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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-25
OTHER LOCAL ON PAGE H.
FOUR BOXES DID 1T.
Remarkable success or n New Pile
Cure

Peple who have suffered for months Or
years from the pain and Inconvenience O.,
mar common disorder. piles. viii look
m maxi SNe ~ th upon The claims of the
OF all forms of piles. known under tho
name nan, OF PYRAMID Pile Cure: nevertheless
, me eNtraoruinary cures performed by
TINS remedy are such as to warrant the
investigator of any sufferer. AS a case
in point the following letter speaks for
Mr. Henry Thomas of sub-station No =.
fiosack Ave. Columbus. Ohio, writes as
Gent !,4, want you to use my name
II II VIII be or any use to YOU was 81
bad with piles that | lost work on tba :
account. Nothing helped me- I read in
I I'm pr Of me many cures of piles by
drug store and asked for It. The dru 9,
clerk told me that he had something else
mat lie thought was better. but | told
him that wanted to try tho PyramiJ
first. "'ii-u
The first box helped me SO much tb.,
| tried another. and then to complete The
cure used two more boxes. making four
in all. / am now completely cured Jie,.a
not u trace of piles and had suffered ~ :
four years with the worst kind OF pro.
truding piles. Pi0-
l suffered death from piles. but I have
found the Pyramid Pile Cure TO be iust
as represented. have recommended #
to be able to write you what good ~ a
remedy has done me-" ''s
physicians recommend the Pvrauid
Pile Cure because it contains no onimn,
cocaine or mineral poison OF any kind
and because 1t Is so safe and pleasant TO
use, being painless and applied nj nieht
The patient Is cured in surnrisiner,,
short time and with no inconenience
whatever. 'ee
The Pyramid Pile Cure is sold by drug.
gists at 80 cents per package and If tbaSsa
IS any constipation 4 is we'll to use The
Pyramid Pills a the same time with the
Pile Cure as constipation IS very often
remove the costive condition. Price n,
Pills Is rs cents per package
Write to Pyramid Drug Co., Marshall.
Mich. for httle book on cause and cure
OF piles; sent by mail FREQ. 5e2, 1925
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CHRIST SCIENTIST.

First Church. Library building.-Ser-
vices at IL n. m. and p. m. Morning
subject: MAN." evening, "Christ's
Appearing Msjudged." Meeting We'd
nesday evening at o'clock.
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Rays Used omLewia

Mr.. w. Church Lewis. who was shot
Thursday morning, was reported from
st. Vincent's Hospital last night to be
resting quietly and will recover. The
Mays were used yesterday to locate
the bullets in his shoulder and leg. but
as yet they have not been extracted.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-25

perfectly well. able to attend to all my
duties and believe 1 owe my life anu
continued good health wholly to the
use of Warmers Safe Cure"
This is only one case among thou
sands in which Warmers Safe Cure
has been the means of curing the dis
tressing ailments peculiar to women"
Time and again It has proved to ba
unequaled for giving quick and per-
manent relief"
No woman who wishes to escape
misery. to avoid suffering. to replace
delicacy and weakness with health and
strength, can afford to be without this
grand discovery, :.
1T Is n remedy that can be relied
upon. a. remedy that never falls and
one that has proved to be- woman's
best friend"
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Ninety Per Cent.

Of tho people have some kind OF humor In
8Ine biood. and this causes many diseases
by eXpelling the humor.
hoods Pills are non-irritatlng and the
o ,iiyy pits to take with Hoods Sarsapa-
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-25
ADJUSTMENTS.
SOWING THE WIND"

a fair sized. but very appreciative
audience witnessed the rendition of
Sowing the Wind at the Academy of
Music last night. The cast of charac-
tiers contained some histrionic talent of
nigh order. MIR. Edward Hall as Mr..
BraZon. the widowed; Mr.. Thomas Da-
vid as Ned Annesley. and Miss Amelia
Ghrdner as Rosamond, We're all that
the most fastidious and critical could
reasonably desire or expect They were
well supported Sowing the Wind" as
presented under the direction of Mr..
julius Cohn, merits a liberal patron
age.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-08
CHAPTER XIV.

THE COUNTRY OF THE DREAD.
The three remaining Scottish palmers
were riding due west into a sunset
which hung like a broad red girdle
over the Atlantic All the sky above
their heads was biue-gray and lucent.
But along the horizon, as it seemed for
the space Of two hand breadths there
was suspended this bandolier of fam
ing scarlet.
The adventures were not weary of
their quest. They were only sick at
heart with the fruitiessness of it.
First, upon leaving Paris, they had
gone 10 the castle of ChamDtoce. and
had surveyed the noble range of battle
nlents browning the heights above the
broad poplar guarded willow-grown
levels O. the Loire. The chateau de
Thouars also they had seen. a small
white-gabled house. most like a Scot
fish baron's tower, which the Marshal
80 Betz possessed in virtue of his neg
lected wife, Catherine. In it her sister
the Lady Sybilla, had been born. Soil
tary and tenantless. save for a couple
of guards and their uncovenanted
womankind, il looked down on its
green island meadows. while on the
horizon hung the smoke of the wood
fires lit at morn and eve by the good
wives OF Nantes.
To that place the three had next
journeyed, and had beheld the great
Hotel de Sue, set like an enemy's fort
ress IN the midst Of the turbulent city.
over against the castle of the king
But the hotel, though held like place
of arms. was untenanted by the mar
shall. his retinue or the lost Scottish
maids.
They found the strong castle of Tiff
faUges, above the green and ripping
waters OF the SevreS. void also. No
light cleaned out of that window of
sinister reDute, high in the cliff-like
wall, from which strange shapes We're
known to look forth at high noon
North. south and east. the three had
ridden through the country of Retz
There remained but Machecoul. more
remote and also darker. in reaute than
any Of the other dwelling places of
Giles de Retz. As they roc. westward
towards it, they became day by day
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SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAP
TERS


William, sixth Earl of Douglas. falls in
love with the Lady Sybilla, the niece of
the French ambassador. Marshal de Retz,
who chances 10 be crossing the Douglas
estates. Sholto MacKim. son of the
Douglas arInorer, distinguishes himself
in archery and is made captain Of the cas-
lie guard. and later : hnighJed for brave
conduct in the tournament James, Earl
of AVOndale. Sir Alexander Livingston,
guardian OF the kings person, Sir VIII
liam Crichton, chancellor Of the realm,
and Marshal de RetZ begin to plot
against the Earl OF Douglas Lady Sy-
biila agrees TO become their tool and 10
lure William into their power. Earl Doug
las visits Castle CrichtOn and falls deep
er inao love with Sybilia- She confesses
her love for him, repentS her agreement
with his enemies. and then urges him to
return home with all speed. Marshal de
Retz takes Sybiia to Edinburgh and VIII
am accepts the invitation OF the young
ing OF Scotland TO visit the court. At
he banquet, d huge boars head 5
Iought in, q sign OF treachery. The earl
nd his brother are arrested and impris-
0ned. Early the next morning, the Doug
Eases are brought before the kings court
and sentenced to be executed at once.
Sybflla declares her love before the court
and the two brothers go forth to their
death. Sholto stirs up the cOuntrymen
and in three days every man of the
Southland is on his way to Edinburgh to
aVenge the death OF the young earl AT
the gate of Castle ThrleVe the three
NIacF1ims meet. tell the Lady Douglas
of the loss of her sons and learn in turn
from her that Maud Lindsay and little
Margaret have beer kidnapped by De
Retz. The Lady Douglas gives Sholto a
priceless suit OF arm0r, blesses him as
her son and starts MIN out to search for
the two girls. Around Edinburgh the
Douglases are gathering. The sons of
James. the new earl, refuse to support
their fathers cause and swear to aVenge
their cousin Williams death. Sh0ito. with
his father and brother and Lord James
Douglas. go TO Paris. find Marshal de
Retzs house and plan to rescue the
girls
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THE SALT LAKE HERALD: SUNDAY, JANUARY s, 1859

more conscious of the darkening dawn
of that atmosphere of fear and susplc-
ion which. murly and lowering. over
hung all that fair land of southern
Brittany. &s
The vast pine forest. from which rose
the lonely towers of this. the marshal s
most remote castle. could now be seen
serrated darkly against the broad belt
of the sky. The somber blacSness Of
their spreading branches. the yet black
er darkness where the gaps between
their red trunks showed a way into the
wood increased the gloom of the weary
travellers. Yet they rode on. Sholto Gag
erIy, MaIise grirnly and the Lord James
with the logged resignation of a good
knight who may be depended on to see
an adventure through, however irksome
il may have proved.
James of Avondale thought. with some
truth within himself. that the others
had greater interests in the quest than
he-the younger MacKim having at
stake the honor of his sweetheart.
Maud, the elder the life of his young
mistress, the last of the Galloway house
of Douglas.
Yet it was with that jolly heart Of
his beating strong and loyal under his
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CAESAR MARTIN TELLS OF HIS WIFE, THE WEREWOLF.

the other a staff. over which he bent
with many wheezfngs of exhausted
breath.
What would you with poor old,
MANI" he said.
I'VE would have shelter and fodder
if it please you to give them TO US. for
Gods grace
The old man trembled so vehemently
that he was in danger of shaking out
the rush light, which hickered most
dismally in mis- wooden lanthorn.
Il am poor, poor man. he quay
cred. Il have naught in the world save
some barley meal and a little water"
That Will do famously." said James
Douglas. I'VE are hungry men. and
win pay we'll for all you give us"
The countenance of the cripple in
stantly changed. He looked UP at the
speaker with an alert expression.
Pay" he said, pay-did you not say
you would pay? Why, L thought you
were gentlefolks. Now by that 1 know
that you are none, but of the common
atty like myself
James Douglas took a gold angel out
Of his belt and threw it to him. The
cripple collapsed upon the top of the
piece of money and CROPPED vainly for it
with eager, outspread fingers in the
dust of the yard.
q cannot find it, good gentlemen" he
plDeQ, SUTlll as an east WIFI. Alas.
what shall 1 do? Poor Caspar cannot
find it. 1t was not piece of gold-do
tell me that it was not piece of gold
to lose a piece of gold, that were ruin
indeed"
Sholto picked up the lantern which
had slipped from his trembling hand.
The tallow was beginning to gutter out.
as it lay on its side. and in a moment
showed him the gold glittering on some
farmyard rubbish. With a little shrill
cry like a frightened bird. the old man
fell upon it, as it had been with his
claws.
Bite upon it, and see if the gold be
goodl' said Sholto, smiling.
"Alas" cried the cripple. Il have but
one tooth. But l know the coin. 1t is
Of the right mintage and greasiness. o.
lovely gold-beautiful gentlemen. Bide
where you are, and l will be back with
you in moment"
And the old man limped away with
astonishing ouiclzness. to hide his ac-
QUESTION, lest, mayhap, his guests
should repent them and retract their
lihpralitu
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journey. Give us the shelter of your
barns and a bundle of fodder, and we
viii be content. We have food and
drink with US. Open, and be not
afraid
''Of what country are you? Are you
of the household of the Sieur de zRetz2''
Nay" cried James again; I'VE are
pilgrims returning to our own city of
Abb. in the Tarn country. We know
nothing of any Sieur de Retz. Look
forth from a window and satisfy your
SELF
Then if there be treachery in your
hearts, bewarep' said the tremulous
voice again, for 1 have four sons here
by me, whose powder guns are even
now ready to fire from all the windows
if you mean harm"
A white face looked out for a mo-
ment from the window, and as quickly
ducked within. Then the voice con-
tinued it's bleating.
~AIy lords, 1 Will open the door But
! forgive the fears of a. poor old man in
a wide empty house,
The door opened, and a curious figure
appeared within. It was q man APP
parently decreDiG and trembling. who.
! in one hand, carried lanthorn- and in
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dotard. 1t can be shrewdly cold in this
westerly country of yours"
PAY" cried the old man. holding up
his clawed hands; "do you mean more
pay, more besides the beautiful gold
He ran out and presently returned
with armful after armful of faggots.
while his guests laughed to find his
mood so changed.
Here ne cried, running to and fro
like a fretful hen; take it ALL and
when that is done, this also, and this
Nay; will stay up all night to carry
more from the forest of Machecoul!f
And you who were so afraid to open
to three. honest men. would you VEN
ture to bring faggots by night from
yon dark wood?"
Nay said the old man, cunningly;
Il, meant not from the forest, but from
my neighbours woodpile. Yet for lovely
gold l would even venture to go thither
if I had my image of the blessed moth
er about my neck, and the moon shone
very bright
Nov haste thee with the barley
brew.' said Lord James. for my stom-
ach is as deep as well. and as empty
as the purse of a younger son.
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CHAPTER XVII.
CAESAR MARTINS WIFE.


Presently he returned and conducted
them to decent stable, where they saw
their beasts bestowed and we'll Drovid-
ed with fodder and forage for the night.
Then the old cripple. more than ever
bent upon his stick, but. nevertheless.
chuckling to himself all the way. pre-
coded them into the house.
''Ah, she is clever" he muttered. "she
thinks her demon tells her everything.
But La Meffraye will not know where
1 have hidden that beautiful gold!"
So he sniggered senilely to himself
between his fits of coughing.
1t was a low, wide room of strange
aspect into which the old man con-
Quoted his guests. The floor was of
hard, beaten earth, but clearly kept and
firm to the feet. The fireplace. with a
low hearth round it, built of stone, was
placed in the midst, and from the raf-
ters depended many chains and books
A wooden settle ran half round the
hearthstone on the side farthest from
the draught OF the door. The weary
three sat down and stretched their
limbs. The fire had burnt low. and
ShOlto, reaching to a faggot heap by
the sidewall. began to toss on boughs
of green birch in handfuls. till the love-
" white flame arose and the sap spat
ana Missed IN explosive pu1S.
Birch. when tbs green
Makes a fire for king.
Malise hummed the old Scots lines,
and the cripple, coming in at that mo-
mept, raised a shrill bark of protest.
My good wood my fuel that cost
me so many sore backs-be careful.
young sir. Faggots of birch are dear III
this country of Machecoul. My lord is
of those who give nothing for naught"
20, we will surely pay for what we
use" cried careless James. Let us eat
and warm our toes, and Herewith have
somewhat less of thy prating. old
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-08
His Life Was Saved.

AIr. ]. Z. Lilly, a prominent citizen OF
Hannibal. No. lately had a wonderful
Geliyerance from a frightful death. In
telling of il, he says: Il was taken
with Typhoid Fever, that ran into
P.leun onia. My lungs became hard
ened. 1 wac so weak 1 couldn't sver sit
un IL bed. Nothing helped me. 1 ex-
pecead TO soon die of Consumption,
when I heard of DIR. Kings New Dis
covery. One bottle gave great relief.
1 continued to use it. and now am well
and strong I can't say too much in
its praise" This marvellous medicine
is the s,lrest and quickest cur in the
world for all Throat and Lung TrSuiIIe.
Regular sizes 80 cents and 81 &c Trial
bottles free, at u. c. NJ. I. drug depart
lnert
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A Problem For Her.
(Judge.)

s.Are YOU good at arithmetic my dear?"
asked Mr. Perkasie OF his wife.
: 4 was accounted the very best arith-
metician at school, replied Mrs Perkasie
with a touch of pride in her voice.
4 have problem for yeu."
How can I buy s95 worth of Christmas
presents with SO in cash and no credit?'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-08

Hewlett Bros. Three Crown Spices
are now put up in handsome litho-
graphed pepper box cans. If you
want goods that are absolutely Pure
and of the Best Quality, you get them
in this brand.
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(To Be Continued.)
C-liD<~
Carried.

did they decide to make it stag
.sOh. yes, The married men voted una
nin1ously that way,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-31

miles over the moons surface? Are those little
black clefts. or crevasses, which are less con-
spicuous features but no less puzzling than the
white markings the results Of shrinkage OF the
crust, or are they indeed dried UP warehouses;
as the name 'rills' sometimes given TO them
would suggest? Are the numerous ring shaped
mountains really volcanic craters. as they seem
to be? And were the vast dark areas. bordered
with high ramparts once seas. as the astrono-
mcrs formerly thought; or have they always
been as they aye now desolate rocky plains?
In a recent number Of knowledge" f. Walter
MaLnder formerly Of the Greenwich Observa-
tory. discusses a photograph taken by Messrs.
Loewy and PuiseuX. in Paris with the famous
equatorial coudc This picture includes por-
tions Of two notable "seas"-thc Mare Humorum
az the right of the o>.ntre. and the Mare Nubium,
at the left .tne two being roughly divided by
chain 81 hills The upper portion Of the whole
tract Ghe southern. as seen in an inverting tele-
scope is an almost unbrOken eXpanse Of noun
tains In the Mare Nubium tat the lefO one
detects remains Of ancient rings; and in the
bed II the Mare Humorum several irregular
ridges, which on closer inspection appear to be
descending terraces from the partition between
the seas Near the centre Of the picture. prac-
tically parallel and curving slightly. are three
OF the sO-called "rills' or cefts. ON the hOun-
dairy between the seas are the ruins Of old
crater, fully one-third Of whose wall has been
obliterated, so that the incosure is really bay
Of the Mare Humorum. This imperfect crater.
Hippalus is traversed by one Of the rills just
mentioned and another skirts Hippalus on the
left Near the upper part Of the scene, just
under a small. isolated crater one can perceive
three very short rills, arranged 50 to form
capital y.
Mr. Maunder at the outset calls attention to
evidence OF destructive action upon many OF
the craters. Two in the Mare Nubium are either
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-31

war at LOurenco Marques, and either 10 keep
them there or else 20 convey them across Port
uguese territory to any point that It might see
fiji This treaty Of 1879 did not at the time re-
ceiye ratification by the Portuguese Cortes, and
subsequently, when the Lisbon Government
secured the legislative majority necessary to
pass it the British Cabinet Of the day which
ii j. needless % say was a Liberal Administra-
ton. turned q deaf ear % Sir Robert M0riers
onuclties and gave him to understand that #
was not worth while hoth.-irg any more about
the matter Fortunately. Lord Salisbury has
repaired this neglect. carried out the project OF
Sr Rooer, N.rar and secured the ratification
% the Portuguese C1rtes to the most recent
treaty with King Carlos.
Admitting the fact that Delagoa Bay is threat
eueI with invasion by the Beers. since the
Portuguese authorities there give this as an ex
cUse f.r their failure 10 fulfil the obligations i'm
plS-l upon them by the laws Of neutrality, Eng
land has according 10 the terms Of her various
treaties with Portugal, a perfect right TO effect
az immediate military and naval occupation Of
Lcurerco Marques and Of Deiago2 Bay, not
necessarily with a view 10 annexing this de-
sr-be strip II coast line territory TO her empire
IN South Africa, but merely with the idea Of
hlSJinp X for q time on behalf Of Portugal. and
without any theoreuc interference or suspension
c. The sovereignty Of King Carlos over that por-
ton of the Dark Continent That Germany's
approval TO some such ssAefHe as tnis Is already
acquired by treaty concluded two years ago
between the Kaiser and the British Government
Is an open secret, although the terms OF the
treaty have never yet been published, Lord
having considered it prudent to secure
Emperor WnAaU's good will, In view Of the fact
thar the Deagoa T1---Coad line to Pretoria is an
altogether German enterprise owned ~ Berlin
capitalists. while King Carlos Of Portugal is,
strictly speaking German prince. being scion
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-31

Of the German sovereign house OF Coburg and
comprising among his titles the German one Of
Duke of SaXony.
Whether or not any other European Power
would avail itself Of Great Britain's occupation
Of Delagoa Bay TO intervene in the war between
England and the Transvaa is exceedingly
doubtful. 1t is just possible that Russia and
France might make some such move. But II
would he less with the object Of preventing Eng
land from accomplishing her designs in South
Africa than for the purpose of inducing her TO
make concessions Of a territorial character in
other parts of the world Russia Coyets a port
the Persian Gulf. Of which Lord Salisbury
predicted last spring that within eighteen
months time the English people would know its
geography better than that of the English Chan
mel while France has set her heart upon Mo
rocco. In one word the apples which Russia
and France desire TO pluck do not grow in South
Africa. but in the extreme northwest of the Dark
Continent and in Asia. France, it may be
mcmbered. has always been particularly fond OF
the policy of insisting upon territorial compcn-
sation for any increase Of area on the part Of
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fond Portugal I'm accordance with the supula-
,ions Of treaties between the two countries IN
existence About two years ago another and
supplcmcntary treaty was concluded between
Portugal and England. the terms OF which have
never yet been officially promulgated but Whlch
are known to comprise an undertaking on the
part OF England to re-establsh Portugal imam
ciallv as the British have done with Egypt and
Siam. and 10 this end to administer certain OF
Portugars outlying estates, Delagoa Bay being
one OF them. The King Of Portugal. in refer
ring to the treaty in the first week Of January
Of the year now drawing to a close. informed
the Cortes at Lisbon that the agreement was
not only destined "to preserve our colonial do
main in its complete integrity as the sacred
heritage Of the nation, but will likewise be
turned % account and developed as the solid
basis ~ our economic regeneration"
There is every reason to believe that the
treaty in question is virtually the same which
the late Sir Robert Morier negotiated and signed
al Lisbon i'm 1>79 according to the stpulations
- which England received the right TO embark
and dt,embark tro..- stores and munitions Of