EERIE IE ys TNE 8 ; Bellefonte, Pa., Jan. 8, 1397. FARM NOTES. —_If sheep are to be well cared for dur- ing the winter, they should have a well drained yard kept as dry and clean as pos- sible and no other stock should be allowed to enter it; and it should have a high board fence on the west and north sides, if not otherwise protected. Con- nected with the yard, there sould be a warm shed well covered, where they can be comfortable in the coldest weather. This should be large enough for them to move about freely without crowding each- other. There need be but one full door opening out into the yard, but enough half height doors to allow free passage back and forth from the yard to the pen. These doors can be left open in mild weather, but may be closed during very cold weath- er, only taking care that the penis kept clean and well ventilated all the time. "The feed racks and troughs may be placed at the closed side and at the ends of the en. > They should be made like an ordinary cow’s rack, only that the bars should be at such a distance apart that the sheep can get his nose between two adjacent ones, but not his head. The bottom should be at least one foot from the ground and the rack should be inclined backward about six inches at the top, to prevent seeds and dirt from falling upon the head and neck of the sheep while feeding. The back of the rack should incline from °the front enough to have an opening at the top wide enough to receive the hay or fodder, and steep enough to cause the feed to slip down toward the bottom as the rack is emptied. The racks should not be continuous but in sections of about five feet in length, with + space enough between two adjacent ones to allow the feed to be putin at the ends. With such racks the sheep will not waste their food, but will have a supply as long as there is anything for them to eat. If sheep are to be fed in the yard, the racks should be placed at the best protected and driest part, and in this case they may be made of box racks so that both sides can be used. These crate racks should be constructed with the bars leaning away from the sheep as directed for the pen racks only that the backs may be made for these double racks, by placing in the box crate, which will be a foot narrower at the top than the bottom, a roof shaped double back made of light boards, with inclination cnough to make the feed slide toward the bottom. This should extend in the centre above the racks sufficient to keep the hay or straw or whatever the feed may be, sepa- rate in the two twin racks. The sheep should be supplied with plenty of pure, fresh water. Not ice or snow. Stunted and shaggy sheep in the spring are generally produced by careless and insufficient feeding and shelter during the winter.—Faam News. __The essentials of a dairy farm are a roomy, clean, dry, light and well ventila- ted stable or cow house. To produce good milk, cows must be comfortable, and these conditions not only add to their comfort. but are absolutely necessary to keep them in the best of health. Healthy and clean cows, which appear well-fed and contented. An abundance of pure water to which cows are given access at least twice a day. Teed of good quality ; the grain and coarse fodder should be free from dirt, de- cay or a musty condition. Provision for washing and sterilizing or scalding all utensils which come in contact with milk. Provision for straining, aerating, and cooling the milk in a clean atmosphere, tree from all stable and other odors. This treatment should take place immediately after the milk is drawn from each cow. Facilities for storing the milk and keep- ing it cold. Especially great cleanliness in regard to everything connected with the dairy. The atmosphere of the stable should be pure and free from dust when milking is being done. Employesshould carefully wipe the ndders and wash their hands: before milk- ing, and should be in clean clothes. Whitewash is a good disinfectant, and should be seen in many more stables, and land plaster should be sprinkled about to absorb moisture and odors. —The pasture lot is the most valuable plot on the farm if it is permanent and well adapted for the purpose, and its future use- fulness depends upon its treatment during the winter as well as during other seasons. Enterprising farmers never neglect the pasture, and manage to keep the grass in good condition year after year, but the * pasture is treated by some asa source of supply which is expected to produce until it ‘‘runs .out.”” There are many reasons why the pasture fails, one of which is that the land cannot produce one kind of crop year after year without refusing to respond to the crop which has been grown upon it, yet the land maybe in excellent condition for some other crop. Again grasses differ, and as the particular kind of plant food for certain varieties becomes exhausted, other grasses thrive and crowd the first. varieties out, because the existing plant food is adapted for supplying their wants. It is sel- dom that a farmer will plow his pasture field, but unless he regards the grass crop as deserving of the same attention as any other he will reach a point where the past- ure will fail and must be plowed or re- newed in some manner. There is entirely too much dependence upon the pasture during the growing season. In ad- dition to the constant cropping of the there is injury from the feet of the cattle, and as a herd of cattle trample over every square inch of ground, frequent- ly the soil becomes very compact and a por- tion of the grass is killed. The pasture should be used as an adjunct to grain—that is, as a source of green food, and not asa source for the main supply. If the time occupied by cattle on the pasture could be reduced one-half not only would the grass grow to better advantage, but the pasture would not become exhausted as soon as when the cattle are kept on the grass all the time. This can be done by only al- lowing the cattle on the pasture a portion of the day—early in the morning or in the afternoon—allowing more grain as a sub- stitute for the grass. As grass benefits the animals because of its dietary effect the cattle would thrive as well with a few hours’ grazing from a good pasture as from one on which the grass is short and over which they must travel more in order to secure a supply, as well as being saved from insect annoyances to a large extent by being kept at the barn during a portion of the day. The signs of decay in a pasture is the scant herbage provided, and the first thing to do is to apply lime early in the spring or after frost in the fall, keeping the stock off when the graz- ing season opens until the grass makes sufficient growth to secure more root capacity. @ a, gon SEL KS BR ar eae ore of Baroda, India. ‘Some of the &ostliest Things. The most expensive royal regalias in the | world are said to be those of the maharajah First comes a gorgeous collar containing 500 diamonds, arranged in five rows, some of these as large as wal- nuts. A top and bottom row of cmeralds of equal size relieve the lustre of the dia- monds. A pendant is composed of a single brilliant called the “Stars of the Deccan,’ and there are aigrettes, necklaces, brace- lets, rings and chains to match. The ma- harajah’s own special carpet, ten by six feet in extent, made entirely of pearls, with a big diamond in the centre and on each corner, cost $1,500,000. The largest price for a cane was bid at an auction in London of the walking sticks which were once the property “of George III. and George IV. It was £18, or $90, and was given for a walking stick of ehony, with a gold top, engraved ‘‘G.R.” and with a crown, and also containing the hair of the Princesses Augusta Elizabeth, Mary Sophia, and Amelia, and inscribed, “The Gift of the Princess Mary, 1804.” The costliest crown is that worn by the Russian czar on ceremonial occasions. It is surmounted by a cross formed of five magnificent diamonds resting upon an im- mense uncut but polished ruby. The ruby rests on eleven large diamonds, which in turn rest upon a mat of pearls. The cor- onet of the empress is said to contain the most beautiful collection of diamonds ever massed together. The costliest rugs in the world are own= ed hy the shah of Persia and the sultan of Turkey. Each possesses a mat made of pearls and diamonds, valued at over $2,- 500,000. The Carleton club, London, owns the largest mat or rug ever made. The largest sum ever offered or asked for a [single diamond was $2,150,000, which the nizam of Hyderabad agreed to give Mr. Jacobs, the famous jeweler of Simla, for the Imperial diamond, considered the finest stone in the world. The biggest price ever paid for a horse in America was $125,000, given by J. Mal- colm Forbes, of Boston, for Leland Stan- ford’s Arion, a trotter. The costliest building of modern times is the state capitol of Albany, N. Y. Over $20,000,000 has been expended on it. IE Leghorn pullet, exhibited at a Ne® York chicken fair in 1892, was valued at $100. In the year 1635 a tulip bulb was sold in Holland for $2,200. It weighed 200 grains. The shah of Persia has a tobacco pipe worth $400,000. ————— A Girl With 8000 Warts. The most hideous-looking human being that has ever heen seen in Germany is Barbara Blattner, a young woman, of 17 who lately applied to the Berlin City Hospital for treatment. She was found to be reinatkably free from organic disease, but her skin was literally covered with warts, the physicians who examined her estimating the total number on her body at not less than 8000. A similar case, al- though hardly as bad, was that of Lizzie Kench, a girl, who was in the Baltimore Hospital a few years ago. She had about 5000 warts on different parts of her body. Saving Bank Fails. The Omaha Savings bank failed to open its doors Saturday morning, and is in the hands of the State Banking Board. A meeting of the clearing house was held and it is presumed they took action which caused the savings bank to close. Total liability of the institution is $350, - 000 and the assets exceed the amount by | $200,000. The securities are excellent and but little loss can result to depositors. ————————————————— Professor E. B. Voorhees, of the New Jersey Experiment Station, is of the opin- jon that the higher readers used in the country schools should contain mostly arti- cles devoted to farm matters. The charac- teristics of breeds, soils, plants, foods, cul- tivation of crops, and other subjects would prove not only interesting reading to pu- pils but also at the same time instruct them in the very lines which will in the future be mest beneficial to them. ee ——Congressman Sprague, the new rep- resentative from the 11th Massachusetts district, is the richest member of the House. His wife issaid to possess $25,000,- 000, and on her wedding day she gave him a check for $1,000,000, a sum he has since greatly increased. Mr. Sprague was a young lawyer in Boston before his mar- riage. ————————————— Collis P. Huntington some time ago built a palatial residence on Fifth avenue, New York, at a cost of $2,500,000. But his family has never moved into it on ac- count of a superstition of Mr. Huntington’s that its occupancy would be speedily fol- lowed by his death. r————————— — Mrs. Maria S. Saxton, an aunt of Mis. McKinley by marriage, has been in- vited by Major and Mrs. McKinley to make her home in the White House with them, and has accepted the invitation. She is one of Mrs. McKinley’s warmest personal friends. : ——————————————— Premonitory. “My wife’s mother is coming round to spend the winter with us.”’ ‘‘Has she sent you word ?”’ “Yes ; a barrel of apples and two tubs of butter arrived yesterday.” Made of It. The Reverend Mr. Longnecker (solemnly) —“Man is made of dust.”’ Young SKoffington—‘‘So the girls think, anyhow.” — The budget of estimates for the ex- penses of the New York city government | next year reaches a total of $50,000,000, the highest ever known there. —_— — “They say that women can always pick out goods that will wash.” “True enough ; but why do they always pick out children who won’t?” —————————————— father and seriously injured another man with a shotgun at Emporia, Kan. A ap GD Ae gp HW Ww TRE % — : : = i Tours to Florida. | * No district in America presents, during the Winter season, so many varied at- tractions as the State of Florida. Besides its climate, which to one escaping from the cold and unhealthful changes of the North, seems almost etheral, it is pre-eminently a land of sport and pleasure. Along its cleven hundred miles of salt water coast and in its twelve hundred fresh water lakes are fish of every conceivable variety, from the migratory tribes common to Northern waters to the tarpon, pompano and others of a more tropical character. = Nowhere in all our broad land can the angler find a greater variety of game or better sport. Here also the most enthusiatic hunter finds satiety. Deer, turkeys, panthers and wild cats roam at large through the more sparsely settled regions, while birds of all kinds may be found in abundance through- out the State. The more noyét sport of alligator and manatee hunting may also be indulged in by the more adventurous tourist. With its matchless climate, its orange groves, its rivers and lakes, its boating and bathing, its fishing and hnnting, and its extensive forests, Florida presents unri- valed attractions for the valetudinarian, the lover of nature, the sportsman and the explorer. . : To this attractive State the Pennsylvania railroad company has arranged four person- ally conducted tours during the season of 1897, leaving by special train, January 26th, February 9th and 23rd, and March 9th. The first three tours will admit of a so- journ of two weeks in this delightful land ; tickets for the fourth tour will be valid to return until May 31st by regular trains. Rates for the round trip, $50.00 from New York, $48.00 from Philadelphia, and pro- portionate rates from other points. For tickets, itineraries, and other infor- mation, apply to ticket agents, special book- ing offices, or address Geo. W. Boyd, assist- ant general passenger agent, Broad street station, Philadelphia. . 41-50-4t FE —— A Visitor's Surprise. Just before leaving these shores which yielded so magnificently -in box office office receipts, the Rev. Dr. John Watson, however, that surprised me. courtesy of your officials. On the rail- roads, on the tram cars—I mean the trolley and the cable— and in your streets I en- countered only polite treatment. It is generally understood, of course, by those in Europe who have not traveled in this country that our conductors and brakemen wear guns and bowie-knives, and carve up passengers on the slightest pro- vocation, while the engineers wreck a train just to get even with any traveler whose looks do not meet with his approval. The cold-blooded pirates who ran our tram cars are even worse—in the European under- standing—and broiling passengers who do not have the right change on live wires is trolley lines that run between New York suburbs of the metropolis. Dr. Watson’s surprise was undoubtedly genuine, but in his tribute to these men he might have gone much further and said that they are the most intelligent men of their employment anywhere. The best the men who command street cars. ———————————— count of the Inauguration via Pennsylvania Railroad. For the benefit of those who desire to at- tend the ceremonies incident to the in- auguration of President-elect McKinley, | the Pennsylvania railroad company will | sell tickets to Washington March 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th, valid to return from March 4th to Sth, at the following rates : From New | York, $8.00; Philadelphia, $5.40; Baltimore, $1.60 ; Harrisburg, $5.06 ; Williamsport, $8.79 ; Buffalo, $11.20 ; Rochester, $10.48 ; Altoona and Pittsburg, $10.00; and from all other stations on the Pennsylvania sys- tem at reduced rates. This inauguration will be a most interest- ing event, and will undoubtedly attract a large number of people from every section of the country. The magnificent faculties of the Penn- sylvania railroad make this line the favor- ite route to the national capital at all times, and its enormous equipment and splendid terminal advantages at Washington make it especially popular on such occasions. 41-49-2m. — The most remarkable thing in the politics of Pennsylvania for many a year is the profound silence that pervades the edi- on the senatorial question. Reading them, one would think there was no such thing going on in the state as a senatorial contest unparalleled in the intensity of bitter feel- ing it has evoked, and the prodigious ef- forts and great sums of money that are be- ing expended to control the result. What adds to the mystery is that both the lead- ing candidates are Philadelphians. The newspapers appear to be afraid to cham- pion or oppose either Wanamaker or Pen- rose. They are muzzled on the one hand by their advertising columns, and on the other by what appears to be public senti- ment, which compelled the withdrawal of | Penrose from the mayoralty contest. It is | very quecer.—Post. | . | THE FACT THAT DocTtors—Frequently { advise change of air and climate to those | suffering from catarrh is proof that catarrh | is a local and climatic disease. Therefore, | unless you can leave home and business, | you should use Ely’s Cream Balm. Ap- | plied directly to the seat of the disease, it | effects instant relief and satisfactory cure | after short continuance. No mercury nor | injurious drug is contained in the Balm. | — Black Hills (Dak.) gold mines ex- pect to turn out this year $10,000,000 in bullion. better known as Ian Maclaren, left this kindly souvenir: ‘I found one matter, ' That was the a pastime that is of daily occurrence on the and Chicago and New Orleans and other | Reduced Rates to Washington on Ac- torial columns of the Philadelphia papers | ep Cleared $32,000 on $700. Fabulous Returns From Investment in a Wrecked Bridge. YORK, Pa., Jan. 2.—Frederick Shoff, who purchased fourteen spans, or over half of the wrecked Pennsylvania railroad bridge that crossed the Susquehanna river at Wrightsville, has gotten his part of the bridge on shore. Mr. Shoff paid $700 for the fourteen spans, and will clear about $32,000 by the transaction. Fifty men and fifteen horses and mules were at the work about forty days, at a cost of about $100 per day, or $4000. The iron Mr. Shoff sold for $5000. He secured about 2,500,000 feet of lumber, which is finding a ready sale at $12 to $15 per thousand feet, or about $33,500. Business Notice. \ ™N Children Cry for Pitcher’s Caniohie, When baby was sick, we gave her Castoria, N 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. New Advertisements. DMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE. — Let- ters of administration on the estate of Samuel Brickley deceased late of Howard borough, having been granted to the undersigned he re- quests all persons knowing themselves indebted to said estate to make payment and those having claims against the same to present them duly au- thenticated for settlement. ORVIS W. BRICKLEY, 41-49-6t. oward, Pa. XECUTOR’S NOTICE. — Letters tes- tamentary on the estate of the late Philip W. Barnhart, of Boggs township, Centre county, Pa,, having been granted the undersigned they réquest all parties knowing themselves indebted to said estate to make immediate settlement and those having claims to present same, properly | authenticated, for payment. Address Bellefonte, Pa. H. O. BARNHART, J. K. BARNHART, 41-47-6t Admias. | Castoria. (CHILDREN 0 ORY 0 | FOR PITCHER'S A 8 T 0 B11 A | 3 ——WILL BE IN— BELLEFONTE, PA., —_—AT— THE BROCKERHOFF HOUSE, uary, son, last wi decd. 15 16 18 20 of Greg 17 First and fin Bellefonte, Dec. 23, 1896, decd. {and final account of W J Carlin, ad- late of Miles EGISTER’S NOTICE: >The following accounts have been ex and filed of record in the Register’ inspection of heirs and legatees, cre jitors and all others in anywise interested, and will ed to the orphans’ Court of Centre count; firmation on Wednesday, A.D. 1897. 1° The first and final account of George P H: administrator of, etc., of Robert A Hall, late of Union township, deceased. : 2 The second partial account of G son, surviving executor and trustee, last will and testament of of Bellefonte Boro, dec’d. 3 The third partial son, surviving execu last will and testament of Thos of Bellefonte Boro, deceased. 4 The fourth partial account of Geo surviving executor and trustee, ll and testament of Thomas R Reynolds, late of Bellefonte Boro, dec'd. 5 First and final account of Edward T Tuten, administrator of ect, of Ms \ P Tuten, late of Bellefonte Boro, decd. ¢ First and final accountor Edith S Vonada, administratrix of, ete, of George W. Vonada, late g township. 7 Firstand final ined, the 25th day 12 The account of Emma R Rachau, sole sur- viving executrix of, ete, of Israel Vonada, late of Gregg township, dec’d. 13 The final account of istrator of, etc townshlp, 14 Secon ministrator of, ete, of ¥ P Vonada, township, deed. First and final administratrix of, ete, Ferguson township, The final accou dian of Lydia L Gregg, Gregg, late of Boggs township, decd. al account of W S Sellers ex- ecutor of, ete, of Davis Sellers, late of Patton township, dee’d. The firstand final dec'd. decd. dec’d. ¢._ W.-RUMBERGER, Register. passe office for the present- eo W Jack- * under the Thos R Reynolds, late 1 account of Geo W Jack- tor and trustee, under the R Reynolds, late W Jack- under the . account of J C Snyder, admin- istrator of, ete, of Benj F Snyder, late of Boggs \ township, deceased. 8 First and final accoun admr, of, ete, of John W Rider, late of Ferguson township, dec’d. 9 Account of John H Mill oe of Geo Eckel, late of Ferguson townsh ec'd.§ 10 Hirst and final account of E B Peters, trus- tee to sell real estate of Hannah Resides, late of Benner township, deceased. 11 The account of Geo 8 Gray, of Catharine Gray, late of Half Moon township, t of Sam’l G Rider, er, administrator of, executor of, ete, John H Leech, admin- of W W Leech, late of Harris account of Maggie B Gates, of John C Gates, late of int of W H Musser, guar- minor child of Theo account of Wm _T Leath- ers, Jr., and A H Leathers, executors of, ete, of J B Leathers, late of Howard township, 19 First and vfinale account of executor of, ete, of Maria Meek, Moon township, The first anc Wm S Gray late of Half 1 final account of H W Ifarsh- berger admr. 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