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"Bellefonte, Pa., Feb. 23, 1894.
Farm Notes.
Experiments show that oae hundred
pounds of poultry manure contain from
one to three pounds of ammonia and
two to three pounds of phosphoric acid
with not over a pound and a half of
potash. This does not show as high
value as has been eupposed. Much
depends upon the kind of food that has
been used, however. It has been
claimed that it uearly equals guano,
but guano is derived from birds that
have used animal food, while the food
of nearly all kinds of poultry is mostly
vegetable.
Five hundred pounds of mixed fer-
tilizer, which will cost about $8, ap-
plied to one acre of land, should be
sufficient for the heaviest crop if the
land is of good quality. It will be but
little labor to haul and apply it. Man-
ure sufficient to give the same results
must be of large quality, and entails
more hauling and spreading. Manure,
however is a more complete food for
plants if iv has been well cared for.
The use of both manure aod fertilizers
will give better results than if either is
used alone.
It is known that the roots of trees
extend to great distances, and when
cultivation is given it should be over
a large area around the base. If the
tree could be inverted it would be seen
that the mass of roots equal the top of
the tree above the trunk, and unless
this was the case the roots could not
secure sufficient plant food to supply
the tree. Cultivating around the base
of trees is insufficient. The whole of
the ground should be well worked,
Make the tomato hills now, if the
ground is not frozen. Put a large
shovelful of manure in each hill and
allow it to remain until the time ar-
rives for transplanting; then work the
manure and earth well together, plac-
ing the plant in position. The same
rule applies to melons and lima beans.
The manure will be well rotted, and
the effects will be more immediate
than when manure is applied at the
time of transplanting.
If straw is unfit for food, because it
contains but little nutrition, it must
necessarily follow that it is not valua-
ble as plant food. When used as bedding
and added to the manure heap its val
ueis more as an absorbent than'as
plant food. Unless it is in a fine con
dition it decomposes very slowly in the
goil, and gives no beneficial results the
first year. The proper way to use it as
manure is so first allow it to be used as
food by the animals,
To make the lambs grow, first feed
the ewes all that they will eat, and
then place the trough of ground oats
for the lambs, with a pen around the
trough to prevent the ewes from eating
the ground food, but having the bot-
tom rail or board of the pen of suf-
ficient height from the ground lo per-
mit the lambs (o get to the trough.
They will grow rapidly, and get into
market two or three weeks earlier.
Feeding pigs and chickens on hay
may seem strange, yet there is nothing
ing better for them than clover hay,
which has been cut very fine and
steamed or scalded. The pigs will eat
it ready while all kinds of poultry will
pick out the portions that are fire
enongh to be appropriated. As an
egg-producing food clover hay bas no
superior.
One of the most important labor-sav-
ing methods is to have straight rows.
When extra time is devoted to- such
‘thousands of years.
Cremated in the Open Air.
How the Hindoos Dispose of All their Dead.
Though cremation is as yet new with
us, the Hindous have practiced it for
The funeral pile of
a rajah sometimes costs lacs of rupees ; a
Hindoo body is sometimes barned when
three rupees cover the entire expenses.
The rich Hindoo may be somewhat ex-
clusive, The Hindoo masses do every-
thing simply and openly. They bathe
out of doors, they pray out of doors, they
cook out of doors, they die out of doors,
and—their bodies are burned out of
doors. There aro three burning-ghats
in Calcutta.
A writer in the Pall Mall Budget
tells very entertainingly of a visit she
made to one of the cheapest and most
primitive of these three,
Just as she entered into the closure
where a burning-ghat was in full opera-
tion, there was a crack-—a sharp report
like a pistol. The heat has just broken |
through a dead man’s skull. It was the
last human part to protest against the
extinguishment of death.
The funeral pile of a poor Hindoo
looks like an ordinary kitchen-yard
woodpile. But if you go up close to it,
you discover something very like, a
human forma glowing, charred mass,
distinguished from every other shape,
animate or inanimate. For the Hindoos
iiterally purify their dead by fire. The
body is burned until absolutely nothing
rémains but a handful of ashes—ashes
wholly free from any unclean or poison-
ous matter. As the writer was closely
observing the glowing pile, a new body
was brought in, and the rite begun.
Two coolies carried the body upon &
rude litter, woven from coarse grasses,
and held together by outlines of bam-
boo. Two of the dead man’s brothers
followed, chatting pleasantly. Four
stout sticks of wood were driven upright
into the ground at the corners of an
imaginary parallelogram about six feet
by two. Between these four posts were
loosely laid sticks of dry, cheap wood.
When the pile was a little more than
three feet high the body was laid upon
it. A dirty piece of crash, of the quali-
ty the coolies wear about their loins,
partly wrapped the dead. One of the
brothers stepped up and poured about
four ounces of oil over the body. This
insures a quicker cremation, but was
something of a luxury and not a univer-
sal practice. The oil must have cost
about three pice. The other brother
paid the coolies, who shouldered the
light empty litter and marched gaily
on.
More wood was piled upon the dead.
A thin stick was lighted on the other
funeral pile, which was now flaming
finely, the second pile was lighted, and
the cremation of the newcomer was be-
gun. The two brothers appeared very
interested in the lighting, and de idedly
pleased when it was accomplished. They !
squatted down upon the ground, just so
far from the pile that they might feel
that their scant, filthy garments were
fairly safe from the sparks, but near
enough to watch all the changing phases
of the cremation, and to see easily when
it was consumated.
They untied a dirty rag from about a
small bupdle one of them had brought
with thes. They took out a smal
earthen bowl. It wasclean and shin-
ing, andiso was the brass chattee each
lifted from his filthily turbaned head.
The chattees held water. The bowl
held curry and rice. They fell to eat-
ing with ‘gusto. And, pray, why not?
They were eating to live. Their bother
was burning to live—to live in Hindoo
paradise. From the Hindoo point of
view this state was far more blessed.
The cremation, which was in full
blast when the writer arrived, was finul-
ly completed. Two distinct kinds of |
ashes left. The human ashes were care- |
fully gathered into an old chattee. Toe
authorities do not allow those ashes to
be thrown into the river, and they are
never thrown there in the presence of
Eurcpeans. The ashes of the wood
were swept swiftly away. The bits of
wood not quite burned were frugally
collected to be utilized in the next pile. |
200,000 Gallons of Wine Destroyed
—
St. HELENA, Cal, February 17.—A
large wine cellar owned by G. B. Crane,
and rented by John M. McPike, burned
to-day. Two hundred thousand gal-
lons of wine were destroyed. The loss is
estimated at $30,000.
—— Kentucky Colonel —“I don’t see
how in the worid you can get along
without carrying around a corkscrew.”
Massachusetts Major-—*I do not drink
sir 1”
Kentucky Colonel — ‘Well, that’s
what I wean.
Business Notice,
—
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
Castoria. 38-43-2y
New Advertisements.
reo or
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Proves
the efficacy of
LCT CUR A—
Since a cake of Cuticura Soap
costing 25 cents is sufficient
to test the virtues of these
great curatives there is now
no reason wny thousands
should go through life
TORTURED
DISFIGURED
HUMILIATED
by skin, scalp and Flood dis.
eases which are speedily and
permanently cired by the
Cuticura Remedies at a trifling
cost.
CUTICURA
WORKS WONDERS
and its cures are the most re-
markable performed by any
blond and skin remedy of
modern times.
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Sold throughout the world. Porter Drua
AND Cuem. Corp., Sole Proprietors, Boston.
me () eee.
Courrexioy, hands and hair preserved,
purified and beautified by Caticura Soap.
Pain is the cry of a suffering nerve. Cuticura
Anti-Pain Plaster is the first and only pain
killing plaster. : 39-5-4t
Buggies, Carts Etc.
UGGIES CARTS & HARNESS
AT HALF PRICE.
$90 Top Buggy. $37 We Cut the PRICES
§95 Phaeton. $5¢land outsell all competi-
Castoria.
Saddlery.
Weise IS
the Mother's Friend.
CASTORIA.
“Castoria is an excellent medicine for child-
dren. Mothers have repeatedly told me of its
good effect upon their children.”
Dr. G. C. Oscoop,
Lowell, Mass.
“Castoria is the best remedy for children of
which Iam acquainted. I hope the day is not
far distant when mothers will consider the real
interest of their children, and use Castoria in.
stead of the various quacks nostrums which
are destroying their loved ones, by forcing
opium, morphine, soothing syrup and other
hurtful agents down their throats, thereby
sending them to premature graves,
Dr. J. F. KINCHELOE,
Conway, Ark.
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Castoria is Dr. Samuel Pitchers prescription for Infants and Children.
It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance.
It is a harmless substitute for Paregoric, Drops, Soothing Syrups, and
Castor Oil. Tt is Pleasant. Itsguarantee is thirty years’ use by Mil-
lions of Mothers. Castoria destroys Worms and allays feverishness.
Castoria prevents vomiting Sour Curd, cures Diarrhea and Wind Colic
Castoria relieves teething troubles, cures constipation and flatulency.
Castoria assimilates the food, regulates the stomach and bowels, giv-
ing healthy and natural sleep. Castoria is the Children’s Panacea—
CASTORIA,
“Casloria is 80 well adopted to children that
I recommend it as superior toany prescription
known to me.”
H. A. ArcrER, M. D.,
111 So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
“Qur physicians in the children’s depart-
ment have spoken highly of their experi:
encein their outside practice with Castoria,
and although we only have among our
medical supplies what is known as regular
products, yet we are free to confess that the
merits of Castoria has won us to look with
favor upon it.”
Unrrep HospITAL AND DISPENSARY,
Boston, Mass.
Arex C. SmrrH, Pres. 39-8-26
THE CENTAUR COMPANY, 77 MURRAY STREET, NEW YORK CITY.
Furniture, &c.
PURI ER
FURNITURE
——at prices to suiv the times,—
CHILDREN'S HIGH CHAIRS, (Oak.) -
CHILDREN’S ROCKING CHAIRS, - - -
FRENCH PLATE GLASS CHAMBER
SUIT, 8 pieces solid oak, “iii.
$1.00
50.
$25.00.
THREE DRAWER BUREAU with GLASS $5.00.
CHAMBER SUITS 8 PIECES, $17.00——
A full line of Furniture at
E. BROWN JR.
(QCHOFIELD'S NEW ;
_ HARNESS HOUSE.
We extend a most cordial invitation to our
Prone fod the public, in general, to witness
e
GRANDEST DISPLAY OF
Light and Heavy Harness
ever put on the Bellefonte market, which will
be made in the large room, formerly occupied
by Harper Bros., on Spring street. It has been
added to my factory and will be used exelu-
sively for the sale of harness, being the first
exclusive salesroom ever used in this town, as
heretofore the custom has been to sell goods
in the room in which they were made. This
glepant room has been refitted and furnished
with glass cases in which the harness can be
nicely aisplayed and still kept away from
heat and dust, the enemies of long wear in
lestner. Our factory now occupies a room
16x74 teet and the store 20x60 added makes it
the largest establishment of its kind outside
of Philadelphia and Pittsburg. 3
Weare prepared to offer better bargains in
the future than we have done in the ony and
we want everyone to see our goods and get
prices for when you do this, out of self defense
i will buy. Our profits are not large, but
y selling lots of goods we can afford to live in
Bellefonte. We are not indulging in idle
philanthropy. It is purely business. We are
not making much, but trade is growing and
that is what we are interested in now. ts
will take gare oF themselves.
en other houses discharged their -
men during the winter the Se all A
work in my factory, nevertheless the Bi )
houses of this city and county would smile if
we compared ourselves to them, but we do not
mean to be so odious, except to venture the as-
section that none of them can say, as we can
say ‘NO ONE OWES US A CENT THAT WE
CAN'T GET.” This is the whole story.
The following are kept constantly on
50 SETS OF LIGHT HARNESS, Do
$8.00 to $15.00 and upwards, LARGE
STOCK OF HEAVY HARNESS Tr
8et$25.00 and upwards, 500 HORSE
DOLLARS on $1.50 to 5.0
each, over $100.00 worth o:
HARNESS OILS and
E,
AXLE GREAS
$400 worth of Fly Nete sold cheap
$150 worth of whips
from 15¢ to $3.00 each,
§ Hose BricnesOary Qombs
8 amois, IDING
SADDLES, LADY SIDESADDLES
Harness Soap, Knee Dusters, at low
prices, Saddlery-hardware always on hand
for sale, Harness Leather as low as 25¢ per
und. We keep everythingto be found ina
TRST CLASS HARNESS STORE—no chang-
ing, over 20years in the same room. No two
shopsin the same town to catch trade—NO
SELLING OUT for the want of trade or prices-
Four harness-makers at steady work this win-
ie Wi is gor isd of grotechion to labor,
r houses discharged their ,
they soon found work with hands,
J AS. SCHOFIELD,
Suring street, Bellefonte, Pa,
33 37
Illuminating ©il.
Cows 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 th
IT IS THE BEST OIL IN THE WORLD.
Ask your dealer for it. : Trade supplied by
THE ATLANTIC REFINING CO.
Bellefonte Station
1
pp Bellefonte, Pa.
——Many a man who asks God to
lead him when he goes to prayer meet-
ing suffers the devil to guide him when
he goes to vote.
The weather indications promise snow. Cut-
ters, sleighs and bobsleds for one or two
horses of the most improved make. Horse
blanketsand sleigh bells of the finest quality
at the lowest prices
The proportion of purebred sheep
to the common stock in all the United
States would not be more probably
one to two hundred.
The WHEELER & WILSON machine. Fine Job Printing. FinelJob Printing.
; feats : The correspondent also tells of a visit | 4 Pass TopSu . :
work it renders cultivation much easi- | © 0 Tp ino shat after sundown. $50 Road Wagon.....§25( OTS 37-45-1yr Yos 2 and 6 W. Bishop St.
d h I ; g-8 816 Road Cart... 8550, Buy of factory and
a uring ie ii Twi as the | «i Njght,”” she goes on, “is the time of | Bugey Harness....$+.85/save middleman’s pro- BELLEFCNTE, PA. McCalmont & Co.
plants can be cultivated both ways, or | Hindoo leisure—as, indeed itis of most | $10 Buggy Co... $4751, 2
diagonally. If small plants are putin | hrimitive peoples. The enclosure was $30 Team #..... $1250) F
straight rows, but close together, hand | crowed with burning piles. Morgan Saddle, S10% joe. ARMERS SUPPLIES.
inplomebis can be often used to great «We sailed down the Ganges. The | 38-30-1y 2'to 12 Lawrence St.. Cincinnatti, O. EE =
er advantage. outlines of the attendants of the dead,
: eats i SOME '
It ia reported that Michigan produc” and of the funeral pile, were sharply Sewing Machine. METHING NEW!!
es 15,000 tons of dried peppermint an: | Silhouettes azninet the 4 SE pain COTTON SEED MEAL,
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BA Mosiop sarin dried | arewsome death fires. And from that LINSEED
A ainds Lev » ° "Mi o part of the shore sacred to Hindoo wor- Vy freuen & WILSON. LINSEED MEAL,
d p } B Fo th Io gan PTO | chip came the shrieking and the songs
Se 14 Fi i ig oll of pepper- | 5f many thousand half-mad devotees.” AND PRATT'S FOOD.
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The difference between a choice ERE or 1 1 1 1 Experiments in feeding at the Pennsylva.
herd of cows and one of scrubs is very Gave Her a Reference. 8 Dis State College demonstrate that four pounds
marked and noticeable. Thethorough-| Mr. Hightone. “My dear, you must OF COLOR Sept Vial aud ¢1gh! pons danor ope
breds make a fine attraction and dis- | send that new girl away at once. She DUPLEX Meal give more profitable results in_feeding
play at fairs. They excel the scrubs | is not fit to have around.” : cattle than sixteen pounds of Corn Meal, show-
not only in production, but also in uni- Ms Hightone. oT will just as quick bd o ing that $1.60 worth of Cotton Seed Meal for
formity and size. as I can write her a reference.” feeding purposes is equal to $2.00 worth of Corn
J tReference? Do you mean to say RM dq Meal. Cotton Seed Meal fed to cows produces
Horses are now gelling low, but you intend to give a creature like that a " richer milk.
they may be higher prices in the fu-| reference?” a 9 eT
ture. The horse will always be in de- «Of course. Howean I helpit? If = POULTRY FOOD,
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that are well bred. quarrel you and I bad last night and a M CRUSRED OYSTER SHELLS
Fruit and poultry are sent to market big-the wey 1 (a1Ee? shout you, li Gd Bs 7 ogi fee for Poul,
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It would pay any farmer with an or- | Mrs. Cornelia Paddock, a widow, aged ots shiplls there sil alone? Tm TTT ;
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GEORGE D. MITCHELL,
Attorney-at-Law.
306 7th St., N. E., Washington, D.C, 38-40-3m
WHEELER & WILSON Mfg. Co.,
1312 Chestnut St.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
the folks in the next house have religion | that pay.
are placed in the nests of hens, the lice
envugh. ! g312:1y
will depart.
—AT THE WATCHMAN OFFICE] —