The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1890. RETRENCHMENT.

The Ministerial party have given many evidence? of late that they feai tho verdict of the country at the forth coming election?. They have post poned the evil day of reckoning as long as possible, and meanwhile the Ministerial journals are striving might and main to bring the Retrenchment Party into disfavor with tho country. It is hoped that by means df"delay,and misrepresentation of tho Opposition, the country will forgot tho incom petence of the Ministry and the com plete somersault they' have turned on the retrenchment question. Ministers entered upon office three years ago with a pledge on their lips to in augurate aud carry out rigid economy, and the Parliament just concluded has witnessed these same Ministers iighting tooth and nail against legitimate reductions ml the salaries of highly paid Civil Servants. While there was a clamour for economical administra tion of public affairs, no combination of public men were more enthusiastic m making reductions than Ministers and their supporters: p but, believing that the " roar for retrenchment" had died away to a whisper, scarcely audible, attempts were nikHe by the quondam Retrenchment (&overninent i to again raise salaries and reintroduce [the old order of extravag&nce. In I this they were signally defeated py the House, with the result that something like L 64,000 of expenditure was struck oft" the main and supplementary Esti mates. Ministers and Ministerial journals pooh-pooh thi§ annual saving from the salaries of overpaid Govern ment officials, but the taxpayers 'realise thatthelargeamOuntthuSsarved has been the means of abolishing the obnoxious Primage duty, and dispensing with the necessity for'lncreas^eti'taxation m other directions. The insincerity of the Ministry m. the matter of retrench ment has liecn too glaring to be for gotten even if the elections had been postponed for two years; anfl the I action of certain metropolitan journals : iil turning a complete somersaiklt on ' this important question is likewise too apparent riot to be observed even by the most superficial elector. : The Ministry and their strong journalistic following three years ago could speak, think, or write of nothing but retrench ment; but to-day these saaie patriots to their country's cause point their fingers derisively at the economists who wrung from the Ministry an annual saving which will assist very, materially to place the finances of the Colony m a sound position, as well as to lighten the burden of taxpayers. The retrenchment feeling m the colony is not yet so dead as Ministerial sup porters think, and we much mistake 1 ' the people of New Zealand if they do not on the oth of December next enter a vigorous protest" against Jtfinisters' who have proved untrue to the prin ciples upon winch they undertook bfllco. On the retrenchment question alone, apart from their total incom petence to lead tlie lead the House or carry measures, Ministers arc likely to sutler a defeat at the elections, not withstanding the desperate steps being taken by .supporters to popularises them with the country. Tho true economists •have not yet finished their work m the House, and the country is not likely to deny them the privilege of doing so by returning.to power a party pledged to obstruct economy m every shape and form.

LOCAL AND GENEHAL

The street lamps m Gora, Southland, were lighted on Tuesday night by water gas. The degree of M.D. has been conferred on Mr Gray Hassall, of Wellington, by the Aberdeen University. In the Japanese House of Peers just elected there are 22 fanners, 15 merchants, and but owe nobleman. In one of the Chicago hospitals 25 per cent of the patients are suffering from the effects of cigarette smoking. John Burns, the loader of the dockmen m London, says that the men are more sober since they have shorter hours and more pay than before. The " Bruce Herald " states that a lot of wool, the clip of some thousand sheep, was pafssed m at the price offered m Dutiedin and sent to London, where it failed to reach the price offered before shipment. ■ We regret to be unable to record any improvement on the health of Mrs John Henry, of the Commercial Hotel. The lady has been ill for several weeks, and her case has assumed a more serious aspect. An Oamarn contemporary complains that Crown land for sale m the Oamaru district js advertised, not m the local papers, but m ■,% Dunedin evening newspaper, having no (circulation m the Oamaru district. A bookseller m Vienna was called upon to* bind a volume of 100 leaves worth 100,000 gulden. Each leaf was a bond for 1000 V 'ukleu, the book being the gift of the owner to his only daughter. ( Ine of the students at Trinity University Col tege, Melbourne, on behalf of students rece, itly made a number of charges against the Varden. He was given half an hour to produ c proof, and failing to do so within the allt »*ted time was expelled, whereupon 50 stmk ***s left the College m a body. . A lady* .m Colchester is using a lamp chimney that slie has had and used daily for the past eight years, and she expects to use it for many yV ars yet- She Siiya sne boiled it m sa\ 'f and water when it was bought m 1882, & 11(1 n» matter how large a flame runs through i*i & won't break. ; At a conferenceoof. f- Fruit Boards m Hobart it was agreed, as there were 12,844 acres used for orchard purpt 'ses m Tasmania, to ask the Government to appoint an entomologist from England or America, to be paid by Government out of the consolidated revenue, to aid orchardists m keeping down insect ports. ■ ' ■ • : Yesterday a man with ti«e Italian name of Tonabaci, and the English «l<«* °f William Simpson, was sent a mou.*J» *° oaolty tlie Mayor and Mr Alfred Harris.'»» im' the theft of a watch. It appears the w. had been stolen from one Travels on *ne 29th of I September, and sold m Ashburton' f°r Od ; the police valued it at £2. A very interesting scene was enai"'*^ m one of Masterton's side streets the other evening, when a gay young benedict,^ °f flirtation renown, was subjected to about *s severe a castigation at the hands of i«» enraged brother-in-law as one need wish fo** m a life time. The interview, has, Aye under stand, had the desired effect.—" Wairarapa Daily." An invention has been brought out m Eng land by which butter is made instantane ously by a machine working m conjunction with the separator! Contrary to the general conception as to a slow motion being required for clntrniug, the dasher m this machine re volves at the rate of 3000 revolutions per minute, and a very short time by this bii3tness-likc process suffices to mak.e butter of a very high closet

She: "It ytiW be a pleasure for me to share your troubles arid anxieties." He: " But I haven't any." She : " Oh, you will have when n6 are married." In our leading article hot evening on the dummying of land a olerico.l error occurcd, by which it was made to appear that nine persons applied, on behalf of a powerful land company, for" IJKJ2 acres of kind m South CEinterbury. The acreage referred to should have read "Between 10,000 and 11,000 acres.',( A,ne>v French clock contains a novel appli cation of the magnet. Tiic clock is shaped like a tambourine, with a circle of flowers paiutsd on its he id. Around the circle two l)co3 crawl, the larger one requiring twelve hours to eoniple its circuit, while the smaller one makes it every hour. Different flowers represent the hours, and the bees, which are of iron, arc moved by two magnets behind 1 the head of the tambourine. The " Bay of Plenty Times " of Septem ber 22nd says ;r—Our recently imported type setting machii^ry is giving much satisfaction. In a short time, after thoroughly mastering the kbys, one girl will be able to set up the " Bay of Plenty Times" daily. As these machiues are played like a piano, and, there fore specially suited for female labor, the pre sent ungallant attitude of the Typographical Society m excluding women from the type setting trade, should cause a groat demand for these type-sotting machines worked by omposotriccs. We have tome young ladies on our staff at present learning these machines, and we expect shortly to require more. The unusually mild winter through which New Zealand haa just passed, has not been without its drawbacks. In most parts of the South Island complaints arc already b«iug made of the scarc>tv of water, and fears are entertained m several localities that the rivers arid creeks will run dry, owing to the diminished tail of snow and rain iv the back country. In a well watered country like the South Island, of New Zea land it will indeed be a strange experience to have a water famine, but such a contin gency appears to be- on the cards unless aeavy rains immediately set m. The Charitable Aid Board yesterday decided to reduce the salary of the Master and Matron of the Old Men's Home to .iiKJO per annum. ,The Board al»o refused to pay the account* for a truss to a patient m- the Ashburton Hospital, and for clothes supplied to William Brown's family, whose house was burned down at Tiuwald some tune ago. The latter^ account was declined on the ground that the Mayor of Ashburton had given orders for the clothes ou his own responsibility with out consulting the Charitable Aiu, Com mittee. A new method of cutting skirts has just been invented, the Queen tells us, namely, that .of cutting them on the ■ principle of Turkish trousers, the skirt being closed at the edge with openings for the feet to pass -through.' To make them a piece of cloth some four yards long is used for the froni and back breadths alone. Instead of cutting them the required length m the usual manner, the material is hemmed up a certain depth, the extra length being left to connect the two breadts. Then the side widths are fitted m. The determining of the position for the openings, so as to give the greatest possible freedom to the movements, required the nicest of calculations, newly twenty skirts having been experimented upon before perfection was attained-

The agent of Mr J. L. Toole was m town to>day making arrangements for the ap ptarince •on fhursitoy, 10th instant, at Ashburton of that well-known and liighly ttccredited comedian. Mr Toole au<t his talented uompaiiy have met with enthusiastic receptions wherever they have appeared m; ■Australia, ;iud durihgtheir receut appearances i at DnnediiT. the theatre was packed every evening. Mr Toole stauds at the top of the tree ii^ his i*rofcs.sion, and as a comudian is iniiuitablc. A treat is, therefore, m store , for ;';Ashburt(»i». tht'iitre-goers, Avhich is not likely to be massed. The only regret is that the arraugcir.eiits of the company will not permit of more than one evening's stay. The pieces selected for representation here are Henry J, Byron's well-known comic drama '' Chawles ; or a Fool and his Money," and a modern, uurth-provoking farce, m each of which Mr Toole will appear m the title rile. ■ ;- > >. Mr John Horns^y at Sydney has recently been strongly advocating the system of profit sharing as :t ready way of getting rid of labor troubles. .After giving a number of cases of the remarkable sniccess of this plan, he said:—ln America during the last few years, while, capital had gained by £400,000,000 labor had only benefited to the extent of £10,000,000. The reason for all this was that a wrong principle underlay what had been done iv the past —m regard iug. labor as, a commodity, such as corn, flour, etc., to be bought m the cheapest and sold m the clearest market. Now that principle must die. It Mas at the root of everything tlm t was bad m connection with these labor troubles. It led the way to sweating and the direst poverty. Trades unionism was aii existing fact which must be recognised. A great deal had been heard about boards oi' conciliation and arbitration, but the best thiing to adopt was the schema he had shadow* )d forth—proiit-sharing. This season's 1, social entertainments have . introduced to Wellington pleasure-seekers a new and agreeable kind of exercise, which appears on the programme under the name of the "barn" <lance. The precise connec tion between its graceful and sprightly move ments and the iaea of a barn is not easily seen, and there ihas consequently been much speculation as to how the dance got such a name. A friend of German nationality comes \ to tlie rescue with a feasible explanation. He says that m some parts of the vaterland the country people have a pomilar dance which m every respect resembles the new colonial craze. It i 3 there known as the " banern " dance, or peasants 1 dance. From the German "■ baueru" to the English "barn" would be a, very easy transition. Any student of philology could recall instances of similar corruptions of foreign terms, grafting new words into the English language, or giving new meaning to old ones. —"Post." On the plains of New Mexico are forests of a growth known as thread and needle trees, says the New York Telegram. The tree partakes of the nature of the gigantic asparagus, and has large, thick, fleshy leaves, resembling one of the cactus family known as the "prickly pear." The needles of the needle and thread tree are set along the edges of these thick leaves. In order to get ! equipped for sewing it is only necessary to push the thorn or needle gently backward into the fleshy sheath—this to loosen it from the tough outside covering of. the leaf —and then pull it from the socket. A hundred fine fibres adhere to the thorn-like spider webs. By twisting the needle during the drawing operation this fibre can be drawn out to an indefinite length. The action of the atmosphere toughens the minute fibre amaz ingly, to such a degree as to make a thread twisted from it no larger than a No. 40 capable of sustaining a weight of five pounds, about three times the tensile strength of common six-corded thread. The scientific name of this foreign wonder is Tentyana Mucadica.

Live Stock Market.

ADDiNGTON. Chrisxchukch, October 8. The weather mas glorious to-day, but too dry to give general satisfaction. The attendance was very large, and the entry of stock, particularly m fat departments, was gpod. Stoke Siteep.--About 1700 weiti yarded, which all found purchasers at good prices compared with the last few wiles. Some very good half-bred hoggets brought from 12s to 14s 7d. A nice line of two-tooth crossbred mixed sold at 13s 6d ; merino wethers brought up to 10s. ¥k'L< LAMBS^A*very "good entry of principally good quality. Lambs realised a speedy sale, and brought from 9s to 15s. FAT SnKEK-Ovef 6000 were yarded, the quality being very varied. Several lines of ' shorn wethers were sold, and price perlb realised for these was estimated to be from 2|d to 3|d. Unshbrn sheep went as follows : — Heavy crossbred wethers from 18s to 23s 3d; crossbred ewes and light wethers brought from 13s 6d to 16s. Some medium quality merino wethers sold at from 14s to 15s 6d, and others' realised more than this.  A general clearance was effected, but the price all round showed a drop of about 6d a head from last week. \ Fat Cat-ele.—One hundred and eighteen , head were yarded, one or two specialties ' bringing fancy prices. The general average of beef was of medium quality, and ranged from 24s to 26s 6d per lOOlbs, nearly all being Bold under the hammer. Store CATTLE.,-^There was a fair entry of young stock of different qualities, but m many instances these were withdrawn from sale, and only small lots changed hands at rates much on » par with last week's quotations. Three-year-old steers up realised to £316s ; two-year-olds, 37s 6d to £2 9a ; yearling*, mixed, 18s to 265. Pigs.—There was only a small entry, wholly of porkers; which realised 2£d to 3d per lb. ;

SETTLEMENT ON PRIVATE LANDS.

Not only the Stoul>y6gel Government, during the Parliament prior to that which expired on the sth instant, but a number of private members of the latter, hare made efforts to deal vrith one of the problems which must be solved if there is to be that settlement of the lands -of the Colony which is; absolutely necessary t^ its progress arid prosperity. Sir" Robert Stout and Mr Ballance sought to achieve this by a Land Acquisition Bill, and Major Steward, Mr Perceval, and a number of other members have endeavoured to procure the passing of votes to enable the purchase of private lands for the purpose of the establishment of ", Labor Settlements." The Land Acquisition Bill failed to pass; iwid the j Labor Settlements vote was, after passing through Committee, struck out by the narrow majority of two. For the time being, therefore, Jill these .well-meant efforts have been rendered nugatory. But only for the time being, the-atten tion drawn to the matter will yet, we feel sure, result m something being done m, this direction, as ' indeed it must be unless we are to; quietly permit the Colony; to stagnate^ and its popula tion to drift away. It is a very good and hopeful sign that the question is being now taken up m ..-the Empire City, the Wellington. "Press '■ m a recent article declaring, that our land legislation will not be complete until a measure has been passed " dealing m a thoroughly practical way with this matter of,small farms settlement on agricultural land held m large blocks m settled districts by private owners. It would, we think, be unfair—and not only unfair, but inadvisable^—to expect Ministers to commit themselves to proposals for a measure calculated to operate right off on a wholesale scale throughout the colony wherever; large astates happen to be regarded as as a bar to progress. But they are morally bound to work out and to submit a plan capable of immediate practical application oil a moderately extensive scale, and capable also, m addition to that, of undergoing develop ment which Avoukl render it applicable by degrees to every large estate m the colony—that is, every large estate not occupied by as many prosperous and progressive people as might with reason be settled upon it. . To : expect this from the Government is surely not to expect too much; m fact, it is ob viously quite the other way, for the policy so clearly outlined m,their own Financial Statement completely justi fies the expectation. In the mean time we watch and wait for reiterated assurances on the subject, and suggest to the public what it is they should insist on m regard to this matter of the resumption of freehold land for the purposes of closer settlement—that closer settlement to which the country must mainly look for the increased pros perity which it desires, deserves and ■will attain if the people are only true to themselves, and just to those public men who earnestly desire to intelli gently know how to promote the colony's welfare by practical means."

Mount Somers Road Board.

The usual monthly meeting of the above Board was held on Monday, o'ct..7. Present—Messrs Peache (Chairman), Walker, Syme, and Chapman. The Overseer's report was read and considered. Gorge Road—Several necessary #orks on this road were ordered to be done. : Foot bridge near Mr McLeod's was ordered to be repaired. ; Rurtherford's Road—The cutting' into the river was ordered to be repaired; Correspondence—From the Ashburton County Council giving the Board full power to let from year to year or plant and fence any of the shingle reserves m the district. Received. —From the Com missioner of Crown Lands asking to be informed what necessity exists for the proposed new road at Mount Possession. and under what authority the Board! pro pose to make it across Crown land held underlease, the runholder having objected to the same. Resolved that the Chair man be authorised to write to the C«»m missioner. of Crown Lands re proposed! road m Ashburton Gorge opposite Mount j Possession, and arrange for its survey ; also proposed road above, R.S. 20799 m Taylor's branch, to arrange for its survey ; also to arrange for the survey of,, tho un •urveyed roads m the district.—From Mr J. R. Colyer asking for the use of the office at the forthcoming general election. I Granted. ' ' Mr James Harrison interviewed the Board r», proposed new roacl at Mount Possession, and asked the Boarti to postpone the road-making till after Christmas. Mr Harrison was informed thatfthe work could not go on till the matter had been arranged with the Land Board. Alford Forest Domain.—Resolved that a public meeting of residents of the Alford Jorest and Springburn districts be ci&Ued

for the purpose of nomiuHtino five persons to constitute a Domain Bo;uxl. Tender*! were opened fur the several works aclvurtined, and the following' were, accepted :—No. 1 contract, James Urown; No. 2 contract, Thomas Fagau ; No. 3 contract;, James Brown, Accounts amounting to £07 12s were iv.ssed for pnvment and the Boaitl ac3 journed.

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Lonijox, October 7 ami 8. The imports into the United King dom increased m September by £2,145,006 and the exports by £3,072,000. Mr Gladstone, m a letter to the Press, denounces the control of the colonies by Downing street officials, Lord Salisbury is pressing Portugal for an indemnity for the seizure of the Lfike Company's steamer. The funeral of Mrs Booth will occupy Monday arid Tuesday. Twenty four thousand seats are being fitted up m the building known as Olympia for the funeral service proper on Monday. The stringency m the money market is expected to continue during the rest of the year. Loans are retarded, and it is considered impossible for the wool sales to become more spirited. ; i Silver, 4s 2d. '■";;; V.' ;; . ' Denriys, ot Dumbarton, and Flem ing and Fergusson, of Paisley; have contracted to build; new steamers re-, Quired by the Union Company ;of New Zealand. ■••■■'■ '■ ■1" ■' •■ :' -;i■"■■'■ ■ "; ParrieH's Absence from the Confer/ ence ttt Dublifr has provoked some comment. It is believed^ hei is in dignant at the  Americajn/, Societies refnsing to subordinate ■> themselves to the control of the League m Dublin. Mr Parneil is also stated to be annoyed; at the five bishops denouncing the Plan of Campaign, and at the failure oi New Tipperary unionists, who have struck off 4000 Nationalists voters l at 'Cork.' .. . ■;. y':"■"- ■"■}' ' -;- ■' The difficulties m which Westgarth and Co. are involved are due m a hirge measure to depression of the last Vic torian loan, and inability to unload themselves of stock m consequence of the expectation of further borrowing.- Other syndicates are also severely strained. , , Messrs Dillon and O'Brien journeyed from Tipperary to Dublin for the pur pose of attending the Irish Cdnf erence m oho special train, shadowed by .another- . ■. <, / ■••; ■■ ;. ... ', Buhnoi Aykes, October 8. The fear of a military rising caused a .share panic m this city, but the alarm has subsided. Washington, October 8. A Conference of Mormon apostles and elders has confirmed the abolition of polygamy, Pauls, October 8. The French Government proposes to incrp.iMe the tariff, and the " favored nation" clause "will probably be Abolished. Lisbon, October 8. There is some uneasiness m Portugal over the political situation. ■

INTERPROVINCIAL

Wellington, October 8; < Part of the old Government printing office destroyed by fire, was a building brought m the ship Adelaide by JM.' Evans m 1840, and erected the following year. It was long used as an hotel by "Dickie Parrett," the noted old whaler, who was a conspicuous figure m. those days. This house was two storeys, and was gradually a,dded to and extended till it became a considerable pile. . , WooBviLLE, October 8, /Notice of. pi'ocess m fcjtfe Supreme Court, at the instance of Joseph La wry, was served to-day on Mr E. .A. Haggen, propriefoil oi the Examiner, for re publishing an extract from parliamentary papers on the dummyism inquiry held last session' by the Parliamentary Waste Lands Conimittee; The case is to be heard en Tuesday at Wellington m Chambers 1. Mr Gully has been retained for the defence. Intense interest is dis played m tha matter here, and the public have offered to pay any costs Baggen may be put to m defending what has hitherto been recognised as a pritelego of the Press. Ciuustchurch, October 8. Last month the Charitable Aid Board granted outdoor relief m 511 against, 522 cases m September, 1889. ' The boarding out of Lytteltxm Orphanage children has been very successfully accomplished. Mr R. Meredith, a prominent total abstainer and Orangeman, has decided to contest the Ashley seat at the general election.

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS

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•■ ; Fire. •'

Duxedin, October 8. A. fire broke but at eleven o'clock last night on the premises of Alexander Potter, King street, formerly known as Wain's hotel, and now used by Potter and Son as a corn store. The inmates barely es caped with their lives. Mrs Potter, Senior, jumped from the upper .windows, sustaining a fracture of the ankle, Potter's premises'were completely gutted, and the adjoining shop ; of Mr Wilson, saddler, was ..considerably damaged. Potter's effects, were uninsured, but he had =i policy of £500 m the Norwich Union and £100 in** Foreign Office (North German) ; on the stock. Mr < .Wilson was insured for£2oo m the Guardian, Hutheestithates' his loss at £300 abote.the insurance.

THE ELECTIONS.

The Shag Point miners intend to bring out Mr George Bruce as a labour 5 candi date for the Waitaki electorate. A requisition asking Mr E. G. Wright to contest the Ashburton seat is being circulated. , Mr AUwright has retired from the Akaroa seat m favor of Mr A. J. Mc- Gregor.'' ;■' '■•■•■ -:'\ '"■ '••''::: ■•" ■

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ASHBURTON -THURSDAY,

(Before Mr C. A. Wray, R.M.) ; DkiinkEnness. ■+- Hugh: Gardner was I charged with having been drunk m Moore street the previous evening, and with having used obscene language at the same time. He pleaded guilty. The Magis trates fined Gardiner 20s for having been drunk, and sent him to gaol for six hours for using obscene language. Registration.— James Prendergast,, for failing to register the birth of his' , child within the statutory time, was lined 10s. Civil Cases.—M. J. Patton v. Hunter, £44 10s—Mr Crisp for plaintiff;; Mr Wilding for defendant; vsamc v. Stewart, £18 7s (kl -Mr . Curthbertson for defendant. Mr Crisp elected, to take a non-suit m each case,

Supreme Court.

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TrMAKU, October 8. Tho criminal &oKsion closed to-day. G. Tozer Avas sentenced to three years im prisounient fojl stealing si cavtload of hliccj).slcins from station fences, and J- Tozor his son to three months. A youth charged with indecent assault, ay.is oflored to hi imprisoned till the ri,sinf( of the Court on a charge of common nsviiult.

Ashburton Cricket Club

The opening match of Mip season was played yesterday, the Kleven v. All Comers, and proved very satisfactory. The ground is m better order than it has been for some time, and rafter a little more attention will make ft very good one. We were glad to see so many of the young players, which augurs well for the coming season.' The players, all told, mustered 25, and the letting'and bowling was very fair for an opening match. Sawle, Craw field; Green, Bison, and Andrews played well for the Eleven. Denshire, Bundle, B?iwle, and Glen did good work for the " All Comers." Denshire, who captained them, showed some excellent cricket. The following are the scores :—Eleven, first innings, 47; All Comers, first innings, 35, and 69 second innings. As there was not time to finish, the game was drawn m favor of the Eleven. The next match is flgahwt Methven on the ISth on tha Ashburton ground.,

PEOPLE BOUND TO THE STAKE.

The great majority o* people have to work for a living- with hands or head, or both. Very well. To make our living we must be able to labor so many hours m a day, days m a week, weeks m a year. Very good again. But suppose we each had an emeny who possessed the power to tie us up with a rope when he pleased* To day he ties only the left' arm, to morrow the right, the- next day a leg, and so on. Ohce m a while he'ties us to our beds and keeps up' there a week. How much would he cost us m hard cash m a year '! and how much worild it be worth to us if we could chain 'him to a rock or hang him with his own rope 1 Let us have a rough illustration or two. A man was working on the Midland Railway as a signalman. We all know what the position is, and have some idea of the labor and responsibility. Well, he kept at it for several years, never missing a day. He knew his business, nobody better, and nothing went wrong on his section of; the lin« : but by-and-by his enemy began to. tie him up. Somehow he couldn't eat with a relish any more ; when he tried he was taken with such a distress it took sill the life out of him. Then he would have times when he was so giddy that everything went round and round like a whirligig. If , this had happened when Le had a signal to set, a collision might have come •£ it; happily ' it did not. Other ropes were tried around him ; he had pains m the chest and sides, his bowels became costive, tongue coated, bad taste m the mouth, L heartb'urh, weak ness, &c. The doctors said he would have to give up his r . situation; but he couldn t. There > were tfye wife md children to be looked out for, and on\y his earnings,, to do it with: ■ Bub finally he broke down altogether, and was laid up lot weeks, unconscious part of the time. Then, we may say, he was tied hand and foot. His enemy had him fust, and came nigh killing him. One day, after the doctors had given him up, his mind was clear, and he remembered a medicine —half the bottle full--he had hidden away m a locker m a signal box and forgotten all about it. He sent for it and look a dose. Jn^less than a month 1 he avos a well mail; flic ropes were all cut away. If you writfe to him (Andrew Agge, .Culgaith, Cumberland) he tell you this medicine was Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup, and his ailment was indigestion and dyspepsia. But, whilst he was ill with it, he might as well—yes, better—have been tied to a stake. There are lots of cases- of ■ this wort all over England—all over the world.' A few of them we hear of ; millions of them we never hear of. Sometimes itis heart disease sometimes rheumatism; sometimes con sumption ; sometimes general debility ; sometimes kidney and bladder complaint; sometimes nervous prostration; Home times liver disorder. That is, the doctor* call it by all these hard names, but at bottom it is indigestion and dyspepsia, and all these other so-called diseases are just tokens and symptoms of that—neither more nor less. If a man never had any trouble with his stomach, he mifcht live for ever, for aught we can tell. Yet how, m Mercy's name,' can * man or woman work with death and corruption inside o£ the body—with the stomach full of de caying food, sending poison through the blood to every joint, muscle, and' nerve % This is what dyspepsia does. Indigestion is a slow bub sure poison, just as taking ho many grains of arsenic every day would be. Here is another case, that of a railway fireman, who writes froni Huriford. He says: "I have been a suffer from mdi gestion and dyspepsia for three years ; I tried several doctors, but got worse all the time. At last I went to a chemist and ho promised to cure me m a week or two. He sold me three very expensive bottles of medicine, and all the effect I felt from it was the loss of my money, Then I got hold of a'bottle of Mother SeigeTs Syrup, and was better almost at once. How sorry I am I didn't use it years ago 1" We can give this man's name if you care to have it. He didn't want it printed. But he was as good as tied up for a long while. Illness is a, strong rope. Here is one more illustration. Mr R. P. Hopton, of Long Weston, says: "I am sixty-eight years old. Mother Seigel's Syrup has not quite made me a young man again, but it has cured me of asthma, nervous prostration, and a throat ailment arising from impure blood. I was too ill to labour, yet can*now do my work, thanks to that great remedy. You may • publish the fact. The whole complication cam* first from indigestion." " ; And this is the way people 1 anW bound until Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup sets them free.'

Hollow ay's Piixs.-—With changing tem perature the digestion becomes imparetl liv«r disordered, and mind despondent... The cause of these irregularities is, easly removed by the us* of Holloway's Ointment and Pills. They directly attack the source of the evil, remove all impurities from the circulation, restore tlys affected' organs to their natural stats, and correct all. defective- secretions. 'Aji easy-means of restoring health and strength is supplied by Holloway's Pills and Ointment. These 'famous medicines are blood renovating remedies, whose influence reaches to the great centres of the nervous system, purifies the circulation, induces (a healthy state of the bodily powers, give* tone to the stomach and brain, producing .physical and mental vigor, and imparting a .elish for food. A remarkable surgical operation is re ported from Portadown. Dr Haddon was going his rounds m his carriage! He sud denly observed the coachman, who had been eating a piece of bread, fall forward m his seat. The doctor found that the man was choking. He had him removed to the road side, and did everything to restore respira tion, but failed. The coachman was then taken m v state of collapse into a home and without a moment* delay, the doctor performed the operation of tracheotomy, cutting open the windpipe and inserting m it a tube for the purpose of artificial breath ing* By means of this, the man's life was B&vcd, '• ■ '

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, THURSDAY, OOTOBBB 9, lSftfl.



The best medicine known is SANDER and SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. Test its eminent powerful 'effects m coughs, colds, influenza, etc.—the relief is instantaneous. Thousands give the most gratifying testi mony. His Majesty the King of Italy, and medical syndicates all over the globe are its patrons, head the official reports that accom pany each bottle. Mosler, M.D., Professor University, Griefswald, reports : — The Eucalypti Extract proved magnificently suc cessful m very severe contusions, bruises, sprains, wounds,, scaldiugs, broken ribs, and limbs. ("Medical Journal," Nov., 1881. In diseases of the kidneys, either active con gestion or suppression, (urunnai) or albumi, iiuria, dropsy, Uthargy, nothing will equal j\i its action Eucalypti Extract. Doses, fl ye to six drops, Mosler, M.D., Professor, University, Griefswald, reports:—Diphthe ria. Tonsils continually coherent presenting ulcers with white exudats. Cured m four, teen days. Surgical Cliuicof Prof. M'lntyre, College of Physicians and Surgeons, St. Louis—Scirrlms of Breast—Excision Euca ypti Extract employed. Nd swelling, heat, or dis<!olof*tioii, Oured m fourreen days.



CASH Adverfrisoments under this headincr not excot-din SIXTEEN WORDS 1/-. Addresses may be left at this Office. TT)IANOS"MAIi63.—SpIendid "value .17 'now sm-Stock from £38 10.;. Sold on easy ternts.—H. M. Jones. '"■ \ , ANTED —Grazing; for Five Horses V V —Apply MAH..\)ilico. 10+60 BOOTS, 'BOOT* 1. " Keep your foot Dry :tu*l Have Doctor's Bills, have a splendid', Stock m now. Try ny Double ~noiod Shooters. Every pair Guarantocd. Jlobkut Alcorx,' Ashbur ton Clothinir Mart, Saunders' ; .'UtiiUlini's. WANTED Known. - ForDVeHsStuffiv Prints, &c., Trimmings to match* go to Melford House. Best value m town.— H. C. Skokks. WANTED Knoivn.—For Sheetings Tabling*} Calicoes, Quilts, Towels, ;Tuble Napkiu.s, Tray Cloths, D'Oyleys, &c, go to'Melford House.—H. C. SfiftEius.* WANTED eVery man "m the County to have a suit of the Ashburton Tweeds.—Robert Alcohn, Ashburton Clothing Mart, Saunder's Buildiftga. ANTED Known I.s—For first-class, Millinery and Drapery (marked cheap) go to Melford House. New Goods just opened.—H. C. Skoees. BTOP~fhat ~ Colagh^Fiower's Cough Drops are the best—see that the name is stamped on every ohs. H. G. Flower, Confectioner, East street. WANTED Known ~ The Cheapest Shop to buy Tinware and Gal vanised Iron goods m Ashburton, is at W. F. Hannaford's, Burnett Street. A arge stock kept on hand. Tin and Iron ware goods mrtde and repaired with dcs patch. ruoiio Notices. """ T~\ARKEST AFRICA, cheap iklition, X-J now arrived. First supply limited. New Books, New Stationery, New Fancy Goods and Novelties all at reduced prices. L vrge assortment of New Music of every description. Pianos on hire and for sale on terms. Orders received for Book binding of every kind.—L. F. Andbewks ACCK ■■' ASHBURTON COAL & FIREWOOD DEPOT, KS. BEATS" Has secured s,ome of the celebrated KAITANGATA AND SHAG POINT COALSr Cheaper and cleaner than Newcastle* R, S. BEAN, ICU West Street. HENRTTANDferI I HAVE just landed ex "Doric" my season's supply of the finest ' TXJP^JSriF SEEIIbS Consisting of—■ GREEN TOP YELLOW ABERDEEN, PURPLE TOP YELLOW ABERDEEN PURPLE TOP MAMMOTH, WHITE STONE STUBBLE, PURPLE TOP SWEDE, DEVONSHIRE GREYSTONE, YELLOW TANKARD, Etc, Etc. 3 ■■ ■ g '" Sp» O > £fi W W 2 2H' w » S i O S a * » ' °« H m -a < & P 2 is. a?,• ■?,• tmtummmm m*mi\ir.itmm wmmcmnmm*mmm.wmmmm—m All o£ the purest quality, ami tests can bo seen at my office, SHEEP QHKAJtS. HEEP OHEARS. SHEEP QIIEAES. HEEP wJ^EARS. All the favorite Brands. WAItD a^d PAYNE'S. WARD akdPAYNH'S, BURGON AXD BALLS', BURGON and BALI iS, Turkey and AVnshita OILSTONES, Boiled and Raw LINSEED 01) LS, Ground and Lump RADDLE, Red and Black Branding OIL, L iMPBLACK, jstc. Woolpaeks. Woolppicks. Full size and full weight. j I have also m stock, — GALVANISED IKOJV (Lysaght'a Orb). In all lengths ; and can supply the trade as well as farmers. Cement, Cement Stake*, Posts, Rails, Fencing and llarbed Wire, RANSOME'S axj) HORNSBY'S PLOUGHSHARES. General Ironmongery AND Groceries, WINES and SPIRITS, ALES amd STOUT. New Seanon's Teas. MAURITIUS SUGARS, me, etc., me. HENRYZANDER —AGENT FOR— Sun Fire Insurance Company, Canton Marine Insurance Company, National Mutual Life Association of ustralasin. tam|e;s~p£ain and s|»ih s «, St. Mary Axe, E.G., and 21, Walwoi-th Road, S.E. WHOLESALE AND EXPORT FIRE WORK MANUFACTURERS. Shippers supplied on the most reasonable terms. LlO, Lls, L2O, and L 25 Cases suitable for every Market. The Largest Wholesale House m the World II ustratcd|Price List vi\ upplica'ion. ,



Publto Kotlces. Wool Woof Wool j T IBERAL CASH ADVANCES Made on the ensuing WOOL CLIPS At the Lowest Current Rates of Interest. GEORGE JAMESON, Ashburton and Rakaia.. o^in FIRST DISPLAY OF Spring Goods. ANDREW ARR NDREW \JKB "TS now showing a Beautiful Selection of MILLINERY, MANTLES, PRINTS, GINGHAMS, NEW DRESS GOODS, BEIGE'S FRENCH CHECKS, RIBBONS, FLOWERS, ETC. Q CASES of Ladies' French BOOTS JJ and SHOES Direct from Fiance. ANDREW ORR. FISHING SEASON, 1890 FISHING TACKLE. FL E SH, C K L 1890 NGiT A 1891 "TUST arrived, ex " DORIC " from best fj English and American Manufac turers a large and well assorted stock of all Fishinj* requisitea. Rods, Lilies, Reels, Minnows, Fiies, Gaff' Hooks, single, double and treble, Mountings, assorted Hooks; Waterproof Stockings, India Rubber crack proof Gum Boota, water proof Fish Bacjs | In"cpreat variety, including latest pat terns. Every article of the season "at lowest prices. Fishing Licenses can now be obtained from me. ' ALSO.—New Stock of CRICKETING and TENNIS MATERIALS. W. ZANDER, Direct Importer Fishing Tackle. Tobbacconirtt and Fancy iJoodn. Ladies and Gentlemen's H;ihtlri..s.siii£ j ~\/f~EN m charge of Threshing M«chinß» _i.VJL experience great difficulty m dressing cleat: without a coiiNklernblo portion of the grain being blown nway with the chaff. This ditnculcy cmi bo effectually overcome by usim? FLAVALL'S PATENT DRESSING BOARD, —ALSO— TV¥, 12ft SPUING SHAKERS, AND NEW BOTTOM DRESSING APPARATUS, New top or SECOND DRESSER with 3ft riddlew. These make the old Threshing Machines do the threshing aud dressing equal to new machines. Ashburton, 30th Sept., 1890. MR F. FLAVALL, Dear Sir, —I am quite pleased with the Alterations and Improvements;you made to my Threshing Machine last year, and with your Patent Dressing Board I can get through more work and dress clean without blowing the j'rain or grass seeds into the chaff. Youra truly ; John Henderson, Anhburton. F. FLAVALL, Petjse Street, \SHBURTON jameslakebT" TIMBER MEKCHAOT, HAVELOCK STREET, Opposite Harbison s Auction Mart, ~rTAS IN STOCK Large Supplies of— Building Timber, Stakes and Posts, Galvanised Corrugated Iron, Builders Ironmongery, Turnery, Furniture, and Fancy Goods IN ENDLESS VARIETY. FURNITURE MADE TO ORDER IN AIsY DESIGN AT SHORTEST NOTICE. Reliable Seeds, n\ ENUINE Farm Seeds for sale at VX J. SEALY & CO.'S. Genuine Garden Seeds at J. SEALY & CO. S. ' Genuine Flower Seeds at .T. SEALY & CO.'S. Blue Prussian Peas at J. SEALY & CO.'S. Golden Tares i*t J. SEALY & CO.'S. New Turnip Sects at J. SEALY & CO.'S. Farm Seeds at J SEALY & CO. S. None but CiRTER and Co.'s choice Seeds m stock^ J. BJBALY & CO. :



NOTICE. ALL ACCOUNTS owing to P. O. Connbll, Tentmaker, to 16th April, 1890, still unpaid, must forthwith be paid to J. C. Duncan, Arcade, Ash burton, for and on behalf of E. W. P.igc and Co., Wiirchoiviemen, Ohriatchurch. 10*5 - E.W. PAGE & CO. SHAG POINT COAL. rr^HIS superior Coal, for household and L ' Htoafu purposes, can now be obtained .from. Mk.«uh J. G. Rkstkll, . W. 11. OoiXtx.v A Co., and R. S. Bean m any quantity. Special quotations for truck loa'Ts. . | This Co.il is perfectly safe m using, leaving no live anhos or soot, aud is vory cleanly and economical for household purposes, having great, heat and lasting | power. W. H. WILLIAMS, 10}j 18 ! Manager Sling Point Mine. Traffic Bridge Hotel, RANGI T A T A. rtIHIS Hotel m situated on the South JL Bank of the Rangitata at the Traffic Bridge, and there are good paddocks and yards for all classes of travelling stock, with good stabling. The Hotel stand am the centro of the best hfishing district m Canterbury. The Rangitata, Orari, Waihi, and Cooper's Creek are all within easy distance, and they teem with splendid trout. The tables kept can compare with any Hotel m Canterbury, and every accommo dation is available for visitors and fami lies. All liquo.ts are of the best brands pro curable. Wm. WHEELBAND, 10 37 Proprietor. ~SPRJNG FASHIONS. New Millinery. WE have now opened the latest novel ties for the season m Ladies' Hats and Bonnets, m the most Fashionable .shapes and Superior Quality, together with the choicest Ribbons, Flowers, Feathers. Ac, procurable. New Jackets, New Mantles, New Dust < loaks, New Bordered Costumes, New Checked Dress Goods, New Plun Dress Goods, . New Ginghnmtjand Zephyrs, New Prints and Sateens, New Flannelettes and S%\\ GOODS m Every DEPARTMENT CA LL EARL Y. AND INSPECT THEM AT S. W. ALCORN & Co., EA ST STREET 10 "*"" MRS. 15. SEYMOUR, SURGEON- D E N T I S T ov CHRISTOHURCII, WILL VISIT AS H BU R T ON on dates to be announced, and may be •onsultcd at MR. CAMBRIDGE'S, CHEMIST. 10J.7 " "Cl TE A' H 1*: N S T~) RO 8 OTEP HE N S 13 It OS, MARKET HOUSE AS coming events cast their shadows before, and knowing this to be the case, We have just landed a nice assort ihent of DAIRYING UTENSILS, in cluding— MILK SKIMMERS, MILK STRAIMSRS, MILK BUCKKTS, BUTTER PATS, BUTTER PRINTS, MILK PANS, CHURJSS, &c, &c. In Household Requisites We hare Saucepans, Kettles, Pots, Pans, Tubs, Buckets, Baths, Clocks, Watches, «&c, &c. a-AJRJDiznx tools Spades, Forks, Rakes, Hoes (American and Dutoh), Spade Handles, Fork Handles, Rake Handles, and a large Variety of other goods m every-day use, such as BRUSHES SCRUB, SHOE, BLACKLEAD. BROOMS HAIR, BASS, CANE, CORN, &o. ALL ORDERS, by Post or otherwise, executed at once, and delivered promptly. Customers m town Traited upon if ro qtiested. Every effort to give GOOD VALUiiI and satisfaction. STEPHENS BROS, MABKP-T HOUSE ASJJBTJRTON^ SPECIAL_ NOTICE CALL AND SE*3 THE GRAND DISPLAY OF BOYS YOUTHS', AND MEN S CLOTHING MERCERY, HOSIERY, BLANKETS, RUGS, FLANNELS, HATS, AND CAPS, &c. nnHE largest and best assorted Stock m 1 the District to select from, which for Value, Variety, arid excellence of Manu •icture, we stand unrivalled. A X EASURE TYEPARTMENTS M EASURE UePARTMKN'IVS NEW TWEEDS AND COATINGS For the approaching Soii.soii To Hand. SOLE AGENTS for Wcrtheim's latest an:l improved HAND and TIIEADLK SEWING MACHINES. NEW Z E A lAND CLOTHIM FACTORY W. H WEBBER, Manager