THE CHORAL FIEND.

Confessions of a Misevable Victim. The Story of a Chemical Curse, The materials for the subjoined narrative were obtained partly from a brief manu script of its UDfortanate autlnr and partly from conversations wMi Idru riu'int; the closing months of his life. It was bis desire that bis recital be to u-od as to be a dang«r signal against the abuse of chloMl and other hypno'tc drills, whose deadly result* in these days of new remedies become manifest only through thi insanity or (ieatli of the victims. His frieuds Invo lately consented to carry out his wishes by making public his strange stoiy : " Chloral wa* born a»i int. It was in 1869, I think, wheu it took i s place in the pharmacopeia with the air of a conqutror. For some years regarded up a mere chemical curiosity, it had snou received, after a brief trial in clinic, the endorsement of a hcieuti> lie investiga'.or. Only a i-ioKie ttst was wanting—that of tin -. As a purely labora tory product it had v curtain fascia ttiou for the medical mind, and seemed to fore shadow that sublime but visionary future for thii healing art wheu a priori method, would outrun experience, kill empiricism, make of medicine a science. " Tue announceincati of the power of chloral created iaten.-e interest among stu dents of medicine, dabblers in drugs, and such sutt'ereM from n«rvotu troubles as by chance heard of it. When it arrived from its German manufactory heralded as the new and wonderful hypnotic which could 'control pain, comfort tho anxious, qu'Ot the nervous, induce sleep,' and even change the cou'se of disease,' yet had positively Du'>e of those diead results known of opium or alcohol, the temptation to test it practi cally became almost irresis ible. Perfect rest, absolute safety, and a urn;tit awaken incr,' tlioso and many more, were tho pro wises made for chloral. Moved by tho-e statements, I, a sufferer from over-anxiety and insomnia, soon obtained and swallowed my first dose of the wonderful driu. I cannot forget the joy of that triumphant morning when, on awaking from my initia tory chloral sleep, I found my body refres hed, my mind calm and clear, and my ner tous system wholly iroa from any dull, dizzy, or peculiar sensation whatsoever. I had for once obtained perfect rest at night. "I adopted chloral-that is, I thought I was adopting it; many mouths were to come and go before I was destined to dis cover that the drug had in reality adopted me, 1 was happy; the sinister reports from the ruined souls, from the wild victims of chloral mania who had worshipped the white crystals, hiii not yet ome, and would not for years. . ' "The eff.cts at my first twelve months' intimacy with chloral were apparently bone ficial.. I felt that with this drug aUays at hand the ayarage ills of life might be con sidered ai practically at an end; my future was simply tomethiog to be enjoyed. So quickly and surely was I Lucinau d by 'thu grandest discovery in mcJicine,'that I. at once bought mauy ounces of it, ana I delighted to hoard it, as a miser docs his money. After using it in doses of froai 10 to 30 grains daily for fifteen months, my faith jo tho ha'mlcs3 drug was still further strengthened. I was taken ill with some low. form of fever, which my doctor could not control, and we parted. Hardly had he. gone than I leaped from the bed and advanced my dote from its outside limit of 40 grains, and took 90 grains at a gulp, repeatiog the dose the next night. I slept,36 hours, and on the morning of the third day went to business a well man. The physical result w»s astounding. Iv moral effect was ruinous, j i;," Two months later chloral gave me its fir»t warning. I had dissolved ninety grains of tho crysl als so as to piooure—not sloep, or relief from nervousness — but chloral in ebriation. On account of some stomach irritation, how:ver, 1 concluded to take but half of thamixure, or less than my usual dose. Tho next day my heat action wa« greatly enf.-ebloJ, and my breathing difficult; tor days my prostration was ex tame. Had I taken the full dose I would b»»e bca« spared the horror* which the drux had in store for me. After this time 1 adopted for iafely iha crowning bad habit of tue cUlotal drinker. I divided the dos», and.kept corwtantiy. yet not too heavily •under the influence of my des'royer. With in t*o years after my initiation into the habit I was takihir the stull' in four do<es of 25 grains each daily* I must have sood died but for occasional relapses into self denial, or surfeit, wben I would lewe the . drag aside for a few days. But I felt .serious disturbances; I was often ab normally irritable and required hiijh doses to qniet rue. It was not, however, until after obi .ral had obtained a fatal grip that ;i suspected its virtues to be apparent raih«r than real. ■I" have learned that it is a peculiaiity of chloral drinkers to ascribe tho first evil results of the habit to some 'personal Idiosyoc.-asy rather than, to an efteet of the dmg. Such was my own idea ot the matter. •• Perhaps the time of my greatest delight •ib ' the grandest discovery ot the ago' was 'When, after three years' expoiience with it, *>'£ waited up those preposterous antics—the • tusult of chloral inebriation—whose effects • we so intense as <.o fully compensate for their short duration. One morning I went to business as usual: bat, lacking painfully iv steadiness and vitality, I soon made a - blunder which greatly disturbed me. I per formed my immediate dutits, however, and then, swallowing about 200 uriias of tbe drug, took to tho streets, bent on enjoying a colossal chloral drunk. I had taken enough to put me to sleep had I so elected ; but the chloral diinker may throw off the hypnotic effect by action, and enjoy only -its stimulating power. On this occasion 1 was resolved upon a grand waking and walking chloral dream. In less than three minutes the potency of the drug became manifest. 1 found myself forging ahead through the crowded thoroughfares at a terrific pace, but without the least conscious ; effort. My etepa were as light and easy as ' tboseof the wing-oeolod courier of Olympus. ' I was a soul, pure and simple. Freed from r all materhl laws I was nevertheless onjoy. Ing all that belongs to material life. I ob served everything with supernatural clear nets. Colours presented themselves to ray ' excited lenses with an intensity which gave 11 me unspeakable delight. Hundreds of impretsidns formed simultaneously in my 'mind, yet did hot disturb the limpid serenity of my vision. The confused and 'fumbled forms of every-day <*ty life were ' differentiated from thtir usual semblances of chaos, and a« I walked—or floated— ' 'Impreske'd themselves upon my senses with ' 'Sutpallsing energy. I felt like some new made god, for whom unusual powers of ■ v 'movement and perception had been 1 *pecially created. This was a grand and unlimited intoxication for myself end not ! in alarming one for other*. I felt peace with everyone, and no thought either of 1 tmVworld or"the next disturbed me in the ' ldast I was certainly a great hero, and in 01 my walk' of ten or twelve, miles felt neither ' hunger nor thirst, neither anxiety nor • fa'tieue. I was possessed of a calm and << iotle strength, as thougli master of heaven •ad earth. I'could rise in space by mere :IwilV power, and felt that I could live for '-mar " ■■''•' '"' ' ' ' »*"' ". lllfjjrl Lit lil.'V ;,. i! .

" Hat nficr three or four hoivs of this kind of glory my majesty began to grow weak iv the know, Vvnigo ami a sen»eof profound dcpic-siou turned my clear hi ad 10 fea'he s and my wirged feet to leaden anchors. My <'azsd braia soeined moving ahead faster than my legi, n peculiarity which gavo my imperial diguity au unde niable tcmlencv to pitch forwad upon its face, a dry, buruitig sensation started in my tlnoat and extended downwards, a* if I were trying to swallow a scorching fever. An exticniß muscular weakness, fol'owtd by excessive acbii'g of the limb-", made my condition unbearable. I entered a saloon, nr.d dissolving an uuweighed quantity of i-hloral crystals .^absorbed the doso But the god-like fooling did not return, I weut home dejecttd and poisoned myself to sleep. Out of the lieirt of my existence i hid cut another precious iUv. No amount of clil rul would have straightened me after tho failure iv strength described.

It is a curious fact that the taking ot nleoholic drinks is incompatible with the enjoyment of cli'iornl, and will often cau*e great agony. Strange sensa'ions arise ; the stomicli seems petrified, and the senses be come con^oinm of strong metallic tastes or impre-sions ([ can explain it no better), as though the human machine were made of rusty iron or acidulated copper. One day, after taking some whisky, I went about for forty-eight hours possessed by an idea— which 1 knew to ba false—that I had swal lowed a company of boiler makers, who were trying to rivet a red hot plate int> my diaphragm ai aroparaiive measure. Others were hammering my broken lungs into shape or trying to screw a n»w head upon me. I suffered preally from these delusions, while well aware of their falsity, one nif;lit it seemed as if a party of engineers were blasting away my hardened nerve tissues arid blowing out the closed cavities of my bruin, Each explosion drove me frantic. la desperation I fi>ed up with an enormous quantity of the pale drug, and rushing into the streets, sent the city blocks whirling behind me until daylight. A curious phycical effect of alcohol with chloral win to thicken and stiffen certain muscles, particularly those of thtt face. My eyelids would harden, suddenly and the whole sup'TuVial tisane of the faco would burn and become of a vivid scarlet colour. I can compare the appearance with nothing organic except a boiled lobster. People would turn iv the streets to look at me ; I suppose they wanted to find out if I was as red as that behind.

At the end of the third year an incident occurred which, should have warned me sharply, I was aboard a ferryboat and iv a high state of chloral activity, though out wardly calm. I suddenly felt my ability to rise in space, and when within a hundred feet of the dock prepared to skim shoreward by the air Hue. A couple of teamster* re strained me. Cominii to my senses, I con fessed hastily to ' beer1 an excu-e which was sj'inpathtticaUy received, At this period I often hoard close to my ears the rapid griud of tho horse car b.-akoa and the yells of the drivers. Every mouth or so I would have some such adventures as walking at the wheels of a passing vehicle, aud denouncing with great energy the aatouishtd stranger* who jerked me backward from the danger. Later ou I could fairly be counted upon to demolish a fruit stand or roll ovor a boot black's chair once a fortnight. Ouo day 1 awoke from a chloral doze to find m*self soatod comfortably in a rag dealer's cellar, through the lickety grating of wbich I ha<l dropped hours before. On two occasions I walked directly, with my eyes opeu and sensea acute, into precisely tbe places I uid not wiab to visit, 11 hm entered a jeweler's store, when my de>ign was to visit a druggist's four dooira below. The jeweller regarded mo with suspicion, but the apothecary recogmsod me as a chloral cus tomer. Ue saved me from arrest, and sold me a pound ol " Soherriog's Chemically Fate Chloral."

"This tort of work con Id not last long, and despite my efforts to procure the super exaltations of the chloral diunk, theexperi eoces of the fourth year were a 'horrible mixture of unnatural, high-tentloned joy, aad abnormal ' noisy ' sleep. My rpeeeh became hesitating and often rap into >n ominous aphasia; I thought tbe right word, yet uttered the wiong. Friend* talking with me would watch me closely, stop sud denly, and shorten the interview: At night the noiiea of street wagons would take the form of curses, or vdtber my son! witb words of deserved contempt. Some of my chloral impressions would last for days. Once, when nearing the Post Office bu'ldiog, 1 imagined it was about to fall upon me. It was a fortnight before I could throw oil' the idea that the whole city was tumbling about my earn. The swurd of Damocles took tor mo the form of flying bricks and snapping telegraph poles. A curious street illusion was one in wbich I imagined my self turniug over aiad over, twenty times a seond, like aome impossible circus acrobat at his summersaults, I consulted a doctor, fcr my muscular weakness was so great that I feared 1 might at atiy moment sink down into a sort of jelly. He told me to stop chloral by degreaii—the worst advice he could give me—and prescribed for tho muscular t oublo. His medicine did induce muscular contractions, especially, near the epigastrium. Ie soon came to tbe surface, and was replaced with the grandest drug of this age of science. Treatment for cbloraliam was not then understood.

"My appetite continued good, though ray appearance conveyed an idet of starva tion. The most fallacious notion of the chloral drinker is that the injury to his system cannot be irremediab'e while his desire for food remains. But chloral either prevent* nutrition or disorganizes tho blood, or boib. A platform scale will tell the chloral drunkard of one of the most import ant practical lesults of bU habit. A man with a good appetite who degenerates into parchment has not much to boast of, either logically or phy.iologically. As my doses increased I became a finer example than ever of living desiccation. Duriog the fourth year my daily.allowance was about 180 grains. I fell dry and bloodless, as though 1 had nothing in the nature of flosb. My weight bad'fallen from 152 pounds to 114 Dounds. I felt brittle and friable, as though made of slioU, and was: haunted with the illusion that should I jostle any one I must infallibly break in pieces. I could relinquish the habit for a few daya at a time, and this made me wonder at the control it had over me. After all, the same thing may be said of alcohol. The trouble was really in myself. Tho fifth year's ex perience was characterised by a deteriora tion so rapid andpiooounced that I aroused mysel', and in the three days I bad made an iron resolution to drop the pale crystals forever. That day was ons of rejoicing for me, but late at night I tired of; my new found virtue; then it bored me, and I-grew irritable. An hour of this, and my ironclad resolve was swallowed up in 200 grain* more of chloral. My dose never fell below this amount. I was growing irritable in 1 the extreme. A word would create an ex citement bordering on frenzy. I became hopelessly unsteady, and on one occasion, when accused by a friend of growing cunning and meodocity—wbich was true— my excitement vented itself in the rather vulgar operation of furniture smashing, Chloral certainly dulls the nerves ot con science. Even without apparent cause I would fly from perfect quiet to au extreme'

of mental unrest, and brood, pethaps for hours, over unimportant ennutio*.

" My days of work were few and spent at boine; 1 could no longer labour beside my Iello«s. Fnsh ovidoi ces of my misery weic punctuated wiih mote chloral. A rude remludtr of tho little inonev I was mnki: g brought mo one more Ilish of vanity toward the c'osj of the fifth year. But with the ci.i'jus procrastination which the drug engenders I used up six months in thinking over a method of cure. I had slept away two-thirds of the year, aad the sixth anniversary of my acquaintance with my now inti mate eueiuy stole upon' ma almost un awares. I bud come to sucU a cunditioi that for dajs my mind fairly creaked whenever nothing line a thought tormed i s"elf wiUiin me. I had-grown to be.not unlike ihc brain-smafihed victim of a neurological viviMectiot.ist — a creature without guide save habit and oiighul iusiiuct. Even tho laws of custom are strangely diet,' rtcd, us seen through the dose filas» of the chloral drinker. Mine was now a dreary life, I could read but very little, for tytsigtit and tven iutorvst iver.i leaving mo. My raiud would wandttr away from printed mutter into senseless fancies, and with frightful rapidity c o\yd itseif with ugly shapes. It fatigued its machinery beyond measure with its auio mane, movements. There was something devilish in its ceaseless restlessness. The half-excited vacuity gained from real fa tiguo was comparative happiness, I often tried to think over a short sentence until 1 bad obtained the full souse of it, as one sometime!! docj in church, But the labour wai followed by a restless, halt-waking hbep, und a dizzy, woak, ar-d iriitablu feeliog on awaking. My attention was be.-t fixed by conversation. Sometimes, especially in the few minutes of respite gained at each onset of the chloral dose, I could write a few linos in the blurred nnd blotted' book which at best can toll but little dispitu its title, "Tho Story of a Chemical Curjo."

" Where were my Mends! Tho uiau who indulges iv chloral drinking is not apt either at making or keeping thorn. Tho o who stick to him he deceives. Where all is knowu they eau do but lit'lo if the victim -will not help himself. The chloral drinker may give up hu habit if he will. But if, as in my case, he has a little money, he will continue it until retrogiession is im possible. Tho vice is a secret one, ami tho early iutervention of friends is prevented by the lock and kov of tlu bedcuuiuoer.

" The time came wusn i Know that a fow ui'intlis more pf'tlw chloral hnh'u would dcs roy mo, Yut every olFurt to lay it at-ido was fo.lowed by a delirium so acute that only mora chloral would relieve mo. I feared these attacks, I wus po>so*scd with au awful divuit that I should became in gauo. The horror of the thought bound mo yet more ntro:gly to the fatal habit Fur months I swung, likt a Lviiig pendulum, from ehloru! to delirium, fiom delirium to chl ral, In my ugony my thoughts seanii d crimsoned. I thought my mind was bleed in<», and wondered if people evor noticed the reddened of my words. Yet of no person on tha f iCO of eailh dated I ask if any uUerauco of mine had made that im pression. I was alouo indeed. Oae little step, I thought, ami Ul)orty is gone. The.«e (Motions biought about states of half con»ciou*ncsi, when I would fool in my head abrupt explosions of the nerre forces. ( know not how olso to do crlbe them. Alter these brain bmsts would come an hour of praC'S and the horrid muuUl shapes would scamper away with a mocking laugh and a cry ot 'imbecile.' " The discovery, far on in the sixth year, that bromide of potassium would allay some of the evil efleets of tbo more formidable dtug, enabled mo, by its judicious use, to copy out my notes, and gave me strength for a time to rosume my walks, though I tot'ered through tho street* like ao aban doned vessel in an ocean tempest, Une day I met an old friend—a doctor. Ho could not coDceal his horror at ray appear ance. Ke kUßpeoted some wasting diaea.se, and alc<>ho'. My coat win but'oned away, and he called my attention to the fact, 1

tried to rearrange the garment, bnt could not. ' Loss of co-ordimtiog power,' he muttered, and looked •oiioui. I became frenzied, and struck at him witb ray itick, which wide of itn mark, impotontly beat the air. 'Gieat boavou !' ho exclaimed, 'ataxic I'ami turiwd regietfully away. I

i,over saw him again." [Hero follow in pencil the lu.t word« of the manuscript.] " I thall walk out no more. I have not left my room for many diys. I feel quieter -sometime" even peaceful j but so—so ex hnu-tod. I think lam below low-water mark. • A calm, kind stillness comforts me; yet lam woak; I w.'ll write no more to-day."

Tbe full manuscripts wero sent to tho traiircriber of this fud >tory with a short note :" I send you the record; tho reht you have obtained from our talks together. All is not said, but chloral drinkers will understand me. Tell them to give their drugs the heel, and crush them out like mo . Is it ttue that a man's uiual duso sometimes kills ? I have no fear. Mature isiilwii)s logical. The .sand is running— running, ana not you may turn tlio glats once more, Thank you for your tffort*. You have tried to do for me that which was impossible— that is all."

He died of. exhaustion two months after the above was written, and six years and eight months after tbe beglnding of tho fatal habit. Ho wan in hta giave in less than eight yiars after chloral had onteiud upon its career as a medicine. Hi* last words were: "Hell, l« it not? Go a* ivy trom me—now - now; lam going to rest a while."

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£77,000,000. NEXT OF KIN. Now BIADY VOR SAW) A RBQISIBS Containing the Names of Forty Thouaa Parsons who have been advertised for aa Claimants to Money and Property. Prloe fii, Post Free, on reooipt ol P. 0.0. or stamp*. Penoni otn asoertaln It their names are In the KoftUter by torwatdlng One Shuiinn for [i»chn»me- Addreas— " w.a p,,« Box 167 Auckland. ME. P O 0 h E V, (IIATB OuaAKIHT AXD i in CBOIBIUEWEK rob KOUKTKKN YKABS 0» Vllh. CATnBDRAL CIIUHUII OV LIVEIITOOL, ENOLAND). TEACHER of ORGAN, PIAROFORTE1 AND QINGINQ. M rESDELSS()HIT Vti.iA, • VINCENr<Q.rREKT. MX. JOHN HART WELL, OBOUnBTOFST. M.UIY'SCHVBCHI I I PAUNjBXL. PROFESSOR OF THK PIANOFORTB, Losaons -[ivon by the Quarter, or by arrangement. ( ORGAN. FIANOFORTB. HARMOKY Amateurs' Compositions revised and prepared for rublioatiOß. Address: Ponionby Road, oppoeito Franklin Koad. Ijotters may be loft with Messrs Hoff man and Sona Jitluio Warohonso, Queen-itreot' FR THE BEST AND CHEAPEST uNa ra TWKExe, ~ 'tm U. RonrNßOir Gate Stovon»Dn),]unotloa ti Queen and Groy streets. TWEED SUITS FROU 63 10a. I TROOiJKRS FROM iSst. Od. BTYLK AHII FIT GUAiUNTEKD, GH>i>. JIK A TH»•-?., h. siya TTILTiINGDone at J. White's, Poraell. DEST Plaoe for Ranges, Ovens, otoves, and O Blaokamlth'a Work.-X. NIOUWJUgf, 330. Upp« Qaeenstroe*



CITBKDMAN'S SOOTHING FOWDEKS O yon CHILDREN CUTTING TKBTH. CAUTION TO PO&CHASKBJ3. The valuo of this woll-knd wn FunUr Medicine has iwon largely tested in all parts ot tho world, and by all grades of society, (or upwards of fifty TEAita. Its woU-earned extensive sale has lndnoed sfubiouu imitations, some of Which In ODTWAkD APPEABAHOB BO OIOSeIT resemble the original as to have dooolved many purchasers. The proprietor, therefore, feola It dua to tbo pnblio to'give a special caution against tbe n«o or such Imitations. Porohasers are therofore reaaostod carefully to observe tbe four following dlstinotlve oharao terlstlos, without whloh none are itunnlno :— Ist—ln every o»se the words John Stbbd man, Ohkhiht. WAX.WOBTH, HCBRKY, are en graved on th o GoTormnent Stamp affixed to each paoket. and-Kaoh Single Powder bas rtlrootlons for the done, and the words John tltesdman, Ohemlat, Walworth, Surrey, printed thereon, 3rd—The name titeednun Is always spelt with 4th-The manufacture Is carried on solely Waltrorth. Wurroy. Void in Packets by all Obemlsta and Medloue Vendors, at Is ljd to to M each. Agents i Kemptbokmi. Vuimtma & Co, Auokiand. Wolilnston* OhrlßtohnKh, ana Danodln. ANTED KNOWN.-At the North Shore Pharmacy, Deronport, will be found a complete assortment of Porftunos,Toilet Roquis teg .Surgical and Domestic Appliances, Dietetic Preparations, and Specialities for luva ids, Sb well as JTopiily Afediomoa of every doacrfpHon, Homceopathio Medicines, and artlolea required by mothers for the nnrswry. YOUNO, Family Grocer. Shortlond-streot, • Auokiand. ' - FTBRIMBLtftiOkfiB, Queen's Hotel • gymondfrfitreet and Eyber Vm.



AOTOMH. & "WI2TTEB, 1883. -o—.— Hnooung&d by the result of jMaHSnP"™^Sn'^T_^^ffl^i_ the past BoaßOa'a trading, JgßM''^^4«s%cv*^fe^k hfid tho pl©sflniftt of uubmlc « BBBWHBn||tt^BßPjiH^^^Mm HMff JHWiHtHMBBMBBB I special fittojntlon to tbei BiUc« DrOW. and JVI« n»lt !^ Jb tl ~^ I ~ ueiittrtuiontß, which will b WkSBMbSBIL rrr \i i_._?iJf~!jEiiiii!ißßWMfcMf | AEMY AND NAVY HOTEL. NEW SILKS.—LYONS' SILKS and SATIASfor dress and trimming purposes 1 "Black and Plain Colourings ; also a good assortment of the Newßroches, now so much in demand. Prevailing shades—Brown, Myitlo, Ruby, Peacock, aud Grenat, &c N.B.—Our BTack Silks aie '-well known, aud Ruaranteed makes. NEW DRESSES.— SCOTCH CHEVTOTS, made entirely of pure wool, with dark erouuuhaviug a dash of bright colour interspersed throughout the fahrie, which eivos to the cloth a pretty effect; 26 inches wide, 1b 6i<l and la Bid per yard, Some SoXte to select from. ABK.KGELDIK COSTUME TWEED, a plain, useful material, in dark durable mixturea, for children's costumes, plain house dresses, &c. A most u'esirablo cloth, 26 inuhos wide, Hid, la Old, and Is 3Jd pei yftrdbther Seasonable Dress MateriaJs, lv tho uew Hoathor Mixtures, from 4fd pei Caiomew, Homespuns, French Twills, and Beiges, in Heavy Winter Makes, at Lowest liuling VriceJ. WR - S &C. bo'mZ Direct Importer* of r»re»a Goods, &c, from the boat Bradford " Manuf "oturerß,"wo invite inspection and comparison. NEW VELVETEENS — Anticipating a large domand tor Velveteens, we have now in stock, aud to arrive ex P. a-tul O. S.S. Wmam and Cophalonia, an adequatt supply, at prlcoi ranging frbm Is li^l to 5a lid. Ihe celebrated "L •Ulf» and • "BRUNSWICK* makes, in all qualities aud colours, as advcrtioed by us. ! . — •——• •* *- ' OUR MILLINERY, HOSIERY, AND UNDERCLOTHING DEPARTMENTS will be 'euiid replutewitu Now aud aeasouablc Good* at considerably Urna tuan usual Queen -street prices. c Ml Q. would dirtct special attention to a Purchase from a Southern Firm at "a * Uiscnunt of 20 per cent, off WUolos:»lf Price, smiw 70 perfect fitting Fuglish and Gorman Tailor mado Dolmans, and Braided Jacketß, at prices varying fiom 1 to S guineas. Purchasers may rely upon receiving the full benefit of this great discount. Tho NSW ABBESS XJUSTKR, Dolman Shape." which promise? to be the favourite, price from 19s 6d ; also the Newmarket and other makes, from 6s ltd. Cliildron's Jackets and Ulsters io groat variety. ULSTBK AND HaIHT CLOTHS, ia 20 dififereut shadiags, from 2< lid per yard, double width. NEW BLANKETS AND FLANNELS.-Oar reputation for Good Value in .Blanket*, Kluuneis, Calicoo*, aud SHoetiajjs, &c, we are determined to sustain, by marking these gouds at the smallest remunerative profit. We receive our supply of tto-lyn and Kaiapoi Ulankati and Flannels, Uosierv, aud Fingering Yarns, direct from the Mill*, aud c&n therefore sell these beautiful goods at almost Wholesale Price. Uur Special Valuoa in Blankets, ox 4 Azo, ft lid; 10 quarter, 16s lid; 11 quartor, 21s per pair; choapcr qualities kept in stock. • NEW ZEALAND PLANNERS at li 2d, Is 6d, Is Bd, Is lOd, and 2a. > NEW ZKAL/VND BLaNKETS from 19s Gd to 37s 6\l per pair. J Wf LSH FL <*NNELS at 6Jd. Bld, IOJd, fall yard wide at Is. Z CiHEV CALICOES at 2Jd, 3Jd, 4J, 4id, and si. Our 5Jd Grey is splendid O yalne, full yard wide, aad equal to anything we have ever sold before at W 6id. T Will, i B CALICOES in the best makos, at prices varying from 2jd to lOd. 3 Special Valuoi at 4s 6d per dozen yards. WASHBD TWiLL SHKEriNSS, in double width, from OJd, ~ FINLAY'-S SHEETINGS in all widths. W FLAX sH!KTIiNGSat4|d, 5Jd, 6H, and up to lOd, jj, WINCEY SHIUTINGS at 7J<l, S£d. 10|d, 121 d, &c. P Bx Brahmin hikj Mataura, now unloading, 6 easas of Iri»U Linens, Cambric «• Handkerchiefs, Linen Sheeting, fable Damasiks, Cloths aad Napkins, Hollands, Diapers, Gents' Shirts, Collars, and Cults. Those goods having B been personally selected, and b-mght for Cash from Baifaat Mauufactmers. will be sold a« heretofore, at WHOLES ALK FKICE. Nor*.—Our reputation for giving GOOD VALUE being tufficleutly established, we need only add taat wa aro resolveT to sustain, this by strictly adhering to the principles upon which we havo conducted our busioeas in the past, i.e., giving it our personal attention, and by Buying Cheap and Selling Choap -_ FOR CASH ONLY. SMITH & CAUGHEY'S CHEAP DRAPERY AND PARCEL; WAREHOUSE, 300 & 302, VPPEB QTJEEN - STREET. BRANCH ESTABLISHMENT AT NEWMABKET.



The Oriental Tea Cos, STANDARD PACKET TEAS. ' Awakdud Pitizu Medals i Sydnoy Exhibition. 1878. 1 Paris International Exhibition, 1879. : Bydn«y International Exliibition, 1831, Adolwdo Exhibition. 1881. , Plbasb Note tub Brands (which are all registered): "ROYAL." "OHAIiLENGIC,- "STANDARD.' AND ' ' •'" "UNIVERSAL MIXTURES." Those Toas are a proper Combination o( Chinese and Indian Teas—liuvo been tested at tho Government Laboratories—arc guaranteed up to this standard quality -and have boon pro nounced by professional Tea Tasters and Con sumers to bo the iinssr Teas offered in. the Colonies, at thoir rospootivo prices. Pure Indian Teas— a >.-.■ '• "VICKROY" ANt) "RAJArT," ' ' All Paolced in i and lib Packets, and 10lb Boxes. Bout uv ali, SrouiiicEKPHna. in ■ ■ ■ , BROWN, BARRETT & CO., ' Whole***"- v»frs.' CfuLLIS'S WEEr&V Tl^E/TABLE, Jts. ' ' ■ ■" ■' '. lio1 -9 Onohunga I " LoaVe Auckland 1 ' B.oam. . ■; ■■. ■ 8.45 a.m. . : y.lfm.m. . l.Up.m. .. H.lsa,m. 2,0 p.m. , ~ 12.0 noon , 4.0 p.m. 1 4.0 p.m. 6.0 p.m. - ' 6,30 p.m. :. !■ in i, 7.0 p.m. i rri . ~ — Monday, 11 p.m. , ~ RETURNI"ARj!:Ia,I!D, :. :" , BINGIJC FARE : la. J.-D "A V By,/ » TAII/tJR, &o VUIjAN LANK, AUCKLAND, Bagi moat respeotfully to call the attention Gentlemen ana tho Public In general to hit NHW QOODS of Best t>uaUty tor the present and coming season*. . J.I). In returning thanks for past tavourg soUolts a continuance of tha same, and will give satisfaction to all'Who may favour biji with their patient ge. . i t.i . VOITB THB .-. DRUBS 1 . ..'. OPPO3I* THK *«NTAL "*. i VDMIAU Wft. [|, ROBOaaS atito Q, Wood), Butcher, ParnoU, loot iluamr 'fetoat at lowhw Pfff * I in; ■>■ ■ .«i ■ ih'it* vi ] ri-i IK '■ aoJ < 'H ' Aa'.d j ' ' ,tf/iil ,ii. ajjvj i\ Uvsa't:\if.



JHJJIEAV ZEALAND KAILWAYS. TIME TABLE On and Apteb July 6,1882 AUCKLAND AND ONEHUNGA LINE. ] JS » 3 •• S 35 I -*_, 3-.s 3, . a s.-s I o I 3: a • iS S g & ■ [ § as.a, , s s s? <i ' «i ' o « o ft 4j I i-a« "i «•»' s='i';3 I a . ■ :—- a ' j1:I' '1 I I J • O OS vft o 3 gs4 i fi i t ■* io o v 2«s *od l «od3 »• 5 .j 3■ • 3 « •s a % i :Si i : § gsi?? 114 § ■ ' ■). ' ' - ■ ' 1 • d O U5 t. o t£ I&i '«* eJ * 'el !oi 5 | I I j331 •=1 «3 I ll a3§ 3- • <3■ * * I 2§ a3 3 3 33 0 ■ | g«S«S <6 • •<i l«j P| , a ■«i a a a a a g n ?: n i t uS • o a Ij. : . t | i « i i i 3 : 3 a ' ____^ | oS3. .8 . S I g g«id eJ ' -el 'ci | I , __, w §s3siai " VS "si 1 '3 33 3 •• :> 3 .« 3 s /J3S!! « 'S-iS' I



—2EtzWKKKDAV3. 0 Auckland : •'■" v -.■ • km. aSiT~ 2 J Newmarket Junction „?;! !«»*$ *i\ MountEdcn " aeft 7.28uj, ,•• 5] Kingsland " v• •' .-. ?«l *5 Moruinßside *■'- •■ .. V *7 Mount Albert "'■ r" i '• •■ * • 8j Avondale ~ " 1# •■".: 7 • iU^nfe: : -'* ??!$* Hj Henderson.. - ' V . ;• .. * •• *17 Sivanaon .. " ~"' •• 8,loh?% ■• '20 Waitakerei * " "'-• 1r - •22 Taupaki .. . ~ - -„"'•': *31 Rowcti •• .. '■* l'l •33 woodhm :; ■*■ •• • ..■■• •34 Paeroa ~.. ~ -.."«• 38J Helensvillo"' " — :i- ■-•'■. " • ■ —"—^iS^T,^ 4 Fair 1"0., .'-.. :;4#fe' '6 WoodhUl .. ~ ulu:-'-')''Zs *T Rewiti Z ~ *■ hhl :'' •10 Waimauku - - .. ... ',; i- U Kumeu Junction "—■■" " J- •: " •17 Taupaki 7;-"",., V •• 7.23 L & ■*19 Waitakerei -''!' *» U. ,„..* •21 Swanson _ •' - ; «... ■•• •25 Henderson..; ™ "i•' „- „ " "27 Waikomiti.. " "'" MO 2,0 " •29 New Lynn „ ~ "•*••." 31 Avondale .. "" "J"i>. t., » •M Mount Albert 7 ■" i. ••■ &*• U) ij, •3l| Klngaland.. " iftiffl, •35j Mount Eden ~ ■• . 3^ Newmarket Junction ■"'•■■»& ■jji j, ,^ 881 Auokl^d L, n:ffl«^^ |« j| liij, . C-Goods Train-a PassenwTfw^-^ runs .from Hu n OrTKffiS?lA««, , Thursdays, and SatunJiynnF^rfJSJJlwf Auckland and intermediate a£foA L!»«J tor Helensville and intermedlatS«LrillO ti . * FLAG STATIONa-T^ d ?X» li?; these unless requlrad. NoUm Jl2. Wl'topil to tlie Guai-d atKeS^Jg™! The Railway Denartnipiif rf/ui \,i-:t-i . LUGGAGE—Kaeh,PaaseBMr i, «ii-«j v take 1121bs. of PE^O^£SbSi«te! including merchandise ortih*TM'sM every .Sfflbs.i or fractioniijf ifflSffS weight, for every 50 miles wiracttoii S >vtdr"' tlie charge will be Ona Bhlufa HktiiSp will be allowed to bo taken into the fiafi unless of such a size that it can be pbraffi the seat without incoaveaiawe toottwpS Kera. I'usacngers are stwnffrewiSK lave their Names wuT tKfflff^ffi -hey are proceiding aisttlSelfflffi' Luggage, and to' satistrifceraSSwiKk placed on the TrainTas the MwwDeit ment will not be responsible unlessitUboffl Una paid for. . --■-«- *ww' Passengers can be tooted it"Sfetl«ojil7ri cpnditioa that there i* ttoW ta-fffif Children under three year* ot mfaUtm above-three and under,=twelve, jf^ffi1 HORSES, CARRIAGES, &Jc;l-*heßji[»»r' department does not nnderiake lo tomj lorses and Carriages byirtrparttailttTnta rat when sent, they must be Uie&rroZ,, Station half an-hour before the fleDartiffifir' Train. The Owners of Horses mtut'ittUa means for securing them in tlieHoree-btiLini the Railway Department will not below*. able for any injuries sustained through Ihek >reaking loose or otherwise, nor will ft nate. *k c to carry unbroicen <or ■ vioions Horses. At Country Stations requisitions, for Honfrtas or Carriage-trucks must be made tha day Mm they are wanted. ■ ' ' ■ . t*.*.«Hi DOGS must be provided with chains, <rf Ota Bumcient means of securing them. Therwl not be allowed m carriages, and. the sender mast obtain a Ticket, to be given up at theoi of the journoy, and before tho Dog is dellveM RKTUKN TICKETS, for distances not» oeeding 25 miles, are available on day of ton I only; for each additional 23 miles, oi fmtta thereof, one extra day is allowed. RETURN or PERIODICAL TICKETS «l not be Available .for Special ami Erctnioi Trdins, except when the Ordinary TuwjTjbb is suspended. .. , ; ,-.-, -,\ ~ •■> ,!„, . SPECIAL NOTICE. - To .enmHi &n& Parcels, Extra LUgcaee, and Dom mutMii the Stu lion at least THIRTY MINUTES Win the Advertised Time of Departure of Trait All Time Tables issued prior totikifttut now eancelleo. ' "'•€•'■•■ J. P. MJLIWBLU <■ - > > i ji ■:-:■■-. ':_ Oonersl Uwjp, ■ T\ 8. . J. CO'LIIS ':B.B'tW*ii ■■■•';. ,:Chlor6dyne.^^«^ I ■ THB OHIQINAL AND ONU BESOffll ABVICB TO iNVAtIDS.- U JOU wflh MObttll I quiet, refreshing tleep, Hot bom hetduk relief from pala and a&julih, W nlo in asaatKO the weary >obin«d of protnoW disease, iovlitorate tha norrotu mrfl*. in | regulate tho olrcnUtlng eysann otitke todr, you will provide yourself, wish »n«t tnirtdlM 1 remedy dleoovored by pr. J, Oouli win (Ute.Ainiy MedloalStaffTtbWilokllnnlta name of CHLOKUD^NB, snd WUch'U li mlued bytbQDrofessloatobßitomMtwsto (ul and vuluabie remedy »w4lic«)fßti4j- :, OHLORODYNK t» the bM» {pq&ijEP'l torCougha, Conßumptloa, Brononltu, A»ffl» CaLOKODYNE BOtB Win b dup k OiarrtKßa, and la tho only apecuiotoClii&tjisi Dysentery. ■ '' » '/.am ««;'/ CfILORODYNE etteWaiy, Wtt*tiiM «•' attacks orKpilepsy, Uysterli.l'alliiutw,"ll Spiams.'! ■ iii) rr-in--1-(!->ifii.:ii-':' OHLOItODYNK is the only jiilllaljw >J* Noura'oiu. RheuwaUam.flO^m^™* ache. Meningitis, &c ( ..'//,.",{" S"romßymoßSsCa,PharmiceDtt<iilCSiM*a Medical ti&a Hitnla. J»nnarf 4^lßßl ToJ.I, Devonport. B*q., ,% aratt BwdHWT Bloomsbury. London. Bear1 Sir,-WaWKW; tbts opportunity of ooagtaimatlttg 70a cpuih wioeapread reputation ihU JtMBL.MK* 8" medicine. Dr. J. Coilia Browoe'r CWowiW has earned for itself, not only la jjlw.» all over tho East Ae••'rekUW«JW«" utility wo much qaMtlon ; wuw. • better la impoxtod ,jtotft. tWijWffl!l ' and we shall be glad to heu dt Itl fI»JW a pUoa in every Anglo-Indian lomi, IjjßCUg brands, ■We are happy to say, «•■"■.fjgffi to. the nativei baeaar^ »na jflttffljMffiWWi Bale, we fanoy thelt.soaontn weft WP "Ira avanfiacont. We could multiply'i™'*l'o"; inflniiwrt of the extraordiairyjfltoW oi« Coins' Browne's Chlorod^na to■jpi«jj»ft Oysentary. Cramw., fSSJ^Ii^ Vomiting of Pregn»noy, and»«,«Bi>'ieriii^ tive, thatha've ooennM twd* iwHW observation during many 7«»Jk!7£53 DlarrhO3a. and oven in mow ««J™iSSS Cholera iuelVjwe haw W}'«gw*lSjSfflßS controlllnß poweri We l»f« •'TO.SJLS other form of thism6dicinßa»BCWUlßMmn from a firm oonvioUan ihstit tiJ%?*Si bent.and alga fiom a Bensa.ot daty W2ffiM« protetslon and thS pnßltara* TOJJISJBB that the BnbsUmlon'Of'»nr««M«jW»;2« Browne's isa deubib»t* bbmOSO*"^ OK THE PAbT OF IHB CaSMUT Wf^WZMn yours. 8ynl«8 & 00- *rdiHS5* IB SLZitfS« Vioeror'a Cnenkisto..-. .'-"rfv.r.. i-n gmW ■■.' Wood stated th»« Dr.J. Co^.M'HJ.ttS nndoubtadly. tha Inveiitorof OttoW" Ihe story of the defendant J£*»TtfS t deliberately untrue, whioh. he r«W»> TO bad been ■worn«),r-SeeJ' T*>f! Wsr*™ l8 Bold in bottle* at ii Hd,;ft WU***^ each. None IS genuine witnoal uu*?%: rai . J. ColUs Browne'sChlorodynejnUiß«g« mentstamp. OvMwhelmiM«w"Pf.^nv: " aooompaniet oaoh' bottle.' ' " ' Im i».tsoD«, CttutiOD.—Baware of Plrs^KfiSpniS. ffl Solo Manutooturer~J. T. Wffiffl " Qreat hnssell-Btreet. BlooßUttOTi.Mg:"™. -l



....,.•,.• MAIN-LINK. ■ ' ■ ■■.!.. : AUCKLAND - MERCER-TE AWAMUTU. SOUTH.-Week IHyg. , ■ 1 [ I—n1 —nn —r— r~ ■ ■■ a.vi. a.m. a.m. n.m.T>.m. 0 Auckland dep. 6.16 6.101 8.25*115 6.0 2 Newmarket Junct 6.25 6.50 8.37 125 6.10 3 Rumuera .. .. 6.30 _ 8.14 130 6.15 *1 GreonLano.. ..... ... .. .. •5 EUerelie .. ...... ~ .... .. •) 8 Ponrose Junction.. 6.45 7.16 8.59 t1.45 tfi.3o 9 Otuhuhu .. .. 8.55 .. 9.10 4.57 6.42 11 Papatoitol .. .. TT l! 9.19 5.6 "7T *15 Manurswa.. .. .. _ ..... i,. .. 19 Fapakura .. .. ~' „ .15 5.35 .. >21 Ilunua ... .. .. .. .. .. .. 2* Drury.. .. '.. £'■ 8.810.3 6.53 .. •23 RuDolman .. w - ... .. .. .. 80 Pukolcohd H .... 0,4510.85 6.25 .. *$i Buckltind .. 33 Tualtaa 9.» 10.53 6.431.'., •37 Whanararata .. .. .: .. ' ' 10 Pokeao .; . - .. U.U 7.3. .. •19 Wkanfcamatino .. - . .. .. .. "54 WalrsßKi .. .. „ 2 _ .. „ *56 Rangiriri a...._.._ l. •59 Ohinawal n ' ... .. I ,".. ~. .. 65 Huntlr .. .. .IU U . .. 69 TaupM .• •• •• •■ MS ~ ~ 74 Nifiuuawaliia ... 4. 1.15 1.33 »'.| ].. •78 PukotO .. .. .. „ .. •81 Teßapa .. .. .. ~ .. 2 .. '84 Hamilton Junotlon _ „ 3.13 .. 85 Hamilton _ .. _ 1.05 .. .. „ .B0 Rukuhta .. .. ~ _ ~ .. . 94 Ohanpo .... .. _ 2.So'_' . ;*96 Laksßoad .: li' 'w .7 v. .. •98 NsrarotO .. .. ~ si IQUJ To Awam»tn arr. y 1.. I 3.1a >■ .. ■■' '■- " I r 't tbt a.mo.m. a.m. pan, p.m Q TnAwamutu dep 9.20 .. .. 2 Ngaroto"'~".*.' '.; .; ■-•;«■ -■;. ~ ... •4 Lako Road .. ~ J Ohaupo .v ~s W .. 8.54 .. .. •II Rukuhla .. ..«.._ .. .. 17 Hamilton .... ~ „ „ 2.5 „ 16 Hamilton Juno. .. ~ ..10.33 2.8 ..' •20 Teßapa .. .. M .. J| .. .. ;"23 Pukete .. •_ „ .. .... .. 26 Ntfaruawahia .. .. .. H.IS .. 31 Taupiri .. .. _ .. U.33J .. .. 88 Huntly •.. .. .. '• ZU. 69 3.13 .. •11 Ohinewai ~ ... „ ». .. 1.. •45 Rangiriri «... •*3 Walrangl .. .. .. .. •61 Whangamarino .. .. .. _ .. 6? Mercer ..{|» : » M&lfc,. 60 Pokeno .... .. 6.26 .. Lil ~ „ "¥3 Whangarata .. .. ~ .. .. „ 6S Tmilcau ~ .. tS.it .. 2.1 .. JJ 6S Buokland n .... «■._.. _•< 70 Pukekoha .. .. 7.6 .. 8.28 6.25 .. *77 Runoimaa .. .. ~ 78 Drury.. .. .. 7.13 .. IS 7.5 " •80 Humm .. , 81 Papakura .... T^l .. 3.15 .. ... *85 Maaurews, .. ........ 89,Papatoitol, .. ~.8.32 .. 3.49 f.50 .. 92 Otahulin ~ .. 8.41 7.5 8.59 .. 6.50 91 Penroso Junction t'J.O 87.15t4.15 8.20 7.5 «95 Kllorslie .... .; tr _K. .. •9fl Green Ijano.. ~ .. _ „I .. .. 91 gemueia .. .. B.IS _ UN &3J 7.80 9j NewniaAOt Juno, ft.ll fi (4.41 g.ii f.SS 100 Auckland .. mx, few .» SMfffltM