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. 50.!.! time ago an anonymous American story, entitled "Democracy," engaged the attention of tho reading public, on account of its vivid and not over-flattering scenes of "the inner official life at Washington. Now another anonymous talc from America pur ' ports to give some pictures of a different phase of lifo in tho United States. The ', now book is called "Tho Breadwinners," and is described on the title page as "A So-iul Study." The "society" it deals with is not the "society" of the fashion able papers, wherein are chronicled its various doings, mostly trivial, with nauseat i.i-C minuteness ; but. that lying at Hie other extreme of tho pole among the back streets •>t v, great city, whoso actions remain mostly unrecorded except in the "Police News" of the daily press. The " Breadwinners " uo.-npose a Brotherhood of working men with professedly reforming intentions, but the aims, as it turns out, are more accurately 'Sf.cribed as revolutionary. As the glib jjfeetary states to an inquiring member, " the objects proposed to be accomplished are : the downfall of the money power, the rohabitation of labour, organisation for :;,;: mutual profit and protection against the Piiinions of the money power, control of lections, extension of a helping hand to ■; jioncst toil, and tho arousing of our brethren ■ trora their lethargy, which, like a leade ti-twll, etc." With these ends in view the Brotherhood holds meetings, hears speeches, • and passes resolutions ; but at length abandons mere talk and proceeds to vigor ous action. What they occupy themselves jSli during an extensive strike in the great B| of " Buffland," on tho shore of Lake Ejfie, forms the main portion of an inter- Jing and well-told story. The moving sfiit-its among the Brotherhood arc one and all ill-bred, lazy, degraded, shameless, and v v scrupulous. The secretary, Offitt, makes his living out of the contributions of the members ; though according to his own account, the money goes to pay room-rent and lighting, what is over being expended .- in " propagatin' our ideas, and especially r infiuencin' the press." This low thief even- I tiially accuses an innocent man of a murder '.which he attempted to commit himself, and .' : is in his turn the victim of the wronged >f .on.'s wrath and hate. Another prominent I member of the Brotherhood is a professional A'1 spirit-medium," named Bott, whese I; clumsy deceptions and hollow frauds pro- Is'cure tie half-dollars more easily, and with |{_iueh less exertion, than honest hand-labour "would do. A third "brother" is Sam ' Sleenoy, the most genuine and honourable j: of them all, but he lias a constitutional bent I ''towards vice, and distinguishes himself in '.'the end by twisting and breaking Offitt's I jaeck with those enormously strong hands if of his. He was tried for the offence, and *. the jury returned a verdict of "justifiable • 'homicide." The judge refused to take it, ; and sent the twelve back to their room. 1 They soon reappeared with a verdict of ac i quittal on the ground of " emotional in- I sanity," adding the following thoughtful ! rider:—'' And we hereby state that the pris -1 oner was perfectly sane up to the moment lie committed the rash act in question, and I-perfectly sane the moment after, and that I in our opinion there is no probability that B the malady will ever recur." f Such, then, are some of the characters of I this little book, which, it will surprise no i ,obe to learn, has roused the ireful protests I; of certain working classes in America. The M pictures it contains are black and repelling; , its characters are incapable of displaying a lo.single ennobling quality. They envy the If wealth which they are too idle to work for, ""and they mean to have some of it, peaceably 'Ait possible, but if not then by force and •"; violence. The novel " Democracy " (which I perhaps suggested "The Breadwinners") 1 tells us of corruption and shoddy a»d sham Hp|f high places—a theme forming thebu; den .ofanother American novel, "The Gilded

j.Age," of which Mark Twain was joint I author. These three stories aver with great

: candour and plainness that society in the A United States is rotten both at top and H bottom. ? ; . But are their averments true? Do they i ,'■:truly describe the actual state of things? Sj Or are they guilty of exaggeration for the p sake of effect? It is more easy to ask - Vquestions of this sort than to answer them. A Some intelligent well-informed persons ! "would, reply in the affirmative; others - possessing equal authority would say No. p.There are, nowever, corroborating facts A within the knowledge of all newspaper E" "readers, such as the commercial "rings" i of New York and other trading centres, the

o.fra-dulent returns in a recent Presidential X- election, the vagaries of "ward politicians" 0, in- the great cities, the popularity of Judge Lynch, the bloody riots at Cincinnati a few 11 months back, the support accorded to the dynamiters, and so on. These are ugly in contesti'ole facts which go a long way -to wards convincing people that the authors of the three stories above mentioned are tolling tho truth, and not lies. :, Still wo are ready to allow that the charges in their full enormity are not proven, ■ and to concede that the degradation and i vies of thii United States are paralleled in the old world. Paris no doubt could fur nish plenty of communistic ouvriers, beside whom the "brothers" of Bufflaud are feeble and spineless. t These concessions made, the fact remains and refuses to be banished from the field of discussion, that with democracies increas ing tho multitudes composing those demo a itcios are too brutal and degraded to wield i their power with discretion. If only one- Jialf or one-third of tho statements of the three stories is true, what about the future of the great nations of the world ? Has the op'.mi.t or the pessimist the greater show ofr_ason for his views? It would seem that the world is being hurried down "the ringing grooves of change" towards de struction and chaos, with mankind power l„s to prevent the"catastrophe. Indeed, most of the race, owing mainly to ignorance '. and indifference, appear to pursue their old | "ways with complacency, as if they believed v thatwhateveris, isright. The rich get richer, ' tie poor poorer —the wealth of the one, If* and the poverty of the other, tending in the fjiSame direction—the decay of the humanity .'"'within each class, and the growth of the H animal. A similar state of things formed ,I'ono of the prominent symptoms of the ap |o preaching end of Rome's civilisation; but ,'o't ion, as now, it was a symptom which failed |to suggest a remedy. Is is a tolerably easy I" matter to point out plague spots; but to K'effeet"their removal seems at most times an '_i;l npossibility. Medical men have discovered '•■that typhoid fever is caused by a certain germ or bacillus; but they are altogether ■ at a loss how to kill the germ without de-

I'stroying the organism in which the germ .),_ia_ secreted itself. The cause of the dis !': ease is known, but its remedy seems as far ? off as ever. In one of those periodic moral j' spasms for which England is proverbial, the £ appalling state of the poor in the great ! cities has been brought prominently into :'notice; and the " bitter cry " still rings in yjtha ears of all those who possess any fellow i feeiiing at all. The evil, then, is evident: it 'is too glaring to be shut out from sight any I jonger. But what is the next step? There's ■the rub. No one has yet appeared capable wOf solving the problem. A hundred sug . gestion3 have beon made, but one and all ; nave been tried before and found wanting. .Dame Partington tries to keep out the At- I lantic with a broom and bucket. No doubt 1 the spasm will pass, the world will for r-get, having so many other things to think 1 about,: and the old globe roll on still to-

-wards destruction. yTASb&Jaei is undeniable that our civilisa tion is a" failure so far as the multitudes are ~cb_cer_ed. For a small minority it has done a great deal; but for the vast majority what benefit has accrued ? None whatever; iit might with plausibility be argued that ■ they are the worse for it. Statements like .this were torn to shreds, and treated with j lofty acorn, by the Exeter Hall orators 'during the recent May meetings. Statistics J Were carefully paraded, the tracts issued "diligently membered, the millions of Bibles 5 circulated correctly given, reclaimed drunk ards paraded, so many thousands of pounds (collected for the missionaries and What not, .the increase in church members recorded, and then, as a natural sequence, it was thought that the millennium might be con fidently loooked for shortly. True, there were a few diacordant noffes. Some speakers thought that the condition of the London ijMor was not exactly creditable to the after noon of the nineteenth century, and their swung language quite shocked Lord Shaftes ,t»ury, and made him feel ill. Still, there w-• little to spoil the harmony of the good people who, blessed with enough and to spars of this world's means, find religion such a comfort. They went home unsus ; pecting enough, UnconscioUs that their range tjpf vision was too limited—that it took in v.the tens alid neglected the thousands. No 'blame to them. It is not their business to ctliink. They have their thinking done for I them. But the orators who delighted their fears, and charmed the subscriptions out of j;tlieir pockets, are not so guiltless. They .ought to know better. Theirs is a wilful vblindness. They mix with the world, and .read, and are supposed to think. If they iitf use their brains, they must know that ; their compasses are along way too small to measure the universe. Yet they go on pre tending that their antiquated formulas square with all the facts ot life, and that their rigid narrow creeds suffice for all the J mlttfuionß needs ot Kjen. They will hare _j__B______i_-ri^

a terrible shock presently. Rudo facts will meet them face to faco, and give them tho lio direct. They will then have it forced upon them with disagreeable violence that there arc more things in this world than are dreamt of in their philosophy. Wo are all of us apt to think that the civilisation of which wo arc so proud is to be the last and tho permanent one. The well-to-do Roman contemporary with Horace and Virgil no doubt flattered him self with a similar thought when ho gazed on the magnificence of-the seven-hilled city, and listened to the exciting narrative of the conquests of his countrymon. But cvon at that period the causes which undermined tho civilisation of Rome were in active operation, though it was not till centuries afterwards that the barbarians of the north and the east completed its overthrow. It finally |[went tho wa3f the civilisations of Greece, Egypt, Assyria, Phoenicia, India, had gone before it. They all had their day ; began, no one knows how; flourished; passed their meridian; declined and fell. It was a slow process with each ; and the first symptoms of the descent towards tho ulti mate goal were practically imperceptible. In the case, for example, of Nineveh, actual oblivion intervened; tho brief story of its greatness read like an incredible legend, until an English archaeologist unearthed from tho soil of the desert sufficient evidence in proof that tho logond was no exaggera tion, but the simplo truth. Other workers in the same field have achieved a similar success ; and all readers can now satisfy themselves if they like of the reality and the extent of tho civilisation which Assyria onco boasted. This is but one out of a dozen examples which might bo quoted; one member of a series of civilisations which have served their turn and passed. Is ours another member of tho same series, and that not the last? Arc others to como after when ours shall have been blotted out liko its predecessors ? History is said to repeat itself; and suppose the saying is true ? J.D.D.

English Barmaids.

The Liverpool correspondent of an Ameri can journal writes :—I had, however, other reasons for wishing to visit the bar besides a desire to quench my thirst. I had often heard of but never yot seen an English bar maid, and I was eager to interview a being I had heard so much of, so I was guided by an obsequious waiter through tortuous passages to tho billiard-room whero the bar was situated. Whon the door opened a " vision" burst at onco on my entranced gaze. Yes, there she stood, a real "English barmaid," and a mighty pretty one to boot. Sho had fair hair and black eyes, a contrast rarely seen, and was dressed in plain black with white collar and cuffs, and on her well-shaped aristrocratic-looking little head she had a bewitching Mother Hubbard cap. I was, at first, rather at a loss what to drink. I knew "cockstails " were not comme il fant, and when I asked for whisky straight sho replied, " Scotch or Irish ?" I thought she was inquiring my nationality, so replied, "No, American, from Chicago." "Sorry we don't keep any, sir," said she, with a smilo that made mo shako "down to my boats. I afterwards learned that sho meant Scotch or Irish whisky, but I didn't- venture to repeat the request, so fell back to what I thought was sure to bo right, namely, brandy and soda. But here again I was destined to bo nonplussed, for with the same bewitching smile that had first captivated me she said, " Will you have ' four' or 'six?'" and "do you want a 'whole' or a ' baby ?' " This was Greek, to me, so I made a bold stroke and requested " six " and a •' baby." There is nothing like a practical demonstration to teach a man, and I found that "six and a baby" meant six penny worth of brandy and a hnlf-bottlo of soda water. I then tried to enter into conversa tion with* Hebe, but found her cold as steel. All the little " mashing " arts I knew of were brought into play, but fell as flat as pancakes. At last 1 remembered that an English friend in Chicago had told mo to mention his name to any barmaid in Eng land, and I would be sure of a hearty wel come, so I tried the " open sesame " with my Hebe, and well did the charm work. No longer were the lovely eye. downcast, or did the little ro3e-bud mouth refuse to open, but at the very mention of the name the eyes sparkled and the lissomo tongue began to wag) "How was he? Had hegrown stouter? Was he doing well?" etc., finishing up with "Now, please drink that off, and 1 will mix you one of his favourite drinks." And right deftly did she do it, too, in a manner that would make our best barmen green with envy. During my stay in Liverpool I had many talks with her, and found her a highly educated and accomplished girl.

The Men with the Pig

A few days ago two men, who were after ward fonnd to be Detroiters, arrived in a town about fifty miles to the west leading a pig. It was gerhaps big enough and heavy enough to be called a hog, but they termed it a pig, and as they turned it over to the care of the landlord at whose inn they proposed to rest for the night one of the men explained: "Be awful careful with that pig. He's a daisy—a new breed from Scotland. We've sold him to a farmer out here for £50, and we don't want anything to happen to him."

The landlord locked the pig up, and then began to think and cogitate and suspect. "When the strangers had gone to bed he called in some of the boys and said:

"I've twigged the racket; them two fellows are sharpers, and that's a guessing pig. To-morrow they will give you a chance to guess at his weight at ten oents a guess, and you'll be cleared out —only you won't! As the fellows sleep we will weigh their pig and beat their game." Nobody slept until the pig -was taken over to the scales and weighed. He pulled down 170 pounds to the hair, and the villagers went home and hnnted up the nickels and dreamed of pigs and scales and sharpers through the remainder of the night. .Next morning the pig was led around in front, and before starting off on his journey, one of tho owners remarked to the assembled crowd:

" Gentlemen, I'm going to weigh this pig directly. Maybe some ef you would like to gues3 on his weight ? I'll take all guesses at ten cents each, and whoever hits it gets fifty cents."

This provoked a large and selected stock of winks and smiles, but no one walked up until the pig man said that any one person could guess as many times as he cared to, provided a dime accompanied each guess.. Then a rush set in. Three or four mer chants put up thirty. A lawyer said about twenty would do for him. Before there was any let up in the guessing about 600 had boen registered and paid for. Every soul of 'em guessed at 170 pounds. It was curious what unanimity there was in the guessing, but the pig men didn't seem to notice it. When all had been giving a chance the pig was led to the scales, and lo I his weight was exactly 174 pounds I "You see, gentlemen," explained the spokesman, " while this animal only weighs 170 pounds along about 11 o'clock at night, we feed him about five pounds of corn meal in the morning before weighing I You for got to take that into consideration I" Then somebody kicked the landlord, and he kicked the Justice, and the Justice kicked a merchant, and when the pig men looked back from a distant hill the whole town was oiflt kicking itself and throwing empty wallets into the river.

Sawdust for Plaster.

There is a great deal of waste sawdust in the United States, and therefore two Western inventors have recently obtained patents for the use of sawdust instead of sand in plastering compositions, and this it is conceived may be a matter of considerable importance to owners of saw mills. One patent is for the use of nearly equal parts of plaster of Paris or cement and sawdust I with the ordinary amount of plastering hair and water. The other calls for the use of about 4J pounds each of slaked lime and sawdust to 1 pound of plaster of Paris,- J pound glue, and l-16th of a pound of glycerine with plasterer's hair. Whether or not either of these described plasters would be cheaper than those made in the ordinary way, they would certainly be lighter, and it is believed that they would better adhere to the walls, and be not so liable to chip, scale, or crack.

S, Paul's Cathedral, London. — The Guardian, speaking of the Cathedral services, says :—Those whoiaro in the habit ol attending these "services most regularly bear strong testimony.to the devotion of the great majority; and they, as well as occasional visitors, continually express themselves as much struck by the growing reverence of the throngs who dafly, and almost hourly, pass into the most frequented church in England. _i "PV*,? "N BATS."—Clears out r»ta, mice, xoachM, __?____^_ S"' '»•"*. '-km—a, Jack-nbUtot gop]ien.

NOTES FOB THE LADIES.

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Dolmans of chestnut plush, lined with gold satin, are very popular, and can bo worn with almost any toilette.

Satin-faced silks are worn still, especially Bhadames, Mervcilleux, and the very best qualities of Duchesse satins, as well as sun dry arniurcs. Moth-infested articles should bo saturated in naphtha or benzine. It injures nothing,

and kills the destroyer. Ivory may be restored to its former white ness (when not stained) by cleaning with powdered burnt pumice-stone and water, and then placing it under glasses in the sun's rays.

Beiiyaline, an article much resembling faille, "but with the weft of wool, replaces the ottoman of last season, and is un doubtedly the best silken material for draping; for no matter how it may be crushed, it very seldom shows marks of pressure, or, in fact, any creases whatever. Brilliance of colour, diversity of material,

and a great eccentricity of arrangement mark the millinery of the present day. Never were such complicated mixtures of colours permitted, never were the tissues more beautiful or more varied than they

are at present, never did milliners allow themselves to follow the bent of their own wild fancy more readily.

The spoiled and striped washing zephyrs make very ladylike dresses combined with plain zephyrs. All the best ones have the spots embroidered and well raised. Navy blue grounds, with pule blue spots, arc much admired in this material, used as a polonaiso over a skirt of plain, trimmed with killings of the two colours Many of the spring woollens are very peculiar ; some are woven in imitation of cross-stitch, others look as if quilted; these are called the

" grandm&re'" fabrics, and are certainly more suited to winter wear.

Ribbons for chapeaux are mado in the same style, with raised velvet designs, of which the originals are to be found in tho poultry-yard : flowers, fruit, butterflies, and birds are all imitated with equal fidelity to nature, and are certainly prettier than hens

and chickens. The ribbons are bright and gay, and just what is required in colouring for spring chapeaux, which always seem desirous of emulating the increasing bright ness of the sun.

Figured velvets are replacing figured silks, and velvet designs upon taffetas glace' grounds are already very much appreciated. Very stylish are those small effects in velvet upon satin grounds, with a stripe of the sumo shade as tho velvet. Another hand some design is a plum, with a leaf attached, upon a satin ground, the edging of the loaf being of a very bright shade, in contrast to the ground.

One of the most curious freaks of fashion in Now York is an importation from Franco. It is called diner en tUe. All guests receiv ing a card with the words en tete added are bound to como with their heads in fancy costume. An old gentleman can go as Doge of Venice, Lord High Chancellor, English

barrister, Pope, or King ; a lady as Marie Stuart, Anne of Brittany, Mario Antoinette,

Mary of Burgundy, Claude of Franco, or Nun. The choice illimitable. No further demand is made for' fancy dress.

As a rule, only two materials are used for one dress, but exceptions are made when one material is broche, especially if this is a

broche velvet on a satin or ottoman ground. In this case plain velvet matching the de sign, or plain satin or ottoman corresponding with the ground of the broche, are frequently combined with the cashmere and broche. Toilettes, in which the skirt is of broclie,

have all the remaining portions made of

velvet or satin, or ottoman, both fabrics matching the broche in colour. As an in stance wo quote a visiting toilette of which the skirt is composed of ruby broche, in a design of velvet apples and leaves on a satin ground, with pleated breadths of ruby satin at the back ;"three narrow pleatings of the satin bordering the skirt. A drapery of satin is gathered on to the edge of the satin corsage, and kept clown by a wide band of ruby velvet crossing the skirt dia gonally. On each side of the pleated satin black breadths are robing., or panels of ruby velvet, and the collar and parements are also of ruby velvet. The fashion of turning the hair up from the neck makes the wearing of ruffs or high collars a necessity. It is a good plan to make a straight all-round collar of velvet, and edge it with lace plaiting or lisse frill ing. The Tudor collars are lieing worn in Paris, and are becoming, also tlio Medicis. The former name is applied to tho ruffs for evening, which are worn with square-cut bodices, turned downwards at the back and sides, but in the llcdici period they also wore a close wide ruff to the high bodices. This is one of the minuti;. of dress which woman should adapt to her own requiro-

ments. With the sunny days that have lately favoured us, spring toilettes have made their appearance earlier than would have been tho case had the rough and cold winds usual in March prevailed. Both in and out door dresses are fresh looking, and in very good taste; the assemblage of two or three materials in one costume gives scope to taste and to economical arrangement, and many of our readers who, relying on our powers of prophecy, took our advice as to the purchase of " short lengths " during the sales of last season, find their purses con siderably benefited thereby. Among less expensive materials arc some twilled silk serges with velvet spots, stars, or single flowers of medium size. These make charming day dresses combined with plain silk serge, the same colour, and plain cachemire ; and for cooler days, polonaises or draperies of this velvet-spotted serge are worn over plain velvet or velveteen. Shot twilled silk serges, with patterns of singlo flowers, spots, or stars in velvet, are em ployed in the same manner very effectively; indeed, shot materials, plain, or merely as grounds to various designs, will be very fashionably worn. Among colours this season drabs and slates carry the palm. Moufflon is a bright shade of buff, resembling the colour of the wool upon the back of a sheep; llamas, eland, antelope, chimpanzee, squirrel, moth, dove —the names of which will alone give an idea of the various tones commonly and collectively called drabs. Among the slates we have pelican, dynamite, gull, wonga wonga (an Australian bird), vulcan, and marabout. Punch is the latest blue, a little more slatey in tone than the electric of last season. A very dark blue is called kaleege, after the bird of that name ; sheldrake is a novelty in the peacock family; the bright reds are well to the fore

—coxcomb is a very bright blue shade of cardinal, poppy turkey, electus, Baker Pasha, and mulberry, a rich-looking dark red. Green is not so fashionable as bronze, under which heading there is a large variety ; the favourites are autumn, a shade to imitate the magnificent tone of the leaves of the trees at the fall of the year, lizard, boa, python, anaconda, Lebanon, and Cypress. For violet there appears to be a revival. The new browns are all of a brighter tint than those of last year. Tragopan, a pleasant shade, monal, lion, goura, spaniel, and jackal. Among the nondescript shades generally designated artistic, we have Saturn, syrens, Urania, Pandora, somnus, all mineral tones. Brick reds, such as Arab, pastor, tartarus, and ergane. Gold-browns, like midas, Cad orcous, and lastly, a few shades of a greenish hue, cockateol, grass, parrakeet, and lichen.

As usual, hats are divided into two dis tinct series, those made by the milliners, which are decorated with flowers, draped with lace, tulle, crape—evon gold net—and those to be seen at the hatter's, of which feathers form the principal ornament. In both cases the crown is wide and high, and the brim narrow; so narrow, perhaps, behind that it hardly seems to exist, and curled up slightly in front so as to show a certain portion of the fluted velvet with which it is invariably lined. For simple morning and country hats, a most varied collection of bright kerchiefs is in readiness, not only shot with two or three shades, with an Oriental luxuriance of tone, but marked in one corner or printed jn gold, besides a fine collection of pins to secure them to the straws, the note of interrogation pin being the latest introduction.

I While the rich corded silks known by the name of Faille or Poulte de Soie are again appearing upon the mercers' counters, one would hardly recognise them with the silks bearing that name a decade ago. The cord is quite as pronounced, but the hard-feeling substance then considered to be tho height of perfection in a plain silk has given place to a soft and brilliant fabric, which adapts itself to draping just as well as the softer materials that'have lately been employed for that purpose.

Another variety of gauze is in stripes two inches wide, the alternate stripes are of the lightest surah and of soft, silky gauze, half wool and half silk. A dinner dress made of this material has the skirt of the striped gauze on a silk foundation, trimmed at the edge with flounces of white lace embroidered with gold. The tunic is also of gauze, and the waistcoat of white sicilienne. A great deal of cama'ieu brocade on a light ottoman ground is also employed for dinner toilettes, and is very supple and effective. ;■;" The folio-vying recipe is found useful for iffi* 8, SißcMfag introduction

of sulphur into the process of finishing and bleaching, many blankets are damaged from the want of knowing the best modo of treatment in washing them. Tho first time blankets require washing put. thorn in cold water, and allow them to remain about twelve hours, then rinse them well in clean cold water. By this simple process the sulphur (which is used by the manufacturer in bleaching) will bo removed, and nothing will then be required but tepid water, pure soap, and labour to produce a perfectly clean and uninjured blanket. Allow no scouring liquors, washing powders, soda, or hot water to bo used, as these are calculated to produce a muddy, blotchy colour, to impoverish and tender the fabric, giving the general appearanco of an old, worn-out blanket. Dry quickly, immediately after washing: These instructions apply equally well to the Mashing of flannels. A novel method of displaying jewels on black lace dresses is a wide ribbon of red satin or moire ; the latter is preferable, worn across the shoulders, as her Majesty wears the ribbon of tho Carter ; on this are sewn diamond ornaments, stars, flowers, or the varied fancies of the day. Long strings of pearls, which arc more in demand thaii ev.r, are also worn on the low bodices, either fastened by ornaments at the front and back of the bodice, and again on the shoulders, hanging in graceful curves be tween, or hanging from the shoulder in graduated lengths under the arm. Chains of diamonds arc worn also from the left shoulder, and fastened in the centre of the front, under an ornament.

For evening and reception toilettes flowered erepo do Chino and shot silk take precedence of all other fabrics, but a great many ball dresses for young ladies are made of chenille gauze ; this is, however, less new than canvas gauze on a chenille ground. Some of these arc very beautiful, notably one in which the pattern is a copper-coloured gauze oval spot on a ground of tobacco-coloured chenille. This ma terial drapes in very graceful folds and is combined with satin or rich silk.

Among tho newest pattern materials are "Watteau" brocades, with satin grounds of fawn, smoke-blue, pale watercress, shrimp pink, grey, &c, tho design being flowers in rather faded tints, the leaves more decided in colour. These are worn as bodicos and trains, or shortor hack draperies over plain skirts of cigar brown houblon— i.e., hop green —eau do Nil, shrimp pink, celadon, or reseda, covered with lace, tunic or flounces ; poult, do sole or faillo may be used for the under-skirt, if preferred, but. of course neither of those have tho lustre of satin. Broehe China crapes, richly em broidered with raised flowers, are used for the same purposes as tho Watteau brocades just mentioned; thoy are white or cream colour, trimmed with knotted silk fringes, and worn over kilted or pulled satin skirts.

" Madge" writes in "Truth": How clover the Miss Hughes must bo who has gained a first-class in the Moral Sciences Tripos (doesn't it sound perfectly awful?) at Nownhnm. Sho is tho modern Atalanta, for slie has outstripped all the (mental )athlotcs. of the stronger sex ; but, possibly, there were no golden apples to tempt her from tho course. Miss Atalanta Hughes is reading history as well. I wonder, dear, what a moral science is >. I can't fancy an immoral ono; can you?.l have it! The immoral sciences must be those that teach how to dye the hair, to pad tho figure, and to impart the creamy pallor to tho face. Newnliam has beaton (Jirton at tennis, too, this year: so there is jubilation among the "fair girl-graduates with " —no! nothing shall tempt mc| to finish jthnt poor, over worked quotation. Hero is a bit of news. I don't know whether 1 like it or not. \Vltito stockings arc coming in again. Doctors arc beginning to discover that the sole- of the foot absorbs dyes, whether black or coloured, and that a continuous process of slow blood-poisoning is now going on amongst those who wear coloured stockings. They (tho doctors), not the stockings, attribute to this several now diseases that have been added to tho heri tage of our human llosh. Hero is a pretty dinner-press for a brunette. It is of sall'ron coloured satin with side panels of brown velvet, embroidered with branches of nas turtium of different shades. Tho bodice is of brown velvet, with tiny basques, originally knotted up behind with sall'ron satin bows; ono opens on a saffron satin waistcoat. On the left shoulder and at the right side of the waist arc two bouquet, of nasturtium-.

Owing to tho recent Courtmourning, more attention than usual appears to havo been bostowed on tho mixtures of black and white and the soft, becoming shades of mauve and grey, and whether it is from choice, or on account of tho many relatives of several great families being obliged to appear in half-mourning this season, it is evident that these shades are general. Even violet, so long expunged from tho list of fashionable colours, is making its way to the front again, and we see it in costumes and mantles, softened with black lace and passementeria. It is, of course, worn by elderly ladies ; and mauvo, always becom ing to a youthful complexion, is more suitable for young ones. Pale brown ranks foremost among the now colours, and shot silks, deftly manipulated, and introduced with plain-coloured cashmere, aro in favour. Then frige materials are everywhere, frise meaning a raised design, varying from a small wafer to a largo flower, in silk, looking as if it had been woven over pins, and the pins withdrawn. There is frise cashmere, velvet, zephyr cambric, satin, nun's veiling, Surat, and muslin. Among recent freaks and changes of fashion at New York, wc find that monster bouquets have been adopted to the same extent as in London, nearly fifty large roses being used for a single bouquet. Floral arrangements there arc on a largo scale. Twenty-four roses are frequently fastened to a fan of straw; and not only roses, but also pau.ies, lilies, branches of lilac, daffodils, and other spring flowers are used for bodice and for hand bouquots. The "daffadowndilly" of the poets has become a favourite flower, and thegardoner.. are making much of it. It appears at tho opera as a "bouquet be corsage" more fequently than any other flower.— "Queen."

HINTS ON LADIES' DRESS.

1 agree that tne tax 01 carrying ciotnes from the waist is utterly unjustifiable, and that the parts that should bear the burden are the shoulders, and none other. In this re gard women ought to be placed under just the same favourable conditions for move ment of the body as men, and the greatest emancipation that woman will ever have achieved will have arrived when she has discovered and earned out this practical improvement. In saying this I do not for a moment wish to suggest that the outward appear ance of the feminine dress should be like that of the masculine dress. To the woman the flowing robe which even trespasses a little on the ground is most graceful, and is signally characteristic of feminine beauty. I would therefore that it should remain in all its gracefulness, but in so far as every thing else is concerned, for every circum stance in which health is involved, for warmth, for freedom of movement, for mode by which the dress is carried from the shoulders, I would say—Let the women have all the advantages which now belong to the men. For anyone who will for a moment thin, candidly must admit that the dress of men however bad it may be in taste, or in what ever bad taste it may have been conceived is, in respect to health, infinitely superioi to that of women. In the dress of the man every part is equally covered. The middle of the -body is not enveloped in a number of close layers, while the lower limbs arc loft without' clothing altogether. The centre of tho bod}' is not strained with a weight which almost drags down tho lower limbs and back. Tho chest is not exposed to cvory wind that blows, and tho feet are not bewildered with heavy garments which they have to kick forward or drag from behind wtyh every advancing step. The body is clothed equally. The clothing is borne by the shoulders; it gives free motion to breathing ; it gives fueedom of motion to the circulation; it makes no undue pressure on the digestive organs ; it leaves the limbs free; it is easily put on and off; and it allows of ready change in vicissitudes of weather. These are the advantages of modern attire for the man, am] all I clai(n lis that they should, by faithful copy, be extended to the woman, with the one ex ception of the gj-aceful outer gown or robe, as a supplement to her own superior grace and beauty. It is told of the late eminent surgeon Mr Cline, the teacher of Sir Astley Cooper, that when he was consulted by a lady on the question how she should prevent a girl from growing up misshapen, he replied, "Let her have no stays and let her run about like the boys." I gladly re-echo this wise advice of the great surgeon; and I would venture to add to it another sugges tion. I would say to the mothers of Eng land, —Let your girls dress like your boys, make no difference whatever in respect to them—give them knickerbockers if you like —with these exceptions ; that the under garments be of a little lighter material, and that they be supplemented by an outer gown or robe which shall take the place of the outer coat of the boys, and shall'make them look distinctively what they are— girls, clothed cap a pie, and well clothed from Bead to toot.-Dr. Bkhardsmi.

Bee Flowers.

It needs no argument to prove that sufficient bee-forage is a necessity to make bee-keeping profitable ; therefore if the country imme diately surrounding an apiary does not naturally supply bee food in the proper variety and quantity, how to provide for tho deficiency is an important matter for the consideration of the apiarist. In such a climate as that of North New Zealand

(lower cultivation is comparatively easy

throughout the greater part of the year. Plants come into blossom early in tliespring, and, owing to the general absence of autumn frosts, in many parts of this Provincial district flowers of one kind or another keep coming out until winter is almost upon us. Even during winter itself there are trees and plants that blossom at that, time—for instance, the several varieties of Australian acacias. The common one known in Now Zealand as "black wattle," whose roots have such a disagreeable smell, boars a profusion of blossoms at this time of year, and on a bright sunny day in winter one of these trees will be full of " tho murmurs of innumerable bees," if if. grows anywhere near an apiary. We cannot, say whether the honey-making properties of the wattle blossom justify the favour in which it. is held by bees, and this is just one of those matters which it. seems to us practical bee keepers ought carefully to investigate. The observations of apiarists apparently go to prove that many flowers which bees take particular delight in visiting arc by no means those which add most to the yield of honey in the hive. Some of those favour ite flowers are so constructed as to necessi tate a great expenditure of time on tho part of tho " little busy bee" in proportion to tho amount of honey it extracts there from. Others again would seem to supply to bees the demoralizing delights which drinking saloons furnish to the human tippler.' A correspondent in the British lice Journal says, writing on tho subject of bee flowers :—" ] n ono ctuso it was noticed that bees partaking of the sweets of a plant allied to our Sea I lolly, called Eryringiuni, were so overcome that they gave up work, like the storied lotus-eaters, and were con tent to dwell in dreamy satisfaction on the bosom of the flower. 1 have observed that the beautiful blue Eryringium, cultivated in our gardens, is singularly attractive to bees, and the flowor-heads arc seldom with out half-a-dozen humble-bees, that can hardly be displaced, and as many honey bees. This certainly is a plant to bo dis countenanced by all bee-keepers who wish that temperance and sobriety should bo observed in their apiaries; and in culti vating beo-flowcrs, or those presumed to he so, it is as well to know the plants likely to be injurious as woll as those promising to be useful." It would be a very useful subject of in vestigation for our newly established Bee keepers' Association to make experiments to test the practical value of many of our native plants as producers of bee food. For instance, can any apiarist tell us whether the common tea-tree (manuka) is valuable or not as bee pasture ? On acres and acres of poor land in tho North stunted tca-trco grows, in the flowering season covering (ho hills with n snow-white mantle of flowers. Indeed, if it were not for the bright bluo sky and balmy air, the traveller might, easily imagine he was gazing on a landscape of snow-covered hill and dale. We have had no experience as to whether bees patronize tea-tree blossoms to any great extent when they got the chance, but if they do, and the plant, has good honey yielding properties, it should prove a great, assistance to bee keepers in many parts of the country in conjunction with other bee forage to keep up a continuous supply of food throughout the different seasons of the year. Many of our indigenous forest, trees arc rich in honey producing qualifies, bush honey being often very rich and delicious in flavour, alt hough it has been known sometimes to disagree very much with those eating it, as on one occasion it did with the present writer. This was probably owing to tho peculiar effect of some particular flower in season at the time, which, as apiarists become better acquainted with our forest flora in its relation to honey making, wo shall know all about some day. Mr. Hopkins, of Matamatn, knows well the value of the llax blossoms to New Zealand apiarists, whose bees enjoy the advantage of being within reach of a llax swamp. Its copious supply of liquid sweets is probably unequalled by any other flower of a similar size. But it is unnecessary here to particu larise the numberless native flowers well known to possess rich honey bearing quali ties. Wo merely desire to draw attention to the great natural advantages we possess for the successful prosecution of bee-keep ing, both by reason of our climate and the honey producing capabilities of our native flora. If for no other reason than as an assistance to him in bee-keeping, no settler ought to neglect to preserve a considerable area of bush on his property when he is lucky enough to have any on his land. We will merely add tho following extract from tho writer already quoted on cer tain approved European bee-flowers, some of which it might be worth while to cultivate in this country:—" I am very much disposed to think that wo may profitably increase some of our native plants. Tho common fig-wort (Scroj'idaria Nodosa), al though producing a small brownish-green flower, and therefore as little conspicuous as a flower can be, is nevertheless constantly visited by bees : this I am collecting and growing. Wood-sago may bo profitably grown when not naturally abundant Wild thyme is another good bee plant. The wil low herbs (Epilobiums) are in groat favour with bees. Mclilot is also valuable, and even that troublesome wood, Charlock, might occupy an unconsidered corner, ac cessible to bees, when not found in fields. Viper's bugloss (Echkvm) is an excellent and very handsome wild flower. The large flowered kind, Echium grandijlorum, was one of the most favoured and frequently visited plants in my collection last year. "One of the most striking plants in my collection _f hardy and early-blooming species is i-laxijraga ligidata ; it is one of the large-leaved section, and has the great merit of blooming very early in the year; often too early, when it is cut off by spring frost. This season it is in great beauty, and at tho time I write (March Bth) has escaped injury by frost. It is so great a favourite with me that I grow it in large quantities, and I am glad to find that it has a recom mendation beyond its boautyin being avalu able bee-flower. It seems to possess greater attraction to bees than the crocus bloom | ing abundantly near it—a recognised bee j flower. 'Doubtless the bees have found within its largo and easily accessible blos i soms what they require in nectar and pollen, 1 or they would be less assiduous in visiting 1 each flower, and not so disposed to neglect : those which have been heretofore so highly esteemed by them." With reference to the i fig-wort above mentioned, the editor ap : pends the following note .-—"This plant is hold, in high estimation by American bee keepers, by whom it is known by the name of the ' Simpson Honey Plant,' J. A. Simp son, of Alexis, Illinois, having first directed attention to it."—G.L.P. in "North New Zealand Settler."

The Farmer's Horse

The ideal fanner's horse is a horso of good constitution and cnduranoe, of good disposition, a fast walker and a good road ster, and that is the all-purposo horse. Such a horse can bo had. If a good driven tho animal will most likely bo more ser viceable in the work on tho farm. A , wretchedly poor roadster is generally poor everywhere. He is a mope at best. But a horso that is active and strong on the road will be a good horse, according to the present standard, on the farm, if he is of sufficient size. In the matter of size v opinions will differ, and it is not material whether the animal is large or small—if not too small —if it has the aggregation of merits which we have briefly stated. As to endurance, it is a quality usually con fined in its application to road or trotting horses ; but there is no place in this world in which a horse is ever put that he needs more endurance than he does on thp farm. It is true that if he lacks that the defect may not be as particularly noticeable while he is at work us it would be in the case of a horse on the race-track or on the road. He may do all the work that is expected of him ; but farm work is hard work, and if the horso lacks endurance, which is the result of a strong constitution, he is rapidly wearing out, and his period of use fulness ends much sooner than it should, A good disposition, also, is of paramount importance, not only for the good of the horse himself, but for the safety of those about him. A bad-dispositioned horse is always a source of danger, and if he does no damage during his life, those who handle him are in exceptional luck.— The Western Rurcd, " BUCHU PAIBA. "-Quick, complete care, nil __noj-ii» Kidney. Bladder awl UrUuiry Uiaeasea. AtDrugE-ta. ■:o _~ -

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, AUGUST 2« 1884.

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Railways. -TtJ" E W Z E A L A N D RAILWAYS. TIME TABLE. — On and after APRIL Ist, ISB4. AUCKLAND AND ONEHUNGA LINE. ____________ _________ __ Wed. Out. Week Days. and Sundays. Sat a.iii.a.ni.jno'n p.m. p.m. p.m.'p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. a.m. p.m. 0 Aunklaiid dc]). 7.1:-> 8.10 12.0 2.0 .. 1.1.5, 5.20 li.O 8.30 11.15 9.0 2.30 „ Newmarket Junction .. 7..-. X...0T..10 2.10 .. 1.2.' 5.30 0.10 S.lO 11.25 9.10 2.10 3 lt.mu.ra .. .. 7.30 8.-512.18 2.15 .. 4.30 5.35 0.15 8.45 11.30 9.15 2.10 .laUrcenl.ui- j ii" -nro-eJiinctioii '■'■ '■'■ 7.15 ...0i1.'.30 2.30 -1.__j__4.421 5.50 6.32 9.0 11.41 9.26 2.57 8%-ehum-a'!. ." '..' ari. 7,55 ti.2o l..in; 2.'10 4.21, 4.50 C.'o 0.40 9.10 11.50 9.3.. 3.7 ONEHUNGA LINE. In. AVkkic Days. Sundays. a.ni. ii.in. a.m.! ii.iii. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.ni.ip.m. a.m. p.m. 0 Onoliun(.;a .. .. (lep. 7.5 8.20 9.20 10.10 1.0 355 4.30 5.10 6.20 0.55 9.30 10.0 5.30 .'..'n..'" hi net on ' I S.3ocMoiblo._o llOtH.o .1.40 ..2.C...0 d_ ' ...4010.10 5.40 iaJflileri.ii! .. .. •■ .."' ■■ (."llomuom" 0 '. 7.30 8.41 " 10.35 1.25 4.30 " 5.35 " 7.20 9.5510.21 5.53 7 Newmarket .'limrlioii .. 7.35 8.80 " 10.11 1.31) 4,10 " 5.40 " 7.25 10.010.26 5.58 8 Auckland' .. .. nrr. 7.45 9.0 '.'. 1 10.50 1.10 1.49 ;; 5.50 ", 7.35J10. 1010.35 6.7 b Change fur Mercer ami Intermediate Stations. r Cham . for Tn Awninutii and fiitermerlialo Stations. d I 'linnj, _ for Auckland and Intermediate Stations. c Change for Otahuhu. MAIN LINE. AUCKLAND — _-.-J.RO_l- — TK AWAMUTU. South—Wkkk Days. a.m. a.m. a.m. a.m. p.m. p m. 0 Auckland •■ •• dep. (i.O 6 20 9 0 9.45 4.15 6.0 2 Newmarket.Junction .. •• 'i-'ll G-30 9.11 9.57 4.25 6.10 fi n.inu_i„ 6.15 .. 9.15 10.3 4.30 6.15 ni Green Laiio •■ <' ■■ U ■■ '( . -"n i.-sc Junction ?'"'■ 1.-I7 "-SO 1020 1)1.45 .0.30 <l ot'uhulm - 6.12 7.5 9.40 4.57 0.42 II Papatoitol •• 9-50 10.17 5.0 15 Manurewa •• c ... .. 5.20 19 Papal-ura 8.0 10.18 .. 5.35 °_. jinny1 .'.' '.'. '.'. '.'■ '■'■ '■'■ B.is lO.iil ll'.io .'.55 '.'. a'2'.l llunciman •• .. c .. a.o Piierata.. •• . c .. 30 Pukokoho 5.57 11.5 12.18 6.25 a..., lluckland .. c .. .. .. 35 Tuakau 9.20 11.22 .. 6.44 027 Wanftarata .. c .. .. .. 111 > nki'iio •• .. 11.00 .. 7.4 ! ;. ) arr. .. 10 0 11.50 1.20 7.15 4.) MERCM- t dcp. _. 10$3 o 12.10 050 Whanjjamarino «5I Wairan«i «s(i Ranfjiriri aOO Ohinewai •• ■• 65 Huntly 12.0 1.21 09 'laupiri •• •• }•* 74 Ngaruawahia •• 12o>a I.jo a7B Pukcto •• •• •• •• •• — aSI Toltapa •■ •• 85 Hamilton Junction 1.35 2.3j t<s Hamilton __[ 90 RukuMa •• „■• 91 Ohaupo •• •- •>•= oiXl Luke Hoad •• •• 99 NKaroto : •■ ■• •• 2'S 100 Te Aw.tMiTt; .. _ arr. .. .. A__v 1 ■■ 1 North—Week Days. —, _ — , j a.m. a.m. a.m. a.m. p.m. , p.m. 0 Tl! Awamutu •• •• <leP- ■• ■• •• jj-|5 2 NVaroto.. .. : •■ •■ •• •• •• »•*' at Lake 1 toad •■ •- •• ■• 7 Ohaupo •• •• IOA oil Kukuhia ■- •• - „•;, 10HamiUon.Iunci.ion'.'. V. '.'. " '.' '■'■ lO.'tO 2.5 Y. 020 Teltapa ati PuHete , •• •• •• ~-•„. „■-.„ 27 NKunuiwahin \\f 2.49 •II Taupiri •■ •• •• 1!- 10 A'° 36 Huntly •• •• 12- 5 3-30 all Ohinewai «I 5 Hanirli'irl ».I7 Wairanui <(51 Wlianuumarino •• •• •• •• ,-• j arr. .. .. .. 1.25 5.5 57 Mi:i:ci:i: j ( i cp , fi .ls .. 11.20 1.45 5.20 00 Pokeno fi--'(' •• •• A XI n 63 Wanßarata •• •• •• f ■■ 65 Tuakau ''-w ■■ ■• '-18 OILS lluckland •-, ■• •• / •• •• 70 l'ukekohe 7.0 .. 12.10 2.35 6.23 o"3 Pacrata •• •• •• J •• 078 llunciinan _•■ •■ •• / •■ •• 78 Drury '•'•' •• L2O 3.10 7.5 a.O llunua •• •■ •• / •■ 81 Papakura J.nl .. .. 6.-& .. ,".. Manurewa 8.10 .. ... /.. 7.34 89 Papatoitol g.28 .. 2.2. 3.55 7.50 ~•) Otahuhu X:!S '■■' ■■ 4-3 ■• H-50 !).. Penrose Junction bSM <_____ 2.53 6 4.15 8.20 7.5 <iK Ellcrslie | •• _ ■■ 7 Kcinucra " V ■■ ■■ 1-30 8..35 7.?0 ■is! Newmarket Junction .. •• 9.11 .. .3.20 c 1.40 8.41 7.25 I__ M__i____ Mr. 9.20 '.. 3.30 1.49 850 7.35 6 Change for Onchunga, B—Goods Trains-a Passenger Carriage is attached to these Trains which stop for Passengers by Signal only, and runs from Huntly to Hamilton and hack- on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays only, d Change for Auckland and • intcrini'iliate Stations, c Change for llelcnsvlllo and intermediate Stations. D— (.oods Trains-a Passenger Carriage ii attached to these Trains which stop for Passengers by Signal only, c Only stop, to pick up Passengers for Waikato. /Only stops to set down Passengers from Wuikato. a Flag Stations.—Trains do not stop unless required. Notice should be given to the Guard at the previous stopping Stations by any Passengers desiring to alight at Flag Stations, g Only stops to pick up Passengers, h Only stops to set down Passengers. KAIPARA BRANCH. AUCKLAND - HENDERSON - HELENSVILLE. ' OUT.—Wkkk Days, || IN.—Week Days. Stations. Mix. Mix. Mix. Stations. Mix. Mix. Mix. ■- a,in. am. p.m. a.m. a.m. p.m. Auckland ■.. (C.W.) dcp. 7.15 10.50 4.30 Hclcnsvillo .. (C.W.) dep. 6.25 11.45 4.30 Newmarket Junction arr. 7.24 10.50 4.39 Helcnsvillc South Ditto .. _. dep. 7.26 11.10 4.41 Ohirangi .. .. , Mount Eden .. (W.) „ 7,31 41.17 4.46 Paeroa .. .. , Kingsland .. \Voodhill.. .. Morningslde _ ~R R e •• •• „„, » Mount Albert _. •• Waipapa.. .. (W.) „ .. ~ Avondale .. „ 7.47 11.3/ 5.3 Waimauku .. „ .. .. .. Hunt's Sidine .. Kumou Junction arr. .. 12.55 5.31 New Lynn . ," Ditto .. .. dep. 7.25 1.10 5.35 VVaikomiti .. , ' Taupaki .. .. , Henderson .. „ S.lO 12.4 5.30 Wnitakere .. (\V.) arr. .. .. 6.54 Swanson .. „ • -• •• Ditto .. .. dep. 7.45 1.33 5.55 Waitakcro .. (W.) nrr 5.51 Swanson .. .. , Ditto . dep. 5.35 12.31 5.55 H-nderson .. „ 8.10 2.0 619 Taupaki .. .. .. •• •• •• Waikomiti Kumeu Junction arr. .. 12.00 6.16 New Lynn .. Dilto . .. dep. 8.55 1.5 6.17 Hunts Siding .. „ Waimauku .. A, von< _a_ .;.■ _ " » 837 8,2T &M Waipapa.. .. (W.) , Mount Albert .. „ Roweti .. .. Mornmgside .. Woodhill.. .. Kingsland .. „ Paeroa .. .. Mount Edon .. (W.) „ 8.55 2.48 7.0 Oliirangi .. „ Newmarket Junction arr. 9.0 2.53 7.5 Hclcnsvillo South Ditto .. .. dcp. 9.20 3.5 7.10 1 i.ion.ville .. (C.W.) arr 9.55 2.10 [ 7.20 Auckland .. (C.W.) arr. 9.38 3.15 7.20 GENERAL CONDITIONS. ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF TRAINS.-Tho Department does not pledge itself as to tho despatch or arrival of trains at the exact time shown in the Time Tables; shouTd circumstances render it impossible or inexpedient for a train to proceed, the fares paid will be returned. THo Department docs not undertake to forward passengers in such cases. CHILDREN.—Children under three years of age are carried tree; above three, and under twelvo yers of age, at half fare. PASSENGERS can be booked at Stations conditionally only that there is room In the train. PASSENGERS entering the train at a Booking Station without a ticket, or having got in at a Flag Station and not taking a ticket at tho proper Booking Station, will be charged one shilling in addition to tho ordinary fare. LUGGAGE.—Each passenger is allowed to take 1121bs. of Personal Luggage free (not including merchandise of any kind), and for every 561bs„ or fraction of 561-S., above this weight, for every 50 miles, the chargo will be ono shilling. No luggage will be allowed to be taken into the carriages unless of such a size that it can bo placed under the seat without inconvenience! The Department will not be responsible for lugaage which is not carried in the van, or \yliich passengers may have neglected to see labelled. Passengers having lugguage to go by train must present it at tho Station at least ten minutes before the advertised departure of the train or tho Department will not be responsible for its despatch. Passengers who have loßt luggage aro requested to give notice to tho Station Masters at once. The Department will not Be responsible lor any luggage or parcols improperly left about the Station premises. GOODS AND PARCELS to Flag Stations, platform, and private sidings, where no officer of tho Department is in charge, must be prepaid, and will bo put out at suoh StaUona at the risk of consignee. ° PARCELS must be at tho Station at least thirty minutes before the advertised time of departure of the train by which they aro to be forwarded. HOhSES, CARRIAGES, AND DOGS.—The Department does not undertake to forward Horses. Carnages, or Dogs by any particular train, but when sent the must be at the forwa___n_ Statious hulf-an-hour beforo the departure of the train. Tho owners of horses must raovide means of securing them in the horse box, and the Railway Department will not be accountable for imy injuries sustained through their breaking loose or ethorwise, nor will it undertako to carry unbroken or vicious horses. At country Stations requisitions for horse boxes or carria__ trucks must be made the day beforo ihoy are wanted. v V a^«. «... «.«.-4_. e o DOGS must bo provided with, chains or other sufficient moans of securing them. They will not bo. allowed in carriages, and tho sender must obtain a ticket, to be given up before the end ot the journey, before the dog is delivered. X c SMOKING is strictly prohibited in any part of the Railway premises or in the carriages. oxcept, those specially set apart and marked for tli? purpose. *«■*«*'*» v, _,» wu-kw, _i;' All Time Tables issued prior to this date are now cancelled. J- P.. MAXWELL, General Manager New Zealand Railways. -______I_^__M^ 1 LITTLE COLLINS ST., """*" ,, —'"' AUCKLAND HOSPITAL, CorsetmaSier. COMMITTEE! ._._S_33___ TVF RS DOWN hae Staamm, Appointed. mMSk Sele.tiSrtraentO- 4'" His Worship W. R. Wad- Hon. Col. Haultain W-|i_fW S^wJSftJSSf^ ,D del, Esq. (Chairman) Arthur Hull, Esq. ST--Vt rW5 dQ°B. 18I I_- J. M.Clark, Esq. Captain Daldy W^mf ROT*H d __.Ri BTSI E. A. Mackechnio, Esq. Sydney Dando, Esq. _iS)_S- Uimnlh Jl_w'< &0" T. Peacock, Esq., M.H.R. jAsg Wk_ improve . Applications for acim7_io"n by persons suffer- MM 'VV attenfedC o*"'0*"' lnglrom diseases and requiring medical treat- HnD In HAU Parcels sentMst'frea ment will be received at the Hospital on any 31 Hi XwLW »"»vomboiupostrree. day between the hours of 9a.m. and 10 a.m. 'B WLW^' MRS nnwv In eases of neeident or emergency, patients Jr Stay and C_r__t m'-W will be roeo ved info the Hospital withoutdolay, ' \b£x Hoffi-VtoMt beds lieing kept ready for urgent cases. v **™: nu_-n-s__et. Patients able to do so will be required to pay _Ti HLN A. GLASS TJ _T' V for their support at. the Hospital according to \j $k PER CRIIStrf-i.' ■ ui!' LlJ!' their position and circumstances. SELLING AT A a a nS^rrrm m « Subscriptions will be thankfully received by MAKE ROOM FOR Ir^h Woml?_ W any mem-er of the Committee andby the under MENTS DIRECT FROM BT_3_OB_S____ H. N. GARLAND, Secretary. Havintr nPWVi^T.-r L E -. ~ W^ at P R ,d KS hitherto unkS^n OTOP THAT COUGHJ DON'T DELAY. BdSSSttaCWSSS!-^ O Ho w can you stop it ? W here is the Remedy! Inspect HIS STOCK before IOMIIGTOrs "P^TORAL OXYIBEL white and oonZ^ZZ *a " °*RRAQEgs B s__ja, *H Moss c-^! T'°" Can pi -duco more evidence of real merit than gelf Plates, 8 and Win., 2a W " _ R " any other article for the purpose. Kerosene Lamps, from " j. n " mt*mr**# Q- mmii^i^ '^rsr-'^^ ' ii_n_miiini»iiM_i■■■«■!!■■■_■ _■!■■■_ii_i'HWi 1 ■■__■ i _i.ii >J«i-- -_T_'._. r _^..-. ..



Land and Estate Agents. JD« J. • E V A N _S, " ESTATE, HOUSE. AND LAND AGENT . AUCTIONEER, &c. ' , mO CAPITALISTS AND OTHERS FIRST-CLASS INVESTMENT IN THIS CITY FOR SALE. All that Valuable and Centrally Situated Pro1 perty, consisting of FREEHOLD ALLOTMENT together with Commodious Double Shop, store room, and 5 Rooms upstairs, built of brick on stone foundation, in first-class position, and well adapted for Solicitor's Chambers, being situated in Shorthand-street, near those handsome and extensive new premises in course of construc tion for the Evening Star ; and also near the Post-office, banks, and those magnificent new block ot buildings (the Arcade) now nhout to be erected for the New Zealand Insurance Com pany. This is a real first-class investment, and well worthy the attention of capitalists. _ is, with' out doubt, the most valuable and safest invest-' ment now in the Market, with undeniable pros pective value, second to none in Auckland. (857) AUCKLAND—VaIuabIe Business Site for sale situate in Shortland-strcet, corner of Mills Lane, and immediately between the pre mises of Messrs A. Clark and Sons and Byoroft and Co. Terms easy. AVUNDALI_-_2 acre., splendid land,mostly in grass; a largo portion in orchard, and Bhelter trees; goud creek. (851) BOMBAY—S9I acres improved farm Land very cheap. Only £30 cash, and £70 can remain for 5 years. (9SB) CHURCH-STREET- Villa Residence of 5 rooms fitted with cupboards, dresser register grate, oven, &c; good well and tank, well-stocked garden. Price. £3SO. (7291 COLLEGE ROAD-Good Building Allotment in a Splendid Posit ion for Business, being on the main western outlet from the city. (1136) DAIRY -LA.T—2SS acres good Land, part vol canic, bush, nice homestead of i rooms. Price. 22n (id per acre; a bargain. (!)7i.) DRAKE-STREET-Shop and Dwelling-house '' freehold allotment; ti bargain. Only £250. ' EAST TAMAKI-Niee Little Farm of 51 acres • good grass; plenty of water; valuable hush; * good alluvial soil; £350. (1111) KLLKRSUK-llj ucres Volc.nlo Soil; good road frontage, near Racecourse. (954) E_LKRS„IE (on Panmuro Road) — Freehold Building Allotment, ornamental trees beautiful situation for building, main road' Land 193 x 198 feet. £100. (1070) EPSOM— \ ilia. Residence and Grounds Also ;v splendid Building Allotments, near resii denceof E Hesketh. Esq. (75) EPSOM—Desirable Property, House 6 rooms, &c„ &c., and 5 acres First-class Volcanic Land ; very choice. Price, only £1,500, Terms easy. (1165) EPSOM—Gentleman's Residence and Grounds, This is the property of a Gentleman who has spared neither time nor money, not only in beautifying the Grounds, but in furnish ing the House with every possible com! fort and convenienec. Stables and necessary out-buildings, &c„ &c. Cards to view from the undersigned. (MS FERNLEIGH-STREET-3 Verandah Cottages of 3, 4, and 5 rooms respectively. In good • ■* order. City water laid in. Price, for the three. £560. A good investment (1102) FRANKLIN ROAD-Two Good Villa Res! dences, almost new—one of 0 rooms and the j ! other of 5; gas and water. Allotments 33 x I 160 each; magnificent viow of harbour, IS Price, only £1,400, (1069) GEORGE AND WILLIAM STREETS, PON. SONBY—Brick House of four r->oms and scullery, outhouse, &c.; allotment, 33 x 13_'" £100. ' i GLENBURN, PONSONBY-Three magnificent ■ Sites for Marine Villa Residences. Price for the three, £&_. Superb view of Queen, street Wbarf, North Shore and Harbour. (1085) GREAT NORTH ROAD-About 5 miles from Auokland —A new and well-finished House of 6 rooms, Btable. _o„ and 3 acres splendid hind, in cultivation; bounded by a grand I stream of water; more landj. reanired. (318) HOBSON-STREET-First-elass Building Sites. HO WICK—Good Cottage of 8 rooms and 2 acres land well fenced. Good well. Price. £200. JOHN-STREET — First-class Btiildlnj- Allot ment, quite level, and good viow. Price, 30a Per foot. (1067) PEL-STREET-Large Allotment, double frontage; cheap; only £75. (1171) LINCOLN-STREET-Splendid Building Allot ment. (1151) MONTAGUE-STREET, NEWTON-Now Six roomed Verandah Cottage, fitted with register grates, colonial oven, cupboards. &o. Price. £280. (719) MOUNT EDEN (Main Road)-Desirablo Villa Residence, 6 rooms, &o,; good position i £365, r (1168. ' MOUNT ROSKILL ROAD.-Villa Residence (0 roonisi. bath, range and shed. £500 "(11241 NAPIER-STREET-Good House of 5 rooms allotment 30 x 100. Price, only £300. (1115) * NKL.ON-S.R_BT, CILY.-.. ve?y nice and commodious Houce of 8 rooms, having a Brand view of harbour Price £650 I<W9l NEW MARKET.-New -street: New VerSh House of 5 rooms; good well, tank. &o. ntc« garden; allotment 18 x 120. Price only "350. (oi sv NORFOLK-STREET-A first-class Cottage of i rooms, quite new; plenty of room for . other rooms; allotment, 33 x 100. Price, «_OQ terms,one-third cash. 118a NORFOLK-STREET-Several good Buil din- Allotments at from £210s per foot. mm ONEHLNGA.-Co.tagc and Allotment (f-ee hold). £85. /11_71 af ONEHUNGA-Grand Villa Sites, ranging from 3to 8 acres; magnificent views; close to Pah Estate. (1113) PARK ROAD—Good House of 7 rooms pleas antly situated ; splendid view; large alio, ment. Price ±650, (1121) PARNELL.—SeveraI cheap properties. PARNELL (Brighton Road)— New House at 6 rooms and workshop, stove, register grate; verandah sine and front; allotment. 50x310. Prioo, £500. Can be sold on terms PENROSE—Volcanic Land for sale in lots ot four aores or more. Situate next to the _t_ tion; main road frontage. £50 per acra This is desirable land, and very chea. mr„ POKbiNO 189 aores Volcanic Laud. Nearly all level: 26 acres elearedand in cr 0 d crass ____ fenced- Price f 2 per acre j a oargajn _tt PO:-ENO-Nlce Little _*■_,' ot T-SkT'ln : crow, grass, &o.; goivi five-roomed Cottago and outhouses, w_,_h, with _ cows, dairy ■ utensils, &o„ |co., is now offered for £300; _-«tuate just at Pokeno Station. (803) POMPALIERTERRACE-Firstilassßuil-lw : PONSONBY-Splendid Villa Site in Cnn-an-at Well situated, grand view. (ii<m FONSONBY ROAD. - Good Villa Residence, close to the Fmnkhn Road; quite new; earn _ _ K_. _a. tS.. 56 x 100. Price, £1,5X1 RAZORBACK-48 Acres Good Land, 26 a_?«, to grass; Cottage of three rooms, oow-sised Hf_.r^_feS, ever-failing 1? ot »«*»' Fnce, only £250. lean RICHMOND ROAD - Two nicely-finished House, of 6 rooms each, fitted vrith every IT«T. en^.-,A et W^ U- Wo^forthe twV, i_-S-^7S_^sa??^^ s^b:e«.r ei:4Qxß9eaoh=^f oPa .?_£. ";. fe 81 _las 3 VIUa Site, grand view _-rPLA,M9kland Harbour, 116 x 100. Ooß_ EY_E_¥REET-Pretty Verandah Villa « .9 rowns, &o.; allotment 66 x 120: a very „ . J3_S_S2.e residence. (jnao * SALESTREET - Nice Little Cottage tf i A rooms; corner allotment; very oheap;p^]y STM.- ST?,?? T <°fl' Grace-street). S_ -,- BuUdiiig Allotment for £KO. * lwa\ ' SUMMER-S-REET.-Good New Honsi of' 3 rooms; gas, gas stove; aUo',™^ 11?? °V Price. only £350. -onent » x w. SUMMER-TREET. Pons. „w Ml. _.tn_f„. rooms and good -^_SMSS,_Sj °f. TA^_s^ T-f»«tlit_ B ___n of «<____ bnHdW " ~ot 5 rooms' and. usual oat fi«a^- a •"^ new: atook> &c- P"08. only TK PApa-18 acres good arable Land. • Price? -_S2!. 351. eracre. (1107) Yl^, AVENUE, MOUNT EDEN - New villa Residence of 5 rooms, and outbuild mga; scoria soil, ana good position. Only vI*WROAaANDTHE TERRACE. M.UNT t.u KN—A First class Resiuence of 7roo_ML complete-with every convenience; well law out grounds about 1 acre : fruit and flower garden. Magnificent view (945) W^A.PPH 3i; an 4 Farm of 260 |acres-the very Best in the district; good house and out ™- buildings; to be sold very cheap. (1116) WALLACE-STREET (next Tramway ¥eri_> nus).-First-elass Villa Site; grand positit_; splendid view; 80 x 170. (li_|. * WARKWORTH-Old Established B.Sgw house Business for sale. First-class oppor tomty to secure a really good saying «_• Price, only £500. W^™?,?^ RKI,- 12, l) vacres -Wroved Lands * small piece kauri bush.; Lot 51. Tauraroak ! Wl^ f G*RKI;-In-!»_yed Farm of 113 acres' SL.i?_S? a5 ai:i,^',¥reß ia sra?s. and « jl* orchard; dwelling house. Cheap, £600. _Ht ia grass and kauri; homesteoil __»i , good road. Prieo.-82-i. uomPote!>u J»™' WIfATAVYHATA- Waipa .Rivw_Bea__W '" 1 SSv-• «.?L OUt!l onaes ! splendid cherry ' fl™i.?S st?rs at landing four times , r ßun for caSlef 7 0t Wod and "•""figg* !>. F. EVANS,, HOUSE, LAND, AND ESTATE ASESf/ AUCTIONEEYt, &c. Land Mart-Queen-s:__eet, next Bank Of AUSTRALASIA. Hotels. SETTLERS HOTEL, WALTON} STREET, WHANGAREI. MRS S. H. FULLER, Pkofmetbkss. \ _«-Tll is.old- pstablishod Hostelry occupies the Most Central Position of any House in Whan garei; being wiihin 2 minutes' walk from either Kailway Station, Wharf, or Post-otfice,:poß_ess lng Exckixknt Accommodation for Vißitera and Tourists. , , fl] NONE BUT FIRST-CLASS 81-ANDiS OF WINES AND SPIRITS, EEPT. MACNAB AND HANCOCK'S SPARKLING ALES* ON DRAUGHT. BRILLIANTLY-LIGHTED BILLI4R_-ROO IS_ AND GOOD STABLING EVERY CIVILITY~AND ATTENTION PAID TO VISITORS;' ' ,I^ll ORDINARY DAILY AT ONE O'CLOCK. ,-'^M Tho Cuisine is under the Personal Superp. teudence of the Hostess Herself.'.-.-.^^^gaai