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The Huron Signal, 1890-3-28, Page 2a 2 THE HURON SIGNAL FRIDAY, MAR. 28, 1890. THE llISERT11t DI Oapt. OHAILL LIG, U. l A. IasGer ea "DallNsll• in/A." "Thr Oakes ad'. LMI ts► a Medea'. Male• Me,, au Lola ;le Cimpear. Mae le wow asweregewmil CAArrva VL "Lieut. Bayne, man." "Oh, my God gasped Clancy, and fell back as though struck a sudden blow. She sprang to his aide. "it's faint he is. Don't answer his questions, mer - gated He's beside himself! Oh, will ye sever stop talking to him and lave him In pace? Oo away, all of ye's—go away, i my, or yell dhrive him crazy wid per— Be quiet, Mike! don't ye spake &gin." And she laid a broad, red hand u pon his face. He only groaned again sad threw his one unbandaged arm across his darkened eyes, as though to hide from sight of all. From that tune on she made no men- tion of the name that so strangely ex- cited her stricken husband, but the watchers in the hospital the next night declared that in his ravings Clancy kept calling for Lieut. Hayne. Stannard's battalion of the cavalry same matching into the post two days after the fire, and created a diversion in She garrison talk, which for one long day bad been all of that dramatic incident and its attendant circumstances. In social circles, among the officers and ladies, the main topic was the conduct of Mr. Mayne and the injuries he bad sustained as a consequence of his gallant rescue. IlLnsong the enlisted men and the deni- ams of Sudsville the talk was principal- ly of the revelation of Mrs. Clancy's board of greenbacks. But in both circles a singular story was just beginning to creep around, and it was to the effect that Clancy had cried aloud and fainted !dead away and that Mrs. Clancy had gone into hysterics when they were told that Lieut. Hayne was the man to whom the one owed his life and the other her money. Some one met Copt. Rayner on f .be sidewalk the morning Stannard came home and asked him if he had beard the queer story about Clancy. H. clad not, and it was told him then and there. Rayner did not even attempt to laugh it it or turn it off in any way. He looked lased. stunned, for a moment, turned every white and old looking, and, hardly saying good day to his informant, faced about and went straight to his quarters. JHe was not among the crowd that gale to welcome the incoming cavalry- men that bright, crisp, winter day, and evening Mrs. Rayner went to the abet to ask what she could do for _2ascy and his wife. (apt. Rayner al- -aye expected her to see that every care ad attention was paid to the sick and * tidy of his company, she explained to be doctor, who could not recall having - rtes her on a similar errand before, al - 1 -awgb sick and needy of Company B _Mire not unknown in garrisons where • bad served with them. She spent a "nod while with Mrs. Clancy, whom she Ned never noticed hitherto, much to the iiandress' indignation, and .:hose conduct she had been known to _zpress herself in terms of extreme die - i -gvpro But in times of suffering nob things are forgotten; Mrs. Rayner _vas full of sympathy and interest; there -as nothing she warn not eager to send Meat, and no thanks were necessary. I lbe could never do too much for the w en of her husband's company. Yet there was a member of her hus- - and's company on whom in hissnffcring 'either she nor the captain saw fit tocall. ✓ . Hayne's eyes were seriously injured .y the flames and beat, and he was now living in darkneen. it might 1s• a month, mid the doctor, before he Poul I use his eyes again. "Only think of that poor fellow all alone out there on that ghastly prairie and'unable to read!" was the exclama- tion of one of the cavalry ladies In Mrs. Rayners' presence; and, as there was an awkward silence and ly had to break it, Mrs, Rayner responded: "If I lived on Prairie avenue I should consider blindness a blessing." It was an unfortunate remark. There was strong sympathy developing fair Mayne all through the garrison. Mrs. Rayner never meant that it should have any such significance, but inside of twenty-four bourn, in course of which Tier language had been repeated some dozens of times and distorted quite as many, the generally accepted version of the story was that Mrs. Rayner. no far from hug the faintest sympathy or sorrow for Mr. ilavnp s misfortune, so far from the natural gratifl- elation which a lady should feel that it was an officer of her regiment who had leached the scene of danger ahead of the cavalry officer of the guard, had said in so many words that Mr. Ilayne ought to be thankful that blindness was the worst thing that had come to him. There was little chance for harmony after that. Many men and some women, of course, retuned to believe it, and said they felt confident that she hail been misrepresented. Still, all knew by this time that Mrs. Rayner bitter against Hayne. and had heard of her denuncia- tion of the colonel's action. So, too, had the colonel heard that she openly de- clared that she would refuse any invita- tion extended to her or to her sister which might involve her accepting hoe- pitality at his house. Tees things do get around in most astonishing ways. Then another complication wows: Bayne, too, was mixing matters. The major commanding the battalion, a man iM no wipe competed with his misfort- tlrgs, had gone to him and urged, with MOP doctor's full consent, that he should yamoved over Into sad become an in- oab of his household in garrison. He bad a big roomy holies. His wife ear- menety added her entreaties to the tma- itut ai b se enrpew Mr. Hans aes�ad. He thanked she no, teat sad best ohs the lady% hem and talked Mr with a voice that was full of gestlanam and gratitude; but he said that he had learned to Use in ssaU.de. Sam was accustomed le all his ways, and be had every comfort he needed. His wants were few and pie. She would not be mutant, egad egged him farther. He lO sd mediae: sarehy be would a nim hie books and would need epee one lo read aloud to - Wm, and there were on many ladies da the garrison who inlaid he glad to meet at her bouse and red to him by tarns. He loved music, she beard, sod there was her piano, and she knew several who would be delighted to eewo and play fur him by the hour. lie *hook his head, and the bandages lid the tears that came So his smarting eyes. He had made arrangements to be need aloud to, be said; and as for musk, that must wait awhile. The kind woman retired dismayed— she could not understand such obduracy, and her husband felt rebuffed. fkan- nard, of the cavalry, too, came in with his gentle wife. She was loved through- out the regiment for her kindliness and grace of mind, as well as for her devo- tion to the sick and suffering in the old Jays of the Indian wars, and Stannard had made a similar proffer and been similarly refused, and he had gone away indignant. He thought Mr. Bayne too bumptious to live; but he bore no malice, and his wrath was soon over. Many of the cavalry officers called in person and tendered their services, and were very civilly received, but all offers were posi- tively declined. Just what the infantry officers should do was a momentous question. That they could no longer bold aloof was a matter that was quick- ly settled, and three of their number went through the chill gloaming of the wintry eve and sent in their cards by Sam, who ushered them into the cheer- less front room, while one of their num- ber followed to the doorway which led to the roam in rear, in which, still con- fined to his bed by the doctor's advice, the injured officer was lying. It was Mr. Rose who went to the door .and cleared his throat and stood in the pres- ence of the man to whom, more than fire years before, he had refused hie hand. The others listened "Mr. Mayne. this is Roos. I come with Foster and Graham to say how deeply we regret your injuries, and to tender our sympathy and our services." There was dead silence for a moment. Foster and Graham stood with hearts that beat unaccountably hard, looking at each other in perplexity. Would be never reply? The answer came at last—a question: "To what injuries do you allude, Mr. Ross,., Even in the twilight they could see the sudden flush of the Scotchman's cheek. Ile was a blunt fellow, but, as the senior, had been chosen for the three. The abrupt question stag- gered him. It was a second or two be- fore he could collect himself. "1 mean the injuries at the fire," he replied. This time no . it was growing too painful. Ross looked in bewilderment at the bandaged face and and again broke the silence: "We hope you won't deny us the right to be of service, Mr. Bayne. If there is anything we can do that you need or would like"— I , , . "You have nothing further to Ray?' asked the calm voibe from the pillow. "I—don't know what else we tan my," faltered Ross, after an instant's pause. The answer came, firm and prompt, but icily cool: "Then there is nothing that you can do." And the three took their departure. gore at heart. There were others of the infantry who had purposed going to see !Wye(' that evening, but the story of Rzes'e experi- ence put an end to it all. It was plain that even now Mr. Hayne made the con- dition of the faintest( advance from his t _ a full of error. Ile would have no legs. That evening the colonel sat by his bed- side and had an earnest talk. He ven- tured to with the invalid on his refusal to go to the major's or to Stannard's. He could have so many comforts and delicacies there that would be impossible here. He did not refer to edibles and drinkablea alone, he said. with a smile; hut llayne'a patient face gave no sign of relenting. HP heard the colonel through. and then said slowly and firmly: "I have not acted hastily, sir; I ap- preciate their kindnes, and am not un- grateful. Five years ago my whole life was changed. From that time to this I have done without a host of thin; s that used to be indispensable, and have ab- jured them one and all for a single lux- ury that I cannot live without—the line ury of utter independence—the joy of knowing that I owe no man anything— the blessing of being beholden to no one on earth for a single service I cannot pay for. It is the one luxury left me." " L'ea shall net ger it ws&clear winter's evening, sharply cold, about a week •flit She lire, when. as Mrs. Rayner came login the stairway, equipped for a walk, alt/ vee pal* the M►lur deter wldwii t hamlets. eft... , , . ,...,..,,. .4,,, ° ,. reams canto sight of earl called to -Ler: "Ase you Suing walking, Kat P - wait a memaettt, and I'll go with you." Any meta the ball could have • bared the authors privilege and sem the ex- pre•iat glf.Bseyaaca and widen= that appeared on hies Rayner's face. "I 601101$ (Nahumtabswar rirel" were oel. Did sat Mr. "lie did; but we wesdased Into Kra. Waldron's, and eke end the major begged us to stay, and we bad mem musk, and then the first call sounded for retreat sad Mr. Graham bad to go, so he brought me home. eve bad no walk and need exer- cise." "But I doa't like you to be out after onset. That cough of yours"— "Disappeared the day alter I got here, Kate, and there bout been a vestige of it since. This high, dry climate put an end to it. No, I'll be ready in one min- ute more. Do wait." ' Mrs. Rayner's band was turning the knob whip her sister was hurrying to the frost door and drawing on her heavy jacket as she did so. The former faced her impatiently: patiy: "I don't think you are at all courteous to your visitors. You know jag as well as I do that Mr. Foster or Mr. Royce or some other of those young officers are cure to he in just at thin hour. You really are very thoughtless, Nellie," Mier Travers stopped short in her prep- arations. "Kate Rayner," she began, impressive- ly, "it was only night before last that you rebuked me for sitting here with Mr. Blake at this very hour, and asked me how I supposed Mr. Van Antwerp would like it. Now you"— "Fudge! 1 cannot stay and listen to such talk. It you muss go, wait a few minutes until I get back. I—I want to make a short call. Then ell take you." "So do I want to make a abort call— over at the doctor's: and you are going right to the hospital, are you not?" "How do you know I am?" asked Mrs. Rayner, reddening. "You do go there every evening, it seems to me." "1 don't. Who told you I did?" "Several people mentioned your kind- -nes and attention to the Clancys, Kate. I have heard it from many sources." "I wish people would mind their own affairs," wailed Mrs. Rayner, peevishly. "So do I, Kate; but they never have, and never will, especially with an en- gaged girl. I have more to complain of than you, but it doesn't make me for- lorn, whereas you look fearfully worried about nothing." "Who says I'm worried?' asked Mrs. Rayner, with se ! :. u "You look worried, Kate, and haven't been at all like yourself for several days. Now,,w by shouldn't I go to the hospital with you? Why do you try to hide your going from me? Don't you know that I must have heard the strange stories that are flitting about the garrison? Haven't I asked you to set me right if I have been told a wrong orae? Kate. you are fretting yourself to death about some- thing, and the captain looks worried and ill. I cannot but think it has some con- nection with the case of Mr. Hayne. Why should the Clancys"— "You hare no right to think any such thing," answered her sister, angrily. -We have suffered too much at his hands or on his account already, and I never want to hear such words from your lips. It would outrage Capt. Ray- ner to hear that my sister, to whom he has given a home and a welcome, was linking herself with those who side with that—that thief." •'Kate! 01►, how can you use such words? ihow dans you speak so of an officer? Yon would not tell nue what he was accused of: but I tell you that if it be theft I don't believe it, and no one else"— There was a sudden footfall on the porch without, and a quick. sharp, im- perative knock at the door. Mrs. Rgy- ner fled back along the ball towards the dining room. Miss Travers. hesitating but a second, opened the door. It was the soldier telegraph operator with a dispatch envelope in his hand. "It is for Mrs. Rayner, miss, and an answer Is expected. Shall I wait?" Mrs. Rayner came hastily forward from her place of refuge within the din- ing room, took the envelope without a word and pained into the parlor, where, standing beneath the lamp. she hire it open, glanced anxiously at its contents, then threw it with an . of pervieh indignation upon the table. "You'll have to answer for yourself, Nellie. I cannot straighten your affairs and mine too." And with that she was going, but Miss Travers called her back. The ens' age simply read: "No letter in four days. is anything wrong? An- swer paid," and was addre•serl to Mrs. Rayner and signed S. V. A. "i think you hare been neg- lectful." said Mrs. Rayner. who had turned and now stood watching the rkdng enter and impatiently tapping foot of her younger sister. Miss Travers bit iter lips and I them hard. There was an evident struggle in her mind between a desire to nuke an im- lulsirdand sweeping reply and an effort to control herself. "Will you answer a quiet nuo7tion or two?" she finally asked. "You know perfectly w. oI I s. eh. i t)w sisterly rejoinder. "How long dues it take a letter to go from here to New York:'" "Five er six days. i suppose. - Mims T uppose. 'MisT Ito the dissr, briefly told the soldier there was no answer, thanked him for waiting. and returned. •• Yen are n.4 going to reply:" asked Mrs. Ratner, in amaze. "I am net: and I inferred you did not intend to. Now another Teeter—in. flow snarly 'layn have we been here?' "Eight or nice -nine. it "You mw me post a letter to Mr. Van Antwerp as we left the Missouri. did you need' "Ye+. .it least i supp.ee sn." ' "I wrote again as anon as we grit settled hese, three ,hays after that, did I not"' Yom mid you did," replied Mrs. Rey - nee tingracesusly. "And lou, Kale, when you are your - an sew Nave nano prompt tq dealers that 1 �I y what I mesa. Very psobbly B may "1MLye been tour days from the dim that letter from the transfer reached Walt street to the time the nest one could get to bits (ruin here, even had I written the night we arrived. Poeiwy you turret that you forbade my doing so, and sent nes to bed early. Mr. Van Antwerp has simply tailed to remember that I had gone several hundred miles farther west; and even had I written on the traits twice a day, the letters would not have reached him uninterruptedly. By thin Mase he is beginning to get them fast enough. And as for you, Late, you are quite as unjust as he. It augurs badly for my future peace; and -1 am learning two lessons here, Kate." "What two, pray?" •'That he car. be foolishly unreliable in estimating a woman." "And the other?' "That you may be persistently unreli- able in year judgment of a man." Verily, for a young woman with a sweet, girlish face, whore we saw but a week •gene twitching a kitten's ears and saying little or nothing. Mies Travers was displaying unexpected fighting qual- ities. For a moment, Mrs. Rayner glared at her in tremulous indignation and di. - may. "You—you ought to be ashamed of yourself!" was tier eventual outbreak. But to this there was no reply. Miss Travers moved quietly to the doorway, turned and looked her angry s.:ster in Um eye, and said: "I shall give up the walk and will go to m; room. Excuse me to any visitors this evening." "You are not going to write to him now, glen you are angry, I hope?" "I shall not write to him until to -nor - row, but when I do I shall tell him this, Kate: that if he desire my confidence he will address his complaints and inquiries to me. If I ant old enough to be engaged to him, in your opinion, I am equally old enough to attend to such details as these, inn my own." rF Mrs. Rayner stood one moment as though . hen she flew to the door and relieved her 1 bosom as follows:' -Well. I pity the man you marry, whether you are lucky enough to keep this one or not!" and flounced in- dignantly out of the house. When Capt. Rayner came in, half an hour afterwards, the parlor was de- serted. He was looking worn and di- spirited. Finding no one on the ground floor, he went to the Got of the stairs, and called: "Kate." A d I above: "Kate has gone out, captain." "Do you know where, Nellie?" "Over to the hospital, I think; though I cannot say." She heard him sigh deeply, move irre- solutely about the hall for a moment, then turn and go out. At his gate he found two figures dimly visible in the gathering darkness; they had stopped on hearing his footstep. One was an officer in uniform, wrapped in heavy overcoat, with a fur cap, and a bandage over his eyes. The other was a Chinese servant, and it was the latter who asked: -This Maje Waldlon'sr •'No." said he, hastily. "Maj. Wal- dron's is the third door beyond." • At the sound of his voice the officer quickly started, but spoke in low. meas- ured tone: "Straight ahead, Sam," And the Chinaman led him on. Rayner stood a element watching them, bitter thoughts coursing through his mind. Mr. Bayne was evidently sufficiently recovered to he up and out for air, and now he was being invited again. MR time it was his old comrade, Waldron, who honored him. Probably it was another dinner. Little by little, at this rate, the time would moon come when Mr. Hayne would be asked every- where and he and his Jingly dropped. Ile turned miserably away and weft back to the billiard rooms at the store. When Mrs. Rayner rang her bell for tea that evening he had not re- appeared, and she sent a for him. it was a brilliant moonlit evening. A strong prairie gale had begun.to blow from the northwest, and was lunging shutter and whirling pebbles at a furi- ous rate. At the sound of the trumpets' wailing tattoo a brace of young officers calling on the ladies took their leave. The captain bad retired to his den, or study, where he shut himself up a good deal of late, and thither Mn, Rayner fol- lowed him and closed the door after her. Throwing a cloak over her shoulders Miss Travers stepped out on the piazza and gazed in delight upon the moonlit —the snow covered summits to the mouth and west, the rolling ex- panse of upland prairie between, the rough outlines of the foothills 'softened in the silvery light, the dark shadows of the barracks across the parade, the twinkling light* of the sergeants as they took their stations, the soldierly forms of the officers hastening to their com- lurnes far across the frown level. Suddenly she became aware of two forms corning down the walk. They is- sued -cored from Maj. Waldron's;marten, and the door closed behind then. ()ne was a young officer: the other, she speedily msh' out, a Chinese servant, who was guiding his master. She knew the letir in an instant. and her first impulse was to retire. Then .he reflected that lie c,s,ld not see. and she wanted to look, an she stayed. They heti almost reached Mar gate when a a blast whirled the office's cape about his Pan and sent mune sheets of music flying a•rrea the road. leaving his master at the fence, the (Atinsman aped in psuruit, and the next thing she noted was that Mr. Ilaynies fur cap was hlewn from his head, and that he was groping for it helplessly. There was no one to call. n,. Bate to melet, She beeitated one minute. looked anxiously around. then sprang to the Kate, picked tip the rap. pulled it well Hewn over the handage,l eves, nixed the young raker firmly by the arm, drew him within the gate and feel him to the shelter of the plaaaa. Once Mit of the fury of the gal, she could beer his quer the, "Did you get it all. Stun-- - " Not yet," she answered. Oh, bow she lunged for a deep coatraltol "He lamm- ing. Ha will be here In a mems_" "I am so sorry to have been •trouble to you," he began again, vaguely. • • Youare glad so trouble to me, I'm ad I was whereed I happento see you and could bel' . He spoke no more for • emits. else steed glazing at all that was visible of the pals hoe below the darkened eyes. It imago clear cut, so redaed in feature, and the lips under the sweeping Meade mustache, though set sad compressed, were delicate and pink. H. turned his head eagerly towards the parade; but eau was still far away. The music bad scattered and was leading him • lively dance. "Isn't my servant coming?" he asked, constrainedly. "I fear I'm keeping you. Please do nut wait. He will find me here. You were going somewhere." "No—unless it was here." She was trembling now. "Please be patient, Mr. Ilayne. Sam may be a minute or two yet, and here you are out of the wind." Again she looked in hie face, lie was listening eagerly to her words, as though striving to "place" her voice. Could site be mistaken? Was he, too, not trembling? Beyond all doubt his lips were quivering now, "May I not know who it is that Ind me here?" he asked, gently. She hesitated, hardly knowing how to tell him. •'Try and guess," she laughed, nerv- ously. -But you couldn't. You do not know my name. It is my good fortune, Mr. Hayne. You—you saved my kitten; I—your cap." There was no mistaking his start. Be- yond doubt he had winced as though stung, and was now striving to grope his way to the railing. She divined his pur- pose in an instant, and her slender hand 'was laid pleadingly yet firmly on his arm. "Mr. Hayne, don't go. Don't think of going. Stay here until Sam cams. He's coming now." she faltered. ••Is this Capt. Rayner's house?' he asked, hoarse and low. -No matter whose it is! I welcome you here. You shall not gnom ," she cried impulsively, and both little hands were tugging at his arm. lle had found the railing, and was pulling himself toward the gate, but her words, her clinging hands, were too persuasive. "1 cannot realize this," he said. "I do not understand"— "Do not try to I it, Mr. Hayne. If I am only a girl, I have a right to think for myself. My father was a soldier—I am Nellie Travers—and if he were alive I know well be would have had me do just what I have done this night. Now won't you stay?" And light was beaming in through his darkened eyes and gladdening his soul with a rapture he had not known for years. One instant lie seised and clasped her hand. "May God bless you.' wan all he whispered, but so softly that even she did not hear him. Ile bowed low over the slender white frees :::Z 4tapeet. TO BR ODDS AND ENDS. • little i.weww. Saw and Thea, I. Ice. II.bN by the Wisest of ren. Taber Hems. 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Malarial fever left me with my blood in a terrible state. with boils freaking out en my head and face. i was too week to work or eves welt, but after taking a quarter of • hottle of Burdock Blood Kitten i was able to work. The boils all went away in a heap, as it were, and mystrength fully returned helots the Pottle was done. Filen W2 HAvtas, Winona, Ont. As tar as •e suer Mt. "Mercy, Sidney 1 what makes you leek so serious r "1 m writing some verses on spring." ' Blank verse, or rhymer' "Blank, so far. I've only get ens line. IKM should he in every Mese. it s tree tweedy times its Dost. Sold d 'off' I= THE FASHIONS. • • aeMU elf Jeallgelp that WIN 1atewy the IN. sea Triple shoulder moss attaesd to bend- ed or velvet yokes deeply petaled are Iagteis a faTories wrap. The rose sad weds shedea,aeed separ- ately et is wmbinatiea, have hat none of their pupelarity. t)e the euettary, they appear to gala eunoneelly in fa- var. Accordion -Bleated skirts in silk, toile, aad net, sad to plain sal bordered text - are still very fashlosabls; also straight evening skirt' of rise lace oe net, with two or three rues of rather w ide riabue .armed in and out to the meshes as • border. Although a primness or rediagpb 41- f set is still ghee to • large posties et the new swine sustains*, very sassy of them, instead of reechieg in owe confine - cots length iron seek to hem, have flat skirt fronts sad very often full straight back breadths (eetes•d to a slightly round- ed ound- ed or pointed bodice. ecotone* of this description are made with fell bishop sleeves and a )ledeeia collar I For Nettle Rash, Rummer Heat and general toilet purposes, use Lice Sul- phur Soap its Weaken Whe tiler In Two aeee.ds. The ...man who can drew for the street in tau seeonde, says a Boston Transcript writer, and boasts of it, has very nearly cured herself of not fasten- ing the belt of her cloak, so that there is not sojakuch fun in walking behind her as there wee • few years ago, bet a new source of pure delight is opened by the narrow velvet bands which serve as bon- net strings this sinter. She never re- members to fasten them and sails along with the two tape lid• ends dangling behind her eats and suggestio j Asenath a competition in "Hitherto," until some- body puts an end to the exhibition by telling her of her error, ani then the scramble which she mates to finish her toilet is something to see. By the way, why is it that persons who go about the world 'eying, ••Beg pardon, ma'am, but you are losing" this, that or the other have a pin or s hairpin with which to repair damages. Among the oddities in round hate are those shaped exactly like an inverted flat shell, with no crown at all, and a slight point just in front. The bugs arch nar- rows to a few inches in the back, and the hat is fixed to the hair beneath by means of long peva headed pins. Three brides- maids recently wore these hats 'unite with costumes of white cloth trimmed w ith gold p.e'ementerie and fur bands. The bats were of fluted white velvet, with a spray of pink velvet roes* going ro'ind the arched brim. A pretty new fancy for evening is to have a bracelet of flowers on ase arm just below the short sleeve. The flower' most be real cues, fresh and fragrant, and the bracelet is accom- panied by a cluster of the same flowers worn io the tulle of theoppertteshoulder. An entire sleevelet is .nade of the blossoms, with a fall of lace beneath. Wllo.. Wild ('berry aebeser mush. and Coldest esee, mid rates qeiebly. Im Another pretty rise to which flowers are adapted is in the fashioning of flower balls for the talle. The blossoms are booed over a willow or wire frame, which is globe shaped and in sections ; moat is used to bide the frame, and hyacinths and violets in profusion, berberis, with its ruddy leave*, and mimosa, from the sonny South, all aid in the covering. Due is usually • large coo in the cen- tre and smaller ones about the outer circle. mertsl I. We have made with Dr B. J. Kendall Co., publishers of "A Treatise on the Hone and his Diseases, which will enable all our subscribers to obtain • copy of that valuable work Jr.. by sending their address (enclosing • two -cent stamp for mailing same) to Dr B. J. Kendall Co., Enoenurgh Falls, Vt. This book is now recognized as standard authority upon all diaealee of the bone, as its I sale attests, over four million copies having been sold in the past ten years, a male never before reach- ed by any publication in the same period of time. We feel confident that our patrons will the work, and be glad to avail themselves of this oppor- tunity of obtaining • valuable hook. It is necessary that you mention this paper in sending for the "Trestle*. This offer will remain open for only a short time. • Valuable Arsinbltien. "What can you do f asked the edi tot. "Well, i can t write, and I can't edit, and I ain't got no literary judgment; but if yet want a mea that's all mos- cle to blame fir writing libels, I'm the feller yet want—ere ?" !scales Gems sealed. I had a pain in my left side, which broke out in running scree. Knrdh.ck Blued Bitters was the only medicine which gave se relief, although I tried many others. My aide 1s all healed op now, and I am able to go around after being in bed for over a year without relief. I also one Burdock Pills, and find them the best I have ever taken. Mar B. M•pnru, '2 Mount Pleasant, (Mt. an l'wttaew. 1e1s1. Miss Roeebsd—Oh, well, you most not blame her; ahs is one of the period Broome-- Period ? the a girl of the periods She doesn't know what a period is. Why,she never stops talking except with an exclamation point. C. C. RII.•s•ans & Co. Gene,—My bone was so afflicted with distemper that he c,uld not drink for four days and refused all fad. Simply applying MiNARIYR LINIMENT out- wardly t� bin. Feb. ,JiflWt. Carr, Htanear CA AIN. C. C. RICHama A Co. iMtgs,--f have seed year MiN ARiUN LiNiMENT foe hemophilia and asthma and it has mired mm i badeve it the beet. Mae A. Langostow. Let fi, P. E. i. i as • THE DOMINION IN BRIiKP I X' Fine aabaay st herring are repined at Ms ei rt•1b d the Bay of ready m 1 e� lineutiu. origins Asseolatioa wit It Wkag withdraw treatise oo.tNaa heal �fia, Ir. W. T , had a bis are early ua a yRdey morals that destroyed • whub art The liberals ef Bast PMerbaru' meet se era the twin to dons a emedldet• ter the highs A Ware M fin Montreal volunteers are trying to arranges T ooesterr military review fur best (raven's *Ai The pollution of the Ottawa River by hiss- u e Is becowiag a sanious question for )i ontreel • m Three of the w injured to the C. Ir. R l accident sear Pembroke are is the Montrealau Hospital. 1 Mr. A. S. White, of King's, N. B. has hem iso elected speaker of the House of Agreeably of / that Province. bus The output of wheat us the Portage Plaine, Manitoba, this year Is estimated at 1, '111,0(5) busbele sear A tree bill for murder has been found at 1 the Winnipeg Anises agates Morton, the 1 a iilsali mani.rer. Twenty families of tie Mete who sed of (roar the Northwest after the rebellion wW tel return this spring. Three little boys broke through the ice of a pond at Mitchell, eel owe of them aged 5 tieel years was drowned. rinrru, Ice+ ti. T. R. employe at Point M. Charier, who abut his foreman recently, wl it declared to be image. cru In the great libel can the Jesuits flied their reply to the exwptlon a It forme entered by er the Mail some time ago. yi Mr It. truancy has been tendered the nous- elation ousmate n of the Mouth Wentworth Conserve- m ti vie for the Legidature. Some unknown miisrreant tried to poison ranee Ferguson at Belleville by placing ri arts green in hie dinner pail Mr Carnegie, has been nominated in wast riding of Petertoori in the interests u I the Equal Rights Asscutiun. A poet of the Grand Army of the Republic being formed in Montreal of Canadians th who served in the American war. The Quebec ebec Legislature have adopted fes- ter Menier's motion to grant $10,000 to ant rebuilding Tirade University. r Mr David Porter, of Amabel, was chosen by the Liberals of North Bruce to coolest t the riding at lbs Provincial elections t' Mr. Justice McMahon received • pair of white gloves at the Brampton Ar: ,•r, being the second pair he has received on ..n. present s it. A man called Alexander Tbilwudaas, in I entreat, drank a depletion of Para grans black tea, but tit. life of the would-be suicide was saved. Benjamin Stewart, of St- Thome, charged i with having criminally amautteet his two daughters, aged 12 and 13 years, in London and sent to tit. Thom ea. Agnes Finlgan, of Belleville, disappeared mysteriously true the American Rotel. (),haws, recently, and search being made she was found under the We in • creek. The piaster the proposed bridge to t he Mt le terrace, from Longueuil ontreal East, reprereete a bridge very much like that just completed over the Firth of Forth. the young man James McIntosh, reported drowned at Spirit Lake. Iowa, is to be the eon of Mr. David McIntosh, r+ well known cattle drover of lit Thomas. An action for slander for 33.000 is threat - seed against Joe Hem, tremor, by Mr. Thom.. Dunn, of the Palace restaur- ant Peterboro', wittier place he scathingly denounced. The dead body of a newly -born Infant was found this aftern en on the steps of the door of the Jesuit church in t,`ueber city. It is 'apprised to be • case of infanticide and the detectives are working it up. The license cominieeonen of Went F.Igin ye adopted the rules of les year clause by clause and derided that no holier. of a shop leaner ehould be either directly or indirectly concerned in any other tusinees. Richanl Wickert. Nan of John Wickett, Orwell, aged 17, arrested wanee clays ago On several charges of captaining t""& fr"m mer- chants by fade repree'entatt n at St. Thomas pleaded guilty to three indictments. Luis iar,c'he, a rich farmer of St. (harks, de Belleechaar. and a municipal councillor, suieised by running a sharp pointed stick several tinter into his al.btns'n. He had been partially insane for mine time part. .1 Hutch. a farmer living near Minneslesa, Man., left home three reeks ago and has not Speen beard from since. it is thought he is Wm. and his neighbours are searching for him. it is. stated that the work of laying the double track on the Grand Trunk railway between Hamilton and Trout, will le com- menced this week, arsl that the intention ii W complete twenty miles this smarms. The remains of Alex. Belie, jun., eon of Alex. Brodie, of Kintyre, were found ons tb Michigan l'entral Railway track one mit east of Rodney, horribly mangle.. on cls pram of the deiea+ed were found two vritkey bottles. Early on Saturday morning the rcoddense o 1:4Kr livingvhne, a fanner of Sc. Raymond t,hw was burned to the ground. Mr. ani Mrs Livingstone were absent tnan home • the time, but their two children, who were i, the house, were burned to death. A fatal accident occurred at Kelson, nin mil, - from Shelburne. Mr. Thea Appieyar' who "'as a 'airman there, was removing slab tons a log while the mill was runniey By inns• means the slab touched the say sad the old gentleman mimeo thrown again the new that both legs were cut off in the ud per part of the thigh. He survived his II juries a couple of hours. A tittle fellow named David Akrxanehe Rolland, living on Andorra street, Mor Weal, was passing a butcher's stall in cls neighborhood, when eme of the men who win chopping wane meat missed Ms mark, at the axe glanced off the block and hit the be a seven blow between the eyes He AM y, and in the ambulance ar Ivit was removed to the General Hpplti where the wound wasdtawed. What Is known as the Ellis jewel robin ears Was concluded In Montreal. Phillips ar Malmey, of Montreal, were accused of his tag won in a game of poker $14,0511) worth jewelry front Von ftetsoltx, traveller I the Toronto firm of P. W. Ellis & (' knowing thug it did not belong to him. T vital point was not established by I Crown. and the two prisoners were sop asd Dr Winne of Bellvllle has sabred a a for damages against Dr. (Mires of the m plans for alleged slander and defamation {'hurne w. The (acre of Ms cam are II 'Dr. Minna was called I. esmlentles by Ram la alma in whish Mrs Jab. Balt' s mmdwd to her room with Mama and is Menai esadsloa. Whin Dr. Athena no , iad the puna* K Is alleged Met be sad I gasp r1BsuMsg as M' nputMlns of yeelatill by eagle" that ter aABellsa dr soma at a previous aar.dam'e of w1bs. MIased's Lemmas. Ike Sbemeslt s.