THE CHIMNEY CORNER.

THE DISRUPTION: A TAT.T. OF TRYING TIMES, CHAPTER XVII. Alas! must noblest views, like an old song, Be for mere fancy’s sport a theme creative, A jest, a riddle, Fame through thick and thin sought. And Socrates himself but Wisdom’s Quixote? BYRON. On the day following the events narrated in last chapter, Mr. Duncan son waited on Mr. Bacon about the usual hour. He found the great man pacing the floor of his library with hand on brow, and evidently in a state of great perplexity. “Come away, Mr. Duncanson,” he said on seeing the student enter ; “come away ! I have been wearying for you to-day ; for I very much need your advice and assistance.

“ Respecting what, Mr. Bacon ? ” “ Just sit down, sir, and I’ll tell you. Oh dear ! I never was so puzzled in my life. No problem in politics, meta physics, or mathematics ever gave me so much trouble as an unforeseen prac tical difficulty in regard to my intro duction to Sir Robert Peel and Lord Aberdeen, j thought I had the whole affair cut and dry ; and it cost me no little trouble, I can tell you to get the preliminaries so well arranged. But my purpose is like to be frustrated in the most provoking manner imaginable. What do you think, Mr. Duncanson! my friend the Lord Lieutenant of shire tells me, quite coolly, that he can’t and won’t introduce me to Ministers unless I first pay my respects to her Majesty at the Drawing Room, and take a lady along with me ! ” “ What lady, Mr. Bacon ? ”

“ Why, any one, I suppose. His lordship does not dictate to me on that point, but he says it is absolutely essential that I should appear before her Majesty in petticoat company. Isn’t it monstrous ? I looke'd at him when he made the proposal, thinking it might be a quiz on my well known aversion to female society; but I could discover nothing of the kind. He spoke to me with the utmost gravity and firmness, so I concluded there was no joke in the matter, and I am not to be deceived by appearances. One of two things must be the case —either the rule is absolute, as he stated to me, and it is impossible I can have a con ference with the Ministers without attending the Queen’s Drawing-room with a lady —or his lordship wishes, for some deep purpose of his own, to pre vent me from advising the advisers of the Crown. The latter supposition I think most probable, for it may be a very inconvenient thing for him, and other party-men like him, to let me have an opportunity of opening the eyes of the Premier to a broad and philosophic course of policy ! Indeed I should not wonder if it turns out that he has been instigated by some of the great party leaders to throw obstacles in the way; for you will observe, sir, I apprised him of my wishes and inten tions on Friday, and it was only yester day that he told me what I have men tioned. So there was was plenty of time for consultation between him and his party friends, and the result has probably been a determination to stop me at all hazards. Why, it is very probable that that the leading Presby terians have taken fright, and are at the bottom of a plot to circumvent me. If that is the case, I hope, Mr. Duncan son, you have no hand in it.” “ You may feel quite at ease on that • score.”

“Well, well, I daresay you are in capable of such treachery. But there may be a Presbyterian plot against me for all that; or a cabal of Scotch bankers, who are another class who must be shaking in their shoes, if they are aware of my views on the currency. But at any rate, the suspicious thing in the whole affair is this—while my friend the Lord-Lieutenant makes it a sine qua non that I should play the fool by going to court in female company, I know that he is to introduce the Magis trates and Town Councillors of several northern buighs without a lady among them. But guess how he gets off. Why, there is, he says, a distinction, involving a point of etiquette, between official and non-official persons. Any petty little civic dignitary has, in virtue of his office, the privilege of being introduced at Court as an individual personage, and without any supplemen tary accessory of the other sex; but no private gentleman (whatever may be his intellectual rank) is considered present able without a lady along with him. I don’t care much about appearing at the Drawing-Room at all, though I cer tainly think it might be as well that her Majesty should have an opportunity of seeing me when she is in the country at any rate, for she will probably, by and by, hear a good deal concerning me; but as I said before, I can only, it seems, obtain a conference with Minis ters, after being duly presented to the Sovereign. Now, Mr. Duncanson, what am I to do ? ” “ Why, sir, you must just consult your own feelings.” “ Ay, yes, to be sure, but then I have different feelings pulling opposite ways. I have on the one hand a strong sense of duty urging me to see Sir Robert Peel without delay, and put him on right measures; while on the other hand I have the greatest reluctance to let myself down to a common-place level by going dawdling to Court in female company. Yet I daresay the sense of duty would prevail with me so far as to make me submit to a little humiliation if I only knew any lady I could make use of for the occasion. But the fact is, I have got myself so completely shaken free of female society that I don’t know an individual of the sex I could apply to. Do you know anyone whom you could recommend to me, Mr. Duncanson ? ” “Really, sir, I do not. This is a matter in which, I fear, I cannot be of the least service to you.” “ I was afraid of that, sir—l was afraid of that. You are a very good scholar, Mr. Duncanson but not a practical man. If you will be so good as to send your friend Mr. Afleck to me, I think he will be able to render me some assistance in this business.” Mr, Duncanson was glad to get off so easily; but in communicating the message to his friend Robin, he took care to caution him against doing any thing that would tend to encourage Mr. Bacon to render himself ridiculous. Robin made no rash promises, for he

had a purpose of his own to drive— namely the gratification of Jean Brown’s curiosity—and he thought he had now the means in his power. Mr. Bacon at once entered , into business with him on his arrival; at; his house, and Robin readily undertook to act as his black foot in the emergency. “ But do you know of any lady, Mr. Afleck—any respectable and good-look ing lady who would be likely to take it as a compliment were I to ask her to accompany me to the Queen’s Draw ing-Room, and who would not attempt to make herself troublesome to me afterwards.

“ I canna say I can name ony ane just the noo; but, if ye’ll gi’e me till the morn, I’ll se what can be dune.” “ Very well, sir, I shall expect you impatiently to-morrow forenoon.” Away went Robin, straight as an arrow, to Jean Brown. Jean laughed exuberantly on hearing Robin’s state ment of the case, but did not know well what to make of it. At length she said—“Ye dinna expect me to gang to the palace wi’ the daft gentle man, div ye, Robin ? ” “No just exackly, Jean; for though ye were willing, I’m no sure if ye wad do for the job. Mr. Bacon wants a leddy— a real leddy-looking body, at least —and ye ken, Jean, ye’re no muckle mair o’ a leddy than I’m o’ a gentleman.” “Am I no, Robin ? Ye’re raista'en for ance, my lad. But it’s nae differ ence, for I wadna gang a fit in sic com pany, only I wad gi’e something to see Mr. Bacon, and ye maun try and mak’ an errand for me to him oot o’ this new notion o’ his.”

“ Weel, aweel, I’ll see. But do ye no think Shusie Simperton wad be glad o’ the ploy? Ye ken she tell’d me she was just oot o’ the body to see the Queen —and she wad get a fine sicht o’ her at the tevee.”

“At the levee, Robin, ye mean.”

“Weelaweel it’s a’ the same what they ca’t but it’s the handling 1 mean, whaur the Queen has to sit and get herse! glowered at like an image in the wax-wark. Do ye no think saft Shusie wad be glad to gang and see her, even wi’ a daft man ? ” “ Deed I’m no shure but she wad. At ony rate I can spcer, so just wait ye a wee till I come back.”

Off went Jean, and was not long before she returned ' with Miss' Stimper ton’s consent to receive a visit from Mr Bacon, if he should please to call and explain his wishes. This was con sidered to be the most dignified mode of proceedure for all parties concerned. It had even received the sanction of Mrs. Renshaw, who had caught the in fection of curiosity regarding the eccen tric bachelor of Auchterbardie from Jean Brown, and Jean was delighted with the prospect of his visit. So much for the proceedings of Tuesday. On Wednesday all the city was on the tiptoe of expectation of the Queen’s arrival, but a far greater event took place, though it was known but to few. On that day the illustrious Mr. Bacon made a first attempt at talking soft nonsense to a woman and the woman was “saft Shusie Simperton.” He was dressed in a style intended to be fine, but which can only be described in the words of Jean Brown as “ dread fully funny.” He came along to Mrs, Glunchagain’s lodging-house, and on handing in his card was shown into a room where Mrs." Renshaw and Miss Stimperton were seated. Jean Brown, with the freedom she was accustomed to at Whinnyside, soon made her ap pearance, though she had been en gaged in. baking the cakes intended for the Queen. Other men court women to pass their whole lives with them; but Mr. Bacon, though only courting for a few hours of Miss Stimperton’s society, expended more eloquence than most wooers can command or care to use. He proceeded on the assumption that women are weak and vain, and can only be influenced by the grossest flattery. This commodity he dealt out to Miss Stimperton without stint or measure, and for once he had his own luck, for he could not have carried his butter to a better market. His expres sions were so hyperbolical and extrava gant, and his appearance and manner so bizarre , that Jean Brown screamed and laughed, even in his presence, as if she would have gone into hysterics ; while her mistress was more astonished than tickled, and expressed her amaze ment in an undertone by saying, “ M'Quirkie’s gab was naething to this.”

Missj Stimperton, however, _ took all Mr. Bacon’s compliments in dread earnest, as the warm declaration of love at first sight. Even when Mr. Bacon told her that it was like getting a peep into Paradise to obtain a look of her unequalled beauty, and that she was the flower of all her sex, she did not think the dose too strong, but hung her head, in charming bashfulness and confusion. At length Mr Bacon popped the question. Would she please to be his companion for one day —only a part of a day—and dazzle all eyes at the Queen’s levee ? Miss Stimperton seemed inclined to breathe a frank consent, like a loved one wooed and won, consenting to enter the silken bands of wedlock ; but she had a little caution in her composition, which prompted her to return a condi tional answer. She said she could not say, unless she knew first the kind of ceremony she would have to go through, for she was not sure of being able to conduct herself properly. “ True, very true,” said Mr. Bacon ; “ and I can easily make the whole affair plain to you. I could show you just now the kind of forms it will be necessary to observe in the royal pre sence : but it would, perhaps, be more satisfactory to go through a regular rehearsal in a larger room than this—- such as my own drawing-room —and if you will be so kind as come over in the afternoon with your friends, you will see everything done in proper style.” This proposal was readily agreed to, and Mr. Bacon set off in high glee at the success of his diplomacy. Arrived at home, he commenced immediately to prepare his drawing-room for the mock ceremony. He converted an old-fashioned high-backed chair into a throne by raising it on the top of a large chest, placing his bed-steps before it, and covering the whole with a suit of red moreen bed curtains gaudily fringed with yellow worsted, but not a little the worse for wear, and spotted pretty liberally with ink and greasy

stains. Gn the whole, however, he considered he had succeeded in mak ing a very tolerable throne, bating the canopy, which consisted only of the immense portfolio which Robin Afleck was to carry with him to the interview with Sir Robert Peel. This article was suspended by the four corners from the ceiling, and a lap of red moreen drapery was brought over it. It looked well enough when at rest, but had an awkward trick of swinging from side to side, which consorted ill with the dig nity of royal state. The floor betweeen the throne and the door was covered with a faded, rich, old, Turkey carpet: but all the rest of it was bare and littered over with old volumes and stray papers which neither Mr. Bacon nor his boy thought it necessary to remove. Neither did they disturb any of the manifold miscellaneous and hetero geneous articles which cumbered every nook of the apartment. Among these were a galvanic battery and an electri cal machine, sadly out of repair; a small printing press, on which the ink lay so thick that it had become the last resting-place of many a poor fly ; and a turning lathe, which the spiders had taken possession of, though the last shavings that had been made with it still lay ankle deep around. After Mr. Bacon had completed his state arrangements and arrayed him self in his court dress, he awaited with considerable impatience and anxiety the arrival of the other performers in the approaching farce. The step he was venturing, on, in admitting women into the domicile, was a departure from his old-established habits, and a violation of deeply-rooted predjudices. But what could he do ? The hand of necessity was upon him, and he saw nothing for it but submission, for his sense of “ duty to the country ” amounted to a motive as stern as fate. He therefore sub mitted with the best grace he could.

The first to arrive was Robin Afleck, who had been apprised of the intended rehearsal and summoned to take part in it. Robin entered into the project con amore, and anticipated infinite amusement both to himself and Jean Brown. He was immediately desired to put on his fancy suit, which he did with some reluctance, for fear of Jean’s ridicule, but also half-willingly, in the hope of exciting her admiration. At length a movement took place among the bell wires ; but as the door bell, like all the other bells in the house, had broken off connection with these troublesome relations, and got comfortably muffled up among cob webs, he refused to say a word on the subject. A knocking at the door suc ceeded, and Neddie, after a prolonged struggle to get into his yellow breeches, answered the call, and admitted Miss Stiraperton and Jean Brown. Mrs. Renshaw had declined to come, as she had contrived to fasten an appointment tor that day on honest Stiffriggs, and was glad of the opportunity of meet ing him in his sister’s absense. Mr. Bacon, trailing his ermine robe behind him, met them in the lobby, and with great gallantry led them to the Throne room. Robin was in an adjoining apartment, and had not quite com pleted his toilette; but he entered soon after with an expression of countenance in which it was impossible to say whether pride, fun, or shame pre dominated, for they were all present, and contending for the mastery. J ean Brown’s power of face, which had just before been hard enough tasked, now fairly gave way; and her risibility exploded in a burst of laughter which lasted long, and was renewed every time she ventured to turn her eyes to him. “ Oh, Robin ! ” she said, when she was able to articulate a word, “ put aff that hat, or ye’ll be the death o’ me.”

[To be continued—commenced on “July 26-)

A SENSELESS SHOW.

The New York Tribune makes the fol lowing remarks on Dr. Tanner’s fast : “ Doctor Tanner’s fast continues to ex cite a languid interest in the general public in harmony with the enervating condition of the weather. The affair im presses many as a ghastly farce. The solemn convocation of doctors about the cot waiting inactive ‘ until the sudden fall in his pulse and temperature will indicate approaching dissolution,’ when they pro pose to- rush in with their late remedies and run a neck-and-neck race with Death for Tanner’s soul, is the most absurd feature of it all. It reminds us oddly of the convocation of zealous men who used to assemble in olden days to pray the devil out of a man possessed. ‘ For three days and nights,’ says an old writer, ‘they sang and prayed about a boy in Gray’s tavern, never daring to give over for an instant, as none could tell the moment the fiend would be ready to escape from his mouth.’ . . It is pitiable to see such enormous will-power so nearly un controlled by common sense. If he is honest, and has been fasting as he claims; the frightful torture has been largely use less, as he unfortunately did not make such arrangements as would prove his honesty to scientific men or even to the general public. An impression prevails, too, among some devout people, with what substratum of truth we know' riot, that this fast of forty days, is intended to throw discredit on the miraculous fast of the Saviour, and that Dr. Tanner has been incited to this exhibition by persons actively antagonistic to the Christian faith. Naturally, whether this be true or not, orthodox people will put little re liance on the evidence of the heterodox class of watchers, whether eclectic or regular physicians. Two of them in cob lusion could very readily keep the faster supplied with food. It would only be the old story of Blitz, a clever confederate and gullible public. Even if these sus picions are ill-founded, and the man is really able to do without food for this ex ceptional length of time, what is gained 1 His power is abnormal ; no universal truth is proved or even strengthened. No physician would dare starve his patients for twelve or even two days because there is a Tanner in the country, any more than he would set them to lifting' iron weights with their teeth because there is some where a man with an iron jaw.”

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1880.

Printed and published by Horace John Weeks and Charles Dixon, at their Printing Office, East Street, Ashburton, . Thursday, September 9, 1880,



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KEATINGS COUGH LOZENGES. ROUGHS, ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS, W ACCUMULATION OF PHLEGM. Composed of the puiest articles. These Lozenges contain no opium nor any deleterious drug, therefore the most delicate can take them with perfect confidence. Their beneficial effect is speedy and certain. This old un failing family remedy is daily recommended by the most eminet Physrcians, {ln use nearly 60 years). MEDICAL TESTIMONY. July 25th, iB7?. 22, Cold Harbour Lane, London. Sir, —Your Lozenges are excellent, and their beneficial effect most reliable. I strongly recommend them in cases of coughs and asthma. You are at liberty to state this as my opinion, formed from many years experience. J. Bringloe* M.R.C.S.L., L.S.A,, L.M, Mr. T. Keating, Indian Medical Service. Dear Sir, —Having tried your Lozenges in India, I have much pleasure in testifying to their beneficial effects in cases of incipient consumption, asthma and bronchial affections. I have prescribed them largely, with the best results. W. B. G, , Apothecary. H.M. S. KEATINGS COUGH LOZENGES are sold by all Chemists, in tins of various sizes, each having the words, “Keatings’s Cough Lozenges ” engrrven on the government stamp. Proprietor, THOS. KEATING, London, Export Chemist and Druggist. END’S FRUIT SALT. THE PHYSICAL BASIS OF LIFE. ENO’S FRUIT SALT.—" After suffering for nearly two and a half years from severe headache and disordered stomach, and ! after trying almost everything and spending much money without finding any benefit, I was recommended by a friend to try ENO’S I 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 1 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, I AND CO.



meui'jcu,. 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 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 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. l^d. —Depot, 493, Oxford street. 'HO is Mrs. WINSLOW ? As this question is frequently asked, we shall simply say that she is a lady who for upwards of thirty years has untireingly devoted her time and talents as a female physician and nurse, principally among children. She has especially studied the constitution and wants of this numerous class, and, as a result of this effort and practical knowledge obtained in a lifetime as nurse and physician, she has com pounded a SOOTHING SYRUP for Chil unborrTlWlWlHHWWßbb eh Is and unite in calling her blessed. No mother has dis charged her duty to her suffering little one, in our opinion, until she has given it the benefit of Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup. Try it mothers, try it now.— Ladies’ Visitor, New York City. VALUABLE DISCOVERY for the HAIR. A very nicely perfumed Hairdressing, called THE MEXICAN HAIR RE NEWER, now being sold by most Che mists and perfumers througout the coun try, at 3s. Gd. per bottle, is fast super ceding all the old restorers and dyes for the purpose of changing grey or white hair to "its natural original color, for it will positively restore the , hair in every case of greyness to its original color, with out dyeing it or leaving that offensive smell which most of the hair preparations of the day do. This preparation has never been known to fail in restoring the hair to its natural color and gloss in from eight to twelve days. It promotes growth and prevents the hair falling out, eradicating dandruff, and leaving the scalp in a clean, healthy condition. It imparts peculiar vitality to the roots of the hair, restoring it to its youthful freshness and vigor. Daily applications of this preparation for a week or two will surely restore faded, grey, or white hair to its natural color and richness. It is not a dye, nor does it con tain any coloring matter or offensive substance whatever. Hence it does not soil the hands, the scalp, or even white linen, but produces the color within the substance of the hair. Read the follow ing from Mr. Nathan Berry, Chemist, 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. Gd. per bottle. —Prepared by HENRY C. GALLUP, No. 493, Oxford street, London. COCKLE’S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS— These Pills consist of a careful and peculiar admixture of the best and mild est vegetable aperients, with the pure ex tract of the flowers of the camomile. They will be found a most efficacious remedy for derangement of the digestive organs, and for torpid action of the liver and bowels, which produce indigestion and the several varieties of bilious and liver complaints. They speedily remove the irritation and feverish state of the stomach, allay spasm, correct the morbid condition of the liver and organs subser vient to digestion, promote a due and healthy secretion of bile, and relieve the constitution of all gouty matter and other impurities, which, by circulating in the blood, most injuriously affect the action of the kidneys ; thus, by removing the causes productive of so much discomfort, they restore the energies of both body and mind. To those who indulge in the luxuries of the table these pills will prove highly useful, occasioning no pain in their action, unless they meet with an unusual quantity of acrid bile and acid matter in the stomach and bowels. To Europeans on their arrival in India or China they are recommended as a preservative against the fatal disorders peculiar to tropical climates. Their occasional use, if com bined with the strictest attention to diet, will be frequently found to remove at once, by their influence over the secre tions, that congestive and unhealthy con dition of the liver which is so often the earliest antecedent of severe febrile and constitutional disturbance. It must be understood that these pills are not recommended as containing any new or dangerously active ingredients; on the contrary, they are characterised by a remarkable simplicity of combination, and whatever merit they may be found to possess depends as much upon the selec tion of pure drugs, and the unusual labor and attention bestowed upon their subse quent preparation, as upon the acknow ledged peculiarity of their composition, They are not recommended as a panacea, nor are they adapted to all complaints; but as a mild and efficacious aperient and tonic in the various forms of indigestion, it will not, perhaps, be an exaggeration to state that they have been resorted to under all systems of diet, changes of cli mate, or atmospheric alternations with an extraordinary degree of success for upwards of seventy-eight years. This celebrated family aperient may be had throughout the United Kingdom in boxes at Is I|f4, 2s 9d, 4s Gd, and 11s Od, as well as in India, China, New Zealand, and the Australian Colonies. Business Notices 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,



Medical. For coughs, bronchitis, in fluenza, COLDS, &c. OR COUGHS, BRONCHITIS, IN FLUENZA, COLDS,. &c. ■OOWELL’S BALSAM of ANISEED. JpOWELL’S BALSAM of ANISEED. jpOWELL’S BALSAM of ANISEED. ITIHE Oldest and Most Effectual COUGH - 1 - REMEDY. Extraordinary testimo nials. HER M A JEST ST S GUN BOAT NETLBY. 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 C an assure you, with the first dose, I found immediate relief, even without having to suspend, my various duties ; and the first small bottle com pletely cured me, therefore I have the greatest confidence in fully recommend ing it to the million. Signed, W. LINZELL, H.M.G.B. NETLEY. F~or coughs, bronchitis. In 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 throughout the World, is l/4d and 2s 3d per per bottle; a great saving in taking family bottles, ns each. Established over 50 years. Prepared only by THOMAS POWELL, Blackfriars Road, London. POWELL’S BALSAM of ANISEED, “Sir, —I have for a long time suffered from a severe cough and tried all manner of remedies. Dr. Liberecht advised POWELL’S BALSAM of ANISEED ; it cured me after a few days. You are at liberty to use this letter in hopes that others may benefit by it.- I am, Sir, Yours. &c., ALBERT COUNT POTOCKI.” pOWELL’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 Anueed; I did, and have found great relief. It is most comforting in allaying irritation and giving strength to the voice:” Lionel Brough, Esq., the eminent actor, writes : I think it an invaluable medicine for members of my profession, and have always recommended it to my brother and sister artistes.” TRULY an EXTRAORDINARY EX PECTORANT.—Mr. Edward M. Ullett, of Bury, Hunts., writes to Messrs. Palmer & Son, Ramsay : —“ Having been in the'habit of using Powell’s Balsam of Aniseed for a great number of years, I have great pleasure in bear ing testimony to its incomparable effects as an expectorant. I always find a single dose gives immediate relief, and a small bottle effects a perfect cure.” SK for POWELL’S BALSAM of ANISEED SOLD by all CHEMISTS and STORE KEEPERS. Observe the Trade Mark, “Lion, Net, and Mouse.” Wholesale Agents in the Australian and New Zealand Colonies- -Elliot Brothers } Evers & Solomon ; Felton, Grimwalde, & Co. ; P. and S. Falk, 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. 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. SNO’S FRUIT SALT, when taken with water, acts as a natural aperient, its simple but natural action removes all impurities, thus preserving and restoring health. If its great value in keep ing the body in health were universally known, no family should be without it. ■ FAGGED, WEARY, AND WORN OUT!! 1 Anyone whose duties require them to under go mental or unnatural excitement or strain— ENO’S FRUIT SALT is the best known remedy. It acts like a charm. It allays ner vous excitement, depression, and the injurious effects of stimulants and too rich food. •; Its power in aiding the digestion is most striking. It also restores the nervous system to its proper condition (by natural means). Use ENO’S FRUIT SALT. You cannot overstate its great value in keeping the blood pure and free from disease. ENO versus STIMULANTS. —An n sufficient amount of exercise frequently deranges the liver. ENO’S FRUIT SALT is peculiarly adapted for any constitutional weak ness of the liver.' A world of woes is avoided by those who keep and use ENO’S FRUIT SALT.—“AII our customers for Eno T 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 f . Pre ventive and Cure for Biliousness, Sick Head ache, Skin Eruptions, Impure Blood, 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 nsed 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 ive to be a blessing to the world.” ■■ OTEEDMAN’S SOOTHING POWDERS FOR CHILDREN CUTTING TEETH. CAUTION TO PURCHASERS. The value of this well-known Family Medi cine has been largely tested in all. 1 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:— Ist—ln 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 Kempthorne, Prosser and Co., Auckland. i 63