ERS Beliefonte, Pa., November 30. 1900. + FARM NOTES. —A fruit grower who escapes the ravages of the white grub in his young strawberry patches states that just before setting out the plants he dips the roots in a solution 9 Ane to which Paris green has been ed. : —Windows plants that appear yellow or do not have a healthy appearance are over- matured or affected with insects. The pots should be examined in order to discover if the drainage is perfect. It is not necessary to have the earth wet, but simply moist, and to allow the earth to dry some will do no harm. The dust in the rooms will set- tle on the leaves of the plants, which makes it necessary to give each plant a thorough washing occasionally. —A cheap and effectual method of pre- venting the rotting of fence posts is said to be practiced by French farmers. The posts are piled in a tank and the whole thickly covered with quick lime, which is gradu- ally slacked with water. Another plan used in this country is to char the post to the depth of half an inch and then dip in coal tar, but the coal tar should be so used as to extend above the surface of the ground when the post is in place. While this may not prevent decay, yet it will prolong the period of durability of the post. —A good application of insect powder to the hens will make it plain to a good many people about this time of year why their hens don’t lay. But few of the hens are enough advanced in the moult to cause them to cease laying. If they are not lay- ing it is due to something else, and that something in all probability is lice. A dose of insect powder will tell the tale. The eggs will begin to appear a few days later and the owner will know that the in- sect powder was put just where it was needed . —Bees live but a short time, the average life of a worker being only 45 days, and to keep the hive supplied the queen is com- pelled to lay hundreds of eggs daily, as birds, spiders, storms and other causes thin out the number. It is best to prevent fre- quent swarming, so as: to have strong colonies, and this may be done by allowing plenty of room in the hive by adding sec- tions. During warm days in the winter. the bees may be tempted to come out, on which occasions they clean the hives of dead bees and perform any necessary work for their comfort. The hive should be sheltered, but the locality should not be too warm. —A fat animal contains the material within its body for creating warmth, the fat serving as fuel, the animal itself being a storage receptacle. If the food allowed is of a kind and quantity that will supply all the warmth necessary in cold weather there will be no loss of weight; but should the food be insufficient there will be drawn enough from the stored fat to supply that which may be lacking in the food. It is really a double loss to allow an animal to utilize the fat of its body for supplying animal heat as the farmer must regain every pound lost before he will secure an increase; hence no animal that has reached a certain weight should be allowed to fall off a single pound. Feed for heavier weight and hold on to all that has been gained. The same rule applies to milk production, as the cows require more food in severely cold weather than in warmer seasons a portion of the food going to the increase of warmth. Clean, warm and dry quarters will lessen the demand for food, as shelter protects against winds and storms. —The old ducks ave kept in robust health by abundant exercise, and by feeding largely of bran and shorts—very little corn after laying begins. Don’t feed quite all they will eat. One drake to five ducks, but the drakes must be good ones. We select the breeders from the long-bodied ducks, have no use for the dumpy ones. Never set the first dozen eggs laid by a dack. Gather the eggs early; keep in a warm, not hot, place, and never wash them. Now, don’t think this does not bear on the question. It does decidedly, for being careful in the above particulars insures strong ducklings, and strong young is half, or more, of the battle, ; Never give more than 12 eggs to a hen; 11 is better. As soon as ducks are dry we remove from the nest and cover with cloths sprinkled with coal oil. = Put off with the hen when from 15 to 24 hours old. in a good coop placed in a pen some 12x12 feet. Give warm water in a shallow dish, and after dusting the old hen with insect powder feed her whole corn. Place a dish of pounded charcoal and oue of sand in pen. When 36 hours old give a feed of bran and shorts with sharp sand mixed in, a handful of sand to a quart of mash. Mix a little softer than for hens. Keep water before them in a vessel they cannot get in- to, but deep enough to immerse their heads. Take the chill off the water for first week. ' Feed the same feed for two | days, giving about all they will clean up four times per day. After this, mix in| t cornmeal with shorts, omitting the bran and gradually increasing ‘the meal from’ one-third meal at first to all meal the eighth week. Mix sand in once per day inthe same proportion. Never omit this. If one has milk mix the mash with it. Let them out of the pen the third day, after the dew has dried, and after the second ! week never bother about their going to the pen, nor about showers. Before this don’t allow them to get wet. : We feed mash in V-shaped troughs, hav- ing enough room that they will not crowd each other, giving all they will eat after the eighth day, and always cleaning apy remaining food out of the tronghs. When | the ducks are through the pen can be moved, and what little they drop. outside while eating, the hens will pick up after the ducks leave. Keep these . feeding troughs in the shade, with water vessels right at hand. Quart cans are good, but half-gallon or gallon vessels are better. Rinse out the vessels at each filling, which will be very often. Feed as often as they come to the troughs ‘and have abundance of ‘shade for the ducks. Frait trees and bushes are finé for them. Have grass or green of some sort in their yards, for while they do not eat much green they enjoy picking among it and they catch lots of bugs, worms and flies in it. Fed as above they will not take more: exercise than is needed to keep in health, Unless bugs and worms are plenty it will be necessary to give fresh meat scraps twice each week, or give the meat and bone preparations’in their mash. The above routine is for pre- paring ducks for market in eight weeks. For breeders, layers or feathers, less feed and of a different sort wonld be necessary. Keep the ducks away from old wells or deep water holes, and keep dogs away from the ducks. Keep the ducks as quiet as possible. Put a liberal amount of fine charcoal in the mash once per week. FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN. Some women wish that they were men, But there are more, I must aver, Ne'er harbor such a thought—but then, They often wish their husbands were. Mary L. Oren has just been appointed manager of the South Florida Telegraph Company at the Plant system depot in Tampa. She is probably the only woman holding such a position in the world. One sees’ a large number of gowns cut. with what is called the French blouse-that is, a blouse that falls over the belt both back and front. It is considered as suit- able for formal gowns as for skirts, but it is a style too rarely becoming to be gen- erally fashionable. However, the long blouse effect on the front of gowns seems almost universal, and a clever dressmaker ie able to adapt it to all styles of figure. Much of its success is due to the new style of corset; it would be impossible properly to fit such a bodice over the old-style corset. Mrs. Mary Jackson, widow of the Con- federate General ‘‘Stonewall’’ Jackson, has been at the Church Home and Infirmary at Baltimore for more than a month under- going treatment for neuralgia, from which she had suffered greatly. An operation was performed three weeks ago, with com- plete success, and on Monday last the pa- tient had so far recovered as to be able to return to her home at Charlotte, N. C. The rain hat is of dark gray stiched felt. The brim is covered with rows of machine stitching. The soft crown has a black silk ribbon passed around it, and this vanishes from sight beneath a tall military pompon of cocks’ feathers. These shade from dark- est, changeable green to black. The eylin- der-shaped pompon is entirely new this season. It is placed to the left. It isso becoming that the rain hat will be worn on many a clear afternoon. Evening gowns just now show a. great tendency toward the Empire fashion. The wide belts finished at the back with a large buckle and two short stiff ends are certain- ly very smart on tall, slender figures. I also like the sleeves that just reach the elbow, where they are trimmed with a deep, full frill of lace or of the material of which the gown is made. They are a change after the long transparent mitten sleeves of which we have had so much of late. The most novel bolero has a Wattean pleat in the back. This style is not to be commended to the stout woman. The belted bolero, set into a band at the waist, also is fashionable and is decidedly smart in appearance. It is an entirely erroneous idea that a woman should give up everything for her children. A too unselfish mother makes selfish children. : A few years ago it was the fashion for boys large and small to wear their hair in a hang over the forehead, but this style is no longer in vogue. According to The Designer, little lads should have the hair cut in Russian style—that is to say, just long enough to rest on the edge of the col- lar in the back and at the sides and in a deep, smooth bang in front. This cut completely hides the ears and, while fash- ionable at present, is hardly becoming, al- though it goes well with the Russian blonse suits. The Russian cut is considered appropriate only for boys from 2 to 7 years of age. The girl who wears an up-to-date coif- fare wears a curl, not right in the middle of her forehead, but lying gracefully upon her snowy shoulder,as Janice Meredithwore hers. In fact, this ringlet is known as the Janice Meredith, though it doesn’t owe all of its popularity to that interesting heroine, Mary Mannering, who acts the part, hav- ing done much to make it coveted of women, In order to make it effective the curl must be long and loose, sausage order, and the hair must be knotted low on the neck to permit the ringlet to lie gracefully on the shoulder. : No gloves and many rings seem to be the fashion among some women at the theatre, says the New York Sun, but youn will notice if they are swell that the sleeves are ‘very long, extending well over the hand and quite transparent. Gold buckles, gold thread and gold braid promise to be used to a great extent as trimmings this winter. Gold threads are seen woven in many of the new materials, and in the fancy ribbons. Gold buckles are used in various sizes on. blouses, on hats and on gowns, while gold braid com- bined with other trimmings is used for under sleeves, fronts, ete. A little gold well introduced is very pretty and effec- tive, but one must always beware of over- doing it. Dimity collars and cravats are a feature of dress that nowadays refuse to be over- looked. «They play the all-important part of trimming or lighting up a dark or sub- | dued waist, and they do it in a really chic and charming little manner. Eh Fashion still clings to the low, flat, broad | ‘hats, To the many they are extremely he- coming and to the few—well, Fashion bows to the masses generally. The long skirt, too, is still holding sway without apparently any idea of a change. : The “granny’”’ muff promises to be most popular this season. It is created exclu- sively of black chiffon, wonderfully tucked, gathered and kilted, with broad ruffled ‘ends and a most delightful air of “ye olden times.” It is dressy and is so soft and dainty that it is sure to take the heart of the fashionable woman by storm, White and cream-colored cloth or flan- nel shirt waists adorned with brass but- ‘tons and gilt braid are the acme of style. an iT Gray mocha gloves, are by far the. most. popular and most stylish for general street wear. The under sleeve still continue its popu- larity; and on some women it is most be- coming. For those with very thin arms it is a delight, as both the bell upper sleeve and full under one are becoming to a thin arm. For elderly women who do not care to wear elbow sleeves, but wish something more elaborate than the plain sleeve, they are also useful. -—1nbscribe for the WATCHMAN. $1.00 at F. P. A Feast of Horses. Peculiar Festival Observed Every Year at New Moon in India. Do-se-ra, or the ‘‘Feast of Horses,” is a very old festival, writes Emma Brainerd Ryder in St. Nicholas. The Hindus say that once a time, long ago, the aged Rama went to war with the king of Ceylon, and was victorious becanse his army had better horses and bullocks than the king’s army, So yearly, at the time of a new moon, the Hindus worship the horses and bullocks. I bad never heard of the festival, and on the morning of Do-se-ra I was surprised to find my Arab pony, Raja, all trimmed with bright yellow flowers. He bad a wreath around his neck; long pendants of flowers hung about her ears; anklets of the same bright flowers were tied around his legs, just above the hoofs and again above the knees; aud tiny boguets were tied to the harness in many places. and on the reins, too. It was pretty, and I am sure Raja felt ‘‘dressed up,’’ for he was dignified and quiet all that day, and carried his head a little higher than usual. Sometimes he does frisky things; but we are not at all afraid of him, for he is intelligent, and if we say ‘‘Raja, Raja !’’ ina decided tone he seems to know that we wish him to be dig- nified. Raja means king, and we gave him that name because we think him the king of Arab ponies. At Do-se-ra, the bullocks, which are as much used here as horses, had their horns stained with bright colored paints, gener- ally a different color for each horn; and strings of little tassels of many different colors were tied from the tip of one horn to the tip of the other, or bright pieces of ribbons would be used instead of tassels. The white horses, of which there are very, very many here, and the white bul- locks, too, were painted, some in stars or in round dots. Others had the rising sun painted on both sides of their bodies in red and gold colors. Some horses bad only their tails and manes colored, while a few drivers painted the sides of the cart and the wheels also. After all this decorating was finished, the people made pujah to the animals, which meavs that they worshipped the horses and the bullocks. I could not find any one who would tell me if they wor- shiped the carts, too, but I think they did. After this is done, the people give each other presents, which should be of gold; but as the people are, most of them, too poor to give gold, they give the leaf of 3 Vgold plant, and that . answers very well. ‘When evening came, and the coachman who had trimmed Raja with the fresh flow- ers had not received ‘‘bakshish,’”’ he felt very much neglected, and sent word to me that it was the custom of the country to give the coachman a donation. I sent him a rupee, and made him quite happy. The Wonders of the World. It is estimated that the following are the 14 great wonders of the world. Those of the Old World were : 1. The Egyptian Pyramids, the base of the largest covering 11} acres, of ground. 2. The Mausoleum erected by Mausolus. King of Caria. 3. The Temple of Diana at Ephesus. 4. The walls and hanging gardens at Babylon, said to have been 87 feet thick and 60 miles long. : 5. The Colossus of Rhodes, a brazen statue of Apollo, 105 feet in height. 6. Statue of Jupiter Olympus at Athens, made of ivory and gold. 7. The Pharos of Ptolemy Philadelphus a light house 500 feet high on the island of Pharos, in Egypt. The wonders of the New World are : 1. The Art of Printing. 2. Gunpowder. 3. Optical Instruments, such as the Telescope and Microscope. 4. Steam Engine. 5. Labor-saving Machinery. 6. Electric Telegraph. 7. Photography. ——Perfectly healthy people have pure, rich blood. Hood’s Sarsaparilla purifies and enriches the blood and makes people. healthy. One Black Sheep in Every Family, One of the stories that the late Senator Palmer was fondest of telling had to do with an aged gentlewoman bearing the same name as himself, who lives some- where down on the Eastern Shore of Vir- : ginia, in the country where Senator Pal- mer’s grandfather was born. One of the Senator's Washington friends happened to meet the old lady down there, and asked her if she were not a kingwoman, of his. She did not know, but thought perhaps she might be. The gentleman was of Vir- ginin descent, was he not? And in the United State Senate? Yes, she was quite sure he was a kinsman. ~~ i ‘“Was he in the army ?’’ she asked. ; “Yes,” answered the Senator's friend, ‘*he was in the army, and a General.’’ The old lady was positive that he was a relative. Pe ‘‘But,”’ went on the friend, General in the Union army.” The old lady’s face fell, but she rallied. ‘“Well,’’ she said, ‘‘you know there’s a Black sheep in every family.” Washinglon ‘he was a ASTOUNDING DIsCOVERY.—From Coop- eraville, Mich., comes word a wonderful discovery of a pleasant tasting liquid that when used before retiring by any one troubled with a bad cough always ensures a good night's rest. “It will soon cure the cough too,”” writes Mrs. S. Himel- burger, *‘for three generations of our fam- ily have ‘used Dr. King’s New Discovery: for Consumption and never found it’s equal for Coughs and Colds.’’ It’s an unrivaled life-saver when used for desperate tang diseases. Guaranteed bottles 50c. and reen’s. Trial bottles free. Genesee Pure Food Cv., Le Roy, N. '¥.: ] Gentlemen :—Our family realize so much. from the use of GRAIN-O that I feel I must say a word ‘to induce others to use it. If people are interest- re of their chil | ed in Sheds isaihand the we A . ren they will use no othe verage, ave nse them al but GRAIN-O T To : : any, for the reason that it is solid grain. - oF ours for health, Ci Fi Myers: 1 Sd v Business Notice. — Castoria Bears the signature of Cas. H. Frercues. In use for more than thirty years, and The Kind You have Always Bought sessnntsatiinsaisnranens Baeeussesebinitrantttatasiaguatiesisrstatenray CHAS. H. FLETCHER. In Use For Over 30 Years, bought is money saved. KIND YOU HAVE ALWAYS BOUGH1 Castoria. i McCalmont & Co. | kg A 8 T.0xEB 1.A| ¢CALMONT & CO. ————— 0 eC AS T O.B.J.Al M eS A. 8 TT 0. .B.d.A A. 8 T.0 R.I.A ——HAVE THE—— C A. 8 T..0 RB.1 al cece Oireinie eibasloe sivukboiares rr ——— 0 REARS Pong { LARGEST FARM SUPPLY HOUSE } THE 0 DE ET pp 0 SIGNATURE CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA, OF — 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 can get repairs when needed, for he knows that the best machinery will wear out in time. Goods wel 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. There is no place oa McCALMONT & CO'S. BELLEFONTE, PA Rubber Tires. ccc A 8! T Qi IR UY HL Cc A 8: TP Oc: Rik C A 8S T Oo R I A Cc A ST Oo" RB. .1 A Cc A Ss T 'O R I A] earth where one can do better than at ccc A 8 T 0 R I A 43-37-1y The Centaur Co., New York City. , 44-19-3m Silverware. ¢1 847 ROGERS BROS" - DAINTY DESIGNS IN SPOONS, SUGAR SHELLS, BUTTE . KNIVES, Ete. : attractively put up in lined cases, can be easily “selected in “1847” goods—the brand that made “ROGERS” famous, Wares bearing the 1847" mark are particularly desirable for gifts, as the quality is so well known. Remember “1847.” ‘Take no substitute. Sold by leading dealers everywhere. Send to the makers for new Cata- logue No. 100 telling about ‘Silver Plate that RUBBER TIRES. _At the Carriage Shops of S. A. McQuis- tion & Co., the place to have your Car- fages and Buggies fitted with the cele- ral 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 aj plied 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 no* 3 Washington, D. C. und superior to Wears.” Finely illustrated. INTERNATIONAL SILVER CO., Successor to MERIDEN BRITANNIA CO., Meriden, Conn. Dr. Stites. Marvelous has been the success of this THE COOL WEATHER Has brought its usual crop of catarrh, grippe coughs, sore throats, etc., ete. :It means death to thousands, Eni da | For those disorders are but forerunners of desth-deall consumption. 1t is a new, scientific system of. medicine, the result of modern medical discoveries—a positive and absolute: aunihilator of ‘the deadly disease erm. § br fod { toi 3 2 1t has cured dangerous Throat and Lung Troub- ‘les, which the sufferers thought were proof against medicine. d ‘i It is the cold weather antidote. What it has done is a proof of what it will do—for you—if you'll let it. ; : EAR, NOSE, THROAT has written consent. For several years my icted" proved a AVA VAC 's treatment. i Co ese ents, Moshannon, Pa Hours: 9 a. m., fo 12. ; new. treatment for this terrible | disease is a life-boat of hope for those in despair. DR. 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CONSULTATION AND PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION FREE. 1to5p. mand 7to 8 p.m. 43-34-Iy 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, Sprinklers Etc. You will also fina | 44-34tf VITA TAT AT AV AY AY W ATER THE GRASS ! Water your lawn, And make it grow— Any old foo! will Tell you so. Bat you're up to date And on to the wrinkle, When Potter & Hoy Have sold you a “sprinkle.” SPRINKLERS and GARDEN HOSE 4 The best in the Land. —LAWN MOWERS, TOO— Fine, sharp, strong and Light. POTTER & HOY, BELLEFONTE, PA. Meat Markets. GET THE BEST MEATS. You save nothing by buyin tT, thin or gristly mente, Yuse Tae ies 2 LARGEST, FATTEST, CATTLE, “and supply my customers with the fresh- ‘est; chotoest, st blood and muscle mak- ing Steaks and Roasts, My prices are no higher than poorer meats are else- where. # I always have ——DRESSED POULTRY,— Game in season, and any kinds of good meats you want, Try My Sumor. P. L. BEEZER. "High Street, Bellefonte. JAVE IN ‘ "YOUR MEAT BILLS. There is no reason why you should use poor meat, or pay exorbitant Prices for tender, juicy steaks. Good meat is abundant here- abouts, because good cattle, sheep and calves are to be had. elie i WE BUY ONLY THE BEST . and we sell only that which is good We don't romise to give it away, but we will furnish you fooD MEAT, at ces that you have paid elsewhere for very poor. : GIVE US A TRIAL and see if you don’t save in the long run and have better Meats, Poultry and Game (in sea- gon) than have been furnished you. GETTIG & KREAMER, Bush House Block Berneronte, Pa. 44-18