THE KILLING OF A MALAY AT SEA.

A Remarliahle Caso.

At the Thames Police Court James Cocks, master mariner; James Gleaves, second mate ; Edwin William Evans, chief mate ; ancl John William Webster, a seaman were charged on remand, before Mr Lushington, with being concerned together in causing the death of a Malay seaman, on the 23rd of April last, on board the British barque Lady Douglas, on the high seas, between Shark's Bay and England, by shooting him in various parts of the body. Charles Goodliffe Hunt sailor on the Lady Douglas, said : I recollect a Malay named Hassin being on board, and five weeks after leaving Gascoigne he was missed and ten days after he was found in the fore peak. We gave him bred ancl butter, ancl he went into the fore-peak again after he was found, but I did not see him take anything with him. When Hassin was in the fore peak I recollect that some coals were wanted, ancl I went into the fore-peak to fetch them. The Captain gave Hassin a. pint of water to fill the coal buckets, and he wanted some more water. He got another supply of water and passed up the coals. I saw the buckets lowered, but did not-sec them filled. After I heard Hassin had escaped and was out of irons tho captain said, " Will you consent to have this man killed ?'' and I said, " Don't kill the poor devil; take him to England and have him tried." I did not see Hassin that day. On the following day I was at the wheel from ten till twelve, and I saw the captain dodging about to get a blind shot into him with a revolver, but he fired no shots at him in my presence. When they were all firing at him the captain said, "If you will surrender, I will not shoot you." The next clay the captain called us all aft, say ing, " This is a dangerous character, and as a protection of our lives we must wipe him out." I said, "If there is any blame attached to the business, blame it on me." Tbe captain said, "No: if there is any blame I will bear the responsibility like a man." The hatch was lifted off, ancl bang went a gun. I could see Hassin was used up, as it was pretty cold all night. The shot caught him somewhere in the loins, and he began his death song. The captain eaid, " Who is going to get him out ?" and, no rope being handy, I went down and hooked him on by one of the shackles used on the buckets, and pulled him up. He weighed about 40lbs. I went down ancl took the carving-knife from him. He looked like dead, but he was not dead, as he looked at me. Bang went a shot, which struck him on the side of the head, and a portion of his brains came out. I said, " Don't riddle him." I could not see who shot him, as I was so disgusted. The crew said I was in communication with Hassin while he was hiding below, and that I had been giving him food ; but I did not. I gave him some tobacco on one occasion. At the time I was asked to consent to his being killed I did not know that the whole of the crew re quested the captain to have him killed, as the ship was in peril, but I have heard so since. The poor wretch could not run amuck ;he was so frightened. I did not hear Hassin say " Someone will have to die before I die," but I heard him say he would not go to London. I took no part in the attack on the deceased man. I objected to the man being shot ancl killed. Hassin had handcuffs on his wrists, and, judging from the size of the man, I should say he could slip his hands through. At the same time I am certain I saw irons on his feet, and there was a chain on the two legs. When he was taken out of the fore-peak he had irons on his legs, but not on his hands. To the best of my helief the shackles were locked. I don't think Hassin had strength enough to make a hole in the ship with tho iron crowbar produced, but if he had, it would not have sunk the ship as it had a bulkhead apartment. „He was a pitable object.

By Mr Lushington. —Malays are known to be dangerous people, or there is a general belief they are so, and he, poor wretch, was not out of his mind, and was more like a soldier than a sailor. I have been through the East Indies and never saw a Malay run amuck, as it is called.

After hearing further evidonce, the prisoners were committed for trial at the Central Criminal Court,

Another witness stated that Hassin had been in a very strange and excited condition. He hid himself among the coals, refused to work, and armed himself with a carving knife, which he •.would not give up. That he was a refractory and dangerous character. He was put in irons and placed between decks on the fore peak and escaped, and was next found in the fore peak, with a carving-knife. The captain asked him to come out,but he refused, saying, " Suppose I kill one, I die." The hatch was then ordered to be closed, which was done by the carpenter. The captain ordered a watch to be kept on the hatch all night. The ship's company assembled in the cabin, and the crew wanted all to agree to do away with Hassin, as it was a too dangerous posi tion. The captain gave directions that any man who could conveniently get hold of him was to kill him. The captain asked Hassin to come up, so did several others, but he said, "No, I won't come out: I wan to die." The shooting then commenced. After the poor wretch had been severely wounded he was brought on deck and des patched. [By cable we have learned that the men who were convicted and sen tenced to death for participating in this brutal crime have had their sentences com muted, the captain to five years' imprison ment, the mate to 18 months', and those of the crew who were convicted to one year.]

TERRIBLE COLLIERY DIS ASTER IN SCOTLAND.

Seventy-one Men Entombed.

The harrowing details reach us of the terrible colliery disaster at High Blantyre, a colliery village situated about three miles feem Hamilton. Immediately the explosion was heard a sheet of flame shot up the shaft and set fire to the pit framework. The up acd down cast charps of No. 1 pit and down cast of No. 2 were simultaneously blocked by the cages getting jammed. The pit is situated in the midst of the great coal field for which the county is famous, and is owned by the Edston Coal Company, employing a large number of hands. The seam is known as one of the most fiery in Scotland, and every precaution is therefore used in working the mine. The Udston Colliery, in fact, adjoins Dixon's pit, where about ten years ago an awful explosion caused the deaths of no fewer than 223 men and boys. Indeed, in the Udston Pit itself about five years ago three men were killed by an explosion. On Saturday morning the usual comple ment of men descended the Udston Pit, the actual number, however, being at present uncertain. The colliery had four shafts, an upcast and downcast shaft to each of the two pits. Just after half-past nine a terrible explosion told only too clearly of a fearful disaster. Im mediately afterwards, a volume of flame burst forth from No. 2 pit, and then from around all the district anguish-stricken wives, mothers, and children ran to the pit head, eager for the safety of those dear to them. The manager at once set about putting this shaft in order, und selected a band of workers from tho scores of volunteers who pressed forward to offer their services to form a rescue party. The cage was safely lowered to the first part of the workings— the upper or the Ell seam, 118 fathoms from tho surface—and here all the men, J JJ vm»©ritog forty-one, were -9und alive,

though much overcome by after-damp. With much caie they were brought to the surface, wrapped in blankets, and sent to their homes. Then the explorers heard distinctly the call for help from the middle or main seam, some of the boys imprisoned sobbing bitterly,and they redoubled then energies to release then comrades from their living tomb.

But it was not until some hours had passed that the shaft was sufficiently cleared to enable the descent to be con tinued. At length the main seam was reached, aud the rescuers found tfiirty seven men in this seam alive, and four dead. These were sent up by the cage, ancl the scene at the pit-head was of a most harrowing description. Wives and mothers pressed round the pit, some wringing their hands and sobbing as one after another of the rescued appeared, and still no sign of their own clear ones ; others stood gazing vacantly at the little knot at the pit-head, stunned by the blow which had befallen them. Presently word was sent up the shaft that dead bodies had been come upon. The first which was brought to the surface was that of James McTavish, who was un married, and lived with his father. His features looked peaceful, ancl he must have succumbed to the effects of bad gas or after-damp. The body was conveyed in an ambulance to his sorrowing home.

In a little space the cage came up again, and in it was the body of an oil man named James Richmond. The poor man had been stricken clown beside his son, who was brought up along with his father's corpse. The son was as pale as death, but after receiving medical aid he re covered slightly, ancl words cannot tell what was his consternation on realising his father's death. Richmond's body was laid out beside that of the lad McGurky, who got his neck broken. After a little time William Howston's body was sent up the cage. He was unmarried. The sad anxious crowd had scarcely gazed upon his haggard faco, when there was a cry of " Hush, hush, another body is coming up." The report was too true, for the rescuing party ascended bareheaded, a sign that they con veyed a dead burden. Tho body taken out of the lift proved to be that of a man named Robert M'Niven. Like those pre viously brought up, the body bore marks of the explosion, The scene was very heartrending among the many women and children at the pithead when the volunteer party stated that there was no hope for the men in the splint seam, where it was con jectured that seventy men were at work. Without loss of time the explorers put forth every effort to reach the splint or lower seam. Rapidly the mass of obstruction was cleared out of the way, ancl at five o'clock the gallant band had reached the entrance to the workings. Here the path ways were found blocked up by falls of coal ancl broken hatches. Notwithstand ing, however, the almost insuperable diffi culties in their way, two of the brave fellows crawled through the debris into the lamp cabin, where they found Allen M'Lean, a young man of twenty-two, lying dead. Other dead men were also seen lying ai'ound, and the explorers could only come sorrowfully to the conclusion that the whole of the seventy men in this part of the workings had succumbed. Still volunteers persevered undauntedly working in relays clearing the roads and restoring ventilation with the hope that some spark of life might still be found in some of the unconscious ones entomed in the workings. Evidence of Criminal Recklessness.- Matches Found on tho Bodies. The general belief is that the gas had been kindled in the dook workings and the mine being very dry one flame had been fed by coalclust and carried throughout the entire workings. Owing to the custom of father and sons working together, in several in stances the head ancl several members of a family have been swept away. On several corpses lucifer matches, pipes, and keys for opening lamps were found.

Tragic Suicide of Lovers.

A melancholy discovery was made at the Thimble Mill Pool, near the Lightwoods, Warley.and circumstances which have since come to light point to the conclusion that two lovers have deliberately committed suicide in a most tragic and distressing fashion. A man was walking along a foot path which runs at the back of the pool into Holly Lane, when he observed a jacket and hat lying upon the bank. Upon approach ing the pool he perceived the body of a man in the water, and immediately communi cated what he had seen to Mr Cund, who lives hard by. Returning to the pool in company with Mr Cund, he discovered that there were two bodies, and that the deceased were clasped in each other's arms. The bodies were taken out of the water and laid upon the grass. The bodies were locked in a firm death-grip, and he did not separate them without difficulty. Both were re spectably dressed. The man, however, before plunging into the water had divested himself of his coat and hat. The bodies were identified as those of Henry Thomas Guy (eighteen), employed at Smethwick gasworks, and residing at 63, Regent-street, Smethwick ; and Rosa Cartwright (twenty), of 66, Regent-street, Smethwick. From inquiries made subsequently it appears that Rosa Cartwright left her home at about one o'clock on Tuesday, and was not seen alive after that by any of her friends ; but a letter which was received on Thursday morning by the girl's grandmother, Mrs Hannan Parkes, of 90, EUmore-street, Soho, Smeth wick, tends to show that the double suicide was premeditated. From the letter it would seem that the pair, who were keeping company, went out on Monday in a brake with a party to Catshill, near Bromsgrove, and that Cartwright did not return until half-past eleven o'clock the same night. A few angry words, it is said, passed Between her and her mother about the lateness of her return, and her mother ordered her away from the house. The order does not appear to have been enforced, but about one o'clock on Tuesday she left home of her own accord, and no tidings of her whereabouts could be obtained. Guy also left his parents' resi dence on Tuesday night, when, it is stated, there was nothing in his manner to indi cate that he contemplated so dreadful a tragedy. The letter written by the girl refers to the treatment received from her mother, and to her having been ordered away from home, and it expresses her de termination to destroy herself. She also says that the one she loved had agreed to die with her, and a wish is added that they should be buried together in one grave. The parents of the young man also received a letter on Thursday morning from him, which was to the effect that he intended to commit suicide, and which gave instructions as to how his property should be divided among his brothers and sisters. He inti mated at the same time that his body would be found near the Bear at Smethwick. It is said that the relatives of the deceased did not approve of the match ; but apart from this both the young people appear to have been treated kindly at their homes.

" I am choost as full ash a bag of flour,' remarked an inebriate to a sober friend. "There is a difference between you and a sack of flour, however." "What ish difference ?" " When a sack is full it can stand up ; but when you are full you can't even lie down on the ground without hold ing on."

HUMOROUS.

Pressed for time—A mummy. A trim creature.—The milliner. A stabbing case.—A dagger sheath. - A man born at sea cannot be proud of his; native land. Great point of resemblance between farmers and the poultry—both delight in full crops. Life is full of compensations. The man who has only one leg needs but ono shoe at a time. A man has named his dog Wellington, be cause of the animal's proficiency in rending a bone apart. Why is a washerwoman like a navigator ? Because she spreads her sheets, crosses the line, ancl goes from pole to pole " Doctor, I fancy somehow I've got a touch of the gout." "Fancy, my boy; h'm, if you had you wouldn't fancy- you'd know."

He (at dinner) : May I assist you to the cheese, Miss Vassar ? Miss Vassar (just graduated): Thanks, no. lam very com fortable where I am. But you may assist the cheese to me if you will.

'' I hope you will be lenient with me, judge," said the thief, as he stood up to be sentenced. " I have a good many de pendent on me lor their support." '' Child ren ?" asked tho judge. " No, detectives."

In a poem on Spring, thirty verses long, a poet continually asks, " What do the trees say ?" If he would go out and read his poem under the trees we do not believe they would say anything. They would noel ancl leave.

Agent (to woman at the door)—Havo you one of our patent double back-action catch-em-quick burglar alarms in your house, madam ? Woman—No, sir. We had one awhile ago, but a burglar broke in and stole it.

"No girl gets along well without a mother," says a moral contemporary. This may be true, but hereabouts girls work haider to get mothers-in law than they do to get mothers. BURY HIM SOFTLY. Now lower the coffin gently Into the new-made grave, And let the clods fall softly on The bosom of the brave. Ah! ho was a noble soldier' (Be gentle with tbe spade), For this is the hundred-thousandth man Who charged with " The Light Brigade

A Cold Chill.-"One night," said a chemist, " a doctor came and woke me out of a sound sleep to prepare morphine powders for an old gentleman named Martin who had been sick for some time. I weighed out the morphine, arid put it up according to direction, but thought while I was doing so that the powders seemed to be unsually large. Next morning, when I was arranging things in the store, I found that there was a ten-grain weight in the scale beneath the ono the prescription called for, ancl each of those powders was ten grains too large. A cold chill ran down my back when I realised the mistake, for it meant almost certain death. A short time afterwards the doctor came in, and I thought my time had come. Bracing up as well as possible, I asked, ''How is Martin this morning, doctor?" "He's dead," " Did those powders killljhim?" I stammered out, and in fear and trembling awaited the answer. But the first word relieved me. '. Xo,the powders had nothing to do with it; he died half an hour before they got there."

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JULY 30, 1887.

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The manufacture is carried on solely in Walworth, Surrey. - ■ , , Sold in Packets by all Chemists and Medicine Vendors, at Is lid to 2s 9d each. Agents, Kemp thorne, Prosser and Co., Auckland, Wei lington, Christchurch, and Dunedin. DR. J. COLLIS BROWNE'S CHLORODYNE, The Original and Only Genuine. Advice to Invalids.—lf you wish to obtain quiet, refreshing sleep, free from headache, relief from pain and anguish, to calm and as suage tho weary achings of protracted disease, invigorate the nervous media, and regulate the circulating systems of the body, you will pro vide yourself with that marvellous remedy dis covered by Dr. J. Collis Browne (late Army Medical Staff), to which ho gave the name of CHLORODYNE, and which is admitted by the profession to be the most wonderful and valu able remedy ever discovered. CHLORODYNE i 3 the best remedy knownfor Coughs, Consumption, Bronchitis, Asthma. _ CHRORODiTNE acts like a charm in Diarrhoea, and is the only specific in Cholera and DvsG_itci*v« CHLORODYNE effectually cuts short all at tacks of Epilepsy, Hysteria, Palpitation, and Spasms , „, __. CHLORODYNE is the only palliative in Neuralgia. Rheumatism, Gout, Cancer, looth ache, Meningitis, &c. From Symes & Co., Pharmaceutical Chemists, Medical Hall, Simla, January 5, 1880. To J. T. Davenport, Esq., 33, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, London. Dear Sir,—We embrace this opportunity of congratulating you upon the wide-spread reputation this justly esteemed medicine. Dr. J. Collis Browne's Chlorodyne.has earned for itself, not only in Hindostan, but all over the East. As a remedy for general utility, we much question whether a better is imported into the country, and we shall be glad to hear of its finding a place in every Anglo-Indian home. The other brands, we are happy to say, are now relegated to the native bazaars, and, judging from their sale, we fancy their sojourn there will be evanescent. We could multiply in stances ad infinitum of the extraordinary efficacy of Dr. Collis Browne's Chlorodyne'.in Diarrhoea, and Dysentery, Spasms, Cramps, Neuralgia, the Vomiting of Pregnancy, and as a general sedative, that have occurred under our personal observation during many years. In Choleraic Diarrhoea, and even in the more terrible forms of Cholera itself, we have wit nessed its surprisingly controlling power. We have never used any other form of this mcdi cine than Collis Browne's from a firm conviction that it is decidedly the best,and also from a sense of duty wc owe to the profession and the public, as we are of opinion that the substitution of. any other than Collis Browne's is a deliberate BREACH OF FAITH ON TOE PART OF THE CHEMIST TO PRESCRIBE AND PATIENT ALIKE. —We are, Sir, faithfully yours, Symes and Co., Members of the Pharm. Society of Great Britain, His Excellency the Viceroy's Chemists. CAUTION.—Vicc-Chancellor Sir W. Page Wood stated that Dr. J. Collis Browne was, undoubtedly, the Inventor of Chlorodyne ; that the story of the defendant Freeman was de liberately untrue, which, he regretted to say, had been sworn to.—Seo " The Times," July 13, 1864. Sold in bottles at Is lid, 2s 9d, 4s 6d, and Ha each. None is genuine without the words " Dr. J. Collis Browne's Chlorodyne" on the Govern ment stamp. Overwhelming medical testimony accompanies each bottle. Caution.—Beware of Piracy and Imitations. Sole Manufacturer-J. T. DAVENPORT, 33, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury. London. f EATING'S LOZENGES. Oldest and Best Cough Remedy. EATING'S LOZENGES. Oldest and Best Cough Remedy. KEATING'S LOZENGES. Oldest and Best Cough Remedy. KEATING'S LOZENGES. Oldest and Best Cough Remedy. KEATING'S LOZENGES. Oldest and Best Cough Remedy. KEATING'S LOZENGES. Oldest and Best Cough Remedy. JT EATING'S LOZENGES. JO-, Oldest and Best Cough Remedy "Kf EATING'S LOZENGES. JO__ Oldest and Best Cough Remedy. KEATING'S LOZENGES. Oldest and Best Cough Remedy. KEATING'S LOZENGES. Oldest and Best Cough Remedy. KEATING'S LOZENGES. " Any Doctor will tell you ' there is no better Cough Medicine than KEATING'S LOZENGES. One gives relief; if you suffer from cough try them but once ; thoy ici.ll cure and they will not injure your health; thoy contain only tho purest drugs, skilfully compounded. Sold everywhere in small tins. KEATING'S WORM TABLETS, A PURELY VEGETABLE SWEETMEET, both in appearance and taste, furnishing a most agreeable method of administering the only certain remedy for INTESTINAL or THREAD WORMS. It is a perfectly safe and mild pre paration, and is especially adapted for Children. —Sold in tins by all Chemists. Proprietor, THOMAS KEATING, London. Export Chemist and Druggist. A WONDERFUL MEDICINE. BEECHAM'S PILLS §Are admitted by thousands to be worth a Guinea o Box for bilious and nervous disorders, such as wind, and pain in the stomach, sick headache, gid diness, fulness and swelling af termeals, dizziness and drow siness, cold cUlls, _.ushines of heat, loss of appetite, shortness of breath, costiveness, scurvy blotchesontheskin, disturbed sleep, frightful dreams, ana all nervous and trembling sensations, Ac The first dose will give rolief in 20 minutes. This is no fiction, for thoy have done it in thousands of cases, Every sufferer is earnestly invited to try one box of taesa Pills, and they will be acknowledged to be WORTH A GUINEA A BOX. For females of all agos these Pills are invaluable, aa a few doses of them carry off all gross humours, open all obstructions, and bring about all that ia required. No females should be without them. There is no medicine to be found to equal BEECHAM'S PILLS for removing any obstruc tion or irregularity of the system. If taken according to the directions given with each box they will Boon restore females of all ages to Bound and robust health. For a weak stomach, impaired digestion, and all disorders of the liver, they act like A MAGIC," and a fow doses will be found to work wonders upon tho most important organs of the human machine. They strengthen the whole muscular' system, restore the long lost complexion, brlae hack tho 5? e?.2-£ c of aPPeti*o and arouse into action with the ROSEBUD of health the whole physical energy of the human frame. These are "FACTS" admitted by thousands embracing all classes of society; and one of tha best guarantees to the nervous and debilitated is, Beecham's Pills have the largest sale of any patent medicine in the world. BEECHAM'S MAGIC COUGHPILLS As a remedy for Coughs in general, Asthma, Diffl. cultyin Breathing, Shortness of Breath, Tightness and Oppression of the Chest, Wheezing, &0., these ■Pals stand unrivalled; and anyone labouringunder nny of the abovo complaints need only try One Box to prove that they are the be3t ever offered to the public for Asthmatic and Consumptive Coughs. Hoarseness and Oppression of the Chest. They speedily remove that sense of oppression and dial. £_l- y ? f _ brcafcking which nightly deprive the patient of rest. They give almost instant relief and comfort to thoso afflicted with the above distress ing and, when neglected, dangerous complaints. Le„ any person troubled with any of the above complaints.give Bsech-m's Co it oh Puts a trial. J.he most violent Cough will in a short time be removed. ♦wT? OH,~J he..?! lblic are requested to notice that the words "Bkeosam's Pills, St. Helens," r*v n£V? °? .2 rnmeirt Stamp affixed to each Box of the PiUs. If not on they are a forgery. Prepared only and sold wholesale and retail by the proprietor, T. Beecham, Chemist, St. Helens, Lancashire, Englimd, in boxes at Is. ljd. and 2s. 9d. each.-Sold by all Druggists and Patenr •M^i^ ine_Pf, al _irs th'°"-hout thTColo_-es. -~8.-_-iU flijeoUaae m given wife etch ba_i



Business Notices. """""^^ ep*^ /CHARLES S~MlTf^_. *^V tIPS!/ MANUFACTURER OF BASSINETTES Hk )^^^^^g^ PERAMBULATORS, INVALID *V ' W_. )-^^_SS__!_vW Perambulators of any mako repaired or taken in f^Splltf _T^_§23<_32x exchange. Price list post free. A1 - ramil? AUCKLAND PERAMBULATOR FACTORY (s!w*^ ''^7rVV\/Tvy Victoria-street West ' p§is-3__. (Near Freeman's Bay.) \/ffl\?lil I Effectual Remedy; |fg| w **** M BSlte^B^__g^^^^ ' 1 ofreS^^o^^^ \^^^^^^TrT=f^^!,_A =^\_±.^_W^^S. Yvas so distreSl ow,^ (&e_-_ FllSftK SERVBRfllfii I' BRONCHITIS, ASTHMA, i©||l throat, and de.Jiff1? 11 of<J. moah-EMEss, Whooping Cq.uchJH__Bl form you that i h.™« to * I DIFFfCULTY OF BREATHiNG , JEflBBl Sr<^ benefit f roni it , InD-UL Affectionsqfthe LuncsJßH S&S^^ft | BROHCHI/E, THAfiHEA,& URYNX.^gg '^^ * I - and Public Speaker. From & Ewast jfrrfeft- Is ©'d. 2s 6d, 4s 6c. & Bs, JilMl s» Gough MM-** iv w % ' • WmmmwM ot all a _es> Baxters TmvPv 8*! I -PREPARED ONLY 0Y |f-IPi SERVE«^S3BI»* | jr. s _a_.-?_: ? M§mm P-EOICAL HALLjVIOTORfASTREET;^^^^^ _ ■hL. fUPIiSTTMIIBru M" 7 >■ fflKfUH&kA^Lfr IMPORTANT TO PURCHASERS! Purchasers are requested to see that each packet of Lung Preserver of&red fU f sale is a fac-simile of the above drawing, and that the words " Baxter's Lang html Christchurch," are blown on the bottle. *% '.Refuse all others as wunterfls/^ AGENTS FOR AUCKLAND: Messrs SHARLAND and Co., CLOSE BROS., P. HAYMAK and to and N.Z. DRUG COMPANY. Ijflh I A POSITIVE CURE IW~ , <&\ I for every form of /^Hf WkM SKIN AND BLOOD \M -4^B^ DISEASE ''jjjsfo I Eczema on Scalp. IT-ROM: Scrofulaoi_-K_ iPifVgPLESToSCBOFUUI DIS-TGTTRING HU-lORS, Humiliating Erup- pUTIOITRA ___SOt,V__!T,'_ieiiwKlMdPi tions, Itching and Burning Skin and Scalp \J fier, Diuretic, and Aperient, cleanses tie BW Tortureß, and every species of Itching, Scaly, and Perspiration of all Impurities and Pofaoij, Pimply, Inherited, Scrofulous, and Syphilitic Dia- Elements, and thns removes the CAUSE.;;ffiw eases of the Blood, Skin and Scalp, with Loss of it cures speedily, permanently, and economically. Hair, from infancy to old age, are cured hy Coti- ■ — : ''•." ' ".■■ ctrRA Resolvext, the new Blood Purifier, inter- Cuticura, the Gbeat Bias Cube (a Metal nally, and Cut-Cura and Cotlcuba Soap, the Jelly for external use), instantly allays Ifc-gjm. great Skin Cures and Beautifiprs, externally. Inflammation.clearstheSkinandSc^pofH-JOii, ———— Sores, and Dandruff, destroys Dead Skin andlM, Agonizing, Itching, and Burning Skin heals Ulcers/Sores, and il>»___g_« .¥*-&»»>' Diseases, Eczema, Tetter, Kingworm, Psoriasis, stores the Hair, and beautUies theSkku • Lichen, Pruritus, Dandruff, and Delicate Irrita-j : -^ .''l. ■ ■ >-!a_' tions peculiar to hoth sexes, instantly relieved by a Cntictira Soap, an exquisite t Stiaamm warm hath with Coticura Soap and a single ap- and Toilet Requisite, prepared from Ct^m plication of Co-Ictjra, the great Skin Cure. This is indispensable in treating Skin; BUc-Mr'W i repeated daily, with three doses of Cuticura Re- Humors, Skin Blemishes, Frickly Heat,- jjaSs, solvent, will speedily cure Itching Diseases of Sunburn, and Rough, Chapped, or Gxeasjj Bib. the Skin and Scalp, when all other means fail. ■ ■ ■ ..:■: —~r~ Cuticura Remedies are the only real Blood A Magnificent Popular Work on the Skin, Purifiers and Skin Beanti_ersfreefi-_._swi.7i with Engraved Plates, is wrapped about the Resol- arsenic, lead, zinc, or any Other min'em or v^. vent. Also, one hundred Testimonials, solemnly table poison whatsoever. Gnitra_teed■WWW i sworn to before the British Consul, which repeat pure by the Analytical Chemists of _»,S«e« . this story: I have been a terrible sufferer for years Massachusetts. ' from Diseases of the Skin and Blood; have been j- or gj,j 0 D y :a u vendors of medicine. Pfo ; obliged to shun public places by reason of my dis- Ccticcra, 50cts.; large boxes, $1.00.- CotHSU ;■ figuring humors; have had the hest physicians; g OAp2 5 cts. C__icdba'Besoiteht,W ■ W have spent hundreds of dollars, and got no relief Wholesale Agents, -Tew B_nt_ "Wales,Baow ■■! until I used the C-Tictjra I.e_ced__s, which & q 0 _ Sydney • VictoriaiFelton6itowi<te_Ci,! fiave cured me, and left my skin and blood as Melbourne" South Aistralia, A. U-Bickfords pure as a child's. Send to any wholesale druggist g 0 - 8 Adelaide; Queensland, Elliott Bro- 46, i named in the opposite column, for "How to Cure Brisbane; New Zealand, N. Z. Dn>£ Ct^Ai* Bkfn and Blood Diseases," land and Dunedin.^' '-■''' Or Address with Stamp, Pbep_b_- it IKS B. To_rns & Co., New South. Wales. {Potter Drug & Chemical Co., Boston, ..»•* CONSUiygPTgQM gurabE "MR G. T. CONGREVE' O-S" COI.STJMPTrO.S: AND ITS SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT. ■■■- Showing that direful disease to be curable iv all its stages; withobeerrtt-- ASTHMA, CHRONIC BRONCHITIS, ETC. From the " Christian Herald," Maech 31,1888. _^ MR a. T. CONGREVB'S TRBATMBNT OF CONSUMPTION AND OTHSB CUEST DISEASES . „„,„-,,* rffll «• Continues to be lrmde b great blessing to sufferer-, far and wide, in emj _» : ilDg"°Se world and wo ourselves owe him a debt of grati..-A Rot toy jjjjj! a young lady under htb ci.ro, who has recovered her health, *™^_*f_^fot_it cases (Mr Congreve is publishing oneever week), many of wkicb-sapeeßs past all hope." *n*.rfiir_.ilffl* " There can be no doubt that for Consumption and orbfc. Chest WBF^^j greve is a specialist oi tbe first order, and stands unrivalled, C?rtait| iy:Jf other discovery in medical science from wbicbthe coneumpti.epatieot *t^ * hope aa from hia. :i , - n TtfrCcOgr"*'1 " The OSE HU_T£)_.ED AND THIETr.-THEEE CASES which &K ireCOWW•. book are a1 most convincing testimony; bpt what have been ion 8 8.? I^gfofwrW of cure which have been published for several years past in the^si mnrid.""^ included), one every week." (The rea^r is referred to the " Christ"" 1 v»°n»» tian Age," '«Christian Globe,." &c., &c.). _■ .. •,'« %een ffl-f* The author (Mr Congreve, qI Cooipbe J-odgo, Peckbam, London), "J. entreated to make his treat inffiA .known in all the British Co_onßS. 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