The Man who Borrowed Money.

Mark Twain", in Bis latest article, *Old Times on the Mississippi,' published in the Atlantic Monthly, tells of one Hephen, who borrowed n?.oney of everybody who was in experienced enough to lend it to him. Most of the captains and pilots held Stephen's note for borrowed sums ranging from two hundred and fifty dollars upward. Stephen never paid one of these notes, for he was very prompt and very zealous about renew ing them every twelve months.

Of course there came a time at last when Stephen could no longer borrow of his ancient creditors, so he was obliged to lie in wait for new men who did not know him. Such a victim was good-hearted, simple-natured young Yates (I use a fictitious name, but the real name began, as this one does with aT). Youn^ Tates graduated as a pilot, got a berth, and when the month was ended, and he stepped up to the clerk's office and received his two hundred and fifty dollars in crisp,'new bills, Stephen was there. His silvery tongue began to wag, and in a very little while Tates' two hundred and fifty dollars had changed hands.

The fact was soon known at pilot lieadquarters, and the amusement and satisfaction of the old creditors were large and generous. But innocent Yates never suspected that Stephen's promise was a worthless one. Yates called for his money at the stipulated time; Stephen sweetened him up and put him off a week. He called then, according to agreement, and came away sugar-coated again, but suffering under another postponement.

fc*o the thing went on. Tates taunted Stephen week after week, to no purpose, and at last gave it up. And then straightway Stephen began to haunt Tates. Wherever Tates appeared there- was the inevitable Stephen. And not only there, but "beaming with affection and gushiDg with apologies for not being able to pay. By and by, whenever poor xates saw him coming, he would turn and fly and drag his company with him, if he cad any company. But it was of no use ; the debtor would run him down and corner-him. Panting and red-faced, Stephen would come, with outstretched hands and eager eyes invade the conversation, shake both of Tates' arms loose in their sockets and begin:

_' My, -what a race I've had! I saw you didn't see me, and so I clapped on all steam for fear I'd miss you entirely. And here you are ! There, just stand so and let me look at you. Just the same old noble countenance/ (To Yates' friend): 'Just look at him ! Look at him ! Ain't it just good to look at him! Ain't it now? Ain't he just a picture? Some call him a picture; I call him a panorama And now I'm reminded. I do wish I could have sepn you an hour earlier. For twenty-four hours I've been saving Up that two hundred and fifty dollars for you; been looking for you everywhere. I waited at the Planter's from six yester day evening till two o'clock this morning •without rest or food. My wife says. 'Where have you been all night?' I said, • This debt lies heavy on my mind.' She says, 'In all my days I never saw a man take a debt to heart the way you do.' I said, ' It's my nature; how can I change it?' She says, 'Well, do go to bed and get some rest.' 1 said,' Not till that poor noble young man has got his money. So I sat up all night, and this morning out I shot, and the first man I struck told me you had shipped on the Grand Turk and gone .to New Orleans. Well, sir, I had to lean up against a building and cry. So help me goodness I conldn't help it. The man that owned the place came out cleaning up with a rag and said he didn't like to have people cry; against his building, and then it seemed to me the whole world had turned against me, and. it wasn't any use to live any* more; and coming along an hour ago, suffering no man knows what agony, I met Jim Wilson and paid him the two hundred and fifty dollars on account. But as sure as I am standing here on this ground, on this particular brick—there, I've scratched a mark on the brick to re member it by—l'll borrow that money and pay it over to you at twelve o'clock, sharp, to-morrow ! Now, stand so; let me look at you once more.' And so on. Yates' life became a burden to him. He could not escape his debtor and his debtor's awful sufferings on ac count of his not being able to pay. He dreaded to show himself on the street lest he should find Stephen lying in wait for him at the corner.

Bogard's billiard saloon was a great resort for pilots in those days. They met there about as much to exchange river news as to play. One morning Yates was there; Stephen was there, too, but kept out of sight. But by and by, when about all the pilots had arrived who were in town, Stephen suddenly appeared in their midst, and rushed for Yates as for a long-lost brother. • Oh, I'm so glad to see you! Oh, my soul, the sight of you is such a comfort to my eyes! Gentlemen, I owe all of you money ; among you I pro bably owe forty thousand dollars. I want to pay it: I intend to pay it—every last, cent of it. You all know without my telling you, what sorrow it has cost me to remain so long under such deep obliga tions to such patient and generous friends but the sharpest pang I suffer—by far the sharpest—is from the debt I owe to this noble young man here. And I have come to "this place this morning especially to make the announcement that I have at last found a method whereby I can pay off all my debts, and most especially I wanted him to be here when I announced it. Yes, my faithful friend—my benefac tor —I've iound the method to pay off all my .debts, and you'll get your money !' Hope dawned in Yates' eye; then Stehpen, beamingbenignantly, and placing his hand upon Yates' head, added: . «lam going to pay them off in alpha betical order.'

f Then he turned and disappeared. The j full significance of Stephen's ' method' ) did not dawn upon the perplexed and musing crowd for some two minutes ; and then Yates murmured with a sigh: ' Well, the V's stand a gaudy chance. He won't get any further than the O's in this world; and I reckon that after a good deal of eternity has wasted away in the next one, I'll still be referred to up there as ' that poor, ragged pilot that came here from St. Louis in the early days !'

FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.

BY JOHN PATJIi,

It is all very well for the pois to tell, By way of their song adorning. Of milkmaids who rouse, to manipulate cows, At Five o'clock in the morning And of mooDy young mowers who bundle out-doors— The charms of their straw berts scorning — Before break of day, to make love and hay, At Five o'clock in the morning. But, between me and you, it is all untrue— Believe not a wo id that they utter; To no milkmaid alive does the fi. g^ of Five Bring beaux —or even brintr butter. The poor, sleepy cows, if told to arouse, Would do so, perhaps, ia a horn-ing ; But the sweet, country, girls would they shew their curls At l<\ve o'clock in the morning? It may not be wrorg for the man in the song— Or the moon—if anxious to settle, To km el in Wet grass, snd pop, but alas I What if he i opped down on a nettle ? For how could be see what was under liis knee, If, in spite of my friendly warning, He went out of bed and bis hornse and his head, At Five o'clock in the morning. It is all very well such stories to tell, But if I was maid all forlorn-iDg, And a lover should drop, in tht> clover, to pop, At Five o'clock in the morning— If I liked him. you see, I d s-ay, " Please call at Three;" If, not, I d turn him away with scorning: "Don't come here, you Flat, with conundrums like that, At Five o'clock in the morning!"

The Hibernian Indian.

An anecdote told to Thurlow Weed by Father de Smet, the great Indian missionary, introduces us to a new kind of Indian chieftain, the Hibernian Indian. A fierce war had been raging between two tribes, when the missionary had succeeded in bringing the chiefs of both together in friendly council. They were sitting together solemnly, all of them smoking, and Father de If-met was receiving the overtures of the hostile tribe through an interpreter. Scarcely, however, had the interpreter finished speaking when one of the chiefs, who looked jusfc like an Indian, sprang'to his feet, and rushing excitedly forward, exclaimed in excellent Hibernian- English, ' Xer Ponour, the vagabond's lying to ye.' He was an Irishman, originally from Canada, who had been so long among the Indians that he had adopted their habits, married a squaw, and become one of the chiefs of the tribe. He could not bear to see the missionary imposed upon, and in his excitement blurted out the honest warning in his native tongue, and with his native accent. — Detroit Free Press.

The Grey Hare.

There was an old couple at the Central Depot yesterday waiting to go through the West and they seemed loving enough until the old man went out and returned smoking a five-cent cigar and with his hat slanting over his left ear. Bis wife looked at him twice before she could recognise him and then opened her mouth and said, ' What?d 1 tell ye Philetus Eemington before we left bew Jersey? Did'nt I say you'd go and make a fool of yourself the first chance you got ?' He tried to pacify her by saying that the cigar cost only five cents, but she shouted, ' You teased and teased till I let you get your boots blacked; then you : wanted some soda-water; then you bought apples on the train ; and here's another five cents thrown away ? It all counts up, and if you dont die in the poor-house, then my name hain't <*ary!'— Detroit Free Press.

THE MITHERLESS BAIRN.

When a' llher bairaies are hushed to their tome, By aunty, or cousin, or frecky grand-dame, Wfta stands last an' lanely atd fairly forfairn ? 'Tis the pnir dowie laddie—the mithtrlt ss bairn. The mitherless bairnie creeps to his lane bed, Nane covers his cauld back or haps his bare head; His wee hackit heelies are hard as the aim, And lithless the lair o' the mitherless fcairn I Aneath his cauld brow, siccan dreams hover there, O' hands that wont kindly to kame his dark hair But morniDg brings clutches, a'reckless an' stern, That lo'e na the locks o' the mitherless bairn ! The Eist«r wha farig ow'rhis sadly rocfeed bed, > ow rests in the mools where their mammy is laid; While the father toils sair his wee bannock to earn, And kens na the wrangs o" his mitherless bairn! Her spirit that passed in yon hour of his birth, Still watcher his lone-lorn wanderSrgs on earth, Becording i" heaven the blessings they e-rn, Wha couthilie deal wi' the mitherless bairn I Oh ! speak him na harshly—he trembled the while. He bends to your bidding and blesses your smile; In their dark h*ur o' anguish, theheartless shall i earn That God deals the blow for the mitherless bairn! t [From Chambers'* Miscellany. g OCCUPATIONS OF YOUNG WOMEBT. Flirtlrg, romping, ogling, winking, Shopping, scolding, seldom thinking; Chattering scandal all day long, Criticising o'd and young; Choosing bonnets, shawls and dregges, Beading novels, braiding tresses; Practising recrimii ation, lisping out insinuation ; Primming tip their artful faces, Tiyixg to borrow from the Grace*. And whether me*gre, stout, or fat, Throwinu baiti for ever/ flat.

Some one asked Curran why a country man of his walked about London with his tongue out of his mouth. He said_' I supposed he did it to catch the English accent.'

An Irish editor, in speaking of a drink he had once had occasion to indulge in, said he could not tell whether it was brandy or a torchlight procession going down his throat.

Maeeiage.—No man ever knows when, where, or whom he'll marry. It's all lonsenae, planning and speculating about it. You might as well look out for a soft -spot to fall in a steeple-chase. You come smash down in the middle of your specu lations.

Information to the absent. —'Mike,^ you meet Tom> tell him to make haste.' — ■ Shure an I will,' said Mike, * but what shall I Jell him if I don't meet him?'

A Romance of Washington City.

We rode over from Washington with the heroine. She is a lovely, fascina ting woman, with a quiet force in her that is covered by a charming modesty, like an iron hand hid under a silk velvet glove. She is nothing but a clerk under the Government, and scarcely worth reading about. After all, her story is interesting, for it illustrates the social life of our national capital.

To the city came in a carriage a wealthy gentleman accompanied by his family. We call him Bullion be cause his name was not Bullion, but something else. He had retired from business on an immense fortune, all safely invested in North Pacific, Erie, and other first-class securities. After doing Europe for three years he came to Washington, that his eldest, Maud ■ —we say Maud, for that is a beautiful name and reminds us of one who came into the garden as our heroine came to Washington. Mr Bullion had other children, but he wished his eldest to see our national capital—might com pare it to those of Europe. We felt sorry for the capitals of Europe when we heard that. Taking a handsome, superbly furnished house, he and his excellent lady entertained in a way to win the hearts—we should say stomachs, but it means the same—of Washington.

Maud was a belle. A lovely girl, with such an author of her being, reigned a queen, and had bouquets and offers of marriage every night.

Among the crowd of suitors one found favor. He was rather a handsome gentleman, and considered a rising man. The end of the season found the two engaged

One fine summer clay, Jay, Cooke & Co. failed. Old Bullion was not very remote, and one morning he woke up to find himself knocked over. Then came the old, old struggle, with the old result of bad going to worse, and in this case aggravated by the sudden death of the victim. Mr. Bullion succumbed to the crash of 1873 and the apoplexy. Maud found herself with a helpless mother, four helpless younger sisters and brothers, with nothing but a life insurance policy settled on her mother, amounting to jurft 5000 dollars. She collected this money, put it in the bank to her mother's account, wrote her future husband a sad letter releasing him from his engagement, and then took a train for Washington to secure a place under the government.

Washington looked at through the bay window of an elegant mansion is not the same city looked at through the dingy panes of a cheap boarding house. Poor Maud found the atmos phere of our city strangely chilled. The members of the Cabinet and Senators, once her admirers, anxious to oblige, were difficult of access, and when seen were too sympathetic and polite. Since she secured places so easily for her dependants she found that they had become strangely crowded. Her trials, her heartbreakings and dissappointments would fill a volume. We have not the space to tell how her little sum of money disappeared until she dare not even ride in the cars. But her high courage, her indomitable will, kept her up and at work. One hope dissappeared in disappointment only to give place to another. From time to time she received long letters from her proposed and accepted hus band.

One morning she called, according to appointment, on Senator Bogan— he will be recognized by all under that name—and was shewn into the pailor. Being told that the Senator would be down soon, Miss Maud settled herself in a chair.

Next to waiting in the ante-chamber of a Cabinet magnate, where a crowd of stranded humanity sit in gloomy silence with eyes fixed on the door t^hat covers official greatness, the dreariest business is to wait in the over-done parlor of a wealthy Senator. Maud gave twenty minutes to an inventory of the furni ture ; then she studied, for ten minutes, her slender form, white face and faded dress, in the huge mirror that seemed to duplicate the room. Then she went through the Senator's picture gallery, which consisted of a photograph album. After, she read the costly books scat tered over the table. Senator Bogan, being a Christian statesman, the litera ture was of a pious sort, and very depressing. An hour went and no Senator appear ed, and afc last Maud softly opened the door that led into the conservatory, that she might breathe the scent of flowers, with their taste of Paradise. Whilst standing thus, drawing in great bre.aths, she heard voices in earnest conversation, and was about closing the door and her ears, when she caught the sound of her own name. It was very improper for Miss Maud to listen, but nine hundred out of a thousand would be guilty of like impropriety, under the circumstances.

Said a sweet voice that Maud recog uized as that of Miss Bogan :

" You never loved till now ?"

" Never," responded a bass that made poor Maud start, for it was the voice of her intended.

« And that affair of yours with Maud Bullion T

" Nothing but a flirtation," continued the bass. " Oh, Emma, don't trifle with the earnest affection my heart feels !" And then came a succession of explosives ao'indicative of close quarters. Maud threw wide the door and strode into the

conservatory. There was an ugly look in her large brown eyes, and some con fusion on the part of two people so suddenly called upon to extricate them selves.

" I beg your pardon," cried Maud, in a low, measured tone, as if she were reading somebody's death sentence, " but I gathered from what I heard that you were about engaging yourselves. ■1 like it. I never saw two people so fitted for each other. You need an engagement ring. Lat me give you one," and 'she drew from her slender finger a diamond. " Fate kept me from pawning this for bread that it might serve so grave a purpose. It will bind admirably a very shallow heart to a very selfish one. Good morning."

And she was gone from the astonished gaze of the disturbed lovers. They were brave words she'uttered, but they did not keep her from crying like a child on reaching her apartment, where it seemed as if the world, once so fair and bright had desei'ted her. But the world had not. The next morning the Christian statesman, Senator Bogan himself, called in his carriage, and carried Maud to the—well, we will say the state department, for it was not the state department—where she was duly installed as a translator and clerk at $1,200 a year, where she is yet. To this the venerable Bogan was moved solely by an Ishmaelitish Bohemian of the press, who, taking a sudden interest in Maud, said : " Look here, Bogan, it's got to be done," and it was.

This little romance, that created some stir at the time, and is here so hastily told would serve a good purpose in the hands of some play-wright or tale-writer anxious to portray, the real life at our national capital.— Washington Capital.

An Endless-Belt Velocipede.

We went down to see the endless-belt velocipede last evening. Able Turner got it patented some time ago, and since then he has been incessantly sending us invitations to come down and see it. Be wanted it puffed. He wanted it published to the world that at last a mode of conveyance had been invented which put walking in the shade, and made a sad wreck of horse back riding.

He wanted us to come down and try it for ourselves. As for ease, he said, it exceeded parlor sofas and way side inns ; as for comfort, it beat old ' fcolid' himself, and, respecting its rapiGity, hn had got the impression that jack-r..bbits and chain-lightning were nowhere.

We went down. Ihere are periods in the life of every man when he is bound to go dovrn. We found him in his back yard fooling around his ' end less be t' with a monkey wrench and a pot of wagon-grease.

He wished us to get on, but we heard the still small voice telling us to Btay off.

• Try it just for fun,' said Abel: ' No, I think we can find plenty of enjoyment in the usual duties of life,' we remarked.

' Would you like to see me run it around a few times and make the dust fly ?' he inquired.

We nodded a perfect willingness to see it go round and to watch the dust fly, and in nodding took a back seat for safety.

Mr. Abel Turner, Mrs. Abel Turner and three children make up their family. Abel was mounted on a newly invented machine, that he pro foundly believed had millions in it. Mrs. Turner and children gathered themselves together at the back door. We ascended the line fence,which was already occupied by two of Tine shifter's boys, and thus the circus be gan. Turner started down the garden path. When half-way he shot off at right angles, crossing Madame Turner's flower-bed, and uprooting a century plant. A feebly stifled yell from the back door told that human suffering was near.

Still Abel> fully impressed with the fact that then or never he must prove to the world the power and virtue of his invention, kept on. An infant pear-tree, struggling against the evil influences of a backward Spring next bowed its head, and was laid a shat tered wreck upon the ground. Still the crank turned, and the wheels revolved, and the vehicle tore around. The man of genius, believing that success depended t entirely upon rapidity, short curves and bold dashes, lost his hat, a piece of his pants, a part of his coat, all of one boot, and several square inches of skin, but he couldn't mind it.

He is an enthusiast, and when he smashed the stern of the wheelbarrow, and knocked the north corner of the hot-house forty yards from Sarah Jane, he cried out:

s 'Trust in God, and keep your courage dry. Git out of the tall grass, January. Git out and git up and git!'

The flower-bed was gradually up rooted. George Washington couldn't have done more injury to the fruit trees with a score of hatchets, even in the palmiest days of his boyhood.

Mrs. Turner couldn't have acted more unwisely than she did wheD she tried lo scar and disfigure Abel with a dust-pan of hot coals. The children might have done better by keeping their mouths shut.

The two boys on the fence ought to have been kicked knee-deep into the Jordan for yelling to the old man that ' his wheel was loose,' for he said

he knew better, and, to prove it, just] made the crank buzz to such an extent that the wheels forgot to stop, and the next minute, following the one that preceded it, the ' Endless-belt Velocipede,' burdened with its creator and embellisher, struck the post we were holding down, knocking us cross ways of Tmeshifter's clothes-line, which gently dropped us into the mouth of his dog-kennel, which, we regret to say, was occupied. We went back to forgive and forget Turner, and show him how easy it was for a dog to ruin a new suit of clothes without entirely eating the man up, but we forgot our mission when we found the inventor lying sprawled on his back with six teeth knocked into his stomach, his nose gone, and his wonderful invention scattered to the four winds of heaven.

It is a skillful invention —a rapid, rolling, rushing, raging affair, but not just adapted to this planet. He wanted it puffed, but we haven't the room, time, courage, or meanness.

S, &Il dl übllßhpdby trie Propieors, George MoCuliagh Re-d, of St Georges Bay, aiiri H in ?y nm ' 04Pa^ell) at their Qeneral St.am Priuting SJw^Sd^ 'to the city of Ancldail(?' iSaturday, November 6, 1875.

STrPFLEMEOT ttO THE ATTCEXAND EVENING StfAffc, SATUEIU^NOVIEMBBR^e



i R Baird and Co. npHE "SIMPSON" SEWING MACHIHB COMPANY. A SEWING MACHINE IN EVERY FAMILY DIRECT FROM THE FACTORY. «3« KO INTERVENING PROFITS. -=©> HAVING BEEN APPOINTED SOLE AGENTS IN NEW ZEALAND FOR TIIK SALE OF TUB Celebrated SIMPSON Sewing Machines, "We Lave decided to offer such terms as -will bring them within the reach of every household in the Colony. On payment of a moderate I remium, WE WILL LET ON HIRE any Machine At from Is- 6d- per "Week, and after a fixed number of payments we will make a PRESEKT of the MACHINE to the hirer. The "SIMPSON" MACHINES have been in general use in Great Britain, and on the Continent, FOR THE LAST TWENTY YEARS, and although no attempt has been made to Force Sales by an extravagant expenditure in advertising* it is exceedingly gratifying to the Company to rind that they are compelled—year by year—to inertaso their Manufacturing1 facilities. BS?" Our FIRST SHIPMENT is now to hand, and comprises:— Cash Price. £ s. d. The " Simpson" Family Lock-ttitcb. Machine 7 10 0 The " Simpson" Medium ditto .. 810 0 The •'Simpson'' No. 2 Manufactur ing-, ditto 10 10 0 The " Simpson" No. 4 Double Artion, small arm Machine icr Boot makers 14 14 0 The "Simppon"No. 7 Double Action, small arm Machine for Sbirt malters .. .. .. .. 12 12 0 The "Simpson" TMee-needlo Ma chine, for Capmakers and others. Can sew with three different colours at once .. .. .. 13 13 0 The Canadian Hand Lock-stitch Machine 4 0 0 The "SIMPSON" MACHINES are most simple in construction, yet so strong-, . T with such mechanical nicety, that they run with the greatest ease, and are not at all liable to get out of order. They are easily learned and understood, and the widest range of work can be ovf-rtakpn by them. They ■» ill Bind, Braid, Hem, Cord, Qdilt, Tuck, Gather, &c, by using the respective self-acting gauges. The List of Accessories supplied Free with the " Simpson" Sewing Machines as fuller than that sup plied by any other nlaker. *»• Pull particulars as to Prices, and Terms for Hiring, to be had on application. Every Purchaser Thoroughly Taught. Pejvatb Instruction Room for Ladies. R. BAIRD & CO., Q.UEEN-s T R X E T, TWO DOORS ABOVE WKLLESLEY-STROT. T?XTftACT from Report by some of -L-i the LeadiDg Machine Manufacturers :— WHICH THREAD IS BEST FOR SKW ING MAO HIN \> S ? ""With a good Sewing Thread, th« Sewing Machine can execute auy class of jseedlework; and, haviug thoroughly tested various makes, we give the pre ference to "CLARK & CO.'S EXTRA QUALITY, Best Six Cokd. "This Superior Cotton is perfect in make, soft finished, extra smooth, elastic, and very strong, which, combined with freedom from knots, gives it < all the qualities requisite to the high speed, beauty of stitch, and economy of time demanded for all First-class Machine Sewing." Note.—The best Thread for Machine Work is the best for Hand Sewing. RETAIL PRICES. BEST SIX-CORD EXTRA QUALITY, 200 yards each, black or white, or coloured, 3d. NEW GLACE black or white, 2}rfd. To Storekeepers and others—2Bs. and 225. 6d. per gross respectively. EXTRA QUALITY CROTCHET COTTON, in balls 4d. each, or 365. per gross. A large assortment of Ornamental Boxes, suitable for Presents. THE SIMPSON SKWING- MACHINE CO QUEEN-STREET. POLVERMAOHEK'S GALVANIC BAWDS AND BATTERIES. "We have just landed a considerable supply of these invaluable appliances for the cure of Rheumatism Indigestion Neuralgia Paralysis .Asthma Deafness Lumbago Sciatica Epilepsy Liver Complaint Headache Loss of Voice Toothache Nervous Debility Diptiieria * &c, &c, * & c> Pamphlets, giving full particulars, can be had on application, oi" Will be forwarded by post. f



R> Baird and Co. All Bands and Batteries'will be sold at English prices, with duty and charges added. K^" A Liberal Discount to the Iracie. R. BAIRD & CO., Sole Agents for New Zealand. TI7BAPPING PAPERS AND PAPER BAGS. JUST LANDED, Ex 'Columbus/ 3O BALES Brown, Grey, and Purple Bags 2 to Hlbs. Cartridge Tea Bags, #. 1. and 21bs Confectioners' Bags, U and %lb Biscuit Bags, y,, 1, and 21bs Flour Bags, 1 to 6lbs Millinery Bags, various sizes Brown and Blue Wrapping Papers. * * Storekeepers in town or country supplied with the*above, either plain or printed, at lowest prices. R. BAIRD & CO., Sole Agents for the Leslie Paper Mills. nno~BUILDESS AND OTHERS. Just Landed, ex City of Auckland— 3 CRATES ROLLED PLATE GLASS, for lin-htta" Verandahs, Dead-lights, Office Partitions, &C, X, 3/16. M inch. 5 CRATKS COLOURED GLASS, Rnby, Yellow, Blue, and Grew. Will be sold in quantities to suit purchasers at low prices. R. BATED & CO., Qneefi-street, near Wellesley-street. | T> A pITr H A N^G INGS! *~ PAPERHANGINGS! From the celebrated house of Hey woe a, Higgin bothani, Smiih and Co. (Limited). o*7 BALES, low to be,s't qualities. t CASE BOBDERS, CORNERS, CENTRES, 1 &c. These will be sold in quantities to suit the Trade, Landlords, and others, at very low prices. Indents filled for the new season's Patterns of this well-known firm. Pc. BAIRD & CO. 0" RR'S" PATENT WHITE ENAMEL PAINT. This is rapidly superseding he best White Lead at Home. We will be glad to send printed particulars, and a 7tb. sample, to the Trade upon application. R. BAIRD & CO., SOLE AGENTS FOR NEW ZEALAND, QUEEN-STE.KET, Two door* above Wellesloy-ftreet T 00K OUT! T 00K OUT !! Ju Ju COOMBES' NEW CLOTHING SHOP, UPPER QUEEN-STREET, NEXT TO GILES' BUTCHBK SHOP. OPENS ON SATUEDAY NEXT. In order to D'spose of several Shipments in excess of the ttorage fcfforrlert in my present premises, 92, Qut en-street, I intend to OPEN FOR A FEW WEEKS THE ABOVE PREMISES, With a Quality and Style of Goods of jypN'3, £>OYS\ AKD Y OUTB[B' QLOTHING Which are not to be obtained In any other House in Town. To effect a SPEEDY CLEARANCE the Goods will be SOLD REGARDLESS OF VALUE. The following Lines will prove the fact— MEN'SJWEED SUITS, J. 1 8s 6 d to 25S ALL WOOL TROUSERS > 1A O cA AND VESTS from .. / IUS DLI TWBED TROU3ER3 \ K a 11 A from f Jb IJ-U. AN IMMENSE QTOCK OF TJOYS' /CLOTHING. BOYS' KNICKERBOCKER SUIT 3, FROM 3s lid 8s lid 4S lid MOLE TROrSERS, FEOM 4S lid AN IMMENSE STOCK OF HOSIERY, BRACES, TIES, &C, *0 M *C. TO BE SOLD REGABDLEBS OF VALUE. J A LARGE LOT OF MENS' SILK DRESS COATS AT 15s. WORTH 30s. AN IMMENSE LOT OF MEN'S SACK COATS AT 5s Ufl, REEMAN'S HOT EL, FREEMAN'S BAY. MR. ROBT. STOW (the Proprietor) begs to nforin his numerous customers, friends, and the public, that he still supplies Wines, Spirits, &o of the best brands, ».t town prices The Bottle Department has special attention i There is a Bagavellk Table on the premises second to none in Auckland, wliich, with a comfort able room, first-class attendance and civility, will insure an evening's enjoyment. The b'-st and uiosi renvshiug Colonial axes a always on draught. t BelVs Life in London filed. , <•



Ttf"EW T\ RESS JVJATERI4LS. NEW SUMMER GOODS. XL AT El ITS HAS JUST OPENED FOR THE SPRING AND SUMMER BADE A MAGNIFICENT ASSORTMENT^ New Dress Materials, In all Styles and Qualities, and at Prices to Suit all Purchasers. theee are some special lines, Very Beautiful Goodß. THE WHOLE STOCK OF DRESS GOODS s well Selected, and the CHOICEST and CHEAPEST IN AUCKLAND. NEW SUMMEE PRINTS. very Heavy Stock of New Prints, best qualities, excellent patterns, and fast colours. NEW FRENCH MUSLINS. A nice stock of New Muslins, best French goods, very stylish, and beautiful. CHEAP WASHING # SILKS. A cheap line of Checked Silks at 6a per yard; worth 4s. CHEAP JAPANESE SILKS. apanese Silks, in all colours, fiom per yard. NOTED BLACE SILKS A shipment of H. A.'s noted Black Silks just to hand, same as last imported, and 20 per cent, below any other Silks in the City. NEW JACKETS, CAPES, SLEEVELESS JACKETS, &c, in all the NEW STYLES. A very choice assortment MANCHESTER GOODS. JUST OPENED— A Hkavy Stock oj Sheetings, Quilts, Blankets, Long Curtains, Table Linen, Calicoes, &c, &c, •V All of the best makes, and, as usual, marked very moderate in price. CLOTHING, TWEEDS, &o. Just opened—New Clothing, Hats, Shirts, A SPLENDID LOT OF NEW TWEEDS. TAILORS SUPPLIED AT WEOLESALE PRICES. A LARGE STOCK OF BOYS' AND YOUTHS' SUIT H. ATKINS, (Late Hay and Honetman).