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A Frontier Ranch.
In 1832 an American cowboy-? which
wae Jack?accompanied by two com*
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"fyrtnrk Ari. I
pttXJJUUB, pciit'iimcu dvuvu uvui ?ii*
zona, and as he looked from the mountains
over the fair plain of Bavicora,
he said, "I "will take this." The
Apaches were on every hand: the
country uras terrorized to the gates of
Chihuahua. The stout heart of the
pioneer was not disturbed, and he
made his -word good. By purchase he
acquired the plain, and so much more
that you could not ride round it in two
weeks. He moved in with his hardy
punchere, and fixed up Bavicora so it
would be habitable. He chased the
IndiaDs off his ranch whenever he '"cut
their sign." After a -while the Mexican
vaqueros from below overcame
their terror, -when they sawtheAmeri*
can hold his own with the Apache
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scamps, ana oy iwuh ?iju micco omt
half-dozens they came up to take service,
and now there are two hundred
who lean on Jack and call him patron.
They work for him, and they follow
him on the,Ap?ehe trail, knowing he
will never run away, believing in his
beneficence and trusting to his courage.
* .
- - I eat on a mud bank and worked
away at a sketch of the yellow sunlit
walls of the mud ranch, "with the great
plain running away like the ocean into
a violet streak under the blue line
of the Pena Blanca. In the rear rises
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like millions of ruins of Bhine castles.
The wolves howl by night, and the
Apache is expected to come at any instent.
The old criada or serving-woman
who makes the beds saw her husband
killed at the front door, and
every man who goes out of the patio
has a large assortment of the most improved
artillery on his person. Old
carts with heavy wooden wheels like
millstones 6tand about. Brown peo
pie with big straw hats and gay serapes
lean lazily against the gray walle.
Little pigs carry on the contest with
Nature, game-chickens strut, and
? clumsy puppies tumble over each other
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' sleepily, only indicating life by suggestive
movements of their great ears,
while at intervals a pony, bearing its
lithe rider, steps from the gate, and
breaking into an easy and graceful
lope, goes away into the waste of land.
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In the village of Nenville-Champd'Oisel,
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.broke out last year. The country
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the cases in the usual way, but the
deaths were numerous. Remembering,
ae he 6ays, that the English use petroleum
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His first trial was in the case of a
little girl seven years old. He had already
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which consisted in swabbing the throat
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This year he had forty cases of diph- 1
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which become, as it were, 1
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application. The disagreeable taste
of the petroleum remains for a few
moments only.
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Let this day see ail wrongs forgiven,
Let peace sit crowned in every heart,
Let bitter words be left unsaid.
Let each one take his brother's part;
.Let saa nps tvuru iu duuc?
A day is such a little while f
01 all the days, this is the shortest!
Let rich and poor together meet,
While words of kindness fill the air.
Let love spread roses in the way,
Though winter reigneth everywhere.
Let us know naught of craft or guile,
A day is such a little while!
Of all days, this is the shortest!
Let us help each with loving care,
Our brother on the way to heaven.
Let's lay aside all selfishness,
Let pride from every heart be driven.
Let Christmas Day bring many a smile.
A day is such a little while!
Of all days, this is the shortest!
SALLY JACKSON'S GRIT.
A CHRISTMAS STORY.
f DON'T like th
looks of the ak;
this mornin' Mary
observed old Cori
Jackson to hi
wife as he stoo<
in the bock doo
farmhouse gazinj
wish Sally hadn'
started to school
ef I ain't mistake]
#WD id UUC liU ucv
first-clags blizzard
I'm sorry ther
Christmas exer
cises wan't held j
day or two sooner
Jofe'll hey a fi
v- ef Sally's missin
when he gets here."
"Oh. stop your nonsense, Caleb,'
returned his wife, with some asperity
in which, however, a trace of anxiet;
wan discernible. "Sally's no fool
she's been caught out in bad weathe:
before this and knows enough to mak<
herself and the youngsters comfortabl<
if the worst comes to the worst. Oni
ad think the schoolhouse was fift]
miles across the prairie 'stead of on'j
five. Do be sensible."
Sally Jackson, their nineteen-year
old daughter, taught a district schoo
in Lyons township, for which the com
missioners of MiDnehaha county al
lowed her the sum of thirty dollar t
month. Her father cultivated 64(
acres of Dakota prairie land, and it
was his success in raising corn thai
had earned for him the sobriquet o:
"Corn" Jackson among his neighbors.
Both he and bis wife were pioneer set
tiers in the county where they wer<
highly respected, the popularity ol
their home with the young men being
greatly enhanced by the presence ol
their vivacious daughter, whose charmi
few could resist.
But Joe Chalmers, a sturdy young
settler living at the farther end of th<
county, was generally understood tc
be the most favored of Sally's admir
ers, his good looks, abundance o.
mother wit and genial disposition al
wayb insuring him a pleasant recep
tion. Perhaps the fact that he held f
patent from Uncle Sam for half a sec
tion of good land, on which a neai
frame house had given place to th<
original log shack, may' have added t(
his popularity with the old folks
whose warm welcome when he callec
and cordial invitation to "drop ii
often'' when he rode away were never
theless quite sincere.
There was to be a real old fashionei
New England dinner at Corn Jackson's
homestead Christmas day, and at
Joe's claim lay thirty miles away,
across the prairie trail, he had arranged
with Sally's parents to driv<
over Christmas eve and occupy theii
guest chamber.
Joe had been mentally laying greai
planB for the proper spending of thai
Christmas eve ever since he receivec
his invitation. He wisely figured thai
Sally would be kept busy Christmai
day, first in helping her mother and
later in entertaining the company, o:
whom there were to be several aunti
and uncles, together with sundn
nephews and nieces, who were sure t<
appropriate all Aunt Sally's atten
tions.
As they would not arrive unti
Christmas morning Joe had determined
to do his share of monopolizing
the night previous, and to nsl
Sally to be his wife was the centra'
pivot of his plans. He was fully sat
i6fied that she was the only girl thai
conld make him truly happy for life,
ami now that lie bad thoroughly setlied
this proposition in bis own mim"
he was feverishly anxious to reeeivt
Sally's answer. .That he was not in
different to her he felt sure, bu1
whether she liked him well enough tc
be hie wife was aDother matter. Jot
was not a self-satisfied young lnrjj. ?n(
realized that women are complex crea
tuien, often loving where none suspect
and disliking where the exact reverse
might reasonably be countei
upon. Hence his perturbed feelings.
He was aware that the Christmas ex
ercieea at bally 6 scnooi were to t>eneu
the Friday afternoon preceding Chrifit
man, and by starting early he hopec
to reach tho schoolhouee in time t(
take Sally home in hie uleiglt, f
heavy snowfall the day previous hav
ing spread a thick white mantle ovei
the frozen gronnd. Like hiB prospective
lather-in-law, he, too, had taker
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observations of the weather after getting
-well under way, and had mentally
decided that trouble was brewing.
But a Dakotian en route to his lady
love is not to be balked by the bitter? ..V.j
-Li? :e
, est Dlizzara mat ever uiew, ?uu u
| entertained any qualms they were on
I Sally's account; certainly not on his
' f own.
| Sally usually rode to school on a lit1
tie white pony, but that morning a
k neighbor had driven over in his bobsled
with one of her pupils, promising to
call at the school for them on his return
from town. This arrangement
had not disturbed Sally's tranquility
in the least, for she had an intuition
.To? would be alone before the ex
ercises were finished, and if he should
ask her to ride home with him she
would?well, 6he would .offer no obtions.
The sohoolhou3e was in the center of
a district that was notvery thickly settled.
The people were few in number
and the nearest farmhouse was two
miles away,, but Sally's scholars had
the true Dakota contempt for distances,
and a two or even four mile
tramp across the prairie twice a day
was of little moment to their sturdy
physiques. They were sure of a warm
ownol fnr in tli* hftolr vftrd
was a whole cord of 6awed wood,
brought from the river bottom, which
Silly used in the big stoye without
stinting.
The exercises were partially over in
the little schoolroom when the teacher
beqame aware of an atmospheric change
that caused her heart fo beat like a
triphammer, for a ten years' residence
in the prairie country had made her
an adept in reading weather signs.
She had seen that queer haze in the
sky before and experienced that same
palpitation in the atmosphere which
aha had once likened to nature trem
bling at the fear of impending disaster. 1
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f The wind shrieked uncannily down the
3 chimney, the windows rattled in their.
casements and the door shook so vior
lently that a chair had to be propped
) against it to meet the resistance.
> Still the girl had no thought of cur
tailing the exercises, but rather of
E prolonging them, for, with a wisdom
- beyond her years, she leaped to the
- conclusion that the children mnst not
i Allowed to venture out in the face
- of the storm that was almost upon
t them. Lighting the lamps, a process
3 that was rendered necessary by the
> leaden skies, she sent one of the boys
, outside to close the wooden shutters
I and another to bring in afresh supply
t of wood.
Before the last recitation had been
delivered and the dozen scholars had
1 marched round the room with tiny
American flags upheld, singing mean- 1
i time a patriotic air, the 6torm burst
, in all it6 fury. Some of the little
girls,. alarmefc at the violence of the
s elements, began to whimper, and
p Sally, to quiet them, told a Christmas
story, which wbb having the desired '
t effect when the chair at the door sud- i
t denly gave way and the latter, with a i
1 loud bang, flew open, admitting an icy
t blast, followed by a furious gu6t of
i fine snow, causing the more timid ones 1
I to shriek with fright.
f Sally jumped forward to close the i
3 door and found it an effort which re- i
r quired her entire strength. This time
- *>10 lro-i7 in +V>? n.nrl Viarl i
- two of the boys drag a bench forward 1
as an additional brace. Then she re- 1
1 tnrned to the task of entertaining her
scholars. I
It was customary for the children to >
: eat their dinners at school, which >
[ ordinarily was not dismissed until
three o'clock, but on this day the ex- '
t ercises were to occupy the forenoon 1
, only, permitting the pupils to return '<
! home in time for dinner. Consequently 1
i | none of the youngsters had been pro- |
; vided with food, and all the school 1
could muster was a sandwich and two 1
l ! i?u? i.- l.-'-i. .1 ,.i??i
[ UUbin umuuilD ?UJ(.U jiiny xiuu pn^cu
> in her bag expecting to ent on the way 1
? home. 1
These edibles she carefully divided ! i
among her scholars in equal proportions,
and by pretending she had re- '
served some for herself let them eat J
without suffering any compunctions <
| on teacher's account. It made a sorry 1
I meal for ten or twelve hungry boys 1
| and girls, but it was better than noth- i
j ing- j
1 ttome 01 tne oiaer noys ai nrst m- i'
> siated upon starting home, but after 1
i witnessing the gale that dashed past <
the door when it blew open, they were
glad to join the circle with the rest <
around the stove, near which all f
i huddled for warmth. The cold was ?
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w"?i
intense. A pitcher of water that
R+.nrxl on Sftllv'e desk, twenty feet
from the fire, froze solid and had to
be thawed out back of the stove when
one of the children called for a drink.
So fierce was the draught that the
thick chunks of wood were quickly
reduced to ashes in the fire, and by
three o'clock .the supply was so nearly
exhausted that it was evident that
more must be obtained or all woulc^
freeze to death.
Although the woodpile lay within
thirty feet of the schoolhouse there
was great risk in venturing out to it.
In that fearful blizzard, -where it was
impossible to see five feet in any direction,
to make a false step meant certain
death, and this Sally well knew.
Often 6he had heard her father tell of
settlers losing their way in going from
the house to the barn during the
progress of a blizzard and of being
found frozen in the snow within fifty
yards of their home after the storm
was over. Experiences each as these
crowded thickly on the girl's memory
and resulted in anything but pleasant
sensations.
But Sally never shirked her duty
and nt>w bravely prepared to accomplish
the dangerous feat. Knotting
together some pieces of string used by
the boys in playing "horse," she made
a rope long enough to reach from the
side window to the woodpile. One
end of thin she tied to the arm of the
biggest boy in the room, then unfastenincr
the shutter she instructed him
to raise the window and pass the rope
out to her when she tapped on the
casement.
Wrapping herself in her thick ulster
she pulled the hood over her head,
cautioned the frightened children not
to stir on any account until her return
and then, opening the door, plunged
forward in the snow, now almost waist
deep. ,
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Ugh! How the cruel, icy blast hungrily
leaped to inclose her in its deadlyembrace.
Fine particles of snow dashed
into her eyes and in' a few seconds
formed in a solid lnmp, completely
blinding her. But the brave girl had
no intention of turning back. Closely
hugging the side of the building she
cautiously felt her way until she
reached the further window on which
she rapped sharply with a stick.
rTnih1? t.n Bfie on account of the
frozen snow glned to her eyeballs,
Sally shouted to the boy to lean out
and place the loop in her hand. Slipping
it over her left arm ?he then
abandoned the shelter afforded by the
building and boldly dashed into the
open in the direction of the woodpile.
An accurate knowledge of its location
led her straight to the fuel and,
quickly gathering an armful of the
sticks, 6he jerked at the line until she
felt it tighten, when, guided by it, she
atastfered back to the window through |
which she passed her precious load,
piece by piece. Four times Sally made
this hazardous journey before her
strength gave way. Then, trembling
and exhausted, she crept along 'the
building to the front door and stumbling
inside fell an inert mass upon i
the floor.
"Teacher's dead! teacher's dead!"
screamed one of the little girls, whereat
there was a genera.1 outcry which
bad the effect of arouaing Sally sufficiently
to reassure the children. Two
of the biggest boys helped her to a
chair near the stove, where, after rest
ing a few minutes, the frozen snow be- I
gfan to dissolve and for the first time i
since leaving the building she could !
Dpen her eyes.
Four, 5, G o'clock came and passed
without any cessation to the raging
blizzard. To entertain her charges
Sally had recounted every story she
knew and had invented all sorts of
?ames for their amusement, but now
their hunger asserted itself find they
refused to be pacified.
To add to her distress the supply of
oil in the lamps gave out, plunging
the room into utter darkness Have iux |
a thin gleam of light that forced its ,
way through a crack in the door of the I
*tove. Prior to thin misfortune Sally 1
had made the children spread their
auter wraps on the floor around the
fire, on which she bade them lie down, [
then taking the youngest girl in her ! '
irme she sat in her swivel chair and i
in her 6weet contralto voice soothed
them with simple melodies until the i
tired, hungry young ones forgot their
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jorrows iu meoj?.
Brave little woman ! A dozen lives
lepending on lier fortitude and good
lenae, she had managed so far to pre- 1
jerve her charges from harm, but bhe 1
i
..< . v.* ' dreaded
the morning, when, awakened
from their slumbers, their rebellions
stomachs would crave nourishment.
Her only hope lay in the storm abat?V,
1?1? 1.1 1_
lug, much uci|j nuuiu nuxcij uiiivtr,
for she realized how great muBt be the
anxiety of the parents for the safety
of their children.
Relieved of the necessity of entertaining
her scholars, Sally's thoughts
? everted to Joe, and the girl wondered
if he were safe from the storm. After
RAttlincr t.liin nrnWfim Rn.tisfn.rttnrilv in
her own mind she began a series of inward
self-questioning something after
this fashion:
Did she like him? Yes : she felt sure
of that. Better than anybody elseC3
Than Jim CarletoD, for instance, or
Dick Staples? Yes, better than either
of those two. Did he like her? She
knew he did. Did he love her? She
closed her eyes, let her lips rest upon
the curly locks of the sleeping child in
her lac. while a blushinc smile stole
across her face. Bid she love him?
Love! What was that? To leave
home, father, mother, and give herself
entirely and unreservedly to him.
Ah! she did not know; she could not
tell; the question was too hard to answer.
At that moment Sally heard the
whinny of a horse and the next instant
came a voice from the storm calling in
unmistakable accents, "Sally! SaUy!
let me in, let me in !"
Did she love him? Like a flash the
problem was solved. She knew by the
glad leap oi Her puisee, tne yearning
of heart, the outpouring of her whole
being to the man whose voice she heard
that she would willingly go with him
anywhere he beckoned?to the end of
the world if necessary.
Placing the sleeping child on the
floor she felt her way to the door, and
the next minute was folded in the arms
of her lover.
"O, Joe, dear Joe," she sobbed,
"I'm so clad you come. I knew vou
would."
"My darling, my darling," was his
response as he drew her to his breast
and kissed her'upturned lips, "then
you do'love me?"
"Better than life," she whispered as
she led his snowy fif^ure toward the
stove; "but you muBt be nearly
frozen
"I was pretty cold, that's a fact,"
returned Joe, "but not now. I have
forgotten everything else but you."
Fortunately for the schoolma'am the
room was dark, or the children, some
of whom had awakened, might have
told a queer story about Miss Sally being
hugged by a big man in a buffalo
overcoat wearing green goggles. But
they saw nothing and Sally was too
overjoyed to think of repressing her
lover's ardor.
The first transports over, Joe told
his story. The blizzard had caught
him just as he reached the nearest
farmhouse, two miles from the schooL
Here he wrvs compelled to remain all
that terrible afternoon and evening,
in an agony of doubt and fear, -within
miles two of Sally, yet' utterly unable
to render her any assistance. At the
suspicion of a break in the gale he
had thrown a blanket over his horse,
placed a basket of provisions in his
sleigh, furnished by the farmer's
thoughtful wife, and disregarding all
warnings started across the prairie
to the schoolhouse, which he reached
mainly owing to the sagacity - of the
horse he drove.
The storm was still raging, but the
worst was over. By midnight the
stars were out, the air was stilled, the
temperature had risen and only the
deep, billowy snow remained to tell of
/vf /vlftmnn+o Tint. InnCr
tlit? uatllic Ui VUC CICIUIVUVU.
before that hour Sally had aroused all
the children and supplied each with a
generous portion of the good things
brought by her lover. There was
plenty for everybody, and by the light
of Joe's lantern Sally and the yoangsters
had such a feast that shortly
made all feel very happy.
With the abatement of the storm
the parents of the children began to
arrive and by 1 o'clock in the morning
the last load had driven away, a fervent
"God bless you, Miss Sally, and
a very merry Christmas," coming from
the depths of each heart as the grateful
parents realized how muoh they
owed to the brave little schoolteaoher.
And Sally? Was it not a merry,
happy Christmas for her? As Joe
lifted her into his sleigh and tucked
the bic. white wolf-robe around her
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Bhe leaned forward and whispered:
"0, Joe, dear, ] am bo, so happy!"
And the New England dinner was a
success after all, despite the anxious
hours passed by old Corn Jackson and
his wife. As/or Joe, he was the life
of the party.' He let the youngsters
hug and kise Aunt Sally all they pleased
without suffering one pang of jealousy.
But every little while he slipped cut
in the hall when Sally wus absent and
made even by sundry hugs and kisses
that brought the girl back into the
parlor with burning cheeks and frowzly
tiair.
Really, i believe tnere never was a
happier Christmas day than the one
succeeding the big blizzard in Dakota.
?Chicago Herald.
The Policeman's Mistake;
"Excuse me, Santa, I thought you
ivere ft burglar."
Where to Fnt It.
Small Boy (teasing) ? "Say, papa,
(vljat yon going to give me for Christman?''
Papa?"If you don't quit bothering
me I'll give yon a whipping. -'
S. B. ? "All right, pop: put it in
nnv Htoftkinff. won't vou?"
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;c collectors.
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caused the 6ales of the Royal Baking
Powder, as shown by statistics, to exceed
the sale of all other baking powders
combined.
Fishes That Fight.
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So aggressive is the plakat, a little
fish from Siam, that the entertainment
it affords has become a National
pastime, but not a very creditable one,
to say the least. The fishes are trained
to go through regular battles, and are
reared artifically for the purpose, '
while the license to exhibit them to the
general public is farmed out, and
brings a large amount of money into
the royal coffers.
They are kept in aquariums built for
the purpose, and fed upon the larvae
of mosquitoes and every possible care,
taken of them. Several years ago a
few of them were presented to a English
gentleman by the King of Siam.
When the fish is in a quiet state, with
the fins at rest, the dull colors are not
at all remarkable. But if two are
brought together or within sight of
each other, or even if one sees its own
image in a looking glass, the little
creature becomes suddenly excited.
The fine are raised and the whole
body shines with metalio lustre and
colors of dazzling beauty, while the
protecting gill membrane, waving like
a black frill round the throat, makes
grotesque the general appearance. In
this state of irritation it makes repeated
darts at its real or reflected antagonist.
If, now, two are placed
together in a tank they rush at each
other with the utmoet fury. The battle
is kept on until one is killed or put
to flight, but not until they are entirely
separated does the victor shut
his gaudy fins, that, like flags of war,
are never lowered until peace has been
declared.
In South America there is a small
fish that not only attacks its fellows of
the sea and river, but is greatly dreaded
by the natives, who, during certain
seasons, have to ford the streams in
which the carbites is found- Bathers
are often attacked by them, the sharp,
chisel-shaped teeth taking a bit from
the flesh wherever they attack. They
are perfect scavengers, eating the animals
that float down the river.?Pittsburg
Dispatch.
KNOWLEDGE '
Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live better
than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly j
adapting the world's best products to J
the needs of physical being, will attest |
the value to health of tie pure liquid I
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Svrup of Figs.
It3 excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas- ?
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly vj
beneficial properties of a perfect laxative
; effectually cleansing the system, .
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers t
ana permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts oil the Kid- I
neys, Liver and Bowels without weakening-them
and it is perfectly free from
every objectionable substance.
Syrup of Fi<rs is for sale by all druggists
in 50c ana $1 bottles, but it is man- j
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ufactured by the California rig oyrup ; Co.
only, whose name is printed on every _
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs
nod being well informed, you will nor , L
accept any substitute if oflered. J
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