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LORD OF THE DESERT By PAUL CHAPTER XIX. Thieves "Fall Out Another morning find the Indians holding their ground. They are well - Intrenched and the besieged tn the Stone House ran only remain cooped In until relief shall arrive from the tort. If they are area spared this privi lege they will feel thankful for It requires time to communicate with the military authorities and then sol dier move with deliberation and pre pare before they move. Old Egan's messages are already sent out and his reinforcement are doubtless on toe road. While sol diers are preparing "rations" and rolling their blankets and seeing to their equipments generally, Indian warriors are already In the saddle and riding night and day toward the seat of their campaign. If the Indians should surmise that relief had been sent for they would hurry the final attack, and the be sieged felt much alarmed for fear that they might discover the tracks of Metxger. who had borne the mes sage to the trapper. There was also . same fear of delay la communicating with the military post as the trapper was known to spend a great deal of his time away from home, working among his traps In the rimrocks. While it was considered best that the trapper should make the journey to the fort, yet, Hettger had received in structions to go, should he be unable to And Hammersley. The besieged determined to die rather than fall Into the hands of the Snakes, for they knew that Old Egan . would show no mercy now, having caught the Lord of The Desert In his treachery, and they guarded the loop- , notes with cloae scrutiny never fail ing to send a bullet at the slightest exposed portion of an Indian's body. They were welt supplied with pro visions, water and ammunition, and unless actually overpowered, would be able to withstand a siege indefi nitely. The Indians were likewise nreoared for the siege. Besides the pure water that flowed from the mountains above the Stone House, they had the great meadows for their stock to grate upon - and had the Lord's choicest bullocks , to select from when they became hungry. To the starving warrior from the rimrocks and lava beds this life was truly a dream; plenty to eat and drink, only desultory guard duty Just exciting enough to stimulate their energy Old Egan's braves were la their element But sunfmer can not last always even with the savage. While his warriors were reveling in the luxury of a haxardlesa siege and the hope of an old time assault and a division of the rich booty. Old Egan was scanning the desert for his re inforcements. Intuition admonished him that delay would not help his cause; that the sooner he had taken his prey and vanished among the lava rocks of the far south, the better. He had never yet been overtaken by the "blue-birds' of the Great Father and had no desire to encounter these . men of iron and lead under the com mand of General Crook. All who had met them so farthad been routed or captured and Egan's sins had been too numerous for the wily chief to even think of falling into the hands of the government He knew full well that his enemy was well equip ped and that to attack him, armed and protected as he was, that he must meet with failure and a great loss, but when his horde of warriors and , allies should arrive he expected by force of numbers and by a simultane ous attack from every direction to take the Stone House and Its occu pants and its treasures, without great . loss. The known wealth of the place . made it the most coveted place In the mind of the - savage on the whole western border. Arms and ammuni tion, "provisions, "fire-water," gold, valuable of all kinds, were magnified la the Indian imagination until even the great wealth of Monte Crlsto would not have compared with that of the "Lord of The Desert The same humdrum precaution was preserved by the besieged and be siegers until about two o'clock in the afternoon when the Indians took on new energy and there was general confidence and activity In their ranks. . The outlook who had been placed on -the peak overlooking the desert, sig naled Old Egan that reinforcements were coming. The chief could not resist climbing to the summit of an adjoining foothill and looking for himself. He was re warded by seeing a cloud of dust far out on the desert to the south that i from Its length along the plain, he knew a band of his warriors were coming in single file as rapidly as their steeds could bring them. A little later another cloud of dust from the southwest announced other rein forcements on the way, and, though . the Indians preserved a silence while In view of the occupants of the Stone House, they could not resist chanting their war songs In their concealment It was not until the first war party arrived that the whites fully realized their danger. Tbey had felt reason-l-,vnfe against the enemy In his I "fth until reinforcements r Yom the fort, but now reinforced he might be -L. -.I... attack and might suo - ceed before -jecor could arrive for, them.; 4 ' ' Just at, nightfall another band of i reinforcements arrived, and, the Indians now becoming - more bold. rent the air with their warwhoops, But te new arrivals were hungry and tJnty, and as darkness came on the Lord of The Desert beheld -their eampfires In every direction and he saw then busily engaged In cooking vtd feasting upon bis choicest beeves, i lch had been fattened for the pal i I of a different race. Martin Lyle v I not a coward. He was a villain f la thief and a drunkard, but with i i tt this he Was a man of courage ; l true Scotch stripe. When he ' property being sacrificed, his j k grounded by an enemy, his . i $ -1 , that of his v companions f ed, he rose from his big arm i ,', tressed and armed himself for v and, took active command of . t oB. ; . "V . i long benumbed brain became n-tlve, his eyes flashed with the Are pf etcitement one more and bis pon t .rs-s focm. as W moved among his i - gave him the appearance of a 'y, in courage at least. 1 1 "ott bad bees watching the "-.;. with" studious silence.. i. m to the conclusion that a l r 1 tt hand. . Meeting the ' v Desert in the front yard . " I would apeak with him. de LANEY. "Mr. Lyle," he said, "I think It high time tor a settlement between us. I have performed all of my agreements with you and you have put me off from day to day, and now that I have no obligations remaining unfulfilled I demand that the deeda be signed and that you pay the balance due me," "Tut man. this Is no time for set tling business affairs, when our very scalps are qutverlrtg on our heads. There la plenty of time. Walt until we have repulsed this band of blood thirsty savagea, which your awkward ness has brought to our door, and then we will talk about settlement" "But we must settle now!" de manded Follett "You have thus put me off from time to time and I now must have a settlement without fur ther, delay." 1 am a man ot few words, as you know, Follett responded Lyle. "and I answer now, once and for all, wait until i am ready to settle." "So am I a man ot few words and also of quick action, your Lordship, a title for which you are Indebted to me. and another moment's delay on your part will be the costliest act of your life!" said Fjollett In a low, de ter mined com. Dan Follett was a man of action and of few words, as the reader is aware, and his conscience did not dic tate moral means and ends. He was naturally Inclined the other way. His i He gave her hand an assuring clasp. spirit for revenge knew no bounds. He had already determined hla course should the Lord delay settlement longer. He had not been asleep all of these years, either, in regard to the Lord s affairs. He went straight to the hiding place of Lyle treasury and helped himself. Ten thousand dollars In gold and bank notes he took and secured safely tn a belt al ready prepared next to his body. Then like a coyote he skulked away. passing through the guard ot exult ant warriors, grown careless with confidence in superior numbers, and stealing one of their best horses rode away In the darkness. As their bloodthirsty war-whoops chimed in about the stone House, he glanced Daca tnrough the darkness and said "Devour them. Lord of The Desert and all, hungry pack, I will see that you are not molested In your work Before Hammersley reaches the fort his tongue will be silenced forever, and Dan Follett the half-breed, will be well on his way to where he will live the remainder of his days In luxury. i CHAPTER XX. Mountain Lion and Desert Coyote, There Vll no tlm) tnr llaaitatlnii on the Dart of the trannar AlthAiiph he bore no concern for tho aafotv nf tne uom or The Desert, under ordl nary circumstances, be would not have him slain by Indians at the nresent time RraMix ther war a those in his employ who deserved the assistance ot tneir leiiowmen. He announced his intention at once II Don the arrival nf MptTp-pr nf trrxlno to the fort but thought best to take a iew noun sleep Defore starting out on so latigumg a journey. Before wins- down however nit rnvngntinni were made so that 'upon his waking ne would te able to start at once on his mission. It was his purpose to start Derorn riavi pht that ha . mioM get beyond the rimrocks to the south before dawn so that the scouts of Egan, ahould they be watching the desert might not discover him. In the nrenaratlona for thn Innrnev he had an able assistant In the per son or Berths Lyie. Her companion ship, however, was more valuable to the traouer than her sltan Ra had grown accustomed to doing everyining nimseir and did not feei safe In denenriln- nnnn nttiAva Everrthlnr done bv Rertha wn otthar superintended or inspected by him, to uis ansiacuon ana generally to her embarrassment Women think they Know now to no tmnaa thamaaivaa and Bertha was nit exrentlnn nut still they did not quarreL The man or the desert knew how he want ed thin en arratiartvl anI tho from Edlnburg only desired to please uim. wane ne was practically a child of the desert, yet he was Intelligent and bad not become one-sided In his views. He saw the value of woman's companionship, felt Its Influence and had often chided himself since Ber tha's arrival for narmlttlna- hlj am. bltlon to rise In, certain directions. jaim. my boy," be would say.! "You are only a trapper make your living In roaming the desert and climbing the rimrocks and trapping wild ani mals and skinning them. She Is re fined. She Is wealthy. While she is thrown In your company under most unfortunate circumstances, she could not be otherwise that grateful, she will always be grateful will regard you as a preserver and friend, but nothing more, my boy. Do not build op false hopes, young man. Remain within your bounds and you will not come 'to grief. t So let the matter drop." ".' . - iv Thus would resson tills man ot the frontier when nature awakened his heart to love. . After mnVfitqr nranaraMma Aw tti trip he had given instructions to nis companions concerning their ac tion In his absence. '' He suspected that ' Indian amnta mloiit vlalt Mi abode and Impressed upon his friends tne importance or not being discov ered. "I think this period of isola tion is drawing near to a clnaA"h said. "I expect in the visit of Gen eral Crook and his men not only to put a stop to Egan's deviltry In this country but to aea th 1stA nf fan- Desert rednced to a commoner, and see us rau iora ana u iay ln- U'iM m A. ! stalled In their proper station. ( But time was limited and the discus ; slon was cut short by the trapper bid ' ding them a warm farewell and going to his quarters for a short sleep. His glance, however, wandered to the face of Bertha as hs drew the curtain : behind him and be saw a flush on her ! cheek that brought one to his owa i that was soon hidden ia the dim light of his owa cell-like apartment. As was his custom the trapper Wakened on time, and dressed him self noiselessly to prevent disturbing the other sleepers. He came forth quietly and was about to take up the equipments of his journey when he waa astonished by finding Bertha awaiting him. "You, up too!" he exclaimed la a low tone. "Yea, I wished to speak with you before you left." she replied. "I had a dream It is a foolish thing I know but I laid down only for a few momenta, and I had such a vivid dream, and It seemed so real, that I could not resist telling It to you. Of course there Is nothing In dreams, but it may put you on your guard there may be danger you know." "Does a coyote ever attack a lion a mountain lion?" Inquired Bertha. "No," replied the trapper, "not single handed; a pack might attack one under proper conditions it they were cornered, or hungry and they thought they might benefit by it with out too much risk." tt was a foolish dream I know" she said, "but I will be brief: I saw a mountain lion, such as you caught iu juur uip. on a ions journey, it PasseS .ton- throuah canToV. d enrostrltefoftaeplM MTht intent on Its trip, and plodded on. Behind it came a coyote just like the coyotes you cabture. exrent dta hair was dark; It was almost black It would trstl along the rocks behind tn. non ana tnen cut across a near way and Ho in wait for the Hon; then It would skulk away on the ap proach ot the lion, and follow again. It kept this up all through the day. But at night It grew .more bold and it again hid behind the rock on the trail. As the Hon approached, tired and leg-weary, the coyote attacked it from the rear and the Hon turned and a great light ensued, and In the midst ot the fight I know It is foolish, but tt was so exciting my heart leaped into my throat and I wakened the mountain Hon changed Into your own person and the desert coyote assumed the form ot Dan Follett and you and he were in desperate combat among the rocks and cliffs of the tar away desert." "Never fear little Ber Miss Lyle, Dan Follett Is surrounded ln the Stone House by Indians and I will be on my guard against all enemies to mankind that roam the desert." and buckling hla revolvers about his waist and throwing the other equip ments ot his journey across his shoul der, he took her hand and giving It an assuring clasp, stepped out Into the darkness, taking a course to the southward. Bertha looked forward with alarm and dread. She Imagined that some thing terrible would happen. But under the theory of modern Intelli gence she would try to disabuse her mind of evil omens and imagine that all would come out right The trapper looked upon the mat ter differently. He thought more about the dreamer than the dream. As he picked his way over the plains and among the rocks, her form be came more beautiful to him and her words of friendship echoed and re echoed ln his ears. And while he did not believe that there was any significance In dreams, yet he did not forget the warning of the fair friend, and kept a more guarded lookout for his safety than ever before. Hi trip so far had been an une ventful one. . Night and day he pushed on, only sleeping a few hours at a time and stopping a few minutes to lunch. The distance now did not divide him far from the fort It waa the last evening of his Journey when he discovered fresh tracks of a horse which had preceded him on the trail. The tracks led toward the fort and he concluded that it was made by someone going to the fort. There were no shoes on the animal's feet but the soldiers frequently pressed the plains horses Into service and there was no reason to suspect any thing out of the ordinary from a mere horse's track. '. But. as the reader knows. Ham mersley was beset by one of the most unscrupulous villains ot the plains. The trapper had only used ordinary t u mo my num uome, wane roueti naa oeen on tne scent like a hungry wolf. Although compelled to go long distances out of his way on account of , being mounted, to get around the numerous walls of rim rocks, he had gotten the trapper's course and was determined to bead him off ere he should reach the fort, and kill him to prevent the Lord of The Doeert from receiving aid. He had no hatred for Hammersley, but he would have sacrificed a - bosonv friend to gratify bis revengeful spirit. t He had already discovered the trap per's approach and had preceded him to a point near the fort where he ex pected to hide among the ; boulders and stop the trapper forever from the desert trail. Hiding his horse in a gulch In the background he secreted himself near the trail and waited tbe spprtecb of the trapper. When be was within a few pace Follett leveled bis revolver and whea the trapper approached within a few feet of him the scoundrel pulled the trigger. But fortunately the percus sion cap did not explode. Drawino his, knife hurriedly the would-be as sassln rushed upon his Intended 'vie Jfm'from behind like an Infuriated tiger. The noise of tbe hammer of the revolver had aroused the trapper frdra his meditation , and , when Follett rushed upon htm he dropped tho bundle from his shoulder and turning received his assailant in an unexpect. ed manner. He seized the half-bree l by the apdrawn wrist with one hand and by-the throat with tbe other aid then a hand to hand struggle between two of the' most determined men of tha desert followed. -t . (Te b ssntiBo!.) , Hammersley discovers s fresh track. ODD HORSE SALE. Valuable Aaiaaal IHapoeod ot by Ml take for Five Hollar. A famous race horse, for which an offer ot 00 had been refused at the recent Benulug meeting, was sold for S the other day at a well-known local auction house, ami then sold by the purchaser tor (3. The boni In ques w-uiirM . society n.u of Baltimore, who entered tion Moused to a well-known young the auluial at the Bennlng races. '"" . ' . The horse proved valuable as a fast'- ruuuer by wiunlug several races. The owner was offered H) for th, hor. which he refused, say lug that he would not take less than 11.000. II then derided to bring the auluial to Baltimore and sell tt at public auction at a leading auction stable. After no- tlfylug his friend who wished to buy the horse of bis Intentions the young man brought the racer to Baltimore aud left him with his stable boy. Instruct- lug htut to take the horse to the auc - Hon house. The young man then repaired to the place of auction where his friends were congregated, u the rain they waited tar th aimmninr nf tha tin with the steed, but he did not show up until the party had bad a wait ot about two honra or monk When ha did, he did not have the horse with him, but In Ita place a check for SO In Its place a check for fd of sale. It aiipear that the a mi.taka in tha nam nf aud a bill iw.. ...t. th hou k , "e wrong stable, where It was Of- red for Mle. bringing fS, with a de- ductlon of S2 for the auctioneers, lear-. Ins W for the former owner of the! ' h.. a rt.. . k..t k... ttUx wllh tne ,n whon h. . L "'' " , " '" ? yiuin,H IUUIVU1UU. IUI HUI BO a sold, v This well-known young man did not succeed In finding the buyer ot his hors. until the next day, and when he did It was only to find that the horse hsd been sold by the buyer for a lower price than he had paid for It. Th horse had never been In harness. and when the gentleman who bought It harnessed It It kicked up a good ' deal but did not become unmana i able until the man had driven It about fiv. mile, from town; then th. floor' was kicked out of the runabout and , th harness broken. The purchaser of ' course, did not know that the horse had racing qnalltlea. and thought that ' he had been bunkoed Into buying a ' horse that looked fully S years old but had not been broken. " When he found himself suddenly sit- ting In the road, with a broken-up run- about his company snd his horse Just disappearing ln a cloud of dust over a distant hilltop h can hardly be blamed for not caring whether he ever saw th brute again. However while thus sollloqulxlng. a man cam.' down the road In a wagon leading the horse that h bad Just caught The pur- chaser wss so thoroughly disgusted . with th. animal that he sold It to the' man In the wagon for 13. I When asked If he knew the man to' whom h had sold the horse be said that he bad never seen him before and did not evtn think he would recogulsa him if be saw blm again. Th young man bas been trying to locate his hors. for several days, but has not succeeded in doing so as yet Baltimore American. CALIFORNIA OLIVE CULTURE. Tb Friar Bsgaa It More thaa a Century a ad a Half A so. I F. M. Blsbee, formerly chief engl- neer of the Tennessee Central railroad, ! who has Just returned from an outing In tbe Northwest, has been msde gen eral manager of the Los Angeles Land and Water Company. This corpora tion owns 1,600 acres of land near Los Angeles, wblcb seven year ago was planted In olive trees, iri now tbe stockholders have commenced to reap a rich harvest . t ' Ours Is tbe most extensive orchard first owner went to the auction house! An toU'lc automobile running at fi wher th valuable hors had been lwr e'nt rcr P1 "lh pueumatlc sold at such a ridiculously low price, j " ,ook 18 I' ' P" When he arrived he could do uo more wben Bl,ed wl,n "M rubber tires, than obtain the name and address of nd ,n ''Wing, th solid tire W th man to whom the horse had been ' Wlt n ,Qor,?M lr wt" ln on tbe coast" said Mr. Blsbee, "and at rej( wag about to set forth on a visit' ,D leporatlou bo applied for work that we have only begun Our opera- to tbe old country. "I suppose you'll on fhioo mogatlne and was taken tlons In that locality. Recently w. take your wife, along," suggested tb on as a "sub." Th copy with which purchased 8,000 acre additional land victim, hopelessly, "No, sir, I'm not ne waa furnished read somotblng Ilk that adjoins tbe orchard from which ' going for pleasure this time. I want this: we are now gathering fruit Two thou-, to see my father before he dies. "Isn't1 "Terrapin green with garniture of sand of these will be planted, and we he well?" "Oh, he's well enough; but lemon white lace and champagne col think we have one of tbe best revenue-1 one never can tell what may happen, ored velvet constituted tb. lovely proaucing properties going. -xou cao gain some idea of tb. ex- tent of a olive yield when I tell you that this year we have shipped from those 7-year-old trees, 1,200 tons of oil and 50,000 gallon of pickle., wblcb ar now on tbe market And as tbe trees , grow older the bear more heavti. I f hav seen one little orchard tbr tbe trees In which wer. planted In 17H9. almost mo years ago, and they ar to- day bearing magnificently. "Few people are aware of It" con tinued Mr, Brisbee, according to the Nashville News, "but the producing of ! olives ln California was tfhroddced by the friar, more than a century and a " L,. Tl. stong th; Partopertn. Medical Talk., . . conceived tbe Idea of establishing re- ' A Back-Handed Compliment. .-' - llgioos posts between Los Angeles and ' Cinderella had Just put on tbe erys Ban Francisco Jnst about a'day's jour- tal slipper f "Do you think It makes ney removed from' each other. The object was Jo Insure pleasant Instead of laborious trip when moving up and down tbe coast j , ...,,?. "Everybody knows that the .friar were good livers. They liked olives, and experimented In planting with tb pronounced success which is yet ap parent." Y... , . ,: - t',.7 r 1 -,-:,'."r ' In the Style. He was a hard worker, bnt by effort he had secured several assistants and was having things a little easier. - A friend Who had not seen him lately called at his office and found him busy as ever.: -f -; ; , ,,,, . "Hello, old man," greeted his visitor, "still doing seven men's work." "No," responded th Industrious one, "I have seven men doing my work." "Obo," laughed the caller, "so you've organized a trust too, have you?" Comfort. ! ' - When money . Is tight It makes Itself scarce, bat It's somewhat different with men. ,., . MsScience 1 Sfelffvention i . . . A white runt Is an uuexplalucd "dis ease" of English aud Ueruinu gnlvan- u,wi ir-m .hat has develonnl within a I' - "hln iri.- 1 . .....i..t.. 1. i " " I - '" """ " "" "'',lQ UCT0 "nu Hrlon have been demonstrating h ,,1u,,0,, ' ,"r,' td of liou,,,u ' flM p "no1w,r? bou! 2,0 tvvt The oscillation lasts sixteen seconds. ! e explosion motor holds tbs palm flr Hghtuess. The best electric motor torage battery Is stated to wl'h 'rIy one huudred pounds to ,n hr" power, and the Serpollet ' ' fn'". flashing water Into j uin f1" toll boiler, about four- twn PuuJ- B'' ,h Bourdlaux gaso- ,lu n,ne hof pow,r wUh , a wf'8ht 0ttX:t '"bt PU,J- ' Tb UW Stilt lUllllUOUt UllXtUr of S "" cuemist, ciaimeu to require m xtT ,hort P"w Bht "J unusually brltllaut and lusting, "'" of twenty part of deliydrated tH,'um carbonate, five of sodium chlo- rlJs ou ni,'K',",n sulphste, fiv hnlred of strouilum csrUmat and H,lum carbonate, five of sodium chlo- f W')U,d T f to ar kept at a white heat or buur th lr rM! xcluded. Iu hla experluieuts with various V- hlclea. M. Ulehulln hsa found that iron Ure require greater motlv power 1 than either solid rubber or nneum.tlc. braking power. In the slugular failure of th old window of York Cathedral, tb glass "e "'tHnio u. j!" h" " T ,hV w,meD1t '? "'"k? ' P bf ,m'?U, e Bd. " ,,U ,dtf,,ruc,lon of ,h8 Um tm'n due t0 m fungU, 0wUl ,0 iU" ProP'rtJ' wnKo alum1' num P"8811'" of, producing a very h,Kb u'mperatur when burned with ul",an' that give off oxygen. It U Ule'' b1'n "llul'l'1 ln lk'rlln fr u,akln nw detonator, for firing ex- P101 wblcb do not r'ad,y rsond ,0 the ""'lloa of ,he dl,0Uttt P,ltlon 'thrto used. Th slutnl- num ' ln ,h 1,p of po,rdl'r mlxo6 wHh ,h "",r ,ubi,,,nt''' L" "".fT?". v0ot d'n b gb t,,"r8tur ,m,uctd b' ,be P'erled aluminum results la , grea ef mecUulcal eo"' tU'ia clf f V, V CUU"0",UM no B a'u,1,lamu' - Tbe aJl,Btlon of "lud ln P,a ot "d fu?l ba, not ,akl,n P,ac M raP- ""'i-i- PL ,n 18 P,n'on 01 taw" "" of th Brmn Institution of Mecbun- lcal EnK,uccr- ,be trouble arise from ,b exclusive us In boiler furnaces of crude oil, wnicn con m ins a cousiucr- able percentage of water, 10 per cent at least; and this destroy tb condl- tlons necessary for perfect coubus- tlon. It Is averred that some of th crud oil shipped from the wells con- tains as much as -10 per cent of water, aD(1 wheD u"ed 00 iblpboard the con- slant agitation preveuu tbe separation of this water, which consequently en- ter the furnaces. The experiments of Dr. I'aul snow that liquid ruei is capa- ble of glvlog CO per cent nior effi ciency than the best couL julte Patriarch. Ace Is a matter which seems depend ent on one'l point of View. A New Yorker Imprisoned In a "tonsorlal stu-' dlo" fell victim to the garruloiistiess nf tha "artist" executioner, and whs In. furmi that the latter, recentlv mar- He-g getting along In years." "How old Is her "Forty-nine." "Took It" Literally. Once upon a time a very nervous m" tItod n bU! P1,Jrlclun and """"J U'Z Z . , aT . " V a tonic, and dismiss from your ,nd al that teDd, to won' you" ,ttld the doctor. .-Several months afterward the patient recerVed a bill from tbe physician ask- 1 Ing blm to remit 18, and answered It thus: . f "Dear doctor, Fhav taken a tonic Z T 7. "d 'Ur V"- , Ur, bl J60""' t0 ,'nd 4 . ! " ttom m' Moral-Advtc. .ometlmedefct. It. my foot took smaller7" she asked.ltb charming naivete. "Perhaps,'1 replied- the prince; "but I can, see right throDgb It." , t . , Disconcerted by this back-banded conuillmcnt, the poor girl blushed, but as colonial buckles sad open-work stockings had not yet arrived she had to be Content with her undeceptlve footgear, Judge. wt ' Not WeU Kscalvad, . , Ida-Why are you pouting, dear? j May Wby, Harry sold be belloved be could leant to love me. : Ida-t don't see anything awful In that; " ' : . May-Yes; tbe Idea of blm buying to learn'-'-' 'fA,'-;..! - ',,-.. ruie marriuges are failures Jwcmiso woman' In tho cuse Is suspicious and some are failure becnusu she ttn't. ' " : - 1 --. ; . When a man coiuplliueiits a .wotniiu she Isn't satisfied unless she can In duce blm to repeat It at iwist seven times. ' -- - liaa liiat miMt nf It traniirutrttit anil r Tnl...... hn. ,m. ,,ft.l """r '1'C 10 "P00' W"Cb n"V V aV U of til rC.-UV. C. i. Halt, n place, has becotn so perforstinl cou, of religion with Denver. Colo. that t crumbles at the slightest touch. thora. Xntl) followllr , fooUU.p ' Thlll,If .,, To stop the "disease" some glass of of N , J?-.? NEGROES GROW RICH PAIT. M BofThoLivlniUttiaCrakNa. tloa Are Welt-o-lo, It Is not In the South that the rich est negroes are found, although many lu that region have amassed a goodly store ot property sluce the war. Doubt less the wealthiest coiuuiuulty of col ored people lu the world Is found among IU itok uimaus in tuuiau Twrllory Tu ,N .lK)Ut 7.000 of anion the Creuk imuaus m muiau "v ""v '- ,M mooo The wUb of the cre ludustrlous foots up ever higher, individuals being the owners of from I10.0W) to 115,000 worth ot u,ud each. These negroes are the descendants of slaves of the Creek tribe ot Indians tnj nrv kown a( (r.k negroes. They Rre ntiti,i to a share In the division of Crtfck Indian lamia, also a part of ,h trust turn's. Together tb T.0O0 uu- $rwt own 21,000,000 acres of land, And yet their education Is far from complete. Their social euvlronuieut ar crud4 Uie extreme and progress a1 l1 tUuit uul "nJ oM I'nllk the other lodlaus of the rich fiv Civilised tribes, ttlO CfH'k IllSlst- en upon ireeiug tueir siavee 10 give tlx''" lul ,h"r ln Mt and money. At that lime there were few slaves, but the number grew through descendants, until now fully 7,000 have laid successful claim to a "head right" on th Crek wll of clttxetiahln. They descendants, until now ruuy i,tw nave Wl, ' Creek Indian legislature, their own "Xl "I T f." erythlng bid. fair to mak them th. model communlly of neg In th. United State when Indian territory Is wwerlng 'rora tb tangle wUderues reconstruction. Its law. md nut- form and Itself a State of th I'lilon. There Is littl culture among th Creek negroes, , Tbey har a social set all their own. to which not even r" ood of numaulty Hev, Dr. th Indians ar Invited. Their clmrac I'lil. Universal!!, Boston, Mass. terlstlc are In a great measure differ Church Stronger Th church U ent from tb. negro of tb. South or th. stronger to-day than ever before, and North. It Is a mlxtur of both, with what give tb church It present pow additional peculiarities. . er la th fact that It has proved to b I.Ik th Imllaua, these negroes bar becuea. 'possum hunts and th Ilk. As North,,rn of ,h ih" more Industrious and Independent of ,ht whl,M- know how ,0 work " their m.mey. and. Ilk. th. JI from th. city. ar. well dreed- the aam. tlm we Inir Xenslv clothe These T.OtW Cre, ncgroe llv In a tract of rich land called tb Canadian River bottoms, aud Okmulgee Is their town and trading point Okmulgee Is the capital of th Creek Indian nation. and has been for years a negro town. Roceutty. however, white people flock- ed In aud bar taken possession. The n'Kroes ar starting their own towns n th branch of tb Frisco Rail- d- Notwithstanding that many of the Creek negroes are Industrious, there Rr mong them who rent out their estate, and lounge tn Idleness the railway station. It I a "'""" to see a BoO-scre tract of r,l'h ,and 10 ' Canadian tmttouis " " 7 u mnu. iutn- my. upon inquiry as to his landlord, ho will refer to the negro owner In no complimentary terms. Mesnwhlle on will find th owner shooting craps or enjoying uimsetr eating turkey and 'possum in a neighboring vlilag. When th Creeks freed their negroes In 1H the two fraternised for a time, and even Intermarried, but that ba all passed now. In accordance with th term granting their freedom, th Creek negroes ar allowed a voice lu the tribal government and so they have their own members In tb Coun- cIL have their own schools and all mat; but tn creek Indian feels abov the Creek negro aud refuses to asso ciate with blui. VICTIM OF WOMAN'S WHIMS. Th" Hungry Compositor oa " b,0,, apr. Ha was a tramp compositor down on "I Uck and he had not bad a Squar weal for a fortnight own on our cover page, "Brown bread Is a fashionable color In crepe, and harmonises well with butter colored lace. "A gown of tomato rod was delight fully contrasted with lettuce green vel vet and oyster whit applique. "Vegetable silk braid Is on ot tb new trimming. "A charming breakfast gown Is shown In boot red cashmer. "Egg blue and mvlan green ar. de lightful new tints. "Claret sllk,niake a charming waist "AlLsbades of brown ar. popular, Including chocolate, butternut, chest nut And boel and tbe biscuit shades . rit aln nrnmlnnnt "A coffee colored dinner gown had tb!!l 11 jrue' Kmy l,"t,,",a' o ' sleeves of cream mousselln In touffl 1 Dd dltnt Tho Bible hold up ,tyle. i a Ood of genuine love and kindness: Vrune color promises to bav t ' 10 ,0.vel ,h8 wor,d ,bt hft " great run. , up bis only begotten Sort," Rev, Dr. ."Apricot orange and banana an th. Crawfurd- Methodist, Akron, Ohio. -newest Shade of yellow. , j if. Separate- aud blstlnct.-Tho state Almond white galloon appear on ba nothing to do wltb the church, and i wine colored broadcloth gown, and tb church ha nothing to do with th motif of plstacbe velvet were Intro- tate. They ar separate and distinct, duced for contrast. Crushed strawber-1 And '' the state Ik doing tbe work of ry has given may to th. grape shades, ' the cburcb by appropriating money to and mulberry to bon-bon pink. i support th poor m -inlicrs of tb "Tobacco Is one of tb most becom- church. Tbe stats has to do this be ing shades of brown." ' ? ; fi cause the church will not do It. fthnmt His feliow printers noticed that h on the church! lie v. A. It, Holdcrby, a it a1 atrnniFolv anil ffpnnna1 1 TPrftahvf-dvInn Ailnt.ln r!,. MW.VW "'-,.-' B.VMMV14 m VllliUH, but before they became aware of the seriousness of tbe case he fell to the floor and expired. The coroner jury rendered a verdict of "Acute dyspep sia, superinduced by overeating." New York Bun. , , ;., Enforced Athleiio. ; "Joe I ft great walker." ' "Indeed? How long ba he been walklngf . ' . j "Lemma see. I bollev the twin ar 6. months olL"-Clevelsnd plain i ueaier. - , , -t . i iiiiiig uuguuiiio aoout tun- The female bookkeeper U entitled tottur photographers, They are alvvnyi the Itlo of countess. , , ftllliiig to .Acbuiig views. - ! " ,' .1 :. Slllll t Th World's Llr.-Chrlst la th world's life. Hev. F. K. Taylor, Bap tist, Brooklyn, N. Y. True Means, The religious element Is th true tuean of settling disputes. Archbishop liyau, ltouian Catholic, rhlUdctphla, Ta. Th Nation. Th nation will always be just a good ud as saf as tb In dlrldunls cotiitoslng II. Rev, I. Barr, New Bedford, Mas. As th Master Bid. It on lor God as th Master bid he can grasp every hand offered lu th saiu lov. ttv. Dr. Byrd, Methodist, Atlanta, U. iHiwuward. Th man who contin ue dowuward only accelerstvs bis own luoremetit, and return becomes mors aud luor difficult Hf. ! 0. oiuivu, uuiauaania, mu. The Outward Visage. The kind of nf. on, jd even leaves Its marks ; upou tue outward visage. The body w WPIir ,f, j u, it M, Black, Ep jj v. w wear is self's extertinllsatlon. tlscopal, Iiruoklyn, Deathlesa Hop-ChrW , h , ' ' '. l-UW u. - emniiclpst- hraldotu of self ; ;y-T," IZ7vZ JJh r f(.J f'J" 'J i, ., . T " ' . ' with energy Freeman, Baptist, Toronto, Canada, Good ot Humanity. It Is good to fet-l th heart beat stronger tn anticipation of sdm object when that object em braces not atont our little scire but th greatest agency under tlod for th I-. .Z"' " :. "'Z-t Z bw rk wU for the uX 1.! tuZT S-H r iLZ T ...rllo w""Ml ' UW' 1 . , .- I well to llv for bul h uo ' t im) ,,,r ,nilly. Heredity ,bt further than w ,m,,k- A 1 -nrlsllaii father n-ud bis religion down to generations. Jev. I,r- ""rrell, Now York, In th Rest Sens. A man may b Breat In many aciisca, but be cannot great lu the beat scim unles h recogulies somewhat of the dlvlo In his owa life snd regards himself s be- '"d tb. Alu.lghty.-Rcv. I. Wrlgley, Episcopal. Brooklyn. N. Y. A Good Thing.- It I good thlug for both capital and labor that the whol t,)umry a little chilly. Coitsctenc I u-lng stlrml. new laws wilt b enact- ed, both capital aud labor will se. their niutual relation more cleariy.-v. ilr. McCollester. IMrolt. Mich. Close L'p Her Hanks. If th. church ot Jesus Christ ever dor th work which her dlvlno rd has asked her to do, she uiust clos up her ranks. A church divided Into sect and deiiora- 7 7 V T i I" V ' Neb. t,iiriaiian Lire. What men need to make ,ll,,,u Christians la not to be bet- ,T convince t hristinn truth, but to fH In lov with Christian life. Th .world Is not reading th Bible much; " reading th live of Ibos who pro- ' o oeiieve il iter, r. nmh, Con- gregatloiislist, Chicago, 111. The Futurv.-Tb futur baa never saved any man. If he Is saved at all, It was In the present -now. W bar no lease on tb future; no. It I dan gerous to trust the soul's salvation to tb deceptive future. Today tb Sa vior calls; not to-morrow or some tlm In th future, but now.-Rev. J. F, Blair, Baptist, Brooklyn, N. Y. Material Good. Make It your Oral business to b right, to do right, to llv according to all the coniiuauitiuent of Ood, and tbe question of materia! good wlU settle Itself naturally. Tb laws of Ood have to do with 111 body, a well as the soul, and mako work a truly religious duty as prayer. Rev, Dr. Raymond, Schenectady, N, Y. A Larger 8cope.-Tli church of tb future ba a larger scope and a larger mission than the church of th past Christianity Is becoming mora Intense and moro practical, At this tlmo, when th commercial spirit Is leading with such sway, It will require th assistance of conscientious, consecrat ed manhood to counteract this spirit -Rev. F. T. McWblrter rresbyterlnn, Indianapolis, Ind. A False Impression. It I a fats. Impression that Uod hates a sinner ana mat uis son gave up his life to I make blm love them. Tbe opposite ot ! - ---- .V..U,., ..Illtlllll, VI We were roccntly compellud to quit ft book In tho middle of It, and hav boon wondering ever since how It cum put Three women, all good and hand some, loved tbe same mnu. Two men, both rich and hnndHomn, loved thi same woman, and one 'woman, lovely character, didn't love her husband,. but did lov anothof man who wa very foud of his wife.- Now, how did thof tralgbtcn It out? , , I '' f ll.M t. I..II.I.M 1 ... . '