1 "NEW JOY." Itjr Aldln Dunbar. .i 1 gave you up half an hour ago!" anted Nancy, noiaing uyeu mo coupe JL ali Rosalys Haven came flying TJ the marble steps. "You laid ulf past eleven! You know very ii how much I have to tell you! To lit parK, jui... nf course you have my blosslng!" Unshed Rosalys, dropping Into the wt beside her friend with frank re nrf as they rolled away. "But I mildn't escape sooner, such a poth- In the committee! I left them ill trying to decide whether gray Mneor cream and olive would be bet ter for the breakfast room." "Olive and cream, I should any, ftth a touch of clear, vivid color here ud there," mused Nancy Dlundnll, tne Impatient frown vanishing from k.r forehead. "I mean to have mine U" She drew a quick little breath nit bit her lip. "O-ho! Already:- a s:enaer nn- pr tilted up the wilful chin, as Nancy turned very red. "Let me look well it j-oj, after such open confession as that. It does sound serious, on my word! Well, you must have known lut evening how glad I wag to hear the news. You might have worn lome of them this morning, Nancy. He ought not to be Jealous." "IT Wear what?" with a puzzled Inflection. "Nancy Blundell! Tell me, if you lire, that nothing reached you from Be. about eeven, last evening!" "Something certainly did come, lth your name on the cover!" ag isted Miss Blundell, bending down to drag an oblong pasteboard box a florist's box, by the printed label from under the seat, and struggling with the knotted cord around It. "I brought It, so you could tell me what on earth It meant! There!" She tore off the cover and pulled our a boy's coat, somewhat worn, of brown corduroy. Other garments lay folded beneath. Miss Haven leaned over with a cry of dismay. "Xancy! Why, it's that suit of Corny's! Mother had packed It yes terday to send to a ragged boy down in Meek In Court, where Miss Cone lives! How did it ever reach you? 0 my dear when I spent hours hunt ing the town over for that armful of lilies and lilacs, because you loved them so!" "Lilies of the valley and white li lies?" demanded Miss Blundell, pull ing vehemently at a silken cord. "Jasper! Stop! How were they eat?" She turned to her friend. "Barker promised to take them without fall before dinner. Mother had some errands for him, too. She as letting Audrey help her when I went Into the library. They were ad dressing some books for him to take to Aunt Charlotte, and a sheaf of car nations for Madame Van Zandt. I didn't hear the other places, but I left my your box, I mean, on the table with the reBt, and told Barker where It was. The address was on a card tied to It." "Then Audrey mixed them up!" fumed Nancy. "Children are too meddlesome! All my lovely flowers gone astray!. Rosalys, I must have them, if i raid every house on the avenue! You mother will tell us where they might have gone, and we'll try every place on her list! Oh, they would have come first of all the congratulations on my engagement, and the dearest! No one but but Teddy should have had the Bhadow of I glimpse of them! Drive to Mrs. " "One moment, Nan!" interrupted Rosalyj. "These," crushing the de mised corduroys into their box, ahould have gone to Meekln Court this morning. Miss Achsah told moth er that the boy had only tatters and Patches to cover him. The society found hlra a home out West, and he as to be sent on with some other Poor little waifs, in charge of their Kent, this afternoon; but they had o clothes to fit nlm. and mother ot tered to supply gome. Nancy, If. twelve o'clock, and here's the suit! Please! Meekln Court isn't so far. inen I II g0 anywhere you choose." Miss Blundell shook her pretty ,8l.t1ubornly- "Mv flowers before VZmJng,l The boy can other day!" he next car into town," averred Ro aj), with equal determination. ratsy must have his suit in time " t,i.nMR8Vys!" Nancr ,0ke her Sme!" 1 thGUBht you-you ca"d Hi,?. dJ ,You know 1 do- NaQ. dar- 1 ,QM,lB' Blundell caught her back "d Jerked the cord again fa.-.""" Court' Ja"Per! Drive as Sre ,ty,sT"Can! YU dn,t knW Off Honnor tr.ot aijs. ..Vn..: ""'",u.e.a "- are 'You're not angry with me, hi., a me coupe B M?U.and0ffataraPW Pac orner BI.und,U t back in her obstil. thout "PM" nd looked Mled f'e f ut of thtt wln1ow a. they to" en! " M rarther 'rom-her buM?. Untl1 U,ey had left th Pd 0 Hon' SeCVn for the cobblestone. ;;Wh0 ig your woman?" with""!. Acn8ah Con' A queer, Ithered up old maid who doe. plain mlX m0tber She's 1 a nJTV' rm a,ra,d' but th th.Ld,nt car for lumming." a. the carriage .topped, and Ja.fr di." tSH of th loca'y la every Uam MU.B.uJeUCant,( ,ttrther' tT?.Z ,her 0"aPPe.llng ..." )Tr box wa ;qulu.Vum.Hy Nan' but tavJ ,UPPM I mu.tt you'll her got frac' MlM an. in hitV.;1 of ,r,en brtok Mk' pMwl "rough a nok archy.y mt Meekln Court, a dark shaft among crowding tene ments. Nancy caught her own dainty skirts close about her as they en tered the door of the tallest and din giest rookery, and Rosalys Haven led the way up the narrow, rickety stair case. Queer, foreign-looking heads were thrust from half open doors as they passed; and on the second land ing, as the two girls paused to take breath, a file of ragged urchins, with big, wondering black eyes, stood in a solemn row against the wall to let them pass. "That in the soft color is mine," whispered one, putting out a hand toward Rosalys, then drawing it shy ly back. "No! It is the slgnorlna in red I choose," returned a sober atom. "Ah, belllsslma!" ' But Nancy Blundell hardened her heart. What did she care for the wretched ragamufllns? At the top of the third flight only a single gleam straying through the crack in a door panel revealed some one crouching on the floor. Nancy, startled by the sound of quick, sob bing breaths, would have turned and fled, but Rosalys spoke at once: "Miss Cone's door Is here." With a gasped word, the dark fig ure sprang up, away from them. Ro salys took one Btep forward, when Nancy caught her arm. "Rosalys Haven! Do you notice anything? In the air?" "Notice what? Why why, Nan cy!" She gave a haBty wrap at the door. "Let me speak to her!" she warned. Into the gloom of the passageway came a sudden stream of light and with loving finger tips. "If you could have been here last night, MIbs Ha. ven! Why, I never saw anything like It! You won't mind that I gave some away?" deprecatlngly. "I g'posed 'twas the clothes for Patsy, but when I opened the box I couldn't think 'twas true! There nin't any one can guess how starved I get for a bit of bloom! Oh, there's 'Renzo!' as she answered a faint tap at the door. Rosalys stole a glance at her friend, but the eyes fixed on the white lilacs were openly mutinous. "It's my dinner," apologized Miss Cone, setting a plate on the table. "I couldn't stand any smell of cook In' round them, let alone havln' a fire thnt'd wilt them. I ain't cold. So Mis' Donl, she fried It and sent it up. Ettory'g pretty sick, and I gave her some of the lilies to hearten him up. Land! Seemed like he'd eat 'em! An' the Matzky baby 'twas a poor little thing, nothln' but the merest skin and bone, but sho went on dredful when when 'twas took yesterday. Havln' the flowers lyln' over It kind of eased it for her, poor thing! There's a lot of comfort In a posy when you're In trouble." "But your dinner Is getting cold. Miss Achsah!" Rosalys moved as if to go. "Time enough!" smiled Miss Cone. "There was more I wanted to tell you, If havln' the Donl youngsters, Beppo an' Pla nn' Marco an' Sp'ranza, peepln" In all mornln' hadn't flustered me. .They enn't get done lookln'! Nor some other?, that needn't be talked about, poor souls! I tell you. Miss Haven, when I saw what you'd writ Inside, 'New Joy to you, from Rosalys,' 1 just cried! There was never a truer word. There's been a 'new joy, " lingering over the words, "for all that's been nlsh 'em since they came' "And If you'd seen little Thyra Persen! Her folks, round on Hopper IO VICTUS. I SING the hymn of the conquered, who fell in the battle of life. The hymn of the wounded, the beaten, who died. over-, whelmed in the strife: Not the Jubilant song of the victors, for whom the re sounding acclaim. Of nations was lifted in chorus, whose brows wore the chap let, of fame, But the hymn of the low and the humble, the weary, the broken in heart, Who strove and who failed, acting bravely a silent and des perate part; Whose youth bore no flower on its branches, whose hopes burned in ashes away, From whose hands slipped the prize they had grasped at, who stood at the dying of day With the wreck of their life all around them, unpitied, un heeded, alone. With death swooping down o'er their failure, and all but their faith overthrown, While the voice of the world shouts its chorus its paean for those who have won; While the trumpet is sounding triumphant and high to the breeze and the sun. Glad banners are waving, hands clapping and hurraing feet Thronging after the laurel-crowned victors, I stand on the field of defeat In the Bhadow with those who are fallen and wounded and dying, and there Chant a requiem low, place my hand on their pain-knotted brows, breathe a prayer. Hold the band that Is helpless and whisper, "They only the victory win Who have fought the good fight and havo vanquished the demon that tempts us within, Who have held to their faith unreduced by the prize that the world holds on high. Who have dared for a high cause to suffer, resist, fight If need be, to die. Speak, history! Who are life's victorB? Unroll thy long annals and say, Are they those whom the world called the victors, who won the success of a day? Themartyrs or Nero? The Spartans who fell at Ther mopylae's tryst, Or the Persians and Xerxes? His Judges or Socrates? Pilate or Christ? William Wetmore Story. W 4 ' rich perfume. Half dazzled for an instant,' the two girls could scarcely make out the tiny, worn figure that stood before them, fairly trembling with eagernesc to speak. "Miss Haven! The' the' ain't no words to tell! You you never could know what it's been! 'But there! I'm lettln' you stand in the hall! You can come inside for just a minute, can't you? I'll take your bundle. Do sit down after cllmbin' up them stairs!" "If. the suit for Patsy Whalen," explained Rosalys, as they obeyed, half mechanically. "Then would you mind it I ran right down with It? He's that fid gety, for fear 'twasn't coruin'! But there! He never havln' had anythln' decent before, one oughtn't to blame him. I told him Mis' Haven never forgot anythln' she said she'd do in all the years I've done plain sewln' for her! And to think of your corn -In' with It yourself! I'll be right up again." "It is a. well that I did give in and bring you. here!" began Nancy, when they were alone, with defiance In her voice. She would not meet Rosalys' Im ploring look, but let her eye. wander round the bare garret room with the sloping roof and two gable window, that let golden sunshine in on rough board partitions, the strip of faded Ingrain carpet that crossed the un even floor, and the glory of white, scented bloom that wa. everywhere In tin cups, In cracked glasses, In blue, green and red Jugs, on table, sewing machine, shelves. Even on tht little Iron stove, In which was no Are to temper the chill air, stood a pit cher with a blossoming branch. "She must have known that It was a mistake!" went -on Miss Blundell. "Such flowers in a place like this!" resentfully. "You get her explana tion, and then I'll have a few words with her." , "Nancy I Could yon, to-day?" "That's Just It! It's my day! Those are my flowers, that I might never have seen at ail! It's Intoler able! Bay what you like to her, Rosalys, but afterward " There fell ominous silence between the two,' a. MUs Acbgah'a labored tepg on the stairway became audi ble. "'TIs climb!" she conf eased, beaming .at her guests with actual radiance in her sallow, wrinkled lit tle, face, a. .be perched on the edge of a lowhalr. "But when you do get up here there's sun; and to-day there's these!" touching a lilac spray street, were mad with her for want in' to marry Teddy Hamilton, that's a nice, decent, hard working boy, if he is poor. Thyra'd told me her aunt, down-stairs, was going to let 'em get married in her room last evening, but her folks wouldn't do a thing to make it nice. My, Miss Haven, when the flowers came from you, I Just ran! We had 'em all down there sweet ening the whole room and some for Thyra's little white dress, that had I been washed almost to nothing, and some for Teddy's buttonhole, and we tied some into a wreath for her hair. She has pretty yellow hair. Miss Ha ven. Why. It made all the difference between Just getting married and a real beautiful wedding, that she'll al ways remember!" "Oh!" cried Nancy Blundell, her bright eyes wet "I I'm so glad you had them for her, Miss Achsah!" Youth's Companion. ' How to Receive Advice. More wisdom is required in taking than in giving advice. It should sel I dom bo taken whole. The great j thing, as- we believe, is to take none which is out of character. To do so is to regret It. It we are naturally slow of decision, we shall be hurried Into promptness at our peril. It we are by nature placable and polite, we must not take advice to be arbitrary even in the best cause. If we are impulsive, we should take counsel with a man of the same temperament and stronger mind; but not with the phlegmatic, though be be the wisest slowcoach on earth. We all know our own defects, and if we are docent people at all our moral constitution hat set up certain compensations. To disturb these 1. to court failure. So far a. the Isolated act 1s-concerned, rashly accepted advice maybe good enough and successful enough but how are we to go on? We have started on a course which Is out of character, and we shall stumble until we get back into our stride. Lon don Spectator. Fair Warning. "You are a likely looking chap," said the glib tongued proprietor of the summer hotel, "and there are lota of pretty girl, around here. Why not apend your time love making?" "I may," responded the young ale.man on vacation, "but there is Just file thins; I wish to Impress upon your mind." "And what 1. that?" , "I am not one of tmse chap, who would rather make love than eat." Chicago News. wis um&KA KU ft China For Shirt Wnint Sets. New York girls do not a little de signing themselves along the line of ornamentation, and one of the new est Ideas sprang from the brain of a Burden girl. Miss Burden concluded that, amid the wealth of precious metals and jewels used for belt buckles and shirt waist se.ts, other materials were being neglected woe fully, so she decided to employ china as a relief from the eternal glitter of the too-popular gold and silver pret ties. In consequence, china sets prom ise to be favorlten this winter, .espe cially for morning wear. Don't Jump to the Idea, however, that they are In expensive. On the contrary, tney are made of tho most delicate china, and their cost mounts high. The Bhlrt walat set Includes, of course, cuff but tons, pins for the blouse and a square belt buckle of large size. All the pat terns are of fairy dimensions, and most of them In faint tints. The sets look smart enough with the gowns of rough silk worn In the forenoon. Miss Burden's favorite frock of .that kind Is a golden brown, and the china set that goes with It is adorned with goldenrod. New York Press. In Favor of Girls. In the late afternoon they come. In thousands, out of stuffy ofllces and crowded stores and noisy factories. They've been there all day long, pa tiently taking "dictation" from fret ful, perspiring, irritating men, or try ing to satisfy a thousand querulous .voices over the telephone, or decipher, ing the wishes of Impatient or unde cided women across the counter, or with twinkling fingers guiding and feeding Insatiable machines. Their day's work over, they come out. Weary they may be, but who would suspect weariness in these straight. Independent, firm stepping figures? Warm they may be, but one 'igii life; and when one doesn't, there is something In his eye an expres sion of remote, respectful, but utterly crushing withdrawal from responsi bility for the errors of such a hope less person as yourself that extin guishes one's last lingering spark of Independence. Under Hlgglns' disap proval I am reduced to a worm of the dust! " Hot guests laughed, and several feelint-ly assented. But one woman, who visited much in England, de clared that on his native heath the British butler developed virtues he seldom carries ncivss the AtlRntie. The butler at a fnmnus country house where she visited was an agod man, of silver hair and henignant coun tenance, whose many years of loyal service In the family had earned their full reward of affection and respect. Ho f ?lt an almost fatherly degree of responsibility for the manners and be havior of the younger members of the family, especially upon cere monial occasions. At a large recep tion the American guest overheard him speaking to the youngest grown dauRhter, under pretense of bringing her a lace scarf: "Miss Hedlth! Mi.is Hedlth! The hold gentleman by the 'earth 'asn't 'ardly been noticed by anybody for 'alf an hour." Miss Kdith not displaying any eagerness to hasten to the relief of the neglected one, a fat, bald-headed, unattractive Utile man, ho continued, reproachfully: " 'E's a person of hlmportance if 'o is helderly. I've 'eard 'e's much respected in the 'ouse. Besides. Miss Hedlth, in the words of the poet, 'Kind 'earts are more than coronets;' and I 'aven't a doubt, if 'e'd happened to think of It, 'e'd 'ave hadded 'and brainy 'eads than 'air!" The conjunction of bard and butler was sufficient to recall Miss Edith to her duty as a daughter of the && UQU5E .a.HOClE Sauerkraut. Shred fine on a vegetable sllcer some white hearted cabbago. Pack In a Jar or wooden tub. Sprinkle over all a handful of salt, a teaspoonful cream of tartar and a little water. Put the big outside leaves or cabbage on top, place a cover on ths Jar with a weight on It, and keep in a warm temperature. In a week or two the sauerkraut will be ready for ute. New York Telegram. A II.'kIIhIi Xovrlty. V'ho has ever eaten conked rad ishes? - Their devotees declare them more digestible than raw ones and fully as appetizing. Here Is the way one woman prepared them to con vince doubting friends: She cut large white radishes Into rounds about a half Inch thick. These were boiled in slightly snlted water not too much for about ten minutes, and were then fried In hot butter until tender. They were highly sea soned with pepper. Bait, a little sugar and Just a drop of vinegar. New York Times. Burprc lVn-hcs. Boll one cup oT rica in salted v. ater I until tender, then Orain; butter some j cups and half fill with rice; press a : hollow In the rice and line the sides i of the cup; In the centre place half a I large peach or a small whole peach, I stoned and peeled; cover the top with ! rice and steam half an hour, or until : the peach is tender; uumould on a I plate, and garnish with a spray of green leaves; serve with a rich, boiled I custard made from one pint of milk, the yolks of four eggs, four level tablespoonfuls of sugar, one-eighth ' teaspoonful of salt and flavor with I almond; heat the milk to the scalding I point in a double boiler; beat the ogg yolks less than for a cake; stir In tht. ' sugar aud salt, then pour In slowly the hot milk, stirring all the time; I put back into the double boiler and cook, stirring continually until spoon dipped Into the custard will become coated with It; strain at once, and when cool stir In the flavoring. Bos ton Post. Fish Turbot Make a white sauce by cooking together a tablespoonful of butter and a heaping one of flour, and, when they are blended, pouring over them a pint of un skimmed milk. Add a few drops of onion juice, then pour slowly upon the beaten yolks of two eggs. Season with salt, pepper and a teaspoonful of minced parsley. Into this sauce Btlr a pint of cold cooked fish that has been freed of bones and flaked very fine. Turn Into a greased pudding dish, sprinkle with crumbs and bake for twenty minutes or until heated through. might marvel at tho visions of cool ness they look in their clean, well fitting gowns of white, and pink, and mauve. Troubled they may be, but the sight of them Is balm for other people's troubles. i? Subordination may have been their place all day, these girls who earn their living. All day they have been undei orders and prisoners of rule. But when they come forth In the late afternoon all that is changed. Then they dominate, and all men are sub ject to the pleasant Influence of their dominion. They banish discomfort and quiet complaint and make habit able the cars they crowd. But for the presence of these ' marvelously neat, calm, unobtrusive, unconscious benefactors, the home-going car In the evening would be as cages of sul len hyenas these trying days. That telephone manager back East who said that every girl who is bright and neat and clean is a pretty girl, Is everlastingly right. Kansas City Times. house, and she was soon successfully entertaining the bald but distill gulshed member of parliament. Youth's Companion. Atliletlc Training. "Mothers," said Mrs. Agnes A. Botha, of the Philadelphia Children's Home Care Society, in the New York Telegram, "should have more to'' say about the athletic training of their young boys .in our public schools. Many fine boys are being weakened physically and neglected mentally through too much athletics between the ages of ten and eighteen. "A mother is inclined to let the boy's father decide this matter, but this is all wrong, because nine men ' out of ten will encourage a boy to I stand at the head of his school nth-' letlcs even at the sacrifice of hlj oth er studies. I "Every man likes to stand up with his business associates and brag about ! what Mb boy is doing in the .choul athletic classes. "As a matter of fact, no boy should be allowed to go seriously Into ath letics until he is twelve or fifteen years of age. Ordinary play is enough to keep a boy strong and growing nat urally without abnormal muscular de velopment. "The usefulness of public school Athletics, in their prevailing extent of development, 1. more or less open, nd there Is a considerable difference of opinion as to the best methods of conducting such by-plays of public education. But there is no question of the desirability of placing scholar ship unreservedly foremost in the ad justment of Conditions. "In private schools each institution may fairly decide the question of the Importance ot athletics at it chooses. Parent, who do not approve of ath letic, have the privilege of sending their children to schools where ath letics are not exalted and there are some such. The question ot athletics in the public schools, however, Is quite a different matter. It appear to be the desire ot the public, who support the school, and for whom tbey are conducted, that athletics shall have a place. But that place must be secondary to the main pur pose of popular education." Younger girls still cling to tho Windsor tie. Crocheted buttons are more in tho style than ever. Black Batfn revers and cuffs are to remain In style. The all-black hat still retains much of its popularity. Zlbeline, serge and tho chiviots are popular for coats. The military caps Is much used for driving and motoring. Bronze BlipperB are quite styiis:i for evening housewear. Shimmering silk stuffs In two-tone effects will be seen through the sea son. Travel hats of the lightest possible make of felt have made their appear, auce. Quills are much used to trim walk ing hats. They are very long and very odd. Ottoman cloth a woolen material with a slightly raised rib is very fashionable. One of the new shades has at least a charming name to recommend it Unio blossom. The new raw silks are woven with a rough finish that makes them look at first glance like some new genre of crepe de chine. They are beautiful and will be effective In reception gowns and theatre dresses. Fashion Note. Green Tomato Chutney Often there are tomatoes which will not ripen, and it is Bometlmes useful to know of soma way of utiliz ing them. Choose the tomatoes when full grown, but before they have col ored, and slice them rather thickly into a clean, coarse hair sieve (sprinkling salt over each layer of slices), and leave them for twenty four hours. Place five pounds of these sliced tomatoes in a preserving pan, with sufficient vinegar to cover them entirely, then add t-'elve ounces of loaf sugar, one-half pound of sliced onions (not the Spanish onion, as they are too watery) , four o.- five chil. lies, halved or quartered (falling chil lies, substitute black pepper-corns), five or six cloves and about one-halt Inch of bruised cinnamon stick, loose ly tied up in a piece of muslin; now stew it all gently In nn uncovered pan till the tomatoes are perfectly tender, which will take about twenty or thirty minutes, and then put the mixture into two-pound jars, and cover down closely at once while still hot. Brooklyn Eagle. Little LrQij U(tey4 An Arbiter of Manner. "Ot all the complex requirements - nf modern Ivllliatinn. th hardnaf to I live up tf, t. an English butler!" de- Crepe dt Chme, or a 10ft ilk that dapg clared an American hostess recently "711' houW u"d ,orL ,h: v., ..,. ,,., . v I aftwnoon gown. A touch of contnttmg In humorous despair. -You aee. h . 4olof inJoaucd In the lower .lw snS gtves no sign of satisfaction when one ,10 th, VN, Th, cu(ft ,nd ,,, , does fulfill his demand, fol a lady InJ embroidered in a dainty flower detiga, Few people cook cereals long enough. Oatmeal should be cooked four hours at least, longer if possible. Try filling a stocking with hot salt and use in place of a hot water bag. Try using fruits and nuts for the middle layer of a brick of ice cream. Use chocolate creams tor a cake filling, or place them on top and frost all over. Try making a layer hickory nut cake, and fill and cover It with whipped cream. Try baking a pie shell and filling it with apple sauce covered with whipped cream. Oatmeal Is really best If cooked over night, and In many careful fam ilies this Is done. Flreless cookers are growing to be more and more used, and are emi nently useful and practical. Cut celery In two-inch lengths, fringe, each, and leaving a half-inch in the centre, use as a garnish. As served in many families, the cereal Is thick, lumpy, and, It the truth were known. Indigestible. Frost cranberry pie sometimes, in stead of using an upper crust, and see it you don't like the difference. When you make chicken salad next time try using canned peas, cucum bers or sliced apples Instead of celery. Make a layer ot chicken by pressing first a dark strip of meat, then a light one, then a light one, and finally dark again. Dip a slice of ice cream In melted chocolate before serving. Or else put it in cantaloupe and garnish with cream. The cereal is made too thick In the beginning, because time Is not al lowed for it to cook long enough to become so. Clear vinegar 1. usually too strong for a really pleasant mint sauce, and the addition of a bit of water with the hot vinegar and seasoning before it Is poured over the leaves wilP be an Improvement. A novel way to serve pineapple I. to cut the top and bottom from the fruit, cut around the aide, clip out the centre, and pile the slices up with powdered sugar, eut down th side of th plneaple shell, replace the slices, then tb top. and serve. Put oatmeal on th back of the stove at night, then tb first thing In the morning draw It over th hotter part and let It finish cooking. This Is difficult to manage wher gas atoves are used. The best solution of th difficulty L a tireless, cooker. PENNSYLVANIA Teacli, Not linns, Pupils, NorrlBtown. Prof. George F. Twltmyer, superintendent of schools at Wilmington, Del., addressed the teachers at the fifty-fifth annual in stitute of Montgomery County. "Do not imnlsh your pupllB by keeping them In after school for un prepared lessons," he said. "Let It be a part of their education to bo prepared. Let it be understood that the child has an engagement with the teacher at a certain hour, and once they become accustomed to it It will become a habit which will be of Inestimable benefit all through life." Prof. A.'N. Palmer, of New York, and Prof. C. A. Klrkpatrlck, of tho Fltchburg State Normal School, alBO spoke. By a vote of 300 to 130 the teach ers decided to discontinue tho publi cation of Institute proceedings, for which they were taxed 25 cents each. Drill Sergeant. Adjutant General Thomas J. Stew art announced tho assignment of the nlno sergeants detailed from the regular army to assist In Instruction of the non-commlssloned ofheers and private soldierg of the National Guard of Pennsylvania under War Department orders. The men will be assigned as fol lows: One each to Klrst, Second. Third ar.d Sixth Regiments, at Phil adelphia; one each to Fourteenth and Eighteenth, Pittsburg; one to Twelfth, Wllllamsport; one to Thir teenth, Scranton, and one to Ninth, Wllkes-narre. Tho Fourth. Fifth, Eighth. Tenth and Sixteenth Regiments, which have companies scattered over large territory, will not have any of the sergeants assigned to them. Should any more be detailed they will bo cared for. Forgives All OtlirialK. New Castle. Without fear and txpresslng his forgiveness for all the officials, Rocco Racco, a well known Italian, alleged leader of a Black Hand organization, and con victed of the murder of Selee Houk, a State game warden, a year ago, was hanged In the county jail yard here. On the gallows Racco said: "Gentlemen, I didn't see Seleo Houk killed. I didn't see any one kill him and I have no suspicion of any person. I pardon everybody and expect to go to Jesus right now. Good-by." Kugulfed In Mine. WIlkes-Barre. One of the many subsidences of the surface over the old mine workings which have been doing much damage at Edwardsvllle, near here, engulfed 10-year-old Hugh Hughes, while several other children had a narrow escape. While playing on Center Street the young sters felt the ground giving away be neath their feet and ran. Young Hughes was Bwalloped up, however, only the heel of his shoe being seen. Some miners risked their lives by jumping Into the hole and effected a remarkable rescue, getting the boy out alive, but unconscious. As he was injured internally by the weight of the earth which covered him, he la In a critical condition. The sub sidences at Courtdale and Edwards vllle extended still further and much damage is expected. Walks From Window. Shamokln. A daughter of Joslah Shaffer, the latter being S2 years, re siding at Manadata, went out into the yard early In the morning and found his body lying on the boardwalk di rectly under his bedroom window. He had frequently walked in his Bleep and Invariably made an attempt to get out of a window. C. K. Hloclier Knds Life. Gettysburg. Clarence E. Blocher. one of the best known residents of Adams County, committed suicide in Llttlestown by hanging. His wife found his body before lift was ex tinct, but efforts at reviving hi in were fruitless. Attixks Blind Wife. York. Lewis Swemly is In jail charged with assault and Intent to kill his blind wife, children and his sister-in-law. The prosecution is brought by the Humane Society. Swemly, It Is alleged, had trouble with his stster-ln-law, whn his wife Interfered. He Is said to have Btruck her on the back of the head with au earthen cuspidor. Chauffeur Xpurly Killed. Wllllamsport. George Kohn, a chauffeur, was nearly killed by a blow on the head, sustained when cranking his machine. John Yarrl son, with whom ho was about to start out, found Kohn unconscious, his head In a pool of blood. The blow had nearly Bcalped him. Ixim'h Life Ta Save Cap. Pottsvllle. When Harry Shadle, aged IS years, stooped to pick up his falling cap. whllo riding on some cars at Lincoln colliery, his leg was caught between the bumpers. The member was pinched off. He died shortly after tho accident. Rending Veteran Die. Reading. John A. Grenler, a well known Civil War veteran, who par ticipated In the battles of Winches ter, both buttles of Bull Run and Gettysburg, besides many skirmishes, died of a complication of diseases, aged 70 years. llerks County Man Dies. Reading. William Schaeffer. the oldest resident of Jefferson, died of apoploxy, aged 82 years. He was a veterinary surgeon and was the own or of several of the finest farm. In Berks County. liars School Dane". Altoona. Daucli. g classes, carry ing the name of the Altoona High School, have boon tabooed by Prof. O. D. Robb, dean of the faculty. He informed the ntudents at "chapel" that hereafter no pupil would be per mitted to conduct a dancing class using the name ot the school. Then The Man God Mad. At Charles and Balttmore Streets the other day a newsboy walked up to a man wearing one of the ruszy hats that are this season's fashion. "Say, mister," the youngster said, "If I was you I'd take that bat to a blacksmith .hop or a livery stable and bav it clipped and curried." An eight-track awing bridge across the main channel of the Chi cago drainage canal, near Thirty first Street will . bo operated by electricity.
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