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‘Bellefonte, Pa., Oct. 18, 1895.
Farm Notes.
—To advoid winter roses it is neces-
sary to give the trees and small fruits
some kind of protection during the
winter, and pruning may also be done
before spring. After the frosts appears
in the fall, and the sap has gone down,
is an excellent time to trim the trees,
because more labor can then be given
than when the work 1s deferred to the
early portion of the year, as attention
is then required in other departments.
Most fruit growers prefer to prune in
the spring, owing to the liability of
winter killing, which may compel them
to cut back again in the spring after
the work has been done in the late
fall, but it is seldom that such a thing
happens to well-grown trees. The
trimming off the limbs of apple trees
is done in a very improper manner by
farmers who do not give much of
their attention to the orchards. They
go in with a saw and take off some of
the limbs, often not covering the stump
with grafting wax, and give no benefit
to the tree in any manner. The ex-
perienced fruit grower will rather thin
out the branches and trim off the ends
of those that are overgrown and
which extend out too far, thus getting
rid of useless wood and also inducing
growth of new wood next spring.
SMALL FRUITS AND SHADE TREES.
—Trimming the grapevines and
canes of blackberries and raspberries
is usually done in winter, when the
ground is frozen, the old wood being
cut outat the same time, though to
escape winter killing the work is
sometimes postponed until epring. The
danger is that the work is liable to be
done too late. It is a frequent occur-
rence that grapevines are trimmed af-
ter the buds begin’ to swell, causing
them to ‘‘bleed,’” which weakens them
and impairs their capacity to make
new wood and bear fruit. The peach
tree thrives under severe cutting back,
and may be pruned at any time early
in the spring, but the apple orchard
should be attended to much sooner.
All kinds of shade trees and ever-
greens may be trimmed in the fall and
winter so as to save time, and they re-
quire as much attention as fruit trees
if symmetry is an object. Many in-
gects and parasites are destroyed by
winter pruning if the wood is burned
when removed. The farmer does not
use the knife as frequently as he
should, which accounts for the un-
“sightly appearance of many orchards.
MULCHING IN THE FALL.
Another matter that is neglected
is that of mulching the trees and vines.
During the winter there may be thaws
and freezes, the roots of the trees being
injured and the small plants, such as
strawberries, thrown out of the ground
It is not so much the hard freezing of
the soil that does the harm, as the
alternate thawing and freezing. The
use of a mulch, such as straw, or any
available material, does not keep, the
ground warm, but cold, thus prevent.
ing sudden thawing, and by so doing
delaying the upward flow of sap in
early spring as well as preventing the
throwing out of the ground of the plants
that do not send roots down very deep.
A covering of straw, held in place with
cornstalks, on the strawberry rows,
and around the trees and vines, will
enable the farmer to secure more fruit
next season than by any other (reat:
ment that can be stowed. The mulch
also protects against the winds, keeps
roots in a healthy condition and en-
ables the tree, vine or plant to secure a
good start after the growing season
opens.
— Ventilating the stable is a prob-
lem in the winter season. It is an
easy matter to let plenty of fresh air
come into the stable, but it is difficult
to advoid cold draughts on the ani-
mals. No system for proper ventila-
tion can be suggested, as the plan of
the stable, the direction of the wind
and the mode of ventilation are to be
considered. Much warmth is lost in
winter by too much ventilation, If
the stable is not latticed and plastered,
plenty of fresh air will find its way in.
In fact, it will be more difficult to keep
it out than to let it in.
—Black walnut is becoming less
abundant every year. A large tree
near Washington, D. C., was recently
sold for $200 and the products of the
tree fused for furniture, etc.,) brought
$1000. Even the roots were valuable. |.
Ittakes many years to realize from
young walout trees, but those who will
plant them will leave fortunes for the
next generations.
—The damp days, when the wind is
in the northeast, are more severely
felt by cattle than when the weather is
dry and cold. There is nothing to be
gained by keeping the cows on the
pasture at such times.
~~">4_cornstalk may remain in the
ground a year without being decom-
posed, but cut it up and add it to the
manure heap and it becomes an excel
lent absorbent, prevents loss of manure
and decomposes. 3
—It is a waste of time and a loss to
attempt toraise chicks inthe winter
with hens, unless one is willing to give
the hens and brood extra care, which
is too costly when but a few hens have
broods.
—By gaining in size there may be a
loss in quality. The smaller varieties
of celery are superior tothe larger
kinds, but much depends on the blanch-
ing and winter treatment.
—Next month the Thanksgiving
turkey will be in demand, and now is
the time to begin to feed the turkeys
liberally and make them fat and
plump.
—Cottonseed meal not only gives
additional value to the ration, and in:
creases the production of milk, but it
also makes the manure more valu:
able,
Carrier-Pigeons.
De Witt C. Lockwood writes for St.
Nicholas an article describing the mail
service by carrier-pigeons established
between Los Angeles and Santa Cata-
lina, Cal. He says :
The message, when sent by the Cata-
lina carriers, is always written co sheets
of tissue paper four inches wide and ten
inches long. Four of these slips will
contain enough written matter to fill a
column or more of an ordinary daily pa-
per, by which it will be seen that the
birds can carry a very considerable
amount of correspondence. It may be
interesting to know that during the
Franco-German war, when large num-
bers of carrier-pigeons were employed
with great success, the messages were
printed by micropotagraphy on fine,
waterproof films, by which method an
almost incredible amount of correspon-
dence could be forwarded by a single
bird. According toa French newspa-
per, nearly two million despatches were
carried by pigeons during the siege.
The birds were taken out of Paris in
balloons.
There are various methods of attach.
ing the message. After folding the
written slips together lengthwise in the
middle, then over and over three or
four times, the whole may be rolled up
tightly into a drum shaped pellet, se-
cured with a bit of twine, and then tied
to the bird's leg; or else the narrow
folded slips may be wound round and
the leg, exactly as you would apply a
bandage to a sore finger. Sometimes
the message is attached to the wing or
tail feathers, or fastened about the
body of the bird, but not always with
the best results.
The well-known figure, on certain
valentines, of a huge envelope with
“Love to Thee’ incribed thereon, the
whole tied about the neck of a dove
with a yard or more, apparently, of
pale blue ribbon, is undoubtedly re-
sponsible for the prevailing belief that
this method is the one generally em-
ployed. It was no uncommon thing to
have a man rush into the office with a
yellow envelope, duly sealed and ad-
dressed, almost as large as the pigeon
itself, expecting the bird to carry it (in
his beak, probably) across the channel.
After a few experiences of this kind, the
boys were not at all surpriced when
somebody wanted to know if he could
get a bird to take over an umbrella for
him. 2
Mexican Town Destroyed.
La Paz, Mexico, Reported Wiped Out by a Hur-
ricane.
SAN FraANcisco, Oct. 10.—Private
dispatches received here say that La
Paz, Mexico, has been destroyed by a
hurricane. The storm was followed by
a tidal wave, the waters in the bay ris-
Ing to an unprecedented height, invad-
ing that portion of the city fronting on
the bay, and carrying out to sea men,
animals and debris of wrecked buildings
as the tide subsided.
The dispatches were dated Guapamas
and were received by Shipping Agent
Reuter. One dispatch said the steamer
Willamette Valley, of the Pacific Mail
line, had been delayed two days at
Guayams- by the same .storm, which
devastated La Puz, but that she left
Guayamas last night for the north.
Mexicans here say that they have had
dispatches about a severe storm which
prevailed all along the coast early this
week. The loss of life is reported
heavy, but details of the disaster are
meagre.
La Paz is the capital of lower Cali-
fornia, and situated on a bay of the
same name. The port is well sheltered,
and easily hed against attack from
the sea. The city has a population of
8,000, a cathedral, a government house
and a town house, and the place was
once the abode of luxury, as evidenced
by the handsome dwellings of the
wealthy class. La Paz was once the
seat of extensive pearl fisheries, silver
mining was extensively engaged in, and
the commerce of the port was not in-
considerable.
An Expensive Interior.
The Department of Internal Affairs
is costing the people $117,410 this
year, as against $91, in 1893, when
the Democratic party was in control.
This increase of $26,410 represents the
following item :
Increase in Secretary's salary...ccee ccecessenns $2,000
-Balary as member of Board of Property
(something new) 1y
Deputy Soarsiary” salary (also new)
Increase in clerk hire........cccevvenenes
Increase in collection of statistics
Stenographer and typewriter (something
old in a new garb) 2,
The Old, Old Story.
The fellow who does not hesitate to
work the following swindle in large
towns, as well as in small ones, is on his
travels, and when he puts in his appear-
ance give it to him where it will do the
most good. This is the way he works :
Entering a business place he will beg
the privilege of addressing an envelope
at the desk, he will then ask if he can
be accommodated with a bill for small
change,” as he wishes to send that
amount in the letter. If he gets the
bill he will carefully place it in an en-
velope, which he seals, and then taking
a handful of change he lays it upon the
desk, thanks you politely for the favor,
and starts leisurely out of tke place,
‘When the change is counted it is found
that it is twenty-five cents short, and of
course the stranger is hailed and ac-
quainted with the fact. He comes back,
expresses surprise, says he just took it
for $10 at a store around the corner and
asks that it be given him while he goes
back and has the mistake rectified, at
the same time taking from his pocket
the addressed envelope, gwhich sup-
posedly contains the $10 ofl and hand-
ing it to the other to keep until he re-
turns. He sweeps the $9.75 into his
hand, goes out and does not return, and
when the dupe looks inside the envelope
for the $10 bill, lo, it has vanished also.
The fellow has two envelopes—that’s
all there is of it.
Poor Girls.’
The poorest girls in the world are
those who have never been taught to
work. There are thousands of them.
Rich parents have petted them ; they
have been taught to despise labor, and
depend upon others for a living, and are
perfectly helpless. If misfortune comes
upon their friends, as it often does, their
case is hopeless. The most forlorn and
miserable women on earth belong to
this class. :
It belongs to parents to protect their
daughters from this deplorable condi-
tion. They do them a great wrong if
they neglect it. Every daughter ought
to be taught to earn her own living.
The rich as well as the poor require
this training. The wheel of fortune
rolls swiftly around—the rich are very
likely to become poor, and the poor,
rich. Skill to labor is no disadvantage
of the rich. and is indispensiable
to the poor. Well-to-do parents must
educate their daughters to work ; no re-
form is more imperative than this.
Three little maids from school are we.
Free from pains of all description ;
But once we were sick as sick could be—
Cured by the “Favorite Prescription.”
It is a certain panacea
For all the ills of womanhood,
Try a bottle with good cheer ;
We know that it will do you good.
Dr. R. V. Pierce: Dear Sir :—
My daughter had been sick all her life,
and the older she grew, the worse she
was until she was the picture of death ;
the physicians could not do her any
good. I heard of your “Favorite Pre-
geription,” for women, and I gave her
three bottles, and now she is a perfectly
healthy girl. Have recommended it to
a great many sufferers from ‘female
complaints,” and it has cured them. I
think it it the greatest medicine in the
world, and I have never found any-
thing to compare with it. Mrs. M. J.
Loyp. Wesson, Copiah Co., Miss.
Horses and Electric Roads.
It has been estimated that electric
railroads in the United States have al-
ready displaced more than 275,000
horses, who would require about 125,-
000 bushels of corn or oats a day, or
more than 45,000,000 bushels a year.
This would equal 62,500 car loads, and
means a large loss of tonnage to rail-
roads. ‘Electric railroads are multiply-
ing fast and horseless carriages promise
to come into general use soon. Rail-
roads and the agriculturists are both
threatened by the more recent develop-
ments in electrical and mechanical
science.
——The expenditure in the state |
treasury department this year is
$45,400, or $18,000 in excess of 1893,
a Democratic year. How does this
strike the average taxpayer ? The Re-
publican party must have the public
treasury in order to squander the pub-
lic funds, and the present deputy
treasurer is the party's candidate for
state treasurer. Better vote for hon-
est Ben Meyers and elect a faithful
watch-dog to the treasury.
Business Notice.
Expensive of investigating corporations
(new)
Expenses of State Weather Bureau (also
new, but we must keep posted on the
WORLNAT)...... cocreenrrnrcnrieisrenesnasenssseicsis 6,000
Deficiencies in salaries...........ceeeveeee venues 120
Total excess OVer 93........cccevetnresasssaene 26,410
And that show how the Republican
party of Pennsylvania keeps its pledges
of economy to the people.
——Hood’s Sarsaparilla, taken at this
season, will make you feel strong and
vigorous and keep you from sickness
later on.
Children Cry or 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
Cottolene.
(Clorronese
COOKS
ter.
tain if it is at the right heat.
Should remember to use only two-thirds as much
COTTOLENE as they formerly used of lard or but-
With two-thirds the quantity they will get
better results at less cost than it is possible to get
with lard or butter.
for frying aiiicles that are to be immersed, a bit of bread should be dropped into it to ascer-
When the bread browns in half a minute the COTTOLENE is
ready. Never let COTTOLENE get hot enough to smoke.
When COTTOLENE is used
THREE IMPORTANT POINTS ; The frying pan should be cold when the COTTOLENE is put
in: COTTOLENE heats to the cooking point sooner than
lard. It never sputters when hot.
The COTTOLENE trade-marks are “Cottolenc” and a steer’s head in cotlon-plant wreath
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Saddlery.
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Against all High Prices; against all old methods
of business.
We are ready with the largest stock of Clothing,
Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes for the Fall and Winter
trade.
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A Cassimere suit at $5, as good as we had a year
ago at $8. An extra heavy mixed Casimere suit at $6
as good as we had a year ago at $10.
An all wool black Cheviot at $5.50, as good as we
had a year ago at $8. A fine black Diaganol suit at
$8; would be cheap at $12. A fine black Diaganol
at $10; usually sold at $13.
An extra fine, Nigger
Head Cheviot at $8, something entirely new, as good
as a $12 suit.
An extra fine Nigger Head Cheviot at $10; extra
fine trimmings and linings, extra making, worth
every cent of $15. An extra fine Nigger Head Cheviot
at $11.50, as fine as any tailor made at $18 or $20.
Childrens suits 90¢ up. Childrens brown, blue
and black Cheviots from $1.25 up. A good heavy
Cheviot Cassimere in black, blue and mixed at $1.50.
We have the greatest lot of boys suits at $2.50,
all wool, extra wearing, as good as you can buy for
$4. Childrens overcoats $1.39 up. Youths suits from
$3 up to the very finest, all the varieties.
Boys knee pants 23c up the very finest.
Boys
all wool knee pants at 50c. Mens all wool pants at
$1 50 per pair.
shirts and drawers at 37c.
and drawers at 19c.
drawers 7c up. Mens suspenders 8c up.
Mens good quality heavy merino
Mens merino under shirts
Childrens merino shirts and
We have the greatest line of boys suits at $3.50
in black, blue and brown Cheviots, Casimere, etc., as
good as you will buy anywhere for $5.
Mens fur hats, a regular $1 hat for 69c; mens fur
stiff hate worth $1.25 for 98¢; boys wool hats 18c;
boys first quality wool hats 40c; boys first class fur
hat 49c.
DRY GOODS...
SHOES
Canton flannels 4c up. Shaker flannels 5¢ up.
All wool splendid quality dress goods 37 inches wide,
30c per yard. Plain dress cloth from “1c up. Dress
plaids from 5c up.
All wool serges in all colors 40 inches wide 34c.
All wooll serges 46 inches wide in all colors 37c up.
Unbleached muslin 1 yd wide from 3%c up. The very
best calico 44 and 5c.
bam at 5c.
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Good quality dark dress ging-
Bleached muslin from 43c up.
The greatest stock in this part of the state.
Ladies kid shoes at 99¢.
Ladies genuine Dongola
kid shoes, patent leather tip, opera toe, common sense
toe, razor toe $1.25 per pair, every pair warranted.
A ladies very fine quality Dongola kid, all the latest
shapes, every pair warranted, at $1.39.
Ladies very fine Dongola kid, McKay sewed, in all
the different styles, at $1.90; every pair warranted.
A still finer grade Dongola kid, all the latest shapes,
Goodyear welt as fine as hand made, at $2.40; every
pair warranted.
Mens heavy boots $1.45, $1.90 etc.
A mans working
If they don’t give satisfaction
shoes $1.24 and up, all warranted.
shoe at $1 up to $1.48.
we will make it right.
Mens dress
We have the largest stock of all the above goods ;
our prices will compete with New York and Philadel:
phia prices.
We have opened a mail order depart-
ment; if you can not come and see us, write for prices
and samples.
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Ranging in Price {from
$7.75 up to $10,
—_——
$15, $20, $25,
OLD PRICES OF——
——HARNESS LEATHER.
After that time Prices. will be forced to
conform with the unprecedented raise
in the cost of Harness Leather.
$400.00 WORTH OF FLY-NETS.
AT THE OLD PRICE.
Persons desiring harness and fly-nets
should buy now before the prices
adyance.
JAMES SCHOFIELD.
BELLEFONTE, PA. 3337
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We stake our reputation as refiners that
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good buildings, plenty of water. well fenced
Sod HY id Tods of mind station, can
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taking nothing but the only genuine and orig-
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in metal boxes bearing shield trade mark, all
druggists. Send 4 cts, for Woman’s Safe
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