i4' aaaa:4:953aJ3:i!4W(? THE HOUSEBREAKER I How Wily IVIarJorle Detained 1 Him Until Help Came i i W. R.'ftOSE, In Cleveland Plain Dealer. The young man paused for a mo ment at the foot of the steps and gave a quick glance at the honse. Then be ascended to the porch and tried to open the door. Something prevented him - the key he carried didn't fit, or the door was bolted. He hesitated a moment as If un decided. Then he went around the bouse and tried the side door, and the rear door. Neither yielded to his efforts. Evidently determined to enter he went to the rear of the parage and brought forth a ladder. Placing this against the porch fee as cended to the roof and a moment later hnd disappeared through a rear window. And Marjorie Lane saw all this from the house next door. Marjorie was alone in the house. Her mother was away on a visit, the maid was taking her afternoon out, and licr father was at his ofllce. Marjorie had been reading in the little reception hall, when the man's footsteps on the porch next door aroused her. She looked out and saw him. The house next door had been un tenanted for several weeks. The Stetsons had gone to New York on 8 visit. It was rumored they would stay. But their furnishing? were (till in the house. They were fine furnishings, too, as Marjorie knew. And here was a stranger, In mid-afternoon, feloniously endeavoring to enter the deserted home. Marjorie ran back when the stranger went round the honse, and from a kitchep window hidden be hind the shade, saw him bring up the ladder and enter the window. The girl turned pale. This wes the sort of felony that had become so common. The stranger had found that the house was untenanted and had chosen the most quiet time of the day for his nefarious work. No doubt he was in there now, picking over Mrs. Stetson's choicest treasures and selecting only the most valuable for his bundle of loot. What should she do? With a shock she remembered that the telephone was out of order. It had suddenly ceased to do duty at luncheon time. Her father, who had come home to plense Marjorie, had tried to call his office nnd failed. "The phone Is out of order," he told her. "I will call them up from the oHloe and report it." Marjorie gave another little start when she remembered this. It was entirely probable that the daring housebreaker next door had deliber ately cut off the service to serve his nefariour ends. A snipped wire would do it. A bad man who took such chances would know how to surround himself with safeguards. The house on the other side of the Lane home was empty, too. The Emmets were all away op a vaca tion trip Mr. Emmet's vacaction. She could give no alarm there. Nor was it probable any outcry she raised in the street would bear prac tical results. She was quite sure that theonly man within hearing dis tance would prove to be that very bad individual who even now presum ably was sampling Mrs. Stetson's choicest household treasures. Marjorie hesitated and wrung her hands. There wasn't a weapon in the house, not even a stove poker stove poker being unknown In homes heated by natural gas. Besides, what would an entire ar senal avail her in the present di lemma? The man would presently emerge with his bundle of plunder ?h k Jy,away- H mlsht go over the back fence, or the side fence, or across the roof,. To pursue him with firearms seemed out of the ques tionmore especially as there were no firearms available. Having no other recourse Marjorie determined to wait. She looked at the library clock. It was 15 At 5 o'clock her father had Promised to be home. They were go- woVdUtht0 d!rer- If -the m ould be sufficiently deliberate next rZXT 'ather WUld we.Wai "Ure 1,8 would kn" Just ma U, ,he C0uld on"' H him and she looked pathetically at the useless phone. Then a step sounded on the next door porch. Marjorie ran back to the out of the Stetson door crossed the porch. He was carrying wmethlng-a heavy suit case 1oh. I Went down th8 teP Mar jories heart fluttered wildly. She mustn't let him get away like this ran 9.fPenfu the Mreen loo' and Passed til" PrCh- The man h2 passed the house, going toward th Sir! the cried. He turned around suddenly and .omethln, , th9 8U,t easily Marjorie shrank back. s nu1n ,ook, mtle '""a. Dld you call me?" he asked. . moment', time?" ,, MkV Why. y, he answ.red. "Sev eral moments." Marjorie realized that aha in $'z:r.vr -pt,hd.:"m.n rou M :'" e . what , wnu ii i in T Anvwar SteTh-r u,t Mm - "You were looking at property on MJU atreet recently. I th.nk?7be Th,u might disarm him, ' ; -on," he answered. ,' . He looked puwlod. . "tld yon flnd what yon wanted!" Instantly she realized that this didn't sound well. She hastily amended It. "Did you find a house that suited you?" lb was evident that he had his sus picions. Marjorie realized this. She was doing awkwardly. -And yet when she met his look, she couldn't help being confused. It was difficult to believe that he could be a house breaker. Then she realized that she had never seen a housebreakei be fore. "If you haven't quite satisfied your self about the house, will you come back and look at this one?" she said. Then she hastily added, "From the outside." He wae looking at her curiously. Perhaps he thought her queer. She couldn't blame him If he did. But If he thought her queer, he wouldn't feel suspicious. "I will be glad to oblige you," he said. "Which house Is It?" She pointed to the house from which she had Just emerged. "This," she said. He certainly seemed surprised as he stared up at the house.' "Do you live here?" he asked. "Yes," she hastily answered. "Wouldn't you like to look at the porch?" He hesitated, and she expected at any moment to see him take to his heels. But, no, he held his ground. "Why, yes," he said, "if It will please you." He spoke soothingly as if he want ed to quiet her. And as he spoke he ascended the steps. She pointed to a chair. "Be seated, please," she said. 8 t fl to D m m m s n f fl fl R l ed her sincerity. At least he had a very singular way of looking at her. She must continue the conversation and do her best to make It sound natural. "You are quite Bure the. nir Is not too chilly for you?" said the bad man with still more solicitude. Marjorie stared. "I am very comfortable," she hasti ly answered. And then she flushed. She had never been more uncomfort able in all her two and twenty years. "Wh-why do you think I am un comfortable?" "I was afraid," the man replied, "that after a fever the atmosphere might be considered chilly." "Fever?" said Marjorie. "I've had no fever." She could see his pur pose now. He wanted her to go into the house for a wrap, perhaps and then he could hastily take flight. "And you have no fear of Incipient grip?" he asked. "They say it often takes a very Insidious form." He moved his rocker a little and again the suit case gave forth a clink ing sound. Marjorie started. "You are nervous," said the bad man. "I'm afraid you do wrong when you needlessly exert yourself. I know that your father would not approve of it. Let me call again when you are rested." And he half arose. "No, no," said Marjorie hastily. "I'm very well, thank you, and not at all nervous." She tried to laugh to show her unconcern, but It was a weak effort. The bad man did not laugh. "You said something about the sale of this house," he remarked as if to steady her. "Oh, yes," she cried. "How do you like It?" "It looks like an attractive resi dence," ho replied. "May I presume to ask the owner'r reasons for selling It is often customary in advertis ing homes, you know." "Yes," said Marjorie. "They us ually claim It is lack of health, don't they? Or change of business, or something like that?" "Something like that," the bad man replied. Marjorie cudgeled her brains. "If my father sold this house I LET THE HOME BE HOME-LIKE. T kHERE are absurd Ideas afloat In regard to the front, ana back side of a house, which infect village morals and manners In a most base and unmeaning way. In half the country .towns, and by halt the farmers, It is considered necessary to retain a pretending front-side upon some dusty Btreet or highway, with tightly closed binds and bolted door; with parlors only ventured upon in an un easy way from inpnth to month. The occupant, meantime, will be living In some back corner slipping In and out at back doors, never at ease save in his most uninviting room, and as much a stranger to the blinded parlor, which very likely engrosses the best half of his house, as his visitor, the country parson. All this is as arrant a sham, and affecta tion, as the worst ones of the cities. It is true that every man will wish to set aside certain portions of his house for the offices of hospitality. But the easy and familiar hospitalities of a country village, or of the farmer, do not call for any exceptional Btatellness; the farmer Invites his best friends to his habitual living room; let him see to It then that his living room be the sunniest and most cheerful of his house. So, his friends wU come to love It, and he, and his children to love It and cherish It, so that it shall be the rallying point of the household affec tions through all time. No sea so distant, but the memory of a cheery, sunlit home-room, with its pictures on the wall, and its flames upon the hearth, shall haunt the voyager's thought; and the flame upon the hearth, and the sunlit win dow, will pave a white path over the intervening waters, where tenderest fancies, like angels, shall come and go. Donald Grant Mltchel. ! l vl U vl l vl i I vl u) l I t s He gave her c, quick glance, and placing, the suit case on the floor of the porch, seated himself. "You Are not alone here?" he said Inquiringly, and there was a touch of solicitude in his tone. Marjorie was frightened. "Oh, no, no," she cried, "my friends are very near." He nodded. "That makes a difference," he said. She felt that It did make a differ ence, a great difference to the Lane silverware. And even as this thought crossed her mind, the point of the rocker In which the man sat hap pened to strike the suit case and the later again gave forth Us musical clink. . Marjorie wanted t6 cry out. but re strained herself. "How do you like this house?" she hastily asked. , "The house? Oh, yes. Why, the house is well enough. And you say It Is In the market?", Marjorie fancied he jpoke to her as he might to a little child. And she could take 'no offense at this. At all odds she must keep him there until help came and he could be secured. "Yes, It is lil the market," she said. "And It Is a, very good house, too. The next time you come I will show you the Inside. It is fully as good as the outside. The porch is pleas ant, don't you think?" He Rooked about him critically. "It seems to be a very good porch," he said, but bis gaze rested on the girl. She was seated on a low chair close to the steps quite prepared to flee down them and raise a wild alarm If be attempted any threatening move. "Yes," she answered; "It Is even better than It looks." "May I ask," be Inquired, and she fancied his voice grew suddenly gen tle, "It you are related to the own er?" . "I am his daughter," Marjorie promptly admitted. . He seemed Impressed. ' "And pardon m& do they leave you alone In the house?" Marjorie flushed. "No, no," she quickly replied. "Not really alone. There Is always the phone, you know." He odded. "But Just now the phona Is out of order." Marjorie gave a little m, Then be knew. Her dark suspicion was at once confirmed. "Is It?" she weakly murmured. "Yes." he answered. "There U a break that affects the entire block." "How dreadful," said Marjorie still more weakly. But this would never do. She must conceal her agitation. She must hold this reprobate's atten tion. 8ht was afraid tfeat he doubt- think It would be because he wanted the money." "An excellent reason," said the bad man. "It Is frank, too, and unan swerable." "I think It Is," said Marjorie. "You see, livjng is much higher." "So I understand." "And clothes cost more a great deal more. And help Is dearer and not nearly so satisfactory." "It sounds discouraging." 'It is." "And your father wants to sell his home on this account?" "It is a good reason, Isn't it?" He looked at her in silence. "I wonder If your telephone isn't In working order now?" he said in a curious way. "No, no, she cried. I m sure they haven't fixed It yet." She was determined not to give him the chance to escape. "I wish you would Investigate,'.' he said. "I will give you an excuse for going Into the house. I am quite thirsty. May I trouble ou for a glass of water?" She shook her head. "I dislike to be discourteous," she said, "but the water is not at all what it should be. You may have noticed that prominent physicians have sev eral times declared that typhoid fever is directly traceable to Impure drink ing water." - He opened ls eyes a little wider. "You actually refuse me a glass of water?" he said. "That seems extra ordinary." "Perhaps it does," replied Mar jorie, "but I assure you I am actu ated only by the very best motives." And she furtively glanced at the suspicious suit case. The bad man opened his eyes still wider. "I can't help thinking It seems strange," he said. And just then Marjorie gave a start and a wild light suddenly gleamed in her soft brown eyes. Her father was coming up the street. She watched the bad man narrowly end waited bis first desperate move. Her father came nearer and nearer he was ascending the steps, be was on the porch! Then a most extraordinary thing happened before Marjorie could cry out. "Why, hello, Compton," cried ber father, cordially. "How are you?" And ha held out his hand and the bad man shook it. 1 Marjorie gasped. "Thla Is very neighborly," said her father. "I suppose Compton told you dear, that be bad bought the Stetson bouse next door, and Is to live there with his mother. And you are very welcome, my boy." He turned to ward the door. "Excuse me Just a moment, I have a mevsage to phone." As he disappeared Marjorie turned quickly to the stranger. "I I took yon for a housebreak er," she hoarsely whispered. "I saw you climbing through the window. I saw you bring out that." And she pointed at the stilt case. "You can't blame me. You certainly acted the part." The stranger laughed. Now that he was no longer a bad man be seemed a very attractive youth. "And I took yon for an Irresponsi blementally weak, you know. And you certainly played the role In a life like manner." Marjorie frowned. "What's in that suit case?" "Door trimmings, locks and binges. I'm having t&em changed." And the contents tinkled merrily as he pushed the case with his foot, "Say," whispered Marjorie. "Well?" "Don't you dare betray me to my father." "About the house?" "About anything." "Well, I'll think It over. In th meantime you are In my power and don't forget It." "Housebreaker!" she hissed. "Irresponsible," be returned and rubbed his head and stared vacantly. Whereat they both laughed, and were still laughing when Marjorle's father came back. X INSECTS THAT DEVOUR t : fortunes. : Between the first of last January and the thirty-first of next December the farmers of the United States will have lOBt $795,100,000. Speaking from figures gathered by the National Bureau of Entymology, Reginald Wright Kauffman, in one of those searchlight articles which have made Hampton's Magazine so much talked about, says, In that magazine, that insects annually destroy food products valued at a sum sufficient to maintain the entire Federal Government. There is a Iobs of $200,000,000 In cereals, he says; $53,000,000 in hay; $60,000,000 In cotton; $5,300,000 in tobacco, and $53,000,000 in truck crops. Sugar loses $5,000,000, and the rest of the vast loss is about even ly distributed among the other prod ucts of the farm. You think that a heavy toll? Then, says Mr. Kauffman, you do not know the amount of destruction which a single Insect can effect in the pursuLt of its living. The Hessian fly, for example, has far outclassed the busy bee as a model of industry, for in the Instance of this insect alono the dam age done to grain in America, since we began to keep account of It, has amounted to considerably over $20, 000,000. Far better, however, Is the record of the cotton leaf worm which, though It is less troublesome than of old and for that you may thank birds still exacts a yearly tribute of from $5,000,000 to $10,000,000. This and other insects make the cot ton losses aggregate $60,000,000 and make you, madam, pay more than you used to for your batistes and lawns. On the other hand, insect eggs which the birds upon your bat would ordinarily destroy, are, when deposited in grains, hatched among the stored products and cost us $100, 000,000 a year. WORDS OF WISDOM. Life is made up principally of an ticipations and regrets. Some men make more noise doing a day's work than other men do In organizing a billion-dollar trust. You can't tell about a woman. Even the lady lion tamer would prob ably yell for help if she should see a mouse. When I see a woman kissing her dog in preference to her husband, I can't help feeling sorry for the dog. Money talks, but a woman can gen erally get In the last word. Heroism Is dphemeral. Even the man who dies for his country is none the less a dead one. The average man Is apt to wish he had all the money he has lost trying to make a lot. All the world may love a lover ex cept the particular object of a fel low's affections. When .one girl throws a follow over, another is always waiting to drop him a line. Adam was once caught napping, and ever since it has been possible for a woman to pull the wool over a mac s eyes. Whqn a doctor tells his patient not to drink champagne be probably wants to be sure of getting his money. From "Musings of a Gentle Cynic," in the New York Times. Bells Instead of Horns. A Chicago citizen who has evident ly been scared frequently by the loud "honk" of automobile horns as he scudded across streets, lias written to the Tribune to suggest "that automo biles be made to carry sleigh bells, the same as hones are required to wear In sleighing time." This, he thinks, "would give continual warning to pe destrians." He adds, by way of clinching his plan and commending It to motorists; "Riding would be more enjoyable accompanied by a nice toned set of bells. There would no doubt be quite a strife among manu facturers to see who could turn out the finest toned machine as a selling point." New York Tribune. English Coffee. The American opinion of coffee as understood In the English home Is not high, and how the coffee of the English lodgings Is esteemed may be understood from the following trav eler's tale. It was bis first morning la London "apartments," and b', landlady came up with the breakfast, and as he began the meal opened a slight conversation. "It looks like rain," she said. "It does," replied the American; "but It smells rather like coffee." lxiudon Chronicle, The piano was Invented early In the eighteenth century. JOOOOOOOOCOOOOCJ Iff tTMionlinlrl O 3 H ....Matters ClennlnR Torcrlaln. With a cloth dipped In kerosene ell the effect Is wonderful. You may, then rub with a dry cloth. The arti cles cleaned will be as bright as new. The same method may be used la cleaning furniture. Even paint may be cleaned with a little oil on the cloth and soapsuds as well. Alns-lee's. Gardening. One of the most successful of the amateur women gardeners, whose old fashioned garden is a wonderful tangle of bloom and perfume through out the season, Bays that her success Is due to bringing the clay soli to terms. When having a bed made she has It first filled In with a three-Inch layer of sand, then with an equally thick layer of sawdust, and last with a generous amount of fertilizer. The second year tho same rule la followed, at which time she has planted what ever hardy plants Bhe wishes to stay there, the first year's planting being merely for a temporary bloom. Tho sawdust rots and enriches tho ground and is almost as beneficial as wood ashes. New York Tribune. Kitrbcn Supplies. Keep roastid coffee In tin or glass and tightly covered. When exposed to the air or kept too long It loses both aroma and strongth. For these reasons It should be bought In lim ited quantities. On the other band, green coffee improves with age. Store salt In a ntono Jar in a dry place. When desirable to keep but ter for any length of time wrap each roll In clean muslin, then pack in brine that will float an egg and weight down with a heavy plate. Cover the top of the Jar closely. Lard should be kept in bright tin pails or cans. Soda and baking pow der should be left in the original packages and kept In a cool, dry place. Soap should be purchased in quan tities, unwrapped and stacked on a shelf to harden. When well dried out Its lasting qualities are about double. New York Tribune. Tlio Homo Laundress. To Polish Linen To give a fine polish to linen use lukewarm water instead of cold to break down the starch. When it has been reduced to tho required consistency by boiling water add a pinch of fine salt and stir Beveral times with a wax cnndle. This will make the iron run smoothly and give a polish to the linen that noth ing else can Impart. Getting Up Collars and Cuffs After washing tho articles perfectly clean leave them In cold water till the next day. Make cold Btarch In the usual way and wring the articles through It twice. Then dissolve two teaspoons of borax In hot water, let it cool, and wring the collars and cuffs through that twice. Wrap them In a clean towel and mangle. Walt for a little time before Ironing. Iron on the wrong side first, and then on the right, pressing very evenly so as produce a good gloss. A polishing Iron Is best for this. Boston Herald. To. Wash Wlilte Lace. First, the soiled laces should be carefully removed from the garment and folded a number of times, keep ing the edges evenly together, then basted with a coarse thread without a knot In the end. Now put them in a basin of lukewarm suds. After soak ing a half hour, rub them carefully between the hands, renewing the suds several times; then, after souping them well, place them In cold water and let them conic to a scald. Take them from this and rinse them thor oughly in lukewarm water blued a little; then dip them into a very thin, clear starch, allowing a teaspoonful of starch to a pint of water. Now roll them In a clean towel without taking out tho basting; let them lie for an hour or more, Iron over Beveral thicknesses of flannel, taking out the bastings of one lace at a time and Ironing on the wrong side with a moderately hot iron; the lace should be nearly dry and the edges pulled gently with the fingers in shape be fore ironing. Boston Post. NEWS OF PENNSYLVANIA 2 Man Who Shot Oftlrcr Caught. Lancaster. Albert Langer, who shot Constable Andrew M. Kersey, In this city, while the latter was tak ing him to police headquarters, was arrested at his home In New York. Local police official located Langer's home nt 715 Courtlandt Street, New York. The Metrojolltan authorities state that Langer has a long record as a thug. River Front 1'iisnnltary. Wllkes-Barre. State Health Offi cer Dixon waq petitioned by the Plttaton Board of Health to send a representative to examine the un sanitary conditions existing along the Susquehanna Itlver In front of that city. Secretary McAndrew claims that the condition is unhealthful and that something must bo done to over como It. Ravtw Hoy's Life. Chester. Louis Tetl, Jr., 4 years old, was Raved from deaih by the heroic action of Charles Sllrox, 14 years old. Tetl was setting fire to Rome leaves when his apron was Ig nited and ho was enveloped in flames. Sllcox realized Tetl's danger and at the risk of being burned himself seized tho child and extinguished the flames. Moat of Tetl'p. clothing was burned from his body. iis condi tion is serious. Car Fender Snves Child. Chester. Veronica Mlnnick, the 3-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Mlnnick, was returning to her home with her mother when Bhe was run down by a trolley car on Second Street as she ran across the highway in advance of her mother. The child was caught by the fender and when the car was Mopped it was found that the little one had escaped with slight bruised. Saves Ilrotlier, Killed llers lf. Corry. Truly a heroine, Mary Cornell, 7 years old. threw her brother from the Pennsylvania Rail road track and was herself Btruck by a passenger train nnd Instantly killed. The children were going to school. The accident happened near their home. State Dental Examiner. I llarrlsburg. Governor Stuart nn j nounced the following appointments of members of the State Hoard of i Dental Examiners: G. W. Kluinp. Williamsport, vice H. II. Mcl-'addi'u. Philadelphia; .1. I). Whiteman, Mer cer, vice W. 1). Dp Long, Heading; j A. II. Reynolds. Philadelphia, vice , II. E. Roberts. Philadelphia; T. A. j Hogan, Pittsburg, vice C. li. Pratt, Pittsburg. Alexander llurleiv Die. Lcwlstown. Alexander Burlew, 77 years old, died after an illness of six weeks. Mr. Burlew was consid ered an authority on iron ore and Its mining in tho early days, of tho trade in this section of the State.. He was married twice and is the fa-: ther of seventeen children, thirteen of which survive him. Mine Afire, Hazleton. Tho shaft colliery o the Lehigh Valley Coal Company was threatened by fire which wa discovered in an abandoned manway. Tho fire department of the city was summoned to asfjst the firemen em ployed at the colliery to get the flames under control. Drojw I trad. Reading. Adam Weller, one of tho beKt known residents of lower Berks, dropped dead from his chair at Landis' t-toro, aged 70 years. Iteath was due to heart failure. Award Irizes. Chester. Undergraduate honors nnd prlr.es were awarded before a largo audience In the assembly room of the Pennsylvania Military Col lege. It was the first event of the Reason to which the friends and pa trons of the inftltutlon were invited. Prizes were awarded to Robert Sut ton, Leslie Starr Hyatt, F. Mortimer Lewis, James H. Morley, William Miles Flanders, Gordon II. Bottles. Fire Destroys Trestle. Ashland. The long trestle at Big Minn Run, over which the Reading tracks pass, was Ignited by a spark and the structure was, destroyed. The destruction of this trestle put the Ashland upper route out of com mission and trnlllc on the Ashland branch of the Lehigh Valley was tied up for the day. Ilor-e Kills Man. Bethlehem. His horses becoming unmanageable at tho brink of a quarry hole at Northampton, John Bower, his heavily loaded wagon and two fractious animals, plunged 3Ti feet to the bottom. Bower was fatally Injured when one of the horses landed on him. Xo Wnter For Reservoir. Pottsvllle. The Pottsvllle Water Company has completed its big reser voir nt Wolf Creek, that will hold 3,0itoi.ono gallons. Owing to the drought, however, there is. no wnter running into the reservoir nnd nil tho money spent on its construction is useless so far as the present emer gency is concerned. ' Williamsport Man A Suicide. ( Williamsport. Girls in the New- berry laundry of John L. Herman, re j cently Republican candidate for County Treasurer of Lycoming Coun j ty, were startled by a shot and on : Investigation found the proprietor with a bullet hole in his head. Xo cause is assigned for fuiiclde. To Fix Shnmnk ill's Stiitus. Shamokin. Notices were posted here, authorized by Judge c. It. Savidge, to decide whether to change from a borough to a third-class city. Sunday Work Offends. Williamsport. George Ott, living In the west end of this city, allowed his fancy for chickens and his de sire to have them housed in neat white couns to net him Into troubln. On Sunday, It is alleged, that he put In a little pjiare time white-washing; the coops and a backyard fence. Now he ii under arrest, charged by a neighbor. Thomas Riley, with Sab bath desecration and blasphemy, tho allegation being that the blasphemy was a part of the white-wap.hing work. Injured Tn Runaway. Williamsport. Dr. M. T. Milnor. of Wnrrensville, was. driving a new Kentucky mare he recently purchas ed when she became frightened and ran away. The animal wrecked the buggy and dashed the doctor into a post. When the horse reached the Milnor house searchers eut out and found the physician unconscious in a farmhouse Into which he had been carried. Fire Destroys Curs. j Doylep.town. Two loaded freight cars, three empty coal cars nnd a caboose were burned near here in : a wreck in which the Btove in the j caboose set fire to the wreckage. ' Merchandise was In one freight and ttie other was loaded with wheat. ; The loss is ahout $3,000. Firemen Save Jobs, Shamokin. Twelve hundred men and boys employej nt the Cameron Colliery, operated by the Mineral Railroad and Mining Company were saved from a prolonged suspension by heroic work of firemen In pre venting the mammoth breaker struc ture from burning down. Spark from a locomotive ignited it and the engineer of another train discover ed the bla.e and sounded an alarm. Heading Tvaeher Resigns. Reading. Prof. Charles F. Seldel. a teacher in the garmmar grade at Boyertown, this county, resigned to ' accept the prlnclpalahlp of the pub j lie schools at Herndon. Northumber ! land County. I Maccdoine Salad. Mixed vegeta bles, well cooked, either canned or fresh, are called macedolne. If canned drain, wash and arrange them neatly on crisp lettuce leaves. Pour over French dressing and serve. Raspberry Trifle. Beat one-balf pint of heavy cream until it begins to thicken, add the stiffly beaten white of one egg. Beat until stiff, fold in one-half cup of crushed raspberries and sweeten to taste with powdered sugar. Lino sherbet cup with thlu slices of cream. Shrimp Delight. Melt a piece ot butter the size ot a walnut in a sauce pan, add one-halt pint ot cream. When heated through add one cup boiled rice, one can of shrimp chopped fine, and last of all one-half bottle ol tomato catsup. Serve oa toasted bread or soda crackers. Vegetable Soup. Cut five potatoes into small pieces, one carrot, a small tomato, one-halt onion, small piece of cauliflower, one piece of celery and some parsley, then add a pint of milk and one ot water and boil until vege tables are soft, and season with a lit. tie sugar, salt and pepper. Meat Souffle. One cupful of cold meat chopped fine, one cupful of sweet milk, one large tableapoonful of flour, one .mall tablespoontul ol buttsr, two eggs, seasoning to taste. Scald the milk, thickened with the flour and butteri stir In the beaten yolks, pour this while hot over the meat, stirring; set aside to cool. Then stir In lightly the beaten whites and feake In a quick oven fifteen minutes. Norva hot. Appointed Census Kiiervlsor. Easton. Harry G. Selp. of this city, has been aiixlnted census su pervisor of the Seventh District of Pennsylvania. Fireman Killed. Oil City. George C. Mack, assist ant foreman of the St. Mary's. Fire Department, who had been attending the State Firemen's convention here, was instantly killed while attempt ing to mount a heavy automobile truck. The vehicle was londed with firemen. Mack tried to Join them, but fell under the wheels. ' Jumps From Second Story. I Reading. While suffering from ' melancholia, Joseph G. Miller made an effort to end his life by lenplns j from a second-story window of hi I home. He pustnined an injury to the j spine nnd internal hurt which may I result in his death, since he is in i critical condition. Trent Tcvtlt Free. Altoona. The Central Pennsyl vania Dental Society, in session here, decided to establish clinics where people who are too poor to pay will have their teeth treated free of charge. The clinic will be opened In Altoona as soon as the prelimi naries can bt arranged. Stricken At Dfhk. Pottsvllle. Stricken at his desk In the auditing department ot the Philadelphia ii Reading Coal & Iron Company' offices, here. Parker Price, aged 60 years, one ot the best known coal officials in the anthracite region, died suddenly. He was identified suc cessively with the Lehlga Valley Coal Company, the Crystal Run Coal Company and the Heading Company, and some years ago also did opera ting on his own account. He also was a prominent church worker and Sunday School superintendent. Senator Oliver's DcnbU. Pittsburg. 8enator George T Oliver authorises a denial of the widely circulated statement that be has given $250,000 to a pension fund for teachers of Greater Pittsburg, as announced last week. He aays he made no gift to this fund and did not know that any gift was even con templated until publication of the fact; neither has be any knowledge of who the anonymous donor U. Senator Oliver makes this statement In Justice to the generous donor and abut to himself, sine be does not wish to be given crldlt that is not duo him. - : Hoik Ileitis lt. York. In a racp to tho bottom of a twenty-foot bank, a heavy roek neighing about thirty pounds, which he hnd loosened, outstripped B-year-old William Spangler of West Ixcust Street, and the boy received a donen severe cuts about tho face and head. "When 1 jj'oke up the rook was at the bottom. I think It beat met there," said William to bis father when found after the accident. Itrothers Fuce Dentil. Mahanoy City. Returning to their breaM to Investigate a slow shot at Draper Colliery, Gill erton, Joseph Zoba was killed, his 'jrjther John, suffered fatal Injuries and a third victim was seriously hurt. The men reached the breast Junt as the ex plosion occurred, and were badly mangled. Murderer Identlfli-U. Lancaster. The heavl'y armed man who shot Constable Andrew M. Kerftey, while the latter was tuklng, him Into custody for selling liquor on the streets, was identified as Jack Langer, who has spent at least half hla life tn Jails at Kansas City, Jo liet, Baltimore and llarrlsburg. lb came to this city several weeks ago and did a big business In selling; whisky to workmen all over the city. The. house In which he was living here was surrounded by a heavily armed po&ae ot officers. Marrying Karly. Reading. Blxteen-year-old bride are becoming the thing hereabouts, while 17-year-old grooms are sot unusual. Last week the following licenses were granted here: Georgei H. Skyler. aged 17, and Mlsa Cora Bolton, aged It, both of Reading: George K. Kelm, ot Hamburg, and Miss Virginia Leaner, aged 1$. ot Vlrglnaviue; jacoo weiauer, is, nan Miss Nora Hoffman, 17, both of Bern: Augustus Blxler, aged 17, and ''.lr.i Nora E. Slough, agsd IS, both, of Hummel's Store; Oeorgo Leslg' aged 18, and Miss Maude Uoyer aged 30, both of Reading. )
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