Loading...
The Herald, 1909-03-26, Page 3VersYe�csYt Ye YIZIENS7t"r / c 0c7Cs1'rV2is l l 0 00 '0 016 1! .V y 1 i 1rnpress ,r,: . �/IJ d 7•� d J 9 9 6�� - .n :I t i ( a 1 r a (Fortnightly Review.) Truth becomes stranger than fiction, History more fascinating than ro- mance, when the late Dowager Ern - Press of China is the biog aphcr's theme. Fqr Tsu Hsi was one of those massive world-figures—ciennurges of Pate one might perhaps term them— whom the ancients were wont to wor- ship and the moderns are willing to immortalize. As a Hibernian admirer of hers Nice remarked, "We have to go back to very ancient tines for ai parallel to Ten Hsi, and even then -we do not find oue." A sketch of the main episodes of her living and striving, her reverses and triumph, painted in colors sufficiently deep yet faithful to the tones of history, would stir the souls of impressible readers with strong emotions. For despite many serious defects of mind and soul, Tsu Hsi was not only a eomxuanding personality in her age and country, but she was also endow- ed with some of the sterling qualities of absolute greatness. Like the green leaf of the lotus that sprouts up front the slime, she raised herself aloft by in- nate worth, tact and will -power from nothingness to a dizzy height, where she nrsaintained, herself for forty years in spite of the rigorous prohibition of her country's laws arid the stern disapproval of her country's enemie-s. Alone she fought the battle of individuality against a nation of 400 millions of liv- ing men and myriads of the dead, whose spirits axe still quick and influential ii#,ere. And by dint of energy, resource- fulness and perseverance she scored a sigxnl victory over them all. Seventy-four pears ago one of the busiest, wealthiest and most populous haunts of men was Hankow, on the Han- lriang. Even at present it is one of 'the most prosperons marts in China, but in 1b,ose halcyon days its inhabitants, counting the population of the two ad- jacent,ad- jacent,towns, numbered several mil- lions, with not a white -skin among them. That, however, was before the rebel Thepings destroyed it, before foreign consuls were admitted, when only sail- ing ships and houseboats plied on the neer. One sultry evening is August, 1834, a, quaint Chinese houseboat, bear- ing a widow with her two daughters, and a coffin, was moored to' the left bank of the Hankaing The lady's husband had been serving the OrwellOrwellin the provinoe eo agave 3 suet e,1 sit :inq nsngaazw to Peking, his body had 'to be buried in the latter place. They had halted there on their way to Peking. Their stores were exhausted, they la.ckecl the wherewithal i.o replenish them, and, bereft of funds, had but slender hopes of pushing on to the capital. And the widow's only elianec of saving her little family from etarvati•on seemingly depended on ger reaching;• Peking. For there she intended to petition the authorities to admit her Tattle daughter to the palace. es a cam didate for the imperial harem. The girl's qualifioa'tions were her Mandeb u extraction, her rank as -laughter of a third class official—of him whose body was now being conveyed to 'its native s'ril—her comeliness, aptitudes, and grate. Presentation at court under such auditions is more than a mere privilege ---it may be the starting-pnint of a bril- liant career. From among the numerous girls upon whom this honor is conferred, the Empress Mother selects for the fu - tote Emperor his first lawful wife, two cater spouses, nine 'concubines, and a goodly number of handmaids, Renee lnindreds of families that possess the requisite qualifications strive after the honor for their daughters. Next day about noon another boat lay to alongside that of the widow, On 'bard was a fumetionary from the pro- vinee of Hupeh, who had just been'ap- paointed to the pont Gov - engin of Tao Tai or Gov- tir, and was on his way to the cap- ital to do homage for this mark of favor: A new Governor is a monarch in minia- tne , and many officials of his province make an eaa•ly bid for his favor. First in the field here was a city judge, Wu Tang by name, who despatched his ser- vants with refreshments and a present of abo'nt ;L-'30 in money. The messen- gers, boarding the wrong boat, presented the widow with the edibles, the coin, tend the good wishes of their master.. Pleasantly surprised, the lady mentally set down the offerings as tokens of the gratitude of some friend of her deceased husband. She accordingly charged Wu Tang's • messenger to express her in- debtedness to their master, and to say that site would be neueh pleased if he -adult]. do her the favor to come and re- eeive the expressions of her gratitude. The servants returning delivered the widow's- message to Wu Tang. Wu's anger knew no bounds. pie cudgelled them and threatened the chief one with death,. But his wrath subsiding, he eon- >+nzlted a certain councillor of the trib- unal, who advised hint to look upon the money as lost, and to call on the widow. Boarding the houseboat next morning, the lodge performed the traditional cere- monies before the coffin. Meanwhile the lady carne out of her apartment, fell on her faee before him, and offered her heartfelt thanks for the kindness �whieh had prompted him—tire friend of her deceased husband—to help her in her hour of need. The presents he had sent would enable her—she said—to reach Peking, where she hoped to ar- range her affairs. She could tot tleank hits adequately in words but "as a token of my gratitude and devotion, I hereby give you my eldest child as your Adopted daughter." Now in chits, to gave one's child to be adopted le a mark of gratitude for' a favor • too L ,w vg great to be ever repaid. Thereupon the lady made a sign to her eldest daughter— A GIRL 1''ULL Or LII'E AND CHARM ANI) GRACE— who, glancing with wistful awe upon the strange benefactor, prostrated her- self before him and called him father. Wu returned the greetings, recognized the child as his daughter by adoption, and soon after took his leave. The same day the houseboat sailed down the Yangtse, bearing the girl, whose name was Yehonala, (at her birth, a Chinese girl receives a temporary name, which is generally suggested by an object just seen by one of the par- ents—as, for instance, a flower. Six or seven years later another name — containing a flattering allusion—is sub- stituted for this, but nobody may utter it excepting her grandparents, parents, and professors. Her brothers are not excepted), ou to the high seas of life, where, under the name of Tsu Hsi, she was to grapple successfully with circumstance. Twenty years later the curtain was raised on the second scene of this little drama. Meanwhile a deep dent had been left oe the history of the Celestial Empire, deeper than any the preceding hundred years had made. Hankow had been destroyed in the Taeping rebel- lion, which cost the nation twenty mil- lion lives. China, theretofore an em- balmed corpse, enfolded in silk cere- ments, covered with ancient inscrip- tions, was beiug slowly shaken out of the lethargy of ages. Monarchs had come and vanished, the dynasty had been endangered, the throne shaken, the empire itself had well-nigh gone to pieces. But \Yui Tang diad survived all changes, plodding tamely on with the flawless serenity of spirit which so many of his countrymen seem to hold ever at command. Dogged perseverance and length of service at last won recog- nition. Wu Tang was promoted and transferred to the province of Kan si. Joyful he set out on a visit to his new chief. But the Marquess Tseng—a pol- ished man of the world and moderate reformer—was disgusted with the dense- nese of his new subordinate. Tseng, who was striving just then to gather around him a baud of enlightened work- ers, had no use. for Wu Tang as sub - prefect, and deemed it his duty to get the appointment quashed. The 'Viceroy accordingly dismissed his visitor curt- ly, and despatched a dainaging report about him to Peking, In the fullness of time there came a strange reply. 'Tseng was informed that the Empress -Regent had ,been pleased to raise Wu Tana from the post of sub -prefect to that of Prefect. At this the Viccrny marvelled. The Em- press, he coneiuded, could riot have re- ceived his report. He therefore wrote again. Quicker Chau before came the answer. It was another edict of promo- tion. It uow pleased her Majesty to ap- point Wu Tang to the posb of Tao Tai, or Governor. The mystified 'Viceroy sent for Wu Tang. -Who are your influen- tial friends at court?" he asked. "I pos- sess no friends, no influence, no acquain- tances there," was the answer, and its accents carried conviction. "Then it is a mistake after all," the 'Viceroy ar- gued, as he turned the hatter over in his mind, "and it must be set right. So he despatched another letter to the Empress, this time asking that her Majesty 'would vouchsafe to honor Wu Tang with an audience. Shortly afterwards the new Tao Tai was summoned to Peking. On the morn- ing fixed for the audience he entered the palace in trepidation, his eyes downcast. In front of the imperial throne, congruously with custom, lie fell upon his knees, The Empress com- manded her awestruck subject to rise up and draw near. Startled at the voice, which caused a dim memory to flit be- fore his eyes, the new Tao Tai dM as he was told, his gaze riveted to the floor. "Look into my eyes," was the next behest A hasty glance brought back Wu Tang's thoughts to years gone by, and lie recognized in the all-power- ful monarch the girl who had once pros- trated herself .before hint as his adopt- ed daughter on the site of old Hankow. The helpless little Yehonala had be- come the nighty Tsu Hsi. And he trem- bled with tumultuous emotions. But the Empress, in caressing accents, told hirer how glad she was to meet again the benefactor whose friendly hand was once• stretched out to help her front among the weird shadows of the grey world, at sight of which her child's heart was swelling. She then dismissed him to his post, promising to turn a deaf ear to all calumnious denunciations of liim. But to return to her early career. Soon after her father was laid to reser in his native soil, Yehonala was prey seated at court. The maiden's good looks, blithe temperament, grace of gait and bearing, and those winsome ways that, elude analysis and are con- noted by the word charm, induced the palace authorities to receive her. Ac- cordingly she entered the "sacred pre- cincts," which. no girl candidate, once admitted, can over quit alive. Like the Roman vestals, they are out off from the world whose pleasures they have renounced. During several months of probation under the eye of the Empress Mother, their aptitudes are noted, their defects corrected, their manners polish- ed. They are taught 1lfaadehu, aro hi. CORN °) CURED IV cMO You can painlessly cern ve .aiIr+' 24ocern, eitheUIsSr, hard, soft or bleeding, b t applying Putnam's Corn 1ixtraetor, It never r r as, leaves no scar, contains no acids • is harmlei a because composers only of healing gums and b ms Fifty years in. use. Cure guaranteed.• sol'by all druggists 250. bottles. Refuse shiest' es. PUTNAIM'i'S P INLESS CORN EXTR CToR oA itiated into the eeremon es, and rites of ancestral worship, and trained to con- duct themselves as behooves future com- panions of the mightiest, -mortal on the globe. The names, of ethoset Whose short- comings appear glarxug ;ore incurable, or whose positive qu ilifieetions seem in- adequate, are greaiia'l1y struck off the list of candldatee, •,and oven of the many nem are allowed " • to com- pete, relatively few ;;;are ulti- mately chosen. e Yehenala's name, however, remained on the bottles to the last, rising in relative position ell. time trent on. On the decisive clay the flat of'thc lucky were issued. One •g]r1 was gazetted :Empress, two became lawful- epoeses, and the little orphan With the tni gnetie eyes, soft feline ways, royal felicity of utterance, and liverial voice • WAS MADE en CONCUBINE of fifth rank. \A splendid success for the little maiden who had had'suoh a narrow escape from starvation,;,. this might well seen: but a poor start for one whom Fate destined to raise to the throne of China, For concubines ;enjoy few privileges. They are cloisteretl;in a pavilion, where they fill _ in their day with sewing, embroidery, breeding silk- worms, sauntering about the spacious grounds, or boating on the garden lakes. They rarely receive their parents, and never anyone else. If, however, ono among them becomes the mother of male offspring, she has established her right to a High-sounding title. during the .re- mainder of her life, a tablet over her grave, and household- warship after her death. And that seemed the dizziest height attainable by ilsien feng's fifth concubine, .who tt as lthen a winsome girl of sixteen: Five niers ye ieritolled. over tate B1n- pire of China an the harem of hake feug, and the fifth cunetibine had be- come a favorite. The Son of Heaven, yielding himself more and more to the soothing spell of the daughter of earth, made her his boon companrou, his solace in trouble,. his eoimsellor at all 'rinse. Within the hzt:eni she began to discharge cel;taiu of the functions which belonged of right teettlre•chief sponse, yet without arousing ,lee envy of her rival -ea meek, loving, devoted wife, who felt remorse- ful regret that she had net yet borne. her lord and master a.•nrale heir. At last the fifth concubine presented the Emperor with a boy, arta rose- at a bound to the highest position in the Em- pire. Festivities were organized at court, wild rejoicings .follow d ip...}he capital, and an amnesty wets gran , crimim ais. The: Dort ager.' separate palace to t i ' ri , of her grandson; who was there -14)0 promoted to the rank of a "western ceasort"—the first spouse being termed the eastern. On the happy mother the, Court also be- stowed the -faire OE Tsu 11ai, or "element benefactress," e At this period of her maven Tau Hsi, native nbronielers tell nag was a girl with the budding eharme of aat ideal wo- man. Prepossessing in person, she was so kindly ie manner and suave of dispo- sition that she Won every heart, 'pore shaded ever* heater, disarmed entry, and hatred. Alf who earns in meted- with her describe heras a faecineting talker. Her language abounded in Witty sallies, quaint notions clothed in racy words, embellished with poetic. images, bright with bursts of musical laughter. People loved to listen to her, were proud of ber notiee, and captivated by her smile, While she spoke an intense fire lighted her eyes, kindled her mobile tongue, and as one of hee conntrymen.puts. it, -`made her lips drop-hoe:eye' People of cinarac- ter were drawn -towards her despite their will, and clever statesmen were swayed by her despite their intelligence. A magnetic force seamed to go out from her, hypnotising her environunent, and making instruments of all who same wihtin the radius of its • operation, It was thus that while supplar'ting the chief spouse in the affections of the Em- peror, she contrived to win her friend- eed LIlliger Fe y ia Gravel Easily and aturai. l y Cured by podd's Kidney Pi'ils. and Joseph Pelrine Who Suffered the Tor- tures of this Terrible-ormplaint for Nine Months Tells Hijw the Old Re- liable Kidney Remedy Oared Him. ship and to keep it. Aud it k worth noting, as a proof that she eschewed foul means when fair Methods were obviously adequate, 'that that'sante laity,, with whom -she lived and Worked in acuity for many years; died a natural death: in 1561. The eunuchs, who are alt all -pies• ent, all-powerful, and permanent ele- ment at court, were the 110 t to yield to Tsu 1Isi's fasr matron. '1'11( .11. obedienee was prompt:, tileruugi>,- cheeried, their co-operation piccious, and their attach- ment partook of the nature` of religious worship. And in this boundless •devo- tion of the powerful body which carried out all the palace revolu'cione, lies a clue to smelt of what seemed myst'er- leus about her marvellous suecess: The Empress remained their staunch friend until her. death. Last yettr, when re- forming or abolishing other antiquated institutions, she refused to meddle with the eunuchs. Another five years passed into his- tory and well-nigh dragged the Manderhu dynasty with there. The Taeping rebel- lion, which stirred the nation to its foundations, made upon the mind of Tsu Hai a deep and laetiirg impress. Its victims are computed at twenty mil- lions. The foreign invasion of Chino, administered another painful shock. For the first time in history, it was borne in Upon the •rulers of the Empire that their nave faith in their superiority to the rest of MANKIND WAS :1, i)]:LL'SIO1.. The Anglo•lereneh campaign against China eulntinated in the capture of Pe- king, the ]humiliation of the imperial family, and the insertion of the: tide edge of the wedge of western eivilizatiou in the massive realm of the far east. But in the -midst of the wild confusion at court there was one person who re- mained cool. When the Emperor was making ready to flee his capital, and his panle-stricken courtiers were urging flim to lose no time, 'l:;tt llsi strove to dissuade Trim, She would have had him hold his ground. and make a fight for the rights of his house and his empire. But her advice was disregarded, and l3sie>r feng repaired to Jehol in Mon- golia. Tsu Illi, ever a model spouse, fol- lowed her lord and consort, zealously guarding her priceless treasure, the five-year-old son, througb when'. she had even title, dignity and power, and bereft of whom she would again become the merest cipher—secluded for the re- mainder of lir:- life in a palatial prison. Such was the politcal debut of the charming 'woman who, as au pretty maid- en, hada few years before su narrowly eluded the grip of misery ou the banks of the liankiaug River. Within. that brief span she hail raised herself to a loftier eminence than that once occu- pied by Seiniran>is or t leopatra, Cather- ine Id, or Maria Theresa. She now held the destinies of n futartit of the human race. in the •hallow of her hand, And elle bore good fortune splendidly. In the new as in the old role, she was sim- ple, ready, resourceful. `That she re- taintd. ller modesty i3 proof that it was `deep-rooted, fur 'lute telvisers dial• their Utmost to cure her of it. Fitness for great opportunities and a capacity to create 1eeee1•-Ones were among her main c•1iiuiitler1i,(le . Suceees never seems to Imre in1oxiented,_ nor failure to have dcmcrali'.ed her, In polities. which may be de'eribed as 1110 art of the pneeible, Tan Il,i, iil,e thr world': great slates- meu, wits au 1ppuri ni..t, She nnide the most, of t'11:1ilging hit,•lllista>1e,e. and When tumble t'> alter c• 1n11itih'r>> to shit her pla as, site modified her plans end a dive fed their to the cnnQit.h1 Ilea sire ha, been thereed. nv th? Conservatives with ex• cessive ren di 1 5.i t=r limner the white men, and by reformers with harboring rancorous hatioel of ewr•i yi hieg that was ther t'f1.1Nli`•Ii Nt>It 1L1N1)x:'1.117. In, truth, she n r.ly Milked the foreign. element. i'or 11,e midi of her empire, her (Moist V, her pp rsonnl weal. 1 t was ever her way to ries nl,ini:ind as a bridge over which gu hats to her goal, and having reached it she generally tried to draw her people after her. During her first re ge cy 'I :tt IIsi, then in the timer of her ag', indulged, it is said, in the metelons of :l \kssaline and the cruelty of a ltlurbeard, putting set, oral of le„r obscure 'favorites to elea.tti A priori the alert• may be tree. It is safe to an•<u>ne, however, that many acts of the regout, which European; would clon- drnin anal ('liin"se condone, have been magnified by cntinies into heinous crimes. As 11 .' L.'rel eritie 011ee eau - Brusly pal 1t, null ;h.' m3111001105 spread about the lady are' ili all probability entree." 1). tit? „ '1',n ilei perpetrated -rimes (ncnlgch to kin•llr' raptures of n>r>ral inaignelien in the \\'eat. But it wuuhl be well to remember that she had not only nn e rrpl-ee of any sort, but no indwelling source of rny. A con- b.ir n:, fernud nr> pal') of her equipment. She dwelt lemm,l the trim:tin of right Thug 'I`-:1 l:,i, who wee the first Em- press, was also them.h. nntoerat of China. an aotocret by nature as well as by Intr. 111 it country wh:me centuries of peare;ul 1011 and 101113.0 0” quiescence had contributed to the dt,ay of ener- getic p.ra..iou5 she was :1n ep1(0111e of 11131e11 that wee great in healthy human kingship. And her death- was worthy of her life. Sorel was Tsu lIss zeal for the publle service that during her last agony she insisted on being present at a state council, and, lying dressed on her eouclt site took such part in its deliberations as the rapid advanee of her malady permitted. For the fresh- ness of hair soul was unimpaired in a, body that, years had enfeebled and clis- ease undermined. "I can bear no more," were the last articulate sounds that passed her lips. A few mient0s later the columnar figure Mint had dominated Chinet for over forty years had faded to a memory and a shadow. And rho Dalai Lama bent down over her pale, rigid facet in silent prayer, E. D]d1cu, Some people seeluto take even their un seriously. Port Felix East, ember() r;oimty, N. S., Marsh oo:._,.(Speciai) -That you ]used no longer .fear the 'knife •yf troubled with gravel or other urixiary 'crouliles is the. glad news that Joseph P lriire, a : well- knorvn young fisherman' here, 'is telling his friends. "I suffered intepse pen front gravel and other urinary troubles for vine months," Mr. Pelrine say's... "But seven boxes of Dodil's. Kidney Rills cured me completely. I heartily recommend Dodd's. Kidney fills to anyoneiwho is suffering from gravel or urinary troubles"' Dodd's Kidney Pills euro gravel by curing the kidneys. Tl>e'nrinary organs are entirely dependent he the kidneys. Tf the kidneys are not ill good. working order they cannot filter,out. the Uric acid and it combines with other prodtrots of the body and causes gravel. Healthy kidneys dissolve the stones and they pass off in .the urine:, 'lhaat's why Dodd's Kidney rills always cure gravel. f NEGLECTED SCALD CAUSED MONTHS OF AGONY, Spent Dollars in Vain but "Zam-Bald Cured Her. Following we give the testimony of a fear` -who 11 she had known of Zam-Buk earlier would have been saved urine weeks' 'agenyt Airs. Frederiek Bryant, of 163 Railway Ave- nue, Stratford, Ont., says:—"I scalded my. toot white preparing supper. Next day the skin owme oil and my toot was In a serious condition. I could not wear my shoe and haat to lay up for nine wellies. During this time I used dozens of salves but none did ally Scrod, in tact the wound developed Into A runulag• sore. 1 got no rest day or night from the pain, At this point a supply of 'Lain-Buk 'was obtained and a Yew applications had immediate effect In soothing the patrm and irritation. A email supply proved sat- ficlont to heal the scald, although I had, spent dollars In other remedies, New skin has now formed cicely over the open nom. 'Lam-Iluk is the most wonderful and ef- fective remedy 1 have used, and I advise others to use it." Zam-Buhr is equally effect!t+e is euriag burns. 141x. Geo. Gilmore, e>uelaker of the l]. Cbemente Block, Winnipeg, testifies ace r'ollatts:— I sustalned a Eerier of bad burns while attending to the large furnace which heats the Lulldings. One burn on my wrist was particularly bad and gave me great pale„ I apo!iod some `tato-13uk, and in forty-eight hours alt that remained of the burn was a slight scar. Zebu -Belk steward to take .the path away like magic. It is a splendid babin to keel, heady-, tts healing powers being sanely marvellous." There is nothing to equal Zam-Duk as s family balm. Its uses are be wide. It bee been proved a sure cure for eczema, ring- wornl, ulcers, abscesses. plies, bad leg, eap- purating wounds, cuts, brutses, chapped hands. cold cracks, and all skin, injuries and diseases. Rubbed well into the part affected. It (tree rheumatism, selutic:a, neuralgia, etc. :111 druggists and stores sen at 60c per boa, or post free from 'Lam-13uk Co., Toronto. ou receipt of price. OO y MONKEY THIEF Concealed in Master's Pocket He Managed Many Thefts. Following a ihaboily- dressed man„ whose tiisit.s to various establishments were always associated with theft, the Paris police have stumbled on the extra ordinary fact of a monkey being employ- ed for shoplifting purposes. On Tuesday afternoon the man enter- ed a. large emporium, and was soon in- quiring the price of different trinkets. As the salesmunwas answering his ques- tions a queer -looking head was seen to peep out of a pocket of his overeoat, and soon a paw followed, with the result that several tines left that particular stand, entering into the selfsame pocket with the halo,, and then the head. Presently the t isitor, after thanking the salesman for his ix;iormation, moved On to a counter where fuse was :aid out in tempting nrray. The employee was ret11>ested to show some of the most val- uable samples, and once mare the head and paw emerged from the pocket, and , >1e of the finest pieces promptly disap- peared into that reeesa, The detei•tives walked up to the visi- tor, and at epee arrested I>im. They also captured the monkey, for sueh it was, whitili he lull trained to grab. at goods while he was kerp.11,the vendors en- gro.seed by iris llueition.s as to prices acad. , quality. 1 The man, who is an aerobat a perform- er at fairs, pereeh-ing that the game was up. submitted mildly, but his companion did not take his own arrest so philoso- pl:ieally, and resisted fiercely. The num was taken to the depot et i.lte Prefecture of Police, and the larcen- ous monkey to the pound. USING PUR6ATIVES INJURES Tilt HEALTH In the Spring a Tonic is Needed— But Not Marsha, Drastic Medicines. 1 spring medicine is an actual neees- city to must people. Nature demands it a5 an aid in carrying off the impurities that have accumulated in the blood dur- ing tIre indoor life of winter months. But unfortunately thousands of people who recognise the necessity for a spring medicine do not know wkat• is best to take, and does tlieneselves ewft•lt harsh, griping purgatives. This is a serious mistake. Ask any doctor and he will tell you that the use of purgative medi- cine weakens tine system but does ent cure disease. In the spring the system needs building up ---purgatives cannot do 'this; they weaken you still more. The blood should be made rich, red sial pure --no purgative can do this, What i needed in the spring is a tonic, and the best tonic medical science has yet dis- covered is Dr. 'Williams' Pink Pills. Every dose of this medicine actually makes new, rich blood. This nets blood strengthens every organ, every nerve, and every part of the body. This is why they curt headaches and backaches, rheumatism and neuralgia, and a host of other 'troubles that come from poor, watery blood. 'Tait is why -nen and women who take 1)r. Wiliams' Pink Pills eat well, sleep well, and feel bright, active and strong. If you need • a, medicine this Spring t1:y this great reviving tonne, and see the new life, new health and new strength it will put into iron. Sold by all medicine dealers or by lnai1 at 60 -cents a box or six boxes for MO, from the Dr. Williams' Med:eine Co., Brockville, Lint. ata d The lien is mightier than the sword only when it is aided and abetted) • ly the inkwell. .