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Well, the words were hardly out of my mouth when his two comrades wheeled round and fired their pistols at us. I heard Deupiemze give a ternble cry, and at the mm- insmnt both Tremeau and I let drive At the same men. He fell forwud with his head: swinging on each side of his horse’s neck. Eh comrade lpurmd on to Tremeen, fibre in head, end I hand the crash which come- vhen e strong cut it met by e stronger pony. fiat-1m! ewn_ W‘LI never “Inca my head. but. Itonched Violette I bod known him for years as a. daring ofieer and an nnpriucipled meal. Indeed, then-em a. score between 39', for he had shot my friend, Trevilie, at. Warsaw, pull- in: his trigger, a some said. a. good second bofgrq the drop of the handkerchief. “On, an, my friends !” and away we flew, striking fire from the cobblestones of the little town. A gendarme tried to stop us,but his voice was drowned by our rattle end clatter. The houses and put. and we were out on the country road again, and with a clan twenty mile: between our- selvee and Paris. How could they escape us, with the fine-t horses in F rance behind them 3 N35 one of the three had turned a hsir, but Vlolotte was always A hand and shoulders to thevtront- She was golng within herself, too, and I knew by the spring of her that. I had only to let her stretch herself, sad the Emperor’s horses would see the color of her tail. “There they srs 2” cried Daspienne. "We have them !” growlrd Tremesu. “0n, comrsdeg on !” I shouted, once more. it. was easy enough to see from the way in which he gathered his legs for each spring then the centre horse was far the fresher of the three. And the rider sp- pegre‘i to be the leader of the party, for we conziunlly saw the glint» of hue face in the moonshine as he looked back :0 measure the distance besween us. A: fire: it. was only a glimmer. then i: was cut. across with s moustache. and at last when we began to feel their dust in our throats I could give a name to my man. we could use three eevnliers. lying low upon their horsus’ necks. Every instant they grew Inrger and clearer u we extinct} upon them. lcould see quite plainly that the two upon either side were wrapped in mantles nnd rode upon chestnut horses, whilst the ma‘n between them was dreSsed m seizes-etu- uniform and mounted upon a. guy. They were keeping nbreut, but “ Three riders 2” I gasped. “ Hsve they passed '3” “ I have just been watering their horses,” said he. “I should think theyâ€"” A long stretch of white road lay before nain the moonlight. Fag» sway down if. “Halt, Celene: do Montluc !” I shouted “Halt. in the Enpemr'a name 1” I did not wait to hear the end of the sentence Ives already cluttering down the stair. I am sure that five minutes had not pused before I wee galloping Violette out of the town with the bridle of one of the Emperor's own Arab chargers in either had. Tney Wished me to take three, but I should hove never dared to look my Violette in the face egain. feel that the :scle must have been superb when 1 dashed up to my comrades and pulled the horses on to their hounchee in the moon- light. “ No one has penned 2" “ No one.” “ Then they are on the Paris road. Quick ! Up end after them l” They did not take long. those good soldiers. In a flash they were upon the Emperor’s horses, and their own left muterlese by the roadside. Then away we went upon our long chase, I in the centre, De-pienne upon my right, end Tromeeu elittle behind, for he was the henvier man. Heavens, how we gnlloped! The twelve flying hoot's roared and roared along the hard, smooth road. Poplars end moon, black bars and silver strenks,‘ {or mile after mile our course lay along the ; some chequered truck, with our shadows; in front and our duet behind. We could ; hear the raping of bolts and the creaking ; of shutters from the cottages as we : thundered put them, but we were only , three dark blurs upon the road by the time Q thou the folk could look after us. It was 5 just striking midnight nswe raced into; Cor-hail; but on ostler with a bucket in! either hind was throwxng his black shadow } ncroee the golden in which was cast from l the o_pen door of the inn. “ They u'e gone," aid I, and in a few our! words 1 mid him what had happened. His face was calm, but Isaw the compasses quiver in his hand. " Yon mus: recover them, Gerard !” he cried. “ The destinies of my dynuty Are at stake, Not A moment is to be lost ! To horse, bit, to hone l" “ Who ore they, sire 2" “ I cannot ten. I run surrounded with trench. But they will uh: them toParia. To whom should they carry them but to the villain Talieymd 2 Yes, yes, they Ire on the Peri: road, and may yet be over- takw. With the three best mounts in my Iuaiee ondâ€"” “ You can leave us. Marshal,” said be, ad than, the insmn: that. the door was closes: “ What neya akgoy: the papers 2” “ You remain here,” said 1, to my com- rades. " 11' three horsemen p159 you, stop them at my hazard. The lady will descrxbe them to you. I will be with you frosontly." One shake of the bridle, and was flying into Fontainobleau as only Violette could. hnve curried me. At the peace I dung myself 03‘, rushed up the stars, brushed snide the laczeya who would hove stopped me, and puehed my way into the Emperor” a own 68b: net. He uni Mocdonuld were busy with pencil and compass over A chart. He looked up with an mgry iron at my sudden entry, but his {we changed colour when he saw that it“! I. STORIES 0F ADVENTURE. “Maximo," :aid 1. coldly. “when the Emperor did In tho honor to intrust as with this mission, he gnve me this nmethyst ring a a. token. I had not thought. that three honomble gentlemen would have needed Inch corroboration, but I can only confine your unworthy auspicxona by placing in in your hnnda.” I felt that lomething terrible had be- fnlien. “ Quick, mndame, quick !” I cried. “ Give us the papers 2” “ I have already given them.” “ Given them ! To whom 2” “ To three otfiuera.” " When 2" “ “'ithin the half-hour.” “ Where are they 2” “ God help me, I do not know. They stopped the berline, and I handed them «or to tnem without hesitation, thinking uh}: they had come from the Emperor.’ It wax; . :hundez-clap. But. those Are the mpmonts when 1 arm ac‘my finest. “Indeed, uodame,” said I. “Y on do u: lees then justice. The-e are the Colonel Deepieuo And Ceptain Tremeou. For my- self, my none is Brigadier Gerard; and I hove only to mention in to assure myone who has bend of me that " She heid it up in the light of the carriage imp, and the moat dreadful expression of grief and of horror contorted her fine. “it is his,” ahe acreamed,and then, “Oh, my God, what have I done 2 W but. have I done “Oh, you villuins !” ah: interrupted. ‘l’on think that becnuse I an only a. woman I an very «any to be hoodwinked ! You miunhie impacten !” I looked d Despienae, 'ho had turned white with nngemmd at Tremeau,who wu tugging us his moustache. EXPLOITS OF A BRIGADIER GENERAL. “Sire,” uid I, for I had had time for thought as well as be, “if your plans about. mesa papers have been carried to the can of your enemies, I trust that. you do not. think thus in m owing to any Indisqretion upgn “the put of myself or of my com- I had a safe pocket. on the inside of my tunicjust over my heart, where I Rep 511 few little things which were dear to me,:p1nd into this I thrust my precious roll. Then I sprang upon Violette, and was pushing forward to see what. had become of Tremeau. when I saw a horseman riding across the field 11: the distance. At the same instant I heard the sound of hoof: approaching me. and there in the moonlight was the Emperor upon his white charger, dressed 1n his grey overcoat. and his three-cornered hut, just, as‘ I had seen him so often upon the field of battle. “Well !” he cried. in the aharp,aerg-mnt- major way of his. “ Where are my papers 3” I spurred forwa:d and presented mam without I word. He broke the ribbon and ran his eyes rapidly over them. Then, as we sat, our homes head to tail, he threw his lei: arm across me with his hand upon my shoulder. Yes, my friends, simple as you see me, I have been embraced by my great master. “'l‘ut,”sa.ic| the Emperor. “We have got. the poor pawn, the hand which plays me game is still out of our reach.” He sat in ailenn' though: for a little, with his chin sunk upon his chest. “ Ah, Talleyrand, Talleyrand," I heard him mutter. “ If I had been in your place and you in mine, you would have crushed a viper when you held in under your heel. For five yeors I have known you for who: you are, and yet I have let. you live to aging me. Never mind, my brave.” be contmngd, turning to me, “there will come aday ox reckoning for everybody, and wheni arriveS. I promise you ulnt mrfrienda will be remembered as well u my eneuliesf” Violette her head, when suddenl7 1 saw something glimmering in a field by the roadside. It was the brasswork upon the chassenr hat which had flown from Mont~ iuc’s head ; and at the sight of it a thought made me jump in the saddle. How could that hot have flown off? With its weight: would it not have simply dropped 2 And here it lay fifteen paces from the roadway ! Of course he must have thrown it OK when he had made sure that I would overtake him. And if he threw it 05â€"]: did not stop to reason any more, but sprang from the mare with my heart beating the pas-de- c‘narge. Yes, it was all right this time. There, in the crown of the hat was stuffed a roll of papers in a parchment wrapper bound round with yellow ribbon. I pulled it out with the one hand and holding the hat in the other, I danced for joy in the moonlight. The Emperor would see that he had not made a. mistake when he put his affairs into the charge of Etienne Gerard. “Gerard,” he cried, “ you are a marvel !” ' I did not wish to contradict him, and it brought. a. flush of joy upor} my che‘eka to know that. he had done me Jusuce at last. "Where is the thief, Gemrd 2” he asked. “ Dead, sue.” “You killed him 2" “Be wounded my horse, sire, and would hove escaped had I not shoc him." “ Did you recognize him ?" “De Montlnc is his name, sireâ€"a Co‘one of Chasseurs.” 5 But even as 1 said it the huddle of the ' green body and the fantastic sprawl of the limb in the moonlight told me clearly i enough that in was all over with him. My 2 bullet passed through his heart, 3nd it was 5 only his own iron will which had held him i so long in the saddle. He had lived hard, l this Montluc, and I will do him justice to ; lav thn: he died hard also. of her neck, bun. aiready it had ceased to bleed. I reflected that if she Weakened I could mount Montiuc’s grey, and mean- while I led him along beside us, for he was a. fine horse, worth fifteen hundred francs at the least, and it seemed to me that no one had a better right to him than I. I hammered fresh charges into my pistols after I had turned this over in my head. Then I put them back in the holsters, and I examined my little mare, she jerking her head and cocking her ears the waile,aa ifto tell me that An old soldier like herself did not msks a. fuss abouta. scratch or two. The first shot had merely grazed her off shoulder, leaving a skin-mark, as ifehe had brushed a wall. The second was more serious. It had passed through the mu-rcle Well, I was all “impatience ligwfito get bgck to {he thexfs, 15nd I hgd jgst. given When this stunning blow came upon me I could have sat down by the roadside and wept. Fate seemed to be fighting against me. and that is an enemy from whom even a gallant hussar might not be ashamed to flinch. I stood With my arm over the neck of my poor wounded Violette, and I tried to think it all out, that I might act in the wisest way. I was aware that the Emperor had no great respect for my wits, and I longed to show him that he had done me an injustice. Montluc had not the papers. And yet Montluc had sacrificed his companions in order to make his escape. I could make nothing of that. On the other hand, it was cfear that, if he had not got them.one or other of his comrades had. One of them was certainly dead. The other I had left fighting with Tromesn, and if he escaped from the old swordsman he had still to pass me. Clearly my work lay_ behind me. But it was the papersâ€"always the papers â€"of which I thought. I opened his tunic and I felt in his shirt. Then I searched his holsters and anbre~tasche. Finally I dragged off his boots,nnd undid his horse‘s girth so a: to hunt, under the saidie. There was no: a nook or crevice which I did no: ransack. It was useless. They were no; upon him. “ Your paper: !" I cried, sprznginéifiwm my saddle. “ This instant l” I have been wounded myself so often I have to stop and think before I can tell you the exact number of times. I have been hit by musket bells. by pistol bullets, and by bursting shell, besides being pierced by bayonet. lance, sabre, end finally by shred swl,which wee the most pniniul of any. Yet out of all theseinjuries I have never known the same deadly sickness es came over me when I felt the poor,silent,petient creature, which I had come to love more than any- thing: in the world except my mother and the Emperor. reel and stagger beneath me. I pulled my second pistol from my holster and fired point-blank between the fellow’s broad shoulders. He slashed his horse across the flanks with his whip, and for n moment I thought that I hnd missed him. But then on the green of his chuseur jacket I sew en ever-widening black smudge, and he began to sway in his saddle, verv slightly at first, but more and more with every bonnd,nntil at last over he went, with his foot caught in the stirrup end his shoulders thud-thud-thuding along the road, until the drag wu too much for the tired horse. and I closed my hand upon the fosm-spettered bridlemhnin. As I pulled him up it eased the stirrup leather, and the spurred heel clinked loudly as it fell. He hsd gained A couple of hundred paces, but the good little mare set thnt right before we could have passed two milestones. It wss in vein that he spurred and thrashed like I gunner driver on 3 soft road. His but flew of with his exertions, and his bald head gleeme’d in the moon- shine. But do whet he might, he still heard the rnttle of the hoof: growing louder and louder behind him. I could not have been twan ty yards from him, end the shadow head was touching the shadow hsuuc'n, when he turned with a curse in his saddle and emptied both his pistols, one titer the other, into Violette. with the spa: for the first time 3nd flow after the leader. That he should lesve his comrades and fly Wu proof enough that I should leave mine 5nd foilow. “ I spent. some time in inspecting the forests of Australia. I admired chem greatly, but I cdnnon say that. I admired the manner in which they are looked after. The first question 1 Was asked when I arrived in Australia was in relation to Australia’s prospects for shipping timber to foreign markata. The people there would cut. down my stick of timber if they could profit. by it. In Indio we think first. of preserving our forests and look to the profit Afterwu‘dl.” "The study of forestry in India is difi’erent from what it. is in Europe. In all Europe there are not more than seventy different, kinds of forest, trees. In Barman alone we have between 1,000 and 1,100. Some are very valuablemnd many are not, and in in the propagation of the valuable species and the weeding out. of those that are useless than. requires much of our utention. and aherefore only such trees that are so marked by the inspector cm be cut. We handlethe matter scientifically, and in such a manner thus the forests are being continualiy renewe_d. _ “ The Government at intervals gives notice that it. intends to take a certain piece of forest land so many miies in size, and claimants have an: months in which to appear and prove their claims. An in- dividual or u town, probably. has a prescriptive right. to Lake building timber from me forest in question. Thar. right, is proved and Gen. Gmly does not. beleive it possible to rack the North Pole in n bnfloon. “ The Government of India is gratineliy obtaining possession of all the forest lands. We now have 80,000 square miles of wood- ed country under our superweion, In which all claims have been prevail and permanently settlui. When the English took India the forests were in a bad way. Under the Hindcos they were well cared for, and then followed 800 years under Mahometan away, when vest tracts of woodland were burned to create grazing lands for Banks. When the English came a tide of western civilization eat in. Rail- roads were built and houses were con- structed, and these improvements wrought such a and destruction of the forests of the country that the Government deemed it advisable to take prudential steps. “After eighteen years of legislation," he said, “ we have succeeded in getting the kind of laws we need in India. for the pres- ervntion of our forests. Under the system now in vogue the permanency of the bi3 forests in India is assured, and the Govern ment will get a. handsome and permanent income from them. Last year the Govern- ment received 170 lukbe of rupees from the sale of timber. One lakh is supposed to be £10,000, but it isn’t, on account of the DEPRECIATION OF SILVER. However, the profit: is large. 0f the 170 lakhjoi rupees, 70 lukbzi wgre pleat profit A System Which Amwds a Revenue to the Government. B. Ribbentrop, Inspector-General of Forests for India, arrived at San Francisco recently. Mr. Ribbentrop is away on an eighteen months’ leave of absence, and is showing his daughter some of the sights to be seen on a. tour of the world. They have been through Australi,end arrived yester- day on the steamer Monowai for a tour 0 the United States and Europe. Inciden tally, Mr. Ribbentrop proposes to se- something of the big forests of the world. There was a farm within fifty yards of where we were standing, and the farmer, roused from his sleep by the clatter of hoot's and the- racking of pistols, had rushed out to the roadside. We saw him now, dumb with fear and astonishment, staring open 'eyed at the Emperor. It. was to him that we committed the cure of the four dead men and of the horses also. For my own part, I thought it. best to leave Violette with him and to take De Montluc’a grey With me, for he could not refuse to give me back my own mare, while there might be difficulties about the other. Besides, my little friend’s wound had to be considered, and we had along return ride before us. 5 “I could not aieep untii I knew how you i had flred,” laid he. “I have paid a price ; for my papers. There are not no many of {my old soldiers left. than I can afford to { lose two in one night.” ‘1 When he said “ two” it turned me cold. “Colonel Despienne wan shot, sin." I l atlmmered. And-the voice brought the man back from the dead. I saw his eyeh'ls shiver. He twitched his arm. and moved the sword-hilt. a few inches. He was trying to raise it in L salute. Then the mouth opened, and the hilt, tinkled down on to the around. “He was with me since Rivoli,” said he, sadly. “He was one of my old grumblers in .153???" “May we :11 die as gallantly,” said the Emperor, as he rose, and from my heart I added “Amen.” The Emperor sprang from his horse and bent. down over the dead man. As he spoke we came upon the scene of the struggle. Colonel Despienne and the man whom he had shot lay together some distance down the road, while their horses grazed contentedly beneath the poplars. Captain Tremenu lay in front of Us upon his back, With his arms and legs stretched out, 8113 his sabre broken short otf in his hand. His tunic was open, and a huqe blood-clot hung like 3 dnrk handkerchief out of a slit in his white shirt. I could see the gleam of his clenched teeth from under his immense moustache. “Yes, I have mid a. price for my papers,” he said, andI heard them crackle as he put ma hand up to his bosom. “No man has ever had more faithful servantsâ€"no 1mm since the begxnning of the world.” _ Ir. mus: have been imagination, my friends, but for an instant 1 may confess that it seemed to me the: there was I tone in the Emperor's voice which was not alto- gether one of sorrow. Bin the dark thought. mad hardly time to form itself in my mind before he let me see that I was doing him an injustice. “Yes, Brxgadier.” sa‘id he, “3'01: areunow the only man] who will know where these pagers Are concealed.” I remembered thnt I had seen a. horseman a. moment before I had met, the Emperor. He had when to the fields to avoid n:e,bus if I had known, and Violette been un- wounded, the old soldier would not have gone unovenged. I was thinking sadly of his sword-play. and wondering whether it. was his stifiening wrist which had been fatal to him, when Napoleon spoke again. He rained his hot-u: mind: gndI f3fi3;ed him in silence and with ; heaxy heart. But when he spoke Again his words were enough to drive All thought of myaelf out my :nind, , “ And Captain Tremeau cut down. Had I been a few minutes earlier 1 might have saved him. The other esctpcd across the fields.” That was always the way ltwith the Emperor. He would chat with you as with a friend and a brother, and then when he hnd wiled you into forgetting the gulf which lny between you, he would suddenly, with award or with a. look. remind you that it was as impassable u ever, When I have fondled my old hound until he hue encouraged to pair my knees, and I have then thrust him down again, it has mnde me'think of the Emperor and his ways. “It would be hardly reasonable for me to do so,” he mswered, “seeing that thin plot was batched in Paris, and that. you only had your orders a. tow hours ago." “Then how 3” ' “Enough,” he cried, sternly. “You take In undue sdvmtngp of your pogipioq." GREAT FORESTS OF INDIA. SETTLED PERM AN ENTLY, (To 33 CONTINUED.) me. The faEt is knowing how geriouu WM my condition, this remedy saved my life." We should not, quarrel rashly with adversiries not yet underetootimor overlook the mercxes often bound up in them.â€"Sir T. Browne. “hut 0m.- Bonlo or hr. Agnew’s l‘ure. for the Near: and .nr Sim. J.L. llllllcr.“ “huewoud. hJYJ‘. Only those who have so suflered know the distressing feei Jigs that follow an af- fection of ihe heart. Let. one who has bezn afflicted speak. and tell oi the remt-dy which will cure. Says Mrs. J. L. Hillier, of Whitewuoii, N. “LT. : “ For some timel was much afilicted with heart failure ; in fact I could not sheep or lie down for fear of sutwmion. I tried all the doctors in this section of country. but they failed to give me relief. A local druggist recommended a horde of Dr. Agnew's Cure for the Hears; I trird it, and with the result that I im- medmiely secured one that I did not. know before, and after taking further doses of the medicine, the trouble aitogcbher left As an enemy of pleasure, health and comfort, dyspopaia has no equal. In vanishes when 5:. Leon wuter is liberally used. Friendâ€"Your mg, I understand, has literary aspirations? Does he write for money? . .. . A rr - 1 A Marvellous scan-men! by :1 Prev“. nem (gunmanâ€"A Rheumatic Rune- dy “'mch I! Curing lhv- World. Mr. E. W. Sherman, proprietor of xhe Sherman House, Mernsburg, mm, is known by thoeuuxis o: Canaduns, hence the following statement from Mr. Sherman will be read with great- mbereat and plus- sure: “1 have been cured of rheumatism of ten years’emnding in three days. One bottle of South Amencan Rheumatic Cure pergonned this most. remarkabie cure. I ned nuflered from this disease, as I say. fcr ten years, and I did not ever expect. to be entirely cured. The effects of the first dose of South American Rheumatic Cure were truly wonderful. . I have only taken one bottle of the remedy, and new haven’: any sign of rhenmstiem in my system. It did me more good thsn all the doctoring I ever did in my life.” One abort p1sz of :he breath through the Blower supplied with each bottle of Dr. Agnew’s Unmrr'nal Powder diffuses this puwder over the surzace of the nasal passages. Painlcm and delightful to use. in relievuain ten minutes, and permanemly cures catnrrh. hay fevez, colds, headache, sore throAt, tonmiiatis and deafneas. 60 once. llchlel Adana. VLP. for Nor-thumbn- lnml. smut. Amount- “'ho "as [used Dr. Agncw'n (mm-rim! Powder and Been t‘ured. In does not seem to matfet where one looks for good results from that. wonderiul medicine, Dr. Agnew’s Catarrhal l’owder, they are to be found. Every one in his own province,und every member of ihe Commons know: Michael fidamafihe popular member for Northumberiand. N. B. When he says to the world, as he has done over his own siguutme, that Dr. Agnew’s Catarrhal Powder is produczive of most aaLisiaclcry results for cold in the head and other cutarr'nal troubiea, they know it. menus much. The medicine 13 one possessed of peculiar virtues and never fails to effect a cure. We may read, and read, and read again, and still find something new, something to please, and something to instruct.â€" Hudis. Be not, misled by strange fantastic art, but in your dress let nature take some part. â€"Gauick. “ I Have Had Rheumatism for years, and Nerviline is the only remedy that, has done me any good." So wrxzes Thomas McGlashan, North Pelbnm, and his testimony is sup- ported by thousands of others who have experienced the wonderfully penetrating and pain subduing power of Nerviliueâ€"nhe great nerve-yum cure. Mnld can be kept from the top of pre- serves by putting a few drops of glycerine around the edges of the jar before screwing on the cover. Two Bottles of South American Kidney Care nm It. The idea that. disease of the kidneys cannot be cured is a mistake. True, many ao-culled kidney cures do not. cure, but: in {but great ducovery, South American Kidney Cure, there is found an uufaiiirv' remedy. This is what Mr David Hogg, 0.} Sunnymead, N. “3.11, says : “I was greatly ufl'hcxed with severe kidney trouble. aufier- iug the many annoyances and pain that follow this disc-use. There was hardly any remedy that. I did not use, in hope: of securing relief, but it was not uuxil I bought a bobble of South American deney Cure that relief came. The one bottle immediately relieved me, and two homes produced a complete cure.” Ur. Pierce’a Pelléta, for sick headache, bilionnness, Once taken, always in favor. SEVERE KIDNEY TROUBLE COM- PLETELY CURED. moy not retain her dimples and rosy cheek: “blooming with health,” until she finds a good husband. A little neglect or accident may bring about some one of the many “female” diseases and “weakneaaes,” to which the sex is subject, and health may be forever impaired, and hopes and happiness be at on end. Thanks to Dr. Pierce, his Favorite Prescription, prepared by him for women, cu es the worst cases of uterine diseases, nervousnesa. neuralgia, irregulari- ties, and “ weaknesses." it is a. great in- vigorating tonic and nervine, and rapidly builds up the health and strength. Improve Your Chance Girls. Girls will please bear in mind that next year will be the last leap year of the cenâ€" ury, end another will not occur until 1904. The year 1900 will not be a leap year. This unuuunl occurrence is due to the fact that the addition of one day to each fourth year more than make: the presumed deficiency in the calendar year. and conse- quently the world is constantly: losing time, as a watch looses it, and therefore there was danger that in the course of a few thousand years the Fourth of July would come on Christmas. The Dimple CheeEed Village Maid German Canary Trade. It is not at all generally known that Garmeny carries on a very large trade in the reuing and exporting of canaries, and that the lnrgest establishment in the world for the breeding of these creatures in situ- sted within the domsins of that empire. away up among the Hertz Mountains of Prussia. From this and the few surround- ings but smsller nurseries no fewm than 130,000 birds are dispatched every year to the United Stateq and Canada. whiie in the same time at least 3,000 in Britain,and about 2,000 go to Russia. Egghér (feeiinglylâ€"Unceaaingly. “’hat language does our Polly speak 2 Our premous baby not. ‘2 So many languages unique We call her polyglot 3 There are lots of blooming flowers, Turn the from nips in the patch; Bur. we’ve other kinds of bloomers, That the frost. can never catch. A Universal Failing. SAVED HER LIFE. Hardy Perennials. Many Tongues. constipation, indigesuon. SPORTING GOODSâ€"All kinda Guns. Riflel. Ammunition and Fishing Tackle. Axum [0231110 Rock. 0121 Pi con: and Trans. '1‘. COST 00.. 1686 Non. Dunc it». In“ This month Saran Bernhardt mil be fmywne yeas of age. mo here is a. snap for you. Harris has nmpie cloth pieces for quilts. Band 8* (or mu lot, (1 valpe. 27. 29. William 8L. Toronto. A Question. How can we mm- more cam to the amber? Why,of course b) using Putnams Corn Extractor. l’utrmm’s Pbuinieas (low 12:- tractor has g'."cu universal maniac; ion, for it. is sure, safe and painless. Like every article of real menu it. has a has: of imita. tors, and we would specially warn the public to guard against, those dam; erous substmutca oziercd tor tide genuine Pun- nam's Extractor. N. .Poison «Sr. (30., proprietors, hzuge Lon. “ I have suffered for years with female complaints and kidney troubles and I have had o great deal of medical advice during that time, but have received littl’ or no benefit. A friend advised me to tame Hood’s Sarsaparilla and I began to rise it, together with Hood’s Pills. I have rem}- ized more benefit from these medicines than from anything? else} have ever taken. From mv personaf experience I beiim‘e Hood’uz‘nrsapariila to be a most complete blood purifier.A 3.11:5. C. Caoxrrox, 7] Cumberland St», Toronto, Ontario. Weak, Tire-d, Nervous Women. who seem to be all worn out. wiilfi find in purified blood. made rich and healthy by Hood’s Sarsapa- rilln, permanent relief and strength. The following is from a well known nurse: Is the Only True Blood Purifier [could not walk. All strength seemed to have left my legs and the weakness in- creased. From being obliged to remain ir~ the house Ibecame obliged to remain in bed, but s:iil supposed i: was a very bee cold. I became so helpless I could no‘ move in bed wi'hont help. I hem goo-i attendance and the best 0: care and nur=~ ing, but as week succeeded week I seemed to grow worse instead of better, till I was worn to a mere shadow and began to care very little if I ever recovered. A hint that I was threatened With something called locomotor ataxia reminded a friend that my case seemed similar to some of those described in the Times. which had heen cured by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills,and this first drew attention to them as a possible aid to me. I admit that I was skepticalâ€" very sktpticalâ€"thcre are so many medi- cines being advertise‘l just now, and l was never much or" a believer in them. Well, Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills were pur- chased and I took them, as I suppose I would have taken anything else, simply as the routine of a sick room. The first box seemed to show littleefi'ectmndby thetimel had got through with the third box there could be no doubt my condition showed a marked improvement, and I was corres- pondingly encouraged. The pills were continued and I became rapidly better, so that I was able to sit up and go about the house, and occasionally go out if the weather was fine. Day by dav I grew stronger, and to make a long story short, I feel I am to-day in as good health as ever I was in my life, and I can hardly reaiize I am the same man who suffered for six months, a helpless, desponalent being,who never expected to he on his feet again. While I have no desire for publicity I am quite willing these facts should be made known for the benefit of others, and am ready at any time to bear hearty tesmnony to the genuine worth of Dr. Williame’ Pink Pills. 'l‘hev restored me to healz'n when I never expected to be about again." Prominen‘ly in the public eye today. Hood’s Pills FOUND MR. TEASE IN HIS OFFICI- “Yes,” he saxd,“therc can he no possibl ioubt, of the efficacy of Dr. \\'ii.mms Pink Pills in my case, and I will be paeased (f the publication of the facts helps some lather sufferer Lack to health. 1 cangh' :old. was curefess and caught more cold. the first Lhmg I knew I was seriously-ill. Head’s Sarsapariiia Mr. Trash cerminly looks the picture of heslth,and remembering the long period when he had been laid up, our representa- tive left.fully convinced them Dr.Williams’ Pink Pills have well deserved all that, was said of :hcm elsewhere. When such eases can be pointed to in our own midsb there can no longer be any doubt of the reliabil- ity of the meny statements of wonderful cures eflecbed throughout. the country. The remarkable cures effected by Dr Williarns’ Pink Pills have long been a matter of newspaper notoriety, and many of themâ€"well described an miraclesâ€"have been in our own province, but we believe so far none have been published from Yer: mouth. A Timrs representetive enquired in a quarter where each matter: would likely be known, and learned the: there were several remarkable cues of restoration to health directly traceable to Dr. Wil- linma’ Pink Piils, right in our mid“. Curious to ascertam the {acts in relation thereto, our representative called on Mr. Charles E. Treat, who had been known to have experienced a long illness, and now was apparently in excellent health,his cure being attributed to Pink Pills. Mr. Tresk. who hoe been an accountant in anmouti: for many years, was in his office on John atreet when the reporter waited on him. He Had No Faith in Any Advertised Medicine. Attacked Win: a Bad Cold. li- Trouble Went From Bad Io “one Until In: "an Threatened With Locomoior Maxi-â€" Then Dr. Willinmn' Pink Pills Cured A In- 01h" Hediciueu Ilad ruled. From the anmouth. N.S., Times. A SKEPTIC CONVINOED- ’e‘éz'sftb Muffins? to tan. can in fleet. 26c. 1y warn we use damerous ? genuine Pub- ’olson «S: (20., T § 1‘ Penna. C tsionafifiwlffing Bjoandx age“ {Ea-3:1; 8913:: circular THE 0.\' TAR; o In STITU fir-1': m ti on: marketing facilities unuum 1~~r\d: no trash; wzo th forty- flxe 111112111111. It 11km: a: once will take Lhirty- five hundred cash. cr one thou and may remain on mortgage; a. snap; move quick. L.. Box 413 W mona. Ont. BUSINESS CHANCES. It you mm: to buy or “01: a (4:00;; or huainews a! any description write me. I have had large ax patience in [he whoiorâ€"a...~. Am «shim; hu< - no sees C0miuu:~.lly. Cor \spondanm: confiden- tial. No Lharge to burn. . .lonx 52w. 21 Adelaide EML Tax-93319 \H- __ o ‘ ! $19111?!” High Grade :ee M8 MSDERATE :7 I ERICE. (LT. I‘LNDRITH. “ UI ..Izumf;:c:urcr, 73 to 81 .. Adelaide :5. W. 'l'orow talc-n from (0:. L form]: to con min J. E. NAUD. Manufacturers Agent. 2:257 Notre Dame SL, Montrea. EMLQSUPPLlsersEqu ' Englis‘l'eragd FOR TWENTY-Fm (lJnuluTv LABORATORY "I" muxn Rm'lzscs, Owner: or Oz-vzcnn ANALYST. Monirca:. Auri; 8‘22. 1535. "l hercb' ce'L fy that I haw Ir :wgt. byjmy mm in udpgen mut'j {-s 0: she ST. LAWRENCE SUGAR REFISJNG Cu. ‘5 ‘-?'.'i'!;.-\ S_'A.\1:AP.D (iLi. ELLEN u t”- .J". i: (. sum maze. takvn from tea is of .xbou: 100 hrsrrch each. X Law: 2.x: bed .xmxc. a: :d found them unh W'rile at once. Address D. T. Max-gran. B1): A. 4. \VimLor. Onto. 101: SALEâ€"NEAR GRIMSBYâ€"FRUIT ‘ FARM~SOXL NEW and rich; thirty acres cleared: eighteen phmbcd to choice fruits: Veg-y ponv‘enip‘np and beautiful loca- DOUGLAS sacs, sxafé. Gr’a’vL'eI and nxpta' wafers. mct'ulic ceiling“. nkyiqmm wocmflal workers. 124 Adelaxac W..Tcro:co 3T. LA‘éyfigs‘gl‘GE ' P" “FEES Sheet Metal Ceilinzs. Terra Cotta Tile. Red Black and Green Rooting SLazc. Mecal Cor- niece. Felt. Tut. Rooflnz Pinch. £ch Gutters. DoWnplpen kc" supplied the trade. Telephone 1m Adelaide «3 Wldmor Sta TORONTO. Machinery of all Kinds, lute. Sheovuom. T110 5: Grave) Roofers MCARTRUR, cgéiifs DON’T cave}: YOUR LUNGS AWAY, GERMAH SREAST BALSAM, G. DUTHEE 84 SEONS THECQGK'S BEST FREEND LARGEST SALE IN CANADA. AND BE CURED or m: cocoa. Sold by Druggista Atb 253ml 50 cents. mmfivfififi ”WNRMMM 05" ’Iib'bi. Sifiasar' " "J" 3 St. Helen St... Montreal Ehfikfiflg'. Ema-38. Iiiâ€"Eighthmie?f.‘vcoli. ‘gntons, Y_an_m, \Yngtc, Saponifzcd Wool from Windmills. Fire Denartmen: Sup ‘iies 'aud Waterworks Piancs down I”. ngine Packing of the best kind. cunenq r): p~‘n‘.1}u.n 4n: free. 7 SHAW KLMIOI' . Principals. The Only Chemical Hand Fire Extinguisher no Iv up ,‘u‘m ad of by .ue humour of Government of Quo ~ec and all fire dep Lumen: authori- ties. It 21 the simplest. the best and L'ne cheapest and is now in use in mos! public buildings. factories. etc. Price $2410 per Dozen. THE GAHRMN FIRE EXIifiGUJSHER 60‘ $32.99 .00 To {CO per cent. of Pure Car. USE BBY'S 7-9 St. Peter 5%.. Mona-cal. and we will show you how to make 32 r. 4:"; lb- Iolumq [31"; we {crash 2;: “ "do" and tench you mt; you work m we 100421;, th-m you live. Sand ua your ld‘il’t‘ And '0 will mlrn thc bwunusa fully nnmmb-‘t wo L1! 109 s chm- }: mil: of for WM ‘ 2' 5:13:91! 0.! Into; $3 AIAYSZEEE. '2’ III". “I W: I“ I you bow to "12.21: :3 a. '.w â€"3(A.\'UF.LCTUP.ERS AND myna'rxus urnâ€"â€" White Lead. Color-3. Glass. Varnishcs. Oils. Chemicals and Dye Stub SA L‘ISFACTION GUAR A‘ it” Consumers should ask for, and be sure that they get,t'ne genuine Walter Baker 8. Co.’s goo; WALTER BAKER 6: (30., Limited, DORCHESTER, MASS. McCaskill, Dougall 00., Monti eal. a! The great success' of the chocoléte preparations u. the house of Walter Baker 8: Co. (established in 1780) has led to the placing on the market fimany misleading and unscrupuious infitatiom of their name, labels, and wrappers. Waiter Baker 8:. Co. are the oldest and iargest manu- facturers of pure and high-grade Cccoas and Chocolates on this continent. No chemiczis are used in their manufactures. 3;:; t K, '1 imely Wammg. CHAMPION STUMP 8: STONE EXTRACTOR. There are more of these him-Inna: in use than Ml other kinds- com- him d_ 14 years' trial hae proved them the bc-t. Send for prices and terms to 0310 to wMJ >._.w oz... me w on 5.6 0.5 imam :3. Mwammu 153.5% not w .5 "4:13 influu mwmmfi :32 Hr.” mm...“ - l.‘ Lulu-nhrvru LC (:0 "o I:lv 65 shine: 85 ”1‘0?an at”: m M NEW ORA!” “Til-DOVE at!“ 000 REQNTREAQhL. Q NSTHPATEON (Signed) JOHN BAKER EDWARDS. Ph.i).. BALL. Prat. of Urhcmiszry and Pub. Analyst. Mo: YEA88 Junu‘ua n; your ST. lSIN MINERAL WATER 39., Ltd WflAT A REMfi‘RKABLF GHMQE ! E NOTOAGWM R‘WWWW ‘WM KNEW FRENCH DISCOVERYâ€" A “mu-aw» and 011 from $10 '0 5'31, x Oil r-an be km: for sever; “9 :~.. See vertitica Lea of cure-v m Mireiâ€" Publisbvd :n the Montrealpxpcrs‘. HEXPLANATOM' PAMI‘BLRT r: l. “ALEXLVDEI‘Z” Spcr'inii t (1' I’m-25 163‘; Notre Dame 8:... Mar: «2* vu'a CA$GARETS 31:? Montreal Gazntoe: " Mr. Thomson has studied with equal success the French sexier on the banks of the Ottawa orivs utri; u' mes. the tmmplunn-d Highinmiers. :he '. an who has carried new“ the ocean A“ :he erii- tions of liuzopcan battlefields. me Nor'“ mm:- who has become the ancestor of half-baccds an“. is FIN} a true so. (.2 uuid Scorn. an; voy- agcur and shanty man. the lzunwr and trap- per. npd even me stranger that z» within our say :11 e ‘3 H Lit}?! 23"? “‘S l'uisiis': aer. 29453 3113212202115!“ W est. Tex-ants RHELMATESH,” Remedy : ”we EBWARB‘fiELUA 0L!) I! "Ulla It? 3*!- m 3::- 25%!!!" V madem'ug goo/{z rtqz'iy. a' 7 WHALZT. DYCE é. CO..Torcr.to ‘ "i - T! 1 AW Every DRUGGISI S fibARnfiTEEI drug;- zist isauthorézed to sell )o-To-Bac un- der absolute guarantee to cure every 1 . of tobacco using. Oar wrinen guar- an . ch sample of No-To-Bar‘ :md booklet Called "Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life Away." mafier‘; for the affirm. Address Tlih STERLING REM- EDYCO., Chicano, Montreal. Cam. RY. 63 133333 £3; 3 3.5333533 32% 3 SLEEPLESS «:3 3 gmw $39352 Cloth - $1.00. ONTENTS : Old Man Savnrinâ€"T of the Limits~31€0rmh 5 Bad 5 Godfrvy's LumenL~Thc Hcd~E uoaxroy's Luman~Tnc Hadâ€"Beaded Win- degoâ€"The Sbini Cross of Rimudâ€"Little Baptisteâ€"The Ru 9 by Night-Drafted‘A Turkey: Apicvu-Grandpaoa's “'02! Story- The Waterloo Yuemn-Jt hr. Ewellâ€"Ver- bitzsky's fitmragem. o slum-its dewrve. . . . iti-goizé on‘ne to. ca: books written I: Canadians. and most In your appearance. conversation and goncnl hearing. if you have hm-n ‘ ' - drinking Ft. Leon reguhrly. Your may have been unsec, your liw-r ~ 1.. oryour kidnap miled to no form Huh dung. St. Leon make» everything Bmoutn and. if you don‘t believe it just try it. Head OIflceâ€"Kinx Qti. Vt. Tomato T31. 11. frequeafiy chew and smcâ€"ke immense quantities of tobacco and wander an the time why then ioek so bad. feel so mean. Try under an abseéute gear- aMee of benefit and final cure, or money rammed, the taking 0! a singie hex d reguiaies tobacca using, “‘22:, builds up nervous system, makas pure, rich Mood. Many report 3 3 a gain of ten pounds in ten days. 60 buy a box. Try it under your own CANADIAN SHORT STORIES AND OTHER STORIES. RY Fa ‘ Carriage Work Mauutac “red by 2h: : “ I wonder whst one could th5 book ihm mun-i induce t readirzc public of Canada. to the whirlwivd of approyg! 1pm: PiiESS OPINIONE with nu Emmy-mes whatevot.‘ â€"BY DyppenCin, Infl: mam tion of the Lnt: and other du-‘or c; cane! mthanic cm-I anâ€"uâ€"up BAHAE-A. Privilege 'urâ€"G rent dud Win- udâ€" Little rafzcd - A It gtcgy- character that are thus made I to people of limited means. '1‘. ness extends to standard we gives such people the chance ing the greatest products of genius as well as the eonu output of a lower grade 0! which is not fitted for long but which serves a certain pux enheless. and deserves : cert of attention. This wonderful cheapening ature is due in n large course. to the lessened cost ial and the improvement in of manufacture; but the ex does not stop there. and the nificance of the matter does its strictly oommercinl {not is that there has been able development of the teas in recent yours. and the gro mend for books and peri stimulated competition and ea on the part of the publishers. 1 ed to bring about the redo! prices. It is impossible to estiI influence that has been exel this respect by the mny liten and societies throughout the‘ These agencies and others of 1 nature have multiplied the n! renders. general had special. a precedented rate- In home: reading matter was once test“ two or three volumes handi‘ from a former generation. ti now scores of books ccntainind est conclusions upon all vital q and providinga convenient sou struction and entertainmeni ature has been popularized in sense of the term. Books he! in a sense to be a luxury. and come a common poseelfiion. In: the people derive immeasun vantages in all the relations It is not true. as certain cl fond of asserting. that :be rii of literature has simplr inert sales of an inferior order of hq out encouragug the taste for substantial value. The demand of the highest. merit was new! as it is 10â€"day, and the demal confined to any particular cias ity. There are still for too :1 vial publications bought and cause they cost so little ; but it also, that even such reading lated to lead to something Thousands of people in this who were once satisfied with d els are now regular readers of terpieces of fiction. and are history and biography. “’hon all kinds are cheap. the good ually gain favor over the just as things of superior quai' the preference in other where the opportunity of sel presented. The time will ne perhaps. when there will be n [or-trashy publications; but the demand for books of recog oellenoe is increfing every _ we may reasonably anticipate when it will become a. com ro in the literary situation. 'Ali ore propitious in that direct elevation; and there is nothi whole system of progros the viewed with more gntifieotio can soon be mumulaoed. merely books of 1 light. and Bicycles Good for the Lu Of All mans ofu'un “hug the :1 Dr. Fortesque Fox thinks cvcll best. When 3 person first mien he in troubled with nhonneee a his heut‘ be“; ngcouxorubiy and get tired, but the: some {rm d discomforto dmpw. Wh} ed people iuble to attack- of mm. their reap: ruion by such . kxnd cineâ€"of contee, on the oondina been and lung: being in perfec @cfing exercise am of :1! incl dep tn of brushing. end mu: fstpigue, es the rapmtory [KL/\Cl slalom-tic. - ot the lune tune it I tom the rider instinctively to ‘1 “ch recpintion the volumey of u: to hereto the blood end to elixmnl proportion of eo'bonic acid, ieu-i circuhtiou the peed-e amount at with heslth. The prevailing ehespness of is one of the most in ' portant facts in the history civilization. There has nev been a time when abundant matter was placed within 5 reach of all classes. The ave zen is no longer deprived of t tunity of increasing his stock mation and gratifying his load of 1031:: for less than ate: usedtocost him. It isape. fault if he does not keep him posted upon every subject 0 interest, and gain aoquainta the best authors in every b literature. By the expendit dollar a week. a library 00 kinds of knowledge in a gen ' Second Ltborerâ€"Not ‘hoon.’ 1 Thu; mean he mus yeb to '0 Pin: I‘mâ€"I my I uh. Fin! umâ€" What; am. VOL 11- N0 4‘ CURRE. VT N0 TBS