THE UNDECIDED GENTLEMAN HAS HIS MIND MADE UP FOR HIM.

.As, I think. I said before (last week, you know), my future is * balancing in the scales.'

Reflection. —It is in fact, just now decidedly ' scaly,' not to say even * fishy!'

We, Flora and Tours balancingly, are still on the little bench at the end of the verandah.

We, that is J, am still in the same extraordinarily undecided state of mind.

Reflection. —On the other hand, though, there is no mistake whatever that Flora's state of mind is—if pos sible — even more than ' decided.' There is no error, in point of fact, about her having made her mind up. N.B.—And the doose of it is, she seems really as if she was making mine up too,

One thing is very plain; if Ido not soon get up from this confounded bench, I'm done for.

When I say 'done for,' I, of course, mean I'm proposed to —that . is, I should say, that J have proposed to dear Flora.

To get up from the bench is not, however, so easy, as my lower extremi ties are artfully covered, and I am, really, quite wrapped up in Flora, that is in'her superfluous white ' book.'

Reflection. —Talk of octup uses' ten tacles indeed, why they're simply— Pooh ! to young ladies' feelers, some times.

In the meantime, though, I must say something. But what ?

'Pon my word, it really would save one a lot of useless worrying and making up one's mind to let Flora quietly settle it all her own way. Reflection. — Especially as there don't seem the least bit of a chance for me to settle it my way. Beeides, too, it would always give one a sort of pull over her afterwards.

In this way, for instance. Suppos ing the dear girl were to say, in one of her little tempers, ' I wish to good ness,, Augustus, you had never mar ried me/ I could then rejoin crushingly yet calmly, in my triumphant veracity, '1 didn't, Flora "dear ; if you recollect, my love, it you who married me.'

This would he a chance, too, which might be improved upon in several ways, if one were regularly driven into a corner for retaliation.

For an instance :-. —Supposing dear Flora were, in one of her pretty little tempers again, you know, to refuse obedience to her lawful lord and master—to Tours truly, in fact —and to. mildly wind up by just flatly de claring she 'wouldn't listen to my proposals,' I could then artfully im prove the occasion by remarking, ' It is a pity, my love, that I ever listened . to one of on a certain occasion, once.upon a time. i That would be very jolly you know. On the whole, then, 'pon my word, you know, I think I had better let the sweet girl settle it. ; Reflection. — Wonder, though, how she'll set about it ? Perhaps I ought to give her a little sort of encouragement to start her with, eh ? .. N.B.—Just so.—But what sort ? It is really very awkward! # # # # # .7 Hark! ;.:' Eh? Yes, it was a little sort of sigh, fol lowed up by a small'kind of sniff. "Why, she can't be going to cry ? Yet, dash me, if there she isn't at it again—the sniff and the sigh, you know. '.'I: Let me soothe her. Good—l will—But how ? Bother it all! What can I- ? Eh?— She's going to speak at last, I do believe. ' How silent you are, .Augustus !— Why?—?— {Pause)..... .{Little sigh, as before)- -{Smallsniff, as before). This is too doosid absurd. I must speak now.—But how can I answer the question ? - Mem. —Say ' Yes, because my heart's too full.' • ,i ■ ' Splendid ! 1 say it. She takes me up directly, sharp as anything. ' . . )f ', '. _ .-, ' Too full of what, my Augustus ?' {Pause) —T]ie white ' book ' is dis tinctly moved nearer I This is terrible.. .7. But 1 can't get any farther off; I'm right at the very end of the bench ! And I must answer her question! # * .7 #. * # It is done; and it is, - feel, a regular settler.' And I have done it, the ' settler,' after all. I told her 'it? was too full-of 'her.' As yet she hasn't spoken, but there has been another ..till more decided advance of the white 'book.' ■■.■.,- j ■ Hark!. ;."..■ jj ; fche's going to speak ! -^ —Hush;!'! —— She speaks ! ! / 'And mine, too, dear Augustus., Yes, your Flora's poor little flutterer ;is too full for common words.' Reflection. —This is more awkward than: ever, for if both our ' little flutterers' are too full to talk, who, then, in'goodness' name, is to put the coup or finisher to our—that is, to my ;_ misery? This state of affairs is most doosid unsatisfactory. J: ;! n )If, T, put the< finishing toucher, I all ba evidently telling a tre&ehdous

whopper. As I said just now I—that is, my ' little fluttered ' —was too full for that sort of thing; and if Flora does it—puts the toucher, that is—she will be only doing ditto. What's to be done, then ? • Mem.- —Squeeze her hand like any thing. Good 1 will 1 do—— ***• * * j It has been going on—with little breaks, nsw and then," of gazings up at the moon, just to vary the mono tony—for some time. We both—or rather, neither of us, ought to be quite so full now. Perhaps I had better put it to her, 'if she's fluttering so badly still ?' I will —I put it to her. She gave a little sort of sigh (as be fore), followed up closely by a sniff, only more of a one this time—the sniff, you know. 'Oh!' says the dear girl, 'Oh!! Augustus ' 'What's the matter!' I ask. ' Why, what's ' ' And will you always, always be the same, Augustus?' ' The same as what;?' I ask. This is getting too ridiculous, Flora really ought to know better than this sort of thing. 'As you are now?' says the dear girl.

Reflection. —Where, and how am I now ?

N.B.—Sitting on a doosid hard bench in my thin dress clothes, and getting the dickens and all of a cold in my head, not to say anything about one anywhere else.

Mem.— *nd yet, if I say, 'I hope not, dear Flora,' it will, really, amount to my refusing to do it—to make her Mrs. ,in fact.

And yet, if I say, ' Yes,'—l pro nounce my own doom.

Before I have really time to settle upon any plan at all, dear Flora settles one for herself.

' But I am too. too hard on you, Augustus,' says Flora, getting doosid practical as she sees I'm still an Undecided One. 'Of course you will be\'

And by the whatshisname Jingo, before you can say Jack Kobinson, she plumps down all her back-hair on my cambric front, and then I feel it's all over with me.

' How lovely is this moonlight! how —' presently begins dear Flora.

* Quite so,' J say. ' Htuhning jolly, isn't it?1 But you know, isn't it time for tea ?'

Reflection (on getting up from the bench, cold and utterly wretched). — 'Tea !..!...! And htwe I come to this

already !'

BROWN DIDN'T WANT IT.

Max Adeler has the following: A man came into Brown's grocery store the other night, while I was there, and the following conversation ensued. The man said :

' Mr. Brown, you don't want to buy a first-rate wooden leg, do you ? I've got one that I've been wearing for two or three years, and I want to sell it. I'm hard up for money, and although I'm at tached to that leg, I'm willing to part with it so's I kin get the necessaries of life. Legs are all well enough ; they are handy to have around the house, and all that; but a man must attend to his sto- / mach if he has to walk about on the small of his back. Now I'm going to make you an offer. That leg is Fairchild's patent; steel springs, india-rubber joints, elastic toes and everything, and its in better order than it was when I bought it. It'd be a comfort to any man. It's the most luxurious leg 1 ever came across. . If. seraphic bliss kin ever be reached by a man anywheres this side of the tomty it belongs to tbe person who gets that leg on and feels the consciousness creeping over his soul that it is his'n. Consequently I say that when 1 offer it to you, when I give you the first shy at it, I'm doing a personal favor; and I think I see you jump at the chance and want to clinch the bargain before I mention —you'll hardly believe it, I know—that I'll actually knock that leg down to you at four hun dred dollars ! Four hundred, did I say ? I meant six hundred; but let it stand. I never back out when I make an offer; but it's just throwing that leg away it is ] indeed." , '

' But I don't want an artificial leg,' said Brown.

' The" beautiful thing about the limb, said the stranger, pulling up his trowsers and displaying the article, 'is that it is reliable. You kin depend, on it. It's always there. Some legs that I've seen are treacherous. Most always some of the strings bursting out, or the joints working backward, or the toes turning down and ketching in things. Regular frauds. But it's almost pathetic the way this leg goes on year in and year out like an old faithful friend, never knowing an ache or a pain, no rheumatism, nor any such truck as that, but always good natured and ready to go out of its way to oblige you. A man feels like a man when he gets such a thing under him. Talk about your kings and emperors and millionaires.andall that sort of jackassery! Which of 'em's got a leg like that? Which of 'em kin unscrew his knee-pan, and look at the gum thingamajigs in his calf? Which of 'em kin leave his leg down-stairs in the entry on the hat-rack' and go to bed with only one cold foot ? Why, it's enough to make one of. them monarchs sick to think of such a con venience. It's enough to make 'em mor bid and bilhous. But they can't help it There's only one man kin buy that leg, and that's you. I want you to have it so bad that I'll deed it to you for fifty dollars down. Awful, isn't it ? Just throwing it away ; but take it, take it,.if it does make my heart bleed to see it go out of the family.' 'Really, I have no use for such a thing, said Mr. Brown.

'You can't think,' urged the stranger, ' what a benediction a leg like .that' is in a family. When you don't want to walk

with it, it comes into play for the children to ride horsey on ; or you can take it off and stir the fire with it in a way that would depress the spirits of a man with a' real leg. It makes the most efficient potato-masher you ever saw. Work it from the second joint, and let the knee kinder swing loose, you kin tack carpets perfectly splendid with the heel, aud when a cat sees it coming at him from the winder, he just adjourns sine die, and goes down off the fence a-screaming. It's perfectly lovely. Now, you're probably afeared of dogs. When you see one approaching you always change your base, and maybe shin up a tree or something. I don't blame you ; I used to be that way before I lost my home-made leg. But you decorate yourself with this gorgeous artificial extremity, and then what do you care for dogs ? If a million of 'em came a-cohorting at you what's the odds ! Xou merely stand still and smile, and sling out your spare leg, and let 'em chaw, let them fool with that as much as they've a miud to, and howl, and carry on, for you don't care a cent. An' that's the reason why I say that when I reflect on how imposing you'd be as the chief engineer of such a leg, 1 feel like saying that if you insist on only offering only a dollar and a half for it, why, take it; it's yours. I'm not the kinder man to stand on trifles. I'll take it off and wrap it up in paper for you, shall I ?

' I'm sorry,' said Brown, ' but the fact is, I have no use for it. I've got two good legs already. If I ever lose one why, maybe then I'll

'I don't think you exactly catch my idea on the subject,' said tho stranger. ' Now, any man kin have a meat and muscle leg. They are as common as dirt. It's disgusting how monotonous people aro about such things. But I take you for a man who wants to be original. You have style about you. You go it alone, as it were. Now, if I had your peculiari ties, do you know what I'd do ? I'd get a leg snatched off someway, so's I could waltz around on this one. Or, if you hate to go lo the expense of amputation, why not get your pantaloons altered, and mount this beautiful work of art just as you stand ? A centipede, a mere ridicklous insect, has half a bushel of legs, and why can't a man, the grandest creature on earth, own three ? You wobble around this community on three legs, and 3'our fortune's made. People will go wild over you as the three-legged grocer; the nation will glory in you ; Europe will hear of you ; you wdl be heard of from pole to pole. It'll build up your business. Peoplc'll flock from everywheres to sec you, and you'll make your sugar and cheese and things fairly hum. Look at it as an advertise ment. Look at it any way you please, and there's money iv it —there's glory, there's immortality! I think I see you now, straddling around over this floor with your old legs working as usual, and this one going clickety-click along with 'em, making music for you all the time, and attracting attention in a way to fill a man's heart with rapture. Now look at it that way, and if it strikes you, I tell you what I'll do. I'll actually swap that imperishable leg off to you for two pound? of water-crackers and a tin cup full of Jamaica rum. Is it ago ?'

Then Brown weighed out the crackers, gave him an awful drink of rum, and told him if lie would take them as a present and quit, he would confer a favor. And he did. After emptying the crackers in his pockets, and smacking his lips over the rum, he went to the door, and. as he opened it, he said :

' Good-bye. But if you ever really do want a leg, Old Reliable is ready for you. It's yours. I consider that you've got a mortgage on it, and you' kin forcelose any time. I dedicate this leg to you. My will shall mention it, and if you don't need it when I die. I'm going to have it put in the savings bank to draw interest until you check it out. Good-evening.'

Varieties.

Parrot Drill.—This characteristic illustration of the parrot drill of public schools is given by a writer who fell in with a schoolboy and offered him a penny if he would tell him the names of all the capitals in Europe. It was done and quickly. 'Now,' said the gentleman, M will give you another penny if you will tell me whether they are animals or vege tables.' * Animals,' was the ready and confident reply.

Why Is It ?—The little Hartford girl who gave utterance to the following idea was puzzling her mind with a problem that has. bothered the world for ages. She was reproved for some child ish act, and seating herself on the floor at her mothers feet reflected a ldhg'time and theU, looking up, said : 'Why is it that naughty things are so nice?' ' •

i^The English North Pole Expedition refused to take any women along. In that frozen country, you know, a human voice can be heard two miles, and it's a mean trick not to let the women have a chance to see if they couldn't be heard twice as far.

The fact that Mrs. Lincoln was adjudged insane, partly upon evidence that she bought very many things she did not need, has placed a weapon in the hands of the married men of the country, which they are prompt to use. A Brook lyn husband furnishes an illustration. He gave his wife a fair wardrobe in the Spring, and now if she hints at a need of more, he gazes at her with a look of alarm in his face, and, putting on his hat, remarks, ' I think I will step over to the doctor's a moment. Be quiet and calm, love, until I return.'

A Young Statesman. —The other day when a Vicksburg boy had trouble with his neighbour's boy, and came out first best, he realised that something must be done at home, and he slid into the house and said : —' Mother, you know how good and kind you have been to Mrs. 8., next door?' 'Yes, I have tride to be a good neighbour to her.' 'Well, do you know that she says you clean your teeth with a whitewash brush, and that father ought to have a pension for living with you P' Be slid out, and when Mrs. B. reached the gate on her way to the house to ask why her boy must be pounded up in that way, sue heard a shrill voice calling out: ' Vile wretch, don't you enter that gate or you'll get scalded !' She returned home, and the young statesman dropped down under a shady tree, kicked _up his heels, and, softly chuckled;: ' That' .settles her, and now! want to catch her Tom againll for just fourteen seconds!'

LITTLE JOHNNY'S COMPOSI TIONS.

Uncle ISTed he called me to him," the other day, and he said did I no wot wos up, and I said the head of a giraft was upper than anything, but Ide rote about tlie giraft all reddy. Then he said Johnny this natchrel hissory has turn your head, I don't mean that but do you know wot is a goin to happen in this family. Wen Uncle Ned said that I look at my sister to see if she knew, and she was red face like a lobster, so I said wy diddent she set further a way from the fier, but my mother said Johnny, your mother is a tooken to you wy don't you answer, never mine your sister.

So I told him I diddent no wot was a goin to happen less Billy was a goin tc get another likin, and he said that was a safe gess, but wot he ment was I was c bout to have a new brother and I said hooray, I \ote we name him Tommy.

Uncle Ned he a felt like he thought b.3 wud die, and my mother she said Edward if you have anything to say to Johnny wy dont you tell it as if you was a man of sence, Johnny, hush this minnit, were ever did Billy put them sissors, I think babby is woke up and that joint has got to be like out of the oven to.once.

Wen she had gon, and my sister, too, Uncle Ned, wich had stop laffin, said, ' Johnny, you have made a mess of this thing, cos it is only just your sister is about to marry.' Then I said would it be for long, and he thought a rainnit, and said he give it up ; wude I tell him the anser and ask a other riddle ?

Last night we had supper late. I was let stay up late, too, and I et myself so full of frute cake that I got a sleep in my chair at the table, and wot do you think I drempt ? I thot I was a setlin at that table alone, and pretty soon the table began to grow long like a mile, and all the animels I ever herd of came in and set their selfs down in the chairs.

Each animal had their feed before them just wot it liked the best—the elephant had apples and a bun, and the girafe had a pinnacle off a steeple, and the ostrich had a keg of nales, and the rat was a eatin some cheese off a steel trap, and tho cow had some gras, and the tiger had a cow, and the big snake had a tiger, and the crockytiile had a nigger; you never see such a nice, quite dinner party, and I thot Missy was a waitin on the table in a white. silk frock and a vail on.

When the yale had got dun they ol stude up and drank, and then a cock at the bottom of the table erode out three cheers for Little Johnny, wich was given by ol present with sech friteful noises I woke, and my sister was pullin my ear for bed time.

Wen I had gon to bed and she was too, the dore between my room and hern was open, and I said Missy, and she said wot is it, Johnny, keep it to yourself; but I said Missy, you is a goin to git married, and she said yes. Then I said wude she do me a favor wen she was married, and she said yes, she wude, wot was it? Then I said Missy, v. hen you is married you will go to live in a other house. I wish you would lake your young man and let him live with you, cos he comes a loafin about this bouse so mutch he is a regular down rite nusence ! And Missy said she wude if she dide for it.

AN ELEPHANT PICKS A YOUNG WOMAN'S POCKET.

On Tuesday the entire population, except a blind woman aud Rouse, went over to see Queen's great show and have a nice time. A young lady from across the Jersey took her suitor and an opera glass. The young lady says she thought the performance real romantic until she- stopped to see the elephant. bhe wore one of those pockets behind, in yvhich, besides her hand kerchief she had deposited an apple, a handful of peanuts, quarter of a pound of gumdrops a little bottle of ammonia and some other trifles. ~he and her swain, after admiring the complexion of the huge beast, turned their backs upon ' him to watch the monkeys and the live kangaroo, and gaze into each other's eyes y to do this the better they leaned back against the rope 'which in closed" the stately monarch, who saw the apple protruding from the pocket of ' the ''unconscious fair one. He hesitated a moment,1 and was lost to all sense of honor or self-respect, for with shuffling movement he emulated the example of our common mother, plucked and ate the fruit, returned to the pocket and scooped out the gum drops and peanuts, with a sly wink ac his nephew, who was looking on with anxiety at the proceeding. But in the last motithfui'themajesic beast took in the ammonia bottle by mistake, the cork flame ont;. and about an ounce of harts_.oru -an down the throat of the greedy beast. This beverage' is said to have a reviving and stimulating influence, and in this case it proved its power;,for a more revived elephant was never seen on earth. With a wild yell he grabbed the protuberance behind the lady which had been the cause of his disaster ; she was ' pulled back' some before, but as the exasper ated trunk yanked at the bustle and accessories all former attempts at that style of wearing gear seemed pale and sickly; everything was ' pulled back' until the young woman looked like the statue of NiObein blue calico. The young man, with great presence of mind, shouted 'shoo,' and"the gentle manly clerk of the elephant with a long prod, persuaded the beast to let up. But the fun was over for the day; cake had no charms and soda no balm for these two souls, who: walked home with but'a single thought about wild animals!

'■[.' We'khow all about;'shooting stars, but 1' w"e -ftertTor£et that {this world of ours is a revolver.

Podder was attacked with an ailment for which his doctor prescribed calomel. After he had taken it for some time, the doctor asked him one day if the medicine had in any way affected his teeth. 'I don't know,' faintly whispered Podder, • but you can see; they are in the top drawer of the bureau, Mrs. Podder will hand them to you.'

If you want to see a pretty thing in this new and spacious store, observe the young husband humouring his wife with a dress, She didn't want it until she saw it. He semi-consciously slips his hands into his pockets. She blushes at the action but still looks at the dress. She knows she shouldn't do it, but then it is so lovely, The feeling is that of popping the ques tion again, and the salesman is the officious priest lurking around for a marriage fee. He lays the embroidered skirt over her own ; her little high-heeled shoe peeps out below, John sees it and weakens, and they send the parcel home triumphantly.

'William, observed a woman to her husband, 'Mrs. Holcomb feels pretty badly since the loss of her child, and I wish you would drop over there and see her. "You might say that all flesh is grass —that we've all got to go the same way ; and See if she is going to use her dripping-pan this afternoon.'

The other day, when an old fellow got in the way of some labourers, one of them called out, 'Come, trot out of this, old bald-head.' The old chap looked up, scowled, and remarked, 'Why, man, I own more acres of ground than you've got hairs on your head.' ' Can't help it if you own the whole,' was the brusque reply. ' When I'm rollin' bar'ls every thing's got to stand back or bust,'

SUPPLEMENT TO THE AUCKLAND EV_ENING BTA&, SATtIBDAY, OCTOBEfe 30.

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' The " Simpson" Family Lock-stitch Machine 7 10 0 The " Simpson" Medium ditto .. 810 0 The "Simpson" No. 2 Manufactur ing ditto 10 10 0 Tlie "Simpson" No. 4 Double Action, small arm Machine for Boot makers 1-1-0 The "Simpson" No. 7 Double Action, small arm Machine for Shirt makers 12 12 0 The "Simpson" Three-needle Ma chine, for Capmakers and others. Can sew with three different colours at once 13 13 0 The Canadian Band Lock-stitch Machine 4 0 0 The " SIMPSON" MACHINES are most simple in construction, yet so strong, and fitted 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 eau be overtaken by them. They will Bisn, Braid, Hem, Cokd, Quilt, Tuck, Gaxhee, &c, by us-ing the respective self-acting gauges. The List of Accessories supplied Free with the " Simpson" Sewing Machines is fuller than that sup plied by any other maker. V Full particulars as to Prices, and Terms for Hiring, to be bad on application. Every Purchaser Thoroughly Taught. Private Instruction Room for Ladies. R. BAIRD & CO., QUEEN-STREET, TWO DOOES ABOVE WELLESLEY-STREET. — — i TTiXTRACT from Report by some of JL_- the Leading" Machine Manufacturers':— WHICH THREAD IS BEST EOR SEWING MACHINES ? " With a good Sewing Thread, the Sewin? Machine can execute any class of Needlework; and, having thoroughly tested various makes, we give the pre ference to "CLARK & CO.'S EXTRA IQUALITY, Best Six Cord. " 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, 2y_ d. To Storekeepers and others—2Bs. and 225. Gd. per gross respectively. EXTRA. QUALITY CROTCHET COTTON, in balls, 4d. each, or 365. per gross. A large assortment of Obnamex-Ai. Boxes, suitable for Presents. '■•-■■'' THE SIMPSON SHAVING MACHINE CO., QUEEN-STREET. PULVERMACHER'S GALVANIC BANDS 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 Diptheria &c, &c.,' &c. Pamphlets, giving full particulars, can be had on application, or will be forwarded by post. All Bands and Batteries will be sold at English prices, with duty and charges added. - tar A Liberal Discount to the Trade. R. BAIRD & CO., Sole Agents for New Zealand. I WRAPPING PAPERS AND PAPER BAGS. JUST LANDED, Ex 'Columbus,' 30 BALES Brown, Grey, and Purple Bags, 2 to 14fl>s. Cartridge Tea Bags, __, 1, and 2_bs Confectioners' Bags, }_ and _J<jlb Biscuit Bags, X> 1> ®oo\ 21bs Flour Bags, 1 to 61bs 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. HPO BUILDERS AND OTHERS. Just Landed, ex City of Auckland— 3 CRATES ROLLED PLATE GLASS, for lighting Verandahs, Dead-lights, Office Partitions, &<_., M, 3/16, % inch. 5 CRATES COLOURED GLASS, Raby, Yellow, Blue, and Green. Will be sold in quantities to suit purchasers at low prices.- R. BAIRD & CO., - Queen-street, near Wellesley-street. pAPERHANGINGS! PAPERHANGINGS! From the celebrated house of Heywood, Higgin botham, Smith and Co. (Limited). orj BALES, low to best qualities. 1 CASE BORDERS, CORNERS, CENTRES, x" &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. R. BAIRD & CO. AKB'S PATENT WHITE ENAMiEL PAINT. . ./ This is rapidly superseding ihe best White Lead at Home. We will be glad to send printed particulars, and a 71b. sample, to the Trade upon application. . R. BAIRD & CO., SOLE AGENTS EOR NEW ZEALAND, ™ QTJEEN-STREET, ' i 1 Two doors above WellealeyHitreet.



J) R-SS j^ATEEI^ ■ r, - . •"■■-. ■; ). .' ■' — *- .... , 7.' NEW SUMMEB qot)j)S XL ATKINS J I HAS JUST OPENED FOR THE BPEIJJQ ~„ SUMMER TRADE A MAGNIFICENT ASSORTMENTS OJ . New Dress Materials, ~ In all Stales akd Quaijtib^^ . Prices to Suit all Ptochasess." THEEE AEE SOME SPECIAIi life Very Beautiful Goods. r.U _<: ; ,7 *. ,' -7 j i '.'(] „ THE WHOLE STOCK OP DRESS;i_SOD& Is well Selected, and the CHOICEST and CHEAPEST IN AUCKLAND.. ' j NEW SUMMER PRINTS. very Heavy Stock of New Prints, bait qualities, excellent pattern*), and fast colours; _;. \ ■jr-jfi" . ' . .... . . . ■; - '7?/ 77]. V-l NEW FRENCH. M t U'_:l/|NS: ! 7'i; 7 . }__\ I, A nice stock of New Muslins; beetTteiich goods, very stylish, and '": beautiful. ;■ ■ - ' • _ >• ''.'.■: J ;, ■ ■ ■ trTArt " .•..•■'- : ■ , ;,.-<.Hh--zh ; , CHEAP WASEIN G S I-__KS. ■_ ■ 'i; A cheap line of Checked Silks at $&. :; per yard; worth 4s. >- ■-'■'■';'' ■ ~ ■:<>.; 77 :. . ■ ~_;_{ ' CHEAP JAPANESE S liv. j Japanese Silks, in all colours, froia l»4& ' I per yard. ■ ... ':" ''•■''' .. '. "'■ :'.' ' N OTE D B LAC E /SILKS A shipment of H.A.s noted Black Siikrjnst to hand, same as last imported, and ; ; : : 20 per dent, below any other "jf^ Silks in the City. . '' NEW JACKETS, CAPES, SI-EMM { ■• : :':;svr JACKETS, ko., in all the NEW, STYLES. A very choice assortment; ;:i MA NCHE ST E R G OQDS. .',-■■ V 7>". 1 ' Si- • -'. 'iflO .<■,.,. ,- JUST OPENED— . ..,(}___ • ;'■ -. ~.; .' ..." ■ ,; ,-,-' .. alio . *_. A Heavy Stock oj? S:_EE_i__GS,~!r_Q>J |IHS> ', :,• . ; 'id t Blankets, Long Curtains, TabM •■-> Linen; Calicoes, &o. , &c.J" M ' 7 .'.■■ ';, '...,: • ... : :.:■ Aill K>. 1 ~, , All ofrthehestmakes, an4,*7,;,ij , ■■;;'.. . as usnal, marked very-Jii ii_9J ' - ' •' . -J ■:?■ 1 moderate in'■:;'• j..j\ em price. ' ' :''x ~ ■•"■-,- :-. : .. ; - .:■'■:, _ fit CLO THIN G, T W EED'Sio*^ j ' .'_ ~.; ■ ■ : '.., '^-ffi 7 J Just opened—New.ClotUng, Hate, Shhtej &c, . Ac., ■' &o.'"'';■'■' ' ■■ -. f?i.f j A SPLENDID LOT OF NEW -'TWEE^ | TAILORS SUPPLIED AT WHOItSAL i "j £92 ; PRICES. . ~,,."; _,{** A LARGE STOCK OF BOYS',o.^ ; YOUTHS* SUITS, fjf ' I ' - .■■'.■■■! : . <_•' ' '-JU& ._.■;;;, ;. raw '^ _«^ ;;;H..:;^_a.:,;T ■■&}I::&1§, ; (Lati Hat ah_ H6_set_a»). /.',' ' fly