NOTES.

The sheep-shearers throughout Aus tralia and New Zealand having banded themselves together, after the manner of ihose who follow other trades and callings — as for example the seamen, carpenters and joiners, printers, lumpers, and others — have formed a Union for their mutual pro tection, with the object of keeping up the price of shearing to what they deem a fair rate. And if the price so fixed be really a fair one m relation to the price of wool, no one can blame the shearers for applying m their own case* the doctrine that " Union is Strength," and carrying out that principle of self-preservation which is the first law of Nat.ure. We do not now propose to discuss the question as to whether the rate per hundred sheep fixed by the Shearers' Union is a fair one, our present object being merely to gbnce for a moment at the counter move ot the sheep farmers m one district of the colony, viz., m the district ot the Amuri where they are banded together m an Association which has just passed certain very uncompro mising resolutions. One of these binds the members of the Association not to employ any member of the Shearers' Union either at shearing time or at any other period of the year ; while under another, a deputation has been ap pointed to wait upon the agent of a certain line of vessels with a view to bringing Kaffir shearers over from South Africa. Thus, it seems that the Amuri sheep farmers propose to boycott the shearers of the colony, and to bring over a set of semi-savages to take their places m the shearing sheds. Now, if this is a right and proper thing for the Amuri sheep farmers to do, it would clearly be equally right and proper for agricultural farmers, and for manufac turers, tradesmen, and contractors to import cheap Chinese and Japanese labor to supplant the ordinary laborer and artisan. But New Zealand, if that policy were pursued, would speedily become subject to all the evils which have attended the Mongolian influx into California, and which are generi cally grouped under the expressive term '• the yellow agony," and instead of being a country m which industry and thrift are the high road to comfort and competence, will become a country m which a few wealthy persons will dominate over a host of serfs. The Legislature has wisely prevented our being overrun by Chinese by imposing a poll-tax of £10 per head, and it will be necessary now to extend that measure and impose a like poll-tax upon Kaffirs and other colored semi savages whose presence among us m large numbers would be infinitely worse than a wholesale invasion of Celestials.

Now that economy is the watchword of the hour, he that can show how savings can be legitimately effected may at least divide the honors with the proverbial " two blades of grass " benefactor. And one of those entitled to credit for sensible suggestions m this direction is Mr Caleb Whitefoord, the Resident Magis trate for the Kaiapoi district. A man was recently charged before him at Rangiora with horse stealing, and admiited the offence. He, the offender, had, of conrse, to be committed for tria.', but the Magistrate expressed his regret that it was also necessary to bind over alljthe witnesses to appear, sug gesting that the law should be amended, so that on an admission m the lower Court by the prisoner of his guilt, it should be only necessary to forward the depositions to the higher Court, and not to trouble the witnesses to attend. In an article upon this sug gestion the "Tiraaru Herald" points out that "a considerable saving would thus be effected m the admistration of justice, as under the present system every witness for the Crown is paid his expenses from the public purse. The cost of the Crown Prosecutor would also be saved, because it would not be necessary to frame an indictment or to appear to prosecute. All that would be required would be for the Magistrate to commit the prisoner to griol till the first sittings of the higher Court, and to send the depositions to the Registrar with a properly attested memorandum by the magistrate that the prisoner had pleaded guilty. The latter would also have to sign the document. The Judge would read the depositions, so as to obtain a knowledge of the gravity of the case, and would then proceed to entence the prisoner. . . . . . We d© not understand Mr Whitefoord to mean that a person charged m the lower Court with an indictable offence should be asked at the outset whether he pleads Guilty or Not Guilty, but that the proceedings should be conducted exactly as they are at present as regards the taking of the deposition*, and that, when that part of the business is con cluded, the prisoner should be allowed to plead. If he pleaded Not Guilty it would be for the magistrate to say whether there was sufficient evidence to commit; if, on the other hand, the plea was Guilty, the course would be as we have already indicated, and as sug gested by Mr Whitefoord." The ." Herald" very properly points out, as regards the form of plea, that " No loose admission would be sufficient. It would be necessary that the position should be fully explained to the prisoner, and that he should be made to understand what would follow on a plea of Guilty," ; but adds, "we are satisfied that with proper precautions the alteration of the law suggested by Mr Whitefoord might be advantageously made." With that view we entirely concur, and also m the opinion that not only would a considerable saving be effected m the course of a year m the cost of the administration of justice, but that the change suggested would save a large amount of inconvenience and expense to persons who otherwise must attend the criminal sessions of the Supreme Court m the capacity of wit fiesses.

Anything like a break m the cloud of depression which has so long over shadowed the colony, and the promise of the returning sunshine of prosperity, is heartily welcome, and it really begins to look as though this were coming m the shape of a revival of goldmining. Those who remember what an effect the discovery of gold m Gabriel's Gully had m the early days of Otago will re cognise what an immense fillip would be given to everything throughout the colouy if only some similar discovery

could now be made ; and it is therefore [ exceedingly cheering to note that both on the West Coast and m Otago there are premises of a great revival of the goldmining industry. News from the Swiss Republic mine at Cedar Creek, near Ross, speaks of an. extraordinarily rich patch being struck, and this m 'a reef more than 3ft thick ; and from Otago comes neivs of magnificent suc cesses on some of the ShotoverTerraces, which, according to the " Otago Daily Times," promise to "rival the mining discoveries of former days." Writing of the claims of Messrs Davis Brothers and Mr R. Johnson, situated m that locality, the journal named says that these "terraces, which for many years past have been considered as worked out and worthless of being counted as legitimate assets m the industiial bal ance sheet of the district, show that with well-directed enterprise and judi ciously expended capital such • worth less' ground may be made to yield returns which completely beggar those of the e-rly days of the first rush, and for permanence do not even bear com parison with them. Although both parties maintain a discreet sibnee as to their actual gettings, they do not by any means hide the fact that they are ' very well satisfied indeed.' Shortly after commencing work at the face of 'their first paddock Messrs Davis Brothers were offered £10,000 for then venture, which they refused unhesita tingly. The first preliminary washings up proved that the refusal was a wise one. Besides obtaining highly payable yields they also proved the existence of a large quantity of fine gold hitherto quite unsuspected, and which they saved by the, judicious adoption of j blanket strakes and ripples. This fine gold amounted m iiself to mote than enough to pay high interest on the out lay and clear all the working expenses. So satisfied are Messrs Davis Brothers with their prospects that they do not intend to w?sh up before next winter, when, with an average good water supply, they modestly expect to lift about icwt of gold, independent of the blanketings. Mr Robert Johnson, who includes m his leases the ground of Grace and party, a name famous for one of the greatest mining cases m New Zealand, m which the party had to pay damages for encroachment, seems to have got on to a similarly rich run of gold, and is credited with having obtained iooooz of gold during last summer's work. These brilliant suc cessess were, of course, not obtained without much outlay of labor and capital, and the employment of an equal amount of practical knowledge and sound judgment However, the immediate result was that the terraces which abound m the Shotover Valley were once more rushed. The ground is covered with pegs and decorated with 'notices' m every direction, and the local papers are flooded with appli cations for licensed holdings." The article from which the foregoing is ex tracted goes on to tell of other mining revivals m the Otago district, but we have already given sufficient to show that there is a really encouraging pros pect of light ahead, and a promise of an early return of better days.

THE LANGWORTHY MARRIAGE.

(" Lyttelton Times.") Towards the end of April last London began to be very much excited about the Laugwortby marriage, and by the middle of May the excitement became oxtreme. What is the Lanftwortby marriage 1 It is the subject of the last sensation of the '♦new journalism" [by the Pall Mall Gizette] which Matthew Arnold has taken to writing about bo much. . . . The story is a Btory of woman's imprudent trust, and man's calculating perfidy. It opacs with a dramatic touch— a >oung man, rich, passably good looking, very idle, is enjoying, with many chuckles, the protracted death a^oniea of a wretobed animal he has tortured and flang into a well to drown. This cruel wretch is the hero, Mr Langworthy, barrißter-at-law, owner of the steam yacht Meteor, inheritor of great wealth, etc., etc. He is a widower, who, during his life, wbb supposed to have been unkind to his wife, who, poor lady, " died," — the reference is highly BUggeßtlve — "m mid-ocean." The heroine is a high-spirited, handsome, clever, virtuous, impulsive, trustful Irieh girl, a graduate of Trinity College, Dublia, who at the time of meeting the hero is making a comfortable living by the profession of teaching. They meet, and they love, Hepropoeen, she accepts, and there are the usual demonstrations and rapturous exclamations, by vrhlch it is ma^e apparent that troth is, if not siranger than fiotion, at least very muoh like it. She had a holiday, be persuades her to take a run acrons to France m bis yacht the Meteor, a floating palace, m which ho offers her "a love of a cabin," and the moat stern, and the most respectable of etern and respectable ohaperonea. She agrees m a moment of weakness and embarks. At Caen she is surprised, at two hours' notice, into mar riage by some wretched " Abbe," or pre tended" Abbe," m a village churoh with, out a vritneßß or spectator. Naturally she is not satisfied, whereupon Mr Lang worthy carries her to Antwerp, and takes her to a fine old Amerioan Presbyterian olergyman, who agrees to marry the pair. They are married according to the beauti ful ceremony of the Presbyterian Churoh before two witnesses. Nothing can be more solemn, nothing more binding to the human conscience thf n the marriage oath so frequently repeated during that service. We hava the words and proce dure of the service, the demeanour of tho parties, and the witnesses, and ihe pious simple exhortation which good old Or P Us gives to tho Dewly-mani«d pair, ao oording to the custom of the divines of the Presbyterian Church. Miss Long fa satis fied that she is no longer Miss Long Edward, who, bfing a barrister of the loner Temple, kai ws ali about it-, and alao being her Fdward, 1b incapable if deception, Edward has told hia Milly that she is Mrs Laug worthy from that day forth. Edward however, keeps the marriage certificate, informing Mrs Milly that he Intends to eend it to hia solici tors, the Messrs Birobam, for hotter secur ing the secrecy of their marriage. Why was It neoessary to be secret ? Edward has a mother, a very dragon of an old lady, who enjoys almost fabulous wealth, who has refused to allow her aristocratic son — also the son of a most respectable though successful ootton spinner — to wed with a person who has " been engaged m teach ing." Now what Edward, who was a bar rister, knew about this moßt satisfactory marriage waa not wbat ho had told hie poor wife, He knew that a mar riage between British subjects celebrated m a foreign place, to be valid m the eye of English law, must be valid according to the lex loci. In Belgium the marriage Is, according to tho law, a civil contract merely. Anybody that pleases can add a religious ceremony, but the religious cere mony is, for tho purpose of the Belgian marriage law, useless. Indeed, anyone conducting a religions marriage service without proof that the civil ceremony- has been gone through is subject, under the Code, to fine and imprisonments Mr Liugwortby, therefore knew thftt : tfc|.

marriage by Dr Potts was not a marriage valH m the eye of tho law. The cruel deception dons not seem to havo spoilt Mr Langworthy'a enjoyment of tho honeymoor. For some months the newly wedded pair travelled, Mrß Langworthy being alwaya introduced to fritods aa Mrs Langworfchy, and finally they Btarted In the Meteor for Buenos Ayrea where Mr laug worthy baa some vary fine propertii 8, and is considered a vary rising and money makin;» peraou. Before arriving at Buanos Ayrea "Mr Langworthy learns that hlawlfo is about to become a mother. There ia a change m his manner. Love departs, aud brutality ttikrs his place. Finally, Mr Langwnrthy tolls his wife that she is no wifa at all, ordem her ont of the yaobt into a tender waiting alongside — they had $ot to Buanoß Ay res by tMs time -gives har £50, a box- of ooarae fhunel for her child, and tickets for herself and her sister for a passage on board a tub of a trader about to start for Europa. The distracted helplern women leave the yacht, aud thus enda the Grst p*rt of tho story. The second deals with tho law. Tho wife, abandoned an \ flung off, outraged and si an dered, applies for redress to the courts of her country . How she was kept at bay for two years by subterfuges of winch it is impossible to write with calm ne- s ; how at last Sir James Hnnnen was obliged reluctantly to declare the marriage invalid ; how the injured wife was awarded £1200 a year alimony for the time her suit had been pending ; how the ! husband ws»s ordered to pay all the costs ; how he kept out of the jurisdiction and paid nothing ; how his wife at last pounced upon him and distrained on his goods ; how these goods turned out to bo ! chiefly his mother's property ; how ho therefore failed to get his decree absolute ; how many artistic Hob and scientific false hoods there were m the suit ; how fortunate the wife was m her solicitors, Messrs Lumley and Lumley ; how at last tho wife, having been caat off, has brought an action for breach of promise ©f marriage, and the rich husband has flown to the protection of the Bankruptcy Court — these are things it is impossible to go into here m detail. They are all set forth m great minuteness, and with great power, method, and clearness m the columns of the " Pall Mall Gazette," where they constitute one of the most remarkable chapters of the romance of fact which has ever been printed. The publication ha 3 stirred the hearts of many thousands of people, evoking sympathy ef the tenderest and the moat lively with virtue outraged and m distress. Subscriptions come m to the editor, and many have declared their determination to help this poor, forlorn, deceived creature to wrest from her destroyer com pensation for tho awfal wrong he hae done. That la one of the reaaonß why tbe editor has taken this new departure m tho new journalism. Another is that a scoundrel ,7.ho is beneath the reach of morality and beyond the pale of honor may feel the shame of public opinion On his last voyage to Europe it may be as well to mention that tbe scoundrel was subjected to a general boycott. Other reasons there are for this publication, which may be gathered from the story too. The marrlßge laws require to ba under stood, and, when understood, reformed. For example, a m m who swindles a woman of her honor should be punished just as he would, be for the commission of any. other fraud. Again, though the same law binds the rich and the poor, that law fs accessible always to the rich, and but seldom to the poor. That fact cannot be too plainly stated, or too long kept before the public, or, when condemnation is neoeasary, too severely condemned. And yet another reason. What Is the practice with the lawyers, even the moet eminent, when conducting their cases 1 Do they con tout themselves with fair means of protecting the money bags oat of vrhiuh came their fat fees ? Or do they reeort sometimes to practices which honorable men onght to blush to mention ? Let any man read tbta etory of the Lsngworthy case, and he will find much food for well-directed speculation m this direction. Having read the story, we aay without hesitation that it Is well for the pure light of free comment to be thrown upon tbe practices of lawyers, even of so oh men as Sir Charles Russell and Mr Inderwick, whose names are so frequently m the repots of great oases, and of the Messrs Biroham, who are said to have an unblemished name and • high record.

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Other oases could be cited, bat these will be snffiolent to show that your Pul- monio Elixir Is a remedy of no mean order. From O. F. Salteb, Esq., Barrister and Solioltor— Inglls' Buildings, Chrlstohnroh. March 20, 1884. I have used yoar Palmonio Elixir In my fftmily for some years past, and have found It very efficaolous m chest and throat complalntß. From Wiujam Rebd, Esq., Shipping and Customs Agent — Lyttelton, Nov. 28. 1883. I have used your Lung Preserver m my family for the last fourteen yearß, there* fora have the greatest pleasure m bearing testimony to its effioaoy m the treatm of coughs, colds, bronchitis, oroup who ing oough, etc I have recommend to my friends, who have aleo proved very palatable and speedy oure for o and throat complaints. I have ualfo found a single dose of " Lung Freeerv chcok a severe paroxysm of ooughing ■hall on all occasions have great plea In recommending it to sufferers, as I aider li a boon to mankind. 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I did so, and from that time I have never been without it m the house, have found it to answer m every reßpect for coughs, colds, and sore throat, and would strongly advise thoiaa that are suf- fering from suoh complaints to try lt. To be had of all Chemists and Store- keepers, m bottles, Is lid, 8s 9d, 4s 6d and 11s eaoh. Wholesale Ager»ts-^J. Baxter, Chemist, SI, Yiotorla street, Ohristohuroh ; Mecßrs P. H^yman and Co. , Sainßbury, Ellladon and Co, *nd Kempthorne, Prouaer and Co,, and may also be obtained of mer- chants throughout New Zealand. /&*Purchasers are requested to ask for , Baxter's Lung Preserver. Be cautious against being put off with some other medioine, which dealers may recommend, solely on the ground of having mote pro- fit. DR. ROOKE'S MEDICINES. DR. ROOKJR'S 6RIENTAL PILLS. DR. ROOKE'S SOLAR ELIXIR. These well-known Family Medicines have had a continually Increasing sale throughout the United Kingdom and tho British Colonies, sinoo their introduction m 1836, and are especially noted for their Strengthening and Restorative proper- ties. : Henoe the invariable success m the Relief and Cure of Indigestion, Liver Complaints, Asthma, Bronohitis, Pul- monary, Consumption, Rheumatism, Gout, Sorofula, General Debility, and all Diseases of the Nervous System, whether arising from a sedentary mode of life, un- healthy occupation, nnealubrlous olimate, or other cause whatover. 1 DR. ROOKE'S ORIENTAL PILLS Are sold m boxes at 1b Ijd and 4s 6d each DR. ROOKE'S SOLAR ELIXIR Is aold m botties at 4b 6d and 11b eaoh DR. ROOKE'S MEDICINES may be obtained of all Ohemiate and Patent Medioine Vendors ; and ol «y Agent J; BAXTER, Chemist, Christohukch. DR. ROOKE'S MEDICINES may bo obtained of all Chemists and Patent Medioine Vendors; and of my Agent J, BAXTER, Chemist, Ohiubtohuboh, DR. ROOKE'S ANTI-LANOET. DR. ROOKE'S ANTI-LANOET. Every Household should possess a Copy. AH whs wish to Preserve Health and thus to prolong life should read Dr. Eooke's " Anti-Lancet," or ".baa Guide to Domestlo Medioine," which tains 172 pages, and is replete with anec- dotes, sketches, frtagraphioai matte r, traits of eminent oian, etc. DR. ROOKE'S ANTI-LANOET may be obtained Gratia of J. Baxtbr, Chemist, Ohriatohuroh ; or, pOBt free, from Dr. Rooks, Scarborough, England. DR. ROOKE'S ANTI-LANOET. Cton- oerning this book, the lato eminent author Sheridan Knowlos, observed:— "lt will be an Incalculable boon to every person who read and think. CROSBY'S BALSAM OOUGH ELIXIR la specially recommended by several eminent Physicians, and by Dr. Rooke, Scarborough, author of thd " Anti Lan- oet." It has been used with the most signal success for Asthma, Bronchitis, Consump- tion, Coughs, Influema, Consumptive Night Sweats, Spitting of Blood, Short- ness of Breath, and all Affections the Throat and Chest. Sold m bottles, at Is 9d, 4s 6d an<s lb eaoh, by J. Baxxjb Chemist, Victoria street, Ohristohuroh, and wholestla by Jambs M. Okosby, Chemist, Scarborough. should road Crosby's Pure Treatise on "Disease of the Langs and , ara-vessals," a oopy of whloh o»n ba had , Gmtii of all ChimUtr ' KB J OHH B A



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Public Notice TTIGHEST CASH PRICES given for Wool and Skins AT THE Ashtourton Woollen Factory. 4°1 14 OENTKAL. HOTEL* JW. MoHAE having taken tho above , Hotel, solicits a share of patronage .iom the people of Anhburton and sur- rounding districts. Boßt Brands of Wine's Spirits and Beers. Good Stablfng—Feeds, Onb Shilling, "^.orßoo and Buggies to let on hire a pvk33s to meot the times. For the convenience of travellers hftnnnm cab will meat all trains. ¥7- EATING'S POWDER destroys oth JLV fleas, moths, bedtlos, and all nseots, whilst quite harmless to domestlo nnimala. In exterminating beetles the uocesa of this powder is extraordinary. is perfeotly olean m application, ne article you purohase la KEATlNG'*- imitations are noxious and ineffectual Sold m tins, 6d, Is, and 2s 6d eaoh, by chemists. 1 NOTICE TO SHEEP OWNERS. Joseph Ford's Patent Mixture, A PERFECT OURE for all aoour and lung worm m sheep. One gallon sufficient for 160 sheep. Price, 17s 6d for one gallon ; two gallon tins, 17s per gallon. Sent to any part on remittance to JOSEPH FOAD, Eallng. F. FERRIMAN, Agent for Aehburtpn. A IEJNTB WANTED. 4+279 /AYARD AND BLAYN PAPER SIXTY years of great success proclaim Bnperiority m the treatment of Violent Oolds, Irritation of the Chest, Achinp, Sprain Sprainß, Soreß, Scalds, Corns, Bunions, Sof Corns, etc. This medicine, the property o which has been established more than half a century by thousands of cures, iB of an invalu- able use m many inflammatory diseases against which there are not many effi actons remedies, and is therefore jnstly considered by a great number of our most eminent physicians as tho moßb active and least irritating agent m the bovo affectionß. In order to avoid counterfeiting, Messrs Fayard and Blayn's signature has to be required on every roll of paper and on the box. Wholeaalo 30, Rue Soint-Merri, Paris (France) and sold by all Chemists m. the olonies; G. L BEATH & CO. OHRISTCHUROtf. fIELSON, LONDON. Cashel street. Trafalgar street. Fore street' GREAT Stocktaking Sale, OF £35,000 WORTH OF GENERAL DRAPERY AND CLOTHING. the same time we shall offer the Stock of MESSRS SHAW & CO., DUNTROON, Bought at 6s 8d AND 10s IN THE £. Along vith Warehousemen's Stock (bought at a tremendous Discount) of 1204iYABDS. DRBBS SICILIANS AND ROYAL CORDS. Is 9d roduced to 9Jd 2b reduced to lljd 2a reduced to ll£d 2a 6d reduced to Is 3£d No bettor material made for giving good wear. For p&rtioulars sea Price Lists, G. L. Beath & (Jo., i ARGYLB HOUSE, CHRISTCHURCH. NEW BOOKS AND NE W SUPPLIES OF BOOKS. H. J. WOOD & CO., STATIONER'S HALL, 240, HIGH 8 CHHIBT CHURCH, And Fbibdlandbrs 1 Boildings. ABHBURTON. WE receive from London publishin firms regular shipments of from 15 to 20 cases monthly by the direc steamers. The reading public are respectfully 1 invited to inspect our largo and varied Stock of Bookß m every branch o Literature. As we buy for cash and buy largely, we are allowed extra discounts, and are In a position to give exceptional advan- tages to our cußtorpnrH, and a libora discount on parcel, and to Library Committees. H. J. WOOI' & 00. Wholesale and Ketail Booksellers and Stationers, OHRISTOHUROH A ASHBUETON. ACCOUNT* BOOKS In every variety of flizo anil! style of ruling, from the largest Imperial Ledger extra eupor handmade, full calf, double JRusßia bands, down to a penny Pass Book. A very Large Stock always kept, and any 1 stylo and size made to cider, Writing, Printing, and Wrapping Papers n any quantity. ! ■ Commercial and General Stationery and every description of Stationers' Sundries, Commercial Note and Letter Papers, by the case or packet — an assortment of Over 3000 reams m Btock. Commercial Envelopes— over 3,000,0' stock m Christchurch. Cream Laid Ruled Foolscap — over 350 ; earns m stock. Brown Wrapping, Double Imperial various' weights, by the bale or ream- best value m New Zealand. ' School Sxeroise Books — over 100 gross assorted : i stock. School Slates, Oopy Books, atd School Roquißites, Parchm ruled and headed "Thiß Deed." FUBSCRIBERS WANTED For Illustrated London News, Sporting and Dramatic News, Scientific American, Young Ladies' Journal, Family Herald, Family Reader, The Graphic, Engineer, Punch, Home News, European Mail, Bow Bells.— We deliver m town immediately I on arrival, and we post to subscribers m all parts of the country without delay, H. J. WOOD & GO. Stationers' Hall, 240, High street, OHRIBTOHUROH, And at Friedlandera' Buildings. ABBPDBT.QN



MOTHER SEIGEL'S OPERATING PILLS, For Constipation, Sluggish Liver, &c. TTNLIKE mafiy kinds of cathartic U medicines, do not make you feel worse before you feel better. Their operation is gentle, but thorough, and unattended with disagreeable effects, such as nausea, griping pains, &c. Seigel's Operating* Pills are tho best family physio that hag\ever been discovered. They cleanse tho bowels from all irritating substances, and leave them m a healthy condition . The best remedy extant for the bane of our lives — constipation and sluggish liver. These Pills provent fevers and all kinds of sickness by removing all poisonous matter from the bowels. They operate briskly, yet mildly, with- out any pain. If you take a severo cold, and aro threatened with a fever, with pahiß m the head, back, and limbs, ono or two doses of Seigel's Operating Pills will break up the cold and prevent the fever. A coated tongue, with a brackish tasto, is caused by foul matter m tho stomach. A few doses of Seigel's Operating Pills will cleanse the stomach, remove tho bad taste, and re- store tho appetite, and with it bring .good health. ' Oftentimes disease, or partially de- cayed food, causes sickness, nausea and diarrhoea. If tho bowels aro cleansed from this impurity with a dose of Seigei's Operating Pills, these disagreeable effects will vanish, and good health will result, , S eigel's Operating Pills prevent ill-effects from excess m eating or drinking. A good dose at bedtime renders a person fit for business m the morning. These Pills, being sugar-coated, are pleasant to take. The disagreeable taste common to most pills is obviated. FOR SALE BY ALL CHEMISTS, DRUGGISTS, AND MEDICINE VENDORS. PROPRIETORS: A. J. WHITE, LIMITED,