KILDEE; Or, The Sphinx of the Red House.

BY MAY E. BRYAN,

Author of "The Bayou Bride," "The

Fugitive Bride," &c,

CHAPTER LIT.

A dark night in November ; the stars ob, Bcured, a mist of cold rain chilling the at mosphere. But the lights of the city gleam out, and there is a continuous roll o carriages; he pictures to himself the curveting horses, the fair forms upon the velvet cushions inside. He hears them stop before the Sharon House which is a blaze of gas, for it is the evening of the In auguration Ball. General Montcalm was installed Governor of the State two days before; to-night the wealth, the intellect and beauty of Wallport are assembled in the grand ball-room of the Sharon House to do honour to the new chief of state. This boy who sits alone in his dingy, ill* furnished, almost garret room above a row of shops, sinks his head on his hands and remembers how he once imagined the scene of to-night. A month ago, when lie was working" for Montcalm's election — sciibbling, "stump - speaking, lying un scrupulously, he would lie at night un able to sleep, though it was usually past midnight, because of the feverish throb bing of his ambitious brain, and picture to himself that scene of prospective triumph —his patron's inauguration as governor and the ball that would follow it, He had seen himself moving through the lighted room at the side of the governor—triumph ant, envied, tho incumbent of an oflice of honour. He had seen himself leading oft the dance with Honor Montcalm—queen of the night by right of her regal beauty and her proud position. One month ago this picture had seemed a shadow of what might well be. And now ! He raised his head and looked about him, then across at the glittering windows of the ball-room. He had no part in thot gay scene. No one would ask after him, no one would miss him. He sat here at the uncurtained window with the mist of rain drifting in on his haggard face. His clothes were rusty, his hair disordered, his cheeks hollow, his eyes dull and hopeless. Was this the bright, elastic, self-confident boy, who had called himself an exponent of the Nineteenth Century spirit of shrewdness and push and wide-awake tact; who had believed in him self and in his power to compass his ends by dint of boldness and brains ? One month ago ho had been pointed out as the brilliant young journa list, the dashing boy speaker, the pet of tho probable governor, the at tendant, perhaps the favoured suitor, of Honor Montcalm. And now—what a swift succession of misfortunes had brought him low. He had lost the prestige of being Montcalm's pet. Tho story of his illegitimate origin had somehow gone abroad, and in that proud old city this alone was equivalent to social ostracism. Then "The Rattler" went down. It had been foredoomed to a meteoric course. Launched with borrowed capital and much brains, but little ballast of system or practical knowledge, it (like so many party journalistic crafts) had just enough finan cial steam to fight through ono stirring political campaign. One of its brilliant young editorial staff had gone to his neg lected law, another had run off from his debtors, another had found a place on the old but sure daily which " The Kattler " had been wont to ridicule as " the moss backed terrapin." But Hazard had not obtained any place. With all his quick, ■versatile talent, he was known to bo nob a steady worker. He was too erratic to suit these old systematic stagers. And he had been too stinging in his satire against them. The light shafts he had sent had been too keenly barbed. Besides, he waa no longer a popular favourite. His extreme course against Heathcliff had reacted against Him, and his own haughty, ca pricious manners mudc him enemies. He shut himself up and wrote earnestly and hopefully. He wrote an article for a review—it was declined ; a sketch for a magazine—it was returned; a spicy article'for a New York daily—it came back with the comment: " Pretty fair, but not suitable for our columns." Then ho lost belief in his capacity. He had thought himself a genius; ifc was evident he was not above mediocrity. He found it impossible to obtain employment in his own line—he tried to get it in some other. But ho did not succeed. -To his sensi tive, soro spirit it seemed that every door was barred. Ho became utterly desperate He took to drinking. His habits had never been steady : but he had not before drunk to excess. Now he took to it as a nepenthe for the mortification, the shame, the misery that had come so crusbingly in tho hour when he seemed on the high road to success. He drank, and the subtle poison made him lose his remaining energy and tho power that was still in him to rise above the fate. Why did he not leave Wallport? For one thing, he had no money. The fall of " The Battler" found him with no means, and a number of little debts hanging over him. He parted with hie books, his pictures and his watch. He left his boarding-house and hid himself in the dingy half attic several stories above a shoe-shop, whence he only emerged at night. Where were his friends in the meantime ? Ho had made few genuine friends. He was too careless, selfish and imperious. Some who came forward, he repulsed coldly; he read pity in their eyes, and ho was too proud to accept pity. He haughtily, almost rudely, fe iected General Montcalm'l3 offers of help. The icy worde with which the head of the old Montcalm line had rejected any personal intercourse with the basely born scion had so stung the proud soul of the spoiled boy that he would have starved rather than tako a favour from the hands of his former patron. One day he received a letter addressed in General Montcalm's handwriting. His pale cheek flushed; he tore open the envelope; out dropped a cheque for five hundred dollars, and a card on which was written, " I)o not refuse the .enclosed; it is simply In discharge of a debt." He smiled bitterly. ~ "He would not invite me to his house; Kβ would not shake hands with me in the street; does ho think I would take his money ?° he said, as he crushed the card in his fingers. He thrust the cheque into an envelope, ftddressed it to General Montcalm, and dropped ib into the mail-box. Heathcliff s overtures met with: no better ißGeesSi The mayor's heart was full of pity for tho boy. He went to see htm ono night at hie He offered to assist him in any way he mighb j he assured him of tliodnoerttyof his motives,, feufe theembitterod boy would not believe him. He answered coldly that he was no beggar foriiionoy or forfriendahip 5 allho asked was to be leffc alone. Soon after this he quit hie boarcHng-liouso and left no word as to where he had gone. As he was never seen on the streets iit tho day, it was supposed by the few who thought; about him at all, that he had.hfb Wallpori. His "den" of frefuge was in.fchG-heafcfc of.the.oifcy. Ho sjiunnjsd cojnpa,nio n ßsp, but the rattle, and tom of the ijifcroefcßj'tbe scream and hiss of the lecorDotive/tlmfccameiip to him took .away the eenee of titter solitude. By ?at And brooded over his wrongs, or tried to

forget them in drink. He coilld no longer afford wine; he resorted to the coarser stimulant— whisky. At night he slouched his hat over his face and went out to walk the streets aimlessly, that he mk'hfe tiro himself and be able to sleep. He scurried oii like" a haunted thing, looking out from under his slouched hat —out at the windows of houses in which ho had once been a welcome visitor —at Mont calm's study, where ho had sat planning j political schemes with the general, at the opera-house, where ho had Bat beside Honor Montcalm. Every day his clothes grow rustier, his face more haggard, his energies weaker, his prospects more hopeless. One meal a day came to him from a second-rate eating house which he had once scorned to patronise, for this boy was dainty to fastidiousness in his food and clothes. But his means were now exhausted. He had spent his last dime to-day, to buy the stimulant which had become neces sary to bolster his relaxed nerves. He took out the little blue and gold purse which Lottie had made and sent, him on his last birthday. Nobody but little Lottio kept count of his birthdays. The recollection of her came over him to-night with a flitting pang of tender regret — a passing thought of seeking her. For she was in the city. He had seen the flaming bills on the walls announcing that the troupe to which she was attached would play in Wallport to-night. He had read the newspaper praises of the " rising young actress." " Rising " was what Ac had been called little more than a month ago. " And now." he said to himself, with a harsh laugh, "now I bid fair to 'rise' in the world at a rope's end. lam the dog going downhill, which everybody feels in duty bound to kick." No, he would not go to see Lottie. Ihe last time lie had seen her he had patronised her in his airy, en prince manner. She bad been no little hurt, and she retorted in one of her flashes of piquant anger; her blue eyes raining and lightning at the same time. It was natural she should feel a little malicious triumph at his coming down. But Lottie's heart was tender as a child s. She would pity him, and pity from her he could not bear. He would not subject him self to it. He would not go to see her. Go to see her, indeed ! He laughed self acornfully at the thought as he glanced at his reflection in the little cracked mirror on the mantelpiece. "Hook like a tramp or a gaol-bird, he said to himself. His cheeks were sunken, his eyes blood-shot. His nerves were un strung ; his hands trembled. He felt llaccid and miserable, " I mast have a drink," he said, and he took up the little purse. He turned it wrong-side out. A tiny coin fell into his hand. He knew what it was, though he had forgotten it was there. It was a little gold dollar—one of the three (he had given two to a child) which the purso con tained when it came to him. " These are for seed," Lottie wrote, and for good luck. Mind you don't lose them or spend them, unless to bring good to some body, else you'll lose your luck." " Losemyluck," he repeated sardonically. He turned to the window, for the band hud be»un to play in the ball-room across the street. What a glorious merry burst! One end of the long ball-room faced this street. The large glowing windows were nearly opposite where ho sat. Ho could see iigures crossing the light spaces—magni ficently dressed women and distinguished looking men. Many famous beauties and noted men will grace Governor Montcalin'e inauguration ball. What happy faces ! Ah ! there are two young men he knows well. And there is Vaughn, now upon the "Times," formerly one of his confnns in the poor dead "Rattler." Would he himself were dead. He }iad wished this often of late. He has done more than wish. With that reckless disgust of life which strangely enough assails the young more than the old, in time of trouble, he has thought of death as a refuge. He has planned to take his own life. But how ? His keenly sensitive nerves shrink from the thought of pain, his imagination recoils from the vision of death and the grave. Ho tries to think of some way _to die painlessly. Concentrated prussic acid ? Yes, that lulls with tho swiftness of light ning, but how to obtain it? No druggist will sell such deadly poison. A shot through the brain or the breast? But what if his trembling hand sent the leaden messenger through a part not vital? People had lived with balls in their lungs lived to suiler through long years. People had lived with bullets- imbedded in their brains—lived to be idiots or paralytics fate worso than death.

To open a vein and bleed.to death, they had told him, was almost painless, but he could imagine the sickening horror of watching your own lii'o blood ilow out in a great crimson jet. Then the faintness—the numbness seizing the iimbs, Iho body, tho heart. If one might inhale an anioefchetio the iuetant the vein was opened, and bo insensible to the gush of one's red life, the sickness, and. numbness ! Penknife and .chloroform—these would do the death business painlessly. Tho ghastly thought flashed into his fevered brain as he sprang to his feat, maddened by the merry music—the brilliant scene painted on the darkness of thenipht, in which his own gay, insouciant get moved happy, and heedless of his misery. He must have a drink.

There was Lottie's little gold dollar. He had it clinched in his palm. Ifc was for "luck," ehe had said. Well, luck was gone for ever. The charm had not worked —let the talisman go. He crushed his hat over his eyes and went out into the street. He would not enter one of the glittering fashionable ( !) liqu.or shops. Ho might meet someone who knew him. He hurried down the sidewalk and turned into another street. Here he presently entered a dingy bar-roonj, before the door of which a negro was playing '' Zip Coon " on a cracked Violin. He got his flask filled, and threw the coin on the counter. The blear-eyed bar-keeper picked it up and held it to the smoky lamp. " Hain't you got a more convenient sort of money about you, young man?" he asked. " I don't like to take these gold sgraps ; don't know whether they're passin' now, and th.ey ? re mighty onhandy." "I have no other pioney,' he said shortly. " Jack, you're takin , the kid's seed-corn,", sangout a half-drunken sot, who lay smoking a foul pipe. " Ain'b yer ashamed ?" "I Irin stand it, if he kin," was the answer, followed by a burst of coarse laughter. Hazard picked up his change and escaped from the reeking den. He was sick with self-loathing. He felt degraded ; he was wounded in all the finer instincts that remained to him, but he felt no spring of hope that would help him to rise. He could not rise here,. and he had neither money nor energy to get away. He had lost the belief in himself—all his proud, airy, eelf-assurance. He had lost hope, friends, everything but life ; and of what account was life ? How useless and cowardly to cling to life when it was a hateful burden. Ho would cling to it no longer. He had still a half-dollar left of Lottie's little coin. He had thought to buy bread with ifc to stay the craving for food, for he had had no dinner. But dead people do nob need to eat. He would buy chlproform instead — he had the penknife in his pocket. The red and gold globesin the window of a druggist's shop .caught, his eye. He went in and ask^d.for fifty cents' worth of chloroform. VViiJe, tie clefk waited upon him, a car riage stopped at the door—a little water proofed figure -alighted and entered the shop.* She ,wal}se,d to the opposite counter, ifazard paidl ho attention to ;ier,' imfc as he was'liu'rrying bufc,''slid spoke to the clerk, only to say he need not troublo himself to

•wrap up the French powder she had jusb bought, as she would drop the box in her reticule, but, the silvery voice stfuok a chord of remembrance. It was Lottie s voice. He involuntarily stopped and uttered an exclamation. She turned and knew him in spite of his slouched hat. Sho was about to speak his name, bub ho rushed out of the shop. Lottie turned to the clerk : . ' „ " Thai; is a former acquaintance of mine, she said. "Do you know where ho is stop ping ?" , t "I do nob," the clerk answered. "I thought ho had left the city."

(To be Continued.)

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Sir, — I havo much pleasure in stating that I havo triod your Queen Anne's Rheumatic Oil for.rh.cu matism, and it certainly has done wondors for me.—l am, Sir, yours truly, S. Stevenson." "Auckland, May 10,1887. Dear Sir,—l havo much pleasure in stating that I have used Queen Anno's Rheumatic Oil for pains between my shoulders, caused from indigestion, and am certain that I havo derived more benefit from it than from quarts of mixtures I took and used previously. I would recommend all suffering from the same conaplaint to try it. — Jmssik Thompson." For further Testimonials see Bottle. To be had of all Grocers o,nd Storekeepers. KEMPTHORNE, PROSSER, & Co., Wholesale Agents. OLFE'S SCHNAPPS taken before meals is a wonderful appetiser. Try it DRINK Wolfe's Schnapps, the purest stimulant in tho world. Invaluable for the liver and kidneys. THE proprietor of VVolits's Suunafps has succeededlβ Wflktoe ft epWt which it appreciated by the whole world,



Hotels THE CLARENDON HOTEL, Corner of Wakcflojd and Rutland-streets, Auokland. G. B. HOWARD, Proprietor (Late of the Albert Hotel, Queen-street). Sample Room for Commbboiai, Tbavkllers. Tho Gonoral Public will Find Every Modern Cpnvenlenoo, Combined with Civility and Prompt Attention.' . Night Porter in, Attjjnpanob. Telepnone, 29Q, WARNER'S Family & CommercialH oTEL CATHEDRAL SQUARE, CnRi3TcnuRCH, New Zealand. ■ This Hotel, being most centrally eltuate, adja cent to the Cathedral, within a short distance of tho Museum the Theatre, and other Public Buildings, mid htiving a Tram Service to all parts of the Suburbs passing it at freauent inter vals is unequalled as a place of residence for Families or Commercial Gentlemen visiting Christchurch. THE SUITES OF PRIVATE APARTMENTS, which aro elegantly furnished an<3 appointed, aro entirely distinct from the Hotel portipn of the building, thus securing perfect privacy. A novelty in Colonial Hotel accommodation is available at the Commercial in tho shape of a LADIES' DRAWING-ROOM, kept especially select and exclusively for ladieß. A High Pressure Wftter-strpply has been ar ranged for on the Promises, and the Bathrooms are tlttcd with «v*ry convenience for hot, cold, or shower baths at any time. Comment on the Quality of the liquors sup plied at the COMMERCIAL is unnecessary, ns the' Cellar is under the personal euperviaion of Mr W. F. Warner. THE BILLIARD ROOM attached to tho Hotel's unsurpassed bf any in the Colony, and conti ins Three Tables specially imported from England to ihe order of tho Pro prietor. For tho convenience of Commercial travellers SIX SAMPLE-ROOMS are provided. AN EXCELLENT CHEF-DE-CUISINE Has been engaged, and generally no pains have boon spared ir. order to make tno Commercial tho Leading Hotel in Chrlftchurch. Prompt attention -will be given to Telegrams or Letters applying for apartments. : W. F. WARNER, Proprietor. Agent for Cobb and Co.'c Telegraph Lino of Royal Mail Coaches. Business Notices. CJYMONDS STREET BOOT FACTORY. K3 T. B. HEATH, Having; Removed to the Now and Commodious Premises lately erected, is continuing the Sale of the balance of tho Stock at tho same clearing priors, tosothor with a large and varied assort, ment of Now Goods, which will be sold for cash at a very small margin of profit. /^RION. /ARION. ___ WHAT IS ITT T\T O N U M E N T S italian and vermont marbles, and abkkdekn oramte headstones in maublb and stone. Ikon Tomb lUimnos at Moderate Prices Prices and Designs sent post free. Country orders carefully packed. TAIT BROTHERS, Monumentul Works, corner of Rutland and Lome streets (near Queen-stroet Junction), Auckland. Aβ v ny a r d • (lato HallPtt). FAMILY BUTCHER, MANXT XA U HOA D, PARSE! T,. List ok Prices, FOR CASH— Legs Mutton, 3d per lb Sirloin Beef, 4d and 5d Loin Mutton. 3jd- „ Rib Beef, 2Jd to 4d Hhoul. Mutton, 2Ad „ Corned Beef, 2<l to 4d Foro-qrtr. ~ lja ~ Rump Steak, 6d Chops, 4d ~ Beef „ 4d and 5d Ox Tongues. 2s each Beef Sausages. 3d Lamb. ?,a 6d to 3s 6d Pork „ £d and 6d per quarter Sausages Freeh Daily. Families Waited on for Orders. ! /-JHAFFI riHAFF I MESSRS STONE BROS. (My Agents) WILL RECEIVE ORDERS FOR ABOVE. Supplies in any quantity from Storo or Works. F. ANDREWJT Otahuhtt. npUCKER'S TjIOOD FOR PORRIDGE, &c. &c Specially prepared, cinsfets of tho elements for the perfect nutrition of the human body. Has had high commendation in England from Hospital Authorities and from Physicians, Dentists, and the Public. J. BYCROFT & Co. Have now completed the erection of costly plant, and having made arrangements with Mr w. F. TUCKER to produce tbis article confi dently recommend it as more suitable thaa oatmeal foi* this climate.' AT A PRICE WITHIN REACH OF ALL, In 71b and 251b bags. To bo hafl of all Grocers and Storekeepers, and Wholesale of the Manufacturers. T "OYCROFT AND po., * LIMITED, City Flour Jlills, Shortland-street, Auckland. TUCKER'S FAMILY BAKING POWDER. TUCKER'S r>ARING TpOWDER For -OWholosbmei Bread mUCKER'S TOAKING 'OOWDER A Tea Cakes JD* Pastry jL Scones mUCKER'S "B3AKING ipOWDER J- ABkyour JLJ Grocer JL for it. Once Tried, Always Used, BONES. —Our price, delivered at the Works, Railway Wharf, in quantities hot less than half-a-ton, is £4 16s 6d per ton :or £5 per ton at Chemical Works, Westfielrl Siding, Otahuhu. Bags supplied or returned to Port or Rail Station.—Freezing Company, Auck land and Westfleld ONE SHILLING ~~ PACKET. of SALSALINE will preserve TWENTY SHILLINGS' worth of food. To bo obtained of all Chemists and Grocers, in Is and 2s packets. Wholesale Agent. RICHARD A. CARR, Fort-street, Auckland. l'.p.U. i2B4] [HICIH-STREKT, &CUSXOM3ST. W. ]\/r A 9 Y » MANUFACTURERS' AGENT AND WHOLESALE GLASS MERCHANT. ORDERS INDENTED. ™tat&RP^t IB £ POR TKI> DIRECT. QUALITY G UARAN TJfcED. Window Glaea Plato GJubs Wire Naila Portland Coment Chhiawara ' llftvaima Cigars, eta. FOR BALE. 1,000 CASES WINDOW tiIiASS (fcfatirtM life)



Saddlers and If arnesgroakers. TENNIS RACKETS Restrung and £>^^ A lars:e superior assortment of Ladles' and Gouts' SADDLERY. 165, QUEEN STREET. aF. HILL, Saddler, 175, Queen-sfc. o (next British Hotei), begs to announce to his friends that ho has opened up a splendid and well-aeaorted Stock which he will offer at greatly Reduced Prices, to meet the times. Gents.' Saddles, complete with mounts, from 40s to £7 10s; Ladles' Saddles, completo with mounts, from 70h to £12 12s ; Buggy HarneEß, from £6 to £12; Spring Cart Harness, frdm £6 5s to £10; Cart Harness, from £4 10s to .£lO Plough Harness, single set, from 37s 6d to £2 2s; Cart Collars, all sizes, from 163 6d to £1; Piped Col lar, from 18s to £1 ss; Pack Haddt.es, strong and serviceable, with strong leather Haps find heavy strapping , , raw-hide abate, from £2 17s 6d to £4 10.?. A large a<;sortmeritof llririlcs. Whips, Spurs, Leggings, Bags, Horse-Covers, &c, &c, at equally low prices. REPAIRS Neatly and Promptly Executed, at the lowest possible rates. N.B.—Full allowance tfiven for Second-hand Harnoss taken in Exchange. Business Notices. I'TARAWERA" BAKING DOWDEE Makes Wholesome _S. Pastry. ITAKES A T IGHT QCONE, Ivi Delightful JLJ Tea VJ Cakes. MAKES A W/THITE QCONE. Sold by V? the k3 Trade. F Manufacturer ~\~\T in New Zealand : REDK. W HIT EHE AD. Thirty-two years before tho English public. •pAPERHANGINGS. w. phillipFs & son . HaVo received, ex lato arrivals, 185-PACKAGES—IBS Containing 55,000 ROLLS OF PAPERHANGINGS. Consisting of NEW PATTERNS For Drawing, Dining, Bed Rooms, Hall and Staircase, suitable for the Mansion or Cottage. Beautiful Designs, and best value ever offered in Paperhangings. 916—PACKAGES—916 SCRIMS AND HESSIANS, Plato and Sheet Glass, White Lead, Oils, Turps, Varnishes, and all Trade Sundries. W. PHILLIPPS & SON, 95 AND 97, QOEEN-STREET. J. BUTCHER. J [J. OKOOM TT OCAL INDUSTRY. Everyone interested in the prosperity of Auckland should purchaso OCALLY-MADE SHIRTS AND UNDER. CLOTHING, And not Imported goods. See that your draper supplies you with tba beat articles, which aro made by THE SHIRT AND UNDERCLOTHING MANUFACTURING CO., GREAT NORTH ROAD BY A F POINT-** , *»"*r*>BßHl l *w*«"''M EN T TO HI3 KXCELLBNOY THE GOVERNOR. rpHAMES CARRIAGE AND DRAY JL FACTORY, VICTORIA-STREET EAST AND HIGH-STREET, AUCKLAND. Telephone, 308. JAMES MACKIE, Coachetjilder, MANAGER. Builder of every description of Vehicles. Repairs in all tho branches of tho trade faithfully oxecuted. Vehicles Bottght and Sold on Commission, Coachbuilders' Requisites in Stock. The Trado Supplied. Country Orders punctually attended to" Cash Customers liberally dealt with. EI SH E R & CO. WHOLESALE SHIPPING AND BUTCHERS Established 1564. By Special Appointment to His Excellency the Governor, Kir W. F. Jervois; His Excellency bir James Ferguson; and H.R.H. the Duko of Edinburgh; also. Kosha Butchers to tho QUEEN-STKEET, AUCKLAND. N.Z. Families waited oa in Town or Suburbs. POULTRY of all kinds DRESSED to ORDER.. Dealers in Game Home-cured Hams and Bacon Cornod Beo f in Largo Quantity. Imports of Sausage Casings The Trade Supplied N.B.—Calves' Rennets. i tsa. Cnstomors Supplied with Ice. Telephone No. 353. P.O. Box No. 431 ONE SHILLING T>ACKET of SALSALINE will preserve JT TWENTY SHILLINGS' worth of food. To be obtained of all Chemists and Grocers, in Is and 2s packets. Wholesale Agent. RICHARD A. CARR, Fort-street, Auckland. JTT O W D E N, WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER, QUEEN-STREET, lias now convenience for making and repair ing of Jewellery and for tho ropairs of every description of Watches, Chronometers, &c, &c, and to further increase his repairing and manu facturing department, he is disposing of tho remainder of hia PIANOS at and undor coat. Persons having old gold i ewollcry can have it' made up into now and fashionable articles to order, and all tho bottorclass of watohea and chronometers receivo his personal supervision, j Rotherhama , Genuine English Le vera in stock. WAR N OCX "bBOTHE~RS7 Established 18U2 SOAP AND CANDLE MANUFACTURERS, COX'S CRIfIEK, AUCKLAND. Manutuciurers of the Celebrated Extract of Soap, JDiaiutect&nt Powder, First Prizo Yellow Blue Mottled, Double Crown, Economic, and Household, Carbolio; and other Medicinal and Toilet Soapa, made from tho purest o£ Tallows, Offlcos-DURHAM-STREET, Auckland. N.B, — Cash Purohasers of Tallow. Wool, Sheepskins, and Bonos. nfTHE Beet) Gift for Home friende is JL JJrett's Auckland Almanac, containing a Pictorial Representation of Queen-street, I)e ---acpiutlon of tho Provincial Dlatriot, Now Guide I-β llvt Lake, &&, &c



Besliiess Notices. ■ m peacock, -I-β OPTICIAN, Mathematical axd jSTautxcat- In-sthumekt Maker, SHORTLAN^»-HTFwEET. Always in Stock— Spectacles and Eyeglasses of every kind; an u< curate lit Ruarantoed Opera Glassoa of superior qualify Telescope.?-, Jiinocular Field G lapses, and Micro scopes, powerful and cheap Theodolites, Mining Compasaes, Abr.cy Levels Drainatre Levels, Pr'smatio Compasses Drawinif Instruments, Scales, Parallel Ruler 3 Ships L Sextants Compasses, Binnaoiua BaronuuVrs, Thermometers, Hydrometers Electric Balls, Batteries, and Fitting Magnetic nnd Galvanic Medical Mnchinee Majiic Lantorneand Slides. Hand Stoi':o3copes and Slides, Graphoscopes Steam Guages and Tubing, Salinometera Jii3t Received- Settlers Telescopes, powerful, portable, and cheap, 113 ■ ■ Settlers' Aneroid Barometers, strong and good, 25s 6d Scttlorn , Microscopes, magnifying 1,750 times, Also, Steam and Electro Motor Working Models and Steamers. Instruments of every kind Repaired. Opposite iuk Post'OFfics. *'^4' REMOVED £^kC^>i A FEW DOORS HIGHER UP THE STREET , , And wishes to notify to all customers and the public that he intends to confine himself to the supply of ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF TTPHOLSTBBY OEK, Including BEDDING, &c, &c. SPECIAL LINES: 3PRING MATTRESSES in Hair, Kapok, Flax, and Flock ORDINARY MATTRESSES in Hair, Kapok, Flax, Flock, and Feathers SUITES in Utrecht Velvet, Tapestry, Leather, and Haircloth OCCASIONAL CHAIRS in Variety of Coverings fi fi ~"O ROW N, V/# V/e X> HOBSON-STREET. "VTEWCASTLB "VTEWCASTLE CiDALS ! /SOALS ! PER LOOK-OUT, Now Due. 200 TONS HOUSEHOLD & SMITHY CO-OPERATIVE COALS To follow per Peerless, now loading. 400 TONS SAME AS THE ABOVE. W. & G-. W ffiOTE> CUSTOMS-STREET. HOME JEWEL WASHING MACHINE IT WASHES EVERYTHING, from LACE 10 A COALSACK; CLEANS THO USERS without wetdng a finger or knocking off a button. It does away with wet feet, pains in the arras, back, and breast, and does a big day's washing in two hours. o>. \ HOME bli JEWEL^^ HUNDREDS OF TESTIMONIALS. j M. M. LEVY, . SOLE AGENT, ALBERT HOTEL. Iron Curved for V erandas (ANY PATTERN) SHORTEST NOTICE. George Ei®c^u&. Manufacturing Plumber, AND IMPORTER OF ALL TRADE REQUISITES WELLESLEY STREET EAST (opposite New Library), *nd BROWN & DAVY STREETS. THAMES, HAS FOR BAtK— 200 Cormgrftted Galvanized Tanke (assorted) 600 Colonial Ovens (all sizes) GO.OOO feet Lend Edge Ridge Cap (all sizes) 50.000 feet O.G. Spouting (all size*) 60,000 feet Downpipes (all sizes) 50,000 feet Galvanized Water Pipes (all sizes) Lead-head Nails, Lead tTa9hers, Portable Ovens, Furnace Frames, Copper Boilers, etc, etc., etc. Awarded Three First Prizes forabove lines, at Auckland Agricultural Show. Largest and beet selection of Gas Globes In Auckland. . As G. McCAUL fs a direct importer for cash, ho Is in a position to supply the trade At the lowest remunerative prices. Liberal discounts to the trade. Conntrr Orders punctually attended to. George , Mtinnfaotnrinsr Plumber, and , lmporter ttf »tt Xrade Requisites, Wellasleyet. East (opposite New Library), and Brown and Davy-streets, Thames. ' ' DISSOLVED BONE MANURE. — Freezing Co.'s £8, of all merobants.



THB NEW - 2EAIAD purchased ftA iv APFOItI) " housekeeper to 'wnausingeyeif BTJRNS'S Al SOAP. It is a simple but useful article.. Thosewlini.ii to use itate Btiil;mpre EimpleTand Sffi Useful. VWW.M "Willi ,ip«»i^ uu- in l , fc J) tlull[]?B , j Ton may have heard of it a THOUSAWn TIMES without using it ONCE. UmjnSm reverse the position and - to USE IT OICE J.^iiS 111 , p^e if; to others a THOUSAND TIMES,—I have spent hundreds of pottfo Iα convincing the women of Net? Zeftlaidw Cleanses ti, but I have fallen short of mi M bition if I have failed to COMIKCJE IOIT. 1* ' 4* JiWt WHOLESAIE AGENT- A. BUCBIANAN, CUSTOMS ST-.2EET EAST.' DG AR , " A-KD. fiQ,i DYERS, ESTABLISHED IB6J. Still Dying to Ltvk and Litojo h> pflte Ladies' and GentienieriV We&iig, Cleaned, Renewed; Daifiw Curtains or Me CoversCtoQd,.Beaewai,M:: ana Gloves Cleaned and Dyed any shade. Lace o? other Curtains Bleaphedot Dyed ' EDGAR, Dyer, WELLESLEY-STREET- EAST, asd KICK jaOND, COX'S OREEE. <J. e - Jj*' It,;' ;; ; COMMISSION MEROHINT> ; SHIPPING, CUSTOMS, AND dINESM.; ■' ■ AGSNT; z-.~. ,'i •FIBTS'S BOU.DIKG&, 75, QOTEKfITBEBT, "' AUCKLAND, NEW ZEIbAKO. SOLE REPRESENTATIVE ZEALAND FOR CORN FLOUR MAITOFACTUEEES, PAISLEY. - AGENT FOR ~ ■ Norello, Ewer & Co., Music Published Lon- Agent for thb SALE AND PURCHASE OF^OPERte V' :'/,', AGENT ««.■'•■.■ TRUSTEES AND GROUND LIME , Fob Siift/p.q For tanks ttndotheM^ rlali f.rst-cl&ss Taupiri. h . Keserroir. andcornw ■■■,*J^