A Princely Boy

In the puin .t i -mail Uefman capital a Uerman duchess, distlnguisheil for her good sense and kindness of heart, ra i'i'lcbratlng her birthday. The court congratulations were over. and the lady retired from the scène of li-stivity to the Mcltuton ot her private room. Preiently she hcard lijrht footsteps coming ii the stair. "Ah!" shc aid, " there are my two litllo éowkttg to congratúlate me " Two rosy lade 10 and 13 years of age carne in, om namcd Albert and the other Kniest. The all'ectionately greeted the duchess, whx gare eaeh of theni tl tomary present of 101ouisd'or(almut $1aiid related to theru the following suggeslive aneodote: '¦There once lived an empcror in Rome who used to gay that no one should go away sorrowing from an interview with a prince. He was ulways dolng good and caring for hi people, and wheii one evening at supper he remembered that he had not done au act of kindness to any oue during the day, he exclalmed, with regret and sorrow, My Iricnds, I have lost a day,' My chiWtren. taïethis eniperor for your model, and live in a pffncely way, like liim. ' The boys went dou-n the stalrs delighteü. At the ]alace gate they niet a poor WOUWO, wrinkled and old, and bowed down with trouble. " Ah, my good young gentlemen," said she, " bestow a trille on an aged creature. My cottsgt! is golng tu be sold for a om, atid I shall not have anywhere to In my head. My goat, Uie only means of supnrt I have, has been seized ; pity an old woinan, and cliaritahlc.'" E niest auurcd her that he had no cliange, aml so passcd on. But Albert hesitated. lie thought a moment of Uer plcadlng looiu, and tears calue to his eyes. The story of the Koman emperor cam' iuto his mind. He took from his puree the wholc of the 10 louis d'or and gave tliem to the woman. Turnn? away with a light heart and satisfifd, he lelt Uie old woman weeping tor j . Tlw boy was l'rince Albert, justly oalll "Albert the Good," and afterwards Hm liulmii(l ot (neen Victoria of Kngland. Ayer's Pilis contain no crotón oil, calomel or mineral. They are oompounded of pure rcgetable extracta, which have poaitive virtues and always cure, wherc cures are possible.