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Marie la Reim was as she stood at the high landing of the great blue satined staircase. She was all ablaze in a great house robe of scarlet, a warm, glowing, brilliant sight. Now Marie la Reim saw me at the same time, and gave me a fitful little cry. Then came a light tripping of a .pair of slippered feet down those steps—the brilliant red of her gown in -relief against the pale blue sheen of the satiny covering of the stairway --and she stood beside mei When she had entered by the great double doors I inuat have looked at her in wonder- ment, for a deep flush overspread her fere- tures. " You are not to move," she said. Now, Jean l'Esparre—my name—captain to his grace the Duke of Guise, a sword, - man, a rider, and a shot, took his orders but from a superior—andspromptly obeyed. Soon, too, a conviction came that I could not have moved bad I chosen ; I was one continuous jointure of splints and boards and bandage., " You have been wounded," Marie la Reim said eoftly, and it was a timely ex- planatiou, for, in a feeble way, I wondered how I had come there, and how that beauti- ful woman whom I had never seen before came to be standing at my side. . " I had you brought here," continued . Marie la, Reim. " You were out down al- most before my door." Then I remembered it well. Our great Francie of Lorraine, Duke of Guise, repreeentinen- his majesty, our web beloved Hew, had .for eight weeks been besieged in my native town of Metz, where I and my brother Raoul held the post of officers. On the plains of Lorraine before us lay the great army of 'the Emperor Charles, and in the village of Thionville was Charles himself, confined by an attack of the gout. And so for eight weeks we had held the emporer and his Duke of Alva and his Mar- quis of Marignano before use keeping for our Henry his hard gained town- of Metz, the key to the frontier of Champagne. But now the attention of both our Guise and of the emperor was directed towerds Albert of Brandenburg, who with twenty thousand men, fluctuated as to whose cause he would join ; indeed', upon his decision, it seemed, lay the war'e result, But with all the uncertainty nal uralto man swayed by no principal, but allured different ways by 3ontrary views of interest, A:bert of Brandenhurg treated with both. The emperor scrupled at no promise, but Guise, knowing his rapacity, decided upon a big coup which he felt could not but draw Albert to our 6 d e. He arrauged with the Sultan Solymon, whom you know so web from his being termed " the magnificent," to dispose to him of a great casket of gold and jewels. le was sent by Selymon through his grand vizier to the town 'of Verdon, and I, at the head of a small troop, had gone to meet the envoy and eschrt the treasure with- in our lines. It was while 1 was returning with, this pricelees thing that I and my men were overpowered and placed in the prison of Thionville. I made my iescape by donning the uniform of an imperialist, but within sight of my native town of Metz was dis- cOvered, cut down, -and left for dead on the roadway. And then madaemoiselle nursed me back to life. The treasure casket had not been paid for, as our Henry's finances were in bad condi- tion, and Guise expected in place to divide with Selyrnon some of the plunder which, with the aid of Albert of Brandenburgh, he expected to secure. Now, its capture placed ciur Guise in an awkward position. He had a liability to meet without an advantage to gain, and I myself saw where it might make complicit - tions between the sultan and the Emperor Charles. Solymon might demand it' in re- turn from tbe emperor., who, having con - eluded a treaty of peace with him (on ace count of the recent war io Hungary, in which the emperor had been worsted by the magnificent Solymon), might again be led into 'an embroilment should he refuse to surrender the casket.. The voice of mademoiselle brought me back to earth. " You have been here two weeks," ehe said, " but you have been a good patient ;" and she gave me a ptrt " You are out of danger now and—well, I think yOu had better go to sleep." • She placed a pillow as soft as the folds of her gown about my head, turned my face so that it was away from her—a cruel thing— and geve me a great splotch pattern df gobe- lin work against the wall to look at. . I examined itelosely, intently, and earnertly, and then ungallantly fell asleep. CHAPTER II. The's was the first time I had ever een Mlle. la Reim. Not many days after that, I was sitting up, my attention divided I be- tween the fresh green and the chirpiug inde of the perk outeide, and watching the lue staircase through the wide open for ing doors for mademoiselle. Mademohselle soon came and, sat be ide me. " You are getting much better," she s id " and you can soon rejoin the emperor, He is still at Taionville." r remember n.ow the tones of made or- selle as she spoke ; rich and full and c ear from the heart.. But the words made me start, for she mentioned the place in w ich I had been held a prisoner. " It was great and good of you, ma e- moiselle," I said, " to take a woun ed soldier into your beautiful home and g-ve him the priceless care of your presence to nurse him back to life. It was great nd good of you." And in that way 'I asked in -my o n manner the motive mademoiselle had in saving my worthless life, for I was not as Pierre Lechette, of the Due d'Aumaleni bronze dragoon ; for he would have thought it was because of love, for hiin. And in this way I found mademoisell 's motine, for she said ; " I saved you becauee we need all t men possible to fight for us. Yea, e cannot s find to lose one." . She Etlia this with a great burst of h " Then, you are--" I said. " An imperialist, like yourself," said mademoiselle, and I sank back, for I was no servitor of the Emperor Charles, but a follower of the fortunes of the French son of Francis. Mademoiselle's mistake had oc- curred through the imperialist garb I we+ when she found me, and which I had used as a disguise. And I bowed my head, not knowing heeiv I should tell niademoiselle the truth. There no escaping the germs of consump- tion; kill them with health, Health is your only means of killing them. Scott's Emulsion of 'cod-liver oil. 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We; got one dozen bottles to commence with, and before she had! taken three bottles she - began to iniprovel she is living to -day and we have given your Medicine the credit. 111, mother was sixty-six years old when the tunitir conimenced to grow ; she is seventy-six now and the tumor is all gone. She had- gotten awfully large, and her limbs began to_swell Wore we began to 'use "your • Favorite Pre- )' Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure bili- ousness. . . Suddenly she gave a little ory and clasped her hande. " Here comes the Marquie of Marigno himself," she said. - There, along the gravel walk, came the marquis at, thehead of six men. It was a uniform of hie troopthat I had worn, and mademoiselle knew it. In her eyes, there- fore, 'I was -clearly one of hie men. " He will be glen to know that you were not killed," said mademoiselle. There was no time to lose. I made my resolve quickly. " Menemoiselle," I said, as quietly as I could, " I am not an imperialist ; I am a King Henry's mate" Ma,demoiselle gave, oh, ouch a sudden, fearful start of eurprise ! " I wore this euit as I was a prisoner, and with it I hoped to escape through the ranke. That is how it was, mademoiselle." I thought at first that mademoiselle would faint, she appeared so white, so weak and pained. For a moment she stood so, then she bit her lip tilt the blood ran, and gave me a terrible look, and I felt as any criminal might feel, for I eaw the look of confidenoe, of hope, of pride, die out of her eyes. - Before either of us could speak, there wae the platter of ,,the knocker without. Made- moiselle ran- out, and I soon heard her and the marquie in a long, and it seemed to me, very earneet and excited conversation. Then she -and the marquis joined the men in waiting, and for the firet time I saw that they carried a thing hidden from my sight. They entered a remote way of the house and N ere lost to view. After interminable waiting, I saw the marquis returning at the head of - his men. Their feet crunched strange melodies upon the gravel walk, but it was a pleasing sound, for it indicated their moving away from the chateau of Mbe. la Reim. " Yet, if I mistook not, as they passed by the window near where I sat, even in the distance, the Marquis of Marignano threw in my direction a searching, withering glance. * * Mademoiselle came no mcee to see me af- ter that, and I felt it wrong to partake of her home knowing the things I knew. One day I asked for her. She came. Her face was pale. She wail not as she had been the day o before. " Mlle la Reim," I said, " it would be unfair fersme to trouble you longer. I am strong enough to meet the caprices of the future." Maderneiselle simply nodded her head. When I spoke neoct there were tears in my eyes. " I do not think, rnademoiaelle, that your kind heart would have permitted you to do differently, even had I worn my honest garb ; so I do not feel that I came to your, house in an untitire way. But, mademoiselle it ina life that I owe you, and I pray that God may some day give me the opportunity to repay you. That ie my wish, mademois. audemoieelle looked at me with those wondrous soft eyea of hers, as she 'said gently : " Yes, I would not let any man die at my door, if it lay in rny power to save him." " I was a prieoner, mademois.elle," I said then, " and I will not make you untrue to your king by setting free one of his enemies." Mademoiselle started at that word, but it behooved me to say it. " I will again re- turn to Thionville a prisoner," I resumed. s "Nay," said mademoiselle. Ain how sweet sounded her voice ! " That muet not be. You may ride into Met z, monsieur, by way of the Rhine suburb. There will be no one to see you to -night, I think ; I will send a servant to accompany you." I stooped and kissed mademoiselle'e hand, which she meekly gave to me, and I think I moistened it with a tear. And then, with 'the beauteous viaion of her aseihe stood tbere at parting, I went to- ward Met z by way of the Rhine suburb. APTER III. It had grown late when I reached the St- Arnulph gate, the Rhine outpost of our be- leaguered town. By the oentry stood au officer—my brother, Captain Raoul l'Es- quarre, of the duke's personal staff. A few moments afterwarde I was in our home. " Rest here," said Raoul, seeing my con- dition. " To -morrow you may tell of your returnnbut not till then ; for you are more of a hatf-dead thing then a living one." When I awoke it wee late in the evening of the next day. Raoul was by my bedside, dusty and disheveled. " We have made a sortie," he said, in explanation of his appearance, " and it may mean the return of the treasure casket of Solymon's which was seized from you. We have captured the women to whom it was but will not tell its wh reabouts." intrusted by the empeir. She admits it, Raoul paced the floor. I might have had it by this titre," he complained, "if she would only have told." And Raoul again paceel the floor. " By heavens !" he eried suddenly, " I never felt what it was ti I now to be a °old- ier. Here am I leading a woman to tortere, perhaps to death, for th duke is mad to re- gain the treasure, and e swears she will die before she will revea the thing." And Raoul again pace the floor. " She is as beautiful a d frail a thiog as_ God ever made," he aim , t groaned. Where is she ?" I asked. " She swooned as I led her past the door, and our mother is nursing her below. W she recovers I must lead her before duek,eAdn' d that ineans--" " If she does not tell of the thin means the raok, the boot, or the he iroIndw' ent below quietly, leaning on brother's arm. We softly opened the p door, and there I saw my brother Ra prisoner. It was Mlle. la Reim. She was very pale, was Mlle. la Reim was not many F ours since I had seen but there had now grown a look of terr her eyes that struck me to the soul. My mother was sitting by her side so ing out her hair and snoisening her head, and was saying to Mlle. la Reim : . " My dear, my dear, if you but knew devperately eager the duke _ is, you w tell him where the thiug is. No matte Ms made of gold and gems, it will not worth the suffering it will put you to, my dear, the duke'. heart is set on the °every of the bauble, and he will not ono any length to get it back. ANA the that it was intrusted to you ; he will the torture to rin* it trim you." " The boy was intrusted to me, mada •mademoiselle said. " I am a humble se tor of the emperor. In my honor was safe keeping intrusted, and in my hono shall rest safe." ., I drew my brother into a room olose I know my face was white and set as I the things that lay bursting in my heart, my voice was low and suppreseed. " A few hours back," I said, " I pra to God that I could eome time save this man's life, even as she had- savea mine, it shall be so." " What mean you ?" cried Raoul. " I mean that you must take her bac the outskirts and place her on the wa the Rhine enburbs to her home." "You are mad !" cried Raoul. " Think you I am the king, that can release and set free ? I must lead the woman to theeduke." " To the duke I To the tortures ! Nay, you shall not. It is a life I owe to madem• oiselle, and no harm shill come to her while there is aught of life in me." My brother moved quickly, as if to give an order to his men without ; as quickly I stopped him and seized his hand. _ " Raoul," I said, " you and I have been playmates, children and men, side by side. We thought therewas _nothing greater than our love, no tie stronger than ours ; but I tell you now that one of us must die before she crosses the threshold a prisoner." He saw the look in my eyes, and he ante wered with one in his own. " Yon are mad," he said. " You have forgotten your duty and your allegiance to tlin kytnege::: I oried ; " I forget all but the . , woman, so come you, brother, since you feel duty so hard "—and I touched my sword— " let it 'be a bargain; my death,mademoiselle a prisoner ; my victory, her release," I " And what would you do should you strike me dead ?" , "I would forge your name to an order sending your men away, and take Mlle. la Reim back to her home." I had drawn my sword and my brother had drawn his own, but in that moment he suddenly threw it to the further corner of the room, etanding before ma defenseless. " Indeed, thou art mad," he said, survey- ing me earnestly. Yet still I stood there so,facing my broth- er, sword in hand, praying, yea, with all my heart for some miracle to happen toand it RaialOul paced the floor, then retured and looked me over as - at some poor, fevered, sicklieh thing. When he spoke his voice had a. kindly ring to it. " You say it was she who saved you from being a prisoner—she gave you your free- dom ?" " Yes," I cried. " And does that lie on yoUr conscience— the feeling that you must repay ? Then lis- ten ; if you were again &prisoner of Charles, things would again be as they were before -- before she saved you." Raoul paced the floor. " Then, go," he said, returning te me. " Go again to the emperor. Place yourself as you were and would have been but for her interference—a prisoner in the prison of Tbionville—if to 4 that will ease your con- science and calls you to feel that thing's had ever been otherwise. I is -you are doing aught to forget that have not yet made a report, and none will know of nour return here. Go, I will kelp you to escape—to be a prisoner again. Yes, in that much will I forget my duty." I He held out his filand, and his voiee had all the tender solicitude of a man for a child that had gone mad At that moment [a quick thought came to me, and in it I telt that I had perhaps I -solved the riddle of securing mademoiselle's release ; but I did riot tell Raoul of it, nor Iet my emotions betray me. I held out my hand to him and sedd : " Yes, I will go as you suggest." Raoul smiled and, heaved a sigh, but:Tenho knew not of the thing I had resolved cm, thinking only that he had pleased the whim of a inan gone med.! Together we went to the parlor and again noiselessly opened the door. " My dear, my dear," our soft hearted mother was pleading, and I remember there were deep tears in her voice, remember that Guise knows no sex in this thing, and suffer you must to the utmost till he wrings the secret from you." Then Mlle. la Reim stood up straight in all her beauty and grace, and there was no more pallor in her face as she taid : " Let him wring me, body and soul, but he shall not wring the secret from me." It was then that I walked to -the center of the room and said simply and quietly : " Mlle la Reim." Oh, it was a great thing to hear the sud- den quick cry she gave ; it was a great thing to see the quick, fierce red. that overspread her face and I remember now the great happy beat my heart gave at the note of it. ' Mademoiselle," 1 said quiekly, no in- jury shall come to you. 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" I thought you were back with your own peo- ple." This staggered me. " How did you know I was not dead ?" I inked. " How did I know ? Furies ? Think you I am a follower of Guise that I know not things ? How did I know ? I knew it the day I called at Mlle. la Reim's. I came to bring you back, monsieur, but she pleaded for your life, and I gave it to her—for a con- sideration." L.ke a flesh a thought came to me. And was that consideration 1-nr keeping hidden the treasure, casket Solymon ?" I asked. It was the marquishs turn to stagger, " How did -Yon know that ?" he gasped. " Think you," I said, " that I am a. fol- lower of the Marquis of Marigoano that I know not things ? ' Yes, though I uttered light word; tears came to my eyes, and I saw that I had done a fair and good thing in opming, as it was on my account, to pur- chase my freedom, that mademoiselle had consented to take the precious casket In custody. Ir a moment I had told him everything. " And I came, marquie," I said, " to save her from the torture." " Torture ?" cried Marignano. " Even so, marquis," I eaid. " Guise will wring for her through the hoot, the wheel or the pincerenthe secret of where the great box lies. She has given you her word not to reveal the location of the treasure, and without your consent she will never tell." " Devils rieried the marquis. " Wby is he so anxious for the bauble ?" " He thinks that, with it as a gift he may win over Albert of Brandenburg," I said. - The marquis gave a perfect scream Of laughter. The fool The dolt !" he cried. "Does he not know that Albert has been our ally these three days liack, and that Aurnale, your duke's own brother, and his hundred men, whom your Guise sent to treat with Albert, are prisoners here—aye prisoners brought here by Albert himself" when he decided te join the emperor's army ? But as to the casket, only mademoiselle knows where it is. I intrusted it to her so as to be sure of a safe hiding place, for we were in fear of an attaok. She hid it herself, and has not told me where it ie. But even had we it, I could not exchange it, for it is now the property of Albert of Brandenburg, to whom it has been promised." Even as we spoke a message was brought hurredly to the marquis, It read as fol- lows ; To His Grace, the Marquis et Marignano, Commander in chief of the forces of His Majesty, Charles V. : There has been captured a woman named Mlle. Marie la Reim who, I have every reason to believe, b'as the sole knowledge as to the hiding place of the treasute casket of the Sultan Solymon. Unless by return of messenger you send to me this cask, or give her instructions to tell its whereabouts she will at once suffer by the rack and the 'heat- ed iron till we wring the confession from her. FRANCIS OF LORRAINE, Duke of Guise Commander of the forces ef His ;de- jesty, Henry II., in Metz. There was now no doubt as to G-uise's intentions. M.ademoieelle was to suffer, and Marignano's hands were tied. The emper- or, he knew, valued the cathet more than a hundred mademoiselles, and would not con- sent to its return. I had faced many battle:is but at that moment paled as I nevee had before. I fancied seeing mademoieelle led to torture and hearing her shrieks of pain while I Cinuld but rail lied writhe in impolency. If this was to be saved, it muet be done on the in; tent. The marquis, too, in those moment; ruffered for mademoiselle. " If we but h d a sonie woman of Metz here," he said, " to threaten CO torture ae he promises be will mademoiselle, that might deter him, but we have not such a one." • His words awoke in me an instant leap of • " We have something better—we have a man !" I cried with sudden joy, as I now saw a way to assiet mademoiselle. " What mean you ?" " This—I am a native of Metz. Place me in sight of the people. Erect there the tortures. Tell them that their countryman willauffer before their eyes till Guise prom- ises to free mademoiselle from the tortures and consents to her exchange It may not save mademoiselle. It may kill me. But pethape my people may think a man of Metz of as much value as a woman of Lom- bardy ; perhaps they may not wish to see their eountryman suffer—and perhaps they might not care at all, but that is the risk we must take, your grace—that is the risk. See, Marquis, I myself will dictate the let- ter to the duke." With the aid of the marquis' secretary, this is the letter we formed and eent to Guise : 1 " For some two months paet there has been in the prison in Thionville an officer of your staff and a native of the town of Metz, Jean Ileparre by name, who, I underetand, ranks high in your eetimation as a gentle- -man and ewordeman. This man I will ex- change for the person of Mlle. la Reim. But if, in accordance with your message just received, you contemplate wringing 7 from mademoiselle, by force of t rture, knowledge of the whereabouts of th tree- ure cathet, this I declare to you : I hold as personal hostage the body of your captain. On the walls of the 4huroh of Sc. Anne, close to the walls of your town, I will place a scaffold, with all the imple- ments of torture, and within sight a his fellows I will visit upon him just such mutilations as you say you intend to inflict upon mademoiselle, and this will be done within the hour unless, by the messenger who carries this to you, you signify your willingness to forego the tortures upon mademoiselle, and to exchange her for the person of Jean l'Esparre.' Post haste the marquis sent this letter with secret instructions to the monk ance- lot, of Metz, who was in silent sy pathy with Charles, to call the people upo the market place and tell them of wha was doing. Before the letter was sent the moguls tuirinTedhiton „mule. be no child's play," he said. " There is yet time to think of its remits. Once upon the walls of St. Anne, -•hould Guise refuse the conditions, I cannot forego my wards. The conditions of the tOrture must be fulfilled. Think web, therefere, and weigh the consequenees." " I would not have one condition chang- e d (4, "0Ii0shaliyd t. h preparations followed. The rack, the boot, the fire and the scaffolding were placed upon the wall of the church of St. Anne, while the handling of the marquis' men, who did not know of my voluntary offer, was not of the kindest. But in those momenta I thought only of mademoiselle, and wondered if the sacrifice was to bring good to her. Poor, sweet little mademoiselle ! It was all too little for a man to give one so meek, so tender, so k i nidh.e 0 hurch of St. Anne was so near to Metz that a gunshot might have reached where I was from the village, and I could almost recognize the features of the folk in the town. The 'short intervening distan-e.e that separated the possessions of Charles from those of Henry was marked aa a (livid- ing line by a small stream of water. Suddenly, on the banks of thin stream, in the town of Metz, a great commotion was to be noticed. The monk Lanceleot had' done his work. The populace were surging to the stream's side to see if a son of their town was really to suffer before them. I stood there what Seemed an intermin- , able time upon the walls of that en uroh of St. Anne, while the people of Metz 'nor 21 about in excited groups on the opposi.e shore. At last the courier was seen te re• turn. When he drew near he raised his hands. They were empty. The cluindis answer was told. " The dog !" cried Marignano. " He would have you tortured." " Yes, marquis," I said ; " and you must keep your word." ; would have insisted on his doing so, had he refused, for I was standing in the pres- ence of my country people, and I would not be accused of having gotten up a display but to intimidate the duke ; nor would I have had the marquis impugned, for he had given it that this thing was to be. But so as not to see thioge that were to happen, he went away, leaving orders with hie lieuten- ant in charge. I was placed high upon the scaffolding, o that my form was silhouetted against he sky. Then my hands _were bound be- hind me, and the iron heated white was held loft for the people of Metz to see. I ould hear the excited cries, and thought that in he crowd I could see my mother wringing er hands. The iron touched Me upon the arm, and he smoke of burning flesh was seen by those n the opposite shore ; the ,pain almost &used me to faint. Then I heard a mighty ry of hundreds 'of voices welled into one. t was a cry of threat to Charles and a com- mand to Guise to spare their countryman. Again was the iron about to be applied, hen suddenly the lieutenant below inter- ered. A white flag was being waved from window in the house of Guise, and in the treats of Metz coming at a mad pace te- ar& us, was a -mounted courier. Seed the rider reached the church and resented his message. It agreed that up - n Marignano rescinding hie orders regard - g Me, Guise would free mademoiselle from ar of torture. But nothing was said regarding setting &demoiselle at liberty, and I was for in - sting that Marignano keep the terms of is meseage till Guise would grant her ardon, but the pain caused me to faint and was carried back to the prison of Thion- Ile. When I woke I found the marquis -4 beeide e, and a saddle horse at the door. " It is for you," said the marquis, point - g to the waiting animal. " My men are to cort you back within your lines." I looked at him in wonder. " Strange things have taken place since u lay here this afternoon," said the mar - is. " The infidel Solymon heard we had ken the treasure casket, and as Guise has t paid for it, he has threatened that if it not returned -to him he will comtnence e ravages in Hunganyn the emperor, not inking it worth the bloodshed, has agreed return it as soon as we learn ice where - outs from mademoiselle. We will give bert something in ite place. " We have informed Guise of this, and he content to have the casket returned to ly mon ; he then agreed to exchange demoiselle for you. Alit, come, we are to eet at the bridge." Into the saddle I was helped, while a oper held me along the journey to the dge, as I lacked the strength. There I t a cortege escorted by my brother Raoul. the moonligl t I could see the pale face d the great brilliant eyes of the beautiful upant of the vehicle they were escorting I thought the face bad a happy look. Mademoiselle," I said- as I ben t over —my brother had drawn his men ahead a moment with a knowing glance, and of Marignano's men held me to prevene sinking to the ground—" mademoieelle y I hope that you will wish me tO n you some time when the war is over ?" &demoiselle broughi, her face quite close mine and said : I will wait for you, monsieur ; I will t and—yes ; I will expect you." nd it was partly ,because her face was so e to mine, partly because I °cull not it, partly, too—well, perhaps because expected it, that—well, I kissed made - a 0 a in fe ei vi in es yo qu ta no be hi th to ab Al is So tro bri me In an occ and her for one my ma up° - to di wai A elos help she mole elle full upon the lips, I have only one arm now that I can uite with freedom. The other is ecorched and almost useless. Oae arm ? Nay, I have three ; for I now haVe both the arms of mademoiselle and they are as much mine as the one which I have partly loan THE END. • PALE AND DEJECTED. The Tr3ring Condition of Many Women Subject Lb Headaches, Dizziness, and Heart Palpitation. They grow discouraged and Prematurely Old. From the Review, Windsor, Ont. "Dr. Williams' Pink Pills is the only medicine that ever love me any real bene- fit," said Mre. R- K. Hard', a well.known resident of WindsPe, to a representative of the Review recentli. " I do not know ex- actly what my trouble was ; doctors seemed unable to tell me, though I thought myself it was consumption. had a constant rack- -ing cough, and a constant feeling of languid- ness. My blood seenied to have turned to water, and I was very, pale. I had a feeling in my chest as though some foreign sub- stance was lodged there, The ergnnese noise made me nervous ; I was dejected all the time and could scarcely no any household' work. I tried medicines. but they did no help me in the least. Doctors did not seem able to help me or tell ree what ailed me, although their bills increan. ed with alarming rapidity. I grew BO weak, and so despondent that linally I decided to take a trip to Colorado to see if a change of climate would benefit me. While contem. plating this tripe! read in a paper one day the teetimonial of a person whose synenteenn were &Intent identical with my own, who was cured by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. L decided to give them a trial, and purchased a box. When that box was done I got an- other, and found gradually that the pill, were helping me. The trip to Colorado. was abandoned, and I continued using the pills until I had taken eight or nine boxee, when I felt like anealtogether different per- son. From a pale, thin listless person, I became the pieta:ire of 'health, and felt it too. It is several years since I used tiles pills, and I have not had any return of the trouble. I am positive Dr. Williams' Pink Pills sieved me from an early grave, and I cannot recommend them too highly to theme - who are afflicted as I was." It is the mission of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills to make rich, red blood, nourish the, nerves, tissues and various organs of the body, and thus by reaching the root of the trouble drive disease from the system. Other medicines act only on the symptoms of the disease, and when such medicines are die - continued, the trouble returns—often in an aggravated form. If you want health and, strength, be sure the full name, " Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills for Pale People," is on the - wrapper around each box. If your dealer dees not supply you they will be sent post paid, at 50 cents a box, or six boxes for $2.50, by addressing the Dr. Wilhelm' Medi- cine Co., Brockville, Ont. Some Things Worth Knowing. —Old-fashioned Paisley 'shawls are much, in request for making into opera cloaks; The pattern is added to or outlined in velvet, gold cord and lace. The effect it, very pieturesque. — Avoid sleeping in an undergarment that has been worn during the day. If the change froth woollen underwear to cotton night dress produces a chilly sensation then provide one of soft, light flannel. — It is stra.nge what a small nibble a - woman will take out of a piece of cake wben her lover is looking. But with what alacrity she can get fifteen elothes pegs in her mouth onwashing day, when she is in a hurry and wants to go out in the after- noon. —A watch should be cleaned every two - years or so. Anyone having the misfortune to drop his watch into water, etc., should take it at once to a watchmaker to have it taken to pieces and cleaned, for a delay of even an hour might epoil the watch for- ever. — Lemonade made from the juice of a lemon is one of the best and safest drinks - for any person whether in health or not. It is euitable for all stomach niseases ex- cellent in sickness, in cases of jaundice, gravel, liver complaint, inflammation of the bowels and fevers. —Indigestion is reaponsible for more skin eruptions, pimples, and sallowness and pastiness of the complexion than is -ever- imagined. Until it is cured there is little - hope of the blemishes disappearing Alh diet should be very light, and until the symptoms have begun to disappear it must - be taken in email nuantities only. —Many women suffer a martyrdoen dur- ing their summer trips to the seaside owing to sunburnt faces. Some people burn red, others brown. Timely precautions may be taken which will ward off to a great extent the pain of sunburn and uncomfortable dry- -ness that the skin experiences when it be- gins to peeI. Buttermilk is a good thing t� uee, and the juice of cucumbers is a time- honoured remedy. It is a good plan to rub the face with slices of cucumber, err to bathe - the face in milk into which some cucumber juice has been squeezed. —Many people are troubled by, the wax in the ear becoming hard and so causing temporary deafness and difficulty of hear- ing. Cold often produces this minor ill, while sometimes it is constitutional. In, slight casee one can cure oneself. Drop a. little warm salad oil into the ear, lying on one side to let it soak it. Repeat this two or three nights, and then syringe the ear - with lukesvarm water in whicha little soap - has been dissolved. After the syringing be - careful to put a piece of cotton wool in the ear. especially when you go outside, as the syringing Makes the ear sensitive, and liable to fresh cold just at first. • What Causes Pain ? ,Most pains and aches come from excess of mit:- acid poisons M e bleed, due to deranged kidneys, , rheumatism, bapkache, ilum hag°. pal is la tbe sides and limbs, trodowpar by bladder and urinaw tro Wes, are warninge too se tow ard painful to be neglected. Dr. Chaie's Kidney -Liver Pilissct direct- ly Gni E peel fleally on the kid; eys make them active, viz./taus and thorouzhiy cure there ailments. One 25 cent box of tbis Kidney medicine will do you a world of good. Tips On The Armies. The Britith soldier receives& shilling a day„ the United States soldier the equivalent of le 9d. The American soldier has better ra- thins, but Tommy Atkins has a more liberal, allowance for clothing. In other respects the conditions are about the same, except that the British government pays pensions only to those who are entirely disabled by wounds or sicknese. With all her wars the pension list of Great Britain is not one- fourth as large as that of the liaised States - The annual apnropriation of congress for pensions would Support the whole British, army. One sees retired soldiers employed in vari- ous! capacities. They are given preference in business houses. They are used by the, district messenger. companies and receive certain privileges and consideratione from. police and municipal authotities that are not granted to ordinary people. It is common for bank meseengers, janitors of buildings,. private watchmen, and other men engaged in light employment to wear military medals of honor, which are alwa.yrs accepted as good recommendation. You see news stands= and fruit stands at the street corners and ire the parks attended by men with similar dee- orationo, or with empty coat sleeves, an& such privileges are esteemed of very great- - value. • Nothing Hunts Out Corns Like tight bootie Nothing removes cornin with such certainty as Putnam's Painless - Corn Extractor. Beware of poisonous sub- stitutes. Ask for and get Putnam's Painless, Corn Extractor at druggiets. For if you get- it—you've got a dead sure thing. All drug- gists sell it or by mail post paid on receipt of twenty-five cents. N. C. Poison & Kingston, Ont. • —An old couple were walking down the- - street the other day reading signs, when they ran across one which the old man read thus : " Johnston's shirt store." " Well, I declare !" exclaimed the old lady, " wonder how he tore it 1" —" You speak with great positiveness about the sincerity of your friend's religion.' " There can be no doubt whatever of hire sineerity," was the answer. " Why, sir, that Man would rether go to church on Sun- day than go cycling." —" Oh, Tom," exclaimed the bride of DIE MOUthO, ',Eat do you think ? Mother says she wants her body cremated.", " She does, eh ?" said the husband ; " well tell - her to get ready and I'll take her over to. the crematory the first thing in the morn- jag.n BUS,* the higleest; *VP their hotesehoI eeetter hew' ri4 e brought uj na to their never go tie thern—th4 .res for sale all Japaries - all eve ,einbr°1' 'der their gar Ars vary seonomica .40 _Moab planning, loops over, Nerve P4lion's Nervilin old spasms, Ne 41arrhoisa, cholera, 4se oures headache, ',abet - lumbago:, cote sprains, bru line is the he ally costs 25 el , store, Seisfor Res The moirient you rub the eyes tha -thron ; 'also it is ti lilt when you beco -no distinguish. 0 aalsat spplioation f *sr so that on a on the light of wow directly in * ow, the bette ,..stenes from above .414 shoulder. To _es s scant itains and confuses: t Cure a Co Take Laxative druggute refun „sre, E. w. ogill box. *Chicago Servs , When the lieu. /rem the gayety of =their domestic char their servant els h .0 Union, Help. 0 300 members the work of pros* rt is expected tha operation with* The rides for the Awl of their mistres Aoeted by the mem slid this is to he th " Rule L—Work S30 tn,, and slial in& dishes are was hours each afternoo ins twice it week sh tics AS their own, " Rule II —Ther en the part ot the tbe part of the do -of friends in limited quohibited, provide ..her own refreshmen " Rule IIL—Gen ;'he barred from the Menihers of the fam not interrupt the co int said visit. 44 Rule IV.—Doin =such hours off on M -them to visit the ha stores and enjoy o .privilegss enjoyed h tighters, *Rule V.—All to the business age's ',question of wages sh - time AA employment, be allowed." Sci kis not Mare than hal elms considered a swgi ,t1pente*nd pain al the It nth* out of date el Meet, It o nel a,rui e -disease which far root ...enamor) of Dt. .$1coptteal, tut for propf'} sitousaacis °ages thit ..eas preparati _Piga Live Fo 'The Several weeks ago, . and Oil Company oh farm of Adolphus F, county, a twelve inc .left exposed. Four wandering about' itt 'found the opening a irate with the run bottom ; the hott where the quicksan small space 45 feet two of the -young po .flunith. Mr. Fox h tit* yet he droppe *very day because h grunting- Art effort fp which resulted leas enlarged and s !rope Joe Fox Witi lo Were brought to th thein were dead, t -rumored strength an CONGRAT DISCO 'The Famous D have Won Fu H Beteeitnetna Oot., Williani Widdicom *Hamilton, is a delig lie writes " I n: late the discoverer -0o the wonderful nie " have 'been in i year, and of late un Work, suffering with and loins. I Wa3 fe unable 'to walk, a Army, " My family phy Ine, pronouncing in I rapidly grew wort spaded by several fri 457 Pelle, and did so Zan, and thanks to IteVer felt better in The Study Children live in t look forward or bee sally charaoteristic realize this ; it will. assideavore to undere Ifugo, who has depi tragic teelees that world, and painted lead women suffer Vasitively that there selsary of children. tree, for the joys an tit their, whole mind Asiteam intense as We eartnot say more brains, Children's id Sind ways, are not, studied. We do struggle that the tin -.bow it strives to g its reach, and puzz Setnprehend what g d. It ia a great en do not thin nk and reuon more than we and trust beautiful thing