Mattie's
Milkman.
Hy MVRHA3 FIEL.
Copyrighted, 1008, by Associated
Literary Press.
Miss Jeannette's objection to Gene
jparmnn was his profession. He was
jilglit editor on a morning paper, and ,
ie came homo anywhere between 2 and j
6 o'clock In the morning. j
Miss Jcnnnette was country bred, and
for forty years she bad accepted with-
out question the dictum that those who .
were out of night were no better than j
thieves and robbers. j
juhi wu:u was uic umereui.-u uuiwcra
thieves aud robbers Miss Jennnette did
not know. She knew only that those
were the ouly sort of persons who
were out when decent folk should be
abed, so when her pretty niece, Mattie
Boyer, gave evidence of more than a
passing interest In Carman she very
promptly frowned upon the young man
and warned Mattie that Bhe must have
nothing more to do with the Onrmans..
mother and son. v
The latter lived on the floor above
Mnttle and her maiden aunt, aud kind
ly Mrs. Carman had been a tower of
Strength to Miss Jeannette when she
and Mattio had first fome to the city
to live.
She had pointed out the best places
at which to trade and helped Miss
Jeannette to get nn obnoxious tenant
on the lower floor out of the bouse and
tad Initiated both the elder and the
younger woman Into city ways gen
erally. Naturally It had hurt the old lady
When the Beyers had terminated their
"SHE'S STUCK ON MB SHAPE AND SENT US
A MASH NOTE."
friendly relations without word of
yarning, but a hint from Mattie to
Gene soon set matters right.
Mattie was accustomed to Miss Jean
nette's sudden whims, and she assured
Gene that presently there would be a
turn of the tide In his favor. Mean
While she had to obey Miss Jeannette's
prohibition against seeing Gene, so the
only communication they held was by
tneans of notes.
Every morning when Gene came
home from his work he found a note
Btnck In the wide mouth of the empty
milk bottle beside the Boyer doorway.
The milkman came through the bouse
later, gathering up empty bottles and
leaving the filled ones.
To any person who chanced to pass
It would appear to be a note of in
structions to the milkman, but to
Gene, coming home tired and some
times disheartened, the little blue en
velopes were like mental cocktails.
The same bottle would not serve as
Ills postofllce as well, for Miss Jean
nette took in the milk.
The best that Gene could do was to
leave his letters In the candy store on
the corner, where Muttlo could get
them when she returned from her
VOrk.
Had Mrs. Carman been willing to
act as messenger the problem would
nave been far more simple, but the
kindly old lady would have nothing to
Co with the affair.
She was hurt that the friendship
Should be so suddenly terminated and
till more hurt that her son should be
regarded as ineligible. She wondered
at his lack of pride that he should still
want to marry Mattie 1u spite of Miss
Jeannette's prohibition, and she was
most ostentatiously neutral.
For a time the milk bottle postofHce
answered Its purpose excellently well.
Miss Jeannette went to bed early and
let Mattie close the house, so that the
latter set the bottle out In the hall
very evening.
But one morning Gene did not come
fcome as usual. There bad been a sen
sational accident, and all the men on
fluty had been rushed to the scene.
Even the men on the desks who conhl
Je spared were sent out, Gene among
them. N
It was nearly noon when be at last
reached home, so exhausted that not
Once did he think of the letter. Mind
and body were nnmb, and he -did not
dream that another man was reading
the letter Intended for him and was
gloating over Its contents.
Mattle's letters were not affection
ately personal. She' knew the danger
f the missives falling Into other
stands, so sba wrote vague notes of
food cheer.
In the missing one there was an allu
sion to the long wait for love's culmina
tion, und this gave to Butch Cassldy,
the milk boy, the Idea that the young
woman with the glorious blue eyes was
very much Interested in him.
"I bet she seen mo somewhere on
Sunday," he mused. "She's a pippin,
but I, guess I'm bo me apples myself
when 1 get me new harness on. It's a
darned Bhame that she didn't pipe up
a couple of weeks ago. She'd have put
It all over Slim Bleecker's girl at th'
ball of th' Milk Wagon Drivers' asso
ciation. , The Lady Kllrts give their
blowout a week from Thursday, and
that's the day after pay day. I won
der would the Uttlo dame give a look."
Butch was a firm believer In the
adage that "faint heart ne'er won fair
lady," so as soou as his horse was
stabled and bis routine endeil lie made
for the flat house In which the Boyers
lived.
He was somewhat taken nlmck when
Miss Jeannette answered the bell. Mat
tie worked only In the afternoons, rend
ing to nn invalid, and generally It was
she who paid the bills on Tuesday
morning when Butch made his regular
round.
"Where's the llttlo lady?" demanded
Butch, determined to brave It out. "I
want to say suthin' to her."
"My niece is out just now," was the
severe response. "1 understood that
she paid your bill yesterday."
"Bill be Wowed," said Butch polite
ly. "This Is n personal game, see? I
got me money yesterday. I want to
make a date wit' her. Get that over
your think plate?"
"You?" cried Miss Jeannette in dis
gust. "Sure," was the easy response. "She's
stuck on me shape and sent me n mash
note. 1 ain't wise up to all her talk,
but that's clear. Give a look."
Moved to anger by the incredulity in
Miss Jeannette's look, he produced the
note, now sadly soiled. "You ain't Just
what I'd pick for a moihmer-in-law,
but I guess I'll have to take you wit'
th' rest of th' furniture."
Miss-Jeannette had lived in dread of
a misalllnnce for Mattie, and now her
worst fears seemed about to be real
ized. Sho gave another long, comprehend
ing look at the unshaven young driver
and, with a little groan of horror, sank
to the floor in n faint.
Butch promptly took his departure
after giving a frightened ring on the
bell of the flat next door, trusting that
some one might come to the woman's
relief. He could not know that tbey
had nil gone out, so it was Mrs. Car
man, summoned by. n piano agent,
who brought Miss Jeannette back to
consciousness. Miss Jeannette clung to
her convulsively.
"Did you see that milk wagon driv
er?" demanded the shuddering Miss
Jeannette. "My dear Mrs. Carman, that
man is going to marry Mattie. 1 have
heard of young girls eloping with
their father's coachman, but with the
driver of a milk wagon! Do you
know that Mattie actually has been
writing letters to him?"
A gleam of comprehension came Into
Mrs. Carman's kindly eyes. She knew
that Gene had come in late that morn
ing, and she could guess the rest.
Here might be an opportunity to make
things come out all right.
"1 suppose that Mattie admired his
appearance," she suggested gently.
"Young girls very frequently do fall
In love with a fine physique, nud 1 re
call that the driver is very athletic.
If you had not Interfered with Gene
and she"
Miss Jeannette grasped her arm. "It's
not too late," she declared. "Tell your
son that I will make any apology be
demands. Perhaps if tbey see more
of each other Mattie will forget this
mad infatuation." ,
"I am quite sure that she will," de
clared Mrs. Carman comfortingly. "I
will speak to Gene and ask him for
your sake to try and rcgalu Mattle's
love."
"Miss Jeannette gave her rescuer n
grateful glance, and the little woman
withdrew to sit patiently on the front
step to warn Mattie when she should
return. There Gene found her when
he came out to go to work, and he
listened in great amusement while his
mother explained the situation.
"Of the two evils ou are trio em,'
she reminded smilingly. "If Mattie
will only play her part well and con
sent to gradually forget her milkman
you have won."
"I don't like being the lesser of Miss
Jeannette's two evils," declared Gene
happily as he bent to kiss his moth
er's wrinkled cheek, "but to save Mat
tie from her milkman I am willing to
be even that, dear."
By Way of Experiment.
Not long ago there was a certain
salesman in a dry goods shop of an
Ohio city who was habitually observ
ing to his fellow clerks that the con
cern would find It rather difficult to
get alone without him. These re
marks coming to the ear of the senior
partner of the firm, he decided to in-
terview his clerk concerning them.
"Mr. Spotts," said the partner, with
a grim smile, "although you have not
proved to be our most efficient clerk,
yet we have appreciated such service
as yon have condescended to render ns
during the intervals when yon were
not expatiating on your own merits.
Now we have lately heard it said that
If you were to die the business would
have some trouble in surviving the
loss. This Has worried ns a good deal,
for you like all 'of ns, are liable to
drop off at any moment.
"For this reason, therefore, we have
concluded, for onr peace of mind, to
experiment while all of us are In good
health in order that we may ascer
tain whether the firm can bear np
under your loss. You will accordingly
consider yourself dead for the period
of one month, and we will try to see
whether we can get along without yon
for that length of time." Harper's.
STATE TO PREVENT
INFANT BLINDNESS
Health Commissioner Dixon Says
One-Third of the Cases of
Blindness Can be Pre.
vented.
MOTHER 8HO0LD CALL DOCTOR
Old Law to Be Enforced That Will
Secure Proper Treatment For
New-Born Infants and Save
Lost of Eyesight
To guard new-born infants against
that terrible misfortune, blindness,
State Health Commissioner Dixon has
revived a state law passed some years
ago for Just this object, but never en
forced to any extent. This law, passed
June 26, 1895, is entitle! "An act for
the prevention of blindness, imposing
a duty upon all mtdwtves, nurses or
other persons having the care of In
fants, and also upon the health officer,
and fixing a penalty for neglect there
of." Dr. Dixon declared today "that if the
provisions of this law are carried out
there is reason to hope that one-third
of the cases of blindness which eo
greatly ' diminishes the productive
value of the individual and too often
renders him a burden on society may
be preveipid."
Letter to Phyajclans.-
To ten thousand physicians through
out Pennsylvania Health Commission
er Dixon Is sending the following let
ter: ,
"You are probably aware of the fact
that the American Medical association
at Its last annual meeting authorized
the Issue of the report of the commit
tee on. ophthalmia neonatorum, which
forcibly called attention to the fact
that a very large percentage of the
cases of blindness which the state is
called upon to support Is caused by
that disease, and urged the necessity
for organized and concerted effort on
the part of the profession in all of the
states of the Union to diminish this
evil. That this appeal is most timely Is
sufficiently indicated by a recent re
port from the Pennsylvania School for
the Blind, which shows that In the
past eight years more than one-third
of the persons admitted to that Insti
tution have owed their affliction to
this cause. '-
"This department has, therefore;
thought it desirable to revive a law
which has for many years lain dor
mant on our statute books, and a copy
of which is herewith enclosed. 1
"Inasmuch, however, as I doubt the
wisdom of entrusting the treatment of
so delicate an organ as the eye to un
skilled hands, I have appended to the
law Instructions making It the duty
of the health officer to urge those In
charge to secure the services of at phj--slclan
at the earliest possible moment
after the discovery of the disease, and
have suggested a harmless cleansing
solution to be used until such time as
the physician could arrive and Initiate
the active treatment for which the
nitrate of silver or some othrgr silver
salt will probably be deemed most ef
fective. May I hope for your assist
ance In carrying out this plan for di
minishing a fertile cause of misery
and disability?"
Instructions to Health Officers. '
The state department of health has
sent to each of Its 730 township health
officers full instructions as to their
duty under the law. These Instructions
are as follows:
"In order to carry out the provisions
of the above law It becomes your duty
to acquaint yourself with the names
and addresses of all midwlves and
nurses residing or practicing in your
district, 'and to place a copy of the law
In the hands of each, Instructing her
as to its requirements.
"Immediately on receiving notifica
tion from a midwife or nurse of the
occurrence of a case of red or swollen
eyes In a young Infant you will inform
the attending physician of the fact
and will place In the hands of the raid
wife or nurse the accompanying In
structions, explaining that she la to
follow them only until a physician ar
rives to take charge of the case. If no
physician has been employed, yon will
urge upon the family the neoesslty for
obtaining one, as otherwise the child
may become permanently blind."
Hers Is the prescription given for
treating. Inflamed eyes in new-born In
fants until the physician arrives:
"To one pint of boiled water add two
teaspoonfuls of boric acid and half a
teaspoonful of table salt and keep cov
ered In a J; r which baa been boiled.
With a perfectly clean cloth or a wad
of absorbent' cotton bathe the lids with
this solution and drop a few drops In
the eye three times a day."
Stats Health Commissioner Dixon
has also requested the department's
medical inspector in every county in
the state to assist the health officers
in the discharge of ths duty assigned
them. A letter has also been written
to the secretary of svsry city, borough
and first class township board of
health In Pennsylvania, calling their
attention to the law and urging .that
these boards adopt such measures as
will lead to its early enforcement In
the municipality under the local
board's Jurisdiction. The wording, of
the sot of June 26, 1895, Is as fellows:
Ths Law,
"Whereas, Statistics compiled la this
country and Burose demonstrate) that
fully II per centum of the blind owe
Today's Suggestion by Ellen Stan.
WASH DRESS FOR 8CHOOL.
CHILDREN never like to wear aprons, and we can hardly blame them
when we know they are covering np pretty little frocks. But this
necessity has been overcome by wearing tub materials the year round.
Most mothers consider it more hygienic to make garments from goods
that can be frequently laundered and provide additional wnrmth during cold
weather by woolen underclothes than to make too little dress from woolens
that are bound to
care with which tbey are made tells more on their final good appearance than
the price paid fr the material, and one is well repaid for the extra time
spent in attending to the little detnlls.
This little dress, with full waist and kilt skirt, closes at the back. The
pattern Is cut In four sizes for girls from six to twelve years of age. To
copy It for a girl eight years of age requires 8T4 yards of material 86 Inches
wide or 8 yards of material 44 Inches wide.
Any reader of this paper who desires to secure this pnttern may do so by
sending 10 cents to this office. Give the number, 4335, state size desired and
write the full address plainly. The pattern will be forwarded promptly by mall.
their affliction to an Inflammation of
the conjunctive appeal ir.g a few days
after birth; and
"Whereas, Experience has proved
that the Inflammation can be cured
and the eyesight saved in the majority
of cases If treatment be Instituted at
an early state of the disease; and
"Whereas, Destruction of the eyes
and blindness are usually the result of
delay of treatment.
"Section 1. Be It enacted, etc. That
Should one or both eyes of an Infant
become Inflamed or swollen or red
dened at any time within two weeks
after birth. It shall be the duty of the
midwife or nurse, or other person hav
ing the care of such Infant, to report
In writing, within six hours Vtor the
discovery thereof, to the health officer
or legally qualified practitioner of the
city, town or district In which the
mother of the child resides, the fact
that such Inflammation or swelling or
redness exists.
"Section 2. That it shall be the duty
of said health officer, Immediately
upon receipt of said written report, to
notify the parents or the person hav
ing charge of said infant of the danger
to the eye or eyes of said Infant by
reason of said condition from neglect
of proper treatment of the same, and
he shall also enclose to them direc
tions for the proper treatment thereof.
"Section 3. Every health officer shall
furnish a copy of this act to each per
son who is known to him to act as
midwife or nurse in the city or town
for which such health officer is ap
pointed, and the secretary of state
shall cause a sufficient number of
copies of this act to be printed and
supply the same to such health officers
on application.
"Section 4. Any failure to comply
with the provisions of this act shall
be punishable by fine not to exceed
$200, or Imprisonment not to exceed
thirty days, or both."
Dr. Frldjof Nausen predicts the fate
of the earth in the far distant future,
when the sun grows cold. The sim
ple, low organisms, he says, will prob
ably live longest, until even tbey dis
appear. Finally, he says, all water on
the earth's surface will freeze and the
oceans will be transformed into Ice to
the bottom. Some time later the car
bonic acid of the atmosphere will be
gin to fall on the surface of the earth
In the form of snow. Some time after
that the temperature on the surface
will have reached about 330 degrees
below zero F. New oceans will then
be formed by the atmosphere being
turned Into liquid, and the atmosphere
of that future earth will be only hy
drogen and heliutir. The sun will go
through the same process. It r ill con
tinue In its way as a dark star through
pace, accompanied, by the planets.
become soiled and
If washed shrink,
lose their shape and
have a faded ap
pearance.
The little dress
illustrated will be
pretty for a child
from six to twelve
years of age. The
waist is plain and
simple, with a box
plait effect In front,
which Is carried
down on the front
of the skirt. The
sleeves are com
fortably large and
can be made full
or t h r e e-quarter
length. The iheck
can be finished with
a band or with a
round collnr, the
latter being a pret
ty feature of the
costume.
At the neck In the
front a sailor's knot
of ribbon or Wind
sor bow will add
much to Its appear
ance. On the front
panel" buttons can
be used as a means
of ornamentation.
They should be of
the flat pearl varie
ty, of a medium
size. Braid can be
used as a finish for
the collnr, cuffs and
belt and can also
be applied just
above the hem of
the skirt.
Colored linens are
satisfactory materi
als from which to
make such a gar
ment for the rea
son that they wear
so well, but less ex
pensive goods, such
as gingham, chara
bray and percale,
may be employed
with good results.
In all garments the
AN ACCURATE CLOCK.
The Timepiece In the Observatory of
Columbia University. -
In the observatory of Columbia uni
versity is one of the most accurate
clocks In the worlds It has run for
several months with a" mean error of
only fifteen-thousandths of a second
and a maximum error of thirty-thou-snudtbs
of a second per dny. Thnt
means that It does not vary more than
half a second a month, or six seconds
a year.
Compare this with the first pocket
timepiece, the "animated egg of Nu
remberg," which required winding
twice a day and varied an hour and a
half in the same time! Compare li
with some of the highest priced
watches manufactured today, which
often vary more than ten seconds a
week, and you will have some Idea of
the refinements In the science of meas
uring time. Yet even this accuracy is
surpassed by some famous timepieces,
if the trade magazines are to be be
lieved. There have been accounts In
them of clocks or watches thnt hnve
varied less than a second In periods as
long as ten years. ,
The clock at the University of Co
lumbia Is an astronomical clock. It is
surrounded by a glass case In which a
partial vacuum Is maintained, and In
order that the case may not be (opened
or disturbed the winding is done auto
matically by electricity. The clock Is
set up In a room especially constructed
to keep It free from Jar or vibration.
The temperature and barometric con
ditions are maintained practically con
stant, and every possible preoautlon Is
taken to minimize the errors of the
running mate. New York World.
Educated
Mrs. S. was In a Richmond hospital,
fend she was lonely, so welcomed the
advent of a very black and very lan
guid maid who came In one morning
to wipe up the floor. Some one new
to talk to, so no time was lost.
"I have not seen you working around
here before. Aren't you a new girl?",
Edmonla willingly let the cloth slip
back Into the bucket and sat flat upon
the floor before answering.
"Yns'm, I's new. I's Jest washin' up
de floor. But I don't work. I's edjl
kated." "And where were you educated?"
was the next question.
"In a seminary." Then, with a burst
of confidence: "There was me an an
other girl workln' In a house. She was
coo'tan' I was chambermaid, an' we
had great times about who would git
de prize, but I beat" Then, after a.
pause, "She was easy to beat, 'cause
she got smothered to death with gas
de night before de 'laminations come
off." Cleveland Leader,
EVERY RHEUMATIC
INVITED TO-DAY
To Test Utic-O Free Liberal Samp's
Bottle Given to All Who Apply. '
Are there still any sufferers from
rheumatism in this county or wherever
this paper reaches who have not yet
tried the wonderful Rheumatic Remedy
Urlo-O.
We firmly believe that there Is not a
case of rheumatUm in the world that
will not yield to the wonderful effects of
Urlo-O, and we can prove to you that
your own particular case is not an ex
ception, if you will use the remedy as
we recommend. Uric O Is an internal
blood remedy and it acts on the blood,
muscles and kidneys. It is not a cathar
tic, or poison, and is recommended for
one disease only, rheumatism, In all Its
forms.
Commence a Urlc-O treatment to-day ,
and start yourself upon the highway
to perfect health and happiness.
Urlo-O is sold at all druggists at 7So
andSl.OOthe bottle. A liberal sample
bottle may be procured by writing to
the Smith Drufr Co., 110 Smith B!dr.,
Syracuse, N. Y.
Urlo O is sold and personally recom
mended by Stoke & Feicht Drug Go.
JIBEL IN DIVORCE.
Josephine Balserate vs. .Toe Balserate. 1
No. 14, April Term, 1038. juries Sub
poena In Divorce.
JEFFERSON COUNTY, 8S:
The Commonwealth oflPennsylvanla.
To .ToojiBalserate, Greeting: t CZD
We command you, as twice before yon were
commanded, that all matter of business and
excuses being set aside, you be and appear
In your proper person before our Judge at
brookvllle, at our Court of Common Pleas,
thereto be held on tho second Monday 01
January next, to show cause, If any you
have, why your wlfo, Josephine Balserate,
should not De divorced from the bonds of
matrimony which she hath contracted with
you the said Joe Balserate, agreeable to
the Petition and Libel exhibited against you
before our said Court, and this you shall in
no case omit at your peril.
Witness The lion. John W. Reed, President
of our said Court at Brookvllle the 0th day
of November, A. D., 1!K)8.
Allowed by the Court. '
Cyrus 11. Blood, Prothonotary.
You aro hereby notified to uppear before
the Honorable Judge ot the Court of Com
mon Pleas at Brookvllle, Pa., on the second
Monday of January next, to answer as sot
forth In the above subpoena.
GRANT SOHEAFNOCKER,
Dec. 7, 1009. Sheriff.
TOCKHOLDERS' MEETING.
You aie hereby Informed that the annual
meeting of the stockholders of theHummer
vllle Telephone Company will be held at
the general offlce of the Company In Brook
vllle, Pa., on Wednesday, the lilth day of
January, A. D., 10011, at the hour of ten
o'clock a. m., for the purpose of electing
a board of directors for the Company for the
ensuing year, and for the transaction-of such
other business as may properly come before
said meeting.
J . K. HKOWtt,
J. S. Hammond,
Secretary.
President.
CLERK'S NOTICE IN BANK
RUPTCY. In the District Court of the United States
for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
Harry Arnold Martin, of Jefferson county,"
Pennsylvania, a Bankrupt under the Act
of Congress of July 1, 1NMH, having applied for
a full discharge from all debts provable
against his estate under said Act, notice Is
lieieby given to all known creditors and
other persons In Interost, to appear before
the said Court at Pit tsburgh, In salil District,
on the 19th day of January, 1000, at 10 o'clock
in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they
have, why the prayer of the said petitioner
should not be granted.
William T. Lindset, Olerk.
JjJXECUTORS' NOTICE.
Estate of William Brltton, Deceased, of
Washington Township.
Notice is hereby given that letters testa
mentary on the estate of William Brltton,
late of Washington township, having been
granted to the undersigned, all persons In- -ebted
to said estate are required to make
Immediate payment to the executors, and
those having claims against the estate will
present them to the executors, properly
authenticated, for payment.
W. V. Britton,
W. 9. Btsrrktt.
Reynoldsvllle, Pa., Nov. 30, 1808.
ADMINISTRATRIX'S NOTICE
Estate of William Shoemaker, Deceased.
Letters of administration on the above
estate have been granted to the undersigned.
All persons Indebted to the deceased are
requested to make payment and those hav
ing claims present the same without delay to
Margaret M. Huof.maker,
M. M. Davis, Attorney, Administratrix,
Reynoldsvllle, Pa. ; Reynoldsvllle, Pa.
WINDSOR HOTEL
W. T. Brubaker, Mgr.
Midway between Broad St. Station and
Reading Terminal on Filbert St.
European $1.00 per day and up.
American $2.50 per day and up.
Theonly moderate priced hotel or rep
utation and consequence In
PHILADELPHIA
No Danger
if von uii th riffht Kaolin,
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to inferior a-aaolin than from all
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