_ THE CAKE POINTER, By Earle Hooker Eaton A In the sideboard apprehension Thrills the hidden gingerbread; Doughnuts, shrinking from attention, Shiver with a nameless dread. In the pantry devastation Now begins Its ruthless rule* Hungrier than all creation, Little Willie's home from school! the rabbit, the pole, As the pointer scents As the needle Willie moves by Toward each Sniffs the air and To the sideboard with smile; “*That there boy,” says drily “He can smell a cake a mile!” seeks force of habit gastronomic goal. tiptoes slyly a unce:, Once Who wa “Me for As Later we one THI reas RRP OO eT A RUSE. | BI ee He Forces the Isso by Anzouaci- His To 8, Mee Tada “How many BRA RATANE NG Nel 10 8ay It? “I thought finally ang “1 didn’t arstiand said Bennie Pur “1 told you ing," “You and what 1 whole thing “Was Bennie dou “You Kk in snapped asked me sald, It witne ograph. “There time," was 2RS08 " Misg gee how “But not goin you g on the face of iream of marrying “You'd pose? ‘Why, young times 1 have sooner Bennie!” woman T's that I detest And “So 1 Bennie tried to “We'll count argument.” King?" “King? “Yes, King How “What about him? mean?” as ike abou! hin he said ‘How about bhi: What do you sooner have “1 wouldn't sald Misg “You wa nile in him than mo? have either of Callonby. “So there.” don’t seem to get the you don't mean to,” said “You sald 1 was the last the world that you would marry.” “1 hope you will excuse me if 1 centradict you flatly, but 1 didn't.” Bennie made his eyes round. “I said, 'On the face of earth that I would dream of marrying.’ It may amount to the same thing, but I should prefer to be quoted correct. ly.” Bennie let that pass. “It follows that if you had to choose between King and me you would take King,” he gaid. . “It doesn’t follow at all,” said Miss Callonby. “That was just a figure of speech.” Bennie brightened amazingly, “Employed to impress you with the very positive nature of 1 wee how many does this make? Well, my refusal--1 should like you to un- derstand that 1t is positive. 1 want this to be the very last time. 1 shall be angry with you, Bennie, If you ever approach the subject again.” “I sha'n't. Don't yousworry about that.” “I wish I could believe you.” “You may believe me all right, 1 can promise you safely that you won't be pestered any more so far as I am concerned.” “Bennie,” sald Miss Callonby, “you aren't angry with me, are you?” “No,” answered Bennie, “Truly?” you," oO point Ben- man the “hruly ” “Because, you know, I would if I could possibly. 1 wouldn't have you real angry with me for anything In the world. You know that, don't you? What makes you say I can be- lieve you in that way?” “Because 1 mean it.” The young woman looked at him long and seriously. “Bennie, you don't seem natural at all this even- ing,” she sald, “There's something hard about you that I don't like. I believe you are angry with me and you never were before in your whole life ™ “And 1 ways have you.” “1 don't be. 1 shall kindest will very never the of want ‘the very kindest You talk as If you were China and didn't ever in- ome back.” smiled guess, fo end to : is a “The ‘That said. sadly he a little. “You- declared Pennie a good made up my ‘No' tonigh I really do good chance at thing t I'd «at le maxko Callonby. me. I don't that wretchel and all 8 Miss rita fever a guess 1 he i now," Miss with fully ghe Cal- her hand stood said You won't chan rown on the young ned and the clock ex hestiatingly, azain-— wuld yon? would ‘No’ sald you? this No! and you BRUIN WITH A REC “ORD. Distinguished Himself Alaskan Hotels, This One Has In Raiding men- Teddy, for common. additd that is the now name of this proposed in his teens But he *t nlp i As has Clty, {issolnts ' only a reputa- to his iwankee, And is going to over io a reg Bean, of the her ar ays he right Keeper Curry beast man, hand ular } JEAT Teddy was the frozen North, way was day) His after captured by Indians In regions, of the silent north of Circle Clty. He less than a day (a six months old when he was canght real career began, however, he City and became the property of Mr. Cugry, who is a wealthy mine {owner there. At Circle City a man { cle any other spot under the steaks come at $7 dishes are only eaten by It was when Pierre Circie City Hotel's almost Porterhouse iin i sun. and | millionaires | Lognette, the French chef, forgot berries in the safe his first caper, An order of strawberries and cream Circle City costs about $2.50, and side that in of the berries gtacked up when Teddy turned loose his appetite. They represented about $200. Teddy ate them up clean. ‘Then he consumed enough other delicucies to represent a small fortune. All this was paid for by Mr. Curry. This was Teddy's first offence, The next time he got a chance Teddy raided the Arctic Inn, a fash- lonable hostelry in the mining eity, and stole a twelve pound ham wurth $17 and a lot of assorted meats worth $30, Mr. Curry began to realize that the bear was a costly asset. It had already cost him $282. But while the owner of Teddy was wondering what to do the latter hastened hig de cision by entering the store of a bankrupt Seattle merchant which had passed into the hands of a re celver., Toddy crawled into the store by night and stayed there for two days. His last rald was an ex pensive one, and after settling it Mr. Curry chained up his pst and took him to Indianapolis—Milwau- kee Free Press. HOW FOREST FIRES START. Responsibility of Timbermen— Strange Freaks of the Flames. “These more often’ i started by some one | a match carelessly or spilling out | the live ashes from his pipe,” sald |D. Whittaker. ~ “When we were i building the extension from Champ { fon to L’Anse years ago some of the | boys thought they would go down ‘o Champion for a time, Coming back iene of them his and threw : the match into the Brass { “Before that fire burned {t solt out ft had traversed a strip of territory | sixty miles long and five miles wide. i We hundreds of thousands of | tiles by fire, nothing of i the timber over all | because a where | he threw a When such fireg burn themsely them “And queer fr < : iie 1 have seen grea ine trees, forest fireg are throwing down lit pipe dry lost the to say burned careful that was man was not once i BL: dq they slop § rand. ing from anything, nyiain jump ing little clear out 100 yards and would out nothing wool trur I remember where a hand out alone suddenly the flames 8 ' i selves into an tree lke ' It burned though drie d ‘Someh the take That completely destroyed In a time, the fire sweeping on and it a grotesque and blackene phere before was the fire to of the tree Ow all out tres Rap was short ng leavir lac 5 IK beautifu trun a picture “In yery the Indians were ! fire When morning after go tance one of the t to see that tinguisked sura the old i days careful they camp in short dis O broke the NE a would go back no was If he an i was Hh there It put it out the Spark unex he would be iid not return two or three others Are to tn would fire band go ba and if the they would help him ext “In that Nowad 8O0n K Ir" WAR ADY inguish fres were camp way pre vented ays ers and picaol and er the woods leaving wheth y leav blaze the resume kind which ountiry kn bered anc was someth started the that in British Columbis 1 country: it is densely a Jw Eom 4 tim » fire of logs siars In of thi 3 > mean the thousands of d nothing been lost” Wher, to say have THE MAN IN THE RAIN. His Manner of Managing Fine Appare! As Compared With Woman's Way. tal now But pariicuia vomren than are m for Man ligh gray suit up Does th on and le it will? the who is out, in in a shower come a t the Very fear for he gray go fall blithely him as He seols there be walls ceafre bel 1 of his ral than sany voman would IPpOn ir! ter and rain entirely ventures on; more carefl ment, surely, be of hers “But it is what his straw hat in | terests me most ‘a man take off his straw hat in a shower and carry it under his coat so careful is he about a man going along the street hatless | with his hat clutched in that under his coat, a funny figure? you ever see a woman do that? to ore with in does that a man the fain Did | hat sort of casually down at his arm's { sauntering that way, but really to protect his hat so as much as he ican. And do we not in the rain holding newspapers over their hats? Who ever saw a woman do that? “Women seem somehow to be able to go through a shower withuut mak i ing congpicuous figures of themselves, They are always serene, never trou bled, and somehow they never seem to get as wet in the rain as men do.’ ~New York Sun. Pyramids. The largest of the Mexican pyrs mids, that of Cholula, has a dase measurement of 1488 feet and » height of 178 feet. The great pyra mid of Egypt, sometimes called the pyramid of Cheops, stands on » base each side of which was original ly 764 feet long; but, owing to the removal of the coating, it is now only 746 feet. Its hefkht, according to Wilkenson, was originally 480 feel 9 Inches, its present height being 460 feot.—Neow York American. During the last year Canada drew upon the United States for 68,312 im migrants, Over 120,000 came from the mother country and 84,000 from the continent of Europe, he During last year 29.208 vessels on tersd the port of London. oe Taser ee as YasTasYe § Household Notes a? RANA res ra rier HOW TO STRNCIL Very artistic effects can be by stencilling a wall It makes a break in plain surface sarmonious contrasts Ir m( Use BACCEeR the baer.e LS PLa 0,80 80 pies f A WALL secured and the worked To *hemes can be of stencils use sfully room, press against the wall you that are up read: benzine ne HOME nl es Hominy steamed woonful salt, garian crumb, bot 8 Hun rolls, red pepper n yolk of an egg, recover iry a jelicate brown in serve with cheese Sauce—Melt 1 add yolks of dash of salt Cucumber Relish cucumbers, salt cucumbers stand over night; pare them and drain them: onions, then chop them all very fine: 12 &up black cover with vinegar and up tight, I use 14 cup of my folks do not like pepper Onion and Potato Puffs several cold bolled onions: mash some potatoes and bind together with beaten ogg (using 1 egz for 6 me dium sized potatoes): roll into a round sheet ang oeatly; put the chopped onion on one-half season with salt and pepper and a little chopped parsely; fold over the oth er haf and fry a light brown: dish on a hot platter, ley and serve at once Salt Fish With Parsnips Salt fish must always be well soaked in plen. ty of cold water the whole of the night before #t is required for the following day's dinner; the next day the fish must be boiled in plenty of water, when done well drained from all water and placed on a dish with plenty of well boiled parsnips, then pour sauce over the fish made as follows: Mix 2 ounces of butter with 3 ounces of pepper, flour and salt, a small glassful of vinegar and 1-2 pint of water; stir this on fire until ft bolls A few hard bolled eggs chopped up and mixed in the sauce improve it. Canadian Pea Soup.—One quart Canadian peas (yellow ones), 12 pound salt pork, 2 large or § amall onions. Cw pork In dice, put all In kettle holding 5 or ¢ quarts water, add cold water, and let them cook § or § hours, always adding more cold water as the other bolls away, Never Wd hot water. thea Alin a dig Sauce NT pra Cul RTA sper One dozen large and and 1 oO let dozen pepper; PT pepper, it sirog ng with trim Suecdssors y wy GRANT HOOVER Control Sixteen of the Largest Fire and Life Insurance Companies in the World. . . .. THE BEST .IS THE CHEAPEST . . No Mutuals No Asscsements Before insuring your life see the contact of THE HOME which in case of death between the tenth and twentieth years re- turns all premiums paid in ed- dition to the face of the policy. Jno. F. Gray & Son . » 4 : to Loan on First 4 Mortgage Office in Crider’s Stone Building BELLEFONTE, PA. Telephone Connection rrrrrrrrrrrrrrr rrr rraddll 50 YEARS EXPERIENCE Money Ih a tice, wi Scientific ‘American, Ad iy lustral ad wes kiy bs Are, i} any selena : — Bold aya newsd eRlers. MUNN Co renter. KEW foi Branch Offios 8 ¥F Paahiiresan, 1 THE FROSTED PARTY CAKE. Sue and Mary sat on the steps bee fore the white hall door, with its big brass knocker. There were two steps with an fron rall to guard them, and in front of the lower step was a braided rag rug. The posts of the and the knobs Su gra: ndt ma rv ished day. The two children sat sewing, as fast as their little fing- ers could go. Sue was making a dress for her doll, and Mary was hemming a sheet for her baby sister's crib. 1 am afraid that her mother had to sew it over again, but the wee little girl did the best she could They were talking about a children’s party that they were going to in a few days, for they had children’s parties in this old Quaker town, with {ts brick and stuccoed bouses and w rwWays. Ways At 4 the party day, ten , ten dear little Quaker girls in white frocks, went to Lydia's house on Penn Lydia's mother and Lydia's aunt met them at ths white doorway, took off the ten 1 bonnets, and all the lit. tle giris to back porch to see the kittens They drew strings floor and the Kittens ran after ed one one laughed and Then Lydia's the ten little girls out den and showed them Lydia's aunt ittle girls, supper was ready. All the little gat the big dining table, and dia’s mother and Lydia's aunt placed 1 something nice on every plate How pretty the table looked with the china and silver and the colored jellies ang 1 the cakes! There were 1 cakes and a great big cake frosted. This was kept for the last. It was on i big plate and cut so that each little girl could pull a slice out Lydia's aunt took the plate and said to Mary: “Will thee have a slice of cake?” How good it was! Mary loved frosting, but her little heart was shy, Mary's every hite dot the Httle o'clock c¢ of afternoon sireet, went the . 43 on Lae 3 tumbl and every purred over the mother took into the gar. the flowers. games with the the played ten | and then “4 as ttle | every one looked! No, I thank thee,” she replied. “Will thee have a slice of cake?” | asked Lydia's aunt of the next little | girl. | “No, I thank thee,” she answered. | “Will thee have a slice?” Lydia's | aunt asked of the third little girl. ] “No, 1 thank thee.” Ten little girls wanted the cake. Ten little girls replied, ‘No, I thank | thee,” because no one wanted to be- gin. Ten little girls were shy and so {| disappointed. { Lydia's mother knew, { "Oh,” she exclaimed ggently, “thee {| will have a slice, Mary, won't thee?" | She smiled as she slipped out the first plece and laid it on Mary's plate. “The next little girl will bave a slice, will she not?” Another smile, ; and another piece of cake was laid | on a plate, “Bue will have a piece?” “Harriet will have a piece?” * Every little girl had a slice of the | cake. Every one liked Lydia's mothe er. She knew, The party went gays ily on. Every one had a slice of the big party cake, frosted. — Harriet Mendetbat], in ». Nicholas. The “Fine “Points of Drill, An English drill sergeant, whose severity had made him unpopular with his company, was putting a squad of recruits through the funsr al exercise. Opening the ranks, so as to admit the passage of a cortege between them, the instructor, by way of practical instruction, walked show. ly down the lane formed by the two ranks, saying as be did so: “Now, I am the corpse. Pay attention!" Having reached the end of the lane, he turned round, regarded the re eruits with a scrutinizing eye, and then remarked: “Your ‘ands {is right and your 'eads is right, but you ‘aven’t got the look of regret you sught to ave} —Beliman. ATTORNEYS. D. F. VORTUEY ATTORKEY-AT-LAW BELLEFONTE, 75 Offices North of Court House Se ———— ET — A ———— Ww HARRIBON WALKER ATTORNEY -ATLAW BELLEFONTE PA No. 19 WW. High Street All } prufitauiona) busines promptly stiended — Eee Iwo. J. . Bowsa W.D. Zexpy 8D Omnia ATTORNEYS AT-LAW FacLz Broox BELLEFONTE, PA. Consultation in Englah and German rn ————————— CLEMENT DALR Vv ATIORNEY AT-Law BELLEFONTE Pa eorper Diamgud, two doors from ous] Bark jre Ore NW tel Nai 4G RUNKLE ad. ATTORNEY. 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