TWO TOWNS BURNED.

a Action of Germany In tßeWl^Vest Africa.

, February 3,-Advices from the V^L country state that on December ft^lan men-of-war arrived at the JB*..i« river, and on tho 20th tho *& °T__ and Dualla, which belong to fteamew*l. towed launches which con- Oen-f.nffiy armed men up the river to tainod S0» miiy hinKthe ro, the Gorman Hickory. VK , pon tho natives, who «1* T?_ . Kmcd it. The Germans HBlbertd«* ot ft 0 the villages The K ed .Fosstown, on the opposite side chiefs «J * , horo fove sewed \ oeimonn s oftllo ***. threatened to kill Sub-Agent fWW: aff ITof the inhabitants of pontanics v ',-j.^ Tho other Gorman Jowtown w. f ir „ ei ) had lelt #»_£% 5« nod t'no invader. On Cam.° r . thtsoi/uroof Pontnn.cs, the boots I*"-"1* ii l ■ .own, the natives returning »«acked nbcGer.nans landed. Many of thefire until we" Germans were rSire but being rcenforcod, o bli K ed to wii . , nntlveg lrow .ißctatf o f Malar Joss being lulled in 'hetott'"'„_i The natives beheaded Pon thoeiicoiinw'- d throuph t(l0 tow „ •***'' rf "ired to the bush. The m •PP I 6 fire to tho town. Hamilton's °*__ f. dory was destroyed by shells, and Boghshfacor) &nothor toctory was the »K°"*'"]"ho agent compolled to tako SugTupon a hulk^in tho river, narrowly •^^MD- next day occupied Cam- Tho °AZrman tr. dor searched all the eroC_-\ .tin., ostensibly for two Fosstown E".' S„.f escaped in the bush. The ?"*_. lel Ailler completed tho des ftrß. „f Hickory. Tho Baptist mission __ hv fire The nu.s.onanes complain ffiy because they were not warned. £S women and children were killed. nUber of natives killed is not known, 1,11 tho bodies wero earned into the bush. n_ natives now trade only with tho _ In* It is feared that tho Germans, Reuse the English of using undue in _l. will drive tho English traders ST The action of the Germans in kin. an attack without declaring war frl Arching British ships in really neutral Story, Germany having annexed only Sowtown side of tho river, is considered ,Jagtant violation of international law.

German Acquisitions at St. Lucia.

Jbj German traveller, Horr Einwald, has sddenly become ono of the largest land owners in the world. TV_ile on his travels hZnlnland, King Dunizulu, the son of Mewayo, took o great liking to Einwold fsitlie interest ho manifested for his people, ud formally ceded him 100 000 acres on bath Bides of the bay of St. Lucia, the king receiving therefor a musical box and tho Komi-e of German intervention in behalf StheZnlus. Einwald is not a land-jobber, undoes he intend to make any profit out of this extraordinary royal gift, and his first step was to make tho tract over to Herr Luderitz, of Angra Pequena.by whom It is being pressed upon tho Gorman Government, Herr Einwald is now in London endeavouring to learn from Lord Derby what England intends to do in tho niifortnnate country which has been aban doned to anarchy. Einwald is very em phitio in his denunciation of England for Its cowardly policy, or rather, inactivity, In the Transvaal. The Boors, who havo Socked into Zululand, he pronounces the icom of the earth. Thoy came into the Wintry and secured from Dunizulu, with the advice and consent of William Grant, bij English adviser, a concession of 2,750,000 acres of land, besides the right of N).ereignty. "These scoundrels," says Bit aid, "are loafing about the country, itetling honest people's goods, living In the mission houses, and threaten ing to (hoot everybody who docs riot do exactly as they pleaso. Poor faiznio had no idea what he was about vfaheceded hia country to thoso adven turers, and when I read over the proclama tion ninth he,had signed ho was aglm3t. aodpto'tsted that he had no idea that ho hadagnedliicountry away. He had acted on the ad _cc of Grant, who has now turned Mjainit Mm and is h .ping another Zulu chief to itdci Dunizulu and his Boer." ; Am. „»_y,_ that the Boers were very irtHgnut md threatened to shoot him Krenl lines, but Einwald always wont tell timed, and they let him alone. Mean _-_et_w_Z__.ua are being badly used on all iHb, lid German interference will not tome toy too soon. As for England, no tyuia entertained of aid from that coun ty although from it emanates all the

Singular Japanese Custom.

SBixcu custom prevails in Japan among •H-failrioned people of bestowing upon their offspring names ordinarily givon to Mute of the opposite sex. This is done in Mies where death has made frequent tiiiti, tinder the belief that in giving the ims of a deceased child to the new-born Mint its life will be prolonged. The cus tom (ometimea naturally results in very per suing situations, of which a Tokio paper .yea an instance: Sometime ago a man ■wed Kano, living at Kameicho, Nihon- W_ Tokio received an intimation from tboauthorities that his eldest son Bunno «4e-a name always applied to males living attained military age, steps should tiMoo be taken with a view to the young •sn undergoing medical examination prior lo actual enlistment. Kano lost no time in Pin. to the War Office and explaining to "'officials that Bunnosuko was his daugh jer.thongh registered as a mole since 1872, jawHch year the census system was al ™m. The authorities, however, in whose "mm frequent and more or less ingenious raemeato envado conscription had given *to a condition of pure scepticism on tupoint, did not scruple to order an ex •JuaUim to be conducted at Kano's house. "•result, of course, proved the statement {j**..' the father, who, on being ques ™j«i«i.that, having lost two daughters Mh-abont a year old, he had been driven ""^expedient to keep thethird alive. It Ww presumed that its success, as evi *Wg in hia daughter's attainment of military age," will tend, at any rate ™°_ his neighbours, to the revival of a •won which, whateverjit sinconvoniences, « Mt without suggestive interest.

Something About the History of Chewing and Smoking.

Cl* Us were not known until about 1815. "!. oub to that time pipes wero used ex' tlmively.

(tS,w Dg had been in VoSue t0 a limited WPfor some time, while snuffing dates **£™08tas far as smoking. mJ?i Pack _o sent to Catherine do S_ W^. m iine Powder. She found that km i _ *■ "*tho box affected her similarly mmag, which led her to fill one of hor SB .'bottles with the dust. Her 3? ad°Pted the habit of snuffing small W> of it up the nostrils, and as the d. . _ beoame more Ple"tiful the VM became more general, until iie_ * mai* or a woman was not con PJH m in proper form unless they CtS»f 8t°m became 8d common in Eng- tan_ Bnuff-box was no longer a sign Urn °i, "er, it was the law prohibiting »ure of the plant, except for rnedi j^wu passed. About the samo time a •S_rtV M Plaoed on tho imported m&!s Poetically placing it beyond _dt__ b9, onmnion herd, and giving (W« h»t. Kb to be used aa a luxury M iT-,~ conflicting opinions in re s_l_ c?eotei The R°mißh Church. hg_\T. .lts use, and the Church of £»d declaimed against it. -»«uJi_ esS °PP°sed it hotly, and at m_n T aß considei,etl so unclean as to ■^tWh memberehi P in th<> Metho preach^ a „and. . Presbyterian ministers -.s__-. tf a **• and societies organised f pSrmsß PPreadofthe babit> but »11 to "-"wdtUi" _?, r.I,fca disowned and disin *"*W__. _ldren because they used it, *%*__ 8. dlv?rced their wives on ac ting hay- n§ contracted the habit •*-oabS__t h .*twhen women get into Ston, ok*D SaPipe they prefer a J**_n tn _. i * nen wno have nerve % when if 0 _ P'P° B«ch as a woman *.*er. wJ , b6c°me a confirmed •fcthevr,. _" tb,oy first begin puffing !-*■•<_! tm« e[f them very mild, but it is ■__».WdW_ h7„ want them black and m?n *°-*- «f them.-" Pittsburg|Des-

SUSPICIOUS DEATH OF A RICH SQUATTER.

Ax inquest was held last week at Mount Rowan, Victoria, upon the body of tho lat Owen Chas. O'Reilly, squatter, rocently of Wnndo Station, in the western district, the medical gentleman who attended him having refused to certify to tho cause of his death. It appears that Mr O'Roilly (who was a widowor, 75 years old whon he died) had a grown-up family. Ho had amassed great wealth a.a grazior, and had a magnificent estate of somo 50,000 acres, on tho Glonclp- River, besides properties and estates in tho Portland district. His onli son, also named Owen O'Roilly, hud a povorty-strickon little estate adjoin ing the old man's property, where lie lived, or rather subsisted, until a turn ol fortune's wheel should bring bettor day., orchis father's decoaso should mako him hair. In the mcantimo strained relations were maintained botweon tho two families, in consequence of tho older O'Uoilly living with v Mrs Gorman, by whom ho had n numovous family ; and to whom, by a will, he left tho whole of his largo fortune The old gentleman, who, although 75 yoars of age, was until lately a most vigorous man, had so fibred from an affection of the bladder, and in view of his ailment taking an unfavourable turn, had doubtless seen a clergyman, probably, to " squaro up" for tho next world. Father Marshall, a highly - rospocted Roman Catholic priest, attended him, and pointed out tho injustice of leaving his legitimate son, with his largo family, destitute. The old man, having seen the error of his ways, promised to mend matters by rearranging his will. But, as in tho melodramas of tho good old transpontine school, ho died suddenly meanwhile, and tho inquest was held to sco whothor his death was natural, or whothor ho was unduly hurried out of lifo. Tho inquest was adjourned pending the analysis of the stomach, as tho doctors could not stato whether poison had been tokon owing to decomposition.

A Terrible Railroad Accident.

New Brunswick (N. J.), February 7.—At .'. o'clock this morning an extra freight train from Philadelphia, owing to a broken truck, stopped upon the bridge ovor Raritan River for repairs, Whilo waiting, tho through Southorn freight, which loft Philadelphia nt 10.30 p.m., came dashing along through the city, and not until within 500 feot of the caboose of tho extra did tho engineer sco it. Brakes wore applied to no purpose, and tho engine of the freight train struck tho caboose of the extra, teloscoping it, and struck tho oil tanks, of which there wero four in the train. An oxplosion followed immediately, and the burning oil and the wrecked cars were thrown over and down from the high bridge into the streets below. The burning oil ran through the gutters and down the streets into the Rari tan Canal. This being covored with ice, tho oil ran over the surfaco and down the canal to the wallpaper manufacturing es tablishment of Janey <fc Co. This was soon totally dostroyod, as wero sovon dwellings opposite. Ih the immediate vicinity of tho collision, and just undor the long railroad bridgo, was a building used as a box fac tory by the Consolidated Fruit Jar Com pany. This was destroyed, and tho flamo-* then spread to tho main factory of the com pany, which was burned to tho ground.

The fire was under control at 6 o'clock. It is thought two braketnon on the oil train were burned to death. The loss ia estima ted at betwoen 800,000 and 1,000,000 dol lars. Tho loss on the dwelling-houses is 10,000 dollars.

A Female Fiend.

Servantoalism has taken a new departure. Once upon a timo the British housewife was tolerably content if nothing worse happonod than the outward cremation of her half-guinea leg of mutton, while the interior remained v livid mass ; the destruc-

tion of all her pet pieces of china, the smudging with dirty thumbs of her choicest pictures, and other peccadilloes too numer ous so mention. But now she is grateful to a kind Providence if hor children return in safety from their morning walk, and are not strangled or drowned by a sullen and vindictive slavery. Only last summer a

nursemaid who was sent to tako a small child for its usual airing in a perambulator beguiled the timo — which, in the absence of the Life Guardsmen, hung heavily upon her hands—by trying expert, ments in strangling, in which she at last obtained such proficiency that the little one very soon ceased to weep on earth, and now swells the continuous cry of the cheru biifi. Another illustration of a like mur derous propensity was exhibited at Chis wick a few days since by a girl bearing tho name of Emily Redston, who, having been reprimanded by hor mistress, determined to have her revenge. And a very terrible revenge it was, for she commenced her work of re taliation by smashing every article within her reach, destroying tho pictures, and turning the whole placo into a pande monium. Then she took for a walk by the side of the river the two children of a friend visiting at her master's hcuse, and at a convenient spot, and when darkness had almost sot in, sho pitched both the poor little innoconts into the water, and then flung herself in after them. By the merest chance, the trio were rescued by a couplo of boat men, to whom great praise is duo for their interference ; but it was with tho greatest difficulty that animation was restored, and another second's delay would have been fatal. No doubt, the plea of insanity will be urged in defence of this sulky and suicidal servant, but unless mania can be clearly proved she ought to receive condign punishment. Wo aro compollcd to receive utter strangers in our houses as servants, and in too many instances with trumped-up characters; thoy are made the custodians of our socrets, and are entrusted with the key of the cupboard, in which we keep the family skeleton, and it is but right that when such a breach of trust occurs as that narrated above, the punishment should be severe enough to deter other domestics from such heinous deeds.

The Salvation Army in Paris

The Salvation Army campaign in Paris is being prosecuted with more vigour than wisdom. This is what a Paris contemporary says about " Marechale " Booth :—" She has had large notices posted on the walls of the capital. She has discovered the in efficiency of obtaining duo attention by the aid of young girls crying out the organ of tho Salvation Army lor sale in the streets. She intends to flood Paris with publicity, and for this purpose has hired sevoral side walls. The following is the text of ono of her addresses:—' Poor lost women I I have lived like you, 'but God has lifted me from tho mire. Will not you also come forth '! Listen IHe who shared my shame had promised me marriage. One day, however, he came to mo saying, ' I leave you ! Accept this souvenir. Adieu.' Maddened by indignation, I threw the money in his face. Ho disappeared In the oyes of the world ho was an honest man ; I alone was disgraced. I called down soloran justice upon him. I prayed Infamous Latin Quarter I Where luxury speculates upon hunger. Hell of Paris, scandal of the world, curses upon thee I' Such is tho placard, in im mense bluo letters painted on a white ground, and considerable crowds are stationed before it commenting diversely upon the appeal.' Notwithstanding the fact that the great schools and seminaries are situate in the Quartier Latin, the inhabit ants up to tho present moment have not resented this coarse insult.

A Clever Trick.

A Loneos goldsmith writes to a Glasgow paper, telling the following story about a trick played upon him. It closely re sembles the " racket" played in this and Eastern cities some years ago. _ The victim writes: " A man came into this establish ment and selected an expensive gold watch, the best chain we had, and the finest brace let, the three articles amounting to £136. They were to be sent home to a large house in one of the best West End squares at an appointed hour. Punctual to the time, two of our assistants went with the goods, and were admitted by the servant and saw the victimiser, who took the articles out of the room -to show tho lady." Our assist ants felt at ease on account of the valuable articles in the room, it being the private house of a wealthy gentleman. They waited, as thoy thought, long enough, the rang the bell, a servant answered, and on inquiring where Mr - was they were told ho had been out some timo. ...Who was he they asked. The servant rephod, 'He is our footman.' The man had chosen the hour, told his fellow-servants that somo friends of his own were coming, and had donned private clothes for the occasion, instead of his usual livery. We are left without a chance of finding him."

OUR LONDON FLANEUR

Literary, Social, and Thoatrioal Jottings.

London, January 16, 18S5.

Sakdon's " Theodora " is drawing in Paris. If produced at all in London, it will bo at tho rrincosscs'. The scenic effects aro said to bo superb. Sorah Bornhardt is acting unusually fino, ovon for her. Bancroft has declined to avail himself of his right to buy "Theodora" for the Haymarket. Aftor • !i. run of "Diplomacy," another old .lives, "Masks and Faces," will bo re vived. " flic Ironmaster" has given placo to "As You Liko It" at tho St James's

Theatro, Mr Kendal, of courso, playing Rosalind. I huvo not soon tho revival yet, and so cannot givo an opinion as to its

success. Tho Court Thoa.ro management aro going in for sharp, crisp littlo piece., playod solely by ''stars." "Young and .. in throp" will bo withdrawn noxt week, and a two-act comedy, backed up with a farce and an operetta, substituted. After a run of a littlo more than nino

months, " Called Back " was on Saturday week finally taken off London boards. The pieco owed its success rather to tho strik ing impersonations of Mr Beorbohm Tree and Miss Lingard as "Macari" and " Pauline " than to its intrinsic dramatic merits, and will, I imagine, bo voted but a commonplace melodrama when seen on your colonial stago. "In tho Ranks," which is also approaching its end, seems to me a much wholesomer production. The popularity of this last-named play with the general public has been something ex traordinary. For eighteen months it has been porformed sovon timos a wook to such houses as the Adelphi has never before known. Even now the Gattts are groaning at having to tako the play off, business is so gcod, but tho company for Sims's new drama, to bo called, by-the-way, "The Theatro of Lifo," have been drawing Balarios sinco Soptomber last; consequently, unless the managoment profor to go on pnyingpooplo fordoing nothing indefinitely, thoy must produco it. Tho 25th of noxt month is now fixed for tho premieri of " Tho Theatre of Lifo." The scones aro fifteen in number, and will work on the new principle—viz., ono vast "sot" merging into another. Over 200 supers appear in somo of tho tabloaux. Mr Charles Warner, of courso, takes the leading role, and Mi _ Mary Rorko (a real ingenue) has been spocially engaged for tho horoino. Other principal characters will bo performed by James Fernandez, John Ryder, Chas. Glonny, Beveridge, J. 3. Howard, Miss Louisa Moodie, Miss Harriot Covenoy, Mrs Carter, ond Miss Nollio Lyons. "Tho Private Secretary" and "Tho Candidate" are, with Drury Lane pantomino, the great " draws " in London at present. ThoformorbasrincoChristmasbeen played nine times n week (six evening per formances ond three matinees), and this, recollect, though tho comedy is well into the second year of its run. A. for " The Candidates," Chos. Wyndham announced on New Year's Day that his bookings abend covered a period of three months, and represented £7,0 0. Hollingshead, of the Gaiety Theatre—always woll to the foro at a game of " brag "—promptly pooh-poohed the Criterion's success. " Why," said he, writing to the "Era," "prior to Sarah Bernhardt's season of ISS2, the bookings at my theatre totted up to close on £14,000." To show what big "coups London managers do at times achieve, I may men tion that the takings per diem (two per formances) at Drury Lano sinco Boxing Night have, according to Augustus Harris, seldom varied moro than about £50, never being loss than £970 or moro than £1,020. Poor Holland, with his "cirquerces" nt Covent Gordon, is, on the other hand, losing twoor three hundred a week ; but then, tho show scarcely dosorves to succeed.

Sor.io excellent promenado concorts wore started a few wcoks ago at "Hor Majesty's Theatre." They didn't do woll at first, but are picking up now, on the strength of a "Fan" waltz, sung by girls in mattcau costumos fanning thetnsolvc.. Tho idea is of course, a plagiarism on tho moroettec.ivo " See-Haw," but succeeds. Talking of waltzes, try "Tho Enchan tress," by Tito Mattei; "The Old Lovo and the Now ;" " Never Forgotten," by E. Stiles ; and " Hypatia," by a lady. Moiss lei's " Far Away in Dreams " and " Delu sion " aro, I am told, pretty good too, but I haven't heard them. " Geo. Eliot's Life," edited by her second husband, Mr Cross, come out the day before yesterday. lam in tho middle of it now, and much interested. The chief fault of the book is that the numerous letters and journals of which it entirely consists are insufficiently explained. For example, in her letters to Blackwood, tho publishor, reforonce is mado to certain communications sont to tho " Times" when the identity of tho author of " Adam Bedo" was puzzling everybody, but thoso com munications are not given. Such missing links aggravato one intensely. Miss Evans was very diffident of her own powers whon she first attemptod fiction, and had John Blackwood's criticisms on "Amos Burton" ("Scenes from Clerical Life") been a shade loss favourable, " Adam Bedo" would nevor have been written. Mr Blackwood hurt Geo. Eliot's feelings by some sovere remarks upon "Janet's .Repent ance ;" but for this, tho story would have been followed by anothor "Sceno from Clerical Life," called "Tho Clerical Tutor." "Adam Bedo" (in tho author's estimation hor best work), was an instantaneous and prodigious succoss. Blaokwood paid £800 for tho book.but after eight editions, com prising 16,000 copies of the 3-vol. issue, had beon sold in a few months, ho tore up tho copyright and gavo Miss Evans a fair share of the profits. The story of how " Adamßedo " was inspired is told in Goo. Eliot's own words, and will be found most interesting. Thanks to tho success of "Adam Bode" and " The Mill on tho Floss," Mr Lewes and Miss Evans wore able to afford a visit to Italy, and this led to the writing of "Romola," for which Smith and Snider paid £10,000. " Middlomarch " realised a far larger sum, and so did " Daniel Deronda." Be sure and road this " Life." A capital novel, one of tho old Kingsloy sort, full of adventure and fighting, and biff game shooting, and muscular Chris tians, is "The Witch's Head," by H. Ridor Haggard. The horo, after serious provoca tion, meets his hated cousin in a duel, and shoots him dead, only escaping himself through the over-confidence of his adver sary, whose ball (carrying a little high) passes through the young fellow's hair, instead of his head. This fatal end to the duel necessitates temporary flight, so Ernest (as Mr Haggard's hero is called) goes to South Africa with his second (an old colonist), who initiates him into tho joys of big game shooting, &c. Later, the Zulu war breaks out, and Ernest takes part in the awful disasters at Rorko's Drift and Isandula, only escaping with life, to bo presently struck blind by lightning. O courso, an unhappy lovo affair forms part of tho story, but it is not vory prominent—in fact, the reader's interest will centre prin cipally in tho South African scones of which tho superb Zulu, Mazooka, must be pronounced the real hero. Another first-class tale, clearly tho work of a pure and high-toned woman, is " Re stored," by Emily Spender, now published in a cheap form at two shillings. It was of this book, when it first came but, that the " Spectator " (most critical of all literary censors) said : No one can read " Restored " without being the better for it, and yet the work is emphatically a novel, and a most interesting one to boot. I won't describe the plot, as it would spoil your pleasure. " Some One Else," by Mrs.Croker (whose " Proper Pride" I have often recommended to you), is just readable, and that's all. I don't advise anyone to buy it.

Induetrial depression prevails in most countries of Europe. Complaints are heard in Belgium, Denmark, England, France, and Holland. In the latter country a motion has been made in the Lower Chamber to take measures for the relief of unemployed workmen, who are suffering from absolute want. The distress is most prevalent at Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and The Hague. In Denmark depression and consequent reduction of wages have pro duced a general strike of 7,000 men con nected with the shipping trades of Copen hagen. In Belgium the working class members of the municipalities, elected on the 19th of October last, have united with the various democratic societies and work men's leagues to constitute _ a general federation to improve the condition of tho producing classes, who aro the principal victims of the present depression. Thus depression and agitation are going hand in band over the great industrial centres of Europe.

CLIPTOMANIA.

(Specially Selected by Ocn London

COKRESI'C-TDKNT.)

" Dancing nt twenty o'clock." So tho new invitation for evening parties) runs. In jest, at all cvonts, the new time is being adopted. What begins in jest will prob ably ond in earnest. An ontorprising oicture dealer in London has imported from* Berlin 10,000 photo graphs of Prince Henry of Battenburg who is about to marry tho Princess Beatrice.

Ancient maiden lady, forty-seven yoars old and ugly, to young lady eighteon years old and pretty: "I hoar you aro going to bo married soon?" "Yes, next week." " Ah, doar mo, sooner or later thore will be hardly any of us girls loft." Mr Iloury Guy Carloton has been en gaged in wilting an original melodrama for Mr Honry Ir. ing. Tho author is to receive

about Ci.OOO for his work, and tho produc tion will shortly bo presented at tho Lycoum. " Robert Emmott," tho now play by Bou cicault, and in which Mr Walton played tho hero, proved a dead failuro at Chicago, where it was tried for four nights. It will be romerabered that it was announced for production in Australia under tho special supervision of Mr Walton.

Lives of grocery mon remind us, Thoy can miiko their starch half lime, And with sui^ar wholly blind ÜB, Putting Band in all the time. Ono result of tho depression of trade in Paris lo that ovon tho loading confectioners and purveyors of sweetmeats are unable to keep their heads above water. Last wintor Reinhardt, who Buccooded tho celebrated Siraudin in tho Ruo do la Pnix, was com pelled to put up his shutters, and now Charbonnol's firm has failed for £30,000. People in Palis, it soouib, no longer have money to waste on expensive bon-bons. I would recommend to tlio purveyors of theso sweets large solos and small profits. At Siraudin's.apound of bon-bons, worth about two francs, in a basket worth, porhaps, three francs, used to bo valued at a napo leon.

A lady writes, "Tho most abnormally modest girl I ever bouvd of camo to town a few days ago. I was in hor bod-room. Somo handsomo ilowors that I had pre viously scon thoro wero gone. ' Did you send thorn out for foar that, as somo say, thoy might hnvc a bad effect on your hoalth whilo you sleep?' 'Oh, no, my doar,'she murmured. ' Botany was my hobby at school and I became familiar with the fact that thoro aro actually sexes in plants— males and females in ovory spocios, don't you know '! Well, I found on examination that the flowers in this room woro masculine and they didn't aoem quite proper in a lady's chambor. Koally, I couldn't disrobe comfortably, nor sleep in peace.'" Fruit can now bo obtoinod cheaper in London than in any other city in the world. A wholesale fruit dealer, writing to tho London "E_ho," says that thousands of barrels of fji.ipes hive been sold at Id per pound wholesalo, and eitiro barrels from Is upwards. Apples imported from Amorica sold at 8s and 9.. a barrel, which boretoforo brought 18s to 235. Chestnuts sold at loss than \d por pound, and onions from Ho' lnnd and ordinary potatoes brought loss than £d a pound. This is all vory woll as far ns tho wholesalers' story goes, but tho public does not reap tho benefit of these low prices, as the retailors chargo as high as treblo tho above rates.

The Mormon emissarios show a preforoneo for Switzerland, where the soctarian tendencies of tho people groatly favour tbeir propagandist purposes. Tho authori ties have, however, had their iro aroused, and in the District Court of Zofingen two of the Mormon apostles woro recontly sen tenced to a fino of 100 francs, and for a second ofl'once—for preaching their abominable doctrines—oach of them got twenty-five days in gaol, and wero for biddon to entor tho canton again during tho next three yoars undor heavy penalty. In the courso of tho trial it transpired that thero was a regular Mormon recruiting ollico at Berne, through tho agency of

wliicli two elderly spinsters wore quito recontly despatched Utahwnrd, but wlioeo progress was promptly stopped by tho sub ugoucy at l__lo on the ground that thoy wero " not yot sufficiently inspired. ' Tlio annual Cliriettnas solo of fat stock belonging to - tho Queen took placo lust month at tho Windsor farm. Tho cataloguo included fifty-two Shorthorn, Hereford or Dovon bullock.., -ISO Hampshire Down and half-bred wetliors and owos, and 105 bacon hogs and porkors. All the stock was in lino condition, and excellent pricos woro realised, tho bullocks and heifers ranging from £25 10s to £50 each. A handsome Devon steer, from which tho royal bacon of beof was supplied for tho Queon's Christ mas sideboard, was purchased by Mr*Wobb, tho royal purveyor, for 38J guineas. Tho Hampshire down wether sheep fetched from £3 5s to £7 each. Eleven lino Short horn or Devon bullocks, fod on the estatoof tho Duko of Connaught, nt Bagshot Park, woro likewise included in tho royal salo, tho animals selling at from £28 10s to £40 each.

An association has existed in Mulbauson, Alsaco, for sovoral yoars," tho object of which is to provide tho artisans of that placo with suitablo dwollings. Up to tho prcsont time tho association has built 1,040 houses, representing a total value of £ 114,000, and they havo all boon sold. Tho conditions of tho sale aro that each houso, with a garden, shall bo paid for in fifteen yearly inatalmnnts, tho avorago prico boing £132. The association has also built baths and washhouses for tho inhabitants of those houses, for the uso of which a small chargo is mado, and it has a numbor of lodgings for single men, tho prico chorgod being about 2d a night. Thoro is also a bakehouse, which retails about 50,000 pounds of broad a month, and a restaurant and grocory, in which goods aro sold at a trillo over tho cost prico. Thero is also a library, which hus 400 subscribers. A "state of siogo " in an only too literal sonHo of tho term appears to have come into oxistonco in part, at least, of tho county of Kerry. Most of tho landed proprietors in the neighbourhood of Traloe have felt it necessary to take up their.reßidence in the County Club House in that town, and a large force of police is nightly ongaged in the protection of that building. A complete cordon is drawn round the liouse, and an archway at the northern side of it is filled with constables armed with rifles and buck shot. It is to bo hoped that tho apprehen sions that have led to so extraordinary a state of things go beyond the realities of tho situation, out after the evidence afforded by tho atrocious attempt to blow up Mr Hussey and his family that thero are ruf fians about who are paid to promote tho "national" cause by wholesalo massacre, it is not to be wondered at if thore has been somothing like a panic among the land owning class. One of the worst things about Russia ia tho extent to which it has outgrown its gaols, which are most inadequate to the needs of the increasing population. In spite of the annual expenditure of £143,600 for repairs and tho building of new gaols, tho Administration is much exercised now to find room for tho ever growingnumbor of prisoners, whoamountod in 1882 to 95,509, and in 1883 to 97,337. In Siberia especially great suffering is caused by the want of accommodation for tho 12,000 convicts distributed over the mining districts, especially as the enormous num bor of exiles, forming what the " Novoe Vremya" calls an "organised vagabond age," crowd tho houses of correction in every part of tho country. The "Novoe Vremya " is of opinion that it would bo a good plan if thoso authorities of districts who send the scum of thoir population into exile should bo compelled to find subsis tence for them during the first two years. The recidiviste plan has undoubtedly broken down badly in Siberia.

A good story from Paris of the theft of a clock is told in the " Pall Mall Gazette." A lady, having paid her hotel bill, sent away her boxes on a cab and sallied forth on foot. No sooner had she departed than the landlord discovered that the clock had dis appeared from the mantel-piece of the room which his late lodger had Been occupying, though he remembered to have seen it there subsequent to her trunks being despatched. Convinced that she must be the thief, he rushed out in hot pursuit, and overtaking her, he nharged her with the robbery, and gave her into custody, the lady meanwhile protesting loudly against the indignity offered her, and vowing vengeance against the traducer. She was, however, taken before the Judge d'lnstruction, to whom she resumed her torrent of indignant denial with tho extraordinary volubility peculiar to the daughters of Gaul. Her indignation was at its height, when lo 112 o'clock rang forth in clear tones from the region of madam's dress improver. The expression of consternation depicted upon the fair pil ferer's countenance, together with the ap pnsitene.. of the quaint phenomenon, were too much for the gravity of tho officials, who burst into a fit of uncontrollable laughter. Fivo minutes later a female warder returned the tell-tale timepiece to its owner. Will Osd&r Wildo still inciat upon " the utter uselessness of that hideous i monstrosity, the bustle ?" .-....,

Impropriety is charged against a certain young and pampered daughter of a swell member of society. A mania of the moment is to give variety entertainments for church and philanthropic purposes. Fashionable persons act in small comedies, sing, dance, and perform o crobatic feats. The audienccß are a matter of careful selection, usually, but in other respects tho amateurs lot them selves down to the humblest professional achievements. It seoms that this lady, however, struck a reprehensible stratum. Sho and a young male companion in offence volunteered to sing tho familiar cat duet. Thoy did it with ranch novelty. Thoir heads were protruded through a black curtain, which hid their forms, and from their necks extended the figures of t.vo cats, standing on a section of a fence, and so arranged as to bo movable" by the two singers. Very funny cats, with visible backs and practical tails, but with human heads, wero thus shown. Tho beau and bollo interpolated somo artistically excel lent pantomime to accompany and em bellish the characteristic utterances cf tho felino sweethearts, and getting an encore, struck paws and kissed each other. Mrs j Grnndy is tremendously excited about it. Alas, Bluo Ribbon Army I Take off your badges and trample them in tho dust; •: weop tears of lemonade, and wring your', hands in cold water, for your Queen ha. presented to hor grandson, on attaining his majority, not a Biblo nor a toast and water . jug, but a silver punch howl! His Royal Highness also recoived on tho same auspicious occasion a silver-gilt cup, three largo silver tankards, two silver-gilt bowlß, a silvor-gilt claret jug, a silver kettle and spirit stand, silvor-cavored tankard, and a silvor flask. Anti-tobacconists, cry shame I This Royal youth is to bo sacrificod to the god Nicotino, for ho has boon presented with a silvor cigarette case, un oak cigar cabinet, silver-mounted leather cigarette cobo, another silvor cigarette case, »•« » I silvor cigarette box. Society for th* Dis semination of I'tiro Literature, closo your doors! for tho Earl of Hardwicke has thought it becoming to present to Mb future Sovoroign ton volumos of tho works o_ Fielding.

SELECTED POETRY.

[Foit Murk:.] FAIR IRELAND IS EVER THE HOKE OF MY HEART.

O! will I forgot I am far from the island Whore noblo hearts beat for the land of thoir birth? Or will I turn traitor against dear Old Ireland, Tho fairest and sweetest of gema upon earth ? Ah, no. tho' my young heart May bo merry at times, Where the orange treos bloom In these fair sun-iy climes. Tho' Bcas may divide üb, We ore nover apart, For tho land of my birth Ja tho home of my hoort. O ! will I forgot tho rich meadows I wandoi _ Whon a barefooted laddie I whistled in glco? With a heart light and joyouß, the hours I squander. _~_,, _~,. In Binntns lovo songs of sweet "Cuishlih ma Crheo?" Ah, no, tlio' my young heart Waa all lightsome and free, Its throha woro all beating, Doar old Ireland, for thee, Now Beaa may divide us Yet tho' over apart, Slill the land of my youth la tho home of my heart. 0! will I forrret lam far from the bright oyes Of a sweet little Colleen I left o'er tho wave. ? Or will I turn traitor against such a fair pnzo As only Bhould malo with tlio truo and tho bravo ? ... Ah, no, tho my fond heart May seem joyous at times When bright eyes beam on mo In tlieao fair sunny cllniOß, Tho' bkob may divido ua, I am truo tho' apart, For fair Ireland ia ever The fond homo of my heart. W. R. Wills. Otahuhu, March 21,

SAVED.

The wind ia spent and tlio gale ia past. And the morning nun Fhinea forth at last; It shines on a atrip of yellow sand, And a good ship -inking in sight of Und. Ovor her deck and hi' battered aldo Lazily wa.hes tlio ebbing lido ; Outof Uic struggle and (leadlya trife Lo! nothing saved but a baby life. A wee, frail thing is the one poor waif— A wee. frail thing to bo vouud and note ; Hut nil forgotten its brief alarm-*, It gayly crows in the stranger's anna. A Bailor looks ot the lifle form — " Tia a tiny or .ft lo have stemmed tho storm I He si. ha a bit as he bends him low, And his thoughts lly back to the long ago. Just Buch a babo on hia young wife's breast With clinging (Inge., hi. own cat-cased; Jußtsuch another—but where is he J Wreoked on tho voyago of life, maybo. Ia this but spared that in years lo como It may drift away from ita heavenly homo? Tho baby laugha aa hia boy onoo did ; Ah, will it bo so 1 Nay, God forbid! Tho Bailor's hand has n gentle touch For tho aako of tho lad ho lovod so much; And aoft from hia lipa aio tho worda that fall " God bleas tho children, Und keep thorn all 1 —From "Sunday at Homo.

THE CATS.

Hear tho warbling of tho cats— Morry oats! Oh, I lovo to hear tho music of thoir midnight . spate! And thov waltz around and frisk nil, In tho icy-air ot night, In a way so wolrd and brisk all, Whilo thoir slmpoly tails thoy whisk all With a Catallno dfllight- Kooping time with th«.r tallß, Liko a lot of Runic Halls, To tho concot-oontontatiou, sung in sundry sharps and flats, Of a cantlolo on rats, Rats, rain, rats, Rats- To a wild carnivorous cunticlo on rats! Hoar tho turbulont Tom onto, Daddy cats! How tho catapultlo bootjuok interrupts their fiendish ehata! In the darknoaa of the night, How thoir ghoulish outcrios smite Portland Hats! From their oalacouatlc i htoata An intense Ootaphonlo ditty floats To the turtle cat that gloats On tho fonco!— Ah, tho tabby cat that listens, while sho gloate, To the surging oataolysm of thoir wild, catarrhal notes! Hoar tho hoarse grandfather cats- Aged cats! How thoy make us long to grasp a score of rattling good brickbats I They have caught a bad oatarrh, Catawauling at tho moon I (■"eolti Caught a bad cat R!) You may honr thorn from afar, Roll it liko a British R, Out of tune. In a clamorous appoaling to the agod tabby cat. In a futllo. mad appealing to the deaf, old tabby cat! Shrieking higher, higher, highor, Like a demon in a fire— Whilo tho littlo kitton oats- * Infant oats— Sing an emulous, sweet ditty of their love for mice and rota ? That's Butarudimentol spaßm of tho oapors of the cats —From tho " Omaha Herald."

A DEAD MARCH.

Play mo a march, low-toned and slow, a march for a silent troad, Fit for tho wandering foot of ono whodroams of tho silent dead. Lonely—between the bonos below and the souls that aro overhead.

Hero for a whilo thoy smiled and sang, alive in the interspace; ...... _ _. Hero with tho grass honeath tho feet, and the stars abovo tho face. Now aro their feet beneath the grass, and whither haa.flown their graoo?

Who Bhall aßßtire us whence thoy come, or toll us the way thoy go? Verily life with them wasjoy, and now thoy have left us woo: Onco they woro not, and now they aro not; and this is tho sum wo know.

Orderly rango tho seasons due, and orderly roll tho stars. How Bhall we deem tho soldier bravo who irots of hia wounds ond Bears ! Are we as Benselesa brutes that we should dash at the well-seen bars?

No, wo aro hero with feot unfixed, hut evor as if with lead Drawn from tho orbs which shine abovo to the orb on which we tread. Down to tho dust from which we camo and with which we shall mingle, dead.

No we are hero to wait, and work, and strain our ' banished eyes, Wea-y and sick of soil and toil, and hungry, and "fain for skies Far from tho reach of wingless men, aid not to bo scaled with cries.

No. we arc hero to bend our necks to the yoke of the Tyrant Time, Welcoming all tho gifts he gives us—glories of youth and prime; Pationtly watching them all depart as our heads grow white as rime.

Why do wo mourn the days that go—for tho Banio Bun Bbineß each day? For every Spring her primrose hath, and ever a May her may; Sweet as tho rose that died last year is the rose that is born to-day.

Do wo not too return, women, as ever tho round earth whirls ! Nover a head is dimmed with grey, but another ' ia sunned with curls, She was a srirl and he was a boy, but yet there ore boys and girls.

Ah, but alas for the smilo of smiles that never but one face wore! Ah, for the voice that has flown away like a bird to an unseen shore! All, for the face, the flower of flowers, that blos soms on earth no moro! —Coemo Monkhouse, in the Magazine of Art forJanuarv.

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1885.

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Delivered within 1 mile of the Works, for Cash; longer iistancea at proportionate rates:— Sample Sacks of three bushels _ Is 6d FiveSaeks .. .. _ _. .. 6s 3d Eleven Sacks, or half ton .. ..lis 6d Twenty-two Saokti, or one ton _ 22s The Company b COKE is made from the best Hroymouth Coals; is superior to that made from Newcastle coals, being free from stone and olinker in a remarkable degree, gives a rKT,ta_t._ FIREi CLEARER & HOTTER THAN COAL, LIGHTS READILY, and MAKES NO SMOKE. GOOD FIRE IN 10 MINUTES, OFFICE I FORT-STREET, OOKK. COKE. OOKB. Tl/TUSICAL INSTRUMENT WARE HOUSE, &tt, 88, VICTORIA-STREET Auckland. T. E. CARTER, IMPORTER OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, TEAOHER OF MUSIC, PIANO, VIOLIN, CORNET, ETO. Terms and Testimonials Post Free on Application. All Kinds of Musical Instruments Tuned and Repaired. •"VTEW BTORE, JX UPPER BYMONDS-BTREET. All Goods Bold at a slight advance over cost for Cash. Call and Bee the prioe and quality of our Goods. E.W.R. buys all his Goods for Cash, and In tends giving the publio benefit of it Please note the address :— E. W. ROLLERSON, Thames Fruit and Grocery Store, Upper Symonds-btreet. THE HELENSVILLE TIMBER CO. Have 2,000,000 feet of LONG LOGS IN S_OCK, and oan supply any length of BEAMS, DECK AND SHIP PLANKB, at SHORT NOTICE, and at VERY LOWEST RATES. ORDINARY TIMBER AS USUAL. PUBLIC NOTICE. THE GREAT SALE OF BOOTS is STILL GOING ON AT THE "RED BOOT" WAREHOUSE And will bo continued until further notice. THE BUSINESS FOR SALE. H. SAWKINS. TIT ALLINDINE & CO., RUTLAND-STREET, AUCKLAND, WHOLESALE FURNITURE MANUFACTURERS, Beg to Inform Merchants,. Shippers, Furniture Dealers, and the Trade that, having erected Machinery of the most modern description and. labour-saving appliances, they are now prepared to MANUFACTURE ALL KINDS OF FURNITURE IN ANY QUANTITY, And on tho shortest notloe. WORKMANSHIP AND MATERIAL GUARANTIED WH. SKINNER AND SON, c Builders, Carpenters, and Joiners, v'Til car. 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|0. H. o SMOND ' LAND AND MONETARY AGENT, 116, Queen-street (Adjoining B. Tonka and Co.'_), TELEPHONE NO.-IBS. BANKERS: NATIONAL BANK OF NEW ZEALAND. MORTGAGES AND LOANS NEGOTIATED RENTS AND INTERESTS COLLECTED MONEY INVESTED ON FIRST-CLASS SECURITIES. WITHOUT CHARGE ESTATES MANAGRD FOR ABSENTEES' VALUATIONS AND ARBITRATIONS UNDERTAKEN NATIVE LAND AFFAIRS SPECIALLY UNDERSTOOD Houses to Let and Properties for Sale Placed on my Lists Free of Charge Every Description of landed Property Bought or Sold to Order Large Sums to Lend on First-class Security Agent for National Fire and Marine In surance Company of New Zealand, and the New Zealand Accident Insurance Company. (JUI p. O~P BKTI 88. PONSONBY.—To any person requiring anin vestment for £7501 can confidently recommend two pretty seven-roomed Villas, built on free hold allotments, bringing In a large and per manent return for tho outlay, as well aa having a good proßpcctivo valr c. PONSONBY.—Now and well-built house of five rooms, oxcollent washhouso with concrete floor, and water laid on, The rooms aro large and well lighted; bow window; extra largo dining-room; kitchen fitted with overy re quisite; gasand water; largo double frontage allotment, nicely planted with fruit and orna mental trees. Price, £550, with terms. RESIDENCE.—Vory nico Eight roomed House (jußt tho sort of house thore is so much in quiry for at present), olose to Queen-streot; gas and water; large allotment; nico view, and cheap; £750. T °~l_ b t- SEVERAL COMFORTABLE AND PLEA SANTLY-SITUATED HOUSES at low rente lo good tenants, gUBUIi SA N pROPKRT BS. MOUNT ROSKILL-New 3-roomed Cottage, well finished, with two 400 gallon tanks, on largo allotment—7s feet x 145 feet. £225. £210.-VERY COMFORTABLE Four-roomed COTTAGE, convenient distance from town; Mount Eden district; every convenience, and nice allotment; easy terms of payment MOUNT ROSKILL-In this favoured locality I havo several very comfortable and well-built Houses—three 4-roomed, six 5-roomed, two 6 roomed—besides several others for sale on really good terms. To any person dOßlrous of purchasing a house in a faßt-rising suburb, this information should be valuable. Full particulars will be given on application. MOUNT ALBERT.—A really comfortable homo for Industrious man; nice house and two large sections, all planted. Price, £200, on deferred payments, or terms to suit. ONEHUNGA.-Ono of the best Family Resi dences in the district for salo; well situated. Price low. MOUNT ROSKHJU-The beßt Allotments In the district for Salo. Price £3 17s 6d, I have Allotments all along the Road for sale, on terms to suit the requirements of anybody. Any person buying an Allotment can havo tho Money advanced to Build with, on mort gage, Budding Society prinolplo, or as pre- TO OWNERS OF PROPERTY.-I havo clients desirous to Purchase—4 to 6 Acres at Epsom. in really good position; 7-roomed Houso and about an Aero within throe miles of town; largo House, suitable for a Boarding-houeo. olose to Queen-street; nico 5-roomed House and about 1 acre cf land at Otahuhu. QLADSTONB JJSTATK. 10a PER FOOT AND UPWARDS.-AU the Unsold Portions of that most conveniently Bltnatsd property known as the Gladstone Estate. This Estate, situated bo olose to town, end from any portion of which the views are unsurpassed, is now Subdivided into Largo Allotments, These allotments are not 33 z 99, but have large frontasres and still larger depth. The prices are suoh that almost any person may obtain their own freehold at a nominal cost Should terms be any Inducement, the owner Is prepared to aooopt _ third cash, the balanoe to remain for 3 or 6 years at 8 per cent, per annum. The Inducements which this pro perty offers to any persons requiring a nice Residence Site or a Splendid Investment are manifold, Fanoy being able to purchase a Grand Allotment close to town for 10s per toot. Soil semi-volcanic views unrivalled; within 5 minutes' walk of a railway station, trams to pass in tho Immediate vicinity, 'buses constantly; ohurah and school convenient; gas and water mains within 100 feet of the pro perty | poßt-offloc and telephone within _ little distance; no clearing required. Plans and overy Information may be obtained nt the offloe of the undersigned. IAMUKL VA-LB,] [JOHN DOUGLAS. Vaile & Douglas (Lath Samuil Vails), HOUSE. LAND. AND ESTATE AGENTS. LAND AND ESTATE AUCTIONEERS REAL ESTATE VALUATORS. BROKERS UNDER THE LAND TRANSFER SHORTLAND STREET (Next the Post Office) BANKERS! Bank ot New South Wales. See also our advertisement In "N.Z. Herald and "Weekly News.") MORTGAGES BOUGHT FOR SALE OR TO LET, a Beautiful Villa Residence containing 6 rooms, bath room, pantry, wash-house, stable, &c: allot ment, 50 x 130 feet; price, £575, or to rent at 20s Bfir week.—Apply to Vaile and Douglas. House aha Estate Agents. Shortland-street, Jomfortable COTTAGE of _ rooms and large room underneath; water laid on; close to Three Lamps; allotment 33 x 100. Prioe, £300, and very easy terms of payment could be arranged.—Vaile & Douglas, House an Estate Agents. Shortland-street 1399 JOTTAGE of 5 rooms in a good situation near to town; allotment 33 x 100; planted with fruit trees, all In full bearing. Prioe, £230.— Vaile & Douglas, House and Land Agenta, Shortland-streot 1400 SPLENDID BUSINESS ALLOTMENT on the Ponsonby Rood, in commanding posl tion, and ot good size. Prioe low. Terms easy.—Vaile and Douglas, Land and Estate Agents. Shortland-Btreet BUILDING ALLOTMENTS, NEWTON, 8 lots each, 2 of them having frontages of 50 foot by a depth of 110 feet, and the others front ages of 40 feet by same depth. Price low, and terms easy, as may be arranged.—Vaile and Douglas, Land and Estate Agents, next the Poßt-offloo. Shortland-streot. 1372 SMALL FARM of 14 acres, very suitable for a working man; all In cultivation; rich land; House of 3 rooms and kitchen, stable, &o. Prioe t £2oo. 1360 OHEAP LITTLE HOMESTEAD, 14 acres, East Tamakl; all In grass and crop. Cottage of 8 rooms and small one of 2 rooms. £260. 1383 PARTLY IMPROVED FARM of 132 acres, all fenoed; 45 acres In grass. Splendid position for fruit farm; deep water frontage; olose to town. £speraore. 1363 £800 - GOOD LITTLE WATERSIDE FARM of 112 acres, with large run adjoining | 25 to 30 acres In cultivation; splendid place for fruit growing. Terms easy. — Vaile and . Douglas, Land and Estate Agets, Shortland- Btreet : immediate possession, 1286 £?20—COTTAGE of 4 rooms, with allot ment 33 x 08ft, neat garden, and olose to the tram-lines.—Vallo and Douglas, House and Land Agents, Shortlond-street 1352 £300—Very Convenient COTTAGE of 4; rooms and soullery, allotment 32 x 80ft. within quarter of on hour's walk from Queen-street. —Vaile and Douglas, House, Land and Estate Agents, next P. 0.. Shortland-Btreet. 13__ £660—HOUSE of S rooms an. Kitchen, gas and water laid on, &c; workshop 21 z 11, Allotment, with frontage of 33 feet to Upper Union-street, and frontage to Nelson-street of 31 feet.—Vaile and Douglas. Land and Estate Agents. Shortlond-street. £630—NEW HOUSE of 6 rooms, with out house, tanks, &c, and allotment 63 x 193, voloanlo soil; convenient situation, — Voile and Douglas, House and Land Agent Short land-street. 1271 £600—Capital Waterside FARM, of 90 acres, about half rich alluvial fiat, 30 acres in grass. House of 1 rooms, dairy, sheds, &o.- Valle and Douglas, Land Agents, Shortland "itreet 1227 £380.—NEW HOUSE of 8 rooms, verandah back and front, wash-house; all drainod; gas and water; allotment, 30ft x 132 ft; good situa-1 tion, olose to tram-lines.—Vaile and Douglas, House, Land, and Estate Agents, next to the General Post-offloe. Shortland Btreet. 1113 SELWYN-S TREET-Leasehold Allotment 54 x 150, and comfortable 7-roomed Cottage good view and aspect; ground rent, £8 per annum ; 31 years to run ; gas and water laid on ; gas Btove; wash-house, fowl-houso, &0., all in good repair. Price, £350.-Vaile & Douglas, House and Estate Agents, Shortland-; HENDERSON'S MILL-New Cottage of 4 rooms, nicely finished; allotment 66 x 103 feet, all fenced ; oloae to Railway Station. Price, £120.—Vaile & Douglas, Land Agents, Short land-street MANGARE POINT—_j Acres Volcanic, with good large Run adjoining, and with new Cottage of 6 rooms, well finished, and good out-buildings.—Far price and terms, apply to Vallo & Douglas Land and Estate Agents, Shortland-street. SMALL FARM, 11 acres, at Lucas Creek, vory suitable for an orchard; well situated for shipping away produce, &c.; 5 acres of the land has been ploughed twice; orchard, &o. Houso of 6 rooms, woll finished. I'rico, £270.— Vaile & Douglas Land and Estate Agents, Shortland-street. CHEAP AND GOOD CUTLERY.^* Ivory and Bono Handled Table and Dessert Knives, selling at very low pricen.— Thomai Samuel, 10?, Queen-street TVTEW ZEALAND INSURANCE i_. OOMPANY (FIRE AND MARINE). Capital-.-. £1.000,000 Paid-up and Reserve Funds £425.000 . , Protection from FIRE _r MARINE LOSS Canbb Effected in this Company. claims mst wrrn promptitud. and LIBERALITY. JAMES BUTTLE, Manager PICTURE FRAME MANUFACTORY AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENT WAKE HOUSE, 88, VICTORIA-STREET, Auckland (9 doors abovo Albert-street). C. E. CARTER, Jus., Practical Sign Writer, Gilder, and Em iiobbkk on Glass. Bilk Banners Written in the Latest Design. Grainer and Marbler.