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NUMBER 187......m l PART III. Continued. 'Baron, de Hermansthal, thechief of the police and half-a-dozen of his men, will in the meantime be! station- ed in my .bedroom, the door of which is, as you know, exactly opposite to the study door. As soon as they have seen that the spy is within they will line the passage guarding every exit, Baron de Hermansth‘al will enter the study by one door, while you, whom I shall ask to remain in the adjoin- ing room, will enter by the other; and I think,” added his Excellency, rubbing his hands with delight, "that when our spy finds himself thus con- fronted, he‘ will be only too willing tlo sell us: himself andl his silence for whatever we choose to offer him.” Zaika had listened. to his Excelâ€" lency’s diseourse silently and atten- tively; he did not wish to lose asinâ€" 'Vgle wm‘d of the plan that was to expose the spy to infamy. That‘spy was his wife, the Countess .VVladimlr Rostopchineg. the bearer of his own historic name. TWhat' he said in answer to/his Ex- cellency he did not1 know; itlwas eviâ€" dently satisfactory, for the Ambas- sador appeared not to notice anything peculiar in his secretary’s demeanour; how he spent the early part of the evening he knew still less; all he was distinctly conscious of’ was thle a11â€" pervading thought: “ Count 'Wladi- mir Rostopchine, must save his wife‘s honour, his own, at any cost, but how 7” By warning her, of course, But she was. not in the hotel; the young man had seen her going outl radiantly beautiful, laughing ,and chatting gaily. She had not dined. in the hall. Would, he hape an opportunity of speaking to her} If he'had, would she listen? He had written to her a guarded, carefullyeworded’ epistle, which she alone would understand, and he had bribed one of the hotel servants ‘to place the letter in her room. ' Would sine get the letter? W'ould she read itiwere the eternal ques- tions that recurred. to his fevered bra-in, as his Excellency, very excited, was giving him some final instrucâ€" tions, and then left him in the room next to the study, face to face for hlalf-anâ€"hour, with torturing hopes and fears, while the cloc‘k‘ticked’ mer- cilessly on. How short, and yet how intermin- ably long, the minutes seemed! All not the Countess Wladimir Rostop- chine be at any hour she chooses, of the day or of the night, in her hus- band’s rooms i” ' ” Her husband -you, M. Zaikai” said Baron Hermansthal, struggling to re- tain official sangfroid. “ My name, Monsieur, is VVladimir Rostopchine," said the young man :proudly; " an outcast and an exile lfrom my country, one condemned to ldeath‘, but still with the right to 'his own privacy and the society of his own wife. Madame,” he added, turning to the Countess, who had lstood impressive at first, but on {whose face new a look of pity {spread i as her eyes met‘ those: oflAlndre," will you. allow me to conduct you rto your own rooms, while we leave Monsieur to effect the capture of the spy, who surely will not tarry if he means to come at all i” ‘ She took his arm, and he led be away past Baron de Hermansthal and his men, who saluted them hot as they went Andre took her hand, forcing her to look him straight in the eyes. "'Monsieurâ€"â€"-" she began. "Ah, Madame l‘” he said, "do not speak to the dead, bid them good-bye, and wish them Godspeed, and let them go whence'they came." " I owe you my safety and my hon- our, IVIonsieur.” ‘ "You owe me nothing, Madame,” r l trades unions as l which prevail here. Others are of. a 11, political character and seek the overâ€" At the door of her: ' own room she stopped; evidently she, meant, wished to say something;l honour her husband had‘ so bravely saved by his noble selfâ€"sacrifice. And as her honour also entailed that of Russia, whose prestige would have gravely suffered, had her agent been exposed and compromised, the pater- nal Government was obliged to grant the young -man in return both his life and the use of his name. He now lives in Paris with his young wife, whom he is said to idol- too. They both go a great deal into society, but neither of them has ever touched on politics, since the night when Countess Rostopchine 'so nar- rowly escaped being branded as a‘ spy. â€"-â€"-â€"â€"¢â€"â€"â€" UHINESE SEGRET SOCIETIES THEY POSSESS ABSOLUTE POWER OVER THEIR MEMBERS. ._-'1 IFollow Ihc (.‘hluanmn Wherever He (ions â€"â€"-.Vlust Belong to One ol‘Them or Ex- pect Assassinationâ€"They Cannot lie Kept Down. Many Chinese secret societies are simple as those throw of the Government. Others again are merely aggregations of thieves and murderers combined for ‘mutual protection. In their, origin these societies Werevlaudable, and .Europe has not been without bodies of. the same character. It was the imâ€" possibility of getting justice at the hands of the officials that led to the formation of secret vigilance commit- tees all ove-r the empire. These be- came very powarful in time, and then their degeneration-inevitable in any said thb young man, gimp”; 1- the [country but how much more in China name you bear is still mine, and it -â€"Set 511- Wlae but the ghost of Wladimir Ros- Wherever the Chinese go they take topchine who came to defend what ' their secret societies with them. And was his own.” [ilt‘ may be taken as a rule that every " You are not g0lng, MODSieur 9” She Chinaman belongs to one of them. The said in_ entreaty, as the young man ‘ most innocent and well meaning may turned away. i be a member of one “of the most crim- She held out her hand to him. and l ilnal. He cannot help himself. It is a once more their hands were joined fease Qt join or be murdered, for the 345 they had been tell years “go. and { wider the membership the more weal- them' eyes met. but pity and: contempt ; thy the chief officers and the greater had faded from her enigmatical face ,the security of the, whole, now; she could read in his that their I parts had been exchanged. He bent low and kissed her icy coldl fingers, close to the spot _where the , ling of a gong in a special mannerâ€"â€" old pope had placed the narrow gold SUDDEN SCENES OE TURMOIL. Sometimes these societies get up fights, when at the signalâ€"the beat- band_.-In the name of the Filmer, f peaceful citizens will be seen to rush and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.” I i ousâ€"looking from their shops armed with murder- spears,â€"-often enough The next moment Countess Wllad- made out of bamboo with. the tip imir Rostopchine was alone. l U, C D 0 O 'sharpe-ned and hardened in the fireâ€" ,and other. instruments lthat one might never have suspected The arrest of Count VVladvimir 1305- l they possessed. _ Often they make a of offense having pmed‘a deotree against them] ‘ " i ' ' already. So at present the immense number of Chinese in the country are l ___-___ at mggngg’fig‘fizfigfiifilem‘ CAN OBTAIN NEW HEALTH IF A number of murders and disap- PROPERLY TREATED. pearances were traced to a house where a society met, though it was a woman’s desire for revenge that en- Her Health Has Been Restoredâ€"Ad- abled the police to get at the evil- "00 ‘0 5mm“ s“““'"°”' doers. She had been kept in chains 'From the Star. Waterford. Ont- for 12 days, besides being beaten,l Throughout Canada there are til-01h this punishment taking place in the 'sands of girls who owe the bloom of presean of tha jogs, The charge health Sh'O-an in their. cheeks, against her was that she had forged brightness 0’5 eye and elasticity of certificate; of membemhip ,n the so; ‘stop, to Dr. Williams’ Pink,Pills for ciety. and as these represented so 1PM" People~ There are “W girls “I much money diverted from the p00- 1 the first years of womanhood who: do kets of the chief officers they were : not suffer more 017 less from algae"- Specjany Seven, 0,, her. Her story is mia. We see them everywhere, and. interesting,” showing both what she they are easily recognized bye. sal. was made to suffer, and how even this JOWMS‘S of compilation; or perhap’ society kept up the forms of admmb extreme pallor, they are subject to istermg justice, which has already headaches, dizzinesstalpitation 01 been explained as‘theoriginal raison the hear't’ and feel and and worn (Tetra of its existence_ This is, théiout‘. ,on the least exertion. To'those {who suffer in this manner Dr. Wil- pith 'of her story as taken" down by: . . . the. police on her, making a 'llams‘ Pink P1115 offer Speedy and cerâ€" tlomplalnt: £01m“ glam relief. Proof of this may be had _ “ I am a widow of Chi-n Hair, who. . lin our own town. Miss LiZZie smith" . . was a third officer. of the Gee ldaughter 0f Mi" wm' smith" is" to- day the embodiment of health . and activity, yet not. so long. ago he: Heng Society. . . 'Chiln Chua him. the executioner of the soc' t I, . 'e y’ “mt friends feared that consumption had fastened its fange upon her. {A we to me and said the head of the society pl‘esentutive of the Star recently in- wanted me, and if Irefused he would terviewed Mrs. Smith as to the mean! use force. I was afraid and went. . The ord d ‘ in chains in ihe LSJS‘ugnfoéo boat 1:? (employed to restore her daughter’s- v a. m “' {he-211th. Mrs. Smith’s unhesitating re- ;ply was that Dr. \Villiams’ Pink‘ Pills society’s house. D W , V v I 1 s. w ’ E IN bECREl SLbeON‘ Iwere entitled . to the credit. - Mrs. nine“ ~â€" 1: “'as Thought .‘illss Lizzie Smmu. of Waterford, Was In Consumption. But I e . Three days after I was Sent for into? w -. .. . . u a - the office, and I saw there were pre- lfggh 3:233. ofMJg'e daughter 1'5 2?;égflihigznnfl‘m I‘ldnd outer b‘g she has not been very strong and was I'also saw S flies OI'DOL _kn°w' subject to sick headaches. Last sum- . . 8‘5 Kmn‘g‘ m3 Witness' mcr she went to work ‘ " t'b Then Soon Tian examined Chin Kee ,ushment in Paris and 1::(1’411 :sbd - 15191143 3â€"3 a Wiitlléssin aprivate room, lithere long when. her h'ea'ltlllqgreet:1 saidcimiagultgitle: fsgsentgiffcain: much worse. She consulted a doctor Then Soon Tiau said that as salon ' t]1ere"lvho said that her blood was Chin Hong the second off. ) _ in such a bad state thatltlle _trouble ’ r h we“ “tu‘n‘ was likely to develop into consu - ed from up country. Judgment would “’0” .,nd 0,, 1,9,”. ,_- mt. mp be passed. I was then again kept for once] Lew“, d .mb V Is 11 days in chains, and one night i ' ‘ e mm" was again brought to the office be- fore a meeting where there were pre- sent the accused, Chin Hong,’Soon Tian, Chin Shoon, Chin Too, assisted by Chin Pen Kao, adviser, and other members, about 50 in number. Then Chin Hong, acting as President, decid~ ed that I should receive 18 lashes and then be thrown into the river. Then I cried out, praying for mercy. Then Soon,Tian proposed that the sentence should be commulted to 36 strokes only, and Chin Hong, and the others agreed. Chill Bay was then ordered to whip me with a bamboo cane. WHIPPED BEFORE THE ALTAR. Lizzie at When we saw her we feared she. was in a decline, She suffered very much from head- aches; was.st white as chalk. with durkfiircles under her eyes and Ibe- eyes shrunken. Her appetite was very fickle and_,sho ate very lillle. She was very despondcnt and at she lived or not. ,i decided to' give l)r. Williuma’ l’iuk.. Pills, which I heard \vel'e so highly l'ecomnlcmled in cases like hers a: trial. She had only taken the pills fond coupledlf War-k". when we could see an improvmnmm. By the time she had used :LCUIlpi? of boxes her :lppuiilc was math inl- pl'oved, her headaches less: fl‘equellz, For some yea rs i, at once Antire .Za'ikafiiumped .up’ 8v- tapchipe’ Whom everyone had belie“ ' great row, out each other about, preâ€" 81‘5' nerve tingllng Wllh em0t10n§ he ed to be dead, and his subsequent, had heard in the StUdY ‘1 faint DOISO ‘trial on a charge preferred against E -â€"a mere. nothing. the rustle Of 3 him ten years previously. became the silk dreSS- It was curious that heltalk of St. Pcter-sburg society that, “mum feel 50 calm SUddémy; hislwinter. It was said that high influâ€". .It A . th f. 7 , _ f emotion had vanished, his nerves.ence was henna. exerted on his be_.°°1 5'" gaml 9 13111 may 145i; 01‘ seemed to have gone to out He push- 1 half; that his Excellency the Trans- g daysbmd :efcfiigctergled Wt.“ mg” 8d Open the (1001‘ Of the StIIdY. andibalkanian ambassador, accredited to : Pum er 0 a. ‘1 1 ms' 9 we 1mg 8' turned ug‘ the electric light. The x the Court .of Vienna moved heaven mg. as a rule. fearfully cashed about. ’ Government . . l T Countess did not seem fright-Snail or i and earth on behalf of the young ,hdliherever Eniopean'h th h I Even asmeth at 5881113 him; She l man, who had been his friend and-sec- db, céme m con’ "‘ct “m” em t 358 societles have been nearly stamped raised her eyebrows slightly, and her relary for years, Therefofe, when, hips were Once more parted in that lCount 'Wl-adl'mil' received from His Ma- 5 out' They made a great Struggle for curious, half-contemptuous smile. I it in Singapore but they have practic- ljesty, a gracious pardon, mitigated by ; ‘ The young man seized her hand, and ‘ an order thdvtv he should C(mtmue to ally been suppressed. and any that ' arise now generally meet with an earâ€" w‘ith lutmost calm drew her to the 5 live out of Russia, no one was partic- , _ _ At the same time the . ' . . l . l . - - sofa, forelng her by gentle pressureiullafly astomshed. ,ly dissolution. to Sit down near hlm , more innocent are allowed to must on U“ ' 1’ ~ ' I '.‘ - . - - i '.. ,, $01,151:}; Elle b‘eian d gether on the wrong scent. The young “fin‘tm‘m that. ugéy we regmteréd' so . ms“ 8 . w 15p?” comfilan ‘ lCount‘s chief advocate was abeauti- t at an overs”; L be 1589'“ on ingly; there 18 no tlme now. 'them by the authorities. Slam has ful woman whom society had long, . Truly there was none' for he heard known and admired as the widowed 'n'Ot “it reached this happy cons‘lm' vent any business from being done. and finally disperse on the approach of the police without a single death occurring, for all their theatrical fer- As usual, rumour had been alto- Baron de Hermansthal’s men lining Countess Bowmhine and whose mat-ion. although it will do so in time. the passage outside, and presently _ ' the door was thrown open, and the I ‘"â€"' are.3‘32:3::3::;"3.::::::a.ir Y "Egg Have Qanfidenee stood at once; the hand that still in the medicines that have stood the test of years In private lay in Andre Zaika’s was icy cold. Transbalkanian Ambassadorâ€"W be- practice and made famous the name of Dr. A. W. chase. gan Baron de Hermansthal, " I am afraid, Monsieur,” said An- dre, who had risen very calmly and somewhat ironically, “that there is some mistake,” V Seldom if ever has a physician so , two boxes. ,, , ,, , , thoroughly won the confidence of the 3 so rapidly Mistake l 531d the and 0f the lpeople as has Dr. A. \V. Ch:lse,l more. police, who had been a little taken lthrough the absolute reliability of hisl "I can say frankly that this treatâ€" abnck, on seeing a beautiful, richly- ’ Recipe Book u‘fi‘d the wonderful effi- ment has no egual in the medical dressed worn“, and his Excellencysmncy of his great prescriptions. world. \Vhlle usmg Dr. Ch'lse's Nerve L ‘ I - / SALT RHEUM. Food I could feel my system being -sem‘etary [he only occupants 0f the built up until now I am strong and .. , Mr. John Broderick Newmarket . room. I and my men saw a person : , . , ., , ' ’l healthy. i cannot recommend it tdo lOnt.. \Vrltes.â€" I have been troubledI highlyfm, weak‘ nervous peop,e_,, surroptiliously entering this door,and , for thirty years with salt rheum, I I certainly-â€"â€""" Ii used remedies, and was treated by CONSTIPATION. .. .v . - , . . z ‘ , , 1 '. . lou certalnly were sent here by . PhySIMdnS 3” th‘t tlme bUt ’ll £2111 M,.s_ V“ H. fisher, Preston. out" ' stateszâ€"“I can recommend Dr. Chase's “By order of his Excellency the and my health improved that I ordered twelve ed to cure me. The doetors said there his Excellency," said Andre. “to watch _ was no cure for me. I spent hundreds _ “The whipping took place in front of the altar of the Chinese secret die- ties. I could not bear the pain', and cried out. VVhe-n, the whipping was over the chains were removed and l. was set at liberty. I was confined 12 days altogether, and with six other Chinamen. \Vhen I was set free only one of these Chinamen still remainâ€" ed." \Vhat became of these Chinamen? According to the woman’s story the executioner of the society drowned them in a ditch that ran through the groundsâ€"a dirty, shallow streulnlet. in which the victims were thrown with their faces-down, and held 'by main force until the drowning ,was complete. \Vhen the writer saw this ditch there was but an inch or so of slimy fluid in it. and one could guess how the poor men must have struggled to escape the horrid fate awaiting them. .._.__°____ GRAINS OF GOLD. Industry pays debts, while despair incx'euseth them.â€"Franklin. Men of culture are the true aposâ€" tles of eqllali_ty.-â€"l\Iutthew Arnold. Laughing cheerfulucss throws sunâ€" light on all the paths of lifeâ€"Richter. \Vhat ever makes good Christians makes them good citizens.â€" Daniel Webster, There is no killing the suspicion than deceit has once begotten.â€" George Eliot. The necessity of circumstances proves friends and detects enemies. â€"Epictetus. .‘lhey are never alone that are ac- companied with noble thoughtsâ€"Sir Philip Sidney. said She did not (:zll'elwha-lber l as she did.” . Dr. “'illluns' Pink l.’i?l~4 mtke rilh, l and the spirit of depression pass‘cd away. Four boxes more fully resor- ed her health. and 30-day she. is us welland as aetive as though :-h;- had never bud a day’s illness. 1 (only lhlnk Dr. \\'illil111«;’ I’illk .t’ill: :-a her life, and believe they are we then weight in gold to girls suffering red blood, bring the glow of heallll i0 pale :IIl’l sullow checks. and make the frolic :l'ul despondcnl feel lbul life is once more worth living. The genulne are strengthen l'he ,ln-l'vel, sold only in boxes, the w rappers bear-. lug the full numc "in. Willl ’vms Pink .Pills'ior I’llc l.’eople_.” May. be had from all dealers or by mail at. 50c. a box or six boxes for 12.50, by adâ€" dl'essing the Dr. \Villiums Medicine (30., Brockl'ille, Ont. .â€".¢____ PRINCE OF “'ALES‘ AUTOGRAPH. The Gem tells a story of the Prince of \Vales playfully declining to write in a lady’s album. He said: “A lit- tle while ago I spent nearly an hour one evening writing verses in several albums. I even made up u verSe so badly put together that only a ltoyal Prince or a Duke at the best could have had the shame to write such stuff. Now, madam, what do you think happened to my verses? Well, lhcy were all sold at a good stiff price, a week later to provide funds to sup- port the Sociely for the Restoration of the Stuarts. l'el‘hups, l..ady--," and the Prince laughed heartily, “ if I write in your album you will sell the book to provide funds for the aboli- tion of the monarchy in England.” ~¢â€"-â€"-â€" A HAINING TREE. The island of li‘erro is one! 071 the pects of breaking open his bureau. You do not, I presume, imagine, that the Countess Wladimir Rostopchine is here for that purpose." " It. is just as easy to suppose," said of dollars trying to get relief, but all in vain. My son brought me a trial sample box of Dr. Chase's Oint- ment. I found great relief, and had the first night's rest in years. It stopped the itching immediately. One box cured me. Publish these facts Baron de Hermansthal, highly net- to sufferinghumanity." "um, and still doubting, " that the Countess Wladimir Rostopchine is in a gentleman‘s room at twelve o’clock purposes as at night for political torâ€"~" ' “ As for what, .Monsieur i" said An- dre loll]. “ Pray continue. Why should for a spy whom the Ambassador sue-iI ‘~‘“"~‘--‘"' NERVOUS DEIILITY.- Mr. A. T. P. Lalame, railway agent at Clarenceville. Qua, writes :â€""For twelve years I have been run down with nervous debility. I suffered much. and consulted doctors, and used l box of his genuine remedies. medicines in win. Some months ago I l l Kidney-Liver Pills for constipation. I was troubled for about nine years, and have spent hundreds of dollars with doctors and for remedies I heard of, but they failed'to even give relief. Hearing of Dr. Chase's Kidney-Liver Pills Iprocured zlbox. and they have cured me of this long-standing com- plaint. 1 don't have to use them any more at all} which goes to show that the cure is complete and permanent." Imitators of Dr. Chase's Remedies don't' dare to reproduce his portrait and signature, which are on every For sale at all dealers. or Edmanson. Bates 6b heard of Dr. Chase’s Nerve Food, usedl Company. Toronto. Compassion will cure more sins than oomdemnultion.~â€"H. \V. Beecher. There is a remedy for every wrong. and a satisfaction for every soul.â€" Emerson. 'l‘he testimony of a good conscience is the glory of a good man.-â€"Thom:ls: a Kempis. ‘ Begin your day with a. clean conâ€" science in every way. Cleanliness 18 largest in the Canary group, and: it has received” its name on account. of its iron bound soil, through WhH'll no river nor stream flows. In the midst of the island there grows a tree known as the raining tree. the leaves which. are long and narrow. l. continues in constant. venture wiulcr and summer, and 1,113 brnnlshcs - are covered 'wilh a cloud which is lwvm' dispelled. but resolving itself man Mummyâ€"Thackeray' as the: raining tree, ' 'Illc Iml'vs The rarest feeling that ever lights a very, 'clear water in such :llnrxuuzca human face is the contentment of a that cisterns placed. at its :z,ol t: w.- loving soul.â€"-H. \V. Beecher. came it are never empty. J‘v