A Heart's Bitterness.

Bi- BERTHA M. CLAY, Author of "For Arother"s Sin," "A Fair

Myßtery,

CHAPTER XXXVIII.

■' liekk ai'.k the proofs of yock ms honour!"

Thk wood 3 were thinned by tho November •winds; eomo of the brancheg were bare, iiut wan yellow leave' hung yet on beech and elm, and dull dames gleamed along the

bounds of the maples, while fir, pine,

spruce, and ceuar wore their deepest green, when Lord Leigh came back to tho Towers.

Violet was a!one«honlia came, and, constant to her &weet endeavour to do her duty, and establish right ieoHims between them,

she welcomed him with a warmth that even

surprised herself. Eat after the pleasures of the cha.«e and a lodge full of ycung men, with then- active li re and enjoyments, homo palled speedily tr>on Leigh. There was nowhere in par ticular for him to go before the weddings ot Ciare and Misa Fnnsbaw, and soon Leigh had fallen back into his habit of retreating to that deadly haunt over the Black Pool, thereto gnaw his own heart with the [in rest ol -misused Ufa and opportunity, and to give himself up to agonised longings for the lost Edna. Where was sho? Should ha never see her agaiu ? Loat, lost forever ! One day, after hours of pacing up and down the "upper room, he flung himseli iip?n a low louoge covered with leopard skins, and fell atloep from utter' weariness, for his nights were restless and wakeful. A peat fire glowed in the chimm-y ; a box piled with square dark peat blocks stood on ono eide • on tho other a table whereon were glasses and a decanter, where unhappily the eolf-dei-troyiog earl aided in undermining his wandering forces ; an ea-y chair and a taper weie near tha tible. Tba day was mild, the fire made tha room warm, and Leigh lad opened both tho windows. They were old-fashioned casements, which swung out like doors, and they overhung tne pool. Ca=t upon the lounge, his arms thrown over his head, Lord Leigh elept Ho woke, roused by a light touch o- his br&w. The touch mingled with his dreams. "Edna," he said, "Edna! have I «ound

Then bis eyes opened, m.d he lay looking wonHeiing.ly into the face bent over his. "\o no, you have not found Edna—you will never find her—she has another lover : but I have none but you. It is I-Halen. Say you are glad to fee me, Norman ! •'Here again ! You haunt mo like tho ghost of a crimo 1" " And am 1 not such to you ? V\ as it EOt a crimo to arotjao all the lovo of a passicn ate, repressed heart that had never .oved before aud when I adorea you, to fling all my devotion back in my face -with cruel mockery?'1 . „ .. , . , "Love goes whero it is sent, said Leigh, nubbins her from him and rising up. " You ieem capable of doing anything to secure mo ■ and you should understand how I would havo done anything to secure Edna. For her I sought you, as my only avenue to liAnd yet, having won, you cast her

•'There is one thin!; I hold with a firmer aa=aicn even thin my love for her-my pride of race, and tbe love of inheritance I received from my fathers. In hours or madness I imperilled that, and aa the only mean? of saving it. 1 sought r.,.d married an heira= 3 . But IMi you, if it were to be done over again, I would not-1 could not resign Edna: with her, I would take des titution, oxiis, disgrace -anything, so she would shore it with me." "Your love baa grown indeed, said Helen, with a beart-reunorina sigh. "You never speko such love to mo. But Edna is lost to you ; cannot I have even a second placo?" " You forget my wife, fuuush Rirl! '": ' Simply because, as you do not love her, (Ae-eeems no obstacle; aad the, too, loves " SSie does not ! She (toes not know what love is—a calm, simple child. Nothing will ever rou«e the strong woman ir. her. But enough of thi?. You were blind indeed ™t; to rea fvoa the first that I had no intentions toward you.' » Why should I eeo that? Am JI not accomplished beyond most women, and does not my glass teli ma I am handsomer than most?" "No doubt; but remember your hirih. Who and what ace you, to mate with a " Edna was only a vicar'a daughter," _ '• But xome o£ the beat and olde;t blood in England." '• Have a care, Norman, lou fling my birth in my face ; has it not stung me as with pcorciond Mncs ever I knew hew and why I differed from other people ? Do you net know that in women such as I am love has a twin-sister caiied hate, and devotion has another side—even revenge. Who and what are you, to boast over me? JYhat blood was your mother, pray tell me? " Honest, at least, and her father an Enclish officer, her mother oi a family of rank- Silence, girl-am I to justify my lineage to you, a foundling?' Helen sprang to her feet, white with fury, and a acream of rage, a mad, inarticulate cry passed her Hpa. _ " I will bring your accursed prr.le to the ground '." She said, stamping with frenzy. " I will drag you down ! I have been searching out the history of your family. Your mothor was married before she married Lord Leigh f '■ She wa3 not !' " She was ! I have 3een the record— married to an attorney in Ireland. How do you know that I cannot prova that she married your father while her first husband lived, or that you were the attorney's child ? Do you not know how your cousin stands ready to seize your inheritance, and Lady Clare, who will soon be his wife, hates yon whom once she hoped to marry t And if I co to them with these suggestions, and tall what I know, will they Hot fill England with their clamour 1 If they do not unseat you they will drag you and yonr family etorv forth, a target far the arrows of every tongue. I will go to them. As I cannot have love I will have revenge. I will urge them to investigate your claim. I will de throne you from this seat of wherein '°S You ? Impossible ! Who would listen to soch frivolous suggestions, or heed your mad tale, or count you other than a crazed adventuress ? Who would help you ?" " / would help her .'" came a voice from the doorway. • Lord Leigh and Helen turned simultane ously ' a man af middle age—a short, spare, einewv frame, broDzed face, keen eyes, shaggy hair, and rough beard-stood look ing eagerly, triumphantly, at them both. Thera was a malign sparkle in his eye when it fell upon Leigh, and a strange leaping flame over hia whole face, when he turned toward Helen. But the effect of his gaze on Helen was singular ; she shuddered from head to foot, cave a low cry, and averting her face, an if she could not look on him, she rushed paß u him and fled from The Earl's Folly. One instant the stranger spread his hands, aa if to detain her. Then he stayed bimsolf and turned to Leigh. " Yes, I will help her. By Jove, a hand eorne woman shall not want a coadjutor, while Bart Kemp is above ground." "And what has Bart Kemp to do with my affairs, or in my presence uninvited? Out of here ! and if you wiah to see that mad eirl, seek her." "B"ueines3 first," said the stranger, coolly "I introduce myself as your mother's Btepson, by her first marriage with Bart Kemp, my father. A sort of brother, I am, you ccc, Lord Leigh—and evidently not welcome." " You are a vile impostor. "Not a bit of it. I have papers to prove all I Bay So you didn't know ehe had been Mrs Kemp? Odd that the handsome woman and I are on the name track. Well hunt you together-unless you buy us off. "Buy you off 1" thundered Leigh. " From and for what ?" "It's worth some thousands to remain Lord of Leigh, ißn't it V" " That is my birthright. "So. Poeaibly not. Suppose I prove, that you are not of l.e.gh blood at all ; or suppose, beiDg Leigh, you are not a lawful Leigh." "Never! I defy you ! "Ah! Let me read you an item or two. The light in tbe room was waning. But the red sunset from behind the trees that hung darkling across the pool shot upwards through tbe open windows, and dyed the ceiling red. The man, a fantastic being in hiH suit ot dark, largo plaid, with mucn chain, several ringa, and a conspicuous pin, skipped acrotse the room, and upon the seat of the window, to bring himself into the strongest light, the suneet glowing over and behind him io ominous blood ted. He drew from bis breast pocket two papers, and crying, " Here are the proofs of your dishonour !" wared them over his head.

Loigh darted forward to wrest them from him. He felt sure he had not reached the window, nor touched his enemy, when, like a flash, the man sank out of sight. There was no outcry, but the heavy fall of a body into tho Black Pool.

Leigh loaned far from tho window, and saw only tho wide turbid circles on the closing waters. His first impulse was to roscuo the man. Ha dashed down the etairs, pulling olf his coat as he went. But Helen in her wild flight had ilung to the heavy ancient door, and tho handle had so fixed itself that Leigh's utmost power could not open it. He could not wrench open a case ment, and after some ten minutes of fruitless eilbit to release himself, he dashed back to the upjjorjroom, leaped from thoreur window to an adjacent tree, and 80 reaching the ground, hurried to eearch for figos of the fallen aian.

He found nothiDg. As he came, so he had gone-in absolute mystery. The quieted waters told no tales, but over Norman Leigh's spirit a terrible horror fell. Had ho touched tho man or not! Had he flung him to his death ? Did he bear tha brand of Cain ?

CHAPXES

XXXIX.

THE EARL S WISH

LoT.D Leigh felt like ono in a continuous terrible nightmare. The vision of that man picking backwards into empty spice, utter ing no csy, making no effjrt to stay tin fall, and then tho black, Btill waters sen.ling widening circles to the dark shore, and not even ono bubble of breath coming up to toll of the Hfe that had been, tilled Norman Lsish with a sickening horror. What had been hia part in thi3 tragedy ? He had felt full of fury and sprung forward intent on seizing and rendini: away what ever papers th 3 ruan held. Had he in his fury Hung him from his precarious place ? Hud he been guilty of hia death ? A bad mau Korman certainly was, the prey oud toy of selfish passions, but from oil evitnos such thii as would be he revolted in utter loathing. Not to save hU fortune, title, or life would he slay a fellow being. Proud indeed he was of his paternal line, and fond of hia ancestral acre?, but not for these -n ould he become a felon. He had hours when ho deplored in angui.-h his pas sion for gambling—hu would not add to those boui-3 of self-aV. -.?Lrae::t tha awful sting of ucdyins remof.-e. .His. distress increased almost to a mania. Ha saw no more qf Helen, could not learu that anyone liad seen tho stranger, uor heard o: him. TjO searched and sought all about, tho Fool—even took a half-rotten boat th.it wsa there, and rowed all around tho black waters searching under tho over hanging buehes, brake, and alders, but found no sign of him who was possibly his victim. To fly the Towers and never re turn w.in then bis first impulse Fate had been tos hard for him ; he would go forth ii 3 Cain.

Ho sought to c.iitn tbe tumult of his spirit by interesting himself in other things. He took rotu^o in tho socioty of his wife; her innocence and gentleness soothed hU perturbed epirit. He now took her with him when he drove aDout the estate, and her presence soomed to exorcise tUe fiends of his soul. Together they made a trip to London to order wedding presents for Clara and Grace, and, wheu the gifta c:ime homo and Leigh looked on Clare's diamonds glittering in their velvet bed, he suddenly said, bitterly : " I know what piece of news I'd like best to take tho colonel for Ills wedding present. Zounds !h? would look black, but I am sick of having my senior beast himself as ray heir " i Violet flushed, but made no reply. In th;-.«o days Leigh spoke t.i her often of bis longing for an heir, and Violet saw that her childle-3 Et.ito was likely to widen and make permnne^t the breach between them "The middle of December saw the Earl and Countess of Leigh nmong the chief witnesses of tho "marriage of Clare, eldest daughter of Andrew, tenth Earl of Mon f.reisor, to Colonel James Peter Lester Leigh Hartington, heir presumptive of tiie E^ri dom of Leigh," and co on. "Confound the man!" said Lsigb to Violet, belweeu hia teeth, " if I could as-k him to the christening of twin boyd ar tbi-i place a year hoDce, I'd be the tiappiest man in the world -anything to stop hi.* easy as sumptions about inheriting Leigh." From Clare's weddiusr they went to Lin denwood for the Christmas festivitie?, and there everything and everybody might be found at the feet of the Earl and Counteaa of Leigh, glory and honour of the Ainslie?, and prospective «ecial sponsors of the daughters of the house of Ainslie. Early January saiv Violtt and her husband at Lady Tfanahaw's pretty hame-in Sussex for tha wedding of the charming Grace ; and when Grace and her husband, Sir Tom, had been a week at Churchill Abbey, in Kent, the Leighs nnd others went there tor a three weeks' visit, and the splendid old abbey was in highest gala ail that time. In this round of joy— feted, caressed, applauded, always the bright, particular stat of every occasion, her husband showingher some little attention, and no longer-wounding her with harsh looks and words, as when first they were at the Towers—Violet's pain was somewhat dulled : tho wounds on h9r heart healed a little—she was so young that her spirit must rise with every slight alleviation of her lot. Once more tbe wild rose-bloom flourished on the dinpled cheeks, the red mouth was less pathetic, the brown eyes ware as sunshina flashing on Bummer brooks. Not that for one hour she could be really happy, or forget that deep pain of Keith's loss ; but she was turnioe her mind from a useless, hopelea-s fatal memory. The time drew near for going to London for the gay eea=on. Unusually brilliant social event 3 were anticipated, and the young Connte?3 of L^igh locked forward with a natural interest to her independent entrance into the gay vrorld, with her own house and her own entertainments.

If tha Towe-ra had been repaired and re stored lavishly when the Ainelie money came into Leigh's hands, no les3 sumptuona had been the furnishing and improvement of th 9 time-honouied home of the Leigh's fac ing the Green Park. All Belgravia with its statsly palaces had nothing more magnifi cent than the home into which Violet was ushered between rows of liveried servants. The great carved doors at the top of the broad marble steps opened into a paradise of splendour. The hall.-1, with mosaic floorsl, were rich in statuary, bronze, cut-glass and bronze chandeliers, rare paintings, tall marble urns where flowers ran riot; the drawing-rooms splendid ;n purple and gold, in silk and velvet, the air loaded with the incense of the flowers in Sevres, Chinese, and Venetian vases ; the conservatories so prodigal in sweet scents from blossoms that defied the lingering winter, and made a real Bummer within, while rain or Bleat swept the city; pier-glasses held in choice?, Florentine frames, tipeatried panels, painted ceilings, furniture gloriouß in carved and inlaid work—all these made her new home aa an Aladdin's palace, even to A'iolet, who had all her life known nothing but luxury. Before the house lay the Green Park, with its soft verdant turf, its stately trees, its surroundings of palacea. St. James's and the Queen'a palace, and Stafford and Spencer House were close at hand. Violet was in the inmost shrine of the English nobility, and her husband remarked to her, as he showed her plate and glaes used by monarchs from the Tudor times :

" Your cousin Montressor boasts of being tenth earl of this house ; but 1 am fifteenth Earl of Leigh. And when be showed her in the library a heavy gold shield, with the ni-ms of Leigh in rich relief, he said proudly : " Sixteen quarteringe, and never a bar sinister. It is a line worth continuing."

But ahortly the relief afforded Lord Leigh by these new scenes and excitements faded away, and the old questioning of himself as to where the-man was who had come to threaten him, and what hand he had had in his disappearance, returned to him. He became again curt and cold to Violet, indulged more deeply in brandy and in play, and Violet's brief period of sunshine darkened once more into clouds and tears.

Adam ventured to ask hia master "if anything weighed on him or if he bad come trouble," but was so sharply reprimanded that he dared not again approach the subject.

Meanwhile the wild-rose tint paled on Violet's cheek ; her brown eyes shone—not with laughter, but with tears : her splen dours mocked her, and were the livery of her bondage.

Leaning back, one day, in her landau, all alone, her hands listlessly fallen in her lap, a far-away look in hor eyes, her face pathe tic in its loneliness and longing, and striv ing to bB calm and yet every line telling her woe and her despair, Violet wa3 uncon sciously, for fully five minutes, under the steadfast gaze of Edna Ambrose.

The pathos of that mournful girl-face roused Edna to a sudden and singular re solve.

(To Ir. Continued.)

MAKING A CAREER.

The Manner In Which Fame and

Fortune Aro Won.

It is probably well within the figures to say that To per cent of the prosperous capi talists of to-day began life withuut a dollar; and where would most of them have been had they been led into undue agitation, into strikcj, boycotts, or futile political attempts a« so many of tho alleged labour movements have been ?

General Superintendent Kerrigan, munager ofthowholea.OOOorb'.OOOniileaofthoilissouri Pacific system, betuo hi» career as an ordin ary axeman on tho Iron Mountain Koad. He handled the axe well, and was next made roadman. He was absorbed in his work, and tho compiny recogsised hii industry and value, and to-day he receives $10,000 a year for managing the system. Vice-Presi dent Hoxio himself, whom tho Knights of Labour regard with so much bitterne-s, was in his early life a labouring man, even performing such duties aa taking caro of horses. But, twitted with having oow been a bnstler, he laughed and replied : " Yes ; and I was the best one in Dcs Aloinoa."

Some years ago two long freight trains mot at. a siding on ono of the Illinois prairies. The siding was not long enough to allow the trains to pass. Tho assistant Manager of the road happened to bo en ono of the trains, and be was at his wits" end to know what to do. There stepped up a young brakemnn who paid ho could manage tho trains so a.-i to enable iheiti to pass. The engineers laughed at him, bu' tho manager asked Hrn to explain. With a stick he tr:-.ced in the ground his plan, and it was so simple th.tt every ono at once compre hended it. In fifteen minutes the two trains had been moved by, and tho one-ra tion is now universally adopted on Mdings. that aro too short. It is called sawing. Tho young fellow, while riding on tho top of his enr across the dreary prairies, bad 3tudied out and solved this problem, and when the opportunity came be was ready for it. He is now the General .Manager of the great Northwest system.

Professor Beil, whose fortune from tho telephone has given him world-wide- fame, was a poor teacher of cieaf mutes, f" poor th.\t it iva* only with the greatest difficulty that he was ablo to perfect and pitent his telephone : and Mr W&stioghouse, of Pitts burg, standing on a c-.ir platform one day, and perceiving how hard it was to bring one train to halt with the hand brake, do termined to devisa an automatic una. Tha result was tha Westiughouse air brake, which lifted the young man from compara tive pevorty to atlluence and revolutionised railway travel. The most successful farmer in Connecti cut to-day was a labouring man at 1 dollar a day not very many years ago. He is njiv well to do He learned while at work us farm hand that.on Connecticut soil manure properly applied ia absolutely essential for a crop. Then he began to "xporiment with manure. To-day he riii.-o* ten bushels of corn to the aero where his most industrious neighbours raiso ono. i^vory inch of his soil pays him, anrl he makes more nwnfiy farming in Connecticut than ho coul I[h >po to do with the same investment in tho West. His fruit commands tho highest prices. Why ? Because ho used tho observant eye in his orchards. He saw some years ago that a percch and an apple tree into which some nails had been driven flourished and lioro beyond ail comparison with tho roct of the orchard. Tha'. set him to thinking. It must be dua to the nails ho thought. Nails aro iron. Trees need iron no much as human beings do, he reflected. Tho iron ia the soil is exhausted, probably, he reasoned. Thereupon he went to somo of the large foundries and blacksmith thcpsan'l baucrht ah of the oxidised i ron tlites tha" fall from iron whon being treated on trie anvil. These he trenched about tho troos, and now and then he drives a spike into an apple or peach tree. His crcps aro ecod, and he receives all that ho aske for his apples, pears, and peaches. Down in Virjjkia soon after the war a poverty-striekon farmer was struck one day, while riding over the mountains not far from Appomattox, with the immense quan tity of rumac that grew there. He had heard eomawbere that sumac furnished H superior tanning acid. He put two and t?.o together, with a result beyond his most exalted vision, A great industry has been created. The valuable product is stripped every year from these Virginia hills, there by giving employment to thousands of poor men and women, atid at Petsr^ourg great mi!l3 are occupied in extracting tho acid, and at a handsomo profit.

It wa3 a poor but thinking man n-ho discovered that from therefuss of petroleum, once thought worthless, on be extracted tbe be=t of aniline dyec. a discovery which revolutionised the dye-scuff business of the world.

It was a poor merchant near Norfolk who conceived the idea that the cypress trees of the di?aal swamp r;gioi, which werodt omed worthless, wcnld make excellent baskets and other Email and fancy woodware. He rested the idea, and a great factory on the Hudson River, which takes all the cypress wood this man and others can furnish, i*'the result. The once poor merchant is now ricb.

But space forbicU farther reciting of the^e interesting illustrations. Tso rofereace hss been made to those conspicuous and world famous cases, like the atoriea of the careers of Slater, the first cotton manufacturer, of Goodyear and vulcanised rubber, of Whit ney and his coiton-gin, of Andrews and Fiaglet, and the Rockefellers, of Gould and Tom Scott, and Huntiagton, of Howe and Singer and Wilson, of Colt and Winchester, of McCormick and Wood, every one of whom began life amid narrow circumstances, and rais in abject poverty. It was the purpoEe to call attention to less conspicuous illustrations. They are so many, co varied, so ea?y to find in every field of activity, that tha conclusion cannot be escaped that tha opportunities for men of health, indus try, and ambition to gain wealth are almost at every man's hand and at every man's door. If men go about thsir daily task? like automata or mere machines, fhey will remain automata or machines. But if the quick wit be cultivated that sees and enables one to grasp the opportunities that abound, men will flourish, as so many hun dreds and thousands of poor men have flourished. That is a most significant statement which General Walker, one of our leading statisticians, makes, when he says that not less than 7o percent., pro bably more, of the men today who own houses, factories stocks, pay wages, control railways, develop mines and deposit in banks, began life without a penny, and the like figure cannot be produced by any other nation in the world. This is some thing, then, for the men who work and Hvo by weekly wages to think upon.

CAUSES OF DIPHTHERIA.

Koroecuo Believed to Have An Injurious Effect.

DiPiiTHEßiAJhas been unusuallyprevalent in Connecticut the paßt year, and the State Board of Health haa been trying to learn the reason. There has been no general epidemic, bat the disease has been endemic in Stamford, New Canaan, Greenwich, Meriden, and some other places. But tho only report that tbe Board has received that haa the merit of any discovery respect ing this disease haa been a verbal and in formal one from Meriden, which. will be amplified with a formal and detailed state ment. It will be quite likely to attract physicians. There have been a gOf>d many case 3in Meriden, and some of iliem could not be traced to any of the usual causes, such as uncleanlinesa and filth presence, to which the disease is ascribed. It was noticed that not a- single fatal case occurred in *he town in any house where gas or candles were used. In every case the family in which it appeared were in the habit of using kerosene oil exclusively. Inquiries made elsewhere showed the same results. In one case in Meriden tha kerosene lamps were removed and candles substituted for light, and there was immediate improve ment in the patient. But by accident a night or two later a kerosene lamp was brought into the sick chamber and left burning all night. The patient next day grew worse and died. A very careful inquiry based on this dis covery will be made. It mny be nothing more than a coincidence, but already it haa been learned that persona stricken with diphtheria in tho vicinity of kero sene refineriea rarely ' recover. Tho State Board of Health is inclined to the opinion that a very important dis covery may have been made in the aetiology of thia scourge.

" Whom do you consider the greatest author, Dumas the elder, or his son?'1 ' Urn—l rather think the son." " Bah ! I don't, believe he ever would have been h>»ard tf if it hadn't been for his father." " Well, ohat *• so, too." " Wife, what has becomo of the crapas ?'^ "(I suppose, my dear, the hens picked them off," waa the blank reply. " Hens—hens ! come two-legged hens, I guess," said the husband, with some impetuosity ; to which she calmly replied, "My dear, did you ever see any other kind J"

How I Became a Burglar.

In justico to mysolf, before relating tho little story which I havo headed with what,

iio .v that it is written, certainly luoks a Ehockingly immoral bind of title, I think I ougiit to remark thv.t I am not an habitual

criminal. Ido not actually belong tc. the

" tnterpriiicg'' fraternity which, accord ing to that profound and delightful philo sopher, Mr Uilb.■:■!-, i-; so prono to md-ul gence in pastonil doli'.'hta during Lbo Fntirvals at "cracking urio.-i '• and other sknilar matters ot bnsincss. 51 y lio'jsebrealang carspr w;tj not of any duration ;in f.ict, I civ. conscientiously lay my hnsd upon my heart and declare that 1 hud "done n-bnrglinß'' for good, an^l all with the conclusion ot tho adven ture lam about to relate. It all .iroso out of an accidental Hkene-H. Such things do give ri^e to queer situations occasionally. I have the pleasure of the acquaintance of v most estimable lady whoso personal resem blanch to Her Mot Gracious Mujesty now happily reigning over us is so rcmurkahie th.-.f h^rappe.uanc) in public has frequently evoked r.n outbar.-t of loyalty as flatteririK as it was embarrassing. Nov. thorn can be nothing actually disagreeable, 1 phould imsigine, in beiup: tnii-iakon for a queen.' I should not greatly object to being taken for an emperor (.we for tho possibility of bein" '"dynamited" through a raiaconeep tion), or tha Prinoa of Wale?, or Lord Tunnysoti, or Sir Frederick Leighton, or any other " grtat gun:' of similar magni tude, provided that I was not called upon to ;iL-t up t.) the character ;• but. I am sure yen wilfagi-en with me that thera con be little that is consoling to the fooling of a mi:i entertaining any high degree of regard for tho integrity of hia ch.-iracr.er in heiu b ' "swell mob."

Some years a^o-it really is of no cotua quonca tv the ptory that .1 should bo par ticular a^ to how many—l w.w engaged in buJine:-s a> a merchant in Loudun, in pait mrship with a young newly-married man o." tho rarae of '"oopor. Ha had pet. up house keeping in the noighbnurhood of Richmond, nnd wm so enthusiastic in his descriptions. of tho joys of '• a placo in the country " to retiro t:: nt the termination of the dny's worry and toil that ho finally convinced mo that it was imperative fjr my happitioo"and weilboi.»g tint 1 nhotild abandon my fairly comfortable bachelor quarters in Baysnater, and seek " fresh tijlils and pastures new " somewhere in tho immudiata vicinity of

" Myrtle LodgO dom'icilo.

I—the1 —the niiiio of tiie Coopers

It was not Ion;.: before 1 bor.imq n\o»l heartily grateful to him t>-.- ;h : advice. Not only did 1 find all thu delights that ho hud predicted, but more—fir more. N"t oulv did tho river run temptingly bright and c'.eir, and uiro mo to delicious, lazy oven in"-! spont upon its c-:ol broi.si.—not onlj did " Myrtle Lodge " prove itfulf a kind ot pleasant second home to mo, whero ray

good friend and hia pretty young wife ru cuive.l mo almost r.s though 1 hud b:e:> a brother-but-?.'.' -1 fell in love !

My blue eyed Elsie n< ono of throe sistera tthofo acrpiaintanco I liar) mn.Ki unJer my friend I'ooperl^ bo.ipifublo roof. They wore tho motiisrlo-s daughters of a re tired stockbroker, who was ?.iid to bo wealthy and known to be irascible ; and all throa sisters had been schoolfellows of Mis Cooper's ,-or.io tivo nr «ix year* before. Tbuir father systematically refused all ir. vit.itions for himself, ar.d euiM only be pro vailei upon to entertlin at hi" own hou'e uudor grost pressure, which pre.-.-ure flad, hownver. b'jen succc-fully brought to to bear for once by thn unite! nnrl pr- SHtent etl'jrt" of tba j;irls, nod li id recently riwulted i'l a p!ex*ant litt!o 'lance, at which I had baen present. On this occ\ ?ion I was, of cnir~f, introduced to Mr Merchant, who tiok but littl« notica of im, or, indo:d, cf onyona cl-e : bit, aitor wel coraiug hi? f;ut';t-i i.i i\ perfunctory uml haaty manner, eoasht tbo seclusion of hi' stuilv, and, rouariile^a of th'j demand? of etique'te, nppcared no moro upon thcronc. Jiut noboJy tniuJcd "o!>l Jlirchant" and hid queer ways, and wo danced on merrily in his ab-enco ; souiu ot H-, at loast, confi'ior ing it by far thu mu?t dolighlfui datice with in our recollection. It was about ft fortnight after this that I was walking homewards, nftor having p».-.-ed a qui-;t evoninj; with tho Cooper;-, at about half-past 11 on <^ warm moonless Di-btin September. My lodgingi" wove on tba Middlesex >ido of the river, and 1 hwl crcssel tho bridge and vralkuj Boiua distanca aloni; tho quiec road which leuc!? to Twickenham villuga, when I was suddenly accosted by a num. ivho stepped out oi the deeper darknesa thrown acro»'s the pathway by tocno spreadia^ trocs ori my left hand. " 5 > it's you at li=t," ho said, in n hoav.-e whi-per. " Blessed if vve didn't thick you wan.'t a-£oin' to turn up at all."

It was not co dark but that I could distin guish the features of tho individual whj addressed me so familiarly, and I am bound to say that they did not strike me a* bein^ prepossessing. In f^ct, so far a** I con id juds-e, ha had all the appearance of the typinal London rough. "Same mistake," I enid, carelessly, walk ing on as I spoke. "Oh, c?me, I say. Dock, none o' yer bloimin' larks," the fellow went on .-itipe'il inely, as he followed me op closely. " Thera ain't no timo to lose, if the job'^ to be done tonight." Slightly exasperated, I turned on my hsel unri faced him. i " Look here, my good fellow,1' I paid, " I ' told you you were making a mistake. My name is not * Dook,' and I don t know nny thitig about ' the job,' whatever it m<iy b.-j. And if you don t leave olf pestering mo it will be my unpleasant duty to hand you over to tho policeman who patrols this road as 1 coon c.i he appears." A queer, suppressed chuckle broke out un the cither sido of mo, and revealed another person whom the dark ness had hitherto concealed- apparently a youuE man, little more than a youth, with a thin, sickly-looking face, and a noisele=", shuffling step. " Ain'theju=t aine-er ?" this individual remarked. i:i an admiring whisper. "Why, Dook, yer houzhier bin a play hacter, yor honghtar. Yer docs tho ewe]! jest as hif yer wos born to it. But Batts is right. There ain't no titce for larks to night. It's a goodijh step from 'ere to old Marchant'd, but there's a short cut through the fields. Jim told yer all about if, didn't he?"

" Marchant, CJuern»ey Villa." I ejacu lated. with a curious leap of the- heart.

"That'a 'mi.'" they rcspondad simul tanenusly, and theoMer man went on—■

" It'll bj easy work to-night, for there's no flunkey in the 'ouse. The old man sent the last feller packing yesterday, for there* a new un n-goin' in to morror. But come on, now. There's no time for palav:ring."

Then the meaning of it all burst upon mo. I was in tho company of a couple uf burglars, who seamed resolved to claim mo as a confederate in their nefarious designs against tho very houso in which dwelt tho girl who was all tho world to me ! For a moment I wag almost too bewildered to thins what I should do; but my com panions were moving on pretty quickly now, keeping as much a? possible in tho darke.it part 3of the dark road, and ovi dently convinced that I was following them. This, of course, I rapidly resolved to do in any case, keeping my aense3 on tho alert to discover any sign of the solitary polica man who wa3 supposed to walk the neighbourhood at int'—vals during the night. But, as fate decreed, the str.l wart guardian of the peace in whom my hopes wero placed was apparently at the most remote portion of his beat, and when my guidas turned into a deserted pathway leading across wide waterside meadows I knew it was hopeless to look for police intervention. Anyhow, if there wero no means of stopping the ruffians on the way, I would pro with them to their destination and do my bost to defeat their villainous designs. Tho very idea of my sweet Elsie being, in all probability, half-frightened to death by the wretches sent the blood boil ing through my veins, and I had to clench my hand 3to keep them off the throat 3of my unsuspecting companion?.

Mysterious a3 il seemed, it v.as at least clear that they took me for one of them selves —a villain of superior manners and education, doubtless, since neither my drcs* (which, indeed, they could not in tho dark ness very clearly dijearn) nor my speech betraveci iae Ifc wa3 3150 evident from the nature of thtlr remarka that the in dividual known as '"Dook" -vrna addicted to " larking " even with serious business in hand ;so in order to keep up the character I threw as much " swajraer " into my short response? to their occasional rcmarki a?. the circumstances Peemed to require. I took th^ precaution uUo of turnip" down th" brim of my -oft i<-\- hut bo •= to I avsieit !h« darkness in shadowint; my features. "You're precious dull to-nielit, Dock," the youth observed o::cs in hU hoarse whis per, a? wo still moved swiftly through the silent fields. "Dull! I chould think so!" I replied. " Nice comfortable work this for a gentle man, isn't it? Ploughing through beastly damp fields instead ot dancing on the light

fanta&tic in tho bullrooms of tho arwto cracy !" Tho chuckle that followed showed tiiac this eally was much what was txpectod. " Go if,' ho .--aid, evidently in great gloo. "Oo it, Uook ! \ on aro a hout-uu -liouttr,:. you ara. Am't he, Batta!" Batta gave a sort ut assentioggrowl; but it wus uvident that liii tense oi tuo humour ous was not so highly dovalttped ud that ljl" his moro youthful uu in [union ill burglary. 1 was only tcu glad to relapt>e into silonee, dreading leat 1 saould butiay myaalf, and my heart was be.ttaig high with tha wildest aupprasaad excitumont ie had ever ex ponencod, when ono afcor ;;notfier wo leapt a Ehallow ditch, and, scrambling through a gap i:i a low htxigu, found oursc-Ive« in a portion o£tha grouuUs belonging to (iuorn toy Villa. Uy this timo it waj long p:^t midnight, and ill w.is dark uud tiioiit in tho hciua u.-j sva approached it. What should Ido ? How should I warn them V 1 had hoped to hen- a .log baik ut rirat ; buo then 1 remeraberei thiira ii:ron^' avuraiou to uo^ waa onu v: •'oil MatuhuutV iiijtiy tjeculutiUei, and thut hu would hover alluw'tha t-'irld to keep ouo aljoui tne hoiuu. I hai resolved upju no plan of action when w u atood—the tijree ot us together— bbueaihtaatnail aquare win dow, wuich aeeuued at taough it, belonged lv :i bost-bouso en- soltlo tuiiiuir tiumuotic uiliee.

.-it t-ii-3 moment I experienced v etranga eousatiou. 1 stoiiied temporarily to lose ull couimaud of my taoultiei. 1 could uoc hive c-.ilti.-ii out to save my luo. i felt as 111 was bouiul to lot things go on, and sou what would hiippoa. 1 was ouusciousuiu hideous acquiweenco such :ia 1 have never otherwise eXjierieticoi, save lv llie agjuiei o: v bad

dro.uu. 1 had always btlliuvoa myeell to oo pos;ea=ed of a fair saareot proienca Oi mind but in this suprouie uionieuS it tcduicu to htivodeserted mo. hi a suppressed irenzy oi impotent irie.iolutiou 1 caw tho younger burglar mount urjon tho c-houlJors of tho other, and after a fow moments' noiseleea work, wriggle hia lean body through tho aperture. Gracious powers!' Ono vi tin thieves was already actually in thu house, and 1 liu.J. done nothing to prevent it ! " ho cool trying tha winder ot the pantry whero tho platj's ksp,' " f heard Butts whisper. " "I'wonU 'avo been a si"iit easier, but them b;:rn is a prociouo dil too thick."

At tl\o s;iico morutnt a faint sound became audibld n fow foot away, and a tliin atreak ot lichr was vi.'ibia. Tha back kitchen-door had been softly opoued, aud uluiost before i had tinio to realise tha position we tvoro in the houeo. A horrible con?ciou.!nosa of guilt -.v.is upon rao as 1 followed my Btealtby- Htt-npititr companioni in crime, tho youth

HiiiiiH livst with a fhaied lantern through tiiii kitchen and into a passnjjo, whero we paused at a door, in tho keyhole of which the key was sticking, uo une having acamingly deemed it necessary to remove it for the r.ii'ht. Thi.i door was quickly opened, and heVtood in a small compartment, evidently u.«erl ns a butler"? pantry. Tha walls worn lined with cupboard*, and upon one ot tiie.j tha burglars iiuruediately concen tratid their uttention. So lur my a=*i3t i::n'O hi i not been required, and I ciino to ihc conclusion that my ucrvicos woro to ba

nlino 1 to helping to carry olf tlio booty

My brain was .-till in a whirl, and still 1 had not made up my mm.i how to act. 1

vnanely watched LJatta operating with a hunch of skeleton keys in a dexterous manner, which bore witness to his experi ence ; and presently a low tibilunt Pound, .' unothing betweon a suppressed whistle and a "i;.'fi ot rulior", prococdiiu; from the two at oner, ami iiinced that his application was

snoiv.^ns!, and 1 saw, iv tho flint light of tho liintern, ihe ciipboiiil door >Ii iingaw.'iy in i:s itroovo", and dimly di.-:corncfi tho giimmsu- of plate piUd on the bai;:-j-!in<;J

It was just al tiii* moment that my best cour.-o o: uetion 11 i"i>c<.'. upon me. Suddenly 1 remember what Batta had whispered about tlid stifiigth of thj window-bam. It was ;:i-.-ar, iheivroro, that they could nut

o-cnp-i by tho window. It was all I could Jo ti k. ep from giving n shout of exultation ~-. ijuii-kor ihjn 1 Ci!! t-'ll it, I sprang back i'l-o the dark ri:i-s?j;e, fwunjj rio door tv, an.! turned the key in tho lock.

The noi-o of tho elutatniug of the door wf.ke th-j echoed through tho quiet houee, and i:;in,rlt.'l ivi-,t-, a double volloy nf axoora tion from ihu bur>;!ur.i within tho pantry. Thdy teauiuJ lo think tlio " Dook ' was carryinjf hn ari-tocratic penchant fur ■• larks " i little too far this time, to judpe from thi.i.- l-.upiajjo. But i d:d not ntay to bandy words with them. Hu-tily ptrikin^ n match, I disc^veieJ a oundle in the kitchen, and promerli'd to find my way up e:uri, foelina tb.iQkfal that I h.id j;aiticu ~oaie k-i.Mv.iu:>;*.' v; Osk lioihs «t the danca previou-Iy mentioned, baying incidentally Uarat, uuiong othai tliiup-, th it -Mr Mirchaafa l)ed rojr.i and study udjoined each other iv tho front of tfco' hou-.a on tho first floor. It vv-,n thither that I directed my step", and 1 s.i^ ?■) absorbed in ihe excitement of the aijvonfjre that tna cqnivonil nature of my i"vn po-ition (iii nor, occur to tr.e until I sudrienly nncountored old Marchant him yelf upon tho landing, in dressing find "Upper.?, and holding a cmdlo in one hand and a revolver in the other. I was never so perilously near get'iag a bullet into me in my life.

"Don't tire. Mr'Marcbant, for heaven's I called out. " It's ol'right. I've canaht them. They're safe in the oantry !"

" Caught them? Cnutrht who?" ha roiled, still pointing tha revolver at n:c in a de c:d» 'y uncomfortable manner.

"Tho burglars!" I cried. " C'ino, Mr March.int, pur that revolver aw~.y, I beg of you. l)o:i't you retnemhtr me?"

" Kcmambor you ! ;i 1 h'evers.iw you in my life. LiV-ly etory indeed-cimiht 'ijy burglars ! U"hy, youre 'mo of the gang yourself, you confounJod ruffian ! Gome to -ps what you cm liad up hero, I pupposs 1 But ju^t you come .'i ftop noarer, and I'll jra ! By tha Lord, I will 1"

.5o I remainded where I was. It to.'ik a ong tims to induce the irascible o'd stock hroker (o li.?!-.;n to re.son : but nt last X •uccoeJod. By this timo all the household .-.a- p.riju-ocl, .irui, ti-jon after, tho frightcntnl

A\\- ap;;suml np>n tlio scene, their aetonishad recognition of my thoroughly cinvinfling their ir.iro pareut of the truth

I then roturnad, arme-1 with the revolver, to mount guard over my prisoner? : uhile tiro cf tha vvomen servants wore seat off to obtain assistance from tho police station. The arrest was ra.'ide quietly fnouch, ihe burglars beins; too completely duxb fouaded by as'onithtr.ent :it discovering that I was not Jame? Oickson, ali«s " Tho Dook," at all. to offor more than a faint .-choc- of resistance It wa=i explained after wards' that thry had an appointment with that individual fnr tho time and place when and where they tir--t. accosted mo, which ho had boon presented from keeping ; and that in tha darkne's lh?y had tci.-taken me for him, roy height, voice, and general appearauca bearing a curioa?!y strong rc-emblanca to thofi; of their criminal friend. It waa somewhat consoling to learn, as wo aubsaqnently did, that they would not hive made the mirtiko in day light; but, all the same, tho existence of such a likeness us to lead to their error formed a sufficiently curious coincidence to add to tho accumuhited proof of tho virtue of tha saying that " Truth U stranger than fiction." Elsie and I wcro married about six months after my solitary experience of burglary, her father giving his consent without much protest, alleging that as ho had so nearly shot mo whilo 1 wag engaged in defending hii property ho felt bound to mako some arasnda by giTing me his daughter.

The Beer Habit.

Cossui. Tanner, of Chemnitz, Germany, has just furiiK'hed an interesting paper on beer • dpnUinfr. It appears that in t'io year ISSo, the production of bear in the German Empiro reached t'aa enormous amount of 1,100.000,000 gallons -»ay nearly 40 gallons per head of the population. Yet the Consul add=, " Drunkenness i 3 rare, and the horrir! crimes produced by drinking in 'he United Suites aia rarely beard of in Germany." The Consul ascribes the fact to the German habit of drinking slowly, taking half an hour to consume a glass o' beer, and, atill more, to the prevail ing habit of Germans to take their wives and children to tha cafe's with them. In the L nife.l Stated, bo observes, it is accounted disreputable to frtousntj bar-room? ', men d^i so by f-te^lth, and swallow their liquor down quickly. .«.:> as to get out of the resort 03 aoon a- pomble, thna suddenly heating the blood, and violently deranging the ani mil economy. In this country, turther more, no one thinks of taking h;a wife and children with him when ho jrces to take ;. ■Jrink ; thu> he 10.-c* the bzr.nfo -of a restraint whi" : -iMf!= the (rortn»n in con ! =r3ad. "-?■■■ v .win o- p..oduc-.ini cf he: in iJe -i-hiiv is steady. In ISSO i" was t-'i^'on H' 953,000,000 ij-ailoa"; in ISS2 "Wing's Brewers' Hand-Book" pave it as 1,023,000,001; jMlions ; now Mr Tanner puts it down at 1.100,000,000 gallons. Still, ac cording to tho records, Great Britain leads Germany with a produotofovor 1,500,000,000 gallons, while France and tha United ■ States are a long way behind, . '

A PRINCE OF CANNIBALS.

A W&oollng Man Prlchtons a Credulous

Woman,

WIIES tho St, Louis express from Plttsburg arrived .it "Wheeling Junctiou thaothor day on old woman xvith nine assorted buudlea mm a baby came aboard. There was a vacant sent just opposite Jiainc, and tho woman appropriated it. A young man from Pittaburg occupied tho unat directly in front of toe ono taken by tho now arrival, and ho kindly assisted her to placo in tho hat-rack such articled ,13 that"recoptaclo would hold. Thia little attention ovideutly made tho woman think she had ft claim on the young man, foe sho =0011 loaned forward and \ asked : '■ (loin' favV 'To YVheoling," replied tho young man, craning hU neck sous to f.tcu his iaterlosu " I'm goin' there, too. I'm from Siffin. Whoro might you bo from ?" " Left I'ittsburg thia morning." "Ah ! 1 used to know some folks there. Do you know the Dowlins !" " No, madam, I dont live there." " No ! Whoie'e .your folks hviu' »" '■ la Ximbuctao." There was a look on tbo young man's face that convinced me he was not telling the truth, but tho old lady did not euspaet it, and pursued her inquiries : " Is that in i'ennuylvnny. "No, madam, it is in Afric.i." 11 Africa! Where the niggera come from ?'

" Yo=, madam : I was n negro nneo." At this tho old lady's eyes almost etai-tod from bor bead with ostoniilimeiu, as gazing ar, tho voUug ia»n's blonde c jrapioxion, she ejaculated:' " But you are whits '."

"That v very true. 1 was aoaked in a mixture of hot water uad eocoa uut milk ior throe weeks when ,1 mere inf.mt and ail tho colour taken cut.' The old lady waa speechle-n with as tonishment, while tho " shameless wretch "That's tho way they servo all the print-as of the Timbuctoo royal family. V'ou sen my father is kin£ of that country."

" King !" exclaimed tho old lady. " Yet, and I'm studying in this country to prop'iro myself to succeed him on the throne." . .

Tho o'.d woman looked him steadily in the eyo for n minute, but cho scamp never flinched. Then ahe asked : " Ain't there cannibals in Africa f " Vos, indeed," replied tho youthful Mimchanran. " Kvor fee any?" "Sea any ? Why I'm one mysell. And tho wretch, di-torting his fcaturds, assumed Fiirh a terrible look that tho woman from Sitiin instinctively drew back. " You needn't bo frightened, madam," said he, assuming a milder look, "you are portectly safe, wo nevor cat anyone older than twenty-live, unless driven to it by famine."

And hoy you rcoly tt n human bein

"Many a time. At my father's table two fat young girls ere roasted every day."

" Oh, my !" ga»ped tho old woman. " And on Sundays wo usually cook three or four babies besides, as a deli-

"Oh, Lord,' save ns !" ejaculated tha woman. _ " Vos," proceeded tho Tiincr) of Tim buctoo, "I am very fond of rna-t b.-.by. Of cjiire^, I cant get it ofcen in this cjuntry, and that if the rea.-on I always want to Into a pteoe out of every baby I eoe. I'm bo hungry for a bito of baby now—indeed, I ruurit have it."

And he made a divo for t'no baby in the woman's arum, b:;t she sprang from her peat and tlow shrieking to tho other end of tho car, while tho Prince of Timbuctoo wont into tho smoking car to take a puff of Wheeling stogy.

The Next Best Thing.

A PHYSICIAN, who hia grown groy in the prnctico of medicine and has relieved the sulfjringa uf thousands of patient*, tells a good stcry at hi* own expsn-o. " Re cently," ho sajv, "I was culled to fee a gentleman who had been takon ill while visiting in tho family of ono ot my regular patiesiti'. I found him in bed, and iiftor a itiv;iiO;ii3 01 hi?! ca-o, ordered him to 'oathe hia toot in mustard and wator at as high a temperature &s ho couid boar. Tho lady who iva-s acting a 5 nuno seemed a littlo confuted, nr.d said : " Doctor, I don'C think it would bo of any u.=o " " And why not?" I answered. " Oh, doctor, he's a criuple ; he hoa cork feet."

"I told her to t'.ke off his feet and put whatever cime next into the hot water and

LARGER THAN LIBERTY.

An Afghan Statue That Towers Above the Eronze Goddess.

At Barnian, on the principal road between Cibtil find Balkh, Afghanistan, there are s:iid to be two mammoth statues, one of whicn measures 17:> feet. This statue is of Buddha, and stands in a niche which has been cut out a'j a= to leave the figure formed of ro.:k within tha niche- If the measure incut ul the ctatue is correct, then Libert} Enlightening tue World can no longer claim to btTthe largo.it statue in tho world. liberty i-> only 131 f«et high, exclusive of her ptsdmtnl, and it is now only a question a- ro whether tho height of tho Barman

statue has been correctly given. The measurement of the statue was made by Captain the Hon. M G. Talbot, ti E , a member of the British Boundary Commia eicn, who i< said to have used a theodolite, and thereby insured the accuracy of his cal culation:).

The existence) of the great statues of Baminn has been long known to Indian archaeologist*, but correct drawings of thorn, or reliable measuromuute, have never been riven till now. Bamain is 0.1 tho road between Cabul and Balkh, whoro it crosses the Paropamissus range. The f-itnation is high, being porno where about 5.500 feet above the sea. The rock is conglomerate, or- pudding etone, of which there is a high clitV in tho valley. In this at an early period, probably during the first centuries of the Christian era, Buddhist monks excavated cavss. These lire in largra numbers at Bamian —"extend- ing for miles"—but there are numerous groups of caves beside 3, extending north ward aloL'j,' the road as fur as Haibak.

SHREWD BUFFALOES.

Hot/ Thoy Calculated tho Force of

tho Current.

The tamo buff.iloes of India are eaid to possess an unusually intelligent nature, notwithstanding their rough exterior. An English traveller, who has made the passage up tho Brahmapootra, relates an instance of mathematical calculation on the part of these animals such as must have been amusing to witness, a3 it is entertaining to read.

"Once," ho says, "while our party were awaiting the arrival of a steamer coming down the river, wanting something where with to occupy our minds, wo became inter ested in watching the behaviour of o herd of buffaloes boionginptoaneighbouriogvillage. We remarked that oach morning about 0 o'clock, tho whole herd swam across the river from tho opposite side, the bull consid erably in ad vanes leading the way, followed by tho matrons with their calves by their sidfs

" finteriof; the water about half a mile farther up on tho opposite bank, the strong current washed them down to the village where thoy wished to land. This was as judicious a calculation of distance and pjwer of the current as could have been made by tho most able mathematician. " The river at this point was fully half a mile broad, but as there was better feeding ground on the other bank the animals pre ferred the s wim. After they had reached the bank s^faly there was a halt for a few minutes to rest and recover breath.

"It wa3 a pleasing sight to watch tho natural auxiety of each matron for her young one towards the end of the swim, when they were beginning to tire ; tho repeated tarn of the head to fee how the youngster wan getting on, and the satisfaction when at length, wearied with the long journey, the little one rested its head upon its mother f;r support. 1'

A youug fellow who had uover beeu in a boat before recently boarded a steamer at Owen Sound. After watching the action ot the puddles with great interest, ho turned to a fellow pa-seenger, and drawing a long breath, said—"Eh, man, but the water maun be terrible shallow tae let thae wheels go up."

THE AUCKLAND EVEMNG STAK, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1887

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Facts.—Closo confinement and careful atten tion to all factory work gives the operatives pallid faces, poor appotltos, languid, misorable feolmpH, poor blood, inactive livor, kldnoyß. &a, and all the physicians and medicine in the world cannot help them unlew) they get out of doors or use American Co.'n Hop Bltt«rs. None nood Buffer it thoy mU uoo it freely. Btio.



T &S. MORRIN & C(T. Wholesale, Retail, and Furnishing Ironmongers, Lift and Force Pumps, Deep Well Pumps, Windmills and Pumps, Black and Galvanised Pipe and Pipe Fittings. HYDRAULIC RAMS 1 HYDRAULIC RAMS I For raising water any height. LATO SPRINKLERS! LAWN SPRINKLERS! I.R, Garden Hose, Hose Branches, Spreaders, &c, &c, &c. SYBXNGES! GARDEN EN&I2TES! SYRBMGES! GARDEN ENGINES! . & §. mulmßN m by., LlmlltU THE BEVERAGE FOR THE PUBLIC. What every household miy indulge in to THE BENEFIT OF THEIR HEALTH. f In these timc3 of depression, end cutting of everT'liing flna, the public should be aware of tVip ni'iTi" EDii~iou3 lxjvcro"cs v»-hich are bcinir 'jiTcrcl to tli6 public sis cheap linos, &nri which ore nothing more or less than deleterious concoctions, manufactured from injurious substances, and often containing alcohol and mineral acids in oae form or another. Aa a cooling and healthful beverage during the hos cummer mouths, it 13 admitted bjr all classes, under all circumstance*,, and at all times, that KEN SHAW'S CONCENTRATED LEMONADE HAS XO EQUAL REN'SHAWS CON'CEXTRATED LEMONADE ii guaranteed to be perfectly purs and free, from alcohol. EENSHAWS CON'CKN'TRATED LEMOXADS I» the most delicious, cooling, and refreshing of all beverages. RES'SH \AV~3 CONCENTRATED LEMONADE ooase=3e» an taa antiscorbutic properties oi the fresh fruit. RENSHAWS CONCENTRATED LEMONADE will act as an excellent cooling medicine for the blood. BEKSHAW'S CONCENTRATED LEMONADE may bo given advantageously to children as well as adults. RENSHAWS CONCENTRATED LEMONADE is admitted to be the best of all beverages for household use, RENSHAW'3 CONCENTRATED LEMONADE will be found by far tho cheapest and most economical beverage for picnics and excursion parties of all kinds, us OVJS TITO SHILLINO BOTTLE will mak* a. gallon and a half ready for immediate use by the addition of water only. SOLD EVERYWHERE AT TWO SHILLINGS PER BOTTLE. KENSHAWS PURE RAKOTONGA LIME FRUIT JIIICS may also b« hadl everywhere at ONE SHILLING PER BOTTLiC Sole Proprietors— F. & G, T. RENSHAW, Ml Eden Laboratory JL TJ C El I_> -A. 2sT ID . May bo liad wholesale- through any of the Merchants. Telephons 424, P.O. Box 20i NEW ZEALAND TWEED COMPANY MERCHANT TAILORS, SHORTLAND STEEET, WILL CLEAR BALANCE OF SUMMER TWEEDS AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. ALL GARMENTS THOROUGHLY SHRUNK. | ! Please send fop PATTERNS, ILLUSTEATED CATALOGUE, and Rules fop SELF-MEASUREMENT, which will te Posted Free to any part of New ; Zealand. JOSEPH lOSES, Manager.



" I envy naught—unlcsa 'tis this, The teat of morul might ; The man who koowa what time it is, And feels t:hat Ac ia right." PUNCTUALITY LEADS TO SUCCESS. The nun who mi-.5»3 bin trains. IT'iDi^, or r-tFarr.orn ; who neglect* his opiiOintmcr.H, cr loaesi track of his iriinuteH : who r-fculmo'* hia actions t'r a fdiiltr. irr itf-i watch, soon finds himself left out of the tide o( j,ros pfri y, nnri nnveroomcfi within cooea . fhis in.:ctHn;ui m.isihbour. Pti» mukH a nDtB <-£ chu. and remember that it is AS GOOD A3 AN ANNUITY To become possessed of one of - STEWART DAtt'SON & Co.'s FAMOUS TMEKEBPBRS, Always rc!:'able, pavini time end nionuy—a anrc road to fortune. ENGLISH WHOLESALE PRICES, 27s CJ to £30. PERENNIAL PLEASURE FOLLOWd. And the Clerk, tho As?i«tar.t, tho <! \rti?aii, thii Min'r, or the Labourer. who us':il to bo habitually lute, noon vein itito j?ood repute, promotion iy e'ccured. mi ijierhreji]n.>r«e::ca*o3— •• Iji.hi't iio* tPe time." or " Watch me o'.'r^rSmiai p'eesiro ia feenred. aDd uli ior a s:nall outlay, bjcanaa STEWART T"\AWBON & pO. TEVVAKT JL/AWSON" ec v^a MANO-FACTURBAIA poRTAii AND SELL EVKEY WATCH XHfI:MSEWE3 OIKECT TO THE PUBLIC. A tuht to h2 r.mtrnrerei foralf.'e- STEC'AKT JJAWSON & CO.'S GREAT ENULISH WATCH EXHIBITION, QUEEN-STREET. WATCIifiS OF EVERY GaADS, To SCIT All CLiSSErt. Asin.E Variety foe Choice. Avple Margin is Price. IUUUO T0 SELECT t'UOM. A'Aj EKGMBH WHOLESALE PRICES. KKSIDKT-.TJ AliD VISITORS Let ycur fir.-t businesß be to cail at OUR CHEAT ENGLISH WATCH EXHIBITION, SI. QUEEN-STREET. f you cannot be raited there, yon din nowhere: tu:i it >ou don't buy ■ten wi)l cari7 a pleasant remem brance at out; ot tha JEWELLERY! JEWELLERY! OF EVERY KIND. NEWEST NOVBLTIE?, LATEST DESIGNS. An IJI M EKSE STOCK Tj select from, at ebout HALF COLONIAL PKICE3. LADIES' AND GKNTS' GOLD ANDSILVER ALBERTS, MAGMt'ICKNT PATTERNS. All Imported Direct, ATPP.ICiiS UNAPPROACHABLE. LADIES'AND GBNT3' SILVER ALBERTS. EXTRAORDINARY VALUE. ALL HALL MaREKD. 0-3 6i, 10a Gd, 12a Gd, 13s Gd, AND 152 6d. CANNOT BE EQUALLED. REPAIP.3. EEPAIKS. NOT S. It n)fy r.nt beK^no n'ly known that we havt; h jtaffof wntcr-.diEkerß worfc ing en :h-2 prcmi-es, and watches of over}* de-cipticn, do matter wnora they ore 'oo: ght iroru, »rs repaired anfi clean.'n 07 u^ at about half rrdlna-y Naw ZL-ald-nd prices. Watcbea r.'niiirins cleaninK can bo rctornPrt to cu-rr.mera properly rleanfd ivi'hin two hours it ie quired, ill lepnira douo oa tho prerni-e?, tiid vrorkmanehip guaranteed. C-U and receive. grat!3. a copr of cnrtioleacid New Il.ustruied Watch H.n,i T»"cU<"ry Pam:.h!et. and read full rar-fcalira and most wocderful FOP. REAL VALUE VISIT STEWART DAWSON & CO.'S GREAT ENGLI3H WATCH EXHIBITION, 9J-QUEEN-BTRMET-W, Opposite Wyndham-street, AUCKLAND. A \\r° NDERFUL Ti/fßDionni BEECHAM'S PILLS -j^TT^v Are admitted bj § U"*i ijJN. thousanda to n AW worth a Guinea B ff <V X«'A Kox for Wiious oaA ffjl/ \ \i\ nervoua disordess, 5 v i77 \-c% sucn wind, and i'!~f -n « TTi'TCTT' \'' I p«in in the stomach, I ' /Piili'W i jwlsick headache, gid |^\ Plkt.<»>' /pj>B-.vellini?aftermeab \i«A --—— /C/f dizziness and drow- V^\ /CCr/ pineaa, cold chills, VQS>. /Vo7-' flashings of heat, \«vSw vM'/ lO!S of appetite, :Ci^s' ehortneß3 of breath, [®] *rf#^ costiveness, scurvy, biowhe3nn the skin, ■..,..«. *&«. diiturbed deep, ~^-" frightfal dreams, ir.d a-'l nervous pnd tr»mb'.insr sensation?, &O. Tm first dcs? v.vi pive relief in 20 minute*. This i> no Ilction, Car ihoy have done it in thoaEn.nd!! o? casm. Erery sufferer is earnestly Invtttd to try uric box >-f thiesa Pills, and they • wiil bo r.»\-r.o»-l-CFert ;o hi> WOETH & GXJINEA A BOX. For female* of ail aiej tinwo PiUs ar« Jn vaioabio, mi a few lioses of them carry off all groys humours, oren oil obstruction, and brine , about ail tha". i-s mnuired. No female should ba v.-itl;ctit them. Tftoro ij nn medicine to be found to equal BEEtHAH'S PILLS for remov ing nnj- tibstrcciinn or irresmlarity of the syttcm. Xt t*k™ accordirg to thfl directions Siren wiiii r.teh Lox, they will soon restore famales of til ages to eiund ond robust health. Fcr k ttik stcnisch, impaired digestion, anfl , ; a»l di=ordora of :he iiv^r. they act like "iIAGI 1. and a few draos wll ba fonnrt to work wondijra arou thorooat impo-tart co;ar.s r.t the human machine. They st.-en.-tbf n t^e whole mnscnlar BTStem, restore tho I'>ug-last couip'.esion. bring back tho keei pd ■? of ar p.;tite. and arouse into . action with the Iu.'SKIiIHJ of hoal.h the whole , a PhTsioal •Mierfr of tha human frame. Toeseare "FACTS" admit:a<l by thousands embracing all cliß3es of fecietv ; and one of the beat ■-. 5-narantaes to th- nerrous and debilitated Is, iJoecoam's Pills have toe largest sala of any patc^T rjitdicine Iri the ■world. Beechain's BSngic Congh Pills. As a rcmody for ' wi^hs in general, Asthmv HifflcnltT in Breathing, fchortness of Breath. Tißhtu-:33 ant! Oppresaion of the (jheat^ Vrheei;- . ing. &lc. theso Pills stand unrivalled; and inroro labouring under any of the above somplainta need only try One Box to prove Lhat they are tin beat ever offered to the rubilc for Asthniatie and Consumptive Coughs. ; Hsar/ei'ess and Ocprosaioncf the Chest. They !peeoi]y remote t .at sense of oppression and difficulty ot hrenthirijr which nishtly deprive !he patient c* rest. They give almost instant ffcliet E.3d coc.fnrt to thoss afflicted with the above distressing er.d. when necieoted, danger ous ccmrlaints. Let aay person troubled with any of tho asore complaints give Beechajts CkJUGH Pn.l^ & trial. . , M The kiosi violent Cough will In a short time l m be removed. Cahtion.—Tho pub'.io are requested to notice that tho Tvcrda •Beecham's Pili. St. Helens." arson the Govemmant Siamp affixed to each Bos of the Pills. If cot oa, they ere a forgery. Prepared only and eoli wholesale and retail by the proprietor. T. Beechara, Chemist, St. Helens, Lancashire, Enyland. in boxes at Is Ija »nd 2a »S each.—So!d by all Druggists ana Patent Medicine Dealers throughout the col- Z*.'&.— ptiu directions are given with e*oa : ; 80S. TT'B a.TING'S poffDEI. , ;: KEATING'S POWDER KKATIN'a'S POWDER KEATING'S POWDER KILLS BUGS FLEAS MOTHS BEETLES. Tms Powder is Qtttte Hap.mijess to Ani mal liifo, but is unrivalled in destroying fleas. bijßß, cockroaches, beetles, moths in furs, and . 85 every other species of insect. Sportsmen will flnd this invaluable for destroying fleas in their doss, as also ladies for their pet dogs. Tnis Akticle has Found so Great a Sale that it has temptea others to vend a so-called ;: article in imitation. The Public are CAtrnoSED that tho tins of the'genuine powder bear the atUOKraph ot THOMAS KEATING. Sold in Tins by all Druggist?. KEATING'S WORM TABLETS KEATIN'G'S WORM TABLETS KEATIXG'S WORM TABLETS A Pcrely Vegetable Stvesmsat. both, in ' /.> ; ippetrance and taate. fnminMng most agrfi*" jlile method of administering the only certain remedy for INTESTINAL or THREAD WORMS. It is a perfectly safe and mild pre paration, and is especially adapted for Children. Sold in Tins by all Chemists and Druggists. Proprietor: THOMAS KEATING. Lovww. 101 O R S ~ A h E, ■a- At LOWEST Maskst SUTZBI Rosin, Pitch, and Tar Kerosene, Paint, and Olive Oils Chamnion's, Scott's, and Stcreru Genuine Will's Lead, in wood Muntz Metal and Nailß Laree Stock of Canvas, various brands Wire Kope, from Si inch to } inch ; Boit Ropo. Hemp, and Manilla Kopa. sll Bilßs Patent WtadUws (wood), Fri'.Ui. tod Pall» Ar.diors, from 15 etrt. to 10 lbs, eh*in«. from ± in;:h to I laeli. Colek and Fiaii OU. B. S. MoKSKZIB, Mi S-SZTIX!) S, '.