OUT OF THE STORM; Or, GRACE WRAY'S TRIALS.

BY MAJOR ALFORD ROCHEFORT.

CHAPTER XVIII. j MRS SEVILLE GIVES FURTHER I'KOOF OF HER , TACT AND UTTEIi DEPRAVITY. ! Geo;R(IK AVkay and Grace wore very happy i in their new home. It seemed to them as.if many of their old sorrows had died out with the old year, and that with the now year they were entering . "in a happier life. ! George AVray knew who Ralph Thornton | was. Until that night whon he came so ■ unexpectedly with Grace and Mrs Bauer, Goorgo Wray had not seen him since he was a little boy. Ho was pleased with Ralph's manners, and could not but think it strange that ho should have met two of his own family of lvto under such remarkable circumstances. Tho day following Ralph's visit ono of the most famous oculists in Now York, and for that matter in the world, came to George AYray, and said : " A friend has sent me to take charge of your case." George AVray had a strong man's horror of being an object of charity, and yet he knew that his remaining eye was getting worso instead of better, and that if it were not cared for at onco ho should soon be wholly blind. " AVho is this friend who sent you ?" he asked the doctor. " Before I tell you that," replied the doc tor, "I must see if lam willing to under take your case on his conditions." " AVhat are the conditions ?" " They are such as the Chinese patients mako with their doctors—no euro, no pay." The doctor ecamined George AVray's eyes and his other wounds, and said : " It is a pity I did not have your case be foro." " I was too poor to pay a doctor, and too proud to be an object of charity," said George AVray. "The true doctor never works tor money." "I believe that. But what do you think of my case ?" "If you implicitly follow my instructions, I am willing to undertake it." " And you think you can»cure me ?" "I do/ "Then," said George AVray, taking the doctor's hands in his eagerness, " I will do whatever you order." "On that depends your being a well man in a few months, or a blind cripple all your lifo. The first condition is that you como to my house and remain there till I dis charge you." " And leave Graco, my child V ' " She cares for you now. She can surely care for herself. Depend upon it, she will not want for friends while you are away. And, then, she can visit you whenever she has time." The doctor left without saying more, but bo deeply was he interested that he returned that night when Grace came home, and tell ing her his plans her uncle's recovery, he succeeded in enlisting her earnestly in the cause. Mrs Bauer came in during the conference, and joined her appeal to Grace's and the doctor's, so that Georgo AVray consented to leave on the following morning. The rooms were to bo closed up in tho mean time, and Grace was to live with Mrs Bauer. Tho morning that Georgo Wray went to the oculist's Grace went to Mrs Seville's to work under that lady's direction on articles intended for the bridal trousseau. Owing to the excitement attending the doctor's arrival at night, and her uncle's departure next morning, Grace did not toll him that she was engaged to work for Mrs Seville, but this was a matter of no im portance, as he always depended on her judgment. Mrs Seville met Grace with as much warmth as if sho had been an old friend, and Ralph Thornton, who was present when the pretty sewing-girl came in, had to tern away for fear of betraying himself, though . Grace, with her candid, artless nature, spoko to him, and subsequently told Mrs Seville tho story of their meeting when he rescued her from Tom Pegg. Mrs Seville sat with Graco during the greater part of the day, engaging her in con versation and drawing out tho story of her strange life. Though wholly devoid of suspicion, Grace , could not help noticing that Mrs Seville's manner changed whenever Mrs Thornton was present. She was still very gentle, but she spoke to tho girl about the work on which she was engaged rather than about herself. During the afternoon, sho and Grace being alone, Mrs Sovillo said : "lam inclined to think, my dear, that you will soon be engaged in preparing wed ding garments for yourself." Grace blushed and shook her head. "Is it not natural to lovo and marry?" asked Mrs Seville, with a captivating smile. "I supposo so," replied Grace, "though I do not think marrying or getting wealth should bo the object of our young lives." "I agree with you, but my remark was caused by the fact that you carry a locket concealed about your neck, and I naturally supposed it contained tho picture of the favoured youth. See,! carry Mr Thornton's picture very near to my heart." And Mrs Seville drew out a gold-cased miniature, and opsning it, handed it to Graco. Grace looked at the likeness of the hand some young man, and she tried not to blush, or to show the emotion that the sight produced; but the eyes on her face burned deeper and read the secret in her heart, which she dared not think of her self. To divert attention from herself, as well as to show that she reciprocated the other's confidence, Grace unclasped the slender chain about her beautiful white throat and brought to light the locket which Mrs Seville had seen. Before handing it to her, Grace said : " There are two pictures here, as you will see; the pictures of twin brothers. One is that of my father, who died when I was bo young that I have no memory of him ; the other is tho picture of the uncle with whom I live, but.who was so sadly marred by an explosion in a mine out on the Pacific coast," "Thanks for a very interesting deacrip tion.'Kaaid Mrs Seville, as she took the ' locket. " The light was good where Mrs Seville sat, bo that she might have examined the pictures without moving, but instead she rose, and going to a window, turned her back on Grace. There was something in tho girl's brief story that excited her suspicion, and a glance at tho faces—the faces of Monckton and Geor<*o Seville—confirmed her sudden im pression. It was well that her back was turned to G race,forgreat though herself-comraandwas, sho could not keep back the pallor that came over her face, nor still tho tremor of her plump white hands. "It seems," she whispered, with a smothered gasp, " as if the grave was giving up all its dead. If Ralph knew who she was, then, indeed, there would bo danger. The girl does not know who she is herself; and now I can win, for I hold a terror over Peter Monks, as he calls himself, greater than he can hold over mo." She closed the locket, and coming back to Grace, sho said as she handed it to her : "It is no wonder that you are beautiful,' my child." " I never thoughtmyself beautiful," said Grace, restoring tho locket to its former place. "But you are. Those twin brothers are very handsome men, and so much alike. Where were they, born ?" "In New York, I believe," "And you say that your uncle Georgo is blind?" , "The doctor in whose care my uncle now is, thinks, If ho is allowed to remain there, that he will regain the use of one eye in a short time."' "Ah, that is good news. In the mean timo you live in your rooms alono ?" ' "No. I live with Mrs Bauer." [ "But you go to your rooms sometimes ?' i " I shall go every day to see that our little property is all right." "A very wise precaution, my child, but if you will permit me I can Bavo you that i trouble." " How ?" asked Grace. " By-having our coachman attend to tho ] rooms. He is a good, honest man,and lives near by. Only to be responsible, he must ; have tho key, and I know he will be glad to i mako a few extra dollars. I want toholp i him; and do not care to give him the money ■directly," •• . ■■:.•: l f. Grace thanked her, and after sorno pro tests she pll« Sovillo tho key of tho rooms in tnc Mechanic's Apartment House That afternoon Mrs Sovillo, tinder tho plea of wanting, a peculiar ehdde of em- '.i broidery silk, went down to Davis, Lent & •'■ ) Co., and she was enabled to have a chat with Tom Pegg. ■, ( '

I"I toll you," she said tohim confidentially, | " there is not much chance for you to win • that girl." J " You think not, Mrs Seville ?" he asked, , ns he rubbed his hands, and looked into her j face with undisguised admiration. J "I am sure of it. But it is now in your power to strike her and Ralph Thornton a harder blow than they struck you." " I know that; there is a package of our goods in thoso rooms, and the fact that wo haven't heard anything about it, even sup- I -pose they wcro left there by someone else as ! they'll pretend—" 1 " Never mind that package, Mr Pegg. " But why not?" " Let it bo discovered, if at all, by acci- j dent. I have a better plan, and I want you to help me." ! " Let me heir the plan ;I am ready.' I I Before saying what she would have him do, Mrs Seville, glancing about that part of tho store where she was standing and talking to Pegg, and seeing that she was not observed, hastily drew from her pocket a key and a small package. Hand ing him the key, she said : "I want you to have this duplicated at , once." ~ , _, 1 "That is an easy matter,' replied Pcgg, taking tho key and noting that there was nothing complicated about it. "As soon as you get a duplicate return ' this to me." " It shall bo done within an hour. "Good; lam glad to sco that you are prompt." I "Oh, when I see a necessity for quick ! work I am not going to stand by sucking 'my thumbs," said Pegg, his eyes on the '■ package which Mrs Seville still held in her 1 hand. Seeino- the direction of his gaze, and read ing his thoughts, she said, as she laid the package on the counter and quietly pushed it towards him : " That little box contains some articles of jewellery, attractive to the eye rather than valuable—" 1"I understand." '"I want you to take charge of it—" I Tom Pegg slipped the little box into his ' pocket. " And," continued Mrs Seville, "I want ■ you to have that box secreted to-night in Grace AVray's bedroom." ? " That will bo dangerous," ho gasped. 1 " We cannot act without some danger." "True—but lam known. ' i ! "Can't you get some one to do it for I you ?" " I guess so." "Of course you can ; a man with your 1 cool head and ingenuity can act for himself or get some one to act for him. Can I de pend on you ?" she asked, reaching out her hand and giving him a pleading look. J "You can." ' "Without fail?" "On my oath," said Pogg, pressing her , hand. i CHAPTER XIX. RALPH MORMON MEETS " MOSES " AND IS SURPBISJ.I). t Mrs Seville well knew that tho coming of 1 Graco Wray to the house would not mako . Ralph Thornton happy, particularly if, as 3 she feared, his heart was becoming cold to herself. t She praised Grace before Kalph, and even 1 hinted that the girl loved him ; and sho - followed this up by a silvery laugh, while, with her arms about his neck, she would i add: "But who could help loving you, de.-.r , Ralph 1 Ah, I ought to be very happy—and a lam." 1 With all her shrewdness she was over s playing her part. Young men do not object to being s caressed by their lady loves in a ladyliko I way, but the majority of them soon weary 3 of gush, and Mrs Seville gushed at times. s Kalph grew cold,then indiiVcront.and this i indifference gradually settled into an absolute dislike, so that he dreaded to meet 3 her and hated to go home. s All this argued a-n ant of moral courage, t but then Kalph Thornton's lifo had not r beon such as to develop tho nobler traita of - his character. iHe was becoming desperate. He had made up his mind n dozen times ito unbosom himself to his' lawyer friend, 1 Harry G: ay, but his heart always failed him 3 at the last moment. i Ho dreaded to bo thought weak, or mean, ior false to his pledge, and he feared to lose 3 the respect of his friend. 3 " AVhy, Kalph, what, in the name of 1 common sense, ha.s come over you of lato J" asked Harry Gray one day, when Ralph sat 2 in the young lawyer's private oilice looking - tho very picture of dejection. c "I don't know," replied Kalph, starting up like a sleeper who is aroused by a strange i voice. i " Are you sick ?" i " Tho doctor says I am all right." t " Then you have mental trouble." i " Perhaps so." i " There can be no doubt about it. Come, old fellow, you and I can't afford to have ; secrets from each other, that is, if it is in the powor of cithor to help the othor along. AYe can talk horo without fear of interrup tion," said Harry Gray, rising and locking the door. " I don't know what to say, Harry, said ' Ralph, with a sad smilo. " I feel that you ■ have put me on a witness-stand, but I ' haven't the faintest idea as to the testimony I am oxpected to give " " Thanks for the idea. 1 will treat you as a witness, oxcept that I will revcrso the i ordinary process and begin to cross-examine ,at onco." " Fire away, Harry." i "You are porplexed about this gambler, ' i Peter Monks?" " Deeply so ; for I hold proporty that is his by rights, and yet so wicked has boon i the man's life that he dares not claim it." " Is that your main>trouble ?" . "No." i " Are you troubled about Georgo Seville, ion whose track we are 1" ~ " Only that I fear you will not succeed •in finding him." "I grow more certain of success every day. I would explain all, but lam afraid that in your anxiety to do what is right you i might go to the other extreme and defeat our schemes. Now, Ralph, I have one niore question to ask, and on the frankness of your answer will depend my going on with this—" "■ Let me hear your question." " Doyou feol rejoiced at the near approach iof your marriage to Mrs Seville ?". : This question was asked very slowly, and the young lawyer's keen eyes were fixed on Ralph's face the while. " See here, Harry," ho'replied at length, " do not put that question. " Then you will not answer I" "I cannot do so truthfully without losing i your respect," said Ralph, averting hia face. "Nonsense! Do you think that my , friendship is to bo forfeited by tho more ' yes' or ' no' you may utter ? I think I understand the situation oven better than you do." "Then I will answer tho question as to my approaching marriage by saying ' No.'" "I expected as much, Ralph ; and I will add that I am not at all disappointed nor sorry to hoar you say so. llore is my hand to provo that my regard is not tho least bit shaken." Tho friends clasped hands, and Harry Gray asked: " Now may I go on ?" " Yes ; the ice is broken," replied Ralph, "and I might as well tell you all." "A most sensible resolution. Did you ever love this woman ?" j " I imagined I did." j '' Did she not make love to you ?" "I can't say that. Sho is tho most mag netic and fascinating person I ever mot." "You felt quite reconciled td your mar riage before Christmas ?" " I did." "Has the lady's manner changed since then ?" "Notat all." " Have you learned anything about her that made you change your mind ?" "No." "Then," said Harry Gray, with the em phasis of a man who is sure of his conclusion, " yon havo met a lady whom you liko better. Is not that it ?" " I am afraid you are right," said Ralph, feeling that he was being tortured. " May I ask the name of the lady who has supplanted the fair Seville in youraffections ? Don'fc.answer if you think the question im ! pertinent." I " The question i 3 right enough, and I am I not at all ashamed to acknowledge that I I love a poor younggii 1 named Grace Wray—" I Named what ? asked Harry Gray, leap ing from his chair as if he bod been stung, and inhaling a long breath. "Why, Grace AVrffl^ ; there is nothing un usual about the name," said Ralpfi, sur prised at his friend's conduct. " Nothing at all; excuse mo, Ralph ; I j was thinking of another matter. Now ' i another question ; where does Miss AVray's j i father live ?" • j "I believo she is an orphan, and lives i; with her uncle." j "Did you ever sco the uncle ?" , 1 "I saw him this morning." t "A'-Hiero?" < "At a doctor's, to whoso place I had him j sent^t my own expense; in order to havo <.?A? S- and other,woundn treated." r ;psS^«' <-»-. the girl, ar 0 I

"Very poof, but not the less refined, noble, | ;and worthy for that," said Ralph, with . I spirit. } I " Certainly not. But how did this man, IMr Gray, get his injuries ?" J " His name is Wray—Mr George Wray." "All, yes. I confused the names. But liow was the man injured ?" " Blown up in a mine, I believe." "Where?" ! " Out West, somo place. But what ha 3 my regard for his niece to do with tlio place where ho was wounded ?" "Nothing in the world, Ralph ; only I thought the man might have been a soldier in the late war, and that his injuries might J have appealed to your patriotism. Now the I crq.-^-qucstioriing is adjourned for the day, ! and I feel glad that you have confided in J mo. It makes my way clearer—very much dearer." "I can't see how that can be; but I'll take your word for it. Now I'm off," said Ralph, rising, and pulling on his gloves." "Where do you propose to spend the evening ?" '' Home." 'No engagement?" "None." " Then moot me at the club at eight, and stay with mo till midnight." "What's a-foot?" " Business ; but I Cannot explain now. Will you say yofl !" " Yes ; but upon my word, Harry, I do not know what to make of your mysteries. I feel so puzzled that half the time 1 am not sure that I am quite sober and wide awake." "I will certify that you are now sober; that you are wide awake ; that your head is level, and that, barring the beautiful Cinderella—Miss—Miss—well, her name docs not matter—your heart is as pure as crystal and as sound as a bell. Mind—■ don't forget the meeting to-night." Kalph Thornton left his friend's olfico with j a lighter heart than he had when he entered It was evident that the world would not think so badly of him if a break came between him and Mrs Seville, though he did not dare think of this alternative. If the lady insisted on holding him to his pro mise, he would keep it, though it blasted his life. After supper that night he called to see George 'Wray again, and he found Grace there, and escorted her to Bauer's Hotel. ! Her engagement with Mrs Seville had closed that day, and she was going back on the morrow to Mrs Lansing's. Grace knew who her uncle's friend was, and in her quiet, earnest way she thanked Kalph Thornton at the door of the hotel. And he went away feeling that he done something to make the gentlo girl happy ; and this, in his state of mind, was a great achievement. Ho met Harry Gray at the appointed place, and they wont together to Monks's Club House. Kalph Thornton was thought to be " a , young man of the world ;" but so far his life 'had been remarkably freo from any • thing liko rice. Ho had never been in a gambling place , before, and to his credit bo it said, ho felt a , senso of degradation when ho crossed the threshold. He saw many of his acquaintances in the , throng that gathered about tho green tables, but he could not reciprocate their [ expressions of: " Glad to sco you, old fellow." Harry Gray introduced him to Peter Monks, and after that he could not keep his eyes'offthat bold, bad man. And as often as he looked at him he saw tho chief of the gambling don watching him. r If the thoughts of these two men oould I have been known to tho people present, , ' they would havo caused sucn a sensation 113 would havo blotted out all interest in the . exciting play. , Potcr Monks knew that Ralph Thornton t was his nephew, or rather the son of his half-sister. He had often hold him on his knee when ho. was a child, and before his { own lifo had fallen from tho white heights f of virtue to tho black depths of vice. JTo had not tho slightest suspicion that Ralph know of their relations, for he , believed that all hi« relatives thought, him dead ; and ho would rathor bo dead in fact J than undeceive them. Ho was glad to sco that Ralph neither drank, smoked, nor showed a disposition to [ gamble. In this tall, linmlsomo nephew Potor j Monks saw his own past, and ho realised > what he might have been had ho given the j got-thee-bolund-me-Satan to higfirsttompta , tions. 1 Again the dormant conseienco of the , gambler roused from its death-liko lethargy, j and ho asked himself if ho was right in per mitting this handsome young man, who nad done him no wrong, but whom ho was bound by every tie of humanity to protect, to become tho victim of tho wretched but fascinating adventuress who had dono so much to ruin his own lifo. Ralph Thornton's sense of degradation as ho watched this man and took in his methods cannot be described. Ho loathed himself for being there, . though it was neither the love of novelty nor a desire to sco a new phnso of lifo that brought him, and ho could not despise those among his acquaintances who were watching with ongor ores "Moses" as he lost or won liko an implacable automaton. Ah ! how those men would rotiirn his fino scorn if t'.oy only know that tho keeper of tho gambling hell was tho unolo of tho prond young aristocrat. "Tho sins of tho fathom risifc tho child- I ron," thought Ralph, "and, in proportion, 1 the sins of tho uncles visit tho nephews. Vice spreads its taint not in straight linos, but in circles, and tho innocent sulFor long after tho guilty are dead," Tho lessens of that night did not make Ralph Thornton more charitable to crime, but they did widen the scopo of his charity, and make Uim honceforth more kindly to those whoso lives were unjustly crushed by tho crimes of others. "Mr Thornton, this is Mr Weld, about whom I spoko to you." This was tho introduction that Harry gave as he waved hi 3 hand from ono to the other of tha,, men named when tho play of the night was over, and "Moses," with hie disguise off, stood on the street oorner with the two friends. Ralph shuddered at the touch of the man's hand, but in accepting the introduction he was obeying his friend's instructions. " I am glad to meet Mr Thornton," said Weld, in tho accents of a, gentleman j " and I hopo to meet him again," Ralph muttered the formula, "thanks" &c, and Harry hastened to »ay : "I am glad you hare come together. Can you meet Mr Thornton at my office— say at two to-morrow T I want yon to bring tho proof as to the identity of Peter Monks and Monckton Seville." " I will do it," replied Weld, with an emphasis that sounded liko anger. CHAPTHR XX. SBARCHIjra FOB THE THIEF. From the night when first she jaw her— that is, the night when she brought for Mrs Seville tbo sa:que from Davis, Lent& Co'a— Mrs Thornton had takon a liking to Grace AVray. And she was so delighted whon Mrs Seville brought that young lady to work at tho house that she could not help thank ing her. "You know, Alice," she said, "that my mother's name before she married my father —she was his first wife, tho mother of the j unfortunate twins I told you about was the | I second wife, .and a most delightful lady— j her name was Lansing. But I was going to tell you that my own mother's maiden name | was Graco Wray. So, apart from the j beauty and charming manners of this girl, I was won to her from the first by her name. There are so many ups and downs in our American lifo that I should not feel at all surprised, if we could only trace it out, that this poor girl and myself are in somo way related." "It is most generous in you to think so," said Mrs Seville, with her sweetest smile, j " though Wray is not an uncommon Scotch- j Irish name ; and Grace, though not so often ! met with, is not unusual. But tho point I I wished to make is, that it does you great : credit—for theSovilles were rather proud— i to be willing to think that this sewing girl : is of your kin." b j " But she is beautiful, and a lady." I ' She is certainly wonderfully beautiful, : Aunt Ihornton, and I hope she is all we think her; yet a pretty face and pleasant mannere do not always mean that their possessor Is all that we would want in one of our kin." " You told mo, Alice, that you liked the girl exceedingly," said Mrs Thornton, evi dently pained at the'other's remark. "Sol did, dear Aunt Thornton, and I meant exactly what I said, but it is possible that I am mistaken." "I do not understand you, Alice," said the old lady, trying not to show her pique at tho other's manner. , "I wish I had no reason to undeceive you, but the truth is that since this girl has been coming here I have been steadily i losing articles of jewellery, until now the <• things gone amount to sovoral hundred i dollars." . ] " You amaze me, Alice!" i "I am sorry that I have to tell you. Ido i not care for the jewellery, Aunt Thornton, ( but I feel shocked to think that one whom c. yso admired and trusted should treat me in t

this way," said Mrs Seville, with unusual . decision. j " But you have no proof that Grace Wray i ! took the missing articles." ! '' Not the slightest. The evidence is only ; circumstantial." " Do you trust your French maid fully ?" " I have for throe years." " Havo you told Ralph ?" "I have not." I "Is it not possible that you may bo mis taken as to Grace ?" I "I hope so." j " You know where she worked bofore t" j " Yes ; ;it Davis, Lent and Co.'s." ' " They give her a good name ?" "I am sorry to say, dear aunt, that tho firm refuse to give her a good or a bad name." j " Why so?" I " You may remember that I told you sho had charge of the cloak and wrap ! room ?" "I remember that." i " Well, out of that department, during her time, Davis, Lent and Co. claim to have lost several hundred dollars worth of goods." I " They told you so ?" ' " Yes, this very day." " And they suspect Grace ?" " They did not say ho; neither do I. I only say now tiiat it is very singular, and that I hope tho firm's suspicions and mine arc groundless, for I would give every jewel I havo to know that Grace Wray is as honest as I believed her to be." Thero could bo no doubting Mrs Seville's manner. Sho acted and spoke as if she be lieved every word that she said, and she certainly convinced Mrs Thornton that she had good reasons for fearing that Grace Wray was a thief. The next afternoon Mrs Thornton went down to Davis, Lent & Co.'s, and owing to Mrs Seville's arrangement, she mot tho junior member of tho firm. Tom l'egg Bhowed a commendable desire not to talk about Graco Wray, and at first he spoke of her in that distent, non-com mittal way that is more injurious than a positive charge of crime. He hoped sho was an honest and good and deserving, but the firm was quite will ing to dispense with her services, and the three members were very glad that sho took Mr Davis's hint and resigned ; but not ono of them would like to prosecute a girl who cared for her blind old uncle. All this, and much more of the samo kind, Tom Pegg said, but he did not niako a direct charge against Grace Wray. Mrs Thornton, though simple-minded and gentle-hearted, had much native shrewd ness. Sho saw that Tom l'egg, whilo un willing to donounce boldly, was in truth do faming Grace Wray's character by insinua tion. Sho was determined to know exactly what ho meant, so sho asked bluntly : " Do you believe this girl is a thief ?" "I would rather not answer," replied Tom Pegg. "Thatmoans that you do believe it." "I did not say so." "It would bo moro manly if you did. I know Mr Davis of your firm, and I'll see what he says," said Mrs Thornton, not a little disgusted by tho junior membor's manner. Tom Fogg tried to Btay her, but tho old lady had her mind mado up. Mr Davis was a cautious man, but a frank and honest ono. lie confessed to Mrs Thornton that certain valuable articles wero missed from Grace Wray'x depart ment during tho timo that who had charge, and then said that- tho firm, acting on tho advice of tho junior member, had sworn out a search warrant, and that tho rooms of Mm Murphy in Brooklyn, all tho rooms in Bauer's Hotel, and tho rooms occupied by the Wroys in tho Mechanics' Apartment House, would be .searched that night. "And you beliovo tho girl is guilty t" said Mrs Thornton, rising to leave. " I havo 'no belief about it," replied Mr Davis. "I would rather lose the things than havo them found in Miss Wray'n pos session ; but whoro ono has partnors ho must bo tnlluenced by their wishes," This was xeneiblo, and, unablo to say more, Mrs Thornton went homo. Sho did not tell Mrs Seville whoro aho had been, nor was it necessary, for Tom l'egg had already despatched a messenger boy to tell her that Mrs Thornton had visited the store that afternoon, and what her object was in doing so. Tho instant Ralph came homo Mrs Thorn ton sent for him to como to her room, and sho at onm told him what Airs Sevillo had said,and what she had heard at Davis, Lont & Co.'s. Ralph was so startled by this news that for some time ho could say nothing, Not that he boliovcd the chargoa against draco any moro than if they wore made against his own mother, but ho had the feeling that she was tho victim of a conspiracy, and that Tom Pogg was at tho bottom of it. "You do not boliovo this, my son," said Mrs Thornton, "and I am suro that dear Alice docs not boliovo it at heart." "I do not boliovo it, and yot it may bo proved to bo true," said Kalph. "Ido not understand you, Ralph." " Norcan I explain just now, doar mother. Havo patience' " But whoro aro you going?" "Around to sco Miss Wray." " And you will toll her all ?" " Certainly ; sho at leAst Rhould bo pre pared." " IMcaso eponk with AHco about it boforo you go,!' urged Mm Thornton. If Ralph hoard her he did not heed, for ho hurried from tho houso and did not halt till ho reached Bauer's Hotel. Ho found Mrs Murphy and her con over for a visit, and as ho could not speak to Graco alone he reasoned that thoso about her wero hor friends, and ho at onco told why ho had como. Mrs Murphy and Mrs Bauer trembled with indignation and oxoitomont, and tin ablo to do anything olso thoy burst into tears. Donny Murphy pulled up his sleeves and bit his upper lip in a way that told it would bo dangerous to cross him. Graco alono was vory oalm nnd collected. So conscious was sho of hor own innoconco that sho could not imagine why others should try to wrong hor. "Let us go to the roomi," she said, "I want to bo thoro when those people come to search." This suggestion was so eminently wise and proper that Ralph wondered why it had not stniek himself. They walked to the rooms in the Mechan ics' Apartment House, Ralph Thornton escorting Graco, and Denny Murphy strug gling manfully on between his stout mother and tho stouter Mrs Bauer. They went upstairs, and while Mrs Bauor lit some candles sho had prudontly brought with her, Donny mado preparations to start afire. Thoy had been in tho room about twonty minutes when tho tramping of heavy feet was heard on tho stairs ana coming along the hall. Then n rap, accompanied by tho quick turning of the knob, was heard at tho door, and boforo a word could bo spoken six policemen walked in. (To be Continued )

The Power of the Imagination

A late number of "Hall's Journal of Health," in dwolling upon tliia subject, ro marks as follows :—"To regain or recover health, persons should bo relieved from all ' anxiety concerning diseases. Tho mind. i has power over the body. For a person to | think ho has a disease will often produce that disease. This wo sco effected when ■the mind is intensely concontrated upon tho disease of another. It is found in the hos pital that surgeons and physicians who mako a specialty of certain diseases aro I liable to die of it themselves, and tho ! mental powor is so great that sometimes j | people die of diseases which they only have ■in imagination. We have seen a porson j sea-sick in anticipation of a voyage beforo j reaching the vessel. We havo known a ! porson to die of cancer in tho stomach when he had no cancer or any other i mortal disoase. A blindfolded man slightly pricked in Hie arm has fainted and died I from believing that he was bleeding to death. Therefore, well persons, to remain well, should bo cheerful and happy, and sick persons should have their attention ■' drawn as much as possible from themselves. I It is by their faith men arc saved, and it is by their faith that men clio. If he wills not j to die he can often live in spite of disease, i and if he has little or no attachment for life ! he will slip away as easily as a child will fall asleep. Men livo by their souls, and , not by their bodies. Their bodies havo no ! life by themselves ; they are only resources , of life—tenements of their soiils. The will has much to do if continuing the physical occupancy or giving it up."

I " Why did you leave your last placo?" in- • quired a young housokeoperabout to engage ! anew servant. "Why, you sco, ma'am," ■ replied the applicant, "I was too good-I looking; dvi when I opened the door folks took mo for the missus." She was too modest to state the real causo, which was that "master"hadmistakenherfor "missus" nnd had been caught by the latter, hugging the pretty servant girl.

THE GARDEN.

i...\ (By Hortus). Calendar of Operations, Ootober 6. [Hortus is willing to answer any nuorios. Cor- , respondents must give their lull names and addresses, though not for publication.] '■

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Khubabb (It. Anderson, l»nrnoU).-Wlienevor I rhubarb shows a llower stalk pinch or break it out at once. The flower simply robs tho plant. If allowed to now, there would not bo many . good stalks taken from the plant. i Cucumbers, M. Mons (A.P., Epsom).—l would not plant them out in the o!"ju air yet, unless you have Ihc means to cover them with a hand light till they get established. Without ' this the plants might receive a sevcro check somo cold night. Wait for a, week or two yet. j

Kitchen Garden.

Continue planting late potatoes on dry , soils. On wet grounds defer the planting ' for another ■week or bo. Hoe up advancing ; crops of the earlier planted varieties. Con- i tinuo sowing French beans in rows two , feet apart. The climbing beans ought to ] bo sown three feet apart. Prick out celery ■ plants; make a siiccessional sowing for ' late planting. Plant cauliflower and cab bage ; make another sowing of seed ; hoo ' up advancing crops. Continue pricking' out celery into a bed. Prepare trenches for planting out the early crops. Dig tho tranches eighteen inches broad and a foot and a-half deep, putting in the bottom six inches of well-rotted manure, with somo good soil. Trenches of the abovo width will take a double row of plants. Many of tho early sown crops will requiro thinning out. Never allow tho crops to become crowded before thinning. Onionß, thin | out and transplant some of tho young^ i plants'; they will make equally an good bulbs as those which wero sown. Mako an other sowing of leeks. Stir tho Boil fre quently,- so as to destroy weeds, allowing at the same timo a freer circulation of air to tho roots. j Flower Garden. I Thin out patches of annuals which ware sown curly. Commenco planting out of tho frames those which aro sufficiently hardy and strong onough to bear removal. Make r another sowing of the more tender varieties, ! Finish planting out the different summer bedding plants ; the sooner they are in the ground the bettor now, so as to allow of their getting well established before tho dry neuson setn in. See to the regulating and pinching of all growing plants. Don't : allow one or two gross shoots to draw too ' much upon tho sap, to tho detriment of tho rest of the plant. Tio and stake where necessary. Proceed with the mulching of j roses. Syringe with tobacco-water or soap i nulls so as to keep tho fly in check. Keep tho grass short and the walks clean, Apply the roller as often as possible. All (lebrix of pines, grass, etc., as soon as collected, should bo taken away to tho manure huap .so ns to rot for next autumn manuro. j Many burn or otherwise destroy the abovo debrit —a very bad practice. In destroying mid), they aro simply making away with ' matter which, if properly mnunjjcd with other manures, would greatly assist the fertility of the garden. GvOOJIJIOUHO. Continue repotting thit ]>orm»nont ' plants as they rouuiro it. Colous und other cuttings which havo struck, pot into gmaU'dizod puts, repotting an they grow, using a mixture of good loam smid, leaf mould, and well-rotted manure. Give more air during; the day, water in tho after noon, and syringe when closing up tho house, taking care not to touch any of the plants in flowor with tho water, aa water from tho syringe will soon destroy tho llowoi'J. Attend to the pinching and train ing of fuchsias, repotting as they require tho move. | Soosonablo Hints. j Tho egg-plant is of tropical origin «nd a tender plant. It is much esteemed by many. Sow in a hotbed, and after tho : ground gets thoroughly warm, transplant . into rows two feet apart and eighteen inches asunder. There are three varieties, The white is considered the curliest mid most productive, but tho fruit is less esteemed. I The aphis, or green lly, is one of the most ' troublesome onemio.H of put-grown plants. It is most easily destroyed by syringing the plants twice a wivls with a tea made from tobacco stems, ir. \.'n,;- them up and down until tlni insects an: thoroughly washed off. ■ This will also destroy other insects. . A great garden is maintained at Berlin for tho purpose of supplying tho schools with botanical Bnoeimons, Four million plants are disposed of during tho season. An English grapo-growor whose vines were much affected by tho mcnly bug sp : plied witli a small brush a mixture of a : pint of spirits of wine and four ounces of ' petroleum, "and declares tho roiult to havo been wonderful. Tho insects werodostroyed and tho plants suffered no harm. Orango trees, liko other fruit trees, should grow with iv low top, and boughs lo\r, to protect tho body from tho heat of summer. Keep down all sprouts, allowing tho treo to grow an oral sliapo as tho fruit of tho orango forms at tho end of new wood. Lemons form closer in on last year's wood. Sparo tho pruning-knifo j keep your tree» composted and mirfaco worked up, tho I mmuiro spaded and mixed with tho soil; it decomposes more rapidly. In the culturo of vegetables tho gardonor must oporato the rovorso of fruit culture. Fruit trees requiro woody growth, but for vcgotnblos a soft, spongy, succulont clmrac tor is needed. Tho aim should then bo to hare your soil deep and rich, and plenty of labour with hoo and cultivator ; keop it con stantly going, leaving o]>on, porous and light i let tho air circulate within ita in closure and light ponotrato its dopths. All vegetables grown for thoir loaros or stems require an abundanoo of nitrogenous manures, and it is usolens to attompt vego tablo gardening without its. To thin clans belong cabbago, lottuco, spinach, oto. Tho othor class, which is grown principally for its seeds or pods, m beans, peas, otc., does not require much manuro of this character ; in fact, the plants aro injured by it. It causes too groat a growth of stem and leaf, and the oarlinoas, a groat aim in vegetable growing, is injuriously affected. Mineral manures, as wood ashes, bonedusfc, oto., aro much better for thorn. CxrsiOTM.—ln the beginning of Ocfcobor sow a few sooda in ono or two four-inch pot», water lightly, and place in cucumber or othor frame. Whon tho seed leaves are well formed romoTO tho plants singly into three-inch pota filled with soil as above, and return them to tho frame. When the roots begin to coil round insido the pots, they may bo romeved into a oolder frame, or loffc whore thoy are, if more convenient, with tho sash almost entirely removed during favourable weather, to harden off the plants. About tho middle of November, if the weather bo mild, plant out in a well prepared rich warm borclor, two and a half to three foet apart. Stick a branch into tho ground ovor each plant to ward off the sun's rays. Attend to watering and mul ching in very dry weather. Whon the plants aro woll up, stick a fow branches round each (not too closoly) to boar up the tops whon in fruit. Frult-Growlng. (Continued.) I will now try and describe the manage ment of fruit trees from bud or graft till j thoy attain a. fruit-bearing ago. Tho first ■ year, when budding or grafting, tho young treos should bo planted cut in nursery rows of about two foot six inchos apart, and one foot six inches in row. Thoy will need no other attention during tho first soason than keeping the ground freo of weeds and dis budding during tho earlier summor. All young trees which havo beon budded or grafted aro sure to throw out a good number of shoots, caused by tho hoading back which tho young treo receives, tho Dud or graft not being strong enough to elaborate the quantity of sap sent up by tho roots. The superfluous sap causes buds which would have remained dormant to push out and mako shoots. Theso shoots havo to bo removed during tho growing soaaon, and this is callod disbudding. This operation requires a little judgment on the operator's part. If tho bud or graft comes away vigorously, and when properly established, strip off these shoots, and con tinue doing so as they appear. On those which aro not so vigorous, or rather weak, rotain one. or two shoots, so as to draw on the sap until tho bud or graft gets fairly established; then- those shoots must come away also, taking them clean out. If a bud or graft misses, allow one of the shoots from | the • dormant buds to grow, so as to form wood for budding or grafting next season. After the disbudding, nothing more will need to be done to tho young trees; only keep tho hoe going to kill tho weeds. In growing young trees, the first season do not try to grow them large or rank. Tho wood on properly-grown trees at this stago of their growth should be short-jointod, hardy wood ; not long, straggly fish ing-rods, which wo too ofton sco grown: If any of «tho young trees aro not growing quite upright, it will be bettor to stako and tio tliem upright. There is a proceeding practicod hero by somo in con nection with young stock the first year, about which I would liko to say a few voids, and that is, the praoticp of nipping off the top shoots towards the end $ tltg

summer. I never have been able to under stand what was meant by it. Nor have I been able to obtain any satisfactory information connected with it. There is no necessity for doing it, nothing to be gained unless it be to stop root action. I would cay let the young ti'ees alone, without any pinching back the first year. The first year's growth of the tree should be a small hardy tree with a straight growth of from three to about four feet in height, well-ri pened at the end of the season ; this is what is called a maiden treo. The second winter, all these trees should be lifted and planted out in their permanent places. Plant them out just as they are lifted early in the season, cutting their roots back considerably. About a month or six weeks after planting, cut all tho heads back to about five or six buds abovo the graft. Now I know that a good many will dissent from this. I will therefore give my reasons. All the future habits, shape, or training of a tree depend upon the manner it is dealt with the first year after planting out. _ If the tree is badly pruned or badly trained the first few years, it is almost impossible to give such tree r. good habit afterwards, and when such is attempted it sometimes takes years to rectify what only wanted a littlii careful thought at first. Most fruit trees, such as apple, apricot, plum, peach, and necta.rine, do best here in tho orchard with a habit like a cup or bush with the centre taken out, medium dwarf in habit. Now, to attain this properly, the tree should be cut back to about live or six buds above the graft. When tho Bpring comes, three or four shoots will burst from these buds ; if so, and if they aro on the opposite side of tho tree, all is right. With theso you have the bases of the future trees. (To be continued,)

THE LATE CAPTAIN WEBB.

j His Famous Swim Across tho Channel. I , i Tn ii following obituary notice of Webb,con tainlng an account of his famous swim across tho Channel, is extracted from tho • London " Telegraph ":—Captain Matthew ! J Wubb, who had just attained his thirty- I fifth year, was born at Ironbridge, in Shropshire, whoro several of his brothers ' and sisters Btill reside. His father was a physician, but very early in life young Webb developed an Intenso liking for tho sea, and oven as a boy was celebrated for bin daring and skill us a swimmer. As a more lad he ontored tho mercantile navy, and gradually rose through the usual grades until ha became captain of a merchantman. Thsro i» a utory that in this capacity Mr W»bb was so Intrepid and dashing that it wa» difficult for him to got a crew who would a secoiu'i time go to sea with him. On ouo occasion some years ago, during a storm ho leapt from the deck of a Cunard steamer to savo tho life of a sailor who had fallen overboard. For this courageous act was conferred on him the ilrat gold medal over granted by the Koyal Humano Society, tho Duke of Edinburgh making the presentation. Swimming would appear to have been a passion with him, ana in 187f> ho conceived tho extraordinary notion of crossing the English Channel from Dover to Calais. That nlso won, at the time, re garded as utterly impracticable. Many attempts had been made, all resulting in failure ; but Captain Webb refused to be lieve that he should not succeed, and, as a preliminary trial of strength and endurance, lie swam from Blackwall to Gravcsend, covering tho distance—eighteen miles—in four hours fifty ■ two minutes forty-four seconds. Gaining confidence from this success, ho essayed tho journey from Dover toßamsgato, and succeeded in accomplish ing tlite more dillicult task in eight hours forty-live minutes. Both these efforts of endurance and skill took place in 1875, and, apparently satisfied with them, Captain Webb now finally determined on attempting tho Channel passage. Friday, August 13, wan the day fixed upon, The swimmer was to have started at daybreak, and at that time the sea was calm and apparently inviting ; but something in the atmospheric appcar aneo suggested a doubt whether similarly quiet weather could bo counted upon for twenty-four consecutive hours, and a post ponement was agreed to. But only for a short time. At a few minutes after five o'clock on tho same ovening, though tho sea was lumpy, and a fresh breeze blew from tho south-west, Captain Webb, having pre viously boon well rubbed with poqtoiso oil, took tho water, diving from a uoat at tho Admiralty l'ier at Dovor. Ho was closely accompanied all tho way by a boat with two poraonal friends on board, and a lugger, in whioh wero a number of gentlemen who hod undertakon to see tho coiuplotion of tho task—if it wan completed. Tho daring swimmer struck out strongly and choorf ully, and for an hour or two mado good progress, and soomed in oxcellent condition. His first refreshment was somo roast beef, whicli ho consumed without difficulty. But tho wind increased, tho soa grow moro rough, and a little after heavy rain began to fall. It was now impossible to attempt taking solid food, and with a glo.?s of cod-liver oil tho captain continued his voyage under tho most uisagroeablo conditions as to weather. Indeed, lie suggested giving up the strugglo, but as a lull in tho wind took placo nt suiiHot ho wont on. Again, however, tho wind roso, tho rain fell, and tho soa became greatly moro troubled. A shorts further trial was mado, but all agree ing that thora was no hojra of improvement, Captain Wot'b finally loft tho water at mid night, foelinf warm, and looking still fresh and rigorous, notwithstanding his extra ordinary Mortions. Although tho sea proved thus too rough for him, and tho wind and weather unpro pittous, sMll more than half of tho passage was accomplished, and the captain seomed convinced that he could tafely undertake th« who'? journey. So another trial was determined upon, and successfully under taken en Aug. 24. Then the wares wore quiet, and the tide favourable, tho wind agreeable, aud when, at> one o'olook on that day, Captain Wobb dived from tho end of tho Admiralty Pior, amid the chcors of a considerable concourse of poople, it waa with a strong belief that ho would accomplish his journey in about fourteon hours. As a mat tor of fact it took him 21h. -lSmin. 65soc. He was accompanied, as before, by a lugger and row boat, containing judges and some of his friends. His refroshmente consisted of beaf-rea, coffee, and brandy. There was nothing very noticeable in the passage until about !).30 on the night of tho 24th. Webb called out that ho had boon stung on tiie shoulder by a jolly fish, asking for somo brandy. At that time, it is recorded thero was a porceptiblo weaken ing of his stroko, and it was feared that eight and a half hours in tho water and tho chilly air of the ovening wero beginning to tell upon him. A few minutes later, how ever, he shouted that ho was all right, and felt no more of the sting. Again, just after midnight, tho wind freshened, and at two o'clock the roports wero not reassuring. It was said tho swimmer was getting per coptibly woakor, and tho diver prepared himself to render prompt assistance. But tho administration of a little brandy revived Webb, and he again pursued his monotonous way. As tho shoro of Calais catno into view, wind and tido both fought against tho strugglor in tho water. Once moro there wore signs of weakness, again anxiety among his friends ; but at last, after many misgivings, Webb touched ground, aud was cordially welcomed by the French crowd that lined the beach. On landing ho was vory weak, but, as tho boatman ox pressed it, "jolly in his talk" up to tho end. He went to bed immediately, slept soundly, and tho medical aid volunteered was declined as unnecessary. On returning to England Mr Webb was received with groat enthusiasm, and a very considerable sum of money was subscribed and presented to him. Sinco that time Captain Webb has per formed many remarkable foats. In 1880 he won a five days' swimming race at tho Lambeth Baths ; and in March of the same year he remained in tho tank at the West minstor|AquariumduringaperiodofCOhours, with an interval of 21mm. 30sec. Then, in the following August, at Scarborough, he remained seventy-four hours in tho water. ; with only a few minutes interval. Even this was eclipsed by what he did last year in America, whore, at the Horticultural Hall Building, Boston, he remained 128| hours in a tank, less 91 minutes for rest. In 1881 Webb was defeated by W. Bock with in a six days' swim of ton hours a day at tho Westminster Aquarium ; but on Octobor 1, 1881, at Hollingworth Lake, Lancashire, Wobb dofeated Mr A. Jonnings in a fivo hours' swim, accomplishing a distanco of fivo miles 0100 yards. As we have stated, just bofore leaving for America Wobb was again dofeated by Beckwith, having been compelled to give up the strugglo in con sequence of suffering from congestion of the lungs. Captain Webb married about three yeara ago, and leaves behind a wife^ yj-jjij jj jjj deiigaia jjejjjtii, ftad two QJaUslrea" (

HELD SPORTS AND AQUATICS.

(BY ACTiEON.) Aquatics. Opening ot Boating Season P ctoJ°r KriiK Champagne Cup November 2nd Whail Kogaltit November Oth Rowing Association Rcgtttttt November Auckland Intercolonial Itegatta ..January afltli Eita v. Anttf v race bhortly Athletios. Ellcrslic Athletic Sports. ;.November 9th PICKEKINO, Monnock, and other peels will go South after the Ellerslie sports on the Oth, with the object of "scooping the pools," if possible. - Collinson lias been elected captain of the Dunedin Carisbrook Cricket Club. ' The Young Colonial and Union Football Clubs have arranged to play for a ball. ! 5 (The Naval Brigade has decided to have a ' now cutter built for the Auckland Regatta. j- Bailey has just commenced a four-ton yacht for Holland. She is intended for nottishing purposes. ' Crawshaw, Glasgow, and other good ', players will not join tho Albion Club, Dunedin, this season. : . Carr is building a rob foy canoe for Mr Catanagh. This makes four orders for that class of boat now on hand. I Mumford has had the amended laws of" ' cricket printed in pamphlet form, and they are now on sole ; price, 3d each. 1 Tho Whau Regatta competitions will be ! rowed under tho rules of tho Auckland Rowing Association. Waymouth lias almost completed a G-ton fishing yacht for Knox the fisherman. Sho is expected to beat the Jessie Logan. The bicyclists were to have had their opening run this afternoon, and it was ex pected that sixty machines would be out. C. Bailey, jun., launched a 13ft open boat this morning for Messrs H. Parker and Win. Holder. She is called the Mabel. I No official reply lms been roecived from I Wellington yet In reference to the proposal ! to submit tho football dispute to arbitration. ! A Wellington builder named McLennan j intends to send a ten-ton yacht, called tho . Clementina, to take part in the Auckland ! Regatta. i ] Tho yacht Magic, which is owned by j Sinclair and another, has been coppered and supplied with 10 tons of lead outside her • I keel. i The annual meeting of the Saturday Afternoon Kecreatiou Club takes place this j evening in the shop of MrF. Shaw, jeweller, ■ Queen-street. An effort was mado during tho week to , arrange a sweepstake* raco for 13ft open i boats, but nothing definite has yet been | decided on. ' j Tho cutter Antelope, which was built by ,| J. Clare, of Auckland, 17 years ago, is at , ■ present the smartest Teasel of her class in Lyttelton. i Tho boys of Berosford-street School are collecting subscriptions for their sports on November 30. The ever-generous Lewisson has been to the fore with a, cup as usual. : | Tho adjourned meeting to form a Cricket Association is to be held to-night, and i should be largely attended by delegates ii ■ anything is ever to be donß in this direction. ' ' Now that the football season is over, I presume the local Association will hand over the trophy to tho Ponsonby Club, which had tho best record for the matches played. • I Tho South Island journals, after consider i ing tho letters of Messrs Henderson, Cotter, . andCroxton, concerningthe footballdispute, are unanimous in saying that Auckland way right. . ' Since last cricket season something like 1 half-a-dozen members of prominent clubs ' hare found it necessary to make a sudden 1 departure without the customary "good " byes." ' i Tho following will bo ono crow for the ! senior whalubout race at both the What! ' and the Auckland Regattas:— Messrs Scott, | McDonald, It. Moore, George McKay, and . Finlay. [ ' The owner of the 13ft open boat Chance i lias challenged Bailey, jun., to run his new t boat, called the Mabel, at an early date. ; It is very probablo a match will bo ar ranged. The date of tho cricket match between Thame.sand Ponsonby is still uncertain, Nov. Oth having been found unsuitable. The 1 last Saturday in October is now mentioned ' as a suitable day. | It is proposed to contest tilt annual rowing matches between Otagc and Canterbury in inrigged boats for the , future, as the water at Dunedin is not suit able for outriggers, i Tho now yacht which Bailoy is building for Mitchelson, Esq., M.H.R., will be n i really handsome craft. Sho will sail well i under a good press of canvas, although ordered for pleasure purposes. Messrs Richards, R. Moore, Chas. Bailey, W. Holmes, and AVebster will form a junior whaloboat crew for both tho Whau and Auckland Regattas, They row in tho whalo boat built by Bailey last year. Owing to tho non-represontation of several Rowing Clubs at tho Association meeting on Tuesday, tho fixing of a date for tha opening regatta, and other matters connected therewith, had to bo postponed for a fortnight. Tho Rob Roy Canoe Club will orcctashed 30 x 20 feet on their now site in tho dock yard. It is bolioTod that whon tho ad ditional accommodation is provided tho numbor of canoes in tho Club will bo in creased from 15 to 25. Tho North Shoro Rowing Club is in receipt of a lottor from th« Now Zealand Timber Company stating that when tho Company has settled with the Harbour Board re damage done to tho wharf by tho scow Ghost, tho question of contributing towards the cosb of repairing the Club shed will be considered. Meanwhile the Club has effected temporary repairs. Wellington must hare had a Tory weak caso in the football dispute when it refused to refer the point to the arbitration of the South Islana Unions. After reading both tho Wellington and Auckland versions, " Forward, tRo football writer of the Otago "Witness," wits tho Auckland men are in the right, and that tho game, whatever Wellington may say to the contrary, must bo regardod as a draw, Logan, of North Shore, has taken tho yacht Arawa in hand for a general overhaul. He will raise her mast f) inches or 1 foot, and will provide a now gaff and main boom. A new mainsail and new staysail, made from yachting canvns procured from Sydnoy, will also lio supplied, so that, like tho Rita, she should bo ftt her best when tho long-looked-for contest between tho two vessels tokos place. Arrangomcnts for the proposed Whau Regatta aro progressing favourably. Cap tain Loßoy has intimated that the Naval Brigade pinnaco will bo placed at the dis posal of the Committee while tho regatta is proceeding, so that tho gun may be used for starting tho various r.icos. Tho Brick and Tilo Co. has consented to permit tho uso of thoir wharf and grounds for tho temporary erection of sheds, tents, booths, &C, for tho accommodation of competitors and visitors. Tho sites which tho Auckland Rowing Club and Rob Roy Canoe Club havo secured within tho Dock enclosure do not appear to bo held on a very permanent basis. Tho Hobson-street Wharf is to be commenced within tho next two months, and whon this is completed cxtonsive filling in will be done botweon this and the Queen-strcot Wharves. This will necessitate both clubs shifting, and probably they will require new sites before tho present boating season closes.

A Marriage in "High" Life.

" Person's aboufc to marry " are, as a rule, invetorately addicted to building castles in the air, but wo never heard till now of any betrothed couple going up into tho skies to look for tho castles. But Mr Davis, of Chicago, and Miss Rose Kennedy.of Spring field, Illinois, havo achieved tho feat. Professor King started on tho evening of the 4th hist, in his balloon, from the public square, Cleveland, U.S., accompanied by tho interesting couple and Justice Fuller. The balloon ascended to the height of 100 feet, and was then secured by a rone to tho ground. At this altitude Justice Fuller performed the ceremony which made the two young people one, immediately after which the orido gratefully " kissed Justice Fullor squarely on tho mouth." Tho bal loon was th-n hauled down, amid the checra of tho assembled crowd ; Justice Fullor alighted, and the happy pair started on a wodding tour in cloudland, under tho chargo of Professor King. It is highly gratifying-to !onrn that the Dridegroom wore a chimney-pot hat, a "Prinoo Albert" coat, and a whito satin tio, while the brido was in white muslin, with a white Leghorn hat, and long feather. Professor King was, of Course, indispensable, but ho must have I felt' rather in the way.' >

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THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAB, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1883.



A EE YOU INSURED AGAINST I I TmVB VOi; PHOPBBTV TO LOBE BY «Ml coss your mind "-''* ami irrcclalm unexpectedly «»* *'&JVrever bad a fire, nor ably (lest.oyedf Yotl«;"■•;,, neighbourhood. has any one in your iinlilediflu. flnd tnlnßß , n you have been accustomed W . ~t O rtogo the morning as you left them at JH3'.. -> ut fl reg r lournoy »nd find them «™>arc<t fr £ no This occur* literacy every day in some pan or other of tula country. BO YOU BKCOOSIBE THIS DANOE3 Off WBBJ UiHove-pipes, in construction of pbmma.m machinery: oven the pranks of »n>m, al'a"* "?2 processoe of nature. These are a very few among liv many constant, over-recurring ecurcesot los?. 1)0 you recognise the possibility that your properly nuiy ut any time be ac stored ttmioTJT warning, and "».«»;?. £' a!l /our c .re 1 It certainly is 80. and »t wtfl 06 weil if joubo) this. TUB COST OF *lEX iSSUSANCJ! By the NEW ZKALANtf INSURANCE rOKPANYhas bceu reduced to a ifiininrani. Private dwelline-liouscs, iurniraro. ljonsehold L'l.nrtf.ard the like are nowiasured *or a,tw shMinns per annum. It is no flguro wf a?*ech, therefore,to suy ih»t it is brought withiu the ■ rosc'iofall. Aud yet, in Bfite of this economy or cost, it i 3 cousUutly report' d of sufferers by firo llmt ' iho loss is not covered by insurance. SMALL LOSSES. Ii is not only loss from tho total do^tfuctfonof 1 urouwty by fire that is to bo guarded itgafMt; nod which i* provided for by an insurance nnt'oy but losses by fire on a Btnaller scale also. i These pm.ill losses arc-embraced in tho inaura'Dce I contract and are cliccr/ully met by tne 1 compaui-18. The value of Firo Insurance is -Well B-en by tho fact that ov< n a small claiiri of, say, £10 would take thirty-three years at 8s premium to make H up: one small toes, therefore—or a carpet, for inetnnce-wi!l cover the lnsureaa outlay for thirty three years. And these sinaU flits occur oven in "the best regulated families," THE UNINSURED; [ In mo9t cases tho neglect of fire Insurance . cun only be regarded as culpable folly. A man of enormous property, widely diffilsefl, may fairly Bay, I fill be my own insurer. Btit for any o c of ordinal y meaus to run the risk of a disastrous lots by fire, when he can be pro -1 lected by tbo expenditure of a few shillings, is obviously most unbusinesslike, improvident, nnd unwise. Tho uninsured has always hang ing over him a possible danger, which the aot i of insurance entirely removes. Your safeguard iB t0 INSURE AGAINST FIRE IN TUB ATKW TJYt. ALAND TNSUBANCE flO . jSew Zealand Insurance 10. ; "VT 0 TIC E.—Mr Whitehousk, Destut J3l (Licentiate Dental Surgery, Royal Collccs of .Surgeons), of 30, Parliament-street, London, Kngland; Dental Surgeon to the Royal Hospital ! for Women and Children, City nnd Metropolitan . Police Orphanages, etc., etc.: Fellow pf tho llovalColoniullnstitnte— travellmgforaehange, and his health, will bo plcfiscd to receive a toy,- I'uticnts in Auckland during his stay here. Mr W. will arrive in Oelolier, when his address ' will be published in this paper, and will, carry ! letters from the leading modicdl men in his - I iiciKhboumood speaking to the cdnscientious 1 and competent manner \vi h which he lias con ductod his practice the past 10 years. DR. J. COLLIR BROWNE'S CHLORODYNE, THE ORIGINAL AND ONLY GENUINE. Auvioe to IxvALiDa If you wish to obtain iiuiet, refreshing Bleep, free from headache, ', reiicf from pain and anguish, to calm and assuage the weary achings of protracted diseass, invigorate the nervous media, and rcgulato the ciroulating systems of the body, you will provido 1 yourself with that marvellous remedy discovered ! . by Dr. J. Collis Jirownc (Lato Army Medical i ' KtnfT). to which he gave tho name of CIILORODYNE, and winch is admitted by the profession to bo the mo3t wonderful and vul uablc remedy ever discovered. CHLOROD YNE is tlie best remedy known for ' Coughs, Consumption, Uronchitiß, Asthma, i CIILOHODYNE acts like a charm in Dia trhcea, and is tho only specific in Cholera and Dysentery. 1 CIILOHODYNE cficctually cuts short all atlaeks of Epilepsy, Hysteria, Palpitation, and Spasms. ' CfILOPtODYNE is tho only pallativo in ■ Neuralgia, lthcumatism, Gout, Cancer, Tootli , aelie, Meningitis, fee. From Symcs & Co.. Pharmaceutical Chemisls, ' Medical Hall Simla, January 5,1580. To J. T. Davonport, Ksq., 33, Great Kussell-stroet, Bloomsbury, London. Dear Sir,—Wo embrace 1 llilp opportunity of congratulating you upon tlio . I wide-spread reputation this justly esteomod , | medicine, Dr J. Collis Brovne's Clilorodyne.has I j ciiriivd for itself, not only in Ilindoatun, but all | over the East. As a remedy of general utility, | y.o much question whether a belter ia imported | into the country, and we shall bo glad to hear of 1 j its finding a place in every Anglo-Indian homo. i Tliu other brands, we are happy to say, arc now . relegated to tho native bazaars, and judging from thoir sale, we fancy their sojurn there will no but evanescent. We could multiply instances ad iujlnitiim of the extraordinary cflieacy of Dr. . Collis Browne's Chlorodyne in Diarrhoea and ■ Dysontrv, Spasms, Cramps, Neuralgia, tho i Vomiting of Pregnancy, and as a goncral Beda [ tire, that have occurred under our personal observation during many years. In Choleraic Diarrhoea and oren moro tcrriblo forms of Cholera itself, we havo witnossed its surprising controlling power. Wo have novcr used any nt-horform of this medicine than Collis Browne's 1 from afirm conviction that it is decidedly thobesr, and also from a senso of duty we owo to the nrufcHsion and the public, ns we are of opinion that the substitution of any other thnn Collis Browne's iH A mtMnitKATK mtRACH OF faith • ON Till! PJIKTOK TUT; CIIKMIBT TO rKRSCRinKn ANii patihn't alike.' U'o aro, Sir, faithfully Tiiiira, Byini-s & Co., Members of the Phar. , Society of Great. Britain, His Excolloncy thu Vjtohlv's CliPinisls. ' SiiM in bottles at l» lJd. 2s 9d, 4s 6d, nnd 11s cne>i. None ia gennino without, the words "Dr .1. Collis Browne's Chloroclyno " on the Govern ment stamp. Overwhelmingmedical testimony accompanies each botllo. Cnntion.—Hewaro of l'invcy and Imitations. ?010 Jt.innfacturer-.T. T. l)AA rENPOIIT. 33, RrcitUussoll-strcet* Hloomsbury, Jjondon. The Oriental 'I^ea CoS. STANDARD PACKET TBAS. Awarded Phi/.k Medals: Sydney Exhibition, 1878. Paris Internationa! Exhibition, 1879. Sydney International Exhibition, 1881. Adelaide Exhibition. 1881. l?i.itA3K Note the Brands (which are all registcrodt: ■HOyAL," "CHALLKNGE," "STANDARD. AND " UNIVERSAL MIXTURES." These Tens are a proper Combination of Chlnoso and Indian Teas—havo been tested at the Government Laboratories—aro guaranteed up to this standard quality -and have been pro nounced by professional Ten Tasters and Con tumors to be the bsst Tkas offered in the Colonies, at their respective prices. Pure Indian Teas— "VICEROY" AND "PAJAH." All I'aokcd in J and lib Pockets, and 109> Boxes Sold by all Storekbephrb. RROWN, BARRETT &*CO., Wholesale Agents. QTBEbMAN'S SOOTHDrG PO'RT)BfiS CHILDREN CUTTING TEETH. CAUTION TO rtJRCHASKES. Tho ralno of this well-known Family Medicine has bean largely tested in all parts of tho worli, and by all grades of sooioty, for upwards of fiftt tears. Ita well-earned oxtonslvs sola hss induced spurious iMrrATiONS, some of which in outward appearance so closely resemble the original as to havo dcoeived many purchasers. Tho proprietor, therefore, feels it duo to tho public to givo a spocial caution against the use of such imitations. Purehasors are therefore roqucsted carefnlly to observe tho four following distinctive char acteristics, without whioh nono aro genuine :— ; Ist—Tn evory case tho words John Steed man, Chemist, Walvoktii, Surrey, aro on graved on tho Government Stump afflxod to each packet. 2nd—Each Singlo Powder has directions for tho doso. and tho words John Stccdman, Cuamist, Wnlwor'h, Surrey, printed thereon. 3rd—Tho namo Stocdinan is always spelt with two EE's. tth—Tlio manufneturo is carried on solely in Walworth. Surrey. Sold in Packets br all Chemists and Modicino Vendors, at Is ljil to 2s 9d each. Agents: Kkmithounb, Pkossku and Co., Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Duncdin. REJIEDY FREE.—A victim of vouthj ful impvudence causing Prcnmturo Decay, Nervous Debility, Lost Mu-.ihood, &c, having tried in vain ovory known romedy, lias dis ' covered a simple self-euro, which ho will send FRKK to his fellow-sufterers.—Address J. H. REEVES, Esq., 13, Chatham-street, New York City, U.S.A. MR JOHN HARTW EL L, Organist of St. Mary's Church, 1 PROFESSOR OF THE" PIANOFORTE. i . Lessons given by tho Quarter, or by j i arrangement. ■' ORGAN. PIANOFORTE. HARMONY, ■ Amatours'Composilionsrceoivcd and prepared ; for Publication. Address : Ponsonby Road, opposite Franklin Bond. Letters may bo left with .Messrs Hoffmann nnd Sons, Music Warehouse, Quocn street. STOP THAT COUGH! DON'T DELAY. How can you stop it ? Whoro is the Remedy! I BONNNIGTON'S "PECTORAL OXYMEL ! CARRACEEN OR IRISH MOSS ! j (REGISTERED). ' Can produco moro ovidonco of real merit than i any other articlo for tho purpose tnld nvnnnhrre 1 G- BONNINQTON. I Sold everywhere.} Curlstcuurch. YOUNG, Family Grocer, Shortland strcet, Auckland. GF. 9RIMBLECOMBE, Queen's Hotel, t Sywonds-BtreotftudKrterPoeß, 1



D. F. E v A K«»r KBTATK. HOUSE. :SD LAND AO^j, | AUeKLANTI r City Property; V,Uuhble bi.l li f ' ness premises, situate in Shortland-.tr.?. : V: ■ ncur ±Ms;-olnce; giand position, ,&'■ I AVONDALK-22 acres splencli.llandmostlvY &' grays; a huge portion in orchard 'i ! I'l shelter trees; goud creek. tS6l?''#-^' AMY-STRKET. KLLKR*LTE. - J «,.,.„,. 'I' Allotment., having a towage oragS §§ AVUNDALE.-20 acres Rood land |i»Jj' : If and in ifra'B paddock* »nd crosVX 0 M 'I V by the-. riv.T; small Cottage, to. V- ?J W t dcoirablo lot; abmt 3 m;: 0 from lim-ei* ~f: F ' Station, Price only £523 <afer h AWHITU (near the Pollock ScttlcmeiilL, V F* acres good lurid, about two ihir i« ,7 "7*' X bush, partly honndo.l by a srre* I>, j £*fj f ' i out 2 nnlc-3 from the seiUoinect lSii*l 1 fei ,1-d adjoiua Mr Dean's, "l^ &«s■■sl..; Rise*. ... . RisrVf h> a vnvfi ii R I*2 acres noli alluvint i, :' * ml Wed wrHj 1)I<"1«1 »"<1 «»d i • : F la.d. Price fiSSj*."aoro; lialfcash.V-a.^ ■■: M nt, 8 percent, (801) "v :> AWHITU, Ma-imkau Hcu^-W acres ii,, u : i: , class Land : G acres in uTOv *• •« *Tcs surfnc, ■ L gown, 120 acres level ploutfhu Wo 'Mid. 1 UUI " B?; of 1 rooms, &c: ran of 200 ft aerO avßMabi« }.;■' anv.'lo water supply. J mlie frbi,' 'te&iW- X landing and Telegraph Station. pr>* on'? W £100. fill I BLAKE-STREET NKWTON.-Very comfovt- P table verandah OoUaaoof (i rooTa- as™ H ia^'|s30 8OOdWe": I" BROWN -STRKET, PONSSOMBY-Vorffik {■-'' \ Cottage of 5 rooms, noisier srate coloßltrt oven, dresser, &c; two tanks; aiiocnW ■■ \' 40 7. 109. Price, £310. Easy terms. ■' IE COLUCGE npM).-First-c:!aß3Bectlon. Pr!™ : 1 t& 103 per loot. . (.SoP ::' P COMMBUCIAt- ROAD, off Great, Nmth S® ] ■ -Pi ar-rer-; 2 acres puling fenced and blaiS c ■ P{ with 300 fruit, trees. Very ch^up m»r'' B; COMJtBKCIAL UOAi), off Great North S ■■■ 1; ! -New Verandah Cottage of 5 Rooms lC.' ' H tcredGrate, Clipboards, &c. Allotment^* ' X norVo'NPOUT. — Bench Road: 4 DwiiH* I' ° h^Be. S ; 3 let at, £J0 e ae,,.a«d ouT&^ X yi rflk -cla3sluvcatmunt and v.ry cheap, . '■*<;■ li nAIRV F) AT.—Desirablo Farm. 507 2.. :' H G eokgk°aot) william streets, ;;|l BONOt-BrfcX Ho"aa °f f°ur rooms ai\ :V ■ sonUory, wiJho*?^. ■ Uo -'< ""otmont, 33 x 133. h LUCAS CHKEK.-S9 *•'re^,. 2-^ orcharfVV:! 1 good water Irontuse. .l rlcoA loo- (82T):. '■ ' X LUCASCRK,KK.-K3ftCtCs v roodlatl4;mi /, If UiAMiNGiTON ROAD, Mf, EDE^ p fe Verandah Cottage aud fro*K "'"taiciit H (or £*20. .- (8521 M UOUNT KiJKN.-Hai-dKMK! Villa ot p pantry, bathrooj:, stdbfs, ana oiot' *>&•"■!. Si venieuceo; .largo allotment. Prta.' I|WM I* £525. net1 '''■ i! UAUKU.-Nico and Complete Little lanß^Si' M acres flrat-o.'aM land; about half imprwrcd f and in grass; balance in uood mixed hart- ' V vfell watered; «ood position; with gooiwnA ; !;■ substantial Cottage of J rooms,oo>Bhed anS ' • sundry outbuildings; eituate within s'f' minutes' walk of Chnroh of England uA"■ ■'■■ school. Price only £370. rsiii UOHTA9UK-STBKKT, NEWTON.-New fe : roomed "Verandah Cottage, fitted with <■ register unites, colonial oven, cupboards-: ?! &c. Price. 280. 0101* £ BAliy-STKBET, MOUNT KIJEN.-Cottas^nl. '. 3 Room?, Bukehoufi-, Btable Cartshcd fe allotment 40 x 09. £300. ' flisf' MOUNT ALBERT-New Hcraea of i room i stable, piggery, &0., together with about v r ecre good volcanic land; situated close tn ;: Mount Albert Hall. Price, only £275. ; 1 MAHUKANGL-13 Acres flret-oIaBS Uiid a ;i*' acres in buah, cwisioting of kauri, tctsrtL puriri, &c.; all ploughable. To bo ha<i 0 ' bargain. (7231 58 MOUNT EDEN, Mail Road.-Pretty Cotkra" I 1 1 of 4 rooms; almo9t /iew, and fitted fvith *« H registered oven, tank, &o. Price £380. I ■ NORTHCOTE.-Handsomo New Villa of We;?;S 1 rooms; bow window, Sec; atlotmentsox2a) :J*. with water frontaKO, 3 minutes walk from H Stokes's Point VVhojf. Price, only £325. :," NEW NORTn ROAD. n>:ar Upper SymmL street.—Comfortable Residence of 11 roonutjiS batliruoni, waslihouae, stable, Iragwhoußft -?- and many conveniences; Btandiig 16 about s.>;' 11 arrea land ; tostelully laid out in flowed ■ ,y: garden, orchard, &c, &o. Price only £»». NEW MARKET.-Nrw-Btreet: New VerandaHtgs House nf 5 rooms; pood well, tank. &o j ' n:<v- garden ; allotments s 120. Piicoonly ''k. £350* ONiitiUNGA.—Hooso 7 rooms, in good orders f. good well, Btab.'e. &c. and two allotments; " a great bargain Price, £190. (869 :; PITT-ST^KET, coiner of Crosa-stroot^Ha^ >% some Villa of 5 rooiiw, verandah, buvrvlv-i? dow, Rablo end, gas and water laid ia. -,*** Price, only £370. PKUCIVAL, PARADK. PONSONBY.—Briefc1 House of 6 rooms; allotment U x 100, Price, fi3oo. A great bargain. (7171 KSj PROSPECT TKRItACE. - Ilandsoino Villa of 5 ?; I Rooms mid Porch; fitted with Cnptioardi; ;-i:i ; I Dresser, Registered Grate, Oven, &c; gorxl 1 well and tank, nico garden, woU-Btoekcd, WM I £300. ' ■i7!S),:'::.;>K:| 1 PaPAHOA. - Lots 101 and 102. 150 Acrev'S situated a'oout 1} miles from Paparoa vil' ';Ji; Inge. Price, onl> SO.? per acre. \ns ■' PUKKKOHK. 81 Horns Splendid Land; abort;.fi 3 iiitcs in eras >; bnlniiuo in valusblenatlre, '■) ■:•) nu-h. iTSTt POKICNO.-Nice l.iltle Farm of 21 acres in : croys, grass, Sec. ; goo ■ iive rooraeil CottHKe . ?-fe-; and outhouses, v.hich, with I cows, dairy-;'; utensils &c. &o ,is i^ow offered for ££*; ■:'•s fiiiuntcinstnt Poki'no atatiim. ,/SOT PAPAKUR. VAI.I.KY. Iffli Mires good alluvial land; partly fenced, ana ft portion ~ improved ; a splendid creek toraitgh the sj g'OP' rty; about 3 miles from Ballway : tation. 612) • SM RAZORBACK-48 Acres Good Land, 26 aorerSf in grass; cottage of three roonie,cow-ahed, piggery, &c; uever-faiiiug supply of woter. Price, only £250. . ■ SB bT. GKOROKy BAY UOAI).-Nice Vfllfcw Ri-aidrnco of 7 rooms: allotment 83 x 83; | ape.did vi. w, opposite Judge Munro'j. , £160. 1688' Si BOMERSET PUCB.-Pretty Verandah Cot tauo srooms largo wash-house; waterliid ' in. nice garden, all in good order. Prioei f'SJ £310. (880)-vaj SYMONDS-STREEI'.-Verandah Villa of ,%i rooms, fitted with registered grates, gas smi ■water laid on. All in good order. Out building, &c. Lot 11 of allotnieiu G, section * 15; b'ko. 33x120. Price £GOO. (75SWifi rAMAKI EAST.- 114 acres Splendid Voloanio '::'m 1-nnri, goo'l piece of bush well watered,/iv Situate about 16 miles from Auckland by» ,; good road. Price, only £10 per acre. (815) .'■ TK MATA, RAGLAN — 2SO Acres plendid 'S; i Land, level and well watered; sitnatcftsH between Whaingaroa and Aotea Harbour-•:■' For absolute sale. VERMONT. GRACK-STnEET.-Now, well--'fs iliiislied Vcrjindah Villa of oruo'im; pantry. TV!k(?h-houH<!.cellar, &<-.; walerlaidio. *llot- ' mpnt 36 x 90. thrice £370. (061) : VTARKWORTH.-Old Established Boa ding- i| hou-e Biißines3 for sale. First-clas3 oppor- ";,:{ tuuity to Booii'e a really good paying pon- Jga cern. Price, only £500. D," F. KVA NS, DotfSß, LAND, AND HSTATE \GENT, Land Mart—Queen-street. IpOR SALE, New AA rindsor, near Aron ' dale, 21 aores roally Good Land, part [>"} ploushod and fenced, clo«o to Mount Albort and ■ in a rising district. Prico, £20 per a«ro.—Apply I D. F. ET«ns, Queen-strscU (81?) n mo CAPITALISTS AND OTHERS. FIRST-OLASS INVESTMENT IN Tfll CITY FOR SALE. All that Valuable and Centrally Situated Pro perty, consisting of FREEHOLD ALLOTMENT, together with Commodious Double Fhop, Store room, and S Rooms upstairs, built o£ brick On ,: Stone foundation, in first-class position, and well : adapted for Solicitor's Chambers, being situatkd :■ i:1; in Snortland-street, nenr tlioso handsome and ■ extensire new premises in course of construO-1 ■ tion for the Etbnino Stak ; and also near tho ; ; Post-office, banks, and those magnificent now;; block of buildings (tho Arcade) now about to m erected for tho New Zealand Insurance Com- - This is a real flrst-clnss investment, and woll , ■worthy tho attention of capitalists. It is, with out doubt, the most valuable and safest invest ment now in tho Market, with undoniablo pros pective value, second to none in Auckland. Full particulars from d.f.evan's, ;■■' ■■.■; _ 857 Estate Agents Quocn-gtrcet; _ . COKE. THB AUCKLAND GAS COM PANY (LIMITED), ; Purveyors of Light, Heat, I and Powjeb, I Invite ordore for their Coko at t tho followino; rates (for oasljl, | ! delivered by the Company, in I their sacks, within One Mile of ■ the Haswurks; longer distances [ at proportionate rate :— i Per Suck, 3 bushels .. Is &1 ' ' Five Sack: fis M Ten Sacks, cc i Urn .. Ua 6d Twenty Sacks,or 1 ton.. 22s 0d U The value of Gas Coke is now O O better appreciated than it. for- g v merly was. Sinco wu brought Bfeß r. the sn'j-ot under tho notice of m H householders, many hno habit- q ;; O uated themselvoi to its use, both H M lor rcptisters and ranges, and O' ;V W would now decline all overturns o -00 to use any other t olid fuel. Wo o H 5* recommend those who do not pj 2 use Coko to adopt the following W . "'.^l w plan:—First, fend to the Gas " :. j Company for a few ba?s of their Houskhold Coke; inst tho the promises conveniently bear- Ing in mind that, weight for M weight, ooko is nearly doublo the bulk of coftL Nest, having cleaned the grates of registers , and range of ushos, pirtly fill them with coke (the larger lumps may bo used for this pur pose) ; upon this foundation lay ' mm your kindlings and local coals, " . h.t Now Btart your lire, and ro- i 4 p'enlsh ofton with small quanti ties of local coals. 1 Those who learn this, the A. Mm| B. C. of laying a flre, for cooking a breakfast, will not readily forego tho most certain and quickest method with solid ;> For the mode of burnineGas ' '$■ Co^e without ooal see adver- ' tisemnnt in Herald. J COKE. I