TIT LIFE'S TONIfit.
Borne by a Power resistless and unseen
We know not wither, '
Ce look out through iregloua with troubled
mien
How came we hither?
Oarknesa before and after. Blank, dim wall
On either side,
4galnst which oar dull vision beats and folia.
Met and de-Had.
Shrouded In mystery that leaves no room
To guess aright,
7e rash, uncertain, to a certain doom
When lo the light!
-Grace Denio Litchfield, In the Century.
THE LITTLE LOG CHUECE
OWN in the hear1,
of the mountain!
is a summer re
sort. It is not in
the north nor ol
the south, but ii
is a cosmopolitan
little city ol
hotels. It sprung
tip in a season
and will endnro as long as the water
are limpid and the mountains grand.
Crowning the highest hill m the chief
hotel. The view from the veranda ii
rougnificent. The lower hilltops,
rugged nnd scarred, near by, seem to
grow level in perspective, stretching
away in a vast plain of darkest green
to meet the blute sky in the distant
horizon. The morning wind brings
the odor of wild roses; the ovenind
wind is freighted with the Epice of
pines.
The Chalmers, mother and daugh
Vr, were gueMts of the chief hotel.
"It is exquisite," said Miss Chalmers,
"I am weary of society. I will do
nothing but rest for the entire sum
xner. Miss Chalmers rested four entire
iays. Tho fifth day was Sunday.
'V"o must go to church," said Mrs.
Chnlmers.
"But there is no church, mamma;
tho minister is taking his vacation in
the city while we take ours iu the
hills."
;I shall go to church," declared tho
cider lady. "There is
church in tho country.
lovely log
went to a
log church when I was a little girL
e will go to-day in a carriage.
Ho the Chalmerses went to church,
not to tho littlo white church in the
valley below them, but over miles and
miles of gravelly ridge rood, down a
long, fctoop hill and into another and
a larger valley, where there was a
pellucid Ftreum, shaded with syca
mores and festooned with a bewilder
ing tangle of vine.
The country church was built oi
roueh hervn logs and was
Mrs. Chalmers and her daughter found
that the house was crowded, and as
there was no usher obtained seats with
Borne dillicnlty.
Miss Chalmers was on the right ol
the centre aisle. She soon discovered
that tho aislo separated the two sexes ;
that she, alone of all the women there,
was seated among the men. Thif
broach of local etiquette amused hej
it first.
3fiss Chalmers soon discovered that
the younger boys were nudging each
ether with their elbows and laughing
at her. The young men looked at her
curiously; the old men seriously ; she
began to feel nervons, and the feeling
annoyed her more than the attention
she was receiving. Then she noticed
that tho girls across the aisle were
giggling and whispering maliciously;
and, yes, actually pointing their fin
(yrs at her.
Uo w dared they I Her face began to
flamo. Tho young men looked sym
pathetic, now ; she felt that their pity
was an outrage Tho preacher cor.ld
no longer hiilo his annoyance, for no
body heeded the sermon now, and
everybody was intent upon that young
lady, who know no better than to si
Mnong men.
Mrs. Chalmers, who had fortunately
found a seat on the upper side, was
tho only person in the house ignorant
of her daughter's " embarrassment.
Tho long rida had wearied her. She
was resting, as elderly persons some
times do. Sho listened earnestly at
tho sermon, without hearing a word;
she gazed at the preacher and did no'
ve him.
Miss Chalmers tried to Call np hei
rirido, but was helpless before tho rid
icule, which constantly became more
unmerciful. The benches on the other
sido all seemed to bo full. She saw no
escapo but to leave the room. Sho had
just decided to bolt ignominiously for
tho door when thero was a diversion ir
her favor.
Immediately in front of Miss Chal
mers ant a young man. lie had
aroused her interest, because he wore
what sho called a respectable coat, and
because ho had a fine head which he
carried on his magnificent shoulders
like a Konian hero, and because well,
there is no stronger word than be
cause. It can meau a great many in
expressible things.
This young man arose, and the giri
noticed, even in her unhappiness, thati
he was very tall, as most mountaineers I
aro. Jie. sicppeu across me aisio ana
took a littlo girl in his arms, whisper
ing a word to tho child's mother before
he returned to his seat. He did not
took ot Miss Chalmers, bnt the woman
smiled to her, silently pointing to the
rflcont sent. The unhappy young lady
was only too glnd to accept the invita
tion. Her mother did not notice the
incident, nor did the young man seem
to be aware of it. He did not once
tarn his head, nnd she fonnd herself
becoming curious about the color a'
His eyes. They must be gray.
The driver from the chief hotel had
Cot entered the church. As he lin
gered with his horses two men enme
by in a wagon. The men were old
friends of tho driver. In the bed of
tho -wagon, shaded by some branches
of the pawpaw tree, there was a jug;
and the liquor in the jug was the driv
er's dearest and most fatal enemy.
There were three men in the wagon
when it halted beneath the trees,
hundred yards below the church.
Thile the horses ate tho men drank.
When tho sermon was over Mrs.
Chalmers and her daughter ate their
luncheon. Afterward, while the la
dies plucked May apple blossoms and
enjoyed tho cool dampness which the
river exhaled, the driver slept. H
Stroke often in a melancholy mood,
but they did not notice it ; and each
time when ho threw off his slnmbcrs
he resorted to tho jug, which had
?mehow been left behind by tho men
the wagon.
I Iiater in the afternoon the driver
irhose depression had increased sines
the sun sank, hitched np his horses,
and the carriage began the assent ol
the long hilL The jug was left among
the May apple blossoms. It was
i Half-way np tho hill a wheel dropped
Eft) a dcop gutter and the carriage
amo down with a lurch and a crash.
It was a hopeless wreck. The drives
looked at the broken whoel with indir)
ference and the ladies were in cos step
O-iifiB. - -
I' ffow far Is it to town?" asked Mia,
Chalmers.
"About eight miles, I reckon.
"Oh, dear, what can we do?"
"I dnnnow," said the driver, stu
pidly. From his manner one might
almost be justified in saying that h
did not care.
"Well, driver," said Mis? Ch&lmer.
imphatically. "I know. Ton must
go to town at once for another car
riage, it is now 3 o clock, and yon
Tan be back by 6 ; we will wait.
The driver began to unloose the
torses. He did not seem to be pressed
tor time.
"Yon mast hurry," she declared in
patiently. And say, driver, if you
re back by sunset you shall have 99
Wtra."
He shook off his apathy, or seemeA
x, and, mounted on one horse, lei
the other rapidly away.
It was always bad to wait. In thii
se the two lonely women, oppressed
6y the strange and solitary surround
ings, found the afternoon almost in
terminable. The Joshua of impatient
teemed to stay the sun at one spot tot
hoars. Six o'clock finally came ; they
were expectant. Half past six : the
were anxious. At seven they wex
alarmed. The sun loitered no more,
but rolled swiltly over the opposite
Mountain and drew the day with him
rhey were terrified.
There was no house and no humai
eing in sight. They remembered nc
habitation on the road for miles.
rrae, the log church stood in the bot
tom below, but the darkest shadow!
had already gathered there. The
I iared not enter the profound obscurity
' l 1. 1 .1 A. 1 11 1 t-J t
frmcn euveiopuu ido vuuvjt uu wuiuc
;rept like a living thing np the moun
tain side toward them. They clang tc
ach other like little children and
wept.
At sunset a tall young man was rid
ng soberly along the wide road which
led to town. He stopped suddenly al
the sight of two harnessed horses graz
ing by the roadside.
"I know that team ; what has hap
pened?"
There was no one to answer th
jtiestion, but he looked about and dis
jovered the driver under the trees.
"Here, wretch!" he exclaimed,
'wake up; tell mo what is wrong.
Wake up, wake up. Where are thi
ladies?"
Bnt expostulation was in vain. Th
Iriver was a lump of clay a log. Th
young man mounted his horse again
snd galloped furiously back toward tht
log church. He looked at each side
of the road anxiously, but did not
slacken his pace, and the horse wa;
:overed with foam when he reached
the broken carriage and dismounted.
"I thank heaven ' you are safe," h
jriod.
"But we arc not safe; we are lost,
iost. Oh, merciful sir, pity us!" ex
slaimed Mrs. Chalmers, hysterically,
she thought the tall stranger was a
brigand.
Miss Chalmers knew better. Shi
recognized the young man, and a feel
ing of security, almost of happiness,
jwept over her.
"Hush, mamma," she said, softly,
'we are perfectly safe now. This gen
tleman will protect us ; he has come to
'ielp us."
The gentleman lookel his thanks foi
tho confidence. It was dark almost,
bnt she could see that his eyes wer J
gray. She thought they were lumin
ous, but she was looking through hei
tears.
"Are you employed at the hotel'.
What happened to our driver ? Is the
ather carriage coming?" The mothei
tsked three questions in a breath.
"I am not employed at the hotel. 1
x-as riding to town and found yom
Iriver in a drunken sleep by the road
side. You will get no help from him.
was afraid there had been a seriouj
accident and hastened back. "
"Serious," asked Mrs. Chalmers ib
high voice, "is it not serious? Oh,
iear, dear, what would you have?"
"My nnole lives two miles down tht
.-iver," said the stranger. "It is the
aearest house. Yoa will come with
mo for the night and to-morrow yon
;an return to the town."
"Yon are very kind, sir," said Misj
Chalmers. "We will go with you
jladly." J
"But two miles," protested the
nother ; "I cannot walk two miles."
"It is not necessary ; you can rid
ny horse. He is perfectly gentle, and
twill hold tho rein," said their res
:urer reassuringly ; and the young
lady may ride behind yoa, if she will.'
"Oh, no; I would much prefer to
valk. I can walk two miles easily,
and the dear horse is already verj
tired. Indeed, I will walk," said tho
young lady decidedly.
The young man assisted the mother
Into the saddle. Tho daughter clung
lightly to his arm and the little pro
fession movod slowly down the long
hill and into the starless depths of the
bottom. They traveled carefully, for
Mrs. Chalmers was not a good horse
woman. It was an hour before they
reached the farmhouse.
An hour ! An hour is an epoch, an
age, an eternity. Love, which never
dies, is born, nourished and reaches'
-naturity in an hour.
There was a camp meeting in
progress at the log houso in the valley.
On the last Sunday of the meeting,
which happened to be also the last day
of the Chalmerses' visit in the moun
tains, a party from the chief hotel
visited tho revival. The party wa
composed of Mrs. Chalmers, Mist
Chalmers and a tall young man with
serious, grand face. The latter had
been a guest at the hotel for only
three weeks, or . since the two ladle
had' been abandoned on the mountain
tide by their drunken driver.
On the afternoon of this Sunday the
two younger members of the party
were half way up the long hill whicb
leads from the valley to the ridges.
They were standing silently side by
side looking down into the valley.
xnere was a great wnite tent, a tab
eraacle, indeed, near the log house,
and a score of smaller white tents about
the large one. Through the trees the
people could be seen moving about
like pigmies.
"It is a beautiful and peaceful
Bcene," said Miss Chalmers, softly.
The young man was silent and she
presently continued, with some hesita
tion: "I have never thanked you I
hardly know how for your kindnesi
that first day in the church when 1
made such an embarrassing mistake. "
"It was nothing; do not think
of if
"But I do think of it ; it was a great
leal to me, and I want you to remem-
j ber yoa know we are going away to-
morrow I want you to remember that
I appreciate it My predicament wac
almost as bad as it was that night
when you again "
"I beg you," he broke in, "not to
mention those things again."
She was silent. He turned to hex
snddenly, abruptly, almost roughly,
and asked :
ixftjrou rich?"
Bhe trembled a little, but Udof
reply.
"1 am surprised that you aakal
that Question, she said gently; 'It
is unworthy of yon ; it is painful
me."
"Forgive me," he said, humbly.
"Oh, my dear, I love yoa, and I am
poor. Your beauty and your good
ness make yoa a long way above me,
and I have hoped that yon were not
rich. But I adore yoa. I want yon
to carry that memory away in yom
heart I adore yoa. Home time
will come and ask yoa to marry me.
Yoa will have known me longer
my prospeots will be brighter. I will
Borne and take yoa by the hand lik
this, my dear. I will say : 'I love yon
dearly: I have loved yoa since that
first day in tho mountains. I will lov
yoa forever. Will yoa be my wife?'
When I ask yoa that question, when
my soul waits for an answer, what wil
yon say to me, dear?
She was nalid : she dare not loo)
at him.
"Is there no crrain of hope for me?
Oh. love, will you tell me what your
answer will be on that day?
With a supreme effort she raised her
eves to his face, one tried to speak
she was speechless ; bat her lips forme
a single word:
"Yes."
Dear reader, she was rich. She was
rich and proud, and the next day she
returned to her magnificent home in
the city. And two years afterward,
when a tall young man came and asked
again that Question, when his soul
waited for an answer, what do 70
think she said?
"Yes."
She was only a summer girl : sks
met this poor youth on a summer hot
iday, bnt she loved him forever, and
they are now very, happy. Chicago
News.
Nutmegs aa a Soporific
JSutmegs have strong narcotic
properties. A drink that used to be
made by our grand mothers was n:it
meg tea. One or two nutmegs would
make a pint or a pint and a hair of
tea, and the Invalid would drink it,
producing a sleep of many hours'
Juration. Tho symptoms would be
about the same as opium. Nutmeg
In the quantity of two or three
arachms will cause both stupor and
leiirium.
A Good Schema.
"I like to do my quarreling ovct
the telephone," said Hicks. "Then
I can always have the last word."
"How do you manage It?" "I 6ay It
and then ring off." Truth.
The Parlor YVai Oeoupled.
Mistress Bridget. 1 don't think It
is proper for you to entertain men in
the kitchen. Bridget Yez be rolgbt,
mum, but there was some one In the
parlor already. Southron.
Not Tfeak.
Gaswell Mrs. Dinwiddle strikes
me as a weak woman, physically.
Dukane XonsenseJ I have often
seen her hold upa train. Pittsburgl-
Chronicle-Telegraph.
- The Same Thing-.
Towne That's too bad about Ding-
.ey, Isn't It? Browne How? What's
that? "Joined the silent majority."
"What! Dead?" "So; marncd
Texas Sif tings.
Luck? FeUow.
Jack Frlscllla has made George
nappy for life. Clara I'm so glad to
hear it! When are they to bo mar
ried? Jack Never. She has ratuser
him. Truth.
Unwelcome Attentions.
Customer (to pretty waitress)
Don t a great many fools annoy you
with their attentions? Waitress
Yes. What makes you all do it?
Boston Post.
Generosity Personified.
BnsaMc Is your fiance generous''
Grace Well 1 should say so. He's
Just mortgaged his house to buy tor
a ring. Vogue.
An Cneelflb. Set of Men.
"Do you know that editors are the
jiost unselfish men In the world?"
inked a young author of his friend
"Why, 00: I never beard that be
fore." "It's a fact They will cheer
fully send back your best manuscript
regardless of the fact thatxthey know
you w.ll Immediately reraall It to '
rival publication." Truth.
Got to Be Bertoaa.
"'now did you break your husband
T the drink hablf' "Weil, John
osod to have terrible work finding the
in trv.hnfn In t.hA frvtnf. diirir
' ttliio lib. all Via n ft Ii 1 nrl Bh.n
I threatened to have four mo e key
boles put In he sobered right down '
Judge,
Caua Belli
The sins of mothers are still vis
aed upon their children, "Tommy,"
said Mrs Flgg, ' what on earth have
you been fighting with Jimmy B lggt
for?" "'Cause his mother called me
1 perfect little gentleman," said the
Incorrigible Tommy. Iudianaroll'
Journal.
Inconsistency ht .High Places.
Fl s Tramp The Fifth avenu.
people a e vcrr unreasonable with
os, Second Tramp Yes, never give
money and lecture yon for being
dirty. First Tramp And vet, when
I rang and asked for a bath I was re
fused. Life.
MoneyTn IU
Featherstone Sow that Chlpsot
Is married be stays borne every n gbt,
doosn't he? Ring way Yes. Heaayi
be can't afford not to. Featberston
Why. would It cc htm so much tc
get out? Rlngwar No, but he U
teaching his mother-in-law how U
play poker. Puck.
Cheap Enough
He brought a whole lot ot stui
dome which he had picked up at an
auction sale. "Goodness me," ex
claimed his wife, "what did yoa get
all this for?" "For nothing," be re
plied promptly, and that explained 1'
fully. Detroit Free Press.
At the End of the
rfs. Wick wire At least, you might
irgue like a gentleman. It ought to
be as easy for yoa to be a gentleman
ts It Is for me to be a lady. Mr.
Wlckwire Nothing of the sort
There Is so much required of a man
Exbcange.
Financial Activity.
now Is Gullen getting alona
oow?" "Splendidly, for him?" "How
dc you know?" ' tie baa Just suc
ceeded In borrowing llO fr m me."
Washington Star.
He Knew Him.
Mr. Cheviot Hill Do yoa know
who I am, my little man? The Utile
Man Yep. Vou'r the feller who ii
eoio-z to prouose to mr sister. Ilf
HOUSEHOLD HATTERS.
A Hurt OS DTJST1SO.
Tn one of the best known gymns
1ms for women in this country the
resident physician said in a recent in
terview "Dust is almost oat of place
here as it would be in the dissecting
zoom. I am eagle-eyed for its appear
ince, and I am prond to say that the
furniture is hand-dusted that is, with
1 cloth. To the best of my knowledge
ind belief, a feather duster has never
Found admission here." St. Zjoui
Star-Sayings. v
CHEAP AMD GOOD VINEOAB.
To eight quarts of clear rain watei
add three quarts of molasses. Turn
the mixture into a clean, tight cask,
shake it well two or three times and
add throe spoonfuls of good yeast, or
two yeast cakes. . Place the cask in a
warm place and in ten or fifteen days
add a sheet of common wrapping paper
nneared with molasses and torn into
narrow strips. This will make excel
lent vinegar. The paper is necessary
to form the ''mother" or life of th
vinegar. New York World.
KKOCETXa TBS SPOTS OtTI.
Spots on towels and hosiery will
disappear with little trouble if a little
ammonia is put into enough water to
oak the articles, and they are left in
t an hour or two before washing ; and
cupful is put into the water in
which white clothes are soaked the
night before washing, the ease with
vhich the articles can be washed an J
their great whiteness and clearness
when dried will be very gratifying.
Remembering the small sum paid foi
three quarts of ammonia of common
itrength, one can easily see that no
bleaching preparation can be more
theaply obtained. New York World
TO KEEP KEATS SWEET.
Some provisions should not be put
an ice; every housekeeper ought to
know that all meats, raw or cooked,
lose in juiciness and tenderness by its
action. For instance, a joint which
was excellent when served hot will
sften become tough and tasteless if
tept in the refrigerator twenty-four
hours. I have seen corned beef be-
some so hard that it chipped off like
oe, though it was not frozen.
There is a simple treatment of boiloc
neat which keeps it palatable. If you
wish to oat the meat when hot aftei
linner plunge it again in boiling
rater or in the water in which it was
jooked brought again to a boiling
ooint and there let it remain until
sold. You will find that it will thus
absorb enough moisture to keen it
lender and juiey. Do not place it ir
be refrigerator warm.
Bologna sausage or any of the prep
arations in sausage skins will mold if
put into the refrigerator, or if shut uy
'rom the air.
Fish should not be brought in direct
jontact with ice, no matter what the
reneral market practico may be. Sal
mon loses its delicate flavor almost
most completely if laid upon
ice. In
1rA oil i-n 1 jl (iinr rdst
directly
pon ice. Chicago liecord.
THE COOKING OP VEGETABLES.
Boiling can be more conveniently
ind readily accomplished on a kero
ene oil or gas stove than in any other
kind of an oven. But beets, carrots
tnd parsnips, as well as other root',
3iay be cooked in the oven for a loti,
time very slowly in closed vessels, sur
jected to the same degrco of heat that
is required in roasting meat, from 303
legrees to 350 degrees F. Green veg.
tables, peas, beans and the like, ara
very delicious!? cooked in this way,
They retain a very much finer flavor
than when subjected to the customary
beat of the iron stove in an onen vee
jel, or when boiled. When thoheat ii
properly regulated, ell kinds of fruit
and vegetables may be cooked m tho
oven in vegetable dishes china, por
celain or stoneware open or covered.
Ihe watery kinds require very little
water. The dry kinds may have a very
little water addod. The steam gen-
rated at the higher heat to which the
outside of the vessel is subjected raisct
the temperature within the covered
vessel only to abont tho boiling point,
and while the vessel may not be steam
tight, lest it burst, yet it may be suf
ficiently tight to retain the aromatic
oils, which should not be carried off.
thus assuring the full flavor. Bostor
Cultivator.
srx BscrpEs fob sotjts.
Bean Soup Use cold boiled ot
Dated beans, juasn them through a
eolander, add boiling water, some but
ter and plenty of salt and pepper
Boil until of the proper consistency.
Corn Soup lake six ears of vouna
tender corn (sweet corn is best), cut
down each row of grains with a knife,
then scrape. Put on to boil with plenty
of water. When nearly done add a
quart of milk, salt and pepper, and r
tttle floor and butter to thicken.
Vegetable Soap Take the liquid in
which yoa have boiled beef, and into
this put some sliced turnips, a few
potatoes, a very small head of cabbage
nely chopped, two or three tomatoes,
and a small red pepper. Let it sim
mer slowly nntil done. Small onior
f desired.
Bread Soup Place over the fire a
sufficient quantity of milk to fill a
large dish. Let it come to a boil and
then poor into the dish in which yon
have previously broken np scraps of
partially dry bread, with sufficient
pepper and salt to season. Let i'
stand a few minutes before serving.
Cabbage Soup Select a small hcac
of cabbage. Chop or slice it very fine.
Then pat on to boil in a little water
in which a small piece of meat has
been cooking, with a handful of oat
meaL Cook until cabbage is thorough
ly done, then add a sufficient amount
of water, salt and pepper. The oat
meal will thicken it enough.
Off for a Promenade.
Mamma I haven't seen the kit.t.
Jo-day. Where Is she?
Little Dot I don't know; Vm 1
put a blue ribbon ronnd
this mornln. and I guess she's out
Ihowln' herself. Good News.
PROSPECTIVE MOTHERS
and those soon to
become mothers,
should know that Dr.
Pierce's Favorite Pre
scription robs child
birth of its tortures
and terrors, as well as
of its dangers to both
mother and child, by
aiding nature in pre
paring the system for
parturition. There
by "labor" and the
period of confine
ment are creatlv
shortened. It also promotes the secre
tion of aa abundance of nourishment for
the child.
Mrs. Doha a. Gnrnam. of Oakley , Overton O.,
hws.. writes : -when I benn takins Doctor
Pierce's Favorite Prescriottoa. 1 was not able fa
stand on my feet without suffering almost death.
Mow I do all my housework, washing-, cooking-,
sewing and everything for my family of eight. I
am stouter now than I have been in six years.
Your Favorite Prescription ' is the best to take
before confinement, or at least it proved so with
me. I never Buffered so little vua anv of sae
children as I did with mj last."
Is Your
Blood Pure
r st ; von will be stroDg. vigorous, ' tlons of their sixteen great-grandpar-ii
f HfdmbUionyoa will have enta Now here is a capital game for
mi re t
UUH '"J ewf.w
tTnaw manv nATsYilA A.rl BllIIGF
int, rUiiv from the consequences of im
pure blood, scrofula, salt rheum, rheu
matism, catarrh, nervousness, sleepless
ness, and
That Tired Feeling.
fTnnd's Sarsanarilla purifies, vitalizes
tnd ennchta the blood. ' Tht
Therefore, 11
is the medicine for you.
It will give you pure, rich, red blood
.nd strong nerves.
It will overcome that tired feeling,
jreate an appetite give refreshing sleep
and make you strong.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Is the Only
True Blood Purifier
Prominently in the public eye to-day
Hwl'c Dlffe the after-dinner pill and
nOUU r Ills family cathartic 2ba.
Afl ARIZONA EPISOOBs
A Nleht
Soon. In m Wogmlm
Gambling
flea.
2?oga1cs Is a little town down li
ioutbern Arizona that is part Ameri
can and part Mexican In more senses
than one. for it calmly sits upon the
international boundary line
and owes
half to the United States. Thus the
resident Of NogaleS IS much better Off
than Lieut, Nolan, for Instead Of be-
Ing a man without a country, he is a
man with two countries. The bound-1
ary line between the two republics
runs pvaetlv alnnir t.hfi center of the .
principal street so a man needn't
leave tho town nor walk very far to
plant one foot in Mexican soil and
yet retain a purchase upon the land
of the free, etc. This peculiar situa
tion Is often taken advantage of by
deserting soldiers from the Southern
Arizona forts, who are inclined to be
facetious. They go over to the Mex
ican side of the main street, and when
the Sergeant and his squad who are
In pursuit arrive In town they find
the deserters sitting out In front of a
saloon enjoying life and making faces
at their pursuers with perfect im
punity. For desertion is not an ex
traditable offense All the Sergeant
can do is to sit down and patiently
wait. In the hope that the deserter
will imbibe enough mescal or pulque
to reader him reckless and bring him
across that Invisible but uncrossablc
line. Isor Is Nogales a very vlrutous
town. - In fact it is somewhat
"tough." Almost every man carries
i "gun," and is ready to use It when
his rights are trampled upon or his
honor wounded.
During the Geronlmo campaign 1
vent down to Kogales to visit a friend
3t mine and one night he took nie
out to see the sights. Among other
sports on the elephant was the big
gest saloon and gambling house in the
town. I forget now who ran it, but
that doesn't matter. After passing
around and looking on a while at the
various games, we sat down at a table
near a party of poker players, ordered
drinks, and watched the animated
scene. I was particularly Interested
in one of the players at the table next
to us, who apparently bad phenomenal
luck, Judging from the pile of gold,
silver and chips In front of him. lie
was a big, black-bearded, swarthy man,
restless eyes, and as another big, full
bearded man, toying with a huge
pistol, approached the table with a
nUIck stride, I fancied that he sud
denly grew a shade paler. lie made
an almost Imperceptible movement
to reach toward his hips, but appar
ently changed his mind and gazed In.
tently at the cards. By this time the
other big man was opposite him.
"So, you dirty, mean skunk," ht
aid, "I've run yoa down at last,
iave I?"
The play at once ceased and tht
participants in the game waited
passively to hear the outcome. This
was a quarrel between two men a
personal and private matter and it
would have been Impertinence and a
breach of etiquette on their part tc
aave Interfered by word or act.
Yes, you've Tun me down, as yo
put it," replied the other. "What
do you want to say to mo? Ilurrj
up, and don't delay the game."
"what do I want to say to you?1
.ho other burst out furiously, and
with a volley of oaths, "I don't want
to say anything to you, you thief. J
want to put a bullet Into your dirt
carcass, and I'm going to do It. Draw
your gun, T11 give you one chance
tor your life,"
By this time the noise had at
,racted attention. The players had
:rowded to the side walls, and tnere
was a clear passage for the bullets
that were momentarily expected to
commence flying. The proprietor of
the gambling den was hastening to
ward the disputants, shouting, as be
vime, a warning to them to desist
"Shoot, if you want to. Bill," saic
ho black-bearded man, his face as
ale as death, "but if you do you
murder m, for I haven't a gun on
my person."
"You haven't, eh?" replied tht
Hher, insolently. ""Well, I'll 6hoot
no man like a rat. But. yon miser
able hound, after 4 o'clock this morn
ing I'll kill yoa on sight, gun or no
gun. Fair warning. Look out for
yonrself."
He turned to move away, when
lulck as a flash, the black-bearded
Joan sprang to his feet, drew a re
volver and fired at the retreating
figure.
"Look out!" shouted some one it
the crowd who had observed the
movement. The man gave a start
and a bait turn, and the motion saved
his life, for the bullet grazed his
head and tossed a lock of his thick
balr Into the air. Before the black-
bearded man could recover, the other.
shot. The bullet crushed through'
the gambler's bead and he dronDcd '
Jown dead. In the confusion which '
followed my friend and I escaped into
a at.ront. I
h6 street.
1 was Obliged to leave Noiralea thi
aext day, but at the first opportunity
wrote ana asjcea ror information
concerning the outcome of this little
episode, and "what they had done
srlth tns mnrrlorni-vn
"Why, you poor tenderfoot" m 1
friend wrote back, "you wouldn't call'
that a murder, would von? In the
first place, the man would have been
Justified in shooting, under any . clr-1
eumstances, for the other had robbed
him of a mine In Mexico, And, sec-
ondly, the black-bearded coward shot
first, and when his adversary's back
was turned, and deserved what he
got In return for that alone. What
did they do with the murderer?'
Trip V cars him thn rloarl man, win
.1...
nings in the poker game." Free I
Press.
Iredtgree Building.
Most of us know all about our
parents and grandparents; but com
paratively few can give a correct ac-
count of the names, ages, or occupa-
But take
Uitauv.i. - '
stumbling-block In pedigree building
Is the occasional cropping np of a dis
reputable ancestor whom yoa have a
special reason for not remembering.
Sidney Smith used to ray. 'That
several members of his family disap-
' n K.i f t ks tlmft rf t hfl fl.QQizAa:"
, .nd most neonle remember the story
oi Alexandre Dumas, the elder, who
had a considerable dash of the tar
brush in his veins, and who was pes
tered abont bis pedigree by some an
tiquarian smellfungus.
Your father, M. Dumas," 6ild the
bore, "was, I take it, a mulatto. "
"Yes, sir."
"Thus your grandfather must have
been a negro."
'Precisely so."
'And your great-grandfather, cher
M. Dumas?"
"A monkey, sir," thundered the
exasperated Alexandre, "my pedi
gree ends when yours begins."
Worse Tkaa Rsm.
Indigestion spoils more live, than ram. Bat
you think you have "malaria" or "gTlp," or
..ml hfn v wnpaM Th.tmnhl.li.il ln-li. HI.
M.IIVA rra.r bltuna T.hnlai l.rin. . anrt "t
Siiiicnniiiinwith them. on. Rives relief.
tlieir habitual use keei the whole system
tone, tiet them of your druggist
Oar general opinion is that there
are plenty of worse people in the world
. tnau oowclves, but mighty few better
uuo ,
Par. Rich Blood Is essential to good health,
because the blood Is the vital fluid which sop.
Plle 11 the organs with lire. Hood-i sanaparuia
to the blood P"
Hood'. Pill, are purely vegetable, harmless.
e"ve, uo not pain or gripe.
A microscope shows that the human
body is covered with scales, each scale
covering 500 pores.
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root enrol
all Kidney and Bladder trouble.
I'atnpletand Consultation free,
laboratory Binghamton, N. Y.
An automatic breaker alarm
electric railway circuits has been
vented.
for
in
Mrs. WlnaloWs Soothing Syrw for ehnar.
teething;, softens the gums, reduces innamnut.
Hon. nlhu-.imia.enmB sriad eostc 2Sca bo t lis
Denver, Col., has a 225 pound loco
motive. A. M. Priest, DruicKisi, Shemyvme, ind
ays : " Hall's Catarrh Cure (fives the beat of
satisfaction. Can get plenty of testimonial,
as it cures every one who lakes It." Druggist'
ell it. 76c
A new telephone invention is said to
carry 2,000 words a minute over the '
wire.
riso's Cure for Consumption has no equal as a
CouRh medicine. K. -M. abbuit, iNJ Seui-ca ct.,
Uutlulo, ii. X., Iday tf, IsiH.
The Exception. .
Mrs. lligbee Most people make the
jest of everything.
Mrs. Robblns We have a cook who
doesn't Brooklyn Life.
At Their Old Trick..
Mr. Casey I hoar that the weddln' c
Aid. Mullaney's daughter wor not such
ft pleasant affair, after all.
Mr. Noonan How's thot?
Mr. Casey About twlnty of his warn
loelers got to repeating at the supper
iable, an' In consequence some av the
late guests got nawthln' to ate. Buf
falo Express.
Clemency Recommended.
Toet Lbelleve after this that I shall
lot seniTany one my autograph unless
he gives satisfactory evidence of hav
ing read my poems.
Critic Oh, I wouldn't be so severe aw
that Why not let him off on giving
proof having merely bought a copy?
Indianapolis Journal.
Conan Doyle's Sarcasm.
Connn Doyle's reputation for sav
Asm is secure. Even when he has been
forgotten as a novelist he will be re
membered with amusement as the man
who said be found Philadelphia the
most delightful city in America. Som
crvllle Journal.
A Prospect for ilim.
Bhe It will be a pleasure for me to
hare your troubles and anxieties.
He But I haven't any.
flhe Oh, you will have when we arv
jaarrled. Texas SIftings.
His Speech.
Theodorus I always read the parlia
mentary reports very carefully, but
have never come across any speech of
yours yet
Bernard (M. J'.) Uow Is that? Have
jou never noticed the words "Cheers"
and "Hear, hear?" That's where I
come In. Stulvers Bla-t
Envious.
"So yoa told yonr friend about my
fwo houra speech," said the emanci
pated woman,
"Yes," replied her husband.
"What did he say?"
"He said be wished hla wife would
make her speeches to an audience In
stead of to him." Washington Star.
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it ia pleasant
and refreshing to the tarte, and acta
eentlr vet promptly on the Kidneys.
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the its-
tem effectually, dispels colds head-
i j , , ..
acnes ana levers ana cures naoitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy or its kind ever pro
duced, pleasing to the tasto and ac
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
?neVlf' preparea oniy irom the most
wealthy and agreeable substances, ita
manr excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known,
Syrup of Figs i3 for sale in 60
cent bottles bv all Wrl?n a.
gists. Any reliable druggist who
-- . . . e &
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it I) not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP COL
Wmuu,itr. aem roar, tv
a i t rui
Tor Core ot Sprains, Bruises,
..BASE BALL..
Field Is lust wnat all players call It. "the best."
What Brings Release From Dirt and Grease ? Wliy, Don')
You Know?
SAPOLIO
Too lllchly Valued.
Plain women, far from underrating
beauty, arc apt to place too high a
value upon it. Their own lack of
comeliness is their life-long sorrow.
Phey do not realize that the women
who are most ardently and lastingly
loved by men are seldom very beauti
ful. Prettincss wins admiration;
something much deeper and more
lubtle inspires and retains affection.
No woman need be ugly. If there 13
a soul In her body it has but to begin
betimes to show through. From her
earliest
thinks.
girlhood the thought she
t.h a fof.lin.ra to wh ch she
lives way. the tones she utters, the
wishes she indulges, are sculpturing
1 i fl P4 In tlfT f .1 Prt
that are capable of
!! making a beauty all her own lines
In I "" , , , ,
whose writing will remain when bloom
fades and sparkle fails. It Is in the
beginning of manhood and In the be
ginning of old age that a man is cap
tivated 6imply by a pretty woman,
and is In breathless haste to make her
charms his own possession. The ma
turer man Is far less subject to a mis
taken infatuation. Ilelooks for some
thing less ephemeral than a glowing
cheek and melting eye. "As a rule I
prefer plain women to pretty ones,"
said one of these discriminating per
sons. "They are less self-conscious,
and have more regard for the rights
of others. When my wife sends me
shopping, as sometimes happens, I
always select a piain girl to serve me.
You see She knows her lack of per
sonal attractions, and that she has
nothing to depend on but the excel
lency of her services. Therefore 6hc
takes infinite pains with her cus
tomers. She pays strict attention to
her business. There is nothing surer
in the world than that if you go into
a store and select a plain trirl to wait
on you you will be well served. The
pretty girl, on the other hand, Knows
that she is pretty. It is usually yery
apparent that she knows it She
trao.es upon her prettlness. She uses
tho time and thought she ought to
devote to serving you in trying to
make you understand and appreciate
that, she is pretty. And this prlncl-
i 1 I iinrlnrli.ia t.niiidi'.i r rn I not r.
j other walks of life. I admire lovely
women most men do but unless they
possess more solid attractions than
charms of persons, they are soon out
rivalled by their plain and tasteful
listers."
Dickens ns a Dancer,
My father insisted that my sister
Katie and 1 should teach the polka
step to him and Mr. Leech, writes
Mamie Dickens in the second of her
interesting papers on "My Father as
I Recall Him'' In the Ladies' Homo
Journal. My father was as much in
earnest about learning to take that
wonderful step correctly as though
there were nothing of greater inif ort-
ance in th s world. Often he would
practice gravely In a corner, without
either partner or music, and 1 re
member one cold winter's night his
awakening with the fear that he had
forgotten the stepsostrong upon him
that, jumping out of bed, by the scant
illutuinat.onof the old-fashioned rush
light and to his own whistling, he
diligently rehearsed its "one, two,
one, two," until he was once more
secure In his knowledge.
?To one can imagine our excitement
and nervousness when the evening
came on which we were to dance with
our pupils. Katie was to have Mr.
Leech, who was orer six feet tall, foi
her partner, while my father was to
be mine. My heart beat so fast that
I could scarcely breathe, I was so fear
ful for the success of our exhibition.
But my fears were groundless, and we
were greeted at the finish of our
dance with hearty applause, which
was more than compensation for the
work whrvh had been expended upon
t learning.
My father was certainly not what
In. the ordinary acceptation of the
term would be called "airood dancer.'
I doubt whether he had ever received
any instruction in "the noble art"
other than that which my sister and
I gave him. Io later years I remem
ber trying to teach him the schot-
tlsche, a dance which he particularly
admired and desired to learn. But
although he was so fond of dancing,
except at famllygatherings in his own
or bis most intimate friends' house,
I never remember seeing him partici
pate. , ...
And So On.
Crummer Ilere is a funny thing
have noticed. Gilleland Out with
it. Crummer It is invariably tho
case that the less a society woman
has on her back the less cash her
husband has In his pockets. Ex
change. The Iteaaon.
Mrs. Astral Why are all the wait
ers so attentive to that overdressed
foreigner? Astral lie used to be
one of themselves, I imagine. E
change.
flarin't Seen AH.
Judge What Is your age, madam?
Aged Witness I have seen thirty
seven summers. Judge now long
have you been blind? Texas Sif tings.
A Paradox.
"Blarst yer bloody ould stove."
said Pat to ihe landlord. "You karje
it so hot a mou can't get near it to
warram hisself." Quips.
Cels There First.
The wagon-tongue has nothlnar to
say, but it gets there ahead of the
outfit. Puck.
Her Conscience Was Twisted.
Bridget The new neighbors next
door wants to cut their grass, and they
say would ye be so kind as to lend
them your sickle.
Puritanical Mistress Lend my slcklo
io cat grass on the Sabbath 1 Tell them.
Bridget, that we haven't any. Inter
Urban.
Bis Yonnsr Highness.
'I want to see the boss of tne house."
Mid the peddler to Mrs. Darley, who
had answered the ring.
Tm sorry," she replied, as she gei
Jy closed the door, "bnt baby Is asleeo
Just now." American Hebrew.
Canse for Apprehension.
"Why so glum?" asked his friend.
Aren't you doing a roaring trader
Yes, I am," admitted the basso, "but
A fa lU on notes,"-lnclanat. Trlbsn'
st. Jacobs oil on ir,c
A Steam Carriage lor Road Use.
C. Ii. Simonds, of Lynn, has made a
steam carriage for his own use that will
make ten miles an hour. The carriage
weighs only 400 pounds and can carr j
tvro persons at a time. It has the ap
pearance of an ordinary carriage ia
front, except there are .no provisions
made for a horse. Tho wheels are ol
cycle make and are four in number.
The hind wheels are forty-three inches
and tho frent wheels are thirty-six
inches, with rubber tires. Ihe boiler
, " Vw,T.
I ""1" " .
mice of a fire engine. The steam frt-a-erates
in what is called a porcupint
toiler, which weighs 100 pounds.
The rteam is made by naphthi
flames from three jeta. The naphtha
is kept in a cylinder, enough to l.st
for seven hours, and there is a water
tank that will hold ten gallons. Th. rj
ia a pump that is automatic in actiou
directly connected with the enpiue.
The steering part consists of a crank
wheel on the footboard, so that the
engineer can steer and attend to tha
engine at the same timo. Tho binlj
of the carriage rests on a cradle au.I
three springs. It is easy riding, and
allowance has been made for ev-ry
movement. The shafts are of rt-.-1,
and can stand all of 1000 pound. Mr.
Simonds has given the steam carriage
a trial already, and it has proved i
success. It started off at a ten-mil
gait ; there was no noise, smoke oi
trouble whatever. Springfield Rcpub
lican.
A Reasonable Request.
Judge (at the assizes) Have you any
thing further to say?
Trisoner I should only like to aa
that the time occupied by counsel'i
speech for the defense be deducted
from my term of Imprisonment. 11
I'opolo Kouiano.
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Reildf.
in.i life
long friena.
It Is trie only
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There is not a remedial ao-ent In the world that
will cure fever and attue and all oilier
mnlnrinus. Mllousand other fevers, Glided hjr
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