RAMBLES ROUND THE WORLD IN 1882.

[SPECIAL TO THE STAB,]

A Dreadful Tragedy.

IT began to get light just as we reached Dormer Lake, and I got a good view of this mirror-like sheet of water, surrounded by mountains with snow-clad summits. It derives its name from an awful tragedy •auacted there. In early days a party ol emigrants, headed by a Mr Dorner, set out from the Eastern States for the Western Pacific Coiwt, under tho guidance of a Cali iorniiui trapper. They reached the Sierra Nevada at the fall of the year. The guide, aware of the danger of being over taken by winter in thcae inhospitable 'regions, urged greater speed. A detach ment of the party took his advice and were safe. Bat ,Mr Dormer and tho remnant loitered. They reached tho liko referred to, and had scarcely formed their camp for the night when the wtather broke up, and one of the terrible Btorms of the district 'burst upon them. The greater portion of the cattle they had with them were terrified, broke away, aud were lost. At the first lull, the remnant of the party proposed at once to start for the coast ; but Mr Dormer said he should remain till the weather im proved. They failed to persunde him of the folly of his decision, and at length all but one man, a German, who chose to re main with Mr Dormer and his wife, set out on their perilous journey, and after sur mounting many dancers, and enduring inconceivable hardships, they succeeded in reaching the plains. They knew that any attempt to carry auccour ti the three prisoners left behind, before the icy barrier of the wiuter should be rendered practicable by return of spring, would be useless. So soon as the winter sohtice was drawing to a close, a party of bold men started for the camp, expecting to find the three persons alive and well, as it was assumed they had plenty of provi sions. But, on. their arrival, they were horrified at seeing a solitary man crouching before a fire, gnawing the half wasted re mains of a human arm and hand. This was the German. He started to bis feet on the appearance of the strangers, clinging to the remains of his repast as if he feared they would deprive him of it. In a moment or two they overpowered the maniac, and took the nrm from him by main force. That man still lives, I believe, having recovered in course of time. His tale is that first Mr Donoer died, and then his wife, aud that he was forced to feed upon the corpse of the latter to sustain his own life. Many daric sus picions of foal play were entertained, and are even now in circulation ; but the real facts of the case will never be known until the day when the secrets of all hearts trill be revealtd.

Ascending the Sierras. The express from San Francisco, bjr which we were to resume our jonroey, ar rived at 5.50 p.m., and in a few minutes we ■were ascending towards the Sierra Nevada. It is a vexatious thing for the tourist that some of the grandest scenery of the moun tain* is passed in che night; and the day freight trains offer such mis ersble accom modation for passengers that they have no choice but go in the night, unless they are prepared to rough it in the extreme. [ sat on the pin'form the greater part of the night, bat could make nothing out dis tinctly ; and for nearly a hundred miles nothing could have been seen had it baen dayiight,for we were running through snow sheds." formed almost like immense wooden tunnels.

Visit to Salt Lalce, and Sermon in the 'tabernacle. After descending the Sierra Nevada, the highest rjoint of which is 7,037 feet above the level of the sea, the route lies across a de?crt, only occasionally relieved by small patches of fertile land and little f-ettie nients, '.'. he only really intcre-tins; portion of this part of the journey is the Palisades, a tract of rugged mountain scenery. After two nights, passed very comfortably on the teds of the sleeping car, we arrived at Ogden about 830 a.m. And here we broks the direct journey for the purpose of visiting the Salt Lake City and the American Fork Can yon, A branch line runs from Ogden to Salt Lake, and in about two honrs we were in the capital of the Mormons. The city contains some fine buildings, and the streets are well laid out—avenues of trees are planted at the edge of the pathways on both sides, which not only afford refreshing shade, but add very much to the appear ance of the place. The best hotel in the city is the Walker House; there we put up. But the chief points of interest to me were the Tabernacle and the Mormon worship, of which I had heard so much. Accor dingly, I went on Sunday afternoon to see and hear for myself; and never, in all my life, have I neard such a parody of worship —worship, did I aay ? There was nothing of the kind, except the opening hymn and prayer,all the rest was a kind of apotheosis of luat and lawlessness. The structure itself is unique. I question if there is such another self-supporting roof in the world. From the outside, it looks like the half of an immense egg-shell; galleries run round three sides of the interior, and at the back of the plattorm, which is at one end, there is a very fine organ, and orchestral seats for a numerous choir. The middle of the plat form is taken up with seats rising one above the other for the various officials, president, apostles, bishops, elders, seventies, teachers, &c, &c. Behind a table, immediately below the platform, and on which the sacramental elements were spread, sat twelve bishops, who, during the singing, were busy breaking large slices of bread into little bits. After i,he hymn and prayer, which were the only parts of the whole ceremony of n devotional character, a Mr George Q. Cannon wan put np to -<rjoak and he ocsupied nearly all the rest of tnc time. He had beon elected .a mem'ocr of Congress, and had been to Washington ; but was not allowed tn ake his sea. The United states Government are beginning to realise the true character of this festering sore of Mormonism, and are trying to sup press it. A law has been passed prohibit in" polygamies from holding any office umler Government. Henco Mr Cannon's ilipqualification, for I was told he has four wives I I give you, in his own words, a specimen of his speech, and your readers will be able to form an id»a of the kiod of pabulum supplied to 10,000 persons-for there were fully that number ia tho Taber nacle— as spiritual food.

"Some of .lie most absurd argument?are used by pennle to sustain their opposition to our" marital institut ons. They ask whether devotees of a religion inculcating the burning of widows, or the offering of human sacrifices, ought not to be put down by legislation. As if there were no_ din- Election between murder and marriage.

The one is a crime, the other in not. Plural marriage is also confounded with bigamy, out bigamy is a crime, plural mmriagc m ot. Wherein consists the crime or bigamy ? r»ot in the fact that a man marries two wives, but that lie does so secretly, thereby wronginf? both. But we do nothing of the kind. Take my own case for example. My domestic relations are pretty well known, and a man may speak or himself witn freedom and certainty. The young lady to whom I wag first engaged waited for me a long timo while I was un mission ary duty. Before we wore united I said to her, "Let us be frank. I be. lieve in patriarchal privilege*. Ido not soy that I shall take another wife; but in case circumstances should aiise. to make me foel it to bo a duty to do to, how would you act, how would you feel?" She replied, "I believe as you believe, and if you Bhould hereafter feel it to bo yonr duty to take another wife beside me, I will not object. I will be no hindrance." (Applause from the women present). Where then, I ask. is the crime ? Where is the divine law that prohibits ouch an arrangement? 3fo human law can justly deprive us of this liberty. In spite of Congress, in spite of hostile legislation, hi spite of a hostile press and fanatical pulpit, in spite of all the opposition that may bo levelled against us, we will clim* to a privilege conferred upon us' by direct revelation from God I" At the close of this precious baiangue, of which tho foro goingiso.nlya small sample, John Taylor, the present President of the Mormon Church, successor to Brigharn Youn^, not np and endorsed all tnat " our dear Brother Cannon has mud," and in tho course of his speech made the following blasphemous comparisons. " Some of you perhaps may think that it is humiliating iur brother Cannon to return in tho way he has done, not having been permitted to take his seat in Congress. I want to make a remark or two in relation to it. Tho fcon of Hod appeared on earth, bnt lie was not permitted to have a place among men ; and they cried out at last 'Crucify him, crucify him, it is not fit that ho >h»uld live' .... Brother Canuon lias heun absent a long time, aud I was going to say something, and do not know but 1 will; Jesus descended into Hell, and I am in clined ti thiok that he (Cannon) has been very near the borders of it." A Grand Canyon. After a day or two in Salt Lake City, we took train to American Fork to see the cele brated canyon. Two hours' niu brought ns to American Fork House, kept by an old German named Kepperneck. He professes to be a Mormon, but 1 think in his heart he despises the abominable superstition. He is a genial, kind-hearted host, aud though his house has none of the pretensions ot a lirst-class hotel, it is a model of cleanliness and homely ceinfoit. 'l'ouristi cannot do better than place themselves under the care of Mr and Mrs Kepperneck. The next day, after an early bicakfast, we started in a waggon furnished by our host, and driven by his man, for the canyon, For several miles we went along a ilat country, dotted here and there with farms that are made productive by irtigation ; the unreclaimed land being alternate stretches of rand, sage bush, and boulders. Evidently, at one period, the whole plain has been under water. Utah Lake U seen in the distance, and on every side the Waisack ranges of mountains, the tops of most of them streaked with snow, though the summer is now well advsincud. On the right we saw the village of Pleasant Grove, and another, I was told, lies towards the north, called Alpine, but hidden from view by the in equalities of the ground. At length we eutered tho canyon, where a favourable looking shanty has been orectcd, and a fiate, at which a toll of fifty cents is demanded, But how shall I describe the grandeur of the scenery as we advanced ! The canyon isanrrrow rift in tho mountain range, in places not more than ICO feet, and ut the widest not more than a quarter of a mile broad, along which winds a narrow serpeu tine road, that crosses and recrosses a mountain stream that * rolh its im petuous waters down the rocky chanuel towards the plain, forming rapids and whirlpool? and miniature cascades. At the entrance of the canyon, the ranges on both sides are not more than 600 ft or 700 ft in height, but the road continues to ascend, and. the mountains rise higher and higher, until the former has attained an altitude of 11,000 ft above the sea,aud the latter 2,500 ft above that. These gigantic walls are chiselled by the hand of nature into every conceivable stripe — pinnacles, isolated shafts, terraces,and castellated granite fust nesses. And the geological formation of the rocks seems to be as varied as their shapes. Granite, slate, limestone, shale, and conglomerate seem in places to be built up from the bottom of the canyon in snecessive layers, some of them thin as cakes, others huge blocks. At some points the crags have the appearance of l&va that has been suddenly congealed. Months might be spent in exploring the grottoes, amphitheatres, towering peaks, and crags of this romantic region—many of the mouu tain tops so high and perpendicular above the narrow road that one's neck is strained on looking to the summit. One lofty peak is perforated by a hole, through which the sky is seen, and is called " The .Devil's Eye;" and the face of another cliff is curiously worn, and has been named " The Devil's Sled-runner," We ascended at one spot successive flights of wooden step*, lixed in practicable places, to a large over hanging cavern, in ■which a floor bas been laid, and which is used by tho inhabitants as a dancing hall. There are seats for the " wall-flowers," and an orchestra for musi cians, and a kind of screened recess or pantry for the convenience of the caterer of refreshments. Lamps are suspended from the rocky ceiling, and when lighted up at night this cavernous ball-room, hanging, as it were, between earth and sky, must have a weird appearance. We drove on through the continuous ever-changing mountainous panorama, delighted with its ragged beauties-the barrenness being on all sides relieved by the bright verdure of fir, spruce, and cedar trees that flourish on every gorge and gulch up to the very sum mit of the mountains; the delicate cover ing of the ferns, mossfls, and other parasiti cal plants that cling to every crevice and cranny of the r^ck*, and the diversified hues of the wild ilowers that adorn the lower slopes—till we reached a small flat amphitheatre called "fouth Fork." Here wo bivouacked, and en]oved the luncheon thoughtfully provided by Host Kepperneck. Never, perhaps, will it be my privilege again to partake of a repast in a dining hall whose furniture was direct froth .the hand of God, Having feasted our eyes upon the stern beauties of this unrivalled canyon, wo drove back, somewhat fatigued by tbe jolting of the waggon - the road not being after McAdara's best design—but glad that we had enjoyed tho opportunity of seeing tbe " American Fork," Formerly a narrow suoge railroad ran up tbe canyon, but for some cause or other it has bsen re moved, and visitors must now avail them selves of the ordinary vehicles in use, and submit to be "well shaken when taken."

On Monday I resume ray journey east ward. For the preeent, farewell. THE RAMBLER. July 1, 1882.

Familiar Sayings.

QUOTATIONS FROM THE 11EST AUTHORS,

Selected by Thomas M. Faster, Dunedin :— How brilliant soever an action may be, it ought not to pass for groat when it is not tho effect of great design. Great actions, tho lustre of which dazzle? us, arc repre sented by politicians as tho effects of deep design, whereas they arc commonly tho offecs of caprice and passion. Thus the war between Augustus and Antony, sup posed to be owing to their ambition to Mive a master to the world, aroso probably from jealousy,—" La Kochofoucauld." All reports as to character deal largely in exaggeration. •• I never know," says a wise man, " anyone either as good or as bad as ho wag represented."

Generally the appearance and mannors of a man will show hia charactor. Aman whoia not worth a dollar is frequently more worthy of credit than another who is tho nominal possessor of thousands. Losses almost always occur ia trusting to property anil report', and not to men. "If you have a doubt whether-a customer bo tricky or honoHt, speculative or imprudent," suys an old banker to his fellow-craftsmen, " be guided by the lirst impression—we mean the impression produced by the first inter view. In nine cases out oE ten the lirst impression will be found to bo correct."

Selected by Student, Duncdin :—

This quality of looking forward into futurity (•■ooms the unavoidable condition oE a being whose motions are gradual ami whoso life is progressive ; us his powors ;>re limited, be must use means for tin attnin ment of his etuis, aud intend* lirst what he performs hist.

It frequently happens that, by indulging early the raptures of success, wo forget the measures necessary to secure it, nud Buffer the imagination to liot in tho fruition ot some possible good, till the timo of obtain ing it has slipped away.-De Johnson;

How soon a smile of God can elmnsfo tho world! Il.iw we are made fur lKippine*.s-how work Growsl play, adversity a wiiinlnic iK-ht! 1 rue, I ha-, c ln.-sr :n imuiv ve:irs- wlmt tli..n > Many remain: God lms "been very Rood. -Robert liraimiin;/; In a lialeony.

Selected by James Walker, Invercargill :— Know then thyself, prrauma not God to" scan • lho proper study of mankind is man -I'o/h; Men som« to business, some to pleasure take. Hut overy woman Is at heart a rake: Men some to quiet, some to puhlio Btrlfo, Hut every lady would be quoun for life. — rijid. Who shall decide when doctors disagree ? -Ibid l'.vcry man ha«just as much vanity as he wunt-i understanding, -Ibid. Men an grateful in tho same tlcgrco that they are resentful. -Mil. We may sec the small value God has for riches by tho peoulo IleKivoi them to. —Ibid.

Selected by Incognito, (tore :— The dark night of temptation serves to revenl stars in our mental firmament, of the existence of which we should otherwise have had no knowledge. On all occasions the beginning should look forward to the cnA. We hate not the religion of liaro walls— We si'orn not tho cathedral pomp of prayer; For sweet arc all our Father"* festivals If contrite hearrs the heavenly banquet share; In Held or tempi" Sod is everywhere. — Written bu a Corn Law Jthl/mer. Men who have nice notions about religion have no busiues to be soldiers,— Dnke of Wellington. To overcome all feelings of religion is generally the means of making a warrior.— Sir Charles Napier. War suspends all the rules of moral ob ligation.—Edjniuid Burke. There is nothing worse than a victory, except a dofeat. —Duke of Wellington. Selected by T?liza, Urookston :— Convince a'rnrin'ngainst his will, lie will be of the same opinion still. —Hudibras. Let mehavo men about me that nro fat, Slectt-headed men, aud such 113 sleep o' nights ; Yon Cas3ius lias a lean and hungry look ;' lie. thinks too much. Such men nro, dangerous. —Julius Cicsar. The stately homes of England, How beautiful they stand, Amid their tall ancestral trees, O'er till tho pleasant hind. —Mrs Ilcmans.

A Daring Ride.

The following story, told by a cattlo-raiser of Oregon, would scorn unworthy of belief were it not that ranchmen are so often notoriously reckless of life and fond of courting danger for the reputation to be gained. A year or si since there was a " rodeo " out on Lost Kiver, Lake County. l{anch raenhad gathe>edfor a circuit of seventy miles to claim and brand their young cattle, and when a cordon of men had surrounded a large band, among which was a Spanish bull, a dispute across about a "mallet head " or calf that had escaped the spring branding. The discussion grew warm, none of the stockowners being able to set up a valid claim or establish an undoubted title.

At last, in a spirit of bravado, a rancher proposed that whoever would ride the bull without saddle or halter should be declared the owner of the calf. There was a yell of approval, but not a general stampede of volunteers, for taurus was in an ill-numour, and his foaming mouth and bloodshot eyes gave taken that whoever rode him would have a ride as wild as Mazeppa's, and one that would not end so well.

At last a " vaquero" named Frick accepted the challenge, and the bull was immediately la?soed, and held by a lariat arnind horn and foot.

Dismounting from his horse, the vaqucro fastened his long-row elled spurs securely, tied a handkerchief around his head, approached the infuriated animal, and, grasping the tail in his hands, sprang lightly on, setting the spurs dcply in his Hanks as he settled securely in his seat.

The laria's were slackened ; the bull «,ivo a roar of rage and tenor, aud llurg bis heart to the ground, but the rider had his back to the horns aud a firm grip on the tail, ami kept hia seat. Another roar that sliooK the ground, a, wild plunge, aud the now maddened bull shot out across the sage plain with lightning speed, his plucky rider twiatins? the tail that to him was a sheet anchor, until the bellowings were lost in the distance.

For over a mile imd a-hnlf the race con tinued amid the excited cheers of the vaquero's-comrades. Occasionally the hull gave a desperate plunge through a heavy clump of sage, in the attempt to ridhimeotf of his tormentor, but the loan rowels only clung more firmly to Ms flanks. Sometimes tho annual and rider wera hidden by undulations in the gromul, and bets were even, made that Fricfe would ho thrown and gored ; but at last the bull, exhausted from sheer fright, fell, and tbe plucky vaquero, steppinglightly oft", returner! to chim the prize, which wai unanimously awaided.— American paper,

The Baby's Bank.

(Mrs. M. L. Uaynb, in the Detroit Free Press.)

" No," suid tho engineer, as he closed one valve aud opened another " I wnsu't al ways an engineer. I wasn't anything for a long time. 1 had the knowledge in my head all the while, but It was lost under a heap of rubbish. What fools men are when they're left to themselves sometimes. Now look at mo. Would you say I was ever a trump ?

"Hut I was, gentlemen," ho said, coolly sighting n long stretch of road over the back curve of bis engine, and letting her out a little for v dead level heat. "I was not only a tramp, but tho meanest kind of one, and I worked harder and suffered more to get myself into that condition than I ever did to ranch tliist,"nnd ho lookml proudly at tho polished trimmlDgs of his filing stood.

"I'll tell you how It was," bo said at last, us ho slowed up to round a curve, and tben went easily on past tho fields clad in their Bummer verdure, past woods that were panoramic in a flush of beauty, and away into open country. "I was a tramp, no mutter how I came to bo, or why. 1 lost home, friends, self-respect, all that mnkeH up manhood, but I didn't wear a rod ribbou to my watch churm then, nndmy brain was muddled ; tliorc io many more like me, and I went from bad to worse, but I had never broken tho laws ; nover wroDged anyone bin myself, when I foil in with some fellows wlio thought they had found a tool, anil they had. They say every man has his price, and they ottered me mine ; it was the price of my soul, too, and I agree! to take the money and do the work.

" It was this, to sneak round and crct acquainted with thu iusidc of a house, the house of tlio richest man in tliu place, and to show them the way ; thov Baid 1 looked tlie most rrspectubto for the purpose. Gen tlerucn, you wouldn't have trusted one of the ynug with n ten ceut hit, least of all mo as I looked then, but I felt almost proud of the c "liipliiiieut, and that afternoon I whs logo up to tliu house to look for work or to ask for food, just ns it happened to strike me, when there was no one at home but the women folks, aud look round to see how wo would got in that night for robbery, ami perh&ps murder, was what tin y meant. "It was just such a pleasant, peaceful afternoon iva this, and all the doors and windows were open and not a soul saw mo as 1 lounged in through the garden and up to the verandah. The gang I had fallen iv with had made one mistake—they had kept me sober for the work, not entirely clear-bended, but sober enouuh to make mo foel I was doiiix a mean, dastardly trick, to mi\Ke wo for the first time in many a diy ashnmed of my own company. Uut I hud gone so far 1 must go on. I had walked up to the steps and into the house without mooting a soul, and I stepped iu(o n lout,', cool room, and there I saw on the mantle, in a great, clear, gold-framed glass, n white face and two rod, blood-shot eyes—my own ; but whit a fright they gave me, and then I saw something else, a small irou bink, such as children keep pennies in. It was made of latticed bars of wrought iron, and between every bar was the Rlean of coin. I hadn't a penny to my name. I was hungry, tired, foutsoro, nnd disgusted with what 1 had undertaken. It came over mo liko a ilash that I could take this money, and net out of the reach of the gang ; it wouid be n dishonesty, but not such as this they-had planned. I reached ont my hand aod stopped ; there at my very feet, on a white lace pillow, and all white and fluffy like au angel, lay the loveliest baby I ever saw in my life. She was asleep, but as I looked it her in startled wonder, she opened her eyes as wide nnd blue as daisies, bold lip both pretty hands, lauphed like a bird Kingiug, and paid, 'Joe, Joe,' which wa«n't my name at all. I didn't touch tlio baby's bank, and I didn't touch the baby. While I stood there a pale little woman came out of her room and nearly fainted when she saw me, and I sat down there and told tbo whole story, and asked her to have me sent to goal for protectiou from myself and others ; she cent for her hus band, and all the time we wera talking the b.iby laughed and cooed nnd called me by the name sbe gave me, ' Joe,' and the rest of the idling were waiting at a turn of the road for me to come back to them.

"I didn't give them up—-it wasn't worth while, when I had . put the people cm whom they had designs upon their guard, and they left the town that night; I didn't go to gaol; the man whose house was to be robbed gave me some work, but I didn't reform all in a minute, and he never could haye'reformed mo at all—it waa the baby did it. She trusted me; when I felt the old toy getting the better of me I went to the baby and she smiled at me and I grew strong richt oil"—it made a mnn of me. I never could tell what that baby saw in my face to make her help me in that way, but it wasn't of this world. She knew she could save me and Bhe did. That was ten years ago, gentleineo, and I'm more of a man to-day than 1 ever was, and it's her doing." " She must be quite a large girl now ?" we said, inquiringly. " Maybfi so 1 I don't know how that is ; some folks say they don't reckon them by months and years I I'd like to feel Bhe's the same sweet, smiling baby, calling me ' Joe' —she loved to call me that—but I never wanted anyone else to use tbe name since she said it—one night. She was going to sleep, never to wake up, the doctor said; they told me she wouldn't know me, that I would disturb her, I went in on my knees. I crawled np to the bed and looked at her; dear saint, she was as white as the sheets, and her pretty curls never stirred a hair, and her sweet eyes closed, and I groaned in my heart, for I thought she was gone, and then, then she opened her eyes and there came a great struggle for breath, and oh, my God, I'd have died to help her, died twenty times to have saved her, and ?he just looked at me and put one haud up—l fancied she wag pointing up there—and she smiled on me and says she all at once, 'Joe! Joel' aud then she made her mother understand that she wanted something. It was the little bink, and she wanted me to have it. I took it tn humour her, and thought how I would give it back to her when she got ■well, and then she smiled again and I lis tened to hear her say, 'Joe'-and all was still! You see I could never go wrong now, but how did she know about that little bank and my wicked thoughts? And she forgave and loved me, too, pretty dear. The smoke makes me cry, There's our depot at tli« next station, and we're run ning "v schedule time, a3 you see, gentle men."

".And do you mean to be a soldier, my hoy ?" said the bishop, cheerily, to the boy, who was arrayed ia the military trap pings of tUe toy-shop. "No," replied the yo'iulster, lirtnly. " Jam never, never f;oing away trom ray niiimma." "Nevft eoit'g aw.iv from homo, my boy," returned hisjspiri ual lordship ; ''then, whatever do you mean to bo?" "Oh, papa says," was the precocious urchin's prornpiri/ply, "that i£ I al-vays mean to stay in Kngland, he must bring me up to be a Colonial bishop.' Tableau!

STAR SATURDAY SUPPLEMENT, SEPTEMBER 16, 1882



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OFF UPPER QUKBN- St'KKKT—Comfortable Verandah Cottage, 5 rooms and noullory, X"« laid on, Btable, fowl-hou»e, nlco gardon, good well, &a <565> \VKLUNQTON-BTRKKT - New and Well flnlahort Honso; gablo end, bow window, vorandah, &c, 6 roomn, nlcoly flttod np, very oonvenlont; allotment, 33 x 130. £(bo. <3( a> UPPKR QUKEN-STREET-A vory Comfort, oblo Houao of 7 rooma, all well finished off: gaß lain in, soallery, &a, &o. Also nloo Now Houao, 5 rooms, woll finished, and fitted with aiuioßt every ounvuiitenoe; good woll, tunic. «Co. To bo uold togeihar. .(382) HOWK-STRKKT-A vory pretty and oompaot llttla Villa ot 5 ronmfl, penury, &o.; nloo gardon : allotmont, 30 x 100; water laid In, &o. <8380. (126> PONSONBY—Houso. 7 roomi), pantry; store room, Ko., «0,, togethur with o aores. laid out In orchard, garden, paddock, &o: BBlondld Bua view. ~ (fll) LINCOLN-STRMT-Vory Comfortable House 7 roo<nn, bath-room, pantry, Btnhlo, fow! honso. &c, &c; about halt an aoro laid out In fluwerKarden,orchMrd,iS:o..wlth entranoo totiracoßtroot;could bo Bubdivldod toad vantage, £500. . (180) WOOD-BTKKKT-Comfortab'o Ronldonoo of 7 roams, fitted with jjus und almost overy convenience; pplendld allotment, about 110 x 150, nil tastefully laid out with flowers, frulc-tieofl, &c.; grand viow of harbour, &O- (275) WOnOSTRtICT-UeeMonoo, S rooms and out houses; allotmont, IGS x IK>; fully stocked with (rult and foroac troos ; Hplondld view- Prioo only £525. (301) AVON'DAI-K lWhan)-Nlco Ilttlo Lot of Macros noiif tho atation. good land. Prlco, only filg per acre. (&33) QRKAT NORTH ROAD (oornor of Brisbane and Stanley-fltroot3)-Two good Vorandah Uottames, with outhouso. wull, &o.: allot mont to oaoh 31 x 110. Prioo £M 0 for tho __ lot. (15-1) MONTAGUK-STRSKT, NKWTOJJ - Good VorandaU OottaKo; i rooms; good woll. tec ; allotmentment yj x 'M. Gboap, £180 «79, MILFORD-PTRKKF, PONBONnY-Now and woll - finished Houbo ; 0 rooms, besides pantry, dairy, uervunta' rooms, &o.; flttod with resistor gratoa. ovons, &o.; allotment 13(xlO'l; In garden; togothor with stablo, bupray-houso, &.o. £000 (211) CLARffiNCKSTRKKT. PONSONBY-Veran dah Cottago; 1 rooms, tank, Smj.j allotment 18x80, Only £180. (290) BUKKHAN-BTRKICT. PONSONBY-NloeCOt tago; i rooms, verandah In front, and very oomfortanta; nair tho Hall. &m. (300) BAILKY'd PADDOCK (Newton)-New not tags of thrco rooma; good w«ll; freehold allotment 33 x 100; only £130; easy term;. « (63« PONBONBY TERRACK - Now Honao; 7 rooms (not quite llntahed); good well. tank, woodshod, 5.0.; good Allotment. 80 x 100. all fonoed and plantod, WSO. (Jl7) NBWMARKKT-Nioo Vorandah Cottage Of 6 rooms, fitted with register, oven, etc., corn or lot, for £250. JOHN-STREKT, Ponsonby - Cheap Cottage, i rooms ana poullury, freehold allotment. 10 x 80, prloo only £120. (172) HAGKE l'-STRKBT, near steps to boaoh, foot of ai. Mary's Uoud—Handsomo Villa, gable ondß, bow-wlndowa, und lUted witt regis ter grate, oven, oauboarOß, etc.; allotment 33 x 09; prloo only £300. (101) CLARKNCHVrTRKET - A Now and Well flnlshod Verandah CottaßH, i rooms and DCUllery ; flttoi with rexlator grato, oven, cupboardß, tnnke, eto, ; price £ioo, oaay terms. (198) PRO9PKCT TJCRnACW-Honasome and very desirable Houho, 6 roomn, nonilery, oto.; register grato, oven, oupbourd, Bholves, gas and water laid in, oto.; allotment 83 x 100; Bplondld littlo «ardon, choice troos, eto. (197) PRO9PKCT-STRKKT,nBar tho Ponsonby HaH, new and woll-Unishod Honeo, 6 roomß, mglßter, oven, tank, eto., eic.; allotment ■ 33 x 100, fenced, prioo £325. (SU) MOUNT KWKN, near Mr Kolly'a-Wew and well-flnlehed Villa, gablne, bow-wludow, eto., etc., 7 rooms, ami wuah-houso ; allot mont 42 x 132; urloe £100 (505) PARNKIiL— Commodious Family Residence, contauiinK 9 rooms, oto., etc., wash-house with ooppor, and otlwr oonvenlonoes, largo and valuable oornor allotmont; prloe £750. (67) MOUNT BUKN (near Toll Bar).—Nice Veran dah Cottage, i rooms, &c, allotment about 66 by 90 ; cheap, only £280. OTAHUHU—Nice Verandah Cottage, i rooms etc.. good cornor allolment, for £190. (116) PAPAKURA—Now Ho .180 and outbuildlnga, and 37 aorss roal good land In orchard, oto., In valuable po«ltlon J jst at railway station. TUAKAU—A vory Compact Karui of 101 aorea, oplondid land, noarly all fenced and sub divided ; plenty of water, a never-falling spring through the property; good Cottage, with workshop dairy, oowahed, outhouses, &o.; good position, and only lj mil on from station. Prlco only £550. (122) TURANBA ORKBK (near Howlok)-A very cheap little Farm of 105 aores, part culti vated, plenty ot timbor and water; good House, &c. (about 17 miles from Auokland). Only £225. (138) ONKHUNGA—Two nloo Allotments In Cather. Ine-Htreot (near corner). Price, only £60 (523 RAZOR BACK-Pnlendid little Farm; 82 acres, large Homestead, and every convenience; about 3 miles from Pokeno Station, (181) KAUKAPAKAPA-223 aorcß, on which standa a valuable bush, and in good position, (191) OBALMERSTON-Oompaot Uttle Farm of 160 aores; part in cultivation; splendid orchard; eood piece of bush; creek, &o. House and outbuildings almost new. £600. PAPAKURA—A desirable Farm of 360 aores, part in cultivation, plenty of water, timber, and beautifully sheltered; good Homestead, 7 rooms, and necessary ontbuildlngs.gardon orohard, &c, and Btook at valuation, if de sired, a (217) TUAKAU—Splendid Uttle Lot of 50 aores, nioe pieoo bush, p^omy of watar; near station. (Hi) BOMBAY—Nioe littla Farm ot 20 aores, good Homestead, &c. Price only £220. TE ARAl—Farm 589 ocros. with house and all imorovoments for £7000, MOUNT KDttN.-Hundsomo Villa Rosldonco containing- S Rooms, besides Pantry, Scullery, &o.; all in first-class order, with Stablo, Buggy-uouße, Cowshed, &a, &c, together with 9 acres Volcanic Land, Bub divided, and a portion planted. Terms easy if deuired. SOj PARNKLL—Valuable Pronerty for disposal, consisting ct commoaious Dwelling and Store, two Houseo, and Largo Allotment; very good Investment. (522) MOUNT BDKN-Verandah Cottage (1 rooms), tanks, &0., with two Aorea Voloanio Land, subdivided into paddooks and oroharo.. Prlco £500.1 (480). NORTHCuTtf (Tftkapunal—Snug little pro perty of 63 acre, good land, partly im. proved; orchard, £o, To^ethor with New Cottage (five rooms), stable, cowshed, &0., &o. Price, £1000. IS01) NORTHCOTB—SpIendid Building Allotments atlrom £35 each. NOKTHCOTiC-Splnndlfl lots, pwtly Improved and fonond, at from £21 per acre. WHaRKHINK—ISO acrea of very valuable Bush—totara, puriri, kauri. &c—in goad DOBltion, cheap. (521) PAPAROA—I6O aores good Bush Land (ohenp>. (475) WAITAKKRKI-30 aores good Land, partly improved; plenty of water, corner lot. Only £30. (511) WAIKATO—Nice little Farm of 27 acres, Im proved ; good position; nice house of five rooms and out-houses. Only £240. (231) AN» NUMEROUS OTHKR PROPKRTISB- Bush Landß, Improved Farms, Bnilding Sites, Business Premises, &c, for Sale, on application to D. F. EVANS, House Und, and Estate Agent, quken-stbeet (nbxt iherild"),