ions Ec 5 IS ans Democratic Bellefonte, Pa., January 17, 1890. Farm Notes. Never prop a fruit tree, says the New England Homestead. If the load is too heavy thin the fruit, and make what is left better than it could possi bly be if overcrowded. ‘The cow may work well, the churn may work well, and the conditions may be perfect, but ifthere is not an active brain behind the whole thing, it will be like an engine without any fire under the boiler. At the present price of feed stuffs Professor Goesmann reaches the con- clusion that it pays to grow and pre- pare corn-fodder,stover or corn ensilage. This conclusion is confirmed by the Ohio and Iowa experimental stations. Wood or coal ashes are among the best materials that can be used to loosen up a stiff, hard soil, says the Live Stock Indicator.itshould be applied freely whenever they can be secured, while wood ashes are a voluable fertil- izer. Instead of counting on mere compe- tition from the West in the future the East may count on less. The West will become more and more a consumer of its own preducts, while it will man- ufacture more and more and buy less. The West will buy less of the East. A farmer in Texas gives his hogs one good feed each year of corn boiled in poke root, three parts of corn to oue of root, He considers the root a pre- ventive of cholera. In twenty-two years experience he has never lost a hog with this disease. Svery bull on the farm should be broken tothe yoke when he is young and be made to work . There is note- ing so efficacions as work for temper- ing a savage disposition. The bull is dangerous because he is idle and has nothing to do. Of the seven weeds of the “weed law” of Wisconsin, which requires farmers, under penalty, to destroy, says the Michigan Farmer, only one is a native of ‘the United States, all the rest being naturalized importations froma Europe, where they are common wild plants, Frequent transplanting of the young plant and good tillage are essential to best results in tomato culture, says the Michigan Farmer. Plants started un- der glass ten weeks before transplanting into the field will give fruit about a week sooner than those started two or hree weeks later. : Knowing just what everything costs its value, and its price in market, can Tartan is much used in combination with plain serge. Richly colored bead trimmingsin leaf | patterns tind favor. { Skirts of ordinury dresses seem to be | increasing in length. The skirts of home toilets are almost invariably made with trains. | Vandyked for borders are used in very { handsome and rich materials. Fashion Notes. 1 | 1 |" Ostrich feathersand wings are much |. used on both hats and bonnets. | Sleeves, veils and yckes of fur are ' features of some winter costumes. | Small muffs of silk and ribbon, filled | with lace, are in tavor in Paris now. | Low crowns and flat trimmings re- : present a favorite fashion in millinery. Ribbed velvet, resembling very fine . corduroy, is being used for winter cos- | tumes. Embroidered Russian braids are em- ployed on house jackets and dresses for | children. | No trimming is put on the fashionable walking skirt, but only an artist can cut, hang and finish one. All the walking dresses have one twelve-inch steel set in the skirt twelve inches below the belt. Small crochet ball-buttons are first choice for smooth cloths. Hut buttons are covered with velvet. Edgings and loops of narrow black silk cord furnish a neat, inexpensive trimming for woolen dress goods. ‘Warm jackets for coaching, driving etc., are made of leopatd-skin, sealskin, | the axis deer, mink or black Russian lamb. : 1tis rumored that the short walking skirtis to be superseded by the incon- venient half long dress when a train is not desired. Monotony is not an element in the millinery line this season, when trim- mings range through every stage of tex- ture from lace to astrachan. The Figaro jacket is a popular style of corsage at present. It is completed by a vest or chemisette of puffed or pins silk confined at the waist by a elt. Only bent hooks are used by modistes who know the resources of the notion stock. Instead ofeyes, small brass rings are used, which have previously been buttonhole-stiched with silk. Once fast- ened the bent hook remains so. A new material for rough wear much used in London is Harris cloth, which comes in dull grays and browns mixed with white, and is made in simple styles. It is dyed with seaweed, and takes its name from Harris Island, a Scotch island where it is made. ‘White buckskin is coming into use for the waistcoats of cloth gowns, and col- lars and cuffs of the same material are seen on some English suits. The buck- skin may be restored, when soiled, to its pristine whiteness with pipe clay with- out the necessity of removing it from only be determired by the farmer keep- ing an account of all his transactions, ' and by.comparison of the accounts of each year. With the beginning of the! new year every farmer should com- mence keeping a strict account. A Michigan farmer tells a contem- porary how he manages to conquer Caanda _thistles by the help of 500 sheep. He puts a small handful of salt on each thistle at the root. The sheep eat the thistle ciose to th: ground. The salting is repeated as often as ne- cessary, and the thistle seldom appears the second year. We know a man who has been hunt- ing about for an all-purpose cow for the last twenty-five years, and during all that time has not owned a cow that has served one porpose. The man who grabs anything that is at hand and turns it to profit is the man who “gets on in the world.” — Western Rural. An exchange says that it would be a help to those unacquainted with varie- ties if three-forths of the varieties of garden seeds were culled out and left out of the catalogue altogether. A few standard varieties will produce bet- ter resulis and give more satisfaction than a larger number, many of which are comparatively worthless, 1f the cow is the cow she ought to be she will give good returns for the extra food she consumes. But al- ways remember that nature takes care of herself before she attends to our pe- pecuniary interests. If the cow is half fed nature will use the most of her for the needs of the animal system, and the cow-owner will get badly left at the milk pail. i Just so long as the buttermaker sells his butter at the country store we are free to admit that it is of no account to anybody whether he makes good or bad butter. If he makes good butter he will not get any more for it, and the best butter is thrown into the barrel with the bad, and the consumer is not benefited. Make good butter and send it to a commission house. Sheep should not be housed in large numbers under the same roof, says the American Sheep Breeder. The breath . of so many together renders it noxious -to’breathe. A practical shepherd esti- mates that not more than fifty should * be stabled under the same roof. Tt is much better to build several small sheds at convenient points than one large * building. The Orange County Farmer says; “Peach culture seems to be coming to the front again in this part of the world. “For many years but few peach- -es were-grown, but of late they seem to have taken a new lease of life, and ap- parently do well. The trees cost so little'that every farmer should have a few. "If he gets but one crop before the tree ‘dies itis a good investment all the same.” Aches and hen manure, if mixed to- gether before being applied to the soil, result ina loss of ammonia that the garment. Newspaper English. ‘We are not only getting into the habit of using French words, but also of translating French phrases into our English. For instance, there is scarcely a paper I take up which does not in- form us that something has been ‘‘defin- itely arranged’’—meaning, of course, “definitely, or finally ’’ settled; or that something ‘goes without sasing’— where it goes we are not told. * * We never say anyvthing—we intimate it. Mr. Black boldly says to Smith at supper: “If you say that again I'll knock you down.” But the newspapers report that he intimated an intention to prostrate his opponent. Black also adds that Smith is a blackguard and a rascal. Smith’s friend says that “Black alluded to him as not being honorable in his conduct.” Brown, wishing to know who began this asks: ¢By whom was this initiated ?”” Smith’s friend replies that it was initiated by Black, and that the controversy lasted the balance of the night, [and was definitely arranged by an apology. Brown then asks where the parties are “stopping’’ now—mean- ing to ask where the two persons are staying, for nobody now stays in a place he ¢stops”’—and Smith’s friend “inti- mates’ that it has “transpired” that they are in Green's hotel, and that Smith has ‘extended an invitation” to Black to dinner, and that thus the “dif- ficulty” has been ‘definitely arranged.” But, in the newspaper account of it, the writer says* “An outrage, which at first sight seems almost incredible, has just been ventilated by special inquiry.” * Had Daniel to Read! A farmer who was seated with his wite in a wagon in the market yesterday beckoned to a newsboy who was shout- ing : “All about——!""ete., and asked ? “What's up now ?” «All about the message.” «WW hat message ?77 ‘The president's.” “Oh, that’s it. The president sent a message to some one, did he?” “It’s the message to congress,” said the boy after looking at the headlines. “Must be mighty important |” + Yes, sir.” . “Quess I'll take one of them.” e “1 guess you won't!” exclaimed tht wife as he felt for his change. “Wha on earth do yon want of a message ?” “Want to see what it is, don’t I?” ‘But it’s nothin’ but readin’.,’ “No, I s’pose not, but the president must a bad somethin’ on his mind when he made it up.” “S'posen he had. We've got nuff on our minds, haven't we? You haven't finished that Life of Dan’l Boone yit.” “That's so. Say, bub, sorry to have troubled ye, but I guess I don’t keer for any message, and the ole woman is rayther agin it, too. I've got a good book to home that makes my hair stand right up on every page, and I guess the president can’t beat that ’Life o’ Dan’l Boone,” and the way he did knock In- guns and bars about would make your feet cold to read. No, I guess I won't buy. I'll continue on with Dan’l Boone. '—Detroit Free Press greatly lessens the value. Put the ashes on after the manure has heen mixed with the soil ; the ammonia will be absorhed by it and remain in it for the wse of ‘the crop. Wood ashes are a valuable application to soils de- ficient in potash, and hasten the de- compositiori in the coarse manures. The Norwegians aresaid to bethe longest-lived people in the world. Of- ficiul statistics show that the average duration of life in Norway is 48.33 for j the men, 51.30 for the women, and 46.77 | for both sexes. The duration of life has increased of late years. IN THE CHIMNEY CORNER. What do you see in the fire my darling ; Gold haired lassie beside my knee ? Is it a castle in Eldorado, Is it a lover from o'er the sea ? Leave the castle for others, lassie, Let the lover come whence he may; Love is love in the humblest cottage, Never mind what the world will say. What is there in the flames, my darling? Do you wonder what can see? The old white house and the little garden, Oh, how it all comes back to me ! Oh, the sound of the mill wheel turning! Oh, the scent of the lilac tree! When I was a girl like you, my darling, When your grandfather courted me. You will grow old, like me, my darling ; Time will whiten your golden hair, You'll sit at eve in the chimney corner, Dreaming and watching each empty chair; You will not weep as you sit and ponder; You will remember granny’s smile; For we know that the hearts that are gone, my darling, Are but lost for a little while. — Frederick E. Weatherly BANANA CHARLOTTE.—This issimple and refreshing. The sides of a quart mold are to be lined with sponge cake, and the bottom of the mold with thin slices of banana. Fill the mold with tiff swhipped cream. Set it aside in the ice-box till wanted. Remove carefully from the mold and serve, “My dearest Laura, what is the matter ? Here you are bathed in tears and only four weeks after your wed- ding 7” 40h, Clara,my husband is a candidate for Mayor, and I have just found out by this morning’s paper that he is a para- gon of all the vices.” CIRCUMSTANTIAL EvIDENCE.— Mr. Slowpop has proposed to you, my dear. “How do you know, papa 7” “I met him as I was coming in.” “Did he look happy ?” “No, but his trowsers were terribly bagged at the knees.” ——William Hammond, of Wilkes- barre Height: aged 79, has worked con- tinuously in coal mines for over 70 years, having commenced with his father, in ‘Wales, when he was 8 years old. He is hale yet. Kansas raised 34,000,000 bushels of wheat this year. If made into bread, reckoning a bushel to 60 pounds of flour, it would give each man, woman and child in the Uni‘en States 34 two-pound | loaves of bread. vertised postage stamps for sale for thirty days at 11 cents. ter on the Westeren coast. The farmer who moves into a country should attend to setting out fruit trees just as quickly as pos- | sible. Carriages. 13 reams Yoo BARGAINS Et o CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, o AND SPRING WAGONS, at'the old Carriage stand of ° McQUISTION & CO.,—— NO. 10 SMITH STREET, adjoining the freight depot. We have on hand and for sale the best assortment of Carriages, Buggies, and Spring Wagons we have ever had. We have Dexter, Brewster, Eliptie, and Thomas Coil Springs, with Piano and Whitechapel bodies, and can give you a choice of the different patterns of wheels. Our work is the best made in this section, made by good workmen and of good material. e claim to be the only party manufacturing in town who ever served an apprenticeship to the business. Along with that we have had forty years’ experience in the busi- ness, which certainly should give us the advantage over inexperienced par- ies. In price we defy competition, as we have no Pedlers, Clerks or Rents to pay. We pay cash for all our goods, thereby securing them at the lowest figures and discounts. We are ceter- mined not to be undersold, either in our own make or manufactured work from other places; so give us a call for Surries, Phaetons, Buggies, Spring Wagons, Buckboards, or anything else in our line, and we will accommodate you. We are prepared to do all kinds of o REPAIRING——o0 on short notice. Painting, Trimming, Woodwork and Smithing. We guaran- tee all work to be just as represented, so give us a call before pwpaing elsewhere. -Don’t miss the place— alongside of the freight depot. 34 15 S. A. McQUISTION & CO. Hardware. I Jirowane AND STOVES — AT o——JAS. HARRIS & C0O.S——0 —AT— LOWER PRICES THAN EVER. NOTICE—Thanking our friends for their liberal patronage, we desire to ex- press our determination to merit a con- tinuance of the same, by a low scale of erstieise PRICES IN HARDWARE............ 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THE MANUFACTURER takes the Manitoba through the grand- est scenery of America. THE TOURIST takes the Manitoba Palace, Dining and Sleeping Car line to Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana and the Pacific Coast. THE TRAVELER takes the Manitoba cheap excursions from St. Paul to Lake Minnetonka, the Park Region, the Great Wakes, the Rockies, the National Park, the Pacific Ocean, Cali- fornia and Alaska. THE TEACHER ANYONE will receive maps, books and guides of the regions reached by The St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Rail- way, by writing to F. 1. Whitney, G. P.& T. A, St. Paul, Minn. 35 1. Fine Job Printing. rE JOB PRINTING o A SPECIALTY——0 AT THE WATCHMAN o OFFICE. There is no style of work, from the cheapest ‘Dodger” to the finest o~BOOEK-WORK, 0 but you can get done in the most satisfactory manner, and at Prices consistent with the class of'work by calling or communicating with this office. GOOD RECORD. THE OLDEST HARNESS HOUSE IN TOWN. 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