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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,
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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.