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Iv accordance with previous announcement " HEART'S BITTERNESS" will only bo continued in future in the WEDNESDAY'S SUPPLEMENT, iii order to mako room for MOMA DALE; 08, The Guardian's Forgery.

By SYLYANUS COBB, Jb

This i. one of the mo.t attractive stories that have ever emanated from the pen of its versatile author,

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A Heart's Bitterness

By BERTHA M. CLAY, Author of "For Mother's Sin," "A Fair Mystery," &c.

CHAPTER LXIV.

"OH, WHO WILL iIEIP ME TO AV___.OE MYSELIZ'' H_LE_ iloi'i. was undoubtedly a handsome woman. Sho had not the oyprome, gracious lovolino.s of Edna A'mbrofio, nor tho guilenees charm of Violet of Leigh ; but ahe was of otriking presence, that would pleaso many an oye. Her jet black hair lay in large shining ripple.; ber black brows woro finely arched; her lips wero red and full; hor grey oyes oppressed tho changes of her headstrong, passionate nature; her skiti, while colourless, win smooth and clear; her figure admirably moulded. AYhisa Leigh entered the " Folly," Helen was lying asleep on the leopard-skin, her anno thrown over her head, ono shapely loot fallen from tho low couch to tho Boor; her black dree?, with a knot of pomegranate ribbon at the throat, sotting off well h»r dark, stormy beauty. She was a woman likely to attract men, and Leigh wondered why alio had not already eec.rcxi some advantageous marriage. Ho stood, with folded looking upon her. Sho had uovor moved his heart, and desperato pursuit angerod him. Under his fixed gaze the woke, brushed back tho hair that had fallen ovor her brow, and 3at

up. " Here again, Holco I" osld Leigh. "I supposed that by this time your useless pur suit of me would havo ended. Why aro you Jo. tliia room _" "Becaueo it brings mo noarer to you— reminds mo of you—and I knew you would come hoio." " Helen," said I_;igb, quietly, seating him self in his easy-chair, leaning back, and speaking with much .olf-cotitrol, " lot us talk reasonably. You aro a young-, hand same, ambitious woman. With your appear ance aud accomplishments you can no doubt secure a mairiage that will placo yon in a good position. Come, now, I will give you money that will support you handsomely foi"two yearß. In that time you can take a placo in some large thriving town, and make a good marriage. Or, if you wish to marry a man who would go to the colonies, I will use my influence to secure him a good appointment under Government. Think of ____•. Milton's hero—of whom you eem to have much in your disposition—says *it ia better to reign in hell than eerve in heaven.' Sines you cannot reign in Eng lish Bociety, go to Canada or Australia, where you can make yourself a sooial queen." Helen's cheek _urned,,aiiji. her eyea.Bhot f-ames, but~sh"e*a_Bive*edaleadily : "Norman, that wculd not mako me a countess, nor give me you !" "Are you still cherishing that idle dream?' said Leigh. "You have hinted, yes, plainly spoken, of death or divorce as freoing me ot my countess. I wish you to understand mo. Violet is in sound health ; ahe takeß care cf herself; she has renewed life in her child, and is likely to survive me, which would only be the survival of the fittest. A3 for divcrce, I want you to ramember that Violet is a good, pure

woman " "But," interrupted Helen, "you can leave her. If you go to the Continent with me she could ask divorce." " Nonsense ! If I did commit so rash an act I assure you that Violet would quietly wait until I should come back. Remember, we have a child; and we both care too much for our son to blight hia name and future with a public scandal." " But a public scandal shall come and blight him," hissed Helen between her clenched teeth. "Besides," pursued Leigh, steadily, re solved that this should be a final interview with Helen, and that they should come to an understanding, ''Why should I go to the Continent with you, . I do not care one straw for you. I never did." ■ "Norman Leigh," said Helen, "I have loved you madly, but I have warned you that 1 can bate you just as madly. If you will Dot follow me because you love me, you may because you fear me." "Rather than livo at your mercy, woman, the toy of your jealousy, under the threat of.your vengeance, I would die." " _ea. Do not forget tbat I have told you that if we did not live together we' should die together.'■ " I know. You have waßted breath in many idle threats." " They are not idle. Consider, Norman, that though I am namolees, and know little about my birth, I do know that I am Scotch, and the Scotch are good haters. They are also capable of what their law calls the 'madness of Scotch mind,' or capacity for dreadful vengeance." "Whatever you are capable of,' said Leigh, with scorn, " I will have no more to do with you. Take my fair offers ; go make a name and place for yourself, or continue to hunt, and threaten me, and I will hand you over to tho polico." " Then I shall accuse you of the murder ofßsrtKomp, who camo here to see you on the twenty-first of November, and who is advertised for in this paper." Sho held out a. London " Times with a marked paragraph. - Lord Leigh read it coolly. " I have seen this before." " If I go to the advertiser and tell him that Kemp came here to you, and you flung bim from tbat window into the Black Pool, what then ?" cried Helen. " I should have to disprove it." ■ ■ And if his papers in the hands oi his at torney give a reason for bis visit to you, and for youT wanting to get him out of the way, what then?" " What do you mean by all this ?. ■ " I mean just this ; I saw the man here ; I saw him struggling iv the Pool. Your recrot is in my hands. No one will think of tracing bia disappearance to you, unless a clue is given——" . , " There is the reason you hinted at ]ust now in the attorney's hands," suggested Leigh. '' What ia that ?' "Whatever it is," Baid Helen, precipi tately, ' I am ready to swear an alibi for you. I would testify tbat you wore with me, all that day, at—say the Hermitage." " Perjure yourself for me ?" " I would do anything for you I" cried Helen. " Or against me. But go on. "And, as I said, your safity is in my hands. Ccme, then,: with me. I cannot live without you." I will make you happy. Let ua go to tho Continent, to America, to North Attica—any where ; let us live and be bappy ; and your countess can be content here with her son, If she dies, or gets a a divore, a_ she will, for ber heart belongs to another, you will marry mo." " I believe you aro a mad woman," said Leigh, coldly. ■ " Let me tell you that you are not the only one who saw Bart Kemp here that day. Adam, my servant, caw him, and has informed tbe advertising attorney of his . having been here at that date." " But has be told him that ho lies in the Pool ?" " The Pool has been dragged ; he is not .. there." , . , \ -,?.' "Then you took him out and buried him!" criad Helen, frantically.' "I will bring tbe murder to light. I will cry for justice on yon." " This is fury wasted," said Leigh, pleas

fug himself with taunting her. " The man, seized with opilopsy, fell into the Pool ; but Adam, happily being near, dragged him out. Ho wis a maniac ; and Adam took him to a mine in Derbyshire, whore ho lived, unti' ho escaped in tho next March, He is mad."

"I do Hot believo it. You havo impria oued him in some mad-liouao. I will tell the attorney to see him." This was so exoctly what Leigh had meant to do that he blanched a little; but said, quietly: "I tell you tho truth ; he has gone, and how or where I do not know. I do not fear him ; ho was merely a relative by marriage of my mother. Your plan haß failed, just as that other plan to And damaging papers in my house last rvinter failed. I tell you clearly (bat I will no longer endure your pursuit. I will deliver you to the police, on charge of felony, aud Adam and the countess shall be my witnesses. Whoro are the Leigh papers you stole ?"

" I took none," cried Helen. " Yuu did. I shall swear that valuable papera were lost when you rifled my closet. Now the table 3 are turned upon you. You aro caught in your not, euppoee all Eng land does learn that I amuaed myaolf once by making lovo to a governeas ? The thing has been done before. Tho singular thing will bo (hat Iho governess expected to be Couolpss of Leigh, and keop3 on moisting on a right, even when I am a married man. I warn you. - never to see me again !" Aud with __ look of scorn and hate, Leigh strode cut of tho " Folly."

Helen Hope sprang to her feet with a wild cry. Sho flung up hor anne and ground her teeth with rage. "Oh, who will help mo to avongo myself on this man ?"

CHAPTER LXV

"_OIHI_G lOK -.__ BUT R__.l_,t,G_ 1" " I wjL-t, help yov.," hsid an ardont voice. Helen turuedi Tho mist of fury passed from her eyes. There waa a closet in one comer of the room ; it had been shut, but now tho door stood open, and !n it stood with eoger face cv _ oilondod right band the very man of whoso murder shu had beon acn.a_-.ig Leigh, the man who had so sin gularly offered to holp hor in her plans for vengeance about n year and a half before.

Ho looked absolutely unchanged. There was the same wiry, nervous figure ; Bhrewd, eager, weazened lace, aud beetling brows ; but thero was a new, overpowering look in tho man's eyes, a look that had leaped toward Helen, while a Same eeotned to pass over his fnco the first time.that he saw hor, and from which she had fled with precipitation, Now she did not fly ; she laid her hand on her fluttering heart, to still it. agitation, and sho stood her ground. "You i alive and well ?" she faltered. "Yes; as a comet far off goos into space, lost to eyes oi men, and than returns from ite cycle of Uiesppaaranoo, so I havo beon lost aud cocin ngain, What month was it when wo wero bero before '!" "November." " I thought so ; the trees were in core und yellow leaf. Now thoy ore lush in beauty, and a paper that I bought yesterday bore d _te in Judo. And that November was not the lust ono r' " No. It is nineteen months since." "That 13 a long, etrange time to be lost in darkness. Did it over happen to yen tv be so lost 1" "No." "It is a strango experience. A strange remedy ; for do you know, from birth, I was subject to occasional loss of self and consciousness, and this blow on my head, that made me mad for seventeen months, has cured me finally. I am now a sound man. It is two months since I fully came to aiysolf. It has taken mo some time to recover myself, my memory, my plans. I did at last, by means of the advertisement in that paper. That put mo face to face with my real self, as if ia a glass. I took up my life where I left it. I got the very kind of dross tbat is described, I reported to my attorney, I came back here, to the spot where I myself parted company for a time, and as I camo, and when 1 came, more clearly I remembered you. You wereinjured, angry, and needed a helper then ; it is tho same now—behold me at your order."

" When did you come here? How long have you been here?' 1 demanded Helen, uneaeily.

" I came early, before you did. 1 heard your Btep below, and I siid into that closet You ccc the door has a panel made of elate for ventilation. 1 could look through that. X-saw you comaii_..*iiook6d at you. You threw yourself there. ' 'I wfis longing to rush out and apeak to you, but you fell asleep, and I respected your slumber. Besides, I could still see you, and what more could I ask ? Then he came in, and with every word he epoke to stab your heart, I longed tv drive a knife into his heart! I will now pursue him, if you say so. '

" Hush ! I do not say so." " But you want vougeance on him." " Yes, but net that. If death is to be the end, not that way, and not now."

"Sit down bore by me, and tell me what you want." But Helen shrank back nervously. " What! you will not eit beside me ? Well, ait there, and I will sit here. Now, how shall I help you ?"

"Tell me first why you came here that November, and'what you meant to do."

" I came here to see Lord Leigh, because I am his mother's stop-son, and sd a sort of relation ; and I wanted to see him, and sco how people of his duality live. Some times thoy are not ashamed nf relatioo.a such as I am. I wanted lo havo a taste of aristocratic life if I could " " You wanted money ?" " Not a bit. I have a sheep farm in Aus tralia. 1 havo made nearly twenty thousand pounds. I only wanted to learn how to use it like a lord —to see what lords wear, and eat, and how they live, and amuse them selves. Then, too, after a little of London life, I wanted to go back to Australia, and I wanted my step-brother's help to get me a position, so that .1 should bo a man of mark and place in the colony. I wanted to do well for myself."

" Then your intentions were quite harm less?"

" Quite so, I did not liko to go up to the house at once ; it looked so grand, and I had heard servants are stiff to strangers ; I thought I would have a look at the place, and might meet Lord Leigh. So I rolled round and round—l likethese English woods —till I got here, by this queer house, and I heard voices and heard the namo 'Lord Leigh,' so I knew he was here, and camo up. Then as I camo I heard your tones clearly, and 1 saw your face; and that changed all my life, and all my plans." "I do not understand you," said Helen.

" Why ; ycu were seeking for a helper, and for vengeance ; and on the minute I re- Bolved if Leigh wa9 your enemy he should be mine, if ycu wanted vengeance we would seek it together, that at your bidding it should be not peace, but war, and ho it shall! Speak the word 1" " Will you help me?" " To death 1"

" Then tell me, did you tell your attorney you were coming here ?" " Yes. I told him I was coming to see Leigh, and tbat I hated him, and meant to have it out with him for not finding my friends and treating me like a gentleman and a man of mesne, when be found me hurt and insane. I hate him now, on my own account."

" Then I will tell you what to do. Hide yourself now; leave here some garment, blood-Btained, and a weapon of some kind. I will mail a letter for you, telling your at torney to seek you here if you do not return in three days. Disappear, and let Lord Leigh be accused of your death, and brought to trial."

" But do you not see tbat could not be •arried out ? I cannot hide forever ; I want some good of my life, and Lord Leigh would have the best lawyers, and' they would search me out with all the industry and sharpness of English detectives." " Yes, yes, I know ; but the disgrace of the accusation would be there, we would bring dowu his pride. He scorns me, boast, over me—you nave beard him —this would bring him where be could vaunt no more Ah I the trial would bring out the blots on his name and history."

Tbo man laughed. "That is a woman's way and notion—not well wrought out. There are plenty of flaws in that plan. But, Helen—l think he called you Helen—l can show you a be'tsr way,"

" What is it ?" said Helen eagerly; yet shrinking from this free use of her name.

" When I camo here first," said Kemp, " I had some letters of his mother's, and if he tried to be proud with me, and not re ceive me as a step-brother Ehould, I meant to threaten him to make those letters partly public. When I heard you calling for help to avenge yourself on him, I determined to go to your help, and gall him if I could, for he looks a proud, scornful aristocrat, and I hated'him the minute I looked at him. I hate him worse-'now, since I heard you say you loved him. --':!._:•'.., " Go on," said Helen, averting her face. " Well, when about two mpotliß sgo J

came to myself, and found that I had been ihsano, at»d had hot b6eii treated as a gen tleman, ahd kept in a private aaylum, with the knowledge of my lawyer, I saw this proud Leigh bated mo, and wanted tc hids me, ashamed that I coi'-ld cl?.im kin with his mothef, and .. reeslvad then to show him that trifling with Bart Komp WE- as playing with powder. If I had not boon shrewd and cunning above moat men would I in twenty years havo made twenty thousand pounde . t tell you I havo tha papers and the witnesses now to bring thia Lord Leigh down to tho duet. But atop and think-would you uot rather be A rich man's wifo—go, ua he sug gested to queen it in ono of tho colonies — marry an officta.l, say in Australia-aud go to bo a leader thero, a quean, as your beauty and your manners tit you lo bo?''

"No, no!" cried Helen, "nothing for me but vengeance on bim. You promiso me revenge; I will havo it—nothing but revenge !"

" But, il you have it, you i_uct pay tae my price,"

CHAPTER LXVI

" SCATTERED AT MY TOtTCH." " Pay you your prico !'' PftM [_u.!en, leaking him steadily in the eye. " What is your price."

" You muat bo my wife" " Your wifo ? You are a stranger to L".c " " But I love you." " You may havg ISn wives for all that 1 know."

"I swear I havo novor married." " But you have been in.ano for months." "That i 3 nothing; it will not happen again." '■•But I—why, 1 do not cn.o for you." " That is a pity j but tho love shall bo on my s!du. I lovo you, and I moan to havo you." " No. Ask something othor thau that."

"Let me show >ou what might be. Leigh wante to bo rid of you and of me. I am not po vicious that 1 prefer rovongo to love. I'd rathor tako you than harm him. Leigh will get mo a good appointment. 1 am rich ; bo will givo you a aum that will get you a trousseau likoon omprosa. Women liko jewels, dresses, aorvuntn, carriage.':. You shall havo all. You shall hnvo town house and country houeo in Australia, and queen it there, and I will be your chief alnve. Speak the word ; e.iy you'll toko me. and I'll go to Leigh for terms at once." "Never! never! never! i will not marry you !" " Thon y'o'.i shall not havo your revenge. I'll go bad to Australia tomorrow. I'll only play iota your hands if you pay mo my price." "And can you destroy Lord Leigh !" "lean, I havo it laid out. It cannot rp.ii." " And you will not entry out this plan unions—" " Unless you roward mo with your hand Liateu to me. That November day, when I came hero, my u_otive3 wero, an I told you, curioaity— a dealro to aoo how Lord Leigh would roceivo Hie, and a wish to aecuro hia holp in advancing mo in Auetralia. But when I Jeaw you it waa us. if a fliino swept over mo and lit my heart. Tho love that cold-blooded peer rofuncs you I can Invirh on you a million fold. Ililhorto I have cared more for riches than for anything else. Nov,-1 Bhall Value my riches as I pour thorn out on you."

" Tell me your means of revouging me on Lord Leigh."

"Promise me, swear to mo that you will marry me."

" On condition that you succeed, and ruin Lord Leigh." " Yes, on that condition." " Then I swear to you." She held out her hand. He seized it, and would have kissed it, but Helen shrank from him with a strong aversion.

"No, no," she said, "not until you havo accomplished what you promise." "Let me tell you what I shall do. You will now be my ally. I will tell you my materials, you shall tell mo how 1 am to use them."

He longed to be near hor, to enjoy the strange spoil of hor presence. Ho came closoi to her, bent hi 3 head near hers, aud in low whispers detailed his plan. " You can do all this ?'' cried Helen. " Yes, I can, and will." " And you have theEO proofs ?"' " I have ; _et a link i-i wanting," ' 'Tell me is it true, is it real evidence ?' She fixed her eyes keenly upon him. Bart Kemp was a shrewd man. He con sidered that to a woman of her nature, while love can change to hate, bate can swiftly veer to love again, and that at the first cry or submission of her victim her re lentings might be kindled. She might her self destroy the fabric of thoir vengeance

Ho said, firmly : "Yes, it is all true, and thero aro wit nesses." Sho drew a deep breath. " You will tell me now what steps to take," said Kemp. " The first step will be to see Colonol Hartington." She mused a little, and said, "Let mo do that. 1 will pee him, and he will lay the matter beforo his lawyers. Then they will communicate with Lord Leigh's lawyers."

" Unless he should be given opportunity to compromise."

" I do not want couiprouii.e, but yon geance," said Helen.

"Tell me, then, where I can call on you with popera and wo will completo our

Helen gave him a placo of meeting, and they parted. The heart of Helon was in a tumult. Roveng. eeetned near ; but tho revenge was to fall destructively on Iho one being whom she loved, and tho price .ho must pay was one which sho regarded with loathing. True, this stranger, seized with sudden passion for herself, offered hor wealth, honourable marriage, a good social pesition in one of England's finest colonkt., but to these things it was impossible to turn a heart that wob clinging madly lo Lord Leigh. Too excited to rest sho wandered about tbe secluded alloys of the magnificent domain that she had once wildly hoped to call hers.

While theße furious sceneß of perverted human passion had beon enacted at tho "Earl's Folly," Violot, with tbo rosy Jenny carrying little Ruport, had gono out to wander in the great sunny gardens, and there a little lad had found her and given her a note. " Como ta the Oak Knoll, dear Violot, whore I can see you for a little.- Edna."

Violet hastened to the pretty wooded rise, her favourite retreat, the very place where, asleep in hor hammock, sho had won tho tender love of her sister friend. As she reached thero she saw, standing in tho shade, a white-robed figuro with goldon hair and welcoming smilo, and flung hereolf into the arms of Edna.

" Oh, Edna ! You here, aud you would not come to .visit me, though I bogged you so earnestly. Oh, how good it is to see you again. How lovely you look. You are a true harmony in white and gold. And sco my boy, Edna, has he not grown ? Is he not beautiful ?"

Edna took the child in her arms, and seated herself by Violet on tbe green sward, while Jenny stood a little way off. "Dearest Violet," said Edna, "do not blame mo for not comiDg to you. I really could not. But two days ago I was sent for to Rose Lodge, as my aunt is ill, and I have taken the first free moment to meet you." "I could never be vexed with you, or blame you a moment, dear," Baid Violet, caressing ber friend's cheek, "especially when I see you sad and pale. What " "I have watched all night by my aunt," said Edns, hastily. "Can I not help you? Will she be better soon ?" "I think I can take her to her sister in two days more." "And, my darling, iv here is your Euitor —where is Alwold ?" "In France now," said Edna, a far-off look in her eyes. " But coming soon ?" " Violet, 1 was wrong and foolish to tell you anything of that, for-it is all ended." "Oh, Edna! Oh, I bad hoped you, at

"Oh, Edna! Oh, I bad hoped you, at least, would be bappy in love." "For my sake," Violet, say no moro of

" Could I not comfort you if we were to gether ? Oh, if you only could come to mo. lam sure my boy would solace you. Edna, my husband toH me that he offended you in your last visit, and— he is very sorry, and begs pardon." "I cherish no enmity, but I cannot come."

There was a step among tho last year's scattered leaves, and Lord Leigh came I near. He started as he sow Edna and Violet with their arms about oach • other, the child lying on Edna's lap, and Violet attracting its attention by a bunch of scarlet poppies, which she took-from her belt and held just beyond tho eager gra.p of the little fellow's dimpled bands. Leigh bowed courteously to both ladies, and sat down rear them. , He felt relieved and elate. He thought he bad finally shaken himself free of Helen Hope. Ho bad been making some good resolutions,

aa ho walked alone. Now euddonly ho CBUJO upon thi-i charming i/ctno. Ho really bvod hie child, and ho ran- that child an otubodj trend of health,-laughing iv the lace of ids loVely young mathon No picture could bo moro nharmmg, tho sylvan nook, tho fro?h young nurso in tlio green background, the beautiful young women with o .wreathed aruiH, tho eiuilinc little cliotub at Ida play. But tlio buy mado a spring, and ecaltored tho petals of (ho puDpico. ,! Oh," cried Violet, with a shudder, brushing liimi away, "it looks us if wo wero all covered with spots of blood." " 110 not epoak so, Violet," said Leigh, extending to her a largo cluster of white rose.) (hat ho had picked while cuiing through tho park. Yon remember, Btirna say;-: : ' Hut pleruiuran hi c hUo pupi i"v spread - Yuuseinj the .. .-wrr. its b'cotu io shed.' "Lot thoeu roi. bo your onion— that alter tho bitter comes tho stvoet." Violet, with a smilo, ncceplod Iho ro.e blanch. Sho did not dream that at that instant tho angry cyoQ of Helen Hope Were watching them iluough thy gieeii screen of leaves, and alio waa whinporing lo hoi'Folt :

"Your dootSl is fixed ! You will never again eifc hero in harmony. You will bo scattered liko tlio red petils of tho poppy— scattered at my touch I" (7(i .. C 0...!.!.:... i

A NOVEL INSTITUTION.

A London Huroau of Universal Information.

''NOTHING ia so easy as the invention of yot:torday " is a truism of particular forco when brought In connection with tho universal knowledge and information ollico, situated.' in Southampton.»trool, Bloouih- Iniry, which will probably bo bettor known to our readora from tho sight of elongated persons with lugubiiouc facer,, drOsned in coat 3 roaciiiug lo their foot, and carrying a lightly nuulo doelt, walking along tho main thoroughfares, for all tho world like a sorioa of now ami revised editions of the " Wandeiing Jew." Thoao men aro peram bulating branch ollices of the central in formation ollico, and any tpestion given to theiu in writing will bo iurwarded to head quarter, ami replied to without loss of time. Tho history of this remarkable institution iy brief but curious, sinco it differs from all similar undertaking!, in tho fuel Hint, it i.-i neither a commercial coucorii nor a money spccula'ion. 'i'ho uslublisluuent ol a uuivereal knowledge und iiiformutiun ollico in entirely duo to Lord Truro, who started Urn office with Iho double object of bonniiting tbo public and providing a win- opening fur tho i.up.uytiionl ol women. "It ivau n.y idoa, ' said the founder of thu bureau, in Iho euiirc-o of no interview no had with him on a recent occiitdun, "to found a control ollico, v.liuio uny person could have any question answered without delay, v.-iiory research;., inlo litoraturo, scionco and art could bo conducta', whoro all lan guage* could bo written or n-inspoed, enl dilations bo made, and statistics bo kopt

always available." Mur.li an institution i* now in a flouri. hiug stato of existence, and its work i= aa various aa it is intorosl'ng.

Tho syfteti) oi ifl simple. Corieepondontsi havo beon appointed in nvory town of importance throughout tho world. Its interior working ia di vided inlo departments, oach compris ing a range of pubjerle, from agricul ture to UindousUtii, and from litoraturo to omiinoeriufi. A large etalf, compriaing over thirty persons, ij kopt on the promise;., and nmonfr them aro linguists capable of writing and every tonguo, from Woleh to and from Portuguese to Greek. One is a practical chemiet, another an en[;ino_r, while among tbo veil aro urtistii, designers, ladies uoll up in tlio various kinds of lino work, tapestry, otr., and gentlouion of libor.il education and lit oraiy knowledge for Lrenoral research. BeeidoH these, tome 20U other, aro em ployed on variou- orrands. A larce stuff is kopt making rotenrolios at tho lltiti.;li Museum, another at tlio Guildhall Library. In ebort, there i- 1 no branch of know ledge, orpubjccl on which immediate info mutioli cannot bo given, providing it i<s not v question requiring len;;tby research. Tliero aro, however, two thitii._ which tho ollico will not do, and about lhe."o Lord Truro, «ho, by the way, personally eupsritenda tho bureau eveiy clay, ie very particular. The liiat relates to the qiiPctione of o detective or inquisitorial character The second inlo down tha l the office shall not interfere with any of tho professions. The arranpe ments in Southampton-street are adiniruhle, but although established only in January,

1881, Iho work has outgrown tho spaoo allotted to it, and larger premises will have to bo shortly sought. Several hundn.d letters aro received every morning, and more continue to poor in throughout the day. Every letter is at oneo attended to and put in the hands of tho lady or gentleman in whoso department tho inquiry may bo. Tho questions ore next registered in a book, and the answer when cent is also recorded i-'oioo of tbeso queries aro exceedingly curiou., and givo an interesting insight into tlio bont of people's minds Thoy compri.e every subject, known or unknown languagoa to bo translated inlo English and back again—and wo may hero note that a very largo number of queries como f otn abroad Tho payment for these foreign question* is generally mado in money or stamps o? Iho

country from which tho lottery como, :>nd in this way Lord Truro has acquired n largo and curiou. collection of foreign money and stamp?. Among Ihoso wo ,a» woro Russian rubles; Roumanian twenty lei pieces, It'-inr. lire, German gulden, Ameri can notes and Spanish dollars, to say nothing of rupees and postago stamp.-, galore. Tho questions roceived in Southampton. street may bo divided info thrco clascc-p — tho ordinary, tbo curious, anrl tho ridicul ou., though tlio last, mentioned comprise ■ but a small minority, Quories respecting hair-dyes, no.c machine o , quack medicine.", etc., are, of course, in the ascendant, but of a more thoughtful Kind aro Ihosoeuch 1 as put by an inquirer wanting lo know : " How can you toll tho diQ'orenco botwoen a blow and a fall, judging from tho effects 1 only ?" Another inquiring mind nsbs for tho address of "tho headquarters of tho non-polygamous Mormons." Others demand a list of the different appointments in tho gift of tho Rovornmont for which no examination is required ; tho first mention of tho medhi, and whoro it occurs ; why St. James is tho p.-itron saint of Cupar Fifo ; nnd fourteen or fifteen tnon who deal in cot ton-waste in S[>ain. Ono correspondent writes from Japan to loam "tho French for opium casto," aud another from Worcester a.ks"whois in poeee.sion of two ostates Cruz." It i? tho ladies, however, alio distinguish them.elves tho moet, and their quories are as various as thoy aro instructive. A number have sent for correct costumes for fancy-dress balls, ono even requiring that of the Queen of Shoba, n roquest which was met with a water-colour sketch of tho dame in question correctly costumed. Two different ladies in different towns havo a.ked for recipes fur preventing blushing, a somewhat startling fact; indeed, wecould have more easily understood a prayer for tbe secret of an imitation article. "Where," asks ouo damsel, can "informa tion be obtained as to tho fuUeHo singing practised in the Alps ':' uDd "what," writes another fair maid, "is the antidote for the poison of a flea?" Tho lequest for an ink that will vanish after it bus been on the paper eight or ten days can be easily under stood and is often repeated, but what is meant by tho petition to "the full par ticulars as to fiirtution by postage stamps " we are'at a loss to learn. Leaving tho fair sex and quoting from tha general queaf ions, wo cull tho following : " Who spoko in tho House of Commons uniuterrupted for twenty-two hours?" "What aro the duties of best man at a weddinc ?" " How to enter ladies' society ?" "What ii the avorago speed of a firo engine?" "Whore can a dumb piano be purchased?" "Is thero a copyright between England and Russia?" "Give the names of architects practising iv Copenhagen." "Give ad dresses of homes for ladies iiuffericg from dipsomania," and " Do Bordeaux pigeons really como from Bordeaux ?" From among tho questions which may bo characterised as absurd we gloan the follow ing : " Docs a house on firo burn up or burn down ?" a query ovidently emanating from a wag. Another says : " What is tho bcßt way to make money ?" and yol another, who has evidently not yet joined Genoral Booth's following, asks: " W liat can I do to bo saved?" but unfortunately forgot to' in clobo tho necessary stamps for fee and reply.

Tho registers from which we havo quoted are kept in strict privacy, but woro thoy available thoy would give a bettor insight into tho workings of tho mir.da of tbe public than any similar records with which wo aro acquainted. Tho charges mado for answer ing such questions as these vary consider ably from 1 shilling for an ordinary query to several pounds for researches extending over a lefagthy period. The -entiro .work is couduoted on plain butiness principles, and we can heartily cQngratulate LordTruro on B-»th the conception und the carrying out of hie ingenious _choi_o,

TilK AUOKLAND EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1887

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A XV'ONDERFUL -m/TEDICINB. BEECHAM'S PILLS 8 Are admitted bj thousands to te worth a Guinea a Box for bilious a_ ncrvoua disorder* such as wind, and pain la Mio stomach, &ok headtw-he, gid dir,ew, fulness and swelling of term, all dizziness and drow- Mucus, ooW chills. flushings of heat, lo.a ot aopctlto. ohorlnrs. of broath. eootlverc-.. scurvy. *"*■_§§_"''' blot-honon tho.kln, C.U'-h, disturbed sleep, * .liiihilul drooinn, anil all nervous und tr.inb .ngnenwiUoni", *:a _•...-. Ili-ft .'."I '"I '-.v. relief in L'O minutes. This 1. no llelio.-i, 'or tbij have done it In ■J.-.:-,i™_i'..i or cmj.s. Kvev: Ib earnestly Invit.d to try o_u box f the.-. I'iUs, and tliey will be "(U no.> 1.-.i-.e.-tl to h. WORTH A GUINEA A BOX. For Jujuaio. -.1 all uito.. those Pills k» In valuable, .a a f. sv.!o.fe of thorn cany off all ffrorsluimnui-H. oTT-n c.v nb.tnvti.ii, and bring pbout ..lltlmt in rcouirojli- No femalo should bo without them. Thero 1 ni nieuidno to bo forme: toci|u._t I'.l.i'.i HAM. TILLS lor remov ing any (.bntmoilnn or ,ii rer.iilarily ot the fy.-.om. It i I;-n aiciirdi. Slo *li. directions given wlih i»i.-i) box,-ib«£ Wjl! jpop -restore fun__ii-.; of <-. _ _>;-» if. i;.v.'.r.t!|tijjfflcUwfttir-alth. For r. -.i.-e_.l_ i. :iiai.h. IrnpfifflßEEßtiOD. ftnl „ aU (.[.order- 1 or :i.e -iv.--;-. ths-jfe'e and v few doecn will bo foil* to work wonders upon the most linpiiitahtorirauß of tho human machine. Thoy i-tj-t-nnt-l.ij*- n.o wholo muscular system, riv"-.)'e the loog-fflM complexion, bring back th" koon ..ii-r.. of n.. iftWie, unri arouso Into action with tin If heal h tho whole physical onercr;' -jZ the hunt-, frame. Thesoaro "FACTS" ainilhcd by thousands embracing all classes of Foeiety ; ati'd one of the beat guorauteoa to the nervece-tid debilitated Is, Boeel_a.D\'.i Pill.-i have tl.o largest sale of any pa'onr medicine In the world. Beechnut's Magic Co tigli Pills. As a remedy for i'ouabain general, A«tlimt Difficulty In Breathing, Shortness of Bror.th, Tightness jnirl Oppression of tho Ghost, Wheels- Ing, &c.. these l'iil _ Btand unrU'.Ued; and anyono labouring under any or the above oomplalnta need ouly try Ono Box to prove that tboy are _hu boat ever offered to tbo cubllc tor Asthmatic and Connumplivo Coughs, Hoar, oi.e- _ and Opnro .lon of 'ho Chest. Thoy speo.ily rcmovn t .at _t!_n<_o of oppression and difficulty of breathing which nightly deprivo tho patient of n-st. They give almoat Instant relief and comfort to those _.l!lict_tl with the above distressing and, when nefdeoted, danger ous complaints. Lot any person troubled with any of tho above complaints give Bkkoham's Cough I ___.r. trial. The most violent Cough will In a short timo bo removed. Caution.—Tho public are requested to notice that tbo wordn "KKEcnAM's Pill. St. Helens." jre on tho Govemm-jut Bmaip afllxed to eaob Box ef the Pills. If t,ot on.they aro a forgery. Prepared only and eo)d wholesale and retail by the proprlewjr, T. R<;echajn, Chemh-t, St. Helens, i_aEe«Hlnre. England, In boxes at Is ljrt End 2s »rl each.—Sold by all Druggists and Patent ______?_> Dealers throughout the ool •Bles. K',3.—fall dlreotlons are givou with eacli Hoi.



TT-EATING'a X> O W D E R, KBATING'B POWDKIt" KKATING'S POWDKH KKATING'S POWDER KILLS BU _ . FLKAH MO MIS BEETLES. This Powdek is Quite H/u-mlkss to Ani mal Life, but, is unrivalled in destroying fleas, bugs, cockroaches, beetles, moths in furs, and every other species of insect. Sportsmen will And thi3 invaluable for destroying fleas in their dogs, aB also ladies tor their pot, dogs. This Article has Found bo Gkicat a Sale that it has lonipted others to vend a so-called artlclo in imitation. Tho Public aro Cautioned that tho tinfj of tho 'genuine powder boar the autograph of THOMAS KEATING. ' Sold In Tine by all Druggists. KKATING'S WORM TABLETS KKATING'S WORM TABLETS KKATING'S WORM TABLETS A Purely Vkoetahle Sweetmeat, both In ippcnranco and taste, furnishing a mostagree iblc method of administering tho only certain remedy for INTESTINAL or THREAD WORMS, It is a perfectly safe and mild pre paration, and is especially adapted for Children. tjold in Tins by all Chemists and Druggists. Proprietor: THOMAS KEATING; LnNnos. ILLUSTRATED miTBITS. A WEEKLY ILLUSTRATED PAPER of original and selected matter. Capital Stories Jokes, and Humorous Clippings, profusely Illustrate,-! every week. ■_.-, FEIZE LITERARY COMPETITIONS. ' ;i , .«■ :T : Buy It. read It, and Introduce it to yoiujfrfepds. ' '.. " Single Copies, _1. Posted to any atHrejes in tho colony tor c. qaai-'- . on receipt of 29 M caai Ctamss oir P.O. order.



GIVING UP BUSINESS. — »X>6o-«*- ' A. SNEDDEN, DRAPER. & CLOTHIER j 62, QUEEN STREET, OPPOSITE B.N.Z, DECS to announce that he haa decided on GIVING UP BUSINESS, and in order to clear out the Stock aa quickly as possible, lie will hold a Great Genuine Cash Clearing-out Sale, CO'MMEM .KG TO-BAY, FRIDAY, MARCH 11. The Stock has been reduced to such prices that Bargains are to be had in every Department. « COME EARLY AND SECURE THE PICK OF THE STOCK. GREAT REDUCTIONS. «—. Kote Tine Aui)r.!-__: A_ SMEDOEPi («, QUEEtf-STREET, OPPOSITE B.N.Z,



IMPORTANT PUBLIC NOTICE. _,_■ i __» mt «a**«j «* - OPENING OP THE NEW OUTFITTING AND TAILORING ES TA BL ISH MEN T, YWCTOWZMM Mmp&Mm, OOi_-2Sr__---l OW GiTJ__-___--T So FOET STS- >—■►♦•—< W. G. ALLEN, Hm the pleasure to announce the opening of the above premises with a New aud Well selected Stock of MEN'S, YOUTHS', & BOYS' READY-MADE CLOTHING, SHIRTS, HATS, COLLAKS, TIES. PORTMANTEAUS. TRAVELLING BAGS, RUGS, _o. ,__»♦«_—< . A splendid assortment of New Zealand Clothing, made from Mosgiel, Oamaru, Kaiapoi and Roslyn Tweed to suit the most fastidious; also, English and Scotch Clothing in great variety. Boys' Knickcr Suits, a specialty, sizes from Q to \Q ; Boys and Youths' Trouser Suits, the best selecton in the Colony. A splendid assortment of Men's Working Shirts, Flannel Unders. Pants, Hats, Macintoshes, Oil Clothing, &.C., at prices that will defy competition. Our Stock of Gent's Mercery is the prettiest in the colony, comprising Gent's Umbrellas, Merino, Cashmere, and Lambs wool-Hosiery ; Fashionable Collars and Ties, White, Regatta, and Crimean Shirts, Josephine and Dent's Coloured, White, and Black Kid Gloves, Driving Gloves, Portmanteaus, Brief Bags, and every requisite for the Travelling Pubiic. TAILOKIN« DJ-rABTftSSNT. I have to announce that this Department is under the Management of an efficient West End Cutter, and Gentlemen can select from the Largest Stock of Tweeds and Coatings in the City. TROUSERS to Measure, from 13s. SUITS to Measure, from 60s. The above Large and Well-assorted Stock is entirely NEW, and has been boughh well in a depressed market from the leading manufacturers and importers on the most favorable terms. All Geoda MMrkod In Plata flearcss. W. G. ALLKNS aim will be always to keep faith with the publio, and business will be conducted an tie meat legitimate asd straightforward prlaoiplof. An lmpeotlon rospeo ttully Invited. w. gT^allen, TAILOR, CLOTHIER, HATTER, AND GLOVER, No. 1, VICTORIA ABC ABB t OOBNBB Or QUBBH AND TORT STRUTS, AND AKGADB. CONSUMPTION CURABLE! "MR G. T. CONGREVE ON CONSUMPTION AND ITS SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT. Sh.wJoß that direful disease to be curable In all It* stages ; with observation! «■ ASTHMA, CHRONIC BRONCHITIS, ETC." ITbom th_ " Chris-has Hirald," March 31, 1886, MR 6. T. CONQBKVK'S TREATMENT OF CONSUMPTION AND OTHBR CHEST DISBASKS " Continues te be made a great blessing to sufferers, far aud wide, in every pari ef the " The world and we ourselves owe him a debt of gratitude. Not long sinoe we placed a young lady under his care, who bas recovered hor heslth, and we need ODly point to tbe cases (Mr Congrove is publishing one ever week), many oi which had been given up aa "There can bo no doubt that for Consumption and other Chest Complaints, Mr Con greve is a specialist of the first order, and stands unrivalled. Certainly there has beon no otherdiecovery in medical science from which tho consumptive patient may gather to much hope aa from his." »_,,«#« » " The one hundred and TnißTr-THRBK oases which are recorded in Mr Uongreve _ book are a most convincing testimony; but what have been long a marvel are the cases of cure which have been published for several years past in the weekly journals (our owa included), one every week." (The reader ia referred to the *' Christian World," " Chris tian Age," "Christian Globe," *c, to.). The author (Mr Congreve, of Coombe Lodge, Peckham, London), has been urgently entreated to make his treatment known in all the British Colonies. The prloe of t_» Book is— BIXPENCE, OR SEVEN PENCE, POST FREE. Pubmiuud by UPTON AND CO., AUCKLAND. And may be ordered through any Bookseller,



GREAT ECLIPSE CASH SALE AT i. G. BROWN & CO.'S WORTH ? 000 WOIITH DRAPERY, MILLINERY, CLOTHING, Etc., TvIXTST BE SOLD. ENORMOUS REDUCTIONS IN ALL DEPARTMENTS. THE MOST GENUINE SALE NOW ON, NO OLD STOCK! ALL NEW GOODS ! BOUGHT UNDER VERY SPECIAL ADVANTAGES. PARENTS, COUNTRY STOREKEEPERS, AND EVERYONE wanting the Best Value ever olTora lin Auckland, now is your opportunity. We are determined to make I his Sale v groat success, and eclipse all others, by marking everything down to almost !_-ivitn_'-away prices. Remember to Shop Eurly in the day, and thus a.oid the afternoon crush. GARRETT'S BUILDINGS, NEWTON, AND THREE LAMPS, PONSONBY. J. Or. BE O Wn" A InT D OO.'S GREAT ECLIPSE CASH SALE.



TJARD TRACTS! JACI St 1 AUSTRALIAN MUTUaTTJ-OVIDENT SOCIETY. ESTABLISHED FOB 38 Y___S. TWO AUCKLAND POIJCIe£IctECTED IN 186S AND 1878. s, — " ' j - " i liotai Bum Aa 1 - I ,„ , . ._,,„,_,. , Amount of Pro- Cnit nf surcd upon Original Total Amount Tol „ , ?onus . rf whlch fu ' t Sum , I>,-', mfuins Additions. premiums Paid. A.suranc-. | Bo m_sea will be . Assured. i iciiiiuuia. [made every year 1 | Nil, and ~ J ..,,., •> c _•-_.-. 10 n ! £153 7 6 I £1M 7 (i £1365 10 0 '3? £1 000 £H2 - b tJiw l« 0 *■■" in exec. 3 o£ pre i niiums paid. ■ ■ ! I Nil, and „,, „ ~ fit is 0 i ft? 810 j £" 8 10 £211 18 0 ■■ £-2UO £J7 3 ' fcH i. v « in exooes of pre ■ | | iniuiiis paid. "- ... ,1,,. Rovr.r_ciiii„-v Bonus for last yen- with tho Annual Premium paid br A conn.ari--a' 'f " V',, .1 . : .',,-o-j!' of Mm: m.-.htiu. iiy 01 tho Australian Mutual Provident Members will be. the: 110=1 1 rir-1, - iic I';™ („"',,,,,,,,.,,;,,, ~,_,.; .lankr.- received a Reversionary Society over evt'l 5 .l"'-' '; ; pvVrnlin- 1 In; annual premiums paid. Bonus cqunl.lo. mid in mi 1; ■' ?™J "j' v r b O Mice, or from any of the Apronts. Full particulars may be had at 1110 oooicij a c." w.. v j_ j IcLEC m Distriot Age.it. J9LA SKIN AND BLOOD ligf , .-JSil, DISEASE : , ! . * 9 * \A ITKO M Scrofula on Neck. PIMPLES TO^CROnJLAI, _n. j> _=>«• iiiTTfTtJEA RESOLVENT, the new Blood Purl- : TxISFrGURINO- liaxIOKH, Hum) Rating Erup- A p e rlei!t,clean.*, thi Blood" l) lionn, Itehin : _r and Hunim. .-.1. .-.■ ;, ~ c ' m)ira tio_ of all Impurities and PoiMnom.. Tortures, and every -penes ol Itch n* bc» ty™'™^ " and chua « move . the CAUSE. Hoc Pimuiy, Inherited, Scrofulous, awl b H:;-»';'= J '" j'™" e ,, e edlly, pcrniancntly, and economlcaUy. cases Of the Bloo.) Skin and ftcalp, w:.h -o.s o. 1 | j Ilair, from infanej 0 old .;,»'« <*"«).}'} £™; Cuticara , the Cheat Skis Cure (•Hedlctad: ! i CUBA IUsm.VENT, .he new il.Kidluiinc.. lulcr ■ £ „ t ' e rnal u«), in.Untlyallay, rtahlng and •.- | iwlly, and (Juticuha ,-ukl CeTicißA duai, ""- j mmilt io-n.cleorsthebkmaudecalpofHumo™, =;. great Skin Cures and Bcautil.ers, eit.mally. l»»^ n ™'' c [ , £ a '^dr_J., dcß troy»DcadSkinandFledl, , ■ ! \. : ; r~__ , Kl , !n i, c „u 'ulcers. Sore., and Discharging Wonndi, tt- A B o..l_ln_, It«»>! n S.' r °™l *? Tr 7, l>«.rti_!" 'tore. Ihe Sir, in. beautifle. the Bkto. Se'h .1,!". ™ .tX'lfndr._ ,'antf' »?}s*£& "cutienra Soap, an exqulrite Skin BeantlSe. ' . tJon.pcc.liai-tolio'.'ii. -.v-i, n.-t )' ■■•-. ", I»y » »j -„ t Requ | si te, prepared from Cotiodiu,: warm hath with CuTlcuitA fc'.AV aula single ap_ and i™« ,1 ,_, siting Skin Disoase., Bahy plication of CoTicuiiA, the una: skiu Cure, lnis : » in .i-i - B i cm | B he., Prickly Heat, Rashe., repeated daily, with three doses of Cuticuba lU, «»«o»> "nd R-a_b, Chapped, o/Grea.y Skin.. Solvent will speedily cure Itching Diseases of cuuburn, an-i.ungn. i< li 1_ the Skin and Scalp, when all other means tail. | Cnlicura Kem eilicß are tho only real Bleed i 7, ct !« i.i.ifi..rs and Skin Bcautiiiers free from mercury,. A Magnificent Popular Work on the-Skin, ~«, or any other mineral or vegS whhEniraved Plates, is wrapped about the toso .-,ar.u»i«. '»J ' "^{ BOcn r. Guaranteed absolutely TONif Also, one hundred Tc'tlmonisl., poison w^ lyllca i chemisU of the Btate't}; ?f i^en»e^^_.anT g ..^s^ nme BerfW^ywholSale drug K i»t I^.Tdclaiuc; Queensland, Elliott Bro.. fc 0* i gamed In the oiositc column, for "How to Cure Brisbane; New Zealand, N. Z. Drag Co., Aucb' ■ BkS and Blood'diseases," land and Dunedin. a „_, PKEPABED BT THE ! B. Potter X»ru S& CUe m lc_ l Co..Bo.ton,U.g.A, T. & S. MOEEIN & CO., \ LIMITED, '■' _. S-li Ironmongers, Iron Merchants, & Ship Chandlers. % T. & S. MORRIN & Co., Limited, would direct attention to their ' n Season's Stock of .- J GUNS AND AMMUNITION" ;j Now landed, all of which have been carefully selected from leading 188 7. SHOOTING SEASON, 1887 G UN S. A M M UNITIO* GUN S. Patent Action D.B. B.L. Hammerless Guns, modified and full choke-bore, Single and Double Barrel B.L. Guns. Single and Doubie Barrel Muzzle Loading Guns. AMMUNITION. AMMUNITION. Kiev's Celebrated Ammunition, B.L. Cartridges, Cartridge Cases, "Wire, Cartridges, Caps, Gun Wadding, etc.; Curtis and Harvey's ~ 'V Sporting Powders, etc. CHILLED SHOT. CHILLED SHOT. Cartridge Loading Implements, Cleaning Rods, Re-cappers, Extractors, fripple Keys, Turn Screws, Game Bags, Gun Cases, etc., etc. fj REVOLVERS. REVOLVERS. REVOLVER AMMUNITION, SPRING GUNS, AND PISTOLS, etc., Era " = =' ' ' : ." | "AQUOL" OR WASHABLE WATER PAINT FOR OUTSIDE AND INSIDE WORK. - ; - NO EXPENSIVE OIL OR TURPENTINE REQUISITE. ; Is reduced to its working consistency by cold water. Is no longer soluble when once dry. Is perfectly fast and washable when reduced either with water or oil. Is a great disinfectant, rendering vermin impossible. Is possessed of enormous "body " or "covering power." Is used equally well on Wood. Stone, Plaster, Iron, etc. If wanted to dry flat it is thinned with water. ii'vff ■'.'■:.'» If wanted with a gloss is thinned with oil. . ..- |i; Colours in Stock :—White and Stoke Colour. , ', i T. & S. MORRIN & 00., LIMITED, QUEEN STREET. TANGYES, LIMITED, 119, BATHURST-ST., SYDNEY, KEEP THE LARGEST STOCK IN AUSTRALIA OF ALL KINDS ENGINES, BOILERS, PUMPS," LIFTING MACHINERY, And respectfully request intending Buyers to forward particular of their requirements before ordering. TANGYES, LIMITED, 119, B&TBIMT.ST-, SYDNEY. I