I "STAY-AT-HOME"f | GRAHAM | \1 By DAVID DOWRY Y i ► Copyright, 1001, by David Dowry A J Dan Graham was the most unhappy young man In Hamilton county. If the bald fact had been announced iu as many words, nobody would have ques tioned the absolute correctness of the statement. Dolly Worth had taken particular pains to manifest her indifference con cerning Dan's actions, his sayings, his likes or dislikes—his future. Nothing that affected Dan Graham could In the slightest manner concern Dolly Worth. And everybody thought that they were engaged! Finally, when speculation seemed to be exhausted, somebody conceived the Idea that the reason why these two had parted was not so much of u mys tery after all. Inside of a week everybody knew that Dolly had discarded her lover be cause he was a "stay at home." When the Falrvlew guards marched away to fight In Cuba, among all the enthusias tic beauties who waved tlielr handker chiefs after the swiftly receding train none was inqre prominent than Dolly Worth. Although nobody could summon suf ficient courage to Inform Dan Gra ham that people referred to him as a "stay at home," he knew the truth as well as If it had been cried from every housetop. For a time bis mother feared that he was In danger of Im pressions that might prove lasting— impressions which, if permitted to be coiue permanent, would mar his life. But some underlying force, some In bred strength, asserted Itself speedily Dan's demeanor was again the agree able front presented to nil the world, and a very winning demeanor it was. Tlie air palpitated with war's alarms. People talked of nothing but the war until one day a garrulous, old man contrived between his daily dozes to inform Dan that he at least did not find any fault with him for not going to the war. That was six or eight months after Dolly Worth had coolly parted from him on the most public thoroughfare in Fair view. The next day a calamity overtook Fairview. The valley sank in waters gathered in a great storm. Its fields were swept; fresh gleaned harvests were lost; the fences for miles crum bled into tho rising waters like the fringe of a doll's dress in a blaze, leav ing the valley desolate. The muddy waters pressed through crevices and crannies, filling every cellar In Fair view; then they rose to the first and second floors. A general hegira was inevitable. Furniture was pulled and hauled and lifted by main strength from floor to floor. Only such articles were left floating as might serve for precarious footing for the drowning rats. Everybody was wet, dirty, soggy and cold. Night was coming on rapidly when a motley crowd gathered around the immense fire the boys had kindled on the lot in front of the postolfice where the farmers hitched their horses when the flood was not. Suddenly somebody mentioned old Gabe Somers. Old Gabe was tho oldest Inhabitant of Falrvlew. One of Gabe's uncles was captured by the Indians and tor tured to dentil on tho Island opposite tlie town. Gabe lived alone In a cabin isolated from his fellows, a rickety af fair at best, so old that nobody was able to recall when It was erected. "Has anybody seen old Gabe?" The query was repeated. As men looked at each other there in the fast failing night a silence fell upon the crowd. The silence was ominous. Gabe's poor cabin would never survive the flood. Perhaps while tlioy stood there it was crumbling down Into the hungry water. Then tlie spirit which prompts all mankind to extend n help ing hand found voice. There were shouts, suggestions, conflicting advice. Suddenly one man ran toward Gabe's cabin. Those nearest him exclaimed; others Inquired who it was. Soon the crowd knew Dan Graham was fore most in a mad race to the river's edge. Dan was tlie swiftest skater, swim mer and runner in Falrvlew and the best dancer. Now lie distanced all oth ers so far that before they could ap proach him lie had leaped Into a skiff, pushed it out and was settling the oars into the rowlocks when the others came up to the river's edge. Just a little beyond Dan they saw Gabe Somers' cabin. If ever Gabe's cabin entered the strong current— Tlie men looking on tossed their hands In tho air despairingly. "He'll drown. Nothing could save him now." "Yes, and Dan Graham'll drown too." "If one of them floating trees hits tho skiff"— "Or a log hits It a biff"— "Or some sunken sawyer bobs up— that's worst of all." "And It'll be sf> dark be can't sec just where he is." "Maybe he'll swiin out." "Swim! Swim! Against that cur rent?" "It's next to suicide—that's what 1 say." said the postmaster, with a chok ing voice. He was related to Dan. Ho loved him as his own son. "There's not another man in the couuty'd risk what Dan's risking," said the neighbor standing behind the post master; "no. nor in the state. And all for poor old Gabe." A little knot of women had gathered near the river. One of these, overhear ing such expressions, hastened back to her neighbors. "It's Dun Graham-trying to save old Gabe Somers. And they say ho'a sure to drown." A cold hand was laid upon the post master's. He turned around to con front Dolly Worth. "Can't you help—can't you men do anything? Must ho—must they both drown and you standing here looking on?" "There's no boat handy. There's no time to do anything. Gabe's cabin's in the current now." A supple figure shot away from the crowd, sped swiftly along the shore. Far down, near the breakwater, which jutted out a considerable distance into the river, lay some boats—skiffs that were regarded as worthless,small fiats, waterlogged now, and planks with cleats nailed across them by the boys, who used them when hunting crabs. The swelling crowd on the shore had barely sufficient light now to discern Dan Graham jamming his skiff against Gabe's cabin. Some cried that they saw old Gabe; then darkness swal lowed cabin and skiff. The fate of the rescuer and the man for whom he risked his life was in the hands of the Almighty. If Dan succeeded, he might manage to head his skiff in above the break water. It was one chance in a thou sand, one in a million. The people on the shore ran headlong toward the breakwater. With the darkness of night settling around him Dan Gra ham gathered up his strength for one supreme effort. Old Gabe's cabin was stronger than anybody could have credited. The framework held together amazingly. The floor crumbled and floated away beneath his feet, but the sinews of age still enabled Gabe to grasp with a drowning man's clutch the frame of the window. In vain Dan urged him to draw him self up and drop into the bow of the skiff. Afterward Gabe told how, see ing the old nym either could not or would not loosen his grasp on the win dow sill, Dan dropped his oars, reach ed forward and lifted old Gabe by main strength out of the window and deposited him in the bottom of the skiff. At that moment a tree trunk struck the skiff. The Jar almost knocked Dan into the river. lie recovered his balance, however, and turned the boat's head shoreward. And now it was a pull for life. The blackness of a cloudy night enveloped him. Ills sole guide was the light on the lot in front of the postofttce. And how could he gauge distance by that? lie might be above, opposite or far be low the breakwater. Was he half way out In the river? Everything de pended upon his distance from the shore. lie felt as if every moment must be his last effort. Ills temples throbbed. His muscles, now so rigid, might relax any moment. Human endurance could not last much longer. Then a voice shouted his name. "Dan! Dan!" He dared not answer if he could. All his breath was required to make the breakwater. "110-00-000, Dan! This way. I'm here—Dolly! Dan!" A few more strokes, and he heard a laugh that made him shudder. "Oh, thank God—thank God! I'm here, Dan. This way, Dan." Then he knew he was above the breakwater. He looked around, lie could barely discern Dolly in the dark ness. Voices were heard on the shore. "Catch the pole, Dan—quick." Another pull, then Dan reached out a hand and grasped the pole. As he grasped it a heavy log struck the skiff. The next moment he was in the water. Dolly shrieked. Dan put his left arm under old Gabe and struck out with his right, contending now with the hungry waters for old Gabe's life. "Save yourself," said Gabe. Hut Dan compressed his lips and swam to Dol ly's side. Dolly held her pole out until he had a firm grasp on it. With won derful presence of mind he swam be low the waterlogged flat Dolly had pushed out from the shore. Now oth ers were near at hand, crying out to them to take heart; help was at hand. When Dolly Worth stepped out of the flat, she was greeted with a cheer. Torches were flaming now; women were there, too—women with tears In their eyes—and big, rough men were there, whose eyes were moist as they grasped Dan Graham's hands. They were proud of the "stay at home." A Kentucky Summer Outfit. Many years ago Senator Blackburn of Kentucky was summoned to Wash ington in the middle of June to look after a small matter of patronage. His departure was so sudden and the prospect of his staying more than a day or two away from home so remote that he carried with him only a hand bag. Hut business heaped up on him after his arrival at the capital, and he was obliged to telegraph back a re quest for a trunkful of summer cloth ing. Ills little daughter happened to be the only member of the family at home when his dispatch arrived, and, thinking it her duty to respond promptly, she packed a trunk and ship ped it, first slipping a note Inside, as follows: Deer Papa—l send you all tho clothes I can find and hope you are well. The trunk contained seven white shirts, six winter scarfs, one tooth brush, one bowie knife and two re volvers. It was a rueful outlook for Blackburn, with the thermometer up among the nineties, but he listened to no proffered condolences. "My daugh ter has done right," he said. "She sent me what a real Kentucky girl re gards a suitable summer outfit for a gentleman."—Harper's Weekly. On All Ionr. "Miggs is running for office this year, isn't he?" "Running? He's absolutely grovel ing for It."—Chicago Tribune. SWEET FANCIES. The watermelon, shining, pink anJ green, Now cheers the soul and gilds tho festive And fills us with the kind of joy that Was bulldod by the blushful hlppocrene. The bonlfaee Is not aglow with glee; His guests depart like ships across the Ne'er to return, and so he wrings his hands And beats his breast and murmurs, "Woe is me!" Tho bumblebee, with chaste abandon, rocks Upon the prim, old fashioned hollyhocks, Whose greens and blues and reds and lavenders Are matched In all the summer's fancy socks. The soft crab Is the pearl of all the sea— A priceless pearl that Is a melody, That makes us feel, when it's within us stored. That all the gorgeous east we hold in fee. •Tls sweet to watch upon the distant hill The gilded cloud ship lying low and still And then to scent th lobster as he sends His pregnant message from tho silver grill. 'Tls sweet to feel our fancies whirl and whiz Unto the music of the fruited flzz And drift away unto Olympus high And quite forget this vale of beers and hlz. —Judge. An Oversight. 4 33 ~~p |pjg "Oh, ITarry, do you know you haven't called me Birdie for a whole hour!"— New York Journal. Entirely Different. Mrs. Timmins—John, I must say you are the narrowest minded man I ever saw. You have an idea that nobody is ever right but yourself. Mr. Timmins—Better look to home. Were you ever willing to admit that anybody was right who differed from you ? Mrs. Timmins—That's an entirely different tiling, and you know it, John Timmins!—Boston Transcript. Ent li iisliiNt !<• Champion. "My friend," said the gentleman from tlie Ilub who was doing the Bowery, T trust that you are an exponent of tlie higher ideals in the perpetuation of pure English." "Dat's me ticket, guv," said Bleary Bob. "If I spots any fresh guy chuck in' do posies out'll de kowlin' lingo, it's ine'U slug 'iin a poke In de slats. See!" —Baltimore News. He Couldn't Say. Tlie timid artist approached the stamp window. "How much will it cost to mail this?" he asked, holding up ills drawing. "First class?" asked tlie clerk. The timid artist blushed. "All my friends tell me it is," lie replied, "but I can't say how it will strike the edi tor."— Philadelphia Record. Tlie Trouble. Mrs. Wadslelgli—Oh, dear! Mrs. Gadsum—What's the trouble? Mrs. Wadslelgli—l'm so unlucky. My old nurse has left me, and the new one 1 have is so unreliable that I don't feel at all easy in my mind unless I see tlie children at least two or three times a week. It's so exasperating!— C hicago Re cord -Herald. Chnnglng the Subject. She—Well, let 11s change the subject; I've done nothing but talk about my self all evening! He—l'm sure we couldn't find any thing better. She—Very well, then, suppose you talk about me for awhile.—Brooklyn Life. Not n Joke. Mr. Crimsonbenk—Here's an article in tlie paper about your new tight shoes, dear. Mr. Crimsonbenk—You're joking! "Well, I thought it was. It's head ed 'Much In Little.' "—Yonkers States man. Absent minded IlcKKnr. "Have you really 110 affection for any other girl, dear?" she asked of her fiance. "No," replied tlie drug clerk absent mindedly, "but I have something just as good."—Philadelphia Press. WIIIII to Do. Belle—He lias money, you know. Emmn-Yos; I appreciate that fact, but how am I to live happily with a man who is my inferior? "Don't let him know It."—Life. Put, Anyliow. Her Chum—Your heart must have gone pitapat when Mr. Steeltrust pro posed. Penelope (confidentially) Pitapat? It went pingpoug!—Judge. Most Ancient. Grandpa—My father used to tell me that all play and 110 work made Jack a lazy boy. Harry—Did lie? Is that chestnut as old as that?— Puck. Salty Hannah Now. Neptune—See here, little girl, you must stop crying in my ocean. It's s;ilty enough as it is.—Harper's Magu ziue. CULINARY CONCEITS. Never parboil a turkey before roast lag. It takes from the flavor of the meat. When boiling a pudding In a cloth, put a plate beneath it to prevent any chance of its sticking to the saucepan. Chop hard boiled egg flue, mix with mayonnaise and spread on bread, You will not want a daintier sandwich than this. To make mock crab cut thin slices of cheese, mash with a fork to a paste and add vinegar, mustard and pepper; spread on crackers or make sand wiches. Where coloring is required In hashes, soups or stews let the onion have its outer skin left on, and neither burnsd sugar nor any other coloring matter will be required. You may like fried cucumbers. Tare and slice lengthwise two large cucum bers, dust with salt and pepper, dip each piece in beaten egg, then in crumbs and fry in hot fat. Serve hot, with tomato catchup. For an egg fondue beat four eggs until light, add salt and pepper, two tablespoonfnls Parmesan cheese and same of milk; heat tablespoon of but ter, turn in the egg mixture, and stir until thickened. Serve 011 squures of buttered toast. DroNNcd by Contract* It Is not generally known that some of the most stylish Parisian society la dies are dressed by contract. By this is meant that they pay a certain fixed sum each year to one of tlie famous makers of gowns, with the understand ing that they shall be supplied with all gowns required by them during that time. Should an undue nfiinber be needed all above a certain limit of value will be charged for as extra. This does not include hats and lin gerie, though it is quite probable that in the future establishments may be set up where the lady of wealth may present herself so ma'ny times during a season aiul have her entire outfit pre scribed, as it were, by one who lias the art of dressing down to a line point and the prescription tilled by the mak er, who forsees a combination un known where every need of dress for a lady's outfit may be supplied intelli gently. If an era of elaborate dress ing, with countless accessories, is to obtain in America, there will be need for this kind of service, both to re lieve the wearer of line clothes from what otherwise might lie a lifetime burden and furthermore to prevent the offending styles in dress which of late are perpetrated by those ignorant of good taste In this respect. FOP the Limited Wardrobe. The woman of limited means should avoid the snare of getting so handsome and elaborate a dress that it looks out of place if worn on any but the most special of occasions. Because a frock bears the hallmark of a great maker it does not follow that it is always con venable, and as a limited wardrobe does not allow of frequent changes the "best dress" has to be worn in season and out of season because it is too good to discard till both wearer and friends are heartily tired of it. To select one particular color and to make it the keynote of one's whole scheme of dress is a sure way to se cure a reputation of elegance. Take mauve or pale blue and let It appear in one's odd waists, dress linings, pet ticoats, waist belt, cravats and hats, the subsidiary color being neutral gray, white or black, I nit make sure the col or is a becoming and complimentary one before selecting it as a sort of liv ery. Infant Training. The care of an infant is always the cause of deep and anxious thought 011 the part of the mother, and especially so when the mother is a young girl who lias always been free from the cares and duties which naturally de volve upon the young matron. Any mother knows how soon a habit is formed in her child, and this fact is proof that just as early in life is a child amenable to training. If a child is told that he cannot have a certain tiling, he soon knows whether a little fretting will gain it for him. There are very few children who do not understand this by the time they are six months old. Let "yes" mean "yes," and just as surely let "no" mean "110," when dealing with a child as when dealing with an adult. An Artistic Dinlna Room. Can you picture a dining room in an old fashioned house, rather low ceil ing, the walls covered with green bur lap, the wide, low window draped with straight hanging sheer curtains of em broidered muslin, plate rails 011 two walls filled with blue and white plates, mahogany mantel, sideboard and buf fet, old copper sconces with copper pitchers and tea urns to give the final touch? It was in such a room I dined last week, but the picture is still vivid in ray mind. If I ever build a house, I shall have such a dining room.—Min neapolis Times. Perfuming Gowni. An unobtrusive young woman who does not wish her name to be known has invented away to perfume her gowns. She hangs them upon a chair, lients water to the boiling point, add ing a few drops of lavender, puts the water in a chafing dish, sets the latter 011 tho iloor and shakes the skirt over the fumes until the whole is speedily perfumed. A Fleahy None. To reduce a fleshy nose dip the fin gers in an alum solution ami smooth tlie nose from top to tip. Don't squeeze, for that will stimulate tlie circulation and soon cause your poor nose to as sume the rotund proportions of a beat en biscuit. Merely smootli with gentle pressure. PROPER CARE OF CLOTHING The Way to Have Yonr Garments Ahvuya Looking Fresh. The well dressed woman is not al ways the one who has the greatest number of dresses, but the one who is careful with them. Many do not real ize the value of a elothosbrush, and their drosses become soiled and shabby after wearing them a few times. The skirt should be carefully brushed ev ery time it is worn and hung up, the shoos wiped off with a soft cloth, the gloves pressed out smoothly and put in a box, the veil and ribbons folded and laid away ready for use when they are needed. Do not crowd the garments into H closet with half a dozen others on one hook. Notice how tlie ready TIIE WAY TO BUUSn A SKIIIT. made skirts and suits are cared for at the dry goods stores, then buy a num ber of coat hangers or have them made at home and liang your dresses In the same way. Each hat should be kept in a separate box, so the trim mings will not be injured by crowd ing. Damp or mud stained skirts should be hung up where they will dry immediately, then thoroughly brushed and shaken. Keep a cleansing lluVd on hand and sponge spots as soon as they are discovered. It is a good idea to set apart one aft ernoon each week for mending and re pairing. Tiny rents in woolen skints may be darned with threads drawn out of a piece of the material and hooks, eyes and bujttons that have be come loosened sewed on. As long as the skirts are worn in sweeping length now bindings will be needed frequent ly. When the old one is taken off, loosen the material from the lining at the bottom and brush away the dint that has gathered before the new binding is put on. When a skirt loses its stiffness, dampen the lining and in terlining and iron on the wrong sido until quite dry. If the skirt becomes too short, make a narrow circular ruf fle of the same material or something so nearly like it that the difference will not be noticeable. When it becomes faded or out of style, take it apart and dye it some pretty color or black with liquid dye and make it over for yourself or a little girl. If the mate rial is suitable, cut off until it is the proper length and make a rainy diry skirt of Jt. pretty waists have been made from the best parts of old dress skirts.—Up to Date Farming. To Mukc n Mop. I wish to tell how I make my mop. It is my own invention and far supe rior, 1 think, to the mops we find in the stores. It lias a light wood handle about ten inches long, an inch in diam eter at the bottom ami a little smaller at the top. Take unbleached thin mus lin or any other suitable cloth and cut four circular pieces about ten inches across. Now cut a circular hole in the middle of the clotli large enough to go over the top and not large enough to slip off; then get a small metal ring from the hardware store just large enough to slip over the cloth and hold it tight on the handle. This mop Is easily kept clean and fresh, as the cloth can be removed to he washed and dried or renewed as often as do sired. It Is convenient to have several sizes for the various uses to which mops are put. Any small boj' will bo delighted to make these for you by the dozen.—Good Housekeeping. MINM Ellen Snbln. Miss Ellen SaDin, president of the Milwaukee Downer college, is an In teresting woman who is said to have made a success of every undertaking that lias engaged her attention, wheth er it he big or little. She was born In Wisconsin and received her early edu cation in district schools, supplement ing this training by a course in the University of Wisconsin, from which institution she received the degree pf master of arts, and private study. Tjjo College Endowment Association of Milwaukee, numbering (500 women members, is deeply interested in J&VB college of which Miss Sabin is presi dent. Working Aprons. In well regulated houses the house maids nrd supplied with large gingham working aprons that replace or ccrver the white apron while the work dusting or cleaning is going on. aprons are of pink and blue plain giqg hain, made with a square bib and dcj*y pocket. The skirt is long and full, pro tecting the dress thoroughly. Some mistresses add to the outfit a dust cap to match. Skin Tonic. A good skin tonic is made thus: Two ounces of can do cologne, nil ounce of tincture of camphor, half an ounce of tincture of benzoin. A few drops of tliis should lie added to the water when bathing the face. It is better to rub the face well with the hands rath er tliau employ a sponge. FluvurliiKM. Orange and lemon peel, especially tho hitter, is valuable for flavorings. Fed tiie fruit thinly, dry the parings slowly in the oven and store In a tin for fu ture use. It will he found useful for cakes, puddings and other dishes and will save more expensive flavorings. NOTES OF NOTABLES. John Mahin of Muscatine, In., has been editor of the Muscatine Journal for- fifty years. Prince Adalbert, third son of the kaiser, lias opened a house of his own, especially built for him at Kiel. The lad is eighteen years old. Marshall Field of Chicago is heading a movement to colonize the numberless nbnndoued farms in New England with fanners and mechanics from the old world. The smallest woman in the world, so far as is known, is Chiquita, who was born at Matanzas. Cuba, in 1809. She is twenty-six inches in height and weighs eighteen pounds. Captain Freeman, who saved the steamer Roddnm from destruction dur ing the recent volcanic eruption at St. Pierre, was recently presented with a silver medal by the Liverpool Ship wreck, and Humane society. John Rudna, a citizen of Polish birth living at Marlborough, Ulster county, N. Y., has Just become the happy father of his twenty-llrst child, a bouncing boy weighing sixteen pounds. All of the children are living. Rudolph Aronson of New York, who recently gave the sultan of Morocco his first lesson on the piano, has been presented by his royal pupil with a magiiilicent Moorish sword, handsome ly Jeweled and of great value. Governor Cummins of lowa is one of the best authorities in that state upon forestry. He has mastered the subject thoroughly, having originally taken it up some years ago as an amusement and having stuck to it ever since. James W. Ogden, a New York banker, who lives at Morristown, N. J., will present a new church building to the congregation % of the Presbyterian church of Chatham, N. J., as a me morial to his father, who preached in the present church for fifty years. The Marquis of Bute, who recently came into his title, is. according to the Montreal Star, among other things a baronet of Nova Scotia. There is one feature that all now holding tills title have in common—none owns or ever did own an acre in Nova Scotia, and few ever saw the country. Miss Laura Bigelow, daughter of the late John Bigelow, for many years Eu ropean financial agent of the United States government, was recently mar ried to ex-Senator Stephen Wallace Porsey of Arkansas. Ex-Senator Hor sey is about sixty years old and is Ids hrkle's senior by more than a score of years. • THE FASHIONS. Small pockets stitched on the left front of shirt waists are very chic and stylish. The now idea in dainty dress trim ming consists of ribbon fringed and trimmed with narrow luce. When one must have a monogram on the shirt waist sleeve, the most effec tive plan is to select a butcher's linen shirt waist with the monogram in all white. Rosettes and hows of plain satin or peau do sole ribbon are in the lead for ornamenting all sorts of muslin frocks and are of infinite variety of colors and adjustment. For coolness and a frcsfc appearance nothing comes quite up to. the lawn stock, with ends ready to tie in a smart bow; most of those are tucked and linve nice little turnover collars. For a young girl's evening frock nothing is daintier or more effective than embroidered muslin, the waist out low and finished with a bertha of lace, the old fashioned tambour lace, or the ever attractive Valenciennes. REQUISITES TO SUCCESS. An affable disposition, tact and dis cretion. Absolute sobriety, persistency, grit and integrity. The proper advertising of the proper thing at the proper time. Attention to details, for these are the components of greater things. Unremitting study of everything that pertains to or influences your business. Personal supervision of your busi ness. Depend upon no one but your self. Willingness to learn. The man who Imagines himself a universal genius Impairs his receptive capacity. The ability to "seize time by the forelock." This great business world Is very practical and ignores the "just too late" man.—Jewelers' Circular Weekly. ORCHARD AND GARDEN. August is the month in which to bud peaeli trees. In selecting trees give preference to those with smooth, healthy looking bark. Apples and peaches should not be picked or handled when wet with dew I or rain. Sulphide of potash is death to* all kinds of plant mildew. Use one ounce <o four gallons of water and apply in tiie form of a spray. Before going into fruit culture find out what varieties your land is best adapted to produce and give those va rieties the preference. When pear trees refuse to grow and appear dormant, cultivate them well and apply a good dressing or wood ashes around them, stirring the ashes | Into the soil.
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