SAVAGE MODES OF PRAYER.

The Sioux Indians, abusing their Great Spirit for sending them storms, or the Kamschadals cursing Kutka fo>- having created the mountains so high and the streams so rapid, expose a state of thought relating to the gods which is most difficult to r reconcile with the savage’s habitual dread of them, but which is too well authenticated to ad mit of doubt. Franklin saw a Cree hunter tie offerings (a cotton hanker chief, looking-glass, tin pin, some ribbon, and tobacco, to the value of twenty skins) round an image of the god Kepoochi kan, at the same time praying to him in a rapid monotonous tone to be propiti ous, explaining to him the value of his presents, and strongly cautioning him against-ingratitude. If all the prayers and presents made to their god by the Tahitians to save their chiefs from dying proved in vain, his image was inexor ably banished from the temple and des troyed. The Ostiaks of Siberia, if things went badly with them, would pull down from their places of honor in the hut and in every way maltreat the Vthey p-er^ralb^-hnnqr^dso much ; ..ie idols, whose mouths were always so diligently smeared with fish fat, and within whose reach a constant supply of snuff lay always ready. The Chinese are said to do the same by their house hold gods, if for a long time they are deaf to their prayers, and so do the Cinghalese, so that the practice is more than an impulsive manifestation of mere local feeling. That such feelings oc casionally crop out in civilised Catholic countries is matter of more surprise; but it is an authentic historical fact that the good people of Castelbranco in Portugal were once so angry with St. Anthony for letting the Spaniards plunder their town, contrary to their agreement, that they broke many of his statues in pieces, and, taking the head off one they specially revered, substi tuted for it the head of St. Francis. Neapolitan fishermen are said to this day to throw their saints overboad if they do not help them in a storm; and if occasion calls for it, the images of the Virgin or of St. Januarius, worn in Neapolitan caps, are in danger of being trodden under foot and destroyed. And once during j'a famine the latter saint received very clear intimation that un less corn came by a certain time he would forfeit his saintship. It is. perhaps, a refinement of thought when a present becomes an advisable accompaniment to a simple petition; but the principle of exchange once en tered into, the relations between man and the supernatural lead logically from the offering of fruits and flowers to the sacrifice of animals and of men. Some Algonkin Indians, mistaking once a mis-' sionary for a god, and petitioning his mercy, begged him to let the earth yield them corn, the rivers fish, and to prevent sickness from slaying, or hunger from tormenting them. Their request they ,backed with the offer of a pipe. The whole_of the savage’s philosophy of sacrifice is contained, in this ridiculous incident. Prescott coming withsome Indians to a lake they were to cross, saw his companions light their pipes and smoke, by way of invoking* the winds to be calm. And the Hurons offered a similar prayer to a local god, saying, “ Oki, thou who livest on this spot, we offer thee tobacco. Help us, save us from shipwreck. Defend us from our enemies. Give us good trade, and bring us safe back to our villages.” , In* the island of Tanna, the village- priest, addressing the spirits of departed chiefs (thought to preside over the growth of yams and fruits), after the first fruits of vegetation had been placed on a stone, on the branch of a tree, or on a rude altar of sticks, would pray “Compas sionate father, here is some food, eat it; be kind to us on account of itand in Samoa, too, a libation of ava at the evening meal was the offering, in return for which the father of a family would beg of the gods health and prosperity, productiveness for his plantations, and for his tribe generally a strong and large population for war, In Fiji, again, when the chief priests and leading men as sembled to discuss public affairs in the yaquona or kava circle, the chief herald, as the water was poured into the kava, after naming the gods for whom the libation was. prepared, would say, “ Be gracious ye lords, the gods, that the rain may cease, and the sun shine forthand again when the potion was ready, “ Let the gods be of a gracious mind, and send a wind, from the east.”

EXTRAORDINARY WAGERS.

From All The Year Round .

When Mr. Penn matched himself against the Hon. Mr. Danvers Butler to walk from Hyde Park Corner to Hammersmith 'for a wager of ioo guineas, somebody remarked to the Duchess of Gordon that it was a pity a young fellow like Penn should always be playing some absurd prank. “ Yes,” the old lady retorted, “it is a pity, but why don’t you advise him better ? Penn seems to be a pen that everybody cuts and nobody mends.” What would the free-spoken dame have said to a couple of clergymen running a race on a Sun day for a crown a-side ? Such a thing as been done. Soon after Swift received his deanery, he dined on Sunday with Dr. Raymond, of Trim, whose house was about two hundred yards from his church. The bell had nearly done ringing for evening service, when Swift exclaimed, “ Raymond, I’ll lay you a crown I begin prayers before you.” “Done,” said the doctor, and off they ran. Raymond reached the door first, and, entering the church, made for the-reading-desk at as quick a walking pace as his sense of propriety permitted. Swift did not slacken speed in the least, but ran up the aisle, passed his opponent, and, without stopping to put on a surplice or open the prayer book, began the Liturgy and went on with the service sufficiently long to win the wager. . .- . . Frederick Lemaitre, the spoilt child of the Parisian play going public, once put its good nature to too severe a test. He had wagered thqft he would take off his wig in the middle of a pathetic scene without ex citing the disapprobation of the audi ence. He won his bet; but, not con tent with that, the reckless comedian took his wig off a second time and used it as a hankerchief; and this failing to bring any sign of disapproval from the front, he walked to the prompter’s box, sat down before it, and offered that func tionary a pinch of snuff. This was too much, and the impertinent actor was greeted with a storm of hisses, which grew into something like a riot when he refused to apologise, and Lemaitre was marched off the stage by the police Three nights afterwards he reappeared on the stage, to be received with groans, which he acknowledged, as soon as the uproar ceased, by thanking the audience for the extreme urbanity of their recep tion.

The Evening Echo, Monday, October 7, 1878.



A Caution. The Thames Advertiser says “ A singular case of fruit poisoning came under our notice a few days ago. A family were enjoying a pie made of rhubarb, which had been preserved' in tins, when they commenced to feel very sick, and afterwards vomiting ensued. An inquiry into the cause of the sickness resulted in one of the members of 'the family taking up the tin, arid finding that some of it was coated oyer with rust, the aeid having eaten away the tin, which yvas in solution, causing the sickness. The attack,was f. vtity severe one, and continued for the spf.ee i- 1 .ceasing until by the 1$ ffl



WANTED, Board and Residence, Imme mediately, in a Christian family. . Ap ply R.S.T., Post Office, Ashburton. AMALGAMATED SOCIETY OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS. Ashburton Branch. A MEETING of the Trade will be held at Shearman’s Hotel, THIS EVENING, 7th October, for the purpose of forming the above. A Delegate • from Christchurch will attend at 8 o’clock to set forth the objects of the Society, ASHBURTON IksUpit fublifltlt Jdtort. .'• v : the ANNIVERSARY SOIREE In connection with the above will be held in THE CAMERON STREET' CHURCH TO-MORROW (TUESDAY), Oct. 8- PUBLIC TEA MEETING inTke .Church commencing at SIX o’clock, after which there will be Singing by the Scholars, and Addresses by Rev. Marten, Rev. Westbrook, and Friends., Tickets to Tea :—Adults, Two Shillings ; Children, One Shilling. Scholars can obtain tickets free from Mr. AitkenKi; -; ' ! ‘ public Meeting -V. ' Will commence at Seven o’clock- TO STATIONERS, SHOPKEEPERS AND OTHERS. . FOR SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION. MESSRS. BULLOCK & CO. have re ceived instructions to sell by public auction, at their rooms, East Street, ON MONDAY 14TH INST., Without reserve, i A large and well-selected assortment of— K Stationery, Ledgers, Cash Books, Jour nals, Books, Cards, Drawing Blocks, Albums, Musical Boxes, Magic Lan terns, Mathematical Instruments, Work Boxes, Maps, Concertinas, Desks, Letter Presses, Barometers, and a large assortment of Fancy Goods. Sale at 2 o’clock sharp. BULLOCK & CO., ’ ■ - Auctioneers, MATRIMONIAL. VATIFE WANTED.—A settler - residing ’ * within a few miles of Ashburton, with a Comfortable Home and Farm, is desirous of communicating with a lady (one who could take charge of his house and dairy neces sary) with a view to Matrimony. The adver tiser wishes to impress upon correspondents that he is in earnest, and the above is no hoax. First communication by letter 10 lx addressed "Settler,” Box 42, Ashburton. As the advertiser is desirous of settling this matter p n. pebble, he m



TO JOINERS. WANTED— Two Good Joiners. Apply G. PARKIN, Ashburton Steam Sawmills. WANTED —A Few Young Ladies as Apprentices to the Dressmaking. •A. O. AITKEN & CO. WANTED —An Apprentice for the Print ' ing Business. None but a Respectable Intelligent Boy need apply. ECHO Office CANARIES— Wanted to Purchase at once, Two Cock Birds, not less than two years old. Apply ECHO Office. WANTED - A respectable, intelligent BOY. Apply at once at ICHO Office. WANTED, Tenders for Carting 70,000 Feet of Timber about Four Miles. W. MONTGOMERY & CO. 2nd October, 1878. Ashburton. FOR SALE. —One Quarter-Acre Section fronting the North -Town Belt. If not sold privately within one week, it will be put up to Public Auction. For particulars apply ECHO Office. FOR SALE. A QUARTER-ACRE SECTION in Have lock Street, on very easy terms. Apply ECHO Office. BOARD and Residence for a Respectable Single Gentleman at a Private House Terms, £\ is. per week. No Family. Apply Echo Office. SONS OF TEMPERANCE BENEFIT SOCIETY. rHIS useful institution meets every alter nate Friday in the New Templar Hall, Moore Street. New members invited. All information can be obtained from Bros. G. W. Andrews, East Town Belt; K. Sando, East Street; Thos. Williams, Tinwald. Next meet ing on the 27th inst. A. J. ANDREWS, R.S. PARTNERSHIP NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that the Business of Stationers, Printers, and Newspaper Proprietors hitherto carried on in East Street, Ashburton, by Smith James Furness ,and Charles Dixon will, in future, be conducted on the same premises by Horace John Weeks and Charles Dixon under the style and firm of WEEKS & DIXON, All debts due by the late firm of Furness and Dixon will be settled by the new firm of Weeks and Dixon, to whom alLdebts due to the late firm must be paid. Dated at Ashburton this 18th day of Septem ber, 1878. Witness — E. G. Crisp. H. J. WEEKS, C'HAS. DIXON.



Papers JUST ARRIVED, an On Sale at the Echo Office : Home News European Mail Builder London Penny Illus. Lloyd’s Weekly The Irishman Punch Reynold’s Newspaper Family Reader. Young Ladies’ Journals. NEVER Was there A Better Opportunity OF BUYING FOR CASH. F. DOHERTY , BEGS to remind his Customers.and Friends that he is Selling Every Article in Stock at the LOWEST Possible PRICE for CASH. SPRING AND IHER DRAPERY -,'X-and ...•A" 1 ■ Ready-made Clothing, ■’ Arrived,. • OF THE LATEST' STiLES ONLY. Washing Machines Just Imported, of the Latest Improvements for Saving Labor. AMERICAN TUBS, all Sizes, Iron & Wood. CAMBRIDGE ROLLERS in Stock. Farmers’ Requisites, GARDEN TOOLS, And Seeds of every description. In Stock and to Arrive. F. DOHERTY, GENERAL STOREKEEPER, IMPORTER, WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANT, Peter Street, Ashburton. CHARLES BRADDE3LL, A CCOUNTANT & GENERAL AGENT, A * a *r; TT»* mmmm Agent for Press Company, Limited. Secretary Town Hall Company. Agent for National Insurance Company.



BREAD. BREAD." 'BREAD. K. SANDO, GROCER ETC., EAST STREET, Ashburton. gUPPLIES really Good BREAD at sj£d per Quartern Loaf, Cash, and 6d. Monthly Accounts. Families in Town and Suburbs waited on daily. Note the address, K. SANDO, GENERAL STOREKEEPER & BAKER, East Street. WATCHMAKER, JEWELLER,



OPTICIAN, &c., &c. LWAYS for Sale a Large Stock of Eng lish, American, Geneva, and other Watches; French, American, and Other Clocks; Concave and Convex Spectacles; Reading Glasses ; Wedding and other Rings ; Barometers ; Thermometers ; Eye Protectors; Goggles ; Pocket Knives ; Scissors and other Cutlery, by Rogers. To Arrive by “Star,” brig, from New York, 6 Cases of American Clocks—all New Styles. J. P. PARKER, WATCHMAKER, JEWELLER, &c. (Two doors above Bullock & Co.’s Auction Rooms), EAST STREET, ASHBURTON.



CANTERBURY DYE WORKS. (Near the Post Office) CHRISTCHURCH. J SELLARS is still Dyeing to Live, and • Living to Dye. Ashburton Agents: WEEKS & DIXON, Where particulars may be obtained, and Orders left.



Just Published. Price 3d. THE CHRISTIAN HERALD. be obtained from the Agents in Town or Country, and Echo Office. Subscrip tion 3s. per annum, in advance.



Wood Turner and Venetian Blind Maker. JOSEPH RULE Moore Street. T S prepared to execute all orders for Wood L ' Turning, Venetian Blinds, Bedsteads, every class. of Furniture. Window Poles .on hand, or .made to any sixe.



r "pIIE undersigned having received a LARGE A ASSORTMENT of the undermentioned Goods, wishes to inform his numerous patrons and the public generally, that the same is just opened up and marked off:— If you want Cheap and Good Stationery, GO TO A. WESTON’S, the Cheapest Retail House in the trade. If you want Account Books, Day Books, Pocket Books, Surveyors’, and every kind of Office Requisite, GO TO A. WESTON’S. If you want - a Good Novel in Boards or Cloth, Magazines,'Journals, Song Books, &c., GO TO A. WESTON’S. If you want Fancy Goods, Cheap Jewellery, Perfumery, Cards, Draughts, Chess, Walking and Single Sticks, GO TO A. WESTON’S. If you want any of the leading Daily and Weekly Newspapers or Illustrated Papers published in New Zealand, Australia, England, or America, .... ' r GO TO A. WESTON’S. If you Smoke, and. are fond of Good Tobacco, go to a Tobacconist, Pay a Little More,' and get genuine American Tobacco, Cut and Uncut ; also, the Best Brands only kept in Havanna and Manilla Cigars AT A. , WESTON’S A. ■W. has also ; a Large assortment of Wooden Pipts in G.8.D., L.H.E., F.H.S., and other Brands. Meerschaum and Clay Pipes, Ambers, Ferrules, Match Boxes, Pouches, Pocket Knives, and all the requisites for smoking. Note the Address— A. WESTON, BOOKSELLER AND §TATIONgR, "TOBACCONIST, NEW S"" A&EN T, BILL POSTER, AND GENERAL i ADVERTISING AGENT, . . pw?? m Railway Station flWiW '■ I



THE TAXES IN NEW ZEALAND WHO PAYS? WHO DOESN’T PAY?.... WHO OUGHT TO PAY? HANDBOOK of Taxation Reform, By E. 'Jern ingiiam Wakefield. Price One Shilling. Sold at the “ Echo ” Office, by Mr. Doherty, near Quill’s Commercial Hotel, and by Messrs. 11. Jones and A. Wes ton,- Booksellers, East Street. Orders from the country, with Thirteenpencc in stamps for each copy, duly attended to by post. BAKERS’ NOTICE E the undersigned Bakers of Ashbur vv ton, beg to inform the Public that on and after the 26th August, we will reduce the price of the Quartern Loaf to 7d delivered and 6j£d over the counter for cash. We trust that the public will still continue to support us, and take into consideration that we are not Millers, but Bakers, and are paying a LONG PRICE for GOOD FLOUR, so that we may satisfy the public by supplying a good article, free from all adulteration. Let this be your motto— “LIVE AND LET LIVE” Signed— THOMAS HICKS. THOMAS TAYLOR. MASSON & GRANT.



JOB LOT. DOZ. Ladies’ Colored Josephine KID GLOVES, slightly spotted, will be sold 1/- PER PAIR. ORR & CO. T. CHAMBERS, gO OT AND SHOE MAKER East Street, Begs to notify to the public of Ashburton that he has now in Stock a Splendid Assortment of Boots and Shoes from the Best Makers, and all orders entrusted to him will have eveiy attention. Boots and Shoes, sewn or pegged made to order of every description and the very best materials. Terms Cash. T. CHAMBERS, PROSPECT BUILDINGS (Next to Montgomery’s), EAST STREET. WORNER’S EMPIRE BOARDING HOUSE ((Opposite Parkins's Steam Saw Mills). MR. G. WORNER begs to intimate to the public of Ashburton that he has pur chased the Boarding-house recently kep by Mr. T. Bradford, and having made extensive alterations, he is now prepared to supply first class accommodation to boarders, afid others visiting Ashburton. Meals i/-, Beer given with dinner; Beds I/• Board per week, £i. G. WORNER, Proprietor. MESSRS. HARRIS & IRELAND, BARRISTERS and SOLICITORS Will shortly commence the practice of their profession in Ashburton. W. R. BOYLE, STATE AND GENERAL AGENT MOORE STREET, ASHBURTON. DR. STEWART pjAS REMOVED to his New Residence, CORNER OF MOORE STREET AND BEACH ROAD. FREDK. PAVITT,. \ EAST STREET/ ASHBURTOK' : (Close to the Railway Station.) Land and General Commission Agent. % JAMES PORTER, PRACTICAL GARDENER, GARDENS laid out and kept in order by day or contract All kinds‘of t . Jobbing Work done on the Shortest Notice. • &3~ Please note the Address— ATWORTH HOUSE, - : North; Town. Be'lt> near Saunders’ .Mill. . 0 rders cart be left at this office.- ') ' RUBBER STAMPS ! RUBBER STAMPS ! RUBBER STAMPS ! THE only Manufactory in Ashburton for these very useful Stamps, which can be made any size, shape, or design. Rubber Stamps for Cheques Rubber Stamps for Receipts Rubber Stamps for Banks Rubber Stamps for Societies Rubber Stamps for Companies Rubber Stamps for Books r ' - ‘ ; Rubber Stamps for Linen »-»* • ' ; « rr Stamp, Ink, and • Pads supplied at Mpderat Prices at the ECHO OFFJCE,



GRAND SIHOW of ' New Goods AT E are now opening up a second shipment of USTDETW GOODS, Consisting of Gents.’ Black Satin Hats Gents.’ White Shirts Gents.’ Black Cloth Suits : I / Gents.’ Double and Single Breasted SuitsJ Gents.’ Felt Hats Gents.’ Kid Gloves Gents.’ Colored Shirts ELGWEfiS, w io boxes New Flowers 5 ~ New Feathers 30 „ New Ribbons 50 shades of Bonnet Silksfto match J New Ribbons POPLINS & SILKS.: , A large assortment oi| real Irish Poplins, direct from Pirn Brothers,' of Dublin. FEINTS. An immense assortment of New Prints, French Checks, and Stripes in great,variety. COSTUMES.. A large assortment of NewJCostumes are now being opened up. BOOTS & SHOES. . JUST RECEIVED, 10 TRUNKS NEW BOOTS. < * t ' v iMen’s Watertights, pegged and riveted, Ladies’ Kid Boots.ih great variety. Children’s Boots of every make. .... DRESSMAKING DEPARTMENT. V This department is managed ;:By ; a First-class with, Competent assistants. ' A PERFECT, FIT- GUARANTEED.. • ! '* : ''Pnces-'Stnctly'sM^&rate. 4 : •*’ ' - V..- -V ; ORRAND CO.