AN EASY WAY TO CURE THEM.

There are too many people— both m -n and wumi'n- troubled with impure ■ lo d, •weakntss. sl-.p'esbness, prnpl-R, ••<*■ a and skin di-ua^. Certain y the rxces- B'voiy hot w.'4'tinr induces hese *ro-,li". n, bat ituy c-ui be ve>y easily -voided or cured. Nothing ;--cta on the hi nrt iik- Dr Wlll-m-.' Pink Fi.s, so snys M s Marion Philiips. the wife of a very highly reepeotew g.n:_em»u, residing at D-na B THp.r, Ball-.rok , ViCtorl?.. Mr* Piiil!*p« has been a m--r ! yr for m-nv years to a skin compl-int, the renult of a leng hy re idence i" tho warm climate ot the East Indies, where her husband was engaged m shipping P" 6 -' f!? * Whilst there she was a continual .-uff.rH • ir ra biliousness or liver diseas . * I was,' she baid. 'generally sjj_±ki t,' a he<*i*hy wonan. but phnrHy after my arrival m , B dlarat, and whilst residing m Dovetor. .tree*, 1 commenced to -uffer frc>_3 great paii B m ipy legs. s*nd all over my body Sleeple.sne.v.i wa succeeded by periods of weakness. My. f» Cft W!Ui C'.v«*red wirh pimples, and my arms and other portions of my body with b"ils and .vkin eruptions. J sa w several medical men, aDd even went down to Melbourne to see a specialist m _kin diseases. H* advised a course of blood medicinp, ai d said I was sufFerine; from general debility, an. th_r, my liv^r and kidneys were iv a very bad state. Bat he did me no good. In February last we removed to Dana street, and shortly after a lady frk-nd suggested that I should tiysomeof Dr Williams' Pink Pilli-. I did so, and took them regularly thre tioiPH a day, just after my meals. I think ie was the third night alter com mencing theta that I had my first night's real rest for many months. By the time the second hox w.<* h-»lf fin shed the pimples «nd blotches on my face began to disappear, and my ■■•.ira^ »ut*e freed from boils and other im ;■'-.-• *}«■"•. Ifooks yen boxes m all, and i r Aw. fi: t time since my a r rival here, som? six monins ago, felt perfectly heal hy. When my husband returned from his last trip ha was geatly surp-is.d ar, the ohange Dc Williams' Pink Pill- had tfLcte ■, and gave me permission to mike the f *,ct known if I chose. To tho-ie sufferiug from general debility and poorness of the blood, I think Dr Williams' Pink Pills are in valuable, and I speak from a very painful experience.' The action of Dr Williams' Pink Pi'ls for Pale People is directly on the blood, and thus it is tdat they are so famous for the cure of ar » nia, weak heart , sleepless ness* -crofu!-a consumption, chronic erysipelas, debility, ii.digesti.n, liver a-:d kidney diseases, and cheßt and lu-g tro.bles. They restore pale and sallow comph xions to the glow of health. They are also a splendid nerve and spiral tonic, and have cured many cases of paralysis, locom'-tor ataxii, neuralgia. St Vitus' dance, an . nerroua headache Sold by cbemistß and storekeepers, and hy the Dr Willams Medicine Company Wellington, £.Z-, at 3^ a box, or _ix for 16* 6d, bur, .are genuine only with the fall name, Dr Wi'ii.n-s' Pink Pi'.ls for Pale People, on each box.

COMMERCIAL.

# The New Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Association are m receipt nf the following c.ble from their London office : —Value of Smil-fi^ld mutton 2s 7d per stone; market steady.

I'HE ABHBURTOTST 3U RADIAN •: SATURDAY DECEMBER 31, 1898

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Pubhc In otic s. ** r~ J. Ballantyne & Co. HAVE just received and will offer i to-day A I LATE SHIPMENT OFLADIES 1 CAPES. 1 CAPES FOR THE PROMENADE, 1 CAPES FOR CYCLING. 1 All Choice Goods, and just Unpsoked. 1 J. B_VLLANTYNE & CO. SHOW TO-DAY YOUNG __AD;E_' SCHOOL OAPES, In Splendid Selection and Very Cheap } m Shades of Fawn, Gray, Navy, Brown, and Pretty Shades of Green, at prices from 12/6 to 25/6 each. We respectfully invite inspection of the Goods comprising this Special Purchase, and would remind intending purchasers that value and Style mark the whole. One Shilling off every pound discount for cash. J. BALLANTYNE & CO. 12248 Henry McElrea CASH BUYER or WOOL, SKINS, HIDES, FAT, Etc. WANTED at once— lo,ooo Crossbred or Merino Pelts. Top Price for Freih and well-savad Pelts ; also 20 ton Clean Dry Caul or Kidney Fat, ljd per lb BAG WOOL A BPEOIALTY. I have on Sale — TEA SOAP OANELES POTATOES FLOUR SHARP 3 BRAN OATS Chickwheat, Straw and Oat-sheaf Oh&ff. Best Brands and First Quality, at up-to* date prices, for jbompt cash. Come np to " Mac" and get quotations. AH Goods delivered m Town and Suburbs. Note the Address— HfiNRY McBLREA, BARING SQUARE, ASHBtTBTON. LA WES' Dips & Manures. THE Public Dips at the Aahbnrton and Tinwald Sale Yards are now open for the SEASON. For terms and particulars apply to Care taker. Lawes' Superphosphate — Best Turnip Manure m the world. Also poisonous and non-poisonous Sheep Dip m stock. Edward Launders, LOCAL AGENT. 11 116 WE INVITE FARMERS TO CALL AND INSPECT THE McCOEMICK Reaper & Binder XTTHICH Secured the *-*!___ VJkt. It _ttK-_>i___L_ for the BEST BINDER on the ground at the Chriatohuroh A. and P. Show. We have sold out our first Consignment of theee "WOULD FAME MACHINES, and would adviie farmers to call early if they wish to secure the BEST BINDER tho WORLD HAS EVER PRODUCED. We are also Agents for the Colonial Drill, Which was awarded the 00_L_X> I*l_e_J_> _-___, for BEST COMBINED DRILL at the Drill Trial on Mb Boag's farm. Morrow, Bassetttf Go, WILLS STREET, ASHBURTON I M. PHIEST, Manager, ASHBURTOIi 1 No. 2 INDUSTRIAL , BUILDING SOCIETY I To be incorporated under the Provisions of the Building Societies Act, 1880. PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS ; I Chables Reid, W. D. V. Pkeston, ! Edwabd Gates, Fbancis Scbint, i J. H. Pauling, G. R. Anderson, H. Stephenson. SECRETARY : * SOLICITOR : Fbbdk. Maj-eig. E. G. Crux. ' BANKERS : j The Bank of Australasia, Ashburton. OFFICE OF THE SOCIETY: Poßb Office Buildings, Cameron Street), I Ashburton. I Office now open to take Entries, J OFFICE HOURS.: j 9.30 a.m. to 1 p.m., 2.30 to 5 p.m., and < from 7 to 8 p.m. on Tuesdays and Saturdays "' ■ j A Card. • I MISS WILLIAMS BEGS to notify the general Publio that she has started business as DRFSS AND MANTLE MAKER \ In Saunders' Buildings. Entrance by ■ Cooper's Btudi\ ■ ~MISS ETHEL GATES, 1 JMLIV. _?.-_{. "-- 1 TEACHER of Shorthand and Mueiet, ___ Piano, Organ, & Violin. ' H BAKAIA & OHERTSEY, M MONDAY k WEDNESDAY. ■



.. ... .._. ; J- the World. Unrivalled, U_iexcc!ka. jl Dlh fw^ I^4 \^' I e"o-j^cco ; ____ili_w JL • — = 1111 1111 11 /es to Excel/ and comes m "Easily First." "-■ ***m r ~m ._-. ,_ . i iiii^ t^^a»-aa--_----ra--_Ma-a_a-»aa_Ma-__^ iW. CONGREVE THE PEOPLE'S PRAOTIOAL IRONMONGER, TTAS JUST LANDED HIS FIRST SHIPMENT OF THE CELEBRATED i CLIPPER CYCLES, and those m want of a FIRST-CLASS MACHINE at a LOW PRICE would do well to call and inspect them. .OIQ lAa WILL PURCHASE A GIO lAa atvlO JL\J& LAD Sf'S or GENTLEMAN'S d^JLO XU^ ab_LO 10 "CLIPPER" BICYCLE. £13 10^ -*^v^. THE " CLIPPER " BICYCLE is not a toy, but a good, solid, sound, serviceable Bicycle ; built and Bold at a price within the reach of all, PRIMUS STOVES. PRIMUS STOVES. NOISELESS. SMOKELESS. WICKLESS. ODORLESS. No house is complete without one of these perfeot Stove.. The most economic* Stove m the market. Cheaper than Coal or Gae. Call and inspect them, and you will be convinced. THE ENTERPRISE RAISIN SEEDER Will stone one pound of Raisins m five minutes. A great labor saver. A obild can stone your Raisins with this machine. Also m Btock— Builders' and Furnishing Ironmongery of every description. Hay Forks, Hay Bakes, and all Harvest Requisites at lowest price.. I bold an Immense Stock of Tools, all of the beat English and American makes, and guaranteed. Compare our prices a All goods marked m plain figures. I SELL AT ONE PRICE— TJt_I_E_ I_UWJBsiT. W. CONGREVE, THE PEOPLE'S PRAOTIOAL IRONMONGER, BURNETT STREET, ASHBURTON. and at 129 Colombo Street, Chriatchuroh. BELFAST FREEZING WORKS MANURES, ARE THE BEST TjlOR TURNIP, RAPE WHEAT, AND ANY OTHER CROP. SPECIAL MANURE can be made for any kind of Soil, or description of crop. SATISFACTION GIVEN EVERYWHERE LAST SEASON. Orders received by FRIEDLANDER BIIOH, -Limited., DAVID THOMAS, THE. IV. Z,. FARMERS CO-t»PI_RATIVE A SSOCIATXOTV OF CANTERBURY, Limited., Oft AJU__sl__J-1T ROBERT-I, AGENT, _^ht>urtoti. CANTERBURY FROZEN IvTeaT AND DAIRY PRODUCE EXPORT COMPANY, LIMITED. 8 80 F.^WAYMOUTH, Secretary. = PURE SEEDS. — T. HAVE lately erected, regardless of cost, the most COMPLETE SEED-OLEANING PLANT south of the Line, and I now ask intelligent Farmers to inspect the same at work. I am now prepared TO CLEAN for Farmer- any deacription'of SEEDS AND GRAIN. and will guarantee to give them satisfaction, I can supply best RYEGRASS, weighing from 261b_ to *_41ba to' the bushel ; and COCKSFOOT, locally grown, H£lba to 16Jlbs to the bushel also, best CLOVERS, dressed by my own machines, the purity of which i must be seen to bo appreciated, ALSO— HURST AND SONS BEST ENGLISL CLOVERS TURNIPS RAPE, LUCERNE, TREhOiJ-, Em FENCING WIRE, BARB WIRE, & STAPLES. The best quality on Sale. WANTED SHEEP FEED. WANTED np till March, 1899, good young grass for 300 sheep.— Apply DAVID THOMAS, .ASHBURTON :z_= 20,000 _z__t ORION" COOKING RANGES IN USE IN THIS COLONY • • n \ lip i ,: W THEY BURN LIGNITE, TRUE COAL OR WOOD UP TO 2_in no setting"required. With Stove Pipe can be worked out m the open. SPLENDID BREAD BAKERS. With Cast Iron or Copper Boilers. The Copper Boilera are large and Tinned inside, | REPAIRS ARE A MINIMUM. Made m all sizes, single or double ovens. High or low pressure borers. Sold by all Ironmongers, from whom Catalogues can be obtained, of from the maker, H. E. SHACKLOCK. SOUTHEND FOUNDRY, DUNEDIN,/ / 63! /■"■ I



Wift-ioirt a p?Qr m all T>urjlops I 11 ill' " strh TANCRED STREET [PAPKRHANGING . WAREHOUSE. (Established 1876.) C CHAPMAN, HOUSE DECORATOR, I SIGN WRITER, PAPKRHANGER, GRAINER, GLAZIER, iTr. TUST ARRIVED, EX RUAPEHU, BEST SELECTION OF PAPERHANGINGS Ever shown m Ashburton. Direct from the Manufacturers. LATEST ENGLISH DESIGNS. Please call and inspect. * ASHBURTON PERMANENT BUILDING AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY. ITIHE Offices of the above Society WILL BE CLOSED for the CHRISTMAS and NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS on MONDAY AND TUESDAY, December 26 and 27, 1898, AND ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY, January 2 and 3, 1899. EDWARD STEPHENS, Manager Estabmshed 1880. Tei-_-_ione No 69 BAKER BROS., FURNISHING TTNDERTAKERS URNISHING *V NDERTAKERS DIRECT Importers of Best and Latest Designs m FUNERAL FURNISHING^ . FUKEsIAT-S conducted with the great.st. care and satisfaction, at most reasonable charges. Corner of Wakanui Road and Ca.s Streets, and Baker and Brown's Coach Factory. The Wife's Welfare. Trer.tisj posted free. It "ill n-ach you more than ,■? 3 '™ r . s >: onve •"'<■■•• Kvery wommi should 4Q.-oilinH,^l M.Saff"™''' Ff " nCh SptCiaH!it - YOUNG IHERL Write to me for valuable free Book ronce-iiinc- your- selves. Profensor li.rinnnn, fpecialiM,, 40 C-II us- plA*!«\ Melh^'iril?. SUFFER! NO MFM--P»rtl.-ulars free, how I OUrrcninu I.lLtl nceidcrtally found a cure »frer specialists failed. Ad iirv.-ss IJakold a. (J-.-, G.P.0., Melbourne. THE TRUTHISSISSi pages. I'bstcd, Cd., m stamp-( ny i ulony). Pr.-k-.-soh Vi'khstrr, Specialist, Kxhibitioii-.trp.t, Mrllwunie. ABT CLASSES. M.R, A. W. M.cMLlJ_i___ll>r, ARTIST, Fro South Kensington School of Art, • London, England. STUDIO IN SAUNDERS' BUILDINGS, CENTRAL ENTRANCE!. INSTRUCTIONS given m all Branches of ART. Painting from nature a Speoialty. For Particulars address the Art Studio, Saunders' Buildings. TO LET. r^ONYBNIENT Residence, Havelook Street Weßt. (Late W. H, Collier's.) Apply H. W. BARRETT. Arcade, i "■ — ' i THE CASH -BOOT STORE (Next to Nicoll Bros.) riIHE Leading Boot Store m Ashburton. ODHP FINEST STOCK & LARGEST ASSORTMENT. All Goods imported first hand, and retailed at lowest prioes. JUST ARRIVED— Ladies' Glace kid Shoes m Black and Tan. Ladies' Glace Kid Boots and Tan Boots. Ladies' Glace American Shoes. Ladies' Evening Shoes m all oolours. Shoes for Bowling, Tennis, Cricket, and Running. Gentlemen's Tennis Shoes from 3. to 20a. ■ Gentlemen's firßt-class English & Con tinea- ? | tal Goods I SPLENDID VALUE IN COLONIAL ! GOODS. REMEMBER— McDonald & McDiarmid. EAST STREET. I J. NICHOLAS, Manager '



GIVING UP BUSINESS' FOR SALE. SE E DSM AN ' S FITTINGS COMPLETE EMPTY TANKS FOR SALE. PREMISES TO LET. ■ J. SEALY AJNfD CO. A MERRY CHRISTMAS. :o: ELECTRO-PLATED WARE. mWO Ca.es of Specially Selected ELECTROPLATED WARE of elegant design and special quality from the best English and American Makers, marked at prices which will give the Purchasers exceptional value for their money. ALSO,-— A Selection of CHOICE ORNAMENTS of unique Designs and colours, which for genuine value and artistic merit cannot easily be surpassed. Purchasers will do well to inspect our Stockß and __ake early purchases. t W. H. COLLINS & CO., IRONMONGERS,^, PAINTERS, COAL k TIMBER MBRCHATNT3 l Agents .For — Royal Insurance Company Ltd, i, Sbag Point Coal Company „ Westport Coal Company, ~ MMBIB^ B K--M-__ii____a_-_H_-__Ha--a-____B_M«a--Hn__HOT^aHßaaßMgaiM_ NEW FRU.JTS. — NEW FRUITS. £)0 CASES FINEST iNEW CURRANTS QQ 100 BOXES KEW V-ALENOIA RAISINS XOO 100 BOXB3 -FINIS-T NEW SULTANAS JQQ N.B.— All our Fruits are WASHED and DRIED by Patent Machin- ery, being ready for immediate use, therefore saving^much fcime^and trouble m cleaning. ITTE Have Just Landed the following Seasonable Goods — ' JO cwt Finest Lemon Peel 2 cwt Finest Mixed Spice 10 owt Finest Orange Pool 20 dcz Bottles Lemon Fquash Acwt Finest Citron Peel 12 dcz Bottles Raspberry Syrup 6 cwt Choice New Fi ga v dt . a Bottles Limo Juice (Ships 2 cwt New Malaaa Musc.tels 2 Gross Packets Jelly Tablets 1 cwt New Jordan AJmonds 1 cwt Dried Peaches 2 cwbNew Season's Dates 1 cwt Dried Apricot 5 cwt Assorted Nuts (Barcelona, 2 cwt Choice New Prunes Mmond, and Walnutp) 2 cwfc Real German Sausage 10 cases, 2ib * ins, Fruit (Peaches, Pears, 6 dcz tins Chicken m 1 elly and Apricots) 6 doz tins Turkey m Jelly SUGAR. - SUGAR. - SUGAR. MAURITIUS AND MILLIQUIN CANE SUGARS ALWAYS IN STOCK. The Most Reliable Sugars that can be used for Jam and Jelließ. JAM JARS. W JAM JARS- We have a Large and Assorted Stock of Jam Jars, including 21b Stone J are, lib and 21b Glass Jars, 1-quart and Mason's Patent Screw Top Bottles, which we are offering at Low Prices. TEAS. TEXs. TEAS. i TRY OUR PURE CEYLON TFA, Packed m and lib packetp, 51b and 101 b tmB ' _*-_!? n J!, o,lb . Good L,( --°*"h-g Tea. Special Quotations for Tins and _-cheßtß. B@- We make a Specialty of Tea. The Beet Value given m Asbburton. WINES AND SPIRITS. WE are now Packing Special Assorted Cases for the Christmas Trade. English and Colonial Bottled Albb and Stout, Manning's Celebrated Ale m 10 gallon kees always m Stock. Golden Apple Champagne Cider. Orders by Post despatched with Punctuality. Goods delivered Dailyl SHEARMAN BROS., GROCERS, IRONMONGERS, WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS, MARKET HOUSE, BUEKETT STREET, ASHBURTON. Telephone No 53 W^^ fASV ro DRINK . lASi 10 SVC«A [ EASILY THF EISA ] New Zealand Insurance Company. BSTABLIS hT_~D 0 1 ._, \8 5 9 CAPITAL^ONE MILLION. THE PREMIER AND WEALTHIEST COLOHIAL COMPANY, NOTED FOR PROMPTNESS AND LIBERALITY, FIRE AND 'MARINE RISKS. -ILSO,-. RISKS ON GROWING CROPS, THRESHING MACHINES, Ao., ACCEPTED AT LOWEST TORRENT RATES E. W, HANMEE AQBHT, ft



some weeks before at a baptizing. He had undertaken to put Sis' Tilly Hunter under the water, when she caught him around the legs, and over tbey both went. The elders pulled Tilly out by the heels, and Tilly pulled him. Tom laughed loudly and slapped himself on the legs, and ever and anon he wotild lay down his knife, and, overcome with tbe recollection of the scene, repeat the performance. ! "Brer Sims," he exclaimed to Tempy between his paroxysms, "es mighty hard ter beat." Tempy, too, simulated a great laugh, but with poor success. i What raconteur is not moved by the success of his stories? Stimulated by the unstinted applause, the Reverend Joshua Sims was stirred to further en- , deavors. i "Brer Torm," he said, after a long pull at the pitcher of persimmon beer that Tempy had remembered to fetch, "sump'n happ'n las' ye'r en de drought dat beat dat. I wnz er baptizin Brer Dick Simms, an de crik wuz mighty low, lemme tell yer, 'cause hit hadn* rain fur nigh onter eighty days, and Brer Dick said de worl wuz er git- tin ready to burn up, an so 'c wanter come inter de chjitch. De water wuz dat low we had ter dam up de crik, an den we tuk Brer Dick ; en, an Brer Jerry Toler an me try ter '■. put 'im unner. Brer Dick wuz er might' \ big man, an de water did n' 'zactly git j up over 'is stumick. Now yer know er i man got ter go clean unner 'f o' 'is sins • wash' erway, an Brer Jerry 'lowed dat • ef 'is stumick staid out all de sins gwine ter stick right deir — des like fleas come up on er dog's bead w'en he go m de water. Well, sab, w'en Brer Jerry see dat stickin up deir 'c put bof han's on hit an bear down hard. Brer Dick wuz hol'n 'is bref deir, an w'en 'c git Brer Jerry's weight 'c blow water way up yonner an say *Poo-00-ool' an 'is foots an head pop out. Brer Jerry put 'is foots back an I sbove 'is head unner; den 'is stumick come out ergin. Den Brer Jerry mash down, an Brer Dick say, 'Pooh I' and pop up 'is head and 'ia - foots des like 'c did f us' time. Somebody on de bank yell out, 'Tun him over,' an we gi' 'im er roll, but, bless yo' soul, 'is back rose up like er fiddle, an by dis time Brer Dick wuz mighty nigh full er water an de dam done broke." Tom was diicking his head about under the table and screaming with laughter, and the Reverend Joshua Sims stopped to join m. Tempy was waving back and forth m her chair, clapping her hands every time her head came down. Then Tom gasped for breath, and clutched his guest by the shoulder, turn- ing an appealing glance upon h__a. "Hush, Brer Sims— husbt" "Now, wuz Brer Dick baptiz 'cordin ter de doctrun, er wuz 'c not? Some sez yes, an some sez no, 'cause deir nebber wuz er time w'en some or 'im wasn* showin, but Brer Dick say" "Wat 'c say?" Tom gasped out the question. "He cussed and say he am' gwine ter 'try hit any mo', an dat settle hit wid I me. Ef Brer Dick had er had 'is sins I wash' erway he 'u'd er been full er de speret er righteousness, an not cussin mad." The last vestige of opossum, the last sop of gravy and the last swallow of persimmon beer had disappeared down the throat of the distinguished guest when the party went forth under the china tree and found seats. The moon-., light lay soft upon the cotton field — a silvered silence under which only the '• crickets and a single mocking bird tried | to give a concert. Tom brought out a j corncob pipe for the preacher and shaved him tobacco from a plug, and Tempy brought a coal of fire m the hollow of her hand from the kitchen. The itiner- ant held forth for an Jiour upon many subjects, but never .o a more a*£l&~_tt_V6~ and appreciative axidience. When at last they lay down to sleep Tom's sides really ached, and a ready made smile clung to his face until far into the night. Even after- it vanished it returned dream I summoned and occupied from time to time its old familiar place. ! Next day the personal rebuke of the preacher burst like a thunderstorm upon his hearers. Dan was crushed. Aleck let his head go down upon his hands. Clay slipped out of the door as soon as public attention was drawn from him and went home. Tilly crouched behind the bench and hid herself. Few of all the adults there escaped the lash. But Tom leaned back against the wall with his eyes half closed and Tempy by his side. A peaceful smile was upon bis face — the smile that went to bed with him the night before. When Dan was scored he said softly, "Come back ter de fold, Brer Dan; come back." To Aleck he murmured dreamily, "Face de lightl Pace de light!" And when Clay received punishment, from the lips of the serene little fellow floated, "Sinner, tun; why will yer die? — why will yer die?" When the Reverend Joshua Sims came m front of his former host a close observer might have noticed that the latter's half shut eyes fell a little closer and his thin sides filled out with a prolonged breath, but as the preacher passed on the eye- , lids slowly lifted again, the sides sank gently and something like the restful sigh of a cow when she lies down floated out from the half parted iipa of the de- vout little man. THE END. Knew the Soil. There is a little story of Professor Huxley. During a walking tour he once missed his way owing to the dark- ness of the night. He walked on foT some distance, and meeting with no other person of whom he could make in- quiries he suddenly stopped, took up a handful of earth from the road, lit a match and said triumphantly, "Ux- bridgel"— London Tit-Dlts. • A Child's "Reason Why." "Tell me, mother, did grandmother lose her teeth a long time ago — a very, very long time ago?" "Why do you ask such a question?" "Because, mother, dear — because, yon see, when I know— why, then, I shan't ask you again." — Le Gaulois. HENRY STEPHENSON, j (successor to Alfred Harrison.) Established 20 years, AUCTIONEER/ LAND ESTATE AND COMMISSION AGENT AND VALUER WEEKLY SALES of Live Stock Produce, Furniture, etc., EVERY SATURDAY, at 12 o'clock. Clearing Sales of Stock, Household Furni- ture, etc., as per arrangement, m any part o the oounty. Advances made on Goods plaoed m my bands for Sale* CHAFF, OATS, WHEAT, FLOUR, SHARPS, BRAN, ONIONS, POTATOES SEEDS, etc., Sold Daily m Large or Small Quantities. Agent : Norwioh Union Fire insurance Company k Dresden Pianoforte Manufacturing and Agency Company. PIANOS and ORGANS on time pay ments from per month. HENRY STEPHENSON, AUCTIONEER,



BICHLORIDE CF GOLD CURE. DRINK HAD NEARLY DESTROYED IT I SUFFERED from an Insatiable Appe- tite for L-'quor. The Bi-Ohloiude of Gold Treatment cured me permanently. It Eradioalc. ALL Desire for Intoxicants. The desire wiil never return unless jou re- cultivate it. No cure— no pay. il -|*JT*JT>p«CQ • BICHLORIDE OF GOLD INSTITUTE, ABhly House, Rattray Street, Dunedin. . 12 129 "bicycles. THE ASHBURTON "EXPRESS" ENGINEFRING AND BICYCLE WORKS Burnett Street. A BIG Reduction on NEW & SECOND HANI) M -CHINKS, for the benefit of our Country People on Show Week Second-Hand Machines from _€<__ Agents for all the Leading Machines. .Come m and Bee for yourselves, LANDELLtTd SON, r SOLE PROPRIETORS. J \ £ molts W»w Venue I



SAIV-OEU- «8c sons JEuca- l-,*s>.i Sxtrnet. Under the distinguished patronage of His Majesty the King of Italy, as per oommiinicß- tion m_do hy the Minister for Foreign Affairs through the CouauJ-G-tveral for Italy, at Melbourne, March 14, 1878. Awarded diploma at t' c Amsterdam Exhibition, 1883. Acknowledged by Medical Clinics and Universitioa oil over the Globe. There are imitations of Eucalypti Extrao* the motket, products of simple distillation forming crude resinous oils. Iv order that these crude oils may not be taken, OUR PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT, which is recognised by ike medical divieicn of the Prussian Government be of porfe.tly pure origin, as per nformation forwarded to us through the Consul at Melbourne, March 2, 1878, we tate: — It is proved by teats by the Medical Clinice of the Universities at Bonn and Greifawalrt, Prussia, and reported by Dr. .Schulz, Professor of Parmacology, at Bon, and Professor Dr. Mossier, Director of the Medical Clinics at Greifswald, that . only products that are aatnrated with oxygen and freed of i resinous and other sabstancos, adherent to j primary distillation, will develope the j vanative qualities proper to the plant J .11 crude oils, or so called Kucalypti Extract? | are to be elapsed according to the named.; authorities, among the turpen.iner, which are abandoned lone since as an nterual udicament. These crude oil*, or so called Eucalypti Extracts, ate discernible : 1 By their deficiency m pungent odour — which our product, the only genuine Eucalypti Extract develops most freely through its surplus oxygen. By their alcoholic thin and mobile appear- ance being reduced m specific density through the pre.eno. of acids. By their taste, the result of the contracting tendency of reaine and tennates. If these crude oils, so-called eucalypt extracts, are applied hy mistake m cases of croup, bronchitis, diphtheria, internal nSamations, dysentery, etc., the con- -sequences are most appalling. For safety ake ask always for SANDER & SON'S E UCA- LYPTI EXTRACT.— Sandhurst, Victoria, j Australia. SANDER & SONS.