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Bellefonte, Pa., April 6, 1900.
FARM NOTES.
—1I have estimated that there is manure
enough wasted in the average barnyard
every year to keep from one to three acres
of ground in fine fertility several years,and
farmers with whom I have talked agree
with me. This is not a matter of saving
labor, either, but is a great waste of labor.
The manure should go to the field as fast
as it is made. By this system it saves at
least one handling and does not waste by
evaporation or heating. The work is by
this method mostly done when there is no
rush of other work.
When the time comes that we can muster
courage to rebuild our stables, they will
be put all in a single line, with a feeding
floor adjacent, and the stable floor will be
of cement, having a gentle slope to a water
tight cart that can beebacked under the
floor. This is the only way to save all the
manure and do it at minimum cost. The
difficulty with us at present is that it isa
hardship to tear down and rebuild stables
that are as good as the old style calls for.
It would pay to do it, though' right away.
Let him who builds anew look into the
case, and he will discard the old stable
without hesitation. ‘‘As dirty asa barn-
yard.”’ The phrase is a very old one, but
it has never brought about any reforms.
The barnyard is as dirty as ever. Let us
make a new phrase, ‘‘As wasteful as a
barnyard,” and then maybe something
will be done, says J. Chamberlain in
Orange Judd Farmer.
—There seems to he no doubt that a
large proportion of the Kieffer pears that
are canned are sold under Bartlett label,
says The Rural New Yorker. Millions of
cans of Kieffers are annually sold, but who
ever saw this name on a label? Served in
the raw, Bartlett is a name to swear by,
while Kieffer is a name to swear at; yet,
when well preserved, Kieffer is the better
of the two. There is no good reason why
the Bartlett label should be used. It is
only a dishonest attempt to steal a free
ride to popular favor on an honest old
name. The scheme of the oleo men is
much the same. For centuries butter has
ranked justly as the best fat for human
consumption. It has a characteristic color
and appearance. The whole scheme of the
oleo men is to counterfeit this color and
appearance. No one can object when the
Kieffer canners or the oleo men put their
product out for just what itis, but both
producers and consumers have a right to
protest when they attempt to sneak into
market behind ‘‘Bartlett’’ or butter.
—When horses have their liberty, they
almost invariably turn their tails to the
wind in a storm or bad weather, says the
London Live Stock Journal, and they
usually select this position when resting
themselves under a hedge. This proves
that they are very like human beings in
that they only face a storm when they are
obliged to do so. Yet one frequently sees
teams of working horses left standing with
their heads to the wind while the plow-
men are eating their meals under the near-
est hedge. This is not want of heart, for
carters are generally much attached to their
horses, but rather want of thought. So
long as the horses are standing still with
the nose bags on that is considered suffi-
cient, but it is well to remind the men that
if their horses were left with the wind be-
hind them the feed and rest would be more
enjoyable to them.
—When the fall sown wheat is winter
killed or where the Hessian fly has been
troublesome, spring wheat may be sown,
says the American Cultivator. This crop
was once the favorite in many sections, but
has been abandoned to a large extent ex-
cepting in some northern localities, asin
Canada. There they still grow it in pref-
erence, and they obtain as good crops as
are usually grown from winter wheat. We
see no reason why seed obtained from the
north should not yield a good crop in New
York or Ohio on any land that would grow
winter wheat, and in a place where the fly
abounds. it would have to contend only
with so many of them as came on the field
from some field of fall sown wheat near by.
The winter wheat has to contend against
both the fall brood and the larger spring
brood which results from it.
—The thing which concerns fruit grow-
ers at present is why trees which bloom full
do not set a reasonable amount of fruit.
Ordinarily but a small proportion of the
blossoms set fruit, perhaps only one blos-
som in eight, yet such would be consid-
ered a good crop, for if all blossoms set
fruit it would be necessary to do consid-
erable thinning to prevent breaking down
of the trees. Some of the causes of trees
dropping their fruit are excessive vegeta-
tive vigor, unfavorable weather previous
to and during the blooming season and self-
sterility. Every observing fruit grower
has noticed that young trees generally set
little or no fruit the first few years, when
they are growing fast, though they may
have abundant blossoms. This is peculiar
to some varieties more than with others.
The Northern Spy apple may have this
propensity for ten years or more, but with
most varieties the dropping of the fruit
continues only two or three years, but
older trees will show the same result if
stimulated to a very vigorous growth.
Many fruit growers confuse this with self-
sterility, but the two result from wholly
different causes.
The weather has something to do with
the matter. The injury to fruit blossoms
from unfavorable weather may come while
they are yet in the bud or during the
blooming season. Many peach growers
have cut open peach buds after a hard win-
ter and noticed the blackened pistil in the
centre. Again, a late frost, when the flow-
ers are open, has ruined many bright pros-
pects. The winter or spring frost injury,
however, is not always apparent in the
blossom. The pistils of some flowers may
seem to be well developed, but may yet
be so weakened that they cannot produce
fruit. Protracte.! rains during the bloom-
ing season are also likely to seriously de-
crease the setting of fruit, and one author-
ity estimates that in California more fruit
is lost from cold rains than from all other
causes put together. There is no way of
avoiding this difficulty, but it is interest-
ing to know how it is caused. It is pre-
sumed that the rains prevent the pollen
from reaching the stigma because it be-
comes too wet to float in the air, and also
because bees and other insects which aid in
cross-pollination cannot then work among
the blossoms, but this is a very incidental
resulf, since most of the pollen is not then
yet out of the anthers.
A Plain Distinction.
“What's the difference between a fiddle
and ¢ violin?”
‘A fiddle is a violin when the man who
plays it has on a swallow-tail coat.”
FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.
Fruit continues to be a fad in the trim-
ming of hats. Gooseberries and currants
are seen on the spring hats, as well as grapes
cherries and blackberries. One realistic
milliner uptown has a hat in her show win-
dow which has blackberries with leaves,
fruit and blossoms all massed together.
The crinkled, high, spidery velvet bow,
so effectively worn last winter for evening,
has dwindled into a tight, compact, little
old-fashioned bow with two short prime
ends, and is usually made of velvet to
match the color of the dress or accessories.
It is worn at the side, just back of a light,
fluffy coiffure. The hair is pulled low at
the sides and over the temples, and its ar-
rangement is a mystery to the girl with
thin front locks, who finds it difficult to so
completely cover the sides of the forehead
and ears.
.
Now about the shoulder seams.
They were never so long, and the reason
of it is very apparent. The exceeding
small waist given by the pointed girdle re-
quires broad shoulders to make it more
lovely.
Isat behind a woman the other night and
the cut of the bodice she wore made me
fidgetty. I expected tosee the sleeves pull
out from the armholes every minute. Bat
it was really the uglinees of it that disturb-
ed me.
The armholes were cut away so far in the
back that the width of her shoulders look-
ed not more than ten inches. The sleeves
were pulled way across the back to meet
the armholes, and this jerked them into
the most uncomfortable line underneath the
arms.
Just think of any woman decreasing vol-
untarily the width of her shoulders !
The backs of the hodices to-day are not
cut out until they reach the very edge of
the arm and the shoulder seam runs
over the top of thearm. There the sleeve
fits into it without gathers and the armhole
is made exactly as small as thesleeves.
By all means a woman should avoid cut-
ting the armhole out the least bit under-
neath. The side seams must run up just
as high as is comfortable for the arms. In
truth, the armhole is the size of the arm
and no more. If the sleeve is put in at the
top with a suspicion of fulness, all right;
but the armhole itself must not be cut any
larger in consequence.
Another significant feature in fashions is
the trimming of skirts directly down the
middle of the front and usually nowhere
else. One of the loveliest models brought
here from France is a dark gray cheviot,
and the only trimming that the skirt bas is
a series of reversed tabs from hem to girdle.
By reversed I mean one tab is buttoned
on the right and one on the left. These
tabs are evidently simply stitched on and
fastened over with a button. The skirt
does not seem to have been cut in any way
to accommodate them. Another smart
trimming is to run three rows of flat braid
down the front, starting close together at
the waist, letting them flare at the knees
and each end with a little tab at the hem.
One thing women should Junderstand—
that there is much art in dressing the neck.
The long throat needs high collars, broad
ribbons and many folds, while the short
one should be dressed accordingly. A short
collar on a long neck takes away every par-
ticle of style from the owner’s appearance,
and a high one will give a touch which
transforms her.
Some mothers have a horror of their chil-
dren crying. Doctors in these days tell us
that this is a great mistake. Of course
there may he cases where it is not desirable
that a baby should ‘‘scream its insides out’’
as the nurses say, but there is no doubt
that a good healthy cry clears and strength-
ens the lungs, and often acts besides as a
safety-vent to the brain. Little babies
must cry if their lungsare to be developed;
indeed, I have known one very placid and
contented infant who, by the doctor’s or-
ders, bad to be made to cry at his evening
bath if he had not had one good roar in the
day. Babies know a great deal more than
we give them credit for, and one thing they
very soon learn is the meaning of ‘‘no.”’
The sooner they understand that ‘‘no’’ is
final, the happier for them, and the less
need there will be later of the terrible pro-
cess known as ‘‘breaking their spirits.”’
Poor little babies should not have their
spirits broken; but they should have them
carefully trained, and gentle firmness in
early days will do a great deal toward it.
Small bows of black velvet and little
fancy buckles put down in the front of the
waist, a little edge of black velvet around
the cuffs and collar, and a black velvet belt
add greatly to a red crepe de chine waist,
and looked equally well on the blue, and,
of course, the black edge keeps the cuffs
and collar from soiling.
A tie of black tulle is considered very
good on even a white waist, and it is this
fashion which has come into play for the
crepe waists, only that, instead of tulle or
net, black velvet is rather smarter.
Shirtwaists are as stylish as ever. The
cuffs are narrow, tight, the edges heavily
stitched and are worn with link cuff but-
tons. Black satin and crepe ribbons around
the neck, with the white muslin turnovers
at the top, will continue sylish for morning
wear. Straight unstarched collars of butch-
er’s linen and pique will be worn with
scarfs of crepe d’chine tied around them.
A girl of 19 is a young lady and wears
her hair accordingly—pompadour, and in a
small knot on top of her head, with a round
contour in the back given to it by combs.
The figure ‘8’? is not very stylish, and the
hair is worn either very low or very high.
The modern hat requires it very high for
comfort. :
Make a gray cloth with stitched bands of
the material, putting them on in the new
way; an inch wide, starting at the waist
and running toward the hem, cut there to
a sharp point, both edges heavily stitched
with gray silk thread. Make the centre
one run to the bottom of the skirt, then
graduate each one on each side until they
reach the back. Put a single box pleat
heavily stitched, down the middle of the
back.
Cut a French waist with these stitched,
pointed bands running from shoulder to
girdle, three in back and three on either
front. Make a narrow vest of ecru lace
over turquoise liberty satin and collar of
thesame. Heavily stitch the edges of the
front, make the sleeves plain, with astitch-
ed band running down from the shoulder
and wear a wide shaped girdle of the lace
over the blue.
——When a bride has been married about
three months she begins to write home for
the old clothes she thought she would nev-
er have occasion to use again.
Jell-0, the Dessert,
pleases all the family. Four flavors: Lemon;
Orange, Raspberry and Strawberry. At your
grocers. 10 cts. Try itto-day. 5p
Business Notice.
Castoria
Bears the signature of Cuas. H. FLETCHER.
In use for more than thirty years, and
The Kind You have Always Bought
Try Grain-0% Try Grain-0!
Ask your Grocer to-day to show you a package
of GRAIN-O, the new food drink that takes the
place of coffee. The children may drink it with-
out injury as well as the adult. All who try it
like it. GRAIN-O has that rich seal brown of
Mocha or Java, but it is made from pure grains,
and the most delicate stomach receives it with-
out distress. 14 the price of coftee- 15¢. and 25cts
per package. Sold by all grocers. 45-1
Castoria.
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43-37-1y The Centaur Co., New York City.
Pure Beer.
PEE
PURE VOLKS-BREW
EXPORT LAGER BEER.
The purest and most healthy drink you can
get. Home-made-guaranteed pure, and furnish
ed at the Bellefonte Brewery.
NO DRUGS,
NO DOCTORING.
It is absolutely Pure and because it is so, itis
the only kind of beer you should use.
MATTHEWS VOLK,
45-5-3m Proprietor Bellefonte Brewery.
Restaurant.
McCalmont & Co.
De YOU GET
HUNGRY ?
Of course you do. Every body
does. But every body does not
know that the place to satisfy that
hunger when in Bellefonte is at
Anderson’s Restaurant, opposite the
Bush House, where good, clean,
tasty meals can be had at all hours.
Oysters and Game in season.
DO YOU
PLAY POOL?
If you do, you will find excellent
Pool and Billard tables, in connec-
tion with the Restaurant.
DO YOU USE
BOTTLED BEER?
If you do, Anderson is the man to
supply you. He is the only licensed
wholesale dealer in the town, and
supplies only the best and purest
brands. Will fill orders from out of
town, promptly and carefully, either
by the keg or in bottles. Address
JOHN ANDERSON,
44-28-6m Bellefonte, Pa
Roofing.
Now IS THE TIME TO EXAMINE
YOUR ROOF.
During the Rough Weather that will be
experienced from now until Spring
vou 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 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.
Wax Candles.
NHADOW
AND
LIGHT
Blend most softly and play
most effectively over a fes-
tive scene when thrown by
waxen candles.
The light that heightens
beauty’s charm, that gives
the finished touch to the
drawing room or dining
room, is the mellow glow of
BANQUET WAX CANDLES,
Sold in all colors and
shades to harmonize with
any interior hangings or
decorations.
Manufactured by
STANDARD OIL CO.
For sale everywhere. 39-37-1y
Fine Groceries
Jewelry.
AJ EASONABLE SELLERS.
We have still many novel-
ties left from the Holiday
season and are ready with
numberless suggestions
for useful and
DECORATIVE ARTICLES IN
DIAMONDS, WATCHES,
FANCY CLOCKS, JEWELERY
SILVERWARE, ETC.
UMBRELLAS AND POCKET BOOKS.
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F. C. RICHARD’S SONS,
41-46 High St. BELLEFONTE PA
Plumbing etc.
Ceoosz
YOUR
PLUMBER
as you
chose your doctor—for ef-
fectiveness of work rather i
than for lowness of price. i
Judge of our ability as you
judged of his—by the work
already done.
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¢ i
PURE GROCERIES.........
ARE CONDUCIVE
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GOOD HEALTH
ONLY THE PUREST AND FRESHEST
GOODS
are to be had at
SECHLER & CO’S
BELLEFONTE, PA.
Fine Teas, Fine Coffees,
Fine Spices, Fine Syrups,
Fine Fruits, Fine Confectianery,
Fine Cheese, Fine Canned Goods,
Fine Syrups, Fine Eried Fruits,
Fine Ham, Fine Bacon,
Fine Olives, Fine Pickles,
Fine Sardines, Fine Oil,
Fine Ketchups,
Fine Lemons,
Fine Oranges,
Fine Bananas.
But all these can talk for themselves if you give
them a fair chance.
NEW FISH,
Bright Handsome New Mackeral, Ciscoes,)
New Caught Lake Fish, Herring,
White Fish, Lake Trout,
New Maple Sugar and Syrup,
Fine CannedSoups, Bouillion,
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.
42-1 BELLEFONTE, PA.
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CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.
Their prices are right and their guarantee is behind the goods, which means many a dollar to the
farmer. The more conservative farmer wants to see the goods before he buys, and buy where he cam
get repairs when needed, for he knows that the best machinery will wear out in time. Goods well
bought is money saved. Money saved is money earned. Buy from the largest house, biggest stock
lowest prices ; where the guarantee is as good as a bond ; where you can sell your corn, oats, wheat
hay and straw for cash, at the highest market prices, and get time on what you buy. All who know
the house know the high Standard of the goods, and what their guarantee means to them
SEE WHAT WE FURNISH :
LIME—For Plastering or for Land.
COAL—Both Anthracite and Bituminous.
WOOD—Cut to the Stove Length or in the Cord.
FARM IMPLEMENTS of Every Description.
FERTILIZER—The Best Grades.
PLASTER—Both Dark and Light.
PHOSPHATE—The Very Best.
SEEDS—Of all Kinds.
WAGONS, Buggies and Sleighs.
In fact anything the Farmer or Builder Needs.
The man who pays for what he gets wants the best his money will buy.
earth where one can do better than at
44-19-3m
Money to Loan.
There is no place om
McCALMONT & CO’S.
BELLEFONTE, PA
Rubber Tires.
M ONEY TO LOAN on good security fous IN BELLEFONTE.
and houses for rent.
J. M. KEICHLINE,
44-14-1yr*, Att’y at Law,
Herman & Co.
HE TRUE
SUCCESS
are the thousands of people who have
had their eyes properly fitted by our
specialist. The ones of the public have
been opened to the fact that the word
OPTICIAN means something different
than the ordinary man who sellsispec-
tacles. This is why our specialist is
more successful than the majority of
others. He is a graduate of one of the
largest optical institutes in the United
States. His knowledge and experience
is at your command. Call and see him.
Consultation free.
FRANK GALBRAITH’S, JEWELER,
——BELLEFONTE, PA.
TUESDAY, MAY 1st, 1900,
H. E. HERMAN & CO.,
Consultation Free. 44-19-1y
Flour and Feed.
PHENX MILLING CO.
tiner Manufacturers of......
SPRING AND WINTER WHEAT
FLOUR AND FEED.
BRANDS
SUPERLATIVE,
FANCY PATENT,
FINEST,
WHITE STAR.
We make a specialty of exchanging
Wheat and other grain with farmers.
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Grain stored free of charge, protected
against loss by fire.
PH@ENIX MILLING CO.
44-37-1y BELLEFONTE, Pa.
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softs.
for chapped hands, lips and face
and for use after shaving. It
COSTS ONLY 15 CENTS
and our guarantee, ‘‘Your money
if not satisfied,” goes with it. Try
AROMATIC TOOTH WASH
price 25c. has no superior at any
price. Give these articles a trial.
Full Line of
HOT WATER BOTTLES
from 85c. to $1.25.
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At the Carriage Shops of S. A. MeQuis-
tion & Co., the place to have your Car-
fiagesand Buggies fitted with the cele-
rate
MORGAN & WRIGHT
| SOLID RUBBER TIRES.
We have become so favorably impress-
ed with these tires and have such confi-
dence in them, that we have purchased
the necessary tools for fitting them to
wheels. We can fit them to your old
wheels or furnish new ones, as you may
desire, at a price
SAVING THE
TROUBLE, EXPENSE
and time if not more, of shipping them
away to have the work done. The tires
are a Died with a steel band instead of
the old way with the wire which cut the
Rubber thereby loosening the fire and
allowing it to jump out of the channel:
We would be pleased to have you call ex-
Shine and be convinced, that we have not
only
THE BEST TIRE
but also
THE BEST WAY
of fastening the same.
us prepared to do
ALL KINDS OF REPAIRING,
in our line of business with neatness and
dispatch. New Top Buggies on hand.
Home made and 2 second hand Top Bug-
gies, good onesat a low price.
Telephone No. 1393.
McQUISTION & CO.
North Thomas St. Bellefonte,
You will also find
44-34tf
Shoes Etc
Geo. T. Busu. A C HEVERLY.
rLHEY ARE HERE
FOR SPRING.
see E es,
WALKOVERS FOR THE MEN
Price $3.50
A $5.00 value in every pair.
Hundreds who have been waiting
on them are pleased. They have
the style. Come in any leather.
Thopare like wearing old shoes
or
—WE GET 1200 PAIRS OF THEM.—
Don’t be misled by others adver-
tising they have $3.00 shoes just as
good for they haven’t even 5.00
shoes that will be near as good.
For the Ladies
THE ‘‘SARACENS”
and the famous
“HERRICK”? SHOES,
from 82.50 to $3.50 are the leaders
POWERS SHOE CO.
Bush Arcade, BELLEFONTE, PA
P. 8. Free Shines to our Customers. 43484m
Insurance.
Accwerr ie
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, to $5,000,
If you lose your eye sight, $208 to $5,000,
If you lose one limb, $83 to $2,000,
If i 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 your income when you are sick
or disabled by accident.
Absolute protection at a cost of $1.00 to $2.25
r month. 3
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 of the solidity of
protection to its members.
For particulars address
J. L. M. SHETTERLEY,
Secretary and General Manager,
42-19-1-y. San Francisco,Cal,