JOTTINGS FROM A TRAVELLER'S JOURNAL.

[SPECIALLY WRITTEN FOR “ THE ASHBURTON guardian. ”] CHAPTER XV. A Road with an Historical Fcandal— An Ancient Obelisk—The Baptistry of the Lateran : A Description of Interior and its Historical As sociations—A Story of a Mediaeval Pope. One fine morning l l ascended the slope of the Ctelian by the Via S. Giovanni, leading to the Church and Palace of the Lateran. The Popes of the middle ages ehiUined'thia road with real or simulated pious ■ hhWWi*, because of the historical scandal connected with it. It was here, according to common repute, that the female Pope Jotih was seized with partru retft pains'"ahd‘gave birth to a child while in ‘procession 1 from the Lateran. The cofifethfniitihA 1 which such an incident must have produced amongst the. ecclesiastical dignitaries forming the grand procesfion may be easily imagined.- lam not going to discuss i the proa.-and cons, of this dis puted story. It is a significant f.ict, how ever, that among the terracotta busts of successive-Popes, down to Alexander HI, that-decorated the nave of the Cathedral of Sienna, that of Pope Joan 'occupied its appropriate place, and was inscribed, “Johannes VIH, ; Fcmiha de Anglia. It remained in position until the year 1600, when Clement VIII persuaded the Grand Dnke to remove it and substitute the bust of Pope Zaoharias. . But the men allegation of su h a scandal as that of. thi accouchement of one who was supposed t( be a legitimate occupant of the chair o St Peter was quite sufficient to -acooun for the avoidance of the polluted local it; by thouc - .,whose liability to a similar mis hap was above suspicion ... In the centre o f the Piazza di Sai

Gid|yanfai;.Btknds a very ancient obelisk. It warf brought to Alexandria from the temple of the S m at Helispolis by Con stantine ; and afterwards removed by his son to Borne. Originally it stood in the Circus Maximus, but in 1588 was brought to the spot it now occupies.; These re movals were not effected without injury ; it was broken into three pieces, and a portion of the column had to be sacrific'd in the reconstruction. Butit is still the tallest monument' of the kind in Rome, and measures 150 feet. In age it is said to hive no rival, as modern interpreters of hieroglyphics assert, that it was erected in memory of Pharoah Thothmes IV., seventeen hundred and fifty years before the Christian era. An inscription on the, base of the obelisk says that Constantine was batized in the Lateran Church. But Socrates, the historian, tells us that the Emperor did not ; receive Christian bap tism,-until juati before his death at Nico medfa. Which, are- we tc- believe, the sculptor of the inscription, or the writer of the history ? I must leave archeologists to decide the question. The. Baptist ry of the Lateran, viewed from the outside is not attractive, but the interior is full oif interest. It was built by t-ixtus 111. There are, two entrances, one from the Piazza, and ahdtler from the court of the church, which is aderned by two very, ancient porphyry columns. Eight additional columns, also of por phyry, form a colonnade round the in terior, and are rurrounded by a cornice, from which rise smaller columns of white marble that support the dome. In the centre is a font of green basalt. Readers' of Lylton Bulwer’a “Rienzi,” will remern bei that the last of the Tribunes bathed himself in this all but sacred font on the eve of his knighthood, thereby alienating some of his former friends and supporters his act as a sacrilege. The cupola is ornamented with scenes from the life of John the Baptist, and round the walls are large fresebes illustrative of incidents.jq the.life of Constantine. On opposite sidpa are the chapels of St John, the fiaptisi', and St John the Evangelist; female visitors are not admitted into these. The bronze, do are of the last inej.,t; rcd t chapel are .said to have be- to the baths of Oarra cal!a, and to ba» v . c..n. r :o -.it', by Pope Hilary as an offering of gratitude for his escape i from - the fury of the Monks by whbfii his'life' was endangered when he appeared at the second Council of Ephe sus as legate of Leo I. In the chapel is ii statue ; of‘ Bt ; John, and the walls are covered with ihosaics represent ing the Lamb in Paradise. Next to the chapel is thb'btatory 6f St Venanzio, and further on the Cappellia Borgia. This was once qn’.ppan portico,; but is now closed up hud used as the burial place of the-Borgia family. The Lateran derives. its name from Plautius Lateranus,' -a patrician who was put to death as an accomplice on the conspiracy of Piao, and; the family estates were confiscated'by Nero, and became an Imperial residence. Subsequently a por tion of the domain was bestowed upon Fausta, the second wife of Constantine, and he eventually transferred it to Pope Melchiades. The donation was confirmed to Sylvester, under whose auspices the first church was built in the year 324. It is said that Constantine labored with his own hands at the cosntruction of the edi fice. But in the year 896 an ‘earthquake destroyed the building. During the ih-' terval between 904 and 911, Sergius 111, restored the structure and dedicated, the new erection to John the Baptist. The splendour of this second church is referred, to by Dante in his Paradiso. Li -iSOS'a disastrous fire almost entirely consumed .the building. Again It.was restored, but only to be again devoured by flames in 1360.. -For several years it remained a blackened mass of ruins, over which Petrarch mourned and wept. To Urban V is due. the;honor of the final restoration of the sacred 1 fane ; but it is not now as he left it; modern alterations and additions —which some authors describe as mutila tions—have considerably altered the ori ginal design.■ On the west facAde the ponfptius inscription may still be read : ,t Sacrosancta Lateranensis ecclesia" Om niwni urbis et orbis Eededarum Mater et loput, jTl|q Ofaaptejp o| St John Lateran still f&kb precedence, and every Pope comes, hither to be- crowned.

I cannot pretend to give » minute de scription of’'the interior of this historic

church. The nave is- of grand propor tions, .and is divided .into five aisles, but the Undent columns, except two near the tribune, have been encrusted and con-

cealed 1 by modern plaster piers, in frorit of which ‘ colossal statues of the Apostles. The tabernacle is said to con tain'iha 1 Skulls of St. Peter and St; and -the alter tb enclose a portion oi the woodetf table on which !Peter celebrated masaiH'the house-cf Pudens. The ouri ous ifi such"patters,will find the particu lars inf chapter of the life of St. Pudetitiaiia;; 'The altar of the sacrament has fdaHTtßed. oplumDs, said to have "been brought from Jerusalem by - TituC y ! Thp I SactT'BtAn. told me they were hollo# Arid filled with. earth from Pales thiei*; Manyof the mediaeval Popes were buried' 1 in’ this church, and there is a Btory-'cbnneoted with the memorial slab of Sylvester ll:'which I may relate:— Martin- Polonus de. Cprenza, an old cfaro^jTbtyslya :’“ This Pope was a kind of* magician,' who dbfained first the .Arch bishopric.ef -Eiheims, then 1 that of Ra venna, the Papacy by the aid of the devil to whom, in return, he pro mised'td belong after death. When he ascended : the throne 1 he asked the devil how long he could reign, and the devileissas < his Custom, 'answered by • doable entendre. If you never gptot- Jerusslem . you will reign a rongcliAW' 'Be occupied the throne for fpur„. ; :yjß9rs > one . month, and ten dlyf; when, one - day, 'as he was I Rotating in the of St. Croce in

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Gerwsaleinine/lTe saw that he had passed the fatal threshhold, and that his death was impending. Overwhelmed with re pentance, he confessed his backslidings before the people, and exhorted them to lay aside pride, to resist the temptatb ns of the devil, and to lead a good life. After this ho begged his attendants to cut his body in pieces after he was dead, as he deserved, and to place it on a common cart, and bury it wherever the horsf-s stopped of their own accord. Then was manifested the will of the divine E >rov ’ 1 ' dence, that repentant sinners should learn that their God preserves for them a place of pardon even in this life—for the horses went on their own accord to bt. John Lateran, where he was buried. in reference to this Platina says ; Ihe rattling of his bones, and the sweat, or rather the damp with which his tomb be comes covered, has always been the in fallible sign and forerunner of the death of a Pope !” . , . (To be continued.)

fHJJAgffOTBION GUARDIAN, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1883.

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President : E. G. Wright, M. EI.R. ' Vice-President : W, 0. Walker. Judge: Matthew Stitt. Stewards : 0. H. Dowding, H. Friedlander, J. Grigg, T. Leahy, W. G. Robs, W. Saunders, H. T. Winter. Treasurer : C. C. Foots. Starter : David Thomas. Clerk of the. Scales ; M. Friedlander. Clerk op the Course : W. B. Denshire. Handicappers : Open - Races— B. G. Griffiths. District Rlaces —E. G, Crisp, C. O. Foots, ' T. Leahy, M. Stitt. First Race each day tg start at 1 p.m. FIRST!) AT. 1. Coontt Hurdle Race (Handicap), of 30 sovs ; over six flights of hurdles about 3ft 6in high ; nomi nation, 1 sov ; acceptance, 1 sov . 1£ miles. District horses only.. 2. Free Handicap, of 43 sovs ; accept ance, 2 sovs ; 1 mile. 3. Maiden Plate, of 40 sovs ; weight . , forage ; entrance, 3 xj- miles. 4. Ashbdbton Cup (Handicap), of 150



accept- B. BCV9 ; nomination, 2 sovs ; ance, 5 sovs ; miles. Ladies’ Purse, of 40 sovs ; welter weights for age ; gentlemen riders ; entrance, 3 sovs; miles. District horses only. 6. Thb Post Stakes (Handicap), of 15 sovs ; nomination, 1 sov, to be - 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 sovs; 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; miles. 3. County Plate Handicap, of 40 sovs; nomination, 1 sov ; accept ance, 1 sov; miles. District horses only. 4. Flying Handicap, of 50 sovs, nomi nation, 1 sov ; acceptance, 2 sovs ; ’ |, mile. 6. Totalisatok Stakes (Handicap), of 15 sovs ; nomination, 1 sov; accept ance, free ; | miie. District horses only. 6. Consolation Handicap, of 20 soy a ; 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. S. SAUNDERS, 8 222 Secretary.



A FORTUNE FOR FIVE SHILLINGS. a fortune for ss. aDAMASTOR’S novelty CONSULTATION ON THE MELBOURNE CUP, 1883 To be Run on the 6th of November. Capital £5,000, In 20,000 Shares of ss.each. 431 Prizes guaranteed. To be distributed as follows Melbourne Cup. First ... ... £SOO Second... ... 300 Third ... . ... 200 Starters (divided) 500 Non-starters ... 1,000 Cash Awards. 5 at £IOO each sat £SO each 30 at : £25 each 20 at £l2 10s each 40 at £6 5s each 200 at £5 Os each £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. —Pegistered letters not ac cepted. Two stamps required for reply and result. Will close on or about the 3rd of November. Address- ■



“ADAMASTOR,” Care of Lyons and Hart, Box.lol, P. 0., Dunedin. 7 60 £3OOO. 3TR AL A SIA ’ S SWEEP MELBOURNE CUP. ! THE ‘GREATEST 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 1 Starters divide £lO Second ... 500 I Non-Starters 100 Third .;•< 250) Total i £2OOO



And 10 Prizes at £25 each ... £250 50 Prizes at £lO ~ ... 500 50 Prizes at £5 ~ ... 251 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 thian four shares, taken Up in one name. A poubd aecuresJouß 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 fidcs. References : Mel bourne Sjiortsman and City Journals. Bankers— Sydney : City Bank. Melbourne : National Bank. Applicants are requested to enclose bank notes and kegisibr the L tter (strong registered envelopes obtainable at every post office) if crossed cheque, add Bulk charge for collection (payable “Aus tralasia” or Bearer); also add 6d on notes when other than N.S. W. or Yic., and in all cases Id postage for reply and result. Enclose two addressed envelopes un stamped. f - , ; 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. REGISTER LETTERS



Application, as usual,; by letter, ■ -In* tending applicants woilld oblige by .writing immediately, to hasten the time for drawing. the convenience of Sydney Subscribers, “ Australasia’s ” Letter Box will be found at the Offices, 40 Hunter street, Sydney, :. AUSTRALASIA, 'Care'of Mr H. J. Franklin, Wholesale Bookseller, Printer and Publisher, Government Notice. THE’ PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE OF NEW ZEALAND. Atenliori is directed to the provisions of the Acts establishing this Office, affd 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.—lntending to provide for Wife and Children pr ethors: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. 5. —Having acted as Trustee, Executor, or Administrator, wishing to be relieved of the burthen of Trustee hip or Adminis tration, the option of us s ig the State ma chinery, and gives an absolute guarantee against loss of funds by fraud, peoulatiph, or dishonesty. Every information may be obtained from ALEANDER LEAN, Agent at Christchurch; Or from R. 0. HAMERTON, ~ .. j : ... /. , ; Public Trustee Wellington, 12th May, 1882,



V. R. QOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS. The following Government Publica tions, with others, can be obtained at the Office of this Paper : Mines Act, 1879 Mining Companies Act, 1872 Mines Act Amendment Act, 1872 Canterbury Rivera Gaming and Lotteries Debtors and Creditors Act Debtofs and Creditors Rules ; Stamp Act" Agricultural and Pastoral Societies Cruelty to Animals Protection of Animals Brahdr and Branding Dog Registration Drainage Sheep Railway Tariff Amendment Companies Road Boards Pencing Act Amendment, 1882 Local Elections Corrupt Practices Licensing Act Licensing Amendment , r Acts affecting Agriculture and Stock Education Etc., Etc., Etc. Ball programme cards in very neat styles, with Pencils and Ribbons, printed at the Guardian Office, Wist street.



S. E: Poyntz. STEPHEN E. POYNTZ, 5 General Agent, « Jo. 3, Friedeander.V Buildings, Bur- t nett Street, Ashburton. j [O DAIRYMEN, FARMERS, CON- 1 TRACTORS AND DEALERS. ON SALE— 30WICK’S PATENT LACTINA.—An ! invaluable substitute for milk for n rearing calves, etc ,at a cost of little J 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 ASBESTO.; CEMENT.—More durable than Portland cement, and at ASBESTOS FIRE-PROOF PAINTS.— j 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, Jukr’s Garden Hoe, Culti vator and Plough combined. Making gardening easy. Price on application. Agent for Tomlinson and Haywatd’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 Henderson, 178, Hereford street, Christchurch, chief agent for Can terbury. 1022



Albert Roberts. O T 1 0 E. Albert Roberts Peas Tares Oaten Sheaf and Straw Chaff And other Produce. HAS FOR SALE— White, Red, Alsyke, Cowgrasa RYEGRASS and COCKSFOOT LITTLE’S SHEEP DIP WOOLSACKS, Seaming Twine PLOUGHSHARES, Butter-kegs, Nails BLXJESTONE, Lampblack, Raddle KEROSENE, Castor and Boiled Oils TE A, Sugar, Candles, Soap, Rock-salt FLOUR, 50, 100, 200 lb bags, Oatmeal, Potatoes FENCING WIRE, 8,9, 10, also Gal- IS A BUYER OF Rye Grass, Clovers,



vanised Barb Heart and Sap Stakes, Staples TURNIPS, Purpletop.Greentop, Devon Greyatone, Whiteatone, Stubble, and Rape Swede, Gorae, 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, I Agent for I ROBERTS, PAXTON & CO. GRAIN MERCHANTS, Manchester street, Christchurch Also, THE MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION Of Australasia. N.8.-BONUS YEAR, 1883-4.



‘ Business Notice. R I O 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 Oases to ar rive per Waikato. HUNDREDS OF BATS, To select from by the following makers: Cobbett, Duke, Lilly white, Jeffreys, Bart let, Ayers, Bussy, Grimwood and others. Extra largo discounts to Clubs and Schools. 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



George Lea, gDILDER 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. 81.4



pHOTOORAP H Y. Charles Lawrence, PHOTOGRAPHER (Of High street, Christchurch). Ry special Appointment to the Governor, Begs to informs the 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, andfinished in Oil, Water Color or Crayons.



s PEO I A L 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



N EW ARRIVALS, Direct from Home. (Per s.b. Assam, transshipped at Melbourne.) A large and well-assorted stock of Books, 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.



rnAKB TIME BY THE FORE- I LOOK” 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 ? vs just received an other supply of watches, and invites attention to prices. Celebrated Englisn levers, made expressly for R. Murray, specially suited for colonial wear, with extra heavy cases, all the latest improvements, at L 6, L 6 6s, L 6 10s ; higher classes, L 7, L 8 10s, LlO 10s, and Ll2 12s; Rotherhams, L 6 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 saf* post on re coin* of P. 0.0 730c-960 rjIHE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN. PRICE— ONE PENNY.



PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. Advertisers are reminded Hi at 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 communicat thus being the best general as well as local medium for Advertising STOP THAT GOUGH 1 DON’T DELAY.—How can you stop it? Where is the Remedy. Bonnington’s Pi CTORAL OXYMBL OF CARRA GEEN or IRISH MOSS (registered), can produce more evidence of real merit than any other article for the purpose. Sold everywhere. G Bonninoxon, Christchurch.



Business Notices. QN SALE BY THE UNDERSIGNED. SEED WHEAT OATS BARLEY GRASS SEED CHAFF FLOUR BRAN SHARPS TEA SUGAR, etc. Agents for Moore & 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 CU f OATEN SHEAF CHAFF, At 13s Gd per ton Anywhere in the Wheat or Oat Straw, j- ( ji Etr j ct< 16s ier ton J FRED SEARLE, g 471 Rakaia.



An evil and its remedy.—t> the Editor,—lt 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 yi 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 6d; ladies’ tailor made ulster, £2. All other goods in proportion, for cash only. CRAIGHEAD & CO., TAILORS AND CLOTHIERS, Tancred Street. jyj- 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. Beat 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 ether 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 S‘oted on the most reasonable terms. Agents for the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, an I New Zealand Insurance Companv. Land and Commission Agents. Loans negotiated.—C. J. W. Cookson, Jun. , and Co., General Merchants, Methven. SEEDS. NE W SEEDS. We beg to intimate that we have re ceived our SHIPMENTS of NEW SEA SON’S Methven, July 9th, 1883. 7 66



Seeds, which on trial have proved to be of extra fine quality. Our FARM SEEDS include white and red clover, alskye, cow grass, trefoil, lucerne, cocksfoot, rye grass, gorse, carrots of sorts, mangolds of a 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 t ngland, 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 mauitima, cupreas, 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. Sealy Bros., SEEDSMEN, ASHBURTON. 756 F. S. Shearer, OF THE May bank works, tinwald, bogs to thank the public for theii 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. OTICE to the inhabitants of Rakaia and surrounding districts, that I 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 ■CHARLES INDER, 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, &c. s Sole Agents for RANSOME’S STEAM THRESHING MACHINERY. Offices and Stores— -213 Tuam street, Christchurch. 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., Waterton 8.10 a.m., Ashton 8.25 a.m., Wheatstone 8.45 a.m., arriving at Ashburton in time for the 10.24 express from Christchurch to Timaru. The coach leaves the coach ] > tables, Wahanui Road (opposite | Central Hotel), Ashburton, at 4.50 p.m., arriving °t Longbeach at 7.30 p.m. Parcels or orders left at any ofLhe above places wiU receive 'strict attention j Fares —Through single fares, ssreturn same day, Bs. From this date RETURN FARE at SINGLE RATE?, on Saturdays only, between Waterton and Ashburton. W. B. BOND, Proprietor, 427 c Longbeaoh. mINWALD AND MOUNT SOMERS JL 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 arrval of each train. Parcels and Luggage punctually attended to. Single fares, ?s; return, 3s. n JOHN HOOD



Boarding Houses. &c. Panama house (late a stee’s), Tangred 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 Anstee, where he hopes to merit the same patronage bestowed upon him as heretofore. Hood Bath room. S. LUCAS, Proprietor. PRINCE ALBERT BOARDING HOUSE AND TEMPERANCE hotel; 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. 9*4 Hotels LFORD FOREST HOTEL. John Tisch, Who 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 HBURTON HOTEL. ARCHIBALD IVPCOLL (for many years Manager of the late Sir Cracroft Wilson’s Rangitata Station) begs to in form his numerous Friends and the gene ral pnblic that he has taken possession of tbe 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. All 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 oi 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 raa. * heavy doctor’s bills. It is by the ad cious use of such articles of diet that a constitution may be gradually built uj. until strong enough to resist every ten dency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us ready to attack wherever there is ? weak point. We may escape many a fatal sh.-ft by i 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 nr Ik. Sold only in packets, labelled : JAMES EPPS AND CO., HOMCEOPATHIC CHEMIST, LONDON. ALSO, EPPSj CHOCOLATE ESSENCE



DEAFNESS.— Quacks calling them selves “Doctors,” are utterly ruin ing the organs of hundreds suffering from deafness, charging from L 5 to L2O for so doing. I have two infallible remedies (No.^l, deafness arising from co Ids ; No. 2, the thickening of the parts -of the Tympanum) from recipes sent me by those world-known Aurists, the late and pre sent .Senior Surgeons of the Boyal Dis pensary for Diseases of the Ear. —Send stamps for particulars to T. B. 13 anna ford, Auckland, N.Z. 1270 These Cakes are principally prepared from Hferbs, and do not contain any dan* geronsly. active ingredients. They have a wonderful effect in curing children, as well as grown persons, by removing the worms. They ha ve 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, PiUs, Ulcers, Ulcerated Throats, etc., if taken in time, aa these sicknesses are often caused by worms of



all kinds, especiolly by the Tape Worm, i and by the most dangerous Thread Wormi which, if not destroyed in time, will soon create the nardly-curafcle Worm Fever. The smallest, the Thread Worm, will more than any other worm penetrate through all the'crevices of the.body the brain. An example was recently wit j nessed, where a child falling continually into fits (the parents not knowing the - cause) at last died with the brain affected j by the too fatal Thread Worm. Still more recently there was a case, a grown man whose seat was affected by the Thread Worm, and who, after trying many sorts of remedies, without effect was relieved by a dose of DR HEILBRON’S Worm Cakes.



Tliere 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 Heilbrons Worm Cakes. And there havebeen other cases where children affected with Worms, when coughing or sneezing, do discharge them through the mouth and nose. The symptoms of Worms ate 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 Sleep, and many more serious complaints, in- , eluding Fits, of which last many persons have been cured by these Worm Cakes. No time should be lost in removing these Worms, else the consequence will be sen i s 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 muoh : damage as to make it beyond human skill to restore and reorganise the system PtiO digestive organs. : DIRECTIONS FOB USB.'. i i The quantity of these .Worm Oakes to be taken at a dose depends mostly on the; age and constitution of the patient. ItK; most cases a couple of doses will drive that 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 ; from 2 to 4 years old, one whole -Cake {. from 4r to 8 years, one Cake and a half ; from 81J 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, dose, and , ; grown men four Cakes, according to con-, stitution. The most effective way of using these Worm Cakes is by taking the dos# ~ before going to bed, and on the following, . morning to take a cup of hot tea before, breakfast. As I am not certain how longl may stay in this town, and as these Worm, r , Oakes can be obtained at a very small ex-, pense families will do well tq have always 0 a spall supply of them at their houses. Orders for the Country promptly . ~, executed. MRS E. HOMBERG, Sole Agent Ashburton Agents— Messrs Andrewes Bros.; Mr R. Alcorn 6 KE ATING’S COUGH LOZENGES. Coughs, asthma, bronchitis' . ACCUMULATION OF PHLEGM ' Composed of the pm est articles. Thes;„ Lozenges' contain no opium nor any deleterious drug, therefore the most delicate can take them with perfect confidence. Their beneficial efLc.t is speedy and certain. This old, un failing family remedy is daily recommended by the most eminent Physicians. (In use nearly 6o years).



MEDICAL TESTIMONY. July 25th, 1877, 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. Brinoloe, 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. \V. 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. 1 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 POWDER 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 ss to have deceived many purchasers. Phe proprietor therefore feels it due to th jj aublic to give a special caution against the use % if SUCH IMITATIONS. FOR



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 spell with two EE’s. 4th—The manufacture is carried on solely at Walworth, Surrey. Sold in Packets by all Chemists and Medi cine Vendors. ■. . Kempthorn, Prosser and Co SK for POWELL’S BALSAM o ANISEED