THE PATH TO THE SPRING. The stepping-stones led out, An ancient hne well worn in years of yore And winding onward from the old yard door, > Each stone l.ike a -gray isle in Passed the quaint su chosen scene Of rest from romp and old, slow-flowing —tales yet by. doubt. with grass about, silent gcas of green, mmer-house, the rout, 2nd Qneankerea came the Opening on meadows dim, M0 our young eyes, where side Did hills Than e’er ki The path turned there, track In these gray days and la Finds the lost lands of old i of our fate. Ti en more wondrous wait ed néaven in Arcady. A and now no oth hackberry spread still to © lone monaic A big High o’er the path, And memory keen, kind; And then, with To childish hearts, ve ‘Knew 1 mind creeping dread the cavern in ihe” not wat, gaped on hurrying tread ackward - look sped, 1], oft with faarful 1 path we And * Fo tumble round the tt And lo! the spring. Then whi bent Above her + “ert, Slim smiling the pool brown gourd and Such dra Could Lacy, wash-tubs, scolding welcome Ler cl you Chloe left And wide, to The tilted But far, We've journeyed streets of And some old, Plod ont things hey sce In bound life, mayhap, round, Some wi re New day further from the heart; One All And hall some some. new da new life, and: th Spring-pi —Wm, Woods, bel TTT vr Zain When 1 father sent lumber to seventy-five new claim. AYE 1444 was fift Vears me for a wagon Fort Worth, which miles distant from J d | cen His intention was that I should with two neighbor who had squatted some miles from ‘cur place; but they started earlier than 1 did, and I cc ald not drive my oxen fast enough to over- take them that day. Lep, nmy Ligh ox, was a big, red and white fel with enormous horns which he was tco good natured to use. Coaly, the black off ox, was of a different temper He was taller than Lep, much er, and had shorter, sharper hor: would kick as well as hook, cularly hated dogs, and was altogett s0 vicious when unyoked that nothing but his good conduct when yoked saved him from the butcher. Sunset found me near the {cot a long hill that led me dow gorge about five miles from what was then the hamlet of Paluxy. The road. seldom traveled in those days, was too vague to be followed by night withou: upsetting the wagon. So I reluctantly turned aside into a small open spa among the cedars, and halted. Th month was January, but the weather was mild for the season. The steep, rocky sides of the wild gorges were overgrown with twisted cedars, and rose to what I thought a great height. In the gloom and lone- liness 1 made my preparations for camping with much trepidation, though I really had no other reas for fear than that wolves, wildca and mountain licns had been encour tered in this great ravine. After unyoking the oxen and tying them to trees, I collected dry cedar wood, of which there was abundance, and piled it near the wagon. When a fire had been kindled, 1 warmed self and felt more cheerful. The fire- light banished the darkness in the im- mediate vicinity but seenied to increase As soon as 1 was warm 1 fed the oxen and then prepared my own gup- per. Mother had provided me with a good supply of cooked provisions. Af- ter broiling some slices of pork on a stick, and warming some bread in the same way, | made a hearty meal. Then 1 sat for a while before the fire enjoying its warmth, soon grew sleepy in spite of my surround- ings. Knowing that I would have to get an early start the next morning in order to overtake my friends, I thought it well to go to bed early.’l had determined to sleep on the grou by the fire. After spreading a layer of untound sheaf oats on the ground, I put down several quilts for a bed, and then others for coverings. Then I piled more wood on the fire, gave the cxen a good supply of cats and fodder, and crawled into my not uncomfortable bed. While listening to the wind shriek- ing drearily acrcss the hilltops, and to the more cheerful sounds the crackling fire and champing oxen, I fell asleep. Several hours must have passed be- fore I awoke, and found myself looking up at a sky covered with thin, fleecy clouds, through which the waning moon shone dimly. Raising my head, 1 looked around. The fire had burned out, for cedar wood does not last long. Only a few coals were visitle where the crackling blaze had been. Being warm and comfortable, 1 did not trouble myself about thesfire know- jog that I could rekindle it when wmorn- ing came. I had relied upon it to keep the wild animals away; but now that the moon had risen, I was not much afraid of wild animals. By tha light of the moon 1 could see low of into and of ‘my les | ‘my- | ceased Coaly and Lep lying a few yards away, both chewing their cuds contentedly. A wolf was howling in the distance; and a little screech owl was uttering its peculiar cry somewhere up the side of the gorge. I was on the point of falling asleep again when a slight noise” near me caused me to raise my head. As 1 did so a low growl froze y blood: A yard or two from my feet, on the other side of where the fire had been, stood an animal larger than a doz. He was looking straight at me, evideutly preparing to attack. I had never seen a mountain lion till then, but the instant my eyes rest- ed upon the animal 1 knew what 1t was. A chill of horror ran over me as | I sat there, half paralyzed by- fear. One saying that 1 had heard from child was that a mountain lion will not attack as long as you look it stead- ily in the eye. Now, being utterly at the licn’s mercy, 1 had presence of mind enough, in spite of my terror, to make the attempt. It was ail I could do. anything ing-to show not think there was ve gaze very terrify that Hon. At he did. not at yms of fear. sat watching him with a terri- fi iscinated gaze he crouched as if for a spring and uttered another growl deel and fierce. 1 seemed to see his hair stand on end. I was: too much dazed to move, even if 1 could have done so, 1 was at the animal's mercy. But instead of springing, he straight- § up, and began to circle slowly around me, keeping at about the samc Perhaps he was trying me. 1 do in my least any YT As 1 fa behind fixed as moved he kept his eyes and 1 returned his 1 as - I could. Several times stopped and. seemed to be getting for a spring, but as often moved iin in a circle, uttering frequent while I turned in bed, and nev- took my eyes from his. I ex- pected every moment to see him coni- through the air toward me doubtless he would have sprung had something occurred which neither Lad counted. upon after making beast was Ear ing their Later, as round me and them tramping at their ropes which they were As he gaze €r gence inz not he nor ! Pretty soon covery that ‘the heard the both pufiing ion was the dis- I had to feet, alar med. I couid b and tugg cedars 10 audibly. himself was tco me to pay any oxen. He seemed tc have m mind that I" would make a pala- table supper, and as he had probably not eaten for several days, he felt ht- tle interest in anything else just then. As for me, although 1 heard the oxen's movements, 1 did not dare to turn my eyes away from the lion long enough to see what they were doing. But while the beast was hesitating I heard a low, ree bellow, {ollowed by a shaking of a tree, as if one of the oxen was throwing his weight against the rope that held. him. Then came a > of hocfs over the rocky greund, and I turned my head just in time to see Coaly’s huge figure, black as midnight, as he rushed by me and made straight for the lion. The beast was giving his whole at- tention to me, and scemed to be taken by surprise. He uttered a fierce growl of raze, and then attempted to put him- self in a defensive attitude; but be- fore he could do so Coaly was upcn him. The next .moment the lion, big 2s he was, shot up into the air, toss- d by the powerful horns of the black CX, Here I recovered my presence of mind somewhat, sprang up, ran to the nearest iree, and hastily scrambled up as far as 1 dared to go. Even then I was only eight or ten feet above the eround, and I knew the lion could climb: but I felt comparatively safe, for the beast was too busy. with other matters just then to give further at- tention, to me. “When he struck the ground, after be- ing tossed upward, he was in a great rage. Instead of waiting to be gored a second time he made a furious dash at his enemy, intending, I think, to ight on the ox’s back. But Coaly had ro thought of permitting anything of the kind. Wheeling restiessly till the tied shook The lion cupied. with 16 the up much oc-, attention COs round with astonishing quickness, he received the lion on his horns aad threw him several feet backward. . Three or four times was repeated. Finally, the lien, find- ing himself unable io get at the ox, his attacks. He did not retreat, however, but stood with open. mouth and gleaming eyes, uttering loud growls of defiance. Cualy was not in the least intimidat- | ed by this show of resistance. L.ower- ing his head, he plunzed recklessly at the lion. Then followed a flerce and exciting struggle, which lasted for several minutes. Again and azain the ox charged furi- ously, but the lion always sprang nim- bly cut of the way, and in turn tried to jump upen the back of his antag- Notwithstanding his huge size, Coaly was very swift in his: movements. Whenever the hon presented himself, he found the sharp horns ready to re- ceive him. Finally 1 saw the perate leap at Coaly turned very quickly, so that his body shut out my view. For a little while 1 was very much afraid lest my cham- picn, although he had been having the fight all bis own way so far, should be defeated and perhaps killed. But scon he turned, and 1 saw, much to my relief that there was no occa- sion whatever for alarm on his ac- count. The lion was on his back on the ground, while Coaly was almost stand- ing on his head over the prosirate body onist. lion make a des- ’s throat. The ox to me and de: this | them and their employers. doing his best to drive his through it: Whether he succeeded I could not tellin the dim light; tut in a few sec- onds the lion was azain the air. When he struck the ground all the fight was gone out.of him. He scrambled away, followed by the furi- cus Coaly. Both disappeared among the cedars. I listened intently to learn what they were doing. Now and. then a growl, more of pain than. of defiance, come back from the direction they had taken. Each growl was fainter, com- ing farther up the creek, and from this 1 knew that the liom was not racing at a good speed. : While 1 was listening eagerly for some evidence that the fight had been renewed, I became aware that every thinz round me was growing lighter. Glancing down, I saw with dismay that my bed was on fire. One of the coals that had been scattered by the .combat- ants had fallen upon the straw, which had at last burst into a blaze If ‘the lion had. still been shold have remained up in 2nd allowed the fire to burn, my hat, boots, coat and vest, near I the tree although the only { : part of my ciothing that I had removed on going to bed, would have been con- sumed. But feeling that there was now no danger, 1 hastily let mysel? down and extinguished the blaze. The only harm done was the burning off of the corners of two or three quilts. I soon kindled another fire of wood and felt safer when I saw it blazing up brightly, although 1 was still very much afraid. A little reflection con- vinced me that it would prove a bet- ter safeguard than tree 1 could climb. any The experience through just passed had left me in an excited, nervous At every scund, how- ever sii started, and turned quickly, knowing at what mo- ent the come back. I was also anxious lest Coaly should take it his head go home, and leave with only half a team. as I could tell by the moon it was now about midnight. I turned up the ends of the quilts and blankets, and rawled under them. Then 1 lay. and listened for any suspicious scund. Every.now and then I raised nry head and locked about, but saw nothing to revive my fears. Before 1 knew that I was getting sleepy, 1 was sound asleep. I was awakened by something push- ing against the side of my bed. Start- ing up in alarm, I wés greatly relieved to see that it was cnly Coaly. He was putting his nose under the bhiankets fo zet the oats. The broken rope was dangling from his horns. The fire had lurned out, but it was now ger a bright, still frosty, merping and he first rays of the sun were already Peni against the mountainside above me, After rekindling the fire, <1 started {o lead Coaly back to tie him again, again, when 1 made the discovery that cne of his horns was covered with dried blood. Evidently he had seriously wounded the lion. Possibly, I thought, he had killed him somewhere near by, and I wanted to make a search in hope of finding the carcass and securing the skin as a trophy. But being unarmed, and knowirz that there was danger of ming upon a live lion instead of a dead one, I decided that the risk was too great. However, while ‘1 was eating my breakfast, I thought of an expedient that enabled me to make the search in safety. Taking hold of Coaly’'s rope I'led him after me, and thus protected spent nearly an hour locking among the cedars along the creek. If 1 had found the lion wounded, I intended to let Cealy finish him. But the search was not successful, and 1 returned to the camp, put the oxen to the wagon, and proceeded on my way. —From the American Cultivator. Siate: ght, 1 not lion might into 10 CTASEnearly Don't Call Again. The finest as well as the latest and most luxurious barber shop on Broad way has flashing in front of it this electric sign: “No tips.” Within the shop is posted this notice: *1f you have tipped the barber, please do not call again.” That may scund inhos- pitable, but it is sound business policy as well as good ethics. Men who have | money of their own or money belong- ing to their employers to throw away are not concerned over the tipping evil: Dut the majority of Americans prefer to pay one price for an article or service, and to pay that openly and above board. The question of com- pensation for barbers, waiters and oth- ers who serve the public is. between Customers Most persons double and of a roni- are not concerned in it. would rather pay the cashier a rate tuan pay half at the desk half clandestinely in the form tip.—Ro.nhester Democrat and Ch cle. Woman's Married Name. A correspondent points out, apropos cf Miss Badsson’s protest as to the submerging of woman's name in mar- riage, that in Scotland long ago a mar- ried woman was known by her maiden name. This is still true in many of the country districts, and also among the fisher people; and a woman is still cited in a court of law by her maiden name in addition to her mar- ried name, thus, “Mary Graham (or Knox).” But then in Scotland a wo- man has far greater rights than in England, especially in the matter of divorce, which she can claim on equal terms with the man.—l.ondon Chroni- cle. The town of Orson, Sweden, is with- out taxes. The necessary revenues are derived from a forest reserva- tion. hores thrown into | which I had’ LDh y City Life ts Killing By Dr. Thomas Darlington. ¢ EI ncrrnastipniem sequently the kidneys. ern city busine woman, the ma so striking in c¢ cial life of a elevators have come to 1 vet they are As a peopl individually prompts clearly heart disease. The vice cf br. We heart cases. wh common, but st The quiet & rational right } repose are with this mena i1 p. EI emir century mental strain nad physic so deadly for deep and earnest suicidal in our ¢ m. indicatiy cannot doctrines in the cities doubled in death rate om héart-and Bright York 1 Chicago has and year period, while the HE death rate fr cf Boston, New the twenty-five has decreased. A study of the causative creaSe naturally suggests the called features of city life, and one of the most important factors in the relatien of mental strain to the production of functional followed by organic lesions of the heart and sub- The high wrought, overnervous activity of the mod- ss man and the egunally -strenucus social whirl of the city d rush of competition: the bustle, confusion, noise and unrest, omparison with the ‘dolce far niente” of the business and sO- ago, crowds and hurry, elevated stairs and ‘rapid fire” al bankruptcy, all seem so essential. They e considered a striking characteristic of cur national life, to our individual life that they furnish as with food thought. we are mad with the lust of raze for material of the daily cient cause for nea general of this alarming in- part played by the many SO- factors success and getting and advancement. te be on sale money at 11 a. m., is in deaths from editions e of suffi paper the app increase the days gone hypertrophied is less lent than it was in chronic Bright's and ign Td ave x lders.” Dix hard drinking is less prev: lay: the blame for our olly upon its overburdened shcu imulation is cn the increase and calm of sylvan life is wi ithin hygienic precepts and which must be forcibly upkenness the law grasp of few of us, but of physical and mental home in ord to cope aer iving, ho brought aught ce. ertegeatrelesfes] Seles teodeolede deafened fees sfe stelle ~~ S 3 A Tribute to—— —— Broiled Bacon Ly : : Vo Vee COI ALLALLD HA < richer, nmcre On roast taken of it imi: It strengthéns t icately blue smoke nourishing, bloom and nobler fate perfection surp: And bacen,” we life are still What could eaten by Wwe never tin cans and th viceable as the cur boiled potat 7 Oi nar say subtle and sust pig a a stimulan consum when we firelight? mourn By Dr. Henry van Dyke. $ remember harles roast pig? 3 what C How he falls into an eestaey of Jaudation, spelling the very name with small capitals : fron the cheap encomiums of the native tengue 1ail it ‘in: sonor- ous LAtin as ‘princeps obscnicrun!” There is some truth in his 1 are wasteful, excessive, ent. “or if ‘all this is to be lavished on plain, fresh, immature roast pig, adjectives shall we find to do justice that riper, taining viand, “broiled bacon?” cannot work; often he sieep if he But bacon ‘brings arm while it satisfies the breeze that blows trom the incense, wafted from a clean wood-fire; t to the hunger which it appe iation of the mild little pig, spa: n juvenile roasting and brought ‘by ai 1sSing nature. say of one escaping great that the physical basis and the Coll doubt; but they praise whit to have par- satiety.” vory; de- ian noderately he the cannot its Crisp: juicy, sa faintly pungeit as the aromatic, appetizing, ‘tis the matured foresight, for a device to a to sweetness no palate. sea; disaster, that he kas “saved his quintessential comfort of his untouched and secure. Lave been better tha True, we had n our cooked in the open air and no plates—they had been forgotten—but ed for them. We made a shift to get along with the tops of cover of a kettle; and from these rude platters (quite as ser- porcelain of Limoges or Sevres), we consumed our toast, and ces with butter; our trout—and, best of our bacon, Supper, all all, The People Demand } 0 9 the Corporations teeship, public shall be adequa unjust discrimi able that corporations created by the clothed with the power cof eminent demain, and service, kind of freight a secret for such discrim of another, and ness MmMoncy must not be un ize the large de poraticns, and ple for théir ex} and les lies. the latter y Senator John C. Spooner, ce Riri demand a meagure of corporate management and a power 'to prevent illegal and corporate Injustices to the widespread demand for of Wisconsin. HE without doubt. pubiicity in the details of larger exercise of supervisory dishonest administration and public. There is a determined reforin wherever reform is needed. All good citizens are anited without regard to party affiliaticns in the demand for the extirpation of graft. No one is opposed to this but the grafters. The people demand that the oblizgatiens of trus- and corporate, shall be religious observed. and if violated tely punished. They demand that railway rebates and other vations shall absolutely and permanently cease. It is intoler- state, primarily for the public benefit shall carry the same’ one person or corporation at came time frem a competitor and its inevitable effect is te build up cne to the ruin to establish and nourish industriai busi- But the sanity and reasonabic the derestimated. They want justice, net pendence of our prosperity upon the must realize that they are as ‘well as their prosperity. people greater and the same terminals for than it exacts at the between ser rate ination, especially ican people They real sportation cor- peo- ness of vengear great depend stence, eoTesTe Toate sd 3 ROR TRAE RI 0 0 0 00 005000 20 J 0 TE oN rrr UIT (Up mrmrtvtn yn Tax American Heiresses in ‘Good: Europe for:Nothing Noblemernn Marry Yankee Girls Solely for Their Money.” By Paul Morton. romain 0 53 IRQ mma t dees not bv good Americans, from good American A brains. Does it rot be taken out of scion of nobility The country this matter of the immense exportation of money {rom America to Europe by means of heirestes, ete, I have often believed that some kind of tax should be put upon it. Particularly kave i for a leng time thought that a tax of some kind shculd be placed on the income which Amer- ican women carry to furope after their marriages to foreign noblemen. Those good-for-nothing fellows marry American girls seclely for their money, and some taxation scheme should be worked out to save at least a portion of this outgo. seem equitable that theze girls' fortunes have been all made industry and by gcod Americar seem utteriy unfair that this garnering, this harvest, shoulc the country and be dumped into the pockets of some idle who never did a stroke of work? : loses not only the girl, who might have brought herself and her riches to some good American, but it also loses many millions made out of it, The spirit which when Aiding Storage of Coal. At the solicitation of some western railroads the Inferst Commission sanctioned a 25 cents on ceal shipped parts of the we during of July and August. This actic for the purpose of encouraging shipment and storage of coal the period when the greatest of cars are available for the rather than later, when the greater than the ite Comm reduction in certa the months roe of in number purpese,. demand for: cars is sup- ply. Many Species cf Mosquito. The mosquito family is a one, as might be suspected. department experts have captured, identified and classified ne less than 125 cifferent specie In addition to the simon pure mosquito there -are any number of counterfeits. Scores of them are so closely allied to real thing in looks, buzz: and other characteristics as to be mist the amateur as a member original family. large The the of THE “YELL-OH" MAN And One of Iiis Ways. » To call a man a liar seems rude, So we will let the reader select his own term. Some time ago the Manager of “Collier's Weekly” got very cross with us because we would not con- tinue to advertise in his paper. We have occasionally been at- tacked by editors who have tried to force us to advertise in their papers at theirfoWsiifitices, and, on their own conditions, failing in which we were to be attacked through their editorial columns. The reader can fit a name to that tribe. We had understood that the editor of “Collier's” was a wild cat of the Sinclair “jungle bungle” type, a per- son with curdled gray matter; but it seems strange that the owners would descend to using their editorial col- umng, yellow as they are, for such rank out and out falsehoods as ap- pesr in their issue of July 27th, where the editor goes out of his way to attack us, and the reason will ap- pear tolerably clear to any reader vho understands the venom behind it. We quote in part as follows: — “One widely circulated paragraph labors to induce the impression that Grape-Nuts will obviate the necessity of an operation in appendicitis. This is lying, and, potentially, deadly ly- {fng. Similarly, Postum continually makes reference to the endorsements of a ‘distinguished physician’ or ‘& prominent health official,’ persons as mythical, doubtless, as they are mys- terious.” We do not hesitate to reproduce these mendacious falsehoods in order that it may be made clear to the pub- lic what the 1acts are, and to nail the liar up so that people may have a look at him. If this poor clown Lnew what produced appendicitis, he might have some knowledge of why the use of Grape-Nuts would prevent it. Let it be understood that appendicitis results from long continued disturb- ance in the intestines, caused primar- fly by undigested food, and chiefly by undigested starchy food, such: as white bread, potatoes, rice, partly cooked cerealg, and such. These lie in the warmth and moisture of the bowels in an undigested state, and decay, generating gases, and irritat- ing the mucous surfaces until, under such conditions, the lower part of the colon and the appendix become in- volved. Disease sets up, and fre- quently, of a form known as appendi- citis. Now then, Grape-Nuts food was made by Mr. C. W. Post, after he had an attack of appendicitis, and re- quired some food in which the starchy was predigested. No such food ex- isted; from his knowledge of dietetics he perfected the food; made it pri- marily for his own use, and after- wards introduced it to the public. In this food the starch is transformed by moisture and long-time cookingZ into a form of sugar, which ic easily digested and does not decay in the intestines. It is a practical certainty that when a man has approaching symptoms of appendicitis, the attack can be avoided by discontinuing al} food except Grape-Nuts, and ty prop- erly washing out the intestines. Most physicians are now acquainted with the facts,: and will verify the statement. Of course, this is all news, and should be an education to che person who writes the editorials for "Col- lier's,” and who should take at least soniée “training before he undertakes to write for the public. Ta Now as to the references to “a dis- tinguished physician” or "a promi- nent health official” being "mythical persons.” We are here to wager “Collier's Weekly,” or any other skeptic or liar, any amount of money they care to name, and which they will cover, that we will produce proof to any Board of Investigators that we have never yet published an adver- tisement announcing the opinion of a prominent physician or health official on Postum or. Grape-Nuts. we did not have the actual letter in our possession. It can be easily understood that many prom- inent physicians dislike to have their names made ie in reference to any article whatsoever; they have their own reasons, and we respect those reasons, but we never make mention of endorsements unless. we have the actual endorsement, and that statement we will back with any amount of money called for. When a journal wilfully prostitutes its columns, to try and harm a repu- table manufacturer in an effort to force him to advertise, it is time the public knew the facts. The owner or editor of Collier's Weekly ecan- not force money from us by such methods. POSTUM CEREAL CG, Ltd.