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Show i. The day wa treating ca at last n ascended the range where he felt con- hut. fldent ho should find the Mexican He ass not disappointed, for WOMENS cdj,e of the forest he was gladdened by SALVATION WAIF OF THE RANGE atth T ifl a chll t. father? I ean no the par-pen- the sight or The homely building. From bis position he could not see the obelnd whlU had caused him to underNonsense, uy ject' take what he was ready now to beon; It U some buna foolhardy Journey. No dle hung out front, lieve wa the qJ4 hut. . The doubt It had been some illusion f the distance 1b too great gaze, and ho was tempted to start back to aue with aui,h to Cud his father without climbing to dlfUtctrstBs, even the top of the ridge, which was steeper disVlth tula long than he had thought from the tance, were Hut even granting It fang gla No! He would krow the whote truths a child,- - would fed little interest In after coming so far, and, resolved To Ita fate, for that old nUueture with It move with extreme caution, he left hla occumud wH wad thatched roof i feor-- e d mdrr co rcr pied by oue' of the neaaeESreSTinr the place on foot. it was ever my fortune to run across. approached There was no moon, but In the clear Youxee f wca p?et the place last year ." Father-an- d eon bad paused on the starlight he could see ,no signs of life looked ummit of one ct the lesser mountain about the solitary -- hut, which aa if It for been deserted bad years. a ranges that makes the Argent region look as If it wa set up on cdca. On One spark of hope atlll burned in bis the higher ridge that marked the west- heart. He had not. got In a position ern kcrlron the sinking sun for the yet to see the west end of the but, and moment hung like a silvery ball, soon it was there be fancied he had seen the to drojrduf of sight hatll another day helpless g With heart ho adshould be ushered In from the peaks vanced, obliged to pass around huge ' far to the east. bowlder that ever and anon disputed Mr. Jiad come from New a England several jears before, hoping bis way. What a barren place for to better bis health and bis fortunes home, though a. fertile valley lay no on A Sheep- ranch, but had more than half g mile distant on the seemed to follow him, though forthe-- other -- side. As Harry cama around on the upper Enfirst season he bad prospered. of a pile of rocks, he abruptly side bis wife for had sent he couraged thus, and chHdren to join him. Within a found himself In plain night of the hut, and a wild ery left hla lip ss he saw month srter they had crrlrcd the depredations of a band of cattle thieves the object he had come so far to see! It did not need a second look for him had left film without stock, without to discover that It was a human being home, and his wife and little girl miss-- ' little girl not over four years of ing. A few days later a party of eattl men discovered their dead bodies some age, hanging there In mid-ai- r like a miles to the north In the track of the lifeless thing! A rope was fastened merdleo marauders. Nearly heart- around her slight waist, the other end the broken, dhappointed rancher secured at the top of tho roof, started with bis only earthly tie. loft, 'Shela dead! he exclaimed, but he bis hoy H.vry, pfi a wandering tylp had scarcely uttered the exclamation wherever his fancy led blut. Tie was when a low, piteous wall was borne to at this time on a horseback ride to bis ears on the still night air. lower California, Intending to settle 'Sho lives! he cried, and regardless down there If he found tho country all of the danger he might be running he expected, Into, he dashed swiftly up tho ascent, 'It la high time for ns to be looking not to stop until he was under and for tho night," he within reach of tho swaying figure. up a camping-plac- e said, hanc'lug the glass back to Harry, Another moan of distress cama from who found it herd to turn his gaze from tho helpless little one, as with on8 the distant view. "I think we ahall stroke of his knife he sevored the rope And plroty of grass for our horses, and suspending her In the air. The next water half a mile below here. It will moment she lay perfectly motionless be a well-h- f Itercd spot for us to atop. upon the ground, with him bending Harry had again raised the glass to over her. hta eyea, and was looking more Intently "Poor thing, the Is nearly dead from than cm across the broken landscape fright and hunger. I wonder who to the distant ranrte where tho lingerOh, father, it Is Alice our Alice! About that time the large blue eyes ing rays of the setting sun shone clearest. The d wall of a primitive-slowly opened, to look straight Into looking dwelling stood cut with re- thoee of her brother, who had tfius markable bold uega against the -- clear strangely found her whom be and hi September iky, like a lone sentinel on father bad supposed dead. the bald ridge of barren soil aud rock. "I wish father Lower down the range wa skirted by Harry .stopped in the midst of hla a heavy growth, and off to the right a speech, for upon looking up at the elver glimmered on the scene Ilka a sounds of the hoofstrokca of a horse he broad band td wltu lh tjJCuk eaa , sa hi fat bee tltlimm towmr4 the tlasa, "I missed you, and mistrusting you a had come here I followed at once. So you were right my God! It Is Alice! It I hardly neressary to depict the Joy of the reunited one, and when the Erst transport of their rejoicing had passed, father and aon learned that Alice and her mother had not been killed as reported, but had been carried off toward tho Spanish range by their captor. Upon coming to thi lonely hut of the Mexican. In a fit of coldblooded ferocity they had shot the : owner of the building and suspended their young captive In thejmsitlon In which she had been found". This could not have been accomplished very long before Harry had seen her though the glass, for she declared at the time. Her mother, with two or three s. others, were itlll with the party, Cutter la tho -- ih-fl- high-beatin- - -- half-ruine- -- . iki miM ii tbaMt-waa-moet-alg- ht cap-live- "They would be likely to camp the valley below here. said Mr. In May-bur- -- n, whose excitement hardly knew "Wo must push on and resbound cue them. I am going to turn Alice over to your cere. Harry. Though the had suffered untold agony In that trying position ao many hours, Alice was only too glad to get away from the place, and In less than five mtnptes they were moving as silently as possible down the range. Mr, Mayburn proved correct in his ' SHE LIVES!" HE CRIED. object In the long, wide stretcFof country held his attention. From the western end of the hut was something suspended about half way up its height. It might be. as hla father had said, merely a worthless bundle of no Interest, but be could not was possessed of life. He fancied that he saw It move, and once, as he gazed through the glass, he was almost certain that a white Imploring face had been brought close to his own. This haunting vision waa constantly before him as he and bl father went Into camp on the bank of a beautiful stream, and the tired horses clipped with keen relish the long, sweet grass carpeting the valley. Flndlng be could not swerve his father from his unbelief, he tried to forget all about It, and an hour later both midst of a dream that caused him to spring to his feet with a tow cry of terror. He thought he had been to the old hut. to Cnd there a little girl suffering a dozen fiends In human shape danced about her. Ills fatber waa fast asleep, while the horses, having eaten their flU of the grass, stood quietly noddlug a short -- eiMCADE TO THE DEVIL,. rtr "tTiTu utxct, bi u entitled to he married free by the aher- Iff. - Martin Ballweber, arrested the other In Pittsburg, said he had been a forty-foyears. He la seventy- The very silence of distance away. old. yearn eight the lonely eeene made his dream stand Captain I. J. Merritt, while fishing re-out more real and terrifying. Unable off Greenpoinb I L, was pulle to sleep, he walked down ta the bide of overboard by two sea bass which he had his horse, and almost before he knew It hooked. he was putting the saddle on He back. James Payn and Andrew Lang have "It won t take long to ride over there, he thought, "and I will be back both taken to giving lists of books that before father wakes. If I keep a sharp they have "stuck In and couldnt get lookout no harm can arise from my through without an effort Among them trip. It would be so satisfying to know are "Gil Bias, "Don Quixote, "MarDorn bey cella, "Robert Elsmere, the truth. Being careful to fix the direction in and Son and "The Light that Failed . hta mind, Harry rods silently on his BeLre Jesus lonely Journey, which, had he dreamed taught hU disciples to so long, he would to ha taught them how to glva pray, prove wasolsg never have ventured to undertake. Kam a Ho , ur eolera fly. H Is our tpeclal summer si trttoe. We are staying four or five days In the Various corps, holding THE STAR OF CHRIST. Salvation meetings and sav- IT MAY BE SEEN AGAIN BEFORE ins rlready,by XaU.lv. thu aouls of many. END OF YEAR. - Every girl officer In the district "will 1 tCiraMt Offltxir Baanij 1;r have about tv a days with the party, so Thm pretty lint Prouiied bj the ftorld'A that orly the D. O., her A. I). C. (Capt. Minin City, Oie of the Tun;lBt J Clot CrratPtt at will Hurmoni and the oQ'ers driving Flare in A merle ti.pt. l,Ian,li tonilirUxi Vatembl i ef the Ueavut be stationery. There to be the wagtax' Report. to the liettufftful Ultor. on, containing six, ahd a buggy with the Afternoon writer, and her HE Gal vat low holiness msfttrgs are to be held, Gie f--f ILL the et'ar of Army la carry lug- - slfk and the poor v'tited. as also Jails which Bethlehem, no its warfare and hospitals, and every effort mads wise guided the that an trlr.g about the ra'vatlon ofComen against giK of ther Bibb', , lorado. with the rid Soils. appear during the " Vrs, the district Is prospering and of brigade Cf wclosing years of omb's cavalry. U rrowds keeping good, in spite of the this century ? These was found neces- hot weather and the general emigration are many astronosary, on accouut of to (he- - mountains and the court. A mers who confidenthas been saved, also an the great distances ly predict Its from the penitentiary, esvaped prisoner the and the Separating mining settlements whoso change of heart indisputably recent disturbances of thista'e, to devise some means of manifests itbdf in his Intention to sur- in the heavenly bodies have encouraged render to authorities and to fulfill the some to believe that reaching them Quickly. These great astronomical cuts are as much in need cf religions Just Bf ntenee of the law. phenomenon Is approaching. AccordInstruction as any communities on the "We have haa our share of sickness ing to the calculations of the past, the - . face of the earth. In the state, but every officer tx.bfave star should appear some time between It Is believed by mary thatrthb cav- and devoted, and the Lord s rewards ISUt) and 1895, and the present year will will reckoned them be be not only au emi- for eaih great alry brigade the last oT the tlmo set for It, being nently practical sehejue' but will ap- oh the resurrecticfmr.ernlng, for many there Is considerable anxiety displayed peal to the sense of Uie picturesque of have tolled with weary bodifs yet un- by those interested la the question. In the Colorado people. Ij, iu offleebed by daunted spirits. The soldlersytoo, have the year 1372 the star appeared the last a body of very intelligent and earnest been constant and faithful, and will and of Its appearance then we time, young women, several of whom are not full In Ills expectations of them have most trustworthy account. the s.id, made "Good friends also have distinctly good looking. One evening as I was watihlng Ike fellowFor the most part they were not ex- burdered hearts glad by their heavens In cay f accustomed manner, pert horcew omen. At a parade held at ship and sy inpathy. We all desire our Brahe weftes, "I saw, to my asTycho and Denver the night before a company work to be spiritual and lasting, in the constellation of Castonishment, Ten or started away on a distant mission sev- - are laboring for this end. eral fair troopers nearly came te grief, twelve candidates wait acceptance and siopeia, a brilliant star of unusual clearA few nights before this the but aifh la the enthusiasm and faith will shortly be in garrihon. War Crys ness. r, Cornelius Gemma, of these young women that it la not go weekly to the jails and hospitals of to be doubted that they will quickly our Queen Citv, curr'ed there mostly saw the star, and called it the "new Venus. Both men thought this wonderfully brilliant phenonnrnon' of the heavens, was the old star of Bethlehem, and its appearance at that time tallied with Its periodical appearance in 1204, 915, 630 and 315. In 12G4 the Bohemian astronomer and astrologer, Cyprian gives an account of the appearance In the heavens of a wonderfully attractive star that had not beej there before. In his accounts we have similar descriptions of the strange visitor, appearing suddenly and moving gradually away, until finally swallowed up In space. To him, also, we are Indebted for an account of the same star,. which appeared In 945, when the heavens seemed to be lighted up by this strange The Chinese heavenly phenomenon. chroniclers, who watched the heavens with great care, also mention the appearance ot a comet or new heavenly body, which they thought meant disaster to their crops. It did not bring any 111 luck to the country, and the common people then attributed its appearance to their good gods, and they rejoiced was looking down that the "one-eye- d upon them. There have been altogether twenty-si- x historical accounts of tho appearance of strange new stars In tho heavens. " Many astronomers reason from this that should an unusually brilliant star appear this year. It would not Indicate that It was the old: star ot Bethlehem. They say that the wise men simply raw Venus at the time of Its A SALVATION ARMY CAVALRYMAN IN COLORADO MINING CAMPS. greatest splendor. Others arsume that the star waa occasioned by the conjunction of planets, or that It was a comet. overcome the difficulties o! HertcMck by an earnest woman warrior of Den- In 1826 the German astronomer Ideler, ver No. 1 corps. riding. suggested that the star wa3 a conjuncTho first company cf the brigade re"Erigr.dicr French is shortly to visit tion of planets, nnd Encke repeated it cently left Denver for Central City, the dls'rlct and dedicate to hply ser- in 1831. To support their theory, they where a mining disaster h?d occurred. vice our "Womens Cavalry Brigades, show that there was a conjunction ef success we Jupiter, Mars and Saturn tn September They er.pec.ted that This incident would for whose incline tha ralnerso listen to their ask the prayers of all intereeted in the of the year 8B.C. lost sheep of the world's fold, that their preaching and prayers. During the last year unusual disThis Journey was not made on horse- bleatlngs for help may net fall upon turbances and appearances In the hcav-enl- y back but in a wagon and a buggy. The deaf cars which refuse to be laid upon bodies been noticed Joy have Ivarfiors-we- nt with guitars, thwthrobhrng heart of great humanity firmed as if they were somewhat scientists, cymbals and tambourines, and of lest the sound of music and dancing be affected by the attractive force of ancourse dressed In the full uniform of hushed or changed Into the sadder other body not regularly acting upon of cries cf want and woe! the army. them. More meteoric showers have They are going among the most been reported In the southern part of A which NEW KIND OF CLUB. picturesquely tough papulation the world than usual, and storms of thi country produces, one which has nepBii destructiveness have swept over m Mnt great Sell Uruke and been made familiar to ns principally the whole globe. The coldness of the Dlnrr Formod AuoolaUon. aa by Bret Harte. Their work will take The Broken Plate club la a curious last winter is attributed by astronomers them among the dance halls, gambling to the influence of the planets, and hou-e- s, saloons and other dens that Utile association or' brotherhood, with whenever a comet has In approached the a small in headquarters the village cluster about a mining camp. Tho earth Ifflbe past, unusual weather has miners are famous fnr their chivalrous Department of the Nord. France. Sevbeforehand, as If to announce treatment of women. We shall hear be- eral years ago a party of manufactur- prevailed Its coming. Moreover, the powerful and merchants were er! dining fore long of the Salvation Army girls when by chance a plate rellcsFIrom the telescopes nowr uoed for scanning the oxnerienco among them. 1 ieap-pcaranc- e, author-astronome- -- Lo-wlt- z, Tike" 6fi Uio 'HiOEi''iu,rrpstTn 'officers cf the Lrlgade Is Capt, Bluncho B Cox, who Is to be In command at Central City. She has a pale, earnest face, wavy black hair brushed bark from her forehead, and wears glasbes. Her expression is one of the keenest Intelligence and sympathy. She bears considerable resemblance to Mra. Balling-to- n Booth, the chief Woman officer of the Salvation Army. , Cnpt. Cox U an Englishwoman of good family. She was persuaded to Join the Salvation Army hy Mr Booth at the age of fourteen, and alncBshe-was seventeen has been engaged In the severest kind of work In its service. Her experience has extended from the flams of London to Central India. In the latter place her heal'h broke down, and she went to Colorado to save her life. Gome of the other cavalry "officers orthenrhsa lain down under Their blankets for a night's sleep. It must have been near midnight when Harry awoke with A a tart in the untold agony from being hung by a I JAY AWilt I. C BuuT on . 'Ll Diyiton, Cadet L. E. Pitt, Major Harmon and Capt. N. CL Fouer. Tbe brigade officers vblted the gar-da- y rison of the army on tho way to p tral City rnd lost no opportunity to fgbt tho devlt. By this t mo prosura- My they are making fearlers but 0,,s avalrY raids pgainst hiaXorcea In the vicinity of the mining city. The last Information received cbout them was from Capt. Blanche B. fox, who lmlosed a fine photograph of herself and her slater officers and wrote as follows: 'Let me first, however, state that the accompanying picture represents the P oup of officers chosen for one trip la the Salvation wagon, which, ere this Is VavcliR5 over the Mouata'n our fa r Colorado. ,lsi Ja6 eTcrY station where the army M. Cen-tram- per-ecnt- ly rtTroke: eclipses, as If the disturbance had caused some of the lesser bodies to travel a Little out of their courses. The wonderful variable star Algol, in Pere-su- s, for instance, has constantly of late undergone great changes. A dark body, almost as large as Algol, has several times blotted out Its existence from our view. The appearance of this huge black object is a mystery to astronomers today. Then the Bnows of Mars, which have so long been visible to powerful telescopes, have gradually disappeared. Early last October it waa reported th the polar snow cap of Mars had entirely disappeared. NO such rapid and unexplained disappearance of the snew on the earth or on Mara has ever before been reported. Jupiter, in its recent appearances, has been more brilliantly belted than ever before, and aa It rises it displays an unwonted profusion of Strangely enough, tbj number of piece with tho number corresponded' exact of diners. Upon th; rcumstance a clety was formed t only those then and there present, and to terminate finally on the death of the last member. To each man was assigned a piece of the broken plate. Tho men meet and dine each year, and though no deaths have occurred as yet fa the lltt'e association, tho unwritten laws read that when each member dies hla piece shall he handed over to the Presl-den- t, Wbo, one by one, shall fasten the fragments together. When every member save one has parsed away, that man shall add hts final bit to the plate, cementing it firmly In, and shall have it -burled, de Taking Cart nt tha Taath. cay said a dentist, but constant care la this respect easily prolongs the life of a tooth. The general health usually has a good deal to do with it. People used to thick that it was a useless expenditure to have children's teeth filled before the arrivaLofthe second Kit, butj more of them are being educated to the fact that the longer the first set is pre-- i served the better the quality of the Beecnd set w ill be. Every child, as soon as he Is able to handle a brush, should have one and be taught to uso It regularly,';, , Catling a Halt. Now, papa,' Just this once! Daughter Mr. Cattlcranch Very well, then. But, remember this Is the last tlmo I'll over put up for a trousseau! After this youll have to sat e your alimony. Tf THE LATEST STAR. Ctab (o Ilerome Ou of the Kirheet of the Hittlnf Melee Utah's kftrlfurfenjha brn franeds lnr people will adopt St in November, wll and soon tbiTt after the Preen!! t atsl the ffie-i'hbuo hU Territory- tin LUlory of wlilill so tin potc'uy of pa i ue, persistence aud fjuli. aud w.tliin whiU was hr- -t raised oti the IVce.cru Sliqsv the sian lard ot civil zailan will lw admitted to afp-rtpriviiegi's of a sou-- - lUu-Tu.- eS n clgn stale. It will be a happy day for Utah-- a happy day for the iwlon the day Vtuhs sh.-ik(min her stvppW limbs the trA'tt-inclof TturjHiriul lift, aud wl'h her dowry of wcal.h and" brains Is received luio the faintly of stales. Then puW'e . Interest will center in tli new and the eopl, will look to it for an answer to tb quistlon. What have you within your border for the making llow little of a great conitnouweahlil should Utah be by this inquiry? No Western Sia'e ever entered the Ininir.lfPT a longer period ef preparation or w ltb more splendid men or resources. Utah has 'JfiO.Otk people trained and of Industry. disciplined to the ta-Utah bus a rba'.n of fertile valleys extending from Idaho to Arizona under a system of Irrl j ttioti as perfect as anv In the world valleys rimmed by treasure-tilled mountains, and checkered wi h little farms, whereon, in many instances for nearly half a century, has been exemplified in the perfection of husbandry. mere mention of Utah has mines-t- he tiano-- s the atof which eonqM'U tention of the whole mining world. Take for Instance, i he Ontario, diviIt - has paid $13, 175,000 tn dends, or the "Horn Silver." dividends, $.',147, 500, or the Daily. dividends, $2,850,000, or several others that are a neck or two over the. million mark. These, above mentioned, tire silver properties, but there are others bearing gold bright, glittering gold In liberal quantities. In one gold mine alone, the Mer-cudividends are being paid on the Msiw of half'a million a year, while iu n the Mercur d'striet, infinitesimal iu with other in'nlug districts, there Is a duster of pure gold bearing properties that aggregates in vsluo manv millions of doll ir. In the light of the-i- e figures, Is It unrcnsouablu b assert that Utah is one of the greatest mining regions in the United States? Where else can you find so many precious metals, so many minerals of use In the arts and in commerce, and In such great bulk? There Is even gold In tho water of the Great Salt Lake and health In the air that goes with It but that Is not all Here is a field for the business man that Is new and fruitful. Almost every conceivable resource In the shape of raw material is within the reach of the manufacturer. If this H an age of progress, as has been assirted, then Utah affords the opportunity to expand nnd increase the trade of tho world that Is whnt fc needed. Utah has pastoral resources of unlimited possibilities. It simply needs the people to demonstrate- - it. No more bounteous, golden gram overflowing, fields, or heavier-ladevines and fruit, trees ever gladdened the heart aud pocket of sun browned husbandman than the hundred fold harve.-t- s of this f.ir land-- . No greener pastures ever feasted a herd of thriving cattle and no - soil has proved more Inexhaustible thin this. Water In abundance Just when and where needed and fresh nnd pure from its mountain sources. Utah lias other things, a climate incomparable, a marvelous Dead sea, numerous enrittve mineral springs, co d measures liiexhanst'ble, mountains of iron, sulphur, salt aiul asphaltum, and a capital city, the like of which fo. beauty of situation and enviroment, tho World does not posMcsa capital city with the great temples and structures of the Mormon people, with miles and miles of shaded, brook-linebtreets, with stately business blocks a capital city where a healthy people do a healtuy business, and the arms of 'Its trade reach out over an empire greater in area than all of the New England and Middle States, aa empire of which Salt City Is the railroad, financial, edue religious, commercial and social center. If all of these pn wessons are factor In the growth of a great suite, then tho new State of Utal may face Without a tremor. suveo-etgmy- ks r, oom-jmrlso- n d tbe-futu- A A QUEER SHAMPOO, XVhUkbroom Itojr (lot III Instruction Btdlf Mixed Cp. From the Buffalo Express: In one nf the hotel barber shops a small Italian boy named Joe officiates with the whisk broom. The other day the hotel house- -' keeper sent doan to the proprietor of. the shop and asked him to fix her up a bottle of shampoo. He fixed It and told Joe to take It up to the housekeeper. You tell her, said tho barber, to take half a teacup cf the shampoo and put It in two teacups of water and - Joe took the shampoo and went up to the housekeeper with. It In a short time Give It to her all right? Yes, said Joe. u With the directions? -Yes, said Joe, again. Half an hour later the barber noticed the housekeeper out' in the hall, looking curioualy Into the shop. He walked out to where she was. LleHsv-cf- ee ea ki. : Wbien'Tr ityAf h you drunk or crazy? What do yeu mean? asked the barber. with much dignity. You must be One or the other, judging from tho message you sent up with that shampoo. What message did I send?" Joe told me you said to tell ms to take a cup of tea and put It in the bottle and Be about itr more or less showers of meteors, so that its face could not be seen distinctly, but when the atmosphere did for a short time clear up, it shone with unusua. brilliancy. Its brightness in the last few months has attracted considerable attention, even among those who are not experT"star gaxera. All of these facta, taken In conjunction with the changing condition of the weather upon the earth, have led many to predict the approach of something unusual In the gammer Lore solar system. This object will, very Ah, me! Now when fond memory bring likely, be a new star, comet or wonderMy thoughts back to the past ful conjunction of two or more planets, I see .that, like so many things. or tho star of Bethle- - It was too good to last or , hem, No peace nor ease the heart can know Every inordinate cup Which, like the needle Is unblessed, and the Ingredient is a Turns at the touch of Joytrue, or woe. -devli But, turning, trembles teo. Mrs. Shakespeare. GrevUle. |
