Mrs Sparkler's Diamonds.

Mb Spahklkr" struck oil." He si ruck it in vast quantities, and of most excellent quality. He amassed a fortune in a very short timo. With his millions safely in vested, ho purchased a big house i.: a big city, and struck out in a very big way. But, bo it understood, this grand striking out in the social world was not the fault of Mr Sparkler. No, it was Mrs Sparkler who originated the plan, and she it was who urged it on to consummation. She selected tlio big house, and she selected the "stunning" furniture. "Stunning was the word she used at (lie outset: but she learned to call it "recherche" in course of

time. . . Mrs Sparkler was a woman of substantial presence, heavier by many pounds than was her husband, on the shady side of forty nine ; and though she could not look re fined, She was yet very far from ill-looking, or even vulgar. She was a very good hearted creature ; and had she spent the evening of her life on her farm she would havo held her place among the best be loved and most respected matrons of her neighbourhood. Perhaps she realised tha_ she could never train herself to be intellec tually a lady ; so she resolved to make- up in outward appearance for the essentials she could not gain by education; and her husband-good man '-.-cfi.sed her nothing, and for a time ho gave his cheques cheer fully for all her wants Tho first real tribulation of Mr Sparkler's moneyed life began on the morning after tho grand birthday party given by Mrs Brob. In nil her lifo Mrs S. had never dreamed of such diamonds as she saw on that occasion. Mrs Brob blazed ; the Bvroncss Munchan was allamo ; while on every hand jewels of every conceivablennme and character, from the ring upon the tapering linger to the regal diadem upon thcstately brow, gleamed, sparkled, flamed, blazed, and bedazzled, until poor Mrs Sparkler hid Iter one poor cluster ring and her modest solitaire eardrops for very

shame, " Sparkler, I must have a set-of dimunds ! I will never go to another party—never I till I can hold up my head alongsideof them women that sparkled and shone so last night. And, mind you whon leaydimunds, I mean dimunds." "Susanna, havo you any idee of how much trouble and anxiety a lot o' them preciousstones'llgive you?" "That's my look-out. I'll stand all the fret and bother of having 'em ; but I won't stand it not to havo 'cm. Besides, dimunds is just the same as gold. If you buy 'em keerful, you can always get all you givefor 'em." Mr Spnrklor insisted upon it that neither himself nor wife was gifted with that pecu liar sharpness required to guard against the theft of such valuables; but sho over ruled him, and in the end tho diamonds wore ordered, and beforo they wero de livered tho good women had learned to call them as they should be called. With tho putting on of the gems she improved hor pronunciation. Then Mrs Sparkler herself gave a party. Mrs Brob was there, and so was the Baro ness Munchan. They blazed, as usual, but tho buxom hostess out-blazed them all. Gripem & Holdtight, the celebrated jow ellers, had assured Mr Sparkler that his wife was right—perfectly so. Diamonds were cash always, tho world over. Sparkler had put very nearly £100,000 into his wife's jewels. She had diamonds, and rubies, and emeralds, and sapphires, and. pearls, and other stones, the names of which she could not remember. Ansl she shone and blazed and sparkled until sho

was a sparkler in fact as well as in name. Naturally the possession of such wealth, in such shapD, gave tho good man a great deal of anxiety. What an inducement to robbers it was ! He read in the papers how the Duke of Neversink had a deep, strong iron crypt built in the very bowels of tho earth, beneath his castle, into which his wife's diamonds, and rubies, and pearls, Sec, wero lowered by machinery. Ho couldn't do that, but he could hire police men. And this he did. He went to Capt. Whackem, and got him to give him two special oliicors —men for whoso characters he could avouch. Also, ho hired one of tho best and strongest and largest com partments of the Metropolitan Safety Vault Company, accoss to which could be had at any hour, night or day. While Mr Sparkler was engaged in making theso arrangements Mrs S. was waited upon by ono of the meet gentle manly men she had over met. He intro duced himself as Mr Mortimer Fitz Eustace. He said he had beon recommended to call upon hor by the Countess Yon Eimbcrger. He had formerly been in the employ of the Duchess Bangor, bis sole care, the charge of her priceless jewels. Ho was a handsome man, nnd one of the most physically powerful men she had ever set oyes upon. "Of course," lie said to hor, in most elo quently persuasive tones, "you would wish to place your beautiful gems in the care of a man of honour—a man whose character you know to bo above reproach. When I saw your diamonds, your rubies, your pearls, your emeralds, your Oriental sap hire, rivalling, as they do, the jewels of any monarch of the earth, I said to myself, said I, ' Pitz-Eustace, you aro tho man to guard that inestimable treasure.' And when her Grace of Bangemup said the same thing, and the dear countess repoated it after her, I resolved to call upon you and offer my ser vices."

Mrs S. was charmed with tho man, but dared not engage him outright without con sulting her husband. When Sparkler himself came to see the man, ho too wag captivated. Ho had thought that tho smooth-tongued fellow could not pull wool over his eyes; but Mortimer Fitz Eustace was a wonderful man. He read his subject through as he would have read a printed hand-bill; and, the end, he was engaged to transport the jewels to and fro. AsforFitzEustaco's honesty—though they thought-iimstrictly honest, yet tho presence with him always of the two police officers would insure that. Ho couldnot purloin a diamond, even had he the desire so to do. And now Mrs Sparkler was on. the top most wave of social enjoyment and triumph. Not a woman in tho metropolis could out shine her co far as precious stones were concerned. Captain Whackom'B policeman were Mrs Sparkler's shadows when she appeared in her diamonds ; and they were Mortimer Fitz Eustace's shadows whon ho took tho treasure to and from thesafety vaults. And both Mr and Mrs Sparkler came to think much of the polished gentleman who acted the part of a servant to them. He offered to teach tho lady French, and she gladly commenced the study. In short, the two considered themselves fortunate in securing the service? of so perfect a gentleman. After sevoral weeks had passed, Mr Mor timer Fitz Eustace appealed to Sparkler and his wife with tears in his eyes, and an open letter in his hand. He had just received intelligence of tho death of his only sister in Now Orleans ; she was the wife of Don Castao de Sinova. Of course, he must away at once. But his place as guardian of their treasuse could be easily filled. It was a severo blow to Mrs Sparkler, and her husband was sorry. but there was no help for it. ... ~ One week later, as Mr Sparkler sat in the Grand Hotel lunching on turtle soup, Mr Gripem, of Gripem and Holdtight, took a seat by his side. "Sparkler, what has your wife been doing to her diamundj. ?" " Eh ! What d'you mean ."

" I saw them at the opera last evening, and they struck me as looking strangely, j wish you would bring them to mo and let me examine them. Bring them yourself, please." , . ~ ... , Mr Sparkler was frightened, but he could gain nothing further from Gripem at that time; so as soon as he had finished his lunch ho went to the safety vaults and procured his wife's jewels—thoy were in six Russia-leather caskets-and carried them to tho establishment of his 3°Mr Gripem took the cases into a roar room where were the strong vaults of the firm, and called in the assistance of their chic' laoidary, a Hollander, named Bom ber°- The jewels wero exposed, and even Mr^Stmrkler thought ho could detect a differenco-a change in the appearance of thMLo°okyou," said the jeweller. "Here ore «,; diamonds, of the samp lot from which your wife's tiara was furnished-old mine stones, from the most reliable mines and miners of Brazil. Observe these as I let them drop to tho bottom of this dish of water Do you see the effect ? They gleam as brightly under water as in the open air. You will not observe these. Look !" And Gripem let fall the tiara into the dish of water wherein the stones looked like so many Imnps of pale glass. The sparkle was all gone, and not a single ray of re flected light was emitted from any part of theornament. a„„-n_,» "In mercy's name!" grasped BparMar, aghast, "what—what does it mean? ~ has happened to 'em ? Yon warranted em, you know." . „ , i "Nay, nay, my dear sir," returned Gripem very suavely, but veryemphatically. fln the first place, we |^>- w*» '

to anybody. In the second placo they are not diamonds." "N-o-t diamonds?"

" Not a diamond, nor a ruby, nor an emerald, nor a sapphire, nor a pure pearl, in any of these articles. Neither arc these sowings gold. And lastly, if you will carefully observe, theso are not tho caskets in which your wife's jewels were oiiginalty packed." And while Sparkler, weak, and faint, sank into a chair, tho jeweller went on : "My doar sir, it is all very plain. Your chief gnurdi_.ii, Mr Mortimer Fitz Eustace, is the hocus-pocus man. Most likely he is liimsolf an expert workman in our craft. Tho stones aro French paste of the best quality. Whon the work had been done, and the cases procured, it, was a very simple matter for him to make tho exchange. On arriving at the vaults your policeman saw tho substituted article locked up, while Fitz Eustace carried away with him the'originul."

In time Mr Sparkler saw it all, He went to Captain Whac-kem, and stated tho case. nnd, very fortunate for him, that guardian of tho public weal had from the first ha I his suspicions of Mortimer Fitz Eustace, and his underlings had been directed to keep an eye upon him. The captain satis fied himself that tho thief had sailed for Liverpool in the steamer Roarer, and ho put upon the Atlantic cablo a full descrip tion and explanatory despatch to tho police authorities on tho other side of the ocean.

As was afterwards learned, Captain Whackem's despatch was received twelve hours before tlio arrival of the Roarer. Fits Eustace was recognised and arrested, and Mrs Sparkler's diamonds found upon him intact. Thoy had not even been ro moved from their casket.

So Sparkler got back the treasure, and though the expense was considerable, he did not grumble at it. One thing furl her: From that timo ho acted as his own watchman and caretaker. lie kept his iron closet at tho safety vaults, but he did not make a tlaming punishment of the transit of the seductive property.

Mrs Sparkler still glows in her diamonds, and since their recovery from the false gaurdian nobody has attempted again to steal them away from her.

The Cholera Panic at Spezia.

Tuk following is nn extract from a letter of a correspondent, dated Spczia, August 2o :—" To describe what occurred at Spezia yesterday, or tho state of confusion, and, I may add, demoralisation, of all classes alike, is boyond my powers. Taking a leaf from the book of their French neighbours, tho Italians, on tho appearanco of tho dreaded though long-expected enemy, havo ex ceeded all bounds. The flight from Spezia, which commenced on the even ing of tho 2'2nd, has continued till now. Tho trains, even with the extra engines put on, cannot convoy anything like the num bor of fugitives who wildly besiege tho small railway station day and night. It is a sight once seen never to bo forgotten ; it is a helter-skelter, pell-moll flight, and no mistake. The very fow public convey ances of which we can boast here aro ask ing, and genorally getting, just what terms they please to convey tho terrified people to the station or to tho villages on tho hills around. Excepting the public servants and military nnd naval officers, no ono is left at tho timo I write. All the tradespeople who could afford to flee havo flown, and those of tho working classes who had no means to take train, or cart, or mule, have gone on foot. Tho town presents already a most sad spectacle. Cuffs and wine shops shut up, bazaars, pastrycooks, and even sonic of the principal comestible stores, all closed. Half the market people aro gone. It is one incessant stampede. And where do thoy go? They are refused admission to Pisa and Genoa (the city of Genoa, not the province), who being nt present free, refuse to take refugees from stricken Pezia. Il is not known what these people can do unless to return here. Gr_at indignation is vented by the local papers ' Epeca ' (Genoese) for one, on the authorities, who concealed the truth of the outbreak from the citizens of Spe/.ia until it burst forth with such sweeping destruction that it no longer could bo concealed. Even now they are hushing up, or trying to do so, in the case of about half the numbers who succumb. Wo arc kept a.vakc at night by the Municipio cart calling round for the dead, and by the inco.sant rapping of the carpenters, who aro com pelled by the Municipio to produce ten collins each por day. 1 have boon all over the town at various hours of the day. and have met each time several funerals, or rather removals of tho dead from houses. It goes on like this all night. The chemists and carpenters do not attempt to conceal it: but if you inquire of siddaco, profef, or doctor, thoy will barely admit anything. It is only by personal observa tion and by tho ovidonce of one's own oyes that tho truth can bo arrived at. All this

time tho town is placarded with notices— among others one for a collection in behalf of the families of tho drad I Thoso who

have lied without a thought for tho future, and who have left employment behind them in their wild terror, with nothing but a bundle of clothing under their arms, must perforce be reduced to beggary or return. The better-off classes, who havo escaped to the hills, have taken with them thoir bedding, hastily bound together, thus adding to the almost grotesque picture along the streets. You may be suro that the panic is no small matter when I tell you that a vast number of

the arsenal hands are off with the rest. All soldiers and sailors, excepting olficoid' servants, are shut up in their barracks and vessels. The malady, it is true, is of a very alarming type. From 15 to 30 minutes often finishes the victim ; rarely more than an hour. It is stated that some have suc cumbed with the rapidity of a fit of apo plexy. The doctors are accompanied to the patients by the police, so that no conceal ment of a case could now be easy or possi ble ; I mean no concealment from the municipal authorities. The disease itself appeared to burst upon tho town like a thunder-clap ; but this would bo accounted for if it be true that the people were kept in ignorance of the real state of the case for a couple of days. Wo know that cholera broke out here a month ago, when the Mayor attempted to deny it. But then thero was a lull after four tatal cases had occurred, and the troops that were despatched to us from Florence were removed, as not likely to bo wanted. This was the 'calm before the storm' which has now burst upon us. Tho town is like a street of tombs.

The Goat and the Elephant.

It is a fact known to all who have travelled much in Africa that nothing will frighten an elephant quicker than the bleating of a goat. However hotly he may be pursuing

an object, the bleating of a goat, or a noise resembling it, will at once arrest him and send him bounding from the object of his vengeance. An African, being asked the reason of it, related the following fable:

" In old times, a goat bet an elephant that he could out-eat him. Thoy commenced, and soon a spacious plain bore testimony to the capacity of their maws by being com pletely denuded of its verdure. On the approach of night, the elephant, wearied of nipping and grinding, forgot his bet in a doze in the midst of the plain. About mid night he was aroused by a grinding near him, and finding it was his rival, inquired what he could be eating, as he was confi dent ho had devoured every vestige of vegetation before he lay down. ' Eating ?' replied the goat; ' why, lam eating all the rocks ; and when I have finished them, I intend to commence oh you.' Thoelophant no sooner heard that than he took to his heoh., and has ever since boen shy of a goat."

Biblical Misprints.

Tire curious misprints which have occurred in the difTerent editions of the Biblo from timo to time are rather interesting. Besides tho " Breeches Bible," there are six other versions which contain strange errors and renderings. In a Bible published in Geneva in 15G1-G2, the following misprint occurred : " Blessed aro the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God." In an' edition of the authorised version, published at Oxford in 1717, the heading, "Tho Parable of the Vinegar," got for the book the title of tho " Vinegar Bible." In another Oxford edition tho following mis print occurred, with which many English men will sympathise : " Who hath cars to ear, let him heap." Two other instances are the " Printers' Bible " and the " Stand: ing Fishes' Biblo." The pasfsage from which the first takes its name all editors will ap preciate. It runs thus: "Printers havo persecuted me without a cause," In the " Fishes' Bible " the word fishes is substi tuted for fishers in the passage (Ezekiel xlvii, 10): " And it shall come to pass that the fishes shall stand upon it." Thoso blunders are sufficiently ludicrous, but they do not involvo any essential points^ of doctrine, as does an edition of the authorised version published in 1631, where the negative is left out of the Seventh Com mandment. For this blunder Charles 1 fined tho printer either £3,000 or £300, the authorities cannc* »'*rao -hich.

THE EMIGRATION SWINDLE

An American oorrospohdent sends a London paper tho following very pessimistic account of tho prospects of immigrants to the Unit jd States :—

Tho Trloks of tho Trade,

The efforts that aro at present being used to "boom" the immigration movement from tlio various countries in Europe, but principally directed to the United King dom, Germany, and the Scandinavian

peninsula, wero never equalled. If these efforts wero perfectly legitimate, honest, and truthful, no objections could possibly bo mado to them; but as they are not it is time that something should bo done to put the poor people upon their guard against the tricks that are being practised to induce emigration from the old countries. That those railway companies, whoso success or failure depends entirely upon tho number and character of the immigrants they induce to come and settle upon their lands, should use every effort to induce settlers to come thjs way, is only natural; but that they are continually painting imaginary pictures and holding out hopes that can never be realised is, I think, unknown to the masses in Europe. Some of these com panies have for a long timo boen Hooding Europe with pamphlets and newspapers, written under their direction and printed and mailed at their expense, while several German writers have been paid to write con tributions to the press in thoir nativo land.

In point of fact, to speak in plain English, they have been bought, and many of them aro just as much servants of theso com panies as tho plate-layor or engineer. The truth is never told, but a rosy side is put on everything. The North-west, South or

Western States and Territories are pictured

as lands literally (lowing with " milk and honey." It is not said in any of these pamphlet.-, or letters that in some places thus described people can be found almost starving, and that hundreds havo almost to deny themselves tho commonest necessaries of life. Recently a gentleman on hire from San Francisco gave me a vivid description of some emigrants ho had seen in the eastern part of California and Oregon, and the western parts of Nevadu. Ono case in particular, to uso his own words, and ho is an American, was an outrage. In this caso the majority of the emigrants wero Italians. They had boen brought for a small sum from thoir nativo land. Thoy wero loaded upon tho train, and literally dumped down in a wilderness. Of courso they had no means whatever, or they would have beon able to go back ; but thoy wore compolled to sot to work at tho lowest wages, and in a manner that is un known in sunny Italy. It is a common say ing among tho "Bowery boys," similar to tho storeotypod East-onder of London, that

"going West is an easy matter, butgetting back is tho job." Tho Competition Among tho Railways.

Tho great chango that has come over tho railway situation in this country necessitates

increased vigilanco on the part of many companies as to tho importance of inducing increased emigration. Tho grand adver tisements in tho shape of tho two North- West pleasure parties that were designed to increase tho confidonco of the European capitalists in some of tho railroads failed.

In spite of tho great success of these ex periments socially, the leader of one then pointed out as a man worth nt least 10,000,000d015. is to-day a hopeless financial wreck. In their prosont position the only salvation for tho companies is to increnso tho How of emigration from Europe. Already farm labourers can be obtained at nominal wages. Engagements aro being made by tho agents of Western farmers with labourers at £2 por month, and in many cases at even less than this. Tho poor emigrants land here, and do not know anything i)f the value of monoy, but want work, and when thoy get thoir pay they find it only worth about half as much as it would bo in Europe. The situation will

not improve, but become much worse. The competition of other countries, par ticularly India, Australasia, and South America, in the grain markets of the

world renders tho future outlook of the darkest kind. A year ago wheat would have been considered a good investment at a dollar a bushel in Chicago, but to-day it is considered a poor one at SO c. Sales have been mado of un graded wheat in this city at 75 c, f.0.b., or

about 25s per qr. If wo havo on average harvei-t—and the probabilities arc that tho world will havo more than an averago crop —wc shall sec wheat selling at 15 c, below

present quotations. This will mako it very disagreeable for tho American farmer for several reasons ; among tho most important is tlio ono that freight rates cannot keep at their present figure. Railway companies are bringing wheat from Chicago to New York, a distance of nearly 1,000 miles, for 10 c a bushel, tlio usual price being 25 c. Notice lias already been given that this rato will bo charged ; therefore if this is the caso many of the farmers will not obtain more than from 110 to 40 c. per bushel for their wheat. This cannot pay cost of production. An En glishman wiih n large capital and every modern appliances, and a shrewd farmer, recently wroto to me to say that the abso lute cost in Dakota—and wheat can be pro duced cheaper there than anvwhero in tho States—was S dols. per aero. Ho had only a yield of ton bushels to the aero, and twenty bushels to tho aero may bo con sidered tho very best obtainable result; therefore, taking the outside limit, nnd not reckoning on any drawbacks, ho would only just meet his bare expenses at 40 c, per bushel.

Tlio Manufacturing Industries.

If there should happen to bo o small crop, say only equal to last year's, tho outlook for tho railroad companies will bo of tho most gloomy character, and moro receiver ships will be the order of the day. Already

these can bo counted by the dozon, with a capital of -i00.000.000d015., that is about as sure as the Turkish Dobt, and is only use ful as a nucleus for Stock Exchange gambling, for so far from Its ever boooming an interest-bearing investment, the chances are as romoto as the acknowledgment of the Southern Dobt. Under these circumstances thoro is no wonder that these companies are making evory effort to increase their revenue by selling land. The manufac-

Turing industries of tho country aro in no better condition than tho farming and rail way interests. Profits are rcaucod to a minimum, and failures are increasing in numbers and amounts. Many branches of industry are only working three days a week, while others aro closed for an in definite period. In some cases great corpora tions are bohind with their payments for labour from two to threo months. Such circumstances could never happen in England. The cotton manufacturers of

tho South, of whom it was boastfully claimed only three years ago that thoy would com pletely ruin the trudo of Lancashire, are now no better than the rest. Many firms have failed, and moro aro reducing pro-, duction, although tho wages paid in tho South are less than thoso paid in the cotton trade in England. Besides, all have to work sixty hours per week in this country, as against fifty-four hours in England.

A 3?oor Look-out for Emigrants.

With such an outlook as this, there is a

poor outlook for emigrants. Over 5,000 Italians returned from this port alone within the last few months. A few Satur days ago I was down to witness tho depar ture of tho "Saturday Fleet," as it is called, and I made it my business to go among tho steerage passengers of a few noted liners. I found poor fellows going back to "dear old England," as they termed it, without sho.es, coats or hats. One had nothing but his pants and shirt left, He had a-pitiful story to tell, how ho had worked ten hours a day at 2s Id, and trampod in search of employ ment for hundreds of miles. He had been away from England three years, and had a few pounds when he landed, but ho went back with just 3s in his pocket and nearly naked. However, he was happy and as jolly as could be at the thought of going home, and as I spoke to him of tho town where ho was going, toars of joy ro(\ed down his face. I could multiply such cases to hundreds, b\.t there is ha necessity.

In a recent number of " Eastward Ho !"a " Home Missioner " says it is quite a com mon thing in the East end of London for boys and gin's of 1G to get married. Boys and girls of 12 "keep company," and at 14 or 15 every lad his "young lady." Here are some of the facts related by this writer: In his district a boy of 16 married a girl the samo age, and on the ovening 0 f the mar riage tho two chrildren fell out, tho bride receiving a black eye ; a boy \\-}\o sits at the back of ono of Pickford'e vans is a " married man." In a printing office in tho City (here are four boys—the eldest is 19 and receives 13s. a-week, and is married; The next is 18, hag thvee years of his apprenticeship to serve, and has two children ; the youngest is 16, and has to keep a wife and child on lis, a-week j a newspaper boy betwoen 16 and 1? has two children; and a butcher's boy of 16 has one child, Miserablenesb.—The most wonderful and marvellous success in cases where persons are sick or pining away from a condition of miser ablencss that no one knows whatails thorn (prp fltable patients for doctors), is obtained by the use of Hop Bitters. They begin to cure from the first dose, aud keep It up until perfeot health and strength is restored, Notice.

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One of tho great curiosities in Japan to the stranger is the wonderful variety of coins that are used daily. In some instances it takes 1,000 pie.es to make a dollar. These are called "cash," and are seldom re ceived by foreigners, who, as a goneral rule, refuse to take them in change. A man in Christian County, Illinois, who was hanged to a tree sonic months ago by a party of men who suspected him of com plicity in a crime, was cut down in time to save his life, andhaving since boen regularly acquitted of the charge, is now suing the members of the mob that hanged him. They arc gontly chaffing Miss Mary Anderson in America. One papcrgravoly an nounces that Mr Abbey intends to propose. Another paper declares Miss Anderson will take the veil and pass the rest of hor life in the seclusion of the cloister, and join the Salvation Army, Sho will also marry tho eldest son of the Princo of Wales, and hold several drawing-rooms on behalf of Her Majesty Queen Victoria. The excessive heat in Paris recently de stroyed all ideas of decorum, even among the members of the bar. At all events, it is related that an advocate presented him self at tho Palais do Justice in a black cravat and white trousers. But the dig nity of the Court was equal to tho occasion. "Sir," sovoroly said the President, "the Court invites you to put your trousers round your nock and your cravat, on your legs."

Dickens pictured a misanthrope ns re tiring from the world to tho seclusion of a turnpike bar. It is recorded of the Earl of Lauderdale, who was smitten into the

grnvo by lightning, that, being of eccentric habits, hoatono time gratified his natural shyness and disinclination to society by re tiring into the modest position of goods guard on the Exeter Railway. Beforo that ho had been in tho army. Ho left the Guards to becomoa guard. Not long ago a telograph elerkiu Chicago was listening in a telephone early ono morning, and to his surpri.o heard the croaking of frogs and the whistling of birds. Tho explanation of tho phenomenon is, that a loose joint in the tolophono wire whero it passed through a wood acted as a microphono, and transmitted tho woodland chorus to his oars. Mossagos in process of trans mission aro sometimes drowned by the rumbling noiso of streot traffic induced by tho wire.

San Francisco has its panorama. "Tho Battle of Waterloo " is tlio subject, and as tlio three artibts engaged in tho production nru French, leu braves Beiges nave boen done scant justice. Tho episodes shown aro the advanco of Key's corps on the English Foot, whom it drivos into rotreat on tho road to Oham ; the sabring of broken Highland squares by cuirassiers on tho plateau of Mont St. Jean ; and tho slaughter of tho Scots Greys by Napoleon's

lances. Hear me I And to think that some Englishmen labour undor tho imp ression

that the French were not victorious in the battle I

According to the " Photographic News," London still boasts ono "scissorgraplist," a somewhat seedy-looking artist, who haunts Fleet-street and Strand bars and buffets with a ragged portfolio under his arm, and in his breast pocket the trusty scissors with which, on receiving a commission, ho pro ceeds to cut, out his sister's profile in black paper. This " Old Muster" in tho pro-

auction of the onco fashionable silhouette, who in theso degenerate days has beon

known to "cut out" a full length sub-'ect and touch in the eyes anil whiskers with gilt for font-pence (!), is said to havo no pupil to whom his scissors can descohd ; so that

lis " black art" is likely to die with him.

A tcrriblo vice has crept in among the fair sex of Now York. Fashionable ladies Irom tho " Fifth " and the adjoining regions of the high-toned may be seen entering drug stores, and calling in silvery accents for a

glass of soda water. Into this innocuous beverage whito crystals from a wide mouthed bottle are dropped and dissolve. The solution is gulped, liftccn cents are paid, and the elegantly dressed apparition evanishes. Thoso ladies are known as " chloral fiends." Tho drug is now im ported into Now York by the ton. This is, as a weakness, worse than opium-smoking, because more readily indulged in, and almost as revolting us tho hypodermic in jection of morphia.

A recently invented lifo buoy has as a novel fcaturo a seamless brass reservoir run ning entirely around the inside, which is tilled with oil through a liolo in tho top, which is then covered by a cap that screws on. On each eido of tho upper part of tho oil tubo is placed a rose -similar to thoso placed upon sprinkling cans—so that whon the life buoy is hung upon iho vessel's stern no oil can escape, but tho moment it is placed horizontally the liquid begins to escape and oovurs the sen with a thin film of oil, spreading out rapidly on every eido until a large circlo is formed, within which tho person who has fallen overboard may rest until rescued by tho boats.

Mr Tucr tells a funny story about Mr Max O'Roll and his popular book, "John Bull and his Island." When it was being printed at Messrs Field and Tner's ollice tlio "oopy" was given round to tho com positors as usual, and the nimoof euch was written on tho particular slips he received. Now one of theso type-setters rejoices in tho name of Bosh ; and thus it happened that Mr Max O'Roll received with his proof several slips of copy with the word " Bosh" legibly written on them. He naturally resented such outspoken criticism, and only recovered his equanimity whon tho matter had beon fully explained by his pub lishers. — " Figaro."

Onco again we have a proof that George Sand, the great French novelist, was one gifted with extraordinary penetration. We refer to a letter sho wrote in 1870 from her country residence nt Nohant, in which sho comments upon the enthusiasm with which the Parisians wero said to have hailed the declaration of war against Germany. Her words aro:

"If this fine enthusiasm is sincere, Paris is mad. I can understand patriotism when it comes to freeing a land like Poland or Italy from sorvitude ; but at this moment there is no dispute between France and Prussia, except as to which possesses the better military rifle. Besides, the honour of Franco is not concerned in the diplomatic question, and therefore I am certain, that it is the police who now sing ' The Marseil laise' in tho streets, and tho ragamuffins who follow them in crowds."

A Female Fiend.

"Trutii" says : I havo seldom read anything more scandalous nnd disgusting than the report of the inquest held by the Birming ham Coroner on the body of the child Lily Evans, " the Lilliputinn wonder and the smallost Midget in the world." From tho evidence it appeared that this unhappy infant was " let by it 3 mother to a show man named Baker for 30s a week. It was exhibited every five minutes from ni»o o'clock in the morning till ton at night, and was kept awake for the purpose, Mean while the mother was almost continually drunk, and systematically neglected to feed hor offspring. When it was eoad she wished to sell the body for £20, "but did not understand tho law !" Tho medical evi dence showed that the child died of con vulsions, aggravated by being exhibited and by want of proper food. lam sorry to sco that this fiend of a woman got off with merely a severo oensuro from the jury. But what aro wo to think of tho law which per mits pooplo to inako money out of suah abominable cruelty as this'( Swrely it fa about time that the ppliop. w?«e empowered to put a stop to tflty performance or ex hibition which 5* carried on with danger to the iiv?a either of human beings or animals,

A Wild Woman.

In over-crow rded England " blighted beings " take a rash leap into eternity. In the vastnoss of America they (somotimes) tako to the virgin forests where the foot of man seldom treads, where they can nurse their sorrows in solitude and where they can roam about undisturbed by the remarks of Mrs Grundy, Such was tho desperate step adopted by the nice-lookiug young daughtor of a farmer in Illinois. About four years ago she suffered a disappointment in love. Having been wooed and lost, she was lost in the wood. After four years' subsistence on roots and herbs, with a cave among the rocks for a dwelling, she made a startling apparition to a party of hunters in the character of a mysterious wild woman. We are told that her form was sinewy ; that sho had a reced ing forehead, and eyes of unnatural lustre 5 that her garments were of the most scanty description (no dollars or dressmakers in the wilderness); that her hair was black, and about three feet long ; that sho leapt from tree to tree with marvellous agility, and that all attempts to capture her were fruitless. This unnatural child is now a child of Nature, but Nature has been to her an unwind stepmother,

THfi AUCKLAND EYBNING STAR, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18. 188*.

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'MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL!" SO S-A_"STS THE _P_RO"V"_E3K_B. But take the advice of the Son of the Emerald Isle, and get a BIG LUMP OF THE ROOT I And "Visit S. COOMBES & CO.'S GREAT SALVAGE SALE. SPECIAL BARGAINS ON SATURDAY. OOME EABLY .AND AVOID TITE CRUSH. REMEMBER!—During the Sale of W. VAILE and CO.'s Salvage Stock we GIVE AWAY PASSES on all Omnibuses, Tramcars, and, Steamboats, at S. COOMBES and CO.'S. SAMUEL COOMBES & CO., CANADA BUILDINGS, QUEEN STREET.



,^SPEED TO HEALTH I „__ i HITCHENS'S BLOOD RESTORER, GOOD NEWS FOR THE SICK I ! RHEUMATISM TO BE BANISHED FROM THE LAND !! The Proprietor has much pleasi.ro in annoiincinß that, yielding to tlic solicitation of thousands, ; he has decidocl to reduce the price of Blood Restorer to | 58. PER BOTTLE. ss. PER BOTTLE. Thus placing tho Grandest Remedy of tho Ago within the reach of all. HITCHENS'S CELEBRATED OINTMENTS. RHKTJJttATIC OINTMENT |s. 6d. per box SKIN do. Is. fid. PILE do. 2s. 6d. „ Hundreds of Residents can prove that tlio abovo Ointments are most effectivo in curing the i diseases indicated, though exceeding}' mild and gentle in their action. To the Publio of Now Zealand. Auckland, N.Z., I3th September, 1881. I I havo ruuoh pleasure in stating that Hitchotifl's Blood Restorer lias been the means of restoring mo to health, and indeed I think it saved my life. I have been suft'erinif from itheuuiutlc Gout pf a very novcru and stubborn naturo : in fact, it hud seir.et! such a hold on mo as to battle every other kind of treatment, and I must puVillcly stato that Hitchens's Hlood Restorer has, in my case, proved itself to bo tho Kins- of Remedies. I was under the best treatment at tho i Hospital.for four months, 1 was at tlio Waiwora Hot Springs five weeks, and attended by doctors aud herbalists for novontecn weeka. As i_4_u;t resource, ami yielding to the earnest persuasions of my employer, I then tried Hitchens's Mood Restorer, which oflbeted a most astonishing and rapid cure; and, being well known in Auckland, I hereby i?ivo this public testimonial to the great value of Hito-ioiiHS Blood Restorer, as I should be ve.rj sorry for any fellow-sull'orer to remain I uuawoi-e of tlio merits of tills grand euro for Rhoumath. Gout. ! I reuialu. yours gratefully, JAMES TH. PETERSON. 1 Lato in the employ of R, C. Greenwood, Esq. Mr Williams. I'ark Hotel, Septomher 2!st, 1883. Dear Sir.—Hearing from Mr Hitchcns that you are agent for his Hlood Restorer, I havo pleasure to testifying to its wonderful proportics us a <rurc for Rheumatism. You know what a martyr I was to it when on the Coast. I tried every remedy that I had heard of, to no purpose, until I was induced to try Hitchens's Hlood Restorer unci Ointment, and am happy to say that it ■ has perfectly cured me. lam now six montlis oxposcd to all weathers, and have not felt the leaßt symptoms of it. Beforo I took it 1 was a complete cripple, could not walk without the support of sticks, and for weeks at a time could not leave my bed. I will state a few of the things I had tried for it to no purposes—lodi. potass., guacum, Gollah's Indian Mixture, Turkish Baths, Rotorua Sulphur ButhH, and White or Sulphur Island. I was also in Ureyinoutli und Wanganul Hospitals, and received very little bonetlt from any of them. 1 was very ill when first taking the medicine, but after a few bottles it took awiiy all pain. lam now ijb well as ever I was in my life. 1 have Biitl'ered so much from tho compluint unit I think it wuuiii be a neglect of duty not to make It knows as much as possible. Yours very truly. (Signed) JOflN GEOIIGB UAUIiON. SMITH & CAPGHEY Beg to intimate j that they have PUR CHASED from Mrs Jane Smith, for prompt CASH, i the "WHOLE of her large and valuable Stock of SILKS, DRAPERY, and . CLOTHING, etc. It is the intention of Ad- vertisers to make considerable alterations and improvements in the premises lately oc cupied by Mrs Smith, and prior to doing so they | have resolved to hold a GRAND CLEARANCE SALE.- | \ IMPORTANT TO ECONOMISTS) Sale Prices will be marked in Plain Figures with blue ink, and as Mrs Smith also marked her Goods in plain figures, customers will have an opportunity of judging for themselves as to the extent of the reductions maide. S. & C. need only add that in the mattes/ of Prices they are resolved to offer to buyers of SILKg, DRAPERY, CLOTHING, &c, such induce-1 ments as must make this a Sale ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESS- fis FUL EVER HELD IN AUCKLAND: | \ SMITH & OAUGHEY,. ; Drapers and Silk Mercers, 239, QUEEN STREET; 300 & 302, UPPER QUEEN STREET; h ■ f. v--Y AND AT ISTEWMABKBT.



-Land and Estate Agents. SAMUEL VAILE.] [JOHN DOUGLAS Vaili & Douglas (Late Samuel Vaile), HOUSE, LAND, AND ESTATE AGENT 3. LAND AND ESTATE AUCTIONEERS, REAL ESTATE VALUATORS, BROKERS UNDER THE LAND TRANSFER ACT, SHOHTLAND STREET (Next the Post Office). BANKERS! Bash: (w Next South Wales. See also our advertisement In "N.Z, Herald' and " Weekly News.") MORTGAGES BOUGHT. 'SEVERAL SUMS OF MONEY FROM &> UPWARDS TO LEND ON MORTGAGE. £*OOA-NEAT COTTAGE 10 min -3&^/V" utcs walk from Poat-dfflce. A __!ai-gain.—Vaile and Douglas, Land and ____tate Agents. Shortland-Btreet. £3 PER FOOT—Splendid Building Site, near tramway terulnus; 132 x 274 feet— Vailo and Douglas. Land Agents, Shortland street. noxt General Post-office. WOODVILLE, MOUNT EDEN—Plana of this property can bo had on application. ALBERT PARK.—Very Superior Family Residence, containing 12 large rooms, with numerous offices and every possiblo con venience. Largo Allotment; grand viow quite one of the Dest cites in tho Park.—Vailo and Douglas, House, Land, and Estate Agents, Shortland-street. 1323 LARGE FREEHOLD ALLOTMENT, 66 x 117 feet, together with dwolllng-house, stables. Sec, conveniently situated, within 7 minuteß' walk of Poßtofllco, and suitable either for private residence sitos, or for busi ness purposes; price moderate. Terms easy. —Vailo and Douglas, Land und House Agents, Sborlland-street. 1321 £5 PER ACRE—Cheap aud Convenient KAEM of 80 acres, all fenced and in grasß; ijood, level, cleared bush land of superior quality; houso of 4 rooms, dairy, stable, cow shed, other sheds, &c.; 18 miles from Auck land.—Veile aud Douglas, Land and Estate Agonta. Shortlafid-st 1314 ' 300—NEW HOUSE of 5 rooms and bath room, oven, grate, 2 tanks. See., with allotment ', S3 x 118. Terms—..loo cash, balance weekly i payments. — Voile and Douglo,--. llouso and Lmd Agents. Shortlaud-stTeet ISO 3 ! £60G-DEVONPORT, NORTH SHORE, Hous6 of 8 rooms, with out-house, orchard, good well, &c. Terms as agreed.—Valle and Douglas. KS-tato Agents, Shortland-street. £S3O_NEW HOUSE of 6 rooms, with out house, tanks, &c, and allotment 66 x 198, volcanic soil; .convenient lituation, — Vailo and Douglas. House and Land Agent . Short land-street. « 1271 £300—HOUSE of .5 rooms and Bcullery> i out-house, tanks, &c.; allptment 83 x 100, vol canio soil. Termß--Halt.caah, balance 8 per j cent Valle and Douglas, House, Land, and i Estate Agents. Shortland-street. ' 1302 | £260—TWO ACRES of LAND ,jn one the most fashionable suburbs. Terpa, i cash • balance, 7 per cont., 3 or 5 years—-Vaile and, Douglas. Land Agonta. Shortland-oJ. ' 1248 ; £150—Seven building ALLOTMENTS, each S3 x 113. situated in Newton South.—! Vaile and Douglas, Land Agents, next the J Post-office. Shorfland-street. 1245 ; £200—HOUSE of 5 rooms with two sheds, Allotrntnt 40 x 100, 20 minutes from Queen street.—Vaile and Douglas, Houbo and Land ' Agents. Shortland-street. 1213 Savv'*™l Convenient FARMS of from 30 t *_n acres, situated within 30 miles rail from vL.Vland, part bush, part open land, good soU Wi^U waterod. Price, from £1 to £4 per tiere Terms. _ cash, balance 3or 5 years. 7 nor -jefct.—Vailo and Douglas, Land and Estate Aa«it«, Shortland-streot 1299 £500— Capital Waterside FARM, of 90 acres, abSnt half rich alluvial flat, 30 aores in grass^ House of 4 rooms, dairy, sheds. &c- Vailo and Dorados, Land Agents, Shortland otrpct ***' £48 10s-ALLOTMENTS at the North Shore, near the Big Dock, 55 x 132 feet, from £48 Ms each. — Vaile and Douglas, Land \ Agonta. next tho General Post-office. ■£300—Handy FARM, containing 90 Acres, "Yall good land and well improyed. p welllng- I'neuse. Store, Bam, Sheds, &c attached to S.US 3 Farm; there is a profitable business, woauirlng but little capital to work It. rhis te * splendid opportunity for an industmus l'wvnCy. Church and school close at hand. 1 Woe quoted includes good-will, lenns, m <HJ <o££h. balanco 7 per cent.—Vaile and Do wiM. Houee, Land, and Estate Agents, Sho rlffl-ii-street, ~_,_. i I^PERSXJOT—A number of Allotments in to* H*K^ Eden District, SO by 132 feet, at bom 15a see foot upwards. --Vaile and DougTas. __&«B.t!and - street, next the Post £2Bo!—NEW HOUSE of 4 rooms and Porch, fitted with .grate, ovon, safe. &o. Al lotment 33 x _M.-Vi_.le and Douglas. Land I and Estate Agents. Shsrtland-Btreet. . 'Insurance. pO-TOKHMENT LIFE INSURANCE. uUd o _f«rac_E: PROVINCIAL BUILDINGS, \ Wellington. IHB ONIA^EW ZEALAND LIFE OFFIOI. GOVERNMENT SECURITY, MIITUAL INSURANCE, LOWEST PREMIUMS. The Ordinary Bi W& offers an Insurance of eUMI at the iprentijim charged else where. for WI.OOO, equivalent to AN IMMEDIATE BONUS OV *200 In addition to Fm't Participation In Profits. WORKMAN'S* INSURANCE SpeciaUy pri ivlddd for in the INDUSTRIAL BRANCH. SPECIAL TABLES FOR ffflLß^N. ■ FreePoUorl aBB IUI. REGULATIONS. N D. M. LUCKIE. Commlsdonw. IjjIDWARD BARTLBY, ARCHITECT, i. gnOBBD&x'S BCILDISOS, QUBKH-SXBJUS,



Bpm._.g. _ % % : *^sSLl___ -A:__-__ ■ _ .^ias £10,000 "^S £10,000 £3?" £10,000 M 20,000 Members at 10s. jflfo ? MELBOURNE CUP, 1884 ? _ To bo run Tuesday, Nov, i, - -q O Will Close 30th OCTOBER, 1884. O v -^ v -j^ 402-PRIZES-402 -p _)_ 133 Nomination. 2b9Cash Prizes. ]__ E First .. ..£3OOO i at 100 £100 T-« . Second ..1200 4 t_t 50 200 X-_- Third.. .. 800 10at 25 250 C Starters (div. 20 at 20 400 /-> about£2sea.) 750 20 at 15 300 \__, UNon- Starters 20 at 10 200 -»--r (about£lsea) 1545 100 at 7 700 I) -pj 91at 5 155 p £7095 269 £2905 Please send P.O.Orders when convenient, they can at all times be traced if lost, thus protecting sender. Two stamps requited for replies, and One Shilling added ns exchange on country cheques, whichmustbe certified to as " Correct. Each ticket has Nino Chances, the Cup being drawn first, after which the marbles are all re placed each timo till the Nino Drawings are completed, thus giving one ticket tho chance of drawing Nino Prizes. Roan thicl Names and Addresses of three nedu hub. principal Winners in Cup, and four principal Cash Prize Winners can be ob tained by Subscribers on application. Drawing is attended by tho Press (members of tho Press can freely inspect Ada's hooks). Managers of papers at a distance cr.n appoint a responsible agent in Dunedin, to whom all information will bo furnished, thus giving to Subscribers a guarantee of the bona, fide character of this Consultation, a coui'3eno other "Consultationisl" pursues in Dunedin. Tho Cup of 18S!) consisted of 18,000 Subscribers, who contributed £9000. Names of Committee furnished lo Press on ap plication. ADA MANTUA, Care of-Mr. Abraham, Box 351. Post Ofkicu, Dunedin. £10,000 -^S £10,000^- £10,000 _A._D_A- MAISTTUA Offers a Special Prize of JEIOOI Which amount has been deposited with the Editor of Otago Witness, and will be paid to any person In New Zealand who can name tlfo placed horses In Melbourne Cup, in the order as race reported In Otago Witness. Each letter will ba dated when received, and money paid to first "tipster." Competitors not rostrioted to one trial, but can try as often as they please, and it Is not compulsory to have tickets in Consulta tion, thus giving anyone the chance of obtaining the above valuable prize. In the eventof winners not being tippfed, tho £100 will be equally di vided between the Otago Benevolent Institution and Industrial School (Caversham). It will be observed that Ada is disinterested, having placed the money beyond her control, and it mutt be paid to somebody—hence her declining to receive lips herself, for she will not accept any. Applications will be received until 27th Oct., and must be addressed only to Sporting Editor. Otago Witnesa, Ddnedin. Please keep copy of tip. Winner must apply for prize within one month after race. A LEO'S CONSULTATION. • LIST No. 1, ON THE MELBOURNE CUP, 1884 2,000 INVESTORS AT £1 EACH. To be divided as follows: First Horse £1,000 Second Horse .. _■ 300 Third Horse „. ~ „.. 1«0 Starters and Non-Starters (Divided).. 600 Total £2.000 It is particularly requostcd that EARLY appli cation for Shares will be made, as No. 2 List will be opened immediately this ono is filled. Results will be forwarded to Subscribers im mediately after Drawing. Any Subscriber drawinga Horso can invest In No. 2 List to the amount of Four Pounds without furthor payment, that amount to be deducted from prize money. The Drawing will bo conducted by a Com mince, to which tho Press will be invited to attend. , , „ APPLICATION BY LETTER ONLY, enclosing TWO Stamps, with exchange on Cheques, orby Money Order, Bank Notes, or Drafts. Registered Letters or Telegrams will not on. any account bo received. If Bank Notes are sent, please use two envelopes, one sealed and placed inside the other. P.O. Orders preferred when procurable. It will greatly expedite business if an addressed envelope is enolosed with application. Should it be deemed advisable after Accept ances aro published to rearrange Programme No. 2. the same will be notified by oircular and ■ffISE A. LEO, care ALFRED KTOD, Shortland-street. or Box 237, Post-office, Auck land. ____AJJ-_fc____. ROBIN HOOD'S GREAT __ _ NOVELTY COMPANY'S PROGRAMME ON THE MELBOURNE AND NEW ZEA LAND CUPS, NOVEMBER, 1884, _ Is NOW OPEN with a Subscribed Capital of £10,000 in 20,000 Shares at 10s Each. 401 PRIZES, EACH SHARE HAVING 7 CHANCES. _ ___ To an Investor of 20s the.odds arc 25 to 1, and £3,110 may bo won with One Ticket. MELBOURNE CUP. NEW ZEALAND 131 PHIZES. _..CUP -Ist Horse.. ..£2OOO 70 PHIZES. 2ndHorso.. .. 900 Ist Horse .. ""tOOO 3rd Horse.. - 450 2nd Horse.. .. 400 Starters (about 3rd Horse.. .. 200 £33 each) .. 900 Starters (about Non-starters £27eaoh) .. 250 (about£l6each) 1750 Non-starters (about £11 each) 650 £6000 piwvv £2500 200 CASH BONDS. , 2at £50 « ..£IOO 40 at£lo _. - 400 6at25 .. - 150 116 at 6_. • - 730 6at2o .. ~ 120 fi — WILL CLOSE ON NOVEMBER I. 55.H00 SHARES on various events have beon sold by us since starting. Applications as usual. Two 2d Stamps for Reply and Result. Money Orders or.Cheques marked Correct,wiui. Is exchange added, preferred. H Coin or Bonk; Notes are sent, letters should bo registered.; Telegrams and Registered Letters Re ceived. Ten per oent. deducted from all Prize Moneys, four per cent, of which is! given to \ agents who sell Tickets, or Clients who pur i chase Books of Twenty-five Tickets each. Programmes, with Nominations and full par ticulars (of past, present, and future), forwarded' post free oh application. ■ Agents' returns must reach us not later than 3lst October, or they will not be recognised. ****"«* ROBIW HOOD," Care of T. BTAPLETON, Box 238, P. 0., . .Christchurch, or JUBAL FLEMING. City Baths, Colombo- . street, Christchurch.' N.B. — Although wo send' to Newspapers; throughout New .Zealand the 'Names and Addresses of Principal Whinners in our Com pany, as many other congultationista advertise they do, we respectfully remiiid the Publlo and; our Clients that our Books are at all times open; for inspection to any Subscriber.' Information j not confined to the Press. We consider eaoh- Bubsoriber has an equal right of inspection. -; THE FEDERAL CONSULTATION COMPANY Herewith Submit their NEW PROGRAMME on the MELBOURNE CUP OFIBS4. Run first week in November. CAPITAL. £25,000 in 25,000 Shares of £1 Each. Promoters—Jos. MoLood, Esq., Molbourno; Hy. Ford, Esq., Sydney; P. Ingram, Esq., Perth; W. J. Erskino, Esq., Adelaide; J. F. Mcßain, Esq., Brisbane; all genuine names and men of good standing. Promoters guarantee to : take up first 1,000 shares, and have already sub- I scribed £1.000. _ 1000 PRIZES GUARANTEED. Plan of distribution. First Horse ..£2,500 100 Prizes of £50..£5,000 Second Horso .. 1,090 201 Prizes of 25.. 5,000 Third Horse .. 500 SOO Prizes of 12.. 3,600 Starters divide.. 500 200r_i-.<aof 6.. 1,000 Non-starters „ 500 100 Prizes of i.. 400 10 Prizes of £500.. 5,000 Total ..£25,000 The Public are respectfully requested to join tho Promoters in tho above enterprise, the bona fide ot which is unquestionable. Money promptly returned should any subscriber wish to withdraw beforo the drawing. Drawing held 30th October next. Conducted publicly in presence of Shareholders; representatives of Press admitted. Rosult posted, and advertised in " Town and Country Journal." Send P. 0.0., Notes, Cheques, and 3d extra for Reply and Result (Registered if convenient). Write for Prospectus giving fuller particulars. Enclose self-addressed envelope. Address all Letters and make all Orders payable to tho Secretary, as under, ROBERT RAMSAY, Commission Agent, 105, George-strcot, Sydney. MELBOURNECUP AND NEW ZEA LAND CUP. ISS4. Both Run November Ith. A. NE~MO'S GRAND CONSULTATION On the above event is now open, by 6 000 INVESTORS AT 10s EACH. IS. Each ticket has two separate chances. To be divided as follows: MELBOURNE CUP, NEW ZEALAND CUP, _P2 (100 bBIiWU* Ist Horse '.. .. £800 Ist Horse .. „ £400 2ndHorße.. .. 400 2nd Horse .. ™ JOU 3?d Horse 200 3rd Horse.. ... 100 Starteraldiv.) 200 Starters (div.) .. 109 IwS&tera W.j 400 Non-starters (div.) 200 Total.. £2,000 Total.. £1,000 ONE TICKET CAN WIN £1,200, ] Application by Letter Only enclosing two Stamps for replies. If bank notes are Bent, please use two envelopes, one Bealed and placed Inside tho other. No telegrams or registered letters accepted, P.O. Orders when convenient, 1 Address— „ ___--. A. NEMO, Care of F. Tomlinson. Barrel Hotel- Eon-ell.



Sportliiß. MELBOUKNE CUP, 1884. ADAM BEDB 13 NOW FORMING A SERIES OF COM PANIES ON THE ABOVE GREAT EVENT. 2,000 INVESTORS AT £1 EACH. To be divided as follows:— 4 First Horse _ ..£I,OOO Second Horse - _ _ _ 200 Third Horse _. _ _ _ WO Other Starters (divided) _ _ 300 Non-starters (divided) _. _ __. 400 Total __._.'_ _ £2,000 It is particularly requested that early applica tion for shares will bo made, as each list will be drawn as soon as filled. Results will be for warded to Subscribers immediately nf tor draw ing, and the riext list proceeded with. V Any Subscriber drawing a horse in any list will be allowed, if he so desires it, to Invest in the following list any sum not exceeding Tlireo Pounds without remitting any further cash, this amount to be ultimately deducted from prize money. . i No. 2 NOW OPEN. Application by Letter onlj» enclosing Two • Stamps with exchange on Cheques, or by Money Order, Bank Notes, or Draughts. Registered Letters or Teloerams will not on any account be received. If bank notes are sent, please use two envelopes, one sealed and placed inside the other. P.O. Orders preferred when procurable. It will greatly expedite business if an addressed envelope is enclosed with application. Address— ADAM BEDS, Caro of 11. N. ABBOTT, BOX NO. 2. POST-OFFICK. AUCKLAND 7' — . FIDELITY CO MR ANY* 37 ANNUAL PROGRAMME ON THE -7:'. MELBOURNE CUP, To bo Run atlMolbourno on 4th NOVEMBER. 12,000 Programmes at 10s. JY, 133 Horses and 195 New Zealand Bonds, divided as follows :— First Horse _ ..£I,OOO Second Horse.. _. ,_, _ _ 600 Third Horse .. _ _. _ _ 300 Others divided ___,_._. 1,100 | Total tor Horses _> « „ £3,000 V 10 New Zealand Bonds at £100 each.. £1,000 10 do do 50 do .. SOO 25 do do 20 do _. 600 50 do do 10 do _. 600 100 do do 5 do ._ 500 195 Bonds. Total.. £3,000 Total Amount of Prizes, £6,000. Will CLOSE on or about 30th OCTOBER, EACH 10s Voucher has SIX CHANOEI3. 328 PRIZES. 328 . 12,000 Programmes at 10s. Please add stamps tor reply and result. *__TRemlttancos can be sent as follows :— 1. Cheques, P.O. Orders, or Bank Notes. 2. Make crossed cheques, with Is added for ex change, payable cither to a No. or simply to bearer, as printed, but not to any particular person. H cheques or bank drafts aro payable either to a particular person or to order, they will be returned to the sender. 1 3. Post-office Orders may be sent, but they must be mado payable to Fidelity Company only, and not to any particular person. 4. Registered letters or telegrams cannot ba replied to. Address only as below :— FIDELITY COMPANY, Care of Alfred A. Cameron's Box, 251, " PoSt-oWno ttnnodln, 7 Tl/TELBOURNE CUP, 1884.. A. WELLESLEY'S CONSULTATIO NY Is filling rapidly, and will be drawn early. ' 2,000 TICKETS AT 10s EACH, Divided as follows :— Ist Horse,.... £2501 Starters £200' tod Horse 150 Non-5tarter5........3001 3rd Horso 100 -[ £1,000 Apply by letter only, enclosing two stamps for roply and result, to A. WELLESLEY, caSftl Chas. F. Andrews, Tobacconist, Wellesley Billiard Rooms, Wellcsley-stioet, Auckland. Drawing conducted "iy Shareholders, and open to Members of the Press. » I ■ji/r elbourne cup/; EUREKA IS FORMING A COMPANY ON? THE ABOVE GREAT EVENT. :, 2,000 Shareholders at Fivb Shillings 71 Each, Divided as follows:— Ist Horse .. .. £100 Non-starters .. £200' 2ndHorße.. .. GO —as 3rd Horse.. .. 40 Total .. .. £500 Starters .. .. 100 Apply, by letter only, enclosing two stamps for reply and rosult, to EUREKA, care 11. Ellison, Tobacconist, Junction Queen and Gr?y streets, Auckland. • 7 N.B.—Drawing conducted by a Committee of. Shareholders. 1 11 i i 7 OUR ADVERTISEMENT re Adulterated Pepper seems to have gone I home. Messrs Trent Brothers, of Christchurch,. answer with a report of the Canterbury AnsUy ist, which, after being translated into. plain I English, acts very damaging to them, being an 7 acknowledgment of adulteration. But that"l| notKour business; we simply object to their1: adulterated pepper coming to our market, asahl unfair competition against our genuine article*:. This having been the case, the attached copy o' the analysis of their pepper in Auckland will, provo:— >i. " Laboratory, Hobson-street. "Auckland, June 11,188-1. ■ ;. "Mr Woodfield, Inspector under tbe Adul teration Act, Auckland • :« " Sir,—l have completed my examination ot. the pepper received from you on the 19th nIC, -said pepper being contained in a tin securely fastened, and bearing the brand Trent s Fine White Pepper, Christchurch, and find this sample to be adulterated with Wheat FioueS to the extent of notless than twenty-five per?: cent (25%).—1 have the honour to be, Sir, your| obedient servant, jgg (Sighod) " J. A. Pond, i " Colonial Analyist." 7 If Messrs Trent Bros, thought it profitable till themselves to publish .our correspondence, as. per advertisement, they, should also have Jn-i pert, d othnr letters of ours complaining of their chicory being adulterated, which compelled ua. eventually to discontinue buying of .them,,.and hence their spite. Verbum sap. . . , 77i! BROWN, BARRETT, & CO.. ' ?S Coffee and Spice Merchants.: V Eiliott-street. Oct. 9,1884. - THE ONLY GOLD MEDAL EVER: ' AWARDED FOR■'-'. v-» A. COFFEE, CHICORY, PEPPER, &c, Was obtained by ''-■"■■• Y# TRENT BROS., CHRISTCHURCH. MR E. N. LEGGE. Oustoms-stbeet H!ast,: Agent for Auckland and District. .. - * COFFEE AND CHICORY.-REPOBT. '' " Canterbury College, "Christchurch, Sept. 6,,1884. Sj "At tho request of Messrs Trent 8r05.,11 visited their manufactory, and selected • Indti crlmlnately two samples of Coffee. Beth samples were very well prepared, and of excellent quality. A chemical and microscopical ex-1 animation proved them to be quite fr6o from 5 any deleterious adulteration, and containing nO; j other ingredients than Coffee, With a small ad mixture of Chicory. >■ • v Y'S iSigned) " A. W. Bickkrton. F.C.S., &c. " Colonial Analyst.!' 7 PEPPERS, BLACK AND WHITE.-RISPOBX.; " Canterbury College, " Christchurch, Aug. 20,1884. "Having selected indiscriminately samples of White and Black Pepper, and having examined them both microscopically and chemically, I find them exceedingly good samples, very well prepared, and quite freo from injurious con stituents. The microscopical examination, com pared with that of genuine Pepper, scarcely shows any difference in tho farinaceous subr stances, proving that thoy must bo very free from any foreign admixture. (Signed) "A. W. Biokerton, F.C.S., &0., " Colonial Annly^L" ' Verbatim Extract from Letter received from Messrs Brown, Barrett & Co., Aucklaiii dated Feb. 9.1850. " Wo would remind you that ever since■■wfcj commenced using your Chicory we havo nero-^ imported a pound from Homo or elsoirtore.iin*,; less compelled to do so by your;short. supply; - „„. a„ ..... intend doing so. We trust thereiore hat voS wfllloo you? way cicar to charge us tho lowest price, vL. £50; and you can book us Ifman'tons ahead for as long as you think we shall Jive-say about 5,000 tons, but only charge us for it as Wo gflt it. (Signed) "Brown, Barrett & Co. ; _ FOR SALE (Parnell, close to Manukau Road, very conveniently Bituated, only 7 minutes from the Post-offlce), a New Villa of I , rooms, and scullery, &c.; register grate and. j oven; good allotment. The wliolc property in m firstolass order. Price, only £320; a bargain,— Ariply to D. F. Evaus, Land and Estate Agent,'. Queen-street. ; ■. HBLENSVILLE TIMBER. COMPANY. ■ Depots— NEWMARKET RAILWAY STATION. MOUNT EDEN RAILWAY STATION. . First, Medium, and Second-class Building Timber. Flooring, Lining, and other Dressed Timber,' Shingles, Seo. s Y. Tcvn Office— COLONIAL BANK BUILDINQa ; ; "FUNCTION HOTEL. JAMES SMITH, PROPRIETOR. - EXCELLENT ACCOMMODATION FOR BOARDERS AND COUNTRY BBTTLEBS. WINES, SPIRITS, AND ALES OF THE . 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