Bellefonte, Pa., Sept. 2, 1898. —— —.—. —— FARM NOTES. —When seeding down rye or other fall crops try using lime on the land after plowing, harrowing the lime and the land together. Many soils are deficient in lime and it will do no harm to use lime even if no apparent benefit results. It is cheap and should be more freely used. An advantage possessed by the fodder shredder is that with its use all materials entering into the manure heap can be made fine. Cornstalks can be converted into bedding before going into the manure as absorbents. It also renders the food more palatable and digestible and enables the farmer to save much that would otherwise be wasted. Such implements as harvesters and hay loaders are costly, and too much care can- not be given them when they are out of use. All machines, implements and tools should be thoroughly cleaned when at the end of the season, wiped dry and oiled, be- ing placed under shelter. It will not do to put them under an open shed, as storms may beat in, but they must be put away in good condition, ready for use, and ex- amined several times during the winter. —Every farmer who has ever grown po- tatoes knows that they are of little value for feeding raw to stock, and that they are especially objectionable as feed for cows giving milk. We have known potato peel- ings to be given to cows, and while the quantity of milk was not lessened, its quality was injured, as it lacked the fine aroma given by feeding the cows on grass or corn fodder. The butter made from milk of cows to which potatoes have been fed, is white and salvy, lacking the grain which is the characteristic of good butter. —He who puts the finest production in the market, says the Massachusetts Plough- man, reaps the richest harvest. Eggs are refined wheat, corn, grass, and they con- tain much that on the farm would go to waste. In winter a basket of 50 dozen will bring more money than a load of hay it took a large patch of ground to grow, a horse and a man to rake, two men to stack, and a team, wagon and man to market. Sell fresh eggs or none at all. Get just as far as possible from the general lot dumped un the corner grocery. Seek for regular customers, and get retail prices. Stop crying about low rates and cheap goods by rising above them. Herein is the gospel of successful poultry keeping. —It is maintained that peach yellows is due to starvation, not complete exhaustion of the soil, but lack of sufficient plant food. Others contend that the disease will appear and ravage the best managed or- chards. The kernels of peaches are large and take an enormous amount of plant food from the soil, which necessitates the liberal use of both manures and fertilizers. Some growers claim that if they can get one good crop from an orchard that dies out before the trees are five years old the orchard will pay, hence they plant new trees every year and thus have some trees coming on while the old ones are going off. The borer is really more destructive than the yellows. —The burying of cabbages in the ground heads down, seals them up and out of reach when the ground is frozen, and when frost begins to leave, and the ground is wet, the heads are liable to rot. A better plan is to put the roots down deep, leaving the heads out of the ground, placing the cabbages as close together as possible, which should be done late in the season. Then cover the heads with straw or salt hay, and next with boards to shed water. The cabbages will be alive, and the stalks will send out sprouts early in the season. When the heads are wanted for use, lift one or more hoards, cut the heads from the stalks and replace the boards. A trial of this method will convince the most skep- cal of its advantages over burying the heads in the ground. —The fall is the season for seeding down wheat in this section, the bulk of the crop for the United States being seeded in the spring in the Northwest. There is more in the variety than may be supposed yet many farmers buy their seed wheat with- out regard to variety, selecting only by the appearance of the grains. Itis well known that the varieties of wheat differ greatly, and that some are hardly compared with other kinds. There are also varieties which yield largely, have stiffer straw, and give better results in many ways, but much depends upon the farm, its soil, the ecli- mate, and the conditions at time of seeding. It has been demonstrated that where farm- ers select their seed from the field, by care- tully picking out the best stalks, and which contained the largest heads and plumpest grains, the yields gradually increased each year, and the wheat also became better adapted to the soil. These heads were planted separately and selections made the following year. No plant improves so rapidly as wheat when careful selection is made in order to increase its capacity to yield, and no crop responds more readily to good treatment. When the farmer once secures a variety which gives satisfactory results he should be careful in making a change. LOW AVERAGES. The avarage yield of wheat for the United States is about 13 bushels, which is low compared with yields in Europe. The Pennsylvania State College has issued a bulletin in relation to the yields of varie- ties, which is sent free and should be in the hands of every wheat grower. It states that in 1898 Dawson’s gold chaff, a smooth, amber wheat, produced 41.42 bushels per acre, the largest of an y variety, but the average for 32 varieties is 31.85 bushels, the average for Pennsylvania be- ing only 16.38 bushels—much lower than many supposed. The variety grown has considerable influence upon the profitable- ness of the crop, as well as the proper fer- tilization and cultivation. In the experi- ments it was found that there was a dif- ference of 16.8” bushels between two va- rieties, a fact which should convince every farmer of the importance of having a va- riety suitable for his soil and climate. All the varieties were treated alike yet there was the vast difference in yield. Dawson’s golden chaff and gold coin were placed at the head. The average yield of straw was 4298 pounds per acre, which is 29 per cent. above the average of other years. The average weight per bushel was 60.52 pounds. It may be stated, however, that it requires tests for several years to arrive at a full knowledge of conditions, as some seasons may be favorable for certain va- rieties and not for others. -—Subseribe for the WATCHMAN. One of the Officers Whe Arrested Scovel Passes Through Altoona. Lieutenant Davis’ Spicy Tale.—The Correspondent Hit the General Because he Was Not Permitted to Go Where Wheeler's Son Went. Nearly four score of soldiers from Cuban battlefields passed through Altoona one night last week on their way to their homes in western States. More than a score of regiments were represented, including Roosevelt’s Rough Riders, the Second cav- alry, Second battery and Sixth, Twelfth and Seventeenth infantry. Few of the men had been wounded ; the majority had escaped serious disease. First Lieutenant F. M. Davis, of the First regiment, United States cavalry, ac- companied by his wife, was going to his home at Portland, Ore. Lieutenant Davis witnessed the quarrel between General Shafter and Sylvester Scovel ‘at the sur- render of Santiago. ‘‘Scovel was popular with all the officers,’’ asserted Lieutenant Davis, ‘‘and frequently interceded in get- ting their mail and supplies when they were on duty. He was absolutely without fear and was frequently seen with the sol- diers on the firing line. At the formal surrender of the city Scovel asked permis- sion to ascend the roof of the Governor’s palace during the ceremonies.” General Shafter issued an order forbidding any per- son except the commissioners to take part in the raising of the flag and refused the correspondent’s request. ‘‘Shortly before the ceremonies com- menced General Wheeler secured a pass for his son Joe, who walked by the guards and climbed up thestairs. This infuriated Scovel and he rushed over to Shafter with clenched fists. Warm words followed and Scovel struck the old officer on the face with the back of his hand. Several officers, including myself, seized the intruder and turned him over to a sergeant’s guard. | am surprised that Scovel was not killed on the spot, as a more insolent occurrence does not mar the history of the American army. ‘‘The condition of our troops at Montauk Point is appalling,’’ continued Lieutenant Davis. The death roll is over fifteen daily and the number of sick and wounded who are being brought back from Cuba and de- tained at the place shows little hope of an early decrease in the mortality record. The Red Cross is doing a wonderful work.”’ Frank H. Clearwater is another Cuban hero. He is a member of the celebrated Rough Riders and lives at Brownsville, Tex. He seemed peculiarly adapted to his campaign uniform and his swinging gait as he paced the depot platform showed plainly that he was a native of the far West. ‘‘Be- fore the war I was a cowboy and herded cattle near San Antonio. When ‘Teddy’ and his dudes came from New York I fell clear over the saddle to get into the crowd. I always despised a tenderfoot, but those fellows are true blue gentlemen, and we got along remarkably well together. I liked our work down at Santiago, but, since the thing has been declared off, I am anxious to get back to my old job on the ranch. ‘Teddy’ is mighty popular with the boys, but Alger !—don’t mention him ! When the truth is told, the country will applaud Roosevelt and the light will show that the war department is to blame. All the army officers think so, at least. *’ J. L. Geer, of Company A, Sixth United States infantry, accompanied the Rough Rider. He lives at Crown City, O., where he was a school teacher, but enlisted a year ago for the ‘‘experience of army life.’ *‘I got more than I had calculated on,” he said, ‘‘and will ask for my discharge and return to college next fall. Our regiment took part in some of the severest fighting, but I escaped without a scratch.’ The now famous Second cavalry in the passing soldiery was represented by Otto Douboroski, who was going to his home in Denver, Col. He says the rough condition of the country around Santiago made it impossible to recounoiter the enemy’s position and that the American losses were much heavier on thataccount. The horses were of no use, owing to the undergrowth, and scouts on foot could accomplish little. Harry Cooker is a ‘‘Jack tar’’ who is partaking of a shore liberty, something which he has not enjoyed for a long time. He is an ordinary seaman and up to Mon- day night was a member of the auxiliary cruiser St. Paul, under Captain Sigsbee, at which time the big ocean greyhound was placed in Cramp’s ship yard, to be trans- formed so that she can be placed in the merchant marine service. Cooker had been with the St. Paul during the entire time she had been scouting in the West Indies, being aboard when she completely destroyed the torpedo boat Terror at San Juan. He is traveling to Columbus, O. Porto Rico as a Cotton Fleld. New England, having learned by south- ern competition that the trend of the cotton spinning industry is toward the cotton fields, is anxious to apply her somewhat costly knowledge in the new territory to be thrown open by American arms, as is shown by a letter respecting the cotton growing capacity of Porto Rico received from a New England firm by the Philadel- phia commercial museum recently. In response the museum bureau of informa- tion has set forth some facts which will be found to have a timely and special interest especially to the textile world, and which deserve to' be summarized for the general public as well. It appears that Porto Rico is well adap- ted by soil and climate not only for the growing cotton but for the manufacture of cotton fabrics as well, though for the growth of the plant it will be necessary to engage native labor or to secure help from Cuba. Of the more than 1,000 streams upoa the island, 60 are navigable, and many of them could be utilized to furnish power, which is an important consideration, since all the coal used must be brought from this country, and all the chief towns are connected by the railway, though com- munication with the interior is only possi- ble by ox teams. Such in brief, are the essential conditions attending the question of cotton growing on the island. Thus far the industry has not beer tried there but there would seem to be no reason of an economic character why it should not thrive. But the ques- tion, after all, is not whether cotton making would pay in Porto Rico, but whether it would pay better than anything else in that region, and better than in the South. The only way to get a conclusive answer to the question would be by the test or actual experiment. S—————————————————————. A Receipt. A valued correspondent, to whom I have not yet been formally introduced, comes bang at me with the pertinent inquiry : (‘How can I tell the age of a horse I am just about to buy ?’ I'm blowed if I know! Different people have different methods of divining these great truths, but the course geverally adopted by shrewd buyers may suit in this case. Ask the question frank- ly of the man who is selling the animal, and multiply his answer by three.—Judy. -with cold water. Brutally Assaulted. A Woman’s Sad Experience in Jersey Shore Ceme- tery. Mrs. Joseph Trick left her home at Jersey Shore Tuesday to visit the cem- etery at that place. While passing what is known as the big mound, a man suddenly sprang at her and grasped her by the wrist. The Williamsport News says that although the woman screamed and endeavored to break away from her assailant, the brute succeeded in choking her into insensibility. After overpowering the woman the brute gagged her and then succeeded in accom- plishing his purpose. The woman’s cloth- ing was nearly torn from her during her desperate struggle with the fiend in hu- man form. As soon as chief of police Norton was no- tified of the affair he started in pursuit of Mrs. Trick’s assailant. He succeeded in tracing the fellow to Jersey Shore Junc- tion, where it was learned he hoarded a Beech Creek freight train going west. From information received it is believed he left the train at Lock Haven, but thus far he has not been captured. Mis. Trick describes her assailant as be- ing about six feet tall, slender build, red face, wore a light pair of trousers with patches on the knees, black coat and vest and derby hat. It has been learned that two other wom- en who were in the cemetery that af- ternoon between 5 and 6 o'clock were chased, presumably by the same fellow who assaulted Mrs. Trick, but they suc- ceeded in escaping his clutches. As a result of her desperate struggle Mrs. Trick was in a very serious condition Tues- day night, but is now reported as being somewhat improved. How to Temper Glass. How to Make Your Lamp Chimneys Last Twice as Long. Tempered glass may be bought in all the large china stores at a slight advance on the price of the ordinary kind. Itis com- paratively unaffected by changes of temp- erature, and is therefore much more desir- able for lamp chimneys and glass globes than that which is untempered. The process of tempering is a very sim- ple one, and may easily he performed at home. Put the glass into a tin pan deep enough to allow it to be entirely covered Set on the back of the stove until the water is hot, then draw it forward, let the water come to a boil, and boil for from five to ten minutes. Then take the pan off the stove and set aside, glass and all, until the water is cold. The chief cause of lamp chimneys break- ing is the failure to wipe them dry after washing. A damp glass breaks much more easily than a dry one. Turning the wick to its full height and so heating the chim- ney too suddenly is another, and, last but not least, allowing the lamp to stand in a current of air, a bit of carelessness which of- ten occasions the sudden cracking of the cyl- inder from no apparent reason. Lengthening a Steamer. The Red D line steamship Caracas at- tracted much attention as she lay in the big dry dock at Cramps’ shipyard where the operation of increasing her length twenty-eight feet is being vigorously pushed. The two portions of the hull have been moved apart the requisite distance and they will now be pieced in the most approved fashion. Although generally considered an ardu- ous and delicate undertaking, there have been many vessels thus lengthened in the is that of George W. Childs Drexel’s yacht Alcedo, which has undergone a similar metamorphosis recently at Wilmington, Del. The steamship Philadelphia, of the Red D line, was lengthened thirty-six feet in 1893. For naval examples the compos- ite gunhoats Machias and Castine are still well remembered. These two vessels were successfully pieced in 1894 to give them greater stability in rough seas. Both have subsequently been all over the world and have done gone services. Curious Italian Cigars. A curious cigar seen in the Italian quar- ter of the city where it is made and sold, is about 73 inches in length and very slen- der, being not much bigger around than an old tobacco cigarette, and almost uniform in size for the greater part of its length. At the end that is placed in the mouth this cigar is made around a‘ piece of straw an inch and a half in length, which projects about a quarter of an inch clear of the to- bacco. When the cigar is made, a broom splint long enough to reach almost to the lighting end of the cigaris run through the straw and the cigar is made around that. The broom splint is cut long enough so that a quarter or half an inch of it projects clear of the straw mouthpiece. When the cigar is to be smoked, the broom splint is withdrawn. The opening through it where the splint was makes the cigar draw freely, and the section of straw at the slender end keeps the cigar open there. These cigars, made of strong, dark tobacco, are sold at retail fora cent each.— New York Sun. ——The Pittsburg Dispatch suggests that a book similar to the Wisconsin ‘‘doodle book’’ should be issued in this State. A *‘doodle’” book is a list of the Republican officials who have been permitted to bor- row funds from the the state treasury with- out interest charge for private use. But will the Dispatch please explain the neces- sity for the issue of such a book. There may be exceptions, but we think any list .of Republican state officials, past and pres- ent, would answer the purpose. —The Court—Why did you assault this man ? = The Prisoner—I’ll tell you how it is. You see, I’m a barber. “Well 277 “‘And this man sells pianos and breaks up my business.” ‘‘How’s that ?”’ ‘‘He gets people to be musicians, and then they give up getting their hair cut.”’ A Tonic. Mis. Green—Now, tell me truly, do you believe it is any benefit to punish chil- dren ? Mis, Berch—Certainly. You can’t im- agine how much better I feel after I’ve giv- en Tom and Mabel a good trouncing. Without Precedent. Twynn—There is something very odd about this invention of Bunting’s. Triplett— What is odd about it ? Twynn—He does not claim that it will revolutionize = the whole industrial world. . —~—Subseribe for the WATCHMAN. past. An illustration quite close to “home |- Historic Mexico. Mexico has a marvelous history. It was Whiskey. the seat of mighty empires for a thousand Price LIST years before Cortes landed at Vera Cruz. When the Indians came to America is un- OF THE known, but the evidence clearly indicates CELEBRATED they were here thousands of years before the Christian era. The Toltecs established | BAILEY PURE RYE. their empire at Tula, in Mexico, in the year 674, A. D., which continued until 1116. But prior to the Toltecs was a great and civilized people who had numerous cities and erected stupendous monuments. 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