ON a Pra pee . - Deore, atch ~~ eo Bellefonte, Pa., March 27, 1896. Farm Notes. . —There is no need of rundown farms where those in charge grow clover liberally and rotate with good judgment. ~ For a small patch of onions use the sets, and get them in the ground as soon as it can be done. Have the plot well manured. - —If the oats are covered two or three inches deep the plants will be eafer from a hard frost or a dry spell than if too shallow. —At the Canadian Experiment Sta- tion rape was shown to be the best green food for the growth of lambs— both carcass and fleece. —Carnations will grow and keep blooming the entire year with proper care, but must have their foliage kept clean with frequent showering. —If one has no experience in trim- ming orchards there is at least one safe rule which any person can follow, and that is to cut out all dead wood. —Sow the lawn graes now. If the lawn contains bare places, scratch it over with a sharp rake and sow the seed. Do not be afraid of using too much seed. —A large crop on a small plot costs less proportionately than a small crop on a large plot, and also gives a profit when the large plot may be cultivated at a loss. —Pruning cannot now be delayed as the season is becoming too warm. All work should be dooe at once, as a week or 10 days more may be too late, -and the warm weather will influence the rise of sap. : —Within the past five years a new implement, known as the weeder, has come into general use. As a weed kill- er where the weeds are just making their appearance it is unequaled, and saves much labor later in the eeason by keeping the weeds down when they are young. —The castor bean plant is one of the most beautiful and ornamental plants that can be grown. Raise them in boxes or in the hotbead and plant them in the open air after danger of frost is over. They require very rich soil and there is no danger of giving . too mich manure. With good care they will grow as high ae six feet during the summer. —Rape has come into general use in those sections where sheep raising is an industry. Two or three crops , can be grown in a year if it is pastured while it is young. 1t can be used in about a mcnth or six weeks frow the time the seed is sown. The dwarf va. rieties are preferred. Sheep thrive up- on it. provided they are also given a small allowance of grain. —Nothing is more unsightly than to eee a plowed orchard with a clump of grass growing up around the bodies of the trees. Ii is worse than unsight- ly, for it isa serious detriment® It is true that few or none of the feeding tree roots may be under the grass around the trees, but its growing makes a harbor for mice in winter and for the borer in early summer. —For waste space the grape vine is always’ convenient. Along the wire fence of poultry yards, and the arbors, a vine here and there will prove both ornamental and useful. There is no fruit that can be grown with such little space as the grape if a crop for market is not required. Make ita point to set oul a grape vine wherever one will grow on almost any location but little loes can result. —Recent experimeots show that a steer cannot be made to gain as much as three pounds a day when young for a short period, and two pounds per day is not unusual for three months. The cost of the food is from 10 to 15 cents per day, which is nearly equal to the cost of the gain. Apparently there is no profit in steers unless prices are bigh, but when itis considered that much of the food consists of corn fod- _ der and other focde that cannot be eold except in the form of beef, the feeding of steers is really profitable, because it enables the farmer to sell a large share of his produce which could not be otherwise sold at all. A waste of food because it cannot be utilized is a loss of profit. —It<ig now admitted that small yields of potatoes cannot be grown ex- cept at a loss, and even with the use of fertilizers there must be sufficient moisture to diseolve the plant food’ Should drought overtake the crop a loss is sure to occur. Farmers, how- ever, have been too economical with seed, cutting the tubers into too many pieces, and aleo in not using a suffi- ciency of fertilizer. Every farmer has not a field of sod land to plow under for potatoes, and the cost in one sec- tion may be greater than in another. There must be a concentration of effort by using smaller plots, and putting the manure and fertilizer thereon instead of spreading them over large tracts, io order to secure greater yields. No -doubt the low prices may reduce the acreage this year, but experience has demonstrated that the time to stick to a crop is when every other farmer is leaving it. No farmer should make potatoes a specialty, however, unless he is determined to greatly increase the average vield. It will require over 200 bushels to repay a cost of £70 per acre, and the safest plan to pursue is to expend a sufficient sum for fertilix ers in order to get as far above the first cost of the crop as possible. The cheapest mode of supplying plant food ia to grow clover and put potatoes on the clover sod, but where this cannot be done for the next crop there is no resource but a resort to fertilizers: Eggs. Facts Concerning their Use Worth Knowing and Remembering. Pour boiling water over frozen eggs and let them remain until the water is cold ; they will then beat nearly as well as fresh eggs. Keep them frozen hard until ready for use. To determine the age of eggs, dis- solve a quarter of “a pound of salt ina quart of cold water and drop the eggs in one at a time. If a day old an egg will settle to the bottom ; if three days old it will float ; if more than five days old it will rise above the- water in pro- portion to its age. To ascertain the quality of eggs make a cone of stiff white paper, place the eggs to be tested, one at a time, in the large end and look through the small. end toward the sun. If the contents look clear, the egg is good, though the shell may be discolored ; if spote are seen it is not good. Do not shake eggs designed for hatch- ing. Pack them carefully as gathered in dry sand ; when ready for incubation, drop the eggs in tepid water and reject those that will not settle in the bottom. Chicks will develop in new-laid eggs two days earlier than in those several days old. Walter forms about 70 per cent. of a fresh egg. This begins almost immedi. ately to evaporate through the pores of the shell, and the air entering intro- duces bacteria, which causes the con- tents to deteriorate and in time to de- compose. Place new laid eggs in a wire basket and immerse the basket for five seconds in boiling water. A very thin coating of coagulated albumen is thus formed next to the shell ; the pores can then be closed by rubbing the shell with a cloth dipped in linseed oil. Eggs boiled 20 minutes are more readily digested than if boiled five. They are dry and mealy and more eas- ily acted upon by the gastric juice. The whites of eggs will troth more rapidly in very cold. A {pinch of salt added helps to cool them in warm weather. Eggs laid in March or April, if rubbed with vaseline, into which has been beaten a little salicylic acid and packed salt, will keep several months without perceptible deterioration. A raw egg swallowed immediately is very eftective in removing a fish bone which has become lodged in the throat. The white of an egg is an excellent ap- plication for a burn. If mustard is mixed with the white of an egg a blister will geldom follow the application of the plaster. Hoarseness and tickling in the throat are relieved with the gargle of the white of an egg beaten to a froth with a tumberful or warm sweetened water. If the yolks of eggs are well beaten and a little flour gifted over the top, they will keep for a day or two, but eave the whites unbeaten if not used at orce. An egg in a bottle is a great curios- ity. Soak an egg in very strong vinegar until the shell softens, when-it can be gently forced lengthwise into a wide- mouthed bottle. Pour cold water over it repeatedly, and it will resume its natural shape. To restore the color to black kid gloves, apply with a soft sponge the white of an egg beaten with a small quantity of good black ink. An old but very effective remedy for an obstinate cough’ is to place two or three whole eggs in very strong vinegar (boiled down to increase the strength, if necessary). In three or four days the acid will have consumed (he shells. Beat the mixture well and thicken with honey. Take two tablespoonfuls before each meal. When eggs are plentiful and cheap save all the shells ; when they have ac- cumulated, crush them very fine and dry them* Beat half a dozen eggs and stir the shells into the mixture, then spread and dry quickly. Pat into a thin muslin bag and hang near the fire to keep the contents dry. When eggs are high or scarce a tablespoonful of this mixture, soaked in cold water sev- eral hours, will settle coffee as well as a whole egg. The yolk of an eggisa very good substitute for cream in coffee, and will answer for three cups. A raw egg beaten with a little pul- verized sugar, half the quantity of cream or milk, is excellent for convalescents or elderly people. Very sick people can sometimes eat the yolk of a hard-boiled egg when the white cannot be eater with safety. The skin of a boiled egg, moistened and applied to a boil, will cause i ration and relieve sorenessin a few hours. It is also an excellent applica- tion for a sty or inflamed eyelids. A plaster composed of the yolk of an egg and salt will relieve pleurisy, kid- ney and neuralgia pains. —Albany Cul- tivator. She Got the Place. An Irish domestic once obtained a situation by the use of her national wit, under somewhat unpromising condi- tions. She had applied to Mrs. Van Nobbs for work as a cook, and Mrs. Van Nobbs asked : — “How loug did -you live in your last place ? “Three weeks, Bridget. “Why did you leave it eo soon ?"’ “Oi cuddent git along wid the lady ; she was go old and craky, “But I may beold and cranky, too,’ said Mrs. Van Nobbs. ; “Cranky ye may be, ma'am,” said Bridget, promptly, ‘‘for faces is some- times desayvin’, but old, nivver |" She was engaged on the spot. ma’am,’” answered The Young Mens Democratic club is an organization that has for its purpose the advancement of Demo- cratic principles and the success of party in the country. There are hun- dreds * of young Democrats, who do not belong to the organization. It should be the desire of every young Democrat to advance the interests of his party, and ore sure way of doing this is to become a member of an or- ganization whose existence means benefit to the Democratic party. Every young Democrat should become a member of the Young Mens Demo- cratic club. 4 it in the muscular tissue. Her Safferings Were Intense. The Dreadful Disease Which Caused the Death of Mrs. H. E. Doebler. Dr. F L. Moyer, who attended Mrs. Harry E. Doebler, of Williamsport, during her long illness of tri- chinosis gave a brief history of the case to a Williamsport Sun reporter He sn:d : “Mrs. Doebler was taken ill on Friday, Jsnuary 81, with a violent chill, rapidly followed by a high fever and intense pain, radiating all over the abdomen. The next day the patient was attacked with a violent diarrhoea, kBewn as the rice water discharge, which lasted the day following by vom- iting of everything taken into her sto- mach for the ensuing thirty-six hours, this having been the stage of incuba- tion of the parasite. These symptoms having subsiding the stage of migration of the parasites now quickly! followed into the muscular tissue. Up until this time I was at sea as to a correct diagno- 8is, but could not associate the symtoms with any other disease than trichinosis, and consequently I called Dr. C. W. Youngman in consultation. He was also of the same opinion, and later our diagnosis was confirmed by Dr. Nutt. After the stage of migration of the par- asite into the muscular tissue, I have not the power to describe the.intense suffering of tho patient, and only those who had the care of Ler can conceive of what her ¢suffering must have been. The parasites, after penetrating the mus- cles, caused them to contract so that her arms and lege were so distorted that they could not be moved or straighten- ed. ‘‘About the twelfth day the parasites bad entered the eye balls and rendered her blind, never after being able to see the least ray of light. On the fifteenth day of the suffering an abcess developed near the left elbow joint which was evacuated and a portion of the pus con- taining the parasites examined under the microscope. This dangerous para- site is found in two-form, as the intesti- nal trichina, which is sexually mature, and as the muscular trichina, not fully developed or sexually immature. ‘The name given, trichina spiralis, is based on the hair-like appesrance of the parasite and the spinal form assumed by Itis a very small hair-like worm having a head smaller than the rest of the body, while the caudle extremity is rounded. The females are three or four millimetres long. The muscle trichina are not fully developed until after the parasite has entered the intestinal canal of the host. It is viviparous and discharges about 100 embryos a week. “The mode of entrance of the parasite into man is by the injection of the flesh of the hog, which is infected with the disease. It is especially fre- quent in this country in the great west, because of the enormous extent of the pork traffic. The proportion of hogs infected in the west is variously stated, but itis probably not an exaggeration to say that about 20 per cent. contain trichine. It is estimated by Dr. Sutton of Aurcra, Indiana, that a piece of pork of onc cubic inch contains at least 80,- 000 trichinae, and in a fatal case of his he removed a small piece of gastroene- mious muscle and found it swarming with triehine estimated at more than 100,000 to the equare inch ; and they were in active motion, coiling and un- coiling. “Now to return to our patient.” said the doctor, catching himself wan- dering from the subject. ‘‘After the foundation of the first abcess her course was glow but sure. Pus formed in the cellular tissue of both arms, burrowing its way from elbows to the finger ends. Pus bad also formed in the roof of her mouth around the teeth, some of which came out. Abcesses also formed in and around the knee joints and other parts of the body, and after suffering forty- two days of the most terrible agony, death intervened and closed the scene.’ a ———————————— He Quit Talking War. “John !” “Yes, dear 7’ ‘Are you in earnest about going to war if there is one 7” “Why certainly. Hope my little darling won’t be too lonely.” She was as one in a great strug- gle. “I don’t think our government does right--"’ “Certainly. it does. We all ought to go.” ‘‘But it does seem that—?’ “Well, that what, now ?” “That $8 a month, isn’t that what they allow a widow? is enough ” John has quit talking war. A ————— ——An exchange tells the story of a boy who was sent to market with a sack of roasting ears, and after lingering around town all day went home with- out selling them. When his mother asked him why he had not sold his corti he said no one had asked him what he bad in his sack. There are many mer- chants like that boy. They have plenty of goods for sale, but they fail to tell what they have in their sack. If they expect to sell goods in this day and age of the world they must open up their stock in trade. ——The largest contribution ever made to the conscience fund of the Treasury department was received by Secretary Carlisle Monday. It amount- ed to $14,225.12, and came from some unknown person in England, through the Anierican consul general and Rev. Prebendary Bariff, at London. The amount was forwarded by bill of ex- change and is several thousands in ex- cess of any previous contribution. ——A little fellow who had his wits about him when the contribution plate was passed at church, administered a re- buke to his mother who on her way home was finding fault with the ser- mon : “Well, mother,” he said, inno- cently, ‘‘what can you expect for a pen- ny?” : Er ——— Mr. Between-the acts--Ezxcuse me for a few moments, dear. ['ve got to go out and see 8 man, Mrs. Between-the-Acts—It isn’t nec- essary, Charles. I brought a pound of chocolate brandy drops in my plush opera-glass bag. Grewsome Discovery. Mystery of the Disappearance of Four Men Clearcd Up, A recent find in W. Va., it is claimed, clears up a mystery of thirty-two years’ standing—the remains of four human beings having been discovered in an abandoned con! mine a tile east of here. David Snyder has explored the old wine, which has not been worked since the ’60’s, and discovered human bones. One of the skeletons was sitting upright against a ledge. Beside this skeleton was found a flask containing a note that explained the mysterious disappéarance of John Ewing, “Ben’” Ayres, “Tom Ackelzson and “Joe” Obney, thirty-two years ago. The notes ware written in pencil, but well preserved. They read as follows : “November, 2, 1863. “Should this ever reach the outside world let it be known that we (giving names) ara prisoners here, owing to the caving in of the mine. We are desert- ers, and were hiding here when the mine caved in: Food and water all gone. Weare doomed, as no one out- side is aware of our whereabouts. This is about the eight day of imprisonment. November 4. “John Ewing and ‘Tom’ Ackelson have just killed ‘Ben’ Ayres and are eating him. I have already eaten my boot leg. The weather in the mine 1s terrible. Our oil is getting scarce, air becoming foul. I only know the day of the month by my watch. November 6. “Ewing has just killed Ackelson. Cut off one of his feet and is eating it, and dancing around and flourishing his dirk knife like a maniac. November 7. “I am now alone with the dead. I had to kill Ewing in self-defense. I have just eaten my other bootleg. Am sleepy. Good-bye. I inclose this note in this flask to preserve it it possible, so that if ever found our sad fate will be known. “JosErPH OBNEY.” Several of the old residents hereabouts remember these men. It was generally believed that’they had been killed in battle. - As no relatives of the deceased men could be found, their remains were given in charge of Andy Lister for in- terment.—Colliers (W. Va.) Corres- pondent of the hiladelphia Press. At a cent a mile it would cost $930,- 000 to make a trip to the sun, and ata speed of 40 miles an hour it would take 265 years to get there. New Advertisements. Is vy TROUBLE CURED. The importance of knowing just what to do when one is afflicted with kidney disease or troubles of a urinary nature, is best answered by the following letter which was recently published in the Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Nows. Press : » ; MiLLerToN, Duchess Co., N. Y. “Dr. David Kennedy, Dear Sir :—For more than eighteen months I was so badly afflicted with kidney trouble I could scarcely walk a quarter of a mile without almost fainting. I did not gain any until I began to use Dr David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy. After using the first bottle I noticed a decided improvement which continued, and I know that DR. DAVID KENNEDY'S FAVORITE REMEDY saved my life, for I was in a miserable con- dition up to the time I began to take it—my friends thought I would never te better. My sister also has been very sick with blad- der trouble for over a year, so bad that quanti- ties of blood come from her. She suffered at times most frightful pain,and aothing seemed to help her until she began the use of Dr. David ‘Kennedy's Favorite Remedy. She is ' now using her third bottle, and is like a different person. 41-13-m* MRS. THOMAS DYE.” ee ———————————————————————————————— Lyon & Co. Lyon & Co. ABEL OF EARLY SPRING GOODS _ = o 0 o o o 0 0 o FT AT......... > 0 IYON & CO. 0 New Percales Galatea cloths, best fabrics for dresses and shirt waists. DRESS MATERIAL FOR LADIES AND CHILDREN. Beautiful dress dimites in all colors. ——FOR YOUR FLOOR.— New carpets, table and floor oil clothes. ——FOR YOUR WINDOW.— New window shades in all the new colorings: A big line of lace curtains. =—--FOR YOUR HEAD — Juet [opened a big line of Men's Misses’ and Childred’s Golf, Tam o’ Shanter and Yacht caps. We still keep on the same tack that we have pursued the past two seasons. The best stock of clothing and shoes in central Pennsylvania.—Prices lower than any other store in the country.— Prices to compete and to beat the larg- : J CLOTHE YOUR BODY ——AND— SHOE YOUR FEET. In shoesiwe shall handle only good and honest solid leather and the best make. In clothing the best makes both in style and sewing, while our prices at all times shall be the lowest, the qualites shall be the best that the money can buy. We have just opened a very band- some line of men's and boy’s laundered Percale shirts, collars attached or de- tached, 49cts. T4cts. $1.00. They are beauties and full size. Boy’s and children’s suits all new spring goods—good suits $1.24, $1.34 and $1.64. Boy's strictly all wool suits $1.74, $1.98, etc. Boy's school suits and young men's suits, cheviots in black, blue and mix ed $2.74, 3.00, 3.75, 4.00, 5.00. The strongest kind of working shoes $1.00, $1.24, $1.34, $1.39, $1.45, $1.68. Men’s good wearing dress shoes all the new makes the needle toe and oth- ers $1.24, $1.34, $1.48, $1.68, $2.24 and $2.48. If they dont wear well we will est cities in the country. & make it right. LYON & Co., 41-9 BELLEFONTE, Pa. - Cottolene. \ Is the making of & pie. The making of a crisp crust depends CRISP argely upon the shortening. Use COTTOLENE, the new vege- table shortening, instead of lard, and sogginess will be an un known element in your pastry. Cottolene should always be economically used—two thirds as much Cottolene as you would CRUST ’ ordinarily use of lard or butter, being ample to produce the most desirable results. The savingin a year represents a considerable item. There are many imitations of COTTOLENE ; you should herefore be careful to get the genuine. Sold everywhere in tins, with trade -marks—*Cottolene” and steer's head and cotton plan wreath—on every tin. Made only by THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY, CHICAGO and 132 N. Delaware Ave , Philadelphia 40 37. Ce Sechler & Co. SECHLER & CO'S OPEN Sechler & Co. Sechler & Co. 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- 7 “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 kiln 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. s . One of the most satisfactory lots of goods we have to offer is our own Mince Meat. Every ounce of material in it is sound, clean and of the finest quality, nothing equal to it has ever been obtainable. 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, Also Raisins, Prunes, Citron, and Sweet Potatoes have received careful attention. Figs, cleaned Currants, California evaporated fruits, fine mixed table Nuts at 1 scts and zocts per pound, soft shell Almonds zocts per pound, finest Princess paper shells at z5cts per pound, finest Java, Mocha and Rio Coffees, Extracts, Sauces, Pickles, Capers, Mushrooms, Thuffles, Etc. , but we cannot enumerate further. ‘We keep a large and well selected stock. It will pay any house-keeper to visit * ‘our store once a week. The first principle of economy is not alone in saving, but in making a good investment. Trusting you will act on the suggestion. 38-1 We remain yours very respectfully, SECHLER & CO. a
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