1900.
FARM NOTES.
—When mixing fertilizers no injury will
occur if they are applied at once to thesoil.
Even lime may be added to manure if the
manure is spread immediately. It should
be the object to work all manure or fertili-
zer into the soil with the harrow. The
soil itself is an excellent absorbent of am-
monia, and especially when not too dry, for
which reason dry earth or muck may be
advantageously used as absorbents in the
manure heap.
—All weeds thrown on the manure heap
will remain to do further damage with their
seeds unless heated, hence they should be
placed in the centre of the heap, with fresh
horse manure and urine, so as to decompose
them. Such weeds as pursline are difficult
to destroy, and they throw out millions of
seeds. If decomposed with the manure
they go back to the land as valuable fertili-
zer, and are then desirable.
—Gapes is a disease that destroys large
numbers of chicks, and there is no certain
remedy therefor, though good results are
sometimes obtained by drawing the gape-
worms from the windpipe. Gapes usually
exist on old farms, where fowls have been
on the same ground year after year. It
rarely occurs on new ground. As a pre-
ventive plow the ground and broadcast air-
slacked lime freely once or twice in the
spring and summer.
—Gluten meal is that portion of the corn
left over after the starch has been removed,
and it is therefore a very nitrogenous food.
It should be fed in connection with other
articles. When middlings are used it is
best to mix such foods with cut hay that
has been sprinkled, as the unadulterated
middlings are liable to cause indigestion.
Bran and linseed meal form an excellent
combination at all seasons. Cows will al-
ways appreciate a variety, and it promotes
digestion.
—The cow’s stomach resembles a clock in
one particular—its machinery is arranged
to mark time; it is wound up to strike the
feeding hour, and it strikes that hour al-
most to the minute. If the feeding time is
changed for even an hour the yield of milk
will decline, and the flow of milk once low-
ered is very difficult of restoration. Regu-
larity in feeding and in milking is of the
highest importance with good cows; the bet-
ter the cows the more important. It makes
the difference between success and failure,
gain or loss. Select whatever hours are
most convenient, but when once selected
adhere to them rigidly.
—The practice of feeding equal parts of
cottonseed meal; bran and cornmeal by
weight is one in general use, but such foods
as linseed meal and cottonseed meal should
be regulated for animals that are unaccus-
tomed to such foods. Give each animal 4
ounces per day a week, and then increase
an ounce a day until as much as a pound is
allowed each cow. The cottonseed meal
must be free from husk and should be dis-
continued two months before each cow
calves. Linseed meal is somewhat laxative
in its effects, and the quantity should be
reduced if necessary. It isa better food
than cottonseed meal, being more whole-
some.
—Thegreat enemy of the grower of plums
is the curcullo. If the ravages of this dep-
redator can be prevented, or even lessened,
plums will become very profitable. One of
the remedies tested and suggested by a
grower is to dust the trees with air slacked
lime. This is done by attaching to a long
pole that will reach to the top of the tree a
fine sieve, fill it with fine, dry freshly
shaked lime. and dust it over the tree just
as the blossoms begin to fall, continuing
the process at intervals of ten days. About
six applications or after every rain, will be
sufficient, and it requires but a few min-
utes for each tree if proper arrangements
are made for doing the work. The lime
should he applied when the dew is on the
trees.
—1It is claimed that twenty pounds of
pork (live hog) can be made from one bu.
of corn, but no portion of the corn must be
wasted by lack of warm shelter or a variety
of other food. The possibilities with corn
depend on the condition of management.
Corn and milk will give greater gain than
can be obtained from corn without milk,
or from milk without corn, for the reason
that one kind of food supplies some element
that may be lacking in the other. Corn is
deficient in lime yet lime is essential in
producing bone. Milk and cut clover
(scalded) and bran contain lime, but are
not as fattening as corn. A combination of
foods cheapens the cost of corn and other
substances, because there is a greater gain
in the weight of the animal.
—There may he other grasses just as
beautiful for an early spring or late fall
lawn as blue grass, but I have not seen
them. The trouble with blue grass is that
it is no grass for the heated part of the year.
Taking all things into ,consideration one
would probably be more satisfied with a
grass that does not become dry and dead
during the summer. Nothing is more orna-
mental than a shapely arbor covered with
some leafy vine. For this purpose wild
grape is both hardy and of a beautiful shade
of green It will furnish an abundance of
shade. Woven wire fencing makes an ex-
cellent trellis for vines. The only draw-
back is that the wire becomes heated in the
sun and burns the vines. Unless the vines
are heavy enough to shade the wire, it is
not advisable to use the fencing. —Avoid
stiffness. Make circles and curves the rule.
Do not make a straight path where it is
possible to make a winding one. This may
not be considered sensible by this business
like age, but it adds beauty to a lawn.
—Do not feed musty hay to dairy cows,
nor, in fact, any kind of fodder that is
musty. Some believe that this mustiness
will not pass through into the milk, and it
may be so, but we are suspicious of the
truth of the assertion. It is a fact that there
is a difference in the flavor of butter made
on June grass and the butter made in the
winter when the cows are fed on dry hay.
If this difference in feed makes any differ-
ence in flavor, why may it not make a good
deal of difference if the feed be particularly
bad ?
Moldy feed is a bad thing to have around
in any case and should be thrown out. Us-
ing it as cow bedding is likely to make the
matter worse, for the whole stable will be
scented with it, and in the morning when
the milk is drawn it will certainly be taint-
ed and this taint will grow as the cream
ripens. It is not advisable to use this for
bedding and depend on airing the barn
enough in the morning to get the smell out.
This would be seldom done at all, and
when doue it would generally be done in a
very imperfect manner. The presence of
spoiled feed is very often the canse of poor
butter.
FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.
Woman’s hair is her chief care as well as
her crowning glory, nowadays, and the
following simple method by which she can
save her tresses and make them wavy will
be doubly welcome because coming from
one who had abundant experience along
just such lines and knows whereof she
writes.
A certain head of hair possessed by a
woman of uncertain (or only too certain)
age began to fall in combfuls every time
her tresses were brought well up on the
head, as the present mode demands. With
that becoming, wavy looseness in the hack,
this style was too successful to be lightly
given up, and, besides if the hair will not
bear combing high, something is radically
wrong, thus reasoned the woman. To get
at the root of the hair and trouble she fol-
lowed faithfully for a fortaight a treatment
which is simple and sensible. As a result
the hair not only ceased falling out, but
also hecame wavy and ‘‘alive’’ as well.
She used crude petroleum jelly, working
it into the scalp, not leaving it outside, to
prove worse than useless. Here is her
recipe for making this simple but sure
hair-fertilizer : Ask any physician
what is the best means of conveying
a food or medicine into the skin and he
will say lanolin ; therefore, to convey pe-
troleum to the rcots of the hair, mix if
with a like quantity of lanolin, put a little
on each finger tip, sit down comfortably to
this fertilizing process, and, if possible,
before beginning what is to be continued
once every day for two weeks, shampoo the
head. Having hair and scalp clean, begin
with the front hair, bend the annointed
fingers and begin a patient, gentle rubbing,
getting directly at the scalp, touching any
but the roots of the hair as little as may
be.
Follow the same rule for the back, be-
ginning with both sides of the crown and
then working up from the base or ‘‘scruff”’
of the neck. At first it will be impossible
to prevent the hair looking greasy, but |
brushing will help this, and for those who
object to the brush, the hair may be well
rubbed with a soft, fine cloth or large silk
handkerchief.
As soon as the hair stops coming out the
application may be discontinued, but a
gentle massage with all the fingers will be
found necessary to continue the good
work.
Much of the prejudice against hair
brushes arises from the fact that many
people, particularly where the hair is brit-
tle or scanty, have used them with bristles
that were far too stiff. Have two good
brushes kept thorgughly clean. If the hair
is worn “*pompadour,’’ part well back, turn
up, take a brush in each hand and stroke
upward, allowing the brash to surely cover
the exact middle of the head. Give fifty
firm strokes, the same number to each side
and the same number to the back, also
turned up, the long hair to be taken sep-
arately and well brushed out.
If there is the slightest inclination to un-
dulating growth, the hair will wave after a
few days ; for this treatment, even in the
case of that which is uncompromisingly
straight, if persevered in, will give fluffi-
ness and undulation, if not the actual wave.
Notwithstanding the prejudice before re-
ferred to, the continuous gentle brushing
strengthens the bair so that the lanolin-
and-petroleum massage will but seldom be
needed.
Miss Elizabeth G. Jordon, the new edi-
tor of Harper's Bazar’ began her literary
career as a reporter attached to the local
staff of a New York daily.
The high belt of black satin, or, if pre-
ferred, of hlack taffeta, is the inseparable
concomitant of the fancy eton, also of black
taffeta, which isa part of the summer ward-
robe now preparing for the young girls.
You will require three-quarters of a yard
of black satin, cut on the bias for such a
belt. It must be boned after a careful
fitting, and the folds draped carefully to
suit the lines of the figure. Six little jet
buttons are placed in the middle of the
belt which comes from under the arms,
and does not exist in the back.
The side-pleated skirt has given place in
popularity to the skirt with what is known
as pleated seams—that is, a series of
stitched pleats down each side of the seam.
The effect is also given in circular skirts
where a bunch of stitched pleats is put to-
gether at every 12 or 15 inches apart.
Both these skirts flare from the knees
down, and the bottom is usually finished
with a quilling on thin gowns and two or
three bands of stitched liberty satin or
pressed velvet on heavy fabrics.
One of the newest skirts has the front
gore plain, the top of the side gore fitting
and the lower three-quarters of the side
gore laid in tucks and stitched to the top
of the side gore by a small cloth band.
The tight-fitting top of the side gore is
often trimmed in some way.
For aslim woman the prettiest method
is a fitted piece of deep yellow lace cut in
points, these points reaching down on the
tucks.
With a stout woman the trimming may
be of pointed bands of half-inch wide taf-
feta or liberty satin. The tucks of the
side gore are stitched down nearly to the
bottom and the front seams are outlined
with either taffeta or lace.
Women are delighted over this skirt, and
find it one of the most agreeable styles for
spring.
Another skirt shows the front gore in a
contrasting material, while the sides and
backs are laid in groups of tucks.
Before the warm weather begins every
precaution which cleanliness and care can
give should be taken to remove all debris
not only from the precincts of the cellar
and kitchen, but from the yard and the vi-
cinity of the house. If the proper precau-
tions are observed even in the hottest
weather there will be little trouble from
flies. The fly is a useful scavenger, who
performs with absolute faithfulness his
thankless task of trying to save careless
and thoughtless people from the legitimate
effect of their own negligence.
Maple, ivy and bronze and yellow oak
leaves are used on Leghorn hats trimmed
with crepe lisse and wide velvet ribbon.
Not only is the foliage artistically inter-
mingled with the decorations on the hat,
but separate leaves are laid flat upon the
outside of the brii. around its entire cir-
cumference.
A great deal has been said and written
on the subject of machine stitching for
cloth gowns, but, although it is no longer
a novelty, it isstill used, and indeed is one
of the most popular trimmings of the sea-
son. Gowns of Venetian cloths, or even
of the smooth broadcloth, are trimmed
with machine stitching, done either in
black silk, or in white. The
white is more conspicuous, but at the same
time more effective, and is used much as
braid would be.
Lord Robert's army seems paralyzed by
lack of transports.
The City of Nome.
One Year Ago There Was Practically Nothing on
its Site.
The city of Nome itself might properly
be termed a model of production. Before
the end of June, 1899, there was practi-
cally nothing on its present site; in early
July it was still a place of tents, but by
the middle of September it had blossomed
out into a constructed town of three or
four thousand inhabitants, more than one
half of whom were properly housed in
well-built cabins, the lumber for which
was in part brought from a distance of
2000 miles, and none of it from le:s than 100
miles. Numerous stores and saloons had
arranged themselves on both sides of a
well-defined street which was here and
there centrally interrupted by building
transgressions, the familiar signs of danc-
ing and boxing bouts were displayed in
front of more than comfortably filled faro
aud roulette establishments, and in a gen-
eral way the site wore the aspect of riding
a boom swell.
And indeed there was plenty of activity,
for the final weeks of fine weather warned
of the impending wintry snows and blasts
and much had to be done individually to
Shisla one from these and other discom-
orts.
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——Farmers who have walnut trees on
their farms should hold on to them. Wal-
nut lumber is destined to be more valuable
than a coal mine in the near future.
Business Notice.
Castoria
Bears the signature of Cuas. H, Frrrcner.
In use for more than thirty years, and
The Kind You have Always Bought
IWhat Do the Children Drink?
Don’t give them tea or coffee. Have you tried
the new food drink called GRAIN-O? It is de-
licious and nourishing and takes the place of cof-
fee. The more GRAIN-O you give the children
the more health you distribute through their sys-
tems, GRAIN-O is made of pure grains, and
when properly prepared tastes like the choice
grades of coffee but costs about 14 as much. All
grocers sell it. 15c. and 23c. 44-50-1y
Castoria.
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43-37-1y The Centaur Co., New York City.
Pure Beer.
DEE
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, it is
the only kind of beer you should use.
MATTHEWS VOLK,
45-53-3m Proprietor Bellefonte Brewery.
Jewelry.
SS 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.
rin [Oi
F. C. RICHARD’S SONS,
41-46 High St. BELLEFONTE PA
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.
N OW IS THE TIME TO EXAMINE
YOUR ROOF.
During the Rough Weather that will be
experienced from now until Spring
you will have a chance to Examine
your Roof and see if it is in good
condition Ifyou need a new one
or an old one repaired I am equipped
to give you the best at reasonable
prices. The Celebrated Courtright
Tin Shingles and all kinds of tin and
iron roofing.
W. H. MILLER,
42-38 Allegheny St. BELLEFONTE, PA.
Wax Candles.
{HADOW
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
PURE GROCERIES........ :
ARE CONDUCIVE
GOOD HEALTH
ONLY THE PUREST AND FRESHEST
GOODS
are to be had at
SECHLER & CO’S
BELLEFONTE, PA.
Fine Coffees,
Fine Syrups,
Fine Confectianery,
Fine Canned Goods,
Fine Teas,
Fine Spices,
Fine Fruits,
Fine Cheese,
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.
BELLEFONTE, PA.
Sane?
Am,
farmer.
earth where one can do better than at
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The man who pays for what he gets wants the best his money will buy.
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—IN—
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.
Their prices are right and their guarantee is behind the goods, which means many a dollar to the
The more conservative farmer wants to see the goods before he buys, and buy where he can
get repairs when needed, for hc 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.
There is no place on
McCALMONT & CO’S.
BELLEFONTE, PA
Money to Loan.
and houses for rent.
#4-14-1yr*,
Vjosy TO LOAN on good security
J. M. KEICHLINE,
SUCCESS
are the thousands of people who have
had their eyes properly fitted by our
specialist. The eyes of the public have
been opened to the fact that the word
OPTICIAN means something different
than the ordinary man who sells|spec-
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
isat your command. Calland see him.
Consultation free.
FRANK GALBRAITH’S, JEWELER,
——BELLEFONTE, PA.
TUESDAY, MAY 1st, 1900,
H. E. HERMAN & CO.,
Consultation Free.
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Green’s Pharmacy.
X ou TAKE
NO CHANCES
—IN USING—
‘“‘CYDONINE”
for chapped hands, lips and face
and for use after shaving. It
Jog COSTS ONLY 15 CENTS
and our guarantee, “Your money
3 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.
GREEN’S PHARMACY,
Higa STREET,
BELLEFONTE, -
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At the Carriage Shops of 8. A. McQuis-
tion & Co., the place to have your Car-
riages and Buggies fitted with the cele-
brated
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 Applies with a steel band instead of
the old way with the wire which cut the
Rubber thereby loosening the tire and
allowing it to jump out of the channel.
We would be pleased to have you call ex-
amine 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
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Shoes Etc
Geo. T. Bush. A C HEVERLY.
THEY ARE HERE
FOR SPRING.
«THE....
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.
Trey are 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 $2.50 to $3.50 are the leaders
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POWERS SHOE CO.
Bush Arcade, BELLEFONTE, PA
P. S. Free Shines to our Customers, ~~ 43-48-6m
Insurance.
A SovErT
HEALTH
INSURANCE.
THE FIDELITY MUTUAL AID ASSO-
: CIATION
WILL PAY YOU
If disabled by an accident $30 to $100 per month
If you lose two limbs, $208 to $5,000,
If you lose your eye sight, $208 to $5,000,
If you lose one limb, $83 to $2,000,
If you 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
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 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.