641 Wm. Patching, East Street Ashburton, Tent, tarpaulin, and horse CLOTH MAKER. Canvas, Calico, and American Duck Reaper and Binder Canvases Made and Repaired. Canvas and India-rubber Hosing. Sail, Twine, and Garden Lines, Blocks, Hooks, and Thimbles. Flax and Manilla Rope, of all sizes, always in stock. 31 WM. PATCHING. THE SOUTHLAND TIMBER YARDS. rE UNDERSIGNED BEGS to in form his friends and the public gene rally, that he has made arrangements with the best SAWMILLS in Southland for a constant Supply of Building Timber, including Red and White Pine.



FOR SALE, CHEAP FIREWOOD, in foot lengths, £2 per cord POSTS AND RAILS STAKES, &c. HAVELOCK AND WEST STREETS, Next Jameson and Roberts, ASHBU RTON. JOSHUA TUCKER, 217g-884c Proprietor CHBRTSEY. A. R. MARKHAM (Next Montgomery’s, Chertsey), GENERAL STOREKEEPER HAYING taken over the store of Messrs. Orr and Co., and increased the stock, is prepared to supply first-class articles in Gro eery * Drapery, Ironmongery, etc. AGENT FOR THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN. NEW GOODS. NEW GOODS. Professor F. Clark, HAIRDRESSER, STATIONER, AND FANCY GOODS DEALER, MONTGOMERY’S BUILDINGS, ASHBURTON, HAS JUST IMPORTED from Mel bourne a large assortment of FANCY GOODS, too numerous to specify in detail, amongst which are the follow ing : G.B.D. Pipes, in cases Cherry ■ do. do. Also pipes of every other description Dolls, Toy Watches Rowing Boats. Trumpets Shuttlecocks and Battledores Whips, Spades, Popguns Mouth Harmonicons And all kinds of Gentlemen’s Studs West’s Patent Solitaires Also Ladies’ Hair Pads, Frizettes, &c. NOVELS— “ Black Angel,” “ Star of the South,” “ Fiery Cross,” &c. Haircutting, Shaving, and Shampooing Saloon. Agent for the Ashburton Guardian. Note the address ; MONTGOMERY’S BUILDINGS. ASHBURTON. 513*



D. Fitzpatrick, BOOT AND SHOE MAKER, Fowler’s Buildings, Tanceed Street, Ashburton. ALL descriptions of Boots and Shoes made to order, at reasonable prices. 309 DANIEL FITZPATRICK. TjIORMS PRINTED —“To Let” and iIP ‘ ‘ For Sale can be obtained at the Guardian Office.



Business Notices. Friedlander Bros. ARE GASH PURCHASERS Farm Produce, LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES on the above, placed in mr hands either for sale or shipment to the English or Colonial markets. JQEBRING TWINE BINDER. Wo 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 Oamaru trial, Ac., &c. E HAVE ALSO ON HAND, McCORMICK’S, OSBORNE’S & WOOD’S Reapers & Binders with LATEST IMPROVEMENTS, CHRISTCHURCH PRICES. We have now on view, a few Second-Hand we nave now un view, aiuw ucuuim'^cvuvi REAPERS and BINDERS, in thorough good working order, which we will dispose of at a very LOW FIGURE. OF WOOL, GRAIN, AND ALL KINDS OF and are prepared to make at Freight added. A complete Assortment of extras for all Reapers and Binders, kept on the pre mises.



tte'are just landing 'SIXTY-FIVE TONS 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 ! 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.



E have been favored with the WILBERS PATENT EUREKA 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. AGENCY of Hay Mowers,



The new improved ALTHOUSE Yaneless Windmill Is 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.O. 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. R A P E R Y. WE ARE JUST OPENING, in addition to our well-selected stock, our SPRING AND SUMMER 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. Drapery



OUR GROCERY and PROVISION DEPARTMENT is characterised by the best qualities of TEAR, 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- V



Business Notices. P R I N TING, Or Every Description, NEATLY AND CHEAPLY EXECUTED, AT T HE J^L SHBUBTON Q-UARDIAN OFFIOE, SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, East street, ASHBURTON.



GRATEFUL COMFORTING EPPS’S COCOA. BREAKFAST. BY a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of 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 that 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 to 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., HOMOEOPATHIC CHEMIST, LONDON. 91 °c



Medical. DEAFNESS, &c. DR. GRANT, Member of Royal College of Surgeons, England, and of the Medical Boards of Yictoriia and New South Wales; also regis tered in New Zealand, OCULIST, AURIST, & SPECIALIST, (From 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 Bast, Christchurch, Near St. John’s Church. Hours of attendance: Morning, 10 till 1; afternoon, 2 till 5i Saturdays, morning only. Dr Grant’s consultation 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,—l have to give you thanks for the great benefit to my hearing since I have been under your care.—l 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 I have been under his care.— Thos. Churches. ■



Brookside, Pakakura Valley, July 23, 1880. I was under Dr, Grant’s treatment for squinting, and was 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 Sinclaiee, 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 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. r-M aria; J. Turkman. 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, 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. NICHOLLS* ■ • ; - ■;; : : i: ’ ■ -i -.f: ' 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 ul(s^ted..aj?ay,. t still improving under Dr. Grant’s care, and can hear much better nowpdmetinres'i very well; — Margaret Sanderson.: Auckland Lunatic Asylum, Whau, Aug. ■ 28, 1880. This is to-certify that-Hhave; been-under Dr. Grant’s care for hardness of hearing from the 13th instant, and find. I am so far improved as to; hoar the ticking; 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 as ever I did. —Sydney Hoben. OPINIONS OP 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 _m<iii 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 bpon 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. Grant s 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 “ Wonderfuhcures,”: buti the young man who called at our office appearbi 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 5 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. 14, last.' Mrs. Evans has been deaf in both 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 T turn in a.few. days to Kumara perfectly well, and in possession, of the full faculty, of which she has been so long d,eprivecl. —. West 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. .1 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 ot disease of the eye. -rrfTohitika 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 two years, the result of a severe tropical fever. I find my hearing greatly improved in the short time —since April 30. —Thos. Adams. ” 428- A DVICE TO MOTHERS, --Are you broken in your rest by a sick child, suffering-with the; pain ■ oh 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 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 eething or other causes. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow’s Sopthing 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. IW.—Depot, 493, Oxford street. XA/'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 Dy 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.



T X ALU ABLE DISCOVERY for. the . V 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 qr 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 j or white, hair to its natural-color.and richness. It is hot 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 haw . . -Read the follow ing from Mr. Nathan Berry, Chemist, ■Walkden : “ One of my customers told me the other day he had had grey hair jfor 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. ”j It may be had of any respectable Chemist, Perfumer, or Dealer in toilet articles in the kingdom, at 3s. 6d. per bottle. —Prepared by HENRY C. GALLUP, 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 1 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 aa 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 coprppsition, They are not recommended, as a panacea, hor 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. ' . • ‘



Keating’s Powder. Keating's Powder. Keating’s Powder. Keating’s Powder.. Kills Bugs, Fleas, Moths, - Beetles; This Powder is’ 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 destroy ing fleas in their dogs, as also ladies lor 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 powden bear the autograph of THOMAS KEATING.. ; ' ■ Keating’s Worm Tablets. Keating’s Worm Tablets. Keating’s Worm Tablets, A PURELY VEGETABLE SWEETMEAT, both in appearance and taste, furnishing a most agreeable method of - administering the only certain remedy for JNTESTIN AL 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. ‘ 95 6 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 fam. should be without it. RAGGED, WEARY, AND WORN OUT m 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 imkeeping the blood pure and free from disease. E' NO 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 F'RUIT SALT.—-“All our customers for ; Ehp’s Salt .would not be without it upon’any consideration, they having received, so much benefit from it.— Wood Brotheiis, Chemists, Jersey/ 1878.” Every travelling.- trunk r and HOUSEHOLD in the- world' ought ito; 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 Bleed; Fevers, •Pimples on the Face, Giddiness Feverishness, j Mental Depression, : Want of Appetite,' Sour ness of Stomach, Constipation,- Vomiting, L •Thirst, &c., and to-remove the effects of errors in Eating and Drinking. ; EN O■ S' ; FRUIT SALT. From the Revr ..-Dr Hu’rstjiVicar of Collorly :—“I have •used your Fruit Salt for many- years,-and have verified your -statements.[. The thanks' of the public are due toyou 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 jseyere headache and disordered stomachy and |ifter- trying almost everything and .spending much money without finding any benefit', I was recommended 'by a friend ,to J try ENO’S; FRUIT SALT, and; before! had finish l, l one' bottle I found it doing me a great deal of good, audihow I lam restored to my., usual' health ‘ I know that have tried’it have nqt enjoyed such, .good; health for years.—Yours, piost truly, Robert Humphreys; Post Office, Parrasford.” . : ;v. ;.tjo c' ••' ; &UENts' for 'New Zealand, MESSRS.' KEMPT HORNE, ‘ PROSSER- S • r AND CO.



Medical. STEEDMAN’S SOOTHiNG I'OWDERS ' FOR CHILDREN CUTTING TEETH. CAUTION TO PURCHASERS., The value .of this well-known Family Medi cine has beeu.largely tested in all, parts of the world, and by all grades of society, for upwards of FIFTY YEARS. Its rwell-eamed 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 Teels it due i to + the ; public to give a.special caution, against the use of SUCH IMITATIONS. ' , Purchasers are therefore requested .carefully.ri to observe' the four following distinctive characteristics, without which none are - genuine : - ( ist—ln every case the words JOHN * STEEDMAN, CHEMIST, WALWORTIi; : SURREY,’ are engraved, on the Government > Stamp affixed to each packet. , ■ - 2nd—Each Single Powder has directions Tor i 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. ; ' 1". Sold in Packets by all Chemists and Medi cine Vendors. - - ; Sold by Kempthorne,!Prosser and Co., Auckland. ’ 63 - ipOWELL’S BALSAM of ANISEED. P P O WELL’S BALSAM of ANISEED. OWELL’S BALSAM of ANISEED; , TA XTRAOBDINARY TESTIMO- NIALS. ... . t>owell’s Balsam of aniseed. -*■ ~ Duo ue Montabob writes : u Chateau de Montabor, Aveyron. - Sir, —Having suffered for some time from ah obstinate .cough, accompanied-; with fever, _ continuous head-aches, ..and,; sleepless 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 ttie- • really marvelous results which I derived from it. From the first dose If elf great, relief, the had 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. / >. . ■ s'-r ’ DUO DE MONTABOB j



HER MAJESTY S GUN BOAT NETLEY. 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 iminediateO |even itithout having to suspend my various duties ’; and the ; first small : bottle > com pletely cured me, therefore I have the greatest confidence in f ing it to the million. Signed, W. rLtNZELL, ?H; NETEEY. FOR, COUGHS, :BRONCHITIS,: an : fluenza, colds; &c. ■ X 7 coughS; BRONt HiTIdN JT FLUENZA, COLDS,,&c. , f , POWELL’S BALSAM of ANISEED.— The effects,of; one teaspoonful takeririn 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 }4d and 2s 3d per per bottle; a great saving in taking family bottles, us each. Established over 50 years. Prepared only by THOMAS, >- ; EOWELL;V-! Blackfriars Road, London. POWELL’S BALSAM 1 of ' ANISEED. . “Sir, —I have for a long time-suffered r 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.”



For coughs, bronchitis,-in-- TLUENZA, COLDS, &c.' ‘ ‘ : For coughs, • bronchitis, in-_ FLUENZA, COLDS, &c.-‘ Eor COUGHS, BRONCHITIS, IN" FLUENZA, COLDS, - ROWELL’S BALSAM OF ANISEED WILL - LOOSEN the PHLEGM imme-, ‘ diately.—■'The Dean of Westminster's r Verger' writes : “I was advised to fry ‘the-' Balsam of Aniseed; I did, and have found" great relief.-' It is-most comforting in. allaying . irritatioh and giving strength to tbe voice.” ' Lionel Brough, - Esq;-, the - eminent actor, ~ writes : I think it an invaiuablevmedicine for members of my profession, and have always recommended it to my,, brother and sister;: artistes.” Truly ah extraordinary ex . PECTORaNT.—Mr. Edward M. of Bury, Huhtsi, writes to Messrs. Palmer & ■ Son, Kamsay :- —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.” 1 A SK ' for •POWELL’S • BALSAM * of ANISEED QOLD by all CHEMISTS-and STORE- V KEEPERS, Observe the Trade Mark, ; “Lion, Net, and Mouse.” ! Wholesale Agents in the ; Australian and- New Zealand Colonies -Elliot Brothers }■’ Eyers & Solomon ; .Felton, Grimwalde/t & Co. ; P. and S. Falk,. Faulding & Co*.;r Rocke, 'Tompsjt, & Co.; Rosenthall .&) Co.; Kem r thorne, Prosser, & -C0..; , S. t/ Hoffenung &; Co.;’ Hemmons Co. ; Berkley,' Taylor, & Co.; - and all! other wholesale houses. Proprietor—Thomas/ Powell, Blackfriars Road London.,. ■



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