Bellefonte, Pa., Aug. 14, 189l.
Farm ‘Motes.
Pull the weeds out of the old straw-
berry rows and there will be a larger
number of runners produced.
Try the experiment of cutting the tas-
sels off a few rows of corn, and com-
pare the result with rows not so treat-
ed.
All draining of the land should be
done with drain tile if possible, and
the work of making drains should be
done before cold weather sets in.
All breeds ot sheep do not thrive on
the same kind of soil, and to carry on
sheep husbandry best attention must
be paid to adapting breeds to soil.
The practice of whitewashing trees is
not injurious but commendable. It
destroys eggs of insects and insects
themselves which the bark harbors.
The future will witness the presence
of ice machine on the farm, the farmer
making his ice in summer instead of
cutting it in wtnter from filthy ponds.
Spontaneous combustion may result
from the material in the barn being
too closely packed, especially if such
materials have not been thoroughly
cured.
There is not much more expense in
producing a good three year old colt
than in growing a steer, but there is
an appreciable difference in the value
of the product.
Plant a dwarf variety of sweet corn
on the ground where you had your
earlv potatoes, and you will secure a
late supply for the table if the crop is
well cultivated.
Soft-soap, made with potash, has al-
most completely gone out of use, and
hard soapicompounded of soda has
taken its place; hence the suds are not
so very valuable.
Nervous, active horses may be more
serviceable in some departments, but
for plowing and cultivating, if the work
is to be well done the slow horse is
sometimes the best.
The heavy weight of fruit is some-
times detrimental to the trees in caus-
ing large limbsto break. Should (this
happen, saw off the limb and apply
grafting wax to protect the injured
parts.
The best “sign” of a good cow as a
milker is a geod milk and butter record
for a year or more, but shiftless farm-
ers are apt to forget it. Any man
who depends on other signs deserves
disappointment:
Corn, when dry, retains an even
temperature in the bin. Eggs, apples
and potatces packed in shelled corn
may. be preserved for quite awhile,
much depending on the dryness of the
corn and its location in the barn.
Turnips will be an easy crop to
manage if they have been kept clean
when small. The rows will thicken
and the leaves shade down grass and
weeds, if the spaces between the rows
are well cultivated. A loose soil is of
advantage to all varieties of turnips.
~ No sure method of preventing rats
from burrowing and lodging under
farm buildings has yet been discovered.
The rats destroy large amounts of farm
produce, as well as undermine build-
ings. ~ It is not safe to poison them,
and traps are avoided by them.
To destroy pursalaine in the garden
hoe the ground lightly—only scraping
the surface—and then rake it over,
hauling the pursalaine away. Itis
one of the hardest weeds to destroy, as
it will root again if left on the ground
and the least dirt cover it. The only
sure method is to rake it off.
Do not disturb the roots of plants
after the plants have matured. If the
weeds and grass are in the way culti-
vate by keeping the top soil loose, and
do not gofdown but an inch or two.
Weeds are as easily killed by cutting
them off just below the ground as to
loosen the soil to a great depth.
Good drainage permits the soil to
become warm to a greater depth. Ex-
cess of water cools the ground by
evaporation, and the water may also
become stagnant in the soil when the
subsoil is s0 heavy as to compel the
water to remain near the surface.
Both surface draining and under drain-
age are beneficial.
Weeds in the pasture should not be
allowed under any circumstance.
There are poisonous weeds which are
injurious, even if they do not cause
death, and though the cattl> may re-
ject them they will be carried to the
barn should any portion of the pasture
be mowed as hay, and be so thorough-
ly mixed with the hay as to be eaten.
If cabbages grow too rapidly, and
head early, the heads may crack open,
thus rendering them unserviceable for
storage should they be required for
winter. When the heads are formed
pull them up slightly trom the ground,
which checks them, and in maay cases
prevents the bursting of the heads,
which is a frequent drawback when
late cabbages are transplanted too
early.
Apples that do not keep well in win-
ter shauld be canverted into cider, and
then into vinegar. Some varieties of
apples will not keep over the winter
under any system of storage, and un-
less a market can be found for them at
the time they are harvested they will
be a loss. Good cider vinegar, how-
ever, is always in demand, and it will
keep until a favorable time arrives for
selling. :
In seeding down to wheat this fall
much depends on the seed. It will
pay the farmer to bestow extra work
in cleaning the seed wheat so as to
eradicate the seeds of weeds, a few of
which will remain, no matter how
carefully the seed is handled. “Tn Eu-
rope the seed is hand-picked, only the
plumpest and best kernels being used,
and the result is surer germination and
larger crops.
Poor Lo’s Mustang.
Horses Were Introduced in America
bu the Spaniards.
The Indian horses of the mountain
and plains tribes were originally of that
wild stock once found in vast herds all
over the intracontinent region, and
which had their beginning from those
that strayed from the Spaniards in old
Mexico, as there were no animals of the
character on the continent until the
Spanish conquest, if we except an ex-
tinct species found only as a fossil on the
plains of Kansas. These were geologi-
cal specimens long before the advent of
the Indian and of such a remote age as
to bewilder the mind inits contempla-
tion.
Even until the middle of the eigh-
teenth century the Indians of the coun-
try east of the Mississippi used to laugh
at the white man, who could not walk
but must ride a horse. The Indian
thought nothing of keeping up a *‘dog
trot” all day, making his fifty and sixty
miles during that time,
The wild horses of the American con-
tinent once roamed from the border of
old Mexico as far north as Lake Win-
nipeg, says a writer in the Kansas City
Star. Twenty-three years ago there
were a great many wandering over the
broad, grassy bottom of the Cimarron,
in southwestern Kansas ; perhaps they
are not all extinct yet.
All the wild horses that I have ever
seen were of a small stature—pony built
in every instance—but possessing a won-
derful amount of endurance—a| tough,
hardy animal, well fitted to perform the
peculiar duties the Indians demanded of
him. The savages are very hard on
their animals, and unless their horses
are constitued to “live on cactus and
drink the green slime of the buf-
falo wallows” they would have be-
come extinct, probably, long ago. When
caught voung they are easily broken,
but if taken at an advanced age they
are perfectly incorrigible.
I remember one that used to do duty
on the old stage line between Ellsworth
and Sterling, about seventeen years ago.
He was the most vicious brute it has ev-
er been my fortune to see. Whenever
it became necessary to shoe him he had
to be knocked down with an ax, and be-
fore he recovered his senses tied, and on-
ly in that condition would the black-
smith dare approach him, His endur-
ance was something marvelous; his
driver, the only man that could de any-
thing with him at all, tried for years to
wear him out, but without success, and
he succumbed at last only to old age. I
have ridden behind him many a time,
but in momentary expectation of having
my brains kicked out or dashed to
pieces whenever he started down hill.
His bones lie bleaching somewhere on
the divide between the Smoky Hills and
the Arkansas.
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Novel Use for Beer.
“Beer is absolutely indispensable to
our business, nowadays,’” said a fashion-
able dressmaker the other day, as she
noticed my glances of inquiry at a bas-
ketful of empty bottles that a servant
was taking out.
“Oh, dear, no. I never drink it, nor
the girls either, with my permission, but
we use a good many bottlefuls every
day, nevertheless.”
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“Why, to wash silk in. It gives old
silk a lustre and a new look almost like
goods fresh from the loom. Then, too,
it gives a little ‘body’ which lasts for a
while, long enough for our purposes
anyway. At least half my trade 1s mak-
ing over dresses, and so much better
does the silk look after going through
the beering that my business is ihcreas-
ing wonderfully. It was a discovery of
own, and it has been worth a good many
thousand dollars to me already.
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Character in the Ears.
“Did you ever notice how carefully
stock dealers examine the ears of horses,
cattle and sheep ?’’ queries the St. Louis
Globe Democrat. They do it to get an
idea of the quality of the animal, for
good blood never goes with a bad ear.
The same thing is trae of men, and a
banker who knows anything about ears
knows also that there are two kinds
that, to say the least, will bear watch-
ing.
The ear that runs down into the cheek
with almost no lobe at all, 1s a suspic-
ious organ, and quite as bad in another
way is the ear that runs to a sharp point
at the outer and upper corner. on
detectives call the first’ the thief’s ear,
and the second of the ear of the usurer.
Fe —
Faminy Discrerine.—Colonel Fiz-
zletop was under the painful necessity
of administering a severe castigation to
his son Johnny. After he had com-
pleted his labors he said sternly to his
suffering victim :
“Now, tell me
ou 2 3
“That’s it,” sobbed Johnny ; ‘you
nearly pound the life out of me, and
now you don’t even know why you did
it.7
why I punished
A Harp WORKER —Dudeleigh—A w,
Nicely, old fellah, you look tiahed.
Nicely--By Jove, old chappie, but I
sbonld fawney I might. Beer working
all the mawning,
Dudeleigh— Working ? Why, how,
old fellah ?
Nicely—I've been labowing undah
an Lmpwesston,
A S1MPLE CASE oF MULTIPLICATION.
—Teacher--Yes ; that’s right; s-u-n ;
now pronounce it. :
Pupil—I can’t.
Teacher— What gives more light than
the moon ?
Pupil--Oh ! I'm on to that; two
moons, of course,
CoMFORTING.—Enpec—Doctor Firstly
preached a comforting sermon this morn-
ing.
Mrs. Enpec— What was the subject.
Enpee—'Bout there being no marry-
ing there.
WHERE THE BEAUTY LIiEs,—Mrs.
Gossip—-I think that Mr. Lovely marri-
ed a very homely girl.
Mrs. Lorgnette—She may be homely,
but her income is very handsome.
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The Napoleon Cat Hoax.
In 1815, when the vessel containing
Napoleon was about to sail for St.
Helena, some waggish person in Chester,
England, caused to be distributed in the
town and surrounding country hand-
bills stating that the island of St. Helena
was so overrun by rates that without
relief it would be impossible for the
captive emperor and his guards to live
there. This being the case, the govern-
ment had determined to send out a ship-
load of cats, the ship to sail trom Ches-
ter, On a certain appointed day the
king’s officer would be in the city and
would pay sixteen shillings, about four
dollars, for fullgrown toms, ten shillings
for female cats and two shillings and six-
pence for kittens old enough to feed
themselves.
The people of the surrounding country
took the matter seriously, and on the
day appeinted thousands of cats were
brought into Chester. The owners, find-
ing they had been tricked, became
angry, threw away their cats and started
to sack the city hall. The police were
unable to deter them and a riot ensued,
in which a number of the townspeople
were injured bythe infuriated country
folk, who relished neither the jest nor
the laughter at their expense. In the
three weeks after the riot over four
thousand cats were killed in Chester
and the vicinity. The jester was never
discovered, though a reward was offered
for his detection and punishment.
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The Mythological Fates.
“Somewhere upon the unknown shore,
Where the streams of life their waters pour,
There sit three sisters, evermore
Weaving a silken thread.”
Lovers of classic paintings are familiar
with that famous group, called the
“Three Fates.” Fate seems cruel
when it deprives women and girls of
health. But in Dr. Pierce’s Favorite
Prescription they find a cure of untold
value for nervous prostration, sick head-
ache, bearing-down pains, bloating,
weak stomach, antevesion, retroversion,
and all those excruciating complaints
that make their lives miserable. All
who use it praise it. It contains no
hurtful ingredients, and is guaranteed to
give satistaction in every case, or its
price ($1.00) will be refunded.
JELLY OF PRUNES,—Wash and soak
half a pound of fine prunes in a pint of
water. Boil until tender, when remove
and crack the stones. Rub the fruit
through a sieve and return any which
have not gone through the sieve, with
the stones, to the liquor in which it was
stewed. Boil this for ten minutes, when
strain and add half a pound of lump-
sugar, and again boil until a sirup is
produced. Mix the pulp and sirup to-
gether, and stir occasionally until cool,
To a pint of this prepared fruit allow
half an ounce of gelatine, and when both 1
are cold mix thoroughly, not putting
into the mold until the jelly is on the
point of setting. Serve with cream.
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Dave NATURE Is A Goobp Book-
Kurrkr.—She don’t let usstay long in
her debt before we settle for’ what we
owe her. She gives us a few years’
grace at the most, but the reckoning
surely comes. Have you neglected a
cough or allowed your blood to grow
impure without heeding the warnings ?
Be wise in time, and get the world-fam-
ed Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discov-
ery, which cures as well as promises.
As a blood-renovator, a lung-healer, and
a cure for scrofulous taints, it towers
above all others as Olympus overtops a
mole-hill. To warrant a commodity is
to be honorable and above deception,
and a guarantee is a symbol of honest
dealing. You get it with every bottle
of the “Discovery” By druggists.
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——The hanging of Charles Ford in
Ottawa has called out some peculiar
facts in the way of heredity. His father
was hanged for murder, as was also his
brother. His mother’s brother is now
in prison for train wrecking. His sister
has run a thieves’ paradise for years.
Here is a case where crime has been
banded down from parent to progeny
and strange as it may appear, ths crim-
inals have not been drunk ards.
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——1I have not used all of one bottle
yet. I suffered from catarrh for twelve
years, experiencing the nauseating
dropping in the throat peculiar to that
disease, and nose bleed almost daily. I
tried various remedies without benefit
until last April, when I saw Ely’s
Cream Balm advertised in the Boston
Budget. 1 procured a bottle, and since
the first day’s use have had no more
bleeding—the soreness is entirely gone,
—D. G. Davidson, with the Boston
Budget, formerly with Boston Journal.
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——>Salt Rheumatism with its intense
itching, dry, hot skin, often broken into
painful cracks, and the little watery
pimples, often causes indescribable suf-
fering. Hood’s Sarsaparilla has wonder-
derful power over this disease. It pur-
ifies the blood and expels the humor,
and the skin heals without a scar. Send
for bock containing many statements of
cures to C. I. Hood & Co., Apothecar-
ies Lowell, Mass.
Business Notices.
Children Cry for Pitcher’'s Castoria.
When baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria,
When she had Children, she gave them Cas-
toria. 36 14 2y
Drunkenness—Liquor Habit.
IN'ALL THE WORLD THERE 1S BUT ONE CURE. DR.
HaiNes’ GOLDEN SpacIFIC.
It can be given in a cup of tea or coffee with-
out the knowledge of the person taking it, ef-
fecting a speedy and permanent cure, wheter
the patient is a moderate drinker or an alcho-
lic wreck. Thousands of drunkards have been
cured who have taken the Gotden Specific in
their coffee without their knowledge, and to-
day believe they quit drinking of their own
free will. No harmful effect results from its
administration. Cures guaranteed. Send for
circularand full particulars. Address in con-
fidence, GOLDEN SPECIFIC CO.,
35-32-1y 185 Race Street, Cincinati, O.
Liquors.
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The cure tor
HAY FEVER, DEAFNESS, HEADACHE.
Ely’s Cream Balm 50 cts.
CATARRH, COLD» IN HEAD,
35-46-1y
THE POSITIVE CURE.
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56 Warren St., New York.
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Miscellaneous Advs.
Hx AND FOOT POW ER
—+—CIRCULAR SAW, —
IRON FRAME,
STEEL SHAFTS AND ARBOR
MACHINE CUT GEARS,
CENTRE OF_TABLE MADE OF IRON.
Send for Catalogue giving full description and
prices of our
HAND AND FOOT POWER MACHINERY.
J. N. MARSTON & CO.,
35 50 1y * Station A. Boston, Mass.
NUG little fortunes have been
! made at work for us, by Anna Page, Aus.
tin, Texas, and Jno. Bonn, Toledo, Ohio. See
cut. Others are doing as well. hy not you ?
Some earn over $500.00 a month. You can do
the work and live at home, wherever you are.
Even beginners are easily earning from $5 to
$10a day. All ages. We show you how and
start you. Can work in spare time or all the
the time. Big money for workers. Failure
unknown among them. New and wonderful.
Particulars free. H. HALLETT & CO.,
6 ly Box 880 Portland, Maine.
5000 A YEAR!—I undertake to
briefly teach any fairly intelligent per
son of either sex, who can read and write, and
who, after instruction, will work industrious]
how to earn Three Thousand Dollars ayear
their own localities, wherever they live. Iwill
also furnish the situation or emplo; ment, at
which you can earn that amount. No money
for me unless successful as above. Easily and
quickly learned. I desire but one worker
rom each district or county. I have already
taught and provided with employment a large
number, who are mening over $3000 a year
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each. It's new and soli Full particulars
free. Address at once, E. C. ALLEN.
6 1y Box 420, Augusta, Maine.
$0000 a year is being made by
John R. Goodwin, Troy, N. Y., at work for
us. Reader you may not make as much, but
we can teach you quickly how to earn from $5
to $10 a day at the start, and more as you go one
Both sexes, all ages. in any part of America,
you can commence at home, given all your
time, or Spare moments only to the work. All
is new. Great pay sure for every worker. We
start you, furnishing everything. Easily speed-
ily learned. Particulars free. Address at
once, STINSON & CO,,
36 1y Portland, Maine.
‘Threshing Machines.
HRESHING MACHINES — A
Specialty. Simplest, Most Durable,
Economical and Perfect in use. Wastes no
Grain; Cleans it Ready for Market.
THRESHING ENGINES & HORSE POWERS
and Standard Implements
Sw MILLS A i as
ogue.
A.B. FARQUHAR CO.
Pennsylvania Agricult’l Works, York, Pa.
36 23 8t
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McQuistion—Carriages.
BARGAINS
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13 scnams 0
o CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, o
AND
SPRING WAGONS,
at the old Carriage stand of
McQUISTION & CO.,
NO. 10 SMITH STREET
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adjoining the freight depo
We have on hand and for sale the
best assortment of Carriages, Buggies
and Spring Wagons we have ever ha
We have Dexter, Brewster, Eliptic,
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
he 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 deter=
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
0——~REPAIRING——0
on short notice. Painting, Trimming,
Woodwork and Smithing. We guaran=~
tee all work to be just as represented,
80 give us a call before purdliasing
elsewhere. Don’t miss the place—
alongside of the freight depot.
34 15 S. A. McQUISTION & CO.
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Pure Malt Whisky.
Powers Shoe Store.
EAD AND REFLECT.
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NOTHING BUT FACTS.
If you are told that you can buy, in Cen-
{re county, a more reliable or better article
{a (oot wear of any description {or fess mon.
ey than you can at Power's Store, you will
find it a mistake by calling and examining
their prices and stock.
TWENTY-ONE years experience in
the business, in Bellefonte, has enabled
them to select goods suitable to the wants
of the people, both in price and quality.
Their stock is as large, if not the largest,
as any in the county and the shoe fbusiness
gets all their attention, and they are familiar
with all the leading manufacturers and job-
bersin the country.
Owing to these facts it is absurd to
think that any one can buy goods for less
money and consequently sell for less.
B&F Look for the sign of the Big Shoe.
36-20-3m
HicuISTREET.
Per ES
PURE BARLEY
MALT WHISKY!
DYSPEPSIA,
INDIGESTION,
ad «ll wasting diseases can be
ENTIRELY CURED BY IT.
Malaria js completely eradicated from he
system by its use.
PERRINE'S
PURE BARLEY
MALT WHISKY
revives the energies of those worn with exceg=
sive bodily or mental effort. It acts as a SAFE
GUARD against exposure in the wet and rigo~
rous weather.
Take part of a wineglassful on your arrival
home after the labors of the day and the same
quantity before your breakfast. Being chemi.
dally pure, it commends itself to the medica.
profession.
WATCH THE LABEL.
None genuine unless bearing the signature
of the firm on the label.
M. & J. 8. PERRINE,
31 36;1y 388 N. Third 8t., Philadelphia.
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