Wholesale poisoners.

Amongst all developments of the art of killing, poisoning takea the lowest rank of all. From the general who derives honour and glory for hia proficiency ia dealing death to the enemies of hia country, to the wretch who is actuated by personal malice or a greed for filthy lucre to secret assassina tion, is a long step; and between these two extremes are perhaps scores of other manifestations of what may he called the profea-ion of homicide, excusable and inexcusable. To those who object to placing any of these arts ia the same rank, on the gronnd that one species of killing is n ces<nry and inevitable, whereas the others are all more or less criminal and wicked, it may be answered that even peisoning hasfound defenders and advocates, and that some of the professors of this art liavj beej promoted to high honours both in civilised and uncivilised countries. The history of the Borgias in Italy, as well as the st res told of " medicine men" in Indian tribes, will sufficiently support this plea, which may be also illustrated by many passages from the lives of the Medicis, and from the annals of imperialism both at Jttorac and ou the Bosphorus. It might not be out of place to quote the case of the public executioner in Athens, who, by the authority of the State, was compelled to destroy moro criminals, and pretended criminals, in the course of a year than most professional poisoners have made away with in their lives. The private person who dealt in deadly drugs was regarded in the Middle Ages in certain quarters as a sort of executioner, for we find tyrants in different countries attaching to themselves the services of such creatures, and paying them a regular income, with a view towards employing them to carry off suspects, whose condemnation could not be readily secured by the tardy operation of a criminal pro ceeding. The temptation offered to these paid agents—a comfortable income, on the one haud, contrasted with death on the othsr in case of disobedience—made them almost involuntary actors in the horrible drama they were asked to play, and may, perhaps, be thought to diminish, to some extent, the atrocity of their crimes. " Their poverty and not their will consents;" and this sayiug, put by the greatest student ot human nature into the mouth of a poison vendor, has a wider application to the busioess in question than might at first be supposed.' In the 'records of fpoisoning two names stand Jont conspicuous above the rest— Locusta in the Roman era, and Tiffania in the sixteenth century, The former, who his become proverbial, ihanks to the men tion of her by Juvenal, was celebrated in private circles long before the infamous Agrippina accorded her patronage. It was she who provided the famous mushroom by wbich Claudius was despatched; and it was she who was employed by his successor Ne*o to destroy Britannicus, The poison supplied for the latter purpose was not Hulh'Gicntly energetic to suit the Emperor's impatience, and it is recorded that he forced her by personal violence to provide a potion which killed the general within a few seconds after he had drained it at his entertainer's banquet. This woman was executed by Walba, with other criminal agen's of his predecessor's tyranny; but not until after she had enjoyed for som» time the ample estates bestowed upon her by her employer as the wages of guilt. Uheltalian pri-oner,Tiffiania,whohaa Riven his name to the deadly drink known as .Aqua Tiflanisi, compounded it so skilfully that it remains to-day a disputed problem wbat was the chief noxious element in it. Oa her arrest she confessed to having poi soned about GOO persons, and implicated in her evidence a whole host of important personage?, several of whom were after wards strangled npon the strength of the confession. It would be too long to go through the list of poisoners who have been celebrated in Italy, where tbe drugged cup seems to have enjoyed at least as much favour as wa3 shown to tho stiletto. Franco bad her sensational period of murdering by poison at the time when the Marquise de Brinvilliers became celebrated as a prime votary of the art. It was at the same time—ln 1679—when the well-known La Voisin invented her poudres de succession for ridding expectant heirs of those who stood in their way. The palm was disputed with her by the rivals La Vigonreux and Lesage ; but, from the sensational circum stances of her death by burning after en during torment without losing her presence ef mind, La Voisin has always occupied the first rank in the French calendar of poi soners. It was when the rage for poisoning was thus at its highest point that the Cliambre Ardcnte was instituted at the French Court in despair of obtaining the necessary convictions by the ordinary tri bunals, and thus getting rid of,the epidemic wbich had found its way into the country. In Eogland a similar panic set in, in the reign of Henry VIII., and was met by a decree of that autocrat establishing the punishment of boiling alive malefactors con victed of this offence. It was at this time that Bosse, cook to the Bishop of Roches ter, confessed to having poisoned 17 persons, though it seems that the drugs used were not powerful enough to kill more than three of the victims. This man is one of the rather rare examples where men have developed into wholesale poisoners, As a rule, the offenders are of the female sex; and the fact accords thoroughly with the French judicial statistics, which show that in twelve years there have been 260 women accused of the crime, as against 219 men, whereas in other offences tlw balance is immensely the other way. A not her example may be quoted in the person of Weltman, who in 1853 was found to have poitoned four wives and two children; but the mention of this man suggests the names of at least three of the other sex, wbo in the cruelty of their designs, and the cool malignity with which they worked them out, deserve and have acqnired a superior place in the roll of homicidal celebrities. In tbe beginning of the present century Mar garet Zwanziger was convicted at Bayreuth of systematically administering poison to households ia wbich she successively lived as housekeeper, and it was shown that she had attempted tbe life of at least 17 persons, of whom three had died. The woman Gottfried was convicted at Bremen of destroying 14 persons with arsenic, the only motive assignable beign badness of temper and matrimonial designs, with the fulfil ment of wbich ibbe existence of these per sons interfered. The mania is one which, once started, grows rapidly, like other mental diseases of similar type, with encouragement and impnnity ; and a good deal of light was thrown upon it by the quite modern case of Mary Ann Cotton, whs was shown to bave destroyed numbers of children by means of poisoned sweets. As for tbe crime which is now exciting so much attention in Hungary, it if, curiously enough, far from unprecedented. But, for the most notable example of its occurrence in a former time, we have to go back to 132 8.C., when Fabius Maximua ordered the execution of no less than 170 women who had leagued together for the purpose of murdering their husbands.

Insects on the Surface of Oranges.

When a dish of oranges is seen on the table for dessert, the fact is hardly realised tbat in all probability their surface is the habitat of an insect of the Coccus family. This tiny creature is found on the orange skin in every stage ef transformation, from the egg to the perfect insect, during the winter months.instead of remaining dormant in the cold weather, as is the case with moßt of the insect tribe. It would hardly be possible to find a St. Michael's or Tangerine oraogetHat had not hundreds of those little creatures in various stages of development on theirsurface. Lemons, too, are frequently covered. .Upon inspection, ths skin of an orange will be found to be dotted over with brownish scarlet spots of vaiious sizes, These specks can easily be removed by a needle; and when placed under a microscope an interesting scene is presented, consisting of a large number of eggs, which are oval white bodies, standing on end, like little bags of ■flour, some of the innabi ants of which may very probably be seen in pro cess of emerging from the opened end of the egg. The female insect upon leaving the egg has six legs, two long hair-like ap pendages, and no wings; it thrust* a sucker into the orange in order to obtain nourishment, and never moves again, pas sing through the various stages of develop ment until it lays its eggs and dies. In the case of the male insect, the chrysalis after a short period opens and the insect flieii off. The male is supplied with wings twice the length of its body, and each of the legu has a hook-like projection. It has lour eyes and two antennae, and is so tiny that it cannot be seen when flying. From seme parts of (-'pain Granges come to us having their.rind covered with coccus of quite a different type. The surface of oranges, in- ( deed, affords the possessor of a microscope an infinite amount of interest and amuse raenfc-- 1! Cnambors's Journal," j

Educating the Savage.

Casks WrtEitE the attesim to Civilise

Has Failed.

What Cetewayo is brought here for is hard to say. He is understosd to be weighted with the sense of some great wrong done him, and is anxious to clear himself to the Queen and win the reward o£ a recovered reputation, In addition, he comes with a view of being passed through the usual routine by which savages are supposed to be taught how good it is to be at p°aco with people who have many guns aud m»ke much powder. He wl 1 be taken to the Tower and the reviews, and will be softened by inoculation with the ways of "society" in the drawing-rooms of the amiable ladies who have constituted themselves hia Envoys Extraordinary and Agents in Advance, Then, we presume, he is to go home a better aud a wiser man, profiting by the lessons learned in his " respectable lodg ings " in the Fulhsm Koad, and resume bis reign on reformed principles. But, in truth, it must be admitted that the expe riment of impressing savages with the stamp of civilisation and then sending them back as missionaries of this " cultnre in six lessons," has been tried often, and often failed.

Sir George Simoson tells us that he took "Spokan Garry," a Columbia-river chicfJs son, educated him in England and sent rum home. But all that he preserved of his exotic civilisation was the art of play ing cards and manufacturing them out of bits of cedar bark. Hele-in4he-Day, the Sioux chief, was so " civilised " that he lived in a brick hou<e in St. Paul, drove a trotting horse and was made & citken of Minnesota by special Act of the Legisla ture, Vet "H. Day, Esq.," as he was officially styled, proved the leader of tho massacres a tew years later, and one of the most ruthless oi the fiends who desolated the frontier.

The liisto'y of America h studded with thestory of such failures—from that of the University of H-mrico for the instruction of "ye satvagf-s," to the r- sy-coloured data In the latest report of tbe Commissioner of Indian Affairs. No doubt examples of an opposite character might be cited, but his tory shows that the instances of failure are as numerous as they are conspicuous. In 1659, "John Beauchatnp," a Virginian tribesman, was educated in Hngland, but profited little by his opportunities. General Pgleihorpe took another savage youth to London with him, and did not send him back to Georgia until he had ac quired all the polish and accomplishments of the fine gentleman. Yet within a year the dandy vagabond had laid aside his laced coat, his periwig, his clouded cane and bis jewellad snuff-box, and returned to his primitive babits and former life. Louis XIV. took prornis'nf; Indians to Versailles, educated them, and then, after mating them with well-dowered ladies, sout them back., As a rule they got intoxicated on the first night of their arrival, divided their finery among their untravelled relatives, whipped their deluded brides, and then ran wild in the woods, " the noble savages " of reality, though Hot of romance. General Lafayette took a tor. of Corn Planter, an Oaeida chief, with him to France, trained him in the first schools and the most brilliant society, and married him to a beautiful woman. But he had scarcely returned to his tribe before he abandoned his wife, who was found wandering through the forest in misery and hunger by Aaron Burr, during his memorable journey from New York to Canada. A Brazilian Bolo cada graduated in tbe University of Bahia, and practised for a time as a physician. But in a few years he dfserted civilisation and, bereft of clothes and culture, took to the jungle and roots again. Admiral Fitz roy's Jemmy Button, who ia England had worn glovos and boots, reverted in Terra del Fnego a year or two afterward to a naked, unkempt, unwashed savage. Bungari, the Australian—and in stances might unfortunately be quoted almost without end—took prizes at college and spoke Latin better than the Governor himself. But he soon escaped to the bush, declaring that education had been of no u°e but to make him conscious of his misery. This, it is by no means un likely, may be the ' only result of Cetewayo's visiit. Like Bungari, "the BlacK Fellow," and young Djammel-Eddln, Schamyl's son, who died of weariness, after exchanging the gay society of St. Petersburg for the rude life of CircassU, he may discover wants he never knew, and return to Zululand or the Cape, having learnt that "where ignorance is bliss 'tis folly to ba wise."—" London Standard," August 1.

Fatal Duel in France.

Fatal duels are now of such rare occur rence that the encounter between M. de Mass as, editor of tbe "Combat," and M. Diehard, director of the " Petit Caporal," deserves special notice. The quarrel which led to this fatal encounter arose out of the dissensions in the Bonapartist camp, the " Petit Caporal" beingan organ of the sec tion which claims Prince Victor as its chief, while M. de Massas, in the " Com bat " sustained the cause of Prince Napoleon. After the FSonapartist meeting held on August 15th the controversy between the two journals degenerated into a veritable paper war, the "Combat" being particularly distinguished by the excessive violence of its articles. Tbe duel between the two principals who fought yesterday was averted last month by tbe efforts of mutual friends,-but still the quarrel went on, and a duel became inevitable. An attempt to fight on Aupust 28 was frus trated by the police, and the duel was fixed for yesterday in the private grounds of a prominent Bonapartist journalist at Co gent, Swords were chosen by M, Diehard, and by mutual consent each combatant wore fencing gauntlets. M. D. Ma sas took the offensive with great vigour, and with the second thrust inflicted &> slight wound on his adversary, following up with a cut In the side and several scratches on tbe hand.; M, Diehard replied with a sudden lunge, which escaped tbe vigilence of the seoond who was watching the combat, and tho sword entered the breast of M. de Mapsas, passing completely through his right lung. M. de Massas at once sank to the ground, and after two or three convulsive movements expired in tbe arras of tbe doctor, who was unable to render any assistance. The duel lasted only* minute and a half. In the course of the afternoon an Imperialist , meeting had passed a resolution severely | condemning the policy of the " Combat, ' but, on the death of its editor becoming ! known, it was decided not to make the vole public. It is stated that legal pro ceedings are about to be taken in con sequence of the duel, and M. Dicbard's seconds have placed themselves at rthe disposal of the authoritities.—" London Times."

No Use to Anyone but Himself.

Ms Jambs Bice, in the " History of the British Turf," tells us that the victory of Ellington for the Derby of 1856 "was marked by a singular incident in connec tion with his trainer." The horse had been heavily backed for the Epsom rrace, but suffered a humiliating defeat when be I ran for the Dee .-tikes at Chester, so that ell possibility of " hedging" was out of the question. " The result was," says Mr Kice, " tbat against his will, Mr Thomas Dawson, tho trainer of Ellington, won twenty-five tbousaud pounds by that horse's victory. On the Monday after the race, Mr Dawson went to Tattersall's to re ceive his money. The whole of it was paid to him in bank-notes. After the settling he dined, and took the train for the Worth, having first packed bis bank notes in an old leather ha tease without any lock, ai>d tied simply with a bit of string. Mr Dawson fell asleep in the train, and when the guard, who knew him well,awoke him at Northampton, and told him he must change carriages. Mr Dawson got out of the traio, leaving the old hatcase behind him. Jn those days telegraphy was not so simple and easy a matter as it is now, and Mr Dawaon did not recover his hatcase for a whole week, duriug which time it had travelled to Edinburgh, Aberdeen, and various other places. Ultimately it came back to the rightful owner with the string neither cut nor untied, and with all the bank-note 3 safe inside." We need hardly add that, despite his characteristic and nnmercenary indifference to money, the celebrated " 1 om Dawson," than whom no more popular or large-hearted t-ainer ever plied Us difficult and responsible craft, took care to display no solicitude about the missing batcase, and abstained altogether from revealing the nature of its contents. Be merely told the stationmaster at Ley bourne that it wa3 an article he had owned for a great many years, and that as, in ad dition, there were some papers in it which were of no use to anyone but himself, he should Jike to recover possession of it,

Indians Marrying English women.

AN English lady in India has just sent to her countrywomen in England a word of warning, which should be taken seriously to heart by ttU unmarried ones. Bho speaks of the great number of young East Indians who proceed every ydar to the seats of learning in England and Scotland to prose- Cute their studies, and complains of the fascinating tales they toll of their own country In the hospitable circles into which tbey are admitted, the result beitlg that English ladles are persuaded to forsake the land of their birth and join their lot with men of whom they know notlrng beyond what they hejr from their own lips, which may or may not be true. The Claude Molnotte • lilt 3 stories of en chanted palaces, the Arabian Nights like romances of Indh told by these young men are, when their dupoi are their own property, found to be creations of a tropical imaginations. Once married and in the home of her husband (which is not adapted to Europeans at all), the lady be gins to realise what a dreadful and fatal mistake she has made. The society in which she has to move is mayhap the worst feature of all. Not only are the parents of ll r husband utterly-unused to European Ways, but on account of her bus band belonging to the East Indian (totally different and distinct frotu the native) community, slio is debarred from moving in the society to which she was accustomed in the old country. No European ladies will call upon her, and she is ndt expected to Call ou, thtSm. Imagine the state of a delicate English lady wbo has to live such a life as this 1 A feeling of despair takes possession of her; she has no lady companion to confide in, she is too proud to appeal to her friends iv England — for then she would; bave to admit the fatal error she bad made-and, to sum up, her husband appears in his true light. In numberless cases, English ladle, subjected to such an unenjoyable existence, pino for their former homes and very quickly die of a broken heart. And all the parents know of tbe pathetic affair ia that their dear daughter has succumbed to tbe effects of the climate. This account is the result of bitter personal experience, and it therefore behoves this unfortunate lady's country women to look very carefully around them in England before thejr leap headlong into a tearless grave in India.

Life in Siber.

What They Eat and How They spknd the tims in this far north.

A CORRESPONDKNT of the " New York Herald," describing a journey overland from Cape Serdge to Sradni* Kolymak, says: No_ matter how early you may awaken in the morning, you will always find the mistress ot the household already up—that is, her position changed from reclining to fitting, and as soon a.% she rbsetvca that you are really awake, she hands you • few small pieces of meat—not much, only an ounce or two, perhaps, but it steadies your nerves till breakfast time —that is, until the others wake up. Then she goes into an adjoining apartment, which is merely an inclosure to keep the d»gs away from the household stores, and alter fifteen or twenty minutes of pounding and chopping returns with the breafsfast. A large, Hat, wooden tray is phced on the floor, and the landlady, dropping of! her clothes, tikes her position at the end, a position inelegantly but accurately described as " squatting." The family and their guests gatner around the board on either Bide, lying flat on their stomachs, with their heads toward the breaicfast and their feet out, so that a bird's-eye view of the table and guests would look something like an immense beetle. The first course ia some frozen weeds mixed with seal-oil and oaten with small portions of fresh blubber, which the lady of the house cuts with, a large chopping knife. Tho approved method of eating tbis focd is to take a piece of the blubbor and place it somewhere on the pile of weeds, and tben press n? much as you can. gather between your thumb and the three adjoining fingers into a mass, which will, if you are lucky, stick together until you pet it into your mouth. The man with the biggeit thumb has the best chance here. One poor fellow whom I saw further up the coast, who had lost his right hand and the thumb of his left, bad to be fed by his wife. The next course la walrui meat. This is also cut np by the presiding lady, and is served with no stinting hand. At this portion of the meal the one who can swal low the largoit piece without chewing has the advantage, and the only way to get even with him is to keep one piecs in your mouth and two in your hand all tho time. After this joint has been thoroughly dis cussed there comes a large piece of walrus hide, which has a small portion of the blubber attached to it acd the hair still on the outside. When the meat is rotten the hair can be easily scraped off, but other wise it is eaten with the rest of the hide. This bide is about au inch thick and very rough, co th»t it is impossible to chew it, or rather to affect it by chawing. Even the dogs will chow perhaps for ball a day upon a piece of walrus hide hanging from a bag of meat and fail to detach it. This is, therefore, cut Into very small slices by the hostess, and finishes the meal. It is really the most palatable dish of the meal, and furnishes something for thejatomach to act upon that generally occupies its attention till the following meal, but it is^stonlshing how easily a meat diet is digested, and how soon one's appetite returns after having gorged at such. When forced to lie over 'on account of storms or some notion of Wanker's and with nothing to do and nothing to read, It seemed to me that alt I did was to lie on my back and watch for indications of the next meal. It was (all there was to break the monotony, unless my. pipe needed cleaning. This was alwsysa welcome task, ior by due carefulness I could generally make it last for half a day. There are usually two meals a day in [a well-provided Tchouktchis household—the breakfast just described, and dinner, which cornea on late in the evening. The dinner it almost iden tical in form with tbe breakfast, except that there is most always some hot cooked rueatjthat followß the course ot walrus hide. .Sometimes the (second course at breakfast or dinner may be frozen seal or reindeer meat, but the first and third courses are invariable, unless changed by force of cir cumstances beyond the control of the house holder. Besides those two mealr there is always a similar service to any guest who may arrive during tbe day from a distance and all present share his luncheon with him and not infrequently beat him out unless he watches closely and keeps himself well provided. I speak feelingly of tbi« matter, tor often have I bad a luncheon put before me and devoured by those who had perhaps just finished a meal, while I politely lingered so as not to appear too ravenous. I got over such trifling finally, and could take my place at the board with full con fidence that I would get ut least my share of what was going.

A Girl in Youths' Clothes.

A YOUNG girl, aged apparently about fifteen or sixteen, who was dressed in male attire, was recently arrested in the town of Alliance, Ohio, in America, for the offeree of larceny. When taken to prison her sex was discovered, and she told the following tale: "My true name is Esther Miller, and lam sixteen years old. Tnree years ago I lived in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, with my parents and an elder bother, whoa our parents both died and left us destitute orphans. Though very young, I was much bothered by a suitor, who pressed me very bard; and, when I rejected him finally, he wanted to kill me if I would not elope with him. To elude him, in my desperation, I put on male attire and had my hair cut short, and, becoming separated from my brother, started to earn my living. I found my physical strength insufficient to permit me to do most of the work offered, but, by changing from place to place, doing light work, I managed to get along. I have been compelled sometimes to be in the company of tramps, though 1 avoided them, and have stolen rides on freight cars. Though in a terribly trying position, I didn't have to give up and take to woman's dress." At this point of her pathetic story, the poor girl, as she sat in her cell, broke into piteous tears; and it is to be hoped that the narra tive, if it comes to the ears of the unmanly and too persistent suitor, may cause him to feel a Bense of remorse when he thinks of the vagrant carefr which bis conduct drove I Esther Miller to adopt,

A workman went one day tn have his fortune told. When this bad been done, the would-be prophet demanded payment, The man stared at him in blank astonish ment, and said, "What! you know the past, present, and future, and you are not aware that I have no money 1 . Get out, you cheat 1"—" Almanac pour Rire,"

A French Reporter's Feat.

ONE of tho moat brilliant feats of Preach reporting happened at the time when the great Tropmann murder Wan agitating Paris and France, andoverybody wa» eager fof details. A reporter Who had tlie matter in hand left Paris for Cerriay, where the father of Tropmann resided. He arrived, called upon theJustide of the Peace and Cpmnlissonaite do Police, iiivited them io follow him to the Matie, took his seat in the Judge's chair, and there, with unpdrall eledaudaeity,OrdHredthegnrdedhampetrcto pp and bring the assassins father. The officials hot not say a word ; the xe porter had conquered them by his air aad d-meanour. When tbo father of Trop manu was brought bctore him the re porter intenogated him as though offici ally dommissionsd to do so. The result of the cross'qitesttoning Was that the son had written to his father on the eve of the day of the Crime. "Monaieur le Commission. airej" says the reporter, ''please go to wit ness's house and toi&e these letters." The official obeyed } the letter* were brought, the reporter read ihem, found them full of evidence of Tropmann's guilt, copied them carefully with a noleuin air. Then with respect, he handed over the originals to the Justice of the Peace, asked him to seal them carefully and keep them for the further use of tho Court. Tho reporter put the copies into his pocket, saluted the gentlemen, and left. It was one o'clock in tho afternoon, and tho train that was to bear his letter to Paris would not leave before evening, if he sent his precious report by. that train it would he too late for the morning edition of his paper. Besides, ho met two other Paiis reporters who had just arrived, and who would soon learn the news at Cernay, and send theirs on to Parts at the same time ho did bis report, What was he to do ? He goes up to h<s brother reporters and says, " I am dying of hunger, my friends. Let ns breakfast together. You go to the tavern there and order a good dejeuner, with plenty of wine, you know, and I'll come presently." The two reporters did as he bade them, whilo our friend jumped into a waggon, bad himself driven to the station, and after some hard begging and Riving money, was allowed to leave on a luggage train then about to start, caught a passenger train for Paris at a junction further on, and arrived at the office of his paper late at night. He com municated his information and the first psge, which was already "closed Up," was Completely re-set. The next inorning 80,000 copies of tho paper were sold,

English Housekeepers and Servants.

" L. A.," in the " Christian Union," says: ''English servants are the envy and admiration of American women, I won der, however, if English housekeepers are not the envy and admiration of American sor'vanls ? The Koglish girl is trained to know the whole household a'phabst from A, to Z,, and while theixevcr airs her knowledge, she is never apparently ashamed of i<. A gentleman has little opportunity to measure a lady's ability in tbis department, but I should have been rather surprised than other wise to learn that the young ladiea io any ot the houses which I was privileged to visit could not cook a meal, if they had need to do so, to satisfaction, if not per fection, nnd I know that io, many cases they could set the table and provide at it, if need be, with matronly grace and dignity." Tbe same writer repeats the ■aying of au .English lady now domesticated in America: "I like," she said to him, "America much better than England, because woman is so mucb freer, and really io much more honoured. In England gentlemen do not deign to talk with us on great questions, and it is not con sidered ladylike for a lady to haro an opinion of her own and maintain it against a gentleman. In America we are their equals, and wo have a right to know what they know, to bo intore-ted in what they are interested in, and io have our thoughts and utter them."

A New Industry.

FROM Paris, a story comes of an " honest robber," not a robber who was virtuous in private life, because probably many of them are, but a robber who combined kftnesty and robbery so skillfully as to make a pood living oat of it. His method was ingenious and simple, like all great invention?, and had the merit of protecting him and keep ing him out of the scrape? thai beret people who think that it is necessary to sell stolen property in order to profit by it. In opening carriage doors for ladies he invaii ably managed to take their purse?, sometimes even their bracelet?, and then made for the nearest police station, whore he deposited them with his name strictly according to the regulations. Ho never stole, be it observed; he lived on the momentary gratitude generated in a lady who finds her purse at a police-station. He found so many curses that the police began to think him almost too scrupulous. At last a lady caught him Jlagmntc dtlkto, and, despite his assurances tint he was only going to take it to tbe police-station for her, he was given into custody, and is now, no doubt, moralising on tbe effects of too much honesty.

About Dreams.

The male nurse in an hospital (says C. B, Lewis), after catching a few minutes sleep one afternoon, said that ho dreamed of seeing a building on fire. Tbe popular belief among sapsratiiioui people is that to dream of fire means swift and bad news. A dozen of us bad been moving around whilo the man slept, and we eoirparcd votes to tee what noises had. been made to cause the dream. A patient, in clearing bis spoon of rice, had rapped it half a dozen tim cs on the side of a bow), making a noise (oraethiog like a fire-bell, fettling upon this as the cause of the dream, we experi mented upon eight or nine sleepers. Id three oases I tapped on the stovepipe with my knife, and caused dreams of lire. '1 he same dreams were caused in two other casea by one rapping ou the window-pane. One of the five dreamed of standing in front of a fue-placo, one ot them ot climb ing up a ladder to help to pat out a fire en a roof, and the other three dreamed of seeing houses' on fire. These five were residents of cities, where the quick ringing toHeB of fire-bells are often heard. The others were residents of small towns or of the country, seldom hearing the sound, One dreamed of flying along with great swiftness; another of riding at great speed ; another of seeing people running; and the fourth could remember uothjng of his dream except tbat large red birds were flying over his head.

The Late Pious IX.

The heirs of Pius IX. bavft commenced a suit aaainft the Italian (Government to re cover the sum of £600,000, tbe annuity for the last five years of the Pope's life, which tbe Government set apart for his Holiness in exchange for the revenues that he formerly enjoyed from Pontifical property. The late Pope, for the same reasoDS which always induced him to represent himself as a prisoner at the Vatican, would not consent to a financiat arrangement which would have implied his recognition of tbe loss of his temporal powers. Some doubt is ex pressed as to the locus standi of the plain tiffs in this case, on tbe ground that the annuity was fixed more in virtue of the Pope's representative position than his per sonal one, and that, therefore, the arrears, if any, would bo the property of the Hoi- See,

Cruelty to Animals.

A. SOTABLS ca<e has just boon decided in Sydney. Mr Webber, the inspector of the Society for the Suppression of Cruelty to Arimals, prosecuted Samuel M'Minn, a dairyman, at the Central Police Court, for allowing a cow to stop in a yard in which she was placed for sale, with her uddei distended, in order to increase her appar ent matket value. In giving his decinion, Mr Dillon said he almost looked upon it as a fraud to allow milk to accumulate in this way for the purpose ef securing a higher price for the nnimal than it was actually worth. Probably those so offend iog did not know that they were trans gressing the law, bat so it was, although this was the first case of the kind that had been brought before the Court. He there fore inflicted a penalty of 20a and £1 8s 4d cost?, or seven days in default ; but. should any other case of the kind come before biro, he should certainly ioflict a heavier fine.

Unkind : "Cab, sir f "No ; I'll walk to-night just for a change," " Not much of a change, I think, Rov'nor, It'd be a bigger one if you rode 1" .

English and Foreign Fashion Notes.

Brown kid is in favour again for house ghdes and slippers. Brocaded gauze dreisscs of Nilo'green orer srttin are worn with creamy tea-roses. White with lemon colour is. one of the fashionable combinations for snntmer di esses. Ficello lace over light silk or on China crape makes the must elegant mantles of the summer. Small &tra>V turbans, with velvet brim ui'k pompous aad nd net veil, are vory popular at ihe seashore. The fourrcau skirt in plain, close thrath shape, made very short, U on the newest Parisian dresses. The "rococo bodice^' now in fashion haa one or two eott puff* gathered on the edge of the basque and aronnd the V-shaped neck. It v the height of fashion to trimcrevette piuk surah dresses with twine lace almost as coarse as (he macrame lace used for up holstery. Osier bonnet* made of brown wicker are worn in Paris. Thi y are shaped like an inverted basket, and are trimmed with cherries, berries or other small fruits. ' Kensington crape is the new cotton for needle-women to embroider this summer. It is ornamented with fruits, leaves and flowers, dune in outline stitches on curtains, aprons, tidies, etc. The silk India muslin poppy-red and cream colour is tin exquisite material for evening dresses for sumriier. It Is em broidered with tilk of the same colour in very small figures, and is made np as a transparent over-satin,

SELECT POETRY.

WHEN THE FROST IS ON THE PUNKIN. When tho front Is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock, And you hear the kyouck and 'gobble of the struttin' turkey oock, And the olackin'of the gulnoy and the clnckln' Of tho hens, And the rooster's bnlly-looyer as ho tiptoes on tho foncOi O it's thens the time a feller la o foolih' at his beet; >Viiu tile ristn' sun to grcset him from a night of gracious rest, , . As ho leaves the house barehoad«!d, and {foes out to feed tho stock, When the frost is on the punkin and th» fodder's in tho shock. Tbey's somepin kind o hearty like about the atmosphero, ».;-, When the heat of summer s over and the oooun fall is here of course we mlsa the flowers and the blossoms on the trees, , And tho mumble of tho hummln birds and biu zln" of the bees; Bat the air's so appertlzin, and the landsoape through tho hazo Of a crisp and sunmy morning of the early autumn days . Is a picture that no painter has the colorin to mock, When the frost is on tho punkin and the fodder's in the shock. The husky, rusty rustlo of tho taasols of the corn And tho ronpin' of tho tangled loaves, as golden as tho morn. Tho atubblc in tho furriesi.kind o' lonesome like, but still A-preaohin' sermons to us of the barns they growed to fill; Tho straw-stack in the modderand tho reaper in the shed; The bosses In the stalls below, the clover over> head: - . * O it sots my heart a clickin' like the tictin' of a clock, . . When tho frost is on the punkin and the fod der's in tho shook. v ,-■•■. — Indianapolis journal-.

SCIENTIFIC RHYMES.

This is the modem development of " Twinkle, Twinkle," Scintillate, scintillate, globule viviQo: Fain would I fathom thy nature specific. Loftily poised in tether capacious, Strongly resembling a gem carbonaceous. Whon torrid Phoebus refuses his presence. And ceases to lamp us with florco incan descence, Then you illumine tho regions supernal— Scintillate, scintUlsue, semper nocturnal. Then the victim of bosplceless peregrination Gratefully halls your nunuto coruscation; Ho could not dotermino his journey's direction But for your bright scintillating protection.

LOVE'S INQUISITION.

" How often have I been In lovel" What an exhaustive query! ...... , To count the stars that shine abovn Not moro my mind would weary. "You blush for me!"—l sco you do; Your blushes aro becoming; " You want to hoar the whole list through r Well, I'll attempt tho summing. My first love!— Oh. those cunning ourls,' The wind blow all about so! My rose ct roses 1 Pearl of pearls I— I wish yoßi wouldn't pout so. > " I'm not c, stoic!"—Sho is fair; Not tall, but very stately; She's sweet and kind boyond compare; She's—Yoii, I've " scon her lately." " My second !"-This is llko charades. Well, she at first was icy. As I was warm: but, like all maid*, Time mndo things versa vice, " I ought to bo ashamed T—l'm not I I didn't start the question; You asked mo to describe tho lot— " You're sure 'twas my suggestion r Well, I'll—" Go en 1"—Of courso I will Let's sec: Tlie third was impish— As bright as steel and never still: • Hor hair inclined to orimpish. Sho used to dote on mo, I know; At least she paid so often. A heart as hard as rock to dough Her sunny smile would sof ton: I loved the rustle of hor drees; I loved tho I " Don't bo silly I" : . All right: I won't, But don't distress Yourself to bo bo chilly. " Don't bo aarcastio, but proceed To number four!"— With pleasure. Bhe was the sort of girl you wad About. A perfect troasure, Her eyes would thrill me through and through, And—sha Jo of General Harrison !— When she lirst kisßCd mo, honey-dew Was acid by comparison. I loved that girl with all my hoart; I'll love hertomy dying Day I—" You and I had better part J" " You hate me 1"— Why you'ro crying Don't, dear 1 Tho lißt that I repeat I only mean in Mh, love: if Fair, icy, impish, sunny, sweet— You're all of them in ono, lovo. You are my first lovo and my last: I never loved ahothor j Kias mo, and say tho storm is passed— , Confound it! Here's your mother 1 — Chicago Tribune,

CONSIDER THE LILIES.

(From the " Christian Register.") Lily, fair and pure and cool, Floating on yon miry pool, . la the sweetness all of you? Has the mire from whence you grew Naught of virtue, building up, Leaf by leaf, your perfect cup: By some stra«go, transmuting skill Moulding, sha ping you at win J Certes. many a flowering shoot, With the wholesome earth at root, Well may envy you, my queen. Blooming from such depths unclean. Yet is wrought no occult spell Nature bat disposes ■well All her forces; then, she grows Here a lily there a rose. One she tends with dew and sun, Cribs in finest mould; and one Buries 'nenth the dark and slime, Bidding each to bide its time, Till, arrived at blossoming irxowth, She is justified of both; Since, which sweetest is, who knows— Or the lily, or the rose! Therefore, O yo darkened souls, Struggling upward-into goals Ye must reach gainst bitter odds. Courage! Nature's ways are God's. What though He withhold from you, For a season, sub and dew 1 Where you cannot understand. Trust to Hh transmuting hand. \ Ho who made the water wine, Knew this alchemy divine: Through the paths of pain Ho trod, Perfect grew tho Son of God. He is risen—laying down Toil for triumph, cross for crown ; Ho is risen ; soul of mine, - Courago 1 conquor by this sign. —Caroline A. Mason.

THE TRYST.

White, weird and ghastly crept the fog Over river, and moor, and coast; Each f ast-nioored boat on the harbour afloat Loomed like a threatening ghost. : ■ The sea lay muttering sullenly Under the veiling mist, And the buoy bell rung with its ominous tongue, Where the tide on the lip of the rock was ftong, ,And in gloom I kept our tryst. For while holy grief and loving trust • With me kept watch together. -, . I reck not, I; of sea or sky-rr ■; Our hearts held tranquil weather. So I knew, in the royal right of love, I may claim you as I list: \-t ■ So my hand may reaoh, in its silent speech,- ' To the spirit greeting where eaoh meets each, In faith I keep our tryst.

" I love a big dog," exclaimed Fanny, for fun. "Indeed," replied Edwin, ".1 wish I"were one"; ' "Live in hope," said the girl, "you have yet I time to grow, - ■•■■- , The biggest dog once wai a puppy, you tow

SfIAR SAtf VUpAY SUPPLEMENT, OCTOBER 28, 1882.



T.&S.MORRIN&CO', LIMITED, Hardware Merchants, Auckland. importers of Bvery Description 01 FURNIaHINQ, BUILDERS', AND GENERAL IRONMONGERY, AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, AND MACHINERY T,'fc 8. M. X Co., Limited, are prepared U Bnpplr HARDWARE In all Its branches at THE LOWEST CURRENT RATES. Largo Bblpmonts now In Port, and Coming Sforvrord. EKGLISH AMD AMERICAN GARDEN TOOLS OF THE BEST QUAUTY, PHILADELPHIA AND OTHER LAWN MOWERS, from 10 to 13, LAWN TENNIS MAKKBR9. PLAVEL'S, LEAMINGTON, and other CLOSE FIRE RANGES, Wltti or without High-Pressure Boilers. REGISTER GRATES OF ALL QUALITIES FINS CAST, BERLIN BLOCKEP, ; BRIGHT STEEL, and ORMALES, with FENDERS TO MATCH. V ■ ELECTRIC HELLS, Oliß CHANDELIERS BRACKETS, HALL LAMPS, COOKING STOVES, GLOBES, Etc. «HOVELTY" AHD "PEERLESS WRINGING MACHINES IN THREE SIZfS. BRADFORD'S AND AMERICAN WASHING MACHINES, car All Goods carefully Packed and Forwarded with Despatch. T. & S« MORRIN & Co., IMITSD,



THE FOLLOWING ENTIRE HORSES, The property of the AUCKLAND STUD COMPANY, Will stand this season at tho service of the publio at Sylvia Pakk, otahchu. or as under :— THE THOROUGHBRED IMPOETED STALLION, MUSKET (Bred by Lord Glasgow in 18117). Got by Toxopholite, bla flam by West Aus tralian, oat of Brown Bess, by Camel. TERMS : Thlrtyflvo guineas for one mare, or thirty guineas for two or moro, the property of the same owner. r The Importe C Horse ANTKKOS (Bred by Prince Batshyany In 1870), Got by Loiterer, dam Adrasta, by Orlando, [ Torment by Alarm, G.enooe-* lea by Whale bone ; Loiterer by Stcckwolt. O"ANTERO3 is the sire of The Poet. The Governor, Canard, and Louie, the only horses that have started by him. TK&MS: New Zealand Stud Book marep, ten guinea? half bred mores, Blx gaineas. Tho Thoroughbred Imported Stallion, STBRLINGWOKTH, By Sterling, dam ChUUanwallah, by New minster, dam Lady Uonge, WUI stand at MR ALLWKLL'S, USD WOOD (-SKAR CAMBRIDGE). Tkbms :—Single mire, Five Guineas; two or more, the property of same owner, Four and a Halt Guineas eaoh. For furtbor particulars tei cards. "■■■■ Tho Thoronghbrcd Importe Etaillon CAi'-A-PlB, By Marlbyrcong out of Miss Magus by Magus, {Imoortet'.), oat of Georgiana by Cap-a-plu (lmportBO), oat of Georgian* (Imported). Cap-a-Pie is a beautiful brown horse, 7 years Old, standing 15 hands 3 mono?, and shows lota of Quality and substance. O.p-a-Pie's,Performances:—Won Squattera1 ; Stakes, a.J.O. Spring Mefitlng, 1877; St. Legor, A.J.C. Autumn Meeting. Dead heat with Ches ter for Cumberland Stakes next day, two miloß, weight for age. The above hore c Is STANDING IN THE WANGAKUI DISTRICT. For terms and farther particulars ccc local p&pora and oardf. AUCKLAND RACING CLUB SUMMSR MEETING. 1838. THE AUCKLAND STUD uOMPANY'S SIBES' PRODUCE STAKES- A Sweepstake of 10'Ovs eaoh, with 200sovs aiaod by tho Company ; eecondhorre toreoelye 25jov*, and third horse lOaovs out of the stateea! tor the produce of mares using their sires for the Season ISB2. Nominations, with 2aovs to olose when yearlings. Acceptances, with Ssovs on night of general entry, 1836, and s?ovs at die post. For tben three y o»r oida—oolts, Bst lOlbi; Ullles, Bat 7lbs. Distance, 1} miles. *VM. PBROIVAL, ,-,-«:■ Secretary. ROSHBERRY. (Imported) ■■■~ TO STAND AT SYLVIA PAEK. Roseberry Is f, dapplod bay hoise, 7 years old, standing near)/ 17 hands. Pedigree— by Dtew'd celobrated Prince of Wales out of Ruby, a well-lsnown priza taker; among whose winnings art) included first prize >t the Lauarkehlre Show, two years in success ion. In the Brood Mare olass; and also first prize tt tho Fast Kllbdde Show, in a competition ipen to the whole of Scotland. terms: jingle Mare, 10 guineas; two or more, tho property ol! same owner, 8 guineas each. Tho Imported Clydesdale, six-year-old, ; ELGIN, Sire, Luck's All (late Champion Sire of Scotland), Winner of the first prize at the Agricultural and Psßtoral Association's Shnw, held at Kllers llo. Bth of November, 1879,1880. and 1881. Will travel as under; Monday—Panmure, Meadow banH at night Tuesday—Rou.uera and Kpeom, home at night Wedtoaday & Thursday—Mangare & Papatoitol fildoy—Mount Albert & Whau. home at night •Saturday—At home. TKKMSI Jingle Mares. 5 guineas; two or mo'e. the pro perty of ono owner, H guineas. , Tho T wo-yoar-cld Colts,, GRAND DUKE AND BARON DINSDALE, Will serve a limited number of Mares at Four Guineas eaoh. THB AUCKLAND ST(JD COMPANY'S PURE BRED CLYDESDALE HORSE, „ YOUNG MELBOURNE, By the celebrated horee Lord Clyde, out of tho pure-bred (J)ydesdale Mate Vloltt, wlil stand daring the coming season ai MORBINSTILLB, 4od travel through SCOTCHMAN'B GULLY RICHMOND BLOCK, MATAMATA, T« AROHA. and WAITOA. Tkhmr :-Fonr Guineas. Payment for Anteros, Klgln, and Rosebarry, due on 10th of January, I'B3. Good paddocks pzovlded at two shillings and Blxpenoe per week, and every care taken, but 0.0 responsibility inourred. For farther particulars, apply to the Manag ing Director, CAPT. WALMBLKY, Sylvia Pork: • Or to WM, PBROIVAL, Secretary, Atusklaid, X eat ing's Powder. KEATING'S POWDER KKATINtt'S POWDKrt KBATING'S POWDKR KULB BOGS. FLK *S. mot as, BKtcTLtfP. This Fowdkk is (Joitk Habmhss to Animal Life, bat Is unrivalled in destroying fleas, bugs, cookroaohes, beetles, moths in fare, and every other species of inseot. Sports men will find this invaluable for destroying fleas in their dogs, as aleo ladles for their pet dogp. ' This Abtlcle his Found po Gbkat a Sale that It has tempted others to vend a sc- Ottlled artiole In imitation. The Public are Cautioned that the tins of the genuine powder bear tho autograph of THOMAS KSATING. KBATING'S WORM TABLKT3 KEA'SIVGM WORM TA3LKTS KKATING'a WORM TABLKTS KBATING'S WOBM TABLETS A PuaKLT VKOKTABI.K SWEBTMBAT, • both in appearance and taste, f arnlßhing a moat agreeable method of administering the only certain remedy for INTESTINAL or THRBAD WORM?, lc is a perfeotly ra'.e and mild preparation, and Is especially adapted for Children. Bold in Tins by all Chemists and Drng- Btflts. „__ PifOPßiEioai i THOMAh KEATING, , LOHDON,



AN EXCELLENT DRESSING FOR THB HAI«, INVIUORATIKG AND BEAUTIFYING}. o *'S RAIR BB^»^ This elegant preparation restores Grey Hair to its original colour by nourishing the roots of the hair, quickens and stimulates its growth, ensures quantity and vigor, stops its falling out, prevents and removes dandruff. It is not-a Dye. It produces softness and gloss and by con • tihued occasional use effects a healthy and natural colour. It does not Stain the Skin. Its agreeable and efficient qualities constitute it one of the best Hair Preparations extant, lhis pre , paraticta i 3 extensively used by persons who have been in the habit of using the more expensive imported articles) and with results equally satisfactory. The following bona fide Testimonials have been selected :- From a Gentleman. From a Lady. "Auckland, Ist June, 1852.-MR. EkSon*- "Auckland, May. 30th, 1882.-Sir,-Itaftords Sir,—About twelve months ago my attention me great pleasure in testifying to the Denellts was called to your Hair Renewer, which I have derived from the use of your Hair Renewer. been applying since, and find it produces the Some time since my hair was falling off to such , desired effect, i.e., preventing the hair from an extent as to cause me considerable anxiety, falling out, and maintaining the desired shade; and tho small quanticy left was becoming quite also, preserving it in a satisfactory state. On grey. After using your Hair Kenewer, I am account of my hair turning grey and falling glad to say tlie falling out has ceased, and a new out I had been in the habit of using a more ex- growth has replaced the loss. The appearance pensive imported article. I have pleasure in la glossy, and the colour quite natural. I grate recommending your excellent preparation. I fully testify to tha excellent results, also its find one application a week quito sufllcientto agreeableness in use, and its very moderate keep my hair Jn good condition, both as to price. I have recommended it to several of my growth and colour. Should you desire to give friends. . publicity to this, readers will perceive that for Yours sincerely, M.J. obvious readers my name is not appended." MR. Edson. Sold in Bottles at 3s, Cd. Prepared by J. Edson, Chemist, Medical Hall, ISHJ, QUEEN-STREET, Auckland.



XJROSPECTUb OF THB AUCKLAND NATIVE LAND 3 COLO NISATION COMPANY (LIMITED). CAPITAL £500.000, IN 500,000 SHARtS OF £1 EA.Oa. 800 000 BHAKRB AUK NOW OFFEHKD TO THK HUBLIU. 300.000 S HAKPS TO BB KKS'CRVSD FUR NATIVES AND future iaaua. One Shilling payable upon Application ; One Shilling upon Allotment. Oalla not to ex oeed One SbllllDg each, to bo made at Intervals of not le;a than Three Months. Provisional Dibectohs : J. Chambera W. R. Vlnea C. O. McMillan T. T. Masefleld F. B. Claude John Reid Geo. Holdship Kennedy Hill Bulrsma Puke Franz Scherff J. B. Whyte, M.H.H. Major Jaokeon 6. a Mortis, M.H.R. Captain Colbeck Ko KJiukluta (With power to add to their number). Bahkkes i Bank of New Zealand. SOLICITOUS! Jackson and Buesell. SEORKTABY, FRO. TEM.: Franz Bchei'fl. The objeota of the Auckland Native Lands Colonisation Company (Limited) are tfce acqni titloa and settlement ot Native Lands in the North Island of New Zealand.upon terms which will be to tha mutual advantage of the Native Owners, olthe Shareholders In this Company, and of the Co'.ony in general. In order to oarry out thia object it la pro posed— Ist.—To acquire interests in land in such way as the natives may prefer, either by purchase, by lease, or by acting aa their agents on auoh terms aa may be agreed upon. 2nd.—To pay for auoh Interests acquired at the option ot the native owners, either oaah, paid-up shares, or debentures for the whole or any put thereof, as cir cumstances and mutual advantage may dictate. Brd.—To allow the native owners who take up paid up shares interest at the rate of S per cant upon the amount of the paid up sbarea in exoebb of the amount paid up on contributing shares. ith.—To Issue to any native owner declining to take ouh or paid up shares deben tures ot stipulated amounts, bearing'in terest at 5 per cent 6th. —The capital required to oarry on njoes aary operations ot the Company to be provided by Colonial and European shareholders, and such capital shall be employed in defraying expanses of management.eompletlog titles, effecting surveya and subdivisions into faims and township lots, openlne means ol access, conducting the sale and leasing ot lands, promoting the formation ot special set tlements, and generally in utilising the lands vested in the oompany to the beet advantage. Oth.—To set apart and legally secure ade quate and inalienable reservea for the benefit of the native owners. 7th.-To convey to the Government an agreed percentage of land aa reqoired for public works, and other purposes, at a figure slightly in advance of cost price. Bfch.— To Inducee native owners to become Isrgo shareholders, to settle permanenty upon lands, tha titles tor which have boon Individualised, and to ba repre , santad on the directorate. It la a well known faot that the profits arising from the purohase and Bale of native lands in the North Island are enormem, and it la equally well known that auoh profits have up to the present time been confined to the oapltallßt alone; became ot the man; obstructions arising from tha laws relating to native lands, and to the large expenditure of money required for purchasing (he earns, The Auckland Native Lands Colonisation Com pany (Limited) presents to small Investors ad vantages ident'oal with, and In exoesa ot those enjoyed at preaont only by capitalists, the shares having been fixed ao low tbat men of small meauajnar be placed on the same footing aa the capitalist. No more fitting opportunity than the present oould bo seized for the purpose of attaimeg the objeota aimed at by this company, bticause :— let.—Tho quantity ot fertile Crown Lands ' in the North Island at the present time available tor settlement Is Insufficient to meet the demand. 2nd.—Tha Government have ceased opera tions In purchasing native land?. Jrd.—Tho natives owning land in tho Klrg country are almost unanimons in their desire to bring their valuable lands under the operation ot the Land Court, and dispose ot them to Hutopaans. Ith.—lt la confidently anticipated that tho Government will favour the establish ment of thia Gompiny. which will go far to relieve them from all anxiety about providing for the future wants of the natives. This Company will plaoe all land acquired under "The Lands Transfer Aot," so that the title will be indefeasible, and It will then be able to dispose of the same at great advan tage. The land will ha aold for oa«h, or on deferred payments, or disposed ot In tbe manner moat conducive to the interests of •shareholders. Under these circumstances, it la believed that the establishment of the Anoe land Native Lands Colonisation Company (Limited) will provide tqr the natives tbu readiest and most beneficial method of placing their lands for sale, lease, or settlement. - The ever-increasing demand for lands] In New Zealand omoegst all clashes cf ooloniets and intending emigrants from Grow Britain, the rich quality ot tbe lands In the King oountry, the faot that they are within eaay access by rail from Auckland, Ui olr suit ability for occupation, and their annntHy lnoroaslnK value, are considerations whl< h present to investors a proapeot of reuiurnr-tttna unequalled probably bj any pioi>u»al over »v& mltted to the pnblio. Applloatlonn for S-"Baron will bo tcoelvei". by the neoretiry. at titn ofllcea, Fort ."trcot, un'.tl TUEBUAY, tha 31st October, 18S2. j TW'ORTH SHORE IIEGATTA. TO BB HKLD OK THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9th (Prlcoe ot W&Jes's Blrthdaj). | 1. TBADING CUTTKR. K4.CK 2. OPEN BAILING BOATS. — Seooud Claaß (2U feet and not less than 16 tees overall), aa per regulation 3. YACHT 3 AND FISH INS BOATS (docked or halt-decked), 1 tons tnd unjer 1. OPEN SAILING BOAT?.-Flrst Claas (over 20 feet and not more tban 25 feet overall), as per regulation 5. SCOW RACK 6. YACHTS AND FI3HISG BOATS, above 7 tons 7. OPKN SAILING BO ITS. - Third Class (under 16 feet and not lota than 13 foot oveiaL), as per KeguUtion 8. YACHTS AND FI HING BO 4.TS (locked or half-decked).—Above i tons, and not more than 7 tona 9. OPE* SAILING BOA'IS. -Fourthriiws, under 13 feet overall, as per Regulations 10. ALL COMERS' SENIOR WHALKBOAT HACK, S oara, with steer oar.-Length 85 feet and under, bf am not less than i feet, as per Regulations 1L SHIPS' GIG 3 13. WAR CANOK3 (bona fliJe).-lst prize, BIOO; 2nd piize. £50; 3rd prize, £25. 13. DINGY BACK.—For boys not over 16 years of ago H \LLCOMKUa' JUNIOR WHALKBOIT KACE —Whaleboat Bame as per race 10 15 LADIK&' RACK —To be rowed In ordinary pair-oared boats, with coxswatu 16. TUB RACK 17. GREASY BOOM. Regulations on application to OHAS. C. DACRg, Hon, geo,



Clbakihg Sals OF BANKRUPT STOCK. Samuel Ooombes & v/O. Have groat pleasure In informing their patrons thattheyhavo PUBCHASBDf FOB CASH, THIS BANKRUPT STOCK OF JOSEPH CLENDENING, Draper and Clothier, of Tnuranga. THK STOCK oonsista Of- MAN CHESTER GOODS, CALICOES, FLANNELS, PRINTS,! SHIRTINGS, BLANKETS, TWEEDS, IKISH lINJBNS, \ DIAPERS, FANCY.DRESS MATERIAL, • RIBBuNS, LACK, HOSIERY, ; LADIES' UNDERCLOTHING, MEN'S AND BOYS' CLOTHING, BRACES, BELTS, BOOTS AND SHOES, HATS AND CAPS| SHIRTS, TIES. In fact la a . ■ /■■' COMPLETE DRAPER'S ai>d OUTFITTBRB STOCK. «.-.' • lAv Bousjht Within the Past Sis Montha This Btoolc we Bhall offer, together with rat own well-known STOCK of CLOTHING, amounting to upwards ot £14,000. The whole will be Marked Down RBGARDLESSOF COST, As we are determined to make this. SALE A BUCCK3S. We would remind onr Onatomeraand the Pnbllo generally that we have Pnrobased the FREEHOLD OF THE PREMISES to which we have bo LONG and SUCCESS' FOiiLY carried ot onr CLOTHING AND OUTFITTING BUSINMS, And have at Great Bzpeneelmade eadh altera tions In the PREMISES ss at once make them THK MOST COMPLETE AND COMPORT. ABLE BUSINESS PREMISES IN THE .CItSV ; , ■ '~ , .• No Goods will be Entbbed Drama This Sale, AS the GOOD 3 belonging to our Stook will M Sold at LESS THAN ONE-HALF TIIEIK USUAL PRICE. Cur Premises wIU be CLOSED on THUE S D AY, To enable ua to Prepare the STOCK FOB BALIS TO COUNTRY STOREKEEPERS. Thia will be an Opportunity to Replenish.thelt Stocks at Nominal Prices. TO HEADS OF FAMILIES. , We feel sure you have but to give us a Look and Inspect the Stock. . You Wih. Put Money in Your Perse.. IN TO-MORROW'S ISSUE WE WILL GIVE THE PUBLIC A LIST OF OUR SLAUGUTE KING PRICES. . UAMUEL r^OOMBBS ARD £JO.» 86, QUEEN-STKKJsT, OPPOSITE WYNDHAM-STRKKT.