FASHION NOTES.

' Large shawla are likely to soon come again in use.

Tilluel is the name of a colour very much in vogue. It is the tint of hemp or ilax.

Fancy shoe bags are made of coarse can vas ornamented with figurosin Persian work.

Small watches foi wearing pendant at the side, are set in crystal, tortoise shell, silver or ebony.

Steel, with feathers, is a favourite hat-trim ming. It is rarely used with flowers. Long steel buckles are specially popular.

The fancy for having a number of rows of buttons up and down a costume if now out of vogue, but small buttons andmany of them are stiil used.

Silver jewelry i 3 becoming very fashion able. Filigree work is most popular", and be sidethe chains, and many chateaine append ages, there are now very beautiful sets of necklaces and ear-rings.

Long waists now being settled upon as fashionable, every endeavor is made to have them appear very long—many ladies always adopt the extreme—so that whalebones are carried almost to the end of the spinal column and it is quite as impossible to sit comfort ably as when bustles of an extraordinary size were in vogue.

c Ouida' was recently presented to the ex- Prince Imperial of France, at Florence.

The Sultan is about to spend 125,000 dols. on the wedding festivities of two of his sis ters.

Fanny Davenport has 30,000 dola. worth of diamonds, and a half interest i :i a big lowa tannery.

They say -whalebone has gone up fifty per cent. The dressmakers say of corsets, true, but they hope it won't stay so. It is anticipated that a large number ot candidates will present themselves for the Harvard examination for women this year.^

WOMEN IN BULGARIA.

MY mission to Bulgaria was a purely polit ical one, but being of a philosophic turn of mind, I thought I might obtain some infor mation concerning what I will term _' the fair sex'—although I was soon convinced that beauty in Bulgaria is something like the blossom of the aloe, only to be met with once in a hundred years. During a term of some weeks I obtained, a good deal of infor mation, which will now, no doubt, be of considerable interest. The progress of a Bulgarian from the cradle to the grave is (m an ordinary life) a kind of pilgrimage through various forms and ceremonies, such as exist in peehaps no other ' Christian country' in Europe. First, every village has its witch, or wise woman, who acts as general adviser, and even aids the priest in many cases which are beyond his very limited powers of comprehension. At such a very important event as the birth of a child this good lady must of course be present, not simply in her capacity of doctor, but in her more mjTsterious ' spiritual, or rather' anti-spiritual,' function. She arrives with various charms, which are presumed to be requisite toward off all evil spirits. To her hands the babe is first consigned, and has to submit to a process which, I tear, will greatly shock English matrons. The witch rubs the baby all over with salt, and after reciting a long kind of benediction, returns the child to its mother. (I have taken the greatest trouble to find out that this ' salting' is actually a fact.) According to the rules of tha Bulgarian Church, it is a crime to wash a child until it as arrived at the 'a^e of reason.' The Church has actually taken the trouble to fix this age at seven years, when, and not till then, a child may have its first wash ; but long before it is carefully taught the hundred and one little formalities of the Bulgarian faith. Even in its most childish actions ' young pickle' has always to ' beware of evil spirits, and the dreadful consequences which would be the result of the most ordinary action of daily life if not counteracted by some equally simple spell. For instance, if sent to the fountain for a jug of water, it is.taught that it must throw a small portion away beiore ' c rinking it, and ever so many similar foolish things. Presuming the child to be a girl, and that she carefully performs all these rules, and is thus spared from all the dangers of life, the next important step will be that of accepting the yoke of a lord and master. The Bulgarian youth chooses his future wife as the bride of the Vicar of Wakefield did hor wedding dress ; he looks out for something that will stand hard usage, and considers good bone and muscle the primary qualities in a helpmeet. The Bulgarians are very free from any kind ot romance or sentimentality : they look upon marriage as a purely business transaction. The subject is usually first arranged by the parents. The suitor then sends a deputation of his friends to the fair ones father, with a formal offer of his hand and heart (to which he might arid, ' a strong arm and a good stick'). The offer being accepted then comes the important financial quest ion. The mother is loath to part with her daughter, and can only be solaced with a little money paid down. Then there is the amount, or rather the value, of the presents to be given by the youny man to the bride, and this must be arranged between her father and the suitor. Each drives as hard a bargain as he can. These financial sub iects being arranged, the next step is the betrothal, and this is a sort of orgie, to which the mutual friends are invited. After n, ' banqust,' consisting of various coarse dishes and plenty of wine, there is a dance and song.*. Then the intended brings m his presents. These are of a very useful nature, such as clothes for the bride, and a necklace of coins of gold or silver, which latter is a sort of dower, and is usually alone worth from £3 to £10. This revel is kept up till daybreak, when most of the company, bride elect included, are often far from sober. For some reasons I have failed to discover, the marriage never takes place until several months after this betrothal. It is true the bridegroom must build himself a 'house :' but, as the ordinary peasant farmer's hut is a one-roomed hovel without even a window, and not ten shill ings Avorth of fitting or furniture inside— this need not be a very serioun task. When however, all this is prepared, and everything else duly arranged, the Miamage is cele ei'ther at the house of the bride or m a church )provided there is one near enough). There is one fact which I nearly forgot, and that is, that about two days before the marriage the bride is actually obliged to taks her "first bath, •which is the only one that a Bulgarian is ever permitted to take. The perfor mance and the marriage over there is another great feast at the house of the bride. The newly wedded couple are 4 anointed' with a shower of grain, which is npured over them to insure their prosperity in future life. After much eating, but con siderably more drinking, the bride and bridegroom are conducted to their ' house,' and tTiere shut up to pass the honeymoon, which in that country (being a very practical people.) only lasts seven days ; but during that time they are kept close prisoners, until H deputation of matrons call for the bride, and take her to the village fountain, where, after making the tour o£ tlie same three times contents of a bucket of water are ihrownovpr b-er> ancl she is then considered 5 o t Tome voii^l call' ver * rauch married-' tural people.

AN ECCENTRIC JURIST.

ANECDOTE OF CHIEF JUSTICE PAR SONS OF MASSACHUSETTS.

Chief Justice Parsons of Massachusetts was born in 1750 and died in 1813, and is described as 'the earliest o£ that grand group of lawyers who founded and embellished our jurisprudence '

When Parsons was elevated to the Bench he was for some years very unpopular with the leading lawyers. He tried to reduce the trial of cases to his own notions. The cruel est thing he did was to limit counsel in their addresses to the jury, and to prohibit their discussion of untenable propositions. He insisted on their stating their points to the Court before commencing their summing up, and was quite apt to remark, as was our late Judge Grover, ' I don't think there is any thing in that point.' This raised a furious storm against him all over the Commonwealth, and nothing but his imperturbable good nature and his unquestioned fairness enabled him success fully to persevere. One distinguished law yer, expostulating, said, ' Your Honor did not argue your own cases in the way you require us to.' ' Certainly not; but that was the Judge's fault, not mine,' was his reply. Tristram Burgess of Rhode Island once felt so aggrieved by the Judge's conduct in a law trial that after court he harangued a crowd outside the court-house on the subject of the Judge's 'insupportable tyranny.' Noticing that some of his hearers were look ing back and laughing, he soon discovered the Judge himself on the outskirt of the crowd, listening patiently to him, and presently coming up he said, ' Brother Burgess, if you get through in time Igwish you would come in and dine with me.' ' I give it up,' said Burgess, and taking his arm went with. him.

On one occasion Mr. Sullivan (afterward Governor) had had some bitter words with him in a trial, and while Parsons was arguing the case Sullivan picked up his antagonist's hat, a broad-brimmed, black one, and wrote on it with chalk, ' This is the hat of a rascal,' and held it up in view of the bar. Parsons stopped, took his hat, held it up to the Court, and said, ' May it please your Honor, I crave the protection of the Court. Brother Sullivan has been stealing my hat and writing his own name on it. !'

He had been at Hartford on business to ward the end of winter, in a close carriage on runners ; there were signs of a thaw, and he prepared to leave on Sunday. The inn keeper warned him that he would be arres ted, bnt he pushed on. After he had ridden a few miles the tithing man came up with him and ordered him to stop. Parsons ordered the driver to turn out to the side of the road, fasten his horses and come inside the carriage. ' But I want you to turn back with me,' said the officer ' No,' said Parsons, ' you are only authorized to stop me ; you have done so', and here I am going to re main.' The officer gave it up, returned home alone, and Parsons pursued his journey undisturbed.

He was fond of horses and tobacco ; also of good * old Jamaica.' He put his tobacco to good use on one occasion at least ; he captured an eagle that had alighted on his fence by quietly approaching it and blowing tobacco smoke in its face until it was stupefied. He was fond of society, and of talking. When Judge Grcenleaf told his daughter, Elizabeth that he was going to bring Mr. Parsons home to dinner with him, the young lady who had then never met him', exclaimed : 'Do you mean Mr. Par sons whom everyone is talking about ? Why, I sliall not dare to utter a word. ' Well,' said the Judge, ' you need not : he will talk for himself, and you too, if you wish it. His last words were strikingly similar to these of Chiet Justice Tcnderton. ' Gentle men of the jury, the case is closed, and in your hands. You will-please retire and agree upon your verdict.'

MR. DARWIN'S NEW WORK.

The Gardners' Chronicle announce« the issue of Mr/ Darwin's new work on The Effects of Cross and Self-fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom, and considers that this book, with its wondrous array of facts, must constitute an epoch in the history of veget able physiology in its application to horticul ture. The general scope of the work is in dicated by saying that it is a record of numberless experiments, extending over a dozen years, upon crossed and self-fertilised plants, with a view of contrasting the rela tive heights, weight, and degree of fertility, in the offspring in the case of the various crossed and self-fertilised species respec tively. The first chapter is devoted to in troductory matter, the succeeding five to re cords of experiments with plants of various orders, the seventh to a summary of the heights and weights of the crossed and self fertilised plaints, the eighth to the difference in constitutional vigor between crossed and self-fertilised plants respectively, the ninth to the effects of the cross fertilisation and self-fertilisation in the production of seeds. In the tenth chapter the means of fertilisa tion are discuased, in the eleventh the habits of insects in relation to the fertilisation, of flowers, andjthe twelfth and last is devoted to a summary of general results, showing cross fertilisation to be beneficial and self-fertilisa ion to be injurious. One important prin ciple is recognised by Mr. Darwin-that cross-bred seedlings are almost invariably more robust than, those which are produced by the action of the pollen on the ovules of the same fio'ver, or of the same. individual plant. But he says the mere act of crossing does no good ; the good depends on the in dividuals which are crossed differing slightly in constitution, owing to> their progenitors having been subjected, during several gene ations, to slightly different conditions, or to what we call, in our ignorance, spontaneous variation. Thus is justified the common practice with horticulturists of obtaining seeds from different localities, and which have been grown under different conditions, so that the error and evil consequences of raising plants, for a long succession of gene rations under the same conditions may be avoided. . Therefore it would be a better plan to obtain the seeds of the required variety which had been raised for some generations under as different conditions as possible, and sow them in alternate rows with seeds matured in the old garden. The two stocks would then intercross with a thorough blending of their whole organisa tions, and with no loss of purity to the variety; and this would yield far more favourable results than a mere exchange of seeds.

The Frenchman's Turkey.

' Dou you see zat turkey, sare V said an excited Frenchman to the Prosecutiug Attorney's clerk, one morning, holding xip a scrawny turkey, which gave out a most impressive odor.

' I kin smell it,' said Joe Coffcy. ' Veil, sare, I have ze cold in my head, and zis morning I go to ze marquette, and I ask ze man how mush is ais turkey. His look at me and zay, ' You have a bad cold, sare?' I zay <oui,' and he tell me two dollars et dernie pour ze oiseau, I Day him and take it to my vife, and she keek me and ze turkey out, and tell me I am stink like ze polecat skonk. I vant ze paper zat he be place in ze bastile ; Josoi Lemairo is heea name, and — ' 'Theft ps warrant was made out with lightning -^d, the oath taken in the smallest frac tion o. ? a Wnci> and the. outraged Parisian and his turkej* y°4!fc.ely kicked out, but the window had to' be ..'^ ope* all the ion noon before the occupant!* Of tna p|fjco SOtaied tQ thM of tt» uowwt Wra, i

OUT OF THE DARKNESS

A time comes to each of us when the feeble knees tremble, the hands drop helplessly and the head droops low —while the cry, • O Lord, how long ! how long !' rises from a breaking heart. Such a time had come to Alice Day. There seemed no way to turn; want and suffering stared her in the face. She was weighed down with sorrow and despair; the tears seemed dried in their fountains ; her lips and throat were parched ; there was no hope, no help ; not a crust in the house, and no money to buy anything with. The stirring of her little boy, slee|>mg on the bed, drove her almost frantic. She jumped up, walking the floor rapidly, wringing her hands in dry, tearless despair. A sudden turn caused her to face a tiny, well-darned scarlet sock hanging from the mantel shelf, waiting for Santa Glaus. ' Poor little one I It will kill me ! My poor darling ! If I only had something for him ! — and lie had such faith in Santa Glaus. May God help me !' She had caught the little empty stocking, and kissed it. She sank down on her knees, short, dry sobs shaking her frame. After a while she grew calmer. Perhaps prayer had given her strength to endure. She_ got lip and went busily to work, out of little scraps winding and covering a ball; out of paste-board fashioning a jumping-jack ; and covering a switch for a whip, plaiting a string-lash and cracker for it. Then Harry's Christmas toys were done. She put them into the stocking, the poor little ball in the toe, the jumping-jack and whip standing bravely in the leg.' Then she broke down utterly, sobbing, 'If I only had Ta cake for him ; and I promised him new shoes. Poor little darling. I must. mend the old ones and they have been mended so often. Oh Harry, Harry ! I wonder if you can look down' from heaven and see us this night ?' ;

She could hear the hurrying feet on the sidewalk. Surely there seemed plenty everywhere, only she had nothing for her boy. There was no bread in the house, but, strange as it may seem, the knowledge that her little one could have no Christmas was hurting her more than all the other wants. Her own childhood had been so happy, and Christmases bright as wealth and love could make them, and her boy had nothing. Oh, it was hard, hard ! Christmas morning was clear, and crisp, and bright. Little Harry waked, eagerly jumped up to find his stocking, then crouched down by the poor fire to examine his treasures. Mrs. Day hid her face with a cry for help. At last Harry reached the toe.

' Why, mamma, Santa'didn't bring me any cake or candy !' His mother caught him up in her arms, and trying to speak bravely, sobbed all the more as she tried to comfort him.

' Santa forgot it. Naughty Santa !' ' No, no, mamma ; you said lie was good to good little boys.' 1 Never mind, Harry, we'll go down town now. Come,? get on your clothes.' Poor thing, she prayed to be forgiven for her deception. She hurried the child, fearing he might ask for breakfast. They went down to a large grocery store, one side of which was filled with toys. Harry was delighted, and would look at everything. Mrs. Day kept her veil closely drawn, for the tears were dropping fast. She made her way as speedily as Harry would permit to the proprietor. ' Mr. Baker, will you let me have six pounds of Hour? I cannot pay you this morning.' ' Never mind about that, Mrs. Day; it will be nil right. I have some very nice dried beef. Won't you have some of that ?'

' No, thank you.' ' Just lot. me give you some to try.' The good-natured man ordered his clerk to put up the Hour and beef. lie then went to the ease, putting up a small bag of candy. 'Here, Harry, did Santa come down tbi.s morning ?' ' Yes, sir ; but lie didn't— —' His mother hurried him away before he could snake any disclosures. She hastened borne to prepare their meaner breakfast, reserving the beef for their Christmas din ner.

It was no happy holiday for Alice Day ; there was, happily, work to be done on an unfinished; garment for Mrs. Velours, whose little boy she could now sec, hatted and furred, coasting down the hill opposite her window.

Presently Harry's jumping-jack came to an end, and he got tired of thie ball because it would not bounce, then his cry was for a sled. The paste-board box came again into requisition, and a sled was made; which quite pleased the little fellow. It did not last long in the wet snow, but Harry was so busy watching the larger boys, with their gay painted sleds on the hill, that he did not know his own was oozing away. Through the day Alice sewed, thought and prayed, for this Christmas day seemed harder to bear than all the hard days that had come since young Dr. Day had been stricken down, and one morning died, leav ing his wife and baby penniless. Christmas is a longer day to the miserable than to the happy, and it seemed to Alice Day as if it would never end. It grew colder as night came on, and the coal was out. She was fast getting desperate. ' What matters it ; better die now than live and suffer,' was the thought continually ringing and re peating itself in her brain. Perhaps she would have been crazed before morning had not a hoarse cough roused her. Cough after cough rang through the house, and soon Harry was in the terrible throes of croup. She ran for the nearest physician, thinking now ' his father was a doctor, ho can have help without pay.' The doctor came promp tly and worked' faithfully, but by morning the child died.

Oh, how useless all the clay's anxiety. The poor little whip and ball were now laid away sacredly ; they were the last things his baby hands had held. "Weeks before, Mrs. Day had written to a former friend, aud after long delay an an swer came the day after Harry was buried, telling her that copying had been procured for her, and to come on immediately. ' Too late to save my boy ! Oh, if it liad been a few days sooner ?' ' Still she made ready to go ; there was only misery in staying. * * * Mr. Ransom, of the firm of Ransom and Pay, sat in his office in Wall-street convers ing with a gentleman. 'If you can wait, our copyist will soon be in with the papers. You will find them beautifully done. She does the finest work we have ever had.'

'You employ a woman then?' 'Yes, a lady, formerly a wealthy one of this city. Ah, there she is now. Good morning, Mrs. Day, Mr. Jewell was just waiting for the papers.' Mr. Jewell rose hastily. ' Mrs. Day ? I am not mistaken, then, in recognizing my old friend, Alice Mortimer.' Mrs. Day knew him instantly. She ex tended her hand saying ; 'I scarcely supposed you wouldjrecognize me, Mr. Jewell, I have sadly changed since I saw you last.' 1 1 should have known you anywhere—l have never forgotten your face.' There were questions asked and answered then, as Mrs.- Day turned to go, Mr. Jewell said ' I. will bo in the city a day or so, and hope to have the pleasure of calling on you, if you will give me your address.' «Mr. Ransom can give it,' she replied. ' I am glad to have mat an old friend.' She hurried away, for the meeting had recalled the past in all its sweetness and sorrow. The last evening when she had seen Mr. Jewell, she had stood in herjfather's elegant home, Harry Day's happy bride. Now they were all gone, father, husband and child, and the blessing of life with them, She felt as if no one had ever been afflicted just as she had been. ' Will you give me Mrs. Day's address ?' said Mr. JewolJ. after o, long talk with Mr. •EftHßOltt. ' yesj but t hardly think fUg ytmM y?u te aval* jfPttwetf 9* »V

'lam sorry,' replied Mr. Jewell, 'for certainly intend to call. To be candid, Ransom, I might have won Alice Morti mer for my wife, and given her wealth and position, had not Dr. Day, a noble fellow, but poor, appeared on the scene.' Mr. Jewell made his call on that same evening, and. it was a pleasant renewal of the old friendship. His home was in Pennsylvania, not so far away that he did not often find it con venient to visit New York.

Alice Day had trained her hands well, and worked as a skilled workingwoman, receiving good wages and doing well, until the following Autumn ; then she was pros trated by typhoid fever. It was well she had made friends in her lodging-house, and had one faithful woman to nurse her. The money was made to go as far as possible, but when Alice Day could sit up she found her savings exhausted and her wants all cared for by her friends. She wrote in stantly to Ransom and Pay for work. Even this effort tired her, and she was growing disheartened at the prospect, Avhen her friend, Miss Fox, opened the door, saying ' Mrs. Day, here is your friend, Mr Jewell. She was so weak and so depressed, and in a moinont so conscious that help had come, that she felt baby enough to cry. ' Why did you not let me know you were ill. And you have been all alone, too, said Mr. Jewell, looking tenderly at the pale weak woman before him. 1 Mr. Ransom told me to-day you have had no one to care for your. Could you not have sent for an old friend when you were in trouble ?'

' Oh, you were so far away,, she an swered.

' Not so far that I would not have come instantly.' She blushed aa she replied, 'Oh, I did very well, indeed I did. Dear Mary Fox was so good to me. But I have forgotten to ask you to be seated.' She had also forgotten that he still held her hand, and was looking anxiously into her thin face. ' You are too young and too feeble to be left alone, Alice. Why not come to me and let me care for you ? I have never married, never forgotten that I loved Alice Mortimer better than I could ever love another woman.'

' Love me !' said Mrs. Day, in surprise,

' Yes, Alice, before Harry Day saw you, but from the day you met him, I saw that you both loved! I loved you too dearly, Alice, to allow my wealth to weigh with your father in a decision against the man you loved.' ' You were very noble,' said Alice.

' But now,' siiid Mr. Jewell, 'we arc both alone, and I have hoped that you might m time learn to love me. Can you not, Alice?' Mrs. Day sat with her face buried in her hands. She at last looked up, the tears stiJl on her lashes-,

' 1 belived 1 have learned to love you a little !' and her face crimsoned.

' I will take you at that,' he .said laughing ly, ' and try to cultivate that small liking of yours into something better.' ' lam so alone,' she said as if making excuse to herself. I loved Harry dearly, yes, and love him now, but life looks-80 long and dreary. I would not be a loveless wife to you,—who have .shown how much you caved for me. Are. you not afraid to trust me V

' No, Alice, I believe you will make mo a true, loving wife. If you had not met Harry Day you might have loved me years

•i"o.' ' Yew, I (liink I might.' • That is enough for me. Revere Harry Day's memory as you will, ho was worthy of it. I sliall not 1)6 Jealous of your affec tion for tiie dcuil, Alice. But you arc too weak to lie left alone. 1 can only cure for you as your husband —don't shrink away. I know it seertis out of taste, but let iw be sensible , it is no one's business but our own. If the doctor will permit, let me make arrangements to have you taken to the Fifth Avenue Hotel the last of the week. We can bo married there quietly, with Mr. Ransom for a witness.1

'And Mary Fox, too,' said Alice, 'she has been so good to me !' ' Certainly ; and would yon not like to have her go with you to the hotel to remain until our marriage '!'

'Thanks, yes ; but/Mr. Jewell, it .seems bo indelicate to -bo married in such haste ; no lime for preparation.' 1 Not indelicate when I may lose my wife if I. leave her to take care of herself. You are tired now; let me call your friend again. You must try and sleep now. I will leave you until to-morrow.' He went away, sending that good Mary Fox to sympathize with and care for her. The marriage took place quietly two •weeks afterwards, and Mr. Jewell took his bride for a long tour through Europe, hop ing to bring her back strong and well, with the sad memories of the past less vivid in her recollection.

ON THE FALLING OFF OF LADIES' HAIR.

Ladies are often in trouble about their hair between the ages of seventeen and thirty. The hair may be unruly ;it may come out; the scalp may be at fault, or the fat "lands act improperly. The hair may be too dry, and get brittle ; this arises sometimes from the too free use of spirit washes of various kinds, or from dyes. The remedy is plain. The great complaint is that the hair gets thin. If there be any debility present, the hair "will mostly thin out. In these case it is as well, for a time at any rate, to keep the hair rather shorter than usual, and to take general tonics. If there be indigestion present, this must be remedied; if neuralgia, quinine should be taken. The most troublesome instances of loss of hair On record have fol lowed in the wake of violent attacks of neuralgia of the head, brought on by disappointment, or some mental excitement or depression. In these cases very much may be done by the use internally of remedies that give tone to the nervous system, such as nux vomica, bark, quinine, and steel. After these have done good service, local applications, especially amonia are serviceable.

It i 3 a fashion with very many young ladies to wear their hair in different styles, that necessitate frequent variation in its length. Now, this is productive of much harm. At one time nature has to furnish a large, or at other times a small crop, and hence is puzzled, or ao unhitched or unbal anced that she does not afford a supply of nourishment when called upon to do so, and lapses into a state of indifferent weakness in consequence. The one great_ cause of thinning of the hair is unquestionably general debility. We advise, in the majority of such cases, that a teaspoonfnl of tincture of gentian, with about ten drops of diluted hydrochloric acid, be taken twice a day, in a wineglass* ful of water, and the scalp rubbed with some such as the following lotion, night and morning : Distilled vinegar, 2 oz. ; tincture of mix vomica, 3 dr; tincture of capsicum, 7 dr. ; otto of roses, 2 drops. ; and rosewater 4 oz. It is almost; identical with the mix vomica lotion of Oox'byn and Co., the chemists, Bond-street, the very best pre paration of its kind. Now, the heated and crowded rooms at bolls and parties arc in some cases very injurious to ;i good Btate of the hair. The gas acts very hurtfully in those cases in which the hair and the scalp rtra very dry. The only plan here is to use to the sculp such a simple preventive as the glycerine lotion we have recommended.

At no time is general thinning of the hair more marked or more frequent than after confinements, or in mothers who are nursing, when ill a somewhat debilitated condition. Here general tonics are needed, The following lotion of a stimulating charaoter may be employed with great advantage at ths Btyße %m\ PietiUqd, Y«Wjpi S.'os.j

rum, 1 oz. ; glycerine, 2 dr. ; tincture of lytta, 4 dr., elder-flower water, 4 oz. ;or tincture of bark, 4 dr. ; cherry-laurel water 4 oz.; glycerine, 2 dr. It will be seen at once that'the treatment of almost all cases of general thinning of the hair is not merely local, but constitutional, and that we may pour and besmear tons of the most nutritious liquids and pastes, pomades, and the like, upon an unfortunate head, without doing much good. It is necessary that the machi nery itself be given the power to work healthily and happily, and such power is given from the nutritive organs in the cen tre of our bodies, and by the vital fluid that flows in our veins aud arteries. —" Queen.

REMINISCENCES OF THE TOWER OF LONDON.

' AT the present moment,' writes the ' Daily- News' of Decembor 15, 1376", ' the office of works is engaged in clearing out and re storing the chapel within the precincts of the Tower of London, known as St. Peter's ' ad vincula'. It was here that the state prison ers who died in the Tower, or were beheaded on the adjoining hill, were generally in terred, {according to the custom, in plain deal coffins,'often with quicklime to destroy them more rapidly, and always without plates by which their bodies might be subsequently identified, Luckily, at this time, the secre tary to the office of works is a gentleman who, by his writings as well as by such por tions of his collections as have passed into the possessionjof the South Kensington Museum, shows himself to be both a student and an artist, and it is owing to his reverent care, that in clearing out the vaults of the Tower Chapel the dead have given up some of their secrets. The Tower records have been care fully searched, and the information has been applied to each coffin as it was brought to light. First almost among them was one _ly ing far down the nave containing bones which according to the opinion of the surgeon, were those of a woman of at least 65 or 70 years of age. The records show that in some such spot's was interred the body of Margaret Pole Countess of Salisbury, whom Henry VIII. caused to be beheaded in 1541. Near the al tar, ' in a common elm-tree chest made to put arrows in,' were the remains of another woman, young and delicately made, and whose ' lyttel neck' would give the heads man so little trouble to sever. These are al most certainly those of Anne Boleyn. _ Not far oil' the diggers came upon the remains of what must have been a man of more than or dinory stature ; and on comparing contem porary chronicles with the official records, these were identified as the remains of Dud ley, Duke of Northumberland,. Of his daughter Lady Jane Grey, no trace has as vet been discovered, and it is feared that in her case, as probably in the case of many others, the later coiners have disturbed the resting-places of the original occupants, and as in no case was there even the presence of honour or respect shown to the remains of state criminals, it is not improbable that Lady Jane Grey and her coffin may have long since been ground to powder. Amongst the other persons buried in the chapel, may be mentioned Sir John Eliot, the Duke of Momnouth, Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, and the Lords Ralmerino, Kilmarnock, and Lovat, implicated in the Scottish rebellion of 17-45.

Hans' Witnesses.

' Did he hit you on the nose ?' said the court. ' Veil, py chings, I. dinks he did. I tought I vos kicked myself mit a mool. It vos bleeding' like a lire hose, nnd I can broof it. Shust li>ok here,' said lie, pointing to some thing wrapped up in a paper and looking like a bale of h.*iy or a load of rags.

' What have you got there. ' Uli, dem'a der witnesses. Dot's verc I loosed my plood. Ain't dot awful?'said be, pointing to a traingular blood stain as big as a half dollar on the bosom of the shirt.

'Well, that'll do ; put them away.' ' Vait a miuoot. Ulfyer seen der under squirt you got excited,' and he hauled out a dilapidated red flannel garment, where, after much bother, he discovered a small red spot, less faded than the other portions Then he went for the pants and fouuowhere. one drop had lighted on the right Id , near the boot. He kept it up until theegcourt' patience gave out, which win e d tc the bailiff, at which sign the latterk messed himself to the witness's ear and steered the clothes exhibition out into the hall.

How She Helped Him Out.

c I hardly know what kind of an offering to make you for the coming Christmas,' fondly lisped a young Chicago fellow to his true love, in her father's parlor, one evening last week.

'You don't?' said she. fNo/ said he. A pause of several moments here took place, when suddenly slie laid her little head upon his shoulder, and murmured : ' An offering did you say ?' 'Yes, dear,'he replied, ' I can't contrive what kind of a one to make you.' ' Ah-hem,' said she, clearing her throat. And then she purled forth in silvery, cooing notes :

'Edward, dear, an engage ment ring b-be an offer-ring ?' It Was an awful thing to do what she did, but he didn't seem to care for that he Y/as, so glad—and besides it was Leap Year yet.

A Chromo with a Drink.

Henry A. Jones, brother of Nevada's Senator, tells the following good story on one of his fellow townsmen :

While in iftew York City, during the late cold and snowy weather, making his way with difficulty against the blinding storm, he was accosted by a familiar voice, whfch, on recognition, proved to be an old acquaint ance from Gold Hill.

The time, circumstances of meeting and well known bibulous disposition of his new found friend, all conspired to the usual invi tation to ' take a drink.' Seeking the first spacious bar, our friend nominated his ex hil arant, as' whisky straight.' The shining decanter and glasses were passed down, when pouring out the fiery fluid it rose one, two, three, four fingers high, yes, even full, flush to the top of the tumbler, and the cus tomer seemed to reluctantly stop pouring even at that, evidenly regretful that it would hold no more. The barkeeper could hardly believe that a single person would have the face to go so far as emptying a bot tle, and, tintil he saw it done, had no idea that any man could master such a potion at a single swallow. Without loss of breath, however, our Nevadaite cleared the glass at one bending of the elbow, and without grimace or change of countenance threw down his quarter dollar on the counter. ' What is that for ?' said the barkeeper. ' To pay for my drink, of course,' said our friend.

' Oh, no ; none of that,' replied ho of the house, ' you don't owe us a cent; on tho contrary, we always throw in a chromo with a drink like that.'

Henry says the entire seuna was \m tregque.

A noted miser, having relented so much as to give a beggar a sixpence, suddenly dy ing soon after, the attendant physician gave it as bis opinion that death resulted from ' enlargement of the heart.'

A young fellow offered to bet tho princi pal of a young ladies' seminary who was boasting of the proficiency in parsing of his pupils, that he hadn't a girl in his school who would decline a husband.

A professional beggar boy, some ten years of age, ignorant of the nrt of reading, bought a card to put on his breast, and appeared in the public street as a ' Poor Widow with

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Indies have the pull of gentlemen. Lav. "are following the profession of dentistry in New York. Wrencham, in his cynieil snanner, approves of this, and the roasoa for bis approval is, because ' Women (he says) are umversallyacknowleged to be most pr&c< tM hand? at etopptog men's mouths,'



A BERDEEN POLISHED GRANITE ±\_ MONUMENTS, In Red and Blue, from £0, Free on board ship to any part ot New Zealand. - Inscriptions Accurate, and Beautiiui. Plans and Prices FBKK from JOHN LKGGE Sculptor. AhP.rdflftn. Scqllhtkl. EDEN TTINE lIOTEL, V JLX eden terrace. List of Prices :— Martell and Hennessey's Brandy, 1/6^bottle Grcenlcss and Colville's Campbelton Whisky 4/and 'l'G-<proof) l!'bottle Dnnville'a Whisky, 4/ per bottle Rum, 3/; Old Jamaica (proof), 4/ ; small, 2/ >o> bottle Cousen's Sherry (best). 4/; small, 2/ $ bottle Sandiman's (best) Port, 4/ ; small, 2/ tf bottle] Amontillado .Sherry, »/; small, 2/(5 $ bottle Old Tawny Port, 5/; small, 2/6 c! bottle English Ginger Wine, 3/ $ bottle. In Case (Genuixe Brands) : Hennessey's and Martell's'Brandy, 5/6 Wbottlo Bisnuit Dubouche's Brandy, 5/ i-> bottle Schiedam Schnapps, 4/G; small, 2/(5 "fl bottle Geneva, JDKZ, large, 4/; small, 2/9 P bottle Old Tom, i/ <® bottle Danville's Whisky, 4/ tf bottle Townsend's Sarsaparilla, 5/ per bottle English Ale and Porter (best brands), 1/3* 'bottle. All Spirits sold by the Gallon (over-proof) same as from Bonded Store. Assorted cases of the above made up for Families and Picnic Parties. Terms strictly Cash (no exceptions). SAMUEL EVINSOX, Pkopkietob. Auckland. llth March, 3877. The undersigned begs to inform his numerous customers, and the public generally, and espe cially the working classes, that he has just received Direct from England, and imported to his own order, another SHIPMENT of the CLOTHING FROM THE WEST END OF LONDON, of the same Fashionable Styles and and Materials which were so much admired here a short time ago. They will be sold at a Great Reduction on the former low prices, owing to the fact that being Bought for Cash a very large discount was allowed him, in con sequence of dull times prevailing at home. The public are well aware that the advertiser has the best chance of offering Bargains to them than any other Clothier in town, for the simple reason that he keeps no long array of assistants, but attends to the. wants of his customers him self, being on the premises from 7 a.m. tiil 10 p.m., and takes especial pride in seeing them well suited, both as regards Qualify, Style, and Price. During his long business career, by attending to the üborc, increase of custom has been his reward. His Stock throughout has always been noted for the best and well-spoken of, no.RUBBISH finding a place on his shelves, and he makes it a rule never to Bey other pjople's Old Rubbish at Auction :ilso, but, always keeps replenishing it from the Btst Home Manufacturers, selected by his own buyer. When any of the Stock becomes out of Date, instead of trying to pass it off on Cus tomers as Bankrupt's .Slock a'; enormous •:.'icri ftce, ho prefers getting rid of it, and sendmgit himself to auction. ~ He does not believe in having his Creditors Selling his Goods by Auction, but sells them himself to the public at a Low Figure, acting 011 the old adage, " Small Profits and Quick Returns." There is no PUFF ING about him. His advertisements arc always genuine, and are paid for out of his own pocket, and not out of those of his creditors. They know they are always sure of having their claims paid in full, and so Ict3 him "rip." The proof of the above-mentioned can always be found if the uub'ic will only look at the manifests of t!ie different ships always arriving hero from London, I. Levy's name always figuring pro minently as a Large Emporteb. SPECIAL NOTICE.—As I. Levy is a Profes sional Tailor, and has been a long timein business hero, it. stands to reason that be k;iows the Style of Goods to suit the public, and no Customer has any occasion to leave the Shop without the different purchases lit to perfection. A SPECIAL FISATURK is onu case of New arid Old Fashioned SlylCS Of EXTRA BIG STZK MKS'S TROUST3RS AXD Vksts, and Shirts, length from 11 inches to 17^ collars (a rarity in any city*. This shipment was secured solely that no difficulty will be met in securing Clothing to lit Bhorfc and stout people. Also, a second case of Trousers and Vests suited for tall ami slender persons. JUST TO HANI): Overcoats (Ulsters), and Boy's and Youths' Clothing and Knickerbockers in large variety. Please Step ix Before Going Elsewhere. Note the Address: T. L E V V, MONSTER CLOTHING ESTABLISHMENT, 210, QUEEN-STKEET, (Opposite McArthur's New Building). j3**>^ TQABSENGERS' LINE OF JzMm^ Jl packets to new zea *B*3tt&z*E&n& Owned by Messrs Shaw, Savill & Co., 34, Leadenhall-street, London. The above Line of Ships are REGULAR TRADERS to all the principal ports of New Zealand. They are clipper ships, classed Al at Lloyds, and commanded by experienced masters. The Bill of Fare is most substantial and of the best quality, and the accommodation roomy and convenient. The undersigned are empowered to grant passages from London to New Zealand, payment tor which has been guaranteed in the Colony. Return ships to London also leave at almost regular intervals. Full particulars on application to L. D. NATHAN & CO., ) OWEN & GRAHAM, [ Agents. CRUICKSHANK & CO.. j .-ji^a^ mHE NEW ZEALAND J3|«§P^^ JL SHIPPING COMPANY Head Office : Christohurch, N.Z. London Branch: 84,Bishopsgate-street within. THE COMPANY'S FLEET consists of :— Tons. Tons. TheHURUNUI ..1054 The WAIKATO ..1053 MATAURA.. 898 WAIMATE ..1157 OPAVVA 1000 WAIMEA.... S7l ORARI 105-1 WAIPA 1057 OTAKI 1053 WA1R0A....1057 PIAKO 1000 WAITANGI 1161 RAKAIA ....1057 WAITARA .. 833 RANGITIKI 1225 WANGANUIIOOO These magnificent clippers are of the highest class at Lloyd's, purchased or built specially to meet the requirements of the trade between the United Kingdom and New Zealand. The saloons and state cabins are superbly fitted and arranged and provided with every requisite for the com fort at the passengers, who are provided with bedding and all caoin fittings. The dietary scale is most liberal. Second-class and steerage accommodation is all that can be desired, and the ships are commanded by experienced mas ters. The Company also eh arters ships of the highest class as required, and vessels are despatched from London to each of the principal ports of the colony with strict punctuality every month. The Company has always ships loading home ward from New Zealand. Arrangements for the passages of friends to and from the colony, and also for the conveyance of cargo, can be made at tha Head dffioe, Christchurch, or at any of the Branohes in the colony. AUCKLAND BRANCH—93, Queen-street , rfu^ mHE NEW ZEALAND J|j||p|^ JL SHIPPING CO.'S LINE. 2§||||g||f FOR LONDON DIRECT. ThojSuperior Iron Clipper Barqua LOCH URR, 100A1, 716 tona register, Samuel Murdoch, Commander, having a large part of her cargo engaged, will have quick despatch. For freight orpassagi- apply to THE NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING CO. (LIMITED), Agents. ■to-ilson" & co.s celebrated TT BAKING POWDER.--Thi.fi now famed Baking Powder, manufactured by Messrs. Wil son & Co.. may v> 8 had from any respectable Gropr, o_c from t> wholesale agents. Messrs. INatbftp. « Co. Tha Powder ia free from any uaujl.KVi.ouK ij]j;}'odior.t which id often found in msiij Bakjf.ig Powders. The local testimonial" aw df tj-.srnsfllroß sufficient guarantee as * puiity &»t! efdeiuncy. it ia "by far i»- <-oi^ imported article. Aak for W"" jyond the BAKIWG POWDHS. See tV & Co.'S PGPIy marked by fcho U- ■ - every label is pro- Mrj ikr-f-f*" •*nurßoturora. ■ KXt*£>t- t-£F N~S"'BUS between le»Yeaa£oiiowit- and NE™4RKET will {BAS a.m. /q on „ -m „, 10.1Sa.m. Mi am a .S 10. 1L45 a.m. From 1* fo^'m Auckland j 1.16 p.m. ew^^ket l If^'



GHOLLAfi'S ~~~ (xkeat Indian Qj IVvo THE MOST POPULAR MEDTnTXrwc. r, YET INTROD^^Mt^^ In consequence of their" provm<* tn 1™ , stated of them, and all fukom e a Pl ?ffi bl what * travagant exasperations about them bSL° r ex" fully avoided. l Dei&gcare- Their worth and merit have secumri f« «. in every part of New Zealand tß^S^e* the public. They have cured W B te0f caseß of sickness, and TESTIMO\~T \? q -n{unß to those given below arebeiiv rceciv,^similar parts of the Colony by the Proprietor-I m "Kensington, Dunedin, Ist March.W « Having occasion to use yom- Aperient MrVTn • and having derived much benefit therifl^ have.much pleasure in testifying tottSSi 1 ifji"nio™ nding lt tG ot^--SS; "Pier Hotel, Dxmedin, 26th May, 1876-(a. Having been much benefited by the uspW '~ Indian Medicine, I have great pleasS^ my testimony as to its efflcacv, andean™* s mend others to try it. Some oVrn ™ r &cotn. have also been using these medicines, « very favourably of them, and have recS much benefit from their use.-(Signed), Opheu* ''"%* GTaalmera, New Zealand, 3rd July «y. Sir,—l think it my duty to state that yourhhni lah's Rheumatism Mixture has proved i^^ 1" case to be all that you have represented it to £ y. and for the sake oi: those whe may be suffprfn™ the misery and torture of severe Rheumatism such as I endured previous to taking vom- ,v valuable medicine I beg to state that I had bin suffering the most excruciating agony S severe Rheumatism for over two years T cn ,,rJ not rest at night. My appetite was gone mS general health shattered, and the pains'throueh ' out my limbs and loins were constant and almoi" insupportable. Iwa 3 induced to try your 11W matism Mixture, and found myself getting better after taking three bottles? of it. I continued taking the medicine for about six weeks ana became perfectly restored to health, being per fectly cured of all pain or symptoms of Rheuma" tism. My appetite is excellent, and I sleep w e l] at night.—Signed), Fred. Williams." "Dunedin, 10th July, 1876.—Sir,—I have plea sure in stating, for the benefit of others, that I have derived the most unexpected good results from the use of Gho'lah's Rheumatism Mixture I had been suffering from very severe rheumatic attacks for about 15 years, accompanied by most agoifising pains in my limbs and loins, through which my rest was much disturbed at night, my appetite very imperfect, and my general health altogether impaired. I am happy to state that I am now free from the pains I had experienced for so many years. I can sleep well at night, my appetite and general health are much improved and I can attend to my business and house duties' This happy change has been brought about by the use of your Rheumatism Mixture for about two months.—l am, Sir, yours gratefully,. (Signed), S. Pickett." "Dunedin, Slst August, 1876.—Sir,—Having taken yoiir Ghollah's Rheumatic Mixture for some considerable time, and having been com pletely cured by its use, of the very severe rheu matic gout from which I had suffered most severely for the last ten years, I can bear testi mony to its most extraordinary curatic powers. lam now free from all pain, and well in my health, and have the free use of my hands and feet, which I had not previous to taking your medicine. I think it right to state, for thebene nt of others suffering the tortures thatLeaehu'ed for the period above stated, that I attribute my restoration to health and freedom from pain entirely to the use of your invaluable medicine. I can strongly recommend it chose suffering from, rheumatism or gout.—(Signed), Jokx Griffen. J.P." These invaluable Medicines are to be had throughout New Zealand, and in Auckland of all Chemists and respectable Medicine Vendors. BROWN, BARRETT & CO., Wholesale Agents for Auckland Province. rjn HE UN DEE SIGNED — HAVE ON SALE PORT—Superior Old Tied, in wood and bottle SHERRY—Superior Qualities and brands bottled and in butts, hhds., qr,-casks, and octaves BRANDY—Hennessy's and MarteU's, in wood and case. Also, tine old Vintages for private lies. W.T. RUM—3O 0.p., in hhds. and qr.-casks WHlSKY—Dunvills's, Grecnless and Colville's, HherrifFs Isjay, John Eraser's Brackla, and Jameson's in bulk, and Lome's Highland, Danville's, and Stewart's in cases OLD TOM—Browning's, in bulk; Booth's, Bur nett's and Bernard's, in case SCHNAPPS—UdoIpho Wolfe and Co.'s and Henke's quarts and pints GENEVA—John de Kuyper and Son's Anchor Brand, in green and red cases; J. H. 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London Souses of VAffINQ ttofa WINES and SPIRITS, this having hen found it secure the delivery 0/ a higher ztan&vrd of qtialiiy tl>M otherwise obtainable Original packages ckKwrw from Bond as heretofore when required. Agents for the Celebrated ApounMßifl Water. Indents Executed for all Kinds ob" GoodSi BROWN, CAMPBELL & CO. "\TEW ZEALAND INSURANCE -L\ COMPANY. FIRE AND MARINE. . • Capital, paid up and invested .. ~ £270,000 Insurance against LOSS BY FIRE of every description of Property may be effected witn this Company. , Hulls Insured for the Voyage or Time. Mer« ohandiso. Goods, and Freight Insured, W steamers and Bailing vessels, Riska on Spaoifl subject to special arrangements. *ar L.QBBS* Promptly; Paid... GKORGHJ P. piwr 'K. Manaaa?. WrAR^EI^COMMERCIAL"IOTEIi V? CHRISTCHURCH. Mr F. W. WARNER begs to inform intend ing Visitors to Canterbury *' ja t the InipK>Xe" ments that he has recent 1., m ade, render T tno Commercial Hotel se<" ltu i to nono in c" Zealand. - - .^es to Commercial Gentlemen., _ jj'ainilies visiting Chr tstchyiroh wiiU *hb j»v prietor is assured, iind no fame, '-ftt^S.X of Apartments provided for taeir aoooniffioaa 1 The Bath-room 3 are fitted up with ererf requisite. , ,„„ n f afl T^he Cuisine is under the .^^<».ol|g eminent Chef, and tha proprietor hopea v&%~i own long experience in the txadp to a siifflcie» guarantee a3 to the quality of h>z w The new Billiard-room is acknov,'le3gea w OonnoisseTira to be the finest in the tf . 'Busses pass the door to and frona every bu« j attention paid to aU commwucatioiS addreSS6dt°MR.W.F.WAKNSB, Commercial Hotel, CathedracßSdu .