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Many nears ago, not long after the death of cromwell, and while the West Indies were still infested by a lawless crew of outlaws from all nations, a tall grig took her departure trom Bris- tol, bound for Jama-ica, with a °ergo of considerable value, and numerous passengers, em prants, supercargo, and others. The Royal Charley was a sound brig of 400 tons, a good sailor, well knew almost every sea where the Eng- lish flag had yet waved, and. his Pas- sengers felt a proportionable amount of confidence from their knowledge of his experience. 'There were on board sev- eral personages of very ordinary char- acter, but only a few connected with our narrative, and to these alone can we now refer. Mr. Tames Bowen was a wealthy pro- prietor going out to reside permanently in jaraaica, accompanied by his daugh- ter, a nephew, and several workmen whom he had selected for their intelli- gence and hdnesty. This gentleman was one of those straightforward, frank Englishmen who please at a glance, and whose lives of utility and persevere prove as useful to those around th as they are profitable unto themselves. His wife had been an excellent and Worthy woman; but after being his partner for nearly thirty years, she had recently died, leaving him tin only daughter, who was now a very beauti- ful girl of about two or three and twen- ty. Well-informed, accomplished, and extremely fascinating, she seemed form- ed by nature to prove the delight of her parents, and the pride of him who should win her maiden affections. But Eleanor Bowen was a romantic girl, given to melancholy moods and reverie; having formed in her own .mind a model :Tray who is he?" 'No man knows," answered the other. He is said to own the loveliest craft in all the gulf, to lie about in unknown places, coming down like a thunder- eloud on unsuspecting merchantmen in I don't at all like. Perhaps it may keep the very places Where they count them- , off until to -morrow, but crack on every- selves safe. Many a good ship has been ; thing, Captain Montrose, if you would picked up by his swift brigantine just get off the land. Shove out the stud- off a port." ding -sail booms, and loosen royals." "God preserve us from the bloody - "Ay, ay, sin" replied the skipper, knave I" said, Henry Postans. ed law. with whom the stranger's ward seem- i "We have heard enough. of him 'in n1iBristol,ncle 4 "Wait a while!" cried the other quick- I titian against the Spaniards, though he He wages a war of ex-termini- ly, looking down to leeward, and lower- never touches English merchantmen; ing his voice; "there's a sizeable craft , but. strangely enough, he has captured yonder trying to get to windward of mann English men-of-war of twice us, and maybe she's no good. Haul aft ' his force by sheer eunning. A magni- the starboard braces; helm a -weather." , ficent reward is offered for his appre- The captain immediately followed his ; hension." , directions, which immediately brought i "f never heard that he was bloody.; the stranger astern, and the brig lay t minded," replied the Roundhead, quiet - down to a pretty stiff breeze,. going ' by; "I always was told that he never rapidity. It soon became evident that ; through the water with considerable took life except in fair fight; but there are many rumoure afloat, and the vessel behind was a man -or -war in • no man can say which are true and chase, and the captain and stranger ex- i whieh are false," changed significative glances. The conversation continued some time hour," said the stranger; keep her "'We must keep on this tack for an- , in the same tone, and by breakfast - other time a considerable amount of inti - rap full; don't lift the sails, boys. She'll Macy had sprung up between the stand the breeze, never fear. She's a" parties. There is no place like a ship good ship, and minds her helm." j for breaking down the barriers that The skipper now drew the other on i society raises between man and man. one side. An animated conversation en- :Some days passed over, and the Corn - sued. The tone of the captain was ! monwealth officer became unceasing in respectful, and even rather imploring; his attentions to Miss Bowen. He was the other's was calm and commanding. ever at her side, and as his talents. Presently they looked over the stern. I education, conversational powers, and claimed the sk "Her poop is now clearly visible," ex- ! '' experience, were vastly su erior t the f ipper; en houg ago I se o Henry Postans, Eleanor could nee only saw her maintop. She's gaining ; not but pay him almost exclusive at - em ground f t " It t' of a man, she had as yet found no one ; to come up to her ideas—a very common occurrence when people expect any thing unreasonable. Fond of romance and poetry, well-read in Chaucer, Spens- er, Shapespeare, and even Milton, El- ; eanor dearly loved mystery and ideality.: A plain, positive man would never have, done for her, and yet Henry Postans, her cousin by the mother's side, who accompanied them on their journey, was plain and positive enough, and he was the only serious suitor she had yet had. Henry was Mr. Bowen's only male re- lative. The child of a young and fav- orite sister, he had been educated as a clerk, and wheu old enough, had been taken by his uncle an a junior partner. Ere had in early youth been used to s poverty, but since eighteen, his uncle's generosity had, made him independent enough; and now that a marriage be- tween him and Eleanor was projected, brilliant indeed was the prospect 1 be- fore him. The sole inconvenience was., that his cousin had flatly rejected him; but this the young man regarded onl, ,r as coquetry, which time would get over. As he really lover her, he lived in hope. N Before starting, royal officers came t on board and carefully examined ever passenger. A leading officer of Crom t well's had been denounced as in Eng land, and about to escape, and the vig ilance of th e officials of every port wa great. The list was gone over, th vessel searched in every imagirtabl quarter, and then the anchor wa weighed, the sails loosened Ito th breeze, and the Royal Charley start ed on her way. It was a lovely ma morning and Eleanor sat on the raise quarter-deck watching the evolutions o the crew and the physiognomies of th passengers. The crew was motle enough in character, but her eye a once singled oat one among them wh certainly formed a marked contrast t all his companions. He was a tall, handsome man of about thirty, with expansive forehead, eyes that pierced e to the very heart, and a leek of com- s mand which could not be mistaken. The young lady could not keep her eyes off h him. From the time of the loosening o the sans, he had been busy every where, below and aloft. He haule the ropes and halyards as if they ha never .been out of his hands, and ye is gm was to all appearance far more that of a soldier than a sailor. About two hours after leaving Bris- tol, and after a look round the horizon Eleanor noticed him come aft, pass the captain, who bowed, she thought, with unusual respectfulness, and go down into the cabin. Our romantic young lady's ideas were at once excited. There was a mystery to unravel it was guite clear, and she could not help rejoicing at a circumstance which promised to take away from the tedious monotony of a sea voyage. Something to think about is almost as good as something to talk about or see, and what with her favorite poets and her mysterious sailor, Miss Bowen began to fancy she might pass the time of her journey pleasantly enough. She had been at sea too often to have the diversion of sea sickness, which usually occupies a week with sensitive people, and the stranger was quite a godsend. 'While these thoughts were in her mind the sailor came up on deck, but far differently clothed. He wore a semi -Spanish costume, with slouched hat and plumes, a sword and brace of pistols—all showing off a most remark- ably handsome face and elegant fig- ure. He advanced toward the group formed by the captain, Mr. Bowen and daughter, Mr. Henry Poetans, and some other passengers, bowed politely but rather haughtily to them, hastily fixed his black eyes on Eleanor, and then passed 'them to lean his folded arms on the bulwarks, where he sunk into a deep reverie. All the passengers were puzzled, while the young lady's heart quite beat with excitement., It was clear that she had fallen upon a genuine, undeveloped mystery, and she considered herself a very happy wo- man. "A good leading breeze this, captain?" suddenly said, the stranger, turning round n"and one that, if it would but last, might run us to port in forty day," .'True, sir, true; but winds are vari- able," replied the worthy skipper with a, smile and a bow; "and we'll be very apt to find it contrary before the week's out." "Before night perhaps," continued the stranger, after a* Steady and careful exarnination of the heavens. "There's a sou .At the end of a fortnight it "She can't reach us before night, cep_! wasevident that the young men were thin, and then we'll be amid the shoals / declared rivals, and a coolness ensued anti - ev- . trt onuses rota sum oSieureo eneen le the ' beth men. The Roundhead became gay, 1 lihg,t-hearted, merry; a smile was ever m 1 on his liP. and his eye beamed with in - mi. , expressible delight. The merchant be- us- • came moody, sullen, and silent, and ger 'thus almost destroyed every chance of et- rivalryst which might have existed. 0e ill Eleanor made no marked dis- tinction between them, except as re- ee gards listening to the one more than roc s wet of, where she will n er follow. Trust to me. I defy myrmidons of the man Stuart." "Hush!" said the skipper in alar There was no one near, however, I Eleanor, whose eyes were fixed curio ly on the white sails on the stran vessel; and who, although she distin • ly beard the words, made no, sign having done so. Hourspassed without producing mu t h uegnh cth vnags e perienced eye that the man-of-war sa liena rtlhye visibleotfa asfrif a ed at least a knot an hour better th the merchantman, But it was da d there was no moon until midnig On this both captain and his myste ous passenger counted for safety. The cabin passengers supped togeth and when they came on deck it is dark. High land was clearly visil ahead, however, despite the gloom. T stranger took a keen look around, a then, standing by the captain on t wquhaisrpteerideck, gave his directions' in "All lands about ship—tumble up— down with the helm—tacks and sheets —mainsail haul—belay!" were orders as rapidly obeyed as given; and then when the brig forged ahead, according to a plan previously arranged, dead silence prevailed, not a light was allowea to be shown a d t rs, o e other. This she could scarcely e.,.... avoid, for there was no comparison be - II_ , tween the colloquial powers of the ri- vals. The father seemed scarcely aware 3:n of whet was going on. He had habitu- ated ht. 'se o look on Henry. Postans en as his future son -in -lav; and like many s` other parents In a similar position, he ee, hardly thought it passible that another • should attempt to interfere with such as ' comfortable and satisfactory arrange - Ile ments. About three weeks, however, e after their departure from Bristol two nd t :' brief scenes occurred which brought he ' matters to a climax, a thetly the stranger agd come,quicquickly arley we back almost the wayyssahp er sprang wheel. "Square yards I" he shouted; "haul the weather clue of the mainsail." T leinPer himself ran to obey, and in fi minutes the Royal Charley was rig before the wind, with foaming brea, ens right and left, and but' a narro channel in which she could move. Th continued for about a quarter of a hour, when the stranger left the whee and bade the captain lay to. The yar were braced round, and, those forwar counteracting those aft, the brig b name motionless, Every thing was no eady. An old jolly -boat, with a sho mast, was lowered, an immense lanter was fastened to the top of the mast, an he thing let lease. At a distance tiresented a e appearance of a vess anchored outside the breakers, afro, o move in the dark. This simple pla _ —one often resorted to, but still; ofte su f arrie out the sails wer again filled, the helm put down, an s away went the good brig on, her fir course, free from all serious anxiet a with regard to her pursuer. (To he continued) THE COUNTRY AND INSANITY Insanity in I—Fitemers' 'WI ace. The Dull, Monotonous Life Is the Cause of nt recent article in a scientific jour- th es nal stated that three-fourths of het women found in state asylums for the up insane were farmers' wives. If this is he true, and there is no reason to doubt Tlet it, it should be interesting to know e_ • why. NV Another authority some time ago de - is clared. that the large number of male lunatics became insane through an ex- csE aggerated egotism, while the princi- pal causes of lunacy among women were es disappointed affection or the "dread - re ful round" of a "hard, monotonous, sol- • itary life." d This last statement bears out the it • s o hing can be more :wearing el , id to the nerves than the constant strain n of a never ending routine, coupled with • the mental stagnation which farmers' e , wives have usually bad to endure. No d treadmill could be more endlessly re- st ' curring than the inflexible round of daily duty, early and late, which! the " farmer's wife of a few years ago had o perform. Five o'clock in the dark and cold of winter morning saw her digging her way from the house, through the snow to the wood pile. Breakfast for the man and his men. Breakfast for the children, who must also be made ready t or school. Baby to be looked after, y dishes to be washed, milk to be skim- med, bread to be baked, beds to be ✓ made, sweeping to be done, -vegetables O , to be pirepased, dinner to be cooked, children to be looked after, baby al- e ways to be cansidered, ironing three e i afternoons in a week. Other days cleaning, baking, snaking pies and y doughtants—"mother's famous dough- nuts." nuts. ' Evening brought no relief, or release for was not there always some gaping wound in jacket or trousers, the piled up stocking basket, and, lastly, the fire to "bank" and the buckwheat cakes to mix, before the wearied woman could stretch her aching body upon her often hard bed, too "beat out" to sleep? Always tired. Always faced by some ever -recurring duty, no wonder the worn body and starved brain found re- lief ie a madhouse. For this was, after all, what it meant for farmers' wives years ago; this is what it means for some women to -day; an absence of relation between the men- tal and physical forces—a want- of equilibrium en both the gathering and expenditures of power. An overworked body and starved, brain. An eager thirst for knowledge; for all that makes life worth the living, and feet chained to a rotary machine, like a og to a churn. CHAPTER It - Early next morning Eleanor came on Y deck, where she found the unknown d quietly walking up and down, with all f the calm of a man who felt perfectl • safe. here was nothing in sight be. Y blue sky and water. It was a hovel t day. The wind was fair, the sails be O lied to the breeze, the masts bent unde O the stiff pressure, and all seemed t promise a pleasant voyage out. Elean or sat down d - au upon th ea, but her thoughts were not: then he had scarcely slept all night to hinking of him who now walked b er, his arms folded, his brow knit an is yes fixed on the deck. She was 7 strangely puzzled to know who he a, could be. a "You seem a good sailor, miss?" said L he suddenly, speaking, deep voice close by her side, and with all the ease, elegance, and grace of a pol- ished gentleman. "Pretty good!" said Eleanor with a start of unfeigned surprise. "This is my fourth long voyage." "You have been a traveller? I sup- pose you know the West Indies well?" "I know nothing of them save what can be seen round my father's plan- tation in Jamaica." The stranger, seemingly encouraged by her words, sat down by her side, and began speaking of the various islands round the Mexican gulf, of the buccaneers and Spaniards, of the Span- ish Main, of all the wonders and curi- osities of a place then comparatively little known. His descriptions were clear and deeply interesting, and Elean- or was much surprised at the immense knowledge displayed by so young a man, who from his conversation had evidently spent the greater part of his life in England. He frankly owned to the lady that he was am officer of the famed Ironsides, that he had been a favorite with Cromwell, and consequ- ently was proportionably detested by the reigning powers, He had only been in England, he said, three weeks on family business; but during this time he had been tracked like a wild beast of the woods, and was glad to breathe the free air of the sea Once more. He entered. into picturesque details of his adventures which singularly interested his listener, who, from education and religious feeling, felt much sym- pathy with the animated speaker. Suddenly, however, he turned his talk back to the gulf, as Mr. Bowen and. Mr, ePostaeas came on deck. A rapid glance made Eleanor aware that his scrinfeidential avowals were for herself "Good morning, father dear," said Eleanor advancing to meet hires "here am I up to my ears in historees of buccaneers and pirates. Pray -Heaven we meet none of them !" "Art so fearful of them, lady?" re- marked the stranger. "And surely no wonder. They are terrible men. I would not like to felt into the hands of Henry Morgan, Or Montber, or"— ' the Iranside with a emile, HIM of the Lone Star," continued -easterly look about the skY s A DINNER TO HORSES. The oddest dinner served in Europe on New Year's Day was given at the Home of Rest for Horses, in London. Int this home gorses that have been rescued from brutal masters, If Young, are nursed back to health and Strength, and if old, are allowed to finish their days in comfort. The dinner Was pro- vided by Mrs .Gore, the wife of a clergymen,, who has spent a good deal of her own money in he cause, to which bee been added the contribution of fellow enthuSiasts. The menu ecnisinted of carrots cut in slices, apples chopped, sugar in lumps of convenient size and brown and white bread baked in small and inviting loaves. Wine was not fur- nished, Mrs. Gore being a temperance woman,, but in its stead she supplied an excellent filip in the way of currying administered by grooms. Among the diners were two makes, which had been rescued from costermongers,. quite the fattest and happiest mokes In all Eng- land. A MODERN ENOCH ARDEN. Old neighbor—My goodness, Mr. Ar- den, you back, after all these years? sEgoani'nt ?you know your wife has married Mr. Arden—Yee T. heard of It afore arteo. Guess ken live here in cage peace now. re THE STORY OF THE MUTINY SCENES AT THE CAPTURE OF DELHI AND LUCKNOW. Lord Roberts Recounts Some Thrining Acts of Rravery—Sepoys Blown From GthaS as a Reward for Treaolteiry. Lord Roberts was at Peshawar when the news of the Mutiny arrived, and he left to attach himself to the famous column which advanced to the relief of Delhi. Military critics will read with avidity his minute account of the,pro- grass of the column. The general reahed is more interested in the broad outlines• of the narrative. Sir Jelin Lawrence NVS,S resolved to make short work of Delhi," and the British moved on the city as rapidly as possible, though irg numbers pathetically small when the magnitu,de of the task is remembered. Lord Roberts shows a thrilling state of affairs in the nortInwest at this time. More and more regiments were becoming disaffected every day; it was necessary to disarm and disband some of them under circumstances in the last degree delicate, the English officers and men being outnumbered by the na- tives, and not daring to let the latter know of their strength until the troops were actually ON THE PARADE GROUND. Treachery arose not only in garrison' towns but among the native troops ac- companying the column ordered to Delhi, and Lord Roberts describes one court martial on the way to that city, in which two men were condemned to he blown from guns. It is interesting to note at this point that the court was composed of native officers, show- ing that there was still loyalty among the native troops. In fact, there were splendid examples of heroic steadfast- ness shown all over the country by the native soldiers and Lord Roberts pays hearty tribute to the Sikhs and Ghurkas especially, who, in many ac- tions, proved themselves to be among the most loyal and useful troops in the service. Heroism, indeed, was the order of the day when once the mutinous storm broke and its counter -storm of devotion was loosed. Lord Roberts is one of the most modest soldiers who ever wrote memoirs, and when he wins the Victoria Cross for gallantry in sav- ing a life in action and for capturing a sepoy standard, he just mentions the fact ma footnote. But he erabodiee in his text nearly all his stories of the deeds of other men, and the long stretches of minute military descrip- tion calculated to appeal to the spe- cialist alone, are enlivened by touches which bring the HUMAN SIDE OF THE WAR vividly before us. There is, for exam- ple, the anecdote of an ensign of the ClOth Rifles. Napier, by name, wile was hit in the leg in an engagement dur ing the campaign against Delhi. The moment he was brought into camp the limb had to be amputated. "When the operation was over. Napier was beard to 13211TI011F, "I shall never lead the Rifles again! I shall never lead the Rifles again!" His wound he thought little of. What grieved him was the idea a having to give up his career ts a soldier anal to leave the regiment e was so proud of. Napier was taken to Meerut, where be died a few days afterward." Lord Roberts tells us also that heroism was not confined to offi- cers alone, or even to their men. He speaks of the daring of the native ser- vants and followers generally. When Sir Colin Campbell appealed to the troopers of the 9th Lancers, asking to whom they thought should be GIVEN THE VICTORIA CROSS they unanimously advised its bestowal upon the head 'bhistie," or water carrier. At the siege of Lucknow, when the British had made an opening three feet from the ground and about three feet wide in the wall of the Sikanclarbagh, one of the outlying defences the emula- tion among the troops as to who should go first through the 'deadly breach into an enclosure held by some two thousand Sepoys was as Lord Roberts says, "a magnificent sight, a sight never to be forgotten." The prize to the winner of the race was certain death, but "Highlanders and Sikhs, Punjabi Mahomelans, Dogras and Pa - theses all view with each other in the generous competition." A Highlander cleared the breach first and was shot dead. A Punjabi infantry next met the same fate. Then Lieutenant Cooper made the passage in safety and the British poured in behind him. " A drummer boy of the 93rd must have been one of the first to pass THAT GRIM BOUNDARY between life and death," says Lord Rob- erts, "for when,. --'got in I found him just inside the breach, lying on his back, quite dead—a pretty, innocent - looking, fair-haired lad, not more than fourteen years of age." It was a Pun- jabi Mehemet= who set the climax to this drama of the Sikandarbagh. "The enemy, having been driven out of the earthwork, made for the gateway, the heavydoore of which were in the act of being closed, when the Mahometan' —Mukarrab Kliain by name—pushed his left arm, on which he carried a shield between them, thus preventing their being shut; on his hand being badly wounded by a sword cut,he drew it out, instantly thrusting in the' other "arm, when the right hand Was all but severed from the wrist. But he gained hienbjeet ; the doors could mottle clos- ed, and were soon forced open alto- fether, upon which the 4th Punjab In - =try, the 53rd, 93rd and someof the detachments swarmed in."' It is un- necessary to linger over the ensuing passages in the chapter from which this is taken. The SCENE OF BLOODSHED was one which Lord Roberts confesses requires the pen of Zola to be sympa- thetically described. Our author is compelled to traverse maty such, but nothing could be more tactful, more manly, than the manner in which he has recited the events of his adven- turous career. There are, as has been said, numerous eloquent touches which revive the very moment of velour, with the central figure, whichever it may be, splendidly portrayed. That is a, sue perb picture of Nicholson dying in a hospital while the attack upon Delhi was being prosecuted. General Wil- son was wavering and there was talk of retirement from the position on the of the city, "Thank God. I bane ngth yet to shoot him, if penes - sexy !" exclaimed the wounded soldier, and., as Lord Roberts dryly adds: "Wil- son gave up all idea of retreating." Eat there must be an end to quotation and the nuggets of persona,lia must be left to the discernment of the reader. The practical value of the work before us is all that can be touched upon in this place. CURE FOR HUNCHBACKS. New Treatment Which a. French Doctor Has Successfully Tried IllaziA Times. Hereafter there are to be no more hunchbacks. At least there need be none in the future if children afflicted with that terrible spinal curvature are submitted to the treatment which the French doctor, Calot, has so successfully applied in the course of his practice in the RothsiMild Hospital at Berk -sur - Men Dr. Calot's process, in broad general terms, consists simply in pressing down the curved hump of the backbone until the vertebrae resume their normal Place with reference to each other. It takes great force to do this and assist- ants pull vigorously at the shoulders and feet of the subject while the doc- tor with his hands bears down heavily upon the hump, The sound of the bones cracking as they come into place is dis- tinctly audible, but the patient is under the influence of chloroform and is not conscious of pain. For several months, or until the ver- tebrae are firmly in their places, the child is kept in a plaster of Paris mould but he is allowed to go abroad after a time with only the support of a tight- fitting corset. About ten months are required for complete cure. Dr. Cal- ot has performed thirty-seven opera- tions of this kind, all of them without accident and all resulting in the COMPLETE OBLITERATION of the hump, leaving the back as straight as anybody's. History might have been changed had Fifty Years Ago, President Polk in the White House. While in Lowell was Doctor Ayer ; Both were busy for human weal One to govern and one to heal. 4, And, as a president's power of will Sometimes depends on a liver -pen me Polk took Ayer's Pills trow For his liver, so years ago. WW Ayer's Cathartic Pills were designed to Supply a model purgative to people who had so long injured themselves with griping medicines. Being carefully prepared and their in- gredients adjusted to the exact necessities of the bowels and liver, their popularity was in- stantaneous. That this popu. lawny has been maintained is well marked in the medal awarded these pills at th World's Pair 1893, 50 Years of Cures. this Calot treatmenbeen known past ages. Hunchbacks have wielded • t in fc great power at one time and anoth- er, Richard III, being a notable ins- . tance. They are very frequently vie- ITTLE loin and impish in disposition, as the result of brooding oer their deformity, and have wrought- much evil in the zvorld. Had Richard been subjected to he Calot treatment in childhood a bloody page might have been omitted from English history. He would have been a handsome man but for his de- formity, and his remorseless cruelty very likely, had much of its origin in s morose misanthropy, the result of his malformation. If the Calot process becomes general in the treatment of hunchbacks, the literature of the future will have to rely upon the product of the past and immediate present for a supply of this favorite literary monster. In real life Alexander Pope, might not have been the peevish, querulous dwarf, he was, but a fine handsome fel- low, with a merry rather than a wasp- ish wit, had his deforming hunch been pressed into place by a skilled surgeon. THE PIPER SAVED HIM, Row Sandy, the Scotchmau, 'Recovered From a Surgical Operation. Perhaps because the guest of the evening was a Scotchman, or possibly because one man in the party had a Scotch story to tell, the conversation was brought around to a discussion of the Scotch race. "It was while I was attached to a London hospital," said a physician, "that I witnessed a marve- lous cure of a Scotehman. We, will call him Sandy, though that is not his name. One of his legs had been so badly mangled in an accident that we decided to amputate it. The shock was a severe one to Sandy, and when he re- gained 'consciousness after the opera- tion it was evident that he had not vitality enough left to recover. 'Mon, alma. I going to dee?' he asked. 'We hope for the best, Sandy,' I said, 'but IVER PILLS, LIRE Sick Readacheand relieve all the troubles Incl. dent to a WHOM; state of the system, such Its Dizziness, Nausea, Drowsiness, Distress after eating, Pain in the SIdo, .ke. While their most remarkable success has been shown In miring 1CK Headache, yet CARTES'S Lirrue Lrvert are equally valuable in Constipation, eti-14 and preventing this annoying complaint, while they also correct all disorders of the stomach, stimulate the liver and regulate the bowels. Bun if they only cured EAD Eche they would be almost priceless to those who suffer from this distressing complaint,* but fortunately their goodness doee not end here, and those who once try them will find these little pale valuable in so many ways that they will not be willing to do without them.. But after all sick head ACHE Is the bane of so many lives that here lowborn we make our great boast. Our pills cure it While ethers do not, CART/WS LITTLE LIVER PILLS are very small and very easy to take. One or two pins make a dose. They are strictly vegetable and do not gripe or purge, but by their gentle action please all who use them. In vials at 25 cents; five for $1. Sold everywhere, or sent by mai/. CARTER NEMO= 00., New Tort. Small iII1all Dm all Irlo, To Cure your condition is critical. Is there any RHEUIVIARIUS142 Scotch dish that you would like?' Sandy said that he didn't want anything to 11'.A.32CM eat, but if be could hear the bagpipes • 9 just once snore he could die happy. We I didn't have a piper on our staff, but one of the nurses found one in a club house not far away. "When the piper arrived, Sandy was so weak that he could not speak. He looked grateful. Although it was I not in accordance with our hospital rules, we hadn't the heart to refuse, Sandy's dying request. I gave the sig- nal and the piper began to play. Sandy smiled peacefully, and at the end of the second tulle he had gone asleep. His temperature and pulse showed a re- markable Improvement, and because Sandy was a good.. fellow and we thought he might call for the pipers again before he breathed his last, we kept the piper. Two hours later Sandy awoke, and the first thing that he asked for was the 'pipes. Again that weird noise filled the hospital, and once more Sandy went to sleep, stranger and bet- ter than we expected him "to be. A third time he awoke, and again the piper Played. When Sandy once again fell asleep, to our amazement the crisis had passed, and he was on the road to recovery. He is now alive and well." "The Scotch are a wonderful race," commented a guest. "Now my grand- mother was—" "But I haven't told you the sad sequel," interrupted the physician, t'We had been so much interested in Sandy during the night that we had neglected our other patients. Sandy did recov- er, as I have said, but when we made the rounds in the [morning found all the English patients stiff in bed. They were all dead." Liver ills Like biliousness, dyspepsia, headache, constl. Patton, sour stomach, indigestion are promptly cured by Hood's Pills. 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