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

TRANSLATED BY MARY NEAL

SHERWOOD.

CHAPTER IX. AT MAZAS.

AT tho time of the coup d'etat, after assur ing myself that the most important members of the Chamber, guarded by Lespinasne, were safe, after seizing the printing presses iv my district, I had the melancholy honour, under aa order from M. Manpas, of taking to Mazas such representatives as were hopelessly obstinate. I told, in the begin ning of these memoirs, how much ea9ier my delicate, ilfcgal and arbitrary mission wa? than I had supposed. Prance had seen so many illegal acts, that the people were not greatly excited over a contest between the Chamber und a Prince who saw lit for his own profit to take advantage of the bitttr ness against this most unpopular body. M. Tillers had fully understood this when I informed him, oa the evening of the coup d'etat, of tho danger by which he was threatened. . At this time the Conservatives, by rea son of the incessant and unreasoning; cry of Socialism, and by the attitude of the Janus faced Prince, had come to the conclusion that France belonged to the most audacious. Audacity was on the side of the Prince, not on that of the Chamber, which h;d for Pre sident a certain Baron Dupin, who, when the Assembly was invaded, simply said to his colleagues: "Well, we can't help it, the constitution is violated, of couiss we have the law on oar side, but they have strength on theirs. We have nothing to do but to re tiro." ■ Then tho members of the majority who did not quite believe that strength could outweigh the "law, resolved to protest against the bayonets by dislodging them trom the Temple, where a Prince, in the presence of God and man, had solemnly swore fidelity to the Republic. The troops having received no orders to arrest the Representatives, contented them selves with driving them from tho Palace. They at once reunited in special session at the Mairie of the Tenth Arrondissement, •with fierce and eager cries of "Vive la jtepublique!" JVleanwhile the two hundred and twenty members composing this majority of the Assembly, under the Presidency of Benoiat d'Azy, named as their defender an adver sary of tne Bepnblic, General Oudenot, the general of the expedition of Kome. It was therefore easy for General Forey to obey the orders of a minister of a night, M. de Morny. It was evident, unfortu nately, that the country had as much to fear from the defenders of the constitution as from those.who tore it to pieces with their bayonet?. , •_' . When General Forey surrounded the Mairie of the Tenth Arrondissement, I was required with two other commissaires to go to toe President, Benoist d'Azy, and show him the order from M. de Maupa*, which was to the effect that his colleagues must leave the Mairie, unless they wished to be driven out by a detachment of chasseurs, The two hundred and twenty members decided to await the movements of the troops. J witnessed at the Tenth Arrondissement the most unheardof brutality, and the grossest possfble threats with which the Representatives were made to leave the hall. At first it was thought advisable to take them to Mazas, but on reflection, it wa9 decided that it -would be a great risk to con vey theee men through the suburbs. They were taken, therefore, to the barracks on the Qnai.l'Orsay, General Forey marching at the head of the band which, was guarded by troops. . The Assembly, however, survived. Its principal members were prisoners in the barracks, while their chiefs had been since morning at Mazas. ~„■', On the second of .December, at half paßt sis, three omnibusses filled with Repreßen* tatives, drove up the Faubourg Saint- Antoiue escorted by twenty or mors soldiers. ' More than five thousand working men were oa the sidewalk. ■ . JSome among them addres&ed the multi tude i "Itwould be very easy to release these men who are illegally arrested. The occasion is a fine orie to do something, arbieh would have a happy influence on Paris It is not »n Assembly more or less detested which has c#»=ed this—it is the Bepublic!" •..■■' The working men were quit*} ready to hurl themselves on the carriages. But the representatives were really more afraid of their preservers than of their guar dians, and patting their heads out of the windows, they begged those persons, who were ready to expose tlieir lives for their eaice, to allow them to go tranquilly to prison. - , The people stopped; several workmen '.now said: ..'. , '•You see nothing can b3 doae with such P6The friends of order, imbued with the theories of M. Tfaiers and M. de Morny, were thus protected 1 y the soldiers of disorder At the prison of Mazas, as at the barracks on the .Quai d'Orsay, the soldiers were half drunk and BDjiled stupidly as the members of tne Assembly, who had been aroused from their bedp, descended from their carriages, ■ , Andthese members were General Beaeau, who the night before had given orders to* Colonel Lespinasse; General Cavaignac, ■who several hours before the coup d'etat had shaken hands at the opera with M. de Morny; and Thiers, with the citizena Baune, Nalentin, Nadaud and Groppo. At Mazas, the clerks were as coarse and as rude as the soldiers. Citizen Nadaud, who followed the ex-Minister, noticed while they Btood, to undergo their examination, that the clerks smiled contemptuously. - "jHave a little decency, gentleman 1" cried this deputy to these scribes. " You have before you one of the most glorious men of France-one of those who have worked for you and with you—who has served your cause well and' faithfully. Cowardly reactionists, you will always be basely ungrateful l" This exordium of Citizen Nadaud did good to no one; he was hustled away at cells occupied by M. Thiers and by Moses at Mazas have become historical. The one has remained in its rigorous simplicity, the other has been doubled in size, is furnished like a. salon, flndisalto gether worthy of the father-in-laW pi a Prince de Polignac! My position allowed me to Bee the entire workings of the coup d'etat, and to realize its consequences. While on the subject of Maza?, it may be as well for me to give an exact description of this prison, which has served ss a model for all the prisons of Europe, and which re ceived as a guest a minister who under JLouis Phillippe had ordered it to be built. Proudence does strange things. They' would be stranger still if they had not been repeated over and over again, always, how over exciting the same wonder. It is by' no means rare to see those, who have toiled over a representative work the first to ex perience its workings. M. Thiers is an example ol this. Maza3, the construction ot which was de cided in 1849, according to a plan furnished by M Theirs, waa not finished when, #b a prisoner, the ex-Mlniatcr was called upon to: prove the value of his system At some distance irom the tlp.ee de la Bastille, where on the ruins of a demolished prison rises the Column of Liberty, stand, three prisons— Mazaa La Koquette, and the' Prison dcs Jeunes Detenus. By taking the railroad at Vincenries, which dhades the Boulevard Maza?, one can see at a glance the foil extent of this prison— a dismal etruoture of three stoiies, with six rows Of cells on each, divided by six corridors. The black walls, sixty feet in height, have but one opening on the side of the Lyons station. A large gateway, which leads Into a courtyard, oh which are the offices of the Director and his clerks. The dismal effect of the place is somewhat ame liorated on advancing into the galleries which are, built in aißies, radiating from a central chapeL These galleries', as I said before, are six in number; they are divided into classes •which comprise quarters for an ordinary thief, Jas well as for the mo3t dangerous assassin. . \ .

When in the chapel you look around and up, you realize that in these cells are all the vices and all the crimes conceived in tbebiain of the world—that is to say, in Paris. .;

Two hundred eel's are emptied every four months, and two hundred criminals are sent io populate the prisons and peni tentiaries of the globe.

Oidiuarily thess cells are full, and tho question arises in our mind whether the -march of civilisation is to be measured by the increased number of piisons, and their crowded condition. Kvery arrangement has been made at Mazas to keep the inmates under constant surveillance, A placard on each indicates the division to which he belongs, and the number upon it corres ponds with the name of the captive.

At Mazai the names of the prisoners are known only to tbe Director. A wicket in the door enables the guard to see the whole interior of the cell and can only be lifted from without.

When ihe prisoner leaves liia cell to go to tho courtyard |for exercise, ho never leave? his number, which is high or low according to the gravity of the offence wilh which he is charged. 'i lie bolts and Jocka on the doors at Mazaa are models of simplicity. They con sist of an iron blade in the form of a bolt, which glides through stationary rings bj tho aid of a key, which looks as if it was that of a clock, and fceins altogether too small and too delicate for a priaou. This bolt fastens tho door or holds it par tially open, so that during the hours of service in the chapel eveiy one of (he twelve hundred prisoners can sec the pi iest officiate at the altar, which by a most ingenious ar rangement is so placed that it is in full view of every cell. The six galleries are sixty feet ia length, and iuo ligctcd trom above by large win dows on each floor, through which pours daylight and sunshine, iho usual daik ness of prisons is unknown at Mozis>, as well a9 damp straw in their pallets. Each cell has, instead of toe str.nv-bed, which was formerly a (feature in prisons, a ham. mack perfectly adjust.d. In the morning tho hammock is drawn up on one side of the door; themattiesa and the sheets ate placed in a small closet built for the purpose, The interior of the cell is a perfect square. Air,- space, and light aro as generonslv given as in the galleries. On the walls of these model cells are fastened an almanac of the rules of the prison, as regards the work, morals, and discipliue. • But these are all placed so high up on ihe walls tint they cannot be read. The gallery of the Sixth Division ia the Infirmary. The cells on the res de chaussee are the only oDes which are double. It has been considered, in spite of the system prevailing at Maza?, that it is not humane to leave iv utter solitude the poor wretches whom despair acd remorse may drive to the most terrible extremities. Solitary confinement Ins eventually a terrible effect on tha nerves. The most hardened criminal can then but submit to his only judge, Remorse, and fears him to such a degree that he often takes refuge in suicide, in order to deliver himself as rapidly as possible from the torture ho en dures. The double cells are therefore oocupiad by two prisoners and often iy three, there being occasionally a spy. In all cases a dangerous criminal is given as n companion the most cheerful fellow that can be found, in order that his ferocity maybe tempered by the mildness of the latter. . One watchman is always in each gallery, night and day. And at night the gas is ol course kept burning, and the wicketsopen The work carried on in the bouse is the manufacture of common braided mats and pickiog oakum. When his appointed task is finished, the prisoner is allowed to walk in the courtyard, a damp and dreary place by reason of tbe high walls by which it is separated into six divisions. ifach division has at its end a small house built like a lantern. There a guard is always stationed, while another at tbe opposite extremity exercises the same supei vision. In the res dc chaussec is " the advocates room," a cell without a bed—its sole furni ture being a table and one chair. It is .here that the lawyer confers with his prisoner dusing the time that he remains at Mazas. To this room come the most important of the prisoners—Thiers and Cavaignac, La pommerais and Mire's. M. Thiers, who oigmisod tbe whole system of Eolitaiy confinement, was not the only victim of the irony of Fate. The principal workman on the column of July inaugurated the Prispu of Mazaa. He who toiled to elevate this trophy of our liberal conquests, pas?ed into this prison after having finished hi* last bronze trophy in honour of the martyr of libeity. This was the story : ; . This man Simon bad receivod from the State cannon to melt for ths Column of July. When melted be was dissatisfied with the quality of the metal, and sold it at a merely nominal price. Devoted to his art, and indifferent to his interests, the artist bought superior metal, worthy, g.s he considered, of tho national work on which he was employed. He succeeded in creating a monument worthy of all praise; but when it was ail completed, he was a bankrupt. The syndics discovered that, before hia work was completed, Simon had sold the cannon belonging \o the State, )and 'immediately a hue and cry was begun. He had deceived and cheated them, end appropriated the public funds. Whereupon Simon was thrown Into a prison, this Ibeing bii rewaro for the noble work he had given to Paris !

CHAPTER X, TWO QUARTERS OF PARIS. I very soon experienced the effects of the lively gratitude ielt by Mmc. X to ward me, Tbe ptotection of this lady who entered the Tuilerie3 through tho Black Cabinet was of marvellous effect. My advancement wai wouderfully rapid. In leas than three years I passed through every grade—l who bad for twenty years been only a clerk in the Criminal Court. As soon as I had placed the people at the chateau, on the track of the Mazzini agents, as this mater of Mme. X enabled me to do, I was no longer regarded with sus picion. I -was then tho equal of the Corei ca»s, in spite of my relations with the Or leanists, in toe favours granted to the most zealous servant^ of the umpire. The numerous seryices 1 rendered to the Administration in my different grades gave me constant promotion, »ntil at last 1 was made Chief of Police—a position I held to the end of my career, which was marked by the arrests of Miies of Aviuain,' Lapommerajs and Troppmann, and by my discoveries of yarious plots among the Socialist chiefs, who, later, -when they were masters of the Commune, hastened to make me their prisoner by way of reprisal. When I occupied at Mdnilmontant my position as commissaire, I was obliged to; watch those dangerous Quarters which ex-, tend from Belleville to the end of Pantin— the Buttes-Cnaumont, These Buttej were not at this time the pleasure-grounds they arc to day. They were theu divided into gloomy domains, the Quattjer dcs Alle mands, and the too celebrated Carrieres d'.Amo ique—one baa served as a r.efugc to the Uhlans, the other has beep, and still is,. the resort of all the raecals in Pari?. ! TheQuartier dcs Alletnands is situated in the rear of a long line of wine-shops, bear in" the most sinister names, and houses, which by day look jipiahabited, and at night are closely i hut and barrpil. Belleville's upfortunate reputa'lon is aue to the fact tbatisaoclose to Paris. 3he great city has found it impossible topuiify. itself, and has simply enlarged its circle of infamy and crime. To-day all these places are converted into charming gardens,; which are, however, only an improvement: externally -the subterraneam .excavations ; extend as far as Belleville, and are filled with rascals who are quite »a much-to be ; dreaded as their grandfathers. When I sen ed in this dangerous quarter the inhabitants were formed into four dis tinct elates t The Hirondelles, the Roman ichels, the Filend^ches, and the infants de la Loupe,..■'." These last two lived ahoye gycund, and < the other two classes dwelt like, moles with- • in their subterranean regions -there they i meditated over their .crimes and arranged : their plan 3. i The Filendeches had a colleague named '. Bobinson, who had given up bis trade as a : cabinet-maker arid become chief of a band; ] of fhe-e wretches. ; i

Other vagabonds not so fierea aa thpse lived on vegetables, which they cultivated in small patches in a lazy, careless way. They neither robbed nor begged, these apostles of laziness; they preferred to die of tlow starvation rather.than the trouble

of •working. When the poliae appeard in these place? the Enfant de laLoupe, of whom they were in search, was quite willing to depart with them, as he was sure of being fed and warmed. The Romanichela and the Blroaapllea were bandits of another type. They be* ■ longed to that long list of robbers iand 'assassins who' have figured in the most ap palling trialß of our court?. They laid

down the law in this place. Avril and Baton, the accomplices of Lacenairc, be longed to the Hirondelles.

These last never >vent out out, except at night, and the name uuder which they went was given to them from a habit they bad of perching under the bridges when their chief had warned them to be iv readiness for some enterprise. %This chief had onco belonged to the faction once known as d'Amerique, and had been named Pro'de by the flirondelles. He changed his manners as well as hts face, and had long escaped the pursuit^ of tbe police, who were afraid to follow him into his lair. He never went out twice under the same disguise of dress and feature. These bands were allied by common interests and bound by similar rules. They were forbidden to steal among themselves, and theft was pnuishablc with death. W-hen I was Commiasaire of Police in this quarter, these bands bad become so numerous and so formidable that the in habitants of Belleville and Meuilmontant were in a constant state of fear. Finally, I demanded an order from the Prefecture of the Seiue, vised by tho Ministers ot War and of tho Interior, with which I proposed to present myself in person at the Gairieres d'Amdriquc, followed by a brigade of gendarmerie. Thus etcorted, and with loaded muskets, I made in one night a con siderable capture among these thieves and assassins. They did not surrender, how ever, until we had fired a heavy discharge of musketry into theßO dark caverns, CHAPTER XI. I have alluded more than once to the Depot, arid therefore feel it desirable to give some description of the first prison to which aro consigned those poor vagabonds who, by reason of their vice aud poverty, are outcasts. The Depot is the nz-de-chaussiie of the Central Prison, as the Conciefgerie is the antechamber.

Situated on the Quai de l'Horloge, at the end of the new buildings which have sue ceoded the old Conciergerie, tho Depot was built in 1865 sna portion of the old ground. A door opens from the quay and leads into a corridor, guarded at intervals by sentinel*. This corridor broadens into a square hall, in which is a large door, barred with iron, on which h iosnrlbed tho eingle word, "Depot." This door is called "Tne Great Wicket." It opens and closss overy few minutes upon the unfortunate wretches who are brought in from the various bureaux. A porter, armed with a long cane ia the form of a cross, seems to have «yes in tho back of his head, and receives each new comer with scrutinising glancos. When the Great Wicket, guarded by this Argus, has baen passed, ope enters the wahiue-hall— a large Gothic hall, built like the yard at tha Conciergerie—with a lofty ceiling, supported on columns which look far too frail for tho weight they bear. A deafening noise Is produced by the con stant coming and going of the prisoners, and by the continual opening and shutting of the door, and by the shouts of the guards as they receive the prisoners. Iho sinister or suffering faces which emerge from the scmi-obsourity of this hall, the repulsive forms and hideous-looking creatures seen there, inspire a horrible feeling of repulsion and disgust. On the right of this hall aije tho rooms to which tho men are sent; on the left, those to which the women are eensigned. Every one goes to the Depot first -from the child abandoned by his parents, up to the imbe cile old man ; the most inoffensive and lazy vagabond, as well as the great criminal who has just committed some appalling crime, Before the prisoner enters the general hall of the Depot, ho is obliged to pa»s through several rooms ; he is searched and stripped, then re-clotbed in prison garb, and allowed to enter the general hall.

If he is of any especial importance, from tbe elegance of his appearance, or the gravity of his offence, be is consigned to a cell on the gallery facing the large hall, Formerly the Depot had bus ona hall for the men and tho women, for political of fenders and for the veriest street ruffians.

To-day, however, this confusion of crimes and of sexes is no longer permitted. There are two large balls for the two sexes. Not withstanding all the improvements in the discipline of this prison, the creatures that are brought into it ore repulsive and de graded qb ever. In the common room, the prisoners are free to do as they please : they laugh, talk, and sing; they criticise their jh«le:<?s most mercilessly; they laHgh at the mere inno cent, and do their butt to attain an equality ot crime.

When on«e a mere vagabond, an appren tice in crimp, it consigned to this Depdt, his fate is sealed ; he must eyormore belong to the congregation of • thieves and as sassins.

If he be released for lack at evidence against him, he has made acquaintance! who tell him what to do, »ud where to find men who will encourage bira in wroßg doing. If he is condemned, he at once enters the great army of thieves, which, it is said, may be set down in Paris at five thousand.

Twenty-two employds, including the director, compo3o the 101 ca of the Depflt. Nptwithstanding this modest number of guardians, at least one hundred and fifty persons are consigned to the Depot each day, and the average number each night of this passing crowd is threa hundred and sixty. It rcqnires the gieotest. possible activity and skill on the part of the admin istration'of the Depot to receive and pass on a population always floating like thts, and to commit neither errors nor surprises in the arrival and departure" of thete peo ple, Jn 1868, the clerk wrote down these figures under toe' entries, " 50,878." In times of great excitement, pspewally if this excitement be pnliticaf, the numßors at the Depot assume most alarming propor tions. r .

Three descriptions of carriages arrive morning and night at the Depot, the carriages which bring the women from Saint-I^azare, and ' tljoae. which take prisoners away, and jthe thjrd, divided into cdls, which transport them to tfie court room. In accordance with the notfi3 of the clerk and the orders of the Court, the depfit is cleared each day in some degrea of the beggars and vagabonds, and the prisoners are distributed among the various houses. Some go to the Conciergerie, where they remain dating the progress of their trial— the others—only men are sent to Mazas or to the Madelounelles-the women to Sal petriere and Saiot-Lazare. Men and women alike are, however, sent back to the Prefecture during their tiial. The distinction wh'ch exists at the palace between the Dep6t de la Prefectnre and the Conciergerie is entirely optional with' the magistrate, who exercises a discretionary power. A staircase leads directly to the depot, and a'so 'to the .cabinet of tha examining judge. . It is not unusual to sec an apwspd per son leave the depOt for the Concfergerie before appealing in the presence of hi» judges. He waits there until the Pro cureur-GeVcral has made out his papers. The Gonciergerie, oa account' of its .vicjnity £0 the palace, hag always served as the first Bta'iou-aud last dwelling of the condemned. " In vain have three fires, one in I^SlB, the other in 1776, and thpjhjrd under % Com mune, done their best to punfy the old walls of the Palace. The feudal tewer* have remained intact, and are as sombre and threatening as ever. 'Ike entrance sf the Concierggrie is on the Quai de l'Hor loge, between twin towara. It opens into a small, courtyard, 'which &a« preserved much* of its feudal character, At a huge door cits a guard at a tablo This door, separates the c«urtyard.oji the Conciergerie from the gmnde sallc. When the accused leave the Depot they ar.eled ln.to .this §rot gallery, and distil-; bulsed into preparatory cells, where' they remain about' half i'nd h,our, tim.e' po.ugh to hear themselves (jalfed to be led in,to their respeelive njuartpra, 'Ihis gallery la protected by ta colamnS, ond leads to a damp wmW which opens into rooms more damp and dismal still, where the sun nevtr pene trates. Op the left is the store-room, aad on the right 10 tfce gell onca occupied by Marie Antoinette, for the Cpnpiergarie, a former palace of Louis IX., served as a prison |o the last martyr Queen, the wife of a descendant oj St. Louis, the founder of this Palace.

Marie Antoinette's cell is a dark, £11» ventilated room, with an eatthy smell, lighted only by a high square window, through which the light copvis 3,9 through the mouth of a capnou. The room Is th^eo metres in length by four in width. The imagination of the yipftor refuses to believe that the majestic god/Joss of Trianon, jthe idoj of YejrsailM. cp'44 ever have lived in this feud atmosphere and jo this sombre cellar-lilc© place. On entering tbfs dwk room, which would not to-day be given to this vijest raepal. one sees thpoU JyO»is Cujnae " fautieuji''jn whifili the Queep sa^ and(hfiftHajrat whigh sheprayod,

Opposite this alar, in this tomb where the Queen died before the woman perished, is a littlo chapel which serves as a vestry room to tho great chapel of the Concier gerie It was in this chapel that the Girondists were- locked and passed their last night. It was here that these nob!e prisoners, victims to thoir own cause, ute their lust meal. This chapel has no-\y been restored to its original destiny. It is fur nished with worm-eaten benchesas wretclaed looking as its walls. Ou the left opens » little door, thiough which, before the Revo lution, the condemned were taken out ou the Place de Gicj.

Above tbo altai on each side is a banging gallery, with bars of iron, behind which the condemned can hear mas».

This is all that remains of the towers of the old Conciergerie. Returning through the long dark gallery and entering tho now part of the prison all v changed. The ro mantic idea of a prifon with iron chains riveted to heavy pillars, damp straw, foul and evil smells disappears as by enchant ment.

The air and the light, as at Mazae.entor in evoiy dircation, and are most ingeniously managed. The cells aro on oither side of a lonp gallery, through which gaolers come and go continually, glancing into each coll through the wicket, which they can open and shut as tliey ploaso. The system and the arrangements of tho cells are precisely the pame as at Mazns, with the same six divi sions.

Under the gallery at the right of the en trance are purloirs, which can hold only ova peson in each compartment—one for the visitor aud one for tho prisoner. . Every thing is arranged at tbo Concier gerio to prevent any communication be tween tha prisoners, either in their cell* or in their exercise hour, or even when thoy receive a visitor.

It is the same system of isolation as at Maza*, but even more rigorous. As a general rule prisoners remain at the Conciorgtrie only while their trial is going on. Thi-re aro exceptions, however, and some prisonets serve out their term there entirely-it may be that they are thero only for six months.'or that by reason of thoir good conduct they havo won the approval of the guards and are made their assistants. (To be continued.)

DEFYING DEATH.

Blood-curdling Performances of

the Bicycle aiders, THE Philadelphia "Times"gives the follow ing detailed description of the clangorous and daring act of Siguor Leonali, who is daily running tbe risk of breaking bis neck in making a series of ascensions and des cent-ions on an elevated spiral roadway with an ordinary Columbia bicycle. The folio n • ing is tho " Times ''description of the novel and dangerous performance:—"Tbo track is just twelve inches in diameter, without a railing or safeguard of any kind. It rises ten inches in thiity-aix and describes a circle ot only twelve feet in diameter, Tbe distance he lias to tiavcl from the ground to tbe top of the canvas is some 200 feet. This act is certainly the most wonderful and dangerous performance ev«r accom plished, and "U'omi ti was the first to atl empt it and tbo only ono ever able to accomplish it.

Only a few days ago a daring gymnast attempted to imitate it in the City of Boston, and before he had reached one quarter of tho way up the spiral he fell aud bioke his neck, despite tbe arranKemtnt& he bad made to stive nimself by means of a guard rope, n thing Lconati doea not use. He lidea upon a spider, bicycle, wi'.h a 40-inch wheel and a 15-inch trail wheel. In going around tho constant curve of the spiral the wheels are spread apart six inches at that he has only three iaches on either side to ride upon, 'lhat is, if cither wheel should go one sido or the other but three inches it would leavo the track and the daring rider would be dashed to the grcuuu beneath and could only he aaveu from serious injury or death by a miracle, aud it is safe to assume that the day of rniraclos ha) passed. Anyone, then, who has seen a person ride upon a frail, unsteady, wig gling bicycle can appreciate, perhaps the hazardous nature of the performance, oven if it were done on an elevated straight track, with but three incheßof room onoither side of the wheels ; but when it comes to a track that v not only a small circle, but ascends to a ratio of 10 to 3(j inrhe.", it passes the comprehension of possibility, still more marvel'ous than the ascent is the descent. First of all in the start. AL bicycle riders know the difficulty of moun ting a bicycle and retaining equilibrium without first having giving it an impetus ; tbat it is next to impossible to mount a bicycle while it is standing still and start off. Well, this is just what ieonati h»s to do. At tljp top of the tpiral the track is level about the length of the machine and widened about a foot. Arriving at the top, he lifts his machine around. Tbe wheel stands facing -nothing -empty air, with nothing below it but the ground, some sixty feet below. Whcu he mounts his bicycle be starts it from a dead standstill, and in stantly turns the wheel to the left. There U ho chance to remedy a mistake or to | start over again. The start has to be ac curacy itself or it is the last of Signer Leonati, and once started, the Same supreme control of nerve and muscle must be main tained throughout the perilous journey. It is, indeed, tho most teasational perfor mance before tbe public It has been the reigning sensation ia Kenz's circus at Ber lin for the past year, and many unsuccess ful attempts have been made by other American managers to got it bere. The salary demanded for it was too large for thero, but when Mr Forepaugh determined in tbe organization of his present company to stop at no expense to make up a perfor mance of novelties, he sent'bis son, Adam Forepaugh, Jr.. to Europe, and told him to engage the greatest and the bast, no matter what the salaries demanded might' be, and of course tho first thing secured was thi." wonderful performance, which will be pre sented'in Forepaug'h's arenas.

Religious Notes.

Dk, PjnjlE says be would rather be " the humblest'pa jut at Qld Orphard. Beach Camp meeting than the greatest philosopher in tho Concord School if with ail his wjadom be bad not received Christ as a little child." A protty sight at the evening service of a church in Newport, Vt, was the unfolding of a night-blooming coreus, which was carried in by a paii—ioner, Tbe blossoms attained their full size near the close of the aetvice. During the past century the population of the United States increased elevenfold, and its churchei thirty-seven fold. A hundred years ago there was one church to every 1700 inhabitants j now there is one for every 529. Deam Burgon, preaching from the Cam bridge University pulpit, recently said : "For my part, I am quito content to seek my ancestor in the garden called Eden ; let atheis, if they choose, look for theirs iv th garden called Zoological." The Sjjp'ptne Court of New Hampshire has decided that the tight of thepewholder is subordinate to tho right of the r'ociety to repair or remodel the churcb, and, upon compensation, to remove or destroy tho pew for the purpose of malting needed alter ations and repairs. fhe Mission premises of the Ur ited Pres byterian Church' in Alexandria have not bien injured, and Mr Ewlcg and Dr. Wat son visit them during the day, but pass the night on a ship ia the harbour, No thing is known of the condition' of the Mission property ia Cairo or of the native Christians there. The Chicago'"lnteivUcean," commenting on a recent sermon in whioh such expres sions as the " primordial fire-mist," f' un ce-mmeasßrable eternities," "redemption conditioned creation," opd "internal self determination impaled upon the sharp retribution of anl overmastering omnipo tence' '•' occurred, says': Tmagine'the sormou on the Mojin't translajted into this kind of EDgiisb, or'the parable.of trip prodigal son jammed full 4 jaw-twisting words like a boom full of logs in high water.

London.

I'ite Irondonor who is returning townward after a fevprlsh search for some more sani tary place tban his oyn home, may be at once pleased and chagrined"to leiun (ihat the city has never been healthier than at the present moment. The doatk rate during the past tif/p months, when the capital isaa conveniently ''empty" pf wpll fco-do people as V ome during the dog dayp, was if.45 vpv J.,QOQ, or in other words, fewer people died in jfcbfi unglph metrppolis, in proportion to its population, thau in r»oat pr/3vioao years, and less than in the ma jorijty of the grjaiit' hospitals, the patients fo which are, ip many Instances, dr^ffced iram a djgtsncp, and therefore npjt entitled to be Included among moss for wljpae health the (city is. responsible. \Thp f»qt hgwevey. is' »pt.priws tjjat London \a a gQodpJaegtoljve}^

THIS Winning Jockey's Account OF THE MELBOURNE CUP.

Just hold on till I wash myself. I've been fallowing till I'm black in the face, Ha, •\ ! Hern's colours -gold sasb, rose sleeves, white cap, ain't they nice ? Guess my colours aro De Meatre's to-day, all black, like everyono el-e. Hwi.-h ! it's a treat to get to the wash ba-in. Clearaway, Tommy. I fcol as if I was naked with tbe jacket and breeches all sticking to me. Weighed out all right ? Of course I have. Trust me for that. Looking for Assyrian, Mr?i There he goes, Savill leading him across the paddock, that gentleman in the sand-coloured overcoat. Yes, that's the horse, stripped to nothing but his bridle, and fresh as a la;k. A crowd following him now—my word. Lots of gape seed. When I mounted there wasn't one to look at us. Thou it was your blessed Sweet William, Cunnamulla.. or Mistaken, and they were mistaken, weren't they. 1 saw you looking in when we were mak ing our " twilights" in this reom. A pretty lot of nice spick and span j»cks wo were, weren't we ? 'i here waa quiet Tom Hales, in De Mostre's black ; little old Billy Yeo man!1, trotting and fussing about in bis brand now gold colour jacket and cap ; and Pigott in suy blue and straw cap, a bit sulky over the mount ou Lord Burghley. Then there was little Gough, who won the Cup on Zulu last year. This time ho sported Bill Branch's all white on Mistaken. a gay-looking twenty five v,o were to be HIM, (on minutoi eg-, almost every one in silk now out of the fhow—rod, blue, yel low, and all colou s, dazzling you every where. •

"A wet Cup,'' says one, "Hear it rat tling ou the tin roof," says ni.oiher ; and another sings " In the ruin, in the rain." Hales looked anything but pleasant, and you could hardly get a word out of him edgeways. It waau t the course for Swoet Tommy. My spirits were rising as it pel ted. Last night I had about as much idea of winning this Oup as well you. but when I heard the rain, I said, "lin in it, boys." iho balls ring to weigh, and out we bundle. Colley, (or First Water, slipsrouud the smartest of tho lot, with the yellow jacket and crossed black sashes, like a pair of braces. A regular family party stops him, two ladies and boys and girl?, '' Hope you'll win." "Hope so;" that's what every one cays. Tho smallest kid in tho race was Barr, riding Flying Jib. What that young ster wanted with tunning backwards and forwards so often across the paddock no one could make out. First he forgot his saddle, and then had to run back to the horse shed for that. '

Down comes the rain, and not a horse pntst bis note out of the sbeds at ten minutes to four. At last the starting bell sounded. What a mob there was in the sheds, eh t You aonld haidiy move. Every moment there would ba some gentleman rushing off to tho betting riHg, to b»ck something, with tho notes in his fiat. 1 hose fellows under the swathing board verandah were hauling in tho flimsies juet as fast as evur they could—all ready money, and all thrown away ! Did you watdb that chap ntufiing and cramming the notksinto his leather bap! Well, out comes little Barr, on Flying Jib, the first. He had no «oat or anything over his jacket, and tho people' Rave him a tit of a cheer as he cantered along tbe straight What a ruth and a scamper there was up to tho Saddling Paddock itaud, to ccc the horses come out. Nearly all of us had on coats or something. Did you see Savill run up and speak to me 1 He sijs, "By the Lird, you are in it to day. Don't get blocked, Assyrian cau take tlis Cup to Adelaide in such weather as this. Send him along." He patß tho horse on tbe ucclc, give, him a slap oa the quarter, and say, " It all rests with you, Muichy, to make it another Zalu suprite ;" " I'll do it, sir, if it oin be dune. No fear of mo being blocked." At the start I was pretty well in tho middle, aud hadn't auy thing to complain of iv getting away. We were wheeling and worrying about for about ton minutes, be cause soma follows wjuld keep creeping over the line chalked on tbe gra«s. Tlioro was Wutson calling out and thicatening. Just as I began to think we wonld nover get off, I beam the shout of "Go I" Cap ping ray heels to his sido, I was off—away I For only a moment we were, nil iv a line. One flash takes us ovor tho strip of dead gra«s luid acres tho iirat training gallop, la a fow jumps we are over tho brown stop of tan. All along the line on the right hand side from the swarm of peoplu on carts, there wcro cries as we swept by, but you couldn't bear what they said. Tbe shout from tho hill was quite plain when wes'arted, like'Oh-Ah!" I had got rather behind. Ihorowas a rush galloping in front of me, the red of Stockwell, Littlo Jaak's white, Sauta Claus's maroon, and a wholo lot more. 1 believe Flying Jib wai in front, but couldn't see, as wo had begun to tail off, and hug the inside rail. 1 knew tbere must be a good many behind, anyhow, and that w»s a com fort. We whisked past the policemen like standing posts, in their white troupers. Where was I passing the stand ! Dashed if I knew, as wo slung round to tho river, I would be ia tho front of .the tocond di vision. Wasn't the turf splashing up! It spattered all over a fellow. Yes, you know, there wai just a littlo triflo ot dust when we started. I supposo the rain had not soaked down,

Where am I ? Btlting along tlu river. It's a straight gallop thero for near throe quarters of a mile, aod I tell you it won't do to get too far behind. I forced up a trifle. No flogging, I only 'lot him out. He wa* beautifully in hand, Ko:nc; Hke'a' lion. We skidded aloni.' nico and steady.' As I worked up to the front I could HI what was there, I polished off Santa Claim, Flying Jib, and all that flight; Of course I can't tell you what was behind. my business U only with tho front, to wear 'em down.

There's Stockwoll right ahead, aud looks full of running. Can I catch him ? At ttia scaping sheds' up comes a youngster in blue ; it's'Lqrd Lis^ar.' Ho just shoots a bolt. The whife of "Mistakea flashed be hind like tbo comet going backwards, and I called out as I bowled over Sweet Wilt Ham, " Good-bye, Tommy ; I told you I was in it, and l am." Bluo with whito sleeves runs mo close, bat lying off. It's Ssgenhoo doing a good bat; and I called out to P wer who was making play with Darebin, " Grand hoise as he is, be can't do it this time." To wbJch ho answered, "No, Ihe going is too heavy, but I'll be about." Thrro was a good deal of tilking and phoutinp amon.2 the jockoys, though you would hardly believe it. So we went round to tha turn. Now cr nevor. I fancied Stockwell would shut up all in a momont and fall back, but he did'nt. At the turn in I had a splem id place, just to come and go us I lilcd. There was no thing to trouble us now—the ruck beaten off. It seotnod to ms the race was safe if Stockwell compounded, and that I could reijeb. him anyhow with an eflbrt I could hear something ecarhperjng' jii> t-ne insido, but didn't look. To make snro I drove along undor tho whip. It was Care bin close up. I could feel him snorting on me, However, Stockwell was all my aim,, and 1 felt I could catch him when I liked, and when coining up said to Reilly, "It's between us, old man, and I think I can beat you ;" and I hafl him beat before home. Not to'be dpnp Qn the popf,' J shoved Aisyiian hand and (opt, and won tolerably easy, though not by so muoh. Vid you ever hear such a ragged cheer as they gave me coming past tho Lawn ? Because the public has lost, it is savage. A few made a Hooray as I walked tho horse up to the door of the scale room. '1 be best wod, I tell you.' Don't make any mistake about it. Every other horse was puiripM out but him,

Gudgeon Parties in England.

'niE institution, pr rather tlje jrpvival of gudgeon pn,'ties on the Thames has added a now ?est to rivprsidp res'denpp this sum mer. Kprpetual lawn tgDni^i like perpetual croquet, has boon found to w.|nt a rpTjof of some kind. The delight) of a houseboat and all the cha>ms of rowiDg, canoeiug, and pijotip" have been found at last to lack that element O« omusp>#6n* the contern illative man's recreation supples. Hence dwellers by the Thames have been inviting their friends to gudgeon parties, an they !j.rp sailed, and very pleasant such holiday makings havp prpyed, There is about them none of the preparation ans irrwedimenta of more serious angling excur sionfl.' JN6 special feind of rod is necessary; Gudgeoning is keenly enjoyed by1 wpnipn who would be indifferent to. the charms of spinnlna, eyen with, spoonbait, and com plejely calloas tothee?eitetaen(; of troping; and it is the delight of feminine1 eompataion. ship which makes such angling really holi day sport,— London Daily iVqWi

THE COMET SENSATION.

Calculations made by the Astrono-

mers in Washington,

[From the New York Sun.)

WASBIKGTON, September 22,—Tho follow ing are the views of Professor Boss of the Dudley Observatory as gained from him in a conversation tbia evening. He says : "A« computed by Professors Fihby and I Skinner, the accordance of the elements above given with those of the great ciinet of 1880 is all that could have been expected, even were it known to a ceitaiuty that the two bodies are one and the same. The perihelion distance of this comet, 800,000 miles, is amorjg the four or live smallest on record. Tho element in the present com putation which is theoretically the most certaiu is the inclination, and this, as has been seen, differs leas than one degree from that of the 1880 comet, Furthermore, when tho present elements are projected back ward to find the place of tho comet ou September llth, it is-.found that the place of the Eio Janerio comet of that date is not very well represented. At that date the present comet must have been a bright olject in the southern hemisphere, and could not fail to be detected. Since only one comet was reported by Cruls, there is no escape from the conclusion that that one must have been identical with the one now aten. Ie follows, from the fact that the Oruls comet waswestof the computed position,that the perihelion distance, aa now computed, is considerably too great. Again, the elements of Prosfcssor Frisby and ekinner are com puted on the only supposition that can bo made with the first orbit of a comet—tb.v of motiou in a parabola. The moat troublesome po'nt in ihe case U the difficulty of suppostug that the 1880 comet has suddenly bean reduced from thirty-seven years to lets than thi oe. On the other hand it may be said tbat it is not absolutely necessary to make this supposi tion, for if the 1843 comet returned any where between the middle of March and the middle of May in any year tho chances of its being seen from the earth would be almost nothing, because it would have ap proached the sun from the side opposite the earth, and, aflor passing very closely around, it would also have gone back again on t}io aide opposite tho earth. Thus the comet may have returned once or twice, or even more times in the interval between 1843 and 1880 without having been seen from tbe earth Consequently there may have been a gradual diminution of periodic time. If, however, theto has been a sud den reduction of tbe periodic time from thirty-seven to a little more than two yours and a half, it follows almost certainly that the next reduotion may be proportionally great. We may even havo the comet crashing into tho sun next year. What tbe results of that crash may be is a prob lem yet to bo solved. Ie must now bo conceded that a comet has a solid nucleus. The nucleus of the Wells oomet was distinctly seen in an ob serration at the Dudley Observatory on June 11 last, and was estimated to be not less than 400 miles in diameter. The nuc leus of tho present com't Is probably mucb greater, and when we reu-ewber that this comet will rush into the sun with a veloc ity of 400 miles per second, no one can von turj an adequate or accurate estimate of tho possible consequence*. Whenever that event shall happen it will be important tor astronomers to have some warning. • Mo.t fortunately the ell m- nts of this comet in dioate that it will be much longer in view than weie either of the comets in 1843 or 1880, so that thero will ho tome chance to determine the fo m of tho otbit, and tbus the time which mast elapse before it comes back.

According to tho present elements, the comet wa3 1G.000,000 railes from thesuti on September 19, and 25,000,000 on the 21»t. On the former date it wa* 103,00u,000 miles from the earth, and on the latter 107,000,000. It is thus going away both from tho sun and tho earth. There is not the least doubt of tbis. Opi)osin(/ Views ot Astronomers as to its identity with the Comet of ISSO. Washington, Sept. 24.—The observa tions of tho comot at the Naval Observa tory during the pa-t week were taken as a part of tho regular duty of ihe astronomers stationed th.-re, aud without reference to the theories put forth by Professor Boss, although they strongly tend to their veri fication. In a biief interview with Com mander Sampson, tho following explana tions of the foregoing observation* were obtained:—

'' From the elements above gi?en it will bo »«n tbat the comet passed at a di*tnuco of 791.000 miles Irom the n\a on tho 22nd, which is less than the diameter of the suu, and probably tho nearest approach mo do by any comet yet obser/ed. It is more tbnn probable, however, that many tf ihe comets which upproaca nearest the sun ure never visible. The very fact of thi-ir near approach to tbo sun, although it brings them near tho earth, decreases the chances of seeing them. l\l»ny readers will recall the fact that during tho total eclipse oa May 17 last, observed iv Upper E^ypt, a large comet was scon, and oven photographed,nesr the sun, whilo it w s eclipsed. Two photo graphs of the comet were taken whilo 'he sun was in eclipse, within a minuti and a half ot ea«h other; yet, short a« was the in terval, it was suflicieot to show that the ctmnt was moviog away from tbo sun. Seneca relatoß that a similar observation wai made sixty-threo years before the Christian era, when, during a total eclipso of tho sun, a large comet was seen near it. We mnv thercforo fairly infer that many of the»o splendid meteors visit our sysiem without beconrnsr visible to u». As comets a-o liable to undergo great changes, it be come* impossible to identify them by their appearance. 'I h-i spec;rosoopo may yet furnish the means of identification, as on tho occasion o.f the fir?1; appearance of this comet it serv. d to determine the direction in « hich it was moving. " On tbe other hand, tho piano in which each comet moves h not liable to any con siderable change, and it thoreforo beepmes pjßsible to identify them by their path in tho heavens Comparing the oleiuenta. of tkis comet with those of the coinot of 1880, they' are fquud to ho, so nearly alike as to warrant' tfts belief that the comets are ideutioal. The comet ib nq\y moving in a direction a littlo south of west and away from the earth, and will toon ba invisible, Thoso who will risa before tho sun may still see It, under favourable conditions, about ono hour west or higher than the sun, and a triile south of it."

Professor Chandler's Opinion

Boston, sep'ember 23. -Tho result of computations made at Harvard Observa tory by Professor s*. C. Chandler, Jr., on tbe hypothesis that the new comet is identical with the comet of 1880, shows that this hypothesis is untenable, and that the belief of the return in 1884 and the possible fall into the sun is un war.anted. Tho ground taken by Professor Chandler is that the observations ot the comet oi 1880 cannot possibly be reconciled with to short a period. ' " '

SORAPS.

A MOUSE in a basket ot bread is a gnawing thing. The hammock is a harmless thing as long as you keep.out of it. Patents for car coupler* are issued at the avorage rate ot obo every d,ay. Women Who "rid* tricycles in England are beginning to wear trousers, " Blojidin, although fifty.eight years ujd, is still walking the tight-rope in Berlin. Electtioity displacos oil in forty-two light-houses on the French coast. The strongest plume in wisdom's pinion is the remembrance of past tolly. The, man who was buried alive had grave reasons to believe tbjit somebody had blundered.

The sn'Ab who \years an eye-glass for the looks' of tlie thing'might' u% well walk lame for the fame purpose. The man who sat down on a neat of hprnpta in a rye fjeld takes no interest \\\ "What shall tlio harvest bo J" Jt is stated that the State coffers of Italy now pontaiu EJSO OOQ.OOQ of coin laid up toward the abol^ipn qf t;ho force 4 paper purranoy, The vope with which a Kansas murderer was hanged has been woven into book marks and given the convicting jurors as a Keepsake. Jjprd Bacon once remarked that reading makes a'fuU man. perhaps it was called i' reading " in those days. A couple of male deer fought with a swan and whipped it, hence the expression, f! Two harts that beat a swan." A genius has discovered bow to pickle eggs so that they will keep for two years. J}j that time they wilt be well seasoned for lecturers on the (esthetic in art, ■ Women aie net naturally funny. They range above or below it, ' Thoy may be keon and'witty, tut ore not apt to be humorous. .Nevertheless they are good creatures— many'of them.

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TpORTHCOMING LAND SALES BY T. W. HICKSON & CO. THE BONA FIDE NATURE Of a'l Sales undertaken by T. W. Hickson and Co. U guarantor! by the faot that they depend entirely upon all the Jand tbey offer being sold to recoup them their expenditure In Burveye, 'l'.hogr»pblng, advertising, and other expenses o( bii'o Vendors only pay a commission on HOtrml Bale, whioh commission is to cover all ohnrgo?. If the land Is not Bold, they (T. W. H. and Co ) are at the 1039 of the whole outlay in survey*', etc Tboy are therefore bound to have *uoh modorate npset prioea fixed as Will ensure a silo: conafQus-nlty tho publlonuy depend on eouing valua for tho r money, as in no case does thl-i firm undertake Bales where exorbitant values are looked for by the vendor?. ABarolt, our vendo-sare owners of many years standing (not speculators, who marely buy to sell at exorbitant prices), yielding to the preesnre of an aivjno'n; and rapidly increasing popu puiatlon that la deßirons ot seeing large estates brokoii up and acquiring an Interest in the 801 l —tho Land for tho People. '10WANDS THE KND Off NOVEMBER. COKNaiLI/.—Ten small Farms, containing from 4 to 40 aorea, situated 12 mil— out of town, by a good metal road, in the oentre of Paku. rangi. one ot the most thickly populated small farm distrlota in the North Island. The latta is all of good qnality. ranging in value from fi7 to £25 an aero, and only nseda to be seen by tho p arjtioal farmer to be appreciated. ,Thero is an exeeliont Govt rnment S inool alongside the pro perty—^ Smithy Post oflloe. Public Hali, eta Dally Mail Coach to and from town—one of the beet in Auokland. The whole di-triot is noted for ibe all-round prodnctlvenesa i f it< soil, and suitability for l arming in all its brunchea. It ia clone to tbo fir-funi'd elud farms of the Mes-ira Maoleaa, aad no district in the colony can beat this one for average yield ot corn or quality of (took of all klndß produo. d in lr. Tha Property has not had fair play, or it would have a much better appear ance than It now wear?. Still, tbe aurreuading farms all give evidence of what may be done with tbe land it f Urly treated. It la a very rare occurrence for a farm in the dlstrloc to oaanae hand?, and a actable fact that while it la diffi cult t.j tuduoa adjoining owners to sell, thore la always koen competition amongst them for any portions ot land that do happen to come Into' the market, and the oldest established residents have been tteadlly adding to their estates bb opoortunitlea effired. Means of conveyance will be afforded to per sons deßiring to view the estate, »nd the fullest information siven by the ugenlF. tiithographß now in the Press. W> STBORY.-Thls Bide of Momlogalde. IB situated within eaßy reach of town, either by road or rail, being a short distance beyona the Water works, on tha one haiid, and not far from the Mount Albert Railwac station on the other. The band ia of tnat medium quality, between olay and voloanio, tnat ia u> eminently suited fur the growth o' fruit and garden prodnoe of every deßcrintion Being well sheltered from the prevailing south-westerly winds, well watered, and sloping gently towards the sun, no bettor situation could be selected for establish ing a home with all the surroundings that could be desired by tho most enthusiastic ad mirer of the beautifulin Nature. The place is wilhin cosy walking and driving distance of tho town. The sections will vary in size to suit all requirements—fro in a quarter acre to five acres. The terms will bo such as to bring it within tho roach of tiny one of moderate means, and every facility will be given for the erection ;of build ings and other improvements. Planß in the Press. Fullest particulars obtainable of the agents. Title, Land Transfer. EARLY IN DECEMBER. GLEN GROVE.-This charming Estate sur rounds the Otahuhu Railway Station, and iB the first point on the Auckland and Waikatoline' which is at once in the country by, the seaside, and convenient to town. Here you have every advantage that-country life can afford—open fields, abundance of fresh air—milk, vegetables, and farm and garden produce in abundance, and at half tho pne- thatia pAld in toe neigh bourhood of town; butter and eggs fresh from the farms—every luxury that a country life affords, with tha advantage ot an easy, oheap. and rapid means o( transit from your door to your business office. Here, while at your work in the.o t/. you can feel tnat yonr family are happy tn the onjoyment of that hi-alta and ex hilarating exuberance ot tp.rlta im.t only a lire la the froh men 11-lds of tho country will i ensure them. To anyone fond of gardening no . butter sol. or situation could ba co.-.ired; it ia I tha very uorf eoiion of toil for gar leu or orchard i purposes—a noa. dry, voloanio loam. Upon the smallest ot tno ueot.ons ainplo t-poce may be 1 found for a bouse, gardes, and orchard, and its owner will find amii.o roooa for iho oxerolsa of any latent tilent or taste for gardening pursuit?, ami fml employment for Ms leisure momenta bofore and after bUiineaß hours. Nowhere Iv Anoklauu is the ate during the rammer, so fresh and bracing as it is in this neighbourhood, tetn parod as it is b/ th« coot waters ot the Mannkau harbour. To tho_ whose ave oatlonsoompel them to toll in tho enervating atmosphere o( the city daring the day, nothing oould fnd more to invigorate their Byßteais than the trip out bj rail to fillen Grove, A fea ture ac oooa novel and poßSOssing sterling advantages will be noticed in the laying out of the sections and roadc Koch of the b_«U aeet tlons has a frontage, or ingress to, a permanent pasture reserve in tne centre ot eaoh b:ook; no two of these small reotlons are back to baok, <>nt all are backed bra green field. By tbe con ditions of sale, these will be reserved for open pastures for all time. So that, however thickly popuia ed the plaoe may become, It will always have these open breathing Bpaces in the midst of the various blocks ot buildings. In the matter of scenery, Glen Grove will yield the palm to no other plaoe about Auckland, It , must be seen 10 be appreciated, as It la no* possible to do justice to it in a short paragraph suoh as this. It being Impossible to fully describe the many attractions offered to those Booking rural huma P, at moderate prloes, not too far from tha city, we oan only urge those deslr. Ug.uoß, to pay a visit etin-p*otlon betote in VOulln< elswehere. Terms — One fourth cash, balance at s yen per can. Lithographs wilt shortly be oat. 'I Itle, Lands Transfer. STIRLINGWORTH, HIKUTAIA, THAMES VALLEY— 2000 acres of Mr Honry Alley's really magnificent estate will be offered to the public early in December, in sections of various. sizes, and will afford a rare opportunity to ac-. quire' a good farm in a good position. On a maifP trunk road.propoßed trunk linoof. railway, and tlno navigable river. Land of. the riohes.t quality. There has been nothing equal in any respect to this property submitted to tho publio for many years past. The whole of tho interior traifio of" tho Patcterc, Matamata. Waitoa, Araha, and Thames Valley country, whother by Rail or Water, will have to pass over or by it. It is in the centre of the best market for produoa, in New Zealand, namely, the Goldfleldsp^ the Thames Peninsula, besides Timber Mills and other industrial establishments employing a largo number pf hands. Steamers are constantly plying np and down the river, affording easy r^nd rapid means of conveyance to the markets. A largo portion of the.land is in the richest pasture, carrying and fattening a large number of stock, whioh find a ready sale at top prices in the Thames markets. There is nothing that a semi-tropical climate can produco that cannot bo grown to perfection on the warm, sheltered, alluvial flats of Stirlingworth. Absolutely with out reserve. Full particulars will be printed on lithographs, which will bo sent to any address onreceipt of Post Card, or may be had ftt the Off—o of tho Agents. Title—Land T, ranker, VAUXHALL, NORTH SHQRE.-Tho owner of this charming in complianoo with the desire pf desirous of acquir ing sections for building, has arranged with us to subdivldo it and place it in the market early in Deoembor. This property was one of the earliest selections, and tho person selecting, it might well olnim to have picked tho eyes out of the North Shore, when he had scoured | this, -t must bo neea to b,e at urt olated. But , we may briefly mention that it ia sun»ted at the ' woßt-rn iml ot tha OnaUennam Beaob of i wnlch. aa well a« the r- orth Head, Mount Vic toria, and a nuDibsr of the Islands studding the Uaurakl Gulf, It oommands a full view. Many < hundreds o( pounds have baen spent in adorn ing and bc-autlfylrg t-e grounds, so that no .matter where v section may b,i Ba'ectart, Its o*ner will bscome tho pausessor i.f ready laid oat grounds, with hosts ot fruit and ornamental i trees, which have taken jearj to reaoh theßtate of perfeoiloa and beauty they now present. Croquet lawns, bower,, shruftberlsp, plantations i -natural, ornamental and useful—oranges, and : other frnlt trees in Ju!l bearing, The sea and i 'Oheltonham lioaoh Is within a hundred paces, and only ten to fifteen minutes' walk by a gcod footpath and matat road from Uevonpott \Vharr. , Nt)tnlt)ge:selikeß anywhere about Auokland ' ior the North Bhurfc, 1 :.;..--■.' i' i 1 he Survey and Flagging will be done with the least possible delay, and dVio of Bale duly i notlfled.-Titlo. Land Transfer. Wa havo nlao a small but neloet Hat of CITY, SUBURBAN, and COUMTRY Properties tor Private Salo, to whioh we beg to draw the attention ot investors. GENTLKMEN'd RESIDENCE?, with and ! without grounca CITY BUILDING SECTIONS, suitable for warehouses. CITY BUaiNHS-l PRHMI3B?, yielding good ateadv rentals and laorca^lng in value. SUBURBAN BUILDING SITES, suitable ' for Gentlemen's Residences. A few Very Superior FARMS, such as are seldom offered to the public. None but First-class Properties entered on our Lists. ] ] ■.....■I . 1 T. W. HICKSON & C>., ISTATB AGENTS AND ATJCHONRKRS, CIVIL ENGINEERS AND ARCHITECTS, SffR VEYO&B AND LAND BROKfiES (Licensed under tho Land Transfer Aot), ■ Authorised Native J_nd, Surveyors, Quepn-street Auckland (Qyer Goodsorl'g Arcade),



'£HE JMPERIAL gCHIEDAM. QCHNaPPS, A PORE AROMATIC SPIRIT, *§ Distilled and prepared In Sohledam. Hnii.-* from an Original .Receipt and passeSTl S Rare Medioinal QuoJitlos In all * DIBEABEB of XHa KIDNEYS, _LADDER, And URMARV OKGAWS. A Tonio, Diuretic, Antl-Dyspsptlo CORDTat by the reoommendatlon ot the Leadino Continental Pbyaiolans, and la now ACKNOWLEDGED AS THE LATHS r AHD MOST VALUABLE REMEDY FOB il GRAVEL, GOUT, & CHRONIC RHEIT MATISM. v «| The Trade and Consuroera are canttonn* againßt spurious imitations, the genuine nnl» bearing the signature and address of thenr!. prletor, ""' HENRI J. HART, MELBOURNE. Used In the Melbourne Hospital, and awaMa* by the Jury FIRBT PHIZi: at the Mef. bourne International Exhibition, DR. HASSALL'S REPORT. " The Analytical and Sanitary InatitnUnn "54, Holbarn ViadßQt. 8.C., '' "London, _S*_y.'iß7j Report of a-Sample of Imperial Soaie_m' Kohnapps, received from Mr H. J. Hart " We have Bablooted a sample of the abova.' namod article to a veryoirefol ohei_o_oiiaivßia and examination. v"ua .-,.; "Theresults of the nnalyslß, whioh are wt '■' forth in a separate roport. Bhow that this sotoi is of good strength, praotlonliy free from acldltv and that 1c contains bnt traces ot solid matter In solution. It possesses a delicate and agree able aroma, and a pnra and mild taßte. Mr Harfß Sohledam Schnapps is a very Bunerlnt artlole of its class, ia well purified, and onitn genuine, ™p"J%iJ "(Signed) ABTHtra H. Habbail. M.D., " Author of' Food and its Adulterations'&«. " Otto Hkhkbe. F.O.S. " Publio Anaiytt," Wholesale Agent i AKTHUR H. NATHAN.' /' "DEDUCTION IN FIRE KATES NEW ZEALAND INSURANCE COMPANY, CAPITAL .. ..ONE MILLION BTKRLINGI FIRE RIBKB taken on tho most LIBKSAX TERMB. " PROMPT SETTL'ftMKNTk UNDOUBTED BEOURHT. GEORGE P. PIERCE, General Manager; HEAD OFFICE: PROVINOIaI BUILDINGS, WELLINGTON, OO—HIBBIONEB . D. M, LOOKIBi The Only New Zealand Lira Omen GOVERNMENT SECURITY, MUTUAL INSURANCE, LOWEST PREMIUMS! An Insurance ot —1.200. at the Premium oharged elsewhere for £1,000, being equivalent to an IMMEDIATE BONUS of A2OD, in Addl tiok to Fm_ Pabtioipatiqw rw Profits, Astenoles at nearly all Money Ordsr Foot Office* in the Colony. Prospectus setting forth the very LIBERAL REGULATIONS and LOW PREMIUMS Ol the Government Offloe can be obtained „ application, < ___ |||j WORKMEN'S JLkSURANOI Specially provided for lb the INDUSTRIAL BRANCH. Policies IftatrtD toom et Upwards, PREMIUMS PAYABLE WEEKLI, For which a Collector will call, 9PEOIAL TABLES FOR CHILDREN, The Only Industrial ofitoe WITH Participation - ds Profits and government skoubity. Palicise of £20 and upwards, after Three Ycari,' can bo a—Tendered for Cash, or for a Free Polios', Mababeb . C. GODFREY KNIGBT HE HELENSVILLE TIMBER'COMj PANY, LIMITED. WORKS : HKLENSVILLE. AWOKX.AND OFFICE COLONIAL BANK DDILMNOS, Having a Railway Siding running into their Works, are open to supply contractors and others with Sawn Timber, delivered-at any station on the Kaipara and Waikato Railways. A Wharf with deep water frontage to the river, the Company are enabled to load vessels along, side the Mill for Southern ports and Australia. Have special facilities for supplying long lengths on short notice. All communications to do addressed to JOHN MILNE, ' ' X Secretary Ba Colonial Bank Buildings, Auckland.. - FRO S P E O ._ US or THK X HELENSVILLE FLOUR MILL COM. PANY (LIMITED). CAPITAL .£26,000 In 20,000 Sbarkb ov £1 Kaob, Paya lb as follows: —Ten ShllUngs rer Share to be paid during the first Twelve ■' j Months; One Shilling; on application; One Shilling on allotment: Two ShllUngs on Ist February ; Two Shtlllnes on Ist May; Two Shillings on Ist August; Two Shillings on Ist of September, 1883. PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS: Mr John Foster Mr H. P. Kavan&gh Mr James Hand Mr Isaac MoLeodi ■ '. : Mr D. MoOlennan Mr William Adama Mr H. A. MoLBOd. With power to add to their number. Bankers: National. ank of New Zealand. Solicitors: Messrs Dlgnan and Armstrmpr. Secretary pro tern. : Joseph Grlfflthß. The objects of tbe Helonßvlllo Flour Mill Com. Sany (Limited) will bo the oreotion of a Flout . 111 l and Grain Store, and tho Importation o Grain from the South or any other part of th world where they can purchase with advan tage. •' ."rfjflt The advantages that the proposed Company would possess over all others in the province are patent. Vessels coming from the Souths a Kaipara Ports for timber are, as a rule.fretsrritel with grain, and the Ho'.ensville Timber Com. pony's mills being now in fall operation would be a greftt inducement tor that class of vessels to run to Helensvllle, and would ensuro cheap freights, whilst tbo consumption ot flour in the Kaipara sjone will guarantee a large trada to the Company. Coffee i Coffee t Coffee i ; s. c. brown, Durham-street, Auckland, flour miller and coffee & bpics IMKrtCHANT, Has Always on hand and FobSaib— FLOUR, In Baoks, luO"f, and ao's, " Blue" brand. FLOUR. In sacks, 100'p, and SO's, " Red" brand BRAN AND SHARPS RAW AND ROASTED COFFEE PEPPER AND SPIOES. ' X the matter of COFFEE, theattontte of the Publlo ia called to the excellence ot my brands, and a trial solicited. The Mixtures are composed only of the Btst Plantation Coffee ' aad the Best Chloory procurable, and may bs . characterised thus— " Eagle" (my bOBt brantl), nearly pure coffes "Ship" and •'Camel," medium ooffeeß ot great strength and flavour " Castle* and " Lsopard." low medium and common ooffees. To lovers of really fine Coffee. I strongly re oommend the " Kagle." bnt to the general taste Medium coffees are found to be most acceptable, and I say, therefore, Try THK SHIP BrtAND Try the OAMEL Biubd Procurable from all Merchants and Star* keepers, loose, and in tins, lOlbe., SSlba, lllba,, >7ib&, olbe.. libs.. 2lbs„ and lib. | pOFFEE! pOFFEEI /-(DFFEEI K:eating's Powders KKATING'S POWDER MKATINS'S POWDEK ' \%£ KEATING'S POWDER KILLS BUGS, FLWIS. MOTHB. - ~ BEHTLMP. This Powder is Quite Harmlrss to Animal Life, bat Is unrivalled In destroying fleas, bags, oookroaohes, beetles, moths la ©JJfSII and every other speolea of inseot. Sporta- ■ | men will find this invaluable for deßt-pa , ; fleas in their dogs, as alao ladles for their - . pet dogs. This article h»s Found fo Great a Salb that It has tempted others to vend a BO called article in imitation. The Publlo are Cautioned that the tins of the genuine m powder hear tbe autograph ot THOMAS X katING. —EATING'S WORM TABLETS KEATivG'a worm tablets ,4 KKATING'S WORM TABLKTB KBATiNG'S WORM TABLETS A PuftßtY VKaETAHttf SWUKTMBiI. both in appearanoe and taato, farnlßhlnga moßt agreeable method of adminlsterUiK the only certain remedy for INTKSTINAU or THREAD WORMS. It la a perfeoO? cafe ond mtld preparation, and la espeoiauj adapted for Children. .y'tM Sold In Tins by all Chomiata and Drag* - glßta. • " ■_*"." • t;,- PRO?BIEIOat THOMAa KEATING, lONDON, . .