theories by which they arcs hastily nought to be explained; when the recantations of such men as Thomas Walker, tho Spiritualist, leave tho im pression on most minds that ail merliumistic profession is a sham; aud when there sceinfi a general tendency to revert to materialistiu'doKtrincs, as <ilF<sring a safe resting-place amid the contradictions, absurdities, tomfooleries, and barefaced im postures of so-called spiritual teachers; I have thought that a detail of ray ex periences might bo serviceable. _ p| I am not aware that any "medium has ever published an analysis of. his sensations while tv the tranea condition —perhaps because these would bo an tagonistic to the theory of spirit pos session, a theory which I conceive to be philosophically defective, and unsupported by a single fact. ■Rut my expfirinnno, I think, clonrlv proves (1) that there is such a. trancii condition as tliut which "mediums" full into; (2) that one may bo put iuto such trancs ag linst bis will, so fcnat it cannot bo explained by any hypothesis of •• expectant attention" or'" dominant idaa"; (8) that extraordin ary sensations may be experienced in such trance ; (4) that a circle of persom),iirrnns;ed in a certain manner, would aeoin to bo a necessary condition for the production of such trance. No doubt need be entertained of. the ah silu'e fairness of the conditions under which the above took place. Au ordinary round tablo without cover was sat at, two gas jets were giving a fall light- during the whole sitting, and there were no appli ances of any kind whatever. I quite fall to see how such an experience as mine can be accounted for on other than a hypothesis of supernatural agency (so-called), but ishallbo glad to receive any reasonable explanation on physical grounds. You are at liberty to giyo my name aud address to anyone who wishes intelligently and eirncstly to enquire into the subject, and I subscribe myself meanwhile. SKEI'TIKOK.

RELIGIOUS OPINIONS.

She Magnetic Name of Jems.

The Christian Advocate, speaking of the "Magnetic Name of Jesus," says: ''Men blaspheme, ridicule, roject and scoff at the name of Jesus. But they cannot let it alone. A Christ is the oue paramount want of mankind. But is Jesus of Nazareth the Christ ? A thousand times men have said no ! But every Christ that one man of science has found, bis brother in tho same walKa ha<* dethroned and expelled. • ' . Men of thought in all languages, all conn tries* are busier now than they ever were before with this problem of Jesus the Christ. He is drawing all men unto Him. By cords of love, if they will come thus; by the intrinsic consciousness of moral grandeur and beauty of his life, if thoy will listen to tho sense of the true, the beautiful, ana the good that is in them,"

The Christian's God.

There is a general feeling in the church that science mil not overthrew any essential doctrine o.- deprive Christian pooplo of any cherished hope. The Now York Indepen dent expresses tho following opinion in re gard to the personality of God, which leaves the Christian conception of God much as it was before the recent great development in science: "We are ready to go with scientific gentlemen to the end of the rope and feel that we have in us great stores of admira tion ready to bubble up in view of their achievements ; but the fault we find with their philosophy and their theology, where it affects to supersede the faith of Christen dom 1, is that it dons not give us a Gotl with whom we can live in any kind of relations. "Ws cannot get up any comforting or supporting relations between ourselves and a star. We cannot bring our souls in their need and in their craving for sympathy, for love, for moral government, into any kind of satisfying relations with the law of gravi tation. Tne trouble with the materialistic scheme is that there is no human kinship in its God. A little anthropomorphism would belp it wonderfully. " God, as a being conceived of in the only way in which the human mind can conceive of him, comes into direct and satisfying relations with men. If this is anthropomorphism, make the most of it. It is not irrational. Except God, the greatest thing we have any acquaintance with in the entire cosmos is tho human mind. It seems adequate to the interpre tation of the whole, aud more, as the loftiest conception we can have of the Great Original is tnat anthropomorphic conception of him as an Infinite Will, an Infiuite Keasou, an Infinite Goodness.

"This is our anthropomorphism. We carry it so far as to say: No God for us between whom and ourselves there can bo no personal relations. They may tell us, if they will, that the infinite One cannot bend to hear the cries of humble things like us. They may bid us explain how such a thing can be. We cannot explain it. We can explain nothing which, has gone so far beyond us as to get into infinite relations. But this we can see, that the difficulty complained of exists only while the question is held strictly in the vexa tious limitation of finite things and finite relations. The moment we go beyond and put it where it belongs, and ask how the infinite God can do all this, experience and good sense come to our aid to say: He has done other things as wonderful as this, plenty of them, and his infinity both ex plains and makes it possible. Condescen sion is often the mark of moral elevation. God's care for little things is the sien that he is God. If he is the infinite Heart and infinite Mind, why should not the cares, the hopes, the confessions, the prayers, and the faith of all his children go commingled and yet distinct to the infinite considera tion of that heart?"

The Continental Sunday.

In discussing the growth of the " Conti tinental-Sunday " in America, the Boston Watchman says:

"Wilhin two decades gone by—to a notable degree since the war—there has been a wide-spread growth of what may be called Gontinentalisra in America. By this Is meant comprehensively an increase of those more modern ideas and usages largely peculiar to Continental Burope. We note such changed pnenomena in everything, most of all, as Vcomes our present purpose, within the domain nf religion. The Conti nental Sunday ha? long been in the leading count'iei of Europe, such as France and Germany, a matter of history. Long ago it hart become along the lines of the truest observance of the Lord's day alarmingly de moralised. It had reached the point of realising far more a holiday than the Sab bath day, enjoinci either among the Siniatic statute?, nr those o£ the Christian ■disp"ngation. Of late years we believe this ■demoralisation has not increased,not excep tionally so, at least, since into the best parts of Europe have been flowing streams of evan gelising influence from Great Britain and America. Other streams have been cours ing their way thither, it is true, but our modern missionary Christianity is, more and morP, girding itself with power for the conquest of Europe as well as Asiu and Africa to the universal dominion of Christ. It becomes clear a<» moral sunlight can make it that,with an overridden and broken down Sabbath day comes the wildest.surest, most certain and most disastrous demorali sation. It is a demoralisation which invades specially the.homes of the land. Through these it reaches and corrupts society in the very foundations of its life. With the in coming and consequent inroads of the Con tinental Sabbath come fo*sakenand deserted sanctuaries, and with the weakening and death of the religious tie, the relaxing and dying out of the moral and social tie as well. This is seen in Europe; why should it not come as truly in America 1 Unless like causes cease to produce like effects, it must come inevitably. Has it not already begun to come ?"

He is Willing to lake a Rest.

We found here one lonely litt'e moke lean ing upon his idle cart and drinking in the scene of idle desolation. Stepping up to him, We inquired: " Ate you one of the strikers ?" " No, boss," be replied; " but you see I drives de cart, and when dey quit work there was no dirt to haul, so I had to quit, too." '■

« £ ri° *°Mn favour of the strike ?" Willing to |ake a rest."

Queer Runaway Matches.

Recently Chronicled,

The elopement seasou may ba described as active ani-spism'idic, and while there has been a fair doinand for the varioui lines of staples, eoinimr.atively fuw novelties have been introduced to the notice of a discrimi-

nating and appreciative public. In London a man olopnd during the honeymoon with his mother-in-law. At Hativia, Now York, Frederick L. Jackson, aged 49, ran away with his father-in-law's second wife, v young woman, leaving behind his own spouse, whom hn had shot in tho face, rcn. dining bur totally blind, and who li id bemi supported, with his family, by her aged father. The ulopumftnt of Walter Kroner, of Jorsey City, with hi* wife's sister, and the subsequent reconciliation of all the pur ties, was described in theso columns two weeks ago. Tw> weeks after hot- marriage Mra Pile of Cumberland England, (sloped with Mr Burna-Lindow, a woalthy owner of lands and mint'?, ana trustee under her marriage settlement Winliold Zimmerman of Deoatur, Ind., being about to elope with Mrs Cox, and lackiug the funds, applied to his rich undo Eli, who agreed to furnish the money on condition of. being permitted to accompany the-fiifsutives as their guar dian angel. Mr Cox has sued tho guardian angel for 858.000 damages. Eighteen years ago Mr and Mrs Herrieic of Corinth, in this Suite, we.iv! divorced. They married new partners and lived at some distance fiora each other until tnii summer, when they mot and eloped.

Tlllt OFinCK OF A SMALL BOY, An elopement at Louisville was frustrated by a providential small boy, who with a well-directed siiowb ill knocked off fclio coachmau'g "plug" hat. While the jamiy was recovering his hut,the train the unhappy couple ware endeavouring to reach started, tuul tho pursuing parents oamo up. A. simiiar mishap bofoll a pair of overs in Illinois. Ihn girl ran away bare footed, and tho fond* swain insisted on stopping to buy a pair of shoos—a fatal delay. Per contra, a lover at Winonn, Miun., was so impetuous- that ho did not even wait for his girl's consent, but lansoed her as ahe was going to church, and was dragging her away to a justice's office when bi:lp narrived, In the way of tragedy we have the elopement of Miss Nuah of Monroe city, Mo., who was pursued by her mother down tho railroad track, the old lady, in her blind excitement, failing to notice the approach of a locomotive, which ran over her and killed her; also that of Rnbo Marquis of Volcano, W. Va. Joseph I'aul, a tavorn-keupcr, bad thought that a hand some barkeeper would draw business to his place, and »o secured tho services of Mr Marquis, who was ao handsome that Mrs Paul eloped with him. Mr Paul closed his houso and announced his intention of kill ing his ex-barkeeper. Marquis was well acquainted with the desperate character of his pursuer, and, quitting the woman, lied to the mountain wilderness in the western part of tlie state. After a month of hidinc; he ventured, into Parkershurg to buy food, and was discovered by Joe. A hasty tliaht and pursuit enaucd, A shot wounded Rube in the leg, and he oould run no farther. He rapped at the door of a farmhouse, and begged ta be taken in, but the inmates re fused to admit him. " Then I'll take it," he said, and coolly sat down on a bench to await doath. Joe placed his pistol at Rubo's head and lired. A SYSTEMATIC ELOPKR. Mr Rcdfern of Sparta, Wis., is a system atic eloper. He first ran away with Mrs Felts, and was arrested ; wliilo out ou bail he n:ade lova to another married woman, and was condignly whipped by her hus band ; a-) soon as he was out of the doctors' hands ha married, and during the honey moon eloped with the wife of the man that had pounded him. Another Wisconsin man, when he eloped with hia employer's wife, left a note for tho husband : " I have tooked your woman ; but you ay welcnm to my last" week's wages, which I didn't draw ; and I hoap that squares things." Peter Hhinkle of Covington, Ky., aged 87, loved Mrs Martha Bedfjood, aged 54, and would have married her, bat his stern chil dren refused their consent, whereupon he gallantly cloned with her. At Dcs Moines last month William Osborne and Edward Norman, two hardware clerks, eloped with the wife of Dr. N. B. aeartwell (in which connection may be mentioned her child and household goods) and Miss Daua. At Pore Washington, L. 1., in March, two sisters-in law, living in the same house, Mrs Kdward Soheuck and Mrs George Fleet, eloped together with the men of their choice. At Cleburnc, Tex., in June, four young people, all in their teens, eloped to tho Indian Niition, " together with Miss Lulu Mere dith, who went in the capacity of chaperon." CHILDREN ELOPING. At Topeka, Kan., Charles Chambers, aged 18, and Lucy Prescott, aged 13, eloped and got married, but were separated after a honeymoon of two days. Louis Badgely and Josephine Howard, aged respectively 15 and 14, ran away last spring from Mai lory, Oswego County, and found a preacher, one Rev. Mr Owen, who was willing to marry them. The boy bridegroom tendered as a fee a punched trade dollar. The preacher, who had ridden six miles on a cold night, thought this was not enough, and said so, and a further sum of fifty cents was given him, which had been raised by subscription among the sympathizing spec tators. Sadder was the lot of Bon Wyman and Lizzie Karde, of Temperance Town, Mich., aged 12, who after going in vain from justice to clergyman, had to return home at night unmarried, to be received with open hands. Miss Bourne, of Whitehall, N.Y., eloped with her lover, making the condition that immediately after the marriage ceremony ahe should be allowed to go back home and tell her mother. Her idea was that the maternal objection to the young man could be overcome by argument as soon as she was his wife. But the plan miscarried. The mother bad bo much the best of the discussion that the biide was convinced, instead of convincing, and when the bridegroom came for her the next day she informed him that she desired never to set eyes on him again. She even put on boy's clothes and escaped while he was watching the house, so thorough was her change of purpose. William F. Watkins, a .Baltimore policeman, eloped with Miss Wary Catherine Kowner, and when her irate father undertook to create a disturbance arrested him for disorderly conduct.

MARRIED AT A HIGH LEVEL,

The daughter of Governor W. T. Hamil ton, of Maryland, eloped with John L. Stanhope, and was married to him on the summit of a moHntain 3500 high; subse quently she sued for a divorce. In Delaware county, N. V., two weeks ago, Miss Lorch and Mr Launt met for the first time at a sociable and fell in love at first si^ht. There. was a betrothal, |and that same night the girl went home, entered the house at one of the windows, and unknown to her parents secured her bridal costume—made in anticipation of her marriage to another man —and walked to a distant town with her new lover, and they were married before morning at his home. Miss Grace D.anielg, of Lockport, N.Y., heir to a valuable estate, first fixed her at tentions on a sewing-machine canvasser, and when he was arrested for tfceffc, fell in love with Henry H. Somers, and eloped with him, making her escape through a cellar window. Miss Venie Clolcey, ot Washington, Pa., aged 23, and possessed of some means, eloped with John Miller, a coloured waiter, aged 20. Her fondness for him had long been known, and she had been adjudged a lunatic. Lieutenant Frank Turner, of the Twenty-fifth Regiment ran away from Berwick with Mm Robert Wcddeli, and her husband, a canny Scotch lawyer, had him arrested for stealing the trunk and portmanteau in which the lady carried off her wardrobe, bat the Grand Jury refused to find a true bill. Joseph Markowitz came to New i'ork from Russian Poland only a year ago with no capital but his powers of fascination and a philo sophical w,ife. They are alleged to have engaged in the elopement industry on a large scale, the hnsband selecting eligible women and running away with them, while so soon as the gutlty pair had settled down to housekeeping and the woman had intrusted him with her savings his wife would happen along, raise a tremendous row, and carry off the ransomed sinner—with, of course, the savings. The eloping, or those about to elope, should go by way of Mayaville, 111., aa there i a conductor on the railroad there so obliging as to stop the train long enough to allow the village clergyman to perform the.marriage ceremony when-he has a pair of runaway lovers on board.—" New York World," August 13.

111-Starred Marriage of Victor Hugo's Daughter.

VICTOR Hurto has a daughter, Adele, who has for ten years been tho inmate of a private lunatic asylum in the neighbourhood of Paris, nho is now about 50 years of ago, and the stnry is a sad one. Some eighteen years ago sho fell in lovo with a naval officer who hud some property in Kngland and sev-

eral estates in Trinidad. Her relatives were opposed to her marriage, but as she was of full iigo, she carried her point, and the newly married couple proceeded to the Wast Indies. After a few years of life together, the Commodore abandoned hia wife, whose previous eccentricity, under this blow, rapidly developed' into in finity, [a her rare lucid moments shy lias been heard to say : 'If h« had not abandoned me [ should not have lost my reason," .She found herself left without resources, and. in her disiresx shu appealed j to bor illustrious father. The help lie sent : sin; placed upon the o»pct and t old the tradespeople to help themselves. Tho first comers took all, whereupon the old negross servant advised her to write again to her father. In the interval poverty and distress were endured, which intensified tho mania, and finally the poet sent for her to come homo. Her insanity is mild and harmless. She can reason we'll, and her memory is good ; but suddenly, while at the table, she will put her food in her pocket. Her dress is that of a young girl; her walk is vory pecu liai ; sliw tills her pocket with a ho>t of things which she picks up out of the mad in her daily promenade, and one day she col lects the pebbles in her path, which she re places iv her uext walk. she U promt of her father's reputation, and knows his works oy heart. Mdlle. Adele, us she is called, is supplied with everything that tun con tribute to her physical comfort. She has her own servants, and sho spends mo*t of her timcj walking in tho grounds, < Hie day as ahe mussed tho garden where the most atliicted patients were walking, she re marked to her companion : " Poor maniacs ! how unhappy they must be I " Her father often vi its her, and the day* of his visits are red-letter days to her and the other patients, who know him and throng to him with questions, to all of which ho gives satisfying answers. While the others arc about him the daughter caresses the father's face, exclaiming, "I have lost my life!" She speaks in a low tone, and as he is somewhat deaf, her companions repeat w'rat she says in their way. Can anyone imagine a more remarkable scene than this ?

They are Strangers Now

A MIDDLBTOWX young lady never tire.H of relating au amusing occurrence of the sleiuhins season ln&t winter. Shu wan enjoying a ride in company with two Hart ford gentlemen, and she was driving. One of the gentlemen slily inserted a baud in her mull, and lovingly pressed her dis engaged hand. She blushed and withdrew it just as tile gentleman on tin) other .liile slipped his hand in the mull". She know by the action of her adorers that the hand pressures were frequent and loving within thu silk lining of the muff, for first one face and then the other would boh forward to catch a look at the sweet face and eyes which prompted, aa they uipposod, the tendar pressure of tho hnrnl. The by-plnv lusted Uiitil tho young lady quietly re marked : " If you gentlemen are throuuh with my mull I will trouble you for it now, as my bauds are getting cold." And tho gentlemen, who had been comfortably warm up to this time, suddenly felt an •iretic chill creeping up their spinal columns, and the mercury ot thoir feelings dropped 180 degrees below zaro. 'I'hu two gentle men are strangers now.— Hurt ford Times.

Skobeloff's Ideas of Russia'S Future.

GBHBKATj JSkobelofTs ideas of tho futiira of Russia were drawn up by him shortly before his death in a memorandum, wliioh Una now been published, partly as follows: — " The political and military ideas which must in future form tho basis of our policy arc those by which I have been guided, remembering as I did, the solemn words of thu latfl Emperor addressed to ma before starting for the Tekke expedition. To ray mind the Central .Asian question is perfectly clear and Binvple. It it do not enable us in a comparatively short time to take seriously in hand the Eastern question itself, why the Asiatic hide is not worth the tauning. I venture to think that sooner or later Russian states men will recognise the fact Russia must have the Bosphorus ; that upon this depends not only her greatness but her very security from invasion, and, by implication, the de veloping of her manufacturing and com mercial centreH. No one, 1 suppoHe, will dispute that so long as we are weighed down by the Polisli and West Russian questions, all regular progress, in tho truly national scute of the word, will be extremely difficult. At present, in spite of the blood we have poured forth, all .our frontiers are open to hostile attacks, compelling us to maintain an immense army; while the Polish difficulty, thanka to the complica tions rising from 'he Austro-Uermau alli ance, keeps us in a perpetual state of siege. Not until she dominates the Bosphorua can Rußßia make an irrevocable Finis Polonim."

Egypt in August

"Ec.YFr is as deadly in August as India in June," say old travellers; and this sinister reputation is ouly too well deserved. The samedistempers which almost destroyed the army of Louis IX. of France at Damiettu in the thirteenth century deci mntcd the troops ot Bonaparte and those of hia successors, Klober and Mcnou, at Alexandria in the end oE the eighteenth. 1 fndeed, those who have been in Lower Egypt during the unhealthy season may weil wonder, not that ao many should succumb to the climate, but that any one should escape. The dreadful " Khamsin," or hot wind, which the strongest man cannot face "without instantly feeling his mnscles unstrung, his skin patched and feverish, and hia whole body limp and nerveless aa a wet rag, is of itself a sufficient agent of' evil. The fevere engendered by the malaria of the Nile delta are aa virulent as even those ot European Turkey, while the devastating visits of the plague its«lf are neither few nor far between. A less fatal but equally formidable enemy to an invading army is the terrible " Egyptian ophthalmia," which, although often brought on by the unclean habits of the natives, is at times generated in another and a very singular fashion, a small green fly persistently settles upon ihe sores of the diseased eyelid, and, whenever driven off, carries the infection along with, it wherever it alights. So common is this disease among the Arabs that Mehemet a li is said to have formed two batallions of one eyed men, the one wanting the right eye and the other the left. In 1798 this com plaint made great ravages in the army of Bonaparte, one of whose best officers, be coming blind in the desert, was forced to cling to the tail of a comrade's horse in order to make his way back to the camp. It is a common saying in Alexandria that "an JHgypiian Arab with two eyes is a* rare as a snowboll in June,"—" New York Times."

Managing a Husband.

Thk next best thing to pleasing a man's stomach is for his wife to dress up a bit for his especial benefit; he i^ so hungry that it would need hut a spark to kindle a llame, but when he enters and sees the appetizing dinner in the act of being dished, his little woman smiling, neat and tidy, it acts upon him like a dose of soothing syrup. The dust might be an inch thick on the mantle piece—he would not see it; broken crockery and cobwebs might fill every c orner—he would look upon them with all the com placency imaginable, and not attempt, their annihilation. While washing, he tells hi 3 wife how pretty she is, how becoming her hair is arranged in that fashion, says no other man ever had such a dear little love of a woman for a wife, asks what she ha* for dinner that smells so good, and though he is really starving waits upon the table with ail the grace and politeness of a Ches terfield and selects the best of everything for his litrle wife's, plite. During meal time he tells her all about his work, aski her advice in regard to his plans, tells funiiy stories, propounds conundrums, cracks jokes, and renders the dinner-hour a very enjoyable affair. After it is over he makes love to his wife, playß with the children, sings comic songs, then go?s off to bis work, whistling merrily, at peace with all the world, thinking he has the happiest home in the land, while his wife follows him to the door, saying withjn herself, •• "Vfhat a blessing it is to have such a dear, gopd. cheerful, loving husband."—" Continental Times."

SELECTED POETRY.

THEN AND NOW.

Long ago in Kgypt's land Darkness brooded thoro; Darkness thick, which might bo felt On the murky ail"; Darkness bringing doubt and fear To the hearts that knew not Ciod, Whispering in tho tyrant's car Of the avonging rod Saying solemnly and slow, " Let my people Israel go." But these fearful days and nights Wore away at last, And the terrors they had brought Also with them pass'd. Like the plagues which went before, Day returned, the night was o'er; All l heir fear and care was uono When they saw the lising snn. They must snller greater woo Eru they lot the captives go. Surely, steadily, it camo Terribly mi Kgypl's land. For God's will must be maintained— All liiM purposes shall stand. What. resistance can avail Of I he broken Hod.-; ol'earth? Hear the loud heart-broken wail liise from every rilled hearth. Hear the death dirge, sad and low, lire they let tins captives go. Once attain in Kgypt's land Clouds are brooding low. Hosts m battle ttiku their stand, Brave men's blood shall ilow. 'Mid the darkness of the past, (Hishcn'i land was lull ot light. And tho avonging angel's blast Passed (iushen's camp that night; But though Israel's victor now, Shu mourns her dead in Kgypt low. Like the darkness of the past. This may pass away ; Hope's bright sunshine rise at last. And proclaim, " "Pis day " ; But the march of time mores on, God's arrangements to fullll: For His purposes shall stand. And lie shall do all his will; And all nations must givo place To old Israel's chosen race. Forward, (lion, on God1;! behest. Let the nations sco Britain Israel stand eonl'ess'd In Identity. Shout! the lost la round again. Open, Lord, our wondering eyes. No weak people wo proclaim, But a mil inn strong and wise. Great and glarions, brave and free, Hulura over land and sea, Forward, then, and work'llia will, Thine.Alinighly King. ' All His purposes fulfill; And deliverance bring To thy brethren, scattered long; Homeless over every strand. Bring them hack with shout and song, To their much-loved native land. No surrender, no retreat, Israel suH'ers no defeat. it.MtG.uiKT S. Peace. Auckland, September, lS,si

A KISS FOR SISTER.

The artleaj iunocenco of childhood is de lightful. Tfce havoc that a very little girl created inuy be found in tho simple vernes that follow : —

rfhe w:is a very little girl, And as E bent and kisMjd her, " Thero, that is for yourself," t said. " And thin is for your sister."

Last night I called in friendly way, Some gay girl friends were then;, And laugh unit jest wont gaily round. To banian weary care.

The little girl came romping in, And unto me said she, " I div llmt ti-ss to sisser Bell, 'Ou left for her win me.

■' She Uhscil me lots of limes, an' oaid When tolkses "ouldn't see. I ininht div 'em to *ou—dus' wait 'Til 'ou's alone with mo !"

1 blushed and so did sister Bell, The gay girl friends, ah me! I wished the horrid teasing things A thousand miles at sea.

St, Luuin Criterion,

The Czar's Economy.

TfIIMMING OFF ALL UKNECESSAKY Household Expenses.

Is the meanwhile the Kmperor enjoys him- Hi:lf after hin style at Paterhotfj defended on every siilc hka a fortress, but occasion ally openly allowing himself to the enemy —the public. Tlic tuupress is slowly re covering from her confinement, but the ner vous prostiation still remains, and it is said that it is largely for her sake that the cero nation has been left in its present uncer tain condition. Personally Hhe is averse to its celebration, and shares the view of .several of the Czar's adviecra, that if he can ruin Russia without a crown as well as with one, why should he run the rink of a coronation 1 The Czar has beej amusing; himself of late with a sloop, propelled by electricity, which arrived at Peterholfa short time 11140, from Cronatadt, where it bad been constructed for the heir appuont. Quite a flotilla of gunboats and torpedo cutters is maintained at Petcrhoff, to (juari! the place. Great changes aie being made in the personnel of the imperial household, and it is stated that, for the future, tlio maintenance ot the aervauts of the palace will only cost £13,000 a year, instead of nearly £100,000, an ia the time of the late Emperor. Economy and simpli city characterise not only the course ot life at Peterhoff, but also the entire higher administration of the empire. The ostenta tion that marked every act and movement of the late Cza's brothers, the Grand Duke Constantine of the navy, and the Grand Duke .Nicholas of the army, has been re placed by the austere simplicity of the present Czar s brothers, Alexis and Vladimir. The parasites of the late court are having a terribly bad time of it now, No mercy la shown them in the reorganisation* that arc daily taking place, and, as might be expected, their opinion of the Czar is a very bad one, and aoca to swell the {popular clamour against him. The Wiutcr Palace is under repair, and many suitCH of apartments are otdered to be furnished afiesh. A few weekß ago a deal of old lumber found in one of the garrets of the palace was sold for 2000 Mulilee to a dealer in curiosities on the Ncvsky Prospect. The nibbish filled »ever.il waggons, and although not one half bas yet been properly examined, the dealer haß already netted 20,000 roubles by the sale of two valuable pictures he fauna the first day amopg it.

The Euphrates Route to India.

Under the auspices of the National Club, Sir William Andrew, C.1.E., delivered a lecture on June 16, on " The Euphrates fioute to India." jm connection with the Central Asian quea'ion. Sir William Andrew, in the course ot his remarks, laid the present position of affairs in Egypt forced once more to the front the necessity of having an alternative route to onr Eastern possessions, even were the alternative an inferior one in every respect to that of the Suez Canal. Anything would be better than to leave our communications with tho East at the mercy ot such men as Arabi Pasha and bis ignorant soldiers. He had but to sink a single vessel to obstruct the Canalj or to take a few spadesful of earth at certain portions of the embankment to reduce the magnificent water-way to the condition of a dry ditch. Sir Bartle Prere, referring to theltcture, said the« had lately heard from the very highest authority in Parliament that engineers had represented to the Go vernment that it would be very difficult to make the Suez Canal impassable. But their statement probably had reference to the idea of draining the water out of the Canal, whicb, of course, would be a very difficult matter, as the Canal waa on the same level us the Red Sea and the Mediter ranean.

It was a fact, however, that any large vessel by running aground cnuld block the canal, andauy small vessel placed in an ad vantageous position would be equally effi cacious. He would ask people who bad read papers of all shades of opinion, daring the last fortnight, whether, in their opinion, the Suez Canal might not be closed to England any day in the week, and the danger had even advanced since Sir William had compiled his paper. Questions had been anked as to whether the projected railway through the Euphrates Valley was likely to pay, but the same question was asked when the local steamboat companies were started, and were they not paying now. The suggestion was quite practical. The Turkish Government would one day have given 6 per cent, toward the expense of construction, and Lord Stratford de r.edcliffe, than whom no man of the earlier part of this generation knew more about Turkey, waa willing to take it up, but, these times were past now. Thm was <mc. of the undertakings which should commend itt-elf to every one who wished for the continuance of tbe Turkish .Empire, and he (the speaker) thought the continuance of the Turkish Empire was essential to the interests of England.

Printed and Published by ths Proprietor Hranre.' pSS:™nfflSyl^nd^?.treet- at "a General Saturday, Octobeb 7, iss.

STAR SATURDAY SUPPLEMENT, OCTOBER 7, 1882.



QTEEDMAN'S SOOTHING POWDERS CHILDREN CUTTING TICETH. CAUTION TO PUBCirASERS. The valiid of thin wnll-known E"»inlly Medicine him bran larstoly tested In all purtn of tha world, and by all waJioH ot society, (or uownrda of imbty VKAna. Ita wnll-oarnod extensive sale how Induced Bprjßiocra imitations, some of Wttioh In OUTWunD APPBAHANCU 80 OloßOly resemble the original an to have deceived many purchasers. Tho proprietor, tlieratoro. feeia it due to tho pabllo to ttlvo a apcotul oautlon ugalnat the nee or anch Imitations. Parohaaera are therefore raauoatod aarnfully Co observe the tour following itlatinottvo charao termttoH, without which none are uannine :— Ist—ln every owe the words John Hthkd mam, GmtMißT, Wir.woiiTn, ouhrky, are en graved on ttio Government Stamp affixed to each packet. 2nd—Bach Single Powder haa directions for Che dose, and the words John Steedman, Chemist, Walworth, Surrey, printed thereon. 3rd—The name Stoadoun la always spelt with two BR's. tth—The mannfaotnre la carried on sololy at Walworth, Hurray. bold in Paokem by all Ohomlata and Medicine Vendors, at la lid to 2a 3d each. AKontß : Kbmpthohnb, Pitiaran (fc Co. Anoltland, Wellington, Christohuroh, and Dnnedln. IVfl E D I C A L, the English pharmacy, 184, QCEKN-HTRKKT (Telephone Exchange No. 10). GARDNER, M.P.S., ENGLAND, Pharmaceutical Chemist. Branch Establishment, North Shore Pharmacy. TTPPER SYMONDS STREET CHEAP U DRAPERY AND GROCERY STORK. J. HEAPE, Family Grocke, AND GENERAL DRAPER, fa selling Grocerlea and Oilmen'a Stores vor Cash aa low aa any house in the Trade. Good Family Tea at 2s per lb ; Excellent do. at 2a 8d; Bacon and Cheeso aa good and cheap aa any house in town. Trial and Inspection Invited W, O. 13 *N" B ■ TBS BRBAT SKWING MACHINE IMPOBTEB, cub roar naoarmj A Larva Shipment or the Chalienga Mooblu tho World- THB WEJT3 CO.'S PEWINS MACHIH* The Mow SUent The (Thenpeat Tho Most Rapid The Highest Arm The Moat Simple The Largest Tanla Tha Moat Easy to Work Tho Beat Cover The Mont Durable The Simplest Shnttla Tha Moat Kletrant The Neatest SUtob TBBADUI MACHW33 from £S 10s. rHB BBBT 9BWISO BIAOHEHKB KTBB KADI, Price of Hand Maohinkb, £3 10* Also. UWATO OH BANS. (JontUne Singer Frlster and Bo sman Werthßlm Standard Sowe CompanT*!! Wheeler andtWllson Srover and Baker*! Jonea's ABO Domaatie And other good mated ■BOW 38. D, PBS WBKK ! 28, BD. PX& WBSKi azx tuxnaxm avAst±mzxß, these Machines can be bad ot mrAgentß i- NT. McLean and Co., Pioneer Store, waangara t Thomas Wells, Cambridge; William Stevenß an Onehnngai E. Wayte, Hamilton] Parnell anA Boylan, Glaborne j Brennan and Co., Tanransa tnd at other places. rV a* (1 KJSAT J)BPOI onWBN-STRBJIT BEDWAKD'a coAunsssa to xai • eOLDKIKUO^-XtMB-TABLa, Learlng HamUton tot Te Aroba crew Tom day, Thursday sad Saturday. Eeavina Te Araha for Hiirollton on Mob4«J Wednoaday, and Friday. DCQlal Carrlaaoa puoTlded to Oxdex. a BDWABDB Uttn W4 Bait StablM. Hsmttt



The three great ports of the world are London, Liverpool, and New York. Dur ing 188$ they reached their highest trade figures, the imports being—l onrion, about £140,000,000 ; Liverpool, £130,000,000, and New York', £108,000,000.



IMPORTANT TO ECONOMISTS SMITH &; CAUGHEY'S CHEAP DRAPERY WAREHOUSE, Nbs. 300 & 30'J, Upper Queen Street (Opposite Army and Navy) and at Newmarket. BLACK SILKS. Black and Coloured Satins. BLACK SILKS. Black and Coloured Satins. Having recently effected a Largo Purckune of the above Goods, under special cir cumstances, much below regular prices, we shall oifer them on MONDAY, and following days — At 4/9 per yard ; usual Auckland price, 6/Jj. At 4/11 per yard ; usual Auckland price, 6/9. At 5/(1 per yard ; usual Auckland price, 7/fl. At G/9 per yard ; usual Auckland price, 8/6. At these quotations they are a decided bargain. These Beautiful Caclimire and Gros-grain Silks which are fully 24 inches -wide, are from the Celebrated Looms of Jaubekt, Audius & CiE and Tapissier, Fils & Derby, of LyonH ; and being pure and perfectly free from all chemical adulterations, we guaran tee them not to cut or get greasy in the wear. The Black and Coloured Trimming Satins We shall sell at 1/11 and 2/6 ; worth 2/6 and 3/6. :0: We have aloo purchaecd, at Less than Half the Original Wholesale Price, PART OP A WAREHOUSE STOCK of Casnmere and Grenadines, Mantles, Capes, and Ficnus, (IN ALL 144), NEWEST SHAPES AND DESIGNS, and have marked them at Prices varying from 7/6 to 42/, We are also shewing a lot of LACE CURTAINS, bought at 25 per cent, off whole sale price. Over 100 pairs from 2/11 up to 30/. NEW SPRING GOODS, including Prints, Sateens, Grenadines, Beiges, Cashmeres, Straw Goads, Flowers, Feathers, Laces, Ribbons, &c., &c, &c, are being daily opened up. SPECIAL.—Two-button Black Josephine Kid Gloves at 2/9 per pair : Coloured Kid Gloves at 1/11. txr Most of the above Goods can be seen or procured at the NEWMARKET BRANCH of our CHEAP DEAPEEY WAREHOUSE. Our Establishment will close on Saturday evening at 9 o'clock; every other evening, as heretofore, at (i o'clock.



■\f K. JOHN HART WELL, J-f_L Quoanist on1 St. Mary's Church, Parnkll. PROFESSOR OF THE PIANOFORTE, Lessons given by the Quarter, or by arrangement. j ORGAN. PIANOFORTE. HARMONY. j Amateurs' Cnmpositionn revised and prepared for Publication. Address: Pnnsonby Road, opposite Franklin Rood. Letters may he left with IVleasra Hoff man and Sons, Music Warehouse, Queen-street. TNSURANCE A DUTY. " With caution judge ot possibility: Things thought unlikely, c'en impossible, Experience often shows us to be true."— SaAitaPKAB. Ail property ia exposed, daily and hourly, to danger by lire. No man can leave his house ot a morning with tho assurance of flHding it un contmmed when he returns at night. No man can lay his head on hia pillow with the certainty that hia warehoU3o, or storehouse, or shop, or other place of business to say nothing of the very house in which ho sleeps, will not, bo burned during the night There ia literally no perfect security in this respect. An unforeseen acci dent, a lighted match, a careless servant, a bad chimney, an incendiary, and hundreds of other causes, Indeed, are ever at hand to work destruction. Whoever has property, therefore, and neglects to insure, is gnuty of folly, it not of vranton and culpable reclueasnesa. He must watch tho growth of his property and keep an eye to tho insurance all the time. Property accumulates gradually—almost im percoptibly. A tradesman's stock grows in his hands. A citizen's household goods increase almost without his knowifidgc. ■ Insurance makes him aa safe aa any man can ever be in a world of change and uncertainty. To thia end lot him insure his property, and pay tho premiums regularly and promptly, to THE NEW ZEALAND INSURANCE COMPANY. QUEEJJ-STIIEKT, AUCKLAND. GEORGE P. PIERCE, General Manager, JW E D I C A L. NORTH SHORE PHARMACY. DevoNport. Gardner, m.p.s., england, Pharmaceutical Chemist. Prescriptions are dispensed, and Medicines, Toilet Articles, Nursery Requisites, &0., sup plied at the same price as in Queen-street. JD A V E V . TAILOR, &o VULCAN LANE, AUCKLAND, Begs most respectfully to call the attention Gentlemen and the Public in general to his NEW GOODS of Best Quality for the present and coining seasons. J.D. in returning thanka for past favours solicits a continuanco of tho same, and will give satisfaction to all who may favour him with their patronage. Notk the Address : OPPOSITE THE OCCIDENTAL HOTEL, Vulcan Lane. FOR THE BEST AND CHEAPEST LINE IN TWEEDS, Thy H. Robinson (late Stevenson), junction of Queen and Grey streets. TWEED SUITS FROM £3 109. TROUSERS FROM 13s. Bd. STYLE AND FIT GUARANTEED. Give me a Tmal. H. ROBINSON. JJOLLIS'S WEEKLY TIME-TABLE Leave Onehunga: Leave Auckland: 8.0 a.m. 9,45 a .m. 9.45 a.m. 1.0 p.m. 11.15 a.m. 2.0 p.m. 12.0 noon 4.0 p.m. d.O p.m. 6.0 p.m. 6.30 p.m. 7.0p.m, — Monday, 11 p.m. RETURN FARE: la. 6d. SINGLE FARE: is. W" ANT ED KNOWN-" Pecrorine," " Coniferine," " Sulpholine," Quinine and Iron Tonic, Gardner's Blood Mixture (a most reliable medicine), Taraxacum and Po dophyllin. Genuine Oil of Eucalyptus, Per fumed Sslution of Carbolic Acid, Liebig"s Beef Wine with Bark, Extract of Malt and all Its preparations, Worm Powders and other medi cines for children. Sets., Sec, may be obtained at The English Pharmacy, 184, Queen-street, and North Shore Pharmacy, Devonport.—For par ticulars apply to Mr A. W. Gardner, M.P.S. Eng., Pharmaceutical Chemißt. n[\ MpIVOR, Upholsterer and Undertaker, 52, •*■• City Market. Cauchea and Chaira to order. F. BRIMBLECOMBE, Queen's Hotel, • Svmonda-street and Kyber Posa T> GEORGE (late C. Wood), Butcher, ParfielL ■*•«• supplies best quality Meat at lowest PRICES. ' ' J YOUNG, Family Grocer, atortland-street, O, : - Anpkltind.



D" W -171 V A N S, ESTATE. HOOTS, a>'O LAND AGENT, SOUTH-STREET. NKWTON-Houss of eight rooma. divided into two Dwellings; now lot at 15s; Kuoa woil: freehold allotment, Jspy 100. Price, only £2CO. l olß' NORWOLK-aTRKKT — Verandah CottaHO, 4 room* cupboard, ovon, grates, &c. Price, only £220. <589) WALLACK STKUKT-Villa of 5 roomH, bow window, kitchen .irosaer. ntov« and flutngß, wnsh-iioußa, &c; allotmont V.tt x 121. Price, £COO. (573' AUBURN-STRKKT (off Rybor Pobb Koad)- New7-roinned Hrmsrv wnnrt-Hhod, good well; 2 sections, eauh 33x99. £520. (575) MOUNT iCIITEtf— Mnnußnmo Villaßesldomw. 6 roonW; wood i-lmd. &c: nllotm»nt« xlOO; aplondM jiupltlon. l-rice.only £±75 tu^Oi SHELLY BKICH-A bargain—N«w and well flnl«ned Villa of (i rooinB; s«s anl wnter luiil in, X"a UtiinKt, «c: alio ment33 x IJO, well fenced und drulnod. £100 '533) FRA"KiiIN ROAO (near CollnrfeKoad)—New rinn woll-flni-tioil rfhop and Dwelling of 7 roomH: water Intel In. Good boaluoeß poal tion. Terms e.w. i-rico. £000. <t9o> OTAHUHU —Verandah Cottaeo, i moms, allotment. 35 xv I. near Pa Olio School. Price £11)0 Tennfi : £5U oa«h; balance on Build- Inn doclety priDClplea. (446) NX WMAKKHT-BußlnoßßPremlaoßand Dwell ings, in wood positions ; main road front age. (551) BLLEttSLIE—New and well-finished Hand -3 jmo Villa, oonraining 7 rooms, with stable kihl OMt.-UinneH; oulfndld coruor ullotmimt. 05x116. Price, only £150. BLLER9LIK-Snlondld Villa Site, planted with ui'iiumoiitul crues, and partly fon cod, DRAKK-STRHiHT, FRHEMAN'3 BiY-Very Uomfortibln Houao, 0 rooma. gaa and water laid on, out huUßuu, &o (SSO) AI-BKRT-gTRBKT, OB'S1 UPPEE QUKICN. Si'KKh. T—UomfO'tabie Verandah CoMbkc, 5 raoina and >-cnllar;, kob laid O\ stable, fowl-lioiißH, nice garden, good well, £o. (565) WUIjUNHTON.STICICKT - New and wou itniiihod llotiHo, «(tl)iH ond, bow window, vamnttiih, &0., 0 roomu, nicely flttad np. viiry oonvonlont; allotment, 33 x 10. illtifl. (301) DPPKIH QIjMJKN-a'l'UKlcr-A very Comfort ablu iiuuße of 7 rooms, all well flninhad olf; Kirn lull in, scullery, &a., &.O. Alao ntoo M.3W Hdubo, 5 roonn, well flniahod, and fltud with utmost ovcry oonvonlenoo; Rood won, tann, s.O. To be sold together. (392) HOWST-3TKH:h:T—<I very protty and oompaot Uttln vnu of 5 rorima, pantry, &o. ; moe garden; allotment, 30 x 100; water laid to, &O. £380. 1425) PONSONBY—HoaBe. 7 rooms, pantry; otore room, &0., sea,, together with a aorea. laid ont in orchard, xardon, paddootc, So; anlondid sea view. (61) LIN COLN-^TRKWT-Vary Comfortable House 7 rooQH, buth room, pantry, stable, fowl honao. &c, Sea. ; ahout naif an acre laid oat In fljw«r>farden,oroh»ra,&o., with entrance to Grooa-HtroHt; could bo aalidivided to ad vatitiiKO, £500, . (180) WOO IJ-BTliKKT—Comfortable Residence of 1 rooinß, iltuxl with «:ia and almost every convuninnce; pplnndid allotment, aoout ) 10 x 151). ill tastefully laid oat with floworn, friiic-tieoii. &a: xrand view of harbour, &o. 1276) vo< iD-Biitnac—Realdenoe,Brooma and ou^ honaoa; allotment, 105 x 165; fully acoctted with Trnic and foreac trees; splendid vtew- Prioe only fi5Z5. (301) AVONTDAI.E iWhan)—Nice little Lot of 3 aoreß nonrtho Htaiioa, good land. Price, only £15 per acre. (533) QRWAT NORTH ROAD (corner of Brisbane and Stanley-Btreets)-Two good Verandah Cottages, with oucbouse. well, &c.: allot ment to each 31 x 110. Price £350 for the lot. HSI) MILFORD-STRESB1, PONSONBY—New and well - finished House; S rooms, baaidea pantry, dairy, aorvants' rooms, ffio.; fitted with register grates, ovens, &c.; allotment 134x101); In garden; together with stable, bugay-houaa, &o, am (211) CLA.RKNCK.STfiH:RT, PONgONBT-Veran. dati Cottage; 4 rooms, tank, &o.; allotment 48x80, Only £180. (290) SHKJCH AN-3TRKBT. PONSONBY— Nice Cot tage : 1 rooma, verandah in front, and very comfortably; neirthe Hall. £230. (300) BAJI.KY'3 PADDOCK (Newton) —New Hot tiu,'Q of three rooms; good well; freehold aliutment. 33 x 100; only £130; ea«y term*. (6311 PON3ONBY TERRACE — New Home; 7 rooma (not quite finished); good well, tank. wooiichad, s.a.; good'allotment, 80 X 100. all fenced and planted. £150. (417) NEWMARKET—Nice Verandah Cottage of 5 rooms, fitted with register, oven, etc., corner lot, for £250. JOHJT-BTREET, Ponuonby — Cheap Cottage, 4 rooms and scullery, freehold allotment, 40x80, price only £120. (472) HACKEr-STRKKT, near Btepa to beaoh, foot of at. Mary's Road—Handsome Villa, gable enda, bow-windowa, and fitted with regis ter grate, oven, cuoboards, etc. ; allotmant •33 x 99; price only £300. (401) CLARENCE-STREET - A New and Well' flniahed Verandah Cottage, i roomß and scullery; flttel with reglater grate, oven, cupboards, tanks, eta. ; price £250, easy terms. (193) PROSPECT TERR ACT—Handsome and very desirable House, 6 rooms, scullery, etc.; regiatnr grate, oven, cupboard, shelves, gas and water laid In, eto.; allotment 33 z 100; splendid little garden, choice trees, etc. (4971 PBOSPBCT-STEKET.naar the Ponsonby Hall, new and well-finished Houbo, 6 rooms, reglater, oven, tank, etc., etc.; allotment 33 XIOO, fenced, price £325. (514) PARNKuL— Commodious Family Residence, containing 9 rooma, etc., eto,, wash-house with cooper, and other conveniences, large and valuable corner allotment; price £750, <«» « PAPAKURA—Now Ho ibo and outbuilding?, and 37 aores real good hind In orchard, etc., In valuable position ] aat at railway station. TUAKAU—a very Compact irarm or Uiaorea, splendid land, nearly all fenced and sub divided; plenty of water, a never-falling soring tnrongh the property; good Cottage, with workshop dairy, oowahed, outhouses, &O.; good position, and only 1J milss from station. Price only £500. (422) TURANGA OHKITX (near Howiob)—A very cheap little Farm of 105 aorea, part culti vated, plenty of timber and water; good House. &c. (about 17 miles from Auokland). Only £225. (438) GNHHUNGA—Two nloe Allotments hi Cather ine-street (near corner). Price, only £601529 RAZOR BACK-Fplendld little Farm, 82 aorea, large Horneatnnd, and every convenience j about 3 mites from Pokeno Station, (184) KATJKAP \KAPA-223 acres, on whloh stands a valuable bnsh. and In good position, (491) OHALMEKSTON—Compact little Farm of 160 acres; pare in auutvatlon; nplendid orchard; good pieoe of bu»h; oreek, &o, Honae and outbuildlnga almost new. £500. PAKaKURA— a deßirable Farm of 360 aorea, part in cultivation, plenty of water, tlinbur, and beautifully sheltered; good Homestead, 7 rooms, and neoeseary ontbuildingß.gardeu, orohard, &c, and stock at valuation, if de sired. . ■ 017) TUAKAU—Splendid little Lot of 50 aores, nice piece bush, plenty of watar; near station. (444) BOMBAY—NIoe little Farm of 20 aorea, good Homestead, fee. Price only £220. TB ARAl—Farm 589 oorea, with house and all lmarovementa for £7000, MOUNT KDHN Handnome Villa Residence contatninp 5 Reoms, besides Pantry, Scullery, &c.; all in flrst-claea order, with Stable, Bnggy-honaa, Cow-shed, &c, &c, together with 9 acres Volcanic Land, sub divided, and a portion planted. Terms easy 11! desired. 504 MOUNT EDEN-Verandah Cotta«e (4 rooms), tanks, &c. with two Acres Voloanlo Land, subdivided into paddocks and orchard. Price £500.5 (igO). NORTHCOTR! (Takapuna)-Snui? little pro perty of 63 acre», good land, partly im proved; orohard. &o. Together with New Cottage (five rooniB), stable, oowahed, &0., Sea. Price, £1000. 16OI) NORTHCOTHI —Splendid Building Allotments at from £35 each. WHARHHINK—IBO acres of very valuable Bnsh-totara, purlrl, kauri. &o.—ln good position, cheap. (52H PAPAROA-150 aorea good Bush Land (oheup), (475) WAITAKERKI -30 acres good Land, partly improved; plenty of water, corner lot. Only £30. <511) WAIKATO—Nice little Farm of 27 aorea. im proved ; good poßltion'; nioe house of five rooms and ont-houaea. Onl> -&UO. (231) AND NUMEROUS OTHER PROPERTIEB- Buah Lands, Improved Farms. Building Sites, Business Premises, 860, t for Sale, on application to D. F. EVANS, HOUSE. LiND, AND ESTATE AGENT, QUBBN-BTKEBT (NBXT "^HERALD"), The Oriental Tea (Vs. standard packet teas. AwjUided Prize Medals : Sydney Exhibition, 1878. Pans International Exhibition, IS7S. aydncy International Exhibition, 1881. Adelaide Exhibition, 1881. PtßAsa Note the Brands (which are all rcgiatered): "ROYAL," "CHALLENGE," "STANDARD,' AND " UNIVERSAL MIXTURES." These Teas are a proper Combination of Chinese and Indian Teas—have been tested at the Government Laboratories—are guaranteed up to this standard quality-and have been pro nounced by professional Tea Tasters and Con sumers to. be tho rest Teas offered in the Colonies, at theiu respective prices. Pure Indian Teas— "VICEROY" AND "RAJAH," All Packed in 1 and lib Packets, and 10Q> Boxes. Sold by am, Stokekeepers. BROWN, BARRETT & CO., • Wholesale Agents,



TTITOIiENS' BLOOD RESTORER, We have received the following Testi monial anent this remedy, rind publish it for general information. L. D. NATHAN & CO. " Auckland, January 12, 1882, "'Messrs L. D. Nathan & Co., Auckland. " Sms, —I am fnllilling an urjamt request of Mrs Andrews, of Lord IJoysa's Island, in the Pacific, in stating to yoniand to Mr Hitchena the extraordinary cure made in her case by the use of Hitcliensj jMedieinal Blood Restorer. Living on t\\* r Island, I am an eye-witness of the fac*, f and feel it a duty hnth to Mr Hifchcns and to the general public to testify to the really won derful effect of that medicine. '' Mrs Andrews was for four or five years a martyr to agonising pains in her hip j medical muti calling it sciatica. Mhe had been treated for it by the several doctors of the British meo-o'-war visiting tt>e Island from timo to time, without tho slightest relief to the intense pain. She was afterwards takeD to Sydney, hoping for some relief, if not a permanent cure, from treatment of the medical iven of that city. She was told she was sui'jring from the hip disease, and her case was'mcKraWc Without a ray of hope to lighten her future life ; pain and despair her constant attendants, her case was really deplorable. Mr C. E. Ponder, the Manager of tho Guano Company at Lord Howe's Island, one day recommended her to try Hitchens1 Blood Restorer, as the remedy was just becoming known at the Islands, through the advertisement of Oppermane's cure, testified to, the German Consul. Mrs Andrews readily yielded to the recomin.cn> dation, and sent for two, bottles to Mr Hitchens, Auckland. Within three weeks after using it she was able to rise and walk with the use of the crutch, and tho pain in the hip was entirely gone. The medicinal action was truly marvellous, and her gratitude to Mr Hitchens is expressed daily in her prayers thanking God for her relief. "It is my firm belief that another two or three bottles—unfortunately not ob. tamable without long delay—would have wrought such a complete cure as to make crutches unnecessary. On my return to Lord Howe's Island, I shall take a stock of this wonderful medicine, so that a supply will never be quite out; for no words of mine can adequately express my faith in its curative properties, after seeing" the result of it in Mis Andrews' case. " I am, dear Sirs, "Yours faithfully, " Thos. Geo. Chas. Nichols, "Master Mariner." I certify to the correctness of the above in every particular, Charles C. Ponder. Declared before me this 13tk day oi January, 1882. P. A. Phillips, J.P. AGENCIES. We are Sole Agents and Importers of the undermentioned, viz.:— Read Bros. Dog's Head Ale and Stout Bisquit, Dubouche & Co.'s Brandies Wolfe's Schnapps Lounde's Key Rum Taylor's Irish Whisky Tattersall & Campbell's Scotch do, Robt. Burnett & Co.'s Vinegar Hudson's Extract of Soap Goodall's Yorkshire Relish Lanman & Kemp's Florida Water Perry Davis & Sou's Painkiller Bristol's Pills and Sarsaparilla Hitchen's Blood ltestoier Allen's Lung Balsam The Kaipara(N.Z.) Canning Co. Mullet Kirkpatrick & Co., Nelson (N,Z.) Jania Steedmaii's Preserved Peaches, Thames The Swiss Milk and Food Co.'s Goods L. D. NATHAN & CO. rpHE want of a reliable remedy for Rhen- JL* mttism, Sciatica, Gout, Lumbago, &c, has long been felt as one of the greatest calamities of the age. While other meana and medicines having been proving them selves vain and dehxsive. this remedy haa b«en silently and steadily unloosing the cruel fingers of disease, and freeing captive mon from, tkeir deadly embrace. The people are now requested to give Blood Restorer a fair and impartial trial. And the Proprietor would have it distihctlv understood that the cures of Rheumatism &c, are due entirely to his Medicine's Wonderful Effect upon the Blood, by ita Cleansing, Purifying, and Invigorating power. ° Impurity and Inactivity of the Blood is the cause of mpst sickness and pain. After a course of this medicine, blood-vessels which have become, as it were, choked ur, with unhealthy matter—become exhilarant with pure scarlet life-blood, flowing na . turally along, and imparting in its course vigour and strength to the entire system. " B HITCHENS' CELEBRATED LOOD -nESTOBE . The Renovator op the Human Blood. No more Physical Degeneration if the Laws of Health are observed, ordinary care exercised, and BLOOD RESTORER freely taken. ■giTCHENS 77^0KDIALlSED JJLOOD T> ESTOKER (Price, JE2 per case net), la a healthy and palatable summer drink when mixed with Lemonade or similar beverages. A uW^??rt^T? r T eat remediil properties oS the MEDICINAL Blood Restorerf it is atill of like character in its action on the human g^m, and is apecially manufactured fw tXUIMdJLI UoJb, To be had Wholesale of L. D. NATHAN & Co., Sole Agents. 1882-3 T «j a We have received our SECOND SHIPMENT btr the Rtagarooma. from Sydney, transhipped ex Ganges, 3148 PACK ABBS, Conßißttmr o EXTRA CHOICE KAISOWS & CHOICE & MEDIUM CONGO Uis 0£ neat twisted even leaf, and very strong and rich flavour, Also. 125 BOXES CHOICEST MANDARIN,' SCENTED ORANGE PEKOE. Th» above,with about 2000 PACKAGES OF FINEST QUALITIE3 (Balance of Klrat Paroe!>, And 300 PACKAGES OF ASSAM AND DARJEELINGS, Enable us to offer a very Kara Saleo'cion to buyers. Onr Fooohow correspondent*, inform ns that aeven-tenths of last shipment w». Beoured a| . EXCEPTIONALLY CHEAP RATES, And w« are determined to give oar clients the, FULL BENEFIT OF THIS. Jj, D # J^-ATHAN & £,oj.