Page 31 Advertisements Column 4

New Zealand Mail, Issue 869, 26 October 1888, Page 31

THE BEST REMEDY FOR INDIGESItoiI ■JL q; c s CAMOMILE PILLS are confidently reconu mended as a simple Remedy for Indigestion , which is the cause of nearly all the disease* to which we are subject, being a medicine so uniformly grateful and beneficial, that it is with justice called the “ Natural Strengthen er of the Human Stomach.” “NORTON’S PILLS ” act as a powerful tonic and gentld aperient; are mild in their operation, safe under any circumstances, and thousands of persons can note bear testimony to the benefits to be derived from their use, as they have: been a never-failing Family Friend for upwards of 50 years. Sold in Hot the at is. lid., 2s. 9d., and Us. each, by aU Medicine Vendors throughout the World. CAPTION. Ash for “NORTON’S PILLS,” and do not be persuaded to purchase an imitation.

New and Fascinating Feature. PUBLICATION OP INSPECTOR MEIKLE JOHN’S DETECTIVE EXPERIENCES.

FEW callings in life have been so largely drawn upon by the Novelist and Dramatist as that of the Detective. Many writers, particularly of the French School, have found their special avocation in the production of Detective Stories, the entire scope of which is confined to the discovery of the perpetrators of outrages upon society. This has led more recently to the production of so called biographies of notorious criminals, describing in glowing colours the lives and adventures of thieves and murderers. The influence of such publications has not always been found beneficial to the morals of society. Lnred by the brilliance thrown around the doings of some well known character, some have admired and even emulated deeds described with suoh reliahj and have had bitter cause to regret. Now, a glance at the note-book of a Chief Detective has a deterrent effect upon Individuals disposed towards criminality. The career of the evil-doer cannot appear attrao tive when described from a * thief-taker’s * standpoint. The criminal ceases to be a hero. Justice calls for vengeance upon him, and the detective figures as the agent by which society attains it 3 ends. And it is in the ingenuity with which the clue of identi ficatlon is followed, the unrelenting character' of the quest, the trioks and turns of the pursued, the skill and Ingenuity of the pur. suer, the dose of the struggle—perchance after a hand-to-hand encounter—that the great interest in works of this character eon : siats.

These Detective Experiences refer mainly to sensational crimes and stupendous frauds, the reports of which electrified the whole oountry some fifteen or twenty years ago, and in investigating which Mbikxejohh took the leading part. As one of the heads of Scotland Yard, Meixlejohn had an unusually varied and exciting career, and in following his, at times, desperate calling, be has travelled from end to end of Great Britain, and has also had commissions osa the Continent, America, and Australia—all of which find a modest, but none the less thrilling, record at his own hands. The Episodes covered by Inspectop Meiklejohn in the course of his * Experiences ’ will include the following:— Pursuit of a Forger to Melbourne Funeral at Sea, in Western Australia From Melbourne to London with a Prisoner Coital Life Approaching Old England ‘ Chelsea George ’ and ‘Portico ’ Robberies Garrotte Robbery with Violence Mistaken Identity Burglary at Lord Geerge Paget’s Attempted Burglary at Clapham Garrotting Guarding Royalty Coin Robbery Kleptomania Burglary at the Belgian Legation Forgeries on Army Agents Portico Robberies at Hammersmith Thieves’ Dens and Criminal Resorts Through the Slums with a Prince The Opium Smokers of London Gutter Children The Fatal Bundle Diamond Robbery in Bond-street Robbery at Lady Marsden’s Mansions Apprehending a Man in Church Escape of a Prisoner Another Diamond Robbery Coiners and Smashers Loan Office Swindles The Resources of Civilisation A New Comrade in Crime A Leap Overboard Christmas in Bantry A Holiday in Ireland An Irish Stew The Sights of Dublin, &c., &o. INSPECTOR MStSLF ©ENi* DETECTIVE EXPERIENCES BUB This; Week’s Hew Zea land Mail.