i Bewurraiit Hate Bellefonte, Pa., November 5, 1909, “DREAMING.” For the Warcusax, Oo the water's placid surface, Glints the sunlight through the trees Nodding fern and drooping willow, Dance a measure to the breeze, And the alr is fall of muosie, - With a cloudless sky o'erhead, Birds are ealliog to each other, From the iaurel's shady bed. Steals a languor or my senses, And s half forgotten dream Into action springs a moment, Like a little mountain stream, From the past into the present, Comes another summer day, When the air was full of music; And the sunlight witching lay. On the water, fern and willow, Touching up the landscape grand, Painted by the Master's fingers, Sifting all life's golden sand. Then a boat lay idly rocking, And a pair of lovers there, Looking out into the future, Caught a glimpse so very fair. Of a cottage snug and pretiy, Furnished all so dainty too: With a garden of sweet flowers, And their love forever true, Then as fancy grew some bolder, With this graceful pride of place; Came a baby's cherub figure, Peeping through the window lace, How the days with comfort freighted, Flying on the wings of love, To our hearts would bring a blessing, From diviner hands above. With a start I woke, Just dreaming, Of a might-have-been that's past, And a woman's faithless scheming, After gold that would not last, All the fever of that anguish, Loong ago has passed away : When the creature that I worshipped, Turved to common potter's day. I'm alone, but sweet contentment, Fllis my life with song and praise, Yet just now I have been dreaming, Of dearer times and other days. —8, N., Titusville, Fla, THE EXILES, In spite of the separation of Pennsylva- nia German Millerstown from the political life of the State, it brimmed in crises with itical and martial feeling. When the vil War broke out, the railroad had juss been completed, and on it travelled thouns- ands of soldiers from New York to the South. The engines stopped as the water tank, and shituer repaired the Millerston- isus, large and small. Never bad they seen 30 wany persons, never had they heard such light talk of life and death, never had they felt so lifted out of them. selves, Presently the Millerstown Baod enlisted bodily, aud afterward balla dozen yonog men—a Fackenthal, a Kabos, a Koerr, a Mohu. The only one who did not come bome was Calphenus Knerr, who was of all moss needed. His young wile was too ill to be told of his death aud the bringing home of his body. It wae not until weeks laser, when she was able to wake her sturdy boy into ber are, that she guessed the truth from Mary Ann Kuhns’ face. The baby was from she first too much for her. He was lar too heavy for ber to lifs ; it seemed impossible shat so tiny aod frail a creature as Ellie could be the mother of #0 rosy and splendid a boy. He looked like his fasher from the hour he was born, and grew each year to look more like him. Ofcourse he was spoiled. He had example—Eillie was a good and pious soul —and precept, bus enfuicement with the rod was lacking. Mary Aon Kubns offered to whip him, ber arms having daily prac- tioe on mischievous young Oliver, and Ellie would not speak to ber for a year. Henry Hill offered also, jast alter Ellie had declined to marry bim, and to him Ellie never spoke but once again. Gradually her love for the boy biinded her to all else in she world —to the goodness of ber life- long friends, to her own needs ; is made her forget even his father’s grave. One evening, when the hoy did nos come home to supper, she omitted her weekly joniney to the cemetery, though she flowers were already gathered and standing iu she cool cellarway. Callie did nos come home till eight o'clock. He had been up on the mountain with the boys. say thas they bad played truant. At the end of the month he deceived his mother about bis report, insisting that the teacher had forgotten to give him one. Then he forged Ellie's poor, crooked listle signature $0 deceive the teacher. The next month be bad vot even the grace to try to hide his absences, aud he laughed at hus mother’s protests. Staying ous of school did vot seem to Ellie a very serious offence. He knew already much more shan she did, and more thau his lather bad kuown, “He is just a boy,’’ she said to herself, not perceiving that he was in every way a little worse than other boys, more oruel, more headstrong, more lazy, just as he was gard lik his Dy So > be vy ben ener like ev will be all right.” op uy" Bat Callie refused to learn to be a gardener. He began to stay away over- night ; then be did not come home for weeks at a time, He boasted of she places he bad seen. Ellie was now no longer deceived. In. deed, all Millerstown’s of evil did not equal her anticipation. Several Millerstown girls smiled upon the hoy— that was a fresh source of terror to his mother, who knew that he would faith with no living being. Her shoulders were already bending, expectant of new disgrace. And still she loved him, she prepared her best bed for him, she lay awake listening for his step, she gave him almost all of her widow's , | to say good-by.’ He neglected to | thong keep | which he bad ever heard. Neither he nor ‘Hush, mother,’ answered the boy, ‘‘the neighbors will hear you. [ bave enlisted in the army.” Etlie shuddered. “No, Bo, no.” “Yes, I have, mom. I just came home “14 there a war ?’’ whispered Ellie. “No ; bat the pay is pretty good, and a man #ees the world.” “But if a warshould come »’ she faltered. Is wonld be useless to forbid him to go ; he would not obey her, Terror-stricken as she was, pride strengthened her, intoxicated her. At lass Callie had grown up ; he was hraver and better than all the boys in Millerstown ; he was his father’s son. During ber agony of disappointment ove: the boy, she bad began to remember his father who, during his life, bad never failed her. She thought of him the next morning, when Callie wens to charch with her, Millerstown gaping with admiration and amazement. It was then that she spoke to Henry Hill. “Callie ie going to be a soldier like bis father.” The boy did not write often to his moth- er. His company was sent far from his own Penvaylvania Geran section. Ellie thought of him daily, bourly, and prayed for him, that he might resist temptation and remember his God. He was soon in- vested in her mind with all the splendid qualities of his noble young father. Grati- tude filled her heart ; she grew stronger ; she went about among her friends ; she bloomed like a girl. One evening in December she came home | 5g from prayer-meeting with Mary Kubus, who stopped at the gate to talk. “You are sure you are not afraid to go in alone, Ellie?’ she said, finally. “Ach, no!” answered Ellie. She ran lightly on the board walk, the powdery snow flying lightly from ber skirts. When she reached the kitohen porch, she saw foot- prints leading to the door. “Some one was here and went away again,’ she said to herself, as she went io. She locked and bolte:] the door, and closed the shutters with a cheerful slam. Then she took off her shawl and “‘swilight,’’ and set Schwenkfelder cakes for the morning bakiog, and afterward eas down to read a chapter in her German Bible before she went to bed. It may have been a slight sound which disturbed her after a moment. Bhe still held the Bible open in her hands, bus she was not reading. She realized suddenly that the footprints she had seen pointed only tothe door. The person who had made them bad not gone away ; he must be in the house now. She did not think of thieves—there are no thieves in Millers- town—but of some vaguer and more por- tentious danger. She heard again the slight noise, like a oreakiog of the cellar steps. She could nos breathe. She heard the noise again. Some one was coming up the cellar sseps. When the intruder opened she door, she bad nos turned her bead ; she still stared at her German Bible. She felt a head ou her lap, arms about ber knees. “Mother !"" he called faintly. His mother looked down as him over the open Bible. She did not kiss him or pus ber arme around him. “What are yon here for, Callie ?'’ she asked. “[—1 couldn’s stand it. bard. I—I ran away.” The Bible dropped from Ellie's hands. ‘““But you must go back !"’ she gasped. “You must serve your time out. You are —yon are—a——a soldier !"’ be boy looked up at her, his eyes more than ever startlingly blue in his bronzed face. Toey were filled with ghastly frighs. Could his mother have failed him? Had he heard aright ? “I can't go back. I bave been away for a month, I—I worked my way back to oun.” . Ellie saw that his clothes were toin, his cotton shirt was black with grime ; be smelled of liguor. She drew ber knees away from bis clasp. Calphenus did nos move; he continued to kneel by her side and supplicate ber. ‘But they will court-martial me if they find It—it was ton me. They may be alter me now. Moth- er, aren’s you going to hide me ?"’ “Be still,” commanded Ellie. ‘You wuss do as I tell you. Go up-stairs and wash. The shotters ore olosed, you can make a light. There are—there are clean clothes for you in the bureau.” The boy got heavily to his feet. “Go righs away,’’ his mother bade him, sharply. When he bad gone up-stairs, she stealth ily opted the outer aoa ood walkie his t nts to she road, aw skirte about, then she came back to the table and sat down. When Calphenus appeared be wore his Sanday suit of long ago. It was a listle sight for him; his arms hung at his sides as bh he were powerless $0 move them. He looked at his mother with awe and trembling as though she were a stranger. He did not even sit down until she bade him. Then bis stiff tongue almost refused to move. He said he bad been away from the army too loog to hope for pardon. If he went back they would torture him, The regulations said that be might be punished auy way but by death. He would never go back; he would rather die. Couldn’s she thick of anything to do? Wouldn's she even try $o save him ? Ellie's face was bidden in her folded arms on the table which bad been ber mother’s and ber grandmother’s. She lifted ber head and looked round the little kitoh- en where she had been rocked in her ora- dle. The house was like an outer shell of her own soul. “Yes,” she said, heavily. *‘I will go away with you, and we will try to hide.” So, without farewell or backward glance, they fled. They lived first in the conntry-seat of the adjoining county, where Calphenus worked io the wite-mill. They had . ed their name to “Throckmorton,” w Calphenus found in an old oatalogue, and chose heoanse it was most unlike any name his mother cond it. He became “Arthar Throckmorton.” called is “Arsar Srockmorton.” He taught his mother to speak Eoglish, such as is was. Shed ed her German Bible and her hymu- , the only treasures she had brought with her from Millerstown. Fora year she seemed to see the constable wais- ing hefore the door. Then, when no one bad come to disturb them, she more freely. N ah his face white, his bi ae wider Rn vu Bde Ra One evening shesat on the d in the dusk, h that he might cowe home. Is was early summer, she cool air was Sila wine vty of ‘Bo le. Her whole yearned . At sound of a brisk step on the Hs pave- ment, et agen strained ardently into the ey a ber a to ber, i ot mnt i shen came on settle in the kitcben,and the boy was dash- fog water into her face. He wore a blue suit, buttoned to bis chin, and a little aay thought it was your father,"” she cried faintly. *“Why do you wear those clothes?" | expression in her black eyes. It could not possibly bave been relief. “Well ?’ she said, slowly. ““Is was this way,’’ he ling. “There is 2 yonug fellow, he works aside me ; he said to me a while back, “What is your name ? and I told him what it was, and I moved away to another place. And today he came after me, and he said to me, ‘I—1 don’t believe is is poar name,’ he said to me. ‘I believe you are a Datoh- man.’ He—he will get the police on us, mom “Well 2” said Ellie again. “Mom, you don’t mean that you will tell on me ! Yon don’t mean that you will give me up, mom ! You are nos going back on me I" He began frantically to plead in the tongue of his childhood. ‘You won's deserts me, mother 2’ Ellie's inscrutable eyes darkened. ‘‘No,” she answered. ‘We can move.” The next day their house was empty. The boy did nos even go back to the wire: mili for bis wages, They went to Harris- burg, and found a little house far out on the river road. It was a wretobed little house with a few aores of ground. “You can teach me to garden,” said Calphenus, with a long sigh. *‘I can raise things and take them to market.” “Yes, we will,”’consented his mother. They sat together on the door-step, looking out over the wide uehanna, shallow after a long drought. could see, far on the other mde of the river, the fiery headlights of great trains; the stars shone peacelally akove them. “Is ie nice here,” said Calphenus; ‘‘nice , tremb- open. ST he did not answer. She had vever lived near a stream, and the sound of the water made her as lonely as had the great hum of human life in Reading. It was tiny, peaceful, silent Millerstown for which she longed. For ten years they lived unmolested. Calphenns raised struck, learning to love his labor; he went dailv to market. He was aliaid of the name Throckmorton ; he adopted ‘‘Vail’’ instead, equally absurd for a Peonsylvania German, It was paint- ed above his stall in the markes, ‘‘Arthur Vail.” Once during the ten years his mother went away for two days. He was orazy with terror. “Are you going back to Millerstown, mom ?"’ “No.” He dared not question ber farther. ‘‘But you won't give me up, mom ?"’ “No.” He did nos leave the house till she re- taroed. Slowly he hegan to gain confidence. One night the flame of a great fire lit the sky, and they heard the next day that the State Capitol had borned. Presently the mighty dome of a new Capitol rose above the city ; he could wee it building as he digged his garden, It frightened him a little, He knew that it represented a vague, iode- struotible somethiog which fire could not destroy nor time chavge; which could veith- er be escaped vor resisied. Sometimes the thought of law terrified him, sometimes be Ianughed conuingly because he had lived so log almoss beneath the shadow of that dome and was not caughs. The city crept gradually upon them. Within hall a wile their road hecame a city street; aoroes the river a long stretoh of olose-ses lights marked the new railroad- yards; automobiles rashed by, each one causing Calphenus to gasp afresh with de- light. He began to go about the city : he ventured once into the Capitol itsell and stared ap as the inside of the mighty dome; be saw the Governor's mansion flaring with lights, and women rustling up the steps, and was perfectly at ease and contented 10 watch 0 much splendor in safety and peace. There was a young girl who tend- ed with her mother the next atall in the market; he bad begun to talk to her, She was one of his own blood; when be picked her up after she had stumbled, with a solioitons “Annie, did youn hurt youn ?'’ she answered, trembling, “Just afew.” Then he bad kissed ber. He thought of her often. Why shounldn’s he marry ? He wae sale now. Hie mother had seen plainly the change in him, his growing assurance, his com- placent smiliog to himself. He began to look as he had looked the night thas he came home ip his blue suit to say good by to her. The obauge did not please her. She became daily a listle more silent; she spoke to him more gravely. She wonld vot let him make any improvements in the house, or even buy her a German Bible; if he allowed himself diversion out-of-doors, he gos none within, Prisoners could searos- ly bave lived more swply. One day Calphenas did not return from market at his usual hour. It was six o'clock instead of two when he finally ap- peared. His supper was waiting for him when be bad oobitched his horse and pat away his orates aud boxes. ¢]—I counldo’s came sooner,’ he falter- ed. “I—]—it was a perade. My horse, he got stubborn. [—I-" “A perade !” repeated Ellie. ‘‘What were you doing in town ?"’ “]—I—1"" He stood gasping. ““What ails you ?"’ asked his mother. “I—I bave something to tell you. I saw somebody from Millerstown this morn- ing. Is was Jimmie Weygands. I—I—he saw me; he said, ‘Hello, Callie I’ he yelled it ont #0. I was afraid. drove a long ways round to get home and I met the perade. I—I thought he might come after me. Hesaw me come from the market ; he might go in there and ask about me. He—he might come out here—be might— the police will find vs, mother.” Ellie looked at him strangely. “Well?” she said. Calphenus almost screamed. going to give me up ?”’ “No,” ans his mother, wearily ; “I will never give you up.” He ate almost noshing. Alter supper he went back to the barn to make all secure for the nights. Then be stood motionless, listening to tke river. For a moment ite CE a Ce ; he was terrified by the loneliness of his own He did not know where to turn. “Are you ens and earth, seemed to move unoertain ; this other,shiniog in its bow of light, seem- ed to e. He fels suddenly a great “Mother,” he said, faintly, when he bad entered the little house, ‘I have decided togive faveelt ap His mother bim pack a few simple t she blessed God aud prayed for her son. In the morning she went into his room and belped bim dress | preven he were a little boy. Then he aud wens ous to the “‘Calphenus,” she called, faintly want you to come back.” “Yes,” he eaid. ‘‘But I will miss the Washington.” Nevertheless, he 4 found out !"’ His mother | at him with a strange “*There is I must say to Calphenus.” She in German ; was to be no strange lish between them forevermore. She by the table, a buff colored paper, which she had taken from her bosom, in her band. Her voice shook, but her eyes were steady. ‘‘Once I was away for a little while. I was in Washington. They said you conldn’s have been arrested any more after two yeas were up. Here is a paper; you bave to ill i in before the "Squire, and then you are ree. Calphenus took the paper from her hand and stared at it. Is was a blank form ; he saw the scattered words : itso. deserted from the army of she United States, released from liability to arrest and imprisonment, and from trial and punishment by court martial.” “When did you get this ?'’ . he asked, thickly. “When I was away.” “It is five years.” “Yea.” “Why didn’t you tell me before ?"’ ‘‘Icouldn’s,” she said. The tears were ranning down her cheeks. Is had burned like a coal in her bosom, this little paper which would bave made him free, and would have taken her back to Millerstown. “I don’t know why I cooldn’s. It wasn't time anti! now, Callie.” “Why didn’t you tell me last night ?"’ “‘Is wasn't time then yes.” Calphenuos sat down by the smooth table, His mother had starved ber face away and was looking ont the east window of the house. She often stood there,she eat there with her work, preferring it to the wider, more lovely prospect to the west, He won- dered vagnely why it was. Then his hand- some face flashed. Five years ago he might have been free. Five years! How dared she keep it back ? Hie throat choked with rage. Then he beard again the thunder of the river, and was afraid. He tried to remember what had brought him peace; he walked to the door and looked ont, and came back to his ohair. He saw that his mother was watching him; she wept no more; her eyes seemed to glow like the flaming dome ; he looked at her with awe ; he conld almost have thrown himself at her feet and begged for meroy. He leared her, his weak mother, who bad punished him so cruelly, who would not tell him that he was free until he was will- ing to give himeell op. He stared at her curiously. How little ahe was, how thin, how oid! For him, life waited ; for her, it wae past. Suddenly, with torturing clearness, he saw what her life had been. She might have been happy when she was a girl, but after her marriage grief bad been her portion, and then these years of bitter exile. And still she could love him and punish bim sod pray for him ! He went across the room and put his arm round her. “Mother,” he stammered. ‘‘Mother—"' For a long minute Ellie stared at him. Then she laid ber head upon his hreast. “Ach, 7 have such homesick lor Millers. town, Callie,”’ she whispered. *'I want to 20 back.’ —Ry Elsie Singmaster, in Har- per's Monthly Magazine. Do you know we have the old style sugar syrups, pure goods at 40 cents aud 60 cents per gallon, Sechler & Co. The Government Cuts lee. The ory for an economical administration of the natioval government has been an. swered hy at least one practical and actual saviug movemens, and one which is of eon- widerable significance to municipal govern. ments. The actual saving to the national government which will be affected by it will be about $25,000 per year; the value of the example so American cities may be several millions, Some time ago it was ohserved that the Postoffice Department av Washington wae using about ove ton of ice per day in ite water-coolers, for which it was paying a private dealer §7.65 per ton. In the build- tog were a large power plant but partially cccupied by the running of elevators, print- ing presses, eto.,and a number of engineers and other employees whose presence was necessary hut whose time wae not alto- gether filled. The departmental officers consulted and estimated, and purchased an ice-making plans, with the result that the depa:tment is now turning ous its own ice at a cost of sixty-five cents per ton, a sav- ing of just $7 per ton. The Postoffice De- partment could sell ice as the rate of twen- ty-five pounds for one cent and make mon- ey, as it manufactares thirsy pounds for that amount, or 150 pounds for five cents. Orders bave heen issued to install simi- lar ice plavts in the Treasury and Interior departments, to be in operation by Sep- tember 1st next. It is thought that with- out effort the three plants will be able to manufacture all the ioe required in all the branches of the government at Washington. If the government can manufacture ice for sixty-five cents a ton, it would appear gals reasonable to suppose that the munio. ipal government in any American city could turn ous this indispensible article for a sum certainly far below the price familiar to consumers. A municipal ice plant that could torn ont ice ai even two dollars per ton would pay for itself in afew months, ———Do you know we have the old style sugar syrups, pure goods at 40 cents and 60 cents per gallon, Sechler & Co. The “Thirty Pleces of Stiver.” Toe ‘‘piece of silver,”’ thirty of which were paid to Judas in his trade of betray- ing Christ, was of peculiar interest to the Israelites, and was always spoken of in their holy books as the shekel of Israel, or holy shekel of the sanctuary. It was the amount which each Israelite between the ages of twenty and fifty was required to poy into the public treasury as a ransom or their delivery daring their sojourn in the wilderness. According to British onrrency, a shekel rl he pence, three farthings, or about fifty cents in United States coin. Money was, however, much more valuable at that time, and the ‘‘thirty pieces’ at that day, to about $3,000 to-day. The sheke On one side it bore the emblem of Aaron's as mentioned in Numbers, xvii, 8, sar- rounded with the inscription in Hebrew which is given in the eleventh Levitions—with the words, * 1 of Israel.” : Y women who wish to © the Wd which beauty is dy will find Pieroe’s Favorite which womanly ili-bealth and pess 80 often have their origin. on" is especially to be recom- as a temperance medicine. It con- tains no aloobol, neither opium, cocaine, nor any other narcotic. There is nothi “just as good.” ” ——fubsoribe for the WATCHMAN. | was somewbat larger than a |d8y sugust | hall-dollar, and was smooth-edged. Our Beginnings in Forestry. When did the United States begin the pracsice of forestry? Few persous can an- swer this question correctly. Most e are of the opinion shad she beginning of forestry in this was of very recent origin, and that the first step in that di- rection was taken among the moantains of the Far West. Neither assumption is coi- rect, While Washington was serviog his firss term as President of the United Sates, a recommeadation came to bim thas the gov- ernment ought to bay live oak islands on the coast of Georgia, to make sure ofa supply of ship timber for war-vessels. The idea appears to bave originated with Joshua Huomphreys, whose official title was * r of the United States Navy,’ although about the only navy shen existing was made op of sik ships on paper, and not ove stick of timber to baild them had yet been ous. Five years after the recommendation was e, Congress opriated mouey to buy live-oak land. on and Black- beard islands, ov the coast of Georgia, were boughs for $22,500, Louisiana was bought soon alter, aud in 1817 the Six Islands; of 19,000 acres, and containing 37,000 live-oak trees, were with- Ts co a vo u k ress a 10,000 to buy additional live oak land on Sania Rosa Sound, western Florida, and sanbsequently other Florida timber lands, aggregating 208 224 acres, were reserved. Up to shat time nothing more bad been done than to buy or reserve land for the timber growing natarally upon it ; bat the work was to be carried further upon the Santa Rosa purchase. The plan included planting, protecting, onlsivating, and ous. ting live-oak for she Navy. That timber was then considered indispensible in build- ing war-vessels. Much had been said and written of the davger of exbaunstion of sup- ply. Settlers destioyed she timber to clear land, and European pasions were buying large quantities for their vavies. In re- sponse to repeated warniogs the govern ment finally took steps to grow timber for ite own use, Young oaks were planted on the Santa Rosa Lands. Diffioulty was experienced in inducisg young trees to grow. The sucoesr- ful transplanting of the oak is not easy, unless done at the proper time and in the right way. The plantations as Santa Kosa were generally uuvsoccessinl ; but large quantities of acorns were planted, anda fair proportion of them grew. Bas the efforts were directed to pruning, traiving, aud caring for the wild trees, What the ultimate snocess of the forestry work would bave been cannot be told. The Civil War brought a complete change in war vessels hy snbstitutiog iron for wood. Forestry work stopped. The timber re. serves were neglected. Squatters ocoupied the land. After a number of years all the reserves, exoeptsome of the Florida land, opened to settlement. There ate all vorts of flies; blowflies, blue hottle flies, baseball flies, tent flies, theater flies; bus she fly we are speaking of is shat cosmopolitan insect, the house fly, going under the stylieh name of Musca domesticae. Since theology began, men have asked themselves why flies were oreated, and where they go in winter, and why they don’s stay shere. Flies have always heen a nuisance. They ges 1nto the baby’s milk; thence they wander into the garbage oan. Anon they retarn to the oream pitoher, and alter taking a bite from a typhoid patient they revieit she dining-room and complete their supper from tue strawberry shorteake aod the granulated sugar. The ouly place in the house they avoid is the fly paper. The Chicago health department has he. gun a war of extermivation on the fly. Realizing that the industrious insect is nos only a nuisance, but a spreader of typhoid germs, the health departments is sending out a olarion call to all the housewives of America's second oity to destroy the fly once and forever. “Don’t let flies walk into your parlor, nor into your house,” says the warning bulletin. *‘Keep them away from your food. Don’t bay food or eat is where flies are tolerated. Screen windows and doors. Soreen the baby’s bed. Use liquid poisons, sticky fly-papers and traps. If the flies get into the room before yon do, burn pyrethrum powder, and when the little muscae fall to the ground staoned, gather them up tenderly and put them into the fire. Above all, avoid dirt and use earbolic acid.” Veneer Wood industry. Daring the year 1908 there were cat into veneer 382 542,000 feet hoard measure of loge, valued at $7,891,000. a= against 348, 523,000 tees, valued as $6,436,900, io 1807, according to statistics just published by the burean of the census in on operation with the United States forest service, Al- though industrial conditions generally were unfavorable dariug she year 1908, the amount of wood cut into veneer increased, substantial gaios being made in the goan- tity of both imported and domestic wood consumed. This was due in a measure to the oloser canvass in 1908, when returns were received from 402 active establish. ments located in 34 States, as against 370 in 31 States, for the preceding year. Red gom, as in the preceding year, ranked first amoung the woods used for veneer, 119,- 943 feet heing consnmed, with a valoation of $1,272 096, forming a percentage of 31.4 of the total consumption. The demand for red gnm was even great- er than in 1907, when its percentage of the | ggmmer whole consumption was 205. Among other woods, with the exception of yellow pine, which shows an important inorease, uo great increase is nuied. The principal woods imported for the industry were ma- hogany and Spanish cedar. Of the former 11,487 leet were used, with a valuation of 478,364, as against 6722 leet, with a uation of $839,695, in 1907. I —— ily of five boys, says the bis mother said to him : 0, John, isn’s it soo bad I haven't one little girl ? I could ourl her bair and make such ty little dresses for her. Don’t you you were a little girl 2’ of] “Why, Re he said. “I'd rather he most any kind of animal you could mention than a girl.” ~— Mrs. Lomas—"‘I don’t see what she wanted to marry him for. He bas a cork leg, a glass eye, as well as a wig and false Mre. Smith—*“Well, my dear, Jou know that woman always did have a kering alter rempants.”’ wee Sohool Teacher—What lesson do we learn from the busy bee ? Tommy Tuffout—Not to get stung. —Y ou mise a good thing if you don’t take the WATCHMAN, Little John is the yon of a fam. Tree one! FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN, DAILY THOUGHT, 'Tis hard, where dullness overrules, To keep good sense in crowds of fools; And we admire the man who saves. His hogesty is crowds of knaves, —Dean Swift, Oue of the summer novelties brought from Fraokford is a raffia bels. The foun- dation is rather stiff liven canvas of the kind used for cross-stitch embroidery. To make a belt cat a strip rather wider than the finished belt. Turn over each edge to give firmness. Bultonholestitch all aronnd with raffia and work a narrow border jas iSite vk biasprop soln 4k. Fill in the rest space w asi plain cross-stitch or any of the long is stitoh- es, Il a girl knows anything about dyeing raffia sbe can make charming effects in colors to matoh different costumes, Gold thread used sparingly is effective. A = whose shirtwaists always come out of her trunk in perfect condition uses for JUCIE 8 use thst is ne simple as itis useful. case is made of oross barred dimisy, with a little figure in color, and is bound with ribbon to matoh. To make the case, take a strip of material twenty-eight inches by twensy-three. Bind each end. Fold the two ends over ansil they just meet in the middle, thus forming two seven inches deep. Bind the ends of shis oblong case and ribbon ties on the edges of the two pookets. Make a little sachet of the same material and the case is complete. A case of this size will fis easily into the average suitoase. A gilt greaily appreciated by any house- keeping friend, or by the girl who lann- ders her own dainty ehirtwaists, is a bay- berry bag for waxing flat-irons. The bere ties are in the right waxy condition from now on into the late fall. Make the bags of ticking or heavy linen about eight inobes square. Use for each’ bag a haif-pins or a little more of bay berries. The will last a long time and they are far neas- er and safer to use than the candle ends eenerally saved for the purpose. Some- thing of the delicious fragrance clings to the garment after ironing. It ie often very difficult to find a suitable ifs for a person who already ‘‘bas every. thing.”” Yet the desire is strong to show in rome way appreciation for kindness. A young girl has lately been lucky enongh to score two successes in thie line. To one automobiling friend who loved wild flowers she gave a tin fern-box or botany-box. She bougbt the plainest one she could find, painted it gray with a design in green ferns. Then she made a bag of gray cor- duroy to pus it in vo that shere would be no danger of ite soratohing the pol'shed surfaces of the car. Besides its original urpose the box bas beer found useful as a oot etool in the car, and the appreciative owner proposes to put a hot-water bostle in it in winter and use is as a loot-warmer. To the otber friend in whose motor-car she had pionicked many a happy day, she gave a roll of parafline tomblers, which 00st a dollar for the hundred, so they can be thrown away without hesitation after once using. A roll of ten, which would take up very litle room, wounld he wel- comed by any traveler. The stumblers are far daintier than the folding cups and, moreover, are far pleasanter to use. Ata “barn party’ just enjoyed by she young people of a summer colony the girls all wore vhort white dresses with ohecked gingham aprons or pinafores and {fascinate ing white sun bouuets. The youug men wore knioke:sbookers, **sofs’’ shirts, baod. kerchief ties of bright silk, and broad straw bats. The costomes were moss becoming. The carriage house was cleared for dancing. Ove corner was really enclosed hy soreens and served for a refreshmens-room, Tue table was kept supplied by the com- mittee in obarge, with bowls of lemonade and fruit punch, sandwiches, avd cakes, Guests helped themselves as they fels in- clined all throogh the evening. Io another corver, screened more carefully, a clever girl iu gyspy costume told fortunes. To fold a dress skirt properly for pack- ing and eo avoid the crease down the mid- dle of she front breadth, fasten the skirs- baud and pin the back io she middle of the band in frons. Lay the skirs on a table or other flat surface right side out, with the front breadth down. Smooth out all creases and lay folds flat. Then begin at the onter edges and roll each toward she centre back until the two rolls meet. Ibn this way the baog of the skirt is not injured, there are no wrinkles, and the front breadth is smooth aud flat. If she skirts is too long for the trunk, told 1s over near the top and plage a roll of tissue paper under the old. —— Belts of orocheted or knitted silk match ing the still popular silk ties are effective with white or colored wash suits. If the ends are to be crossed and fastened with in- visible hooks or pius,shey shonld be finish- ed in points. 1f a buckle is to be used, fin- ish them plain. The backle should be of the simplest design. The silk-vovered rings used a few years ago * with ribbon or silk belts are still a favorite and effect. ive finish for lastening the knitted belts, When makiog a table-cover of crash denim, to be used
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