Next morning Mrs Brortennk nbrnptly alluded to tlic subject by i>a>iog tv JCFSIP—' " You'll bo sending that can of dripping to your mother, I suppose ''.'' " Maybe 1 will," was tbe mlky auswer. "It'll do berao good," w,w tlie ouiinii* ami significant reply; and Jessie afterward declared most positively that tuc woidi were spoken in au exultant and malignant tone which Startled her and caused her to stare after bey mistress, wondering what was behind it all. Jferhups Jcssid «as a little sup rmitious, and thought that a tuing given with a grudge could do no Kood, or pcrhapi she real'y fearrd the malice of her mistress ; but, at auy rate, tlio rrvmlt of her thinking was a change of mind regarding the destination of the can of dripping. She would not scud it to her mother, us she had before intended, but lor John, the enrrier, take it away a* uuial, and bring her money for it on his return. To whom the currier sold the dripping, er for what purpose it was used, Jessiu never inquired; she only knew that a good price was paid for it promptly on receipt, and that .1 ihu »t times would have t ikon fiom her double tho quantity she had to sell, and been "Lid to got it. He collected the dripping from more than one house on hia route, and sometimes had several cum in hu cart, all on their way to tlio mysterious purchaser. On thii occasion, however, much confusion and Kt'iious complicatiou was averted by the fact that he carried only one, and that was thu can purchased from Jessio Upringctt The carrier's cart, which hs.d ]Uit left town, jogged slowly aloug for name six or huvcu iniie^ to a farm-bouse kept by John's married sister,'aud ihero the can of dapping win removed from the cart, yreinhed, and put away for uso, tlio empty c.in being put aside to bo returned to Jessie on the next. journey along wiih the money to bo paid for the dripping. Two days la'er John re turned towards tho town, and this timo be Rirrictl iv bid cart a uretn painted box i'tllc I with fresh butter, in tempting half pound rolh. This butter was intended chieliy for the market at Porkleton, but, as it was known along John's route thut on certain days he carried this butter, he was more than once stopped oa tho way to supply these occasional customers.

On arriving at Castle Cawdor, honest Johu stopped to return Je>sie her empty can, pay her the money due and to a»k her if "the mistress1' wanted any of his unrivalled sweet bntter. Jessie looked at the butter, and decided that she would like some herself if her mistress could be induced to bur it, so she referred tho nutter to Mrs Brotierick, who promptly bought some, aud—much to the chagriu of Jesiie and the other servant—as promptly carried it out of si^ht to the diuini-rdom cupboard, which was always locked, aud the key never out of her possession. The servant* did not gri ye so deeply over the loss a day or two after.

That afternoon, while honest John was pursuing his poaceful course, Mr Broderick and his visitors were out fishing, but they caught nothing but a tremendous appetite. They returned to tea so sharp set that the observant hostess secretly voted angling more of a loss than a gain. With awful pings she saw her lovely fresh butter vanishing before her eyes, and when she decided to take some herself one of the gentlemen suddenly remarked that he thought he would go out and have a smoke. J'hia announcement made every one stare, the more so as he was noticed to be ghastly pale. The sickly guest had scarcely gone when another begged to be excused, and wont out also, tie found tho first writhing and groaning in his own rcom, drinking water in tumbleifuls, yet getting no relitf. H« declared he was suffering from a burning and consuming lire, and that he feared he was poisoned ! Strange to say, the second guest had now exactly the same symptoms, and as neither got better they rang and asked Mr Broderick to be sent to them. The answer was horrifying enough. "Mr Broderiek has taken very ill, and can't come."

The two gentlemen looked at each other, and the same thought rose to their lips.

"We're all poisoned? the table's been poisoned."

Something on

An inquiry for Mrs Broderick elicited the alarming reply that she too was ill, but not so dangerously as her husband, and ai the symptons of all were alike, the conclu sion of tlie two guests was accepted with out question. A doctor was quickly sum moned, end ho pionaptly pronouueed the symptoms to be thuse of poisoning by some irnt int such as arseoic. All of thepatients had become sick, and though the doctor con Id not undertake te declare the poison to be arsenic without analyst?, he said he would altnos-t stake his reputation on that bei:g the case.

jVcwthe first person to be blamed wav the cook, Jessie Springett. The tea had Ineri a substitute for a late dinner, and there were some dishes ou the table oE Jes-ie's preparing, and these were sus p«ctad t> contain the poison. A recollec tion of their recent quarrel over the drip ping still rankled in her mistress's mind, and she groaningly implored them to send for a policeman and have Joisie taken, to prisou, as she, and she alone, had piisoned them all. This charge was indignantly repudiated by Jessie, who drctarcd her readiness to swear "on the Bible" that she had never yet lingered poison, or dreamt of Buoh a wicked and diabo ical act iv her life. When, therefore, "arsenic" was men'ioned in her hearing by the doctor, a light appeared io dawn on Jessy's mind, for she presently exclaimed, with quite as much energy as her mistresshaddispiayed -

•'lf it's arsonic, I ran guess where it caino from. My mistress uses it regularly for her complexion. I've often heard her say that it made her look younger-looking anH more beautiful." On this remark being repeated to Mrs Broderick, tbat lady crimsoned to the eyes, and at first—unfortunately—denied that she used arsenic in any form. I suppose she was ashamed to admit the weakness before her husband and guests; but at all events her strong denial had the efl'ect of diverting suspicioa for the time oeing from herself. It happened that two other per son* who had bought hone't John's frtsh butter had been taken ill in the same way, and bad pent in all haste for the doctor, who ■was at last found by them at Castle Cawdor. What had they eaten ? was the first ques tion of the astonished medical man. One had taken tea with bread and butter; the other had eaten nothing but a thin slice ofF a roll of fre*h butter, without any brea't. Who sunpliod the butter? Honest John,' the carrier in both cases. Who supplied the butter used at Mrs .Broderick's tea table? Honest John again! There must be something wrong with that butter Thus the doctor reasoned, and wh'le going off to attend to his new patient, sent for another doctor skilled in chemistry to help him in his investigation. In all the six cases the patients we-o gr ally relieved by sickness or the antidotes supoli'ed by the two medical men, and were soon b lie'ved to be out of danger, but another case which speedily cropped up did not end bo happily. An old lady living neat Cattle Cawrior had Leoa exi/cctnw some friends on the following day, and she took in a pound of honest John's butter, and put it carefully away in her pmtry, fastening thu door otter her, as she had a favourite Russian cat w>th a speciil weakness for fresh butter. The cat say/ the _ butter carried int'i the pantry, and, finding his purring and affectionate fawning quite thrown away on hi 3 mistress, he made a business-like detour, got in by thu pantry window, and settled himself to a royal feast. He had paten scarcely the third of one roll, and possibly was wishing he had had three mouths instead of one, when he became SUit is probable that he suiterad a deal, mentally and physically, like all criminals taken in the act, but of that there is no record After lie had done squirming he settled comfortably on his back, twisted bis le<'s and paws into au u.tneate lover s knot, and died. In tliia picturesque position, and showing every tooth in his head in an assthelic smile, the Russian cat was next morning found by his mistress. Screams, wails, and lamentations proclaimed to the world that another victim had bom added to the l;st of the poisoned. A child would have b-eh enough, but the Hussian cat in the eyes of his mistresi was worth many children, and she determined to have the author of the outrage brought to justice a,', all costs. The half eaten roll of butter, towards which the cat cv. n in death turned its loviog glance, pro claim- d'mly too emphatically the cause or death • hut already thtre had got abroad a report that honr-st John's fresh butter was loaded with arsenic; instead of attending market with the flwt stir in the morning, John had been forced to deliver up his entire stock of butter for analysis, and had hastily returned to his sister with the alarming intelligent, his movements m that direction baing quickened by a rumour that his sister had been compelled to send for the nearest doctor. She had been poi isoned by eating some of her own butter 1

a circumstance which fully demonstrates the wisdom shown by medical racm in re fusing r. i hwaliow their own wedicinei.

iineai the loudectderlaimar* in tho howl forjnutiu! which immediately was rained on every Hide, w.-n Mr< rtrodcrick. It is true that s-io vms accustomed to the use of arseiii'i, and had by chance awallowoi |lo?s ihim tuts other*, but she had actually suffered innra, for with most of the c/ise3 there had been 100 much arsenic iv the dose, and instead »£ produ in.' deith it produced sickness, which saved tho patient. Mra Broderick had really nude a narrow eacapa with her life, for she |bad taken into her system enough arsenic to render her ghastly grceu for the remainder "f her lifetime.

" I hope they'll hang the poisoner when they find him out," was her audibly ex pressed wish, and everyone hoped that she would have it gratified. The poisoning now being traced to the dairy farm at which the butter had been mada—John's sister al«o having a narrow escape—the (irat suppotition was that some "vermin killer" or "rat p.vtc," full of arsenic, had got int) tlio butter by accident, instead of into the rats with which such places arc infected; but, on enquiry, it was proved that no such deadly drugs h*d b~en used in the place. Not a word wai said by the butter-makers of anything else which had got into the butter not exactly by acci dent, ; on that subject they ninin'aiued a demure silence, and themy»teiymi£Uthnvo been unsolved still ha I not the gentlemen appointed to analyse the. butter round thai something for themselves. "Animal tat," in tho proportion of one-half, was the abrupt manner in which they described thu drip piny which these honest dairy farmers had used as a flavouring mixture I > their butter. The adulteration of butter had not at that time as now become, like murder, one of the fine arts It was not donu wholesale, but depended for an existence entirely upon private enterprise; sn the next quustion was not " What staatine company or soap work supplied tho fat?' but " Who sold you the dripping!" 'I he answer did not come very promptly, but rather by instalments. At first they solemnly declared that there was no animal tat iv the bvttor when it left their pvomisos; tbou they admitted that at times, when the weather xrei warm, they put in n little fut "to firm tho butter fur their own use," and it was possible that some of thut specially good kind had accidentally got iuto John's market " kist;" then they sckuowlcdgcd tjiat the stupid dairymaid had by "accident," tilted iuto tbe churning a whole tinful of clarified dripping. Tho original question was repeated, and then came the astounding intelligence that the dripping used had come entirely from Castle C'awdor, the big house occupied by Mrs Brodoiek. Servants who are badly treated, and pinched iv diet, are not good at keeping secrets, and it was known all round Castle Cawdor that Mm Brodcrick used arsenic to beautify her complexion. Therefore, when the news spread that the dripping had couie from her house, there was an instantaneous singling out of Mrs Broderick as the poisoner, mingled with a gencal chuckle over the fact that she had been ouo of the first to suffer from the diabolical crime. She had beeu neatly "hoist with her own petard," and there were some uncharitable enough to wish that she might shortly be even more successfully hoisted for the crime. Had tlu lidy been a poor washer woman or servant girl, there is no doubt she would have been arrested at once, but when the suspected is a per on of app ir, m wealth thsse things must bj gone about very circum-pectly. Ail the incidents of tho quarrel of mistress aud servant over tho dr.ppins; were now recalled and related by the cook ai already recorded, and so ener getic was the girl that Mr Brodoriok, who had beenmakini tha most desperate efforts to hush tho thing up, conceived tha idea that Je-sic was actuated hy spite. Having soire acquaintance with m« he sent for rue, and concluded by making the Rtartling statement that ho believed Jessie Springetc wa« the real criminal.

"lam quitecctain to b»i»in with that Mrs Brodeiick is innocent. You smile," he said, pausing in his narration : "you think it natural that a man should take his wife's part, but I am certain qu quite different grounds. She has swotj it to me solemnly, and I don't think she would perjure herself. Cut here are two curious facts. Mrs Bro derick declared her intention of laking the dripping and usitg it herself for butter. Thut's the first fact. The next is that Jessie Springett knew the drawer in which Mrs Broderick kept the aisonic for her own use True, the drawer was generally locked, and it wa> oftoner tin housemaid than Jess:e who c 'tire 1 that room, bit still there is a possibility of Jessie, if so disposed, grttiin^ at the poison aud putting it iu'.o the dripping with evil intent, tlio more so as, when the, effects appeared, it might be thought that Mrs Broderick had simply mi over-dose of her favotuite cosmetic. 1 can ace that the police have their eyes on my wife ; tlry yrj only waiting till they havrt hunted up evidence enough, iind then they'll pounce on her Now, what 1 wish you to do is to search into the whole matter private yiu the light of the h:nt 1 have given yon, anil, if Jesnu Springett fs found to be the guilty one and convicted, I am prepared to p iy you handsomely for the work."

Hore was a curious po-iiion to be in—l was asked by a client, whom I particularly wished to favour, to try and prove a certain woman innocent and another guilty, while all the time privately convinced mat his wife was the guilty one and the servant innocent. Mr Broderick's theory seemed fc i mealtogelner vapoury and unsatisfactory. Mrs Brderick/;«C(y that her servant meant to send the dripping home to her own mother, and she distinctly and malevolently warned ber that it would "do her no good ;" what could be plainer than that she had dropped, or intended to drop, gome mis chievous drug into the can? Starting with this opinion pretty well grou dad, it is a little strange that I arrived at result^ quite diitereut from what either Mr Broderick or his enemies, as hu was pleased to designate the authorities, had ex pected. in tbe course of my inquiries I chanced to ask if any tramps or beggars had been in or near the kitchen. The answer w»« s decided negative, but I then discovered that one person had been in the kitchen on the evening ot the day of the quarrel, who was kiownto boar Ms B >derick no «oad will. This was a groom named Peter Keraey, who hid sweethearted Jessie Springett for some time, but who was there as the bearer of a message, or ha would not have been there at all. Thu man hated Jessie's mi-tress, anl never disguised the feeling ; and the cause was that some six months before, after being warned by Mrs B oder ck rot to dare enter the house on any pretext, had entered it with tbe cunnivunce of the servants, aud ba I been as promptly taken into custody by a con stab c whom the lady of the hmse had con cealed in riadineas. Some windows had been broken shortly before, and Mrs Brode rick so stated her ewe next day in court that Kerney appeared to be the breaker anil a "re it pesc generally, and mu?h t) his owd tu:prise he was sent to pri-on for fourt'eu diys without the opti >n of a fine. •' 111 pdy you back for is !' was his vense ful remark a? he wa«hurri(:d out; aid those who knew his rfekess charade believed him quite capable of fullilliug his threat. Now, on the ni r ht of his call at Cattle Cawdor he was not only left alone in the kiohen'fora time, but had alnaly mido the can of melted fat tbe suiiject of remark.

" What is it for?" he had asked, when, with a Bnorr, Jessie replied, "Oh, the mistres3 say* she'll use it ior butter hersel' when the visitors aio not at the table."

"Good enough lor her," growled the groom with a scowl, i>nd bop the uia'ter dronped. 1 his « a? about all the information I could elicir. on the pevnt. There was no evi dence of ltcrney being seen drooping auythiujj into the cm of mcl ed dcippntr; or ihat he had arsenic with him ou the occasion referred to ; but I thought it not unlikely that a person h*vin<» the care of horses m'gn u»e arsenic, and even carry it in his po'jket; so I proceeced to sift out as mu'ih as I could relating [to the groom and his movements. The dripping had been quarrelled over on a M'.nduy, but it was v/eduesday before tt appeared as butter in the cart of honest John tbe carrier. But on Tuesday nitjbt Kerney, the gi-oom, had hai'od Jessie in passing the house, and in quired if Mrs Broderick was quite well. Then by 'nouul-about questioning he dis covered that tho can of dripping had b< en sold to some one through John, the carrier, and he went away looking very much startled.

Having gathered that much information, I thought it time to look after Kerney, bnt learned that he bad vanished suddenly the day after the poisoning. Quite sure of his guilt, I now communicated with the autho rities, and bad Kerney pursued. After a deal of trouble be was pot in Glasgow, and brought back in custody. His explanation of his flight was that his master had refused him permission to go to Glasgow Fair, and he bad taken French leave rather than miss the fair. When tbe nature of'the charge was made known to aim, he swore roundly that it was all »

wicked schema of Mrs 'Kroderick to get him into trouble and »hi«ld herself ; declared thut he had beard f.fien of her ixsma araen'i1.. end rlcumndod her arrest. He ndtniitiHi that he had occasionally nod nwnnie to brighten the yloss of thu hor?ns under his clu'go, but declared (hat no hail none in his possession then, an i had nut used it for many months, having inadver tently loet the packet containing the drut', and not caring to ask for a fresh supply from his master, without whose oriler Ike poison was never supplied.

So tlio very result which Mr Brorlevick most dreaded came about, for his wife wa> arrested on suspicion, Kerney persisting in declaring that the lady had a spite at him, and would say anything to gat him in to trouole.

The revelations all round were not tho pleasantest in the world to Mrs Broderick, though they were hugely enjoyed by the people who had so often honoured her purtio? by their presence ; but so far as the detection and conviction of the guilty one was concerned, they tvere fruitless. Both Mrs Broderick aud the groom were shortly after discharger), nor was anyone cl-c arrested, or further progress made with the investigation. But from a communication, which aftet yards reached me in aground about way, I have reason'to believe thai Kerney was tho culprit. He had bee.' suddenly tempted hy bei'ig lefc alone near tlio can of dripping, and the fact that he had a packet of poi<on in his pocket. " I'll give tho besom a fright," he thought, and, taking out the packet, ho tried t> sprinkle a few grains iuto the dripping.

While doing so a sudden noise startled him, and ear ed the whole contents of tho packet to drop plump into the dripping. He had no tiiuu to think, for the next moment Jessie returned, and ho had to leave the thing to fate. '•If Mrs Bi'odoi'ick t.il;ui it it'll only sicken her," wns his consoling (bought, " but even if it should hn too much for her, •/{ would be no great mailer,"

Aa some of the persons concerned are alive yet, I will not say whether Korney is alive now, but these are the chief facts of the case.

Shakspeare and Euphuism.

[Read Bifokethe Auckland Institute by Dk. J. Mmihay Mooue.]

Six of the beat of Lyly's plays were collected and published in 1632 by Edward Blouuty, who tostilios thus in a preface to the con tinued popularity of the author: —"Our nation are in his (Lyly'«) debt for a new English which he taught them. ' Kuphuc* and his Knglunil' be^au first that language. All our ladies were then hi* scholars, aud that bsauty in court who could not parley .Euphuism [note this Gotlticiam] wai as little regarded as ste which now there ppcaka not French." But wo must go into tho marrow, ai it were, of our subject by sketching an outline o' the book which alone perpetuated Lyly's fame, namely, the tale entitled " Kuphues : the Anatomy of Wit, hatched in the hard winter with the Alcyou," published in 157S or 1579. It is in form au Italiancsque remancc, but with a mere shadowy plot and without auy lively action ; the characters of the story being only mouth pieces to convey tho author's thoughts and sententious opiuious. The hero, Kuphues (meaning '■ well-bom" or" well trained"),

is a noblo youth of Athens, in Greece, who, desirous of seeing the world, and completing his education, leaves bis homo for JSaplo?, in company with his friend Plillantns. Disdaiaing the fatherly counsel of his old friend Eubulus, ho plunges into the Neapolitan dissipations of that day. Ue falls in love with the Lady Lucilla, daughter of the Governor of Naples, is rejected for one (Jurio, and after various adveutures, returns home a sadder and a wiser man. Long letters from tSuphue.4 to his friend Philautu.s, and pro. trauted dialogues between tho hero and a ccrtniu Atheoa ("atheist") arc the media uiud to oonwy tnc author's ideas, on many serious and important subject. Nntur.il Koligion as an a'guiucnt against pure Atheism ; tho ideal of a University, the fullics of fashionable women, tho proper and Christian education of childhood, youth, and immhood, are discoursed upon with, much ability, inflight, »nd uarneHt ness. Texts ol Scripture (qimtd fiom the 15GS Bible) use freely used iv support of his argument?; uud it is clear that the whole object ot the book is to inculcate viituo, good principles of lite and education, and a buliof in Ood ; anrl also to warn young Englishmen of rank and fashion against the corrupt life of Italy, and against ttitj Atheism which was creeping into .England from that country.

A few specimens of ihe author's chef d'aiuvre will now be cited. '1 ho lint in on the " Exercise of the Faculties ": — " Tliere ii'c tliree things which cause p :rftction in a nun—nature, reason, use. Kcason 1 call discipline ; use, exercise. If any of these branches want, certainly the tree of virtue must needs wither, for nature with out discipline is of small force, and discip line without nil turc more teeble. If exercise or study be void of any of those, it availeth nothing. For as in tilling of the ground in husbandry there is first choaou a fertile soil, then a cunning sower, thon good seed, even so must we compare Nature to the fat earth) the expert husbandman to the schoolmaster, the faculties and sciences to the pure seeds. If thin order had not been in our prcdeceesors they hud never been eternised for wise men, neither canonized as it wore for saints, unions those who study sciences. But if there be my one that thinketh wit uot to be necessary to the obtaining ,of wisdom, after he hah gotten-the way to virtue, industry and exercise, he is a heretic, in my opinion, touching the true faith in leurniug. For, if Nature play not her part, in vaiu is labour ; and, if study be not employed, in Tain is Nature, Sloth turneth the edge of wit, study sbarpeneth the mind. A thing be it never co easy is hard to the idle; a thing bo it never so hard is easy to wit well employed. It is cus tom, use, and excrci»e that bring a young man to virtue, and virtue to his perfec tion." | These sound principles pervade the book, " Euphuc V and the following pas sage concerning Love and Marriage con veys also wholesome advice, couched, in the alliterative and antithetical mauner of fc.uphuism:—" It hath been a question oftin disputed but never determined, whether the qualities.of the mind or the composition of the roan cause women most to like, or wne'her beauty or wit move men most to love. Certes, by how much tlie more the mind is to ba preferred br'tirethe body, by so much the more the graces of the one ou^ht to bi preferred before, the sifts of the other: which if it be so, that tlio contem plation of the inwaid quality ouaht to be respected more than the view of the out ward beauty, then doubtless women either do or should love those best whose virtue is best, not measuring the deformed man with the reformed mind. The toul toad hath a fair stone in his head; the fine gold is formed in the lilthy earth; the sweet kernel licth in the hard shell; virtue is barbourod in the heart of him that is misshapen."

Shakspeare ha? beautifully used this popular superstition of the " toad-stons " in his "Aa You Like It," (1600): -

Sweet aro the uses o£ adversity, "Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.

," Contrariwise," coutinues the Euphuist, "if wo respect more the outward .shape than the'inward habit, into how many mis chiefs do wo full I Into what blindness are we led I Uo we not commonly sea that in painted pots is hidden the deadliest poisou ? Doth not experience teach us that iv the most curious sepulchre are enclosed rotten bones ? That the cypress tree bcareth a fair leaf but no fruit? That the ostrich carrieth fair feathers but rank flesh 1 How frantic are those lovers who are carried away with the gay glistering of the line face, tlio beauty whereof is parched with the summer's blaze and chipped with the winter's blasts ; which is of so short continuance that it fadeth before Oue per ceiveth it flourish; of so small profit that it poisonctb. those that possess it; of so little valuu with the wise that they account it a delicate bait with a deadly hook, a sweet panther with a devouring paunch, a sour poison in a silver pot."

Allusions to the pcr-ooa,<e3 of classical mythology and to the fabulous properties or habits of certain birds, animals, and stones, abound in Lyly's work?. The fol lowing bit, bearing upon the difference between bodily and mental labour, both serves as an illustration of this statement and of the tendency to prolixity of the

author -.—"The merchant that travelleth for gain, the husb udmau that toileth for increase, the lawyer that pleadot.h for gold, ihe craftsman that scekotb, to live, by his labour —all these, atrcr they have fatted themselves with sullicient, either take their ease, or lorn pain thnn they were accus tomed. HippoiuuhcH caatoil to run when be liad gotten the goal; IlercaloJ to labour when he had gotteu tne victory ; Mercury to ripe when he had cast Argus iv a -lumlicr. The Ant, lbou»li the toil in humuier, yet in winter she Icavcth to travail. The Bee, though she delight to auck the fair flower, yet is she at last cloyed with honey. The Spider, that weaveth the iiucst thread, coasoth at the last when she fioisheth her web. But in the action and study oE|the mind it is far otherwise, for ho that tasteth the sweet of his learning endurcth all the sour of his labour. He thatsccketh the depth of his knowledge is, ns it were, iv a Labyrinth, in the which, the farther he goeth, the farther he'i-! from the cud ; or like the bird in tho lime bush, which tho more she strivcth to get out tho faster she stickcth iv. And certainly it may lie said of learning as it was n:iid of nectar, the drink of the gods, the which the more it was di unk, the

more it would ovciUow the brim of the cup ; neither is it far unlike ths r<tine that growcth in this river of Caria, tho which the more it 18 CUf, the more it. mci 'cascth !" This last curious superstition (the growth of the Cariau river stone) reminds me of tho won deiful property ascribed to the chamomilc plant in tho Fhvt Part of "Henry 1V.," Act ii., Scene 4. FalstufF, personating the old Kins?, in jest, reproves tho truant, frinco Hal, thus :—"Harry, I do not only marvel where Units flpcudtst thy time, hut also how thou nrt accompanied : for though the chamomile, tho more it in trodden on the faster it grows", yet youth, the more it is wasted, tho sooner it wears." The lirat volume ot Euphues achieved an immediate .success, and ;it once .secured for Lyly a reputation for wit and originality such as his plays, though popular, hud never made for him. Within two years he published (1585) the second part (although tho lirst part had boon a complete novel in itself) entitled "Euphues and bis England." Kiiphuea and his friend I'hikuitus make a journey to liu«laiul, the former stalling from Athens, the latter from Naples, aud lod»e with a merchant in London, after a brief sojourn, with a philosopher at Cau terbury. To sol ten the ell'ect of the keen satire of his iirst book, Lyly make? his hero delighted with everything he sees mid hears iv England. Every Kngllahwoman is fair, wise, and good, The f.icnds hold Ions; converse in courtly fashion Vtlt'i the noble lady Camilla, and with her triends Flavin and Violet, tho latter of <*horn Philautus court 3 and marries. Incidentally we obtain interesting pictures ot the ta»te*, occupations aud amusements of polite society of that day id London, Lou^ tales of love, A. la Boccaccio, lengthy love letters, and numerous conllict; or wit and argument upon some themn to which line ladies and gentlemen of Elizabeth's Court formally sat dowa as children now-n-days i-it down to a game of forfeits. Theso features gave tho book a more Italian character than was visible in its predecessor, There can be no doubt of the immediate ami extensive popularity, among the cultured of that day, of the entire work. In these wit-contest*, which invested jocose conversation with the character ,of a verbal skirmish, and which are »uch marked features ot Lyly's novel, and of Snakspe.irc'H comedies, we see ie- Uecicd and elaborated an existing custom of that U£;. Uk'sidc* these sparkling dialogue?, in Shakspeare often coarse, iv Lyly always decent, other character istics of ibis famous book sni'cd, nay, captivated the taste of the public. Proverbial phrases full of wit, quaint metaphors rich with poetic fancy, melo dious, (if long-drawn) sentences, chiMcaily trimmed, in stron» eoutru-t with the uncouth prose of that period, enabled his leaders to excuse tho cnicf blemish of his euphuism, which is the losing of the main thought ot the sentence iv the flowery rhetoric and Btipor-noundant illustrations in which it is buried. Euphuism begun to rule the court, the camp, tlie grove, nay, even the pulpit. Anthony Wood quote:] ttie < xtrdium of a sermon preached to the University of Oxford ;it St. Mnry'H Church, t'i tni-i cll'cct; -" Arriving at ttiu Mount of St. Mary, in tho Htn»e (the imlpu) where I now stand, I have brought you koiko line hisenits baked in the oveu of charity, care fully con-otvod for the chickens of the church, the sparrows of the ppirif, and the sweat swallows of salvation." ! his pulpit orator mu.-t have, been the very antipodes of tiic homely, colloquial Bishop Latiiuor ; and it is to be hoped that he did not always thus sacrifice seu-e aud Propriety to sound ing alliteration. This element, indeed, of Euphuism whs not a novelty, but was eagerly seized upon by tho imitators of "Euphucs," who, for twenty or thirty years after Lvly's triumph, wrote poems, pamphlets, romances and translations iv the new stylo, hi the year of tho publication of " Kuphues, lib England," Anthony Mundny brought out two hooks vritti ailiterative tiUos, thus :—l. "ThoFountain of Fame, Erected iv au Orchard of Amorous Adventures"; aud 2. "The Paine ot Pleasure, profitable to bo perused of the Wise, ond necessary to be by the Wanton." In the famous " Martin Mar-Prolate " con troversr, v pamphlot ot 1089, wrongly as cribed to Lyly himself, boars thw moit ■ccentric title :—" Pap with a Hatchet, or A Fig for my Godaon : or Crack me this Nut. To be s-old at the sigu of the Crab-Tree Cudgel in Thwack-Coat- Lane." So late as the year IG2O, Joshua Sylvester £»ratilied His Majesty .lames 1., who had written his Uounterblaste to Tobacco in 1004, by producing an anti totiacco Kuphuistic po -m called " Tobacco Battered and the Pipes Shattered (about their Ears that idlely Idolise «o Bise and Barbarous a Weed : or at least-wise over love so Loathsome Vanitie), by a Volley of Holy Shot thundered from Mount Helicon," By this time, as we sec from the poems of tho Kov. Dr. Donne, Euphuism hid degenerated. Though the[m:ijority of Lyly's colleagues iv literature approved of and imitated this new invention, yet three lights con demn I'd it as foreign and injurious. Tho-o were Michael Drayton (1590), Ben Jonson in his Cynthia's lievels (1600), and Sir Philip Sydney in his "Apolojjie for Poetrie," writteu in 1581, published in 1595. On the opposite sido is William Webbe, whose "JJiiCourse of English Poetrie" (1586) gives extravagant praise to Lyly. And no\T we tnm to the consHcrattou of how Shakspeare received and treated this remarkable " C'aze "of his day. His ver satile genius promptly perceiving its ludic rous side, he wove into hi« comedy of " Love's Labour Lost" a very amusing and. apparently very accurate ciricature of Euphuism. The play of "Love's Labour Lost" was first played, according to Mr Furnivall's re searches, in 15SS or 1559, eight years ufter the publication of " Kuphues " (2nd Part), and was the oarli st o£ Shakspeara's comedies. It fornn a link between the playa of Lyly and his school, and the comedies of Shakspearo's more matured and original genius,—such as "The Merry .Wives. of Windsor," (1598) This comedy contains more rhymning verse, more do#>grel, more alliteration and more Latin and Italian words than any other Shakspeariati comedy. Kuphuistic phraseology pervades the whole play, out two special pjrsonaf»e<>, Holofernes and lJon Armado, are introduced the more vividly to depict the affectations of fashion able Euphuism. Not dt.-daining to retain the favourite subject'", characters and jests of the older low comedy, Bhakspeare knew how to dignify these by the profoundtr signification which he gave them, In this play, Holoferne*, the schoolmaster and grammarian, represents tho Pedant of Italian and of iSarly Elizabethan comedy. He is the modiraval pedagogue, full of Latin, Latinised words, and awkward attempts at displaying his shallow learn ing, continually correcting tho words of others while talking clanny English him self. It has boon thougdt that a certain Signor Klorio, an Italian teacher then living iv Lindon, was here portrayed, hut this is uot certain. There is more pro bability in the suppositioo that the second Kuphuist, Don Armado, was a caricature of a Don Monarcao, .Spaniard, then resident in the Metropolis. Don Adriano de Armado. the Spanish. Knight, chosen by the Kin;i to amuse the court with witty conversation and with minstrelsy, is the military "Braggart," the Th^aso of Latin and Captain Spavcnto ot Italian comedy, lie is a man of poli-h, educated in alt polite leatui'ig, but a vain talkative boaster, using a novel and extravagantly affected phr.itco'ogy aid pronunciation— "a, man of five new words, fashion's owu knight." The hero of the drama, Ferdi nand, Kiuj» of Navarre, describes him thus :—

(To be concluded in our next,)

The Khond Massacres.

A CORUESI'ONDENT at Sumbhulpore supplies an up-country Indian paper with some de tails respecting the recent massacre of Kultas by the Khonds. He says :—

"Ou the 15th May last a meeting was held ut Bahvaspur, which was attended by a largo number of the leading Khonds. They determined to massacre the Kultus oi Kalahiuidi, for whom they hid conceived a strong agrarian hatred and jealousy. They swore loyalty to this purpose, and kissed the " tangi" or axe in token of their resolve. The execution of this purpose, was committee! to the various represen tatives, that each might carry it out in his own neighbourhood. Tho result was that about a hundred Kultas were murdered. Many mnro would have perished but for the prompt measures adopted to diepcrse the armed bands of Khonds, aud rescue the captured Kultas. " In the village of Kalamgaon, 20 Kulta« were murdeied. The circumstances of the massacre have lately formed the subject of inquiry by Colonel Ward, the additional commissioner, and are of considerable in tsrest as showing|tho character of tbc recem rising. On the 19th May news reached Kalamgaon of tho murder of Ishwar GaontiyahJ of A«argarh, an account of which was given in the "Pioneer" of the 17th instant; aud the Kultas were filled with-a'arm, and prepared to flee. They found, however, that they were surrounded by armed Khonds, chiefly belonging to their own and the neighbouring villages. They were captured and huddled together iv a house in the village, which was well guarded all that night. Besides placing a strong guard on the house all night, ttie leading Khomls present also promised that though the Kultas might be robbed, their lives would be spared. Next morning the number of Khonds had largely incrcined. The number of Kulta prisoners, including women' and children, was about forty. Eearly on tho morning of the 29th May the leading Khonds camo in and demanded tho surrender of all the pioperty the Kultas had. Wuea this had been given up, the Khonds prepared to remove their prisoners from the house, The latter, who were now convinced that their lives would be taken, tried to hide thom*elves whero they could. But one after tho other they wore pulled from their hiding-places and hurried out side. Here they found hundreds of Khonds collected, aimed with axes, and bfiws and arrows. The wretched prisoners fell at the feet of tho leading Khonds, aad beggoi them to spare their lives, but they were told that none of the men among them would be spared. In the coufusion ono or two meu succeeded in effecting an escape to the hills ; and their story has now beeo told before Colonel Ward. The women were spared, and most of the children.

" Tho' harrowing details of what follow ed have vow been furnished to Colonel Ward by the bereaved women as well as by several murderers themselves. Twenty Kultaß were murdered in cold blood. There may have beon more ; twenty murders have been proved. One old Kalta, who had got a littlo out of the thickest of the confu sion, wasdiscovered by some of the Khonds, He camo towards the foremost of them in an attitude of abject supplication, holding grass in his mouth aa a token of degrada tion. The fierce Kbond cut off the old man's head with one blow [of hi 3 axe, and filled n small vessel ho carried with the blood. Another picked up the head; but the leader called out to him, ' Why carry about a head without hair; there will l>e no scalping of him 1' And he threw the useless trophy away. The men were not ! murdered at once; but theleading Kaonds from the various villages, which were re presented, were allowed to select victims; and when the Kultaa had been thus dis tributed, they were led away in different directions to he murdered where their captors might choose. Musainat Sari, the widow of one of the murdered Kulta«, thus described the capture of herself and family and the events which followed :—' My boy (M*dho) was carrying a baughfeoy on bis shoulder ;my husband was carrying a little girl.aod my brother-in-law had a basket of ourjgoods ; I was carrying a little girl; we were runniug away frem the vil lage of Kalamgaon, but were sunounded by Ude Khond and Beveral others, armed with axes. They seized all the things we had with us that they thought worth taking. We were separated in different directions, two or three men going with each of us. We begged for our lives, but the men told us they were going to kill all the maleKultas, and said I should never see my son or my husband again, Afterwards

I heard thoy had taken my husband to Billaikoni, and killed him therein the idol's ehrino. My son was killed' in the fields of Themri, and I was told that they offereo bis head to the village idol. When the men had been 'carried off, the man Ude came to me and asked what I had in mj basket. Iv hopes that he would save my boy I gave him two saris, some silver jewel?, a silver waistbelt, Ks. 103 in cash, and some other thia,<-s. I gave them to him, and implored him to save my boy. But he took them and ran ;away, and mj boy was killed. Hot knowing what to do, I returned to the village: but the Khonds turned me outlaying I was not to go crying about the place, ho I went away to the nullah. Towurds night I returned; but they again turned me out saying that the widows would not be allowed there. I got shelter for the night in one of the tholas. I never saw my husband or my boy (Madho) again. When Madho was taken away to be killed, my two other little children were taken away from me; but they were after wards recovered by the Tabsildar of Bhowani Patna. Being very young, they had not been killed.'

" This is a hideous story enough, told in a simple language, -with no attempt to en large on the miserable details. The widow has simply to tell that they were intercepted in their panic-stricken flight; that the little property the.y had hurriedly put to gether was offered in vain as the ransom of her son's younß life ; that husband and son were carried off from before her eyes and killed; and that she was not allowed even to weep for them. It would be haul indeed to find a record of greater barbarity, treachery, and ruthless cruelty. The manner in which these 20 unhappy victims were borne from their wives and mothers and murdered in cold blood ; the rutldess refusal of quarter even to the aged among the suppliant victims themselves; the eagerness with whichjthe cnurdereis sought to dip their axes in blood, and have their share in the cruel scene that was being enacted, and the savage manner in whicb the grief-stricken and wailing women wore driven from the village, lest they should disturb the mnrderers with their cries—all these are features of the story, which must create the strangest feelings of indignation, and brand the crime as something more than an ordinary murder."

A Breach of Promise Case.

The Comic Side of It.—two Thousand

Folios of Letters At the Manchester Assizes, recently, HannahShorrock, a young woman residing at Chorley, sued Wilson Williamson .far damages for breach of promise of mar riage. In opening the case Mr Nash said this case belonged to what was called she moral class of breach of promise cases, and that from fir3t to last there was nothing that could bring a blush even to the sensi tive cheek of a British jury. The plaintiff was a young lady of about twenty-fire years of age, and was, as they said, of pleasing appearance and irreproachable character. The defendant was an exceedingly prosperous and indus trious young man, who travelled in tea, and it appeared that ho not only po3sessed those fascinating manners which were pro verbial with the English "commarcial," but a fund of high principle and unosten tatious piety, which was as creditable to him as it was unhappily rare. [Laughter.] After reading through about 2,030 folios of correspondence, with which he did not propose to trouble the jury, he (Mr Nelson) thought no damages could compensate the youug lady for the severe loss she had sus tained in having been engaged to the de fendant for something like seven years, and dually lost him for a husband. [Laughter.] Both parties were about twunty-Uve years of age, and resided formerly in Chorley In the year 1875 tbey became engaged, aod soon afterward the defendant, being a young man of good character and aoility, thought he could better himself by coming to Manchester. In 1576 he came to this city, and since that time he had held several lucrative situations in the tea trade. In his letters he always displayed the warmest affection for the plaintiff, and in one letter of January, 1876, he wrote: " My dearest Hannah, I arrived at home all right, but sorry, sony, indeed to leave the one I love so well. The oftener I Bee you the more I love you, and 1 am always a few days before I get Bettled after 1 see y»u." That, of course, was what a young man of eighteen would feel on such oc . casions. [Laughter. 1 Soon afterwards he

■wont to Hyde, but he did not iipnear to have become at home there, for he wrote: "They are such horrid people, especially this old fool of a woman." [Laughter.] That only made liiai cling more tcurterly than ever to his Hannah, and in another letter he wrote : " Whun - think of my mother and then of you I could not helo weeping." He added that "he would not be shut up in this plase all Sun day with the servant"—a remarkable proof of sincerity, inasmach as in the present day of young men there were not many who would shudder at being left all day in the house with the housemaid. [Laughter.] He said, also, that " her letters were as good as a breakfast to him." [Laughter.] He had stated that his f alary was enlarged from £73 to £S3 10s and expenses, and then another £20 wasadded. Communicating this intelligence to his intended, he wrote: " When the young ladies at a tea party got to know that, they all sang songs for me, and pressed their attentions on me"—

[laughter]—so that the jury would see what an agreeable young man the defen dant was. Locks of hair were exchanged, a ring passed, and he said "he could haidly wait with patience for that happy time when they could be one in twain." The defendant's letters were voluminous, but his spelling was not irreproachable. Once he wrote that " Polly has been shak ing the table while I have bzen wrighting." sio it was to be presumed that Polly had shaken his orthography in well as the table, [Laughter.] He statei also that "It was veiy difficult to be an honest tea dealer in Manchester, because 1 am ear rounded with such a lot of rogues." [Laughter.] About the beginning ef 1881 he began to grow colder, and in October of that year he wrote stating that lie con sidered the engagement at an end, offering to return the plaintiff's letters if she would give him back his epistles aad the ring. Hs refused to marry her, and he (Mr Nash) asked the jury to give the plaintiff, by their verdict, a substantial compensation for the km she bad sustained.

The plaintiff, Hannah Shorrock, machin ist, Clifford-street, Chorley, was called and examined by Mr Na^h. She said the promise was made in 1875, and she fully expected the defendant would marry her until last year, She was fond of him, and he was fond of her [laughter |, and she had always been ready ana willing to marry him, Cross-examined, the plaintiff (said that the defendant had reproached her with coldness in consequence of her not visiting him when he was confined to the house for seven weeks by illness. On that occasion she- was looking after her aunt, and csuld not find time to go to see the defendant. They had a quarrel in July, 1880, but " made it up again." She had never told him that " he would havo to give up husi ncs9 in Manchester if he wanted to have her," He had not improved his business position during the five years he had been in Manchester, but he was now getting about £3 a week.

Mi' Fleming, who did not put the defen dant into the box, contended that there had been a breaking of the engagement in July, ISSO, it being evident from the re proachful tone of tbe letters at that time that tho defendant had ceased to think a marriage would ultimately take place. He asked the jurj to consider that the defen dant was in ahumbl« position, and that the plaintiff did not seem to have her affections crushed and blighted as his learned friend would have them to wish.

The jury, after a short consultation, re turned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages £25. Executiou was at once granted,— Liverpool Express.

Hat Flirtation,

The latest craze is the hat flirtation. It is too utterly utter, too intensely intense. The following is the code: Wearing the hat iijuaiely on tbe head, I love you madly— tip ping over the right ear, my little brother has tho measles -pulling it over the eyes, you mnst not recognise me—wearing it on the back of the head, ta 1 ta !—taking it off and irushingit the wrong way, my heart is busted—holding it out in the right hand, lend me a quarter—leaving it with your uncle, I have been to a church fair —throw ing it at a policeman, I love your sister using it as a fan, come a«d see my aunt— carrying a brick in it, your cruelty is killing me—kicking it up stairs, is the old man around—kicking it down stairs, where is your mother ?—-kicking it across the street, 1 am engaged—hanging it on the right elbo tt, will call to-night-hanging it on the left elbow, am'badly loft-putting it on the ground uiid sitting on it, farewell forever, ■C ( Lcavenworth (Kas.) Tin?<^"

A Medium in Spite of Himself.

A Question for Scientists.

(To the Editor of tho Evening Stah.) " There arc more things in Heaven and earth, iloratio, Than are dreamt of iv your philosophy." -^HAMLET,

AUCKLAND, September 20,1882.

SiX, —The above date is now, as I write, about a week past, but I wish to let it stand, as it is the day on which occurred the extraordinary experience which I pro pose to describe. I have purposely per* mitted this time to elapse before commit" ting my narration to paper, in order that I mi^ht nave full opportunity for considering the matter, and that I might not be open to the accusation of having written under the impulse of excitement, enthusiasm, or possible delusion, A word or two of ex planation will clear the way to a proper understanding of my experience and the problem which it opens up. I am not a Spiritualist; but, being well developed in the faculty which physiognomists call " spirituality " or "immortality-hope," can never be a Materialist, Naturally, I have for some years been an earne-t enquirer into the phenomena of Spiritualism, as pro duced under the supervision of "mediums" and "circles" of believers; but, as lam deficient in credulity, and demand clear evidence or correct reasoning as a pre-requisite to my acceptance of any Ro-called factor truth, I have not been able to accept or assimilate many of tho teach ings of Spiritualist?. I am, iv short, a thoroughly typical sceptic in all matters in which the supernatural claims a place; but with this marked distinction from the majority of sceptics, that I have a strong predisposition aud desire to be convinced of the reality of life after death and of spiritual existeDce generally. In tho Home country I have witnessed, aa an outside investigator, many of the higher manifestations of Spiritualism, in cluding materialisation, mind-reading, &c; ,but none of these convinced me of the genuineness or supernatural origin of the phenomena, Curiously enough, I hare never witnessed any of the more common phenomena, such as table-tilting, communi* cation by raps, &c, thougb I had frequently eat in private "circiis" with the view of .eliciting such. On Wednesday, 20th inst., therefore, while visiting at the hou=e of a gentle* mac in Auckland, who is known as a powerful medium, I made the request that we might form a circle, to see if we coald get any table-tilting manifestations. The circle was at once forme), consisting of the host and hostess, whom I will call' Mr and Mrs X-, my wife and myself—another gentleman being present, luit choosing to act the part of This latter point I considered of some importance, as secur ing the observation and testimony of n-ne outside of the magnetic, mesmeric, or : Hual influence, which might be sup- Dosed t ' t influence the whole circle. The foHu v**nB *s anexact account of what took T)lace U w lch P rove 3 roe t0 be a medium n spite of'myse;'«aDd »K°V «««««}» ot tions. I replied : "No, out! au.^H?^ be convinced." "If the table tl. «jjot continued, "will you beennvinced?" , 11 of spiritualism, but of uni'ital magnetisn.,'' I replied. Sitting with our bands on the table for about CfteiU minutes, con versing and sing'tig hymns, no mani festation followed aDd the arrange ment of the circle was altered. Still no result, aiijl after a reasonable period of trial, anot. "- change wa« tried. (All the time, b> remembered, the "dominant idea" w y <o get the table to move, and if such h-ut happened the theory|of unconscious muscular action might have satisfactorily accouuted for it. But what did happen was something widely different.) Within a ferr minutes after our second change of posi tions 1 suddenly felt a peculiar sensation, as it there had fallen on me " The wild enchantment of a magic spell." The first experience was a choking sensa tion in the throat, caused by the swelling of my neck. Simultaneously with this, my wife (in response to a strong impulse, she says) began repeating the words of a prayer, and the sound of her voice (though she sat next me) seemed to float to my ears from a great distance, with a mellowness of cadence and impressiveness of tone which were most remarkable. Thif3 choiring sensatioD, which tatted bat an j.ifitant, and was the only disagreeable physical experience, passed off: but even while the opening invocation of tke prayer was beiiiP. uttered an intensely unpleasant and objection.^ ■■ men al sensation swept over me. The mi; o^.sion coated is quite indescribable. I felt us if sjtne immoral suggestion had been made to me, or some wickedness ot which I was incapable im puted to me. Loathing, revolt, and resis tance of this influence possessed me, and I cried aloud, " No ; no." The invocation of the prayer ceased, and I felt the mysterious influence, which I took to be somel .undefined evil, being ex erted more strongly than before, I clenched my hands, set my teeth, and gave utterance to two successive yelk, so piercing, that I could see tho company were all astonished. These seemed wrung from me ia my menial struggle against the wicked influence.; and, as I felt myself gaining the mastery, th.c savage instinct of retaliation wa* aroused, and I cried ia a loud voice :" G— d —*■ you, sir! Would you tryfon your pranks oa me?" This all transpired in less time than it takes to read it, so rapid and vivid were the sensations. Immediately I was released from the obnoxious influence, and a sudden revulsion of feeling took place. All the mental sensations became' most agreeable : I felt as if all my frame were expanding and growing beneath eoßte benign influence; I sobbed convulsively for a tew seconds, with a feeling of relief and thankfulness, while I heard Mr X. remark to his wife, "How strange!" . X'hen came the most wenderfut cxperU caee of all; the most intense influx of men tal and spiritual light and enjoyment which any oiottal may hope to have on earth, All language is inadequate to describe it, but I will try. There came such a flood of light <(aa effnlgence, or glory, which yet seemefi. to come more from within myself than from without) that I closed my eyes sad hid them in my pocket-handkerchief, Ateng with this came a feeling as of my head fceiuigopenedonthetop.wbileperfnm^music, oil--everything that is delicious and agree able seemed to be poured into the opening, and t>i permeate every particle of my brain and e\ 'cry fibre of ray body. These figoin tive expressions I use to convey a faint idea of the exquisite mentaJ experiences of these few morvents; but the B,°.nsations were cor rectly tbvose of great m.Tal and mental elevation, clearness of spiritual perception, and surpassing peace and pleas>"(iire of mind. Another change, and this bi esscd influ ence began, .to exert strong will ,iowor on me, urginsi sue to something. Imp>.'l'ed on by this influence, I cried out with cu 11. 1188* reiteration —"I confess—confes°—co»-i.°ss I —CON-/ess, do you understand V Tho latt ''-5 words came forth emphatically and yet most appealingly, as if expressive ot the wish which I experienced -that this com pelling power might be withdrawn. Obedient to my unexpressed wish, the influence became less and less; the in effable glory, so oppressive in its intensity, became moderated; I gave three or four long inspirational sighs of roliet, and re sumed my normal condition. I at once realised that I had been in some kind of trance, or subjected to some mental influence of a most unusual character. It was no nervous or hysterical fit, for I have never been subject to such ; nor was it tho result of mesmerism, I maintained tho most complete consciousness throughout— nay, an intensified cousciousnes j but the marked feature was the strong compelling nature of the influence, and its moral and immoral tendencies. I could not tesist tho impulse to shriek aloud as I did, nor could any consideration have restrained me from using the violent oath I did—a use which is not habitual to me. The question then, is—What was it ? I do not ask Spiritualists to answer the question, for I know and am thoroughly diesatiaficd with their explanation of the phenomena. I saw nothing.Jhcard nothing, and felt (physically) nothing durin-; the continuance of the trance, with the excep tiod of the choking sensation already re ferred to|. The physical Rensations were all pleasurable during its continuance, and at the close i felt do exhaufliion nor other disagreeable symptom. The feeling I ex perienced for days after was as if I hadbe°n wonderfully refreshed by Divine power in my mental faculties, aud bad achieved a marked moral victory. In these days of thorough enquiry, when wonderful phenomena are apt to /be dis- •—•—= - ;^ •»--,-,— t--"-:*-'

STAR SATURDAY SUPPLEMENT, OCTOBER. 7, 1882



A man in all tho world's new_ fashion planted That huth a mint of phrases in his brain; One irhom the mußic of his own vain tongue Doth ravish, like enchanting harmony.



GARLIOK & CRANWELL'S cp . GARLICK & CRANWELL'S <<T^ V SETTr FINAL SALE. pAJ FINAL SALE. f~ Vx Should not allow tho ~ty r> Town's Folk to havo all the Bargains. *^ THE^cTtY HALL ARCADE Is Thronged Daily with Eager Buyers. QUESTION—Arc you really giving up the Drapery and Clothing Business ? We havo been repeatedly asked this question, and our ANSWER is—We arc most positively retiring at once from the Drapery and Clothing to make more room for our Furnishing Trade, and rapidly Clearing out tho present Stock at a GREAT LOSS. The Goods being Sold at and under Wholesale Cost Price comprise OF ALL KINDSo t-r"* Hosiery Curtains Tj^ £ CO C""""1 Ladies' Warn Blankets o o •^ Manchester Goods Sheeting and l__| CJ> Calicoes Bed Quilts (3 CO Flannels Cretonnes ] -- i^-h Shirtings Window Hollands *""""" A SPLENDID LOT OF LACE CURTAINS TO BE CLEARED OFF. During the Final Clearing Out Sale of Drapery, &c, GARLICK & CRANWELL ARE SELLING FURNITURE, CARPETS, FLOORCLOTHS, ETC. At Greatly Reduced Prices for Cash. Having just gone through our Stock of Bedsteads, we find that we have no less than 4:4:9 lIR/DInT BEDSTEADS IlfcT STOOIK Comprising Brass and Iron, Nickel-plated and Iron Bedsteads, all sizes. As we arc thus Overstocked, and other Shipments shortly to follow, we have determined 1 prior to extensive alterations to our premises, to sell during the present Sale, one-half of this number AT LESS THAN WHOLESALE PRICE ! This is a .splendid opportunity to furnish at a small cost. Storekeepers, Boarding-house Proprietors, and those just stalling housekeeping, have now a rare chance to practice economy. THE SALE WILL ONLY LAST A SHORT TIME, AND WE ADVISE AN EARLY CALL. GARLICK & CRANWELL, Furnishing Arcade, Queen Street, Auckland. :do hot zbie too late.