IF YOU STILL SMILE. I>»t others sneer if you still smile And praise me for the things I do; I'll still endeavor proudly while Ail others sneer, if you still smile — Yta, I'll £o bravely on, and I'll Be splendidly rewarded, too. Though others sneer, if you still smilo And praise me for the things I do. —Washington Star. } Romance of 112 4 Geronimo's Daughter. $ # * The daughter of Geronimo, the most Implacable foe that the white man over had, whose visit to the Trans- Mississippi exposition here is remem bered, will wed one of the hated race —that is now authoritatively announc ed. I.cla, the "Red Rose of the Forest," as her people called her, will marry Houston A. Ward, one of the wealth iest and most accomplished young men in Southern Texas. And this happy culmination grows out cf a singularly beautiful romance, or? scene of which is blood-curdling end exciting enough to form the nucl eus of a highly successful melo drama. It was while flying for life from a prairie fire and a herd of stampeded steers that the love of the young cou ple was first revealed, and in such dangerous surroundings was their troth plighted. Houston A. Ward, who is certainly eager to become the son-in-law of ono of the most notorious Indian chiefs that ever shed blood on the borders Arizona, is the son of old Shanghai Ward, a famous mustang king of the Rio Grande country. The old man died a few years ago, leaving his only son a splendid for tune in lands, mustangs and cattle. Young Ward's boyhood was divided between Texas and Illinois. He usu ally spent the summers on his father's ranch, and the winters in the north, where he attended school. As the result of this simple career he possessed a fine education and ne is rather proud of certain trophies won on the playgrounds and a diploma won in the class-rooms of the college at Campaign, 111. Last summer the grass was scarce in the Rio Grande valley, and Houston Ward shipped some 400 or 500 head of cattle to the Indian Territory. Finding abundant pasture lands, the young man remained for some time in the vicinity of Fort Gill, where he made the acquaintance of the pretty- Indian girl who will sone become his wife. The gallant Texan frequently sought the company of the dusky belle of the ! border, often dancing and riding with her, but he now says that he did not ! know that he loved her until one even ing he found her fingers in his hair and upon opening his eyes, in flame end smoke, he felt the earth trembling beneath his feet, while his ears were filled with noise of a cyclone. Houston Ward had been riding over the prairie looking at his cattle, and, becoming tired, he dis mounted and lay down on the grass in the shade of a tree, leaving his pony (o graze at will. Ho soon fell asleep and his pony wandered off to mingle with a large herd of cattle and a big drove of horses that were not far away. The grass -was very tall and most of it was dead and dry. Either some careless cowboy dropped a match <>: a spark from a hunter's gun set the prairie on fire. A strong breeze was blowing from the north and, as usual In such cases, it looked as if the flames increased the commotion in the air until a wind storm was driving the rapidly spreading fire before it. The great herd of Texas steers t.ampeded the instant they scented danger and started south, bellowing with terror. The horses caught th<; contagion and mingled with the fly- Ins steers, snorting as if a pack of pan tilers were at their heels. There were about 500 full grown Texas steers in the herd and seventy five or eighty head of horses. This moving mass of frightened ani mals started straight toward the tree under which the sleeping Texan was lying, wholly unconscious of danger. Old Geronimo's daughter, mounted on a magnificent horse, was riding across the prairie when the fire broke out and she saw the animals stampede, f"o one knew why she happened to be there or how she knew that the hand some young Texan was lying under the bone tree asleep. She saw the maddened herd, driven by a sea of flame, rushing furiously onward toward the place where young Ward was lying, and knowing that his hcrse had strayed away and that, no earthly power could turn the living wave of terror aside, she struck her horse with the whip and rode straight toward the rapidly approaching herd. When she reached the tree, the front rank of the mad steers was not twenty sters away. The flames were leaping in the air over the backs of the animals in the rear, and the wind was blowing a cloud of smoke and dust above t.iem. Horns were crack ing and horses were neighing. Ward was just beginning to move when the Indian girl bent over the side of her quivering horse and seized his hair. "Up quick!" shd shrieked, "the world is on fire." He sprang to his feet and compre bended the situation at a glance, he first thought of ascending the tree, but doubting whether ho could perform th/> feat, he yielded to the girl's hand and quickly sprang ijoot tits horse behind Iser. As the noble animal turned the horna of th steers crushed against tha tree and several of the big grutes fell headlong, rolling over the very spot where the rescued man had been ly ing. Their carcasses were trampled to jelly by the sharp hoofs of the fly ing herd. The sure-footed horse bore the In dian girl and the Texan away at the top of his but more than 500 head of furious beasts were close to his heels and it was four miles to a place of safety. "Ride straight to the river," shout ed Ward, as soon as he was able '.o command his voice. "I know, I know," replied the girl. "Maybe we can turn out of the way pretty soon," she added. The earth seemed to tremble as if convulsed by an earthquake and the air was filled with a roar more ap palling than the noise of the cyclone. Ward turner! his head and he was surprised to see the red eyes of the mad brutes and their white horns al most at his horse's tail. Striking the foaming flank of the liorse with his hat, he shouted: "On, on, J.ola, or we are lott!" She turned her head and looked into his eyes. "Let me slip off," she whispered. "The horse could save you; I am too many." The Texan comprehended her mean ing, and in that moment of peril ne realized that the indian girl loved him. Fearing that she might execute her suggestion and sacrifice herself to save him, ho instantly grasped her in hi* arms, and it was in that moment of peril that their tiv. was plighted. The horse came upon smooth ground and in a short time he began to further away from the herd. "Right there," says the Texan, "1 made up my mind to love that little Indian girl forever, and I resolved niat, if we escaped the danger that pursued us, I would do everything in my power during life to make her nappy." The noble horse eorttinued to in crease the distance between his hee's and the sharp horns of his pursuers until he again encountered rough ground. Ward at this moment for the first time, thought of his pistol, and hur riedly drawing the weapon he poured a stream of lead into the faces of the cattle. Ha was gratified to see that the pro gress of the herd was slightly retard ed by the bodies of the several ani mals that he killed. Again the heroic girl suggested th? idea of sacrificing herself to save the man she loved. "If the horse falls," she said, " you must lie close to him and the cattle will jump over you." "It was evidently her intention." says Ward, in referring to the matter, "to stand on the body of the horse in case he fell and make an effort to frighten the steers while I crouched oy the side of our exhausted steed." The horse had no notion of falling Once more his heels came in contact with clear ground and he carried his burden in triumph to the brink of the little stream. Ward turned his head and with t shout of exultation he threw his hat in the faces of the leaders of the stam peded herd as the horse plunged into the water that the flames could not cross. The Texan knew that the hot steers would stop to cool their parched tongues, and when the horse had crossed the river he pressed a kiss on the Indian cheek and whispered to her: "You have saved my life, and it bo longs to you." And he will keep his word. —Omaha World-l-lerald. THE MOUNTAIN-LION. The American Mountain-Lion the Chum* plon Kougli-aiiri-Tumbltt lighter. From a story in St. Nicholas we clip this description of the old-time mountain lion: There was a time when the American mountain lion was one of the most for midable animals in the world. The cat is the masterpiece of nature; and the n'ountain lion was one of the most ter ribly armed and powerful of the cat family. It was a compact mass of bard and tough muscle and gristle, with bones of iron, strong jaws, sharp teeth, and claws like steel p;nknife blades. It was prodigiously strong, lithe, and quick, covered with a mail coat of loose skin that was as tough as leather. It had the temper of a demon, and was insatiably bloodthirs ty. Withal, it had the proverbial nine lives of the cat tribe. Against such an animal it was hope less to match dogs. It was said, in the school books of 40 years ago, that "three British mastiffs can pull down a full grown Asiatic lion." Perhaps they.could; but they would have been I sorry if tney had tackled a full grown American mountain lion of that time. He was not to be "pulled down" by anything: and if he had been "pulled down," that was exactly the position in which he fought best. With his back protected by the earth, and all four fearfully armed paws flying free, i aided by his terrible teeth, and a body I so strong that it could not be held i in any position—wall, when he was "down" was the time that he was most ; "up." He once was found in all the Rocky ! mountain regions, from the jaguar haunted tropical forests of the extreme south to the home of the northern winter blizzard; but he attained hi 3 greatest size and ferocity on the sub tropical plateau of northern Mexico, New Mexico and Arizona. These animals are no longer what i they were. The tourist or hunter of , today cannot hope to find any of the ' old time power or ferucity. New York City.—Tucked blouses are In the height of style, and are simply charming, both In delicate wash ma terials and such soft silks and wools TUCKED BLOUSE. as crepe do Chine, crepe Ninon, pcau de cynge, taffeta mousseline, wool crepe, veiling and albatross. The very pretty May Manton model shown is made of white Persian lawn, with a finish of beading run with black velvet ribbon, and is unliued, but silk and wool fabrics are more satisfactory made over the fitted foundation. The lining is snugly lifted and closes with the waist at the centre back. The front of the waist proper is tucked at the upper portion to give a triple point ed yoke effect, and again at the waist to simulate a pointed girdle, but the hacks are tucked for their entire length to give a tapering effect. The sleeves are entirely novel and in the fashion able elbow length, but can be made long and the deep cuffs added when preferred. The upper portions (ire be comingly full and soft puffs are formed at the elbows, but between the two the sleeves are tucked to give a close fit. The neck as shown is collarless, but the stock can be added when do*ire«J. To cut this blouse in the medium size three yards of material twenty-one HOUSE JACKET. inches wide, two and n half yards | twenty-seven inches wide, two and a I half yard thirty-two inches, or two, yards forty-four inches wide will be ; required. Woman's Mornlnc Jacket. Tasteful morning jackets are esseu-, tial to every woman's comfort and be-1 come aa economy, inasmuch as they take the place of waists that can be re served for the latter part of the day. The pretty May Manton model shown in the large drawing is well stilted to dimity, lawn, batiste and all the famil iar •washable fabrics, but in the origin al is made of old blue challie dotted with black, the trimming being stitch ing with black corticelll silk, and nar row ribbon frills. Closing the front and holding the cuffs are carved gold buttons with a tracing of black, and at the waist is black iouisine ribbon bowed at the centre front. The jacket is simplicity itself. The fronts are gathered at the neck and fall in soft folds that are held by the ribbon belt. The back is plain across the shoulders but drawn down in gath ers at the waist line that are arranged in a succession of shirrs. Connecting the two are under-arm gores, that ren der the jacket shapely and trim at the same time that it is loose. The neck is finished with turn-over collar and over the shoulders falls a deep round one, that gives a becoming cape effect, but which can be omitted when the jacket is preferred plain. To cut this jacket in the medium size threw and three-eighth yards of mate rial twenty-seven inches wide, three yards thirty-two inches wide, or two and one-half yards forty-four inches wide will be required. l?ral<l I.ooiis ami Kings, A very handsome new silk, loosely woven and heavy looking braid trims many of the tailor rigs effectively. In addition to its richness it curves into graceful forms. An example in navy broadcloth shows three rows of black braid as a heading to the flared flounce. These end at the narrow front gore in a loop, each being pulled through a black silk ring. Three rows are round the shoulders in Carrlck cape effect, ending ?aeh side the front in loops aud rines. A loop and a ring also finish the row of braid that finishes the narrow, turned back cuff. Golden Hod Brocade. Flower designs are beautiful upon rich brocades. They rival the geome tric figures as patterns and are much preferred for satin-ground brocades. Care 's taken to have the flowers broad ly apart, well spaced from one another. The flowers are raised sometimes in velvet, sometimes by the broche pro cess. Among rather new ideas in vel vet brocaded flowers are the chrysan themum, carefully copied, and spikes of golden rod. In rich brown and am ber the golden rod is a superb speci men of a brocaded velvet. New Koh© l»ow. Later and larger than the already fa vored rose bow for the hair is the new rose bow which is equally stunning at the corsage or on a hat. Indeed, three of these Itows are displayed on some hats. Most of us, however, would find a single one would give more chic. Tightly looped satiny ribbon in a very pale pink forms the centre, while the outer, looser petals are of more deeply shaded ribbon. This gorgeous rose is the size of a corsage head, and may be had in any color. Foliage Hats. Very distinguished and usually prettj is the dress toque composed of foliage, or having a wreath of foliage for ita finishing touch. White velvet foliage is very dressy, making a lovely crown for a white dress or one of dark 01 black velvet, or even a handsome darl; cloth costume. With green foliage a toque takes on more general usefulness, as it does also when the leaves are tha lovely dead browns with their innum erable though shaded lights of ashes and gold and bronze. Cranberry Hcd. Keeping up with the vogue of red U no small matter. Ox-blood, cardinal, pomegranate, Pompeiian, Turkish, American Beauty, flame, scarlet, hunt | ing pink and the rest have all had tlieit I day; for our latest favorite we hav« ' chosen pale cranberry red. While it is | good iu very many goods notablj j those for summer wear —it is just now ! desired in velvet, a rich material which exploits the shade tremendously. Misses' Shirt Waist. Waists with deep tucks at the shoul ders are iu the height of style foi young girls, as they are for their eld ers. Pique, duck, chambray, madraa aud Oxford make the favorite washa ble fabrics, but taffeta, peau de sole and such simple wools albatross aud veiling are all In use for the cold weather waists. The admirable model shown is of white mercerized duck with handsome pearl buttons, used for the closing, and is uulined, but the fitted foundation is advisable for all silks and woolen materials. The lining is carefully fitted and closes with the waist at th.e centre back. On it are arranged the front and backs proper, laid in two deep pleats that extend over the shoulders, but are stitched to yoke depth only. The sleeves are in shirt style with deep cuffs, and at the neck Is worn a plalu stock collar with a bat-wing tie. To cut this waist for a miss of four teen years of age three aud three eight yards of material twenty-one inches wide, two and five-eighth yards HISSES' SHIIIT WAIST. twenty-seven inches wide, two yards thirty-two inches wide, or one and three-quarter yards forty-four inches wide will be required. The Brii remove the cowis, ing apparatus from the deci,., ships, experts having decided that they retard the speed of vessels. j Ice will cool down with everything : else on a cold night to zero or below. I What should prevent, it.? On a day | when it is just freezing a block of iron, I ! a block of ice, outdoors will stay at i |32 degrees. If the weather grows I j warmer, the iron will warm up with | i the weather, but the ire will stay at 32 i j degrees and melt away. Eut if the j weather grows colder, the iron an-1 | the ice will cool off, and one just as | much as tho other. The wave motion of the sea is util- j ; ized to run an electric-lighted buoy at j ! tho mouth of the river Elbe in the ! | North sea. Tho least, motion of the ! j water is sufficient to generate tho elec- j i trie current, which when not needed ; I passes to storage batteries. The sue- i ; cess in this ease and in the generating ! ] electricity by means of floats off tin ; | shore of Los Angeles, Cal„ is encour i aging to (he belief that the power -if ' the waves will later be made valuable j to coast towns. A student of bird life has disco"- < ' ered that while different, species of | i birds sing the songs peculiar to their j ' species, certain individuals develop ! ! variations of their own, so that tho ; j close listener may recognize their j j peculiar personal song. In illustra- j I tion of this he citos the case of two | I Baltimore orioles that he took from j | their nest when they were Ave days I old and brought up in captivity. They | developed a novel method oT song, i | and four other young orioles, which ; ; he put with them, keeping them ail ■ apart from other birds of their kind, learned this new song and never tried to sing in any other way. ; The importance attached in Ger . many to the construction of canals J and the utilization of rivers as a j means of cheap transport is bea; 1 shown by the following figures: From 1877 to 1897 the number of river and j canal boats has increased from 17,653 I to 22,5fi4, an advance of 28 percent. | The carrying capacity, however, has increased from 1,400,000 to 3,400,000 J tons, or about 143 percent. If this lat i ter number, 3.400,000 tens, is com- I pared with the loading capacity of i tho German sea-going fleet upon Jan uary 1, 1898, which amounted to | 2,400,000 tons, it will be seen that the ! carrying capacity of the river and can i al boats surpassed tho loading capac ity of the seagoing fleet by about 1,000,000 tons. Naturalists will say that New Ze.v ; land is the l3nd of freakish animals ! and birds. The kea, a big parrot, is j one of these. Its special delight in the way of food is the kidney o? the I sheep, and it gets it in a manner that j recalls the harpies of old. It boldly I lights on a sheep's back and digs down | into its body witn its big beak until jit reaches the kidneys. What the nat j uralists do not understand is how the j kea developed this peculiar taste and j how it knows where the kidneys lie, j for it digs down directly to them. It j was not very long ago that, sheep we "a i introduced into New Zealand, and j> fore that the kea had to live on her- I ries and insects, it is probable that , some accident led - to the discovery of the kidneys, perhaps in a deai sheep. Knrlt.v of Tin I>cpo*ltn. ! It is a curious fact that the known deposits of tin in the world are far less extensive in area than those of gold. Specifically there are about 132 square miles yielding workable gold deposits to every square mile | containing commercially available tin I deposits. According to Dr. Wahl, in the Journal of the Franklin Institute, there is scarcely a country in the j world in which gold might not he profitably obtained, or from which it has not been obtained in the past, but there are at the present time probably not more than a dozen districts in | the world where tin is being mined. The famous tin deposits of Cornwall are about exhausted, and the same is true of the deposits of Bohemia, Tus cany, Southern Spain and the Pyra : nees. In all the vast area of Asia ! there are but two workable districts —one in China and the other in the Straits Settlement and adjacent prin j cipalities, from the latter of which by ; far the largest quantity of metal has ! been obtained in recent years. Africa | has no known deposits and but little is produced in South America. Sever al deposits have been discovered in j the United States, but not in profitable I quantities. Australia and New Zen- I land contain the most promising new j deposits, though at present they only | produce about one-tenth that of the i Straits. To Toll tlin Atrn .»r Kcc«. The following method of determin | ing the age of eggs is practised in the i markets of Paria: "About six ounces j of common cooking salt is put into a I large glass, which is then filled with | water. When the salt is in solution !an egg is dropped into the glass, if ! the egg is only one day old it sinks im mediately to the bottom; it" any older I it does not reach the bottom of the glass. If three days old it sinks only just below the surface. From five ] days upwards it floats; the older it is , the more it protrudes out of the wa ter. —Backer 'aid Konditor-Zeitung 1. JOE. Couldn't ko"p the chap in sehoo»- j Seemed to alius have some fool Idees of hid own, nn' laid I *JI iund the river in the shade. liHvor graduated ner I K.;ered what graduatin's fer ! Jist packed up one day, an' ho I to bort o' niucherly JJ lit ti,:ht on a claim that's jest aa uuy in tne West. —lndianapolis Sun. HUMOROUS. ! Wigg—Bo you suppose crematories pay? Wagg—That depends upon theii ■ urning capacities. Tommy— Pop, what's the difference | between a cook and a chef? Tommy's j Pop—About 5100 a month, my son. She —I suppose you think every wom j ar> wants a husband. lie —Oh, no; ■ some, already having husbanos, want ! the earth. I La Moult—They say some of that I barber's talks are very interesting. La I Moyne—No wonder; he illustrates | them with cuts. Blcbbs—Your friend Spender is something of a magician, isn't he? Siobbs —Well, if you lend him a $lO | bill he can nia'-.e it disappear, i "Yes, he is a great man for advanc | ing theories." "And yet he is not as ; popular as the little man?" "No; the ! little man advances Xs and Vs." j Hook —you may say what you please 1 about Borrowell, but he is very sym | pathetic. Nye—l guess that's right. ! He even seems sorry for his creditors. "The picturesque i:; passing." "Think | so?" "Yes; look at this picture of an j old witch. Instead of the traditional 1 broom she is riding a modern dustless, | pneumatic tired carpet sweeper." | Monahan—Poor Clancy! Donegan— | Why, man alive, 'tis great luck he's | in. "Phwat! D'ye call it luck to have ! wan o' yer legs cut off?" "Av coorse. | It'll only cost him half as much now j tor shoes and pants." Dr. Young B. Ginner —Did I under | stand you to say you were never sick, | and therefore didn't have any regular ! physician? Krusty—Not at all. I said | we didn't have any regular physician, j and are therefore never sick. 1 "What sort of a young man is your | daughter engaged to?" asked Mrs. j Muggins. "Oh, he seems just like an i everyday sort of fellow," replied Mrs. ; Buggins. "An every night sort of fel ! low, I guess you mean," growled Mr. \ Buggins from behind his paper. "We cannot accept your story," re marked the managing editor of the daily newspaper. "It is very good, but J we never print Action." "I don't know I about that," replied the disappointed author. "It seeins to me that I have | read the weather indications in your | paper." HIS "nITHMETIC LESSON. How All tli« ( U-rku in the Corner Gro cery liclppfl llim Learn It. "This is a straight story," said a gro ] eery clerk, whose veracity has never I been impeached. "It happened in our ] siore. A little boy came into our Mar j ket street store and waited for some one to notice him. He carried a sheet | of writing paper in his hand, at which | he glanced from time to time. One of I the idle clerks came to him finally, and 1 the boy, reading from his paper, an ! nounced in a sing-song voice: 'My | mother wants 10 pounds of rice, 15 j pounds of sugar, 12 pounds of oatmeal, I 20 pounds of ' 'Hold on!' interrupt i ed the clerk. 'Not so fast. Suppose you give me that paper and I'll fill out , the order.' ; "But the boy insisted on calling off i the articles himself. Two other clerks were pressed into service, and the | three men proceeded to do up the vari- I ous packages as the boy called them ; off. He wanted all kinds of things, and ! he asked the price of each article as : they went along, making a note of it ,on his paper. The clerks had the I counter stacked with packages when I the boy wound up with 'lB pounds of | flour.' One of the clei\;s called out the > price, and the boy continued, in his ; sing-song voice, 'And how much money j does my mother have to pay for her ; groceries?' ; "One of the clerks counted up the i total and announced it as $18.73. The ■ boy made a note of it and started out. j 'Come back here; where are you go • ing?' cried the clerks in chorus. " 'Why,' said the boy, as he made for i the door, 'that's jest me 'ritlimetic les j son fur Monday. I have ter know it, ! or I'll git licked.' " t'unflil mlleßlitiiß. The man of millions looked up at the neatly attired youth who stood hat in hand on the porch steps. "Well?" he said. "I am looking for employment," re marked the youth, j "College man?" "Yes." There was a brief silence. The mat, of Trillions yawned. "I'm using all the college men I can give employment to,"he said and turned back to his paper. As the youth wearily moved away the millionaire looked up. "You can call again," he said. "One of them might resign or something." "And may I ask what line of work you offer them?" inquired the youth. The man of millions grimly smiled. "You can see 'em over in yonder sornfield," he said. "I'm using 'em nil for scarcecrows." —Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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