COMMERCIAL.

ASHBUR'ION STOCK MARKET.

Messrs Friedla' der 8.0h., Limited, roport that at Tinwaid on Tuesday, there was an entry consisting of 4918 sheep, 3 rams, 11 cattle and 23 pi^s- "> h- ent ry oi sheep again consisted mainly of lambs »w\ cv I ewes, j and prices showe.i an improvement on late rates, good lambs being well oompeted for. We thiok that good forward wethers could be sold to advantage, we hav!ng had several enquiries for this class o: sheep. Our to';>,s for the day were 1063 sheep, 1 ram, Z cattle, and 4 pigs, which we cUared at pucca a under :— Sheep— 7 fat crossbred ewes 6s 7^, 21 two and four- tooth ewes and wethers 9i lid, 11 fat merino ewes 4s 6rf, 61 six and eight-tooth oro^sbrea ewes 7a 31, 20 oiosa bred lambs sa, 181 crossbnd amba 8s 99 lamba 9a Id, 60 lambs 7- 7 », 41 '"mba 8s 84, 74 cull crossbred ewes Is 7 1, 137 cull ew« la Id 100 crossbred lambs 4s lid, 91 cull merino ewea Is to Is 6d, 99 sound mouth merino ewes 2, 10d, 55 lambs 8 3d 2 cull* la Cattle— l fat cw £4 12s 6d, Ifa steer £2 15s Pice- 2 porker* at £1 1«, 2 porkers »b£l6d. Private S*le6— During the past week we have placed several lines oi fat lamba at from 9a 6d to 10a, cull ewes from la to la Bd, and 100 store lambs 6a lOd, 344 Btore lambs 8s 4d.

TIMARU WOOL SALES.

Timaru, February 9. Ab the third and last wool sale to-day 1290 bahs weie submitted, and all were sold ac auction, or aferwards. On the average pi ices were £rt better than at the second sale. HaUbred s£d to 7id, threequarter bred 5d to 6£d, crossbred 5d to 6£d, merino s£d to 6|d.

A USEFUL BOOK.

The Ashburton Publishing Company's Almanac for 1898 just isbued, will be found an exceedingly handy little book for anyone to keep. Besides a large quantity of useful information concerning Government, Rail way, and Post and Telegraph offices, there are odds and ends of matters which make the little volume a regular encyclopedia of useful knowledge. Persons not m business will find within the limits of some hundred and fifoy pages reliable data with regard to those thousand and one little things which crop up m daily life affecting our domestic arrangements, our travelling expeditions, and our small speculations. For here we have tabulated information re money orders, telegraphic and cable rates, ready reckone and various weight and money tables, and there are all sorts of valuable hints to house keepers, farmers, and others. Not the least striking features of this almanac are a neat cash book and a very convenient diary of household expenses. The book contains a few illustrations of the Koyal family. Lord Eanfurly, etc., and a number of advertise ments of local business men, which will enable the possessors of this very convenient i almanac fco find' in a moment where they can buy any article they can possibly require, or i where to go if they want any business • transacted for them, or any service done. ■ The almanac can be had for the email sum of sixpence from Messrs H. M. Jones or I H. N. Anderson ; also from Messrs Hardy I and On., Rikaia Shannon Bros., Chertßey ; an Hibba' Bros., Methven.

CHRISTCHURCH GRAIN AND PRO DUCE MARKET.

J-tess. There is a little enquiry for old wheat ttttd a few small lots have changed hands on a basis of 3s lid to 4a at country Btatums. The sale of 400 bushels of new wheat, mostly Hunter's, with * little pearl, of fair rotting quality, at 3* 5d at a country station, equal to 3a 7id at Ohrißtohuroh, is reported, but otherwise no business ib doing m the new crop. The demand for oats ib not very active, only a few odd lots ohaog ine handß. Prime malting barley is very erm, and a fairly Urge parcel has been placed at 4a 6d, delivered at the kiln. Kidney and Early Rose potatoes are re quired for coastal bhipment, and 60s v being offered for the former and 65i for the latter. The first of the new season's crop of onions has bean bought at 60s. The following are current prices paid tc farmers, f.0.b., Lyttelton, for direct ship ment from country stations and free of com mission : — OLD Wheat -Good to prime quality pear 4s 3d to 4s 4d, Tußcan 4s 2 1 to 4a 3d Hunter's 4a to 4a Id, second quality wheal about 3d lower. Oats— Nominal. Prime milling 2-1 3d U 2» 4d, good stout feed 2* Id to 2a 2d ; fai short feed la lid to 2a. Barlby— Prime malting, new 4a 6d to H 9d, feed 2s 6d, Cape 2s 9d.

The New Zealand Farmers' Co opera tive Association of Canter bdry, Ltd. quote as follows on February 8 :— Wheat- „ „,. „ A Prime milling Pearl 4s 4£dto4ssd Tuscan 4a 4d to 4s 5d „ " „ Hunter's 4a 2d to 4i 3d  Now wheat 3j 61 to 3a 9d on trucks at country stations for prime milling Seconds, clean ... oa 2d to 3s 4a  Tartars and Duns .. 2s 2d  Good stout feed ... 2s 3d „ Milling 23 ad » Bftrlcv —— * Prime malting ... 4s 6d to 4s 9d „ Medium (dull) . .... 3s 6d to 3s 9d „ T7 ee d 2s 4cl  Beanß 2* 9d to 2a lOd „ Peas— Prussian blues old (nominal) ... 4s 6d to 4d 9d „ Partridge 3s 3d to 3s 4d „ Ryegraßß— Farmers' lines 2s 6d to 3s „ Cocksfoot— Farmers' parcels, Good bright seed ... 2|d to 3£d  Medium grades ... 2£d  Dark ••• ■•• *d toZ£d  Chafl— c Goodoateheaf ... 60s ab country stations.

Times.

There has been but little change m the grain and produce markets during the past day or two. Millers still decline to meet sellers m their prices for new milling wheat, and holders are atill firm m their demands. It is reported that one small parcel of new, which is very thin and Bhrivelled, has been purchased for milling at 3s 54 aU country station, but this is an isolated case, and cannot be oaken as representing the price at which the market will open. Several small lots of old have been taken at from 3a lid to 4s at country stations. New oats are now coming to hand fairly freely, and several sales of good feed sorts have been made at 2* at country Btations. -The determination of maltstera not to give more than 4s 6<l for barley, has been maintained, and several lines of very good malting have chaDged hands at that pr.ee, delivered at Ohrißt church. A few samples of good farmers lines of cocksfoot have been on offer, and several Bales of nice seed have been made at 3d per lb off riddles. At the Rangiora market on Tuesday, two lines of mixed Tuscan, Hunter's and pearl, containing m the aggregate about 3000 bnshels, changed hands at 33 6d per bußhel at country stations. The price expected by the farmers is still 4s per bushel. Only a line or two oi oats were on offer, thoro being evidently very little surplus of this cereal for disposal. Farmers' lines of grass seed changed hands at 2s 6d per bushel Prices current are as follow : — WHEAT.— OId pearl 4s 4d to 4a sd, Tuscan 4b 3d to4s 4d, Hunter's 4s ldto 4s 2d, new pearl 4a, Tuscui 4a, Hunter's 3? lOd. y A £ s Milling Canadians 2s 4<l, stout feed 2a Id to 2a 2 1, duns and Lanish 2s 2d to 2s Bablby.— New prime malting 4s 6d to 43 9d, medium 3s 6d bo 3s 9J, feed 2a 3d to 2s 6d, scarce.

ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET.

ChristchuuCH, February 9. There were only medium entries m moB olaaaeß of stock at Addington. The attend ance was good, and business throughout wa brißk. The entrieß comprised 9758 Bhee and lambs, 328 head of cattle, and 40*5 pigs Fat Cattle— The 140 head included few light weight steers, but tha bulk wer email heifers. Bidding was fairly brisk, an a good clearance was made £at late rates viz., 15s to 17s per 1001 b for prime beef, 13 to 14s 6d for good, and 10s to 12s 6d for coy and inferior. Per head— steerß £4 12s 6d t £6 10s, heifers £3 10s to £6, and cows £ to£slCfl. .fcTORE Cattle — A very mixed lot, thi youngsters showing too much Ayrshire anc Jersey crosses. The presence of a Wes Coast buyer helped the market considerably and more business was done than for som< time p;ißt. Two-year old steers 40s to 48s eighteen months to two-year-old heifers 24 to 295, nine months to yearling mixed cattl< 12s to 143. Fat Shekp— There was a good yarding including some fair lines of wethers and t good proportion of young ewes. The maike opened exceedingly well m all c'.assei throughout. Buyers for export were it competition for all lines suitable for freezing until the clobo up of the end of the sale There was a good demand for good young ewes, and buyers for the West Coast trade were m competition with the butchers foi anything at dll good, but towards the close a few lines had to be passed as they failed to reach owners' reserves. Freezing wethers brought from 10a 6d to 13s, the latter price being obtained for Mr G. Kutherford'a Dalethorpe lot; backward wethers 9* to 10s, maiden ewes 8a 6d to lie 6d, the latter price for some of Mr C Hurst's, from Oaliieigh estate j good young ewes 7s to 103, aged sorts from 2s lOd to 6s 6d Some woolley merino wethere from lMlethorpe averaged 8a 4£d, and shorn sold at 53 lid. Ovsr 3000 lambs were m bhe fat pens, but only a,- small proportion were prime, the bulk being little better than stores. There was a good demand for any fit for export, which bi ought from 9j to 10s lid and up to 12a for extra prime quality. Fair butchers' lambs 63 8d to 8s 6d, stores from 53.

iTOKB Sheep. — The entry m the store •beep pens was large, and the improvement) m the feed prospects, owing to the late rains, ahowed its effect on the market, all sorts being keenly Bought after at an advance on last week'rf rates. Forward lambs 6a to 7s, others 4i 8d to 5a 6d— a line of 446 bringing $b 9 former price j lix and #ight-tooth ewes

m pood condition 6- 21 to 7a, maiden ewes' 8. 3 i, a.-cd ewes 2-< 7-i to M, boilers Is to Is lid, forward wethers 93 Id to 9s 9d, mixed two-looihs 8i 7d. Pigs. — The entry included Dome very good fat soits, and these were a tr flj firmvr, baconers bringing fully 3|d per Ib, and poikeis 41. Per head, bnconera ran from 30a to 48-> (22 from Ashburton making top price and 29 from the South 34*), porkers 19s t ■ 2ds, storeH 13a to 235, and up to 27s for a good line, weaners 8- 3d to 12s.

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WOOLSTON STEAM WOOL WORKS, CHRISTCHURCH. (Established. 1868.) tIIHE Undersigned be^s to notify that he is JL Scouring as heretofore. Squatters' consignments to the - Chrisbchurch or Woolaton  Station will receive prompt attention/ Quick despatch and Lowest Rates. T. YORK. 10 99 ASHBURTON PERMANENT BUILDING AND •INVESTMENT SOCIETY. ON and after Thursday, the 7th day of January, 1897, thisj Office will be CLOSED FOR THE WEEKLY HALF-; HOLIDAY, ON THURSDAY instead of SATURDAY, And will be open'until 4 p.m. on Saturday after that date. EDWARD STEPHENS, Manager^ <



Publics Notions. X~WAIUiEN; BASKETMAKER, E. W. Hall's, Herbalist, (nearly ' opposite Arcade), TANCRED STREBi 1 , ASHBURTON. ALL KINDS of WICKERWORK Made to Order and Repaired. 12 2 THE TEA OF THE AGE SAXON TEA. SAXON TEA. mar it, and you #ill havi £IO OTHER. SAXON TEA. SAXON TEA, hrn cssob Bjckb'toh reports tl« SAXON TEAS la absolutely Pare and of good quality



GREAT CLEARING SALE! OF Summer Drapery & Clothing, TOR ONE MONTH,] COMMENCING] FRIDAY, January 14.1 Reductions. Great Bargain^ iGenuin^ Clearing Sale OF Surplus Stock. A. P. WILLIAMSON, CASH DEAPER & CLOTHIER, TANCRED STREET;



KiL WORTH & SOJS, jASHBUBTOS. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. GENUINE PL A JED WARE. "VXT^* T^^^ just] landed a choice selection of Plated Goods {of Eequiaite Designs^ Choice Patterns, and Good Quality. THEY have been marked exceptionally low of price, and persona requiring^ Presents for their friends will do well to oall, inspect our <ibook, and make their selection 'early. | W. H. COLLINS & CO.



HOUSE PAINTING & PAPEEHANGING. [HAVE just to hand a shipment of GENUINE WHITE LEAD &:PURE LINBEED OIL for the present season's Painting and Deoor»ting. Persons desirous of having their homes well painted with|.GENUINE| MATE RIALS & GOOD TRADESMEN.are requested to call upon us, OIL OLOTH FOR DADO S IN STOCK. TO ARTISTS. | HAVE a Splendid lob of.OpalGlasß m stock, specially prepared for Artists., use, whioh c!»njbe out to any Bize required at a moderate charge. J. WILSON, CORNER OF ARCADE & BURNETT STREET. Telephone ]P.O. Box 16 THOS. E. KILWOETH & SON ENGINEEES, BRIDGE WORKS, ABHBUUTON, TTNDERTAKE all k'nds of Engine Work, all kinds of Millwright's Work, General Engineering, Woodworking, & Blacksinithing.



BARGAINS EXTRAORDINARY /^i REAT ANNUAL SALE of Surplus Stockj of DRAPERY, CLOTHING, & BOOTS. COMMENCED ON SATURDAY, January 15. IMMENSE REDUCTIONS. ANDREW ORR.



Public notices Q J G. JESSON, PRAOTIOAL WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLEK East Street, ABhburton. THE CHEAPEST SHOP m Ashburton FOR ROTHEBHAM'S WATCHES. The Best Watch ever imported into New Zealand. SOLE AGENT for the Celebrated "RELIABLE" WATCHES. Speotaoleß, Eye Glasses, & Eye Preservers a specialty. PALM AND JOKO TEA INDIAN AND OEYLON. OUR 2s 4d INDIAN (Palm Brand) 1b noted for producing 200 large Tea Oups of first-race Tea to the pound. This is the Tea Mr George Jameson sold so largely. OUR 2s TEAS (Palm and Joko) are equally good value for the money. OUR TEAS are so popular that we frequently hear of instances of other Teas being paoked and sold m our empties. 1 Imitation is sincer>st flattery,' but the publio should see t<aey get the genuine article. Retail irom all the principal Store- keepers. WHOLESALE FROM JAMESON, ANDERSON & GO-, 155 Colombo Street, Ohristohubob Unparalleled Opportunity, HAVING just landed large shipments of Cycle Goods, we are holding j at the following quotations FOR CASH: — " ECLIPSE - HUMBEB," ) Roadsters and Road Racers, f JfiC)(\ Perry's components throughout f oG/£\J 18 months guarantee. ) •'ECLIPSE- HUMBER,"") _£Q1 Ladies' Machines. ) ob/vl " GREYHOUND,"— Gent J s\ Roadsters. First class machines/ {} "1 £» Ball Head Locks, and all latest] oblO improvements. 12 month's J- * guarantee. j •• GREYHOUND,"— Ladie B ) Machine. Loop Frame. Ball > Head Locks and all the latest ) () ~t iy improvements. 12 months') ow-L 8 Guarantee. j Standard Cyclometers, usual price ... 10a, Sale Prioe ... ... ... 7a 6ci Nickel Plated Trouser Clips, usually la per pair.— To c'ear at 6d per pair. Ordinary TrouserClips, usually, 6d per pair, to clear at 4 pairs for Is. •• Search Light" Lamps, spring bracket, usual price ... ... .„ 30a Sale Price ... .„ ... 20s " Silver Pet " Lamps, only 10s 6d 3aoh. •* My Own " Lamps, only 6s 6d each. "My Friend " Lamps, only 7s 6d each. Tool bags from Is 6d each. "Pushing Baby " Bell?, 2s 6d each. Spanners, from 2a each, etc;, etc. ALSO,— A large quantity of Saddles, Saddle Pads, Chains, Chain Wheelß, Handle Bars, Grips, Toe Clips, Quadrants, Spokes and Nipples, Hub 3 and Pedals, Inner Tubes, and Outer Covers, Helmet Lubricators, Inflators and Valves, and every requirement of the repair shop. Those who have proved Wood Rims to be defective can have WESTWOOD HOLLOW STEEL RIMS fitted to any Bicycle at a Btnall charge. Goods value jJSI and upwards oarriage free to any address. Eclipse Cycle Works. BARING SQUARE. ASHBURTON. 5000 PAIRS OF BOOTS AND SHOEBL- ;to pick from. Try our new leathers. Every pair Guaranteed.' JAMES UeLLOE, TANORED STREET} MAKE NO MISTAKE. MELLOR'S ZEALANDIA BOOT STORE. rpHB PUBLIO BOOT BENEFIT Second to none In Canterbury FOR GOOD CHEAP BOOTS & SHOES. Pronounoed by the Ashburton Pablio to ye wonderf upvalue for little money. J&OZI1S TEA i« Beftt <



Also— A number] of Improved Farms. T. BULLOCK TOWN SECTIONS. PERSONS Desirous of purchasing Town Sections or investing m other town properties are invited to inspecb the list I have for Sale. Easy^terms of payment oan be arranged. T. BULLOCK. KOZIE TJBA. Most ISoonoinioftl



SUBURBAN PROPERTIES FOR SALE 1 . BUILDING allotments m the Allenton and Hampste^d suburban districts. Also,— A number of improved suburban properties. Full particulars on application. T. BULLOCK. TO LET, /COTTAGE of 5 rooms and fscullery \J situated m Eton Street, Hampstead. Apply to T. BULLOCK, Agent good buildingTi^eThampstbad. -COO PRICE of Lot 75, containing oC'/V/v i-acre, well situated and having nearly 2 chains frontage on Cambrfdge Street. T. BULLOCK. Premises m Moore Street TO LET at low rental, viz., 5s 6d per week. Apply to T. BULLOO TO FARMERS & OTHERS. FOR SALE-Saveral blocks' of good Sheep Country m various parts of the County.



TO THOSfcQ DESIROUS OF RENTING A SMALL HOLDING NOT FAR FROM A SCHOOL. TO Let— l4a lr 18p, about a mile below Greenstreet School, together with two roomed cottage erected thereon, and other improvements. For further particulars apply to T. BULLOCK, Agent. ID Lhi T. COMMODIOUS PREMISES. I f\S f*D PER Week. Suitable for JL\J \J sale loom and bicycle expert premise*, fronting East Street, main thoroughfare, and adjoining Mr James, butcher. T. BULLOCK. FOR SALE," NEAR THE CANTERBURY MILLS, LOTS 77 and 78, each containing i-acre being part of block known ns Walsh'a, and near the Canterbury Mills. Terms if required. Apply to T. BULLOCK. , FOR SALE. i A~R E i rpOGETHER with Seven-Roomed Dwell. X ing House thereon. Well situated m Txncred Street, being T.Ss. 427 and 428. Very easy terms of payment oan be arranged. T. BULLOCK.



TTTE HAVE ALWAYS IN STOCK- RANSOM'S ANDHORNSBY'S PLOUGHS Long and Short Feed Oats, Prune Oaten Sheaf Chaff, Royal Oil (150deg. Fire Test), Crushed Barley and Wheat for Pig feed, Whole & Broken Chick Wheat, Agricultural Salt, Farm & Station Requisites of all kinds, including Tea (specially packed for us and imported direct by ourselves from Ceylon), Sugar, Soap, Candles, Oatmeal, Flour, Bran, Sharps, Salt (beat, table), Rock Salt. PenciDg Wire (plain and barbed), Staples, Galvanized Sheep Netting (most suitable for fencing ofi turnips), Clover and Turnip Seed, all varie- ties; Ryegrass and Cocksfoot ( machine dressed), Oils — Castor, Machiuery, Boiled, Tattoo Oil (for branding sheep) &c, &c. 600 AORES AT KUAPUJMA. WE are instructed by the owner to offer for private Sale 500 acres situated at Ruapuna. This property is subdivided into convenient sized paddocks, with water m each paddnck. The buildings consist of an eight- roomed House, Large Stable and Wool Shed Terms— Small cash deposit, balance at a low rate o interest. HANMER & GRAVES. T. Buiioek.



SUTTON'B SEEDS. HAVING been appointed Agents m Ashburton for Messrs Sutton and Sons, we can supply all this firm's well known RAPE & TUJtiNIP SEEDS, Beßides a large variety of I GARDEN, VEGETABLE, & FLOWER SEEDS. These Seeda are all carefully selected, and we can confidently recommend them.



Hanmer and Graves. I Dipping Season. ; I WE are prepared to DIP SHEBP at our DIPPING YARD?*, opposite to he Ashburton Saleyards, and shall use LITTLE'S DIP Which we are also prepared to Supply to Fanners at Lowest Possible Quotations. ~coestsacks. WE ARE PREPARED TO SUPPLY THESE AT LOWEST RATEW. TT7-E ARE BUYERS OF GOOD OATEN-SHEAF OHAFF, WHEAT, O&TS, BABLBY, RYh-GJtIASS, ETC. ETC.



SAJVDEK Sc sso»s Euca- lypti Extract. Under the distinguished 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, at Melbourne, March 14, 1878. Awarded diploma at the Amsterdam Exhibition, 1883. Acknowledged by Medical Clinics and Universities all over the Globe. There are imitations of Eucalypti Extract m the market, products of simple distillation forming crude resinous oils. In order that these crude oils may not be taken, OUR PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT, which is recognised by the medical division of the Prussian Government [to be of perfectly pure origin, as per information forwarded to us through the Consul at Melbourne, March 2, 1878, we tate : — It is proved by tests by the Medical Clinics of the Universities at Bonn and Greifswald, Prussia, and reported by Dr. Schulz.Profesaor of Parmacology, at Bon, and Professor Dr. Mossier, Director of the Medical Clinics at Greifswald, that only products that art- saturated with oxygen and freed of ds resinous and other subatancos, adherent to primary distillation, will develope the sanative qualities proper to the plant All crude oils, or so called Kucalypti Extract?. are to be classed according to the named authorities, among the turpentines, which are abandoned Ion? since as an ntemal ddicament. These crude oils, or so called Eucalypti Extracts, are discernible : lgßy their deficiency m pungent odour— which our product, the only genuine Eucalypti Extract develops most freely i through its surplus oxygen. By their alcoholic thin aud mobile appear- ance being reduced m specific density through the presence of acids. By their taste, the result of the contracting tendency of rosine and tennates. If these crude oils, so called eucalypl extracts, are applied hy mistake m cases of croup, bronchitis, diphtheria, internal nflamations, dyseutery, etc., the con- sequences are most appalling. For safety akeask aIwaysforSANDER&SON'S EUCA- LYPTI EXTRACL—Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia. SANDER & RONS.



RAILWaY TIME TABLE. Trains leave Ashburton FOR THE NORTH every day at 7.20 a.m., 3.40 p.m. aad 7.5 p.m. (express). On Mondays, Wed- nesdays, and Fridays, an extra train leaves at 11.0 a.m. Trains arrive from the North every day at 10.45 a.m., 12.48 noon (express) and 8.0 p.m. Trains leave Ashburton FOR THE SOUTH every day at 10.55 a.m , and 12. 53 noon (express). On Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays a train leaves at 3.50 p.m. A train leaves for Mount Somers branch me every day at 4.2.5 p.m. The branch 'rain arrives m Ashburton at 9.45 a.m. Trains leave Pakaia for Methven daily Thursdays excepted) at 7.5 p.m., on Tuesdays at 10.10 a.m , aid on Thursdays at 12.20 noon. Trains leave Methveu at the following times respectively — 6.50 every day, except Friday a ; 10.30 Fridays 3.10 p.m. Tuesdays. „_ JdAIR CUBLING FLUID. — — THIS FLUID is a secret recipe, and is used by the leading ladies of England and America, ar.d now used m all the first- class Saloons throughout the world. It is delicately perfumed, and can be recom- mended as a first-class Toilet Preparation. DIRECTIONS. Moisten the hair with the Fluid, and adjust it loosely. As it drieß it will show a tendency to curl. Then ran your fingerß through it to lighten it up, as you desire. PRICE— 3s PER BOTTLE. PKEPARED BY C. G. ELEY, LADIES' HAIRDRESSER. New York, U.S.A. J. B. KIRK, 216 Agent. DRINK DELICIOUS * Jlnnß 'V^^ft |B (A 1091 M____^k____^Bf___W_____W___w ' BBkm urn -¥3 * W *Jmmw PERFECT IN QUALITY, FLAVOR AND BLEND. i Paoked »n Tins, the delicate Aroma Absolutely Preserved. obtainable: from all grocers