THE EASY GOING MOTHER

Why so many women should consider their children privileged nuisances, answerable to no law of discipline or good manners, is one of the mysteries of life which must remain unselved. These mothers of the easygoing kind, who perhaps pride themselves upon pursuing life with placidity, act as though they were not at all responsible for the pecul arities of their children,andjexercise no visible authority over them. The child of any of these mothers, is of an inquiring deposition ; it handles every small article that it is able to lift, and leaves its finger marks «i bold relief on embroidered book-cover or dedicate table scarf, on . polished furniture, on the piano keys, and all ' the dainty bric-a-brac inpartially ; and owner, or even the chance beholder, lives in constant fear of seeing brittle glass smashed to 1 atoms, china cracked, lamps overturned, books made unreadadle, fans ruineu, boxes broken unable ia politeness either to express anxiety beforehand, or rsproof or condemnation :or regret afterward, and all this while the tranquil mother, content that the child amuses itself, never observes that anything ont of ihe way at.all ;is taking place. Moreover, the child's inquiring turn of mind does not stop short at handling and fingering and soiling ;it queries and wonders and argues and discusses and Contradicts, and becomes a living interrogation point, and makes its victims feel that their innermost secrets are not safe from the cross examination of the prying littfe tongue' which .may at any moment turn up an unexpected treasure, and which all the time, as the • Irishman said of his corn, is a perfect thorn in the side. At table, the spoiled ohild is even more obnoxious. It expresses its preference 'and commands its own, dishes* and keeps the waiter running, and consumes time in making , selection, spills the salt, spilta the'gravy, upsets ' glasses of water, makes a mess all around its plate, monopolises conversation, and renders rational enjoyment out of the question entirely. When mamma is talking to ..ult friends, the child joins in the gossip unchecked ; and if, Occasionally, soft-reproof is administered, a storm of crying succeeds, and tranquility is at an end. Or perhaps the child is musical, and ' failing other means of gaining notice, attacks .the piano; and whang-bang goes the poor instrument, with chords, with discords, with fragments of tune broken off in the middle, with* no tune at all, with a torrent of never-ending sound, and what a relief and joy when there comes a simpie gush of scales, in all their grinding monotony. We are not saying anything at present about the injury wrought upon the poor child by this extreme unwisdom, nor of the fact that it causes the lilUe creature to be generally detected, and to receive the avoidance and harshness of which well-brought up children know. nothing. It is not the child's behavior,, but the mother's that is in question. She has no right to allow a child to finger and handle the things that are not hers ; she has no right to allow the child to ask . impertinent and wearying questions ; she has no right to allow it to annoy aud disgust others '•t'tbe table ; she has no right to encourage it to join in general conversation } she has hardly the right to allow practisiog, but no shadow or light \.o allow drumming, on the piano, where it can dis»nfb a jmortal or imortal soul. We do not dwell en the child's, part of it. as, of tender years, it uas litde or no real account ability yet. But one of the duties of mother hood is to rear one's children so that they shall not be in peril of making themselves disliked by all who suffer from their encroach ments.

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING IN THE UNITED STATES

At a meeting of the members of the Insti" tution of Electrical Engineers, Mr G. Adden tnookc. read a paper on " Electrical Engi neering in America."— Mr Addenbrooke, in the course of an exceedingly interesting paper, said that the last eighteen months or two years, he had been able to make a general, if some what rapid, survey of what was going ou the far west as well as in New York and some of the large cities, and from shore to shore of the continent what had struck him

most was the preyalecce of arc lighting, hardly any moderate sized village outside the 0.l , region appearing to be without its arc lights During his whole journey from San Francisco to New York, however, he could hardly recollect having seen one ship-shape neat or, smart looking post, and everything had a temporary or expedient look about it, which was vety offensive to English eyes. In the States, Mr Addenbrooke said that there were now more than a quarter of a million of arc lamps in constant use, and at least nine-tenths , of ftll the electrical work in America, putting aside isolated plants, was carried out in arc light. In all this portion of work be saw next to nothing which showed particular in genuity, skill, or brilliancy of idea. Simple and crude means were everywhere used to effect in a rough and crude manner the end desired. In the means employed there was sittle to excite admiration or interest. The interest lay in the fact that in such a simple and elementary manner so much has been done. Up to and as far as providing light they were exceedingly scientific. ~ But in utilising it when they had got it they proceeded in an elementary and haphazard manner. The lecturer expressed his opinion that the isolated plants or private installations were not equal , to the English standard, whecher from an engi neering or artistic point of view. With " respect to dynamos, all their modern ma.cb.ines ; appeared to be up to date in this particular. As to electric tramways, it appeared that there were in the United States 179 routes, covering 1280 miles and running 1884 cars,, all but 21 miles being woiked by overhead t: conductors, than which latter nothing could possibly be simpler. The cars run at a speed of from three miles per hour in crowded ','.streets to 16 in the open country, are easily \ stopped, and save 50 per cent, in the cost of , working over the employment of horse '" putting aside all t'ae extra facilities.

THE EIFFEL TOWER ECLIPSED

One of the glories of tha world's great' •ho*, which it has been decided to hold In New, York to 1892, will anqueettonably ■ be the Judeon Tower, which is to kaook the Etftsl Into a "cocked hat." The designer Is Mr W. L, Jodsoo, and » company with * oapttal of £500,000 has ilreedy been formed to curry oat the . pfojeet, the execution of which will be entrusted to ihe Phceafx Bridge Oompsny. Ths tower as pre jeoted li to be 1600 ft high, or 630rt higher ' tfa»n the Path one. Evidently the designer's conception of beauty Is vh« ' circle, From a base of solid masonry 400 ft in diameter, into which the ten main trellised uprights are embedded, the gtraoture rises with a gradually converg r ioiz incline towards the apex, whioh has a ' diameter of 250£fc. Wire cables extend from upright to upright, and from trellis td trellis, giving on all sides a uniform ■upport, and' a " strength almost in caicnlable." It is proposed to ascend the fower in two ways One of these is by a carriage drive, which encircles the inner • extremities of the structure, with as asoant or' Bft in each 100 ft. This roadway will be 75fc wide at the base and 50ft at the top, allowing space for font carriages abreast: to pass up or down or turn at any point. The drive encircles the tower seventeen times, the distance from base to apex being 3. ?6 mile*, The ascent Is so gradual that teams can trot op or down at wllU From the opposite side of the base fioin which the drive starts begin a a car track, ■which also winds around 17 times from base to submit beneath the carriage road. " "Upon this track are to be run every half raiuntecars capable of eeating 60 persons, each operated by the Judson pneumatic system. Ie Is estimated that 96,400 ' persons can be carried d»l»y m v the oars to the top of the tower, and the revenue from carrisgei and bicycles .would add largely to tbe total Revenue. Inside the spiral inclineo aro to be ten olroular floors 275 ft In diameter, ox 125 ft lees than the base At various oolnts on the w»y up it Is proposed to It^ve stations for restaurants or repose, whh'B at th° '°P are to ke an observatory aodVgnil sUtlon.

A SOUND SLEEPER

A new Bleeping man haa been discovered He is a German,. and lives in a little I village of Minnesota, bat the case is so curious aa to have excited the attention of medical men la England aa elsewheze. For the greater part of the last twelve year* Hei mann Heems h«a been fas asleap. Twelve years ago be m as attacked, by fever and ague, and through four years ha had long spells of sleep. Then he got better for a whilp, and managed to keep awake more or less for three years. Hla last bout dates faom May 12th, 8184. On that morning he got up, ate a hearty breakkat, weat to bed, and, with slight intervals, slept right of for htcee years, Every night at 12 o'clock he woka, ate a sapper that was placed ready for him, and vent off to sleep again. At the end of three years he ■gain partly revived, went oat, and walked •boat, bat at the end of a few months sleep overpowered him »gafa, and at the date of latest advtaea ha had been asleep over two year a. He has not now even the measure of liveliness that resulted In his midnight waking and sapper. He has to be wakened at slatted intervals, when he eats a hearty me* and sleeps again.

TfiE ASfißtmTOJtf OttAftSlAK, WlfiDN^pAY, iANCABY 22, 1800.



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An eminent physician—Dr Brown-Sequard, of Paris—stages the fact accurately when he says i " Tha medical profession are so bound up in their self-confidence and conceit that | they allow thedhmond truths of science to be picked up by persons entirely outside their ranks." We give a most interesting incident which illustrates this important truth. The steamship "Concordia," of the j -Dona dson Line, sailed from Glasgow for | Baltimore in 1887, having on hoard as a fire man a man named Kicliar i Wade, of Glasgow. He had been a fireman for fourteen years on various ships sailing to America, China, and India. He had born the hard and exhausting labor, and had been healthy and strong. On the trip we now name he began for the first time to feel weak and ill. His appetite failed, and he suffered from drowsiness, heart burn, a bad taste in the mouth, and costivencss and irregularity of the bowels. Sometimes when a: woikhe had attacks of giddiness, but supp sed it to be caused by the heat of the fire room. Quite often he was sick and felt like vomiting, and had some pain in the head. Liter during the passage he grow worse, and when the ship reached Halifax he was placed in the Vic<oria General Hospital, and the ship sailed away without him. The house surgeon gave him some powders to stop the vomiting, and the next day the visiting physician gave him a mixture to take every four hours. Within two days Wade wis so much worse that the doctors stopped both the powders and the mixture. A month passed the poor fireman getting worse and worse. ' ,'. Then came another doctor, who was to be; visiting physician for the next five months, lie gave other medicines, but net much ielief. Nearly all that time Wade suffered great torture ; he digested nothing, throwing up all he ate. There was terrible pain in the bowels, burning heat in the throat, heartburn, and I racking headache.. The patient was now i taking; a mixture every four hours, powders, one after each meal to digest the food, operat ing pills one every night, and temperature pills two each night to stop the cold sweats. If drugs could cure him at all, Rcihard had an idea that he took enough to do it, But on the Other hand pleurisy set in and_ tlu doctors took ninety ounces of matter from his right side, and then told him he was sure to die. Five months more rolled by, and there ivas another change of visiting physicians. The new one gave Wade a mixture which he said made Mm tretnblc, like a leaf on a tree. At this crisis Wade's Scotch blood asserted itself. He refused to stand any more dosing, and told the doctors that if he must die he could die as well without them as with them. By this time a cup of milk would turn sojr on his stomach, and lie there for days. Our friend from Glasgow was like a wreck on a shoal, fas'- going to pieces. We will let him tell the rest of his experience in the words in which he communicated it to the press. He says: " When I was in this state a lady whom I had never seen came to the hospital and talked with me. She proved to bean angel of mercy, for without her I should not now be alive! She told me of a medicine called ' Mother ScigePs Curative Syrup,' and brought me a bottle next day. I started with it, without consulting the doctors, and in only a few days' time I -was out of lied falling for ham and eggs for breakfant. From that, time, keeping on with Mother Seigel's great remedy, I got well fast, and was soon able to leave the hospital and come home to Glasgow. I now feel as if I was in another world, and have no illness of any kind,"



The above facts are calmly and impartially stated, and the reader may draw his own conclusion*. We deem- it best to use no names although Mr Wade gave them in his original deposition. His address is No. 244, Stob cro^ street, Glasgow, where letters will reach



mBNDERS are invited for the erection 1. of a 4-Roomed Hoqbo a.t Wester field. Pisnn and spee'fhktloui may be Been at Mb Resxell's Office where tenderu will ba teceived op till Noon oo TUESDAY, 28th January. The loweat or •ny tender not necessarily accepted. | 1158 npENDARS are invited for the ereotlon i. of Dwelling Honuf, gates, &o, at Iln wald. Plans and specifications oan be aeen at my office, where tenders will be received up to 5 p.m. on WEDNESDAY, 29th Ins);. The loweat or any tender, not neoeasarily aocepted. 1§156 B. BIRD, Architect, ' UiNDER BILL OS BAIAU ', 5 FKET ROBEY COMBINE (nearly new) SATURDAY, Ist FEBRUARY, 1890. MR D. THOMAS has received in structions from Holder of Bill of Bale to Sell by Public Auotion at Tatter aali'a, Weak Street, Ashburton, as above An Ancle Iron Fumed COMBINE, by Robey, 5 feet Dram. Only threshed 45,000 bushels. Bq4»I to new. Sale at \2 o'clock; . No Reserve. *""l>, THOMAS, 1 157 Anctioneer. D. Thomas



METHVEN. OOMFOATABLE FODR-ROOMED COTTAGE and HALF-AORE LAND, FRIDAY, JANUARY 24,1890 D THOMAS has received Instructions , from Mr D, Edgingios to Suli by Pabiio Auotion a? »bo?e, on the ground, Alford Forest Road, The above WeU-BnlH i roomed Cottage ( with i-aote Land, being section 188 on the Deposited Sale plcn. • . Tetma at sale. Sala at 12 o'clock. D THOMAF, 1139 " A uctioneer. I Webster and Mac Donald MiSSSBS WEBSTER & MAOJDO»ALD have received instructions from the Naw Zealand Bailway Department to offer by Public Auction on FRIDAY, JANUARY 24th, \ At 1 o'clock p.m. I In their Auotion Room, Geraldine, THE LEASE for eeven years of the i RAILWAY RESERVES Nob. 1925 and 2810, situated on the Rangltata Riverbed and containing 4824 Acies. Plans can be Been and fall particulars obtained at the offices of the Auctioneers. WEB3TER AND MAGDONALD, | 51 Auctioneers. TO STAND THI9 SEASON a*. Netherby Farm, Ashburton, and travel the District the Thoroughbred Stallion. J ohxmy Faulkner Pedigree—By t:t Albaue, out of Impudence j by Peter Wilkins, out <f Prudence, by Jersey out of Black fcal, by Wanderer, out of Fairy imp) fit Albansby Blair Athol (winner of English Derby and tet Lcger) fc the sire of Malua, sheet Anchor, Tasman, Blink Bonny, Captain V» ebster, and Lady Betty, all these except the last, bred by Messrs Field, of Tasmania, Ha also airo iinqwood, Meteor. Cyclops, and many otncrcciebiateu iacchcrasß in ADBtralia. Sflverchread dam of fcilvertOß, lirst favorite far the Melbourne Gup, is neaily fnil aiater to folmny Faulkner- Terms—£lo 10b for thoroughbred mans £5 5a for half-bred mares; groomage fee, 6a. Good Eng^i grass paddocks at 2a pel *eek. Every ore bnt no resoonsibility. L. MABKET, 1011 Proprietor



nno &TAND THIS SKA.6OK at Williams JL and Eland's East Street Horse Bazaar nud Travel the i-ahburton District, THE POWEBFffL TBOTTINGr STALLION Merry Lad* B^ Young Performer (imp ) Dam Merry La D 7 Quicksilver (imp). Merry Laae has take several first prizes for trotting aud alao in th Show ring. ' MKEBYLAD was bred by the late W. J. G. Bluett, i£sq., in 1881. He is a rich chestnut, BCtmding 15 hands hiph, with grand bone and syiiimetiy, combinod with the gontleet cf tempers. A glance at Marry Lad in sufficient to show tbat he is well adapted to broed trotting hoiene, hacks, and harness horses possessing Bcporiorboae. style, and action. Tbrms—Season, 80s; payable Ist January, 1890. Guarantee, £2 10b, ayable Ist August, 1890. For further particular* apply to WILLIAMS AND BLAND, East Street Horse Bazaar, Or A. bTUBGEON, ofll2 Ashbnrton. LOOK OUT FOH FRAUDS. Owing to tho success of Dr. f joule's American Hop Bitters in curing all j diseases of tho Liver, Stomach, j Bowels, Blood, Kid n 07/3 and Urinary Organs, Nervousness' SLetrplc.r; 'inr:sH, and Female Complaints, so that; it has become a standard household remedy all over the world, und the immense demand for the original and genuine article, certain persons are offering for salo various oheap and spurious pre3Jn,v:itict)Hiin(lcv tho name of "Hop Bitters' 1 whioh do not contain the medicinal proporfcics found only in Dr. Soule's American Hop Bitters. Take none of tho cheap bogus stuff simply because it is called "Hop Bittcra." TJRL'TII!*. Dr. S«vn!s's American W<f> Bff*ttem nrc the Piirt'Ht niul JU:*l Btf!»'•.. i ever Mimic. ■ .:!n:-lii-.'lC:tii- :!• .•!. -. . *;.iii<:.:.< :■ vr.i->»l»!i! iiH-dlcimsi. in il-.o wo.Wi. mid eoiUMii »;■ t!if> oi' laii'l m(i';t «-iir.'.n\o pinpirvus i-f all "tin 1: Itt'iers, :,,-,.ig Uioim'iULHt Ilionrl I'icrjfif'r. lAM'i-BBcajn lrr.or.iiml T.ifciiinl 11-.i! I. :; ■=.[*,! i.-ii-'At'onr on rnrtli. V ■ ilinv:,is'; on!! licali'.i c-iii jjos-,ibl..- lo:ip exist uliere -.; ■ -v>. Kitton iiic used, ko varied ami perfect .iro their ■Jl TilliOliS. j"ii(!v five now life .im<l vij.-or to the ;iffcil mid in :•■!. "'j1 ', ali uhi^t. aiti]iloyi!ieiiM cv.iiio irr'f-nlnrit;- i rlin l-owcl-s or iiriiinry orpins, or wlio rt iniro an • ■•j«its/x r. tonit 1. or lnilu sti'i/iliuit. Uic-n li.ilois juo j .'.il i \.W, Iji.-iiis4 !iii:.i!\ c.ni.irnu.ioiiic imd hti:nulat ■'v, -wit Eiont ii>t<>xic:iliii^. REMEMBER. ; £,->{><) (Five hmi'lrcd pounds) will be pn'.t i.r-.mv t:iift« Uvit i'i-. Siu.le' 1- An.crie.m Hop >:t' 2'.r. will not. ouiv orhe'.fi. 1 f i-c thaU:.'.»v) i.'j'.iiobcprs genuine ■i.i':olbui>ch of tfrccn hop.'i an white papor with black loiters. *"> K«bc oiktr gcßiOnc. 'JL'ako b« atfccrt^



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The Stock colsUts of »n extensive and varied assortment of Goods In Plash, China Leather, ttleotron ate excellent in quality and elegant:in design. BOOKS from Religions Traot Society, Ward Look-and 00, and Caisell and Company, euHable for PRIZE REWARDS ft nd PRESENTATION purposes. ORNAMENTS, VASES, FLOWERS iai> BIRDS -:(m glass ahades), &c. Funoy Ohlnawaie, Tea ServlcßS, GlMsware, Japanese Goods/ Writing Detlre, Workboxes, Altutns, Photo Primes, JlDkefcands. 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Indents for Goods from the Home or any other Market: will rcoeivo my attention FOB SALE—Woolpacks, Cora Haclra, Binder Twine, &c, &c. MY COIL AND TIMBER Bubl "SB will bo carried on as heretofore on the Old Premises, and a) it h my inton tion to Bell at a Email profit for Cash, prices quoted will be on that basis. When credit is required special arrangements may bo made. 100 TONS of freebly Imported COAL in Stock and to be followed by regular supplies. ... TIMBER-A Large and General Assortment now on tho way by rail and «ea IKON—Hardware and all Builders' Requisites. JOHN G."EESTELL. COMMISSIOK AGENT W. GREGG AND COMPANY, PURE BLEISDED TEAS, NEW SEASON, 1888-9, and Ilb PACKETS, 2ib FAKCY CANISTERS and Gls a«d lv TINP TBY THESE BL£nsbT" TliY THESE BL^DS : F^*\ /f^d%i /^^Mi //**^\ ((CROWN )) ( EAGLE I ( ExMbition)) ([CLUB) \^ per lb. JJ \^per X Jj \^ pci"^JJ Per UMS TZWAI, WILL ICS'iai>juiEsn THjflllt OOKHT4MX USB a bo obtained tco«> TOHK OBR&CU AND D. MQJf ABLANE. 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Alfred Harrison, 4GOTIONBER, STOCK AJ:II> 48TATE AGENT AHA if VALUATOR. ' SATURDAY BALK at 18 o'clock chair. —Horses, Cattle, Pigs, Pvodoae and Merchandise. - > ; Farming Implements aad Vehloles , of all kinds constantly,ln Yards• .' on view FOR SALK. leaving Sales held In iowb or Oonntry at required, and most liberal terms arranged with both Bcyars and Sellers. rO LET—Bhops in Ooleoaan's Build ings. Reduced rents. Good bnofc uiidlngs handsome shop*. AWUIT YOB TOM : jitM Onion Fire Insurance Company, ; ALFRED HARRISONJ



MISS BARiiAT'd PBIVATE 80H00I i\7 ILL te-opea J unary 27th lnai VV Sabjecw Tufigot — JtfnglUb, Drawing, Singiog, and fiia*lo.-"Oaa>erbn Street Weet, Ashbnrton. ■• 179 .. ■ < * nnO LBND, on Freehold Security— X £250, £300, and £600 in atpauttc suns. Apply to— JOHN O. OORR, Bmlitet and Solidtor, Burnett Street. Ashburton Bank of New Sooth Wales). C BABLSS fisADDSIi Lloensed Landbroket and, Valuator under V The Land Tranafet Act, 1831 'ESTATE HOUSE. LAND, AND GMKiiAL ; COMMISSION AGINT. OFFlCE—Burnett Strut, Next "JlaU" Ofiioa t 6



FRIEDLANDER BROS. j, I JUST LANDING ! Ex CITyI OF DELHI— 1000 Bales Cornsacks WHICH WE OFFEE AT LOWEST CTJBBENT WB ARK OABil BOrERS OF WHEAT, OAT 8, BABLET, and fIYEGBABB IN LARGE OR SMALL QOAH TITHES LEADING TBJ2 WOBLD. . THE HIGHEST A WAR D-belng «n object of att-.wM twttiel the Masse* Manufacturing Ooy,, Toronto, Canada, for their SELF-BINDBB (Massby's Toronto Liuht Bikdeb) Opecatad la the great Wotld't Field Trial beld at NoHlel, near Paris, Fraoct, July 19 22, 1889, where Fifteen of the moit noted maohlneg on earth competed. Also-A GOLD MEDAL wai accorded the Bfauey Manufacturing Company for their general exhibit of miohfnei at the Path Exposition. Over 700 Machines acid Id Victoria hi* Beaton—• record not beaten by any other make, FREEDLANDER BROS. SOIE AGENTS. THE BRANTORD STEEL BINDE& , . . SIZES BOR SILB, 5, 6, asd 7m OUTS, i THR width of Cht, Lightness of Draught, Simplicity of Oonstraotton, Strength and Durability of Material render It the raoat Suitable Maoalne for Farmers and OontiMtori, . • EXTRAS M QUANTITY Always in STOCK, and Supplied at the Sborteit Notice. TWfNB/OIL, Ac, for SALE. ] j. quanFa co AGENTS 4-154 BINDER TWINE BINDER WIRE M CCOEMICK BIIDEES BINDER FITTINGS MACHINE OIL AND EVERY BEQUISITE FOE THE HAEVEBT HELD J0HN0BB&C0. EAST STEEET, ASHBUETON. OATEN SHEAF CHAFF FOB BAL3 IN LARGE OB SMALL QUANTITIES GEO. JAMESON Ashburton and Rakaia. SHEAJF CARRIERS. — —:o: I HAVE FOR SALE— HORNSBY'S PATENT SHEAF CARRIERS Can bo easily attached to any Machine GEO. JAMESON Aeiiburton and Rakaia, t



4 * . Williamson and Pmce t LONDON AND BIBMINGrHUfc — TAILOES —^ I HABIT MAKEBS.&o^ ;.vr HAVE REMOVED to their New «U Oommodious place of BarifMM ia EAST BTBEET, ABHBUBTON, (Lately oocnpied by John Okb A.Oo. Special attention to Livery and Military Uniforms. Binding Twine. '•donaghy's w FOE SALE. - ' * >■■■ ,iMfM f *' ■ ■' 'i ■ ■■> £.-. j!*.vr • •-'.--•■• ■ ■■":,..- tf.i /• J. SE4LY ,&{SO:* I, ■■-... ■••• r. r \;vx?> ■'_ '- ■ . ' ' • .' f --JC",rrj., GEEY VALLEY COAL. 3000 TOMS — BOLD WEEKLY. — ; NEWCASTLE COAj^ 1 MEN SB SUPPLIES COMING TO HAND. : ;i' WEBTPOBT COAL;: REGULAB SBIPMENTB TH/tASHING MAOHISJE iprbptirtow bad Farmera ahonld apply immeditteJj particulars to ; , ..,? t TIMBER AND. Goal Merchants EAST ETBBET 4SHB UR7 ON THE ASHBTOTON FUBNI IUEE WABEHOUSK. TANORED STREET. l PIOKFORD and UNDRILL have • Urpo and carefally Mleoted itoak of FURNITURE now on view, Inolodlng Sattei, Softs, Coaches, Ohesto Drawm, Ohtica,&&o f &0., of thett owq nuaatee* tan from well oeuunod matetUlg. Iron Bedsteads Id various pattMM Bedding tv great variety, ■ -; Speolal Hoe of PERAMBULATORS jut the thing foi the holidays. A Oholoe Aiisortment of CHINA, GLASSWASE, AND OEITAMENTS Yeiy Suitable fcr Ohrlitmac Preiciiti. JUST ARRIVED, ( Er "WAKBPIiJID.", A oonalgamant of aeuoited, CHAIRS & FANCy GOODS INBPEOnON FREELY INVTTILX Farnltore designed and made to otte at shortest nntloe. - ■ Jl> Note the addroai *•» TANCRED STREET. Oppositk ths Aecads, ANDREWS OBR'S OKEAT CLEARANCE Half-Yearly Sale" of . •_ ,-. • BUEPLUS STOCJBL of ■ '" \' t ' BBAPEBY, CLOTHira aad BOOTS will commence on 'f TUESDAY, JAN. % FOE ONE MONTH ONLY GSKATEST BARGAINS BVKR/ OFFERED IN ASHBURTOK. ONE LOT OF BOOTS AT HAL»- PRIOB, , ANDREW ORR