IN THE CHARITY HOSPITAL

f Willie is funny and brown and sweet, His wool would kink, if they let it grow, I He wears a plaster cast on his feet >' And lives his life in a hospital row.

< Eows on rows of white little beds, jf White little faces, rows on rows; [■ White little pillows for little heads, ' And that is the world which Willie know*.

I Willie plays on his cot all day, I Passing rich with a bit of string ! And laughs when any one comes his way, Into the world where he is king. Narrow realm for a king to rule! Scanty treasure he hoards and spends! A flower, a marble, a broken spool— But then, you see, it all depends.

Nobody cuddles him up again And tucks him close at night with a kiss. Nurses are busy of course, and then, Who but a mothev could ever do this? • Nobody folds his brown little hands i And teaches him, "Now I lay me" there, ; But Some One listens and understands ' When Willie stumbles saying his p»yer.

Out In the world men work and fight, And some are wounded, and some must fall, And tha right goes wrong and the wrong comes right. But it never bothers Willie at all. .Woolly and funny and brown and sweet, Living his own little life apart, With a plaster cast on Us poor little feet, And God's own sunshine sure in his heart. —Mable Earle in Youth's Companion.

CAREER OF A CAPITALIST

The Capital Was Acquired, but a Tender Heart Prevented Its Profitable Investment.

I had long had a desire to become a capitalist. Lucille seemed to think it smart to laugh at me for this extreme ly laudable and perfectly natural am bition. As for her, she wasted her sub stance In riotous living, spending ev ery cent of her salary on opera tickets, imported toilet articles and tortoni bis cuit with a reckless disregard for the future that could only mean one thing —namely, matrimonial hopes.

And, to tell the truth, Lucille was attractive enough to warrant her hav ing some hopes in this direction and could have had her pick any time from half a dozen young fellows, each one of whom got almost as much sal ary as she did. But that has nothing to do with my own ambitions, which were of a very different sort. I say were, for I'm not so sure about them now, my firßt expe rience as a capitalist having rather un settled my views of life for the time being.

I was very young indeed when I first formed my ideas as to the desir ability of wealth. It was way back In my childhood when old Mr. Higgin eon used to come to church in his great fur lined overcoat and dirty linen, and I observed how the minister and the elders crowded around him to shake his hand, when he was such a hateful old curmudgeon that I had privately thought the Lord ought to have made some sort of a public apology for pei* petrating him on the community.

"Oh, Higginson has got a lot of money out at interest," my father would say when I ventured to wonder why people made such a fuss over a dirty and disagreeable old man.

What a marvelous power "money out at interest" must be, I thought, when it can transform even Mr. Higginson into an acceptable companion.

And so at that early age I was made acquainted with the potency of wealth, and I resolved that some day I, too, should iiave "money out at interest."

When I was made head stenographer in a big law office, I considered my am bition as good as realized. It had seemed so far away before that I'd never tried to save very much, but now that it was fairly within my reach I began to lay up money at a frantic rate.

"If you get another raise in your sal ary, you'll be so stingy you'll take to lunching out of the mucilage bottle and wearing your bicycle suit to church," declared Lucille in disgust.

But I just let her jeer and kept on economizing, and at last there came a day when I had $1,500 in the bank. Mr. Adams, a friend of my father's, in vested it for me in a first mortgage on a suburban cottage, and when the pa pers were signed I went home flushed and triumphant.

"Congratulate me, Lucille," I cried, throwing myself into a chair and my hat on the couch. "I haf inveshtigated mem moneys."

Lucille was trimming a hat to wear to the theater that night, one of those silly white tulle affairs that a single shower will transform into an imita tion custard pie before your very eyes.

■"Huh!" she exclaimed,'"l believe you think you've done something really fine. Sara Dunning, if you don't look out, your nose will grow hooked just like Mr. Dunkelspiel's down at the pawnbroker's shop."

"What do I care?" I retorted gayly. "I've got money out at interest, Lu cille. Do you realize what that means?" ; "It means that you've worked like a (slave and denied yourself all pleasure ifor a year and a half to get it, and you're thin as a shad and yellow as a llemon. Come on and go to the theater tonight, and forget that you're a cap italist long enough to enjoy yourself, ;that's a dear."

But the fever was in my blood, and 'I wouldn't listen to her.

So I went on putting money in the bank and looked forward eagerly to [the time when the interest from my Investment would begin to come in.

' It was paid promptly enough the first quarter and the second. Then it ilapsed. Six months went by and no (interest.

% "It seems to me," remarked Lucille day, "that you'd better 'investi gate' that money in dead earnest."

' "Oh, don't worry yourself," I retort ed snappishly. I was nerA'cms of late, and besides, Mr. Hlgginson was al

lowed to be as cross as he liked, I re membered.

"Well, it's a great thing to have mon ey out at interest," she responded air ily, tilting her sailor hat over her nose and shaking out her rustling skirts preparatory to going out. She' was really outrageously pretty.

At the door she met some one com ing in. A pale, forlorn looking old wo man, with a pinched face and an ap pearance of having cried for six Snonths. "Is this Miss Dunning?" she asked. I assured her it was, and she pro ceeded timidly, "I called to see you about that mortgage."

"Ah, yes," I said, hastening to shut the door on Lucille, who was lingering in the hall In an unprincipled fashion Which I could not approve.

"We've been unable to meet our payments lately," went on my visitor In a depressed tone, "and yesterday your agent sent me word you intended to foreclose. Oh, Miss Dunning, don't! Please don't be hard on us. My poor husband has been sick in bed for a year, and if we lose our little home it will kill him."

Here the poor creature burst out crying, and I reached for my handker chief, feeling somehow that being a capitalist wasn't such fun as I'd imag ined.

"Oh, Miss Dunning," proceeded my guest as soon aa she was able to speak, "if you knew how hard we worked to build that house! We put the savings of years into it, thinking that in our old age we'd have a roof over our heads. And now we must lose it all."

A fresh burst of sobbing interrupted her, and I swallowed a succession of what seemed to be cobblestones. I tried to think what Mr. Higginson would have done in such an emergen cy and wondered if he ever felt as much like a chicken thief as I did at that moment.

"Why, don't cry," I managed to say at last. "I'll not deprive you of a home. I only bought the mortgage as an investment, you know."

Here I was actually apologizing for having "money out at interest." The poor woman went away a little com forted at last, and I went to bed with a nervous headache.

I rather lost interest in my mortgage after that I didn't sleep well for some reason, and when I did doze a little my dreams were haunted by weeping old ladies. I got a bad habit of going in to a brown study at inconvenient times and would start guiltily when spoken to suddenly.

One day I got a note from Mr. Adams saying he was going to foreclose at once and assuring me that I'd get my money all right—l needn't worry. Somehow I didn't find the*assurance comforting and went home without any appetite for supper.

"May the Lord preserve me from ever becoming a.capitalist!" cried Lu cille, looking at my face as I sat try ing to read after supper. "You look, my dear, for all the world like Judas Iscariot after he was found out. A funeral would be cheerful beside ydu. Thank goodness, Bob is coming to uight."

Bob Is Lucille's cousin, a young law yer and the jolliest boy going. But, alas, when he came Bob was in the blues too! He sighed like a furnace every few moments and finally an nounced that he couldn't stay.

"I want to see a man named Adams about a mortgage," he said, and I turn ed cold all over.

"It's the saddest case I ever heard of," he went 011. "An old couple who are clients of mine had a mortgage on their home. It was bought a year or so ago by some shark or other."

I covered my eyes with my hand just here, and Lucille coughed in an embarrassed way, but Bob noticed nothing and proceeded in a troubled tone:

"Of course they couldn't keep up the Interest. Whoever bought the mort gage knew they couldn't. Such people always figure on that, you know, and now the poor old chap' has gone crazy over losing his home—clean daffy, you know—and his poor wife will be turned out unless something is done."

There was a dead silence for a mo ment when he stopped, and then I got up without a word, and going to my desk unlocked the drawer where I kept the precious mortgage. With trembling fingers I seized my pen and with a few strokes canceled the mort gage, and as I did so a load rolled off my heart.

"Here," I cried eagerly to the mysti fied Bob, "take this to that poor wom an quick, tonight!"

"Oh, Sara!" cried Lucille, "you worked so hard for that money."

"So has she," I said. "And I am young and strong, while she is old and helpless. Oh, Lucille, if you knew how I've hated myself lately."

Lucille took me in her arms and then explained things to Bob, while I cried a little, though I couldn't help thinking what Mr. Higginson would have said at my behavior.

We got Bob off at last, as happy as a lord, and then Lucille embraced me again.

"You were never cut out for a capi talist. I knew it all the time," she cried triumphantly.

"Thank you, dear," I said meekly. "And say, Lucille, let's go to hear Maude Adams tonight."

"Why," she exclaimed, her eyes as big as saucers, "the prices are way up In G."

"Who cares?" I said. "I'm richer tonight than I've been for years." And we went—Edgar Temple Field in Chicago Herald.

His Inference.

Crags—Did you tell Simpers you thought I was a man without any bal ance?

Butts—Well, I naturally inferred that if you had a balance you would draw on it for the amount you owe me.— Philadelphia North American.

THE OTJAnBIAN j MONDAY, JANUARY 22,198©

Printed and published by Hknry Willis o Peter Street, Ashburton, for the Proprft ton* at their Printing Offioe, Bum* Street, Athburten. MOHDAY, January 2% 1800



is i« teiour Wov an Killtor to Ht*>ct»nim«ij«l Pat< onf M*fliciii«'» From Sylvan Falley New?, Brevard. N.O It may be a question whether the editor of a newspaper has the right to publicly recommend any of the various proprietary medicines which flood the market, yet as a preventive of Buffering we feel it a duty to nay a good word for Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhasi Remedy. We have known and used this medicine in our family for twenty years and have always found it reliable. In many cases « dose of thi* remedy would save hours of suffering while a physician is awaited. We do nob believe < in depending jtrplinitly on any medicine for ft cure, but we do believe that if a bottle of Chamberl&iu'b Dianl.uei Remedy were kept on hiud and adminictered at the inception of an attack much suffering might be tvvoifUd and in very mnry cases the presence of a ph.", sician wnuM not lie required. At least this has been our experience during the past twenty years. For sale by Ash burton Drug Co. Prices 3s, and la 6d. TO THK DEAF.—A rich lady, cured of her Deafness and noises in the head by Dr Nicholson's Artificial Ear Drums, has sent £1000 to his Institute, co that* deaf people j unable to procure the Ear Drums may have man free. Apply to Department, N ; Tbe Institute, •'Longest," oup.ner«b.urr I London, W Jfioglacd. '



ASHBURTON PERMANENT BUILDING AND INVESTMENT BOOIETY. THE SOCIETY is bow taking MONEY ON DEPOSIT Fixed Twelve Months 4^"per cent, Full'particulars on application. j EDWARD STEPHENS, Manager. Office; Tailored Streeb IMPORTANT to Cash Buyers of Drapery, Clothing, Boots, &c* Early Summer Clearance Sale of Seasonable and Reliable Goods. Cash discount at the rate of one shilling in the pound to every Buyer of threpenee worth and over. Inspection in vited.—H 0 B rkktt, late Barrett) Bros , The Hall East Street. 11 20 miNWALD—" Tonal, fat's makin* Tou JL gal sac blyth like." "Ib iss the Hee land tea o* the Mackenzie he is driukin', to be surely!" Hondai-Lanka Tea, recom mended by Gudsek,, StorekeepWi *



\ iroinEßFvii MB»f«inc: BErCHAM'S PILL: For Billions and Nervous Disord rs, such as Wind and Pain In the Stoma h, Sick He^.ache, Giddiue.-s, I l'ninejsand Seeling nfter Meals, Dizziness and Drow- 1 siiicss, Cold ChiJis, Khi'hings of Heg.', Less of Appetite, ' Shortness of Breath, Costiveress. Blotch's on the Skin, Disturbed Step, Frightful Dreams, an !aH Ner vous "Ed I rein lint? Sensations, etc. THE FIRST DOSE WILL GIVE KI'LIEF IN TWENTY MINUTES. This i no Fiction. Every sufferer is earnestly invited to iry one Box of these Pilk, and they will be acknowledged to be Worth a CUTIJVEA a BOX; BW HAM'S FILLS, t ken as directed will quickly restore Females to complete Health. They promptly remove any übstiuction or irregularity of the system. For a WEAK STOMAOH, IMPAIRED DIGESTION, DISORDERED LIVER, They act like magic—a few doses will work wonders uf on the Vital O^ans ; Strengthening the Muscular Sjstim, restoring tie long lost complexion, bringing back the k<-en enge of appetite, ami arousing with the Hi sebud of Heath toe whole Physical Kcergy of the human frame. For throwing off. fevers in hot climates they aro sp cialiy renovned. These are " facts " ad- I mitted by thousands, in a>l classes of Seel ty, and one ■ of the best guarantees to the Nervous and Debilitated is that BEECH \ iv-'S TILLS have the Largest Sale 01 any Patent Medicine in the World. BEECHAM'-^ FML-I_,S Have for rnaiiy years been the popular family medicine throughout the British Colonies, and they now stand WITHOUT A RIVAL PHHPMtED ONLY B? IHOMAS JBJBBCHAWf, St. Helen's, Ek» j Sold everywhere in bottles—9Jd, Is IJd and 2s 9.1 each X— : _ „ E ATING'S POWDER **• EATING'S POWDER, "•^EATING'S POWDER, i "•EATING'S POWDER. \ lV EATING'S POWDFR, **>EATING'S POWDER, TBTjGS FLEAS, KILLS 4 MOTHS, BEETLES (mosquitoes. HAFMLESB H) aNIMALS hakmles3 to animals j harmlk s to animals harmless to animals harmless 1\) animals HARMLE-S TO ANIMALS t is unrivalled in destroying I<leas, Bras Cockroaches, Beetles, Moths in Furs und every other species of insect Sportsmen will find this invaluable for destroying fleas in the doge, as also ladies for their pet dogs The Public are Cautioned that packages of the genuine powder bear the autograph of Thomas Keating Sold in Tina only KEATING'* WORM TABLETS KEAI ING'S WORM T-BLftTS KKA'IING'S WORM TABLETS KfcA'JIXG'S WORM TABLETS KEATING'S WORM TABLETS {a PURELY VEGETABLE SWEETMEAT) hoth in appearance and taa.e, furnishing a most agreeuble method of administering the only certain remedy for INTESiINAL or THREAD WORMS. It is a perfectly safe and mild prrparation, and is especially adapted for Children. Sold in Tins by all druggists. Proprietor Thorn vs Kj ahisg, London *81-BHU)RIDE IF OOLO CUBS. m]NK HAD NFABLY DESTROYED IT I BUFFERED from tn Insatiable Appe tite for Liquor. Tha Bi-Chloridb (f 'old Treatment cured mo permanently. It Krariicatei ALL De-pirc for Intoxicants Che dcßire will never return unless jou re •juliivate it. No cure—no pay. Address : BI CHLORIDE OF GOLD INSTITUTE oray Houb=s Rat*ray Street, Dunedin. Kempt home. Prcsser and 00. A gen 11 /* "V 1> O 4"! H. » H * NKW LIVEII PILLS. {Sugar Ooatel.) A WONDEEFUL and extraordinary rV. combination ofconcentrated medicine. The viciorieeof Science—Electric Telegraphs, Utasn and Printing — revolutions ed the whole fcyfitf-m oi the globe, and made man kind wiser and better. So, although there ire countless PUIb used for disease, and claiming much as to their merit, the remark able discovery of Dr. Haydock has eclipsed them all, and has founded a NEW MEDICAL SYSTEM. The Doctors, whoso vast doees of four or five pills, enfeeble the stomich and paralyza the bowels, must give way to the man who restores health and appetite wiih one or two of his extraordinary Vegetable Pilla. One or two of Dr. Haydock's New Liver Pills uffices to place the stomach in perfect order, creates an appetite, and renders the spirit j light and buoyant. If the Liver is effected its functions are restored, and the Nervous Syatom is enfeebled, it is invigorated and sustained. SYMPTOMS 0? BILIOUSNESS. 1 The patient complains of a fullness of the stomach. 2 Distension of the bowels by wiud. 3 Heartburn 4 A feeling of weariness, sleepiness after meals ] 5 A bad taste in the mouth and furred tongue 6 Constipation, with an occasional diarr^cea 7 Hodache in front of head 8 Depression of spirits and great lassitude All of the above symptoms go to show functional derangement of the Liver ; and now comes the great importance of any error made as to the condition of the patient. He should immediately provide himself with a Liver Stimulant, the most common form of which is a Pill. Daily experience shows that this, when the Pill is compounded properly is the readit st mode of inciting and promot ing the action of the Liver, and ca^. always be relied on. I have devoted many years or my life in compounding a Pill, that will act readily and systematically as a Bilious Remedy. I do not be'ieve in g^eat purga tives, and therefore have made a Pill, one of which is an active and thorough dose. I have culled it Haydsck s Nhw Livjsr Pill. They are the true grains and essence of health, and the greatest blessing that Science has given to the world. For Nervous Prostration, Weakness, General Lassitude, Want of Appetite and Sick Headache, Dr. Haydock's New Liver Pills will be found an Effectual Remedy. Each vial contains twenty Pills; Price Twenty-five Centp. For sale by all Druggists Any sceptic can have a vial of Pills sen? him FKEKon receipt of his name and address, or a trial Send a postal card for copy of pamphlet— " The Liver and its Mystery." Ib furnishes valuable Information to all, HAYDUCK & 00., NEW YORK, U.S. Caction !—Druggists are desired to notice that the name of J H Frauds, sole agent, ia written across each dozen packages of flaydock's Liver Pills. All without this are counterfeits. KEMPTHORNE, PROSSIR & CO., CHsmeHVKfIH. IF you want to purchase a unique and acceptable present see Mrs Aloosn's finished and commenced needlework. Newest styles ; also Christmas and New Year cards. Brooches, Dolls, Balls, Money-boxes, Pur es, and Toys generally. Brooches from 3d to 20s, WANTED KNOWN — Northcots & Hefford will give you New Goods at Startling Cash Pcicoa at their Clearing ?AL]g, m



Fjt auk Curtis. THE LEADING WttteiiMiaicer, & {Jeweller, EAST STREET, HAS now on hand the finest stock of JEWELLERY, WATCHES, kc, in Ashburton, including a fresh consignment of Ro thermit Watches Direct from the Manufacturers. A special line of LADIES' SILVER WATCHES at £2, guaranteed two years. Also my now famous NICKEL LKVER WATCHES at 27a 6d and 30a. Cheaper Lines in NICKEL WATCHES from 14b 6d. ALL my NICKEL WATCHES are GUARANTEED for ONE YEAR. I have now in Stock a very fine selection of JtUx>{;a.^e***ent; onci Ji^aclies' Gem JEfctiigfS, From 10s upwards to £15; also the VERY LATEST DESIGNS in GOLD BROOCHES from 7a 6d, each cased, SPECTACLES fitted accurabely. Satis faction " guaranteed. Repairs executed promptly and in best style, WEDDING RINGS AND KEEPERS of my own manufacture, stocked in all sizes and styles. A^Special Room for choosing if desired. FRAHK CURTIS, THE LEADING WATCHMAKER & JEWELLER TMPORTANT to Caßh Buyers of Drapery, JL Clothing, Boots, &c. Early Summer Clearance Sale of Seasonable and Reliable Goods. Cash discount at the rate of one shilling in the pound to every Buyer of ninepence worth and over. Inspection in vited—H. C. Barrett, late Barrett Bros., The Hall, East Street. 11 206 , Smoke New Venus



| A MERRY CHRTSTMAS TOA L L . : DON'T FORGET mO Call aud Fee our Stocks of FANCY GOODS, suitable for PRESENTS, and those fprep string for Friends should me us for ; BEDSTEAD- BEDDING, ! ANI> ALL OTHER HOUSEHOLD FUBMISHINGS 1 PERAMBULATORS, <^^^» te|Sß|ißag sy^ 1 PIANOS, W^l^^^mi SEWING MAOHINES . FANOY CHAIRS' ' BRAWIJSIG ROOM & /^^^M^A ' JOINING ROOM WICKER CHAIRS. FURNITURE, Eto. | Carpets. Linoleums, Rugs, Mats, Etc. UST ARRIVED—A LARGE;ASSORTMENT OF BAMBO|VERANDA BLINDS T. H. UJN DRILL & CO., OABIiMETMAKERS, UPHOLSTERERS, & UNDERTAKERS, TANCRED [STREET, 'opposite Akcadh.



SANTA CLAUS AND FATHER CHRISTMAS ABE COMING AGAIN B. M. JONES. _( X ) ALARGEj»nd Well Selected|Stock of Goode for all Departments, imported direct from leading London, American and Japanese houses, consisting of BOOKS, STATIONERY, TOYS, FATSCY GOODS, LEATHER GOODS. Fancy China, Glass and Electro plated Ware, Clocks, Vases, Kic-naca {suitable for CHRISTMAS and NEW YEAR Gifts. BIRTHDAY t WEDDIN'J PRESENTS. BOOKS—Excellent Variety of prize, reward and presentation Books. Historical, Biographical, Scientific, Poctioal, Travels, Novels, and variom Bindings. Bibles, Hymns and Prayers, (various styles) Church Praise, Wesiey'a Hymns. STATIONERY—PIa:n, Fancy and Commercial Paper, Envelopes, Boxed Stationery, White and Tinted 6c! and Is, Specially put up for me by Marcus Ward »nd Co., of London A.l.'values, Repolnic, — vellum. Linen and Bank papers ruled and plain. I LEATHER GOODS—Purses frnm 6d to 20s. Wallets, Card and Letter Cases, Ladies' and Gentlemen's Dressing Cases, Hand Bags, , Pencil Caees. Companions* FANCY GOODS—Phofo Frames, Screens, Workboxee, Inkstands, Vases, Ornaments, Clocks, Albuir.e, EbbUs, Basket*, Glove & Kerchief Sets, Cabinets, Trays, Flower Stands, Spill Bowls Teapots 6ci each, Vases. Ornaments too numerous to particularise. BASKET W/RR—Open and Closed Sil in Lined, all sizes and ptices from 6d up, '10YS—A Great Variety of Wood, Tin and Rubber mechanical Tcyc, form Horse and Carts, Barrows, Go-carts, Tea Sctp, Boats Watches Balle, Cubes, Blocks, Ark?, Puzzlfs, Skittles, Musical Toy Rattles Steam Boats and Engine?, Magic Lanterns, Microscope, Prams and Tricycles, and 1000 articles from Id up. {gfREWING MACHINES—The Anchor Machine, well finished and up-to-date, good machine, hatd and Treadle from £4 10a to £9 10s. Makeß a splendid present. PIAISOWand ORGANS From lOs per month lowest Cash Prices. TRADING^STAMPS GIVEN TO CASH PURCHASERS. H. M. JONES.



EASF STBEKT, ASHBURTON. THE FARMERS OF ASBBURTON AND SURROUNDIKG DISTRICTS SHOULD LOOK UP HaRDLEY BROS. AND SELECT A TANK, BATH AND SlNKJ'and have their homes made complete with a fireb-classfeppply of HOT AND COLD WATER, Estimates given for all kfode of Plumbing and Tinsmith work. A TRIAL solicited for Ironmongery, Tinware, and Brush ware. Wholesale Manufacturers of SPOUTING, RIDGING, TANKS.I BATHS, PORTABLE BOILERS, Em, Em HARDLEY BROTHERS



A OARD jiyfßS A fl /^LARIDQB tiX J\^» \J m V/LARIDQ E TEACHER OF PIANOFORTE, ORGAN, awd SINGING COX STREET, ASHBURTON. Terms on Application. MISS CARSON. mEACHER of Pianoforte and Organ JL For terms, etc., apply at Residence Corner of Wills and William Streets near Wakanui Road East. 167 WANTjb»> ilnown—That J. Moison has received a large supply of Summer Boots and Shoes, suitable for the Holidays. They are all of the best brands and makers, and never equalled In Ashburton. J.M. being the only practical and experienced Bootmaker in the town, thus gives him superiority and facility to know best what to get. There fore the public have no need to wonder where to go for reliable Boots and Shoes. Discount for cash as usual. Repairs done at once. Best Sole Leather used aad work manship, at The Hall, East Street, Ash burton. J. L. HIGGS, PAINTER, PAPERH ANGER, SIGNWRITER, Etc. BUSINESS PEOPLE requiring Sign writing would find it to their interest to consalt J. L. HIGGS, as ht does the work himself, therefore there is no second profit to pay. His ability is well known as tormerly signwrlter to Mr J. Wilson, with whom he has severed all connection. ESTIMATES GIVEN FREE For all classes of painting and house decorations. ARTIST'S MATERIALS, and latest esigns in WALL PAPERS, in atock. TAyCBEIT"sTBEET. P*~ RIZE POULTRY"—For sale, che\p, to reduce stock—Pure-bred Golden and Silver Wyftndotte.Andalueianand Orpington cull chicks about three months old; as good as show birds for breeding and utility purposes. Apply office of this paper or Pelham yard*, Peter Stuet,



PRESENTS. PRESENTS. PRESENTS. BOHEMIAN GLASS VAbes, Unique, Artistic, Fashionable, Good and Ohe«*p, FT "I HE first of the kind imported in AshburtOD, having been selected bp A Mr Collins while|;in||London. WATCHES. WATCHES. WATCHES. Fifty per centjess than usual shop prices. Ladies' and Gentlemen's Keyless Lincoln Watches Ladies' Pendant Watches *ith Brooches; the London Fashion Ladies' and Gentlemen's Lever Watchea Ladies' Silver Fairy Watches Gold, Silver, and Leather Alberts (doable and single) English Electro-plated Ware in profusion. Knives, Forks, Spoons, Pickles, Jama, Salts, etc. W. H. COLLINS & CO.'S HARDWARE EMPORIUM, EAST STEBBT, ASHBUBTON. Telephone—H and 15. p,o. 80x— 35.



NEW SEASON'S FRUIT. NEW SEASON'S FRUIT. NT> ALL OUR FRUITS ARE WASHED AND CLEANED •X>« BY PATENT MACHINERY. Finest New Currants _ ... 0s 5d Finesb Dried Apples  .. Os 9d Finest New Sultanas .. .. 0s 7d Finest Dried Peaches 0s 10* Finest Selected Raisins .. .. 0s 6*d Finest Dried Apricots .. .. 0s ICM Finest Mixed Peel 0s 8d Finest Preserved Ginger .. .. 0s 8d Finest New Figs 0« 8d Ship's Lime Juice .f .. .. l, 3d Finest New Prunes 0« lOd Lemon Squash (quart bottle) .. Is Od Finest New Prunes (71b tins) ... 5s 4d Pineapple, Lemon, Raspberry, and Finest Icing Sugar 0a 6d Black Currant Syrup .. .. I. 0d *tnest Cut Loaf Segar .. .. 0s 3jd Mason's Herb Beer Extract .. 0s 9d Finest Dessicated Cocoanut ... 0j 7d Mason's Wine Essence .. .. 0s 9d Van Houten's Cocoa, per lb .. 3» 3d Ci earn of Tartar Is 3d Jelly Powderß, assorted 0s 6d Carbonate of Soda 0s 3d SUGAR. SUGAR. SUGAR. Now that the Jam Season has started, and you wish your Jam to keep well USE MILLAQUIN Al FINEST CANE SUGAR, 701b bag for Us. Every bag stamped "Finest Cane Sugar," JAM JARS. JAM JARS. MASON'S IMPROVED SCREW TOP JAM JARS-lhe Cheapest and Best Jam Jara in the Market, ALSO—THE FAMOUS AMERICAN FRUIT JAR. Those desirous of Preserving Fruit in Syrup, vill find these Jara superior to any other in the market. The mouth of the Jar being made wide so as to enable the whole fruit to be placed in the Jar with ease, also being fitted with a strong spring lid, making it completely air tight. . J WINES A~ND SPIRITS. We have a large and well assorted stock of all lines, ASSORTED OASES PACKED FOR CHRISTMAS. English and Colonial Ales and Stout always in Stock, SHEARMAN BROS., GROCERS, IRONMONGERS, WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS. MAHKET ROUSE, BURNETT STREET, ASitBURTON Telephone No 63 » *v« TO MY CLIENTS. T A^M P t R E P AIR ED TO DISPOSE OF AIN V SHEEP AND LAMB SKINS SENT TO FAIRFIELD FREEZING WORKS, TO BEST POSSIBLE ADVANTAGE. It wonldjbe well to give me"particulars prior to sheep being forwarded. DAVID THOMAS, ASHBXTHTON



FOB SALE. SHEEP COUNTRyI-HINDS DISTRICT. Not fat from the Railway Station. 509 aoT; 8 509 MOSTLY in its native utate, being R.B. 33453, 33456, 33457, and others; all i fenced, watered with County water races. Liberal terms of payment can be arranged. For further particulars apply to T. BULLOOK, TO LET, | Premises in Moore Street, next) to Messrs Hitching* and MiUom's Cordial Maoufao* tory. Rental, 5s 6d per week Apply to GO BULLOOK



FOX JSAIiJtG. /CAPITAL BUILDING SITE - Being \J Town Section 1169, containing more than | acre, corner of Weßb Town Belt and Havelock Street, |haviog over three chains frontage, !E. BULLOOK, « Agent. T O LET ~~ TWEW SIXROOMBD HOUSE with -1-1 Terandah, plastered throughoat, situated at Corner of Ea<=fc Town Belt. Wt BULLOCK AKAIA—AKB! AXE ! We don't want to fight, bat meanwhile ask for M'Kenzie'a Hondai-Lanka Tea, packed in Ceylon, »nd iold by O.gA. a Habdi ft o©.



EeUblbhed 1876. FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS AND NEW YEAR GIFTS, I Also WEDDING PRESENTS, SO TO f GEORGE JESSON, PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER, East Street, Ashburton, THE CHEAPEST PLACE IN JX)WK ipoe WATCHES, CLOCKS, AND JEWELLERY Of Evety Description. INSPECTION* INVITED; T. H. UItDBIU,,,, fa ORBMU, T H. UNDBILL AISjD CO., T7IURNISHING UNDERTAKERS JD URNIBHING UNDERTAKERS. TANORED STREET, ASHBURTON EVERY REQUISITE ON HAND. Polished Coffins a Specialty. A Ohoiot Assortment of Artificial Wmthi n Stock. —. Private Address, Peter Slmtt. directly behind Oddfellow*' Hall j »Uo o»re •{ Mr T. Andrewi, £m(i Bilk 2 J. V. DE BIEB, WATCHMAKER > JEWELLER ' TXAS josb received (he firit oonaignmeel of his XMAS GOODS a IN GOLD AND BILVEE, i Conaiitiog of i j WATCHE8 f aALBERTB, MUFFCHAINB, i BROOCHES, BANGLES, STUDS, LINKS, PENDANTS, jj BELT CLASPS, j And numeroas noveltiei id the lateatdesigai j »nd at prices to suit the times. JNSPECTIoFINVITED. • AH Goods Marked in Plain Figures A Further Shipment of the Celebrated BOTHER HAM LEVER WATCHES JUST TO HAND. Also— * THREE DOZEN HARVEST WATCHES AT 9/6, Be.it Value in Canterbury. REPAIRS AS"~T7SUAL—Promptj- Neat, Eeasonable. ISIGHT TESTING A SPECIALTY. J. V.DEBEEB, :(Late S. Sftick) 7 EAST BTREET, ASHBURTON TO ALL MY OLD CLIENTS FARMERS, AND RESIDENTS OF ASHBURTON COUNTY. I BEG to inform you thab I have ••▼end my connection with the Canterbury Mill, which was under my management for over seven years, and hare PURCHASED from Mr Edwin Thomas the WAKANUI ROLLER FLOUR MILLS. The Canterbury Mill, whioh it Mm property of the Bank of New Zealand Astete i Board, is still trading under the name of Rollitb & Co., to to avoid confusion with correspondence, I would like to ask you to ftddreu all orders to (THOMAS ROLLXTS WAKANUI miMR FLOUR MILJjS, ASHBUETON On and after October Ist, I shall be pleased to supply you with first-olass ROLLER FLOUR, WHEAT MEAL, BRAH & SHARPS, at lowest current rates. FOR THE CONVEnTeNOE OF FARMERS WWQ GRISTING, I have arranged to keep a supply of Flour, Bran, and Sharps at the Stores of the N.Z. Farmers' Association, West Street, when Farmers, Shareholders or non-Shareholders, can leave their Wheat and get Flour, Bran, and Sharps in exohange. THOMABIOLUTT, WAX ANOI ROLLER FLOUR MILLS, 9 285 ASHBURTON. PEOPLE figiS Sound the PURE CEYLON OR BLENDED TEAS. I'm ■. l_ ... i .ii , i i —an METHVEN— Why is the British soldie like Hondai-Lanka Tea? Beeaue the quality is quickly shown when in ho water! Hibbs Bros, sell it in packets and Cnyloa packed boxes.'