INDIAN CRADLE SONG, Swing thee low In thy crndlo soft, Deep In the dusky wood; Swing thee low and swing nloft,— Sleep, ns a papoose should; For, safe iu your little birchen uest, Quiet will come, nnd peace and rest, If the little pupoose is good. The coyote howls on the prairie cold, And the owlet hoots iu the tree; And the big moon shines on the little child As it slumbers peacefully. So swing thee high in thy little nest, Aud swing thee low and take the rest That the night-wind brings to thee. The father lies on the fragrant ground, Dreaming of the hunt and tight; And the pine-leaves rustle with mournful sound All through the solemn night. But the little papoose in his birchen nest Is swinging low as he takes his .rest. Till the sun brings the morning light. —Detroit Free Press. | A Brave Struggle, j J BT EDWARD 8. ELLIS. David Morgan settled upon the Mo nongahela river, more than a hundred years ago, and erected his cabin in tho wilderness, three or four miles fron: the nearest settlement. He had been a splendid type of the pioneer—stalwart, powerful, active, and an unerring shot with the rifle, but he was now TO years of age. He knew the risk he ran from Indians, but he was brave, and the spot where he located was so admirable in every respect that ho believed other settlers would speedily follow, thus steadily lessen the danger, until it should cease altogether. Morgan was warranted in his theory, for common report placed the red men so far to the west that It looked'Tin reasonable to count upon their ventur ing into this neighborhood: but the aborigines hud a disagreeable habit of making their appearance where tuey were not desired. One morning, Morgan, having sent two of iiis children to do some work In a neighboring field, became uneasy over their long absence, and started in quest of them. Of course, he carried his rifle, for such was the custom of every pioneer in venturing the briefest distance from home. Reaching the field, the old gentleman was Inexpressibly relieved to observe his youngsters ut work, and he sat up on the fence a few minutes to watch and give them necessary directions. It was while thus employed that he made the alarming discovery that two In dians were standing a short distance off. talking and gesticulating iu such a fashion that there could be no doubt they were planning the capture or death of the little ones. The father instantly called to his children to run home ns fast us they could, while he would cover their ic treat with his rifle. The house was almost a mile distant, but the children, terrified almost out of their wits, im mediately started 011 a run for home. They were soon beyond danger, and the Indians turned their whole atten tion to the pioneer himself. A score of years before, Morgan tould not have been overtaken by any red-skin, but he was now too old to run fast. However, as the only re source, he struck a bee-line for home, and ran a considerable distance, with n fleetness which astonished himself; hut be couldn't keep it up and h» euwdily realized that he was only post poning a deadly liand-to hand en counter. Another frightful disadvantage un der which the old man was laboring was the woods through which he was running consisted of thin scattered trees nearly all of which were too small iu size to afford shelter. Thus he was shut off from crouching behind one of the trunks, placing his hat on the cud of his ramrod, nnd drawing tlie shots of his enemies, in accordance witli the fashion of men, when placed In similar peril. But In dashing through the woods, the panting fugitive passed a large walnut tree, which he immediately saw was the very thing he needed. To reach It, It was necessary to wheel about aud run back a rod or two. He did so. The Indinns failed to understand the meaning of the movement It looked as If the venerable gentlemau had sud denly changed Ills mind, and concluded to assume the aggressive. Hie result was that the red-skins were so terrified that they turned also, and dodged In among a lot of saplings where they niaile desperate efforts to shelter them selves. It is not impossible that it" Morgan had continued his retrograde movement his enemies would have kept up their flight, but lie prudently concluded to stick to the shelter of the walnut tree. At this day. It Is hard to say whether his next proceeding was a ruse or lu t; but when lie saw the frantic efforts of the Indians to hide behind the "sleek, slim saplings," he raised his rifle and blazed away. From that point for ward one of the noble red-men failed to display tiny interest in the proceed ings. The survivor, instead of showing enough courage to wult until Morgan could reload his piece, immediately sprnng from shelter and advanced up on the pioneer, with the evident pur pose of disposing of him before lie could reload. Tills compelled the old man to take to his heels again, for he did 11 t possess even n knife with which to de fend himself. The short respite lie bad gained gave him Ills wind, 11 nil lie made good time for a short distance; but his pursuer was a young athlete. ' who gained rapidly, until within 20 yards, then tired a shot that missed the fugitive. This left the combatants upcn some what more equal terms, though the old gentleman was quite exhausted from his severe running; but, nothing daunt ed, he clenched his rifle, and awaited the onslaught of the Indian, who drew a tomahawk and began dancing about and brandishing the weapon. The painted warrior looked dreadful in prancing around, whooping and flourishing the glittering tomahawk, while at the same time, he continued edging closer and closer to victim. But Morgan manfully stood his ground, with his rifle clubbed, until the dreaded tomahawk was about to descend. Then he threw himself slightly for ward and brought down the butt ot his gun, the two blows being simul taneous, and took effect. The stock of the rifle was shattered upon the bronzed skull, and the tdge of the tomahawk was broken against the barrel of the piece, after cutting two fingers from Morgan's left hand. Without any delay, tho red man reached down to draw his knife, when Morgan, with a view of preventing it, grappled and threw him to the ground. Here a terrific struggle took place, in which none but nature's weapons were used. Morgan in his day was a skill ful pugilist and wrestler, and for a brief while he was master of the sit uation; but his waning strength sonn gave away the advantage, and the Indian rolled him underneath. The red man had been guilty of some thievery before reaching this spot, for he wore a woman's apron tied around his waist. He had tied It 011 with great care, so that It was not torn away, although it got slewed around once or twice during the struggle. The Indian planted one knee on the breast of Morgan, and then let out a series of yells, which were heard at the house, nearly a mile distant. Having given vent to his feelings in that fash ion, he reached for the knife at his girdle. And in doing so, he received a warn ing against the sin of thievery. The knife was so much conflntd by the apron-string that he was perplexed. While the Indian was tugging awk wardly at it. Morgan got one of his dusky lingers between his teeth and bit like a vise. The yells of exultation werp now changed to roars of pain, and the Ind ian tried desperately to jerk the linger from its torturing Imprisonment, while at the same time he continued vaguely grasping for his knife. Convinced that this weapon must finally decide the contest, Morgan made equally desper ate efforts to obtain it, and It thus happened that both clutched it at the same time, the white man by the handle and the red one by the blade. Morgan, feeling the knife slowly slip ping from his grasp under the pull of his adversary, shut down harder with his teeth upon the finger. The Indian gave a spasmodic gasp; the knife was dexterously twitched from his hand, which was severely cut, and both ad versaries sprang to their feet. Morgan, however, had secured the knife. That now being the only weap on between them, he made the best use of it. The first blow struck a bone and accomplished nothing, but the second was a disastrous one. and th:> Indian sagged heavily downward. The pioneer fell with him, and fol lowed up the blow, until the Indian was effectually finished. Moigan was so exhausted that when he staggered to his feet he could scarcely stand. As soon as he regained enough strength lie started for home, hurrying as fast as possible. Ilis family were Im measurably relieved to see him alive, even though wounded; for the pant ing children had brought the terrible tale with them, and the sound of the rifle-reports apprised them of the tight under way. Although Morgan lived several miles from the settlement, yet he had a few neighbors dwelling nearer by. When his fingers were dressed, he and some members of the family started out In different directions, until all the neighbors were roused and gath ered at his house. It was then found that nearly a dozen were 011 hand, and they set out at once for the scene of the struggle. Beaching the saplings where the Indians made their first stand, they discovered the first lying dead, killed by the shot of Morgan, tired from be hind the walnut tree; but the other, uiuch to their astonlshnu ut, had vanished. Making their way to the spot where the final struggle took place the set tlers saw evidences of its frightful character. The ground was stamped and torn, and blood was scattered all around. "Here is the trail." said one, point ing a little to one side; "and it doesn't look as if there'll be any trouble In following it." There could be no difficulty ind.'fd, for the green sward was marked t o plainly with crimson, and the men walked along over the trull until it led them to a fallen tree-top, wh -re the miserable Indian had dragged himself. He was endeavoring to dress the would with the stolen apron about his waist. As the men came up, he extended his hand, and said in broken Kngllsh; "How do, broder—how do, broder!" But the settlers were in no >en!l meiital mood, and. conceiving the In dian to be mortally wounded, they did that which they would have done had he been uninjured put lilni beyond all possibility of further suffering or hnrui.—Snturdoy Night. It Is estimated that the armor for the new battleships for the Uertuau iiavv will cost titt.UKI.UOO. 1 THE REALM OF FASHION. | New York City.—Gray and white foulard Is atractlvely combined with white Liberty satin and a girdle of violet panne. In the accompanying cut, reproduced from Modes. The waist Is mounted on a glove GARDEN FARTYCOSTUME. fitted lining which closes in the cen ter front the seams and darts being featlierboned. The front yoke is Included on the right shoulder seam and fastens In visibly on the left side. The deep gir dle closes at the left side and com bines the full front which is arranged in a moderate blouse. The correct two-piece sleeves have just enough fulness at the shoulders to give a stylishly rounded effect, and are shaped in a bell flare over the hand. The smart Empire jacket is arranged In single box pleats back "Tid front, and applied to outline the >wer edge of the yoke. It reaches just below the girdle, and gives a stylish fulness over the bust. The pleats are pressed flatly and stitched about one-third of the distance from the yoke. The skirt is mnde with a narrow ATNT-'S rnEss wrrn SCALLOPED TOKB. WAIST WITH FICHU— FocB-riECE «KIR front gore and wide circular sides. It closes In the center bnck, having a single box pleat on either side. The lower edge Is trimmed with three nar row ruflles which give a stylish flare at the floor. To make the waist in the medium size will require three and one-half yards of tweuty-two-luch material for jacket, three-quarters yard of velvet for girdle, and one-half yard of twen ty-two-inch material for yoke and col lar. To make the skirt in the medium size will require five yards of flfty lnch material. Two Attractive Toilet*. Light green figured percale was chosen for the attractive frock, with trimmings of plain green pique, which Is shown to the left of the large Illus tration, from Modes. The waist is mounted on a fitted lin ing which closes In the center back. The full front and backs are applied on the lining body, at a yoke depth, the fulness being gathered at the lower edge and drawn down close in the back, forming a slight blouse in front over the narrow pique belt. The neck Is completed by a comparatively high straight collar. Over the shoulders Is a pretty droit yoke of pique, which Is adjusted with shoulder seams and closes In the cen ter back. The lower edge is shaped In scalloped outline, extending over the sleeves to form a cap. The little four-piece skirt Is shaped with narrow front gore and wide sides, which extend almost to the center back, where they meet the double box pleat. A baud of pique Is npplled around the skirt In scalloped outline to match the yoke. It Is finished with a uar row cotton bra.'. To make the dress for a girl eight years will require three ami one-quar ter yards of thlrty-slx-lnch material. Tile attractive toilette, ou the right of the large drawing, Is fashioned in pale blue and white crepe meteor elaborately trimmed with white crepe do cliln\ The bodice is mounted on a glove fitted lining, which closes In the cen ter back. It is faced to a round yoke depth with white thread lace and the crepe applied at the lower edge of the yoke. A soft Marie Antoinette flchu of crepe de chine is draped to outline the yoke and fastens in front under a rosette. It Is edged with a ruffle of the same fabric which extends out over the close fitting two-piece elbow sleeve. The skirt is shaped with four pieces, a front gore which is comparatively narrow, and wide side gores which tit smooth over the hips, almost to the center back, where they meet the wateau. To make the waist for a miss four teen years will require one yard of figured material thirty-six Inches wide, with five-eighths yards of allover em broidery twenty inches wide, for yoke and collar, and one and one-quarter yards of white null thirty-six inches wide for flchu. bertha, ruffles for sleeves, rosettes and girdle. To make the skirt for a miss of fourteen years will require two and one-quarter yards of forty-four-inch material. Useful Toilet Accessory. A little book Allied with leaves of tissue paper covered with face pow der is one of the useful toilet accesso ries imported for summer use. The powder remains fast until the paper is applied to the skin, and the fra grance and tonic effects are highly rec ommended. Pretty Gown For Brhlesinatd* Handsomely embroidered ecru bat iste made up over pink silk consti tutes one of the prettiest bridesmaid's gowns £*> en this season. Insettings of lace may be added for greater ele gance. A Fancy Waist* China blue and white foulard Is here combined with cream Liberty satin .and a bertha of heavy white lace over satin. The waist is mounted on a glove fitted lining, which closes In the cen- U-r front, the seams and darts being featlierboned. The satin is gathered at the neck getlier with a Jeweled clasp, the ful ness being adjusted In a slight blouse. The bertha outlines the yoke back and front, extending out over the sleeves in a becoming manner. The bertha and fronts are finished with a narrow pleating of satin. The correct two-piece sleeves have slight fulness at the shoulders, and flare In bell shape over the hand. To make the waist lu the medium in front and extends lu plastron effect to the belt, closing Invisibly in the center. The loose fronts are held to __ LADtRI' FANCY WAIST, size will require one and oae-lnli yards of forty-four-inch material, with one yard of moussellne for full yoko and one-half yard of tweutydiKli ma terial for berilia. ECIENCE AND INDUSTRY, Already a Lalf dozen American en glneering plants have been established In Europe, and some 20 more Ameri can firms have the matter of build ing European plants under considera tion. Commenting on the amount which a spider actually consumed during 24 hours. Sir J. Lubbock says: "At a similar rate of consumption a man weighing 100 pounds will require a whole fat steer for breakfast, a steer and five sheep for dinner, and for supper two bullocks, eight sheep and four hogs, and just before retiring nearly four barrels of fresh fish." The scarcity of coal In Europe has served as an impetus for the con struction of apparatus for using liquid fuel, petroleum, benzine and gasoline. Railway companies are trying oil on locomotives. One steamship company has adopted oil mixed with hot air. The Ilussian government is leasing its crown oil lands in order to force a reduction in the price of coal oil. The average dietary of individuals in different countries varies greatly. An English statistician, Mr. R. l'\ Crawford, finds that an inhabitant of the United Kingdom consumes much more meat than a Belgian, French man or German, but a smaller pro portion of bread and potatoes. More bread and less meat is eaten in Bel gium than in any other country con sidered. wiille a French peculiarity is the apparent small use of milk. M. Felix Plateau of the Zoological society of France, as the result of very numerous experiments to deter mine whether insects are guided In their visits to flowers by colons, de cides in the negative. He admits that concurrently with the odor.although in a less degree, certain vague visual pfir-t ptions may help in directing the individual bug to a mass of flowers, but he shows that when he has ar rived there it seems to be a matt -r of entire indifference to him whether the flowers are blue, red, yellow white or green, and he shows no settled pre ference for any one color. A bacteriological method of extermi nating rats has been successfully tried by M. ,T. Danysz of the Pasteur In stitute at Paris. From field mice, suffering with a spontaneous epidem ic disease, he isolated a bacillus, which by an elaborate method of successive cultures passed through a series of mice and rats he succeeded In in tensifying in virulence so as to make It fatal for the latter rodents even when eaten by them. The result of a large number of trials on" farms and In warehouses was that in 50 per cent, of the cases the rats entirely ds appeared, and in 30 per cent, their number was notably diminished. A novel form of electrically heated soldering iron is being used in Ger many. in which the copper of the iron is heated by means of an electric are in a closed cylinder, and the same arrangement has also b'eu applied to flat-irons, in the soldering iron there Is a cylinder of wood which carries at one end the soldering iron itself, while at the other there is a receptacle l'or the carbon. The are is formed be tween tiie carbon and the copper, and the consumption of the carbon Is said to be small on account of the arc being enclosed. From four to five am peres of current are used at a press ure of from to 35 volts. A NEW KIND OF BRICK. (Jtiiirli Sand itnd I.line Subjected to High I'reanure MHIII. For thousands of years men have been making brick out of clay, ami pretty good brick, too. But recently a new kind has come into vogue, it Is composed chiefly of quartz sand, bound together with a small amount of lime. In the process of manufacture the compound is subjected to the in fluence of steam at high pressure. Wlu-n properly made this brick is said to be hard, waterproof and able to re sist the action of acids. A lack of uni formity in the quality has been noticed, however. "Limestone brick." which are mad* in cold, wet weather seem to give less satisfaction than those produced under other meteorological conditions. But there is now a promise that this difficulty will soon lie obviat d. A consular report from Germany announces that a Zurich chemist, Wllhelm Schwartz, has found a way 'o get go >d results every time. The stent lies ill control'!ug the amount ol' molsti'tv admitted to the compound and in main taining the tt luperature within ceitain limits for a time. The fornnr part < ( the process is managed In a vacuum, so that no dampness can be imparted by the atmosphere, llcrr Schwartz has Invented a machine of his own to do the mixing. Much cintidenee Is tx pressed in the substantial value of the Innovation report" d. New York Trib une. T!t«< ra»«eiic«*r V nderstooil. One of the most delicate r« piles evet made was that of a Frenchman who had not found "a life on the < cean wave" all that could I ted. lie was sinking, pale and d!»heveled, Into his steamer-chair, when a pas-eng r indeed cheerily: "Ah, good morning, monsieur. Have you breakfasted?" "No, monsieur," answered the pallid Frenchman, "1 have not h:e ikfaated. Uu \h« tvntri'ry 1 '-~\Vou>#i • loutual. A LEADER OF WOMEN. THE WIFE OF SENATOR FAIR BANKS OF INDIANA. Her Recent Elevation to Directorship a Compliment to a Learned and Be fined Woman— Was Calm In tho Re J cent Stcrm. Out of the new officers of the Gen* eral Federation of Women's clubs is Mrs Charles W Fairbanks, wife of the United States senator from Indiana. She was elected director at the recent Milwaukee biennial. In her own city— Indianapolis—Mrs Fairbanks la ac counted an all-around club woman. She is the founder of the Fortnightly Literary Club, an organization of sev eral hundred women. As the vice president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Indiana she is conspicuous among the patriotic women of the country. As a member of the Contemporary Club, the leading mixed club in Indianapolis, and a worker in the Art Association, she is also well known in her state. When in Washington with her husband she af filiated with the women's clubs In the national capital. In appearance Mrs. Fairbanks Is un usually prepossessing, having that in definable stamp of a gracious and re fined woman. As one of the few wom en who sat through the stormy ses sions of the club womw'B conventifiA MRS. C. W. FAIRBANKS. In Milwaukee with a serene smile on her face she deserves "honorable men tion." Five Thousand Against Coster. There is a student at the Carlisle In dian school whose father was a lead er in the battle of the Little Btg Horn, where Gen. Custer and his entire com mand were killed. Some authorities tell us that 277 men fell In that awful massacre and none lived to tell the tale. The opposing Indian force is set down at about 1,200. This student says hte father informed him that there were no less than 5,000 Indi ans in the battle. Nine thousand i "tame" Indians were settled on sur rounding reservations, and many of these slipped away In the night time to Join Sitting Bull for a raid, return ing under cover of darkness to their homes. Nearly 4,000 were with him when Custer made his fatal error.— New York Press. JelNO, the !*ew Dessert Pleases nil the family. Four flavors:— Lemon, Orange, llaspberry aud Strawberry. At your grocers. 10 cts. The annual crop of mushroer.is in France is valued at $2,000,000. FITS permanently cured. No tit* or nervous ness after tlrstilsy'a nse of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Rostorer.Si trial bottle unil treat)ee free Dr. R. H. Kl.inb. Ltd.. U3l Arch St.. Phlla., Pa. The Prussian Government authorizes many lotteries every year. To Cure a Cold In One Day. Take-I.AXiTivi Brovo Quininb Tablets. All druKgl'U refund tim m .uey !f It falls to cure. £. W. Uuovu's signature Is oa eacb box. 23c. There were 1,057,938 acres seeded to sugar beet sin Germany last year. P&inful Periods mre overcome by Lydlm Em P/nkhmm's Vegetable Compound* Fifty thousand happy women testify to this In grateful letters to Mrs» Plnkhamm > Menstruation Is a severe strain on a wo man's vitalitym If it Is painful something Is wrong whloh |^di^^r^nkhamTTes»^bj^Compoundj will promptly set rightf If excessive or Irregular write to Mrs* Plnkham, Lynn, Mass*, foradvloe• Evidence abounds that Mrsa Plnkham's advice and medicine have for many years been helping women to be strong• Mo other advloe Is mo un varyingly accurate, me other medlolnm hmm muoh m reoord of ourom nOADfiY NEW DISCOVERT, %J fx I ®■ I" »nd Wonl Itaa MiluMiSwkiiuil 10 days' W «IU IHHta * lllMM*.
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