Bena idan Bellefonte, Pa., March 19, 1897. FARM NOTES. —Raspberries will not thrive in low, wet land, but they require plenty of moisture, especially at fruiting. — Never use a graft from a tree that is in the least degree unhealthy. Any neglect in selecting the grafts may result in the de- struction of the orchard. —To get clean strawberries use cut straw or salt hay under the vines, which prevents the sand or dirt from adhering to the fruit and also protects against loss of moisture. —All young animals quickly learn to eat ground oats, and there is no ground grain better for them. They grow and thrive upon oats, even when drawing milk from the dams. —If you have neglected to make arrange- ments for a hot-bed, better haul out a good load of manure where it is to be built, and sprinkle over the ground that the hot-bed is to occupy. —No one should attempt to prune a tree who has had no experience in such work, “especially when cutting back young trees, as the first two years’ work of pruning is the most important of all. Animals of viscious habits should never be used for breeding proposes, as vices are transmitted. By careful breeding in this respect the disposition of the animals can be partially controlled. —@Galls are rarely seen on the horses’ shoulders bathed night and morning with strong salt water, beginning a month be- fore the spring plowing. In warm weather use sweat pads under the collars. —Radishes are not; desirable unless erisp. They are very hardy, and the seed can be put in early. To get good radishes the ground must be rich and fine, so as to make them grow as rapidly as possible. —Chickens, like sheep, cannot be crowd- ed together in larze flocks without breed- ing disease. Keep them awake and the blood stirring by making them hunt for their food, even if it must be scattered among the litter. —Tt is claimed that as the wet places are usually the richest plots on the farm, they will pay the cost of drainage in two or three seasons. Whether this is true or not wet places should never be allowed to ex- ist on any farm. — Pigs farrowed in March will overtake the fall pigs in growth if they are kept under shelter, and in a warm place. By giving them extra care from now until May they will get a good start and grow rapidly until ready for market. —Sorghum seed is an excellent food for poultry. It is regarded by many as supe- rior to wheat for laying hens. A Southern poultry-raiser who keeps 600 hens says that one acre of sorghum will make enough feed to feed 100 hens all winter. —XKeep the droppings under the roosts well cleaned up. There is no better way of caring for them than to mix them, either on the floor or in the barrels after taken up, with an equal quantity. of dry sand or road dust. They thus becgme a most valuable fertilizer. —One of the best vegetables grown is kale ;yet it is neglected as a garden crop. It comes early and provides ‘‘greens’’ be- fore cabbage. Inthe market itis rapidly salable, and brings a fair price. On clean land the seed may he broadcasted, but if there 1s danger from weeds, it is better to sow the seed in rows and use the wheel hoe. —1It is useless to attempt to force any kind of food on an animal. A cow may be compelled to eat something that she does not desire, but she will fall off in her flow of milk. It is necessary, therefore, to ob- serve their individual peculiarities and sup- ply them with whatever they prefer. What may be a delicacy to one may be repugnant to another. > —Plow deep for peas, and sow the seeds of several varieties. so as to have them in succession. The dwarf varieties ave the earliest, and the later tall-growing kinds may require sticking; but the standard varieties are the most proiific and afford a greater number of pickings. The dwarf varieties may be planted in succession, if preferred, but peas should be planted dur- ing the cool months. —Lice seldom attack thrifty animals. When an animal is infested with vermin it indicates negligence in some manner, either in insufficient food, filthy quarters, or con- tamination with stock that have become in- fested, which happens at times when an animal is purchased and brought on the farm, and when lice get on animals the loss of rest will alone prevent them from increasing in weight. —The farmer should live within his means and incur no debts if it is possible to avoid them, but he can have a good liv- ing from the farm if he will determine to buy no article that he can produce himself. The home market (the one owned by the farmer) is to be supplied first, and the farm that does not contain a variety, and also provide an abundance has not been properly utilized. The profit is mostly in making the farm richer and more valuable every year. —The hog gets atany time in his life less variety in his feed than any other kind of stock. This is especially true when he is being fattened. There are other grains that have quite as good fattening qualities as corn. A mixture of oats and barley, of of peas and barley ground together, makes a feed that will not only fatten, but will also furnish the due proportion of lean meat that is required to make healthful and easily digested pork. -—The oat crop will make a fair success where other grains fail. But it needs rich soil quite as much as any, and is especially benefited by phosphate fertilizers. The average yield is low, because the crop is generally put on the poorest soil on the farm. We have grown 90 bushels of oats per acre on a four acre field planted the pre- vious year with potatoes, and with 150 pounds of fertilizer drilled in with the oat seed in the spring. —The earlier the spraying begins the better. If it can be done before the buds open many insects will be reached that are safe if the spraying is delayed. Paris green and London purple may be used freely on insects, and will not injure the trees if a small proportion of lime is added to the water. Kerosene emulsion is efficacious for the San Jose scale and for lice, but it should be so mixed as to have the ingre- dients thoroughly complete as an emulsion without any free kerosene. Baldness. A Dermatologist Says it May Not be Known in Another Generation, Now the real cause of baldness has been discovered, and a French dermatologist, Dr.” Labourand, suggests a remedy. By the use of this remedy, he says, baldness can be prevented, and in the next genera- tion it may be unknown. It has been known for some time among medical men that baldness is a disease. It has even been supposed to be due to a spe- cific microbe. nary amount of evidence in favor of the theory has been accumulated that the idea is now generally accepted. Dr. Labour- and’s investigation on the subject has been exhaustive and of such a conclusive nature as to add heavy re-enforcements to the al- ready existing microbic theory. He be- lieves that the didease is contagious and that the cause of contagion and the spread- ing of microbes is due to the barber’s in- struments. He presents strong evidence in support of this theory. According to Labourand, the typical dis- eased hair is found at the edge of a con- stantly enlarging bald spot. It is the stump of what was once a long hair. It is shaped like an interrogation point. It grows less in diameter toward the root and has lost its color, being either gray or white. The normal pith canal is wanting at the root, which is itself no longer bulb- ous and hollowed for the papilla, but dis- torted in shape and hardened. Within the root sacks a little bulb may be seen dev el oping if examined under the magnifying glass. It is this which is said to be the cause of the disease. In the good hair this bulb or utricule is full and closed and contains in its center compact clusters of microbes, a culture of the smallest bacillus known. As the mi- crobe matures it may become one one-hun- dredth of an inch in width. Itis bent or slightly curved in shape, like a comma, blunt at the ends and slightly swollen in the center. Each bulb contains millions of these bacilli, and to them is attributed the cause of baldness. Investigation shows that by the time the hair is dead and the root sebaceous gland useless the microbe which produced this ef- fect is gone. Thus remedies applied to the bald spot in the hope of making hair grow again are vain, for that glistening, white desert is totally barren of productive roots, and the oil sacks are dried forever. However, the progress of baldness can be impeded. This is accomplished by disinfec- tion of the skin at the edge and in the neighborhood of the patch by means of an effectual microbe destroying tonic. If the microbe of baldness is an actual fact, as seems fairly probable, and if the prevalence of the condition is due to conta- gion, as is the reasonble and logical deduc- tion, baldness can be prevented and the first stages of the disease arrested by intel- ligent treatment. So, in time, baldness may disappear from humanity.— Exchange. How to Find Out. Fill a bottle or common glass with urine and let it stand twenty-four hours ; a sedi- ment or settling indicates a diseased condi- tion of the kidneys. linen it is positive evidence of kidney trou- ble. Too frequent desire to urinate or pain in the back, is also convincing proof that the kidneys and bladder are out of order. WHAT TO DO. There is comfort in the knowledge so often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp- Root, the great kidney remedy fulfills every wish in relieving pain in the back, kid- neys, liver, bladder and every part of the urinary passage. It corrects inability to hold urine and sealding pain in passing it, or bad effects following use of liquor, wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant necessity of being compelled to get up many times during the night to urinate. The mild and the extraordinary effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized. It stands the highest for its wonderful cures of the most distressing cases. If you need a medi- cine you should have the best. Sold by druggists price fifty cents and one dollar. For a sample bottle and pamphlet both sent free by mail, mention the WATCHMAN and send your full post office address to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y. The proprietors of this paper guarantee the genuineness of this offer. Swallowed Up The Sea. Unprecedented Losses During the First Two Months of the Year. An official of one of the largest insurance companies of this country, which makes a specialty of assuming maritime risks, has received a circular from London stating that from January 1 up to February 27 of this year the various English companies have lost £2,000,000 in shipwrecks. The loss exceeds any estimate for the same period within twenty years. The estimate for the two months, accord- ing to the circular, is a low one, and it is thought that fully £500,000 will have to be added to the amount to make the figures correct, thus making in all the enormous loss of nearly $12,500,000 for the first fifty- nine days of this year. Careful examination of the various losses show that fully 50 per cent. are attributed to what are officially known as ‘‘missing vessels.”’ A Costly Volume for Ingersoll. The following story of Robert Ingersoll was started about 17 years ago, but the Chicago Record thinks it good enough to revive : During one of his visits to Chicago he and a friend went to one of the big book stores in Wabash avenue to examine the treasures on the shelves and counters. They had roamed around the establishment discussing history, romance and theology, and finally the friend said, picking up a volume : ‘‘Ah, Colonel, this is the book you like.”’ “What is it ?’’ he asked. “Tom Paine’s ‘Age of Reason.’ “Yes ; it’s a good book, but mighty ex- pensive.’’ “Why, I didn’t think so.” “I have a copy, and what do you think it cost me ?”’ “I don’t know, I’m sure.”’ “The Governorship of Illinois." ——People buy Hood’s Sarsaparilla year after year because it does them good. It will do you good to take it now. Asker (to fisher who is returning empty- handed from a fishing trip)—What do you call your dog ? Fisher—Fish. Asker—Why, that’s a funny name fora dog. What made you give it to him? Fisher—Because he won't bite. ——To cure a cough or cold in one day take Krumrine’s Compound Syrup of Tar. If it fails to cure money refunded. 25ots. In fact, such an gextraordi- When urine stains. Hart Will Come Out all Right. PHILADELPHIA, March 8. — John D. Hart, of this city, who was convicted in the United States district court, on Feb- ruary 23rd, on the charge of aiding in a Cuban filibustering expedition ‘on the steamer Laurada, in August last, was to- day refused a new trial by judge Butler and sentenced to two years’ imprisonment in the eastern penitentiary, $500 fine and the costs of prosecution. Hart received the sentence calmly, but when he subse- quently met his wife in the office of the United States marshal, where he was in custody, and she threw her arms around him and wept, he was overcome with emotion. The accused soon regained his nerve, however. Hart will remain in the custody of the marshal during the day in anticipation of some legal steps being taken by his counsel whereby his $7,000 bail (upon) which he was released after con- viction) can be continued, pending an ap- peal of the case to the United States cir- cuit court of appeals. Pending an appeal for a new trial to the United States circuit court captain Hart’s bail of $7,000 was renewed, and he was re- leased from custody. Mine Cars on the Rampage. They Dash Down a Steep Incline and Do a Good Deal of Damage—A Miner Hurt. While two loaded mine wagons were be- ing hoisted up the rock slope at Cameron mine near Shamokin, the side hooks gave out and the cars dashed down the steep in- cline, knocking out timbers and closing the passageway a distance of 150 feet from the bottom. : The bottom men and miners fled for the surface by means of the traveling way, and during the excitement Joseph Delgado made a misstep and was hurled down a manway, sustaining severe injuries. While Samuel Winkler was near the face of the fall to learn whether the bottom men had escaped, another fall occurred behind him and he was imprisoned until a ‘gang of workmen succeeded in clearing a passage- way for him to crawl out. The slope cannot be repaired before Sat- urday. Sultan Agrees to Cretan Autonomy. CONSTANTINOPLE, March 7. —The diplo- mats here have received the answer of the porte to the collective note presented on Tuesday last, setting forth the desires of the powers regarding the granting of au- tonomy.to Crete under suzerainty of Tur- key. The porte assents to the terms of the powers, and says it hopes there will be a definite understanding between itself and the powers respecting the details of the autonomy to be granted. The reply bears out the statement of the united associated press that the Sultan is rather glad than otherwise to have the long disputed Cretan question settled, even though he practical- ly loses the island. Bedford Democrats for Free Silver. The Bedford Democratic county commit- tee met Saturday. J. T. Mott, E. W. Light, Dr. A. Enfield and J. F. Reed, all free silver men, were elected delegates to the State convention. Resolutions were adopted denouncing the removal of Dr. A. Enfield from the board of pension examin- ers by the late secretary of the interior and urging all Democrats to declare for bime- tallism. E. F. Kerr was unanimously re- elected chairman. Drink Caused their Death. Two Intoxicated Men Drive Before a Train and arc Killed. A wagon containing Lee Chatker and E. C. Carson was struck by a train on the Le- high valley railroad at the crossing west of Wyalusing, Sunday morning, and both their bodies were so badly mangled that they died within two hours. The men had been drinking and had driven recklessly on the track. Patriotism is an admirable thing. Is it any wonder that men have been will- ing to die for it? Not long ago a resident of New York purchased the place where Abraham Lincoln was born, paying for it the sum of $3,000. Now he thinks there should be enough patriotism in the country to insist that the government should buy the property from him at a cost of $40,000. Was it not patriotic in this man to have the foresight to get the Lincoln birthplace ? What should be our admiration, too, of the zeal with which he now appeals to the patriotism of the people 2: ——1It is interesting to observe that Mt. St. Elias has been moved back again into the United States. During the past gen- eration the boundary lines and the moun- tain have shifted their respective positions so that St. Elias has gone in and out of the United States nearly half a dozen times. It seems to be definitely settled, by agree- ment, that the final location is to be with- in the jurisdiction of the United States, and, while the gain may not be immense in the utilitarian aspects, the United States is the richer by one very big mountain. Proof That Adam was a Methodist. “Now, I'm a Methodist because my father, my grandfather, and my great- grandfather, clear back to Adam, were Methodists. I know Adam was a Metho- dist, because the very first thing he did was to fall.” Macon News. Appeal to the Georgia Girl's Conscience. Does the young woman who rides to the theatre in a $5 carriage, sits in a $3 seats, and looks at the stage from behind a $4 houquet, while sitting beside a $10 a week clerk never ask herself if she is doing right? ——In Pennsylvania 1,000,000 bobolinks were killed, in parts of Florida the heron was nearly exterminated, and in the coun- try at large 5,000,000 song birds were slaughtered, all to put a feather in a woman’s hat'—Newark Advertiser. Subscribe for the WATCHMAN. Business Notice. Children Cry for Pitcher’s Castoria. Fac-simile signature of Chas. H. Fletcher is on the wrapper of every bottle of 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. | Rm Tour to California via Pennsylvania Railroad : In Southern California is found the realization of a dream of the ancients. Here are the “Golden Apples of the Hesperides,’ ripening beneath a sky more beautiful than that of Rome, and in a climate more perfect than that of Athens. Never in the wildest flights of his imagination did either Homer or Hesiod ever conceive of a garden richer in verdant beauty, more productive of luscious fruit, or set among more piatur- esque and lovely surroundings. Here the rose entwines the orange, and the snow mantled peaks of the Sierras reflect the golden glow of the evening twilight. The last of the Pennsylvania railroad tours to California will leave New York and Philadelphia March 27th, stopping at Chicago, Omaha, Denver, Colorado Springs and the ‘‘Garden of the Gods,’”’ and Salt Lake City. Tourists will travel by special train of Pullman palace cars, going and re- turning via any route within nine months, Regular one-way or round trip tickets will be issued by this tour in connection with a special ticket covering Pullman accommo- dations, meals and other tour features go- ing. The latter ticket will be sold at the following rates : From New York, Phila- delphia, Harrisburg or Altoona, $60.00 ; Pittsburg, $58.00. Apply to ticket agents, tourist agent, 1196 Broadway, New York, or Geo. W. Boyd, assistant general passenger agent, Broad street station, Philadelphia, stating return route desired. 42-9-4t. Hunt for Spoils. The national capital is now the resort of a large number of place seekers, all on the mad hunt for spoils, very little of which is in sight. The extension of the civil ser- vice regulations has put an end to a large number of the places that were formerly given out immediately after the induction into office of a new administration. This sad fact for them is now being realized by the hungry office hunters. It is not a pleasant sight for the people to see this grand onslaught for the spoils which still remain for distribution. The scramble in itself should be a warn- ing to the public of the extent to which the idea that the government should sup- port the people has extended. There is some doubt expressed at times of the jus- tice of the civil service regulations. But this spectacle now to be seen at. Washing- ton is an evidence that something was re- quired to put a check on the scandal dis- played by the office-seekers. The Presi- dent and his cabinet officers are no doubt pleased with the fact that civil service re- form has extended as far as it has. Robbed for the Third Time. Burglars Again Visit Powell's General Store at Hadley. Medical. Medical. AN INTERMITTENT HEART. In a large, commodious house at No. 104 Huntingdon street, Cleveland, Ohio, lives Mrs. Emily A. Strope, widow of the late X. M. Strope, and she is the mother of a young man who has been, and is now one of this city’s successful and energetic phar- macists. Mrs. Strope who has lately re- covered from serious cardiac difficulty when questioned by a reporter regarding her late illness stated as follows : “Two years ago, I had my first experi- ence with Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills. For a long time I was troubled with an ailment which I feared would eventually drive me crazy unless Irid myself of it. It will sound strange, no doubt, to some, but my heart did not beat as it should. Its action was irregular. There would be two pulsa- tions, or perhaps three, and then a sudden cessation. My heart seemed to rest for the period of one or two beats, and then re- sume its action. Sometimes such lapses would not be so frequent as that, but scarcely a day passed that they did not oc- cur. It felt as though something would strike the heart with great force, and push it out of place. During that period, when- ever I lay down to sleep or rest, my hands would become perfectly numb and helpless. I could feel the temporary paralysis coming over them, but I could do nothing which would prevent it. My feet were effected in a like manner, and I had considerable difficulty in walking when such a spell had possession of me. Naturally that state of affairs completely upset my nerves, and any one whose nervous system is well nigh shattered, can appreciate and understand STOPPED EVERY THIRD BEAT. But Mrs. Strope's Heart Now no Longer Lags but Throbs Regularly. From the Leader, Cleveland, Ohio. the misery, chiefly mental, which I eT" dured. Ilost much sleep and rest, an often I was compelled from sheer exhaus- tion to sit down during the day to obtain some repose. But as soon as I didso I felt that numb sensation come over my hands and feet, and I rocked violently in my chair to drive it away, but frequently to no avail. One day, my son who was keeping a drug store at the time, brought me home some of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People and advised me to take them for my heart trouble. I did so and soon be- gan to feel better. I used the pills about two months and they certainly cured me, for now my heart beats regularly and all numbness has disappeared and my circula- tion is in splendid order.”’ We print the above hoping Mrs. Strope’s experience may be beneficial to others who may suffer from derangement of the heart. Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills contain, in a condensed form, all the elements necessary to give new life and richness to the blood and restore shattered nerves. They are an unfailing specific for such diseases as loco- motor ataxia, partial paralysis, St. Vitus’ dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous headache; the after effect of la grippe, palpitation of the heart, pale and sallow complexions, all forms of weakness either in male or female. Pink Pills are sold by all dealers, or will be sent post paid on receipt of price, 50 cents a box, or six boxes for $2.50, by addressing Dr. Wil- liams’ Medicine Company, Schenectady, N.Y. 42-11. Castoria. A 858 T 6 BR 1 4A C C A S'® a BB I A C 4 8 TT 6 06 1 A L A 3 PG BR I A A TT 0 CC 2 Yt A For the third time within the last og months the general store of ’Squire T. S, Powell, at Hadley, near Greenville, was: robbed Saturday night. Samuel Brown discovered three men leaving the store’ shortly after midnight. He aroused Pow- | ell, who trailed the men in the snow for | some distance toward Greenville. He passed the men about two miles east of there. 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