ZADKIEL'S PREDICTIONS.

O 'a. THE EMPEROR OF GERMANY WILL HAVE HIS PATIENCE (?) TAXi_D. I Zadkiel's Almanac has made its appear ance for 1898. This is ita sixty-eighth yearly issue, which seems to indicate that Zadkiel has had good reason to ■•bless his ■tars." The prophetic pamphlet is as enter taining aa ever, and forecasts the incident* of next, year with all the self -assurance of a historian of the future. . The following are some of the tit-bit extracts whispered to the astrologer by his communicative stars :— January.— The New Year enters with frosty and seasonable weather. The effects of the great conjunction of Saturn with Uranus of last year have not yet passed away, and the disturbed state of the East will react on the Western nations and cause the greatest anxiety to our statesmen for ■ome time to come. Remarkable events may be looked for about the 8 h to 15th inst., m our own country, m Africa,' and m Spain. February.— February opens with fair and mild weather. The drawback is the conjunction of Meroury with Mars m Capn oornns 29deg., the exaltation of the red planet ; whioh excites the minds of martial men, causes great expenditure en arms and ammunition, and bodes ill for paces of amusement, m more than one of which a conflagration maybe expected about euher j the eleventh or nineteenth day. The Kaiser j of Germany haa a dhpuie on hand that will tax" his patience severely ; he should avoid travelling abroad at this time. March.— March comeß m like a lion. In Berlin a serious crisis appears certain on or near the eighth day. a*.)d Spain will be torn with contending factions. There are indi cations of a prevalence of murder and suicide. [Cowardß the end of the month our Govern ment will be involved m a religious diffi culty. , . , April.— Japan has a quarrel on hand, most likely with China. Friotion between the States' and Canada is too likely to become dangerous to peace ; and ac the month cornea to an end an awkward em broglio awaits Great Britain, and her opponents will be powerful and persistently hostile; and political excitement will rule high. May. — The •* merrie month ef May opens with stormy weather. Mars ruleß strong m Aries, the sign of Great Britain, and thereby upholds her power and dignity on land and sea, and m both hemispheres. Great poli tical excitement may bo confidently antici pated ; and a new election is contemplated or deoided upon. Railway accidents are to be apprehended about the 22nd and 30th. The Post Office may suffer from a daring robbery or swindle. A Royal wedding is celebrated or projected. ju NB . Military and naval affairs will be to the fore, and Parliament will be asked for increased votes for the Services. The lawyers will be busier m the latter part of this month than of late, and litigation is pre-signiaed by the presence of Mars m the ninth house at the Summer Solstice. A military cause celebre will attract public attention. The Duke of Saxe Coburg -Goths is warned to keep out of danger and tc safeguard his health this month and next. July.— Uranuß being near the meridian lorebodes an epidemic of crime and t scandal concerning a great prison or work house I" I ndia fanatics will attacs Euro peas and trouble will result on th. borders. There will be some great fires ii London and Paris m the latter half of thi month. A dignitary of the Anglican Cburcl succumbs to fate. A notable, perchance . Royal, marriage takes place. Augcst.— A recrudescence of the dim cultv between Spain and the United State may be anticipated. London .utters fror the transit «f Mars over her ascendsut some great fires and labour disputes wil take place. , September.— On tho coasts many drowr me fatalities will cast a shadow over th holiday season. Some excitement is wil neeeed m Paris about the middle of thi month { the reßtless French Socialists press me forward their schemes with oharacei istic ardour and daring. In Turkey mihtar .questions bristle with difficulties. October.— The presenca of Mars mth aevei-th house at the new moon hnports sharp dispute and a very critical Btate < foreign off-airs, most probably m regard t an Afrion colony. Foreign trade is nc likely to be m a satisfactory state, and tariff war may be expeoted on the Contmen The Kaiser of Germany is m danger of a accident again. November.— About the 18th and Zot days, events m Spain will attract the attei tion of the world. English railwaya w» have a good time. The Post Office wi inaugurate some useful reforms, and exter posting facilities to the people. December —Some illustrious Frenchma or Italian dies" suddenly, perchance t violence. News from India tells of stri and sedition. Saturn is too near the mn heaven at the new moon of tho 15th me for old England's affairs to run amooihlj and there ia reason to apprehend narrow ar mourning m high places. i-ASTLY.— You_tf ladies whose anniversai falls on the Ist will receive offers pf ma riage, but they should have a care deceivers, for tbe sun ia then near Saturn.

BULL-FIEGHT IN FRANCE.

HORRIBLE SCENE OF BUTCHERY. I witnessed the other Sunday (writes a correspondent) a ep.oti.cle of the moat gruesome butchery that it has ever been my lob to see, m the shape of a bull'6ght, carried out strictly a VEspagnole, but the sountrj; was fair France, and the fair daughters o* France were present m their thousands, and seemed perfectly callous to tbe cruel murder of Spanish bulls and the impaling of gentle ' old horses that might often have given them a pleasurable ride on the Boulevards. The scene waß Roubaix, a woollen-gooda manu faaturing town of some 130,000 inhabitants, which is a short distance from Lille. Six magnificent Spanish wild bulls — thiee black and three colorados — were provided at r. coat of £80 each. Two toreadors of fame oame to slay them, and some 15 banderilloa and picadorea were of the party to torture them to madneßß. The arena, where the oruel killing was carried out, was only about 50 by 45 yards. There was the greatest exoitement shown when the firat bull, no doubt goaded to wildness outside, came m. For a moment he raised his noble head, a bead Rosa Bonheur would have gloried iv, with blazing eye and wide-open nostrils, and _hen, uttering a bellow of defiance, he charged down on the nearest bandeiillo. For some minutes he kept his enemies on the rum Then tbe horses were brought m, poor jn serable worn-out cab and cart horses, blindfolded, and were placed purposely at the mercy of the awful-looking horns. A moment later, with a loud roar, tbe bull attacked one horse, and, Btrange to say, failed to puncture him, theu, turning, he attacked the other, driving one of his horns deep into the animal's cheßt, and throwing the rider fco the ground. Ihe bull was too much en gaged killing the unfortunate half-blinded horse to pay any attention to the man. I am glad lo say that only three horses were killed outright m this merciless way. One horse went through the whole six fight.. We ahould have shouted for joy to see him scath lesfls away ; but it was not to be, the Frenchmen must have their full quota of blood, and the old animal waß led up again and again to the last bull until he was ripped open, and one could see his entrails pro truding— a horrible sight, but by this time we had all got used to the horrible, and *his was only a part of the feast of slaughter. The horses having been done with by the first bull, the latter was attacked by the banderillos, who planted from four to six of their terribly barbed weapons m his shoulders and neck, and one could hear the grating of the iron spikes on the bonea, as the beast, frantic with p-in, tore round the arena. This waß awful enough, but worse had to come, for the matador made several terrible mistakes with the sword m trying to kill he now exhausted and anguished animal, j JSaoh attempt drove the sword up to the {bait m a non-fatal place, and the bull «. aoh time dashed round with the sword m hia fcody* at length, wearied, he was easily alaio, uttering prolonged groans before he treoeif ed ithe^^ de grate.

The Only Woman Freemason

In Brewer's "Dictionary of Phrase and Fable," the following sentences occur under tho heading of ■'Freemasons":— " The lady Freemason was the Hon. Mi.3 Fls'_-bet,h St. Lf ger, daughter of Lord j Doneraile, who (says the tale) hid herself m j an em^ty clock-case when the lodge was held at her father's house, and witnessed the proceedings. She was discovered, and com pelled to submit to initiation as a member of the craft." This tradition haa had world-wide ac.ept anoe, but Mr Edward Conder has collected some evidence which, while corroborating the main features of the sfcory, disposes of the legendary clock. It would appear (aays a writer m the Daily Gtaphic) that Arthur St. Leger, first Baron KilniAyden and Viscount Doneraile, together with his sons and a few intimate friends, was accustomed to open a lodge and carry on the ordinary ceremonies at the family mansion, Doneraile Court, County Cork. On one occasion Viscount Doneraile, with others, met for Masonic purposes m a large room on the ground floor of the house, and m front of this room was a small library, divided from it by a partitiou wall, which at the time was undergoing repair. A portion of the wall had been taken down, and the biicks loosely repiacod without mortar. Against these loose bricks the n*k panelling had been temporarily reared. On this part ; cular | afternoon i.VH-8 St. Leger had been reading at the library window, and, the light of the I winter afternoon having failed, fell asleep. j The sound of voices m the next room I awakened her, and from her position behind the loose : y placed bricks of the dividing wall she realised that something unusual was taking pi _cc m the next room. She appears to have removed one or more of the loose bricks, and thus waß easily enabled to watch the proceedings of the lodge. For some time her interest m what she saw was sufficiently powerful to bold her spellbound, and ib was not until she realised the solemnity of the responsibilities undertaken by the candidate that she under stood the terrible consequences of her action. The wish to hide her secret by making good her retreat took full posession of her thoughts. Her passage into the hall was easy, but it happened that the doors r f the two rooms were close together. Outside m the hall the tyler was on guard and from i his point her retreat was cut off. Mi? s St. Leger, realising that the tyler, Lord Done raile'a butler, well knowing the condition of the temporary wall, would at once, from her frightened appearance, grasp the situation, screamed and fainted. This old and trusty family servant sum moned his master. This course brought Miss St. Leger's father, with her brothers, the other members of the lodge, into the hall. Having carried the young lady back into the library, and she being restored to conscious ness, they learned what had occurred. Leaving her m charge of some of the mem bers, they returned to the lodge, and dis cussed what course under the circumstances they had best pursue. The discussion was prolonged for a considerable time, after which they returned, and, having acquainted Miss St. Ledger with the great reaponeibili -1 ties she had unwittingly taken upon herself, pointed out that only one course lay open to them. The culprit at once consented to pis • through the impresssve ceremonies she had • already m part witnessed, and became a Freemason. The circumstances, as above recorded, took place when Miss St. Leger J was a young girl and unmarried. The year 1 waß probably 1710.

*fiß ASBBOBI'OB aOAEMAiN. TfitJBSDAt, JANCAKY 6, 1898

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Business Notice. i Si'KA-HMOK- " j PRIVATE HOSPITAL. EXTENSIVE ADDITIONS JUST COMPLETED. UNEQUALLED In"tle COLONIES FO MEDICAL AND SURGICAL OASES. /"IAN Accommodate upwardß of FORTY W) MALE and FEMALE PATIENTS TERMS : From 2 Guineas per week] PATIENTS CAN BE ATTENDED BY THF/S . OWN MEDICAL ADVISER. Apply to — THE MATRON, Sthathmobe Pbivate Hospital, Ferry Road (just over East Belt), Christ- -6 135 church. , THE TEA OF T£E AGE SAXON. TEA. SAXON TEA. npRY IT, AND YOU WILL HAVE NO OTHER. SAXON TEA. SAXON TEA, Pb< t bssob B joke** ton reports ths SAXON TEAS is absolutely Pure and of good quality ASHBURTON PERMANENT BUILDING AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY. ON'and after Thursday, the 7th day o January, 1897, this Office will b CLOSED POR THE WEEKLY HALF- HOLIDAY, ON THURSDAY instead of SATURDAY, And will be open until 4 p.m, on Saturda after that date. EDWARD STEPHENS, Manager G. K. ASKIN, TANCBED STBEET, lITACHINIST A; CYCLE .MECHANIC CYCLES CABEEULLY BEPAIBED, ALL WORK GUARANTEED. U 19 JUST Received, a Consignment of tl Celebrated "NEW YORK LEVEB WATCHES. ONLY XOs 6d. To be obtained only from G. JESSON, PRACTIOAL WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER, Eaat Street, Ashburton., LAZARUS'S SIGHT TESTING AND SPEOIALITB SPECTACLES. Sole agent for Ashburton District, S. S A L E K - JEWELLER, EAST STREET, ASHBUPTON. LAZARUS Patented System ensure -J comfort and correct sight). Dont spoil your eye. by using badly fitting Speotaclea. Seed Potatoes. CHAMpjON— A very heavy!j,cropper of Qrst-class quality. BREEZE'S PROLIFIC— The beßt Potato light laud. LAPSTONE or VICTORIA KIDNEY I from Orari— The Potato Growers there all j use these for early market, being heavy yielders of best quality. BATH KIDNEr-The general favorite. EARLY RUBY, MAGNUM BONUM, SNOWFLAKE, etc., and Table Potatoes, beßt quality, lowest prices. BRAN, SHARPS, CHAFF, OATS, Reduced m Prioe. J. THOMAS, HAVELOCK STREET. BOOTS Boots, Boots, wonderfully oheap ab Mfti&o*'B Zealand.-. Boot Store. 



„THOS. E. KILWOETH & SON ENGINEEBS, BBIDGE WOBKS, ASHBURTON, rTNDERTAKE all k'nds of Engine Work, all kinds, of Millwright's Work, Seneral Engineering, Woodworking, & Biaeksmithing. c KILWOETH <fc SOJN, \ ASHBUBTON. A CHANGE. m HE name and goodwill m connection with the word " Dunlop " having j been acquired from the Dunlop Cycle Company Limited — makers of the famous . DUNLOP CYCLES by the Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Company Limited, m deference to the . wishes of Dunlop Tyre Customers, wo have decided .... TO adopt forthwith the name of AllOl CyC-0 CoX-Lp&ny L__&ito&* aa makers of ARIEL CYCLES. The design, quality and manufa.ture of Ariel Cycles will "be identical with that of the Dunlop Cycles, whilst all the many World's Records, etc., and Testimonials belonging to the Dunlop Cycle Company, and made on Dunlop Tyres, will apply with equal force to the Ariel Cycles, and the ABIEL CYCLE COMPANY, LIMITED., (late dunlop cycle company, limited.) HEAD OFFICE— II 6 Queen Victoria Street, E.G. SOLE AUSTRALIAN AGENTS— The Austral Cycle Agency, j HEAD OFFICE— I 39, 141 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne. COLOMBO STRKET, CHRISTCHURCH ; 123, GEORGE STREET, DUNEDIN ; i AND 61, LAMBTON QUAY, WELLINGTON. Christmas & jNew Year. — (x)-~ - SPECIAL SHOW : : DRAPEEY & CLOTHING *: "^TEWEST AND MOST FASHIONABLE DRESSES, Blouse Materials, Crepons, Prints, Cambrics, Nainsooks etc., etc. LATEST NOVELTIES IN SUNSHADES LACES COLLARS GLOVES * CORSETS CUFFS RIBBONS BELTS UMBRELLAS Etc. Etc. Eto. »J?J__,____N_Dl_D __^_SSOR_r_l_L-_QJN-C IN OILCLOTHS, CURTAINS, ART MUSLINS, & HOUSEHOLD FURNISHINGS SPECIAL VALUE In Men's and Boys' Clothing, Shirts, Panta, Collars, Ties, Hats, Caps, Braces, etc. MENS AND BOYS' STRAW RATS. — G__C_-_-NJD \r AJL ,*rj ß . A. P. WILLIAMSON, CASH DRAPER & CgL OTHI EB, TANCBED STBEET, _,-=_===_=--__=_._ _-__--^___-_____-___. (iilir BICYCLES, BICYCLES, BICYCLES. LANDELLSAND SON, EXPRESS CYCLE WORKS, BURNETT STREET (next The Club.) The oldeßt and largest Cycle Building and Repairing Shop m Ashburton. IMMENSE Stook of New andJSeoond-hand Sioycleß on hand ab prioeß whioh will defy competition. j SECOND-HAND MACHINES AT £2 10s, £3 10s, £5, £6, £7,' £B, £10,^£12— MUST BE CLEARED. j Large StooJ. of Outer Covers and Tubes. Also, Lamps, Bells, Saddles, Toe Clips, and everything connected with the Bicycle Trade. CHEAPEST EVER OFFERED IN NEW ZEALAND 10 179 WHEAT. WHEAT, YTTE ARE PROMPT OASH BUYERS OF iPRIME MILLIING WHEAT AT HIGHEST MARKET RATES, We are atao prepared to Store Grain on Farmers account In our New Grain Stores West Street, Ashburton, on very favourable terms Fnl sized Oornsaoka and Twine Supplied at LOWES r CURRENT RATES ROLLITT & CO., CANTEBBUBY FLOUB MILLS** OFFICES AND STORES? WEST BTREET. . I



__^'ftrr^| i^u!if_nnHL'«_£'''--^ '^S*>V-"''' ■* ; -'-^^'lirilf I JP s*&£;* SS ' \sfttfs : '''\ ~l A VICTIM OF Functional Disease, A 1 -a vn m N KVER tails any one "m \ _n.lclAUll_ sup)! a predic^-ut. To [ sufferers from Sick •' Headache, .Dyspepsia, f Biliousness and Constipation it is " A friend I m need and a friend indeed." Assist Nature 1 by Alaxum, and you will avoid a multitude ': of distressing functional derangements and diseases. Of all known medicines for renew- ing the energy Alaxtjm is the best. Its secondary effects .are marvellous. Many persons afflicted with constipation have testi- fied not only to its immediate relieving properties but to the fact that the cure lasts. No care is required while using it. It does not interfere with the diet, habits or occu- pation, and produces uo inconvenience m its action. It is at once a laxative, an appetiser*, and a stimulating tonic, prepared scientifically, and endorsed by the Press as the most valuable medicine that has ever been offered to to the public m a popular form. ALAXUM °™__ Biliousness, Bilious Headache, Dizziness, Costiveness, Sour Stomaoh, Loss of Appetite; Coated Tongue, Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Flatulence, Heartburn, Pains and Distress after Eating, and all functional derangements of the of nutrition.- NOTE TJE-LXS WELII,,— The whole system of a human being may be perfectly sound, and yet through derange- ment or weakne.s the organs of the boay may perform their functions or their work sluggishly, thuß giving rise to want of appetite, and a consequent general impover- ishment of the whole being. Such a con- dition causes thousands of people to fancy that they are consumptive, while they are ' really only m need of a remedy to sec the organs of the body working harmoniously. Reason points to two essential qualities m a remedy for this purpose. It must create an appetite for food, aud at the Bame time assimilate its nutriment. With either of these qualities alone the remedy would be worse than useless, but with both it becomes a power with incalculable good. ALAXUM is the only medicine which combines these two qualities. Ib is a natural appetiser, and its first action is to create hunger. After the appetite is satisfied it acts directly ou the stomach, liver and kidneys, clearing away all effete matter and exciting them to activity. The system then receives nutri- tion and new life from the proper assimila tion of the food ; and where there is no organic disease health must follow. This is common sense aud cannot be gainsaid. Accept no substitute that maybe recom- mended to be "just as good.' It may be belter — for the dealer — bee„u_e of its better profit, but m such an instsuce the_dealer^is not the oneJ|who needs help. FROM ALL CHEMISTS & STORE- KEEPERS, . X PKICE 2 S 60 THE FIRST SIGN OF A COLD Should remind you tbat the best time to commence taking something is at the begin- ning. It should also remind ypu that the beßt remedy to head off a spell of Bneezing, coughing and general unpleaßantneßS is Benjamin Gum, MEN START AT MY STATEMENTS A-BODT BENJAMIN GUM! Thousands of bottles have been sol d, .and universal praise of its curative qualities is the result. Note the Names -ipencer Vincent's Great __t6->j*ami-- CJuiml Extract PRICE ] s 6 Take no other Remedy, bua insist on having ' BENJAMIN GUM Don't take "Just as Good," TESTIMONIALS. Woolston, August 10, 1897. To Spenoeb ViNCiiNT, Christchurch. Dear Sir, — For some time past I have been suffering from a most painful cough. I had quite given up hope of its ever leaving I me, at least or the rem-inder of the winter, and feared that it had become chronio, seeing that other remedies failed to give me relief, much less oure. The pain became so intense that I was afraid of injuring my throat and head, especially the latter. I prooared one bottle of your Benjamin Gum, and I may say that I hadn't an atom of faith m its curative properties, but felt that I must take something to ease the pain. I drank contents of first bottle very freely, and am thankful to say m less than twelve hours I was wholly free lroni oough. E. W. Sears. P.S --Nearly three montbi since oough I r_ig*n,-"-B,W*B.



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S-V-V-O-B-t* Sc -sons -Euca- lypti Extract. Under the dißtinguißhed patronage of His Majesty the King of Italy, as per communica- tion made by the Minister for Foreign Affairs through the Consul-General for Italy, ai Melbourne, March 14, 1878. Awarded diploma »t the Amsterdam Exhibition, 1883. Acknowledged by Medical Clinics and Universitiea all over the Globe. There are imitations of Eucalypti Extract m the market, products of simplt distillation forming crude resinous oils. In order that these crude oils may not be taken, OUR PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT, whioh is recognised by tin xnedioal division of the Prussian Government be of perfectly pure origin, as per nformation .^warded to ua through the Consul at Melbourne, March 2, 1878, w* tate : — It ia proyed by testa by the Medical Clinics of the Universities at Bonn and Greifßwald, Prussia, and reported by J)r, Schulz, Professor of Parmaeology, at Bon, and Professor Dr. Mossier, Director of the Medical Clinics a! Greifawald, that only products that ar- • saturated with oxygen and freed of ds resinous and other substancos, adherent • primary distillation, will develope the sanative qualities proper to the plant AH crude oils, or so called Eucalypti Extract- are to be classed according to the named authorities, among the turpentines, which are abapdoned long since as an. nternnl ddioameov. These crude oils, or so called Eucalypti Extracts, are discernible : 1 By their deficiency .» pungent odour— which our product, the oulff genuinp Eucalypti Extract develops most freely through its surplus oxygen. By their alco.holip thin and mobile appear- ance being reduced j.a specific density through the presence of acids. By their taste, the result of the contracting tendency of resins and tennates. If these crude oils, bo paljed eucalypt extracts, are applied by mistake m eases of croup, broflonitiß, diphtheria, internal nflamations, dysentery, etc., the con- equences are most appilling. For aafetya akea-kaIwaysforSANDER&SON'SEUCA- LYPTI E.-CTJiACT.— Sandhurst, Viotoria, Australia. BANDER k SOWS,



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