FULTON COUNTY NEWS.
Published Every Thursday.
B. W. Peck, Editor.
McCONNELLSBURG, PA.
Thursday, August 23. 1900.
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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.
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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,
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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..
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ALPHEUS ClIUBBUCK'S
HEN CART.
By Susan Erown Rohbin. J
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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
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"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