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Show St fal4fftl1fttf PlucI? Louis and both trained to western enterprise from early life. A little later the party came to the an3 GlEvenlure. BRAVE PATHFINDERS. HE following ezcorpt Is from George Bird StOlC.O nells reminiscence of Fre-)monts Expeditions, now 'XOW running in Forest and R etream: Fortunately Fremonts party was bead of the annual Santa Fe cara- vans, which Insured them good grass et the camping places. They bad not gone far before they met parties of Mohave Indians, who seemed friendly enough, but on the day following, two Spaniards, a man and a lad, came Into camp telling of their party of six having been attacked by Indians, about eighty miles beyond the encampment They bnd with them about thirty Worses, and were suddenly attacked y a party of Indians, who had previously been In camp and seemed friendly. The horse guards the two rho had Just come Into Fremonts tamp drove their animals through the Attacking party and escaped with their horses, which they had left about twenty miles behind on coming to Fremont's camp. When the white men came to the dace where the horses had been left It appeared that the animals had been driven off by the Indians. Carson and Godet, with the Mexican Fuentes, started after them, but In the evening the Mexican returned, his horse having given out. In the afternoon of the next day a war whoop was heard, such as Indians make when returning from a victorious enterprise, and soon Carson and Godey appeared, driving before them a hand of horses, recognized by Fuentes to be part of those they had lost. Two bloody scalps, dangling from the end of Godeys gun, announced that they bad overtaken the Indians as well as the horses. They informed us that after Fuentes left, from the failure of bis horse, they continued the pursuit lone, and toward nightfall entered the mountains, info which the trail led. 'After sunset the moon gave light, and they followed the trail by moonshine until late In the night, when it entered narrow defile and was difficult to follow. Afraid of losing it in the darkness of the defile they tied up their horses, struck no fire and laydown to sleep in silence and in darkness. Here they lay from midnight, till morning. At daylight they returned the pursuit, and about sunrise discovered the horses, and immediate ly dismounting and tying up their own they crept cautiously to a rising ground Which intervened, from the crest o Which they perceived the encampment of four lodges cIobo by. They pro; needed quietly, and had got wltbl; thirty or forty yards of their objac' When a movement among disclosed them to the Indians. Giving) the war shout they Instantly charge Into the camp, regardless of the num ber which the four lodges would lmplyj The Indians received them with 4 Ifllght of arrows shot from their long bows, one of which passed through Godeys shirt collar, barely missing the neck. Our men fired their rifles upon a steady aim and rushed in. Two Indians were stretched upon the ground fatally pierced with bullets; the rest fled, except a lad that was The Bcalps of the fallen captured. the-hors- were instantly stripped off, but in the process one of them, who had two balls through his body, sprung to his feet, the blood streaming from his skinned head, and uttering a hideous bowl. An old squaw, possibly his mother, stopped and looked back from the mountainside she was climbing, The threatening and lamenting. frightful specatcle appalled the stout hearts of our men, but they did what humanity required, and quickly terminated the agonies of the gory savage. They were now masters of the camp, which was a pretty little recess in Hie mountain, with a fine spring, and apparently safe from invasion. Great preparations bad been made to feast a large party, for It was a very proper place for a rendezvous, and for the celebration of such orgies as robbers of the desert would delight in Several of the best horses had been killed, skinned and cut up, for the In dians, living in mountains and only coming Into the plains to rob and mur der, make no other use of horses than to eat them. Large earthen vessels were on the fire, boiling and stewing the horse beef, and several baskets containing fifty or sixty pairs of moccasins indicated the presence or expec tatlon of 'a considerable party. They released the boy, who had given strong evidence of the stoicism or something else of the savage character, in com mencing his breakfast upon a horse's bead as soon as he found he was not to be killed, but only tied as a prison er. Their object accomplished, our men gathered up all the surviving horses, fifteen in number, returned upon their trail, and rejoined us at our camp in the- - afternoon of the same day. They rode about 100 miles in tbe pursuit and return, and all in thirty hours. The time, place, object and ntfmbers considered, this expedition of Carson and Godey may be considered among the boldest and most disinterested which the annals of western adventure, so full of daring deeds, can present Two men. In a savage desert, pursue day. and night an unknown body of Indians into the defiles of an unknown .mountain, attack them on sight withdut counting numbers, and defeat them in an instant and for what? To punish the robbers. of the desert, and to aveuge tbe wrongs of did not, know. whom fexlcans It was they Carson and Godey who did this the former an American, rn in the Boonsliek County of MIS' i; the latter a Frenchman, horn in place where the Mexicans had been attacked. There were found tbe two men of the party, both killed by arrows, but of women there was no trace, they haring evidently been carried away. Journeying onward, making short marches and some that were very long, they kept on along the Span lsh trail. .May 4 the longest Journey of all, between fifty and sixty miles without any water the skeletons of horses were constantly seen along the tall, Ilpurly expecting to find water, we continued to press on, until toward midnight, when, after a hard and uninterrupted march of sixteen hours our wild mules began running ahead, and in a mile or two we came to a bold running stream so keen Is the sense of that animal, in these desert regions, in scenting at a distance this necessary of life," ATTACKED BY AN OCTOPUS, My first experience of tbe octopus, writes Frank T, Pullen In Creatures of the Sea, was In a little bay in Stewart Island, New Zealand. A small river flowed Into this bay, notable for Its fine flounders, and the crew of the ship In which I was then a sailor soon discovered that the easiest way of catching them was to wade about on the fine sandy bed with bare feet, the water being only up to and when they'felt the flat body wriggling under their soles, to tread firmly and stoop, groping In the sand until they had tbe flounder safe between finger and thumb. They they would raise him and put him in the bag strapped across their shoulders. By and by we discovered that the nearer the sea the finer the flounders, and so one sunny afternoon I was wad ing in the bay near tbe mouth of the rivulet and picking up some fine sped mens. Suddenly I trod upon something like a blob of jelly. Fearing a sting I made to step off, only to feel both my logs gripped in several places by something that clung as if it would mld-thlg- eat into the flesh. I stooped, and felt a long wblpllke tentacle twisted round my right leg. I tore it off, and felt a nausea which made me quite giddy. But no sooner had I removed one snaky thing than another held me, and another and another. The water was shallow, but I began to feel as if I must be dragged down, drowned and devoured by this horrible thing. Fortunately I retained some presence of mind, and drawing my sbeatb knife I reached down cautloiisly to where I felt the main body of the thing, and avoiding my bare feet, I stabbed steadily into tbe central part of the beast I was successful, for presently I felt the clutch of the tentacles round my legs relax, I saw the water stained with sepia,- and I smelled tbe odor of stale musk, which all cuttlefish emit when disturbed. I felt quite certain that had I been laid hold of iu water out of, my depth by one of these creatures only a miracle could have saved me from drowning. ROUTS BEAR WITn A SONG. One of the oldest Inhabitants of the Catskill section of New York had a terrifying experience on the old Mountain House road on a recent night. The oldest inhabitant is a venerable and rusty black bear who ha beeu dodging the bullets and kodaks of huntsmen and tourists for years and years. There was a picnic at South Lake, and just at sundown the Rev. Dr. G. M. Rockwell, pastor of Catskllls Baptist Church, with hla wife and a load of Sunday-schoo- l children, drove homeward over the old Mountain House road. There la little travel on this road, and the old black bear was dozing in the middle of the dusty highway. Suddenly the worthy pastora voice raised in religious song, smote bruins ear. It was a new and terrifying noise. The crack of the rifle and the bay of hounds were familiar notes of menace to bruin, but the strains of Greenlands Icy Mountains rumbling among the tree tops threw him Into panic. Just then the pastors faithful horse work up and snorted a warning. Right ahead in the deepening gloom the startled pastor and his little charges saw an awful 6hape upright on a pair of huge hind legs. It was bruin, externally formidable, but quaking within. There was a terrified squeal from the children and a wild whirl of the pastors whip. With a roar of fright the old bear lowered his forepaws and galloped Into the underbrush with - the speed of a Suburban whiner. had Greenlands Icy Mountains wrecked his nerve. Student of bear-olog- y think that the terrified animal will probably run himself to death. New York World. BRAVERY OF SERGEANT BRYAN. Travis T. Bryan, a Sergeant In ComInfanpany A, of the Twenty-secon- d try, is a soldier whose name will be remembered by the troops in Mindanao, Philippine Islands. Sergeant Bryan won his Certificate o Merit on January 22 of test year. With his company he was on guard garrisoning a captured Moro fort on the banks of the Ramlen River. On this occasion the Moros made a desperate attempt to recapture the fort, and In the action two of his company officers were wounded and fell in the doorway of the fort They lay In the direct line of the Moro fire. Bryan put himself In front of the worst wounded of the officers, shielding him from fire, and in the meantime making it possible for tbe other officer to crawl to a place of safety. Bryan stood his ground until a rescuing party arrived, and when the smoke cleared away the number of dead Moros In front of the blockhouse showed what a marksman the Sergeant was. HOUSEHOLD FFAIRV e' FOR PUFF PASTE. For rolling puff paste hollow gl rolling plus filled with ice water cracked Ice are recommended. F ing a rolling pin an ordinary bottle been suggested. 1 THE EMANCIPATED WOMAN. A pretty new light shield to be at, tached to gas jets or crystal globe la d new woman seems to have The Villie saw some dynamite. to the point where It Is a matter a big butterfly of artist proof paper,' city prOouldnt understand it quite; of doubt as to which is now really decorated with black spots and sprineheape'Curidmty never pays; See r It rained Willie seven days. the weaker sex. At least, there are kled with gold. White butterflies show: Princeton Tiger. 6' some woman who evidently consider markings of American beauty red. themselves physically superior to those Newark Advertiser. CAUSE OF THE TROUBLE. who were once as lords of Miss Jnstin Do tell me! What Is creation. In all regarded times of danger tbe THE NEW SCARFS. the newest thing in swell gowns? safety of women and children has Miss Tartun Why, dear, you are. The flat scarfs often shade through been supposeed to be tbe first considChicago Tribune. eration. It is different now, at least tones of one color and are to be had CHILL THE DISH. in some Save the men In any of the seasons colorings. MarANOTHER DANGEROUS STAGE. first! was quarters. A cut glass dish used for Ice ertj the cry of Mme. Gast own- abou scarfs of similar size and shape Medical Studenv What Is the sur- er and should be chilled before using, not ' j skipper of the motor boat Ca- are also offered In many colorings, and est sign of convalescence? denly, but with care. Plunge the mille, when the rescuers from a French these are little cravats, similar Id Old Practitioner When the patient Into cold water and after a minute warship got on board her poor little shape to those made in fur last winter, two take it out and put on it a begins to make love to his nurse. craft to snatch her and the rest of the bnt fashioned now of ostrich, marabou, Town Topics. lumps of Ice. This will preserve crew from the violence of the sea. chiffon, tulle or lace. dish from danger of cracking. Save the men first! It sums up In These cravats meant to encircle the HIS WAY OUT. a Sentence the attitude of emancipated throats and cross In front or on the POINTERS FOR THE COO$. Fond Mother Well, Mr. Crltleus, women. Indianapolis News. shoulder, are made In varying lengths, as were the fur cravats, but one of When baking potatoes prick ttJ what do you think of Marys voice? Mr. Critlcus the most attractive models is compare WOMEN AS STATION AGENTS. Astonishing volume, deeply with a fork before putting tlj In the oven. They will cook better madam! Its volume is simply wondertively short One rounded is caught A Western railway is making some up across the other with a little clusful. Somerville Journal. quicker for the pricking. radical changes in tbe personnel of its ter of artificial flowers, When mashing potatoes use hot matching in employes, and it is now predicted that color the hat or frock with which thd 11 AT P. M.. If beeu and intbe you have all the smaller stations on its line cravat is warn. using cold you will be surprflf Mr, Boreih Every thing sticks so eventually will be in charge of women Made of closely set little frills ol difference in tbelr lightness. 'this humid weather. Is for it the introduction of women tulle, chiffon or Valenciennes lace, thi( Miss Patience Is that the reason FOUR POST BEDSTEADS COMIG you cant pull yourself away, Mr. station agents which constitutes the model is a charming accompaniment to inThe first innovation was novelty. the and will often supple Borem? Cleveland Plain Dealer. four-pobed The troduced a year ago, the experiment mentlight frock, collar and chem the transparent pears to be coming back Into fa starting with one woman, who turned isette or guimpe very acceptably NO ROOM FOR DOUBT. and amateurs are turning their at out a most valuable assistant. Not There are, too similar scarfs, of soft White tlon to its decoration. Painting, ci Why do you think Smith only were her monthly accounts models over sheer silk with a veillace laid looks upon marriage as a failure? of neatness and accuracy, but she had Ing, fancy basket work and embroldj I heard him say not long ago been in the office but a short time be- ing of chiffon, and bordered by a narare all employed. If the bedsp VGray row line of ostrich or marabou or by does not fall low at tbe sides a ler, thyt he would never go to the peniten- fore she began to offer valuable sug- a ruching of little frills of lace or silk. of linen with a deep fall of lace Is tiary for bigamy. Detroit Tribune. to road how as make the to gestions scarfs are made, like Long on at tbe corners. This has a v with the people along the line. the littlestraight popular of little overlapp 4$ cravats, MUD. CLEAR AS The full measure of her capability was frills of sheer stuff or good effect on any bed and Is ea lace, and ona Is what ofand Inexpensively done. Croche' Mrs. Cbugwater Joslah, not discovered, however, until the beautiful of this shape scarf Imported " much In vogue now for the trlmm! the meaning of the word equinox? ficials made a tour of Inspection, when triple frills of chiffon for a border, of tea, toilet and sideboard cloths It comes from the womans station was found to be had Mr. Chugwater while the centre of the scarf was covwell as for nightdress cases, piuct equus, horse, and noxious, bad. Bad the best kept one on the road. Inquiry ered throughout its length by huge Ions and the ends of bolsters. U horse. Will you never learn to use revealed that since she had taken the white silk and velvet popples witty Tribune. Observer. mind? own Chicago station It had ceased to be a lounging touches of lyour yellow and green at thei place, there was no rowdyism, and the hearts. The poppies were applied THANKS. "WITH DECLINED now benches clean. and floors were ITEA TABLE FURNISHINGS. flatly to a chiffon and silk foundation! This ex good record encour- and their great loose crinkled silk A. new idea in household furnish! aged the road to experiment further, outer isL a tea table on which Is overlapped each other. spreat and It is Interesting that the other Newarkpetals Advertiser. clpth having a white background v women appointed have also glvn a a graceful design in blue. As a sett t good account of themselves. JThe ns foj a blue and white china or for disPARIS. AMERICAN WOMEN IN woman to station found Is agent a room done in Dresden colors thUVls play more tact In handling people (than The women folk from across the t4y effective and a pleasing varlstiii men agents, and there have been fewer Straits or across the wide Atlantic are frofn the regulation tea table, wj'11 complaints in consequence. Vogue. instantly to be detected from their, fancy cover embroidered in Gallic sisters. Take the Rue de la or wjth plain white squares ,0 ( BIG. FELTS HATS Paix; It is the stalking ground at this They are made of I ht The small hat has had its day. With minute of every lady traveler In the' weight material, fsomethlng like I the auturpn big, picturesque styloftje-- 1 town. It presents not only a study In crepe, are Inexpensive and I siume their interrupted dominion. but a study in female very wellvrlth the light, ry not often that a winter fashion cT J nations, summer draperies! With a tea set of Say, ma, do you see those1 foretold with certainty so early tprfe sweet hats across the road? ejacu-- ; old blue china one-o- f these covers Is a season. In the sweltering days of 7uly, lates a feminine voice that we sus- plesstng accompaniment, but even when cloak models stagger under furs What a without family heirlooms it makes an picion belongs to Chicago. and wholesale buyers perspire as they lovely tulle ruff! says another, emagreeable substitute for tbe everlasting Her Father I regret finger velvets and heavy cloths, there is bracing the shop front in the excess white used during the most of the year. man, that circumstances always a gamblers risk about inlvest-ment- s. of her enthusiasm. decline have no control compel To buy the thing capricious I have discovered an American lady THE CARE OF LINENS. woman will not like when she gets of your offer for my daughters hand." long residence In Paris, and v ll! Man circumThe What back to town means ruinous advertis- versed In the art of dress. To her 1 Young Every housewife delights In having stances are those? ing to convince her of her mistake, with nlJe linens for her table, and thosej a delicate question, which I would, Her Father Yours." Pick Me Up. Inevitable loss at the far end of the put In are damask never dare to resolve on my own accheaper havy t as they wear longer and look Infinitely bargain. count Which are the better dressed,1 The small hat has been a blunder. when they come to NO TIME TO EXPLAIN. better than the light weight linens. Paris, English or. The thinner cloths can be starched eter You have quit complaining about A wave of laughter has swept over the Americans? I asked. Like a flash! country at sight of gentle, dignified the answer came, The Americans. I: so little, thereby giving the appears ice the vrlce of meat of heavier weight. This must be d ne Had to quit, answered the Indus- women transformed by polo turbans requested an explanation. I suppose carefully, for a stiffly starched tible trious citizen. I am kept so busy Into the likeness of impertinent minxes. the answer is, she said, that my' cloth la unsightly, to say the least hustling for the price that I no longer Not In ten years has there obtained a countrywoman are more adaptable thaq In buying table linen It is well to re- have time to complain. Chicago fashion so generally unbecoming. yours. They are quick and eager fox Given a good hairdresser to adjnst new Ideas. I have only noticed that member that a check pattern In p sin Journal. the coiffure to the hat, a certain saucy adaptability in one class in England; or elaborate blocks with warp ind smartness has been attainable. With- the woof running straight across I th A RABID VIEW. aristocracy. The smart woman lq out the hairdressers aid, the average London Is very smart ways ia a better bargain than a fl rat But what said Miss "Now, professor, Kay, woman would not have looked worse, would or curved pattern that costa the sa ne; you term your upper middle know something of human nayou unless for tbe check pattern is more ea classes the daughters of bankers a id ture; at what age does the average Fortunately the flat bread and but- professional men, even of members of manufactured, and, in consequenci a man of Intelligence marry? ter plate that Frenchwomen have Parliament the less well turned out better quality of linen is put Into cl th replied the "Dotage! promptly of this design than into fancy patte ns crabbed against their than ours. I think the chief fault lies old fellow. Philadelphia Press. slapped perpendicular foreheads and have called hats have the desire of the Englishwoman td at the same price. not prevailed so largely In New York dress picturesquely. The result Is that FELINE. City as have the polo turbans. Wher- she often attains an effect which rq Do you like the cut of my ever Tess they have been seen they have minds ns of liberty art curtains every new skirt? taken first prize for folishness. pretty, but not suitable for clothes. Jess Very much. Again, In hats, I think the Amert Do Tess , you, really? SHADES FOR PARLOR LAMPS. cans have it They may speak InfeJess Yes, Indeed, I had three just When refurnishing the house one rior English, but they wear Letter hata like It when they were In style. cannot have too many dainty than the average Englishwoman. Philadelphia Press. about. As the lamp is such an There was no shadow of hesitation Important factor in the pretty home, In the decision. Will the verdict be Cream Crullers Two scant cup pis COUNTING THE COST. the girl, who has nothing In particu- unanimously received? Paris Letter fas of granulated sugar, two cups Do you believe that time Is lar to do, Is Bacon making shades for them, Pall Mall Gazette. cream, two teaspoonfuls of baking p W' money? and they are exceedingly attractive der In sufficient flour to roll out Egbert Certainly I do." and well worth the trouble and time Cut Into shapes and fry in hot lard Well, If you had a dollar watch.and one takes for making them. The Potatoes an Gratln One cupful had to wind it up for a week, how heavy silk and glass covered shades diced boiled potatoes, one-ha! fS cupful much would a dollar watch cost?" are carefully stored away, and In their of cracker crumbs, two tablespoonfuls Yonkers Statesman. see of we delicate the thing places of melted butter and two-thirof a silk, or paper, which looks as if light of cheese. of each Put cupful A GENTLE REMINDER. layers woven by spiders or those covered potatoes and cheese In a buttered bakGreen gloves are a trifle garish. cretonne. with Blue husband Mrs. so is tired My ing dish, cover with crumbs, pour over unrivaled are elbow gloves in lemon yelCretonne There stands coal bills practically about that I dont a cupful of milk or white sauce Fnd hearing ; for the dress of country cot- low silk. , this him to mention it year were dare and again bake twenty minutes In a modejLie home. One shade made and I conout. shall do? What all a city tage tremendous robe is The gown oven. J Mrs? True Let him freeze for a of this material Is cupola shape, and venience. . Turkish Rice Wash very thoroughly douhas the ribs outlined by narrow chile and hell think of it himself. Is wearing linen, white Everybody a cupful of rice. Dissolve four tableble folds of silk, gathered through the or colored. Detroit Free Press. ! spoonfuls of butter In a saucepan hnd centre and twisted around the gathon blouse outer Patch the add to it one cupful of strained tomato, pockets SUFFICIENT CAUSE. ering string, so that it has a whirling one pint of water, a teaspoonfnl of salt, Pink silk is gathered in are handy. was all lighted np appearanivT Snbbubs house a saltspoonful of pepper and a teaWhat a smart little air the black the form of a crown, at the top, leavspoonful of onion juice. Turn the rice night, said the first suburbanite. a wide stiff heading which is gath- velvet collar gives to a white linen ing Yes, replied the other, they were Into the saucepan with this mixture, ered so full at its base that it stands jacket and when It begins to boil set where celebrating a silver Jubilee. of itself. The crown is A different chain of beads to match Nonsense they havent been married np straight it will cook very slowly for an hour. from the heat of the lamp by every frock Is the rule of the particprotected e years. Do not stir the rice, and when done twenty-fivof isinglass. An effect- ular ones. ' No, but they have had one cook for an Inner circle serve at once. . ive fringe to hang from the lower rim Those pretty petticoats of pale colPhiladelphia Press. Is made from a double fold of cretonne, Pineapple Muffins Sift two and one-ha- twenty five days. ored lawn have their uses with gowns four inches wide, cut to within a that match. cupfuls of flour and mix with It AN EVIL BLUNDER. three teaspoonfuls of baking powdet. quarter of an Inch of the two edges Net gowns are in high favor. On a saltspoonful of salt and four dessertI made a serious mistake into stripes not the least bit over a tbe white net and has It dyed buys spoonfuls of sugar. Beat two eggs In said the doctor. eighth of an Inch wide. Shades desired color. the s a bowl and Into it pour was the it? What drugelaborate their have ge less queried a of shapes coffee cupful of milk; add this to the gist. Stripes are coming into favor again,. ;v tions filled with bolting cloth decor- other mixture and beat in three I charged a stranger 52 for a con- ated In dainty Marie- Antoinette and after the long reign of cheeks they of melted butter. Lastly Jdir sultation ranswered-thM. D., and scenes. A fringe of tiny opalescent are rather a relief. In one cupful of grated pineapple. Jfill after paying It he said he fully ex- beads finishes these hand painted The all flower hat is not much in s the muffin rings shades and fine chenille outline the evidence this season, delicate straws full and pected to pay 10. Columbus twenty-fiv- e bake t minutes. ribs and rim. , snd laces taking precedent evo-lute- TO KEEP BUTTER. Fill a bowl with cold water. J the butter on a plate and put on top tbe bowl; then take a piece of but muslin and put over tbe butter let both ends drop Into the water,, can easily get the butter tor use, you will find It Is quite solid and cot Washington Star. ' -- st Ni ) I,r-moai- hero-worship- . t m-t- o , f, ls sft lf inXitean - -- lf to-da- J two-third- taMe-spoonfu- ls e two-third- at-ou- |