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fiééééééééfiififiD>D$$9gagaaéas JACK... Jack was seated in a most precari- ous position on the top of a small yelâ€" low Wagon, and was lashing out furiâ€" ously at her ponokom‘itax with a wooden-handled, two~thonged qu'Lrt. which she had just got from a Peigan Indian in exchange for a blue-silk. handkerchief. Her cayuses were two chairs securely strapped to the wagon. with various parts of her bridle, the lightâ€"yellow one, with both arms miss- ing, representing to her lively imagin- ation a fine buckskin steed; the other, which had originally been a respecâ€". gable piece of walnut furniture, but had apparently stood the stress of much bad weather, until it had as- Burned a mottled, degraded aspect, doâ€" ing duty as a vicious, unmanageable pinto. Jack and her spirited team were drawn up comfortably in the paralleloâ€" gram of shade before the shack, and from time to time, during her imgain- ary race over a prairie infested with hostile Indians, she would let fly an arrow from the bow which was her latest treasure, shriek out delighted- ly and blood-thirstily, “Another Indian bites the dust I" and then fall to lash- ing her steeds more furiously than lever in her attempt to escape her pursuers. There may be misguided people who think that a. little girl only seven and a half years old and of exceptionally aristocratic lineage should have been engaged in more ladylike pursuitsâ€" playing with dolls, for example. It is true that Jack had dolls, but she never played with them. Ignorant and unthinking but kindly relatives in England had sent her dolls from time» to timeâ€"dolls with beautiful flaxen hair and languishing violetâ€"blue eyes, uâ€"but they were all carefully put away, and were regarded by Jack with either unconcealed contempt or perfect in- difference. Jack was not that kind of little girl. She was as straight and lithe and active as a boy, and her big gray eyes looked out curiously and fearlessly from a tangle of short, dark-brown hair on a world all level prairie, and towering Rockies, and In- dians, and orderlies in scarlet iunics, and ponies, and government traps, and Leeâ€"Metford rifles. Her baptismal names were Jacqueline Alberta Mar- joribanks. She had been offered up, when too young to protest except by unintelligible screams, at the altar of her ancestors, and had been basely imâ€" posed upon and made to bear the names of people who were absolutely unknown and uninteresting to her. No one stOpped to consider that be- cause her mother’s grandmother had been a noted French beautyâ€"Mlle. Jacqueline d’Erlinotâ€"that was no very good reason for naming after her a helpless English infant, who was cer- tainly no beauty at that early period of her career. They simply told the officiating clergyman, and he poured a silver goblet of water over her conâ€" vulsed countenance and inexorably an- nounced that her name was Jacqueline. Her mother, having thus established a claim for her side of the family, gave way to her husband, and Captain Evis- ton put in a counterâ€"claimI for his family by annexing “Marjoribanks” to "Jacqueline." "Alberta” was a joint concession to the reigning family and an official recognition of the fact that Jacqueline rejoiced in the same birthday as the Prince of \Valw. This magnificent profusion of names was luckily reduced in daily practice to "Jack," which was a must happy and appropriate name for her. Life was too short and exciting in that little out-of-theâ€"way corner of the Canadian Northwest Territory to waste time in bestowing majestic appellations on any one. The garcon manque effect about Jack impressed every one. She could ride as straight and almost as far as her father, never rising to the trot to ease her tired little bones, but sitting proudly and firmly in her boy's saddle; and she had a way of canter- ing widely and carelessly down hills, and of urging her fourteenâ€"hand pony, Nellie, across swift little mountain streams, and up and down impassable trails, that was decidedly masculine, and caused the grownâ€"ups with her to shudder as they followed unwillâ€" ingly. Broken toys had no place in her existence, but a lame pony was a calamity of moment, and to be obliged to go in the trapinsieadof being allow- ed to ride her bronco when her father went on one of his forty-mile drives to an outlying detachment was (D3 of the great-st sorrows that life h:ld for her. She observed certain proprieties in her riding which were rather puzzling. Although she. loved her boy's saddle to the utter exclusion of even the most fascinating of pigskin sideâ€"saddles, yet she scorned to be. seen riding in knick- ei‘bcckers. They were, usually, mod- estly hidden under a full kilt of blue serge. That fact, h..wever. did not prevent her appearing at any time in a p.1ir of gorgeous buckskin snaps, embroidered up the sides and adorned with innumerable ermne skns. There seemed to be a subtle difference be~ tween knickel‘bockers and shape that appealed to Jack. Jack know a great many things that older people were ignorant of. She possessed a fund of miscellaneous in- formation, and there was an odd sort; of reliability and steadiness about her ihit sli'ucéi one as quite wonderful, andl grown-up people were continually sturâ€" tling thems-lves by discovering that they were talking to her and consultâ€" ing her as if she were as old as them~ solves. It seemed quite natural for Jack to know that common bluing was better lhiln lime for asaddle-gull, 111-. though one would not ordinarily except children of ht‘l' age to have ideas on such a subj-etc'. and no one seemed to think it was asking a great deal of her to suggest casually that she should go forth on her pony, bareback, and scour the surrounding prairie for the ridingâ€" horses. and drive thcm into the corral. She was also allowed to go back and 4..’-’-..’.-.’; .\ . .\ I. -\~\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- \- 91;“): W forth to Highwood, the nearest vill- age, quite alone, and entirely unâ€" checked by the fact that she was ail- most certain to encounter wild cattle and roving Indians. Indeed, Ihdiahs were her special delight. She had numberless friends among them, and had picked up a colloquial knowledge of the Blackfoot language, and was al- ways flatieringly interested in pony- races and horse-swapping expeditions. .The Indians, on their side, were grave- ly polite to Jack, and would say "Howl” impressively when they met on the trail; and they would offer to let her ride their tricky little ponies lwhile they waited to see the inspector land would applaud her pluck and laugh delightedly when she Would fearlessly mount one and go bucking and plung- ing about the inclosure. Unless such ‘guod times were summarily cut short by the appearance of her mother on flhe veranda, Jack‘ would enjoy herself hugely, and would ask innumerable :qucslions of the Indians, and inform lherself thoroughly as to the move~ .ments of the different. tribes: just Ewhen the Stonics would come to trade lwilh the Peigans, and when the Koot~ 'enais might be expected to visit the Bloods, and other kindred topics of burning interest. The Pcigan scout: and the ha1f~breed linterpreter of the post were special lfriends, and usually acted as umpires lin any bargaining difficulties. As scarcely a day passed that she did not add to her store of Indian treasures by exchanging penknives and sashes .and ribbons for porcupine headâ€"dress- 1es and fire-pouches and charms, their Iservices were often in demand. The ‘disappearance of various articles of civilized and luxurious childish zip- pare] simultaneously with. the appear- .ance of evil-smelling Indian trophies was the cause of much woe to .Mi‘s. 'Eviston. ; "\Vhat can Jack want with them?" she would ask her husband plaintively. *"I can't go around the corner of the 811,le but I see some dreadfulâ€"looking Indi'in hanging over the inclosure and 'dangllng an embroidered belloracou- stick or a bead charm before Jack. who seems parf<c1ly fascinated with the horrid things. And how she over 1111de them understand passes my comprehension. But she seems to talk their impossible language quite intelligibly, and it' is really very con- venient when they cime around with berries and things, and Doyle happens to be away. But I wish she would .gued that it study her arithmetic." T0 be Continued. It Will Out. (Concluded) IVe had all been warned to appear before the magistrates upon the Thurs- day, but when the Thursday’ come {there was no occasion for our testi- mony. A higher Judge had taken the matter in hand, and Jefferson Hope had been summoned before a tribunal where strict justice would be meted out to him. On the very night after. his capture the aneurism burst, and he was found in the morning stretched upon the floor of the cell, with a placid i smile upon his face, as though he had 9 been able in his dying moments to look l back upon a useful life and on work well done. "Gregscm and Lestrade will be wild about his death," Holmes remarked, as we chatted it over next evening” "'W'here will their grand advertise- ment be now l’” "I don't see that they had much to do with his capture," I answered. "What you do in (his world is a matter of no consequence," returned my companion bitterly. "The ques- Itum is, what can you make people beâ€"u lieve that you have done‘l Never mind," he continued, more brightly, after a. pause, "I would not have miss- ed the investigation for anything. There has been no better case within my recollection. Simple as it was, there were several most instructive points about it." “Simple l" I ejaculated. ”_\Vell, really, it can hardly be de- scribed as otherwise," said Sherlock ,Holmes, smiling at my surprise. “The .proof of its intrinsic simplicity is that 1without. any help, save a few very ‘ ordinary deduCtioms, I was able to lay .my hand upon the criminal within ‘ three days." “That is true," said I. I "l have already explained to you that what is out of the common is usually a guide rather than a hind- rance. 1n solving a problem of this sort, the grand thing is to be able to ‘reasoi: backward. That is a very lusefu'. accomplishment and a very lcasy one, but people do not practice 111‘ much. In the every-day affairs of 3 life it is more useful to reason forward and so the other comes to be neglectâ€" ed. There are fifty who can reason ,synlhelically for one who can reason ‘anulyticullyfl "I confess," said I, “that I do not quite follow you." "I hardly expected that you would. Let me see if I can make it clear. Most people, if you describe a. train of events to them, will tell you what the result would be. They can put lhose events together in their minds, and .arguc from them that something will come to pasg. There are few people, however, if you told them a. result, Would be able to evolve from their own inner consciousness what the steps were which led up to that result. ,TIIIH power is what I mean when I talk of reasoning backward, or analy- ticully." "I understand," said I. "Now, this was a case in which you ' his nails. ‘murriuge of Enoch Ilrebbcr. iswzar was conclusivc. another through London, what were given the result and had to find everything else for yourself. Now, .let me endeavor to show you the dif- ferent steps in my reasoning. To be- gin at the beginning. I approached the house, as you know, on foot, and with my mind entirely free from all impressions. I naturally began by ex- amining the road~way, and there, as l have already explained to you, I saw clearly the marks of a cab, which, I ascertained by inquiry, must have been there during the night. I satisfied myself that it was a cab, and not a private carriage, by the narrow gauge of the wheels. The ordinary London growler is considerably less wide than a gentleman's brougham. "This was the first point gained. I then walked slowly down the garden path, which happened to be composed of a clay soil, peculiarly suitable for taking impressions. No doubt it ap- peared to you to be a mere trampled line of slush, but to my trained eyes every mark upon its surface had :1 meaning. There is no branch of de- tective- science which is so important and so much neglected as the art of tracing footsteps. Happily, I have always laid great. stress upon it. and much practice has made it second naâ€" ture to me. I saw the heavy foot- marks of the constables, but I saw also the tracks of the two men who had first passed through the garden. It was easy to tell that they had been before the others. because in places their marks had been entirely obliterâ€" ated by the others coming upon the top of them. In this way, my second link was formed, which told me that the nocturnal visitors were two in num- ber, one remarkable for his height, as I calculated frim the length of his stride, and the other fashionably drcsgcd, to judge from the small and elegant impression left by his boots. “On entering the house this last in- ference was Confirmed. My well-bootâ€" ed mun lay before me. The tall one, then, had done the murder, if murder there was. There was no wound upon the dead man‘s person, but the agitat- ed cxpresgion upon his face assured me that he had foreseen his fate before it came upon him, Men who die from heart disease or any sudden natural cause never by any chance exhibit agitation upon their features. Hav- ing sniffed the dead man's lips, I de- tected a slightly sour smell, and I came to the conclusion that he had had poison forced upon him. Again, I ar- had been forced upon him, from the hatred and fear exprcs sed upon his face. By the method of exclusion I had arrived at this result, for no other hypolhcsLs would meet the facts. Do not imagine that ii was a very unheard-of idea. The forcible administration of poison is by no means a new thing in criminal annals. The cases of Dolsky, in Odessa, and of Leturier, in Montpellier, will occur at once to any toxicologist. ”And now came the great question as to the reason why. Robbery had not been the object of the murder, for nothing was taken. \Vas it politics, then, or was it a Woman? That was the question which confronted me. I was inclined from the first to the lat- ter supposition, Political assassins are only too glad to do their work and t0 HY. This murder had, on the conâ€" trary. been done most deliberately. and the perpetrator had left his tracks all over the room, showing that he had been there all the time. It must have been a private wrong, and not a poliâ€" tical one, which called for such a methodical revenge. When the in- scription was discovered upon the wall I was more inclined than ever to my Opinion. The thing was too evidently a blind. When the ring was found, however, it settled the question. Clear- ly the murder had used it to remind ‘his victim of some dead or absent wt» man, It was at this point that I askâ€" ed Grcgson whether he had inquired in ‘his telegram to Cleveland as to any particular point in Mr. Drebber's for- mer career. He answered, you remem- ber, in the negative. "I then proceeded to malte a cure- ful examination of the room, which confirmed me in my opinion as to the mui'dcrer’s height, and furnished me with the additional detail as to the Trichinolpoly cigar and the length of I had already come to the conclusion, since there was no signs of a struggle, that the blood which covered the floor bud burst from the ,muderer’s nose in his excitement. I could perceive that the track of blood coincided with the track of his feet. It is seldom lhil any man, unless he is very fullâ€"blooded, breaks out in this ‘way through emotion, so 1 hazarded the opinion that the criminal was proâ€" bably a robust and ruddy-faced lll‘dll. Events proved that I had judged cor- telcgruphcd to the. head of the police at Cleveland, limiting my inquiry to the circumstance.)- connected with the The un- Il (old me that Diclibcr had already applied for the pioleclion of the law against an old rival in love, named Jefferson Hope, and that this sum“ Hope was in pre- sun! in liuropc. I know now lll'tt 1' hold the clue to the mystery in my hand, and all that remained was to seâ€" curo lbw murderer. “I had already determined in my own mind that the man who had walk- ed inio the house with Drebber was none other than the man who had driven the call. The marks in the road showed me that the horse had wandered on in a way which it Would have been impossible had [here been any one in charge of it. \Vhere, than, could the driver be, unless he were inâ€" side the house? Again, it is absurd to suppose that any sane man would carry out a deliberate crime under the very eyes, as it were, of a. third perâ€" son, who was sure to betray him. Last- ly, supposing one man wished to dog better means could he adopt than to turn cabâ€"driver? All these ccn.~idcraiious led me to the irresistible conclusion that Jeffci‘sou'llopc was to be found among the jarvcys of the melroplis. "If he had been one there was no reason to bvlieve that he had ceased to be. On the contrary, from his point of vimv, any sudden change would be likely to draw attention to lhilmself. He would probably, for a time at least, continue to perform his duties. There was no reason to sup- pose that he was going under an asâ€" sumed name. Why should be change his! name in a country where no one knew his original 0ou I therefore organized my street-arub detective corps, and sent them systematically 10 every cal.) proprietor in London, umil they ferreted out the man that I wanted. How well they suwecded and how quickly I took advantage of it are still fresh in your recollection. The murder of Stangvrson was an incident which was enliiely unexpected, but which could hardly in any case have been prevented. Through it, as you know, I came into possession of the pills, the existence of which I had alâ€" ready surmised. You see, the whole thing is a. chain of logical sequeHCes without a break or flaw." “It is wouderfull" I cried, "Your merits should be publicly recognized. You should publish an account of the case. If you won't, I will for you." “You may do what you like, doctor," he answered. “See hcrcl" he continu- ed, handing a paper over to me; "look at thisl" It was the "th0” for the day, and the paragraph to which he pointed was devoted to the case in question. “The public," it said, "have lost a sensational treat through the sudden death of the man Hope, who was sus- pected of the murder of Mr. Enoch Drebber and of Mr. Joseph Stangerson. The details of the case will probably never be known now, though we are informed upon good authority that the crimv was the result of an old-stand- ing and romantic feud, in which love and Molmonism bore a part. It seems that both the victims belonged, in their younger days, to the Latterâ€"Day Saints, and Hope, the deceased prisonâ€" er, hails also from Salt Lake City. If] the case has had no other effect, it at least brings out in the most striking manner the efficiency of our detective police force, and will serve as a lesson to all foreigners lhat they will do wisely to smile their feuds at home. and not to carry them on to British soil. It is an open secret that the credit of this smart capture belongs entirely to the well-known Scotland Yard officials, Messrs. Lestrade and Gregson. The man was appre~ bended, it appears, in the rooms of :1 certain Mr. Sherlock Holmes, who has himself, as an amateur, shown some talent in the detective line, and who, willl such instructors, may hope in time to attain to some degree offhan- skill. It is expected that a testimonâ€" ial of some sort will be presented to the two officers as a fitting recogni- tion of their services." 'Didn't I tell you when we start- ed i" cried Sherlock Holmes, with a laugh. "That's the result of all our Study in Scarlet; to get them a. testiâ€" monial l" _ “Never mind," I answered; "I have all the facts in my journal, and the public shall know them. In the mean time, you must make yourself contentâ€" ed by the consciousness of success, like the Roman miserâ€" "'Populus me sibilat, at mihi plaudo lpse dumi simul ac nummos contemp- lar in area.” The End. DANGERS OF MATCH MAKING. Further Reports on [Inc [he of the ludhpcn sable Yellow sulphur. Phosphorus friction matches have been made for sixty-six years and no satisfactory substitute for the yelow chemical product which is the igniting agency has been discovered. Some Governments discourage their manu- facture on account. of the danger to which the persons making them are exposed of contracting necrosis, or mor- tiiicatinn of the lowor jaw. In ltus- Slit the tax on the manufuclure 'of yellow phosphorus matches is so high that they are being displaced by safely milches. Holland and Belgium limit the use of the. chemical. )Iost con- sumers, however, want. a match thit miy be ignited anywhere, and yellow phosphnus is the best means of proâ€" ducing this result yet known. It was hoped wh-n red phosphorus was first produced in 18:.5 that this lDDOXIOUS substance would take the place ofihe poisonous element, but. it does not fill the bill, though used with sadsfactory results in the making of safely mulch- es. 'l'he evils resulting from the used yellow phosphorus in match factories have been particularly prevalent in Great Britain, where the Government has just issued a Blue Book contain- iug the reports of Profs. 'Ihorpe and Oliver and Dr. Cunningham, who were employed to investigate the subjec. They say the difficulty in the way of previ-nliug nacrusis is that ycllow phosphorus is still required to produCe lI)‘ ":i.ik» anywli-re’ matches which the public seem to prefer. ’lhey do not advise. that the use of the dangerâ€" ous cl maul be piohibited, bi'oeuse Gieul Britain manufactures largely for export and prohibition would mere- ly diwrt this trade to other countries but \hey suggest certain measures for preventing the. disease. THE EXPERIENCE OF AN ESTIM- ABLE YOUNG LADY. Ill‘l' ltloml “as l'nornml “Hilaryâ€"Buffered From Sick Headaches and Fulfill". Spellsâ€"flow SM llcgnlncd llcalth'l Illuulll. The Ricorder, Brockvillo. On one ol’ihc finest farms in “'01- ford township. Gienville county, re- sides Mmund Mrs. Alon/.0 Smith and: family. Mr. Smith is. porhaps one of: the bt'l‘il. known men in Ihe county, as in addition to being a practical farmer he rep-irsrnts several agricultural imi plemcut oimpanies. His family con- sists of twu esimable daughters, the eldest being seventeen years of age. ’l‘o it correspondent of the Brockville Rounder “no recently called at Mr. Smith's, Miss Minnie E. Smith, the eldest daughter, related the following storyâ€"“About two years ago I was taken quite ill. I became pale and languid, and if I undertook to do any Work about the house, would easin bccwme terribly fatigued. l became SUI)j‘;Ct to terrible sick headaches, and my stomach became so weak that I loathed food. My trouble was further. aggravated by weak spells, and my feet, winter or summer, were as cold as 109.; in fact it seemed as if there was no feeling in them. Itiied several kinds of medicine, but instead of help- ing me Iwas growing weaker. One day in Ma v ch, 18138, my father brought home a. box of Dr. VVilliams' Pinkl Pills. I immediately discontinued the other medicme and began; taking the pills. I found thatlhcy helped me and four more boxes were procured and by the lime I had finished them I was elv- tll‘e‘ly wall. Iliave never had better Ii?:illh in my life than Iain now enjoy. Ing. My :lpllt‘tltt‘ is now always good and I have increased in weight. All this is due tolhc efficacy of Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills, and I would advise any other young girl troubled 331 was to use Ihvm. andihe-y will certainly cure if the directions are followed. The facts above related are impor- tant tolparents, as there are many young girls just budding into woman- hood whose condition is, to say the leaner, more critical than their parents imagine. Their complexion uis pale and waxy in appearance, troubled With heart palpitation, headaches. shortness of breath on the slightest exeruse, fainlness and other distressâ€" ing symptoms which invariably lead. to a premature grave unless prompt shops are taken to bring about a nat- ural condiliou of health. In this emer- gency no remedy yet discovered can supply the place of Dr. \Villiams’ Pink Pills, which build new the blood, strengthen the nerves and restore the glow of health to pale and sallow cheeks. They are certain cure for all troubles peculiar to the female system, young or old. These Pills also cure such diseases as rheumatism, neuralgia. partial paralysis, locomotor ataxia, St. Viiua‘ dance, nervous headache. nervous prostraiion, the after effects of la grippc, influenza and severe colds diseases depending on humors in the blood, such as scrofula, chronic erysiâ€" pelas, etc. Do not be persuaded to ac- cept any imitation, no matter what the dealer may say who offers it. Imita-n tions never cured any one. See that the full name Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People is on the wrapper around every box you buy. -â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"(-â€".___ DYING BY WHOLESALE. Awful Stories of Siarvallon Ina Russian Province. A despatch to the London Telegraph from St. Petersburg says that the Pro- vince of Kason, which is inhabited chiefly by Tartars, is in a condition of unrest, which is likely to result in a. bad outbreak against the Government. M. Goremykin, Minister of the Inter- ior, has started postâ€"haste to visit the district. The situation is the out- come of the terrible famine. Every- thing has been eaten, including catâ€" tle which themselves had died of star- vation. The people now have only two meals weekly, and are dwelling in half-ruined huts, parts of the roofs and wood-work of which have been used for fuel. . The sole occupation of the people is burying their fellows, who are dying rap-idly of typhus fever. Private bene- volence is doing what it can, but it can do but little to relieve the distress. Government aid was delayed owing to the roads being blocked. In many cases peasants have gone a dozen versts to obtain bread, and some of them have died on the way. The peas- anlsin some villages attacked the local authorities, demanding bread, and then assailed the police. The administra- tion at St. Petersburg thereupon decid- ed that energelic measures were ueces~ sai'y to quell the trouble. Large quanâ€" ’i'hvy say that their investigation, which has been extended to eleven Clunll‘ll‘S, has revealed no evidence that necrosis is contracted unless Ihe working people are demyed. They advise ”that no persons with unsound teeth be employed, that dentistry be madc compulsory, that the ulnltwt cl -:1nlinvss of the premiâ€"es where in itcl‘ics are made be required and that Great Britain follow the example of the Continent: and America by substi- tuting machinery for direct handling in the processes of manufacture. 'l‘hc muin value of these reports is not lhil lhcy tell much that is new, but that, as the result of the most searching inquiry yet. made, they con- ii"1n and emphasize the belief already current that (I‘llnIIU’SS. vrnzilziiion and careful attention to 1110 teeth are an almost certain preventive of :1 seriâ€" ous disease that has brought much suffering upon aliu'ge body of Work- men. tiLies of corn were transported by exâ€" press trains and distributed among the sufferers. Sanitary detachments of the Red Cross Society were sent to combat the typhus and scurvy, but assoon as the ltml Cross people arrived the Tarâ€" tars, who are Mohammeduns, spread rumours that they had come to take advantage of the misery to compel the Mohnmmcdans to be baptized into the Orthodox faith. The Mohammedan priests fostered (his ideal. Then (he rage of the people rose, and they slouâ€" ed the relief parties and refused help from them. The officials are now (ryâ€" ing to pacify them, and have summou~ ed M. Soull‘nnoff, the Mufti of Ore-m burg, who will go to Kason l0 explain the objects of the Government. ESTIMATED BY \V BIG Ill. The Sandwich Islinzlers indium! ilie beauty of women by their weight. ,3 l l illRED ANl] LANGUiif a“ ,\fi