Charity's Reward. By MURIEL HAYNES. Copyrighted. 1900. by Associated Literary Tress. "Dicky Ames, you're the most pro .TOklng" "But host brother that ever lived," foncludod Richard Ames. "Look here, Minnie; I'll give up my tnleniiou of Jiktng Miss Henipsted out driving and evoto the time Instead to the noble ause of rummage, but ouly with the &ndertudliig that If I give up the so ciety of the beautiful Miss Uempsted for sweet charity 1 am to pick my own company. "The way you Bred me at Nolla Brewster's head the night of the church sociable was nothing short of Jndeccnt. If she doeHn't want to speak to me flffnlu, why should you deprive her of that satisfaction?" "It's not a satisfaction," insisted SJK'k's slsler. "Nella is as utterly mis erable as you. and you know it." .."She didn't look that way this after noon when I passed her skating with 4Sen Hnrklnson," commented Dick. ' "She's game. She would smile If he had the toothache and happened to pee you coming," persisted Maude. ."She wouldn't let you see that she was urt by the way you have ncted, but .well, any woman can gee that she is areadfnlly hurt." "So much hurt that she could not answer a letter of abject apology I ent her," suggested Pick. "Did you really send it?" demanded Maude curiously. "She says she never tot It and that you didn't even answer hers." "Because there was none to an swer," retorted Dick. "Come on, now! jtjet us get down to the church and to that charity whtoh is Its own reward." . Maude pansed uncertainly. It was the first time that Dick had moken freely about his quarrel with Nella Brewster, and she wanted to sound the trouble to its greatest depths. But here was Dick drawing off Just as she had seemed about to reach the bottom. That the trouble had been trivial at the start she knew, and with two per sons like her brother and Nella It was hard to tell where the trouble might rt1 ftnf iitipnrpi nrera thnr tliev would drift farther and farther apart. Meekly she slipped into her wraps and prepared for the walk to the Church, where a rummage sale for the poor was being prepared. Old clothes were pouring in to be old to the needy for whatever their Blender purses, could afford. When Maude led Dick Into the Sunday school room he whistled in surprise at the stacks of clothing. "They are stopping all the time to talk about styles," explained cneevers. "The moment they get a dress that is iput of the ordinary they all stop to see how it's made." "I heard Gracle Chester say that at last she could be certain that Mrs. Pomeroy's dress wasn't Bilk lined," an- , ni t. ...1.1. - . ' "By the way," went on Cheevers, "here's something I found in the over coat of that little darky that the Brcwsters brought up ffora the south' with them last winter. Looks as though Alexander had been holding out some letters on you." He 'passed over a thin package of letters, and Dick gasped. The envel opes were grimy and worn, but he could see that they , were some letters from himself that never bad been de livered and others from Nella that had shared the same fate. He recognized even the letter In which he had sought to win her for giveness for all he had said during 'their last quarrel a quarrel which had started over some of her letters which he now held In his band for the first time. There was a bulky one from Nella that he opened first, aud his heart glowed as he realized that without waiting for him to speak Nella had . written her own letter of forgiveness. "I didn't know that there were so many old clothes in town," he de clared wonderlngly, and one of the workers directed him briskly toward one of the piles. "This Is only the first lot," she said. "These are the men's and boys' clothes. iWlll you help get those straightened out? We want them sorted roughly by izes." Dick followed the example of the ther men in the room and slipped off his coat before he attacked the pile of garments,. . Here were clothes of all sizes and weights, and as he picked up the first garment one of the men on the other lde called to him: " "Better go through all the pockets first I found a dollar bill in a vest Awhile ago, and Cheevers did better than that He found two." "JYe should leave them in the cloth- Sig," suggested Dick. "Perhaps the onors put them there on purpose." "They forgot them," declared the oth er man as he turned to lay a coat on Its proper heap, and Dick again bent to his task. The pile of clothing seemed formi dable, but with, half a dozen men work - teg briskly they had .disposed of the entire lot before the mopnds of fem inine wear were half sorted. It was clear now. Alexander was worse than forgotten.- He could not forget because ' he never seemed to know anything. .The letters that were handed him he failed to deliver and then lied out of it when ho, was taxed. Now Nella was angry because Dick had not answered iter gracious little note, and he could pot blame her when be knew that she never had received any of his more re cent letters. He slipped the imcknge Into bis pocket with a word of thanks to Chee vers, and then he left tho turmoil of the rummage sale to look for Nella. He met her just leaving her home, and ns he came up the walk she re garded him curiously. "I came to deliver my letters in f--son aud to make certain of their de livery," announced Dick. "Can you give me a few minutes?" Nella made uo move to re-enter the house, and Dick was too wise to press the point. "I was helping Maude at the rum mage sale," he explained. "Cheevers found these letters in Alexander's old overcoat. I might explain that when I left my letter this thick one Alexan der was Just going out, and he bad his overcoat on when he came to the door, but he promised to deliver It to you at once. Ills Ideas of delivery seem to be to stuff things It) his pocket and for get nil about them." Nolla started ns she recognized her own letters, and hastily she glanced over some of them. She saw in a mo ment what Dick had already realized, and her Hps trembled ns she recalled the misery sho had sutTered since tho quarrel. She loved Dick very dearly, even well enough to offer forgiveness when she bad felt that he was In the wrong, and to have him make no reply to the kindly letter bad hurt both heart and pride. Now she could see that Dick had promptly concealed his error and that nil the suffering had been caused by one small and very black youngster, who bad been brought home from the south because he had seemed so "ente." "I am afraid that Alexander will never make a messenger for Cupid," said Nella softly. "I am so sorry, Dick, that we trusted too much to him, but I had no idea that he was so care less. Think of the trouble that he has caused ns both. Will you come In and" "Make up?" asked Dick promptly. "To be sure I will and only too glad to do it." She led the way into the bouse, and aa the great hall door swung shut be hind them he caught her in his arms and covered her face with kisses. A low chuckle from the far end of the hall disturbed them, and without a word Dick darted down into the shad ows. There followed wild yells and the sound of strange expletives. Dick came back flushed, but smiling. "I shook him some," he explained, "for both you and me. Wasn't it Just like Alexander to be hanging around?" "He will be sent home," declared Nella. "We cannot trust him again. You were a dear, Dick, that you didn't kill bim." "I wanted to," admitted Dick, "but, then, what's the use? I've got you again. And all because I helped Maude at the rummage sale. She said that charity, like virtue, was its own re ward, but I didn't realize the high premium It paid." The Strong, Silent Man, Ton know the chap broad shoul dered, square chinned, a trifle gray about the temples, with not much to say for himself, but so strong? Every one admires him not at first perhaps, but always before the end of the last act, for the strong, silent man's ex istence is confined exclusively to the stage. In real life it Is practically impossi ble to be a strong, silent man. We know a man who when a mere boy thought that he would be an S. S. M. What happened? Did relatives flock ronnd, murmuring, "now excep tionally strong and silent young Her bert is?" Not at all. When he smiled cynically instead of answering ques tions he was accused of sulkiuess. When he laughed short, quiet laughs the charge was chauged to one of rudeness. The thing is literally impos sible off the stage. Women always love the quiet, determined men on the stage. Somehow their tastes don't seem to He In the same direction "off." "It is the silly ass with a smirk, who knows all about the forthcoming light opera, who seems to corral the sex," says a mere man. The strong, silent man may be found, as a rule, In a cor ner fiddling with a photograph album. In real life he never seems to get a chance, as he does on the stage. No great heroism or tremendous renuncia tion is required of him. He is practi cally one of the unemployed. Philadel phia Record. In an Alligator's Mouth. The alligator of South America, says a traveler in that region, is the reptile most disliked by the natives. That terrible creature feeds on fish, carrion and animals which it is successful enough to surprise as they come to drink at the water's edge. Man also frequently falls a victim, and for that reason the natives of places where the alligator is common have devised vari ous methods for killing it There was a pond near where I was once staying, where the wild cattle went in herds to drink, and there hunters used to lay in wait for them. One day one of the hunters, going into the water, came across an alligator, which seized him by the knee. He began to call for help, but his comrades, Instead of going to his res cue, ran away, thinking he tad f ten into the hands of the hostile natives. The alligator bad not a good hold of his knee, but would not let go while the man struggled. The hunter had presence of mind enough, however, to become still and pretend that he was dead, whereupon the alligator loosened his hold to take a new and securer one. When it did so the man pulled away his knee and interposed bis gun, which the creature at once seized so savagely and firmly that it was Jerked out of the man's hands. A GAS LEAK. After Results That May Come From ' Hunting It With a Light. The folly of hunting for a leak In a gas pipe with a lighted match is not so much because of the danger of an ; explosion as of other damage, as Is , shown by the experience of a house holder not long ago. One or two smull leaks were detect ed by going over nil the pipes and holding a lighted match to them. The smell of gas ceased, but was replaced a few hours later by the smell of burn ing wood. Another visit to the cellar showed a charred floor Joist a little distance ubove a gas pipe. There was no np pureut cause for this until a very close exaiuiuutlou resulted In the finding of a tiny Jet of gas which wus Issuing from the pipe beneath the beam. It was lighted, but was so small as to be blue in color u ml nearly Invisi ble. It had been lighted by the match used in the first investigation, but had not been noticed. "If that leak had happened to be in a lead Joint instead of nn Iron connec tion," said n gas man, "thure woul.l probably have been work for the lire brigade. The smallest possible Jet of lighted gas Issuing through lead will In lliue heat and melt the lead mid make the leak larger until a big flame Is issuing. "This may make a fire hours later in the dead of night or at a time when no one Is in tho house. The ouly prop er way to look for these very small leaks Is to paint the suspected pipe with a smooth sonp lather. Just as in the case of a bicycle tiro, the tiniest leak will blow a bubble In the lather, and there you are." London Tele graph. MEXICAN JACALS. Primitive Huts In the Villages of the Native Indians. The Mexican Indian huts In the vil lages and upon the ranches of the lower Rio Grande border region of Texas have a style of architecture and construction that is distinctly their own. This type of primitive building is rapidly passing out of existence. At many places on the border families of Mexicans have abandoned their Jacnls and moved Into more pretentious homes. No money outlay is necessary in erecting the old style picturesque struc tures; neither is a knowledge of car pentry needed. A double row of up right poles firmly set or driven Into the ground forms the framework for the walls. Between these two rows of poles are placed other poles or sticks of shorter length, forming a thick and compact wall. At each of the four corners of the building posts are set, reaching to a height of about eight feet Roughly hewn stringers are laid from one post to another, and to these stringers are tied other poles that form the framework of the walls. The Btrong fiber from the maguey plant or strips of buckskin are used to tie the poles into position. The rafters are tied to the ridgepole and the Btrlngers in the same manner. At one end of the building is built the opening through which the smoke of the Inside fire may ascend. Stoves are unknown among these Mexicans, and the cook ing is all done upon the ground. Kan sas City Star. She Was Slow. The shop assistant bad shown and reshown the toys to the undecided shopper. Rabbits, monkeys, jacks-lu-the-box, Jumping jacks, trains, velocipedes ev erything had been displnyed, manipu lated, operated and explained to the shopper, but still she could not ! make up her mind. "I wanted to get something (suitable for my little nephew," she reiterated for tho thousandth time. "Yes, madam," responded the weary assistant "You told me that when you came in, but I think your nephew has outgrown all these toys while you have been at this counter." London Opinion. His Translation, A dignified elder of an Australian church was presiding at a charitable concert A Miss Brown was to sing "Ora Pro Nobis," but at the last mo ment she changed her mind, and a note was passed to the chairman lutimatlng that she would give "The Song That Reached My Heart." no therefore made the following an nouncement: "Miss Brown will now sing 'Ora Pro Nobis,' which, being translated, means 'The Song That Reached My Heart' "London Chron icle. No Hurry. He Then you have decided to accept the proffer of my heart and hand? She Yes, dear. He Thanks! You have made me the happiest of men, but we must have some regard for the old maxim - and ' not be married in i haste." She Don't worry about that I am perfectly willing to wait tUl next week. Los Angeles Times. Maple Drop Cakes, Two cups of maple sirup, one-half cup of cream or milk, two eggs, one half cup of melted butter, three tea spoonfuls of baking powder, : flour enough to mako a soft batter. Bake In gem pans. Good Housekeeping. The Announcement Followed. She They say there are germs In kisses. Now, what do you suppose a girl could catch that way? Ho A husband. Lad les' Home Jour nal. A pound of. care will not pay an ounce of debt. Dutch Proverb. Uncle Paid. Many years ago Shuter, a popular actor, was engaged for a few nights In a principal city in tho north of England. It was In the couching days, and it happened t lint tho stage in which he traveled (aud In which there were only an old gentleman and him self) was stopped by a single highway man. The old gentleman pretended to bi asleep, but Shuter resolved to be even with him. Accordingly, when the high wayman presented his pistol and com manded Shuter to deliver his money instantly or be was a dead man, "Money!" returned he, with an Idi otic shrug and a countenance inex pressibly vacant "Oh, lor", sir! They never trust me with any, for uncle here always pays for me, turnpikes and all, your honor." Upon which the highwayman gave him a few curses for his stupidity, complimented the old gentleninu with ft smnvt alnn ,in 41,.. fun anol.ni, him and robbed him of every shilling he bad in his pocket, while Shuter, who did not lose a single farthing, with great satisfaction and merriment pursued his Journey. Innghlng heart ily at his fellow traveler. Cooking on the Trail. Our guide allowed me to assist him In preparing the breakfast, though 1 fancy my assistance might havt- been easily dispensed with. He sagely re marked that if 1 was going to rough it I might as well begin learnlug now as any time. It was astonishing how appetizing a meal he prepared with the very fewest conveniences. For In stance, he made bread In the sack of flour without using a bread pan. . He hollowed out a cavity In the flour, poured in water, added salt and bak ing powder In proper quantities, then proceeded to mix the dough. He did another thing in his cooking that amused me very much. To prevent the coffee boiling over he placed a small willow stick across the open top of the pot The lesson In physics soon followed. The coffee bubbled aud then rushed up to the top of the pot as though it was going to boll over the Ides aud extinguish the fire, but as soon as it touched the willow it sub sided like some sentient thing. Forest and Stream. Captain John Smith and Rats. The intrepid navigator Captain John Smith in the course of his journeying in the Bermudas bad some experience of the rat as a destructive force. "But the great God of heaven," be writes, "caused such an Increase of silly rats In the space of two years so to abound before they regarded them that they filled not only those places where they were first landed, but, swimming from place to place, spread themselves Into all parts of the country. Insomuch that there was no land but It was pestered with them, and some fishes have been taken with rats In their bellies which they caught hi swimming from lie to lie. Their nests they had In almost ev ery tree and In most places their bur rows In the ground like conies. They spared not the fruits of the plants or trees or the very plants themselves, but nte them up." All efforts to exter minate these vermin proved unsuccess ful, and the unfortunate colonists "were destitute of bread for a yeere or two." The Traveler's Joy. The cream of tartar tre, which Is also called the "sour gourd," grows In northern Australia and hns a trunk which measures from seventy to eighty-five feet In circumference, but which is only twenty or thirty feet high. The wood Is soft and Juicy and when steeped In water provides the thirsty traveler with a refreshing and cooling drink. The fruit is about six Inches long, shaped like a lemon and contains a gently acid pulp, which tastes like sreain of tartar. Wherever it Is to be found a small encampment of weary wayfarers unfurl their tents. When sighted In the bush the famous tree Is always greeted with a song written by the early bushrangers called "Sing Hey For the Traveler's Joy." New York Telegram. All Unreceipted. A titled Englishman was speaking of the Impoverished nobility of the old world, "What a German friend of mine said of his family Is true of too many fami lies. My friend was a graf. I was vis iting bis castle on the Rhine. He showed me there one day many proofs of bis race's antiquity. " 'Dear me,' said I, stifling a yawn, 'I bad no idea you went back so far.' "He pointed proudly to an old steel bound chest of black oak. "'Why, my boy,' said he, Tve got bills In there dating back to the twelfth century.' " Salting a Diamond Mine. A man in South Africa while walk ing one day over his property with a party of prospectors suggested that they assay some of the soil. In the search that ensued eight rough dia monds were found, and offers began to fly through the air at a rapid rate for the land, when-the host's wife called out to ber husband, "Why, John, where are the other two?" The sequel to the story is left to the im agination. Boston Record. Very Quiet. Lady Visitor That new girl of yours seems very nice and quiet Mistress of the House Yes; she's .very quiet She doesn't even disturb the dust when she's cleaning the room. The Sufferer. "Is your mother a suffragette, little boy?" "I should say not Pa Is the one that suffers in our house." Detroit Free Press. Town Booming Helps III. Make a. Noise Like a. Dollar The man who gets ahead is the one who makes a noise, and it's the same with a town. But it must be the EIOHT KIND OF NOISE. There are millions of noises in the world and only one kind worth making. That's the kind a man learned about when he tried to in terview a great financier. He had spent several days trying to get into the private office of the old skinflint, but was always headed off. At last he went to a friend for ad vice. "I'll tell you what to do," said the' friend. "You go down and stand in front of the old fellow's door and MAXE A NOISE LIKE A DOLLAR. When he comes out to grab you, ihat will be your chance." That's the kind of noise we should make in this town. We should sound like ready money and look like it. Nothing would bring new busi ness and hustling citizens quicker than a NOISE LIKE A DOLLAR. Every letter that goes out should be an advertisement for our town. If you don't know how to make a NOISE LIKE A DOLLAR, just call on ns, and we'll try to help you. One way is to advertise. When everybody gets to making the right kind of noise.it will be worth while watching things boom. The Rack, Pace and Amble. The rack Is a gait of the horse be tween a trot and a gallop or canter, In which the fore feet move as in a slow gallop, while the hind feet move as in a trot or pace. It is usually an arti ficial gait, but is sometimes hereditary or natural. There Is much confusion of terms In respect to this gait, due to the fact that the gait itself Is some what varied, according as the rackor carries the one or the other fore foot foremost in the galloping motion of the fore feet; that many confound the rock with the pace, the words often being used synonymously, and that many have mistaken the use of the words "pace" and "amble." There is abundant evidence that the American pace of today is the amble of Eu ropeans of the last century and earlier. The motion of the bind feet is the same In the trot, the pace and the rack. In the trot the diagonal hind and fore feet move nearly simulta neously. In the pace or amble the hind and fore feet of the same side move nearly simultaneously. Boston Globe. Exploding Ice Bubbles. The intensely cold nights of Siberia, says a writer, produce a curious phe nomenon. Occasionally the silence is broken by a loud report resembling the boom of a cannon. The noise is caused by the bursting of an Ice bubble on a river. The streams coming from the hills are Incased in ice six to nine inches thick, and as the water de scends faster than It escapes through the river the result is a heavy hydro static pressure. This first causes the ice upon the river to rise in mounds often six to eight feet high. For a time they seem to yield elastlcally to the pressure, but finally can with stand no more and burst with an ex plosive report. The water rushes out, soon freezing, however, and causing further explosions. The writer asserts that he has seen scores of these Ice hillocks within a few miles. MuiliFit and Perfumery. The question Is asked us whether the musk of the common musurat is not used to make cheat) nerfumery. We have never heard of such use of mnskrnt musk, nor can we find any thing definite on the subject in the rinnira. Annllcatlon to a largo manu facturer of perfumery, however, brings out the information that some years ntrn mnsk from the muskrat was tried out for perfumery purposes, but was not found avollable for this use. Not a single instance of its being used now Is known. The musk of commerce comes chiefly . from the musk deer. Forest and Stream. Not to His Taste. Proud Mother (to admiring visitor) Vaa wa think that little Harry has prettier hair than any of the other children. Ftve-year-om woDoy icon temptuously) TJmphl They showed me that color, and I wouldn't take it Bschanee. Financial Statement West Reynoldsvillo PVliool District for Year Ending June 7, 1909. W B i. BTAUFFEH. Tax Cnlwinr i .,..,. With West Reynnldsvlllo School. IMatrlct for year ending June 7, 1009. SCHOOL TAX DR. nm't duplicate tl.Sdo 20 . ani't fljt added on 3Jfl 77 . 17 44 tl,Sf 7 78 CR. am'texoncratlors., .... 24 22 returned do 51 rebate on 909 Rl 41 49 , 2X Col. on tW St.... 18 20 8 Col. t on 121)6 56.... 14 S3 6 Col. on list) 00.... 0 30 1 Tmnn' Par nlota 1 fftx v To Balance due district".'.''. ' 20 n 11,597 70 J DR. balance due 1906 tax .... CR. To 3 n 1 17 By ttm't a on 1 17 treasurer's receipts. .. DR. balance due 1907 tax on 1 11 1 17 To 91 03 91 85. CR iy nm't ! Col. t on 91 65.. exoneration, " i.r( usurers' receipts... 4 3R 1 00 -86 07 (1 o-l ANNUAL DISTRICT REPORT chool District of West Revnoldsvllle, I'a., for year eudliiR June 7th, llXiu. Whole number of schools 1 Avernge number of months . g Number of male teachers omnloved 1 Number of female teachers employed 8 A voriure salaries nmlo 1..t 65 no A vernice salnrles female 50 00 No. mills levied for school purposes.. 9 Atn'tlevlod school purposes ! 1,580 20 $1,580 26 TREASURER'S ACCOUNT RECEIPT?. , . State appropriation year ending June v, linn 11,101 30 . Rnl. on hand lust year 38 17 ' From Col. taxes of all kinds l,.r42 21 From County Treasurer 8 92 From all other sources, In surance, liquor nnes, etc... i,vn 12 $4,777 78 EXPENDITURES Error last settlement 98 HutltllnK & furnish nK houses 007 08 Renting, repairing, etc 118 40 Teacher's wages 1,720 00 - Am t nam teocners attend- Inn Institute .... 40 00 School text books 209 2a School supplies, Including maps, glooes. etc. . .. 115 55 Fuel and contingencies 69 63 Salary Secretary and Treas. 50 00 salary janitor iw w Debt and Interest 220 55 Utuerexpenses... .. .. 863 86 t,ou zt RESOURCES. Due from collector 29 73 Cash on hand.. $1,172 64 $1,202 27 E. h. Johnston, I T. C. MoEntrkr, V Auditors. S. W. BTAurrio, ) , , Financial Statement Of Winslow Township Bchoo District for Year Ending June 7, 1909. TREASURER'S ACCOUNT. Money Received. Tax for school purposes f 7,024 6aV t.i.t a nil du State appropriation 4.953 17 nom collector h Loans 3,100 00 County treasurer 290 24 Duiitix 203 69 All other sources .." .... 42 33 $11,914 98 Paid Oct. Transportation .?. M'sct-.IWi eous - 1 eucherV wages Kent and repairs Fuel and contingencies Treasurers' percenlnire Secretary's salary, postage andexp. P. Intln ' snd auditors' fees Debt and Interest Kiifm i-inn cnmpulsory law Text books Supplies ,. Ttilt'on I 122 163 9,385 634 290 2l 150 49 full 88 257 6117 107 $13,016 49 Amount uncollected $ 1841 57 ilh ni hunri 808 49 lieutoi district 2,201 51 D.J. Thomas, f 30Years Experience in the manu facture of Gasoline means much to the motorist tin the use of " Waverly ; Brands 76- Motor Stove jroQ e.re guaranteed the greatest possible efficiency Instantaneous, power ful, clean explosion free dom from carbon deposits en spark plugs or in cylin der ready ignition. Your dealer will supply you. Waverty Oil Works Co. V IBOtptaeiai uun Fittibarrf, Pa. If you have anything to sell, try our Want Column. JUGHE3 & FLEMING. FUNERAL DIRECTORS. Main Street. Reynoldsvllle, 'Pa. WINDSOR'HOTEL W.T. Brubaker, Mur. 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. Tbeonly moderate priced notel of rep utation and consequence In PHILADELPHIA fL