Deomai ican Bellefonte, Pa., June 3, 1898. FARM NOTES. —Some fruit growers are scraping their trees and applying a wash composed of equal parts of lime and ashes mixed to the consistency of thick paste to destroy in- sects which may be deposited under the bark. This mixture is said to promote a healthy growth of the bark. —It may surprise the general reader to know that four different species of tape- worm attack chickens, four other kinds at- tack geese, seven attack ducks and five at- tack pigeons. The remedy for tapeworms is one teaspoonful of absinthe to 50 fowls, mixed in warm bran mash once a day for three or four days. Clean up and sprinkle premises with four fluid ounces sulphuric acid mixed in one gallon of water. For other intestinal worms give one teaspoon- ful of turpentine to 25 birds, mixed in bran mash. —The draught horse never has so hard and sound a hoof as the horse used from colthood to rapid driving on the road. He not only needs to be kept shod when driv- en, but the greatest care should be taken that he is not over-driven. It isnot in the lungs, but in their feet, that draught horses most often go wrong when used freely on the road. Their weight unfits them for rapid driving, as, even if their feet were sound, the extra weight with which each foot comes upon the ground means a jar not only to the foot, but to the entire sys- tem. But in most cases it is the feet that usually give out after hard driving on the road. —A Virginia woman who owns a little land has gone into the business of raising sheep. She spent $25, paying $3 a head for ewes, and then turned her flock into her pasture land. She raised what she could care for on her land, selling the rest as soon as they were of marketable age. She gave only about one hour a day to them, and paid a boy fifty cents a week to keep the sheep sheds clean and the fodder cut up. She has been in the business about five years. The first year she came out $40 ahead on her experiment. At the end of the fourth year she had a flock of sixty ewes, all she could keep with her pastur- age, and in wool and mutton she found she had a clear yearly income of $450. —The orchards of this country have re- ceived more consideration during the past decade than for a century previous. Crops of apples have heen allowed to waste on the ground, the trees were not protected from insects and the quality of the fruit was a secondary matter, while overbearing was considered a fortunate occurrence. It is maintained that the amount of fruit on a tree may be regulated in two ways—by pruning away a part of the branches to pre- vent the formation of too much fruit, or by picking off the superfluous fruit as soon as possible after it is formed. With such fruits as grapes, raspberries, blackberries and the like pruning is preferred, as it is more easily done than by picking off the fruit. In the case of currants and goose- berries, which are, asa rule, pruned less severely than grapes, raspberries and black- berries, thinning might be an advantage. ‘Witih currants the removing of the tips of the stems gave 15 per cent. more berries to the cluster, and the separate berries were 7 per cent. heavier on the thinned bushes than on the others. There is also the at- tractiveness of the fruit in market, which must not be overlooked, as the appearance has much to do with the prices obtained. —In breaking a colt to harness, give him his first few lessons double, along with a free sensible, fast-walking horse. A light front bobsled answers well for several lessons. As soon as the colt has become used to harness, the bit, etc., and has ceased to be afraid of the driver or vehicle, and has learned to go along with his mate like a horse should, we feel no hesitation in hitch- ing singly to a cart. It is safe for the first few times to use a kicking strap, says ‘‘Farmer’s Advocate,’’ being careful that it is properly adjusted about half way between the roots of the tail and coupling, and fasten in the proper position to prevent slipping either way ; then buckle loosely to the shafts. It is not well to take long drives at first ; in fact, the colt should be returned to the stable feeling fresh rather than weary. Two short drives a day are much to be preferred to a long wearisome trip. It is always bad policy to drive away a distance and then turn around and return by the same road. It is much better to go around a block, a different.one at each time, however, so far as practicable, so that he will not acquire notions of his own as to where he should go or turn. —There are numerous ways of getting cows quieted down from kicking. One of the most satisfactory plans I have tried, states O. C. Burch, is to be very patient and kind to them and never use any loud words in their hearing. And if they kick, don’t kick them in return. I have a dark room to milk in, and in flytime. when they are so liable to be un- easy and whisk their tails and step around enough to try any ordinary man’s patience I have a good sized cover to put on them at milking time, made of heavy sugar sacks. We can buy twosuch sacks here for a nickel. I sometimes have them securely fastened on the cow and leave them dur- ing flytime. I commonly have a lot of corn, cob and all, ground ahead to feed thecows and other farm stock. The meal is improved by soaking from one milking time to the next or longer. If not convenient to grind, Isoak in tubs and cut in small pieces, and feed while milking ; when eating, cows seem to stand more contented. When in season I add or substitute some kind of fodder or vegetables. Corn fodder and pumpkins are good, also bran. I think that with a ration of grain or a good substitute twice a day, and rock salt within reach all the ftime, cows will give richer milk and more of it, and will look sleeker and fatter, and it gives more plea- sure to look at a fat cow than it does to look at a poor one, ‘When cows are kindly treated and well fed, they are mostly always on hand at milking time. If a cow still persists in kicking, I take an inch wide leather strap and buckle it around her body just in front of the udder. I draw the strap nearly as tight as I do a saddle girth ; if too tight it makes the cow uneasy, but when just right she will go right on chewing her cud as soon as through eating, and look quite contented. If she does kick a little at first, she does not kick so high, or with such lightning speed, with thestrap on. After milking a few times there will be no further use for the strap. ‘When milking an uneasy cow I press my pail and knee close up to her so that she little or no chance to upset the pail in any way. Desserts for a Week Cup Custard (Monday).—Put to boil one pint of milk. Break three eggs in a bowl, flavor with a small teaspoonful of vanilla and a little nutmeg, sweeten with two tablespoonfuls of sugar. Mix all well together and pour the boiling milk over, stirring well. Fill small cups with the mixture and stand them in a baking pan partly filled with boiling water. Bake in a quick oven. Test with a spoon. If the custard is ‘‘set’’ they are sufficiently baked. Serve very cold. Brown Betty (Tuesday ).—Cut into slices six large apples. Cover the bottom of a pudding dish with bread crumbs, cover with a layer of apples, sprinkle with sugar, cinnamon and some lumps of butter. Then more bread crumbs, apples. sugar, butter and cinnamon, using alternately until the dish is full, putting breadcrumbs for the top layer. Pour half a cupful of water over and bake in a quick oven. Eat with hard sauce. Serve hot. Blanc Mange (Wednesday) .—Mix three tablespoonsful of cornstarch with a little cold milk. Boil one pint of milk, and when boiling stir in the cornstarch, stirring constantly for five minutes. Remove from the fire and stir in the yolks of three eggs, half a cupful of sugar and a teaspoonful of vanilla. Pour into a mould and stand away to cool. Remove from the mould when cold. Serve with a lemon sauce made as follows: Take one gill of cream, heat to boiling, mix in the well-beaten yolks of two eggs, sweeten to taste and flavor with the juice of half a lemon mixed with the sugar. Serve cold. Orange Pudding (Thursday ).—Pare five or six oranges and cut them into thin slices. Pour a cupful of sugar over them and let them stand for half an hour. Boil one pint of milk and add to it while boiling the yolks of three eggs. Rub smooth in a little cold water one tablespoonful of corn- starch and add, stirring constantly until the mixture begins to thicken like custard. Then pour it over the oranges. Beat the whites of the eggs to a stiff froth, add a tablespoonful of sugar and a teaspoonful of currant jelly beaten in thoroughly to the whites. Put this over the custard when it is cool and place in the oven fora minute to brown. Serve with sherry sauce. Peach Tarts (Friday). — Make good pastry, Cut into squares six inches each way. Put in the center of each square some preserved peaches or peach jam; fold up the sides diagonally over the peach and bake as you would pies. Tke pastry should be very rich and must be handled as little as possible. Boiled Cherry Pudding. Delicious (Sat- urday ).—DMake a good batter pudding, as follows: Beat two eggs without separating until very light; add one cupful of milk and when thoroughly mixed with the eggs add two cupsful of flour and beat until smooth and light; then add one teaspoon- ful of melted butter, half a teaspoonful of salt, and beat again: lastly add one heaping teaspoonful of baking powder. Cut into halves a quarter of a pound of candied cherries, flour them slightly, and stir quickly into the pudding; turn into a greased pudding mould, and boil for two hours continuously, being careful that the water is boiling when the mould is put in it, and do not allow it to stop’ boiling for an instant. Serve hot. Frozen Vanilla Custard (Sunday ).—Sep- arate the whites and yolks of ten eggs, put- ting the yolks into a large howl; beat them thoroughly and stir in one pound of granu- lated sugar. Scald two quarts of rich cream and pour it over the beaten yolks; stand it away until thoroughly cold; add three teaspoonfuls of vanilla, then freeze. It is better if possible to allow several hours for it to cool. Freeze, and allow it to stand for two hours in ice before serving. Angel Cake. — To use the whites left from the frozen custard make an angel cake, to serve with the custard. Beat the eggs until very light, then add a cup and a half of granulated sugar and a- teaspoonful of vanilla. Sift together several times one cupful of flour and a teaspoonful of cream of tartar. Mix lightly into the whites of eggs and bake in a moderately hot oven for about three quarters of an hour. How to Make an American Flag. This is a great year for flags, and for the benefit of those who wish to try their hand in making one of the following correct di- mensions are given. The width of a flag is ten-nineteenths, or just a little more than half its length. The blue part covers four tenths, or two fifths, of the entire length and to the bottom of the fourth red stripe in width. It is not necessary to say that there are thirteen stripes, but it isa fact .which everybody does not know without looking that the two outside stripes are red. Forty-five of our stars are required to represent the units of our Union and they are arranged in six alternating rows of eight and seven stars respectively. Many of the little flags on the market are incor- rectly made, both as to proportions and number of stars, but the above is the recog- nized official recipe of our national ensign. Dandelion Wine. Dandelion wine isa beverage both whole- some and acceptable. An excellent rule for its evolution calls for four quarts of dandelion flowers, a gallon of boiling wa- ter, one lemon, three oranges, three pounds of sugar and three tablespoonfuls of yeast. To make it, put the blossoms in a jar, pour the boiling water over them, and let them stand three days. Then take the juice and grate yellow peel of oranges and lemon and simmer 15 minutes with the liquid and blossoms. Strain, pour over three pounds of sugar, let it stand until luke-warm, add yeast, and again set away covered for eight orten days. At theend of that time strain and hottle. Too Quick for the Teacher. A visitor at a school, during geography lesson, asked a bright boy, ‘What is the axis of the earth ?”’ ‘‘An imaginary line passing from one pole to the other, on which the earth revolves,’’ answered he, proudly. ‘‘Yes,”’ said his examiner, well pleased, ‘‘and could you hang a bonnet on it ?"’ “Yes, sir.” “Indeed! And what sort of a bonnet ?”’ ‘‘An imaginary honnet, sir.”’ TIRED, NERVOUS, SLEEPLESS—Men and women—how gratefully they write about Hood’s Sarsaparilla. Once helpless and discouraged, having lost all faith in medi- cines, now in good health and ‘‘able to do my own work,”” because Hood’s Sarsa- parilla has power to enrich and purify the blood and make the weak strong—this is the experience of a host of people. Hood's Pills are the best family cathartic and liver:medicine. Gentle, reliable, sure. ——A woman is really old when other women quit worrying about her age. Gladstone Buried In Westminister Abbey, the Tomb of Kings. The burial of Mr. Gladstone in West- minister Hall on Saturday was marked by simplicity. The casket was of plain oak, ‘and there were no flowers or drap- ery. About ten o’clock the proces- sion formed, headed by the speaker of the house of commons. Immed- jately in front of the casket stood Dukes Connaught and Cambridge and Earl Pembroke representing Queen Victoria. The pall bearers were Prince of Wales, Duke of York, Marquis Salisbury, Earls Roseberry, Balfour and Harcourt, Duke of Rutland, Earl Kimberly, Lord Rendel and Mr. Armistead. The Gladstone family followed thz casket and prayer was offered by the Bishop of London. The procession then moved to Westminister Abbey, and the musical program at the Abbey was rather elaborate. Gladstone's favorite hymn ‘“Rock of Ages,’” was sung by the assembled multitude. A vast throng gath- ered in the neighborhood of Westminister Abbey to see the funeral procession. As the body was conveyed to the grave the choir and congregation sang Newman's “Praise to the Holiest.”” The grave is at the foot of the statue of Beaconsfield. Dean Bradley read committal and the body was lowered into the grave while “I Heard a Voice from Heaven’ was sung. The ser- vices closed with the reading of the collect by Archbishop of Canterbury. A Lock Haven Mystery. Mr. E. Henry, the well-known barber, who recently purchased the property No. 24 Bellefonte avenue, Lock Haven, a few days ago commenced to excavate a cellar under the building. Saturday while Frank Me- Kinney was digging in the cellar he came across a number of bones which Mr. Henry concluded resembled the hones of a human being. This morning when Dr. J. H. Hayes, the county coroner, saw the bones he stated they were either the hones of a woman or a child. They were very much decayed but enough of them remained to show that they were those of a human be- ing, and from their size were not those of a man. The hones were found at a depth of three feet and are not those of an Indian, as no trinkets such as the aborigines always buried with their dead were found. Mr. Henry says that he has been told that the house under which the bones were found was built at least thirty-five years ago, and so far as can be ascertained there was no cemetery in that place. Who was buried there or when the interment was made fo one seems to know. Postmaster 53 Years. Joseph Strode, Who Held Office so Long, Vacated it At Last By His Death. Representative Mahon has received no- tice of a vacancy in the post office at Strode’s Mill’s, Mifilin county. This no- tice brings to light one of the most unusual cases in the records of the Post Office De- partment. The vacancy was caused by the death of Joseph Strode, who was postmaster at Strode’ Mills for almost fifty-three years, more than half a century. He was first appointed by President James K. Polk, on October 2nd, 1845, and held the office con- tinually up to the time of his death, alittle over a week ago. Mr. Mahon believes that there is not a parallel case in the his- tory of the department. : April 13th, 1361, the Southerners at Charleston reduced Fort Sumpter; April 15th President Lincoln called for militia to defend the nation, and four days thereafter, on the 19th of April, the Sixth Regiment of Massachusetts militia fought its way through Baltimore and hastened to the re- lief of menaced Washington. Thousands of other troops immediately followed. The reader may judge of the difference in the celerity of the movements of troops then and now. But there was some backbone in the administration then. ——Mrs. William Quigley, of Lock Ha- ven, was awarded $8,000 damages for a broken thigh caused by falling through a hole in the boardwalk in that city March 1896. Her husband also was awarded $200 for expenses incurred during Mrs. Quig- ley’s illness. The city has applied for a new trial. ——Persons who keep chickens and per- mit them to run at large will do well to re- member a decision of the supreme court whieh says that ‘fowls of any kind, when beyond the limits of the owner’s property, can be treated as wild game, and shot or killed in any way without being subject to penalty thereof.”’ BUCKLEN’S ARNICA SALVE.—The best salve in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chap- ped bands, chilblains, corns, and all skin eruptions, and positively cures piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by F. Potte Green. Her Pleiades. A Bolivar woman, after burying her seventh husband, erected a monument to the whole lot. It consisted of a marble hand with the index finger pointing to the sky, and on the base, instead of names, dates, Etc., were the words, ‘Seven Up.”’ ——No woman who marries an old sol- dier after July 1st will be entitled to a pen- sion. That law is based on good common sense. A Valuable Publication. Pennsylvania Railroad 1898 Summer Excursion Route Book. On June 1st the Passenger Department of the Pennsylvania Railroad company will issue the 1898 edition of its summer excu- sion book. This book is designed to pro- vide the public with short descriptive notes of the principal resorts of Eastern America, with the routes for reaching them, and the rates of fare. There are over four hundred resorts in the book to which rates are quoted, and over fifteen hundred different routes or combination of routes. It iscoms= piled with the utmost care, and altogether is the most complete and comprehensive handbook of Summer travel ever offered to the public. It is bound in a handsome and striking cover, in colors, and contains several maps, presenting the exact route over which tick- ets are sold. It is profusely illustrated with half-tone cuts of scenery at the va- rious resorts along the lines of the Penn- sylvania railroad. On and after June 1st it may be procured at any Pennsylvania railroad ticket office ' at the nominal price of ten cents, or, upon | application to the general office, Broad Street Station, by mail for twenty-five cents. Again on the Circuit. The Chambersburg Valley Spirit re- calls the fact that it was at the Girard House, Philadelphia, that Judge Black first uttered the story which has since wended its way in and out of the highways and by ways, near and remote, about Demorcats and whisky. It was a Philadelphia hot night. The air was still and stifling. A friend of the Judge walked up to him mop- ping his brow and expressed his surprise that the Judge was not at Cape May snifi- ing salt breezes. The Judge assured his visitor that such weather was of incalcu- lable benefit to humanity. “Why 2” “Well, you see, if we didn’t have hot weather we wouldn’t have corn; if we didn’t have corn we wouldn’t have whisky, and if we didn’t have whisky we wouldn’t have Democrats.” Sinking of the Mecca. Captain and Fifty-two Passengers Drowned Near Calcutta. . Further particulars regarding the disas- trous collision on Tuesday hetween the British India steam navigation company’s steamer Mecca and her sister ship, the Lindula, show that the former had 300 per- sons on hoard, mostly Asiatics. The Mecca was towing the Lindula, which was disabled, when the hawser part- ed and the two steamers crashed together. The Mecca sank and her captain and 52 others were drowned. The Lindula brought the survivors to this port. What a Prospect for Ohio People ? From the Philadelphia Record. It is stated that there are not less than 1400 islands in the Philippine group. With proper management each one of these little islands could be made the domain of a gov- ernment bureau officer, to he charged with the duty of looking after the physical and moral we'fare of the natives. The Dutch in Sumatra and in other East Indian colonies Lave had much success in dealing with the aborigines ; but it need hardly be suggested that the late Freedmen’s Bu- reau would afford a basis of operations in the Philippines upon which there could be little improvement. ——VWilliam A. Stone, hails from Alle- gheny county. He is 52 years of age; he served in the civil war in the 187th Penn- sylvania Volunteers; is a lawyer and a Roofing. Fine Groceries N OW IS THE TIME TO EXAMINE YOUR ROOF. During the Rough Weather that will be experienced from now until Spring you will have a chance to Examine your Roof and see if it is in good condition. Ifyou need a new one or an old one repaired I am equipped to give you the best at reasonable rices. The Celebrated Courtright in Shingles and all kinds of tin and iron roofing. W. H. MILLER, 42-38 Allegheny St. BELLEFONTE, PA. Plumbing etc. ; (CHOOSE I your PLUMBER as you chose your doctor—for ef- fectiveness of work rather than for lowness of price. Judge of our ability as you judged of his—by the work already dene. Many - very particular people have judged us in this way, and have chosen us as their’ plumbers. R. J. SCHAD & BRO. No. 6 N. Allegheny St., BELLEFONTE, PA. 42-43-6¢ Hardware. Y OU CAN DO BETTER AT IRVIN’S WARM WEATHER WANTS: member of Congress, now serving in his Screen Doors with Hinges, Knobs and fourth term. Charles W. Stone is a native Latch : g - 8.75 of Massachusetts, 55 years of age, a lawyer, a former member of the Harrisburg Legis- : : lature, and a member of all the Congresses | Window Screens - - .10 wherein his namesake has served and of the Fifty-first in addition, he having been elect : ed to the last to fill a vacancy. Both of | Lawn Mowers 12 inch - 2.00 the Stones are Congressmen ; both are law- yers ; both are Quay Republicans, and both come from the same part of the State, | Ice Cream Freezer, 4 quarts : 1.75 two counties only, Venango and Butler, ly- ing between Warren and Allegheny. ——Smack Owner (to fisher boy)—I’m sorry to hear you were the worse for liquor last night, Sam. You take after your father. Sam—No, sir; I don’t. leaves none to take. ——e Father never ——Few people are aware that Prince Bismark is of Jewish descent. He derives his Jewish blood from his mother, whose father—Anastasius Von Menken, one of the favorite bureaucrats of Frederick the Great—was of Hebrew parentage. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All Druggists refund the money if it fails to Cure 25¢. 42-41-1y New Advertisements. WALL PAPER. Do you expect todo any paper- ing? We will send you free a large tion of samples from 3c. per roll up, all new colorings and nov- elties up to date. i FREIGHT. We want an agent in every town to sell on commission from large sample books. No capi- tal required. For samples or par- ticulars, address S. WOLF, 747-733 Ninth Ave., N. Y. City. Furniture Furniture 43-13 Oil Stoves, all kinds. Fly Screen Wire. Water Coolers. Watering Pots. Poultry Netting. IRVIN’S CASH HARDWARE, BELLEFONTE, PA. Furniture A FINE DISPLAY. That is the object of thisannounce- ment, to call attention of the public to the large, complete, select assort- ment of New Furniture just received and awaiting your inspection at my new store, recently opened in the room formerly occupied by McKee’s Hard- ware store, Allegheny street, Belle- fonte. 43-10 Allegheny Street, A FINE DISPLAY. Can’t enumerate all the choice goods in stock. You are respectfully invited to pay us a visit and see the elegant goods. Should you want to make any purchases, interesting inducements will be made. NAGINEY'S FURNITURE STORE F. E. NAGINEY, Proprietor. A FINE DISPLAY. ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING in the line of furniture from a cheap chair to gorgeous parlor suits or elaborate bed chamber furniture, at the Spring Opening. Bellefonte, Pa. FINE GROCERIES. Fine Teas, Fine Coffees, Fine Spices, Fine Syrups, Fine Fruits, Fine Confectionery, Fine Cheese, Fine Canned Goods, Fine Syrups, Fine Dried Fruits, Fine Hams, Fine Bacon, Fine Olives, Fine Pickles, Fine Sardines, Fine Oil, Fine Ketchups, Fine Oranges, Fine Lemons, Fine Bananas, But all these can talk for them- selves if you give them a fair chance. NEW FISH, Bright Handsome New Mackerel, New Caught Lake Fish, Ciscoes, Herring, White Fish. Lake Trout, New Maple Sugar and Syrup, Fine Canned Soups, Bouillon, Oxtail, Mock Turtle, Vegetable, Consomme, Mulligatawney, Tomato, Chicken, Gumbo, Queensware, Enameled Ware, Tin Ware, Brooms and Brushes. Best place to bring your produce and best place to buy your goods. SECHLER & CO. BELLEFONTE, PA. 42-1 Saddlery. $5,000 $5,000 goo i ———WORTH OF—r HARNESS, HARNESS, HARNESS, SADDLES, BRIDLES, PLAIN HARNESS, FINE HARNESS, BLANKETS, WHIPS, Ete. All combined in an immense Stock of Fine Saddlery. . ive NOW IS THE TIME FOR BARGAINS...... To-day Prices have Dropped THE LARGEST STOCK OF HORSE COLLARS IN THE COUNTY. JAMES SCHOFIELD, 33-37 BELLEFONTE, PA. Insurance. A COIDENT HEALTH ' INSURANCE. THE FIDELITY MUTUAL AID ASSO- CIATION WILL PAY YOU If disabled by an accident $30 to $100 per month If you lose two limbs, $208 to £5,000, If you lose your eye sight, $208 to $5,000, If you lose one limb, $33 to $2,000, If Is are ill $40 per month, If killed, will pay your heirs, $208 to $5,000, If you die from natural cause, $100. IF INSURED, You cannot lose all Jour income when you are sick or disabled by accident. Absolute protection at a cost of $1.00 to $2.25 per month. 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