FOR HORSES
OFFICIAL INSPECTION NEEDED
Abtme Altogether Too Common---Old
H¢~les Overworked--They Suffer
Keenly When III Treated.
No one will question that, were the
of Christianity universally em-
In every-day living, all opprel-
the weak and all cruelty to the
would disappear. Nee-
it is a fact that, while we
in Proverbs the general statement
"the righteous man regardeth his
there is not in the New Testa-
~ent any special teaching or injunc-
tion on the subject, and it is only coa-
l recently that it.has come to
l worthy of attention and or-
| effort, directed to the preven-
t of the constant and shocking
eru~Ity which for centuries had gone
tinheeded. At an earlier period than
the "beginning of our era, the great
teacher, Buddha, in his command-
~ents to his disciples, laid down the
principle that all life was sacred, ~nd
that the rule of kindness was to be ex-
tended to its lowest manifestation.
While we are yet, as a people, far
in the rear of this position, much has
been done through societies for the
Prevention of cruelty to animals and
for the regulation of vivisection to put
a stop to the worst of the suffering
which was so too,mann in former
yea~. The brutal abuse of overbur-
dened animals in the public ~treets is
ne longer seen but a great deal still
goes on painful to the sensibilities of
the observant and of a nature that
shOUld be prohibited. Horses that
otzght to have been retired from active
Service long ago, or put out of ~exist-
~W nee painlessly, are propped up be-
ee~ the thllls of dilapidated carts
t forced to totter along the streets
"~ lOads far out of proportion to their
t
poor blind animals, with all
t apprehension and distress that a
] being would experience simi-
larly situated, are driven about in the
crowded taoroughfaxes, regardless of
the dumb agony they must experience,
~d it is not uncommon to see drivers
of vehicles lash their horses furiously
Wlthout justification or to any gee4
]~Urpo~e, in a way that makes one wish
~he outraged animals could kick their
assailants off the boxes. It is not nec-
essary to accept the doubtless some-
What fanciful estimate of Setou
Thompson in regard to the quite hu-
intelligence and susceptibilities of
t animals in order to believe
t they suffer keenly, realize when
t well or ill-kept, resent cruelty
~e d lz~Jsttce, and respond to friendli-
ss and kindness.
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EI l)I~IPl~ear When Dr. Williams" Pink
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Heal Inflamed Tisluea.
Rheumatism is a disease of the blood,
q t~cl by the failure of the body to cast
i'I ~ certain poisons. External applies-
one are of use only in secm'ing tempo~.
il try relief from pain--the cure fo~
lenmatism lies in purify~g and on,
z ehing the blood. .
]~rs. Frederick Brown, of 40 Sumptex
Z~et, Sandy Hill, N.Y., was a sufferez
~m. inflammatozT rheumatism from
,~ tune shewas sixteen. She says:
, ~lt first appeared in my knee joints,
• aen in my hips and waist. It became
,regular thing that I would be laid u~
u Winter. The rheunmtiam affected
~.ZOStly my bands, hips, feet and
~QOUlders. My hands were all puffed
~P and my feet became defornled. ]
~n t my appetite, couldn t sleep and
. metimes I was compelled to caT out,
the..~in was so intense.
"'-Fc~" ~ ~veral winters I was under the
~.~to~ s care and while his nJedici~e re-
, ~vzed the paid for a little while there
reed no prospect for a ~erman~nt
sure. I was confined to my bed, off and
..~o~ iv_oak+ ~'a tLm+.- J~[ ]irnl~
rued dYeadfully at +~2i~+m ~+tl~ l was
.UCed ahnost to nothing
'Ill the spring of ]904, upon the ad.
Of a friend I began to nse Dr,
lliams, Pink ~ills. At that time I
n t able ,to do anything sad o0dld
tt~ly ~ enough to keep alive. I felt
Oh/digs for+t~ze better in about a nionth,
0egazz to +eat heartily and I suffered
~pain. Of course I kept on the
~t=tment,. using care iu zny diet, and
~toout three moz~ths I was cured. I
z~ entirely well today and do all my
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~- Williams' Pink Pills cured Mrs.
~+ +b7 driving'the rbemnatic l~isons
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CHAPTER VIII.---Continued.
At the little chalet among the hilIs
where the Duchess Joan had so sud-
denly disappeared they found two of
her tire-maidens and her aged nurse
impatiently awaiting their mistress.
To them entered that composite and
puzzling youth the ex-architect and
secretary of the embassy of Plassen-
burg, Johann, Count you Loen. And.
wonder of wondex~, in an hour Joan
of the Sword Hand was riding eagerly
towards her capital city with her due
retinue, as if she had been only taking
a little summer breathing space at a
country seal
It was six months afterwards that
the Sparhawk. who had been given the
command of a troop of good Hohen-
stein lancers, asked permission to go
on a Journey.
"V4hither would you go?" asked .~is
mistress.
"'To Courtland." he confessed, some-
what reluctantly, looking down at the
peaked toe of his tanned leather rid-
ing boot.
"And what takes you to Courtl~md?"
said Joan; "you are in danger there.
Besides, would you leave my service
and engage with some other?"
"Nay, my lady," he burst out; "that
will not I, so long as life lasts! But~
but the truth is"~he hesitated as he
spdke~"I cannot get out of my mind
the Princess who kissed me in the
dark. The like never happened before
to any man. I cannot forget her, do
what r will. No. nor rest till I have
looked upon her face."
"Walt." said Joan. "Only wait till
the spring and it is my hap to ride to
Courtland for my marriage day. Then
I promise you you shall see somewhat
of her~the Lord send it be not more
than enough!"
So through many bitter days the
8parhawk abode at the castle ot
Kernsberg, ill content.
CHAPTER IX.
The Sparhawk in the Tolls.
It was the end of May, and the full
bursting glory of a northern spring,
when at last the bridal cavalcade
wound down from the towers of the
Castle of Kernsl~rg.
As they rode toward the gate of
Courtlaffd they were aware of a splen-
did cavalcade which came out to re-
ceive them in the name of the prince,
and to conduct them with honor to the
palace prepared for them.
In the center of a brilliant ~company
rode the Princess Margaret. At sight
of the duchess' party the prtnce~s
alighted from. her steed with the laelp
of a cavalier. At the same moment
Joan of the Sword Hand leaped down
of her own accord and came forward
to meet her new sister.
The face of the princess showed a
trace of emotion. She appeared to be
struggling with some recollection she
was unable to locate with precision.
"I hope you will be very happy with
my brother," she faltered; then after
a moment she'added, "Have you not
perchance a brother of your own?"
But before Joan could reply, a repre-
sentative of the prince had come for-
ward to conduct the bride-elect to her
rooms, and the princess gave place
to him.
But all the same She kept her eyes
keenly about her, and presently they
rested with a sudden brightness upon
the young Dane, Maurlce yon Lynar,
tatthe head of his of
troop
horses.
"He is different~he is changed,"
she said to herself;''b~t how--wait
till we get to the palace, and I shall
soon find~ out.'' - "
And ImmediateIy she caused it to be
intimated that all~ the captains of
troops and the superior officers ~f the
escort of the Duchess Joan were to be
entertained at the palace of the Prin-
cess' Margaret,
So at that moment when Joan was
~Have you not, perchance, a brother
of your own ?"
taking her first survey of her cham-
of,the Count
commanders
own land and then come back to flout
her for it."
MaurIee understood her to refer to
the kiss given and returned in the
darkness of the night. He knew not
of how many other indiscretions he
was now to bear the brunt, or he had
turne~l on the spot and fled once more
across the river.
"Princess," he said, standing hum-
bly before her, "I did wrong. But con.
sider the temptation, the darkness of
the night "
"The darkness of the night," she
said, stamping her foot, and in an in-
stinctively mocking tone; "you are in-
deed well inspired. You remind me of
what I ventured that you should be
free. The darkness of the night, in-
deed! I suppose that is all that sticks
in your memory, because you gained
something tangible by it. You have
forgotten the walk through the corri-
dors of the palace, all you taught me
in the rose garden, and~and how apt
a pupil you said I was. Pray, good
Master Forgetfulness, who hath for-
gotten all that, tell me what you did
in Courtland eight months ago?"
"I came--I came," faltered the Spar-
hawk,fearful of yet further committing
himself, "I came to find and save my
dear mistress."
"Your~dear--mistress?" The prin-
cess spoke slowly, and the blue eyes
hardened till they overtopped and beat
down the bold, black ones of Maui'lce
yon Ly.nar; "and you dare to tell me
this--me, to whom yoq swore that you
had never loved woman in the world
before, never spoken to them word of
wooing or compliment! Out of my
sight, fellow! The prince, my brother,
will ~eal with you."
Then all suddenly her pride gave
way. The disappointment was too
keen. She sank down on a silk-cov-
ered ottoman by the window side, sob-
bing,
Now Maurlce yon Lynar was not
quick in discerhment where woman
was concerned, but on this occasion
he recognized that he was blindly play-
ing tbe hand of another, a hand, more-
over, of which he could not hope to
see the cards. He did the only thing
which could have saved him with the
princess. He came near and sank on
one knee be$ore her.
"Madam," he said humbly and in a
moved v~ce, "I beseech you not m be
angry---~ot to condemn me unheard.
In th~ sense of being in love, [ never
lov~i any but yourself. I would rather
d).e than put the least slight upon one
so surpassingly fair, whose memory
has never departed from me, sleeping
or waking, whose image, dimly seen,
has never for a moment been erased
from my heart's tablets."
"But you said just now that you
came to Courtland tO see 'your dear
mistress' ?"
The young man put his hand to his
head.
"You must bear with me." he sald,
"if perchance for a little my words are
wild. I had, Indeed, no right to speak
of you as my dearqmlstress."
"Oh. it was of me that you spoke,"
said the princess, begi~lning to smile
a little; "I begia to understand."
"Of what other could I speak?" said
the shameless Von Lynar, who now
began to fe~l his way a little clearer.
"I have ind~ed been very ill, and
when I am in straits my head iS still
unsettled. It springs from a secret
wound that. at the time I knew noth-
ing of."
As he kneeled thus the princess
bent over him with a quizzical expres.
slon on her face:
"You are sure that you sReak the
truth now? Your wonnd is not causing
you to dote?'7
?Nay," said the Sparhawk; "indeed,
'tis almost healed,"
+'Where was the wormd?" queried
the princess, anxiously.
"There were ~wo." answered Von
Lynar. diplomatically; "one in my
shoulder at~ the base of my neck, and
the other, more dangerous, beca~zse in.
ternal; on the head, Rself." ?'Let me" see."
She cam~ and e',:mcl above him as
he put his h$~d to t~e collar of his
doublet, and,' unfasteulng a tie, ,he
slipped' it down a little and showed
her at the spring of his neck Werner
yon Orseln's'thrtmt.
"And the other,''• she said; covering
with a ,little sh~xdder, "that on
where is it?"
The youth blush~tl, but answered
valiantly enough.
"It never was an .open wound, and
so is a little difficult to find, Here,
• ~here my hand is. above my brow."
"Hold up your head," said the prin-
cess. "On what side was it? On the
right? Strange, I cannot find it. You
are too, far beneath me. The light
falls not aright. Ah, that is better!"
Von Lynar looked at the princess.
Their position was one as charming
as it was dangerous. They were
kneeling opposite to one another, their
f~ces, drawn together by the interest
d~f the surgical examination, had ap-
proached very close. The dark e~es
squarely looked into the blue. With
stuff inflammable, fire and tow in
such conjunction, who knows what
conflagration might have ensued had
Von ~ynar's eyes continued thuz to
dwell on those of the princess?
But ~he~ young man's gaze Dassed
at 'the door with hls hand stm on the
feet as the young Dane also had done
a moment before.
Maurice recognized the man who
stood by the door as the same whom
he had seen on the ground in the yew.
tree walk when he and Joan of the
Sword Hand ,had faced the howling
mob of the city. For the second time
Prince Wasp had interfered with the
amusements of the Princess Margaret.
The lady looked haughtily at the in-
truder.
"To what." she said, "am I so for-
tunate as to owe the unexpected honor
of this visit?"
"5 came to pay my respects to your
highness," said Prince Wasp, bowing
low. "'I did not know the princess
was amusing herself. It is my tlb
fortune, not my fault, that I interrupt-
ed at a point so full of interest."
"You are at liberty to leave me
now.'" said the princess, failing back
on a certain haughty dignity which
she kept behind her headlong impul-
siveness.
"I obey, madam." he replied; "but
first I have a message from your
brother. He asks you to be good
"Dnly In the heartl" she added.
enough to accompany his bride to the
~lnster to-morrow. He has been ill
all day with his old trouble, and can-
not wait in person upon his betrothed.
He must abide iu solitude for this day
at least. Your highness is apparently
more fortunate!"
The purpose of the insult was plain;
but the Princess Margaret. restrained
herself, not, however, hating the In-"
sulter less.
"I pray you, Prince Ivan," she said,
"return to my brother and tell him
that his commands are ever an honor,
and shall be obeyed to the letter."
She bowed in dignified dismissal
Prince Wasp swept his plumed hat
along the floor with the depth of his
retiring salutation, and in the same
moment he flashed out his sting.
"1 leave your highness with less re-
gret as I perceive that solitude has its
compensations!" he said.
The pair was left alone, but all
~hings seemed altered now. Margaret
of Coartland was silent and distrait.
Von Lynar had a frown upon his brow,
and his eyes were very dark and
angry.
"Next time I must kilI the feIIow!"
he muttered. He took the hand Of the
princess and respectfully kissed it.
"I am your servant," he said; "l wiI1
do your bidding i r~ aII things. In life or
in death. If I have forgotten anything,
in aught been remiss, hetieve me that
it was rate and not L I wilI never .pre-
sume, never count on your friendship
past your desire, never recall your
ancient goodness. I am but a poor soI-
dier, but at least I can faithfully lteep
my word."
The prtnceswwithdrew her hand as
if she had been somewhat fatigue@.
"Do not hre afraid," she said a Iittle
bitterly. "I shall not forget, [ h~ve
no~ been wounded In the head! O~Iy
in the heart!" she added, as ~e
turned away.
(To be continued.)
Northern Settlere' Hosplta~!t~.
"The north country settlers
nothing if not ho~pltable," +said ~ ~.
Power of FAy' "It is l~roverbi~I tI~tt.
t
he traveler~ is al~ays ~welcome at
homes in sparseiy settled regime l~
nearly +all parts of the world, anc~ thei
rule holds good through noPther~ MiatJ
]resets. . •
"'In travers/ng ~he vast str~t~ ~i
forest that still remain inthe country'
to the north of Ely you only oceasio~-
ally come across a settler's e~zbhz,
when such a place is reached, you
may be sure that you wlII be we~vam-
ed to stop for the night m-+kmger.
"If there is no one at h~e, which
is often the case, yc~ wiII in a~mo~t
every instance, find that the door is
unlocked, and perhaps there will be
a notice written on the 'door inviting
you to make.the most of the conveni-
ences about t2~e house while you re-
main in that rJcinlty. It is seldom,
if ever, that such privllfges are abus-
ed. To the man making his way along
thee ri~,er~ and lakes in a
opportunity to stop over~
house, Such as it is, wlth a stove to
cook* on, is usually "eagerly seized.~
Duluth Herald.
Deepest Haul of a ~a~t,
The deepest haul of a net ever made
in the worltL was a~hleved by Ameri-
cans em.~the Tonga Islands
South Pacific.
The trawl struck bottom
below ~the surface; that is-consider-
day of steady
HAD CATARRH THIRTY YEARS.
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