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 WOltHf^S^fW"-^. " • iji a/H ^1 n- i â-  â- - %\{ ,-ta mikim DEATH. A STOEY OF FAR WESTERN LIFE. "Goodbye, John; take good care of yourself and come back as soon as yoi^ can." "Good-bye, Nellie, dear, and don't for- get me while I am away." Their hands warmly pressed each other as their lips would hare done had not others been near. Then they separated. Nellie Browning watched the tall, strong form of John Kiug until it was lost in the high srass ot the prairie and with a sigh returned to duty. i Never before had the little isolated way station on the Canadian Pacific seemed so dull, the clink of the telegraph instrument so monotonous. There was literally ^noth- ing for her to do after the customary " put- ting to rights.' No train would pass for hours, messages seldom troubled her, she had exhausted her little stock of reaiding. What could she do to make the hours pass less wearily She rested her head 'upon the key -board and gave herself to pleasant waking dreams, to mentally following her lover and mur- muring aloud of the pictures thought photo- graphed upon her heart. "It will take John all day to inspect the line to the little wooden island in the mid- dle of the prairie, and he will have to sleep there alone in the log cabin. I wonder it he will think of me all the time, as I will of aim How I wish I could be with him " But do what she would her thoughts wan- dered to her lover, the lack of comfort he would experience, and the happy day when she would have the right to be ever by his side. As if the hours hatd become leaden-footed {hey crept along. At noon she listlessly ate. the lunch she had brought from her farm home then wbhed night would hurry along that she might be with her lover, at least in dreams. Darkness did come after long and weary waiting her hours of duty had ended and she was preparing to leave when the station was called and she was told in clicking whispers that on account of an extra that was wildcatting she would have to remain until midnight. With the reverse of a pleasant expression upon her face and an almost defiant tossing back of her auburn curls she sat down again. The workmen about the station went home and left her alone the frogs croaked mournfully from a neighboring slout^h and the wires made weird music as the brisk night wind played upon them. But the txperience was not new to her there was nothing to fear and her father would come for her when the night was done. Eight, nine, ten passed and the silence was becoming painful. Something must be done. She failed to remember being so much oppressed by the lack of society and wondered how Robinson Crusoe could have existed before his man Friday. Then she thought of a female friend who was operator at the next westward station, and, nearly â-  dying for some one to talk to, summoned " Sterling." There was no reply. Try as she would directly she could get none, but utilizing a circuit she was answered and asked " What is the matter with the main line " ' Matter enough," was answered, and her trajped ear instantly told her the touch was not of a delicately fingered girl, but a heavy- handed man. " The prairie is all on fire between here and Buffalo Heart Grove that is beginning to burn and when the flames sweep round on your side you'll have to look sharp if they don't catch you nap- ping, my pretty daisy." At another time she would have closed the key with an angry snan at the impudent familiarity. Now there was room' in her brain for only one maddening thought. John King was sleeping in the cabin in the grove, would be surrounded by fire, be stified by smoke, be burned to death " Prairie round Buffalo Heart Grove a sea of fiame, line down, bridges over culverts probably burned. Stop all trains at X," she managed to flash back over the wire. Then she dashed out where all should have been darkness but was not. For miles earth and sky were illuminated, the roaring of the flames could be distinctly heard, their furious leaping distinctly traced, their speed swifter than the greyhound and their force resistless as a cyclone. Nothing to her now was duty, nothing that it wanted two hours of midnight, nothing that many lives might hang upon her remaining a; her post. One life she knew was in danger, and that was to her more than all others in the world. With flying feet, with a desperate resolve forming in her brain, she hastened home- ward, but did not enter the houseâ€" dared not for fear of the thwarting of her purpose. As sKc passed the window she saw her old father nodding in his chair, and a satisfied smile parted her lips. For all the hidden wealth of mountain and canon she would net have him waken. Well she knew the swiftest and most un- tiring horse in the stable. That it was one she. had never ridden, a young, fiery, valu- able biue blooded stallion, she never gave a thought. Speed and courage were the things now to be desired, and all other con- siderations, .even her own safety, were dwarfed into nothingness by them. With soothing voice'and gentle hands the girl led the horse out, bridled, saddled and mounted. Astonished by her daring, he quietly submitted. The charm of woman- hood had easUy accomplished what had ever been a ditiicult task for men. Then, start- led by tlie unusual burden and flapping of skirts about his flank, he reared, plunged, ' pawed the air, kicked vigorously and made a desperate effort to unseat the rider. It was unsuccessful. The hands that held the rider wJth her long h»ir strMming m the wind, the horee m S breikthing •moke^^w without recognitioii, sod "upentitioMly imagined that the gfaoet of tome red cbild ol the wOdemeai, wlune booee h«d bera du- tnrbed in building the iron track of the pale face, wu oat for » midnight reveL For a oonaidenble diatuice the roed wu over the undal»tins pimiiie, end both horse and rider enjoyed e r»oe then ihey wew forced upon the ties, and heavfly shod ho(M cUttered along the bridges then tiiey left it and safety and plunged upon a narrow thread of beaten earth, with_ fire swiftly rushing toward it from either side. The horse, brave and blooded as he was, hesitated, as well he might but the hand of the rider was firm and the whip merd^ less. A brief hour had transformed the gentle girl into a woman maddened by love and superior to danger. The one idea that had takoi possession of brain and pulsing heart remained permanent, John King was in danger of being consumed. She must him save or â€" And' very soon the horse became mad as well. With long and seemingly tireless strides he stretched himself. His dark skin was flecked with foam, his sides were heav- ing as a bellows, like escaping steam his breath was blown, his eyes were red with exertion and his frame trembling With ex- citement. \^ On, on they pressed, on thus far in little danger, for the fire vi as yet at a distance. But with every moment it became nearer, nearer, closed upon them, and blazing sparks fell thick as rain. On, on, and the flames leaped upward and at times closed over their heads they were rushing as through a tunnel of hissing, roar- ing fire it was crowding id upon them, was beneath their feet, was playing in fantastic shapes around and above. Mad as the girl was with desire to reach her lover the horrors of the situation were forced upon her brain. She bowed her head to the firey storm, shielded her face and often extinguished her blazing dress spoke encouragingly to the horse, patted his quivering neck, used the deep-cutting lash, cutting a hundred times more cruelly, for his sides were cracking with the heat and blood was oozing from the blistered wounds. On, still on, but more slowly at every stride, with steps less firm and secure, breath more scant, courage less high and pace less swift. Never yet steed that could long bear such a fearful strain' never flesh that could resist a prairie fire with hundreds of acres of dry, tall grass and reeds for fuel and fanned by a gale. On The girl shielded her eyes with her trembling hands, and above the smoke saw the waving of trees. As yet the furious fire had not reached, at least not penetrated, them. There was life, safety, and, more than all, love. Could she reach them? A scanty half mile had yet to be travelled. Instinct, often as clear to discovery as mind, told the horse of the situation as clearly as her eyes. She called upon him, and he answered she bowed to the saddle, she shut her eyes and then The flames swirled around, they were wrapped as in a winding sheet of them, the red forked tongues touched them with blistering kisses, the wind roared through the gigantic furnace, the earth was hot beneath, the air burning above deer, wolf, every creeping thing were outfooted in the race, were beaten down by a swift death, and how could they possibly escape. On Between taem and the sheltering trees but a few rods remained but a few feet. Could they be overcome Voice and lash urged the noble horse on. He strug- gled to obey, but his best efforts were be- coming feebler, his heart was beating slow, the iron-muscled limbs were fast becoming useless. A single burst of speed, as at the beginning would have been enough â€" the racing of a few seconds all that was re- quired. Frantically the girl shouted, in despair- she lashed the reeking sides. The horse ga- thered for a supreme effort, reeled, stagger- ed, fell even as.the wind roared and the fire hissed more savagely. But the impulse had been sufficient to cary him beyond the blazing death and the bushes closed behind and the trees rose above and protected them from the scorch- ing shower. " God be thanked," exclaimed the suffer- ing girl as she knelt beside the gallant horse. " God be thanked, and she flung her arms around his neck and shed bitter tears as she saw how scared and burned he was, regardless of her own sufferings. With difficulty she urged him to his feet and led him forward. But he knew as well as see of their safety, of the necessity of moving, and lamb-like followed deep into the wood where the cabin stood. " John, dear John," rang out the voice of the girl. "Nellie Great God, is that you " was answered lOid qneationed, ud » moment later she wu lo^ed within, his i^tectlng arms. In » few words she told bU, mm b«ggM him to do all possible for the horu. " Now and ever," he answered. " One moment." He climbed to the top of » taU tree, looked around, descended, sad said cheerfully: "The wind hu changed; the fire is mshing away from the timber we are safe here. But why in tie name of heaven did you attempt such a dangorons chance, NeUie?" ,. V I " Because, dear, I loved you so, and she drooped fainting upon his anxiously throb- bing breast. » Mont Blanc. Mont Blanc may, perhaps, on account of its great height,â€" 15,78 1 feet,â€" audits im- mense glaciers, of which the " Sea of Ice " is the largest, and which covers one hun- dred and tour square miles, be called the most famous mountain in the world. This mountain celebrated its centenary this year that is to say, the people of Chamou- nix, at the mountain's fobt, have celebrated the hundredth anni|prsary of its ascent by Benedict de Saussure, an illustrious man of science, who was the first to climb Mont Blanc. Chamounix has erected a monu- ment to De Saussure, which has just been dedicated, and it will also raise one to Jacques Balmat, who was De Saussure's guide on the occasion of his first ascent in April, 1787. De Saussure was a botanist, and his bo- tanical studies at the base of the mountain had given him a strong desire to climb to the summit. It was no idle curiosity which prompted him, but a desire to obtain a Knowledge of the geological laws which had governed the formation of the chain of the Alps, which fixed the age of its granites and limestones, and would explain the composi- tion and apparent disorder of its ledges. Two Englishmen, Pococke and Wyndham by name, had attempted the ascent before. They came with a retinue of baggage-bear- ers, and even with soldiers, and were dress- ed, for some unknown reason, in Arab cos- tume. They ascended no further than the timidest travellers now climb, and were then compelled to turn back. Having finally provided himself with hardy mountaineers for guides, De Saussure set out for the summit. He was gone four days. Almost at the outset a terrible ava- lanche swept away one of his guides. Presently the rarity of the air began to tell on the whole party. After throwing three or four shcvelfuls of snow that lay in their path, the men would sink down ex- hausted. The wilderness of glaring snow blinded them the thinness of the air made their ears buzz, and they became the victims of fears and hallucination]. Their food was soon frozen. Fearing every step might be their last, the men faltered, but Da Saussure urged them on and on. Finally, the last precipice was climbed. Could the men believe their eyes? They were at the summit. De Saussure has left an account of his impressions, in which he says " It seemed to me like a dream when I saw below me the majestic summits, the re- doubtable peaks of the other Alps, whose very bases had been difficult and dangerous of approach to me. " I noted their position, their relations, their structure ;. a single glance resolved the doubts that I had been t^ing years to clear up " De Saussure died in 1799, so that he has been a long time awaiting his monument. Jacques Balmat, who accompanied him, be- came a famous Mont Blanc guide. Once, with only his staff, abandonea by his com- panions, Balmat spent three days at the top of the mountain. Since De Saussure, nearly eight hundred tra-vellers have climbed to the summit where he was the pioneer. Made a Minute of it. " Can you tell me darling," he asked, as they sat together in the weak spot of the sofa, " the exact physiological and mathe- matic duration of a kiss " " About a second and a half, I believe," she answered demurely. " Thanks," I will make a minute of it." fi'eTer Fonnd One- Sweet Girl (disrobing)â€" " Did you look under the bed " Old Maidâ€"" What for " " To see if there is a man there." " No, dear, I've given np all hope." A Plausible Suggestion. Sharp- Aosaged Female (to grocer's boy)â€" " I've waited here so long, young man, that I forgit what I cum for." Grocer'sBoy (meekly suggestive)â€" "P'raps It's winegar, mum." HEALTH. ^y^s- '!fi" This is a sensation which correctly indi- cates the nal wante of the svstem, at least, if the stomach is in a normal condition. It wu manifestiy intended that this should fairly representâ€" u the thermometer does the temperatureâ€" to what exttmt the body hu been wuted, its tissues actually destroy- ed, by exercise, physical and mental fool being indicated by thU " foodometer," for the repair of such wute. Hard work, vio- lent efforts, mental labors included, increase the appetite, dmply because such unusual labors wute the tissues uons illy. On the other hand, if theosual amount of labor is diminished, tiiere is naturally a diminished appetite, mercifully indicating a demand for less food. (It is for this reason that those who have been very active in business life, generally live but a short time after leading an indolent life, particularly those who Uttie save to eat and sleep. They overpower the organs of digestion, practically starve themselves. The digestive organs' in their debilitated state, being un- able to appropriate enough to meet the wants of the system.) On the principle of the formation of bad habits, by the use of intoxicants, tobacco, etc., the appetite may become so vitiated, so revolutionized, that what is regarded as himger will not fairly represent the true wants of the system, never to be taken as a guide in the matter of food-taking. Thus, when one habitually uses too much food, more than the system demands, gradually learning to eat more by one- third than usual, a habit is formed, an abnormal appetite created, the result of which is an artificial hunger, or what is called hunger, in no sense reliable. A similiar result is produc- ed when rich and unnatural food is taken, food which satisfies a false appetite, this sensation of supposed hunger being no more reliable then t^e tobacco-user's desire for the " filthy weed." Unnatural longings are in- duced by these causes, often mistaken for hunger, the gra*ificarion of which necessari- ly leads to dyspepsia and various digestive disturbances. ., ..; The Pancreas. The pancreas is a long and narrow organ, extending horizontally back of the upper part of the stomach. It is what in animals is called " the sweet bread." Its cffice is to secrete one of the digestive fluids, called the pancreatic juice, which flows into the duodenum â€" that part of the intestines near- est the stomach. The pancreatic juice passes usually through the same duct that carries the bile, though sometimes it occu- pies a duct of its own. In some respects it resembles saliva, and thus converts starch into sugar; unlike saliva, and like the gastric juice, it also digests albuminous food (flesh) and, still further, like the bile, it aids in digesting fat, forming an emulsion, and resoh'ing it into glycerine and the fatty acids. -^ It will be seen that the pancreas is a very important organ, and yet less is known about its diseases than about those of any other organ of the body. Its proper symp- toms ate largtely hidden -by symptoms in other organs disturbed by it. For instance, it may of itself give no sen- sation of pain, though greatly diseased and yet the inflamniation or irritation of the pancreas, extending to the neighboring "solar plexus," a great number of nerves near the kidneys, may give rise to agonizing neuralgias. The pancreas may be congested, and suffer a consequent hemorrhage, because of ob- struction in the portal circulation â€" the cir- culation through the liver. It may become shrivelled (atrophied) from wasting disease from diabetes from pressure of other en- larged organs, or tumors, on it from fatty degeneration from old age. Its ducts may be obstructed, and result in destruction. Calculi may form in it. Can- cer may attack it. It will be sufficiently evident from this catalogue of maladies of the pancreas, many of which may easUy be mistaken by the patient for a liver trouble, or a disorder of some other organ, that all such disturbances of the system should have the faithful care of an experienced physician. Persons who " doctor themselves" may guess rightiy what ails them, but they are quite as likely to guess the wrong disease, and they may even be in error as to the organ that ib out of order. Positions that Affect Sleep. According to Dr. Granville the position affects sleep. A constrained position gen- erally prevents repose, while a comfortable one woos sleep. He says lying flat on the back Mrith the limbs relaxed would seem to secure the greatest amount of rest for the muscular system. This is Oe position exhausting di^««„. andhHiL*« J «d u* tolieB of revival irt*?*««lliiS ontarriy tarns on the sideTw^KiS several advantages m th. ' "" Câ„¢ which impair or embarrM..?"P«*iiM weaklystetes of the heart Jft OJ and certain morbid conditio. '°*4w the blood SMms to graviute bl 1 *«fi .ue head and to orodnnA h.._i «« li.^ worK stoop, there u probafcCJT'J*; consequent on 8traighteniZ*2!!S Those who have contracted^ J*« W ly persons who have had nl«.^«*2l Nearly all who are inclined f ' in tiiat position, because th^^u^K uvala bang on the tongue ^a^H\ falU back so as to partly cCi**^ «!' windpipe. It is bitter, theS ""PH the sfde, and in the abJSr â-  "^^ snderiog it desirable toT*" le so as to leave the health-? *• the side, and in the abseoce of eues rendering it desirable I weak side so as to leave the heal to expand, it is weU to useThri'?^ because when the body is thn! ' «-,â-  food gravitates more easily outrf tK^^S^ A into the intestines, and the S stomach does not ccmpress the ,,t " tion of the intestines. "PP«t J* I A glance at any of the A-i«o«^i I will show how this must be.'X'S:S are deaf in one ear and prefer t. T ^1 should be chosen. Again, sleepingt-a' arms thrown over the head h to L ?** cated, but this position is often mm^ ing sleep, because cicrulation is then fi*' I the extremities, and the head and ned'JI muscles of the chest are drawn up wT fiS tWoSSeur""^*'"^^^-" th|^s^it?L5:nS^tSni cold in the arms and sometimes sJo ' cause headaches during sleep and drZ I These small matters often make or m comfort in sleeping. â-  ' Water as a Medicine. Ordinary drinking water, if taken in W quantities, acts as a solvent and diure£ and also increases the perspiration iftki temperature of the air be high. Taken i« the quantity of one or two quarts at a time the dilutent effect of water is often snfficieat to eliminate an excess of alcohol from the blood, as after taking too muii wine. Another effect of large drau-hts 1 1 water it to make the pulse slower, and to diminijli slightly the normal temperature of the body Increase of weight has been claimed at a result of systematic water drinking on re tiring for the night. The latest researches do not bear out this conclusion. Water thm taken will prevent any actual loss of weight, but it is not shown that it will do anything more. With the addition of a moder«te stimulant, however, it has often a decidedly fattening effect. To Semove Warts- The Medical Press says that warts maybe removed by the use of magnesia taken in- ternally " It is fairly established that the common wart, which is so unsightly and often so proliferous on the hands and face, can be easily removed by small doses of sul- phate of magnesia taken internally. M. Coli-at, of Lyons, has drawn attention to this extraordinary fact. Several children treat- ed with three-grain doses of Epsom atlu morning and evening, were promptly cared. M. Aubert cites the case of a woman ffhoee face was disfigured by these excrescences, and who was cured in a month by a drachn: and a half of magnesia taken' daily. An- other medical man reports a case of very large warts which disappeared in a fortnight from the daily administiation of ten grains of the salts." Cure Per a Bone-Felon. Take the juice of the leayes of rue, one tablespoonful good, strong soft soap, one tablespoonful and the juice of one red onion these three articles should be thor- oughly mixed, then add a piece of alnm and a piece of copperas, each the' size of a small marble, finely pulverized when the whole has been well mixed it is ready for applica tion, by pouring it into a soft, thin leather bag t oU cloth to fit the diseased member, but not very tight, let it remain on tillsnp puration takes place. The time it takes this composition to produce suppuration de- pends on the length of time the felon has been in progress but it will generally re- move the pus from the bone in the course of two hours, when the suffering will cease. ^^ fcUh^ •» encounter l^'rtTSed np four spools 6^^'^^^eaeedles in sewin f^S^Srsadaytc •"-^ ^\B of the road istok J^** rf.foooUe bearers ca Sr»«^;,^S there are f« *» *» f^hich the women or otl |jjjto*J^ "'»â- ""' t- K-«i of Commerce of j, Cto»'**Si«Bna, said Kavenni J*» ' !^sampl«s of seed of '^.^^TB recentiy saw a ' ?t?bU?Vray wolves and f*- J^* The wol^eB separated rtOcattw- i«rest and attacked Kj/'iettSUcue, and dr ^A*L baby whUe I have a fig ..gold tto 5*^ E„t Boston won »«»»• '^Ia jnst come ashore « ^^„«^y to be entertaine ••r^'StTdiscoveredinP ^â- -tftilSen for many years '•â- "•i thf Jtormon Church. It !•* "^u t.»de a number of con •*'*5dM^husetts, and ha tSr^STorks, having tak t. Laura Winkler of Iowa is « ^iSful temperance worke ThTfact that she is tota .^ no bar to her vigorous wo â- ^t-field the workshop, w tf sSng'and .pe^nal appea odrettpliquordrmkmg. I Two items of show news come fr I ,. a*l«^ One is that m Lond rtiSd wolves are delighting ISltaSr doing tricks such as are l'°??.^;na do28 ' thc othcr 18 tha |B!tK«-i'«ioing much the sa Lthe Winter Circus. I (Jorea recently broke down he Ihu^en so far as to send an envoy K Government was so poc Pd not support him, and, soon I {be end of his resources, he had loTthe Japanese Government to a I pot In desperate straits. An immense picture of the cruci reMofly found painted m oil wi dS^krtistic skill on the wall o tiie island of Daraar, m Campbelt ISooUand. The discovery made a Suntila Mr. Archibald Mel knowledgcd that it had been paim 1 The boys on an English refo; I tke Mersey mutinied recently, anc 1 honrs were in possession of the si smished the furniture and did a d damage, after which sevent worst ringleaders lowered a boat I to the shore. Some of them were Miss Clara Noon, who teache Salnna, Ohio, caught a pupU in I aed, to punish him for lying, s his mouth with soap and water. parents objected to this form of lad preferred charges. The tn a bitter trial, upheld the yo 1^1 Disinfection of the Sick-Boom. In the sick-room no disinfectant can take the place of free ventilation and cleanline* It is an axiom in sanitary science that it b impracticable to disinfect an occupied apart- ment, for the reason that disease-germs are not destroyed by the presence in me atmoi- phere of any known disinfectant in re«pir- able quantity. Bad odours may be yw tralised, but this does not constitute dMBi- fection in the sense in which the term is bere used. These bad odours are for the mon part an indication of want of cleanlinW w ot proper ventilation and it is better w turn contaminated air out of the window or up the chimney than to attempt to punty » by the usei of volatile chemical as-ento, «"» u carbolic acid, chlorine, c., which are w more or less offensive -to the sick, »" " useless so far u disinfectionâ€" properly " called â€" is concerned. Antidotes for Certain Poisons- A standing antidote for poison by poi»» oak, ivy, etc., is to take a handful of qj"" lime, dissolve in water, let it stand m^ hour. thAn nainf. thn Ttniwined DartS Wlw' A man who attended fifty bi Sptin wu asked the other day '« 1 to w many. " In the hope that OBS of the bull fighters killed," 1 "The sport is so brutal and wuted to see the men who are this brutality receive a jtist c for their work." Senorita Matilde Montoya Meiicsn girl to become a doct luttee of young men of the Cit got up a bull fight in honor of ud devoted the proceeds to tb books and instruments for ' bnU fight two of the toreros w( of them seriously. A Hungariem historian, through the archives at Bu( oorerod over 500 wills dated and 1874, which had been put liiat they had been lost sigl estates to which they relate tnated u though the p Mm-3s bad died intestate. A dre Iswsiuts is expected to follow. Tlie native merchants of Ch be inveterate swindlers. A at IStntsin recentiy contra Wes of camel's wool, guart «rt sad sand. When the fii ud passed through the cl 36 per cent, of its gross weigl Wsudand gravel, and b( *Mlhad been wet to make t Md also to make it heavier. A plausible man has visit « Msine this fall, and af t( â- â€¢vtlae of birds u insect •u vi.kedns» of those who py 'Uid a well worded do "My a sledge, not to kill a woalsnners tosign. If W*?**" '^k to him in "•«pe of a promissory n HHcaltariats were thus swi 01^ 5^^*^ strange birds ?**gy Mo., one eveidni f*^ â„¢u afterward one w "*»»• fiodk was captnn â- 2"*»»»«U^»»reitha â- y**e tize of a goose, bl 2*^Wi a long, snake-l r"JH Wtt three inches louj j^* » cormorant, and to ^.y^ eoast ItisstaUal â- ***gfctttUvefiah-