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EPHSUM WADE'S STANDBY HAYI50. pirum U'ade aat down In Uie aha.de And took off bia harmakerhiL rnkh helxld Oa a tuaork of (jnuw, and be pulled out the plug TUat Jmloua'j raed toe old Irotiatooe Jur. And eH.'kln hia Jug on oia elbow he rigged A aort of a ' borae-up- you know, and be aaiif- A pint of hard cider or ao at a crack A act down tbe Jug wlh a aalialled aiuaek. "Aba," aald he, -that grow, the hair on ye, bub; My rule duiln' liayiu'a more cider, (cm grub. I bike It, 8Hh, wholly to atlddy my nerves And nn la the tw hole 1 pitch 'cm aotne currea Ou a drink of al night cider in Iuuiikoukt Klutpe Tbana felercould doou tbe Juice of the grape. Some new folderinos come 'long every day. All aorts of new Jiggera to help yer ttay, Inipnivi-tiient on cutu-r bani, tioes forka and mkes. And tldft and smtdeni and all of them fukex. But all of Uier pa ten In ain't Hxed tt ao yit That hay in' Us done wilboat git-up-and-giu If ye want tbe right ntuir, aah, to take up the alack. The stuff to put buckram right inter yer back. The stuff that will timber and lie np yer J'iuta, Jest trot out some cider and drink ov It pinta. It ain't gut nopulenu it be! pa you make bayi Alt helped outour dads in tbelrold tinbloned way. Moutsse and ginger and water won't do; Twill irrigate some, but it won't ae ye through; And ice water'll chill ye, aud skim milk la durn Menu ntuff any place, aah. except iu a churn. I'm a temperate nun, aa a general rule The man who giu bit by the adder, a foot But when it cornea bayiu' and fblka have to strain, I tell you, old cider's a standby In "Maine." Then Ephrum Wade reclined in the shade. And patiently gazed ou the bay while It "made." lewiKtoo (Me.) Evening Journal. A GRAFTOX THE FAMILY TREE. The house was old, even for Rosques bury. To-night tbe Vindows blazed with light. lion fires burned at tbe corners of tbe crooked old streets that wound about it and rockets cut sharply through tbe smoke that r"e slowly from them. Beneath tbe wide old roof that spread above tbe twinkling windows, more tban one of the signers of the Declara tion of American Independence had feasted and slept in the grand old time of long ago. For the first owner of tbe place had been a patriot a rich, gener ous man, proud and brave. In the long picture gallery burjg bis portrait, the grim, powder-burnt face looking sternly down from its frame. And on the pages of the histories down in the li brary was his name in honorable place. To-night the great-grandson of tbe brave old man bad called his friends together, and tbe ancient walls rang with merrymaking. This great-grandson was a man worthy of bis sire. Proudly he traced bis lineage back to tbe stern old war rior w ho looked down from the gallery wall. Tbere were those who declared that in Philip Aunet-ley tbe old man lived again. But to-night when the great fires leaped and danced among the logs piled up in the old streets, and tbe priceless chandeliers in tbe old balls and parlors twinkled and shone like new constella tions, and tbe music from many-slriug-ed instruments throbbed through tbe great rooms, nobody of all tbe gay com pany gave thought to a time so long gone. Tbe present happintss was suf ficient. Ladies in quaint costumes, aud men in quaint old clothes, danced and chat ted behind puzzling mat-ks, for this was a masquerade, and from the ocean came a soft, caressing wind, adding its sweet ness to tbe beauty of it all. In the yellow breeches and blue coat and diamond buckles of bis illustrious ancestor, Philip Annesley moved among his guests, and many a bright eye peeped slyly out at him, and many a white band stayed bis progress through tbe great rooms. He had made an oration in tbe town ball to day that had brushed tbe asbes of in difference aside, and set patriotism aglow. Tbere was no mistaking tbe tall figure with its swinging walk and courteous bow and the kindly poise of tbe stately head. So be must stop and listen to low-spoken words of praise, to pretty, daring compliments from lips that were safely bidden from his laugh ing blue eyes. Up-stairs. in a great luxurious cham ber, sat, even so late as this, a wee. faded old woman. A woman so pale and so still that but for tbe great shin ing eyes one might bave thought her dtad. On ber lips was a calm, un changing smile, and in ber eyes shone a soft light Tbe fire that burned even to-night in the quaintly-tiled fireplace threw t plashes of soft red light among tbe shadows that loved to cling to her. She was old almost a hundred years old. Her shining ryes bad looked into tbe faces of more tban one of the men whose names were being honored to night. As tbe music grew louder she leaned forward, her hands catching at each other like Arables claws. "I did it; I wouder if death is wait ing for me to repent? I did it, and I am not yet sorry nor afraid. It was best; she was but a puny thing. Tbe stock wua too old. There's nothing in blood. It is in tbe aouL Blood, for sooth! Men are made in moulds like diamonds or pearls or ust-lees pebbles. Each independent of all others. But tbe soul tbe thing that lives; it is that and place. I filled the place with tbe soul tbat I love. That is all. - Filled it so long ago so long ago that even Na ture has forgotten, and people trace re semblance to to It was at twelve o'clock on a night like this, and the next night Alice died. No wonder, poor thing! But I am not sorry nor afraid. Is it you, Edith? Come," The last words were spoken in answer to a repeated knock at tbe door. Through tbe soft wavering firelight a girl came and stood beside the great cushioned chair. ouaU I help you to bed now, Mlsa Annesley ?'' To bed? To-night? Ah, no. Go away, child! Tbe music, don't you hear it ? That is rest for me. They are doing Lira honor. He is a king among them, my Philip." "How you love him?' I ''Love him? I have loved him SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 2. 1 809. through three generations. At last he loves me and is grateful. It Is coming, the happiness, at last," "All this is too much for you. Shall I not close the doors and help you to bed?" "No; not one door must you close. Not one. Open them wide, wider. Let me bear more. It was this night sixty years ago, and we were in Florence. I met Philip there, but it was too late! He painted my picture and and you know It, the one at tbe end of the gal lery that is priceless because of tbe sig nature it bears. But ab, fame as well as love may come too late! He was dead when tbe world knew a geuius had lived! He painted my picture. I was like it sixty years ago in fair Flor ence, aud I you are right, Edith, the music baa gone to my head. Send Hannah. At twelve come back to me, I want you then." The girl went reluctantly away. Not one of the fair faces behind the dainty masks down stairs was fairer than hers. Not a voice was softer, nor a form more graceful. But she was not of these. Fate or chance or providence, or what ever uuseen power it is that directs or decrees the destinies of mortals, bad drifted ber life alongside Miss Annes- ley's, and she was giving her youth and strength for the food aud shelter that would euable her to live ou aud grow old. Fifteen years ago Miss Annesler had gone on a journey, aud she had re turned with a child, a little, shy, quiet girl, with big brown eyes and close-cut. reddish hair. And tbe child bad made a place for herself. Not friend, not serv ant, not anything but Edith. And the years had crept past them, bringing tbe changes tbat make life. She raised tbe lace slightly aud look ed laughingly at hi in. "You wouldn't know me if tbe lace were quite gone," she said. "But I want to; may I V he said, ea gerly. She shook her head. "No. I live so far, so unmeasurably far from all this." "Are you a little nuu escaped from the convent over in the city, or a being from another world ?" he asked. "Be cause " "That is it. I am a being from an other world," she laughed. "And it is in my dreams tbat I have seen you," be said. "Beally," with a pretty retrospective air, "I do not recollect appearing in any of them." "But would you know? Really, the people of your world are very provok ing. And alas, tbat is true of tbe peo ple of mine! I see the girl who whee dled me into asking for the next waltz looking this way. When I can get away from her, will you let me find you here?" "But how shall I know?" "The waltz you gave me the waltz of waltzes it shall be to me forever I will order tbat again. You know it? Ah, you remember too! When you bear it, come, please," and then he left her. What a dreamof beauty it was! An hour ago she watched the rockets from her dormer window, all alone. Aud now she was in the very heart of the merrymaking. She danced and chat ted and laughed, a small bright thing with a film of rare old lace across her fatse and a quaint rose-strewn gown and small high-heeled slippers. And then she stole away to the alcove to wait no, he was waiting for her! - "You bave come. I bave been watch ing you for hours and hours. What are you ? A picture stepped from its frame, the spirit of some fair dead dame, a real flesh-and-blood girl ?' "All three," she laughed, and then her heart stood still. Tbe clock on the stairs began to strike. "It is twelve tbe witches' hour. With the last stroke you must take tbe lace away!" She knew tbe old hall. At tbe back of the alcove was a door. Could she reach it? "A fan, please. On the table get one for me." Slowly tbe heavy strokes beat through the music. When he brought tbe fan she was gone. On the rug lay a small slipper. Laughingly hi tucked it in his pocket. The house was dark. At the street orners tbe fires were dying sullenly. Now and then a lonely rocket swept the sky. Once in a while a loud explo sion rent tbe silence. ' Tbe Fourth was again a thing of tbe past. With a little white slipper in his band, Philip stood in his room. "I wonder who she is ? What a tiny foot! And the little hand surely I do know ber, and yet Does a man in this pro saic age fall in love after such romantic fashion ? And yet yes, I want to find my litile Cinderella. I must know her." He turned the shoe over. Had he sen it before ? It was then tbat Hannah came to him with tidings that put the merry nuking out of his mind. "Come sir, come quick! Such a sight as is waiting. It is Miss Bert a, sir, go ing, going at last!" Silently be followed ber. In her chair eat tbe wee, worn old woman, ber face ghastly, her eyes glaz ed, her bands clutching some yellowed papers. "Philip, I saw my spirit to-night I crept all alone to the stair and looked down, crouching there, and I saw you with my spirit, and there was the light of love in your eyes, and now there is no longer any reason why this old body should live on. I am satisfied, but not sorry, Philip, not sorry. Love has pre vailed." The voice ceased, the eyes closed, and that was alL Philip raised tbe wee form and laid it tenderly on tbe cano pied bed. Hannah gathered up tbe pa pers and gave them to Edith. In the morning when a few friends were gath ered in tbe old bouse she carried tbem to Philip. He aat alone in one of tbe small parlors. "I find here tbe carefully written di rections for the funeral. Tbe clothes she wore when the portrait was paint ed do you know where they are?'' He looked up and started slightly. "Yes I will bring them." She came back with the folded linen and laid it she said. "I bave looked for It." Hia face flushed a little and he look ed up at her, a quiet little woman with ft" 1 u 1UI rOAM ESTABLISHED 1627. a white ruffled cap pulled low over her lk.i...i uwi uu cyrs. "Have these been disturbed?" he asked. She threw up her bead and seemed taller. "Yes, I wore them last night, and I lost one of the shoes. I am sorry." ' He took the lost slipper from the pocket of bis coat aud laid it beside the other. "I bave found you," be said quietly. "This sad event will necessitate some change la your life," be began, form ally, but, glaucing at thf ashamed, red dened face, be weutou hurriedly: "This is not a fitting season, but I shall not see you for a while aloue not before I go away. Aud I want to say it all now, please. I love you. Will you give me tbe right to take care of you ? After all, we know each other better than I thought. Will you be my wife, Edith?" It was not the wooing she had dream ed of, but the voice was low and tender, and tbe eyes full of entreaty. So. very slowly, with the slippers and the rose strewn gown between tbem she whim pered: "Yes." Together they unfolded the papers- old love-letters, some of them were and then a little scarlet-bound diary, dated fixty years ago. In gilt letters was the name, "Alice Annesley." Sev eral leaves were tied together with a bit of faded ribbon. Philip untied it and together they read: "Florence, June 3Lth, IS. Our baby is a girL Horace will be disappointed; Berta is. The Brents bave a fine boy, born the same night as ours. They are inirtrrahly poor. Berta aays Philip is a genius, but she loves him still, in spite of bis wife and boy! Poor Berta! "July 5th. My head is queer. Berta says so. bue aisnuisseu tue nurse ana sat with me alone, last night. Tbe new nurse tells me that my baby is a boy. I wish Horace was here. I am strange ly weak. It is the Brent baby tbat is a girl, and mine " Here tbe faint scrawl broke off. "Brent?" Edith drew out the locket "It is here, the name, you know, and I can show It to you now. Philip oened it Ou oue lid were engraved the names, Philip Brent and Berta An net ley, and facing each other were two pictures. Oue like Miss An- nesley's portrait and the other "It is yourself, Philip," Edith whis pered. ' -Tbere was another paper in which was recorded the death of Philip Brent and, later, tbe marriage of his daugh ter, Edith, to Arthur Wylde. "That was my grandfather. When be and granny died Miss Annesley brought me here,"' Editu said, woudct- ingly. Later, they stood beside tbe wte, ghastly form in tbe rose-strewn gown. "Did she know you, Edith T' Philip asked. Philip had come home now and then from bis wanderings, and bis heart had gone out to this wee, old woman in tbe great chamber. This living morsel of a long-gone past She told him stories of tbe men of long ago; and sometimes when he came after tbe shadows had gathered in the big chamber, and tbe fire burned in the tiled fireplace, t-be told bim of tbe great and wonderful love tbat had come into her life a love tbat was immortal and could never die. It was iu Florence, and she was young, and that world was fair to see. She pointed to the walls where hung quaintly beautiful pictures of tbe old city, as the story went on; but there was a picture across which bung a cur tain of priceless tapestry, and this be was never permitted to see. He knew tbat the curtain hid the face of hr lover. "Did he die?" Philip asked one night when the red firelight gathered about tbe wee witch -looking figure, bringing to it the curves of youth. "Die? Almost everybody has died in a way, Philip, but not really, you know. My lover is alive." The glow of tbe. uncanny old eyes made Philip turn from her. "It was in Florence where my father was born. Was it then? So long ago?" be asked. "It was then, but it is not so long when you've measured it step by step. Yes, it was then. It began and ended no, it hasn't ended. Alice died. She was your grandmother. She knew, but she died. She was frail; that was why we went to Florence. . And Hor ace was gone. Certainly, she would bave died any way. Leave me now, Philip. My head is yes, go now!" Only to-night, before tbe gay compa ny bad gathered, be bad been with her. He bad come in all tbe bravery of bis great-grandfather's uniform, and she had fondled bim with her claw-like fingers, and watched him with ber burning eyes. His heart was full of pity for tbe wee, worn creature propped in tbe great chair. "Not many women are so happy as I, Philip. I've had my lover through three generations, in spite of all tbat came between," she said, as if her bright eyes read the pity be could not conceal. And Edith had come in, a quiet little body, in her dark dress and white apron and cap. To Philip she was a part of the room; one of the things that belonged to the old woman whose world it was. He had never Been ber out of it, never thought of her except as he thought of the pictures and the shadows in the queer place. His visits home were short; his life belonged to tbe world beyond. Tbe house was at h rob with music to night when Edith closed Miss An nes ley's dnor and walked down tbe corri dor and past the jioor that shut off tbe stairs leading to her own little room under the eaves, stopping at last before Miss Annesley'8 portrait at tbe end; ev ergreens and flowers were twisted about tbe grim old pictures of dead and-gone Annesley a. At tbe end of the gallery hung the picture of Miss Annesley, and Edith stood entranced before it. She had been there not a few times, and each time this picture had drawn her to it with an irresistible fascination. Tbe pictured face was a marvel of beauty with its tweet brown eyes and smiling lps and it frame of softly-parted ltd brown hair. "Beautiful, beautiful! Is there a like ness even now? In my dreams of mother strely I know the face. The hair, the eyes, the smiling lips ah, the taunting memory tbat fades when I grasp it! It is like" Paler, aud with hands suddenly cold, she took from the bosom of her dress a little flat locket Looking around cautiously, she held it to her lips. "Ouly this once, Granny; nobody will ever know!" she whisper ed, and then carefully opened the case. "It is like the oue of the picture, and and" Edith shivered aud turned away. "It is like the picture, and I yes I, am like it! Not a woman down there iu the ball is prettier. Not oue." She tiptoed part-way down a broad stair, and stood looking at the gay scene be low her. "I might do it, just this once. It is two long hours before twelve. Sucb long hours when the music is throb bingand tbe others are dancing. There are gowus, lovely gowus in those old trunks. I saw them when I went to get Philip's costume. I might" The attic was not far from ber own small corner in the great house. Bend lug over the deep cedar chest she drew out a package carefully done up in white linen. Tbere was a faiut r fuuie of lavender that was like a dim memory of long ago. "This ia it tbe costume in tbe pic ture, the white and pink brocade! And tbe mitts and ribbons and lace, and even tbe tiny white slippers all but tbe locket" With flushed cheeks Edith gathered up tbe bundle and ran to her room. I Wore her small mirror xhe dressed herself and laughed aloud at the sound of the high heels of the tiny slippers on the bare floor. It was easy to pull the soft red brown curls about her ears in the fashion of the picture, and then she stood tbe liv ing image of the portrait of Miss Au nesley at the end of the gallery. A piece of the filmy lace pulled across ber flushed face answered for a mask, half revealing ber happy eyes and smil ing lips. Again she crept down tbe gallery stairs. Slowly, fart her aud farther, tim idly at last, for at the foot Philip stood amid a group of laughing girls. One step more and unnoticed she had be come oneof tbem. Philip's eyes found her, a demure little figure in a quaint rose-strewn gown. "Vhre sbsll I seek a partner, fair ladies? Who is willing to dauce with so clumsy a mau as I on a night so warm? Will you?" He bowed low before Edith. "Yes," she whLpered, wondering if oue of ber shy little dreams had come true. Edith had not been taught to dance, but tbe bad watched the merrymaking here in the eld ball many a time, and her heart was light and the place athrob with music, and with Philip's strong arm about ber she floated through the sea of melody like a thistle-down in a summer wind. "You dance like a fairy," Philip sai J. "Tbat is because I bave never been taught to dance like a woman," she laughed. "Have you not?" She shook her head. H drew Ber into a pretty alcove where the sea breeze swayed the curtains softly. "Won't you take tbat provoking bit of lace away? I'm sorely tormented bixause of it I know you, aud yet I d not The gown, the poise of tbe head, tbe tone of tbe voice, the hair wbo is it tbat you ar like?" She laughed softly (there was no danger of being betrayed by a sound be had never beard iu tbat dim chamber up-stais) as he took off bis mask and looked eagerly at her. How handsome he was! and to talk like this to bim to Philip! "The delusion is a pleasant one," she said. "Yes, the very roses in your gown, and your hands do take tbe lace away." He leaned toward her in gen tl; pleading. "How can I tell? No, surely not, else What does it all mean, Philip? See, tbe curtain is gone from tbe pic ture, and it is why, Philip, it is like you! What does it all mean ?" "It means that tbere has been a graft on tbe family tree," be said, gravely, bis eyes on the handsome pic ture. "Has some wrqug been done, Philip? She was good to me." He looked down into the troubled, puzzled face, "It can do no barm now, Edith. Right and love have prevail ed." And he kissed the frightened face tenderly. "She said that last night I don't understand; but oh, Philip, I was so alone, and now I am so glad, so happy, for I love you." Ellen Frizwell Wyc koff. Aa Artansaw Editor' Fate. An Arkansas editor recently ordered a pair of trousers from a tailor. Oa tryiug them on tbey proved to be sev eral inches too long. It being late Sat urday night tbe tailor shop was closed and tbe editor took the trousers to his wife, asked ber to cut them off and hem them over. The good lady, whose dinner perhaps disagreed with her, brusquely refused. The same result followed aa application to his wife's sister aud also tbe oldest daughter. But before bed time, tbe wife, relenting, took tbe pants and cut six inches from the legs, hemmed tbem up nicely aud returned tbem to tbe closet Half an hour later ber daughter, taken with compunction for ber unrllial conduct, took the trousers, cut off six Inches and replaced them. Finally the sister in law felt the pangs of conscie nee, and she too performed an additional surgi cal operation oa the garmeut When the editor appeared at breakfast Sun day morning tbe family thought a highland chief had arrived. Speaking of Wheeler's Nerve Vital izer, Mrs. Ida Sbertum, Holste'.n, Mich., says, "It cured me of nervous prostration and epilepsy. I am a liv ing testimonial of its merits." It cures aU nervous diseases. For sale at Garman's Drug Store, Berlin, Pa. and Mountain A Son's Drug Store, Conflu ence, Pa. I 1 j1 T Feeding New Corn. It is the custom of many farmers to comineuce feeding new corn to hogs as soon as it ia in the roast tug-ear, making it, with the addition of a pasture fre quently scanty, the sole feed from that time until tbe bogs are finished for the market This is a wasteful practice. How wasteful, any farmer can see for himself, says Wallace's Farmer, if he will pull off an earof coru ia roasting- ear, hang it up to dry, pulling one each week until the writ is ready to cut up, aud then, about the It of December, wheu all are thoroughly dry, shell and weigh the grains on each ear, taking care that the ears selected be as uearly as possible of the same length and tbe same number of rows. He will then understand as he never did before that up to the roasting-ear stage the corn piaut is simply getting ready to work, aud that its work of storing food in the ear is done in a comparatively short period. If, there fore, the farmer feeds corn in the roasting-ear stage he does it at a great loss. How great the loss is we will not say, preferring to allow the farmer to find that out for himself by the simple and easy method above mentioued. We are apt to forget what somebody tells U4 ; we are sure to remember what we find out for ourselves. Th first objec tion, therefore, agaiust this method is that it Is a very expensive one. Seven ty pounds of dry, mature corn in the ear will furnish about fifty pounds of dry matter in the grain. It will sur prise the farmer to find out how mauy more pounds of roasting-ears will be required to furnish tbe same amount of dry mutter and nutrition. The seeond objection is that au all corn diet from tbe roastiug-tar period on is uot tbe thing for a hog. Tbe hog likes roasting-ears; so does his owner, but he would not relish them greatly if he bad roasting ears alone for break fast, dinner and supper, week in and week out While tbere is notbiug that will furnish the mature hog so cheaply ia the fall of the year as ear corn aud cold water, nevertheless up to this final finish all bogs, and particularly young bogs, require a greater variety of feed. A gocd pasture will go far toward bal ancing this all corn ration, but a feed of oats and barley or ground rye will still go further, and while tbey cost more, yet we are iuclined to think that iu due proportion with corn they are a cheaper feed than the all-corn ration, even when tbat is but l"c per bushel. Berry Shortcakes. While there are shortcakes and short cake, the good old New Euglaud berry shortcakes Is one tbat can hardly be im proved upon. The best pastry fiour makes the best shortcake, that made from the "new process," or bread flour, being much dryer. The shortcake made from sour milk or sour cream and soda is the tenderest, and in many ways the most delicious of all cakes; but judgment is required to know the pro portion of soda to use, because of tbe varying acidity of the milk. If tbe milk is extremely sour, a teaspoouful of soda will answer. For tbe inex perienced housekeeper sweet milk and baking powder will be found the most reliable. Put a quart of fiour into a bowl, rub into it thoroughly two tablespoonfuls of butter, add a half a teaspoouful of salt and two teaspoon fuls baking po r der. Mix thoroughly; then add about one and a half cupfuLs of niilk or suffi cient to make a soft dougb, handling at this stage as light as possible. Take out on a board, pat into shape and roll out into a cake about 1 inch in thick ness. Put this in a greased pan, brush with milk and bake in a quick oven about twenty minutes. While this is baking, hull one quart of berries, mash with a wooden pestle and sprinkle over tbem a half cupful of sugar. When the cake is done, remove from the oven and split Put tbe under crust oa a plate, butter, spread with berries, butter the upper crust and put on; put a layer of berries on top, aud serve with or j without whipped cream. If a sweet cake is desired, a little sugar aud a well beaten egg may be added to the dougb. Any kind of berries may be u?d. Bleaching' a Negro. The removal of pigment from the human skin has long bten practiced by dermatologists. A needle is heated electrically, and the coloring matter is simply burned out The result is not always as satisfactory as might be de sired, since there is a pos ibility that a scar may be left which may be fully as unsightly as the original disfigurement. A story comes from Vienna which puts in tbe shade such restricted use of the electrical current It tells of tbe bleach ing of a negro from top to toe. A a Austrian merchant who went on a trip to Africa brought back with him a Soudanese negro, about 19 years old. Tbe negro became affected by nervous troubles, and tbe merchant took him to a famous neuropathist of Vienna for electrical treatment lbual Lacbo as the patient was named improved dai ly; but as tbe disease left bim there also disappeared the black dye of bis skiu. According to the Viennese ac count, be passed through various grades of color, until finally be blanch ed into tbe true Caucasian complexion. Tbe explanation attributed to the doctor is tbat tbe black pigment of the negroa skin wasdisintegrated and eveot ually eliminated by the electric current, the chief coloring matter,melania,fouud ia tbe hair and the skin, containing iron, and strongly reacting upon elec tric contact In this application of electricity Austria would seem to be somewhat in advance of this country, where all the electric bleaching done Is strictly commercial and confined to still life. Eed Hot From The Oan Was the ball that bit G. B. Stead in a a of Newask, Mich., in the Civil War. It caused horrible LTlcers tbat no treat ment helped for '20 years. Then Buck, leu's Arnica Salve cured him. Cures Cuts, Bruises, Burns, Bjils, Felons, Corns, Skin Eruptions. Best Pile cure oneartn. z cents a oox. (jure guar anteed. Sold atJ. N. Snyder's Drug Store, Somerset, Pa., and G. W. Bral tier's firug Store. Berlin, Pa. AVHOLE NO. 2505. Useful Hints. The old-fabioned way of clarifying molasses, and it is probably as good as any, is to heat it over the fire, pouring in a pint of sweet milk for ecb gallon Tbe scum which arises should be taken off before is is broken by boiling. Keep a little package of absorbent cotton in one of the sidet;ard drawers. If oil, milk or eream is spilled on woolen dress or a coat a bit of the cot ton instautly applied will remove all traces of the stblos. If a child need nourishment one of tbe simulest forms in which it can be taken is by the raw whites of eggs. These are nutritious aud easily digested Tbe white is broken into a jar with what milk is desired and the two shaken thoroughly together. A pinch of salt may be added before drinking, if preferred. To keep onious auy length of time the tops aud roots should be left on, but should be thoroughly dried before putting away. They will keep a long time any place in the barn where no rain cao eet to them, with a free cir culation of air and not much light Tbey should not be piled more thau three inches deep. When your caue-seat chairs begin to wear out mend the break tbe best you can by weaving iu cords, or, if very bad, replace with a piece of canvas securely tacked ou; put on a geuerous Layer of cottou batting or curled bair, and cover with a piece of any kind of upholstery goods, an embroidered pat tern, crazy patchwork or a large "log cabin" block. PinLsb. the edde with furniture gimp, and fringe If desired, The back may.be tiuished with a siiut lar panel. To polish your piano saturate a piece of chamois skin in sweet oil and apply faithfully to every part Then with dry skio rub well, renewing the pieces as tbey become greased with tbe oil It will require oue hour or even longer, tif constant rubbing to give it the gloss desired. For your walnut furniture take three parts of linseed oil to oue part of spirfts of turpentiue. Put on with a woolen cloth, and when dry rub with woolen. The polish not only covers tbe dUtigurtd surface but re stores the wood to its original color aud leaves a lustre upon the surface, Crude petroleum is very good for clean ing anv kind of bard wood, and it is the cheapest furniture polish possible. To remove white marks from ma hogany furniture rub the stains with a little sweet oil; wipe it off, then rub with a few drops of spirits of wine and txilish with an old silk handkerchief. Dewey's English Milkmaid. This comes from Mauila by waycf Leslie's Weekly: Many of the promi nent English residents, both men and their wives, among whom Admiral Dewey had many warm friends, were aboard to say g-iod-bye. Aud in this connection there is a pretty little tale about a beautiful mestizo, who, they whisper iu Mauila, saved the Admir al's life. Last summer, so tbe story ruus, tbe Admiral's health was much impaired and the Olympia's doctor pre scribed a diet of fresh cow's milk. One might aa well recommend dissolved pearls to a beggar as to prescribe cow's milk at tbat time in Maui la. Tlte Admiral was telling, as a good story the incident oue day to a party of his friends from Mini la, oneof whom hap pened to be the pretty youag mesliza, whose father is a prominent Britisher. They all laughed heartily at the Amer ican doctor's absurdity that is, all ex cept one. As iu fairy tales it so happened tbu this pretty youug lady's father was the possesaOt of a number of splendid Aus tralian cows, who gave "real milk every day. This was a treasure that few were able toindulgejin in Manila. Thus it happened that tbe next day and tbe next and manana indefinitely, as long as the Olyrapia lay ia the harbor of Manila, there was sent every day aboard ship a nice fresh bottle of Aus tralian cow's milk, and so our indebt edness to England continues to increase. Whether the story is true or not there is at any rate, or was, in a conspicuous place on the dresser in the Admiral's cabiu, when tbe Olympia sailed away from Mauila'a picture of tbe very cele brate! Manila,' beauty, and, unless the seas get too heavy, I'll wager that it is still there when she heaves anchor in New York harbor. Brave Men Fall Victims to stomach, liver and kidney troubles as well as women, and all feel the results in loss of appetite, poisons in the blood, backache, nervousness, headache and tired, listless, run-down feeling. But there's no need to feel like that. Listen to J. W. Gardner, Ida7ille, Iud. He says: "Electric Bitters are just the. thing for a man when be is all run down, and don't care whether be lives or dies, it aid more to give me new strength and good appetite than anything I could take. I can now eat anything and have a new lease on life." Ouly - cents, at J. N. fcnyder a Drug Store, Somerset, Pa., and O. W. Brallier's Drug Store, Berlin, Pa. Every bottle guaranteed. A Simple Disinfectant For tbe sick room a pleasant disin fectant is made by putting in a saucer some freshly-ground coffee and light ing a piece of camphor gum on top of it As this gum burns it emits tbe odor of roasting coffee, an aroma tbat is agreeable to most people. This per fume has tue aJ vantage of being health ful, and is to be preferred to the pas tiles and incense powders, which to some are very sickening. The odor of the coffee will counteract any bad aroma in tbe room and tbe fumes of the cam phor will kill ordinary disease germs that may be floating around. Scotland bas ltd parishes without paupers, poor rates or public bouses, the absence of the Last, perhaps, aecoun ing for tbat of the first two. Eczema, scald head, hives, itchiness of the skin of auy sort instantly re lieved, permanently cured. Doan Ointment At any drojt store. What Wives Sboall Et number. That Adam was made first, Tbat "he paya the freight." That Line mea la tea detest gossip. That all angels are not uf your sex. That confidence begets corrftdence. Tbat men sometime have "nerves." Tbat then should be no place like home. Tbat it takes two to prolong a family ar. Tbat tbe least 3aid is the soonest mended. That with all hu faults you love bim li!L Tbat you should bave uo secret from bim. That husbands bave troubles of tbelr own. Tbat "he's all right" when you know Lim. That a woman's best weapon is her weakness. That home is more ibaa half what you make it Tbat he is just aa anxious to get rich as you are. Tbat wives are usually favored ia this country. Thai you can't keep books, aud tbere is no use trying. That he likes to hear that the baby ia his dead Image. That six pairs of slippers are enough for any man. That a man likes neatness in your at tire at all times. That candy iu excess is worse than mm In moderation. That you should not run up bills without his knowledge. That "a baby in the house is a well- spring of pleasure." That she who puts on tbe glovts should know how to spar. That he is not in love with every woman he glances at. Tbat it is policy to let him believe he is "lord aud.master." That your relationship Is closer to him than to your mother. Tbat a prompt and poiuted answer does not turn away wrath. That he dots not get sleepy the same moment that you da. That there are letter drop boxes ou tbe nearest corners. Tbat you should uot expect bim to light the fire iu the morning. That his typewriter cannot help it if she is pretty. That be expects you to look your best when you go out with bim. That it does not improve hi razor to us; it forchiroiodii-al purposes. That house bunting is uot reckoned by the average man as a pleasure. That S p. m., is sixty minutes past 7 o'clock, not fifteen minutes past . Boston Globe. Millions Given Away. It is certainly gratifying to the pub lic to know of one concern ia tbe land w ho are not afraid to be generous to the needy and suffering. The proprietors of Dr. King's New Discovery for Con sumption, Coughs and Colds, have giveu away over tea miwiou trial bot tles of this great medicine; aud have the satisfaction of knowing it has ab solutely cured thousands of hopeless cases. Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarseness and all- diseases of the Throat, Chest and Lungs are surely cured by it. Call at J. N. Snyder's Drug Store, Som erset, Pa., and ii. W. Brallier's Drug Store, Berlin, Pa., and get a free trial bottle. Regular size oDc. aud SI. Every bottle guaranteed, or price re funded. A Core for Burns. The following receipt for burns is most highly recommended: Roll flour aud la'd together as you would for making pie crust Then wet it into a soft dough with cold water. Com pletely cover the parts burned and keep theui covered for two or three days. When the dough loosens which will be in two or three days the burned skiu will peel off with it Make a fresh dough aud cover the afflicted parta agaiu. Let the dough remain until It is loose. It is said that burns treated in this way will not leave scars. Working Night and Day. The busiest and mightiest little thing that ever was made is Dr. King's New Life Pills. Every pill is a sugar-coated globule of health, that changes weak ness into strength, listlessuess into en ergy, brain-fag into mental power. They're wonderful in buildiug up the health. Ouly 2"c, per box. Sold at J. N. Snyder's Drug Store, Somerset, Pa., and G. W. Brallier's Drug Store, Berlin, Pa. A Chapter on Coffee. A pretty story of the introduction of coffee into the Western Hemisphere is quite to the p int since our new pos sessions have so bouutifully produced it in tbe past. There was a time whea this "assist ed emigrant," though so nobly self supporting when it has the opportuni ty, was a tender slip and likely to per ish of thirst In 17J1 Louis XIV was presented with a single coffee p'ant for bis botanical garden by an Amsterdam Magistrate. It was nourished tenderly and in time slips from it were sent to Martinique no doubt subrosa to the Dutch, the Dutch bavii g long con trolled the cultivation of coffee and guarded it jealously lest it be cultivat ed oa Islands not under their control. Ou the way to Martinique the botanist in charge, the ship's supply of water getting low, shared half his own daily allowance with the precious plants. Responding to his kindness, tbey were soon growing nicely iu Martinique. Ia due time these slips produced their fra grant white flowers they grow at the roots of the leaves and these present ly changed iuto the berries, each with its two grains of coffee. From Mar tinique the coffee journeyed to Puerto Rico and Cuba. Now Puerto Rico alone annually exports about $i),(J)0,yiJ worth of this bibly-esteemed bean. Tbe plant grows wild iu some parts of Africa. "To Throw Good Money After Bad" Will but increase my pain. If you bave thrown away inouey for medicines tbat did not and could not cure, why should you not now begin taking Hood's Sarsaparilia, the medicine that never disappoints? Thousands of peo ple who were In your condition and Hood's Sarsaparilia say it was the best investment they ever made, for it brought them health. Hood's Pills cure sick beadache.iu di gestion. Burdock Blood Bitters gives a m-n a clear head, an active brain, a strong vigorous body makes him tit for the battle of life. v Wife You were late last night Husband No, I wasn't As I came in tbe front door tbe clock strw 1L ''I at Wie But what time did you arriv the head of the stairs?
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