The Ashburton Gusrdian

Vo\ xxi. so. 5388

Ashbuhton / Mondnj, May 13 1901

Price ; One Penßy



; H:rv:"' .gioc4-red Bfttn - A strange visitatioa came to Naplat, in the South of italy,on March 10th,when a southerly wind, laden with a> .£•«, i» pnlpable red sand, .blew there, iand obsenred the sun. The eand was prja* bably wafted from the Sahara,., by tbe prevalent sirocco; The people in tt iofly were especially alarmed at thg'phenome* r.on. At Palermo the sky was coloured a lurid crimson, and r*in, looking like drops of blood, fell. The whole o? Southern Italy appears to have been visited by this strange cioad, in some places accompanied by showers of duit, The air in Rome was misty, and a hot wind blew from tbe Bouth, drying up everything. The heat in the south wai said to be terrific. It was 70 deg in Home; The inhabitant of Naplett ruehed to the churches for protection. Through out bicily the earth was ent'rely red. The eky had also a decidedly reddish tint. The sun was not entirely obscured but there w»s s sort of twilight (Sect. Ho one remembers having ever seen such a curious phenomenon in Sicily. The Sicilian people, who are' vicry superstitious, Were profoundly impressed amd some supposed that the end of the word had cume, especially as the pheno menon had been described as a rain of blood; the drops falling being indeed like blood. The people were, however, reas sured on learning that .the rain was nothing el&e tlian African sat:d; The strange visitation of Italy, has found itf way to Denmark, where rain aod snow have fallen mixed with a fine red dust. Some people had left their washing out during the night, and found it saturated and soiled with a strange red substance. The same phenomen has been observed ii ether parts of Europe. Prof Luigi Palazzo, the head of the Central Meteorological Bureau at Rome, in a letter ro the Roman Met saggiero on the subject of tbe red rain of M arch 10, recalls a most remarkable fact which happened at Messignadi, •> little place near Gppido Mamortino, in Calabiia. On May 15, 1890^ during the Feast of the AscenaioD, the inhabit tants of Messiguadi were horror struck at seeing, on two separate ocsatioot and for a space of some minutes, drops of the colour of fresh blood falling from the clouds. A chemical and tmi crosoopic examination of stones 1 anil leaves bearing these spots of blood rain ' was made in the Public Health Labora tories in Borne, and they proved to be drops of real blood. Burdens are Many ~— ■♦ : A SHBOJR.XON Citizens Bate Juris, Shaxs Burdens of life are many. Bcm« people have their share P tttf hacd to bear the burdens of a bad b.ck. 1^ Mhes and pains make you miserable. L ||D he cause and remove the burden. Moil backache pains come from tha kidneys. Mm cure the kidneys to core the back. Doan s Backache Kidney Pill* will do it Lots in Ashburton prove that this Is so. Read what a citizen paya :— Mrs H DalJey. jWUIa an«f Cambridge Streets, Hatnpstead,, this city, e>ya ;— *' For a number of years I have had a e«re trial af sickness. The doctor said it was caused by in t-rical female ailments, I have since found out that this was a mi&takn. The trouble which used rae worst of all was pain in the email of my back. When I stooped down I could not get up agan. Then my left side was apparently paralysed and nag left eye was affected. This almost crippled me alone I also had giddiness and backaches, the giddiness being co great that I would be | ashamed In the streets as I would stagger, feeling overwhelmed with it The secre tions were as thick as could be Jorae times I would be laid up fora week or [ two with these troubles No tongue | could tell you all the medicines I swal lowed but not one of them gave me relief until I goo Duan's Backache Kidney Pills at the Aehburfcon Drug Or'a stor«. I was very bad when I started to take this remedy but after I had taken it a little while I was everspmuch better. The pain in my back was gone, giddiness and head* aches did not trouble me and the paralysis war> nearly cured and my secretions were clean and I felfc better altogether* 1 cannot say enough about.* Boan, ls Back' ache Kidney Pills. Take no substitute. There is nothing 1 j nst as good, as Doan's Backache Kidney Pills. Tftey are sold by all chemists and storekeepers at 3s per box_ (six boxes 16s6d)or will be posted on receipt of price by the proprietors, Foster McClailan Co., 76 Pitt Street, Sydney, New South WalesJ But be suee thex abb Doan's _ „■ ' ■-' i , I, i im i LOABBY'B Stands unrivalled for indiges WAHOO tion and ulver OompUinti It ia purely herbal, and cannot iojure tbe moat delicate oomtitutioo.. Its effect is almost instantaneous; t stogie doi« usually relieves, whilst one boUle i« gecer ally enouftb to cure, LOASBY'S WAHOO does not require » dozen bottles to be taken before yea jib judge its value. No other Medicine adver tUedaeks you, a« w* do, t© bey only «cc bottle j take it regularly according te directlone, and then give the verdict* Hundreds of teatimoniais inourpositsslon prove that' many oonfirmed dyepeptioe, after every known remedy bkdiailM, kaveWmi completely cured'by the aid'alt oolj eat bottle of Lo»sby'« Waheo. Loaslty's Wthoo-Prioa 2« 6d, «very Where Sole maaafaotiirtK add praprieton— LOASBIT'S WAHOO MANUFACTDR ING 06., Lti>, Dunedint ' Wholesale Agents— ' Kempthcroe, Froaser It Co, H Z Draw Q ' Ltd'



| The New Hperient! | |" Impey's May Apple " J . _. S $uavifor in moBo; forfiter in re. S I L~— —-r—l | Swr Two Shillings per Bottle.-w^ ■Ijm- ,- . : , >:*■;=■.# * :*- : :< I W , CHEMIST<S AND STORES.



f l^ii©-bestllcougk.irop(s are drops of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. 'Tie next time you take cold, dose your- P^^A; ielt. a lot of Al j ' home remedies $nd * i^M» ; *fifisy-d&Hy along un- v h til your cough is 4 t| and you 0 *re threatened with ,-jL, I^**^**^^, pneumonia or con- JS?" Jjlffll sumption. That's i^ta *ifii*iiM oni #ay, to be sure. w&t •Here's another way: Take Ayer's Cherry Pectoral at bedtime and be air right the next morning. Isn't this the better way? Then continue the Cherry Pectoral a few d»yi until your thTbat and "lungs have completely healed and all danger of future trouble is past. Another grand thing about Ayer's Chewy Pectoral is that it cures hard coughs, the hardest kind of old coughs, even alter all other remedies have failed. Put up in large and small bottles.' When" it liurts r your lungs to cough, then apply one of Ayer's Cherry Pec • total' Plasters directly over the painful lung. It Will quiet the pain, remove all congestion, and greatly strengthen.' fttptred by Dr. i. C. Aycr Co., Lowell, Mass., U. S. A. AFOKTUNI IN & BOsfI 4 E. WHAT is WEALTH without HEALTH Heatherlea, Levin, Feb. 20, 1901 Dear Sir,—For the lasb twelve ironths I have been cf mpleteJy rundown differing from Nervous Debility, Extreme Weakness and other ailments Incidental to nay sex. My condition was such I was quite unable to get about-, or to do anything ab all When 1 heard of the great benefil; other sufferers had derived from the ace of PL*NTEKOA, I procnred a bottle, nsing it as directed, and the result was as gratifying as it was astonishing. I became qni'e well again, and able to get about »s usual- I have much pleasure in rending you these few lines ; make what use you like of them. Yours troly, (Mbs) J Fow P S—l can also recoirmend PLAJSTE KOA as a good madleine for the Blood and strengthening (he system.—J B There are hundreds of Ladles In New Zealand: much the same as Mrs Bow, really not ill enough to require rest in bed, and yet so ill »hac they can scarcely "crawl about" The remedy that will change this state of affairs is the well known GRKAT HERBAL REMEDY PLANTKKOA, PLANT&KQA will not cere every «ill that flash is heir to," but we say without hesitation that If your complaint arises (as most of them do) from a disordered condition 41 the Bloa&thtt PLANTIKOA :WIU«OUBE YOU. * 5 TRY IT. All Chemists and Grocers Plantekea se, : Plantekoa Ciutmenb 2s, ____Plantekoa Herb Toilet Soan Is ,\ A Standard Emulsion ■ pVEKYTHING |g-Eneasured by a ' j J-* standard, Whe*hoii? it be somo thiug jfcp wea^, to use, or to drink. 1 standard of Cod Liver Oil Emul sions is— ■ i. ;. '■ }i ■ Creasoted, lißUiSion {No one tries to make any better; no , one claims that there is any better ; I but some cheniiV s offer for r sale other f emulsions, which" tht)y Jclaim to'be just as good as Lane's." Whrm you ask for Lane's, insist upon having Lane's—the .original Apd ihct stan dard—afed ftvojS Slie>upf,titutc f,: ,* fSfo' LANE'S CUKASOTED ""' fiX . 1-^rULSIOIN* OF COD !: $&® I l.lYluß 03L, with Uy- ' jj|j! pophosphites of Lime J~Z£r au( j Sodi^ lelieves and j. cures the most obstinate I cough It soothes snd "■< . ' disinfects t,h-3 digcstjvo I tract, checking fermentation, and greatly improving digestion, assimi lation, and nutrition.. So successful has it been that doctors aro using it 'n their practice Were it not ko successful it would not be imitated, and that is a sound reason why you should insist upon having what you ask for. , , \ Lane's Creasoted Emulsion AT.ALL CHEMISTS AND STOEES. ' : '" '' ■•-'Y>l»fc»CE 2/- 10 LET AT A LOW RENTAL SHOP and premise a 6 tha corner ol the Triangle, fronting Oabi Street and Wakfinui Road, leading to the Post Offioe and Railway Station ' ' T BULLOCK MBS JOHNSTON Teacher 0 .rIANOJFOBTE AND SINGING Hftvelook Stroeb



NH.W ZEALAND INSURANCE OjMPANY established ... ... 1859 CAPITAL—ONE MILLIONJ THE Premier and Wealthier Colonl Company, Noted for Promptness and Liberality Paid-ap Capita! and Reserves,* £400,000 Fire and Marine Risks,' ' Also,-— j Bisks on Growing Crops, Threshing Machines, etc, accepted at lowest current rates nicoiiTbrof., Agent? NIGOLL BEiSi HFNiooi.ii. EF Nicole., L A NfiootL. i Merchants & General Agenfty BUYEBS OF FAT BSEW & LAMBS. 4GENTB FOB— Christohureh Meat Coi, Ltd Islington Fertilisers Little's Sheep Dip Ocean, Acoioenfc and Guarantee Corpora^ felon, Ltd. New Zealand Insurance Company G*vAIN BOOGHT AND SOLD ON COM MISSION We shall be pleased to receive sampler rom farmers who have p&roele fo* disposal. Station Books Kefc and Attdithzs. I We have received warns of Trust «&OtiUs. ranging from £100 to £10,000, to tend no Freehold Securities at fl£ and H per ceiit'.. FKTfIT. We receive regular Consignment! from Auckland, Sydney, and the Islands ,and have in stock Apples, Pears, and Frab in te»son aU the year round. SEEDS. We efcock Clovers, Bvegrass, Bape, and Turnip Seed of reliable quality niHE OHBISTUHUROH MEAT CO, J Limited. ISLINGTON MANURES Especially prepared for WHEAT, TOBNHM, BAPE and any ether crop, and to sifct any desci iption of soil. Greatly inert ased production wherevei used. Satisfaotion given everywhere* NiDfLli Bbos. store five varieties of th celcbiftted fertiliser. Price on application l Allowance made for quantities Letters will receive prompt attention. NICOLL BROS, District Agente. "uiwEimT owep H.C.BM., CERTIFICATED TEACHER, Local Representative of the London College of Music and of the Mubioal International College, VITILL Remme Music Lessons (practical Vf and theoretical) on FEBRUARY 4. Students prepared for any examination held in the Colony. Candidates presented, 107 avenge murk btained 93 per cent. ' ' NICHOLAS & PIGKFDRD hTTAVE Jnßb Landed, ex b.b., Wsimate their firat shipment o SUMMER GOODS, IKOIUDINO :. |: Ladies' Croquet and Tennis Shoes. Gentlemen's Tennis, Bowling, and Cricketing SHOES & BOOTS, In Canvas, Farrakjatta, Glace Kia Back Skin, and Russian Calf. The Best Assortment ever Shown In Ashbarton. Inspeobioa Invited. NICHOLAS & PICKFORD, BAST STREET. * FOR HOUSE X)AINTING, OUSB X AINTING, QIGN WRITING, Xn TO, OIGNWRITING, JliTO, TRY .J 1,. HIOO«, Tanobhd Stbbet. JAMES BAKER FrjBNISHIKG WABKHOO9E, (Havelook Street: TTE gaaraafcees to sell at Ohrlstehuroo prices for Cash or Time Pftytnentu. Wade's Teething Powders for Babies are soothing, red oce fever and prevent blotches; price, Is



J. BALLANTYNE & CO. JITAVE a moot complete Factory devoted entirely to tbe manafaeture of the best class of MACINTOSHES FOR LADIEB|4 GENTLEMEN. By importing only THE BEST MATERIALS and; employing THE BEST WpRKMANNHIIp, ; ' ■— ■ ' " ■» ' - J. BALLANTYNE & COMPANY Confidently claim for their Macintoshes EQUAL MERIT AT LESS COST With any tmde bygthe beet Macintosh Manufacturers in"Eogland. "CNB IN THE POUND DISCOUNT FOR CUIH. I . DUNSTABLE HOUSE, CASBEL STREET, ( HBIKTCEERCH. ■ WILLTAM PATCHING. EAST & BUBKETT STREETS, ABHBURTON (x) .„„ TABPAULINB, GREEN STACK, & DBAY COVEKB STACK COVEBS, [well rrpdj at 3?h 6d. DAVID THOMAS, AUCTIONEER, LAND, INSDRANCS & ESTATE AGENT VALUATOR, WOOL & GBAIN BROKER, a;shbfrtojn Loans Negotiated Weekly Sales of Live Stock—Tinwald and Ashborton alternately Fortnightly Salee of Sheep Skins, Fats, Hidei, etc, on Mondays Sales of Wool Throughout the Season ' Grain Bought and Sold on Commission Clearing Sales as per arrangements Arcade Horse and Furniture Sale held,on Saturdays Horse Fairs Hold,, Monthly AGENT FOB Matson and Go, Ohriatchurcb Booth, McDonald and Go, Ohristcbnrch White's Sheep Dip Walter A Wood Co Bowring Bros* Belting London and Lancashire Insurance Company Graham's Foot Hot Composition Wright, Stephenson and Co, Donedin Belfast Manures Yaconm Oil Company's Agricultural Gils Flanet^Jr.lGarden and Field Tools LAND FOR SALE I have For Sale the following Blocks of|Land, in tussock, in the Hinds District i 2000 Acres Plains Land in tussock 1500 „ „ 1900 „ „ >,•: 6CO „ Reclaimed Swamp Land Also First Class Farms in Blocks of 160 Acres and upwards to 5600 acresj Several Faime, vorione sizes, thoroughly improved, for sale; well worth the money D. THOMAS, ASHBU R T O N



IB FT/FAST AND FAIRFIELH FREEZING WORKS MANURES, ARE THE BEST TjiOß f-TURNIP, RAPE WHEAT, AND ANY OTHER (CROP. SPECIAL MANURE can be mad 3 for any kind of Soil, or description of crop. i SATISFACTION GIVEN EVERYWHERE LAST SIASON. MANUEE CAN BE! SUPPLIED TN 1 Cwt, or g Cwt. SACKS j Orders received b/ I CRIK3OXAA.NDJ32R BRO»., limited., DAVID TH63MAS, OR TMili JN.Z. FARMEBS 00-OlfliiStATrVE! SJSOCIATKW OP OAJNTJBRBCTKY, JL.tmite<l., OANTBEBUBY FROZEN MEAT AND DAIRY PRQPUGE EXPORT COMPANY. LIMITED. ' ! 880 f. WAYMOD r Secretary. COMBINED LIFE AND ACCIDENT TABLES THE MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALASIA OFFERS IN THE FIRfeT YEAR OF THE TWENTIETH JOFNTURY SOMETHING- ABSOiiUTBLY NEW. Ordinary Life Policies do nob cover Accidents udlpsb they result in^l/eath j Ordinary Accident Policies do not cover Death unleeß caused by Accident* j THE COMBINED LIFE AND ACCIDENT POLICIES Cover both, and at Specially Low Rates. THEY ARE ISSUED IN THE iHREE FOLLOWING FORMS :— TABLE AC—ASSURANCE PAYABLE Combined in each case with Oompetiß&tion AT DEATH— for— Premiums payable during Life of the Assured. PERMANENT TOTAL DISABLE TABLE CC. — ASSURANCE PAYABLE WENT AT DEATH- PERMANENT PARTIAL DISABLE Premiums payable during specified MENT, of term of years. TEMPORARY TOTAL DI«ABLE TABLE EC. — ENDOWMENT ASSUR- MENT, ANCK— if refuUirsg from Accident) during currency Payable at end of term of years, or of the Policy, and while Premiums are beiDg provious deathi paid choreoui For Tableß of Ttatee and full particulars apply at any Office of the Afipnciation, or to HUGO FRIEDLANDER, District Agent JOHN TOTTY, Representative for New Business, Aehbnrton. Branch Office : 150 Hereford Street, Christchnrch. 2 177 E ABE c ASH BUYERS OF PRIME MILLING WHEAT TUESDAYS & SATCBDAYS—SampIes received at Stores, West Street. Other days—Samples received at the Mill. COBJN SACKS SUPPLIED. ORISTIFG "DONE ON FARMERS 1 ACCOUNT. CANTERBURY ROLLER FLOUR MILLS. (ROLLITT AND OO. t ) D. "WOOD,|Manager T. H. UN DRILL & CO., CABINETMAKERS <fc UPHOLSTERERS. mini hum i- *O*iii- ■■ ■ i FURNITURE AND BEDDING MADE ON THE PEEMIBES. WE ARE STILL MAKING our Famous Drawing Room Smtes in Pltash and Tapestry, which beat Christchurch for price and quality. Oall and see them, JUST LANDED—A large assortment of Austrian, American, and Canadian Chairs, These Goods were bought before the recent rise iD prices, which enables us to Bell at lowest prices, Bedsteads and Toilet Ware—Largest stock in town ; at all prices; lINCLEUMS, "f>UGS, i^kILOLOTHS, >! I NO LIU MS, JjuUGS, \ 7ILOLOTHS, i | In New and Chasto Designs ; at all prices, i DOOR MATS—AII sorts, all sizes. We manufacture all oar own Goods on the premises, of the best material I and workmanship, bo buy from us and encourage Local Industry ; besides, yon i may go further and fare worse than at T. H. UNDRILL & CO.'S. CABINETMAKERS, UPHOLSTERERS, PICTURE FRAMERS, AKl> UNDERTAKERS, TANORBD STREET, Next to (he Building Society's Office, and^oppoßite Arcade,) W AL L _P_A P E RS? ":I TBS HAVE TO HAND per the last Homt boat—29 Bales of the very ateat ARTISTIC PAPERHANGINGS, the Colourings and Designs of which are decided works of art. Included in the shipment are Beautiful Friezes and Borders to match the Papers. I hold the largest stock of WALL PAPERS in South Canterbury Clients can therefore rely upon having a large variety of ettch respective sorfe to choose from, J-B-B-T-r-r- r* s-\ -»-r HOUSE DECORATOR AND SIGN \\l I 1 UlliVT WRITER, l/V I I JlNl I \ Opposite Mail Office, m ff XJUU \J i 1 k BarnetD Streeb. Box 16. Telephone



LINK : ROYAL MAIL STKA.MKRB ' ; FOR T/)NDOK. via Mon*ie FSdeis, Tenet'?*?® St l*ljm<>nih. Probable final Tors. Pork T>»H. Wakinui 5706 Welling'on April 27 Waimate 5610 „ May 15 " Tontsarim* 7765 Ly*"-"-on" Way 16 Paoaroa f563 Wellington May 23 fUkaia 5628 — To follow Papatmi 6372 — „ Tekoa 4050 — „ Waikato 4767 i *Twia Screws. ""or further pßrtlonlara apply t» crRIBTCLANDHR BROS., Lbd. SHAW, BAVILL ANT> TIBION " COMPANY, LIMITED, FOR LONDON. #®KA. "ROYAI. MATT, STKA #|3§!|%. m MUTRS, vfthraperlor of p»?RenEej's, c&Htag at onte Yldao op Rio, Tanerf.Tia and Ply. oath. Vessel Ton Commander! From Date^ Gothic 773QKidle? IWelt'n Jane 20 CARGO STEAMER^ Maori 53S7Moffaft jvvel'R'n May 9 Mamari 3583 Banks (Lvttl'n May 4 ITokoma.ru '6238IMaxwell [iVeHg'n June 6™ . For further partionlatß, apply t^IOOLL | BRO9. f*-' OP 1 NISW ZEALAND. Limited TEAMED PAII FRCMLTTTBLTON AS DISDER: For Wesbporfc and Greymouth—Weekly j Wellington— Monday, Tuesday, Thare- ' day and Saturdays | NOTE—-For extra sailiaga see advertise menb in Ohriatohnroh papers Dunedin — Mondays, Fridays and alternate Tuefsdays and Saturdays NelsoE and Pioton, via Wellington— j Tuesday and Saturday \ Sydney, via Auckland — Alternate Thursdays Th© above are subject to alteration ; eference should therefore b& made to Oilrletchnrch dally papers for dates and hour of sailing For further particulars apply to F FERRIMAN, Agent., Ashburton "ffiBNRY "STEPHEN6ON7~ {auoceasor bo Alfred Harrison,) Established 20 years. AUCTIONEER, LAND ESTATE AND COMMISSION AGENT AND VALUER WEEKLY SALES of Live Stock Produce, Furniture, etc., EVERY SATURDAY, at 12 o'clock. Clearing Sales of Stock, Household Furni tore, etc., as per arrangement in any part of the county. Advanceß made on all goods placed in my rands for Sale. Besiular Consignments of Colonial Grown fnc! Island Fruit sold privately through the week, and at Auction on PATUPDAYb, Agect : Norwich Otilon Fire Insurance Company ! & Dresden Pianoforte Manufacturing and Agency Company. PIANOS and ORGANS on time pay merits from !3Os per month. , HENBY STEPHENSON, AUCTIONEER. _ _____ BPORT; SPORT. , SPORT GUNS. GUNS, GUNS. I HAPLFY BROS BAST STREET, I HAVE TO HAND, direob from the Manufacturers, a large Cocolgament of the Famous NEW RIVAL CARTRIDGES. Large supplies also arriving of Eley's Ambedte, Blue Shutze, Kynock's Nobels, eto. Bpecial clearance of Wire Cartridges, owing to being overstocked. GUNS, GUNS. For Fltßt-class Guns, at a low price, give us a trial ; our prices defy competition. GUNS of »!1 makes REPAIRED and pub in Srst'dass order by a Practical Gunsmith, Address — S, H. GKAVES, SHAEEBBOKER | AND FINANCIAL AGENT, 185 HEREFORD STREET, CHRIST CHURCH & AT GREYMOUTH. i T) ILIA.BLE Information on Dredgia Jt%) Stocks. Correspondence Invited. ; Oodbs : Bedford McNelll's, Morelng and ! Neal's, A.B.C. Co ',(fonrth | Kditlon. i4R F MAKEIG, Ashburton ! Representative j Teieobaphio Address : GKAVJSb Christcharch. Greymouth—Br wnlie, Greymouth NATIONAL MORTGAGE & AGENCY CO. OF N.Z, LTD, TIMABO IBiFBOYED FARMS FOR SAI-E. 530 acres Bangitata, 250 aorea Giaritnont 250 acres Waitotie, 200 acres Waihao, 250 aoreg Kinggdownj, 1000 acre; Ota'o s ' 600 acres Totara, And othera of vmiom nhee id Sos th Canter bury Improved Farms for leaee, with right o purahaae 1170 acres Fairlie, 505 acres Tatars, and 265 acres Totara Also unimproved agricultural and grazing ffrma of Various sizes oa the Raincliffa. and C*evela Estates, and two well improve tatian propertieß of 7000 acres each.