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I t i?f iflFfll ll ecrei f PIMered Safe Kaaa aal'IMnii' v ny kmilk gauokiau s In July, iSSj, IbcgantobrcAkoutwllh Ecrcnui on my head, 1crs ami arms, nnd bcRan treatment with local doctors, but did not cet much relief. They said the dis ease had lcconje chronic. I then quit them and tticd various ointments nnd soaps for another two veers, I at as soon ns cold weather come I was ns bad off as ever, so I finally decided to let jnediclne nlpne, nnd for tweho or thirteen years did nothing toward, curing the Ivczrm.t, except bath nfj. Till Merited to do a'iouI as much good as anything I had tried. During the time. I lost nbout one-half of rnv hair. I becau S. S. S. doubtful of n cure, because the disease had run tolong, but soon discovered your medicine was doing ntcgood, and continued to take it. I uml seven bottles, when I was com pletely cured, not having nsitiRle spot on ny tiody, which before was almost corn plctcly covered, V, C. Nortroi,K, 1017 llackborry St, Ottutuwa, la. The head, feet nnd hands are usually the parts affected, though the disease ap pears on other parts of the body. While ex ternal applications altar the itching and burning temporarily, Ills the acids thrown off by the Mood, that cause the Irritation nnd eruptions upon the skin. The acids must be neutralized and the system cleans ed of all humors and poisons before the cure is permanent, S. 8. S. Is guaran teed entirely free of Potash, Arsenic and other miner als. Book on the skin and its dis eases sent free. Medical advice furnished free. Tba Swift Specific Conpiny, Atlanta, Ga. INDIAN PHYSICIANS OF OLD, Cotil Wiiter, Sweutlnir, Pursing, Vomit IttKunJ IltecUiiii; Were Hcmcdlc. Undoubtedly the American Indian In his primeval state was. a tine specimen of paystoil manhood. Dr. K. J. Kempt, who 1ms Blade a careful Investigation Into frontier history, has found that before the Indians were contaminated by tint white race they never wero af flicted with smallpox, measles, tuber culosis, gout, .scurvy, Insanity, norv ous disease nor any other of the ills and blood affections which have in late years made such terrible Inroads upon the numbers nnd vitality of the red men of this country. The only bodily nltllctlons which Dr. Kompf reports to the Medical Itecord that be found nrnotig tlio aborigines were fevers and diseases produced by cold, such as pleurisy, pneumonia, rheumatism, dysentery nnd wounds from accidents or battle. Naturally the remedies of the Indians were sim ple and few in number. When sick an Indian refused all kinds of stimulat ing ailments, but drnnk profusely of cold water. In addition to this. In proper cases the Indian resorted to sweating, purging, vomiting and bleed ing, and tlnally, when all remedies seemed to be Ineffectual, the medicine man was called In to try his amulets and Incantations on the patient. These methods of cure are still re sorted to among blanket Indians who are removed from tho Influences of civilization. Hut before we smile or condemn these practices we should con slder our own history. It waa only a few generations ago that onr Ideas of medicine were almost ns crude as those of the Indians. Themore Intelligent of the white people then, of course, did not resort to magic ami incantations, but the concoctions which they manu factured to cure diseases almost pass belief. Oliver Wendell Holmes, lu bis "Medical History of Massachusetts." has made a permanent record of some of the practices then prevailing among the colonists. Governor Wlnthrop was a devout believer In the etllcacy of sowbugs, while the Itev. Cotton Ma ther used uion hi sick friends such absurd and foul pellets and medica ments ns no Indian ever dreamed of. Kansas City Star. Her Ilnair. City Boy Swampland, when we went this summer, was terrible but. Mother Yes, It was. "Hut you J utt told .At Stuekup you slept under blankets ever other night. I mos roasted." "You forget, my pet, that you were not the one who had tbe sgus." WET WEATHER. WI5D0M! v v the omciNAi X tOWj s u WSHVW Ni SLICKER DLAGft OH YELLOW WILL KEEP YOU DRY NOTHING ELSE WILL TAKe NO SUBSTITUTED CSTAUKUCSfnCC X UNC Of GARUCNTS AND HAfS. A. J. TOWER CO., SOSVON, MASS., U.S.A. TOW til CANADIAN CO., LTD., TORONTO, CANADA. P. N. U. No. 44-1904 yW '! -: TO HOWINOTUl I TTTIIEN wrltlnf to advertisers pt Djontlun ttils ppr. .an m ii ii iwwww w iii IM,!1"''X''" ' " ' ' iij miqi jim jmisss 'J sssssss w wm CHAPTKIt XV. (Continued.) In n few minutes they had a ladder standing against the wall. Hut to tlielr clmgrln they found the ladder six leet too short. Six long feet of wall between tho top of tho ladder nnd tho lighted window was n very dlscournglug sight to Prosper. M. Venturer, quickly plnclnit himself n yard otf from the house, nnd selling the ladder cautiously, raided It, mid rested the bottom round on his shoulders, nt the same time holding the two uprights linn ly ami Mcadlty with his hands. Tin. ob stacle was overcome. Prosper uindo n sudden spring, and seising the lower rounds, iutckh climbed up the ladder, which swayed and trem bled benenth his weight. Hut he had scarcely looked In the lighted window when lie uttered a cry which was drown ed In the roaring tempest, nnd dropped like a log down on the wet cms. With wonderful promptness nnd vigor M. Verditret Intd the ladder on the ground, nnd rail toward Prosper, fearing lie was dead or dangerously Injured. "What did you sect Are you hurt?" ho whimpered. Rut Prosper had already risen. Al though be had hnd a violent fall, ha was unhurt, he was In n state when mind governs matter, so absolutely that the body Is Insensible to pain. "I Mir. lift AiuuverfHl. In 11 Imuran I voice. "I saw Madeleine do you under stand, Madeleine In that room." M. Verduret was confounded. Was It possible that he, the Infallible evpert, had been- mistaken In lit deductions? He well knew that M. de lingers' visitor was a woman, but his own conjectures nnd the note which Mine. (Sypsy hnd sent to him at the tavern, bad fully assured lilm that this woman was Mme. Pauvel. "You must be mistaken." he said to Prosper. "Hut even so, how do we know that Madeleine is here on her own account? 1M we not come to the con clusion that she was sacrificing herself for the lnejit of some one else? That superior will widen compelled her to ban ish yoti may have constrained this step tonliht" "That might bo the ease," Prosper murmured, "who knows?" "I would noon know," said SI. Verdu ret, "if I could se them together In thst room." With n strength of which a few min utes before he would not have Ixdleved himself 1 Hwii eased. Prosper rslscd the ladder, ami placed the last round on his shoulder. M. Verduret rapidly ascended the ladder without even shaking, and had his head on n level with the window. There was Madeleine. M. Verduret observed that she still wore her shawl and bonnet. She wasstanding In the middle of the room, talking with great animation. Her look nnd gestures be trayed indignant scorn. There was an exnresslon of undisguised lonthlnr noon her beautiful face. I Madeleine continued talking, and It was by closely watching the face of I.agors, clearly revealed by tho lamp on the mantel, that M. Verduret hoped to discover the meaning of the scene be fore htm. At one moment Lagors would start ami tremble In spite of bis appar ent indifference; the nszt, he would strike at the fire with the tongs, as If giving vtnt to his rago at some reproach uttered by Madeleine. Finally Madeleine changed her thieats Into entreaties, and, elsaplng her hands, almost fell at his knees. He turned away Ids. head, and refused to snswer save In monosyllables. Several times she turned to leave the room, but each time return ed as If asking a favor, and unable to make up her mind to leave the liotxe till she had obtained It. At last she setroed to have uttered something decisive, for Itso'il quickly rose and opened a desk near the fireplace, from which he took a bundle of papers and handed them to her. Madeleine took the pspers, but was ap parently dissatisfied. Hho again entreat ed hltn to give her something else. Itaoul refused, nnd then ahe threw tbe papers oil the table. The papers seemed to pus tie M. Verduret very inich, as he rfated at them through the window. -"I am not blind," he sail, "and certain ly am not mistaken: tlioe papers, red, grweii ami yellow, are pawn ticket il.ll rSW" Madeleine turned over the papers, as If looking for some particular ones. Khe se lected three, which she put In her pooket, (j'sdslnfully pushing the others aside. Bhu nas evidently preparing to take ber departure, for she said a fow words to Itaoul, who took up the lamp ss If to es cort her dowustalrs. There was nothing more for M. Verduret to see. He care fully descended the ladder, muttering to .himself: "Pawn certificates! What Infamous mystery lies at the bottom of all this?" I M. Verduret and Prosper hastily laid I the ladder on the ground, regardless of 1 the shrubs and vines they destroyed In ) doing so, and then concealed themselves among the trues, whence they could. watch at once the front door and the ( outer gate. Madelelnd and Itaoul appeared In the doorway. Itaoul set the lamp 011 the bottom step, and offered his hand to the girl; but she refused it with haughty contempt, which somewhnt soothed. Pi os pers lacerated heart. He followed her to the gate, which he opened and closed after her; then he hurried back to the uuuse, rriiiiv rfiauctvtus iui,iui,c uiutv rapidly away, "Now, monsieur," ssld Prosper, "you roust tell me what you saw. You pmm Ised me ths truth no matter how bitter It might be. Speak; I can bssr It, be It what It nasj." "You will only have Joy to hear, my friend. Within a mouth you will bitterly it grot your suspicions nf to-night. You will hhish to think that you ser Imag ined Mademoiselle Madeleine to care for a man like I.ngom. It la precisely agitlimt appearances that we must be on our guard. Always distrust them. A sus picion, falsa or Just, Is always bnscd on something. Hut we must not stay hero forever: nnd m itaoul tins fastened the gate we shall hnve to climb back itgitln." They scaled the wall, nnd hnd not walked fifty steps when they heard the nolso of n gate being unlocked. They stood aside and waited; a man soou pass ed liy on his way to the station. "That Is Itaoul," ssld M. Verduret. "ami Joseph will report to us that he has gone to tell Clamernn what Ihis just token place." Whan they got Into their hack again and were driven back to the Archangel, M. Verduret aaldt "You will pot see me to-morrow, but I will be here about this lims to-morrow night. Perhaps I shall discover what I am seeking at tho Jsndldlsrs' ball." Prosper was dumb with amaieineut. What! would M. Verduret think of ap pearing at a ball given by the wealthiest and most fsshlonnble bankers of Paris? This accounted for his sending to the costumer. 'Then you are Invited to thts hall?" The expressive eyes of M, Verduret da nee-1 with amusement. "Not yet." he sold, "but I shall be." CHAPTKK XVI. The Hue St. I.sisre was ndorned by the palatial residences of the .lamlldler brothers, two celebrated financiers.. These two mansions, mnrvels nt the 'Into they were built, were entirely distinct from each other, but so planned that they could he turned Into one Immense house when so desired. When the Jamil dters gave parties they always had the movable partitions tsken nwny, and thus obtained the most superb salon In Paris. On Saturday the Hun Ht. I.ian waa blocked up by a file of carriages, whose fair occupants were Impatiently await ing their turn to drive up to ths door. through which they could cateh the tan talising stralna of a walls. It was a fancy ball, and nearly alt the costumes wero superb, though some were more original than elegaut. Among the latter was a jester. Kverythlng was In perfect keeping; the Insolent eye, coarse lips, high cheek bones, slid s chin bean! so red that It seems to emit flames In the reflection of the dszitlng light. Ho carried In his left hand a canvas banner, upon which were painted sit or eight pictures, coarsely designed, like those found In strolling fairs. In his right lis waved a little switch, with which ho would every now nnd then strike his banner, like a quack retailing his wares. Quite a crowd surrounded this clown, hoping to hear Jok or stump speeches, but he kept es, songs near the door and remained silent. About half- past ten he quitted his post. M. and Mine. Pauvel. followed by their niece Madeleine, hsd just entered. Hclouging to the battalion of grave, el derly men, M. Pauvel had not assumed n fancy costume, but merely threw ner his shoulders a sort of silk domino. On his arm leaned Mme. Pauvel, nee Valentine de La Verberie, bowing and gracefully greeting her numerous frlerdu, She hsd once been remarkably beautiful; nnd to-night no one would hnve supposed her to be forty-eight years old. Hut Madeleine was the object of uni versal admiration, so dsizllngly beauti ful and queenly did she appear in her costume of insM of honor. Haling greeted the host, Madeleine took her aunt's arm, while M. Ksuvel wandered through the rooms In search of the card table, the usual refuge of bored men when they are enticed to the ballroom by their womankind, The ball was now at Its height. For gotten by the crowd, the clown hsd tak en refuge In the embrasure nf a window, and seemed to be meditating upon the gay scene before him; at the same time he kept his wyes upon a couple not far ofT. Madeleine was dancing with a splen didly dressed doge, thnMarquls de Clam em n. He appeam! to be radiant, and well satisfied with the Impression he was making upon his partner; at the end of a quadrille he leaned over her, and whis pered compliments with tho most un bounded admiration. "Kvldently." mattered the clown, "this noble scoundrel Is paying court to the banker's niece. Hut how can Medemol selle Madeleine resign herself to so gra ciously receive his Insipid flattery?" Incommoded by the stifling heat of the room, Mme, Pauvel had sought a little fresh air In the grand picture gallery, which, thanks to the tallsmau called gold, was now transformed into a airy like garden, filled with orange trees, Js ponlca, laurel and many rare exotics. The clown saw her seated near a grove, not far from tho door of the card room. Upon her right was Madeleine, and near her stood Itaoul de Lagors, dressed lu a Henri III. costume. Madeleine appeared very sad. She had plucked a Japonlca from a tree near by, nnd wns pulling It to pieces as s)ie sat with her eyes downcast. Itaoul and Mme. Pauvel were engaged In earnest conversation. Their faces were compos ed, but the gestures of one and the trem bling of the other betrayed a serious dis cussion. In the card room sat the dugo, M, Clamernn, so placed as to have full view of Mme. Pauvel and Madeleine. "It Is tho continuation of yesterday's scene," thought ths clown. "If I could only got behind that oleander tree I itlght hear whnt they are saying." He pushed his way tlirougn tun crown, and Just ss he IihiI reached the deslted spot Madsleltio arose, nnd taking the nrm of a bejswcled Persian, walked away. At the same moment Itaoul went Into the cant room nnd whispered n few words to IU C'lamcrau, "There they go," muttered the clown. "The two scoundrels certainly hold tlie poor women lu their power, and they are determined to make them suiter be fore releasing them. What can be ths secret of their power?" His ntlcnllou wns attracted by a com motion In the picture gallery! It was caused by the nnnniinretneiit nf a wou derful minuet to be danced lu the hall room. In nn Instant the gallery became almost deserted. The clown thought It a favorable opportunity for carrying out his project. ! He abruptly left his corner, flourishing his switch ami besting his banner, and j seated himself lu a chair between Mine. Pauvel and the dior. As soon ss the ' ......I- I I MA1l...lu.t I,. n mIm.Im Rl-.llllllt insulin linn witrvii-M m ,,,.i. ..,-....'. him he commenced to cough In an effect' ed manner like a stump orator about to make a speech. Then he struck a comi cal attitude, standing up with his bedy twisted sideways, slid his list on ous ear. and with great buffoonery ami volu bility, made the following remarks) "Ladles snd gentlemen, this very morning I obtained a license from the authorities of this town for the purpose of exhibiting to you a spectacle which has already won the admiration of the four quarters of ths globe, and seural universities besides. Inside this lxth, Utiles, Is ntiout to coimneuee the repre sentstlon of a most remarkable drams, noted for the first time lu Pekln, snd translated Into ssversl languages by our most celebrated authors, (lentlemen. you can take your seats; the lamps sre light ed, snd the actors sre changing their dress." Here be stopped speaking snd Imitat ed to perfection the fantasias which mountebanks play upon hems snd ket tledrums. "Now, ladles and gentlemen," he re sumed, "you wish to know what I am going to do outside, If the piece Is to be performed under a tent. The fset Is, gentlemen, thst I wish to give you a foretaste of ths agitations, sensations, emotions, pslpltallnns and other enter talnments which yo way enjoy by pay lug the smsll sum of ten sous. You see this superb picture? It represents eight or the most thrilling scenes In the drama." on a prion xvii. The showman's shrill volee brought tbe banker's wife back to a sense of reality; she started, ami looked ijukkly bImuI her, as If suddenly awakened I rum a troubled dream. "Now. ladles, we are In Chins. The first picture on my rsnras, here In the left corner," here he touched the top daub, "represents the celebrated Man darin Lt-Po, lu the bosom nf his family. This pretty woman leaning over him Is his wife; and these children playing on tbe carpet nre the bunds of love between this happy pair." Mme. Kauvel hail left her sest, and approached nearer to the clown. "Picture No. 21" ha cried, ifftsr a flourish of music. "This old lady, seated before a mirror tearing out her hslr, do you recognise her? No, you do not. She Is the fslr mandarine nf the first pic ture. I see the tears in your eyes, ladles ami gentlemen. Ah! you have cause to weep, for her happiness has departed. Alas, It Is a ssd tale! One fatal day she met ou the streets of Pekln a young ruffian, fiendish, but beautiful as an an gel." The last words were uttered In the most trsgtc tone. During this tirade he had whirled around, so that he found himself faring the banker's wife. Hut nothing he hsd ssld seemed to sffect her She leaned back In her armchair peifrct ly calm, and occaslnnslly smiled at the tragic msuner of the showmsn. "Good heavens!" muttered the clown, uneasily, "csn I be on ths wrong track?" He saw that tits circle or listeners was Incrsssed by the presence of the doge, M. tin Plnmeran. "The thlnl picture," he said, after a roll of drums, "depicts the old tnanda line nflor she haa dismissed that most annoying of guests remorse from her bosom. She promises herself thst Inter est shall chain the youth to her aids, It Is with this object that she Invests Idm with false honors and dignity, ami In troduces htm to the chief mandarins of the capital of the Celestlsl Hmplre; then, since so handsome a youth must cut a fine figure in society, nnd ns the fine fig lire cannot be cut without money, ths lady must needs to sacrifice all of her possessions for his sake. Necklaces, rings, bracelets, diamonds ami pearls, all are surrendered. The monster carries all these Jewels to the pawnbrokers, and then has the cruelty to refuse her the tickets." (To he eootlnued.1 HaTe on ttio Cinder Path. There are parts of Kentucky where soma of tho mountaineers bavo novor seen a locomotive. One of these moun taineers who drifted Into civilization encountered a railroad trntn, and took to night down tbe track. Tbo engineer stopped tho train and captured whnt bo supposed win n crazy mun. 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