In a Bank.

Ambition in young men is at all time.-- truly

admirablo, for it is in mainspring of action, and it almost invariably contains tho germ of success. Tho highest, greatest, noblest ambition of an Auckland youth is, wo think we can safetly assert, to become a bank clerk—or, as bank clerks from the mossngo boy upwards prefer to style it, an " officer " of a bank. Every ono connected with one of .those monetary institutions (ex cept tho manager)is an "officer." Yes, it is a " good thing " to be in a bank. The work is much tho same as that of a Government, a law, or a merchant's clerk —neither more nor less menial. There is about the same ability required. Thero is far more temptation, and for a lang while far less remuneration. Yet lads leaving school and preparing to set out in life cry out unanimously—and their parents echo them " It's a fine thing to be in a bank."

Would you, Master Percy or Master Reginald, now that you have finished your education and are going into a bank, learn the glorious career that is before you ? If so, look here. It is a bright picture to gaze upon, and none of tho colours in it are too highly toned. It is but a photograph of events that arc occurring daily.

Says Papa: " Percy is getting old enough to commence thcbattle of life. I mustspcak to tho manager about getting him into tho bank. Mamma and sisters of course chime in, in chorus, "Oh, yes—a bank by all moans. It's so very genteel.. All the nice, genteel pcoplo are in banks now." Very soon after this, then, Percy gets into a bank, lie receives an almost nom inal salary, with angel visits of a still more nominal increase, Ho is an ." oflicor " of a bank, and as a matter of courso he becomes eminently genteel. Gentility, however, like every other desideratum nowadays, costs money ; and, unfortunately, a bank clerk's gentility is of tho extra snperfino high-class quality that to maintain it properly requires about three times thesnlarythatabankclerk receives. As everybody knows, all genteel persons go to tho opera. Some people who like music visit according to their means tho stalls, family circlo, or pit; but the " proper tiling " for the opera is tho dress circle, and, no matter what other peoplemay <10, genteel bank clerks must slo the thing "proper." So Percy buys dress circle tickots and bouquets and hires cabs, and, like thegood brother and genteel bank clerk that he is, he gives his sisters an aristocratic nnd highly genteel musical treat. To do all this Peicy is obliged to borrow a little money from his friends, or to negotiate a " bit o' writing " with the Jews ; but what of that when " sisters were delighted, tho opera Al, tho prima donna deuced good, and the ballet slap up ?"

Then tho charitable bazaars whore all the nice girls are nnd whither as a natural consequence all the genteel bank clerks must go. Percy must go to them too, and an " officer of a bank " can't afford to do the thing shabbily, so he spends his money freely, and the young ladies victimise him pud say—" What a generous and genteel y^ung fellow Percy Do Boots is. He's some thing in the bank, isn't he ?" Percy goes to church regularly, and his name is always dow'.n f°r something in tho subscrip tion list, for bidding a new kitchen to the parsonage, or for taking an elder's watch out of pawn, or for buying «■ deceased lay reader, or something equally praiseworthy, It sounds well to hoar reau out from the pulpit, " Percy De Boots, Esq., .' guinea." Besides it looks gonteel, and is doiie with borrowed cash—" lightly come, lightly go !" But even borrowed money is money, and costs money.

As the time" for repaying tho loan or meeting the bill draws near, a pertain gloominess mingles with the gentility of our young bank officer. A fellow officer, ,say Jones, observes this, and hearing tho cause ho rallies Percy. " Dang it, man," " don't look so down in the mouth. Life is short, so nover say die. Come with me to night and let us bo gay. Bring a few pound? with you, and I'll show you how to treble it in a nice genteel way." "If I could only borrow a few pounuds I" says Percy to himself as he goes on with his work. He knows perfectly well that Jie can borrow no more until ho has repaid his present dobt. "If I only Jiail a few pounds I" he mutters ns he counts _and handles and toys with the notes and .sovereigns of the bank. "If I could get got just ten pounds, I—l—oh ! if I only ,'dared! Well, I mean to pay it back .again. It's only a loan which I can re place to-morrow morning. Only a loan, that's all. I will I"

How oft tho sight of means to do ill doeds Makes ill deeds done 1"

Percy takes the money "as a loan," and > that evening with his friend. He goes t°t'h back parlour of some very genteel h°t 1- 1 *> heats his young blood with spark notei; lie ne anc j s i rens ' Bmiles; he ling cham, « ■■ , Qr , Qr whafc nofc pays Yankee \£ f * goon6r or ](lt and need one te. . ofcher le _ a of him who garni. " T j lis may no t be the money ?-he loses alb he "replace the case the first visit. Eve.'' !{ ; nis^ebts hi 3 moneythenext morningan/H''^* > ". ,V safet/on that occasion will him to "borrow" more largeV ™* ™ again wants money. _ And who #oes not want money at some time ? ... Percy next thinks to retrieve lumseti b,, marrying an heiress. He may so marry, but, alas I the wealth of heiresses is settled on the ladies as tightly as the law can bind. Even if his wife have the free gift of her money, she would scarcely care to hand over a large sum of money without knowing why or wherefore; and could a genteel bank cleik confess himself to his wife as a common robber? Forbid it, gentility respectability, and proper bank officer pride I The end comes at last—comes aa surely as an end has come or will come to ■every embezzlement committed. Percy is .sent to gaol, his wife and family are dis traced. He helps to build no more churches, and his name is blotted out ot the records of jrentilitv. And yet, while he went the pace, Ie and his friends considered it a glorious thing to be an •'- officer in a bank I Neg ed any person ask why these things are? Does not everyone know? Banks that are wallowing in prosperity, that get any price they clToose to ask for money, that build palaces wherein to play the Jew, will employ young lads upon starvation salaries; will insist upon their dressing like gentlemen ; will place them in positions of trust; will give them the handling of large sums of money, nnd-oh, for the immensity Of credulity-will expect them to be honest 1 There is rampant in the present day a false pride, begot of shoddy gentility, which makes "young ladies" prefer to be balf- Sarved, naif-paid, and constantly worked Sernesaesr when they might grow rich fat and independent as domestics. This !fme feeling causes fathers, instead of giving S* Ss Vpd hon^t tades to fl train every nerve to get them into a bank. my son Percy at a carpenter's bench 1 That would be degradation." Scarcely so much degradationfwe opine, attaches to Mm who * -nds at a carpenter's bench as to him who *"tS, Mon's dock. Take up the stanc. rea( j them, and confess that, newspa). , ' j nto n bank is vory nice and though the way ou t 0 f it only too fre " genteel," t- --.^ jtf oU nt Eden? quently opens ii- aJM i mothers, when Think of it, fat. 0 f ymu . fi ne young you hoar any friend __, .^j jjjing to get him son, "It would be a go.

into a bank !"

How to Pickle Eggs.

Tnis month all your hens, except last fc,* ja" son's late hatched pullets, should be laying* in full blast. At a shilling per dozen a handsome profit can be made out of eggs, but unfortunately at the height of the lay ing season the local consumption is not sufficient to keep the price from falling to ninepence, and even eightpence a dozen. Of course many of the eggs sold m Auck- W at this price throughout the summer Z_ o t very dubious quality as regards fresh- f ess but! strange to say, they rank: in •Set value equally with eggs the stalest S which the producer- could guarantee not . I* more than a week old. The eggs t0 KVh temporarily swamp the market are Intto^ town by coasting vessels from out "ES^Jnta and too often are the accumu- BBttlements, ana worfch 'tOons of seveial weeKS, lo quan ** therl is practically no local market of com ,?.*y a re produced. In np-country where th \ tlie fowls are generally lett homesteads *, to themselves, and conse pretty much % e ir nests a good deal, lie quently steal t, hunting, and as a nest is children go nest- when the hen has always more easily 'oubt many eggs are be<*un to sit, no i- " more or jess inj urea packed up for Aucklam. 4g w ore frequent by partial incubation. - x. &re provided and rapid means of carriat. vest, and eggs things will, of course, bo diffe. <oier, nor so will never be so dear in the w. », as they cheap for a short time in summo. -vespers are now. In the meantime, if cox. 'ty of were more particular as to the quai. t#d the eggs they purchase, really new - >v eggs would acquire the special value the. hale in London and other large towns. When the wholesale price of eggs falls below Is., or, at any rate lOd. a^ dozen, I would recommend tho producer to pickle them to hold them for the rise that is sure

methods recommended for preserving eggs, but in my opinion nothing is better than pickling in lime. Pickling them in salt brine destroys their fresh look, giving them a wot greasy appearance when cooked. The same objection applies to greasing eggs cither with butter or lard; and besides, thus treated they often acquire a disagree able flavour owing to the grease used turn ing rancid, for eggs readily absorb strong odours through their very porous shells. Eggs packed in musty hay or straw will very soon acquire a musty flavour, and I havo had eggs spoilt for hatching by allowing the kerosene, used to destroy vermin in the nest, to come in contact with the eggs. I have never failed to keep eggs perfectly fresh and sweet for two or three months by using the simple lime pickling. A friend of mine being sceptical as to "the truth of my assertion that a lime-cured egg two months old was every bit as nice to end ,-is one just laid, I adopted a plan to convince him. I got his wife to cook for his tea two eggs which I gave her, one of which was new laid and the other two months liine cured. When he had unsuspectingly .put himself outside both eggs she asked him which of them was the nicer flavoured, and he said he had noticed no difference what ever between them. Nevertheless there is n difference, which some people might even consider an improvement. The white of a lime-cured egg is less tough whon boiled than that of an ordinary egg a few days old ; it is more like the white of an egg taken warm from the nest and boiled.

The following is my method of preparing the pickle : Take half a bucket of good shell lime, and put it into a clean washing tub, or other convenient vessel. Upon this pour about a gallon of boiling water, and stir well. Then you may add (j or 7 gallons of cold water; stir well, and let stand for 12 hours ; then after another stirring you must lot it stand another 12 hours, and when tho water is quite clear and the lime all settled to the bottom, carefully pour off the water, so as not to disturb the lime, into earthenware crocks, into which you may then put your eggs 'as they arc laid day by day. They should be put in directly they are brought in from the fowl house. The lime water has an effect upon the shells of the eggs which causes a very small per centage of them to crack, and they are more apt to crack slightly if dropped into boiling water than ordinary eggs, but these arc quite unimportant objections to the process. Failures have sometimes arisen in trying this method of preserving eggs from insufficient care having beon taken to have no lime in the crocks other than that which the water holds in solution ; if there is any sediment of actual lime in the vessel the shells of the eggs it comes in contact with will be rendered soft, and they will become useless for market. When taken out. of the lime water the eggs should be care fully wiped, and when dry they will have all the clean bloom upon them of new laid eggs, and havo all the odiblo qualities of the same.—Chanticleer in "North Now Zealand Settler."

An Intricate Elopement.

A vert painful and intricate afl'air has, says the "New York Times," occurred near Wheeling, West Va. One of tho features of the affair was an elopement, and three men, a widow, a girl, and somo families and other parties were mixed up in it in a way that is simply maddening to the reader of the report sent out by a Wheeling collector of news. The report begins with the ap parently inoffensive assertion that "the families of William Cook and Mrs Jane Mc- Cormick, a widow, aro residents on adjoin ing farms." This is clear, and as a con tribution to the history of Monnngahola County is donbtloss valuable. Its connec tion with tlio rest of the story is, however, by no means clear, for wo hear no nioro of Mr William Cook, and aro left to imagino his character, condition, and fate. Wo aro next informed that " Jones is wealthy and Mrs McCormick is poor." This, too, is an interesting fact, though tho sudden intro duction of Jones is startling, and to some extent unjustifiable, in view of the reporter's avowed purpose to givo an account of an elopement with which Jones apparently iiad no more to do than William Cook, or any other innocent poison, Next we are intro duced to " Young Jones," who, wc are told, "conceived a violent passion for Miss Mc- Cormick. " There is good reason to believe Young Jones was a species of Jones en tirely distinct from the Jones of uncertain ao-e.-butof undoubted wealth. So far the reader is in doubt as to whether William Cook, the wealthy Jones, or Young Jones is the person who eloped, and although tho fact that Young Jones conceived a violent passion renders it possible that he was tho leading man in the elopement, thero is no positive evidence in support of this theory. While the reader is trying to keep his at tention fixed on William Cook, Mrs Mc- Cormick, Jones the wealthy, and Young Jones, his breath is fairly taken away by tho suddenness of tho announcement that " the girl first disappeared," and " tho boy secured a horse from his father, and also disappeared." Who was tho girl ? Was sho tho Widow McCormick, or, a3 is more pro bable, Miss McCormick ? And who was the boy? Could thjs boy have been William Cook? And if so, lias William Cook a father, or wa3 Young Jones the b.oy ? What with the necessity of finding some answer to these questions, and of also retaining a mental grasp upon William Cook, Jones ike wealthy, tho Widow McCormick, Misa McCormick, the boy, tlie boy's father, the horse, and tho girl, the reader will find the story a terrible strain upon tho intellect in the present hot weather. The story goes on to say that when " they came home "-meaning, perhaps, all the Joneses, McCormicks, Cooks, girls, boys, and horses—"the father "—though we aro not told what father—cut a switch, and gave him—say William Cock, young Jones, or, perhaps, the horse^-a thrashing. The same Father that sent " him " to a military school —which looks as it the culprit was not the horse after all, but was, perhaps, "the boy" who secured a parental horse. Not to be outdone in enterprise, tho " mother " and whether she was William Cook's mother, or young Jones's mother, or merely a general local mother, the reader Js left to decide—" instituted a suit against Jones " —who was probably the wealthy Jones—in behalf of her daughter for damages, laying the sum at 5,000 dols., and alleging tho alienating of her husband's affections. This "mother" could not have been the Widow McCormick, for that lady's husband was permanently dead, and his affections could not be alienated by any variety of Jones, As to the concluding assertion that " Jones claims that it is a scheme to mulct him," there can be little doubt that is true. That a male Jones should alienate the af fections of any mother's husband is grossly improbable, even if Jones is wealthy. Moreover, a vague " mcither " who cannot be identified unloss we' regard her as the mother of the greater part of the population of Monogahela County, does not command public respect as a woman of high character and genuine refinement, and fa would be quite capable of conceiving .1 scheme to _mht the wealthy Jones, and perhaps of following it up by mulcting William Cook and the energetic but unidentified father, Of one thing only we #iay feel tolerably sure and that is that somebody in Monon cahe'la County has eloped with somebody else. Perhaps if nn intelligent reporter : were to tell the story in a clear, straight forward way we should find that Mrs McCormick, whose family is p. widow and resides on adjoining farms, eloped with » wealthy horse belonging to William Cook, „,' i having given the girl a thrashing, V hh" to a military school, and then, se. , „„,'*c by his wrongs, tried to mulct I™'?,! f an X "'hen the boy interfered J°A MIT„ after all *M" * not muoh clearer *? 4iMrinol stoi'V, A"d °n the whole better be postponed until cooler Wither.

Pranks of a German Count.

A GERMAN Count has been playing pranks £ Dublin. It appears that he fell in love with the daughter of a lodging-house keeper, and proposed to marry her Ilie wary mother was not, however, dazzled by his aristocracy. She wanted proofs of his position and a settlement for her child. He said he would settle £5,000 on Miss Inglis, and spend £1,000 on the honeymoon. De spite this projected liberality, he would not say who ho was or where he came Irom, explaining that the secrecy was necessary, as he was about to marry out of his own rank. Had Mrs Inglis beon a woman of imagination, she would havethought that all the count's ancestors would start out of their portraitsin the family schloss, margraves and landwavesofpastcenturies, and would start for Dublin at once to forbid tho banns. But we are a nation of shopkeepers. Mrs Inglis wanted positive evidence that her daught er's suitor was not a vagabond. Unfor tunately, this was precisely what the Count could not give, so he summoned Miss Inglis to his room, and tried to shoot her. Failing :.: in this, he shot himself. His end was as trasric as that of Werther, who killed him ■ self to the low of Charlotte. We dare say that Miss Inglis will continue to bestow maidenly courtesies on her mother s lodgers, i Respite the melancholy end of her mys ' Linus Count. But there Will be exultation T^W* the family portraits in the distant an \§ Better a German Count should sehu v# avdly his name by an alliance wit& die th. .fc&piiße 6*'B daughter I

On the Various Modes of Shaking Hands.

The "pump-handle" shako is the first which deserves notice. It is exo-jutcd by taking a. friend's hand, and working it up and down, through an arc of 50 degrees, for about a minute and a half. To have its nature, force, and character, this shake should be formed with a fair and steady motion. No attempt .should bo mado to givo it grace, and still less variety, as the few instances in which tho latter has been tried have uniformly resulted in dislocating the shoulder of tho person on whom it has been attempted. On the contrary, per sons who are partial to tho " pump-handle " shake should bo at somo pains to give an equable, tranquil movement to tlio opera tion, which should on no account bo con tinued after perspiration on the part of your friend has commenced.

The "ponduluin"shakemay bo mentioned next, as being somewhat similar in charac ter, but moving, as tho name indicates, in a horizontal instead of a perpendicular direc tion. It is executed by sweeping your hands horizontally towards your frionds, and after the junction is effected, rowing with it, from one side to Iho other, accord ing to the pleasure of the parties. The only caution in its use which needs particularly to be given is not to insist on performing it in a place strictly pru'idlol to tho horizon. Yon may observe a person who has boon educated to the " pump-handle" shako, and another that had brought homo tho " pen dulum" from a foreign voyage. They met, joined hands,-and attempted to put them in motion. They were neither of thorn feeble mon. Ono endeavoured to pump, and the other to puddle ; their faces reddened, tho drops stood upon their foreheads, and it was at last a pleasant illustration of the doctrine of the composition of forces to see their heads slanting into an exact diagonal, in which lino they ever after shook: but it was plain to sec there was no cordiality in it, and, as usually the case with such compro mises, both parties wero discontented. The " tourniquet" shake is the next in im portance. It derives its name from tho in strument made use of by surgeons to stop tho circulation of tho blood in the limbs about to bo amputated. It is performed by clasping the hand of your friend as far as you can in your own, and then contracting the muscles of your thumb, lingers, and palm, till you have induced any degree of compression you may propose in tlie hand of your friend. Particular care ought to be taken, if your hand is as hard and as big as a " frying-pan," and that of your friends as small and as soft as a maiden's, not to make use of the "tourniquet" shake to a degree that will shake the small bones of the wrist out of their places. It is seldom safe to apply it to gouty persons. A hearty young friend of mine, who had pursued the study of geology, anil acquired an unusual hardness and strength of hand and wrist by tho use of the hammer, on returning from a scientific excursion, g.tve his uncle (tho gouty one) tho "tourniquet" shake with such soverity as had well-nigh reduced the old gentleman's fingers to powder, for which my friend had the pleasure of being disinherited as soon as his uncle's lingers got well enough to hold a pen. Tho " cordial grapple" is a shake of some interest. It is a hearty, boisterous shako of your friend's hand, accompanied with moderate pressure and loud acclama tions of welcome. It is an excellent travelling shake, and well adapted to make friends ; it is indiscriminately performed.

Tho " Peter Grovious " is opposed to tho " cordial grapple." It is a pensive, tranquil junction, followed by a mild subsultory motion, a cast-down look, and an inarticu late inquiry after your friend's health. The " prude major " and " prude minor " are nearly monopolised by ladies. Thoy cannot be accurately described, but lire constantly to be noticed in practice. Tlioy never extend beyond tlio lingers ; and the "prude major " allows you to touch them only down to the second joint. Tho " prude minor" allows you the whole of the linger. Considerable skill may bo shown in performing them with nice variation, such as extending the left hand instead ol tho right, or stretching a now glossy kid glove over tho finger you extend. I might go through a long list of tho "gripe royal," tlio "saw-mill shake," and the shake " with malice prepense;" but they arc only factitious combinations of tho three funda mental forms already described as the " pump-handle," the " pendulum," and the "tourniquet." I should trouble you with a few remarks in conclusion on tho mode of shaking hands as an indication of character ; but as I sco a friend coming up the avenue who is addicted to the ''pump-handle," I daro not tiro my wrist by further writing.

John Bright in the House of Commons.

The massive, well-set head, tho lofty brow, ' the white hair, tho clear blue eye, as Saxon in its expression as tho language of tho speaker; have immediately arrested tin attention of all spectators. Yet, in tho House of Commons, tho visitor may havo failed to rocognise immediately the voico and the presence of its greatest orator. Slow, low, and distinct in his commencement, he- has appeared to be suffering fiom a nervous hesitation which those who had never heard him previously might doubt whether he would succeed in overcoming. But in live minutes all apprehensions on this score have disappeared. The popular chamber is crowded, for with tho speed of electricity, the news that " Bright is. up" has run the round of lobbies, library, and smoking-room, Never has there been associated in the same speaker find in the same speech merit so sustained with excellence so rare. Mi- Bright has spokon, no doubt, not infre quently below himself ; but when ho has spoken at his best, or anything like his best, he has been at hjs best throughout, His eloquence may bs compared to the glow of a clear fire steadily burning almost at a white heat. There is nothing fitful or spasmodic about it. Tlie solemn and the sportive nrp interwoven as naturally as the serious and coiiiji pcenes in ono of Shak spore's masterpieces. Mr Bright has pro bably coined as many concise and adhesive phrases as Disraeli himself. It is ho who invented the words "fancy franchise," who ; first employed " the cave of Adu!h>ni_" as a metaphor for the refuge of tho disaffected, and who compared the Adullamites themV selves to the Scotch terrier of which it was difficult to say what portion formed the head and what tho tail. His humour has always been of tlie wiiet, cutting, and sar castic style. Ho likened Mr Disraeli to " the man who was not a Cabinet Minister, but only a mounteback, and who set up a stalland offered tho country-people pills that tvere vory good against earthquakes." He likened Lord Dei-by-'a professions about reform to " the sort of feast that a Spanish host seta before his guest, consisting of a little meat and a great deal of tablecloth." The remark of a peer, wlign Mr Bright was once absentfrom Parliament through illness, that " Providence, in punishment of the | manner in which ho had abused his talents, had inltyct.cd upon him a disease of the j brain," eljeitCc! from hijj} on his return to tho House of Commons the retort., ''It may be so, but in any cas.e it will he some con solation to the friends and the family of the jjoble lord to know that the disease ill one which even Providence could not inflict upon him.'' Nor coura anything be better than this criticism of Sir Oha;,-ls.s Adderley, now Lord Norton, when that gentleman had made Bomo statement from which Mr Bright dissented.: "I hope he thought he was speaking the truth ; but he is rather a dull man and liable to make blunders."—T. 11. S, Bscott, in tho " Century."

The Barmaid's Grievance

The British barmaid has a grievance, and a '/pry just one it is, if she does notexaggo r.^te jnattei's. She does not care much about the franchise, an/} )'s by no means disposed to court martyrdom in fat connection by refusing to pay taxes. What she uplifts her voice against is "white slavery"—tho inordinately long hoitra of toil demanded of hor by her employers. One of those fair sirens atWidnes affirms that sho and her colleagues begin their avocations at 6a. m. and do not leave off until 11 p.m., the only scrap of leisure being when they are dress ing for the evening campaign against bibulous sinners. We ehpuld imagine that this must be an altogether exceptional instance, but thero is no question that both barmaids proper and the sprightly attend ants at restaurants are much "put upon" in the length of time for which they are kept at work. Nor is their toil of the light nature which the public suppose. Itoftenin volvesstandingfor several hours at a stretch, and whenever there is a rush of business the hands, eyes, and wits have to work at express speed, or customers will grumble. In addition to these physical and mental trials, the barmaid always carries in her mind the unpleasant consciousness that " who breaks, pays," If in her hurry she upsets a glass or commits any other act of breakage, she is placed under stoppages, and at the end • Of an unlucky week she finds a big bole made in her not too lavish earnings. _ She does not, however, make much complaint on that score! bjjt she js very decidedly of opinion that her life' would be sweeter if it were more tempered with leisui^.—" Cflobe,"

Why Lawyers are Persecuted.

Oni: of the most abused classes of tho com munity arc the lawyers, and anything re lated against them is usually received with a species of delight by those not of their much-slandered number. A sweeping charge against, doctors, undertakers, or clergymen simply produces a smile of .-unused unbelief; but the same aspersions cast upon the legal fraternity aro read or heard in solemn silence, and credited in dead earnest. What, for instance, would be thought of a father who, in giving his son, about to start in tho world, his parting advice, should instruct him to implicitly trust himself and his business affairs to lawyers; that lawyers were, as a rule, honourable men, and would not defraud him, and that if lie would go to his lawyer when in trouble and needing advice, it would he best for his own interests? Vefc the udvico would ho thought all right if the word lawyer wore left out.

Nor is this reputation, whether deserved or undeserved, of recent growth. As far back as tlio time of Footo, tho eelobrated cynic expressed his scorn for the members of tho guild by recommending that a con troversy between one of them and a bailiff, which he had beon vainly solicited to de cide, should be settled by the arbitration of a thief, as the most appropriate person to stand between two such litigants. In the reign of Mary, while Wyatt's rebels were marching on London, the lawyers at West minster pleaded "in harness," so fearful were they of the popular feeling should the rebels enter the city and relievo the people from their lawful restraint. On an earlier occasion this apprehension of violence was justified by results. The inns of tho couit wero razed to the ground, and tho lawyers themselves were hunted and slaughtered as (hough thoy were wild beasts.

Subsequently to these occurrences they enjoyed better protection, with but little, if any, more confidence and respect. This is disclosed by the .statute lIS, Henry 11., which, providing for the relief of the counties Norfolk and Suffolk, enacted that as (hove had formerly been only six or eight attorneys in the two counties, and the num ber had increased to .SO, " who incited people to suits for small trespasses," tho number should'bo reduced to six in each county, and two lor the City of Norwich,

Even in tho more advanced communities and higher courts of England, measures of protection woro deemed necessary against tho order. At one timo only one Serjeant was allowed to practice before tho common pleas* and he was compelled to accept cer tain fixed fees established by the rules of tho court to reprcsont both sides, and to publicly make solemn oathe that he would present each side fairly.

After trying the one incumbent for a while, public opinion scorns to have become more lenient, and the lonely practitioner was allowed tho companionship of 1-1 other Ser jeants, and at tho samo timo given liberty to present only tho case of his own client in court.

. Tho reason of this general distrust is, pre sumably, to bo found in tho uniform custom among lawyers of pleadings a client's cause for hire. It seems to be a mere question of money with them, whether they try to prove a man honest or dishonest. Thoy are ready to stand for any side or any cause which pays thorn a retainer. So eminent an authority as Disraeli, has pronounced it as not averso to his conscience that a lawyer should " adjust" his client's difficulties to the best of his ability, and to do his utmost to servo him, not even shrinking, if necessary, from disobeying the law in order to do so. This looks very much like making one's conscience and honosty a matter of bargain and sale, und yet, there is no doubt, it is tho only .honest course for a lawyer to pursue if ho takes a client's money nnd then re fuses to defend him because ho is guilty, ho has certainly violated a solemn trust. And, on tlio othor hand, if he refuses the retainer tho client may blunder into punish merit which he would not deserve.

Whatever tlio general character of the average lawyer may be for honesty and in tegrity, his professional character must be above reproach or question. Let but the shadow of a suspicion exist that ho cannot bo relied on to fully discharge the trusts reposed in him by his clients, and his pro fessional career is at nn end. A notable illustration of this fact occurred in the ex perience of a promising young attorney at Albany a number of years ago. He had born called to defend a client who was under indictment for murder, elicited a confession from him, and then gave up the defence, alleging that his conscience would not permit him to defend a self-confessed murderer. There never was any question raised as to the lawyer's honesty, but no one seemed to care to bo represented by a person of so tender n conscience. The story of his folly became common talk. People did not upbraid him, but simply boeamo indifferent to his services. He lived long enough to realiso kho mistake he had made in his youth, but he never could recover the professional standing which he had previously enjoyed. Eventually he was compelled to abandon the profession for a more lucrative employment—a victim of sterling honesty.

MoH of our leading lawyers have started business in a very humble way. A noted firm of lawyers originated under most tin propitious circumstances. Ono of them was so poor whon he began practice that ho was compelled to sloop in his office, using a couplo of Blackstones for a pillow and his overcoat for bedclothes. One bitter cold night, hearing n strange noise in tho hall way, he looked out, and discovered another

" limb " spreading a couple of newspapers on the floor for a bed. The owner of tho bed-clothes generously shared them with his less foitttnate friend, who, in turn, con tributed his bed. Before gotting asleep tho two ontered into a partnership which was dissolved only by tho death of ono of them, after both had grown old and wealthy.

It must be admitted, however, that now it is much more difficult for a lawyer with only brains for a capitq.l to establish him self jn business, than it was oven 20 years ago. Tho halcyon days of professional life seem nearly pas&sd. There was some romance and much dignity in tlio wig and gown of olden time. Tho happy possessor of those adornments could be poor in them, and etil) not be in disgrace. Now there is nothing to toil a pooy lawyer from a poor tramp. The rules jjf practj.ee in tho courts was extremely technical, and the law full of queer fictions and incon gruous oddities which gave to the practi tioner a better chance to defeat his adver sary by superior cunning. Now the code has mado practice so simple that the client scarcely feels the need of a lawyer at all in suits for small amounts, nnd has the tables fairly turned on his former master. In fact, if the law giving to the prevailing party costs should be abolished, it is doubtful if more than a mere fraction of the lawyers of this day nnd place could support them selves.

An Elderly Lothario

In the London Divovco Ccurfc lately, Mr Frederick Warbui'ton Stent, architect and surveyor, applied for the dissolution of his marriage, by reason of the misconduct of his wife, Annie Lilian, with the co-respon dent, General Alexander Low, who has re tired from the army. The petitioner deposed that ho was married to respondent on May 15, 1861, In St, John's, Margate. There are two children living of tho marriage. He and his wife were on perfectly happy te»ms dGW» to the last, and he had never had a dispute with her. lie wftS acquainted with General Low, the correspondent, who lnvd been very intimate with both of them, they visiting each other's houses. What is his age ? I should think nearly 70, Exam ination continued : His wife was in a very bad state of health, and it was arranged that sho should go to the baths, luensnach, Ger many, a3 she required special treatment. General Low was to escort her, and she was to bp accompanied by her daugh ter, who is about'2o, Tliey all started in May, JSSg. At the time had you any suspicion of anything wrong between Gene ral Low and your wile? I had not the slin-htest reason to suppose so. I believed that I was acting with a gentleman, and not with a scoundrel, at that time. Ex amination continued: He constantly re ceived letters from his wife, which were in affestionnte terms. Subsequently thoy all went to Geneva. As she did not return, he consulted with his friends, and ono of them, Mr Edward Hart Smith, a solicitor, went out to see his wife. In consequence of what was told him he took his daughter back, and instituted these proceedings. Mr E. H. Smith said that he was awaro of tho circum stances in which the respondent and Gene ral Low went abroad, Last October he went to Geneva, and in the co-respondent^s presence, she said that she did not intend to return to her husband, but that she had arranged to " cast in her lot" with General Low. The witness subsequently served them with the divorce papers in tho Hotel Euler, Bale, where they were passing as man and wife. Sir James Hannen granted a decree nisi, with costs. ...

A Fashionable Lady Charge with Bigamy.

New York, July 16.—For several months tho inner circlo of Long Branch society lias been on the gui vive for the explosion of a certain sensational scandal, Gossips were ' positive about it, although they exchanged news of it only in whispers, and, sure enough, it came in the arrest of a handsomo, wealthy, and well-known lady near Long Branch on a charge of bigamy. The lady is Mrs Lucy Cady Hewitt Schieffolm, and her history is a romantic chc. Hor maiden name was Lucy Cady Dodge, and she is said to be a relative of the late Win. E. Dodge. Before she was out of her toons Lucy mar ried a man named Faust, but ho soon died, leaving her a beautiful young widow. Then sho wedded Nathaniel Hewitt, a member of a very wealthy Vermont family. Hewitt was a speculative crank, however, and after ho lost almost all of his money ho began to console himself by getting drunk and stay ing so. This was to much for Lucy, so thoy separated by mutual consent. Sho claims that after tho separation she obtained a divorce, but this is disputed. Then she went travelling about the country and made tho acquaintance of a set of women, devout beiivers in spiritualism. Sho adopted this belief, and one of the "circlo" introduced her to Brndhurst Schieflelin, ono of the old firm of Schieffelin Brothers, wholesale druggists. Ho is over CO years of age. CATCHING A RICH OLD MAN. Mrs Hewitt proposed finally to lease SchiefFelin's lino mansion and estate at North Branch and reside thero. He sug gested, oh an improvement, that thoy might both occupy it together. Sho consented ; ho on May, '24, 188!!, thoy went to Hobokon and was married. The couple lived hap-, pily together until Schieflelin's relatives hoard of the marriage, and then thero was trouble They tliseovored that tho lady was using her great influence over Schielfeliii, and was inducing him to transfer his property to her pieco by piece. They warned him, and declared that sho was an adventuress, but all to no avail. Ho was infatuated with her. Schielfeliii was known ns a quiet philanthopliist. tin was tho largest stockholder in the Metropolitan Publishing Houso and the " Homo," pub lished by that Company. After his mar riage to Mrs Hewitt lie introduced her into literary business, and sho becamo a regular contributor to the columns of the paper. In a short time she became controller of the paper, and tho officers concluded that the oilice of the paper, in Stone-street, New York, would be the best place to find her. After waitixig 'in tho neighbourhood for several days the officers noticed a young man named Butts, who, after leaving the oflico, always started for Long Branch. Last evening, when ho left, a piece of green veil, sticking from his coat-tail pooket, convinced them that he was carrying away Schiellielin'a goods. They followed him to Long Brnnsh and saw him enter Schiellolin's house. De tectivo Stunton had a friend in tlio neigh bourhood, and, after finding him, took him with Foloy to tho houso. He rapped for admission and was admitted, and found Mrs Sehioffelin beneath some bed clothes in the cupola. She was taken to the Court house, and tho husband went to secure bail. Sho claims the arrest was instigated by her husband's relatives, ANOTHER HUSDAND IN THE FIELD. Hewitt, her sicond husband, -is now liv ing in Colorado, and has written to friends in this city that lie never procured a divorce on account of tho scandal it would causo in his family, and no papers have passed on either side. It is said that Mrs Hewitt married Schieflelin thinking that he was worth several millions and re garded it as a good catch. Since sho mar ried him she has beon making use of hi* name, and nny prestige it may have haij to make all she could out of it. Sho was known ns Maud Raymond in Washington and Charlottesville, Va., and as Mrs Chap man at another time in this city, and she has also used tho name of Lucy Cady in ad vertising herself as tho successor of Brad hurst Schieflelin as owner of the paper called " Houso and Home." Herbert W. Beecher, who made tho complaint upon which tho warrant was granted, was at one time connected with tho paper.

The Olive.

The olive, which, as Loudon justly remarks, furnishes in its oil tho cream anil butter oi Spain and Italy, will undoubtedly be largely cultivated hero in New Zealand in time to conic. In the south of Europe it is more valuable than, bread; it is used in every variety of cookery, is very wholesome to oat, as well as profitable to grow. It is a bushy evergreen shrub, attaining a height of, say, 20 foot, very ornamental, and very hardy in this country. It stands any amount of wind and blowing, and (like tho colonial youth) it is at home in any position, though preferring particular situations. The fruit when ripo is of a blackish colour, oval in shape, and contains a hard stone, which ought not to bo crushed whon malting olive oil. Tho fruit when pickled is highly esteemed, and the pickling process is as follows :—Take nearly full-grown unripe olives and stcej) in lye water for two or three days; then wash and bottlo in salt and water. Some add fennel, others spice, etc., to suit taste.

The oil is mado as follows :—Crush the fruit to a paste, press through a coarse hempen bag into hot wator, from the top of which the oil is skimmed. (Don't tell, Mr. Editor —tho process is very simple.) As 1 before stated, the stones must not be crushed, as this wculd mako inferior oil. Tho trees commence to bear about four or five years after planting. At. the Nur sery, Drury, a tree planted four years ago, in a very oxposed situation and without any extra caro, had several pounds of fruit on this year. An ordinary crop produces 20 to 25 lba. of oil por treo per annum, and, as several authorities remark, "theregu larity of its crop, as well as the great age to which the tree lives, renders an olive planta tion one of tho most valuable in tho world." It is reputed to live 2,000 years, is much hardier tl>p.ij granges and lemons, and would, on tlje liiucstono ridctes north of Auckland, propluco an ojl equal, if not superior, to any in tho known world. Air slaked lime is about the. best manure that can be used. There are several varieties of known excellence cultivated already in this country. Dr. Campbell has an olive yard at One Trcp Hill ; Mf, KJnoj-pp also has some ,1,000 or 4.00Q planted at Ngaruawahia..; and there are many odd trees growing about the country.

Ono or two things m,ay bp said | l.st, Frost does^not hurt the olive j 2nd, wind does not hurt it; 3rd, it cannot easily bo killed by fire—for oi;co I knew two trees that wore burned through a house catching fire, which, after two or three months, shot up shoots that grew as though a fire now and again was really beneficial to them. As regards attention, I may as well state thoy need none j plant yptif tre^s aocurcly fenced from your cows, &c., keep tho weeds from grow ing around thorn, and let thorn, in tho words of tho poet, 8.1.P, To the readers of the N. N. %. SgTTLEB. I write, Take notice.— Yours, etc., JoaßVii Mayo, Drury.

Curious Editions of the Bible.

I came across an interesting ayt|ols in the " Leisuyp Hcjtir " a Bhort timo ago, enume atihg tlie curious misprints which have oc curred in the Bible at different periods. Besides the better known " Breeches Biblo," so called because the passage about Adam and Eve sewing fig leaves together, is thus rendered! '< Ant} thgy sey/ef] fig leaves to gether and mado themselves breeches." There seeni to be six other versions which contain remarkable errors and renderings. In a Bible published in Gpneva in 1501-2, the following misprint occurred: — " Blessed are the place-makers; for they shall be called the ohildren pf God." In an edition of the authorised version, published at Oxford in 1717, tho heading—" The Parable of the Vineyard," appears as "Tfrp Parable of the Vinegar." In another edition of the Oxford Bible, the following misprint, with which I should think many Sheflielders, if one may judge from their stylo of pronunciation, will have much sympathy, occurred—" Who hath ears to ear, let him hear." Two other in stances are tho so-called " Printers' Bible," and tho " Standing Fishes Bible." The pas sage frem which the first takes its name is Ps. cxix., 161, and runs thus :—" Printers have persecuted mo without cause 5." In tho "Fishes Bible," tho word "fishes" is substituted for "fishers," in E«ek. xivn., 10, and mako3 the clause read—"And it shall come to pass, that the fishes shall stand upon it." But though these blunders are ludicrous, they do not alter any essential point of the doctrine, as tho one given in an edition of the authorised version published in 1631 does, where the negative is left out in the Seventh Commandment. For this serious mistake Charles I. fined the printer either £3000 or £300, the authorities cannot agree which. The article is only a short one, but it will be read with interest by many who havo not the opportunity of studying these different editions of the Bible for themselves.—Correspondent of English paper.

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER G, 1884,

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Mr Oscar Wilde has returned from his honeymoon, and is looking forward to a season of fresh literary and lecturing ac tivity. He has added three new lectures to his repertoire — one on " Dress," one on "The Value of Art in Modern Life," and one pn "genyenato Cellini."



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Sporting. <^\. ■ ■>_ '.. \-^tK;^-/ aj**l--* TUT BLBOURNE CUP, 188 4. ADAM BEDE IS NOW FORMING A SERIES OF COM PANIES ON THE ABOVE GREAT EVENT. 2,000 INVESTORS AT £1 EACH. To be divided as follows :— First Horso _ ...£I,OOO Second Horse _ _ _ _ 200 Third Horse „i „ _ _ 100 Other Starters (divided) _ _ 1100 Non-starters (divided).. - .. 400 Total _ ■ -. ..£2,000 It Is particularly requested that early applica tion for shares will be mado, as each list will be drawn as soon as tilled. Results will be for warded to Subscribers immediately after draw ing, and tho next list proceeded, with. Any Subscriber drawing a.horso in any list will be allowed, if ho so desires it, to ijuvest in tho following list, any sum not exceedin™Three Pounds without remitting any further cash, this amount to he ultimately deducted from prize money. The acceptances for this race are declared in August. Before that date, all Drawings will contain the wholo of the horses entei-.ed, and every horso will receive a prize, but after that date*tho acceptors only will be drawn. NO. 1 NOW OPEN.. Application by Letter only, enclosing Two Stamps with exchange on Cheques, or by Money Order, Bank Ncte3, or Draughts. Registered Letters or Televrnins will not. on any account be received. If bank notes aro sent, pleaao use two envelopes, one sealed and placed inside the othor. P.O. Orders preferred when procurable. It will greatly expedite business if an addressed onvelopo is onoloaed with application. Address— ADAM BEDE, Caro of H, N. ABBOTT, BOX NO. 2. POST-Ol'-FICIC. AUOI.-f.ANI>. ~,_.Lj , J ' *-V-__ OOBIN HOOD'S ill GREAT NOVELTY COMPANY'S PROGRAMME ON THK MELBOURNE Mli NEW ZEA LAND OTPS, NOVEM BE R, 1881, Is NOW OPEN with a Subscribed Capital of £10,000 in 20,000 Shares at lOs'Each. 101 PRIZES, EACH SHARE HAVING 7 CHANCES. To an Investor of 20s the odds aro 25 to 1, and iG3.HO may bo won with One Ticket. MELBOURNE CUP. NEW" ZEALAND 134 phizes. CUP. Ist Horse.. ..£2OOO 70 PitizES. 2nd Horse.. .. 900 lstnorse.. ..£IOOO 3rd Horse.. .. 450 2nd Horse.. .. 4CO Starters (about SrdHorso.. .: 200 £83 each) .. 000 Starters (about Non-atnrters £27 each) .. 250 (about£loeach) 1750 Non-starters (about £11 eaoh) 050 £6000 £2509 800 CASH BONDS. 2at £50 :_. .. £180 40 at'£lo ~ ..400 Bat 25 .. .. 150 110 at 5.. „ 730 6at 20 .. .. 120 £1500 WILL CLOSE ON NOVEMBER |. 55,000 SHARKS on various events have been sold by us uiaco starting. Applications as usual. Two 2d Stamps tor Reply and Result. Money Orders or Cheques marked Correct, with Is exchange added, preferred. If Coin or Bank Notes are sent, letters should ho registered. TELKGItAMS ANl* RKOIHTEKIW Lli'l THUS RE CEIVED. Ten per cent, dertucted-from all Prize Moneys, four per cent, of which is; given to agents who sell Tickets, or Clients who pur chase Hooks of Twenty-five Tickets each. Programmes, with Nominations and full par ticulars (of past, present, and future), forwardud post free on application. Agents'returns must reach us not later than 3lßt October, or thoy will not be recognised. Address: "ROBIN HOOD," Care of T. STAPLETON, Box 238, P. 0., Christchurch, or JUBAL FLEMING. City Baths, Colombo street, Christchurch. N.H. — Although we send to Now^papors throughout Now Zealand the Names and Addresses of Principal Winners in our Com pany, as many other consultationists advertise they do, we respectfully remind tho Public and our Clients that our Books are at all times open for inspection to any Subscriber. Information not confined to the Press. Wo consider eaoh subscriber has an equal right of inspection. ft J, _h £10,000 "__ £10,000 0?- £19,080 im 20,000 Members at 103. J^ ? MELBOURNE CUP, 1884 ? -j-- To bQ run Tuesday, Nov. 4. -j-j O WW Close 30th OCTOBER, 1834. O U U ■it 402-PRIZES-402 -p JiJ 133 Nomination. 2bo Cash Prizes. ]^J E First .. ..£3OOO 4at.100 £100 TT Second .. li'oo 4at**-50 200 $2. Third.. .. 000 10 at 25 250 C Starters (div. 20 at 20 400 (~k about £25 ea.) 750 50 at 15 300 \^ -B--J- Non-Starters 20 at 10 200 TT U (about £15 ea) 1515 100 at 7 700 JJ PI 91 at 5 455 -*-» — — P £7055 209 £2<JOS Please send P.O. Orders when convenient, they can at 'all times he traced if lost, thus protecting sender. Two stamps requiicd for replies, and One Shilling added as exchange on eountrv cheques, v.hich must be certitied to as "Correct.' Each ticket has Nino Ounces, the Cup being drawn first, after which the marbles arc all re placed each time till tho Nino Drawings are completed, thus giving one ticket the chance of drawing Nine Prizes. B_i"_l -thiol Names and Atiarosses of three Heall llllb I principal Winners in Clin, and four principal Cash Pri/o Winners can be ob tained by Subscribers on application. Drawing is attended*!)}- tho Press (members of the Press can freely inspect Ada's books). Managers of papers at a distance can appoint a responsible agent in Dunedin, to whom all information will lie furnished, thus giving to Subscribers a guarantee of tho bona fide character of this Consultation, a course no othor "Consultationist" pursues in Dunedin. The Cup of IBS 3 consisted of 18.000 Subscribers, who contributed £9000. Names of Committee furnished to Press on ap plication. ADA MANTUA, Caro of Mf. Abr.ih.am. Box 851. ' Post Office, Dunedin. ITo.ogo "-ca £io,ooo «aF £io,ooo i_.lO.A- DVE-A-.TirTTJ-.A. Offers a Special Prizo of •SIOOI Which amount has been deposited with tho Editor of Olago Witness, and will bo paid to any person in New Zealand w ho can name tho placed horses in Melbourne Cup, in tho order as race reported in Olayo M ritiwss. Each letter will be dated when received, and money paid to first "tipstor." Competitors not restricted to^no trial, hut can try as often as they please, and it is not compulsory to have tickets in Consulta tion, thus givinf: anyone the ehimce of obtaining thoabovevaluableprir.e. In the event of winner^ not being tipped, tho £100 will be equally di vided between tho Otago Benevolent Institution and Industrial 'rU-.hod (Cavi-rsham). It will'be observed that A d a is disinterested, having placed the money beyond her control, and it must be paid to somebody—hence her declining torcceive tips herself, for she will not accept any. Applications will bo received until 2Jth Oct., and must be addressed only to Sporting Editor, Olago Witness, Dunedin. Ploaso keep copy t)t tip. Winner must apply for prizo within &no month after race. NEWS. $3,000, "^~ £3,000. uarFouETii Grand Drawing is Now Open I Tho three previous drawings wero filled a week prior to ilio adv-.-nised dato of closing. .Tho I'uhlicof New Zralimd havo appreciated the: o Grand Hamburg Drawings, therefore tho Company anticipate having; their Plfth Drawing on a larger scale, This Fourth Grand Drawing for £3,000 will Close about tho end of AUGUST, and tho Fifth Drawing \\ ill (ipen on tho Ist SEPTEMBER. Tho largo number of applications (over 900) that came too late will bo duly rogistorod for this Fourth Drawing. 'this Fourth Grand Drawing will consist of 210 MONKY PKiZKS, amounting to £3,000, aubscxihod by 6.000 members at 10s each. The various Money Prize* will bo distributed *8 follows :— 1 £300 PRTZE 10 £25 PRIZES 1 £150 PRIZE 10 £20 PRIZES 1 £100 PRIZIS 10 £15 PRIZES 8 £50 PHIZES 120 £10 PRIZES 5 £30 PRIZES I 80 £5 PRIZES Total Amount, £3,000. £10 Money Phizes. The Grand principle of theso Hamburg Draw iinro is that a purchaaor of 25 Programmes is guaranteed a Prize, as it is so drawn that a prize mast come out. tc every 25 numbers, and the chances aro in favour of the investor draw ing a large prize, as'there are 100 large prizes to 80 small one 3. To any investor of £2 the chances are only fi to 1 against him drawing a prize, and the Head Prize or any other may bo drawn by any investor of 10s. The Company would not presume to tell the public that thoy have a number of chances find can win a number of prizes for a single invest ment of 10s. Tho large bulk of tho Money in this Grand Drawing is not.given away in one big prize, as it is in the Horso Consultations, but you will observe in this Hamburg Drawing that tlie £3,000 is fairly proportioned into 2!0 Prizes, (jiving every shareholder an equal chance of Setting a good prize. This Hamburg Drawina i 3 one of the most noivel, and will bo conducted on tho fairest principle possible, bo as to givo entire public satisfaction. „ .„ . , This Fourth Grand Drawingfor £3.000 will take place under the supervision of a committee pi Sight gentlemen, and the prizes will bo paid over as early as possible after the drawlrur. *3-NOTICE.-Country Cheques marked eor reofbyßank, only payable.to a.number,^ '• lidded for exchange. P^O. Orders » 01 erred, mado payable only to BO^. Bank Notes accepted. Two _ i'mmps for reply and resul> Rfiefert'-rGu. letters and telegrams not received. Name and address of applicant should De All fetters must be addressed BOAZ, Care of Mr MOSELT, Wholesale and Retail Tobacconist, Box M, P. 0.. miironiN,



Sporting' FIDELITY COMPANY'S ANNUAL PROGtIAMMK ON THE MELBOURNE CUP, To be Run alfMelbourne on 4th NOVEMBER. 12,000 Programmes at 10s. 133 Horses and 195 New Zealand Bonds, divided as follows :— First Hosae „ ..£I.OOO Second* Horse.. „ .. ___. 600 Third Horse .. .. „ „ _.. 300 Others divided .. .. _ .. 1,100 Total for Horseß £3.000 10 New Zealand Bonds at £100 each.. £1.000 10 do do so do .. «w 25 do do 20 do .. SOO 50 do do 10 do .. 500 100 do_ do sdo .. 500 195 Bonds. Total.. £3,000 Total Amount of Prizos, £0,000. Will CLOSE on or about 30th OCTOBER. ' EACH 10s Voucher has SIX GHANCEB. 328 PRIZES. 328 12,000 Programmes at 10s. Please add stamps for'reply and result. J3TRemittances can he sent as follows :— 1. Cheques, P.O. Orders, or_,Bank Notes. 2. Make crossed cheques, with Is added for ex change, poyaUo either to a No. or simply to bearer, as printed, but not to any particular person. If cheques or bank tiraf tB are payable either to a particular person or to order; they will be returned to the sender. 3. Post-oflico Orders may bo sent, but they must bo mado payable to Fidelity Company only, and not to any particular person. 4. Registered letters or telegrams cannot be replied to. Address only as below :— FIDELITY COMPANY, Care of Alfred A. Cameron's Box, 251, Post-office, Dunedin. Melbourne" cup and new Zea land CUP, 1881. Both Run Novkmhkr 4m A. N EM OS GRAIWD CONSULTATION On the above event is now open,..by 6,800 INVESTORS AT 10b EACH. tta. Each ticket has two separate chances. To be ckivided as follows: Melbourne Cup, New Zealand Cup, £2,000. £1,000. Ist Horso .. ..£BOO Ist Horse .. ..£IOO 2nd Horse.. .. 400 2nd Itorae .. .. 20J SrdHorso.. .. 200 3rd Horse .. ..100 Starters tdiv.) .. 200 Starters (dir.) .. Kb Non-sferters (div.) 400 Non-starters (tHv.) 200 Total.. £2,"000 Total.. £liooO ONE TICKET CAN WIN £1,300. Application by Letter Only enclosing two Stamps for replies. If bank, notes aie seat, please uso two envelopes, one Bcaled aaa plaoeii inside the other. No telegrams or registered letters awjeptedi P.O. Ocdors whan convenient. Address— -v A. N E M O, Cake oir B". Tomlinson, Barrel Hotel. ParaeM. A LEO'S CONSULTATION. • LIST No. 1, ON THE MELBOURNE CUP, 18S4 2,000 INVESTORS AT £1 EACH. To be divided as follows: First Horso £1,000 Second Horse SOP Third Horse .. 1«> Starters and Non-Starters )Divldod(.. 600 Total £2.090 . It is particularly requested that earlt appll; cation for Shares will bo mado. as No. 2 List will he opened immediately this ono is filled. Results will he forwarded to Subscribers Im mediately after Urawinfl. Am Subscriber draw ing a Horse con Invest in No. 2 List to tho amount of Four Pounds witihofit further payment, that amount to be deducted from prize money. The Drawing will bo conducted by a Com ntitteo, to which tho Press will ba'inviteu to attend. , , _ Application by Lkttbr oni.Y, enclosing Two Siamps, with exchange on Cheques, or by Money Order, Bank Notes, or Urafts. Registered Ltttcra or Telegrams will not on any acconm be received. It Hank Notes ore sent, please use two envelopos. ono sealed and plaoed Inside the other. P.O. Orders preferred when procurable. It will greatly expedite bupiness If an addressed envelope is enclosed with application. Should it he deemed advisable after Accept ances aro published to rearrange Programme No. 2. the same wilt he notified by circular and Address- n A. LEO, care ALFRED KIDD, Shortlaud-Btreot, or Box 237, Post-oflico, Auck land. WELLESLEY'S CONSULTATION NO. I^MGLBOWINE CUP, 188*. 2,000 TICKETS, AT 10a EACH, DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS :- Ut Horse : £250 Starters ■ £20(1 2nd Horse 150 Non-Starters...'...3oo 3rdHorao 100 - - £1.000 Apply by letter only, enclosing two stamps for reply and result, to A. W.ELLESLKY, Care Cms. F. A.vohe'.vs. Tohaccenlat.i-Wel lcsley Milliard Rooms. Weil- s'ev-ntrcct, Auok land. - '■ "" " C - »■ " LENDERS. "piENDEBS. TmENDERB. rriIREIRONS. "CUREIRONS NINE CASES OF ABOVE, WML ASSORTED' AT REDUCED PRICES. T AMPS. T AMPS. T AMPS WITH ANUCAPNIC LORNE LEADER AND AMERICAN BURNERS. NEW STOCK AT REDUCED PRICES. T\OWNEP.'S TTEROSENE. J. & J. D ICKBy 234 QUEEN-STREET, IUCKLAND. WH. SKINNER AND SON, • Builders, Carpenters, and Joiners. Vulcan Lane. All Branches ot the Building Trade executed t» Experienced Workmen.;' Shop groat*, Office Bltttng»,fc»



JroKisi^isevy. T. & S IACiiIrUN & CO. (i.IMiT!:!-), Hardware Merchants, Importers op ENGLISH AND AMERICAS IRONMONGERY, CEMENT, CORRUGATED IRON, SHEET, HOOP, PLATE & BAR IRON, SHEET BRASS, SHEET COPPER, COPPER RODS AND BARS, BAR STEEL OF EVERY DESMtrPTION. Buggies! Carriages! "Waggons : T. & S. MORRIN & CO. Hav.e now on view A LARGE SHIPMENT OF R<t _E--&E-s§sli V. |Srf ggflllfji. |g P -^^^^^ 1 BRADFORD S PATENT COMBINED MACHINE FOR WASHING, WRING ING.AND MANGLING. SUMMERSCALE'S IMPROVED COMBINED WASHING AND MANGLING MACHINES. COOKINGISTbVES AND RANGES. Now Landing, ex Rangitikei, an extensive shipment of COOKING STOVES AND RANGES. New and Improved Designs. LEAMINGTON RANGES A LARGE SELECTION OF I -i«aiißfc*ii:SiiiiJi .--Tjir- 2s_ _ ? ALSO, ONE _w. LEAMINGTON RANGE, WITH Covinffs and Plato Rack, Wrought-iron High-pressure Boiler, largo Wrought iron Oven and Roaster, strong Grilling Stove (complete), with Strong-framed Hot Plate, Pipes, and Taps. MARBLE MANTEL PIECES. The Grandest Show of Marble and Ena melled Slate Mantelpieces in New Zealand. Very elegant designs; choice colours. Designs quite new, % So S. MOREIN & QO. Would draw special attention to these Mantelpieces, being the first shipment oi the kind ever seen in Auckland ; and prices very little above those -of good wooden MantelpieGss. SllllllllliiSl'l'ill!?ii'^lll!fi"IIIil'11111 l SwV-"-•■•' S ill TILE-LINED GRATES. Tile Hearths, with Fenders and Fire Irons to saatoh. COAL VASES. COAL VASES. COAL VASES.. BRONZE ORNAMENT 3. Elegant Bronze Ornaments In great variety. MANGLES. America^ Table Mangles, English Table Mangles, Two and ThreeTß'oUer Mangles, Wringing Machines, &c, bp< LAUNDRY STOVES. LAUNDRY STOVES. LAUNDRY STOVES. Charcoal Irons, Box Irons and Heaters, Mrs Potte's Sad Irons, Nickel-plated, &C. PACIFIC RUBBER PAINT. GENUINE PACIFIC RUBBER PAINT (fa all colours) in J, J, and 1 gal. tins. Mixed Ready fob Use. GENUINE WHITE LEAD AND ZINO WHITE PAINT. Oils, Colours, Varnishes, Turpenttot, Drier?, Putty. *&* »««*«• &c, &o„ «* Now landed, a Lttrge_ Stock 0! ELECTRIO BELLS ANI) FITTI«|S, Cheap Electric Bells, with simple fastnje taonß for fixing. ;„•* T,& S, MORRIN & CQ ( lOJMITKD), . -. QVKKKST^VT.AV(^r,_\__.__.



Land and Estate J&ents. W. L. m itcheli" li- r -E, I \N TD ESTATE, AND COMMISSION AGENT, •'.!>;.; .v.t'<'L*N*TANT AND AUI) TOR. ... :'. •■■*■ ■.".'. -•;:•: I, K CHAMBERS, QUEEN. .-- I'iii.-. i l.\ :.\: I:.UVK. OK NEW ZEALAND). RENTS AND INTERESTS COLLECTED. Securities Found fok Investors With out Charge. tiik cahk akp man.wement op estates BNDEKTAKi.N. MORTGAGES AND LOANS NEGOTIATED. Bank Stocks ", SS' 8 BOUGUT & QOLD Timber Co. Stocks & 1 All kind.i of Stocks, J FOR SALE: LINCOLN - STREET, PONSONSY-5-roouied House and Grocer's Shop attached, with fixtures; also.^-stalled Stable and Shed. Tho whole lot abargainat £550. with terms. VERMONT* STREET, PONSONBY - New 7 roonied Villa with verandah front and back. City water laid, Tho house well built nnd standing on corner section. £150. ST. MARY'S ROAD-2-storled Villa on com manding marine site. Shop nnd A-ash-house dctashed. Allotment 50 x tuO. Price, £600. UNION-STREKT, CITY-4-roomed Cottage and Scullery. Water and gas laid. Good cellar beneath. This is a handy property, always commanding a ready rental. To ha sold for £350. Part cash, thu balance on easy CLARENCE • STREET, PONSONBY -s roomedllouse, fitted with every convenience, for £380. KINGSLAND—A pretty Suburban" Residence of 7 rooms, with 2 register grates, situate On the main road to Mount Albert, Prloe, £550. CLARENCE - STREET, PONSONBY - A Good Allotinont, 40 feet by 00 next to Mr Dalton's, Surveyor, for £130. 'forms to suit. MOUNT EDEN (near Railway Station)—A first class Villa Rosidenco of 6 rooms. Allotment, CO by 120 feet, with 2 stalled stable, workshop, and fowl-house. The ground is almost free oi stones. The rooms are large and lofty, fitted with register grates, and tho property is now OilViri'd a decided bargain at £550, upon favour able terms. KARANGAHAPE ROAD-6-rooßiedOwelllng liouse, situate oil corner section, frontage of 10 feet to main road. Property In this im portant thoroughfare is now commanding Si-eat attention, and for a business site its certain value ffi the Immediate future cannot bo over-estimated. Price, £1.150. RUSSELL-STREET, off Great North Road-4 roomed Cottag - and scullery. Price, £215. CLARENCE-STREET-Cottage of 5 rooms. £3tl. :; STOKES'S POINT-Dwelling-house ot rooms, within 8 minutes' walk of the wharf. £350. MOUNT ALBERT—A arand new House of 9 rooms, with one acre of rich volcanio land, on the main road, handy to both omnibus and railway station. Price ££50. To an approved purchaser £50 cash will be accepted, and the balance may remain for 5 yoars at 8 per cent. OMAHA—Freehold Shop and Dwelling, with Goodwill of a nice Utile General Store. Thero is rogular steamer communication, and the property is within 200 yards from the wharf. Price £'250, with stock at valuation. 20 ACRES— SA 5s por aero. Splendid Fanning Lands close to a railway-station. The pick of the Richmond Block on tha Rotorua lino of railway. No better agricultural or pasUrral land can be chosen In this pro vincial district Title, land transfer. The soil is a rioh deep loam, well watered. and In addition to railway advantages there is a good rood to tho Farm. About 120 acroa down in grass and crops, divided into 7 paddocks, fenced with good posts and barbed wire. The land takes surface sowing exceed ingly well, and in a few years will give good crops of wheat. Terms easy, TUAKAU—A first-rate little Homestead of 110 acres, allin cultivation. Price, £1,100, NORTHCOTE—Seven Acres, all In cultivation, and new 8-roomed Dwelling-house,to be had a bargain for £800, part oash, tho balance to re main at six per sent. WHANGAREI—DweIIing-house and Cabinet maker's Shop in this rising township. Price, £iOO. The stock can, if necessary, be taken oa valuation. About £150 can remain on Build ing Sooiety terms. ALEXANDRA—Large Storo nnd Dwelling house on 1 acre of freehold land. This pro perty can either bo bousht or loased on very favourable terms, ALLOTMENTS FOR SALE at Mount Eden. Birkenhead. Northcote, Mount Albert, Klngß la»d, Ponoonby, and other Districts. GR AND CORNER SECTION, Mount Edon, on easy terms. PROPERTIES BOUGHT OR SOLD TO ORDER. MONEY *__iKNS ON MORTGAGE ON GOOD FREK HOLD SEOUBITYV W. L. MITCHELL, - 8, Mercantile Chambers, Queen-street. SAMUEL VAILK.] [JOHN DOUGLAS, Vaile & Douglas (Late Samuel Vaile), HOUSE, LAND, AND ESTATE AGENTS, LAND AND ESTATE AUCTIONEERS, REAL ESTATE VALUATORS, BROKERS UNDER THE LAND TRANSFER A O T, SHORTLAND STREET (Next the Post Office). . BANKERS: Bane: oar Nbjw South Wale& ' Sco also our advdr&semont in *'N.Z.Herald r and " Weekly News.") MORTGAGES BOUGHT. BEVERAL SUMS OF MONEY FROM fiS UPWARDS TO LEND ON MORTGAGE. JL«»Q*>A-NEAT COTTAGE 10 mla dV&&\r ntes walk from Poat-offlce. A Bargain.—Vaile and Douglas, Land and Estate Agerts, Shortland-street. /?-|6>E;rfV-EGMONT LODGE, O&JLi'S'Cr" Onehnnga Road. 5 acres Splendid Land in a high state of cultivation Good Cottage ot6 rooms, and New Outbuildings Terms very easy.—Apply on the promises, or to Vaile and Douglas, Estate Agents, Shortland- ! street. WOODVTLLE, MOUNT EDEN-Planu o this proporty can be had oh application." ALBERT PARK.---Very Superior Family Residence, containing 12 largo rooms, with numerous offioes and every possible, ton venienee. Largo Allotment j grand view qnlte one of the oest Bites in the Park.—Vaile and Douglas, House, Land,and Estate Agents, ShorUand-street, . .. • ; jjjg LARGE FREEHOLD ALLOTMENT, 66 x 117 feet, together with dwelling-house, stables, &o„ conveniently Bituatod, within J minutes' walk of Poat-offlce, and suitable either for private Desidenco sites, or for Icfei noss purposes; price moderate. Terns easy. —Vailo and Douglas, Land and Houso Agents, Shoitland-streut. 1324 £5 PER ACRE—Cheap and Convenient FARM of 80 [teres, all fenced amUin grass; good, level, cleared bush land ofuuperlor quality; house of 4 rooms, dairy, stable, cow shod, other sheds, &c.; 18 miles from Auck land.—Vaile and Douglas, Land and Estate Agents. Shortland-st. ' lSli £300—NEW HOUSE of 5 rooms and bath room, oven, grate, 2 tanks, &o„ with allotment 33 x 118. Terms—£loo cash, balance -weekly payments. — Vaile and Douglas, House and Land Agents. Shortland-street. 1303 ' 1 £600—DEVONPORT, NORTH SHORE, House of 8 rooms, with out-houßO.orobardj good well, &c. Terms as agreed.—vaile ana Douglas, Estate Agentß, Shortland-street. £630—NEW HOUSE of 6 rooms, with out - honse, tanks, &o„ and allotment 06 x 196, volcanio soil: convenient situation.—Vaile and Douelas. House and Land Agents, Short land-street. ■~■..■ . • 1271 £300—HOUSE of 5 rooms and scullery, out-housa, tanks, &c.; allotment 33 x 100, vol ' canio soil. Terms—Half cash, balance 8 per cent.—Vaile and Douglas, House, Land, and Estate Agents. Shortland-Btreet. - 1302 £260-TWO ACRES of LAND in one 0 ; the most fashionable suburbs. Terms, 1 cash balance, 7 per cent., 8 or 5 years.—Vaile and Douglas, Land Agents. Shortland-st 1218 £150—Seven building ALLOTMENTS, each 33 x 113, situated-In Newton South.— Vaile and Douglas, Land Agents, next the Poat-offlce. Shortland-street 1216 £200—HOUSE of 5 rooms with two shedo, Allotment lots 100, 20 minutes from Queen street—Vaile and Douglas, Honse and I and. Agents. Shortland-street 1243 Several Convenient FARMS of from SO to 400 acres, situated within 30 miles rail from Auckland, part, bush, part open land, good soil, well watered. Price, from £1 to Is per acre. Terms, i'oash. balance 3or 5 years. 7 per ■_ cent—Vaile and Douglas, Land ana Estate.Agents. ShorUand-street. . 1299 £500—Capital Waterside FARM, of 9 acresftobout half rioh alluvial flat, 30 acres la grass. House of 1 rooms, dairy, sheds, &o.— Vaile and Douglas, Land Agents, Shortland £4B 10s—ALLOTMENTS at -tho- North Shore, near the Big Dock, 55 x 132 feet, from £18 10s each. — vaile and Douglas, Land- Agents, next the General Post-ofiloe. ~ £900—Handy FARM, containing 90 Acres, all good land and well improved. Dwelling- ; : honso. Store, Barn, Sheds, &c.. attached to ttUsFa^ there is a, .profitable. bjatoeM,,' remiiring but little oapl&l to work it This ia asDlendid opportunity for an industrious flmily. Church and school close at band. Prico Quoted Includes good-will. Terms. SbO cash, balance 7 per rem.—Vaile and Douglas, House, Land, and Estate Agents, Shortland-street ■ 1239 15s PER FOOT—A number of Allotments in the Mount Eden Dißtrict 50 by 132. feet, at - from 15s per foot upwards. — Vaile anil Douglas, Shortland-street, nest the Post office. .A £280.—NEW HOUSE g£ 4 rooms nnd Porch, fitted with gro.ta, oven, safe, &c Al lotment 33 x 60.-, Vaile and Douglas, Land and. Estate Agfants. ShorUand-street. I'-ITVHE AUCKLAND STAR": " ISA G A Z ET T E JOB THE PTJBLIOATIOIf -OT Ali A ' Aa;A' N.. 0; t'i _.c .c a^hlAaa Ot BBLATION TO jsVAiiJi" '* ■•'•■•JiivNr ' BOROUGH COUNCILS, ,-s COUNTY COUNSLB HIGHWAY BOAftPff ifr ':.~_.-:^_