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HOUSEHOLD
TALKS
Henrietta D. Grauel
Soup and Dessert

Well made consomme is the most de-
lightful prelude to the dinner. 1t should
taste of all the seasonings but none
should predominate and to secure this
end requires good. Judgment and deli
cate sense of, taste.
The following is a famous recipe:
Golden Consomme
One four-pound fowl, one three
pound shin bone of veal, one cup of
ham scraps, cut fine. Four quarts of
water. One little parsnip, one carrot,
one onion and one stalk of celery, all
cut in bits. Boil all this slowly and
season when it is well started towards
cooking. Salt, pepper, and little cay
enne is the best seasoning for the aver
age diner. Cover the soup. kettle and
let this simmer four hours. Strain and
cool and skim off all the fat. Strain
again through a thick flannel cloth. No
artificial coloring will be needed for
this, for the carrot gives a beautiful
golden color
This soup has cartons served with
it and sometimes eggs are mixed with
flour as though for noodles and cooked
in clear water and added at the last
moment.
Fruit pudding is always liked for
dessert and is especially good where the
dinner soup is thin and clear, as when
consomme is served. 1t is favorite,
too, because it may be made when one
has time to chop the suet, nuts and
fruits nicely and the longer it is kept
before using the richer its flavor be-
comes.
The recipe given in this column some
time ago is always a practical one. for
the spices in it make it keep as well
as though brandy was used
After all, the proof of the pudding
lies in the sauce, and rich puddings
should always be served hot, so that
hot sauce is required also.
Lemon sauce gives a piquancy that
is needed to balance the richness of the
pudding. Boil together one-third cup
OF water, one cup sugar, two table
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lspoons butter and the juice and rind of
one lemon. When this is thick enough
drop slowly from spoon, cool it and
pour it on the beaten yolk of one egg,
beating it all the time. Have the white
of the egg beaten stiff and pour the
whole mixture on it, Whip it well, re-
heat it and serve it with pudding be-
fore it is fully cold.
Sauces of all kinds add to the ease
of cooking, for very plain dish may
be improved nightly with the proper
dressing.
This little table suggests few com
binations:
Hard sauce with all cold puddings,
cakes and baked sweets.
Foamy sauce or fruit Juice sauces
with desserts requiring hot dressings.
Whipped cream sauce with fruit
salads and fruit desserts.
Tart sauces with heavy sweet pud
dings.
Sweet, rich butter sauces on plain
puddings and dumplings.
DAILY MENU
Breakfast
Sliced Oranges
Prepared Breakfast Food
Griddle Cakes Maple Syrup
Salt Pork
Cream Toast Eggs
Coffee
Luncheon
Dates Stuffed with Nuts
Brown Bread kippered Herring
Lettuce Salad
Cocoa Finger Rolls
Dinner
Oysters on Half Shell
Shredded Cabbage
Planked White Fish, Garnished
with Garnish of
Asparagus Mashed Potatoes
Carrots Peas
Served on Plank
Veal Croquettes Tomato Sauce
Celery and Apple Salad
Orange Gelatine
Cafe Demi-tasse
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no Impuisively Stretched Out His
Arms. Embracing Her.
ruptly away TO the windows and
stayed moment, looking down the
drive.
Ethel said nothing
ments.
i tell .oD we ought to be taught
we ought 10 be taught, when we are
young. what marriage really means,
just as We are taught not to steal, nor
lie. nor sin In marriage we do all
three when we're i'll mated. We steal
affection from some one else. we lie In
our lives, and We sin in our relation
ship"
Ethel asked him very quietly:
DO you mean that you are sinner,
thief and Il liar?"
Brent looked at her in horror.
"Oh. take some Of the blamep' said
Ethel. Don't put 1t all on the wo-
mar"
You've never spoken to me like this
before"
I've often wanted to-" replied Ethel;
then she asked him. what do you In
tend doingt''
Separate" he answered eagerly
You don't doctor poisoned limb
when your life depends on it: you cut
1t off When two lives generate a
deadly poison. face the problem as a
surgeon wouId-amputate"
And after the operation - what
then?" asked Ethel.
THAT is why | am here facing you.
Do you understand what meanT'
"Oh. dear, yes-perfectly! have
been waiting for you to get to the
point"
"Ethel!" and be impulsively stretch.
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CHAPTER XII.
Ethel and Brent.

M&THEL dropped her gaze from his
- face and said. with the suspicion
- of smile playing around her
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By j. Hartley Manners

uatlngIy.
She looked at him coldly a moment
Let me see-where were you? Just
married. weren't your Go on"
"Then came the bnby." He said
that with n significant meaning and
paused to see the effect on Ethel. II
1t had any Ethel effertually concealed
It, Her only comment was:
"Ah!"
Brent went on:
"One would think that would change
things But no Neither of us want
ed her. Neither of us loves her. Chill.
dren shonid come Of love. not hate.
And she is child of hate" He paused.
looking intently at Ethel She looked
understandingy at him. then dropped
her eyes.
Brent went on as If following up an
advantage: 'She sits In her little chair.
her small. wrlnklpd. old disilusiUned
face turned to us. with the eyes watch.
Ing us accusingly. She submits to ca.
as if she knew they We're lies. At
times she pushes the nearing face away
with her little baby tingers." He stop.
ped. watching her eagerly. Her eyes
went down.
~ shouldn't tell YOU this It's ter.
rible. ! see it in your face. What are
you thinking?"
I'm sorry" replied Ethel simply.
For meT
"For your WIFE"
"My wife?" he repeated aghast.
Yes said Ethel. Aren't you? No2
Are you just sorry for yourself?"
Brent turned impatiently away. So
this laying open the wound in his life
was nothing to Ethel Instead of pity
for him. all il engendered In her was
sorrow for his wife.
How little women understood himl
There was Il pathetic catch in his
voice as he turned to Ethel and said
reproacbfuly:
You think me purely sel6shY'
Naturally" she answered quickly.
II am Why not he truthful about our
selves sometimes: Eh?"
We quarreled last night-about
you!' he said desperately.
Really"
Gossip has linked us together. My
wife has heard 1t and put the worst
construction on it,
"Well:"
I'VE said things TO each other last
night that can never be forgiven or
forgotten I left the house and walked
the streets hours! | looked my whole
life back and through as though it
were some Strangers" He turned abb
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70 cried passlonately. 'I wish
had the right toto Again he
Wavered.
"fes? And Ethel looked straight at
him.
make love TO you Straightforward
ly." He felt the supreme moment had
almost arrived Now. he thought, he
would be rewarded for the long wait
ing-the endless siege 70 this marvellous
woman who concealed her real nature
beneath that marble casing OF an as.
sumed indifference
He waited eagerly for her answer.
When it came 1t shocked and revolted
him.
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ed out his arms, embracing ner.

ed out his arms, embracing her.
She drew back slightly, just out of
his reach.
Wait" She looked up at him quiz.
zically. Suppose We generate poison
What would you do-amputate me?"
"You are different from all other
women"
Didn't you tell your wife that
when you asked her to marry you"
He turned awav impatiently Don't
say those things. Ethel; they nurt~
"I'm afraid. Christian. I'm too frank
Am not?"
"You stand alone. Ethel. You seem
to look into the hearts Of people and
know why and how they beat"
II do-sometimes. It's an awkward
faculty."
He looked at her glowingly. How
marvelously different two women can
be! Yon-my wife"
Ethel shook her head and smiled her
calm. dead smile: Were not really
very different. Christian. Only some
tS iiNt NnuhSt. lOut uOCS Anu
the new have all the virtues. Why.
might not last as long as your wife
lid"
Don't say that. We have a com.
mon Misunderstanding"
Think sof"
II understand you"
81 wonder"
"You do me-"
"Yes-that is just the difficulty"
"I tell yon am at the crossroads.
The finger board points the way to me
distinctly"
"Does it,"
ut does" He leaned across to her
"Would you risk it?"
To Be Continued
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Cumberland Valley Railroad

In Eject May "a, 1914.
Trains Leave Harrisburg
For winchester and MartinsburR. a,
sos, 100 a M, '3.40 p. m.
For Hagerstown. Chambersburg and
intermediate stations, at s5.O3. s7.b0
'l1.53 a. M. $40. 5.32. $40. 1iOj
p. m.
Additional trains for Carlisle ana
Mechanicsburg at 9.4S a. m, 21S, 3..7
go. $50 D. m.
For Dilisburg at 500. .75o and .11sa
Il. M. 2.1S. $40, 5.S2, $40 ?. m
sDaily. All other trains daily excsnt
Sunday. j H. TONGE
IL A. HlDDLE. u. +. A Sept
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Harrisburg Hospital

Harrisburg Hospital
The Harrisburg Hospital is open
daily except Sunday, between 1 and 2
o'clock p. m. for dispensing medical
advice and prescriptions TO those un-
able to pay for them.
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SySIS 8; ISslE{E!:s!.

Quick Relief for Coughs, Colds and
Hoarseness. Clear the Voice-Fine for
Speakers and Singers. 25c.
GoRGAS' DRUG STORES
10 N. Third st. Penna. Station
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TINFs Pills

Ihe IITst dose often astOnlshes the Invalid,
giving elasticity Of mind, bu0ysncy Of body
GOOD DIGESTION,
regular bowels and solid flesh. Price, IS cts.
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LITTLE ESSENTIALS
FOR THE DAIRYMAN
Many Cows Being Deceived by
Man-CardinaI Factors in
Dairy Cleanliness.
(By L. M. BENNINGToN)

Lucky is the man who leads in
quality,
The important part of milking is to
get it all.
The man and the COW are the twins
of the dairy business.
There are as many COWS being de-
ceived by men as there are men being
deceived by cows.
There is some affinity between a
good dairyman and good COW.
By cooperation with the dairy cows
men can achieve wonderful results on
the farm.
More fresh air and less "hot air" are
needed in the dairy business.
Every shiver of the COW shakes dol
lars out of her owners pockets.
There is good money in raising good
COWS to sell.
Put every acre of land to work. Idle
acres like dry cows, eat up the profits
for the cow, will insure success in the
dairy business.
Sunlight. fresh air and hot water
are cardinal factors in cleanliness.
Close cropping of pastures is very
Improbable.
A good dairy COW must be intelli-
gent, courageous and gentle.
Great lung capacity is essential to
high production.
A box stall should be part of the
furniture of every well-regulated COW
stable.
Every dollar, every effort, spent in
soil improvement will bring large and
compounding interest.
The easiest way to prevent disease
is to remove the cause.
For the lands sake, and the i'm.
provement of the. ration, grow plenty
of clover and alfalfa.
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DAIRY
ONE COMMON DAIRY MISTAKE
Some Farmers Turn Calf Out With
Cow as Matter Of Convenience
Effect Is Generally Rulnous,

Many farmers who do not own hand
cream separators, and several who do,
frequently make a mistake in their
management, of the COW and calf,
where the calf is allowed to suck the
COW.
We know Of numerous instances in
which some farmer, for some reason
or other, turned the calf out with the
COW. Sometimes this is done as a mat
ter of convenience for a few days; or
1t may be done where one has so many
COWS to milk that they cannot be at
tended to properly. Again, if it is a
young heifer's first calf, this is fire.
quently done because she gives such a
small quantity of milk that the farmer
turns the calf out with her, expect
Ing to take her up as a profitable COW
at her next calving.
In any and all of these cases, the
effect is generally ruinous. The COW
grows accustomed to being with her
calf, and If she is separated from it
at weaving time, or even during the
hour of milking, there is at once a
falling off in the milk flow, caused by
the change. In fact, such dairy COW
is almost sure to go entirely dry with
in a very short time after the calf is
weaned or absent.
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BY r. W. BATTA. New Mexico Expert
ment Station.)
Efficiency is the demand of the
times and records Of production are
the first step in a study of efficiency.
It pays to know what any producing
factor in an industry is doing. Weigh
ing and recording a cows milk re-
quires only a few seconds, and will
give new interest to the work. Butter
tat tests should be made at regular
intervals, as once a month. In taking
q sample of a cows milk for butter
tat test, the following factors should
be borne in mind, as causing varia-
ton in the test:
Nights and mornings milk COM
monty vary in richness.
The first milk, drawn, the middle
milk, and the strippings all test diff
terent.
The milk tests lower when the COW
is fresh, and go higher as she falls of
N milk.
Abnormal weather, or other environ
mental, nervous, or health conditions.
UnexplainabIe and irregular varia-
lions from day to day.
Age of animal. the mature cows
milk testing more than a heifer's.
Breed has a marked influence on
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HONEY IS LOOKED
UPON AS A LUXURY
Every Farm should Have Compile
ment Of From One to Half
Dozen Hives of Bees.

Honey is looked upon too often as
luxury. 1t is true that honey, es-
pecially comb honey, is a delicacy in
that 1t takes the place of jam and jel-
Iy. In Europe, however, honey is a
household article and is used to a
considerable extent to replace sugar
In cookery. The claim is made that
1t is comparatively simple matter
to substitute honey for sugar or mo-
lasses in many. recipes and that the
resulting flavor is often novel and
pleasing. Icing made with honey in
stead Of sugar will keep soft and fresh
for months, and cakes, especially those
in which butter is not used, have been
kept fresh for several months.
The United States department of
agriculture has made a rather extern
sive investigation concerning the use
of honey, and has just published
Farmers Bulletin 653, Honey and Its
Uses in the Home, which may be Sc
cured for the asking. This bulletin
not only contains much general in
formation concerning honey, its
forms, method of making and keep
ing, but also contains many recipes in
which 1t constitutes an important in
gredient.
Comb honey is practically certain to
be pure because the processes by
which it is adulterated cost more than
they will save. Formerly there was
a very prevalent idea that extracted
honey, that is, honey removed from
the comb, was often adulterated.
However, recent legislation regarding
adulterating food materials has been
such that very little, If any, adulter-
ated honey finds its way to market.
1t is not necessary, however, for
farmers to depend on buying honey,
because every farm should have its
complement of from one to a half
dozen hives Of bees.
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DAISY FLY KILLER
PATENTS
". N. u, BALTIMORE, No. 2s-1e1s
She Objected.

'I certainly shall rot give you a
recommendation. You have disgraced
u.s."
In what way, madam? Hasn't my
work always been satisfactory
Your work has been all right. It's
the reasons for your leaving me that
l object"
Il don't understand"
Then I'll explain. I've had servants
leave me to get married, and because
they we're needed at home, and be-
cause they found pleasant employment
at summer resorts, but you are ao-
tually quitting to get more money
than can afford to pay. What will
my friends think when they know
that?"-Detroit Free Press.
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POISON CUTWORMS
IN GARDEN PATCH
Kansas Mixture Scattered
Around Infested Areas Will
Prove Quite Effective.
cBy A. C. RUGGLEs. Minnesota Expert
ment Statlon.)

cBy A. C. RUGGLEs. Minnesota Expert
ment Statlon.)
The cutworm will get your garden
truck il you don't watch out. If you
haven't fall-plowed, you may success
fully fight the pests by the use of poi
son.
A slightly different formula from the
old-fashioned poisoned bran mash was
found very effective against grasshop-
pers in Kansas in 1912. In 1914, this
mixture was very successfully used
against crickets, army worms and cut
worms.
The formula for the Kansas mixture
is as follows: Bran, 1 pound; paris
green, ounce; sirup, u pint; orange
or lemon, u ounce; water, IN pints.
Mix the bran and paris green sep
arately while dry. Squeeze the juice
Of the orange or lemon into the water,
grating the peeling and pulp, and add
ing this also to the water. Dissolve
the sirup in this mixture and wet the
poisoned bran, stirring thoroughly.
This mash is scattered around the In
tested areas.
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the test, but individuality causes great
er variations. These influences remain
fixed, however, and each COW has a
normal individual fat-test, and this
cannot be changed by feeding or man
agement
The following rules should be OBJ,
served in sampling a cows milk for a
butter-fat test:
Select period of normal feed,
weather and general conditions.
With all of the milking in one YES
sci, pour back and forth between pals.
three or four times.
Put a small portion in a clean,
tightly-sealed bottle, with some pre-
servative, as a corrosive sublimate
tablet, to keep the sample from sour
ing.
Repeat this with four or six success
sive milkings, adding an amount to
the sample in proportion to the
amount of milk in each milking. After
each addition to this composite sam
Pile. whirl the sample bottle around
till all the cream which has stuck to
the sides of the bottle is thoroughly
mixed into the milk again. Keep the
sample in a cool. dry place. Two
ounces Of milk is enough for a fat
test in duplicate.
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III the faucet leaks do not think 1t is
necessary to call a plumber, turn on
the water, remove the faucet and put
on new washer Purchase a few
washers and have them on hand when
needed. A wrench will be needed to
remove the faucet.
Sometime the drain is stopped by
lint and CONCEALED fat. II boiling wa
ter poured down the drain in a large
quantity does not open 1t up, just un.
screw with a wrench the plate at the
bottom of the trap shaped like a let
ter S. Clean out this pipe, for more
times than any other this is the cause
OF the stoppage. Use sal soda in boil.
Ing water often to flush the pipes, this
will dissolve all fats and keep the
pipes clean.
When chair bottoms made of reed
or rattan sag, stand them in a tub
and pour boiling water through the
rattan, being careful not to wet the
wood. This treatment will make the
cane shrink and they will be as taut
as ever when dry.
@N~NO thC lduCSIS VI Il0 kllCH6n
sink, at least one of them, with threads
at the bottom to attach the garden
hose; this may prove a great comfort
in time of fire in the house or one
can use the hose to wash the porches
When serving canned pears, drain
of some of the pear juice which may
be served for other uses and add
orange juice with a little sugar. The
flavor is most agreeable and improves
the pears greatly.
When whipping cream in a bowl
with Dover egg beater put the beat
er handle through the bottom of a pa
per bag which has been slipped over
the bowl to save the spattering of
the cream.
When slicing tongue do not cut
straight across the tongue; but dag
onally; this makes better slices and
there are no small dry tips left.
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ham Remedies Vegetable Compound
and Sanative Wash. am now well and
strong and can do all my own work. /
owe it all to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound and want other suffer-
ing women to know about il. Mrs.
H. E. MABEN, 211 S. Spring St., Mur.
freesboro, Tenn.
This famous remedy, the medicinal
ingredients of which are derived from
native roots and herbs, has for nearly
forty years proved to be a most valua-
bic tonic and invigorator of the female
organism. Women everywhere bear
willing testimony to the wonderful vir-
tue Of5Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
COMPOUND.
Why Lose Hope.
No woman suffering from any form
Of female troubles should lose hope un-
til she has given Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound fair trial.
II y0u want special advice write to
Lydia 3. Pinkham Medicine Co. (cOnfl-
dent1aD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will
be opened, read and answered by q
woman and held in strict confidence.
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Where soap Is of No Use.

Lapland folk never speak of them
selves as Laplanders, or Laps; they
are the Samelatsh, they say, the un-
known people, the people of whom no
one knows anything, not even whence
they came.
II any mention is made in their
presence of Norwegian, Swedish, Fin
nish or Russian Lapland, their feelings
are sorely wounded, for there is only
one Lapland, they hold, and it is their
land, the land of the Samelatsch.
These folk, as other folk, have their
whims and fancies, their little peculi-
arities, too.
They regard soap, for instance, with
profound mistrust, and have no great
faith in washing; no faith at all, in
deed, in washing in warm water.
AS soon as baby is born they bathe
1t in cold water; and they bathe it
again, always in cold water, every day
until, should it live so long, it is two
years old. Then the end comes.
The child is pronounced clean for
life and has never another bath.
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Modestv.

Apropos of painting to which An
thony Comstock had objected, accord
ing to the New Orleans State, George
Luke, the artist, said in New York:
1--WE are an overmodest people, al
most prurient people, and Comstock
keeps trying to make US worse.
Il know a lady who went into a de-
partment store to buy some underwear
the other day. A dark, romantic, hand
some man waited on her. Comstock
would have approved of the modest
way this man described his wares.
" I can show you, madam he said,
some very choice bargains in undies
of all kinds-nighties, combies, knick-
ers and chims.'"
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NEGLECT WILL SOON
DEVASTATE ORCHARD
Thorough Cultivation Is Needed,
but 1t Must Stop in Time to
Give Wood a Chance.

When you are pushing the young
orchard for growth it needs thorough
cultivation, but 1t should stop in July
In order to give the wood chance to
ripen before fall.
Rub off the water sprouts in the
center of the tree and do not allow
them to grow large enough to be
pruned.
Look out for the curculio on the
plum and peach trees. Jar them off
on sheets and be sure to burn every
one.
If you made the mistake of not
pruning your grapevines last winter
let them alone now, as bleeding would
be sure to follow the knife at this
season.
II you can arrange to spray just as
the petals of the buds are we'll formed
you can save the bees, as a great
many are killed by spraying just as
the buds are blooming.
Your trees may look clean and
healthy, but that is no reason why
they should not receive careful atten-
ton this fall, and next spring as we'll
Neglect will soon destroy an orchard.
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USEFUL LITTLE DAIRY HINTS
Waste Of Time and Feed to Breed
serubs-ProVide Supply Of Clean
Water for the Calf.

Do not waste your time and feed on
scrubs as they take just as much feed
and time and do not give as much in
return, either in quality or quantity,
as the pure-bred stock.
Do not feed calves hot milk.
Do not feed the calf cold milk. It
causes scours.
Do not feed the calf sour milk.
Do not forget that the calf needs
salt even when he is very young.
Do not forget to keep plenty of clean
water for the calf to drink. 1t is bet
ter to warm it in cold weather.
Keep the calf in a clean, dry, warm
place.
For warts or rough scaly patches on
the calf, rub on a mixture Of sulphur
and lard twice day.
For scours give castor oil, then
break two or three eggs into a dish
and beat them, put them in a bottle
and give the calf as a drench, two or
three times the first day or two. Also
omit the calf's milk and grain for at
least one feed, then feed him less than
usual the next two or three feeds.