MY OLD SWEETHEART JILL, Tak not to me of modern maids, Of Blanche and vaud and Lil, There's n'er a one among them all Like my old sweetheart Jilll Long years ago, when we wore yon g, And climbed that horrid hil’, she bore the weight of half the patl, A helpful swestheart Jilll And when 1 tumbled down that day, (1 have the soar there still) She shared my nck as she dros yat, Dear helpmeot, sweetheart Jill When happiness comes down onr way a rill, The sun shone on the bridal day Of morry sweetheart Jill, Her laugh is like If fortune frown upon our path; As frowm, sometimes, she will, ‘There's si ver back of every cloud” Bays cheory, sweetheart Jill, Then drink Filt! All your g asses fill! May every Jack got such a wife As mv old sweetheart JI” —f{Edgar Wade Abbot, in Boston 7 this toast, ve envious onos; maa derstand — there's much Mexican Greaser talk; but I know they think of waiting for Papa's coming back, and mean to meet them in the upper can 50 von,” © “Now, Hallie, you have imagined half of that, I expect,” yawned Hall, drowsily, as he prepared to turn over, “But I haven't, really, Hall, wake up! I tell you I heard something about money, too; and vou know that Papa brings up the pay for the boys this time," “Manuel must have got hold of that fact someway. The old rascal!” Hall wns awake now. “If Phil were only “We must is miles, get him were. It nly and Padre could make it Then he could go right They'll not start The two talked until morning, and by Hallie, however, thought that it was the very best thing that could have happened be- WHAT HAPPENED 10 HAL-| LIE. BY TAHAH DIERCE SCARBOROUGH. Nothinye had ever happened to Hallie | Burt. At least, that is what she claimed. | ‘Fourteen years is a very long time to pass away without anything happen tug to a body,” was what her father had aravely remarked when she persisted in the assertion; and Phil, her grown-up! brother, had quizzically asked if she would be satisfied with anything léss ‘han lassoing a crocodile in one of the {olarado mountain lakes or dodo in the canyon belov', “1 don't expect tl impossible,” had retorted ; ‘but I do want something that might be called a ‘happening.’ The hunting excursions with the boys, the rou the plateau, the mount climbing and theagate hunting ~all thes the ategor They wereex pected t rs and ‘happenings’ were well— ** something that had not oked for—very long, at least,” she ex- dained. But, everal the first who wen shooting a he she nd-ups on she refused to consider in “happenings.” she rele } ” “ww Po $53 WCCOTU = HET own deanilion, happened ner very soon father and n at the time « noon in September, to Pueblo, had prom ised to take on this trip; but the they started her mother called r aside for a private talk At its close H » emerged from the ait ting room wi every year hor with them he swimming stiabiciously | i LOLSLY g ar," know that we Aunt Catherine, and if she has been and how vill suffer from the discomfort rowded, and how necessary it it this time, de ‘You is that her poor nerves be not annoy ed in mt you find sacrifice your ses will of Ww itched them depart, h as they disappeared nly a great sig s “1 should say that ng with here is a happen vengeance,” remarked her twin. brother, Hall, by way of consola- tion. * But I wouldn't mis it tho'; ind we will up ite Maybe | we will find one as vou want set fe wnother kind o pening.” Bat even that favorite amusement had st its charm. “It is bound t« w can fix it, ** Then, too, it would off. Th : 18 go one be ral } LS be poky the best way replied, gloomily. not be right to eco here but Phil and we depended on to nobody 1 i fou forget Garcia and Manuel,” said ‘They are never left alone.” ‘““That is so. Heigho! [don’t know, but I wish with you that something would Lappen.” Hallie was right about Phil. That noon the boys came down from the upper rauch to tell of the stampede of the cattle, and their suspicion that it vas caused by a mountain lion. Instantly Phil was alert. Hoe had long wahted a mountain lHon's skin, and it did not take long for him to convince himself that | his presence was at the other ranch. Pll go up for a couple of days, and | Fred and you can look after everything, Manuel will take good care of things. An't that so, Manuel “Bi, Senor.” The man showed a glis suing row of teeth as he answered, **Aod I am sure that Garcia is to be! depended on.” The woman bobbed her head without hearing; for she was as deaf as a post. ** And [don’t like ita bit,” said Hallie, as Phil rode off. As for Hall, had he not secretly wished to go with Phil, he would have thought it just the thing to be left in charge. As it was, he was discontented, and roamed ubout, leaving Hallie to her own devices. It was dull enough for her, as Garcia was no company at all. But company came. At night, two men--Mexicans- rode up from the mountain road and stopped to talk with Manuel, “They want to stop all night,” said Hall “Manuel says that they are all right.” ‘And that would be a good reason why [ would not have them stay,” Hallie de murred. But Hall laughed at her, “Pshaw! Here's a girl that is always wanting something to happen, and is afraid it will at the same time,” “I am not,” was the indignant reply. "Only it might not be what 1 wanted.” “They can stay in the adobe part, and Manuel is all right to look after them.” Ho they stayed, though Hallie kept wish- Ing in her heart that something would bring Phil back. But he did not come, and Hall sleepily declared that nobody need fret, The consequence was that long after he had gone to sleep Hallie was in Phil's room next the adobe part, listen. Jog to the conversation going on amon fhe men. The thin partition made th an easy thing to do. Late in the night the to Hall's bedside, “Wake up Hall! There ia some olan Ymong these men. 1 cas’t quite un- oe one of indispensable “You will not be afraid tostay?” Hall “No, I'll stay, so that they may suspect nothing. They'll hang around trail.” to have a day of hunting,” he said to Man- uel who was watching him. Hallie ner vously saw him disappear, but begun to busy herself helping Garcia, so that the there would be no danger before that she was sure But at noon another man rode up from the mountain road and was taken into the adobe part by the others. Hallie Lil their talk terrified her, not The her only surprised but last comer had Spy upon father's movements. He reported hey had already left Pueblo—much ear ier than they had expected-—and with the of night. which tl} made, they would chtheu about an hour Hallie saw it all. ferred to travel in the ev weather was warm and there w light. It was Aun ing's which hae iy i of time fo travel in 5 Deen o ston one i bh. i 8 pre ening when the 1% oon health leaving. possible, as at noon the off upon the All the for a sign ipper road ion ug on she of P Hall, but cama and ber had reached Maouel had noticed her had carelessly remarked tha get on the track of too. This did not fears It nly r what she had lost sight of- Ir 3 Hall mig Phil, and there was uo telling when the two could get back It caused her to reach a determination, il or uneasine Hall mig sntain tanreis So she wart, and thing at her prepara 3 i ns. “There is really nothing else to be she murmured to herself, as she put on the short suit that she wore when with the boys. ‘Father must meet him." Shs knew } planned to take place ust where the attack was the party had lett the lower canyon, If she could only reach the canyon before they crossed and took the long wagon road to the upper one could. They would leave their night's “Hunt's — stopping place--at She remembered so vividly the fore-~when they passed into the lower the grand sight under the pale light of moon which brought out he place wiih the all the beauties wierd effect—- just She was certain that she could reach it. She had thought of the old trail, abandoned now that the wagon road had been made. It was steep and rough, #1X wits no danger of meeting those men, had left her own broncho out in corral at the left, and on the oppo- side of the house from where he She was nervous; but Phister, the broncho, was never unwilling to be tho For mountain, and looked back, There was no sign of the boys and she “Never mind, it's for Papa and Mamma, and nothing will hurt me,” she reassured herself, and turned into the gloomy path. It was rough indeed, so rough that even Phister’s well-trained feet found footing difficult at times; but she clung to his back and pushed on, She grew feverishly excited though as she advanced. If she should fail, after all, to inter ept them! It made her almost frantic to think of it, and Phister was urged to the imminent danger of both, Still the beast was wise enough to refuse stubboruly to make un- due haste, She did not know the time, sod minutes seemed hours, She could only roughly guess as, at times, the moon- light struggled into the path, Now she was at the spring, Tt was half choked by gravel and Eros but Phister would stop to drink. As he drank, there came to her ears a prolonged cry, low and mournful, at first, Po as Phister uneasily started on,it rose to a crescendo wail, Again and again, at intervals, it came to her ears, and it seemed to sound nearer. Phister showed signs of ner- vousness, too. Suddenly it flashed upon her that it might be the mountain lion. pend it he following her. she had such things—-or was it possibly upon the other ‘trail! She drew up on the holster with a glad remembrance that she had brought her own revolver, She had learned to use it quite well, but could she do anything if she should meet an animal like that? She must go on though, she quickly decided, and if the worst came, well she would shoot--at it, she determined with a nervous little laugh, She patted Phister to reassure and urged him to a good pace. descent was nearly over. Soon would be a smooth path for a short dis- tance, a grassy slope beyond, and then sho would be able to see into the canyon down toward which she must ride in a winding path for ncarly another mile. Perhaps she was mistaken, she thought, as all was quiet for a few minutes, Then a bough broke somewhere up on him, his ears. A low wail sounded again al most at her right. The grassy slope had been passed and she could see below. Just over there was the cut which her futher must come, but no one was in sight. There was a crashing of limbs nearer, if some creature were bounding from tree to tree. Phister broke into a trot, rough as it was at this point, She saw nothing, but she felt the presence of something. Once she thought of firing her revolver; but | she hesitated, She did not know how far the other rond the men might be, spd if they | should hear it! No: perhaps ake sould { outrun it- whatever it might be, Then came another thought that fairly | made her heart stand still. Suppose that the men had been mistaken, after all, {and her father was not coming that | night. Hallie had never fainted in her | life, but for a second everything reeled i before her, Still she pressed on, Was not that a rattling of p She drew up Phister to be sure | was a descent of the opposite side | the broncho's hoofs might loosen the peb , bles and send them down. But all : still, Then there was another crash, and y the moon, right into the a long dark body on a swaying overhanging the canyon road feet below. Phister | saw it, too, and trembled. A low, paatiog, purring sound came from the beast teet ering there at length, its eves fixed on the { road beneath There was a ratt WAS R&A In as on *bbles? There Ww here was w hich SION depths, showed limb some twenty « was sure of it There irmur of ices and the ! ox ow teatn TER £5 PFE she wagon trin cmeryg: thie { tratl, If the beast had { was evident ti opposite her, 1 lowed ¢ been ddenly draw: lay with asngrs spring, i Kit Her own y terribie sho his ppen, what to her aunt's nerves! | to become steel at the thought. slapped Phister amartly, Ti stepped tremblingly forward its head at Se sound | stopped short again, %allle revolver, took delibera 2 end fire There was a snarl, a conv. "ve boun then the beast sprang out, ch the limbs, and rolled down the side With the report, Phister gave a terri fied smort, dashed frantically fi i, fairly leaping over the t around the turn in the pa | straight into the midst group, *‘It 1s our Hallie!” With Mrs. Burt's excls n thing was confusion for a few momen and it was some mis Hall herself could enough to tell of he “My brave girl!” { mother could say, lion stretehed desd But her father held her fi hand as he decided | pursue in regard it Hallie could ride down the old trail thes could ride up it; so the i Burt and another bronchos and slowly ie bhronchio As gisier raiseda her ts (1 i i ing at Canyon s war every n ites rly by pon the « the UTse Mexicans women, with man, took the rode back, Aunt the occasion, Ix declaring that ber comfort was not to It was daylight when the ranch was They found old Garcia in a state of terror. Hall and Phil had re Be noon they returned with jaded Manuel solemnly affirmed that he knew nothing of their design: but whether hs did or not, Mr. Burt thought it best to rid himself of him soon alter, ** Well, Hallie, you can never again complain that nothing has ever happened to you, I am sure,” said Phil, when ali had heard of that ride with: that cry re. sounding in her ears, ““ And | think I am cured of ever again wishing anything to happen,” she replied, with a shudder, But her “happenings” had begun. Aunt Catherine learned how Hallie had given up the trip to Pueblo for her sake, and the next announcement made was that her niece was to go back to the East with her. And when they went Hal Hie carried the mountain lon skin with ier, “She has earned it all, too” Phil, proudly. **Not many girls would have done what she did, And think of that shot right in that animal's temple!” But Hallie has always persisted that that was the most extmordinary happe a ing of all.—{The Independent, said Oxe of the exhibits in the railroad section at the World's Fair will be a series of pictures illustrating the history of the railroad from the time when it was two miles of wooden rails, over which a mule pulled a clap-boarded wagon twice a day, to these times of thousand mile runs and record breaking. The Balti. more and Ohio Railroad is having these pictures painted by Mr, Paul Moran of this city, who will make a large number of them in black and white, It is computed that all the locomotives in the United States would, if coupled er, make a train 500 miles long. passenger cars would make another train of about the same length, and if all the cars of every variety in the ) were sult miles . i In Case or Dirnruenia, First, strips long enough to read Hh from ear to Car, i should be wrung cut of the water (ifin | summer put directly | upon the ice, and then applied exterpals ly to the throat, and as fast ns one cloth gets warm another should be ready to | If the child | in as hot water | When the child is very it be cold or not by feeling its hands and | Under no circumstances should | hot applications be made to the throat. kf the child is old enough, it may be givem broken ice to suck constantly, even if the water is spit out. The cold ap- plications inhibit the growth of the mi. | The patient's hands should | be washed frequentiy—and here let! me say so should those of the attendants -and the vessel used for the purpose | should not be by any one else, The patient's clothing needs protection in front. This may bedone by pluning back used Ww cover the hole front of the child and reach as far as the knees. A material should be used which can casily be | or when sciled. The little patient, if old enough, i will want to spit, and for a spittoon a small wooden box, with an inch of saw dust on the bottom, Fresh awdust should be supplied at least once a day—three times a day would be better ~—and that which has been used should be emptied upon hot fire, and thus burned at the the change is made. If there are flies the box should be kept covered, and as a matter of lv uncovered when the pa- i lies rr burned yoLiea iis is is capital, 4 ir { a oo time wny aout, sores. only £ urse, on k tient desires to t; otherwise, the f alighting upon this spittle, the Ferms of the 34H would ca disease with them, and then alighting upon the family’s food and 16 infect them indirectly infect the whole family Is by no means chimerieal, established f irink essarily but Heaton 1 3 Dneas is 0 gz arrest the attention of anda ” This is a vea will Cisd public when be wi #1 of chol & against pest) 0 emphasize ther chioiera is pnmigrat ot 4 Yened What w the fact that wi kept out, New York and other ci aire ady FAvAZed DY S00U public observ: sertion the m ing the last decad fo, Fare s which we have sriality statist mortaiity bronchitis is the entire d he ¥ may be inf ontagious und litd ‘attain form certain condition riain forms «1 been shown t nt reports of me Government | i tended to cot pucumonia have t #5 pony . was moreover n of BHA 8 Your ago. The Grand died of phetmor i: ntle nt was the then his aide-de-camp | Copal, and finally his physic put BOnIA In an In form is vouched for in “Public Problems,” a recent Eaglish As for phthsis, there is a steadily K opinion among medical men that a contagious disease, One of the best-known cases was that of a Frenne dressmaker who had three apprentices The young women took turns in staying her bed with her She had consumption and died of it The apprentices, who had been vigorous young women in perfect health, all con tracted the fatal disease seized with disease: ' Colone This foctiou Health work. instance of rowing itl is conditions which are ordinarily disre- garded, ment is promoted by existing conditions of living. The reforms in sanitation houses, which have had a marked sffect in diminishing the ravages of dis. seases like diptheria and typhoid fever, do not appear to have affected pneumonia and phthisis. These reforms have been confined mainly to improvements in plumbing and draioags and to facilities for ventilation, especially in tenement houses, If there has been any marked change during the last thirty vears in business in cities, it is in the climate in- doors, especialiy fiom Octooer to May. By means of steam-heat, hot-water sys- tems and improved furnaces the temper. ature of houses, offices and stores has been considerably raised during the win. ter months, It is at least an open yues- tion whether overheated houses and of. fices are not to a large extent responsible for the prevalence of the class of diseases which we have been considering. It is certainly a natural inference that the artificial _ climate jodoors is de. bilitating, asd that those who pass con- stantly from overheated parlors, stores, offices, churches and theatres to a much lower temperature outside are exposed to radical changes from heat to cold. We have no space in reserve for discuss. ing other fedisponag causes to lung disease, such as lnok of outdoor exercise, dl-ventilated sleeping-rooms, injudi- cions diet, and unoatural habits of breathing, The subject is one of very t importance, in wiew of the over- whelming évidence of the terrible mor- tality of these mode scou It is, we one to whick societies A Prairie Sport. —————— Perhaps the most common sport of the prairie neighborhood is the hunting coa- test, It is made particularly attractive by reason of the number who take part and a certainty of a prize at the end, I'wo leading men of the scttlement are handle a gun, When “sides” are completed the rival for game, The diversity of game likely to be found in any prairie section, es pecially when a stream, with wooded ne A quail counts 1 point: prairie bh; partridge, 6: squirrel, 3; rabbit, 10; jack rabbit, wolf, 150: duck, 15; 50: deer, 200; turkey, 130, COSENry. chicken, gray squirrel, 5 100: wt. Covole, and wild sourl., This schedule is taken from a print ed notice sent out in circular form to each of the 250 partakers in a recent Western Kansas contest, On the appointed day the hunters start 2M oany aire tion they please, the only restriction being that all game shall be brought in to a se lected committee by evening. All day the ranve the neighborhood gly, in pairs and in little squads, popping away nt every kind of wild beast or fowl that comes within range. Diaper thought of, for something better is coming Toward evening the nimrods bring as early as they please and contestants Ein is not iater on. come stra ling in, are When all and the le hot dinner i hotel or arding-house It is a merry evening, as may imagined, and the various incidents the day is a feature of the occasion detracts nothing from its abilit the which the tioned invitations were | ood: 3.281 to 3,140, idea of the amount There were six deer, elong belong. gnpounced, stenrgingy relat the and aoe ¥. or occasion for above : 81 prairie chickens goa » i London Officia kz. yme of the large expen ty are shared by the : 100. : cives $100 for income tax $100 r a violet sand $300 for a re s robe. He lives at the Mansion f the Lord Mayor's Ad the banquet which foll $:5.000—is hall defrayed by the rob ‘ H et SWE 11 I at i yy at d about Lord Mayor ha te dinners, the average $100 The « this charg Be Gu ta, ihe a n bears vO ban- ted to hichis art of sides is % Xin . balls and ding d receptions’ © Mayoraity costs t $375,000 per a t include the $10,000 it pays for COTS ar ium , the princely to its other officials: the vives $13.000; the Lord Presi the Privy Couneil, the President ard of Trade, and the President cal G Board £10,000 cach The Commissioner ™ P’o yreramenst Ar receive Wf the Metropolitan », who has to watch over the ity of 4.716.000 people, $5.000; who it ur ( has a salary of of City Po lice, fter a population of 50 00) persons at most, has a salary of $10, L000; the City Remembrancer receives $10,000; the principal Hbrarian retary of the British Museum £6,000, The Queen's Chamberlain has a salary of $10,000, the Chamberlain of my Lord Mayor gets $12,000; the principal clerk of the City Chamberlain hns a salary of £6,000, the Astronomer Royal has one of $5,000. [New York Dispatch. the Commissioner 1 i: aie i ionks a and sec redeives To Blow Soap Bubbles. There are many ingenious and pleasing { tricks to be played with soap bubbles, of which one is here described, says the St, | Louis Republic: { bubble from it. This may sound hard, | but is easy to do. Be careful to remove | with your finger the drop of water which | and which will weaken it. Put your It will fall to the bottom of the other and stay there You must be care. ful to blow the smaller bubble lighter than the larger. In order to do this skake out the water from your tube be. fore blowing the smaller bubble, . Here are some bints for getting a good mixture from which to blow bubbles: Dissolve about an ounce of the strongest washing soap in a pint of distilled water, or, in the absence of that, rain water, Cook it well and keep it in a cool place. At the end of eight days it will be is good condition for use. Only pour out as much at one time as you need for your experiments, It may thus be made to last for a very long time. Anybody can messure, approximatel the breadth of a river itt a "i or's compass or any mechanical means whatever, The man who desires to make the experiment should place himself at the edge of the stream, then stand per. fectly still, face the opposite bank and lower the brim of his hat until it duet cuts the opposite bank. Then let him put both his hands under his chin, te steady his and turn slowly until the hat brim poi level Towa's Wonderful lee Cave. One of the greatest curiosities in the Mississippi Valley 1s a natural ice cave which is located in the bluffs of tae lows River within less than a mile of Decorah, the county seat of Winnesheik Couaty, ‘This unique curiosity is indeed a natural icehouse—a cavern in which great icicles may bs found at any season of the year, being especially five in summer, partic- ularly when the weather is hot and dry outside. The blufl in which the cave is located is between 200 and 400 feet in height, it being necessary to climb about seventy-five feet up the side of the bluff to reach the mouth of the cave. The entrance is a fssure about ten feet ia width and between fifteen and twenty feet 10 heizht, from which a constant current of cold air issues. Thirty fee! from the mouth of the cave the passage turns to the left and downwards, towards the river bed. The is gradual, however, aod the xalls and roof are with- in easy resch all the while. After you have reached a spot 100 feet from the opening vou entered it 18 noticed that the walls and roof are covered with frost. Twenty feet further a thin coating of ice increases in thickness bluff. 51. Louis Re. slope is noticed, which as you into the public. go at I - Euglieh izvomoce of America did not begin with this Goldsmith's description of Niagura Falls incindes the statement that Indians in toeir canoes, ast is said, have ventured dowa it in safety.’ —————— generation ssome es IIe cenit Eeware of Olntments for Catarrhk That Contain Mercary, ¥ destroy the sense of range Lhe whois sys. ugh the mucous sur. 1d never be used ex. prescriptions from reputable phys the damage they will do is ten foid te YOu Can r derive Troms then. 1 ufactured by F. J. contains no mereury, i ncts directly upon faces 37 the system, ire be Ure you get ¥, and made i enter han the good ite per bottle, ArCAsi An Important Difference, apparent to thousands, whe 1 } a fect. syst oomioeri stirdition is igs. Mano ig Syrup Co. ens sd by factured Ly the C 1% t is done cannot an fone espocially f it is a hard! olled egy . ¥ There are a large number of cians who claim toatl disease guilt of A transgresi of Nate rs of Garfield Tea are x years io teach ckness by fo.l ing give away with every package of Ten & little book, which they claim will enable all persons, if directions are foi. owed, 10 avold sickness all Kinds and lo bave no need for Garfield Tea or suy other wed icine, hygenie rhysi. Always the re. awn The phiyve clans the people Nature's res propriet t1 nye voted h to Awe Garfield owl They al Clothes may uo! make the man but suits rake ihe lawyer, Boowx's ent for the 1 They are Vorld HER are exoel. or Sore Thromt Chri lian AYE. “i The mother tongue is probably the guage of Mars. an. If afMlicted with wwe eves use Dr. lssas Thome. won's Eye-wator.Urnprists soll at 2c. per bottle A first-class fellow <The freshmon Lacey ville, O. Catarrh, Heart Failure, Pa~ ralysis of the Throat parilia for Perject Health.” “Clentlemen: For the benefit of suffering ha. manity | wish to state a few facts: For several years | have suffered from oatarrh and hears faliure, getting so bad I could not work and Could Scarcely Walk i had a very bad spell of paralysis of the throat some time ago. My throat seemed closed and { conld not swallow, The doctors said i wax cansed by heart fallurs, and gave medi. cine. avhich 1 took according to directions, bat it did not seem fo dome any good, My wife arged me to try Hood's Sarsaparilia, telling me of Mr. Joseph CU. Smith, sho had been At Death's Door but was entirely cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla. After talking with Mr. Smith, I concinded te try Hood 8 Sarapariila. When 1 bad taken ’ Sara. Hood’s™.Cures two bottles I felt very much better. 1 have continoed aking it, and mn now fesling jent. 1 thank God, and Hood's Sareapoar and my wife for my Br mis ev fang health.” Hanvevy Hen, Lace Hond's Fille 40 not pares, pats or gripe, Dat set promptly, easily and sffioiently. 9 pewia MEND YOUR OWN HARNESS fl reowsors pl CLINCH RIVETS. No Toquired, ONY 4 RIVET
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