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SLAIN BY THE DOONE'S, CHAITEU VI. The aound of th woods was with me now, both night and day. to dwell upon. Exmoor In general is >>are of trees. thuugb It hath the name of forest; bill to tbo shelter, where the wind Mien over re many thick place* full >( shade. For ber the tree* and bunhe.s thrive, to copious with rich moisture that, from tbn bills on the opposite side, no eye may pick IH>!<M in th-i umbrage; neither may afoot that gets amid them N- sure of tr'tlng out again. And now wa.s I he fullest and heaviest .imv for tlie sum- mer hs.l been a wet one. after winter tint went to our lionw ; and the leaven were at their darkest tone without anv sense of autumn. As one, stood Ix-tic.th an'! wondered t their countless iniilti tudc a quirk breathing p.is.-"d am..n.' them, not enough to make them n Inn teeming rather as if they wished. and yet were li.lf ahamed to sigh And this was very sad for <.ne whose. spring <Hnnt only onre for all On night toward the end of August I wai lying awake thinking of the I'M' pier I une. wondering what the end would he for now we had very lit 1 1" money left and I would rather starve than die In debt -when I heard our ft tage dwr smashed in ami the sound of horrible voices. The roar of a gun rang up tho stairs and the crash of some ..ne falling and the smoke came through my l.'lroorn dKir and I lien wailing noted with curses "Out of the way. old hag I" I lie.ird. and then another shriek, and then I stood upon the stairs and looked down at them. The moon was shining through the shattered door and the bodies and legs uf men went to and fro like branches in a tempest. Nobody eemed to not ire me. although I had east over my night drww having no more sense in the terror a long silver coat of some animal shot by my father In his wanderings, and the light upon the stairs glistened round it. Having no limn to think I was turning to fle*i and jump out of my bedroom window. fur nl,.. i, I had made some nn.ing<'- menK ITL, iding to the wisdom of I h councilor when the flash of some light or the strain f my eyes showed me the body i>t I homaii I'ring. our faithful old retainer, hing at the foot of the broken door and i--i,h- n hut good wife. creep- Ing up to give him the last embrace of death. And lately she bad been crews to him. At the sight of this my terror fled and I oared not what Iwcaine of me. Duckling the white. t-km lound my waul I went down the stairs as Me .id ily u if il were breakfast time and aid: "llrulesl murderers I (cowards I you have Mam tuy lather I Now slay me I" Ktei> one ol th'iie wicked men stood up and ftud bis eyes on inc. and if it bad hern a time In laugh their ain.i/e- u. in: nrnni line iieeu luuguvd at. boiiii! of them toon iue for a nu.rit aa I waa told long afterward and rightly riMtugb their evil hearts were iliurk with .In-. i.l ..I judgment. Uul even so, to scare them long in their coiiirinplu- 'U , HD II. 3, vein was beyond the power ol uciiwu itself'; and wln-n one of my long tresses lull, to my great vexation. dona uiv breast. a shucking sneer aroae. an. I woidx unfit fur a maiden's ear ell- BU.c.1 "Nun.' of th.it ! This is no farmhouse IL but .t U'ljr of birth and IT ..... I ing. She shall lie our Queen instead of th ..... i.- Unit hath lieeu (ilche.il away. Sylvia, t hoii shall ooine, with me." 'I In- in. in who .-poke with this mighty voice waa u terror to the olhein. im they tell away liefore him. and he \\.is the biggest moruler there Carver Donne. who-- name lui in.iiiv a^eiieru- tion shall be u-scd to frighten uniuly babe* lo lied. And mm .i.s he strode up to me and lw>wcd-to nhuw some bleed ing -I iloij.t if the in. H. n. in all her rounds ..f earth and sky utid therealm-i below fell ever upon another face so cold repul ivc. i u Hi U*as. l.i lielong to him. to ft-el In- lips, to I. HI li him ilb au> thing l.nl .1 d*C(*rl Suddenly I saw my fat tier's swmd h.ing- mg under s IHV mi in ill sf.ibl.anl With a quick spring I wi/.cd it, ami l< -aping up the stairs, h.id the long blade cL-am Hit in I he moonlight . The .-I U \\oidd not h.ild tn.i people al !-,-t and the -Ii.i4 tseie i- -I..-.' i- n.uiow. I l.io.i.'ht the point iluv. n il. with the lull agon ' my nrvasl. and ll..ie w.s no UK. in for imollier blade, to suing anil Strike it up. "l*t her ul. ne'" -nl Cuver Doone, MI' I. a '.mile upon ln .'..Id and corns* lik.' la..' "My .-"N-. let the lady have her lime. She Is woilhy to be the mo t h. i of many a fiife D....MC ' 'III.' young men l*v m to lounge about in i iniiiiiei iiio.i |.i... .^l.inn. i if I bid 1. 1 : i. mi their minds altogether ; and 1.1.111" .if them went l.i I he kil< hen for vii-iinls, and gniiiilded .1 our fare I'V the light ill i iinli'lll winch Ihev III.) I. ion I upon a shelf Hut I Mood at my Hh mv be. u i lie.il mg nn Unit Hie lung swuiil ijuivereil like a candle > mv life ihev might roh me, but of my lion. H never I "lie, lilt I'll! lll.ll.len ' \\lio I, I'll evi-l <-.',, the like r \\liv even 1 .01 nil liiih mil -ii.'b . 'srver l)oone eame in the foot of thi stnlM ind ! I Lnh.'d I he I intern si me. and. think'ng (hit he me m' I , in. ike a in 1 fti it I tiitu~! my weapon forward ;but at the. vim- moment a jiie.il p.ir of ai int was thrown H.MIII I me (mm Ite- bind bv soine \illain w ho must have rated my cbaininT windou. anil bnek- wanl 1 lell, with no --MKO "f power left When my shattered wits e.une hark I fe|t tli-it I was Ix'ing shaken UP and down without any judgment up- I on tbe open sea. Hut presently I smelted the M hole- some smell which a horse nf all animals nlnne possesses, though some) lines a cow Is almost a,s ,."10.1, and then I felt a mane loming into my hair, and there was the soiin.! , fe*it moving ju-t under me, with a rise and fall and swing alter- nate, nnd a sense of going forward. I was on I he back of a great strong horse, and be was oheying the commands of man. Gradually I liegan to think, and understood my awful olight Tho Doones were taking me to Duone filen to I* -om cut-throat's light -of-love ; perhaps to lie passed from brute tn brute me yl I o .m f th r s darling, a pr. ad ami dainty and -lat.-U maiden of as fir\ birth as nny in this Knglish lenlm. M\ heart liroke down is I thought of thit ml nil dl-cret ion vanished. Though my hands wen- lied my throat was free, and I sent fori h .such a scream of woe tlril tbe many winding vale of I.ynn with -ill it- wild waters could not drown nor with all its dumb foliagn smother it; and the long wall rang from crag to crag, aa the, wrongs of men echo unto Hie ears of Odd. "VaUnt damsel, what a voice tbou l.i- 1 ' \L'ain and again let it strike, the skies With hem we are at pe.-i.v. lieing persecuted here according to the doom of all good men And yet I am loath to have that fair throat strained It was Carver Doone who led my horse; and his horrible visage glared in- to mv eyes through the strange, wan huh: that flows between the departure i of the -inking in. -on and the flutter of the ' morning when it cannot -.- its way. ' trove to look at him ; but my scared eyes fell, and he bound his rank glove across my poor lips. "l#.t it be so." 1 I thought, "I can do no more." Then when mv heart was qlute gone In despair, and all trouble shrank into a , trifle. I heard a loud .shout and the, trample of feet and the rattle of arms, and the clash of hot. si-s font riving to Iwi-t mvself a little 1 saw that the band of I he DoneM were mounting a saddle hacked bridge in s deep wooden glen with a roaring water under them On the, crown of tbe bridge s vast man I .-lood. such as I iiad never descried >- | fore, tearing nn armer that I could see ( Lilt wearing s farmer's hat and rai.Miik' a staff like the stem of a young oak tree. He was striking at no one. but Having with his staff, as if il were s wil- low in the morning breeze. "Down with him! Hide him down!, Send a bullet through him!" several of the Doones called out, but no one show- ed any hurry to do it. It seemed as if they knew him and feared his mighty strength, and their guns were now slung behind I heir hacks on account of the roiiirhripsfl of the way. "Charlie, you are not afraid of him." I heard that crafty Carver say to the tallest of his villains, and a very hand- j some young man he was. "If the girl were not on my horse 1 would do it Hide over him and you .shall have my prixc when I am tired of her." I felt the fire coining into my eves, to be spoken of so by a Tiriite ; and then I saw Charlie Donne, spur up the bridge leaning- forward, and swinging a long blade round his head. "Down with I her. clod!" he shouted; and he showed such -tien.-th ind fury that f^ scarce looked at tho farmer. ; dreading to nee his great head fly away. Hut just as the horse rushed at him. he leaned aside wilh wonderful nimhlenmw. in I the) rider's sword was dished out of his grasp, and down be went over the buck <if the saddle, and his long legs spun up in the air as a juggler tosses a t w'o-pronged fork. "Vow for another!" the farmer cried, and his deep vnice rang above the roar of I.ynn : "or twi> at onoe if it suits you better. T will teach you to carry off women, you Hniml" Hut tbe outlaws would not try an- other charge. On a word from their leader thev all dismounted, and -were bringing their long guns to hear, and I heard the click of I heir flints as t bey fixed the trigger. Carver Iloone. grind- ing his PIIOI minis teeth, stood at the head of my hnrse. who was lashing nnd plunging, so that 1 must have lippn flung if anv of the straps had given wnv In terror of the gun flash I shut rny eves, for if Iliad seen that brave man killed il would have l>een Ihe death of mo as well Then I fell mv horse tread- ing on somolhinor soft. Carver Doone was beneath his feet and an awfulcuise came from the earth. "Have, no fear!" naid the sweetest voice that ever came into the ears of despair "Sylvia, none cnn harm vmi now. l,ie (till, and let this protect v.-ur fare." I "How cnn I help Ivlng still t" I ssid, * a soft cloak was thrown over me. and In less than a moment my horse waa rushing through branches and brush- wooil I hit swept hi- ears \l his side was another horse, and mv bridle rein was held liv a mm who stunned over hi-< nock ill sib-Hi e Thoiiuli hi f.l-cwi- out of night I knew that Anthony Purvis was lending me. There was no possibility of (peaking now. but nfler a tumuli nf speed v\ e came to an oiien glade where the tree* fell beak, nnd ,1 Kentle brook was gurg- ling. Then ('it. t I'nivi- cut mv Imnds .11 I lifting mi- down verv softlv. el me upon a bani ..i m..-s fm mv llmVs would not support mn; .ind I lav there u. '" do 'in i ' hilH' hut weep \V|n-n I returned to myself th sun was Just looking over a wooded cliff, and Anthony holding a horn of water 'and wi'h water on his cheeks, w i- te girding me "Did vmi leave that brave man to hp , shut f I with coldness, aa he must have thought although I knew better when be was gone this man my honored hus- band now. who bath restored me to mv father's place, when Kings had no gratitude or justice. Sir \nthony I'ur- vis, as now bo is, had dwelled in a hovel an. | lived on acraps to guard the forsaken orphan who had won and shall ever retain his love. (THE KND.) " lit Lord Killeen's Revenge. Iv and the moon was dancing in in\ .>.-. through a mitt of t.-ut. half Minding I rernember how hard I tried to i/"t mv fingers up to \N i|x' mv so 11 to ulifriin -Line knoivledRe. Imt Jerk, snd bump, and helpless wonder were til that I oould gel or lake; for my hand* were itranpad and my feet likewise, and laeemnd like a wave going asked, as if that wore all my gratitii li- ' I am not so had a that," he answer- ed without mv auger, for he saw that f was not in leison vet " \t sight of my men. although we were hut five in nil the robbers fled, thinking the. regi- ment was there, tint it i.s Hod's Imth that I thought little of anyone's peril compared with thine Hut I here nefd lie no fear for John Oldd : Hie llooiies are mighty afraid of him since he their culverin through their door." "Was that the .fohn Ridd I have heard so much oft Surely I might line known it hut mv wits wereshak en out of me " "Y<w. that wu.s the might v man of Fmoor. to whom tbou nwe,t n- :, than life." In horror of what, f hsd so narrow I v escaped I fell upon mv knens and dunked l.he lord, and than I went nhvly to the Captain's side and said "1 am -i-b. lined to look at tliee. \' oul Anthony I'mxi- where should I | lie ? Speak if no .lohn Hidd lo me" I'oi tin- m in \vhoin I had cast forth. CHAPTER I. "Marry himt why did I marry him? Oh. well." aaid she. with a little light laugh, "that's just it. you see. I wlnh I could tell you. I really do. But the fact it I don't know myself." She stopped, as if she bad said all there was to he aaid. and dropped anoth- er lump of sugar into the little delicate eggshell cup before her. '"Money is a power," remarked her cousin, sententiously. "And be U poeutessed of it? Yesj " she paused again, and then looked up with one of her brilliant smiles. "There is something in that 1 dare say," she said airily. "I must always think, that anything so unauited as" "Aa be U to met That's so. cer- tainly." interrupted Mrs. Uundas. com- placently. "As you arc to him I WM going to say." went on her oooaiu. with a calm glance. "Were you! You should show more speed." She smiled again, and turned her lovely face full upon Constantia. That the girl regarded her with dia- truat and suspicion she knew, but the knowledge cost her nothing. A good many people regarded her in the same light. There waa amusement to be got out of it always, and sometime* a lit- tle revenge, which lo women U often sweet. "And so you think Mr. Dun- daa too good for me I" she said, lean- ing forward and fixing her great vel- vety eyes on Constantia. "That does not matter and I did not say so. What really surprises us all. is. that you did not marry Lord Varley." "lord Varley I" Mra. Dundu for quite half a minute regarded Con- stantia with s settled attention, over the head of the Maltese terrier lying upon her lap. Having satisfied herself, she went on. "Obi" she said, with the air of one who baa solved some troulde- oome. puzzle "I hardly understood you. He waa not Lord Varley then when I knew him. you must rememlier." "When you were engaged to him." "At that time yes." A little gleam shot from her dark ryes. She had given C<>"st\ntia plainly to under- stand that she had forgotten all about loi.l Varley, even to his right aigni- >n now. lnch. indeed, had not lieen the .sune in those old far-off d.ivs when she bad lieen considerably more lo him than she is in the present. Her answer had lieen slow, Imt surely full of meaning. And yet the girl would not understand I "He w.is only Mr. Grande then." she continued, in a per- fect Iv even tone. Must that lie rememlieredf la it part of il f" asked Constantia. with a little grave glance that sat rather fun- nily upon her mobile features. "Well, even so. we had all so entirely made up our minds to your marriage with Frederic Grande, thai we could scan-ely helieve it true whun we heard that the engagement had come to an end " ' i es. it came to an end," said Mrs. Dundas. "More sugar 1 You look as if you wanted ,simet hing." "So I do an answei to my question. Tell me. Donna. *why you and Frederic Mid good-live to each other forever." "Not forever. I hope. He is in the neigh I air hood, you tell me " She laugh- ed a little here, and pulled out a bit of rare laon that hung round hei -!<e\c. with a slow, graceful gesture. Her long lashes lay upon her cheeks , it would hnve lieen impossible for Con- stantia to urn her eyes. Kven if she had done an. ihn would not have under- stood the cu i ius eipression thai l-i'u-h.- iM.ed them. ."You asked me why w I n ted." ah* said, after s hc-i'stioo that was hardly remarknlde. "Is i poviilde to reroemlx-r. I wonder f It -.cms only a thing of yesterday, that lit lie affair; yet I can not recall it. We parted "she pause-d "brcaiwe chiefly. I think, liecause of what the vulgar would term jealousy. On bis part, you will understand Us was al- wavs a trifle difficult, that poor Fred- eric I There was a wretched little Italian prince, and there were his pres- ents ch<ioolat in elaU>rate bo\es or were they pearls f one forgets. At all events, after them came the deluge for 1'ie.liMic ^ on put me through my paces, so I feel inniml to recollect if it \vein pe.irls of eel meats Hut ie.il I v il tries me; it is so long ago." "I/et us say pearls," sai-l Conatsntia, diylr. ' l<y all means. If you think It fits nioi-.. neatly, and gives better cause for the rupture A rupture it was. with a vengeance.. He hns a vilo temper, that dear Frederic. Hut, fortunately, mine is good. I bore admirably with his rav- ings and rcpriMch.es. that were all about nothing, wben one comc.s to look into it. I expect I am well out of it. though I really do think, if It had not heen for that Cennan Count. I should be I.ady Varley now." " The Italian prince, you mean " "Ah. true. It's quite all the snme thing. Certainly it was .some one And MI he i< in the neighborhood I And his wifet Of what texture is .she f Fiiwf" "Superfine," said Con-t.intia, warm- ly. " You would be as good as a hook if you did n't require to bo QMstloo*d. H ilad Mr. Dunda* frivolously "Super- fine, you say. Inside or out f" "Holh. As regards her soul, beyond all doubt ; though I will admit that her face is not o assured. To me to many she I* as beautiful as a saint ; to you ' "And M-rli as me. she may be as uirly as the devi! ' !< that whnt you would ronvevl' :i In- In. -kin her rhair and muled m s liiiht. .imu-i .1 fashion " V* hat are you smiimg at t" asked "A saint, I said." " That niake.s it all the more laugh- able. At Lord Varley and his saint, then. If you will." " Traveling has not Unproved you, I Donna." said her cousin, coldly, after a few moments' observation. No f You think not f Yet manv peo- le have told me otherwise." said Mrs. undaa, amiably. She Ia7 back in her rhair again, and |.ike-l out of the window. The sunset was glorious, and some of its crimson rays entered tbe room and fell as if in love with her around her chair. It was as old-fashioned an affair as comfort of the rneMt modern order would permit, and it suited her to perfection as she lounged in it. in all the easy insolence of a beauty that admitted of no ques- tion. She was a tall woman, but so exqui- sitely formed as to make her height forgot ten Her svelte, lithe fijrure was yet full, and she tapered toward all her points. Her hands, her head, her feet- all were_small. Her bair was red. Not auburn, or chestnut, or blonde cerdre. as our French neighbors so kindly have it. but red, pure and simple She and her maid (w ho was an invaluable, person an^ who adored her) had rendered it darker by a tone or two by means of numerous WILL CURE CONSUMPTION THE DREAM Of A DOCTOR'S LIFB ABOUT TO BE FULFILLED. A > " 1 ork <irl,,r m . ll Ik* tSel- e Tksl Will Kl<h Ike Irra4 Ul>r WkalBlcSajr* Alx.mil. Not for many years has the medical ery as it is interested to-day in what is now known among tbe profession aa "Mitchell's Fluid." says the New York Journal. Its scope is ambitious and its claim apparently well founded. Wherever medicine U practiced, phy- sicians have been deeply interested in i hi- mixture, which, it is believed, will cure '-on-umpt ion. and will prove a most valuable aid in the treatment of specific dl-e;i_-e. And while t V world is discussing this new discovery. Dr. Mitchell talks freely of the "mixture," as be carelessly calls it, and visits and receives his patients as be bsa done, for years. He goes on experimenting, for he is not satisfied dying sunlight glittered upon it. play- mg hide and seek between her brow and Ler ear. i making a discovery which may be the means of blotting out a hideous dis- angel. Mrs. bundas herwlf was remarkably like an angel, with her . a dazzling white. Her mouth interfered a little with th<- ! To do this is the dream of the ; life. An be emptied a small quantity | o ( iodides into a phial containing s !U amount of hi. own famous mix- | tore, and watched the chemical opera- ui, n by which the yellow fluid, was Uqmd - to iu-t a trifle cruel. Yet it was good- natured, too. That she felt little, cared | little, would endure little, throughout i her earthly pilgrimage wa written in | clear letters upon her unruffled brow. She laid her delicate, much-beringed hand upon her beautiful bosom now, and coughed faintly. This broke tbe spell ' of .silence. Perhaps she had broken it purposely with a view to asking another question or two of her guest and cousin : but If so, Constantia thwarted her. al- beit unconsciously. "You have told me. nothing yet about Mr pundas." she said. "Why should It You have met him doubtless judged, and favorably, too." Them is not an atom of rancor about this speech "You remember you gave him the p.ilm when comparing him with met Let us. therefore, skip the old boy and go on to something more interest- ing." She gave s little pull to her ex- qui-ite tea-gown of lace and satin as she said this, as well as a smart slap to her terrier, who was growing trouble- some, snd unfurled her fan. "About the countrv for example." she said. (To Be Continued.) DODGES OF DEBTORS. Srkrniei *r Ike )ms*raai*M> rr I'm IMC OTkalTk'T Mwe. There are certain forms well known tolbe impecunious, which t rauesineii are in the b.ilut of affixing to their bills, snd which range from tbe mildly ap- pli.-atory to tbe sternly peremptory. When these come to an end, and the .Id. toi shows no inclination to pay, re- course u often bad tu tbe professional del>t -collector. As might lie expected, the dodges re- sorted to by people who either can't or won't pay are curious, but it is fre- quently a case of diamond rut diamond, and the counter devices of tho process- server, or bailiff, are fully as ingenious. I oi in- 1 nice, mi one occa-sion an ob- stinate del it or had so securely barri- caded himself m the KnglUhiuan's pro- i ei '.ill castle, and was .so wary about promiscuous strangers, that he liaffled the luiliif- for a long time. One day, however, a railway porter linuight to tbe doorstep a Urge hamper with sug- gpMive foai h !- pi.nrudiiK from under I he lid. As the U- iter of provisions to the liele.igiierpd k 1 11111.111 he wa-s made heartily welcome. l>ut no sooner in-ide the fleet than he threw off his peaceful character and revealed bun-elf a.s the bailiff. Another delitor hap|iened tn have his house in a private road, and when the distress vans for removing the furni- ture loomed in sight he successfully ap- iiealcd to the ground landlord to assert Ins right of way. and so gol off. as tbe \ehides were forliidden to approach within 300 yards of hi- house II must be rather embarrassing to have men in ixM.ses.sion ol one's home when a big dinner party or dance is pending, luit thai bus ere this happened In "smart" lull impecunious folk. On occasion the bailiffs have acted as wait- ers snd men servants generally. A Color Test on a Large Scale. A color test on a large scale occurred recently near Ueseke, Cormany The Volmed. the Wai. I. nnd the lleder are three hrouka which have their source near Urscke. and according to I radii ion their waters had sul'terranean connec- tion with the Mine, a mountain stream whine lied is some five miles distant. Millers located on the lower Mine duiii|.ed refuse in certain eddies of the upper (Million of the stream, and the mil lets on tho Voimedc. the \\aid and I the lleder claimed that in doing this the water supply of the 1st lor si reams was materially diminished To deter- mine t lie connection. nUiiit four pounds of potassium fluoie.s.-innlp. was dumped into one of the eddies five mile-* from I lie s.mice of t lie lleder. This suli- -t nice i.s mat \ello.i-U [oweiful and a solution font iiimik: cue part m 10.000.- 000 shows a distinct fluorescence in transmitted light. TwonU five hours Isler the lleder t.s.k on a beautiful dark green color, showing conclusive- ly the conned ion l-tween the twn si teams An exis'timenl at another point showed with equal clcaiiic-s that iheie wa.s i sul.lerrannan connection 's'twecn I he Mine and tho Uai.l and 1 he Volmede. though in tins i-AJM- forty- font hours elapsed Ivlwern the de- positing of the dye-tuff in the Aline and the ap|H'-irance of the coloration in I h other .-i K-HIIIS About (he only monument of the Ho mnn dominion m I >'M I- llic forties* of llahyl.iii, at old Cairo, is being torn down lo make way (or modern build- ings THINKS HE HAS IT. "1 don't want to be too sanguine, but i honestly lie lie ve that before many months I will have so far advanced in my researches that something very like that red fluid you see there will do much to lessen tbe misery of this un- happy world of oura. 1 hope so, any- how." "Phthisis." said tbe doctor, "is con- sumption, or tulwrculaeis it's all the same and the fluid which 1 claim cures tbe disease U a chemical combination of toe hologen. qr holoid ^r.-up of salts in solution, and the resultant fluid U what is now called by physicians 'Mit- chell's fluid.' This fluid is a pale yel- lowsomething like chartreuse. I'll show you a new brew." Tbe doctor brought /or Hi a large bottle, from which he poured into a glass a small quantity 01 the fluid. 'Now. this." be resumed, "has a hydrochloric acid re- action and a specific gravity of 10.22 to 10.25. 1 made my discovery after years of patient research and experiment. CURKD A CAHIII NX'LE. "I first used it in October. 1893, not for consumption, but for carbuncle Mr. S . thirty years old. came to me then as a patient. He bail on his neck a car- buncle J 1-J inched in diameter, greatly inflamed and swollen, leaving him total- ly incapable of exertion I applied the fluid with cotton, and in three days lie was able to resume work, and in two days more he was cured. "Do not make any mistake, now. in tin- fluid. I claim that it cures phthisis and heals the external evidences of specific disease. For the former it is taken internally, for the latter it Is ap- plied with cotton. 1 have yet to meet with a single failure in either disease. Sirue its discovery 1 have treated nine rsimi of consumption, and eight of tbe patients were women I he cases Mere, with one exception, far advanced, both lungs lieing affected. In each of the.se eight cases complete cures were effected in from four to six months. A young man. who had a large cavity in tbe mid- lobe of the right lung, was cured in three months. I now have five pati- ents, all men. under treatment of phth- isis, and in each case rapid progress is being made, so i feel much encouraged. HOW IT IS (JIVKN "The fluids are given internally, in doses of a drachm to a drachm and s half, four or five times a day. When taken on an empty stomach it is im- mediately alnorbrd and carried into the M-.il vessels and conveyed to the lung tissue. There it seems to act by desti.'\- in,' the lcilli and rendering them m- capalde, of furl tier increase. "In (tie treatment of sptx ific diseases having a contagious external eruption, such as ulcers, mucou- patches on tbe mouth and elsewhere, I have lieen uni- formly .-uc.-e-s.-ful I ue affected parts have twen treite.l liy an application of the fluid, and healing at ones? without difficulty lias been the reault. I 'leers of (be leg of a specific character, and ulcers dependent upi-n accident, which have lieen obstinate and difficult of cure, have healed very rapidly under a local application of i he fluid. I have treated over thirty cases snd have yet to record a failure. ITKKS orilKU \\.\S. "In the domain of gvneoology. or dis- eases of women. I h> fluid has lieen of iiio-i -icnal lei.e i I Ic T.II L ns an t in- flammation* have IMMMI promptly cured by local applications. In ulceralive ton- .-iblis. 01 old-fa-shli'iicd quinsy sore throat or putrid -oi> throat What you wi-h to call it t he symptoms have prompt I y siilwided after applicat :on w il li a brush. I use a common camel's hair ' MI-II winch I affix to a glass rod. I hn. you see., is perfectly antiseptic. An atomizer can lie used, but is not nearly so successful. "The formula of the fluid I am will- ing the whole woil.l should have, for there is nothing secret about it I am ecpariameaUaf constantly with.i mix- ture of iodide of pot :i ->i um and I he fluid. which 1 lheve will positively cure specific diseases." Britain v.he Great Sea Power. Hritain is the greatest power Ii0 the world to-day in a war which calls for limed liuhtiti* on sea and land. The I'nited States is not a great navsl power, snd by multiplying ships and enlisting sailors could not become great naval power Itrilam h.n a merchant marine manned hy the Wst -oi'ors in the world. There, are fishermen by thousrtn.ls in Ihe Maritime Province* and in New- foundland who would rally in the hour of liritain's danger. The 1'i.ited Stales has not the ships, .ml if SIM had the she his not the men. Mntain'S naval power will never go down before a i..ny ni.inne I hy sailor- of all nationa- 1'tics who cnli-t not because thay line t h sea. hut because (hey can get noth- ing better to do on land.