SPIRITUALISM: Are its Evidences Satis factory ?

As thore is present a renewal of the iuterest felt by many in this neighbourhood on the subject cf tho phenomena of Spiritualism, we have thought it worth while to repro duce the following account of an extra ordinary seance which took place in the beginning of the present year at Calcutta. The gentleman whose name is sighed to the letter subjoined is a well-known magician, styling himself a " Royal Illusionist," and his investigations, being in a sepse those of an expert, ought to have somo weight : —

A PROPOSITION,

(To the Editor of the Indian Daily News.)

Sir,—l havo followed with muc l interest tho correspondence in your columns re garding the Spiritualists, and moro parti cularly the accounts of manifesta'ions aaid to have (akon placa in the prosecco of a gentleman no.v on a visit to India iv tho capacity of a medium. lam far from wish ing to eneor or throw discredit on wlutt is .aid to have taken place, and what has only reached me on hearsay. At tho same timo I should be glad of an opportunity of participating in a seance, with a view of givlug an unbiassed opinion as to whether, m my capacity of a professional prcstidigi tateur, I can cive a natural explanation ol effects said to be produced by spiritual nid. I trust that my character as n man is suffi cient guarantee that I would take no un fair advantage, or violate any ot the condi tions imposed at a seanca to which I was invited.—Yours, &c, HARRY Kkllar. Calcutta, January lath, 1882.

Utterly discountenancing challenges, but finding Mr Kellar was honestly desirous ol going to tho root of tho matter, somo Spiri tualists gavo him a chance, with the follow ing result :—

(To tho Editor ol the Indwn Daily News,)

Sir,—ln your issue of the 13th January I stated that I should bo glad of nn oppor tunity of participating in a seance, with a view of giving an unbiassed opinion as to whether, in my capacity of a professional prestidigitateur, I cculd give a natural ex planation of effects said to be produced by spiritual aid. I am indebted to tbe courtesy of Mr Eglinton, tho Spiritualistic medium, now in Calcutta, and of his host, Mr J. Meu gens, for affording me the opportunity I craved.

It is needless to say I went as a sceptic, but I must own that I havo como away utterly unable to explain by any natural means the phenomena that I witnessed ou Tuesday evening. I will give a brief do- Cription of what took place. I was seated In a brilliantly-lighted room with Mr Eglinton and MrMeugens, Wo took our places round a common teak-wood table, and after a few minutes tho table began to sway violently backward! and forwards, and 1 heard notses such as might be produced by someone thumping under the tablo. 1 tried to discover the cause of this movement, but was unable to do so. After this Mr Eglinton produced two com mon Bchool slates, which I sponged, cleaned, and nibbed dry with a towel myself. Mr Eglinton then handed mo a box containing small crumbs of slate pencil. I selected one of these, and in accordance with Mr Eglinton's directions, placsd it on rhe ntifitce of ono of the slates, placing tho other slate over it. I then firmly grasped tho two slates at one of the corners. Mr Eglinton tbeu held the other corners, our two free hand* being clasped together. The slates wero th^n lowered belo i the edge of the tabic, but rem. mcd in full view (the roora remaining lighted at tho time). Instantaneously 1 heard n scratching noise, such as*might be produced by writing on a slate. In about 15 seconds I heard tbreo distinct knocks on the slate, and I then opened them and found the fol lowing writing .— "My name is Geary. Don't you remem ber me ? We used to talk of this matter at tho St. George's. I know better now." Having read the abovo, I remarked that I knew no one by the name of Geary. We then placed our hands on tho tablo, and Mr Eglinton commenced repeating tho alphabet until he came to the letter G, when the table began to shako violently. This process was repeated till the namo of Qcary was spelt. Alter tbis Mr Eglinton took a piece ot paper and a pencil, and with a convulsive movement, difficult tp describe, he wrote very indistinctly the following words : "I am Alfied Geary, of the Lantern; you know mo and St, Ledgor. Having read this, I suddenly remem ber, d having met both Mr Geary and Mr St Ledger at Cape Tows, South Africa, about four years ago, and tho St. George's Hotel is tho ono I lived at thero. Mr Geary was tho editor of the "Cape JLan tern. I believe he died three years ago. Mr Bt. Ledger was tha editor of the " Cape Times," and I bcllevo he is bo still With out going into details, I may mention that subsequently a number of other messages were written on the slates, which I was allowed Io clean each time beforo they wero used.

In respect to the above manifestations I can only say that I do not expect my account of them to gain general credence. Forty-tight hours befoio, I should not have behoved anyone who had doscribed such manifestations under similar circumstances. I still remain a sceptic as regards Spirit ualism, but I repeat my inability to ex plain or account for what must have been an intelligent force that proceed the writing pn that slate, which, if my senses aro to be relied on, was in no way the result of trickery or sleight-of-hand.—l am, &c,

HARRY KEIAAR.

Calcutta, January 25th, 1682.

After another seance, at which levitation was performed, Mr Kellar stated his utter inability to account for what had taken placo. He offered £1000 to anyone who could produco similar manifestations under the same conditions, and that if Mr Eglin ton would produce such phenomor.a on his stage bo would ongage him for six months at £100 a night.

"A Medium in Spite of Himself. "

f b -All Monies reoelved in.ltfew Zealand J.. . ViCTOBiA ANd"3ij_cott SmiaiiA his own ends out oi .flice thi_'J carlylliiie." ! tested lv the Company. . ..■. i .,:;/y. i -, A .=,.... c ' * ' 77. __„._._.__

In reply tp the communication whioh we recently published under the above title, wo have received the fellowiog communi cation, which wo publish as being calcu lated to suggest a physioal explanation of many of tbo so-called spiritual pheno mena :—

Sir,—l have just read with considerable interest tbo letter "Skeptikos" in your issue of tho 7th inst. That letter is evi dently written by a person of some culture and intelligence, and, I may bo permitted to add, tbat it is as. rjire as it is refreshing to meet with anything in favour of what aro called the facts of Spiritualism related with such apparent candour and truthful ness. Tbe incidents of the seance are stated 'so circumstantially and explicitly that tbey appear to mo to contain quite sufficient data to attempt a rational and .atisfactbry' explanation of the accompany ing phejiomen^. Bjy1 deductions, however, scarcely'aarep with those' rjf !"'Sk.ptikos," probably because I ara a' more obstinate and c.ijsistp-t skeptikos' myself. If, for instappe, I pould'bgiievp thp "physiognom ist" who informs mp that that thorp is a special faculty of the braip which he dig nifies with he namo of " spirituality" or "immortality-hope": and further, if be fore entering oa the investigation of tbe mattor I had " a strong disposition »nd desire to bp cpnvinced ofthe reality of life after death, and of sp'vitual pxistonce gene rally," I mijjht pos-ibly have arrived at a sim'lar conclusion.' But he who enters upon'the oeareh for truth must accept no facts which are i> cap;b!eof fjcuioti-tration. He must divest hirruelf of all prejudices, even should thoso be eopnedet with his dearest and m-st hallowed associations, and approach bis subject witb, as far a. possibe, an unbiassed judgment, In attempting a rational explanation of the circumstances ttated by your corres pondent wc will, with your permission, assume certain initial facts in animal mag netism, which most physiologists admit as capable of proof, viz, Ist. That by the contact or imposition of the hand a mag netic ourrent is established between two or moro persons, producing certain remarkable eft'ects on the cerebral al'd rervous system, 2nd, T_ftt£|}B«-5 pffectsare intensified «_C. exl.ibi.ed upon highly penej'ive nervous temperaments. 3_d. That a unity pf wilj and pvrposu sp.ejn to favour the conditions ppcessaf-y for ppo'duping tbgsp effect.. 4th. That the eynajptofjjß frflowp tp be pxhjbitpd undorthe operation of these conditions include involuntary cerebration, hysteria, 'delirium, coma, and occasionally permanent insanity.

Now let \v, advert to the circumstances narrated by your correspondent. A party ol four sit round a table completing a circle by the contact of hands, Two arc spiritualists, two are uot, but pro-disposer! to become so. It is stated by your corres pondent that the dominant wish of these tour experimenters was to induce the taole to tilt. Now if such had really been the fact I have no doubt that the table would have tilted iv the usual orthodox fashion, Hut without for a moment imputing to Skeptikns any intentional desiie to mislead I cannot help thinkiag that lie ha. hero committed an error, For it is very hard indeed in such a case to specify one's own dominant idea, not to speak of that wbiph influences three other individuals. Is it not much more probable that the domi nant idea of Mr and Mrs X. was to convert their guests to Spiritualism, and a dominant desire of tho guests to receive a proof of tboir doctrine ?

Your correspondent states that several changes wero made in the arrangement of tho circlo. Precisely so; and I should ex pect that tho resulting occurrences would take place when the magnetic current was brought fully to bear upon the two victims withoutnny intervening obstacle, i.e., when sitting together.

Tho conditions in this arrangement would bo highly favourablo for tho display of some of the phenomena of animal magnetism, and would bo very likely to produce ab normal and involuntary cerebration jupon two highly sensitive, nervous, organisa tions. And this, I havo not the slightest doubt, is what really occurred, Iv the symptoms themselves there is nothine re murkable. Tho temptation—the struggle— the victory—are within tho experiences of many persons who havo suffered from delirium, and would naturally occur to ono who is in the habitual practice of restraining his passions. The blissful feeling that Buper venod, ho must bave exepcriencod at somo former period, perhaps even in his infancy, although the circumstanco may have passed from hia recollection, and no ofl'ort of will can recall it. So with Mrs S.s prayer. It will bo found that oven if she cannot call tho fact to mind, sbe must have read or been taught that prayer at some antece dent period, For it has been established that events in a lifetime which aro so com pletely forgotten that no effort of will can revive them, and their statement calls up no reminiscence, may, nevertheless, bo, so to speak, embedded in the memory, and may bo produced with intenso vividness under certain physical conditions. This Is what psychologists term "latent con sciousness," and _ physiologists "uncon conscious cerebration,"or the " reflex action of tho brain." There is a curious easo re ported by Carpenter—" Human Physi ology," p. 808—of an ignorant woman re peating in a dolirium certain words which wore recognised as Hebrew and Chaldaic. When she returned to consciousness she knew nothing of these words, she had no notion of their meaning, and being told that they were Hebrew and Chaldaic, sho could recollect no possible way in which she had acquired them, Here, Indeed, was surely a case for the spiritualists I But a searching investigation was instituted into hor antecedents, and it was found that when a girl sbo bad been servant to a clergvmao who was accustomed to walk up and down his passage reading those languages. That girl had overheard him, and the strange words so long forgotten were reproduced during tho cerehral excite ment nf a fever and forgotten agalu when the disenso had passed,

I cannot help feoling a queer and almost indefinable sympathy with "Skeptikos," as I have passed through a somewhat similar ordoal myself, and thero arc certain incidents in my own private history, which, weio I "predisposed" to accept of the supernatural, I might construo aa argu ments in favour of Spritualisin, but which I can explain to my own entire satisfaction ucon tcientlGc and rational grounds. Bui I must say that the facility with which yoor correspondent accepts his late experi ences as a proof of tho supernatural is quite uuworthyofa "skeptikos." Let me entreat him, as ha values his precious re. eon, to devote his time and his talents, which appear to be considerable, to something more worthy of them, and refrain from yielding himself up a willing sacrifice to a miserable _,nd (dangerous superstition, which bids iair to rival both whisky end religion in recruiting our lunatic asylums. I think he will agree with me, that any further public discussion of tho matter would be in questionable taste, but yau arc at liberty to supply him with my name and address should he desire any further communication of n private character, It is improbable that wo are or ever shall be personally ac quainted, but if I should be so fortunate ns to roceivo from him an acknowledgment that what I have written has tended to dispel hia perplexity, this letter will havo fully achieved its object—l am, &0,, T.G.

Opstlki, 21st October, ISB2.

Amusing Clippings.

A farmer's will was pre.cnted for probate (it was in old days) to mi archdeacon during bis visitation. Ho found a name scratched out. The widow steps forward aud explained: " I tells you how ho be, sir. When we comes to look into tbe will we sees £50 left to John Wheeler, 1 What's ho got to do with muster's monoy V said I. So I gets a knife and us scratches him out, and that's just how ho bo, sir."— "Mosloy's ''Oxford Rsniinisconcos." Too terrible to contemplate: Old lady (alter tho character of a servant) —"Is she an early riser?" Esthotic young lady— "Don't'know, I'm never down before 12 or 1." O. L.—"la she honest?" B. Y. L.— ,' That's a matter tbat has never troubled mc." 0. L.—" Can she cook?" E. Y. L. (indignantly)—" Wo seldom eat," O. L. —" VVby a?e you getting rid of her?" L. T. L. (shuddering)—" She has a moihcr who oats onions. I know that mania to be hereditary. She might break out at any moment."—London "Fun."

Plantation philoiophy: De eel is the politician among iish A'ooman is hap piest when she's uneasy about suthin' 1 I would rather tell a lie to cauio pleasure don a truth to cause pain Nature favored de nigger in many ways, but I don' see why the put a kidney foot on him Doan jedgeaman by de fuss he makes. In flyin', de hummin' bird makes ',more noise den do hawk De object what is more difficult ter gain is de most prized. 1. c hardest nut ter crack has the sweetest kernel Between dd [fear ob de debil an' de joy ob redemption c(e ignorant nigger doan know which way to tutn. Howober, do cbickin ain't altergedder tufe. A fine, fat pullet who was roosting on tbo ltmb of a tree safe from danger wes by a fox with, " Good evening, Mi'sb Pullet, I never saw you look better. Your figure is perfectly lovely." "Do you really think so ?" Certainly I do. I'd give anything if I could! wear my hair done up in a French roll and b?come ma aa it does you." "Aren't you joking I" " I aever was more serious in my life, Your small feet and pretty mouth aro the envy of all the pullets in tbe neighborhood." "Dear me, but is thatao S" '• And everybody says .ou have suoh a tony air about you. "Ohlla I" " I think if we were to walk out together we'd mash the whole town." "Really now I" The fox gave her more soft solder, and in tbe end the vain pullet flow down aud famished a square meal for the crafty villain, Moral —"Flattery,"' said an'old rooster, aa he looked down'ivt the few bones and feathers j "flattery is the soft'puri. of a cat. The sweeter the purr, the longer tho claws and the sharper the tjite'7

" Where is the Fire?"

These was an alarm ef fire the other night, and Mr What's-his-name being awakened by the nolae, sprang hastily from his bed and tbrust his head out of the window.

A man was rushing by, and Mr What's his-naihe hailed bim with, " Waßh shish ish shwire I"

The man stopped in his mad speed and yelled, '"•What:" " Whash 'sjiish ieh shwire f repeated Mr What -.his name, craning his head still further otft of the window, and scanning the darkened heavens anxiously,

" I don't know what | you're talking about," shouted the man, beginning to get his legs ready for another run. "Ish sheg whash is shwire—carsh shutters thashsf yelled Mr Whfit's-his name, in a rage. " Oh, go swaller yourself)" muttered the mar, datting off with an exclamatory "Pire!"

And just as Mr 'What's-his-name was coing to shriek after him a wrathful male diction, hi. wife touched him on the shoulder him his false teeth, which he had forgotten ft {fig to put in.

And when Mr \yhat's-h}srnani_. had donned tbat lijost esspntlal portion of his wardrobe he' was enabled fo shput tp a passing boy, in a perfectly intelligible manner, " Whero is the fire ?"

MEMOIRS OF MONSIEUR CLAUDE, Chief of Police under the

Second Empire,

TRANSLATED BY MARY NEAL

SHERWOOD.

CHAPTER IV,

THE SECRETARY IMPROVISED BY A PRO-

VISIONARY GOVERNMENT.

IN order to pay my debt of gratitude to ward my first protectors, I ought to explain under what grave circumstances M. I, ma de the acquaintance of M. Thiers. This circumstance is so curious, that I wish to set It down here, before I go back to my professional labours, whon, in 1848,1 was mad. Commissary of the Police,

In July, 1830, M. L had taren me i to his country-place at Montmorency. His ' aearest neighbour was one of the most ardent promoters of the Revolution^ then going on in Paris—this was M. Thiers— who waited with keen impatience until the smoke of the powder was dissipated in ' Paris, that he might appear there again. At Montmorency, M. L made vows ' for the son of the Emperor; M. Thiers, son Of the Revolution, made them for himself, ■■ At this time barricades were being erected and pulled down in Paris—shouts were heard In every direction: "Long live the Republic." " Long live Napoleon 11, 1" "Long live Henri V. 1" When once this revolution was accom plished, it was of little advantage to the Republic, to Napoleon 11., or to Henri V. Constitutional royalty overwhelmed plebeian victory. It was 'a now mystifica tion of the Prince dv Talleyrand, who was eager to avenge himself on the Kestoration, which had refused to recognise the servicos he had rendered to the Empire. jl, L——, at the moment when M, Thiers was about to'become eno of the heroes of the Revolution, hastened to present me to him. He told him that I was a young man who could be of the greatest service to him and could assist him as secretary, or in a more active manner, if required. My protector could not have selected a better time to push my cause, for M. Thiers was then burning with a desire to know all that was going on in Paris, especially in salons of the Liberal party. I proposed to go to Paris and return with aU the news I could gather, M. Thiers immediately accepted my offer, and I, who was only twenty-three, threw myself head foremost into the furnace which M. Thiers had lighted by his call to arms, signed by his name" in the National. I learned on ray return to Parts, that, while the fighting was going on, the future men of prominence—that is to say, those who would be prominent, should victories ensue, had assembled at the Hotel Laffltte to organise the revolution. Upon 'this inform ition, M. Thiers who bad not before known whether his little lees would carry him over the frontier, or if his head would be taken back to Paris, no longer hesitated. lie hastened to the Hotel Laffltte. I accomponied the future minister, who, after having employed me as t|is agent, now wished to retain me as hia secretary. i f started after receiving much good advice from M. L, . My new protector was very frank with me; he told me that he had used all his influence against the Beurbon Restoration. and in favour of the JSnipire and the eleva tion of Napoleon 11. . jyj. L , enchanted to see fortune smiling on me, advised me not to be too reserved, or too proud, with my new patron, "My friend," he said, "I do not wish you to leave the position which I have gained for you, in order to attach yourself exclusively to Monsieur Thiers. He is too ambitious for his own advancement, and plajs for too high stakes to insure yours, Tie revolution which he has made with Talleyrand is a dangerous thing. Do not belong to Thiers, for he belongs to no one no more .ban does the rising sun. My gvmpathie- are all in favour of Napoleon II Wanse I belong to the Empire by tradition and by conviction, but Monsieur Thiers belongs only to himself. It was not long before I lully appreciated this same criticism on the character of M. Thiers. Atthe'HOtel Laffltte, where M' Thiers was not yet looked upon as a historian and journalist, he was accepted by Talleyrand merely as a subordinate. M Thiers, who three years before caused tbe the crown at Saint-Cloud to fall, was now obliged, under Talleyrand's" direction to Dick it up again and bear It from the H-tel Laffltte to the Palais-Royal. The role which Talleyrand compelled his pupU to play was anguestionably a painful Sne to M. Theirs. I, who had followed his triumphal car, saw Mm now obliged to save those whose victoneß he bad prepared, and was fully aware of what his feelings must be. At the H&tel Laffite, during all the time that the Provisionary Government sat there, I fulfilled the duties of clerk to its owner, the financer, and diplomat", After the"". Orleanistie proclamation the Provisionary Government was relieved of its heavy responsibility. After that I saw no more of M. Theirs., 7. ; ' '■ -' He went to salute at the Palais-Royal the .newly rising sun—the fntnre King Louis Philippe. M. Theirs, when I first accompanied him to the H6tel Laffltte, looked upon himself as the responsible sovereign of the new government, and made me his secretary. But now that he was only the humble servant of the diplomats in thp Rue de Yalois, be forgot me entirely. The improvised secretary of the Pro visionary Government was banished io a small office off the antechamber of the jeouncil-xoom, inf the Hdtel Laffltte; he was reduced from his functions as secretary to those which he had fulfilled at the palace as clerk/ Every morning I received the persons who /solicited the favour of being received by the members of the council and set down their names and offers of service to the new cause* In the week which I past. .0.. n ihat little office I saw enter a goodly number of important personages, I can only say that they appeared very small to me, for they were very obsequious, because my pen opened or closed to them the door of fortune for it was oa my declaration, signed and attested by the Eolicitor, that the new government officials received or rejected the demand of the eager courtier. I broke loose "as soon as possible from these functions, in which only a very vain Man or an intriguer could have found any satisfaction —it was another case of the ass carrying tbe relic.. I was, however, pleased to have bad a near view of these eclebri tie_ who, having been swept off their feet by a political storm, now were -eagerly seeking a new support. ft was at this time that I made the acquaintance of a name weil known fn the artistic and literary world; the Baron Taylor. I little expected to find at. the Hotel Laffltte the former aide-de-camp of the Duo d'- Angoul. me saluting the sun of July and the return of Out three colours. At this time, Baron Taylor, whose title had been bestowed on him as a reward by fallen royalty, was a man of middle age. Tall and well made, he had the bearing of an officer and a diplomat, and the pictur esque appearance of an artist.. Luxuriant hair framed a mobile face, lighted by brilliant eyes, his high cheek bones and dilated nostrils expressed mdefa tigable activity as well as devouring am b Although powerfully built, there was in all his notions /.something of that caress' W suavity [and suppleness which cou lers by profession so easily acquire. In spite of ]&f however, he was dignified in appear ""when the Baron gave me his name, I to^ed profouudly-and the Baron returned the __c.ting with quite as deep a reverence. The Bavon'- experience had long since in formedW tbat the humbl<33t Vfl? .1? *" ployed about * palace W more useful than the greatest Lo_|f who lives beyond its charmed precincts. ; .7 When I apologised to td? Baron for being obliged to ask the object pi his visit, because, as I said lwas obliged _3 trans mit jit in writing [to tbe Council, the Bai?n answered me with courtesy, expressing his regret at the same time that he should rob me of co much precious time. This is what I wrote at his dictation ;

"The former aid-de-camp <)f the jouc d'Angoul__ie, draughtsman to his High ness on his wav to Egypt, when Charles X. fell from the,throne, Baron Taylor has now, impelled by .patriotism, returned from the Fast. While, feeling for fallen .royalty a platonlc gratitude, he believed 1

to be his duty, at a time when France needed his money, to lay on the altar of his country the amount still in his possession —one hundred thousand francs of the five hundred thousand that he had received to carry on his artistic and scientific exp'ora tions on the shorethe JN'ile."

Carried away by my admiration for a man who laid aside all his prejudices and personal feelings to think only of his duties as a citizen, I dropped my pen and looked up to this man as to a demi-god. I threw the doors wide open that led into the salon, and pronounced his name in a very audible voice. , Tho impression produced by tho Baron on the Council was just what I anticipated, In another week tho generous Baron reaped the reward of his devotion : he was named manager of tbe Thd.Vre Franeais. Alas I every medal has its reverse even if it were that of a saint.

The police, who know everything, very soon learned tho secret ofthe astute Baron.

On the first news of the fall of Charles X., tho recently made Baron understood tbat only thoso who passed voluntarily and promptly from the Bourbon camp to that of the 0 rlcannists would be received with enthusiasm. Baron Taylor, whose keen ness of scent might have been envied by the keenest hound, easily divined that should he, one of the Bourbon courtiers, offer his services to tho Revolutionists,they would be accepted with gratitude. Baron Taylor was not the only one who thought thus. Tho actor Samson, his friend, who had grown up with him from childhood, now took the same views. A" to myself, when order was again established I gladly vacated my office in the HOtel Laffltte, with my curiosity fully satisfied. I carefully followed the advice of my first patron, M. L . Ono week more, and I was again at work as clerk in the Palais de Justice.

I left political men to see criminals once more—criminals who had most of the vices of humanity and who claim none of the virtues. Thieves and criminals like to appear precisely-the contrary of those who judge them.

CHAPTER V. THE EVIC, EYE,

On returning to my duties as clerk at the Palace, I found myself in much tho same atmosphere as that I had left at the HOtel Laffitte.

Every man in tho office pretended to have had some share in the fall of Charles X

" I am an old government conspirator," said one.

"I am a victim of the Bourbon," said

another.

"I have killed several of the Swiss Guard," said a third, with a ferocious air. " And I was compelled to defend myselt against Guards," murmured a fourth, with a hypocritical expression. One said he expected the Cross for his services. Another a situation under the new ministry, and so on. Of course, the government could not satisfy all these heroes, who began to com poso little rhymes, which soothed their perturbed spirits. These couplets and pamphlets sent out by those who claimed to have a right to complain of the ingratitude of the govern ment, rained down in every direction, I remember that before I returned to the Palais de Justice I went into a scrivener's office to obtain some information. My sur prise was very great when I saw thore a face which had excited my interest some time before at the restauiant of the Veau gui Tdte, the face of Lacenaire. That he remembered me was plain, for he turned pale on seeing me. He turned away at my approach, buried his face in his papers, and began to write at lightning speed. I touched him on hia shoulder, he started as if bitten by a tarantula ; I saw that I produced upon him tho effect of the jcttatorc or evil eye. 1 told him that I recognised him as the clerk who bad so liberally ftted me—and then asked the question for which 1 had en tered the office. When he had answered this he seemed to consider himself justified in questioning me in his turn. " You have probably heard of my mis fortune?," he said, " and you see to what a condition I have fallen."

I nodded slightly,

But Lacenaire was not easily discouraged; he continued with a coolness which still fur. ther edified me in regard to this roost peculiar person: " You see, sir, how I seek to repair my early errors by a task which I, ns poet and litterateur, find especially repugnant. But for the reverses of my family, and the fato by which I have been mercilessly pursued, I should occupy a very different position from that in which you now see me. After having committed a theft, because I was hungry, I in my turn have become the victim of robberies."

As I could not conceal my surprise at this speech, Lacecaine drew from his pocket a tumbled and yellow paper, "Yes," he repeated, "I have been robbed; there is the proof—it is a song whioh I composed, and which one of my so-called patrons published under his own name. . 'I his song, sir, was worth all the others ever published against the new go vernment, Bead it and judge for yourself." I took the paper which this most singular njan extended to me, and went out of his office rpadiog the song-, which he culled " The Petition of a Thief to Bis Hajesty." It began iv this way :

• Eire, de grace <s_onte_-mol I Blre. le re vtenu dcs gal _ res; Je snla voleur et vous Ctes rol— Cost _ pen pre. la m. me affaire^ And ended with this refrain :

Sire, de grille faitea-mol. At I tatee.mol oergent de vllle.

This song, written by the murderer of Benjamin Constant, had been sent to the editor of the Bon Sens, who, after making some corrections, had published it. In giving me this song, written in his own hand—by way of satisfying his vanity as an author and his vengeance against a pla giarist—Lacenaire never dreamed that he was giving me a terrible weapon against himself.

Notwithstanding his pretemions as a poet, Lacenaire was still a robber and an assassin. His profession as a scrivener was only a shield for further crimes. As 1 learned later, the bandit, who has \ since become a murderer, frequented under ; several different names the most infamous establishments of the capital. He was also A member of a band known as the "Flotte," which was composed of famous criminal.. These members worked in separate bands. Under the names of Mahossier, Baton, Gaillard, and Levi, Lacenaire frequented the meetings of the society, without ever telling his real n/jme. which he retained for the rare occasions when he wished to play the part of an honest man. A wine-merchant in the , Kue Saint- Honorij, next door to the shop known aa the Deux-Sergente, waa called Homme-Butd, because he was supposed to have killed a druuken man in order to rib him; he was the member of the Flotte who was selected to take care of all the stolen goods, Homme-Butd kept all these things in an inner cellar under his shop. Lacenaire, under tug name of Gaillard, took there all his booty. His p3j>,ecial de partment was that of changing solid silver j dishes at restaurants for plated ones, which he carried concealed about his person. He also opened doors with the assistance of false keys. But this sort of thing was, to Lacenaire a mere amusement ; his veritable industry was assassination, When he was arrested as a murderer, the other members of the Flotte were greatly surprised, and equally impressed by the ad ditional importance ojE the man. Could any one suppose that this gentle faced youth, with distinguished manners, and always faultlessly dressed and gloved— this dandy who was called "the young lady" and " the priest"—was an assassin of I bank clerks and women I

Lacenaire, a forger, who had passed several large .chequp3 drawn at sight on the first banking houses in tbp pity, also possessed a perfect genius for murder. He boasted of it, for this man had no sense of_ remorse; he was an atheist and materialist, and consequently was never troubled by his conscience. He blushed only when his skillful robberies were looked upon as coinjijonpiace thefts. He was the jna.te;* of an especial form of assassination. With tbe assistance of a small jnstiu ment, known as ihe shoemaker's awl, La cenaire struck hi. victims in the bacjs, This was ''his system," ps Jje called it. He said to himself, " A man will instinc tively defend, himself .even if be is as'pep, Hhe is struck iv the face or breast,« but 1 will--' & hundred to one that a man at tacked in his rear, struck ia his shoulders, will take a b. en forward perhaps, but he will never turn, even if Ije has time, before be falls. And then, pi. cfliype, he his easily finished." . • ■ ■ It was with this shoemaker's awl that he j killed Chajdon and his mother in the Rue Saint-Martin. H.e mor.e than once assas- j sinated bank clerks, among ot^eys a young

man named Genevy, who received between his shoulders a thrust so deep that it pene trated his breast. It was with the same weapon that he attempted the assassination of Javotte, his mistress.

I can Ree thisrascall now, whon the judge urged him to confess the number [of for geries he had committed in the Provinces. I can hear him reply to this magistrate.

" Keally, sir," he said, " you remind me of a surgeon who amuses himself by taking out tbe corns from the feet of a man whose leg he is about to amputate." This man was not without cleverness, and he had a certain amount of sensibility. He loved animals, especially cats. Just before he killed an old woman, the Widow Chardon, he was seized with pity for a cat in tho gutter, which he rescued from a perilous position. He was totally without heart because, tho night after these murder., ho went to the theatre nnd enjoyed a hearty laugh i and yet ho could not pass a beggar in the street without giving him something. He did not assassinate Scribe, his con federate, simply because Scribe had boen kind to bim when he was In need of assist ance. It was, therefore, only a gold pioce that protected Scribe from Lacenaire's colt.

. His acts, like his person, were a perpe tual contradiction. He was charitable and an assassin. He bad a thirst for blood and yet his face was sweet and gentle. It was impossible to discover in his words and his manuners, any more than in his face, the smallest trace of ferocity.

Full of affability, his words were always Eay and polite. Tho only time that his face betrayed his real feelings was when he had been drinking, but he could drink an inordinate quantity without feeling it Nothing about him was ugly but his bands. It was trom tbem that I formed my opinion of Lacenaire, but this tiger bid his claws under his gloves. Lacenaire's capture was, effected by Allard and Canler, and took place at the very moment when the as sassin believed himself to be entirely beyond the pursuit of justice. His accomplices were Francois and Avril, who had been his lieutenants in all his enter prises, while Lacenaire under different names roamed through the corridors. Chance, which plays a large part in tho discoveries made by tho police, served the Prefecture on this occcasion when Lacenaire flattered himself that out of Paris he was safe.

He was, however, arrested at Beaune. Suspected of forgery, he was called upon to show his passport. £JHe went by the namo of lin at thia time. Iv vain did Levi search in hia trunks for his passport, and while his feigned search wa« going on, a telegraphic message was sent from Beaune to Paris to inquire into the antecedents of the said Ldvi. Allard and Canler were at this very time vainly seeking a clue to the assassin of the Passage dv Cheval- Rouge. When this message was received at the' Prefecture, M. Canler instantly knew that this was his man. Moanwhile, Lacenaire, as prudent as he was astute, had kept entire silence in regard to his real namo. By a succession of intelligent operations, Canler bad como to tho con clusion that the name of Baton concealed that of Gaillard, and that the name Gail lard, covered tbat of Mahossier, and that, the namo of Levi,

Consequently the Chief of Pollco was cer tein that he had hia hand on tbe assassin of tho Chandon.. Canler was sent at onco to bring the prisoner from Beaune to Paris. It was evident that Gaillard, Baton, Ma hossior, and Jacob L.vi were only the four fictitious name 9of the same man, who was constantly at war with the police, but the real name of the bandit was not yet dis covered.

Canler had found, In a lodging-house iv tho Marais, one of his political *onga and a mooking letter against M, Gisquet, then tho Prefect of Police. Letters and songs wero signed with the name of Gaillard; tbey were in tbe writing of Mahossies. Canier knew no more than this; ho was certain that the four names hid the same man, but of the real name of this man he was entirely ignorant. This mystery lasted until Lacenaire, ac companied by Canler, enterod the office where I eat at my desk. -lever was a man so confounded as this rascal when his eyes met mine. My Amphitryon of the Yean gui T6te, my public scrivener, Baton, Gaillard, Ma hossier, or L6vi, could no longer deny his identity nor hide his name. As I fully expected to see Lacenaire whose identity I suspected, 1 had taken care to provide myself with the song he had given me—tbe copy of the " Petition of the Robber to His Maje. ty."

Hardly had be entered the office than I showed this paper written by bis own hand, to the criminal, before I filed it with the other documentary evidonce against him.

At the sight of this paper, signed " Lacenaire," tho man turned ghastly pale; he saw that the last entrenchment, behind which he had entrenched himself, had fallen. He was unmasked.

And now, Lacenaire, seeing the (useless ness of further [concealment, went to the other extreme. After recovering from the shook of seeing that fatal paper, which glowed before his eyes like the Gorgon's serpent-wreathed head, be relinquished all further hope, and said quietly : "It were foolish in me to attempt to deny such evidence as ,tbis. Fate is very pitiless toward me. Fate, not your own skill, has surrended to you the secret of my residence at Beaune, and Is now pursuing her work here. Ask your clerk over there to tell you my real name. He knows it, and my song is signed with it." And the printed song.signed "Lacenaire," was handed to the judge, and was then circulated among the spectators. The bandit had good reason to regret his desire to unmask the editor of the Bons Sens, which led him to give me that paper. Fate played a shabby trick on this assassin by making him pay so dearly for bis vanity as an author. The web so laboriously woven by the police, and broken so constantly by the merest accident, was again to be recon structed after this last discovery. But the police were not to be disappoin ted of their prey. His fate was sealed when he and I met face to face.

No one of the warrants issued could stand, for no such person existed as Levi, Mahossier, Baton, or Gaillard. fate, however, brought hira info |the presence of one of the few men who' could' identify hini as Lacenaire. This man, the 'first time I had met jiim, jjpened for ma the doors of the Palais de Justice. Lacenaire, under the influence of my evil eye, was led to the terrible fate to which his odious charac ter had brought hitn-^. to the scaffold,

(To be continued.)

The Electric Light.

The opinions ot two leading London journals on the merits of the electric light are worth quoting. In a leading article the "Times" says:—"There Is no need to jump to the conclusion,' as so many people did when tho rpports "of Mr Edison's inventions first came from America, that gas was a thing of the paßt, and that electricity has already won the battje. _ No doubt electricity is gaining upon jtt'a rival, but that ajl electric lights are hotter than all gaslights i§ » proposition that is easly dis proved by anywieVup tykes'^ walk at night down Holbpru and across fbp yiadtyct, The city authorities, who, whatever their faults, are ready enough to make experiments for the public service, Bro trying the jsdisnn incandescent burners on tbo viaduct, and the giemen's improved gas in Holbum. Wa do not know anything of thG relative cost of the two systems, but as far as the light is concerned, there is simply no comparison. The gas triumphs all along the line. The " Pall Mall Gazette,'' refetring ;to the same subject, icraarku :— " Shareholders in' subsidiary electric light companies bar} better rouse them selves to inquire where their money has gone before it is too late. It is useless for tbem to go about whiDing because tbe fic titious premiums have all disap peared and the bulk of their shares now become unsaleable. What they should do is to meet together, and call the promoters who sold the patents to tbem to account, lv some instanot s no money has pa'sed of consequence, the company, so called, merely consisting of disappointed syndicates; but in others, far too nume rous, there were substantial sums passed from the pockets of the public into those of tlu) promoters', patent vendors, and agents Q> all descriptions. By prompt action it may be pos.ibje 'Joy fhp deluded public to gf-t soma .of their money back, whereo», if shareholders _jt stj.ll s'fjd whino, they will ijey.r get ajiytfcjDgi Already a good deal of the ' profit?' of tho parent Brush Company bave bpen dispersed, but it mightjbe possible to get much of tbe money back even there if the shareholders of subsidiary companies could prove tbat iv yendiog patents the vendors bad likewise ' sold' thejm. The electric share market if, meanwhile, a sad, and instructive spec tacle" ' ' '

How Americans Eat.

It Harrows Vi- Tire Soul Of An

E_at,isii Traveller,

IT was in the Ogden refreshment room, for the tiain from San Francisco, writes a correspondent of tlie New York "World," that 1 saw a performance that filled mo with astonishment and dismay. It was a man eating his dinner. And here let me remark, with all possible courtesy, tint the American is the most reprehensible eater I bave ever [seen. In the first place, tho knives arc purposely made blunt-the back and trout of the blade being often of tho same " sharpness "—to enable him to eat gravy with it. The result is that the fork (which ought to be used simply to hold the meat steady on the plate while being cut with the knife) has to be used with great force to wrench off fragments of food. The object of tho fork is thus materially abused, for he holds tho meat down with the knife aud tears it into bits with his fork I

Bending over the tablo, he sticks his fork into a pickled gherkin, and while munching this casts one rapid, hawk-like glance over the spread |viands, and then proceeds to cat, Mcrhercule, what a sight it is I He dabs his knife into the gravy of the steak and picks up with his fork a piece of bacon. Wbilo the one is going to his mouth the other is reaching out for some thing "else. He never apparently chews his food, but dabs aud pecks at the dishes oue after the other with a rapidity which merely as a juggling trick might bo per formed in Louden to crowded houses every day and an impartial ty that considered as "dining" is as savage as any meal of Rod Indians or of Basutos. Dab-dab, deck-peck, grunt, growl and snort 1 Tho spoon strikes in every now and then, and a quick, sucking-up noise announces the disappearance of a mouthful of huckle berries on tho top of a bit of bacon, or a spoonful of custard pie on tho heels of a radish.

It is porfectly prodigious. It defies eohoront description. But how on earth does he swallow it ? Every now and then ho shuts his eyes and strains his throat. This I Supposo is whon he swallows, for I have scon children getting rid of cake with tho same sort of spasm. Yet the rapidity with which ho shovels in his food is a won der to mo, seeing that he has not got any ",'pouch" like the monkey or palicnn. Docs ho keep bis miscellaneous food in a "crop "like a pigeon, or in a preliminary stomach like a cow, and " chew his cud " afterward at his leisure ? I confess I am beaten by it. Tho mixture of his food, if it pleases him, does not annoy me, for if a man likes to eat mouthfuls of huckleberries, bacon, apple-pie, pickled mackerel, peas, mutton, gherkins, oysters, radishes, toma toes, custard add poached eggs (thia is a bona fide meal copied from my note-book on the spot) in indiscriminate confusion, it has nothing whatever to do with me.

Now, reader, don't say no. For I havo been carefully studying Americans at their food (all over tho West, at any rate), and what I lay is strictly correct. This abuse of knife and fork, then, necessitates an extrnordinaiy amount of elbow room, for, iv forcing apart a tough slice of beef, the elbows have to stick out as square as pos sible, and tho consequence is, aa tho pro prietor of an hotel told me,only four Ameri cans can cat in a space iv which .ix Englishmen will dino comfortably. The latter, when feeding, keep their elbows to their sides ; tho former square them out on a lino with the shoulders and at right ancles with their sides. The American ordors a doren "portions" of as many eatables, and tbo whqle of his meal, after tho filthy fashion of the " eatiug-houscs " at which travellers aro fed, is put before hjm at once. To c*t the dozen or so different things he has ordered, he has only ono knife and fork and ono teaspoon.,,

Eccentric Preachers.

Friar Cuthbbrt was ono of the class of jocular preaohera so popular in the mediaival times. They preached what wero called "Kisua Paschalcs"—comic homilio. for Easter,-Their works have been printed, and the student of early manners may consult them with advantage, though ho may bo repelled by their coarse ness They were bold satirists, dwelling, perhaps, too exclusively on tbo baser as pects of human life. In their denunciation of prevailing vices they did not spare the most exalted porsonages. Mai]lard, the cordelier, >o irritated Louis XU. by his strictures tbat he threatened to have him thrown into the Seine. i( The King can do as bo pleases," replied tbe undaunted pacachcr, " hut toll him I shall . ooner get to Paradise by water than he will arrive by all his post horses." Other well-known prcacheis were Menot and Acdro. But we shall best give tho reader an idea of the scylo adopted by these jocular .clergy, by quoting a few sentences from a sermon preached by|PatherOntorato, the Capuchin, which we have come across in a curiouß old Italian work. In the course of tho tcrmon he brought into the pulpit a skull which he adressed as follows: "Speak," htisaid, "speak and toll me whether you wipro not once the head of a magistrate ? You don't answer ? Silence shows consent? He then placed upon the bead ajudgo's ca-p, exclaiming at the same time, " Have you not often sold justice for gold ? Have you not often beou in league with the advo cate of order to deprive the widow and the fatherless of their rights I You dou't answer? Silence shows consent." Hethen laid down the skull and took up another, to which ho exclaimed, " Were you not tho hpad of one of those light-miuded damsels whpse every thought is givon to their coquetries?" Then taking a cut. from his sleeve, he placed it upon the hideous relic of humanity, crying, " Miser able head, where are now tho soft, languid glanc-?,s that use to captivate the unwary? Whcio is that beautiful mouth which formed such fascinating smiles? Whero aro now tho pearly teeth, where the rouge, whero tho cosmetics with which the faco was so often paintea?" And so on in this strain tho Capuchin continued, describing the vatious conditions -of life, and altering tho position of the skull, which he held in his hand,- aocording to the Bubjcct with which ho had to deal. On one-occasion Louis XIV. asked Bourdaloui,' the famO. a orator of' Notre Dame," his opinion of Onorato, "Sire," was the reply, " that preacher tickles indeed the ear,| hut also pricks the heart.' People return at his sermons what thoy steal at mine,"—" The Peoplo's Friend,"

An Extraordinary Fast.

The following account of tin extraordinary fast is taken from tbo Buira papor of Oc tohev 6 :—"On Monday la«t a man named John Burnett was brought to Roeringa, who told Dr. Brummitt and police-constable Johnston that about six weeks ago,"ho left tho Burra hospital intending' to go to . arrell's Plat (the hospital books show this to bo on Tuesday, Auguit 22), t. o reached Sprink Bank that night, when, on the next day, camplag out that night, and reached Sod Hut on Thursday morning, from whenco he wandered eastwaid, coming to a hut, near -which waa a little water, about four miles from the Princess Royal,: where he lay clown to sleep. On" awakening the next-morning he found hia "legs very much swollen anti pains in b\s hend, apd was suffering from rheumatics. Ho bad lain therp flyo days, occasionally crawling out to obtain wafer, b,ut without any food, when a man belonging to the station .aw him, aad Burnett told him of the'circum stances, but the man's horse moviDg away he went aftor it and did not roturn, Ho (Burnett) was still unable to move, and lay thore lor 37 days without any food what ever, until last Saturday, when haviog crawled to the water and being too weak to return, he managed to attract the attention •ef iistockrcjan who gofhinl food, lit afire, and mittlo hjm cbliifortable!" The next' day Mr'D. M'Cullo'cli w» 8 informed of the fict and immediately had hjm brought to his station and gave him something to cat, hut he was unable to keep it on his stomach as he was tqo weak, MrM'Cullooh then brought him into ihe Burra, and P. C. John, on took him to a police station, and Mrs Johnson fed him on oatmeal. V, C. .Johnson in formed Dr. Brummitt, who went and saw him aud ordered his removal to the Hos. pital, where he was admitted, Burnett did not know anything about days or dates, but had with him 10 sticks nf tobacco, each of which ho cut into three parts and smoked one oach day until it lan out, missing one day when he was unable to go to tbe water. He thus knew that, fee had been then 31 days without fooJ, He did not feel the pangs of hunger till the tobaccd was _G_s, _,_._. nhiGli lie suffered acutely. Burnett was taken to the policc sffitipn on ji charge of bejpg witfcqnt a£y visible raeanp of support, and the grim humour of the charge is in' "striking con trast to so Bad a story, i\hich yet appoa.ia to be quite true."

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| T AND, HOUSE, c. ESTATE AGENT, ' -8-d VALUATOR, Sohbbfp's Buildings, Fobt-stesst, auckland. The undersigned, In Commencing Business n Auckland, begs to anuounoo that twelve years axporlonoe In Waikato has given him an Inti mate knowledge of the dlßtrlot, as well as a baslncßs connection extending to all parts of the Auokland Province. He is, therefore. In a position to give tho fullest and most reliable Information to Intending settlers, who will reoolvo letters of introduction to, his looal Anents, and they will offer every facility for Inspecting tho VARIOUS PROPERTIES ON SIAND Fob S_l_. Valuations Of Town or Country Proporty made at tho shortest notloe. MONEY ADVANOKD on Freehold Beonrltles, In sums of £100 up to £5,000. MONKY INVKSTED, and no charge made to Investors. KENNEDY HILL. JAMES TINDAL, ACCOUNTANT, house, land, & commission agent, and Law Whites, HIGH-STREET, AUCKLAND, FO-TSALE: 3KRK3FORD-STREH;T-New well finished 7 roomedPwelllng-house.palnted and papered w»ter laid on. iTica fi_eo. DRaK.-3TR.-Kl_ (Freeman's Bay)—Comfort ii.la roomed UweUing-honse and yard, situated on south side ot street, and having a beautiful harbnor view; gas and water laid on. Prioe. £400. OOLi.KuK ROAD (Ponsonby)—Allotment 112. sonth tilde, 33 feet frontage, GRAB-T-N ROiti-AUotment 18, of Beotlon 10, corner of Gratton Hosd and Wynyard street, with ten-roomed House, stables, and outhouses. Prioe £1000. OHAPici_STRKET-Slx-roomed House and Stable. £500. VIOTOKIA-THBET WEST—Three Brlok Shops and Dwelllng-hooses, jUBt built, Pricrt, £2,100, or to Let at SOs per week eaoh. {.REE HOLD BLOCK, in central position, olose to Queen-Btreet. with Brlok Buildings and Iron roof suitable for Warehouses, fco. Proprietors having Houses or Land to dispose ot are requested to communicate with the under signed. No oharge unless sold. jameePlFTndal, High-street, ftllßAl* |_| ARDWARB OTOUSI. _3«, QUiCEI..STREET J. A J DIOK EV, > HAVE FOR SAJ_B~ 1 ROiWArS ANUWPTNIO LAMPS, AISO, ■_ ! BURMKRa, Fonts, Globes, and Wicks, j And a Great Variety of Chtmnlea, 1 RODQBR'B LOOKWOOD'S, AND WlOf AH TJJ3I.K AND POOKETERT. ______ ; JOHNSON'S CELEBRATED SOTSSORS i , I CLARK- BOILERS SAUCEPANS, fco. I I ! Gbotith's Patent Tea ahd Oorm i Pots, Stamped Tinned Meat and | Pa Dishes, Basins and Milk Pans (all | .Ices), Buckets, Tubs, Pails, and '< Ovens, Bbooms, Scrubbers, Whisks, ftc Hai:b, Cloth, and Nail Bbushkj, •abk'B, blacks, and ltndoh't spades and digging fork-. garden hoes, rakes. and trowels, D_stom i :sokby&Spkab i and JAoKßoX hand. rip, and tknnon bawb. Axe., Adzes, Tomahawks and Chisku, auoubs, Planes, Hammers, Bbao__. Tins. astd Patent Brra (all flees), LOOKS Hinges, Nails, and Bbasswabk, Soott'b Genuine White Lead, Raw and Boiled Linseed Ou ;»Ivk per cent. discount Allowed to Cash Parehasers en all. Bate , <tii_.anti_B to so., and upward | A.c HE A T HER ! genebal importer, ! HAS ON HAND AND TO ARRIVE— l BRANDY^ Oourvolsler. Brandy in bulk > do do one diamond, four dla ' mond, and VO i ABSDolated Vineyard Brandy tn bulk/case, i Bask, and half-flask ) Mailer DYeres* Brandy In bulk, case, flask, > and half flask » Henn.Rßy's Brandy In case W. and A. Gilbey. Brandy In case RUM- Lovrndes', SO 0,p,, -casks and hhds Lemon Hart's, J-oaskß W. and A. Gtlbey'e, In case, VV and white , WHISKY (bulk)— Greenlees. Invoreees, GlenUvet, Terrier, kirker. droer and Co_, In demMobns ana . gallon Jcrs WHlSKYJoasei -olile Blend, Royal Blend. Rob Roy, Jero boam. Glen Almond. W. and A. Gllbey'a, Irish and in flasks 80BNAP__— j Honko'B, W. and A, Gilbert T WINE a (hnlk) -Bllva and Coaln's, Australiaa, Qreuaoh, and Tokay WINES (in 09S0V- W.,and A. Gilbey. iOaatle bnand), Port, Sherry, Clare'», Marsala, Madeira, U, a, B, o, v: and a j yd Clarets, 0, I, 3, 3, 4: I Ohampogne — Roederw, Perrier and Camnset ALB- Basil, bottled by Hall Boar _ Hood, botUed by Hall John Hull, bottled by John Rold Auhtjy's and MoKwanVGlobe" brand Anslo-Bavarlan STOLT- Boar. Head, HaU Edmond's Pig Brand Gu'neas'B, bottiod by Blood Wolfe Sparkling Neurotpne, pints and quarts gale and Friond'a and sohna. Matthews and Co. Genuine White Lead and Zlno «■■»■»»** S^'Si.,, 0?' ?* w Md BoUed. In drnaa Ootea OIJ, In drums Castor Oil, In bulk DRIED FRUITS- "^~~" Currants, in half oases Elmo Baisinß and Flgg Alden Apples (evaporated) KEROSENW, ISO and 160 test- BtoSlStotf "tafcUrtl of ABO. Pre Prime York Hams tnd Bacon at Low Rates TOBACCO- " Royal Btanflard Long 6'b Venus, H's, B's, Double Thlok P Pieces OILMEN'S BTORKS- Teaa, Sugar, 10, iw. Na 8j Paper Bbbb. ; Hckles, Kippered Herrinßa, Potted Meats, and an assortment bi General Goods always on hand. A HEATHER, YOUWG WOMEN'S INSTITUTE ' AND BOARDINQ-HODIIK. ' Quiunr-aTBBBTi One? dally bom 10 aaa. «v ..so turn, , Dinner aud puncheon from IS to » pjn, __> from, tor p.m. "■ BoMdjw-honse tor Young L*_le_ who are oocupled dur,r.« the day. Time o__ppjSttt2 totheHMußeoretary, ""«•■._»«»««« Y.W.O.A, Meeting every Thnzgda* ijb n m lendlni OteS iTiSSSoS? -_fssfas2 j



, P. J. MOSS], IW, P. O'SnUMVAN Eft J. £_ OS S S: 00„ " ° LAND ANIJ ESTATS AGENTS, BUOKTIpAtIB-STE-ET, I V OX BALK • KPBOM—32 aores Graaa Land In ono or two lota j beautiful view , BRlGHTON—Allotment 1110x300. Price,£2so. 600 ACRES. 19 m les from Auckland, 1 mllo , from n railway stition, halt Improved, , House, Brcoms, and outbuildings. £1500. [ TUAKAU—6OB aoros Ur.t-claa. V_lcanlo Land, I three-quirtetß of a mllo from the station; good e'.ht-roonied house. To ba sold in oca or moro lots The land iB nearly aU In grass* with somo good buah. RRMUiSKA—IS acres, beautifully situated TU___ a.U—36 aores, improved; Housa and ont buildings. £330 i TCaKaU—UOaoros, 50 In grass. £SCO NKW LYNN—IO aores, sea frontage. Si par acre ONE H UNO A—House of 6 rooms, and 1. acres land: beautiful view. Also, Slx-rooicod i Cottage, with 1 aore land, near rail war Bt.tion. HOME BAY. PON BONBY-Ho.se of G rooms and 2 acres of garden; sea bathing Also. LARGE CORNKR ALLOTMENT n City, with bulldlnga. In addition to tbe above, we bave a Largs Number ol Town nnd Country Properties for 3ale, Including some Large Blocks of Land In the Waikato Dlotrlot. F, J. MO-S ft CO., SttoKland-streek. pa& s. %y i iiii iamsof; HODS). LAND AND FINANCIAL AGKNI V.[,n«- liiKS. A-OK___.D. .Bankers t—National Bunk ol New Zealand) RENTS and INTEREST Collected. MONKY Invested for Capitalists on flMt-_l___ jeourltloß, without Charge. Six per oent ■Ilowed on deposits until invested, MOR_?GAGI_S and LOANS Negotiated, SHARKS Bought or Sold to order, KSTATKS Managed (or Absentees, A LLOTMBNTS Bought, and Houses Built on the Weekly Payment System, BUILDING ALLOTMENTS FOR BAIB ay _n yoO-i— Sootlnnd-atreet, 60/ Wesmtroot, 30/ Inkerman-street, HI Hepburn-street, 80/ Bond-stroot, 16/ Llgar Place, 56/ Argyle-etreet, 16a No._olk-ee.3ot. 10/ Beresford-street, 90/ Cook-, trout. _10 Perolval Parade, .6/ Wharf Road, 20/ Reclamation, £6 Mount Eden Road, El Howe*tr_et, 60/ Kjber Pasa, £6 Haokett-etract .5/ Normanby Road, Gl Nelson-Btreot, BJ/ Brighton Road. 10/ A leo.ln varto-i other i troets st low rates, £_inf_o TO LEND, is Bums ol AlO endup. _9 --uu wards, on stood securities. SBVENROOMKD BOUBK and TWO Allot ments for Bale, within quarter of an hour.i walk of Queen-street, Easy terms oan be a-ranged. A.EV. SHOP and 7-roomed House for sale on -___. tha Mount Kden Road. Splendid position for business. Terms as agreed. WHANGAREI-. mall Homestead for Bale, with splendid orchard, over 200 fruit bearing trees, alluvial soil; frontage to Whan garei River; two miles from township. BBRESPORD-STRBEV— New and very con. venlent Cottige for Sale, near Congrega tional Chnroh, On easy terms. ncfiA-SIX-ROOMBU HOUSE (naw), with »v.v pantry, for Sale; verjr convenient; water laid nn: easy terms. / ? qnn-F_v'_!-K--MliiD HOUSE for sale tn J.O-U -William street, with detaohod wash house. Easy terms nf payment, HAMILTON (Walkato)-Houße and aore ot ground for sale, two minutes walk from Bank ol Now Zealand, for £100. Lot 321, Hamilton West. HUN U A—Eighty Aores ot Land for Sale £65. Also. Eighty Aores at Watklekle, for £65. A splendid chance for working man. :• -C9Q-V—New and Well-flnl.hed Houso ft_. *.*OV sale, at Rocky Nook, New North Road i allotment 40 x 120, Very easy terms. NORTHOOTK — Seven roomed House, out bulldlnga, __c, and SO acres ot Land for Sale. Veryoheap. Grand view of the harbour, i.91 A-FOUB-ROOMEB HOUSE for Sale, 36 *L v off Cook-street, with large allotment. | OKA-OKA TOWN _ HIP. - Two Large A Corner Allotments for Sale tor £20, having hrse frontages. -pONSONBY — New Six-roomed House fo* L Bale near the Three Lamps, Price, £320, Eaar terms of payment. DEVONPORT, Lake Road-Several very choloe Villa Sites lor Sale, having rood and sea frontages, and possessing the finest landscape views to be found around Auokland, Very easy terms ofrayment. rroKry— A NiOK NEW OOTTAGS In Wow ***»" ton for S.le, with large SheS, allot ment 10 x 100: very aheao. WAITE MAT A RiVKR FROiSTASE.—Land for Sale at £3 per aore, In large or email i blocks. Easy terms, PARNELL— House and 1} aores orchard £o_ Sale, in full bearing j oowshed, workshop, fowlhonse. ftc. t fine sea view. x>l on-FOUR-ROOMED HOUSE for Sale In «_._! - the oity. Small deposit and weeklp aymenrs taken. .goQK-HOUBE for Sale ta WUIIam-street »*<»•» near St. Jamoa" Church. EPSOM— Gentleman's VUit Residence, sevea roomn. noaoh-honse, stabling, &o. £SGO. £11%— THRKK-ROOMED HOUSE tor SalO *"■*« InN-iwton, near King. Arms Hotel: level allotment. Easy terms. REMUERA— 16 acres, tor 3_ie j _xooll__t do_ and splendid view BRIGHTON ROAD, Pa__ftll — Six-roomed House tor sale, allotment MUclo_s watse bud on. Price. fi»e, TJONBONBY-New Six-roomed Housa ana A Workshop tor Bale; two allotments; two frontages) easy terms. WELLINGTON-STREET. -Pretty Cottage for aale, near St James's Church j grs and water laid on i garden, Ski, PARNELL. — Newly -finished S-K-roomeO, House for sale | pleasant view; £380, INARMS also Por Bale at Waikomiti, Pare -*■ moremo, 3 tokoa'eiPolnt, Waltakerei, Mahu. ranel, North Shore, Papakura, fee. Also, see Hit in New Zealand Herald s„3 Weekln _Sftw_, CfKAS. WILLIAMSON S3TATB AGENT VcinnH Laws J. M. LE R N° * E3TATH AGENT AND VALTTATOB, Quoin .TB--T, Auckland, ttONBY LENT OUT FOR CAJ^TAi_g__ ON yiRST - class BKcroßJ'.-riH ra nT VESTED IN BANF M isroRANOB,! F-. OK OTHER SHARED As2L A£?ns? l9 l,iOT*^a^hera are « , *P"£i on£ milei from a railway station, nil fonoed ana sub4lvlde4 into four paddoofes-S. aores in grass and oiep. There Is aamallhoufle, ¥7Sn«'_?T?i.J_. lo° **».—J. M. Lennox. r\ PP_R.QUKEN._TRB3T.-Aflfß_._ate pro-* *_ peptlvci Inveßtmenr. Two houses, quite new and well-fluished. with water laid on, and freehold allotment. Price £S_o—£3tlo cash, balance can remain on tha propersy. —J, it Lennox. Estate Agent, Auokland. A LLOTMKNT in tha City, with a grand view of tho hartwur, suitable for a lerr_oe.-J, M. Lennox, 4JfsflO~AflrßtolMß Investment, freehold, in t*»r v" Rood position and rising d__trlot.-J. Lennox. -. OOfi-B-ROOMED HOUSE, with colonial «*° oven, register grate, etc., about half an houi._ walk from the city; freehold allot ment, 8- x 10..-J. M. Lennox, Estate Agent ►noklsnd. TITAUNA FLAT. WHANGAREI.-Fasmot XTX 382 aorea volosnio land —There are 33. • pores, with house, etc. This beautiful property Is offered a bargain.-J. M. Lennox. __-2__o-. -X? o' MKD OUTTAGISIn Suusex ***»" street, with register grates, 400-guUoa , tank, large cellar. Price £l__ea_h, balance cae remain on the property. au. a NEWMARKET— Some of the best Bualnea Premises for sale.- J. M. Lennox. 43M , M OV^I _BD?N KOAO-Two line Shops, • XVX with freehold allotment (S3 x IOOi, In this popular dlstriot. The shops front the main road. Prioe £775.— J. M, Lennox. 6IM TTPPKR QUEEN and YORK-STREKTS ,zL ~ T,T,° Rouses, with large corner aUotiaonk (freehold). Prloa £1000.-J. M. Lennox. Batata , Agent Auokland, S3M I fl ITJ »»KKHOLO-For Sale, a large City \J Freehold, consisting of 6 Dwelling Houses and a Shop, all substantially built o£ brlos, aad [ fitted with every convenience. The premise are_S_i.let *° R°od tenants, and produoe c routaj of £336 per year. Prloo £3300. Terms can he . arranged.—J. M. Lennox. 53 Mil H°n^K X' I?_W,. T -"y larse freehold allotmen. »_r l'_s_s S^ »lnftß). in the rising dtatriot ot. Mount Eden. Prioe £750.-J. Al. Lennox. 61M 4!>|WORMAN*B HILL ONBHUNGA-Houso 1 , ,Jh d !arKe freehold allotment. Prioe £150. .— J. M. Lennox, 47ii .*•___ okj Paoahuea Valley, with new 6-rcome_ • I Houoe and all noooasary outbuildings. Tbaro I ?_S *° -ES 8 *» Brass. The land la weU watered. , pONSONBY— a Sevoa-roomod Keslftaace. A oommands a moat magnlfloent vtsM, in tbo beet part of Ponsonby j freehold a_otr ue it (93 a Prioe, 700.— J. M. Lennox, Estate A__nt i?r_ Co_te^ J 7llO ailotment. Price. *£°-l- Mi i«mw«_ EstateTamS*. inn t Tfi^SOt with freehold aUotment. Prioe, IR, oSSEr LJ "ft. «eslflenoe and 3 aorea ot P>^_^^ BiSli ATB SAM! - *■ Bea^aM in»_?_s_J_. sfiSL attM > OIU> S mUes from a railway station. The farm Is all In good English _s_s_?. c _i_, and_ 1 H'lll,ai^?ed lnt° 1 Parldookß by SSi^^?l^64B6s- peautltul view of a lake, whioh bounds tha ESS. 011 85? Bla." Thß hon!»e containssapart- SSS&V. T. here ta.» BtfM<l' stockyard, and shod upon the farm. I oun confidently recommend this farm to any Intending settler. —J. M. -95!S JC,.SBtate> Agent, Auckland. 1031 C*OR IMMKDIATB SALE-a Commoilou _. "eslolenoe in Grafton Road, The residence eontalns 18 rooms, and 1b buUt npon a freehold section (180 x SS| links).-J. M. Lenno^KstatO Agont Auokland. jga FARM of 250 aores of flrst-olasß soil, bounded a ™_ S n one *}?S D? a riTe». aU ferced and laid rSSS, a_S?? 1?* Fosses,-.. M. Lennox. Estate Agent, Auokland. ssm F OR,J_ S5 if of SOO acres, ad ii._,_.u J i?^_ the farm of Messre Bnoklnnd and ? a JZiSZS'F^ Pnltekoho. This fine property ih^^? nßh .uaEifern> and «a weU watere _SS2l !l_?\«i_? t\- farni mua* *« Bold, and IB • offered at £250 the lot.-J. M, LaniS Betate Agent, Auckland. tsaL rr°* ?, ARME'tS-A OholoaFarm of 78 acre.. !«,__ ?_.« a _m, lle 'rom a railway station. Tho LISP ~ flrst-olaßs-ls divided into 7 paddookß, SIJ^Sr^^FBBB- Kai weU watered on every paddook. There la a New (.roomed Home upon f?__. tarf*' "Jb°. dairy and all necessary ouWuUd maa,—J. M. Lennox, Estate Agent, Auckland, _7S_ J __. LKNKOX, ■ . __T_T_ AGKNT. AUOKLAND.. AUCKLAND GAS COMPANY (LIMITED), Established 1862, PUEVEVOBS OFLIQHT, HEAT, ANDPOTrKB; Tha Company sell and erect pas-flttln.., in cluding gas apparatus of every description, and SM-nower engines. Stook Includes Otto Gas iDgines. Omce and Showrooms, Fort-street,