An Adventuress

LIFE HISTORY OF AN EXTRAOR DINARY WOMAN I Tha career of the woman who, ag Madams 80-Ofl, or Edith Loieta Jackson, waa Ben tenoed to sevan years' psnal servitude in tho I Central Criminal Court on Dae. _Q&h U (n*ya | the Daily Chronicle) one of tha most remark able in the ann-la of orimai By what atranga atavlstio freak the American oou.try gir', <-f m moib remarkable and intellectual middle eliaa German strain on the one aide, and deeoended from a rece of sturdy K-sn!uc_y farmers on the other, becomaa one of the moat audacious and depraved o.imioals of the aga ia a problem for the scientists Sh i it now fifty yean of age, and has been an outcast of her own volition and an adv-u' tareaa ainoe before she waa fifteen years of age. Ab that age she disappeared, and went to France with the young Frenchman, Measanb, whom she told Justice Bi.._um ahe married in Paris in 1871. Dating the twenty years after ahe finally left homo the Salomons family beard only occasionally of the errant daughter, and never anything to her credit-. Then, thirteen years ago, Bhe Suddenly achieved a national reputation in the City of New York in connection with Impositions praotlaed upon Luther 0 Mar^h, j a very prominent) and wealthy lawyer, j Marsh's wife had juab died; there were no | ohildreo, »nd he was plunged in the depths of grief. He was seventy years of age, bub hia friends considered him to be of perfectly j sound mind and entirely capable of conduct- | log hia affairs. These friends ware very 1 much surprised, tberefere, when he began bo tell them strange stories of a woman whom bis wife, in tbe other world, bad sent | bo him to comfort him in bis affliction, and through whom be wm able to communicate With hia departed oonaort In the apirit land. After this bad gone on for aome time j Marsh'a friends insiabed on going with him | ta his house to nee I SOME OF THB) MANIFESTATIONS I be talked about, though he told them that hia wife's meaeenger had informed him thab .be bringing in of strangers might lead to the severance of all communication wioh tbe departed apirit. Much against tbe old man will, however, his friends intruded into hia bouse, a fine residence on Madiaon Avenue, one of the most fashionable parta of the towo, and there found Ann O'Delia Sa!o mona, who had then become Mra Edith Loleta Dif Debar, in possession with a boat of spiritualistic friends. Marsh had trans ferred the house to her, and made his will j in her favour, iv response, as he explained, J to a request made by his wife from the I other world. He waa very indignant when 1 hia frlenda were rude to hia wife'e messenger I in the person of the Dia Debar, and ordered j them out of bhe house. Aa it waa apparent j that the old lawyer waa suffering from I Senile dementia, and he had -no near j relatives, the New York R\v Association book the matter in hand, and, after a bitter legal fighb thab was the sensation of the time in the United States, Marsh's property was restored to him, and the Dia Debar was sent bo one year's imprisonment* While she waa in prison her husband died; He had been an artist of aome little ability, and it was by means of pictures painted by him, and produced as " spirit pictures' by sleight of hand on the part of hia wife, thab Marsh had first been imposed upon. When the Dia Debar had concluded her term of Imprilonment, therefore, ahe went on tho @tag- with Hermann, the magioian, bo produce' apirit pictures' before an audience ; j bob that did nob turn oub to be a lucrative I waters. Soon afterwarda aome of her I belonging! until a letter announcing her I Intention to oommtt auiolde were found one j night on a ferry boat that plied between I New York and Jersey City ; and, so well were her artangementsoarried out, thab Rhe wns generally sopposed bo be dead. Three yeara later, however, she came before the Courts in Chicago on another charge of I swindling by alleged spiritual manifestation?, j and was sentenced to two and a half yearn f in Jolieb Prison. On serving thia term she 1 disappeared from America, aud waa nex 1 heard of on thia side of the w*,ter, where ahe was arrested on a charge precisely similar to the last in Rome, where, ho waver, eh? waa not brought to trial. On her

RtTORN TO NEW YORK tho Dia D^bar disappeared onoe more, and she did not again come before public notice until almosb f_*c>-!y three yeira ago, when, on January 1,1899, she and Jackson turned np at New Orleans, having come together from Florida. They were not then married* Jackson was a Ohioago real estate dealer, who went to F.orida to speculate in town lots and orange grovts • and he then appeared to be abouti 30 years of bj_p. The Dia Debar had assisted Jackson in his real estate speculations by organising tbe 'Order of the Crystal Star,' whioh was to be composed of spiritualistic vegetarians. Jaok«on waa prepired to sell fruit groves at a profit, on which these vegetarians might settle ; and, as an illustration of the Dis Debars methods a ep.oial dispensation allowed hpr to continue the use of meat. However, the 'Oder of tha Crystil Stir' was a failure in Florida, and tha Dis Debar came to New Orleans* In New Orleans this preoioos pair were married, and here they began the hideous practices that they have since carried on in South Africa and London. The woman seemed devoted to the man • and. indeed, all her coneeqient troubles seem to have br en brought about by her desire to supply him with viotims. For some m->ntha Mr and Mrs Jickeon carried on their operations without attract ing publio abt.BtioQ, Then a woman of high social standing in New Organs came to Mayor Flower with an rx.raordhnry story. She and her daughter had been caught in the toils of tbe swindler?, who were again operating by spiritualistic methods? and they had succeeded in obtaining from their dapes not only all the cash they haS in hand, but all the family jewellery, worth some £20,000, and including a number of beklooms, An investigation made by the polios revealed an shocking a oondition of affairs ao was brought out ab the trial in London last week. The Dis Debar had a number of young women, Borne married and some unmarried, either as inmates of her house or as * patients,' who oame te her for

SPIRT-CALISTIO TREATMENT.

In nearly all oases they related stories of assault similar to those told in tha Central Criminal Court. In a number of cases the victims became ineaae, and a despatch from New Orleans to the New York Sun. last Oct ber stated that some of these unfortu nate women were still confined In the Louisiana State Asylumt However, the operations of the Jacksons were nob made public in New Organs., The Mayor and the Ohief of Police of that otty, by a local ordinance, have control over such swindlers as elalivoyante, spiritualists, and fortune t^ller^, and they compelled the Dis Debar and her partner to disgorge moat of their plunder, and ordered them to leave the bown. They went over to Bucktown, an unincorporated and lawless c mmunity on Lake Pouohartrain, jusb aoross .he line in J;eff«erson County, whioh once held the leoo.d for lynehinga in the South. The Bncktoniana are nob a tqueamisb lot, but ♦he Jicksona were toomueb for them* The Jacksona remained in town just 12 hourp, and then, learning that a tar and feathering party was in process of organisation hastily left for Mobile, in Alabama! They we-e warned away from that city, and wenb thenoe to South Africa, In Oapa Town they assumed the name of Horou, and began Ihe career of crime that brought them to London, and has landed them where they can da no further harm for some years to come. When the Dis Debar was arrested In connection with the Marsh oase in New York she had two children la her custody eaoh about five years of agp, One was •apposed to be her own child by Dis Delnr snd the other she had picked up or stolen somewhere. She had treated both with the atmost brutality, and they were taken In flharge by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, who have disposed rf them for adoption. As indicating that even the maternal instinct ia larking in this woman, it is remarked that she never once even inquired about her child after Bervint? her first term In prison, 8

THB ASHBURTQB GOARDIAK ; FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, ■ 1908,

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HENRY STEPHENSON ' 1 HENKY STIfiPHBNSON. ! IN response to appeals from a number of' my Clients to include the Sale of Farms, Tewn Properties, Suburban Properties, Sec'ions, eto, in my basiueee, I have decided to do so, and am prepared to receive particulars of such, and my terms will be. exceptionally easy, NO SALE, NO CHARGE. I have several Towo aud Suburban Properties on my books, which I will be pleased to receive offers fo*-, and all busiceaH in this direction will receive my prompt and best at'eution My Weekly Sale of Poultry, Pigi, Cattle, j Fu;-i fure, etc, ai usual, I.VERY SATURDAY, 12 o'clock. Clearing Sales of Stook, Household Furni are, etc., as per arrangement In any part f the county. Advances made on all goods placed In my hinds for Sale, MONEY—I have several enma awaiting investment Colonial Grown and Island Fraib Bold privately during tbe week, also all kinds of Produce Ageh_: Norwich Onion Fire Insurance Company it Dresden Pianoforte Manufacturing and Agency Company. PIANOS and ORGANS on time pay menta from _3€>« per month. I have also several seoond hand Instruments on hand, cheap HENBY s¥EPHKNSON, AUCTIONEER, LAND ESTATE AND 30M.MI8SIOK AGENT AND VALUER Ashburton (Ba_____~'ai_«_______M_ BUSINESS NOTICES



ASEBUBTON LADIES AGREE THAT IS THE CHOICEST AND MOST DELICIOUS T JL—i J_J_ On the Local Marke% Packed in lead, and encaged in card board Cartons to ensure freshnees and flavor right to the breakfast table. Bole Agent—- J. T. COOOH, Ashburton.



f Ti TTTO-OS _> s HAS Latest Designs IN HOUSE : : DECORATIONS CALL AND SEE, House Decorator, Painter, Glazier, Slgnwriter, etc., Tancred Streeb.



WAIRARAPA OPENINGS. fok'salb. PLUMBER'S AND TINBMITH- Busi ness ; eatablished 27 years; owner retiring j absolutely best business of kind in Wellington Province; goodwill £150 j stock and plant at valuation; 5 yeara lease of central shops and dwelling ; Council con tracts ; a beautiful start for a good trades man. Fullest investigation invited WOODYARD AND GOAL, a good Busi ness ; turnover about £80 monthly ; hoisas, carts, contraote, etc. Prioe £202. Will advance £100 to purchaser. BLACKSMITH'S BUSINESS, average profit £6 weekly ; cheap j terms to good man. CABMAN'S BUSINESS, with good con nection, £50 cash required CARRIER'S BUSINESS, a going con oern ; easy ingoing BAKERY BUSINESS, good round; a goicg concern ab valuation For further particulars apply-™ 3 H GOODALL, Auctioneer and Agest, Masterton, Wair«rap»



1 THE Mccormick X.lJL__L_ jujdj _£Ll_/0« FjIHE WINNER OF., THB GOLD MEDAL. At the Christchurch Show, this Mccormick ! lift hand open baok REAPER & le-INDEB CARRIED OFF THE GOLD MEDAL.



I Orders Now Being Beoeived. Morrow, Basseit <$ Go. Wills Street, Askbotton. M. PRIEST, Manager KOTI.QB OF REMOVAL, MB' J."_S. BAIN, CMGEOK DKHTIBT, Has Removed to Wardell. Buildings, j Cashel Street, Christchurch. Telephone 956. _» JQ4 ' TO LET; 1 i COTTAGE of Two Rooms, oentraliy I situated in EfavelockStreeb. Apply to T BULLOCK 1



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BUSINESS NOTICES I W DONGES. HAVELOCK STREET. [ and ab Arcade Chambers. rjIEACHER of Violin, Mandolin, and Harmony j Pupils attended ab their own homest j Quarter commences from any date, | THE CBKISTCHUKOH MEAT COMPANY, Limited {-ISLINGTON FREEZING WORKS ( SMITHFIELD! f SPIOTON OFFICES Hereford Street, CHRISTCHURCH, Btafford Streeb, TIMARU PICION LONDON OFFICE- 64, Weab £miibfield E.C. fabmbrs""frbezing. THE CHRISTCHURCH MEAT COM. PANY have taken New and Enlarged Offices ab SMITHFIELD MARKET, and the Company has decided to offsr to Farmers the full advantages of consigning through its London Office, where their consignments will be handled with judicious care, under I the personal aupevlaion of the Company's Staff. The Company's Brands are in special favour throughout the United Kingdom, Especially ia this so with the Company a celebrated 'ECLIPSE' Brand, and ib has been deoided to give the Farmers the full advantages and benefit of having their Meat graded under thia well known and favourite Brand, when consigned through the Company. LOWEST GEOSS CON SOLIDATED KATES. i • _ * _" P*- I P. y^ t__> „ \___J o _> o We 6 _ _ P. _ \ _>4 r ■ \ _, Ob •_ IO $ M^ § J. ?5^ g fpH w &l rS-2 § fe __T f I pR ••" „ feS ___■_ 13 t* >< -3 FT CC_ g gg_ L_J 3 £ o__ CQ ___■ . i a I S • *. OD _____! © AMONG those who mak9 Cycling a Pleasure there should be no two opinions regarding the free wheel! It has added a new charm to the pastime generally, and has been of inestimable advantage to lady oyoliatsi The Swim Cycli Co» were bhe first to apply the principle to cycles, some twenty years ago, Samples may be Been at THE ECLIPSE CYCLE CO., TANCRED STREET ~ ~~-~ ~~ — r WATCHES. WATCHES. ! WATCHES | A LARGE ASSORTMENT TO HAND. I Ju&pe&t S^liow WiudoWi I All marked plain figures- I !J. V.DE BEEB, WATOIXMAKER, JEWELLEB, AND OPTICIAN*. East Streeb, Ashburton ;_. = > T)RIN CE Albert Private Hotel, Wills j: .JT St reet {near Railway fcvation and Posb 1 'Office), Ashburton. Under. New Manage- Lmenb. First Class Accommodation for I'Boarde- », the Travelling Publio, and Fami lies. < Jtood Table kept, Hob and Cold Bathe, Tariff moderate. Loose Boxes for Horses. Letter ts and Telegrama promptly replied to. x —A. If, VitLLINGECAS- Proprietor. 11176 t



BUSINESS NOTICES ] & PICKFORD'SJ IS THE BEST AND CHEAPEST FLAOE FOR FOOTWEAR THERE IS NO DOUBT. OBDINARY PRICES! Ladies' Glace 2 Bar Saoes 5a 9d, only a few pairs Ladies' Glace Walking Shoes, Patent Gap Lace or Strap, 6™*od Ladies' Tan Walking Shoes from 7a Ladies' Smart Canvas Shoe. 3s 9d and _s 9d, black or tan Genta' Canvas Shoes 5s 6d, 6s 6d, and 7s 6d Girls' and Maids' Canvas Shoes 8s 3d, 3s 6d, 8a 9d, 4a and 4a 6d Ladies' Tennis Shoes 2s 9d, 3s 9d, 4s 6d, 6s 6_, Bs, lis 6d, and l_K6d Genta' Tennis or Bowline Shoes 2« 9d, 3s 6d 8 7a 6d, 12a 6d,;i6a 6d| 18s 6d 6d, 20@, 22s 6d Ladies Evening Shoes from 8s Men's Bluchers, nailed or plain, from 5a 6d Boys' and Girls' School Boots from 4s 9d Children's Strap Shoes, sizes 2 to 6, at from 2b 3d Girls' 2 Bar Shoes from 3a 6d Genta' Cricketing Boots, Running and Cycling Shoes, at various prices Hundreds of other lines at equally low prices NICHOLAS AND PICKFORD, EAST STREET; ATTENTION. ANDREW ORR'S Great Clearance Sale i OF DRAPERY, CLOTHING, and BOOTS WILLI COMMENCE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 18th. BARGAINS; EXTRAORDINARY IN- EV_RY DEPARTMENT. ANDREW ORR. _—__■—_______—_>_ MmmmmMmmmmmmmmammMMmmmmmma&Kt&MmmmammmmMmmmHmmmmmmmmß i W E SELL TVT B I|T HE II SUGAR NOR BREAD, BUI IF YOU WANT] EMBROIDERIES Wl CAN SHOW YOU THE FINEST RANGE EVER OFFER E^D IN ASHBURTON. BUT DON'T TAKE OUR WORD FOR IT. DOME AND SEE THE GOODS IN WINDOW, THE RESULT IB CERTAIN BUSINESS WITH MITCHELL & TURNER. LINOLEUMS, CARPETS, RUGS, ETC. LINOLEUMS, CARPETS, RUGS, Etc., AX T. H. UNDRILL & CO.'S. T¥7 E HAVE just purchased a very Choice Assortment of TRAVELLERS' SAMPLES in Hearth Rugs, Carpets, Squares, Hall and Passage Mats (in the latest designs and colours. ] The above are to be sold at prices much below the usual Cash prices. Passage Mats from Is each. Hearth Rugs from 2s Bd, 3s 6d, and so on. We are now showing NEW BEDSTEADS (just opened op) dlreob from the Birmingham Factories, the latest in Iron and Brass Steads. BEDDING and FURNITURE of all kinds In Stock and made on the Premises. Old Furniture Repaired and Renovated equal to New. Bedroom Ware, Dinner Sets and Tea Sets, Silverware, Lamps, Vases, *nd Fancy Goods, *-■ Perambulators and Go-Oarts } Wicker and Fancy Chairs, SEWING MACHINES-The Best at lowest prices, (The famous ' Anchor.' T. H. UNDRILL & CO.,' FURNISHING WAREHOUSE, TANCRED STREET. : ' (Established 188_



BUSINESS NOTICES j FOR WATCHES CLOCKS, JEWELLERY, \ SILVER AND ELECTROPLATE SEASONABLE NOVELTIES, Etc, 00 TO G. JESSON, Praotlnal Watchmaker and Jeweller, Burnett Street, (opposite Somerset Hotel) Ashburton. —Repairs a Specialty.— Presentation Committees liberally dealt with. T HAVE FOR SALE — The Lateßt and Moeb Up bo date Farm Machinery in b^e market Only a few of the now Celebrated PLANO Machines left. Twine and Oils in Stock. One Threshing Plant in-thorough order, and guaranteed, with all engagements; good reasons given for selling ; to b_ sold cheap. ITwo Second Hand McOormick Reapers and Binders, guaranteed in working order. One Second Hand Wood's, only dqne two seasons ; guaranteed in good order. FARMS. 2000 Acres, splendid all round Farm, worth inspection, cheap, and on easy terms 300 Acres, nice Farm, well fenced, very little money required ; a real bargain 400 Acres, very good little sheep farm, only £3 10s, on very easy term.. 400 acres leasehold can be had with I above If required. 5 Acres, with dwelling of six rooms, nice home, price and terms very reasonable. Also 2300, 900, 600, 374, 200, 650, 260, 207, 300, 100, 90. and 79 Acres I Land j a number of others equally cheap, and on easy terms. AGEKT- Colonlal Mutual Life Assurance Society United Fire and Marine Fire Insurance Company Southland Implement and Engineering Company Money to Lend from 4| per cent. For particulars apply W. STONYEK, TANCRED STREET (Next Bank of Australasia) Riahlnery, Grain, Produce, Insurance, Land aud Commission Agent l^slfAHLliJ LOASBY'S WAHOO ENDORSED BY THE CLERGY, The Rev G H Oowlee, a Wealeyan Minister of seventeen years' standing in New South Wales, writes that Loa^by - Wahoo cured him of Indigestion when everything else failed ,_, , „ , The Right Rev Monsignor O'Brien, Reouor of St John's College. Sydney, holds apoeition of eminenoe in the Catholic Priesthood He wrote as follows—«A trial of Loasbys Wahoo for indigestion haa convinced me ot its sterling merits.' W® have thousands of letters similar to the above. In many oases Wahoo has cured when every other remedy has failed, It is purely herbal, and is a powerful nerve and general tonic, Obtainable everywhere, 2a 6d, or poet free front LOASBY'S 'WAHOO' MANUFACTUR ING CO, LTD, Dunedin Koolibah—Cures all pains-^The Athletes Friend WMKSFWLWtWLWLWLWLWLMBLWLWLWtLWm T U-iDEI„_ B Un»bi__ T H UNDRILL & OO .FURNISHING UNDERTAKERS TANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON EVERY REQUISITE ON HAND. Polished Coffins a Specialty A Ohoioe Assortment of Artificial Wreath in Stock. —— Private Address, Peter Street, directly behind Oddfellows' Hall j also care ef Mr T. Andrews, East Belt. _ NOW OPEN, THE KHAKI CYCLE DEPOT ALL intending™ PURCHASERS OF CYCLES "should Call aud Inspect our Up to Date Wheels bafore deciding on any , other make. The KHAKI is the Besb Value ever Offered in Aahbnrton. BEST AND TOWNE, , SAUNDERS' BUILDINGS JAMES BAKER in thanking Patrons for past favours, would solicit a oonbinu anoe to his successors, W. _ M. BAKER, who will carry on the business as usual at the Furnishing Warehouse, Havelock Street 12 WANTED KNOWN—That 3 Moison has made immense reductions in order to clear more quickly, and make room for his new Chalstmas Stook of Boots and Shoes, of besb quality just arrived Repair ing done ab once, besb leabher need ; the Hall —next Courb Houbo, Ashburton. 111&3



'_ WANTEDS ,! (| UR Country Friends will do well to < J try Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store for sspeoiol bargain h in Foot Wear. 2000 1 pairs to pick from at Mellor's 1 /CURTAINS of Quality, Style, and Low ; *J Price. Tbe sort you want is the bssfc for the money, and that is our sort* Come and see at \ MITOHHLL & TURNKB KOOLIBAH for Scisstica, Lumbago, Rheumatism, and all similar pains, gives instant relief. Backache and Headache yield quickly, 2s everywhere MAKE no mistake ; if it is Boots and Shoes you re quire, then go straight Ito Mellor's Zealandia B.ot Store. Sou eau get hundreds of pairs to pick from at Mellor's. DO you want your home to look nice and fresh for Christmas . Then send along any furniture which needs recovering or renovating to H Baibstow, who makes It look like new. II 145 TlO BREAKERS—We are selling Sheep Shears—T.C.S. and 8.8.A. at 5a 6d. i Large stock cf Genuine Turkey Stones at lowest prices, stencil plates and all other Branding Rta.ui.ites a specialty, at Hardlby Bros, Ironmongers, East Street. 1154 IQAfTY Pan baking powder wants one JL trial without prejudice, two patty pans fcr nothing |jU\Kl_lJt_Kci ana others, prepare tor the MJ Winter, and have your Home made cheery and bright with tbe powerful acetylene Gas. Estimates given by Hardley Bros _ i ,U you wish a happy New ¥ear. If I \J so buy yonr Boots at Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store, Great Bargains they say at Mellor's. ]VT OTHING like leather, and there la JL% nothing like Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store for good Boots and Shoes. 117 ANTED KNOWN—We consider that YV satisfied Customers are the beet possible advertisement, and we do all in our power to "get there." Don't forget_ this when making out your household list of Drapery and visit Mitchell _ Tubker, The Drapers if AYE you noticed what a nice finish in JL a room pictures neatly framed makes ? H. Bairstcqv will be pleased to irame any you have at a vory moderate price. Address —East Street, two doors below W H Col line & 00. 11 rpHE SHOW, The Show-Be up t L date and save money by going t Mellor's Special Bargain Sale, in Tancred Street ' PATTY Pan baking powder, the great novelty, two patty tins for nothing From all Grocers TO ANGLERS—A fresh consignment of Fishing Goods to hand—Flies, Casts Waders, Shury's Fancy, Minnows, etc, eto All Anglers' Requisites at Dunediu prices.at Hardley Bros , East Street. 11 135 FOR the Holidays, J Mellob, of the Zealandia Boot Store, is showing some wonderful lines in Footwear. PAXT _ ran baking powder is tbe great est novelty you ever saw. Sold ail grocers. WHAT prise takers for pastry use. Fatty Pan baking powder, the great novelty, | OASBY'S KOOLIBAH for all muscular JL_J pains, straics, sprains, and mu;c!e soreness ; gives quick relief; the Athlete's Friend ; 2t everywhere WANTED every one to remember that Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store Is selling Boots and Shoes at reduced prices. j TT'OOLIBAH cures Rheumatism, Head IjL__ ache, Lumbago, and Sciatica. Al paiua di.ipr.e_r under Koolib-h ; 2j every where T>S wiae and save mon^y. Buy yonr JQ Boots and at Mellor's , Note - Zealandia Boot Store. WANI ED KNOWN—That a big line of Lace Curtains we have just landed, ex s.s, Paparoa, is full of really nice goods at tempting prices. Full display in our windows—Mitchell & Turner. WANTED onr lady friends to note thab Mellor's Zaalandia Boot Store has hundreds of pairs of American Boots and Shoes at pricss second to none in Ashburton, PATTY Pan baking powder contains a patty pan at eaoh end of tin. BUBINESS NOTICES WILLIAM WOOD & CO.. MERCHANTS, 139 HEREFORD STREET CHRISTCHURCH. /"IASH Buyers of SHEEP and LAMBS or Freezing. Agents for ohn Fowler and Co, (Leeds Limited, Traction Engines, Etc, Ruston & Proctor, Limited), Thrashing Machines, Etc. ABHBURTON OFFICE, The Arcade. Representative in attendance every TUESDAY, and SATURDAY. 1 147 STRANGE'S SALE HUGE SUCCESS. THE Summer Sale of W. STRANGE and CO. having been extended fo the Sample ) BDRNRTT f Sample Rooms \ STREET { Rooms Has met with the thorough-appreciation of the Ashburton publio Crowded-16 Days' Rush—Crowded We haye te apologise to thoee Clients who were unable to get within the door, but would remind them there are HEAPS OF BARGAINS airiving every day. Furniture, Bedding, Etc., at Manufac turers' Prices Call iv Now and SAVE POUNDS Our Great Pantechnicon is arriving again j next week, for which we are now booking orders Be wise, and get your Furniture delivered to your home without a scratch, JL . —- MR 8 J. i-LOYD, MUSIC SELLER, &o, REGISTERED TEACHEB op MUSIC Musical Instruments of every description. Latest music by every mall. Sheet Music from sixpence j Musical Toys, etc, for Christmas. AGENT FOR Wheeler and Wilson Sewing Machines*, Rotary Motion and Ball Bearings, Rapid, queit and durable Family Maohine, also Steam Power. AGENT FOR EMFMEBS NEEDLE, Lessons free, Materials kept. , Tancrkd Str-B- (next Hall, Herbalist |



[ BUSINESS NOTICES E _._-__. _____ • tt • JlJl__-X_JLi_ ,■ TANORED STREET. WHOLESALE and Retail Depot of tfafl great Herbal Remedy, ~-» Vitadatio. VOICE PRODUCTION, SINGING & PIANOFORTE. Mrs Johnston .; RESUMED Teaching on THURSDAY, 30oh Jan, Havelock Street FOR the Christina- holidays. We are offering some wonderful Bargains a Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. L— —__—^™^^ . 1 JU 1 BEST IS THE QPf\ A T> -_PITT. BEST! OlAJtvOJfcL USE NcToTEEK Procurable from all Grocers and Storekeeper! "^ throughout the colony DO you know thab H Baibstow is selling ' for cash at less than Ohristohuro prices, as the few following quotations will show : -Braes rail iron bedstead., extended foot raii, ftorn 50j ; Duchess tables from 30a | Duebeaa cheets from 45s j inspection and comparison invited. _\ j ULSTER Boob Shop—THOS. YOUNG, Bootmaker, thanks hia unmerbni ' friends for their liberal support, and wishes bhem a Happy Christmas, and a Prosperous New Year. On account of not being able to secure Almanaea, I shall return to every purchaser for one month from date, equal to 10 per cent on Goods purchased. Having completed my stook of Footwear, I aoliolft inspection of the same—THOS. YOUNG, Ulster Boob Shop, Tancred Street, Aahbarton BAKER BROS. ■ .> Complete _J-ut-_is]_i»&. XJND_S_E_X__._3___.B_ai. TRIAD Prize Competition. ATEDNWTIMAERBLEZNSYTNDOHAU THE above letters form five wordsJ On the 20fch APRIL the s©nvelepee marked «Sentence » will be opened, and the sender of the first correct sentence opened will receive Two Guineas. To olose 20th APRIL. CONDITIONS. All that Is necessary to enter for thia competition is to write out the wordi and post same {enclosing a reoeipt for sa, or more, from any Triad advertiser} ai per list below, to "The Manager of the Triad, Dunedin.' Oompetl tors may send as many solutions sb they — please, provided each complies with above conditions For «Puzzle * for young people, see Triad Alax Washing Powders Anglo N.Z. Cycle Co. Auckland Forwarding and Parcels Delivery Agency Bermaltce Bread—all Bakers Book Gift Tea, all grocers Brktßley and Co.'s Ranges Bing, Harris & Co, Arrow Brand Boots Commercial Hotel, T N Grange Cope's Cigarettes and Tobacco' Curtis, F, Jeweller Dunlcp Tyres Gawne's Sauces, Pickles, Vinegar, etc Gates, H A, Music seller Gregg and Co, W, Coffee, Starch, eto Hayward'a Pickles and Sauces Jonea, H M, Triad Agent Kirkpatrick, S, and Co, X Jams ' Lane's Greosoted Emulsion Loasby'a Wahoo, Koolibah, Benjamin Gum, and Cinnamon Cure Meddins, G., Ironmonger ' -> N.Z. Clothing Factory Nelson. .j&oate and Go's Tea Orr, A, Draper Sanderson's Scotch Whisky Spring Blossom Tea Suratura Tea Teed and Co Corn Cure Tonking's Linseed Emulsion Sykes' Oura Cough Trinity College Examinations * Waitke _ Soap Wills Three Castles Cigarettes and Tobacco Wcodrows' Hats, Golliu & Co., Agents WO_f]>_m_rTTJ_ M__>lC_„B BEEOHAM'S PILLS For Billions and Nervous Disorders, such as Wind and Pain In the Stomach, Siok Headache, Giddlnesß, Fulness and Swelling after Meals, Dizziness and Drowsiness, Cold, Chills, Flushings of Heat, Loss of Appetites Shortness of Breath, Costivenesß, Blotche. on the Skin, Disturbed Sleep, Frightful Dreams, and all Nervous and Trembling * Sensations, eto. The First Dosh will oivj. Relies in Twenty Minutes. This ii no Fiction. Every sufferer is earnestly invited to try one Box of these Pills, and tney wi\ I be acknowledged to be Worth . a &i;i_EA » S_o_C BEEOHAM'S PILLS, taken as directed, will quickly restore Females to complete health They promptly remove any obitruo tion or irregularity in the system For a WEAK STOMAOH, , IMPAIRED DIGESTION, DISORDERED LIVER, They aot like magic—a few doses wil work wonders upon the Vital Organs. strengthening the Muscular System, restor ing the longlost 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 in hot climates they are specially renowned Thtise are ' facts' admitted by thousands, ef all classes of Society, and one of the beat guarantees to the Nervous and Debilitated is that BEEOHAM'S PILLS have the \ Largest Sale of any Patent Medicine in tne World BBECHAM'B -?Il_J__S Have for many yeara heen the popul* family medicine throughout the British Colonies, and they now stand WITHOUT A RIVAL. PBePaBBD only by I'HOMAS JBJ__CHAH St. El_s_fJ_,» Sold everywhere in ttles—9_d, Is 1 Is 9d each r%s $ % SPrn^ii Fcr CHILDREN CUniKGTE_ffrfji RILIEVE FEVER'SH heat, PREVENT FITS, CONVULSIONS; ETOL. ■ > Preserve a healthy state of the const)* tution during; the period of Teething. The words "JOHN STEEDMAN, CHEMIST, WALWOaTH, SURREY," _> Are engraved on the Gorermnent Stamp affixed ff each Padctt. Kempthorne, Fro-aer & 00, Agents C ■ ■",; "■i" ii-_—_—» ——__