The Ashburton Guardian.

Vol xxi. sro. 476?

Ashburton : Saturday, April 8, 18 *9.

price : One Penny



SABiI>:-_jtt «Sc- tsonm -Euca lypti Jfiactrnot. Under the distinguished patronage of His Majesty the King of Italy, as per commonica* tion made by the Ministerfor Foreign Affairs through the Conaul-General for Italy, at Melbourne, March 14 r 1873. Awarded diploma at the Amsterdam Exhibition, 1883. Acknowledged by Madioal Uiinios and Universities all over the Globe, ' There are imitations of Euctdyptl Extract £ fc,h?. market * Product. *of iixnple distillation forming crude resinous oils. "'ln order that these crude oilg may not be taken. SSLTHS* V?kATILE EOOAL_PTI EXTRACT,, whioh is reeogaised by the medical division of the Prussian Government to be of perfectly pure origin, as pee information forwarded to us through the Consul at Melbourne, March 2,18T0, we tate:— a It is proved by tests by tie Medical Clinic of the Universities at Bonn and Greifswald, Pr«Bßia, and reported by Dr. Sebnl_,Prof«wor of Parmacology.atßon, and Professor Drl Mosiier, Director of the Medical Clinics at Greifswaid, that only prouuets that are saturated with oxygen and freed of adds, resinous and other substances, adherent to /primary distillation, will develops the sanative qualities proper to the plant All crude oils, or so called Eucalypti Extract* are to be classed aocording to the named authorities, among the tarpeinlnw, which are abandoned long since as an internal medicament. Thews erode oils, or so called Eucalypti Extracts, are discernible :— 1 By their deficiency in pungent odour— whioh our prodnct, the only genuine Eucalypti Extract develops roost freely through its surplus oxygen. 2 By their alcoholic thin and mobile appear ance being reduced in specific density through the presence of acids. 3 By their taste, the result of the contracting tendency of resins and tennates. If these crude oils, so-called eucalypti extracts, are applied by mistake ia oases of oroup, bronchitis, diphtheria, internal nflamations, dysentery, etc., the con-" sequences are most appalling. For safety sake ask alwayß for SANDER & SON'S EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. - Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia. SAKDEB & SONS. Established 1880. Teiephoni No 69 BAKER BROS., clurnishing ttndertakkrs Burnishing Undertakers DIRECT Importers of Beet and L»teß Designs In FUNERAL FURNISHINGS FUNERALS conducted with <he greatest care and satisfaction, at most reasonable charges. ' _r_^ l ---_toaur-BM_'"X-;ree:"~ ""btreeis, and Eaker and Brown's Cti-.ch "F^ctmy. Guardian Fire & Life Assurance Ccmpany, Limited. (Established in 1821). Subscribed Capital .. £2,0C0.000 Paid-Ui' Capital .. .. £1,000,00 Total Funds over!*£4,soQ,GoQ. Head Office : 11, Lombard Street, London rpHE Undersigned is authorised to accept Insurances on all kinds of Property at Lowest Current Bates. ALBERT ROBERTS, 8 201 Agent for Ashburtor- SNOW OPENING UP. NEW GOODS FOR I&W i '1 U N T T U E A SEASON. R Choice Selection. LATEST KOYJ_LTII_S. " k v WILLIAMSON, CASH DRAPER & CLOTHIER, TANCRED STREET. •pii. ._.. : a WANTED, I^o Farmars and Others —Wanted-Old Oast Plough Shares in any quantity, delivered at our FouDdry, — KI&wORTH k 1 Son, Engineers, etc., Ashbur'on 2193 WANTED Known—To Men with a ( harvest cheque, that we can give y.'ii a complete rig out from head to foot for ' 38/9, and none of it rubbish.—&Jitch_ll& [ TCSNER. WANTED Known—That we are not picking out a few Hues of bad stock ; ou)y, buti reducing the whole stock, so that the largest buyer at our Sale eaves the molt money .—Mitcheul $ Ttokeb.



4 WONDERFUL FOKCE AN UNKNOWN POWER THAT MAY REVOLUTIONIZE OUR IDEAS. Odylic Force—lts Relation to Mesmerism, Magnetism and Hypnotism—An Intima- , tion of What This Force May Mean to Surgical Operations. In the history of civilization/frequent •llusidh is mado to an occult ftiSd%eira force, seemingly possessed t>y '$, fes people of raiisual temperament^ devel opment, called odylio force. T^fbrcii ifras first systematically studied %&$ taught as well as exhibited: by tir. Mess mer, a Stiabian, in 1778. At a later date Baird of England took up the subject, and after long and patient study is&tiifr still further advance in its application to beneficent purposes, and Dr. Carpenter or London followed upthe study or what had alreMy been named as hypnotism and made it to some extent useful in the i cure of disease. Like electricity, the mesmeric, mag netic, hypnotic or odylic force is still a great mystery. Nobody knows its tru6 origin or its essential character, They ■ are both occult and known only by their phenomena. While electricity is being daily harnessed to the car of civilization and progress and compelled to serve mankind in a multitude of ways, mag netism or mesmerism has come more slowly into the service of man. The odylio force is vastly more subtle and elusive than the electric, and there fore yields a far more tardy response to the question of science: "What art thou? Whence comest thou?" On account of its great power for evil as well as good many governments have forbidden its practice and promulgation, notably those of France and Germany. It has always been discountenanced by the church as a species of heresy and witch craft, and until about 50 years ago it was practically under ban everywhere. Since the inductive method has been adopted for finding out nature's most sacred secrets, she has begun to whisper her occult mysteries into the souls of her most inquisitive children, and we come to know more, and more of her fine sor ceries. For the most part this fine force has been devoted to the grotesque, and through its influence men and women have been made guys and merry andrews instead of loving devotees and faithful servitors. Yet many thoughtful men see in this strange force subtile power for good and are betaking themselves to its study with a devotion and purpose that seems surely bound to divorce mesmerism from monlreyism and harness one more of the fine forces of nature to the triumphal car of science. Jugglery and jingoism fasten themselves upon two many unde veloped resources of the race and have to that piled the pillars of the temple upon the devoted head of Samson and his per secutors. But that energy is now active ly at work clearing the hypnotic field of the philistines that have infested it. The people of our fair capital have been given a series of exhibitions of the marvelous powers and capacities of this still too little known force. Dr. H. L. Flint of New York, an educated and conscientious physician and one of a family of great physicians, is giying nightly proferts of this mysterious force in our midst, and while to the casual ob server the humorous and ludicrous phases of the exhibitions are the attract ive features, yet to many thoughtful, minds there is a deep and profound sig nificance in it. Chemical anaesthesia is held, to be the greatest discovery of all the ages, and yet here is a subtle force that does for many people not only all that chloro form can do in lulling pain and banish ing horror and fear, but does more, for it can banish disease in at least some of its forms without putting the patient in peril. ;ft can make its votary sing a happy roundelay while the surgeon is severing hia mangled members to save life, It can convert all pain into a beau tjful dream of happiness and eliminate the inflammatory process that makes re covery problematic in so many cases. Among the odic phenomena produced by Dr, Flint ia one which makes the bload mn cold in all sensitive and sympathetic spectators. In his daughter, a beautiful and delicate girl of 19, he induces cata/ lepsy, a state which so simulates death that in India people in that condition are buried for many days and then return to active life as if they had' only slept a night, and while in this condition, with every muscle in the body rigid and hard as sole leather, she is laid across two chairs placed under her head and feet, and a large limestone rock weighing 500 pounds is laid upon her chest and abdo men, where it is broken into fragments with a heavy sledge hammer by some powerful man who is selected,by and from the audience. From a private demonstration of this phenomenon made in my own office, without any chance for collusion or de ception, and every possible opportunity X could desire to test the genuineness of the demonstration, I can only say I am more than ever profoundly impressed with the wonder and majesty of the cre _tiv« fiat that gave us the odylio force.— Dr. H. W. Eoby ia Kansas Farmer. ;J!|j How One Case Was lost. An old New Hampshire man tells me this story of a lawyer who prevented Mr. Pierce from winning one case. The latter had fairly opened his plea and was beginning to wax eloquently pathet io when the opposing counsel spoke up, just loud enough to be heard by the jury &nd the members of the bar, "Oh, Frank 1b beginning to pump for water againl" It is needless to cay that he got no water from the jurymen's eyes on that plea and lost the case.—Boston Globe. i Dancing In Ancient Religion. In ancient religion dancing came to be one of the chief acts of worship. Reli gious processions went with song and dance to the Egyptian temples, and Plato said that all dancing ought to be thus an act of religion.—Popular Science Monthly. __________ f 'j^3MaM_at-MgNMII_-UUMMM 'I ■lIMMBMMIIMILIIIIWK MRS ALOORN'S Midsummer Sale now on. Prints and Muslins from 3_d a yard ; Pinafores and Aprons from 9d each, a few "Own Make," soiled, reduced; Laces from Id per yard ; Embroideries from l£d per yard j All Wool Dress Goods, double width, feora 9d per yard ; Trimmed Millinery half price; Stamped Mountmeliick Goods and Fancy Needlework reduced 10 per cent during sale only.



AUTUMN AND WINTER, 1899. NEW & SEASONABLE GOODS NOW ON VIEW. MITCHELL AND TijRNEr GREAT SALE — OF — LINOLEUM -«8 OVER 10° ipat™m? 10|OHOOSE LARGEST STOCK IN LINOLEUM TOWN. - LINOLEUM (Jusb Arrived Direcb from Manufacturers, New Daeigns and Colour*. RUGS, MATS, CAEPETS ? T;MATTINGS OF ALL KINDS Also a Large Consignment of Beautiful Brass and Iron Bedsteads, Just Arrived per S.S. Gothic. ■ 9Q* . |U|||||]| CALL EARLY AND SEOUHE A BaRGAJ.KT AT T. H. UNDRILL & CO.'S ---toimmM-wmmvr; — ~— ASHBURTON. Note Address— TANCRED STREET, opposite Arcade, and qext Building Society's Office X~SEALY AND CO. 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 FLOWEK SEEDS, AND GABDEN REQUISITES. I shall use my best endeavours to still maintain that confidence ■which the Public has reposed in me during the last twenty-four years. I also beg to intimate that I have taken into Partnership G. A, DICKINSON, my nephew, who has been my assistant for the last six years. The business will be carried on as formerly under the style of fJ. SIALY&CO. WE ARE PURCHASERS OF PRIME SAMPLES OF PEAS, TARES, RYEGRASS, COCKSFOOT, AND CLOVER SEEDS. J. SEALY~AND CO. 3 71 CHANGE IN BUSINESS. iii"i urn ■- iCl\ iwi" I' ii Great Gash Realising Sale. NICHOLAS~&"PICKFOm HAVING bought out Messrs McDonald and McDiartnid's Ashburton buciness, at a discount of 20 per cent off Coat Prices, are determined with the object of getting the ready money, to hold a Cash Sale for ONE CHONJH OJXLY. KJEML.HI AtJESI&Et this ia the most Genuine Boot Sale ever held in the district, want the Caah, and therefore are prepared to give our customers the benefit of our special purchase. That it will be to your advantage to secure a stock of Boots, Shoes, and Slippers, a glance ab the following quotations will prove :— PRICE LIST. S. D, S. V, Men's beet French Calf Shooters, usual price .. .. 18 6 now 16 9 Men's beat French Calf Cookhams, usual .. 20 0  17 6 Men's beat Pegged Watertight*, 15 6 „ 12 9 Men's best Pegged Watertight Bluchers 12 6  10 6 Men's beat Pegged Shooters 15 0 „ 12 6 Men's Shooters 10 6 „ 8 6 Men's Bluchers ..7 6,, 6 9 Men's Bluchers .. 6 9  5 9 Men's Bluchers .. 5 9,, 4 11 Men's best French Calf Balmorals 18 0  15 0 Men's Lace Boots, heel and toe plates .. 116 „ 96 Men's Lace Boots, heel and toe plates ..  10 6  8 6 Ladies' Leather 2 tiar shoes 6 6,, 5 3 Ladies' Leather Lace Shoes  66  56 Ladies'best Glace 2 bar shoes .. 12 6  10 6 Ladies'best Glace Oxford Shoes .. t . .. 13 0  10 6 Ladies' 2 bar Kid Shoes .. .. .. ..9 6 „ 711 Lftdiea' Tan 2 bar Shoes .. 10 6 „ 8 6 Ladies' Leather Elastic Side Boots 10 6 „ 8 9 A lob of Children's and Maids' 2 bar Canvas Shoes to be sold at 7to 9, 2a; 10 to 13, 2b 3d ; 1 and 2, 2a 6d ; 3 to 7, 2s lid. 20 pairs Men's English Goloshed Balmorals, usual price from 18s 6d to 30s, to clear ab from 12s 6d bo 18s 6d. A line of Gentlemen's X G Balmorals, usual price 22a 6d, now 15s. Ladies' Tennis Shoes, usual price 6s 6d, now 4s 6d ; gentlemen's Tennis Shoes, usual price 8s 6d, now 6s 6d, acd hundreds of other pairs at equally low prices. Remember : We want the Cash, and must, get it before the lsb of April. So come and secure some of the Bargains, and help us to meet our payment. DON'T FORGET SALE STARTS ON FJEWO^Y, lOtti lust. NICHOLAS &~PICKFORD. EAST STREET. LATE MCDONALD AND McDIARMID.) 3 76



WOOL, SKINS,) ETC. THOMAS McGBANDEL, "VTOTIWES to the Butchers, Farmers, and 1\ others in the Districb thats he has taken the premises in Tancred Street, West, (next Bvnk of Australasia) which ha .has opened as a SKIN AND WOOL STORI, and is prepared to buy at Highest Market Price for Cash— SKINS FAT, HIDES, WOOL, HORSE iHAIR, EflO. In attendance ou TUESDAYS- AND SATURDAYS. 3 137 STILL IN FRONT. WHO? Sterlings Of Course ffIHE previous Christchurch ■ Dunedin Record of 22 hours 20 minutes hat. had FOXI X, HZO UK* » chopped offib by A. CALDER, {mounted on his '* Sterling Thoroughbred," " COME ONE ? COME ALL," AND BUY {THE FASTEST, STEONGBST, AND NEATEST BICYCLE IN THE MARKET Morrow, Bassett & Go. ASHBURTON. M. PRIEST, Manager. "ICtTSIBriEK Tr BICYCLES. IBAVE a Nice Line of LADIES' and GENTLEMEN'S Poadster Bioyoles on View, and am expecting a Consignment of the ■i BAMBLEB MODEL 26 RACING- MAOHIWEB, AT AN EARLY DATB. Cyclists intending to Purchase Racing Machines should not fail to call and inspect THE " 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 RAMBLER, fitted with ' ' G & J " Everlasting Detachable Tyres and Duniop Valves, is without a doubt the Best Machine a Cyclist can ride. Accessories in Stock, Price Low for Caßh. Easy Terms arranged to Suit Purchaser* of the RAMBLER. D. THOMAS, WEST STREET. ,/. BALLANTYNE & Co., OF OASHEL STREET, OHRISTCHTTROH, TTAVE FITTED A MOST COMPLETE FACTORY, aud Manufacture 'FROM START TO FINISH High-Class Furniture ab very MODERATE RATES, A Visit to Ballauiynk's Showroom aud pactory, by any of our Country Client 1 when in Christoharch, will be MUCH APPRECIATED BY THE FIRM. ~SHAQ POINT GOAL, THE PREMIER OTAGO COAL. UNEQUALLED FOR HOUSEHOLD AND STEAM PURPOSES. mHE SHAG POINT COAL COMPANY JL hereby notify that MESSRS W. H. OOLTINS & CO. are their OINJL.V Agents in Ashburton for THE GENUINE SHAG POINT COAL. All orders entrusted to them will receive prompt attention. Colliery: Shag Point. J Head Office: Vogel Street, Dunedin. GEO. R, OHEESEMAN, 18 General Manager.



DAVID THOMAS. Auctioneer, Land, Insurance & Estate Agrent, Valuator, Wool and Grain Broker, ASHBURTON, Loam Negotiated Weekly Sales of Live Stock—-Tinwald and Ashbur.on" &Jc*jfnafte!j Fortnightly Salss of Sheep Skins, Fats, Hides, etc., on Mondays Sales of Woo! Throughout the Season Grain Bought and Sold on Oommission 01smr! <\« Sales as per arrang>emonta Arcade Horse and Furniture Sales held on Saturday's, Horse Fairs held Monthly. AGENT FOR— Matson and 00, Ohriatohurch Booth, McDonald and 00, Obxisfccharoh White's Sheep Dip Walter A. Wood Oo Lightband's Belting London and Lancashire Inaaranoe Company Graham's Foot Rot Composition Wright, Stevenson and 00, Dunedin Planet Junior Garden and Field Toola Belfast Manure? BAKAIA DISTRICT SALES, 1 HAVE made arraagornenfca with MESSRS HARDY & CO., Merchants, Rakaia, to aob aa my AGENT for all Auctioneering Work in that District, and in conjunction with them ib>ill be my endeavour to make the RAKAIA SALE A SUCCESS. DAVID THOMAS, Ajilrtarton GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICE OF PLANET JR. TOOLS. DAVID THOMAS ASHBURTON = PURE SEEDS. = ¥ HAVE lately erected, regardless of cost, the most COMPLETE SEED-CLEANING PLANT south of the Line, and I now ask intelligent Fanners to inspect the same at work. I am now prepared TO OLEAN for Farmera any description of SEEDS AND GRAIN. and will guarantee to give them satisfaction. I can supply best RYBGRASS, weighing from 2Glbs to 4'llbs to "the bushel; and OQQKBFOOT, locally grown, HJldb to l€|lbs to the bushel also, best CLOVERS, dressed by my own machines, the purity of which must be seen to be appreciated, ALSO—HFRST AND SONS BEST F.NGLIBL GLOVERS TURNIPS RAPE, LUCERNE, TRLiOiJj, Em FENCING WIBB, BA.EB WIRE, & STAPLES. The besfc quality on Sale. DAVID THOMAS, ASHBURTON m^"^^£ASV TO OR$$K thSl 10 OVi\.W. 1 » eASiIY THE BtS"\ ] „. __ ....,. .„ , L .. , ..,..,,,,,■■ — i.rin .i..ifmn.i.wiM. .-.».. ...I » mini i -ff"**^* - ' WHEAT. WHEAT, WE ABE PKOMPT CASH BUYEKS OF PRIME MILLINCi WHEAT. AT HIGHEST MARKET RATES WE are also Prepared to STORE GRAIN on Farfc?  Account in our New G-RAIN SHEDS, West Street, Ashburton, on very favorable Terms. I FULL-SIZED CORNBACKS AND TWINE SUPPLIED AD LOWESI CURRENT RATES. ROLLITTr& Co., CANTERBURY FLOUR MILLS. OFFICES AND STORES—WEST STREET, ASHBURTON 1 230 BELFAST FREEZING WORKS MANURES, ARE THE BEST T7IOR 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 JFiitIJE3]OI^A]Sr>JKK BROS., Limited., DAVID THOMAS, THE N.Z.. JFAJE&MISISSs 00-OJPJiiStA.TI.VI3 : il SSOCIATIUN OP CAMTERBUBT, limited., or AJ^BISXfcT BOBERXB, AGfrlSlVX*, Ashburton. ; CANTERBURY FEOZEN MEAT AND DAIRY PRODUCE EXPORT COMPANY, LIMITED. 8 80 F. WAYMOUTH Secretary.



S!.ilppin.g '"&*§?■ ■■'■■■' ■ "^SB-HIPPING OO.'S LINE ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS. FOR LONDON, Via, Monte Video, Tenertffe Ss Plymouth. Beat Accommodation for all olaeaoa o! Pa^aongera at Lowest Rates. . . . q - . Steamers. Tana. Departure. Date. Bakaia 6688 Lyttelton Feb 25 Papanai 7000 — March 23 Kaikoura 4507 Wellington April 20 Rnahloa 8127 — May H Wakanui i^OOO — May 125^ Rimutaka '4515 — June 8 CARGO STEAMERS. Obarama i 3808 | — I Feb Waikato <17671 — I Qn. Louise 3385 j — I For farther particulars apply ts FRIBDLANDER BROS,, Lsjb. Agsnta, Ashbnrtea, ' SHA^ 7, SAYILL AND ALBION COMPANY, LIMITED. FOR LONDON. jAJL "OOYAL MAIL STRA- S\t MKRS, with enperior \^^^^^" accommodation f orall classes llonto Video or Rio, Tenerlffe and Ply mouth. __^ Vessel [Tons Commander From Date. Aotea .» 6364 Kldley ...Wel't'n Kothic -.|7730 Evans ... WelVn Mar 2 ~ CARGO STEAMERS. Matafcua.,. 5322 Holmes Lyfl't'n DeJpluo „. 5355 Sowden — RangatSra 1045 Burton — March *~~~ E. W. HAN M Sit. Agent. UKION STEA-MSHfp COMPANY Of NEW ZEALAND, Limited rtTEAMERy PAII FECMLITTBLTON AS DJSUER: For Wesbport and Greymowth—Weekly. Wellington— Monday, Tuesday, Thura day and Saturdays NOTE—For extra sailings see advertise ment in Chris tchurch papers Dunedin —- Mondays, Fridays and alternate Tuesdays and Saturdays Nelson and Pioton, via Wellington— Tuesday and Saturday Sydney, via Auckland •— Alternate Thursdays The above are subject to alteration j eference Bhoald therefore bo made to Cb r latch arch daily papers for datee and hoar of sailing For farther particulars apply to F. FERRIMAN, Agent, Ashbnrton ■■■ wll ■ ii Iliin mi nn—'"'"■—— ]^ mJ^^m^!^^ MUSICAL. Llewellyn Owen, PIANOFORTE, SINGING, HARMONY, AND MANDOLINE. * " A OAKD MRS A fl fA LA RIDGE TEACHER GF PIANOFORTE, ORGAN, and SINGING COX STREET, ASHBURTON. Terms on Application. PIANOFORTE, SINGING, ORGAN, AND THEORY OF MUSIO. TI/TRS "OOWMAN TJ\ 0 X Member of the Canterbury Society of Professional Musicians, Havelook Street, Ashbubton. Pupils prepared for Trinity College exam nations. MISS OAESON. mEACHER of Pianoforte and Organ. JL For terms, etc., apply at Residence, Corner of Wills and William Streets, near Wak&nui Eoad East. 1 136 ~~~osbqSn goombb, PIANO TUNER & EXPERT, (Late of London), VISITS Ashburton and surrounding Districts every four months —viz., March, July, and November. ORDERS may. be left with MR LLEWELLYN OWEN at his Musio Studio, Arcade Chambers, Ashburton, or at Commercial Hotel. | Bicycle Harvest. LANDELLS & SON, ENGINEERS & BICYCLE MAKERS, BGRWETT STREET, Next the Club/ TO the Farmers and General Public of Ashburton, —We beg to state that we have reaped a harvest in Bicycles, having just landed a big consignment of first-class jiggers at £14 10si Wa are the oldest bicycle firm in Ashburton and intend to uphold our reputation. Agents for White Flyers, Radge-Whit-. worth, Waverleys, Cyclops, The Parrot, etc- Repairs by experts. All work guaran teed. ART CLASSES. ETHEL IT JONES, /CERTIFICATED art teacher, Canterbtrf? \J College School of Art; Free Student Technical School of Deeign, Wellington ; . Pupil of JamesM. Nairn, Wellington. Instructions given in all branches of Art, Painting from Life, and Sketching from Nature, in Oil or Water Colour. For particulars apply to Mb John Wilsok Burnett street.