SHIPPING.

' * : * J»ORT OP LYTTELTON. Arrived. Saturday. Janet Ramsay, schooner, from Cartlin’s River. Snnbeam, barque, from Mauritius. Prosperity, brigantine, from Bluff, i- Yesterday. Conner, ketch, frem Port Levy. Sailed. Saturday. Hawoa, s.s., for Wellington. Mary King, schooner, for Kaipara. Sea Bird, brigantine, for Auckland. Yesterday. Omaha, brigantine, for Chatham Is lands.

COMMERCIAL.

Ashburton Guardian Office, Monday Afternoon. ‘ Mr T. Bullock reports for the week ending January 6th : Horse Market :At the Bazaar, Burnett street, on Saturday, 29 horses were brought forward for sale, a large proportion of which was of rather an inferior description.. For medium draughts there were several in quiries, and those that were sold fetched satis factory prices. No first-class draughts were Offered. Light harness horses were very diffi cult to get a bidding for. For hacks the bid dings were also languid. There was about an average attendance of country settlers and Others. Out of the total number of horses en tered (29) 12 were sold at the following prices, .viz.:—Medium draughts, L2O, LlB 10s, Ll 7 ' jos ; aged and inferior draughts, Ll2 10s, Ln los, LlO 15s; three-year-old colt of rather a light description, Ll 3; light harness horses, L 5 15s to Li2 ios; scrubbers as low asL2 10s. oMcCormick’s wire reaper and binder, L 35 ; -;dray, Ll2 5s ; spring trap, Ll 4 10s. * Mr Alfred Harrison reports his weekly sale as follows : —Saturday, January 6th.—Horses, very dull; there were many good draughts entered, but owners’ reserves proved too high. Several cows sold fairly well. Calves are low In value. Pigs sold very well, and are enquired .for. Fowls, 2S to 2s 6d ; ducks, 3s 6d. Pro * duce : Potatoes, rd per lb; onions, id per lb; chickwheat, 3s ; feed barley, 3s; cheese, £d. ■. Sundries sold well. Attendance very good, ‘■'‘but fanners generally look hopefully to being too busy to attend sales at all for some weeks to come, and I hope it may be so.

MAIL NOTICES.

/Mails close at the Ashburton Post Office > as follows : " For Christchurch and North at 6 a,m. ; 10.30 a. hu, and 5 p.m., daily. For Ohertsey Rakaia, &c. , at 10.30 a, m. •rid 5 p.m. daily. ,-- For Dunedin, Tinwald, Winslow, Hinds, Ctaldstream, Rangitata, Orari, Winchester, and Geraldine, at 10 a. in. daily. ‘ Fop Temuka, at 6 a.m. and 10 a.m., iJiwly. For Timaru and South, at 6 a.m., 10 «.m>, Mid 4.30 p.m., daily. For Grebnstreet, on Tuesdays and Fri days, at 10.30 a. m. , For tfount Somers, on Tuesdays and ' Saturdays, at 6 a.m. and 430 p.m. For Mayfield, on Tuesdays and Satur days, at 6 a. m. . For Ashton, Waterton and Longbeach, At 4.30 p.m. daily. For Flemington, on Mondays, Wednes days, and Fridays, at 430 p.m. :,, For Wakanui, Elgin, Seaview, Seafield, «arid Kyle, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 6.30 a.m. For Newlands, on Tuesdays and Fri days at 10.30 a. m. Mails arrive at the Ashburton Post Office—r I From Christchurch and Rakaia at 10.15 •.mu, 435 p.m., and 7.20 p.m. From Chertsey, &c. at 10.15 a.m. and ; 436 p.m. daily. ' From Dunedin and intermediate places "at 5.30 p.m. daily. r From Temuka and Timaru at 10.40 a. m. >6,30 p.m., and 8 p.m. daily. ■ From Greenstreet, Tuesdays and Fri days, at 3 p.m. From Mount Somers, on Tuesdays and eSaturdays, at 10.5 a.ip. and 8.16 p.m, From Mayfield, on Tuesdays and Saturn days, %t 10.5 a.m. From Ashton, Waterton, and Long heachat 10 a.m. daily. | liFrom Flemington on Tuesdays, Thurs ■''days, and Saturdays, at 10 a.m. From Elgin, Wakanui, Seafield, and Kyle, on Tuesdays, Thursdays/ And Sat urdays, at 4 p.m. From Newlands, on Tuesdays and Fri days, at 9.30 a m.

DAILY MEMORANDA.

AUCTION SALES To-morrow, > ■ Tuesday, January 9. J. T. Ford & Co., at the Tinwald Yards ~900 Merino Ewes. Matson, 001 and Co., at the Tinwald (Yards—Stock. January 13. Matson, Cox, and Co., at their Bazaar— Horses, Cows, Pigs, Poultry, Sundries, &c.; 11.30 a.m. Mr 'i- Bullock, at the Bazaar—Horse?, 1 p.m. Mr W. F. Allen, at his rooms, Burnett street—Horses, Pigs, Poult* Geneial Produce, &o. ; 11. 30 a. m. Mr > Alfred Harrison, at the yards— Horses, Pigs, Produce, &c.; 12 noon. MEETINGS, AMUSEMENTS, Ac To-Night, Monday, January 8. Meeting re formation of Lodge of Ancient Order of Druids—Ashburton Hotel, 8 p.m. Wednesday, January 10. County Council, at the County Council Chambers, at 11 o’clock. .Phrenological Lecture—Town Hall, 8 p.m.'-" Friday, January 26. Somerset Lodge, Monthly Meeting, in the Masonic Hall, Tancred street, 7.30. Saturday, February 3. Wakanui Road Board—Monthly Meeting, Road Board Office, Moore street

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna Est Veritas et Prevalebit. MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 18S3. The Ashburton Library.

A good many months have elapsed since Ashburton suffered a disastrous loss by the destruction of the Library, but beyond a quantity of desultory talking, and some squabbling over the site on which a new building is be erected, next to nothing has been done towards supplying a decided want. It is certainly not to the credit of a pros perous and growing community like ours that we should be without the ad vantages which places of far less im portance enjoy, and it is to be hoped that the work of raising money for the purpose indicated will be taken up with more energy in the future than it has been in the past. The necessity of having a collection of standard works and a reading room where the English journals and magazines can be con sulted is so generally recognised that no words of ours are needed to em phasise it. How many young men are there amongst us who would be satis fied with passing their evenings in a reading room, but who are now driven to the billiard-room and such like places, in order to while away their idle hours ? VVe feel sure that the absence of a Library for so long a period has done no little harm, and it is impera tively necessary, as we have said, that somebody should take the matter actively in hand without delay. Much good might be done in this direction by a systematic canvass for subscriptions, and the amount thus raised might be supplemented by a series of entertainments to be given for the benefit of the Library Fund. An excellent idea has been mooted to the effect that a “ costume ” cricket match should be got up. This is a species of fun that is both harmless and entertain ing, and we hope that the fact of the meeting, which was convened last Thursday for the purpose of arranging the preliminaries, being attended by so few people was due to Dr Stephenson’s lecture being given on the evening in question, and not to apathy or indiffer ence. Then, again, a course of lectures and a scries of concerts, ®r even an amateur theatrical performance, might be arranged. We have surely sufficient talent among us for such undertakings as these, and past experience his shown us that they can be successfully carried out. The critical faculties of the people of Ashburton are not so acute as to prevent them appreciating the performances of local amateurs —

they have learnt the wisdcJpt of the bfo verb, which tells them that When they cannot have what they like they niust like what they have—arid we feel cer tain that if the scheme we hav6’ hinted it were carried out a goodly sum of money could be obtained. What is wanted in the affair above all else is proper organisation. If an influential committee is formed and the work undertaken in earnest, the public will be only too glad to give what assistance is in their power. In the meantime, would it not be possible to establish a lemporary reading room ? There are, as we understand, a number of books recently arrived from >• ngland to the order of the Library Committee, and these might surely be made available to the reading public.

EN PASSANT.

Since Mr Archibald Forbes, the “ King of War Correspondents,” ar rived in the colony we have heard a good deal concerning the power of the press and the enterprise that has been shown by newspaper proprietors in Europe during recent years. No ex pense has been spared, and as Mr Sala once said, special correspondents travel like princes and receive the wages of ambassadors. This spirit of enterprise is to be found, though of coarse in a less degree, in the colonies, and as was mentioned in a southern paper some time ago Mr Forbes received the sum of recently for a five-column biography of General Skobeleff, which he wrote for the Melbourne Argus and the Sydney Morning Herald. No one believes more in the power of the press than we do, and we are glad to see that even in a comparatively new place like Ashburton an example has been shown that will no doubt be followed by other journals in the colony. “ Our own Jenkins ” was despatched the other day to Mount Somers to do the district, and in the quaint, if somewhat ungrammatical language of our contem porary, he “ done ”it beautifully. The adventures he encountered were cer tainly not very striking, but the personal element which is to be found in his narrative of “cakes and ale,” and which is such a prominent feature in modern j ournalism,makes the article very amusing. After all, we care more to read of the doings of “our own Jen kins,” and the rapturous manner in which his health and that of the news paper he represented was drunk, than we do of people less known to fame. Nor did the hospitality of the Mount Somers people end in mere words. We are told that one of the gentlemen pre sent insisted upon the “ special taking a seat in his buggy, and, though pressed, the former would not receive payment. We have not, we are proud to say, a spark of envy in our composi tion, and we can rejoice that our con temporary has found one place in the district—an oasis in the desert of in difference—where his efforts on behalf of suffering humanity are valued as he considers they ought to be.

It occurred long years since to a schoolboy to add one more command ment to the Decalogue, namely, “ Tell a lie and stick to it.” Although this in junction cannot be defended on moral grounds, we are afraid that it still re mains an article of faith not only among youngsters, but a)so children of larger growth. The editor of our Oamaru morning contemporary has evidently added still another commandment, which nearly resembles the schoolboy’s, and runs thus.: —“ If you do make a mistake don’t admit it.” The other day we mentioned what was evidently a printer’s error, for the pointing out of which we omitted to credit the Dun edin Star, in a report of some local sports, at which an absence of “ pro testant grumbling ” was noted. This was considered to be a misprint for “ protest and grumbling,” a far more intelligible phrase. Our contemporary, however, will in nowise have this. He says :—“ Of course nothing ot the kind was meant. If the writerof the paragraph had sought the opinion of the office boy on the subject, the erudition of the youth might have been sufficient to con vince him that the phrase -has been used before, and that it was not an ‘ amusing printer’s blunder.’” But in spite of the opinion of the office boy. which by the way is rather vague, we are inclined to think that “ protestant grumbling ”is scarcely English. Even admitting that protestant in any case can be considered an adjective, the only meaning it can have is protesting, and then the phrase must be condemned as redundant, for who ever heard of grumbling in which a protest was not involved. On the whole it would have probably shown more wisdom on the part of the paragraphist if he had ac cepted the correction and said no more about it. Turning, however, to an other part of the paper, we come across a passage in a leader which causes us to have strong doubts as to the editor’s classical knowledge, whatever ability his office boy may possess as an Eng lish scholar. We are told that >Eneas was a “ peregrinating and somewhat priggish pietist.” That circumstances caused the hero of Virgil’s great poem to do a good deal of travelling is an un doubted fact, but why priggish ? and why pietist ? Is it possible that our sapient editor has heard of “ Pius Mntas,” and has taken the adjective to refer to the religious proclivities of thfe son of Anchises. The next time he attempts a classical illusion it would be perhaps well if he sought information outside the office of his paper, as any fourth form boy in the High School could tell him that the epithet “ pius ” in this instance simply means affec tionate. A little learning is truly a dangerous things

R.M. Court. —This morniiig three first offenders were brought before his Worship the Mayor, charged with drunk enness. They were fined 5s each, or 24 hours’.

Phrenology. —Professor Lio Medo, who has been well patronised during his stay in Ashburton, announces that he will give his first lecture here ia the Town Hall on Wednesday evening. Full parti culars of the entertainment will be found in another column.

Sporting. —ln consequence of Mr Isaac Thompson’s horse Steel Dust being re cently disqualified by the Ashburton Racing Club from running on the local course, the race which was to have taken place there on Wednesday, has been pro hibited by the Club, and the contest will, we are informed, be determined at Waka nui at ton o’clock on Wednesday morn ing.

The Bookmakers Grumble. The Auckland bookmakers complain that the i settling over thejSummer Meeting is the i Worst they have./ever known there, for, although they ,have lost L 2,000 between j them, the public still owe them L7OO. ] During the week succeeding Boxing Day, | Lyons alone paid away L 950, lost princi pally through Welcome Jack’s win in the j Auckland Cup. .The Frozen Meat Trade. The Otago Refrigerating Company have ar ranged with the New Zealand Shipping < Company for steamers to load at Port Chalmers in April and June, each vessel to take 9,000 carcases. There are al ready applications from shareholders for space for 34,000 sheep, and it is expected that before the list is closed the total ap plications will not be far short of 50,000. . Evangelistic Service. —An evange listic service was held in the Town Hall last evening, commencing at eight o’clock. The attendance was very good. Messrs H. M. Jones and J. B. Buchanan de livered f Tcible addresses, and the Revs A. M. Beattie and 0. H. Standage, with Mr W. Gavin, also took part in the pro ceedings. Several of Sankey’s hymns were sung during the evening, Mr Weeks manipulating the piano, accompanied by Mr George Savage on the cornet. A Solicitor’s Business Defined. —The new Supreme Court Act, permitting solicitors to do what was hitherto ex pressly prohibited, namely, carry on actions on behalf of clients on commission, or on a percentage of the sum recovered, the Otago Law Society have decided to apply the principle generally to other business, and have passed the following resolution :—“ The Council of the Law Society recognise - the following as part of the business of a solicitor ;—l. Negotiat ing Loans on commission. 2. Buying and selling properties on commissien. 3. Collection of rents, interest, and other moneys on commission. 4. Management of companies, including insurance com panies. 5. Land and estate agents’ business generally.” Opening up of the King Country— The owners of land in Waipa Valley, above Alexandra, have lately held a meeting and agreed to ask the Government for a sitting of Native Lands Court to decide on titles. The necessary documents were brought down to Auckland by Mr R. A. A. Sherrin, who had been telegraphed to by the natives to come up and see them. He delivered the papers to Messrs Dignan and Armstrong, who ere authorised to take the necessary steps to procure a sitting of the Court. The natives are anxious to have their land put through without becoming involved in any way with comp <niea of speculators. The area of the block is estimated at 40,000 acres, and it comprises the very best of the King country. Mr Sherrin had an inter view with the Premier on-Saturday, and an application for a sitting of the Court will bo made immediately. The American Railway King. —The American reading public are just at present being amused, excited, and instructed by the extended comments that are made upon some recent most remarkable utter ances of the great “ railway king,” Mr William H. Vanderbilt. That mast in teresting and useful agent of modem newspaper work, an “ interviewing repor ter,” having got access to his American “ Colloasus of Roads,” as scribes love to call him, plied him with questions until his temper became ruffled. Vanderbilt was then asked if he did not run hia trains for the public benefit, and testily feplied, “ The public be . What does the public care for the railroads, except to get as much out of them for as small consider ation as possible ? I don’t take any stock in this silly nonsense about working for anybody’s good but our own, because we are not. When we make a move we do it because it is our interest to do so, not because we expect to do somebody else some good. Of course we like to do everything possible for the benefit of humanity in general, but when we do we first see that we are benefiting ourselves. Railroads are not run on sentiment, but on business principles, and to pay, and I don’t mean to be egotistic when Isay that the roads which I have had anything to do with have generally paid pretty well.” Equally earnest was the millionaire in char icterisingthe “anti-monopolist,” when the industrious interviewer asked his opinion of their movement. Mr Vander bilt said “It is a movement inspired by a set of fools and blackmailers. To bo sure, there are some men interested in it whose motives are good, if their sense is not. When I want to buy up any politican I always find the anti-monopolists the most purchasable. They don’t come so high.” It is natural that this inter view, coming at the time and in the way it does, and dealing with various delicate railway questions in the most positive way, shoul I have created a sensation. It is the talk of the hour, and probably the angriest of all the critics are the anti monopolists. i

An Extraordinary Accident. —This morning’s Lyttelton Times gives an ac count of a most extraordinary escape from what might have been a frightful death, which happened to a man named Thomas Powell, a carter in the employ of Messrs Murray and Forbes, waggoners, at Wai kari. The firm have this year contracted to carry the wool from a station in the Awatere district, in Nelson, a distance of over 100 miles from Waikari, across some of the roughed country it is possible to get a waggon over. On New Year’s Day Thomas Diamond, a driver who has been in Messrs Murray and Forbes’ employ for a great number of years, and T Powell started from their camping ground in the Yarra creek, not far from the station, and were proceeding down the Yarra, sideling into the Acheron river with two waggons carrying twenty bales each. The road along this creek is cut cut of the side of the hill, and at the w dost place does not exceed nine feet in width, which at some of the short turns that exist on the lino of road makes it very dangerous for the traffic. Diamond took his waggon and load safely over the worst point near the creek, but he had considerable difficulty in so doing, as the rubble had formed a mound on the track which lifted the wheels from the road. Powell, however, in attempting the same had the misfortune to find that the edge of the roadway gave way under his waggon wheels ; and the waggon began to turn over. Powell saw at once that he could do nothing to save the waggon, so ho made a leap and landed amongst some big stones. Just as he foil, the waggon came on him ; but ho, being bstween two largo pieces of rock, was only confined in a space large enough to hold him. His right arm was struck by a part of the waggon as it went over. Diamond, when he saw the upset, at once stopped his team and went to his mate’s assistance, under the impression that he was killed. He was surprised to find him in the en closure, and by degrees he managed to remove the waggon (in pieces) as well as the wool bales. When Powell was un covered, the only injuries he was found to have sustained was a flesh wound on the right arm. Diamond and Powell at once set to work to get the waggon righted again, and the horses not being injured, the matter was soon arranged and the teams started. Powell drove his team to Waikari, excepting over the difficult parts of the road ; and on arrival at Waikari on Friday he went to visit Dr Morris to have his wound thoroughly attended to. The distance from where the accident occurred to Waikari was fully 75 miles, and yet Powell, with one arth, drove the team of six horses, only obtaining the assistance of his. ; mate at any of the most critical points on the road. The horses, strange to say, received no injury whatever; but the waggon was greatly knocked about.

Stock Sale.—We 'would remind those interested thaf theetocksa’e at Tinwald will be held toj-mhirow. ' Trb San Francisco Mail.—Up to the time of our g dog to press there was no news from Auckland of the arrival of the San Francisco mail, which is due to-day. A Good Work.—The ceremony at the laying of the foundation of the new or phanage at Dunedin, which is being built by Bishop Nevill, was held on Sattrday. It is intended to accommodate sixty children, and is situated at Bishopsgrove, where it will be carried on under the super intendence of the Bishop and Mrs Nevill.

Discovery of a Skeleton. The Timaru Herald states that information was given to the police at Temuta yester day morning that the skeleton of a man had been washed up oa the beach near the mouth of the Arowhenui river. Con stable Burke proceeded to the spot de scribed, and there found a complete skeleton, which, by its appearance, must have been in the vater some considerable time. There was nothing in the way of clothes or other appendages to give a clue to its identity. It is possible it may bo that of one of three men—McDonald, Falgar, and Gardiner—who lost their lives on the occasion of the shipping disaster on May 14th last year, and whose bodies were never recovered Gold Workings on thr Sfa Beach.— On most of the sea beaches south of the Clutha, towards the Bluff, payable gold is found, and at Waikawa and Waipapa parties of miners have been working for years. The Southland Times states that a party of six men have for many , months past been working on the shore at Bushy Point, about half-way between the Bluff and the Mataura River, and have, not withstanding considerable labor in pump-* iug water for washing, obtained, on the average of each month’s work, not less than 15s per day. The ground, or rather beach, has in some instances been washed three or four times. When a patch is ex hausted, the party move a little further on, the deserted ground being left until after a heavy south-west swell has set in. The party then return, and the. area is gone over again, with the result of not less than 15s per day on the average of the month, and there appears to be no end of this kind of working.

Colonial Jewellery. —During the ex amination of witnesses by the Tariff Com missioners with reference to the jewellery trade (says the Age ) and the manufactory of colonial gold jewellery, it was elicited by Mr Tucker and Mr Bosisto that a wide spread system exists of manufacturing “ colonial gold ” articles of a very inferior quality to that which the public ’ generally are supposed to obtain. “ Colonial gold ” jewellery, well known by its rich color, is often a delusion and snare. Unscru-

pulous makers palm off instead of 18-carat

a mixture of metal in which the real quality is perhaps hot over 8 or 10 carat,: and Me Schafer, a manufacturer, stated that the public only find it out when en deavoring to realise on selling their pur chases. Mr Aronson, of the . firm of Rosenthal and Aronson, manufacturing jewellers, agreed with Mr Schafer that a “ Hall Mark ” should be at once esta blished, similar to that used in England, so as to protect the public and the honest makers. Under that system a mark would be placed by the Mint upon all articles of silver and gold jewellery up to the stan dard quality, and the absence of such a mack would place the purchaser at once upon his guard. This reform has fre quently been promised by various Trea surers, and it is % piece of practical legis lation that has been too long delayed. Holloway’s Pills. —Weary of Life Derangement of the liver is one of the mos dangerous of diseases, and the “most prolific source of those melancholy forebodings which arc worse than death itself. A few doses of these noted Pills act magically in dispelling low spirits, and repelling the covert attacks made on the nerves by excessive heat, impure atmos pheres, over-indulgence, or exhausting excite ment. The most shattered constitution may derive benefit from Holloway’s Pills, which will regulate disordered action, brace the nerves, increase the energy of the intellectual faculties, and revive the failing memory. By attentively studying the instructions for taking these Pills, and explicitly putting them in practice, the most desponding will soon feel confident of a perfect recovery. —[ Advt.

MR MILNER STEPHEN AT WELLINGTON.

A Press Association telegram from Wellington says—Mr Milner Stephen on Saturday afternoon gave an exhibition here of his power to cure. The Athenseura Hall was lent for the occa sion, and was crowded to excess, it being estimated that fully 700 persons were present. Amongst then? were the Hon. Thomas Dick and Drs'Key worth and Hutchison. No charge was made for admission to the Hall or to those who received treatment. On ascend ing the stage Mr Stephen said this was the first opportunity in New Zealand that he had had of lecturing, and he wished to make a few explanations as to the power with which he had been gifted by the Almighty. He had for a long period earnestly prayed to God to" give him power to do some wonderful or great work before he died, and this wish had been fulfilled. He was formerly a barrister of these colonies, and it was while he was on circuit in New South Wales that he suddenly be came aware of the power that had been bestowed on him. It occurred in this manner: Mr Stephen was at the house of a gentleman in Sydney who had been deaf for ten years, when, acting on a sudden thought as to his ability to cure, he set about to carry out the idea, and was successful in restoring hearing to the patient after the third treatment. He read several extracts from Australian newspapers of cures that he had effected, and also an affidavit of the medical officer of St. George’s Hospital, Melbourne, as to his ability to cure cancer. He men tioned several other wonderful cures he had effected, the principal of which was the total blindness of a woman in Sydney, who had been given up by her medical advisers as incurable, and that of lengthening by seven inches a young lady’s leg. She had suffered from hip disease, and this had drawn up the leg. After passing his hands down the thigh the hip grew two inches on the first application, three on the second, and then to its natural length. The fact of him being endowed with this wonderful power had reached all quarters of the globe, and only a short time back he received a letter from a lady in Germany asking him to send her some of his power to cure her hus band. He denied that his cures were only temporary, and contended they were even more permanent than those of doctors. About thirty cases I were treated by Mr Stephen, those suffering pain being the first taken. A lady was first to appear. She was suf fering from rheumatic fever, disease of the lungs, and pains in her legs. Mr Stephen made certain passes about the legs, and breathing on a piece of red flannel, placed it on the parts affected, when the sufferer appeared to be con siderably relieved. Her husband. Was then treated for epileptic fits. After

having had his head stroked;* .he. was told that hemight haver one more fir, but, that would be the last. Another old lady, who had been suffering from rheumatism, called down the blessing of the Almighty on him for having been relieved from pain. Four or five cases of long standing deafness were "then treated with varying success. The larger number of these cases of deafness were the result of cold after measles. The next case was one that can feftly be said to be wonderful, and-Mr Stephen was loudly cheered, at the re sult ; this was a young girl named Dora Hathaway, about five years-of age, the daughter of a resident at Mas terton, and she had suffered from para lysis, which rendered it necessary for her to be carried about. Mr Stephen took the child on his knees, and after • stroking her legs for a couple of minutes he put her down and she ran across to her father. This was the most success ful case during* the day. A case of partial blindness was acted upon, jjut not successfully, although, the patient stated he could see innumeyaple bubbles of light. A woman who had been deaf fot twenty years was treated so that she could hear the tick ,0f a watch, and a lad suffering from asthma was relieved and made to breathe freely. A man named Irmbergej, itrijo had lost the sight of one .eye, had it improved, and a lad about nineteen vears old, named Upham, partially blind, stated after treatment that he could see people around him. Mr Stephen also treated with more or less success a number of other cases, com prising pains in the head and Chest, deafness, rheumatism, injury to the spine,'paralysis, blindness, spinal tortion, bent knee, sciatica, and golit. Mr Stephen in his treatment"uses only a silver tube, through which he breathes on the various parts of the bodjep of the patients, red flannel, wadding and magnetised oil. A bottle of magnetised oil or water Was presented to each patient when leaving the halL Another exhibition of a similar nature given next Saturday, |

GENERAL CHANZY.

In our cablegrams in Saturday’s issue, the ,death was announced of “General Chagy.” This was a mistake, the officer who has just died being General one of the moat renowned of French soldiers and the most successful com* mander on the side of the vaaquished in the Franco-Prussian War. The follow ing biography is from “Men ef, the timetr “ Chanzy, Antoine Eugene Alfred, Iras born at Nonart, a little Tillage in the Ardennes, Maach 18, 1823, and first served in the navy, as, ,an (novice) on board the Neptune, m which capacity he accompanied the squadron pf Admiral do Lalande in the East, in 1839 and 1840. On his return to he quitted the navy in order to prepare .hmi self for the Ecole Militaire, into which he was admitted oh October ly iIB4H £id which he left as sub-lieutenant of Zouaftas, October 1, 1843. He served -in Algeria, and took part in all the expeditions in that colony. He K was promoted to bo lieutenant August 1, -1849, ' captaih Hu 1852, and major in 18561- In 1869, at his earnest. request, he obtained permission to make the Italian campaign. Advanopd to the rank of lieutenant-colonel in 1860, he ’made the campaign in Syria, as chief of -the political craji net of General Beaufort d’Hautprfil. He became colonel in the month of May, 1864, and conducted his regiment back to Algeria, where he com manded at one time the columns were ordered to suppress the and at another the subdivisions* at' Bel- Abb&a and Tlemsen. On November 34, 1868, he became a general of brigade. Summoned from Tlemsen to Fra pop on the outbreak of the Franco-Pruasian he-was nominated general of division October 21, 1870; Oommander-in-Ghief of the 16 th Corps on the sth of thetJel lowing month ; and Commander-in-chief of the 2nd Army of the Loire on Decem ber 6. The moat trustworthy detail Kief this, the most remarkable period of his eventful career, are given in a work pub lished by General Chanzy at Paris in 1871, under the title of ‘La Deuxihfee Amide de la Loire.’ Daring the Cota mune he was arrested in Paris, and.,nar rowly escaped the fa l e which befel Generals Lecomte and Cldment Thomfea. Elected a member of the National As sembly for the Department of. t the Ardennes, he cast in his lot with:4£e Left Centre party, of which he, waa elected President May 10, 1872-. i On September 1, 1872, he waa appointed Commander-in-chief of the 7th Amy Corps at Tours, and on June 11, 1873, Governor-General of Algeria- Genwfcl Chanzy was made a Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor December 2, 1870; and was decorated with the /military medal February 13, 1872. On December->lO, 875, he was elected a Senator for I if 6: by 345 votes. He was presented with the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor "in August, 1878. ” - ’ \ '*■ T

NOVEL APPLICATION OF ELECTRICITY.

We learn from a Glasgow paper.*that Mr W. H. Akester, F.S.A., Electrician to the Universal Electric Company, has not only effectually applied electricity to the scaring of burglars, but has ]i}st constructed an instrument which oper ates by electricity for gathering apples, mowing lawns, reaping cereals, hairing hidesj u'ngeing horses, and shearing sheep. It consists of a telescopic bam boo, which 'can be lengthened to the height of any ordinary tree. There is a calico shoot attached to the l|us electrical aparatus, into which the fhiit operated on falls, and thereby fs tjfe&s ipitted into the basket or other yesjel provided for its reception, the latter being placed in any convenient position either at the root of the tree or else where. In fact, the whole apparaths, when denuded of the necessary An nealing wires to the battery, dynamo, or secondary, simply resembles,.-an ordinary walking stick. Besides haying his family sewing machine driven .by a beautiful motor, Mr Akester has lasdy, though not least in ingenuity, con structed an electrical fly-catcher, which, in confectionery and other establish ments where “ flies most do congre gate,” must be invaluable. It consists of a series of plates one-eighth of an inch apart, the spaces being filled with a composition of glue and treacle, which attracts flies in great numbers. Eyery alternate plate is positive and negative, and thejmoment the fly alights on the plates he receives a shock which causes instantaneous death.- We wonder to what electricity and magnetism will be applied next. ,

ARE THE PLANETS INHABITED?

A curious discovery has recently been made by Sen. Schiaparell, Dirfc tor of the Royal Observatory at Hi(an,

THE ASHI3URTON GUARDIAN, MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 1883.



rair I* • t! ’ Milner & Thompson Ashburton, H. M. JONES, Agent. (IPS ORGANS.—Especially suitable u for Churches. Far superior to any Eped Organ near the price for richness r of tone, volume of sound, and of construction. Price—£l2o. „ ORGANS.—By Smith and Co., «■<** andj&mlin, Wood and Co., Esby id'Of , New England Company, and tonga jjid Warner,—from £12125. PIAN OS. —Brinsmead and Sons, roed, Collard jmd Oollard, ErarJ, ireaden Model, ’ and nanufacturers. with ivements.



Wanted WANTED —A Strong BOY for - Blacksmith’s shop. Apply, W. Cockle, Wakanui, or Office of this Paper. 33 WANTED— TENDERS for about seven chains Fencing and two Gates ; labor and material. Specifics tions can be seen on application to the undersigned, at the Borough Council Office. Tenders to be in by TUESDAY, the 9th January. 38 JOHN DAVISON. WANTED KNOWN—That Robert Elston, Burnett street, Ashbur ton, having procured the newest appara tus, is prepared to Sweep Chimneys at very low rates. Any orders left at the Town Hall will receive prompt attention. 7600 ANT ED kTn 7 OWN. That BONEDUST, specially prepared for drilling with carrots, mangolds, etc , can be obtained from the undersigned. F. MAYO, Hampstead Bona Mills. WANTED KNOWN—It is Mr Lan caster’s intention to extend his Bread Business, and he wishes his cus tomers to know he has secured Mr Thomas Hicks to manage that branch. A Cart will be run with Broad alone, independent of the other Two Carts, which will con tinue to run as before. The name of Mr Hicks will be a sufficient guarantee that, under his management. Bread of unex ceptionable quality will be turned out of the FREETRADE BAKERY, East street. — R. Lancaster, Proprietor. 240 Special Advertisements. [With an apology to Green’s Shade.] COEAP BOOTS AND SHOES.—The / BIG SHOP in East Street, Ash burton, has just been opened with an entirely NEW STOCK of English, Foreign, and Cohmial-mide BOOTS and SHOES, which will bo sold at _my usual LOW PRICES, which have given such satisfaction in Tinwald and else where. —C. HAWKINS, “ Munster” Warehouse, Ashburton ; also at Tin wald. THE SCOTTISH IMPERIAL in surance COMPANY. , Head Office: 151, West George street, Glasgow. Capital ... £1,000,000 FIRE RISKS taken at lowest current rates. Claims promptly settled here. W. R. BOYLE, n 7 Agent, Ashburton. SAMUEL SON’S PRIZE SHEAF TWINE BINDER & HARVESTER THE NEW ZEALAND GRAIN AGENCY AND MERCANTILE COM PANY. LIMITED, Have landing, ex Marlborough, their first shipment of the bamnelson PRIZE TWINE BINDER AND HARVESTER. The Machines, which are now being fast sold, have many material improve ments on the one exhibited by Messrs Samuels on last season. Among others we may mention especiaMy the NEW AND STRONG MAIN GEAR FRAME CHAIN LIFTING GEAR ON TRA VELLING WHEEL RAISING AND LOWERING GEAR FOR GRAIN WHEEL PATENT OILING ARRANGE MENTS FOR DRIVING-WH EEL IMPROVED SHIFTING REEL. These, combined with the lightness of draught, lowness of cut, simplicity of con struction, and strength of material, render the machine the most complete offered this season. Thfe Binder is simple and easy to oper ate and automatic, making sheaves regular in size and with perfect separation and good shape, with secure knot. Messrs Samuelson, in perfecting this machine, have avoided complication, and have carefully studied extreme simplicity and facility of adjustm nt. An expert from Messrs Samuelson’s Factory is now on the way out, and will arrive in New Zealand early in December, so'as r.» bo present to render his services during next harvest-. Early application is necessary to avoid disappointment in seem ing a machine. G. G. STEAD, Managing Director. P.- CUNNINGHAM, Consulting Director. W. HORNE, 12au Agent, Ashburton. John Meech, BURNETT STREET, Ashburton, SABINETMAKER & UPHOLSTERER. The above advertiser begs to intimate o his numerous friends and customers hat as he has JXTENDED HIS PREMISES He is now in a position to execute all kinds of FURNITURE at prices to meet THE TIMES. Second-hand Furniture bought and sold. . i First Prize awarded at the late A. and P. Show. Showrooms—Next Bullock’s Arcade. Workshop—Next Mail )ffioe.



P YOU WANT GOOD AND STRONG FURNITURE, GO TO DAVIS’S CHEAP FURNITURE AND BED DING MANUFACTORY, BAST STREET SOUTH, ASHBURTON. fnYERY article Sold at Christchurch Prices and guaranteed best of material and 'workmanship. “ FUN ERA L S * CHEAPLY & COMPLETELY FURNISHED —— -T: 1 516“ ICENBING ACT, 1881, on Sals at f Office of this Paper. RECEIPTS Printed at “The ’ Guardian office.



Special Advertisements. O T 1 0 B. We have now IN STOCK and for sale, ex vessels from Kaipara, a large assort ment of DRESSED AND UNDRESSED Kauri Timber, including sizes to suit all requirements of the Building Trade. WELL - SEASONED TIMBER for .1 Diners and Cabinetmakers. Also, from Foxton, ex Awaroa and Forest Queen, Totaral Black Pine, of the best quality to be obtained. 021 TUCKER, RESTELL & CO. JEL M. Jones' DESIRES to call special attention to the following i f eiia, which have been carefully selected for the coming Festive Season : BOOKS ! BOOKS !! REW ARD, PRESENTATION, and PRIZE BOOKS. NEW VOLUMES— Boys’ Own Annual Girls’ Own Annual Chatterbox Child's Companion Infants’ Magazine, &0,, &o. POETS— VARIOUS Authors; Sir Walter Scott’s Works, new edition, complete. TOYS ! TOYS !! TOYS !! ! GBEAT VARIETY—in Wood, Tin, China, and Indiarubber. DOLLS ! DOLLS !! DOLLS !! ! ALL STZ V S—From one inch to two feet—in Wood, Rag, China, Composition, etc. FANCY GOODS ! FANCY GOODS ! ‘ A NICE SELECTION of the above, suitable for Christmas Presents and New Year Gifts. y&f' ALL the above Goods are offered at the LOWEST Possible Prices for CASH. A LIBERAL DISCOUNT allowed to schools on parcels of Toys, Books, etc. PIANOS, ORGANS, BRASS, and STRINGED INSTRUMENTS ON DEFERRED PAYMENTS. H. M. JONES, BURNETT ST. & BARING SQUARE. 13d -\TEWEST BOOKS at R- BE VAN’S, J3J Sakndees’ Buildings. Cassell’s Popular Educator, Chambers’ Journal of Popular Literature, Mayhew’s Illustrated Horse Management, the Leisure Hour, Every Boy’s Annual, Little Wide-Awake, Chatterbox, Children's Friend, Child’s Companion, Infant’s Magazine, Band of Hope Review, Morning Dewdrops (by Mrs 0. L. Balfour), Captain Cook’s Voyages, and others, A large stock of second-hand books—all offered at the lowest possible price for cash. 32 g ATE YOUR GRAIN AND PURCHASE Walter A. Wood's TWINE REAPER AND BINDER, Which obtained the FIRST PRIZE and GOLD MEDAL against all comers at the TRIAL held last season in Christ church, u dor the auspices of tha Canter bury A. and P. Association. This Machine combines Lightness of Draught, Simplicity of Construction, Ease of Managemknt, Durability, and with Quantity and Quality of Work. Ealing, 21st December, —To Messrs j Poyntz and Co,—Gentlemen. —In an- I swer to your enquiry 1 might state that the Wood’s Twine Binder, works to my entire satisfaction,and may mention that during last season, I cut 154 acres of wheat during a stiong wind with perfect ease, and produced good work. Yours truly, Henry Herne, manager for J. E. Ruddenkiau, Newlands, 22nd December, —Messrs Poyntz and Co., Ashburton.—l have this day completed cutting 25 acres of rye grass on my farm at Newlands, with a W. A. Wood’s Twine Binder, purchased from you last year, to my entire satisfaction. The crop is now lying on the ground, and speaks for itself. Anyone wishing to see the crop can do so on visiting my farm. Yours faithfully, Martin Griffin, FOR SALE— Second-hand GRASS-STRIPPER. FOR SALE- Second-hand McCormick REAPERS and BINDERS. FOR SALE— Four-horse DRAY. FOR SALE— A WAGONETTE, in capital order. FOR SALE— An Eight-horse-power ENGINE, by Clayton and Shattlewonh, in good order. FOR SALE COMBINE, by Marshall. ON SALE BINDER TWINE, WIRE, and OIL, at current rates. Poyntz & Co., AGENTS 21d rpHB GUARDIAN is on every Tea •L Table in Ashburton.



Special Advertisements* mHE BEST VALUE FOB, READY J_ MONEY IB TUB MEN’S AND BOYS’ CLOTHING Manufactured * BY TUB NEW ZEALAND Clothing Factory, Which can be purchased at their Retail Branches all over New Zealand. A SINGLE GARMENT AT THE WHOLESALE PRICE. Thousands of discerning customers testify that the Now Zealand Clothing Factory’s Garments are the very best for READY MONEY. Ashburton Branch; EAST STREET. W. SPARROW, Manager. b!9 c HRISTMAS PRESENTS. JUST OPENED UP, A Large and Choice Selection of’ FANCY GOODS TOYS PRIZE BOOKS. &c., &0., &c. Andrewes Bros., BOOKSELLERS, STATIONERS, &o. East street south, Ashburton. n!5 c O A L. COAL. COAL. We have now IN STOCK, ex Con ference, a large supply of the Old Bambton Coal. This is the BEST HOUSE COAL imported. 18n TUCKER, RESTELL & CO. VT OTICE TO BLACKSMITHS, iM BREWERS, AND OTHERS. Just landed, ex Mary Campbell, from Greymouth, a supply of the CELEBRATED Brunner Coal, The best procurable for blacksmith and steam purposes. n 27 TUCKER, RESTELL & 00. Thomas Taylor, B AKER AND CONFECTIONER, East street. WEDDING OAKES To Order. Manufacturer of CIDER AND OTHER CORDIALS,



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