on which I felt I could not brook advice. I had only to consulr upon it one—who is not here save in the spirit.Fnrgiyc me,darling." "My sweet Sabey, 1 have nothing to forgive. I only fear you mny have some thing to regret in seeing this woman. \Vh>t ha 3 Lady Pargiter written to you ?"' "Only this. She put the note into' Amy's hand. " Lady IVgiter will call in Caven dish Grove at ]1 A.M. to-morrow."

" Do you mean to see her alone, Sabey ?' "If you do not mind—if you will not tbink it a want of trust in your judgment —which it is very far from being—l would rather it were so."

" By all means, darling," assented *my. It seemed to hsr quite natural that Sabey slwu'd wish to make her appeal to Lady Pargiter without a witness, while she her self was much relieved by that arrangement. She had a secret apprehension that this woman of who n ahc had heard so much and nothing good, might "say thing* " to poor Sabuy which the presence of another would make more poignant.

At eleven o'clock Lady Parjriter's car riage appeared in the little crescent, whern its like had never before been seen. The Ijigp.ntic hammer-cloth seemed to brush both sides of the way ; the tall footman upon the swingbo ir<l behind raked the first fluor with those killing eyes which in May fair were wont to do execution.in areas. His application to the knocker of No. 13 was for the neighbourhood so unusually vigorous, that its object, to the atFrighte'd Mary, seemed to be to bring down the house.

With s'atcly yet excited steps, like a hearse-hoisi! landing f orn n railway truck, Lady Pargiter descended from the vehicle and was ushered into the parlour.

Sabey rose to receive her with the quiet dignity which sorrow confers upon the frailest and gentlest, and motioned her to a chair.

"Iliad rether .stand," said Lady Par giter. Her voice was harsh, her manner was stern almost to ferocity. So might a hawk visiting a dovecot have declined the hospi titaliy of its tremiving tenant. But it was not with for that Sahey ircmtiled.

"Ireceived tonrletter, MrsHelston, in ■which you are so good as to mv you acquit me of having robbed and murdered your husband "

" Indeed, Lady Pargiter, I did not put it so. 1 only wished you to fvel that I had no sympathy with those who blamed you io this matter."

If Lady Pargiter f«lt grateful for this, she coacea'cd the emotion, with great skill; but she could not conceal her foo', which was very large, and beat upon the lloor impatiently.

" Well, madam ?"

" What I wished. to convince you of, Lady Pargiter, was that any suspicion you might entertain of wrona done to you by my poor husband was as baseless as, and far more cruel, than the imputation against yourself. He is not here to def ml hiniseif ; I lear that he is' dead." "And my diamonds?"

This enquiry, though not brilliant, might have been compared with the stones she mentioned, so hard vkis each word as it dropped from her white lipslil-eb.-adsfrom a string. "It waß on account of them I wrote," continued Sabey. "'You are the only per son, I do not say who his any right—for even you have no right—but who has any excuse for thinking evil of my husband. You have suffered a heavy loss—though, as compared with mine, it is small indeed—and apparently by his means, —and the expres sion of my deep regret was. therefor due to you. Above all I c irn'Sily desired to con viiicc you of Matthew's inaoooncc. Lady Pargiter," she continued in impassioned tones, '" since his Divine .Master's time, a purer ivnd more blameless man than Mat thew Helston never walked this earth. I speak not as his wife—he was known to be so by all who knew him. If throughout his pasc th ;r« should be found a single blot of. which it might be said, "that >tnns him," you might think what you will. But lie is free from stain. He may have wrong ed himself- he did so, for of late he doubt ed of his own marital powers—but of wrong to others he was inca.iabe. He was the soul of justice and of h inour; to doubt him —oh, believe me ! —is t > doubt of the boau'y of yonder smiling heaven, or the goodness of the God who made it. The bitternes* of death, Lady Pargiter, is Imrd to hour, but the bitterness of shame is harder. Yet if it was my own ■ hame I conld bear it— suffering wrongfully; but for him—tor him —oh, spares inc. I will pray for you, [ will wo k for you, [will do what you will, if you will only believe my Matthew innocent Your heart, is touched—l see it in your f ace —your good angel stirs within you — comfort me—comfort me—who am in such Bore need of comfort, by one litt'e word."

That thee was a change in Lady Par giter's fioe was true enough ; and a clunge tot the better. Tke expression was s ill aa hard as adamant, but the fury in her eyes was quenched. "What Sabey, how ever, wa« taking for pity whs contempt. "I do not know whether it was my good ang<jl or my own tolly, woman," she said .scornfully, " but I entertain another view of you than I held some minutes ago. Then, I thought you were a scheming, lying rogue. I thought that you wanted me to torgiva the thief who had stolen my property; that yon dreamt of moving me by your tears and prayers and poverty— which are the stock-in-trade of folks like you—to bear lightly on this villain. It seems to me now that yon are a silly fool. Still, you may have some sense ; therefore, listen. You say you will do what I will. P"t that man Signet within my power: tell me something concerning him in this matter of which the law can lay firm hold—complicity, conspiracy, I care not what it fe.so that I may ruin him—and then— on the re-titution of the jewels -I swear not to prosecute yourh ißband." Sabey pa«sed her little hand over her fore head, pressing it there for a moment as she did so. " I d'j not understand," sh« mur mureil ; " I cannot 1m ye heard aright " " I spoke plainly enough too. Of course it is always difficult, \vhere two rogues are concerne i, to pick out one for punishment and spare the other. But in this casp, as I am told, it can be done. Tne man Signet, was the ruling s irit ; he was the master of your Matthew, as you call him ; and there fore most to blamo. As the prosecutor I can appeal in his case to the.m.' rcy of the Conr . That you arc poor—and have a child to keep,' as I see "—(the baby was asleep in it* cradle, placed there, no donbt, by Sabey to move her visi or's heart) - *: will be all in his favour. Ho wil get off at all events with a light t-entence. Where as Signet"—and Lady Paigittr closed her freat teeth with a snap, and clenched her ands and shook them, as though erfch :c titched a phantom jeweller by tne neck - '• he will have his deseits."

"Alight sentence ! And for Matthew ? You must be mad !" cried Sabey. '' I tell iyon he is as innocent as yonder habe." " True, I forgot. Well,once for nil—poor f oo l j—l tell you he is guiliy. 1 got the proofs of it this vey morning." "The profs of Matthew's guilt!" ■ " Yes ; a most certain proof." "Yon lie," cried Sabey- Slight_as he ■wa3, and, compared With Lady Pargiter, as a lily of the valley to a Scotch thistle, she towered before her now erect, delia nt, a her eyes flashed scorn for scorn.

For a moment the pitiless hawk quailed befo c this dove in defence of her mate. Then she answered slowly, " So it was all put on, was it ! You can blunter and rate with the best—or the worst. You need say no more, madam. lam not taken in twice by anybody. And I will only say this : a week ago the mau Signet, your husband's confederate—and, as I see now, yours— came, to my hous-, and, using the same tools as you have done (only they were sharper then), iusuitcd.nuligned.and defied me. I told him th-it the next day 1 should do something that would make Mm tremble. But I was meanwhile advised that such a step would be unwise With the proof in my hand of which I spoke it will be no longer so. And to-morrow—to innrrow— it shall be done. That child yonder will live to curse its mothvr because *he rojected my counsel—the last chance that was offered her to save its father from a felon's doom."

" Go, miserab'e woman, and do your worst!" cried Sitbcy, pointing to the door. " Standing there, where ho has so often stood, you are committing sacrilege; to breathe the same air with you is poison to me. Go, and pray Heaven for a human heart. G« !go !'' So terrible was the scorn with which she spoke, that even Lady Pargiter bowed her iStitV n«ck before it and in n wanner fled. Not till she found herself at the hall door, ■with the keen wind blowing upon her, did the voico of nature—or of second nature — assert itself, reminding her that she was a baronet's wife, with £30,000 a year, whom it was impossible (however things looked to thecontrary) that any one could have treated with disdainfulness.

Then, sitting in her roomy carriage, as in a four-stall stable the whole scene recurred to her, not ivs it had really happened,but as between a person of quality who had had losses, and an insolent female of the lower orders whose husband had been the cause of them, and her heart was full of hatred and malice and nil uncharitabloncsi, and within it was burning unwaveringly the llame of a great revenge.

(To be coutiuued.)

The Virgin Mary.

A STJIANOE STORY OK TUB AI'PICARANCK OK HER PORTRAIT IN TROY, N.Y.

TROY (V.V ), Mnrch 4.—ln an alley in the rear of First-street, below Adams, in this city, is a one-storey building, in which Thomas Jonos, a man possessed of more than average intelligence, and two female relatives reside. The house is an unpre tentious one, but for a few days past it has possessed wonderful attrftcti"iis for persons of a superstitious turn of mind. It is alleged that shout five o'clock every after noon, a picture of the Virgin Mary, with a child in arms.appeurs on one of the white washed walls. The apparition is at lirst almost invisible, but gradually prows plainer, and at last becomes distinctly in visible. When the report was at first circu lated many persons scoffe i an it, but their indifference did not ueter others from visi ting the house. These curious pc.ple assert they a'so saw the wonderful vision, and they expressed the b liei that there was touic. thing supernatural a'lout it. Intense ex citement followed, ami since Friday Mr Jon's's residence has been beseiged by hun dreds of per ons, many of whom thus far ha<'e be^n unable to gratify their curiosity.

The co respondent culled at the house this evening, and afier a little delay was ushered into a scantily-furnished sitting room. On making the object of his visit kimvii Mr Jones was at first inclined to be reticent, but the correspondent suggestng that there could bt! no reasonable ground for believing the story of the xpparition, Mr J->ncs jumped to liisfoet,cx:liiminj;, " But I kiv>w better, sir. I have seeu it with my own eyes sev ral times." Then po'iiting to the west wall of the room, he a»s«rted that for many day 3 a well- xecuted picture of the Virgin Mary with a babe in her arm*, and with, a cross and the letters ' I, H.S " a litt c to (he right appeared in figures of lie. Mr Jones could give no reason for the apparition, and seemed to be alarmed at ts tjequent appearance. While udmitti-g thatihe was as rict believer in the doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church, he deniel that he was at all supers itioiiH and declared that when his attention was first C'lled t> the apparition by his relatives, lie tried,to laugh away their fears, 'takinga lighted lamp, the correspondent critically examined the whitewashed wall, and, while he could sea nothing resfmbl'ng a picture uf the Virgin, a rude outline of a cross ami the letters " 1.H.5." were visible.

As the reporter returned the light to the table, the women in the room suddenly fell on their knees. In turning his attention to them, his eye fell on the wall. The spot he bad just beeu examining seemed to he in a blaze of light- He could discern no picture of the Virgin Mary, but the cross was very plain. The apparition lasted a few moments only. It is possible thai it is the work of mischievous neighbours, but a careful search ahont the premises revealed nothing to warrant such a belief. The crowd about Mr JoneV place this afternoon was so large that it was necessary to station a poliee.iian there. A tho^ouijh investiga tion of the alleged apparition is to Ix 3 made by persons who manifest considerable interest in it. The majority of Trogans attribute the phenomenon to phosphoric in the white-washed walls. Many Roman Catholics of the lower class have organized into bands of relic hunter*, and by their frequent visits to the house Mr Jones' domicle is suffering, the visitors insisting on carving pieces from the wood-work and other material of which the house is built.

A Lady Impersonating a Lord.

Talking of dramas says the London correspondent of the Frisco "Call," there are none performed behind the footlights more strange and exciting than those which the law courts dally bring firth. Amazing indeed is the career of the woman adven turess, Miss de Fearneaux, who lias ligur. d for years back in male attire as Lord Anhur Pelham Clinton, and has obtained, <>r so it is affirmed, nearly one hnndred thousand dollas from dupes who bvlicved her 11 be a wronged scion of nobility, who must sooner o- later regain possess on of bis estates. This woman's trial far fraud is now taking place in Birmingham, but sq great, is the curiosity to see a per-on of so exceptional a nature, that numbers o£ Londoners make the journey to the areat manufacturing town every «ay to hear th.9 evidence against her, and gaze on features which are said to be so lar from noble, remarkably weak and cominonphve. Yet London has no lack of its morbid sensations. The inquiry info the drowning of the beautiful little girl of seven years, Genrgie Moore, is actually progressing, with a fatal tendency to fix the crime on the shoulders of one Mrs Pay, a woman with whom Georgie's father held relations, but, one who seemed to love the child, and whom the sweet little innocent most unmistakably loved.

Barnum's Prizes.

AMI/SINIi LETTERS.

Ev RV lady in every city of the world has heard of Barnum, the great showman. Well, he has offered 20,000d01. for the hand somest woman in America, and in iespouse he has received i-oiiie thousands of letters. Afi they are really n.ost amusing of their kind, we append » few to show woman's ap preciation of herself

From adairynnidcoincsth" following : — " Dcarsr,—l am culled the most beautiful woman in this towii by a young man here who hus bceu to New York and other cities. My hands are hard from milking, butif you will advance me part of the prize money I can fix up so as to look real nice, as I hear they sell lots of things to make women look better.'1

Another from a female run* thus :—" Mr Barnumand Co ,—Although I am not quite white. I am nearly to, und no one ceuld tell the difiVrence unless you told them. 1 havo rrfused twenty offers of mairiage, because I am too beautiful t > throw myself away on any ordimiry man. If I get ihe prize I will pay you a handsome commission. I must s'ipulatc that when I urn exhibited I must not be expected to talk t> people. P.S.—I am ». girl, as you may see by my photo graph."

"Mr Itanium,—l want to be your 20,001) dollur-beauty ; not for money, but famo. There is a whole lot of stuck-up girls in this town who are just a* j'C'lo'ib of me as they can b-, and treat me horrid mean, and say the spitefiillcst things against me be cause I can't keep those fe'lows away from the house. 1 would go on an elephant into the ring or anywheie.s."

" Mister liarnuin, Is thisagood lime to go on the stave? 1 hay« bin warning to ro for some tirn-. I want an opining in N'c v York. I could play tin-, beautiful uoman it it's got speaking in it. I am thought smart by the boys and girls. A picture ain't no use, no way, because talent is wanted not looks."

IMr Jlanium.—t uivc you a description of myself. lam live feet high, and a per fect figure. I have hazel eyes and brown hair, :i dimple in my chin, and am tuld even day lam handsome. 1 have beautiful arms and hands, and a pretty foot, I have a handsome, bright .ye. *My teeth are white as pea-1. I am quite sure if you could see me y<m would engage me. I come from the private walks jf life, and am very little known, and my mother, hearing that you arc a Clirstian g-ntleman, has given her consent if lam chosen. My hand, arm, and face are hand some, as well as form, and, were lin stage costume on exhibition should bo asp 'rklmg hcauty."

A will 'W writes:—"l am twenty-five, and have been a widow three yca>s, and am rather loney. I would like the change and excitement of travel for a time. I am a line performer on the piano. 1 can play ' Yankee Doodle' with one hand, the 'Fisher's Hornpipe' with the other, and ' Tramp, tramp, tnmp'at the same time, and all this when lam blindfolded. You know how hard it is f>r one to get estab lished, especially fora poor woman,"

Infernal Machines at Edin burgh.

On the evening of the 15th February 'wo ex plnsio' s occurred almost simultaneously in (lillbrent parts of Edinburgh, which -iiow that a iteliliemte outmec lifts been curr c<l out. A parcel, about 14 inches lon* by 7 in breadth, and'- indepth, wrapped in brown paper, wasdcl vcrcil at tho residence of Mr, Alexander Macdouajd, p lice court nge.t, Hill-place. On taking off the wrnpi>er, a boy covered with pictures was touii'l inside. The box contained three drawers, and tin eti'ort was made to open these at the eniis, but as they were st ft the centre dr.iwor was next'ried, wh'"n, ns it came away, a frignt fnl explosion oc«ht d. Mr V'acdo«ald v>m severely burned, and one of his eye is, it is feared, permanently injured His mother, a L-irl about 4 yean of njje, and a woman residing in Duck-street, Lcith, wlio wius on ii vi-it to the famih, were also se verely Imrno'l ; and Mr Macdonald'n father, who was in th« act of coming into the rom at the time of the explosion, was knocked down in the loMiy and rendered insensible. The interior of the dwelling-house, which U on tlic street flat, was considerably da-na ged, and 'he windows shattered. A window at the back of the Royal Princess Theatre, which is close upon he house, was r.lso b own in. In the • ther -ase the explosion occurred in South St. James-street, in a house o cup'ed by Ml* John liarron. She received a lx)x of a similar descrip'ion, and on it< belli" opened, she and n *-on €md a daughter in lnw we-e all injured. Two windows of the houso,lwhinh is on the third flat, were l»lo*n out, and the clothes "f the three p-rsons caught lire. They all rushed out of the house while in flamrs, which were extinguished by the neighbours. Their injuries were »tended to at a iioi»libourinf» apothecary's,and from thence they were re moved to the Royal Infirmary. 'I h» police have a clue to the pcrpctrat r of the out r'ge, and are busily engaged making the requisite investij?at'"ns. Trace has been oh ained of the delivery • f the b xes from the Waverley -tation,at which they arrived by train from Glasgow, and they are be lieved to have been sent, 'here by a person belonging to Ed'iiburch in reveng*. T.ie boxes, which hsvo been taken posse tion of by the police, ar- each divided into two compa'tm-nts. Tt<c back compartment seems to have been filled wi'li powder an' pieces ot gas tubing, and conducted to the. fronl, where matches were so lived ihat on the drawer being pulled out they we>c set lire to by the friction.—"Home News.''

Mrs. Langtry's Salary.

Tjik special correspondent of an American paper discussing Mrs Lanutrys extra ordinary suceessin "Ours" says: "Apropos you may not have hoard of La Lanjttry's terms to provincial managers—sixty per cent on the gross, she furnishing nothing but self and company, and expecting new scenery,expensivchuiidingand advertising, the theatre, gas, etc from the management Many provincial manage s are hastily declining with thanks. If 'lie Lily asks these stupend"iis iates at liome, whtt on ear'h will she try to ex>ct from the American managers, it being a well grounded impression among London theatricals that to secure' » profit on an American engagement, just three times -the London rate of payment should be demanded ? Rut, I fancy there is truth in what I hear of MrsLanutry'sown cstiimic of her hist'ionic ahilitiu.i. Those who claim to be in her confidence say tint the lady is perfectly well wwnre of the ephemeral nature of her hold upon the public, and that she mean- tn make all she can oik of her fir t send-oll' convinced that her re neat engagements, if «ny, wll be but a shadow of what has gone before. In other words, she knows lint actresses as god as herself are playing for feu dollars a week, its w Iking ladies, all over t!io civilised world, in various lauguages, and the only thing wliich makes her of more value in the money Hiarxet than they is the reoord of her ►ocial -uccesses. Therefore it hehoves her, as a p'tidcnt woman, to make} her harvest while the sun of her sensation shines through the artificial brilliancy of the footlights

Cultivation of Figs in the Colo nies.

The " Colonies and Imlin," in recommend ing the cultiva ion of the fig in some of our colonial possessions, points out th^t " Plan tations !iny<S already been made in certain districts in Australia, but in all parts of thatcontinentthero is abundant opportunity for the extensive cultivation of the treo if only for the sake of its beautiful foliage in the treeless waste* in some portions of the interior. Of all the numerous varieties of ficus scattered over the tropical ami tem perate zones, there is none more easily cultivated, none moro striking in appear ance, and none more prolitable than the ficus carica. Its fruits e.iten green or nun dried are bith palatable and nurritioiis.and the enormous demand that exisis for them is shown by the fact that the annual imports into Great Britain, chieily from Southern Europe and the Levant, amount to over a thousand ions, while the United States impo't half a million dollars' worth yearly. According to the New York Situ, in Georgia, where the fig bears two crops, an ordinary tree, six or seven yours old, will produce live or tix. bushels of fruit annually, while twice or thricd that amount may be expected from lurge old tree-. There are trees in f astern Florida that may bo trusted to yield from 20 to ."«) bushels of figs a year. At Santa Barbara, California, it i* said that a tree ten years old will bear about 8001b of fruit 11 year. In >l;ibania it is considered tho most prolific of all fruit trees ; and from Texas it is reported that the fruit succeeds pcifect'y all over the State. The tree is more hardy than h generally supposed, and if it will grow so well in tropical countries, and in the West Indies, in Fiji, throughout Australia, .uicl '.he g outer part of New''Avu lniiH, in South Africa, in India-indeed, almost throughout our culonie* and Indian Empire, lias ought to be a staple product, The ea<o with which the fruit is died and packed is an important point in its favour."

Public Worship Problem.

A "WestCountuv Paksox,'1 writing in the " Nonconformist on the public worship problem, rchitoian interview ho had with one of Ilia poorer parliament on the quest on of attending clan oh twice on a Sunday. " Sir," said the man, with abruptness and great earnestness, ■'where are the rich Christiana on Sunday evenings ?" I replied that 1 did not know, for as far as my own congregation is concerned I know of no difference in the attendance of various classes on Su day morning and in the evening. " Well," he replied, " I know where they are—they are at homo taking their ■ a^b. Why, they dont wnrk harder thai, wo working men hive (o do all the week, and then many of us leach in Sun dav-«:ho>l« as well »s attend public service Uice oi tholLord'a Day." I c»uld not h I|> seeing the free of the ma ib inquiry. He felt that those rich Christian peonlo were, by thoir mm atU-n lance on Sunday I'vcnmus, lowc ing the estimate which the le s instructed lat of tlie community should have of the priv legc and duty of going ti> a place of w r.ship. In my o|>inio i ill-; m n was corrm't in his view, and as tliis vi« w hai not, si far as I hive .-0011, b e:i pit foMvai'.l, I wish (o urge il o:i tli iowi era ion of all your nalirs. Dopund upon it, if the emplovor o labour th nn» tliaf he c.inunt go to eh'i tl or church l« ic-i on the Siiimay, hi* furinni will a ion emio t'i think that it bo>t comports wi'h his dignity and ease to stay at hnino in the evening, and then rank and liie will follow suit. This thine, like all folly and evil, is terribly contagious. Since thiUworkinj/m n spoke to me 1 have tiled to r call wha 1 have seen of attendance at pub io worship, and as my obso vntion lias exte ded through a quarter of a ecntutiry, and ovrr a very wide extcn1 in t!ie di-noinination to >vliicii 1 beloiig, 1 vent Me. to say thxtall I have known ot c ng cgatiuns cmlirnis me in th» c inclusion tha'. wore he wealthier Christian people .-how an ramest up rocia tion of public vvmsh'p by attendug twice on Sundiy it has, Catcrix /mritjitu, h most he iilicial effect on the att■•■ dance of what is ordinari y style the working clas.-e-. On the other hand, where th>se who occupie I ihe best social p-isilion only attended once on the Sunday, h wever devout they migh' bo. the cllcet was generally depressing and injurious.

Diamond Dust.

Tke lightest lic.irt mikes sometimes

heaviest muirning,

Rest, re-cation, consecration, arc the three receipts for worry.

Let yourz.'alb gin upon yourself; then you mny with ju lice extend it lo your neighbour.

A more glirious victory cannot b; gaincil ovei iinitlier girl tl.an thin —that when tlie injury begins on her p.rt the kindness sh"uld begin on yonrs.

A filse ti.-ichc- —A sheep s skin may C)voi a wolf's hart-' Af>|^e tniijlier pits 0:1 th livery of Christ to serve the devil in. nc wi 1 avc hi" ic«'aril

It is easy enou h lo fin I p'etity of men who think th-i w.»rl«l. o.ves th'in'a living, bin hird to fi-id a mm w!u» is willinjr 10 own tH;it hoh sci.lccud iq i debt in full.

t-i ts nn I gra a. —Grunt giit< arj good, but g.cat grace is better. Ho man wll be >avi-<i by gifts. "By gsice alone are ye saved." A man mtv have maiv gifts, but few graces A "gif.c.l preacher" may be a "castawn ."

It is a curious f;ict that cliildien are the best judges of cliar c er at liist sight in the world, There is aSo >teh p overy, " They a>-o nc cr camiie t\at dogs aud b.iirns dinn ■■ like, 1' and there is not a more tine one in the whole collection.

Bowa'e —A. man raajr preach the truth and yet be false ; a milestone to t -1 otiers the wiiy. and yet he m:iy not g > on himself. Noah's carpenteis were good shipbuilders, hut ba 1 me.i. The vessel which tay built saved othars, but they w^re lost.

The great ne d of a new fiicudshcip is op niios4 and candour. As we .ire invitad to ex[iL re a new reg'on, we si ould not be taken past lo :ked gates a id aore.-tel at the opening of temp in<; vi-tas. Without large confidence at this stage of friendship cannot letnti to be.

H-i who is never dissatisfied with himself or others, and never di-conteut-d with things around him, oannot be expected to niaku any strenuous cllbr sat improvement. He may live out a life oj case and se enity, but it will be the ease of torpor and the serenity of indolence. !-in progressive. The woinrn looked at the f nit. She admired its beawiy. She desired to know its ta-te and to experience its effect S">e toac.hed it, plucked it. fondled it, tasted it, ate it. and was ruined. I*'ir-t, distrust j then, disbelief; then, sin ful <1 sire ; then, deadly dis ibedieunc, aiid tin; work is done

Do lost awhile. You are wearing out the v'tai force* faster than there is ne d, aud in this w.-iy sulitractiiig your- from the s-im total of your life. The rush ami worry day by da , itUisrcstlcs-; antic y a -cr .vomclhin^ you hivo nor. got, is like pebble stones in iimohinery-they grata and grind the life out of you.

STAR SATURDAY SUPPLEMENT, MAY 13, 1882.

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rv McIVOR, Upholsterer and Undertaker, 62, ■*• • City Market. Caliches mid Clntirs to order. FTiiRIMBLECOMRK, Queen's How), Symonda-Btreet and Kyber Pass R GEORGE (lute C. Wood), Hutohcr, ParneJl, • supplies best quality Meat at lowest PRICES. JYOtING, Fumily Grocer. Shortland-street, • Aucjcliiud, BEST Place for Jianprcs, Uvens, oiovca, and BlnckHinith's Work.—lt. NICHOLLS. 326. Upper Queen-street AuCKLAND WOMEN'S IMMIGRA- J\ TION SOCIETY. Tjidies and Gentlemen wishing to become Members of the above Society can do 80 by sending the sum ot One Pound to this Secretary, nt tho Ollice of J. M. Clark, Esq., (Mayor or Auckland,) Shortland-street, whore a copy oi' the Rules can be seen. GEQ. MOCATTA, Uou. Sec. DUBLIC NOTICE, "VV. PETTY, Stay and Cokbkt Makbb. Ladn:k' Mantles and Jackkts made in all the latest styles, and old ones remodelled a la mode. Surgical Appliances for Ladies and Gentlemen. Solo A«ent for tho Celebrated Cyolop'B Sowing Machines. To bo sold at English Prices Only. Upper Qucen-Btroet, opposito Army and Navy Hotel. DN. GAIIN IE R. , Manufactuiuncj Jewklusr, dealkr in curios AliibhtStukkt (near Star Hotel). AnciOAriD All kinds of Chvlos—Ornamental Kauri Gum Wholesale anil Itetail ; Shells of every descrip tion mounted at. moderate ehuixes. As* Eaiily TiUAL in itK.iPECTn-ur.r.Y Solicited Repairs of every description. On Parlo Frun&iis. OYMONUS STREET MEAT DEPOT. O ENOCH WOOD, Family BuichkU, Meat delivered at Mount Albert, Epsom, Mount Kdcn, Citrlton Grove, Lower Symouda Street, Newton, mid Eilon Terrace. First-class quality : reasonable iiriees. Cash customers liberally treated. INHI'KCTION J.N VI I'KD. FOX THE BEST AND CHEAPEST LINE! IN TWEEDS, Thy ir. Robinson (lato Sievenson),JuncUon ol Queen and Grey streets. TWEED SUITS FROM £3 10s. TROUSERS FKOM 13s. lid. STYLE AM) FIT GUARANTEED. (Jive mv a Tkial. 11. It O 1) I N S 0 K. RH. IT UGII ES, . FAMILY GROCICU & TKA DEALER, DRAI'KR. HOSIER, AND HAIiKKDASUKK JU.NCTtOM OF U.S'ICIN' AN!) W'KI,UM;tON STItKKTA Goods of best quality at moderate prices \ nice assortment of China mid hsirthanwnrfl always on hand. lumilicH milU-d oa forordetß. Goods delivered. DUAI'KIIY, MILLINEMY, & LALite; AND CHILDREN'S UNDERCLOTHINa. IT. FOUNTAIN, Ponko.viiv Road, is now ollerinx tlie above nt lowest town IWCKS you CASH, and respectfully solicita n continuanco of the patronage o( ha nuineroua customers. Ul'l'KH SYMONDS STKEET CHEAP DUAI'KUY AND GItOUKIIY STORE. J. HEAT E, Va.MI I, v Gito C E j:, AND GENRRAIjDHAPER, Is Hi'lliiiK GrorericH and Oilmen's Stores fop. cash as low as any houac: in lliu Trade. Good Family Tea at 2s per lb ; Kxcolleut do. ut 2s Sd ; liacoii and Cheese an good ami cheap an any houso in town. Trial and Inspection Invited T D A V E V •J . T A 1 h 0 R, &c VULCAN LAN X, AI: CKLA ND, ni'Rsmost rc^p ctfully to call tin- attention of Ccntlcincn imd the Public, in (,'onoral to hw N'KVV GOODS ot Heat Quality fo ■ the present and coming s.-ason-. .1.1). In returning thanks for past favours solicits a continuanco of the same, and «ill five satisfaction to all who may favour him with their patron ge. N'otk Tin: Auimi:ss: OPI'OSITK TIIK OCCIDKNTAL HOTEL, VL'I.C'AX Ij.VN'k. ri^IJE NEW REMEDY FOH ASTHMA X 1)1 KI'ICULTY OK BREATHING, &c. "EU 1111 0 11BIA PI Ll* L I FEE A,' Oueenslnml Asthma Herb). A M 0 S T VALUA BJ, E REMEDY Also. E D S 0 N S "SYIIUP OF HYPOPHOSPUITES,' wint '• EUPHORBIA PILULIFEIU." Fon Asthma, Chronic Bronchitis. Cough ' Hoarseness, Tkjiitnkhs ov thk Cukst, •' Incipient Coxsumptiox. &c. Tho advantage of this preparation is tho com titnntlon or tbu expectorant quaiities of tlie Kuphorbia Pilullfera with the ,n:p:irativo pro perties of tho llypophosphites su universjiily esteemed for their power to recoup the waste and loss of tone attendant upon this cluss oi' coin plaints. The numerous voluntaryltestimonics received from time to time as to the grout beneiit derived by those who have suffered from affections of the chest and respiratory organs for venrß induces the proprietor with increased confidence to make it virtues more widely known. The syrup is a pharmaceuticil preparation, agreeable to tho tuate, and may be taken by tho most fastidious. In Bottles at 3s. 6d. ED S O N'S M ¥l3"fc A L II AL L, QUEEN-STREET. Auckland. /nLANVILLE & r^LLVETT \*A .1 A TEA DEALERS. AND FAMILY GHOC-ER , Hi, QUEEN STREET. | (Owositk the Union Bank), j AUCKLAND. NEW SEASON'S TEAS, Highly Recommended, JJuLLIS S WEEKLY Tlm"e^TAßLe' Leave Onelumga: Leave Auckland: S-9,' um# 3.15 a.m. 9.45 a.m. ] q p ,„ JH 6lum< s!op.m* 12.0 noon ,jo j, ,„ ■!•" V-m. 6.0 p.'m! 0.30 p.m. 7,0 j, ,„ Monday, 11 p.m. RETURN FARE :ls. CD. SINGLE FARE: is.