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Now what do I owe you for all of this?
For the summer's joy by wood and
cliff;
For the wooded mook and the stolen
iss;
For the fright and delight in the sea-
flung skiff;
For the fingers, cool and pink and slim,
Entwined with mine, and the happy
laugh?
Come, what do I owe you, O maiden
trim ?
But, remember, of all of it you had
half.
Now what do I owe you, O maiden
sweet,
‘For the moonlight walks down the
shining beach?
For the joys 1 knew on the driftwood
seat,
When we were afar and alone with
each?
Now what do I owe for the look in your
eyes,
The Youthr my soul leaped out to
quaft?
Come, whisper me, dear, how the bal-
ance lies,
But, remember, of all of it you had
half.
Now, what do I owe you?
account .
The pleasure it gave me to help you
: up, '
Up 1 centred old cliff it was ours to
mount;
The pleasure it gave me to touch the
cup
Where own red lips touched the
dripping rim.
And tell me, oh, tell me, and do not
laugh, 5
For the joy that shall last till life’s light
grows dim, cht,
But, remember, of all of it you had
half. :
—Houston Post.
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Mrs. Harndon's
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AN INCIDENT OF OUR REVO-
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The cloud of war, which hung sul-
lenly over the vicinity of Boston har-
bor in 1775, had lifted its folds and
rolled away with the evacuation of
Howe's army, to settle grimly around
Manhattan bay in the spring of 1776.
Amid the picturesque hills and vales
of eastern Connecticut, Thomas Harn-
don—whose ancestor two generations
back -had:migrated from the Massa-
chusetts Bay Colony and purchased a
thousand acres in this region, which
he bequeathed to his descendants—
had reared on his patrimony a plain
substantial dwelling after the fashion
“of the” period—now known as ‘“colo-
nial.”
He had brought his young bride
here a year previous to “the shot by
the farmers of Lexington that sounded
round the world.”
“Ere spring had passed, that ringing
call for men
Went through our little state from hill
to glen;
Old Put had sounded out the bold re-
frain,
‘And Trumbull called, who never called
in vain.
So the young farmer hastened to the
strife;
Left the spring work, and left his
fdithful wife,
Kissed the young babe, their first and
new-born child,
Soothed the young mother with his
accents mild,
Take into
colt.
Shouldered his gun and vanished o'er |
the hill,
To join the camp and learn a soldier’s
drill.
He counted that the rules
would yield,
Ere his departure to the distant field,
A respite brief, a passing day’s re-
prieve
To come once more and take his part.
ing leave.”
of war
had cheerfully borne her weeks of
loneliness sustained by the same Spar-
tan faith ‘and courage that animated | 4 in Aiftly 5 1
the other mothers of the Revolution | [It 1B the SWILLly moving anc
who kept “watch and ward” in lonely
kept his scouts scouring southern New
England for cattle, sheep and other
supplies, which. enabled Washington
to feed his famishing troops, and on
which, at times, the success-of his
military operations was wholly de
pendent.
A hasty reading of her husband’s
note revealed to Mabel Harndon that
no time was to be lost, if its object
was to be accomplished. The hoped:
for furlough for one more embrace of
wife and child could not be granted
He was already on the march, ard the
note was to apprise her that the com:
pany to which he belonged would, that
very night, encamp within ten miles of
their home, to be on the sputhward
march at early dawn the next morn-
ing, while- he was sorely in need of
necessary articles of clothing, which
must reach him that night, if at all
It was already four o'clock in the af-
ternoon, and for some time there had
not been a man within call, so fully
had the citizens of the town respond-
ed to the urgent call “To arms!”
Mabel quickly reached a decision—
her heart sorely strained between her
wifely devotion and her mother love.
She could not take her baby with her,
as was often the custom of the moth-
ers of that time when in the saddle;
nor did time permit her to call on
neighborly assistance to care for her
charge. The last requisition for
horses to facilitate the army’s move-
ments had left her with only a spirit-
ed young colt, which had never been
mounted by a woman; but accustomed
to his mistress’ call, she soon caught
him and had him saddled and bridled
for her journey.
Then nursing her baby to sleep and
gently laying it in its cradle, she fast-
ened the door of her house, and se-
curely tying her bundle to the pom-
mel of the saddle, with one bound
placed herself securely in her seat.
Unhitching deftly the prancing colt,
while she held a firm grip on the
bridle, she dashed off down the road,
leading in the direction of Washing-
ton’s army.
The sun was sinking low in the
west, when Mabel Harndon and her
colt, covered with foam and dust,
reached the camp, soocn after the ar-
rival of the soldiers, who were lighting
the fires for their evening rations.
But no sooner-were the loving greet-
ings over and the bundle of clothes
and “home goodies” to. sweeten the
soldier’s scanty fare—that had been
so hastily gathered together—deliver:
ed, than the mother love sounded the
knell of the interview. With renewed
strength and confidence she faced the
return ride, as her husband, with his
strong arms, placed her in the saddle,
at the same time soothing the restive
The» sultry. atmosphere of the
afternoon was now culminating in
ominous black clouds—rolling like
great billows across the luminous af-
ter-glow in the distant horizon. And
before she had gone many paces her
heart quailed, as a long, deep roll of
thunder warned her of what lay be-
tween her and her baby. She cculd
not think of seeking shelter at any of
the scattered farm houses by the way,
not knowing what might be the fate
of her baby when he should waken
from his slumber, and in such a storm
as threatened,
She had not compassed a fourth of
her journey when dense darkness en-
veloped her and the storm broke in all
its fury. The ‘at first terrified colt,
subdued by the awfulness of the
storm, kept steadily on his way, en-
couraged by her voice; and as is the
wont of animals under such conditions,
he seemed to. rely on her for protec-
tion, while she could only depend upon
his keener instinct to keep her in the
path. For the ground, softened by the
| downpour, no longer resounded to his
| hoofs, and only by the flashes of light.
farm houses all through the colonies, |
and toiled and spun, with a faith and
heroism fully equal to that of their
husbands:
Thus passed the days for |
Mabel Harndon, busy with her house- |
ing of the cloth for her husband’s gar- |
ments; whlie. tender thoughts
into the warp and woof as the shuttle
flew. i
On a glorious day in June, Mabel,
her thoughts on the absent one, sat by
her window, sewing on the garment
she was hastening to complete, in an-
ticipation of her husband’s brief re-
turn—before his southward march to |
join in the military operations, now
culminating about New York.
Her attention was divided between
her work and the care of her baby,
went |
i could
that lay cooing at its feet, in the cra- |
dle by her side. The monotony of the
long afternoon was unbroken, save by
the warble of the birds outside, as |
they industriously fed their young, un-
til the qt was broken by the sharp
click of a horse’s hoofs on the road-
way.
and then stood still, as she saw he
wore the nondescript uniform of the
Colonial army. Balancing between
Her heart gdve one great throb. |
{ had guarded ias slumber. Not
hope and fear, she bade him welcome. |
Declining her hospitality without dis- |
mounting, the messenger took from
beneath the lining of his hat a crum-
pled paper on which her husband had |
hastily scribbled a few lin
ly explaining his mi
of dispatche
he disapp«
Lebanon,
stands to
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to the colonial cat
lution— Washingt
sellor and self-cc
sion, as a bearer
Governor Trumbull,
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Quick- |
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ning could she assure herself that he
. { had not tak y - ran-
The young wife of Thomas Harndon | aken a Wrong turn, oF wen
dered out of the road. Just as the
storm stopped, and the young moon’s
golden crescent appeared through a
still
heavy clouds, she reached her own
door in safety, none the worse—thanks
to the trusty instincts of her dumb
companion—for her thorough drench-
ing. Hastily tying the now wholly
subdued colt under the nearby shed,
hold cares and the spinning and weav- | she tremblingly unfastened the door,
as the clock sounded the hour of nine,
Not another sound broke the op-
pressive stillness, save the drip, drip,
of the vines on the porch, and the low
twitter of a mother bird to her young
in her nest overhead—disturbed by
her entrance. Her heart misgave
her, as with bated breath she felt her
way to the cradle and listened for her
baby’s soft breathing. So gentle was
itt—only a mother's accustomed ear
detect it. Then, raking open
the coals on the hearth, she lighted a
candle—for the blessing of a luc
world—and shading the light with her
hand, she ed long and fondly on
her precious charge—now doubly dear
in her g loneliness. Sleeping so
peacefully, it appeared not to have
awakened—with a smile and a light
on its face, which seemed only to have
been refiected from the angel, who
even
the trace of a tear was on its cheeks.
Had it awakened from its lonz nap
and then cried itself to sleep amid the
storm and darkness? Only God and
his guardian angel ever knew.—New
York Post.
No Business to Know.
tlderly Aunt—Gwendolen, you shock
me when you talk of a wedding being
“pulled off.” You ought to be ashamed
to use prize-fighting slang in speaking
of emn a thing as;a wedding.
Niece—You misunderstood
Aunt Hepzibah. I said the wed-
ding had been put off. B how
1 happen to kn that
is prize-fighting slang?—C
Young
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ago Trib-
New York City.—Eton jackets are
peculiarly well adapted to young: girls
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M!SSi'S’ ETON JACEET.
and are in the height of present styles.
This one can be used with or without
the col and made with either the
plain or full sleeves and is adapted to
all the season’s fabrics. It is shown,
however, in bluette cheviot with trim-
ming of fancy black and white braid
and handsome gold buttons. The nar-
row vest is a peculiarly attractive fea-
with a narrow stripe of gold tinsel
braid. The flare of the skirt was sup-
plied by a wide foot ruffle, shirred and
finished with small ciccular tucks. The
waist had a yoke and collar of shir-
rings, and had two rows of the gold
bordered lace running acress it. These
‘were trimmed with a- little fringe
made of strips of the net stitched and
finished at the ends with tinsel balls.
| The girdle was of champagne colored
silk.
Military Shirt Wafst.
The love of the military, said to be
inherent in feminine Juman nature, is
making itself apparent in prevailing
styles and -appears in the- waists as
well as in the outer garments. The
very stylish model ilfustrated shows
the characteristic epaulettes and is ap-
propriate to the whole range of waist-
ing materials. The model, however,
is made of white vesting: simply
stitched and #rimmed; with pearl but-
tons. To facilitate the laundering the
epaulettes are finished at the front
edges and buttoned into ‘place,
The waist consists of the fronts,
back, epaulettes and sleeves. The back
is tucked to give the effect of a single
box pleat at the centre and the fronts
to form wide: box pleats that extend
A Late Design by May Manton.
ture, and can be made from a variety
of materials. The cape collar adds
largely to the effect and gives the
fashionable droop to the shoulders, but
can be omitted if a plainer garment is i
preferred.
The Eton is made with fronts and
back and is fitted by means of shoul-
der and under arm seams and single
darts. The narrow vest is applied
over the front edges and the cape col-
lar stitched with ecorticelli silk is ar-
ranged over the whole, its inner edge
serving to outline the vest. The full
sleeves are wide and ample, finished
with shaped cuffs, and can be made |
either with fitted lini: or loose as
may be preferred. The coat sleeves
are made in regulation siyvle and eut
in two pieces . eaeh, 1ply
stitched to form cuffs.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is three and one-
half yards twenty-one inches wide,
three and one-eight yards twenty-sev-
en inches wide, or one and one-half
vards forty-four inches wide, with two
and one-half yards of braid to trim as
illustrated.
A Stylish Gown.
A simple gown of champagne col-
ored net was made with a skirt laid
1all pleats. In faet. almost every
skirt is pleated. This skirt had a front
anel and two encircling bands of gold
color silk lace, bordered on either side
from the shoulders, while at the centre
isa regulation box pleat through which
the closing is made. The epaulettes
can be finished separately at the front,
as in the case of the model, or stitched
to position as preferred.
are the favorite ones of the season that
form wide puffs below the elbows and
are finished with shaped flared eunffs.
The gunantity of material required
MILITARY SHIE
| for the medium size is four
yards
| twenty-seven inches wide, three and
{ one-half yards thirty-two inches wide,
| or two yards f -four inches wide,
The sleeves:
A DINNER WITH TOLSTO!L
The Countess Does Not Acree in All
the Great Russian’s Theories.
Edward A. Steiner describes a vis-
it to Tolstoi in the Woman's Home
Companion. He says: : s
L “Countess Tolstoi,” as ' every . one
knows, does not agree with her hus-
band in all his theories; but she
agrees with the world which worships
him, and I believe that she is very
proud of him, and very devoted, al-
though her devotion has been severe-
ly taxed in various ways. She has
copied yards of unreadable manu-
script while babies of various sizes
were pulling at her skirts; she has
translated - books into three or four
languages, and has® transformed all
sorts .of garments to meet the needs
of the changing sixteen, her children.
For many, many years she has had no
new bonnet or gown, and has never-
theless been cheerful and happy; and
is it possible that there can be a
greater test of a wife's goodness or
a woman's greatness?
“As 1 have said, the countess re-
ceived me cordially, although I may
have been the straw which threaten-
ed to break the camel's back, inas-
much as the house already contained
a dozen strangers, and it looked as if
Mrs. Tolstoi was keeping a boarding-
house. At nine o'clock dinner was
served, and I was led into the family
dining-room, which is a large apart-
ment where signs of luxury are not
wanting. There are ancestral por-
traits upon the walls; a piano stands
open and looks well used; there is a
table covered by books and magazines,
and then in the center the large din
ing table, around which gathers a host
of people of strange faces and forms,
with unpronounceable names, and
some with undiscovered histories.
The countess sat at the head of tae
table. To the left sat the count, and
before him a kettle containing his
favorite kasha—the coarsest kind of
peasant’s food. He helped himseli
from this freely, and somewhat care-
lessly, as a man might who eats kasha
365 times in the year. I sat next to
the count.
“Two servants waited on the table.
The meat was of the Hamburg-steak
variety. The count never eats meat;
kasha and two eggs constituted his
dinner. It must be over 20 years
since he has eaten meat, and probably
longer than that since he has tasted
liquor or smoked tobacco.
: “There was inuch ahimated conver-
sation, jolly laughter and good-natured
joking, and the serpus seemed to be
banished, for we ate, drank and were
merry, and I forgot that I was sitting
close to a man with whom I had tried
to settle the affairs. of the universe
just a short hour .ago.”
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
000 8-horse power plows has been re-
ceived by a plow manufacturer in the
United States.
The owners of the canalboats in
Holland practically spend their whole
lives on them. The father of the fam.
ily is usually the captain, thes ons
and daughters the sailors.
“Skipping teas.” to.which guests of
both sexes and all ages must bring
their own skipping ropes, are mention-
ed-in the columns of the Lady, a Lon-
don fashion paper. Skipping is to be
the fashionable ‘“‘cure.”
The Earie railroad has adopted a
novel car for accident emergencies.
It is equipped to render medical aid
whenever needed along the road at
a moment's notice. A doctor and at-
tendants are constantly in charge.
According to the most authoritative
estimates, there are now about 700,
1000 Jews in New York, the total popu-
lation of which in 1963, as estimated
by ihe census bureau, was 3,716,139
Perhaps the Jews may be about one-
ftir of the present population.
Officers of the Pueblo and Beulah
Valley railway, an electric ling 17
miles long, which has just been com-
pleted, have adopted a new system
whereby passengers over the road will
pay according to the weight instead
of by the mile, as usual. Passengers
will step upon scales at the ticket of-
fice, and will be charged s0 much a
pound.
In Japan the well-to-do have almost
always in their houses one room call-
ed the “chamber of the inspiring
view.” Tts essential is a beautiful
view, but taste is catholic in Japan,
and the delightful view may be a
blossoming cherry tree, a glimpse of a
river, ‘a miniature garden or only the
newly fallen snow. In this delightful
country they get up parties to visit
the manbnle trees in the glory of aut
umn eolor, or the fresh, untrodden
snow, 2s in this country one gives
theatre ‘parties and dinners.
: A Test of Quick Memory.
+ Competitors for positions in the Ger-
man civil sérvice will. according to a
Berlin: newspaper, have soon to go
through a rather novel examination
conducted somewhat on the lines of a
medical examination for physical fit-
ness. This is a test of cuick mem-
ory. The examiner will recite to the
competitor a speech or poem and ask
him to repeat as much of it as the
competitor can from memory.
examiner hanpens to be gifted with
powers of rapid speech it may be dif-
ficult for any candidate to qualify, for
avid R. Kerr,
2C presidency of Westmir
ster college at Fulton, Mo.
The Rev. 1
au
cepted the
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NEYSTONE STATE COLLINS
LOSS AT PLEASANTVILLE.
Over $50,000 Damage Done by
Severe Wind, "Rain and
Hailstorm.
The Cambria Steel Company, of
Johnstown, has received part of a large
order for steel placed by the Ameri
can Shipbuilding Company. The con-
tract to the local company is for 2,000
tons of piates and shapes, which will
be used in the construction cf a pas-
senger and freight ship to be built at
the Lorain yards in Cleveland. An
order for 3,000 tons of plates and
shapes has been placed with the
United States Steel Corporation. At
present the Cambria Company is
working on an order of from 16,000
to 18,000 tons of plates and shapes,
which are to be used in the construc-
tion of the United States battleships,
the Vermont and Minnesota.
A hail and wind storm vicited a
section of the cil country near Pleas-
antville .on the 8th, which in fury
and destructiveness surpassed - any
thing of its kind known to the oldest
inhabitants. Over 100 oil derricks
were blown down, large trees twisted
from their roots and the driving hail
stripped the orchards of every ves-
tige of fruit. Two hours after the
storm, hail covered the ground to the
depth of nearly two inches. Although
the territory visited by the storm was
small in dimensions, the loss in oil
and crops’ will probably reach $50,000.
Fire destroyed the barn, black-
smith shop, wheel house and part of
the tipple of the Fairview mines at
Coal Run in the Upper Meyersdale
coal region. The company less will
aggregate $1,000 with no insurance.
The origin of the fire is unknown, but
there is strong suspicions of incen-
diarism. The mine has been closed
during the presrnt strike, and was
unguarded. It is .said that the com-
pany’s intentions were to run the
mine, and that work prior to its open-
ing was already begun.
Henry Clay Fitch, or “Black Spot,”
the self-confessed murderer of three
men, was executed at the Clearfield
jail. His display of coolness and
nerve was remarkable. He ate a hearty
breakfast, dressed himself, took part
in a religious service and addressed a
large crowd at the rear of the jail
prior to being escorted to the scaffold.
On the scaffold he made a short
speech, in which he warned all pres-
ent to beware of whisky, gambling
and bad women.
The will of the late William W.
Smith was admitted to probate in the
register’s office at Washington. His
estate is valued at almost $2,000,000.
The two equal beneficiaries of the
will are Mr. Smith’s two sons, Will-
jam McK. Smith, who has charge of
the Smith banking interests, and U.
S Grant Smith, secretary at the United
States legation at Constantinople,
Turkey. These two sons are made
the executors of the estate.
The grand jury of Butler county has
returned a true bill against Newton
Tannehill on a charge of voluntary
manslaughter for the killing of Alva
Isabella, near Boyers, last week. A
true bill was returmed for invoclun-
tary manslaughter against Lyman
Scott of Buffalo township, who threw
a beer keg into a passing freight
train and killed George Flannigan, a
young brakeman of Butler.
News has reached Uniontown of the
capture of Arthur E. Smith at Salt
Lake City, Utah. Smith is alleged
to have presented forged checks ag-
gregating $3,852 on a Brownsville
bank a few weeks ago. The checks
bore the signature of J. S. Douglas, of”
Uniontown. As he refuses to return
requisition papers will be necessary.
After beating and gagging four em-
ployes of the Valley Traction Com-
pany’s barn at Souderton, six masked
robbers blew open the safe and es-
caped with about $800 in cash. Prep-
erations had been made by the gang
to crack another safe, but an alarm
in the office put 2a suddén end to their
plans.
The Butler school toard elected
Miss Jean May McKee, daughter of
the late Rev. John S. McKee, teacher
in the public schools, and Miss May
N.. Arrowsmith, of Maple terrace,
Pittsburg, as teacher in the High
school to succeed Ethel May Williams,
who resigned to accept a position in
her home city, Graird Rapids, Mich.
Efforts are being made to raise
$2,000 to rebuild the State dam at
Sharpsville, which was destroyed dur-
ing the flood last January. At the
present time the Shenango river is
barely navigable for the smallest
craft, while last summer small steam-
ers plied ‘its waters?
While at the Pulaski fais James An-
drews had his pocket picked, the thief
getting about $85. Henderson Thomp-
gon, of near New... Wilmington, felt
someone trying to take his wallet. He
turned and captured the thief, who
turned the wallet over to Henderson
and then made his escape
The blowing in cf more than 3,000
ovens in the Connellsville coke re-
gion within the past few weeks ‘has
créated an unprecedented demand for
horses and mules. Local dealers
cannot supply this demand and West-
ern shipments are hard to get.
William Conrad, 23 years. old, of
New Castle, was killed by a train at
Leter, O.
The contract for macadamizing the
State road in Hickory township, Mer-
cer county, was awarded at Harris-
burg to Booth & Flinn, Ltd. of Pitts-
burg, for $35,060. Work will be
started immediately.
and 12 steel ore cars
heap in & wreck at
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