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 O GOLDEN B»NDS. CHAPTER XXIII. (CoxTiNUZD At last I caught sight of a black bag lying on :be floor it looked like the very black bag Sarah bad had in her hand when I saw her btai t for B ;acon8burgh en the previous day p«rbaps she had not taken her pur- chants out yet. I took i5 op but sudden- ly wy attention was diverted by the fact that ill cne of the beards of the flocr on the spot whtre it had lain there was a tiny ring. li I i,.d not had my attention very much on th rJcrt in this unaccustcmed place, it wo ;M b.'.ve e-rcapcu ruy i'oti"e. Aii:wa^' I put u.y mger through it, aid l^^uud mat it raised a trap door. 1 raised it only a fev7 inches, and shut it a^ain directly â€" not that I had no ourioti^y about it, tut that T had also some fear. An unsuspected trap-door in a house so full of surprises as the Alders had an interest of a rather appalling kind. At last I gathered up my courafi;e, and little by little raised the door and put it right back, not without a horrid wonder whether there was any spring in it which would shut me down if I ven- tured on the ladder I saw below me. The rush of cold air when the trap-door was wide open seemed to take my breath away. I held my candle over the opening, and saw that some three feet below the lad- der was green and slimy, and that a foot be- low that there was water. "Was it a well Suddtn y there flashed through my mind Sarah e words in her delirium of the night before â€" 'Tne water's deep in the cellar." I locked about me for something to try the depth of the water vtith, for S(0 c.owe I must. I found a rod that looked like those used for the bottom of window-blinds, ani cautious- ly, cand.'e in hand, ventured on the ladder. It v.as quite firm. As soon as I was on the bottom dry step, the ff urth from the tcp, I saw that i was in a iiv'^e ce!!ai' on one bide of which were en-.pty wina bins which looked rotten and gr en. Above the level of the water the walls were green too. There was a tiny gr£:t:ng high up, from which down to the water There â- was a long green streak, as it Wit.r continually ran liown there. I heard the drip, drip at intervals while I atayed. Tiie cellar ran to the left â€" under Mrs, E,iy- ner'-s room, I suddenly thought with horror. Did 8h know that slie might as well be liv- ing ov«r a wull 1 tned the depth of the wa.tr it wa.-i Lutwetn three and lour feet. Then I looked through the rungs of the lad- der I was sianding on, and thought I saw ti.mtthiDc; behind it. Putting out my rod, 1 felt something soft which shook at the touch. J peered rourd the ladder and saw on a bit deal table the top of which had been 'aised to Sbbout eight or ttn inches above the v/cJer'a Jevel, the little krown portmanteau I had tten I'otn Parkea carry across the iav^/U, t-.u same tlat I I'.ad aiierwards dis covered iubide the bick-door. And I re- v.;mbered niw vhere I had seen it before â€" stowed away at the bottom of a cujjbo.ird in the rocni I had occupied at Denhaai Court. 1 knew it by an o'd Italian luggage-label, " lor no," whi^h I had noticed then. It was within £/m's reach through the niDga of the ladder. With trembling fiogers i opened it â€" for it was not even fastened â€" ai;(i, to my hoi re r, drew out from a confu.^- lon of giitteiiug tilings with which it was half hlled a serpent bracelet I had seen Lady Milli wear. I put it back, closed the portmanteau with d tticulty, and clung to tie ladder, overwhelmed by my discovery. Again my brain seemed to whirl round, as it had dens on the previous night when S.iih had betu on ttie point of revealing Juiiies Woodfall's other nams. My candle slipped from my fingers, fell with a hiss and a splash into thu water below, and I V as ia darkness. CHAPTEK, XXIV. I gave one cry as my candle fell, and then, insnnctively shutting my eyes, as if to from hide uyself the dieiofa! fact that I was m carkncEs. 1 felt my way up the ladder Out of that dreadful cellar into the store- rooiu above. It WE.s seven o'clock, and only j ii--t enough light c.ime through theC'nelittie ;^r.ited VMiidov/ high up :n ii.a wall for mo t.: :..i.^ tti;t' t.icra was a w.rd'.w there. Bit, 0"ce un the atoit -.uoin rl i^r, I crawled cj.;iUou,siy round thesquaie I'.ole I had come '^1 "tircugh until I came to the aoor, which 1 ^Lu^ down V;ith a ttroiiK Hei;ae of relief. Ti en 1 crowed about, ::,tun-:b;it!g over hamp- tr.- ar.d ticxea r^o-v aad then, and scarcely itli.-; '.0 repress a cry at each fresh cbstruu- 1 1, uijtil 1 can^e at last to the door, i had kit 1! un'oLktd ai'd tho moment after I fcuc'red the hju lie I was cu thu other side. h.xkJiv I had Sjiipped the keys into my p..,cke; at first sight of tiie black bag and, â- â- .'.tfi iou-^ but iiiipatie-it lurnblinj:, I man- .-. ,e i ill tiiL: dark to tit in the right one and I 'uiij tiifl lock sccurtly. r.tn I groped i-:y MoV aloEg thu'passa;go t-.^d 1 i^vver in i.iy li felt such a thrid o: heartfelt thank- T.;l CS.O as I did when the great b:iiz i cover- exi .ioor swun^i to beldnd me, and I tound ai} cclf ouce !i.ore in the lighted hall. i d'jugmyieiiinto a chs'r, over rtTOUght and (. X-. a:-led l;y what I ad sufieied iu the left wiDg, and it was not lor some minutes that I iiot:c' d aa envelope djricted tiniply, in Mi's. Manaois's iiacdwrit iig, to "Miss C;nisiie, The Ah^ers,' whch lay en the tab e bs .ide me. I tore it opeo, aud, scarce- ly gl.incing at he: kind litt'e note ^yia j she iiE.d iv'c:-iv;d tbe enc'osed when she called at the Beaco"sburgh post-office that after, noon, prctsod Liurence's Istter 1 1 my lips agam and again before I opened it. It said â€" "Nice, Friday. ' My own sweet Violet, â€" 1 had hoped to find a letter from you .aiting fcr me on my arrival hi r.; but I know veiy well it is not your fault that I an disappo'nted, even if I do not hear from you for a whole week â€" for I will never doubt my darling again. I have had the battle with my mother prematuraly, and gained the victcry. I intended, aa you know, to break my resolution to her gently; b it she herself huiried the deTMuemeni. We broke the jouraey at Paris, stopping there list night. Ai soon as we got there, I opened my writing-case and wrote a tiny note to my darling, just to tell you how I walked ap and down the deck of the steamer and sat in a railway carriage, thinking of yju and the last look I bad into your beanti- lul loving gray eyes ia the drive on Tuesday nightâ€" such a long time ago it seems I I le!t the room for a minute to order some- thiog to pat, with my letter clocel up and addressed to you on the table, ready to be enclosed to Mrs. Manners. When I cime back I found my mother there she had t ^m open my letter and was reading it. Then we had a scene. I asked for my letter, and she tore it up and flung it into the fire- pi icf with som9 wor. s about you that s^nt my forbearance to the winds, and I told her Ehe was speaking about my future wife. '"Your future wife,' answered she, drawing herself up to her full height and rolling out her voice in a way that, always reduces my father to nothingcess, 'is Miss Lanijham of Greytoweri.' '"You have been misinformed, motaer. In such a matter it ia always better to get your information at first hand. Your future daughter-in-law is Miss Violet Caristie, the most beautiful girl in Norfolk or out of it. And as for Mifs Lingbam. if yon are so bent upon having her for a daaghtQ»-in-law, and she doesn't mind waiting,' you can save her upf'-rJack.' "I expected a lot more nonsense bat she was so much taken by surprise that that speech broke the bick of the difliculty; and now, though she receives all my atten- tions frigidly and we are getting along very uncomfortably, she knows her control over her eldest son is at an end. I only wish, my darling, that my promise to my father had not prevented my telling her this while we were still in England, for I begin to fany this journey 'for her health' was nothing duta trick â€" a plot, for there were two in it â€"for getting me away from you. However, I suppose 1 must live through the two months now somehow, as I promised her. She will keep me to that. "But I am in a fever of anxiety about you. I will not distress you by a lot of vague sus- picions that are rising in my mind to torture me but 1 beg of you, my beautiful gentle !ove, t^ kt me know every little event that happens at the Alders. I pray Heaven you may have very little to tell. And no^ I entreat you to comply with this my earnest, solemn request. Don't trust your letters to any one to post â€" don't even post them your- sellâ€" but give them to my youngest sister, to send on to me. She teaches in the Sunday school. Get Mrs. Manners to psnd you up to the Hall on some pretext on Sunday get Maud alone, and you will fipd she will do what you ask. Tell her to remember her last promise to me in the conservatory, and I'll remember mine, "Keep this letter where no one can get at it â€" not in a desk â€"if you don't tear it up. I feel already such a hunger for a sight of your sweet face â€" I can't think of the touch of your little clinging hands about my throat without the tears rising to my eyes, I think I must jump into the sea if I cannot find fome means of getting back to you sooner. Good-bye Heaven bless you Write to me don't forget. Keep safe and well, till you are once again in the arms of "Yours devotedly for ever and ever, " Ladrence." It was new life to tne, it was heartfelt unutterable joy, to read this and to put my cheek against the signature, to tuck it inside my gown and feel that I was in possession of the most precious treasure the whole world could produce, the first real long letter from the" man I really loved, "I went into the dining-room, took it out again, and bss;an kissing each line iu turn, I was so silly with happiaess, I haa got to the middle of the second page in that fashion, when the iron bar which fastened the shutters suddenly fell down and swung backwards and forwards almost without noise. I thrust my letter hastily bask into my gown and stared at the shutters, too much startled to think what could be the reason of this, wheu one of thetn slid softly back, and a man was in the room before I could get to the door. With a cry of relief I sprang towards him, "Oh, Mr. Riyner, how you frightened me I I thought you were a burglar." "My poor dear little girl, I often come in this way to save kicking my heels at the door but I wouldn't have done it, frighten- ing you out of your wits, if I had known you were in here. J thought everybody would be occupied with the two invalids. And how are you, little woman " I was 80 delighted to see him back once more, to feel that at last there was some one to look up to and trast in the house again, that I laughed and cried together as he shook my hands and patted my shoulder, and told m' that it would never do to leave ir.e at the Alders in his abstnje again; h? siouid have to take rne with him, I laughed. "Why, I am too useful here, Mr. Riyner I don't knov/ what they would have done without me, with fiist Haidee ill, aad then Sarah. You see, as Mrs. Riyner is never well enough to give any directions, I was obliged to take a good deal upon myself and 1 hope you won't be angry when you hear all I've done." "Xo, my child, I am sure I shall not," said he, helpiaa; himself to some cold beef en tlie sidebnard â€" there was no regular supper at the Aiders, bat thera v7ere always meat and biscuits on the sideboard after tea for these who carjd for bhem. "How is Airs. Ran3r • ' 1 told him that sho Tas no bstter an! no worse-, and that she had moved to-day into the 'roat spare room. '•To-day?" "Yes. She was so reluctant to leave her own room that I took the libsrty of telling Sarah I would answer to you for delaying the change this one day. Was it too for- ward of me " I asked timidly. 'No," said he very kindly, drawing me iuto a chair beside him at the table "I give y^a full permission to use my authority in any v.ay you think proper," '•Thank you, Mr. Rayner. And, oh, I "on't know what you will siy, but! made Sarah take Haidee'a cot up to my room 1 The dressing-room in the left wing is so very cold. And then I sent for Doctor Lowe, Was that right I had heard he was the best doctor in Baaconsbnrgh," I asked this rather nervously, for I knew Mr. Riynor disliked Djctor Ljwe. Bat he was in too good a humour to find fault with anything. "All that you hive done is perfectly right, and always will be, in my eyes so yon may never fear what I may say to you, child. Have yon any more news I want to hear about Sarah's accident, and whether you were very much alarmed when yon heard about the robbery at Danham Court," "I have a lot to tell you," I said hesitat- ingly "but I won't tell yon any of it to-night, Mr. Rayner, because it is all bad, miserable news, and I won't spoil yenr first evening. It is bad enough to come back to a house as full of invalids m a hospitaL Bat it will all come right again now yon are back," Mr, Rayner langhed, and seemed much pleased. He put tus hand on mine, which was lying on the table, and looked into my face very kindly indeed. "D J you think so, my child Are you 80 glad to see me again f* • Yes, indeed I am. You can't think bosv dull the place is when you are away. There is noboay to talk or laugh, and one creeps about the house as if one were in a Trappist monastery, and xlidn't dare to Ireak the sacred silence." ' ' Thanks, ^ly child that is the very prJttiest wflcome home I bav£ had for-^ years," said he, with much feeling in his voice. And he kept me a long time chatting to him anil listening to his account of what he had seen in London, until at last I £rew very sleepy while hs finished the story of his adventnr«9 and I said I mast really go to bed, Of I should never be able to get up in time for breakfast, '.As it was the clock struck eleven before I went up staira. The next morning at breakfast the talk war chiefly about the robbery at D^nhan. Court, Mr, Rayner had rea^ the accounts of it in the newspaperj, brides the bare mention of it I had made fe my letter to him but now. be wanted to hear all we had heard, and whether we were very much alarmed by it, Mrs, Riyner saiiT-pery little, as usual and I only told him Mr, Carruthers's story, reserving the suspicious things I had seen for when I should bi able to talk to him alone. The opportunity soon came, I went into the schoolroom after breakfast, thinking I would employ tbe hour and a half there was to spire before church-time in just beginning my letter to Laurence, But 1 had not got beyond, "My own "dearest Lou " when Mr, Rayner came in and smiled in a mischievous manner that brought the color into my cheeks when he saw what.I was doing. I put away my letter at cnce, so I do not know how he knew to whom I was writing, "Am I disturbing you ' he said, "Oh, no I was only writing a note to pass away the time." "Well, and now for all the 'bad, miserable news' which was too overwhelmning for me to hear about last night." ' O'n, Mr. Riyner, I don't know where to begin, and it seems ungenerjus t6 tell it you now, as the person it concerns most is ill and unable to answer for herself " • Well, trust to my generosity, child,' said he gravely. "1 suppose you mean Sarah, Eas she been annoying you again?" "Oj, yes Bat that is not the wcrit. If it had been only that, I would not have told you anything about it until she was well enough to defend herself. Indeed I am not so inhuman as to have any vindictive feeling against the' poor woman now, when her very life is ia danger, Bat I must tell you this, Because 1 know something ought to be done, and you will know what it is," "Tell me first how she has annoyed you, and â€" how the accident happened," "She stopped a letter of mine by running after the postman and getting it out of the bag by some exjuse or ovber." "When. Was that?"â€" "On Wednesdcy." "That is the most unwarrantable thing I ever heard of, 'I knew the woman was pre- judiced against you but one his to forgive old servants a good many thifcgs, and I never guessed she Would dare so much as that." ' Oh, don't be so angry with her, or I shall never dare to tell you the rest, Mr, Riy- nor " And it required several questions and gutsses on his part to diaw out from me the account of the accrdent to barab, and the inevitable suspicion as to how it came about, Mr, Rayner turned quite pale when I came to my slipping on the stairs and catching my foot iu the string, and he looked up and out of the window from under his frowning brows with an expression of hard fury that made me instinctively move away from him on my chair, it was so terrible, so merciless. And I had still so much that I must tell him 1 It was with averted head that I whispered all the suspicions things I had seen and heard connecting Sirah and Tom Parkes with the Denham Court burglary â€" my view of Tom carrying something across the lawn his returning with Sarah the fact of two men in a cart having been seen outside â€" I did not say by whom, but I fancy Mr, Rayner guessed my seeing the brown portmanteau inside the back-doer; an 1 lasdy my discovery of the portmanteau in the cellar under the store room, and my recognition of it and of the bracelet I took out of it at haphazird as having both come from Deaham Court, M-. Rayner listened with the deepest interest, but with some incredulity. '• My dear ciiild, it ia impossible â€" at least I hope from my soul it may turn out to be so I Poor old Sirah is, I acknowledge, the worst-tempered and mDst vindictive woman alive. But the accomplice of thieves I cannot believe it." He got up aad walked about the room, questioced me again closely, and then remained for a few minutes in deep thought. " She would never dare Sirah ia afraid of me, aud to bring stolen goods into my house would be a greater liberty than evea 'ap old servant would take, I think." • " "Ah, bat you were away, Mr. Riyner 1 She may hav reckoned upon getting the things out of the house before your return," I suggested. "And Tom Parkes too, a fellow I have a great liking for, and whom I have trusted with money too over and over again," he went on to himself, scarcely noticing my interruption I wondered Mr, Rayner did not ask me for the store-room keys and go himself to prove at least one part of my story but I did not like to suggest it, half fearing, coward that I was, that he would ask me to go with him to that dreadful cellar. " Don't say a word about this to any one, child," said he at last. "1 must sift the matter to the very bottom. It is possible that they may both have been cheated by some clever knave into assisting him inno- cently. But didn't you say yon saw Tom Parkes carrying what yoa took for the portmanteau on Tuesday night " "Yes, Mr. Rayner." " But the borglary was on Wednesday I No, no yon may depend there will be some ezplanatiouHil, the matter as aoon aa Sarah is able to give an acconnt of herself. In the meantime I wft make inqniriea, and I will set your mind at rest as soon as powible." He remained silent again for a little while then shook his head, as i( to diamisa all dis- agreeable thoaghts, and said, in Us nenal bright tdhte, " Ajad now I have a little bit of news for yoa, which I hope you will thii^ neither bad nor miserable. How would YOU like to leave the Aiders for a short time, and apaod a cotiple of weeks on the borders of the MediterraneaQ f ' I looked up at him in bewilderment, which amused him. " You look at me as if you thought me a magician who could transport you against your will to the uttermost parts of the earth by a wave of Jiy mind. This is how it u. I have to see one of Mrs. Rayner's trustees on important business at once. He is stay- ing at Monaco, which is, as you know, not far from Nice, where, I learnt by a letter from Mrs. Eeade the other day, she and her son are staying. Bat I dare eay that is s^ale news to you, and anyhow it is a matter of no consequence." Th?s was said so mischitvonsly that I could not help growing very red indeed und being thankful when he went on â€" " Having to go thtri my self • I thought the change might do my wife good and this morning I tried every inducement to pi rouade her to go, but in vain, as I expect- ed. B it for Hiidee some change is abso- lutely necessary, as the Doctor told yoa. And, as I cannot look after the child entire- ly by myself. I pondered as to who could do it for me, and I decided upon yon," "Oh, but," I b«gan, the impossibility of my travelling alone over Europe with Mr. Rayner and Haidee being clear even to my not very wise brain. "Now listen, and hear how cleverly I have managed it. Haidee goes to look after her papa. Miss Christie goes to look after Haidee, Mrs. Christie goes to look after Mi.^s Christie." " My mother 1" I exclaimed. " Yes. I went to see her yesterday, and proposed the plan to her, not forgetting to put in a word about our friends at Nice, She was delighted, and asked your uncle's consent at once. We have already settled that she is to meet us at Liverpool Street on our arrival in town next Friday morn- ing." " Next Friday 1" said I, utterly bewilder- ed. "And leave Mrs. Riyner all alone here " " Unless you can persuade her to go with U3. You can wheedle a bird off a bough, and I really lelieve you have mora influence with her than 1 have." Indeed it seemed so for I had often wondered how she could be so obstinate with him, when to me she always seemed as weak as a reed, "Tiiere, child," said Mr, Rayner, taking a letter from his pocket and putting it into my bands, "You don't seem able to take it all in, Rsad that," It was a letter in my mother's handwrit- ing. I opened it, still utterly bewildered. It said " My darling Violet, â€" Your kind friend Mr. Riyner is waiting; so I can pen you only these few lines and I don't know how to express my feelings at his generous offer. He says I am to write to you and persuade you to go but I do not think you Will need much persuasion. H-j has directed me to provide an outfit for you at his expense, and bring it; with me to Liverpool Street Station, where I am to meet you on Friday, though I don't like starting on a journey on a Fri- day. Heaven be prased for sending us such kind friends I have no time for more, as Mr. lliyner is waiting. With bsst love from your uncle and cousins, in the fond hope of seeing you very soon, Your affectionate mother, "Amy Christie." My dear mother It was just like her to see nothing so very extraordinary in this offer, to take it as a matter of course, and thank Heaven for it in the most simple- minded way, while it troubled me somewha' still, I read the letter twice through, and then tried deprecatingly to thank him for the outfit he had got her to provide, "Oh, does she mention that I told her not to do so," said he, laughing, " You don't know my mother. When she has anything to tell, she can not renist telling it. This letter is jast like her. Bat she has done two things she never in all her life did befcraâ€" dated her letter and put na postscript." CHAPTER XXV, As soon as we came out of church that morning, I found aa opportunity of sdeaking to Mrs. Minners, and asked her snyly if she could give me any meswags to take that afternoon to Miss Maude IJeada at the H til. " Laurence tolJ me to ask you," I whispered timidly it is because he particul- arly waits my next letter to be enclosed in hers. He didn't say why but he is very emphatic about it.' "Dear, dear," slid kind Mrs. Manners anxiously, "it is a pity young people cannot get on without so miny subterfuges I don't know whether Mr. Manners would ap- prove. Bat there â€" L promised Liurenca I woald help you â€" an"" there is no harm in it â€" -aud so 1 will. Como up to the Vicarage after afternoon service, and I'll give you a packet of tracts for her." I thanked her but she had already turned to reproach a deif old woman bent with rheumatism for not coming to church of tener, and to promise to eeud her some beef tea jelly next day. I made my way to where Mr. and Mrs. Rayner were standing, the former advising old Mr. Reade to send his plate, which was known to be valuable, to the baak at Baaconsburgh for safety. "Jewel-robberies are epidemic, you know, and I dare say we haven't seen the last of this series yet,' said he, " There was Lord Dalstons, and now Sir Jonas's but they never stop at t«o. You remember some years ago, when there were five big robberies within six weeks? I shouldn't wonder f the same sort of thing occurred again," • ' They wouldn't try for my litt'e store it wouldn't be worth their while," said Mr, Reade, wi:h undisturbed good-humour, "If Liurence were at home, perhaps I'd get him to send the lot off; but I can't see after things myself and, if I put 'em all in a cart and packed 'em oS to Beaconsborgh, the chances are they would all get tilted into a ditch. So they must take their chance in the old chest at home. I've given Williamson a blander bubs â€" but I think it frightens him more than it would a thiefâ€" and I sleep with a revolver at my bedside • and a man can't do more." ' "Don't you think the thieves will be caught, Mr. Raymr?" asked Gregson, the vfllage carpenter, timidly. It was rumour, ed that he had fifteen pounds and a pair of 8il,ver muflBneers hidden away somewhere • and he turned to Mr. Rayner, who always took the lead naturally in any discussion with much anxiety. (to be contindbd.) iJ??*^"?* *nd Dr. Owsoni Btom»ch Bitten oan't hn in the nme Stonuoh, one of them h^ Brt^toeo SSrlwi f"*.,"' Stomach Bitters. The^^' oto faTonte f anuly medicine in large bottles at Moentt. A poet hath remarked that "All paths lead to the grave." He undouotedly re- ferred to allopaths and homoeopaths and hydropathi and all the rest of the M. D. paths. Books'Made or Clay. Far a^ay beyond thep'angnf tamia, on the banks of the rivet t" the ruins of the ancient city of"' Not long since huge mounds of stone m-rked the place where th*"' anl walls of the proud capita of ♦V"' Assyrian empire stord Ths sn the F.-«n'3hmin, then of the Eaolitu'^l cleared all tiie earih away, and i T""' that remains of the old streets a -^^^l where the princes of Assyria w"i^" lived. Tfegods they worshipDH^lNl books they read have all been rl^ f "^l the 8"ght of a wonderiaj; v.'oil !, rr^ I curious of all the curious thin^B ti.-'**! in this wonderful manner ji-. thee ^^'"'ir of Nireveh. TTie chief library ni v***" was contained in the place of K j "l Tne clay books which it contaned a^"""'^! posed of s-jts of tablets covered »ii*"*l small writing. The tablets are "'â-  "'â-  of 1 obiis. shape, and when several of them a-e" for one book the first liie of the tab! ^^ theg^l lowing, was written at the end of preceding it. The writing on the'tivl* was of course done when the clay ^fas a and then it was biked to harden it • ?l each table or bock was nmibered anj I signed to a place in the library with i " responding number, so that the could readily find it, just as our libririiMl of to day number the bioka we mI Among these books are to be found coUectb^ of hymns (to the godf ), de£criptionsof i m iU and birds, stones and vegetahles,' i well as history, travels, etc., etc. ?it)^,., those little Ninevite children of leu » jfj took the same delight as tiie youn^folksc^ to day do ia stories of the birds, beasts, anil insects of Assyria. The Assyrians and B, bylonians were great students of astronoini The method of telling time by the sun, a^l of marking it by the instruiiunt called a dial, was invented by the latter nat None of our molern clocks and watches ca; be ccmpared to th? sua dial for accuncy' Indeed we have to regu'a'.e our irode:: inventions by the old Bibylonian one. AGEIOULTU: Shade IXrees. ,«,rtinoe of *hade " "".^Sm.t«xces. be sr no circa ^^^^^ ^j^^, l**Tt^' these fci't« " H.m It should \^"'Tt^regar. .or .^ P«" hould be acconp. re fSi»ont«t^h«^*' 'J!l begin to swell. H ptedWg ftodrrDamei fesl'i^^^i^^y "^^^.' K^ ^li-a of cattle yards, rborcf" %bade for dom ^^^s the one that is aim, C by foliage- T.ie Si A'~un nat:ij[| Or. BI. SouvieUe's Spirometer Gives Frie.l P^ncouraged by 'he fact that curing the las-l five years thousands of patients wlio haTeuVtl my Spirometer have been cured of Asthii BroQChitis, Catarrh, Catarrhai-Deafness, (05.1 sumption, or Weat Lunjfs, and finding tiij;| m iny who could be cured aro financially ui'f able to procure the instrument. 1 will v,ni\ THK riPlKOMKTKK KREE to any One iutrer:E!l from any of the above ailments who wili calii 373 Church Siree*, Toronto, and consult ihJ aurgeons of the International Throat andLuiis-I Institute. The medicmes above to be paid for. I If unable to call, write for paniculars aicl treatment which can be sent by express to an: I address. Dr. M. SOUVIELLE, K.x-aide Sur." geon, French Array. A scientist aoerts that a bse can onlj sting once in 1.P0 minut-;.-s. We would re- spectfuily iidd that that's all it generally needs to. Tav N'i:rvili.n'e For all kinds of pain. Po;. son's Nkrviline is the most efficient and prompt remedy in existence for neuralfria.lum bago, and headache. For internal use it hasno equal. Relief in five minutes may be obtainec irom Nerviiine in any of the following com- plaints, viz Cramps in the stomach, chill- flatulent painF. Buy a 10 cent sample Ijottle 0: Nerviiine at any drug stoce and lest the grea; remedy. Large bottles 25 cents. The question now is â€" Cin a man whs r jic'saleap year proposal be sued fcr a bleach of promise Things are lookin? very dark for the male sex. Charalatans and Quacks, Have long plied their vocation on the suffering pedals ot the people. The knife has pared to the quicS; caustic applications have tormented the victiffi of corns until the conviction shaped itself- there's no cure. PurwAM's Paixlmss Corx Extractor proves ou what a slender basis public oplnlcn often rest?. If you suffer from corns get the Kxtractor and you will be satis fled. Sold eve' y where. X. C. Poison Co., Kiogston, proprs, A Irishman wrote home to his father ;- " Div papa â€" I W£u' a little chanee,' Tae paternal parent replied :â€" " Dear Caarlie â€" just wait for it. Time brings change to everybody," Every one speaks highly of Dr. Carson'i; Stomach Bit ters aa a Stomach, Liver and Kidney mcdiciuf. "The best family medicine we ever used," eav they all. Try a bottle this Spring as a blood puritier. .\ V. i:-J Value of Milk to Yount rn wean a ca.f as soon a KdeatCiaBS.utowea tor^ intended, and ea.lu ible to wean it. the lit! ec ei lig' Kng and fan owing nme â- ?by anticipating the di Tfljihof thedamvpioa â- ^^i during the wmt erally during the fliw. [That starts in with a fi eing in a condition to i cMi, without undue ti -ktptup to the maxu rts m a 'o' condition, sorely filled, she will 1 .to a high standard of fing any porticn of the 1 The Bee of the 1 â- I'm an apiary, tir " Ba L called upon me the o 'at?" "An apiarist is, I i rect term, sir, and 1 am a new hives ' Ho He had got hold o I am seriouf ly informe feasible oneâ€" tor increa ,. of the common domti jatissimalv) somehow kno fone, and producing a i leled bee, "and add in ar stock of honey, sir." I can absolutely increaF( indefinitely, and ths re will have hives as r Appalling protpect Ibigas a la*; bouncing 186, bellowing hoarseiy orchards, or flopping gar-basin, glaring, witn terrified baby. Editl rah Ann J have gone to lid drtp down mane, i despair. We shall h ee things by act of Pi iwhile, my thiny fri orders, ana if he has edily improve cfiF the I little buoy bee whom • because we sang of, ' 8EXU 10c. AM) KECEIVK BV .MAIL Beautiful Chromo CariLi with y Address Kureka Card Co., Bolton, QOKQ i-.oS4.000 on marria.ee. 40 -our niinii. Que. Ladies •utlemen. Apply immeiliately K ^• CURRV, ,J.P.,6ec.-Trea8. ^ndon, Ont. Ag.iit.-i wanted GOOD CHANCE'~F01-rBL:\( K.N.MllH and Waggon Maker. The shops and 'iie er t" dwelling house,-- for sale or rent at Lutisvillp. Ooi«i buinenscan be none there liy attention Ki.i f n'-hor i:- formation apply to WM. LUTKS, Townsen^; C. litre TO FOR SALEâ€" A STOCK OF DlU'tiS AND tixtures on a leading avenue in letr"it: l'li^:- cian" ortice and practice in connection al'arf.-aiii:.jl '" cash. r. K. PAKK, Attorney, Rouni 5. l-'i t;ri.-» 'i' Street,^etroit. OY EDâ€" J HE .AUUK1-: every reader of this papir who vcuM like i salary of S15.C0 a week for canvaf^sing the iii.'.^t popu lar, useful, and easy selling sub.-icription l^'.ik ovr puhhsbed. Address |A. C. JACKSON S Co., ;-5 Ka.; St. vs_t,_Torouto. TSaT Large and Kicely Fmlsliert store in the Central tlock, â- \Vateiloo, to rent rtot reasonahle, immcdia:e pjsses-ion AVii 1 1 mi SMi'ti Co., Waterl' .. r^OMMc SENSE"stjXL" TKIUMPH- -^ ANT. 1 lake's "Common sense" Brace, Xo strain on pants or shoulders. KeQuires NO in rroNs on th* •ants. Sent to any address, by mail, on reciipt lif rric-. 5c. F ISKE and Co., 277 Kin g St., West, Toioiito. LESSONS oTx iiX BY ,^ mail in Isaac rituians f.v^- tem by practical phonographer. Send fir t.rni; »"•' plan to FRANK Y ' 75. shorthand: phonog i'KIG H, 262 Sherl/our ne St T. W. FTP. Currie Co. Importers of J?u" "'P*" Portland Cement. Chimney Tops, Canada Cement, Vent I.iiiiiiJ-. Water Lime, Flue Covers, Whitiuir, Fire Bricks, Piaster of Paris, Fire Clnr Borax, Eoman Cement, Chiiui t'l'). Manufacturers of Bessemer Steei stors, Cbair Bed Spriag TU SADDLERST The celebrated Elm City Harness Oil can be bad from the following Wholesale Saddlery Hardware liou?e«. Field Davidson, Eamilton Morgan Bros, Ha:uilt^"!=' Fraser Johnson, Hamilton C. Davidson and Co., Toronto; 8. Trees* Co., Toronto; T. Woodbridge and to., Toronto W. Ellis, London W. C. Martin, Kingston J. Smith, and Son., Branttord orlrom F. F. DALLEl. and Co., Hamilton. Sole agents for the Dominion.^ 84.000 gold In 17 nontli*. BUY ONLY THE WalterWoods H4MILTO.V, Oyt- Farmers H Frank D. Curtis, in his fcw York State Agricul peril good things in i nes, but none more to towing, in regard to th Ddinga of the dwellin |1, with no trees arouuc I unhomelike. Have hUing. Tear away th pey, and are useless. the house up as if t [ranningaway. Lettl I acre ot dooryard t^ a rich lawn of this [can be no waste, but BQty and a thing of br. There need not ^tefnl; nature and beau od taste and econom de handmaids to eac tit trees in this inclos Ism with a spade each i whole, and the trees ' grass will grow Iu: *e will grow beautif |dw contented, the fat ^y grow old will gro\ I will grow to emul whip will grow attra feD and the young woi ' that there is no i -me, Sweet Home.'" How Cheese Can bi rbe close connection pgions, Btatescraft, Jern world is illustri fy in a recent numb P of the Royal Sociel ptish Government, (3 i-making as an Ind the difficulty that tl "'ge portion of th€i an absolute v« *niof cheete, in the i net obtained from umalhad been em ph species of Pinguicu! fPs to coagulate rein pveniment cirjulatei iMornuktion as to ai known to have FReon-Major Aitchis r^nia coagu'ana, P'Mrn India plant, |fe said to coagulate f* material was seni 1^" "« of Caml V» -J ® ^** a^le to [^t Identical with tl •Pa«ric mucous m capable of prefer pottimercial article ii TA* ««t8 in the Mity, and is read «wd from them. Bpoots for K».*^« "'iter Tv«L^.**»l5 givini EM^«*«d of hSu •"§»! beeU |filV,^*'*o«klveii