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EPHSUM WADE'S STANDBY
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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?