The time to wage war on insects is when the trees begin to blossom. It deferred, the work becomes more diffi- cult. Fruit-growers should spray their trees and vines at the most favorable momentg, and care must be exercised to perform the operatlon so as to do no injury to the young fruit. Prolessor J. B. Smith, who has devoted many years to the study of insects, has given some valuable hints to those who have had difficulty in keeping down the pests; but he is of the opinion that by persis teat and co-operative effort in the com- munity the insects can be so kept in check as to lessen the damage to a mimimum. ‘ REMEDIES IN THE 801L. Some of the substances used by fruit- growers as fertilizers are very destruc- tive to worms and lice, the most effec- tive material considering its cost, be- ing kainit (German potash salts). It contains a large proportion of common salt, as well as a fair percentage of pot- ash and chlorine. It is partially in- jurious to cut worms, web worms, wive worms. and eel worms and is applied at the rate ot about 400 pounds per acre; but should be applied and harrowed into the soil before plavting seed, and especially in time to have the rains dis- solve 1t, as it may injure the sprouting plants. The eel worm is really a louse and is destroyed by exposure to frost. The *‘yellows’ 1n peaches is caused by a root plant louse. and when kainit, or tobacco dust, is applied literally, and dug into the soil, the trees may be sav- ed. There is also a peach louse which attacks the limbs and branches, for which the kerosene emulsion 18 the proper remedy. SPRAYING THE BLOSSOMS. The egg of the codling moth is laid upon the blossom end of the empryo apple, at the time of blossoming, the young worm penetrating the apple from that point. The blossoms should be sprayed several times before the growth of the apple causes the stem to bend and the blossom end turn downward, as the mixture should be deposited within the blossom cup. Oue pound of Paris green, or London purple, in 200 gal- lons of water, well agitated during ap- plication, is the mixture used for the purpose. A spoonful of Paris green added to a pail of whitewash and ap- plied to thetrunk of the tree, six inches below and above ground, is a partial remedy for the borer, and the work should be done early in May. THE KEROSENE EMULSION. For the benefit of those who may not know how to prepare the kerosene emulsion (which, however, has been given repeatedly), the method is as fol- lows: Dissolve half a pound of hard soap in one gallon of boiling water. When the soap is dissolved, remove the kettle of water from the fire (so as to avoid danger), and, while the water is still hot, add two gallons of kerosene, churning the mixture with a force pump for ten minutes. When cold it should be ot a jelly-like consistency. Add 15 gallons of cold water to one gallon of the mixture, and spray with a sprayer which throws a fine spray. Manure may be an essential sub- stance for enriching the farm, but the fact that it is, after all, composed most- ly of filth, shculd lead tarmers to preserve it with some absorbent, and also to so manage the heap as to avoid diseases that may result from decom- posing materials. [Flies can carry dis: ease from manure to the dwelling house and the stables, and they are usually very numerous on manure heaps. Nitrate of soda may be applied on crops almost at any time, but potash salts should be applied on the surface of the ground, after the land is ceeded. Fertilizers containing an excess of pot- ash may prove too caustic for young plants that are above ground at this season, Your hogs, says Professer D. Kent, of Iowa, should have a mud-proot, dust-proof, rat-proof and stink-proof floor on which to eat and sleep. Then you have largely eliminated the cause of throat and lung diseases. The boys on the farm should be giv- en a strip of land tor their own use, and should be allowed to have all the money the crop sells for. This would make them happy and contented. Hot coal tar is claimed to be an ex- cellent preservative of fence posts. In applying it every portion of the wood that goes below the surface of the ground should be well saturated. Generally hens understand the set ting and batching business better than you do, and ‘the less they are interfered with during the pro cess of incubation the better. Apples, peaches, and in fact most tree fruits, do best on slopes of timber ridges. Clay soil good enough to grow wheat is good enongi for fruit. If the strawberries are backward ap- ply 100 pounds of nitrate ot soda per acre, and the effects of the fertilizer will be apparent immediately, The cow that stops chewing her end and pricks up her ears when being milked cannot be depended upon to give all of her milk. Those who have established a re- putation as makers of good clean, first-class butter have no trouble in disposing of it. The largest crop of corn ever grown was by the use of fertilizers, and con stant cultivation until natured. Apple trees will not stand crowding, They are generally planted two close together, the northern | ——4T am so tired’’ isa common ex- clamation a¢ this season. There is a | certain bracing effect in cold air which = | is lost when the weather grows warmer ; i and when Nature is renewing her youth her admirers reel dull, sluggish and tir- "ed. This condition is owing mainly to | the impure conditivn of the blood, and i its failure to supply healthy tissue to , the various organs of the body. It is | remarkable how susceptible the system | is to the help to be derived trom a good medicine at this season. Possessing just those purifying, buildine-up qualities which the body craves, Hood's Sarsa- parilla soon overcomes that tired feel- ing, restores the appetite, purifies the blood, and, in short, imparts vigorous health. Its thousands of friends as with one voice declare. ‘It Makes the ‘Weak Strong.” ——Although Japan is one of the old- est countries in the world, it has just be- gun to produce petroleum in large quan- tities. Two expert drillers of oil wells in Pennsylvania hare been in Japan for a yearsinking wells for the Government. Oddly enough, these wells are drilled under the waters of the Japan Sea, on the northern coast of the empire. For at least 1200 years the Japanese bave known of the existence of petroleum along the shore, but the native wells were dug by hand, and the oil slowly filled the bottoms, when it was scooped up in buckets, a few gallons at a time. —— Insomnia is fearfully on the in. crease. The rush and excitement of modern life so tax the nervous system that multitudes of people are deprived of good and sufficient sleep, with ruin- ous consequences to the nerves. Remem- ber, Ayer’s Sarsaparilla makes the weak strong. ——Secretary Hoke Smith is the only member of Mr. Cleveland’s Cabinet who is an enthusiast in horseback exercise. He has caused his favorite saddle horse to be taken from Georgia to Washing- ton, and is becoming a familiar and striking figare as he canters along the avenues of the capital. ——Bessie H. Bedloe, Burlington, Vt., had a disease of the scalp, causing her hair to become very harsh and dry, and to fall so freely that she scarcely dared to comb it. Ayer’s Hair Vigor gave her a healthy scalp, removed the dandruff, and made the hair thick and glossy. — Little Effie—“Do you love me very much, mamma ?”’ Mamma (a widow) —“Yes, my dar- ling.” Little Effie—“Then why don’t you marry the man at the candy store?” ——Rheumatism knocked higher than a kite. Mr. J. N. Bucher, Miner- al Point, Ohio, deposes and says: “I have used Salvation Oil for rheumatism and in one or two applications knocked it higher than a kite.” —— Edwin Booth’s condition is prac- tically unchanged. I suffered for more than ten years with that dreadful disease, catarrh, and used every available medicine that was recommended to me. I cannot thank you enough for the relief which Kly’s Cream Balm has afforded we. Emanuel Meyers, Winfield, L. I., N. Y. ——The first currency used in this country was the Indian wampum. —— Physicians’ prescriptions have fuiled to reach many cases of rheuma- tism known to have been subsequently cured by Salvation Oil. That 1s the reason why the popuiar voice is practi- cally unanimous in its favor. 25 cents. ——The Austrian railways are blocked with snow. A bad case of rheumatism cured with 75 cents. Mr. Aug. Schenfle, St. Louis, Mo., writes: “Last week I had a very bad attack of rheumatism. Used three bottles of Salvation Oil which stopped the pain and cured me,” New Advertisements, FFENSIVE ECZEMA. SUFFERED TERRIBLY. DOCTORS AND MEDICINES USELESS. CURED IN FOUR WEEKS BY CUTICURA. [ have a boy, fifteen year ol”, born in Fish- kill, portrait enclosed, who had the eczema so offensive that I could not stay in the room with him. The poor boy suffered terribly. is feet were terribly sore. he eouid not wear any sh: es, and had therefore to stay at home from school. When he put on a pair of dry stock- ings in the morning.they would,in one hour be saturated with moisture and very offensive even in the coldest weather. The disease be- gan to spread over his body, especially his hanas ard fingers. The thumbs on both his hands became stiff and as useless as two with- ered sticksof wood. It wonld be useless tor me to try to tel! the suffering this hoy endur- ed. [took him to two difterent doctors, both gave him lots of medicine, but all to no use. He grew worse. I therefore despaired of ever having him cared. One day I saw the great benefits promised to those who wonld ue Cu- ticura Remedies. I wentright away to the drug store and bought them. I mu:t confess I had but tittle faith in.them. However I used them according to directions, and to day [ say truth- fully to all the world, 1f you wish to’ publish it, that my son is entirely cured, thank God an. thank the discoverers of Cuticura Remedies. They cured him in fonr weeks as sound as a goid dollar. CUTICURA RESOLYVENT The new Blood and Skin Purifier, internally and Caticura, the great Skin Cure, and Culi- cura Sonp, the exquisite Skin Beautifier, ex- ternally, instantly relieve and speedily care age, from the pimples to serofula. Price, Curicura, 50¢ ; Sold everywhere. : Prepared by the Soap, 25c.; Resonvenr. $1. ton. £gp=“How to Cure Skin Diceasas,” 61 pages, 50 illustrations, and testimonials, mailed free. i poy cura Soup. IMPLES, blackheads, red, rough, VN USCULAR STRAINS and pains, AY back ache, weak kidneys, rheuma- tisin, und chest pains relieved in one minn te by the Caticura Anti-Pain Plaster. The first and only instantaneous pain killing plaster. 38-184t nr every disease and humor of the skin, sealp, | and blood, with loss of hair, from infanvy vo | Porter Drue ann Cnesican. Corrorarion, Bos- | chapped, and oily sizin cured by Cuti- ! Business Notices. Children Cry for Pitcher’s Ca toria. 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 — A little ill, then a little pill. The ill is gone the pill has won. DeWitt’s Little Early Risers the little pills that cure great ills.— For sale at C. M. Parrish’s Drug Store. ——The most costly of the metals is didyn- inm, which sell at $4500 a pound. Risers pills of unequaled merit for dyspepsia; headaches and constipation. Very small, per- Drug Store. in France nearly five hundred years ago. It is a truth in medicine that the small- est dose that performs a cure is the best. De Witt's Little Early Risers are the smallest pills, will perform the cure, and are the best. —For sale at C. M. Parrish’s. Drug Store. ——0Gold mines about Nevada City are the deepest and richest in the world. ——Do you lack faith and love health ? Let us establish your faith and restore your health with DeWitt’s Sarsaparilla.—For saleat C. M. 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Parrish’s Drug Store. When Doctors All Agree. It is a fact well established, that February and March are the most trying months to aged or enfeebled persons. Pneumonia, influenza and kindred chest afflictions, are most liable to get in their deadly work. There is but one thing to do, build up and and fortify the sys- tem with a pure stimulant. Medical men sll over the country agree that Klein's “Silver Age” at $1.50 per quart, and “ Duquesne’ at $1.25 per quart, stand without a peer. If you want fine six’ year old Guckenheimer, Finch, Gibson, Overholt, or Bear Creek, you can have them at 81 00 per quart or six quarts for $5.00. We are recognized headquarters for the choic- est brands of Wine, Liquor, Cordials, ete. Goods expressed anywhere. send for com- plete price list: mention this] paper. Max Klein, 82 Federal St., Allegheny, Pa. S. Shloss Agent, Williamsport, Pa. New Advertisements. fy AW MILLS , ENGINES, IMPROVED VARIABLE FRICTION FEED. Send for Catalogue and special prices. A. B. FARQUHAR CO, York, Pa GENTS WANTED.—To canvass for the sale of our Home-Grown Nuisery stock, NEW PROFIT SHARING SYSi EM. Salary and expenses paid. Established 1846. One of the Largest, Old- est Established, and Best Known Nurseries in the United States W. & T.SMITH CO. The Geneva Nursery, Geneva, N.Y. 38-19-3m 819 3m Gas Fitting. M. GALBRAITH, Plumber and Gas and Steam Fitter, Bellefonte, Ps. Pays perticular attention to heatin buildings by steam, copoer smithing, rebronzing gas fix. raest, &e. 20 28 Range. . THE I {ome COMFORT RANGE is mide almost wholy of malleable iron and wrought steel. Over 239,360 now in actual use and sold exclusively by our agents direct from the factory. The fire box is so constructed that it gets cold air on one side of all the parts exposed to the fire, soit is impossible for it ever to give way or burn out. It don't require half the fuel the ordinary stove does. WE GUARANTEE EACH RANGE TO BE EXACTLY LIKE THE SAMPLE. i We make each one come up to the guarantee | to the letter. We cannot afford to do a bogus | business, as our firm has a $300,003 paid up i eapital. T.ook at Bradstreet's or Dunn's report i and see how they quote the WROUGHT TRON RANGE CO. ! St. Louis, Mo. i I'rom Condersport, Pa., Voice, February 9th. Nearly three months ago it was our pleasure to make the acquaintance of Mr. T. A. Bras- hear, one of the Superintendents of the Wrought Iron Range Co., ot St. Louis, Mo., and his corps of salesmen. They established i their headquarters in this place and since that | time have sold 250 of their ranges, which, as ! far as we have any knowledge of, have given ' entire satisfaction coming uv to the guarantea | in every particular. We understand that the, i Supt. does pot allow any of his