Sot a little out of training lately end run up ha'f v stun. Now i must see what 1 can do with you,"

i'irst. of nil he tore off some slips of paper and threw them out. Josiah looked at them with Inn gry eyes. Kound and round ihey spun, falling hack into the car or dropping to the world beneath the clouds. Thero was no hope of movement for the balloon.

" Well, Mr Smith, it's your turn now. T must see what I can do. It's nice for either of us, but it would bo no nicer to stay here and be starved to death or Mown out to sea. You won't feel anything after the first rush. Good-by. lam sorry there will he no opportunity of communicating with you as to tho result of this interesting experiment. I don't suppose," the Captain added, bis love of scientilic lostarch increasing his unfeigucd regret for the in convenience Josiah was about to sull'or, " that ever before ten stun was dropped out of a car in a lump, I reckon I'll get as high as most people have been. Now, it you've any message just hand it over. If I can do anything tor you in King-street or anywhere else, you may depend upon me."

" JNo," said Josiah, gulping down a rising sob; ''if you will only sgy I went oil bravely and didn't flinch, that will be all. Porlmps you itrght write a few liocs by way of preface to ' Underground England,' pointing out that I died iv the interests of science."

"Oitaibly, my dear fellow, it shall bo tlone," said the Captain, with quite a clow ■of honest energy. "If you'd like » little monument, or anything of that soit, I'll si-o it's run up. Now, over yon n". Time's jiettlug on, and I don't want to miss the Paris train. Give us a shako of your paw, .hen shut your eyes, for I fancy I shan't liavemuch difficulty with you Heave your watch over or lake it with you."

"If you won't mind accepting it," said Josiah, pulling out his line old turnip shaped timepiece, "as a memento of otir friendship—which, though brief, has, I trust, been sincere—it would give mo great pleasure." " Certainly," said the Captain, weighing it in his hand critically, nnd thinning to himself tbat it might serve us ballast in a last emergency. " I'll hang it over my bed, ami will think of yon whenever it tick-*, Nothinj; nmre to say t" "No," - aid Josiah; " ouly please to clron me foot lirst." The Captain tonic him up in his aims ns if lie were n cbi'd, held him for a moment over the side of the ear, ond with a cheery •farewell dropped him. Josiah felt his hut go, and could sen tlie balloon .-hoot up with tremendous rapidity, though, an lie reckoned, tho rate of velocity would need to he divided about half as he was simultaneously descending rapidly, lie felt tbo rush of air, unci shrank from tbe moment, coming nearer ond nearer, when he should striko the earth, Ifo seemed an unconscionably Ion:; time fall ing. Still, through the clouds hu went, and, as it seemed to him, at'tho end of five minutes began to get glimpses of the earth. Down he went like a shot. The rushing noise in his cars grew more intolerable. There was a swift upgrowth of the hedge rows, a sudden vision of cows nnd horses, and of people running across the fields. Thcu a heavy bump, and Josiah, opening bis eves, found himself lying on tho floor ia the room in Kin^-strcet.

On tbo tablo were an empty claret bottle and two tumblers. Tbe room was full of the smoke, now growing stale, of cigars. .To?iih was shivering with cold, nhd the room was dark save from what lidht flickored in front of tho lump down the street. II« pt-uck a light, and there in its accustomed place on tho mantelpiece was his watch, tho hands pointing to -hree o'clock. Dnzod and shivering he crept iuto bod, where he thotiaht the matter over, and amid much that was bewilrlerinfr eroped. his way to the conclusion that Captain Mulberry really bad come into his room, dad spent t\\\ hour with him, smoked cigars, drank claret, nnd then gone off. He remembered sending nt the head of the ntairs shaking hands with bim, nnd promising to time with him at his club one day in the following week. Then he had gone back r<n<l lain on tho coucb, where, overcome with the unaccustomed tumbler of claret, ar.d dizeil with the tobacco smoke, )i« had fallen asleep, dreamed, and rolled effon to the floor. -" Belgiavia."

A Daring Feat.

Acconnixr: to fhe Co/orrif (Germany) (lazcllc, a young Norwegian named Frede rick Normau is about to undertake a feat of almost unexampled daring, lie proposes to cross fhe Atbtntie Ocean in a rowing boat which be is having built for bis own use. It is twelve feet'in length, four feet wide, two by two-and-a-half feet in depth, and has a covering before and behind. A so-called floating anchor will, it is said, porvc to keep 'he bow of the boat in posi tion when the occupant of tho craft is aslcen. He thinks the gtrf stream will help bim considerably in his jotuney. He wU! not, of course, be ablo to conic ihtr'ng the voyage. His victuals consi-t of bis cuit, preserved meat aud vegetables, con <len ceil coffee and fifty gallons of water. His early experience in his native waters makes him entertain no fear from any storms which be may encounter He has Home idea of taking a waaor on the accom plishment of his tisk within 100 days, but the main object, of his experiment is to show what a hardy Norseman can do in the way of enduring exposure on the open sea.

A Stab in the Earls.

A practical joke of the very worst type has lntely been attempted on Prince Bis marck. It is generally known that the Asiatic plague baa its hi-ad-quarters at the little market town of Wetlinnku, in tho government of Astrachan. Au inhabit-ut of this place wrote to the Chancellor of the German Empire the following letter : —

" My Lord, —Your Highness will liod enclosed a lock of hair and two pieces of woven material taken from the body of a victim of the plague in the notorious little town of Wetlianka, who died in my pre .seoce on the 20ih of January la*t. The piece of linen w?s cutout of the shirt which the deceased wore during tbe forty-two iiours of bin illness; the piece ofwoi'len fabric was taken from his blanket. Since .fee above d»te the articles referred to have been carefully preserved in a Inx, herme tically sealed, so as to prccrvo, as fir as possible, all the emanations with which they are impregnated. I have undertaken to forward these objects to your Highness, in the hope that they may serve to dissi pate tho exaggerated fears excited in Ger n,_nj r by the appearance of the Asiatic plague. If, as I fully expect, your High „fn? experiences no ill effects withiu forty c'uht hours after the receipt of the present Iptter, the question will be settled once for 3.11. I have the honour to be, my lord, &c, iW. A. , notible ci'izenof Wetlianka."

This attempted mvstilicaiion on the part n? the " notable citizen" was unfortunately (?) nipped in tha bud, owing to tne precau tions taken ngaintt all letters proceeding from the plague-stricken districts.—,-Le Nouvellisie de Rouen."

A Romantic Affair.

An Attempt of Two Young Lovkbs to EndTiibik Lives Together.

At the Uxbridge petty sessions, George Farrant, aged twenty, (a journeyman baker,) and Ellen Hickman, aged seven teen, (general servant,) both iv tbe employ of a baker oud confectioner at Uxbridge, weie charged with attempting to commit suicide by tying themselves together with a haudkerchiefand jumping into the Frays, a branch of theCoine.

Christopher Brill, nssistant rooster at the British school, Uxbridge, deposed that about a quarter to tenon Thursday night he was walking along the river footpath, when he noticed something in tbo middle of the stream which ho thought a human shape. Bo took off bis coat, waistcoat, and boots, and waded into the stream, and found that the object was the body of a female. In dragging it to the bank he found that another body followed it, and ou a light being procure., he saw that the persons were the prisoners, whom he knew by sight. They were both unconscious, but they were properly treated, and after wards removed to the police station, Far rant being carried there on an ambulance. Ho had previously statod that he nnd " Dear Ellen " wou'd meet in heaven.

Inspector Brumlield stated tbat bctoro the prisoners were charged he asked Farrunt how they came to be in tbo water, Tbe ynuuu mm at lirst said th_y fell in, but afterward admitted that he bad tied i handkerchief round tbe girl's arm, and that they had intended to commit suicide by drowning themselvcf. The girl subse quently made n similar statement, adding that she believed Fa-rant also tied the handkerchief round htsjown wrist. Witaess produced two letters, which were written by Hickman on tho night of the occurrence, one to her sister ot ban well and the other to her mother at Uxbridge. In these she stated that she had nothing to remain in this world for but sin and wickedness, and that she would not be again seen alive, she nnd dear George, whom sbe had always loved, having decided to dtown them selves ia the Kockingham river (the Frays), The chairman told tho prisoners that the magistrates considered it their duty to fend tnem for trial, and he also informed them that if either had died th.-: other might have been charged with wilful murder, while both of them might still bs charged with attempted raurdsr. He added that the bench could not possibly accept bail for their appearance at the Middlesex sessions, because if they did so, thoy (prisoners) might be so misguided as to again attempt to destroy themselves.

The witness Biill and another witness named Alfred Huddle were thanked by the bench for their praiseworthy conduct in the case.—"Loudon Telegraph."

Rationalism in- Europe.

The " Monitor" commends to the atten tion of its readers the recent remarks of Cardinal Manning, in regard to theritiona li»m and unbelief prevalent in nearly every portion of Europe, exccot Irelaui'. ' In the north of Germany he thought, there were very few that " retained tlie Christian faith, or held by a single supeninturil truth, look again at England. We are running down the same inclined plane. How many Englishmen are losing their faith and becoming rationalists and unbe lievers. They ceased to be Catholics three hundred years aga, and now they ore cea«ing to be Chtistians,."

A String of Mottoes.

For Publicans—Love me, love my grog. For Cooks—Onion Is strength. Bukers—Early to bread early to rise. Undertakers—Always say die. Thieves—True as steel. Uaird/cssera—Two heads arc better than one. Fishmongers —Confesiion is good for the soul. Tailors—True as the needle. Garottcrs -Neck or nothing. Opticians—Mind your eyes. Carpenters—Cut your stick. Cobblers—Never too late to mend. Cheesemongers—Hiph and mighty. Pork-butchers—The whole hos; or none.B Jewollcrs—All is not gold that glitters. Milkmen-Chalk it up. Surgeons—Go it, you cripples.

The Most Thrilling Railroad Story on Record.

" He was on the morning express," re- | marked the sad-looking passenger, "and was back in the rear coach. Just when they were climbiug the grade near Rich field Junction, be started to go forward into the smoking ear. As he stepped across the platform the tiain suddenly broke ill two. In less time than it tikes to tell it, the rear car started to run back down tbe grade, and the forward part of the train went bowling on to Uttca. The young man, standing with a foot on each car, was . torn in t *m. One half of him went toUtica, i the other ha'f went back with the wila car to Bingliamptou. The half of him on tho smoking car b»d hia ticket and watch, so that section (iot through without any trouble. But the other half b-d his pocket book and no ticket, It had to pay local fare all the way back to Binghampton, although its way was paid clear to Utica ; but the company refused to allow that on his return passage, nor would it permit him to ride half-fare. It is just tbat unreason able sort of companion. And then he was going up to Utica to be married, but the half that went back to Binghampton got awfully mash-d on a Coventry girl nnd married her, but before he could get word to tbe other h»lf of him it bad gone on and married bis old Utica lirst love, she occept ing what was there ot him for better or worse. Then he was afraid to come to gether, you see, for fear he wou'd be arrested on a cba-ge of contributory bigamy, and in dividing up his property so that the two families might live separately, he quarrelled with himself, accusing each other of trying to get tbe biggest half, and at la-t bo sued himself and went to law about it But when the matior was decided, of course he had to pay tbe lawyers on both sides. This drove him to financial ruin. Then he tried to commit suicide, but every time one side of him took poison the other side took au antidote, or went howling after a doctor and a stomach pump, and when the Binghampton fellow tried to shoot himself the Utica half dodged nnd spoiled the shot. And so ho dragged out a miserable lingerine existence, and didn't more than half enjoy life." " Did be ever c me together?" asked tbe tall, thin passenger. " No," the fad passenger said : " be was unrcomciled to the end. To both ends, in fact. Fina'ly, one of him started a daily paner to till a long-felt wan', but the other half opened a private school in Amsterdam, and thov staved each other to death in six woeks."

STAR SATURDAY SUPPLEMENT, SEPTEMBER 23, 1882.

Printed and Published by tho Proprietor. HesbV Brett, ot Symonds-street, at hia General Printing Offlce, Wmdham-street, In the Pro vince oil Auokland. New Zealand.. Saturday, September 33, 1382.



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D. F. E v A N s ' ESTATE. HOU3K, AND LAND AGENT, GRACE-STREET. PONBONB3r-A good In vestment, consisting of Two Handsome Villas, gable ond. Bow-windows wastt-hon&e, water laid on. &0., &o.; now let _>tiUt Prloe for lot. £320. <oI3) SOUTH STREET. NBWTON-House Of eight rooma, alvldedlnto two Dwellings; now let at 159; gooa woU; freehold allotment, 38 by 100. Price, only £-80. (M 8) NEWMAKKKT—Businous Premises and Dwell ing-, ln kood pooltlons; main road front ogee. (58D ELLERSLIK-New and well-finished Hand s jmo Villa, containing 7 rooms, with stable and out-houses; splendid corner aUotment, 68x1.5. Price, only £150. ELLKRSLiE-Solendld Villa Site, planted with ornamental trees, aad partly fenced. 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(61) _i-NCOIiN.BTRKK:T-Very Comfortable Honee 7 rooms, bath-room, pantry, stable, fowl honse. &c„ &o.: about half an aore laid oat In tlower-garden.or-hara.&c.wlth entrance to Uraco-etroet; ooold be eabdlvided to ad vantage, £500. | (180) WOOD-BTRKET—Comfortable Residence of 7 rooms, fitted with gaa and almost every convenience; splendid allotment, about 110 x 150. aU tastefnlly laid ont with flowers, fruit-trees, Sec; grand view of harbour, to. (275) WOOD-STRKET-Resl denee; 8 rooms and out houses; allotment, 105 x 165; folly stocked with frail and forest trees; splendid view- Prloe only £525. (301) AVONDATJE (Wha_)-Nic- little Lot of 9 acres near the Station, good land. Price, only £15 per acre. (533) GRKAT NORTH ROA,D (oorner of Brisbane and Stanley-streetsl-Two good Verandah Cottages, with outhouse, well, &c.; allot, ment to eaoh 31 z 110. Price £350 for the _ lot. (454) MONTAGCK - STREET, NKWTON — Good Verandah Cottigo; 4 rooma; good well. Sec ; allotmentment 33 z 90. Cheap, £160 <m, MI-FORD--TR3EF, PONSOtfBY-New and well - finished Honsa; 6 rooma, besides p&ntry. dairy, servants" rooma, &o.; fitted with register grates, ovens. &0.; allotmeut 131x100; in garden; together with Btable, buggy-houso, &o. £600 (211) CLARKNGK-STRKKT. PONSONBY—Veran dah Cottage; 4 rooms, tank. Sec: aUotment _3zßo. Only £180. (290) BHEKHAN-STRKKT. PONSONBY-Nlce Cot tago ; 4 rooms, verandah ln front, and very comforiabla; ne.r ihe HalL £-.30. (300) BAILEY'S PADDOCK (Newton) —New Cot tage of three rooms; good well; freehold allotment 33 _ 100; only £ ISO; eaiy term.. . (531) PONSONB- TERRACE - New Houso; 7 rooms (not quite finished-); good well, tank:. woodshed, so,; good allotment, 80 z 100. all j tenoed and planted. £150. (417) NEWMARKET-Nloe Verandah Cottage of 5 rooms, fitted with register, oven, etc., corner Io», for £250. JOHN-STREET, Ponsonby- Cheap Cottage, 4 rooms and scullery, freehold allotment, 40 z 30. prloe only £120. 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HUM BOMBAY-Nloe little Farm of 20 aores, good Homestead, Sec Prloe only £220. TE ARAl—Farm 589 oores. with house and all lmorovements for £7000, MOUNT EDKN.-Handeome Villa Residence containing s Rooms, besides Pantry, Soultory. &_.; all in first-class order, with Stable. Bnggy-honso. Cow-shed, &_., &_„ together with 9 acres Voloanlo Land, Bub. dl vlded, and a portion planted. Terms easy If desired. 501 PARNELTj—Valuable Property for disposal, consisting ot commodious Dwelling and Store, two Houses, and Large Allotment; ..very Rood investment. (522) MOUNT EDEN-Verandah Cottage (4 rooms), tanks, &a. with two Aores Volcanio Land, subdivided into paddocks and orchard. Price £500.! (480). NORTHO-Tte (Takap_na)-Bnug little pro perty of 63 aoro-i, good land, partly lwi proved; orchard. Sea. Together with New Cottage (five rooms), stable, oowahed, &o„ Sec Prloe, £1000. (501) NORTHCOTB—SpIendid Building Allotments at from £35 each. NOKTHCOTK-Splendld lots, partly Improved and fenced, at from £21 per acre, WfIARRH-NE-180 acres of very valuable Bosh—totara, porlri, kauri. &o.—ln gond position, cheap. (521) PAPAROA-160 aores good Bußh Land <che»p\ V7AITAKEREI -30 acres good Land, partly Improved; plenty of water, corner lot. Only £30. (511) WAIKATO-Nlce little Farm of 27 acres, im proved ; good position; nice honse of five rooms and out-houses. Oni. £240. (2311 AND NUMEROUS OTHER PROPERTIK*- Bnsh Lands, Improved Forms, Building Sites. Business Premises, &o„ for Sale, on application to D. F. EVANS, House Lind, and Estate Agent, I Q- KEN-S-W-H (OTK. IHKRALD").



JJITCHENS' BLOOD^bSy^ We have received the following __■« ' momal anent this remedy, and publi-h it for general information. '■••'■■■ L. D. NATHAN & CO. - " Auckland, January 12.1882. * * "•Messrs L. D. Nathan & Co., Auckland. .W" fulfilling.aniurgent request of Mrs Andrews, of Lord Howe's Hand, iv the Pacific, in stating to you and to Mr Hitchens the extraordinary cure made in her case by the use of Hitcliens' Medicinal Blood Restorer. Living on tho Island, I am an eye-witness of the fact, and Teel it a duty both to Mr Hit .hens and to the general public to testify to the really won. derful effect of that medicine. " Mrs Andrews was for four or fiveyeai. a martyr to agonising pains in her bio medical men calling it sciatica. She ha_ been treated for it by the several doctors of the British men-o'-war visiting tha Islaud fiom time to time, without the slighter relief to the intense pain. She was afterwards taken to Sydney, hoping for .some relief, if not a permanent care? from treatment of tho medical men of that city. She was told she was suffering from the hip disease, and her case was tncunttfe, Without a ray of hope to lightea her future life; pain and despair her constant attendants, her case was really deploraUe, Mr C. E. Ponder, the Manager of the Guano Company at Lord Howe's Island, . one day recommended her totry Hitchens' Blood Restorer, at the remedy was just becoming known at the Islands, through the advertisemenlAof Oppermane's cure, testified to the German Consul. Mrs Andrews readily yielded to the recommen dation, and sent for two bottles to Mr Hitchens, Auckland. Within three weeks after using it she was able to rise and walk -with the use of tbo crutch, and the pain in the hip was entirely gone.. The medicinal action was truly marvellous, and ' her gratitude to Mr Hitchens is expressed daily in her prayers thanking God for her 1 relief. r / "It is my firm belief that another two or three bottle?—unfortunately not ob tainable without long delay—would have wrought such a complete cure as to make crutcne* unnecessary. On my return to Lotd Howe's Island, I shall take a stock of this wonderful medicine, so that a supply will never bo quite out; for no words of mine can adequately express mj f-' faith in its curative properties, after seeing the result of it in Mrs Andrews'case, " I am, dear Sirs, "Yours faithfully, " Tuos. Geo. Chas. Nichols, ' " Master Mariner.". I certify to the correctness of the above in every particular, Charles C. Pondeb, • Declared before me this 13th day ol January, 1882,, P. A. Phillips, J.P. AGENCIES. We are Snle Agents and Importers of; the undermentioned, viz.:— Head Bros. Dog's Head Ale and Stoat Bisquit, Dubouche & Co.'s Brandies • Wolfe's Schnapps - ( Lounde's Key Hum , Taylor's Irish Wliisky Tattersall & Campbell's Scotch do., , Robt. Burnett & Co.'s Vinegar : Hudson's Extract of Soap Goodall's Yorkshire Eelish ■~' ~ Lanman & Kemp's Florida Water ~ Perry Davis & Son's Painkiller . > ; Bristol's Pdls and Sarsaparilla Hitcheu's Blood Kestoior it, Allen's Lung Balsam . m-"■ The Kaipara (N.Z.) Canning Co. Mullet ■ Kirkpatrick & Co., Nelson (N,Z.) Jams U Steedmmi'sPreservedPeaches, Thames]* The Swiss Milk and Food Co.'s Goods'. L. D. NATHAN & CO. THE want of a reliable remedy for Rhen*' matism, Sciatica, Gout, Lumbago, • &c, h»s long been felt as one of the greatest** ;-*.: calamities of the age. While other means and medicines having been proving them- ! selves vain and delusive, this remedy has*; bee-i silently and steadily unloosing the* /■ cruel fiogers of disease, and freeing captive me'i from their deadly embrace. The people are now requested to give BLOOD ' Restorer a fair and impartial trial. And the Proprietor would have it distinctly understood that the cures of Rheumatism, _re., are due entirely to his Medicine's Wonderful Effect upon the Blood, by Ha Cleansing, Purifying, and Invigorating • power. * Impurity and Inactivity of the Blood is the cause of most sickness and pain. After a course of this medicine, blood-vessels— which have become, as it were, choked up with unhealthy matter—become exhilarant witb pure scarlet life-blood, flowing na» turally along, and imparting in its course vigour and strength to the entire system, p HITCHENS' CELEBRATED BLOOD D ESTOEE :''..■*,« The Renovator of the Human Blood. No more Physical Degeneration if the Laws of Health aro observed, ordinary j care exercised, and BLOOD ,{'' RESTORER freely taken. ttitchens77:iordialised t> l 0 0 d t>estorer (Price, £2 per case net), ,»'■/ Is a healthy and palatable summer drink;, when mixed with Lemonade or similar beverages. ■ i.;! Without tbo great remedial properties of r the MEDICINAL Blood Restorer, it is still of like character in its action on the human system, and is specially manufactured for HOTEL USE. To bo had Wholesale of L. D. NATHAN & Co., Sole Agents.