JOTTINGS FROM A TRAVELLER’S JOURNAL.

[SPECIALLY WRITTEN FOR “ THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN.”] , . CHAPTER XVl—Continued. St.' 4 Maria Maggiobk—Cencius—The Assassin’s Death —An Enemy For given—Struck Blind —The Presby terian Church in Rome—The Villa Dobia —A Rural Interval. Several interesting historical events with this church. It was 'hera tfaat Hildebrand was attempted to be seized by Cencius. In Stephen’s lectures on ecclesiastical history we read—' ‘ On Christmas eve, • 1075, the city of . Rome was; visited by a dread ful tempest. Dark ,neaa .brooded over the land, and the ‘trembling spectators believed that the day of final judgment was about to dawn. In this war of the elements, however, two processions were seen advancing to the church- of St Maria Maggioro. At the head of one was the aged Hildebrand, conducting a few priests to worship at the shune of.,the Virgo Deipare. The other was. preceded by Cencius, a Roman noble. At each'pause in the tempest might be beard the hallelujahs of the worshippers, or the voice of the Pontiff pouring out benedictions on the little flock which knelt before him—when Cencius grasped his person, and some yet more daring ruffian inflicted a wound on his forehead. Bound with cords, stripped of ?his vest ments, beaten and subjected <o the basest indignities, the venerable minister of Christ was carried to a fortified mansion within the walls of the city, again to 1 be removed, at daybreak to exile or death. Women were there, with woman’s sympathy, and kindly offices, jbut . they :were rudely put aside j i aHd ifchwitn sword was already aimed at the Pontiff’s' bosom, when the cries of a fierce multitude threatening to burn or batter down the house arrested the aim of the assassin. An arrow, discharged from below, reached and slow him. The walls rooked beneath the strokes of the maddened populace, and Cencius, falling at bis prisoner’s feet became himself a

suppliant for pardon and for life. . . . In if^ofound- 1 silence and with undisturbed f serenity Hildebrand had thus far sub _ knitted to these atrocious indignities. The occasional raising of his eyes towards heaven alone indicated hia consciousness' of them. But to the supplication of his prostrate enemy he returned an instant and a calm assurance of He rescued Gencius from the exasperated be seigers, dismissed him in safety and in peace, and returned amidst the acclama tions 6f the whole Roman people, to com plete the interrupted solemnities of St. Maria Maggiore.” Here too, Pope Martin was celebrating mass when a soldier commissioned by the Exarch Olympius came to put him to dekth. But in the presence of the Pontiff the soldier was suddenly struck blind—a miracle, says the chronicler, which led to the conversion of”his sanguinary elnployer and many of-his friends. •The next day, being Sunday, I want to the Presbyterian Church, and made the acquaintance of the Rev. J. Gordon Gray, the resident minister, who is doing a good -work in "Rome, .not merely as a stated laborer in bis church, but as the patron and | advocate of several evangelical or ganisations. In the evening I was pre sent at a meeting in connection with the -'British and Foreign Bible Society, held .in the large. dining-room of an hotel. The Italian agent of the Society, whose Dime I forget, was present and gave an interesting account of the progress of the wdrk of the Society.. He is a man of pleasing, personal appearance, and the effect of his simple, but chaste address, j , was, rather heightened thin injured by 'the foreign accent with which he spoke the English language. On Monday I made an excursion to theYilla Dpria. , It stands on the spot once occu pied by the gardens of. the Emperor

G.dbris. and where after he had been mur fered tiia h->Jy is reputed to have been dried; The g_i ou .il -,«r ml v ; iu are behitifally laid out, and diversified with wooded avenues, fountains, a lake, and cascades. From the terrace one of the be6t views- of ,St Peter’s is obtained. The Oassino contains some ancient statues and pictures of Venice in the Seventeenth ■ Century. A temple erected on the grounds commemorates the soldiers who siege of Borne in 1849. In the*garden the word “ Mary ” is traced in * “ Immensely large letters of clipped "box, intended to. per.petq te the memory of a Tate Princess Ilona; Lady Mary Talbot. 1 found a day’s deviation from ordinary sight-seeing in the city to be a pleasurable relief. The mind is apt to become bur dened with the weight of. worders to be seen in the city ; and an interval spent amidst the rural charms of the Villa Doria is refreshing, and a good prepara tive for further researches. (To be continued.)

fa® ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1888.

Printed and published daily, for The Ash* burton Guardian Company, Limited, by Henry Vincent Sawtell, of Burnett Street, Ashburton, at the Company’s Print ing House, West street, Ashburton, Tuesday, September 25, 1883.



The following letter de;cribing a simple seed-testing apparatus appeared in a re cent number of the Mark Lane Express : “ As seed time is again approaching the importance of thoroughly testing the ger minating powers of all seeds cannot be too strongly impressed on farmers. For several years | have devoted a consider able amount of time in enquiry into the best mode of testing the growth of seeds, an idijtve: the honor to submit to all inter ested an apparatus which, for efficiency, cost, and attention required, has excelled iny most Sanguine expectations. Get three ordinary flower-pot saucers of unglazed clay ; let two of them bo of one size, the other about three inches less in diameter, the small .one inside, one of the large , ones, fill the space between them with ‘‘water;"spread the seeds to be tested evenly over the bottom of the small one, invert , the tcuoaj ll * ll ® J ar o e one over the top of tilW irhafttone,-jilaCa anywhere'ih ;: a gentle heat—rsay, the parlor mantelpiece—and the thing is complete. As long as the touter saucer js kept filled, with water, the clay being porous, the inner one is always moist, but never wet; and all the requi sites of qhick ger : ination being present, viz, heat, moisture, and darkness, a few days suffice for the sprouting of. even our most tardy, seeds, when, the percentage of good and bad can be very easily ascer . tained-”



To restore nerve and brain waste, nothing , equal?' Hop Bitters. Believe this. See.— , Apvr.] ■ Don’t Die in the House.—“ Rough on ■Rats ” clears out rats, mice, beetles, roaches, btd-bugs, flies,: ants, insects, moles, jack ■ rabbits*gophers* - 7d. Moses, Moss and Co., Sydney,. General Agents. i . Wells’ “Rough on Corns.”—Ask for Wells* “ Rough bn Corns,” 7>£d. Quick re lief,; Complete, permanent cure. Corns, warts, bunions. Moses, Moss and C 0.,. . v ydney, General Agents. , i . Holloway’s Ointment and Pilis.— ' Glad Tidings.—Some constitutions have a . tendency to rheumatism/ and are throughout thp year borne down by its protracted torture. Let such sufferers bathe the afflicted parts with warm brine, and afterwards rub in I this soothing Ointment. They will find it the best means of lessening their agony, and, hy Holloway’s Pills, the surest way of ” overcoming their disease. More need not be said than to request a few days’ trial of this i f smes fiJld /oothing treatment, ! by which the 5 dßeki? be completely swept I Anay. 1 'Pains tthat would make a giant shudder are assuaged without difficulty by easyAiudinexpensive.remedies, .which comfort by mbomting the throbbing vessels and calm a'<’•*l ” ;: %’drvra.—AdvL 1



Hop Bitters. READ IT ALL. IT MAY SAVE YOUR LIFE. Hop Bitters ARE THE PUREST AND BEST Medicine ever made. THEY ARE COMPOUNDED FROM Hops.Buchu, Mandrakeand Dandelion ‘The Oldest Best, most Renowned, ‘and Va'uable Medicines in the World, ‘ and in addition contain all the best and ‘most effective curative properties, of all ‘ other bitters, being the greatest Liver ‘Regulator, BLOOD PURIFIER, and ‘life and health restoring agent tm earth.” They Give New Life and Vigor to the Aged and Infirm “To Clergymen, Lawyers, Literary ‘ Men, Laborers, Ladies and all those ‘whose sedentary employments cause ' ‘ irregularities of the Blood, Stomach, | ‘ Bowels or Kidneys, or who require an ‘Appetizer, Tonic and mild Stimulant, ‘ these Bitters are invaluable, being highly * curative, tonic and stimulating, without ‘intoxicating.” “No matter what your feelings or . ‘ symptoms are, or what the disea e or ‘ ailment is, use Hop Bitters. Don’t ; ‘ wait until you are sick, but if you only ‘ feel bad or miserable, use the Bitters at ‘once. It may save your life. Hundreds; ‘ have been saved by so doing, at a trifling ‘ cost. ”



Ask your druggist or physician^ “Do apt suffer yourself or let your ‘ friends suffer, but use and urge them to. ‘use Hop Bitters.'’ i “ Remember, Hop Bitters is no vile, ’ ‘ drugged, drunken nostrum, but the. ‘ purest and best Medicine ever made, and, ‘no person or family should be without. ‘ it. HOP BITTERS MANUFACTURING Co, Melbourne, Australia, Rochester, N.Y., U.S.A., Toronto, London, Antwerp, Paris, Sporting. ' RACING CLUB SPRING MEETING. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, November 15th and 16th, 1883. President : E. G. Wright, M. H.R. Vice-President ; W. C. Walker. Judge: Matthew Stitt. Stewards : 0. Ef. Dowding, H. Friedlander, J. Qrigg, T. Leahy, W. G. Rosa, W. Saunders, H. T. Winter. . Treasurer : C. C. Fooks. Starter : David Thomas. Clerk of the Scales : M. Friedlander. * Clerk of the Course : W. B. Denshire. Handicappbrs ;



Open Races — B. G. Griffiths. District Races— E. G. Crisp, C. C. Fooks, T. Leahy, M. Stitt. First Race each day to start at 1 p.m. FIRST DA.Y. 1. County Hurdle Race (Handicap), of 30 sovs ; over six flights of hurdles about 3ft Gin high ; nomi nation, 1 sov ; acceptance, 1 sov . 1£ miles. District horses only. 2. Free Handicap, of 40 sovs ; accept ance, 2 sovs ; 1 mile. 3. Maiden Plate, of 40 sovs ; weight forage ; entrance, 3 sovs; miles. 4. Ashburton Cup (Handicap), of 150 scvs ; nomination, 2 sovs ; accept ance, 6 sovs ; miles. 5. Ladies’ Purse, of 40 sovs ; welter weights for age ; gentlemen riders ; entrance, 3 sovs; miles. District horses only. 6. The Post Stakes (Handicap), of 15 sovs ; nomination, 1 sov, to bo made to the Secretary immediately after the Ladies’ Purse is run ; acceptance, free, to be notified within ten minutes of declaration of weights ; 1 mile. District horses only,



SECOND DAY. 1. Handicap Hurdle Race, of 60 so vs; over eight flights of hurdles about 3ft 6in high ; nomination, 2 sovs ; acceptance, 2 sovs ; 2 miles. 2. Racing Club Handicap, of 75 sovs ; nomination, 2 sovs ; acceptance, 2 sovs r miles. 3. County Plate Handicap, of 40 sovs; nomination, 1 sov ; accept ance, 1 aov; miles. District horses only. 4. Flying Handicap, of 50 sovs, nomi nation, 1 sov ; acceptance, 2 sovs ; f mile. 5. Totalisatob Stakes (Handicap), of 15 sovs ; nomination, 1 sov; accept ance, free ; | miie. District horses only. 6. Consolation Handicap, of 20 sovs ; nomination, 1 sov, to be made im mediately after the Totalisator Stakes is run ; acceptance, free, to be notified within ten minutes of declaration of weights. Distance, 1 mile. RULES AND REGULATIONS. 1. No entry will be received except on the condition that all disputes, claims and objections arising out of the racing shall be decided by the Stewards, or whom



they may appoint; their decision on all points connected with carrying out this programme to be final. 2. Canterbury Jockey Club Racing Rules strictly adhered to. 3. A district horse shall mean any horse that has been commonly resident in the Ashburtou County from July 31,1883, and up to the date of the forth coming meeting, and owned by a person who has resided in the said county during the same period. 4. A gentleman rider shall be deemed to be one who has not ridden for hire during the past five years. 5. All entries and nominations to be ac companied by entrance fees, name and age of horse, and colors of rider, and in the hands of the Secretary, addressed to Quill’s Hotel, not later than 9 p. m, on Thursday, November Ist. Weights for the first day’s Handicaps and Open Hurdle Race will be published on Friday, November 9th. Weights for other Handi caps will be published at 8 p ra. on the evening of the first day’s racing. 6. Acceptances for the first days Handicaps and Open Hurdle Race to be paid to the Secretary not later than 9 p.'m. on Tuesday, November 13th; ac ceptances for other Handicaps at 9 p.m. on evening of first day’s racing. 7. Five per cent will be deducted from the gross of all monies payable in ac cordance with this programme for ex penses of the course. 8. All nominations and acceptances go to the fund. S. SAUNDERS, 8 222 Secretary.



Consultations. W 1 L 2 sth LOL 0 S ON OB ABOUT OCTOBER. E, THE GOLDFIELD CONSULTATION COMPANY, On the Melbourne Cup, 1883 (the coming event of this year.) 4,000 INVESTORS AT £1 Each. Every speculator should take a share in the above at once, as shares are being taken up sharp. Applicants p l ease send the usual £1 notes (or P. 0.0. preferable and safer). Registered letters NOT ac cepted. Will be drawn under the full in spection and satisfaction of bona fide Committee of Shareholders, and result slips sent promptly to every, investor. Enclose 4d in stamps for reply and result. Note—A fortune may be the result to anyone investing for a small outlay. All awards are substantial, the lowest being equal to many first in others. A quorum of leading gentlemen of the highest social position will act a “ scrutineers.” Address to “ QUAHTZOPOLIS,” Care of T, LENNOX, Box 53, P.O. Thames.



N. B.—Agencies in Melbourne, Dun edin, Christchurch, Nelson, Coromandel. Auckland and Ashburton. 9 568 A FORTUNE FOR FIVE SHILLINGS. a fortune for ss. A DAMASTOR’S NOVELTY CONSULTATION ON THE MELBOURNE CUP, 1883 To be Run on the 6fch of November. Capital £5,000, In 20,000 Shares of 5s each. 431 Prizes guaranteed. as follows Melbourne Cup. First ... ... £SOO Second... ... 300 Third 200 Starters (divided) 500 Non-starters ... 1,000 To be distributed Cash Awards. 5 at £IOO each sat £SO each 10 at £25 each 20 at £l2 10s each 40 at £6 5s each 200 at £5 0s each £2,500 | £2,500 Each ticket has seven separate chances, Race,and Cash Awards being drawn for separately. Please send Post-office Orders, when convenient, or Bank Notes. Cheques must be marked “ correct ” by Bank. If Stamps are sent for tickets please add one shilling in the pound extra. Notice. —Registered letters not ac cepted Two stamps required for reply and result. Will close on or about the of November. Address



“ADAMASTOR,” Care of Lyons and Hart, 7 60 Box 151, P. 0., Dunedin. £3OOO. SWEEP MELBODRNE CUP. THE GRE \TE3T RACING EVENT OF THE YEAR. (Run in Oct.—Close as soon as filled.) 12,000 SHARES, 5s EACH. ' An even Four Shares, 20s. To be distributed as follows : First Horse £IOOO ) Starters divide £l‘o Second ... 500 | Non-Starters 100 Third ... 250 | Total J £2OOO . And 10 Prizes at £25 each ... £250 50 Prizes at £lO ~ ... 500 50 Prizes at £5 ~ ... 250 Total in Prizes, £IOOO. Grand total £3OOO. THE THIRD CONSULTATION OF MY 1883 SERIES. The success and general satisfaction over previous events may be deemed sufficient introduction for that announced above.



Clients are requested to send for not less than four sharks, taken up in one ' name. A pound secures four chances—not one only. The right of declining any particular subscription is reserved. Deducted for expenses, 10 per cent. Probity is guaranteed by good com mercial bona tides. References : Mel bourne Sportsman and City Journals. Bankers—Sydney : City Bank. Melbourne : National Bank. Applicants are requested to enclose bank notes and register the Letter (strong registered envelopes obtainable at every post office) ; if crossed cheque, add Bank charge for collection (payable “Aus tralasia ” or Bearer); also add 6d on notes when other than N. S. W. or Vic., and in all cases 4d postage for reply and result. Enclose two addressed envelopes un stamped. One extra Ticket (FREE) with every twenty to one address, thus enabling the promoters of Clubs for every twenty tickets a chance of being a winner with out investing, necessarily, a penny. £S)' REGISTER LETTERS -®Sv Application, as usual, by letter. In tending applicants would oblige by writing immediately, to hasten the time tor drawing. the convenience of Sydney Subscribers, “ Australasia’s ” Letter Box will be found at the Offices, 40 Hunter street, Sydney, ADDRESS: AUSTRALASIA, Care of Mr H. J. Franklin, Wholesale Bookseller, Printer and Publisher, 8-223 40 Hunter street, Sydney. Government Notice. V. R.



The public trust office OF NEW ZEALAND. Atention is directed to the provisions of the Acts establishing this Office, and to the advantages placed thereby within the reach of every colonist. Subject to such provisions, the State offers to every per son : 1. —About to make his or her Will or Codicil. 2. —Intending to provide for Wife and Children or others by deed of Settlement. 3.—Settling Property by way of Mar riage Settlement. 4—Desiring to renounce the Trusts of a Will, having been appointed Executor or Trustee under the same. 6.—Having acted as Trustee, Executor, or Administrator, wishing to be relieved of the burthen of Trustee hip or Adminis tration, the option of us i jg the State ma chinery, and gives an absolute guarantee against loss of funds by fraud, peculation, or dishonesty. Every information may be obtained from ALEANDER LEAN, Agent at Christchurch; Or from E. 0. HAMERTON, Public Trustee Wellington, 12th May, 1882.



S. £. Foyntz. gTEPHEN E. POYN TZ, General Agent, No. 3, FriedlanderV Buildings, Bur nett Street, Ashburton. TO DAIRYMEN, FARMERS, CON TRACTORS AND DEALERS. ON SALE BO WICK’S PATENT LACTINA.—An invaluable substitute for milk for rearing calves, etc., at a cost of little over twopence a gallon. BO WICK’S PATENT RECTORINE.— For fattening horses, cattle, and in creasing milk in dairy cows, at a cost of about one half-penny a feed. CERTAIN PREVENTION AGAINST FIRE. JOHN’S PATENT ASBESTOS ROOF ING-, and John’s Patent FIRE-PROOF COATINGS. —SO per cent cheaper than any other roofing and fire-proof. PATENT ASBESTOS CEMENT.—More durable than Portland cement, and at ASBESTOS FIRE-PROOF PAINTS,— Secures a house against fire. AGENT FOR— Nimmo and Blair’s celebrated Garden Seeds. In packets of £oz and loz, from 3d upwards; also musk pots, fiower gatherers, fumigators, and every requisite for floriculture. PLANET, Junr’s Garden Hoe, Culti vator and Plough combined. Making gardening easy. Price on application. Agent for



Tomlinson and Hayward’s Glycerine Sheep Dip ; Warranted non-poison ous. On hand—Dip in . small-sized tins, suitable for small farmers. ARTIFICIAL MANURES. Peruvian Guano Super-phosphate of Lime Aimes’ Chemical Manure. SUNDRIES. Fowler’s Insecticide Gishurst’s Compound for destruction of blight, thrip, red fly, etc. IN STOCK AND TO ARRIVE— Poultry Hurdles Wire Netting from 12in to-48in wide Ranges, Colonial make Iron wheelbarrows Register Grates Fountain Washing Boilers Iron Pig Troughs Verandah Brackets and Fringes Spouting and Ridging TO FARMERS. Rye Grass and Clovers at reasonable prices. Turnips, Mangolds, Rape, etc. TO LET— Three-roomed House. Three acres land. Farms and house properties in all parts of the county. FOR SALE— -1,000 acres, splendid sheep farm, all in English grass, good woolshed, sheep dip, and dwellings; also lease of 760 acres adjoining with above.



S. E. Poyntz, ASHBURTON. 835 Hamburg - Magdeburg fire INSURANCE COMPANY. Sub scribed capital, £3,000,000, Mr Stephen E. Poyntz has been appointed agent for the above Company in Ashburton, and will be prepared to accept risks at lowest current rates. Prompt and liberal settle ments, James Henpkrson, 178, Hereford street, Christchurch, chief agent for Can terbury. 1022 N Albert Roberts. OTIC E. Albert Roberts IS A BUYER OF Rye Grass, Peas Tares Oaten Sheaf and Straw Chaff And other Produce. HAS FOR SALE— Clovers, White, Red, Alsyke, Cowgrass RYEGiRASS and COCKSFOOT LITTLE’S SHEEP DIP WOOLSACKS, Seaming Twine PLOUGHSHARES, Butter-kegs, Nails BLUESTONE, Lampblack, Raddle KEROSENE, Castor and Boiled Oils j TEA, Sugar, Candles, Soap, Rock-salt FLOUR, 50, 100, 200 lb bags, Oatmeal, Potatoes FENCING WIRE, 8,9, 10, also Gal vanised Barb Heart and Sap Stakes, Staples TURNIPS, Purpletop.Greentop, Devon Greystone, Whitestone, Stubble, and Rape Swede, Gorse, Mangolds, Carrot and and Garden SEEDS BRAN, Oats, Sharps, Chaff, Chick wheat, and Crushed Oats Seed, WHEAT, OATS and POTATOES MONEY ADVANCED on FREEHOLD SECURITY STORAGE AT CURRENT RATES.



LIBERAL ADVANCES made on Grain and other Produce placed in Store FOR SALE OR SHIPMENT Albert Roberts, Agent for ROBERTS, PAXTON & CO. GRAIN MERCHANTS, Manchester street, Christchurch Also, THE MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION Of Australasia, N.B.—BONUS YEAR, 1883-4*



Business Notice. R I C K E T. The undersigned will offer during the coming season the whole of his enormous stock at Wholesale Prices, comprising' the balance of last year’s Stock, the whole of Mr E. Fuller’s Stock, and 20 Cases to ar rive per Waikato. HUNDREDS OF BATS, To select from by the following makers: — Cobbott, Duke, Lilly white, Jeffreys, Bart let, Ayers, Bussy, Grimwood and others. Extra large discounts to Clubs and TO ARRIVE—A Large Stock of Lawn Tennis (good), with all the latest improve ments. W. BRICE, Opposite Bank of New Zealand, CHRISTCHURCH. 8 338 Schools.



George Lea, JgUILDER AND CONTRACTOR. Estimates and Plans furnished for all kinds of Brick, Stone, or Timber Build ings. Funerals furnished at moderate prices. Workshops—Cameron st west. 812



HOTOGRAPHY. Charles Lawrence, PHOTOGRAPHER (Of High street, Christchurch). By special Appointment to the Governor, Begs to informs ihe residents of Ashbur ton and the surrounding districts, that he has OPENED in SAUNDERS’ BUILD- | INGS, East street, Ashburton, and as all Pictures will be taken by himself, it will be a sufficient guarantee that none but satisfactory Photographs will be sent out of his Studio. INSTANTANEOUS PHOTOGRAPHS of Children taken. Equally good results are obtained on dull days as light ones by this process. Pictures enlarged to any size, andfiuished in Oil, Water Color or Crayons. 966



g FECIAL NOTICE. | Householders who have not given Shag Point Coal a trial are respectfully invited to do so, as it will be found to be by far the CLEANEST SAFEST and M'.'ST PLEASANT Fuel in the Market. Sold by all the local Coal Merchants. Special rates for quantities of four tons and upwards. For prices apply, P.O. BOX 213, DUNEDIN. 7 149



EW ARRIVALS, (Per b.b. Assam, transshipped at A large and well-assorted stock of Including Cassell’s Cookery, Diction aries, Prize Books and Children’s Toy Books. An inspection is solicited Also for 1884 DIARIES 1884 1884 DIARIES 1884 Are now ready at Thomas F. Farley, BOOKSELLER & STATIONER, 1041 Saunders’ Buildings, Ashburton. Direct from id ome. Melbourne.) Books,



f* R>. #r B N u 2 RTO % ib!>' rriAKE TIME BY THE FORE i. LOCK.” The circumstances of social life are widely different in these colonies from those at Home, and therefore the colonial market requires different treatment. This fact Robert Murray, PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER, East street, Ashburton, was not long in learning after his arrival on these shores, and he at once set his attention upon supplying WATCHES, which, while constructed with every regard to accuracy and reliableness in time-keeping, are also supplied with extra heavy cases, to resist the wear and tear of colonial life. He has just received an other supply of watches, and invites attention to prices. Celebrated Engliso levers, made expressly for R. Murray, specially suited for colonial wear, wit' extra heavy cases, all the latest improvements, at L 6, L 6 6s, L 6 10s ; higher classes, L 7, L 8 10s, Lit) 10s, and Ll2 12s; Rotherhams, LG 10s. Printed guarantee with each watch sold.



Attention is called to the Clocks, Jewellery, and English Plate in stock, and to the fact that all kinds of REPAIRING are done on the premises and GUARANTEED. R. MURRAY’S SHOP is CON SPICUOUS by the “ REGULATOR ” of his own manufacture which occupies a place in his window, and serves as an authority on mean time to the town. Watches free and eaJr* by post on re ceiD* of P. 0.0 730c-960 rjIHE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN. PRICE— ONE PENNY. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. Advertisers are reminded that The Ashburton Guardian is the ONLY DAILY PAPER published between Christchurch and Timaru, and com mands a LARGER CIRCULATION throughout the County of Ashburton than any other Journal. The Ashburton Guardian will be forwarded to any address in the colony for 24s per annum (paid in advance), or 6s 6d per quarter, postage extra. The Ashburton Guardian circulates largely in the Town and Suburbs, and also in Rakaia, Chertsey, Seafield, Meth ven, Alford Forest, Mount Somers, Wakanui, Longbeach, Ashburton Forks, Tinwald, Winslow, Waterton, an every part of the County of Ashburton within the reach of postal communication, thus being the best general as well as local medium for Advertising



STOP THAT COUGH I DON'T DELAY,—How can you stop it? Where is the Remedy. Bonnington’s PECTORAL OXYMEL OF CARRA GEEN or IRISH MOSS (registered), can produce more evidence of real merit than any other article for the purpose. Sold everywhere. Q Bonnington, Christchurch.



Business Notices. QN SALE BY THE UNDERSIGNED. SEED WHEAT OATS BARLEY GRASS SEED CHAFF FLOUR BRAN SHARPS TEA SUGAR, etc. Agents for Mooke & Co., Christchurch. [ ROBINSON & TOWNSHEND, 8 295 Havelock street. Mr Fred. Searle, SOUTH RAKAIA, JJaving procured a new Chaff cutter, by Andrews and Beaven, with latest improvements, is prepared to CUP OATEN SHEAF CHAFF, “ 6d *°o“ \ Anywhere in the Wheat or Oat Straw, V trf t 16s i er ton j FRED SEARLE, 9 471 Bakaia.



An evil and its remedy.—Tj the Editor, —It is ahealthy sign ofthe times when our local papers are beginning to deal in a fearless manner with bankrupts and the bankruptcy laws. The time has come when something must be done either by the legisla ture or by business men themselves to put an end to a state of affairs which is a disgrace to our boasted civilisation. We (the under signed) have been doing business in Ashbur ton about 3 years, and the money we have lost during that period by bankrupts, levan ters, and blacklegs generally amounts to a great deal more than the margin usually allowed for bad debts. If the law cannot pro tect us then we must protect ourselves, and there is only one way to do so, viz., to abolish the credit system altogether. This system has been the curse of other countries besides New Zealand, and past experience has proved it to be rotten to the core. Owing to recent heavy losses we have resolved to sell for cash only in future. The honest man who is willing to pay his 20s in the £, and pay as he goes, will find this no disadvant age but a great gain, as he will be able to obtain a first-class article much cheaper than he would under the old system. We shall exert our selves to the utmost as heretofore to give our customers full satisfaction, and every order will be executed in our usual first-class style—but we shall no longer run any unnecessary risk. Under the cash system we are prepared to offer a special line of tweeds at the following unusually low prices : —Gentleman’s suit made to order, £2 18s fid; ladies’ tailor made ulster, £2. All other goods in proportion, for cash only. CRAIGHEAD & CO., TAILORS AND CLOTHIERS, Tancred Street.



E T H V E N. We beg to thank the inhabitants of Methven and surrounding districts for the liberal support accorded us since our commencing Business here. We wish to notify that we have REMOVED into our new and commodious premises, two doors south of our old offices. We have intro duced all sorts of General Merchandise into our Business, and are prepared to supply Stations and other large con sumers with every description Stores, &c., at wholesale rates. TIMBER of every de scription at lowest current rates. Best Newcastle COAL from the Old Lambton Mine. Builders requisites in IRON MONGERY, DOORS. SASHES, etc., always on hand. Feed OATS and Seed WHEAT and OATS on Sale. Oaten Sheaf CHAFF in any quantities (best quality). We have also on Sale Messrs Booth, McDonald and Co.’s celebrated PLOUGHS, DRAYS, ROLLERS, DISC-HARROWS, and other Farming Implements, which we are prepared to sell at Christchurch Prices, with freight added. We are also booking orders for McCormick’s Reapers and Binders, and farmers are advised to make early applica tions. Haxton and Beattie’s flexible Harrows. Grain and other Produce Stored on the most reasonable terms. Agents for the Now Zealand Loan and Meroanti’.o Agency Company, Limited, an.l New Zealand Insurarroa Company. Land and Commission Agents. Loans negotiated.— G. J. W. Cookson, Jun. , and Co., General Merchants, Methven. Methven, July 9th, 1883. 7 66



SEEDS. NEW SEEDS. We beg to intimate that we have re ceived our SHIPMENTS of NEW SEA SON’S Seeds, which on trial have proved to be of extra fine quality. Our FARM SEEDS nclude white and red clover, alakye, cow rasa, trefoil, lucerne, cocks f oot, rye graas, gorse, carrots of sorts, mangolds of 3' rts, including the new mammoth kinds, which have given such great satisfaction to our customers during the last two years. Our GARDEN AND FLOWER. SEEDS are the finest we have ever had the satis faction of offering both in quality and variety. They contain many novelties highly spoken of in rngland, and offered here for the -first time. Also TREE SEEDS, comprising blue gum, red gum, weeping gum, peppermint gum, swamp gum, stringy bark, silver wattle, black wattle, pinus insignia, pinus maritima, cupress, macrocarpa, and many others. Also SEED POTATOES, among which is the new American ruby, queen, American fluke, and others of the earliest sorts known ; also Bone Dust in large or small quantities. Tools of all sorts. Plain and ornamental Flower Pots. Pruning and budding Knives, etc, etc.



Scaly Bros., SEEDSMEN, ASHBURTON. 756 F. S. Shearer, OF THE May bank works, tinwald, begs to thank the public for their past, support, and takes this opportunity to intimate that he is ain position to Manufacture and Repair on the shortest notice all kinds of Machinery, such as— Flour Mills, Saw Mills, Wheels (cogged and water wheels), Combines, Engines, Hand and Foot Treshing Machines ; also, all kinds of Spring Carts, Drays, Traps &c. Shearer & Lewis, GENERAL BLACKSMITHS, AND Veterinary Shoeing Forge, Having secured the services of a first-class Shoeing Smith, defy competition. All orders entrusted to their care will receive prompt attention at reasonable charges. Agents for McCormick’s Reapers and Binders. Note the Address— Great South road, Tinwald. 590 d



Business Notices. to the inhabitants of Rakaia and surrounding districts, that 1 am pre pared to supply them with prime Butchers’ MEAT at the undermentioned prices:— Beef, lOOlbs, at 3£d per lb. Side Mutton, 2£d 1460 CHARLESINDER, South Rakaia. Geo. Booth & Sons, Manufacturers and import ers of AGRICULT AL IM PLEMENTS. CARLYLE IMPLEMENT WORKS, [Sydenham (near Christchurch). Makers of Carlyle Iron Windmills Carlyle Seed Strippers Carlyle Improved Disc Harrows Carlyle Drays, Tip Carts, Spring Traps, &c. Ploughs, Harrows, Cultivators, Broadcast Sowers, &o.



Sole Agents for RANSOME’S STEAM THRESHING MACHINERY. Offices and Stores— - 213 TdAM STREET, ChRISTOHTJROH. Postal Address—P.O. Box 89, Christ church. 473 e Conveyances. LONGBEACH ROYAL MAIL COACH Leaves Long beach for Ashburton daily (Sundays excepted) at 7.30 a. m., Waterloo 8.10 a.m., Ashton 8.25 a.m., Wheatstoiu 8.45 a.m., arriving at Ashburton in tirat for the 10.24 express from Chi’istchurch to Timaru. The coach leaves the coach .-tables, Wakanui Road (opposite Central Hotel), Ashburton, at 4.50 p.m., arriving at Lonabeach at 7.30 p.m. Parcels or orders left at any of the above places* wiU receive strict attention Fares—Through single fares, 5s ; return - same day, Bs. From this date RETURN PARE at SINGLE RATE?, on Saturdays only, between Waterton and Ashburton.



W. E. BOND, Proprietor, 4270 Longbeach. mINWALD AND MOUNT SOMERS X RAILWAY. MOUNT SOMERS AND ANAMA ROYAL MAIL COACH. This Coach leaves Hood’s Hotel, Moun. Somers, for Anama Railway Station, at 7.30 a m. and 5.35 p.m. every Tuesday and Saturday; returning to Mount Somer ■ on the arrival of each train. Parcels and Luggage punctually attended to. Single fares, ?a ; return, 3s. .n JOHN HOOD Boarding Houses, &c. PANAMA HOUSE (late a stee's), Tancred street Ashburton. The undersigned begs to inform the pubic that he has REMOVED from the Prince Albert Dining-rooms to the more commodious Boarding-house lately in the occupation of Mr Anstoe, where he hopes to merit the same patronage bestowed upon him as heretofore. Good Bath room. S. LUCAS, Proprietor. PRINCE ALBERT BOARDING HOUSE AND TEMPERANCE HOTELj C. TRUCKLE begs to return thanks to his friends and the public for their patron age since he has taken over the Prince Albert Boarding House, and trusts by always keeping a good table and accommo dation for boarders and travellers to re ceive a continuance of the same. Private rooms for families. C. TRUCKLE, Prince Albert Boarding House and Tem perance Hotel, near Cookson’s Stables, Wills street, Ashburton ; next Odd fellows’ Hall, and one minute’s walk from the Railway Station. Charges strictly moderate. i*44



Hotels LFORD FOREST HOTEL. Whc has again taken the hotel at Alford Forest, would be glad to receive a call from his old friends and as many new ones as can make it convenient to give a look in. Good accommodation for horses. 1328 H B U R T O N HOTEL. ARCHIBALD M‘OOLL (for many years Manager of the late Sir Cracroft Wilson’s Rangitata Station) begs to in form his numerous Friends and the gene ral public that he has taken possession of the Ashburton Hotel, which has been greatly improved and entirely re-furnished and re-decorated, and is now replete with every convenience and comfort. A. M'Ooll would, therefore, assure his patrons that they will have every atten tion bestowed on them. Excellently Furnished PRIVATE APARTMENTS for FAMILIES. John Tisch,



411 Liquors kept in stock are under the special supervision of the Proprietor, who will guarantee them to be of the best de scription and quality. The Hotel is situate close to the Ash burton Bridge, and the Stabling (being now under the Proprietorship of Mr James W. M' Rae, late ot the Somerset Stables), is sufficient guarantee that Coun try Visitors will meet with every Ac commodation in that respect, 1330 Medical. 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 ma. > heavy doctor’s bills. It is by the ad cious use ol such articles of diet that a constitution may be gradually built uf. until strong enough to resist every ten dency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladias are floating around us ready to attack wherever there is s weak point. We may escape many a fatal sh.»ft 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, labelled : JAMES EPPS AND CO., HOMOEOPATHIC CHEMIST, LONDON. ALSO, EPPS, CHOCOLATE ESSENCE



Medical EAFNESS. —Quacks calling them selves “Doctors,” are utterly ruin ing the organa of hundreds suffering from deafness, charging from L 5 to L2O for so doing. I have two infallible remedies (No. 1, deafness arising from colds ; No. 2, the thickening of the parts of the Tympanum) from recipes sent me by thoee world-known Aurists, the late and pre sent Senior Surgeons of the Royal Dis pensary for Diseases of the Ear.—Send stamps for particulars to T. B. Hanna fokd, Auckland, N.Z. ,1270 jQR HEILBRON’S WORM OAKES These Cakes are principally prepared from Herbs, and do not contain any dan gerously active ingredients. , They hive a wonderful effect in curing children, aa well as grown persons, by removing the worms. They have been with grea suc cess introduey into the principal families in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. They are guaranteed to do away, in a very short time, with many serious complaints like Bronchitis, Piles, Dicers, Dicerated Throats, etc., if taken in time, as these sicknesses are often caused by worms of all kinds, especiolly by the Tape Worm, and by the most dangerous Thread Worm, which, if not destroyed in time, will soon create the lordly-curable Worm Fever. The smallest, the Thread Worm, will m6re than any other worm penetrate through all the crevices of the body up t<j the brain. An example was recently’ wit nessed, where a child falling continually into fits (the parents not knowing cause) at last died with the brkxn affected by the too fatal Thread Worm. Still mpre recently there was a case','a grown’man whose seat was affected by the Thread Worm, and who, after trying maty’sorts of remedies, without effect was directly relieved by a dose of Worm Cakes. DR HEILBRON’S



There are cases where the worms come away that they almost can be counted then often they come away in whole clots and sometimes in a thick and slimy stuff, and although not so perceptible, still they are caused to leave by Dr Heilbron's Worm Cakes. And there have been other cases where children affected with Worms, when coughing or sneezing, do discharge them through the mouth and nose. The symptoms of Worms are generally as follows .—Lassitude, Giddiness, De pression of Spirits, Impaired Appetite (which if not acted against, will engender diseases of the bile), Disorder of 'the Stomach and Digestive Organs, Sick Headaches, Vomiting, Disturbed 1 Sleep and many more serious complaints, in cluding Fits, of which last many persons have been cured by these Worm Oakes. No time should be lost in removing these Worms, else the consequence will be leri ous, as they will increase in size ’and quantity, and ultimately spread through out the intestines. If Worms are ne glected for a time they will do so much damage as to make it beyond human skill to restore and reorganise the system of digestive organa. DIRECTIONS FOR USE, The quantity of these Worm Oakes to be taken at a dose depends mostly on the age and constitution of the patient. In most cases a couple of doses will drive the worms away for many years, if not' en tirely. As a standard : A dose for a child up to 2 years will be half a Cake ; ’ frota 2 to 4 years old, one whole Cake ; from 4 to 8 years, one Cake and a half; from Bto 14, two Cakes ; and so to increase with the age, but never more than four Cakes at one dose. Grown females may gene rally take three Cakes at a; grown men four Oakes, according to con stitution. The most effective way of using these Worm Oakes is by taking the dose before going to bed, and on the following morning to take a cup of hot tea before breakfast.



As I am not certain; bow long I may stay in this town, and as these Worm Cakes can be obtained at a very small ex pense families will do well to have always a small supply of them at their houses. Orders for" the Country promptly executed. ' MRSE. HOMBERG, Sole Agent Ashburton Agents— Messrs Andrewes Bros.; Mr R. Alcorn 5 KEATING’S COUGH LOZENGES. COUGHS, ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS ACCUMULATION OF PHLEGM Composed of the purest articles. These .Lozenges contain no opium nor any deleterious drug, therefore the most delicate can take them with perfect confidence. Their beneficial eHLct is speedy and certain. This old, urn failing family remedy is daily recommended by the most eminent Physicians. (In use nearly 60 years). MEDICAL TESTIMONY - . July 25th, 1577. 22, Cold Harbour Lane, London. ' Sir, —Your Lozenges are excellent, and their beneficial effect most reliable. ' I strongly recommend them in cases of . cough 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. KEATING’S COUGH LOZENGES are sold by all Chemists, in tins of various sizes, each having the words, “ Keating’s Cough Lozenges” engraven on the government stamp. Keating’s Worm Tablets. : Keating’s Worm Tablets. A PURELY VEGETABLE WEETMEAT both in appearance and taste, furnishing a most agreeable method of administering the only certain remedy for INTESTINAL or THREAD WORMS. It is a perfectly safe and mild preparation, and is especially adapted for children. Sold in ns by all Chemists and Druggists. Proprietor, THOS. KEATING, London Export Chemist and Druggist. TEEDMAN’S SOOTHING POWDEk • . FOR CHILDREN CUTTING TEETH. CAUTION TO PURCHASER The value of this well-known Family Medi> cine has been largely tested in all parts of the world, and by all grades of society, for upwards of FIFTY YEARS. Its well-earned exten sive sale has induced SPURIOUS IMITA. TIONS, some of which in OUTWARD APPEARANC E so closely resemble the ori ginal as to have deceived many purchasers. The proprietor therefore feels it due to th; 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 ar genuine : 1st —In every case the words JOHN STEEDMAN, CHEMIST, WALWORTH, SURREY, are engraved on the Governmen Stamp affix to each packet. 2nd—Eacn Single Powder has directions fo: the dose, and he 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 ana Medi cine Vendors. Kkmpthorn, Prosser and Co SK for POWELL’S BALSAM o ANISEED