THOUGHT-READING AND CLAIRVOYANCE.

Mr Labonciicrcs Opinion,

Mb Stewart Cumberland called upon mo (tho editor of "Truth") one clay last week to explain to me how ho Biiccccda in finding pins, and other such " maiiiftsla. tions." If a person will ocr.centrato his thoughts upon an object, and if any ono— whose perceptive faculties nvo properly trained—takes his hand, tho operator will be, Mr Cumberland explained, inevitably drawn to the spot whero tho object is. "Thought-reading, then," I saftl "is tnnsele-reading." "Ton certain extent," he •replied, "but not absoHituly. You have to watch for other indications ; for instance, if I find myself close, to the article thought of, the hand of some subjects gets hot, in •others the pulse quickens. You must watch those indications as well as the muscles." "But, surely, you mutt havo lhad a confederate when you tied yourself' "to a man by a string, and found an object' •concealed by him." "No," he said; "I ■could iccl the string dragging one way, and I followed tho indication. When 1 came near the object, the string trembled. This is tho simpie explanation of the mystery." " .And do you mean to say that you can tako hold of a person's hand with ■one of your hands, and with tho other write a series of numbers that he is think ing of!" "Certainly not," he replied, "the person's hand must grasp the hand with which I write, ray hand remains almost passive, and he, without knowing it, him self writes tho numbers." 1; Well," I said, 411 will think of something in this room, and wo will see if you can discover it." I thought of a little card-case that was lying on a table. Mr Cumberland blindfolded himself. "Why do you do that?" I said. "That my own thoughts should not he diverted from what I am doing." He took my hand ; in a minute or two he approach*-, j| the tablo, hovered over tho various articles upon it, and finally placed my hai'/a on the card-ease. I had thought all <-_\ ie w hil 0 of this article, and I could t<y\ my hand in voluntarily drawing hi Vu towards it. It would tako n person >\ long time to acquire Mr Cumberland's powers of pm-coption ; but ony ono can r«y;,i'| S Q how the trick'—if I may call it so-—ls done, by thinking <<f Borne object on a table, and getting n friond to fftasp his hand and try tA discover it. He has only to concentrate his thoughts upon the object, and tho exact placo whero it is, in order to (snd that his hand resists when ever it is sought to divert it from the direc tion towards the objoct which it, apparently of itself, strives to approach. In fact, tho thought acts upon the muscles, much in the samo way as the desire to grasp something causes the hand to grasp it. In both cases, the muscles involuntarily obey the brain. " And how did Irving Bishop ro»d the number of a bank-note that was enclosed in an envelope, without contact with tho only person who knew it I askedV* "To do so by what ho terms 'thought-reading,"' Mi Cumberland answevod, "is absolutely im possible. Without contact, you can obtain no indication of what is passing in the train of anothor person, as you must per ceive yourself if you have understood my explanation." "Then the thing was a swindle," I said. Mr Cumberland smiled. "And tho mental picture ho professes to sec?" Mr Cumberland smiled again.

To Mr Cumberland a debt of gratitude is owing, as it is to all those who expose tho trickery of knaves and their 'mystic preton sions. Tho misfortune ih that, no mattor how often and how thoroughly manifesta tions of supovhumon powers are exposed, foolish and. credulous people will niways be. found to welcome and to believe in any new trickster who comes forward and profossci to work wonders.

I Bee that Irving Bishop announces a seance, at which he proposes tc do wonder ful things with bank-netes. My impression in regard to the man is this : —Ho can, like Mr Cumberland, and like any one else who will take tho trouble to train himself to it, follow muscular indications; but these in dications can never, unless the hand of the operator be guided by that of the subject, ■convey more than an affirmative or negative sign. Being a thorough-paced humbug, ho has not been satisfied with doing this, but has pretended to sco a mental picturo of what is going on in the braf n of his subjects. Whom ho giT.:s a seance, he generally re sorts to trickery; thus at St. Jumes's Hall, when he was by way of reading a note, he knew its number already, for so silly was he, and so anxious to create an effect, that he did not put himself in con tact wiih tho subject. Hia -'fainting-fits," his comatose state, and his panting, &c, ore, of course, mere nonsense, for Mr Cumberland performs tho same feats with out any of this by-play. The chief talent of Bishop in. regard to bank-notes consists in getting hold and keeping hold of them. Of the hundreds of pounds which were paid for entrance to the St. James's Hall, under the impression that the public was to wit ness tho reading of tho number of a note known alone to Mr Filth and tne, and en closed in an envelope, only a few shillings found their way to tho hospital for the funds of which the seance was professedly given. The most amusing story, however, in regard to this stance is this:—Mr Gordon, Bishop's impresario, lent him a £100 note to flourish about and to offer to bet with. The loser was tbeimpresano, for the poor man never saw the note again.

RHINELANDER'S MESAL LIANCE.

The Sort of Woman He Forfeitod Half

a Million Dollars For,

New York, June 21.—William C. Rhine lander, who on Thursday shot John Drake, a lawyer, was arrningcd to-day. Drake is unable to leave his bed. Detectires wy that Khinolander admitted bis guilt. Khinelander, however, denied that ho ac knowledged anything, and said he was not going to convict himself in this affair. Khinelander told a reporter this evening that he was married to Miss Mary McGuhws in 1876, and had two children. Immedi ately after the marriage Drake began to use ever y effort in his power to bring about a separation, following them to Canada, whore they resided, and threatening Khine lander with incarceration in a lunatic aaylum if he did not give up his wife. By and-by he succeeded in making Mrs Rhine lander jealon«,:and quarrels between the hnnhand and wife lollowed. When he married his wife he forfeited dols 500,000. New York, June 22.-Frederick K. Clark trives the following details of young Rhine lander's marriage: "It occurred, he said, "about eight, years ago. I was on very in timate terms with him. Ho was known as William C. Rhinelander, jr., after his grand father, who was then living and very wpilthv During the summer months we often exchanged visits, frequently stopping at each other's house over night. After a time I noticed that his visits became less frequent, and I suspected that he had some attachment elsewhere. He hnally confessed h« had become very much attached to a young woman who was a waitress in his father's house, and stated his intention of marrying her. I opposed the stop vigorously on the ground of the r socFal inequality, and that no happy results could come from it; but he held to his determination to marry the girl and when ' 1 found my protestations to ho of no avail, I finally consented to bo a witness to the .marriage. It took place in Newark, N. J., Lt two days before Rhinelander was 21 years old He immediately went to Canada in the hope of establishing himself in some Winess, and I introduced him to some of m y friends in Toronto, among whom wag J. C. Forbes, the aitist. '" At the request and expense of his family I went to Canada to see Rhinelander. I was authorised by hia family to offjr his w if e "0 OOOdols., and an annuity of q nOOdols if &n 0 would SO to Europe and «;Tthere This she refused to do. I had scarcely been there two days before Drake ™« unon the scene. After a time he succeeded in ingratiating himself into Rhinelander's confidence, and by prying about found out some of the young man's affairs which- he reported to him, saying fitfhß information had come through me, *ffi X led Rhinelander to believe I was ' Mrs °ftj' His desire to see her grew ; break his marriage, led R. hmel/"d^ a hlug ; he was justified in takrog the course he I did." ;- '

STELLMACHER'S CRIMES.

Points in tho Career of tho Vienna

Anarchist.

His Trt;a ard D<SaW-. Se'iVtiiUCe-Somo of tho aorrt.ilo iß^c.ls .of which Ho «as liJon Fifivod Guilty.

The cable hr,; told v' the death sentence <?! ilertuaim Suenmacher, one of tho two murderers of the police detective, Bloech, at Vienna, mid. as believed, one of the per petrators of tlie rtib'«*r* n.'.n'i murder of the mo'aii.y-jjh'iingei", iHisert, and his two child ren. Stellmachcr's companion for both deeds, and prob<ibly for .several more, i tho anarchist Kainuwur, still awaits j his trial before the military oourt, ho being n xoliimr on leave Stell machw- fi; the mysterious mall who wtla caught, in ,'!'■ -wife ns t'.v! 'luttutiVc's DiiU'ilon-i". "Hi: JibstlnfitKW I'cfused to give his n-iiui) vi :-'- ■' WOS, hihl his photograph was or WeXki exhibited in the shop witm'.iws on the Grabon, ths K.inithrier striWso, nnd nt-lier most frequented places, lu'inoductioii.s of this photograph were puolished by tho illustrates papers in Vienna and elsewhere, and naturally photo ginpha were ulso freely Bent 'to the police head-quarters ull over Kuropo, At last tho suspiciou expressed by the polico in Dresden, five days aftor the murder in Floridsdorf, was proved to bo well■ founded— namely, that tho murderer, whoso face was nvulo conspicuous by a wart on the left ■ cheek, is identical with a fornWr pVO-JVia in tho Saxon Koyal Second 'OrT.adier Regi ment, who served from .Vunuary, lS7f>, to January, IST**-■ t\\on was employed until Govern be*', 1^76, as waggon man "at the Dresden Ceiitral Terminus, and from this time i\;,s known in Switzerland as Quo ,'jf the most uclivo membois of tin) arwohistic party, and for a tiino as

I ••liifpr and manager of Host's paper, j Freihoit, The photograph which came j from the Dresden police, showing Stell-: mucher in tlu> unifoiin of a Saxon grenadier, : ended every doubt as to tho identity of the !>vr t -.-trfi ftiiiWierer, who rtioh gnvo up as pevfeeiiy iV-eles- lliV- AtVuiiipt to iiidu his name and to drrcy Ilia connect ion with Kiimnicror and the international anarchist HLCBEK S SIUUDHK. Stollmiichm' i» a man of 30, born in Prus sian Silesia. In his early daye ho was a shoemaker, and soveral years ago was sen tenced to six weoks' imprisonment for einboziilomont and deprivation of civil i rights for five years* The police officer, ! Hlubek, was murdered lato in the evening on the loth of last Dccemjber, in a lonely part of a road at Florid.Sdoi f, in cou sequence of which this manufacturing place wa« naturally closely watched, not only by policeuraii on duty, but also by detectives in plain clothes. On the morning of January 23, between 7 and 8, Bloech, walk ing to tho police station, pnsiad a ballast pit, where he was spokon to by a. man wko was apparently waiting for him ; and as ho turned sevoral shots from a revolver w»ra tir*d at him. He fell dowu lifeless, and tho mardorer bent ovor him to empty his pockots, from which he took a silver watch with a chain and a revolver. Then the murderer too) Ito flight, pursued by some workmen from the ballast pit. Tho workman Meloun was almost on tho heels of tha running murderer, when ho turned round and fired two shots at his pursuer, daigcrously wounding him. He was, how ever, caught and ovet'povverted by tho other workmen after a tiorco struggle, and taken to the police station, on tho way to which ho took from tho inner pockot of his coat a tin case, in which were afterwards found ono kilo and a-half of dynamite and several lead bullets. Tho murderer's object was to bring about an explosion by throwing down his dynam ite bomb, but tho fuses, of which eleven I wore found in his pockets, were not a!> t.iched, and so the dynamito could not ex plode. T*wo other revolvers, a dagger, a ; I'also beard, and gome gum for sticking tha beard on, were also foand'on hie person, and when his'lodgings were discovered, whore he had lived under a false name, a port manteau, with two small bombs tilled with dynamite and lead was discovorod, as wM as a largo bomb, DIE KtSEKT MUHIJBR.

The facts of the other murder and robbery with which he is charged are as follows :— On the 10th of January, at .V3O p.m., two mon appeared at Elsert's exchange office, which is in the Mariahilferstropse, one of the most frequented Vienna thoroughfares. They wanted to change Russian rubles, and, while the money changer looked at tho notes, they throw sand in his eyes and gavo him a blow on tho head with a heavy instrument. By a side iloor ho tried to escape into the hall of She house, but was pursued and so brutally assaulted that ho foil down motionless, and was left by the murderers for dead. The two men entered tlic back parlour of the olfice, where two sons of Efrert, 9 and 11 years old, were being taught by an old Udy, Mme. Rerger. All three were at tacked and kft for dead. Tho robbers entered the offico, took 3,500 florins, chiefly in 50 florin bank notes, from the cash-box, nnd twenty-five shares of the Liceing Browery,, worth 4,000 florins, which were several woeks later sold in Pesth. When the robbory and murder were detected, and aid came, Hen- Eisert could only faintly speak and say that one of tho two men wore a wide-awake hat, snch as is usually favoured by artist?. He died on January 22, and ono of tho boys four days later, whila tho second boy and tho old teacher recovered. The artist's hnt in que» tion, or ono like it, was found in Stell macher's lodgings, and thereupon chiefly rests the charge against him, together with the circumstance that a fuse, exactly of the samo make us those found on Stelhnacher a fortnight later nt Floridsdorf, was lying on the floor of the exchange office, evidently lost by the robbers. The shares, as already montioncd, wore sold at a bank in Pe3th, and tho publio prosecutor intends to prove that the monoy paid for them was distributed between Stellmacher and the editors of two radical papers, " Der Radical" and " Die Zukunft," which appear in Buda-Pesth in the German lan guage. IN COURT.

At the trial the prisoner's facs bore «n expression of fanaticism and cruelty, and he looked defiantly round the court. On the table were the three revolvers and a dagger found on him, and from a sack was produced, to the horror «f the audience, the skull of the murdered man, in order to show the bullet marks. The prisoner was, however, quite unmoved. When his examination commenced he at first showed great disinclination to keep to the point, and finally he refused to answer at all if ho were not allowed to have his own way, but when the hearing of the witnesses began tho prisoner forgot his promise and began to rend irom a prepared paper what he called his articles of faith, which began with a denial of God, and pro ceeded to lay down the anarchist creed. He recognised two sorts of property - one necessary for body and mind, and one un necessary, and the chief mnnii nf tho existing social misery. He then entered into a vivid description of this misery, and of how tho poor were handicapped from their very birth. He next gave, a history of his life as a demonstration of his own theory. His father was a shoemaker who died from want, and his mother and sinter also perished from hunger ; the workmen, he cried, were wor?e off than tho beasts ; the latter were pro tected by the various socioties, while the former were not allowed to meet, speak, or write, and so were compelled to take their affairs into their own hands and terrorise society. He denied anyintention of robbing Bloech, and only took tho watch and chain in order to raise the belief that it was an ordi nary robbery; until he had succeeded in making his escape. Ho briefly denied the robbery'at Eisert's, and concluded by again adverting to the story of his life and the misery of the working class, when he burst into tears, and tho sitting had to be sus pended for several minutes. Some letters written by the prisoner offering himself to the Swiss police as an informer were then read, Stellraacher explaining those as a de vice to deceive tho authorities for party purposes. ' The court sat for twelvo hours to dispose of the whole of the evidence, so that the sentence should bo passed in the daytime, when the workmen are engaged. There was practically no defence, and the court, which was composed of six judges, retired, and, after an absence of an hour and a-half, returned to read tho death sentence. He heard it with perfect calmness and with out uttering a word.—"St. Louis Globe Democrat."

EXPLORATION OF NEW GUINEA.

(Extract from tho ">Telbourne Age," June 13,

. "In connection with the Waltham Watch Company it may be Btated that whwn tho p- opri tors of " The Age" desired to presort \fR (t. X JioiiWSON (the Explorer to New Guinea, with a ruiiulil" Chronometer, acting in,™ the r.gvloo of Mr K. L. J. Ellei-y. the »*-.. ,^^', wp"<^ Viov^^'cr. yi^ocTirea for jvir •v'oi'l-l'-u.N i o c..v. TiiciO wuri) l;ept at tho ■,■ .(',,,„,„. !ihsr:-vi*nry for a fortnight, anqj :,'„, ~..i'-,. ..:'.' •, |.i--ii!( tested, nnd were ronou ... i'.!.cx:y, ul to cud of that time tobe hotter suited for Mb Mobbison'b i "•equirementa than any Chronoineter."-[ADVT.] i

JOURNALISM IN THE FAR WEST.

We have before us (Writes tlio " Gijtfpsland Mercury ") d c6u.pl© of jpajlers, "l Ihe Hoary MSAi»j»fc*in News," of May 24, and "The | Salt Lake City and Daily Tribune," of May 27. Both are well printed broadsheet", both (ivo stuffed with infamons iiiedieal advertisements, ~ttnd . bpth contain Jt§iUn of the ritosfc pßls'diial uliai'aptcr In fact, the tone of the personal items is sUuii that there i.§ little wonder that a revolver appears to constitute a necessary portion of tho outfit of tho population, and that children are a-i familiar with the weapon as our schoolboys with the slate pencil. IVlimps the queerest Jiart of American journalism is the practice of interviewing wiwil hft.l SjwUiig lip. Lord Ivorlttdnby," our lato Governor, passed through Denver on May 22, and of course tho "News" elicited his lordship's views, or says it did, after the following fashion :—The "News" reporter, who sent his card into tho Marquis's apartments last evening, was soon ushered Into tho presence of a very portly man, with grey hair, and whiskers of the mutton-chop style. As soon as the reporter entered till! room, the Marquis roso and advanced toward him with hands extended. "My dear sir," he exclaimed, " I din delighted to meet .yom I have read your paper for th* last 20 years, and though \vu liilvecSCeilent newspapers in Moibou'HlQ, they aro not of courso metro politan, and not to bo compared with tho old, reliable Rocky Mountain " News." The reporter blushed at, the nompllmont, though ho knew it to bo well deserved. The Marquis than proceeded to inform tho re poriur that "the islands A:c\v Zealand and Australia aro becoming c''ueated in the highest principle" Of a liberal representative Govei-tm'oiit tmd a progressive Monarchy," whatever they irUVy be. ilaHicfi informed the reporter that Australia is Colorado and California Wimbincd, and "no longer a simple pen'il colony." But ho found it difficult to say whether tho goidtiolds or the sheep farina are die most valuable fentiiivs of tho country. " What," demanded tho reporter, "aio your im prewions of Coloiftdo?" To this tlie .Marquis replied, "I should uny you hn<l a great deal of rain hern, and that impressed mofamurnbly. . \V* liAvb a grout deal of nidi In England, and tha roar* marohlonofte likes a mol«t climato." Aftor a few mort questions wo aro told that tho re porter withdrew, fully satisfied that tho Marquis iv a most pleasant and scnuiblo gentleman. All of winch is exquisite fool ing, of course, tho column of leaded typo and small-caps being duo to the inventive ingenuity of a member of the staff." Of courso the peoplo of Denver wanted to know about the marquis, and of coures tho reporter was only too happy to oblige them. The reforenco to Australia " being no longer a simple penal Colony is, however, in the highest style* of art, and wa* probably thrown in by the editor »8 in afterthought. The advertisements ard indescribable, but ws were particularly struck with one in in which a gentleman announce* that a son has been born to him, and gires its weight st "IMb," just as though it wan v fine pig bo had just received, jfron all this we gather that western Journalism has not much advancod since Charles Dickene gave some curious specimens of it in the pages of " All tho Year Round."

Phases of Melbourne Life.

(CoMlttSPUNDliSl' OV "SriINEV NtiKW."')

Mki.bouh.ni; is truly a wonderful city. Etch tho bare records of its ovory-dfly life, us they present themselvoa in our courts of justice, and tho various phaiei of its affairs which are transacted iv pmblio— when pro ;!erly reported and «fstematically arranged by mon of literary ability—nra very in teresting. Hut the real life of a liirtjo city such an Melbourne mast b» studied in a different manner. You must go behind tho BCttucs to soe interesting fact*. You must know the people who move about in thia largo busy human hire, and by noting littln incident* which aro bidden from t.h* superficial observer, you will, in the course of many years, ac cumulate nsufficient number of facts to place on your pallet from which to paint a picture of the life of this city. To do this, it would require tho powor of a Balzac. Besides, a single article would not bo sutfi wont. I, therefore, can produco only a fow cmncoa in my first attempt.

Who in that middle-aged man with bushy board mid battored fnce, and clutliott covered with mud, leaning in the doorway of ho«t I'etor Carroll, at tho corner of Swanston and Bourke-streets ? Ho is rolling his eyes end foaming from his mouth. His knee* are unsteady, mid are wagging in n most extra ordinary manner. One, two, three police men [lass by ; but they do not tako any notice of him. " What is tho u*e running him in ? Wo ran him in a few nights ago, and he never appeared in Court." Only a few weoks ago ho was a man of great power j a justice of the pnneo, »nd one of the richest butchers iv Molboume—»* leaet, people thought he was very rich. Hi* breakfast eTery morn ing congested, in his palmy day*, of a bot tle of champagne and some dry touM,; and this repast was always ready for him by 7 o'clock in the Old White Hart Hotel Ho was an oxcollcnt customer to all tho princi pal city botalkeepers for yoare past. He could do it. H« married a bountiful girl with £30,000 lomo i>«toh years *ago, and had the bent paying business in Bourke-itr«et. Now ho in a pauper. He filed his schedule for nbout £40,000 come six weeks ago, and was ro moved from the list of juitices, When ho is arrested fof drunkenness his friends manage to squire matters, And he Is not re quired to appear in court to answer the charge. A irooden-like figure, clothed in dirty rags | a brownish wig hanging outiidewayi from underneath a battered hat, dlsolostag in front, *s he passes ma every morning an "the block," an oleaginous, moo»-shaped face, sans teeth, and without the alighest signs of "cunning;" in Ms one eye; while the other, which is of glass, Is crackod in seroral plaesi. He accosts me frequently, and in plaintive tones asks for "a sixpence to got a meal." Only six or seven years ago he was one of our most fashionable citi zens. He had ons sf the largest shops in Melbourne. He was iff difficulties; but no one, except his relatives, knew anything nbout it. They advanoed l,im money at usurious rates of interest, and, to save themselves, they found for him a wife in the only daughter of one of our wealthiest property owners. He was 45, but art did a great deal for him. A wig, false teeth, stays, a glass eye, a little rouge judiciously laid on, and good clothes, made him look young. He also could sing a Bong, and was good company. These were qualities which went a long way in a drawing-room, especially with a girl of 18. His frionde and relatives workod for him with the parents and girl. A marriage was arranged, aid they were tied together for life. Less than twelve months after tho marriage the man's true position was rovealod. His business was tottering. Now tho father-in-law had to unlook his coders. The old man did this several times, but the money was imme diately handed over by tho son-in-law to his relative creditors. The final crash came, insolvency, and gradual dc clino of assistance from his father-in law. Two children are the result of this "marriage of convenience." The wife is living in luxury at the expense of her fathor, and tho husband is wandering about half-demented, bogging in the streets, and not allowed to shave his wife's roof. This is a representative example of many Vic torian marriages If you wish to see curi ous characters with strange Histories, you will find in Melbourne more of them than in any other city in Australia. But more anon.

A STUBBORN WOMAN.

She Neither Eats Nor Speaks for

Forty-Six Days.

Atchison (Kan.), June 20.—An authen ticated case of fasting oomos from White Cloud. It is in Bubstance as follows, and in Touched for by W. H, Farrow, a practising and reputable physician of that place : Miss Lizzie Bradley, aged 36, has gone forty-six days without taking nourishment or speak ing a word. The cause of the freak is stated to be a family quarrel between heruelf and father. Her communication is with pencil and paper. Her father is an aged well-to do citizen, and fearing that her determina tion might prove fatal, he effected a recon ciliation. She then attempted to eat chicken broth and- a few berries, but nothing would remain on her stomach. She became dis couraged, and has since then refused to eat a morsel. Her death is inevitable. She is a mere skeleton, and a tew more days will end her chosen misery.

PIGS.

VfitjeS- ydtl Start off to keep pigs your flrst care must be to solect well-bred ones ; let no consideration whatever induce you to do with any but first-class pigs. There aro somo pig* which I do bolievo must havo descended from those into which the devils entered after tiiey wero driven out of a man, selecting them, no doubt, as the nex v most appropriate place of abode ; and there aro others that aro not quite bo bad ; but bo advisdd ftnd )mvo nothing to do with nny niediuin qualitlas—have ilie very best Or noito; "Sfou will firid that a rm\lf good, fjig will thrive and grow tat upon Very liLMti food, will fatten at any age, and mak&ex cellent bacon, whereas the inferior sorts eat their heads off while growing, and do not fatton but slowly even at an advanced age, and when they are nursing the co«t of feed ing will fur exceed tho pl'olit of their young pigs. At tho present tiiito firfjt-Olrtsu pigs ai'e not difficult to procure at moderate prices | long ago It was not sO easy; I think it lliust bo going on fdr twenty-five years rtgo When n mend of iriino bougiit a Hue white sow in pig to a pure-bred boar, from one of the Mr Grahams, and paid £20 for her. It ivaa thought an enormous prico at tho time (they we'-o HftiMpsllil'o pign), but it paid him Wall. She littered eleven young ones, all which) but what he wanted to keep, sold for f3 each at the weaning. 1 bought three of them, which, after getting stock from, I resold at iln average of .tlO each: j.'igs of courxe vary in sonlo respects According to tho breed i somo have the ears hanging downwards and forwards, somo have .short prick ears, some are "smooth and others hairy, and Ihu colours diflbr, What is usually called tho Chinese pig hero (although there are in reality eight or nine dill'orent varieties) is v black pig with a slight tinge of blue or slaty colour, very smooth, with «hoit can ;it is not a large animal, ia very easily fattened, but Us fat is too rich or oily, and, ddpecially when fed upon red I'lovcr, i? n)it to lldvj a raiiciid or fishy tafite; indeeil, 1 liioy lidro reniark that, although red clover is much relished by pigs, and they are quito killablo on it, It is very apt to impart that flavour to thorn. At ono time I had some hundreds, of half-bred Chinese pigu fed on clover, and the butcherg were so much disuppoinWl with thorn that Mr, Buckland deolined to sell any moro in hia market, and procured rao cuatomern privately amongst tho brewers and dairy mcii for them, i'ed on milk, and finished oil' with grain, however (particularly when killed young), they make first-rate bacon nnd hams, In Australia, where the dairy reason may be said to lost only sin or seven months, these pigs uvud to be fa\'ouriUi>i. They were put to fatton from tho weaning, On milk mixed with sharps or boiled pota toes and finished with grain or pease. \V hen killed they seldom •xeoeded lOOlbs, and sent up to tho digging* in tlioso days (about 18W) th»y fetciied in a pound. Tho broed of Chinese pigs in vogue when I wub a boy was a pure white animal with a creamy tinge, and I think uluch superior to thoso wo have hero ; but there ato also a blank and white variety and a rutty, red, both of which are largo animal*. Sometimes tho Chinese black pig, when crossed with it Berkshire or other large breed, will attain a groat weight. The Berkshire is the bout breod for most purposes, either puro or with n eros« of tho Chine.-o. Tho old Berkshire pigs used gonorally to bo n rusty colour, with bbvek spots, and have Urge ears hang ing over their oyes and a good deal of hair or bristles. Tho newer brteds are now con sidered most en nyle when pure black (und euro lias been known to make them bo on occasions); sometimes they aro bluck and white, and tho ears arc shorter. Some of the old pigs l'«aoh a great weight. MrCulley, an old writer on livestock, mentionsan instance of a pure Berkshire hog woighingoverl'Jcwt., and boing over 9 feot long and 4 foot 8 inches high, Thi6 statement aeonis exaggerated | it ia Mr. Culloy's, however, and not mino. Tho Hampshire is also a tine breed of largo pig ; its proper colour is white, it is a very long-bodied pig, and, easily fattened, attains a great weight. There are aleo many other varietiea of pigs, but they are not procurable here, nor, if thoy wero, are they nny better, if as good, as the throe I have mentioned. There is a curious little grey pig that feeds on tho hills in Shetland just as a sheep which has excellent flesh, and is oithor exported, casked, or sold down to the Lowlands, whero it fattens readily. This breed is supposed to be the original native pig of Britain. There is nlso a on rious red pig, very bristly, nnd with a thick coat of soft hair under tho bristles, which lives in a similar wny in tho Orkneys, >md is by no means a bad pig for its snr foundings. But of all tho horrible pigs, tho one 1 really do boliove to bo the lineal descendant of the ones alluded to in the beginning of this article—the old Irish "greyhound pig," is the worst. Thin nmmiil infosts (or infested) Ireland gone nliy and some parts of Scotland, par ticularly the west; but was found in other places as well. huloed, I have been some very Hko it oven bore. It id a long logged, long, loftn-bsdbd, scraggy animal, with along snout,conrso big bones,long thick tail, big ears and covered all ovor with long Imirs, and of a dirty white colour ; euch in the ancient pig, "tho crathef." It eats an »;normous quantity of food, is" always hungry and novor at rest, and does not fatten when young. After, however, it hoe cost ton times its vuluo in food and is fat (for it), tho flosh is good, and I boliove the famous Wostphalian hams aro made from pigs very similar. lam thus particular in describing this varioty, bocause I wirh to make not " bacon " but a " beacon "(oi cuso mo) of him.nnd to warn all pig-breedom to avoid tho points I have described as hl» distinguishing marks. Novor to my last day will I forget the sceno onco witnessed of an o.J lady and her husband looking on nt their Scotch gardener whilst he was pouring hot water from the spout of a kettle on ono of these pigs and trying in rain to get the bristles off his lean carcase, which was ultimately givon up ond docontly buried in their villa garden. To return to New Zoaland. There are plenty of good pigs to choose from ;If you must have puro blood choose undoubtedly pure Berkshire, but better crossed with Chinose ; perhaps the best is to raise a boar between bhe. two and cross him into pure Borkshire ; but whatevor breed you decide upon pay attention to tho points —short- nose, smooth skin, few if any hairs, no long bristles, small ears, short legs, above all things small bones, small feot, small tail, straight wide back, short neck, compact body, large round hams swelling well down to the hocks, long back best for growing .heavy bacon. When your breeding pigs are all served, and their young ones are getting, old enough to breed, yon must castrate the boar or 801 l him and get another, unless indeed you esteem him suffi ciently to keep him shut up for tho use of tho old sows only, for brooding in and in, in any form will never do. The sow goes sixteen weeks, and with proper management you will easily gst two litters a year. This is ono reason why pigs ought to be so profit lible—they aro so very prolific that you can easily supply yourself with stores. When tho young aro about a month old you ought to havo thorn castrated or spayed. Tho latter is a severe operation at any time, but thoy get over it much easior when young and suckingthemother. Twoorthreewoeksafter this they ought to bo weaned. Never allow tho sow to go to the boar till after the pigs aro weaned, and regulate mat-tors so that she will not litter in the winter months. If you wish to kill a breeding sow you will find the best timois aboutS weeks after sho is in pig. When a sow is going to litter never let her bo with the others, as they are very apt to kill and eat, or lie on and smother the young ones. Put her in a roomy place or turn her into a field loose. Don't give too much litter to Ho on, but let her have a dry bed of short stuff. You must feed her veiy well when she is nu ruing, or she will get miserably thin, and not only ruin the young pigs but bo unable to do justice to the next litter during her pregnancy. It is very expensive work feeding a sow with eight or ten young pigs sucking her ; but It is still much worse so to stint her, and you must remember she is rearing you so many, and that it will only be for six or seven weeks. The better you feed her the sooner can you wean the pigs, but whatevor you do, do not on any account let the young ones run with her for month after month, neglecting both weaning and castrating. That style of pig farming will never pay. If you have no separate sty, make one ;if you have no feed good enough to wean on, sell them as suckers ; any way don't let them run with her. When you castrate your young pigs do not use,more force than what is necessery. The stomach should be empty; use two knives, a sharp one for the first part of the operation and a blunt or jagged one for tho last. Cut where the blood vessels are severed. Never be longer performing the operation than you possibly can, beaauae not only is it keeping the poor animal in pain but the contiuued struggle and shock to tho system is injurious. Throe cats are sufficient, and they can be done easily in n less number of seconds. The dog suffers less and heals sooner after this operation than probably any other animal, and next to him the pig; still, in all cases of tbi»

■ _ i liatut'e eai'e ihould be tak^n to a\TjM HHflefy§ftr^ «trtlggi!rig, Mcl ,lm . fi}B|e ! quickly and gently an animal is reienscd after the operation tho better. Some other time I intend to givo you younger people some hints on enstration In general, but not now. Spaying is a much more difficult nnd much more serious operation. I will describe it to you in the next nuinbor, and go to pig'feoding, making bacon and other Hidttor'B tidnflected with pie- farming.— "fcomato,'1 iri '«Thd Jforth Few Zealand Settler."

The Black Watch at Tamanicb.

Wo havo seen (says the " Army nnd Navy Gazette ") ail extremely interesting letter ftfotti an Olfieer of tho 42nd, from M-hich we venture td, giro tho following extract, in the ljopti thit. tiie graphic aeoouut of tho '' raliy '' at1" "' rfcrjulae will be read with pleasure t>y tho friends" of tfi'd facers named, and by a wider circle than it was intended for:—" All our officers foiißht liko-dovili, and how wo only lost oflfi I can * toll, Ood is good, and must havo put His shield round ou* brave, gallant ofiicors. Tho (.'olotiol la ft 3plendid man. lie Bhot two Arabs doad, and would have shot hlore only the Clovofnttlfltit rovolvei' ammunition missed HrO. An Arab throw a epeaf, and just passtid tho Colonel. Another th.tew a stone at him, and hit and wounded him on the head and knocked his holme: oil', and ho was bai'o-hyaded unttof a burning mm, till gallant Norman MacLeod gave him his holniet, and wrapped a clßth round Mb own hoodi Deitr little Brop'hy wnR hit in tilts legs, and only riavod his brttvd life. l)y hanging on to ,tho Colonel's horse's jail, \Vheti wS rallied aiid fonned'lino, I imagined I must I'o tho drily pfflcfir alive :.liut to rliy joy',.w,o all mot. Old Charlie Eden, aii cb ■if ho wore partridgo shooting ; little Brophy lame, but pretending to be sound ; Sandy Kennedy, with his eyeglass in his eyo, and his wife's watch round his neck j Bald, a cigantio subaltern, sweating, nnd with a Mliiojnclcet'H hat on^—ho lost his helmet. Sir John McLeod'H son Duncan, wounded, swearing ho wns all right j old Bob Coveny, smiling with conlidenco ; and Normnn Mac r^ooci, witli hie firm lips, tJiirstiao; for moro blood J Speid, looking as culm as a Judge j and yoting Macrae, an Argyleshiro lad, who only Joined us tho day before tho battlo, in his trers, and armed with a spoar-head, crying to bo at the niggers again. He Is a ftpleudod boy, and fought like a devil. All oar 'officers had hand-to-hand fights with the Arabi. Th«j palled the kilts off our men, and on* of them pulled the grean ribbons off my kilt, but I killed him. They aro tnoat awfully plucky. I saw one man juat doad, and he was crawling toward* uu to kill a whit* man before ho died, I took a Hplvndud apsar und killed a greav many wouudttd «i«h with it; it \*ent intu their heartu like lielitning, und their blood Hotrod, out on tho wind, I had a narrow eiaupe from v half dead Arab ; he sent hie >jp«ar «lo«o to my leg, and I stabbed him in the heart."

DAWN.

On th« uyturned C»c# of the qiiiritring sea Bfaliniuared tl»« dawn; Whit* ban of litfhl itoJe up la the sky, And Hid mitflit »v gone. Was t'Cui*- wlib tii» fear of ■ folio wed favrn, And with imrr/iflK tetl To fltid i» l-lm klihil*i of the for«at glades A wife run-out. Tho louioni) of itars that had watched wuarily Crupt out of tight i ' Up ruBO >be holm of the lulTancini; duy. Ami fimt n«d »h« iiljfkt. A fre«h wind blew fiom the edito of tho ion. From the galce of tho east. That lilasbcd the tide on (he foot of tho land, Ana tho light increased. And thi glittering tlpa of a myriad •pcaM ahot np from the sea, With guidons and poiinants and Uacee ot light— A iplundor K> neo. A Uundrod flags wero upheld in tl>* sky, Andonfaldedtliore— lln.»nfr» of light vtmt gllmmared and gleanind Ih tlm morning air. Then from the glowing «uit nproM Tlmi kingly iub. ', And tho •<« gruw gold as a stool forhu fvot ° '-lltrry ttewon in Manhattan for July.

5

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



"It's a Wonderful Medicinb, and has oer tninly dono nio Rood," is the report of a lady who was suffering with oppressive breathing and distressing^ cough—tlie common syniptQius in liins disease. She spoke of Alckin's Syrup of Eucalyptus with Hypophouphltea of lime and Quinine, as ninny oriiuiv have dono. It docs not require fui:h. A Hrtlooxperlen™ will prove its value to tho sofferer. Addreßs: •' The Pharmacy," Quoet street.



Snorting. THE FEDERAL CONSULTATION COMPANY Herewith Submit their NEW PROGRAMME ON THE MELBOURNE CITP OF 1884, Ran first week in November. , CAPITAL; £25,000 itt 25,000'Suares or £1 Each. . Promoters—Jas. McLcod, Ksrj., Melbomne ; Hy. Ford, Esq., SydntTi V: Infrram, Esq., Perth; W. J. Krskino, Esq., A9elrtidfc; J. P. Moßain, Esq., Brisbane ; all genuine nun c- n'ui men of good standing. Promoters guarantee! id tako Up flrst 1,000 shares, and have already sub -6|ooo PRIZES GUARANTEED. Plan.of distribution. JirstHorso .. £2,5001 100 Prizes of £50. .£5.000 BeeoJid Horse .. 1,0001 20' i Prizes of 25.. 5,000 Third Hh.rf(« ~. 000 ! .'WO Prizes of 12.. .'1,600 Starters divldu.. 6!*) SflO i'l-JRCS Of a.. 1,008 Non-starters ~ So:) I 100 Vilf.n Wt i.. lot 10- rn .' v"»»»»^ r ._l ! Total ..£2u,fiOo Tho Public arc roapoctfufly Kirn*"!*!' 1 tOJ?J" the Promoters in tho abovo enterprise, iH? bonafuk of which ie unquestionable. Moner promptly returned should iiny Riibacriher vplsh to withdraw before the drawing Drawing hold 30th Ootober next, Conducted publicly in livesenc'c Of Shareholders! representatives of Ptess admitted. Kesult posted, and advertised ih " TOwn and Country Journal." Send 1.0.0.. Notes; Cheques, and 3d cJitrft for Ueply and Result (Registered if convenient), Write for Pi'osplicttla kiviiiß fUllur particulars. Kncjaso Bolf-addi-based ehVelUpo. Atldresa all Letters and milko all OWefs payable to tho Btttifnturyt (La undoTj RODER'i' KA.MSAY, C'omraisskin Agent, 105, Georße-atrcot, Sydney. A LEO'S fJONSULT^TION." • LIST No. 1, ON TM . MELLSOURtfIi CUP, 188 i 2,000 INVESTORS AT £1 EACH. To bo divided as follows: Fii-Rt Horao *1,000 Second Horse .. ■• 300 Third Horse UK) Slartcrs and Mon-SUirters )Dividod).. 000 Total .r ..£2.000 It m parlloularlv re<]uo.itcd Hint early AM'" cutiox lor Slutren will bo nmde, as No. 2 List will bo opsned iintiiedlalKly.lhls one is filletf. fioanlts will hh forwarded to Subscribers im mediately after Drawing. . Any Balie«nbeif,dra«inKn Horse can invest In No. 2 List to tho amount of Four Pounds -without further payment, that amount to be deducted from priza money. . „ The Drawing will b« conducted by a Cora mittco, to whfch tho Press will be Invited to attend. , , _, Application byLetteronly,enolosingTwo Stamps, with exchaugo on Cheques, or by ffloiey Order, Bank Notci, or Drafts. Registered L-ttarsor Telegrams will not on aay account be received. II Bank Notes aro sont. please use two envclopcs.'bne scaled and placed inside the oi her. P.O. Order* preferred when procurable. It will greatly expedite business if anilddresscd I'urclope Is enclosed with application. Should It be deomod advisable after Ac«ept luicosaru tiublishucl.to ra-armnKO Pro(fr»tnm« N'f. 2. I'm same will bo notified by circular and '"/.Tidri!sil- n A. LICO, care ALFRED KIDD, Shoitiandßtreet, or liox 237, Postofllos, Auck imiU. "ly/T E LBOURNE CUP, 1884. ADAM BEDS IS NOW FORMING A BEIIIE3 W <JOM PANIKS ON THE ABOVK GREAT EVENT. 2,000 INVJCSTORS AT £1 EACH. To bo divided as follows :— First Horso _ _ _ ..£I,OOO Hnc-jnd Horeo _ 200 Third Horso „ 100 Othor Starters (divided) _ 800 Non-starters (divided).. . .. *00 Total _ .. - „ 62,000 It 1b particularly requested that early applica tion fsr ihores will b» made, as each list will b* drawn as soou as filled. Reeulti will be f«r warded to Subscribers immediately alter draw l«U, and the next liut prooeoded with. Any Subßcribtr drawing a horse in anjdksl will bo allowci, if hoßOdcslroi it, to invest in tho foUuwLne list any Bum not exceeding Three Pounds without rcmivtinx any further cash, Utis amount to bo ultimately deducted from prku money. Tl»e acceptance* for this race aro deolarea in AtiKust. Hoforo that ditto, all Drawings will contain the whole of tho horses bntkbkd, a*d crcry horeo will rccclTO a prize, but after that date the acckitoks only will be drawn. NO. 1 NOW OPEN, Application hy Letter only, enclosing Two .Stamps «ith exchange on Cheques, or by Mobbj Order, Bank Notes, or Draughts. Registered > Letters or Tclcuranm will not on any account bo received. If bank notes are sent, rileaso na» two envelopes, one aenled and plnccd insido t*ie oi her. P.O. Orders jirofcrred when procurablu It will greatly expedite business if an address**! envolopo la enclosed with application. Address— ADAM BEDE, Care of 11. N. ABBOTT, BOZ NO. 2. I'OSTOKFICB. AUCKLANP. £10,000 ""^£lo,oool^- JBIO.OOC «X 20,000 Members at 10a. F MELBOURNE CUP, 1884 ? __ Xo bo run Tuesday, Nor. i. -|-j O Will Close 30th OOTOBER, 1884. O 402 —PRIZES —402 -p J«I 133 Nomination. 2b9 Cash Prizes. N ' E First .. ..£3OOO 4at 100 £100 TTT Second .. 1200 lit 50 200 XT- Third.. .. 600 lOat 23 250 CStartors (dlv. Mat 20 100 /-> oboutJE2Soa.) TW 20 at 15 SOO K_j U Non-Starters 20 at 10 200 TT (about £16 ca) 1515 100 at 7 700 M -p jjlat « JM -p ■*■ 289 *I9OS "*• 1 ■ ■ ~'f ■ • • Pleaae send P.O. Ordors when convenient, they con at all times be traced If lost, thus protecting sender. Two stamps required tor replies, and One Shilling added as exchange cji country cheques, which must bo certified to as "Correct. 1' Each Uokot has Nino Chances, the Cup being drawn flrit, after which the marbles are all re placed each time till the Nino Drawings are completed, thus (firing one ticket tho chanot of drawtng Nine Prlros. Ho-jrt thlel Name* and Addresses of throe nBdU 111151 principal Winners In Cum, and fcrar prinoipal Cash Prizu Winners can be ob tained by Subscribers on application. Drawing is attended by the Press (mombers of the Presß can freely inspest Ada's books). Managers of papsrs at a distance csn appoint a responsible agent in Dunedin, to whom 411 information will be furnished, thus giving to Subscribers a gtfarantoo of tho bona fide character of this Consultation, a couroono other "Consultationlst puiisues in Dunedin. Tho Cup of 1883 consisted oFre,ooo Subscribers, who contributed £9000. Names of Committee furnished to Prese on ap plication. ADA MANTUA, Caro of Mr. Abraham, Box 351. Post Office. Duhbpik. £10,000 -^3 £10,0^0 <gr jBIQ,OeO Offers a Special Prize ot £1001 Which amount has boon deposited with tho BHltor of- Otago Witvesc, and will bo paid to anj person In New Zoaland who can name the placed horses In Melbourne Cup,-in the order aa r»eo reportod in Otago Witness. Each .letter will b» dated when received, and money paid fo first "tipster." Competitors not restricted.to obo trial; but can try us often as they please, and it Is not compulsory to have tickets in Consulta tion, thus giving anyone tho chanco ot obtaining the above valuablo prizo. In the event of winners not being tipped, tho £100 will be equally dl- Tid«d bctweonthe Otago Benevolent InstitxtiM and Industrial School (Cavcrsham). It will to eburved that Adaia disinterested, havingplfuxA the maney beyond her control, and it mutt be paid to somebody—hence her declining to recnve tips herself, for she will not accept any. , Applications will bo received until 27th Oct., nnd must bo addressed only to Sportino EBrrqK. Otago Witness, Dunedin. Please keep copy of Up. Winner must apply for prize witoin on« month of tor race^ WELLESLEY'S CONSULTATION 1 No. 1.-MWLBOURNK CUP, 1881. 2,000 TICKETS, AT 10a EACH, DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS:- Istljorse £2SO Starters *200 2ndllorso 150 Non-Starters 300 3rdHorae 100 •■ — £1,000 Apply by letter only, enclosing two stamps for reply and result, to A. WELLESLEY, Care Chas. F. Andrews, TobacconUt, Wel lesLey Billiard Rooms, Wellcsloy-street, Auolc land. GOO SINS ANDAT&IN, COACH BUILDKRB, KLLIOTT AND ALREKT-BTJUUrea, Havß In Stock— Doable and Blngle-aeated Buggies, Hoodtul PheHona, Vis-a-vis, Waggonettes, Dot Caria, Seoond-hand Fheetoni Mid Buggies. Also, Umt Ihonwndß Seasoned Finished BpekN, Hm Beet Stock In Auckland* STOP THiAT COUGH! DONT DJSLAT. How oluSyou gtopltlWhere Is the Eonwdxl BOKiINIGTON'S P^ECTORdL OXYMEL OARRAQEEN OR IRSSH MOSS (REGISTERED). Can SSpSK* *" ******** a'Boi)Nia^



"DOBIN HOOD'B ■ Vi ORKAT "NOVELTY COMPANY'S PROGRAMME OK TUB NOVEMBER, 1881. Is NOW OPKM with a Subscribed Capital of £10.000 in 20,000 Shares nt 10s Each. ,04 PBIUB. KACHraAR. HAVING T MBLBOUIIKK CUP. NEW ZEALAND lHt PftlßKß CUI . lstHoraa.. ..««» 70 pkizeb. Sndllomo.. .. 900 Ist Hone *1W grdHorso.. - HO In«}lor8«.. .. «° BtarUn (about a-dllorao.. .. a*l £88oa«W .. 900 Btartcra (about Non-itartors £27oach) .. S»0 *6000 MoOO WO CUSH BOND* IS*;- r^iSrS: .8 88 Sat W!" Z 120 WILL CLOSE ON NOVEMBER 1. . UJOO SHAKES on T«ion» »Tiu»tg karo be»n sold by us- lino* »t4rtlajf. JLpptteaUaM " umL Two SU Stamps to? Rap&^niTtowlt Uoaor Ortloti or ClHsqwM marked OarreoLwl* Nowaaro lent, letters ihonld be r«*tot«rt<l Tm*BRAM» AX» RBOUmeBKD' Jf"l« 1B I™" o«rr»D. Ttn por •ml dodofted Jron »■ Prim Uooora. few per oeot. of which W jrjv»n to , ajTOlTw£i»H Woke* or Client* who pnr. ohasa Book« «rf Tw«otT-nTe Tlcketa each. Prognuanes, with NemS»attoM and f all we tienl&n tot ptwt, mrenent, and future), forwarded pout free *n apjMoatfro. »n»t reach minothvter than Jlst^ch*ol>«r, »r they will not be reccKulßeu. HO«D»» Oar» ©f t\TnTAjpLwroy, b«x ns, P. 0., BVrftfits CU rtn Wlrarwi. K<B. ** Althwffi _jt» sf>a to NeiwrnftpeW ttiro&trtttt Kealimq the Najnes->ii Aaflrtefen *t Frtktipftl wlatera la •'SLSS? -fray, as ntn *W.& «enmiltat)e^(rtß MTert-iW *0T B*. w» respwtrnflr nemlfid the rkblw aan Amr OUMiB fhat «nr Bisks en at all tines even fm iiiipeitlmi t« any Sttwerlber. Inf•naatlm MtU ** &* Pf"^.^?, 60"^' <sa°ll BalmcrrW has aa e<ual ri«>t »f ÜBKicUoM. FIDELITY COMPANY'S ANNUAL PROGRAMMB MELBO uffi CUP, To be liun atfMelboonis en ith NOVKMBKR. 12,000 Programmes at 10s. 133 Ifotaos ani 199 New Kcaland Bonds, divided U follows f— FinstHorse „ .. , *1.6f1fl Becooii Horw ,\ „ .■ &» Third Hmw .. ~. &Q Othera ahidei .. ... .. „ _l.iw Total for Horses «s,eoo to Nev Zealand Bonds at £100 oaoh.. *l 000 10 in do i»i da .. Ed) 26 do do SO do .. M 0 ieo do do »do .. S» m ■Bm.it. Total.. fi3,Mo' Total Amotmt ot Frl«;e9, «6,e08. Will OIjOSB en or abent 86th OCTOBER. BACH 10s Voncher ha« SIX CHANCES. Sffl PRIZRS. S2S ' 12,00* Pregmmmes at 10s. Pioaso add stamps for reply and result. laritemlttaneos can bo sent aa foilswb :— 1. Chtques, P.O. Ordnni, or Bank Netes. 4. Mako ortssed ohoques, with Is addotl for ox change, payablo either U a'No. or simply to bearer, as printed, but not to any particular poroouv If cheques or bank drafts are payable either to a particular ucrson or to order, thoy will bo returned to the sender. S Post-office Orders may be sent, but they must be mado payable to Fidelity Company only, and not to any particular porson. i. Registered letters or telegrams canmot be implied to. Address only as below :— FIDELITY COMPANY. Care oi Alfred A. Cameron's Box. 251, Post-offlce, Dunedin. MBLBOURNB"CUP AND NEW ZEA LAND CUP, 1881. Both Run November Itil A. N EMO'S GRAND CON3ULTATION On the above event is now open, by 6,000 INVESTORS AT 10s EACH. ta. Kach ticket has two separate chances. To be divided as follows: Melbourne Cup, ~ New Zealand Cup, £2,000. £1,000. Ist Horse .. ..£BOO lot Horso .. ..£IOO 2nd Horse.. .. 400 2nd Horse.. .. 200 3rd Horse .. .. 200 3rd Horse .. .. 100 Starters (div.) .. 9W Starters (div.) .. 100 Non-starters (div.) 100 Non-starters (div.) 200 Total., £8,0001 Total.: £1,000 ONB TICKET OAK WIN £1,200. AppHoation by Letter Only enclosing two Stamps for replies. H bank notes are sent, please use two envelopes, one sealed and plaeeq inside tho other. N» telegrams or registered letters accepted, P.O. Orders wljen convenlent, -^dd^twjv u'jjmo,' j ... . Oabb or F. ToiiuNsoKi Banel.Hi^FameU.



Ironmongery. T. & S. MORRIN & CO. UUMITED), Hardware Merc&afttSj Importers of ENGLISH AND AMERICAN IRONMONGERY, CEMENT, CORRUGATED IRON, SHEET, HOOP, PLATE & BAR IRON, SHEET BRASS, SHEET COPPER, 6OPPER RODS AND BARS, BAR STEEL OF EVIM *IESfIBirTION, Suggies I Carriages! "Waggons " T. & & MORRIN & CO. Have now oh' fieft ~ ,, A L.ARGE SHIPMENT OT • ."" „ * W BRADFORD S PATENT COMBINED MACHINE FOR WASHING, WRING- , ING, AND MANGLING. SUMMEUSCALE'S IMPROVED COMBINED WASHING mangling' machines. COOKING W6V£S AND RANGES. Novr Landing, ex Bangitikei, an oxtensir* shipment of COOKING STOVES AND RANGES. New and Improved Designs. LEAMINGTON RANGES A LARGE SELECTION OF f ALSO, ONE Bft. LEAMINGTON RANGE, WITH Covings find I'lato Hack, Wrought-iron High-pressure Bailer, largo Wrought iron Oven and Roaster, strong Grilting Stove (complete), with Strone-framed Hot Plate, Pipes, and Taps. MARBLE MANTEL PIECES. The Grandest Show of Marble and Ena melled Slnto Mantelpieces' in New Zealand. Very elegant designs; choice eoiaurs. Designs quito new. T. & 3. MORRIN & CO. Woftkl draw special attention to then Mantelpieces, being the first shipment al U>* kind ever seen in .Auckland ; and price* rory little abovo those of good wooden Mantelpieces, TILE-LINED GRATES. f Tile Hearths, with Fenders and lire Irons to match. COAL VASES. COAL VASES. COAL VASES. BRONZE ORNAMENTS. Elegant Bronze Ornaments in jJOM* variety. MANGLES. American Table Mangles, English Ta*blq Mangles, Two nnd Xhrio-Roller Mangles, Wringing Machines, &0., Afl, LAUNDRY STOVES. LAUNDRY STOVES. LAUNDRY STOVES. Charcoal Irons, Box Irons and Heaters, Mm Fotts's Sad Irons, Nickel-plated, *o. PACIFIC RUBBER PAINT. GENUINE PACIFIC RUBBER PAINT (In all colours) in |, J, and 1 gal, tins. Mixed Ready job Usb. GENUINE WHITE LEAD AND ZINC WHITE PAINT. Oils, Colours, Varnishes, Turpentine, Driers, Putty, Paint Brushes, &c, &c, &c. Now landed, a Large Stoekof BLECTRIO BELLS AND FITTIHGS, Cheap Electric Bells, with simple Instruc tions for fixing. T. & S. MORRIN & CO. QUEEN-STREET. AUCKLAND.



VjCr ILLIAM GULLIVER, HOU3K, LAND AND ESTATK AGENT. QUEBN-STREBT. Allotments : ChU'-chißtrort, 38 x 100 6. P3 l2s per foot Mount Ro.ikill Koad, 50 X H8.6, £2 5s pur loot Surrey Hills, £i and £5 per foot Wharf Road, 10 x 100. fis per foot Bulwer-rtroot, 10 x 168, £2 6s per foot , Arthur-street, 56 x 100. £6 per foot Prospect-street, 80 x 100, £.1 per foot Wallace-street, 80 x 218, U per foot Sheffyßeach 'Road 60 x lC« perfoo t. Projpeot Terrace (Mount Kden)—Jx>ls .)U x 17b, * JrtnSttSS several lots for £60 each Cox-street, 10 x -, for £80 each Btuart-stnet, 27 x HO. for £80each « W. GULLIVER, QUEEN-STREET. riHBBTB OF DRAWERS Vll7 Handsome Chests of Drawers.: i Ilich Mottled lianri, usts now selling ut the ie lowing priced for Cash :—The Duke of Edinburgh Cheat of Eiulit Drawers (the bonnet drawer- richly panelled with totara, bird, and rewa rcwa) M Xtht: Five Dra wor Oheats.dM. The above lrtiokis iwve always given great satisfaction. »>ud bo ' oome more beautiful with age.. : ,U' W. NORRIK, fOPOf SSOWtUHIMKCBBT. * ■



~^ s^^ • -^- — si s s^s £& PEIME SAITf BUTTEK, 10D. P£i{ LB SPECIAL, W per lb. : ; CHEESE -..-■ FROIII WAIKATO AND WAIVKV FACTORIES. AT HOQKEE & MORRISON, «RO€ER(S, TEA 'DEALBRS», ANI» PROVISION MERCUAWTS, 265 aUEHN-S*ISEET. 265 ■ '■' *-*~*~ noticeT n . - " -. ' tTavi::K almost oomplet«l thn addiUona fiftd altoratinns of the Bankot'tfow Zealand (which have J"l for many montlis tied him from public cuuipoiition and private work'? GEORGE RHODES Wisb«a ttf Mllttlato to his Patrons in purl iculup, and w the Public io Reneral, that he is NOW HBADY TO VM^f o^v %^^^ 0™ PARnCULAULV EXCAVATION AND DRAINAG®, STONE AND CONCRETE FOUNDATIONS, BRICKWORK IN ALL ITS BRANCHY, PLASTERING AND SLATING. NOTK -G R ißdosirouß of working up a PRIVATE TRADE in the ABOVE LINES, W«, W ili thlt md in vicw^vUl |i?e particular attention to private requirements (as hitierto^. QUALITY OF \VOKK A SPKCIALITV. ■ • ; ■ ■. U. R. *>*> Oft 3ALE a Splendid Lot of HOBART STONE in Blocks of nearly aU am, LESS THAN COST PRICE. A LOT OF BLUE-STONE ASfILEAi fITAT MUST BE CLEARED FROM PRESENT JSITJP! (MILLS' LAJ.E). ".;./< ~ „ il-o a TRAVELBING-CRANE for qJhTHS wth RAILS, DOUBLE-CARRIAGE : ■ AND WINCH COMPLETE. ' - .; ' ■■ HJLL-MORTAR SUPPLIED AT CURRENT RATES. ■ TERMS CASH. YARDS: CUSTOMS-STREET WEST, FRONT OF. DOCK. ' : TAYLO R'S Co-operative Grocery Stores are the osily SHops that divide their Profits with ' -< f: , -■~.. their Customers,, ... ADDRESS- % KARANGAHAPE ROAD (iMe Scott) and VICTORIA-STREMm, BETWEEN HOBS6M AND NELSON-SSSfWaOTS. 1 INGATE, BURNS- &~OO^ IKONMONQERS, AUCKLAND. .-.^ Wsjjßy Wholesale and Retail Agents „„ V WHOLE COLONY OF NEW ZEALAND THE. COLONY. W ml ™.th,.™ — f bSs§ Best Sewing Machine known. Amongst tbe Ancient Hebrews, this mmi ''' -■• '• number signified COMPLETENESS i||l|r The following are some of its merits; and PERFECTIOK. SIP W Capacity of robin under the arm. The ancient Syrians and Chaldeans Mm - 2rd . Rs perfect self-adjusting tension used it to express FULNESS and W rf , ts entirely self-threading shuttle. PERFECT SATISFACTION. . ' , . ~ „• ' L . fmmM 4th. The needle is self-setting. Recognising the fitness of this rams :. •• : . application, the AMERICAN SEWING MS sth" Hi^h rate a^. MACHINE COMPANY have called their ■ H 6th> Simpli°ity °f OT*- ' Latest Improved Machine W •* The PERF/ CT u arraneement for. , . Wffl regulating length of stiich. , : f The Number Seven. |Mp wmGATE, buefs & oa^; •;;,\ Wholesale and Retail Ironmongery, CUSTOMS STREET, AUCKLMP, fHEW ZEAIiAJS[p. , THE WOKTDERPUIa ! L^est Improvemento. Valuable AppUances...Ten.Tosra' Otuursntee. Patent Automatic Winder. Patent Drop-Boilers. P»tent lioose-Wintllng-Wneel. Pate Jit Xbread Reloaser. Wor ttraim Machinoo kept in Repairs for three apars FREE OF CHARGE. BlusuftMil Catalogues and Samples, of Work tree *W-r"THE WERTHIEM EEWIKC BUtBItE'AGI^CV,';" ' W J. BEAfX 170, wmmmx . 1 LITTLE COLLINS STi, "* ««i!^vi CftMfttfp" Sect Colonial IStmk, THE CH CT LESMy X t TUC RDcr.lAI "OLUR" MET.«OIIUXK. Patent Double Driver. :



A. AND G. PkICJV ENGINEERS, BOILERMAKERS, ;; IRON AJND BRASS FODNDKBS. AND GBNBRAIi MACHINISTS, „,,. THAMES, ': «/! • Hare for sale the toUowtag Machinery:- .; ---1 Portable Bn^tooi bj- Hornsby & Co., 8 ftp. 1 HQrizontalffligrine, double oyllhder, Win. diameter, 2«n. stroke ■ <:•<< • •■■■ ,■'">■' 1 Horizontal Engine. Win. by 18to.stroke, ~ l SSnoh Bngina, Hin. br flln. stroke 1 MSstSb^larßofler;i7ft. long by.sft. diameter I Cornish Boiler, 20ft long by fib, diameter 1 Cornish Boiler, 18ft long by sft. diameter i I Cornish Boiler, 17ft. long by4f t. 6ln. diatiotur 1 Cornißh Boiler, 15ft. long'by'sft. diameter • 1 Cornish Boilor, 15ft. long by 4ft 6in. diamotet 1 Vertical Boilor, Field tub ea, 7£t.x 3f L 4iu,; no w A quantfty of «ooond-hand Quartz-crushing Plant. Estimates supplied for all classes of Engineering Work.—Makers of Sawmill and Quartz- ' crushing Machinery, Tnrblne Wheels, ■', Hydraulio Machinery, Timber Jacka, . and Patent Safety Catches (or, Warehonse and other Lift ■ ' . Ohm, ':-J JOHN SOPPET, Houses Land, SiVi General Commission Agent, No. S, Queen street, hos (or immediate sale (reallj■ chottp): ---1 coniforlable 3-roomud CottaßO, Ponsoubj; (terms very easy); also, 1. 7-roOuied House. 1 broomed House, 8 ■ 1-roomod Cottagc3, nnrtf siSSI Itoro, in tow; 2 Dairy, l^rn.s, .« mite, from town: 2 Partly-Improved Faimtonojl Properties at equally liow Prices.,