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.
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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,