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Bellefonte, Pa., Feb. 28, 1896.
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: Farm Notes.
—Caretul examination of fruit trees,
rose and berry bushes have shown the
San Jose scale to have located in
many ne.v centres, but those who have
taken the trouble to look for it have,
in most instances, taken the trouble to
use the whale oil soap wash thorough-
ly, and bave the pleasure of finding it
effective.
—The possibility of frost and hard
freezing weather is not by any means
over, and, because there are dandelions
in bloom, and the crocus and snowdrop
are trying to make us believe spring is
coming, it may be long in getting here
and a spell of real winter come in be-
tween. Careful farmers and fruit grow-
ers are adding to the mulch and to
keep the frost in the ground, and thus
retard the growth likely to be made in
the warm sunshine in unprotected,
thawed-out, moist soil.
—Jas. Peters, Camden county, says
‘‘leeched wood ashes, contain three
valuable plant foode, namely, phos-
phoric acid, potash and lime, and be-
sides being in themselves useful as
foods they have the effect on the eoil
of unlocking any latent fertility it may
contain.
“For the orchard loosen the soil and
work the ashes in. Do not feed near
to the trunk of atree. The feeding
roots are not there, but mark the
shadow the tree casts at noon, and if
you cannot do more feed well for three
feet within that line all around.”
—For a market garden a rocky soil
should be avoided, as deep cultivation
is necessary, and a clay subsoil is
a drawback, and, uunlese underdrained,
the land will be cold and late. The
proper soil will have a sandy or
gravelly bottom, and the location,
if one may have a choice, will be
with an eastern or southern ex-
posure. The difterence between a
southern and northern exposure is
often a crop a year, and because the
land to the south 18 available earlier,
and a firstcrop can be gotten out of
the way in time to have a second fol-
low.
~ —More than the usual amount of
grape grafting is now in progress, and
in some cages the” work is being hur-
ried so it shall all be done before the
flow of sap begins. And, in spite of
the pleasant weather, there must be
kept in mind the possibility of severe
weather to come, and there must be
the protection of a heavy mulch. It
is not that extreme cold will do the cion
orstock harm, as both are dormant,
but in the heaving of the frost the cion
will be thrown out of place and the
possible union Loped for will be spoil-
ed. The heavy mulch will prevent
immediate effects upon the soil of
either extreme cold or a sudden rise in
temperature.
The Fuller way of protecting gratis
made below the surface isto place an
inverted flower pot over the cion, hav-
ing the bottom even with the surface
of the soil ; fill the excavation with
earth, cover with six inches, of straw,
then cover with about eight inches of
soil. Where there is no danger from
frost this protection is unnecessary.
—A question those to whom spray-
ing is new are asking is: “Will not
London purple and Paris green and
argenious acid poison the pasture un-
der the trees sprayed with them—
won't the animals feeding on the grass
in sprayed orchards be affected ?
Professor Cook, of the Michigan ex-
periment station, had a similar ques
tion asked him years ago, when spray-
ing with poisons was a new thing to
all of us, and in the main considered a
“book-farming fad.” Dr. Cook was
sure no harm would” result, but, to
have facts with which to bolster up his
faith, sprayed a tree thoroughly with
double strength mixture, that is, one
pound of the poison to 100 gallons of
water. Under one-half of the tree ex:
perimented upon was placed a thick
paper large enough to collect the drip-
pings trom 72 square feet. When the
drops ceased to fall the catch was an-
alyzed and yielded the chemist for his
trouble four-tenths of a grain of the
poison. This amount, scattered over
72 square feet of graes, would hardly
have proven injurious even to the in-
sects hidden there.
Another experiment was with a
Jarge tree with very thick foliage, un.
derneath which was a thick carpet of
clover, blue grass and timothy just in
bloom. The space upow which the
spray and the drippings fell was about,
16 feet square. As-soon as the drip-
ping ceased the grass, etc., under the
trees was cut as close to the ground as
could be, and all the poison the chem:
ist could get from it was 2.2 grains.
“Now,” says Professor Cook, “as the
authorities eay one grain is a poison-
ous dose for a dog, 2 for a man, 10 for
a cow and 20 for a horse, there would
seem to be but small danger fron pas-
turing our orchards during and imme-
diately after spraying, especially as no
animal would eat the sprayed grass
exclusively. To test.thie fully I spray-
ed a large tree over some bright tender
grass and clover, I then cut the clover
close to the ground and fed it to my
horse. He ate it in course of an hour,
but there were no ill effects to show
for it. >
“I next secured three sheep and
kept them until they were hungry,
then put them in a pen about a recent-
ly sprayed tree, under which was a rich
growth of juicy June grass and clover.
The sheep soon ate the grass, but there
were no ill effects from it. These ex-
periments were repeated several times,
but, although with each the spraying
with a double quantity of the poisoa,
there were never evil results.”
“Thue, we have it demonstrated that
the arsenites are effective against the
insects, but there is no danger in their
use of poisoning the fruit or the stock
that may be pastured in the orchards.
Spontaneous Combustion of Hay.
noticed not only by men working about
The Preacher’s Slight Mistake.
An Interesting Bulletin ona Subject of Impor--| the barn but by other persons who had | An old writer tells us that “To err
tance to Farmers,
The question of spontaneous combue- ;
tion in fodder stuffs bas received consid-
erable attention from agriculturists from |
time to time and has been discussed in !
the agricultural literature of the day as
supposed cases have arisen. Nearly all
the supposed cases have originated
where considerable quantities of clover
hay have been stored, either in stacks or
barns, and in nearly every case the
stacks or buildings have been consumed,
£0 it was impossible to sufficiently un-
derstand the circumstances of the cases
to determine whether they were of spon-
taneous or incendiary origin. A recent
fire, supposed to be of spontaneous ori-
gin occurred in a hay mow in one of the
College barns, without damaging the
barn to any great extent and withoug
consuming very much of the hay. The
following detailed account will enable
the reader to form some opinion as to
the origin of this fire: {
In the evening of October 16th, 1895,
fire was seen to be dropping from the
ceiling of the cow stable underneath the
east wing of the College barn. A gen-
eral alarm of fire was sounded and im-
mediately a sufficient force of men as-
sembled to prevent the fire from break-
ing out. Investigation soon proved the
fire to be confined to a mow of hay 18
x 23 feet and about 23 feet high which
occupied a part of the wing over the
cow stable mentioned. Precautic -s
wero taken to exclude all drafts of air
from the hay mow by filling the holes
burned through the floor over the cow
stable with wet blankets and clothes,
and also keeping the top of the mow
covered with wet blankets. It was be-
lieved at this time that the only means
of saving the whole barn from burning
was to remove the mow of hay that was
already on fire. Consequently openings
were made in the side of the barn and
the whole mow of hay, about thirty
tons, was pitched out. While removing
the hay, which all through the centre
of the mow was smouldering and ready
to burst out in flames when exposed toa |
draft of air, it was found necessary to |
keep the top of it constantly wet. For-
tunately, a hose from a nearby hydrant
and pails in the hands of students af-
forded ample means of keeping the top
of the mow constantly saturated, which
prevented the hay in the barn from
bursting into flames, also prevented the
bay that was thrown out of the mow
from burning. All of the central por-
tion of the mow was thoroughly com-
pacted, hot and smoking. The high
temperature of the hay made it decided-
ly uncomfortable for those who were
working to save the barn from burning
by removing this smouldering fodder.
The continued application of water on
the snrface of the mow alone made this
possible on account of the excessive heat.
Not until all this lot of bay was remov-
ed from the barn was the danger from
fire thought to be over. The floor of the
barn on which this mow of hay rested
is constructed of two thicknessess of wide
inch boards so placed as to perfectly
break joints. This floor forms the ceil-
ing over the cow stable and is about
eleven feet high. The holes burned
through the floor were over the middle
of the stable and not near partitions or
posts. From the position of these holes
burned through the floor, it would seem
improbable if not impossible for the ori-
gin of the fire to have been either acci-
dental or incendiary. The side of the
barn is of matched lumber; this un-
denbtedly averted a serious loss by fire
by preventing anything like a draft to
supply air to the hay already on fire.
There was corn fodder to the depth of
of about a foot at the bottom of the mow
underneath the hay. The hay was'sec-
ond growth clover and timothy, mostly
clover, quite fine, and when harvested
was thought to be in unusually fine con-
dition. The fine quality of the hay,
height of the mow and the fact that
nearly all of this hay was put in the
mow with a horse fork and dropped from
a considerable height, all were potent
factors in thoroughly compressing this
mow of hay. Adjoining this mow was
another filled with corn fodder, the two
being separated only by a cross beam
and the divisions that would naturally
be made by filling at different times.
An examination of the pile of damaged
bay after being thrown out of the barn
showed that a large portion of it was so
thoroughly charred that it would crum-
ble when handled. Some of the hay
had not been subjected to so greats heat
and was only brown in color, but whol-
ly unfit for stock food. The larger por-
tion of this body of hay was subjected to
50 great a heat that the whole amount
was nearly a total loss! It was thought
to be impracticable to separate the small
amount of bright hay from the damaged
portion ac the two were pretty thorough-
ly mixed in removing the hay from the
barn. The insurance company paid for
28 tons at $11.00 per ton.
For several days previous to the fire,
a peculiar odor had been noticed about
the barn, and a somewhat careful exami.
nation was made to ascertain its source.
The result of this examination seemed
to indicate that the rowen in this mow
was heating but no indication of fire was
geen or even suspected. This odor was
occasion to pass on the leeward side with-
in forty or fifty rods of the barn. The
odor was jo strong that it was observed
by many people and compared by some
to that of burning grain. While posi-
tive proof as to the origin of this fire
may be lacking, the circumstances are
such that it seems safe to consider it of
spontaneous origin.
Gro. C. WATSON.
Dont’s for Mothers.
Follow: These Instructions if You Would Have
Your Child Healthy.
Dou’t cover a child's head so that it
will inhale the air of its own lungs, no
matter how cold the sleeping room is.
Don’t allow the youngster who is
“surprisingly strong upon its feet" to
bear its weight long at a time, no mat-
ter how anxious the proud parent may
be to show it off. Remember the danger
of weakened and twisted little legs.
Don’t allow emoking in the room
where there is a very young or sick
baby. The thoughtful father will never
smoke in the same room with the
children, but even the thoughtless ones
should be made to realize its harmful
ness in the former cases.
Don't fail to keep the children’s feet
dry and warmly clad in winter and wet
weather, for the circulation is feebler.
at the extremities than elsewhere.
Don't forget that protecting the chest
is also important at this season, it we
would ward off troublesome colds from
the little tots. And their habits of life
should be regular—the meals, the
hours of rest and the hour of rising
should all be timed.
Don’t neglect the baby’s scalp. It
should never be allowed to become
scurfly. If it should become very dirty
or ecaly apply yolk of egg thoroughly
with the fingers, and after leaving it
on for a time wash with warm soapy
water, use a fine-tooth comb very gent-
ly and then brush until thoroughly
clean,
Don't forget ,to air the children’s
night garments and their bed clothes
with great thoroughness every day,
and to turn their day clothes inside out
and hang them up to air at night, so
that they will be fresh and sweet in :
the morning.
Trout Fry Application.
We are requested to remind the peo-
ple of this neighborhood who are in-
terested in trout fry propagation that
applications for trout fry should be
sent in without delay to James A. Dale,
secretary of the commissioners of fish-
eries, York, Pa. There is a very heavy |
demand for trout. fry this year; and as |
the applications have been pouring in |
for some time it behooves our people |
to act promptly. Don’t wait, but give |
the matter your immediate attention
The low water of last summer was very
disastrous to our tront streams, killing
off many of the “speckled beauties’ in
little pools that after wards went dry, |
and hence there is greater necessity |
that the streams should be replenished. |
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Compulsory Education.
The attorney general has decided
that the compulsory education law will
go into effect with the opening of the
school term next fall. This spring the
assessors will get a list of all the
children of school age, and the boards
will then cee that the act is properly
enforced. The employment of atten-
dance officers rests with the boards,
and will doubtless be found necessary
in Philadelphia.
——Hoax—¢T hear Wigwag’s little
girl is blind.” Joax—‘Yes, but her
father is quite apparent to ber.”
Sechler & Co.
a ER
is human,” and he struck a weak spot
in man’s make-up when he wrote that
truth.
A few months ago, in one of Maine's
county seats, a lawyer and a clergyman
were chatting together. In the course
of conversation the subject of mistakes
and miscalculations came up.
“Do you ever make mistakes?”
acked the minister of the lawyer.
“Why, yes, sometimes,” was the
answer.
“I suppose you rectify them, don’t
you ?” inquired the clergyman.
“No, not always. It itis a large
mistake I correct it, bul if it’s a small
oue I let it go. How about yourself
Brother B—I suppose you sometimes
make mistakes ?"
“Oh, yes, sometimes,” answered the
minister, “but I treat them as you do.
For instance, in my sermon a few Sun-
days ago, I said : ‘The devil is the fa-
ther of all lawyers,’ but it was such a
slight mistake that I lev it go.” Lewis
ton Journal.
——Asthma, hay fever, and kindred
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Startling, If True.
St. PETERSBURG, February 13.—A
dispatch received here to-day from
Irkutsk, Siberia, says that a Siberian
named Kouchnareff, who is an agent
of Dr, Nansen, the Norwegian explor-
er, who sailed in the Frau, June 24,
1893, for the Artic regions, has receiv-
ed information that Nansen has reach-
ed the north pole and found land there,
and that he is now returning towards
civilization.
A ——
——Impoverishered blood causes that
tired feeling. Hood’s Sarsaparilla puri-
fies, enriches and vitalizes the blood and
gives vigor and vitality.
——Anjybody can tellja ‘phone when
it ringe.
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A Problem.
. Three farmers went to markel with
eggs. Farmer A had ten eggs in his
basket. Farmer B had thirty eggs in
‘his basket. Farmer C had fifty eggs in
bis basket. That evening each sold a
portion ot his stock, receiving the same
price per egg. The next morning eggs
advanced to three cents each and they
each sold what they had left. When
they got home they found they had sold
their eggs at the same price per egg and
had each received the same amount of
money. How many eggs did they sell
the first day and at what price per egg ;
how many eggs did they sell the second
day at three cents apiece, and how much
money did each receive in all ?
New Advertisements.
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Philadelphia, could not be found in a day’s
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In the fall of 1883 he began to suffer indes.
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Consulting an eminent physician in Philadel
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necessary. So much did he dread the result,
for if unsuccessful it meant death, that he put
off the evil day as long as possible, While in
this frame of mind, he heard of
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Although disheartened, on July 1, 1893, he
bought a bottle of it, and within a month had
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end.
Mr. Neill feels that he owes a lasting debt of
gratitude to Dr. Kennedy's Favorite Remedy
and for disorders of the bladder and urinary
organs, says “it will effect a cure if one be pos-
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Favorite Remedy is prescribed with unfail-
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nerve troubles in which it has cured many
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Fry everything, from potato chips to doughnuts, in Cottolene. Put
Cottolene in a cold pan—heat it slowly until it will delicately brown
a bit of bread in ha!f a minute. Then put in your food. it will pay
vou to try Cottolene just this way—see how delicious and wholesome
it makes the food.
Get the genuine, sold everywhere in one, three, and five pound
ting, with: trade-marks —"“Cottolenc” and steer’s head in cotton plant
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SECHLER & CO’'S OPEN LETTER.
Bellefonte, Pa., Jan. 1st, 1896.
As the Holiday Season is now over we wish to remind our friends and
the public, generally, that we are well prepared to supply all demands in our line.
Almost all kinds of goods are now so low in price that a good American Din-
ner is within the reach of all.
While giving careful attention to securing a fine stock of fruits and luxuries we
have not overlooked the every day substantials.
We have Pillsbury’s ‘‘best’” Minnesota Flour and the leading brands of home
manufacture, Bradford Co., pure Buckwheat Flour, new kilh dried Corn Meal, extra
fine sugar cured Hams, breakfast Bacon and dried Beef, white, fat, new Mackeral, rich
mild Cream Cheese, genuine Maple Syrup, pure-sugar table Syrups, fine roll dairy
and creamery Butter.
We have just received a lot of bright clean New York state Beans that we are sell-
ing at the low price of five cents per quart.
The entire lot of twenty-two bushels will
go at that price (no advance) but we can hardly get any more as good as these to sell
at the same price.
Don’t miss them,
They are fine. .
One of the most satisfactory lots of goods we have to offer is our own Mince
Meat.
equal to it has‘ever been obtainable.
Every ounce of material in it is sound, clean and of the finest quality, nothing
Price, ten cents per pound.
It has been almost impossible to get satisfactory Oranges this season, but we have
secured some fine Floridas, also some Mexican fruit that is equally as fine as the Flori-
das and quite reasonable
in price.
Our stock of Cranberries, (at 1octs per quart,)
white Almeria Grapes, New York Catawbas, (2 baskets for 25cts), Lemons, Bananas,
and Sweet Potatoes have received careful attention. Also Raisins, Prunes, Citron,
Figs, cleaned Currants, California evaporated fruits, fine mixed table Nuts at r5cts and
2octs per pound, soft shell Almonds zocts per pound, finest Princess paper shells at
25cts per pound, finest Java, Mocha and Rio Coffees, Extracts, Sauces, Pickles, Capers,
Mushrooms, Truffles, Etc.
We keep. a large and well selected stock.
, but we cannot enumerate further.
It will pay any house-keeper to: wisit
our store once a week. The first principle of ecogomy is not alone in saving, but in
making a good investment.
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We remain yours very respectfully,
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5:00 $5000 $5,000
—WORTH OF—
HARNESS HARNESS HARNESS
SLEIGH BELLS SLEIGH BELLS
SLEIGH BELLS
FUR ROBES FUR ROBES.
FINE CRUSHED SILK ROBES — GOAT
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BEAR ROBES AND ALL: STYLES
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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 yourorders. Don’t de-
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COLLARS IN THE COUNTY.
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ICENSE PETITIONS.—The fol-
lowing petitions for License have
en filed with the Clerk of the Court and will
pr ted at License Court the First Tues-
day of March 1896.
TAVERN LICENSE
i James 8S. Reish,...........Potter Twp.
Martha Asheroft,..........Philispsburg 2nd W.
Jno. M. Neubauer........ Bellefonte South W.
D. C. Keller,...... Bellefonte South W.
Jas. Passmore Philipsburg 2d W.
W. 8. Musser, Millheim Boro.
R. O. Brauch Penn Tw
Willis Weaver, Millheim Boro
i D, H. Buhl,,....... Gregg Twp.
i Dorsey P. Meyers,........Philipsburg 2d W.
| Tattersall Ingram.. .....Philipshurg 2d W.
Jacob D. DeHaas,....cuunn Howard Boro.
David L. Bartges, ........Contre Hall Boro.
Tempest Slinger,.. Philipsburg 2d W.
A.8.&C. M. Garm Bellefonte South W.
Geo. E. Liester,.. Philipsburg 1st W.,
John A. Erb,..... Philipsburg 24 W.
Joseph Pickering,. Philipsburg 2d W.
Geo. B. Uzzle,... ...Snow Shoe Twp.
Edwin Ruhl,.. ...Potter Twp.
W. L. Daggett,.... ...Bellefonte West W.
A. Kohlbeckers.. .... Boggs Twp.
John G. Uzzle, Snow Shoe Twp.
Jeffrey Hayes Rush Twp.
Henry C.Yeag Bellefonte South W
Jacob Truby,. Philipsburg 2d W
J. A. Gramley,.... Miles Twp.
| Lawrence Redding,......8now Shoe Twp.
| WHOLESALE LIQUOR LICENSE.
W. R. Haynes.,..............Snow Shoe Twp.
George E. Ch ...Philipsburg 2d W.
Orin Vail... ......., ..Philipsburg 24 W.
WHOLESALE BEER LICENSE.
(reorge KE. Lamb Philipsburg 2d W.
Bamusl Rodgers, Philipsburg 2d W.
Wm. Riley,..... Philipsburg 2d W.
John Anderson,.. Bellefonte West. W.
WHOLESALE LIQUOR AS BREWER OR MANUFACTURER
Louis Dollecov.ecoicn. ions Benner Twp.
WHOLESALE LIQUOR LICENSE AS DISTILLERS.
John C. Mulfinger,....... ing Twp.
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Thomas Deakin,..........Philipsburg 2d W,
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