The hour has struck ag And it's “Fall, there, fall, lad, You're snatching at the ball, lad, That's not the game at all, lad! Again, now--that's well done! Quick, now, quick, man, Don't lie there like a sick man Lively! “They watch the Leave your feet and shoot, lad, That's the way to do it, lad, You're learning, learning fast Low, get low, man, Mustn’t be so slow, man! * Line up! And it's * You end, stay there! Tackle, under way, there! Guard, you spoiled the play Don't stand like that and What are you about, man? Can't you hear me shout, man? wait! For it's “Side by side, there! Let the fullback guide, there! Half, don't run so wide, then Never go alone! Hard, now, hard, man— Tackle, stick to guard, man!" — W. Linn, in St. Nicholas. wl ©—6 8 86 60 € 6 0 0 “There is forget, Brother ! | “What is that, Emma?” “Don’t forget to go the help | office, and send me up a cook The | new girl is good for nothing, and the | old one can't do everything Young or old, man or woman, I don't care, | only send me up a competent cook by | 10 o'clock this morning.” | “Lon’t look so desperate, sis: I'll} remember it. 1 want things in pretty good style for Maxwell: he is used to it—is fond of good dinners, and I] i» sate’ one thing musin Ig You Tom!" to nan cook, Emma.” “I hope Mr. Maxwell won't expect | things too nice; but I'll do my best J in other matters, Tom, if vou'll only | provide some one capable of serving a good dinner.” Mr. Thomas Maye disappeared with a reassuring nod. He had a pro- verbially bad memory; pretty Emma Maye knew it very well, yet In this desperate emergency she trusted him. Dangerous; but what could she do? During the two years she had had charge of her widowed brother's fam- fly, they had been blessed by the most skillful of cooks; but Joan bad taken a fancy to get married, and her place | was hastily supplied by one who soon proved incapable. At this junec-! ture Mr. Maye received tidings that! his deceased wife's favorite brother, | Arthur Maxwell, just returned from Europe, would pay him a visit. The Maxwell family were noted for | their wealth and good breeding, and { Arthur especially was distinguished | for his agreeability. ! From the first, Emma had been nervous over the responsthility of entertaining this elegant young man whom she had pever seen, She was! lovely and accomplished: but she could not cook—she had never tried. : Certainly, it seemed task enough for | a young lady of twenty to superintend | a family consisting of her brother | and herself, two boys and their tutor, | two little girls and thelr nurse maid, ! with two other servants. But though arduous, it had been well performed. The house was the perfection of | neatness and taste, the children well trained, and Emma was much beloved in her brother's family. To him she ! had been devoted, in sickness and ! health, and he gratefully intended to | make her tasks as light as possible. | Bat he had a proverbially bad mem- ory, and, unfortunately, Emma had | been obliged to trust to it. It was half-past 7 o'clock when Mr. Maye went down town. He took noth. ing but a cup of coffee at 7. and lunched at his favorite restaurant at 11. At hall-past 3 the Mayes dined, and Mr. Maxwell was expected by the 3.10 train. “There!” sighed Emma, when, two hours after her brother's departure, the house was in its usual exquisite order, and the viands and flowers sent up for dinner; “if Tom doesn’t forget, and if he sends up a good ©ook, everything will be nice enough.” She did not dare consider the pos- sibility of Tom's having forgotten, or that of the cook not coming for any other reason; but when, precisely at 10 o'clock, the door bell rang, a secret weight was lifted from her heart. She ran herself to answer the summons, A medinm-gized, well-dressed, mod. est-looking young man stood at the entrance, and she brightened at sight of him. “I am very glad you are so punes tual; I was afrald I should be dis appointed,” leading the way to the kitchen, without an instant's delay. “let me gee—10 c¢'clock, 1 shall have to set yon to work at once to prepare a first-class dinner. We are i expecting company from New York, § 88 6 © our cook has left me, and I do not | myself know anything about cooking. | What is your name?” relieving the | Young man of his hat, and hanging | it as high out of reach as possible. His reply was rather faint, but she ht she caught it. “Mac? You do not look like an Irishman, Jut it doesn't make any’ difference. Are you a good cook?" The smile of the Young man was rather puzzling. “I'l do my best,” he said, pleas- | antly. “You see there's nothing In the | house but cold chicken,” continued | Emma, unconsciously wringing her hands as she continued to address the new cook, who certainly listened very attentively. “But my brother has sent up some pigeons—to be roasted, I suppose.” “Yea'm.” “Can you make a celery salad?” “1 think I can.” “And mayonnaise sauce cold chicken?” “Yes'm.” “Can you make a French soup?” “lL can" “Oh, well, I guess you will do,” be. | ginning to look relieved. “Be sure | the vegetables are not overdone, and the coffee good-—my brother is very particular about his coffee. And we Ltaoug for the bave a Florentine pudding?” with an inquiring look. “Yes'm,” readily. The new cook was already girding himself with one of the white towels | that lay on the dresser, and casting | a scrutinizing glance at the range | fire, Quite reassured in spirit Emma was turning away, when she stopped to add: “I will lay the table myself to-day, Mae, and fill the fruit dishes and vases; but if you give satisfaction, | will intrust you with the key of the china closet, and you will have the entire care of the table; ” and with a gracious nod the young lady withdrew from the kitchen. She piled the fruit dishes with rosy pears, golden oranges and white grapes; filled the vases with roses, lilies and ferns: set clusters of dainty glasses, filled with amber jelly, among the silver and china, and then, with a sigh of satisfaction at the re- sult, ran away to dress. “I'l not go near the kitchen to even smell of the dinner. I don't know anything about cooking it, and will trust to luck. I have an idea that Mac is real capable—ig going to prove a treasure. His dress was so neat, and he was go quiet and respectful,” concluded Emma, leisurely arranging her hair, Her new dress was very becoming, and fitted the petite, round figure so perfectly that Emma felt at peace with all the world. “I have heard that Mr. Arthur Max. well 1s very fastidious in the matter of ladies’ dress,” mused Emma, twist. i i In Buperi Ohlo man of the local them, ' “Children,” he said £0 out from the school FDEDIVDEIDIVID They are earning thirty-five “Beside them “At the head dred dollars, and over him is a “What is the difference Get all you can of it." Pe SDED » ing her head over her shoulder to ses the effect, . “I wonder what his first impressions of me will be?’ 1 should lke to have poor Ally's brother like me." At length the last bracelet was clasped, the last touch given, and re- tiring backward from the mirror, with a radiant face, Emma turned and ran up to the nursery, to order the children dressed for company, and also to speak with the boys—and flirt a little with Mr. Vincent, the tutor, who was always at her service for this exercise. There was a delightfully savory odor pervading the house when she came down and get out the wine and ice, and made a few amendments of the table, Before Alice died she had painted an exquisite cbony ring for her brother, and this Emma placed with the napkin designed for Mr. Arthur Maxwell, thinking how ar- tistic and pretty everything was, and deciding that the gentleman's first impression must be pleasant. She looked at her wateh—five min- utes past 3. Then she went seftiy to the end of the hall, and Mstsned to the lively chatter in the kitchen, She could hear Mac chatting pleasantly with the little housemaid, Nanny, and all seemed to be well in that di- rection. At 3.10 she repaired to the drawing room and took a seat overlooking the street. Carriages came and carriages went, but none stopped at the en- trance. The little giris came down; the boys and Mr. Vincent came down. Mr. Maye's latchkey settled in the door, the dinner bell rang. “Not ccme?” asked Mr. Mave, at sight of Emma's disappointed face. “No,” she pouted; “and such nice dinner!” a “Very strange!” he mused, leading the way into the dining room. “I hadn't the least doubt—Why, my dear fellow,” seizing by the shoulder the new co.uk, who, acting also as but. ler, had just placed the soup-tureen dear, fs this? come!" as asped upon the table——*my low, why, } clared you I ag BEl'ew }, and gr a Arthur Maxwell? thought it was the cook!” -i than 1 make myself to Miss Emma,” laughed Mr. Max- well, divesting himself of his white towel and bowing with exquisite grace tc that young lady. The cultivated accents, brosial locks of the Lent eloquent, beautiful eyes—oh, why hadn't she known? How could she have fallen into such an error? “1 was so terribly anxious—1 didn't lcok at you twice. Mr. Maxwell, 1 hope you will forgive me!” stam- mered Emma, as red now as she had been pale, “There Is nothing to forgive, If my dinner turns out well,” he replied, laughing. *I learned to cook when I was a student in Paris—a French- man taught me. I have been rather proud of my culinary skill, but I am a little out of practice now, and am not quite sure of the Florentine.” “Emma!” cried Mr. Maye, “what does all this mean?” “Why, John, you promised to send me up a man cook.” Mr. Maye clasped his hands tragic. ally. “Emma, I forgot it!” “Well, Mr. Maxwell came, just at 10 o'clock 1 thought he was the cook; I ushered him into the kiichen among the pots and pans. 1 ques- tioned him as to what he knew about cooking. I urged him to make all haste and serve the dinner: and-— and I called bim an Irishman!” sobbed Emma, hysterically. “No offense, Miss Emma. My grandfather, on my mother's side Major Trelawny-—was an Irishman,” observed Mr. Maxweil, coolly. “And since I have done my best, won't you try the soup before it is cold?” The others stared, and Emma eried; but Mr. Maye laughed-— laughed uproariously. “The best joke of the searon! right down, everybody! Emma, yon foolish girl, don't ery. Arthur doesn’t care. And as for your Flor- entine-——Arthur, tell Nanny to bring it on. The proof of the pudding is in the eating, you know.” “Miss Emma won't cry when she tastes my soup,” remarked Arthur, iadling It out promptly, with an air of pride. And then they all fell to tasting and praising, and urging Emma to taste and praise, until she laughed and cried all together, But Mr. Arthur was so delightful, 80 winning and so witty, so kind to his agitated young hostess, and he'd cooked such an excellent dinner— from the pigeons ts the pudding, ev- erything was perfect. By and by Emma again, “This has taught me a lesson,” she sald. “I will never be so desperately situated again, I will learn to cook.” PB x © ar) oot ed came earlie expected, in time to the am- head, the Sit was herself The Mayor and the State was called upon to follow gee a into a railway train. Education, wrusnsntninse “Yet me teach you,” sald Arthur, He did. And Emma taught him to love her. There wes a wedding by and by ble memory!" Mr. Mave said. -—8at- urday Night, SCIENCE: L / A recent English invention is a portable elrcular saw resembling the street outfit of the scissors grinder, which may be moved up to the sta- tionary timber to cut it, An improved aiming device for heavy guns makes it possible to ke ep the weapon trained on a moving tar- get continuously, without regard to the rolling of the vessel. . 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The only one-footed man who ever i served in the United States Army is | C. E. Whitmore, an employe of the { Fremont Hotel, Galveston, Texas, and he also enjoys the distinction of being the champion military bugler of the ! United States and of being only who ever served in United States Revenue Cutter Ser. BRYON the { one-footed man i the ' vice Whitmore, during the Spanish- | American War, had his foot shot off { by the Bpanish, but he was not in- { Jured and was only temporarily dis {| abled. It was cork. | Years, and he was In both the cavalry | and artillery branches of the Govern- { ment's fighting force. He served in the Revenue Cutter Service eleven years and two months and retired only when more stringent regulations to further overiook the absence of his natural foot. During the thirty-two years which { he spent with the United States forces Whitmore saw service in almost every { branch of the military { forces, i was thirteen years old. {| he enlisted as an apprentice on the Philadelphia, and was first assigned to the gunboat Saratoga, under Fight. i ing Bob Evans. He served under ! bos'n mate. West Point Military Academy, blew 1 in one hour and thirty-five minutes, institution's relics During the Spanish-American War, Whitmore served under Generals Shafter and Wood, and it was at 8ibo- ney, on June 29, that his cork foot was shot off and he was ordered by wright for surgical attention. Whitmore blew the last bugle call that President William McKinley ever heard. 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