RATS!

By James Greenwood, " The Amateur

Casual."

So far as I am aware, the sporfc of ratting, i.e., the extermination of rats by dogs duly qualified for the business by breeding and training, is not an offenqe at law. Should

unnecessary cruelty be restarted to m destroying the "vermin," no doubt the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, should it come to their knowledge, would move in the matter, but otherwise, 1 presume, a man is as much at liberty to urge on his terrier to put an end to the existence of a rat, or a dozen or indeed any number, in public or private, as he would be to set his cat the happy task of killing a herd of mice. The common idea, how ever, appears to be that ratting, at all events when it is permitted on the pre mises of a licensed publican who has a " pit" and other conveniences for the pur pose,.is illegal, like dog or cock fighting, or badger-baiting, and that immunity can only be enjoyed by keeping it dark from the police. Thus ib was that when, a Saturday night or two since, I accompanied a gentleman who was "in the know "to what he mys teriously alluded to in his letter of advice to me as "a bib of fancy fur work." When we arrived at the public-house where it was to take place, there was no indica tion of the impendiugeventat the bar, or even when we had penetrated to the parlour beyond. Yet the Two Stoats is well known at the East End as a sporting house. It was a temporary asylum for lost dogs—especially for these of value—long before the Home at Battersea Was established, and if any of the surrounding tradesmen are dosirous of having a bet on any forthcoming horse race, they are well aware that every day be tween twelve and two o'clock they may make tolerably sure of finding an individual ab the bar willing to accommodate them to any amount. The Two Stoats is likewise a house of call for pugilists. Once a week at least sparing takes place in the club room upstairs, and, probably, take the week through, the majority of the noses that are dipped into the bright pewter measures are damaged in the bridge. You can play cards at the Stoats, and there is on excel lent dry skittle ground at the rear of the premises, and generally a guileless fellow or two hanging about who havo played afc the ganie, certainly, bufc know very little about it, but who, nevertheless, are willing to risk the price of a pint—and a shilling bet as well, if it comes to that—with any stranger with money in his pocket who evinces a disposition for a throw at the "nine." And there is a rat-pit on the premises as well. But " mum " is the word as regards this latter. The landlord of the Stoats is an affable man, and will talk freely on the sub jects of cards, skittles, boxing, or horse racing, but he is dead as to rats. The per son with whom I went knows him intim ately, but the pair were reticent respecting the match between bhe pipe-maker's terrier Spitfire, and Flora " the property of a gentleman." As we stood atthe barmy friend raised his head inquiringly as he whisperingly remarked, "It's coming off, I suppose ?" to which the landlord made no verbal response, but nodded affirmatively, • and pointed with his finger in a downward direction, as though the canine contest alluded to was to take place somewhere in the bowels of the earth. Ib wanbed but twenty minutes to the time when the slaughter of squeakers was to commence. Yet " mum " was emphatically the word, in the parlour as well as afc the bar. It was a large room, and tolerably well filled with ardent patrons, seemingly, of " fancy fur work," but not one word aloud was heard of what must have been foremost in their minds. Three out of four had a dog with him—such mites of things some of them tha. their owners might almost have be stowed them in their hats and worn the latter all the same on their heads without much inconvenience, and others of the vicious looking bull-terrier breed, with pike-like jaws and red-rimmed optics thafc looked as though they were per petually "crying their eyes out," as the saying is, for that mouthful of man's calf constantly within reach, and which, on pain of death, was denied them. It was not what might correctly be termed a select company, and taken all round, the dogs were by far the most ganteel looking and well-cared-for. There were slovenly fellows, greasy at the elbows and knees, and with their boots slouchingly awry and loose in the laces, the sort of men, onemight suppose, who would be first in any public demon stration against respectability, but who, .nevertheless, were evidently the very humble and obsequious servants of the silky-coated and gentlemanly creatures that permitted themselves to be held in leash by their biped bodyguard. There was one of the parlour customers, a ribbon weaver by trade, and co shabbily attired thab no old-clothes man would have given fifteen pence for all he wore, who neverthe less hugged in his arms as he sat, occasion ally gazing on it with as much affection as that displayed by a fond mother for her first born, a little terrier, the market value of which, as I was informed, was three guineas. The animal's throat was encircled with a silver-plated collar, but the out-o'-work weaver were no collar at all, but only a wisp of coloured rag by way of a necker chief. At nine o'clock the potboy, who hitherto had affected to be quite ignorant of the fact that there were rats on the premises, came in and remarked to tbe company generally, " Now, please ! not all pf a rush. Half a dozen at a time." And as a first batch, six of the company (including the out-o'-work weaver, who now hastily drank up the remains of the half-pint of porter he had been eking out for the past hour) left the room in a leisurely way, and were followed by another six, and so on. My friend and I were' of the last batch, and when we reached the outer passage, the potboy, who was stationed thereasthough on the lookout for a possible detective, winked, and, with a movement of his thumb over his left shoulder, indicated the way we were to go. . Along the passage to a cellar door which . stood open, and then we descended a steep i flight of steps with a rope for a handrail, i and which landed us in a subterranean i chamber, the atmosphere of which was i scarcely as sweet as it might have been. 1 Cobwebs hung in ropey festoons from the beams overhead, and fungoid growths ' adorned the reeking walls, and mouldiness < and sourness, coinbimidwith astrongsavour- 1 ingof aneglecteddog-kennel, asserted them- 1 selves with every breath one took. But the . very fact of my making note of such trifles 1 is equivalent to an open declaration that I 1 have no soul for ratting. Who that had ( would have had eyes and ears for anything * else besides the preparation already made 1 for the match between Spitfire and Flora— fifty rats each for £10 a-side ? There was 1 the pit, or rather the make-shift for one, - consisting of a square space, boarded in to '. the height of about three feet, and there ; were the doomed victims in two large wire work cages, with the man in charge, and '. whose unenviable job it would presently be « to haul them out; and there, too, were the ' hero and the heroine of the coming fray, i each in the custody of its owner, and look- ? ing so equally fib and eager for business i that no one but a conndisseur could have 1 found a pin to choose between them. Three 1 to two, however, was being laid on the i pipemaker's animal, which was the larger s of the two, and, judging from the pipe- J maker's confident demeanour, it was a 1 ".moral " for investors. The gentleman to 1 whom belonged the feminine canine won- 1 der, Flora, seemed- equally sure of victory, a nowever. I don't know who he was, but a he was treated with with great deference, 11

and called " captain," and he had come from the West End in a hansom cab. He was quite a young man, and sported a white hat and tan-coloured gloves, and his crimson necktie was fastened wifch a pin, the heid of which was a comical sort of carving of a death's head, painted like the face of a clown and with emeralds for eyes. He musfc have been a swell of high stand ing, because when the potboy brought him the quart bottle of "fiz"he had ordered, he cursed the eyes and limbs of the latter and told him he might keep the half-crown change for himself.

And now the sport began. The company having taken their places round the pit three deep, and the owners of the com peting dogs having tossed for choice as to which should go in first, the man in charge of the rats stepped into the arena with one of the cages and proceeded to take them out and throw them down, keeping count as he did co. He wore no gloves or any other protection, but, as though their teeth were no more to be feared than those of a month old kitten, he plunged in his band among them and, as far as 1 could see, not ono turned to bite him. Cast loose into tho pit, the fifty, seemingly dis mayed and cowed out of their natuial courage by the deafening din of the dogs those about the edge of the pit, allowed to look on, but at the same time held with a firm grip, the poor creatures huddled- in a piled heap in one corner, hiding their heads under each others' bodies. Then, at tick of the watch, Spitfire was dropped lightly clown in their midst. Ho made short work ot the first half dozen or so. He had nothing to do but snap them one at a time from the heap, give them a shake, and drop them dead. But presently dis covering that the corner was a hot one, squeaking in fright, they spread themselves over the floor of the pit, some endeavouring to swarm up the sides, while others, pre ferring to trust to a biped rather than to the quick-jawed little demon in dogskin, crawled up the legs of the man who had taken them out of the cage, as though they saw a way out of their deadly peril by taking refuge in his trousers' pockets. But he simply brushed them oil' again, and Spitfire was down on them before they could regain their legs. I could not say to a few seconds how long it took that famous ratter to give them all their quietus, but the performance was quite satisfactory to the pipemaker and his friends, and offers of two to one went begging. Then the pit was swept and sprinkled, and precisely the same process having been gone through as regards the second fifty rats, Flora was set to wot kon them. She was such a beautifully-shaped little creature, and so refined in texture, that it soenied a sin and a shame, and something like the ancient Roman sport of casting a human being among hungry lions, to place her atthe mercy of two ,core and ten fero cious rats, who, if they had possessed intelli gence to combine against the common foe, could have killed and gobbled her up, body and bones, in ten minutes. But for all her beauty Flora was a vixen—a high-bred vixen —who disdained all such vulgar demonstra tions as barking and bullying, and set about her task of extermination as though it were the most light amusement and nothing to make a fuss about. Fourteen—sixteen were laid low, and her " time" so exactly corres ponded with that of her antagonist that the layers of two to one against her began to look glum, while her gentlemanly master the " captain," was delighted, and took off his superfine white hat and ra'tled on the inside of it with his elegant walking-stick to urge the tiny terrier to distinguish herself even still more brilliantly. But disaster was in store for the plucky little animal. A big rat, a grey-whiskered veteran standing at bay in a corner, and with its glistening teeth laid bare, showed fight. Nothing daunted, Flora went for ifc, but, somehow, missed her snap, and quick as lightning, the grey rat fastened on to her upper lip. The piteous yell she ut tered bespoke her agony, as she in vain tried to shake the creature off, and she looked up to the man in the pit to help her. But that would have been contrary to the rules of the sport. The " captain" was furious, and swore like an inebriated coal-heaver, and the pipemaker and his party were hilarious, and increased their offered odds to three to one. But with a sudden manoeuvre, the terrier compelled the enemy to quit its hold, but its thirst for vengeance was such that it wasted several precious seconds in unnecessarily prolonging the process of shaking its life out, which made matters worse. She went to work again, however, like a little fury, but it was too late. And, seeing that she was five rats to the bad when she had already reached the Spitfire's time, her tipsy master threw his hat afc her wifch an oafch of disgusfc, and haughtily handing two five pound notes to the smiling pipemaker, took his departure westward in the cab that awaited his plea sure at the door.

The Model Millionaire.

Unless one is wealthy there is no good in being a charming fellow. Romance is the privilege of the rich, not the profession of the unemployed. The poor should be prac" tical and prosaic. It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating. These are the great truths of modern life which Hughie Erskine never realised. Poor Hughie ! Intellectually, we must admit, he was not of much importance. He never said either a brilliant or ill natured thing in his life. But then he was wonderfully good-looking, with his crisp brown hair, his clear-cub profile, and his grey eyes. He was as popular with men as he was with women, and he. had every accomplishment except that of making money. His father had bequeathed him his cavalry sword, and a " Hisfcpry pf ■the Peninsula War" in fifteen volumes. Hughie hung the first over his looking glass, put the second on a shelf between " I-tufFs Guide " and " Baily's Magazine," and lived on two hundred a-year bhab an old aunt had allowed him. He had tried everything. He had gone on the Stock Exchange for six months ; bufc whab was a butterfly to do among bulls and .bears? He had been a tea-merchant for a little longer, but had soon tired of pekoe and souchong. Then he had tried selling dry sherry. Thafc did nofc answer. Ulti mately he became nothing, a delightful ineffectual young man with a perfecfc pro file and no profession.

To. make matters worse, he was in love. The girl he loved was Laura Merton, the daughter of a retired Colonel who had lost his temper and his digestion in India, and had never found either of them again. Laura adored him, and he was ready to kiss her shoe-strings. They were the handsomest couple in London, and had not a penny-piece between them. The Colonel was very fond of Hughie, but would not hear of any engagement. " Come to me, my boy, when you have got ten thousand pounds of your own, and we will see about it," he used to say ; and Hughie looked very glum on those days, and had to go to Laura for consolation.

One morning, as he was on his way to Holland Park, where the Mertons lived, he dropped in to see a great friend of his, Alan Trevor. Trevor was a painter. Indeed, few people escape that nowadays. But he was also an artist, and artists are rather rare. Personally he was a strange, rough fellow, with a freckled face and red hair. However, when he took up the brush he was a real master, and his pictures were eagerly sought after. He had been very much at tracted by Hughie at first, it must be ac knowledged, entirely on account of his good looks. " The only people a painter should know," he used to say, "are people who are bete and beautiful,, people who are an artistic pleasure to look at and an intel lectual repose to talk to. J)andies and

darlings rule the world !" However, after he got to know Hughie better, he liked him quite as much for his bright buoyant spirits and his generous reckless nature, and had given him the permanent entree bo his sbudio. When Hughie came in he found Trevor pubting bhe finishing touches to a wonder ful life-size picture of a begger-man. The beggar himself was standing on a raised platform in a corner of the studio. He was a wizened old man, with a face like wrinkled parchment, and a most piteous expression. Over his shoulders was flung a coarse brown cloak, all tears and tatters ; his thick boots were patched and cobbled, and with one hand he leant on a rough stick, while with the other he held cut his batted hat for alms. "Whafc an amazing model !" whispered Hughie, as he shook hands with his friend. "An amazing model ?" shouted Trevor at the top of his voice ; " I should think so ! Such beggars as he are not tp be met with every day. A trouvaille, mon clter; a living Velasquez! My stars ! what an etching Rembrandt would have made of him !" "Poor old chap!" said Hughie, "how miserable he looks ! But I suppose, to you painters, his face is his fortune ?" " Certainly," replied Trevor ; " you don't want a beggar to look happy, do you ?" "How much does a model get for sit ting ?" asked Hughie, as he found himself a comfortable seafc on a divan. " A shilling an hour." "And how much do you get for your picture, Alan ?" " 0, for this I gefc a thousand." " Pounds?" '' G uirieas. Painters, poets, and physicians always erot guineas." " Well; I think the model should have a percentage," said Hughie, laughing; " they work quite as hard as you do." "Nonsense, nonsense! Why, look afc the trouble of laying on the paint alone, and standing all day long at one's easel! It's all very well, Hughie, for you to talk, bub I assure you thab there are moments when Art approaches tbe dignity of manual labour. But you mustn't chatter ; I'm too busy. Smoke a cigarette, and keep quiet." After pome time the servant came in, and told Trevor that the frame-maker wanted to speak to him. "Don't run away, Hughie," he said, as he went out. "I will be back in a moment." The old beggar-man took advantage of Trevor's absence to rest for a momenb on a wooden bench bhab was behind him. He looked so forlorn and wretched that Hughie , could nofc help pitying him, and he felt in his pocket to see what 'money he had. All , he could find was a sovereign and some coppers. "Poor old fellow, he thought to himself, " he wants it more than I do, but ifc means no hansoms for a fortnight;" and he walked across the studio and slipped the sovereign into the beggar's hand. . The old man started, and a faint smile' flitted across his withered lips. "Thank you, sir," he said, in a foreign accent. Then Trevor arrived, and Hughie took his leave, blushing a little at what he had done. He spent the day with Laura, gofc a charming scolding for his extravagance, and had to walk home. Thab night he strolled into fche Palette Club about 11 o'clock, and found Trevor sitting by himself in the smoking-room ■ drinking hock and seltzer. "Well, Alan, did you get the picture finished all right ?" he said, as he lit his cigarette.. " Finished and framed, my boy !" an swered Trevor; "and, by the by, you have made a conquest That old model you saw is quite devoted to you. I had to tell him all about you—who you are, where you live, what your income is, what prospects you have—" "My dear Alan," cried Hughie, "I shall probably find him waiting for me when I go home. But of course you are only joking. Poor old beggar ! I wish I could do something for him. I think- it is dreadful that anyone should be so miserable. I have got heaps of old clothes at home -do you think he would care for any of them ? Why, his rags were falling to bits." " But he looks splendid in them," said Trevor. " I wouldn't paint him in a frock coat for anything. What you call rags I call romance. What seems poverty to you is picturesqueness to me. However, I'll tell him of your offer." "Alan," said Hughie seriously, "you painters are a heartless lot. " "An artist's heart is his head," replied Trevor; " and besides, our business is to realise the world as we see it, not to reform it as we know it. A chacun son metier. And now tell me how Laura is. The old model was quite interested in her."

"You don't mean to say you talked to him about her ?" said Hughie. "Certainlyl did. He knows all about bhe relentless colonel, the lovely damsel, and the £10,000."

"You told that old beggar all my private affairs ?" cried Hughie, looking very red and angry.

"My dear boy," said Trevor,' smiling, " that old beggar, as you call him, is one ef the richest men in Europe. He could buy all Lpndon to-morrow, without overdrawing his account. He has a house in every capi tal, dines off'gold plates, and can prevent Russia going fco war when he chooses." "What on earth do you mean?" ex claimed Hughie. "What I say," said Trevor. "The old man you saw to-day was Baron ILausberg. He is a great friend of mine, buys all m_' pictures and thafc sort of thing, and gave me a commission a month ago to paint him as a beggar. Que voulez-vous ?La fantaisie dun millionnaire ! And I must say he made a magnificent figure in his rags, or perhaps I should say in my rags; they are an old suit I got in Spain." " Baron Hausberg.!" cried Hughie. '' Good heavens ! I gave him a sovereign !' 7 and he sank into an armchair the picture of dismay. "Gave him a sovereign !" shouted Trevor, and he burst into a roar of laughter. "My dear boy, you'll never see ifc again. Son affaire e'est Vargent dcs autres." " I think you might have bold me, Alan," said Hughie sulkily, " and nofc let me make such a fool of myself." "Well, to begin with, Hughie," said Trevor, " ifc never entered my mind that you went about distributing alms in thab reckless way. I can understand your kiss ing a pretty model, bufc your giving a sovereign to an ugly one—by Jove, no ! Besides, the facfc is thafc I really was nofc at home to-day to anyone; and when you came in I didn't know whether Hausberg would like his name mentioned. You know he wasn't in full dress." " What a duffer he must think me !" said Hughie. " Not afc all. He was in the highest spiribs afber you lefb: kepb chuckling to himself and rubbing his old wrinkled hands together. I couldn't make out why he was so interested to know all about you ; but I see it all now. He'll invest your sovereign for you, Hughie, pay you the interest every six'months, and have a capital story to tell after dinner." " I am an unlucky devil," growled Hughie. "The best thing I can do is to go to bed ; and, my dear Alan, you mustn't tell anyone. I shouldn't dare show my face in the Row." "Nonsense! Ib refleebs bhe highesb credib on your philanthropic spirit, Hughie, and don'b run away. Have another cigar ebbe, and you can talk aboub Laura as much as you like." However, Hughie wouldn't stop, bufc i walked home, feeling very unhappy, and leaving Alan Trevor, in fibs of laughter. The nexb morning, as he was afcbreakfasb, bhe servant brought him.up a card, on which was wribten " Monsieur Gustave Naudin, de la pari de M. le Baron Haus berg. "I suppose he has com* for an I

apology," said Hughie to himself ; and he told the servant to show the visitor up. An old gentleman with gold spectacles and grey hair came into the room, and said, in a slight French accent, "Have L.th^ honour of addressing Monsieur Hugh Erskine ?" Hughie bowed. „ " I have come from Baron Hausberg, he continued. " The Baron—" "I beg, sir, that you will offer him my sincere apologies." said Hughie. " The Baron," said the old gentleman, with a smile, "has commissioned me to bring you this letter;" and he handed Hughie a sealed envelope. On the outside was written, " A wedding present to Hughie Erskine and Laura Merton, from an old beggar," and inside was a cheque for £10,000. When they were married Alan Trevor was the best man, and the Baron made a speech at the wedding breakfast. "Millionaire models." said Alan, "are rare enough ; but, by Jove, model million aires are rarer still!"

Domestic Recipes.

Eliza's Cake.—Two cup 3of sugar, one cup of cream, three eggs, one teaspoonful cream tartar, one-half teaspoonful of soda, two cups of flour. Jelly Rolls.—Ono teacup of white sugar, one cup of flour, four eggs, one tea spoonful of cream tartar, one-half teaspoon ful of soda. Turn bottom side up, spread with jelly, and roll up while warm. White Mountain Cake. —One table spoonful of butter, four tablespoonsful of milk, ono cup of flour, one cup of sugar, two teaspoonsful of yeast-powder, and two eggs ; cream, whites of two eggs, six ounces of pulverized sugar. Salad Dressing.—Six tablespoonsful of melted butter, six tablespoonsful of cream, ono teaspoonful of salt, half teaspoonful of pepper, one teaspoonful of ground mustard, one'eup of vinegar; then add three eggs beaten to a foam, remove from the fire and stir. To Stew Onions Brown.—Strip off the skin, taking care not to cut the onions; place them in a stew-pan that will just hold them in one layer ; cover them with some good beef gravy, and let them stew very gently for two hours, or until they aro per fectly tender without breaking. Puff Paste.—Rub half a pound of fresh butter into a pound and a half of flour, add a little water, and make a moderately stiff paste ; work it well together, roll it out thin,' put some bits of butter on it, dredge it with flour, and double it up again ; repeat this operation three times, using three quarters of a pound more butter. When done, put the paste by for half an hour. Transparent Pudding.—Break the yolks of six eggs into a bowl, taking care that no white adheres; havo ready to. mix with these one-quarter of a pound of sifted sugar and ono quarter of a,pound of fresh butter, which have been previously warmed to gether in a jam-pot by the fire to a honey. Do not let them candy. Add to .this the eggs, and pour into five little tins or china moulds, first placing in each a teaspoonful of marmalade ; place the moulds directly in a steamer and steam twenty minutes. Take off, wait five minutes, turn out and servo. A Quick Breakfast Dish.—For a family of six, take eight slices of light bread about five inches square and three-quarters of an inch thick. "Put them in a deep dish and pour boiling water over them. As quickly as pos;ible take out from the water, and set on a dish to drip. Take a piece of butter (or lard) the size of a small walnut, put it into tbe frying-pan and let ifc get hot. Dip each piece of bread separately in four eggs previously well beaten. Put one layer in the frying-pan. When nicely browned on both sides, lay on a dish and Bprinkle white sugar over them while hot.

THE AUCKLANI) EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1> 1867.

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PARKER, The Author (whose life-long experience, practical method of treatment and pure medicines ensure speedy and permanent cures in all chronic, nervous and special troubles), may be con sulted on all diseases requiring sUill, secrecy and experience. A Speedy and Perfect life Cure is guaranteed in all Cases undertaken. Where doubt exists I frankly inform the sufferer. Inviolable Secrecy and Certain Relief are Boons I offer to Suffering Humanity. It is self-evident that a physician paying particular attention to a class of cases attains great skill, and physicians in regular practice all over the country knowing this, frequently recommend cases to this oldest oflice in Australia, where every known appliance is resorted to, and the proved good remedies of all ages and countries are used. On account of the great number of cases applying, the charges are kept low—but the Important matter is to secure the skill, and get a speedy and perfect life cure. Medicines forwarded free from observation. All Correspondence held sacred. Call on or Address — Doctor W. KNOX PARKER, POST OFFICE CHAMBERS, Corner Bourko and Elizabeth Streets, Melbourne, Victoria. STEEDMAN'S SOOTHING POWDERS FOR CHILDREN CUTTING THEIR TEETH CAUTION TO PURCHABERB. Tho value of this well-known Family Medicine has been largely tested in all parts of the world, and in all grades of society, for upwards of fifty years. Its well-earned extensive sale has in duced spurious imitations, some of which in outward APPEARANCE so closely resemble the original as to have deceived many purchasers. The proprieter, therefore, feels it due to the public to givo a special caution against tho uso of such imitations. Purchasers arc therefore requested carefully to observe the four following distinctive characteristics, without which none are genuine :— , , , ■ „ Ist. In overy case the words John Steed man, Chemist, Walworth, Surrey, are en graved on the Government Stamp affixed to each packet. 2nd. Each Single Powder has directions for the dose, and the words " John Steedman, Chemist, Walworth. Surrey." printed thereon. 3rd. The name Steedman is always spelt with two EE's. . , , , . 4th. 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 ington. Christchurch, and Dunedin. DR. J- GOLLIS BROWNE'S CHLOSODINE. The Original and Only Genuine. Advice to Invalids.—lf you wish to obtaih quiet, refreshing sleep, free from headache, relief from pain and anguish, to calm and as suage the weary aohings of protracted dlse_3<s, 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 he gave the name of CHLORODYNE, and which is admitted by the profession to bo the most wonderful and valu able remedy ever discovei-ed. CHLORODYNE is the. best remedy known for Coughs, Consumption, Bronchitis, Asthma. CHRORODYNE acts like a charm in Diarrhoea, and is the only specific in Cholera and Dysentery. . . ,__,,, CHLORODYNE effectually cuts short all at tacks of Epilepsy, Hysteria, Palpitation, and Spasms CHLORODYNE is tho only palliative in Neuralgia. Rheumatism, Gout, Cancer, Tooth 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 near 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 we owe to the profession and the public, as we are of ©pinion that the substitution of any other than Collis Browne's is a deliberate breach of faith on the 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.-Vice-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, ISM. Sold in bottles at Is ljd,-2s 9d, 4s 6d, and lis each. None is genuine without the words" Dr. J. Collis Browne's Chlorodyne' on the Govern ment stamp. Overwhelming medical testimony accompanies each bottle.•"''" . A .. Oaution.—Beware of Piracy and Imitations. Sole Manufacturer-J. T. DAVENPORT, 33, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, London. r^OOD NEWS for THE SUFFERING. QUEEN ANNE'S RHEUMATIC OIL Cures RHEUMATISM, NEURALGIA, SCIATICA, HEADACHE, Pains in the Back or any part of the Body, Females suft'ering from Weakness in the Back or Pains between the Shoulders (especially mothers) should never bo without it. The following are a few of the many Testi monials received:— „ " Shelly Beach. July 24, 1887. Dear Sir,-I have much pleasure in stating that I have used your Queen Anne's Oil for pains in the back and between the shoulders, and have found nothing to equal it. I have also tried it for headache, and found it very beneficial. You are at liberty to publish this, as I daresay there are hundreds suffering from the same thing.— Yours, etc., Mrs B. F. Harrison." "Russell, 3rd August, 1887. Sir, — I have much pleasure in stating that I have tried your Queen Anne's Rheumatic Oil for rheu matism, and it certainly has done wonders for me.—l am, Sir, yours truly, S. Stevenson." " Auckland, May 10,1887. Dear Sir,—l have much pleasure in stating that I have used Queen Anne's Rheumatic Oil for pains between my shoulders, caused from indigestion, and am certain that I have derived more benefit from it than from quarts of mixtures I took and used previously. I would recommend all suffering from the same complaint to try it.— Jessie Thompson." For further Testimonials see Bottle. To be had of all Grocers and Storekeepers. KEMPTHORNE, PROSSER, & Co., Wholesale Agents. RANDPAPA'S MAGIC SALVE Patented. prepared by MRS VIALOUX, Kyber Pass V Is. 6d. PER TIN. A certain cure for all wounds, sores, sprains, corns, burns, scalds, bruisescarbunoles, bolls and whitlows, also inflammation caused from bites of misquitoes, sandflies, etc., etc., etc. A single trial will give satiifactory proof of its efficacy. Sold by Chemists, For testimonial! sea hand-bub.



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It has also proved successful in a number of other similar cases m which the hair had fallen from scrofula and other diseases oi Each bottle contains supply for one month. Price -Is, of Graves Aickin, Hamilton Bros., J. P King and Sons, J. A. Pond, and all Chemists. General^l? tDRUG COMPANY. LLISDON'S NEURALGIC DROPS, FOB TITE THOROUGH CURE OF NEURALGIA. From the Rev. C. J. Merton, St. John's Parson age! Ferry Road, December, 1878. "My dear M r Ellisdon, -1 have for many years past from time to time suuered severely from Neuralgia, and have found nothing to relieve me so speedily or so effectively as your 'Neu ralgic Droras.' I can confidently recommend it. —Yours truly, C. J. Mekton." Numerous other Testimonials in my posses- Prices, 2s and 3s Cd per bottle. BIGGS'S TOOTHACHE ESSENCE Gives Instantaneous Relief. Price, Is. Prepared only by F. BIGGS (late Ellisdon); Chemist, High-street, Christchurch. Sold by all Ch em ists. Wholesale Agents— KEMPTHORNE & PROSSER. Auckland. Dentistry. COX AND SON, 9 DENTISTS, Kingsley House, Hobson-street, Auckland. Edwin Cox, Licentiate in Dental Surgery R.C.S., England. Herbkkt Cox, Doctor of Dental Surger , University of Michigan, U.S., Ajnerica. j GOODWIN COX, DENTAL SURGEON, US, Queen-street, - A.M.P. Society's Building { "AAA "AA..A- AtlOklah-, A M: C ART E R. *• SURGEON DENTIST (By Examination) (Late five years with E. Cox and Son), May be Consulted at his Residence, GARRETT'S BUILDINGS, Karangahape Road (near top of Howe-street). CHARGES MODERATE. GAS ADMINISTERED. Public Notices. TAMES . Tyr ? "EWAN & JjTiO., London, Melbourne, and Suva (Fiji), Desire to intimate that thsy have secured Offices in DUNCANS BUILDINGS, Corner of Cashel and Manchester streets, where their Representative, Will he glad to RECEIVE INDENTS For English, American, and Continental Goods of all descriptions. Christchurch December, 1886. THE FOLLOWING TESTIMONIALS Show tho Utility of LAMB'S PATENT PORRIDGE MEAL. Auckland, June 14,1887. John Lamb, Esq. Dear Sir,—lt has been on my mind for some time now to drop you a line about your Patent Porridge Meal. I believe you are aware I have suffered considerably from injury to thestomach from tea-tasting, and having consulted my medical adviser, he strongly recommended Porridge for breakfast, which I have taken until I heard of your Patent Porridge Meal. I may here say the Oatmeal soon caused unplea santness, sourness of the stomach, and pimples and spots, with irritation, on the surface of the body. From this I was glad to get away, and at once took to your Patent Porridge Meal. With it I find none of the irregularities.com plained of above, but a most palatable Porridge, and the whole system free from unpleasantness or irritation. I can strongly recommend it. and certainly think you should do a large trade in such an excellent article.—Yours very truly, (Signed) FREDK. WHITEHEAD. Industrial School, Kohimai-ama, Auckland, June 2,1887. Mr John Lamb. Sir,—We have now been using your Patent Porridge Meal at this school for two months, and I consider it but right to inform you that we all (staff as well as boys) like it.so well that I would find it a difficult matter to get them to return to using oatmeal. It is without a doubt a splendid article of diet. I may add on my representing to the Education Department in Wellington that I was using your Patent Por ridge Meal instead of Oatmeal, I received authority from Rev. Mr Habens, Secretary for Education, to continue its use in the school. --Yours faithfully, (Signed) GEORGE P. HOGAN, Manager. Ponson Auckland, Ma 30,1887. Mr John Lamb Dear SL-,—l think it a duty to let you know results of your Patent Porridge Mai on our youngest boy. He was weakly, and refused every food preparation that could be got. but upon getting some of yours he took to it at once, and afterwards nothing would satisfy nim but this porridge. Five or six times a day is not too much for nim, and seeing it being prepared cried until he got it. He is now strong and healthy, and can eat anything. Wishing you success,—l remain, yours, &c„ (Signed) W. CARDER, Orphan Home, Parnell, May 25,1887. Mr John Lamb: Dear Sir,-We are greatly pleased with your Patent Porridge Meal, having used it for some time. The children all like the Patent Porridge Meal better than anything they have had before. We thank you for supplying a long-felt want-a, pure Porridge Meal, prepared so as to Keep au the most valuable properties of the wheat.— TO Wholesale Buyers, Boardmghous* keepers, &0.-251bs Good Candles, 8s 9d; 401bs Best Crystal Sugar, 9s 9d; l«W%£f£&_ 9s 6d; llib Box Tea, 15s; 1 Sackßest Potatoes. 6s 6d; 1 Dozen Good Jams, 6s; 2001b Sack Good Flour, 20s; a Good Sugar, 2d per lb, at EARLE AND MONTGOMERY'S JTQ^* EaaraagaJiapo Road,



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