SELECTED POETRY.

Alliteration.

'-' An Assiduous Artisan's Attempt at Alliteration," to bo read " only by lisping young ladies and gentlemen " : —

Somo sweet Bimplo spinsters stray'd, scanning somo stream, So simple, so swoet.scarcely single should seem, Said Susan—" Sophia 1 soon some sighing swain Shall sing Bister Sally some sweetheartinfe

strain, Serenading so sweetly, shall strike some such string, Sißtcr Solly shall skip, sister Sally shall sing.

MY FIANCEE.

All tho day my fair lady goes singing the praise Of the costumes, andmanners, and old-faßhloned ways Of the people who lived In colonial days. Sho has shut off the gas and burns only candles, Sho declares with a sigh that people are Vandals Who choose that their teacups bo furnished with handles. For she drinks from a cup of old blue willow ware. And sho sits In a flag-bottom, flddlo-back chair, And sho wears a shell comb in her pretty brown hair.

Her silken-flowored gown has big " mutton-leg^ sleeves, • __~____■ 1 And her laces are sweet with dried damask rose loaves; Modern perfumes and powders sho calls "make believes." Sho win dance but one dance, tho "Virginia And sho's learning to spin on a shaky old wheel, And sho fastens hor letters with wax and a seal. Sho disdainfully tilted her little straight nose When I brought hor a beautiful Marechal Niel With queer orchids and ferns, and rich, deep jacqueminots. She confessed that she hated a florist's " bou- And. displayed what she called a bewitching "nosegay"— ~ _ .. 'T was six straggling sweet peas with a Southern wood spray. So sometimes I tremble lest she grow disgusted Because I'm not mouldy, orfaded. or rusted, And to think mo too modern, too young to be trusted. Still, if I must share ker dear heart with another. 'Tie most reassuring to know that that other Is only tho shade of her great-great-grand mother. -Antoinette A. Bass _ tt.in the " Continent."

A LADY ON ELECTRIC LIGHTS.

i Oh, oruel Electricity, tbat gives so strong a light. In many an unprotected lamp you flashed supremely bright, ' Tou shone upon our pretty gowns, iUuminated flowers, , „,. .' But all too ruthlessly lit up these pallid cheeks of ours.

Twas at tho Horticultural, and ferns and flowers were thoro, The beautiful gloxinias, and orchids passing They faced tbe incandescent lamps as erst they faced tho sun, While many a cheek grew stranga or nue ana felt itaolf undone.

And vainly Art aids Nature now in unobtrusive ia lamp malign of Edison's is worse than brightest day; A veil may serve to screen from sun, but when in evening dress, . • . There's nothing 'twiit these awful lamps and female lovelinesß.

Then, men of science, you must aid, and tell us, if you please, ~..■- v. How wo shall make our charms withstand such glaring lights as these; For. if tho ladies find these lamps still turn thorn pale and wan, , They'll lead a feminine crusade 'gainst Edison and Swan I

— London Punch,

THE DESERTED HOUSE.

life and Thought have gone away Side by side, Leaving doors and windows wide: Careless tenants thoy;

All within is dork as night; In the window is no light; And no murmur at the door, So frequent on its hinge before.

Close tho door, the shutters close, Or through the windows we shall see Tho nakedness and vacancy Of tho dark, deserted house.

Come away; no more of mirth Is here, or merry-making sound, Tho houso was builded of the earth And shall fall again to ground.

Come away; for Life and Thought Hero no longer dwell ; But in a city glorious— • ' A great and distant city—have bought' A mansion incorruptible. Would thoy could have stayed with na. —Tennyson.

A WIFE TO HER HUSBAND.

Ono of us, dear— But one— „ . Will sit by a bed with a marvellous rear, And clasp a hand ■-, -•' Growing cold as it feels for the spirit land- Darling, whioh one?

One of us, dear— But one— •' ' '' . Will stand by the other's coffin blor, And look and weep, *~ While those marble lips strange silence keep- Darling, whioh ono?

Ono of üb, dear- Em; one— By an open grave will drop a tear, And homeward go. The anguish of an unshared grief to know— Darling, which one.

One of us, darling, it mUBt bo, It may be you will slip from mo, Or perhaps my life may flrst be done— Which one?

OUR "BETTER HALVES."

Heaven bless our wives, they fill our hives With little bees and honey; They ease life's shooks. and mend our socks. But don't they spend the money I When we're sick they heal us quiok, That is, if they do love us; If not. we die, and then they cry, And raise tombstones above ua.

"Besting" the Comet.

("Civis," in the Otago Witness.)

THK Bey. E. Best, of Christchurch, has perpetrated an "Adress to the Comet." This is how it begins :—

Hall, glorious stranger! amid the stillness of this early morn, .'-..', While millions sleep, I stand and gaze on theo. Picture the Rev. Best, clad only in the scanty habiliments of night, " hailing " the comet in doggerel verse from his bedroom window. The situation touches the sub lime, and the Rev. Best divides his admira tion between the *' glorious stranger "and himself : —

While millions sleep, I stand and gaze on thee I

The thought that "millions sleep" whilst he, Best, stands shivering in his night - shirt, affoids him the same comfortable assurance of virtue which the Pharisee in the Temple derived from the contrast of "that publican." With a preacher's instinct he hastens to " improve the occasion." All the circumstances are favourable. The human race, as we have been told, is asleep; nobody is about but Mr Bestand the comet. Tbe preacher has the "glorious stranger" at a disadvantage, and proceeds to ask him questions out of the Church Catechism, and deliver him an evangelical " address." What pjeases the general reader in this Address is the fact that it is as much about Mr Best as about tbe comet. The " glorious stranger" is informed that the Creator made " both thee and me," and is requested to state whether ho (the G.S.) has ever before been seen by "other eves like mine." As the comet flashes his " wondrous train" from his "great bright eye " even so would the Rev. E, B. illumi nate his little sphere. The Rev. E. B„ in short, is convinced tbat r, similarity exists between the comet and himself, and hence finds it impossible to keep himself out of his song. Compared with the preacher, the "glorious stranger" has at present come points of advantage. For one thing he sails aloft amongst the stare, and travels at the rate of some million miles an hour. But by and by the tables will be turned, and the Rev. E. Best will beat the comet on the comet's own ground,—will PercAance o_rtake And floss thee in thy flight, and trace thy course Through ages yet to come, and spend my being _n service nobler far than thine. ■Till then, farewell.

There ia a " meet me at Philippi" tone in Mr Best's "farewell." "You can out chine and outsail me at present," he says, " but wait till I get my wings, and we'll see about that. Till then, farewell!" With which note of defiance the poet and preacher, probably feeling cold about the lees, waves the comet a lofty au revoir,, and gets back again into his bed. One feels that if anything could add interest to the visit of the " glorious stranger," it is the fact that he has been Addressed by the Rev. Mr Best, Aa for the reverend gentle man himself, he has, no doubt, a souse of satisfaction Iv having been instant in season and out of eeasen. He is .conscious that he has done bis duty, and only regrets that he is not able to ge_ a copy of his 'Address" pinned to tha comet's tail,

A Poetical Prisoner.

TBE "Kilkenny Moderator" reports that at tho Neuagh Petty Sessions, an ex draper's assistant named John Anthony Maher, formerly of Roscrea, lately of Nenogh, and latest of Kathdowuey, was broogut up in custody, charged by Sub constable Jeremiah Regan with haying stolen a silk umbrella from the houso of Dr Morton, Summer Hill, Nenagh, on Satur day, the 12th inst. Ihe principal evidence for the prosecution was that of Nanny Balph, a servant in the employment of Or Morton, who deposed that on the day iv question the pri,oner called at her master's house and asxed if Dr Morton was in. She replied that he was not, and asked if Mrs Morton would do. Sbe then went to acquaint her mistress of the presence of the man in the hall who wanted to see the doctor. On her (witness's) return to, the hall, she miised from the stand a silk umbrella, the property of a young lady then on a Visit to Mrs Morton. The umbrella now produced was the one taken from the hall.

The chairman: Is that the man (prisoner) whom you saw in the hall?

Witness: It is, Bir. Prisoner (assuming a tragic air): " Lady, look mo straight in tho face, I am but tho wreck of a Royal race; Of fortune and friends thoy havo bereft mo; I'm John Anthony Maher, that's nil that's now left me." (Laughter.)

E.ideuce was then given by n Mrs Margaret Minogue, to tho effect that on the evening iv question the prisoner came to her hu? band's house aud asked her to buy tbe umbrella for 2s, but sho said she did not want to buy it. Ho then said he was very hungry, that he wanted his dinner, and that she might havo "tbe article " for Is. She gave him the shilling "through compassion, Your Worship.," though she had not known him before, neither did she ask him his name.

The chairman expressed bis surprise that a person of such apparent respectability as Mrs Minogue should bave purchased a valuable umbrella from such a man as the prisoner; to which the prisoner replied that she had no " forecast" iv the matter.

Prisoner (who was "all impatience" to make a speech): Well, gentlemen of the Court, what do you charge me with? I went into a house to see a doctor; I was hungry, I was thirsty—(laughter)—nay, gentlemen, I was delirious; in fact, 'twas our old friend, John Jameson, that did it all—through me—(much laughter)—l was but the " instrument." (Laughter.) If I took the umbrella—and we will assume, for argument Bake, that I did—(great laughter) — I was quite unconscious .of having done so; that, gentleman, is the "head and front of my offending;" now, what's the odds—(great laughter)—l had £100 a-year in a draper's shop In Bath downey; let mo go back to my business there again, and you shall never sco me more.

Chairman: There is no doubt but that you stole this umbrella, and the magis trates ■

Prisoner: Pardon me, Your Worship, for one moment, while I address tho Court. There was often ten times as much taken from me, and I never said a word about it. I lost a chain and locket that stood me in 19s 4Jd—first cost, gentlemen, I asiure you—(laughter)—and I have never seen or beard of them since. I wish I were dead. And who knows if life be not what wc mortals call death, and death what we call life? There Ib a problem for you, gentle men; which of you shall solve it?

Chairman: Why did you leave Rath downey ? Prisoner : Thereby hangs a tale-

" One evening in May, as tho setting sun

shone, Tho shop it was there, and John Anthony gone."

(Laughter.) Chaitman: I have here your photograph

Prisoner (with well-feigned surprise): What! mine, Your Worship. Did. you say my photo., my second self? (Renewed laughter.) Chairman : Yes, and it is an accurate likeness. Look at it (and His Wersbip confronted the prisoner with his photo., at foot of which was the date—" 17-1-75 "— and the prisoner's name in full). Prisoner (looking at the picture with all the air of an art critic): Well, Your Wor ship, I cannot compliment the artist, for it is not a speaking likeness, (Laughter.) However, Your Worship, look on that picture, then on this (striking his breast), for you may ne'er look ou their like again, (Great laughter.) Chairman: I have also here a record of previous convictions against you, and by which I find that you were four times con victed of larceny, seven times for vagrancy

Prisoner: Oh ! Mother o' Moses I (Laughter.) Chairman: Once as a public nuisance

Prisoner (with a smirk): Yon don't say so. (Laughter,) Chaiiman: And twenty-one times for drunkenness

Prisoner: Shall I ever get drunk again ? (Renewed laughter.) Chairman: In fact, we have such a good character of you here on tbis record that we shall give you the benefit of it, and send you for trial on this charge to the next quarter sessions. Prisoner: Now I should like'to know who was the recording angel that went to the trouble-of jotting down all my little peccadilloes. What about all the good things I have ever done ? (Laughter.) " Oh! if all my meritorious deeds were stated, They'd more than balance all you have enumerated." Chairman: That wiU do now; you may go down. Prisoner: " Down to tho duat from which I've sprung,- Unwept, unhonour'd, and unsung." (Great laughter.) Chairman: Constable, remove the pri soner. The caie is now returned for trial to tho next quarter sessions. Prisoner: When will the next quarter Bessions be held, Your Worship ? Chairman : On tbe 14th October next.

Prisoner: Holy Moses. (Laughter.) Then, John Anthony, my boy, after all your journeyings to and fro, and all the pleasant days and nights you've spent, I fear me very much that your sun has at length set, and set for ever, (Renewed laughter.) The prisoner was then removed in custody. - ■

A Good Wife.

GOOD husbands bear testimony to the virtue ofjgood wifes. An interesting story is told of Flaxman, the. sculptor, who married early, much to the regret of his patrons, who considered tbat he would become idle, and thus injure his prospect?. Sir Joshua Reynolds plainly told him he was ruined for an artist. Flaxman, much affected by the great painter's rebuke, went home to his wife, and said to her—"Anne, I am rained for an artist." " Who has ruined you, John?" she asked. "It happened in chutch," he replied, " and Anne Denman has done it." He told ber what Sir Jo>hu» had said, and added, "I should like to have been a great artist." '• And so yon shall be, and go to Rome, too, if that will make you one," said the resolute one. "We will work and economise. I will never have it said that Anne Denman ruined John Flaxman for an artist." And the brave couple did work and economise. They worked patiently and hopefully five years, never asked help from anyone, never mentioned their inten tion to anyone, and at last went together to Borne, whero Elaxman studiod_ and worked to suchpu'pose that he achieved both fame and fortune,

Isabella's Trip to Spain.

THB love of the ex-Quaen of Spain for her eldest son is a well-known fact, and is quite sufficient to account for the journey sbe took on Monday exeniug last. She left Paris by the eight o'clock "rapine," as they Gcall it, and was met by two of Alfonso's chamberlains on the Spanish frontier, under [whose [escort she hur ried .up to Comi. las, where, in a really charming royal rpaidenee, her son and his children wero waiting to receive her. Queen Isabella, it may interest the ladies to hear, took no less than fifteen new "confections" in her trunks, and was d essed ,for the journey in a robe of cinnamon colour, her bonnet, gloves, sunshade, fan, boots, etc,, being strictly en'suite. Among the presents she bas taken to her son is a large class of current English books, selected at her ex-Majest..'s desire by one ofthe Rings old chums when he waa a cadet at our Military Academy, .*<* n.ot .onl y doe* tlfonao retain ' pleasant reminiscences of his exile in bur country, but he keeps tip a moat intelligent acquaint, pee with our lan guage and literature, as Lord Northamp ton found to Ms'surprise when he vent to Madrid with tbo "oaftpr!? !s§. year.— [ London .'Figaro,"

The Reindeer on the Banks of the Thames.

IN the long course of ages the climate gradually became colder in tho Valley of the Thames, and vast numbers of reindeer wandered ov.r the area which lud formeily been occupied by stag*, vii, and other animals. . Their remaius lie scattered through the river gravels and loams at vari ous heights above the level of the Thames, from Oxford and Abingdon down to Lon don. The numerous remains, for example, fouud in digging the now cavalry barracks at Windsor, belonged. one-half to the reindeer and the rest to bisons, horses, bears and wolves. They had evidently been washed down from a ford higher up the stream, which these animals were in the habit of using year by year. The vast herdß of migratiug reindeer in Siberia and of bisons in North America cross the rivers very generally at the same points year alter year, and arc followed by the same kind of beasts of prey, which bring up the rear aud prey upon the stragglers. Ihe lion, too, is proved, by the discovery of his remains in the gravel beds of London, along with reindeer to have shared in the attack on the reindeer, horses aud bisons, as it is now to been seen among the antelopes in tropical Africa, Could we follow it to its haunts in the woodlands then occupying tho sito of London, we should see it springing upon other animals, such as the Irish elk, or the young of the woolly rhinticoios, mammoth, or hippopotamus. /• nd could we penetrato to the banks of the streams, guided by a thin column of smoke rising above the tops of the tree* at Hackucy or Gray's Inu, we should come upon the rude shelters of tho river-drift hunters—the men selecting blocks of Hint and chipping implements out of them, the women preparing the meal of flesh, and the children loooking on and breaking the silence of the evening with their shouts— on those very spots where is now to be heard day and night the voice of our great city. Man is here, as before, tho rival of the lion in the chase.—Prof. Boyd Dawkins, in " Contemporary Keview."

Lay a Fainting Person Down.

It is surprising how everybody rushes at a fainting person aud strives to raise him up, and especially to keep his head erect. There must be an instinctive apprehension that if a person seized with a fainting or other fit fall into a recumbent position, death is more imminent. I must have driven a mile to day while a lady fainting was held up right. I found her pulseless, white, and ap- Sarently dy^ng, and I believe that if I had elayed-ten minutes longer she would really have died. I laid her head down on a lower lovol than her body, and immediately colour returned to her lips and cheeks, and she became conscious. To tho excited group of friends I said; Always remember this fact, namely: Fainting is caused by a want of blood iv the brain; the heart ceases to beat with sufficient force to seed the usual amount of blood to the brain, and hence the person loses consciousness because tho function of the brain cease., Restore the blood to the brain, and instantly tho person recovers, Now, though the blood is pro pelled to all parts ot the body by the action of the heart, yet it Is still under the influ ence of the laws of gravitation. In the erect p . sition the blood ascends to the bead against gravitation, and tbe supply to the brain is diminished, as compared with the re cumbent position, tho hearts pulsation bein_[ equal. If then, you plaoo a person sitting whose heart has nearly ceased to beat, his brain will fail to receive blood, while if you lay him down with the head lower than the heart, blood will run into the brain by the mere force of gravity ; aud in fainting, in sufficient quantity to restore conscious, ness, Inded nature teaches v _ how to man age the fainting per.ons, for they always fall, and frequently are atonco restored by tho recumbent position into which they are thrown.— Medical Journal,

Bankruptcy Defined.

While one of the Boaniac delegates who waited upon the Emperor Franz Josef at the Hofburg, a few weeks ago, was stay ing in Vienna, the owner of the hotel in which he lodged, became a bankrupt. Hearing of his liost's mishap, tho worthy Reg sought an explanation of tho term " bankruptcy," and, having thoroughly mastered its meaning, proceeded, on bis return to his native village, to impart his information to sundry of the Faithful, his near relatives and close family connoctions. "This, O my brothers." ho observed, "is the true and proper way to become a bankrupt. First you must hiro a shop Then you write to rich merchants iv far-distant cities inviting them to forward their wares to you for sale, and pledging yourself to pay them within a fsw months. As soon as you shall have received sufficient merchandise, you must sell it for cash or hide it care fully away. Then you must go to the judge and say to him, ' Beloved of Allah I I am a bankrupt. Here arc five pounds. They are all I havo in the world." The judge will keep four of the five pounds and proclaim your bank ruptcy; the other pound will bo divided amongst those who supplied you with goods. Later on you will remove to another town, and begin this good and easy busi ness over again. Thus may the passing bitterness of insolvency be converted into the abiding sweetness of a comfortable in dependence. Be che.ra I Upon my bead be it!

A "Settlement" at Tattersall's.

A gentleman who was once a prominent figure upon every racecourse, and is still living, although be has retired from tho turf, might be consulted upon an incident which befell him many years ago at Good wood. Ho was making a book upon one of the races, and offered to lay one thousand to three hundred upon the field. "I'll take it, Bir," was exclaimed by a well-dre»sed gentlemanly man standing just behind him, and, anxious to do business, he consented to book the debt, which was won. On the following Monday at Tattersall's he eagerly awaited the advent of his debtor, who, as the clock struck five, rushed hur riedly into the room. Apologising for the delay, on tho plea tbat his train had broken down, he pulled out a noto for one thousand pounds and asked for change, which was gladly given, and away went the sharp customer with his seven hundred pounds. Upon paying tho one thousand pound noto into his banker's hands the astonished bookmaker was told tbat it was a stolen note, and that payment of it had been stopped at the Bank of England,

A Poor Relation.

A POOR relation is the most irrelevant thing in nature—a piece of .impertinent correspondency ; an odious approximation ; a haunting conscience; a preposterous shadow, lengthening in the noontide of our prosperity ; an unwelcome remem brancer ; a perpetually recurring mor- Mention ; a drain on your purse, a more intolerable dun on your pride; a drawback upon success; a rebuke to your rising ; a stain in your blood; a blot on your escutcheon; a rent in your garment; a death's head at your banqust; Agathocle's pot; a Mordecai at your gate; a Lazarus at your door; a lion in your path; a frog in your chamber ; a fly in your ointment; a mote in your eye ; a triumph to your enemy; au apology to your friends; tho one thing not needful; the hail in harvest; the ounce of sour in a pound of sweet.—"Eliana."

A Fashionable Parisienne's Bath-room.

The bath-room is round, and the walls and ceiling are quilted everywhere with black satin, relieved by yellow button.., There is no window either in the walls or ceiling. Tho light comes from pink lustres borne by nymphs in white marble. The sofa, low and broad, is in quilted satin. The pier glass is framed with flying cupids. Ths bath, in black marble, shaped like a Roman car, is half-hurled in flowers The gilt linen basket hangs over a brazier, burning perfumes. The carpet is a black bear-skin. The bath mixture is. compounded (after the re cipe of a learned chemist) of almond juice, bonzoine, Constantinople rosewater, cocoa nut milk and palm leaves. It should be as hot as possible, warm' water having, like cold, the effect of closing the pores of the skin. The bath may last an hour, thoogh most people would be glad to get out of this mixture as soon as possible, and after tbat another hour may probably be employed in polishing the feet and hands. But the whole time is not necessarily lost'to the. mind, for ladies may "^meditate on com binations in toilets " while they are on the singer,— Gw% fI»K World,

The Right Moment to Woo.

SURELY the light moment for a lover to woo a maiden is just after she has filled tho position of bridesmaid for a friend. Young ladies linger lovingly over the details of a wedding. It is a curious experience of life in a houseful of gills who have just left a marriage patty. Their mind* aro full of the great theme; they tenderly record each incident; ihey can think of nothing e'so ; and they tell eaoh other a thouand times how the bride looked, and how sho dropped her bouquet and who picked it up again, and how her travelling dress became her. Wot otherwise than when, a covey being dispersed, men go round and shoot the stragglins birds, so ad mirers might easily win tho hearts of the fair, who aro still hovoring_ wistfully around the memory of a wedding, Thus nature has provided chances for hrides maids, and thus the superstition that it is unlucky to be often a bridesmaid is justi fied. For if a lady can survive heart whole, and pass unscathed through these moments of sympathy, then she never will

be won,

Wasteful Daughters.

Unless your daughters havo a stated allowance of pocket-money, they will never learn the use of it. If Emily's mamma attends hor shopping until her very wed ding day, Emily s husband will havo an in experienced extravagant wife, Even children should have au allowance, how ever tiny, aud be taught tbat they must not exceed it. As soon as they are old enough for responsibility tho allowance should bo increased to cover necessaries as well as their amusements. Girls at four teen should be given money for their pockets, and for gloves, ties, and tho repair of their boots and shoes. This allowance should always bo punctually paid, and the recepieut be made fully ti understand what she is to provide with jt, and tbe tidiness and repair of such articles should always be insisted on. As they get older, girls should always, if possible, bave an allowance for their dress and little personal expenses. Their purchases, ot first, may not always be wise; but they will soon gain wisdom, A (girl should be given a fair stock of clothes, and an account-book, in which she should bo taught to enter everything she spends or receives. This book should he balanced every quarter, when {the next allowance is given, and strict accuraoy insisted on. Debt should never be allowed. She should bo taught that if a thing cannot be afforded it must bo done without till auch a time as the means of paying for it aro in hand. Still, in spite of all precautions, some girls will get into trouble. If they do, don't scold them, so as to make tbem hide it next time, which would entail worse consequences than even the debt; but point out the fault, pay the debt at once if possible and hold tbe girl respon sible for it, until by degrees and self-denail alio has paid it back to you. Strictly kept accounts should bo insisted on, Girls cannot jtoo early learn method, and tbis is one very good way of teaching It, besides teaching them the value of money. Until strict acoount is kopt, no girl realises how small sums count up.

The Dignity of the Force.

It is seldom tbat tbe Executive, in its humbler ranks, is equal to drawing so fine yet accurate a distinction between what v duo in the way of respect to man as a mere human being on ono hand and as a police officer on the other, as that propounded the other day by Police-constable t_'Flaherty in a New York magistrate's court, A robust, good-looking female, who had been taken into custody by the constable in question, was placed behind tho bar, " What is tho charge, officer?" asked hia worship. "I charge this woman with having boxed a policeman _ ears soundly, sir." " Whero 's tho policeman whoso ears wero boxed?" "I am tho man, your worship." Turning towards the prisoner, the magistrate then inquiied, "Did you strike this constable !'' "I did, your honor." "What for?'' " Well, your honor, ho was making too free, and wanted to kiss me. I might hare allowed him to do so, but he didn't seem quite sober." Frowning severely, tho magistrate addressed some very .catbing remarks to O'Flahotty upon the atrocities of drunkenness and tho reprehensible nature of tho other Impropriety attributed to him, As soon as his worship paused to tnke breath, O'Flaherty interposed:" As for being drunk, your honour, it wa. littlo enough liquor tbat was in mo, lor I'd only been celebrating the opening of tho new Police Office. And your honour won't think too hardly of ihe kissing part of it, neither, when I tell you that the prisoner is my own lawful wife." "Your own wife f exclaimed tho mag'strato iv ut'er amaze ment, "Do you mean to say that yon took your own wife into custody because she boxed your ears ?"

Woman in Japan.

The common-school system of these Chris tian United States i. now being trans planted in Japan, but tho women of Japan to-day cannot read, as a rule. They have been considered as incapable of learning; it has been a very common thing for our intelligent Chtistian men to reply, wheu urged to make somo arrangement so as to allow their wives to hear the gospel preached, that they would not understand anything if they wont. The girls are married very young to mon whom they have generally hardly seen, and they are expected to obey these men, and wait'upon them; they are t»ught by the Buddhist code of etbics tbat it is death tor them to be untrue to their husbands, but that they must not even be jealous of him, no matter upon htny many other femalo heartß ha may lavish his affection. Concubinage is common with all who can afford it, from the Mikado on his throne to his humblest subjects in their homes. It is doubtful if one-half ef tho married men in Japan to-day aro living with tho first woman whom they rocsived as a wife. The hua> band has bad power to beat bis wife and to send her away at pleasure, and then tako another one. Then what is the outlook of these eighteen millions in tbo future? They are taught in the Buddhist ethics that tbo sins of one woman arc equal to the sins of three thousand of he worst men com bined, and that the only hops of getting up any nearer to the goal—unconscious Nir vana-is that by pationce, faithfulness, and implicit obedience, she may, the next time she is born, be bom a man.

Selling His Leg.

Samdel Morkison, a pauper for some years an inmato of Stoke-on-Trent, has been sent to gaol for one mouth with hard labour for selling one of his legs. It is, perhaps, unnecessary to sta'o tint tho leg disposed of was

"A wooden leg— A kind of a peg for your common Jockeys and Jenaies." I ought to add that the memb.r was new. 'I'bcy are 1 beral in the matter of legs at Stoke-on-Tr.ut. A short time before, Simuel had walked off with the parish-provided limb, it bad cost tho Board of Guardians no less a sum than £3. The cause of tho decay of its predeces-sor is not stated. Perhaps It was a second hand article with its constitution under mined by gia and water, llowever, in order to aid him in a practice whioh is vulgarly known as "going on tbe hop," this one-legged pauper sold h's leg for half-a-crdwn, and returned to the work house on crutches. (It is too horrible to contemplate, but — had bo stolen those crutches ?) "One month with hard labour " was his reward. But even in durance consolation of a kind was his. He was spared the punishment of the treadmill,

Perplexities.

A LITTLE girl was near the picture of a number of .hips in the Art Gallery, when she exclaimed, " Bee what a flock of ships 1" We corrected her by saying that a flock of ships wa3 called a fleet, and a iLet of sheep was called a flock. And here wa may add, for the benefit of the foreigner who is ma«tering the intricacies of oii'flaoguage.in respect of nouns of mulriiude, that a flock of wolves is called a pack, and a pack of thicvos is called a gang, aod aging of angels is called a host, and a ho3t of por poises is called a shoal, and a shoal of butfuloes i. cilled a troop, aod a troop of partridges is called a covey, ancLa covey of beauties is called a galaxy, and a galaxy of ruffians is called a horde, and a horde of rubbish is called a heap, and a heap of ■oxen is called a drove, and a drove of blackguards is called a mob, and a mob of respectables is called a congregation, and a congregation of engineers is called a corps, aud a corps of rohb.rs is called a band, and a hand of locusts is called a swarm, and a swarm of people is called a crowd, and a "crowd of gentlefolk is called the elite, aud a miscellaneous crowd of ci.y folk is called the eommunity'ox tbe public,

Better Thoughts for Quite Moments.

ONE BY ONl_. Ono by one thy duties wait theo, Lot thy whole strength go to each; Let no future dreams oiato thee,

Learn thou first what these can teach.

One by one (bright gifts from heaven) Joys are sent thee nore below, Take them readily when given Ready too, to let then go.

One by ono thy griefs shall meet thee Do not Jem- an armed band, Ono will fade as othora grcot theo, Shadows passing through tlie land :

Do not look at, life-long sorrow; Sec how small eaoh moment's'pain; God will help theo for to-morrow, So each day begin again.

Every hour that fleets so slowly Has its task to do or hoar: Luminous tho crown and holy If thou set eaolLgem with care.

Do not linger with regr. ttlng, Or for passing hours despond, Nor, the daily toil forgetting, Took too eagerly beyond.

Hours aro golden links, God's token, Reaching heaven j but ono by ono Take thorn, lost tho chain bo broken Ero tho pUtt-imago bo done.

ADELAID- Puoctor,

It is with narrowsonlcd people as with narrow-necked bottles : the less they have in them, the more noise they make iv pour ing it out.

Good manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. Who ever makes the fewest persons uneasy is the best bred in the company. Profanity never did any man the least good. No man is richer, or happier, or wiser for it. It commends no one to society ; it is disgusting to tho refined, and abomin able to the good.

Value of Land in Rural England.

In the churchyard of Claverdon, a village in Warwickshire, is a monument to oue John Matthews, who died in the reign of Henry VII., leaving land iv the parish in trust to defray the cost of necessary repairs or enlargement of Claverdon Church. From time to time [the rental of the estate has been inscribed on one side of tho monument. It is a pity tbat there aro such long gaps in the record, but, impcifect as it is, this table i 3 of great interest as showing the rise that has taken place in the valuo of land in the Inst two and a half centuries. It must be remembered that a noble is one-third of a pound sterling. The table is as follows :—

12 nobles, £12 £73 £150

Robin Hood's Death.

There is something pitiful and touching in the manner in which Robin Hood is alleged to bavo mot with his death. After unparalleled adventures and hair-bteadth e.cspes, he i. said to havo perished miser ably at tbo hands of hii cousin, tbo prioress of Kirklees duunery, in York shire, Being skilled in the medical art, the bold outlaw committed himself to her charge, when she shut him up in a room and allowed him to bleed to death, It is thought by some that sho was thus incited to murder her kinsman by one Sir Roger of Doncjster, who bore enmity to him. Robin Hood maintained his trank, generous, and feailesa character to the last. He was buried under a tree at Kirklees Park. Ritson gives ss the date of his death the' 18th of November, 1247, when he was about, eighty.seven years of age; but tho in.cription which claims him to have been the Karl of Huntingdon gives the dato as the 24th of Deeomber, 1247.

A Model Love Letter.

My deer Dora Henry, I embrace the pre sent opporchoonlty to let you know as how I am hud a bad spoil of the argur, and I hope these few lines will find jou enjoying the same Blessin. Why don't you 1 sweate line to tell your suffering Katbrun all about her pretty sweate enry—oh my sweato enry—my turtle duv—my piging—my deer deare henry—how my poor sole is longing for your sweet voice—think I hear bim singing yankey doodel as ho kums from his plow now. Oh my deer henry do kum and lots get married, no mmc at present but remain your loving KATHBTJ_J AN TILDKN. —To my sweet henry. P.S. Part Sckkuad, Jccms Haslet has raised a noe house, aud £ ally does live so snug; but she fites bim sometimes when he's a Jitt'o Anthony over. My sweate henry let us keep houso, and if you lovo mo I won't whip you indeed, nor I won't look at anybody else, so I won't. Daddy i-ais as how I must git married, because I've let it run too long already. So no more at present. P.S. PartThurd,—

my pen is bad, my ink Is pail, my lovo to you shall never fail, forhonry Is my own tru luv, my Laro, my Duo, my Turklo Duv,

P.S. Noty Beny.-Motber's ded, aud Robert has the fever, so no moro at present from your lowing KtTHEUN AN. To my dear henry over the Nallyganees Pcnsilveeny State.

Kissing.

Girls take naturally to kissing-there's not the slightest doubt of it, A man slides aa awkwardly into bis first kiss as into his older brother's tail coat and his vanity is equally as great on both occa sions. Ho considers them as steps no the ladder of life, and would havo his pro motions proclaimed from the housetops, and shouted from the church steeples ; but such is his modesty in his family circle, that when a younger brother men tions them, he looks red and feels un fraternal. The female Bex obtain their remarkable proficiency in kissing by per petual study and constant practice. They are early distinguished for their aptitude in tho art—for what girl is not ready to kiss a baby at all hours and at all seasons! This sort of kiss eventually ievelopes into the genuine love kiss— pleasant to experience and contemplate.

Almost every wine country used to mako brandy; but it is only in portiona of the old French departments ot the Charcnte and Charonte-loferieure (the ancient Saint ongo and Augoumois) that the brandy known for ages as cognac is produced. The general destruction of the vines and the improvements made within the last ten years in distilling spirits lrom other ma terial havo led to the almost cnmpleto abandonment of distillation from Piench wines. In tho years 1872, 1875, and 1876 an average of 16,000,000 gallons of brandy were produced from wine. Last year only 1,000,000 gallons were made, A Mrs Smith having lost her husband, thinks the b.st plan is to adveitise, which she does after this fashion :- "List, stiayed, or stolen—au individual whom I, ia au urgent moment of loneliness, was thought leas enough t> afopt as my husband. He is a good-looking and fteble iddividual, kaowjog enough, however, to go in when it rains, unless some geod-looking g'rl offers him her umbrella. Answers to the name of Jim, Was last seen in company with Julia Harris, walking np the plank-road, looking more like a fool, if possible, than ever. Anybody who will catch the poor fellow, and br'ng him carefully back, bo that I oan chastiss him for running away, will bo asked to stay to tea."

The English papers are now taking up tho matter of the neglect ef Presbyterian infant baptism as shown by official figures i 4 this country. They express surprise that the Presbvtei-ians, with a membership of 600,000, should baptize only 17,500 infants, while tho Episcopal Church, with 345,000 members, baptized 45,000 infants. Presbyterians have oeen much exorcised over the small number of baptisms reported. They are slow to ai-'mit that infant baptism is dying out, but wheu even the wealthiest and most respectible churches with their members, ip of hundreds report the bflp^sni of.a mere handful of babies, it looks as if tho rite were esteemed qf no importance whatsoever.

New (_juinea was, ten years ago, one of the most unpromiing fields in the world for minion lab-ur. Tho natives were murderers and cannibals. The climate was con sidered one of tho worst in the Pacific But the missionaries sent out by the London Society have been able to accom plish far more than they had ever expected. Muiray Island and Port Moresby are the principal stations, The mission at East Cape is carried on by native teachers. Some of tho convicts sing Moody and Sankey bymns with great fervency. Twenty new converts are > reported at Port Moresby. The missionaries have gone a considerable distance up the Fly Kiver without encountering cannibals, but have discovered there a race.of peophj who seem kindly disposed, and who give indications (Uat they wiU roc^ye the Gpssnel pleasantly,

STAR SATURDAY SUPPLEMENT, NOVEMBER 4, 1883/



FRO BE IT TO THE BOTTOM AND YOU WILL FIND THAT ET BWI_, U-TOM-HOUSK-STRKKT . _L.__V._~, BAST, HAS THB CHEAPEST ASD BEST ASSOKTMENT 0* China, G^4BB' & Earthbnwark IN THK C_TY, SURPLUS STOCK ON HAND BKLLINO AT WNOBMOUS ItICD-CTIONI WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANT. ABKNT FOH WiIKKB'S CkLXERATED Scotch Whisky, griffin's sparkling ales, Speolal Shipment, now to hand, BASS'S ALK AND OUINBBB'B SIOUT, E_T? WIS' Q OUSTOM-HO-SK-STKKKT BAST, ' AUCKLAND. _■ -rtH&^M {a>a, ..ti .. .-JiSaaS* >6?|/&l'_? $q /&## - k* rf 'm'\ f E A■ 0 - 0 X JL * OPTICIAN, Haa n Stcofc SPKOTAOLK- AND K_K GLASSES of ever? description, an aoourate Fit Qimrantesd. COMPOUND MIOHOSCOPaa AND TKI* SCOPES, Powerful and Cheap. A»BE 0I D BABOMKTERS, TUBRUOUg TKBS. Klbotrio Bells, j_ attbbiks and sittings. Magneto Electric Machines and '.Medical Coils, opkba glasses, binocular field and marink glasses, Theodolites, Compasses, Sextants, Spirit Hydrometers, Ssccbaromoters, Sallnometcrs, Argentometers, _sc,, &c.,&e. ABBNT B-013 TAYLOR'S PATIINT BKWING MACHINES & EXTRAS, Instruments and Sewing Machines repaired, Opposira tub Post Om.a, Shnrtl.nd-_t._-t. */j X [THOMAS HOLDER Degs to ln- OrJi form his friends and the publlo that being lnoupaoltatod by an tin fortunate aooldent from following bis o_oupatlon, he has decidert to rosumo his profession as Architect. He fools oonfldentof giving satisfaction, having acquired oonbldarable oolonlal during the past __ years. Tho bnslaoss of Holder Brothers will be carried on as usual. Custom-house-street West, August 2-th, 188-2. THK HaxUaRKEsT IM. QUEEN-STREET, AUOKLAND ON BAXiB, aemvbd pbb COROMANDEL AHD ROMAN BMPIRE,- WTitie Clover, Red Clover, Alsyke Clover, Oow gruss, Meadow Ifesone, Meadow Foxtail, Crested Dogstall, Rape. Trefollum Jincft.-nr.snm (Scarlet Clover), tfROM AMERICA DIRECT- Omothy, Kouhioky Blneanun (Poa Pratenala), Poverty Bar Rrei_ra__, Canterbury Rregrasa. Cocksfoot, Prslrlegraßs, Rat tall, SARLY SUED FOTATOS3, AB EOUWWB I- Aahloaf Kidney, Taylor's Kidney, Canter bury Flukes. Patterson's Victoria. t__TKR VARUtrntS-Hohart, Sutton's Meg num Bonum, Sutton's Flower Ball, etc A___G, Oats, Barley, G&rnen and Flower Seed, Coarse, Fine and Rook SMt, Bran, sharps, New Zea- Und Flax. Tow, _!seou nnd Hams. BONBDUST JLHB BONEFLOUR of all grados. IBLAND Aim PERUVIAN GUANO, fta, fcC, HESKETH & AIT KEN. rMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT. Just Reoolved. per "Looh Awo,' a Splendid Assortment of Violins. Bows, and Fittingb, Mslodunb, Co. ckk-hnjs, and all kinds ot Musical Instruments, at THOS. E. CARTER'S, 82. VIOrORIA-STREKT, AUCKLAND (Six doors above Albert-street). TEACHER, Tuner, snd Ropairer of Planotorto, Cornet, and VIOLIN. Terms snd Testimonials on application. Tuner and Ropalror or all kinds of Musical Instruments. -. . I r ■"'r a5 ,<~JL?l?, <.P. r,?AAl_*lto " "^1 CI O X SALE, 1 Four-wheeled Dog Cart (nearly new) 1 Two-wheeled Oog Cart (nearly new) 1 Large Lady's Phaeton 1 Doublo-seatoa Buggy Wanted to Purohase, Double-seated Hooded Buggy, LOOS I LOGS! LOGS! TO THE MILL Wanted known! that the Kauri Point Saw Mills, at Onehunga (destroyed by Are BOine months alnoo), are now In fall work again, All lengths of logs at Mill walking to be sawn, Beams end girders for brick building snd wharf work, up to _0 feet, supplied on the shortest notice. Customers may rely upon the oream of the timber going with tnelr orders, as wo have no manufactory to supply. Builders and contractors will And It to their Interest to give their orders to us, as they will get all froBU timber free from worm and dead tap. Orders executed with despatch, M H.ROH, Proprietor. Kauri Point Sawmill, Onohnng., September 1 188.. PAIN'S >£ * Wholesales Retail *\J W. H. HAZARD, Gunmaker, Queen Street, Auokland, Agent for JAMES PAIN, London, rmOTEOHNIIT TO THE ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON, B7< EN 0 I N G V of every description put up by contraot, Nobody oantdo it cheaper or better than Sam. White. Paling Kenoes, post snd rail; Wire and Floket Fonoea ot every sort. Prloea on application. All kinds of Gates made to order, and fixed where required. Fenoes Painted. Posts.' Ralls, Palings, Shingles, House Blocks, (to,, tor sale at yards, SAM. WHITK, Fencer, Gore-atreet (near Brltomart Hotel, i T X O v n v L I a "s.. GROUMD LIME, FOR SALS, SOUTHGAT K'S UAHURANGI HXDRAULIO GROUND ROCHE LIME, ID Bay auantity, for Conorete, Paths, Floorr, Cellara, eto. (next to otono Hayglng, Is un rivalled for durability und hard-setting Qualities). For tanks and other wet work It Is s flrst-olAss material, B, KEANE, SOLE AGENT, Oir__-M-Bons_M_rn____. TWaAK D I B, LAND, COMMISSION, AND ESTATE AGENT, MONEY LENT ON PKESONAI BKOUEITT. HIGH-STREET. AUOKIAKD. |J» SSVWAIWb UOAOUAI. TV A'Uf JL*. <? OLDFIKLD.-TXMK-TABLK, 1 Saving Hamuion tor Te Arohn every Tuea de., Thursday and Saturday, i Leaving Te Aroha for Hamilton on Mondar Wednesday, and Friday, pedal Carriages provided to Order, a EDWARDS Uver. and Bait Stables. Herein



Clearing Sale OF BANKRUPT STOCK. Samuel Coombes & Co. Have great pleasure In Informing their patron, that they havo PURCHASED! FOB CABH, THK BANKRUPT STOCK OF JOSEPH CLENDENING, Draper and Clothier, of Tauranga. THK STOCK consists of- MANCHESTER GOODS, CALICOES, FLANNELS, PRINTS,) SHIRTINGS, BLANKETS, TWKEDa, IRISH LINENS, DIAPERS, FANCY|DRESS MATERIAL, RIBBONS, LACE, HOSIERY, LADIES' UNDERCLOTHING, MEN'S AND BOYS' CLOTHING, BRACES, BELTS, BOOTS AHD SHOES, HATS ANB CAPS, SHIRTS, TIES. i In faot Is a OOMPLKTB DRAPER'S AMD OUTFITTER'S STOCK. Au Bought Within the Past Six Months. This Stook we shall offer, together with our own well-known STOOK of CLOTHING, amounting to upwards ot £14,000. The whole will be Marked Down REGARDLESS OF COST, As wo aro determined to mako this BALK A SUCCESS, VTe wonld remind our Customers nnd tho Publlo generally that we have Purchased the FREEHOLD OF THE PREMISES In whioh we havo so LONO and SUCCESS FULLY oarrled on our . CLOTHING AND OUTFITTING BUSINESS, And have at Great Exponeo.niado suoh altera tions In the PBEMI3ES aa at once mako them THK MOST COMPLETE AND COMFORT ABLE B_-INT_S. PREMISES IN THE CITY, No Goods will be Eht__usd During Tbis Sam, Ab the GOODS belonging to onr Stook will be Sold at LESS THAN ONE-HALF THEIR USUAL PRICE. TO COUNTRY STOREKEEPERS. This will bo an Opportunity to Replenish their Stooks at Nominal Prices. TO HEADS OF FAMILIES. We feel sure you have but to givo us aLoolc and Inspcot the Stock. Yo. Will Pot Monk, in Youh Purse. WE WILL GIVE THE PUBLIC A LIST OF OUR SLAUGHTERING PRICES. QAMUEL ftOOMBES AND QO., 86, QUEEN-STREET, OPPOSITE WYNDHAM-STRBET,



Wy ndham House; WYNDHAM & CHaPEL-STRERTS. ' NEW DRAPFRY AND GROCERY STORKS, W. W. Sll_ 0.18 br*. to inform his frtenda and the inhabitants o' c. uckland ganerally that he has commenced bu._lr.e_B as above, and trusts,. by selling ltot-olaii. goods at reasonable prloes. to obtain a share of their patronage, Try our Challenge Teas-onoe tried alwayß used—ls ed, 1b lOd, _s ia, 2a lOd, Families waited on, and good, delivered. WANTED-DAIRIES OF BUTTER. /^REAT {CLEARING OALE OF DRAPERY AND CLOTHING AT t X QMITH'S, QUEEN-STREET. MRS SMITH RETIRING FROM BUSINESS. GOODS TO BE SOLD AT COST PKIOE, A LARGE LOT OP PLAIN AND WATERED SILK AND SATINS, TO BE SOLD CHEAP. g- *rro \ [j DEFERRED \\ !PAYM E N T |1 11 SYSTEM. ij TAILORS, UKA.SKS, iBD OUTFITTER-, B O B 8 O ..S 18 J S I (Nearly opposite Welllnzton-street), tiave a w_i.t - assortbb btock ol to« BEST CLASS GOODS, AU _ weeda thoroashlv shru-k Befora bet_« made np, and lit. and workmanship gusraniesd. She Deferred Payment Bv*tem has been found io be a great boon, by enabling those, with limited lucernes to procure nsoeousries In tot eaileit possible way, IN-S-HGTION INVITED J. M. McLachlan. 222, QUEEN-STEEET, . . HAH JUST RECEIVED A JOB LINE IN FANCY DRESS MATEIUAL, 2000 yds., Aid; reduced from 1/6,1/11, and 2/3. Also, A LINE OF BLACK AND GOLD STAYS, reduced from 6/3 to 2/11. RIBBONS, SO pieces, reduced from 1/ to Hi and /_. SASH RIBBONS. 8 In, wide, reduced from 2/9 to V. AIBO, QREAT BARGAINS IN BOIS' AND YOUTHB'BUITa MEN'S TROUSERS AND VESTS, 13/6 worth 21/. MEN'S TWEED TROUSERB, 5/11, Good Value. , ' MEN'S TWEED SUITS, 38/, worth 65/. All Goods Still at Sale price. A LLEN'S DRAPERY SALE. IMPORTANT NOTICE For a well-known reason I am GIVING UP BUSINESS, and In order to effect a SPEEDY CLEARANCE Of my HEAVY STOCK OE GENERAL DRAPERY, MILLINERY, CLOTHING, SCO,, &C Sec, I have REDUCED PRICES FROM 15 TO SO PER CENT. OFF MY WELL-KNOWN LOW PRICES, Whioh will prove the Goods to be the CHEAPEST EVER OFFERED IN AUCKLAND. When the Bulk Is disposed of, the Remnants, together with Lease, Fixtures, Fittings and Furniture, will be Sold by Public Auotlon, I would emhraoe'the opportunity to thank my many friends for their very liberal support, and regret the severance of bo good a oonneotlon. pHARLBS ALLEN, VICTOBIA-fITgEET. 1 G. BROWN'S CHEAP DRAPER * ESTABLISHMENT, PARNELL. JUST KBCE-VED— The Cheapest Underclothing In Auckland, Ladies are requeßtod to come and see it. ABplendld Line In Tweed, at 3. yard. Much under tbe üßual price. Good Quality Oxford Shirting at __d yard. Printed Eatteen at 9d yard. Splendid Valne. ' MILLINERY, MANTLES, and _ " FANCY GOODS AT LOWEST PRICES. J, G. BROW N, Deapeb, Parnell. Spking_ißß2. WELLESLEY HOUSE. We are now Opening a CHOICE ASSORTMENT 01 .New Spring Dress Groods, MILLINERY, fiATCS, FEATHERS, FLOWERS, AND - GENERAL DRAPERY, AT PRICKS TO BDIT ALL. Five per oent. Discount (or Cash on Farcelß of 20s and upwards, Oonatty Orders Promptly Executed, A.» JLoVETT* Welles ley-steeet. ,) O. Jf _5 i> H A IB «_l c I_ADD_R S BARROW MAKER, (18 and 82, VIOTOEU-STEEKT. Evenr Description of Ladders. Steps, Renew*, rj'uko w Wheels. Clothes Hcrsas, Clothes Boxes, Simv____ Chest*. Ke>, aa hand or made S_ "jA ufbeial dlsooant ailowea to Oontraoton am aa wholesale order. ■ Sho. and Office FltUngß. and all Binds ot Jot, ttng work done br experienced workmui oa the Bhoxtest no—oo. N.H-Ladderu, Stew and Harrow! lent •> hue. Violins bought, ttot or two superior old Violins Eat nisi alio e« odViiUnoaUo.oheaiJ,



K EPLEH fljj^ E XTRAC The undorcls.nad, AS AGENT, has just openeS In _XC__LENT CONDITION the first ohlpaiont ot tho followintjl— KEPLER- KXTRACT OS1 MALT, Large and Small Sizes, KEPLER S EXTRACT OF MAIT.. With HOPS KEPLER'S EXTRACT OF MALT, . With HTPOPHOSFHITES, KEPLER'S EXTRACT OF MALT. With Psapsmß EIPLEU'3 EXTRACT OF MALT. With CHEMICAL FOOD, KEPLER'S EXTRACT OF MALT, With Bkeb- and Taos, KEPLER'S EXTRACT OF MALT. With Oiti and lodide of Ibokt. The "Lancet 1 says i—"Ke. lor Malt Extraot is veri cood, aud may be need with confldanc.." Eeoond Kaport ot tho Lancet" on the Kepler Malt Extract i—Kepler's Extraot of Malt is aa distinct an odvanca in therap antics as was tho Intrndnotion of c _ d-livoc oil. It la one of our hest remedies for atonio dyspepsia, aod ia undoubtedly useful In consumption and other wasting diseases." Agent fob Auckland— nRAVES AICKIfCT -3T The PhahmaCV. Qneea _fc A." THB RIVEKSDALE MAKUFaCTUR INS COMPANY (LIMITED), 11, GREY-GTRKET. TANNERS, CURKIBBS. LKATHI.H AND GRINDERY MKftOHANTS AND IMPOaTEKS. The above firm have jn_t landed, ox various late arrivals, SPLENDID VALUE in French, German, and English Gfilf, Kid. Patent Calf, East Indian C--tt and Kip, Buttß. Klattlo, Wob. 800 l Wobblng and linings, And a Variety of GRINDERY AND SHOE MERCERY GOODS. Will aIBO have regular shipments of above arriving from the best Enallsh. American, and Continental Houses. Colod ia.l Tanned and Cur ried Leuthors always on hand. The R.M. Co. (Limited) are Cash Purchasers Of Wool, S-tnij, Hides, snd Talllow. Now Lan. ing, ex ABtorion, excellent value In Linings, Eyelets. Heel Tips, and Barnule.'B Tools _ f all dOECrintlons, Toleplnne Wo. 95, WM. S. HAMPSON. Secretary. MOT LAKES I HOT LAKES HOT LAKES IMPORTANT NOTICE, TOURISTS intending to visit these Natural Wonders of Now Zealand oan obtain through BETUKN TICKETS (Including Guides, Bort and Coach Hire, Hotel Accommodation, Seo.). together with every information, trom the undersigned, who have been appointed Bora AOknts in Auokland for Mr William ________ Proprietor of tbo PALACE HOTEL. Ohine mutu, First-class Accommodation for Visitors during both winter and Summer Months, M V ATE BITTINQ, SMOKIBB, AND READINB ROOMS B I L L I a"r D 8. Cosohsa. Buggies, and Saddle Horses for Hlrei Conveyances men! every steamer, METCALFE 8s HILL, ' ._,, „ 28. N.Z. Insurance Buiidlnm, Inne_rd.l_S Agents P AI"iSS T ™SS ,i' BI,• HOT LAKKB QE-NSMTJTP, B OXOBPA. ftet-lasu tiobammodaHon for Tourists, "ttnt let., and Visitors during both winter ta& summer month*. Fi'ivataSlttineiStoomr, Smoking end Reading Rooms, Biuus d._, a._o_l___, Bcsslob, snd Saddle Horses for Hls« OOnveysnctK will nsi; avow Steamer, Sisroasitra HofiSiß.—Toarint- can make v. «EBaments wife Capt. El. T. Clayton ffnauranoa Buildings, AueMaadj, I2r J. Kally CTaMangaL or Mr Wm. KSU? <G_J_._m_S__rfor through raps to tha Lafcets, including boat and coach hire, hotel aouoninrw.lßtton. and all et o__Sa__rn. Trip from Auckland »a the Hot Lakes and Baca, on ths abtTa E.r_idp!« ter Xsm G ciars ah WILLIAM KELLY. PHOPBIETOa, TAI N E URO ,S . GENERAL IMPORTERS, GRAIN AND COMMISSION MBR. CHANTS, ...... 3, Queen -tkskt, Auckland, •. . on hand, and to arrive, - GEirsa&UL M_koh*j.dishi— New Season. Teaß, chests, l-ohests. end boxes Sugar, CoHfeea Popper and Spica Rioe, Tapiooa, and Sago - V Elemes. Sultanas, and Currants Candled Peel aod Citron Candles ind-Wax Matohea Dunedin end Hobart Jams • • • DiJlon's Barrow Confectionery Oilmen's Stores . &c, ___~ &C, Wood's and other brands Flour Mo-ill's and Anderson's Oatmeal Oats, Bran. Chaff Maizo, <*<h_Ei, Sharps, sad Bone Unfit. " -, \ QO TO HEAD QUARTERS FOR *-" THS •,. '' PUREST FINEST AND, BEST 111 -HKY3-ON PouLTBy,: Yards, Lake Taka. PUNA. VARIETIES-. Light Brahmss, Dark Hrahmas • White Coohlna. Baft Coohins, BJaofc Cooh .jangahanu, Manoroas. Houaons BlaolrPolißh W.O. ■■ ;■ White Leghorns, Brown Leghorns Uoriring,-!, Hamburf,-s, Plymonth Rocks, PeMn Ruen,and Aylesbury Duoks SEND FOR PRICE-LIST OF EGGS. Eggß carefully Paoked. and sent to aU parka toe Colony, M" Write for Just what you want.'ana aa dioea as above. I guarantee satisfaction in al xofml cases' we!oome, Suaaw yA jmoe. j^ gAßßura. fr ' -?____ 2Ag_JGORK ... aaooas factobt, : CuSEO-e-HOOHM-l, Prteeei Wssra, From tiw pot dos, TM AUCKLAND FORWARDING AND PARCEL DELIVERY AGENOY DeapatohGoods and Parcels of all decorlptJOKS to every part of the Town and Suburbs, at a G____.p Rat k, and with guaranteed regularity, Tho following are the £00H__ra Aoekoiks •_• A. It. Ladd, Cab"t___ker „ Karangahapo Road W, H, Younp;. Brocer ..Poniso.by Itoad K. Birnle, Bftkor _ _A mh Hill J. Rel4 Cabinetmaker _•:'_ rner of Kyber Pusa and Symonds-et. S, Held, Grocer _ _.Corner of Kyber Pass and Grafton Roads W, S. Collin., Grocer ..Parr.ol! ' : A, Heldt, C-btnetmaker _-Ie"/__a:r_et, DEUVSRXBSI- Towa Hourb. Buboxboui 11a.m. _n_l-.mi No, 76, Tsleshono Kxohaaae. HEAD OFFICE I- ' ■■ NATHAN'S «OND. OusTouHona_-STBji!_- OTEt.-FOR SALE, that superioi freehold property in tho flourishing town ship of Palmerston North caliea tho Club Hotel now being erected; will be ready for openuie on the let December next. Is tho largest ana best arranged house botween Taranaki and Wellington. License granted An influential olub has buen organised,for which a BUlte of rooms haa been arranged, Tho loaae contains In a'l _0 roome, with bath-room, Btable, c_a.li housa. &c. Plans may be Betn and particulars had from the underslgnod only. To a poison with c_pltal.thls pre>_nts on opportunity for making an as-u'ed fortune.—Dav?d T, Stuart Commission Agent, Hunter-street, Wellington! rmO INVESTORS.-Foi- Sale, on Pott- B. BOtby Road, corner of Duke-Btreet. a Magnificent Business Bite. Allotment 15 x 107, together with a nice Cottage of Four liooma and Scullery erected on back end of the allot ment; woll built and finished off; good water supply.—Apply to D. F. Evans, Estate Age _t. next ''Heraid" offloe. 083 Mf iS, I-MiPP-- TUBE TABLE. "" " Leave Aroh Hill— E.lfiam 'S.Soam llam LlOpm Bpm _.l.pm 4,45 pm Leave National Bank— _am ntU-atn U. 45 am _4Spm 9,-pm s.s pm ..sopm • Escopt Tnesdays and Thursdays, when thai trom Auckland and 10.30 from Asylum will _o to an ii from thu Whan. nDELEGRAPF LINK O_F OOAOHE... W. IS. C_E_i_K COACHES will tun to tho ollowl- . -___-T_bi_, o_k? "_ n.__.'3small i— Leavee Cambrldso tor Efamllton dolly, ni B.SO c.m. Leeveti Haiailtaa, Jar Cambridge daily, on arrival of Train, 2.30 njn. Leaves To Aroha tor ________ ton at 10 a,m Monday. Wednesday, end Friday Leaves Hamilton for Te Aroha at I ,mi .' Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. .. Booking Offloot awynne. Hotel. Hamilton . W,K.OABTEB, Cosch Proprietor, Wvery and Bait Stable?. . . Cambridge, ith March ISSI •