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- PHOTOGRAPH-EIA. *nr yeari, an ever-shifting shade, rThe sunshine of tby visage made; c Then, spider-lik:e, tae captive cau.- da In meshes of immortal thought. at Een so, with half-averted eye, Day after day I pa-s thee by, Till, suddenly, a subtier art tb Ensbrin-d thee in rmy heart of heart. th ,- -John B. Tabb. in Cosmopolitan. th W Defense of the Concho. c P( ZT HAR.RIET XT. V"BITNET.r ELI WAS young Let -ifrom th'old Troule ru place thet came lopin' over weth bt th' news; an' ] bc don't reckon hi bronco c'd o' held n th' pace three min- t utes longer, when Pi th' boy rolled oil cu an' cried t' me, as t he bo roosed of] Cle tease th' sorrel's a breath: "iRope yer best bc horse, Steve, an' a an' load all yer guns I fer th's fifty Pie- I gan imps howlin' down the valley, M gatherin' stock an' swearin' t' raid an' 3urn th' Silver Concho!" - ,Th' Silver Concho I" cried 1, weth a 9 gasp o'horror. T I've been called "Cour ri d'Or Steve." hunter an' guide, in th' M North Country since long before th' cat tle ranches came, an' it's nothin' new fer me t' fight redskins; but if th's a crea ture on th' face o' God's earth thet I Ciespise an' dread it's a Piegan Blackfoot, i weth' his sneakin' ways, only like a flash an' gone, weth blood in his tracks, be- m fore y' c'n git th' charge in yer Winches ter er th' saddle onto yer -ayuse. "The Silver Concho 1" said I, know. e in' thet Perry Winston's wife was alone it over there weth her baby an' th' Chinese cook. - Is th' news straight, Leni How'd-y' hear about it?" "Dead straight! Ben got it in Shos te-te an' drove up t' th' place an hour ago weth th' sickest lookin' stock y' ever saw him hold th' strimgs over." ":An, now, Steve, if y'll give me a fresh horse-fer y' c'n see thet Monte's clean busted-I'll go an' bring th' t roundup in. I don't reckon y'll want t' stand off no fifty Piegans single-handed, not Ier very long, an' th' boys is yer only show. There're on Painted Robe, an' it's fifteen miles over. Thet pinto o' r your '11 do it in an hour an' a half, an' 30 th' boys won't save up their stock nonq b comi' back, so y' c'n count on help in from three t' four hours, Steve, if y' c'n D1 hold th' redskins level thet long." 1o L-rd, how we did work! Ropin', an' saddlin', fililin' and strappin' on ca'tridge d belts, an' chargin' guns an' Winchesters. ' Thankin' th' Lord thet th' ca'tridge ke- c was more'n half full; an' loadin 'em s' into every corner o' our clothes, where U we c'd make 'em stick AYe made a qgmck job o' ft, ferlI knew re th' nature o' th' red cusses i'J got t' deal " weth too 'well t' take any chances on Ben's havin' got much th' start of 'em,~ though he'd brought his heavy coach Ben drives th' Orleans an' Port Sublette coach; an' they say he's th' best reins. man in th' Northwest. Three Fingered Ben down th' big Canyon o' th' Argali, a thing hardly ever done before or since, t' bring th' news; an' counted on havia' got a few hours over th' thievin' rascals, m while they was pickmn' up stock in th' upper basin. 'Twas nigh sundown wh-o our broncos struck th' trail down th' coulee~ on a slingin' lope; nn' I took a look back I at my shack, thinkin' most likely it 'u'd ' be in ashes before I saw th' place ag'in. Th' little valley lay quiet enough. 'Twas late in th' fall, an' a touich o' h smoke in th' air made me think o' h burnin' ranches. A jackrabbit skittered t by a headlong pace as if warnia' us t, d huiry along. An' th' chatter o' th, h prairie dogs had a sort o' picin', un -d natural sound. Our horses' feet seemed U t' keep time to a sort o' tune-"iegans, ride fast! Piegans, ride fastl" beat out by th' click o' th' fallin' hoofs, an' th' i hoot o' an' owl chimed in on th' samek key. - a. len's road lay th' same as mine fer ar couple o' miles, but we scarcely spoke till th' trail branched, an' singin' out, b "Hang on by thi' skin o' yer teeth till wec get there l" he turned t' th' left an' struck out for th' big plateau in th' Low- I 5 er Lake basin, while I kept on down th' 0 coulee t' th' Silver Concho ranchhouse. af -t. didn't have t' put quirt or spur t' my horse; he knew whu. I wanted by th' tone o' my- voice an' th' touch o' my hand on th'~rein, an' was layin' off th' k ground th' very best he knew bow. 'Twas six good milcs from th' bend, an' it gave me time t' study about th' job I al had on hand. A. white man always feels like he c'd whip about five times bi his own weigzht in redskins, but I knew thet fifty of 'cm-an'B!ack feet at thet was a mighty big contract fer a man o,' my size. An' then 1 thought about th, woman, an' th' baby. T' see Perry Winston came out here 0 fron' th' States a dozen years ag->-on acount o' somethin' b'ein' a~ little off wvith one o' his lungs-an' hired me fere guide on a long hunt up among th' , Itokies; an' I happened t' save his lifeh a time or two before: we got back. 0' o course it was all in t'a' way o' business, 0 an' whut 'u'd be sure t' happen to a t hair-.brained kid o' a youngster like he wa~s then; but Perry never fergot it, aa' s when he mnade up his mind thet this country was good enough fer him, an' settled down at th' Concho, first as cow hand, an' then as manager an' parter - d for Perry's got money--he use' t' smokem his pipe, nights an' raiuy days, over at - my shack nigh about as oL't~a as he did at home weth th' boys *.Well, after a while he went back t' see th' old folks, an' th' old place; a dc brovwu-faced, broad-shouldered feller, bt thet y'd vow never knew he had such a Sir thiir v~s a rnair o' luu::s about him ; but roliia' a little in his gait, from sitti& close t' a stock saddle nin mrn~nhs in . th' year Tl'next winter he west ag', a a i..it tiune the broutat a weie nomie 0 wectlh him; thi' pretticst an' bcest little womaa. on th' !'orthecrn ran ze, als every - r~anL en th'' river---except th' fewr thet' -o-ivso th~eir own-.--'i! freely swear. 0c)re I thought then thcot it 'u'd be alI.wet(h me, bu: not a. bit o' it. She~ wa ne smct my friend as Perry h -wa , s . I s ... hn ni.h as ocen as I -id bL'cre, th' o-nly dif erence bema' thet .i went ' th C nCho, instead o'his rdiii 'over t my pace,' '. aftern a wiie-there -h 'was' ay-v- th 'u' come t' mne---after ca big romnp weh her fat-ber---a& ciddle her dail; -rellow bead ag'ian my o'd can ien I thought o- how them red imps d dash her brains out ag'in th' wall trample her under their dirty moc sins I unslung my. Winchester an' ove th' steels into poor Tartar, that is measurin' his length at every stride I pumpin' fer breath like a broken nded steam engine already. It made me savage weth rage first an' en turned me into th' weakest coward et ever looked danger ia th' face an en turned tail an' ran away. Run we Duld, as fast as Wineton's best stock uld'carry us,an' leave th' ranch t' burn. 'fwas a pretty place, too, an' looked aceful enough, nes'led betwixt th hill ! th' river; flanked on one side by bles an' corrais, an' shacks an' bunk Lms fer the cow-hands on th' other, th out-cellars, milk-room an' icehouse it in t' th' hill at th' back, showin' v comfortable it all was. Th' Concio .s a big outdt an' Perry-beia' a part r-had ised things up a deal ahead o' ' average ranch house, an' it seemed a y t' leave it t' make a bonfire fer th' ssed redskins, but all I couLd think of en was th' safety of Mrs. Winston an: r baby, an' when Tartar brought wet: runt ag'in' th' gate o' th' corral; aa' law, at a glance, thet it, an' th' stable vond was bare o' hoof er heel -empty an alkali hole in August-I turned h sick with fear an' dread o' whus is before us. Well, I rode cn. I felt pretty sure et Mrs. Winston's own saddler--a big -egon horse, as fast as anything on th' rer-must be somewhat about th' place: st likely they had him up close t' th >use fer some reason er other. I rode up t' th' open door. I c'd catch glimpse through it o' Wing Lee, th' eathen Chinese thet did th' cookin', ttin' th' table fer supper, an' cried out Mrs.Winston, who came outside t' ,et me. "Whut horses is th' on th' place?" "Not one left," said she. "Perry at over fer Bueno yesterday, two of his ing have fa:!en lame and one got a ak in his ne::k. But what's the matter, eve, that makes you want to borrow?" I sprung off o' my own horse an' took look at him. His head went down an' flanks was workin' like a force-pump .th every breath; if I'd only saved him a little he might o' been able t' git u 1ile or two up into th' hills, but if t no use t' think about thet now. "Call Wing Lee!" cried I, catchin' up e baby thet me toddlin' up t' me. ' come into t big room. We've gol barricade it ag'11 th' Piegans!' The Silver Conano was one o' th' fevi tme buildin's on th' Argall, made o me o' th' first lumber ever turned out .a' sawmill over in Pine Tree gulch. it whut they call th' "big room" wa 1er 'n the rest, an' was made o' hewn gs, well built an' pointed, an' weth od strong shutters t' th' doors an' win >ws. In th' first place Perry used it fei :addle room, bu' it was so largE an' sc mfortable-warm in winter an' cool it mmer-thet his wife took a fancy to it ' how it was th' regular livin' room o ' family. 'Twas far stronger than th st o' th' house, an' I saw thet there was ere our stand 'u'd have t' be made. They got into it through a narrow pas. ge way which was shut o02 from th' nin' room by a good stout door. Stout ough; but not like t' stand long ag'ir 'hatchets o' a dozen Piegan braves: ' I knew t'net little entry was wvhere ' battle 'u'd be fought out t' th' bloody Well, we didn't stop t' think er talk uch, but just got hard at it, doin' the ork before us. Mrs. Winston din't red t' be told anything, she was so -ave an' so ready ; an' th' Chinamin ickled to in a way that I hadn't be ved was in him. If he'd dodged into ame hole er crawled out t' save his own :in by givin' us away t' the Blackfeet, shouldn't a wondered at it; but there vus, workin' like a white man; lpin' me t' drag th' mattresses off o' ' beds, an' jam 'em ag'in th' outside >or, turnin' th' piano up on end t' ld 'em in place; an' crowd th' win >ws full o' pillows an' bed blankets, an' irricade 'em th' best we could weth th' :st o' th' furniture; hopin' t' deaden th' rce o' th' bullets thet we knew 'd be pin' like hail in a big storm before All this time Mrs. Winston had been ,sackin' th' men's quarters, th' bunk. >use an' Perry's saddle-room, an' ingin' in all th' guns an' ca'tridges she >ld lay hands on. She'd led Tartar into th' safest corner i' close t' his head pulled her baby's adle, an' there th' little one sat crowin' m' reachin' out her tiny pink fists t' th' red broncho tbet only blinked his eyes her, bein' too dead beat by his ergut ile run t' raise his head, though he iew her well an' th' lumps o' sugar her other 'd taught her t' feed him. An' en, spreadin' out a big table, she got I th' guns together, an puttin' in fresh arges laid 'em out in order, ready t' md when I came t' need 'em. T' was quite a show. Perry's Win. ester an' mine, an' an old-fashoned uzzleloader thet looked liable to do as uch harm at one end as th' other; two >d sixshooters, left at homne by so~n the boys, mounted Sniith and Weson sides th' two thet was in my belt; aa' Sold powder-an'-all Colts thet she~ iuld n't tind any caps fer, an' so want ant no good, except t' club. She pu' si all in as good shape as she knee >w, an' then looked t' me fer fresh ders. By this time I'd got things na a on a war footin' as I could, a:: red t' take a look at th' China b' D -D'know how t' fire - !d L C'n y' shoot an Indian dog. et'll surely kill you if y' let him go?" Wing Lee shook his head. I saw how was; he'd stick bry me, an' obey - rs, but I couldn't count on him fer ich more then thet. I looked at Mrs. inston. - - " Steve," said she, "what is it? Can io it" - - % "It's th' windows," said L. ' Th or's pretty safe fer a while anyhow, t they'll crowd t' th' windows, an' th' thand or head thet shows must be dled quickly. I've got my work cut t; it's t' hol th' entry, an' I want you staud behind me, out o' range, o urse, an' load an' hand th' guns. Y' ist go th' roun ds an' give 'em a chance cool ofT a little, an' above everything e, y' muusn't let me wait th' hundredth rt ' as-con d; fer they've got t' he pout o' here an' prevented from comn t'ieosquarters at any cost! IfI they d out the-t th's oniy one man here. sy'll make a big rush an' it'll be all up th us. But, thank the Lord, th's sty o' ca'tridges, an' weth you t' load, me, I c'n stand 'em off all night an' at h' whole banid, if they'll only give tfme enough. ., But there's th' win "China boy heap likee big knife :ried he, holdin' up th' huzte bUck-hand led carvin' knife. "Indian stlick hE band in th' window. I chlop 'mn od julick. Stlick he heal in, stlab he eye . aut. Chlop he head of." Th' was such a savage glitter in tF :ittle heathe:3 eye, an' such a ring i. ais voice that I swallered, t' myself, th' words I'd said a little while before, a:i' Felt fer th' first time thet th' was tXs t lo th' fIightia' thet night at ta' Silver ti Concho. -- . - - Everything havin' been done thet could be done, I cast a glatco around at th others. Th' little girl hal dropped oil t' sleep an' lay wetti golden head on her arm-I'd robbed her of her pillow-: ; sweet a picture as a man S eyes ever rested on; an' then I looked at Percq Winston's wife. She wasn't down in a heap on th' flior ' cryin' over her danger, but stood, likeb th' brave woman she was, weth one hand on th' foot o' her baby's cradle an' th' other sort o' hoverin' over th' Wincies. 1' ter thet she was all ready t' hand. me th' a minute I needed it; an' her face set an' g white, but as stead V as a rock, weth i thet awful look o' listenia' aa it tiet we all wore. I looked at her, an' as I gazed th' 3 clouds seemed t' sort o' lift an' I saw clean t' th' bottom o' my own heart an' knew thet if my very life an' soul 'u'd do any good i- or 'i r ones thet he-i heart was set on, I'd drag 'em out, glad ly, an' throw 'em down before her. An as I kept on lookin', for her eyes was o si th' cradle an' she wasn't takiu' any no. tice o' me, an' thought o' th' fate thel a might be in store for her before th' gami v we'd got ready ter was played t' i'tinis i 1i thet night, I promised myself, firm ail If true, thet if it came t the worst sl r should have my last ca'tridge full in he ai pure, lovin' heart t' send her straight t , Heaven safe an' easy. An' then I thought o' th' baby; an v though I knew what a slim chance th s was thet th' redskins ''dl load them. v selves weth live plunder, knowin' well ( how swift an' hot th' pursuit 'u'd be, 11 still th' was a chance. If th' tienrh 3 brin-Med her, it 'u'd be nigh as short an' v merciful as my budet; au' if they did A take her off ala., o'course I knew Win. a ston 'd have every man on th' Northern 1 range out after 'e.n an' wipe th' whole t Blackfoot nation otf n' th' face o' th' c earth but what he'd bring her back. 4 'Irwas torture t' me t' think o' her in th 1: hands o' th' dirty brutes, but ti' was s t chance an' I knew I'd got t resk it. I As fer th' Chinaman-well, we was i: men, an' 'u'd have ' take whut came our e way. i If they only didn't set us on fire! Thet s was th' terrible fear in my mind, though v I hadn't mentioned itt' tE' others. 1 But then, on the other hind-hark! 1 At last my strained ear had caught th' r> long dreaded sound. Th' thud, thul! N o' horses' feet on a long, steady gallop. I looked at Mrs. Winston, an' as her eye I met mine, I saw thet she heard it too, an' that at last our time had come. Nobody moved after th' sort o' wave thet seemed t' pass over us jest at first1 Everything was ready an' there was nothin' t' be done till th' attack came. rhud, thud I-nearer, now; quite plain tour strained hearin'. Click!-Over th' log bridge, an' thud, thd I!h--up th' hil-quite close up t' th' house-au' 1 hen, all at once, silence!f I never want t' live through thet five minutes ag'in. Where was they? Dis nounted an' surroundin' th' hosmei I t :h' place over our heads an' drive us out, ike rats from a sinkin' ship? Crawhmn a >y scores through th' nesv buildin 'vO ihrow themselves on the door, an' buzrst n'it wet a rush, overpower me befere ic'dfreaso-- -!Ithttp iutside? A hand on th' door? "Now, then, Mrs. Winston; stca ly with the guns!-I "Steve- Steve Scarrett!'' '1'wasr ?erry Winston's welcome hail. "Arq tou there, Stevel .and safe? O,>en the loor, man! Mary, darling i Never mind Steve, but cry it out in my arms, love. [hanking God, as I do, that it isa't youi hat's lying out and burned to death in he ashes of your own hone as por, Al lyndal's wife and babies are this nig'it. Eolly." "Where's young Len Troule at?' said ~ , rather grutf, from th' feelin o' rebat ~ het had sort o' surged up into my throat md choked my voice at th' hearin',an' ight o' Perry.' t "All right, Steve, outside with the yoys. We met him five miles belo w the ~ yend, with the welcome news tha:; you'd a ome over here to take care of my eople; but we'd already heard that theC Piegans were down and had raided tho. 'Three-Bar' and were hard on our way up to look out for my wife and fight the' ausses if we can lay our hands on then. ~ "You gave us a tremendous scare wit . your dark house, Stev'e. I could 's make it out, but was in&d"' I t't that they'd cleanedi you out, garrisoned I: the place and that an attack from us s would be the signal for the murder of f: any of you that were left alive. Thank a God!i once more, that it's all right. b "George! Steve, you're rearly for a f siege, herelI You could stand off a regi- a ment if they charged in small platoons. I Wing, my brave boy, I see you meant to L carve Piegans with that knife. Go and n turn it loose on a ham, and knock us up some supper lively, for we must hit the t: trail north before it gets cold. "You'll come along, Steve, of course. o There'll be- no more danger here this I year, Molly, and pleate God! we'll fix it i: Ithis time so there'll never be another a Petgan raid into the Ccear d'Or country." -San Francisco Examiner. r IHis Callin. Father (despondently)-1 ami at a E oss to know what, .Jamnes will be when he grows up. Hie is too indo- t: lent to learn anything and simply knows nothing of what is going on ~ around him. Old Friend.-W hy don't . you make himu a professional jury- I ma.-Life Cause or Death. "You say my beloved predecessora died of a very tritling causey" asked a the newly arrived missionary ol the South Sea Island 10 r2. - -Y'e, " re - plied the sable monarch, with a rmini ating glance at his tavorite copper kettle; "yes, be died of a mere boil." Explatneri. Pan ks-Thme dhanger frorm drink i-i In the angle or observation. 'I anks -What do you meany Bianks - When your elbow mnakes too many icte angles a c'rooked line bee 'tntes the .only possible distance het ween two -given point.s.-New York World.r WIIEN we re IlvioL' to do good sWeI can- depend on God ana angels to ilOUSEIIOLI) MATTvERS. roTATOS US7.1ALLY IIASTTIX COOKF.P The' grat-t injury to potatoes in cook is fromt ohiling too rapidly. Th,-y ud i:e peed ver a imoiratt fire A boiled slowly, a wlein apparient neariv .donew. a sinill iuatity it Id wat'r shl '1 Ibe lirnii il1. Ill i r *r to ,trd tlh 0tTet the hient . al j1 ifonia Fr~uit -(Gr.wer. SPI.ECTIN Iwe, uTINVN. in ole vci inI r i, linl I<.r tmrl)Tid V tzike It bit of li. tireal be411Wt.ufl [o thumb1 in1' fingers of 1bAli lands id rib I gtly ; Then draw the fin rsv it h-nthuise. If it splits or aks .r frays with anv degree of ughn. S duis- . 1 ic rd it as entiir-ly -worth 1 . M t f 1 t elm- lap thrl-ads tire tiiiii, in r to l.s-., thai jute and are siIed only to sell. 3ore than ono ,Sil las tried to work linen and id it himiupy and rough and disa Net-2abl le king tlat it was given up Ldespair, soeictilles without finishing it-e. First-class linen may be sted in t lie waY deseribied and will re :11n aln.it utirely smooth. The nr grades may Ie scripecd repeatedly th the thmbinbail without producing y roughness.-New York World. cooit FooD NoT THE DEAREST. Bv slow process of cooking, such as *int, lrazing, etc., says Maria Par i, it is possible to produce palatable id iintritious food from the cheapest ts of i-t. If one will select the sIt that is ab undant in that neigthbir 01 where ho lives, rather than the irer kinds, it may, withi a little cu.re d skill in the preparation, be made rival the more expensive kinds. Green vegetables are never cheap hen thev tirst cone, not when the ason for them is nearly over ; but 'hlen the iarket is -uipplied inl abmun miee thev N. Mr- not oily chiaper, but, ing growit nearer Ionie, tre better. , will be best, threfore, to use these getables only owhei they are cheap. fresh vegetable diet is not cheap in large city. Still frtsh vegetables are ceessary to perfect health, and they iould be provided for the table when er they are in season and within 's nieans. Macaroni, rice, dried cans, etc., are economical and nutri O i Canned corn, when of the best kind, a most satisfactory vegetable; so are anned tomatoes, which can be served I soups, sauces, and as a vegetable, i v stewed or escalloped. Cheese, hlien properly cooked, is healhful and atritious. in a perfect Welsh rare it, or when tmasted or combined with acaroni, cheese iiakesi an appetizing, holesome and economical dish. PerEsERvE MAKT5G. Only the most perfect and best flI ored fruit should -be used in iakilg reserves, says Eliza Parker in th. ourier-,ournial. Equal cinantities 0 -uit and sugar should bei used if tht reserves are to be first-class, thougn: -it that is not acid mnay be made with ss, but must be sealed in order te ep. Smiall fruits should be cooked lowly half an hour or mo~re ; larger .it, pared, and put in the syrup, d cooked slowly until clear and ten er. Small jars are best for preserves, hereby pr-eent opening a larger quare itv than is needetd. Haste is necessary 'rrving, as the natural flavor o: I fruilt is thus moire readily retained. Peach Preserves-Pare .good, firnm caches, and remove the seed, make ai gnup of as many p)oundls of sugar a -it, in which boil half a dozen seeds fter cracking. When clear add the aches, and cook gently for twenity ainutes, skim out the fruit, andl se-i side to cool; boil the syrup unti hick, return the peaches, and boil un . clear. Put in glass jars. Crab Apple Preserves-Seleet perfect ipe crab apples, pu1t in a kettle, cover ith boiling water, to which add a smal] np of alum. Ta'ke the fruit from the :attr, antd 'b the skin off witha toth, but leave oun the stems. Strain c water, add as nmany pounds of sugal s ou have fruit, and b)oil to a syrup, rep the crab apples in and cook slow r until clear. T1ake up carefully, boil ie syrup low and pour over. Citron Preser ves-Pare off the outei kin, cut in halves, remove the seeds ud cut each half in small pieces. Put hem in a sto~ne jar, add half a teacup f salt to every six pounds of citron. over with cold water, and set aside for ye hoursi drain and cover with fresh~ ld water. Soak two hours. Dissolve teaspoonful of powdered alum in two urts of boiling water, add thc citron, t boil five minutes. Drain. Make a rup, allowing a pound of sugar for a und of fruit. Put in the citron, and mmr unitil tentder. Sift carefully om the kettle with a skimmer, lay on dish anti set in the sun two or three ours. Add the juice of two lemons r every ten pounds of fruit to the -rup. Btiil genutly fo r fifteen minutes. ut the citron ini jars, and pour the oiling syrup over. Watermelou rind~f ay be preserved in the same way. Plum Preserves--Allow equal quan. ties of sugar tand fruit, add sufficient ater to make rich syrup, boil and pour ver the plums, let stand over night. i the moirning drain o~ff the syriup, put Sa-kettle, addi t he pluimni, let boil half i hour, take upl, aind put in glass jars. Blackberry Preserves-Pick the ber es over carefully, put a pound of fruit a pound of berries. Let stand with i sugar over for five or six hours. oil slowly half an hour. . Grape 'Preserves--Fick grapes from a stems, pick and put in . a kettle, )k until the seeds are loose ; strain, cigh with the skins, and to every pound low a pound of sugar. Put the grapes a kettle, let boil, add the sugar, and )ok slowly until thick and (lear. Quince iPreserves-Pare and core the uit, boil fn clear water until tender: aea syrup with a pound of sugar to pound of fruit, and boil the quinces t until clear. ' ' hy Nti Is aunty a delusion, mamma?' 'hy, liertie: What put such arm uladish question . in your head~ -ell, I heard papa say that Mr. otast was always hugging some de uion or other arid last evening -~ertieIl ie did not"'-Exchange What Did She Mean. "So Miss Antike has furnished her ew house in Louis .\IV. styles, i she?" asked Eleanor. '-Yes,' eliei Gladys '"And I suppose,' aid Eleanor, thoughtfully "that she el e .t aoot bone n ow ... I udgei In Hot Weather sethin Iiti needed to keep uip the alpetit". n--i-t digtjt i itan give ::ood, hc:iithfiul Welcl Foir thv-. purposes lloo~d'.s Sur-aparilla iSpe 0ood's S" - parilla nuarly adalste.d. A a bh'.l pui:8er it h a w LIe I it -r t i Iyr bh it tt itwaken uC tme aur ir m-ruila, a t rhein und ther intilar ditea e. liood'is Pills cu re h ea.iche :md indigestion. The "Breathing" of a Locomotive. The "breathing" of a locomotive that is to say, the number of puffs given by a railway engine during its journey-depends entirely upon the circumference of its driving-wheels. No matter what the rate of speed may be, for every one round of the driving wheels, a locomotive will give four puffs, two out of eac.i cylinder, the .ylinders being double. The sizes of driving-wheels vary, iome being eighteen, nineteen, twenty, and even twenty-two feet in circumfer ence, although they are generally mad %bout twenty feet. The express speed varies from fifty four to fifty-eight miles an hour. Tak ing the average circumference of the driving-wheel to be twenty feet and the speed per hour fifty miles, a loco motive will give, going at express speed, 880 puffs pir minute, or 52,800 puffs per hour, the wheel revolving 13,200 times in sixty minutes, giving 1056 puffs per mile. Therefore an ex press going irom London. toLiverpool, a - distance of 203 2 miles, will throw out 213,048 puffs before arriviug at its jestination. During the tourist season of 1888 the journey from Londonto Edinburgh was accomplished in less than eight hours, the distance being 401 miles, giving a speed of fifty miles an hour. A, locomotive of an express train from London to Edinburgh, subject to the above conditions, will give 423,456 nuffs. -Yankee Blade. . Creaking Boots. The creaking of a boot has nothing whatsoever to do with the class of leather out of which itis constructed. It creaks for the following reasons: Every sole of a boot is composed of two separate pieces of leather. In walkinm, these two pieces ot leather, in spite of their being sewed firmly together, often rub against each other, and hence the noise. But a booi does not always creak at tfle sole. It ma', -ome from the heel, and then it is causedl by what is known as the "stiffener," or the material which is put in to make the leather which covers the heel stifT, becoming loose and moving about. The cure for the creaking sole is as follows: The second sole must be taken off, and some soft, material, like felt, placed between the two, soleS and thenceforth the boots will be nloiseless. it it is the heel that is at fault, the ' stiffener"s must be securely sewed in, and some French chalk may be put in between It and the leather, thereby lessening the fric tion by which the noise is caused. Sometimes standing the soles of a pair of creaking boots In oil for twenty- four hours will have the dle sired effect, but this ;emedy is not always successful, Pure and Wholesome Quality Commiendis to public approv% the Cali fornia liquid laxative remedy, Syrup of Fis tis pleasant to the taste and by acting gently on the kidneys, liver and bowels to cleanse the system ef fectually, it promotes the health and comfort of all who use it, and with millions it is the best and only remedy. The Freneb chemist, Berthelot, pre diets that a hundred years hence food will consist of pillules of highly con centrated nitrogen, fat, starch and sugar, and meals wilt be ordered from chemiists. We ofter One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannut be cured by Hal's at arria Cure. I F. .T.CHRENEY & Co., Props., Toledo, 0. Wthe undersigned, have kno wn F. J, Che ney for the last 15 years, and believe him per fectly honorable in all business transactions and iinancially able to earry out any obliga tion made by their firm. WVsT & TPRUAX, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, WALINOKIN'AN & MfAItN, Wholesale 0 Druggists. Troledo, Ohio-. Hal's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act ing directly upon the blood and mucous suir aces of the system. Priie, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Testimomials free. Leuen hock says that 4,000,000 webs spun by young spiders when they first begin to use the spinneret are not, if twisted together, as great in diameter as a hair fronm a human head. A Battle F'or Blood Is whait Ho'd's 5,irsat-arilla vigorounsly fights and it is always victorio~us in expelling all te ful tain ts and giving the vital fluid the quality and quantity of perfect health. Ihood's Pills curc all liver ills. 25c. Paisteur, the French scientist, has shown that fruits and vegetables, when undergoing even partiail. decay, con tain bacteria, which, if .taken into the sto mach, may cause disease. Dr. Kilmer's S *a x r- oo T cures all Kidney and Bladder troubles, Pamphlet and Consultation free. Laboratory Blinghamtonl. N. Y The sewage of Los Angeles, Cal., is conveyed sixteen miles out into the Pacific oceari and there finds and exit thirty feet. below the snlirace of the wae" Kar's ('over Root, thme great blood purifmet, give- fre- te~s ad clearne-s to the. coiielloXU and eutres conlstiipation 25 et-.. a0 cts., 51. A noted botanist is authority for the statement that among all the leaves of meadow, field and forest, there are no two that are exactly alike, if a fflicted wIth soreeyes use Dr. tsaac Th.tmp son's Eye-water. Druigbits sell at25'c. Det bottle - A Bad Bleginning. Mother-W~hal! Do you mean to tell me that during your wedding tour you mended your husband's clothes? My my! What could have posesscd you? Bride-Decar me! What's the mat Mother-.You foolIsh girl! Now he'll expect voa to keep on doing it. A LITTLE EDEN, - Au Amefic"aRs Odd and Prosperous Lit Ue KingdolIU. Amid all the troube which is at present worrying the islanders of the Su Pacltl itie there is peace and plenty on one of the Tils. There guano flonrishes in untold quanti ties; there are cocoanuts plentiful enough for arieiis of apes to play base ball with, and the natives are absolutely friendly with one another, knowing not the hideous war club. The little Eden referred to is known on every navigator's chart of the Fa eitle as Sophia Island and the mod ern Adam who holds sway in it is a former San Franciscan named J. H. Morse. le is rex, chief, lord, or whatever other title has passed to him with the island. The isle is his by purchase and thE royal title, like many others, was ob tained for money. When he bougbt the island King Morse discovered it to be dbsolutely bald. There were no people, no trees, no houses. But to the mind ambitious to do the think ing for a small nation the objections were. very small ofies, and within the probability of.removal. So King Morse caused hair to grow an the bald pate of his kingdom, and to-day he wields his scepter of au thority over quite a community of diisky subjects with the ease afid as surance of an expert club-swinger. A schooner. recently arrived here rm a trading voyage to the South Seas, and from her commander, Capt. Molstad, quite an interesting account of the white chief and his black ingdom was received. The location of Sophia Island is considerably farther south -than ither the Caroline or Gilbert group, and the nautical position is in lati tude 10 deg. 45 min. south, longitude 179 deg. 32 min. east. At one time it was peopled by quite a colony of natives, who were ruled by one of theii tribe. The encroach ments of the whites, however, tynfi-d them out, and a number of years ago the disgusted native chief went -into solvency for the benefit of his credit ors-principally, however, for the benefit of himself. le disposed of the kingdom to some unknown per son and his subjects swapped land lords. The new owner did not prove a pronounced success as a ruler, and this time his second-hand subjects became disgusted. and, taking to their canoes, paddled away from So phia to some friendly port in the Gilbert group, where they could be well fed and well ruled at the same time. Having nobody to rule and feeling the weight and worthlessness of his ocean estate the boycotted owner looed about for a good "buy." It thus occurred that J. 11. Morse happened along in a trading schooner one day and stoppen. at Sophia. After a good deal of bartering the tract changed hands a third time and fell mino the possession of Mr. Morse in consideration of the sum of $5,000. -With a laudable view of producing a new and novel type of i-ace to dis tinguish his inland kingdom from its nmany neighboring rivals, Mr. Morse induced a medley of whites, half breeds, Samoans, and Gifr~rt Island ers to take up their habitations in his colony, him nselfV omeiiatinug from time to time as king, sheriff, clergyman andl employer. The barren spots in the Tsland were covered with a growth of b~anana an~d cocoanut trees in great abundance, and the Island has been subdivided into homesteads and plantations. Hoses were built andl are still being erected. The Island is r-ich in guano bes, which form one of the chief profits of its commerce with trading vessels. King Morse governs his small em pire with gentleness. IIe carries his cole of laws in his mind, and does all the planning, ordering and exieut ing. lie does not fear a revolution or a German protectorate, for he owns every foot of his territory, lie is on the best of diplomatic terms with the chiefs of Bularlari, Taputeweal and other islands of note, and is g'enerally regarded as a power in South Sea politics. Mr. Morse, who is well known in this city, is a comparatively young man, and has for years been engaged in trading in the South Pacific. lie is perfectly contented with his lot and manifests no desire to mix again in the hurly-burly of the San Fran cisco world. Capt. Molstad, who put into Sophia sland to' avoid dangerous gales, on his way to this port, states that the little Edecn is increasing its prosper. ity. The crops are good arid the re sources of the place are great consid ering its size and population.-Sanl Only One in Sight. 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