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A FATHER'S AWFUL DEED, SHOT HIS DAUGHTER DEAD ON HER WEDDING NIGHT. iimp.r i 1 10 IB Eaaie *' Isullasi Territory "rertlve Him. J.rk t It Was I tor Whlskev Thai Uld If In lha western part of the Cherokee country, in the Indian Territory, liee a light elevation cat up by nomeraui hillt end valleys and oorered with * rank growth <f iorub oaks and tall prairie grasr wherever the rooki are covered with sutfi- oieoc toil to maintain vegetation. Theee bill! are known at the. Flint Hilii, on account of the flint Hone which may be Ken cropping out one every hillside and in (very vaily. A scanty civilization hat iprang up in ton region witnis the laet year or eo, and a few Mattered fields may be obeerved where the wandering eettler ha* built nu <iugout, scratched op the earth enough to plant hu oorn or potatoes, and then lie. around idle until harvest time. Som of the better elan live in log cabins, with their wall* covered with coon ikini, and a long beach on eaah tide of 'he cabin, where the settler lite in the shade, leisurely emoking, while hu favorite coon dog ileepe at hu feet. The people are rude, eimple individual!, avene to strangers, and are satisfied to live Molude i from the rest of 'he world. The occasional orack of the etage driver'e whip ii the only disturbing 'ealure of their live*, A wedding wu to take plaoe the other 'veiling, HB<I little group, ef Flint Hill folks, young and old, thronged the interior ol trie rude log house where the event was to occur. Jack Davif, a Texae cowboy, was to wed Sabina Proctor. Sabina was the bali.breed daughter of old Bill Proctor, a white man, who had married a Cherokee woman some twenty years ago. Sabina wae acknowledge ed to be the belle of the whole country, and her marriage wu looked upon as a great vent. She had received some education at a female seminary at Talequab, I.T., and it wae there the had firm met Jack. Her pretty l.rown eyes, and simple, tender ways had captivated him, and that night as to end their couruhip, although her father OPFCWID THEIB HARRIS IE. A wandering missionary who chanced to be peesing through that neighborhood tiad been engaged to perform the marriage cere- mony, and Jack had had Sabm..'s wedding drees made in Talequab, and it certainly eclipsed anything mat had ever been seen in that neign bofiiood. It wu white, and u her oft.dark hair fell over herehoulders in silken masses, she mvie a beautiful ap- pearance. The ceremony over, the young missionary was inrning to take his leave, when old Proctor stepped forward, with a strange gleam in his syes, and announced that a dance would follow the wedding. Almoet inetantly the fiddlers began, the room wae oleared.aud soon the cabin began to shake with shulHing feel. Proctor did ost of the calling for the dance. Occasion- ally he would disappear and return, each time hie face growing redder and showing more and more the effects of liquor. Sabina became unraey. Onoe she left Jack's side and begged of her fattier to drink no more; but be shook her from nun roughly. He wu soon unmanageable and boisterous, and began to pass the bottle openly from gueet tu guest and insisted on them drinking with in-n. Why don l yon dance, young man?" said he, coming up and gruping Jack by the arm. If you think you ate too good to dance) in my house, then here's some- body that will dance with my gal," he said, pointing to one of hie companions, already undsr the influence of the liquor. "Vou white men come in here and think yeu can run the country, but you can't in my house; eo you had belter get out. Sabina is lots too good for you, anyhow." Sabina had her face buried in her hands. She knew her father's terrible temper and quarrelsome disposition wnen under the influence of liquor. "Come with me. .Jack, and don't minJ father; it's the whiskey." she whispered, and a moment later, unnoticed by the drunken man, she led the way into a imall room attached to the cabin which Sabica called her own, and in which most of her girihooil had been spent. A dim candle revealed a rude pine table in the centra of the room, beside which were two home- made chairs. On the table were a few BOOKS AND THIN KITH which Jack had from time to time given her, and innumerable cheap and unframed pictures some representing her own poor effort at art decorated the walls of the apartment. A single window opened out to the west. In that direction dark clouds were moving swiftly across the face of the pale moon, and Jack seemed to aee something ominous and dreadful in their inky bla.-K- nes. He could hear the mumVil noun. I of music and shuffling feet in the adjoining* room, which wan occasionally pierced by the sharp calls of thn prompter. Suddenly the two were aroused by a brutal oath from Proctor, who the next in- stant pushed the door open and staggered into the room. In his hand he n-M a murderous looking six-shooter. For a moment the drunken man stood glaring at Jack, who had risen to bis feet. Then with an unsteady hnd, Proctor presented the weapon squarely *t Jack's breast. Sabina saw what her father's intentions were and screamed. Jaok saw for an instant the glittering muzzle of this pistol pointed directly at his Sfurt ; he felt his arm clutched ani a white-robed figure darted past him. There was a deafening report, and jack almost at the same instant sprang forward and snatched the smoking pistol from Proctor's hands. Then he turned, and as the smoke drifted away, he saw Sabina standing with horror- stricken eyes and both hrnds clasped to her breast. With outstretched arms she tottered toward Jack, and u he caught her in his arms a low, appealing moan escaped her lips. Jaok held the wounded girl In his anna for a moment, and tn-n laid her on the l>ed in the corner of the room ; and u he did so a tear trickled dewn his sun- tiurnt oheek.the first he bad shed for many a year. "Poor father," whispered the dyin^ -irl. "Forgive him, Jack ; r wu the whiskey tnat did it." Hsr grasp suddenly tightened on Jack's hand ; she raised her brown eyes to his for a moment, and then closed them slowly forever. e> GRAINS OF GOLD. Lenity will operate with greater force) in some instanoee man rigor. Ir. is, therefore, my great wish to have my whole conduct distinguished by it. \\uiungton. There never wae any party, f aotion, sect or cabal whatsoever, in which the most ignorant were not the most violent ; for a bee is not a busier animal than a blockhead. Pope. It is better that joy should be spread over all the day in the form of strength, than that it should be concentrated into ecstaciei, full of danger and followed by reactions. Emerson. In human life there is constant change of fortune; and it is unreasonable to expect an exemption from the common fate. Life itself decays, and all things ars daily changing. Plutarch. Employment gives health, sobriety and morals. Constant emp.oymaul and well- paid labor produce, m a country like ours, general prosperity, content and cheerful- ness. Daniel Webstsr. In ail evils which admit a remedy, impatience should be avoided, because it WMlee that time and attention in complaints which, if properly applied, might remove tne cause. -lonnson. Pedantry, in the common acceptation of the word, means an absurd ostentation of learning and stillness of phraselogy, pro- ceeding from a misguided knowledge of books and a total ignorance of men. Mackenzie. II we can advance propositions both trus and new, these are our own by riglu of discovery ; and it we can repeat what is old more briefly and brightly than ethers, this also becomes our own by right ef conquest. Cotton. Pleasure and pain spring not so much from the nature of things as from our manner of considering them. Pleasure, es- pecially is never an invariable effect of particular circumstances. Largely that is pleasure which is thought to be so. Hove*. How noiseless is tne growth of oorn ! Watch it night and day tor a week, and you will never see it growing; but return after two months, and you will riud it all whiten. ng tor the harvest. Such, and so nnper eptiBle in the itages of taetr motion, are lha victories s)f the | Ue O,uincey. TO AID ENGLAND IN INDIA. ABOUT THE HOUSE. miirra Ballwaj I* a .r.i Military aatf mwrriai t.nirrl>rl. r . The Northwestern railway of India m.iy be said with jus'ice to be the largest and most important work of its olass m tne world at present. Starting from the coast al Knrraohee, the hue follows the course of the Indus on its northern bank u far as Shikarpoor, a distance ef about; :t."u miles. Thirty years ago this was practically the line of tne nortnern frontier of the Indian empire of Kritaiu. The old frontier was protected u fir a* Shikarpoor by a lofty mountain range which wu practically impassible, and shut out Beloochiatan from the vailey of the Indus. This range, however, at that point trends away to the north. where it joins another rauge, kuowr as tne Suliman Mountains. At this point, which is luiiy a hundred nines irom Shikarpoor, tne range is pierced by the great Bolan Pass, which affords an available entrance to India fro n Afghanistan. By annexing Keloochislau and the disputed district of Southern Afghanistan, Britain took pos- session of this sntrance to her Indian empire. The next point was to rentier the posses- sion effective, and this hu been accomplish- ed by running a line almost due north as far as Slbi, the capital ol Northern Be- loochislan, a distance of about eighty miles. Hyond this the country rises to ths moun- tainous range which formerly divided Afghanistan from Northern Bomochistan, which is pierced by the Rolan Pass, and gr>ee access to Pishin Valley on the .Afghan side of the Kojak range. The country here is so difficult for ra iway construction, and so mu ;h exposed to Hoods, landslips, and even snow blocks that for the purpose of elTective military defense it wu con- sidered necessary to provide two routes by wnich the ex'reme frontier could be reach- e i. There are thus two lines from S.bi to Quell. i. tne great frontier poet of the In- ' .nan Kiniiire, and it is not easy to say ! which is the more remarkable engineering j work. t 'tie proceeds by way of tne Kolan I'ass, and the other and more northern by what is known as the Mud <.org. The cost per mile of both these I men hu I wen enormous not less than {'.'IXI.IK'O a mile. ^oine idea of the military importance to India of this gigantic military roaiwuy may be formed when it is considered thai it would now be an easy matter to Uud forces from Em/laud at Quetti or ChMnan for defense or offense on the Afghan fron- tier within twenty days. How Icelanders Take Snuff. A pncuharity concerning the une of snuff in Iceland may be of interest. The snuff is ma .e into bare after ti.e manner of plug tobacco, and is sold in that shape to ths nalivea, nearly all of whom are a<ulicied to its use, and prefer it thus prepared. The Icelander allow* the nail on the rigiit hand thumb to grow uoti 'or the purpose, and when using ttie snufF scratches it oil the bar with this uail on the back of the left hand and applies it to the nose. The Child's Paradise Little Dorothy I ir%nl ma's is the nioesl place I You don't have to mind a thing that is said to you. Toweling. Closely allied to the table I men and the bed linen is the department of toweling,for which still othsr gradss of linen ars requir- ed. This is a large department, and no more than a fsw suggestions would l.e in plaoe as the end ef an article which has already practically reached its limit. Bus there is one rule regarding toweling which should never be over-lookedlet there be a good supply. Towels are closely related to health, purity and olsauliness. There is something defective in the management of the house- hold which finds itself obliged to get along upon a scant supply. Then they should be of good size, if for no other reason, because they are so much more satisfactory In use < when of ample dimensions. For everyday service and especially by ohildren, servants and laborers, ths very best form of towelis that familiar and muoh- abused variety, the roller, with its endless web of cruh. For suon use this has manifold ad vantages, not the least ef which is that it is always in place, waiting for ths next patron. Cotton towels ars an abomination, and should nevnr be counten- anced ; though is is not demeaning any housekseper thetshe shall maks it a point to buy her toweling at such titnse and in such manner as shall give her the best value for tne money invested. "Special sale" towels, if not defective in qoality, may be commended to tne prudent. Never put a towel into use and especi- ally not in ske gtust room with the store starch still rendering its surface about u pleasant as a shswt ef steel. At least give it a good thorough riming to remove the i larch, allow it to dry, then iron light, y on botb sidee, and it will be tound to present a very satisfactory surfacs ; though nothing oan taks ths plaoe, for luxurious use, of a soft, well-worn piece of linen, from which every trace of haiannees has been long since removed. It Is Well to Remember Thatclsthes carefully folded and sprinkl- ed are half ironed. That a clean apron worn while hanging the clothes belpe keep them clean. That ths line, as soon u its duty is ended, should be reeled up and placed in a bag until next time. That piilowslips should be Ironed length- wise instead of croeswiss if one wisbee to iron wrinkles out instead ot m. If your coal fire is low, throw on a tableietpoonful of salt and it will help u very much. That clothes when brought m should be separated and folded at once ; if allowed to lie together, many wriuklxe accumulate. That dish towels and common towels i oan be ironed just as well in half the time, if folded together once as if ironed singly. Tnat a pair of whits gloves or miitrns i are a comfort to hands taken from hot suds ', to hanj clothes in ssro weather ; also a close-fitting jacket and hood to keep one from catching cold. Tiiat sheets folded across, bringing ths wids and narrow hems together then folded again, then ironed across both tides, ars finished quickly anil look as well as if more time were spent on them. To drive the little worms out of your | pots of rtuwers, securely cork up all the , dramsge holes and thsn flood the pots tor i several hours with clean lime water. To destroy the fly, syringe] the plants with tobacco water. Rose Terry Cooke hit the truth when she said, "it takes u much sense and refinement and talent to cook a diutier, wash dishes, make a bed and sweep a room, u it should be done, as goes to writiou a novel or shining in high society." Old sheets and pillow oases when worn thin should be rolled into convenient bundles and placed in a kitchen drawer ready for lamp rags, for cleaning cloths, or to wuh windows with. Old gauzs undsr- wear should be saved to put over a broom in sweeping the walls. An excellent furniture polish, especially where the varnish hu become old and tarnished, is made as follows: Dissolve four ounree of the beet shellac in two pints of 90 per cent, alcohol ; add to this two pints of linseed oil and one pint of spirits of turpeut-.ne, then add tour ounces of sulphuric ether and four ounoee of itmmoma water and m well. Shake well and apply lightly with a sponge, afterward rubbing thoroughly with an old woolen cloth or a pieoe of chamois skin. Useful Recipes- Fish Balls. With a sharp knife, cut cod- fish into inch-thick slices, and boil with it twice the qusniity of potatoes. Take the potatoes from the water the moment they are done, or they will absorb fat in frying. Drain the fish and with a potato muber incorporate the two wall together. To very quart, add two brat n eggs. Drop into Urd heatad so hot that a slice of raw potato dropped m will rise immediately to the surface. (I would suggest coitolene or suet in place of lard.) Doughnuts. Add to a pint cf thin acid cream two tenoupfuls of light brown sugar, five well beatan eggs, a teaepoonfnl of salt, and half a teaspoonful extract af lemon. Mix these ingredients well. Sift a panful of flour, then into two quarts put two tea- spooc'uls of baking powder, and sift four times. Dissolve a level tablespoonful of soda in hot water and stir it u quickly u poxsible into the cream, eggs, etc., then beat in the flour till smooth. Knead as little u pos'ible. if a bit of the dough dropped into the fat will rise to t he sur- face while you count ten, it is the right temperature. Use a Hat egg beater to turn aud li't them anil drain on brown papsr. Tea, It is an erroneous statement that long steeping extracts tannin from tea. T a i in is on of the most soluKe ol ! balances- !.<!) atom of tan u: ii is th.>r./ugmy ,no v ed within ten seconds after boiling water reaches u ; hui tannin acts on tin and pro* duces tannlc acid, which is dele erioun. u ,t,n a grnnite or earthec teapot tb<- ger is not with unnin Uui in in- alii . " i i > m w%M> are extracted hy long stuping. Uss a Heaping leespoonfal of Kngliah breakfut tea to eaoh teaennrnl W weissr. Pour the water boiling hot over she tea after naviag scalded the teapet, and las i* tiuiusr ten minutes. Coffee. Use ensthird Mocha and two* thirds old government Java, freshly ground" Seles* a large egg and break it shell and sll into a teacupful ground coffee ind stir. Pour over this a quart of freshly belling water, let it boil up as quickly u possible three times, giving the pot a vigorous shake becween eaoh boiling, then set il to one side and let it steep ten, twenty minutes, er even half no hour. In the absence of oream use boilmg milk. Chocolate. Scrape twe ounces of un- sweetened ehooolaie, add a heaping lea- spoonful aornslarob, and a quarter of a ispoonful ef sugar. Stir this ever bet water till well mixed, them add slowly a pint of bailing water, stiiring often. Now add a pint ef hot milk and set where it will keep hot il| ready to -ecve, then peur it boiling ho* over an egg beaten to a srssun . A SKEPTIC CONVINCED. He Had No Faith In Any Advertised Medicine. Allaekeel win, a Basl CelsL !. rr.abl. WSBS rrni Rail te Werse lain he Was Tkvealeaeel With Leresneier Alaxla- niru *. wtutaaaa' ri.sf rui. (reel Alter SMbcr eellelaee sja.1 Valleel. From the Yarmouth, N.H.. Time*. Ths remarkable cures effected by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have lung been a matter of newspaper notoriety, and many ef them well described as miracles have been in our own province, but we believe so far none have been publisbe 1 from Tar- mouth. A Times representative enquired in a quarter where such matters would likely be known, and learned that there were several remarkable cases of restor- ation to health directly trweahl* to Dr. Williams' Pink I'llls, right in our midst. Curious to uiartam tne facts iu relation thereto, our representative railed on Mr. Charles E. Trask, who had been known to have experienced a long illness, and new WM apparsolly in sxcellent health, his nure be<ng attributed to Pink Pills. Mr. Trasl, who ha* been an accountant in Varmou *j for many years, wu in his oihoe on -Tol i street when the reporter waited on bun. The Only Great and thoroughly re liable building-up medicine nerve tonic, vitaluer and Bood Purifier Before the people today, anc which itands prominently above all other medicines, it HOOD'S Sarsaparilla It has won its hold upon th hearts of the people by iti own absolute intrinsic mtjrit It is not what we say, but what Hood'* Sanaparilk does, that tells the story i- Hood's Cures Even when all other prrpar ations and prescriptions fail "Ths fsos of my little f Irl from thHnj4 he wai three months old, broke out and wu covered with scabs. We gs vs h tw bottle* of Bood 'i stertspsrUlB ad It com- pletely cured her. We are gisi to reuuui- mend Hood'i 8ar. "1." TaM. M CiiLTM G, Clinton, O a L: . * *vrie> * Get Hood's For twenty-five years sJUNNS BAKING POWDER LARGEST S41 I. 171 <\4> AD i. FOCXD MB. TftASIC 1M HIS "Yen," he said, "there can i* no possible | doubt of the efficacy of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills in .ny out, and I will be pleased if the publication of the facts heljM some ether sufferer )ck to health. I caught ooid, was careless and caught more cold. The tint thing 1 knew I wu ssriousiy ill. I could not walk. All strength senmed to have lett my legs and the weakneu increased. From I eing obliged to remain in the house I became obliged to remain in bed, but still supposed it wu but a very bad cold. I became so helpless I could not move in bed without help. I had good attendance and the Iwst ot care and nurs- ing, but u week succeeded week I seemed to grow worse instead of better, till I wu worn to a mere shadow and began to care very little ii I ever recovered. A hint that I wu threatened with something called looomotor ataxia reminded a friend that my case seemed similar to some ot those described in the Times, wh -n had been cured by Dr. Williams' Pink Piils, and tins, first drew attention to them u a possible ai ' to me. 1 a.lmit that I was skeptical very skeptical there are to many medi- cines being advertised just now, and I wu never much of a believer in them. Weil, Dr. Williams' Pink Pills were purchased and I took them.u 1 suppose I wou.d have taken anything else, simply as the routine of a si?k room. The first bos seemed to Show littie effect, and by the time 1 had got through wi'h the Mi.nl mix there could be no dou'il my condition snowd a marked improvement, and I was correspondingly encouraged. The Pills were continued and I became rapidly better, so t hat I wu able to Sit up and go about the house, and occasion! ily go out if the weather was fine. Day by day I grew stronger, and to make a long story short, I feel I am to-day in as good health u ever I wan in my life, and I can hardly tealiie 1 am the same man who sui'ered for six months, a helpless, dee- pondeut being who never expectant to be on bis ieot again. While 1 have no desire tor publicity I am quite willing these facts i>hould be made known for the benefit of others, ami am ready as any time t .-. hear hearty testimony to the genuine worth of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. i'tmy restored me to health when 1 never expected to be about again." Mr. Trask oertainly looks tne picture f health, ana remembering the long period when he had been laid up, our representative left, fully convinced that Dr. Williams' Hiuk Pills have well deserved all that was said of them elsewhere. When such oases can he pointed to in our own midst there oan no longer he any doubt of the reliability of the many statements of wonderful cures effected throughout the country. Grave Dilemma. Old Ladyldurmg th< imrd times) We'll have to trust to Province for somethi i g to eat, but I d< :i't know what in the world we are going to do for something to wear. Caught. Dora Mr. Sponner says he always feels like a fish out of water when lie is with ttif. a Then you've * > I iiirn, have HE WAS UP ON MICROBES. I I, iu 'ai' Bener H4 a Ural Live in His Has, wit* Wi. u This >cience of bacteriology teems U have spread among the lower classes in England. William King, a disreputabl] dreseed man, wu seen the other day by a oonstable parading up and iowu one of the sunurbe of London carrying a large bag, into which he was throwing bite ei rag and bone. " It's a werry, werry ard world for a poor man to get a livin' iu now," he said pathetically to the constable, aud upon that officer remarking u> him that a further explanation might be deniable the man in tattnrs said: "It's owin' M them micke.iuni-s ; they're powerful strong round hereabouts in the rags aud bones. " " Owing to the what T" asked the oon~ stable. " The miukelrobes," returned the man in tatters ; " them things as the doctors speaks of, werry small to begin with, nut gettm' powerful large as thsy grow up. ' " Ah, you meau microbes," said the 00 nstabla. " Wsrry likely," answered the man. "I've bin siucyin' them lately. Curious tilings they are, aren't they?" It seemed to the constable that u would be a good plan to investigate Wilnam, and so hs uau*l!y inquired wn,t there in the bag. The rag and bone gatherer an- swered that there was nothing sxcept a few rags and bones. "Have you got any mil-rums?" went ou the constable. "Mo," said the man, "I hain't got nuns as'I knows of." Whereupon the officer opened the saok and took out of it a large turkey. William Kinq pretended to be amazed. "1 told you,' ii* crie<', "them mickelrobes grow 1 powerful strong in this neighirarnood, but 1 never saw one u growed so big as ihau It'll bite you." Wish that he started on a dead run, leaving the turky in the hands of thi< con- stable, wno at one* gave chase. Thu rt.;- picker seemed quite a teebie old man, but he put up a good nghi when he was onught, and it was all the constable could do to hoid on to him uutil a*a!sl*nc oins. New Zealand s Plan. Sydney, New South Wales, hu hit upon a practical mttnod of dealing with its unemployed. It furnishes a railway pass and a miner's right of credit to each suit- able applicant to enable him to proceed to me of tne gold fields of the colony, where he may have a chance of earning a living by " fossicking" for the previous metal. The number of passes issued in 1V.M was 9672, and since thn inauguration of tne scheme the quantity of gold obtained in the colony hu risen trom 17''. '- ounces, in H93, to .124, 7S7 ounces in Mean. What a paltry thing love ia.said tbs wife of the Stingy Man, who bail refused her first request of the season for a soal.uk in cost. If I took your view of it I should call il a peltry thing, said the Stingy Man, adding to his cruelty by having the laai word. No Hope of Relief. How much will you take for t hat infernal a..cor"ion ? demanded :!i>- red-faced citi/cu who had thrust his head out of the secnim- story window. It wou. In t do you any good to mi. mister, I've got six more f '. ni : n< ,n . Aiid he went n playing the H;>nc March.