THE STAR SATURDAY SUPPLEMENT.

AUCKLAND, N.Z., NOVEMBER 11, 1882

A REBEL.

(Harpers Magazine.)

Captain Moorfiel- Drake, of the —th Massachusetts, came riding through the wood in a southerly direction. Through the trees on his right came the ruddy glow of tho Virgin;an sun, now near its setting. It g istened intermittently upon the Bleek flanks of his roan mare, and touched the rider's thin smooth check and brown moustache. Handsome aud gallant he looked, this tall young officer, and no man in the regiment had a braver record or fairer pro?picts than he. His social qualities were fully on a level with his warlike ones. He was merry and good-humoured, a teller of capital stories, a strict disciplinarian, yet popular with his men; an inexhaustible g.trer-up of aud leader in all sorts of diver sions to relieve the monotony of camp; a man whom all women were apt to like, even when their political sympathies were at variance with his; and v man who knew how to win a woman's heart "racefully, and perhaps with equal grace to leave it in the »lurch when the general commanding ordered a change of base. Such as he was, for good or evil, Captain Drake rodo through the wood that April afternoon, until the trees thinned away, and a large ramblin? house, with a broad piazza and open win dows, appeared ova Blight elevation beyond. As he rodo up to the door, and flung himself out of th. saddle, tbe Ted rim of tne sun vioisbed behind the western hill- _, - . . A negro led away bin horse, and Captain Drake sprang up the piazza with a light foot. Before he reached the door, a slender figure dressed in white, with a blue sash round her waist, and i_ bow of the same colour in her dark hair, niude her apppar anco on the broad thieshold. Moorfield Drake took both her hands in his, and looked smilingly into her eyes. Her eyes were blue, and had a certain gravity in their depths which remaiued even beneath the light of pleasure that now filled them. Drake's eyes were grey and very bright, with a commanding glance, and full of life and the enjoyment of it. " Well, Mademoiselle Marie, were you expecting mo ?" ••No—well, yes; now that you are here I think I did. Can you stay long J" " Must bo back by night. I suppose you've heatd the news? Are you glad, or sorry ." "What news I" .... "Yon don't know? You're only half a rebel. 11l wager Miss Madge has aU the par;icul_.3 at nor tongue's end. If I were Lee, I'd have her in tbe secrot service leng ago. She'd mike an incomparable spy, make you believe black is white; aod even if she w-e caught, no one would have the heart to execute her. How lovely you look this evening 1' "But what is this news? I am not lovely; I only— I don't believe Madge it so much of a rebel, as you call it, as I am. It's her way to say a hundred times more than she means, just for fun. And she's a hundred times lovelier than I am. But you hiven't told me the news." They had entered the large low-ceiled drawing-room, and had seated themselves on a wicker-work loungo between the win dows. Dako sat down.with his hands elapsed over the hilt of hi« sword, and his chin resting upon them. " Why, the news is," he said, "that your friend General Lee has suddenly t.ken it into his head to come in this direction, and consequently we may receive orders to march at any moment. So this may be_ my last call here for some time to come," Herewith he fixed his eyes upon her face, and found no cause for disappointment in what he saw there.l Sweet Marie Cranßtoun had never beeo successful in disrimulation; truth and simplicity were at the foundation of her nature. And now the dismay and tremor at her heart showed themselves only too visible in her delicate and sensitive features and in the unconscious clasping of her hands upon her lap. Her lips parted tremulously, but she did not speak. " Well, are you glad, or sorry .' repeated Captain Drake, with the impulse of a victor who exults in his security. "How soon do you mean to forget me !" " Fo'get you 1" echoed she. Then she felt tbat tears were coming to her eyes, and she sat erect, struggling to keep them back. After a moment she rose to ncr feet and turned away. Drake sprang impetuously up and followed her. "Marie," he said, in a low but strong voice, " you know I love you; do you love me ? lam the enemy of your people, and I am going to fight thorn ; but I love you. Will you forgive me—and give yourself to me?" " You love me—only me I " Only you in all tho world," answered Drake, between his set teeth. It would have needed a resolute man to say what was false, looking in those honest and defeacele'S eyes. " Ob, I love you 1" said the girl, breath- Ing out her words between the quick and strange throbbings of her heart. "Oh, why is it? And now you are going away, and perhaps— "What shall Ido V' , *' This 1" said her lover, clasping her in his arms. After a while he added, "Love is stronger than all the Confederate and Union armies. "We shall not be parted long. "Wait for me a little, and we will be happy. Are you happy now, darling! " Oh, my heart is fall I" she said, look ing at him with a deep Raw.. "I am happy enough to die." Ha kissed her again. Presently she said, "I wish Madge were Drake's arms loosened their clasp a little. «* We must let your sitter koow nothing ef this, " he said, in a slightly changed tone. "Not let Madge know! Why, how can I help it? She has always known every thing about me, and she loves me more than anything in the world, and I her-at least till now." _, "Still, we must keep our secret for the present,. She is very different from you; she would fight against it —it wouldn t do, When everything is arranged for our marriage"—Marie caught her breath-"she will know, cf course, and she'll submit to the inevitable, but with things as they are, it wouldn't be safe. So keep silent, dear, and trust to me." "I shall have nothing else to trust to ; you are all I have, and all I atn is yours, said she, and the tad truth of the words penetrated to Captain Drake's heart. Every man has his highest moments, and would maintain tho level of them, were it not for circumstances. " You shall never forget your trust, my darling," se said, and inwardly resolved that so it .hould be.

It was already dusk when, he bade her cood night. Nothing bad been seen or heard ol Madge, but she was of an inde nendent temper, and not accustom.- to render an account ot herself to anyone: bo her non-appearance caused even Marie no nnxietv. Th* .'captain stepped from the window in whtfc- they had been standing on to the piizz^, and thence to the terrace, where he waited for the horse to be brought to him. An object lying on tbe turf at his feet caught his eye; he stooped and ncket it up! It was a lady's glove; he S nod it; it was not Marie's; it be longed to Madge. At this moment the boy appfaredwitL the borser Drake glanced toward the house, tbrnst tho gloyo into the front of to blue uniform, leaped into the sitting half-en iranced in the shadowy room, alone and haken with her new h~, heard a footstep in the room overheard. It was Madges room.. Could she have returned, then' The girl waited for a few moments toTssure herself that her ears had not been mi taken, and then rose from her chair and wit npatairs. She opened her sisters door standing in the centre of the room having apparently stopped short in pacing aero J across it." It was too dusk to see her face, but she said, in a somewhat harsh voice, " "Well, what is it ? "Oh, my dear, I want to kiss you; I d-n't* know you were at home. Why didn't you-" Here sbe came up to her sister put her arnn round her, laid her &S &n.thers, and kissed her. " Why So? she exclaimed, "your face is all wit dear! What is the matter? Have y^cS7-n gonsense! What have you been doing.-that's the question. Come, "blushed deeply, and ma thanlrfuj to the darkness that veiled her. This was

the first seciet she had had from her sister, aud her whole soul yearned to toll it, but she was faithful to Drake's wish " There is nothing—to confe.'S," she faltered. Madgo laughed. " Oh, so you've agreed to conceal it, have you ? All I have to say is that be., a great goose to imagine you could conceal anything. It is not so dark, Miss Marie, but that I can see his kisses on your lip.. The next time you let a mau make love to yon, you should transact the businis. somewhere olse than at an open window. I came home half an hour ago— across tho lawn-,"

Thero was a moment's silence, then Marie uttered a low exclamation of pleasure. " Oh, lam so glad,'' she said. *' I should have been miserable not to tell. He thought it best; but ho doesn't know you ns I do." "Ah! You imugine, then, that I am going to be delighted that Mails Cranstouu has engaged herself to a Union officer? Perhaps he knew mo better than you do." "Why, Madgo-" " Well, never mind. I'm nothing but a fool, after all. Unless a thing is put before my eyes, and held there, I never BUSpect it, aud ! hardly believe the evidence of my senses even then. How long has this been going on, for pity's sake ? I give you my word, Marie, I never dreamed of such a thing. It never entered my head tbat he could care for you or you for him. I read things quite another way, I can see how I made my mistake now.

Madge uttered the latter sentences with a kind of strenuous emphasis, very different from the rapid and semi-ironic style of her former speeches. It even seemed as if her voice trembled a little towards the last. She suddenly turned aside and walked past Marie across the room. It was evident that this discovery had moved and excited her more than her resolute and self-con. tamed spirit was willing to show. In those days, when every man capable of bearing arms was in the.ranks, she had taken her place as both master and mistress of the household, and had proved herself iully competent for tbe post. No doubt many a man was far less able to discharge his duty before the enemy than she had been. She could have led a charge of cavalry, or do vised an ambuicade, or headed a forlorn hope. And yet she was by no means Ama zonian in appearance, with her delicate mouth, her great dark eyos, her crinkling short-cut auburn bair, and her slender figure. She was feminine to the centre of her heart. But tbe true feminine nature has terrible postibilitics. Marie remained standing where she was. At length, as her sister did not return to her, she said, "Are you angry, then, dear?"

" I'm angry with everything except you —and him, of course It's the time and the circumstances that are out of joint. Lee will be here in two- days. He's not exacly the man to give away a bride just at present; he's more likely to mtke away with a bridegroom. However, we'll hope for the bes-t. You must be off now ; I'm going to be busy for a oouplo of hours. Run away, and tbiuk about him. Marie lingered. " I don't feel that you are satisfied," she said, falteringly. " You have not forgiven me." "Forgiven jou 1" exclaimed Madge, ia a tone of strango agitation, ooming up and standing erect before her in the gloom, "No; how can I ever forgive you? You are my sister, that's all, and I'm ready to die for you. To see you happy- that's all I have to live for. Forgiveness is another thing. I'm not of a forgiving nature, I sup pose. I love—my country, and hato her enemies. But don't fear j I'll be a traitor for your sake, though I won't forgive you. No ;no kisses now. His kisses are not for me, even from your lips. There, off with you. To-morrow I shall be in a better humour."

When Marie was gone, and Madge felt herself once more alone, she stood for a long time motionless, gazing at the darken ing square of the window. At length her head drooped.she pressed her hands against her face, and sank down on the floor, shud dering and sobbing. The night came on without stars or moon.

When Captain Drake reached his tent, he found an orderly waiting for him with a message from the colonel, requesting the captain to step round to his quarters. He went at once. The colonel was sitting at a table, his stout crisp hair standing up over hii bead, his brow wrinkled, and a number of papers before him, some of which bore roughplanslof the surrounding country. " Sit down, Drake," he said, " I want to speak to you. There's something wrong going on. You've got as good eyos in your head as any other man in the regiment. Have you noticed anything ?''

"Spies?" "Exactly. Well?" " I've suspected something of the sort, but I can't say I've nailed anything yet." " Let's see. Whom do you know about here ? Any of the resident families ?"

" Only the Cranstones." " H'm I What about them ?"

" The two young fellows are in the army ; father in Richmond with Jeff Davis, I believe. JNobody at home but the two girls and three or four niggers." " I see, you've got the inside track," re martted the colonel, with a brief grin. " Nothing the matter with the two young ladies, I suppose." " Oh, I'll answer fer them, I may say, between you and me, colonel, that my influence, such as it is, has been for their political enlightenment" "H'm! Are. they both equally sus» ceptible."' " Oh, Bisters always think alike," replied Drake, laughing and colouring a lit'le. " Well, sir," said the colonel after a moment apparently dismissing the subject, " now I want you to resd those two reports, and then examine this plsa. Then I'll tell yo_'_ny idea." So saying, the colonel pushed over the documents In question, lit a pipe,-and placed hislegs upon the other end of the table.

"I guess I understand what yon mean, colonel," said Drake, after about five minutes'inspection of the1 papers. "Yon think that information hai. been com municated at this point ?" he laid his finger upon a certain spot on the p'ao. " Well, the evidence looks pretty plausible, Now what are your orders T" " Jn the first place, are you willing to undertake the job ?" "Certainly, lam, sir." "It's no ordinary matter. This person, whoever it may be, must have a tolerably complete Dotion of onr intentions. It's neo^ssary he should be captured—taken alive—in order that wo may question him, Very likely he may object to be captured— object practically, you understand. Well, Captain Drake, he must be taken, and he must be taken alive, and it must be done to-night, slt may make all the difference between our retreating before Lee, and his before us That's all, sir. If yon succeed, it may be a feather in jour cap, if you don't-" "You may depend upon me, colonel,' interposed the young officer, rising and gathering up the papers. *■ To-morrow morning I shall report." Ho saluted and went out. "Hml he's clever enough, no doubt,' muttered tbe old warrior to bimsolf, when alone, "I wonder if he suspects? Well, if he stands it, it'll be the making of him , and if he doesn't, the sooner we know it the better. This is no time for fooling," It was about midnight when Captain Draue issued quietly from his tent and passed through the outposts of the camp, giving the password as he went. Entering tho outskirts of a long belt of woodland, he faced the moon, which was just lifting her diminished disc above the dark plain; a faint warm air breathed from her, and brought the pleasant odour of tbe trees to the younz man's nostrils. The soft mys terious light showed him lightly clad in fatigue cap and jacket, his boots iocased in a thick pair of woollen socks drawn over them. Two protuberances beneath his racket indicated the presence of a couple of revolvers. He walked ooward lightly and cautiously, keeping his eyes sharply about him but with the air of being familiar with his surroundings. Meanwhile the clouds overhead gradually retreated westward, shrinking before the oncoming moon. Drake did not regret this. In a hunt of this kind, light always favours the hunter; it reveals the quarry, while the pursuer is concealed in the shadow. So Drake stole silently and rapidly along, his keen senses made keener by the consciousness that ne was carrying his life in his hand. After tho lapse of about half-au-hour his progress

became very deliberate and cautious indeed. Finally, he stopped altogether, and after casting a searching glance rouud about, he stationed himself on the dark side of a large pine-tree. There was nothing to do now but to wait, and he waited for what seemed to him a long time. At last he fancied he heard a faint, recuriont sound, such as might have been made by a heedful footstep parsing along the forest. He listened intently, leaning a little forward from his concealment. The noise was no longer audible. But, just as he drew back, something flashed through the air like a keen whisper, and Captain Drako had the pleasure of seeing a bowie-knife sticking into the tree exactly in the spot his face had been.

It was not a tlmo for the leisurely weigh ing of alternative courses of action. _ Drako instantly sprang forward in the dircct'ou from which the missile had beon hurled, drawing his revolver from his belt as he did so. Beating in mind the colonel's orders as to taking his antagonist alive, his inte.tion was not to fire, but to intimidate. It was unlikely that the other had any weapon besides tke bowie-knife, and that having miscarried, he was defenceless. The game seemed to incline in the captain's favour.

As he emerged into the open space be yond the tree, the moonlight fell upon his face. In the shadow at the other aide of tho little glade he saw a figure step forward to confront him—a figuro slight, almost boyish, indistinctly visible. This figure seemed to raise its right arm to a level-with the captain's heart; a slight click accom panied the movement, answered by a thrill of the captain's pulses. But in a moment, to his inteiso surprise, instead of stopping a bullet, he saw his unknown adversary lower his arm, turn, and glide swiftly away through the forest. Though at first almost moro disconcerted than if he bad received the shot, Drake made shift to start in pur suit. But here ho was at some disadvan tage. It was extremely difficult to discern tbo fugitive amongst the shifting shadows of the trees; ana being ignorant what course he was likely to take, it was useless to rush forward at baphoaard. Neverthe less, Drake contrived to keep tolerably olose upon tbe other's traces j but had no oppor tunity to consider whither he was being led. It was hot and rough work. He had •tumbled badly twice, and his face was whipped and bleeding from hostile twig* and branches Ho oenld aot keep It up much longer, and at leigth he resolved to try a flying shot, trusting to luck to cripple the other, and not to kill him. It would not do to go back to the colonol quite empty-handed. Hut at this Instant he heard in the dis tance beyond a peculiar whistlo, answered, as it seemed, by another on the right. He had paused; the figuro that he was pur suing had paused also. All at once it turned, ana came running back directly to where Drake stood. In a breath or two it was upon bltn. " Bore, cbango your hat for mlno. Give me your jacket- quick - or you're a dead man. jVow bo silent, ana follow my lead." " You are Madgo Cranstoun," said Drake in a low tone, " aud I was noar killing you. I didn't expect this. What o.re you going to do?" "TO save your lite, if I oan. We're in the midst of our ptople—of mine. If they suspect you they'll kill you. You'ro a spy —a rebel spy—my comrade. If we aro questioned, I'll do the talking; you con firm what 1 say. Now, here they oome."

Ten minutes later Drake and tho spy wero retracing their steps through the woods. The danger was past.

"You had no information, then?" said

" Had I not ?" She drew from the inside of her jacket some papers, which she allowed him to glance at, and then put back. He stared at her, "Why did you tell them you hadn't, then ?" '• It might have led them to speak of things you have no right to hear." "You have sacrificed a great deal for me. Your news will not bo of much use to-morrow." " I was bound to save you."

" Why ?" She looked at him. His question re minded her that he was not aware of her

knowledge of his engagement to Marie. He, for his part, was counting on her sup posed ignorance. After a pause she cho.e to say :— " I wish to do it; that's all." They went on for a time in silenoe. At last he said, " I believe the eolonol suspects you. There was something in the colonel's manner this evening that I didn't under stand. I think he chose me for this job because he knew that I knew you, and wished to test me. It will be awkward going back to him with this story." " That is your own affair." "It won't do for you to shew yourself either. You would be arrested at once." " Well, that's my affair." '• Look here, Madgo," said tho oaptain, stopping short and confronting her, and laying his hand on her shoulder, " supposo we never go back at all—-either of us ?" " What do you mean ?" " I mean—that I caro moro for yon than anything else. I love you." " That's a lie." " It's the truth. I know ii now, if I never knew it before, Say tho word, and, we will find the way to where we eau bo happy. You love mo—you have proved it.' " How ?" " By what you havo done to-night." " How will you prove that yo_ lovo me?" " By giving up for yen everything that a man can value—honour,frionds,mv eonntry, my prof.ssion," "Une thing more." "What I" " Mine Cranstoun."

There was a short silence. Drake's eyes met hers in the moonlight, " Sho has told you, then f" he said. " I saw you hold her in your a-uut at the window." " Well, so I did. And I told her tbat I loved her. And I fancied I did, for tbo moment But that is d«ne with for ever. If she were tho only woman left alive in the world tomorrow, I could not msrry her. Yon are what I love jwe were made for each other, 'uch a meeting as ours to-n'ght does not happen for nothing. I am not tho same man as I was yesterday. I love you.'' He wax speaking the truth now, and the shock of that truth vibrated from his seul to hers. She could'not hold it back, nor dony it. Some things nttor themselves, apart from onr will to control thero. She felt herself drawn towards him, a wild triumphant life flowed into.her; but even then she knew that it bore the seeds of death on its current. She looked up at him, and said, quietly: "Yes 1 love jou, Moorfield. 1 have always loved you, It's a pity you didn't know your heart as soon as I did mine. No, we won't klas yet; wait a little. I wouldn't kiss Mario Ibb. evening because she had the touch of your lips on hors, and there may be some Bhadow of [her between you and me yet, Never mind, it will soon be gone. O God 1 how swoet this is I—how awoet 1" ,

Her voice failed, and sho moved uncer tainly, ns if about to faint. Drake threw his arms round her.

"Darlirig —my love," he said, "the sweetness has hardly begun yet. It is all to come." "No—don't trust to that!" sho ex« claimed, recovering herself and withdraw ing from his support. "This moment is the best we shall ever havo—tbo only one, maybe. Don't look so, love, I only mean —we don't know what may happen in another day—or hour. Let's thank God for this, and enjoy it. Oh, I love you so ! lam so happy !—so happy !—a lifetime of happiness 1" "Wbat is the matter, Madge? You seem so strange !" She laughed. "I feel strangely," she said. " How should Ibe otherwise ? This is all new to me, and I expected—some thing very different. Let's not talk, it's too much to talk about—and too dangerons. You are sure you love me, dear ?" "You know I do."

"Yes, yes; but I love io hoar you say it. And you love no ono else ? -So one in tha world ?" " There never was any love in the world ..illnow." '.;■' "Ah! it's heaven to hear that. Yes; this is love; and it's true what they say—

its above everything clso. Come—walk faster. Where are we now ?"

" Very near camp, I think." " Ah 1 Hero, underneath this tree Is a pleasant place, isn't it ? Pleasant enough to live and love and—die in. Could they hear us in the camp, do you think ?"

"Hear us? Wo." "But if I wero to fire off my revolver, for instance ? "

"No doubt they would hear that." "And then what would they do?"

"I don't know ; como out and arrest us, perhaps. Why do you speak of such things!" "Not you; they would only arrest me and then, finding those papers on mo, they would know that I am a spy; and I should bo shot—or hanged, which?" "Don't imagino such things, darling. You wilt be my wife!1' "Well, that's worth being bom for; just the possibility of it. Your wife. And what will become of Marie?"

"She won't suffer much. She would love anyone who was kind to ber." "Well. Still, you know, we might think of her afterward, aud be sorry. It ia not as if she were any other woman ; she's my sis ter."

"Only by birth. She's as unlike you as darkness from light," "But she loves mo and trusts me; and when she learns that I've betrayed her— "It is I.not you." " You and I, thon." " Well, the barm is done. It can't be cured now."

" But it might bo avenged, Moorfield." "In the next world, perhaps; but we will enjoy this." "Wo have enjoyed it," said tho girl, hhe looked around her and drew a deep breath; then she fixed her dark eyes on Moorfiold's face. She maintained the gaze for what seemed a long time ; there was an almost terrible intensity in it, as if -he were summoning forth bis spirit to meet hers.

. At length hor demeanour changed; the gently opened her arms and lifted her iace with a passionate invitation that made the blood tinglo in Moorli.id's veins. Be stepped forward, and they kissed for the first time—and tbe last.

Presently she drew back a paoe or two, her bosom heaving, hor features glorified and tremulous. She pressed her hands to her eyes. As she slowly removed them her expression seemed to alter. Her lips were compressed, a certain rigidity came over the contour of her face and figuro. As if mechanically and unconsciously, her right hand went to hor belt, and closod upon the handle of ber revoiver. Rhe draw it, and levelled it at her lov«r, and, as be held out his arms towards her, smiling at her jest, she shot him through the heart. She stood over him as he lay, fumbling with her weapon, and murmuring to kersolf. Butwhenthe noise of voices and hurriad movsments became audible from the camp, she thrust the revolver buck in her bolt, and, with head raised, walked slowly and composedly in that direction.

A Yankee Composittor in London.

HliU- S-AEOH is an amusing character of prominence in a aerial, " Valentine Strange," which is now appearing in Cham- Bert's Journal. By .birth he i. au American, lacking education ot the " boarding school' type, but a typical typo ef tke rathsr rare ho-cst 'cute American. In the states he had followed variou« professions,and atone time had been in tho composing-room t>f a Texas printing |oifico. Hiram, after many reverses in Loudou,obtaiued employment as a 'bus conductor j but was soon suspended for a week. "That won't do," said Hiram, addretsing himsolf emphatically. " Tncre'« a ohauce a minute opening somewhere eUo. I can't afford to wait a week for one. There's the little gell to bo provided for. It's kind of you to oiler me a holiday, mi* ter, but I can't stop to take it. Hero goes the hull population ot this planet hotfoot, full tilt, running fit to split from dawn to sunset en cry day, after the day's rations, with some exalted parties looking on sereue and sniilin' at the racket—Dukos, and a Prince or tew; but it's no use for me to sit down alongside the superior human article. Perhaps I could smile at the racket as p>et ty as one of 'em ; but tbat wouldn't find me two days'ratio.s every day; aniilmustrun with the ruck, I reckon, and kick aod elber right and left, and rnn cunning. Very well, then. Get along V

COMPOSITORS WASTED.

All day, Hiram looked about for charces, and next morning he set out afoot in pur suit ot employment. After many intricate wanderings, many inquiries, and as many rebuffs, he came, in a retired tumble-down square midway between Fleet-street and Holborn, upon an announcement that com positors were wanted. Anything dingier than the dingy placard which bade Hiram inquire within, anything dirti-r than the windows,nny thing filthier and more rickety than the stairs, he had to*, seen in London Upon one landing, a barrel of printer's ink had leaked, and having treddoa upon the sticky mats, he ploughed hli way tip-stairs as a fly goes over that human invention the " catch-'om-ilivo." An exaggerated smell of damp newspaper—tVe distinctive odour 'which attaches to an ill*ventilated printing office—saluted the applicant's nostril's; ana a hot blast of air, such as a furnace might be supposed to breathe if its digestive apparatus were thorougMy diseased, swept at bim as he opened a swinging door at the head of tho stairs.

A DINGIT COMPOSIN- ROOM*

Right and lott, at double frames, pale men and weedy 1-ds faced each other, picking up types as if forb.ro life. In the streets, the spring sunshine had been bright; but here, above every double frame bung a cob-webbed gas-bracket, patched with pasted paper here and there, to cure the leakage of gas, which nevertheless smolt horribly; and from each bracket sprang two flaring lights, with flimsy sheets of green paper hung boforo them on a con trivance of wire, to shelter the worker's eyes from tho glare. No man or boy looked up from his werk to remark thenrw-comer, but after an uncertain pause of perhaps a minnte,a _aUaw,mela_choly-lookingmnn in a ragged fiock-coat and a soiled apron, appeared at another door, and approaching Hiram, asked his busine<s. " You want compositors ?" asked Hiram. "Yes," said the other, "I want work,"

"Very well," said the melancholy-look ing man; "you can begin at once, if you like," Ho led the way to a frame on which reposed a pair of empty cases, " All this matter is for dist'ibution. It's all minion, and all one fount." Saying this, ho poin'ed to a galley-rack on which touted many columns of "half-washed type, and betook himself to the other end of the room.

HIRAM BEGINS " DISTRIBUTING."

" Say," said Hiram to a pale aod long drawn lad at tho next case, " is there a sink here anywhere I"—The lad nodded his head sidoways, nnd went on with his work, —Hiram lifted a galley and carried it to the sink, and having washed the type thoroughly, took up a handful and began to throw it into the ca*e. His fingers had lost the feel of custom, and he was awkward at first; but he recovered the artby-and-by, and went ahead at a great rate. " Work pretty regular hero ?" h. asked his neigh bour. " Yes," said ho, nodding vigorously at tbe case, aud working head and shoulders with unnecessary ardour.

"A MORAL BLESSING."

"Piece or stab J" inquired Hiram lacon cally. The inquiry being translated meant : "Are we paid by results, or at a settled rate ?", 'Stab is compositors' English for established, and is even by that system of compression amongst them, marie to signify a certain fixed wage. In their working hours, compositors are the moat taciturn of all working people. "Haven't you asked?" inquired the youth, turning his eyos on Hiram for the first time.

" No," said Hiram. The pale lad having once looked at him, seemed determined to see as much of him as he conveniently could at one eyeful. The now-comer had turnod back the cuffs of his shirt over coat sleeves1 of new black cloth; and the cuffs were

white, and were, as their position proved, actually attached to an under garment. Ilium's collar/presumably belonging to the came garment, was Bpotless ; his boots were well made and new. His well-brushed glossy stovepipe h.t hung on a peg behind him. The pale lad gaped at this show of respectability. " I dou'fc fancy you are one of our sort," he said meekly.

!' jNo 1" said Hiram, rattling tho type in to the boxes, growing pretty full by this time. "Why?" "It's a turn-over houso," returnod the lad. " We've nil improvers here."

" That's a moral blessing in its way," re sponded Hiram, to whom the lad's phrases bore no meaning. " Ain't it, now ?" Tho pale youth smiled drearily iv answer to Hiram's "knee. " We're turn-over up prentic—," he cxplalnod. "We'vo nover served our time, and we don't belong to the Union ; so we on'v get paid hnlf-ratos." " What's th-t?" said Hiram.

"Why," siid the lad, " it's sevonpence halfpenny a thousand for minion. That's the regular pay. They give us threepence throe-farthing- here.

OVEROJOKED INTELLECT.

Hiram gave ve_t to a long faint whistlo, and having at that moment cleared his hand, walked over to the melancholy-look ing man iv tho soiled apron. "Look here, muter," said ho; and re peated the lad's statement. "Is that so ?" —The melancholy man in the soiled apron said it was.—"So," said Hiram, "you reckon on halt-starving this mean crowd, as an inducement to them to cut the throat of the trado they Btarvo by."—The uiolaucholy man said he might put it in that way if ho liked. — " Well," res ponded Hiram, " when a man's hard up, he gots into singular company, "You don't seem to thrive, and there's a kind of saddened aep.'Ct about tbe bull kyhoot. 1 don't make ono oi this ragged regiment, mister. No. sir ;I do not. lam not afraid of work. I could always board Employ ment in hi* den and Labour in his hall I But my intclleo'," added Hiram, with a gracious smile, "is not sufficiently over cooked to permit me to jino in with this peculiar enterprise. — Qosd atternoou, sir." "I thomght it would'nt suit yon," said the pal. youth who had jivon Hiram the character of tho place. " They ain't a high spiriud Ist as wines here." He rubbod his nose with the back of his composing stick as ho made this lofUction, and cast a longing look at the cm. of type which airam had left pertly filled. His own was almost -nipty. •' Y»u c.n take that," said Hiram, ad justioghis cuffs and rsachiug for his hat. Tie lad th.nkod him, and changed the position of the cases ; and Hiram departed without boi-g notioed much by anybody. " An hour and a half wasted," he thought, as he want down tko littered inky stairs, and emerged upon the streets a_ain. " I'm gamo to mn a_ cunning as 1 cat," said ...rum, drawing a long breath of purer air ; " but I'll d<< noUing to be ashamed of. Ma and my little girl can starve, without cutting othsr pnapL's thr-at. to be allowed to do it."

llll._J-_ SC_.UX.UT.

For the first time ior yews the sun went down without hit having earned a half penny. T-i. reflection saddunod him, and lie wont home foot-ore and weary. Sitting alone, and smoking a pipe over the aihes of tlfe fire which hud that morning boiled bis tea and cook-d hu rashsr of bacon, ho resolved on a house to-h.use visitation through the business realms of Loudoo, in search of employment. The stupendous nature of that inquisition half tightened biui at first; but «v r.floctiou, he adopted ihe method as being, .Iter all, the only practicable one. " I cau't advertise," .be said, betwtou the whiffs of his pipe, " be cause 1 haven't got the money ; and if 1 had, what could I advertise ior ? "To tho General Public—A young man who knows his way about, aud has travelled, is open to employment as Clerk, Scenic Artist, Newspaper KUitor, Chair-mo! der, Com po-itor, Architect, or Sandwich-man. Berth in clothes store good enough to begin with. No reasonable offer refused. Open tn negotiate with Bill-stic-crs, Railway Companies, Motubera of Parliament, and the Public gcneially"—They'd laff at that," said Hiram, witli a dreary sadness, "In this effete old empire, a man seems io think bo's done his duty if he's learned enough -f ona craft to help him to chuat somebody into believing that ho can work at it. They bind him prentice to'learn bricklnyi-' t and if he's got a head on him at a'l, SU knows ail they can teach him in as nittuy dajs »t they make him spend years. They reckon on taking seven years to teao- a man to stick types on end, and they won't let him oarn a living at it till that seven years is wasted. I'm a fairish smith, and, I'm a decent wheelwright, and thero ain't abetter cabinot maker in London; but becauso I haven't wasted seven years a piece in learning to use hammer, spoke shave, and e-isol, I'm a trado pariah. That's what's tho matter with mo—l'm a trade pariah. And I call it too cruel ridi culous, that because I'm smarter than ten of these fellows put together, I'm offered half-wages." He knocked the ashea from his pipe, and laid it down on the hob ten derly. It was the identical pipe he had vainly ; striven to light ia tbe lane ten mile* from Brierhaw. and he had an affec tion 'for it. "No, ha continued half aloud, " I aan't advertise; and what's the good of answering! I suppose I can't have spent less than two pounds at that silcs I've b-en ia London; aid I never bad so much as oit reply. Thero was that elorkship I we*t fer personally. Shall I ever forget it. A ttreetful of respectable applicants, and every man-Jack of 'em with testimonials enough to fill a butcher's basket. I shall get slanged a good deal on this journey : I shall be a decided noo.«anoe ti a heap of Christian people. But where theio's an advertisement, I'm one of five hundred 5 and here at least 1 shall have a chance of lighting on somebody that wanta me, and hasn't bad time to advertise for me and bring the other foar ;_undred and ninety-nine eaverting arouid. It's the otber four hundred and ninety-nine that spoils things. Five hundrod rats, and only one wanted to takt charge of the candle-store. Five hundred red skin?, .nd one white scalp. Five hundrod frying-pans, and only one firf." A mere moonbeam of a smile illumined his long countenance. "I am becomin' tiggerativo, ' he said, " and that s»ys: 'lively Hiram.' —You'd like another fill, wouldn't you!'' apestrophhing hi. pipe. "You look hungry. Yon shall have it," He filled his pipe again, and having lit i., began slowly to undrcsj. This was his first night iv new lodgings. Tho depressing influence which attaches to new places was upon him. He was and had been for years [a wanderer, and yet ho felt it for once, keenly, There are some who never quite master that de pression. I have but once spent an un broken three months under one roof since I saw three-and twenty, acd yet a new abodo is always dismal lor the first half-hour, The tables are unfriendly; the chairs have a stand-off air j tho grave voice of tho clock is the voice of a stranger : and the very fire show, new faces.

AIA SAT "NO." Ho was out early in the morning, and hagan his round. Busy peop'o declined to waste a moment on him. Others with more leisure questioned him, and sent him on again. Seme were civil, somo were not. It made no differehee to him ; he went out at one door and in at another, and ran through his formula with unfailing pluck aod cheerfulness. That went on all day from nine in tho morning until seven in the evening, and nothing c.me of it but weariness. Ho crept home footsore and with a littlo failing at the heart. If you have "No" thrown at your head three hundred times running in a single day, you are likely to glow di* hear cued. Next morning, he began again, and prosecuted his weary task till noon. I hat frozen monosyllable barred evtry door wiili a barrier like ice, until at but he came upon a restaurateur An a little street off tbe Strand, who offered him a berth as a waiter on condition that he made a deposit of two pounds and gave a satisfactory re ference. He gave a reference to the official who had dismissed him, went home and pawned everything but one shit of clothes and his line:., raised the money, and on the following day entered on his now business. ,

Beecher's Revenue.

ONE of the questions that is often asked in Brooklyn and is not generally satisfactorily answered is: "What is Beecher worth?', " How much has he earned by his brain ?" is another query tlint is frequently put. One of the statistical brethren of Plymouth Church was met the other day at a Long Island samrncr resort by a "t> tar "reporter, who asked tho questions given above. "How much has Beecher coined from the mint of his mind?" echoed the brother. "Well, I should say not less than §2,0.0,000. If IJcecher had the faculty _f taking caro of his money, he would be one of the wealthiest men in the country."

" What is the great pro.clier worth to-day." "I don't believe he would foot up at §50,000. Ho man has ever earned money so royally and spent it fo royally ns Bccchor. Ho is no business man, and really does not know the value of money. Take an instance: On one of toe excur sions of the Congregational Association, to which he belongs, he desired to pay all the expenses. On being remonstrated with, he said that half an hour after ho had paid the money be would not remember how much ho bad expended." "You say Mr Beecher has made two millions with his braiii? Will you give me some details?"

"When Mr Beecher was first made pastor of Plymouth Church, in 1847, he was paid §1,200 u-year. His salary was shortly after raised to §1,500 and then to §5,000. Before ten years had passed away Beecher became the most popular pulpit orator ia tho country, and Plymouth Church found that it must pay him a good salary. Boston wanted him for tho old Park-street Church, and an offer came from New York to build an immense tabernacle in a central location for the popular Brooklyn preacher. Shortly before the War of tha Rebellion broke out, Beecher's salary was raised to §10,000; at the clo.-o ot tho war he was paid §15,000; and for the past ten years his salary bas beeu 320,000. After tho great trial it was raised to §100,000 for one year, to meet the expenses of tho litigation,_ the largest salary ever paid to any minister anywhere. The §20,000 now paid to himis tho largest salary given to any clergyman in tho two cities, except Boy. Dr John Hall of Now York, who is paid the same." " What would be the average of Mr Beecher's salary ?" " The aveiago for each of the thirty-five years sinco Mr Beeober came to Brooklyn is over §12,000, making an aggregate of nearly half a million. Then there are his lectures. Beginning with §50 a night, his rates advanced to §75 and §100, and for special occasions to §500 and even §1000. -very year Mr Beecher takes six or eight weeks from pulpit work to lecture ia the West,beside frequent nights in the vicinity of Brooklyn, so as not to be absent from the pulpit. "What do tho lectnres net Mr Beecher?"

" A moderate average would bo fifty lec tures a year, which would round up a total -f §200,000. Then thero is his literary work. For moro than twenty years he has contributed constantly to the Independent and Christian Union. For this work he has received about §5000 a year. To the editorial income must be added the profits from his hymn-book compilations, the col lections of sermons, volumes of tho'"Star P-ners, "Lectures to Young Men," etc., which may be roughly estimated at §30,000. In addition to all this Robert Bonner paid Mr Beecher §25,000 for tho novel " Nor wood "; he received §10,000 for the copy right of tho " Life of Christ," of which only tbo first volume was ever written. These may be put down at §100,000. To sum m.ri-o Mr Beecher's earnings from his hrniu tbe figures would be about a* follows: Pulpit salary, §500,000 j lectures, §200,000 ; editorial work, §100,000; from books, §100,000 : making §900,000, to which add the §100,000 paid him after the great trial, and you will find the grand total to be a million. To those earnings for himself must be added the amount accruing to Plymouth Church from Mr Beecher's services. The annual income of that church is now §70,000. The aggregate for the thirty-five years will thus be another million, making in all §2,000,000 coined by tho busy brain of ono man.

The Trial by Fire.

A more Disagreeable Method Than By A Ju&y.

WE pass on to the description of tho general course of proceeding. Trial by hot water was made simply by plunging tbe arm into a boiler of boiling watei, to take out from it a ring, or a nail, or a stone, which had been suspended in it. In somo cases the hand;was put in te' the wrist, in others to tho elbow. It is .even said, in the for mulas of Saint Dunstan, that the stone was concealed under an ell-deep of hot water. Commoners made the trialforthem selves, wbilo neople of quality hired others to niako "tbem. 'ihose who were burned were declared guilty, and those who escaped were considered innocent. The tiial by hot iron, called judg ment by firo, was made in different ways. Sometimes one red hot iron was taken hold ot—or perhaps several in succession— and carried a considerable distance. Tho iron was .generally shaped like a plough share, and was, therefore, called Vomer. A second way was to walk upon hot irons, with the legs bare to the knee. Six, nine, or twelve irons were made leady ior the trial, according to the magnitude of the im puted off-noe. In Denmark a kind of red hot iron glovo, reaching to the elbow, was used. The trial was 'made In the presence of priests delegated by the bishop, and of secular officers of justice. Those who submitted,to them were obliged first to wash their hands, arms, or feet with fresh water, to remove any advantages they might lnve 'obtained from rubbing their limbs with some substsnee that could deaden the action of the fire; the priest then threw holy water upon them, pro nounced exorcisms and benedictions, which may be found in, the formulas of Marculfe and Saint Duns.an, made them kiss the Gospels, and then tho ttial began. When it was over, the hand, arm, or loot that had been in contact with the fire was wrapped in a linen cloth, under tho seal of the judge, not to be opened until alter three days had passed. It is not easy to give now a natural ex planation for all of these facts; we are too little infol mcd respecting ihe accompany ing {circumstances. It appears, however, that wo |_iglit, basides having recourse to the cases of hysterical insensibility descri bed by Dr. Regnard, | connect the power of enduring the trials with one of the three following causes : Diminution of the sensa tion of heat by !the evaporation from the surface of the skin;' insensibility obtained from the skin by means of prolimicaay ar tifices ; an illusion respecting tho intensity of the source of heat. -" Popular Science Monthly."

Italy and England.

The bitter feeling in Italy against Eng land is remarkable from tho fact that there seems to bo no good cause for ii, The entire press in Italy of all political shades unite in heaping invectives upon England. They charge it with brigandage, vandalism, and cowardice. Tho London "Times" truthfully recounts the instances in which England has befriended Italy, from the day when Queen Anne, despite the Powers, raised the House of Savoy from ducal to regal rank. The dream of Italians of a •united Italy, with Home as its capital, would never have been realised if England had approved, instead of opposed, Napoleon 111. _ scheme of an Italian federation, with the Pope at its head. England has had no treaty with Italy ior 170 years, yet she has been more true and considerate of the interests of Italy than the lattf-r's allien The only appa.ent rca«on for Italy's wrath seems to be tbat England declined to admit Italy on a footing of equality into the Egyptian control. The Sues Canal is the great object of contention, and Italy has jealously regarded the Frenoh and Eng'.ish coutrol of the cauaj, desirous that it should De European, in which case Italy would play her part, making it possible for her to forbid or permit Englaud as it pleased. The Italian papers contain, since tho bom bardment of Alexandria, distorted and exaggerated accounts ot the British,



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I_H A», %Af H-Ji i at ■aO », HKOS3 JxAND AND FINANCIAL AG_K_' Vrj—.AM LAP-- AOOKtAWO, Banker. .-National Bank of New Zealand, —_NTS __— I-ITSKEST Collect.-. MONEY Invested tor Capita-.- on f!rs.-.l» aeour-tles, without C_aro_. Six par ceu; (Howed on deposits until Invested. HORTGAGK3 and LOANB Negotiated, SHARES Eoa„S.t or Sold to order, ESTATES Mai—sed tor Absentees, 4 LLOT-VIiINTS Bought, and Hon.— Built 0» __, the Weeklr Payment System, * _IT__iD_NG ALLOTMENTS S.K SALB AT t_S PCSOSI- Sootlana-streas, CO/ West-street, 30/ tutcorin__.--_r__t, _/ Hepb-xi.-_-—.s, 80/ UO-d-etreet, 15/ , Llg_• Place, 88/ Argylo-atreet, 153 Norfolk-r-tfaet. 40/ B_r_.ford-a.rest, 90/ Cook-a-re... WO Perolvn! Parade, <57 Wharf Road. 20/ Re.—-nation, ft. Mount Eden ttoad, Bi fJowe-Btrees, 60/ Syber Pans, £6 Haokßtt-st-eet, 15/ Norrnanby Road, «I NeUion-street. 80/ Brighton Road, 10/ Aieo,Uii vc-io—i o-hsr n_o._a at lew rswe. gin.iAlO LEND, In Sums c£ -510 andßP wsuvv wards, on trco- socnrltlea. 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A splendid chance for working man. i?oOn—New and Well-finished Houso for <Ji_OV c 3a j 0j ot Kooky Nook, New Nortb Koadt allotment 10x 120, Very easy terms. NORTHCOTB — Seven-roomed House, out buildings, Sco., and 80 aores ot Land for Sale. Very cheap. Grand view of the harbour, I?«>_.-—FOUR-ROOMED HOUSE for Sale, Jj .41 v off cook-street, with largo allotment ■ l OKATOKA TOWNSHIP. — Two Large _ Corner Allotments for Sale for £20, having hree frontagee. PONSONBY —New Six-roomed House for Sale near the Three Lamps, Price, £320. aiaay terms of payment DEVONPORT, Lake Road-Beveral vary choice Villa Sites for Sale, having road and sea frontages, and possessing the finest landscape views to be found around Auckland. Very easy terms of payment _?Of.(V-A NICE NEW COTTAGE In New ___S-U to-, for gate, ,-it. large shed, allot ment 10 x 1001 very ohean. WAITKMATA RIVER FRONTAGE.-L__fl for Solo at Hi per aore, in Large or small .looks, Itany terms. PARNELL— House and 1} aores orchard fot Sale, in full bearing i cowshed, workshop, -owlhouse, &o.: fine sea view. fit oa-FOUR-ROOMBD EOUSE for Sale In »A_-V the city. Small (-.posit and weekly ayments token. poor,-HOUSE for Sale in W-Ulom-street JO--.? aearstJames*Oht__i. EPSOM— Gentle—_ns villa Reside—se, seven rooms, eo-ch-honsa, stabling, fee. ISOO. Rl A R-THREK-ROOMED HOUSE for Sale Ml to ia Newton, -oar _1—«•. Aral. Hotel; level allotment Easy term_ REMUERA— IB sans, for Bala | e_o_—_nt sail and splendid view BRIGHTON ROAD, ParneU - Blx-roomed House for sale, alio.ment l_xl«-j vra.er told on. Prios, -BTS. TJONSONBY—New Blx-roomed Hoasa an. A Workshop for sole i two s—oti—enta: two frontages t easy terms. •OJ___.NGTON-THE_T. -Pretty Co__ag_ vV for sale, near St James's Church] gi. and water laid on; garden, fco. PARNELT-. — Newly - finished B_.--O_.oeo House for sale j plet-wit view t -SBO, ff Alt—lß also For Sole at Walkomltl, Pare R more-io, Stobes*e'Polot, Waltakerel, __hu- nfflj;!, North Shore, P_pa_ura, _o. Also, Bee list in New Zealand Steroid ond Weekly Neva. OKAS. WILLIAMSON ESTATE AGSNT VotOAa LAsm J. M. LE N H° x' ESTATE AGENT AND VALUATOB, Quaam-STuai-T, _uoklanb. IaONEYLBNT OUT TOR CAPITALISTS'OK FXBST-CLABS BKCURITII-B. OR IN VS__ED IN BANK. INSURANCE. OK OTHER SHARKa FARM AND HOM-STEAD.—There.are 12 aores, one mile from a r-llway station, all fenced and sub-divided Into four paddocks—3s aores in grass and crop. There Is a small house, oow-nhedp, etoi Prloe _S3M.—J. M. Lennox. UPP_RQUEEN-.TK.E-T.— Aflrat-rate Dro« peotive investment. Two houses, quite new and well-finished, with water laid on, and freehold allotment Price £800— £300 oaßh, balance oan remain on the property. — J. M. Lennox. Kstat-? —gent, Auok-in4. * LLOT_-KNT in the City, with a grand view __. ot the harbour, sultabio for a lerrooe.—J, M. Lennox. flflfiri-A first olass investment, freehold, in .fcUUU good poeitlon and rising dlstrlot.-J. M. Lennox. _nogc-6-ROOMI_D HOUSE, with colonial 3j-S_s_ oven, replste" jrate, etc, about half an hour's walk from tho cltr; freehold allot ment 33 x lOC.-J. M. Lennox, Ee)_to Agent, >nnklr-n— Ti/TAUNA FLAT, WHANGAREI.-Farm of Ita 382 acres volo^nlo land—There ore 38. sores, with house, etc. This beautiful property is offered a bargain.-J. M. Lennox. rtgcri —_-KOO_IKD COTrAGK In Bus.ex gjtiOtf. street, with register grates, 100 gallon tank, large cellar. Price £130 cash, balance ca. romaln on tbe property. 4.1 M n i»_ ifw MARKET—-omo of the best Buslnes r* Premises for sale,-J. M. Lennox. 43M MOUNT EDEN ROAD—Two fine Shops, with freehold allotment (33 x 100), In this popular dlstrlot. The shops front the main road. Prloe £775,— J. M. Lennox. 61M UPPER QUEEN and YORK-STREKTS— Two Houses, with large corner allotment (freehold). Price £1000.— J. M. Lennox, Estate Agent. Auokland. 53M (MTY FREEHOLD—For Sale, a large City j Freehold, consisting of 13 Dwelling Homes and a Shop, all substantially built of brio-, and fitted wl'h every convenience. The premises are all let to good tenants, and produce a rental of £326 per year. Prloe £3300. Terms can be arranged.—J. M. Lennox. 62 M_j HOUSE, with very large freehold allotment (185 x 366 links). In the rising district ol Mount Eden, Price £750.— J. M, Lennox, 51M tejORMAN'S HILL, ONKHUNGA - House ii and large freehold allot—lent. Price £150. —J. M. Lennox. 17M i>___eA—FOß SALE, a Farm of Sfi aores a £,__v papokura Vftlley, with new 5-roomed Houso and all necessary outbuildings. There are 10 acres In grass. The land is well watered, Prloe. £450.— J. M. Lennox, Auokland. 17M PONBONBY— A Seven-roomed Residence. commands a most magnificent view, In the best part of Ponsonby; freehold allotment (09 x 182), —1 laid out In ornamental trees and shrubs, Prloe, 700.— J. M. Lennox, Estate Agent SEAFIELD VIEW-Fo-r-roomod Veranda. Oottage, with freehold allotment Prloe, £250.—J, St. Lei—tix. Est-.-. Agent -ft 1 qn-EOUR-RCOMKIi COTTAGE In Duke «lou sfcree., with freehold allotment Prloe, £130.-J. M. Le-r. OX, Estate Agent 150 L REMUERA | v ilia Residence and 3 acres of garden, shrubbery, and paature. Price. £1,0C0.-J. M, Lennox. - I.OL I7_R IMMEDIATE SALE — A Beautiful r Farm of 200 acres, only 3 miles from a railway station. The farm is all In good ErgHch grasses, and subdivided ir.to 7 paddocks by quiok-thorn edges. Tbe residence commands a beautiful view of a lake, which bounds the farm on one side. The house contains 5 apart ment.. There Is a stable, stockyard, and shed noon the farm. I can confidently recommend •his farm to any intending settler, — J. M, Lennox, Estate Agent, Auckland. 10M FOR I-MSDIATB SALE—a Commodlotti Resldenoe In Grafton Road. The residence contain. IS rooms, and Is built upon a freehold seotion (100 x 392 links).—J, M. Lennox, Estate Agent Auokland. 83 M FARM of 250 aores Of flrst-olass soil, bounded on one side by a river, all fenced and laid down In good English grasses,—J. M, Lennox, Estate Agent, Auckland. 35M rpoß SALE (a bargain)— Farm of 200 acres, ad. JC Joining the farm of Messrs Buo__nd and Shepherd, West Pukekohe, This tine property Is mixed bush and fern, and Is well watered throughout The farm must be sold, and Is offered at £250 the lot.—J, '£, Lennox, Estate Agent, Auckland. _SL TO FARMERS—A Choice Farm of 78 aores, 3 of a mile from a railway station. The land Is first-oloss-ls divided into 7 paddocks, and all in grass, and well watered on every paddock. Thero is a New 0-roomed House upon the farm, also dairy and all neoos _ry ont ..tid ings.—J. M. Lennox, Estate Agent, Auokland, 27M j m, lbhsoj; Bstats Agent. actcte____d, YOTJSIO WOMEN'S INSTITUTS AND BOARDING-HOUS3, QnKSH-S'lBK-T, Open dolly ttem 10 _,__ iai bj» p.m. Dinner and Luaohean from Kto 3 p.m, Ta> (rem i to 7 p.m. -Otiii—ng-ouEe te Young Ladlsu who w* 00.-pied during the daj. Terns on &ppUos_ta. t. the Han, Secretary, Y.W.0.4. Meeting ovjry ThurGday, J.E. p.E), Gove-ness" Agency. _ervj_-,t_' RiWtßiry.Mid lending H*nr.rt lo ronn'cyoa with the In•_• tv»- JB. M* A D D E » > has taken over tha Onslnes. i«cently carried on MISS HAINES, toiiaccosist, ard hopes receive the support of ru old pnstomci-o, SELECT ASSORTMENT OF TOBACOOB, CIGARS, PIPES. &0, QU E E N-ST REE T, ! Under Albert Hotel.



TTITCHENS'S BLOOD RESTORER. FOR CLEANSING!, PURIFYING, AND INVIGORAIING THE RLuOD. Seven Years' Test in Auckland. THIS Medicine differs from ordinary pro prietary preparations, inasmuch as it was the product of years of etudy and investigation by an eminent physician of the Army Medical Stuff, with whom Mr Hitcheos served during the New Zealand War, as Assistant Dispenser to the Im perial Forces. On its introduction to the public as a specific for the cure of Rheumatism, i-.heumatic wout, Scrofula, Skin Diseases, Blood Impurities, and General Debility, ii quickly attained great celebrity, and soon was nought after from every part of New Zealand. Its curative and depnrative properties have been fully testified by the, numerous testimonials received by the proprietor from patients who had long suffered from the above distressing maladies, who had ap plied in vain to physicians for relief, and in whose cases, Turkish Bnths, Hot Springs, and other popular remedies had been re- • sorted to without effect. This celebrated medicine is compounded from products of the vegetable kingdom, is palatable and easily taken, mild, but effec tual, in its action upon the animal econ omy. It is, iv sooth, a veritable'BLOOD Restokee, cleansing it, and thereby restor ing diminished vitality. It presents, un questionably, a purer, safer, better, and more reliable alterative medicine than, any that has hitherto been available to tha people. ..... -aa.' (Copy). Mr D/R. Chisholm, Agent for Mr HiToaENS.—Dear Sir, It is with heart felt .banks that lam able to endorse the '~■"■ sterling qualities of Mr Hitchens's invalu able Blood Restorer. Being induced by Mr Dishsr, who spoke ia eulogistic terms of its merits, to place my wife (who was suffering very acutely with rheumatic fever) under its treatment, I am very happy to state the medicine has acted quite magical. After a few doses pain entirely ceased, ond she is making rapid progiess, and is now enabled to resume her household duties. Actingso beneficially, I wouldnot Pewit-t ---out such a valuable remedy, and should impress upon those who are similarly suffer ing not to overlook tbis specific, which ia * inestimable.—Believe me, yours very sin cerely, Thomas Bkowk, Brittauia Heights, Nelson, .";' THE want of a reliable remedy for Rheu matism, Sciatica, Gout, Lumbago, &c., has long been felt as one of the greatest calamities of the age. While other means and medicines having been proving them selves vain and delusive, this remedy has ; been silently and steadily unloosing the cruel fingers of disease, and freeing captive men from their deadly embrace. The people are now requested to give BLOOD Restorer afair and impartial triaL And the Pioprietor would have it distinctly understood thai the cares of Rheumatism; &c, are due entirely to his Medicine's Wonderful Effect iipon the Blood, by its Cleansing, Purifying, and Invigorating" power. .:■ r. Impurity and Inactivity of the .Blood is the cause of most sickness and pain. After a course of this medicine, blood-vessels— which have become, as it were, choked up with unhealthy matter—become exhilarant with pure scarlet life-blood, flowing na. ' turally along, and imparting in its course vigour and strength to the entire systerii. _;' " HITCHENS' CELEBRATED T)LOOD T> EST ORE 11. The Renovator of the Human Blood. No more Physical Degeneration if the Law of Health are observed, ordinary care exercised, and BLOOD RESTORER freely taken. TTITCHENS7~pORDIALISEB ' T> LO OD T> E STORE... (Price, £2»per case net), Is a healthy and palatable summer drink': when mixed with Lemonade or similar' beverages. --: ' , Without the great remedial properties of the MEDICINAL Blood Restorerfit isstill i of like character in its action on the human ' system, and is specially manufactured for ; HOTEL USE. To be had Wholesale of L, D. NATHAN & Co., Sole Agents. Y^7E HAVE TbIS CELEBRATED AND FAVOURITE BSAND OF AS ALE & GUINNESS'S STO'DT ' ■ Always in Stock, - ■'" L. D. NATHAN & CO. -___. TEAS. ______ We have received our SECOND SHIPMENT by the Rln garooma, from Sydney, transhipped ex Ganges. . - 3148 PACKAGES, \f'. Const-tin? o" EXTRA CHOICE EAISOWS & CHOICE •'_. MEDIUI-t CONGOUJ. Of neat twisted even leaf, and very strong[". and rleh flavour. Also, . ' , 125 BOXES CHOICEST MANDARIV . SCKNTED ORANGE PEKOE. The above,with about -000 PACKAGES OF FIN ESI QUALITIES (Bolanoe of First Parcel). '' . ; '2d' " 300 PACKAGES OF ASSAM AN» ' ' DARJE-LINGS, - Enable us to offer a very Rare Seleetloij. buyers.' _■'.■". '.""''• Oor Fooohow correspondent. Inform ns the. - seven-tenths of last shipment. Tvija sebured a a r-> EXCEPTIONALLY CHEAP SAtfltS, . ;#; And ws ore determined to give our clients th ':FliLL BENEFIT OP-TpiSil' _ ; ' -'