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Evening Star, Issue 2841, 27 March 1872, Page 4

Government Notices. STEAM MAIL SERVICE: TENDERS will be received at the General Post Office, Wellington, till the 22nd April next, for the performance of the undermentioned Mail Steam Service : Between Picfcon and the Manakau, calling at Nelson and Taranaki, and back to Picton by the same route, once every four weeks. The names, tonnage, and horse-power of the vessels proposed to be employed to be stated, and the vessels to be approved by the Postmaster-General, and to be surveyed by some person appointed by him whenever he may consider it necessary. A chief cabin passage free of cost either for passage or victualling to be provided when required for an officer of the Post Office Department. A proper and secure room to be provided for the mails, and all mails to be lauded and shipped by and at the expense of the contractor. The days and hours of arrival and departure at and from the various ports to be fixed by the Postmaster-General, who shall also have the power of detaining the vessels if necessary, for forty-eight hours after the days fixed for their departure from Manakau, without charge. For any other detention the rate of demurrage per hour to be stated. The service to commence at Picton on the 12th May next. The services to be determined by either party giving three months notice in writing to the other. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. General Post Office, Wellington, 7th March, 1872 PARADOX. Various answers might be given to this question, according to the constitution and knowledge of the individual. Strong healthy persons, whether medically educated or not, generally regard nervousness as more or less an “imaginary complaint;” it is sometimes only believed to be real when the patient is found to he dying or dead. The best answer to the question, probably, is this—nervousness IS AN UNNATURAL CONDITION OF THE nervous system. Sometimes this unnatural state is accompanied with considerable bodily weakness, loss of flesh and loss of strength ; but in most cases there is in the earlier stages of the disordf r no outward sign of weakness. The sufferers are found in bth sexes; they often have the bloom of health upon the cheek; they are surrounded by kind friends, yet existence to them has no charms, for they feel that they cannot enjoy it. Without intending it, they annoy other people about the merest trifles ; if they encounter some person unexpectedly they feel confused, afraid, and alarmed ; the heart beats violently, the hand shakes when writing, and the whole frame at times experie nces a complete tremulousness. The intellect also is sometimes clouded, the memory fails, the judgment becomes indistinct, the will capricious and undecided, the taste vitiated, the imagination broods upon unpleasant topips, the spirits are either very low or very excited, the ordinary duties of life become burdensome, society is shunned and business neglected; G. ELIOTT ELIOTT, Secretary. TO SUFFERERS. NERVOUSNESS: ITS NATURE AND CURE. WHAT IS NERVOUSNESS? A STRANGE SPECTACLE.

It is certainly strange, but not the less true, that perfectly sane persons in the prime of life, with firm step and healthy countenance, may occasionally be met with, who, in spite of possessing all the advantages of education, religion, ampltmeansand kind friends nevertheless are victims of the nervousness above described; unhappy themselves, they render other people unhappy. Why is this? What cause has operated to change the cheerful, active, obliging, unsuspecting, and uncomplaining youth into the unhappy, drowsy, listless suspicious and gloomy misanthrope ? Many causes, or one cause only, may operate to produce this sad state ! The cause may be either mental or physical, or both combined, Attempts to cure nervousness by means of ordinary toni sehave so frequently proved fruitless, that the leading physicians now for the most part recommend hygenic means, such as exercise in the open air, regular habits sea bathing, the cold bath friction ; change of air and scene, as in travelling. If all these fail, as they often do, what is to be done ? The answer will be found by carefully perusing the following work. Ninth Edition , Post Free, Is id. NERVOUS DEBILITY: ITS CAUSE AND CURE, With Plain directions for perfect Restoration to Health. Applications fo»* a copy of the above work must be accompanied by the amount in New Zealand or other stamps, also a properly directed envelope Address— CHARLES SENNET, Agent, Brooklyn House, Flagstaff Gardens, Melbourne. (ITILNER’S STRONG HOLDFAST JL?± AND FIRE-RESISTING SAFES, Strong Room Doors, &c., with all the recent improvements. Price lists, drawings, and testimonials fret by post. Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, Leads Hull, and 47a, Moorgate street, City London. HARDING’S FLEXIBLE ROOFING, for covering Houses, Sheds, Farm Buildings, Emigrants’ Cotthges, and every description of temporary and permanent residences Reduced to One Penny per Square Foot. O A KEY’S Wellingtsn Knife Polish, Packets, 3d each ; tins, 6d. Agents in all the Colonies