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at,. " 4 Vjfi < FrvU 1 W. -Oct T EEIKEDITION.- q50 ~'- 884 6ah1fel'4c-y,r I~ Dhisay 11 ~ wily lie lovell this proud girl whto.ioW cAt his friend ship asldp with such contempt. "Well"' lhe said slowly, "I 8ppQ8( tI i3the1 erld. In I sorry or the re Ahd could.he havee otratd the fu. o hl v 1 fktlt doubt om The ne~xt day Guy Travers left Glen. more for his city home. He endeavored too see Madge, but she always succeeded in avoiding him; he was pique<, and angry and mentally ho called h'er "a little fool" more than once. Afte4 he had 4oparted Rhoda, the lit P9inrpa , gave Madge a letter "vhat 'Arse uy.dlun lef' for' her," and in the seclusion of her own room she opened it and read an follows: "My DAnLIrNG: Why have you kept yourself out of my sight all this day Itbverl,lvlig me i goodby kiss or w.h ing me bbn voyage? Is it that you 'are Aiil angry With, xg?'Silly*,child, you must 'orget thit little scend of yester hy--forget that you over .loved me ther than a chance ffrin'd-your mother's boarder--and be again, your mow dear little self. Sore day you will 1taml nid foe vhat you now view in the light of a grievous wrong. Meantime, hould you ever'need a'sinere friend raithful and affectionate-you will find me10 inl yours deotedly. Guy ThAV ill its IY ItA Al) hour later Mrs. Ileathcote foulnd ter daughter, white and senseless, liros rato on tile floor, with this cruel mis live at her feet'. That Itight and for many others ftdgo leathcote toased in a raging ever-brahn fever as the doctors pro toniiced it, '1ma gave sialjhjopcs of her ecovery. Mr.. Ileatcote, sitting by ter daughter's bedside, learned from ter delirious ravings all that her child lad suffered in smilence; Six weeks did Mfadge Ileathcote trugr'1l against death, and finally came mttrvi riosus. Butis skie 'began the low proch tl ib6altlh hot nother, (op n jt with au1ie6, gf dhally weak tied, and in three months from the ay Guy Travers had left them, Madge (is an orphan alone in the world. "And for all this," she said bitterly, I have to thank Guy Travers." Thent, with the few dollars remaining fter all debts were settled; and her first 've letter in the purse, she left her na ve village forever. The villagers took their heads and lookcd grave benetovor Afadge Healithcot, was men one.. Weak and weary Madge Ileathcote' rrived in New York, after a journey [ sixteen hours. T e ngt morning ira sinty brakfast, he 'started to nd her old music teacher, -in the hope. tat ie would be able to aid her in ob lining pupils; but her heart sank when, rriving at her destination, she was told lilt Professor Schwartz'had been dead ioro than. ayear. What was she to do now? She went rotn plhee to piace, but without any access whatever. She was a stranger, lone and friendless, and in all that reat, grand city there was no place for ". will -bAke one dore effoi, she aid. "I will go to the groat Signor le Lanza and ask hin to aid me, and if fail again I catn but return to my poor og1ginig and make a fresht start to-mnor 'ow. Asking the first . policetnttn to direct ler, to thte residentce of the professor, te stairtedl thither. Signor do Lantza;. isteped nattentively ivhile,.shes ha4gtold din thle smid hlistory of her pioverty and it~ter-friendissnesse attd -her, snxiety to m:rn at honest living. When, she had finished he requested tetr to let himi hear lper play,, and scat ng hterself at thle p~iano she played a >rilli an t: fantasia, -which :he pronounced 'well (lone."' "Well," she said. "Let me sing iotmething for you; , I wvant, to know If poiu think I 'could darn .my living with iny voice." Then, after a few pirelhtninary chords lth sang, with' great expression, "llomte, Sweet Hiome." Theo professor *iitene~d, breathtlessly. She . began ithe accotnd verse--attd as the recollection of ier dleal old home and the~' mother she had1 ost camne back .to hter, site burst into (ea rs, apid her head sank upon the key boardl. D~e Lanza was deeply moved. Ele wenit over to hter, and placing pia Mind kihdlhys oli the boked hdadl, sdaid "jilgnorin, iyoU ai'o frtienhess;jlet 'no be your friend; cnite anid make your htomue witht us. I have a young (daugh1 ter wh'lo will he delighted to htave a Iotmpanion about hter own Agd, and Signtorina, listen- in five -yeara you can make your fortuno With- that magnifi cent. voice. You have one of the finest voices I h3ave .eveyr heard iag merica." "You can mnako my fortune in five yearsl"-she repeatedl. "Ara you sure?" "As sure as that you and I at&d In thuis ronni; thmat is,. of course if you will put yourself etiirely under my manage ment. ''It answered. A glad look crept Into thte weary lactk eyes, slight color Into the pale cheeks, as sh1e repeated over and over again to btersel:f "Au forttie~nfv ears t I lon~ ''You really mtust tj nid ,4UN'; ~1 lad' 'b eeo heard Vlohk ld Nia yet hithN Y ork Is ravinig over ht. She IWft the fashion." - ' * , '~- y~te u'ire. She sat and muRsA( by the driftwood fire. As the leaping flatnes flashed higher #nd "Anb he pantoms of youth, as fair ant sGte.or 4gaie 14 theNuddy llitf t The blossoms she gathered in li'1s young * ~v4~(n4 w I - Pjcehi: d she lauged throu asuny Inmist of tears, That rose at the dream of her April years; And ever and aye the sudden raiu Flashed on the glittering winilowtLiiie.- - Sobered and saddened the pictures that showed As the drift-w gs red .;o d And the f 1o0le ' I Passed W4h4e1 - zer Drime; , . The daisies suowdrops bloomed anti Red rose, and lilies stood side b7 fv ,while richer and Ituller anid deepor gre# The lines of the pltutes August drew; Aud- aver anti aye the tal.in rain Strearned thick at$ ti li iwng ' ie tiftWood'4ied4doWiIIo f.athery ash, i ash;r Waintly and fifully shone the Slowly atd 4ltly het 8pdf isiat, And soft was the fall, as of vaninhing feel, And lush anti green as from guardqd gravo bile saw the gfaus of tlho valley wAve, And like echoes in ruinA seemed to sigh. .The 'Tet west witid" that went wantiering, i And caught the sweep of the sullon ram, \Aud dIashed it againthefum34ndw-ano. A WOMAN'S lkAVENGR. Madge Heatlicote was the only daughter, of 'a,. widow, whmop.e, iicome, Was so slender that she was ghid to tid acco1m0iniodation . drin lg. th)e4 wariml months or one or tw . ci y Ibaers1 . The smntiitif Wlich our stor'y 0pens1. their oANl boarder was Guy Travers, a wealthy yoting maln, w'ho had taken board with Mrs Ileathcote in the quiet little village of Glemnore for three months, which time 'to had spent in teachling Madge JIeaticote to love hinif. Had tny one uskd him,. lie co'ld noV 4 have fold wh hlie'had doii so,'uhless It was for amusement; her artless iinno- 0 1cence was so refreshing-and-and- d well, Madge lathcote, "thattall, awk ward girl," who would have been )osi tively ugly but for her magnificent black eyes and luxuriant dark wavy hair, possessedi a greater charm for Guy a Travers than older, fairer women hNd I ever done. - t Then after three months of peo'eet s happiness to poor Ma'dge, he told her, , asty 1leaiyta. lydting his -t tile village, and when he re turn'ed to his city home, he should often 0 recall "the pleasant days and the nice little girl at Glenmore." i That was all; he had held her in his i arms and kissed her sweet red lips a hundred times; lie had told her over and ft over again that she was the only w6man t he had ever lovcd; and now he was i going back to his city home, where he would condescend "to think :Smetimes of tile nice little girl he had left Iehind him at Glonmore." Guy Travers,' with his handsome I looks aiid soft, honeyed words, 1111d. broen the heart ,of Iny 'swept girl before lhe had met Madge leathcote, but none1 of them lad ever repelled him 11 with thme scorn and conltemplt that b~laz~ed froni her dairki dyesas she said: "So this is the end! L was foolish to have expected anything better' fromi 4 )'O"Whatid yo'V expect, ofn, Madge?" he questioned. "You surely: did not think I was going to. marry -you; if you did, I moust. say I am .sur prised at your lack of judgmntk." "Guy Travers, I expected you to act as an lionorable man; that was all. Whiatright have you.to win my love if1 you d lot itend tn marry mne? * "Madgel" Hie went over to where she. was standing and attemipted to puit his airm arounid her in the old fond way, but she repulsed him angrily. "Madge," he repeatedl, "if you. love me, darling, why (do you speak in this cruel way? I'm very fond of you, little one--in deed I atm-and~ ~'t)ouk iot-hurt you biy. word or dieedl for~niything In the world; you know that. 3htt, nmflittle 'dariling, you forget how~. diffel'ent are our sta:tions inilife." e ' * - "Leave miel" seexclimed. "Never -let4Yie see your cowardlly face again!" lie laughedi lightfy butt lueasily, . "Madge, he reasoyhabia; you do ntot -know wilatyyu dre sayig; miy Chlild; .1 have done you no hanrm.", '"No," 'she . answered1 pa:ssionautely, ."ygut have done mie no0 harm; you have only br'oken umy heart; but that is no0th ing. Whn'11t differenice cani the breaking of one heart, .more or less, make to handsome Guy Tirav'ers? Guy Travers," she conitinuemd, tuinitg fIercely toward him, "'ou camne here this summen~r for your plea~sur Ie; and( for your. amusemen1i('It you have wantonly .broken my heart and spoiled myI) whole life. But I dei TeGod of the wildow anud orphan will nvrethiusg ampyiuhed." wi1not go wvithiout .aying good-by?" Ltus at ledet aL rf friends." She'tpned her pale fMd .towardl iuh "FgiishriedalGuy.Tavi.$, J itm yourbittdht nyliencefogith qnd u Travers puldiIs dark l''is I a three-years' tour on tle ',olltlient. 1Ie lad forgotten all ,alout that little .episode in Virgiiia five years ago? 'In looks lie had not altered one iota,,but was the same handsome, careless fellow. and all his dear live humidred, frienids wai'e glad to welcome him hone again. "Who is she-this Viola de, Lahia?'' he answered in a careless tone. ",I do not remember of' iearing of her abroad." "No, she is a now star from Ifal, I believe. Her father or uncle, I forget which, is her manager; and a'dqued. old bore lie is too, icimr tell you; won't let- a fellow" 166k at her off the pstagei muelf1,ess speaklt~t'i~w L-: "AWr;ght, I'll-go .-With you and-se your divinilty" said Guy.. That niglitbo opera house *as -croW ded, 41 exvns.. iWhenii the silg(nap peared in all her. regql leaq~y slie Wa' willy app!auded, and Gy Travers, as lie looked at the gracefql, rotmded figure, th'e dimpled white :arins the shapely liands and the glorious ilhcl hair piled high on the proud head, little thought that this queenly wonap.was the girl with whom lie had trifled so heartlessly live years before. The opera ovOr, Jack Mordaunt pre Hented hihnself at the stage door and sent in his card, asking permission to introduce. to the signorina his friend Guy Travers. Tihe signorina seit. out her regrets, but she would be unable to see either gentleman that night. Night after night they received tihe same an swer. "Th-signorina was very sorry, but she was too much fatiguea," etc. For three weeks Guy Travers was tho. first to enter the opera house an1d the last to leave it each night; and although his friends often clialTed him about being hard hit, and remarked his wo01, haggard face, lie was not the mafi to ,give up while- there was the faintest, shadow of a chance to win. On- Viola de.Lanza lie had staked his all, even though it was reported that she was be trothed of Sir Maurice Conway, a wealthy baronet. At lst fortune favored him. At: 1v grand dinner party lie met her, and was supremely happy. She said she was d' lighted to meet him, as she had seen I him so often at the opera-house, but, of ' course, she did not knoiv that lie was "the Mr. Travers whom Mr. Mordaunt wished to present," and she was so f sweet and ranim A..f .... The day sWe had so longed fgr had come at last. For more than lve years she had waited, and now she would yay him back In his own coin. 'She invited him to ball on her whenever ho "had nothing else to do," and she would al ways make him welcome. After this he was alwaye near her; lie walked with her, drove with hior,.and for three nohths he was lier dvoted slave. During this time lie often saw Sir Maurice, but as Viola did not seen to notice him niuch lie did not consider him a rival One evening lie told her how dear she Wias to him; how he worshipped her, and how, if it would serve her, he would gladly lay down his life for her dear sake. H~e took the dimpled hands and smothered it with kisses; then lie ex claimed "Viola, my darling, until I saw y6u I never met a woman for whom I car'ed onie iota." "And when was thmat?" she ques tioned. "When, did you see me first remoeiber, now, the very first time?" "The night you appeared In "Tr-a viata,' " lie replied.. "And you never loved any one be fore that? I can scarcely believe you," she said laughingly. "Viola, darling, you have told me nothing of your life, and you know I am so eager to know everything about you, my queen." "My early life wonld be scarcely in teresting'fo you, Guy, as It was a very sad one," she replied; "and my career in p~ublic ends with this month. And you,"' she dleclared, "have told me nath - ing of yours. .Conmte, Guy, I am youir confessor to-nighit, Is there nothinmg in the past that you regret?" "Confession is good for the soul," lie qumoth gayly. "No,-my dearest, there is nothing I regret or repent of exeepting that I' dide not-meet Viola de Lanzai.a then Ifde i domy1 oin1red thait abo -int 1 haVe hiM e sm3 pity, but ou l sna8ue YessvO e-no ar AJ v~l1~ he" aila wered, solemn$)yg . la hIen will you b)e y Wifeff.' -". 'I will gi 'you~ mxuy aftswer t6llanor rdWI will It. 3 . ~Tiea. he conid .lot'induce her to y n d~me ;oxg 1eujJt, ~3htook nevey 9pi~fe5e i ith nig'it throughr and. counted the !)ours which must3ais ~be'o're iie &ouhdre coive the prbY ader. .AtJt1461m9. ddstched it pats Alonitely itissing 2the'.saersecrilit~ion over a'nd'*eerggingel' luend jt, and 11 ftelliQ "olI1 let ) e had sent to the "nie ggttA :({61m'ore." 1l1t bor6 acaog the! betWtpfd,. fi .her hand widl heseworde~ ' s Vh i~d nhbid 4m." Asf uffe.red tileAio Il YOU '(n Otherwis a 0tmo NZA Tis was all; no nt I faig feet lay<-tWo eads- .g bearing,the nan o i le .0on1 waf a ct i.Thid I"l18T~ VIsI'iT pp iIW ~fI rp. Ato -) B7 A becent disac onAi Island ys:--The sco0I vIO:64he tug R cue and wrecking scloonUt. ,z 0> tolthe Oregon accompi si, r ([he.tug airived at the', . 1 Sad aeuodgb- A hlnio of the sunkesteatier' bI 1'th' 61n ilip'Ind I i -tubeU6 cnl 4a.0 gIli' 'tlid rigting Ie was forced;. xe4gg to theschonor.. -After gelti brath lie: went down again, but below less thah an hour,: the g r 'r" f the time havieig ben tdk Ad i li. ui1 and down the long inast iae diver walked the entito, length 3 regor, andl found thit all the hate -h d been forced open.. As. far as dld >e seeri the after part of the vessel knf ng 1 6) ed,- although the cabin d.diaul sk' lights had buen jvrenhed ,.' aidl water was wasjinlg througli tho-saloon.* On the upper deck. near .tho ollcors' Atpartmcnt aro two stateroomk,' n imber e.1 A and 13. Tihi diveid14 it 0 to itaterodmi A, )vhiuh had liebi ociupled by girs.. Ed wid D. Morga.i and found ill the fin-it ire floating rabout at the meiling. ie secured a har, bag and a valise and -pulling a latgbaltnerruik ro C'inidlr the lowbi? bed ,took. t oil leek'here itflotog to t suiface tyg was taken on board te. 1ue- Thle, I iver then went forward tdithd% mnast ,vhich had -fallen, anil 11 thi flle 'lhi) was broken in two haoriSI44 mas.ageway was tilus opel o'lt e er leeks, from which all the go had been ,vaplhed out, the mast hild across the iold, having torn up the bulWarki' and oosened the deck plak vhidh hod loated. awqy.. The w1.e hIoiuds and plintered fastonings andparts of the nast were scattered over the deck. The hole made by the collision was so ar over the side that the *r Made nb hill be used or the diver will be lowered ver the Oregon's side with a rope by nother diver on the steamer's deck, W hile the diver was below last, Tiirs ay the ship rocked from side to side nd aV',ift current was reported sweep ng from east to west. This shbwsthat he Oregon has not begun to "sand ink" ,s was predicted, but is probably lying n an uneven bottom. Thie diver returned to the Rescue v'ithi Mrs. Morgan's satchels, which vere locked, as was the trunk. The eather on these was wrinkled and fur ,owed, aid tie brass frame of the trunk vas bent In and out. All were marked 'E. D. M." On making harbor Fri lay the satchels, which were described )y Mrs. Morgan in a telegram to Fire rsiand, were taken to Newv York unop medl by Agent Seymour of the~ Merritt WV recking Company. -The leathuer ruak, which Is in a much battered con lition, is still on board the lRescue. Among the other articles picked up is i large tin case four feet square, filled with kid gloves, It Is dented and bat ered. .While the wvrecking schooner was at the wreck the tug cruised about for several miles and took soundings, keeping a small grapp~le towing astern. It 'was hoped that some flotsamn from the mysterious schooner wond - be found, but nothing was seen of her. Agent Seymour returned to the tug. and willl start for the wreck agai n's soon as the wveather. will permit. 'lhis mnornng the rain cleared away,. but a heavy sea is beating on Fire' Isltad beach. The northerly wihnd nxow blow ing will knock the sea (Iowa and the tug, wvith the schooner In towv, expects to leave to night. There are three divers aint forty wreockers on board. Mr Sey uipour says positively that~ there v'ill be no effort to raise the. steamter. The ob ,ject of their work is to determieoexact ly the size andl condition of the hole in the Oregon's side0 andl secure what they cati of. lIer cargo.. '.'he, Deadly Tar'anulas. Soihe mhen of Sacramento Wanit Into Cache Creek Canyon to beard thogrlily in his den. The grizzly happened to be out, but they bough't of an IndIan a b'ox of tarantitlaa, which they bore home ward as one evidefice of "their ,i.ar agailnst tierce and yenomous nature. ,of two demijohns In the wagon but one had been uncorked, and the other- was aboutto be sacdileced to the corkscrew. when a startling crash came. The man wvho sat upon tarantuts box had bro-~ ken .*lroughi it,, and, of course, was done for., "I'm stungl I'm stungl" lie erhede As poison kills poison, his - fel lows, wvith less speed . than haste. tried1 to break the neck of the demijohii, and in doing so spilledl all the spirits save -ahoutaq ruart. That the sufferer dlrank gmni soon began to feel better. Then It occured to some one to look at the "bugs," and the tarantulas were can tlously brought' to view. They wvere eoddtia shrunken. They huad Ibeeni dead Eweek, but three carpet tacks In the bottomi of .theobox throw seine light on the myrosa stnngn. 9 t tbe Rnn'ole War. J e 0RAous river of Florida' is the c - 1O , which is an exception to inost1 R idAH sntlegs, for it flows north. I MW Phlin scenery, flora and ;i aUia.'Like Florida- itself, til riven t edvdd:Jto- three sectio. t r1i.its, mo~ltjth W016kA, nearly 400. fi 1lles1 is the Lower St. John's. - It -isa t IvY. goon from one te, six -miles wide, ) th sow current andforeAt-lined banks. 0. A uan.Uropical birds may be seeji i fla..qyy, d, k A leodVlaka I 14r, J'h"g1, W194injy spumading'out a~y1 ~ the, alligat~rid 'waterfowld may e U seen. Tik Mtddl6 st. JohYi's jis through Lake Goi)rge, crosses the annoy- b iig Volusla bar, and ends at LakO Mon- tc roe. The Upper St. John's, Which be- M gins -here, is a vast prairie region, en- C Itixily different from lth the othere. e Groves of palmetto, hlk0nofr cattle and 1id 1f-eds of alligators, game;-fish, bear 0 dr, etc., nay be found. It is the ang- k .ers' and hunters'.paradise. so i .The Ocklawalia -river is one of tie to tribittaries of the St. John's, into which hi it empties at Yelaka. Its length is overl tS 300 miles. It is a series of lagoons P, Swamps, narrow lakes, etc., coverelii with deisJlingle,-that cannot be drained I or reclkined and mit always be a tropi- Of cal foret inYamp, where the aniiiila th peculiar.to such a regikon dwell, conpara- it -vely. unmolested. The ride through '" thIis "Inysterious river" is very roman- W( tie, wildly pictuiresqtie, and the steamers bi are Juilt aid fitted specially to thlrea(l tri tile Ilinam1. of the narrow and crooked ell c hasinel.. An iron kettle swings from "i tiheni filled with buning knots tMi al likihts up the scenery at night with a ic \veir d luster. Tho brancihes of trees g aiI(10the (aIlnnel m111imake it in solei bi lilaces alimost impassable. - k hle Indian Iltiver runs parallel wit. . the A tlntic seabord, separated froim if ." by. a narrow strip of land froni tiree- a fourths of a imile to a umile broad, and flows ftroim a point nektrly Opposite Titux- sh Ville south to a point opposite tlle nor ant slore of Lake Okeechobee, and is from AV ane and a half to seven miles wid., I Iandi anifertile lhamnocks, fruitful h raIlges, bananas-, pin1eapples, sugar caeca .ind almost every kind of tropical flower tin Dr fruit. . ab The discovery of Florida antelates that of Jamestown by forty-two yearY, amid that of Plymoth by lifty-five. Soim claim that 8ebastian Cabot visited ti ip Coa1st ill 1497 ; others attribute the dir covery of Florida to Ponce de Leon ear-vy in h e .ixtthlI century (1512). Tl ime Fiorida was given because of its ( flowery appearanee. St. Augustine is thec oldest European settlement inl the 1( country, founded by Spaniards in 1565. Tle streets are narrow and crooked he0 from ten to twenty feet wide, pavedl with shells-the older houses are built mostly of coquina or shielstone. The associations of Lhis quaint 11d town are Spaniishi ; it hats anm old, half-ruined ca- a thedral with a Moorish belfry-a sea wall of .coginia, extending nearly a mile, and protecting the ocean front of the city. Hero is Fort Marion, like- a wise built of coquina, one hundred amnd sixty-four years in building and now t fast crumbling. i .Florida passed in 1783 from E~nglishm to Spaniish hanlds ; in 1795 Spain cededl part of it to Francee, and in 1803 thIs .vas sold1 to the United States with Louisiana and finally, in 1821, all 1Florida becaune the property of the lie pubmlic.a Florida was the scene of thme Seminmoleo wvar, wvhich extend~ed ov'er seven years from 1835-to. 1842. Then, under Gen oral Worth, they were .d(efeated, anid mnost of the survivors Vtansported~ to thme regions beyond Lthe Mississippl, a sinall reinnant only occupying a reservatli n .at the souithernt mart of the State. N MONTA1NA WOMEN. h Smart. Oir'ls Who are .Quitoc Able to TIake Care orC Thoueleves. E A cumriou~s reversail of the eternal fi, ness of things is seen in thme fact that " thiere are in twenty-two States of our'14 Ifiniona 308,478 more womni than men. lDikota has 29,415 moro meni thana wvomein, anid MontanaII IS abolut on a par' with Dakota ini tlat resipect. "f [lope'? ;lhould, ieherefor, "'sprinig diternal hii the s f unimale brieast," for' there Is somnewhem e jin Daikota, Mo~tanai, W1yuuming, Idaho, WVahinmgton or Oregon a umnly heart,hi await.itig every hiixsbandless f emaiile now pinling away ini single blessedness ini thme itaat. Not every girl wants to get miar ried' but all of them wanit to voite. Only last year at thei elections in westerni t .foaiticpia for Tierritorhah schaool manperin- Ii L~.tend4n thire' 'were four' iicltlnouidS-in the Ieid. Tiieo of thenm werei females L md~t ;th fouth-a manti. i BW/zemantl >hdhjlacamds on the fence -canm still lbe Wn* apipealintg to 'tie pass'ers.),y .to) 'fot for Mi'js lini1ton, the People's 3hoice " Miss llamtilton got there-andy * e'r competitors were all lefL4'othe nman'"~ aringing. tmp the renmV. HT~eena hms a mperiintendenit of schtoole who bIa lin lanm blood1 ini her v'ems ad who, iighi y dcatlted. 1Aho ha~s. also mai-ted dIra- 41 1, aa#19 Wait, and plays Charlotte- Cushl. iian'is roles. Xlie women of this, northwestern ountry are enqowed with plenty of ,luck and grip. Ono evening lately, a, erd of Ar'zonagoats, whicI were being cided by MIsS 11 'es' Tallert, on Lost iver, c.ine homeearl' and rushed for lie cor'a}, a heavy log concern, eight sethigl. Tlie gates \vere opened ansi lie hoid let- In, aftlr Which, the little idy, dashing oVer the prairie, mounted n her fiery broncho, scoured the foot ills, but.found.ino cause for alari. I. the ight Miss Tallert was aroused Ali 4p. cora . She went in and >if rour np4uaiu lions, and without moimelWi he Itation attacked them ith a x. awo of the-lions jumped 10 corral and fled. The other - two Ashe toward h'er. She dealt one a low with the axe, laying its rump, opott the bone; then both fled. The next orning fifty of the valuable goats were und dead -and thirty wounded, four en of the latter dying afterward. A mountain lion attacked the cattle Ben Mason on Powder river, and lied two heifers and a cow.. Mr. Ma ii was absent at the time, but his wife ok up arms against the beast, followed in through the snow for some dis lice, overtook and shot him. J. W. :octor of Billings had occasion to visit e ranch of Tom Wadsworth on the usl5lshell. Wadsworth had t band several hundred of the finest horses ore are on the north side of the Yellow me river, and has also a wife who is expert horsewoman. Mrs. Wads >rith is not only an accomplished rider, t, as a huntress, can take the laurels mi the Marquis do Mores, Lady Flor ce Dixie, and all the other ladies who dke pretensions in that direction. rs. Wadsworth chases -antelope oi iseback, shoots them down n'hilo big at full gallop, and, in fact, coin tes the arts of civilization with the 11 of the aborigine. Now, Proctor, a crack shot, with somewhat of a >itationi to back hii up, and lie was her astonished and taken aback wihlen s. Wadsworth challenged him to a >oting niteh. They set up a target, I Proctor was beaten fairly, Mrs. tdsworth making the top score. Uter this uniexlee.fo~et I~"oetar StilO ilwitIri in) tat region,$ nie to another ranch hid away among iountails, from which ranged away mt two hundred of as sleek-looking tie as one could wish to see. When Iroaching the ranch Proctor met a ing lady all alone on horseback coi down a rocky motmtain path, whom (lescribes as the incarnation of ether beauty. After some talk about thme ather and stock he was invited to rtake-of her hospitality, which he ac 'ted gracefully. Proctor did not ow who. his fair entertainer was, but 3rybody in this section knows her to a young shepherdess named Nina Ro 11, who is ranching it all alone among 3 mountains. Proctor christened her 3"Belle.of Bull Mountains." [ni th western part of Montana tong the mining camps, there are also ne strange characters seen once in a ile. In the campi at Yego a colored nuan named Millie Ringgold has quite reputation as a prospector. She mnds most of her time in the mnoun ns, and handles the pick and shovel th as much vigor and dexterity as a in. She was the pioneer woman of' go, and ran the first hotel at that ice in the early days. By economy di close attention to business she has mec into possession of somne very vail ble plroperties, and is in reality to-day h onanzi a quien. 'To latest reports m Yogo state tat she is the owner the famous Garild mining 10(de, one the richest silver mines ini tihe West. k Nursery Rong in a Stage Coach. Someho~w, in conversation with Mr. urray, the conversation turned on >shi Billings, and the City -A ttorney 1(d how lie became acquainted with theo Lughter of the great p~hIlosolier. '"It us the one," said ho,'"who married e nmn ini South A merica. I was gobmig CJaiacas oine daiy in a (ncac. it was longit ide, andi there was onily one0 wo) ani ini the coach against abouit seveni en, all SpanIards. Nobody else could 1k iEnigiish, amull I (couind't talk Spani ht, so0 Ikelpt very quiet in my corner, 'ing to get hito conversation with .obhody. VTe lady hooked Li red, andmo to hel a little baby ini ler arnis. retty soon, just to pas~s away the time, turned lmy attention to~ the baby and 'gan to chirp at it. An is generally e calse, the bIiaby took qu1ite a shline& to e, and )vhlen I biehl out my handus to. aird It smliledl ando indlitedO that it. ould( like0 to come over to) me. I too~k and the wvomant smiled onl me1 a sweet Ltle smile, but odin't say ai wvord. I aced theo babty omn mny knee and~ began sing thait 01hl nursery doggerel, 'Trot, '(t to Boston to buy a loaf of biread,' oit.. I' lind, hardly hi~nishied the first line hen11 the baby's umothier. exclaimed in ie purest Eniglish, 'Oh,- I'n so glad mi speak Englishi.' -I was about a. (ll leased(~ as5 51h was, juu~it we soon1 'Caine good ft'himds -pitrnd ainieut uitil I. left/ Chrign'' Nothuing is- really tro)ublosome~o that wo o willingly. 11 . 7 * . *, Wild SensatIkt Wes Shortly after eleye. wih.a.loud cracking of Wht dozn cow-boys on iiry mddly' d6! Washington Louis, in charge. of on and forty wild Colorado e h of themselves made .a :ton as theoftan over theM byq "q the 0 , ..'r..' I 'itret . X h'ed maany wei under the Iinprension that the drove was to be di'Iven 'cross the bridge, bit this was -not the case, for the leading vaquero, who was on a small Texas pony, headed for the river. On reaching the levee the wild steers, upon beeing the water, began to grow alarmed and darted about in a lively manner. The ferry-boat Venice was lying in wait for the steers at Carr street wharf. The cat1e were all driv en in safety to the landing -and an at tempt made to drive theln on -the boat. As the work was progressing a locomo tive on the levee track came puffing by and caused a big stampede among the steers. For about a minute the Wild eyes of the cattle bulged out in fear as the animals stood and vatched the iron horse steaming by in a noisy way. Then ensued a fearful kicking and Jumping on the wharf and boat. The leading steer jumped into the riv er and was quickly followed by fully seventy-five of the herd, all swimming aimlessly about in mid stream. The re mainder were promptly hemmed in and prevented from following and the work of rescuing the animals floating down stream was promptly instituted. Steam boat whistles and bells sounded the alarm and in a very brief period hun dreds of people had congregated on the river bank to witness the rescue of the frightened animals. The steers divided, swimming in different directions, some making directly for the east side, others pulling for the shore on this side, while fully twenty swam directly down stream I., the middle of the river and a laige number struggled against death by drowning, noticeable from the large volume of water thrown a iu t to gazt a the foot of each street, from Carr to Lesperance street, men and boys could be seen with ropes in their hands await ing an opportunity to capture and res cue a steer from the river. The attempt was fruitless, as the cattle kept in the middle of the stream. At the foot of Chest nut, street a number of roustabouts had seunred a skiff, and supplied with rope went out to aid in rescuing the cattle. One steer was finally caught atid brought to shore. After this skiff inci dent the river was soon covered with small craft bearing men and boys who were acting In the ro.e of self-appointed life-savers, the scene resembling a whal or with all boats out, looking for and prepared to harpoon a whale. The work of rescue was prosecuted vigorously, re sulting in the saving and returning to shore of every one of the animals, many or which are in bad shape owing to broken logs and other injuries. A Houstan, Texas, Scene from ~ifle. 6 The Mexicans scattered througout tihe towns are thrifty and industrious, and genera'ly quite well behaved. They can live on a mere pittance, and are con tenited. as long as they can have their cigarettes and c ffee. Many of them earn their living by making and selling "Ta'males" and "Child coni carne," two modes of preparing me at which are ap petizing in the extreme. They manu facture, too, a delicious candy-" nucces Dulces"-- out of pecans i'nd sugar, wvhicoh they sell upon the street and from (1ocr to door'. Their homes and habits are rich and picturosqe, and wvould pre sent sonme rare subjects for the painter's art. The old Dutch masters would have loved to peryjetuaite this scene: A low roofed wooded shanty, a bare pine table, anid a long benich, on which sat three noted0( politicians, taking an evening hlinch and concoctig plains for the deaf ele~)I;'s benefiti One is fair-skinned and. ruddy-haired, showving his Irish bleed; one a typical American, the third a Frencia Canad ian. Each has a steam ing platter of "Chile con carne." Bie hind1( him standa the Mexican host-t all, dark, dignified, grave, yet watchful. They are four perfectly contrasting types. Over them flickcer the dim raya cast by an oil iamnp, deepening the shad ows, throwmng half lights into the oh sonrity of tihe corneors. A tiny hairless Mexican dog sits motionlo is on the~ door stoli, while the sign, written in both 10nighlih and Span'sh, swings creakingly above his head. *Out ska the darkness IS piericed by long shafts of colored light that stream through the stained win dews of theo .Jowlsh tesmple and the pale glinmmer of a lamp in the street car waiting at the switch. "My dear," sahkt a *$moerville moth er, annoyed at sa0 ineautions re mnarks of her little girl. " Why can't you keep ase et?" "Blecause,'' said . Little Mischief dle murely, "two of my front testh are rgone. mamma."