THE CHIMNEY CORNER.

“PER C.” “ Mr. Bronson ? Oh yes, you will find him in his private office, up three flights ; turn to the right, No. 5.” “ Thanks,” and the compactly-built, stalwart man in brown linen ulster, thread gloves, and Panama hat, ran, satchel and umbrella in hand, up three flights of black, dusty stairs, up, up through the gloomy halls of the great business; house, turning to the right down a narrow space lined with offices, with open doors to get the circulation from the ' stairways, and paused at “No. 5.” A slight, graceful, pale faced little woman glanced up from a pile of letters. “ Mr. Bronson ? Oh, yes, sir. Walk in, please, Mr. Bronson, a gentleman.” Just a common-place, every-day meeting meeting between two large hearted men who had maintained busi ness relations for years, entertaining the very highest regard' for each other meanwhile, without having once met face to face. -.

“Mr. Sturtevant? Is it possible! lam glad to see you, sir.” And the two sat down and fell into a chat, which settled the Western man in his half-formed opinion, that the genuine, substantial, out-and-out New Yorker is the representative man of America; and xnade the city man say to himself, “ What a hearty frankess your real Western man brings, into everything. Nothing dwarfed or contracted about him. pHis heart and , his opinions are as broad and as breezy as his own rich prairies.” “ Where do you stop ?” as the visitor and long-time customer arose. “ Don’t know? : Allow me to Suggest that you go to the St.iNicholas with me, then. I’m there for aiittle, while my folks are out of town and the house is being brushed out. I will go with you. I was just going, in fact. Miss Clark, I will leave this last account for you to balance—-Oh, I want you to see Miss Clark—This is Mr. Sturtevant from Chicago.” “ Your name and your handwriting are entirely familiar, Mr. Sturtevant,” said the pale-faced young woman, with whom the visitor had first spoken, leav ing the desk by which she was standing and coming forward toward the inner office, which was formed by heavy jet green curtains, looped back across a windowed niche, making a pleasing delusion of seclusion and of shade.

“We learn to feel acquainted with people from their handwriting,” re marked Mr. Bronson pleasantly, as he drew on his gloves, “On that prin ciple, you two must know each other quite well by .this time.” ' And you. are 1 Per C.’ ?” queried Mr. Sturtevant, looking critically down into the young woman’s delicate, finely cut face. ' “ Now I have a habit of conjuring people up from their hand writing, and the ‘ Per C.’ I have kept in my mind all this time was a methodi cal clear-headed, old grey-beard whom all the sharpers in Gotham couldn’t get around, and I find the real ‘Per C’ to be but a mere thistle down or frost flower ! Well, well!” “ You was not very far astray in your character estimate, however,” smiled Mr. Bronson, tipping his light hat down over his dusky black eyes.

“ ‘ Per C’ is the most efficient helper'that a perplexed merchant was ever blessed with. The firm would have been bankrupt if it had not been for her. Fact, sir. At my father’s death things were in a bad shape. The head .book-keeper, who was also a partner, had been making false entries, and; the ;accounts were in the most inextricable tangle. They baffled me, and I employed an expert to straighten them, but he gave them up in dispair. Miss Clark, who was then in the lower office, volunteered her assistance. She went through them at odd hours, and brought everything out straight. To prevent exposure the partner refunded, what he had embezzled. I bought in all the stock, and, kept on with the business.” :

P Mr. looked on the quiet little woman with more admiration than if he had just heard she had painted a picture, written a book, or awakened a slumbering, goddess, from a block of marble. “It was not much to do,” she said, in deprecatory tones. “ I had had an ex perience with my father’s books—only unhappily—and the partner had not the embezzled funds in reserve, and the house went down.”

“ Good afternoon, Miss Clark,” and the handsome; healthy gentleman started, full of life and spirits, to run down the stairs.

Mr, Bronson returned almost im mediately’to say ; “ Never mind those last bills. I shall be early in the morn ing,” and finding the little grey dressed Woman sitting at his desk in the shadow of the deep green curtains in a dejected attitude, looking 'so. like a crushed, wilted flower that he could but wonder what had so quickly changed the bright, pleasant face that had just smiled back at him from the doorway. “ This hot wave is something fearful,” said Mr.’ Stfutevarit, as his companion regained his side, “I don’t see how you can. stand,\t here week after week.” “.Oh, I run up the Hudson,,,where my-mother and"-sisters are, whenever the whim seizes me, knowing the books will not get behindhand in my absence.” “ So you are not a married man ?”

“ No. I have never had time nor inclination to think of matrimony ; and I am very well off in my present home.” “Yet it is all wrong, ”, replied the Western man, in a fatherly way he was apt to fall into towards anyone to whom he took a fancy. “ A-man of your age ought to be settled in a home of his own. The mother will go to heaven somd the sisters will take unto themselves.fhusbands, and • then, my man £ .you will be leftadrift.” ■. Mr, Sturtevant .flitted, in,and out of ‘floor,” every day fpr.a weeh, : ' assiduously ' cultivating the ac quaintance of Mr. .Bronson and “ Per C.” as he persisted in calling the fragile little accountant, in the intervals of business, of sight-seeing and of writing to his wife—this last being his favorite way of filling in odd moments. While driving with Mr. Bronson late one sultry July afternoon in Central Park, he broke out abruptly, yet with a tone of peculiar earnestness, which the younger man had learned to understand covered some deep feeling— “ Your eyes need opening, friend

Bronson ; Oh, not at all in regard to your horsemanship, you hold the reins like an expert. I beg your pardon, but I want to speak to you about your con fidential clerk. You look surprised. I suppose I shall surprise you still more, my dear fellow, when I tell you that she_ is djing by inches there in,that stifling office, before your very eyes, and you are so accustomed to her clear, white rose of a face and her gentle ways that you can’t understand that anything is wrong with her. Why, man ! even I, with my broad chest and perfect health, almost lose by breath every time I run up those stairs. She has faded and wilted and lost vitality perceptibly in the week that I have been here. Her lovely face grows more and-more transparent every day. Now Oliver Walker, my confidential clerk, is wild to come to New York. He’s a cute, sharp fellow, conscientious and in dustrious, and being so well acquainted with my business he would work into yours with little difficulty. Now I want to propose to you that we change con fidential clerks. The fresh Western air will brace that little woman right up. I know enough of woman-kind to know that it is a matter of life arid death with her. The change, the journey, the meeting with new people will renew her personality; she won’t know herself in a month’s time, This great city broadens the lives of those who are in constant attrition with their kind, but is more contracting than the most isolated country life can be to a soul moving in a daily rut. I know she. is valuable to you, but when the flower wilts utterly and falls' to the ground you will be obliged to take some one to fill her place.” “ I can’t dispute your argument,” re plied the young man thoughtfully, bringing his high-stepping horses down to a walk. “ 1 have no doubt she needs rest and change. The place is a responsible one, and there is a gieat deal put upon her, as there is apt to be upon a person so efficient and obliging. I never saw her out of temper and never heard her complain of weariness. She has no relatives, and never seems to care about taking a vacation, She could never be persuaded to leave us,” he continued, presently with a confidential smile curling his tawny moustasche. We will, however, for the sake of justice, submit the pro position to her. I have no right to dismiss the subject until she has been consulted. I think you are needlessly alarmed in regard to her health, how ever. She has wonderful powers of endurance, although it is true she has looked as fragile as that lily yonder all the ten years she has been with us.” “ Ten years ? ” “ Ten years last autumn.”

Mr. Sturtevant went back to his airy room at the St. Nicholas, and wrote a long letter to his wife, although he had already sent her a postal card and a telegram that day. He used to say that pent-up enthusiasm would explode, had he had not the safety-valve of writ ing to Eliza always at hand. The next morning Mr. Sturtevant appeared at the Bronson office just as the old black porter was taking down the shutters. He had not long to wait, however, and disclosed his plan to Miss Clark while she was removing her simple wrap and plain straw hat. “ You say Mr, Bronson is willing to make the exchange ? ” she enquired with a faltering voice, seating herself at her desk and mechanically breaking the seal of the topmost letter of that morning’s mail. “Yes, for your good, remember.” “I will go.” “That was all. Mr. Sturtevant, with a rare knowledge of woman, gained from his own felicitous union with Eliza, went over to a window and sat down to look at the morning papers, while she busied herself with the mail as usual; but with a faint glow on her cheeks, warning ol an inward fire, like the reflection on the showy petals of the gleam in the chalice of a cactus cup. An hour passed thus, and her employer entered, genial and gentle manly as usual. Mr. Sturtevant threw aside his paper and said breezily : “ It is all settled, my dear Bronson. This is Saturday. We shall start for Chicago Monday, on the 8 a.m. express. I shall telegraph for Oliver to meet us at Niagara where we will stop over a train and take a look at the Falls. He is one of those live, up and coming chaps that wouldn’t ask for more than half an hour’s notice to start on a voyage round the world.” Mr. Bronson gave his accountant a questioning look. She nodded. “ Very well,” he said, coldly, yet with an effort to speak in his usual way. “ You will need all the time there is, off course.” He sat down in the shadow of the rich green curtains and wrote an order on the cashier. She put on her gray hat and gloves again, took the slip of paper in her trembling fingers and went down the dusty stairs without trusting herself to-speak. I don’t know as it occurred to either of them at the time, or for hours afterwards, that their part ing, after their years of intimate busi ness relationship was a very strange one, or that it would have been very strange for two men under the same circumstances.

“ Women have not the hearts of men, although it .is the fashion of the time to put them and keep them in place, re quiring a man’s strength, judgment, and imperturbability. I must put that in my next letter to Eliza,” said Sturte td himself, as he ran after the little accountant, overtook her on the second landing, made some necessary arrange ments, stood by when the cashier handed her her money and left her on the crowded sidewalk. She did not go home at once, or rather to the boardinghouse which she called home. Instead she walked across to Broadway, and took a Central Park ounibus.

“ I -can be alone in the park for a little while,” she said to herself. • I don’t know that she thought at all as the omnibus thundered and rattled and banged up Broadway; she was only realising the fact that she was going away from him. ■ She strolled about the gravel walks of; the park, sat in the rustic arbors, lingered beside the fountains, ponds, and flour beds, but she saw nothing of the beauties that were delighting thousands of souls famishing for a breath of country summer; she was al most overpowered by a dragging pain at being torn away from the associations of years. ■; (To be continued.)

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, MONDAY, NOVEMBER - 29, 1880.

! ; : j- ~ Printed and published-daily, at th e.-Guardian v” . - Office, , Saunders’i J3ui|dings, street,iff • ’ Adiburton, .by 'Jake's ,DraN, rt residing;atTancred : stbet, AshbuVtoh, ' viV i-iui iSi OwiUU •J'ivW



Business Notices M EDICAL HALL, ASHBURTON. Established 1874. J. M. CAMBRIDGE, CHEMIST. PARTICULAR ATTENTION PAID TO THE PURITY OF DRUGS. TEETH CAREFULLY EXTRACTED. PRESCRIPTIONS ACCURATELY PREPARED., Open on Sundays, 10 to 11 a.m., 2 to 3 and 7 to 8 p.m. 319



Marsli & . Groves. ■pANCY. BREAD AND BAKERS, PASTRYCOOKS AND TIONERS. BISCUIT CONFEC FAMILIES WAITED ON DAILY. Wedding and School Cakes always on hand. Tancred Street, Ashburton. 312



Horse Bazaar Stables, Burnett Street. H. MUIR, PROPRIETOR, HAS much pleasure in informing the public generally that every atten tion and civility will be paid to custo mers. Saddle Horses and Buggies on hire at Lowest Rates. Commodious Loose Boxes for Entires, Oats, Chaff, and Hay on Sale. —Parcels and telegrams received here will command immediate attention. 210 HUGH MUIR.



TEN PER CENT. DISCOUNT AT EVERETT BROS. & CO. HAVELOCK STREET, E. B. and Co. will give 10 per cent. Dis count, or, in other words, will take off TWO SHILLINGS for every Pound’s worth of goods purchased. TERMS-CASH. From this day, October sth, until further notice. EVERETT BROS, & CO. 505 c BOOTS! BOOTS! BOOTS? To Meet the Times. C HAWKINS, the Cheap Boot and , Shoemaker, TINWALD (opposite the Post Office), has determined to CLEAR OUT his large and well-selected. Stock at sweeping prices. Only one trial will convince the public of the genuine cheapness of his Stock. His own make, equally reduced. Come and see for your selves. pS" Note the address— C. HAWKINS, PRACTICAL BOOT & SHOEMAKER Opposite the Post Office, Tinwald. Note —No connection with any other shop. 815 c CHANGE OP PROPRIETARY. THE UNDERSIGNED has much pleasure in announcing to the in habitants of Ashburton and district that he has TAKEN OYER, the BUSINESS of Mr. J. S. SAVAGE, East street, Ash burton, and respectfully solicits a con tinuance of the patronage so liberally bestowed on his predecessor, trusting by keeping a choice assortment of all classes of FRUIT, CONFECTIONERY, &c., to merit a fair share of the public support. T. BENNETT 0, FRUITERER AND CONFECTIONER, East street, Ashburton. 814 c EemovaL CABINETMAKING & UPHOLSTERING ESTABLISHMENT, REMOVED TO BURNET IV STREET, Opposite the Mail Office. Cheapest House in Town for New and Secondhand Furniture. JOHN MEECH, : PRACTICAL CABINETMAKER, UPHOLSTERER PAPERHANGER, &c. Drawers from 30s. and upwards, Dressing tables and Washstands lOs.i and upwards. ; ALL KINDS OP REPAIRS. Furniture Renovated and Repolished, or Exchanged. : GOOD PRICE GIVEN FOR SECONDHAND FURNITURE.: . 248 c



Business Notices. WC. DAYIS, BRICKLAYER, &0., , having commenced business for himself, in the above line, is prepared to undertake all work entrusted to him, at reasonable rates. Ranges Set. Y ox-k ---manship guaranteed. Note the Address— ! W. C. DAYIS, Bricklayer, &c., East street, south; 1 All orders left at Mr. S. Hardley, will receive prompt attention, 593, NEW INDUSTRY, ' ASP HALT 1N O. ' " 1 JAMES BRADLEY is prepared to take; : orders for ASPHALTING- at ; very moderate rates. All orders to be. left at the Works, Park street. ' ’ ' ' All work kept in repair for twelve ,F.!; S. Shearer, ; TIN WALD. 1:1 ■ I Agricultural engineer, in : verxtor and Manufacturer; of [Com bined and other Threshing Machines, Dressing and 1 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. , ■ the address— GREAT SOUTH ROAD, TINWALp. V’ East Street Ashburton, ... Tent, tarpaulin, and horse CLOTH MAKER. Canvas, Calico, 1 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. months. 386 G4l Im. Patching,



THE SOUTHLAND TIMBER YARDS. THE 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, Ac.' HAVELOCK AND WEST STREETS, Next Jameson and Roberts, AS H B U R TON . JOSHUA TUCKER, 217g-884c Proprietor CHERTSEY. A. R. MARK HA M (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 inGrocery,Drapery, Ironmongery, etc. ■ . AGENT FOR THE' ASHBURTON GUARDIAN.



NEW GOODS. NEW GOODS. Professor E, 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 Harmonicous : 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.' Mote the address : MONTGOMERY’S BUILDINGS. ASHBURTON. 513*



D. Fitzpatrick, BOOT? AND :, ‘ SHOE ' MAKER, ' i Fowleii’s Buildings) Tanceed ,! :' •' Stebet, Ashbueton;', •;V; ; A LL descriptions of Boots .and Shoes 1 prices. 309 made to order, at reasonable DANIEL FITZPATRICK-; . TjTQRMS PRINTED “To Let ” .and Jj “ For Sale ’’-r-dan be obtained at tk« Guardian Office.' . :



Business Notices. P B N T N G, : Of Every Description, ; NEATLY A-ND/ i CHEAPLY "'executed,' , 1 -.J.,, . . at ■ ’ ’•• • J rjIHE QUARDIAN QEFICE, SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, | -A JEast street,.,--:; ] ;; ASH B U 11. T O N. GRATEFUL COMFORTING EPPS’S COCOA. breakfast. BY a-thorough knowledge of the natura laws which goycrri the operations bi digestion and nutrition, and "by.a application of the fine properties of wel selected cocoa, Mr. 'Epps lias providec ; our breakfast 'tables.. with' a- delicately flavoured beverage which pave u; many heavy .doctor’s bills. 1 It' is - 'hy tin j udicious use of : such • artieles : of diet tlut a constitution inky be . gradually built uj until strong enough to resist every ten pency to disease. ’ Hundreds of subtb 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 pun blood and a properly nourished frame. - •Sob article in'the 'Civil , Madb’ simply with' boiling water br.milk. Sold only in packets'bi - tins, labelled’ P— JAMES EPPS AND- 001,' ! HOMOEOPATHIC CHEMIST, - LONDON. ;l '- 91 °«



Medical, jg LIND NESS/ DEAFNESS/ &o. " ’dR; GRANT; r/ Member of Royal College of Surgeons, England, and of the Medical Boards of Victoria and New South Wales; also regis tered iu New Zealand, : ■ ■ w 1,.r 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/ Ahiaarosis, 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.';' -- moU 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 .Qfieeji .street, Auckland* jJqly/23, 1880. Dr; '“Grant. —Heaf A sii*,—T have to give you thanks for the great benefit to my hearing since, I-haya been; under your hare.—l am, / Robert Campbell. Ponsonby, July 23. Under Dr. Grant’s treatment 1 am very much improved in ipy 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! hkve'-been under cafe.—Tkbs: Churches; f ,■ - ,/■ Bfbokside,' Pakakufa Valley, July 23/ 1880; • X was under DfJ 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 atrial of Dr'Grant, feeling sure-’thati ho would benefit them as ho has done me.— John Sinclairs, Jun.,. , ... Potiscmby road, Hope Town, Auckland) Hme 16, 1880;’rITiave been, under Dr;. Grant’s care since May 26, for great deaf ness, for more than "twelve years,'andAth'' about seventy (70) years of age. Dr. Grant has removed ; a large arid, 'small 1 polyjpuk from my years, andj.lncaij, h.ear nngoh.. better, having greatly improved under his ‘care, .for, which I am, very' thankful Charles Lowe. Heine’s Estate/ New •North'road, Auck land, June 16, 1880. I have been/spffer 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, Isßo. Dr. -Grant has just cured dub of a of, more than ten years, for which"! am very thankful, having tried many other doc tors without success. —M aria J. Turkman. Auckland, August 6, 1880. I have been deaf in the left ear for four years and in ‘tlie right also. ■--GmAugilskTTtfas treated •by Dr. Grant, and am now quite well, being able to hear as well as ever I did.— • Arthur Parkinson, Farmer, Opotiki. ' ■ Mangere, Onehunga, Auckland, August 2G, 1880,. . For y^,X.fcaye been suffering with' dfseaseq’eyds.’ Since ' August 5 I have been under Dr. Grant’s care, and am rapidly recovering. J. : NIOHOLLS. Symonds street, Auckland, August 27, 1880.,, J>hßY.ej for .eighteen years (since I was four years bid) the drums of both years having ulcerated I am still improving under Dr. Grant s care, and can hear much better now, sometimes very well.— Margaret Sanderson. // Auckland Lunatic Asylum, Whau, Aug. gg 1880- This is to certify that I have been under Dr. O ran t S parp for luii dnpss of hearing from the 13th instant, and snd I am so far improved as to hear the ticking of a watch, which I could not dc before I



Medical. put myself under his treatment. lam over sixty years old.—John King. Auckland, September 6, 1880. I have been under Dr. Grant’s treatment since August 18 for deafness of both cars. lam returning home to.Tauranga this day, quite cured, and can hear as well as ever I did. —Sydney Hqben. , . .. • OPINIONS OE 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 thelowest 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 , 1 treatment —ITaui 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, lie determined to give him a trial. : <Hb had only been under Dr. Grants treat ment ten or eleven, days when he found that he cq,uld!.see-lalge 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,”,-hut the-young man who called, at our office appearol to be telling the truth',--and was- exceedingly grateful to Dr. Gant for the relief which he has already experienced.—Weir Zea land Times, Dec. 25, 187.9-



Dr. Grant is also SPECIALIST in the DISEASES of WOMEN and CHIL DREN. J ■■■* Dr. Granthas 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 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 Kumara perfectly well, and in possession of the full faculty of which she-has been so long deprived.— 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 hcar ing of one of my ears, the membrane of which was injured some six years ago. I may add that two surgeons, whom! con sul ted-a. short time ago, considered the case incurable. ” Dr, Grant has also been very successful in several difficult cases oi 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-SO.— Thos. Adams.” 428



, AD VICE 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 feYRUP. It will relieve the poor sufferer immediately. It is. perfectly harmless jt.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 dysontry and diarrhoea, whether arising from teething or other causes. Bp sure and ask 1 for Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup, and tee that “Curtis and Perkins, New York and London)” is on the outside e 1 without it,- Sold by all, medicine dealers, at.ls. lid.—Dep6t, 493, Oxford street. ’ ;



WHO 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 untireihgly 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 practicaricnowledgo obtained in a lifetime as nurse and : physician, she has com-, pounded a SOOTHING 1 STROP' 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 worlddenouned as a benefactor of her race. Children certainly do rise up and bless her. • Especially is this' the case in : this city! Vast qqantifcies of the Soothing Syrup are daily sold aqd used,here. We think Mrs Winslow''has immortalised her name by this invaluable‘article,, and we sincerely believe thdf thousands of chil dren have been, saved from ah' early grave iby its timely use,-, and 1 that millions yet unborn will share its benefits and unite in calling her blessed. No' mother has dis charged her ; ditty,to her suffering little, bne, ; in our opinion, until sKe has given it ; the benefit of Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup. Try i.t .mothers, try it now.— Visitor, 1 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 cqhik tryj'.jit 3s, Gd.- per bottle, is : fast ■ sppei-- ceding all the old , restorers and dyes for the purpose of changing grey or white hair jto its natural original color, for it will positively restore the ,hair in every cdse of greyness to its original color, with-, out dye.ing 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. ; Itr promotes growth and prevents the hair falling out, eradicating dandruff, and leaving the scalp in a clean, healthy 1 fcdhditibn. v.. It imparts peculiar vitality to the. roots ; of the hair, restoring it! to its youthful freshness-> and;vigor, j Daily .applications of this preparation for a week or two will surely restore faded, grleyjrpr white hair to jta color Add tiOlihesß, It is, not a dye, .nor does it eOn top* r! any; coloring. ; matter:.; or '.offensive su;bstahce whatever. Hence dt: does mot soil-the Laudsthe scalp, or even white linen, but produces the color: within the substance of the: hair. Read the follow ing'from-Mr. -Nathan Berry, Chemist, Walkderi': One of my customers ! fold; m| the other day he had had grey hair fo| thirty-ffve, yearsp and after tisingbiid hojttle of the Mexican Hair Renewer I sold him, ; ik Was ‘restored to and kept its natural" color: Vj-r It may be had fiff ahy : respectable in toilet articles: in ; jbffe kingdom, at 35.: (id. peff .bottle,-—Prepared. ,-hy ; HENRY C. GALLUP, N0,493* Oxford street, Roddon, ■



Medical. COCKLE’S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS— VJ Those 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. r 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-. yient. to digestion, promote a due and, healthy secretion of. bile, and relieve, tho ; ■constitution of-all gouty matter and pther impurities,r which, by circulating in ; the; hlo.od, most injuriously-affect the action of the kidneys ; thus, ;by , removing: the - causes, productive of so much discomfort, they .restore, the energies .of hotlybody mind. * To those who;,indulge.in the lujSh-ies 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 thfe fatal disorders peculiar to tropical climates. Their occasional use, if com bined with the strictest ■ attention to diet, will he frequently found to fcmoye at I 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 recoinmended as containing any new or dangerously .active ingredients; on the contrary, they are characterised by a remarkable, simplicity of combination,- and whatever merit they may be found to possess depends, as much upon the select tion of pure drugs, and the unusual,labor and attention bestowed upon their subse quent ‘ preparation, as upon the acknow ledged peculiarity o£ 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 bo had throughout the United Kingdom in boxes at Is. llrd,; 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 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 1 genuine powder bear the autograph of THOMAS KEATING. ; i - Keating’s Worm Tablets. Keating’s Worm Tablets. Keating’s Worm Tablets, A PURELY VEGETABLE S WEETM EAT, both in appearance and taste, furnishing a most agreeable method of administering the. only certain remedy for INTEST LN A L or THREADWORMS. It is a perfectly safe and mild preparation, and is especially adapted for children. Sold in tins by all Chemists and.; Druggists. .■ : , i Proprietor, THOS. KEATING, London. ■ 9Sbc



ENO’S FRUIT SALT. THE PHYSICAL BASIS OF LIFE ... GOpD FOOD, : How to enjoy good food that would other ; wise cause Bilious headache, .disordered I Stomach, Poisoned Blood, &c.- —use ENO’S FRUIT SALT. A 'NATURAL '; APERIENT, ENCt’S'; ■ FRUIT SALT, when 'taken with water,' acts as.a natural aperient, i'ts simplb but natural' action removes all impurities, .thus preserving ahd restoring health. If its great value in keep ing the body in health \yefe universally known, no fain should be without it. •, T? AGGED, • WEARY, AND WORN r 5 . • - out 111 , Anyone whose duties require them to under j go mental or unnatural excitement, or strain— ENO’S FRUIT ; SALT is’the best known .remedy. It acts like a charm. It allays nei~ depression, and the injurious effects of stimulants and too rich .food. , Its pbw’erdh aiding the digestion- is' niost 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' frortvdisease. ■ ENG versus -STIMULANTS. An ;h ---■ ) sufficient amount of exercise frequently 1 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 kefep'ahd' use' ENO’S' FRUIT SALT.; —.“All our .customers, for Eno’s,Salt would not' be without it upon any consideration, they-havirig received so much benefit from iti— i Wood Brothers, Chemists, JbrseypxSyS.” T?YERV TRAVELLING TRUNK AND I XL .HOUSEHOLD in the world'-ought |fo" 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 ;fqr.-ißiliousness, : . Sick Head ache, Skin Eruptions, Impure Blood, Fevers, • Pimpled on the Face, Giddiness Feverishness,.. Mental Depression, Want of Appetite, .Sour ness of ; Stomach, I Constipation, ■ VohiitingF Thirst, &c., and to remove the effects of errors. iniEatingahd Dndkingy ■ ' • *



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 are due'to you for your unceasing efforts toirelievc suffering humanity; < Long-may you live.to be a blessing to the ■ i • E NO'S FRUIT, SALT.—« After suffering - for nearly'-two and a half years "from severe headache and -disordered- stomach,- and after,frying almost everything and , : spending fnuch money without finding any benefit, wa!s recommended bya'Tflend to tty ENG'S' FRUIT SALT, and beforp I had finish/1 one bottleT'fdundat doing me a greatdeal of good/ and now I am restored to my usual health; and others I knovv 'that have tried ffF-have not enjoyed such good health- for years.—Yours mqst tru|y,; Robert} Humphreys, .P.dst Office,'! Bairrasford.” . .. ... • i : >2eALANBi, •; f • MESSRS. TvEMPTHORNISj • ; PROSSER ' AND CO. -■> ■ , - . '



Medical. QTEEDMAN’S SOOTHING POWDER'S O FOR CHILDREN CUTTING TEETH, CAUTICN TO PURCHASERS. ; Tlie-value of this -well-known Family 1 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 t 0... 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 characteristic?, without . which- none i are genuine:— ’ , 1st —In every case ‘the words ' JOHN STEEDMAN, CHEMIST, WALAVORTH, SURREY, are engraved on the Government Stamp affixed to each packet:' - • 2nd—Each Single Powder has direptioijs for the dose, and the words, John Steedman, Chemist, Walworth,: Surrey; printed thereon. 3rd —The name, Steedman., is spelt with two EE’s. O'c , .i 4th — The manufacture, isicarrjed r on solely at Walworth, Surrey. , , ■„ Sold in Packets By 'all Chemists'and Medi cine Vendors. I s (4- > Sold by Prosser and Co., Auckland. . J l '" 63 X>o WELL’S BALSAM ,of ANISEED. Jl ■ : ROWELL’S BALSAM of' ANJSBED. J3O WELL’S BALSAM - of-ANISEED. XTEAORDHURF ;TESTIM:O -



POWELL’S BALSAM of ANISEED. Ducvije, MojmjsoE, iiviites':- — “ Chateau de Montabor, Aveyron. Sir, —Having suffered for some time from an obstinate cough, accompanied with fever, 3 conknuoua head-aichesi''arid sleepless, nights, I resolved, after,.-having ! vainly tried several ‘ other medicines, to. have- recourse - to * your ‘-DjALSAM’ -oF ANISEED. ;1 I cannot resist, sir, the I desire of making you acquainted with the really marvelous results which I derived’ from it. From the first doss I felt great relief, .the bad symptoms grew-feebleryrthe ‘irritation of the throat,-waa palming 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 uny , gratitude the assufanceof my distinguished sentiments. '■' i DUG : DE MONTABOR ; r : SEE MAJESTY S QUIT ‘BOAT NETLBY. "■ : i Wick, Scotland. Dear Sir,— , : '■ VI / V - i Having: had a ‘ "most distressing ‘ arid 1 severe cough, which caused me many sleepless nights and . rpstless . days,, v l,.wa3 recommended by liis LORDSHIP the EARL of CAITHNESS to try ,yoiir v most- invaluable Balsam *■ •bf ''Aniseed^ 1 and I can assure you, with the, first, dose, I found immediate relief,’eveft 3 -i without having to - suspend niy Tariou£‘. duties’;’ and ?the first small bottle s c6m-t pletely cured me,- therefore 5 1-have' greatest confidence in fully ing itsto the niillioni’; Signed,-'> - •’ ;; ; W. LINZBLL, H.M.G.B. NETLEY; 1 J OR COUGHS, BRONCHITIS,;-'IN ■'> FLU ENZA, COLDS.- &c. r T F 170 - COUGHS, , BRONCHITIS, IN* ; F- I FLUENZA,' COLDS,* &c: POWELL’S BALSAM of ANISEED.— The effects of one -teaspoonful taken in.a.. little water before going to bed is extraordinary. ; No family should be-without it in the winter^ ! Sold by Chemists and Medicine Vendors y throughout the' World/ .and zs gdpfer*' per bottle; a great-saving in taking family us each.: Established over 50 ye'ais. Prepared only by : THOMAS POWELL, Blackfriars Road, London. POWELL’S’ BALSAM of ANISEED, i “Sir,—l have for a long-time suffered from a severe cough and tried all,rmanner.,Qf remedies. Dr. Liberecht advised EQ WELIFS BALSAM, of .ANISEED ; It, .cured a few; dayL r 'You I 'aria at liberty.) to' U|se,,thjs letter in hopes fhat pthers'may benefit' by „ I am, SiL r Youfs. &c.; ‘ '-. T V » ’ -aLbert ;count' potockF’ DOR GOUGHS, BRONCHITIS, , IN* F. FLUENZAi‘COLDS,' Stc. FOR COUGHS, . BRONCHITIS, IN FLUENZA, COLDS, &c. ~ ~ ,■ , ■ ■£ For coughs,- bronchitis, ■ in fluenza; COLDS, - &C. ; DOWELL’S. BALSAM OF. ANISEED WILL .LOOSEN the- .PHLEGM? irime j-diately.—The. Dean, of Westminster’s Verger writes: “.I. was.advisedito try:the Balsam of Aniseed,;'. I did, and have sfound ?great relief. It is mpst- cpmforting. in..allaying irritatioh'ahd giving strength to H ; Lionel”Brough, Esq.L, the.,eminent. aqtQftj,*. ; writes': I think it an\.ihvaluableirrii«licineifof members of my profession,, anfi‘ have always recommended it to‘ my" brother "and sister i artistes.” - ‘ ,j y RULY an EXTRAORDINARY EX-- , PECTORaNT.— Mr..Edwai;d of Buiy, Hunts., ’ writes' to - Messrs, Palmer® | Son, Ramsay :—“ Haying been,in the r habit ot-f using Powell’s Balsam of AmseeF fora great number of years,/! 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.” "" f f p ASK • for POWELL’S BALSAM )of ■ .... ANISEEDS i vor. \ S’ OLD. byTall CHEMISTS. andj.STORE KEEF£RS.)...i Mark, ■“lLion, Net, and'hlouse f ’’.V< j- In-p ; j Wholesale i Agents Ain. ’ the, Australian and New Zealand’ Colonies,. '-Elllot, Brothers; i Eyer§ ; & SbilpMON" i, FeFtOiV,«Grim\vai,pe, t>- &lCb; : ; R ; aud;S.’ : FAtk, fktfidiviG# Qk ROcke, TbriPSi'r; &' Gor; 1j R6sfe'NThAix & Co.; Kempthorne, Prosser,.. & Co.; S. Hoffenung & Col-p- Flemmons, Laws, Sc, Cop;’ BERKifEV/ Tayi;Oß,l& 'Go.qFand.ali other Avliolesaie houses;' : Proprietor— I Thomas -v l ' PpWELL, Blackfriars,Road London.-.' ■. :i



THE -ASHBURTON' GUARDIAN^ 0 ! I fninr ex .vtnms<' 10labtfu’itt ; Price One Penny, ci vj.t /7NAN be obtained frdfn' the'ToUowmg. \, c Agents, who will''receive ordera";--^,,,. .pleStfe’ : forms,- which'cari be pbtaipedfrom : Z' th| above'Agent's;' :i They ‘wUT ‘vati ‘.pblige 5 . 1 1 by; stating 1 bu 'tha 'baiok' At, tile '’ppder, tpT’ r , wliieh’hgent they TO^their ,l s(ibscHptioEßv. i) ".