A Heart's Bitterness

By BERTHA M. CLAY,

Author of "For Another's Sin," "A Fai

Mystery," fee,

CHAPTER LX.

" YOU SKA* YOUR SORROWS LIKE AN ANGEL !" Tiik closing of the door loft Violet in utter darknoss. She had by her swift motion takon her lifo in her hands, nnd could hardly realiso that she was safe and Holen was a prisoner in the atrong closet. Either her motion to the easily moving door had bean too quick and vigorous, or Helen had not been able to resolve to fire upon her. Sho had mado her a prisoner ; what should ehedo with her? Leigh waa in London. Instinctively Violot desired toavoid publicity. Shestood cold and trembling for a fow minutes, and than, regaining self control, went up to the eervanta' gallery, and tapped at Adam Moreland's door. The old man was wakeful, and he was in hia dressing-gown and beside her in the hall in an instant.

" Daar lady, what is it?" " Adam, did you over see a woman named Helen Hooo ?" " Yes, I know of her, my lady. " She is Lord Leigh's enemy, ia Bhe not ?" " I foar sho has much cause Sho is. a dangerous woman. ' " Adam, sho has beon hero in disguiae, as as Mrs Dawson." " Oh, my lady ! has she poisoned the child ?" , , , . _ " Hu«h, Adam ! your littlo lord ts safe ; bo am I." Than she briefly told the story of her midnight fright, and of her prisoner. _ "My lady, be sure she was looking among my late lord's papers for something to injure Lord Leigh I make ro doubt she has, for revenge, gone over to Colonel Hartmgton's party, to try and harm my lord and hia son. She has come for that. She had keys ?" " I saw a small bunch of bright, new koys by her." "Well, my lady, we must cot her out, and search her for papers. She must get none away. Then what ?" " I can tell better after that. Come with mo. Adam." Violet roturnod to the library, and called, through the closed door : "Helen! I am horo, with Adam More land, nnd you are my prisoner." "Understand," said Helen, in a clear voice, "if you open that door, to givo me up for a felony, I shall put thia bullet through my heart when you touch the handle of the door." "Adam," said Violet, "I cannot have thiß woman's death on my handß. Remem ber she has beon wronged." " Will you promise not to harm yourself, if we agree to let you go, Helen ?" she asked, through tho door. " Yea." " You will put, that weapon in the drawer, and shut tie drawer before we open this door—on yomf'oath ?" " Yea, on my oath." " But you must be searched for papers, Helen, and, take your oath, that you have no papers, and no copies." Helen was silent. " Consider, if you refuse, I am compolled to sond for the officere, and give you choice between arrest for a felony, or death _by your own hand, if you insist on preferring "I promise," said Holen. " There are no papers that 1 care for. I did not find what I wanted." " Can I trust you to keep your word ? naked Violet. " Yes. Tf I don'f Adam is there, and he is strong." __' j ii "Now,"then, I open the door." Violot opened the door, and sho and Helen atood facing each other. ■• Victory is your.', Lady Leigh," said Helen, scornfully. " He'en, I havo never been unkind to you ; why are you my enemy ?" said Violet, earnestly. " You are his wife. ! Violet sighed, she would not say, " Yes, to my sorrow." " Your husband has deceived, wronged, mocked, scorned me," Baid H«lon, hotly, "and you know the words, 'Holl hasno fury liko a woman scorned." Violet could not prevent the risiog of a hoavenly pity in her innocont heart as she looked at the pale, contorted, and passionate face before hor, sho herself knew so woll tbe pain of wounded love " Helen," sho 3aid, gently, "to be wronged and scorned need not make one "It mako3 me wicked. What have I left in tho world?" ■ True, Helen had no sweet littla one to be her comfort. " Holen, I know you have been wronged ; from mv soul I pity you. But now jou know none of us can right this wrong. It i_ too late. I pray you, Helen, lay aside paaaion and revenge, and forgive my hus *" Never! till 1 dio—till we both die!" cried Helen. . . "I romombor," said Violet, urging her gentle plea, " that you said you hated me, would bring woe on me, my hueband, nnd my child. For that end I know you have come here. Did you deceive my aunt, Helon ? She did not know ?" "No," said Helen, with a hard laygb, " I merely recommended to her a nurse of my acquaintance." _..,., ~ ''You deceived me. I did not know you.

Again the hard laugh. " A man in Paris whose trade it is to aid rogues, made me up in this way, for the sum ot _U pounds. But I so hated the spoiling of my beauty that I took liberty ut night to be myself." " Did you come here just to seekpapers tli nt you hoped would harm Lord L.eigh ?" " 1 can hardly tell what I wanted,' burst forth Helen. '.' Yes, I wanted to search for papers, when I picked up from servants gossip" where things were kept. But I wanted to be near him to watch him-to hear his voice. Ob, strange infatuation for him that I scorn myself for, and cannot conquer ! I thought, perhaps I might iind evidence to put him in my power, and perhaps then I might be tempted by Satan to kill you or the child. Who knows? Such things happen and human beings havo become demons. Oh, where did I _et this cruel, fierce, hideous, volcano heart' • And you and Edna are no differ ent : liko angels in comparsion with Ul_ho flung herself on the floor, and wept and sobbed, bringing tears, to the eyes of the countess and Adam. What a pitiful, perverted, stormy soul this was? Violet knelt by her, and touched her hand. •• Helen, do let me help and save you. If yoa tell me truly that you have taken no papers -belonging to Lord Leigh, all this shall bo as if it had not been. You shall leave here at once. Adam shall get out a carriage, and take you to the station to catch tbo four o'clock morning train. He will go with you to London, and buy you a ticket to Boulogne. I will give you a hundred pounds, so you will not want until you find employment. Oh, do go away, and try and be better! Do not hate me and my little child, - nor injure Leigh. "Why pray for Leigh? He does not o, "].y ._now ho does not," said Violet, meekly, " but he is my husband, and my child'B father." , , "And why should I go, and leave you to enjoy everything?" cried Helen, tie"°l l _ujoy ? Oh, Helon, I, too, suffer ! My heart is broken 1 but I am trying to be better spirit moved, for the moment, tho wild, turbulent nature of this woman. She checked her moaning sobs, eat up, kissed Violet's hand. " Yes I will go. You have your sorrow, and you bear it like an angel, and 1 bear mine like a fiend. Adam, take me aWAdam took the lamp, and the three went up to the room which had been occupied by Helen, under the name of Mrs Daw -80 "Is it safe for mo to leave my iady with you whileil get a chase?" said Adam. " "Yes now it is safe. The demon has for the hour gonb out of me. I don't know as I ever would have come to the point of hurt ing her ot her child personally." For Violet, she seemed to have no fear of Helen. She waited while she packed her one moderate trunk, ahd went down to the rear door with them, when Adam carried the box down on his shoulder, and drove away with Helen. . He took her to London, and saw hei start in tho Boulogne boat. Then he went to seek bin lord. He must go home to know what bad happened, and to look over his papers. __? 7 .' . , 7 Id was In thsJibrary, in Adam's presence, that Violet told* Ber husband, simply and

earnestly, the hiatory of that night. Adam's ayes filled with tears as he re membered where he had found her husband, when he looked for him—at the gaming table. ,~, ~_ „ ~ "I do not know as I did right," said Violot, " but I could not give the poor creature in charge, and I thought, you would not like a public scmdal." " You did quite right," Baid Leigh. " For the time she has gone ; but, Violet. I know that woman will bring on us, on our boy, some fatal trouble." " And if it must bo so, Norman, ' said Violot, gently, " how better can we meet trouble than by trying to do our beat, and help each other ?'' Leigh was overcome. Ho sank on hiß knees, and clasped and kissed her hands. " Oh. Violet, good, kind, little Violet, I am unworthy of you ! I, in my sins, am always desroying our home. While you, brave and gentle, are trying to defend it."

(To be Continued )

China's Rank Among Nations.

Sudden Rise of tho Oriental Country to a Place Among tho Powers.

The sudden riße of China to a place among I the " world Powora " ia by far the greatest change which this generation has witnessed ! in Asiatic politics. It ia scarcely yet Bix ' years since the great empire stood as much outside the politics of the world, and cape- ' cially the politics of Europe, as if she had ' belonged to a separate and distinct planet. A few observers, it ia true, who had noticed recent events—the expiration of tho Pan thays, tho erasure of the Kingdom of Kash gar, and the determined attitude assumed by Peking whon demanding the retrocession of Kuldja by the Russians-had begun to doubt whother the vitality of China had been underrated, butthestateamenef Europe paid hor very little fattention. Tho deß patch of an Ambassador to Europo waa con siderod rather an absurdity ; it was neces sary to protect his suite from insult in Lon don by somo rather sharp sentences; and tho French Government, when it began its experiments in Indo-Chinn, openly pro nounced tho Chinese Empire to be une quan tite nerfliyeable. We ouraelves delayed carrying out the treaty of Tiensin with a certain indifferent indolence, and in Central Europe China waß considered an interest ing geographical expression. Within Bix years thia indifference haa completely dis appeared, and China is now recognised by all diplomatea, as a State of the first impor tance, which can exerciso a direct and serious intluenca on almost every great Power. Sho stands, in fact, in direct contrac1; with the majority of them. It is not too much to say that tho statesmen of Peking could overthrow any French Ministry by merely increasing their pressure on Tonquin and encouraging tho Anamese to attempt an insurrection ; that is to say,- thoy could compel the French Government to ask for men and money with which to defend their Indo-Chinese possessions on a scale which the peasantry would aseuredly not bear, and which, even if voted, would alienate the Chamber, Tho Chinese are quite aware of this fact, aro even now striking blows nt France, which exasperates the Foreign Office in Paris to the last degree. Peking has decreed that the old arrangement, con firmed by a treaty in 1859, by which France ia the recognised protector of Catholic Chinese converts, shall be abrogated, and, though M. de Freycinet rages and threatens both China and tho papacy, the change under which tho Pope will plant a nuncio in Peking has already been arranged, and France will have no remedy except in im practicable war. The Chinese could in Burmah make everything difficult for the British Government, which, again, has every reason to deserve their friendship, not only because the opium revenue depends upon it. but because in any grand struggle with Russia the alliance with China might enable us to effect a serious diversion, perhaps to embarrass the Government of St. Petersburg more than by any direct attack in the Black Sea. The Indian Government, acting in unison with that of China, would control nearly half tha human race, and could ex ert a force in Asia with which even the masses of soldiery at the disposal of tho Czar would be unable to con tend. To Russia, indeed, China is one of the most formidable of States, because by |an invasion of Manchooria or of the terri tory west of Kuldja, the Chinese Emperor can, at discretion, compel St Petersburg either to submit to a defeat, which would ]be followed by insurrections throughout Asiatic Russia, or to forward an army over three thousand miles of an inhospitable country at an expense which would ba ruin ous to any treasury in the world. One can hardly imagine a worse position than that of a Russian Emperor with a European war on hand, yet compelled to : defend his ascendoncy in Tartary against a general like Tso. In Paris, London and St. Petersburg, therefore, the Marquis Tseng is one of the most honoured and influential of diplomats, and even in Berlin he is received with marked respect; for Prince Bismarck never forgets that Slav and German may some day be compelled to try issu9 of war, and he has ideaß about shipe, colonies and com merce which Peking can materially aid or thwart. Indeed, the inflnence of China stretches even beyond Asia and Europo, for Washington is anxious about Chinese trade; haa most delicate questions to settle about Chinese immigrants, and only last week voted a considerable indemnity to Peking, in consideration of outrages suffered by Chinamen at the bands of roughs upon the Pacific Slope. No other Asiatic State en joys anything approaching to the Bame . influence, or is in the least likely to be_ re ' cognised or thought of as one of tbe efficient great Powers of the world.—".' ondon Spectator."

The Larrikin.

Sir,—The honourable the Colonial Secre tary and the Right Worshipful the Mayor of thi3 city, having been pleased, at my solicitation, to place at my disposal the in formation of tho police department and of tbe municipal office, respectively, for the purpose of assisting my " inquiries into the conditiou of a certain class of idle and dissolute persons," I have entered upon this task in a firm reliance upon tho hearty co operation and support of all right-minded, people in the community, and with a fixed resolution to gather facts before attempt ing suggestions. I have laid dowo certain heads of inquiry, which I subjoin, and I shall bo thankful for any information of factß and suggestion for extended inquiry, which your readers may be able to supply and offer ; but I must ask that all com munications bo addressed, under real name, to myself, at this place. Ido not confine myself to present heads of inquiry, my earnest desire being to make an exhaustive dealing with a subject which comprises a more foul blot upon our name than all the yoars of penal settlement have cast upon it. —Yours, a.O. 9 Burton Bradwit. Margaret-etreot, Sydney, Januaryl3,lSß7.

Heads of Inquiry.

I. What are the numbers of tho larrikin class in each of the different parts of tho city and suburbs ? 2 Do the descendants of the generation* of British crime find very large representa tion among thorn ? And in what prOpOr tiOn ? i- l.'L- 1 3. In how large a proportion are this class the products of high wages, short hours, and (or) want of occupation ? _. In what proportion or per centage of population do the different nationalities find representation in this class—e.g., Eng lish, Irish, Scotch, foreign (not Chinese), Chinese ? .-._-_. 5. What description of education have the young people had ? (3, Crimes of violence, how generally divisible between the nationalities ? 7. In what respects have the conditions of the nationalities differed in this colony ? 8. In. what proportion do crimes of violence stand to the populations of Sydney, San Francisco, New York, London, and Liverpool? , 9.. What proportion do crimes punished bear to crimes known to have been com mitted ? (In connection with this question each actcr to be deemed as representative of a crime). 10. Are thero any, and what, special cir cumstances conducive to sexual offences in this colony ? 11. Will reformatory schools effect any reformation in this respect ? 12' Will removal to new fields of employ ment have reformatory influence ? 13. In what degree does the stato of home life of this class lead to the condition ? 14. How far the factory life prepares both sexes for licence in this repect ? 15. How far the providing of healthful amusements might operate in the wag of prevention (eg , the club lately formed at the Glebe) ? 16. Does the larger measure of outdoor life in this climate lead to the condition of larrikinism. - • 17. In what degree and in what respects are the governing classes responsible ?

THE ELIXIR OF LIFE.

I am an old man, and my name is Martenß. The following story ia the recital of one of the most dreadful experiences that I have ever encountered. The tale is, indeed, a horrible one, but I make no apology. The facts as they are narrated happened to me on the eve of my wedding-morn, and it is, parhaps, owing to the day of perfect happi ness succeeding a night of horror that I waa then so easily able to banish the circum stances from my memory, and am now able to regard it in its true light aa a horrible dream.

Some years previous to the occurrence here related I had undergone an opnration by which I lost a large quantity of blood, and it was found necessary, for the preser vation of my life, that a transfusion of blood should tane place. A young German student, Anton Schroder by name, imme diately offered himself as a volunteor for tho noble sacrifice. He was accepted. The operation was successfully completed, and I rapidly recovered. I waa, naturally, grateful to the man who had by his volun tary and heroic action Bayed my lifo, but found, however, no means of proving my gratitude, as on leaving the hospital I learned that Anton Schroder had disap peared. What had become of him I never could discover. And now to return. On tho night pre ceding my wedding-day I was still at my office, in ono of the business quarters of London, and here I was engaged until a late hour, setting things in order prepara tory to a prolonged holiday. At la*t I was finished, and, thoroughly tired out, sat down by tho fire in my private room, lighted my pipe, and fell into a confuaed reverie. To morrow the woman whom I thought tho pureßt, most beautiful, and beat was to be my very own. To-morrow I would begin a now life, A new life ! How strong ia tho power of association. A now lifo! Instantly I was carried away in thought to that night whon, lying weak and exhausted upon a hospital bed, I awaited death. Then camo Schroder, putting hapo into my heart and now life into my veins. Dear, noble, lost friend ! How would my love—she for whom you savod me from death—welcome you : That night, when on the grave's brink, you outstretched your hand, and brought mo back to life. I stand to-night at tho gate of a new life, and — and you may find death. I started as though I had been struck. Thia conclusion to my reverie came so abruptly, and yot so forcibly, it seemed as if a voico had spoken it. and not I who had thought it. It waa useless to upbraid myself, and with evil forebodings 1 rose to depart, when, suddenly, I hoard tho outer door open and a stealthy step across the oiiica floor. I sprang to tho door and stepped out. Tbtro was no one there, but a letter was lying on the counter. It was addressed to me. I oponod and read it. It ran thus : —

" Dear Martens.—l am dying; may possibly he dead ere tnis rea ohes you. Com.. u_ ,___.._» __NTOX SCIIRODBR." My heart sank Ho its lowest obb. I had no idea of refusing the call. Apart altogether from the fact that I owed a debt of gratitude, for life preserved, to this man, which in itsolf was an impulse low would repel, thero was withiD me an indescribable feeling of compulsion. I could not, even if 1 would, have disobeyed the summons. The address was somewhere on the out skirts of tho city, and locking up my place, lat once set out. It was a dreary night in Movembe:-, cold, wet, and heartless. I seemed to find my way instinctively, for I paid no attention to the direction of my steps, so busied was I with my unhappy thoughts. I had loft tho city some lime ere I recalled my wandering faculties. I was nearing a large house, surrounded by a high wall. Thia was my destination. The en trance gate, a huge iron framework, creaked harshly as I pushed it open, and I entered the grounds. The atmospheie breathed a sickening odour of decaying vegetation. Of tho house itself, iv the darkness, I could see nothing, save iho black object in frjnn. Thero was not a light in tho building. Oh, how deserted and desolate I felt. Groping my way to the door, I pulled tho rusty bell. Tbe heavy clang which followed Bounded like a knell in my oars. It seemed a long timo beforo a tottering footstep crossed the hall floor in answer to my summons. The door opened, and the feeble light of an oil lamp fell upon 1110. A tall gaunt figure confronted mo. It was that of a man, evidently aged, clad in a long, loose garment that hung in dingy folds from his shoulders to his feot. His beard and hair woro long, unkempt, and grey, and his features wore omacintcd and death-like. " My name is Martone," I said. "Ah! welcome, welcome, my friond, my brother. Enter. "Anton Schrodor ." I said.

" I am he,'' answered tho ligure. I was amazed. Schroder conld not bo many years my senior, yet bo looked an in firm and aged boing. I entered, and tho door shut with an ominous boom, which rang through tho silent houso with a " sounding thrill of dread." Schroder conducted mo up a broad stair way, which he ascended with great difli culty, •rod into a room dimly lit. The place was crowded with scientific instru ments of all descriptions ; book« and papers were scattered all about. Tho German motioned me to a scat, and with ovidont pain laid himself upon a couch by my s'de. ~ _ , "My brother, said Schroder. "Brother?" "Yes," he answered, and his eyes glis tened as tbey fixed their glare upon me. " Yes, brother. Ours is a tie of blood. " You sent for mo. Can Ido anything for you ?'' I asked. " Yes, much," said Schroder. I am dying. Nothing in th« world can save me. What may afterwards be accomplished can only be done by your aid and science. Science, beloved science." The speaker's wan face lighted up as he spoke those words, and a smile played upon the thin lips. I listened in horror, and kept silence. Schroder raisod himself._ "My time is short," he said. " Listen. The malady from which I suffer is purely a mental one. For years it has been under mining my constitution, and to-night it shall effect my death." " But," I said, " why havo you let it go so far? Can nothing yet bo done? Why not get a doctor ?" "Doctors, doctors!" snoered tho Gor man. "Lean fools, stuffed with unoless knowledge and technical terms Wfeat do they understand of a soul's disease. No, no. My theory is this. My trouble, as I said, is mental only. Its consummation ia in my death. There its power onds. I shall die tonight." "If you die to-night how can I bo of any service to you V" I asked. Schroder replied : •' You can be of no service to me until I am doad."

I shuddered with terror. "In your veins," he continued, "runs my blood -you are in fact a part of myself. I once saved your life— promise me you will comply with my instructions." "I promise to do all you ask," I gasped. Schroder soemed satisfied. "This phial," he said, pointing to a small green bottle on the table, "contains a liquid, the composition of which is known to me alone. I call it the Elixir of Life. Now my desire is that when I am dead you im mediately drink off this potion, and then convey my body to yonder part of the reom. There you will find a large bat'ery. Put my body on the chair in front of it, and place in my left hand the negative wire; take the positive in your right. Then, with your left hand, raise the lever, and instantly clasp my unoccupiod hand in yours. Await results. The bat tery is so arranged that only a fixed supply of electricity can be given. Then the lever falls, and the current ceases. What the result may be I cannot tell, but remember that you hold the positive and I the nega tive wire. Otherwise, not only shall the ex periment fail, but the result may prove dis astrous to you. Remember. Now, good night! Take this lamp. You will find a door opposite this in the hall. That is youi room. Take the phial with you. Good night; it may be farewell." I lifted the lamp and phial, and left the room. I sat down on a couch in the apart ment, set aside for my disposal. Sleep was impossible. How I paesed the time 1 know not, My mind was a vacancy. I felt nothing, realised nothing, but the misery of my situation. Suddenly I heard the dying man's voice: "Martens! Martens! mv brother." I sprang up, and hastened into his room. Just as I reached his side, he sank on his pillow, his features twisted into a eet and horrible grin of pain, and the ghastly death-rattle gurgled in his throat, I opened the phial and drank off the con tents. Great Heavenß! It was a liquid lire. For a moment I gasped for breath, then, lifting the corpse, 1 carried it to the bat tery, and placed it as I had beon directed. Fixing his left hand on the negative wire, I took the positive in my right. Then, raieing the lever, £ caught his right hand

in my loft. The current; flowed into my nerves. My blood shot through my voins li_o a (lame. I eoornorl to (.row into tho staturo of a giant, and 1 t'olt tlio powor of a Hercules. I iookod at Schrodor. Tho corpao raised itself from tho chair and Btood by mv side. The lever fell, and tho current stopped, Thoro waa no furtbor movement in tho ccrp=o. I bont forward to look in ita face, and it followed my example, and bont forward. 1 drew back in alarm. Tho corpso also drew back. What could it mean V ~ , - .Tust this. Phyaiologici'.lly tlio experi ment bad proved successful, ominently Buccoasful. Psychologically, it was a failure Tho combined forces of a thousand battorics could not influence the soul. That had fled for evor. " But more than this. By somo poculiar sympathy in our bloods, our nerves—or it may havo beon tho effect of tho potent elixir, 1 cannot say—tho curpso of Schroder and I were united.

As I drew back in alarm, tho full force of thia broke upon mo, and, in a sheer agony of terror, I fled to the ond of tlio room, but tho fearful thing followed 1110, and was there »s soon aa I. I raised my hands to my faca to shut out tho sight, but even then I folt it copied my motion, and with a siekoning groan I i-anlc, fainting, to tlio floor. How long I lay I cannot tell, but whon I regained consciousness tho light of day shono feebly through |t,ho begrimed windows. I turned my facto towards tho placo wltorc I had last .icon tlio corpse It waa gono. Oh ! how thankful I waa. Whoro it could bo, I novor know nor carod.

But I must got away from t.liii hiiuso of honor. I raised mysolf to a .'lifting posturo. "Oh, God!'' Bomotliing st'.rrod nt my sido. Tho body of Schrodor, following my ovory movement, had fallen bo sido 1110 when I sweonod. In the dusky glcom of tho chamber I had not soon it, and now, as I rnisod myself, closo by my nido, still copy ing my ovory action, sat up the corpso. I sprang to my feot and, with a yell, rushed from tho room. But tlio heavy, shaking footsteps, and tho ghastly croak ing of tho dead man's bones, told ma I was pursuod. On tho landing 1 stopper!, turned, und laced tho eo.'pso. Tlion, with a sudden cnorgy, I rased tho body in my arms and flung it over t.ho stair rail. Down, down it wont but horror upon horror, it did not reach the bottom, but. back it camo with a floating, upward motion, and stood again besido mo. Suddenly the dead man's warning recurred to me—" Remombor that you hold tho positive, nnd I tha nogativo wiro : otherwise not. only shall tho experi ment fail, but the result may prove disaa troua to you." Disastrous ! I would faco (loath rather than endurothis terrible experience longer. Slowly 1 ro-cntorod tho chamber. Tho corpso followed. Again wo stood nt tlio bnttory, but tho positions worerevorsed. I bold tho nogativo, Schroder tho positive Following my former instruction?, I raised tho lovor, caught tho clammy hand of tho corpso in mine, and awaited results. May I novel- havo a liko cxperienco again. It waa tha chill of doath that flowed into my veins. Through the icy, freezing lingers of tho doad tho current swept, into mine, cold, cheerier, blighting. How can 1 do scribo it" Who cnuld understand? I felt, as it wcro, tho personality oi the grave. I shook hands with death. Then tho end came. The stiffening btily of Schrodor rolaxed its hold on tho wiie and sank to tho ground, and, just, at that samo moment from my nerveless fingers dropped my tobacco-pipe, and I awoke from tho moat terrible dream 1 ovor dreamt.— " Peoplo'a Friond."

Christmas Congratulations to the Pope.

An Important Speech.

Ox Thuradny, beforo Christmas, tlio Pope reccivod in tho morning, in private audi enco, all tho members of his household, who proscntcd him with thoir Christmas wishoe. At noon tho name day hi.s Holiness gave audionco in tho tlnono room of tho Vatican to all tho Cardinals proscnt in Rome. Cardinal Sacconi, Doan of the Sacrod College, prosonted n suitable .id droas in tho nuuio of hia omincnt colleagues with all tho auguries for tho solemn and happy Christmas season. The Holy Father responded with an Important spooch, from which tho following pa-sages aro extracted :-"The part which Iho Sacred College, through tho mouth of thoir doan, tako iv our trials, and tho auguries cf better times offered to m on the glad 10 curronco of tho Christmas holy day-., wo ac cept with feelings of extreme gratification ; and wo return tlio most fervour wishes for ovory most desirable prccpority for nil tho members of tho Sacred College May tho joy ditfus.d from tho Divine Redeemer's cradle petiotrato all hearts and Btrongthon thorn amid tho anguish and approhonsion of thoprosontdisturbedtimesandlill thorn with tho couragoofheavonlyconsolation, whoroof, to say thetruth, woalsofeolacutoly thoneed It is not, aa wo have had already occasion tc say, that we aro alllictod and ombittered at tho daily insults and affronts against our person. When the-o aro borno for tho Church and for justice, thoy havo in them selves potent reasons for supernatural com fort. That which vexos ua in tho most lively manner ia tho even moro cruo! war waged againet tho Catholic Church and against tho divine institution of the Papacy. We deplore bittorly, as is jußt, all that to thoir injury ia committed .in othor, oven Catholic, nations ; and wo do not coaso to do what the Apostolic duty imposes upon ua for defending and watching ovor overywhoro the sacred rights of God and the Church. But moat deeply touches and pains us what is happening in Italy and in Rome against Catholicism and tho privileged seat of Christ's Vicar, whoro inimical strokes aro so much the moro serious, as thoy strike more directly tho supremo puwor, to which ia closely bound tho good, tho lifo, and the social action of tho Church of tho AVorld. Now, our catisos of complaint havo for somo timo increased boyond mousuro. Under all kinds of pretexts are apparont still heavier measures against tho Church. Hor most beneficent institutions, her doctrines, ministors, rights—nothing is spared. Frosh laws are threatened, which while they striko at tho little property loft to tho Church, aim at favouring lay interfer ence in ecclesiastical matters, with all tho disastrous cousequouces thoi'ofrom pro cooding. All arms aro whetted against Christian education ; not only aro Catholic principles to bo eliminated from it, thore are even those who openly clamour for anti Catholic instruction. Effects of increasing hostility also aro tho odious moasuros ro cently takon against tho poor and harmloaa nuns, worthy of all compassion, who arc deprived of the companionship and help of parsons dear to them, who had freely oloctod to dwell with thorn in thoir modost retreats. But tho furious attacks of all, and tho most implacablo hatrod of inimical sects, aro directed against the supremo Pontificate foundation stone of tho Church. It is enough to fay that they dare publicly to denounce it as tho enemy of Italy in all agos, with tho application of low and mocking epithets the tongue refuses to repeat. What wojdor, then, if tho Pontifical dignity is insulted in various Italian cities ? The worst sign of the tiraos is, that those displays of hate and fury have taken place without any attempt bein:, made to hinder thorn. What safety then, what kind of liberty is left ub in the exercise of the Apostolic ministry ? Thoy say, it ia truo, and repoat continually, that, under the present condition wo aro not hindered in tho government of tho Church. What, of that ? Tho Popes govornod tho Church in tho first centuries, in tho midst of persecution. Thoy governed hor us thoy bcot could, oven in prison and in exile But this proves her divine puwor, not tho freedom enjoyed in those times by tho Pontiffs. But. then, if not wholly hindered, io not this govcruinont rendered always more difficult to us ? Does not the increasing ond making moro difficult the obatacloa of ita oxerciso depend upon tho will of those in powor ? Hence it ia evidently impossible wo can suit ourselves to tho present condition of things. Wofeel itourduty to ronowour most formal protestations against both former and present attacks, and to assort tho rights of tho Church and tho Apostolic Sea to our independent guardianship. Our trust is in God, to whom aro subject all human events. May ho banignantly listen to our human prayers and those of Catholic ism in theae days of grace and mercy ; and deign to satisfy our ardent petitions " The Pope concluded with tbe Apostolic Benediction upon all the cardinals, arch bishops, -bishops, and othara thsro pre ssnt.

PREHISTORIC REMAINS.

Interesting Discoveries In a Cavo In Belgium.

Human remains which apparently be long to tho ago of tho mammoth and rhi noceros lmvo been discovered in a Bel gian cave The discovery han beon made by MM. Marcel do I'uydt and Sohest in tho grotto of Bischo-aux-Rochoe, near Spy, in the province of Namur. The floor of tbe cavo consists of a layer of brown clay, which contained a skull of comparatively rocont ago. Under thia was a bono bed of calcaieoua tufa containing remaina of tho olophant and a species of door, and flint weapons, showing traces of uso. Under this bed waa a socond layer of ossiferous earth, containing remains of rhinocori and door, and rich in flints, bone imple ments, ivory plates of tho mammoth tusk carved with rude figures, and fragments 0: pottory, including tho bottom of a vase of regular form and bakod. Bonoath this bed waa another layer of brown clay with numoroua bony fragments. Here, at from fivo to aix motroa from tho ontranco to tho cava, two human skeletons were found in a natural position, and probably entombed thoro. Along with tho skeletons woro found othor objects, such as havo beon mentioned abovo. Undor this bet? was tho barren carbonaceous limoatono rock. Tho skulls nro of the typo of tho Nonndortli.il cranium, tho bones boing very thick (nine milimotres) : ono, that of a woman, ia dolichocephalous. Tho frontal sinus is very marked, and tho brow low. In short, the characteristics of the skulls approach, for tho meat part, thoso of inferior races, and tlio othor bonos found ecom to indi cate a race of short mon. Tho concluaion drawn from tho diecovory by M. Nadaillac is that tho Nenndor, that, raco of mon which M. Quaterfagoa has shown to bo pereiatont through tho ages, ovon to HlO presont. day, without boing incompatible with ,-i very marked intellectual dovolop moiit, onco lived on tho banks of tho Mouse in most romoto times, working tho flint, utilising tho bones of animals and tho tusks of the mammoth, making and iirinir vases of clay, billing their dead, and, in lino, poa ncs^ing tho rudiments cf civilisation.

CHILDREN IN THE MINES.

How Boys anil Girls arc Mado to Work.

Tin-, minors' boys and girls havo no child hood. Hundreds of children from 7to 13

yoars of ago nro at work in tho hard coal mines slato picking, and nt tlio soft, coa mines coko trimming and mulo driving. Hard, drudging toil is tho lot of theso littlo ones, all day long, in tho dust and grimo of tho picking shod, winter and summer. What wonder that tho majority of graves in tho miners' comotory aro short ones ? A stuntod, defrauded childhood, a sickfy and infirm youth, and a manhood old nnd de cri'pid boforo its timo ; this ia not an un common oxporionco among theso coal workers. It is truo thore is n law forbid din; tbo employment of young children in tho collierios on the statute book, but the ovidonco is convincing that it is very rarely enforced. Tho poverty of tlio parontß and the indill'ciciico of tho employers Btanil in tho ,vay. As lato aa IS.SS thoro waa 110 compulsory school in law in Pennsylvania, and if thoro bo now, it is, liko tho law roforroi to abovo, almost novor enforced in tho coal regions. When work is slack tho minor sends Ilia boys to .school, whoro they get nil tho education thoy ovor havo. At other times, thoy, as woll an thoir fathor, must work.

A Clerk's Agonies.

Unpleasant Visions ol a Serious Blunder.

"I hah n strange oxporionco tho other night," paid tho clerk in 11 Randolph-street

drug store yesterday. "I was sitting bosido tho etovo in a sort of d^vo whon tho night bill jingled violently. The moment 1 opened tho door a boy not yot in his teens stumbled into tho store with a prescription in his hand. It hud beon written by a prominent physician living on Washington boulovntd More aeleop than awake, I set about preparing the medicine, a task which consumod fully half nn hour,, Aftor tho boy had departed 1 returned to my soat and was just faliini' into 11 deep slumber whon tho thought that I had ma-Jo a mistnko in tho preparation of tho medicine (lathed through my mind. I leaped to my foot aa scared a man as over lived. Seizing tho prescription I read it ovor and ovor again, each time being m ro convincod that I had made a mest egregious and perhaps fatal error. No nemito had beon proscribed, yot my thoughts and tho moist plug in tho bittle containing tho drug told mo that the poison was in tho nicdiciiio. 1 darted out of tho store in search of tho boy, whoso name 1 did not know, but ho was nowlioro to bo soon. Returning to tho store. 1 1 pivcod tho floor liko a madman. Un pleasant vi.ions flashed beforo my cyos, and I was about to drop upon tho loungo in dospair when 'ho boll bogun to tingle again. I thought my fate had surely como when I started toward tho door. Imagine my surprise to Und the vory simo boy crying as though his heart would break, and holding a pioco ot tho brokon vial in his hand.

"'l—l—foil and broke tho bot ' lad whimpered.

"'Spilled tho medicine I gavo you?' I gaspod, not waiting for tho buy to finish his Bontonco.

Y-c-os, Eir I I

" ' Hooray I' I yollod, choking tho boy oil' and hugging him to my broast. 1 may have acted liko a baby just then, for I kissed him again and again, and squeezed him us though ho had boon a long-lost child. When tho astonished boy had left tho store this timo ho clutched tho pure, straight stuff, but I wouldn't pass through another hour of Buch tormont fjr all tho drug stores in tho city."

The Man Who Saved Victoria's Life.

Tin: man who savod tho Quecti'.s lifo near Kensington l'alaco in 1821, whon hor Ma jesty W3s only two years old, was an Irish ealdicr named Moloney. Ho was walking near the carriage io which the infant Prin cess una driving, and when tho carriage was upset he rushed to tho child's rescue and brought her safoly out of tho broken vehicle. He broke hia leg, however, in tho attempt, and sustained othor injuries, from which ho suffered for some timo afterward. The Duchess of Kent, the Queen's mother, gavo him tho munificent reward of £1 for his heroic act. In a fow years ho waa sent out to India with his regiment, and there ho spoilt upward of twonty.yoars, returning to England a pensioner on sixpence a day. Boing in great distress —Gd a day boing unable to maintain tho poor fellow-ho wrote to hor Majesty reminding hor of tho im portant eorvica ho had rendered to her in onrly lifo. No notice whatever waa taken of the application. Nothing daunted, how over, ho wroto again and again, but still no rof-poneo crime from Windsor. To shorten tho story ho kopt remind:ng hor Majesty for noarly twonty yoars that ho had saved hor lifo, and aa ho waa beginning to think at last that he could never succeed in excit ing tho royal g-utitudo to do anything for him ho rccoivod through tho post a small donation anonymously. Tho following week it was ropoatoii. Upon tho intro duction of postal orders ho got ono for ..I almost overy wook, thu donor boing still nameless. As tho orders, howuver, boro tho..:Windsor postmark, ho suepontod the sourco whence they camo, At last 0110 day a slip of pupar which appeared to havo boon put into tho lottor aocidontly revealed the mime of the sendor— Sir Henry I'oni-on by, tbo Queen's Private Secretary. Sinco that timo Molonoy has got tho postal orders without any disguise whatovor from Sir Henry. Molonoy waa orginally intended for tho church, but boing a wild young follow, ho loft homo during his student deys, taking with him a largo sum of monoy which belonged to his father. This ho soon spent, aud then he enlisted.

A VICEROY'S PRAYER.

A Curious Specimen of What tho Chinese Call Poetry.

The following is an attempt to represent in English what is conßiiered to be in Chinese the most olcgant style of composition. It concists almost entirely of antitholic couplets, tho only exceptions being tho words translated 'O shan,' 'But now,' ' Oh ! Alas !' which introduce the different paragraphs; and the final words, which aro as an 'Amen.' With these exceptions each couplet consists of two equal clauses in which noun answers to noun, verb to vorb, adjective to adjective, etc., and each monosyllable has in the one clause as far as possible a different tone (even or uneven) from that of tho corresponding mono syllioble in tho othor. It is simply prose, thoro boing no rhyma nor measure in it beyond the antithesis of the clauses, but it is more elaborate than English poetry. It is ona of tho ways in which Chinese scholars waste their talents and make their compositions difficult. Tho Vice roy Chang ia ono of tho foremost of living men in this lino, if not in governing pro vinces, and no doubt his prayer for rain will bo much appreciated by tho literati though not by t'lo Spirit of tho South sea or the famished pooplo. Aftor enumerat ing his own titloß and offices hia Excellency proceeds somowhat as follows in hia prayer to tho Shan or Spirit in the South sea : i Whose' iloinuin stretches over the four-gull'cil ! Whose blessings eslciul to the hundred yenh 1 ' Thirty thousand miles own thy sway in majesty and glory bright as a mirror. Ninety teeming towns share thy gifts of susten ance and clot hing, scattered from clouds. : Hut now— The autumn sun blazes and burns. Our people's crops languish ami die. Questioning tho llyails, they know not their ; Looking to the Ocean, he heave a dccii sigh. • The weeds rise up and the sweat (lows down. while the people's gathered sheaves arc : The ploii.ih issped and the sickle put in, but Go vornment. saving measures are spent. ; When thou givost the raindrops transformed from moonlight the manifold creatures all ' When thou Bcndcst the ripple of morn anil eventide the parched hshes straightwnj ' The nil- of blight comes doubtless through a wicked and perverse administration. Tlicoillcoriii charge billos not from thy rebllk ing and punishing inspection. Willi care he seeks a favourable decree for his Atlas! lie iK-gsiin inofl'ectunl blessing throilßl thy great grace. Our world is butjustilollvorcd from direalnrnu and war. , His Majesty is evermore besot by niccssaii griefs and loil. Last voni" there were ruinous floods, this time i is ruinous drought. Why is this l.iiig-iiiu doubly punished J . . ~ ~ In the north there is ceaseless rain, in the soul I there is ceaseless sunshine. Why is th' middle land alone distressed ! This indeed can hardly agree with the fitness o things. , ~ ~ Jlethinks it should powerfully work on the pit; of Shan: ~ Till he quietly turns round nature lo tho nun: side, sweepim. aw.i.v the Imp of Drought-- Till he i|Uicklv eaie.es ciu-iehing showers'ill th' thirsty hind. Irrigating again the withcrei plants. Oh! Alas! , ~ Our victims Unit urn prepared for floating n sinking will happily be accepted as lie Bincere worshipper's service. Tho song Hint is sung of watering and blc-snii will'surely bo fulfilled according to th' honest husbandman's hope. Mnycst I lion enjoy the oll'orlngs.

Anglican Bishops and their Wealth.

Tin: following ia a table, in a somewhat con- I donsod form, which haa b_>n compiled by ' tho Rev. .'ilorcor Davios, showing tho bishops who hava hold office in tho Church of .England during tho last thirty years— from 18-li to the closo of ISSs—with tho amount of poraonal property they left at aoath, aa shown by tho records of tho Pro bato Ollico. Not unnaturally (says tho "Liberatjr") Mr Daviea's pamphlet with tho abovo title is oxciting considerable in terest.

COFFEE AND SOUP.

How the One-Cont Lunch Counters aro Conducted.

Itf a description of St. Luke's one-cent lunch booth, beginning might bo made at the hoadqunrtors, BS, Washintrton-streut. Hero the baaemont floor only ia occupied by thoao engaged in this work. The rooms are extremely neat and plainly furnished, and tho soup is substantial, containing a plontiful supply of onions, carrots, pota toes, othor vegetables and beof, whilo in tho preparation of the coffee ia usod tho best of condonsod cream, thinned as re quired with wator. The bread is alao excel lent.

Ono stand only is now opon. It is a small, .air-painted structure, about fivo by three feot in sizo, located on Washing ton street halfway between the entrance to tho bridge and the elevated railroad. Here John Andrews, who ib to be the General Superintendent of the booths when they aro completed, provides and dispenees to tho world's wayfarora a refreshing cup of steam ing coffee and a slica of bread for one cent. This substantial meal ho passes out through a long,- low window. Many im provements nro to be made An oilcloth ia io ba placed upon tbe floor and a Bmall window cut in tho front of tho building over tlio counter. The patrons of this en tertainment ore for the most part noweboys and urchins of tender years. These often como by twos, ond having but one penny between thorn, share their lunch, and many of thorn are full of sport and merriment. While the youngsters were thus regaling themselves, a burly fellow accoated them with this remark, "Well, youz feelers is living high, ain't yeznow?" and then ruahed away. Seedy individuals, with counten ances woo-bogone and wretched, only lighted by a poculiar nasal brilliancy, aUo approached for their ahare of cheap bounty. Workingmon, who have left thoir homoo in the early morning, also tako advantago of this movement.

Misused Words.

/■lcuu.'-TICK ia always singular. Cut bias, and not. cut on tho bias. Allow should not bo used for admit. Coma to see mo, and not como and sco 1110 Burstod iB not ologant and is rarely correct. Almost with a negative is ridiculous. "Almost nothing " ia absurd. Tho burden of a song moans the re frain or chorus, not its sonso or moan ing. Bountiful applies to persons, not to things, and haa no reference to quan tity. Affable only applies when speaking of the manner of Bupariors to inferiors. Mothinks is formed by the impersonal verb think, meaning seem, and the dative me; and is literally rendered, it seems to me Admire should not be followed with the infinitive. Never say, aa many do, " I should admire to go with you," etc. This error iB singularly fashionable just now. Allude is now frequontly misused whon a thing is namod, spoken of or described. It should ouly bo uaed when anything is hinted at in a playful or passing muDiier. "Allusion is the by-play of language,"— " Tweod'a New Grammar."

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1887

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Asthma nifticulty in Breathing, Shortness of Broath, ' Tlghtm-aa nnd Oppression of the Chest, Wheez ' Ing. &•_.. theae Pilla stand unrivalled; and anyone labouring under any of the above , complaints need only iry Ono Box to prove that they are tho bout ovor offered to the ' rubllc for Asthmatlo and Consumptive Coughs, Hoarscriet'B and Oppression of the Chest. They , gpeoclUy romoi-o that bouso of oppression and difficulty ot breathing which nightly deprive 1 the patient ot rest. Thoy glvo almost Instant relief ond comfort to thoso afflicted with tho above dlstreasing and, when neglected, danger ous complaints. Lot any person tronbled with »ny ot tho abovo oouiplaints give Bkkoham's CouGn Pills a trial. The most violent Cough will In a short time be removed. Caution.—The publio are requested to notice that the words "R__c____'B Pill. St. Helens." are on tho Government Smuip affixed to eaoh Box of tho Pills. If not on,they are a forgery. Prepared only and sold wholesale and retail by tho nropriewir, T. Beecham, Chemist, St. Holens, Lancashire, England, in boxes at Is l.d and 2a 8d each.—Hoid by all Druggists and Paten: Medidn, Dealers throughout the col tales, N.B.—run directions are given with Mob cox. TZ"EA TING'S TDOWDER. HEATING'S POWDER KEATING'S POWDER KEATING'S POWDER KILLS HUGS FLEAS MOTHS BEETLES. ' Tins Powiieu is Quite Harmless to Ani mal Lifo, but ia unrivalled in destroying fleas, bugs, cockroachea, beetles, moths in fura, anil every other species of insect. Sportsmen will find thlß invaluable for destroying fleas in thoir ilngß, as also ladio3 for their pot dogs. Tnis Akticlb has Found so Gbkat a Salh that it has tempted others lo vend a so-called article in imitation. Tho Public arc, Cautioned that the tins of the 'genuine powder bear tbe autograph of THOMAS KEATING. Sold in Tins by all Druggists. KEATING'S WORM TABLETS KEATING'S WORM TABLETS KEATING'S WORM TABLETS A Pcbely Vegetable SwEsrMEAT, both in ippearance and taste, furnishing a moat agreo ible method of administering the only cortaln remedy for INTESTINAL or THREAD WORMS. It la a perfectly Bnfe and mild pre paration, and ia especially adapted for Children, Sold in Tina by all Ohemiat. and Druggists. Proprietor: THOMAS KEATING. _.on_ow, fjfl O R SALE, *" At LOWEST Mabket Rates l Rosin, Pitch, and Tar Kerosene, Paint, and Olive Oils Champion'B, Scott's, and Storor'a Genuine White Lead. In wood Munta Metal and Nails Large Stock of Canvaa. various brands Wire Rope, from -S_ Inch to _ inch Bolt Rope, Homp, and Manilla Rope, all sirea Patent Wlndlaan (wood), Frills, nnd Fall. Anchors, from 16 cwt. to 10 iba, Chain., from J Inch to 1 Inch, Colut and Fish Oil, B. H. MoKENSIB. B_R_-»3r&s__,



RATTRAY'S SUMMER SALE a. o o *i. Owing to the general depression in trade fijJ^^^S^J^fi to hand, aH Departments are considerably overstocked. W uliam Kattiay has the efore determined to bef.iu his , * Grand Summer Sale on Wednesday, sth January. The Reductions in Prices will not be confined simply to certain lines and . , departments, but will bo applied to THE ENTIRE STOCK! And will be on a scale of liberality such as will mark this as the SALE OF THE SEASON! As it would take at least a week to mark down the entire stock, William Kattray has decided to allow 20 per Cent. Discount, or 4s. in the Pound Off his present very moderate prices. Those who have not yet made their Summer Purchases of Costumes, Millinery, | Mantles, &c, now have the opportunity of doing so at 20 per Cent. Discount off Wholesale Prices. Ladies who find their stock of Hosiery. Handkerchiefs, Underclothing, etc, rather low can now supply their deficiencies and save 4s. in the Pound off Wholesale Prices. Housekeepers wishing to replenish their Linen Cupboards, can now do so at 7 20 per Cent. Discount off Wholesale Prices. Economists of all classes now have an opportunity which rarely occurs of buying " ;; n.*r and carefully selected Drapery G««ds ol every description, and effecting a saving of 4s. In the Pound off Wholesale Prices AT AI I William Rattray's Summer Clearance Sale. 1n ff 11 TH 11 m m W2, ____-uo:E_:L.A._sr:D. 1; N.B.—The only goods not subject to discount are Josephine Kid Gloves, which M arc already sold at cost price. i.-js



TANGYES, LIMITED, 119, BATHURST-ST., SYDNEY, KEEP THE LARGEST STOCK IN AUSTRALIA OF ALL KINDS j OF ■■■'.•' I ENGINES, BOILERS, PUMPS, AND & m LIFTING MACHINERY, And respectfully request intending Buyers to forward particulars of their requirements before ordering. TANGYES, LIMITED, 119, BATHURST-ST., SYDNEY. i . :..'■.



___^^ JL • /""^ 13 1 m 1 1 ¥1/^"__l 1 T_t^^_l ; 111 111 ii IT_rl E A POSITIVE CURE #||V for every form of SKIN AND BLOOD XJ&& fl DISEASE £$& ; Eczema on Scalp. j FROM Borofnla on Neck. 74| ! PIMPLES to SCROFULA l -piTSFIGUREra nOMORS, Humiliating Erop-pUTICIJRA RESOLVENT, the new Blood Pari- iSH J7 tions, Itching and Burning Slim and Scalp \J ficr, Diuretic, and Aperient, cleanses the Blood , I l Tortures, anil every species of Itching, Scaly, and Perspiration of all Impurities and Poisonous ,-' _j3 1 Pimply, Inherited, Scrofulous, and Syphilitic Dis- Elements, nnd thus removes the CAUSE. Heme * . eases of the Blood Skin and Scalp, -with Loss of it cures'speedily, permanently, and economically. ; > ' $ 3 Hair, from infancj o old age, arc cured by Cuti : —, : . _ -.'jfa cuha Resolvent, ,he new Blood Purifier, inter- Cuticura, the Great Skin Cure (a Medicinal , 5 ■ nally, and CrrrrcurtA and Cuticuka Soap, the-Telly for external use), instantly allays Itching and ' . '.. " great Skin Cures and Beaulillers, externally. Inaammation, clears tho Skin and Scalp of Humors, '.' ' 35? l --— Sores, and Dandruff, destroys Dead Skin ananesli, r.stffl Agonizing, Itching, anil Burning Skin heals Ulcers, Sores, and Discharging Wound*, re- j" 1 Diseases, Eczema, Teller, Kin.ivorm, rsoriasis, siores the Hair, and beautifies the Skin. Lichen, Pruritus, Dandruff, nnd Delicate Irrita- . WsiWl I tions peculiar to both sexes, instantly relieved by a Cuticura Soap, an exquisite Skin Beautuler , ~'_ 1 warm bath with Cuticut.a Soap and a single ap-and Toilet Requisite, prepared from Ctrricmu, ~,.,_; plication ot Cotioura, the u-reat Skin Cure. This is indispensable in treating Skin Diseases, Baby , repealed daily, with three doses of Cuticura Re- Humors, Skin Blcmißhcs, Prickly Heat, Rashes, •■"" - H I solvent, will speedily euro Itching Diseases of Sunburn, and Rough, Chapped, or Greasy Skin. •.,-.- i the Skin and Scalp, when all other means fail. : . t ,j| Cuticura RemcrMcs aro the only real Blood ' " rj A Magnificent Popular Work on the Skin, Purifiers and Skin Beautiflers freo from mercury, ■ ,Jf | with Engraved Plates, is wrapped about the Resol- arsenic, lead, zinc, or any othor mineral or vege- ;, .vi siilit vent. Also, ono hundred Testimonials, solemnly table poison whatsoever. Guaranteed absolutely -, t sworn to before tho British Consul, which repeal pure by tho Analytical Chemists of the State of ~ •,- : this story: Ihave been a terrible sufferer for vearsjMaesachusetts. . '" • I,i_| >^f»l_^,^.^1| lD an, d 1J' 00d; hi vvc"b,;? n For Sale by all vendors of medicine. Price, i:« n i,,t™?- i 7 !i y T''7 n °J "■'•'• <hs" Cdticdra, SOcts.; large boxes, $1.00. CuTICUKi •:i „Si«„p_i"Zmi'J, \. „i„ i b b''f l'^'" 3,1!"! Soap, 25 cis. Cdti._„a KesoLvent, $1.00. ... .7i* have spent hundreds of dollars, and got uo relief ivholeaalo \rrents New South Wales R Towns .'-as have ™^ m i b _„„D EgUS. I. E>,ED', ES,,| W. ,iCh *™WwV&o^^<^l*mi7& "^J nure as a chihl's Hn„? _» _?_■__„ , , bi lo°d .".Melbourne; South Australia, A. M. Blckford _ ,-.-*". Earned In ihi n „„,,_i,. ~„?, n„ < °I? „ ° '', ru?S ,8t Sons, Adelaide; Queensland, Elliott Bros. & Co., .: „ $ J .^anrrCoS Pr^eT •°' *° °^ fAS'baa^^' * C°" *"* M Or Audivess with SrAMr, Pn.rAEEn by the '', rg B. Towns ~ Co., Now South Wales. Potter Drug & Chemical Co., Boston.TJ... A, . '~ : FURNITURE SALE. C. C. BROWN, FALLON'S BUILDINGS, COOK AND HOBSON STREETS, 'fj| la now holding a Sale of First-class FURNITURE and UPHOLSTERY, at great. Reduced Prices. Xhose about to Furnish would do well to call and inspect the came. ' 'ft C. C. B. still continues to MAKEUP to Order all Descriptions oi SUITES and GENERAL UPHOLSTERY, In First-class Style and at Reasonable Prices. . • ;,vs»_ _ ALL UPHOLSTERY WORK GUARANTEED. _.:;■: