Huber, the distinguished naturalist of Geneva, who wrote so much and so finely on bees, was blind from the age of seventeen; yet he had a passion for the study of animal and especially of insect life, a study one would suppose quite out of the reach of the blind. He had a good and devoted wife, who never wearied in promoting his well-being and their joint happiness. Through her eyes he studied and succeeded in mastering a department in natural history which needs the clearest and keenest eyesight. And not only did he write a great work, which is still referred to as a masterpiece of its kind, and is still constantly quoted, but what the wife's eyes saw and transferred to his brain became his very own, to dwell upon, to draw deductions from, to gather to himself a fund of personal happiness, to give forth again to the world enriched by his thoughts--his life made a happiness and a blessing to himself and others--all through the unwearying industry and persevering efforts of a loving woman who effaced herself, apparently, for the sake of her husband and his life's work. "Who would lose his life shall find it." A last word. The sovereign remedy for doubt and perplexity is, "Doe the next thynge." (_To be continued._) THE GIRL'S OWN QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS COMPETITION. _We give here the fifth instalment of questions in this Competition, full particulars of which appeared on p. 14._ Questions 49-60. 49. What epidemic in Italy in the sixteenth century was cured by means of music? * * * * * 50. What is the mother-tongue of Queen Victoria? * * * * * 51. What is the best time at which to water indoor and outdoor plants? * * * * * 52. Is abundant hair an indication of bodily and mental strength? * * * * * 53. How many ways can be named of profitably using broken bread? * * * * * 54. Was public money ever raised in England by encouraging the spirit of gambling? * * * * * 55. Who was the religious poet so beloved by the parish of which he was rector that many of his parishioners would stop their ploughs when his bell rang for prayers that they might offer their devotions to God with him? * * * * * 56. How did the leek come to be the emblem of Wales? * * * * * 57. What famous outlaw has a conspicuous place in ballad literature? * * * * * 58. Where can a married couple, after a twelvemonth of matrimony, lay claim to a flitch of bacon after proving that, during the whole time, they have never had a quarrel and never regretted the marriage? * * * * * 59. Has anyone ever tried to count the stars? * * * * * 60. What English earl once got a box on the ear from a great queen?