SOCIAL COLUMN.

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Drinking Amongst Women.

, i From a Paper by Miss Aghks I?. Slack (Hon. Secretary World's Women's Christian Temperance Union and lion Secretary National B W T A. The Fact It is, I fear, true that drunkenness has lately increased amongst English •women, and not only amongst those of them who are dwellers m the slams, but also amongst the wel'-to do and the .wealthy. Indeed m regard to this vie the women of Great Britain, of all social grades and all degrees of culture, have a bad pre-eminence amongst the English speaking women of the world* 'la the United States and Canada intoxication amongst women is com paratively rare. In Australia, Tas* mania, and New Zealand, the condition of women as regards this vice is far better than it Is with as m England. ■ It is trna that of the total number of persons arrested for drunkenness m ■this country womon constipate rather \ less than a third ; hut m that third few save abandoned women of the street, ' and those belonging to the * submerged ' section, ara included. Of the working ' elasg and the middle and upper class female drunkards very few ever see the interior of a police court. Secret drinking is their scourge ; but there is a great deal of that. The Cause In thig country it is customary to attribute £emalß intemperance almost; exclusively to grocers' licenses ; yet, m Gothenberg grocers' licenses form a far larger proportion of all licenses than they do m England , yet women there, and throughout Scandinavia generally, are exceedingly temperate. It is to something deeper-reaching and macb less manageable than grocers' licenses •—bad as these are—that we owe this cuiae. Our fathers ata sour grapes, and our teeth are set on edge. Doctors Some forty years ago the doctors * went clean off their heads' on the j question of the employment of alcohol as a medicine, as a cordial, as a food. Sir William Gull, io his evidence before the Lord's Committee on Temperance, thus states the case, so far as the use j of alcoholic liquor as a medicine ii j concerned : • Forty years ago wine was moder ately used, and so was brandy ; then there came a change, owing chiefly, I think, to the School of King's Oollege, ] headed by Dr Todd. His theory was that diseases were chiefly due to de bility, and required &lcohol almost universally Formerly diseases were divided into two classes, viz., phlogistic and anti-phlogistic. Dr Todd's theory was that all diseases were weak or anti phlogistic, and hia treatment, therefore, was always with brandy, or, a*i least, I should say, almost universally m ' cases of acute disease. Since that time there has again been a great change.' It would be diffi mlt to exaggerate the evil effects of the teaching of Dr Todd and his school. For a time it dominated the minds of a large pro portion of the medical men of England. The medical men thu<* dominated were for yeirs practically nrsiionaries for the effusion of false beli'fs as to the medicinal and dietetic value of alcoholic liquors," aa well as active promoters of babifa of excessive drinking. They planted false beliefs m people's mioda and diseased nppetites m their bodies*. Their intentions were honest enough. What they did was what they believed to be for the best. But, I insist, so ar as their actual influence on the beliefs and health of the ppople are concerned, they might just as well have been honoured and trusted mis sionaries for the establishment and development of habits of intoxication amongst the people. Prom day to day, from week to week, year m and year out, they went from house to house on their pernicious mission. The majority of their victims were women and girls, who, much more than men and boys, are subject to • diseases of debility,' which, according to the pre vailing doctrine, • required alcohol almost universally.' When a jouog ■woman, or, indeed, a woman of any age, felt 'low' or 'oat; of sorta, 1 some kind of alcoholic Hpuor was prescribed. The result of courap, was that tippling, m addition to that ordered, became very much commoner. In fact, to the teaching and practice of Dr Todd and hi& school, far more than to anything else, th<3 intemperance of the women of this country—which at present fa bo much commented upon and deplored — is attributable. It is hardly needful to say that during all this period many individual medical men aided the temp erance reformation with wisdom and energy, and did so at great self-sacrifice. And now, m daily increasing numbers, they are stepping out to the front as the most trusted and capable leaders of the people m the fight against what Sir Andrew Olark stigmatised aa "the enemy of tho race.' But it is just, and it is necessary, that those who were responsible for the maintenance of the ciirae of the liquor traffic, for so long a period and m such strength, efaould be held responsible for the immeasurable evil which they have caused.

Alcohol Not Needed as a Medicine.

Bit Dr Hutchison, p G.c.iy Kansas;. 11 can give you one item which ought to be of interest to temperance workers everywhere, I am demonstra ting that liquors are unnecessary as a medisiue, and that the physician who cannot get along without prescribing them m his practice merely advertises his own ignorance • I have now entered upon rr.y third term as physician to the State Refor matory. We have now had over 550 iomatea. I have had absolute control over them medically for over four years, llavo made over 5000 prs fcriptions, and have not fount! it necessary to prescribe liquor m a single instance. In fact, we do not keep it In the building, There have been only four deaths m the four and one half years, three from consumption and one from iuternal hemorrhage. Oan the whisky prescribing doctors show any better record 1 Ido not use it mmy private practice, and out of hundreds of cases of pneumonia and typhoid few

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GARDEN Hose from 44 per foot, Rubber ' and Canvas Hose of the best quainy, Noeel Spray Tnpß, fitc, Large stock to se'ecb from afe tlio Sowcet prices —Hakuley Bros TMIAD iPJfctlZKl OOJMLI?JHSTITIOJN mHE "TRIAD" offerß a prize of two _L guineas to the person who gives the comet number (ot nearest to the correct number) of births registered m the colony for the year ending 3lßt December, 19001 To close 20th January. 1901 CONDITION?. AH that is necoßßury to enter for this com petition is to write down a number {enclosing a" receipt for ss, or more, from sny Tkiad advertiser) to " The Manager of the Tbiab, Dsnedin 'j Competitors may send any number of guesses, provided each is accompanied with a receipt for Be, or more, ttm a different • Triad' advertiser, as psr list below. A]ax Washing Powders Anglo N.Z. Cycle Co. Auckland forwarding and Farce's Delivery Agency Bing, Harris & Co, Arrow Brand Boots Curtis, F, Jeweller Gawna'a Sauces, Pickles, Vinegar ; etc Gear Meat Co < Gregg and Co, W, Coffee, Starch, etc Hay ward'a Pickles and Sauces Jones, H M, Triad Agent Kirkpatrick, 8, and Co, X Jams Kharki Cigarettes, Eagle Co's i Kozie Teas, all Grocers : Lane's Creosoted Emulsion Meddins, 0., Ironmonger | f Mrs Miller's Cookery Books Nelson, Moate and Co's Tea N.Z Express Cullen, agonb j Nicholas & Pickford, bootmakers i Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corpora tion, Ltd. Orr, A, Draper Sanderson's Scotch Whisky Somerset Hotel, H S Drummond Spying Blossom Tea Suratura Tea Teed and Co», Corn Cure Ton king's Linseed Emulsion «Wahoo Loasby's, 4 Roolibah Loaaby's Waltke's Soap Wills' Three Castles Cigarettes & Tobac fates & Co, Arthur, seed merchants NEW ZEALAND INSURANCE COMPANY. ESTABLISHED ... ... 1859. CAPITAL—ONE MILLION THE Premier and Wealthiest Colonial Company, Noted for Promptness and Lfcerality Paid-ap Capital and Reserves, £400,000. Fire and Marine Risks, Also, — Risks on Growing Crops. Threshing Machine?, etc, accepted at lowest current rates, E. W. iTanmer, AGENT BEEGHAM'S PILLS For Billious and Nervous Disorders, such aa Wind and Pain m the Stomach, Sick Headache, Giddiness, Fulness aud Swelling after Meals, Dizziness and Drowsiness, Cold, Chiilfl, Flushings of Heat, Loss of Appetite, Shortness of Breath, CosMveness, Blotches on the Skin, Disturbed Sleep, Frightful Dreams, aad all Nervous and Trembling Sensations, etc. The First Dosk will give Relief m Twenty Minutes. This is no Fiction. Every sufferer ia earnestly invited to wy one Box of these Pills, and they will be acknowledged to be Worth a GOSEI a BOX BEECHAM'S PILLS, taken aa directed, will quickly restore Females to complete health They promptly remove any obstruc tion or irregularity m the system For a WEAK STOMAOH, IMPAIRED DIGESTION, DISORDERED LIVER, They act like magic—a few doses will work wonders upon the Tital Organs strengthening the Muscular System, restor; ing the longloat complexion, bringing back the best of appetite, and arousing with the robust health the whole physical energy of the human frame For throwing off fevers m hob climates they are specially renowned Til use are ' facts' admitted by thousands, ih all classes of Society, and one of the best guarantees to the Nervous and Debilitated is that BEECHAM'3 PILLS h»ve the Largest Sale of any Patent Medicine m tse World besjschaUs jpijl.jus Have for many years been the popular family medicine throughout the British Colonies, and they now atand WITHOUT- A RIVAL. PREPaBED OHLt BY XHOMAI BJEKCMAW, ST. HELEN'S,B Sold everywhere m ttlee~9£d, Is l£d, and Is 9d each IS^OfT-Hf II I N tfs M 1^^ POWDERS I FEVERISH HEAT, PREVENT FITS, CONVULSIONS, ETC. Preserve a aealtliy state of the consti tution duriag tlie period,of Teething. The word s "JOHN STEED MAN, CHZMSST, WALWORTH, SURREY," Are engraved on the Government Stamp affixed t? each Packet. Kempthorne, Praseer and 00. Agents OLJDAY~BOITS—I have a large stock of Men's, Youths', and Boys' Suite, made to my orders, special finish for wear, style, and appearance equal to anything procurable. Suits made to measure m best style, fit guaranteed. Gents', Ladies' and Children's Boots and Shoes id great variety, atßobebt Aloobn' KIRNARD & WHITE, City Pork Shop, Havelock Street* HAVE just opeued New Business m the Pork Line. Small goods of all descriptions always on hand. The public are specially invited to call and inspect Pork Sausages, (fresh. Daily cash buyers of dary fed Pork. FOR SALE. BY PRIVATE TfiEATY. 4000 iH« 4000 OF splendid Grazing and Grain growing Land, situated m the far famed dis trict of Stath Canterbury, one mile from Railway Station! 15 roomed Honae, 4 roomed Cottage, Woohhed and Dip, Stable •nd Outbuildings, divided into IS Paddeoks, all well watered. The property is now carrying 8000 Sheep, also Horses and Cattle. Price £5 pec acre, Terms Apply BWHANMBR,, Athburton. J



ABHBURTON - PERMANENT BUILDING.^AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY, T OANS GRANTED FROM .£25 and upwards, at; currant rates. Fo> Particulars on application. | Office — Tancred Street. Ofttoe Hours—9.3o a m till 4pm Fireb Tuesday m Month~9 30 am till" p m | and 7 till 3pm ALBERT ROBER Manager Kennedy & Mnir BEG to Notify the Farmers and Borse Owners In the Ashburtoa County that they have TAKEN OVER Rkid & Gbat'» Afhburton Branch of JOBBING & ENGI NEERING, and ore prepared to curry on all classes of work rb usual; and also intend to extend the Bnefnesn by adding HORSE-SHOEING, COACH BUILDING, & GENERAL WHEELWRIGHTING* Both having been employed by Reid & Gray for many years, and having large experience as Horse Shoers, Implement Makers, and Coach Builders, all work entrusted to their care will be executed with despatch and at moderate prices, 10 THE McCORMTCK YTTAS AWA|RDED AT THE CBRISTOHUROH SHOW, Ob November 9,1900, Xfie Certificate of Merit, Which carries with ifc a SILVEB MEDAL, the highest award given to Harvesting Machinery at this Show. It wins m PARIS mote Awards thaa any other American Exhibitor there, besides ANNEXING the Grand Field Xri Trophy of a Gold Medal and 200 Francs, AGAINST ALL COMERS. and^lnspect this Superb Machiue before buying elsewhere. Morrow, Bassett & Co, ASHBURTON. M. PRIEST, Manager THE HOUSEWIFE'S FRIEND. mHE RAPID LIGHTNING GLOSS is pronounced by the Ashburton Public to he the only reliable SHIRT GLOSS m ABbhurtosJ A Trial will convince you the difference m qnality'from all others the market. Sold by all the leading Grocers m Ashburton KEID &J}RAY. TT A.VING PURCHASED EHE ORANGE HALL,; Intend to convert the same into the most Complete Show room In Canterbury, where a full Line o! all Agricultural Implements and Fittings will be kept. Farmers, Contractor*, and Agricultura lists generally are Invited to oall and loepeoi) for themselves. Engine Belting, Oils, Steam Gauges, Ac, " Deertng" Ideal Binders, Mowers Ac ; American *' Mast" Drills <&o. REID & GRAY, BURNEET STRESS



Dalgety and Company LIMITED. Head Office— 62 Lombard Street, London, E.C. MERCHANTS. WOOL AND GRAIN BROKERS. AUCTIONEERS AND VALUATORS. STOCK, STATION, FINANCIAL, & SHIPPING AGENTS.J BRANCHES : Christchorelit Dunedin, »nd Napier. / AGENCIES: Timaru, Oamara, and Gore; SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT DALGETY AND COMPANY, LIMITED, desire to intimate to the Farming Community of Sooth Canter bury that they have opened a BRANCH OFFICE m TIMARt). DALGETY AND COMPANY, LTD., are prepared to receive consignments WOOL, TALLOW. & ALL KINDS OF PRODUCE For Local Sale or Shipment to the EUROPEAN AND AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES MADE on Favourable Terms on Growing Clips of Wool; also Tallow, Grain, Skins, and other Produce, consigned for saie m the London, A ustrslian, and local market?; NO COMMISSION CHARGED ON ADVANCES. Farmers' Accounts kept free of charge, and financed at lowest current rates o interest. Stock Sales held at the different sale yards throughout Canterbury; Woolp&cks and other Station Requisites always on hand. T I M A R u"~b F F I 0 E, STAFFORD STREET, Opposite Bank of New Zealand ~GL MEDDINs, THE PEOPLE'S IRONMONGER. T HAVE JUST LANDED BRASS PRESERVING PANS, ENAMELLED PRESERVING PANS, Al !n Quality and Cheap. HARVESTING TOOLS Hay Forks, Hay Rakeß, Scythe Blades and Handles, Fork Handler, Reap Hooks, Reaper Sections, Machine Oils, &o. CARPENTERS' TOOLS. Now Landing—AU Kinds of Tools ■oitahle for Carpenters and Farmers. A special line of Disston's Saws at reduced prices. Yon are invited to call and inspect. RANGES & REGISTER GRATES. Agent for Shaoklook's, Scott's, Babn !» sham's and Stokbßb's Ranges. Register Grates and Mantelpieces reduced m price. LAWN MOWERS. A few left, to be sold cheap to clear, including {—• New Easy/ • Pastime, 1 Crescent,' «F &N,' and 'Philadelphia. Address— Burnett Street, opposite Arcade. Manning & Oo's > NEW SEASON'S BOTTLED ALES AND STOUT, lh QUARTS AND PINTS, THE BESTIN~THE MARKET Equal to the Leading Brands of ENGLISH ALES. Agents for Ashbnrton—Messrs Sbbab , sun Baos



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treated ia the last elevem years I have' lost only two. Any other doctor who 3<>ea not use liquor oaght; to do as well' A Simplb Mediciki. !«-, is possible to prevent many dis eases and cure others by drinking large quantities of water. An eminent French physician says fcbat typhoid f< ver can be washed oat of the system by wat.rr. He gives his patients what would amount to eight or ten ounces an hoar o£ sterilized water ! Experi ments have been made with diseases caused by bacteria which demonstrate the curative value of water. Hot water, m levers, is of great use, and an ordinary tumblerful of water ai hot as can be taken once an hour is one of the very beat remedies. The impor tant thing is to get into the system and out of it a sufficient amount of water to prevent the accumulation of ptomaine* and toxins within the body Who Was To B&amb ? "A two-dollar bill came into the hands of a relative of mine," writes a lady iv Boston, "which speaks volumes oh the horrors of strong drink, of the traffic m it. There was written m red ink on the back of it the following. •Wife, children, and over4o,o§o all gone. lam alone responsible. All j has gone down my throat. When I was 21 I had a fortune, lam not yet 35 years old, I have killed my beauti fal wife, who died of a broken heart; have murdered my children with neglect. When this bill is gone I do not know how I can get my next meat. I shall die a drunken paoper* This is my last money and my history. If this bill comes into the hands of any man who j drinks, let him take warning frem my j life's ruin." And he might wall hsve added. If it comes into the hands of any snan who does not drink, bat who by his rota justifies the drink traffic for reward, let him remember he ib his brother's keaper. HI. JESSON, PRACTICAL WATCHMaiOsK AND JKWELLBR. TTAVING taken a lease of one of tb« new abeps Iq Davis'sJ corner, I am now showing a large e,n& varied stock of Watches Clocks, amd Jewellery E!eotro«pl»te, Eto suitable lit ChrSatmaa and Wedding Pr seats At prices which defy competition. Note the Address—Daw 1 fjomep MUTUAL PROVIDENT SOCIETY. NEW ZEALAND BRANCH: Head Office, Custom-house Quay Wellington. Local Board op Dimectoks : The Hon. Morgan S. Grace, M.D., C M.G , ML. O. f Chairman) ! The Hon. Charles J. Johnston, M.L.O j (Deputy Chairman) A'fred de Bathe Brandon, Esq. The Hon. Edward Richardson, C.M.Gh M.L.G. John Duncan, Eeq. MEDICAL OFFICER Dr. d & Anson, M.D., M.R.O.S, (England) THE Oldest, Wealthiest, and most Prosperoras AUSTRAL AN LIFE OFFICE AND THE [largest mutual office m the british empire. The only Mutual Life Office which de . Clares A BONUS EVERY YEAR The Method of Valuation adopted by this Society is of the most stringent Character, and Ensures a larger Reserve to meet liabilities than that held by any other Office In the Australasian Colonies. ACCUMULATED FUND EXCEEDS £16,500,000 (SIXTEEN AND A HALF MILLIONS) STERLING, ANNUAL INCOME EXCEEDS £2,000,000 (TWO MILLIONS) STERLING. Policies m force 151,?41 Sum Assured 1645,528,090 Cash Bonuses Divided ... £8,815,731 BONUSES. ! Cash Boeus for one year, 1899, £506,138, yielding Reversionary Bonuses amount Ing to £942,500, after making special reserves. Cash Bonuses declared for last five yeara, over Two Millions, yielding Reversion ary Bonuses exceeding Four Millions. ASSURE TOUR LIFI IS THE A.M.P, SOCIETY, And Secure a BONDS EVERY YEAR. Expenses of Management—9 Per Cent on the Total Income. j Edward W. Lowe, Resident Secretary Branch Office— Custom Houao Quay, Wellington. James Halr, District Secretary, j District Office i Cathedral Square, CMatchureh ■ "^7" MAS and New Year cards and Dolli m j _Ok_ greab variety at Mb Alcobk's, also | a varied assortment) of articles includin Needle Work suitable forj>reß«nts. AH fch j Toya offered at nominal prices to clear, WANTED KNOWN I HAVE a spleodid vari«ty of fancy Chocolate Boxes jusb to hand, both useful and ornamental. Please oali and j inspect. Fresh Toffies and Candies, English j and French Ghocolatea and Confectionery. always m Stock, Ices, Strawberries and Cream, Hot Pies and Light Refreshments always ready. A fresh supply of local and Islacd fruits arriving daily. H A FLOWER, 12 Confectioner & Fruiterer, East Sfe RSXLCORN is now showing beautiful aßßOttment aew Millinery new Mantles, new Dress Goods ,asw Silks etc., m the enlarged premises, Ladies and Children's Pmafartsp, Aprone. and Uaderolotbiog m stock and made to order. W "ANTED Known—Tha* what we do, we try to do well. Beatr this i» j mind,. Gentlemen, when ordering yowr j Summer OutSt; and, Ladies, remember ib before fitting up your Boys for the holiday-- Mitchell and Turner __________ IN the race for value, Mellos' gZealandia Boob Store leads. j