EXPECTANCY.
By Lindsley Flavel Mines.
days
Grew into weeks,
months became
Slowpassing years
the same,
Because nor song nor whisper could I
raise,
Nor take the
praise;
And all the hours were weari
and tame,
For I did love,
hide the flame,
men should
their
and then
that
seemed
pen to give your beauty
some
ard needs must
].ost mock me
fane for
thought
knowing I ld ask for
Though noth
serving of so rich a part,
harbored hope and pryed
that it
THE LAST OF THEM.
To begin
that I
lvester
at
had
eginning, I must
a very poor opir of
Baffin until I met him. In-
I heard of him quite accidental
Chickasaw. where Tom
of time drummers-
these told me
or rather wha he
w, about B It the old
3 Gov was half
1éady to open up the Kiowa and Com
anche country, and
men who got
rive in by wi
cay ion
Sy
deed,
ly at
one
ead
knew
Pepper,
old he's
six
the
what
didn’t
VEears
was in
before the ernment
traveling
had
Island
fow
into
the
The
10
was surveying here
t
wasn't ] of the
Chickasaw line
The case that Pepper made
Biffi near be
prize hard luck story, with Baflin
the vie Jaffin was a trader in
against
the
as
n came pretty
prospered
ning
ming
was
that
which
fires
never carried
whined
y invade
ording to
haffin till
€ervation exe
the youre
the Indians
However
trade
bit in
Jaflin's addr
back for Cloud
was then
place was about
fork nf
and
the
loa;
smile
face
than 6
very black
thick, dark
evening
sloayveosg
very little, though he
ftaell and seemed
I'm quite
fancy
think
i glad tc
that |
him from
iked me,
lapsed into an almost talk
and told me a few Indian legends o
extinct tribes which | eannot
ber having heard anywhere
I was going to bed before he
me a rather singular question
you stop in any Comanche lages on
your way up?” and when I said no 1
thought he seemed rather relieved. Wa
sire
to the
he becan
remem.
elae
asked
‘Did
Lale of coarse duck that made a very
good bed, and he on the counter with
his head on a bundle of brown wrap
ping paper.
of the house was an old Indian squaw,
very withered and very silent.
seemed to carry on the simple house.
keeping pretty much as it suited her
after a coarse but wholesome break.
fast and a rather cordial handshake
from Baffin. After three profitless days
the log house in which I had so lately
absence,
of yet smoldering ashes marked the
place. Baflin was gone, nor was there
any trace of life at hand. In Cloud-
chief I asked about him, but nobody
knew more than that he had been
burned out during the night and that
he had bought a cart from some
Wichita Indians and started for the
Canadian River country. I met hia
twice after that at Taloga and nnee at
Watonga, but though we got along fa-
mously together he always evaded any
euestions about his misfortunes, He
had giveh up the idea of trading for
the future, and at that time showed
extraordinary interest in mining. 1
told him all I knew, warning him of
the precarious chance of finding any
considerable mines in the Wichita,
where 1 had so often failed, but ad.
vising him to turn his attention to
coal or oll, or even asphalt, indica
tions of which I had found in many ac-
cessible localities,
He showed a particularly keen in-
terest in asphalt and Ita possibilities,
listening with wide eyed delight to my
description of it uses and values in
the hig cities, Though he never told
later, 1 was already that
never been in the States, bm
s0 Keen for information, so am
work apt iu
never could make
that he had
him
him
up
sure
he had
bitious Jor
that I
mind to believe
50
my
In
up
any
dian blood in
time his
prospecting
that
to
£0
elp admiring the
eemed to surmoun,
HH luck and
new enterprises,
viiich
him
I gave
let
the nex
he
it of asphalt
lead
tO
two or three addresses where
might reach me during i
promised in case
find a considerable depo
to re
with
join him, and possible unite
him in the bu of acquiring
he property
that
leases and
I wa
mer, when 1 g«¢ a letter from
] at i
dated
country,
3aflin,
aw
had found
le posit
of a above
Talla
later, after a day's
{14 to north
mean riding, that
It was nearly six weeks
the
WES trail
had led
my
trail
mule besides
the me
saddle
which
pack pony,
for I didn’t
ated, and 1 had stopped with
tention of frying bacon for
dinner, when I heard a rifle shot sound
the valley, reverberating against
the high rocks with a roar that linger
ed like receding thunder I looked
about and at last Baffin
on a point of rock far above
rifle on his arm and his eyes search
the in-
some
ar ros
Across
saw
me
canon. [I called
astonished
like a man
the deep
was
on his face
er over the edge of his
i
and
ina to see
i into my saddle and was
speaking distance of him
a glad smile, but 1
a hunted look
came out with
d .that there
was
black
above the temples that I had
fore. He asked me if |
“Of said I,
shooting at?’ But
at all, that fit
10 led me
het ween
hairs
r had
the shot course,”
were
he
you
didn’t shoot
to
the
little
clear-
a
I saw that he had built
there, and [| also saw
with him,
front
was vet
there by the
the western sun
epared for the sud
» over Baffin when
an awful oath he
I looked at him
fab 4 he
were at
stole a baby
hat was in
Wes ach
Washita, d cooked it
Tonkawa .
later that
fell upon
rock go
massacred
slew b
the
the for
was
Kiowas and Comanch
Tonkawa camp in
of Bl Mountain
the tribe
irned
the
ody
whole
till
Thess
was not a
Tonkawa left, ar when they had
counted the scalps they knew that ev.
ery fighting man was dead. But when
they came back into the valley they
found that one
there
looked across the sunlit clearing
shanty, and pointing his
big, hand at the old squaw,
said
“There she sits She was the last
of the Tonkawas, unless I can be call:
brown
“You?” 1 said, not understanding:
My father was Gerald Baffin,
an English trapper. He married the
But the Comanche fol.
lowed them as they have followed me.
They shot my mother while she was
nursing me. My father disappeared,
but old Shaiga hid me, and | have re
paid her well till now.”
knowing why he bowed his tousled
head so low,
“More than a century,” he answer.
od,
“And you think it was your enemies
who burned your houses and maimed
your cattle?”
“It doesn’t matter. 1 didn't mind
that, but this"——he had risen and 1
followed him toward the shanty, where
the old woman was sitting motionless
~'"this is hard to forget. It was the
shot you heard.”
The old squaw was quite dead. —Chi-
cago Record.
WATER AE A FUEL,
One Solution of the Problem of Find.
ing a Coal Substitute
The problem of finding a practical
substitute for hard coal, which, in view
of the scarcity of the latter is com
manding the thought of a great many
people in this country, has had sev
interesting solutions, but it is
doubtful If any of them nas been more
in the
mechanie
hundred
tO use
Mr
loston
described
as a skilled
nearly one
Carey, who is
Globe
patentee of
inventions of his own,
unmixed with
fuel In
Carey employs
proposes
water, any other sub
demonstrating
on
by
by
able, it
stance, as a
the Bun
burner, invented many years
Heldelberg,
ago
Prof Bunsen and
th burner 1
to get
of
means of
is claimed
a bu from a drop of
such tubu
Bun
tO
shel baske
Some lar array
water
the hurner neces
suffi
iired
ty Ari
to 4arip
on
rate heat
SAry in order Zens
ciently intense to prod he de
result By ng the water
from
the
re
Any
of water will do, whether fresh
All that is
disin
tube on
ZAROR conta
lea follows
kind
or salt,
necessar it ap; rs, Is to
tegrate 1 nature does the
i
Although confident that
his acheme for bu water is, in
feasible and full of im
bilities { development
avery way,
mense pos
Mr. Carey, i OW Aan
that he feels hardly ab
old man
un
ex
aavs le to
of continuing his
to 8
willing
hem
his dia
Infanticide,
ago I «
Canary
A short tims
count
f how a
given by a
1
and
tha threes
nwny feathers
ned naked One
served it lying
and
The frat
that this
three or four
had
rown out
hirda Tho igh
un
are. colf
fead
A
ng stronger
1 A
wan ti
the other
Ha
As
fRTO
they
ight
to the injur
hope proved unm
nthoe
ite
had
minds to
ngs after it had been
fol the
wide
tiy they
starve it
it was found dead,
state
M. Nosael
that the
accidental
he attenuated
hunger
to think
was not
of
ig now
fall
London Newa,
from the nest
Onl
the
lock
has
for
attended
treating
partial
of
gurreas
the antitoxin
Where is reason ta
an attack, this serum can
used advantageously as a prevea.
tive. But ite curative value, after the
disease manifests is not uni
form. Sometimes it does good and
sometimes it seems to be without eof
fect. On the whole, while reluctant
to abandon it altogetl er, experts rec
ognize the fact that this particular an
titoxin does not work as well aa could
be desired.
Attention has
there
anticipate
he
itaalf,
accordingly been di
a systom of dealing with tetanus sug.
gested by Prof. Baceelll of Rome. He
resorts to injections of carbolic acid,
which is one of the most powerful
antiseptic agenta known.
introducing germicides into the blood
to fight various bacterial diseases
tuberculosis, for Instances an old
one, Carbolie acid has been a favor
ite resource in such experiments also
However, its application to tetanus
is comparatively new. Though the
schemes was proposed several years
ago, the profession has given the pref.
erence to the serum treatment. Now,
however, the Baccelll method is com:
ing to the front again. Italian sur
geons are enthusiastic over ita ef.
fects. Prof. Babes, Bucharest, who
may possibly be leas prejudiced than
Baccelli's fellow countrymen, recom.
mends its use when serum is not oh
tainable —~New York Timos.
First American Strike,
Three hundred shoemakers who
struck for higher wages in Philadel.
phia in 1786 were the first working.
men to adopt such tactics in this coun.
try. The first railroad strike occurred
in 1877.
is a re
evening may
"GI DAT
company
of whi
centre V
peg, the jetier
box and
picture
photograph of a
and =a
pen and
of
A cord to string them on
a door and
A column
from a paper
. f ta
a rap ofl
picture of the let
Dedlock f death no
and a lock,
Naw
neveral
trans
3 0
hased Mast H
tha O14
fnlged at once in
imphrey’s
riosity Bhen i
af thease
by
rewarding
reardin
half a doesn
inimitable water colors—Sketches
fch | am f
you will ac y
new book called The
Queen? It is, as perhaps
heard, creating a great sen
here, and ia a Tale Two
Citien 1 11 write later, detailing
will
my adventures Meanwhile Ist
Boz, one of wh
to you and beg apt
you read the
{aver of a
you have
sation of
cass of The Plekwick Papers and the
tis Dorrit
A prettily framed portrait
{ant
girl whose letter at the end of the com-
and fewest
New York Sun
CARRIED IN THE HAND
young or old, rich or poor, this little
article is sure to be in plain sight.
noticeably smaller than in several sea
tion and design.
woman likes =a
pocketbook.
e purses this winter are rather
longer and narrower than those car.
ried in the summer, and the smartest
ones are touched with royal copper.
This metal is a soft, lovely red, and is
used conservatively, just a line of it
Indeed, the gentle.
really unobtrusive
fa exquisite.
On a purse of dark rich brown
feather a narrow line of the copper is
wonderfully effective,
Gold is a metal that is always pretty
and a slender line of this or’ a purse
that has small gold corners makes one
that ne woman saver wishes to put out
of sight. A smooth, glazed leather
that makes up well for pocketbooks is
Levant. This is particularly fashion-
able at the present moment, and when
the catets has a semi-precious jewel in
it any woman would be excused for
always having the purse in her hand,
Unique is the purse that has a piace
for a tiny photograph. The newly en.
gaged girl will be pleased at this, for
it gives her an opportunity to carry
in her
The purse itself is very smart,
having a long slender ornament on fit
in gold The catch ig about the size
of a nickel and when it is raised it dis
closes a tiny frame for a pictured face
her sweetheart's pleture right
hand
DIET FOR NERVOUS WOMEN
An milk diet is
thing the
with
One
entire
for
omnia It is al
excellent
troubled
an
woman who is
0 good for the
that
int
who is #0 nervous when she
has
dor le ep & he ation of fall
terrific start
conditionz exist it is well
the s&n
ing, and wake with a
When
to ul {
t hese
on mill for quite a
igh of
food
for womnmes
ring
from nerves salt
d bread
the
may
they
meats sho
meat are
Eggs
but
be thoroughly a1] wked, the
inder
peo
butter
for f
Eweet
best
he BPAringi)
common
an er
SCIENT!
The woman work
should learn how
iy This does
should negle
rights be
aone
in a ovenly
times when ever
choose what! sha
VALUI
i he woman who
ff more ant tn
the w
ge UR
having
Pitts
noble
them
KWAY] WAY
Tery
hesutly and
uniavely outward
harm
expres
the exterior
ves: fitting
swosineas
CORSY f
ultras
Madame
g of her cor
who is
: es of
Fash now has the class
a died with
The
sive kind and those
semi-precious stones
jewels need sre of the leas *xpen
dain
tur rhineston
topaz and amethyst These
ipposed to carry out the theughts
shown in the
are of turquoise,
ty sinys
garnets,
Re »
of the delicate embroidery that adoras
rorsets. The choles
the depends upon whether
the delicate flowers are violets, forget
em-nots or little pink daisies.
of jewel
LINGERIE IDEALS.
Circular knee flounces garnish some
underskirts
* - ©
Swiss embroideries in self colors are
the latest garniture for silk
» » »
Flat effects are the salient trim
ming feature of the hour. Much Val
ericiennes and a somewhat heavier
square meshed lace are used.
- * *
A gored front breadth is an entirely
new idea in nightgown shapes. Deeg
Vandyke points, reaching from the
. - *
consideration in the most recentscrea
for low necks.
is the favorite shape
. - *
drooping bell-like blossoms appeal
among the daintiest of the trimming
effects on the French hand-made un
derwear,
- » -
Huge rosettes and large streamer:
of white satin ribbon are seen upon
some extreme French underwear
which is not apt to be generally popu
jar, however, with American women.
They prefer bebe ribbon.run beading
This season white appears to have en
tirely superseded all other shades of
ribbon for adorning lingerie.
Housenold.
BREAD OMELET
Boak half a cupful of bread erumbs
in half a cupful of milk twenty min-
utes: beat the volks of four eggs and
add them to the oh
son with sal
table poonf
a little y
when mel
slowly: fold ir nell; serve na
ilk and bread;
pepper and one
{ butter; put
m
pour
COOK
hot
WHOLESOME PUDDING
siding
valand
over the
To he
butter
enten
your
TRI
again. add
of steamed
smooth tr:
kied
anfuls
xture slowly
the ice box, hast
whenever it 5 14
the
refrigerator
thre Roa the mutton
alowi to the por
When the
is enough lq
minute
meat is put
11d
ing
n the pan there
and
The
ting serves
to baste with
the jelly soon melts on the meat
marinate used in bas
for ETavYy
same
also the
HINTS FOR THE HOUSEWIFE
Soda should never be placed in the
which china with gilding en
washed Soap will answer
the purpose for cleanliness without
damaging the gold
Ink stains can removed from
furniture by applying a solution made
of gix drops of niter to a teaspoonful
of water, applied with a feather 11
the stain does not yield to the first ap
plication. make it stronger and re
peat
Exceedingly
are the most
for bedrooms
The newest chocolate cups are sau
rer shaped and stand quite high on a
narrow base,
To sweep away all petty frumpery
and to have a few worthy ornaments
to give a room a finished look is now
the prevailing idea in home decora
tion,
The burean drawer may be made to
open noiselesely and easily by rub
bing it with common so&p.
Marseilles bedspreads in pale blue,
pink or yellow, with edges buttonhole
scalloped in white, are new and pretty
Besides the thorough airing that
beds and bedding should daily have
mattresses, bolsters and pillows should
be beaten and shaken three times a
week.
Bedclothes should often be exposed
to the direct rays of the sun. It gives
them a sweetening that is promotive
of quiet rest and sleep.
Smoked lamp globes should be soak:
ed in warm soda water and washed in
suds containing a few drops of am.
monia. Rinse and dry with linen,
All layer cakes are improved by
the substitution of water for milk usu.
ally called for in the recipes. When
this is done add two more eggs than in
the other case.
water in
it is to be
be
prim colonial
favored with
elripes
coverings