BR o> waiting for an answer, he brought the whistle Into service again, Here Tommy's mother returned, “Come to luncheon now,” she sald. “Come, Tommy, and remember that little boys should be seen apd not heard.” “Yop!” answered the pride of his mother's heart, turning a some®sault. During the luncheon Tommy ap plied himself with diligence 1o the contents of his plate. “Won't you have an Olive, dear” asked Miss Perkins, passing the damty cut-glagsg dish. Tommy took the dish, looked ut it curiously, them put i. Jdown, He glanced quickly toward his nother, then at the visitor, who‘smiled reas suringly. Next he eclavated his eye- brows with a peculiarly knowing ex- pression, looked toward the ceiling as if to draw Mids Perkins’ attention to something and then gave a deliber- ate wink. Miss Perkins looked at the ceiling, but saw nothing, A MODERN MAUD, Maud Muller carried the plates away, And gwept the cloth with a silver tray, The Judge looked up from his seventh course, And paused in the praise of his sad dle horse, To feast his eyes on the blush and charm Of her girlish face and her snowy arm. He turned to his host, and he archly sald: “Who is your pretty serving maid?” And his host, polite as a host ghould be, “That is my daughter, Judge,” said he, “Since 1 went broke in the bucket | shop, She brews my tea and fries my chop, “She turns the buckwheat cake for me, And my steak and chicken fricassee, | said his mother. Tommy took up the tiny, gold-bow! ed spoon, gazed at it as if fascinated, then plunged it into his chocolate, He took a sip, looked at the spoon, then looked at the visitor, who smil- ed again. After that he went throveh the same performance of tiying 10 draw her attention above. “Saving the erstwhile plunks I pald T'o butler, chef and serving maid.” After cigars and chat were o'er, The Judge he lingered at the door, something And for a last dessert essayed to To kiss the hand of the serving mald, “Tell me, Tommy,” sail Miss Per kins, when his mother had left them alone for a few moments in the parior after the luncheon, “what did you see on the dining-room ceiling?” Tommy climbed up on his elephant and clutched his whistle, “I see nothing” he twisting his limbs into seemingly po sitions. “Didn't you ~atch oa?” “I'm afraid I didn’t, Tommy.” Tommy untied the knots in his legs and arms and went over to Miss Pel kins’ chair. He glanced furtively ou! in the other room, “Well, did like the dish with the olives in it?” he asked “Why. yes, Tommy, didn't you?" “And did you like the little spoons with the gold on 'em?” “They were very pretty. they were presents to mamma?” Whispering low: “Ot the whole re- past The sweetest last!” course was the very A year went by, and the poor old jay Who entertained the Judge that day said, impossible Was out of the Sheriff's hands for good— (The neighbors never understood Just where he gathered the gold that set Him up again, and out of debt). you Forsooth he knew—for the price he paid Was the loss of his mald. little serving I suppose The plunks rolled in from his bucket shop; But the hand that had browned hls morning chop out he up then “They ain't belong to the what's an old one.” moment, stuck oura," lady maid? Hart. for a under lp. “They Say cally his sald stairs Mamma ford were gald you Courier Now turned the leg of lamb to brown, Poured out the tea and set her down | MANNERS and fudge, | CLASS IN the Jolly | : | Instruction for the Shy and Awkward in Old Time_Southern Schools. Just as the plans had all been ad | The father of Alexander H. Ste | phens, the vice-president of the Con- By the father of the little mald, ] phens, th president of the Lon. federate States, was an “old field { teacher, and one of hig schooiroom ex play | ercises which the pufiils called “learn . i wa Ja that | Ing manners,” evidently made a deep The serving maid to the Judge that | > = an AE relia day! | impression on Alexander, writes —Aloysius Coll, in Puck. | Louis Pendleton in his bir graphy of | the statesman. The plan was no less admirable than quaint. ! It is related that month on a Friday the spelling their tirected to take To feasts of pastry, meat And fine desserts—with Judge— When he told Maud Muller she should ———————— TRUTHFUL TOMMY EER52525252525252525252525252525258 Tommy is the pride of his haart of everybody | ti else's existence. When his invited Miss Perkins to luncheon the | stop latter devoutly { that Tommy | and would be away at school or consigned | quiry to some relative day. i These But the first that greeted | meet her eyes as entered the small apartment was Tommy sitting on the plano stool, one leg curled under him | and the other swinging back and once a after about afternoon, had got and geals in rows Then the boy wou! classes through tasks, the boys girls were ' fas ing each other head of his row toward the centre of the /»m : the girl at the her row would do likewise As they approached the bow and the-girl feminine i Ing Gays ina At ICT CICICICACICIICL would frop a court the mother's and the b ane times hope ¥ Ph iO 1aC exercises object in imaginars introduction of visitors, with practice in place chat.” Then ngs an she and entrance, formmaon cere of intro came the mony forth, while both chubby hands were employed In bringing forth discordant sounds from the instrument. “Here, Tommy, take Miss Charlotte's purse and gloves for her,” called his moth- er, her volee raised high in compe tition with Tommy's musical efforts “Oh, I'll just lay them here on the couch.” sald the visitor, who remem- bered well that the last time Tommy had performed the gentlemanly task for her a small penknife, a memoran- dum book, two foreign coins and a | stand book mysteriously disappeared | from her purse, Tommy seemed disappointed as he let himself from the piano stool “Have you got a kiss for me, Tom my?’ asked Miss Perkins, smiling at him ingratiatingly. “1 don't kiss girls,” he sald, short ly. Then, seizing a whistle which hung round his neck on a string, he blew a series of long, piercing shrieks. “Tommy, talk to Miss Charlotlie while 1 go see about luncheon,” sald his mother. “Now, be mamma's own | boy and tell her all about what you saw when Uncle Jack took you to the circus.” Then ghe left the room. “Won't you sit on my lap, dear?” asked the visitor, “Git off my elephum.” Tommy said, shaking the arm of her chair. "You are sitting on his tall” Miss Perking arose hastily Then she noticed several appendages tied to it by strings-—-two pleces of card board. a long strip of tape and a razor gtrop. “Dear me! 1 hope 1 haven't hurl your elephant,” she gaid, “No,” returned Tommy, “you're 100 skinny: he couldn't feel you He proceeded to turn the chair for ward until the front of it resied on the fioor. Then he climbed upon the rung. "Are yon going to stay here tA oat?” he asked. Then without | The parties walk from in ‘his spposite sides Caen 3 s would of the | ter salutations of the two agreed unon the boy saying, “Allow me Miss Mary to present to you my friend, Mr Mr Smith, Miss Jones™ Af | Miss Mary bad spoken to Mr. Smith she would in turn introduce her These exercises, trivial as the de scription may seem, the vice-president of Confederacy says, “were of great use to raw country boys and girls, removing their awkwardness and consequent shyness and the pain. | ful sense of being at a disadvantage | or the dread of appearing ridiculous.” ~Youth's Companion, ” —————————— SS —— NEW SPORT AT TUXEDO. the Carp, With Which the Lake is Stock: ed, Speared by Torchlight, A new form of sport for this part of the country has been introduced ut Tuxedo this spring with much suc: It is the spearing of caro by Carp were Introduced a dozen or more years ago from .Germany and many lakes and rivers have been | stocked with them. They are more | or lesg a nuisance, have multipliad exceedingly and have destroyed many smaller edible fish In Germany and France, says Town and Country, the carp are considered | excellent eating, but even there they are served with sauces which dis guize their flat, rank flavor. They have made their appearance In this city as articles of food in the smaller restaurants, principally in those on sald to be very large and'quite gammy. In the bayous of Louisiana & favor fte sport is to spear the saculalt, a species of trout which abound there and which cannot be taken by fly or bait, These bayous are sluggish, nar row streams running through cypress swamps and hall submerged forests The fishefmen paddle about in pin ogues or dugout canoes, Some manage with extreme dexter ity. to hold pipe torches In one hand fieh rise to the light amd they are speared by others of the party. The | Acadlan—as the native In the adopted | land of Evangeline is called-—serves these fish baked in claret and covered with spices and flavored with a lt tle onion and the small green pepper with a tomato sauce. MINERS AND TUBERCULOSIS, Number of Cases Among Coal Miners Below the Average. A mining journal published at Scranton has been calling attention to the curious fact that in coal min- i ing communities there is a marked de { ficiency in the mortality from tuber ! eulosls as compared with that of oth | or localities. This Is a phenomenon | that. has also been observed in Great i Britain and attention has been drawn ‘to it by B. H. Thwaite According to Mr. Thwalte the ef- { fects noted may be due to the physio | logical effects of carbon monoxide, | for he finds that men engage: about blast furnaces and gas producers are peculiarly free from tuberculosis trou- ble It is suggested in Mines and Min- { erals that the presence of carbon dust in the lungs may be a cause of pro duction of CO, and that this will serve to explain the immunity of miners from the disease The tubercle baclilur fs a cr-ature | of extreme tenacity of life It cased In a waxy integument and Is proof against even nitric acid, but gases are so penetrating In their pow. of diffusion that it can well that carbonic oxide might tissues of a creature in a for the is en- ers be considered reach the subtle manner, perceived gds cannot ss —-so———— { CONCRETE JACKETS ON LEVEES. i New Method of River Protection Promises to Be Successful. A new for con is | prote tion of levees On The usual from use Way | these levees famage ! wash is by a wooden rey i gluting of planks placed | the base or tee of the + loves are fastened § two ralls near their near ¢ r bottor ot sort of tight from braced fence is anchored in board to nine feet stringers high It which are crown of the levee As a substitute, States engineer in Record, it crete § of and the the United yrers writes a the Manufa was decided to try acket the a con ¢¥ from ae the ling 10 vertically berme fr Loe of exten levee near i Top toe slope thence feet curbing slop » wash tak undermine the two inio he the prevent any which would and ir Aliso to preven: mM % § sun da 1 i ry imais irom base of the lave nerete consisted five gravel and of one part » st gard tn pa 4 : Was pi s repped iforcen jogs and OO waar Gown gurface in places by pounding it. After this ap the conere weakness ring’s high water 21 been against ! ty days noticed no ————— A A GOLF DRIVE OF 385 YARDS, Ground Was Frozen, in an autobiographical sketch at Braid tells of his longest drive “S80 far as I can reccllect” he a round at Walton Heath with Mr, The course was frostbound we were playing the fifteenth hole, a distance of “Of coursce you can drive a ball wonderful distances when the turf is frozen, and such a feat as this is no test of one's general capacity, but on the other hand, it was so cold that 1 could scarcely grip my club, and 1 feel sure that if 1 could have held it ‘properly 1 should that day have driven very much further. “At the eighteenth hole in the same round 1 drove to the bunker guarding the green, which was another drive of nearly the same length. As to what distanced 1 have driven under normal conditions I really do. not “Once when 1 was playing a match against Harry Vardon at Hythe 1 made a carry which was generally remarked upon at the time as being something very much out of the ordi nary, but 1 do not remember what was the exact length of It."-—New York Sun. The Wolf Slayer, Dmitri Koszian, of Bistricza, known as the wolf slayer, dispatched 285! of these animals in thirty years. Two | months ago he disappeared and re cently his skeleton was discovered on the Bistrieza hills % Household Notes SOLA VLAV NAPA ANS : Cao Ee emis d SOUTHERN RECIPES. The following collection of fine old southern“ recipes happened to fall into my hands, says Elizabeth Pyewell in the New York: Press. Many of these are heirlooms and have beep in use for a century. They are especial value on account of thelr be ing within the capacity of amateur cooks. af CREAM PUDDING, Two tablespoonfuls of flour, one large cupful of powdered sugar, two of cream, three eggs the sugar and cream into the yolks, beat the whites separately, mix all together, then gift in the flour gradually, turn into heated pans, but tered; bake twenty minutes, CHOCOLATE PUDDING One pint breadcrumbs, milk, volks of four eggs squares of chocolate, sence of vanilla whiteg of tabletpoonfuls Put this over the oven until brown, one quart two or three season wilh es When cold, beat the eggs light with four of pulverized sugar. the top, and place in the WASHINGTON BREAKFAST CAKES Three eggs, one pint milk flour, one teaspoonful of buiter all well together and spoonfuls of yeast, 8e¢ warm place Put in greased and bake in a quick oven eggs light before adding ingredients Bea’ " ' add two table wi t Oo rise in a eat them to BEATEN BISCUIT. One quart fl put ong of . “ tha ur, in thor tablespooniul lard, one tea- supful water the blisters board an them with a a i IA ther One tabl milk, cnethird teacupful of Mix it tiff and beat dough is soft i Roll cut until covered with oven proven KOSSUTH CAKE Take SPOON Zs in small round tins, hollow ou have been cakes . the not to break fiat careful two the part beaten these cakes hollowed out ’ iy 1 Melt ame sweet vanil in a litle milk, stir until per gmooth, and part of the i pa cream a choe cool | when cake. Ta eaten while fresh, JELLY FOR CAKE eggs, the lemon, quarter LEMON Take the juice and rind of yolks of three one Put stir on becomes skiliet sugar fire and into a the until whites beaten to a froth sOOn As off As take It cold. When quite cold pul ¢ rake sroad of this comes 10 a boll, and ati % $41 Sir uniu tally 1 5 $ 3 - os FT elly It sxcellent 3 in ull pasie Cover the custard witl ne pasle { mayonnaise PpeEr Cand u Barning oli extinguish 5 earn gang or td , + oll spread To take berry ing water run through entirely taken A fine flaky lows One and onehall cups two-thirds cup lard. Mix with cold water as possible, then spread lard on, and roil repeat the process several times. You can use it for crusts in patties or in pans, In camp or at home, when the fire is slow of starting because of lack of shavings or otherwise cut into some of the kindiings, making little slivers without geparating the latler from the sticks. If the kindlings hap pen to be damp on the outside, tha cuts will expose little dry places to the flame, Warm your discolored earthenware or granite baking dishes well, then rub them with damp corn meal. 1 cleang without scratching. In puiting on the bands to skirts make them Jong enough to turn in about an inch. Make the buttonhole tains until out. made as fol fiour, as roll crust is tie out will not pull out. Salt thrown on a coal fire when broiling steak will prevent blazing from the dripping fat, Salt as a gargle will cure soreness of the throat Salt in the water is the best thing to clean willow ware ind matting. Salt in whitewash makes it stick. Balt thrown on a coal fire when low will revive it. Salt used in sweeping carpets keeps out moths, Salt thrown on geol which has fall en on a carpet will prevent stain, 8alt put on ink when freshly spilled on a carpet will help in removing the spot Balt In the oven under baking tine will prevent scorching. In addition to the canned speeches, remarks the Indianapolis News, there are the Indiscreet ones which are Inrred., Jno. F. Gray & Son Gusto 10,.. 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MONK £ Co, zcrerseem New York Offica 485 ¥ Bt. Washir*an, A GRITTY FIGHT FOR LIFE. Comfort reigned around the little | campfire that evening; | smoked and tea brewed, material ac- | companiments to chat and | Then some one asked a question; { just what, is immaterial; answer matters, “Boys,” sald Puffle seriously, | thought that last winter 1 out of it, pretty close, 1 had started out from | Revelstroke with the usual i twenty-five foot Peterboro | down to about the six pound limit with ail my 1 hundred boys, I played the fool. 1 got burry. 1 took overlong hikes ate cold grub to save time. lows don’t dare do that. | the winter woods can stand gruk: he must cook well and | his pest Then it he ¥as to wade creeks and sleep wet | and i've wet days at a time; { resi it, he's got the fuel in a | hurry, we must { and think it camp a aver. | ft over, but I guess | was a bit shout it. 1 dug Oregon grape princess pine and polled them down to find some foxgiove for my which had begun kick too hard when I climbed. Then I hurt my foo! before the roots had put me in shape, and when I found a black morning I knew I mast pull river. I cached my stuff and started ! had to hurry then All day 1 snowshoed, biting yn a bit of pine to forget t Nights 1'd find sut holes in i {or draft, kind heart to toe pain a hollow cedar log, t about # : le 8 fire at the end and Je down on the log When the asad burned up to the draft hole a my foot I moved up another When I couldn't find a Jog I'd dig a pit down in the snow, kindle a brush and sleep at the edge of i {he ashes. 1 reached Smith Creek ! all right, and by then my whole foot ! was black. Boys—may I live to for- | get it—1I fell in crossing that creek: fell in over head and ears in ice wat- sr, and nothing between me and Rev | pistoke to help me. If I stopped, be- sides the certainty of freezing, | | knew my hurt would never let me | start again, and I didn’t think I could | keep going. 1 felt I was gone, but | | resolved I'd die hard and play the game through. Off | hiked on the | raquettes; awfe! going it was, the | pain killing me by inches and every : rag on me frozen solid. Night came; '{ kept on like a madman, for I dared not stop a second. If I drowsed an : instant I was dead. I reached White's , cabin; all nature urged me to go in ifor a rest. I had reason enough to know it would be my last rest, so 1 ; hit the trail steady with an awful {timp, I prayed Kelly might be ia | his cabin, but it was cold and shut. When I reached Mosquito Landing * was dying, but the thought of only six miles more kept me going. When { had been hiking steady for over forty-two hours 1 fell into my own joor and things swam and went dark. It was three months even to srutches. The sawbones all said 1'd die, but didn’t I fool "em? Going out again next winter? Bure, I've got to go back for that eache. A man must live, you know.—B. W. Mitch sii, In the Outing Magazine, AAAI, ten feet apar fo ii hole THIS MIGHT STICK. “Have you made your campaigns contribution yet?" “What's the use?” sighed the poet, *All my contributions are returned, with thanks "Washington Herald, An a api Tt is said that the use of an oil or gas engine on the farm results in a saving of from twenty to fifty per cent, as compared with horses, -— D. P. FORTUEY ATTORNEY-AT-LAW BELLEFONTE, Pa Ofios North of Cotirt House. Ww AARRISON WALKER ATTORNEY-AT-LAW BELLEFONTE PA Ke. 1% W. Bigh Street. All professional business promptly stiended to TERRE W.D. Zzasy B.D. Gerrio Ino. J. Bowen CG Ermie, BOWER & ZERBY ATTORKEYB- AT LAW EsorLz Broox BELLEFONTE, PA. 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