"THE OLD WOMAN, - By Gertrude B. King. My neighbor's girl Is a snow white bride, Her froock’s as white as my hair, And her little head bends 'meath her bridal wreath As low as mine's bowed with care; Her eyes are dimmed by her misty veil And dim are mine, Her lover stands by and he owt Oh, long are the weary years! O God, be good to the little white wife, Late come her woman's dole— My man he sleeps in the olear green sea, O God, be good to his soul! too, with tears, whispers My neighbor's wife iles still and pale, But her smiling eyes are wide, for a little head nests at her curving breast Her tender heart beside; And little she recks of her woman's pain, Awaited with woman's fears, As her man-child stirs in his ‘sleep— Oh, long are the weary years! O God, be kind to the rosy child, Late come his mother's dole— The clover grows over my baby’s head— 0 God, rosy keep safe hig soul! My neighbor's hands fold close the Cross That lies on his quiet breast, The candles gleam .at his head and his feet, And the priest prays long for his rest, The din of the noisy world without Rollg over hig patient ears To break on my walling heart— Oh, long are the weary years! O God, be good to the toiling man, Short be his cleansing dole— My heart's apart from this weary earth, 0 God, call —From Appleton’s home my soul! Magazine My First Blizza BY BE. M. STEPHENSON, WPEPNPEPEPEPEPEIY “A bit run down, and nervous, and—and-——likely to be a lot worse if not attended to at once,” was all the old family doctor had to say after a hurried diagnosis of my My mother, whose anxiety was her pent up anyway, began to cry, affid 1 began to think of Uncle Billy, only a few years my senior, who liv- ed in the far awgy West on a ranch some twenty-five miles from a rail WAY. 1 ran upstairs for the big batch of jetters that he had written me ana that 1 bad appreciated as coming from fim. but whose conioaty had never before held more than a remoie inter- est for me, What a change a few words from the old doctor had made in my way of looking at things! 1 read these letters afresh with amazement and with the keenest and wildest delight. I even began to pity my uncle in his loneliness, and in one short hour my heart and soul were with him on the plains, Uncle Billy, who had gone under skmilar conditions, had recovered al most miraculously, and my parents were willing that 1 should go, all the more, as so much depended on prompt action in my case, In twenty-four hours I was aboard the “Burlington,” steaming to the westward for a small Indian trading- post, called Fort Morgan, in nothern Colorado. A telegram from my father bad brought my uncle to the fort, an# there he awaited my arrival. 1 had left everything behind me; my school, my graduation, my home, and my chums, but had not realized it until my uncle and I had started across the plains to the Big Bijou, on which river, or rather, river-bottom, he had bought a large ranch, I talked fast and kept as it by main force, in self-defense, for | was afraid fo think, and the few hours neces. sary to reach the ranch soon passed. Uncle Billy and | were soon chums ag of old, and as my health improved 1 was content with my lot. We busi ed ourselves with the summer's work, and as the two of us could do more than one alone, we had our Satur days off, for getting mall at the fort and for marketing our stuff, consist. ing of eggs and butter, for uncle had not yet begun to market stock from the ranch. As the winter approached our trips to the market grew less frequent, partly because uncle wanted to get a lot of sod turned before freezing, and partly because by holding off we could command even more exorbit- ant prices for our produce, The sea- son was nearing the holidays, and more than a month had passed since last we had visited the trading-post, 80 we decided to go to the fort for a full day's fun. We arrived early and soon had dis posed of our butter and eggs and dressed fowl for almost their weight in gold, and were having a good #80: clal {ime with our few acquaintances when the telegraph operator handed my uncle a dispatch, He read ft slowly, and read it again and again, then, looking at me, sald: “A blizzard ‘s comirg from the north at forty ie a good bi ts Et ee mites sn an hour, and only seventy miles away.” Though mortally afrald of such a thing, 1 almost laughed at the idea of a blizzard with the sky as clear and the sun as bright and warm as a day in June, Nevertheless I aided Uncle Billy to hook up and get away. We jogged along at a good steady gait, but uncle was silent as a tomb- stone, “Do you think we shall have a gen uine blizzard, uncle?” said 1, ven turing to break the silence. “You can't tell one minute what'll happen the next” was his oniy re ply. His next word was at the half-way post, and that simply to mention the fact that we were passing it, and was spoken to the horses more than to mo, A little gust of wind caused him to straighten up and ‘look toward the sun, and brought from him the sig- nificant remark: “All depends on the team, my boy.” 1 was ready to think the whole thing a huge joke on a tenderfoot, and was about to say so when my eyes caught sight of a long, dark wall moving rapidly toward us. Already its western end was obscuring the sun and the air was beginning to chill my ‘blood. Uncle laid on the horses were on the run. the last ridge hiding our vision, and the long line woods indicated that we ing the ranch. By 80 dark that I hardly dare and the dark wall was rising higher and higher, and growing blacker and blacker with the passing of every min- ute. ‘The horses were doing thelr best, their furious driver apologizing to them for his unwonted cruelty, when he suddenly yelled with the ferocity of a madman: “If that falls on us be fora we reach home, you freeze 10 | the Buffalo robe and Doll, take my chances with old Ned." Those were till uncle pulled me out of the robe an hour later. The thing fell sure enough, would not stop. whip till the We passed of were cotton look back; They kept lunging up by turns after a fall As for me, 1 could not endure the for a second. There no just snowbanks These came down, only to be whirled by wind to make room for so 1 rolled me up in the great robe and lay down in the wagon-box, awaiting orders from Uncle Billy Though we were not more than twenty rods from the barn when thal wall fell on us, it took the team an interminable hour fo reach that barn We had left the big double doors open that morning when we started for town, and well for us that we had done so; for no sooner had the faithful horses landed on the barn floor than they dropped from sheer exhanstion Uncle closed the and then pulling me out, shouted: “They made it all right, but look at rom.” We set to rubbing them with our strength, and soon had them dry and warm and bedded in their stalls with hay to their backs Being confined in the corral the cat tle and sheep had taken refuge in the long, low sheds built for them, and wére comparatively safe and com fortable. I'he next question was, we get to the house?” After tying a long line to my wrist, uncle took the other end and lunging into the snow told me to follow when he pulled. At the first indication of tautness, I made a beeline for the house without waiting for another tug on the rope. To my surprise, | reached the kitchen door without fur snow were 1 ao flakes . “ { ue straight ow) 4 ¥ abou ile more; “How can that my uncle was not there, rope from my wrist, a sudden Jerk drew it far out of my reach and 1 dared not follow. old musket shots, uncle's attention toward the house, In this I was right Although blinded with the snow and chilled with frost, Uncle Billy was soon be. side me dn the shanty, safe and sound, we dare not open the outside door, such was the roaring of and the crackling of the frost. and writing to our friends back Easl that we had the record for fast driv- ing, having sent old Doll and old in one hour and fifiy-one minutes with two men and a farm wagon be- hind them, On the third day we ventured oul, to find everything In good order ex cept the cows, which were suffering somewhat for want of milking, Tha was my first experience with a blizzard with a big B, and though 1 have lived out on these plains con- tinuously “ever since, and have wit nessed wonders in the blizzard line, I have not seen another quite like that one.—Good Work, SHIPPING LIVE MINNOWS DRY. A Bunch of Them Sent Thus, Without Loss, From New York to Detroit, The salt water minnow Is a hardy little fish. It will lie in the mud, oul of water, left there by a receding tide, and keep alive all right for some bours until water comes to it again with the next flood. Ard se, while commonly all fishes when trans. ported overland are carried in cans or tanks fied win water, must be kept constantly aerated while the fishes are on the way, minnows may be ahipped for considerable dis- tances out of water If carefully pack- ed, as they are sometimes shipped to anglers for bait, What is perhaps a record shipment of minnows, for the results attained is one lately made from New York Aquarium to the aquarium in Detroit. The Detroit aquarium wanted a bunch of salt water minnows, some to feed to its marine fishes, and soma for exhibition purposes, and for these minnows it sent to the New York Aocuariwm, which =hipped the required little fishes to the num ber of 500. For this shipment there was made here a box about 20 Inches square by 10 inches deep, around the inner sides of which cleats were nailed about three inches from the top. Then the bottom of the box was covered with wet eel grass, and on this the litle minnows, from 2 1-2 4 inches in length were laid carefully to be pro tected with another layer of eel grass laid over them? And then there were placed in the box on the top layer of eel grass over the fishes strips of wood with their ends sup ported on the cleats nalled to the inner sides ~f the brx, and ther to in ¢n the | fnere was pu to fill ge gradu ily sufficient moistur the way ! for by of the minnows and 4 in go alive after they provide fishes on The fast train through hours were unpacked Detroit, in the found ly. —N but when placed - - Ole OH off water there the wh elr Bng and swam $ } ew Y San Bag rk PISTOLS NOT SOLD IN TEXAS But Leased for Fifty Years Instead on Account of a Tax Law. A cowboy walked inio a hardware store af Austin, Texas, and d for a good six shooter “How much it?" he asked when | he had looked ii over, “1 can’t it replied, “but 1 for fifty years “This is of a joint" want iH He cnlle i asks is sell to you,” the will lease it for $15.” a dad blamed funny the cowboy sald to lease a gun: 1 want but was ex tarted to walk out, back by the dealer, plained that the las el a law which per cent the who Legislature tax Fass § rey Prrnd " f INposcs 1 ol 50 on the gross proceeds sale of pistols ’ $15 1 would have to a tax of $7.50." the explained. “I can lease fifty years and won't bh anything.” The cowboy saw the ed the gun. The law which was enacted purpose of taxing pistols out istence in Texas “has been more than nine months period only two pistols have been sold in Texas, according the tax cel} records of the State comptrol ler's office. One of these weapons was sold the other day in Amarillo for $15 and the ! dealer made a remittance of $7.50 tax on the sale. The other pistol was sold at Gainesville several weeks age for $10 one half of which sum pass ed into the coffers of the Sate. It is sald that dealers all over Texas are evading the new law by { leasing pistols for periods of fifty years and more. Pistol toting is not openly practised in any part of Texas Many men still wear six shooters but the weapons are hidden. There has been a wonderful change ‘through out the southwest ip this respect dur | ing the last fifteen or twenty years In the early days almost every na tive in this region wore one or two six shooters in holsters attached to ia belt around his waist. Then the moral wave which wiped ou: gamb ling and is about to do away with the saloon in Texas came along and the six shooter lost its popularity On'y a few days ago a man here was fined $100 for carrying a pistol Not a great many years ago $1 and pay hardware t to for you 11 ave WO pay iae point and leas of ex in to re flicted. It is said that the fight azainst | earrying pistols has greatly lesssaed | the mortaiity rate in Texas. Mur ders are still committed, but there hag been a decrease in the indiscrimi na'e shooting and killing that former iv took place In the State~New York Sun. Misuse of Teleshone. Will there soon be a reaction against the ever ubiquitous telephone? It strikes me there may, because | hear on all sides complaints of its misuse, especially by the younger members of the community. A lady of note, who is very good-natured in having girls to stay with her in town, was found complaining bitter ly the other day that she could nev er get near the instrument herself because her young guests were ex changing confidences all. day lon with their girl friends as to thelr frocks and young men. Gentlewoman. The cry of a wounded hare re gsembles that of a child in distress, Greenland has a population of 11. 896, ; SEE Household Notes AKED BEAN RABBIT, A novelty in the shape of a bean rabbit is recommended In the Wom- an's Home Companion as a good way of using up the left over beans. The recipe is ag follows: Melt two tablespoonfuls of butler, add one teaspoonful of salt, one- eighth of a teaspoonful of paprika, one-half cupful of milk and one cup ful of cold mashed baked beans, Stir until thoroughly heated and add one half cupful of grated soft, mild cheese, As soon as the cheese has melted serve on small circular pleces of toasted bread. he recipe Is admir ably adapted for chafing dish use —————— A LA LUCCHESE, cooked one cupful smal two BGGS Six hard of milk, one beaten raw yolks of spoonful of chopped parsley one tablespoonful of grated cheese, a pinch of ground cinnamon, tablespoon ful of butter or oil, and salt to taste a little lemon juice. Fry the onion until nearly the oil or butter; add the eges cut in halves, and stew slow fire for four minutes; then in the two yolks of eggs, the cheese, cinnamon and pepper. Mix over a slow fire for ¢ight min- utes. squeeze a little lemon juice over and serve hot.-—Boston Cooking 8chool Magazine CERE, sliced onion, che table wa CEES, one pepper brown in milk, the over a stir parsley, salt very BAVARIAN VEAL When surrounded soubise make a to the aye as Wipe six loin stew pan with slices of carrot, one-half teaspoonful of four cloves and two fuls of butter, Cover ing water, and cook until are tender. Drain, season with salt and pepper, dip flour, egg and crumbs, fry in deep fat, and drain on brown Arrange on a hot gerv- ing dish, ind with one cup ful-—measured before boiling-—of bol! ed flat macaroni broken into two-inch pleces and mixed with the following sauce: and slice there should be two cupfuls, with boiling water, drain, again cover ter, and cook until and rub through a tablespoonfuls of butler tablespoonfuls of flour, well blended, then pour on gradual. ly. while stirring constantly one cupfal of chicken stock Bring to bofling point and add the onion and one half cupful of cream or milk Season with one half teaspoonful of ealt, and a few graing of pepper.— Woman's Home Companion ———— HOUSEHOLD HINTS A cold bolled potato will take place of mucilage for pasting amall articles. Cut In half and rad over desired surface. Iron spots should be covered with salt moistened with lemon juice and laid in the hot sunshine for several days, moistening the salt frequently. When washing black calicoes and lawns, make the bluing water very dark, in order to restore color. A bet. ter way is to wash them in bran wa ter or thin starch. To whiten your doorstep put hall a pound of glue size in a saucepan, add a pint and a half of water, and slowly dissolve on the stove, When quite melted add one pound of powd- ered whiting, stirring it in gragual ly. Apply with a stiff brush, and too hard add more water, To keap kettle covers and galvan ized pie plates from dropping from shelves and tables in pantry get threes lathes and two siats about one inch and a half thick and eighteen inches long. Nail one lath at the end of slats on either end, forming the bottom: the two remaining laths about four inches apart. Nail it any where it would be convenient. It will give ample space for covers, ele, and save wear. Sweet oil will remove finger-marks from varnished furniture, and para fine from olied furniture. Patient! rabbing with chloroform will re move paint from black silk or any other prods, and will not hurt the most delicate of fabrics. If kid gloves are laid upon a damp towel for two or three minutes they will go on with less chance of tear ing. A glove manufacturer advises that the upper part of a mousquetaire glove be turned down beyond the bul ton, and when the fingers and hands are worked in the top may be care fully turned, but not pulled, back. A good gloss for shirtfronts Is the following: — Take two ounces of fine white gum-arable powder, put 4t in. to a pitcher and pour on it one pint of boiling water, cover if, and let it stand all night. In the morning pour it carefully from the dregs Into a bot: tle: use one tablespoonful to a pint of starch made in the nsual man ner: use a polishingdron also, CHOPS by macaroni a Ia dish very attractive well as to the palate, chops, and put a half an onion, eight two stalks of celery, in peppercorns, tablespoon. with boll the chops in paper and surrot Peel oni Ones: Cover five minules, with bolling wa- soft: again drain, Melt two add two and stir until Cook sieve the Since Japan recovered from Rus sia a part of the island Saghalien 4400000448544 44040004 Jno. F. Gray & Son Aron Control Sixteen of the Jurgen Fire acd Life rance Companies in the World, Ee THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST . . 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Waahir=san, 1) FROM PILOT TO “SAMURAL” Money is being raised in Japan to restore the monument of Will Adams, first English resident is the story Mr. Lafcadio Hearn, in 1600 Will Adams arrived Adams had partaken of many adventure, and had probably in contact with Hawkins, Drake, Sir Richard Grenville other He life, self, “served for Master and gays him that he On landing in Japan, great Emperor Iyesyasu. *As soon as I came hefore dem BAYS him he 4 of what counirey we were,” Adams. no ite, ande He asked whether had warres our country 1 answered him Yea, to the countrey. Having a chart the whole world 1 showed him through the Straight of Magelan. He viewed me well and seemed to be The Emperor attached Adams to personal service, and Iater we of the late pilot teaching his royal master “jeometry and under- standing of the art of mathematicks.” Adams was well provided for, and Before long he was cre- ated Samurai, and an estate was given him. Surely no romance of that romantic Age was stranger than the rise of this pilot, with only his honesty and common sense He was in such extra- vead in a contemporary account: Adams’ only cause for regret in his tive land. His services were regard- vd as too precious to be spared. The bard, for, as he writes, “When 1 asked ne too many times the Ould Em- Nerour was silent.” To Try Growing Hemp in Wisconsin, Experiments in the growing of hemp in Wisconsin will be conducted by the agronomy department of the University of Wisconsin in co-opera- tion with the United States Depart Board of Control. The farms of the State penitentiary at Waupun, the Mendota insane asylum and the agri- cultural experiment station at Med- {son have been chosen for the exper jment, which will be carried on un- der the supervision of L. H. Dewey, a government agronomist. The plan is to discover what soils in this State are best adapted to the calture of hemp, and whether crops can be pro- duced at a price to make possible its use for binder twine. Etperiments will also be made with various ma- chines for the separation of the fibres from the plant, and to discover the economic value of hemp as a rota tion crop.--Madison Corespondence Milwaukee Sentinel. come In a recent cemmaign. of ths wera sent to the front, of whom over 7000 perished from preventable Aiseases. In the Boer War the Eng- trum Sistas than frou bullets. ¥ ER Aa eo AAO A EL rR RS LL Sr FART ATTORNEYS. D. ATTORNEY -AT-LAW BELLEFONTE, PA Oflos North of Court House. a — EI Ww. HARRISON WALKER ATTORNEY-AT-LAW BELLEFONTR, PA ee —— Fo. 19 W. High Breet. All professional business promptly sttended $8 cen - pn a 8D. Gerrio Iwo. J. Bowza W.D ZLzany CS-ETTIG, BOWER & ZERBY ATTORNEYS AT-LAW EaoLz Bloox BELLEFONTE, PA. $ po EE - - — ATTORNEY -AT-LAW BELLEFONTE, PA. Office N. 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