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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6966, 15 March 1884, Page 7

Coke, because ifc makes no smoke, is peculiarly adapted for use in cities, and there is every reason to bolievn tha'., weight for wr»i*ht. it is a more • conouiical fuel than steam eoal. Thus, for example, in short boilers, or those in which there is not a long run iu the chimney, coke *iJI prove more economical than coal. Two excellent illustrations of this fact have come under our notice. In one, a small vertical boiler, without tubes, actually evaporated nearly 91bs of cold water per pound of coke. With coal the same boiler could, at most, have evaporated f>lbs ; that is, if the coil could have beeo fair.y burnt at all, which we doubt. Iu the other one, ihe evaporation whs at the rate of (s'CClb* of water tn the pound of coal, with the boiler doing precisely tho same work and under similar condit'ons—the only cbango beinfj tiiat gas coke was used instead of co«l as fuel; the evaporation was B'llb of water per pound of coke. Steam users are invited to apply fur h reprint of article from the Engineer, to be obtained at the Gas Ollice.

Darwinism is the offshoot of an unhealthy parent tree. Evolution is the offspring of a strange and uunatural theory. Both ideas are repugnant to our preconceived notions, aud at war with the established principles of common sens* and credulity. A few proselytes may accept the teachings of these school", bemuse innovations are sure to find some disciples, hut the majority of mankind will rcjectbulh the Darwinian and Spenceriun heterodoxies, and believe in what, like Udolpho Wolfe's rSchiedam Aromatic Schnapps, time has sanctioned the age confirmed. N

Eighty-six pairs Lace Curtains, bought a job from the manufacturer, to bo sold very cheap riome are slightiy soiled. Will be quitted »t very low rates. Oreat bargains amongst them. On sale now by Garlick and Cranwell, City Hall Furnishing Warehouse, Qucen*street.

That hiu.-band of Mise is three times the man ho was before he began using " Wells' Health Renewer."—New Zealand Drug Company, Auckland.