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Baby—a little tot of four—was still asleep in his room. “Mercy me, daughter, what do you think? Uncle Ned and his young son—whom we have never had the pleasure of seeing—are passing through our town to-morrow and will stop off to pay us a few hours’ visit between trains. And what a predicament I am in—DBridget called home on account of a sick sister and my laundress late with her work. There isn’t a clean napkin—a clean good one, I mean—in the house, and the best damask table cloth is soiled from the luncheon we had last week. Now isn’t it just the worst luck, dear? 1 could almost cry, if crying would help me out in this matter. Uncle Ned's wife is the finest house- keeper I ever knew; nothing ever seems to go wrong with her ltouse- hold.” Estelle sat thinking a minute. Then she said: “To-morrow is Sat- urday. That's good luck, anyway, mamma, for I shall be at home to help you.” “No, dear; you’'li have your music lesson to take in the morning and your Sunday-school lesson to prepare in the afternoon, and you know you invited Sadie Martin over to spend a part of the evening with you. So I'll just have to do the best I can and make my apologies to Uncle Ned and young Cousin Frank. But though we are to be found in this predicament, I cannot feel sorry that uncle and Frank are coming, for I always loved uncle as though he were my brother. You know he is only a few years older than I am, and Frank is just three years older than you. So the visit—though short—will be such a pleasant one.” Estelle had risen from the table and was quickly clearing the things away. ‘‘Now, mamma, it’s getting close upon school time, and I must help you with the breakfast work be- fore I go. So let's not fret ourselves about to-morrow till it dawns. You know what papa always says, ‘Never cross thg bridge till you come to it.’ So I have partly made up my mind what to do for to-morrow; but I shall give you my suggestion this evening after school.” “Rstelle, you're going to be a practical, capable woman; I know it.” And the mother stopped stacking up dishes long enough to kiss the cheek of her pretty daughter, who was bustling about as busy as a bee. “Well, mamma, I hope I shall al- ways know how to act in an emerg- ency,” Estelle replied, putting on a big kitchen apron and beginning to guess you'll have to phone to the grocery and the bu ” “I’ve been at the grocery and left our order for to-morrow,” said Es- telle, stooping to kiss the now hushed brother. “Why, you thoughtful girl!” ex- claimed Mrs. Brown. “But— chicken? Why, how did you ever think to get one? I hadn’t made up my mind yet just what we'd have for dinner to-morrow. Once I thought we'd just have a cutlet or a steak.” “And I have decided on the menu, if you please, mamma. For the first course we’ll have grape fruit. It's so much nicer this warm weather than soup. We'll omit fish and have ‘the chicken, apple dressing, cauli- fiower, browned sweet potatoes, pickles, thin slices of bread for ond course. Then we'll have a mixed vegetable and fruit salad, fol- sec- | ! the look of mischief lurking there. lowed by ice cream and cake. Then cheese, crackers, coffee.” “Well, daughter, that sounds tempting enough to suit any one,” | declared Mrs. Brown. require lots of work, and T'll1 be all RAR inspiration; whose monsy a “But it will | GANA Arb ing ie WIAA AA BOSTON FIRM RECENTLY OFFERED ui a prize for the Dest definition of Yaw SA what constituted success. A Kan- . a YAN v sas woman was awarded the prize, RIA tnd wns and this was her answer . “Grn ; “He has achieved success who has lived well, ' §¥iy Way langhed often, and loved much; who has gained the A an pespect of intelligent men and the love of little children; aa Ta who has filled his niche, has accomplished his task; Wn WAN? who has left the world better than he found it, whether Dy an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or rescued soul; wo has naver lacked appreciation of earth's beanty or failed to express it; who has always looked for the best in others and given the best he had; whose life was an benediction. the table, “thoug placed a great bowl of them there. : . : Fa some of the finest flowers she ard a step behind her, and, looking ound, beheld a tall, handsome ung chap of about seventeen years A smile flitted over Estelle’s ce as she rose and bowed Tow to | e stranger. ‘Ah, do you Wi a sir?” said, prettily, <1 g that the youth was her sec- ond cousin, Frank, who was doubt- less stretching his legs by walking about the grounds after his tiresome and long train ride. “With pleasure,” smiled; Frank, Tenghing for the blossoms. “And hom have I the pleasure of thank- ing for these?’ he asked. “Oh, Mrs. Brown’s, cook,” said Tstelle, dropping her face to hide { . - { Just as she was stooping to gather | i | | { i ing “Ah-h-h!” And Frank ga sped. “Why, fairly “Yes, a cook, and you shall sam- ple my dinner in five minutes,” de- clared Estelle, ‘and I beg your par- don, sir, for being so bold as to speak to you: but I think you are one of the newly arrived guests, aren’t you?” And then she tripped. away, going into the kitchen and closing the door behind her, leaving Frank looking after her in amazement. “Whew! If she’s a cook! Well, I'll eat my hat! She’s as pretty as a blossom-—and such manners and lan- guage and voice! Why, I'd swear she was a born lady.’ Then he returned to the house and all went into the dining room, where Estelle, shorn of the big kitchen apron and her face blushing and smiling, received them and was ine troduced to Uncle Ned and Frank. “Cook!” And Frank took both Iistelle’s hands in greeting. ‘Well, I knew there was a mistake some- where.” # ‘No, just a good joke,” laughed Estelle. And then as they all en- joyed the delightful dinner Mrs. Brown explained their dilemma re- garding their cook, saying: “And it is Hstelle’s own dinner, planned and prepared by hersel? that ‘you now have before you.” : “Ah, wonderful,” cried Uncle Ned. “And now I understand why Estelle tired out and not feel like enjoying uncle and Frank. It's such a task to prepare a dinner for company, dear.” “Not when you have a cook and a cook’s assistant,” said Estelle. “What time does Uncle Ned rive?” ar- wash the dishes. * “And it’s the emergency that puts me all out and gets me flustrated,” said the mother. ‘I never was good at planning ways and means.” “Well, we'll have our ways and means this time,” laughed Estelle. Half an hour later Estelle was off to school, her bright face serious as she hurried along. ‘Let me see— I'll just drop by the grocer’s and the butcher’s this evening and give or- ders for to-morrow. We'll have roast fowl and cauliflower, dresse with cream, and—Dbut there’s the school bell! No more about’victuals, Miss Estelle Bpown, unless you wish to miss your grammar lesson. Gram- mar doesn’t mix well with cauli- flower. So let things to eat wait their turn.” * * 0% That afternoon after school Es- telle nurried round to the grocer’s and the butcher’s, giving orders for the following morning. ‘‘You’d best deliver the chicken this evening, so that I may have it all picked and prepared for roasting to-morrow morning,” she said to the obliging butcher. When Estelle reached home she | found a new complication. Her little brother, called Baby, had crushed his finger between some stones in the yard and required much of his mother’s attention. And there, sitting in the rocking chair, ing baby on her Iap, was po mother, her face full of di «Oh, daughter,” she moaned; baby’s finger is badly bruised, and I just can’t put him down to attend to preparaticns for {0-mMOIrow, I the cry- | “At precisely 2 ! at 7.v “phen we'll dine at exactly 5, said Estelle. ‘‘An early hour, but it can’t be remedied.” “What a little helper you are, dearie,” said the poor mother, feel- ng that a load had been lifted from her shoulders by this dear fourteen- year-old daughter. “But you said we have a cook and a cook’s assist- ant, dear. Pray, who are they?” “I’m the cook, mamma; and you're the assistant,” smiled Estelle. ‘““To- morrow is to be my day in the kitchen, and I shall be all rested be- fore the company arrives, too. The o'clock, and leaves 2 before they come, and all I'll have | and let the heat do the rest.” “I've spent the day laundering ! some napkins, our best table cloth | and going all over the china and silver,” explained the mother, catch- ing some of Estelle’s enthusiasm. The next day Mrs. Brown found just how capable Estelle was in an emergency. The guests arrived on time and found Mrs. Brown in a dainty frock waiting to receive them in the parlor. Estelle had decided she would not appear on the scene, ! as she put it, till the dinner was served. Then she’d meet Uncle Ned | and Frank at table. After everything was in readiness, | even the ice cream packed in celiar, Estelle porch to fore calling i flower still in as yet, gather another out on the face a bit to dinner. yard bloom, untouched by and Estelle decided to handful of ran cool her the guests the hoods it thro beds 1n ine rear posies for Wo ZH. ¥ L |S ® o 7X F hd | 2 iP 2 & WN 7 i ed Nf NF Ned NF Nf N bed y ; dinner will be ready for the cooking to do is to put it in and on the stove ice in | did not come to greet us on our ar- rival.” “If you'd caught her as I did— back in the garden,” said Frank, knowingly, ‘“you’d have seen her in her kitchen regalia. And it's aw- fully becoming, too.” “You'd hest pay attention to your grape fruit, sir,” said Estelle with mock gravity. ‘‘And as for kitchen regalia—well, how do you like flirt- ing with the cook?” Then the laugh was at Frank's ex- pense, his father saying dryly: “I'll have to keep a watchful eye on you, Frank, if -you’re given to visiting the little cook’s flower gar- den. Next thing we’ll have you ask- {ing her to take a stroll with you | through the park, eh?” And so Estelle saved the day, and the dinner and the visit were a de- cided success, and Frank at parting said, bending over her pretty hand: “Cousin, what would you think if I should tell 1 that I should love to correspond 1 ith a cook-lady?”’ “In order to get all her secret recipes for dainty dishes, I presume,” retorted Estelle. And again Frank | was the subject of laughter..—Wash- ington Star. A Strong Endorsement. | “Madam,” said the teller of a bank in Baltimore to a woman who had handed him a check to cash— “madam, you have forgotten to en- dorse.” A worried smile came to the wom- { an’s face; but she took the paper and | wrote something on the back thereof. When again the teller looked at { the check he found that the woman had endorsed as follows: “The —— Bank has always paid | me whatever it owed, and you need have no worry. Therefore, I endors this check. Very truly yours, Anna Ew she had already } others.’ The Legend of the Gi Cigar Indian By CHARLIS LES BR. ANGELL. Alone he stood amidst a noisy, nurrying throng. His eyes were fixed in a sightless gaze toward the setting sun. His head was made of wood and s feathers w of painted tin. In hand he carried a bundle of wooden cigars, while the wooden fin- cers of the other hand grasped a formidable looking tomahawk. A traveler stopped to ggze. “Why, it's nothing 23 a wooden Indian,” he said. “Who gave you that steer?” asked the chief. : The traveler's hair stood up. “Why, it’s alive,” he said, “and it speaks good English.” “Phat’s me,” said the clief, “I might have talked Indian dialect, but it’s so hard to think up, since I have heard so much English as it is mur- dered by the rising generation, that I might as well talk to you so that you will understand.” “But how came you here?” asked the traveler. “It’s quite a story,” i the wood- en chief, “but I'll tell it to you. If I don’t, someone else will think it up one and put*it into musical comedy. It’s a sad tale,” A sawdust tear trickled slowly down the weather beaten face. “Come on with the tale,” said the taraveler, as he took a seat on the wooden base of the cigar sign. “It was this way,” began the chief. “Once 1 was a real live human being just like yourself. I played with the other pappooses and had a high old time. You read of Hiawatha, didn’t you?” The stranger admitted it. “That's me,” said the chief, proudly. The traveler stared. “Yes,” continued the chief, “I used to love Minnehaha, and I tell you I was the candy boy for awhile, but Longfellow didn’t finish the tale he started to write about me. “It was all on account of Pau-Puk- Keewis—Pauk, we used to call him for short. of wizard, was smoking a big pipe full of tobacco. He laid down the pipe and fell asleep. 1 took the pipe and filled it full of buffalo hair. Then Pauk smoked it. He didn’t smoke it long. He quit. “ ‘That’s rotten = tobacco,” said Pauk. ‘I'm going to quit smoking.’ “He quit smoking and it was a long time before he found out that I had filled the pipe with buffalo hair. By that time he had been cured. He longed for tobacco, but his stomach wouldn't stand for it. Then he said: ’ “If I can't smoke, shall.’ “He worked the medicine gag and turned me into wood. The changing of my anatcmy was a slow process and in some way the malady spread among the Indians, with the result that half of them were changed fo wood. Then along came a lot of pale faces. Just before they took us away Pauk came around and said: “ ‘You fellows will be a warning to no one else “Pauk’s idea didn’t seem to work very well, however, and now we're going out of date. The only hope I see is in reforestation.” “But what became of Pauk?” asked the traveler. The Indian. did Michigan Tradesman. not answer.— Birds Killed by Hail. “A singular feature of the storm of last Sunday night on the East Side,” said George Fix, of the State House force, ‘‘was the killing of birds by the hailstones. The area over which the fall of hail was heavy was not large, but the stones did pelt down in a way that threatened to break the slate in the roofs. “The English sparrows, as every one knows, choose thick foliage trees as their roosting places, depending on the leaves to protect them from the rain. But the leaves, no matter how thick, were no protection from those heavy hailstones, and the spar- rows were killed by the hundreds in the vicinity of Miller avenue and Bryden Road. “In front of the Evangelical Church there are a lot of thick cov- ered maples, which have formed a choice roosting place for the sparrows this summer. There they caught it thick and heavy, and the slaughter of the birds was fearful. Monday morn- ing we counted 312 dead sparrows under those trees, and no doubt many that were killed were swept into the sewer by the storm water that ran through the streets. “Some suggested electricity as the cause, but there was no striking by lightning ‘in the vicinity, and the wires of telephone companies do not run through those trees. They must have been hit by the hailstones, knocked into thewaterand drowned.” — Columbus Dispatch. Testing His Voice. A voice suddenly floated up from the airshaft in the Italian quarter. “It’s a beggar singing for money,” said a visitor there, half question- ihgly, half decisively. “Not at all,” declared a native in- “Once Pauk-Pauk, who was a kind } WATER COMPANY ENJOINED Punxsutawney Consumers Wish to Pay Only for Pure Supply. the from Punxsutawne Punxsutawney further turning off the homes of consumers or from dissatified customers, a liminary injunction, granted by Judge John W. Reed, at Brookville, was served on Charles E. Ratz, superin- tendent of the company. The peti- tien for the injunction was signed by 165 residents ef Punxsutawney. AS a result of the drought the company has been getting its supply from Ma- . — Restraining Water Company collecting laden with sewage. trons refused to pay their water pills and the supply was shut off. Scores of Punxsutawney citizens will go to Brookville next Thursday to appear as witnesses at the hearing of the injunction. asked permanently to restrain company from collecting money or shutting off water till a pure supply is given. - TAKES OVER DONORA PLANT American Steel & Wire to Operate Carnegie Company Plant. Washington, Pa,—The American Steel and Wire Company, which for eight years has operated a large plant at Donora, took over the plant of the Carnegie Steel Company there, and hereafter the two concerns will be operated in conjuncticn. The Carnegie plant furnaces and blooming mills. American Steel and Wire plant has been operated continuously since it was built. The Carnegie mills have been clcsed for several months. It is stated that the Carnegie plant will Be started at once, giving ployment to over one thousand men. THREE DEAD UNDER WALL Trio of Workmen Killed in Fire Ruins at Erie. wiped out. Several weeks ago the Mayor Block, one of the largest structures in the city, workmen were cleaning up the debris the north wall, the only. one left standing, fell to the ground, killing John Degman, aged 30; Almond G. Aubrey, aged 29, and Thomas Carroll, aged 26. Several other workmen were injured but they will recover. SLAIN FCR THREE DOLLARS. Myor Refuses Loan and Is Stabbed to Death. Washingten.—Called from an Ital- jan restaurant in Zcllarsville, John Myor was stabbed with a butcher knife and almost instantly killed. Myor was a prominent Italian, popular in the town, which’ is 12 miles from here. $25,000,000 Mortgage Given. Doylestown.—A mortgage for $25, 000,000 given by the Consolidated Springfield Water Company to the Columbia Avenue Trust Company was recorded here. The mortgage is to secure an issue of 5 per cent gold bonds and gives over to the trust company all the water company’s stock, together with the capital stock of four absorbed companies. Tries to End His Life. ed his wife, Charles Wier, a negro, attempted suicide by hanging lockup cell. He was geant Patrick Farrell. He is charged with felonicus assault with intent to kill. His wife is in the hospital suf- fering from a slight bullet wound. Pastor for Forty-three Years. Washington. — Announcement was made that Rev. Dr. W. A. McConnell, for 43 years pastor 'of the Mt. Pleas- ant United Presbyterian church at Hickory, this county, will account of failing health. The pas- torate is the only one ever held by Dr. McConnell. Manager Resigns. high Valley Railroad, has resigned to accept a similar position with the Minneapolis, St. Louis & Iowa Central Railroad. The resignation came as a big surprize to Mr. here. Cow Escaped; Boy Killed. Sharcn.—In an attempt to three cows from being Erie railroad locomotive save killed by an John Gal- ecka, aged 10 years, rushed on the track and was Killed. The cows es- taped. Burgess Is Apnointed. New Kensington.—George S. Young was appot inted burgess of subject to the approval of the West- moreland county courts, to complete the unexpired term of John C. Orr who resigned to move to Denver, ’ Nicholls Wins Congress. Scranton.—Revised returns from dignantly. “It is a fine singer. He sings in this way for practice. He doesn’t sing for the pennies, but if they indicate their delight in his sing- | ing by throwing him a lot he knows his voice is good cnough for Italian a, so he goes and applies for a on the ste "—New York oper yoo s€. M. Blank.” —Harper’s Weekly. es has the ¢ ze stamps. L plac { Pre n population of 100,000,000. the all the electicn districts of the Lack- awanna county shows that Hon. T. D. Nicholls, Democrat, has been re- elected to congress. ? vote was Farr, 15,888; 1? 302. Nich- olls’ plurality, 7 Kittanniz be held in vote on a 000 for plant. supply at | pre- | honing creek, said to be filthy and | Some of the pa- | The court will be | the | includes blast | The | em- | Erie—As the result of one of the | most shocking accidents in the his- | tory of this city three lives were | was destroyed by fire and while | New Castle.—Thinking he had kill- | in a’ unconscious | when discovered and cut down by Ser- | resign on | Bethlehem.—Manley E. Cutter, for | 10 years general manager of the Le- | Cutter’s friends | Parnassus, | PENNSYLVANIA Interesting Items from All Sections of the Keystone State. | NO RAILROAD MONOPOLY State Commission Decides Baggage Transfer Privilege Case. Harrisburg.—The State Railroad | Commission gave a decision in the complaint of G. A. Rupert of Allen- | town against the Lehigh Valley Rail- road Company, involving the baggage transfer privilege at the company’s Allentown terminal. The commission decided against the complainant on ‘the ground that | the service rendered by the company | now holding the privilege is adequate, | but declines to uphold the contention | of the railroad company that it has a right to grant an exclusive privi- lege to any person or corporation. . | Swedish Embezzler Arrested. Warren.—Israel Janesson, default- ing cashier of a bank in Lindersburg, Sweden, who was arrested at Yankee Bush has made a complete confession, atmitting he stole 127,000 Kkroners. | Janesson claims most of the money was lost in specultion. As his short- age would scon be found out, he ask- ed for a month's vacation, and came to America with his family, who are now in Cleveland. He will sail for Sweden in charge cof an officer No- vember 10. When arrested he had $700 in a belt around his waist and $30 in a pocket. He Opened Their Eyes. The McKeesport police and regi- dents of that city who have been vic- timized are looking for a stranger who called himself professor and said he was an eye specialist. For $1.50 | the man sold prescriptions calling for five cents’ worth of diluted witch- hazel. ‘While no remarkable cures are reported the professor’s treat | ment opened wide tne eyes of Mec- Keesporters. After Gun Club. Kittanning.—At the instance of District Attorney J. P. Culbertson, quo warranto proceedings were begun here to have the charter of the North Side Rod and Gun club of Parks township revoked. Three alleged stewards of the organization were convicted at the last criminal court | of sellinng liquor without a license. | It is asserted that nowithstandinng the conviction liquor has been sold illegally. Embezzlement Charged. Canonshurg.—Frank D. Roberts was arrested here at the instance of Su- perintendent J. 8. Bell, of the West- ern Pennsylvania Humane Society, of Pittsburg, on a charge of embezzle- ment. Roberts, who lost his com- ! mission. recently, is alleged to have collected fines to the amount of $120 imposed through information made by the society, and failed to turn the money over. More Tuberculosis Dispensaries. Harrisburg.-——The State Health De- partment has arranged to open addi- | tional dispensaries in the bituminous | coal region and in the western part | of the State for the treatment of tu- berculosis in addition to the dispen- saries located in county seats. There are now nine county seat dispensa- ries and nine new ones will be added. Touring Car Kills Child. Uniontown.—The touring car of J. V. Thompson ran down and Killed Lorna Lannon, the little daughter of | Mrs. Mary Lannon, a widow. The | child ran directly in front of the car while crossing the street. The car, which was going at a slow rate, con- tained a party of women and a chauf- feur. Priest Stricken at Funeral. Pittsburg.-—The Rev. Father Bern- ard Hehl of St. Paul of the Cross monastery, South Side, was stricken with paralysis while attending the funeral services over the remains of Mrs. Elizabeth Greenewald at St. | George's Roman Catholic church and | died a few minutes later, before a | physician could reach him. Child Burned to Deaht. Punxsutawney.—In the excitement which attended a fire that destroyed Joe Wargo’s home at Florence mine Sunday morning it was forgotten that his 3-year-old daughter lay asleep behind the kitchen stove. ‘While others of the family were being res- cued the little one was burned to death. Trampled by Mules. York.—George Shenberger, G5 years old, was trampled to death by a drove of mules at Lander’s stock yards here. | The animals stampded while the man was going across the yard. He was knocked down, cut and bruised from | head to foot by the animals’ sharp hoofs. Dog Saves Girl's Life. Kittanning.—Frantic barking ‘of a little dog saved a life when Mrs. Han- nan Kruger's home near here was burned. The only member of the family at heme was a daughter, who was aroused by the dog and found the house in flames. She escaped | in her night clothes. : New Fish Laws Urged. Harrisburg. — Delegates from 30 counties began a conference on pro- posed fish legislation here, the meet- having been called by the Lan- ter County Fish and Protective bciation under the patronage of state department of fisheries. Many del gates offered suggestions. Fish Commissioner Mechan recom- ended changes in the fish laws of the state. le said the act of 1901 c 1 but had its surd items.” < at v I a i er pu; 20 ble DV
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