LOOKINO BACKWARD.
Can't yeu imagine in the day
When Shakespeare wooed and weif.
The dames of Stratford when they met,
Their market baskets down would aet,
'And ere they went their separate ways,
Such things as follow said:
"Hove you heard!" "What?" "Anne
Hathaway
la very aoon to marry!"
"Why, no, forsooth! Who ia he, pray?"
"She - going to throw herself away
On young Will Shakeapenre. ao they say,
Unless nil plays miscarry."
"What, that poor, foolish rhvmeeter lad!
He never can aupport her."
"Yes, doesn't it seem almost sad?
Because we know she might have had
One of true worth. It seems too had
When betters came to court her."
"They say some years the elder she."
"And he's not worth his salt,
As anyone with eyes can see."
"Well, if young folks will foolish be
At least they can't blame vou and me
It's surely not our fault. 11
Yes, don't yon s'posc such things were said
.When young Will Shakespeare wooed and
wed?
Kansas City Times,
HEN LITTLE
JAMES STOPPED
THE SUN.
Once there was a little boy named
James Montmorency Stebbins. He
had yellow ha-ir, a turned-up nose and
freckles of assorted sizes, and he
didn't like to go to school. He hated
It so much that at last he made up his
mind to go to the old gray witch who
lived at the top of a volcano that
overlooked the Stebbins' back yard.
Thin witch was very old and very
gray, and so wise that people used to
come from miles around to aBk her
what to do when they didn't know
themselves.
So one afternoon James put on his
coat and hat and started to climb the
volcano.
There was a path up the side of
the volcano that had been worn by
tli feet of the people who came to
ask the gray witch questions. So
JameB followed it. And at first as he
went along there were trees and flow
ers on either side, but as he got
farther up they grew less and less un
til at last there was none left and
their place was taken by burnt black
stones and gray ashes. And there
were no birds or butterflies or hoppy
toads about, only a few brown liz
ards, which whisked out of sight as
soon as they saw James coming.
Everything was so lonely and so still
that he almost wished he hadn't come,
but he kept bravely on and by and
by he got to the top of the mountain.
There, just under the rim, perched
like a swallow's nest, was a little gray
house.
"That must be where the gray
witch lives," thought James, so he
went up and knocked at the door.
And right away quick the door flew
open, and there stood the gray witch
on the threshold.
She looked at the little boy over
her spectacles. "Good morning,
James Montmorency Stebbins," she
said. "You've come to see me about
school, haven't you?"
Now that surprised James Mont
morency Stebbins very much, for he
had never told any one of his plan
of going to see the gray witch and
he wondered how she could possibly
know. The gray witch chuckled when
she saw how surprised he looked.
"Make your request, make your re
quest," she said, "and speak quickly,
for I huven't any time to waste."
- "If you please," said James, as fast
as he could, "I'd like it never to be 9
o'clock in the morning any more."
"Vou won't like it a bit," said the
witch, "but you shall have it if you
want Jt," and she went into the house
and came back with a bow and arrow,
which she gave to him.
"Now, James Montmorency Steb
bins," she said, "this is a magic ar
row and If you shoot It at the sun to
morrow morning early it will pin it
tight on to the sky so that it won't
be able to move forward. So then
it can't ever get to be 9 o'clock."
"And then I won't ever have to go
to school," cried James in glee.
But the gray witch only chuckled
In reply and shut the door before
James had time to say thank you.
But he was very happy and he went
down the mountain past the gray
ashes and past the green trees till at
last he came safe and sound to his
own back yard, and all the time he
thought to himself, "How delightfully
delicious not to have to go to school
again," and all that night he was so
happy he could hardly sleep.
The very first thing next morning
he was up and dressed and he ran
out into the back yard with his magic
bow and arrow.
The sun was just rising over the
hills. James took his arrow, fitted
it to the bow, aimed at the sun and
pulled the string.
Whizz went ihe arr OW lilt thrum-:.
the clear air; up, up and up till It
,. , i . . ....
lue ana pinned It fast
onto the blue sky.
Then James was delighted. Ho
jumped up and down and clapped his
hands.
' No more school for me." ho cried,
with Joy.
And he ran Into the house. "Ob.
mother and father," he cried, "I don't
have to go to school to-day. Let s
have breakfast and then go off and
upend the day In tho woods!"
"Breakfast?" said his mother
Why, James, it is much too early
for breakfast. Go out Into the garden
and play. I will call you when It Is
ready "
So James went back to the garden
aud played for u long while. But his
mothor didn't call him, so after a
while he went to the door and said:
"Mother, Isn't it must time for
breakfast?"
"Goodness gracious, no," his moth
er suld. "Don't you see the suu is
Just over the mortmains, it won't
be lime for breakfast till It gats high
up over tho pear tree."
James went slowly back to the
garden. He was thinking a thought
"If it never gets any later than now
it will always be just before break
fast." It was a harrowing thought.
By and by lie went back to the
"Mother," he said, "I don't believe
It's mnch use waiting breakfast till
the sun gets over the pear tree, for It
never will get any higher, because
I've pinned It fast to the sky with my
magic arrow, and it can't get away."
"James Montmorency Stebbins,"
aid his mother, "whatever did you do
that for?"
And when James told her, she
said: "That was very naughty of
yon. Go and take it down at once."
"But I can't," cried James. "I
don't know how. It will have to stay
that way for always."
"In that case," said his mother,
"we may as well sit down to break
fast now, and after breakfast you can
go right off to school."
So James had to go to school in
spite of all his trouble. And the sun
stayed just where It was all that day,
and all that night James could scarce
ly sleep because his room was so
light. And It kept on that way for a
whole week. Because hi was so much
in the sun James' freckles increased
so that ho was mostly freckles, and
he thought: "If this keeps on I shall
soon be brown all over, and that
won't be a bit nice."
But the trees and plants had a
much harder time than James, as the
Bimllght continued day after day, and
they began to droop, for they grew
all the time, and had no time to rest.
At the end of the week James said:
"Tho gray witch was right. I don't
like this a bit. I have to go to school
just the same, and it's hot and horrid
all the time. I'm going back up the
mountain to ask the gray witch to
help me again, for I've thought and
thought, and I can't think how to get
that arrow out again."
So he climbed up the mountain and
when he got to the top there was the
gray witch standing at the door of
her little gray hou3e, waiting for him.
"I thought you wouldn't like it,"
she chuckled, as he came panting up.
"Whenever I do anything for peo
ple they come back the next week
and want It all undone again T Je
clare I don't see much use In being a
witch. I think 1 will go out of busi
ness. But first I will help you llx the
sun."
So she went Into her house and
came out with a long coll of fine
magic rope. She made one end of it
into a lasso and gave It to James.
"See if you can lasso the arrow
with that," she said. .
So James twirled the rope about
his head and flung it up, up and up
through the air till it reached the
sun. And then it went right past it
and never caught the arrow at all.
"Try again," cried the witch; so
James tried and the second time the
loop fell right over the shaft of the
arrow. Then James drew the lasso
tight and pulled and the arrow came
out of the sun with a jerk and the
sun jumped forward to its proper
place in the sky. And that was the
last time James Montmorency Steb
bins meddled with the sun. Wash
ington Star.
HARK COLORS IN MOLES.
Particular Varieties Confined to Cer
tain I i. -Ill Piebald and White.
Molecatching first became a regu
lar occupation about a century ago
when English molecatchers were In
troduced on the lands of the then
Duke of Buccleuch.
The handsomest varieties belong
to the "Bllver gray" class. If these
could be obtained In nnv nuantity
tbeir skins would bring a high price
in the fur market.
Mr. Service, of Dumfries, lately
lecturing before the Edinburgh Field
Naturalists' Association, stated that
he had never seen a really white
mole, and he believed It to be a great
rarity Nor had he ever seen -a pie
bald variety. He had little doubt
that variation of color in moles ran
in certain families.
Tho regularity with which a par
ticular variety occurred repeatedly in
the same field or on the same farm
was well known to every molecatcher,
wblie no abnormal coloration would
perhaps occur In any other part of
the parish. From the Londou Globe
Use of Sugar in Bread Manufacture.
Several of the sugar journals have
lately pnblished articles dealing with
the use of a small amount of sugar
In bread manufacture. The Sugar
Beet for January has a short note on
the subject. Apart from the advan
tage claimed in this note, bread sn
prepared would, of course, have "O
additional food value.
The Sugar Beet says:
"In Franco every possible idea i
being brought to the front with the
view of Increasing the home sugar
consumption. At a recent meeting
of the Sugar Chemists' Association
at Bordeaux, a French chemist, Mons.
F. Dupont, read u paper discussing
(he possibilities of adding seven pet
cent, of sugar to bread, and this with
out materially altering the taste ol
the latter product. An addition of
five per cent, of sugar has no influ
ence on the flavor. The chief advan
tage of this sugar addition 1b that
the bread has greater keeping quali
ties. Bread which will ordinarily be
sour In forty-eight hours, will under
go very little alteration, even aftei
several days, when a slight propor
tion of sugar has been mixed with
the dough. Agricultural News.
The Fussy Woodsman.
Did you ever find yourself in the
woods with a "fusser;" that Is, a man
who only sees the ulsagreeable side
of everything, and published bis
views early and often? For such a
man the trail is frightful; the woods
that occasionally slap him playfully
across the cheek are anathema, the
water is too wet, his rod or cast or
something or other gets broken or
lost, his shoe pinches one foot. About
an hour before dark, just at the time
when it is worth a king's ransom to
be beside the favored waters, he
wauts to get back to the boat, aud s
you unwillingly wind up your line to
prepare to depart your disgust Is too
deep and sacred for commou words.
Forest and Stream.
Social Transformation in England.
In England, the lower upper-class
women are going down the social
ladder: the upper lower-class women
are rising. The former are taking to
the stage, shopkeeplng and service,
and the latter are moving rapidly for
ward, and several are even replacing
the first In "society."
Chicago Women to Wcnr Snndal.
Nearly 1000 Chicago women will
wear sandals this summer, local shoe
dealers predict. One firm already has
laid In a stock of several hundred in
adult sizes, as well as sizes for chil
dren. The women of Chicago don't
need the support of a physical cul
ture club to give them courage to go
sandaling. Chicago Daily News.
Englishwomen (irow Bold.
The Englishwoman of the past
shrank from publicity; that of the
present pursues It. The stage ap
pears to be increasingly attractive,'
and from the woman of Belgravia to
tho girl of BermontUey there Is a rush
to be engaged for It. There are man
agers whe predict that in the near
future there will bp no women in the
audiences; they will all be before the
ootlights.
A Red Lip Season.
Lips will be of a deep rich red this
season. Hips, as a topic, have had
their day, and despite all the dic
tates of Paquin, women seem to be
as hlpless or "hlpful" as they were
before. The prophets could make
only conjectures In regard to hips.
It remained to be seen what the New
York woman would do. But the
writer has seen the lips, and unlike
all the talk about hips, can say that
the deep rich red is the latest fad.
The majority of the women whose
Hps looked as though done with pure
crimson madder from the tube were
beyond the klsslng-age. Brooklyn
Life.
done It, but, on the contrary, many
men worked royally in our behalf.
We must give man his due. He
helped us to higher education for one
thing, and when the time comes he
wll' help us to secure the vote. Most
men are not antagonistic, but neutral,
In their attitude to woman's progress.
'Let them succeed If they can.' Is their
creed, and we can hardly expect
more. Many are working with splen
did disinterestedness for us. Are not
men our fathers and brothers and
husbands? And is it natural for a
man to grudge success to his own
daughter?"
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LOST ON MOUNTAIN.
Ex-Empress Eugenie's Memoirs.
The ex-Empress Eugenie is busily
engaged writing her memoirs, the last
page of which Bhe hopes to have
finished this spring, which she hopes
to spend as usual in the Riviera. The
Empress observes the utmost secrecy
An Animated Album.
A novel and enjoyable device for a
home entertainment, or for a church
sociable, may be found in an ani
mated reproduction of the photo
graph album that was common thirty
or forty years ago.
Each person who Is to iake part In
a proposed performance of this kind
should, under the oversight of the
committee entrusted with the gen
eral management of the affair, choose
for imitation, In dress, general ap
pearance, speech and suppositional
conduct, one of the types of character
represented In such a collection,
which would include interesting speci
mens of humanity o? assorted ages,
sizes, callings and circumstances,
from n ministerial country grand
father down to a loug-frocked city
baby.
Not only photographs representing
single subjecis should be depleted,
but plans should be made to have two
or more individuals keep together,
forming a living portraiture of an
old man and his wife, side by side, a
picture of two quaintly garbed chil
dren going hand in hand, a family
group of the last generation, or an
Illustration of a case of four con
temporaneous generations in one line.
The selection made, each of the
futuro performers should fit himself
to carry out, in as llf like a manner
as he can, the role that he has as
sumed for the time being, and some
one of a quick wit and lively tongue
should be appointed master of cere
monies for the occasion. This one
should become as familiar as possible
with the fictitious names and the dis
guises of tho would-be-actors, and he
Carlisle (Special). George W.
Bear, a well-known young farmer re-
i .i i ..... . .
i iums, mi me vvainut Mottom itomi
near Carlisle, returned after the
seeming desertion of his family for
two weeks.
Bear left his, wife to drive to his
father's home In Perry County,
twelvo days ago. Thursday his horse
drew his buggy up to his home and
his wife recognized her husband
seated In the vehicle. Bear was daz
ed, as It afterwards was shown, from
the effects of typhoid fever, with
which he was quite 111. When he
was revived he could hardly realize
that ho had been wandering through
the mountains for eleven days. All
that he could remember was that he
had been lost in the mountains with
his team wedged between two trees.
How he lived can only be surmised,
although nttendlng physicians staled
that on account of his Illness with
typhoid fever he would eat little or
nothing. Some passerby must have
found Bear and sturted him on his
road, as bis buggy contained a paper
sack holding oats and bearing tho
name of Frnnklln Cnuntv Brain
I dealer.
People throughout Cumberland
County are at a loss lo understand
how Bear could have been lost In
this thickly settled section, but the
testimony of the physicians Is posi
tive evidence that his mind has been
unbalanced for several weeks, and
the fact that both horse and man
have evidently done without food is
additional corroboration.
SAVE WOMAN'S MI L.
IH.I AI I.TINO BANKER I I ! M.I I)
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'Peach Cobbler. And first the cojbler which our South
ern cooks made in such perfection. For this purpose the
richest and ripest fruit is selected, usually some variety of
the yellow peach, because of Its superior richness. Butter a
deep earthenware pudding dish at least three and one-half
inches deep. Line the side with good pastry, then fill thw
dish with peeled peaches torn In halves Instead of cutting.
Leave in enough pits to impart flavor. Sweeten abundantly,
then cover with a rich layer of crust, sealing down so that
none of the julceB may escape. Bake In a hot oven about
three-quarters of an hour, covering with paper If there Is any
danger of It browning too rapidly. When nearly done draw
to the oven door, dredge with powdered sugar, and set back
to glaze.
about her work, every word of which
was written with her own hand, her
secretary not even seeing the manu
script. Her Majesty uses a penholder
studded with diamonds with which
the Peace of Paris was signed. The
memolrB, which are not to be pub
lished for twenty years after the
death of the Empress, Bhould prove
Interesting reading tor the next gen
eration. London Bystander.
Evolution of Hatpins.
Hatpins grow longer and more fas
cinating every minute. One of
Freuch make is a rose-linted cameo,
oval in shape, set in dull gold and
oxidized silver in an Empire design.
The mushroom shaped Japanese hat
pins are pretty, looking something
like a small hat with a turquoise
crown and a sliver brim. One of the
newest hatpins is decidedly startling. '
There is a large, colored, cut stone,
and beneath this a reflector attached
to spiral springs. With every move
ment of the wearer's head the re
flector vibrates, sending forLh flashes
of light, and the effect Is quite
dazzling.
St. Petersburg Grows Cay.
So strong is the spirit of gayety
this season in St. Petersburg that
there Is much talk or reviving that 1
dream of sumptuous glory, the
boyard fete of 190", declared to be!
the most magnificent court, spectacle J
of modern times. Tho boyatds were :
the old Russian nobles of the time of !
Ivan the Terrible, and for the le.e of
1903 costumes and Jewels war wor.i
that were worth millions. A doz.u
women spent a fortnight in Wing
jewels on the costume of the Czarina, i
who represented the flrsc wife of .
Czur Alexis Micbuelovitch. The drat '
weighed over sixty pounds, and has 1
never been worn since. Tub Ar
gonaut.
In the last eight years the three
great iron countries have produced
310,100,000 tons of pig iron, of which
over half has come out of the United
States.
Modernized Wondei-lnnd.
A pretij idea for a bazar.r is mod
ernized Wonderland. All the figures
wander about just as Alice found
them, with Alice herself looking on,
while a motor car keepB rushing In
and out among the flgures and
through a mysterious castle. One
has only to give- this motor or the
mock turtle or the Ash footman or
other well known characters ten
cents, and Immediately, with extreme
amiability, he goes rushing off to the
castle, aud brings back a beautiful
large pink and white parcel which, '
when it is opeued, reveals precisely
the thing that one has bean looking
for. There may be also in the garden I
an enormous Humpty Dumpty, who'
obligingly smashes httnsulf every I
time one gives him ten cents, aud dls- '
closes lu bis interior a box of clioco- '
lates.
should also have ready a store of
jokes, comments 'and anecdotes for
use in the position. At the hour for
opening the entertainment he should
announce that the flgureB in the pho
tographs in one of the old albums
have come to life and been freed
from restraint for s. short season, and
then he should mingle with the
guests, Introducing them one to an
other In a telling way, and by his fact
and vivacity forestall any tendency to
stiffness.
Part of the program for the even
ing should be made up of contribu
tions from the people present. For
instance, a supposedly sentimental
young woman, with long flowing
curls, might warble a solo, or recite
a ballad or a scrap of poetry; two men
or two women might engage in a dlu
logtie concerning farm or town mat
ters or church or domestic doings;
some pretended sclvol children might
speak pieces in a bashful, awkward
style, or sing some of the school songs
of the period trader consideration, or
some of the musicians in the assembly
might be prepared to render some of
the glee or choruses of that day, or to
draw melody from the harp, the flute
or the violin.
For further amusement, some of
the old games, such as "Stage-Coach,"
"Spin the Platter" or "Going to Jeru
salem," might be played by the whole
company, and a spelling match might
furnish one of the attractions of the
gathering.
If tho refreshments are to be served
on a long table, after the fashion of
a New England tea party, they should
consist of tea, fresh biscuits i.nd but
ter, chipped beer, baked or boiled
custards In tall cup, pickles, pre
served quinces or preserved ginger,
fruit cake and several other kinds of
caks, custard pie and apple pie. if
the refreshments are to be passed
around among the guests, there may
be a simple cullatlou, composed ol
doughnuts, crullers, cookies, nuts and
apples, or a more elaborate one, com
prising creamed or fried oysters,
chicken salad, sandwiches, cake and
coffee. The party should break up
with the slnglug of "Auld Lang
Syne." Martha Burr Banks, in the
Ladies' World.
Mere Man Hun Helped.
"Mere man" has u strung advocate
in Dr. Elizabeth Sloan Chester, who
maintains that he has helped rather
than retarded womaa's progress.
Man has been woman's friend this !
last docade, not her enemy," she de- ;
Clares. "If he had wanted to keep us 1
from advauclug, from emancipation '
aud a fuller life, he could easily have
Fearfully and Wonderfully Frugal.
Fearful and wonderful are the
ways or lrugai and industrious wom
ankind. They will seize on the moat
unlikely objects, bucIi us empty tins
or frying pans, and with infinite to I
and patience turn these dubious arti
cles into precious ornaments of the
home. English dispatches say tha:
the women in that cou i ry have now
attacked the men's hats, and no chim
neypot, however new or treasured, is
safe from their marauding hands.
Male visitors are urrnld .o loave their
headgear In the hall lest it should
vanish rrom their sight, and there is
no place, public or private, where a
man can feel sate with his top hat.
Elderl) women have even been seen
to snatch prizes from beneath pews
when seemingly engaged ill their de.
vol ions, and the only thing that has
been found effective ir cooling the
unholy uvdor of tho sex Is retaliation
upon the cloche and leathers of offenders.
Scranton (Special). Owen Murray
leaped from his car going at full
speed Into the Lackawanna River
to save a woman, Mary Boyle, who
was carried away. A fourteen Inch
water pipe burst while she was walk
ing on the bank of the river and she
was sucked down by hundreds of
gallons of water.
Murray saw her danger, grasped
her skirts and he in turn was held
fast by another man, who saw the ac
cident, and a human chain was form
ed by other bystanders. With much
difficulty Murray and the woman were
dragged from the flood.
NAMES RAILROAD CLERKS.
Harrlsburg (Special). The State
Railroad Commission announced five
appointments, although none of the
appointees were assigned to positions.
The five are: R. C. Haderman, at
torney, Bedford, and James C. Wat
son, attorney, Wllllamsport, who will
probably be assjgned as asslsstant
attorneys; Verda S. Johnson, assist
ant station agent at Erie; Arthur R.
Anwyll, stenographer, Harrlsburg;
John G. Hopwood, Unlontown, who
will probably be made a clerk.
These are the first appointments
to be anounced for some time, and
the new mon will assume their work
in a short time.
BREACH OF PROMISE SLIT.
West Chester (Special). Papers
have been filed here In a breach of
promise suit of Miss Annie Mary
Philips, of East Nantmeal Township,
against George L. Walters, of
Phoenlxvllle, for $10,000.
Miss Philips is a daughter of O.
Milton Philips, well known in the
northern part of tho county. Mr.
Walters is a son of Major Louis R.
Walters, former United States Treas
urer at Philadelphia, and a chemist
In the United States Department of
Agriculture. The case has been
scheduled to come up at the October
term of court.
NEW (J. A. R. COMMANDER.
Erie (Special). Put rick Delacy, of
Scranton, was elected commander of
the Pennsylvania Department, O. A.
R., defeating John L. Grim, of Phila
delphia, by a vote of 21 to 133. J.
W. Sayres, of Reading, was re-elected
chaplain unanimously, this being
the thirty-seventh time he has held
this office. Albert M. Smith, of
Beaver Springs, waB re-elected de
partment medical director.
Get 118,000 For Wife's Death.
Meadvllle (Special). The Jury In
the case of Professor Robert S.
Breed, of Allegheny College, against
the Meadvllle Truction Company,
awarded the plulntlff $1&,000 dam
ages for the death of his wife, who
wus one of several persons killed in
the trolley car accident on College
Hill. December' 13, 1905.
Pittsburg (Special ). William
Montgomery, former cashier of the
Allegheny National Bank, has finally
concluded to open up and tell of the
bank's troubles, and to assist Re
ceiver Robert Lyons in winding up
the affairs of the bank. He has been
approached repeatedly by friends that
suffer by the bank's crash, and Im
portuned to disclose where the fundi
went but heretofore he has main,
talned a stolid Indifference to the
supplications of his closest friends.
Among these friends waa Secretary'
of the Commonwealth Robert Mc
Afee, who lost his fortune by Mont
gomery's crime. n was not until
Receiver Lyons got after the cashlei
Thursday, however, that any Inform
ation that would assist the receiver
was obtained.
Owns 4,000,000 Shures.
The disclosures made to Lyon
make Montgomery appear to have
lost his reason entirely. He con
fessed to owning upwards of 4,000,.
000 shares of mining stocks, the pres
ent value of which nobody can esti
mate. '
The mines In which Montgomery
put the banka money ure scattered
all along the Pacific Coast from Cen
tral America to Alaska. Montgomery
Beems to have had a mania for buy
ing wildcat mining stocks at what
ever price he could get them. He
paid for some of the stocks ns low
as one cent a share, and others ran
Into hundreds of dollars.
Re elver Lj-ons, In a desperate ef
fort to get some Idea of Montgom
ery's methods that would help him,
or give him a lead that would enable
him to extricate the bank s affairs
from the apparently hopeless tangle,
put all the former clerks on the car
pet, but they were ignorant of any
clow that would be of value to the
receiver.
Thursday Lyons went to the Jail
and saw Montgomery, and the tale
Montgomery told startled even the
receiver.
Represent Immense Losses.
While some of these mining se
curities may be of use in clearing up
the affairs of the bank, It is said that
many of them represent immense
losses over the original prices. Mont
gomery, it now appears, carried on
this speculation over a number of
years, and it has been ascertained
that his defalcations date back two
years, when the value of mining
stocks began to Bhow a marked
shrinkage.
To make good his losses, Mont
gomery found It necessary to seek
assistance and as the bank of which
he was managing head offered the
best opportunity, the reason for his
downfall Is apparent.
Settle Many Notes.
As far as tho work of settling up
the bank's affairs have progressed,
a large amount of collateral in the
form of notes have been found. The
people whose signatures were attach
ed to them have been notified to set
tle, and this has been done to such
an extent that the bank has now on
hand $600,000 in cash.
Others are complying with the re
ceiver's request almost daily. No
statement has been made concern
ing these borrowers, since the Gov
ernment seldom goes into details In
matters of this kind. Whether It
will be necessary to sue on some of
the collateral in the bank has not
been made known.
With the money on hand and what
Is believed will be collected almost
the entire amount due the dpositors
can be paid without resorting to as
sessment of the stockholders, al
though such an assessment Is inevi
table. Stockholders Will Lose.
The depositors will receive their
money, but the stockholders will lose
every cent of their stock.
The manner in which Montgomery
talked of his transactions was a sur
prise to all who have followed his
course since he was put in jail. Now
that he has begun to talk It Is ex
pected that more will be forthcoming
with the result that more of the
funds heretofore undiscovered will be
brought to light.
BIG CARP TOWS ROWBOAT.
JSe UGU5E txt HOME
Indian Apple Jelly Pudding.
Turn three pints of scalding railaT
on to a pint of sifted Indian meal,
stir in two heaping tablespoonfuls of
sugar, two tcaspoonfuls ol either cin
namon or ginger and a teaspoonful
of salt. Add a dozen sweet apples,
pared and sliced thin. Bake three
hours in a moderate oven. The ap
ples will form a nice, sweet Jelly.
New York Telegram.
Meat Croquettes.
Put the meat through a cutter.
Any kind will do. Put your onion
through with the meat: mince a
bunch of parsley and season with a
little red pepper and salt. If they are
not well seasoned they are not good.
For a quart of meat I take a half
cup of milk, put It on the stove,
thicken with cornstarch and mix with
the meat. When cool, form either
Into cone shape or into round cakes.
Dip Into bread crumbs, then an egg:
have deep boiling fat, as for dough
nuts. Boll until brown. A wire sieve
Is good for frying.
Sometimes I put mashed potatoea
with the ment. If these are mado
right they are splendid. Mrs. M. R.,
In The Bee Hive.
Dressing Snlads.
Most salads should be dressed just
before serving, whether French dress
ing or mayonnaise is used. Celery
or lettuce wilts if left in oil and
vinegar, Celery should not even be
waahed long before serving, as It
becomes rusty. Potato salad, how
ever, is an exception to the rule.
Potatoes take up large quantities of
oil and need to be very well mixed
with whatever dressing is used Sal
ads made of greens should always
be served crisp and cold. Canned or
cold cooked left-over vegetables are
well utilized In salads, but are best
mixed with French dressing, and
should be placed in the refrigerator
an hour or so before serving. Meats
for salads should be freed from skin
and gristle, cut into small pieces, and
allowed to stand with French dress
ing before combining wltu veget''los.
American Home Monthly.
Wildcat Attacks Man,
Canonsburg (Special). In a des
perate fight with a large wildcat,
which attacked him, John Brady, a
farmer, was probably rutully injur
ed. The animal was shot.
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
Hiram Betcher und his son-in-law,
Wilson Blew, miners at the Rellancu
Colliery, Mt. Carmol, were caught by
u prt'iunliiru blast and seriously In
jured. The former had his right eye
blown out.
Harry W. Rhodes has been elected
president of the Media Title & Trust
Company, to succeed the late George
Drayton, who died at the age of 91
years. For years Mr. Rhodes was the
secretary and treasurer of the com
pany. He Is the youugeBt bank presi
dent In the county.
John Quoeney, a confessed perjur
er, was sentenced at Wllkesbarre lo
three and a halt years' imprisonment.
His testimony, which he recently con
ressed, was manufactured, resulted
in a verdict of $19,000 against the
Wllkes-Barre ft Wyoming Valley
Traction Company,
The Jury In the damage suit or
Julia Anspach against the Reading,
at tpottsville, gave her a verdict of
$7,000. Shu claimed $20,000 for
negligence, which resulted in the
death of her husbuud, J. J. Anspach,
at the New Ringgold crossing of the
road.
Autonla Linguae and T. D. Cassela
were convicted at Clarion of selling
liquor without a license and wer
seutenced to pay a fine of $500 and
the cobIs of the prosecution.
A mau's hair turns gray about five
years earlier than' a woman's.
Sellnsgrove (Special). After hav
ing been towed in a rowboat for half
an hour by a big fish, two 12-year-
old youths, Philip Fasbold and Wil
liam Wolf, of Shamokln Dam, suc
ceeded in landing a twenty-four-pound
carp.
The boys were fishing with hook
and line in the Susquehanna River,
near their home, four miles above
here. Young Wolf had Just cast his
hook when a fierce tug on the lino
almost pulled him overboard. Both
he und Fashold pulled with all their
strength, but could not land the fish.
Instead, their boat was carried up
stream by Ihe monster carp.
Finally Fashold got a sight of the
fish as It rose to the surface and kill
ed It with a bullet from his rifle.
Horsewliipix-d Too Ardent Wooer.
Pottsvllle (Special). Because
Augustus White, aged 60 years, wai
too persistent in thrusting his un
desirable attentions upon Miss Hester
Frantz, of St. Clair, aged 20 years,
a pretty girl, she publicly horsewhip
ped him.
Captain A. . Standing Dead.
Carlisle (Special). Captain A. J.
Standing, widely known as an Indian
educator, and one of the founders
of the Carlisle Indian School, died
or paralysis at his home, at Dickin
son College, aged 60 years. Captain
Standing was for a long time assist
ant superintendent of the Carlisle
Indian School. He was a native of
England.
Casserole.
The term casserole applies to two
very different modes of cooking. It
all depends on whether one refers to
the method of preparation and cook
ing the food or the dish used in the
process. Casserole is the old French
name for a saucepan of heavy brown
and white earthenware, well glazed
inside and out and having a tight
fitting cover. The Japanese also have
a dlBh of heavy china which they use
for the same purpose. It differs
somewhat in form from the French
dish, but the same principles applies
to its use. In this dish the native
cooks prepare the most delectable
baked stews of sweetbreads, chicken,
game, etc.
At a recent dainty little French
luncheon "rls de veaux petlts pois'
was served in little individual sliver
casseroles, the lids fastened on with a
bow of ribbon corresponding with the
color scheme.
The general utility of these dishee
appeals to the American housewife
more than the fact that they are of
French or Japanese origin, and they
are gaining rapidly in popularity.
A very different proposition, how
ever, is the casserole mold a baked
shape of boiled rice or potato,
mashed, reasoned, and when shaped
hollowed out and filled with a ragout
or mince, the outside decorated,
brushed over with egg and browned.
Cassolettes are the same thing, only
smaller cup-shaped cases are used for
holding a meat preparation or a sweet
filling. These are usually dipped and
fried, but can be prepared by bak
ing. These forms are familiar to
most housewives under the sruise of
1 chicken In rice or potato mold. Bos
ton Cooking School Magazine.
Tinsmiths In New Zealand are
among the best paid mechanics. They
receive 2 10s. a week.
That earthworm as well as squir
rels may aid the forester Is the novel
suggestion of an American naturalist.
Dry maple seeds are drawn Into
worm burrows, where they sprout,
and it is believed that some of them
mutt survive In favorably moist
seasons.
A restoration of the skull of a
great horned dinosaur haB Jutt been
lustalled for exhibition In Peabody
Museum, Yale University. It it near
ly nine feet long and about til feet
broad, and Is said to be the largest
skull of nuy prehistoric land animal,
CgJVP now TO
PREPAJtETHCn
Chicken With Oysters. Boll a
chicken until tender, crumb up your
bread, pour over It the broth from
the chicken, and season to taste. Add
one quart of oysters to the bread
crumbs, Btlr well aud fill the chicken
with it, and put the rest around It in
the pan. Place it in the oven to bake
until crisp and brown.
A Delicious Confection. Popcorn
mixed with nuts makes a delicious
confection. Take a cup of chopped
pecans to about two quarts of freshly
popped corn. Put two cups of sugar
Into a kettle or frying pan, place over
the fire, and when melted add two
tableBpoonfuls of molasses, a large,
lump of butter, and pour over the
corn, stirring constantly. The syrup
should be cooked until it begins to
string, or congoal, when dropped into
cold water.
Potatoes Baked In Milk. Pare and
cut In thin slices crosswise one dozen
potatoes, slice two large onions, aud
add about one-half cupful of finely
chopped fresh parsley. Put the 'whola
into a granite pudding dish and cover
with milk, putting plecei of butter on
top. Bake In a hot oven for one-half
hour. Salt and pepper should he
added when served, as the milk la
apt to curdle If It is added before
cooking. This recipe is also good If
canned tomatoes are used Instead or
milk.
Almoud-Drop Cookies. Beat two
eggs lightly; gradually beat In one
cupful of sugsn';' then two ounces of
chocolate melted over hot water, OM
uud 6na-half cupfuls of blanched al
monds chopped fine, aud a teaspoon
ful of vanilla extract. 81ft together
three limes oue cupful of flour, one
level teaspoonful of baking powder
aud half a tuaspoonfdl each or salt
and cinnamon, and stir into the nut
mixture. Drop by the teaspoonful
onto a butjered baking shaot to make
Bltie rounris of dough. Bake in a
moderate oveu. This rtKipds makes
about lures dozen little cakw.