FULTON COUNTY NEWS. Published Every Thursday. B. W. Peck, Editor. McCONNELLSBURG, PA. Thursday, August 23. 1900. Published Weekly. 1.00 per Annum in Advance. AUVKKTIHINO HATKR. Per square of 8 lines t time It 50. J'or square each subsequent Insertion.... fto. All advertisement!! Inserted fur less than throe months ceurgcd by the square. fl nios, Amos. ..ffS.na.'T s-jn.m. . . .(. I Hl.lii), .. 4i.(po. m.od. One-fourth column.... Oritt-hair column One Column Nothing Inserted for less than Professional Cards one year tit. KITCHEN ECONOMY. Row in Mnke Two Good ninhe Sn Kratlona For Yooni llouae wlrra. It is common fur young housewives to bt'lleve that because nothing Is al lowed to go to waste In tliolr kitchens the strictest economy la being observ ed. With this In view, and no end of using left over. In mind, expensive merit are purchased without regard to the quantity required. Hut portor lioUHe or sirloin stonk or legs of spring lamb are no better for stews, meat pies, croquettes, soutllcs, ragouts or casseroles than are the cheaper cuts. Keck and shoulder pieces are equally delicious and cost CO per cent less. The wise housekeeper consequently buys her roasts and steaks carefully, planning as closely as possible to have little left after the meal for which she provides them, and for her entrees pur chases the equally Juicy, fully as nour ishing, but less costly meats. To make a ragout, boll a piece of the rump or round of beef, or of the fore quarter of mutton or of veal until It Is nearly done. Let It get cold and cut It Into small pieces. Dust them with flour, snlt and popper; put two table spoonfuls of butter In a saucepan and when It bubbles add the meat. Cook It uutll It browns. Add tho water In which tho meat was llrst boiled aud cook for two or three hours. Then add a can of small mushrooms and stir Into the boiling mixture a tablcspoonful of Hour that has been rubbed smooth In a little cold wuter and cook again for ten minutes. Place In the center of a platter and arrange around It a border of potato. Currsut Jelly, a tablcspoon ful of curry powder or a trace of cay enne may be used to vary the season lug. A delicious fricassee of luuib may be made by cutting tho neck and shoulder Into small pieces, dredging It with flour which has been seasoned with salt and pepper and sautclng It In but ter until It Is brown. -Tho next step Is to add to It hot water to moro than cover It and cook slowly until the meat falls from the bones. Iternove the bones, return the meat to the Btewpan, add a slice of onion, a small tomato and cook for half an hour. Remove the onion, put tho meat In tho center of the platter and arrango dumplings around It Serve tho sauce, of which there should be plenty, In a gravy boat separately. Hot to Make Lobster Salad. Cut the meat of two small lobsters Into small pieces. Add a little of the fat and coral. Then season with salt and pepper, and pour over enough mayonnaise dressing to moisten well. Put In the middle of a platter, garnish with lettuce leaves, pour over the re mainder of the dressing, and put slices of boiled egg and olives over the top. How to Write on Iron. Toko one tablespoonful of blue vit riol and put In a small bottle, putting In about one-third more water. Allow It to stand about an hour, then take and coot over any smooth surface of either Iron or steel with lard, tallow, soap or beeswax, spreading evenly. Take a sharp pointed stick and write your name where you have coated over with the above. Then apply the blue vitriol by dipping the pointed Btlck In the bottle and applying to the letters marked out. Let it stand until the letters turn red, then wash off. It will be seen that, as soon us the water touches It, It will turn black. It burns the name right Into a kulfe, so that years of wear cannot take It out How to Make Fruit Cnatard. A good way of varying the simple custard Is to put In each cupful before the custard is poured In a tnldespoonful of either strawberry or raspberry Jam. Dried or crystallized fruits are as good an addition as Is the Jam. Chocolate custards are made by adding to tho custard mixture enough melted choco late to give a rich color. How to Make Chicken Jelly. To make chicken Jelly clean and dis joint a chicken, cut It into small pieces, break the bones and place It In a saucepan. Add one pint of cold water for every pound of chicken. Heat slowly and simmer until tho meat falls from the bones. Strain, let it stand until cold, remove the fat and season it with suit, pepper and a small piece of lemon peel. Parsley, celery und bay leaves may be used for flavor ing If they are desired. Turn Into a mold and stand In a cold place to hard en. This can be used for broth or soup by thinning slightly with boiling wa ter. How to Keep Cool. A thoroughly wet blanket wrung out Just enough to keep It from dripping and pinned over a door or window where the air strikes it will lower the temperature of a room several degrees. If you can manage to wet your awn ings without drenching passersby, It tends to cool the atmosphere of your room. How to Hake Crontona, Croutons and sippets to servo with broth are daluty and appetizing. To make croutons for the sick butter a slice of bread, cut It Into dice and brown In the oveu, drying them first. Sippets are evenly cut oblongs, toasted. The home industry of some women Is expended la chasing moth fllei. I I yr. I" ifui.no" Mini. 7fi.ii. Ef'WORTH LLAGUE. Topln Vnr the Week lleulnnlnjr Aug, Uil, lliilt-rliir to t hrlat." Tent, .Until. v, a 1-40. "Inasmuch as je liuvn done It unto one of the 1 ust of these my brethren, ye hnvu done It unto Me." Tho dramatic features of this word picture given by Jesus are not the most Important eni'slderiitlons for study. Many curious Ideas and Inter esting speculations coiild bo Indulged about the 11 mi 1 fate of the Impenitent; the nature of the givnt Judgment; the features of intuit.1 heavenly existence; tho visible return of Christ and such llko matters. Hut the important Idea of this selection Is the present oppor tunity to servo Christ In helping those around us. Heart devotion Is tho test of nil true piety. Kxternal ceremonies and forms of ritual are of value only as they assist to awaken and express tho Inner heart life. Thought and feeling anil soul determination are the factors which make up personal life. Hodily postures and acts ure Important as they display and mako actual this In visible spirit existence. The piety which expends Its force In Inner soul exercises of meditation, contemplation, supplication and adora tion Is barren of results and Issues in fanaticism or ntheism at length. This world Is adapted to develop all heart powers Into outward expression, so as to embody thought In deed and aspiration In active beneficence. Tho marvelous powers of healing and food giving displayed by Jesus In Ills earth ly life are to bo continued In tho church by his people. Ity plans of heavenly Inspiration and work of dally persist ence the hungry are to be fed, tho vi cious reclaimed, the diseased are to be doctored and nursed, tho Ignorant taught, the indolent stimulated and nerved to work, the comfortless nnd discouraged to be neighbored. What Jesus did for a little while by extraor dinary displays of power we arc to do continually by ordinary means through the ever present Holy Spirit. Christ taught In synagogue anil by seashore. We are to teach hi church and school. In homo and mill, In store and workshop and olllce. lie healed by the touch of a finger by divine pow er. We are to heal In homes and hos pitals by all medical skill and tender care, using all curative elements in nature and all posslblo helps of spirit. Our task Is to follow Him In plans and purposes because of our love to the Father and the Master and Ills children. Our nislion In ( 111 nil. Dr. David II. Moore was elected bishop on tho seventeenth ballot by a vote of C.'1-i cast by tho general con- uisnop n. h. MooiiE. ference at Chicago In May. Ills resi dence was fixed by order of tho gen eral conference at Shanghai. This will enable him during the next four years to supervise our work In tho orient as no previous bishop has been able to do. Japan, Korea, north, central, west and south China will all be under his chargo. Hishop Moore brings to his high office rare qualifications, which will Insure him the co-operation und confidence of his brethren. He was boru In Ohio In l&IS. He graduated from Ohio university and entered the pustoruto In Ohio confer ence. IIo saw service In the civil war as prlvuto and olllcer. He has been pastor, president of Cincinnati College For Women and chancellor of Denver university. In 1884 he was elected editor of The Western Christian Advo cate, published at Cincinnati, from which position he was elected to the episcopacy. The Complete Man, The aim of the gospel of Jesus Christ Is to present every man before Ood perfect At least that Is the way Paul puts It, and certainly that Is the aim disclosed in all the teuchlngs of Jesus. Perfection slgnllles completeness. It Is the rounding out of all parts of the nature, not tho distorted overdevelop ment of any onu power or set of facul ties. The social, Intellectual, icsthetlc and ethical sides of human nature must till have harmonious fullness. The per fect man shall eventually bo found In tho perfect society. All shall have the same complete uaturo unstunted and unstinted lu powers and operations and enjoyment. Jesus redeems the physical life and makes these bodies to be regarded with higher valuation when we view them as temples for holiness of heart and audience cham bers of Deity. fll appetencies of body, mind and sensibility thou become Im pulses to the freo spirit to capture and control all possible euergles of the world und life und build up the full orbed and strong personality In the likeness of tho great nfftdi.d, Jesus Christ. The lost clew to existence Is regain ed, tho lost grip on things Is restored, tho lost smut to exertion comes back, and living becomes Joyous,- vigorous, with purposeful aim worthy of those of royal lineage. Suit has been brought against the Register of Wills of Korks county by tho futhor of a young man aired II), to recover H.OOO for having- Issued a morriage license to him against tho father's protest. This ss the first suit of the kind over brought In tins btate and comns under the Act of Wl'i. Mrs. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward 'a new novel has been bought by tho Ladies' Home Journal, In which per iodical It is about to bo puhished seriull.v. It is culled "Tho Successors to Mary tho First," und is onu of the most humorous und yet real pieces of fiction, touching the servant-girl ques tion ever written, , MM :? ON THH CAST op i f. 4 A.mn h It wng on the Mississippi In 185.S. Tho "colonel" hnd lost his InsPdollnr nt poker. "Hring the girl anil hoy here that I bought at Natchez. Hold on tho gnuio just one minute, gentlemen, and I'll mukc raise." The man went awny and shortly re turned, accompanied by llio "girl nnd boy." Nnld "girl" proved to be a bright mulatto of five nnd thirty or thereabout, and the "hoy" was her son. The hoy wns not far from 10 yenrs of ago, with a face lighter in color than wns his mother's, his features really hand some. "Iook here, gentlemen," spoke the planter, rising; "here's as likely a pair, for a girl and her brat, as you enn scare up. I paid $Soo for 'em. Who'll give PiiOO?" "Why not put 'em up separate?" nslied one. " 'Twon't do to sell 'em sopnrnto. The girl lms sworn that she will kill herself if her boy is sold awny from her, nnd her old master says she'll be sure to keep her word. Hut don't ye see the woman is worth more'n I iihI for the pair. Now, what d'ye Bay? Who'll tuke 'em at IfiHHI?" The owner waited a few seconds with out receiving an answer and then snid: "I must have the money, so hero goes for a rnllle. Twenty dollars a throw aud 30 chances for the pair." The chances, all but two, were quickly taken by those at the table. "Two more chances, gentlemen." A man whispered apart to the judge nnd then made his way to tho tublo and threw down two gold eagles. "What name?" "(Jive it to tho woman." "Eh 7 The gal herself?" "Yes; give her a chance." "All right. One chance for Ninette!" Hefore the planter could call ngnln Judge Underwood had placed $U0 upon the tnhle, snylng ns he did so: "This is for the boy." "Good!" cried tho owner of the proper ty. "Here's a chance for Tommy, and that takes the lot. Where's the clerk?" "Hero." "Have ye got blanks for this sort of business?" "Yes." "Then won't ye fill up a bill of sale of these two Ninetto and Tommy and leave a plucu to put in the name of the winner?" "Now for the dice, gentlemen." Tho dice were brought on, and the shaking commenced. Of tho first ten throws 3d wns the biggest enst. The eleventh throw turned up 42. Then the scores fell ngnln till the twenty-first throw, when one of tho gamesters threw out 4ih Tho crowd were now nil excitement Forty-nino was a hard point to bent. The lowest number that could ho thrown wns I), and the higliest, nine sixes, was 54, making what is called an aver age throw about 31 Vj- Of 100 throws the majority will fnll below 32. Agnin tho dice rattled iu tho box ns the next gamester took his turn, but his throw wns a low one. Tho twenty-eighth throw belonged to tho clerk of the boat, who hnd now returned wiMi the bill of sale. He threw 49, tying the guinea tor. "Come, Ninette; it's your turn." The woman started and quivered and pressed her hand over her heart. Only the groaning nnd pulling of the engine broke the stillness of the place. "Will the gentleinnn who pnld for tho chance throw for mo?" she said in a low, musical voice, earnest and imploring and of purest accent. "Let your boy throw for you," rulurned the man. "His luck should be better than mine." Tommy camo forward nnd took tho box. His mother's hands wero clasped, and her lips moved. Whart n world of weal or woe hung upon the ilckle chancel lie held in his hand tho sealed book in which wns written tho fnto of his mother and himself, and it was to be opened upon the hazard of a die! IIo shook the box nnd turned the dice upon tho tnhle. Three aes! A moment ho gazed upon tho three single spots, nnd then, dropping the box, ho sunk back, pale nnd frightened. "Shake again. Tommy," suld the planter. , "It's no use, master. I can't get 40." "Hut you'vo got your own cluiucc, my boy." "Aye," cried tho Judge. "That wns your mother's chance. Now throw for yourself throw for the chance I gave you. Hrnce up and tuko heart, and mny Heaven help you!" That wns not an assembly of religious ly inclined persons by any means, but the fervent petition of tho judge met with a worm and impulsive response of "Anion" from nearly nil present. Again tho boy enmo forward and lifted the box. His lips were tightly shut, and the old quivering of the limbs was hush ed. The only sound iu Uiut saloon, above tho deep breathing of the spectators, was ttio clicking of the Ivory cubes. Present ly the first throw Was made. "Five, five, six. nro 10!" announced the planter, setting down tho figures. Tho dice were gathered up and thrown agnin. "Six, six and a five. Good! That's 17." Tho boy was pnlo as death as he took the box for the last throw, and his moth er leuned against a stanchion for support At length and the book was oucned! "Three sixes IS! And that's 51! My noy, you're a trump! Now. Mr; Clerk. fill up tho bill of sale, and I'll sign it be fore these witnesses. The scene that followed onn be better Imagined thnu described. The last time 1 heard from Judge Underwood he was live und well, though long retired from actlvo life. Ninette was his housekeeper and Tommy liis most trustful und trusted heuchiuuu. Exchange. Slile Llulita on History. "Socrates," exclaimed Xantippe, cross eyed with wrath, threuteninc of aspect and shrill as to voice, "you say yoir havo been to the lodge, you were delayed by a street car accident and you had no idea It was so late! Those three stories don't linng together. You clumsy wretch! You have built a structure of lies, nnd it falls to the ground at a touch, like a house of cards. Look at it, and sec if you don't feel small!" "I do, Xanthine." suld floerates hum bly. "I eeo It's a hopeless ruin. Three stories anil abasement!" Who can blanio the illuintrinus jdirow that she turned the huso om him ut once? Chicugo Tribune. How to Mutie Folo !e Venn, Lard two pounds of calf's liver; -with one-fourth pound of bncoa cut Into long, narrow strips, plnco It In a stew pan and let It brown on both Bides In two tublespooufuls of buttur. Add three-quarters of a gins of stock, tho Julco of ouo orungm. one tublespoonful f vinegar, ono scant toi (spoonful of ait, four shakes of pepper, olio onion sliced and one carrot cut In four Cover the kettle- or pan. aud cook slow !y fui one hour, bastiug every 15 mln utes. Pluce It ou a wi iru dlsu with the wrvv i.nnred aimiiud.. i-;K-H-H-H-!-K-WH-H-H-r-I4-I..! ALPHEUS ClIUBBUCK'S HEN CART. By Susan Erown Rohbin. J .H-H-H"!-v-M-K--M-:"H-M-!"H Alplieus Chubbuck ak rnlher theoretic than practical. His wife wns very dif ferent. She took great, pride in her little village home and Its trim yard. She onred for the llower garden, but it wns the duty of Alplieus to hoe the vegetables and mow tile l:wn. He did this under pro test nnd hail to he asked ninny times before the work would be satisfactorily done. In a year from (lie time of his marriage he had the distinction of being known ns I lie luxicst man in town. It is said that satnn finds some mis chief still for Idle hnnds to do. Whoever furnished It, mischief wns eertnlnly done by Alplieus Chubhuek--not by his hnnds, to be exact, but by bis lively imagination and ills active tongue. Hy gentle ridicule, sly Insinuation nnd the repenting of tilings people said !:e soon liiul the whole town unsettled. Old fninlly feuds were revived, new ones started, while half the people would uot speak to the oilier half. Ono day-it was April 1 Mrs. Alplieus heard a strunge sound In the ynrd. She went to the window nnd saw a cluttering, rickety, dingy ben cart drawn by n raw boned Moriel horse. On the seat of the cart snt her husband and another man a shabby, slouching, iHsrcpulnble looking man. Kotb jumped to the ground when the enrt came to a stop In the middle of the side yard nnd with apparent haste unharnessed the horse. Then Alplieus took out his pocketbook nnd gave the man some money. The man swung himself on the horse's buck und, with his legs dangling against her thin sides, ainliled out of the yard und down the street. "Well, of nil things!" said Mrs. Al plieus, and she went out to mako inqui ries. "I'm going into the hen business, said Alplieus. "And, just think, I.oizy, I bought Hint cart for 3." "And got cheated, too," she said sharp ly. "Hut then It's your own money, she added. Yes, and I've got $1 left to fix It up with." "A dollar!" she said contemptuously. How far will that go? It won't set the tires, to sny nothing of painting It and fixing the broken doors." Oil, well," said Alplieus easily, "I shall have some more money next mouth, and I'll do nil I can on it myself." For more than two mouths Alplieus was missed from his old hKiints, and the relations of the villagers became less strained. One pair of lovers after anoth er became reconciled aud a number of the family feuds were as If they had nev er been. All this time Alplieus was nt work on his hen cart, and people begun to drop in to look nt it. I've got it jnst about in condition to niilnt." lie would sny proudly. "It's tnk- en mo n good while to get it ready, but I believe that it anything is worth doing at all It is worth doing well, ami my wife will tell you that it was a pretty hard looking old trap when I got it. You see, it's fixed up pnrtly nice now. Of course, it won't show how nnich I've done to it till alter it is (painted. I had the tires set and that broken shaft mended nnd two new spokes and a part of a rim in Hint hind wheel. I've scraped and sand papered it and put new snaps ou all the doors. Why, tliey wero fastened with clothespins when I got it! And I've fixed a little railing around the top so I can carry things thcro if I want to. and I've got hinges on the sent, and. you see, there Is a box under It whero I can carry my dinner, and I'vo put up that frame for an awning so I won't get sunstruek." "When are you going to start In busi ness?" "Oh, I don't know; time enough for that when I get my cart finished." In due time tho enrt wns painted. Hut now, instead of going into the hen busi ness, Alplieus began again to loaf nhout the grocery store nnd to resume his old hnbils. When he went home nt noon, ho would look proudly nt his lien cart, nnd ho always smoked his after dinner pipe nnd read his evening paper iu the shade of Its striped awning. Arthur Wade was walking homo from his ladylove's house one evening la July. He was one of the lovers who had been estranged by Alplieus the previous spring. Tonight be was gloomy and mo rose. Alice hud shown a marked coldness that evening, and lie remembered how their former trouble began in just that wny. "He's up to his old tricks again," Ar thur muttered ns he enmo opposite tho Chubhuek cottage. He frowned darkly nt It and nt the hen curt thut showed plainly in the moonlight. Ho walked on to tho next corner, whero he stopped suddenly. lie turned nhout nnd retraced his steps, anil for a long time he stood looking at tho pink and green hen enrt. "I'll do it," he snld nt length. "Yes, I'll do it the very first cloudy night." And with that ho walked briskly awny. It was several mornings later that, when Alplieus, as was his habit, went to tho dining room window to look out nt his hen enrt, ho gnve a start of surprise nnd exclaimed, "Whnt in thunder!" Then ho snatched up his hat and ran out Into tho yard. Thcro stood a rickety, dilnpidnted hen enrt. Alplieus looked at it blankly; then his eye caught sight of nil envelope tuc k ed to the side. On It wns written the one word "Hoot." With trembling lingers he lore it open nnd drew forth n $." bill When he went In to breakfast, ills eyes were sparkling. "It's worse than the other one," ho said enthusiastically, "and tho wheels nru dished like pie plates. The color of the other one did not just suit me, ho snld after n puuse. "1 think I'll paint tlii-i ono yellow and purple, mid it won t tnko me so long as it did before, either Just before the last coat of purplo paint was dry Arthur Wade and Alico were safely niliriieil. Lineimuiti Cum lnerelal Tribune. Tea Itrlnkrra. Ten drinking is n constant occupation for a Tibetan. In every tent nnd in ev ery house tho teakettle is always on the fire. The laws of hospitality bind all to present tea to their guests, and every Tibetan carries with him a wooden bowl of lliiiiulayau nuiplc by wny of teacup t rules r. "Yes, I encourage my typewriter to fhew gum. v "Why do you do that?" "It tires her jaws so much that she nn't talk." Cleveland Plain Denier. ' A Prodigy. "My boy Jimniie, aged II, is a cork er in psychology and it's only his Bocond term ut It, too." "Indeed?" "Yes; tho other day ho said bo was curtain that the higher moral influence had nothing to do with my lfeltig- a good citicu." "Then how did ho in -.count for it." "Ho said I wus afraid of tho po lice. ' ; His Consecutive Letters z v i .V. f "Now, Arthur," suld Mrs. Hiii i Ingtoh ns her husband put three liiiiidhiigs in the rent bc.dde her in the sleeper and handed over six baggage chocks, "I went you to he sure nnd w rite to me every i'i v and tell me everything you think, Jut how much you miss me und all about the wny the servants get along don't omit any of the details, dunking that 1 shall not he interested, for every word that you write, dear, will he precious to me. Put plenty of local color in your letters." 'Oil, 1 II keep you posted," bo replied. "You go ahead and have a good time and don t worry about me. I'll get along some way. Of course, it II be lonely and nil that, but I'll manage to pass tho time. It'll be rnlher dismul for me to sit on the front porch alone when It be gins to git dark, thinking of yon In tho gay crowd Inn ing n good time nnd never - giving n thought to" i "Arthur Harrington, his pretty wife i Interrupted, "If you continue to talk that ! wny 1 just shan't go. You know I shall 1 think of you every minute I'm away, and : if the doctor hadu t said the sea air I would be good for mo I wouldn't linve thought of accepting Aunt Laura's invi tation. Please dou t fret me, love, will I you? Iteinemher thut, w herever I may ! lie nnd no matter how gay my surround- ' ings, I shall be thinking of you, and," ; lowering her voice to a whisper, "my soul will still be communing with your soul." They threw kisses ut each other us the train moved away. Then Harrington went to his ollice and began writing lit ters. They were to his wife. He wrote 14 of them enough to last for two weeks. In general outline tho letters were nhout the same. Ho started each by filling a sheet with endearing words aud declarations that ho wns very lone ly without his dnrling. J hen followed the local color she wanted In the form of comments on occurrences of the day in uud around their home. The letters wero not dated, hut he seuled and addressed them aud arranged them lu a hunch, .- , that Hie stenographer could take o!t tho top one day after day uud drop it into tho j mail box. He hud boou gone nearly a week when there runic a telegram for him. Of course, telegrams had to lie opened, and when Miss Wlldreih, the stenographer, read the message she turned pule. "Why don't you answer my questions nhout the housemaid's iinkhi und your liver? Am awfully worried." That wus what Elizabeth Harrington had telegraphed. After studying the matter for awhile Miss Wililrcth decide 1 that It was necessary for her to act. .She was clever enough to hold a position that not more than one man out of oO could hnve filled, uud she hud the habit of keeping her eyes and curs open, t4t.il I she. said to herself: "The housemaid's nnkle? I ran see how he might know something uhout. Ins own liver, hut und why should his wife, of nil people, want him to see about it? Well, if I ever get married" Hut Instead of finishing whnt she had started to say she wrote tho following dispatch: "Leg and liver O. K. Pon't worry." It was nhout 10 o'clock the next day when another telegram for Arthur Hr.r rington wns received. It rend: "Yesterday's letter contradicts tele gram. Why are you deceiving me? Are you better today? Shall 1 come home?" Tho stenographer's reply wus us fol lows: "Am true ns steel. Don't think of coming home." Miss Wiblreth hnd just begun to feel that she had succeeded in settling thf disagreeable business when n messenger boy arrived with another telegram, iu which her cinplcyer's wife said: "Don't understand. What do you mean by being true ns steel? Something tells me you are worse. Wire immedi ately." The stenographer implied: "Never mind reference to steel. Am all right" Mrs. Harrington watched engerly for the postman on the following dny, mid when ho bunded her Arthur's letter she opened it with trembling lingers. Eager ly she scanned tho first page and wns about half through iho local color when shu jumped up und ran to her aunt, cry lug: "Merciful goodness, what can this mean? Three days ago Arthur wrote that tho housemaid was 'still luid up Willi her lame nnkle,' which I have tried in vain to get him to tell me nhout, and that ho was not feeling well mid tho doc tor had told him his liver was out of or der. Yet hero in today's letter ho tells me that the housemaid lias just fallen out of a cherry tree, spraining her ankle, find that he made himself a Welsh rab bit night before lust ami nte so much of it that his liver is ull upset. Why on earth did the housemaid climb a cherry tree when she had a luino nnkle, and whnt ever possessed Arthur to out a AYush rab bit when the doctor had just warned him about his liver?" Her aunt wus trying to figure it out, when Elizabeth Harrington happened to think of tho telegrams she had received tho day before. "This letter must havo been written about tho tlnio they wero sent," sho said. "I'm going home. Something's wrong. Arthur's liver trouble has gone to his head. My poor darling has lost his ren sou. He writes u thing nnd then denies It by telegraph. Hy starting tonight I ran by with him tnuiorrow forenoon. Oh, how shall I pass the weary hours?" Miss Wlldreih broke down and made u full confession when Mis. Harrington rushed, wild eyed and pale, into her hus band's ollice. Then the two young wom en snt together in the private room and Wept. "If I hadn't accidentally knocked over tho pile of letters he left to be mailed," tho stenographer subbed, "they would not have been mixed up; thero would have been no reference to the spraining of the housemaid's ankle before it hap pened and ids liver would not have trou bled him until after he ate the rabbit. How shall I ever be able to explain it to Mm?" "You needn't try," Mrs. Harrington answered. "I'll explain to him w hen he conies out of the woods. Dear old fel low! I'm so glad he doesn't know any thing almux this. He mightn't be having n good time ut all if he did." Chicugo Tlnies-IIeinbl. Large ocean going vessels enn go up the St. Lawrence river as far ns Mont real, over l.OOll miles from the Atlantic ocean. Her Wasted Hint. "Some men nro so stupid," suid the summer girl. "Do you menn to tell mo," asked the other summer girl, "thut be hasn't proposed yet?" "N-no; but when he said lust night thut he-could not find words to express his love for me and I suggested thut ho inuke signs, It never occurred to him what signs would be proper to make in expressing u fleet ion. o ---tV. - mm ICfTOrTnlrM ry-o- o -?'() ' o o 0,'Oo-to'-0" f - I'ti. i 'orum's daughter Holly wns the ai iiiio'.vli-Igi'd belle ot l'.Uhgtnwil. Kx-ci-isior 1 odd, the only son of I'hiletns l'i'dd, c.'ltnr of the Huiiglown Hauner, Went wil I after her, i.nl his father rnth- or encouraged him. He was sure ho hud made a -uiniies(, especially when tJeorgo Dei dng bought him a note written by Hetty's fair bund. It was in those words: M.v Ui"r I'riiTid !ieller IVwM I l.ctt.-vp that you l ivfl trio. ('Mm; letiiglit at 11 o'clock. The ihn 1.1 tlialiiLMl, and thcru Is no ono to tear but fiilhcl-, ami 1 nm pun that you art- tenart enough to k i-p out of Ms way. Po not futl, ami I ani ymiri ever, JU ttt. Excelsior was In ecstasies. He proceed ed to In r home. After passing through a grove hi reached the fence which he wim t.) i loss. It wns a high picket fence and not easy to climb, but Excelsior went over it like n bird. On the Inside he saw a short stepluildcr and had fore thought enough to place it against tho fence to asist his ladylove In her flight. Then l.e began his progress toward the house. When he was hnlf way across the lawn, lu was start led by the deep voiced barking of Sipiire ('mam's bulking, but be recovered his courage when ho remem bered Hetty's assurance that old Towser wns chained. The only lear wus thnt tho dog would ii I ii ii li the house, and that fear was soon leali.ed. The voice of .Squire Coram was heard speaking to the dog, nnd it was apparent that he was about to issue from the house witli tile intention uf searching the grounds. Excelsior was equal to the emergency. He ran to the garden fence, Jumped over it and hid la the cut runt bushes. Hut he was oppressed by a terrible fear. "Suppose tho squire should turn the dog loose!" Hut the squire did nothing of tho kind. Ho looked about the lawn a little, mut tering that old Towser had been bulk ing at some cut or stray dog, addressed loine words of reproof to the animal and returned into the house. 'Jin? night was very dark, and ho did not try to find the precise spot at which he hud previously climbed the fence. The result was that when he leaped over ho found himself standing in something soft u ii ' ' sticky that slushed up uhout his legs very unpleasantly. lie felt and discovered, to his infinite disgust, that he was standing iu a pot o! soft soap which hud been inudu dur ing the (lay and left out to cool. "Never mind," he thought. "If she loves nie, as I am sure sho does, sho won't care about the soap." Again he worked his way toward tho bou.-e. To his great delight, tho dog was now (pilot. There was a light burning In Hetty's window, and toward it, ns the guiding star of his hope, Excelsior directed his steps. Hut just as he camo beneath tho window the light was extinguished. While he wondered ut this a side door opened, und Hetty herself uppeured be fore him. She was evidently prepared to elope, und the young man's happiness -' as complete. "My bravo' Excelsior!" she exclaimed, "My noble I'odd! How shall I ever thin. U you tor this? Hat what is the matter with your shoes? They sound m queer." ' "The fact Is," stammered tho young man, "that I got lnlo n pot of soft soap m:t here" "Have you endured thnt for me? What a splendid follow you ure! I am ready. I.i t us hurry. Can you got mo over the !(... e i .i.!V" she asked. "Yes; I put a stepladder there." "Let us iiinke haste, then." They toadied the fence speedily nnd withoulr illMiculty. Excelsior went over first; then Hetty climbed tho stepluildcr and jumped olT, nnd be received her in his arms. Hlossod privilege! (ilorious possession! Ho even forgot the soap in bis siloes. He was beginning what he Intended to bo u very pretty speech, expressive of his love and devotion, when Hetty inter rupted him. "There Is no time to speak of that now," she said. "I am snfu and will bo far from here when father nwnkes. Hut tlciv is no time to lose." "Where shall we go, Hetty?" "I will show you. It's all arranged. ( 'ome with me." She led him through the grove to tho road, whore a horse and buggy were standing. .At the horse's bond wns a man w hom Excelsior presently recogniz ed, to his great surprise, as (Jeorgo Deer ing. "Wby. icorgi', what on earth are you doing bole?'' he asked. "I know what was going on," replied I leering, "and brought a buggy to help the young lady off. I always stand hy my liie.i.l.i. Have the kindness to nssist Miss Hetty Into that vehicle, my dear 1 'odd, and soon everything will ho love ly." Excelsior did as he was requested to do and was about to follow tho young lady Into the buggy when 1 (coring halted him. "Wait a moment, my dear fellow," said the latter. "Wo must consult tho safety of Miss Hetty. No ouo but my self cull manage this horse, and it is nec essary that I should get iu first." Excelsior stood nsido wiiilo tho other got iu and sealed himself hy the side of Hetty. Deorhig then whipped up tho horse, went ahead a short distance, stop ped and looked buck. "Farewell, my dour Excelsior!" ho fuld. "Vou are the best l'odd that ever grow on a bean stalk." In a few moments the buggy had whirl ed out c.f sight. "! swow to gracious!" exclaimed Ex celsior. "I've a great mind to go and tell the squire." Hut lie didn't; he wont home, cleaned 'he soap oil' his clothes und held his tongue. N'ew York News. Wciluillir Stories, Several of Hi.-hop How's stories relate to weddings. Mr. Ihbetson of St. Mi lliners, Walthaiiistow, was marrying a tonplc, when the ring wus found to fio too tllit. A voice from behind ex claimed, "Suck your linger, you fool!" Again it is related thut the rector of Thornhlll, near Dewsbtuy, on one occa sion could not get the woman to sny "obey" in the marriage service, und ho repented tho word with n strong stress en each syllable, saying. "You must say O-lay." Whereupon the mini Interfered uud said. "Never mind. (Jo on, purson. I'll milk' her 'O' by uud by." Good Wot ds. Tobacco. Numerous observations prove thut tin. use (if tdlmcco is a potent cause of (liiouso uf the eye. Total blindness j from dcgouerutlou of the optic nerve j bus been traced to this cause. 1 lucent observations point to tobacco und al cohol us tho great causos ' of color blindness, und this accounts for the fact thut it is much more common In men than in women. Health Culture. V't'lfiln nuiu . .WWrn-Wf!?!.' 'J Trkmiphant I fti;tiAvi'7o,o?wY'.;ti; i ',';, , . Ono morning. wli-:i-. , miouKu me norm of i'i,, . . one of tho . I 1..' "" ''I. I . ..... iTiiIlKliC' 1 poso of ensiling ft ,. if v was uwiilting my turn , '". dressed Irish girl enten " her arms nnd n Hmi, ,. " for 5 carefully folded i i,,,';",. tt ntlt Irt-tiaL, a .... A. ' dem ralS"" h" ""l "Well?" The Rlrl seamr-d rnthor ntm,Ui off hand laterrogntj n. , ir v, , lie knew net-fi.eii,- ,...n . :"' but. after n .;.., v"!" s'"! t "Plnzn nn ... . .. .. """". 4 for that?" -''-'",,: "Willi tM VMtlt rinty..'.') . elorlc In tho closely scrutinized tl 1'"" .. '".. IMP ill mm; u aivlll lllimy Wl- .i.,.11(, felta II 'lUIII,ll ii.xi unit (llI'Mlt, nrldgot," replicl the girl WllO d( VOU e.,i,, r . . onl.l tl, ,.l...-b . ' 1 ' , ' -('(.liny Uw.tkht ply was on evusiou. - ""Vi,... . . , K'anil"r" t! Hrlilget ?"' """, ,"lt " "Hother!" exclni.,,,,1 ,1. rkk i lint im vnu inini'i wi T Who nro you?" Sl'' "Rl-iik-et " ,!-!, .i. . . . c--. ......... m.i ua1 ni(.(.b .. I nan- llio -I..,-!.- I... i . . f "bumbledom" in hi,,, ,,' ' 1 I,.., t.l!..I ' i UUt OOUKIUK, SO 1 Hlcp, fn examined that I suppose,! si,u wi , iihvu mo nolo cli.nin-,1 nnd m that, ns it wns ..vl,i...,,i, , , ns well ocoele to her ni,l,.,t rj Tho girl looked nt nio gmt,.fi,nv ,, ciaimeu in per nmad Irish l,iL.,,.l "Sure, tin that's whnt j , . .,? goln to meet mo liuslmn' In Cai-if cuoooi gei i no note cliiin,) j, shop in the town nt all. Th.y till he'd give me the hi-hk y llt.iv," "Oh," sui 1 tho i-!ei;( .';,tlr. it, is It? Well, vo don't ,',-,. ior nny one i.ut our own cii;( Make room for thut gontloiann," "Sure, the not, -'a g,, j-j n can't yo give me the me!,,.y, p plonileil tho girl. "Note's good, bi;t tvo never ( notes, I tell you exenpt onr -There," nddol C e eln::, ivitl,. thought, mod tmre.tw:),,).! - ill , he pushed the girl's Land ,,fr t;,,, ,; "there, take your ciil'min-V-I liul make way for some one else!" Hridget seemed bitterly ilNnpt nnd, looking nt the baby, nked ,i of that unconscious iiiimivnl: "Och, sure, nn wliatil 1 i',, nt i.l I got change for my !eek n::i on the point of following Ikt to her what assistance I cnr.U, , paused for a moment nt llio do then she suddenly retnrni-it, ns if a thought had suggested Itself to lu-r When tho other culoniei-H wit sho ngnln nrrestcl the ntti-mimi clerk nnd asked in a modest, ipiii-t "An did ve sny vo toni.i civo n of ycr own notes fa- this?" "Yes, certainly," sunl the tiet i lly. " "I Cnnd it to rie." Bridget passed the liete ntiil hiii, ly received live brum! in .v ii n the local hud; In . - -e. i waited nnd wnti-Iteil iiIi!.i:n!v the clerk entered the 1 : 1 1 1 1 . J . -r of tin 111 his book nnd (lepo-Jin-1 it in II. er. I caught, her eye, urn! I nt bibles weio turni'-g, fur .". b'.m wicked light was Iioiiiuitig tlieref Up looked tho unlucky clerk, as vinegar, ns if lie would say, more can you want?' "An did ye sny ye cbnnged j notes?" asked Hridget in n firm I "Of course," replied the i Mi opening bis eyes as if lie V pin prehend th.it after all the sil"! I i.. i., i... o. r.-1,;. luni oiini nr o .iu,' two or three gentlemen who liuil 3 looked nn and smiicu. "Then will vo give me (!"' them?" demanded Hrsdsvt '!: ly. adding In a cut lite.', r.nv -V. "I think they're g 1. "There ;" she said vi'-ioi'.sly, qt'M own words as r-lio throw u.w.i is tho precious document.-; I"-'"1, "there! Take your ifnundi-l n The clerk was fairly vnn-ini do did not dnro refuse to c.il' 'I'" own paper, so wilh plow liintijf gry heart he counted ""t '' change, all in silvi i lliiee.f!iii fourpenny pieces, 1 think, pfului in nil. Hridget let him rnmit-lt "'! lenst flvo minutes nnd ho pile over to her. Then, very culm Bridget: , .. "Sine, I didn't ask y s" want goold." , . , . . , n 1 1 1 turn. 11 1 itneici.ents le f.-l" jillilgei was ci'iim a looked daggers-silver win. J . . i it .nlH-L'. tender people won: -naughty word, which wus rkw '" ho handed her a couple of 'i' sovereigns. Hridget very coolly t-n lu her purse. Ono or two people were ,' ' Hridget remained. She " Very deliberately pulling t l" !. !. (hlllllllcll till'"' ll'.' foro tho 'unfortunate man, f" J ii... ,i,f ten been trod'f was mu wwwn io"fc . v and now she "turned," and tin ft . i , - ... i i mercy in iiriugei. a n' irit l nei o. ski -i - COUfMiU'l1'1 triumph, "Take yr I.',. ll,.e!" Ull h ( v nm .......... The clerk pla 1 bcf"v I';;' poltl nieces stamped v-i. .f. ...in Din inn en IttiL , .1 . i I... nivr ivrtni i i pale witn anger, uo. u) from the Binning msio---around. , Hridget pocketed the i for tho third time nnd . phasis, shu nguin I""''"1 !", ,,j lauguugo about the ' . as sho thumped tho Ins ton. counter before him niel i';"u chunge. New York Nos- The Kiitcrliilnl" ' . . . t...,'( it fitr.n1- Miss tJnbblomnro-i - ,,. . . i.. meets " ot nil me penpu- really entertaining? . ,,-, Mr. Blighloigh-Vos " thut there nro so few l Harper's Hazar. "Polygamy Is a iniuK i"r course 1" . .li nn 11 "Of course. U bctrayf ' ' senco of enlightened ib"r Detroit Journal. .y, WiuJ ( South Dakot Fcw.icoplereuli.c'l Hour Hot springs.o und most beautiful envoi" ... . I-MOIVJ stales, inu uuu , a really is. Over 10t null Mid :I,0(I0 chambers have u ed. And that is only tlie Thero ure fourteen llll,,' t"' . , only three of which liav to tho public. The"1' Garden of Hdcn, l'"'1' 1,1 I'ouiiy tl'utes. i
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