Dewan Wald, Bellefonte, Pa., July 29, 1898. FARM NOTES. —If you want to be successful with roses every fall five or six inches of mulch should be placed on the beds—cow manure if ob- tainable—and in the spring as much of this dug into the ground as possible, and the residue raked up and carried away. The correct pruning of roses can only be learned by experience. As a rule, the strong- growing plants should be pruned but little while the weak growing sorts should be pruned severely to induce vigorous growth. The proper time for pruning is late winter or early spring, before the sap commences to move. A summer pruning of many hybrid perpetuals after the June blooming induces the formation of buds for fall blooming. A common mistake with many is leaving the branching spray wood that has already flowered. This will never pro- duce fine roses again. It is well to remove long stems when cutting flowers if new wood is beginning to show at the base of the plant ; especial- ly in the case of hybrid perpetuals should these oldest branching stems be cut off if autumn flowers is desired. The older spray will not produce fine roses, while the weak and crowded growth affords a har- borage for every rose pest. Where roses grow vigorously and throw large shoots from the bottom it would be well to pinch out the crown bud. This will induce a growth of lateral shoots which will produce good flowers in July and August, and, in fact, give a good supply of roses all sum- mer. This is especially true of Brunners. Roses in perfect health and vigor are less liable to attacks from insects than those that have been neglected and are stunted. The free use of clear water by syringing the plants daily is a preventive against insects. : —With the purpose of studying the ef- fect of skim-milk diet on the young grow- ing chickens, an experiment was conduc- ted at the Indiana Agricultural Experi- ment Station, in which two lots of chick- ens were under observation. There were 10 chickens of 10 breeds in each lot, rang- ing from four to six weeks of age at the be- ginning of the experiment. Each lot re- ceived the same food, care and treatment, excepting that one was fed all the skim- milk wanted, while the other was given none. The grain food consisted of two parts crushed corn, one part bran, and one part ground oats. They were also fed cracked bone, cabbage and lettuce. When the experiment began, the total weight of one lot of chickens was only one-half an ounce more than the other. The experi- ment lasted from July 11th to September 5th. The results of the feeding show that the chickens fed milk and grain ate considera- bly more grain than did those receiving no milk. The results also show that the chickens of lct 1, receiving no milk, made an average weekly gain of 2.61 ounces, while those fed milk made a gain per week of 4.46 ounces, or over one-fourth pound. The chickens fed milk made a more rapid and uniform gain than those fed grain only. The general results of the feeding in every way seemed to show the superior influence of the skim-milk on the growth of the birds. These chickens were raised on the sta- tion grounds, were uniform in character, and kept under good conditions in confine- ment, so that no food was available except such as was given by Mr. Anderson, who conducted the experiment. It would be well if our poultry growers would place plenty of skim-milk available to the chickens. If the vessel containing the milk were thoroughly scalded daily to keep the sanitary conditions good, the feed- ing of the milk would unquestionably re- sult in profit. —Chicken cholera is a very rare disease and does not prevail as extensively as sup- posed, yet nearly all diseases are ascribed to cholera because the prevailing disease is unknown. Cholera does not remain long after it appears. It kills its vietim in less than two days, though occasionally some fowls will not succumb before the third day. Thebirds will be well or dead in less than a week. The symptoms are greenish droppings, prostration, and great thirst. There is no known ‘‘sure cure,” a tea- spooonful of liquid carbolic acid in half a gallon of drinking water being sometimes efficacious. All dead birds should be burnt and the premises disinfected. What is frequently mistaken for cholera is indi- gestion, due to feeding heavily on grain, the remedy for which is to reduce the quantity of food two-thirds and give more bulky material, in summer giving no food other than that which the birds can find. —XKilling weeds by spraying is now practiced in France. A 5 per cent solu- tion of sulphate of copper has been found destructive to wild mustard and some other weeds, without injuring grain crops. It is probable that it will not injure certain kinds of weeds. Spray- ing has been found of advantage in France, however, in destroying weeds, the cost be- ing about two dollars per acre. It is doubtful if such method will ever be adop- ted in this country, as the harrow, cultiva- tor, weeder and hoe can be used more ef- fectively where crops are cultivated in rows, and even if weeds are growing on broadcasted plots it is probably cheaper to pull the weeds out than to spray. —Galls on horses are due to several causes, but frequently to saddles and har- ness that press unevenly on the body. The collar should fit the horse perfectly, and it cannot be too good. A loose girth to a saddle may allow it to shift. When a gall is noticed there is something wrong with the harness or saddle, and no remedy will be available until the cause of the gall is removed. An examination of the har- ness should be made whenever the horse is brought up from work at night, and it should be kept in good condition or the horse will suffer. —Horn flies do considerable damage to cattle in some sections. The superintend- ent of the Ontario Experiment Station Gives the following as a remedy, not only for horn fly, but for exterminating vermin ; Mix thoroughly four tablespoonfuls of car- bolic acid and one gallon of fish oil. Ap- ply once a week, rubbing the mixture on with a soft rag. —The borer works from June to Septem- ber, or rather, the moth is always busy at- tacking the trees. Careful examination should be made for the horer at least every two weeks, and if the trees show indica- tions of being attacked cut the borers out. If such work is delayed the borers will go into the trees deeper and their destruction become more difficult. —The weevil is not doing as much dam- age to the wheat as was anticipated but the result will be that more bearded wheat will be planted for next year. No Bald Heads in Alaska. Cold Climate Caused a Great Growth of Hair— Experience of Several Klondikers. The experience of Roderick Dhu Smith, who recently returned from the Klondike region with a big budget of experience, quite a little sum of money and a head of hair which almost qualifies him to take an engagement as a Circassian girl in a circus, is of especial interest to a large contingent of this fellow men and women. For be it known that Roderick, before making his perilous way to the Arctic regions, though otherwise pleasing to look upon and still on the sunny side of 40, was the owner of a head which made theatre ushers, when- ever there was a ballet on the program, es- cort him down to the front row without even glancing at his seat check. While this might have been considered an advantage hy some people it was not pleasing to Mr. Smith, who is an essen- tially modest man and averse to heing made unduly prominent on any occasion. It is said, too, that his baldness was the real cause of his starting out in search of gold, since he spent all his patrimony in the purchase of hair restorers, and it was necessary for him to do something, no mat- ter how desperate, to retrieve his fallen fortunes. Be that as it may, he went to Alaska, and after a two-years’ residence there he returned a modern Samson, so far as chev- elure is concerned, and he declares that the transformation is entirely due to the rigors of the climate in that quarter of the globe. ‘‘The intense cold kills all germs and microbes,’ he asserts, ‘‘and stimulates the scalp and nature does the rest,”” and he proudly exhibits, his lion-like mane as proof of what nature can do when she takes a fancy, unassisted by washes or oils or un- guents of any kind. P. J. McLeod, who has spent 12 years in Alaska and the Northwest, although he has not the pleasure of knowing Mr. Smith per- sonally, and did not therefore see the sprouting and the bourgeoning of his es- pecial crop of modified epidermic cells, still corroborates his story as to the virtues of that frigid clime as a hair producer. “My hair was always thick,’’ he says, “‘soI cannot speak from personal exper- ience, but the way dogs put on hair up there is a caution. They get as shaggy as Shetland ponies, and now I think of it, I never saw a haldheaded fellow anywhere around there. To tell the truth they all look, after they have got to work, as though a razor and a pair of scissors were far more needed than a hair restorer, and I think a missionary barber could do good work among them.’’ G. H. Henderson, who has a claim on Dominion creek, and has been up in that vicinity for two years, heartily echoes Mr. McLeod’s sentiments. There is something about the.intense cold, he asseverates, that makes the hair on man and beast flourish mightily. Dandruff and falling hair are unknown in that part of the country, but he thinks that the fact that people are too busy to ‘‘bother with” their hair has something to do with its unusual growth. ‘‘The man who is vain enough to put his time in on trying to increase the thick- ness of his hair,” is this gentleman’s decis- ion, ‘‘will generally manage to worry off what little belongs to him naturally. He will scrub it and put fertilizer on it, until his head is as hot as a furnace and burns the roots of it toashes, and ends by getting up the shiniest kind of a bald head, but up there it is to cold to fool that way, and the hair gets a chance for its life.” J. S. Woodstock, an Alaskan of five years’ standing; ‘puts in his testimony in regard to the efficacy of good freezing weather as a hair rejuvenator or resurrec- tor, and another gentleman recently re- turned from the Arctic gold fields, who, not having ‘‘made his pile” as yet, is averse to having his name in the papers, says he is seriously considering the practi- cability of establishing a hair sanitarium in some reasonably accessible spot, where he will for a satisfactory consideration enter- tain bald-headed guests, and tell them pleasing little tales about Alaska. Our Tiny Pacific Islands. Some We Have Owned Since 1857 and Still Unin- habited. How many persons know that the Unit- ed States has possessions in the South Pacif- ic that might be used as a coaling stations in our campaign against the Philippines ? asks the New York Herald. Did you ever hear of Baker Island, or Howland Island ? It’s a thousand chances to one that you never did, but they have been United States possessions since 1857. It has been suggested that these tiny isl- ands might come in handy just at this time, pending the annexation of Hawaii. They have never before assumed the slight- est degree of importance, and even now the officials of the war department at Washing- ton are not inclined to believe that they can be put to a practical use, except in case of the most dire necessity. Still, that emergency might possibly arise, and these desolate spots upon a still more desolate sea may yet serve a purpose heretofore undreamed of. The exact loca- tion of Baker Island, to be accurate, is latitude 13 minutes 30 seconds north, longitude 176 degrees 29 minutes 30 sec- onds west. Howland lies two or three miles to the north. Neither island is inhabited, except by sea fowl and a multitude of half-starved, vicious rats, The latter do not hesitate to attack a human being. At certain times of the year the islands are visited by ves- sels, which load with guano, which abounds in great quantities. What little vegeta- tion there is is coarse and scanty. Baker island has no fresh water, but on Howland island are several pools of brack- ish water, supposed to be partially fresh- ened by distillation from the sea. The an- chorage is said to be very unsafe. The former island boasts a movable wharf. It is quite impossible for vessels to load be- tween November and April. Howland island is two miles long and half a mile wide. Baker island is one mile long and three-quarters of a mile wide. Aside from the fact that they are out of the usual sailing course, it would seem that the island would possess little value as a base of war supplies. But still there is some satisfaction in knowing that they are there, and that they belong to our govern- ment. The time may come when, insignif- icant as they now appear, we may be glad of their existence. ——Commodore Schley is one of 13 children. He is also the nephew of two men, each of whom is the father of the same number. ——1I% is always the man who is the most conceited who generally waxes truly elo- quent regarding this characteristic in others. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All Druggists refund the money if it fails to Cure 25¢. 4241-1y How the Cannibals Were Controlled. During the course of a lecture Paul du : Chaillu, the African exploror, told how he | once controlled a race of savage cannibals while he was on the dark continent. He had a number of watches whose tick- | ing completely nonplussed the savages and ! caused them to regard him as a spirit. He ! had a practice of leaving one of these’ watches in a village where he stayed. Af- ter awhile the watch, of course, ran down and stopped, and the cannibals said the spirit had gone to overtake their master. ‘When du Chaillu returned to these vil- lages he always got the watch that he had left behind, and, unobserved, wound it up again. The natives heard the ticking con- tinued, declared again that the explorer was a spirit and did their utmost to please him. First Pensioner of 1898. Mrs. Elsie R. Montfort, the widowed mother of William Franklin Montfort, who lost his life in the Maine explosion, is the first pensioner of the present war. The pension was paid on June 1st by Col. Jon- athan Merriman, United States pension agent at Chicago, who mailed Mrs. Mont- fort a check for $14.40 that being the sum due her for her pension since February ! 15th, when the Maine was sunk. Mrs. Montfort’s home was in Council Bluff’s, Towa. BEATS THE KLONDIKE. — Mr. A. C. Thomas, of Marysville, Tex., has found a more valuable discovery than has yet been made in the Klondike. For years he suf- fered untold agony from consumption, ac- companied by hemorrhages ; and was ab- solutely cured by Dr. King’s New Dis- covery for consnmption, coughs and colds. He declares that gold is of little value in comparison with this marvelous cure ; would have it. even if it cost a hundred dollars a bottle. Asthma, bronchitis and all throat and lung affections are positively cured by Dr. King’s New Discovery for consumption. Trial bottles free at F. Potts Green’s drug store. Regular size 50 cts. and $1.00. Guaranteed to cure or price refunded. ——A unique feature of nearly all homes and offices in Manila is the use of tiny square panes of translucent oyster shells instead of glass. The windows measure on the average six feet long and four feet wide and contain 260 of these oyster shell panes, which temper the fierce glare of the sun in the building. In a country where many people go blind from the constant sunshine this is a precaution very necessary to he taken. THE DocTor’s OPINION.— “My little hoy broke out all over his body with pain- ful sores and kept running down in health. The doctor said his blood was out of order and that the best blood purifier was Hood’s Sarsaparilla. We began giving him this medicine and he was soon entirely cured.’”’ MRS. GRACIE ARMSTRONG, Ricketts, Pa. Hood’s Pills are the favorite family ca- thartic. Easy to take, easy to operate. 25¢. Drunkards May Not Marry. At Welbeck, Germany, a decree has heen proclaimed that a license to marry will not be decreed to any individual who has heen in the habit of getting drunk. ——A very clever Atchison, Kan., wo- man has induced her boys to take the greatest interest in keeping her wood box filled with kindling by calling the hatchet a machete. ——The rates for Pennsylvania railroad excursion to the Sea Shore on Thursday, August 4th, allow Atlantic City passengers to go either via Market street wharf, Phila- delphia, or via Delaware river bridge route without change. Buggies, Wagons, Etc. ARMERS BREAK THE BUGGY MONOPOLY. It is claimed that for years buggy manufactur- ers have secured exorbitant prices for their goods but recently, through the combined assistance of the farmers of Iowa, Illinois and other states Sears, Rorsuck & Co., of Chicago, have got the price of open Dnggles down to $16.50; Top Bug- gies, $22 79; Top Surries, $43.75 and upwards, and they are shipping them in immense numbers di- rect to farmers in every state. They send an im- mense Buggy Catalogue free, postpaid, to any one who asks for it. This certainly is a big victory for the farmer, but a severe blow to the carriage manufacturers and dealers, 43-27-3m Yo CAN BELIEVE IT. McQUISTION SAYS ITS SO. You’ll be glad if, you do and sorry if you dont take advan- tage of the special bargains he is offering now in cor BUGGIES, WAGONS, ETC. Preparatory to reducing his stock to make room for his &e. 5 second hand Buggies, 2 i S. A. McQUISTION & CO. 43-27 New Advertisements. W. B. REEVE TEACHER OF | PIPE ORGAN—PIANO— VOICE CUL- TURE and HARMONY. South Thomas St. BELLEFONTE, PA. 18-1y* JE XECUTOR'S SALE! The executors of the estate of Isaac Smith, deceased will offer at Public Sale, at the Court House, in Bellefonte, Pa., at one o'clock p. m., on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21th, 1898. $5,000.00 BONDS, State College Water Com- pany. The foregoing are fifty first mortage coupon bonds, of 100 each, due — 5 per cent. interest, payable sem-annualy in gold. THOMAS FOSTER, WILLIAM FOSTER, 43-28 ROBT. M. FOSTER. Whiskey. PRICE LIST OF THE CELEBRATED BAILEY PURE RYE. Prominent Physicians have recommended it for over thirty years as the best Whiskey for the sick. Age alone controls the price. Black label full quart £1.00 Green ¢ es te - L.25 Yellow te te - 1.50 2.00 Perfection (12 years old) - Pints 50, 60 and T5ets, Halt Pints 25 cents. On sale at D. C. KELLER, Haacs Horr, 43-27-3m BELLEFONTE, PA. Bicycles. 12 BICYCLES DOWN TO $5.00. New 1898 Model Ladies’ and Gents’ Bicycles are now heing sold on easy conditions, as low as £5.00; others outright at $13.95, and high-grade at £19.95 and $22.50, to be paid for after received. If you will cut this notice out and send to Sears, Rok- BUCK & Co., Chicago, they will send you their 1898 bicycle catalogue and full particulars. 34-27-3m dS 000 BICYCLES. All makes and models, must be closed out at once. New ’97 models, guaranteed, $9.75 to £18; shopworn and used wheel, 83 to $12; swell 98 models, $13 to $35. Great factory clearing sale. Shipped to any one on approval without advance deposit. Handsome souvenir hook free. —EARN A BICYCLE— by a little work for us. FREE USE of sample wheel to rider agents. Write at once for our spec- ial offer. P. H. MEAD & PRENTISS, i Chicago, Ill. 43-26-13t Eye Glasses. OY UP-TO-DATE METHODS WHEN YOU BUY EYE GLASSES You want to consider several things besides the csot. If yo'1 buy your glasses of us you may feel sure that they are meant for your sight, are rop- erly adjusted and that you haye received the worth of your money. THE MOST HELPLESS MAN Is the one who breaks or loses his glasses. Should you prefer a new pair we will guarantee to fit your eyes with the finest glasses at prices satisfactory for the best of goods. H. E. HERMAN & CO., Ltd. 308 Market Street, Williamsport, Pa. WILL VISIT BELLEFONTE, PA. AT FRANK GALBRAITH’S JEWELRY STORE, BUSH HOUSE BLOCK. TUESDAY, AUG. 2xD. No Charge for Examination. 43-25-1y Jewelry. N EWEST NOVELTIES Z BELTS, HAT PINS. SHIRT WAIST SETS, Etc. in Gold and Sterling Silver. QUALITY HIGH. PRICES LOW. Plumbing etc. oose 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 dcne. 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. 42-43-6t Roofing. Now 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. If you need a new one or an old ove 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. Hardware. You CAN DO BETTER AT IRVIN'S As a SPECIAL BARGAIN we offer, while they last 10 dozen 2 Tine Long Handle Hay Forks, usual price 30 cents our price 19 cents. ALSO FOLLOWING ARTICLES UNDER REGULAR PRICES: Grain Cradles, - - $2.25 Grain Rakes, - - - 13 Cradle Fingers, - - .10 Harpoon Hay Forks, - - 85 Best Grass Scythes, - - .40 Screen Doors with Hinges Knob and Latch, - - - WATCH FOR OUR PRICES ON MASON GLASS JARS. Fine Groceries 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, Chicken, Tomato, Gumbo, Queensware, Enameled Ware, Tin Ware, Brooms and Brushes. Best place to bring your produce and best place to buy your goods. SECHLER & CO. 42-1 BELLEFONTE, PA. Saddlery. go.000 $5,000 $5,000 ——WORTH OF—— HARNESS, HARNESS, HARNESS, SADDLES, BRIDLES, PLAIN HARNESS, FINE HARNESS, BLANKETS, WHIPS, Ete. All combined in an immense Stock of Fine Saddlery. cm———— esis NOW IS THE TIME FOR BARGAINS...... : To-day Prices have Dropped THE LARGEST STOCK OF HORSE COLLARS IN THE COUNTY. JAMES SCHOFIELD, winter stock of Sleds, Sleighs, 3337 BELLEFONTE, PA. Among others he has Insurance. *“ Spring Wagons —[0]— CCIDENT : : A —AND— that will almost be given away. 1 Don’t fail to remember this. HEALTH ’ F. C. RICHARDS. SONS, IRVIN’S CASH HARDWARE, INSURANCE. BELLEFONTE, PA, 41-46 High St. BELLEFONTE, PA 433 ' BELLEFONTE, PA. —— — EE —————————————————————————————— Furniture Furniture Furniture A FINE DISPLAY. That is the object of this announce- 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. Bellefonte, Pa. A FINE DISPLAY. ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING in the lire of furniture from a cheap chair to gorgeous parlor suits or elaborate bed chamber furniture, at the Spring Opening. 42.19-1-y. 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 I I are ill $40 per month, $2,000, illed, will pay your heirs, $208 to $5,000, If you die from natural cause, $100. IF INSURED, You cannot lose all your income when you are sick or disabled by accident. Absolute protection at a cost of $1.00 to $2.25 per month. The Fidelity Mutual Aid association is pre- eminently the largest and strongest accident and health association in the United States. It has $6,000.00 cash deposits with the States of California and Missouri, which, together, with an ample reserve fund and large assets, make its certificate an absolute guarantee protection to its members. of the solidity of For particulars address J. L. M. SHETTERLEY, Secretary and General Manager, San Francisco,Cal,
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