LITTLE FOLK'S COLUMN.

"JESSIE'S GROWING!"

"Jessie's growing!" Uncle said, Stroking Jessie's curly head, " You are taller now, my clear, Than you were this time last year!" Yes! the pretty maid had grown, Loving friends were proud to own; Then, with Jessie on my knee, Serious thoughts came over me. Jessie's growing every day, Surely, in a lovier way, And this silent growth wo find In her soul, and heart, and mind! She is growing in her soul; Brightly, like a gloriole, Faith beams over her, and brings Glimpses of eternal things. She can kneel to God in prayer, Feel His presenco everywhere, Conscious of His piercing sight In tho darkness aud the light. Jessie's growing in her hoart, Choosing still the better part, Kind and. gentle in her p:ay, Helping mother every day. She is growing in her mind; Further grace and growth we find; Questions coino, with wondering eyes, Waiting for our slow replies. Questions running through tho earth; Questions touching death and birth; Questions of the homo above; Questions of the God of love. What shall earthly parent 3 say Of this growing from day to day? Teach us, Lord, to recognise Jessie's growing for the skies! J. R. Eastwood,

BRILLIANT DEFINITIONS.

Gems of composition from aspiring Lon don school-teachers undergoing examin ation : —

Cricket.—This game consists of six stumps, two bats, and a ball. Nor should we omit the bails, which aro four in number. Walking. My favourite walk is when I do nob have far to go to it. The Beautiful, it is beautiful to sit upon a stone in the middle of hoary ocean. Joan of Arc.—She was rather pious and very genteel. Samson Agonistes.—Sampson in agony. He dealt doles with the jawbone of a dead ass. Monastery. —A place for monsters. In the line from " Lady of the Lake."— " Fierce -Roderick felt the fatal drain " — the last word was denned as "a sewer or conduit."

" Oh, give us a rest," said a young man impatiently, to a little boy who wa3 busy plying him with questions. The little fel low looked at him a moment, and then, with the utmost innocence said, " Well, you rest and I'll talk."

" Don't waste your time in clipping off the branches," said the woodman to his son, " but lay your axe ab the foot of the ;tree." And the young man went and laid his axe at the foot of the tree like a good and dutiful boy—and then be went a-fish ing.

Germany rigidly enforces a law prohibit ing the use of tobacco by anyone under eighteen.

Precocious boy (munching the fruit of the date tree):—" Mamma, if I eat dates though, will I grow up to be an almanac ?"

At an examination a boy was asked, " What are the warmth-producing foods ?" His reply .was, "Cayenne pepper and Jamaica ginger."

A fact.—Small boy : " Give me a pound of cockles, please." Fishmonger; "We don't sell them by weight; we sell them by measure." Small boy s " Then give me a yard."

WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT?

Boauchamp is pronounced Beecham. Cholmondeley is pronounced Chumley. Cirencester is pronounced Cissister. Coekburn is.pronounced Coburn. Colquhoun is pronounced Cohoon. Grosvonor is pronounced Grovener. Hawarden is pronounced Harden. Marjoribanks is pronounced Marchbanks. Norwich is pronounced Norridge. Salisbury is pronounced Sawlsbry. Thames is pronounced Terns. Wemyss is pronounced Weems.

A MONKEY'S TRICKS.

" I lately had a little monkey who was a great thief," says Mr Buckland, the natura list, "but I contrived to turn his thieving Sropensities to good account. Master ack, after I had had him some time, showed evident symptoms of consumption, and I prescribed cod liver oil. It was placed openly before him, but he refused it with symptoms of disgust and sundry tail shakings. I then poured a little into a saucer, and placed it in such a position that Master Jack should nd it for himself while I pretended to be iding and not to notice what was going o' The trap took ; Jack, thinking he was stealing the oil, sucked up the prescribed dose, making a face, not implying nausea, but rather high glee at his own cleverness. He was cer tainly better and fatter for his medicine, which was so sweet because stolen, .and I really think it saved his life. Jack, too, had a marvellous propensity for picking things to pieces and smashing articles that came in his way. One day he sneaked out of his cage and had a good morning's work to himself, tearing off the leather and pulling out the lining of an old armchair. He was after an hour or two discovered in the act, and taken into custody to be duly chastised for his mischief. He cried 'murder' when he saw preparations made to punish him, but at the same time he held out his hand, firmly closed upon some thing in it. His pickers and stealers were unclasped, and in the palm of his hand was discovered a half-sovereign, which he had most certainly found and picked out of the chair, and which probably had been buried in the lining for years. His proffered ransom got him off his punishment, but his investigations into the structure of watches, books, ink and cruet stands, writing desks, MS. notes, etc., have not since produced equally valuable discoveries."

A STRANGE FUNERAL.

A correspondent writes : — I heard some one ask the other day, " What becomes of the birds that die ?" Nobody answered the question, and it set me wondering. It cannot be supposed that none of the many feathered creatures in the woods ever die naturally. Some of them must die of bird eicknesses. Well, then, who buries them ? I think 1 have found an answer to the question, and I will tell you how it was dis covered. I was walking in the little plan tation close by our house one day when I saw a little bird lying dead among the grasses. If I had known from the first that it was quite dead, perhaps I should have passed on and never have been any the wiser. But just as I got close to it a little quiver passed through its feathers, which made me think for a moment that perhaps Ifc was not quite dead. I stooped down by it, and put out my hand, but soon drew it back again. Out from beneath it popped a beetle, then another, and yet another. •' Who are you ?" they seemed to say, and then crept back to their work. Looking more closely, I saw that the dead bird was already sunk in a little hollow in the ground, and that a small mound of earth was being thrown up round his body. ""Well,"! thought, this is a strange funeral, and no mistake," and I sat myself downapon the turf to watch the conclusion of \€.

Beetles are Nature's sextons, and a very important duty they perform/ Not only do they bury dead birds like this poor little sparrow, but mice and squirrels, and even larger creatures, and by doing this they help in no mean way to keep pure and fresh the air we breathe. It does not occur to them, of coarse, that they are doing any

benefit to us. They have their own private reasons for what they do. I could see by the tossing and heaving of the feathered body of the sparrow that the grave-diggers were busy as could be beneath it--digging with their spiked thighs, shovelling out the loose earth with their broad heads, and pulling down ihe body into the hole, which was getting deeper and deeper.

Now and then one of the beetles would come out and see how things were getting on, and perhaps climb on to the little silent corpse to press it down further into the grave. While I sat watching, silent and in terested, I heard a bee-like buzzing of wings, and, looking up, saw other beetles coming to the funeral. Not to assist at the burying. Oh, no. They have scented the dead bird, and are come to watch and wait their oppor tunity, for they feed on, and deposit their oggs in, carrion. With a shudder, I turned again to watch the workers. By this time the body had sunk low enough for the earth that had been thrown up to fall gradually in upon it. I watched it sink lower and lower as the moulds rolled down upon it, until at last it was entirely covered. So the sparrow was buried.

I went sadly home, and took down the book from the bookcase that I had read so idly and carelessly a few weeks ago. From that I learned that the name of the bury ing beetle is iiecrophorus sepidtor. More over, I learned what had puzzled me, and what, I daresay, is puzzling you also, why the beetles should take all that trouble to bury the sparrow. They had buried one of themselves, a lady beetle, with the dead bird, and there she would remain to lay her eggs, aftor which she would creep out through the moulds and fly away. The oggs would soon hatch into voracious lavvaj, which would eat every particle of the de cayed sparrow, and come out as perfect beetles in the spring, leaving nothing in the ground but a decaying white skeleton, whose grave would be soon marked by a tuft of fresh green grass.

Dresses at the Jubilee Cere monial.

The dresses worn at Westminster on Jubi lee Day were rather light and airy than specially brilliant. Mrs Humphreys ("Madge," of "Truth") thus describes some of the most notable in the " Dail> New 3 " :—The sisters who are nearest each other in age, the Crown Princess of Ger many and Princess Christian of Schleswig- Holstein, wore dresses cut from the same piece of silk. The colour was a very beauti ful and delicate shado of grey, neither silver nor pearl, yet suggesting both as the light caught tho folds at different angles, rho trimming was different on each dress. That of the Crown Princess consisted of a quantity of real Turkish embroidery on soft white muslin. The design was a palm leaf, well scattered over tho ground, and worked in gold, silver, and whito silk. Two panels of this laid over cream coloured satin, and slightly draped with the grey ottoman, formed the front. Rich folds of the silk were skilfully draped at the back. Princess Christian's dress was trimmed with costly old lace. These dresses, like all those worn in the procession, wore made with short trains. Touches of olive velvet here and there lent value to the very pale and delicate shade of grey, and threw into relief the mellow tone of the old lace.

Princess Beatrico always wears very artis tic colours, and on the present occasion her dress was admirably chosen. The bodice and train were of brocaded ottoman in a soft and lovely shade of coral pink. The front of tho dress was in satin of the palest pink, covered with exquisitely embroidered lisse in a tens of pink so pale that only when it was massed together in folds could any colour be perceived. The embroidery was very fine, and in the same almost invisible tint of pink. The design was rich and thick at the edge, but above this wide border it scattered off into single flowers, strewn here and there, and very light in effect. Wherever the embroidery met the brocade a few folds of dark wallflower velvet were introduced, materially soften ing the junction of tints. Mantles were forbidden by Royal order to the ladies-in the procession, but many of them had a few folds of costly lace round the neck and fastened with diamond clasps or lace-pins. Princess Christian's graceful lace jabot was held in at the waist by narrow bands of olive velvet like that which trimmed her dress.

The Queen being in mourning, her ladies in-waiting are obliged to wear black, which may be relieved with touches of white. Some beautiful effects were obtained in this combination. Black lace over white satin always looks well, especially when combined with the soft darkness of velvet and vhe glimmer of finely-cut jet. Many ladies who had seats in the Abbey wore black re lieved with white. A favourite form of dress was that in which Chantilly lace was draped over white satin in front, while the bodice and back draperies were in the fashionable black checks formed by alternate squares of silk and satin. A few yellow dresses gave invalu able relief to the sombre tones. One of these was composed of a yellow canvas and satin stripe over silk -of the same tone of colour, and tied with yellow ribbons. The grey dresses were effective in proportion to their paleness of tint. The white ones were, perhaps, more effective than any others, the eye singling them out almost unconsciously, while red, green, blue. and frey failed to attract attention. The eautiful tint of bluish pink known as " dying rose " is always lovely, and a dress of silk in this colour, draped with very soft and fine cream-coloured lace, and sur mounted by a lace bonnet with feathers in " dying rose." pink, were particularly suc cessful. Young girls wore chiefly white, very often relieved with sash and ribbons of pale yellow. It was noticeable that very little blue was seen, a colour so very much worn in every shade in the early days of our Queen's reign. The Jubilee bonnets are of the airiest de scription, perched like birds on the summit of a careful coiffure. Composed of tucked tulle in palest shades of pink, primrose, heliotrope, or apple green, the trimming was always in one spot, just above the centre of the brow; and the strings, if strings there were, almost invariably con sisted of tulle like that of which the bonnets were constructed.

Among the grey toilets, that worn by a countess was noticeable for the consistency with which the idea running through it had been carried out. The material was grey moire antique, trimmed with vandyked flounces pinked out at the edges. The bodice fitted admirably to a beautiful figure, which was displayed to advantage by the graceful disposition of folds of grey lisse, held down by diagonal bands of grey ribbon. This is the sort of dress to have one's portrait taken in. Many of the white gowns were worn over a colour, having ribbons of the same run in and out through the embroidery lengthwise, each ending in a loop at the feet. With a sash to match, and a touch of similar colour in the bonnet or hat, this is an excellent style. Tailor made dresses were by no means absent on an occasion to which they would have been considered, two or three years ago, to be wholly unsuited. One of these, in fine light cloth of asilvery tone of grey, was" richly em broidered in silver on the yoke of the bodice on the collar, and again on the cuffs. The light folds of grey cloth on the skirt parted at'intervals to show a Redfern panel of silver embroidery, on which the cloth but toned down with buttons of antique silver. The small grey bonnet was relieved with an aigrette of tea rosebuds, fchfcSft being the only touch of positive colour in the entire costume. Diamond earrings or pears and diamonds were almost universal, and some of very unusual beauty were seen. A con

noisseur of gems would have recognised some that are historic among those dis played. In many cases a diamond clasp was introduced among the bonnet trimmings or a fly composed of brilliants was perched upon the brim. Some historic lace, too, was to be seen. A beautiful dress was worn in the proces sion, the train and bodice of which were com posed of a very uncommon brocade in shot moire, the ground of which was a yellowish pale-green, strewn with reed-like leaves in the softest tones of pink and blue. _ The front of the dress was in pale blue satin, on which some lace with a history was deftly arranged in long lines upon tne pale blue. The sides of the train were also edged with the lace and the bodice was trimmed with some as well. A heliotrope dress in Ottoman silk of the very softest texture had the front and one side of the skirt draped with heliotrope net, from which hung innumerable small pendants of beads in the same rich tint. Folds of the silk were draped partly over this in the form of a large bow with drooping ends. At tho back the skirt was turned in at the edge in a sort of puff which was quite novel. The gorgeous Indian dresses formed an admirable point of colour irradiated by tho living fire of the magnificent jewels lavished upon them. The glitter of gold was used upon these Eastern robes with a discretion and an effect that only Orientals seem to know how to use and to produce. In striking contrast to these dresses was the shining white array of a few of the Orientals, with turbaned heads and gold-shod feet. The whole never-to-be-forgotten scene was rich in " bits " of exquisite colour, some of them purely accidental in juxtaposition ; others evidently the result of thought and care and cultivated taste.

Capture of Hughes, the Out law.

Thomas Hughes, the notorious West Aus tralian outlay was captured by the West Australian police on Saturday, June 25th, afcer having been a fugitive for eleven weeks. What this man has experienced during his term of wandering must have been fearful. The manner in which he fought single-handed until wounded proves him to be a man of an common stamp, and possessed of a wonderful endurance. Stories of

Almost Unparalleled Audacity have for weeks and weeks been told of him. He has, so it is reported, taken advantage of nightfall to frequently visit the town of Fremantle and the city of Perth. Ho has exchanged shots with the police on two occasions, and then managed to avoid being captured by them. Three times during his eleven eventful weeks have tho police taken his swag ;' which, each time, was found to contain ammunition and provisions, as well as a few newspapers. On Saturday, tho 25th ult.,itwas reported that two houses had been robbed in Fremantle, and soon afterward a man informed the police that ho had seen Hughes that morning in Moore's Paddock, Fremantle. Constables Gee and O'Lcary at once proceeded to the spot, and were shortly afterwards joined by other constables. The ground in this part of the country is very uneven, being broken by sandhills ; and in places it is thickly covered with scrub. At the far side of Francisco's paddock the police party found an open swag. It appeared that whilo par taking of food there Hughes had become aware of the presence of pursuers and lied. The native trackers speedily found where the tracks of Hughes broke off from here ; and Corporal Hogan followed them. In the meantime Gee galloped to the top of a near sandhill, from which a good view of the surrounding bush might be obtained. No sooner had he got there than he saw Hughes running at full speed across some open ground. Gee fired two shots at him, causing Hughes to take shelter behind a big tree. Seeing this, Gee boldly galloped down straight at the fugitive ; and

Hughes Opened Fire as he came dashing up. First he fired his Martini-Henry rifle, and then a revolver three times, each bullet passing across Gee's face. The latter drew up when he was within a few yards of his man ; and then his horse began to rear and plunge. Throwing himself clear from his horse, Gee scrambled into the scrub and made his way to a sapling, behind which he took shelter. Corporal Hogan and Constable O'Leary at this point came riding toward Hughes, who for a few moments turned his attention to them. Both their officers fired from horseback, Hughes replying with his revolver, but without effect on both sides. When Gee had fairly placed himself behind a sapling, he called out to Hughes, " No, fire away. Let us have it;" and the latter, seeing his fresh danger, re plied with five shots, three of which struck Gee's sheltering sapling. Hughes was now in a perilous position, as, in sheltering him self from the fire of Gee, he exposed him self to that of the officers on horseback, and vice versa. Gee, who was only twenty-five yards away from his man, says that he could have

Shot Him Dead with ease more than once, when he was obliged to expose the whole of his body. He did fire, after reloading, five shots at Hughes's leffc lee, which was exposed from time to time, from the knee downward; but each bullet struck in the sand under the raised boot. Hughes, however, then incautiously exposed the whole of his left leg; and, taking rapid aim with his re volver, Gee shot him in the left thigh. The moment he was struck Hughes stag gered back from the tree, and, raising his left hand, called out loudly,

"I'll Surrender." All the members of the police party then closed in upon him. Being the nearest, Gee reached him first, and, taking him by the shoulders, told him if he dared to move, he should shoot him. Hughes replied, "I'll die like a man." His captor, Gee, replied, "You have fought like a man," and shook hands with him. The prisoner now gavo up his Martini-Henry rifle, upon which he was resting when taken, and quietly allowed himself to be handcuffed. He appeared to be quite cool and collected. He remarked to the officers that he supposed he would have to suffer for what he had done. Turning to Gee, he added, " I wish you had shot me through the body, instead of through the leg, and finished me." He did not appear to be in much pain from the wound. He was lifted on to the horse of the native assistant; and the police party then began its return to Fremantle with its prizer The spot at which Hughes was taken is about three miles from Fremantle. Constable Gee, after re-capturing his horse, took possession of I

The Swag which Hughes had deserted, and it was found to contain fourteen Martini-Henry cartridges, forty-seven bull-dog revolver cartridges, one Martini-Henry rifle, one bull-dog revolver, a quantity of tea and sugar, some meat, jams, split peas.tobacco, matches, and rugs. It transpired that Hughes's rifle had jammed, and also that his revolver spring had snapped. He was able still to fire with the revolver, and when he surrendered had fired over a dozen shots altogether. When the police station was reached his wound was attended to by Dr. Barnett, who found that the bullet had lodged in the fleshy part of the thigh, and that it had not broken the bone.

Beware of packages of injurious stuff purporting to make genuine Hop Bitters: also preparations and fluids said to contain all the properties of American Hop Bilcer". They epringup on account of the groat popularity of the genuine, which is only put up in la'rpe square-panel amber-coloured, bottles, with the names '• Dr. Soule " and " Hop Bitters " blown in the glass, and is the best family medicine ever made. 'Bead.

•THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, SATURDAY", AUGUST 13, 1887.

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Medical -1 £ai £» U> BvS r\ ill w SOOTHING POWDERS! FOR CHILDREN CUTTING THEIR TEETH CAUTION TO PURCHASERS. The value of this well-known Family Medicine has been largely tested in all parts ctf the world, and in all grades of society, for upwards of fifty years. Its well-earned extensive sale has in duced spurious imitation's, some otf which in outwahd appearance so closely resemble the original as to have deceived many purchasers. The proprietor, therefore, feels it due to the public to give a special caution against* jtho use of such imitation^!. Purchasers are therefore requested carefully to ' observe the .four following distinctive characteristics, without which? none are Bl.st min every case the words John Steed man, Chemist, Walworth, Surkey, are en graved on the Government Stamp amxed to each packet. , ~ ~ . 2nd. Each Singlo Powder has directions for the dose, end tho words " John btcedman, Chemist, Walworth, Surrey," printed thereon. 3rd. Tho name Steedman is always spelt witn twoEE's. . n n . . 4th. The manufacture is earned on solely in Walworth, Surrey. '• "1. ~ '•'• Sold in Packets by all Chemists and Medicine Vendors, at Is lid to 2s 9d each. Agents, Kemp thorne, Phosser and Co., Auckland, Wei ington, Christchurch, and Dunedin. DR. J- COLUS BROWNE'S CHLORODME. . The ©rigiual and ©nly CJpnuine. Advice to Invalids.—lf you wish to obtain quiet, refreshing sleep, free from headache, relief from pain and anguish, to calm and as suage the weary achings of protracted disease, invigorate the nervous media, and regulate tne 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 is the best remedy knownfor Coughs, Consumption, Bronchitis, Asthma. ' GHRORODYNE 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 'CHLORODYNE is the only palliative in Neuralgia. Rheumatism, Gout, Cancer, Tootli ache, Meningitis, &c. FromSymes & 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 tohear 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 infmitum of the extraordinary efficacy of Dr. Collis Browne's Chlorodynean 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. Vt p "have never used any other form of thid mcdi cine than Collis Browne's from a firm conviction that it is decidedly the best.and also from asense of duty wo owe to the profession and the public, as we are of ©pinion that tho_ substitution of any other than Collis Browne's is a deliberate BREACH OF FAITH ON THK PART OV 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.—See "The Times," July 13, 18W Sold in bottles at Is ljd, 2s 9d. 4s 6d, and lla 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. EATING'S LOZEMJES. Oldest and Best Cough Remedy. -IT EATING'S LOZENGES. Jl\_ Oldest and Best Cough Remedy. K EATING'S LOZENGES. Oldest and Best Cough Remedy. WT EATING'S LOZENGES. Jl\_ Oldest and Best Cough Remedy. K EATING'S LOZENGES. Oldest and Best Cough Remedy. K EATING'S LOZENGES. Oldest and Best Cough Remedy. K EATING'S LOZENGES. Oldest and Best Cough Remedy K EATING'S LOZENGES. Oldest and Best Cough Remedy. K EATING'S LOZENGES. Oldest and Best Cough Remedy. K EATING'S LOZENGES. Oldest and Best Cough Remedy. K EATING'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 will cure and they will not injure your health; they contain only the 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 jrfr. \f\\fk /5^ thousands to bo fit* V>*l*^^v**\ worth a Guinea a ffjtyf "«X ox *or bilious and B^Of \y^\ nerTOUS disorders, E\i y I \s*'\ &u9 n as wind, and fi'iC/^T» A'fW**lO7Ti \~tiA pain in the stomach, I /EA.TENT I} \ sick headache, gid fifi r^iii£* IHi dme.ns, fulness and \ i,-s I P9 L LS< iP4 I swellingaftermeals, a "wfiX /rj I dizziness and drow aVHV —"«■■— /«7/ smess, cold cvxlls, v-^vl /47/ things of heat, S'&s l°ss °* appetite, shortness of breath, H^t ->^tr costiveness, scurvy blotcbesorithgskiE, jßs9gX~ disturbed sleep, frightful dreams, and all nervous and trembling sensations, &c. Tho first dose will give relief in 20 minutes. . This is no fiction, for they have done it hi thousands of cases, Every sufferer is earnestly invited to try one bos of these Pilla, and they will be acknowledged to be IVORTH A GUINEA A BOX. For females of all ages these Pills are invaluable, as a few doses of them carry off all gross humours, open all obstructions, and bring about all that is required. No females should be without them. TJiere is no medicine to be found to equal BEECHAM'S PILLS for removing any obstruc tion or irregularity of tho system. If taken acoording to tho directions given with each box they will soon restore females of all ages to sound and robust health. For a weak stomach, impaired digestion, and all disorders of the liver, they act like " MAGIC," and a few doses will be found to work wonders upon tho most important organs of the human machine. They strengthen the whole muscular system, reatore the long lost complexion, bring back the keen edge of appetite 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 tho best guarantees to tho nervous and debilitated is, Beecham's Pills have the largest sale of any patent medicine in the world. BEECHAM'S MAGIC COTTCHPILLS As a remedy for Coughs in general, Asthma, Dim culty m Breathing, Shortness of Breath, Tightness .and Oppression of the Chest, Wheezing, Ac, these Jills stand unrivalled; and anyone labouring under amy of the above complaints need only try One Box to prove that they are the best ever offered to the publi c for Asthmatic and Consumptive Coughs. Hoarseness and Oppression of the Chest. They • speedily remove that sense of oppression and diffi culty of breathing which nightly deprive the patient of rest. They give almost instant relief and comfort to thoße afflicted with, tho abova distress ing and, when neglected, dangerous complaints, let any person troubled with any of the above complaints give Bhboham's Cough Phls a trial. The most violent Cough will in a short tima do removed. CiUTioir.—The public are requested to notice that the words "Bbeohim's Pills, St. Helena," are on the Govarnment Stamp affixed to each Box of the Pills. If not on they are a forgery. Prepared only and sold wholesale and retail by the proprietor, T. Beecham, Chemist, St. Helens, Lancashire, England, in boxes at Is. ljd. and 2s. 9d. each.—Sold by all Druggists and Patenr IMedioine Dealers throughout the Colonies. . jN.b,—FuH directions are given with coon box*



Business Notices. :^*^ l|A: Cheap*- Pleasant J,* ■ | r--,. ---f, AND' t k'/i'/W/k Fromßev -CH. is P .. f Effectual Remedy; mm w W*W^« IPS WTeyOV^Kr^^ 3 your EUx rCSSmK) t!l« ft 00"" 5 |^^?OR*iBOUCHSf^J' 1 p Ategj"* yourtn» I BflOMCHma, Asthma, | Sc^t£^Js Coarseness, Whooping GQ.u<yif/Wi? form you tbau t y ju!* C I Difficulty of Breathing , mmS^ great benefifc from i^f ***>* to all Affections of the Lungs JBll| S!S?' "^T^ i,B^ I Bronchi, TRACtfj^& Urynx j f(J a samlar m *^ * r##u /v?//^' 70 we Preacher, Sjj/QEfiWM^M ■ MB P-WUCjPEAKia. iMp *">* Dr. F jWato , M9S -! S©a. 2S ©d, 4G td & Bs, f 8 » c<«gh Medicine, for " ft \ ' v/MMWm/ffi ot ali apes, BaxWn t ttvtJ*l^ | PHETPARED ONLY BY «P« SE^VeI is eaXfc «* weoiCAL Hall* Victoria StseetJ^K^ #|i J|h SHRISTCHURCH, W,Z. V JlfPfp «Wg^^^^^^^^^^^^ a ■ SOLD EVERYVVHI _ IMPORTANT TO PURCHASERS ! Purchasers are requested to see that each packet of Lung Preserver offered wi sale is a fac-simile of the above drawing, and that the words "Baxter'sLuru?P ** Christchurch," are blown on the bottle. *V Refuse all others as counterfeits."^ 61 AGENTS FOR AUCKLAND n Messrs SHARLAND and Co., CLOSE BROS., P. HAYMAN .i,^ and N.Z. DRUG.COMPANY. ■ tfor every form of /snp|f §m\u Aiyn Ri-nnn-: % Mm disease; ;^^ Eczema on Scalp. FROM ■ Scrofula osNecL 1 PIMPLES to SCROFULA "niSFIGURIIfG- HOiIORS, Humiliating Erup-nUTIOURAEEBOLVENT,thenewBIoodPort.! U tions, Itching and Burning Skin and Scalp V fier, Diuretic, and Aperient, cleanses the Bfood Tortures, and every species of Itching, Scaly, and Perspiration of all Impurities' and Polbohou Pimply, Inherited, Scrofulous, and Syphilitic Dis- Elements, and thus removeii the CAUSE. Henej eases of the Blood, Skin and Scalp, with Lofss of it cures speedily, permanently, and:economically. | Hair, from infancy to old age, are cured by Cuti ■ ' •'' ,• " ■- ■'.■ ■'- ■■ ■' vv,L.| CUBA. Eesolvent, the new Blood Purifier, inter- Cuticura.j the Great Skin Ccee (a Medicinal i nally, and Cuticuha and Coticuka Soap, the Jelly for external use), instantly allays Itching Hid 1 great Skin Cures and Beautiflers, externally. Inflammation, clears the Skh and Scalp of Hoßiori,' . ; i—i —; —.- • .■ • —=^- Sores, and Dandruff, destroys Dead Satfaadrttttj Agonizing, Itching, and Burning ■ Skin heals Ulcers,' Sores, and DjßchargfegWomdj,S* Discaseß, Eczema, Tetter, Ringworm, Psoriasis, storeß the Hair, and beautifies the jBBn. ! ;: ti Lichen, Pruritus, Dandruff, and Delicate Irrita —• —-—.' '. '. •''■.{' tions peculiar to both sexes, instantly relieved by a| Cuticura Soap, an exquisite Skin Beautifiarj warm bath with Cuticura Soap and a single ap-and Toilet Requisite, prepared from CtrfiOTi,] plication of Cuticuka, the great Skin Cure. This is indispensablo in treating Skin;Diseases,Baby] repeated daily, with three doses of Cuticura Re- Humors, Skin Blemishes, Prickly Heat, Rsrfia, solvent, will speedily cure Itching Diseases of Sunburn, and Rough, Chapped, or Greasy Skirt. ~ the Skin and Scalp, when all other means fail. ■ — - — !'" ; ——.'!-i: ■■•■•. Cuticnra Kemedies are the only real Blood A Magnificent Popular "Work on the Skin, Purifiers and Skin. Beautiflers free frommercar/,; with Engraved Plates, is wrapped about the Resol- arsenic, lead, zinc, or any other mineral or vegt. vest. Also, one hundred Testimonials, solemnly table poison -whatsoever. Guaranteed absolutely sworn to before the British Consul, which repeat pure by the Analytical, Chemists of the State;ol this story: I have been a terrible sufferer for years Massachusetts. , ij from Diseases of the Skin and Blood; have been ror Sa j e Dy a u vendors of medicine. Price,, obliged to shun public places by reason of my dis- Cuticotia, sOcts.; large boxes, $1.00. CcTErai' figuring humors; have had the best physicians; g OAP 05 c ts. Cdticura EBaotviiKT,sl.oo. ■ i have epent hundreds of dollars, and got no relief wholesale Agents, New South Wales,S. Tom, until I used the Cuticuba. Kemedies, which g. q Oi gydney; Victoria, FeltonGrimwadeSCo,1 nave cured me, and left my skin ana blood an Melbourne- South Australia, A. i£. Bickford & pure as a child's. Send to any wholesale druggist g ong Adelaide; Queensland, Elliott Bros, fe©,? named in the opposite column, for "How to Cure Brisbane; New Zealand, N. Z. Drag Co.; Antfc' Bkin and Blood Diseases," l an d an d Dunedin. Ob Addeess with Stamp, : . Pbbpahed by the, ; V it. Towns & Co., New South "Wales. Potterprng&Chemic^Co.,^o»ton,U.S.A| -- XT A T> T T7 O f^4 ~\K T T IT ' ' AHBL ' •V—^J^^^ MANUFACTURER OF BASSINETTES, *^«--JIP, V^^^^^W PERA.MBULATORS, INVALID "MJI|j||IMI) J^^^^w'JSw Perambulators of any make repaired or taken in I^^^Sffl[i L^^^^^U2\ exchange. Price list post free. LtSlßfils; AUCKLAND PERAMBULATOR FACTORY, Wvpifi vjj^ (Near Freeman's Bay. )., , . ■ ..-■...■ "MRG. T. CONGREYE ;:; 01 COSTSUMPTIOS; AND ITS SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT, Showing that direful disease to be curable in all its stages; with observations ASTHMA, CHEONIC BRONCHITIS, Etc. From the " CimiSTiAK Herald," March 31, 1386. „ T . EASEB MR G. T. CONGREVE'S TREATMENT OF CONSUMJOTONANDOTHBRCBtoUtt " Continues to be made a great blessing to sufferers, far and wide, in eyery p^ °" The world and we ourselves owe him a debt of gratitude, placed a young lady under his care, who has recovered her heaitn, W'*. y wl point to the cases (Mr Congreve is publishing one every week); many at ww^ ;; given up as past all hope.". „, „ . nnmnlaints M.! "There can be no doubt that for Consumption and other Onesc w j. Congreve is a specialist of the first order, and stands unrivalled1 wf j^ been no other discovery in medical science from which the consumpw r-., , j gather so much hope as from his."- . ,-, ; n jj r Cod^'i " The one hundred and TniRTY-THREE cases which are recomea cases, book are a most convincing testimony ; but what have been long a ma .^^(oirom of cure which have been published for several years past in thei wee^L^^,, ffbrM, i included) once every week." (The reader is referred to tne ; "Christian Age," " Christian Globe," &c, &c.) ~ , wWrßrgß"® The author (Mr Congreve, of Coombe Lodge, Peckham, London), w» . & o{ entreated to make his treatment known in all the British CoIoMES- Book is— SIXPENCE, OR SEVENPENCE, POST |EBl**: Published by UPTON AND CO., AUCKLAND, And may be ordered fi^rnn^ any |^^;,,,..« ——**^*' mHB PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE OF NBW 2 IT3 OBJECTS ARE*iPECIALLY PROTECTIVB. . The Batates of persons who die. having neglected to make *f^4?S«dSiJibw*^W*: friends liviDg in the colony ready to apply i or asmiirietmuon, arec*?i "««mb W w, ws M* and residues remitted to those legally entitled to receive them. t^J^^nmV^fKTtio to instruct their solicitors aa to their wills whilst ia possessioni ol "«W~ointmSnl?.SflllW Inviolable security for the fulfilment ot their wishes is assured by i^ g^ c tjßtodrof»!Lttd« Trustee as sole Exeoutor. Ne charge is made ulionth^epo^tiorewo^^^^ which the Publics Trustee is appointed Exf.cntor. 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