FARM NOTES. —-When the weather becomes seyerely cold do not overlook the fact that to insert a cold bit in a horse’s mouth is torture. Iron and steel rapidly conduct heat, hence the sensation of cold when the metals are touched. Rubber bits are better, but should also be warmed before using. Thrust is a diseased condition of the tis- sues forming the cleft of the frog of the horses foot and is characterized by foul smelling, acrid discharge which macerates the horn and under-runs the sole in bad cases. The cause is standing in damp and filth. Remove the cause ; keep the horse on a perfectly dry, clean floor ; clean the space between the wings of ths frog by means of a knife-shaped stick, then pack dry calomel into the cavity and press oak- um in after it to retain it in place. Re- peat this treatment daily until well. All loose and diseased horn should be removed with a sharp knife before dressing as ad- vised. —Here is something that should be pre- served by every reader that owus cows, es- pecially, and good for other cattle also in fly time. The Country Gentleman gives ib from its veterinary editor, who says it is a cheap, reliable remedy he used on his cows for years, and found to be lasting in results, easily used aud such a comfort to the animals that they could stand and be milked in the field, if necessary. Pine tar, one pound ; lard, six pounds. Melt the lard and stir in the pine tar. Keep an old sponge in the pail, and smear a little on the back of the cow’s head, along the spine and on brisket twice a week, or when necessar. —About once in three months on the average every agricultural paper in the land publishes an article either as an edi- torial or from the pen of a correspondent upon the subject of the time to water horses. The facts are noironclad rule can be laid down as regards allowing a horse water. The best of all and one that will hit more cases than any other is to allow the horse to drink when he first wants to. I hold without fear of contradietion that no horse with a normal stomach and good digestion was ever injured in the. least by allowing him all the pure water of moderate tempert- ature that he wanted. It is those with ab- normal stomachs or weak digestion that re- quire care in watering. People, as a rale, are far too cautious in allowing horses to drink. ‘ ‘When a horse is dyspeptic, as a“ rale his stomach is fevered, and he will drink be- fore eating. “In that case certainly give him water. He needs it. If he will drink after eating, by all means let him have it. His individnal needs require it or he would not take it. Tf he wants it on the road in the middle of the forenoon or after. noon, by all means give it" to him, but if allowed to becomie extremely thirsty like a person your judgment must dictate. When noimal, he won't drink more than he needs, but extreme thirst nieans an abuor- mal condition, and it is only when abnor- mal conditions exist that man’s judgment should dictate. But man has no business trying to create an abnormal condition by saying his belief or whim is that your horse shall drink be- fore eating and not after, and when the brate is subject to such a man’s practice its digestion sooner or later becomes about as much warped as the owner's judgment. Common sense isa pretty good thing to use in such matters and is worth more by far than barrels: of theoretical reasoning. ‘A horse with a good digestion should be given water when he wants it, whether it be once’or six times daily, before or” after eating. When a horse with a weak diges- tion is to beoared for, his needs must be studied and he be fed and watered accord- ingly. POINTS OF A GooD SHEEP.-Lots of bone, large, strong joints and a flat rather than a pipestem leg are the things to insist upon. The belly and back line should both be straight, the back broad and the skin bright red, though dark and even lighter skinned rams are sometimes very vigorous. This is not the rule, however. ti Keep THE Corrs GROWING.—IE the pasture is not what it should be the colts should have feed of oats daily. A few bushels of oats fed to a well-bred yearling when the pasture gots old and the flies bad will be well invested. A great many horses are stunted their first winter, and a great many do vob get a chance to make it up their second summer—their first sum- mer away from their dame. Keep them growing—the buyer wants good-sized ones. Bors IN HoRrses.—There are many charges laid against bots, but it is doubt- ful if they everseally-merited any. of them. The bot is develo in the stomach of the horse from the egg of the gadfly, which is laid by the mature female somewhere on the skin where the horse can lick itself handily. The right side of the equine stomach is lined with a velvety appearing substances that secretes the gastric juice, and to the tougher lining of the left side the bots attach themselves after hatching out. They adhere to this tough lining by two small hooks, bus they are not provided with mouths and hence cannot eat. They are nourished by the absorption of digested food through their skin. That shows why there is no truth in the story that the stomach of the horse is some- times eaten through by bots. They can- not thus destroy the stomach, for they can not and do not eat. The bot adheres to the lining described through one season, till the following spring, when in the course of their growth the hooks let go and the bots are carried on down through the intestinal tract until they are voided. Their subsequent growth to the matured gadfly need not be detailed. Then the fe- male lays her eggs again, and the round goes on as before. No medicine that can be given the horse will kill the bots. Any- thing that can get through their skins will first destroy the stomach of the horse. So nothing can be done to get rid of bots, ‘and no fear need be entertained that they are going to do any great damage to the horse. Nature does not plan to destroy in such tremendous degree as would ensue if the bots could eat the lining of the horse’s stomach. They may interfere somewhat with digestion, if present in enormous pumbers, but in that way only, and the writer can say with all truth that he never knew any serioue case of equine illness due solely to hots.— The Horseman. ——Barber—‘‘What will you have on vonr face, witch-hazel or bay rum ?”’ Pat Ron—*‘Naither wan nor the other. Jist put en plain court plaster.”’—Judge. FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN. Burlap, the much-favored wall covering, has a formidable rival in fibre paper, quite recently. This is something that gives more depth than cartridge paper yet may be bad in softer, more attractive shades than the burlap. Possibly the increased vogue of the fibre paper is due to the fad for yellow as a wall covering. Green and red are being relegated to obscurity. In these two colors many desirable tints are to be had in burlaps but with their pass- ing and the advent of yellow the choice of color tones seems very meagre. Hence, the growing popularity of fibre paper in which a wide range of unexceptional effects may be obtained. This term tailor-made now includes everything, from the jauntiest short-skirred rainy-day suit to the most elaborate car- riage gown, eclipsed almost with its heavy velvet applique ornamentation. For the every-day tailor gown—the gown that bears the brunt of Winter services— the tailors are employing the many new materials that offer rough surfaces. Chief among them are the camel’s hair wools, the rougher qualities of cheviot, chenille cloth and zebeline. Hence, for instance, the really smart morning suit is. A heavy black flannel with pin lines of white very far apart. The skirt has a shaped flonnce from the knee, at foot with three graduated rows of fancy braid. The Eton jacket, is double-breasted, rounded in front, edges finished with braid, and fastened with oxydized buttons. The sleeves are large, stiffened straight fron the shoulders, slooping well into wrist, finished with three rows of fancy braid, and opened up the back to be fast- ened with silk buttons and cord loops. Be- neath this is to be worn a white crepe de chine blouse and patent leather belt. There is nothing between a coat to the knees and an Eton. If you want a jacket of the same length, as the conventional tailor jacket you have been wearing. The fashionable tailor will make you a plaited Norfolk jacket. Not a box-plaited one by any means. One with side plaits, about two inches wide, stitched perfectly flat, and canght bere and there with crows feet of black silk. Triple collars, or one circular one, and a turn-over collar of velvet finished in front with great full tie of liberty crepe, usually black. Around waistline vertical buttonholes worked heavily in floss, through which will be run a belt of ribbon velvet. The sleeves large, put into side plaits, and finished with turn-over cuff + of velvet. It is remarkable how many of the tailor gowns of this season boast basques. Bas- ques of all lengths and shapes. ; Sometimes they are tiny tabs, mere ‘‘af- terthoughts”’ it would seem, and yet they add an untakable air of smartness. Again they have the form of the long flowing basques that give the Louis coats their dis- tinctive featnre. An attractive tailor gown of heather green mixture beautifully illustrates the effecsiveness of the abbreviated tab bas- ques. The jacket is designed so as to give she effect of a short bolere of cloth opening over a waistcoat of darker green panne vel- vet waistcoat with stitched basque. In reality, though, it is an amalgamated affair that fastens simply at the front with crav- ed green bone buttons and is the ‘easiest thing in the world to slip off and on over the ubiquitous blonse. . The same tiny green bone buttons are repeated on the basques which are tiny af- faire made of overlapping tabs of stitched velvet. “Au the neck the jacket is cut away in the form of a Vand finished with three straps of the stitched velvet. The ends of the straps are cut rounded and are turned back to form revers. . These, too, are ornamented with tiny buttons. Small tabs of the stitched velvet serve as cuffs for the close-fitting sleeves. The skirt is made with a eircular back, not a severe back, for it has a ripple at the waist line that saves it from that stretched look that is so unpleasant. It boasts a flare of four yards and is ornamented around the bottom with bands of stitched velvet. The skirt question is one that the dress- maker seems to settle according to their individual tastes. Some openiy declare in favor of the ‘‘flat back skirt’’ and utterly ignore any other style. A rival firm, not a stone’s throw away, will consider only the single box- plait at the back quite as though no other skirt were worthy of recognition for the present. Quite a number of houses give their preference to the bell skirts with the inverted box-plait at the back. The one feature that the majority of skirts have is their width. They seldom veer away from the four yard, now standard ‘measure, and they still touch the ground all around and more of- ten sweep. ’ Ice Cream Croquettes.—A correspondent inquiries if ice cream croquettes are cooked. They are not. A white or yellow cream is frozen very hard then taken out with an ice eream scoop, which forms each portion into a pyramid. These are then rolled in almond meats that have been blanched, chopped fine and browned in the oven. The croquettes are usoally served with some sweet sauce being especially good. This is made of a capful of cream, whipped stiff, a half cupful powered sugar, one egg, white beaten stiff, and a teaspoonful of either vanila or almond extract, or, if pre- ferred, a tablespoonful of Maraschino or other strong flavored cordial. Have the sauce very cold and pour around the cro- quettes. . White lace is entirely abjured by any one with any pretensions to style this year. Ecrn and flax tones prevail even for adorn- ing white gowns. : i Fruit-trimmed hats are a novel and con- sistent autumn mode. Cherries, with their twigs interlaced to form a crown, and the fruit, blossom and foliage for trimming, are particularly swagger. The low style of wearing the hair grows in favor every day. ' To stop nose bleed, apply cold water or ice to the forehead and nose or ice to the hack of the neck or to the roof of the mouth. ; If this does not check the bleed- ing insert in the bleeding nostrils a plug of dry cotton or wet the cotton first in a strong solution of alum water. Raising the arms high above the head sometimes stops the bleeding. beim ——*0, Lucy, where did you get that lovely new hat?’’ asked Mrs. Fosdick of Mrs. Keekick. “Frank gave me the money to buy it. It’s my share out of a fortunate investment he make with a Mr. John Pott.’’—Detroi? Free Press. Nurse Arrested. Miss Toppan Accused of the Murder of Mrs. Gibbs— Family of Four Dead. Investigation of remarkable eircum- stances surrounding the deaths within one month of all the four members of the fam- ily of Alden P. Davis, of Cataumet, Mass., resulted in the arrest in Amhest, N. H,, Wednesday, of Miss Jane Toppan, a pro- fessional nurse, charged with murder. The specific accusation is the poixoning of Mrs. Mary Gibbs. The arrest may also lead to the clearing up of a singular series of fires in the Davis house before the deaths of the family. The woman’s apprehension was the im- mediate result of the finding of poison in the stomach of Mrs. Gibbs. The prisoner will be extradited and tak- en to New Bedford, Mass. The Davis family consisted of Mr. and Mrs. Alden P. Davis, who conducted a small summer hotel in Cataumes, and their two daughters, one the wife of Captain Irving Gibbs, of Cataumet, and the other the wife of Harry Gordon, cashier of the Equitable Life Insurance company’s office in Chicago. The first to die was Mrs. Davis, in Cam- bridge, Mass., early in July. She had been summoned to see a sick friend and was taken suddenly ill. Mrs. Gordon came on from Chicago to attend her mother and re- mained for the funeral, which took place in Catanmet. A day or two after the funeral Mrs. Gor- don was taken sick and died in two days. She was buried beside her mother. Mr. Davis was the next member of the family to succumb, about the middle of July. Then Mis. Gibbs was suddenly prostrated, and died two days after her father had passed away. Miss Toppan attended each member of the family during the last illness, and was present when each died. She and the Davis family had heen acquainted some years, and they had a high opinion of her ability as a nurse. The Massachusetts authorities intimate that poison was found in the stomachs of all four victims. Suspicion was not di- rected toward Miss Toppan until after the investigation had disclosed poison in Mrs. Gibbs’ stomach. Shortly before the death of Mrs. Davis the house was set on fire in: the night, and the family barely escaped alive. Miss Toppan was at that time staying at the place. There were several other smaller fires in the honse about that time, not one of which was ever satisfactorily explained. For Your Taffy Party. Peanut Sandwiches. Shell freshly roast: ed peanuts and pound very fine. To a cup of the nuts add three tablespoonfuls of mayonnaise pe LL well together, salt to taste and spread npou thin, slices of crustless ead ale oh slices of the saudwich firmly together. Chocolate Fuodge: . Boil together a’ cup each of grated chocolate, sugar and milk and a lump of butter the size of an egg. Watch closely to prevent scorching, and after boiling 20 minutes, when it should harden in water, remoye from fire, add one teaspoon vanila and, beat rapidly until gredmg, then pour into buttered tins to cool. Pratine—One pound light hrown. sugar, one-half cup of milk and a lamp of butter the size of an egg boiled together until it begins to form on the side of the kettle and hardens in water. Remove from fire and add one teaspoonful vanila, one and one-half cups of English walnuts or hickory huts chopped, heating briskly, and pour into buttered tins (before the’ mixture has time to harden in the kettle, which it will do unless handled very quickly. White Taffy. To two pounds of grann- lated sugar add one-half cap of water and a piece of butter the size of a walnut. Let these boil, without stirring, until brittle, then put in water. Pull when cool, adding vanila as you pull it.” When cold it will be sugary and will melt in the mouth. Peanut Brittle. One pound granulated sugar, one tablespoonful ‘of butter, three tablespoonfuls of water. Let pan get very hot: pour in the butter, then the sugar, then the water. Stir constantly until brown, add oue quart of peanuts and pour into pans. Very delicious. Breed of Cows Tells in Butter. Frank A. Converse, superintendent of the live stock of the Pan-American exposi- tion has announced the following results in breed tests in the Model dairy : Net profits in butter fat—Won by the Guernseys by a net profit of $4 66. Net profit in churned 'butter—Won by the Guernseys by a net profit of $5.86. Total solids—Won by the Holstein- Freisians by a net profit of $26.14. Total solids and gain in live weight— Won by the Holstein-Freisians by a net profit of $31.63. a. ASTOUNDING DiscovERY.—From Coop- ersville, Mich., comes word of a wonderful discovery of a pleasant tasting liquid that when used before retiring by any one troubled with a bad cough always insures a good night’s rest. ‘It’ will soon cure the cough too,”’ writes Mrs. 8. 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 lung dis- | Flour Mili Statistics. America Has One Mill to 5,000 People. Germany One to 7,500. The cry of too wany mills has been a familiar complaint in this country for al- most a generation, and we still hear it, though the number of estahlishments in operation has been decreasing for fully twenty years. Roughly speaking, we have, say, 16,000 mills for 80,000,000 peo- ple, or one mill to each 5,000) inhabitants. The showing is better than that, in reality, for the flour product of fully 74,000,000 hushels of wheat, enough to feed at least 15 000.000 people is exported. How is it abroad ? Great Britain has, according to a contributor to Miliing, 946 roller mills and 7,149 burr mills, so that with a population of 40,000,000 substan- tially the same ratio is preserved as in the United States, of one mill tq every 5,000 people. But most of the stone mills are practically not in use, we are told, and al- niost a fourth of the flour used is imported. If there are 3 000 mills all told in operation the average of the home trade ‘would be 10,000 sacks of 280 pounds per sack, or, say, 15,000 barrels. American production, for the mills actually operated, would not be so large. On the other hand, the proportion of home grown wheat to each mill would he two and one-half times as large here as in Great Britain. Bus for actual crowding of milis Ger- many has pre-eminence, excepting Hun- gary. With a population of something over 50,000,000,Germany has 40,000 mills, big and little, or one mill, say, to each, 1,500 people. There are 12,000 millers in the two German. National associations. And all these mills exist and the millers elhow each other in area less than that of Texas. No wonder the German miller feels desperate at times.—American Miller. A Needle’s Journey. After carrying a portion of a needle in his body for twenty-six years, George T. Hoopes, of Berwick. Friday had the tiny bit of steel removed from his lef arm. ‘When the needle first entered his body it ran in his right leg below the knee. At that time a portion of it’ was removed. Aft var- ious times since then he has been troubled with pains that he thought were caused by rheumatism, but which are now supposed to bave been caused by the needle. Castoria. ¢ C Cc Cc > bb nunnn HEHEHE ©0000 50 Wb Ped ed Pecd pf ped bb bbb cCccC The Kind You Have Always Bought has borne the signature ‘of Chas. H. Fletcher, and has been made under his personal supervision for over 30" years.’ Allow no one to deceive you in’ this.’ Counterfeits, [mitations and ‘‘Just-as-good™ are but Ex- periments, and endanger the health of Children— 35: GAN 0 (i Experience against, Experiment WIAT IS CASTORIA Castoria is a harmless substitute. for ;Cas- i tor Oil, Paregorie, Drops ‘and Soothing Syrups, Its Pleasant. It contains neith- i er:Opinm, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance, Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms ‘and allays Feverishness, It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colie.,: It re- lieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipa: tion and Flatuleney: It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach. and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children’s Panacea—-The Mother’s Friend. _ The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER. IN USE FOR OVER 30 YEARS. ue CENTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY. Pure Refined Paraffine, BE’ TIME * dinner time, Soy time is a ‘good time to use CORDOVA CANDLES They give a light that’s rich and bril- liant. No odor. si Many styles. Sold... everywhere. McCalmont & Co. FOR FAL ERTILIZER AND TIMOTHY SEED i on hand, at correspondingly low prices. ! The best GRAIN DRILLS you will find here too, all sizes, | with fertilizer attachments. i McCALMONT & CO’S CHAMPION AMMONIATED | BONE FERTILIZER | is a complete fertilizer and supplies the plant nourishment and stimulant so much needed in Centre county soil, for all crops. i the discount offered. Some men are governed by the price asked for an article and It is not the price but the actual analysis of the fertilizer which effects the crop. i Conservative men, don’t buy from strangers. ! thing they don’t know something about. Don’t believe they are getting something for nothing. Everything worth anything, has | a value and brings a fair price. 46-4-13 SOUTH CAROLINA ROCK PHOSPHATE, $12.00 per ton GOOD COUNTY TIMOTHY SEED, $2.60 per bushel. Ammoniated Fertilizers and Western Timothy Seed always Don’t buy any- Buy from responsible dealers with whom you are acquainted and in whom you have confidence. They will do better for you and you ean do better by them. McCALMONT & CO. . BELLEFONTE, PA. GREAT LUCK oF AN EpIiToR.—‘‘For two years all efforts to cure Eczema in the palms of my hands failed,” writes editor H. N. Lester, of Syracuse, Kan., ‘‘then I was wholly cured by Bucklen’s Arnica Salve.” It’s the world’s best for Erup- tions, and all skin diseases. Only 25c. at Green's. Harness Oil. JpUREES HARNESS OIL. A good looking horse and poor. looking harness is the worst kind of a combination ——EUREKA HARNESS OIL— not only makes the harness and the horse look better, but makes the leather soft and pliable, puts itin condition to last—twice as long as it ordinarily would. Sold everywhere in cans—all sizes. Made by STANDARD OIL CO. GIVE YOUR HORSE A CHANCE! 59-37-1y ose Jewelry. VW EDDING GIFTS — OF — STERLING SILVER. COMBINE BEAUTY, USEFULNESS AND DURABILITY, for these reasons nothing else is quite so fitting for the ocea- sion. Articles for every use in the best expression of taste. ren [ 0] pe . F.C. RICHARD'S SONS, 41-46 High St. BELLEFONTE PA Money to Loan. ONEY TO LOAN on good seourity Aira ii d houses for ren : eases. |, Guaranteed bottles 50c. and: $1.a6 a : and houses for rent. KEICHLINE, F. P, Green's, Trial bottles free. EnISTANDARDIOILADO, SUT oA sbLaw. Fall Painting and Repapering. i b § EE it CAE FS BRAEA LIAL HBR BE BATE ERE rs 4 THE FALL | ra DE ol . THE FALL bs ah I 4 “hall is fast approaching and no better season of the year is known 1g ep THE TIME. to the trade than this, for the most Satisfactory Results in House 4 THE TIME. p vy wy Decoration. nt TST ol do he 4 : If you are considering painting the outside or decorating the interior it can 5 g. 4 id ; enti e p—— i ¥i ia y bi ‘ i fit be done to better advantage now: than any-other time of the year. 3 ’ 4 And we are the people who can do it Best and Cheapest and most Artisticany’ 7 4 i teal ro gf 1 eH at 14 3h % ? : § + tf aL 3 for you. es FSi dail 4 Try us tH i i ECKENROTH & MONTGOMERY. : iq fal 1 THE FALL Rive i RYODITeLL al) THE FALL b Bi}. 69 BELLEFONTE, PA. : WC { THE TIME. ; TIM E. | Real Estate. Joux C. MiuLER. Pres. J. Tuomas Mircuern, Treas: BEsr ESTATE, LOAN AND TITLE COMPANY OF | CENTRE COUNTY EpMUND BLANCHARD. *"Sec'y. Real Estate and Conveyancing. Valuable Town and Country property for sale or rent. | Properties cared for and rents collected Loans Negotiated. Titles Examined, Certified Abstracts of Title furnished upon application. If youn have a Farm or Town property = or sale or rent’ place it in our hands. ou. wish to buy or rent a Farm or ouse consult as. If If you wish to borrow money call on us. Is your; title clear? It is to your inter esy to know. It is our's to assure you.’ r Office Room 3, Bush Arcade, BELLEFONTE, PA. 45-47-1y ‘Telephone connections Flour and Feed. \ : (URTIS Y. WAGNER, a Brocxeruorr Minis, Berueronte, Pa. ; : Manufacturer, and wholesaler and retailers of ROLLER FLOUR, : FEED, CORN MEAL, Ete: Also Dealer in Grain. Manufactures and has on hand at all ~ times the following brands of high grade * flour ra WHITE STAR, OUR BEST. = HIGH GRADE, VICTORY PATENT, FANCY PATENT—formerly Phe- ‘nix Mills high grade brand. The only place in the county where SPRAY, an extraordinary fine grade of Spring wheat Patent Flour can be obtained. : ALSO: INTERNATIONAL STOCK FOOD. | FEED OF ALL KINDS, 3 H | Whole or Manufactured. All kinds of Grain bought at office. Exchanges Flour for Wheat. OFFICE and STORE, Bellefonte. MILL, - 46-19-1y - Bishop’ Street, - ROOPSBURG. Meat Markets. GET THE BEST MEATS. 2 dues ms 1 You save nothing by buying, poor, thi BR emi Paola” 2 "LARGEST, FATTEST, CATTLE, ; and supply my customers with the fresh- oot, Shaliouh eat blood and naclo mak: ing Steaks and Roasts. My p! ‘are no higher than poorer.meats are eise- where. seviare rp On 0 always have cot. ——DRESSED POULTRY,—— Game ia eason, and any kinds of good "meats you wan! coc VAL pay'My Sor: ” gagity iL vp VL BERBER, © CY UUeE iene stl High Btreet, Bellefonte. | YOUR MEAT BILLS. = =~ ii There is no reason why you should ‘use: poor ; y ; itant prices _ de; “ fit a ment hh ADURGAnS Bere: “abouts, because good ‘cattle, sheep and" calves | aretobehad. || WE BUY ONLY THE BEST promise Bed fay Pt pa you D MFAT, at prices that you have paid elsewhere for very poor. i ay tax £ /andsee if you don'tsavein the long run and - > i Poultry and Game (in sea- Br at LM a . oil 208) Lan ® CETTIG § KREAMER, ush House Block ‘| Barre ~re, Pa. 4-18
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