n I 0 riding the frost lake dam SHsasasHSHSHijasHS AN INCIIjRNT OP early dayh IN MICHIGAN, By T. . LLOYD. They were blamed Idiots, both of 'em. But I'm not holdln' that up against any man when there's a girl In the case Nell was all right, too, mind yer, aa glrla go red hair, "full form, Are an' all that sort of thing but she couldn't play soft. Had to be things doln' when she handled the bow with her novel-readln' no tions of heroes and trusty swords and rldln' Into death's ways before you could kiss the tip of her finger. Oh, bucks! I bate beln' harsh on the child, but good men are too blamed bard to lay your hands on these days, to want to see them go under before their appointed time, all along of a whim and a little lace. Alt right, I'm gettln' there. The drive had come down pretty slick that aprlng, no serious accidents or nothing, and we were Just holdln' the logs above the last dam till we had got enough .water to float them out onto the borne stretch. The boys lied around In the shade of the cook-house and obewed their pipes and cursed a little and waited thlnktn' on the settlement only thirty mile away and pay-day Just 'round the bend. The second day we heard the squeakln' of wheels and Nell appeared on the scene, havln' buggled out to wish us luck and with greetings from the home folk that's what she said. I'm gueBsin' different, and seed later I guessed right. We all jumped to our feet, beln' mighty starved for the sight of a pretty face, but Angus Carmichael was Johnny-on-the-Spot all right and had the honor of llftin' her out and recelvln' a smile that would 'ave softened a pike-pole. We were all right envious of Angus, but big Jim Connors was the only one weak enough to show It. They'd been run ii in " neck and neck for favors all that winter and weren't too friendly about It either. The other boys had long since dropped out and were Just waltln' around to hold the coats and pick up the pieces. Jim butted In between Angus and the smile and grabbed her hand so she winced. "Right glad ter see yer again, Nell," says he. "Ain't yer goin' ter let me have the pleasure of drlvln' yer back ter the settlement this af ternoon? Yer said I could sometime and I'm not needed hero jest now, you know." Nell looked up at him out of the points of her eyes: "Maybe, Jim, we'll see." Angus was lookln' sort of pale In spite of the tan. "She's already promised me, Jim, but of couise she knows what she wunts. and I'll step aside if she says the word." Connors swung 'round quick, blazln' mad. "Go to blazes, you! and mind yer own business!" His fists were stuck out In Carmichael's face, and we looked for things happenln' right there. Nell did too, I guess, for the look of scorn on her face when Angus Jest gave a gasp and stepped back wasn't pretty to see. "I'm thinkin' yer didn't hear straight. Mister Carmichael," she said softly. "I wouldn't be feelln' safe with a coward at the reins!" "No, I'm not a coward, Nell, and yer know it. If Jim wasn't a heap sight better man with his fists than I be he wouldn't be so free with his speech. Now ask him if he feels like runnin' the dam with me or no and we'll see whose scared." We held our breath when we heard that, for though Connors was about the beBt man on a log in the province, not barrin' Carmichael either, the devil himself couldn't do the trick and live. Nell knowod It as well as we did, but by Jlmmlny she jest stood there with the hot sun flamin' on her red hair and a little smile on her face that said plain as day: "Will yer let him dare yer, Jim?" Yer could hear the throbbln' of the dam comln' up under yer very feet, though It waB really round the bend below, and it didn't sound pretty ter Jim's ears as wo could see. He pulled the battered felt off his head and mopped his forehead with a red bandanna, but I guess none of us felt much sympathy for him, seeln' as he'd got himself into the hole. "He's gone clean crasy, Noll," he gasped, "but what you say goes only 1 guess one of the other boys will be takln' yer home this evenin'." "Don't worry about me. I reckon I kin get back all right." Nell starts for the dam below and we tails out behind, some of ui tryln' ter persuade the fools to quit It, and some pumpln' Into them Just how it oughter be done. Anil an wo onmo. v V WUAUB Hill uu IUII scene of operations. There was a twenty-eight foot head of water behind the dam. Then there was a sluice sixty foot long and ten wide where the water ran smooth and swift as greased light ning, till it shot out on the apron and was carried some eighty teet far ther over a ledge of rocks. Near the lower end of the apron the water was that shallow that though a small log would shoot out straight and drop into the pool below almost horizontal the big sticks would drag and tip and 60 over head first and not rise to the surface for a couple of hundred feet below. The pool was at ugly a bit of wa ter as I've ever seen. Bollln' and eddyin', and chock full of undertows that would drag a human body down among the jagged rocks on the bot tom and sweep It back under the apron and spit it out hundreds of teet below in a condition that weren't pretty to see. As Angus had given the dare, he i, vt0 ,0 flr,t' and the r8,t u climbed out onto the rocks close to the water as we could get, with plke Poie and ropes for life-savin' duty, "sn stood on the top of the bank wuere she could see good and plain. small spot of red burnt in each llant m& b"r ey98 Wre hln,n' br"- "lake a rough, solid-barked log, Angus," yells out Boss Murray. "It'll Kiv.' yer a better grip If she dives, and for God's sake hang on to It till she clears the eddlesl We'll git you then." "I'll keep on the sunny side of her. Jack, don't worry," nnd Angus runs lightly out on the loose floatln' logs that are held back by a boom from goin' through the sluice. He .picks one out, pushes It through a gap where the chain Joins a couple of the boom logs and Jumps aboard. "Ain't yer goin' ter use a pole?" hollers Terry. "Naw by-bye!" and we see the blamed goat Is runntn' It empty handed. The log now began to step along lively and entered the upper end of the sluice. As It dipped to the In cline. Angus bent forward with his fingers touchln' the rough bark and his eyes on the bollln' caldron below him. He sure looked cool and steady crouchln' there, while the log rocked from side to side and plunged through the sltty foot of sluice. At the foot of this where the water struck the less steep apron, the back surge made a wave that jumped up most eight feet high. As the timber struck this. Angus leapt into the air, cleared most or it and lit on his stud again as fine as you please. Murray yells, "Pretty work!" and then we holds our breath. The log as It neared the end of the apron begun to drag, but be cause of the weight on the back end didn't go over perpendicular as wo feared. It shot far out, dipped sharp and plunged Into the roaring mess of yellow water. But Angus kept his head, you bet! At the last moment he threw himself flat on the log and wrapped his arms and legs around it, and crash! they disappeared, and the foam swished over. He told us later that It weren't much fun down ther. He seemed to be goin' right on down tohadeB. while the currents tore and bit and wrenched, and pieces of bark and chips and sawdust cut and bruised him every place at once. And his one little thought all the time was jest to hold on till he bust and trust In God. After a few years of this sort of thing he begun to see sky-rockets and hear cannon crackers and then a flood of sunlight hit him In the face and he knew he'd come back to the family. I reckon It was nigh as long a time to us as to him befjre the log hove in sight and we were allowed tc move our lungs again. We certainly let out one Indian ear-splitting yell that made the noise of the dam sound pale. Angus climbed right side up sprang onto a Jutting log and walked ashore and into our arms. Nell stood up there and waved het kerchief at him, but his eyes were so full of sawdust I reckon he didn't see It, for he never so much as glanced In her direction. The first words he said were: "Don't let Jim try It, boys! God ain't goin' to give two return tickets to hades, and that's certain!" "You're too late," says Little Bill, "he's a-comln' now." And he wa3 all right, with his hair blowin' back and his face white as milk slickety-pelt down the sluice, till he struck the wave, made a spring that miscarried somehow and fell plump on his back three feet behind the log. Didn't look any too cheer ful for Jim, Just then! The rost of the way down they didn't change their positions none, though Jim kept clutchln' wildly at the log beyond his reach, knowln' that ho didn't have no chance for life if he didn't get it. Wo couldn't do nothln' jest watch! Then the Btlck shot into the shoaler water and dragged just a bit, and as it went over we seed Jim catch up and clutch the log, then his hands slipped, his arms straightened out with a jerk and both of 'em sunk be neath the foam. Well, we were right certain he had got a grip and again stopped breatb in' and waited for the log to show up. After a time it did saunter to the surface and we seed a hand cllngin' to a projection on the side of the timber, and thon slip off. Angus hitched a rope around him and jumped Into the pool and made a desperate fight to get out, but In a couple of strokes he was Jerked clean under and we started pullin' him back again. Yer can Imagine our amazement when we discovered we were draggln' the two of them In! The blame cross-currents had ham mered Jim plump into Angus' arms and couldn't get 'em apart again. Well, Connors was pretty nigh all In and we lugged him off to the bunk house, but Angus waa as chirp as a sparrow after we'd poured a little stimulant down his gullet. We were crowdln' around shakin' hands with him and congratulatln' him when Nell pushes through, lookln' mighty ashamed of herself and rather scared, too. I guess she'd been gettln' a bigger dose of real life than she had bargained for. "I'm right proud of you, Angus," she begun gentle, "and reckon I spoke a little too quick a few mo ments ago. I ain't forgot what I promised you, and am ready to start whenever you say." "Thanks, Nell," says Carmichael, lookln' her straight. "I knows yer didn't 'mean what yer said, but the truth Is I'm all tuckered out after so much excitement and bathln' and guess I'll let one of the other fellows drive yer back to the settlement." Angus turned and walked up the bank. From the Outing Magazine. BARBER SHOP BIRD SHOW. Newspaper an Educator. A newspaper Is always printed In a rush. There Is always something In It that should be left out; something left out that should have been put In. It Is sometimes too quick to judge and often too quick to act, but, with all Its shortcomings, there Is more education In a bright, newsy newspa per thau there Is In a novel. Denton Herald. Bird That sing- on Its Back and An other That Gives Warning of Cats. If the nature faker would find new material he has only to go over to a barber shop In Clark street, Brook lyn, and there he will learn some thing more wonderful than that n wolf can bite a stag to the heart. The proprietor and sole artist of that barber shop hat fancy for birds from South America. The birds are from two German naturalists, friends of the barber, who are collecting In KAISER'S HEIR TURNS BOSS WOOD-TURNER. Has Lathe Set Up in Bedroom and Pilss Up a Stack of Fine Chair Legs. Household Matters. ! NEWS OF PENNSYLVANIA: a. 9 Crown Prince Frederick William, following the requirements of the House of Hohenzollern that each Prince shall be skilled in some trade, Is becqmlng an adept In wood turning. He surprised his suite by ordering Ihnl n lathe ho nnt lin tn nnft nf hla the Amazon country. There are about . Dedr00n, and n. ipent tho mornlng turning out chair legs. fifteen birds there now. Take Major, for Instance. He Is a little bird, white and black with a rtd head and neck, whose cage hangs In the window where It if unny. Major likes to play kitten. All that the barber has to do to make Major happy la to open the cage door and put his finger Inside. Major will hop off his perch and make for that finger with bill and claws. Major's way Is like the kitten's. He will turn on his back and clnw nt the finuer Kleofullv. then when bis feathers are tickled up under his throat Major does the most surpris ing thing of all He carols as he never carols at any other time. Of course It is no trick to see a ' bird sing on his feet. But, heed this all nature fakers, Major sings at his ' best lying on his back, and he will continue to sing Just as long as the barber's finger Is ruffiing the feathers on his breast. Then when the play is over Major will remain mute for the 1 most part the rest of the day. Over In the other window Is a big orange and black bird who knows I but one friend, but who knows that friend under any circumstances. This friend Is an elderly man who comes i to the uarber shop every morning with a piece ot corn bread for the Brazilian singer. The appearr.nce of this gentleman in the shop or on the street In front Is always heralded by a sharp, ring- 1 lng note from the bird, entirely dlf- I ferent from any other note he utters. , The bird ruffles his feathers at the throat, hops about on his perch In a nervous fashion and calls repeatedly with that single penetrating treble as long as his friend is in sight. No matter what hour of the day It is, as long as there is any light In the sky this man cannot pass tho window of the barber shop either on foot or in a conveyance without being spotted by the bird, who heralds his passing with every sign of Joy. The man has tried passing the shop with his coat collar muffling his face, but the same cry of welcome came from the bird watcher at the window. In 1 the evening when the lights In the ' barber shop are lighted and one with- ' in cannot well distinguish the faces of passersby this yellow and black ' Brazilian citizen never fails to spot his friend when he passes. Thi. i same bird has a cat warning call which it has taught the barber's dog to understand. In summer when the window before the bird's cage is open and a prowling cat on the sidewalk outside, nearly f.ush with the window of the sunken shop, might take a chance Jump at the cage thlB bird is on the alert. When ever a cat comes in sight he lets out a peculiar string of sharp staccato notes and a terrier which has learned the signal, makes a dash for the door. Affidavits to the truth of this fact can be found at any time at the desk of the St. George. Until very recently the barber had a very rare bird In hla collection. It was the anvil bird, which came from the far interior Amazon region. Its ' call gave It the name. When the bird really got into action the sound ; was identical with that of a hammer ' on steel. The bird would start with I a few short raps in quick succession ' and then end its call with deep, full throated booms that seemed to be ' the ringing of a wagon tire struck with a sledge. Unfortunately Brook- ' lyn climate did not agree with the anvil bird and he died. Aside from these freaks of the bird family there are many other little strangers from the far South who j keep up a constant cooing and warb ling that makes conversation on the ' part of the barber not only unneces- ' sary but a positive desecration. 1 New York Sun. He worked at the machine in his shirt lcevea, and when the electric- I Ity failed he summoned an adjutant : to help him turn the lathe. The ad jutant also was In his shirt sleeves and the two men alternated In driv ing the machine. Emperor William Is a cabinet mak er, bis father was a bookbinder, and his grandfather was a turner. In mastering a trade the Crown Prince, however, has not overlooked his artistic pursuits, and he has taken :i new violin master, a talented ' young Pole, Bronlslaw Huberman, ' whoso acquaintance he made at a : muslcale, given by the Minister of the Interior. Bronlslaw caused a sensation "by j his soulful playing" of Schubert's ' "Ave Maria." When ho finished the Mints From Old Virginia. One or two tablespoonfuls of am monia added to a pall of water will clean windows better than soap. Always keep your celery roots and dry them. They are good for season ing soups and sauces. A large calico bag to cover the Ironing board when It Is not In use will keep the Ironing sheet clean and be a handy receptacle for holders and waxing cloth. If a double layer of brown paper Is put tinder the oilcloth on shelves or tables It will wear three times as long as if laid directly on the wood. Elvyn B. A., Roanoke, Va., in Boston Cooking School Magailne. To Roast a Chicken. If roasting In the oven stand the fowl on a trivet In the roasting tin, to that the fat may run down from It. Never let a roast lie In fat, at It makes It sodden and greasy. A chicken will take from half an hour to three-quarters of an hour. When the fowl Ib ready, lift It onto a hot dish, remove any string or paper, and pour away any grease there may be. If gravy is wished to serve with It, pour away all the fat from the roast ing tin, and pour Into It a little good Crown Prince, himself a violin nlaver i Btock or beef tea. Stir over the fire of ability, led the applause and begged the artist to repeat the piece. At the same time he asked permission to stand near him and observe the posi tion of his bands. At tho conclusion of the repeti tion William called the young master aside and said to him: "I think I know now why almost everybody plays better on the violin than I. I was not taught to use my hands correctly, either with the bow or on the strings. Come to my home to-morrow and give me a lesson and continue coming until I know how to hold my hands as you do. Charge whatever you please. I want to learn." The virtuoso talked of previous engagements, but Wllhejm insisted that he give him at least one lessdn before he left Berlin. This one les son grew into many, since the Crdwo Prince Is determined to learn to play "Ave Maria" as well as Huberman. until It bolls, rubbing down into it any browning from the tin, season nicely and pour round the fowl. If liked thick the gravy may be thick ened by browning a little flour In the tin before pouring in the stock, but for an Invalid It is more wholesome left clear. What-To-Eat, tho Pure Food Magazine. The Passing of the French. The population of France, whose thirty millions formed the most nu merous national monolingual group In Europe at the opening ot the lajjt century, has Increased only twenty six per cent, during the past 100 years, as against England's 350 per cent., and America's 1600 per cent. Tho total population of France la now 38,350,788. The female sex ex- .ceeds the male In number, the flguros being, respectively, 19,533,899 and 18,816,889. On the other hand, ad excess in the number of unmarried is shown on the masculine Bide, the re spective figures being 9,917.178 and 9,114,356. There are 2,384,897 widows and divorced women, as against 1,005,884 widowers and di vorced men. The number of French families Is 9,781,117, of which 1,314,773 are without children; 2,249,337 have but one child; 2,018,665 have two; 1,246,264 have three; 748,841 have four; 429,799 have five; 248,159 have six: 138,769 have seven; 71,841 have eight, and 33,917 have nine chil dren. These figures continue to rep sent in a rapidly decreasing propor tion the number of families having a larger number of children. Upon comparing the groups ot figures It will be perceived that for about two thirds of the families of France the average number of children does not exceed three; while for about one and one-half per cent, of them the average number Is seven; and foi less than one per cent, of the same, eight children. Twenty-four families are recorded, however, as possessing seventeen, and thirty-four as possess ing eighteen children. Harper's Weekly. An Exploded Myth. The following question and answer are from the New York Sun: "Where A subscribes to a periodi cal for a year and pays for one year and after the expiration of the year the periodical continues to be re ceived and A does not communicate with the publishers with reference to the continued receipt of the peri odical, which bos not been ordered, is A compelled to pay for the deliveries subsequent to the year originally paid for? Samuel Hopkinson." Such a statement was very fre quently printed among the business announcements of many periodicals some years ago, and in default of any law establishing such a prescription it was commonly credited to eomo postal regulation. Eventually the postal authorities denied the respon sibility and the claim was left with out a leg to stand on. A person who subscribes and pays for one year of any publication is no more charge able with any Issues of tho next year than he would be required to pay for a thirteenth egg simply because ha had bought a dozen. How the Eye Sees the Eye. At a recent meeting of the French Academy of Sciences, the apparatus of Dr. Fortln for rendering visible the Inner structure of the hnman eye was described. A very brilliant mir ror is illuminated with a Cooper Hew itt tube, and the light Is reflected Into the eye, after traversing two thicknesses of blue glass and being concentrated by a large lens fixed In a screen. The observer places his eye-behind the lens at suofa a distance that the whole field appears uniform ly illuminated. What he sees Is a re flection of the interior of bis own eye. The circulation of the blood in the minute vessels is visible. When a screen pierced with a pinhole is passed rapidly to and fro between the eye and the lens, the structure of the fovea, the minute spot on the retina which is the most sensitive part of the eye, Is revealed. The apparatus Is designed to aid Investigations by oculists. The Youth's Companion. Eanndry Notes. - Javelle Water For Removal of Stains. One of the best chemical re agents to be used in the laundry and for cleaning purposes generally is ja velle water. It can be very easily made at home If the following' direc tions aro carefully followed, and Is not In the least expensive: Bow Made. Dissolve one pound of washing soda in an agate kettle or stone Jar, in a quart of boiling wat er. Dissolve one-half pound of chlo ride of lime In two quarts of cold water. When the dissolved portion has settled, carefully pour the clear liquid Into the dissolved soda. Bot tle and keep In a cool, dark place. Kinds of Stains. Stains whloh bother in the laundry are ot three kinds, 1. e., those caused by vegetable growth, those from actual chemical compounds, and those caused by a deposit ot small, solid particles. Mildew is perhaps the stain which puzzles the housekeeper the most. It Is the most common type caused by vegetable growth. When this stain is examined under the microscope one can see a network of tiny tendrils which cannot be seen without the aid of the microscope. On the ends ot some of these tendrils can be seen small cup-shaped organs which hold small seeds or spores, which scatter over the cloth and start new plants. This la tho way the mildew stains spread all through a garment. These little tendrilB will, if given time, find their way through many layers -of the material. Oxygen will destroy the mildew plant, but it will thrive in a damp, warm place. To remove mildew from a garment first give it a thor ough airing and then place In boiling water. After it has been placed in boiling water, the character of the stain Is changed and it Is now a chem ical compound, for the mold has pro duced a dye. A bleaching process has to be resorted to now to remove tho stain. Soak the garment in equal quantities of hot water and Javelle water until the stain disappears; thoroughly rinse in three waters; then rinse In water to which a little ammonia has been added. In most all processes of bleaching an acid Is formed which will weaken tho fibers ot the cloth and, If very strong, will destroy them, unless quickly neutralized by an alkali. Am monia or washing soda solution are the best to use for this purpose. Lotta I. Crawford, In Home and Farm, Facts About the National Capitol. It contains 430 rooms which are used for office, committee and storage purposes; 679 windows, 560 door ways, 140 fireplaces, 261 wash basins and sinks, fourteen bathtubs, fifteen ventilating fans, eighteen motors. AII.MITS 111 TUB SBfJ is ills BMP. Coatesville (Special). The mys tery surrounding Hie gagging and ty ing In bed of J. Barton Harry at his home on East Main Sireet, was clear ed up on the arrival bore of United States Postal Inspector S. U. New hard, to whom Hurry made a full confession that he was the author of tho threatening letters addressed to himself and to his sweetheart, Miss Mary Ellis. From the start Postmaster A. H. Swing suspected thot young Harry was the author of the letters and the author of the supposed attempt on his life, and he at once communicated with the Postal Department at Wash ington. When Inspector Newhnrd ar rived here he went to the Harry home and accused young Harry of be ing the author of the letters and ty ing himself In bed. At first the young man denied the charge, but on being put through a sweating pro cess he broke down and made a full confession In the following sworn statement : "I hereby state under oath that I wrote and mnlled the letters address ed to J. Barton Harry and Mlsn Mary Ellis, which were Intended as Black I hand letters; same letters postmark - eu iil tmifHYiiif, .May -i nnd j I'.m. (Signed) "J. Barton Harry." The confession of Harry has great ly relieved the nervousness of the people created by the affair. The only solution of Harry's strange pranks Is that he was extremely Jeal ous of Miss Ellis, and he aimed to win tier sympathy. STATE HOLDS AN AUCTION. Harrlsburg (Special) Over $.1500 was realized by the State from sale of old furniture, rich in political history, but no longer aervlceable. The auction took place In the rotun da and corridors which were turned into a market place and the sale, lasting all day, was attended by hun dreds of bargain hunters. Some of the articles sold were bid entirely too high, especially carpet.' On the other hand, two pianos from the executive mansion, made of ma hogany, but painted white, sold at 30o and $155. They cost $300 and $1500 -ii. ii new some years ago. Desks bought for the Legislature when it met In Grace Church, at $18, were sold at $5 and $8. The furni ture from tho former governor' room waa sold singly and widely scattered. To HAVE DISPOSAL PLANT, Norrlstown (Special ). Some of the Norrlstown borough authorities declared that they claim the right to feel aggrieved at the attitude main tained by State Health Commissioner Dr. Samuel G. Dixon and his employ ees townrd this borough with refer ence to the pollution of the Schuyl kill River, ns affecting Philadelphia's water supply. It is explained for the borough's continued use of the river as the receptacle for Its sewage that Norrlstown has been for years pre paring to otherwise make disposal, a matter that cannot be arranged In a few days or months. In behalf of the town It Is shown that its recently constructed trunl. lino sewer carries all Its sewage to tho lowest point of the town, where ground for a filtration plant has al ready been acquired. This purchase was made known for the first time Thursday as it had to be made secret ly so that the sellers of the land would not become aware of Its Intend ed purpose. In explaining the delay in estab lishing a disposal plant, a Norrlstown Councilman uses some very significant words. He says on this line that not until a few months ago waa a practi cable and reasonable disposal olant as to cost found by the local authori ties, numbers that were Inspected be ing costly beyond limit In original outlay as well as In operating ex penses. The city of Reading's new- plant proves so reasonable In these respects that the same system Is al ready planned here. It is no longer a secret that the money appropriated by Town Coun cil by recent ordinance to park pur poses was intended to furnish part of what was needed for a sewage dis posal plant, and the subject is likely to be decided on this summer. Danger in Anger. Unrestrained anger acts unon the blood as a vlruleut poison. It irri tate the nerve, Invade the calm ness of the brain and leaves In It wake the wreckage that come after the tempest. A $15,000 Dentist Bill. Edwin J. Richardson, the dentlat of Brook afreet, Grosvenor Square, Is claiming from Mr. Fremlln, a brew er ot Maidstone, 570 for dental ser vices rendered to his wife. The claim is contested on the ground that the charges were not fair and reasonable. Cross-examined, Mr. Richardson admitted that be had charged a much as 3000 for putting a mouth in order. London Chronicle, ,&NP,rfgis:To PREPAMETiICn Poached Eggs With Creamed Cel ery. Carefully arrange poached eggs on rounds of buttered toast. Fill in the centre of the dish with a pint of celery cut Into Inch lengths and cooked In boiling water until tender. j then stirred into a cupful of cream sauce. Serve very hot. This Is a light aud nourishing breakfast dish. Bean Porridge. Boil one quart of beans without soaking with halt a teaspoonful of soda until the skin cracks. Have fried In slices half a pound of salt pork, add to beans with little salt and pepper, cook with suf ficient water to keep from burning, and when real soft add fine bread crumbs or flour to thicken. Bread crumbs are best. Rice Pudding. Rice pudding is to many people a not very palatable ar ticle of diet, but as it Is frequently or- elcht elevators, two 1 ()O0-hn,sennwr umDU ,u convalescence rrom ' boilers, eight steam pumps, a lighting 1 varlous Illnesses, a formula is given TO MAKE THEIR own CEMENT, Pittsburg (Special). Angered by what. It claims was exorbitant prices :harged for cement by Independent :oncerns In the past few years, the United States Steel Corporation has entered the cement making field It lelf, and now threatens to drive the imall makers of cement out of busi ness. A new cement making plant, :ostlng $1,000,000, and with a capac ity of 3,000,000 barrels per year, was opened between tho Homestead and the Duquesne mills of the cor poration, on the Monongaheln River, above Pittsburg. Through a recently discovered process the corporation will be enabled to convert Its Im mense slag piles into marketable cement. The plan of establishing cement making plants In both Pittsburg and Chicago was evolved, and it is now hoped to make 5,000,000 barrels per year, which will be more than enough to flood the market after such a big buyer as the corporation itself has withdrawn. THREE BURNER To DEATH. WIlllaniBport (Special). Two per sons were burned and another died in a hospital later and a fourth la missing as the result of a fire which occurred In the home of Joseph Lo renzo, at Castenea, near here. The lire followed an explosion of a lamp. The dead are: Pasquale Bonady, a boarder, and two of the Lorenzo children, one six years old and the other aged three years. A boy of eight year is mi Blng and Is believed to have been In cinerated. Mrs. Lorenzo was terri bly burned In an attempt to rescue her children. The father of the fam ily was badly burned while attempt ing to save one of the children. HOY KILLS MOTHER. Mahanoy City (Special). Mrs. Al bert Major, of Lanlgans, near thle city was shot dead with a rifle bul let intended for a cat, at her home. The shooting was an accident, ac cording to the two sons, George and William, who had been handling the rifle from which the fatal bullet was II red. The boys were stationed at an open window watching for cats after the young chickens. The rifle lay on a table close by. When Mm Major entered the room. William, who is only ." yearn old, had the weapon In his hands, and It was discharged. Mrs. Major died In a few moments, the bullet entering her heart. Veteran Ruilrond Conductor Demi. Easton (Special). Thomas Calla han, a retired passenger conductor on the Lehigh Valley Railroad, died aged 64 years. He was a Civil War veteran, serving as a private and later corporal In Company E, Forty seventh Regiment Pennsylvania Vol unteers, of which J. P. S. Gobin waa colonel. He was employed by the Le high Valley Railroad Company near ly forty years. . . Money Expressed To Rank Lost. Willlamsport (Special). A pack age containing $107, consigned to a local bank via the United States Ex press Is strangely missing, having been lost here, and the local agent, I. J. Kantner, Is conducting an In vestigation to determine where it has disappeared to. ACQUIRES BIG COAL FIELDS, Pittsburg (Special). The exten sive property of the Federal Coal and Coke Company, near Fail-mount, W. Va., has been purchased by the New England Gas and Coke Company of Boston for a spot cash consideration of $1,250,000. The purchaser, which is one of the largest concerns of Its kind In tho country ami which con trols the coke and gas business of Boston and surrounding towns, will Immediately expend $750,000 In the further development of the property. The purchase Includes 5,500 acres of exceptionally good gas and coal fields, situated 12 miles south ot Fairmont, on a branch of the Bal timore and Ohio Railroad. The field ha 300 acre of surface, containing a nine-foot vein of coal. The selling company was controlled by Pittsburg capitalists. service equivalent to 25,000 Incandes cent lamps ot sixteen candlepower each, and over 14,000 squire feet ot skylight. This Is all on the inside, and when we look over the outside and the forty acres of land to be kept up, we begin to realize that It Is no small Job to keep the cobwebs out ot the Capitol and the weeds out of the yard. lor Its preparation: One ounce nf whole rice, three-quarters of a pint of milk, half an ounce of butter, one egg. sugar to taste. Let the rice swell In the milk over a slow fire, stir in the butter and then let the mixture cool. Beat the egg well and mix with the rice, butter a breakfast cup or small mold, fill it three parts full and bake. Turn It out and serve. Good Corn Bread. Scald one pint of white meal, add a teaspoonful ot sugar, also one of salt and u table- spoonful of butter or meat frying; Once Prominent, Dies A Suicide. Lancaster (Special). Joseph Her zog, who was formerly a prominent business man In this city, was found hanging In a atable dead. He was 67 years of age. About 1885 Her zog, who was then In the grocery business, waa convicted of note for geries aggregating In the neighbor hood of $40,000. He was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment, and since his release made a precarious living. Despondency over the late loss of a position i supposed to have Induced the suicide. An Unfortunate Accident. A smart man put arsenio in a bottle of wlue, hoping that a burglar would drink it, and his wife placed It among a hundred other bottles. The smurt man is now wondering which Is the bottle and Is prepared to sell hi stock of wine cheap. Big Lumber Cut in 1907. According to a report from the United States Forest Service the larg est yearly lumber cut In this country , then stir in as much buttermilk aa 1 wa that of 1907, the amount being required to make a thin batter pre- 37,560,736,000 feet, valued at $628,- j viously placing a teaspoonful of oda 151,388. The average Increase In the la the sour milk. Lastly add a pint price of lumber since 1899 has been of dry meal. Thoroughly beat with spoon or paddle and bake In buttered I pan in a quick oven. Try this with vegetables ofteo for dinner. You will feel better than when you dine, week In and out, on adulterated flour. Woman Hrcultft t ell I sick. Altoona (Special). Paul Hellly and Sallle Wet were arrested In Juniata for disorderly .conduct. The woman was given the freedom of the corridor of the borough lock-up. She broke the lock on Retlley's cell and both escaped. forty-nine per cent. Sixty car loads of Canadian made harvesting machinery have been or dered for 81berla. Draw Lots To I'uy Penny Shortage. Altoona (Special). An Inspection of tbe Altoona post office disclosed a shortage of one cent In the money order department. Four clerks drew lots to make It good. STATE ITEMS James Parker, of Danville, who for the last year has beeu working at Linnwood, near Philadelphia, was robbed of $140, a year's savings, on a Pennsylvania train, as he was re turning home for a vacation. Mrs. Michael Rlnko, aged 26 years, deliberately throw herself beneath the wheels of a Delawore & Hudson train because she was despondent over the treatment she is said to have received from her husband. She was killed Instantly. Jeremiah F. Werner, at Reading, brought suit against Rev. M. H. Stettler for $10,000 damages for slander, said to have been uttered by the minister during a funeral sermon over the body of the plaintiff's wife. The defendant was arrested several weeks ago on a similar charge. Because he gave a check for a large sum of money when he had not sufficient funds in bank, C. N. McCarthy, a theatrical manager of New York, was arrested at PottsvRle. McCarthy claims that he gave the check in good faith. Miss Virginia White, who for sev enteen years wss superintendent of St. Luke's Hospital, South Bethle hem, and principal of Its training school, resigned. Her temporary suc cessor Is Miss Mario S. Brown. ODDS AND ENDS. The mole will starve to death In a day. Fishhooks have been made on pre cisely the same design for 2,000 years. The one hundredth anniversary of the opening of the port of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to International commerce is to be celebrated next year by a national exhibition of in dustrial, pastoral and art products from June 15 to September 1. The most remarkable, clock weight in Maine Is that nf tha ii ,i , ,,,..!. at Cherryfleld an old smooth-bore cannon. Tho old eannon was one or me old Bcmooth-bore type, and wa brought by Gleason R. Campbell from I'm tun on one of the return trips of lumber vessels. A German not long ago Invented a horseshoe of paper, prepared by saturating with oil, turpentine and other ingredients. Thin layers of such paper wa glued to the hoof till the requisite thickness 1 attain ed. Tho shoes. thua made was said to be durable and Impenetrable b moisture. London Globe. The oldest Roman Catholic Col lege In the United States la George town College, Georgetown, D. C. Hasheesh, which In Its effects la much the same aa opium, Ib prepared from the gum taken from hemp. Paper bags are absolutely neces sary In certain line of business, aud. considering that there are no casii return, constitute probably one of the large Items of expense to stores and market stalls.. The expenditure tor ordinary paper bags, such a are used in grocery stores, during 1906 roaohed nearly $9,100,000. The out lay for all bags or various klnJ.i amounted to $26,000,000. Australia's largest cattle herd Ij that running on the Victoria Rlw l Station, northern territory, 320 miles south of Port Darwiu. It nawbeiM 60,000 heed.
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