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.
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"'',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 ... . '