THE STAR SATURDAY SUPPLEMENT.

AUCKLAND. N.Z.. MARCH 10. 1883.

THE HOUSE OF White Shadows.

By B. L. PARJEON.

AUTHOR Of " Blades •o' - Grass," "Joshua Marvel,' "Bread and Cheese and. Kisses," '' Grif" "London's Heart" AC, .Cc, <tO.

CUAPTKU XXXI. TOE ADVOCATE FEATS HE HAS CREATED A MONSTEK, TllE Ailvocato did uot immediately return to his study. Darkness was inoro congenial to his mood, and be spent n few minutes in the gardens of the villa. Although he had stated to Arthur Balcombe that the conver sation winch had passed between them had bjen of benefit to him, he felt, now that ho was alone, that there was much in it to give rise to fresh thought and conjecture. He h.id uot foreseen tho dillicuity in social in tercourse, of avoiding the subject upper most in Ma wind. A morbid self-conscious ness at present iuits germ, and from which he'h'ad hitherto boou entirely free, seoniorl to unlock all roads in its direction. It was, aa it were, the converging point of thought and conversation. HaviDg put the seal upon his resolution with respect to Gantrhu s confession, he becamo painfully aware that ho had committed himself to a litie of action from which he could not nuw vecede with out laying himself opon to s-uch suspicion, from friend and foo alike, as might fatally injure his reputation. Ho was a lawyer, and lie knew what powerful use he could make of such a weapon against iioyraan, hißh or low. If it could be turned against another, it could ba turned against himself Hi! must not,, therefore, waver in his reso lution. Ouly his conscience coald cull him to account. Well, ho would reckon with that. It was a passive, uot an active ac cuser. Gautran would seek sumo new lcculity in which he would hi lost to sight. As a matter of common prudence, it was moro than likely ha would change his name. The suspicion which attached itselt to him, and the aversion with which he was regarded, in ihe neighbourhood in which he had lived, would compel him to lly to other pastures. In this and m the silence of timo lay tho Advocate's safety, for every day that passed would weaken tho cxeiioment created by the trial. After a few weeks if it even happened that Gautran won- in sauely to make a public declaration of his guilt, and to add to this confession a stitcv ment that the Advocate was awaro of it during the trial, by whom would ha. he believed ? Certainly not by the majority of the better classes of people; and with what edict in the event of such a contin gency, he could quote with ctUct the poet's words -"Be thou chaste as ico, atd pure as snow, thou Shalt not escape calumny." So much then for himself; bin he was more than ever anxious and ill at ease regarding Arthur Balcombe. The secret which his friend dared cot divulge to him, was evid ently of the gravest import—probably as terrible iv its way as that which lay heavily on the Advocate's soul; aud the profound mystery in which it wai wrapt, invested it with a significance so unusual, even in the Advocate's varied experience of human nature, that he could not keep from brooding upon it. Was it a secret in which houour was involved. He could cot bring himself to belicvo that Balcombe could be guilty of a dishonourable act, but a man might be dragged into a difficulty against his will, and might have a burden ot shamo unexpectedly thrust upon him, which he could not optnly fling off without disgrace. And yet—and yet that he should be bo careful in con cealing it fiora the knowledge of tho truest ot friends. It was inexplicable. Ponder as long os he might, the Adrocata could arrive at no explanation of it, nor could his logical mind obtain tho slightest cluo to tho mystery. • ■ '' 'J The cool air in the gardens refreshed mm, and he walked about always within view of the light 3in his study windows, with hts head bared. It wa< dmiug the < first five minutes of his solitude that an impres sion stole upon him tint he wa> not ulono, He searched the avenues, he listened, ho asked aloud— "jsany person naar, and docs he wish to s-peak to me 1" No voice answered him. The gudens, with tho exception of the soft rustling of leaf and branch, wero as silent as the grave. Towards the tnd of his solitary rambling, and ai he was contom plating leaving the giouuds, this impression again stole upon him, was it the actual sound of muflled footstep', or the spiritual influence of an nnsefn presence, which dis turbed him? He could not decide Again ho searched the avenues, again he listened, again lie asked a question aloud. All was silent, no voic; answered him. This was the third timo during tho night that he had allowed himself to bo beguiled. Once in Arthur Balcombo's room when he thought he heard a laugh, and now twice in the Bolitudc i>f the grounds. He set it down as an unreasoning fancy, sprin"ing : frorq the agitation into wbich ho bad been Jhrown by hia inte'mew with Gantran, ; and he breathed a wish that the next fortnight were pas: ed, when bis mind would-.almo-t certainly have recovered its cqiialibiium. The moment the wish was born, he smiled ia contempt of his own weakness. It opened another view in the psychological examination to which he was subjecting himself. • •"•*?•-• ' '■ He entered his study and did not perceive1 Gautran, who was asleep in the darkest corner of the room, buthisqnick observaut eye immediately fell upon the gla?s out of which Gaut.an had drunk tho wine. The glass was on his wdting-table; it was not there when he left the study. He glanced at the wine bottles on the sideboard ; they had been disturbed. "Some person has been here in my absence," he thought, •• who—and for what purpose '!" lie hastily examined bis manusciipts, and missing none, raised the wine glass and held it month downwards. As a couple of drops of liquor fell to the ground, he heard be hind him the sound of heavy breathing. An ordinary mm would have let the glas-* fall from his hand in sudden alarm, for the breathing ■was so deep and strong and hoarse that it might have proceeded from the threat of a wild beast who was preparing to spriujz upon him. But the Advocate was not easily alarmed, Be carefully replaced the glass, and wheeled in the direction of the breath ing. He saw the outlines of a dark form stretched upon the ground in a dis'nnt corner. He stepped towards it, and stoop ing, recognized Gautran. He was not Btaitled, It seemed to be in keeping with ■what had previously transpired; that Gau tran should bo lying there, slumbering at his feet. He stcod quite still, regarding the sleep ing figure of the murderer in silence. He had risen to his full height; one hand rested upon the back of a massive oak chair; the carvings of which represented uncouth and monstrous auimals; hia face was grave and pale; his head was down wards bent. So he stood for many minutes almost motionless. Not the plightest agi tation was observable in him. He was calmly engaged in reflecting upon the posi tion of affairs, as though they i elated not to himself, but to a client in whose case he was interested, and he was evolving from them in a perfectly natural way, and by perfectly natural reasoning, the niO3t extra ordinary complications and results. In all his experience he had never been engaged in a case presenting so many iare possi bilities, aud he was in a certain fense fascinated by the powerful use ho ciu'd make of the threads of tho web in which he had become so strangely and unexpectedly entangled. Uautran'a features were not clearly visible to him; they were too much :in shadow, He took from his writing table a lamp with a soft, Btrorg light, and sot it ; near to tbe slcetiitig man. i It brought the ruffian into full''view. H>3 unshaven f a q e> n^ coarse, matted hair, m> brntal, sensual mbutb, his' busby eyebrowiylis large 'ears.his bared

neck, showing patt of Lia hairy breast, bis soiled an d torn clothe?, the pmspiration iv which ho was bathed • presented a spectacle of human degrnda'iou as rovottint* as any the Advoc.ito had ever gazed upon. "By what mean 3," he thought, did this villain obtain information of my movomonti and residence, and whas is hi* motlvo in coming here? When ho accosted mo to night ho diil not know whoro I lived-of that I am convinced, for lie lud no wish to meet mo, aud believed ho wan throatouing another man than myself on the high ronu, That v,\»s a chance meeting, is thi< nlso n clnneo encounter V Ao; ihoto ia premedi tation in it. Had he entered another limißO, ho would have luiu his hands on some'hint; valuable, nod decamped his -purpose b.iiug served, lie would not dans to roll 111", but ho dares to thrust his company H[hb me. Of all men I nm the man he should be most anxious to avoid, for only I know him to bo malty. Have I created a monster, who i« destined to be the terror and torture of my life ? Js he shrewd enough, clever on Higfy cunning onough, to uso bin power aa I should use it were I iv bis place and ho In mine ? That is not to bo borne j but whit is the nllonutive ? I could put life into the grotesque, oaken features upon which my hand is resting, aud they might mggoat » lemcdy. The branchea of thu tree within which these faces gre* in some old torc<t waved doubtless ovci iniiny a mystery, but this in which I am at present cng.igcd mat ches the deepest of them. Sturdy and proud old oak, once so Rrtcn aud majestic, had you possessed the power of prophecy it would have amazed you to know tlmt the dny would couio when you would be carvi'd into tho imaKO of dead faces. Some devil is whispering at my elbow, Speak, then, what would you urge me to do ?" The unseen :■—" Gautran entered unob served." The Advocate :— "That is npparout or he would not be lying hero wi'.u tho hnnd above him." Tho Unseen , —" No person saw him—no person is aware that he is in your study - at your mercy." The Advocate :—" At my mercy! You could liavo found n better word to express your meaning." The l/ißoen :—" You know him to ho n murderer." The Advocate -. - " True." The Unseen :—" Ilu de.oives death. You have already heard the whl-pcrings of the voice which urged you to fulfil tho Pivitiu law. "liloud for blood." Tho Advocito :—"Speak not cf what i-i dlvincf Dcviliah tempter, liavo you not the courage to come straight to tho point?' The UnsfCii—" Kill him where ho lion ! He will not bo missed. It is night -bl.ck night, ivery livibg being in tho house except yourself, is asleep. You have twi-tod justice from its iightiul course. The wrong you did, you cm lopair. Kill him whore be lies !" Tho Advocate—"And have tho crinio of nuirJcr upon my soul ?' The Uuseen-" It is not minder. Stand ing as you nro standing now, knowing wbul you Know, you are justified. What you call a crime will b;; absolution," Tho Advoc.ite—l will have no juaglilig. If I kill him it is not in thecaunoof jmtioo Speak nl.inly. Why sliould he die at my hand*?" The Uiißoen -" His death h necisrtiry for you safety." l he Advocato— "Ah, that is better. No talk of justice now, We come to tur- con se scllUhness of things, which will justify the deadliest of crimes. Hi* death is necf-s-iry foe my safely ! How am I cudnm;fivcl ? &«y that his presence hoio is a threat ? Am I not strong enough t'i avoid the peri! t Great God ! how vile I am that 1 should allow such thoughts to suggest themselves, Arthur, my friend, whatever is th terror whbh has taken possefsion of you. and from which ycu vainly st>i»c ti llee ; your soul is pure in comparison to mine. II it were possible >hat the secret which oppresse* you concerned your dearest Iriond, concerned mo whom perchance it has in some bidden way wrouqed, how »oiild I withhold from you pity aud forgiveness, knowing how sorely my own actions need pity and forgiveness ? For tho fir>t time in my life it seems to me a* if I wero brought face to face with my soul, and I fee how ba«o it is U«3 my life, theu, been sur rounded by dreams, and do I now awnke to tiud Dow low and abominable are the inner workings of my nature? I mu«t arouse this monster, lie shall hide nothing f.-oni me." 110 spnrned Gautrau with his foot. It was no gentle touch. Uautran sprang to hi* feet, and would have thrown himself upon tho Advccato, had he not suddenly recog- Dised him, CHAPTER XXXII. gautkan and the advocats. "How long have I been a»leep?" mut tered Gautran, shaking himself and rub bing his eyrs. "It scenu but a minute. The clock on the mantel struck the lu.ur ot two. I counted twclvo when I w»s ia the ground".' I have bofn hero two hours ; you mittht have let mo »lecp longer. It is the first I have enjoyed for weeks. A slofp without a dream, •as I used to sleep be fore' " He shuddered and did not complete tho sentence. " Give me something to drink, master." " You have been helping yourself to my wine," said the Advocato. " You know that too ? You know ovory thlnpt, master. Ye, it wjs wlno I drank, as mild us milk. It went down like water. Good for gentlemen perhapi, but not for us. Imust have romcthint; s'ronger." Ho looked feareoinely round ihn room, nnd sl^bed and smiled; no appalling vision greeted hii sight. "Ah," ho snid, "I am safe here. Givo mo somo brandy," ", You will have none, Gautran," said tho Advocate, sternly. " Ah, mater," implored Gnutran, " think hotter of it. I must have brandy, J must 1" " Must 1" echoed tho Advocato, with a frown. " Yes, master, must. I shall not bo aWo to apeak else, and that is what you want mo to do. My throat is dry us a ravon'u, 1 must have rlrink, and it mustn't bo nick wine, Inm not quite a fool, ma&ter. If that cursed shadow wore never to apMnr to mo again, I would enow llioso who have boon hard on. mo a tiick or two that would a>toni»h thum, Curse it, and them and all the world, If you have a spark of compas sion ia you, master, give a poor tlovil a glass'of brandy," The Advocate considered a moment, and then unlocked a small cupboard, from which he took a bottle ot brandy, ho lillcd a glass and nuvc it to Gautran. " Here's confusion to our enemies." said Gautran. " *re you not going to d;ink. master? But you c»n have it when you will ; you do not need to beg for it. Ah I this is fine. I have never tasted such be fore. It puts life into a, man." '' What makes you drink to our enemies, Gautran," asked the Advocalc. " Why, master, arc not my enemies yours nnd yours mine 1 We row in tho ?ame boat. If they found us out, it would be a? bad for you ai for me. Worse, master, wos",_for you have much to lose, I have nothing, You see, muster, I have been thinking over these things since we met in the lane yonder." " You are bold and saucy. Wbat if I were tn summon my servants, and have yon marched off to gaol?" '! Why should you do so? What would you accuse me of ? I have not stoleu any thing, You may Bcnrch mo if you like. Wo, no, master, I will take nothing from you. Wbat you give I shall bo Rra'eful for; but rob you ? r-'o. You are oiUtaknn in me. I owe you too much already. lam bound to you for life." ''You do not setm a'raid of the gaol, Gautran" ■ i

•'Not when you threaten mc with it, master, for you are je ting with me. It is not worth your while. lama poor creature to make sport of."

" Yet I am dangerously near handing you over to justice." " For what, master, for what ? For com ing into your room, and not finding you there, throwing myself into a corner like a dog?""; i .

" It'is suffic'ent—nnd you have stolen my wine 7 Those are crimes which the'law is ready to punish, especially in men with aich evil reputations as yours." "You sre/right, I've no doubt. You (.now more about the law than I do. ,J, don't intend to dispute with you, master. Bui when thVy got hold of mo they would

question me. My tongue would be loosened against my will, I say again, you are jesting with me. How warm and comfort able it is in this grand room, and how miserable outside! üb, why wasn't 1 born rich ? It was a most unfortunate acci dent."

" Your tonguo would be loosened against your will! What could you .ay ?" " What evoiyboly su-pecs, but in not sure of, and could notpiovc, m-vsto", thanks to you, tlso I should not b*s hero. Don't let us speak of it." "You incredible villa'll !''

" 1 don't uiiii'l wlmt y-u cull me muster. I can benr anything fn<in yon. lam }'<"» servant, your slave, ami there is notliiiii; you cniih'i set mo to do tliat I am not letuly tn (ioiform. I mean it, mailer. Try mo only try mo Think of something tearful, something it would take a bold desporaro man to (Ik, and see if I shrink fiom it. The gaoler was ri^ht whin do said I was a lucky dog to get such mi Advocate us you to do fend me. ■ You knew the truth ; you knew I did the deed ; yon kuew no one eUc could save me, nitil you wanted to show them how clever yon wore, and what a fool my lawyer was to think lie cm hi utaml against you.. And you did it, muster, you did it! How mad they mint be with joul I wonder how much they would give to cry Quit* ! And you've dono even more than lliat, master. The spiiit which lias been with me night and day, in ]«riaon ii'.ul out of prison, lying by vie in bed, standing by my side in the court. You saw it there, master, dogging me through the street* and lanes, biding behind trues and Eliding upon me when I thought I had escaped it—it is gone, mister, it is gouo ! It will not come where you me. It is afraid of you. I don't earo whether it is a holy or an unholy power you possess. lam your ilavc. Only you can save me, and you can do witli me us you will, lint yon must not .send me to prison again *o, you must uot do that. Why, master, simple as 1 am, and ignorant of the law, 1 feel th.it you ate jesting with mo when you threaten to summon your sor vauts to march mo otl to gaol for coming in to your house. I should say to them, " You are a puck of fools. Don't you see ho U joking with mo 1 Here have we been talk ing together for lmlf-an-hoor and he has given mo his best brandy nt a mark of friendship. There is the bottle, feel the rim of it, and yon will lind it wot. Look at the gla.s-i if you don't believe int. Snull it • smell my I ivath. Why I then tiny would ask you again if you were in earnes', mil you would have to send them away. Master, I w never taught to lead or write, nivl thcro w very liitie I know, but I know well that ihera Is a time to do a thius,', iuid a time not t> do it, and that unless a thing U done at tho piopor time, there is no \uo attempting it. 1 will tell yon some thing, though I tlaroiay I might save my self llio tronblo, fur you can read what ia In me. If Madeline, when she ran from me along the river bunk, had e-eaped me, it la liki-ly that she would tie above at thi* mom out, for tho devil that spurred me on to kill her might never again lwve oeoii so strong within me; minht nover a;ai> hive hud hue.li p nvcr over no nt be had fiat night. Hut he was 100 strong fur me, and that was the time t.) do the deed, and she hud to die. l.'o yon think 1 don't pity her. I do, when she U not tormenting me. But when the follows me an she has done to night, when >ho stands looking at me with eyes in .vhioh tlura is lire, but no light, 1 feel that I could kill her over again it 1 dared, and if I could get v good grip of her Are nil spirits silent ? Have they no voice to spoak ■; It in terrible, terrible! I must buy m ,s es for her soul, and then perhaps she will rest in peace. Matter, Rtvo nm unother glass of that rare brandy of yours. Talking it dry work." " You get no more till you leave me." " I am to have you, thru;1' " When I have dono with you—when our conversation is nt an end." " I must obey you, master. You could crush me if you liked." 11 I could kill you if I liked." said the Advocato in a voice so cod and determined that Gautran shuddered. {Tn be Continued), Price of Meat, BBEF was delivered at tho Court of Queen Elizabeth in IS.);! at 13« 4d per cwt,, o rather uudcr ljd per Ib., and mutton at about 10s pur cwt,, or I^l por lb With this may be compared tlu latest prlc?s, or thoie ot ihe Moiropolitan Cattle Ma-lcot at the end of Februaiy, lS7b\ 7'J-j 4d for first quality, and of mutioii, from 77' f«r inferior to Ods for llrat. At tho same timo the con tract juice for meat at the workhoase of St. Thoina», thu rnr*l union adjoining Exeter, was 66» per cwt. It must ba rcmombtnd that in Elizabeth's reign money wss worth much more than it is uoiv. Tho waßei of artisans and labourers were so many pcuce per day, not shillings, and this must also bo borue in mind when Justice Silence avers that "a score of good owrs may be worth ten pounds," which is very likely to have been tho price in Shukspea'e'H owu time (loo'l-lo'lC)—not that of tho time ol Uonry IV. Elizabeth ag ccd with the Devonshire justices to bo mppliod with ten oxen, at £4 v piece, «n<i 150 sheep at tho price of 6's Sd each. On James's accession, tho justicts, nccording to Mr Hamilton1!) " Quarter Sessions," wished to evade pur veyance, which they had escaped dining the greater part of Elizabeth's reign. A sharp letter from till Tieiaurcr, however, ro prosched tliom with their nogllgnoe, which" hath a'ready enforced us to provido four score and ten mut tons at ISs. the pr!eo, whereof tho country's raonoy amouuteth to £51, and by reason the next day of *orvicc is so near, being the 20th day of April, we must of necessity buy oxen, being ten at £3 the piece, and the churgc thereof to the country will amount to £40; three acoro mnttons, hi 20s tha pioce, the charge whereof to tho country wi 1 amount to £40.'' Tho kinjr» and queens werj, it is evident, fully charged. In Ihi) letters written by Bacoo, whon Lord Keeper, he snggc-ti mod s of economising, but alloivs for necessary enindling, " bo causo the Kiu;.' phall not losu his pie rogatiro to be deceived more than other men." __________

A Queer Ghost Story

AT " Plain Dealing," on a line creek of the snino liMiio which enip iei into Ihe third Haven, s'ood an old residency now rcplacod by it modem home, whore a hloods'nin was shown In the passage nuar tho foot of the great stairway. Three generations or more ago it was owned by a wealthy English gentleman, who had nn on'y daughter, whoso grave i< s ill to be seoti there, Tliorc was Dad blood between him nnd a neigh bour, the ancostor of a still prominent family. One night at »n cntfrtiiiumeiit this gentleman was pivsent, and, when the wino hap llowod quite frrely, the guests were horrified by their host falling head long over the balusters from an upper ll^or Be wns instantly k'lletl, and left tbe in evvtable, lneradical stain above mentioned. So muoh is veracious history, lt was whispered, however, that the fall was no accident.but tbo result of a sculllc in which tho hostile gucsl got lho upper hand. The house was long unoccupied, and tho farm waß let to tenants. Not very many ydars ago one of these told a strange story. His young sou, while driving borne the cows one evening, was accosted near the grave yard by a gentleman in quaint nnd un familiar attire. On the next evening the Bame thing occurred. The boy's description was so accurate that tho idea was suggested of taking him into tbe old house to see the family portraits, when he imuickiatcly pointed to that of the gentleman who had met so tragic a fate long years bofore, de claring that he was the man whom he bad r-cen. The shock brought on convulsions and deranged bis mind. Un the next even ing tbe father met the apa'ilioii as ho was performing the duty heretofore entrusted to his .on, followed him into the graveyard and received instructions where to dig and find a large aim of buiicd money. Ho dug as directed, but never Jevealed tbe result to anyone. Now, tho authentic part of all this is, that, being a poor man, ho very soon after purchased a tarm and payed for it, and bocame independant from sources which no ono could trace. Tbe ghost thcrory is ac cepted as satisfactory by the majority, but there are some who hint at the possible dis covery of certain valunble old papers which were shrewdly turned to account, and plait-iblo explanation of the fortunate re sult.—Robert Wilson, in 7" Lippincote'a Magazine,"

FOR THE LADIES

Genius and Unhappy Marriages.

There; is no doubt that the inadaptability of genius to Ul6 innumerable small duties of conjugal life : its tolirince of tho innumer able small annoyances incident to it, and its rofngo from tbem into its inner self, into the ideal world of its own re-creation, is sufficient to explain the largo numb.r of separations, Ycry few women know any thing of the woildin which the money is made, and they do not, ns every man of the world does, rccogniz-. the type of man to whom bis fellow-men concede a vast in tellectual superiority, while he may bo unable to earn enough money to support his wife and family. Hence, what in the man of genius is a controlling force, which, if he disobeys it, would rondor his life intolctable and discordant, is if he is a poor man, ai cribod by the wife to idleness and neglect of tho commonest duty—whilo if he is a rich man, like t.nndor or Addison or Dante, and incipablo of yielding to the frivolous de mands of society, he is looked upon by his wife as a morose and indifferent husband, he excites her jealousy, and tbis perpetual misunderstanding leads to "scenes," and ends in separations on tho ground of in compatability of temperament. Yet tbe woman nny be no moro to blame than the blind man who fails ti glorify God for tbo sunrise which he cannot see. As a rule the man of genius is poor, at least early in life, The llttlo ho earns can only bo earned under conditions which he can seldom obtain in a small and anxious household. Surely_ this lifo of geniu», withdrawing into the idoal world of its own recreation, cannot at the same timo live the other life of the attentive husband, the watchful parent, and the ex emplary rate piycr.

Artemus Ward at a Young Ladies' Seminary.

Artcmus Ward, affer delivering a lecture once in New London, Conn., was asksd, by the principal of a youiig ladies' high school In the place to pay a visit to her institution tho next day. Ho wont-away Tike "an amoosiii cubs," and made the'gitis a speech. While ■v.alkiug to the academy a street run away occurred. A terrifiud hoise went tear ing over tho pavement, with what Artemu. called "the fore qmuter*" of a waggon clutttrins.iit his heels. This incident Arte mus ingeniously utilised in his address, {■'aid he: • " * ,'

" Tho v'eblriular (ilopement which has just taken place, young ladies, has furnished us with n timely topic of idisconrso. Young ladies' sotniii-ries.or- eypr exposed to run aways. Unco when, travelling with my show, I came upon a female institute. There wore ladder*, and lads too, aa to that, at every window. Maoly perpendiculars carry ing fainting horizontals to the ground. ' fira !' I shouted, ' None of that,' replied a solemn voice from the oiehatd. 'Thero ain't uo iiro ; these aro only young fellows running oil' with their sweethearts.' Th«re is moital entertainment (or man and beast in thi* runaway. **o horse, if attached to a wa.gon-that is, if siucewly attached to it —will run away with it; but the more a young man is attached to a young woman, the more ho will run away with ber, leanog no ir.ee, in fact none of the harneis, bchibd. Young Indies, since I have stood before your beautiful faces I have lost something, and if you or the boy that sweeps out should liud a red object lnokln« like* coral breast pin that ha" been stopped on, you may know it is my poor btutcd heart;''

THE SONG OF THE SCHOOLGIRL.

With lioaiy and aching head. Witli wonry bnt sloeplcss brain. A schoolgirl sat In her room at night, And thus guvo voice lo pain : ■ , It'a study by day and by night, And ila study by night and by day, Till ft blur conios over my sight ■• -■■ And my brain sooms oozing away. Tho studios aro piled bo high Tluit (ho w-itrlit is breaking mo down; I wish I had wings mid could (ly Awny from tho school and tho town. It'a study and study n't school, And It. a study and Bludy up hero, And 1 shudder bcneatli the rulo That awaits tho failure 1 fear. AH day nnd all night lamyhoad • > With figures and facts) oppressed, : ~ And at last when 1 oruwl into bed. . Thoy luiunt mo and rob mo of. rost. It'a oh, (or a romp nnd a run, A Kiuno with a hoop.or a ball! ~ And it's oh, to bi> out in the sun,' ' ' Away from percentage and all! I'crhaps T may marry some day, ' If evor I get through with my life, Ami what will my husband say- To a nervous and fidgety wife. It's study by day and by night, And it's study by nlalit and by day. Oh, surely It can never bo right To study nnd nover to play. —oVcio York Sun.

How to Feed Children Aright.

Pray, niotbcrs, do not forget that an in terval of rest snould ensue between the meals you give your children, and do sot ruin their young digrs'ioos by cramming them with cake or bnns or sweets of auy kind. To do so Is worse than cruel—it is a sin, audit sin which you aro but little likely to commit it you truly love them, and really wish to sco them generate, into strong and healthy men and women, Tarts,; aud sweets, and confectionery would be bad enough iv all conscience for children, even if they were always pure aud unadulterated. But they aro Joo often .positively poisonous. Feed on: plain and whole some food regularly from day to day, permitting no stuffing between mca's, and not forgetting tho benefits that, accrue from frequent changes of diet, especially as regards dinner. Do'tbis, and your children will live to ble3s you; do othorwis-s, and expect to sec them sjokly, with veins arteries possessing ,no resilioncy, with mucous membranes pale and flabby, p:pes of lungs that tho accident of a slight cold is sufficient to close muscl.s of limbs so weak that exciclse is a penance instead of a' pleasure, and flesh so unwholesome that a pin's prick may cause a fester—and all this becauso the blood .3 impoverished through orrors in diet. '~.,.', • > A Philadelphia bride found seventeen full sets of disbeß ntnoDg her woddin* presents. Her far-seiiug friends evidentlyleuew tbat she was going to keep agH. • What ia meant by the pomps and vani ties of this world ?' a?ked a Sunday-school teacher. • Thorn llowers in our hat, mum,' replied a quick-witted scholar. "Ah," moaned a widow recently berea ved, " what a misfortune ? I know what laud of a husband I have lost, but how can I know what kind of a husband his succes sor will ba " A little six-year-old Chicago boy asto nished his mother by exclaiming, "Iwi*>h I was an angel !" wondering what holy thoughts were filling his young mind she waited for a reason, "Then I could see all the circuses at once." Mrs M'Coble rebuked her coloured cook, Matilda Snowball, ia tho following words : —'When Tinted you, you said you didn't have any male friends, and now I find a man ia tho kitchen halt the time.' ' Lor brcss your soul,1 returned Matilda, 'he ain't no male friend of mine ?' ' Who is he, then ?' ' lie am only my husband.' 'The fashionable reporter who wrote with reference to a belle : ' Her feet were encased in shoes that might be taken for fairy bcots,' tied his wardrobe up in an handker chief and left for parts unknown, when it appeared the next morning : ' Her feet were encased in sho_ that might be taken for fotry-boats,'

'Mr Timothy,'said a young lady, who had been showing off her wit at tho expense of a dangler, 'you remind me of a barome-! ter that is filled with nothing in tbo upper story.' ' Hivine Almira,' meekly replied the adorer, ' in thanking you for that com pliment, let me remind you that you occupy my upper stoiy entirely.' 'I'll explain, madam','said a grocer lo a cu-tomer who complained of the high price of butter; " you see the exceeding patched ness of verdure ha 3 resulted in' a dearth of lacteal foundation for butter, and not until the atmosphere is rendered more humid by some astronomical procedure will the supply, of oleaginous matter be increased." And she said sho 'saw it.'

ODDS AND ENDS.

1 What comes after T.?1 asked a teacher of a, pupil who was learning the alphabet. lie received the /bcwilderiu;,' leply—'You do—to see 'Liza I' The grasshopper lias relatively 120 times thu kicking power of au aw.riigj man ; and yet, who wouldn't rather he kicked by the grasshopper tliau the average man ? " Yes the clecrie light is a great inven tion," muttered Fab, as ho felt about the door, "an' every keyhole should have one." Though ho changes drcga and name, ' Tlio man beneath is sill the same; . JjUURhinK or sad, by fits or starts, : Ono actor in a dozen parts. One of the tirst rcquisitioas le3eive.il from a, newly-appointed railway olliciil was— 'Send me a gallon of red oil to the daDgcr lamps.' • •.•. -■ ' ■ v. ■.. ■ A tall square-built gentleman was s.eeu walking down the street a few days ag->, when all or a midden ha was observed to turn round. ' I see the villain in your face,' said a YauKoc judge to a prisoner, 'May it please your worship,' replied the prisoner, 'that IB a personal r< flection.' 1 What is that dug barking at ?' asked a fop, whose boots were more polished than his ideas. — ' Why said the bystander, ' he sees another puppy in yoar boots,! Mrs Malaprop says ?hc knows who the Alpine glacier is. ' lie i? a foreigner who carric3 a Inmp of putty in his hand and a ■pane of glass under bis arm. ' The mau who imagine^ himself wise be cause he detected a typographical error in a .newspaper has been trying to got a per pendicular view of the1 rainbow. Joiitt Billings, .writing from instinct, iiays:—" To avoid all truble ov law-suits from heirs and others,T have kbnkludod to adminUtcr upon my owji estate by spending it as Igo along!" ! . J . .

A gentleman was lying in bed one morn ing, when a friend stepped in and Raul, 'Smith, breakfast is coming rip.' 'Let it come,' replied Smith, with a'look of defi iiiico ; ' I'm not afraid of it' *''".'' '". ' ' A Western paper thinks it absurd to talk about the recklcs-i extravagance of the American people, when a Chicago man worked all day to clofin, a three-cent post age stamp so that he might use it again. A scientist siys tint each adult person carries enough phosphorus in bis body to make forty thousand matches. Those who know how ha -itis to make a match of' two persons will begin to lose their faith in scientists. ■ - '

■"5 Time is' money," "that'i a fact'; and if you wish to kuow the value of time, just get a little speck of dirt in your pocket chronometer and talcc it round to a watch linker; he'll blow in.it, aud charge you livo ahilliujs for repairs. ' 'Johnny,' said the'teacher, 'alio can be acted as well as told.' Now, if your father wero to put sand inhu sugar .and ssllit, he would bo acting a lie hhddoiug very wrong.' ' That's what mother told him,' said Johnny impetuously, ''and he said.he didn't care '

The sunflower blossoms iv clorj- of g:old, A vision of beauty Burpasslngly fair ; How gladly the bloom of my bosom I'd fold, To nurse it to rest with tho doad lily there ? Though busy bee buzz, and though butterfly lluttor. ' - :. "fis really too precious—too utterly utter.-

Mark Twain, whose eyesight was not good, was recommended to try glasses. He says 'he went,and took four at the nearest drinking saloon, and the remit w»»; his eyesight was so much improved tbat he could sue double.'

' iiioh beggar; 'Cotild you help a poor fellow to-day ?' -Shopkeeper : ' Not to day.' Irish beggar, ' Well sir, it's 10-ilay 1 need it.' Shopkeeper: 'Couldn't; I've had iifty of your kind to-day already.' Iri-h beggar: 'Sure, sir, it's meself that knows how the profession is overrun.' " Is this my train ?" asked a traveller at the Kansas Pacific depdt ot a lounger, "I don't knovy ; but I guess not," was the doub.fulrcply,', I see its got the name of tbe railroad company on the side, and I expect it belongs to them. Have you lost a train anywhere." An enterprising holier, inview of leap year, says, ' ova leap-year necktie for gentleman is now out.' • A waggish reporter; in bis ' stiolling notes,'remark*, ' Wehave not seen it, but suspect it is a young lady's aleevo, with'an arm in it, and goes all the way round the neck, ■ . , '". A man w«hl througlithe bunruptcy court. Ho owued a fine horse'and gig, and they both disappeared tor a timo; but by and bye the horse and gig were doing service for the fame owner. On• being a«ked what this meant, the man's-reply*'was, 'I went through the bankruptcy court, but tbe horse and gig went round." Together' they w.re looking1 over the pap_*i ' Oh, my, ho r fiumy !' she said. ■ What is it?' he a«ked. 'Why, here's an advertisement that • pay*, '■-' No reasonable offer refused !' " ' What's odd about that V ' Nothing, nothlkig,'- she1 replied, trying1 to blush; but'those1 are -exactly my senti ments.' :* •-" ;:'!' * ,;!■ ■-. "'• -' ,: ;.:,

'Two men wete:discussing*.he woudets of modern science. "Said one—"Look at astromouy-now; men have learned, the distances of the stars, and with the "spectro scope they have even found nut the- sub stance they aro made of." " Ye«i said the other, "but strangest of all to me is how they found out all their ntlmcs.-'' .'■'-■' '-■•■ ; • "Sandy" atSqa.—An A,B from Ardna murchan was at the tiller of his smack otjyp night shortly .'after tha introduction of coloured Tights ou ships.: A steamer was approaching and Sandy saw the green and red lights for the first* time at seii. He astonishsd his shipmates by yelling.1 ' Hard a-'port; hard-a-pon ? we're gann richt in the pothercary's shop at Gourock ?" , ,' -' - • Kogers tued'ito relate" this story-—An Englishman, and ft*' Frenchman fought; a duel in U'datkened room. - The Englishman, unwi'lihgto takeihis antagonist's life1, fired up the chimney aud brought down* the Frenchman. "When liel I this story in France,'! pleasantly added tha narrator, " I make the Englishman go up tha chimney.'

' Job punting -job printing?' exclaimed Mrs Partington, the other day. as she peeped over her spectacles at the advertising pages of a country paper. ' Poor Job ? the've kept him printing, week after week, over since I learned to read; and if he wasn't the pati-utcst man that ever was, be never could have s'ood it so long, nohowi'

A Missi.sippi boatman with immense fee!1, stopping at a public-house, asked the porter for a bootjack to pull oil' liis boots. The coloured gentleman, after examining the stauger's feet, br..ke out as follows : ' No jack here big null' for dora fects. Jackass couldn't pull'em oil", inassi,* widont frak tring de leg. Yuso bester go back about tree miles to de forks in de roads an' pull 'cm oil'dar.' - - '

Haddocks, when travelling in Albania, met a sportsman and got into conversation with him. ' The world is a very good sort of place,' said ths sportsman, 'but I'm so poor that Ican'teEJoy it.' ' But you don't look poor,' said Haddocks. 'Ain't I though ? we're on our honeymoon, and I'm so d d poor I've bad to come alone.'

Tho following from the "Exchange and Mart" speaks for itself, Asa specimen of pure irreverence it will tako a lot of b?at ing :—"Grand o!d Bible, vety valuable, 400 years old, short i_atiu type, printed in Venice 1481, splendid condition, in original binding, Price £20, or will exchange for a billiard table. '■'•'■

A well-known member of Parliament who is not exactly a supporter of the Blue Kibbon Army, was as astounded whilst es corting a lady to the refreshment table at a garden party to enjoy a giass of lemonade, to have the hostesss's little girl cling to' his coat-tail with an importune request to be allowed to look on whilst he imbibed the cooling liquid, ' I dou't quite understand,' said the puzzled M.P. ' May I enquire why you are so interested in the matter V ' Oh, yes ?' said the child promptly, 'I want to see you drink, because mima says you do it like a fish.'

Treatment of Small-Pox.—A chap who had perhaps read a newspaper item about bow a street car was cleared of passengers in short order when a man in the centre of tho ear announced that ho had small-pox, tried the game on a Gratiot Avenue car. Getting abroad the car on Monroe-avenue, he sat down beside a big-fisted man and remarked,—" I don't suppose you object to tiding beside, a small-pox patient do you ?" "Not in tho lea.t," the big man, "but as. some of the other passen gers may, I shall heave you ou. 1" There upon he took the .joker by the collar and leg, carried him to the platform, and shot hira far out on the sidewalk.

A soldier one day^nf^ hairdresser, -who was bu>S«, customeis, aud a.ked for. r*„H l tbat he had s'ayeS b e°; on V^tf absence, aid unles, he StlW the coach, fatigue and BeS!^ awmted him The hairdV es „lP,^%» his story respectfully, au d I'%. guinea. "Sir," exclaimed giVe 'K astonished at the amount, ''w 0 % you ? I have nothino in ite-feS (pnllingoutadirtypieeVo*.^! pocket) « is a receipt for _WM us; ttw the best that ev _ t w ™» a half-gu.nea I have badloMn^ Ota; and many a bottle/W;] Mayyoubeabletogets-mrthV'r, re-pay you* for your kiniine»^f:,;> soldier.'" Oddly enough: tS,'M paper proved worth half a mi 1, !/ to the hairdresser. It *_ B g, °Wf famous "Day and Martin's" %__Wl hai«.resg;r ; b-ng the iafe wiBSH

Will There be a Salvation Army in 1900!

WHAT will be the potition of tti. *; vivalistic movement in 1900 J -wW spread all over the land tili"»K" **! has one of.th. ''sergeabU"'*,).^^ bfing enrolled to work in the_-3*-"i o.w.nithave. p a,spdJ^M sinking into decadence ? '•'■nFiWt cttinstances-corin-ted with it di**** its long duration a matter of $i|S most of these is the h..i__i\t,^.\ nature by .hutting itfeyes t»'£T i,J plex constitution, and ut^pSgi ing bim as a'spiritual'Wi«S§ physical and ' intellectual •Ifflg&.i Salvationist is_leftto;.fakehi a 'E:!! _'ntu> ljr-he is a.pampered &J artilicially Drotected oa all sides'"r ' not enter on the diecussion of 11*1 ligious opinions 'fo'r'fearhf"t_ffifH forbidden all * strong drink and .ottLi he should run into exMijthV-iSl' forced to wear a peculiar.onif^ii service tbera:*-.om'*'the vm.teJsS*« neither box may'; .rfgffi^ffgH fear of world lines., 'and goftCEJ is looked on with ..anspicion;' o_iS have expected to ■hav'e.'seo. MS Booth foremost in proirioH-»*wJ taverns musical,*societies,1 r^g and lectures, but, onthecontS look with disfavour'on:meh:i_jCy They consider a street i_>rs?*_v*? servco followed-by on' indoor fef the nighfly occupation of thewnite?' of the future ; 'they seem to _j T jS that tho monotony bfll_ K.G.gS_Sg should lead to formalism and-sa_3 that the genuine fervour of tte ,i, should degenerate iatolan aclciiy^'' of feigned emotion; In older'tofet to what they consider thttmf&g occupation of life,-*thßydeao__M"-S ments as such ;.concert»,* penny w* fiction, charades, game»j arei-U fe b"5 consiitent with the Chriiti.ir pifo (lee " Worldly Amusement,Wr. tianity,-' in " Practical Keliaida,"Wa, Bootb). Ot cour#B,-itMi'a*:trßi__-i, that " our evening ■ partier a_*M turo pantomimej (whatever tdme „ be) do not lead .to the T-phvirs**fo. ,*?; youmr people, but whether'; nt!™. 9 creation; though not a''Bubiiiifle|j| Gospe', is not a more useful 'huJitii the Go-pel than Mrs Booth admits,t_ji, to bo soon. "I cannot;pia'a) ate and clohter'd*' vertue^ uaeieicis'j 2o brcath'd, that never isallibsout__d«al! adversary," says * Milton, in j_ % pagitica," but this is exactly fji. : iii|J "vertuc " Mr -find'Mre ffoaihopip' most. Will not th. day c-t'iirlii, soldiers will ask by!,what aathorlfyM heavy burden, are-laid upon ti'tit]J unless before then a m6re:r.!)iitt**«ij can be infused into not Ihat day bo one whenn-td_ly'anSl but legitimate restraint' nfav; _ Hsji through ?—" Macmillan's,Mt^mi,MJ

Chaldean Antiquite.

Among the Chaldean cylinderirat-fcli covered by Mr Rassam in iMj : tiiti^|l excavations iv Babylonia, a.jitpiiii Mr p hepphilus G, Pinches Hn teresting paper at the lait mei^ji Society of Biblical Arcboeology^i! nioit remarkable yet foand, kyja^ji light it throws upon theanimaf of tho Chaldean Empire. Itdilaica time of Nabonides', andreco—j, ifaajii things, tbat this sovereign,, diggn^ipj the 'foundations, of the Tenip!e,i!i.;|j Siparii, foriy-five. years : a|ter Je pi King IN eb'uchaduezzarj cameiipitji. of toaramsin, the son of. Sargon, .iteli one had seen for " 3200. jes»,",.i,lt.p as the date q£ the ancient soytrejp,Wl 8750 B.C.' '1 bis, and.'—c .'fact.poiilicj by Professor Oppert, sviqWaspr«ei^w that there was in tho.e. eatly. d«js i_| " lively intetcourse*,between"Chiliiij Egypt, will have tb be taKcninfo.w by'future Bible, ciiics,, Itu^rtaw what to modify the vulgar,conceptiow in jihe first .place -Dean..SU-lq* Abraham,'" the foun^rjiftf: tie »M wandering Arab Sheika, kinfeM Bedouin as he exists.^n. qiir dyij&i i-tenec more than 5500 "years ajj.j,«t highly-civilis.dand.lii'hly.calttitedf in Egypt and Chalde^-'/the f.ctjll-,". stab, intercourse mi goiDgpVtetraii . two'; again, tb'at- the -l>Msj»pg .them led'direct througli southernP.'fti and! that Abraham.was a mHiie H .great empire and an h-nqwciiwifcrs. other, cannot but serve to 'mM slight degree our .notioMpf:|-.;i--5 sheikh; to whoni we>"wo ?pr.«MI ho would; have beea' r ,tm-BJBg culture inlwhichhe was -or_,.OT»-| civilisations 'betvvecn.,.whi(_ kiipj hardly likely. ..^together, t.tfliffl which Mr Pinches has^-MtW-'l open up,'a new lel_i,for ; iavesUguMf the matter of AkkadandAkl-U--W| tion.—" Jewish ..Verli" . 'fi

The Scotch Character.

. Scottish peopieW^sHaliyj " two qualities, neither of *Usgg to me, they poises, rf&f&gj fond of money, and they t« ■infinite caution.' "A'^lSi come to be a proVetWal«p»!S*-*"|; their alleged avarice,;; it it-f» Mg t Scotland, iv comparison with »B poor country, and thereto,»'«;;; its inhabitants will set ».-Vf tr ;*l definite sum of money., fK5§ present century, Scotland h«s»K J richer than formerly. ;'Pf-WKH have been opened upiUwhw| J Into this the Scot bas thrown h****jft all h's intense eascrness. fSSJ quick to see and grasp the e«raWjJ: of wealth, and1 in some.'**« »f| for accumulation has OffiJ -the devotion to money has *»-, sublime in its intensity. W ~r exceptional cases. "KSBI ance^with their^exHesieigg attain toa height ofreAest^l to whichthereishappdynoW^l character to be Compaq national history V^M^ single bcsitatlonr.thev^^ agaiu sacrificed n__tc!l«lf mm aud religious ideas, and tto to which no Knglieh *WS& The wealthy Scot, asseeng® is generally a man who MAj to wealth. Long exercise WU made it a second Mg^^M away those *ha-ft^»3^W not have risen. .A'"' f e&M^ will'show that the Soot w l^^i titled to whatever e.OT |g cautions peopls. * .he v^; sively passionate awt Uo£ current of his swayed by sentiment, »>B course, there are h S« Scottish character which|o »= fo They conceal it bat «^%V We'do not call VesurmsS^j sides are covered'Ss||g CJUtion of the Sf \*f *hl..fs that of the man 'ho h« o^ljj magazine. If he is toswe .^ ndol.tprecauuon^^s^ other men. So the«ep ns is hid with >-»Hffi^f»i*J what seems to -^ffl „.«''< unnceessary.ra.c.nce--aa»<&* were, of measuresJ? ffiffiffigg not likely fo happen^."l^irtK Englishman would hattuy be -enough to move .^g/fiiJtJ smouldering fW^S-ti^ «St, James's MagMi-ae.



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It prodn'cos softness und gloss, and hy continued occasional uso ollects tho dosircd Bhndo. It DOBS not Stain Tint Skin. Its agreeable nnd emclent qualities constitute it ono ot tho host Hair Preparations oxtimt. This pivparalion Is extensively used by porsons who havo boon in tho habit of using tho moro oxpcusiYO imported articles, ana with rceufts equally satisfactory. Tho following bona fldo Test monlals have boon selected :— From a Gi:ntli.man. ,','"' From a Lady. "Auckland, Ist Juno, 1882.—-In. Edson.-- "Auckland, May 30th, 1882.—Sir,—It affords Sir,—About twelve months ago ray attention mo gi-oat pleasure in testifying to tho bonoflts was called to your Ilnir Ronowor, which I havo derived from tho uso of your Hair Reno won been applying sineo, nnd find lt produces tho Some timo sinco my hair was falling oil'to such desired cll'ect, i.e., preventing tho hair from an extent as to causo mo considerable anxiety, falling out, and maintaining the desired shado ; and tho small.quanticy loft was becoming quite also, preserving it iv a satisfactory state. On 'grey. After using your Hair Renowor, I am account of my hair turning grey aud falling glad to nay the falling out has censed, and a now out I had been in tho habit of using a more ex- growth has replaced tho loss. Tho appearance pensivo imported article. I havo pleasure in is glossy, and tho colour quito natural. Igrato rccoinmenditig your oxcollont preparation. I fully testify to tha excellent results, also its find ono application a week quite suflloiont to itgreoablonoss in uso, and its vory moderate keep my hair in good condition, both as to price. I have reoonuuondod It to sovoral of my growth and colour. Should you doslro to givo .Wands. publicity to this, rcadors will poroeivo that for Yours Bincoroly, M.J. obvious reasons my nanio is not apponded." Mb. Edson." Sold in BoTi-EBi at 3s. Cd, .-, Prepared ry J. I-dson, 'Chemist, Medical Halt,, 100, QUEEN-STREET, Auckland.



£77,0 00,000, NEXT OF KIN. Now Ready kou Balk. A RKGISTKR Containing tho Namos of Forty Thousand Porsons who havo boon advortlsotl for as Claimants 10 Monoy and Proporty, Prloa 58. Post Froo, on rcc.lpt of 1.0.0. or Stum [is. Persons can usoortaln It thoir names aro In the Keutster by forwarding Ono Shilling for eaoh ris mo. Address- " W.5.V.," Bix 167 A.cklanc*. STEEDMAN'S SOOTHING POWDERS FOB CHILDREN CUTTING TEETH. CAUTION TO PUECIIASBKS. The value ot this woll-known F_tnlly Medicine haa b"on largely testod la all ports of tbo world, and hy all gradca of tooloty. for upwards oi riiri'Y yeaus. Its well-earned extensive salo has Induced spumous imijationb, eotno ot whloh In outwahd appibabanok so closoly resemble the original us to have deceived many purchasers. Tho proprietor, tboroforo, feels it due to tho pabilo to Rive a special caution against thouao of such ttiiltutione. Purchasers aro therofore reanostetl onrofnlly to observe tho four folio win * distinctive charac teristics, without whloh none aro RDnuino :— Ist—ln overy o»so tho words John Btkkd man, CnitMtST, WAr.woßTrr, .snuinY, nro en graved on tho Govornmont Stamp atilxed to oaoh Pa_od°-'-aoh Single Powder has directions for tho doso. and tho words John Htcedmon, Chemist. Walworth, Surrey, printed thoreon. Srd—Tho name Steodmnn la always Bpelt wltn mannfacturo is onrrlod on solely nt Walworth, Surrey. '--_■'_~ ."' sold in Pnokets by all Ohemlats and Mediolne, Vendors, ot ls l.d to 2s Bd oaoh. .. .. AROOtS I KEMPTHORNK, PROB-BB & CO., Auokland. Welllngton ( Chrlstohuroh. and Dnnedln. ■:. i —-' J YOUNG, Family Groco-. Shor-Land-street, - Anokland,* * ' CL g. BI.IMBL__CO.vIBI-, Qneon's Hotel, V3T. Symonds-strcot and Kyber Pass.



M.hs. Thumas Gusscott (Widow ot tho lato Professor Gust cot), HFKBALIST AND CHIROPODIST, Hops to return her most gratoful thanks to hor mi-iy friends and oustoinorH for thotr past pot-o—igo durlnß her hnahand's life, and at the nan— timo solicits a oontluuanoo of thoir patronage to horeolf. Mho alnu takes thi* opportunity of advertising that Bho will oirry on tho baslnoes ns beforo ot HERBALIST AND CHIROPODIST, ETO. (COltltlt OF CORNS AND WAUTS), 7..nd Will treat patients for tho following com* ,-MoiritS i—All Dieeftßosof the I,'vor ond Kidneys. Sklu Kruptloos, Rheumatism, Solaticv, Norvoue Oomplair.tß,Hca<iach.o 'I'oothaohe, Colic, Cramp Neuraleln, Spinal AH'ootlona, So o and Weak 1-yeu. Coughs, Cold-, Povor and Aauo. Piles, Catarrh ia the Road, Pains In tho Breast una Hide. Swollen Joint?, Contraotod Cords and Mtut'-les. Woak Baok; alao, Asthma, Dyspepsia Indigestion and General Debility. In fact, Bh> will oontlnue to b", aa horntoforo, the female advlnor. and will treat ossex ot both women ar.d children. Sho also beg, to draw at'tntlO ta a fe-v roooltt'ltle?, viz , the Horb Tonlo on. Blood Purifier; alao Horn Tobacco for Asthma aud Herb Worm Powders for Children. All parties communication either by letter or personally may rely on prompt attention and sttlot confidence. All orders Boat to any part ot tho Colonies on receipt of Monoy Order, either Telegraph or Post Oliloo Order, or Poßtago Stamps; nl-0 Stainpß for ropy. Pleaso Address— MRS THOMAS GUSCOTT, MOUNT KDSN ROAD. AUOKLAND. ■jyr K. P 0 0 L E V, ~t~ . '~,, . (Late Oroanist and Choirmaster,for Fourteen Years op the Cathedral Cnuncir pi- Liverpool, ; , England). TEACHER op ORGAN, PIANOFORTE ..*.:;. and singing. . ! Mendelssohn Villa, VINCENT-STREET.