A Heart's Bitterness

By BEHTHA M. CLAY, Author of "For Another's Sin," "A Fair Mystery," &c. CHAPTER LXXI. BIGAMY OK NO BIGAMY. Tue firm of Wells & Epston enjoyed one of the highest reputations in London, indoed in all England, for Ehrowd practice and business management. Their oflico was thronged with clients brioging thorn diffi cult cases. Tho fame was not only popular, but professional ; other lawyors feared and rospocced them.

This firm had boen, since its OBtablieh mont, the legal advisers of the Hartingtons, and the uch colonel, who was possibly to be Lord of Leigh, had enjoyed a large share of tho cares and counsels of these eminent barristers.

Not three houra after Helen Hope's inter view with Colonel Hattington, the colonel drove with furious haeto to tho Temple, and with much eagernoss demanded a private interview with the firm. Having made hie report, ho laid before them the paper which Miss Hope had given him. It) was in her clear bold hand, a statement of the case made out, and a list of the evidence procurable Nothing could be more clear. " This ia very woll dono," said Mr Wells, of the firm of Wells & Epston. " You say a lady gave it to you, Where can she bo seen J" "She said ehe would be for two days at the Golden Cross Hotel, Strand. And the man Kemp, elso." " We must see thorn."

"But what do you think of it?" de manded the colonel. "It is plausible, cer tainly." " Leigh Will fight to the death. Hia law yera are Storms and Morton," said Harting ton. " A trustworthy firm, but never a match for üb," aaid Mr Welle, calmly. "I want no labour, no expense, no in genuity spared to substantiate these state ments, and put me in my legal position aa Lord of Leigh." "It will be one oi the greatest cases on record," said Mr Welle, rubbieg his hands with the zest of anticipated battle, "and if we can prove that our honourable client is Lotti of Leigh, no zoal of ours ghall be wanting to make the fact plain." "You must see these people at once," said Hartington. "My carriage is in the court. We wilt go to thorn immediately." They found Helen Hope in a private parlour at the Golden Croee, and Kemp was promptly eummoned. A lone conversation ensued, and the attorneys and their client departed. " What do you think ?" cried Harting ton. " It seems a very Btrong and simple, if an unusual eaee," said Mr Wells. "The woman ia a matter-spirit. The man i& dogged, but there is an unflinching tenacity in his statements that will tell. Evidently this Miss Hope has some incentive other than love of justice ; but that ie nothing to us, if these facts can be established. Our first etep rauat be to notify Storms & Mar ton that wo intend, on further evidence re ceived, to challenge, in your behalf, the title of tho present Earl of Leigh. They will inform Leigh, and we must have a meeting," "Can it be a fraud T" demanded the colonel nervously. " We are not responsible ifit ia a fraud. We must act on evidence laid before us ; if the evidenca ia fraudulent it remains for Storms & Morton to sbow it. We would not take it up if it appeared a fraud, certainly ; but if this is a fraud, detection is so certain, and punishment so savere, that I do not think these shrewd people would venture upon it. The strangest things are often the real occurrences of life, and theee eimple facts, today laid beforo us, afford to my mind an almost unbreakable chain of evidence in your favour." With this view Colonel Hartington went home jubilant, - Meanwhile, at Leigh Towers, Norman the Earl Bat as one who waits for a blow to fall. The words that Helen had written were ever limned in fire on the air before him. Finally, suspense ended in an earnest BummoQS to London, to meet his legal ad viaors. The place appointed lor the meet ing of the two law* firms, and their re- Bpective clients, was the now closed and lonely houee of Lord Leigh, facing tho green park. The case was thon briefly Etated by Mr Epeton on behalf of Colonel Hartington, thus:

"The present Norman, known as Earl of Leigb, is and haa been holding his earldom and eetates aiid privileges of Leigh upon a false and invalid title, evidence being offered to show, that 'the said Norman, called Earl 0; Leigh, in not legitimate, his mother having; been guilty of bigamy when she married the late Lord Leigb. And the bigamy was without the knowledge of any of the parties concerned in, or cog nisant of, said marriage." The pieces of evidence were stated thus : The lady known as late Countess of Leigh was first married to Bart Kemp.an attorney, of the town of Meatb, Ireland, who died at a small hamlet called Shields. Said Bart Kemp was a widower with one son ; both father and son were subject to occasional fits resembling epilepsy. Bart Kemp and his cecond wife agreed bo ill that the lady left him, and went to live in England with her father, a hilf-pay officer. After two years' separation, the wife received news, first by a newspaper paragraph, and then by letter, of the death of Kemp. Mrs Kemp, a week or two after this return to freedom, made the acquaintance of the then Lord Leigh. She was a handsome woman and succeeded in infatuating the earl, and was married to him in the sixth month after hearing of her widowhood. But the evidence now produced by Bart Kemp, son oi the attorney, showed that his father did not die at the time stated. He v/ae supposed to have died, and was pre pared for burial, but his apparent death was bnt a prolonged instance of the state of insensibility into which he sometimes fell, and he revived, and lived in a low and nearly imbecile condition for six months and Jour days after, really dying nice days after the marriage of his supposed widow to Lord Leigh. Therefore the marriage was invalid, being unintentional bigamy on the part of the Countess of Leigh, and her bod, thO'preeont Norman, was illegitimate, and could not inherit estates or title of Leigb, which estates and title properly passed to Colonel Hartington, as next of kin.

The proofs advanced for thia remarkable case were a formally drawn up document by the grave digger of Shields station at what date he buried Mr Kemp. Second the inscription on Mr Kemp's grave-stone. Third a statement of the stone-cutter that he bad lettered the stone at such a date, and chief of all a document written and signed by Mr Kemp's physician, elating the circumstances of apparent death; the revival and date of real death. This physician was dead, but many witnesses would testify to his handwriting. Thia was the terrible case which Norman Leigh heard made out against his claim to the peerage. " The claim is just here," said Mr Wells. "You cay that Mr Kemp died in December, '39. We expect to prove that he revived after that apparent death, and lived until the last of June, 1840, and was living when the late Lord Leigh married Mrs Kemp. She bad, after leaving her husband, taken her maiden name, and under that was married, which, of course, would not have invalidated her marriage." " Understand," said Lord Leigh's lawyer, " that we shall combat, and fully expect to disprove, all this evidence, and show that these witnesses who have offered themselves to Colonel Hartington, are deceiving him with false evidence, concocted at the instiga tion of malice and revenge." " And we believe our evidence to be an honest statement of facts, and as such shall do our utmost to maintain it," said the lawyers of tho colonel.

After a long conference, the parties separated.

Welle & Epston asked if Lord Leigh would yield to the evidence, and, without farther contention, relinquish hie claims. This Leigh's lawyers indignantly re jected. r :•

"The caee," said the lawyers, "must then come before the highest court in the land."

Norman Leigh slept alone in his deserted house, and in the morning returned to the

CHAPTEE LXXH. " I (30 TO SAVE MY CHILD." fe.H"lof I*h, n«. man •Jroned bya heavy bio*. Hβ could not T° ul * himself to contend with hie fate,

He could not even hope for a happy issue out of hie distresses. Hia ancestral land, his title, his privileges aa a belted earl were tho stronghold and chief aim of his life. To be cast out of these—branded, rejected, a themo for the wonder and gossip of England— was a prospect that weighed him into a hopeless stupor. He came homo aged, and bowed, and blighted, by his London experience Violot brought the child to him, but tho child was an added misery. It was tho second day before ho roused himself to call Violet to the library, where he had locked himself in, moody with rage. When ehe came in, ho looked at her gloom ily, without speaking. "Did you want mo, Norman ?" she asked, gently. " You aaid you would stand by mo, in trouble and evil, in the worst that could come, but Ido not holt , you to your pro mise. I should not blamo you if you flod from me. I would like to fly from myself." " What is it, Norman—what has hap ponod ?" said Violot, trembling with vague terror.

'•Hartington is about to contest my titlo, my earldom." "But how can he, Norman? You aro Lord of Leigh." "He eaye not. Bo has eocurcd some ovidonco." " But what cvldonce ? You were surely the son of hto late Lord Leigh. Adam and othora know all about it." " But tho colonel has socured evidence, lira)., that my mother had been married bo foro sho met Lord Leigh, and second, that her husband did not die until nine days after her marriago with my fathor. So it is not a legal marriage, but bigamy ; and consequently I am not the lawful heir, nor Lord of Leigh. That is what Hartington proposes to prove." " Oh, Norm.in, ho cannot bliow such a cruel, wicked thing!" "He has the grace to admit that it waa done on a mistake; that my mother wus sure she was a widow—had been a widow for months," said Leigh, grinding bis teeth. " But, Norman, do you mean that when they really thought they were lawfully married, that this mistake makes the marriago illegal, aud disinherits their child?" " That is luw," said Leigh, gloomily. " Oh, Norman, I hope, I hope, for Rupert's sake,that our marriage wae valid I" cried Violet, pale with terror. "Of course it was," retorted Leigh. "But what good will \t do Rupert? He can never ba Lord of Leigh. Jtle ia not oven a Loigh ; nor am I." " What!" cried Violet, her brown eyes wide and terrified, as the tetrible mystery grewuponber. "Whatareyou? What is he?" "I? I am the beggared eon of a person named Kemp, I have nothing, and I am no thing, except, as your husband, I have the use of the Ainslio millions." "Tell me did you dream of this when you married me I" asked Violet, going a step nearer to him. "Before Heaven, no 1 It has all come up on me as a thunderbolt!" "But tho name? I do not understand the name !" " Consider that as my mother was not legally married, I only bear her legal name, Kemp, at your service—the name of the beggarly attorney, who died and came to life, to my ruin, and by a fiction of tho law lam supposed to be bis son, not the son of the Earl cf Leigh, though Kemp bad not seen my mother for two years beforo I waa so unfortunate to be born."

"And Rupert?' faltered Violet. "Ho is Kupert Kemp — a littlo, low lived beggar, unless he gets some millions from hia mother." Violet reeled, and caught hold of the tall back of one of the library chairs to sustain herself. Leigh was too lost in his own misery to heed hers. For herself, Violet felt inured to suffering, but this blow fell on her idol, her beautiful child. In her own lonely eorrow it had been her consolation to think of the bright and noble possibilities before her eon. She had pictured him grown to bo ono of England's worthiest peers. When she remembered her ill-sped marriage, she thought that it bad won a coronet, not for herself, but for her boy. How that fair dream crumbled and faded, like air castles built in Spain ! She could only murmur: " I cannot understand —I cannot 1" "You aoou will understand," cried Leigh, roughly, " when you are turned out of the Towers to make room for Clare ; when tbe plate and the Leigh jewels are resigned to her, and we can go back to London, Mr and Mrs Kemp, to live among the city people, perhaps you'll understand. Here, can you understand this?" and he thrust into her hand a letter from his lawyor. It contained a copy of tbe statements to be put in evidence, and a note begging Leigh to look over his family papers, and send all that referred to his parents or their marriage.

"Norman," eaid Violet, faintly, "you will defend yourself, you will contest this, you will prove all these things false and forgeries ; you will not yield to the colonel. I do not, I cannot believe these things." "My lawyere will do what they can," said Leigh. " But for me. I believe it all. I have felt that some terrible blow was over me; it has fallen. lam ruined !'

At this singular hopelcs3 apathy of his air and words, Violet roused herself. She ex claimed :

"But you will do what you can, Have you looked over these papers ?" "It is useless. There is nothing there. I can understand nothing of them. It will do no good."

" Norman, what are you thinking of I" cried Violet, seizing him by the arm. " fight for your inheritance to the last I" But he threw himself down in a limp state in bis great chair, and covered his face with his bands.

"Do you see, Violet, with the estate I must restore all the income of these years since I succeeded."

"So much tho more need to defend your self,' said Violet.

" I can do nothing," said Leigh, drearily. "Let me send for your lawyers to come, and search the papers for themselves." cried Violet,

" You may do as you like—take any measures," said Leigh.

"Do you mean that 1 Then I shall de fend my child." exclaimed Violet, with spirit. Leigh flung himself ou a couch and hid hie face

Violet summoned old Adam, and told him the story.

" Adam, you wore at the marriage. You knew both parties." Violet had called the old man to her bou doir. He looked about cautiously. "My lady the late countess was a reck less one, to stop at nothing, and her father, the major, was like her. I knew there had been a marriage in Ireland. It would not have been unlike her, my lady, to do this thing knowingly. But Lord Leigh was surely in the dark about it. Hβ never knew."

Violet sent for the lawyer. He came, but could find no papers to help the case. He admitted to Violet that Mr Storms had been to Shields, in Ireland, and had found the grave etone dated as asserted, and the undertaker positive ac to the burial. " In fact, though we shall fight hard, tho case looks very bad for Lord Leigh. That doctor's certificate is terrible evidence on which all the rest hangs, and as he is dead, it is testimony that cannot be broken down by cross-examination."

After the lawyer had gone, Violet in vain tried to rouse Leigh to take some active measures on his own behalf. "My lady," said the reluctant Adam, "don't look for help from him. He has been takina opium since tho affair came up. I cannot make him stop the opium, and I believe he is trying to kill* him self." " Adam, telegraph at once for Sir Soger Parker, and when he comes give Lord Leigh entirely into hie hands, and act just as Sir Roger says, for he may be able to save him." Then ringing the bell, she said : " Nurso, get yourself and Rupert rsady at once to go with mo to London. I have sent for a phyeician for Lord Leigh. Now I am going to save my child's name and in heritonce. My Rupert shall still be heir of Leigh." (To be Continued.)

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POETRY.

IN PAUAUJSE. In the calm i>l illy nipht, When the ekieu in iheir apleml ur are And tho z-iihyra l'ght Are at rest In the weiKin eereno, A vicion dlvino CI the days tint are olden and sivccu When LuvijatthoßhriiiQ 01 Ueuity inauo homage complete, s unto me thon. Wlih a touch of colestinl v r .co, \nd I think cf when I first gazed onhur ue.u:i(ul fie ! The yoarj that havo passed, Should have wroated and torn from my breast Tho remembrance at last Of inomonta UDspeakubly bloßt. But there's nought upon earth Can atone for the loveliness lost; Or solace thodeirth Of a life that is shuttered and crossed. But I know wo shall most Iv tho mansions of splendour above. And abide in the sivoot Not an angel that moveß In tho trance of artorlng delight; Could be to my- spiritual sight Diviner than her Once sSen in the fro .hneaa of youLh; When all things wear Tho glamour of goodnsse and truth. So 1 long for the time When my spirit, unshackled and freo. In a fa ror clime Her glorillod proaonoo shall eno. A, W. lIURRV. Holcnevillo. March 17.

AN HUSH COURTSHIP.

Oob, Diurthcr, lovo is uhuroly <iuaro 1 Kun, soma kind cruttur, tot tho priest or Doctor, for I'm in despair ; I'll nivlr sco another Easter. lVn nnythor hear* to ate nor vi ink; My slntin' haj now turned till sighin'; At night X nlvir elapo a wink. Her ball's as blacks a satin hat. Her eyo'd as livolv ub a kitten's; To psiot nor boauty (if ehe sat) No artist could ia 20 sitting. From Malm Head to KlUaloo Iler like ye'd ntver set an cvo on ; But, ooh, mo vronc, that o'er I know That cruel cbariuor, Nancy Byan. 'Twas on the banka ay Killaloo, The poolden grain bad cheered the fatnier. When tiratiliodauncd upon my view. An' ploroed mo through cowld ray son's armour. An' though I turned away my head. Tho wishes ay my heart aonj-in' Right bouldly to myself I said, " I'll vote lor nono but Nancy Kyan." So liftm' quite jinteel my cap. I toul' my mind, both elane and dacont; For, whin them's dangor in tho gap, It's only manly to be /acin't. Butlike a quoon ay mlshty rank She toul' mo, " Sor, it's uaeless tryiu': A boy with money in tbe bank Hae won the heart ay Nanoy Ryan!" " Och. wirrastrue! I know the Riot. It's Mick M'Cafferty, tho Luaguer ; Troth, if ho paid tho landlord's rtnt He'd lose that boast—tho dirty nuygur, If hfc'B the tinant ay your heart, I'd proceis him and Bend htm flyin'; An' aotin' tho caretaker's part, I'll take tho houldiu', Nancy Rynn !' "Now, aley," says a voioe bohind. I luked -'twas Mick: and mighty quick ho Gave mo what he called "hia mind.' (tie keeps it in his list does Mickoy). Mvargumen's wor rather wake- He left me speechless, kilt, and dyin'. I ihink eviction's a mistake Conßarnin' him and Nancy Kyan. Ocb, raurther, lovo is mighty quaro! Will snmo kind crettur bring the piicat or Doctor, for I'm In despair; I'll river soe another Kastcr. That kyble Miclr, from Sliibereen. Last fair day there tho ring was buy iv' An' soon he'll wed my fair colleen, Faner mo Uunl my Nunoy Bynn. DUOALD MACFaDYBN.

How to Eat Wisely.

As a universal rule in health, and with very rare exception in disease, that is best to be eaten which the appetite craves or the taste relishes. Persons rarely err in the quality of food eaten ; Nature's instincts are the wisest regulators in this respect. The great sources of mischief from eating are three—quantity, frequency, rapidity— and from the3e come th& horrible dyspep sias, which make of human lifo a burden, a torture, v living death. By eating fast, the stomach,like a bottle being filled through a funnel, is full and overflowing before we know it But the most important reason is, the food is swallowed before time has been allowed to divide it in sufficiently small pieces with the teeth ; for, like ice in a tumbler of water, the smaller the bits are, the soonor are they dissolved. It has been seen with the naked oye that if solid food ia cut up in pieces small as half a pea, it di gests almost as soon without being chewed at all, as if it had been well masticated. The best plan, therefore, is for all persons to thus comminute their food ; for, even if it ie well chewed, the comminution is no in jury, while it is of great importance in case of hurry, forgetfulness or bad teeth. Cheer ful conversation prevents rapid eating. It requires about five hours for a common meal to dissolve and pass out of the stomach, during which time this organ is incessantly at work, when it must have repose, as any other muscle or set of muscles, after such a length of effort. Hence persons should not eat within less than a five hours interval. The heart itself is at rest more thin one-third of its time. The brain perishes without repose. Never force feod on the stomach. All are tired when night comes. Every muecle of the body is weary and looks to bed ; but just as we lie down to rest every other part of the body, if we, by a hearty meal, give the stomach five hours' work, which in its weak state requires a much longer time to perform than at an earlier hour of the day, it is like imposing upon a servant a full day's labour at the close of a hard day's work. Hence the unwisdom of eating heartily late in the day or evening ; and no wonder it has cost many a man his life. Always breakfast before work or exercise. No labourers or active persons should eat an atom later than sun down and then it should not be over half the midday meal. Persons of sedentary habits or who are at all ailing should take absolutely nothing for cupper beyond a single piece of cold stale bread and butter or a ship biscuit, with a single cup of warm drink. Such a supper will always give better sleep and prepare for a heartier breakfast, with the advantage of having the exercise of the whole day to grind it up and extract , its nutriment. Never eat without an inclination. — "Hall's Journal of Health."

Dressmakers' Tyranny.

Whether from revenge for past insults, or from mere lust of power, it seems certain that a comparatively email section of the population, dressmakers, to wit, do exercise a wonderful tyranny over a full half of tbeir fellow-eubjecte. What with corsets which pinch the waist, skirts whose innumerable folde, pleats, kilting?, and other mysteries make thorn to heavy too be worn for more than an hour or two at a time, hats whoso superincumbent mass weighs down the' head, and boots which constrict the feet, the ordinary woman s lot is not a happy one. She sacrifices herself every day to the great god of Fashion, 19 personified in a dressmaker. Every man and most women wonld like to rid tbemeelvos of this tyranny. But it la doubtful whether Lady Harberton and the Drees Reform Association are going the right way to work. To the ordinary woman any suggestion of the inexpreeeibli garments, whether concealed under the name "divided skirt," trouserettee," or what not, is repugnant. We can hardly be lieve, therefore, that the statement of " Ina" Iα '-Tho Standard," that the "middle classes," in considerable numbers, havo adopted the new-fangled garb, is really correct. Two other correspondents, how ever, while emphasising the varied draw backs of the present style, nevertheless tuggest what seems to us a simpler, prettier, nnd far more practicable solution of the difficulty. The proposal of " Weary Back" and " A Uebel " is that for the future tho skirt should be relieved of all its folds and quiltings, with their weight and dust-collecting properties, and made per fectly plain, These need not be made very eborfc, but "sufficiently full to be looped np in muddy weather, over some bright, neat, short, petticoat." This arrangement >ortends visions of ankles, it is true ; but few men, at any rate, will be found (0 quarrel with that possibility. Tha question then arises, ''How is this change to bo brought about ?" and it is not an easy ono to answer. Perhaps if all women were to combine in its favour they might bo able to defeat the small but devoted band of dress makers, but we almost doubt it. Probably they bad better wait until Fashion in her over-changing orbit reaches a simple form of drees, and when she does, arrest her there—if they can.—" London Globe."

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1887

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OPENING OF THE NEW OUTFITTING AND TAILORING ES TA BL ISHMEN T, COBIsTEB CDF QTJEEIT & STS. u4_O».f4»_4 W. G. ALLEM, □as tho pleasure to nnnounoe the opening of the above premises with a New end Well selected Stock of MEN'S, YOUTHS', & BOYS' READY-MADE CLOTHING, SHIRTS, HATS, COLLARS, TIES, PORTMANTEAUS, TRAVELLING BAGS, RUGS, &o. A splendid assortment of New Zealand Clothing, made from Mosgiel, Oamaru, Kaiapoi and Roslyn Tweed, to suit the most fastidious; also, English and Scotch Clothing in great variety. Boys' Knicker Suits, a specialty, sizes from O to 10 ; and Youths' Trouser Suits, the best selecton in the Colony A splendid assortment of Men's Working Shirts, Flannel Unders, Pants, Hats, Macintoshes, Oil Clothing, &c, at prices that wil' defy competition. Our Stock of Gent's Mercery is the prettiest in the colony, comprising—Gent's Umbrellas, Merino, Cashmere, and Lambs wool Hosiery ; Fashionable Collars and Ties. White, Regatta, and Crimean Shirts, Josephine and Dent's Coloured, White, and Black Kid Gloves, Driving Gloves, Portmanteaus, Brief Bags.and every requisite for the Travelling Public. TAILORING DEPARTMENT. I have to announce that this Department is under the Management of an efficient West End Cutter, and Gentlemen can select from the Largest Stock of Tweeds and Coatings in *he City. TROUSERS to Measure, from 13s SUITS to Measure, from 50s. Tho above Large <mi Well-assorted Stock is entirely NEW, and has been boughh well in i depressed market from the leading manufacturers and importers on the most favorable terms. All Goods Marked in Plain Figures. W. G. ALLEN'S aim -will be always to keep faith with the public, ft*vS taeisesj -Will be conducted on the moat hgitisiMte and straightforward principles, V«peo<*w> rt»pectfully invited. W. G. ALLEN, tailor, clothier, hatter, and glover, No. 1, VICTORIA ARCADE, CORNER OF QUEBN ANB FORT STREETS, ANB ARCADE. COWSUWfPTIOJHI_ CURABLE I "MR G. T. CONGREVE ON CONSUMPTION AND ITS SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT. Showing that direful disease to be curable in all its stagea ; with obaervationi Oβ ASTHMA, CHRONIC BRONCHITIS, ETC." From thb " Christian Herald," March 31, 18S« MR c. X. CONQREVK'S CONSUMPTION AND OTHKB " Contlnuee to be mode n great bleaniLg to eufferen, tor and wide, in every part ef the kingdom." •■ Tho world and we onrselvee owe him a debt of gratituae. Not long.inoe we plaoed a young lady under hie care who hae recovered her he*lt!i, and we need only point to the cases Mr tongreve ie publiehmg on* ever week), many of which had been £wen up m. "There can be no doubt that for Coneumptlon and other Cheat Complaints, MrCon grßTeieaspecialißtof _the firat order, and «tand« unrivalled. Certainly ttere hu been no othevdiscovery in medical science from which th. consumptive patient may gather m m«Sk hope rs from hi?. r * " » The osi hundkei._ Ayr thit-.tv-mbkr e.tSKS wblch an recovusd !n Mt ConKrsve's book are o rr.ost convinoinß watblony j but v.Unt liave b«ou long a niarrol «■« the ca.« 9f care which hove been published for several years past In the weekly journals four OWB included), one erery week.- Tho reader is referred to the " Christian World," '• ChHe* tlau Age," "Chnetian Globe," &c, &c). The author (Mi: Congreve, of Coombe Lodge, Peckhatn, London), has been nre.atlv entreated to make his treatment known in all the British Colonibs Th» mlot |j tti Book !•— BIXPENCB, OK SBVBSNPENCB, POST FRBH. PracuuD Bi UPTOK AND CO., AUCKLAND, And may h» erd«r««l njr Be«k««U«v.



SMITH & CAUdHEY'S FRENCH S. & C. are now showing the largest stock of -•-* ' FRENCH DRESS FABRICS Suitable for Autumn and Winter wear it was ever their pleasure to submit. These hWttful goods, which aro guaranteed all pure wool, are from the looms of a moat eminent French manufacturing firm, and will be found superior to most Cashmeres in finish, dyo, and colouring. CASHMERES They were also bought before the recent large advance in the price of wool took effect in the manufactured article; the value will therefore be tound quite special. —-—— * S & C. would al#> direct attention to a small shipment of FANCY WOOL WRAPS, ' ' Etc. Etc. AND BVgERgNOS Imported by them direct from Hamburg, which will be found Exceptional Value. BLACK AND ALL COLOURS. GREAT ECLIPSE CASH SALE J. G. BROWN & CO.'S ; ; WORTH £>Q 000 ' WORTH DRAPERY, MILLINERY, CLOTHING, Etc., nvrrrsT be sold. ENORMOUS REDUCTIONS IN ALL DEPARTMENTS. ; ! THE MOST GENUINE SALE NOW ON. NO OLD STOCK' ALL NEW GOODS ! BOUGHT UNDER VERY SPECIAJ, ADVANTAGES. PARENTS COUNTRY STOREKEEPERS, AND EVERYONE wanting the Best Value ever ollcre.l in Auckland, now is your opportunity. We are determined ? to make this Sale a great success, and eclipse all others, by marking everything down ■ • a mo Kemen"ber in the day, and thus avoid the afternoon crush. GAKRETT'S BUILITINGS, NEWTON, AND TBI?EE LAMPS, POXSONBY. J Of IB R O "W* IST -A. 3ST 3D OO- * S GREAT ECLIPSE CASH SALE. WE ARE THE CHEAPEST ! KAPANGAHAPE ROAD ■ CORNER OF EAST-ST. .



.*" I envy naught—unless 'Ha thlt, The test of moral might; The mm who knows what tinu It U. And feels that he Is right" PUNCTUALITY LEADS 10 SUCCESS, The man who misses his trains, trams, or steamers ; who neglects his appointments, or loses track of hia minutes-, who regulates his aotions by a faulty, enatio watoh, soon finds himself left out of the tide o( pros perity, and never comes within cooee of his successful neighbour. P/ease xnake a note of this, and remember that it is AS GOOD AS AN ANNUITY To become possessed of one of STEWART DAWSON & Co.'a FAMOUS TIMKKKKPBRS, Always reliable, saving time ana money—a enre road to fortune, ENGLISH WHOLESALE FKICKB, 27s 6d to £30. PBBHNN^PLISASURB And the Clerk, the Assistant, the Artisan, the Miner, or the Labourer, who used to be habitually late, soon geta into good repute, promotion ia enenred. all the threadbare excuses " Didn't know tne time," or " Watch was wrong"—are no longer made use of, perennial pleasure ia secured, and all for a small outlay, because SJISig? D AWBO S IC8: MANUFAOTUP AND SELL EVERY WATCH THEMSELVES DIRECT TO THE PUBLIC. A sight to be remembered for a life time is STEWART DAWSON & CO.'3 GREAT ENGLISH WATCH EXHIBITION, QUEEN-STREET. WATCHES OF EVEKY GRADB, To Suit All Clabsks. AMFI.S Variety for Choice. Ample Margin in Price. 10,000 TO SELECT FROM. ALL ENGLISH WHOLESALE PRICES. RESIDENTS AND VISITORS Let your first business be to call at OUR GREAT ENGLISH WATCH EXHIBITION, M, QUEEN-STREET. f you cannot be suited there, yon oan nowhere: and if you don't buy tou will carry a pleasant remem brance of one of the Pbbttisst Sights in Auckland, JEWELLERY TjEWELLEBY I OF EVERY KIND. NEWEST NOVELTIES, LATEST DESIGNS. An IMMENSE STOCK To eeleot from, at about HALF COLONIAL PRICES, LADIES , AND GENTS' GOLD AND SILVER ALBERTS, MAGNIFICENT PATTERNS, All Imported Direot, AT PRICES UNAPPROACHABLE. LADIES , A'NDGENTS' SILVER ALBERTS. EXTRAORDINARY VALUE, ALL HALL MARKED. 8> Od, 10a 6d, 12s 6d, 13* 6d, and 16s 6d. CANNOT BE EQUALLED. REPAIRS, REPAIRS. NOTE. It may not be generally known that we have aetaffof watchmakers work- Ing on the premises, and watchos of every description, no matter whom they are bought from, aro repaired and cleaned by ua at about half ordinary New Zealand prfooa. Watches requiring cleaning can be returned to ouatomers pioperly oleaned within two hours it re quired. All repairs done on the guaranteed. ™>rknianehlp our faulendid New Illustrated W.Uch ami Jewellery Pamphlet, ana read tolmoi!° fl ls. ar3anii moßt Wonder£al FOX SEAL VALUE VISIT BTEWAUT DAWSON & CO.'S GREAT KNGLI3H WATCH EXHIBITION, 01-QUEEN - STREET—W, Oppoilte Wycdham-etreel. AUCKLAND.



A XyONDERFUL Tt/rHDICINI. :. BEEGHAMPB PILI,S W Are admitted fcj Sc y. thousands to *',;'.• Sy-»\ worth a Guinea I ■';', fjr**/ \ifV\ Box for MUousadh ■- IQQi vi A nervoua disorder! i l\l,f \-;s\ Buoh as wind, and , I'lV'/TJATtiTC'T , \ 1 pain In the Mamie*,' , Italiiok headocheTgtt ' IMI hll I C iSjilineee, fulness end Irtl Hll»l»«« JO I swelling aftermoaJi,,,, I'wA _—••«■—- /*4/ dizzlnoas and drow- Vg\ a≤ 77 einess, oold chills,- 1 Vv\ /o7 flushings of host, lose of appetite, Xy>«">SvlKr shortness of breath, oosttvenese, scurvy, blotches on the eklni JjBSL disturbed Bleep, nnr frightful dream* and all nervous and trembling nimnatioae, Rα. Thn first dose will give relief In 20 minutes. This is no fiction, for they have .done it In thousands of oases. Every sufferer is earnestly Invited to try one box of these Pills, and they willbercknowlfidtjed to be J. ;i WORTH A GUINEA A BOX. . , For females of all ages these Pllle are In valuable, as a few doses of them carry off all - - gross humours, open all obstruction, and brine q about all that is required. No female should be without them. There 1° no medicine to be found to equal BEEGHAM'S PILLS for remov- I Ing any obstruction or irregularity of the I ■ tyetem. If taken according to the dlreotiona . > given vrith each box, they will Boon restore .... Jamaica of all ages to sound and robust health. . For a weak Btomach, impaired digestion, ana - • a'l disorders of the liver, they act like "MAGIC." W and a few doses will bo found to work wonden.., aron the most important organs of the human , machine. Ttoy strengthen tne whole ratisoular eystem, restoie the long-lost complexion, bring back thn koou odgo of aupetite, and arouse into action with the ROSEBUD of heal h the whole physical energy of the human frame. Tbeseare "FACTS" admitted by thousands embracing all classes of society; and one of the best guarantees to the nervous and debilitated is, Beeohara's Pills have the largest sale of any ' patent medicine in tho world. ' ■' Beecbam's Magic Cough Pills. As a remedy for Coughs in general, Asthmav.- Difficulty in Breathing, Shortness of BreMh, , Tightness and Oppression of the Chest, Wheefr V' Ing. &.(•,., these Pills stand unrivalled; and , . anyone labouring under any of the above complaints need only ury One Box to prove that they are the best ever offered to the i übllo for Asthmatic and Consumptive Coughs, Hoareoueiß and Oppression of the Chest. They speedily remove that sense of oppression ana ~ alflloulty of breathing which nightly ddpnye - the patient of rest. They give almost Jnsltant,;: relief and comfort to thoso afSioted with the . above distressing and, when neglsoted, dangaf-; one complaints. Lot any person troubled wim any of the above complaints give Bbbohihs Cough Pnxs a trial. The most violent Cough will In a short tlmt ; be removed. Caotion.—The public are requested to noHoe.;. that the words "Bkeckam'h Piix,Bt- HelensV; , ire on the Glovernment Stamp affixed to eaoo Box of the PiUs. If not on.ther are a forgery. -. •'< Prepared only and sold wholesale and retail yy the proprietor, T. Beeohsm, Chemist, St Helena, Lancashire. England, in boxes at la 1M »nd 2s 8d each.-Sold by all Drugglets and Patent Medicine Dealers throughout the ool mica, a A—ran directions are gives with eaok : 90S. QINGBR SEWING MACHINE* Sales In 1882 603,292 Machines . Sales In ISSI 561 ,<m Machine*, Jgjjj Inobba3£ 42,256 MaohinM.; , . fITTHHKH! OUI OF KVBRY FOUR MA I CHINEB SOLD IN THE WORLD ABB. SINOBKS. UPWARDS OF THREE HUNDRED ' FIRST PRIZES ! AND AT CHBIBTCHXJHCH EXHIBITION TWO GOLD & TWO SILVER MEDALS. 1 TO BE OBTAINED AT I per 2/6 week p.tn'2/6 | AT 261, QUKKN-ST., AUCKLAND. ' . \ BBWARK OF OKRMAN AND OTHKR IMITATIONS. SINGER SEWING MAOHINBS. .