The Ashburton Guardian.

xxi. no, 5245

Ashburton ; Friday, October 26, 1900.

price : One Penny

WIVES ENGLISHMEN WANT.

—— — <p. The Englishman decs nob seek beauty in a wife, says Max O'Beil. After being married he Wants to enjoy a perfect peace of mind, and, to do him justice,! will add that money will seldom make him take » wife who does not possess those moral and Intellectual qualities that are the found*' tion stone of happiness in matrimonial life. A cheerful face will attract him much more than a beautiful one. Io <s a cheer* lul and useful companion he wants not a legal mistress or a well dressed doll. HU honeymoon lasts a month. Thin ht settles to keep his wife in order and dfc* cipline and to give her occupations to fill up her time ; a house, to keep and a large family to bring up. Devotion and friend* ship are nowhere deeper than In tht English family, but poetry and piquancy shine by their absence. Itis a prosy life When things are prosperous and matrl* monial life happy, the JJinetHsh wonun makes the best of wlveß. Her mission which she understands so well, U to cheer her husband in the comfort of hie home and make him. forget the worry, annoy; ance, and heart burnings that beset him out of doors in his public, professional, or commercial life; to provide for him a retreat in the soothing atmos phere of which he can find rest and renovated strength; to do the honours of his house with that liberality, provident and large-hearted hospitality which !■ only to be found in England; Such is the mfsaion of the English wife. The companions of John Bull are beautiful, healthy girls, perhaps a little too bold; virtuous wires, perhaps a trifle too res pected; excellent mothers, perhaps a little I too neglected; above all, women whose I ingenious attention to all the minor comforts of existence can turn the humb* lest cuttage into a little palace of order* cleanliness, and well-being. The more I examine the constitution of the English family Ihe more deeply convinced I become, that ifc is the retj pedestal on which f-tand solid the pros perity and greatness of the British Em* pire.

Poultry Notes

Inter breeding is practised by the bent [stock raisers. Keep the incubafrr as Dear 103 or 104 degrees as possible When » hen manifests a desire to sit it is advisable, when possible, to allow her  to Jo so,as a market can always be found for the chickens if they ere not required at home, and repeated checking of the desire to incubate cannot fail to be ! injurious, Alt hens have at come time possessed this natural desire, bat a long course of selection by breeder* has eradicated it in some varieties, which now rarely or never evince these maternal propensities. To preserve such breedi their incubation must ba undertaken by other breeds. Amongst the chief non sitters are Minorcas, Leghorn!, Andalusians, Hamburgs, Houdani, and Polish, although occasionally in old hens of these breeds this natural desire may assert itself. The chief broody kinds are all varieties of Dot king!, Game, Plymouth Bock, Wyandotte, Brahmas, Langshan and Orpington Cabbage is one of the best vegetable! with which to feed poultry, as it keep! i green a long time, and the chicken! enjoy pecking at it Hang it up where they can eat it readi'y, without i scattering or soiling it ■

4 MYSTERIOUS AND MALEFI CENT STATUETTE.

A highly curious anecdote has just been made public (says the Pariscorreepondenli of the Ftfl Moll Gaz;tte) relatingle a mysterious and maleficent statuette which would seem to have exercised a strange and baneful infUenceor the destiny of the late President Garnot. At the time when M Sardi Cwnot was Minister of Finance, and before there was any question of his I election to the Pmidenrty, his intimate friend, Dr Gustave Le Bin, the wellknown sociologisb and traveller, offered to make him * present of a" statuette he^had brought back from one of his nuny jour neys to India. When making the offer D* Bon was careful to acquaint) M Carnofc with the circumstances in which the Btatuette" had coma into his possession, and with the legend which attached to it. In had been given him tyacsjah, who was most thai.kful to get rid of it for good and ail by presenting it to a foreigner about to leave the country. The rajrti explained that according to a legend. In which he firmly believed, tturowner of the statuette* however humble his origin, wae certain to become the principal per sraage in his country, bus was_ equally certain to die a violent death. M Canot made light of this typically Eastern story, and had no hesitation in accepting the present. When mu=t unexpectedly he was elected President De Le B.n re ceived a brief and pl«yful note fto«MjJ CUrnot, saying that ie was the atatuette that had worked a miracle. Seven years later President Chrnoc was struck down by Oesario, and the mysterious and terrible legend had thu» ccms true in every particular. Mmc CUrnot was «o impressed by these dences that) In. her will she solemnly abiared har family tortd themselves of fate ful statuette. The truth of this »«cdote Is vouched for in every patticakr by an impeachable witnesses, and It is certainly as strange a story of the uncanny »s it is easy to recall. " .._„-,



SHAW,, SAVILL AND ALBION COMP\NY. lIMITWD, FOR LONDON.' <m± A »Os'Ur MAIL BTKv r.MS&fc ■*■•' MERS, wttheaportot »ooommod»tion for all classes M >nbe Video or Rio, Tenerlffe and Ply. moafch. Veuse! Ton Oommandar From Date. Karamea 5464 Burton ... Lyfc&'n Sept 22 Gothlo «. 7730 Kidley WelVn Jan 31 ~~OARGO STEAMEBS. Komara 6000 Scotland Wel'g'n Oot 25 Tokomara 6239 Maxwell Nov Maori 5317 MoflFiti Nov E. W. HANMER, Agent, 1 HIM. ff^H B JjBUHf NEW .SEALANT) JB^^^b?B HIPP ING OO.'? LINE ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS FOR LONDON, te Video, Tecertffe * Plymouth. Probable final Bfee»meifß. Tens. Port. Dal-9. Waimate 6610 Wellington Nov 8 Wakanui 5706 AuGklaa-? Nov 15 Paparoa 7000 — December 6 Pakaia 5628 — December Wftikato 4767 — Fo follow Tekoa 4050 — „ Papauui 63*72 — „ 3fc»r»ma 3808 — „ Rimntaka 7700 —"• i, Wakatane 5715 —  Panglbikei 7700 — .> Rnapeha Bfoo ■— » F»r farther parfcloalars apply te BROS., lan. U~NION STEAMSHIP COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. Limited STEAMERS SAII FRCMLITTELTON AS. UNDER: Fo? Wetbport and Greymouth—Weekly , Wellington— Monday, Tueaday, Thurs day and Saturdays NOTE—For extra Bailings see advertise moot in Ohristcharch papers Dunedin — Mondays, Fridays and alternate Tnesdayß and Saturdays Nelson and Picton, via Wellington— Tuesday and- Saturday Sydney, via Auckland — Alternate 'Thursdays The above are subject to alteration ; eference shoald therefore be made to Ohrlacchnrch daily papers for dates and *>f>or of sailing "TIFor farther particulars apply to F FERRIMAN, Agent, AshbHrton "Seney stbphensonT" (successor to Alfred Harrison.) Established 20 yoanj. AUCSTIONEER, LAND ESTATE AND COMMISSION AGENT AND VALUKB WEEKLY SA.LEB of Live Stock Produce, Furniture, etc., EVERY SATURDAY, at 12 o'clock. Clearing Sales of Stock, Household Furni itire, etc., as per arrangement in ary part o( the county. Advonceß made on all goods placed in my fiaods for Sale. Regular Consignments of Colonial Grown «ad Island Fruit cold pivately through the reek, and at Auction on SAIURDYB. AoierrT: iforwlea Oulon Fire Inaurunce Company ft Dresden Pianoforte Manufacturing anr* Agency Company. PIANOS and ORGANS- on time pay jaoentu from J2O« per month. HEKBY s¥iIPHENSON, AUCTIONEER. A CARD. A Branch Office has! been opened by the undersigned Kb Messes Nicoll Bros , Eas Street, where they will oarry on practiceao Barriiteri and Solicitors. MAUDE & HARM AN, Solicitors, Chrlstrch cb Money to Lend at Lowest Current Hates oq Freehold Security. Proourstion tee, MAUDE & HARM Aft, 12 48 Ashburton. G. JESSON, PRAOriOAL WATOHMAKBR & JEWELLER, TYAS EEMOVED to temporary premises NEXT MESSRS J. SEALY & GO. Bast Street., Manning & Co?s NEW SEASON'S 80TTLES ALES AND STOUT, IN QUARTS AND PINTS, THE BEST IN~THE MARKET Equal to the Leading Brands of ENGLISH ALES. Agents for Ashburton—Mbssks^Shear man Beos.



jSKKOS. SEEDS.. .-. DS 190 0. - - SEASON, - - 1900- Mmmo and Blair's FAMOUS STANDARD SEEDS VEGETABLE SEEDS FLOWEft SEEDS Jv. PER PACKET. Id.PBR^PAOKET.' NIMMO AND BLAIR'S SEEDS GROW. FEW TQUAL. NONE BETTER; ALL THOROUGHLY TESTED BEFORE BEING SENTfiOUT. I^TOBDER E&KL.Y - - And have your Seeds in hand when it is time to bow. *, CATALOGUES CAN BE HAD ON APPLICATION. FLOWER SEEDS in one hundred varieties. This liso Includes the most hardy varieties as well as the showiest, and each packet contains more than snffiaient Seed'to p'anb in an ordinary garden* SOW^THEM AND YOU^WIIX NOT HAVE ANY DTSAPPGINTMKNT. SHEARMAN BROS., GROCERS, IRONMONGERS, WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS Makket House, Ashbarton, P— n 30.000 fe/ggT^lll Cooking' VBangea M ■ "* i ;"; iiiiir^ ——--= — ■ ■ —m=—n—e»j I« Übb in the Colony jj"= jji ■M.j 1 : , :gg^ ' I'he/ bara Lignite, True Coal, or Wood up - « JPCJj fe NO SETTING RFQUIRED. Q ' ppMBJl| J r* With Stove Pipe ose be worked out in the •? mi. ""^ ' h *^*^^S^ J open. SplendH Bread Bakerp* C^™iJ «*-«L>"V L, With cast Iron or copper boiler?, The *BSBP jv copper boilers are large and tin lined inside. j ijgiEiSij | , " ■ assasiuP" Repairs are a Minimum. *""* . \ 93§£EEm9D Mada in all b: «°8, single or doubl ovens p^gg ■-■ "" ' ".z lv a ** x Bigh or low pressure boiler. C TiHßi Sold by all Ir^amocger*, from whoam a logues can be obtained, ot from the tn H. E. SHACKLOCK, LTD., SOUTHEND FOUNDRY. Princes Sthebt, DUNRPIN NOTICE TO FARMERS. ake- CASH BUYERS OP PRIME MILLING WHEAT IN AN? QUANTITY Please take your Samples to the Mill We can supply Cornsacks at coat price, CANTERBURY HOLLER FLOUR MILLS. (ROLLITT AND 00.,) D. "WOOD, Manager 17th Mawh, 1900. WOOL, WOOL, WOOL I AM now making LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES, FREE OF COMMISSION, 1_ upon all Wool placed in my hands for sale, either fn Ashburton, Ghristohnreh, Ilmarn, or for Shipment. This Seasoa'a WOOL SALES for Canterbury have been fixed as under, viz :~- CHRISTCHURCH—Noyember 22, .1900, December 13, 1900. January 17, 1901, February 19, 19D1 TlMAftU—"November 30, 1900, January 3, 1901, February^, 1901 I shall be represented both at CeRISTOHURCH and TIMARU, WOOLPAOKS AND ALL STATION REQUISITES SUPPLIED AT LOWEST MARKET KATES DAVID THOMAS, ASHBURTON. PURE SEEDS, I have lately eiectpd, regardless of cost, the MOST COMPLETE FEED CLEAN ING PLANT south of the Hne, and I now ask Farmers to Inspect the same at work. I AM PREPARED TO CLEAN FOR FARMERS ANY DESCRIPTION OF SEEDS OR GRAIN AN6 WILL GUARANTEE TO GIVE THEM SATISFACTION I can supply best Ryegrass and Cocksfoot locally grown, also best Clovers, dressed w my own Machines, the parity of which mußfc be seen to be appreciated Aleo-HURST & SOJS »S ENGLISH CLOVERS, TURNIPS, RAPE, LUCERNE, TREFOIL, &c. D. THOMAS ASHBURTON



NEW PREMISES. TO OUR CLIENTS AND THE PUBLIC. IMl^, lw y inn, |I, WE HAVE REMOVED TO OUR NEW PREMISES. IN BAST &TBEKT, FROM THIS DATB, W. H. COLLINS & CO,. lIONMONGERS, PAINTERS, UMBER AND COAL MERCHANTS. Mr| OOTOBER 18, ]9CO. ' : ' ' . NEWS BY FRISCO MAIL. mn 1,, | mm »fs «mmmmv fW8 T PRIZE PARIS EXHiBITIfI^. AWARpED TO CKYHi A( XE3A. GARpENS COMPANY MAHARAJAH TEA SOLE AGi NTS-ITondai-Lniilia Tea Coitpany, Dunedhi, N.B.—This is one of the Oeylon Packed Teas the Tea Blenders petitioned Parliament to Tax an extra twopence per Ib. •' It is not blended for exora profit at your expense.' T-—--i-nr—T-it—niw—m ■ —i t«-iiii—mniw. —mm i—i—■ ■wjm«—«.—— mmninjn ASK YOUR &HOE DEALER FOR E^ERY {jy^ • ' • BNOOUBAGE pAIIi / COLONIAL GDABANTEED. gQQ'Jg Mr STTO"F SI X N DtJ S^BiY| | ■ ■■MAKUjPAOTDRKD Bf J - S. ANDERSON, TIMARU. H. M. JONES. H. M, JONES. STATIONERY BOOKS. ACCOUNT BOOKS. OPSTI n/in ENVELOPES, imported direct. Commercial Envelopes from 3s 6d per 1000j. 5000 at 3s per 1000. < Boxed Stationery, latest styles, from H, H Is, Is 6d } 2s box, PIANOS. ORGANS. 44 payments of £1 each will purchase a splendid overstrung, full trichord, massive iron-frame Piano, up-to-date in every particular. Only £1 required to be paid at time of purchase. Oali and see tbie j before you bay elsewhere. Organs from 10s per month; Pianos from*2os perjmonth. | c CRICKETING*AND LAWN TENNIS MATERIAL Just arrived, ex Gothic, from Wisden and Son's, London. | RACQUETS, London inlaid, Victoria, Invicta, Champion, Match Popular BALLS, Plain and Covered, Slazenger'a, Silvertown, Wisden's. CRICKET BATS, Warsopp's, Wisden's all caio, Duke's, Union, Hearnea and others. BALLS, Hearne's, Duke's, Wisden's, Craven, Matcß, and Practice Balls; H. M. J ONE S . LINOLEUM. LINOLEUM. JUST ARRIVED PER s S.S RANGATIRA^f AT T. H. UNDRILL & CO.?S. LINOLEUM. LINOLEUM. NEW & CHOICE DESIGNS AND COLOURS. LINOLEUMS AND OILCLOTHS. The Largest Stocks to Choose from, at Prices to suit all,' rat T. H. UN DRILL & CO.'S. Also, Some Remnants at greatly reduced prices; also, a Large Assortment of Oilcloth for Dados. BEDSTEADST~BEDSTEADS. We have jual opened another Large Shipment of Brass and Iron Bedsteads in the latest designs, direct from the Beat Manufacturers in Birmingham, which enables «» to. give yon the best poßßible value, BEDDING & FURNITURE of nil kindsimade on the premises from the beat material. We iuvlta all to inspect our Stocks. No one pressed to buy, T. H. UN DRILL & CO., CABINETMAKER. UPHOLSTERERS, PICTURE FRAMERS & UNDERTAKERS, TANCRI D STRF-ET, Next Building Society c Office



TO STUD HORSE OWNERS TTORSE CAR£S & HORBS RECEIPT BOOKS Printed at the MAIL wA GUARDIAN Office with Neatness »nd Deapatoh and Ab Moderate Prices,  ■ TO Stand thi: Season at Wellbeok, Tin*vatd, the Imported Stallion OBLIGADO Ormonde (winner Bend Or (Tinner of Derby and of Derby) g - St. Leger and L; ; y A £ 3 grands.reofFly. i aoi * on i ( win * § '"* - nerofDerby) co O Shotover (winne r Hermit (winner of Derby and of Dos-by) g Two Thousand fs trayßhot)f g^ < Guineas Toxopbolite, the vf*- __ ___ _____ are Musket, o Tr»ppißb (winner of the Stewards Sennit (winner q Cup ab Good- of Darby) wood and one o' © tV.e most bril- ' §' § li»nt horses of rt _j n'B day) M ISB, . P3 Macaroni (win Oner of Derby) Frivolity (winner __ _, of Middlo'Parb Miss Agnes (one Plate and 1 Alt- of tha greatest horp Park mares in the Stakes) English Stud Book) Obligado la one of the most fashionab y bred horses ever imported ffrtotn England. His sire, Orvllie, is by that greatchampion Ormonde, oub of Shntoverj who won i amongst other races, the Two Thousand Guineas and the Derby. His sire, Hermit, also won the Derby, whilst her dam Stray Shob Is a grand-daughter of that great mare Medicant, an Oaks winner and a dam of a Darby winner Frivolity, the maternal granddam of (JHHgado. was a v.ry brilliant mare* winninf?, amongst other races, the Middle Pa-k Plate, and 'Bheianire of the great Agnes family ; in f ict, Frivolity ia full sister in blood to Li'y Agnes, the dam of thegreat champion Ormonde. The pedigree of. C'bligado, back only three removes, shows six Darby winners, together with a double strain of the great Hermifc and Misa Agnes f .milies—a blend ing of fashioaable blood that cannot fail at the stud. Obl'gado met with a flight ace.'dent last winter, which pevented him belns; jfroperly trained, but he ia a beaati* ful mover, and before meeting with his accident proved beyond a doubt that he was possessed of great pace. There is no more promising Imported sire in Australia or New Zealand. TERMS : — Thoroughbred Mates, 10 Guineas. A Limited Number of Halfbreds at 5 Guineas. Apply to E GATES, 96 Wellbeck, Ttnwald. TO STAfcD AT ALLENTON AND SURROUNDING DISTRICr The Beautiful Bay Horse (16Jhds) GENERAL TRACEY. (Record 5.4.) Byjßerlin- Jenny Trace?;(both imported SIRE of Victory 11, General Grlgg, Experience, General Standiah, Tracey Belle, General Shatter, and many ethers too numerous to mention For farther particulars, appy to THOMAS HAROLD, 9 173 Groom in charge J. V.DEBEER WATCHMAKER & JEWELLER TJAS just received a Large Shlpmen OF WATCHES, WATCHES 6 Dozen Nickel Levers at 27s @& Specially made to order, Strongly built to suit hard wear. 2 Years Guarantee. 3 Dozen NICKEL WATCHES at 20s^ The best value in the Colony. 1 years Guarantee. .•■ ■ ■ f A New and Full Stock of Gent's and Ladies Gold and Silver Watches to hand. SPECTACLES New Frames and Lenses on the Interchangeable System. To meet the requirements of JJthose using the famous "LAZA.RUS' Spectacles a special importation of his Frames and Lenses to hand, SIGHT TIBS OCX IN €3- A FERIEC* FIT GUARANTEED, J. V.DEBEER i WATCHMAKER & JEWELLER, Ashburfcon



[ indkjesiion No Appetite, General Weakness. If your food is only partly digested, then the body is only partly nourished. The blood rapidly becomes thia and filled with impurities, the nerves are easily exhausted, there is headache, restlessness, and the whole system is greatly debilitated. Mr. A. Chauffourier, of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, sends us his photo graph and the following testimonial: "While reporting for the local and metro politan press in Riverina, I contracted a severe chill which developed into a general weakness of my digestive organs. A short course of enabled me to continue my wdrk all right. My appetite improved, my taste for food camo back, and my general health was greatly im proved in every way." When taking the Sarsapariila, it is best to use Aycrs Pills also. Take just enough each night to produce one good free movement of the bowels daily. T H UnDBIIX , E CHDBILL j T H UNDBILI & CO FURNISHING UNDERTAKERS TANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON EVERY REQUISITE ON HAND. Ponsbed Coffins a Specialty. A Choice Assortment of Artificial Wreaths in Stock. —■— •■ Private Address, Peter Street, directly behind Oddfellows' Hall; also oare ef Mr T. Andrews, feast Belt. ' 2 ILEWHIYN OWFii M'C.S.M. r CERTIFICATED TEAOHER. LOCAL Representative of the London College of Music, and cf the Music* Internatiot «1 College. PIANOFORTE, ORGAN, VIOLIN, MAN DOLINE, SINGING, HARMONY AND COUNTERPOINT. IX7~ANTEp KNOWN—That we are YT clearing oat all odd lengths of Oilcloths and Linoleums, to make room for new Goods, now landing ex S.S Gothic—Mitchell «fc Tuener. Coughing Yet? ■•• m It is unwise to let a Cough 7« " run on. Frequent coughing lMf .increases the irritation in the W .. bronchial tubes, and is the .11 forerunner to serious lung disease— CONSUMPTION. Pdsitively cures Coughs of any kind. Not^ by drying up the Cough, but by cutting the phlegm and healing the irritated passages. LANE'S EMULSION is so perfectly blended : j that it is pleasant to the taste, and so easy to digest that young babies and most 1 delicate invalids take it regularly. Physicians Recommend It. Your Chemist or Store will supply you. . . PRICE 2s. . » OSBORN CQOMBB, PIANO TUNER & EXPERT (Late of London), VISITS Aohburton and surroundinß di triota every four months, viz—M»rcb n Jnly k snd November* ORDERS may be left with MR LLEWELLYN OWEN at his Music Studio, Arcade Chambers, Ashburton, or ab Commercial Hotel. KERNARD & WHITE, City Pork Shop, H&velock Street, HAVE juet opened New Business in the Pork Line. Small goods of all desoriptioDß alwaya on hand. The public are specially invited to call and inspect Pork Sausages, (fresh.) Daily cash buyers of dairy fed Pork. : : ; _ jt """PURERRED PRIZE POULTRY -j Hj Gr G!- «. MINORCAS, Brown Leghorns, Andalu. sians, Langshaps, and Dorkings, J from 5s to 21* per sitting. ' 187 H. G. BBRRfJMAN.



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ACETYLENE GAS—Without doubt th« Light of ths iioeteenth century Haedmv Bbos are prepared to give^^esti mates to lighb up private residence* and btotaeii"pciuet, ■with this mosbeoonomt beautiful light.'