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Bellefon
Farm Notes.
Broilers are now up to 40 cents per
pound, with an upward tendency,
which shows that the early chicks
pay.
To prevent smut in corn or oats,
steep the seed in a solution of four
ounces of sulphate of copper (blue vit-
rol) in a gallon of water for six bushels
of seed.
It is of no more use to feed cows on
poor feed than it isto put poor wheat in-
to a good mill ; the machinery in both
cases will turn out a poor and unprofit-
able product.
If you do not want the sills of your
barns and sheds to decay, keep the dirt
away from them so that they will re-
main constantly dry. This is easier
than putting in new sills.
Well cultivated and fertilized soil
stands climatic conditions and chang-
es better than poor soil badly tilled.
If the season be wet, dry or cold,crops
on poor soil suffer the most.
We advise again the feeding of a li:
tle oil meal to every animal on the
farm at this season of the year, if it
can conveniently behad. It would
save a good deal of sickness.
A spirited horse may soon be made
slow and spiritless by constant nagging,
twitching the lines, peevish urging, and
many other wearing processes that fret:
ful drivers invent and practice.
Liquid manure is a grand, good fer
-tilizer. But when specially saved in
tanks, as it sometimes is, it is very con-
centrated, and that fact must be re
member when applying it to plants.
A prominent horticulturist states
that by placing tomato leaves around
the trunks of trees, and also by sprink-
ling roses and cabbages with a decoc-
tion prepared by steeping tomato leaves
in water, insects did not disturb them.
This is worthy a trial.
A slight top-dressing of manure, ap-
plied just after the ground has frozen,
will be the best protection for late-sown
wheat. It will protect from slight thaws
and thus give the grain a double pro-
tection.
Early vegetables may be planted as
soon as April in this section if the
ground is warm, but it will be at the
risk of injury by trost at any time. If
early vegetables are desired, some at-
tention must be given to covering and
protecting them at night.
Look over the seed corn. There is
but little danger of any of it being fro-
zen this season, but the best ears
should be selected. By carefully se-
lecting seed every year the yield of corn
can be gradually increased. No plants
are more easily improved by selection
than corn and wheat. J
At the American Horticultural meet-
ing at Austin, Tex., Mrs. S. E. Sher-
man, Salado, Tex., read a paper on
“The Honey Bee, ’showing its useful-
ness to the horticulturist and the value
of the honey it gathered, even if used
only to preserve the fruit the horticul-
turist raises. The paper was well re.
ceived.
Farmers in this section should try
alfalfa in small lots by way of experi-
ment. In the West it is considered su-
perior to clover, and once the ground
is covered with it two or three crops can
be removed in a season. It will last
for years, and endures drought well.
It has been tested with success in New
York.
Never grow trees of different kids
together until satisfied that one does
not injure the other, as is frequently
the case when plumbs are planted near
peaches, thus inducing the curculio to
sometimes attack the later. A single
wild cherry tree near an apple tree will
provide a harboring place for caterpill-
ers, which finally injure the apple or-
chard.
It may be possible to give a nearly
perfect ration for an animal, but it is
not always advisable to use such a ra-
tion. It is possible that in some sea-
sons or in some sections the cost of an
element in that ration would make it
unadvisable to feed, We must teed,
to some extent, according to circum-
stances, always keeping in mind that
it never pays to feed what will abso-
lutely injure the animal, however cheap
it may be.
Food values and analysis are well
enough, but the farmer who keeps a
sharp eye on his stock, and notes the
appetite of each animal, will know
more about how to feed and what to
give than all the learned ‘Professors’
in the country. We do not mean to
infer that the tables of feeding values
are useless, or that the efforts of scien-
tists are futile, but animals differ in
characteristics, and the only way to
know is by practical observation.
We cannot too often repeat to inqui-
rers aiter the best cow food, says the
Jersey Bulletin, that noone food known
will either bring or keep a cow up to
her best work in butter-makiag.
Short, fine, nutritious grass is as good
r better than any other one thing,
but the best of grass needs to be re-en-
forced by more orless of grain. So the
very best conceivable ration of grain
needs to be enforced by more or less of
grass,or some other succulent food,such
asgool corn silage.
There is no argument we can possi-
bly use in favor of fooling away
valuable time and wasting your ener-
gies in keeping common dung hill fowls.
It costs no more to rear good birds than
bad ones. If vou reara lot of scrubs
Household Hints.
Tea should be kept in a close canis-
ter.
Corn starch is a good substitute for
eggs in cooking.
To keep lemons, cover with cold
water, changing once a week.
To stop hiccough, take a lump of
sugar saturated with vinegar.
1tis well to keep pieces of charcoal
in damp corners and in dark places.
Salt should never be added to fresh
milk, as it will cause it to curdle.
To make tough m:at or fowls tender
add vinegar to the water in which
they are cooked.
To cure earache, take a piece of cot-
ton batting, put in it a pinch of black
pepper, dip in sweet oil and put in
the ear.
Cheese should be kept in a close box
in a cool place. That which feels soft be-
tween the fingers is richest and best.
Wood ashes putin water and pour-
ed in vessels retaining odors of onions,
cabbages or fish will entirely destroy
them. .
Boiling water should not be poured
over tea trays, japanned goods, etc., as
it will make the varnish crack and
peel off.
To prevent cake adhering to the
pan when baked, scatter a little flour
over the greased surface before pour-
ing in the dough.
It 1s said that if the hands are rub-
bed on a stick of celery after peeling
onions the disagreeable smell will be
entirely removed.
Strong muriatic acid applied with a
cloth, and the spot washed thoroughly
with water, is recommended to remove
ink stains from boards.
Almonds are blanched by pouring
water over them after they are shelled ;
when they have remained for a few mo-
ments in the water they can be rubbed
in a soft, dry towel, and the skin will
slip off the kernels, leaving them white
and entire.
Dipping fish in scalding water will
cause the scales to come off very easily,
but if the fish are to be salted down
they must on no account be scalded.
You may pour over them vinegar with
the same result. Salt fish will soak
fresh much quicker in sour milk than
injwater.
An easy method of removing bits of
oreign bodies from the eye is to place a
grain of flaxseed under the lower lid,and
close the lids. The seed becomes sur-
rounded by a thick, adhering mucilage,
which entraps the foreigh body, and
soon carries itout from the angle of
the eye.
ETT
Hints to Hostesses.
If you are thinking of asking friends
to spend an evening with you, give
them a warm welcome on their arrival
and, after seeing that they are comfort
ably settled, let them alone for a bit.
No one can possibly feel at ease while
the hostess is continually fussing
around, making suggestions for com-
fort where none are required. Many
an Jtherwise pleasant evening has been
spoiled in this way, and guests have
had occasion to regret having accept-
ed the invitation. Do not monopolize
the conversation so entirely yourself as
to entirely exclude your company from
from putting in a word. Your choice
of subjects might be most uninteresting
to others, and if you have children be-
ware of showing them off to those
who have none, or to maiden ladies,
who might wish them elsewhere!
Some hostesses are just a little too press-
ing with all sorts of good things ; and
it should be borne in mind that in
these days of civilization people do not
visittheir friends for the sake of eating
and drinking, and one‘“No, thank you,’
might generally beaccepted for an an-
swer. On the other hand do not ne-
glect your guests, nor give more atten-
tion to one than to another. Above
all, do not make your friends stay
when they rise to depart ; this is an-
other of the mistaken kindnesses that
one has frequently to put up with.
An Immense Forest.
In Stanley’s report to the British
Ctovernment in regard to his expedition
for the relief of Emin Pasha, he speaks
as follows of the discovery of an im-
mense forest: “We can prove that
east and north and northeast of the
Congo there exists an immense area of
about 250,000 square miles which is
covered by one unbroken, compact and
veritable forest. Through the core of
this forest we traveled for thirteen
months, and in its gloomy shades many
scores of our dark followers perished.
Our progress through the dense under-
growth of bush and ambitious young
trees which grew beneath the imper-
vious shades of the forest giants, and
which were matted by arums, phrynia
and amona, mzshed by endless lines of
calamus, and complicated by great
cable-like convolvuii, was often only at
the rate of 400 yards an hour. Through
such obstructions as these we had to
tunnel a way for the column to pass.
The Amazon Valley cannot boast a
more impervious or a more umbrageous
forest, nor one which has more truly a
tropical character, than this vast Up-
per Congo forest, nourished as it is by
eleven months of tropical showers.”
The pony is the horse of hard-
ships, says a horseman in an exchange,
and one that has sprung from some
poor country where he has ever been
the child of neglect, he and all the pre-
decessors of his race. In a ich coun-
try like the horse regions of Kentucky,
for instance, his pony characteristics
would invariably run out in the course
you can sell neither eg. s nor poultry at!
any price. You will take more pride
in good poultry than in poor stock, |
and will be much more apt to make |
the business a success if you are prond |
of your birds and delight to show them
oft to vtsitors or fanciers. By all
means keep pure stock.
of a few generations. He is not a dis-
( tinct strain, as many would seem to
suppose. He doubtless sprang origin-
ally from as good a strain of horses as
the world knew of at the time, and his
present reduced size and characteristic
tonghness have resulted unquestionably
from local circumstances.
Sechler’s Grocery.
TT THE HUNGRY PUBLIC.
0———0
It is only those who
eat—the many who re-
quire the necessities of
life, to prolong their ex-
istence, that we address.
Those who use no-
thing,—who think they
need nothing,—who live
on expectation, hope or
some intangible nothing,
will save time by passing
this column by. It is not
intended for; them but the
other fellows. We write
what is here put down for
the people who are mortal
enough to get hun@ry, and
in consequence of getting
hungry are sensible enough
to try to get what is good,
pure, wholesomeland nec-
essary, at prices that don't
require them to lay out all
that they earn, to appease
their appetites. We have
been in the hunger appeas-
ing business for many,
many :years. We know
what men want, we know
what women and children
desire, and we know how
much better and how much
more pleasant it is to re-
side in a community where
people enjoy good health,
than among dyspeptic com-
plainers, growlers and suf-
ferers. To have healthy
people pure food must be
used. We understand this,
and understanding it, keep
nothing but the purest of
everything! that can be
found in the market. To
satisfy the demands of the
many different stomachs
that we try to gratify, re-
quires a vast variety of
dainties, condiments and
relishes, as well as the sub-
stantials; and knowing this
there is nothing that is eat-
able, relishable or appetiz-
ing, that we do not keep.
It is for you who want, or
use anything eatable, eith-
er as meats, fish, groceries,
fruits, nuts, relishes, or in
fact anything from a piece
of chewing gum fo a first
class beef steak, that we
write and pay the printer
to print this invitation “for
you to come and see us.
Ifyou live in town drop
in and see what all we have
and what quality ‘of goods
we carry.
Ii you live in the country
come in the first time you
come to town and learn how
easy it is to get good, pure,
fresh groceries, as low if
not lower than many have
been in the habit of paying
for old, impure and
strengthlessarticles of diet.
If you have any good fresh
farm produce bringtit along.
Under any and all ecir-
cumstances
COME AND SEE US.
SECHLER & CO.
66 & 68 West High St,
INuminating Oil.
Hardware.
C ROWN ACME.
THE BEST
BURNING OIL
THAT CAN BE MADE
FROM PETROLEUM.
It gives a Brilliant Light.
It will not Smoke the Chimney.
It will Not Char the Wick.
It has a High Fire Test.
It does Not Explode.
It is without an equal
AS A SAFETY FAMILY OIL.
We stake our reputation as refiners that
IT IS THE BEST OIL IN THE WORLD.
Ask your dealer for it. Trade supplied by
ACME OIL CO.,
34 35 1y Williamsport, Pa.
For sale at retail by W. T. TWITMIRE
JARDWARE AND STOVES
o——JAS. HARRIS & C0.)8—
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
sesarsvmany PRICES IN HARDWARE............
‘We buy largeiy for cash, and doing our
own work, can afford to sell cheaper
and give our friends the benefit, which
we will always make it a point to do.
—A FIRST-CLASS TIN SHOP—
CONNECTED WITH OUR STORE.
ALL OTHER THINGS
DESIRABLE IN HARDWARE
FOR THE WANTS AND USE
OF THE PEOPLE, WITH
PRICES MARKED SO THAT
ALL CAN SEE,
0—AT LOWEST PRI¢ES—o0
For Everybody.
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22 92 BELLEFONTE, PA.
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—far THE WATCHMAN OFFICE.{—
New Advertisements.
EW AND SECOND-HAND PI-
A anos, Organs and Sewing Machines,
on reasonable terms. Second hand instruments,
in some cases goood as new, for sale or rent.
Payments taken in monthly installments.
ROOM 28, Crider’s Exchange, 3rd floor.
34-49-3m
EN WANTED ON SALARY—
AN To reliable men we will give steady
employment and liveral salary paying their
traveling expenses. We grow our own stock
exclusively and guarantee it to be strictly
(first-class in every particular, true to name as
‘ordered. Fuil instructions urnished. Experi-
ence unnecessary. Apply at Sncestaing age.
: Address E. C. PIERSON & Co., Maple Grove
» Nurseries, Waterloo, N.Y. (Establ’d over20y’rs.)
35-9 16w.
ALESMEN WANTED.—To sell
our 600 hardy varieties of choice Nur-
sery Stock. Best specialties. No experience
necessary. Speeial advantages to beginners. °
Extra inducements. Pay weekly. Situation
permanent. Best terms. Best outfit free. We
guarantee what we advertise. Address, at once,
GLEN BROS., Nurserymen,
Roehester, N. Y.
(This house is reliable.) 35-10-2m*
ALESMEN WANTED.
400 ACRES. | — 37th YEAR:
To represent one of the largest Nurseries in
the country. We guarantee satisfaction to all
customers. No previous experience necessary.
Salary and expenses from start. Address,
stating age,
HOOPES, BRO. & THOMAS,
Maple Avenue Nurseries West Chester, Pa.
35-10-4¢
HRESHING MACHINES. —A
specialty. Simple, most durable,
economical, and perfect in use. Wastes no
grain; cleans it ready for market.
THRESHING ENGINES
and Horse Powers. Saw Mills, Shingle. Ma-
chines, Hay Presses, and Standard Imple-
ments generally.
Send for illustrated Catalogue.
A. B. FARGUHAR CO., Limited
Pennsylvania Agricultural Works,
35-7-3m York, Pa.
DMINISTRATOR'’S NOTICE.—
_ Letters of administration on the es-
tate of Nancy Cochran, late of Ferguson town-
ship, deceased, pins day been granted
to the undersigned, by the Register of Wills
in and for Centre county, all persons indebted
to said estate are requested to make immedi-
ate payment, and persons having claims
against said estate are requested to present
the same duly authenticated for settlement.
Site CHARLES SNYDER,
Administrator,
HASTINGS & REEDFR, Atty’s
A LARGEMARBLE ANDGRAN-
ITE FIRM.
— HEISLER & GROSS, —
the new marble firm of Beliefonte have the
largest and the finest lot of
MONUMENTS & TOMB STONES
ever seen in Bellefonte or in the State, except
Philadelphia. One member of the firm or
cently went to the quarries in Vermont and
bought two car loads of which has arrived with
about sixty-two styles of Monuments & Grave
stones. They were bought at such low prices
that it is impossible for any firm to compete
with. Head stones, that were selling at fifty
dollars are now thirty, and all the rest are as
low in proportion. Do not buy of any person
or firm until you have seen our stock and
styles, for they are grand. There are several
grades of them and consist of the following
named marble, Italian, Southern Falls, Rut-
land, Creole, Kennesaw, Cherokee, and also
ail kinds of Granite.
HEISLER & GROSS,
Water street near be spring,
ellefonte.
35-10-4t
Tr UNITED STATES
—WASHINGMACHINE,--
MANUFACTURED ONLY BY
M. BROWN & CO,
WarakoNeTA OnE
THE BEST WASHERIN THE MARKET.
. No screws or nails are used in its construct-
ion, the whole machine is held together with
steel rods, so adjusted as to take up any shrink
age. It is the most durable machine made. No
sheet iron to rust, no cogs or costly parts to
break or wear out.
AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE.
Bz=Send for circulars and price lists with
full Description.
mee [eee
o CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, o
AND
SPRING WAGONS,
at the old Carriage stand of
McQUISTION & CO.,——
NO. 10 SMITH STREET,
adjoining the freight depot.
0
We have on hand and for sale the
best assortment of Carriages, Bugeiss
and Spring Wagons we have ever had
We have Dexter, Brewster, hpi
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-
ties.
Inprice 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
ou.
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 Jordiasing
elsewhere. Don’t miss the place—
alongside of the freight depot.
31 15 S. A. McQUISTION & CO.
smn
Book Bindery.
I forks BOOK BINDERY.
[Established 1852.)
Having the latest improved machinery J am
prepared to
BIND BOOKS AND MAGAZINES
of all descriptions, or to rebind old books,
Special attention given to the ming of paper
and manufacture of BLANK BOOKS.
this office, or ad-
Orders will be received at
. dress F. L. HUTTER,
i Book Binder, Third and Market Streets,
25 18 Harrisburg, Pa.
§ 8
A GOOD RECORD.
THE OLDEST HARNESS HOUSE
IN TOWN.
Over 18 Joars in the same spot—no
change of firm—no fires—no going back,
but continued and steady progress. This
is an advanced age. People demand more
for their money than ever before.” We are
up tothe times with the largest and best
assortment of everything that is to be
found in a FIRST-CLASS HARNESS
STORE, and we defy competition, either
in rally, Sasnily or prices. NO SEL-
ING OUT" FOR THE WANT OF TRADE.
VO COMPANY— NO PARTNERS — NO
ONE TO DIVIDE PROFITS WITH BUT
MY CUSTOMERS. I am better prepared,
this year, to give you more for your monoy
than ever before. Last year and this year
have found me at times not able to fill m
orders. The above facts are worth consid-
sng for they are evidence of merjt and
ir ealing. There is nothing so success-
u
0—AS SUCCESS—o
and this is what hurts some. See my
large stock of Single and Double Harness,
Whips, Tweed Dusters, Horse Sheets, Col-
lars and Sweat Pads, Riding Saddles,
Ladies’ Side Saddles, very low: Fly-Nets
from $3 a pair and upwards. Axle, Coach
and Harness Oils, Saddlery Hardware and
Harness Leather SOLD AT THE LOW-
EST PRICES to the trade. Harnessmak-
ers in the country will find it to their ad-
vantage to get my prices before purchas-
ing hardware elsewhere. I am better pre-
pared this year than ever to fill orders
promptly.
JAS. SCHOFIELD,
Spring street, Bellefonte, Pa.
Ghd
UR NEW $85 SOLID GOLD
WATCH FREE.
Worth $100.00. Best §85 watch in the world.
Perfect timekeeper. Warranted heavy, sorip
goLp hunting cases. Both ladies’ and gent’s
sizes, with works and cases of equal value. ONE
PERSON in each loca ity can secure one free, to-
fhe with our large and valuable line of
ousenorD SAmpLEs. These samples, as well as
the watch are free. All the work you need do
is to show what we send you to those who call
—your friends and neighbors and those about
you—that always results in valuable trade for
us, which holds for years when once started,
and thus we are repaid. We pay all express,
freight, ete. After you know all, if you would
like to go to work for us you can earn from
$20 to $60 per week and upwards. Address,
STINSON & CO., Box 812, Portland,iMe. 35 1.
33 37
adi i. For SALE BY MACATMON
Carriages. Sa ery. Arias oy r & go, ie
ARGAINS! o BARGAINS Miscellaneous.
uaUaRy 1st 1890,
THE ST. PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS & MANI-
TOBA RY. and its branches became the
GREAT NORTHERN RY. LINE.
IF YOU ARE GOING
TO THE FREE FARMS OF THE MILK
RIVER VALLEY,
TAKE THE
GREAT NORTHERN RY. LINE.
TO THE GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, IRON
AND COAL MINES OF MONTANA,
TAKE THE
GREAT NORTHERN RY. LINE.
TO HELENA, BUTTE, SPOKANE FALLS
AND THE COAST CITIES,
TAKE THE
GREAT NORTHERN RY. LINE,
TO FARGO, CROOKSTON, GRAND FORKS
AND WINNIPEG,
TAKE THE
GREAT NORTHERN RY. LINE.
TO ALL MINNESOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA
NORTH DAKOTA, MONTANA, IDAHO,
OREGON, WASHINGTON,
CALIFORNIA AND
MANITOBA
POINTS,
TAKE THE
GREAT NORTHERN RY. LINE.
For tickets, maps and guides, apply to your
home ticket agent or write to
F. 1. WHITNEY,
Gen. Pass. and Ticket Agent,
GreEaT NORTHERN RAILwaAy,
St. Paul, Minn.
f%~The GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY
LINE runs its own Magnificent Dining Cars
Palace Sleeping Cars, Special Apartment Cars
and Free Colonist Sleepers on Daily Through
Trains. ,y1 835