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 L\ GOLDEN BONDS. CHAPTER XXYIII. (Continued). "Tom Parkes las 'oscn caught, and James Woodfail has escaped, I am afraid," said La'irence. "Then he was thf ra I Tell me all abcut it," I 6atd anxionsly. "Won't tomorrow do?" pleaded poor Liu- rence earnestly. "I am afraid, if you get so much t xoited, your arm will get inflamed, and I ought to be setting off for the doctbr now." "No, no; you couldn't get to Beaconsburgh to-night, you know you couldn't, It wouldn't be safe," said I. "Your bandag- ing will do qoite well until the doctor comes as usual to see Sarah to mono w morning. Now tell me quickly all about the robbery. Did you find the policemen in the park " Then suddenly I sprang up from the sofa. ' 'Where is Mr. Eayner Why was Gordon here instead of him? Oh, Laurence, my head seems to be going round 1 I don't un- derstand it at all. lam getting quite be- wildered. Why was it " "Let me tell you about the robbery. Yon will bear and understand it all in time," said he very gravely and very gently. "I found the policemen in the pirk and stationed them in the shrubbery, and I stood myself with that man over there and one other, as close as pcsnble to the back entrance of the house; and there we waited until nearly half-paat seven, when a man came up through the fog and tapped at the door. One of the maidn opened it, by appointment as it turned out, for she was txpecting him, though 1 don't believe the poor girl suspected what his real business was; fcr it wag Tom Parkes. And, when they went inside, Tom went last, and left the door ajar. A few minutes later another man came up and slipped in so quiet- ly, so quickly, that we could hardly have sworn in the dense fog to his going in at all. Then presently Tom and the girl came out. He taid good-bye to her without as much de- lay as she would have Lked, walked a few steps away until she had shut the door, thtn returned and crept alongside the wall of the house until he wes under the strong- room window. There were four of our men stationed very close to that, and their chief, who was with me, crept along eaeily under cover of the fog, which was as thick as ever, to join them. I followed with the other man. In a few minutes we heard a soft whistle from the strong-room window, as we guessed. Tom answered by another, and we saw a thiri man come up and join Tom. I v/as eo close that I saw a hurdle let cau- t'cuily down fro:n the window by a ccri, Tom handed it to the third man, whom we r.llowed to walk off with it â€" followpd how- ever by two policemen â€" in order to watch the further prcceediDi;8 of the other two thievos. Another buudle waa let down, which Ttiu carried ofi himself; aud then we V .a:eh?..l iiiixioutly for the next movement f the man in the houee. The strong-room %v)!jdo'.- 18 about twenty feet from the groa.l; but the man jumped down and laiid- t.i'i (ju his i-^ez. In hn instaut five of ua wcreuj/on him, but, ti'orgh I think each of U3 ill tufu thought we hail caught him, he eiucied ui all and got clear away, and in the f; g escaped us. Bat that man at the win- dij.. there, who hjs been so manj' years in the forcj, reco^u'ZJti iiira ami iJentifiod him ad Janus WooUfall, aud 1 recognised him too." "Ycu, Laurenca! I didn't know you had ever seen him!" I cried. At th^t mcmeni; the elderly man left the window. "It's no good, sir, I'm afraid. Tiia one rogue's got otf as clear a3 the other. Can you tell ine where Maynard ii, miss?" I got up from the sofa and led the way in- to tlie din Bg-room, Mrs. Eajner was still sitting, pr-le and upright, with staring gray eyts, Miynard still bleeping. Tae other de- tective shook him, and glanced at the wine. "Drugi,"^d," said he shortly. With a few vigorous shakes he succeeded in njuainjj Maj-nard. and, when he began to lock around him in a dazed way, the other said sharply â€" "Pretty fel'o V you are to be hoodwinked like that, aui driuk and sleep quietly undtr t'lcvery roof of one cf the greatest scouu' dreis unhungi" "Who?" said the^ other, startled. "Mr. Kiyner?'" "Mr. Riyner! Yes, 'Mr. Rayner' to sim- ple folk like you; but to me and every thief- taker that knows his business â€" the missing forger, Jimes Woodfall! ' CHAPTER XXIX. As the detective pronounced the name "James Woodfall," I gave a cry that star- tled them all. Shaken as my trust in Mr. Kayner had already been, the shock seemed in a moment to change the aspect of the whole world to me. I shrank even from Laurence as he would have put bis arms round me, and my wild wandering eyes fell upon Mrs. Rayner, who sat with her hands tightly clasped and bead bent, listening to the proclamation of the secret which had weighed her down for years. And, as I looked at her, the scales seemed to fall from my eyes, my dull wits to become keener, and pirt of the mystery of the house on the marsn to grow clear to me. I sank down upon the floor beside her, and she put her thin wasted arms round my neck and kissed me without a word. Aud the three men quietly left the room. We did not say much even then. ' Oh, Mrs. Rayner," I whispered, "it is terrible fcr you!" "Not so terrible to me," she whispered back wearily. "I have known it for years â€" almost ftver since I married him. But don't talk about it any more," she said, glancing furtively round the room. "He may be in the house at this moment; and they might search and watch for months, but they would never catch him. But he will make us snfi'er â€" me â€" sh, anu you too, nowl You were so unsuf'picious, yec it must nave been you who sei Laurence Reade upon the track." "Not of Mr. Rayner. Oh, I never thought of such a thingl" I whispereei shuddering. Acd I told hbr all about my suspicions of Tom Parkes, my visit to the Hall, my letter to Laurence, and all I said in it. "Mr. Pi:;Bde has shown energy and cour- age," said she, "But he will suffer for it too. You don't know that man yet. He will never let Laurence marry you. Even if he were in prison, he would manage to pre- i vent it," Luckily Laurence himself tapped at the door at that momant, for iin. Radnor's gloom forabodinss were fait increasing the tever f my overwrought mind. He oame to say that the constables had retained to the house, having failed in the fog to find any trace; cf Gordon, or ofâ€" of any of the others. He was going to return with them to the Hall, where they would sleep, leaving May- nard to pass the night at the Aiders, as his missing host had invited him to do, and a couple of constables to keep watch in turn, though there was nothing less likely than that thf â€"the persons they were in search of would leturn to the Alders that night. Then he said very gently to poor Mrs. Ray- ner â€" "Will yon forgive me for what I have done in all innocence? I had seme vague suspicions, the reasons for which I will ex- plain to J on presently; but indeed I never thought to bring such a blow as this upon you." "It is no blow to me," said she, raising her sad eyes to his faoe. "That manâ€" my husband â€" would have got rid of me long ago, but that he hated violence and dreaded it. Everything short of that he has tried," she whispered; "and it is not my fault that my wretched life has lingered on in spite of him." Laurence ground his teeth. "The wretohl" he said, in a low voice. "But he shall pay for it now. I'll ransack the whole world till we have unearthed him." "You will n»ver do that," sail she calmly. "He dares too much for that. He is no coward to lie hid in a comer," she went on, with a sort of perverse pride in the man for whom every spark of love was long aince dead. "He will brave you to your faces and ef cape you all. But you have done your best. Y'ou are a brave man, Mr. Reade. You would help me if you could. Good night." Ishe shook hands with him, and left the room. He turned to me quickly, "You must both leave this place," said he. "The long-continued suffering has al- most turned that poor lady's brain. But she is safe from that vile wretch now; and you too. oh, my darling, thank Heaven!" Taere was a tap at the door, and the voice of the elder detective said â€" ' Are you ready, sir ' "All right," said Laurence; and then add- ed, in a voice for me only, "I'm not ready a bit. I should like to stay and comfort you for ever. Take care of your poor little wounded arm. Good night, good night, my darling!" I heard him leave the house with the con- stables. Then, exhausted by the events of the day and night, I just managed to crawl np-stairs to my room, and, throwing myself upon the bed without undressing, I fell into a deep sleep which was more like a swoon. In the early morning I woke, feeling stiff and ill, undressed, and got into bed; and when the sun had risen I got up with hot snd achiiig head, and found that my arm wa» beginning to be very painful. Haidee and I had breakfast alone, for the cook told me that Mr. Maynard had already started for London; and I was just going to see how Mrs. Rayner was when Doccor Lowe arrived on his daily visit to Sarah. As soon as ha FAW me he ordered me off to bed, and then, after making him swear secrecy, which did not make much difference, as the story would certainly be all over the neighbour- hood and in the London newspapers befora Io.-7g, I let him draw from me an account of the greater part of the events of the pre- vious diy. He said very little in comment beyond telling me that ha had always mis- trusted Mr. Rayner, bu*. that now he ad- mired him; and then, strictly forbidding me to leave my bed until his visit next day, h'e left me, Jane came up to me soon after. She had only just come home from Wricht's Farm, and was full of curiosity e x .-ited to the high- est pitch by the vague account that the cook, who was deaf and had not haard much, had given her of the events which had taken plice in her abMenoc. I told her that there had been a robbery at the Hall, that the man who had atked to speak to me was a detective, and that he and Mr. Rayner had left the Alders. My faith in the litter was gone altogether; but my affection for him was gradually com- irg back again. The fearfully wick-;d things that he had done I had only heard about; and how could the impression so given out weigh that much stronger one ot his constant kindness to me? And to think that it was I who had drawn down 'justice â€" for it was justice; I sorrowfully admitted â€" upon him caused me bitter remorse. Laurence told me, in one of the little notes he kepi leaving for me all day long, that it was expected that Mr. Rayner would br*ve everything and return to the Aiders sooner cr later, if only for a flying visit, and that, in consequence, the search of the house which must take place was to be posponed, and the place watched, with as much cau- tion ss possible, from the outside. By let- ting the life at the Alders go on as usual, it was hoped that he might be lured back un- der the impression th«t he was not expected to return there. Ljurence had telegraphed to my mother to tell her that I was quite safe and the journey put off, in order tu al- lay her fears about me. Mrs. Rayner bronghc one of those notes up to me late in the afternoon. In addition to her usual palor she had great black rings round her eyes; and, in answer to my in- quiries, she confessed that she had not slept all night. "1 nave something to tell you," she whis- pered in my ear. "Mrs. Saunders drinks, and is not a proper guardian for Sarah. She IS afraid of Mr. Rayner; but last night, kpowing he was not in the house, she w a^ in nearly as excited a state as her patient, and was very rough with her. Sarah's room 18 nearly opposite mine, and I opened my door and heard what sounded like a strug- gle. Maynard, who was in the next room to the oressing-room, either did not hear cr did not like to interfere. But now he is gone; and I ought to be used to terrors, but I am afraid;" and she shuddered. "Surely there is nothn^ to be afraid of if you lock your door, Mr^. Rayner " "I have no key. WiU you leave your door open aud the door at the foot of the turret staircase? I know you must not leave your bed; but it wiU be some comfort to know you are within hearing." I promised; and that night, when Jane came up to my room for the last time, I made her leave the doors open when she want down. The sense of being on the alert made me wakefnl, and two or three times during tne night I rose and stood at the top of my staircase, listening. And the third time I did hear something. I heard a faint cry, and presently the soft shutting of a door, then steps in the corridor below, and whis- pering. I crept bmif-WAj down the stairs; the whispering continaea. I got to the bot- tom, and recogoised Sarah's voice miitter- ing to herself. I would rather have again faced Gordon with his revolver than this madwoman; but I was so anxious about Mrs. Rayner that, after a few minutes spent in prayer, I ventured out from the doorway, and found Sarah crouched in a corner mut- tering to herself. The wretched woman started up on seeing me; but, instead of at- tempcing to approach me, she hung back, movmg her still bandaged head and her one free hand restlessly, and saying â€" "I've done itâ€" I've done it! He'll come back now. I've done what he wanted. He can marry the Christie girl row. It's all right. He'll come back again now." With terrible fear at my heart, I dashed along the corridor to Mrs. Rayner's room and went straight in. The atmosphere of the room was sickly and stiflbg. I went up to the bed. Mrs. Rayner was Tying with a cloth over her face! I snatched it off. It was steeped in something which I afterwards learnt was chloroform. Thank Heaven, she was alive 1â€" for she was breathing heavily. I rushed to the two windows and Bang them wide open, palled the bell-rope until the house echoed, and moved her arms up and down. The cook and Jane oame in, terribly alarmed, in their night gowns. I left them with Mrs. Rayner while I ran down stairs for some brandy. There was some on the sidoboard in the dining-ioom, I knew; tuid I was returning with it, and was just outside tha dining room door, I caught sight of a man in the srioom at the end of the passage leading from the hall. He had come from Mr. Rayner's study, and disappeared in a moment in the daikness. It was impossible to reccgoiss him; but I could not doubt that it was Mr. Ra3mer. Where was he going? Was he going to escape by the back way? Did he know the house was watched I made a step for- ward, anxious to warn him: but he had al- ready disappeared, and I dared not follow him. I crept up stairs, too much agitated to be of any use any longer; but happily Mrs. Rayner was already recovering, and the brandy-and-water rcEtored her entirely to consciousness. I spent the rest of the night in her room, after I had, with the cook's as- sistance, persuaded the unhappy lunatic who had done the mischief to return to her own room, where wje found, as I had expected, Mrs. Saunders in a stupid, heavy sleep, half in her arm chair and half on the floor. The cook declined to watch in place of her for the reirainder f the night, but as a precau- tion locked the door on the outside and took the key away. "Now, if Sarah wants to do any more mischief, let her try it on Mrs, Saunders," said she. I could scarcely approve of this way of settling the difiiculty; but happily no harm came of it; and Mrs. S»undfcr.j profited by the lesson, and kept pretty sober after that. This woman, having been sent from town by Mr. Rayner, had taken upon herself in f-ome sors the authority formerly held by Sarah in sho household, and she now sug- gested that Mrs. Riyner had better go back to her old room in the left wing, saying she would take chirge of it for her as Sarah had done. Tae poor lady came up heraelf to my room, where, having made my arm much worse by my expedition in the nightt I was lying in bed the vvhole of the nex, dj,y. " Why do you go back if you don't wish to do to, Mrs. Rjyner?" I asked. "I expect it is by Mr. Rayner's orders/' she whispered. And, my strong suspicion that he was in the house acting like a spell upon me, I said no more. But I was curious to know what was the mystery that hung about that bed-room in the left wing which no one was allowed to enter but Mrs. Riyner, Mr. Rayner, and Sarah; and I resolved that, as soon a4 I could, I would try to induce Mrs. Rayner to let me go in there. As I lay thinking of all the strange and horrible events which had filled my life lately, the thought of Mr. Riyner lying con- cealed in his own house, perhaps hidden in some cellar the existence of which was un- known to every one else, came uppermost in my mind. It was the most dreadful bio w I had ever experienced to have my respect and affection for a kind friend turned sud denly into horror of a great criminal. But I would not believe that he was all bad. How could a man who was so kind and sweet-tempered have no redeeming points at all? And it was I, who had never re- ceived anything but kindness at his handd, who â€" innocently indeed â€" had drawn down this pursuit upon him. There were only two things that I could do now. I could pray for him, a^ I did most earnestly, that he might repent of what he had done, and become in very truth all that he had seemed to me; and I could perhaps let him know how the thought that it was I who had brought down justice upon him tormented me. A possible means of communicating with him occurred to me. In spite of the Doc- tor's prohibition, I sprang out of bed, got my desk, and wrote a note asking his for- giveness, and giving him a full explanation of the way in which, in all innocence, I had written the letter which had led to this pursuit of him. I told him the house was teing watched, and was to be searched be- fore long, and begged that, when he had got away, he Would find some means of let- ting me know he was in safety. "I do pray for you every night and morning. I can't forget all your kindness to me, whatever you have done, and I don't wish to do so," I added, as a last thought in a P. S. And then I put on my dressing-gown, and, when I heard nobody about, slipped down by the back staircaee to his study, where I put the note, directed simply to '"G. Rayner, Esq " just inside the drawer of his writing-table, and crept guiltily np-stairs again. Mrs. Manners oame to see me that after- noon; Laurence had confided nearly every- thing to her, and she was much more severe upon Mr. Rayner than Iâ€" quite unchristian, I thought, aad rather angry with me for not being as bitter as herself against him. "Don't yon know he wanted Saiah to kill his own wife that he might marry yoa child, and, when Sarah was taken ill and couldn't do it, he wanted to run away wich you " "Tes; but, as he was prevented from do- ing either of those things, it is easier to for- give him. Don't you ttiii;k 1 ought to try to forgive him, Mrs. Manners?" "I don't know, I am sure, child," said she, after 4, little hesitation. "Bat I think it onght to require an effort." Then she told me that, when Laorenoej nghf â-  adventom, he had «oae to Doctor Lowe and insuted upon Sarah's removal to the county lunaWo asylum that very day; and I never saw the poor ireature again. When Mrs. M-inners had left me, and Jane had come up at four o'clock with a cup of tea, I insisted on getting up and being dressed, as I wanted to see Mrs. Riyner, and find out whether she had heard of Sarah's departure. I heard that she had gone to her old room in the left wing, and. having taken the precantion to wrap a shawl round me before entering that long cold pas- sage, I pa»sed through the heavy swing- door, the very sight of which I hated. I was opposite to the store-room door, when it was softly opened, and, without be- ing able to make any resistance, I was drawn Inside by a man's arm. 1 looked ap, ex- pecting to see Mr. Rayner, and was Borror- stricken to find myself in the arms of Gor- don, the man who had shot me. It was so dark already in the store-room, lighted only by one little high window, that, his back being turned towards it, I oonld not see hisuoe. "Dm't tremble so," said heâ€" his voice was always hard, bat he did not mean to speak unkindly. "I meant to do for yoa before I left this house; but this has saved yoa." And he showed me my letter to Mr. Rayner. "Do you know where he is?' I asked eagerly. "No, ma'am," said he, in his respectful servant's manner; "bat I should say that he is on his way to America by now, where he meant to have taken you." "Me? America?" "Yes, ma'am. Miss Haidee was to have left at L-verpool Street Station, and brought back to the Alders." "But I wouldn't have gone." "I beg your pardon, ma'am; but I don't think your will would have stood out against James' â€" Mr. Rayner's. And, if this letter had not shown you to be loyal to bira, I would not have left you here alive. I am surprised myself, knowing how set he was upon having your company, that he did not come back and carry you off with him. Bat I suppose he thought better of it, begging your pardon, ma'am, I may take this op- portunity of apologising for having once borrowed a trinket of yours while yoa were staying at Denham Court. But, as it was one which I myself had bad the pleasure of assisting Mr. Rayner to procure from Lord D.ilbton s, I thought it wisest to pull off the little plate at the back, for fear of its being recoeniied by Mr. Carruthers, in whose ser- vice I was when I was first introduced to Lord Dalston's seat in Derbyshire. " "My peadant!" I cried. "It â€" it was real then?" "Yob, ma'am. I had to remonstrate then with Mr. Rayner for his rashness in giving it you; but nothing ever went wrong with him â€" darirg as ho is â€" till you came aicroBs hiapath, ma'am. He was too tender-hearted. If I did not feel sure that he is by this time on the high-road to fresh success in the New World, I would shoot you dead this instant without a moment's coaipunctioi." I shuddered, glancing at his hands, which were slim and small, like those of a man who has never done rough work. I saw that he had got rid of his handcuffs. "I havo nothing to keep me here now, ma'am; so I shall be o6f to-night; and, if you care to hear how I get on, you will be able to elo so by applying to my late master, Mr. Carruthers." He led mo courteously to the door, bowed me out, and shut himself in again, whilst I went on, trembling and bewildered, towards Mrs. Rayner's room. I knocked at the door. At first there was no answer. I called her by name, and beg- ged her to let me in. At last I heard her voice tbse to the other Bide of the door. "What do you want. Miss Christie " "May 1 como in, Mrs. Riyner I have Bomtithing to tell you," "I can't I'rt you in. Cm't you speak through the door?" "No, no; I must see you. I have something very important to say about Mr. Rayaer," I whi»pered into the keyhole. "la he here?" she faltered. "No; he has gone tJ America," I whis- pered. She gave a long shuddering sigh, and then said â€" "Iâ€" I will let you in." She turned the key slowly, while I trem- bled with impitience outride the door. When I found myself inside the room which had been a mystery to me for so long, nothing struck me at first but a sense of cold aud darkness. There wai only one Window, which was barred on the inside; the fog still hung about the place, and the little light there had been all day was fad- ing fast, for it was five o'clock. But, as 1 stepped forward farther into the room, I drew my breath fjist in horror. For I be- came aware of a smell of damp and decay; I felt that the boards of the floor under the carpet were rotten and yielding to my feet, and I saw that the paper was peeling off the wet and mouldy walls, and that the water wai slowly trickling down thom. "On, Mrs. Rayner," I cried, aghast, "is thr; your room â€" where you sleep?" "1 have elept in it for three years," said she. "If my hi shand had had his will, it would hive been my tomb," • (TO BE CONTINDKD.) A New DecoratiTe Plant. The variety of banana called Mttaa enaete is a remarkable showy and tine plant for giving a tropical effect to the flower garden. The fo iage is long, broid, of a bright green color: with the mid-rib large and ot a crim- son color. To secure a large plant the first season, plant out in very rich soil, and tmp- ply with plenty of water. A good supply of liquid manure when the soil is getting ex- hausted, will keep up itd vigor and beauty. It is only on large places that this plant can be seen with best effect, associated with Other large plants havbg ornimental leaves. A clump of bed on a lawn is a relief from the more formal flowers hi^ds so much in fashion at the present time. ir finest bed- ding plants of the future w 1 be found among the massive ornamental leafed plants such as palms, draea ^as, ma»ai, oalacUums, and similiar kinds. The massing of cobra, and the formation of animals, letters, and other figares, will, no doubt continue to be largely seen in the gardens of those interested in horticulture ((enerally, but I omnot It ok upon it as b« log what gardening ought to be. The mitsa o m be wintered in a light cellar or cool green- house, but it most be kept pretty dry under such conditions, having only jast water enoagh to keep it from s'lrevelling up. When started in {he spting, wattr it irada- ally at first as the foi^ge inoreasM, give naora water. Do not set out o' doors until all danger of treat ia past. 'On. was suffering inteusely with ths writer, Cjlonei PEESIDENTlAL^FATOBrSsT some Interesting Facts Concern. Men Who stand Closest toth **• I CWor KxeoutlTe. ' Visitors who, from curlositv nr k have called at the White Hange m ' been impresjed by the courteourv^V'" tematic manner with which thev ' ' ceived and escorted through the ^^^'»â-  The gentlemen whose duty it ig J"'"'""' all persons coming to the White TT ^*"'" Colonel E. 8. Danmora, Mr. John t"'?. *« I ard and Mr. T. F. Pendel a'nd thev J*' oocufMed their present positiong t' roL^*? administrations since and even dur war. Mr. Pendel was President Li^^ i*' body-gaard saw him to h:s carrito, i" fatal night on which he' visited Pnj. theatre, and he has now in his nogge! • ' the blood-stained coat which mTT'"' I coin wore on that memorable owiaBi!^' ' There is not a public man in Americito^ who does not know, and who ig not kno ^^ by these gentleman, and the reminisce!^ of publie and social life which they can count would fill a congreseional volmT Daring the weary yet exciting years of t^ war; through the more peacef-al timet !! Grant's admin's'^ration whila Hayeg h^l the reins of goverament, and when GarfiS 1 was shot, it was these man who stood intli, executive mans'.on, weloomlcg the advent of each new administration, bowing at ih departure, and receiving both mirtn. through its portals. During that long, hot aad nev-r io hefo' gotten summer when Prdsident Girfleld lav I between "two worlds," the naUoa f-.eoanie award of the desdly malarial ioauena which burg about the White II )use. Bat all thrjug I that p;riod these tr^res meanevi er dessrted their pas's for a single day, al- though each one was "" In conversation Densmore said " It is impossible to desvibs tiie tortarei I have undergone. To be comp Ued to smile and treat the thousands ot viB'.tou who come here daily with courtesy whenoiit is in the greatest agony requires a tremei doas effort. All that summer I had terrible headaches, heart-burn and a stifling sena. tion that sometimes took away my breati My appetite was uncertain and I felt gever; pains in the snail of my back. I was under tbe doctor's care with strict instructions not to go out of the house b it I remained on duty nevertheless. You would he surprised to know thi- mount of quinine I took oa some days was as mucaEs sixteen grains.' " And was Mr. Rickard badlv off too?" "I should think he was. Whj time and agiin we have picked him up and laid him ou the mantel, here in the vestibile, he was so used up " "YtB " exclaimed Mr. R:ckarl, "I wa? S3 w-ak I CO lid not r's j after lying thwii without help, and could only Wilk with ttis aid of two oxnes, anJ then in a stoopu^ position. Oh, wo have bfea in a pretty ba( condition here, all of us." " And yet you aro all the cmbodlinsnt ol health." sud the writer, as h.; Icokod a; the tLrae bright and vigorous :n?Q bifcr; him. "Oh, yes," said Mr. Rickard, " we hive not known what sicknesi was for mcrj thaa a year " "Have you so Tie secret way cf overcoming malaria and its attendant horrcri " "I think we have a mos' certain way,' replied Colonel Dansmorj, " but it is no se- cret. You sse, about two years Ei^omywife begin to grow blind, and I was alirmed at htr condition. She finallv became s) she could not tell whether a p'Jis jn were white c r black at a distance ot ten feet. One of her lady friends advised her to try a certain 1 r^atment that had done wonders fcr her, and to make a long stcry short, she did so and was comp'etely cured. Tnis induced me to try the same meics for my own restor- ation and as soon as I found it was doing me g5od I recommended it to my asociatesand we havo all been curjd right here in the stroDgiold cf mal.aria and kept in perfec; healtu ever since by means of Warner's Safe Cura. Now I am njt a believer in medi- cines in g nera' but I do not hesitate to say that I am satisfied I should have died of Er'gat's disease of the kidneys before this, had It not been for this wonderful remedy. Indeed, I use it as a household medicine and give it to my children whenever they have any ailments." "Y'"es," exclaimed Mr. Pendel, "I ne itiii my family all the while and have found it the most efficient remedy we have ever em- ployed. I know of very many public men who are using it co-day and they all speak well of it." "I weigh 160 pounds to-day" siii Mr. Rickard, " and when my physicians told me over a year ago I could not hope to re- cover I weighed 122 pounds. Under such influences you cannot wonder that I con- sider it the best medicine before the Amer- ican people." The above statements from these gentle- men need no comments. They ara voluntary and outspoken expressions from s5uroe« which Era the highest in the land. Were there the slightest question regurding their autne. ticity they would not be made public, but as they furnish such valuable truths for all who are suffering, we unhesitatingly pub- lish them for the good of all, A hitch in the proceedings â€" stoppinf? tie your horse. Every one speaks highly of Dr Carson's Stomach Bit- ters as a Stomach, LiTer and Kidney medicine. "TW best family medicine we ever used," say they all Trj » Dottle this Spring as a blood purifier. When does a man have to keep his word I â€"When no one will take it. T w. Stnirte Trial Is all that u needed to prove Poison a ES' viLiNE is the most rapid and certain remedy for pain in the world. It only costs 10 cents for a trial bottle. A single trial bottle wil' prove Nerviline to be equaly efficacious a? an ezteraal or internal remedy, and for pu" of every description it has no equal. Try 10 ctn' sample bottle. Sold at all dealers la madicmes. Large bottles 25 ciuts at all druggists. V What fruit does a newly-married couple mostly resemblsT â€" A green pear. If you have a faded cloak or mantle ma« it new by using a packs g a of the Triangle Dyes. All the popular ooiois. Al«eay8ce^ tain. lOo. Because a woman "figures in srciety"" is no sign that she knows the mnUiplicihon table. Sceneâ€" Motherwell Junction arrival of train at .jrtattoii. Porter crying "Mother- weli." Foimy student leaning out of wfj ddwâ€" ••Father weU, too T ' Porter sbarpty â€""At next station you will find 5'"" WdIL" ROUND THE a ««« flemuui Palace- -^ rfJ»o8ton-Needof Bevengefal I etc., et -ha brokers «f Mark u?^Se want 20 pe. ^JZ weather is col ^d and muggy. The new imperial pala t„ be completed m three S So 000. It seems a peaces already. •he German Go^erom the transit through Ge «lv fruits and ve-etbl •!£n^igned for this ^e to prevent the xm loxera. The Lancet thinks that a penal offence to eellm !g contain sahc acid, th. England; it n.igU h.,v, prJwnardel founa lu ^rs. litre of wine. i^ariB medical writer because an A'l erican do drinking of h-t water r.p hessysthst kr K_me eentral wiil caie little f, in tteir foot bath. The excavations at have been resumed, an^l at tbe expense of the At Society. An Athcc^cn g 200,000 francs for thi ert which is Esaking good pre During the last two moral condition of B^stc rapidly. Such is tbe as.s gregationalisi, vihich spec hells, liquor saloons, aud hsve multiplied swiftly, c their work of corruptic shameless ard increasing Some of the English me already begun to point portance of not overfe* gtarcby foods, such as b: etc., as the warm season cording to authorities lik^ such over-feeding is a fru Urge infant mortality The one article most nece the child at all times is w. The hard fact, recently to tbe notice of English that two mUlions of bodii red during the last twenl tbe limits of the London very greatly changed tl cremation. Two years scientific papers said tfa "nnnatural" and "agair but they now think tha is the first and strongest The Parisians will soor ity of witnessing a bull fete to be held at the £ cnelo, the world-renowne will take part in it. He promoters of the festival peimit the ueual tragic d cnelo, though against his waived the point. If th( fiery, he wiU probably fo In a paper read before Society, Dr. Almond ref( of having the head coven uncovered within doers s locount of it making peo draughts of air as to c: oold. Boys, he said, wh out of doors could stand ventilation in echoclro rooms than those who w( The Menphis M(dkal the Missouri Supreme i that inforiration obtaini from a patient mnst not witness stand, where tl necessary to enable the c u physician or operate oourt held that it woulc month of a physician i kctual spoken words of t it as to knowledge acqu: UMis. The Polyclinic states t towels in cleansing wouc Tery aatiafaotory, Spc jeen regarded with susp it is so difaonlt to keep purified condition. Bat t to be used once only, an( from $6 to $7.50 per I,0( we sick room, ihey ari "»e pale colora with whii ed are found to be unobj A new native Indian fflg to the Madras Athe for the express purpose ^n»wiage of Indian wic •wo of the wedding exp "«*«n« renders costly. **!»• new organ we are jHows announce their «M marriage state. In â„¢ OWy twelve years of a •nxlous to betroth her In • recent trial on th awUnnch forty feet 1 "•'•^•"Ti a speed of seve MJuned. 'the speed wWh engine, boiler, wai 2**®' • "» hours' run 2^ one and a half to **«wr. Comparing th "team, the advanta ??Y. •" entire absei 2Jâ„¢eM, and very sm ?^ery and when •^oy «t a moment's not j^ew day* ago one c ^L^" *be barracks ^« offence at some ^^ghuna tinker, w W'^?^*^telyaftera ^tte hghtB was giv ;^«^dcommenced fir ^^'S^m. Before h, i3Sj**«8ed no fe ^^^nree men on the b^*»^ one of wh oSSSi*S^ to the hosp ~p"«»« reported to b( olu^l*" â- â€¢ news to son iJJgWt^eoodFric ia^^wjoatinnation «im»7rf?l»rtof the ^ij?S-^°"« foil •peaks of t{ J_-.