Uh. play to give me a chance to get this crowd on the right track." i "Go on; I will listen to you," I said. "Now, is you uns-gwine down Steven ion way?" "We will go in that direction." "Which way from har?" I showed him my pocket compass. It was evidently the first he had ever Been, but like all ignorant men he had a contempt for scientific appliances and methods. "If you uhs trust to that cussed little wobblin thing," he said, "hit'll git yo' home bout's well ez a bline man on ©rutches, I've heern of them things, but I've never 'lowed thar was anything In 'em, and now that I sees one I'm dead shuah they ain't worth a d—n. Now you uns is fo' makin southwest. Waal, that means Confeds. Off har," and he mo tioned to the northwest, "is the way I'd go ef so be I was a Yank and found my ■elf lost in the woods. Now I'm a-tellin you uns all this, not coz I want to help, but coz I don't want to be kilt." This was good reasoning, and I should have followed the advice had I not known that it would take me away from the place where I expected to find the rest of the men under Brown and Ar thur. As a compromise I took a course , between the two and pushed ahead. | About a mile from our camping placa i we came upon a trail that led due west, ' and this it was decided to follow so long as it did not deviate from the course set down. About the middle of the forenoon, when we were pressing through a par ticularly dense stretch of woods and un | dergrowth, the prisoner sat very erect and looked eagerly about him. I could see he was very much excited, and I reasoned that this must be due to some thing he heard or saw. lat once called a halt, and imitating me the men bent forward in their saddles to listen. Here again I heard the call of the whippoorwill that had so puzzled me when" we were near Chattanooga two nights before. Soon the whippoorwill call was changed to that of a cry of alarm, between a shrill shout and a hoarse whistle, such as I had never heard before. I knew the source of this noise, but made no comment, while I listened and watched McNeil's face. I could see that he was unconsciously tug ging at the rope that held his wrists, and it was the same involuntary im pulse that led him to respond, as Lin Moore had done on our first meeting with the idiot, by imitating the "bob white" call of the quail. We were now quit© prepared for the coming of Hugh McNeil's Hen. He had evidently found us without following a trail, for he burst into our midst from the thick undergrowth to the right, and at once ran up to Ms father and began stroking his knees beside the horse, just as I have seen a dog manifest affection. He must have expected some return of this demonstration, but as it was not made he looked up and saw that his father's hands were bound before Mm. A few seconds of dumb, unutterable surprise; the idiot looked wonderingly about Mm, and the resemblance between Mm and the prisoner was for the mo ment startling. Suddenly he found tongue and began to howl and bark like a dog, and to run from one to the other, as if to inquire the reason for Ms father's condition, or to ask for his release. "You must make that boy stop bis noise," I said to McNeil. The idiot must have understood me, for he suddenly stopped, laid Ms batter ed musket on the ground, took off the old knapsack, and to my great comfort brought to view the field glasses he had stolen from me. Ho pushed them into my hand, and then began gesticulating and calling out: "Dad, no rope! We uns go home! Bow, wow, wow~-br-r-r-r!" I had made a failure of my previous effort to communicate with Hugh Mc- Neil's Hen, so I told the prisoner to ex plain to 7 him that I must keep him (Hugh) bound till we reached the Union lines. "Come har, Hen." The idiot obeyed. "Now keep yo'r d—n mouth shet or 111 gad yo'!" The poor creature was evidently ac customed to this kind of talk and to rougher treatment, for he crouched down, and covering his face with his hands he looked up at Ms father be tween his fingers. "Tell him he must go home; we can't take him along," I said. "Thar wouldn't be no us© in that. Hen, he don't know nawthin 'bout home, and he lives, bein a nat'ral* purty much altogether, aa one mout say, in the woods. You uns mout skeer Mm off fo' a bit, but he'd be mos' nigh shuah to follah." About the middle of the afternoon we came to a Mil that gave us a fine view north and south for many miles, discov ering a few frame houses and many cleared fields; but what most attracted our attention were silvery smoke puffs, like baby clouds, away below us, and the quick glint here and fhere of the sun, wMch now shone ouf bright and clear on what were unmistakably rifles or sabers. We reined in, but we were too far up and away to catch any sound. My field glasses, however, reached a number of men in gray to the south and others in blue to the north. The firing must have been harmless, for the rear guard of the cavalrymen in blue wheeled now and then to exchange shots with the enemy, fully a half mile away. These, I now felt certain, were the fifty-four men left back with Brown and Arthur, and from the line of their retreat I was sure that the guide, Lin Moore, had reached them and reported my instructions. If we could now communicate with our friends I felt that the immediate danger would be over and that we could reach our lines after having carried out every or der and made the scout a success. As the mountainside was unusually rough, and I did not care to kill the horses, which we always did if safety compelled us to proceed on foot, I dis mounted one of the men, with orders to have our friends halt or return to our assistance if they had passed beyond the line of our advance when the man had reached them. Hugh McNeil's keen I!, .'. "..' ■ —■' "" ' ——■ [To be continued.

COMMERCIAL.

ADDINGTON. STOCK MARKET. Cheismhurch, March 22. The entries at Addingfcon stock market oomprieed li 5 979 Bheep, 402 head of cattle, and 412 pigs. Fat Sheep.—Prices for fat sheep were— botchers' best crossbred ewes 103 6J to 12s 6d» and u> to 15» 4d for extra prime; medium 8s to 10s ; inferior 6? to 7a 6d ; un finished wethers lis 6d tn 12s 6(5; treej^rs 13s to 153 S and from lsi 7d to 17s for ex ra pri.iw. ftore Sheep —Prices for store sheep showed a slight improvement. Some small lots of wetbera fetched 10* lOd to 12* Id, 106 Bound mouthed ewaß 8 sd, 105 four and •ix-taoth 8s 91, 370 six and eight-tooth ewes 9j 7^, four and six-tooth ewes 9s 4d to 10s, lambi 7* 41 t«> 8* 8d s fie?z:ng lambs brought from 10s to Ila 6), and up to 12s lOd for pxtfft prime, and 13< 41 for heavy weight . j Buchers' iambs made from 7s 6A to 9* 6d. Fat Cattujb.—Beef ranged from 12s 6d to Vt< 6J per 1001b. Pigs.—A line ot 110 baoonera and stores from the North lalaud sold, the former from 38« to 565, and the latter 30s *to 42a 6<l ; other baconers made 45s to 58s and pork era 30c to 40s; large stores 30s to 43a 6d j ■roallsr 16s to 275.

SPORTING.

D.J.C. AUTUMN MEETING.

United Press Association—By Eleetrlo Telegraph. ' . j | Dcnbdin, March 22 Fibsx Hack High-Weight Handioa?, of j SOlova; 6 furlongs.—Aberofombie, 1; Witch craft, 2; Bed Banner, 5. Won by a head. Time-119. Dividend—£s 9s and Fibbt Hurdli Handicap, of 100 soys; If miles.—Nicholas, 1; Social Pesti, 2 ; Clarence 2. Iz»l scratched. Dividend—£4 7a. Champagne Stakes, 200 soys.—Courtier, l;Gl«nogle, 2; Susannah, 3. Dividend— Cup'—DjlQ Djin, 1 ; Malatua, 2; Sequin 3. AH started. Dividend—£s 16a. Maiden Platk—Eidelweiss 1. Dividend —£ZQu Publican's Handicap.—Briia 1. I'm iend—£3 ss. Selling Rach.—Victim 1. Stewards' Purse.—St. Dennis 1. Divi dend— £2 12j.

NAPIER RACES.

Napier, March 22. There is perfect weather for the opening day of the Napier Park Autumn Meeting. The course is in capital order, and there ia « very large attendance. Following are remits :— Teial Hobbles — Tataramoa 1, En Avant 2, Ruby 3. Flying Shot was scratched. Won in a oanter. Time- 2.51 % Dividend—£3 ss. Esk Handicap, seven furlongs.—Stßrigid 1 5 Baccarat 2, Dude 3. Hobait and Hirocco were scratched. Won easily. Time—l.29J, Dividend—£3 9a. Sailing Stakes—Rosella, 1; Fleka, 2; St. Mark, 3. Scratched—Hastings, Divi dend—£l 17s. Napier Cup —Douglas 1, Explosion 2, First Blood 3. AH started. Won easily. Time—2.36f. Dividend—£2 9s. Hurdles.—Cairo 1, Opou 2, Batbararosa 3. AH started. Won without whip. Tims —3.20f. Dividend—£2. Redclote Handicap;— Palaver 1, Hine pare 2, Brennan3. Coolgardie was scratched. Won by a length. Time—Ls6£. Dividend

TEE ABBBURTON GUARDIAN: THUBSOAT MARCH 23, i 899

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" Sterling Thoroughbred/* «' COME ONE ? COME ALL," AND BUY (THE FASTEST, STRONGEST, AND NEATEST BICYCLE IN THE MAEKET Morrow, Bas sett & Go. ASHBUKTON. M, PRIEST, Manager. Leitch and Richards, (Successors to W. F. Hannafobd), TINSMITHS, PLUMBERS, GABFITTERB BELL-HANGERS, Em HOT and Cold Water Services laid / most approved plans. j Estimates given for all kinds of work. N.B,—Competent workmen sent to any art; on ehorteat notice. ' LEITCH &IkICHAEDS, BURNETT STREET, 1■ 23 ■ /



GL JESSON, PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER, ! EAST »TS3EET. mHE CHEAPEST SHOP in town for WATCHES, CLOCKS, GOLD AND SILVER JEWELLERY and ELECTRO PLATE, Spectacles, Eyeglasses, Goggles and Eye Protectors of ev«ry description. A TRIAL SOLICITED. REPAIRS Neatly and Promptly executed at Moderate Charges, E. W. HANMER, NOTICE OF REMOVAL TO NEW PREMISES. HAVING exchanged premises with the Farmers' Co-opera cive Association, I hare much pleasure in stating that in future I shall carry on my business at the officet and store lately occupied by the above Ai sociation at the corner of West Street and Haveiock street (the Loan and Mercantile old premises.) STORAGE AT LOWEST RATES* CORNSACKS AT CURRENT PRICES. 1 152 B. W. HANMER, J- L. Siggs — Sigawriter- STILL IN FRONT. WHO? Sterlings Of Course rpHE previous Christchurch • Doaedia Record of 22 hours 20 minutes bah had FOUR HOURS chopped off it by A. CALDER, mount** on his



T. H. Uirittuu.j ■ t».l5 1")»«4';:;:':: T H. UNDBILL AfoD CO., T?URFISHING UNDERTAKERS Jj URNISHItf G UNDERTAKERS. TANCRED STREET, ABHBURTON EVERY REQUISITE ON HAND. Polished Coffins a Specialty. Private Address, Peter Street, directly behind Oddfellows' Hall; also care tf MrT. Andrews, East Belt. 8 ,/. BALLANTYNE & Co., OF OASHBL STREET, OHRISTCHFROH, TTAVE FITTED A MOST COMPLETE FACTORY, and Manufnctur. FROM START TO FINISH High-Class Furniture at very MODERATE RATES, A Visit to Ballanttne's Showroom and r aotory, by any of our Country' Client when in Christcharcb, will be MUCH I APPRECIATED BY THE FIRM.



HAEDLEY BEOS. TTAYE much pleasure In introducing to the Public of Ashburton The "Sunlight" Gas Burner, THE IDEAL LIGHT FOR DOMESTIC USE. MARVELLOUS results are obtained'by using the "SUNLIGHT" MANTLES, especially with regard to the EFFECT THEY HAVE UPON COLOURS. Shopkeepers who sell Fancy Goods, Drapers, Butchers and others would be surprised at the effect upon the goods they sell* 11 SUNLIGHT " MANTLES produce a diffused light of soft rays, THE NEAREST APPROACH TO THE LIGHT OF THE SUN. Saves a large quantity'of gas with an illuminating power THREE TIMES that of ordinary burners. HA R DLEY B R O^., EAST STREET, ASHBURTON, HATE just received ex ** s.s. TolosaS" a splendid assortment of Pumps of all descriptions. Inspection invited. = NOTICE. = - /~\N and after this date, owing to the wonderful success in the Sales of the , WERTHEIM SEWING MACHINES, I HATE MADE LARGE REDUCTIONS IN THE PRICE OF ALL MACHINES, Ibus being in a position to give greater advantages and more liberal terms than any other Person or Company in the District. NEW STYLES OF PERAMBULATORS AND GO-CARTS, PROM 20s. MANGLES AND PORTABLE BOILERS ON EASY TERMS. All kinds of Sewing Machines Repaired. R. LOCHHEAT), WERTHEIM MACHINE DEPOT, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. H. H. HEATLEY, BRANCH MANAGER. 3 10



7= 20,000 =zr ORION" COOKING RANGES IN USE IN THIS COLONY | |— THEY BURN LIGNITE, TRUE COAL OR WOOD UP TO 24in no settingTrequirei). WithJStove Pipe can be worked oat in the open. SPLENDID BREAD BAKERS. With Cast Iron or Copper Boilers. The Copper Boilers are large and Tinned inside. REPAIRS ARE A MINIMUM. Made in all sizes, single or double ovens. High or low pressure boilers Sold by all Ironmongers, from whom Catalogues can be obtained, or from the maker, H. E. SHACKLOCK. SOUTHEND FOUNDRY, DUNEDIN. 631 He? Zealand Imwmm Company. HSTABLIS hITd 0 ' 1 _ 18 5 9 CAPITAL^ONE"MILLION. PAID-UP CAPITAL AND RESERVES— £400,000. THBPBEMIKB AND WEALTHIEST COLONIAL COMPANY, NOTED FOR PROMPTNESS AND LIBERALITY FIRE AND "MARINE RISKS. ALSO,— RISKS ON GROWING CROPS, THRESHING MACHINES, Ac, ACCEPTED AT LOWEST CURRENT BATES c. ¥. hanmbk: £GENT «



J. SEALY AND CO. /^\ \ u/ IN compliance with the request of many Friends and valued Clients, I have decided to CONTINUE THE SEED BUSINESS in the old premises, as heretofore, where Friends and the Public generally will find me ready to supply their wants, from an ENTIRELY NEW STOCK of FARM, VEGETABLE, AND FLOWER SEEDS, AND GARDEN REQUISITES. I shall use say best endeavours to still maintain that "confidence which thaPublic has reposed in me during the last twenty-four years. I also beg to intimate that I have taken into Partnership Gk A. DICKINSON, my nephew, who has been my assistant for the last six years. The business will be carried on as formerly under the Istyle of ..J. SEALY & CO. " " WE ARE PURCHASERS OF PRIME SAMPLES OF PEAS, TARES, RYEGRASS, COCKSFOOT, AND CLOVER SEEDS. J. SEALTS~AND CO. 5 71



| Smoke Dunlop's^^ "^ 1^ J^^TOBACCQ. SX^ y^^ IT IS ABSOLUTELY THE BEST.



AND IINVESTMENTJ SOCIETY. \ DVANCES of £25 and upwards'made JT3L on Freehold Properties, repayable by Monthly, Quarterly, or Half Yearly fnifcaJ ments. Loans are also granted for Fixed Period at lowest current rates. Deposits received at highest current rates Ail Information on application to EDWARD STEPHENS, Manager "look CHEAP WINTER FIRING. NEW MOUNT SOMERS COAL. OUTPUT has Trebled during the last twelve months. IT IS USED EVERYWHERE. This Coal is the Best and Cheapest Steam irad Household Coal in the market. Used la the Woollen Factory and Canter bury Flour Mills, GIVES SPLENDID RESULTS WRITE FOR PRICES so 0. T. PARK, MOUNT SOMERS. NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. A TTENTION is again directed to the XL following regulation with regard to Cash Advertisements, which will in future be etrictly enforced :—" Advertisements of under sixteen words will be inserted for One Shilling CASH. If booked, the charge will be Two Shillings and Sixpence. Advertise ments costing under Five Shillings cannot be booked, exoept to regular clients."



DESIRABLE SUBURBAN PROPERTY Fronting the Domain ab corner of North Belt BEING Lots 1 and 2, containing 1 rood 33 perches, with comfortable dwelling House of 5 Rooms, Verandah, etc., belong ing to Mr J. G. Good: Not having disposed of this by Auction, offers are umted for it on very easy terms of payment. T BULLOCK. '— TINWALD. I7IOR SALE, at a low price—four sections ? between Harland and Grove Streets, | with four-roomed Cottage thereon. j _O1 If\ Pr'ce required. obXXU Easy terms of payment, T BULLOCK. Henry McElrea, WOOL, SKIN, & PRODUCE MERCHANT. XTTANTED KNOWN -That I am a CASH BUYER, at full market rates, of FEED OATS, OATSHEAF CHAFF & STRAW CHAFF, AKD SECONDS OF WHEAT. Must) be first quality. Also, |WOOL, SKINS, HIDES, FAT, Etc. ..m-^.tTop price and prompt cash. TEA, SUGAR, SOAP, CANDLES, FLOUR, SHARPS, BRAN, Etc, At Wholesale Prices. Note the Address— H£NBY MoELBBA, BARING SQUARE, Ashburton. ASHBURTON PERMANENT BUILDING



FUR SALE. GOOD HEALTHY SHEFP COUNTRY Coldstream Road District. 500 ACRES, SQO Rural Sections 32732, 32734, and 32965, fenced, etc. ffIHE Owner Is desirous of quitting this JL property ab once, at a sacrifica. Offers are invited. Very easy terms of payment •an be arranged, T. BULLOCK, Agent,



t. BULLOCK. I "~FOR SALE. '- OO ACRES Q ROODS Q1 'Perches £O O OL Originally part of the Celebrated G'ove Farm Estate, as follows:— LOT No 19, Original Sale Plan, containing 13 ACRES, 3 ROODS, 20 PERCHES, cerner of Grove Farm Road and Johns ton Street, i AN»— LOT No 51, containing 10 ACRES and 11 PERCHFS, juet above, fronting Johnston Street. For full particulars, terms, etc., apply to T. BULLOCK. TOWN PROPERTIES^ AND BUILDING ALLOTMENTS, I HAVE for SALE a number of Town ' Seotions situated in Cox Street East, Wills Street West, Aitken Street East, and other localities at prices ranging from £15 to £50 each. One in Cox Street, No. 795, £36 10s, well situated, level, good land. Terms if required. For further particulars Apply to T. BULLOCK. TINWALD. l/ a ACRE! 1/g FOR SALE.—-Sections No 17 andElß, each containing | acre, fronting Main South Road, and aot far from the Railway Station. Easy terms of payment. Applyt° T. BULLOCK. TINWALD. TO LET. — Small Cottage fronting Graham's Road, not far from the Railway Station. Rental 3s 6d per week. APPlyt° T. BULLOCK



lASHBURTOIK No. 2 INDUSTRIAL BDILDING SOCIETY i To be incorporated under the Provisions of the Building Societies Act, 1880. PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS: Charles Reid, W. D. V. Preston I Edward Gatbs, • Francis Sorint, i J. H.j Pauling, G. R. Akderson, ■ H. Stephbnson. SECRETARY t SOLICITOR :" Fbedk. Makeig. E. G. Crisp, BANKERS: The Bank o! Australasia, Aehburton. OFFICE OF THE SOCIETY: Poab Office Buildings, Cameron Street, Aahburtob, Office [now open to tak«. Entries. |OFFICE HOURS: 9.30 a.m. tb 1 p.m., 2.30 to 5 p.m., and from 7 to 8 p.m. on Tuesdays aDri Saturday J. L. lliggs — Decorator. "RAMBLER" BICYCLES. I HAVE a Nice Line of LADIES' and GENTLEMEN'S Roadsteb Bicycles on View, and am expecting a Consignment of the BAMBLER MODEL 26 RACING MACHDiES, AT AN EARLY DATE* Cyclists intending to Purchase Racing Machines should not fail to call and inspect) IHE " NEW MODEL 26." The RAMBLER is declared to be the Easiest Running Machine on the Market), and is undoubtedly the Strongest and Neat est Bicycle Built, The KAMBLER, fitted with "G & J" Everlasting Detachable Tyreß and Duniop Valves, is without a doubt the Best Machine a Cyclist can ride. Accessories in Stock, Price Low for Cash. Easy Terms arranged to Suit Purchasers of the RAMBLER. D. THOMAS, WEST STREET. ABSOLUTE ASSURANCE IS ONE OF THE PERFECT INVESTMENTS OFJ?EBED BY THE MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALASIA. T7IXAMPLE of Non-forfeiture Conditions.! Pi At Age 30 nexb Birthday, under i Table C 20, Assurance of £1000 will coßt £3110s per annum for 20 years. In event of discontinuance of payments the Policy becomes Paid up for £150 AFTER 3 YEARS. £250 AFTER 5 YEARS. £500 AFTER 10 YEARS. And so on. When the 20 years' Premiums have been paid, the Assurance is nob only Paid up for £1000, but is increased by the Accumulated Bonuses. WALTER SCALES, Superintendent of New Business* HUGO FRIEDLANDER. District Agent, Ashburton. FOISOISEUD ! " A. report comes from the district of Wagunyah, N.8.W., of a settler and his family exhibiting very serious symptoms of poisoning after partaking of their evening meal. In searching for the causei sus picion fell on the tea they had used. A sample taken from a one pound tin in use was analysed and found to contain strong traces of muriatic acid, the presence of which is caused by the use of spirits of salts in welding the parts of tin together! The analyst warns consumers that tea packed in small tins, owing to its very absorbent nature, is very liable to become impregnated with this acid, and therefore dangerous for human consumption, and advises that the very safest package to purchase is that packed in lead with an inßide lining of vegetable parchment. This style of packet is quite impervious to the air, and tea so packed has been known to retain al its aroma and strength for a period of five years.' atOTE.—KOZIE ISA is packed in lead with an aside lining of Vegetable Parchment;



FOR FORMS OF APPLICATION AND FULL INFORMATION, Apply to the DISTRICT MANAGER, Christchurob. J. EL RICHARDSON, Government Insurance Commissioner. CHERTSEY EASTER SPORTS. mHREE TROTS, each £5, for Horses JL that have not won one stake more than £10. One open Trot, £8. Chertsey Cup, £B,IJ mile flat, open. Farmers' Plate, £5; and Scurry, for beaten horses, sweepstake of lOe with £1 added. 1. School Boys' Race, 10s, sa, 2s 6d; entrance 6d. 2. Grand Handicap, three distances, £3, £1, and 10s; and winner of each dis tance £1. 3. Single Women's Race, 10s, ss; free, 4. Village Settlers 9 Race, 15s, 10s, ss; post entry. 5. Half Mile, 30s, ICb. 6. Sack Race, 20a, 10s ; post entry, 7. Mile, 30e, second 15s. All events (except 2, 5, and 7 of Athleticß) to be confined to the South Rakaia and Mount Hutt Road Districts, and to the district not included in the above which lies N.E. of a straight line drawn from Lauriston through Dromore to the se*. Horee nominations, 5a ; acceptances, 2s 6d. Athletic entries—Nos, 2 sa, 1 and 6 Is, 5 and 7, 2a each: All entries to be in by March 22. Horse haudicapper:—E. Osborne. Full particulars on Programme. J, SHANNON, Secretary. J. L. Iliggs — Glazier.



CHEAP MONEY! CHEAP MONiiY OHEAP MONET IN SUMS JF £100 w £10,000, ON COUNTRY, CITY, AND .SUBURBAN FREEHOLD, At exceptionally low rates of interest.



LA WES' Dips & Manures. THE Public Dips at the Ashburton and Tinwald Sale Yards are now open for the SEASON. For terms and particulars apply to Care taker. Lanes' Superphosphate — Best Turnip Manure in the world. Also poisonous and non-poisonous Sheep Dip in stock, EDWARD SAUNDJffiRS, LOCAL AGENT. 11 116



SHAG POINT GOaC THE PEEMIER OTAGO COAL. ! UNEQUALLED FOR HOUSEHOLD AND STEAM PURPOSES. mHE shag poinTcoal company X hereby notify that MESSRS W. H. COLLINS & CO. are their OINJL.iT Agents in Ashburtou for THE GENUINE SHAG POINT COAL. All orders entrusted to them will receive prompt) attention, Colliery: Shag Point. I Head Office: Vogel Street, Dunedin. GEO. R. OHEESEMAN, | 18 General Manager. Smoke New Venus j



SuBSCaiBH) Capital .. £2,000,000 Paid.Up Capital .. .. £1,000,00 Total Funds over ;£4,500,000. Head Office : 11, Lombard Street, London rTIHE Undersigned is authorised to accept i- Inaurances on all kinds of Property at Lowest Current Katea. I ALBERT ROBERT?, 2 201 Agent for Ashburton. Bedad ! the colleen knows what's best, and that is diamond jubilee unblended tea —Shearman Bros,, Agents



J. L Higga — Signwriter- Guardian Fire & Life Assurance Company, Limited. (Established in 1821).



WOOL, SKINS, ETC. THOMAS McGRANDEL, NOTIFIES to the Butchers, Farmers, and others in the District that he has taken the premises in Tancred Street, West, (next Bmk of Australasia} which he has opened as a SKIN AND WOOL STORE, and is prepared to buy at Highest Market Price for Cash— SKINS, FAT, HIDES, WOOL, HORSE HAIR, Etc. In attendance on TUESDAYS AND SATURDAYS. 3 137



81-GHLORIDE OF GOLD CURE. DRINK HAD NEARLY DESTROYED IT I SUFFERED from an Insatiable Appe tite for Liquor. The Bi-Ohloridh of Gold Treatment cured me permanently. It Eradicates ALL Desire for Intoxicants. The desire will never return unless you re cultivate it. No cure—no pay. Address : BICHLORIDE OF GOLD INSTITUTE Ashly fiouee, Rattray Street, Dunedin, 12 J. L- Biggs — Painter, Taacred Street.



H. CHILDS, WAKANUI ROAD. 19 NEW CYCLE WORKS. W. McKnight] [B. McKnight Mcknight bros.* (LATE OF TIMARtJ AND OHRISTCHURCH) "ARIEL" CYCLE WORKS, SAUNDERS' BUILDINGS, BEG to announce that they have Com menced Business as Cycle Experts, etc., and all work entrusted to their charge will receive their most Careful and Prompt Attention. Repairs Guaranteed. Ail kinds of Cycle Accessories in Stock. Agents for all the Leading Machines. •^Maohines ENAMELLED and LINED [any Color. xttcEMGET BKQ3., AJtCIKH. OTOLU WORHB 179 Saunders'Buildings, Asbburton



BOOTH, MAODONALD AND 00. ANDREWS AND BEAVAN. T BEG TO NOTIFY 6o the Farmers! and all who are interested ia Agricultural or other Machinery, bhafe I have been appointed AGENT in Ashburton lor the above Manufacturers, whose celebrated Implements and Machinery are giving satisfaction throughout the Australasian Colonies. I have on hand a large quantity of EXTRAS; also Sample Machinery and Implements.



A fule may gie a wise man oounsel, and it's this—drink unblended diamond jubilee *eas!—Agents—Shearman Bros , Ashburton, W QJ Doak, Mount Somers and Mayfield; James Gudsell. Tinwald.



SAJMDXIftC Sc »on« JEuea-1 lypti jKxtrntct. { Under the distinguished patronage of Hla J Majesty the King of Italy, aa per communiea- . tioa made by the Minister for Foreign Affairs / through the Consul-General for Italy, at i Melbourne, March 14, 1878. Awarded I diploma at the Amsterdam Exhibition, 1883. \ Acknowledged by Medical Olinicß and Universities all over the Globe. There are imitations of Eucalypti Extract in the market, products of simple distillation forming crude resmoua oils. In order that these crude oils may not be taken, i OUR PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI | EXTRACT, which its recognised by the \ medical division of the Prussian Government I to be of perfectly pure origin, ac per ( iuformation forwarded bo ua through the i Consul at Melbourne, M»roh 2,1878, .we j tute:— • \ It is proved by testa by the Medical Clinics of the Universities at Bonn and Greifawald, Prussia, and reported by Dr. Sehulz, Professor of Parmacology, at Bon, and Professor Dr; Mossier, Director of the Medical Clinics at Greifawald, that only products that are ■aturated with oxygen and freed ot acids, resinous and other substances, adherent to < primary distillation, will devalope the sanative qualities proper to the plant AH crude oils, or so called Eucalypti Extracts Are to be classed according to the named authorities, among the tmrpen«inee, whioh are abandoned long since as an internal medicament-. These crude oils, or so called Eucalypti Extracts, are discernible: — 1 By their deficiency in pungent odour — whioh our product, the only genuine Eucalypti Extract develops most freely through its surplus oxygen, 2 By their alcoholic thin and mobile appear ance being reduced in specifics density through the presence of acids. 5 By their taste, the result of the contracting tendency of rosins and tennates. If these crude oils, so-called eucalypti extracts, are applied by mistake in cases of oroup, bronchitis, diphtheria, internal nflamations, dysentery, etc., the con sequences are most appalling. For safety sake ask always for SANDER & SON'S EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. — Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia. SANDEE & SONS.



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THE SCIENCE OF ADVERTISING An American journalist describing the phenomenal Christmas advertising in New York says :—" John Wana maker, the shrewdest and largest re tail merchant in America, spent £80,000 in tbe New York newspapers last year. Eleven other merchants, who have combined to economise in advertising, spent £150,000 jointly in this way. Everybody tries to imitate the advertisements of Wanamaker, who pays a journalist £3000 a year to write his notices io a cheery, chatty, X Good morning, haveyouseen-our thirty-dollar-bicycles" sort of a way. A firm in the ready-made clothing business is the only one that has beaten Wanamaker ad his own game. This is the house of Rogers, Peet, and 00. One day they put up a splendid street clock, whose face bore the firm name instead of the usual numerals that stand for the hours of the day. On the next morning this is what appeared in all the newspapers:—" We were quite proud of our new street clock, and spent hours at the windows of our store looking at it and its effect on the passers-by. But in the course of the day a customer from New England dropped in and chilled our enthusiasm. 'Yes,'said he, 'I've seen the clock, but I don't think much of it. Who the devil cares whether it's half-past Rogers or a quarter to Peet I—that'sl—that's what I want to know.'"



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