— "Bellefonte, Pa., September 27, 1912. THE BUSY MAN. If you want to get a tavor done By some obliging friend, And want a promise, safe and sure, On which vou may depend, Don't go to him who always has Much leisure time to plan, But if you want your favor done Just ask the busy man. The man with leisure never has A moment he can spare; He's busy ‘putting off” until His friends are in despair. But he whose every working hour Is crowded full of work, | Forgets the art of wasting time— He cannot stop to shirk. So, when you want a favor done, And want it right away, Go to the man who constantly Works sixteen hours a day. He'll find a moment, sure, somewhere, That has no other use. And fix you while the idle man Is framing an excuse. CRENSHAW OF THE GOLD MILL. “He struck her,” explained Brill, calm. ly; "knocked her down. “Struck her?” I echoed, aghast. “Whole-arm blow, straight from the shoulder; but he couldn't have pu his heart into it or he'd have killed the “The brute! Now's your chance to fire him, Brill.” The superintendent grew thoughtful, “Kennedy,” he said, “I'll not improve the For several reasons, he made haste to add, noti Jrotest “Senorita Ynez utiful young woman. She knows it, more’s the pity, and it has spoiled her. Half the young Mexicans in this sap were at daggers drawn about her un she turned her back on them all and laid siege to Crenshaw. If it rid of anybody for the g who ought to go.” I scoffed at his argument. “A woman is entitled to considerate treatment,” said L “even though she is a Mexicana and a rt.” I could see that Brill was deeply stirred by the episode in spite of his judical calmness. “Down by the cyanide tanks,” he went on, “she flashed those big, lustrous eyes at Crenshaw a good man they pierced his armor. man and course. What else ashes out of his briar against his palm, “Well?” I interroga ; “She laughed at him,” said Brill; “not onl can scorch. her, his f blank pi f y ace as as a piece o ; he yard iT I i: i fg 8 + iE i £5 ff § gif g¥EE: El : f ] : 2 ¢ iF : : 3 : 5 : g i k Eo 58 Elite i HE jh 5 i i g 4 gE F HE i is zg i Fig thy comes to getting eneral peace, per- haps it's the senorita and not C w his imagination issmall, so those languishing glances were quite a while accomplishing their purpose. At last the barrier went down and Crenshaw came through with a rush. I happen to see the finish of the big fellow’s romance. I'm sorry 1 was around, Kennedy, for what I saw and heard left a disagreeable impres- sion. The performance was elemental and carried the human race back to the stone age. Crenshaw asked the girl to marry him. It was clumsily done, of could you expect of Crenshaw? And the senorita—" Brill paused, frowned, and knocked the g : £ g g : i 0; if =F : o : i my look of arcia is a very times before e's a lump ot a that, but she taunted him. She the ed him a dog, said she wouldn't wipe her feet on him—on, but she went on. When one of these Mexicans lets go her w stared at : g § § es — — Z i a g fathers trailed after them. : “There's the setting, Kennedy,” said Brill, pointing from the laboratory win- dow to a stretch of trampled sand backed by the brown cyanide tanks, “and there are has the place of honor. The senorita emerged from the throne and took up her position at the forefront. A box was placed for her by an admir- ing girl friend, and she seated herself. Her mantilla dropped to her shoulders, revealing the full blaze of her eyes and the bruised and discolored cheek for which the Americano was to pay. Presently, from behind one of the ugly, reeking tanks appeared Jose Garcia and his sons, Manuel. Tadeo, and Pedro. They were barefooted, bare headed, stripped to the waist and girt with sashes. Through each sash was thrust a dirk, ground to razor edge and needle point. “This looks like murder!” I said, ap- prehensively. “If it comes close to that,” answered Brill, “we must act quickly. But I have confidence in Crenshaw. The senorita seems sullen and uneasy; is it lack of confidence—or what?” The senorita’s elbow was on her knee and her chin in her hand. Her dark eyes were fixed steadily on the front of the mill. As I looked at her I saw her start, while a quiver of excitement ran through the group behind her. The Garcias spread out abreast of one another pluck- ed at their knives. Leisurely, without the least indecision or undue haste, the boss of the day-shift a red from the sunless gloom of the mill, crossed the ore platform, and swung to the ground. Coming placidly on to- ward the waiting Garcias, he removed coat and hat as he walked and pushed his sleeves to the elbows over his hairy arms. Within a few feet of his armed foes Crenshaw drew to a nonchalant halt and dropped his coat and hat. He meas- ured the Gracias with a casual, almost a listless air. If his nerves were strung to a tighter tension than normal he did not show it. Jose writhed forward, crouch- ing. The mill boss did not so much as put up his hands. But Jose was not yet ready to strike. First must come the in- dictment, J k earing upward, Jose began to s Frenzy and hate boiled out of him in seething words. His high-pitched voice carried to us, there in the laboratory, but the words themselves were indistinct. He made many gestures toward the se- norita. Crenshaw threw a contemptuous glance at the girl. She did not move, nor lift her chin from her hand, but her burn- ing eyes held unswervingly to Crenshaw’s face. Finally Jose snarled and lurched outward with his knife, Crenshaw’s hand went up swiftly, The blade, like a darting sunbeam, passed over the hand, fell short, and the old pa- dre was cuffed completely off his feet. He went down on all fours, ludicrously be- wildered. A fierce shout burst from the bystanders, spurring on the three herma- nos. They needed no u ; blood was hot and the $368 & : : i : : g E F g : 5 2 : : : 5 g fe ili : i i 5 CE f ; fe i csggi es ii 61 | £8 Hirt: Hid LL i} g | | AEE g :f & FREE 1 i gs 55 F 53 jase 283 382 i go 8 ig i I i g | i " : = g Iie Ie i § § i 25§ E Hi : = § is : Hi £8 i f 2 3 $82 i i : : : i i. ge 2E8 8% 8 g § § gs | sefetinels £ 8 g a g 78 £ : E 2 £FE is : i 32 fin LH £8 E ; 7s ed i "EF Ll 5% 5&5 iz g 4 : g i 3 § ia? g i I Hie g g g Hi : : i : E a 55 ih ig Ha : fit iz : g : »828 = | i 3 | E £ ge 3% gs g £ i 2 = : : g £ i 3 i Pi i i the specators. Ah! Senorita Garcia | hi more bitter and lead to results like to think about. It won't be long, at any rate, until we know which way the cat jumps.” The “cat” Juasnped the next day, and neither Brill nor I was particularly pleas- ed with the direction taken by that ative feline. I happened tobe with when he received a call froma commit- tee consisting of Jose Garcia, Silva, foreman in the mine, and Santarre, one of the teamsters. Jose was spokesman. His leathery face was rolled into savage wrinkles, and his agitation was so great that it fairly shook the words out of im. His mercurial nature ran largely to pantomime, and his oral exercise ably seconded by his hands and arms. “Senor Breel,” he opened shrilly, “we make what is call’ de committee. Me, I he spik for all at de mine. Eh?” and he whirled on Silva and Santarre. “Si, si!” responded the rest of the com- mittee, “Senor Breel,” pursued Jose, “we come to make de request, de command. Se- nor Crenshaw is muy malo, Senor Cren- shaw is one Americano dog. Dis camp is not so beeg for one Americano dog and many good Mexicanos with de self-re- a hees time pronto, or por Dios! something go wrong tonight sure.” That was the wrong way to take Brill. He had a willing ear for counsel but a heavy hand for insolence and revolt. “I'm the superintendent here, Jose,” said he, sharply, “and no understrapper is going to tell me my business. Cren- shaw is the best mill-hand in Sonora, and he sta Do you catch that, Silva? And you, Santarre? And here's something else for you to paste ir your bell-crown- ed hats: Another exhibition like the one we had here last night and I'll have every man up before the Tres Alamos alcalde.” In order that his terse English might not be misconstrued, he turned it into vivid Spanish. “That will be all,” he fin- ished, spinning on his heel and vanishing inside the office. The committee retreated, cowed and sullen. It was not vet at the end of its resources, however, for Silva and Santar- re, an hour later, called at the mill and served Crenshaw with a notice to quit, Jose Garcia, watching from a distance, saw Silva hurled bodily from the engine- room and Santarre make an undignified exit through an open window. Crenshaw had given the two members of the com- mittee a characteristic answer to their demand. He came to the laboratory, told me what had happened, then went away to report to Brill. His left arm was sore and stiff; nevertheless he seemed to have experienced no difficulty in ejecting Silva and Santarre with his one uninjur- ed hand. The afternoon passed in the usual humdrum, workaday routine of all our afternoons. The mill roared its uninter- rupted song of industry, the mellow clang of hammer on anvil floated musically through the husky monotone of the stamps, and the wagons creaked com- plainingly as they my quarters on their way to the ore platform. If there was a volcano smouldering under our feet the peaceful activities of the camp offer- ed no sign. Brill and I came together at the even. ing mess. The unattached Mexicans who took their meals in the chuck-shanty had | h, finished their supper and gone away, so we had the bare, primitive room to our- selves. Pablo, our youthful mozo, was just lighting a tin lamp on our table as we 2 bi our Shas. He jumbled the ma strangely nervous fingers an nearly set fire to the table-cloth. “Too much pulque, Pablo, or what?" gk Brill, pa at the Mexican eenly. “No pulque, senor,” said Pablo. His voice was not as strong as usual, oa kitchen. Brill “Our trouble a flash in the any sald I, hopefully. “Nothing to it, “You're mistaken, Kennedy,” he an- awered. “There's on for to sight. Pablo knows it, and it makes him nervous. I sent Jorge to town about four i bi lights. There were hall 1 i E " $83 gs 25 | ! 5 i 7 g } 8 § 23 E | mill, we saw the Srigting bean; Crenshaw emerge 0! urry, saw Ww and | a torch-bearer, who was r- | strike down rill | about to throw himself into the mill. a | suddenl | spik for de committee, and de committee | went forward under | | a —— so thc bated of Cres, may gro | shapes ta ie into a blur of shadow the stricken mill man. While straining every nerve to reach the scene and do our part in defending the Mexicans go down in a and then, from the vortex Quick hands, reaching out of the night, laid hold of me. “Pare usted!” cried a Pr voice; and, whether I would or no, I was compelled to halt. At the same moment I heard an excla- ation from Brill and saw him fighting with more of the Mexicans. He threat. ened, ordered, implored, all to no pur- was i pose. Like myself, he was held helpless by many hands. On the platform, not fifty feet away, the struggle of one man against a score our starting cyes. Again and again Crenshaw, with only one mighy arm at his service, fought him- clear of asmother of the Mexicans. | Some he hurled from the platform upon the heads of those below, and others he overturned and trampled ruthlessly. There was method in his work, hamper- ed though he was in carrying it out, for whenever a torch fluttered toward the opening into the mill he was there to stay . You Sabe? You geeve dat Cren- | his course. It was easy to forsee the end, however. Even Crenshaw’s marvelous strength and almost superhuman endurance could only postpone for a few tragic minutes the fate of the mill. foes reached his back and tried Tadeo’s trick of the arm. The trick succeeded. For a heart’s beat that huge fist was powerless, and the laborer’s, seizing their opportunity, fell upon their victim like a pack of ravening wolves. Crenshaw sank downward, still feebly resisting, and a tangle of human forms hid him from our eyes, In that moment Brill, with a terrible cry, wrenched away from the hands that held him. He dashed for the platform, and at the edge of the planks was seized | again and thrown back. His revolver must have been taken from him, just as’ mine had been taken from me, or he would have used it then. Swarthy who cringed at the flash of his eye and humbly removed their hats when they came to talk with him, now shouted curses and shook their clenched fists in his face. They held the whip-hand; they knew it, and the insolence of unbridled power was theirs. Old Jose was lifted to the platform and a torch was placed in his hand. With a shrill, frenzied laugh he flourished the torch and stepped toward the dark open- ing that led into the ore loft. Why were these men so determined to burn the mill? Could they draw reason and sentiment so fine as to know that when they struck at the mill they struck at Crenshaw’s most vulnerable part? Oddly enough in that brain-benumbing crisis such useless questions intruded themselves upon me. | was groping for the answers when something occurred on the platform that drove everything else from my mind. A slender form took shape in the black opening of the ore-loft. Jose came to an astounded halt as it barred his way. The senorita! There were red roses in her black hair, her head was thrown back in a resolute poise and the torchlight struck fire from er eyes. Why was she there? She had come from the mill! Had she deemed it her privilege to fire the structure with her own A deathlike silence fell over the men, | and They stood like statue's and watched the girl's every move. Plainly her presence there was as great a surprise to them as it was to me or Brill. She snatched the torch from her fath- er, swept it in front of his face and forced him backward and off the plat- form. Then she turned to those who good 3 around Crenshaw. gle sried n own poin into darkness around the head of the mill. To my amazement the Platform) slowly cleared, and at last only the prostrate Crenshaw were left Gl to the edge of the E; rales! and the crash of musketry, Same, prapared and A panic set in. The crowd dispersed as if by magic and melted into the ows. Brill and I gained the platform togeth- AE place hadZdropped ifted the smoking flame = picture that capped a re of : whistled softly. Pi does io say?” he inquir- "He says that you will have to get an. other boss for the day-shift, for he is go- SE or, tho uoystifs, for |) : tute the ebb of ore and the flow iy the wih cham. Pore EL or Th, m n crashing the went down Wallace Cook, in Some one of the many senorita and | is FARM NOTES. . —The American farmer has nearly $40,000,000,000 invested in his business. FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN : DAILY THOUGHT. Such as are thy habitual thoughts, such also ; will be the character of thy mind, for the soul is 2 - ei. every day. He uses hu of millions dved by its thoughts. —Marcus Aurelius of dollars of bank credit every crop sea- son. Care of Baby's Nose, Throat and Bara. : —A hundred pounds of aweet milk con- tains several pounds of sugar. The same milk when sour contains no sugar, but equal amount of acid. It does not take a chemist to discern between the value of the two. —There is an increasing demand for currants. The fruit is always in great demand by housewives for jelly making and the juice is also used largely in soft | drinks. The fertile heavy soils are best adapted to the growing of this fruit. BY MARIANNA WHEELER, in Harper's Bazar, There is no doubt that much of the nose, ear and throat trouble, with the consequent sore throat, coughs and dis- charging ears which are so prevalent among children, might easily be avoided if a little more careful attention were paid to them. These individual organs ! are so closely connected with each other that if one is affected one or both of the others is almost sure to suffer also. —Breeding stock shouid never be say- The means of entrance, by which air ed. A full corn-crib and a well-filled smoke- reaches the lungs, is through the nose house as their offspring are always resi- and mouth, or both. The larnyx, trachea less and chasing about the pasture, be- and bronchial tubes are the connecting ' cause a quiet disposition is no small fac- pipes between the two. As an opening tor in the production of cheap pork. for the air to enter, the nose is far better Be ¢ : than the mouth for many reasons, one of rae. ul not to treat in any way or which is that the mucous membrane of pi your pigs so as to stunt their growth, or a pig once stunted never can be the nose is much tougher and less sensi- | : ‘5 fed so economically as before the stunted tive than that of the mouth and does not riod of his life began, and he will never dry so easily when coming in contact be A A : : : : such a hog as he or she otherwise with the air. Again, the nostrils are lined would have been. with fine hairs which act as a filter to catch dust and foreign matter which the —If potatoes are inclined to rot, don't air contains, thus preventing much that be in a hurry to dig yours. Leave is irritating from entering the lungs. The them in the ground as long as you air breathed into the lungs through the ' can before digging. There will be far iess nose, in passing through the nostrils, es-| waste. I have seen some lots of potatoes all go to mush after they were dug; pecially in cold weather, loses some of its whereas, if they had beenleft in the earth chill, thus entering the lungs warmer | | than that which is taken through the till cold weather came on, most of them ' might have been saved. | the mucous membrane of mouth and . Boards are used almost exclusively | throat hn unnaturally dry. Dust 2 blanching the early celery crop. Ifthe germs of the air are allowed free en- | $ smand is good any the supply is short, trance, and coming in contact with the | Bay hay to put <70p on the market delicate throat causes irritation and sore- | h ore plants arg ul y blanched. I ness. From this irritation the throat be. | ove nown Soden. Blanching to be comes swolien, the tonsils enlarged, and $°'¢ In a week's time after the boards a growth soft and spongy appears at the | have been placed, wkile two weeks are ' mouth, When air is drawn through the mouth peons, | | of the nostrils, stopping them up, | Necessary to make the stalks as white as | Consequently the nose, as a means of | they should be. | carrying fresh air to the lungs, is put out! —In the large preducing sections cab- | of commission and the result is catarrh, | bages are stored in specially prepared | colds and almost constant irritation of | frostproof houses. But they are often larnyx and bronchial tubes. stored in cellars, barns or caves. Some . . The nose and ear are in close connec- | growers store in pits and there is no bet- oat Janie, ane the con Ti aa rads seisp und fresh ! d . I is p out frost an | sufficient outlet naturally forces its way provide for ventilation. Whatever the | throu h this tube leading to the middle | plan of storing, don’t wait for freezing | ear. ; Hing no escape, = abscess omg, | weather before harvesting, | causing intense pain un ear-drum | , | becomes perforated by natural or artifi- Jina he 3 Sows wdder gets op pf con. cial means. If the pus formed does not | 9ition on account of irrationa ng find escape through a perforated ear: | there is no question but that her milk drum it is apt to] burrow still farther, | Vill be abnormal also. Heavy corn feed- ‘and what is called a mastoid abscess "8 Tight up to the time of farrowing will forms, which is most painful and not | brig Ros 2 jeihy Sondilion is i without danger of serious consequences. fat and lazy and does not take much ex- ercise. To prevent it there is nothing | _ Begin Prevention Early.—The preven- better than the use of laxative foods, like tive treatment of these ill cannot com: | bran or oil meal. mence too early in childhood. From the| __gqi should not be drawn up to the | jime Jie baby is born Walch rea. celery lants unti She Jeather is quite i » espec ] , and coq), use of this fact it is seldom if you find the lower jaw dropped, with ' desirable to do any earthing before the ay hehe Sry Ue many Ts S91 Seeman of the fo - day and night, until the child naturally tae it Tagine is bepun eakiyin Oe. ! falls into the habit of keeping his mouth month the plants will be wi n e pl Il be well blanched by closed. Watchfulness will pay both you the first of November. Rusting is very ; and the child in the end. ! likely to occur if the soil is drawn up to uw Siuifg | Should be remenured, snd | the plants during the month of August. free a obstruction, Otherwise | —Keeping cabbages: —Select a dry when the mouth is closed all means of | Plate n the patch, pull up the cabbag 2a brea (and stan em close together, hea air nh ing a 2 fred supply of (down. Cover with soil from five to ten Therefore it is most essential that abso- inches deep, thinly at first, so they will lute cleanliness of the nose should be ob- | not heat, covering only enough to pre- served if the child is to breathe through | vent freezing as the season advances. that organ. Its toilet should be attend. The burying beds may be made from tting the child to bed at | four to six feet wide. A few cabbages night and on arising in the morning, also {or present use can be stored, heads down, during the day if necessary, in both in. in a barrel in the cellar; but the bulk of fant and older child. | the crop should be left outdoors. 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