THE MARION-ETTE.
By Oliver Hereford, in New York World
In Marion Town there's a wonderful show,
Backed by Penrose and Smoot and Co.,
Presenting the marvelous puppet clown--
The Marion-ette of Marion town.
The greatest manikin of the age
That ever was geen on porch or stage
Worked by ‘wires and wheels et cet.—
#A most remarkable Marion-ette.
Jt dances to any old tune you please
And straddles the league with the great-
est ease.
It’s Pro and it’s anti-suffraget,
This highly adaptable Marion-ette.
Though a puppet, it really seems to speak.
But behind the scenes stand a powerful
: “clique” ;
To furnish big words and phrases set
¥or this awfully ingenious Marion-ette.
Its sonorous gabble brings equal cheer
To the son of toil and the profiteer.
For the dry it’s dry, and the wets it’s wet,
This very ambitious Marion-ette.
Its favorite word is “Normalcy,”
Which means ‘get back to what used to
be.”
Good old Reaction’s one best bet
Is this truly reliable Marion-ette.
This hoary back-number-ful, phony stage-
thunder-ful
Perfectly wonderful Marion-ette.
—~Cleveland Plain Dealer,
THE ORIGIN AND EARLY HISTO-
RY OF THE BAPTISTS AND
QUAKERS.
The history of the Anabaptist
movement is not so easy to trace in
England as it is on the continent. Its
influence in that country was undoubt-
edly great, but was more or less dif-
fused and indirect. It affected the
Puritan movement and added some-
thing to the history of the Congrega-
tional and Presbyterian churches. The
most direct influence, however, was
on the Baptists and Quakers. And
yet these are by no means synony-
mous with the Anabaptists. The great
body of the Baptist churches differ
considerably from them, the chief ele-
ment of relationship being the doc-
trine of adult baptism. Little is
known of early Anabaptist doctrines
in England. In 1535 ten Dutch Ana-
baptists were slain, according to Fox,
and Fuller says in 1538 four others
were burned. At the end of the six-
teenth century there were a number
of Anabaptist communities, of which
Robert Cook was the leader, and these
were no doubt influential in preparing
the way for the modern Baptist
church. ;
BAPTIST BEGINNINGS.
Th> real founder of the modern
Baptist church was John Smith (died
1612), who broke away from the
Brownists or Independents, of which
hitherto they formed a part. He had
come under Mennonite teaching in
Amsterdam, and now, in 1609, sepu-
rated from the Independents, baptized
himself (se-baptism), Helways and
several others. These formed the first"
English Baptist church, which in 1611
published a declaration of faith in
Amsterdam. When Smith died in Hol-
land, Helways returned to England
and formed the first Baptist church in
that country. They met in Newgate
Street, London. Helways and his fol-
lowers were Arminians and repudiat-
ed Calvinism and predestination,
which marked the Presbyterian ele-
ment of the Independents. But not all
Baptists were Arminians, for a second
group of the Independents who had
become imbued with Calvin’s teach-
ings, as well as with those of the An-
abaptists, formed a second division of
the Baptist church, now known as the
Calvinist or Particular Baptists.
Hence we find two sets of Baptists in
England, whose origin is quite distinct
and which never had any real inter-
course, one the general Baptists, who
were Arminians owing to the influ-
ence of the Mennonites, the other be-
ing the Particular Baptists, owing to
the influence of Calvinism, and both
repudiating infant baptism. These
distinctions exist today in the Baptist
church in the United States. Yet the
Arminian Baptist church in America
did not come historically from the
English church, but was founded by
Roger Williams, a minister of the
Church of England, who came over
to Massachusetts and was driven froin
that province by the Congregational-
ists because he would not conform *o
their doctrines. He became the found-
er of the colony on Rhode Island,
which was declared by the charter he
obtained in 1644 free to all forms of
religion. He had become converted to
Baptist principles, had been immersed
by one of the members of his church,
baptized or immersed a number of
others, and out of these founded the
first Baptist church in Providence,
Rhode Island. Later, English Bap-
tists came over and before the end of
the eighteenth century there were a
number of Baptist churches in New
York, New England, Pennsylvania,
Virginia, Georgia and other States.
All Baptist churches, however, in
Amezica were congregational in pol-
ity, each church managing its own ai-
fairs. There are today thirteen differ-
ent Baptist churches in the United
States, not counting the various
branches of Dunkards or German
Baptists founded in Germany in the
early part of the eighteenth century
by Alexander Mack, and transplanted
to Pennsylvania in 1719.
THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS.
The influence of the Anabaptists or
Mennonites in England was largely
shown in the rise of the sect known as
Quakers. There can be no doubt of
the close connection of the two, al-
though the historical details of the
connection are not easy to establish.
The doctrines are the same, the refus-
al to take oath, to go to war, er enter
a litigation, the repudiation of the
outward forms, liturgy, priesthood
and the sacraments, the equal place
accorded to women in the church or-
ganization and especially the doctrine
of the inward light. Barclay has
shown the points of resemblance be-
tween the two groups. Histerically
the Quakers were founded by George
‘ally
Fox, who, like Wesley in the
eighteenth century, was impressed by
the formalism and deadness of con-
temporary christianity, emphasized
the necessity of repentance and seek-
ing after truth. Like Wesley, too, he
did not aim at a separate organiza-
tion, but sought a revival of religion
in the regular church itself. He Wem
about the country preaching in bars,
market places and public squares. He
insisted above all on inward spiritual
experience. This is his great contri-
bution to the religious history of his
day and generation, and it appealed
with great force to thousands of his
fellow countrymen. This feeling for
personal religious experience led to
the disregard of established churches,
of fine buildings, and the setting apart
of separate sets of men or priests.
They believed, by virtue of the inner
light, in the possibility of complete
victory over sin in this life. In this
respect they go back on the one hand
to Joachim da Fiore and the Fraticel-
li, and on the other hand they antici-
pate the well-known sect of Sanctifi-
cationists of our own time. In the
eighteenth century the doctrine of the
inward light led them to disparage or
neglect the Bible as outward and non-
essential. Elias Hicks emphasized
the Christ within. It is by insisting
on the divine communion that the
Friends have become a separate com-
munity.
The chief seat of the Quakers in
the United States is in Pennsylvaniz.
We have already seen how William
Penn established his Holy Experi-
ment, and how Germantown was set-
tled in 1683 by Mennonites from
Kriegsheim and Crefeld, and how, in
1719, Lancaster county was settled by
similar groups of Mennonites from
Switzerland. These were all practic-
Quakers. In similar manner
Philaaelphia became the center of the
English Quakers in the New World.
They have become split up into four
groups, the two principal bodies being
the so-called Orthodox Friends and
the Hicksite Friends. The latter
group, who object tc being called
Hicksites, were founded by Eiias
Hicks (died in 1830), who depreciated
the value of the Bible and recognized
no other Saviour than the inner light.
He so stated the doctrines of the pre-
existence, deity, incarnation and vi-
carious atonement of Chirst, of the
personality of Satan, and of eternal
punishment that he was charged with
being more or less in sympathy with
Unitarianism.
This group still remains. The Eng-
lish Quakers and the Swiss Quakers
or Mennonites have always felt their
close connection, and in the early days
at Germantown they often worshipped
togteher. It was to the monthly
meeting in Rigert Worrell’s house
that Pastorius, Hendricks and the Op-
den Graeff brothers presented the fa-
mous petition against slavery in 1688,
the first instance of the kind in Amer-
ica.
ANABAPTISTS IN AMERICA.
Strangely enough, the Anabaptists
are today practically extinct in Switz-
erland, where they began. Many com-
munities, however, still exist in var-
lous parts of southern Germany, and
especially in Holland, where they are
still strong.
The most interesting phase of their
history is not in Europe, but in the
Urhited States. “There can be little
doubt that there is a close connection
between the Anabaptists of Switzer-
land and Holland and the Quakers of
England. Barclay says of George
Fox, the founder of the Quakers, “We
are compelled to view him as the un-
conscious exponent of the doctrines,
practices and discipline of the ancient
and stricter party of the Dutch Men-
nonites.” As Judge Pennypacker
says, “To the spread of Mennonite
teachings in England we owe the ori-
gin of the Quakers and the settlement
of Pennsylvania.” When Wiliiam
Penn became a Quaker, he was filled
with missionary ferver; among his
other labors in the field of missions he
made two journeys to Holland and
Germany, by means of which he made
his doctrines known on the continent.
In 1681 Penn received from Charles;
II, in payment of a debt which the
government owed his father, Admiral
Penn, the grant of an immense tract
of land situated between New Jersey
and Maryland. He immediately plan-
ned what he called a “Holy Experi-
ment” in government, a state in which
religious as well as political freedom
should be granted to all. In order to
attract colonists he published a
pamphlet entitled “Some Account -f
the Province of Pennsylvania in
America,” in which the advantages of
the new world were set forth in a fa-
vorable light. Almost at the same
time a German translation was pub-
lished in Amsterdam. The result of
this pamphlet was the settlement of
Germantown by Quakers and Mennon-
ites from Kriegsheim and Crefeld.
Under the management of Franz Dan-
iel Pastorius, who went ahead to pre-
pare the way, they sailed in the ship
Concord, the Mayflower of the Ger-
mans of Pennsylvania, and landed in
Philadelphia October 6, 1683. This
settlement at Germantown is the pio-
neer of all German settlements in
America. :
THE SECOND MENNONITE EMIGRA-
TION.
Still more interesting is the second
Mennonite emigration to Pennsylva-
nia, this time from Switzerland in
1710. This movement, without doubt,
is closely connected with the settle-
ment of Germantown. The relations
between the Mennonites of Holiand
and Switzerland had always been very
close. Twice had the former made
formal protest to Berne and Zurich in
regard to the persecution of their
brethren; they had subscribed large
sums of money to alleviate the suffer-
ings of the exiled Swiss in the Palati-
nate, and a society had been formed
for the purpose of affording systemat-
ic assistance to all their suffering fel-
low believers. It was through the
Dutch Quakers undoubtedly that the
stream of Swiss emigration was first
turned to Fennsylvania, where the
success of Germantown seemed to as-
sure a similar prosperity to all.
We have seen how widespread the
Anabaptist movement had been in
Switzerland, especially in the Can-
tons of Zurich and Berne.. Of all their
doctrines that of refusing to bear
arms was. the most obnoxious to the
State. Exiled. again)and again, they
persisted in returning te their native
land. In 1716 the Canton of Berne
sent a large number of them to Hol-.
land, hoping thence to deport them to
America. This effort failed through
the refusal of Holland and England to
be a party to such enforced emigra-
tion. In 1711, however, the Mennon-
ites of Berne were o free trans-
portation down the Rhine, permission
to sell their property and to take their
families with them on condition that
they. ge themselves never to re-
turn to Switzerland. Their friends in
Holland urged them to do this and es-
pecially through the efforts of the
Dutch Ambassador in Switzerland the
exportation occurred. This was the
source of the well-known first settle-
ment in Lancaster county, Pennsylva-
nia, 1710, of which Bishop John Herr
and Martin Kundig were the leaders.
No sooner had these first settlers be-
come established than Martin Kundig
was sent back to Germany and Switz-
erland to bring over those who wished
to share their fortune. While there
were Mennonites settled in other
parts of Pennsylvania, Lancaster
county was and is still their chief cen-
ter. In general they have retained the
manners and customs of their fathers.
Many still dress in quaint garb, the
women wearing caps even:in.. their
housework. They worship in plain
meeting-housés, choose their: minis-
ters by lot, will not take oath or bear
arms. Yet while this is true, those
families which have moved to the city
or gone to other States have gradual-
ly left the old-fashioned faith of their |
fathers and become worldly, yet the
sect is comparatively large today, the
total number of all sects in all parts
of the United States amounting to
nearly sixty thousand.
Like all other denominations, the
Mennonites have had their schisms,
and are broken up into twelve branch-
es, some of which, however, have only
a few hundred communicants® The
most important, numerically as well
as historically, of these off-shoots is
that known as the Amish, founded by
Jacob Ammen, of the Canton Berne,
Switzerland, his purpose being to pre-
serve more severity and simplicity in
dress as well as doctrine. The use of
buttons was considered worldly vani-
ty, and only hooks and eyes were al-
lowed on the clothing. Hence they"
are often called “Hookers.” The Am-
ish still flourish in Pennsylvania,
where they worship in private houses,
have no regular minister and adhere
rigidly to the confession adopted by
the Synod of Dort in 1632.
But even in the new world the ten-
dency to schism showed itself. The
Reformed Mennonites were founded
by Francis Herr toward the end of the
eighteenth century. The River
Brethren were founded by Jacob Eng-
el, who came from Switzerland and
lived in Conestoga township. They
took their home name from the fact
that they originated near the Susque-
hanna River.—By Oscar Kuhns, in
The Christian Advocate.
Nurse Enters College;
Classmates.
Cares for
A record for adopting a means of
woking ones way through college has
been set by a girl who has just enter-
ed the Freshman class at Penn State.
She is Miss ‘Mildred Holobaugh, a
graduate nurse with experience ip ar- |
my camps, who desired ‘to ob a
college degree, and who has been ap-
pointed as a special health adviser to
the body of over 300 women students
at Penn State. She will have a small
dispensary and office in the main dor-
mitory for women, will maintain reg-
ular hours while not attending class-
es, and look after the general health
of the women students.
Miss Holobaugh is a graduate of
the Columbia hospital, Wilkinsburg,
and for more than a year has served
in the Walter Reed hospital in Wash-
ington, and at Camp Dix. Her home
is in Altoona, and she is enrolled in
the school of liberal arts in a course
that will eventually bring her a de-
gree of Bachelor of Arts. Her work
as a nurse with the women students
will come under the supervision of
the College Health Service, where she
will refer all other than minor cases
of illness.
The Health Service under the direc- |
tion of Dr. J. P. Ritenour, will have
two new nurses on its staff this year.
They are Miss Grace Thatcher and
Miss Ella Boyle, both of Pittsburgh,
and graduates of the Allegheny Gen-
eral hospital. During the war Miss
Thatcher had charge of the Philadel-
phia Red Cross headquarters, and su-
pervised the shipment of all supplies
to Europe. Miss Boyle was for five
years in charge of a dispensary in one
of the large department stores of
Pittsburgh.
Crops in Pennsylvania Reported as
Good Despite Damage Caused
by Rain.
A report by the Department of Ag-
riculture on the conditions of Penn-
sylvania crops says “growing condi-
tions during the past month proved
beneficial to all important crops ,but
continuous rainfall caused damage to
shock oats and developed some rot in
potatoes, peaches and tomatoes and
delayed all farm work.”
The conditions of crops on Septem-
ber 1 indicated yields as follows:
Corn, 63,729,000 bushels; spring
wheat, 313,000 bushels; oats, 41,729,-
000 bushels; barley, 357,000 bushels;
buckwheat, 5,311,000 bushels; pota-
toes, 25,001,000 bushels; sweet pota-
toes, 119,000 bushels; tobacco, 56,426,
000 pounds; hay, 4,169,000 tons; ap-
ples, 21,330,000 bushels; peaches, 1,-
744,000 bushels; pears, 657,000 bush-
els. | :
The number of stock hogs on hand
September 1 was estimated at 1,083,
000, as compared with 1,165,000 in
1919. The total production of wool
this season is estimated at 4,560,000
pounds as compared with 4,863,000
pounds in 1919.
Polished Young Man.
A recent want ad:
Wanted—Apartment by a young
man with hardwood finish.—¥Fargo
Forum.
——Listen, and in the deepest hol-
low of loneliness we can hear the
voice of the Shepherd.—Fiona Mac-
leod.
“" PENNSYLVANIA’S FORESTS.
Short Talks on the Forests and the
** “Lumber Situation.
By Gifford Pinchot, Chief Yorester of
Pennsylvania.
MAINTAINING THE TIMBER LEVEL.
By cutting only the right trees, by
giving young trees a chance to grow
up as fast as the mature ones are cut,
and by keeping the fires out of the
forests, it is possible for Pennsylva-
nia to maintain a steady level of pro-
duction in its lumber industry.
Pennsylvania uses great quantities
of wood each year. Expressed in sim-
ple terms the Commonwealth’s annu-
al consumption of wood amounts to
the equivalent of about five billion
board feet. So much lumber, stretch-
ed end to end would make a wooden
inch thick and forty feet wide.
Not all of this is lumber used in
building operations and manufactur-
ing. It includes also railroad ties,
fencing, mine timbers, pulp wood,
shingles, slack cooperage, tight coop-
erage, wood for distillation, veneer
logs, telegraph poles, and firewood.
Nearly the whole of it could and
should be produced in Pennsylvania,
with a great deal left over for export
as well. 4 :
In 1899 Pennsylvania’s lumber cut
was in excess of the State’s consump-
tion. Nine years later we started to
import lumber. Today our lumber
users must go outside the State—and
in most cases pay for freight hauls of
{ thousands of miles—for more than
half the lumber necessary in the in-
dustrial life of the Commonwealth.
To maintain Pennsylvania’s normal
level of forest production, it is, how-
ever, necessary first to get back to it.
Before all else, the reclamation of
our forest lands is what we need.
First, we must keep down the fires;
| sccond, we must put an end to forest
i
i devastation. In other words, we must
' see that young trees are permitted to
{ grow where mature ones have been
removed.
The penalties the Commonwealth
must pay for not maintaining its tim-
loss to the consumers of wood in every
form, in the high prices they must
pay, including freight charges; with
corresponding increase in the cost of
living; in the loss caused by floods,
the loss in soil values, the loss of
wages, and many other losses acutely
felt by all of the people.
The mere statement of the fact that
from a lumber exporting State we
have fallen to a lumber importing
State is sufficient to arouse the inter-
est of the people of Pennsylvania.
The reason for this is not found in
the increase in population and manu-
facturing. We have less manufactur-
ing of lumber in Pennsylvania than
we had twenty years ago, and our per
capita consumption of lumber has not
increased.
The big answer to the loss of our
timber level is found in the bald hills
who travel over the State.
| When we conquer fires and put an
rend to forest devastation, when we |
| give the - young "trees a chance to
i grow, we shall have started on the re- |
turn trip, + Then conservative lumber-.
ling under sound practical direction
‘will maintain Pennsylvania’s timber
level and immeasurably increase the
prosperity of our Commonwealth.
State College Receives First Public
Endowment.
For the first time in its history, the
Pennsylvania State College has re-
| ceived financial aid through a public
endowment fund. Announcement
was made here that the Rocker-
feller Institute for Medical Research
has made a grant of $5000 for the
current year in aid of the researches
lin animal nutritions. Existing upon
| the usual State and Federal mainte-
nance appropriations, which are re-
quired by law, the college has never
before received support from such
outside sources. The U. S. Depart-
ment of Agriculture until July 1st of
| this year has assisted in this research
in animal nutrition, but cut off its
aid at that time.
For the past twenty years the col-
lege Institute of Animal Nutrition,
which is closely allied with the school
of agriculture, has been conducting
experiments and research work under
the direction of Dr. H. P. Armsby,
one of the leading scientists of the
country. In this work he designed
and built the only animal respiration
calorimeter in the United States
which determines the efficiency of
dairy cows and beef steers as mechan-
isms for converting inedible farm
crops and by-products into human
food and thus adding to the total food
supply of the country. It is looked
upon as a study of national economy
in food production.
A New Lincoln Story.
A recent visitor to an old lady in
Springfield, Illinois, who knew Lin-
coln well, was told this story of the
great martyr President.
On one of his flatboat trips down
the Ohio River, Lincoln found the oth-
er boatman with him to be a rough,
drinking lot. They planned to go
ashore and “celebrate” at the first
town approached, and urged young
Abe to go with them. Lincoln refus-
ed to be induced to join them, in
spite of taunts and gibes. They call-
ed him “sissy” and “preacher” and
other epithets, but Abe only smiled
and said he was responsible with them
for the cargo, which belonged to
another man. The men went ashore
and spent the night in the saloon
while Lincoln watched the raft. In
the morning the men came aboard,
rolling before them a barrel of whis-
key. Young Lincoln then said, “You
call me a ‘sissy’ and a ‘mollycoddle,’
but I'll stump you to lift up the keg
and drink from the bunghole.” They
eouldn’t very well back out, and so
each one tried to lift the keg to his
mouth but in vain. Then the young
giant, Lincoln, grasped the keg by
either rim and slowly muscled it up
to his knees, then to his chest, and
then with a mighty shove up over his
head until the bunghole was above
his mouth. He didnt drink a drop,
but with 2 mighty heave tossed the
keg overboard.
belt for Mother Earth, with plenty of |
room for bucking and overlapping, an '
berilevel make. themselves felt in the |
and barren wastes so familiar to all | mother.
FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN
DAILY THOUGHT.
Oh, many a shaft at random sent
Finds mark the archer little meant,
And many a word at random spoken
May soothe er wound a heart
| broken.—Scott.
that's
ETIQUETTE NOTES,
! A woman who marries does not give
up her given name, or Christian name,
let us say, but is just as much obliged
to use it in signing her name as she
ever was.
A woman who has been christened
Mary is Mary to the end of her life,
and no matter how often she marries,
her chirstian name is still her individ-
ual name proper.
When a woman who is named Mary
marries 2 man named John Smith, she
does not change her name to John, but
she adds the Smith; she is Mrs. John
Smith by courtesy, but by law she is
Mary Smith. If her name was Mary
Brown, she drops Brown only and
taks Smith in its stead.
In signing a legal paper, a deed for
.example, or a mortgage, the law
makes it obligatory for a woman to
sign her own christian name and not
: her husband’s; she must-sign’ herself
Mary Smith and not Mrs. John Smith.
It is very bad form to sign one’s
self Miss or Mrs, to assert one’s title,
as it were, at the foot of a letter or a
manuscript for publication, and ar-
gues but small acquaintance with the
regulations of the accepted social
code.
A man, however, little versed in the
usages of the polite world, rarely
commits the error of signing himself
Mr. How would it look for a man to
sign an article he had written—Mr.
John Peabody? It would look absurd
and be a proof of his ignorance of
good form.
It is nearly as bad form for a wom-
an to sign herself Mrs. Mary Smith &s
to sign herself Mrs. John Smith, but
not quite so ridiculous. Where one
wishes the fact to be known that one
1s married, itis only necessary: lo
place the title Mrs. in parenthesis, as
follows (Mrs.) Mary J. Smith.
. Growing children have certain spe-
, cial needs in the way of food. Like
grown people, children must be sup-
plied with “what is necessary for
health and strength, but, unlike them,
they must be given also ‘what is nec-
essary for development.
Even when children eat all their
meals at home it is no easy matter to
see that they are properly fed; and
when they eat some of their meals a:
sthool the difficulty is far greater. it
1s not easy to make food attractive
and to keep it clean when it must be
packed and carried in a lunch basket.
Nor is it easy to prepare meals i=
places like schools which are not spe-
citlly fitted for the purpose.
i The following bills of fare suggest-
; ed by food specialists of the United
! States Department of Agriculture for
| the lunch basket may help the busy
| Sandwiches with sliced tender meat
| for filling; baked apple, cookies, or a
| few lumps of sugar; slices of meat
‘loaf or bean loaf, bread and butter
sandwiches, stewed fruit, small frost-
-ed.cake; crisp vols; hollowed out and
filled with chopped meat or fish,
moistened and seasoned, or mixed
| with salad dressing, orange, apple, a
| mixture of sliced fruit, or berries and
cake; lettuce or celery sandwiches,
cup custard, jelly sandwiches; cottage
cheese and chopped green-pepper
sandwiches, or a pot of cream cheese
with bread and butter sandwiches,
peanut sandwiches, fruit and cake;
hard boiled eggs, crisp baking-powder
biscuits, celery or radishes, brown
sugar or maple sugar sandwiches:
bottle of milk, thin corn bread and
butter, dates, apple; raisin or nut
bread with butter, cheese, orange, ma-
ple sugar; baked bean and lettuce
Sandwiches, apple sauce, sweet choc-
olate.
Of course everything tastes good at
a picnic, where plenty of fresh air is
sure to sharpen the appetite. Never-
theless, where one prepares many of
these outdoor meals it is gc od to have
a variety of sandwich recipes on hand,
so that this typical viand will always
be welcome.
Remember that picnic sandwiches
should be more substantial than those
dainty affairs you make for afternoon
tea or party refreshments. The picnic
sandwich very often is the main dish
of the meal. Use bread that is a day
old, as it will cut better, and if you
are afraid it will dry out too quickly,
wrap the made sandwiches in a damp
napkin or tea towel. Those wax sand-
wich envelopes to be bought by the
pack for 10 cents are an excellent way
in which to pack sandwiches to keep
them moist.
In making a great many sand-
wiches, butter the cut end of the loaf
before you slice it off. In this way
you will be able to spread the butter
easier and cut the bread thinrer. Do
not trim the crust from picnic sand-
wiches unless it is very tough. Rath-
er cut the bread thin and leave it on.
Let your butter stand out of the ice
box for a few minutes before you be-
gin to spread and you will find it will
go farther without skimping on it.
Nothing is so disappointing as a sand-
wich sparingly buttered.
Canned corn, peas, beans, and as-
paragus may show no signs of spoil-
age to the eye, and still when opened
may have a sour taste and a disagree-
able odor. This trouble is known to
the canner as “flat-sour,” and can pe
avoided, if the canner will use vegeta-
bles that have been gathered not more
than five or six hours, blanch, cold-
dip, pack one jar at a time, and place
each jar in the canner as it is packed.
The first jar in will not be affected by
the extra cooking. When the steam-
pressure canner is used, the jars or
cans may be placed in the retort and
the cover placed in pesition but not
clamped down until the retort is filled.
Rapid cooling prevents overcooking,
clarifies the liquid, and preserves the
shape and texture.
Save the liquor in which meat has
been boiled and use it for the founda-
tion of vegetable soup.
Bread pudding with prunes in it can
be served with a lemon sauce, and the
whole family will relish it.
The Gift of Folly to Science.
Along. the road that:leads to knowl-
edge are scattered many fake-shops,
which as a rule do a flourishing and
profitable business. For the chief
Yeakpess of the human mind is credu-
ity.
But, by a curious paradox, the fool-
ishness factories every now and then
produce something that proves of sub-
stantial usefulness to science.
But, by a curious paradox, the fool-
years ago a man named Perkins in-
vented what he called a “magnetic
tractor,” for drawing diseases out of
folks. It was shaped like a pair of
compasses, with one leg of silver and
the other of copper. When the two
points were passed over the afflicted
part of the body the instrument was
supposed by some electrical means to
alleviate or cure the trouble.
The “tractors” undoubtedly did ben-
efit many people; also Perkins, who
sold them for $5 apiece. They made
such a sensation that scientists took
the matter up, investigating it thor-
oughly and proved that imagination
did the work. Blindfolded persons
were relieved of pain by the contact
of a couple of pointed sticks of wood,
which they mistook for the instrument
in question.
_ The whole business was plain fool-
ishness. . Nevertheless, the interest it
awakened led to the first opening up
of the field of electro-therapy, discoy-
eries in which have proved of such
Immense importance to medical
science.
Today, as the newest contribution
to psuedo-science, we have the implan~
tation of goats’ glands in human
tissues, which is declared to have a
rejuvenating effect. One man who
submitted himself to it writes:
“There was an immediate improve-
ment in my entire system, and that
vigor has continued. I am now fift
years old, but I feel as young as
did in my twenties.”
Other current news relates to the
discovery of an exilir of life—a secre-
tion of the thyroid gland which prom-
ses to restore youth and extend the
term of human life.
Most of this is really old stuff, Ii
harks back to the famous experi-
ments of Doctor Brown-Sequard, who
more’ than twenty years ago.was con-
vinced that he had obtained from an-
imal glands (not the thyroid) a true
elixir of life.
Doctor Brown-Sequ: rd’s discovery
was proved to be an absurdity. Nev-
ertheless, the interest awakened by
it led directly to investigations that
revealed a whole realm of facts in re-
gard to the so-called “physiologic
drugs,” which have proved so wonder-
fully valuable as medicines.
Certain glands in the human body
secrete substances which are true
drugs and which are necessary to the
physical economy, controlling certain
functions. Thus, for example, a se-
cretion of the “adrenal” gland (on top
of each kidney) governs blood pres-
sure. In medicine (derived from the
corresponding gland of the sheep,) it
is used to control blood pressure and
to prevent bleeding in surgical opera-
tions.
Other important uses are found for
drugs derived from the thyroid (in the
throat), the pituitary gland (in the
brain,) the pancreas, etc. But none of
them renews. youth. ¥
Why a Cat Has Whiskers.
All members of the cat family, the
common household tabby as well as
tigers and other big forest cats, have
2 marvelous power of vision and can
see very well in the dark, but it is
not through the power of vision alone
that the cat is able to move about so
surely and silently in the night. The
project from the muzzle and above
the eyes have quite a lot to do with
it
The whiskers of any of the cat fam-
ily are really delicate organs of touch
each growing from a gland nerved to
infinite sensibility. Though the long
hair is itself very tough and insensible
the slightest touch upon it is distinet-
ly felt by the animal. If perfectly de-
veloped their whiskers project to such
a degree that from. point to point they
stretch just the width of the animal’s
body, so that in moving through a
thicket, for instance, the animal knows
that it can pass without touching a
leaf or twig with its body if its head
and whiskers will go through and
between the bushes without the whis-
kers touching. As the cat’s body is
under perfect control, the animal can
stop instantly at the slightest touch
upon a whisker, and will not break
down even a cobweb, if that has been
the obstruction touched or caused to
rustle a dead, dry leaf.—Emmett
Campbell Hall.
An ill-assorted couple surpris-
ed a young lawyer upon whom they
called, by a demand for an immediate
divorce. ;
“Which one wants the divorce?”
“Both of us.”
“On what grounds?” .
“Assault with intent to kill,” recit-
ed the woman in a mechanical tone.
The young lawyer turned to the
man: “Why, you haven't done that,
have you?” . .
“Not yet, but I will, by thunder!
MEDICAL.
Good Advice
A Bellefonte Citizen Gives Informa-
tion of Priceless Value.
When you suffer from backache,
Headaches, dizziness, nervousness,
Feel weak, languid, depressed,
Have annoying urinary disorders;
Do you know what te do?
Some Bellefonte people do.
Read the statement that follows.
It’s from a Bellefonte citizen.
Testimony that can be investigated.
Mrs. Fred K. Houser, 10 Potter St.,
says: “I have used Doan’s Kidney
Pills and found them very beneficial,
in fact, Doan’s Kidney Pills cured me
of very serious kidney trouble. I
gladly recommend Doan’s to any one
bothered with weak kidneys. ,
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don’t
simply ask for a kidney remedy—get
Doan’s Kidney Pills—the same that
Mrs. Houser had. Foster-Milburn
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