A SIMPLE COUNTRY DINNER. IWhen we goed to Aunt Carrie's, she Ses she ain't had no time to fix !bV dinner like it ought to be. 'Cause she has been at work since six O'clock, a-sweepin' out th' rooms An' tidyin' tV place a lot. Bo, if we're hunghy, she p'eumes We'll haf to take just what she's got. SAn' nen she see she ain't th' one To try to put on city style ' Ehe like relations just to run In for a meal oncet in a awhile, An' be content with what is cooked A simple country dinner so If anything is overlooked T il haf to be excused, you know. An' nen she goes an' shuts th' door 'At leads out where th' table is, 'An' pa, he ses he's glad he's wore 'At country appuhtite o' his! Aunt Carrie tells us to come on Although there's nothin' fit to touch, But we can eat till it is gone. But she knows that it isn't much I An' there It chickens young ones fried j An' there's a juicy, big boiled ham, 'ih lots o' gravy on each side, An1 turnips an blackberry jam An' soda biscuits just as ligrit! An' quince p'serves, an' peaches, too An' mash' potatoes, just as white! An' dandy pickles, I tell you! An' beans, an' peas, an' corn, an' rice, An' cherries 'at is sweet an red; An' quince p'serves I've told 'at twice But they're fine on Aunt Carries bread! An' pies three kind o' pies an' cake; Atf apple jelly-it's th' beat; You ought to see it shake an shake! An' goodness! I forget th' rest! An' we all eat till we can't hold , Another little bite, you bet; An' nen Aunt Carrie, she will scold An' say she knows we're hungry yet. Ken pa, he sex 'at this here meal Has surely been mos' glo-ri-ous, An' ses he wonders how we'd feel If she had been expectin' us! -W. D. Nesbit, in Life. ability to elear the path even whan I better, for worse; ,f or richer, for seemingly Insurmountable obstacle poorer. loomed up, returned to their play. Ah, the sacred promises, and how tn tho flrnr moment of hitter dls- poorly she had kept them! She had Annnintmunt nver her husband's re- been a gay, bright companion in the fnonl tn attend the wedding. Una time of abundance, hut in the time Barnard had given it all up, but the children, by bringing out their small hoard, had suggested a new plan. Tucked away in her handkerchief- ----- FQR RICHER, FOR POORER Hy IXXU LINTON. 0 It was sweeping day, and Mrs. Barnard, warm, tired and discour aged, sank down on the top step of the stairway to rest a momnet be fore attacking the upper rooms. The Tlew of the lower rooms, even from this lofty point of view, was discour aging. With the rugs up and the pieces of furniture pulled away from their accustomed places, the pitiless sunshine Bhowed clearly every break tn the carpet and every soiled spot upon the wall-paper. "What's the use of trying to clean up, cover up, and pretend any lon ger?" Mrs. Barnard said, bitterly. "I believe that good things, when they do begin to show the effects of long and rough usage, look worse than cheaper ones; but If they hadn't been good I don't know what we would have done, for we've never been able to replace anything," and she sighed as she looked at the ex pensive furniture, now marred and scratched, and at the carpets, Btlll bravely holding to their rich color ing, although worn almost thread bare. Her gaze could not reach the dining-room, but she knew that the beautiful but fragile glass and china with which she had so proudly start ed housekeeping bad dwindled sad ly, and the costly linen was patched and darned In many places. The bed rooms, still awaiting the attack of her broom, were all needing Bup' plies. "It's the old story of flying before we learned to walk. Here we 'are, care-worn and old before our time, and In such straits that we hardly know which way to turn, and think of the start we had! Our little for tune was a curse Instead of a bless. Ing, for it gave us a taBte of a life of ease, then left us to be common drudges. If John had only known how to manage, or if he could only learn to manage now like other men we might get even with the world once more, but I don't see much hope. If I had a daughter, I'd edu cate her so that she might be able to support herself, and teach her to let married life alone. What right has any man to persuade a happy, ' care-free girl Into risking her happi ness in his hands!" The town clock struck 10, and Mrs. Barnard rose wearily, picked up her broom, and adjusted the towel that was wrapped about her head. The rooms must be put in order before the noonday meal, and many tasks were waiting yet in the lower part of the house. The postman's whistle sounded at the front door, and she went down to receive from him two envelopes, each addressed in the same hand' writing. One was a wedding lnvl tation, and the other a letter. "Why, it's from Una, my little Una!" exclaimed Mrs. Barnard, as he read: "Dear Aunt Una I am not writing letters to send with all my invita tions, but I wanted to write to yon to tell you that you must come to my wedding. It would not be com' piete without you. You know my first experience in church weddings was when I was flower girl at your wedding, and I have never attended one since that was halt so pretty, nor have I ever been so much lm pressed by any other ceremony aa was by that, young as I was. I want my wedding to be Just as nearly like yours as It can be, and oh, Aunt Una, the strangest part of it is, I am to marry a John, too. Ton will remember John Nelson. He Was uch a great, gawky boy, and never dreamed that I would ever marry any one I had always known ' but when you see him you'll say he' a perfect dear. Of course you will ' not think him half as handsome as ' your John, and I know I shall not b? half ao lovely a bride as you were but we're very much in love, and so happy! It will spoil all my pleasure, though, if you fail to come. I want you so mucn. "Tour Little Una." "Why,, she's only a child!" Mrs. Barnard said, as she folded the let ter. . Tbea as she thought of the fit- - teen years that bad flown since her ' . little namesake had been flower-girl . at her wedding, she realized that th second Una would be an older bride than she bfcd been. . . The Jetters had 'miscarried," hnd , bad been on the road for some days. The wedding was to take place on '' Wednesday evening of the next week, and this was Friday' How she would have to hurry to -get ready for It! She must begin hurrying right away, and she went tripping up the stairway like a girl. She saved the letter and Invito tlon for a little surprise at the table, and was so eager to read them aloud to her husband that she did not wait to eat; but when she paused at the close of the reading, her husband only said, soberly: 'I don t see how we can send a present." , "Send It!" she echoed, blankly We can Just take it as we go." John Barnard looked up in sur prise. "You know we can't go," he said. of loss and unaccustomed toil she had been bitter and gloomy, silently pining for her care-free girlhood in stead of trying to cheer the man who box upBtairs was a precious bill that was struggling to make a home for had been her birthday gift from her ner. ne, too, nan ueeu nccuaiuu.cu knly brother. She had been saving to a me oi ease, now uaru mo It, not because there was no pressing struggle ior uaiiy ureu mum. ... need for it, but because there were been for him! There were gray so many needs that it was hard to de- hairs about his temples and lines of clde where to use it to best advan- discouragement, aooui ma uiuum. lagg , I one caugnv ur urenui wuu wu It was Just enough to pay the rare ciung j nis osuu aa u duo uu.u to the home town to attend Una's never let go. wedding and to buy aome pretty The audience was Intent on the trifle tor a wedding gift. This would ceremony, and ho one saw or heard .I w mni-o nlnnmira than any- wnen Jonn Barnaru patiea me uauu thing else In the world. She would he held, and stooped to wnisper iov- have to give up the new waist, Dutiingiy; mere, mere, un perhaps her old one would not be right. We'll try it all over again." nntiport mnoh in a crowd. Then came the closing prayer, and Her spirits rose as she went about tne organ peanng out me receaaiuu- her work that afternoon, and when ai. ine orme ioo irumuu; v Tt, nornorrt mmn home at nleht. Into the face of her husband as they tired and discouraged, dreading to passett aown me bibib to me uuur, meet his wife's reproachful eyes, he and the people in the audience sighed was surprised to And her talking or smiled, according to the way the cheerfully to the children as she set ceremony had affected them. thB tea-table with more than usual In the crush of the reception, Una care. Almost her first words to him were: "We're going, after all. I've arranged for Aunty Slocum to keep the boys." and John Barnard were almost the last In the line to offer congratulations. The groom asked, as he grasped John Barnard's hand, "Well, sir, did He opened his lip. to protest, but ,0U be'nS marrled .... ... .... nvnr npftin? "We must, go! It's Una's wed ding!" she gasped. "I might say It Is John's wedding, too, although that does not make any more difference than it his name was Jeremiah. We can't afford it." "But being Una's wedding, it's different from all the other things we've given up on account ot the expense. Why, John, she was named for me, and she has always-called me aunt! I loved her and nursed her when she was a tiny thing, and she was our flower girl, and she wants me." She was pleading with him in her eagerness, but he answered, a trine impatiently, "I tell you we can't. We haven't the money for new clothes, and 1 can't spare the car fare Just now." He rose hurriedly and left the room, and his wife gazed alter mm like one dazed by sudden misfor tune. Of course, woman-like, she had thought first of the clothes, and realized that the shortness of the time would make preparations harder; but she had thought that by beginning that afternoon she could make a pretty evening waist and could make her old skirt presentable by a little furbishing up. As for John's suit, it could be brushed and nressed. No one ever noticed a man's clothes at a wedding, anyway. But now, dropping her head on the table, she sobbed like a disappointed child. The children, not knowing Just how to act in such an emer- gency, slipped out of their chairs and betook themselves to the back yard to talk it over. 'It isn't the same as if I were always asking for things!" she she Interrupted him quickly. "No, you need not lose any time. We can leave here after the factory closes, stay for the wedding and reception, take the last train back to the city, and come out home on the 'owl car.' As to the expense, I'm going to pay that with ny birthday money." John Barnard knew how many times this precious money had al ready been spent in Imagination, and how badly his wife needed it to re plenish her scanty wardrobe. His face clouded, as he answered: "I can't let you take your money to pay my way. If you must go, take part ot it to buy something new to wear and the rest for your car fare. I'll stay with the boys." She answered, "I can t go back there alone! I must go, and you must go witn me. i aon i care mucu T,ro,iBroof. it . rennrted that V.lT;,1 the Supreme Court of the State, of u , b o. - '" Maine has held, In the case of th mimt HAt anrtll fnv nlaaniira!" I ' ..... over again? And John Barnard answered ear nestly, "I decided to-night that it would be a good plan for every mar rled couDle to have the ceremony per formed at leaBt every fifteen years, If not oftener. At the same moment Una Barnard was clinging to the bride, whispering brokenly between klBses, "Una, Una darllnz. whatever happens, don't forget that you promised for richer, for Doorer!" From the Youth's Companion. SB TffHEH 1 PROMISSORY ' BOTE IS A FORGERY SXTVJtVSaTVrfVsT-l must not spoil my pleasure The excitement of preparation on the eventful evening brought a color to Mrs. Barnard's cheeks and a light to her eyes that made her look al most youthful; and as she kissed the boys good-by. little Wendell touched the soft waves of her hair, saying al most reverently, "Pretty mamma!" Catching her husband's quick glance, she blushed like a girl. They arrived at the church, and saw many old friends ushered Into the seatB about them. Mrs. Barnard folded her hands with the beBt glove on top, and wondered if her waist did look very narrow between the shoulders. But the soft, sweet music ,was soothing the ache about her heart, and when it pealed out triumphantly, announcing the arrival of the wed ding party, she was absorbed in the excitement of the moment. Then came the clear, slow, proces sus nal notes, and she caught her breath with deep feeling. It seemed that she was living over ..gain her own wedding night. The bridal party pnssed down the aisle. Mrs. Barnard clasped her hands tightly, but they shook with nervousness. Eg ft, SCIENCE M 5TRLNGTH FOR EVERY DAY. And he who serves his brother best, $ Gets nearer to God than all the rest. Ruskin. ' e not simply good be good for something. 9 Thoreau. A man who lives right, and Is right, has more power by his silence than another has by his words. Character la like bells which ring out sweet music, and which, when touched accidentally, resounds with sweet music. Phillips Brooks. Let us be content, in work, to do the thing we can, and not presume to fret because It's little. E. B. Browning. I shall pass through this world but once. Any good thing therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let me do It now. Let me not defer it or neglect It, tor I shall not pass this way again. A. B. Hegeman. There are two good rules which ought to he written on every heart: Never believe anything bad about anybody un less you positively know it is true; never tell even that, unless you feel that It Is absolutely necessary, and that God is listen ing while you tell it. Henry Van Dyke. TO sobbed. "I've learned long ago to do without and keep my longings to myself. He treated me as it I were a spoiled child." Then the sobs came so thick and fast that they choked out the words. Presently something rattled In her lap, a hard little hand was awkward ly stroking her hair, and the oldest of her four little boys said, timidly: "We put all our money in Wen dell's bank, and we want you to have it to go to the wedding. We were saving it for Fourth of July, but we're too big to care much for that, and and O, mother, please don't cry!" . .' She looked up in astonishment, to find her four children regarding her with wide, sympathetic eyes. Drying her tears, she gathered them all In one great motherly embrace, kissing away all their worries, and giving back their money with as much tacf as it it had been offered by oldej frlends, assuring them that she could manage some other way to go. to the wedding. And the children, psed to mother's habit of managing, and her Blddeford National Bank vs. Hill that where a person did not Intend to sign a promissory note, but by fraud and deceit was tricked into signing an instrument which after ward proved to be a promissory note, such instrument was a forgery, ai' though the signature affixed thereto was genuine. This is a very Important decision and we are glad that it has been made, and we would Hke to have the courts of other States pass upon this matter. The case upon which the decision Is given Is one which has very ma terially affected the retail merchants of the .country, and it is one which, in the years past, we have been called upon to deal with not infrequently. For example: Representatives of cer tain manufacturers call on a retnll dealer and Induce him, by roseate representations, to put In a stock of goods, making all kinds of tacit verbal agreements! relative to the sale of the goods, paying for the same, and the return of unsold mer chandise. These gentlemen are usually good talkers and as they run on they deft ly shove a printed agreement in front of the dealer, leading him to under stand that it is an order for goods, or some such generally harmless agreement. Usually this Is accom panied by deft manipulation of the agreement which is printed In blank and filled in with pen. Some time or other, it may be sooner or it may be later, the dealer finds that he has signed a promissory note, which he usually ascertains when payment Is demanded, either by the parties to whom it was given or through a bank with which It has been placed for col lection. I The retail merchants have been particularly marked for this sort of fraud by unscrupulous persons who have thus obtained their signature to promissory notes. Of course, a promissory note is the strongest possible legal document, and when a person has been confront ed by a note bearing his signature, the genuineness of which he could not dispute, he has known the fu tility ot making any objection and has usually paid it and pocketed the loss. In the past it has been gen erally understood that there was no redress for a person whose genuine signature appeared upon a promis sory note; how it got there mattered little: it was there and be put it Lieutenant H. Ekelund, of Jon- koplng, Sweden, claims to have made an Important Invention in fuel sav ing. According to his method peat is Used in the shape of a powder and is said to give sufficient heat to use steel in a furnace without the use ot coal. A new death test which precludes the possibility of burial alive has been discovered at the Laribolsiere Hospital, In Paris, France. Experi ments have shown that radiographs ot bodies taken even a few minutes after death reveal clearly the out lines of all the organs,, whereas If the radiographs are taken during life the organs are not revealed. An Investigation has recently been made to determine the absolute sen sitiveness of the ear. By experiments with a telephone and alternating currents of frequencies 250 and 500 a second determinate pressure varla' tions were produced at the ear. The experiments lead to the conclusion that the normal ear can resound to a pressure variation of about four-ten- millions of a millimeter of mercury. A photographic study of the Car- eel standard and the electric arc by means of a graduated series of ex posures has been applied by Profes sor Crueff. A contrast between the various parts of the magnified pho tographic Image of the Carcel flame does not appear until the exposure is reduced to the minimum necessary to secure an Impression; and to bring out this contrast, the negative must be developed slowly and subsequent ly Intensified. A chemical weed killer has been de veloped or tested by the Wisconsin experiment station in an attempt to kill wild mustard, cocklebur, yellow dock, etc. The peculiar thing claimed for this poison is that when sprayed on a growing grain crop infested by weeds it kills the weeds without Injury to the cultivated crop. The solution used consists of 100 pounds of Iron sulphate dissolved in fifty-four gallons of water, which amount will spray an acre. BUSINESS CARDS, E.NEFF JUSTICE Of THB PEACE, Pension Attorney and Real'.Estat Agent. RAYMOND B. BROWN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BROOgYTLLWi PA. Qt M. MCDONALD, . ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Real estate agent, patents secured, eo- lections mad promptly. OtHcs la synawai kullding, BeynolasTiue, ra. gMITH M. MoCREIGHT, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, 1 Notary nubile and real estate agent. Opl- Setlons will receive prompt attention. u tbe Beynoldsvllle Hardware Oo-bulldlmm, aln street Bey noldsvllle, Pa. TJR. B. E. HOOVER, DENTIST, Pd..i ,1.Ktit In the Hoover bulidlasj Main street. Gentleness In operating. 0R. L. L. MEANS, DENTIST, nmr nn second floor of the First National. bank bulldlnn, Main street. DR. R. DeVERE KINO, DENTIST, the 9vndlcate boll Ing, Main street, Keynoldsvllle, Pa. HENRY PRI ESTER UNDERTAKER. Black and white funeral cars. ReynoldsTllle, Pa. Main street JUGHES & FLEMINQ. UNDERTAKING AND PICTURE FRAMING The U. B. Burial League has been testes) and found all rlgbt. uneapee lorm ui; in surance. . Becnre a contract. Fountain, Keynoiasviue ra. Near Public D. H. YOUNG, ARCHITECT Comer Grant and FlfU at., Reynold. ttlle,Pa. . NEWSY GLEANINGS. KEPT COOL BY HOT AIR. One Quart of Kerosene OH Will Run a Fan For 24 Hours. ' There is a great demand through out India, as well as In all other trop ical countries, for some sort of fan that will distribute a great deal of cool air at a low cost of production. A German firm has recently intro duced in Bombay a portable fan which is operated at about one-fifth the cost ot electric fans. The fan is propelled by a hot air engine, says Town and Country, the heat being generated by a kerosene lamp which holds about one quart of oil, sufficient to keep it running for twenty-four hours. To the lamp is attached a small glass chimney which fits lnio a larger metal chimney con nected with the engine. Upon the top of the engine is hung the fan, similar in shape and size to the ordinary electric fan, whose speed is governed by the size ot the flame, The whole outfit weighs about thirty pounds, and sits upon a small stand, raising the level of the fan proper to that of an ordinary desk. It is fitted with handles and can be easily moved to any portion of the room or house desired. It American manufacturers can produce a similar article, with per haps a few improvements and at a smaller cost, an immense field will be found for its sale, for this Is not nec essarily limited to India, but would Include every hot country in which white people are compelled to live. The pretty young bride stood trust fully and proudly beside the tall young man, who henceforth was to there, and presumably he knew what be her ahield against the world. The he was doing, and rather than con minister was speaking. Una Bar- test In the courts a promissory note nard's heart stood still as she heard most people would pay them. the groom repeating after the mln- This decision, if it stands and Is lster the solemn words ot the beau- held to be valid, will enable Justice tlful ring service: "I John, take thee, Una, to my wedded wife." John Barnard moved uneasily. The ceremony proceeded: to be done to a good many people who, by various causes such as un due Influence, oversight, misunder standing, a lack of business sagacity, "For better, for worse; for richer, hurried manipulation, and so on, at for poorer: In sickness and in health; tach their names to promissory notes. to love and to cherish; till death do when this is accomplished, even if It us part " Is their own free act and deed, It Is Una Barnard turned a wistful face fraudulent and was obtained fraudu tnwnrH hor himhnnd! and reaching lently with fraudulent intentions. over, he clasped one of her work- hardened, hand with on. of his big, strong ones. ; . . Then the'jglrl's ..sweet 'voice was heard 'distinctly, as she repeated "I, Una,-take thee, John; to'my wedded husband, to have and to hold, trom this day forward." '..;.:. ' ?' -- Una Barnard's eyes '.were -blurred by tears of memory and regret as she listened to the promises: "For Such notes should not be held valid, and this 'decision of the Maine Su preme Court is very important and far reaching. ' No Corner In Executions. , No, Mildred', the bangS gardens of Babylon were not the place where all tbe executions of murderers oc curred. Somerville Journal. The Chickens Paid For. Mrs. E. M. Heistlacd, of Ottumwa, Iowa, had nine chickens stolen In three nights. The following morning she found a pocketbook containing little over (900 lying in the coop, evidently dropped by the thlet who had made away with her last tour hens. Considering $100 each a fair price for her chickens, she hid the money and awaited developments, That afternoon a strange man came to her houBe and desired to buy some chickens. She told htm she had sold all hers at a fair price. He then talked at some length about the care of chickens and expressed a desire to see her henhouse. She watched him go over every Inch ot the ground and go away much crestfallen. The thlet dares not claim the money, and she will not surrender it in any event. The Country Gentleman. ' The Battle of Life. Life as a warfare is no new figure, The slave philosopher, Eplctetus, who is accorded by all men an hon ored place in the society of intellectu al royalty,4, wrote, "Know you not that our business here is a warfare? And one must watch, and one go out as a spy, and one must fight. All cannot be the same thing, nor would It be better if they were. But you neglect to do the bidding ot the com mander, and complain -when he hath laid somewhat rougher than common upon you, and you mark not what, so far as in you lies, you are making the army to become; so that it all copy you, none will dig a trench, none will cast up a rampart, none will watch, none will run any risk, but each will appear worthless for war- tare." Detroit News-Tribune. Japanese Immigration tothe United States was doubled last year. Tk PhrtntmnR trade Jn books was never so heavy as it is this year in London. . TJMinrtoinfclfi scientists declare con- sumption Is prolific cause of crime and insanity. Tmn mnro MlRsourl counties voteoT for local option, making more than half the State "dry." the supply of toys for grown foikv as well as for children. In Englanar was never so varied or so large. Experiments conducted In Bavaria rhowed that in Independent rine shootlnK soldiers were better marks men after drinking. ' ' ' Mniol Hnflor. the Moroccan Sultan ot the South, was defeated In battle? by the Sraerhna trlba and forced to retreat to Morocco City. Bulgaria Increased the war budget and Russians Intimated that she ha not abandoned the idea of armed In tervention in Macedonia. Tho French preBS comments on the- President's no-third-term declaration; expressed the belief that "he will con tinue to exercise a decisive role. James J. Hill, testlfylne before the Interstate Commerce commission. said the railroads or tne Kwmwrau had been hauling lumber at a loss. . Borir tnwn In Portugal celebrated the anniversary declarat'nn of Por tuguese independence. Rockets In- profusion were fired ana Danaa piajtn everywhere. m rnmntroller Rideely. In his annual . report, made public nt Washington, recommended tne pswiuuohhioui. the Government ot a central bank or Issue and reserve. In order to ascertain how to mm- , imiu the daneer or mine norrui the technologic branch of the United States Geological Survey win conuuui. experiments in a miniature mine irt Pittsburg. SPORTING BREVITIES. , The Fizer stable continues to be the sensation ot the racing season. .. Vole's weakness in punting was ap parent in the game with Holy Cross. The Brooklyn Yacht Club haa offered a trophy tor an international r ar.A. . Herman Radtke, Jockey, has ac- cented an engagement to ride la I Russia. Mr Parrv Belmont has entered colts by Ethelbert in the Grand Pri. de Paris of 1909. I There is still some undeveloped I speed in the modern motor car, and 1 the end is not yet. As a snorting event a six-day bicy cle race ranks with an endurance con teat between gas engines. a second stock car race in thai spring is under consideration by the American Automobile Association. The British Dress criticises the Henley stewards for barring all for eign crews from the annual regatta. Comlsker. owner of the White Sox, says that he fears Fielder Jones, hut capable manager, has retired perma nently from baseball. The Coney Island and Brooklyn Jockey clubs have increased the val ues ot the Suburban and Brooklyn Handicap o $25,000 each. Phil King, the Texas owner, who bought Ray Thompson for a song at the Lexington sales last fall, has re fused an offer ot $ 8000 for the two-year-old. The most valuable race of the en tire world as planned tn racing aj present Will be the classic French event, the Grand Prix de Jockey Club, ot 1909, when the atakes will have a value bt (69,000. It has been figured out that the racehorses owned by Harry Payne Whiiney and trained by John W. Rogers won a total of $135,033 in Stakes and purses this year. ?ri "There is plenty of money in the country; the trouble is the paopla will not let It circulate," says a high financier. They, naturally fear some one else will grab It while it's circu lating, . comment the New Iprk. American- T
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