MEMOIRS OF MONSIEUR CLAUDE Chief of Police under the Second Empire.

TRANSLATED BY MARY SEAL SHERWOOD-.

CHAPTER VI

nns M_ua w th . iwkiw m p -.impe. I WAS eighteen years c'erk in the criminal court. I owe this wtereniful M-fisti a.? roueh to my te& of ambition a. to the zeal I expensed in my duties, which were mors nsefal than brilli-nt, A good clerfc is to a fttttfß a most useful employ., T__ official reports Ice draws up; his mmmonxatioa of the evidence of witoesaest, and of the sta'e laen's made by tbe police, often serve as the basis of the iasgfetr»te's opinion*. I waa very often ci_pi.n_en._d on the clearness of my papirs, which I was told greatly lightened the delicate and etifficnK task- -f my chiefs. _ .... It was to this slender ment, whica in fact waa but t'ae rea-lt ct —_s? experience, that I became tha aetd, ao to speak, ot all the other clerks in the Palais de Justice. . , , , ltwa~-notos.il .843, shortly before the Bevolntion which preceded the fall of Louis Philippe that I became a member of the Police Department. I was not as sedentary in my new poritio- as I had been in the palace-in lest than thre. rac-Sh-1 underwent more changes than in all my previous life, P.litira, f n which I never meddled, were not eqaa'ly considerate toward me. I, of course, shared the for tanas of my prat-ctors, I waa sent first to Meanx, then to Passy, then to Bati'gnolles and to the Kne Mfeoil i_-___- I wm Cotoniissa-e for the theatres, and then for the markets, before I was made Chief of Police, and sent hack to tbe same palac. where I had served as deik for so many yeara. My readers will easily see that I under went many reverses and many d_appoint lamta in these three years, when my position was so constantly changed. My natural tastes made me de-ire the rank of Chief of Police. When I reached tbat stand I made a long halt, ceeanse France had eighteen years of repose; becanse these eighteen jears permitted every fractionary of tbe Umpire to live under its fawn. It was in my role as chief of the secret police that I was enabled to show the -.off of which 1 was irnde, Tbe long years spent m the Bareaa of the Prefecture, where I had seen so many of the greatest criminal-, had given me the placid air of the sedentary employe". Thir air deceived the cleverest of the men with whom I had to deal, and few detected the pob'ce-an under the bourgeois. It is trne tbit catnie bad beitowed upon me a certain slowne..' which might easily cause people to rnisjndge me—they did cot know that my a«nt, so to upeak, was of the keenest, and that it was rar.ly at fault hi my numerous "man hunts." A bandit, an a sasrin, pointed out to me by tbe Pr-fectnre, bee.me at once a lawf al prey that most he hunted dawn. I may safely say that I never faflei The smallest indication told me the whole story, stimn- Jated my ardour, and endowed me with aecontS sight, • I do not desire to boast of my merits, but if it ia true tbat the ability to judge from trifles entitles a roan to praise, 1 »m, at least, bound to say that I owe this merit to a natural gift—to an especial organist-, I was born a policeman aa an animal is bom a hunting dog. I cannot explain what it was that put me on the track of a Troppman, 1 smell a dishonest m~o a=i the meanest do„ smells an assassin. I am often snrpried ' when I find myself following a criminal as a dog anconscioasly and unerringly follows bis roaster. When I ww at work 1 had no other thought than the matter 1 was inve>t't gating. I studied it 'all day, and dreamed ef it all night. I was never weary until my end. was achieved. After that I was for a time worn out bodily and mentaly. Then for a season my ardour was extin guished, and I was re.dy to fulfil the duties required by my superiors, ■ When I was cleik I made memoranda in many celebrated cases, to whlc_ I will make flt* fnrtter allosion, as they have been already stenographed, but widcontent myself here bv-ayiug that the beginning and the end of the reign of Lortu Philippe resembled, in many of its incidents, the beginning and the end of the reign of Napoleon 111. ;, , _. , Various insurrection, and outbreaks occ-trred in each of the epochs, and ended in a groat crime, which, likej a lightning flash, upset two thrones, 'ihe crime of tbo Due de Prariin, the warning of the fall of Louis Philippe, was like the crime of Troppman, which heralded the fall of Napo. loon 111. When the Revolution of 1818 burst forth, I saw men in power whom 1 had seen enter tbo private rtioni of the judge, when I was called to set down their answers to the -inestiona there addressed to them. Notwithstanding roy horror of politics, my career came near being ruined ia 184S by the rancour of t_e Bcpublicans, who would not forgive motor havicgdone my duty under the government which they were doing their best to shatter. Shortly after this date, 1848, I became nnder the Commune, the prisoner of the enemies of tbe Umpire, I remember that at tho beginning of this reign, 1 was unwillingly allowed to retain my position because I was acctued of Urleanism; and nnder tho Commune 1 came near being shot because I was attached to tho Bonaparte.. Nevertheless, nnder all these various changes, and oven under tbe ephemeral reign of the Commune, I was still in the Police Department. But I roast not anticipate events by proving hers how false were the contradic tory charges brought against mo by my enemies'. I will tell my story chronologi cally so far as in my power. When, in 1818,1 woo appointed to the post of Passy, » startling crime had jaat taken place in this village, wb.eh at thu time was not an arondisseracnt of Pans, Behind tho Chateau de la Mnette, in the park, a man bad been found unconscious and lying in a pool of blood, J was sent lo investigate this crime, which had taken place tho previous night. The victim was a yoang man; he ww stretched ont on tho ground, only a few Btep» from tho gate of a prlva'o lane which seporatod the park of La Maette from the bouses in tho Hue do JaPorope. I noticed at onco tbat tbo spots of blood ' began at a door loading into the great Harden of a house facing on tho Kuo do la Pompc, Ou oua_ining the wounds of the victi.n, I became convinced, as was the Tihysician whom 1 had summoned, that they resulted from neither an assassination nor a (Suicide. I said as much to the doctor, and to LluU alone, nfler deciding that tlllJ voune man, who was still living, should be placed in the H° <>l a concierge on this A The concierge teeo^ti this _nd.vidt.ai as a person whom he httu frequently s:on in this vicinity, and who w~*. ]n tact, a rolt-tive of tho family residing ill Jtto nousc to which I bad traced theblood of the dying man, Evidently the murder, if tbera bad been a murder, had taken place iv this house, the exterior of which I proceeded to ex amine with tho greatest caro, Tho house was shut ih from tho lane by a high wall, in which wa. a door that opened on the lower end of a garden, I noticed that this door was lightly bespattered with Wood, , I thon returned to tho doctor, who waa watching tho wounded man, and, looking through the pockets of tho latter; I found a eard-caao, and opening it, took out s-vornl ca-ds, on which l found a nwne engraved. Without any hesitation 1 bade the concierge order a carriage, notwithstand ing the advanced hour of the night. I wit anxious tbat M. do X- — should be at once carried to his homo, accompanied by the medical man to whom I intrusted bis case. "M" was the initial of the nam. on . i the victim's card. ,•_:'.'•■'■. When .the carriage atrive'J, ond I had assisted the physician to place tho man. whom I beli.vod to bs dyin;., in it, and had seen it drive away, I was at liberty to re ,-U.rx.e my investigations. 1 examined the .eoimergt ; I bad seen; him talking to the _DO,acimiiui, and 1 fancied that be knew more .thai, he wa.mtling to say. v ;, Betoc,el;fcw<&«d}-t the door of the house, {therefore, Wibere J be'wved tbe drams, to jiiave token p%pt,JL entered the loge with mm. iil^e',(rpnner<fe. .this cotiekrge was a.type. ■ He was well known toeverypne in Passy. '' 'H_iS c was ; ft^Btfitpn, and the eoii.of a Chouan,

JSotwi-h3r..ading the Lips-, of years since ftSve pacificsstftn of tha Ver.rj.e, he still wore t the trsdt-toit-- costoa-.a of his fathers, . j?_B,_n and b.at in fignre, tint man was I cos9pieionii by hi.". L-n..* vest, embroidered in EdiKciy eoliH's; by his rotn._ hat, in which w-.t go ..Tally atncls a, fnil-biown r«, and by his long red gafSOT. THs BretoT. had cowie from' La Vendee with an eld sren-lemau, hism_?_«, owning a Urge e-U.a next the chateau (A La Muet.e; this gentleman had sold it with tbe cre dit.ns attached, that this old servant should be appointed guard of the lane which i-eparsted this property from the cMtesa

When this property was divided up in.a ho-se-lo- the fans remained antoucEeo—i_ was respected, as were the privi-eges of the Breton, its ginrrlian, who fer».-'ned aa macJt master of HsaUeyai the King hr.d formerly b^en ot the iMttna. He waa, to-, ,m pvotwl of it as the new proprietors in the jßne de I* fiirape were proud of their modern h-.h.t-ti-fi—. H->,allowed nol ifitrasfos aahwprams or bis prhiles-', bat, setting aside a K-t— r-nghness,—.hsre-i in his Beaton Hold and fidelity, he waa one of the bet man in the world and the moat jovial _o_.p_.ni_n in the nefghhoaiho-Mf. Af-Me to the poor, friendly to those ia his own condition, res pectful to servility towards those above him. ha was disdainful to excess toward the- bourgeois wito triad to give tbemsetvea airs, He preterm.' the bloss. to tbe e*at, rrnre esp-is'i-l!y wr_*.n the coat -reamed of we_ricg - d-coratio- in the buttonhole. I had not much, trouble after all in hear ing a:l that he knew or the drama that bad taker, place in the lace ot this omnipotent concierrjt, lor he especially disliked the pro prietors of the sra.pe-.ed home. *• Monsieur," sud this Breton, who had himself come to ray office to vat-WOO me to sk. this ghastly spectacle, " that which mast be, U. 'ihese H »*» jwrwww who are always trying to appear what they are not. Ih* Keg always smells of the her ring, i hey have tried to mike a, great tad'y of their ffa_g_te*, but the young lady will never iove any one but tho- c of her own Irace. W**e» always rnnr to therivei!" j ".Explain yours.ilf," I said, "ar.dhave !the gooctaesat to confine y/nrself to the subject." "Well, then sir," he leplied, "I will be brief. The poor fellow yoa hive just see- is one of the consins of the fair . Mademoiselle de B , He was brought out into the lane by his rival—bis cousin — I who had struck him aod wounded him. vV_-.it,a daef, or a cowardly attack? I cannot tell you. Bat by the distress mani fested by the man who brought him here, assist... by one of the young lady's profes sor.', I arc convinced that the cousin, who in a graduate of Saint Cyr> Is the murder of Monsieur M , and yet the real murderer is th» Professor himself, fur it is he who excited the jealousy of the two rivals." I .topped him here. " Why do yoa say that f I asked. " Many things. I have heard a good deal from the serving, and they know perfectly well that he ii the vill.in who pieprred the blow jjivea by the cousin," "But wky trfaoola the Pro_e_-« do this V " .Simply," answered the Breton impa tiently, " that he may one day own the miatt-sj of the bona, in the same same way thai the parents of the young girl own today tbe property of my d;ar old master, "Bat, yort see, the younf- man got frightened, and was greatly troubled, lie ran away as if he had be.B ana-ass .fat, and. left the Professor, who was rrrjre guilty t.an he, to briig the wonnaed man back to life if he could, tin. he, too, fled, ..88 fr*m tenor than from ca. cm fa .ion, and if I, sir, had not run to you the poor man would have died oat there in lire darkness and on the bare ground," 1 did not need to bear more. I under stood the position of tbe different actors in this drama. I thought I would wait a little, natil I heard how the tragedy affected the public, I did not need to wait Ian;?. Passy, a', this time, was siill a village. It enjoyed all the privileges of the country. The drama of the Has de ia Pornpe had left its bideoas traces, and. the family who were involved in it b-C.me openly liisju-aed, It was nec.sK.ry, therefore, for the honoar of this family, tbat I should present rayseU to its afflicted member 3 i hey were aceased of a crime—even of a mnrdsr. "When I wa~ received by the unhappy father ol the sou." girl who, through the calnmnieq of her Professor, had seen one of her cousins attempt the life of another. 1 concealed n*thing of all I had heard flora the Breton. I a<ked that he should he per fectly honest and frank toward me, and told him I would do all that lay in my power to aid him in this west emergency. The head of the family accepted ray assurances, and was both frame and cour teous, Ha showed m_ a letter from the gradu.te of Saint-Cyr, which convinced me that he w_.s woithy of the interest 1 felt inhitn. ThU letter from the rival of M. M— -, in renouncing all claims to tbe hand of bis cousin, said tbat he did so because he had .lain his rival in a dael without witnesses. This letter was cr.ougb,ol course, to satisfy any remaining doubts on my part, Two days later this family abandoned their home, which, since then, has never been occupied. When I sent for the f_-in.-Cjr.cn to come to my oflic?, he told me all I wished to know. I learned also from other sources that tbe young professor, denounced by the Breton, had not reaped the frnits of bis infamy. At the moment of the departure of this unfortunate family, the father of the im prudent girl sent for the professor, and used this language to biro . "It is said, sir, tbat you are responsible for the horrible misfortune which has overwhelmed ns and tarnished the reputa tion of my daughter," Tne professor stammered a few words of exculpation, but the father silenced blm. •'I will not hoar another word. Here are twenty thonsand francs that I give you to place you under ihe obligation ot leaving France, and of scokiog fortune elsewhere. . You are adroit, intelligent, and unscrupu lous ; you have now all that you need for success 1" Tho Italian unmasked, but not despair ing, left thin house to find elsewhere a , stage more worthy of him, Bix months later M. M was en j tirc-Iy cared of his wound. He married the girl who had been so , coveted by .her professor, and beenne that i which his mysterious rival had wished to become, a wealthy and prosperonii manu facturer of bronzes in tbo Hue de M-n-montant, I m__. go to tho end of this di.mnl tale. Some years later, in consequence of the events of June, I was summoned to a de scried habitation which served a.a hospital for tho wounded in the horrible civil war. At this time I had just beon put in charge of this district, in-pecting tho hospital, where wcro unitedinsurgent*), soldiers, and 1 officers, whom did I sec lying on a camp < bed? none other than M. M- , He w.s dying of a wound precisely like that he hail formerly received from the hands ol hi-; cousin. At his feet sobbed a young lie-■ --■ terian', who wis nono other than hi* former rival. 1 I felt th_t 1 ought to withdraw, but abso lutely could not tear myself away, so curious was I to learn tho ca.«c of the (sin gular propinquity of tlico two men, M, , 1/1 dying, aud the lieutenant, the former lover of tho earns woman, weeping over a dyin^ man whose deatli he bad once ardently desired. Evideutly tbe drama of tho "Han lie Ia Pompe" had not ended. I went to the tide of the bed, and heard M. M ' draw his last breath, The lieutenant lipid tbe hand of his cousin who was dying from on onomy's ball, then looking 'p, he suddenly rea;>gDiscd me, • and feeling a strong desire for sympathy, . and rcmembcrim? tbat I had been friendly and dirintorcstod, took mo ?/sido and told Ime the truth in regard to tbo de&th of his ' relative, " It was tho w.ctch who armed v?, con -1 ient at wo wore, ono against tho other, who has now accomplished his work and 1 killed my cousin." "What?'1 I exclaimed in somo excite ment j and I showed him that the drama of Mj_ftt. do Jo- Pompo" was vividly in my mind by »ayi"g hastily :" Do you mean that the former teacher of the lady who is now called Madame da M——— has wot given up his pursuit of hor, notwithstand ing all th.- pr.cun'ions takw. by y«ur family 1" " ion Hhiill judgV answered tho lieu tenant, drugging mo aw»-y from this im provised ho pita), Aft sit that villain was dismissed from a family where he did I.li best (0 sow i-hame and murder, ho wont to a foreign land to ii_d aceitain merchant who was his correspondent. By the aid of the twenty thouaand which he carried.with him, he was received into this house. In two years, by the aid of several trips he made to Amerci, and by -peculations into which be .entered there, be became wealthy

'enough to return to Praia* jus. at the : moment when Mon.ie_r M , ruined w great apec-lations, wm on the point of failing. Then the ra.eal began to acS a part with tha husband and wife whie- waa certainly very n*v and unexpected. He appeared like a provfd-i.ee before the eyea of my discouraged cousin. __c offered Monsieur M the aaai-lance of his capital, and offered to take aa a security _a qu.irtei intercut in the mannfaetcry. This offer waa aecepteJ. The former professor and teacher,once within the intrench—en-1, managed so well that ha soon became ma.ter of all he surveyed. Monaieur H w-i always fond ot pl_a~_re and gaiety. Tne professor encouraged and ministered to the follies of this man, whose wife and position he desired, with such fiendish skill, that he led him finally to commit a crime, and forge a note. This is the d-pth of degr«—atioo to which this demon h.is led my poor eoosfn. He opened the old wound that *1 inflicted upon him andi»sappooed to have beea killed by an enemy's ball." "Ah 1" I exclaimed, " this is homMe. But, in your natural animosity against this man, may yoa no. h.tve exaggerated things? fa cot yoar prejudice so great again-t this man, who formerly did you so mash barm, tha? you have misjudged him in this case J" The lieutenant grasped my hand cost vnlsively. "1 had the particulars from Madame M herself. Her old professor ia tan same soar, to-day tbat ha W»_ whim y*n first heard of him. He told Madame M only two d:_ys ago that he woald not lift his finger to pay her haabacd'a obligation- and save his honour. ' rou can tell him,' he added, ' that if he lives his fate will be the gallows, and yet to-morrow or U-niga. even, were he to die.lil won id, pay every penny of hit debts, and his name would be without a spot.'" I W-M thanderstrnck at what I heari. ,Vow I knew the end of the drama of the "Kae de la Potnpe."

{To b* toniinued.)

NICE GIRLS.

" THEY are not s._ep.d in golden langoors;' no " tranced summer calm Li theirs ; " and yet there is something singularly and dis tracttngl y sweet about really •• nica " girls. It is not always well brooght-np girls girls fashionably edacated—who are tboroughy nice, aa a rule, or to be depended on to help weary bread-winners coming home—alas I tao frequently—from a hard day's work at Government office, desk, or law court, to find their home belongings— the linle fair daughters who oughs to dis tract, loathe, and amuse them-pre-oceu pied _with other society, mostly that of giddy creatures of their own set, for boys and very yoang men" fight sny of very yoang girl', principilly because both are too self-seeking and too self-opinionated to come togstber otherwise than antagonisti cally. Fathers of families are tbem.elaes to blame if girli 00 nut hold ideal positioni from a par-ntal point of view, for they ar< in the habit of treating them too often like grown women, whereas there is providen tially a yawning chum fuliof tangled weed* and briars tbat a eirl has t. slip down, and often to climb carefully up again, befcre she can assume to herself the painful fact of being a woman. There is something almost plaintive ia the situation ; bat I am sorry t<> say most girls have to suffer the downfalls of many "Cb-'eaax d'Uapsgnc,'' and " the CT.sh " of many " crystal bridges where the brook and river meet" and tbe tiny torrent merg-s into the boundless, eye-aching void of open sea. Parents should ever be gentle and considerate with the poor little human flowerets of their keeping—dew-fed, yet thirsting for tbe son's grand rays to expand thera into the rare and glorious bloom o! truest, noblest womanhood.

house fathers are .ttdkiom enough in their treatment of daughters', bnt these hay* generally motfierte« children to d*al with ; and now I am going to propound a curious fact, namely, that the Tery tie 0/ motherhood-the nearest, holie.t relation ship that woman holds to man in tha eyes of God and angel-—is the vary oa» tbat place* her growiog-up children, dearly cherished though they be, in a false position with regard to a father. For example, a wife, who has for years been all in all to her husband, begrudges at middle-ag* the absorption of his prime of life into the new _nd tempting dutioi connected with teach ing a favorite daughter how to ride, play lawn tennis, boat, &c. Perhaps the poor mother has cultivated too much embon point to tide on horseback herself, or is too indolent and pre-occupied with other little one* to be quite as companionable as in earlier married day". Now comes tbo time when really nice girli can make themselves angel« unawares, and, while accaptiag all the sweet protective care oi a father with t-flFectionate re-poasivene.-valU hover about a mother, and afford the tender petite saint sho had been wont to receive in former year* from her husband aiono, Nice girls are pre-o-inently self-less, and not too often me; with in onr everyday walk, of life, when high-el-sn, atriotly secular education a»d tbird-clai- gen_ tienal litcrat-re, even if surreptitiously in dulged io, hrs its baneful influence on ihe minds of the young. Nice girl* setk to employ themselves in a tirople, natural manner, with painting, drawing, or needle work, but HDiortnnately tbey get prema turely above their age by being allowed 10 mix too frequently with grown up people, ending in a thirst for social froe-om, and social freedom generally involves that craving for excitement which is snch a leading characteristic of moat girls of the present day. Many girls are considered nice becauiu they have pietty, bold faces and piquant manners ; some because they are dollish, and amuse us 5 others, I aid sorry to say, because misguided fathors and mothers take a pride in indulging their childish vanity with regard to dress, thereby teach ing them to be inconsistent, frivolou*, and useless, if ornamental, members of society. Mice girls even run a sad risk of being spoiled by the outre fashions of the neriod : for instance, fringes, though artistic, are anything bat good form, and close-shaven heads, with hair parted sideways.are simply atrocious, Or.sacs, Instead of being divinely moulded, are now more or less fantastic, and made of materials unsuitable for the very young among ns. Why. I to-day saw a child of ten yoara old arrayed from head to foot in white satin, requiring only orange blossoms and a veil to roodor her a fair apology for a bride 1 Hut, for all this, I cannot d.ny tho dis advantage under which many poor girls labour, of a false shyness, which precludes them from shining beforo otbsrs, This reserve is ofttimes m'sconstmed into aff.cta• tion, and tends to make rea .y nice girle unappreciated at first acquain'ance by tho»e who afterwards find in Jboir fresh, bright, j own.-souls thorefNctionJof all that i* most beaatrfm a.d lovable. Everything at all fa'*o or unreal should ba avoided by a Dicc-rr.inded girl, and yet tbore is such an artificial ba-ii and fal-e finish, about the ethics of modern social life that it is difficult tor an incxp.rij.nccd being to distinguish where convention ends and nature com mences.

Tiie " niccness " of girls depends on their healthy, happy surroundings, Nico girls never appear to greater advantage than when they are perfectly natural, caring to indulgo with easy, unrestrained manners in their nnmerous pastimes and pleasures open to them, and avoiding tho.o that aro onfernininc or calculated to arouse the com ment or stimulate the criticism of otbeis. Ovcr-excitcme-t and too much gaiety.how ever innocent of its kind, are very fjeletor ious to growing girls, besides making them a fcrcat deal too easy of conquest, And yet quite young girls are con-tantly to bo met at receptions and public garden parties, and are even wrongly encouraged to take part in amateur theatricals, operas louffes, and pan!., mines - extravaganzas, laden with double entmdr.es, often forming portion of the programme. Nice girls are to be mot everywhere, it is true ; but how many miserably fail to satisfy thp exacting dornauda of a man of the world, who seeks for tho incarnation of modesty in a state ef things where jnodesty is but little known and notoriety is cultivated in is stead 1 To do somptbing, and that something very much out of tho common order or every.tiy oxisteuco, seems to bo tho winmwn bottiim of some young people's standard of perfec tion ■ • Whitehall Review, July 6.

Sir John Lubbock's Observa tions on Ants.

A Monument of Patient Research

The patience of scientific iaveitig-.fc.oa waa never more clearly revealeil than in the recofd of obaerva.iorn on the habits of ants, bi»e., and wasps by Sir John Lubbock. _ Tbe obaervationa extend over a period at ten year.-i, and are aa minate and pai_staking aa those oa earth-worms given to the world „7 Darwin bat a few month- hetora hia death. Sir John Lubbock harem.-- to take bee? aa hia specialty,,bat he found that anta ,vere more convenient foe experimental pnrpisea. After hia observations he can cted.-s that the ant should be placed next to man in the scale of intelligence. Hi* observations were conducted in ai_pl- ar.y!... Oenerally from thirty to forty eornmn_iti_* of Britf_J- anta were kept in nests, each _on~t_.bg ot two plates of eottt—oa window gl.sn, separated from one-tenth W one r_a._r.erof an inch, the inter--.iiafce space befng filled with fine earth. The ne.U wetie -anally darkened and surronnded by water or by far. The ants wcrksi in these ici provised nests a. they did in their r.a'ural home., and the g'a»- covers gave an exe*l _e_. oppo.t-ni-? for studying their habit* Bat the one feature which distragni-he. these studies from those of other ah-_rver. is that the author made a careful record ef the actio** of mdi»tdaal anta instead o! r*«ardin„ th-— as c__-r_._n:tie-. To -o this he pai-ted tha back a ot the hvec-, and ia thh way waa enabled to traca their move meats even in a Urg. community. The main difficulty lay in the extreme neatne-S of the an_«, whicU induced them to try to clean off the paint from a marked ui-tier, Another was in the tedioasnesa d obierva tion. Some nests were watched for hours »ni even for whole days, the auth >r bein : _ reliev-d by memb«rs of hi* family. One result of thi- accurate style of atudy was to prove that tha popular idea* lo regard to the age of ants were fat from the truth. Two qua.--, or perfectly de veloped female anw, have be.n in tne author'- collection since 1874, and are still living, and ss.ver.l workers have been in his ce«t for seven years. It may be stated here that the life of the ant ii divided into four parted- - thane of the efg, ot t.e larva or grub, of the pupa or chry»alta, and of the perfect insect or imago. Tbe eggs are said to hatch in 15 days, but thoie o _- served by Sir John Lubb-ck require 1 a month or six weeks. The lam„ are car. fully tended and fed, and are carried about from one chamb.r to another. Indeed they are often aiaorte-L according to age, and in some of thesa nets were so arranged in groups, according to size, that they re minded tbo author of a school divided into five or Jtix classes. When fell-grown the larva turn into pup_. sometimei naked, sometimes covered with a silken cocoon. After remaining some day* in thh state they emer_e perfect injects. In this last tradition thy would frequently die if they were not as»ia_cd by the other ant*, who help to extricate them with great tender ness and care. Beaide- tbeir own young, the ant* cate for a species of aphides, which are tha cows of the ant neit. 'ihe ants, with thtir mandible-, stroke the aphides and extract from them a kind of honey. Sir John Lubbock regard, the care of the>e aphides and of their eg_e as the most extraordinary instance of fore sight shown in tne animal kingdom Tbe greater number of ants do no: make any provision for food in tbe winter, bat they *tore away tbe eg** of tbe aphides and ha:ch them out in the spriog. Often theaa egggs are dep.ai'-d outside the neat oa the young shoots of the daisy. If al lowed to rem iia there they would be killed, but the .nt bears them into the nest and cares for them through the winter. Many examples of the pradence and in telligence of ant* are gi'?en here, but the mostaiogalar chapter d.ala with slavery. Huber was the first to discover tha exist ence of the servi'e system, bat it remained for Sir John Lubbock to trace some of the effects of this system on the ch.racter and habits of the aot. One species (Polggergus) presents a singular spectac c, Ihe anta be comiaz en.ircly dependent on their slaves. They have lost the greater part of their in stinct", their power of building, and their domestichabita. Even incise of removal the masters are al carried by tb^ir slaves on their backs to the new habitation. These _nta, however, are b-ld and skilful ma rauders ; thay make forays upon neighbour ing colonies and carry off the larvje which they hatch oat and make their el.yea. In j Anergale* he found a species of ants which had evidently once taken to keeping .laves; by degrees they bad deteriora.«d until they junk to the position of pira.it.a of tbeir former slaves. ~.,-, ~. v Equally cunoua are the deiail- of the be haviour of ants to their relations. Jsir John Lubbock d-obts Grcte'a statement that the sentiment of morality is essential to the ex istence of society, even among mca ; among ante he furnishes a mass of fact') showing that it is unknown. Careful ai the ant is in rega'd to the young, it seems to have no afl-crion for its kindred. Tho aathor de roted many experiments to this subject. Thus ono ant in a noat had became thoroughly entangled ia some honey ; she was placed in front of another belonging to the same nest, and ctoso by was placed a drop oi honey. The ant devoted henelf to tho honey and entir/ly neglected hor friend, whom she left to perish. Many in stances are given of ant* balf-drowned, and placed directly in the path of their fellow worker*. Tho latter passed by repeatedly, seized eagerly upon any food, but wholly ignored their disabled friends. Ants also render one another little assistance la re moving annoying parasites. Thus ono waa observed which carried about a mite on its head for three montha, but although the parasile was su large as the head of the insect, none of its companions made any effort to remove it. Other chapters are devoted to tho in dustry of the ant, which Deems to have suf fered no impairment since the days of Solomon, the recognition of friends, power of communication and general intelligence. By his method Sir John was able to trace the labours of an individnal ant throughout the day. One ant that be bad marked worked continuously in moving larva) from 8 a.m to 9,45 p.m., carrying in this time 187. She was kept in a bottle during his absence, and tha moment sho was liberated she set to work a'f am. Pages of the results of ex periments in regard to tbe power of recog nition among ants are given. In ono case an ant was greeted with mauy demonstra tions of joy by the members of its com munity after an aosonco of twonty-one month, thongh ft was'shown in this and other ease» that tho younger ants were rude to tho returned prodigal until matttirs had b.cn explained to.them. Tfi; s instinct or power ef recognising [ffiends extended to the case of ants devoloped frotn thn pupm in alien nosta, and then carried back to their nativo community, They were in siantly raco^nisod and treated as friend*. From these and many other Instance? Sir John Lubb ck draws those eoncluaions ;

Theso expeiiments ceitainly teem to inriicite the poiession by ants of something approiching to languig\ It ia impossible t-> (j.iubt that the liiouds were brought cut by the firstant, and »» "ho returned emp'y. handed to the nest, tho other* cannot have boon induced to follow her merely by observ ing her proceedings. In laoe of such facts M th.co it is impossibie not to ask our selves how far are ants more exfjuidte au tomatons? How far aro they conaciona beings ? When we see nn nnt-hill tenanted by thousands of indu«tri-us inhabitant", excavating clumbers, forming tnnneli, making roads, guarding their homes, gather ing food, feeding the young, tending their domestic animals, each one fulfilling its du ties industriously aud without confusion— it ia difficult altogether to deny to them the gift of reason, and tbo preceding observa tions tend to conffrra the opinion that [their mental powers differ from thoBS of men,not so mnch in kind a» in degroo.

The two concluding chapters are given up to bees nn4 wasps, They furnish oven more striking pxamplen of the care and painstaking accuracy of the investigator. From thjs outline of the work it will be seen' that it }s a bfiok which will bo read with i itcrcßt even by ono who ia nqt partial to science, It in a monument of the modern scientific method, and no ono can read it without admiration of the learning, skill, patience and in^onuity lavished upon it by its distinguished author.

A Fantly in the Dock.

IT was a paiuful sight (sajs the Waga Ad vertiser) to sco a wholo family in the prisoner.' doaic on Saturday last. A Mi« Saracls, with a baby about two months old at her breast, aoothr-.r little girl about two and a half years old clinging to her lather's neck, and two other girls about eight and eleven years of ago respectively, werp all charged at the police court with theft. The fathor and tho little girl that he carried wero discharged. It was olear, however, from thetw.rpthorgirl'sstatemenia that a larceny had beon committed. They informed the Bench that on a particular day they wcro returning from school, and were induced by a playmate to eater Ferguson's store, and abstracted from a box several pairs cf boots and shoes, and somo few articles of drapery, which they took home. Tho mother stated tho girls brought the goods home, but n* ahc was ill in bed she could not attend to tho matter hcself, but instructed tho girls to tike them back to Mr Ferguson, The mother and two daughters wore committed to take their trial at the next Court of Quartgr aetsion* on this chargo, and on a farther charge of stealing drapery from Menus L.rimor and Martin's stores.

Co-operative Supply.

SOME interesting dotajla are given in the report for the last half-year of tho Civil Service Supply Association, tho oldest of ihe London Co-operative No.ietlo*. The association consists of 4,453 full share holders, 8,129 mombers of the Civil Service holding httfHr-Yfn. &nnu->l t!cHets, and 23,424 •fcicketht.ldqre not belonging to the Civil Service, who pay 5,. a year. During th« six months tho sooiety bought goods to the amount of £6G9 301, imd fold to the amount of £700,471, the stool, in hand at th« cl.se of iha half-year being valued at £292,191. Tho gross profit on trading amounted to £92,911 6s 7d, being at tho rate o> £9 3s 10 i per cent, on the ara mnt of tho sales. The not balauco available for transfer to tho crodlt of the shareholders is £12f085; and when this has been' divided each original shareholder will have to his credit tho sum of £81 4., of which £80 ie lent to tho society as capital bearing in. terost at 5 per cent,

THE GLOVE.

Sts, —The sn.-l 3-..111.55. mij be deemed by you wofh p-Mial. _g ia your very in teresting; batur !ay'> .-applet; en*. " Th? Glove " is, as yon will, dcu'-.less, at once sen, a translation of -.holer's poem. "Z-r Handjchah." I do not recollect having aeen this poem in English before, though 1 fancy I have. Having taugiit myself (merely by the aid of book*) several different foreign languages, it ia always a pleasure to ma to translate od _s and ends from the foreign tongues, a knowledge of which I have acq—red by sheer p-rseverance and had—itry, and this specimen, aa a result of my labours, may ba an tncenHvo to others to g,i an- do likewise. In the tranal.t-on ( h_*a k?pt ve-y close to ihe G.r.nan, thereby supplying ia the Kngtish fewer rhyming words but I feel sura thia ia com pel..—.ted for by the accuracy ot the transfer. If you .abjoir. this note it will aot only serve aa ei-planat'irv of the subject, bat will also give any who feel so inclined an opportunity to criticiaa, and from which criticism; f may probably derire benefiS.—l am, Sec,

W.K.

THE GLOVE. Before the lion, garden. Tha b _a. fight to awals, Sat King Frantz; And around him win tha grandeur Of royalty And on tiers ot lofty benches Ware __mea i_ .pl.ndid state.

And aa he signed with hia finger, Opan awur.jr a. hug. b_.rT.ar, And within, with dcli.craw atep A lion .talked; And viewing ia _llcr.ee The circle, all round, With a long yawn. And shaking hia mans. And atf-tehins hi- limb., He laid him dawn.

And the Hint beet—i»d again, And there fl»w op__i A second barrier; And out darted. Wlth a fearful __u_d— A tiger. Be. the lion iceing. Yelled aaragalv. Swept with hia tall An angry curve, And. opening wide hia jaws. With dmbio—i KUnc. cast on bis -o_, In gTim doft— _c<. At a saga distanc.. Snarling, arouchea down.

And the King lisrnsd a_—n; Thereon were reieaaed Two laopairda tog-ther. Which, caster for combat, lia-hed upon the tiger. The furious ._ri_» th-, lion upronaed. Who, with hia thunder-roar. Cowed the contending be-uu; And around in a circfe,- J'rom tha death-strife hot, Croua-ed down the tre.:!o_i cati

Then fell from a falcon's stand. The gloTe of a lovely hand. The Qon and tiger b_tween— Jr..-, in tha mean '.

And to tha Knight-Delorgea, seornfolly. Spake the lad/ Kunlarund: " Sir Kni^tt, if 7our love la aa sincere Aa ran aware but an hoar ere coming here, Go . bring my irlove T

And tha Knight, not a moment pausing, Leap-d into the blood-.taincd rlnjj; VV'hsn, taxing a few bold strides, Under the aniry beast-' eyea, Kecovered the, truant glare.

Prabe from tha lips of b_ar_toou_ dames. And applau—., such as nothlnj. bnt courage claims, Waa heard tha vaat _rale aroand ; Bnt the xl.nee of love. From Knl.-rbthood's eyea. Was deemed by the crowd The coveted prize.

Dlar-gard-ns' the hand Outstretched for the glare, With scorn la his eye Ho rejected her love; Tbe price of hia life He firms In her face. And, reinainjr her thank., Strode wrath from the plioe

Recent Medical Discoveries.

A PAPKE on " Koch's Discovery of the Bacillus of Tuberc-10.i*," was read by Mr iF, J. Faraday, ia the department of Anatomy and Physiology, s'.nring th^laat siitting of the Bntith Aasac.itioa. The subject was one which cannot fail to attrict much at.on.tion, relating as it dees to a clxis of disc isc so fatal ia civittaed countries — that of consumption. Two great dis coverie*, Mr Kara-lay said — Pasteur'a dis covery of the decreasing virulence of specific disease germs wnea kept in. the preuence of oxygen, aad Koch's discovery of the bacillus of tat-rculcsH—had been made witam the past two year', and he had suggested a possible u.efal relation between them. Dr Angus Smith had argued that the pntrelylog process, whea carried on in confined places, such as lewera, might develop diaeaa. germs whioh were not developed when the came process went on in uneonfinsd places. Typhoid fever teemed to be developed by procea.c. in *ewera which, carried on in the Clyde, for instance, did no. originate nny well-marked disease. Analogous conditions might bo presented in the lungs ef penon* engaged in daaty trade*, breathing vitated atmosphere in ill-ventllitcd rooms, or engaged in aedentiry accapation« and not taking healthy exercise, and also in the lungs of persons who were eereditarily narrow-chested, weakly, and of feeble inspiratory habits. Noxious germs present in the atmosphere might be iahaled and retained ia the langa of such persona, a.d there' by mcce«»lve culture and defHeot aeration, acquire a parasitic or deadly character. The author referred to Pasteur* method of restoring the virulence of " attenuated " germsby succeed _i culture in the bodies of different animals as possibly explaining the communication of taber c-10-i. tr persons of sound conititution, the parasitic habit of the tubercle "spot" bcinj so strengthened and confirmed by successive cultoro. under tbo assumed favourable conditions as to enable it even tually to establish itself under certain coi ditlansjin a mtlicn, which would not be suitable for tho .origination .of tbo culture. Dr, M'Lcaa exposed the popular [error that tubercular disc I*o or ph this ii were con fined to cold climates, bat admitted that they could be communicated by one person to another. Dr. Cobbold made a commu nication on "filaria sanguinis hominia" of a rather startling character regarding these parasites in the blood of man. As many of them o_ 37,000,000 might bo in the blood system ot one individnal, The curious fact was mentioned that tho mosqustc " fished " for them in the blood of man. Dr. Cobb rid considered that further informa tion wai still needed as to what became of the filaria which remained in the water where they were deposited by tne mcquito, but he conjectured that they peii-h-d if they were not drank with the water by man. Powerful drugs admini terid to yunng m*n who were suffcrjug from filaria did not affect the paraaitea. 1 here was no doubt that lymphoid affections, hitherto supposed to be duo to miasma, were really dua to the existence of these parasites in the blood.

ENGLISH & FOREIGN FASHION NOTES.

Cardinal-red velvet baaqu.3 are wot with black skirts.

Co-.tiaaoa* rows of soutache braid trim th:» new*'t cloth jackets.

The ne * shade of royal cardinal promises to be a leading colour this Fall.

Small bonnets and larg. raaai hats are announced f»r th* next season.

White Danish kid gloves of exaggerated lengths are worn by bridesmaid*.

New French promenade dresses or dark green clot- are trimmed wt'h several ro.v-. of fine gotd braid, put on straight. Sailor hats, trimmed wirh a wide band of ribbon, with some urrt-b. loops at one side, are -_■. hre.t revival for young ladi s' waar.

Eggs within egg? and ringp within ring* will be more fashtonab'e in tbe ne» autumn gooda than polka dots and oioonspot- won; at present.

Prune de monsieur, the new reddish sh-tie of _,iuve, ha ve«y fashionable colaur for dinner and reception dres-es combined with deep pansy-co loured velvet.

In the arrangement of the coiffure, heavy bangs, "__o__i__.es," or thick rings of hair, ar* now co»*irfered " bad form" by the most, fashionable people, and only the lightest babyiih flush of hair now shades the fo'ehea-.

A skirt of red and white striped linen, a white cloth overdress, or a white scarf tying behind, and a white Jersey, with a red silk neckerchief tied Ioo;ely about the throat, and a nitty little red pole cap wot jauntily upon tha head, ia a tennis toile: not to be surpassed.

Half-high bodices axe coming rapidly into favour for evening wear, ihey are cut away about three inches from tbe neck alt aroand, and are usually worn with lace or transparent, beaded sleeve*, which reach to the glove* that quite cover the elbow?, tan-coloured __ou>que_aire gloves continu ing stilt to be the height of atyle, A yoang lady of Philadelphia, who waa wearing a handsome new dre^a, the sleeves of which fitted aa tight as her akin, came near losing her life on Saturday. In attempting to remove her wriat the cuff of one tleera was so tightly wedged against a blned vessel tbat circulation waa arrested and she fainted, tier fall brought a_._i_t ance, and the sleeve had to be removed.

Some of tbe new Autumn walking cos tumes of tweed are decidedly masculine in atyle, showing a white nnder-watstcoat, cut-away coat, fattened just below the chest with one button, a standing co'lar with round gold collar-button, and linen cuff held together by large gold link, or huge cuff buttons, and crowning all, a jaunty English low-crowned derby hat, devoid of trimming of any sort. Many Engli _ girls go a step fortber than the Yankee girl dares to, and carry a alender ebony cane.

A singular faahion ia that of wearing officer's collar's and cuffa of red embroidered with gold over walking jackets ef cloth, snrcot, or stockinet. But few ladies will venture to adopt thia ma-aline feature of drew, and those who do will have to exer cise the greatest care in not overdoing the matter in the selection of these two very compicuona colours, the darkest of red asd leaat gaudy of gold br-ins; the correct shadei. These emb'oidered "seta" have appeared mc-tly o_ c ata of daik laurel green cloth. New Parisian coraaces show the fronti of the basque continued into long panels, which reach nearly to the foot of the undcr •kirt of royal blue satin sublim'1, covered with tiny ruffles of the same, The c->r«age is cut Into vandykes, underneath which i» set & Louis XIV. scarf, with loops and sag ging puffs. Tbi-sca'f is of the satin, al«o embroidered. These cor.'sgea are extremely elegant when made of pale tinted satins for evening wear over skirt* of lace or vel vet.

In regard to jewellery and ornaments for the coming season, the " Bazar " remarks : " Yellow gilt, bronze, and old silver orna ment, are largely imported in quaintly chased clasps, slide, and bucklei; «ome of these are large and square, others are oval, and many are half-moon shape. Ham mered silver and gilt crweenta and leaves are also shown, and there are comb-like pieces of faceted bronr.e or gilt, fciiver bands in lace-like p.ttern» are used on the blue-gray and garnet bonnet*. FeathT are also made up into small ornaments, •uch a% bees and birds, and coloured beads are mixed with these, A single mammoth butterfly of beada or of feathers is some times almost the only trimming on asm.li capote. Gilt soutache braid and twisted kilt cord are effective trimmings.

Victor Hugo and his Critic.

Shortly after the first production of " Hcrnani," more than half a centnry tgo, Victor Hugo was travelling on foot through rtormandy and Brittany in search of "new impressions," when one day an evil inspira tion prompted him to ride in the diligence from Ronen to Havre. He had hardly taken hia seat, when a follow passenger of eminently respectable nppeorance, tpec tacled, whtte-cravatted, notarial.acd blano\ entered into conversation with him upon the various political and literary topics of the day, "Pray, fir," he prcsen'ly in quired, "as you have just left the capital, did you happen before your departure thence to herr anything of this ' Hetnanl,' about whioh people a'e making such a fusa?" "I certainly have heard it men tioned," replied Hugo. '* It is a miserably •tupid piece." "Very likely." "Do you do anything in the way of literature?" "A little. For instance,! write tragedie*." "Indeed. Well, tbo author of 'Hernanr"' must bean abominable person." "Really! As it happens, I don't Know him." " Neither do I. Bnt one of my friend' saw him in the street, not long ago, and in such a state 1 The wretched creature is nearly always drunk. Only fancy ;he baa to be carried home from the cabaret every day. No wonder his poetry Is such maniacal rub bish." "Dnder the circumstances, could it be otherwise?" " Worso still, the fellow spends moat of his time with ballet-dancer, of the lowest de_ription. And yet this degraded being has the audacity to impor tune us with hia mad ravings I'1 "We will by no means endure him, fir 1" In this strain the conversation continued until tho diligence arrived at havre, where Hugo's interlocutor, delighted with bis companion, insisted upon putting up at the poet's hotel, in order to socure a few hours more of such congenial company. Wbilo their rooms were being prepared, the land lord hrougbt them the register of atrivals, requesting them to inscribe their names therein. As Hugo took up the pen to fulfil this formality, the Unknown of notarial aspect looked eagerly over hia shoulder, Having signed his name in bold and emi nently legible characters, the poet tnrned round with a smile, sayint?, " Vow, mv dear sir, it is your turn. Bot his horror stricken iellow-travcller had snatched up his carpet bag and fled as soon as the dread words "Victor Hugo" had disclosed to h>m tho profundity of tho abyss into which he had "put his loot."

A Noble Work.

Tint father of 1000 children hag just died in Vienna. Ferdinand Reidt was a man of considerable wealth nnd was haDpily marriod, bnt tho grsat regret of himself and hfs wffe waa that they had no child ren, and they concluded to act a. parents of the fatbarlcss and motherless. For nearly a quarter of a century ho waa was known a« the father of too. orphans. He commenced by taking charge of a couple ol orphans, but his zeal and repfito increased to such an extent that at tbe timo of his death he was the legal gua-dian of more than lOOOchildreD, Those whom he adopted in this manner were not fitfully taken up and then lot drop, but he kept conscien tious watch and ward over them, from their early education until their marj riagc, or their start ia adult life at the close of their apprenticeship, Ho never sought famo or publicly, and took no credit to himself for his devotion to those who had no natural olaim upon him. Now i hat ho is departed, however, everyone speaks ef his singular life, its quietness.and vet resiles" tnorgy, i's conscient'ousDcsn, sevore iidelu. to his self-imposed obligo, tions. He becan by a«ki"g us a favour to bo accepted as the •' honorary guardi_n " of two or throe oiphand, and the calling which ho had' thus taken up for own entisfaotlnn, a* ho put It, was in time regarded by many of his fcll'iw-oitizens of a sort cf official occupation which hi was bound ti fulfil. Heir Roidt had anospcci'l tondernaps for illegitimate children, who, from no fault of their own, started life under a heavy shadow. His courago wa* equal to his tenderness. When ho could discover tho father of an ili^gitim»te chid he would nei-lc out tho man and deal plainly with him ni to the duty which he had incurred by his tin. In this way he often compelled fathers to look after their own children, who would otherwiso have fallen under tho hard disci plido of tho official guardian, of such un welcome additions to the population,

STAR SATURDAY SUPPLEMENT, NOVEMBER 11, 18S3



Tho following story has two different morals according as it is rend 'by Good Templars and Good Tipplers ;—" Drunk flgaiu^ oh ." said the magistrate, contract ing bis brows and looking soveroly at the " Vis yer honour," candidly re turned Pat. " I was after splitting wood at yor Honor's houso, and tbo leddy asked mo wijd I take suthing. ' I will,' says I, and I tuk two glasses; but if I had known yor Honor kept such bad liquor, 'pon my sowl I wouldn't have t_k but wan."



MotfiatYß Dnt op CONSUMP-noN. So do lions tind titters. This is a very important fact at tcnaing to prove that although phthisis is iv many Instances distinctly riorcditary, neverthc 18S8 it may bo, and frequently is acquired. Such IB tho mthology of the cmi'iont Dr Graves, whoso clinical oxporlcnco and lltoraturn aro ao oepted as tho lilphest authority. In late times the trcatme_t for consumption and bronchial complaints has bocomo more spcclfl and hope ful. Hypophpephlto of llmo Is combined wHli cod Hvor oil and quinine. Tho wondorful eucnlvptuß 1. also used with marked effect on bronahlal rauoous membranes, The combination of theso remedies In Aiokln'sSyrupof Eucalyptus with Uypophospblto of Limo and Quinine has Been tho undoubted moans of affording per manent reliof to many sufforore. Agents-The NowJ-ealand Drug Company.



Import ant__N"oti cc. THE NOVEtiTY MINIATURE AKTISTS Beg to inform the Public of Auckland that they have t-k.m Ck.ntku, Pkk\us_s at the soot, of Gkky-i-tknjkt, where, having made exten sive alterations ami uuprovemeuts, they are prepared to produce that Lateil; and Most Fashionable Novelty, THE PHOTO MINIATURE. The Artists trust that the great success whioh has attended the production of the NOVELTI MINIATURE iv Sydney aud Melbourne will bo a sufficient guarantee ot their excellence. The uses to which these Ueautirid Pictures can be put are too numerous to mention. \\ c, there-ore. request the public to call and see our Specimerx? and judge (or themselves Pricks :—3 dozen, ss. H <lo_>u. 3s. P.S. — The Novelty Mixivut.- Artists would also take all vantage of this opportunity to inform the publio that having all the Latest Scientiiie Improv.mt'nt.. they are prepared to take Photographs ot every description at prices never before attempted in the Colonies. Important Notick. John keesing Begs to Inform hi- cm torn ent and tha public gsr erally that, In coriequenco of 111 health, he 13 -iViNG UP THE DKAP-SKY BUSINESS and aa _s Obj-c. wiU ba simply to Clear Oat tne STOCK a- qniokiy aa cc-.iibK the Do*— will be s^ld actually without referring to tha cost, and far tjolow anything hitherto obtained ia Drapery, etc. It will be evidant to everyone that Queer the circum.stance* thia Sale wih afford a flrat-olaaa opportunity for obtaining Gooas for UNDER WHOLESALE PRICES, thn cole object being to realise for c__. T_. __J_ ha* now comn-6-ced. Clo-eti mv -utturday till a—vses. John Keesing, 278, UPPER QDBE>T_T..____. Op.esl.e yirebet- SPECIAL NOTICE. The undersigned bests to Inform hia numeromi customer, and tha general pnblio that he haa j _it receive.t tbe firs- shipment ot SPRING AND SUMMER GO3DS, cosm-TOO of— SNOUaa, FBKNCH, & SCOTCH TWEEDS AND COATING.. Also, 8 8P.0K3 ot different shades, gnitahle tor the aeaaon, and a -.leiflld lice In MO-KLLA VKoITNOa N.B.—The trade supplied with short lengths at whok.aa-e prices. H. L. PO-SENiSKIE, M_—CHAST TAIXOB AH- lafPOBT--!, ifootof Shortland street Ancklaad. 'pHE TMPEEUL OCHIKDAM QCHN-PPa, A PORE AROMATIC SPIRIT, Distilled and prepared In Schiedam, Holla—fl, from an Original Kecatpt, <tnd poeaesaii-8 Rare Medicinal Q'i.-.1..«. la ail Dldl-AB-S OS- THB KIDNEYS, BLADDER, AD URINARY Ol GANS. A Tonic Diuretic, Anat)r;p.ptle CORDIAL, by the recommcadatl .n of the Leading Cor:liner.t*l PayfticUo... and Is now kCKSOWLKDOZV aSTHE LATKSr AND MOS7 TALtJABI-E BEMI-DY TOB GKAVEL, GOUT, & HHONIC HHEU MUTISM. Tha Trade and Cora-mars are ea.tloned *g»!i et sp_'lotta Imltatio-.8. tha Bennlns onl) bairtng tne si«T.at_-e *n- addraes of tha pro of—tor. HENRI J. HART, MELBOUHNJ- Use i In tho Melbonrro Rcpltat, and awarded by the Jnr7 riP...r Pkj_ - at the Mel boornn Interiutlo--1 -xhlbUloo. DH. HA£3AI.I.'>. RKPORT. " Tha Analytical a'lti Sanitary Insti.nl——, "64. r.olbjrn Viadnct, S.C "London, 9th «ay. 1577, " Report ot a Sample cf Tinoertal Sch'edam fichnappa, received from _r H. J. Hart. " We have B"ibiec-ed s ssmnle of tha ahovo naaiod aitlclo to a verr o ireful chemical analysis and cia—lab t lon. •"Thereanlt- of the -naly.l-, which are set forth In aseparai- raport. .how that this oplri* I* of (rood etfenv,th, praott^llj free from acidity, and tbat U contain» bot trarre* ot eolid matter In solution. UpOeaeaSfte a rellcate and agree abia aroma, and a pow ? r.,1 mild taste. Mr Hart's Sohledirn Schn-pps la a very anporlor , arttcl-i of its clasa. li woa purifled, and qnlie genuine. '■ (Signed) AnrarK B. HAavAtx. M.D.. " Author of ' Food ar.d Its Adulterations,'&C. "Orrr K-.nriEß. Tf.G.f., '• PcbUo Analyst." Who!oa—o Agent t ARTHUR H. NATHAN. II D 8 X 1 S a jj-ATHS. REDUCTION OF RATES. EXTBA LADIES' DAY» - The following altcratlo_i aro hereby notified :- Baths open, for ladles only, on Monday even ng.«to 9 p.m.i'and Tce3dat Mobninhh, 9 a.m. to in m.; daring which honrs the prioes will be the same as now nalrt by (.entletaen, viz : 3a. t lngle Bath ; or Right Tickets for £1. SHAR- holders. OxK-irtißD Le*s. Ifor Gentlemen, naTßo—-DAT AcncHNOO.vg, the charge will be is, bom 3 to 9 v.ta. MARVELLJUd CDRK3 E_"FKCTKD EVERY tyaKK. PROSPECTUS or tob HELENSVILLE FLOUR MILL COM PA^Y (LIMITED). CAPITAL £20,000 IS -»,OCO SHARES OF £1 B_CH, Pata r.« as ir.>„!.oW3: — Ten Shillings car Share to bs pvd rtnrlng tire flmt twelve Months ; One -"hilling on applio.tton ; One Shilling on -llotrront: l"wo shillings on Ist Kebrmry ; Two shllliniiß on Is. May ; Two Shillings on Ist .*n.a.t; Two BhiU_og«cm lat of September, 1833. PBOyiSIONAI. DIRECTORa t Mr John Foster Mr H. P, Kavanagh Mr James Hand Mr laano MoLeod Mr D. MeCle'-nan Mr Wlllinm Adams Mr R. A. McLaod. With power to add to their number. Bankrrs: National Back of New Zealand. SoticiToits: Mcsars Dlgnan and Armstrong. Bj.cnKTARY jiro tern.: Joseph Orlfflthß, The objects of tho Helonsvllle Flour MlllCoim pany (Limited) will be tho erection of a Flour Mill and Grata Store, and tho Importation of Grain from the rtontn or nny oth. r part of the world where they can purchase with advan tage. The advantages that tVie proposed Company would possePH over all otbora In the provinoe arfl patent. Veseela coming from the _ontn to Kalpara Porta for umborar.. as v role, freighted with (rraln, and the Heiennvllle Timber Com pany's mills being now In fail operation would no a great inducement for that olasa of vessels to ran to HolonnviUe. and would ennure cheap frelghtrj, whilst the con-.nmptlon of flonrln tlift Kalpar- »lono wt.l Kn-r__nreo a lnrae trade to the Company. m O IMPORTERS ■*■ AND SHIPPERS tiF PRODUCE, The nn-emlKnod are prepared to exooilte INDKNTB fo- Goorts. R- well as ttnderta.lre the SALE OF PRODUCE In tha London Market, on specially favourable terms. CRUICKSHANK & CO, 18, tlnoan-ntrce.. Ancklaiirt. A._KTmt 1.1 82. THE HELENSVILLE TIMBER COM PANY. LIMITED. WORKS: HBLENSVILLE. AttOEIAND OPFICB COLONIAL BANK HDtLDINtSS. Having a Railway Siding running into tholr Works, aro open to supply contractors and others with Sawn Timber, deliverer- at any station on the Kalpara and Waikato Railways. A Wharf with deep water frontage to tho river, tho Company aro enabled to load vessels along side tho Mill for Southern ports and Australia. Have Bpocial facilities for supplying loiag lengths on short notice. Ail communications to be addressed to JOnN MILNE, Socrctary Colonial Bank Buildings, Auckland. A UCKLAND FREE SCHOOL OF -CV ART. muqeuh lhotore room, Wednesdays and Saturdays, 10 to 12, Free Instruction to Pnptl.i (both sexes). All materials snppllnri gratuitously. Condlilonß or urimlsnion on application to the Instructor, MR. KENNETH WA-'KINH. ROBINSON'S ROYAL DAKIMG poWDEK, In Tins, Jib. Is; lib., 2s. THB BK3T AND OHBAPEST MADE. TRADE C'CUOWN") MARK. To bo had of Grooers and Provision Dealers, or the maker, ~ J \V. ROBINSON, OHEMIBT AND DRUGGIST, I MANDKAU ROAD PABN-OL,



IT &S.MORRIN&CO., : limited, Hardware MuecHahts, Auckland. importers op Bveir DeacrlpUon Ot FURNISHING, BUU-DER-.', __ID GENERAL IKO-MONGERY, AGRICOLTURAL IMPLEMEHTS. AHB MACHT-S-ERT i T. a S. m. _ Co., Limited, are pfepwed to Supply HARDWARE la »U Itß __ECh_a at , THE LOWEST CURRENT BATES. Large Bhlpmenta now in Fort, and Cc_ias forward. ENGLISH AMD AMERICAN GARDEN TOOLS OP THE BEST QUALITY. PHILADELPHIA AND OTHER LAWN MOWERS, from 10 to 18. LAWN TENNIS MARKERS. PLAVEL'S, L.AMINGTON, and other CLOSE FIRE RANGES, With or without High-Fres-urs Boilera. REGISTER GRATES OF ALL QUALITIES FINE CAST, BERLIN BLOCKED, BRIGHT BTEBL, and ORMALES, with FEN-JESS TO MATCH. ELECTRIC bFLLS, GAS CHANDELIERS. BRACKETS, HALL LAMPS, COOKING STOVES, GLOBES, Eto, "NOVELTY" AND "PEERLESS, WRINGING MACHINES IN THREE SIZES, BRADFORD'S AND AMERICAN WASHING MACHINES, *arAll Goods carefully Packed and Forwarded with Despatch. T« & S. MoBRIN & Co., LIMITED.



BRETT'3 Auckland Alm_nac. 18 8 3. Secret.---- Ot Uaaonic and Good T__.;i__. Lodges, Friendly and Trade Se_a«feiv Cricket, Footb—L and other Athletic Club., literary Il_Sin-ions. &__, &C, are reqaeated to .end la , tha -ntonnattoa -anally s-pclled far •*__*__-_ A_aacac " with aa little delay aa po__6_e_ Pleaae Address— EDITOR, "Eratfa -tlmanacV ' £__. o__ss, AU-JtlaarJ, \ IJHETI- AuCKL-ND Ai___UC. IS S3. Persons wis—__ to ADVERTISE is Eazri'a iivivif for the ena__g year will p__a.e ser. _ a copy without delay to Stab Offlci _, Wyad ham-street, Auckland. Keatincs Powder.* KEATING _ POWDER KB-TINU- POWDEH KEATING- POWt'ER KILLS BOGS. FLK «S. MOTSS. BE3TL-?. Tma Pcw-her is Qtncm h__.___ss to Animal Life, bat Is asr.railed In dwrroyt-jr. -..aa, brigs, ccc_n_cfces, beetle*, mortis is furs. and er_ry other atfc'e-" of -nsecr. Sports men -win find iMa lovaln -bla for destreyfr jj fle-u in their dogs, aa also ladies for their pet doe*. THB _U_TJCT_- HiS FO__—l PO GI—LAI A SAL* that it has tempted others to vend s ac- I called article In lasi-a-ion. The PnbUoars Ca_ti-.sed that the tics of the R-nn__e powder hear the a-tograph of THOMaS KKATINO. KBA-TOA- WORM TABLRT BE .tIVG'- WORM T_9i_-T3 KBSAT.NG'3 WOKM TABLETS KSATJNG'S WOB__ TABLBT3 r a Pun-—- V__g_tae__ Bw-_—_-__■, both in sppearanc* end t _te, f mnisning ■ moot agreeable method of »imtnt*fe»_sr the ont; certain Jrernedy for iNTK-T'NAL or THREAD »ORS?. ft la a wits-try ra'e and mtld preparation, and is e"P-ci_ty adapted for Children. Sold in Tir-a by all Che_-i-_ and Erne gists. ' Peopbi_ioß : THOMAa KEATING, IOSPON. UV BOYAL L_sjlKK« PaTHNT SOU Medal. Paris. ISJS _ Special Award, IPhflad_Bhia, 1576; _ol_ Medal. Sydney. ___.: G_d lleda-, ftr___ ls. !__.G<~d XfedaJ. MeiDonrne, IS— Just Landed, CAN-RKLL s. COQ_-R_N-_ CELEBRATED .EKATED W.-TERS, MONT3KRKAT LIi__JUICB CHAMPAGNS .. A H*_ith-glTint; Kon-atcohoilc leverage, at -stela and Clnba; 9A per bottle. ARQMATIO GINGER aL_i The Original Bell__a» Ginger Ale, so Jnatly celebrated at Hotels and Clnbs; sw per bottle. These -Er_.T2d W at_as are the __—. * <___ r* aa comtracted for and nor? enpp lied to Tha On-—rd S.S. Co.; the Montreal SIS. Co. the Tnman S.S. Co.. Ocean-, as. Co j he National aa Co.; the Facifi-■ B.S, Ca; Anchor, S.S. Co, Klngßton snri Holyhead, E.M., CO. WH—(_—U- ASK—!, AICKIN, tHB PH.KUAO? OOKLAND PERMANENT 00-OPBRAT-Vf. BOTLDINe A%D INVHSTMSNT SOCIXT... Ortiax i—ur, Qu__-r _zbs_-. LOANS granted upon appnoTed ga jtaSßm of Free!iold or Leasehold Proper-?. In «__• ef £20 to J—,ooo crl>dpal and Irterest bnlns —s- payable lc lnatalnientj" at the foUowicsr Rz ppc_o —ar_; tor r»n—s__nt of each -3—J borrowed i— a_i«_j_ien_e_-_-i_- .___ ai___. Ttit-la—tensit "_ Ing over ™ WBea- ?_ps_-bla. « B, ft. **,■__ lyeor _ _. 100 ia H iTears _ » t 0 X iffl ? ! I yea-. _ li T US _ 0 .yean _ US IS. 6 I ey-an _ _ 8 S IS! '3 3 Syeaa _. T 1 H!UI 10 I_—s - _ - 8 8 '..J 18 I And Is the Bam. proportion fro- ?tn»Jt_r or larger loana DBPOBITS.—The Society pecetTea S-tai-y oa Oeposit at t per cent, per s.nnnrn. JOHN SAI'SSR. B-CretMy. OIL, OOI.OUB A&n GL£S3, M-BBOHAKT3, W. FHHI2PFS gOH. 9S& 97, QcSBH.ST2.-_.-, AcC-.-a.-rO, Sl k -MPOSTK-S aar P-ria1 DeeotatiO-.. iM___B—Pcllsfced, SEveroi, and Ko_s& ¥*_.** Bb_—_t anfi Ooatlasntsl Sheet t^-r-o grsp-lc, i*_.r«Shade?, -BITK LBAIJ, 00-tirs, OH. V_KN_SHJrS •Jroahi-i, Mia_Kl Paints. o_<_n'B A-tlwrr. rasiye and Pataat S_l9_. Patau. KOCJLHIKOS-Gilt, -_-*d, Veaeare-i, ft» ?teta_- Framea-id.Sc_ii_-C33n._sn» w«_r? Ft_c-w tne Cabinet anrt aD.Y. Pith—rst_. of aeety _oertpti-_ in et_« *>«■-_«_• %-_.-»!!—Phrrtcs sxd Ooh»_ea« Aitiß wt to Pnotos. S-Kpa. fee, _c, ax, OnKmt _ OTMltty MocEfa. _:__«.* {■-.hl-_j» and <\O.V, MotU-.ia I AirsiaW R&i-ial***. W, P, _ S, harms al«rar6 to h_nfi tho l&taatt ■took of -.6 Above eood- is the Wsrsli &b__?. tit Nerw Xeaia_d- are able to azeo&U edtht-r -wbb^ tate or retail order, on-the ffiorj. fsTcrorsrVv-- tannt. Samples of P«i_-^a_ginßi) itntc «!.* nock, ot of original n-wtafc-es. aant es av-^» -_a. New -atuen in Auckland ahonl, -_s_»_o. Onr (took of Paperhanginss and Plot_re« b-foc. flttlngnp their rbt. jvoeus; -__* -s-_ti fi«_ aors-a | tbina M it>U *h» roaana of s»«r»i»K ' W. .PmLUPPS ii sJOft, rim;-a«-aTUB_. AirO--r.Airti ;:.'■• m vv&UUyix} PIOTUBK.FBAI4r?>t« ARD GH-DDTB OS3?C-. J, B, Dl OOUROli: Bats to nottftr to hU olft H____ ana tSa _«*: pnh—j that he _w unaart-Mo uu_Mutssßowii Of t_te atJOTe ABtsbUeiunea^ if here miilinso. Pi'OTPB-t-ITBAMtMte. _SO«7KTINa. MX., (a -liTiSs or—___«, wia nn rraonretirj;!- m pKr-st fljKtrUie onmpeatKnri aBT_JtA_S9 6TVS«. A t_u_. aiookot Uo-tfttag^ ;-'susa*;-__a.:!Jl_j. M-.f-f-ala. and Pletni_>. «rl suree. fl-*M_<>y.i-_ Kimn on t>ua, gO_BNJ3W-_.W. JUMOTIOIt OJT W ._J_'3.,rB&D.BT3-_ei, l UUPERIOR CORRIJC.AOC«.., t# j_ stii, 8. P A B _ X B HAH FOR SALS a BBmbss; of tha st»TB- wSS» Tar ready for wie, a^ and r.rnrer*". At ma Snui* Woasca. viotoi__-6-_i-_», or Ma Bhor Wt-t_gai__y^iTpaßj. tiara- <m___at__. at apoutiiaa, Kiosr—*, uri t »___ _ _oo3 ni rtw* alVarf in s»ocr. vwgaaaßi tern onrtre-i s» _hort-_t ao__-< Manufaotni-: of Lead aßd Comsc JPips. * A ohnloe -aleottcn of Ohandellera. %«. r* hi* W-llealey-eßrefl. ahtrc, - Oauß-cr OMen siway. Wtb sm ap.-os- w*»_ tton. asew-ft to laj «; wtit*;. Ot- PITJ-K-V. 09 SHB IMPRBVBP l.a*» <Cntw Binararß. CI VIS _ H -t 00-0-Kf<-» [ _iW-KOTIOII_ JPEOM OPBKAS, BONeP. oui-ts. *c. «__r _Ter»_*_w«n __ ha-retheaa-Q thelreit -JSkw bT -BJH-1J? OIS «f, HOWDBN, SHOB_I.AHD-BTt.BPS, -nfl JPrmoßAsiar. ons « ma MKtw»T-.MTPn«.s-m_ PIA N O H j< ' *J> '*' w _• >~ „ ;>-«. ■■ _H- *°-S o*^? lpablle -i"1. Ooio. «■** saw* j?'°>, Victoria-aa__» Bass, Ch«rße. Qas * Jam.iks,. open all ween __j-g __t__ 7 (_,„. fee Pjin., and suhxiat Mouninsp. iron-, 6 sill IC wb. Tha Bftih-roomr are all arlTate- and roppUeft m«» arary oonra-teaoe, Ttjrtlßb towala. Scab and hahr brnahea, oomba, reapli-toni, aaape, *e» Beleet bath-roonu (private! for Ladlea evarr W, at all hmstt. with female attondanoa, Oks ! __2xu,^__!S_Bl^'*NaiB> Wean, note tti adaweßj ynU)t_rfa..tr«>. Rant, abara the Grey- Ihoonfl _ Hotel, and next the aheap Std-_g «£l rni-ltnra Mart. Ane-____ y amyTTf *•"* . KA-rBKDoc Is attsnflanoe.