Bellefonte, Pa., May 2, 1902 EE TS Seat. FARM NOTES. —Lelt to themselves trees are apt to over- bear in one season to such an extent that they must take the next year to recuperate. The man in charge of the orchard is usual- ly at fault if his orchard does not bear every season. If a tree is in unhealthy condition remedies should be applied, and if the tree does not produce enough wood proper fertilizers should be used. A good orchardist is a strong adherent of hard pruning, aud claims that fruit ought to be picked in baskets, instead of the old style of picking in bags, slung over the shoulders. : —Whitewashed walls have a faculty of rubbing off on one’s clothing, and to obvi- ate this we used calcimine last year with very gratifying results. The article is pre- pared as follows : Dissolve one pound of pulverized glue in hot water and add twen- ty pounds of paris white. Stir together well and add sufficient water to make it about the consistency of cream. It can be colored to suit the taste. Two parts of Prussian blue and one of Vandyke brown will make lilac; raw amber and a dash of black will make gray ; three parts of ver- million and a small amount of red lead pro- duces rose color; chrome yellow and a dash of Spanish. brown results in straw color. Other desirable combinations can be made. The calcimine should be put on with a wide brush and very rapidly. —An unusual amount of San Jose scale has been developed in private orchards in Pennsylvania this spring by Enos B. Engle special agent of the state department of ag- riculture, in his investigation of the narser- ies. Mr. Engle says that even if the de- partment succeeds in stamping out the scale in the nurseries it will have a hard fight to keep it in check in orchards and private yards. ? : He spent last week in Ohio in company with Professor George C. Butz, of State College, in making an examination of the results of the use of crude petroleum to pre- vent the spread of scale. Mr. Engle says that so far as they observed, where the petroleum was applied there is no doubt as to its efficacy. : He suggests that the best method of us- ing érude petroleum is to spray it with a very thin sprayerin limited quantities, not exceeding one pint to a tree. This is the cheapest and best remedy that has been found for scale, and is less expensive than whale oil soap, which is so extensively used by Pennsylvania farmers and fruit growers. —The unproductive pasture and meadow lands of New England are in no sense worn out and exhausted; they are not dead, nev- er to be revived again. Their returns are small, simply becanse they lack care and attention. Stir them up, get air through them, and then add some available plant food so plant life can get started; they will quickly change from their unproductive condition, giving satisfactory returns. All things considered, New England is one of the best hay-raising sections of the whole country. Much of these lands are giving good farm return with neither artifi- cial feeding nor care. Think what they would surely do were they handled in a business like way. The New Hampshire college farm is one of the most vivid ex- amples of what skill, science and care will do in the way of rescuing wornout lands. When the college was moved to Durham, the faim represented one of the most de- pleted and broken down farms in the whole New England district. But 12 tons of hay were cut that first year ; it required some time to produce enough forage for the small namber of animals kept. But what a change in a few brief years! The past sea- son finds every field on the old farm under cultivation, and newly seeded to grass, and two large barns filled with hay and corn to overflowing, and 80 head of cattle and horses supported, besides a large number of bogs. How was this done? By tillage, crop ‘rutation, manures and fertilizers. What was done for the improvement of that farm is possible for ever farmer in New England. The first step is tillage, and thorough till- age at that; chemicals and crop rotation will not show their full value unless good tillage is followed. Soil must be stirred up and filled with air. This practice will improve the physic- al condition of the soil ; and changes the unavailable, unassimilable plant food into available plant food. It loosens the soil, it puts life in the soil; it makes a comfortable home i.. ‘which the plant may grow. Then crop rotation adjusts the different plants to the environments of their food. Finally, chemicals supply the needed plant, food to get a good and vigorous growth from the beginning. We have found it advisable in bringing up the New Hampshire College to add sbe following chemicals just before sowing : Muriate of potash 150 pounds, ni- trate of soda 100, and acid phosphate 200 pounds per acre. This mixture was scat- tered broadcast, then harrowed in followed by the crop seed. : One favorabie season the yield was in- creased from less than a half ton of hay to the acre to more than three tons. An eight acre ‘field thiee years ago was treated in this manner by fall and spring seeding,and the following summer 22 tons of timothy clover hay were cut. The last summer a trifle less than 24 tons were harvested. Other fields were treated in a similar way. In every case the yield has been doubled and trebled by tillage and fertilization. Does it pay? Nothing pays better than when hay sells for $15 and $20 per ton. “The expenditure of $10 per acre for labor .and fertilizers will be returned in a single year, with a profit of as much as twice what was originally spent, and then for four or five years everything is profit, ex- «cept the cost of harvesting the crop.—4mer- ican Cultivator. Cecil Rhodes’ Simple Tastes. Though Cecil Rhodes was immensely rich he spent but little on himself. His ‘tastes were simple; his wants were few. When he was Prime Minister to Cape Col- ony he wore the worst hat in the assembly: whenever he came to London he was the despair of his friends, and often had to go into the presence even of royalty in clothes that would have cost a gardener his situa- tion. He had a fine house, but it was kept up for the entertainment of others. He was a somewhat heavy and coarse eater, ‘but in that he was like Bismatk and other men of huge brains and hig bodies aud good digestion. Chief owner of the greatest diamond mine and some of the greatest gold mines of the world, he never wore any jewelry whatever; he drove no grand equipages; he despised _and avoided all the outward signs of wealth. T. P. O’Canunor, in May Everybody's. Pemorvaif ain FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN. . It is a very simple matter to teach a serv- ant to wait on the table properly if one is only willing to take the requisite time and pains. Impress upon the maid that she must be careful in setting the table to have everything in its proper place, knives and forks straight and the centrepiece exactly | in the middle, not just a trifle askew as is often the case. If two servants are kept, of course it is a much easier matter to have the table properly served. But let those matrons by no means despair, who are only able to afford ‘‘a girl for general house- work.’” If the family is small and the oth- ‘er work not too heavy, one domestic, with a little assistance, from her mistress, may easily do all that is required and yet find time to pass the viands properly at dinner at any rate. To begin with, the glass, silver, etc., re- quired for the dinner table should be care- fully wiped and polished and taken to the dining room on a tray before dinner. Then the cloth is smoothly put on, care being taken to get it exactly straight. Next the embroidered or lace trimmed centrepiece is placed in the proper position and a glass or silver bow! of roses, daisies or other season- able flowers is put on the table to give it an artistic appearance. A well filled salt cellar and silver pepper pot should be plac- ed about half way between each of the four corners of the céntre piece and the edge of the table and a mustard pot at each of the two corners. Two tablespoons with the bowls in opposite directions, should be laid in the middle between the salt cellars ab the top and bottom of the table. Two large forks and a fish fork—if required— should be placed on the left hand side of the various places which are to be occupied at dinner; and on the right, one large knife or two if necessary,a fish knife, and a small knife and on the outside of the knives, a spoon for soup. Beyond this arrangentent, at the right hand the glasses should stand. In front of the space destined to be occu- pied by the plate, a small fork and spoon for dessert should appear. The handle of this spoon is often placed towards the right and that of the fork towards the left. At the head of the table, in addition to the things mentioned above, should be placed a soup ladle, the fish and meat carvers be- ing put on the table with the coumrse for which they are required. A table napkin should be placed for each person and it is hardly necessary to say a neatly cut piece of bread on the same side as the forks. : The inexperienced girl must be instract- 4 ed that everything should be handed with the left hand, and at the left hand side of the person who is being served. Before an- nounced she should see that everything she can possibly want during the meal is on the sideboard; for instance, the requisite num- ber of spoons and forks for the different dishes, and in addition to these a few spoons and forks, both large and small,and a knife or two, in case they should be need- ed, and also au ample supply of bread. As soon as the family are seated at din- ner, the cover from the soup-tureen should be removed, and the maid should be in at- tendance on the left of the master to take each plate of soup as he helps it, to the var- 17us persous at table. As soon as the soup is finished the plates should be removed, aud the tureen should be replaced as quick- ly as possible by the fish; if this is served from the table, the maid will proceed in juss the same way as for the soup, but if it isa ‘‘made-up’’ dish of fish, bot plates should be distributed round the table, and then the dish containing the fish handed to each person to help themselves. If the fish is followed by a roast, this, and the neces- sary plates, should he placed before the carver, and on this occasion the maid should start her round of the table with the vege- table dish in her right hand, so that the meat and vegetables may be served at the same time. She should pass all plates of soup, fish, meat, ete, on a'small tray. Be- fore the dessert is served, the crumbs should all be removed from the tablecloth, using for this purpose a crumb tray and scraper or small brush. The coffee should be served last in a course by itself. The maid should try and anticipate the requirements of those who are dining by offering bread, vegetables, etc., and filling up the glasses without being requested to do so. . 3 And above all have your waitress wear noiseless shoes. A relentless squeak,squeak as she passes the viands around to the wait- ing guests will utterly spoil the effect of tne finest service that was ever rendered. It is persistent attention to such apparently small and unimportant details that makes the perfect dinner party.—E. V. Marlow. The severely simple lines of the smart tailor built frock are those that are most correct for the pedestrian suit, which in its latest and best modifications this season clears the ground by an inch. The cloth mixture in tweeds or wool crashes are those which are finding the most favor for this particular style of suit with the women who aim to be juss a litle bit ahead of the pre- vailing modes. The Prince Henry with its well defined lines and exquisite fit is one of the nattiest of suits for walking. travel- ing or the thousand and one other purposes to which most women desire to put such a serviceable frock. The coat is a loose fit- ting, single breasted one, which is slightly longer in front than at the hack. In light brown and gray mixtures this snit will be smart for wear with the various striped madras. checked or plain linen and zephyr shirtings that are among the most popular patterns for the ever natty shirt waist this season. To make your light brilliant, rub the lay chimneys, after washing, with dry salt. : : At the first suspicion of ivy poisoning wash the skin in water in which common baking soda (saleratns) has been dissolved. Make ‘the solution strong, and ‘‘spav’’ it on, allowing the deposit of the white pow- der to remain on the skin. Apply frequent- ly for twenty four hours. The flimsy crushed appearance of the at- tenuated mermaid train is no longer the mode. Theskirt should have a crisp, out- standing effect all round the hem. Red blotches upon the eyelids and nose tell of bad circulation ; bathe the lids with lukewarm water twice a day, and rub the nasal region and cheeks gently with a good cream. Steam occasionally. For young girls the regulation man o’ war sailor sniws are still the very best for sum- mer wear. In white linen or chambrey they are quite ideal, with the fetching sery- ice strap (this might well refer to their wearing qualities) on the left arm, the eagle on the right and the anchor on the shield. These dresses are all complete even to the tie. Theskirts are as perfectly cut as the blouses, even to the modish flounce. 43-37 War Costs Over 21,000 Lives. British Casualties in South Africa are Mounting Up. ‘“The war office issued on Apfil 7th,” says the London Telegraph of the following day, ‘‘the appended statement showing the casualties resported from South Africa dur- ing March, and the total losses sustained hy the South African field forces since the beginning of the war. . With reference to the total casualties reported (92,435), and the total reduction of the military forces through the war in South Africa (26,934), it is pointed out that the difference be- tween those two figures is explained by the fact that the great majority of men invalid- ed home have recovered and rejoined for duty. Total reduction of the field force, South Africa, due to casualties : Reported during the month : “N.C. O's Officers. and Men Killed inaction....ceeu cevennnne 13 158 Died of wounds in South AIriCR...vecinicersssrincines 44 Died of disease in South Arion... sornsisnvssnniives 1 27 Accidental deaths in South Afra. ula. 1 27 Missing and prisoners......... 7 190 Sent home as invalids......... 105 2,442 Total. iceiiciecsisssonsresierse 138 3,245 Totals reported up to and including the month : Killed in action.........ceeeeet 502 5.114 Died of wouunds........... sevesin: 170 1,774 Prisoners: who have died in eaphivity.... .ovennreernteee. 5 97 Died of disease......cec veeenenn. 315 12,403 Accidental deaths............... 24 643 Total deaths in South ALrICA. iii virsieersres sean 1,020 20,031 Missing and prisoners (ex- cluding those who have been recovered or have died in captivity )........ 2 134 Sent home as invalids......... 2,937 68,311 92,435 Total South African field FOTO vets aisnss saunussess 3,959, 88,476 Total reduction of the military forces through war in South Africa Deaths in South Africa... 1,020 20,031 Missing and prisoners......... 2 130 Invalidssent home who have. ; Ried iciiiiinrssrarirainans 7 478 Invalids sent home who have left the service as unfit 5,262 26,934 The list does not include the wounded as such, they being included in the number who died from wounds and the invalids sent home. His Only Joy the Tomb. For nine years Jonathan Reed, sixty- nine years old, who is now dying, has virt- ually lived in his wife's tomb in the Ever- green cemetery, near New York City. De- votion to her memory has robbed the once powerful man of all his physical strength and his vitality, sapped by vears of bitter exposure, is ebbing away. He has always had a melancholy pleasure in sitting in the tomb by the side of his dead wife, and has found his only happiness there, for he does not believe he will meet her in arother world. Lately he has begun to wender if his materialistic creed is right or wrong, and if it is not possible that he shall see her once more in the spirit. Though he lives in the tomb the old man does not sleep there. He leaves the cemetery every night and goes to a little room in a house in Williamsburg. Early in the morning be creeps out of his bed and goes to the cemetery. ‘‘Good morning, Mary,” he always says to his wife when he enters the tomb, just as if her deaf ears could hear his voice through the thick walls of her metal coffin. Buy Your Harness at Home. Buy at home ; save money and see what you are getting. Don’t buy a cat.in a bag nor from pictures ; come and see the goods. Low prices on reliable Harness. We fit the harness to the horse. The habit of sending away for your har- pess wants is not justified, either in the advantage of prices or better quality. All we ask is that you compare our goods at the same prices, and let the man with the best goods and prices get your orders. We do not expect that you patronize us because we are neighbors and friends, but we would be glad to have you at least call in and give us a fair opportunity to convince you that it is to vour best interest to give us your harness business. We want your har- ness business, and if we can sell you better harness for less money we think we ought to have it. We are here to do business and, as we buy for cash, we can supply your harness wants for less money then any other con- cern in the county—big or small. Come in and let us figure with you on your wants. Its not assuming too mach to say, that having an experience of forty years in the business we are better gnalified to know | your wants and to manufacture what you want than youn are likely to find in seed stores or hardware stores. Is not the local harnessmaker entitled to all of your trade ? Youn never think, when your harness breaks or your collars need repairs, of taking them to feed stores or hardware men. Why not take care of the harnessmakerat home, who is obliged to do your repair work? Practice what you have taught—protect your local dealers. : SPECIAL OFFER. For the next 60 days we will close out all of our Robes, Blankets and Bells at cost to make room for the biggest line of heavy and light harness we have ever placed before the public. We carry a fine line of men’s working gloves and mittens. Every purchaser of $5 is entitled to a present of a useful piece of merchandise. . Thirty-two vears in business in Belle- fonte is a safe guarantee. We are here to stay. Respt. yours, JAMES SCHOFIELD, Pa. REVEALS A GREAT SECRET.—It is often asked how such startling cures, that puzzle the hest physicians, are effected by Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption. Here's the secret. It cuts ont the phlegm and germ-infected mucus, and lets the life giving oxygen enrich and vitalize the blood. It hieals the inflamed, cough-worn throat and lungs. Haid colds and stubborn coughs soon yield to Dr. Kiug’s New Discovery, the moss infallible remedy for all Throat and Lung diseases. Guaranteed bottles 50cts. and $1.00. Trial bottles free at Green's Pharmacy. { ——Subscribe for the WATCHMAN. = Ter WHAT THIN FoLKs NEED.—Is a greater power of digesting and assimilating food. For them Dr. King’s New Life Pills work wonders. They tone and regulate the digestive organs, gently expel all poisons from the system enrich the blood, improve appetite, make healthy flesh. Only 25cts. at Green's Pharmacy. Castoria. A'S TOR DicA c C AST OR I A C Clin BP QR TA c A 8:iT 0 RTA Cc A 8 UT O00 R FA cco 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— Experience against Experiment WHAT IS CASTORIA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Cas- tor Oil, Paregoric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neith- er Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotie substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhcea and Wind Colie. It re- lieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipa- tion and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and najural 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. Hh CENTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY. Plumbing etc. LOSS OF TIME A implements. and your work will go IS A LOSS OF MONEY. Why tinker and fool around wearing out your patience and wasting your time, trying to get your spring work done with broken or worn out Farm hands demand high wages, you can’t afford to waste their time, patching up and repairing old tools. to us and we will furnish you the FINEST IMPLEMENTS That wont pay. Come on smoothly and profitably. You will get more done in a day and you wont be loosing money by wasting your time. Then when you have good implements, dont forget that FRESH SEEDS AND GOOD PHOSPHATE 46-4-13 sant sams New Advertisements. Ene AND CLEANING Repairing of Ladies and Gents ' GARMENTS, PLUMES, ETC. Our work is done at *“The Paragon,’ one of the largest and best Dyeing Works in the State. It is prompt and guaranteed. Call on or address W. H. DERSTINE, Tailor, Crider’s Stone puilding, a. 46-41-1y Bellefonte, are the next thing needed. These we have also. Come in and see us and we will try to start you right in the farming business this spring. McCALMONT & CO. BELLEFONTE, PA. wm" ana AR IE, New Advertisements. CHICHESTER’S ENGLISH ENNYROYAL PILLS. Original and only genuine. Safe. Always re- liable. Ladies ask druggist for Chichester’'s Eng- lish in Red and Gold metallic boxes, sealed wit blue ribbon. Take no other, refuse dangerous substitutes and imitations. Buy of yonr druggist or send 4c in stamps for particulars, testimonials and “Relief for Ladies,” in letter, by return mail. 10,000 testimonials. Sold by all Jraggiss CHICHESTER CHEMICAL CO. 47-14-1y Madison Square, Phila., Pa. Mention this paper. PLUMBER a8 you chose your doctor—for ef- fectiveness of work rather than for lowness of price. 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., AELLEFONTE, PA. HE NEW EDISON PHONOGRAPH. We are Direct Agents Prices FroM $10 To $100. Genuine Edison Records $5.00 per’dozen or 50c. singly. Will deliver machines and instruct you how ‘to make your own records and operate machine. 10 years experience in phonograph business. Send for catalogue, J. H. WARD, 47-5 Pine Grove Mills, Pa. ss nmin Prospectus. 50 YEARS’ EXPERIENCE Pras : TRADE MARKS, DESIGNS, COPYRIGHTS, ETC. Anyone sending a sketch and description may quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an in- vention is probably patentable. Communications strictly confidential. free. Oldest agency for securing patents. Handbook on patents sent Patents taken through Munn & Co. receive special notice, without charge, in the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN A handsomely illustrated weekly. Largest circu- lation of any scientific journal. four months, $1. Sold by all newsdealers. Terms $3 a year; MUNN & CO., 361 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. Bgaven OFFICE, 625 F Sr., Wasuingron, D. C. cet Wall Papering and Painting. ECKENROTH THE OLD RELIABLE PAINTER ——AND —- . PAPER HANGER Wall Papers ever brought to this city. to examine my stock and prices before going elsewhere. First class mechanics to put the paper on tbe wall and apply the paint to the woodwork. All work guaranteed in every respect. 47-3 Our entire stock of Wall Paper, Window Shades and Picture Frame Mouldings. sale of Robert Graves Co., and M. H. Burges Sons & Co. Fine Florals and Tapestry effects. They are the Finest E. J. ECKENROTH, Bush Arcade, I have the exclusive It will pay you ‘BELLEFONTE, PA. ————————————— EE ———— I ———— Wall Papering and Painting. 70. THE PUBLIC: your patronage. Yours Crider’s Stone Building, 47-3 Just a few words to let you know that am still in business and better prepared than ever to serve you. at the old stand, with the same old methoas and fine workmen that have been so satis- Sactory 1o you in the past. Remember, that Robert H. Montgomery is the successor to Eckenroth & Mont gomery and is in business and solicits I will be found ROBERT H MONIGOMERY, BELLEFONTE, Pa. ; ; ROLLER FLOUR, FEED, CORN MEAL, Etc. ; Also Dealer in Grain. Manufactures and has on hand at all : times the following brands of high grade flour WHITE STAR, : OUR BEST. HIGH GRADE, VICTORY PATENT, 46-19-13 Pure Milk and Butter. URE MILK AND BUTTER THE YEAR ROUND FROM ROCK FARMS. The Pure Milk and Cream from the Rock Farms is delivered to customers in Bellefonte daily. Fresh Gilt Edge Butter is delivered three times a week. 31 You can make yearly contracts for milk, cream or butter by cailing on or address- ing J. HARRIS HOY, Manager, Office, No. 8 So. Allegheny St. Bellefonte, Pa. The fine Dairy Herd at Rock Farms is regularly inspected so that its product is absolutely pure and healthful. 43-45-1y Flour and Feed. : CET Y. WAGNER, BrocKERHOFF MiLrs, BELLEFONTE, PA. Manufacturer, and wholesaler and retailers of FANCY PATENT—formerly Phee- 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, Whole or Manufactured. All kinds of Grain bought at office. Exchanges Flour for Wheat. OFFICE and STORE, - Bellefonte. MILL, (ov rian Bishop Street, 'ROOPSBURG. Meat Markets. (ET THE BEST MEATS. You save nothing by buying, r, thin or gristly meats. I use Ide 2 LARGEST, FATTEST, CATTLE, and supply [og gustomery with the fresh- est, choicest, best blood and muscle mak- ing Steaks and Roasts. My prices are no higher than poorer meats are eise- where . . ’ always have ——DRESSED POULTRY,—— Guame in season, and any kinds of good meats you want. Try My Suor. P. L. BEEZER. 43-34-1y i High Street, Bellefonte. AVE IN YOUR MEAT BILLS. There is no reason why you should use poor meat, or pay exorbitant prices or tender, juicy steaks. Good meat is abuifdant here- abouts, because good cattle, sheep and calves are to be had. WE BUY ONLY THE BEST and we sell only that which is good We don’t Domise to give it away, but we will furnish you OD MEAT, at prices 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~ son) han have been furnished you. GETTIG & KREAMER, BELLEFONTE, PA. 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