Dewooralic Watdan
Bellefonte, Pa., Jan. 17, 1896.
Farm Notes.
—Good roads and good fences not
only ensure successful farming, but in-
dicate that an increased value of the
farms will result.
—Milk will absord odors more free-
ly when cold thah when warm, and
for that reason close attention to de-
tails is as necessary in winter as in
summer.
—XKeep a supply of charcoal where
the pigs can help themselves. It is
important that the charcoal be freshly
burned. This may be done by simply
allowing it to become heated before
being placed in the pig pen.
—It costs more to feed ducklings
than chicks, but the ducklings will
grow twice as fast. A duckling of the
Pekin breed should weigh five pounds
when ten weeks old, while a chick of
the same age will seldom reach two
pounds.
—Of all the flowers none will return
greater satisfaction for trouble and ex-
pense than the gladiolus, and yet they
are not common in our gardens, The
bulbs take up so little space and the
bloorn is magnificent. The flowers
come soon, and succeed each other for
months.
—Dehorning cattle is no donbt cruel,
at the time of operation, but those who
favor it maintain that cattle which
have been deprived of their horns eat
together without doing injury to one
another. and greater safety is ensured
during shipment to market.
—Scrubbing and whitewashing the
dirty walls of the stable will rob it of
much of that tang and odor so readily
absorbed by the milk. Anything
which contributes to the sweetness of
the atmosphere of the stable adds to
the health and milk productiveness of
the confined animals. 2
—The farmer who makes his own
sausage knows what he is eating,
which is more than can be said of his
friends who live in cities. On the
farm there are many portions of car-
casses that can be utilized as sausage
which effect a saving which is both
agreeable and economical,
—It is always wise to keep some
form of mulch about the roots of bear-
ing trees, rather than let sod form
about them, to choke and rob them.
Even cut the weeds about the neigh-
boring fields and place around their
bases, or give them a share of the
manure from the stable.
—Pear blight is not wel! understood,
but is probably produced by an excess
of sap. It shows iteelt usually during
a hot, sultry, damp season. It may
show in but a single branch, or in
many, and at times the whole tree will
seem as if scorched. Even the wood,
if cut into, is often found discolored.
—While the cows are at water cut
up your pumpkins into small pieces
and place them in the mangers, where
they can eat them at their leisure af-
ter being tied up. Thus they will be
of much higher feeding value than
when scattered about the yard to be
trampled upon, befouled and eaten of
in irregular quantities.
—The strawberry plants should be
covered with well rotted manure that
is free from lumpe. In the spring use
the hoe and chop the manure in, fol-
lowing with the cultivator between the
rows. To keep the berries clean mulch
around the plants with salt hay or any
suitable material, first applying any
fertilizer that may be needed.
—Barnyard manure is rich in nitro-
gen and is admirably adapted to the
development of wood, and while the
orchard ‘is young should be applied
liberally, not only for this purpose, but
also for fertilizing such annual crops
as may be grown with the greatest
profit—depending upon the home
market for facilities for shipment,
—1f turpentine is given to lambs for
worms let it be done after a twenty-
four hour fast, and when the first
stomach is empty. It is not unlikely
‘that the whole flock is affected if we
find worms in one. The turpentine
and linseed oil can be administered
with milk, or the turpentine poured
upon the salt allgwed them ; they will
eat it readily.
—Those who have rye sown for ear-
ly spring paeturage will find that the
“warm spell” has caused the rye to
make sufficient growth to admit of the
foraging of poultry upon the rye plot,
and it may happen that the rye will be
in condition much earlier than usual
for spring grazing. Rye isa hardy
plant, and is well adapted to nearly all
kinds of soils, affording an occasional
change from dry provenderto green
food when no other kinds can be had.
—Do not uee pots for winter flower-
ing plants that are too large. It is
better to give larger pots when neces-
sity for such arises. Be careful in
watering. The tendency is to apply
too much water. An excellent fertil-
izer for winter plants is to dissolve a
teaspoonful of nitrate of soda, phos-
phate of lime and phospbate of potash
in three pints of water, which may be
applied in sufficient quantity three
times a week. The materials are free
from odor, and may be procured at any
drug store.
—The question of whether the com-
mon English sparrow should be ex-
terminated or pot ie yet unsettled. In
winter the sparrow finds the most of
his food from the droppings of the
horse on the roads and streets, and in
that respect he performs a certain ser-
vice. In the summer he devotes his
time to grain and fruit ; discarding in-
sects. In the cities, however, it 18 un-
decided whether he is a benefactor or |
not. Before beginning warfare on the |
sparrow it should firet be determined
whether he is a friend or an enemy.
AZ FOR
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Called Down By a Tot.
Two Seattle Policemen Wince Under a Little
Girl's Sarcasm.
The next time Sergeant Willard and
Detective Well's attempt to “josh”
any little girls they will wait, says the
Seattle Post Intelligencer until no ove
else is around. Yesterday afternoon
Chief Rogers, Detectives Philips, Wells
and Philbrick, Jailer Peer and Clerk
Reed were on the front porch of head-
quarters, when a little girl, not more
than six years of age, stood on the
sidewalk below listening to the conver-
sation,
‘Hello, little one, what are you rub-
bernecking, there for?’ asked Willard.
“Yes,” added Wells, “take the rub-
ber out of your neck and go along.”
With a look of scorn, mingled with
one of amusement, the little one. said,
pointing first to Wells and then to
Willard : “It I had the rubber out of
your neck and the wheels out of that
fellow’s head I could make a bicycle
and ride away.”
With this quick retort the young
miss walked away with a self-satisfied
grin on her pretty face, amid peals of
laughter from the chiet and other
listeners,
When Against the Wind.
It is vot generally known that winds
affect the speed of railroad trains quite
appreciably. Train hands say that it
is not the “head-on” wind that delays
the cars, asthe engine presents a small
portion of itself to it, and, breaking |.
through, the train can be easily pulled
along after it. But when the wind
strikes the train at an angle of forty-
five degrees the trouble begins. The
wind uses the whole side surface as a
leverage and gives the engineer lots of
trouble. The cars sway over to one
side and are dragged on with difficulty.
Much more coal is burned, and, even
then it is impossible to keep on
schedule time.
Pointers for the Bed Room.
Do not let the side of your bed ever
be placed against a wall, but well out
in the middle of the room, and, where
it is possible, the head to the north.
Free circulation of air is absolutely
necessary to health, and where this'is
not obtainable, headaches, bad dreams,
and other ailments are the result.
Never close the register of your fire-
place, and if you are too delicate to bear
your window open at night, leave the
door partly open, if possible.
Present Day “Hard Times.”
An exchange put it thus: Yes, in-
deed, these are hard times. We throw
awsy our ashes and grease aud buy
soap. We grow weeds, buy vegetables
and brooms. We catch five cent fish
with a $4 rod. We build echool
houses and send our children off to be
educated, and lastly we send our boys
out with a $10 dog and $10 gun to hunt
ten cent birds.
——Cows won’t give any milk now-
adays, says Hines to Pettingill.
How is that ?
You haveto take it from them.
Well, see here. If you can make
four whiteshirts from three yards, how
many shirts will you get from one
yard ?
_ That depends upon whose yard you're
in.
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School Report.
Following is a report of Holt’s Hollow
school, Boggs township, for the month ending
Jan, 9th, 1896. Number of pupils enrolled *
boys 21, girls 12; total 33.
Those present every day :—Maude and Mal.
colm Poorman, Bessie Johnson, Charles Fet-
zer Robert Thomas and Frank Swisher and
Toner Swisher.
Those missing ono day .—Maude Fetzer
May, James and William Swisher and Clayton
Sliker,
Those not missing any words in spelling :—
Crissie Shope, Maude and Malcolm Poorman,
Frank. Barrett, Toner and Frank Swisher,
Charles Fetzer and Samuel Spicer. Those
missing one word;—Annie Barrett, Maude
Fetzer and Nannie Shope.
M. V. Tuomas, Teacher.
Resources of Journalism.
“I've got to have something to fill
out this column with,” said the fore
man of the Spiketown Blizzard, poking
his head into the editorial sanctum.
“That's all there is about it. I've run |
in all the dead ads and all the catch-
lines and slugged everything out till
there isn’t even a piece of wood reglet
left in the office, and I'm short yet
balf a dozen lines or more.”
Whereupon editor Clugston sat
down and wrote as follows: “Owing
to the crowded state of our columns
this week, we are compelled to omit
several interesting communications
now standing in type. Friends will
please bear with us. Advertisers must
be accommodated, Until the pressure
on our columns has eased up corres-
pondents will please write briefly and
confine themselves to simple state-
ments of fact.”
Tre LoNGEST WORD.—The longest
word in the English language is not
“smiles,” although there is a mile be-
tween its first and last letters, (s-mile-s).
One of the i words, however, is
health : Real, rugged, robust, rousing,
red faced health. There is neither boon
nor blessing like it. Yet thousands
have loet it and it stays lost. This need
not be. Myriads have regained their
health by using Dr. Pierce’s Golden
Medical Discovery. An invaluable
remedy for consumption or lung scrofu-
la, bronchitis, asthma, cough, heart
disease, fever and ague, intermittent
fever, dropsy and many other dis-
eases. :
——Some idea of the value of our
trade with Great Britain is shown by
the treasury statistics sent to Congress.
During the five years ending with
the last fiscal year we sold to Great Brit-
ain of American products and Ameri-
can merchandise the enormous amount
of $2,184:048,934, while we iraported
from Great Britain during the same
time only $800,340,150. In other
words, for every dollars’ worth we
bought. from the United Kingdom we
sold it about $2.50 worth. That is a
profitable trade, we should cay. Its
disturbance would cut both ways. It
would deprive America of a good mark-
et for nearly one-balf of its surplus,
while it would cut off Britains’ supplies
of cheap food and cheap raw material
for its manufacturers, on which its in-
dustrial supremacy rests.
For Cold Feet.
If any one is ever troubled with cold
feet, by bathing those members in a so-
lution of turpentine the most gratifying
results may be obtained. —Ex.
If the turpentine is liberally applied
and a lighted match added more heat
wonld be engendered.
Sure to Marry.
May—Carrie says che will never mar-
ry unless she is sure she is loved for
herself alone.
Belle—Oh, she has nothing to fear on
that score. She has a million in her
own right.
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Help! he shrieked
He clutched widely his throat.
Help ! .
He clutched his throat until his wife
came and tied his four-inthand for him,
after which he quietly finished dress-
ing.
——He (admiring a vase of flowers) —
Are they not beautiful ? Do you know
they remind me of you ?
She (softly) —But they are artificial.
He—Ah, yes ; but you’d never know
it.
——Hood’s Sarsaparilla, taken at this
season, will make you feel strong and
vigorous and keep you from sickness
later on.
Cottolene.
D° YOU MAKE
DOUGHNUTS
THIS 8ift 1 quart flour, 1 saltspoonful salt, 1 saltspoonful ground
nutmeg or cinnamon, 2 rounding teaspoonfuls baking powder, to-
WAY ? gether. Beat 2 eggs; add 1cup sugar, 1 cup milk, 2 teaspoonfuls
melted COTTOLENE. Stir these into the flour, rool and cut into
shape. Have kettle 34 full COTTOLENE—at just the right heat
—and fry the doughnuts in it for 3 minutes.
For frying, COTTOLENE mut be hot, but don't let it get hot enough to smoke or it
will burn. To find if it is hot enough, throw into it :a single drop of water. When at just
the right heat, the water will pop.
Genuine has trade marks—*"Cottolene” ‘and steer’s head in cotton-plant wreath—on every tin.
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$5.00 we will say nothing
about the quality. Oth-
ers ask for same goods
$7.50.
MEN'S SUITS
$7.50 good honest wearing
strictly all wool goods
in a dozen different
styles, considered
cheap in other stores.
at 12.00.
MEN'S SUITS :
$10.00 The very finest Dress
Suits, Sack or Cuta-
ways. It will amuse
you, when others tell
you how cheap theirs
(the exact same goods)
ARE AT g15.00 AND $18.00.
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Closing Out Sale.
I am going out of the Hardware business and commencing
Monday, Sept. 2nd, will close out my entire stock consisting of
HARDWARE OF ALL KINDS,
TooLs, Paints, Oris,
AGATE AND TIN WARE,
Horse BEANE,
SHOVELS, FORKs, RAKES,
CLOSING OUT SALE.
STOVE FURNITURE,
PockeT AND TABLE CUTLERY,
GAsoLINE, OIL, COOKING AND
HEATING STOVES RANGES,
House FurNISHING GooODSs,
and thousands of different articles. The stock is complete in
every thing. I cannot mention all the bargains offered but if
you want to buy anything in the Hardware line come and see.
Such an opportunity may never come again. If you are wise
you will loose no time in taking advantage of this sale.
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BELLEFONTE, PA.
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Saddlery.
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5,000 $5,000 $5,
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—WORTH OF—
HARNESS HARNESS HARNESS
SLEIGH BELLS SLEIGH BELLS
SLEIGH BELLS
FUR ROBES FUR ROBES.
FINE CRUSHED SILK ROBES — GOAT
ROBES—BLACK DOG ROBES—BLACK
BEAR ROBES AND ALL STYLES
OF BLANKETS.
NOW IS THE TIME - - -
- ~ = FOR BARGAINS.
—— To-day Prices have Dropped—
on every thing in our store. We
must make room for Spring stock
and solicit your orders. Don’t de-
lay them.
THE LARGEST STOCK OF HORSE
COLLARS IN THE COUNTY.
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33-87 BELLEFONTE, PA.
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A FEW HOLIDAY .
——SUGGESTIONS.,——
BOYS SKATES 35 and 40cts.
LADIES SKATES, 90cts.
HAND SLEDS, 50c. 60c. 75c. $1.00.
RAZORS, POCKET KNIVES axp CARVERS,
A new style
ROASTER IN THREE SIZES,
76¢. 85¢c. and $1.00.
LARGE COVERED ROASTER 75 cents.
A complete line of
——GRANITE WARE—
at cost prices.
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EAT CHOPPERS AND SALT.
— Meat choppers of the latest ime
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and, horse, steam or water power. We have
the offer of two large butchers meat choppers,
second hand, at low down price if taken quick.
Sausage grinders and stuffers ot the latest
and improved styles.
SALT.—We have laid in a stock of the best
quality of salt for salting meat, as well as Rock
Salt for feeding stock ; which we sell in bar-
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