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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-09-20

Growers Of peaches are using COW
peas in the orchards. The vines shade
the land and may be turned under
when the pods are nearly ripe or may
remain as q mulch in winter. 1t is
more profitable to use the vines for food
for cattle, but at the same time, II 3
mulch is required. it Is well to grow
the mulch, especially when a iegumin-
Gus plant answers so well. One ad
vantage In growing the COW pea is
that il Is almost a sure crop, and lime
or wood ashes may be used as fertili-
zer with it. The peach orchard will
in no manner be injured by growing
the COW pea rs long as the land Is given
the benefit of the crop from manure or
by plowing under.
Ensilage should hot cost the farmer
over dollar q ton, and so pounds a
day Is large ration for COW. This is
50 rations per ton, at q cents per ration
and hence will provide for one COW for
40 days. There is no food that can be
produced at lower cost. The ensliage
is not of itself complete food, as the
best results are derived when grain and
hay are also allowed; but it eheapens
the cost Of the whole and provides
sueculent food in winter, when there
is change from grass to the regula-
tiOn dry ration of winter.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-09-20
Icing the Beds.

A returning summer girl is enthusias-
tic in her praises of her hostess, who
has solved the problem of keeping cool
at night and securing refreshing sleep
even during the most distressingly
warm weather. Her method is to ice
the beds, and she claims to have learn
ed the simple process during her girl
hood, spent in Florida, and now carries
it out regularly for the delight of her
summer guests.
In Florida, where the summer heat
at night is almost as unbearable as it is
during the day, she says it is not unu-
sual to ice the beds before retiring to
rest. This is done in a very simple
manner. A metal vessel, very much
in the form of the ancient warming
pan used by our grandmothers, is filled
with broken ice, and after standing un-
til the ice has completely cooled the
vessel it is placed between the sheets
and moved to and fro over the surface
of the sheets and pillows until they are
quite cold. This coolness of the bed
clothes is very soothing to the heated
and wearied body, and invariably in
duces immediate sleep. Those who pos
sess one of these Old-fashioned warm
ing pans may now put it to the extra
service of icing the beds in summer as
well as warming them in winter.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-09-20
Discovered by a Woman.

Another great discovery has been
made, and that too, by lady in this
country. "Disease fastened its clutches
upon her and for seven years she with
stood its severest tests, but her vital
,rga1s were undermined and death
seemed imminent. For three months
she coughed ineessantly, and could not
sleep. She finally discovered way to
recovery, by purchasing Of US a bottle
of DIR. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption, and was so much relieved on
taking first dose, that she slept all
night; and, with two bottles, has been
absolutely cured. Her name is Mrs.
Luther LutZ.n Thus writes w. C..
Hamnick * Co., of Shelby, n. c.
Trial bottles free at ]. n. Snyder's
Drug Store, Somerset, Pa, and G. w.
Brallier's Drug Store, Berlin, Pa.
Regular size soc. and 81. Every bottle
guaranteed.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-09-20
Telephone from Kitchen to Barn

Materials needed, one toy drum cut
in two; copper wire to reach from the
house to the barn; three insulators; cost
very small. Cut the drum. Cord each
head by making holes in the hoop for
cord to pass through. Pass wire through
center of head and fasten with leather
button, open end to the wall. Insula-
tors put in post to hold wire up. We
have had our telephone thirteen years,
and the covering on the insulatOrs rot
ted off. We rewrapped them with silk;
they are as good as new. A farmer
would have to have one to know its
worth. When company comes and the
men are at the barn, we have only to
tap on the telephone; no going after
them or calling them. When husband
is in the barn, and anything happens
that he needs help, he has only to tap,
and help comes. In the thirteen years
/ Judge il has saved US thousand trips
TO the barn. / want to add my testi-
mony to its worth. Every farmer
should have oDe.-Mrs- +. ID. Ash
worth, in Practical Farmer.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-09-20
HOmely English Proverbs.

Here are few old English proverbs,
imported direct from the old country:
Suspicion has key that fits every
lock.
Don't pull the house down because
the chimney smokes.
If you give me knife, give me a
fork, too.
Give me to drink, but drench me not.
a hole in the purse, and the cupboard
the worse.
The fuller the hand the harder to
hold
Stroke the dog, but beware of his
bite.
Heap on the Goals and put out the
fire.
The fool kept the shell and threw
away the kernel.
One cock is sure to crow If he hears
another.
In comes the fiddler and out goes the
money.
The shorter the wit the longer the
word.
Saw off any branch that you are sit
ting on.
My partner ate the meat and left me
the bone.
If you break your bowl you lose your
broth.
Don't wait until it is dark before you
light the lamp.
Every bell must ring its own tune.
If you shoot one bird you scare the
whole flock.
Beware Of plide, says the peacock.
You must shut your eyes if the dust
blows in your face.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-09-20
Cows MIXED by Machinery.

A German manufacturer has invent
ed new milking machine, which is
finding ready sale in Europe, especial
ly in Denmark, Switzerland and
Russia, says the Chicago Record.
An iron pipe about inch in diane
ter is conducted through the stable, and
is fixed at the ceiling so that it remains
about feet above the back of the ami
mails. Flexible shafts, provided with
small cocks, run from this pipe TO a
cylindrical milk collector which,
again, is held by belt laid around the
back of the cows. At one side there is
attached a small flexible hose divided
into four small arms, all provided with
small cocks, and which are connected
with the udder.
The first mentioned iron pipe, run
ming all through the stable, is connect
ed with a large cylinder fixed at the
ceiling, from which a perpendicular
tube runs down into a vessel filled with
water. By means of small hand
pump the air is compressed in the cyl
inder and thus through the whole pipes.
The water when rising regulates the
pressure in the pipes.
1t needs only few movements ofthe
pumps piston to compress the air
throughout the whole system.
The only thing to be done then is TO
open the small cocks Of the pipes con-
nected with the udder, and the milk
flows into the above described milk
collecting vessel.
By this apparatus large number OF
cows can be MIXED in few minutes
The whole process, from the beginning
to the end, does not require more than
eight minutes.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-09-20
Current Topics.

The Kansas City Journal facetiously
announces that a lawsuit is threatened
in Brown county Kan because the
ears of corn ia one farmers field have
grown 50 large that they have pushed
the line fence over forty feet on TO his
neighOor's farm.
The old Presbyterian cemetery on
Chatham street, North Plainfield, y.
j., is liable to be sold for taxes, because
il has done 50 little business lately that
it cannot pay its fixed charges. The
order for the sale has been declared
legal, and the purchaser will have the
right to remove the bodies or to leave
them, as he may choose.
Atchison, Kan, is to have a great
Corn Carnival this month, and among
the prizes to be competed for is the
offer of local lawyer 10 give his ser
vices free in the conducting for di-
voree suit for the winner.
The Manila Times Of July 13 says
that a restaurant in that city which
should be run on the American system,
and where one could "get a decent
meal without fear of being siekened by
a mixture of flies, eOckrOaches, oil and
other denominations, and for a reasOna-
BILE price, ought to be little gold mine
TO an enterprising man" The writer
complains especially that the Spanish
proprietors Of the eating houses cannot
be made to understand or satisfy the
Americans desire for "square meaP'
before beginning his daily work.
An obituary in Georgia paper ends
in this wise: "His last words were:
Tell my wife TO meet me in heaven =
but, unfortunately, she had just taken
the train for Savannah
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-09-20
To Retain Ones Beauty.

Don't roll your eyes up into your
head as if they were marbles fine
pair of eyes will be utterly ruined by
this operation.
A girl with a pretty mouth viii purse
it into the prettiest bOutOn, and con-
tinue the habit until many lines form
about the lips, and the once lovely
mouth has to be put into the hands Of
the beauty doctor.
Nearly every woman bites or sucks
her lips.
Others contract the brows and pro-
duce two burrows between the eyes.
Others wrinkle the forehead with
frowns.
Others perpetuaIly wear a tip-tilted
nose.
1t must be remembered that truly
expressive face does not consist Of a set
OF features hung on strings or wires
Do cultivate placid features
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-09-20
Glorious News

Comes from DR.. ID. B. Cargile, of
Washita, I. T. He writes: Four bot
ties of Electric Bitters has cured Mrs.
Brewer of scrofula, which lad caused
her great suffering for years. Terrible
sores would break out on her head aud
face, and the best doctors could give no
help; but her cure is complete and her
health is excellent This shows what
thousands have proved,-th Electric
Bitters is the best blood purifier known.
It's the supreme remedy for eczems,
letter, salt rheum, ulcers, boils and
running sores II stimulates liver, kid
neys and bowels, expels poisons, helps
digestion, builds sup the strength. Only
so cents, at ]. n. Snyder's Drug Store,
Somerset, Pa, and g. w. BralIier's
Drug Store, Berlin, Pa Guaranteed.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-09-20

A good story is being whispered
around about one Of the beautiful
brides Of the other week. She was mar
ried in big church with the usual ac-
compartments of flowers and pretty
bridesmaids. Everyone remarked how
perfectly beautiful the bride looked as
she walked up the aisle on the arm Of
her father to meet the bridegroom wait
ing at the altar.
After the wedding breakfast, and just
as the bride was preparing to start for
the depot TO catch the afternoon train
for her honeymoon, an old school
friend of her mother came to her, kiss
ed her on both cheeks, and said:
MY dear child, you were the most
perfectly lovely bride that have seen
this winter, As you walked up the
aisle to meet the man who was so soon
to be your husband, everyone could see
from the half-frightened yet trustful
look upon your face and the firm yet
tender smile about your mouth that you
were thinking of the serious import
anee Ofthe step that you were taking.
Your very look seemed TO say: 4 am
leaving my girlhoOd behind me and
going forth upon an untried sea, but so
great is my trust in him whom 1 have
chosen that step forward without fear
and in perfect confidence Tell me, my
dear just what the thoughts were which
brought that lovely expression upon
your face this morning"
"Very well, will tell you" said the
bride, exactly what my thoughts were
as | walked up the aisle. My mother,
who, as you know, is much smaller
woman than / am, for some sentimen-
tai reason insisted upon my wearing at
the altar the very siiken hose in which
she was married to my father % years
ago. They were so tight for me that
at each step kept repeating to myself:
This time they will surely split. This
time they will surely splitp And when
/ reached the altar without accident
l was 50 much relieved that prob
ably did wear the look of bliss which
everybody mentioned. The Washing
ton Times.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-09-20
Bismarck's Iron Nerve

Was the result of his splendid health.
IndOmitable will and tremendous en-
ergy are not found where Stomach,
Liver, Kidneys and Bowels are out Of
order. If you want these qualities
aud the success they bring, use DIR.
Kings New Life Pills. They develop
every power OF brain and body. Only
25c at j. N. Snyder's Drug Store, Som
erset, Pa, and at G. w. Brallier's
Drug Store, Berlin, Pa
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-09-20
No rhrashing Machine for Willie.

81 think it would be good plan to
send Willie up into the country for q
month";" suggested Willie's father.
Hes never been on q ranch, and il
would be rather a novel experience for
him." -''No, you DON'T" interrupted
Willie. ave read all about the coun-
try, and I'm not going anywhere where
they have thrashing machines. It's
bad enough when it's done by hand.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-09-20
Volcanic EruptiOns

Are grand, but Skin EruptiOns rob
life of joy. Bueklen's Arnica Salve
cures them, also Old, Running and
Fever Sores, Ulcers, BOils, Felons,
Warts, Cuts, Bruises, Burns, Sealds,
Chapped Hands, Chilblains. Best Pile
cure on earth. Drives out Pains and
Aches. Only p cents box. Cure
guaranteed. Sold at j. y. Snyder
Drug Store. Somerset, Pa, and al
G. w. BraIlier's Drug Store, Berlin,
Pa
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-09-20

Brushes and brooms would last longer
and do better work If they had an oc-
casioual bath. -Four tablespOonfuls of
household ammonia in two quarts of
lukewarm water are the proportions for
q good bath. Let the bristles or straws
stand in the water half an hour, then
rinse thoroughly, and do not hang them
by the heat, but put in cool place to
dry
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-09-20
WHATEVER ISIS BEST.

know as my life grows older,
And mine eyes have clearer sight,
That under each rank wrong. somewhere
There lies the rot OF Right;
That each sorrow has its purpose,
BY the soTrOwing on unguessed,
But as sure as the sun brings morning,
Whatever isis best
know that each sinful action,
As sure as the night brings shade,
Is somewhere, sometime punished,
Tho the hour be long delayed.
know that the soul is aided
Sometimes by the hearts unrest.
And 10 grow means often 10 suffer
But whatever isis best
know there are no errors
In the great eternal plan,
And all things work together
For the final good OF man
And l know when my soul speeds onward
In its grand eternal quest,
shall say. as look back earthward,
Whatever isis best.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-09-20

Wiue stains in linen may be effeetu-
ally removed by holding the stained
article in milk that is boiling over the
fire. Fruit stains are best treated with
yellow soap well rubbed into each side
of the stain, after which tie piece Of
pearlash in the article in water When
finally removed and exposed to light
and air in drying, the marks will grad
ually disappear. Mildew spots on linen
should be rubbed with soap and fine
chalk powder.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-09-20

III a small hook is screwed on the un-
der side of the dining-table at each cor
ner, and loops sewed on the corners Of
the felt undercloth, it will be found
convenient means Of adjusting its
length when the table needs to be
made smaller.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-09-20

Packing to avoid ereases is an art,
but one that can be acquired. Folding
garments to fit the trunk in which they
are to be stored, and laying a sheet Of
thin paper between the folds, will do
much. Packing 80 tightly that the
clothes can not shift about, even under
the baggageman's handling, will DO
more. The indiseriminate folds that
come of vigorous shaking-up will do
more harm than any amount of pres
sure put upon those laid with care.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-09-20

Did you ever suffer torment from 3
shoe tight in one spot? Here is a rem
edy for it: Apply sweet oil to the stock
ings where the rub comes. 1t is better
than applying it to the boot, because it
softens the inside Of the boot, where il
is needed, instead of the outside.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-09-20

Epilepsy was ineurable before the
discovery of Wheeler's Nerve Vitalizer.
There is plenty of evidence that it
will cure even the worst cases. fit
will cure that dreal disease, it surely
viii the lesser nerve troubles. For sale
at Garman's Drug Store, Berlin, Pa,
and Mountain & Sons Drug Store,
Confluence, Pa
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-09-20

Impossible 10 foresee an accident.
Not impossible to be prepared for it.
DIR. Thomas Eelectrie Oil. Monarch
over pain.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-09-20

A soft corn can be cured by placing
tult Of cotton wool, saturated with olive
oil, between the toes and renewing il
every day. The corn viii very soon
disappear.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-09-20

Two million Americans suffer the
torturing pangs of dyspepsia. No need
to. Burdoek Blood Bitters cure. At
any drug store.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-09-20

"TO err is human" but to continue
the mistake of negIecting your blood is
folly. Keep the blood pure with
Hoods Sarsaparilla,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-09-20
SOMERSET. PA. WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 20 1899

''Des' to bring back de membry o Sis
Marty"
The old man turned two angry eyes
upon her. al dom need te play,n he
said, ''an' l amt gwineter. Sis Martyrs
membry's hyeah," and tapping his
breast he walked into his cabin, lesv-
ing Mary TO take her leave as best she
could.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-09-20

"'Bout the same. / got kim of a
mis'y in my side"
~ reckon you couldn't jine In de
hymn TO tex de wickedness outen dis
banjo?" He looked anxiousIy at her.
81 don't know bout rinin' i'm, but
you go long an play anyhow. Ef l
feel lax journeyin' wild you, | fin you
somewhar on de road"
The banjo began to sing, and when
the hymn was half through, Martha's
voice, not so strong and full as usual,
but trembling with new pathos, join
ed in and went on to the end. Then
Ben put up his banjo and went to bis
lest.
The next day Martha was no better,
and the same the next. Her mistress
came down TO see her, and delegated
one of the other servants to be with her
through the day, and to get Ben's meals
The old man himself was her close at
tendant in the evenings, and he waited
on her with the tenderness of a woman.
He varied his duties as nurse by play
ing to her, sometimes some lively, cheer
ful bit, but more often the hymns she
loved, but was too weak TO follow.
-
1t gave him an aching pleasure at his
heart to see how she hung on his mu-
sic. 1t seem d to have become her very
life. He would play for no one else
now, and the little space before his door
held his audience of white and black
children no more. They still came,
but the cabin door was inhospitably
shut, and they went away whispering
among themselves, "Aunt Martha's
siek.n
Little Liz, who was very wise pick
aninny, once added, "Yes, Aunt Mar
fy's sick, an my nanny says she ain
gwine to git up no mo'n Another
child had echoed "Neverm in the hush
ed, awe-struck tones which the child
rem use in the presence of the great
mystery.
LIS mother was right. Ben's Mar
tina was never to get up again. One
night during pause in his playing she
whispered "Play Ha'k Fom de Tomb"
He turned into the hymn, and her voice,
quivering and weak, joined in. Ben
started, for she had not tried to sing for
so long. He wondered if it wasn't a
token. In the midst of the hymn she
stopped, but he played on TO the end of
the verse. Then he got up and looked
at her.
Her eyes were closed, and there was
a smile on her face-a smile that Ben
knew was not of earth. He called her,
but she did not answer. He put his
hand upon her head, but she lay very
still, and then he knelt and buried his
head in the bedclothes, giving himself
up to all the tragic violence of an old
mans grief.
Marty Marty! Marfyp' he called,
"What you want to leave me fu'? Mar
fy, wait; | amt gwine be long,
His cries aroused the quarters, and
the neighbors came fioeking in. Ben
was hustled out of the way, the news
carried to the big house, and prepara-
tons made for the burying.
Ben took his banjo. He looked at it
fondly, patted it, and placing it in its
covering, put it on the highest shelf in
the cabin.
"Brothah Ben allus was a mos pop
ah an 'sponsible soft o. man." said
Liz's mother as she saw him do IT,
Now dat's what / call showin' spec
to Sis Marty, putin his banjo up in de
very place wEah it'll get all dus'.
Brothah Ben sho is diff'ent fom any
husband | evan had" She had just
provided Liz with third stepfather.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-09-20

| Marty
The old man turned two angry eyes
upon her. al dom need te play,n he
said, "an' l amt gwineter. Sis Martyrs
membry's hyeah," and tapping his
breast be walked into his cabin, leav-
ing Mary to take her leave as best she
could.
1t was several months after this that
party of young people came from the
North to visit the young master, Rob
ert Curtis. 1t was on the second even
ing of their stay that young Eldridge
said: "Look here, Mr.. Curtis, my faith
er visited your plantation years ago,
and he told me of wonderful banjoist
you had, and said if l ever came here
to be sure to hear him If he was alive.
Is he?''
"You mean old Ben. Yes, he's still
living, but the death OF his wife rather
sent him daft, and he hasn't played for
several years"
"Pshaw, I'm sorry. We laughed at
fathers enthusiasm over him, because
we thought that he overrated his pow
ers.p
~ reckon not. He was truly won
derful."
"Don't you think you can stir him
up?"
"oh, do, Mr.. Curtis" chorused a
number of voices.
"Well, 1 don't know" said Robert,
"but come with me, and III try"
The young people took their way to
the cabin, where old Ben occupied his
accustomed place before the door.
"Unele Ben," said Robert, there are
some friends of mine from the North
who are anxious to hear you play, and
1 knew you'd break your rule for me-"
"Chile, honey began the old
man.
But Robert interrupted him. "Pm
not going to let you say no." and he
hurried past Uncle Ben into the cabin.
He came out brushing the banjo and
saying, "Whew, the dustw
The old man sat dazed as the instru-
ment was thrust into his hand. He
looked pitifully into the faces about
him, but they were all expectancy.
Then his fingers wandered to the neck
and he tuned the old banjo. Then he
began to play. He seemed inspired.
His listeners stood transfixed.
From piece to piece he glided, pour
ing out the music in silver stream.
His old fingers seemed to have forgot
ten their stiffness as they flew over the
familiar strings. For nearly an hour
he played, and then abruptly stopped.
The applause was generous and real,
but the old man only smiled sadly, and
With far-away look in his eyes.
AS they turned away, somewhat aw-
ed by his manner, they heard him be-
gin to play softly an old hymn. 1t was
"Hark! From the Tomb"
He stopped when but half way
through, and Robert returned to ask
him to finish it, but his head had fallen
forward close against the banjo's neck,
and there was a smile on his face, as if
he had suddenly had sweet memory
of Martha.-By Paul Laurence Dunbar.