Bellefonte, Pa., August 29, 1902 ET msn FARM NOTES. —Sow late peas and lettuce. —Spraying is still in order. —August sown rye makes good fall pas- ture. —It isa good time to lay drains and dig ditches. —Pinch back the new shoots of black- berries. —~Serape the rough bark from the young fruit trees. —Bordeaux mixture is the best remedy for late potato blight. —August is a first rate month to de- stroy bushes and briars of all kinds. —Cut all the seed bearing plants in the asparagus beds before the seed begins to fall. It is a good idea to cut timber and fenc- ing stuff in August. It dries out quickly and becomes bard. —Common brown paper is sometimes employed for blanching celery on a small scale by wrapping it around the plants three or four times,then fastening by mean of a string or rubber bands. This method, however, is tedious and does not produce a good grade of celery. —Many find themselves short of horse power and work young horses too hard. A young horse is usually a willing one. He has not learned how to save himself, and will under the excitement and urging necessary for his mate do more than he is really able to do without injury to himself Go easy with the youngsters. A little too much work or too big an effort may perma nently injure a three-year-old. and a four- year-old is usually no better fitted for bard work hecause of the changes in his mouth. It doesn’t pay to take any chances of ruin- ing a promising horse for the sake of a lit- tle extra work.— National Stockman. —Probably the most injurious insects to flowering plants are the aphids, or ‘‘green fly’? and ‘‘black fly’’, and the cut worm. The first suck the juices of plants, aud the latter eat the foliage and stems. Aphids are easily got rid of. Spraying with tobac co water made about the color of tea, or with kerosene emulsion, ten parts of water to one of emulsion, will soon kill the green ones, for the black ones make it a little stronger. Tobacco dust dug in the soil around the plants will destroy those at the roots. The dust may also be used on the plant itself, first wetting the leaves so that the tobacco dust. will stick. Potted plants may be dipped in the kerosene emulsion and water mixture. The cut worm is not so easily killed and the best way to keep the ground,elear of these destructive insects is to burn up all rubbish in the fall, and apply salt to the soil, spading it up just be fore frost. To destroy them at this time, the only effective thing is a poison. The following has been found very effective, the worms much preferring it to the vegetation around. Take twenty-five pounds of bran and one-fourth pound of Paris Green, and mix them together dry. Then wet the en- tire mass until it is a paste,and add a little sugar to sweeten it. Place a tablespoon- ful of it at the base of every plant. It is useless to search for the cut worms in day- time as their habit is to burrow in the ground near the plants and come out at night to feed. They will soon devastate an entire garden hed. When poisonous in- secticides cannot he used the standard rem- edy is Persian powder or Buhact, which al- though not poisonous to man or beast, is fatal to insects. It should he blown upon them by a powder gun as it kills by pene- trating their breathing pores or trachea. —Farmers cannot control the rainfall, but they can at least mitigate the effects of drought to a certain extent by the proper preparation aud cultivation of the soil. It is a well-known fact that when the soil is kept in a loose, fine, friable condition, it not only absorbs moisture from the atmos- phere, especially at night, but allows of the downward course of the water daring showers instead of a loss by flowing off. A loose,deep soil algo permits an upward ten dency of water hy capillary attraction, the loose soil thus storing moisture by greater power of absorption when rains are abun- dant. We, therefore, find, in time of se- vere drought, that the frequent use of the cultivator, even when the soil apparently does not require working, is very beneficial the green tinge of the growing corn giving evidence that the constant stirring of the soil enables the crop te derive a certain proportion of moisture that it would not otherwise obtain. The leaves of the plants give off moisture very rapidly. When we sprinkle a plant with water the moisture is not absorbed by the leaves,as many sap - pose, but it arrests, temporarily the rapid evaporation - that ooustantly takes place, which is greatest when the season is very warm. We may safely compare a growing plant to a pump, which brings the moist- ure from below and discharges it from the leaves. The moisture is collected by the roots, which spread in every direction, and the amount of moisture given off in a day by a plant, as corn,for instance,is very great. We cannot, of course, water a field of corn, but we can at least lessen the amount of water which it gives off. The warmer the soil the more active the plant in search of moisture. Among the agen- cies used for assisting to retain moisture is plaster, which absorbs moisture to a cer- tain degree from the atmosphere. Any ma terial that serves as a mulch will impart great benefit to a growing crop, not only by preventing the evaporation of moisture from the soil, but also keeping the earth cool. The only method known, however, for securing the largest proportion of mois- ture is, as stated, the deep, constant and thorough puiverization of the soil. There is another fact to be considered. Weeds and grass also give off moisture, and every weed that grows by the side of a plant in- tended for cropping deprives the desired plans of moisture. Sometimes the weed or blade of grass requires more moisture than the plant, aud flourishes, while the plant dies. Clean cultivation,therefore, prevents the robbery of the plant of moisture by de- stroying weeds and grass. As two plants of the same kind growing together are ri- vals, the one struggling against the other for supremacy in procuring food and mois- ture, we should be cautious not to have too many plants to the hill. When dan- ger ocours during drought, as happens near ly every summer, the rules should be to thin out every plant that can he spared in order that the stronger and more thrifty may have better opportunities to mature. A clean surface and deep tillage will ften save a crop that otherwise might be lost during a dry season. ——— lp e— ——Subseribe for the WATCHMAN. FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN. The world is bard on women. If is not sufficient for her to be estimable, she must be esteemed ; it is not enough for her to be beautiful, she must be amiable. Her hap- piness and chances in life will depend more on her reputation than on her conduct. ‘‘Sunbursts’’ of pure white or golden yellow are embroidered on the front of a smart blouse of mignonette green linen. There is a box pleat down the middle of the front, and this shows three sunbursts, spaced beneath one another. There are two on each side of the box pleat, arranged as a yoke. The collarband shows three in a row. There is one on each wristband. The sunbursts start with a small hoop or ring, which is crocheted until covered with white embroidery silk, or it may simply be but- tonholed over and over. Then the ring is basted in place and the needle woman be- gins to take her long stitches, radiating from the ring like rays of sunlight, The embroidery must be accurately done, and the rays should be worked to look approxi- mately even. The sunbursts may be em- broidered separately on wristbands, collar- band and central box pleat. The embroid- ery on the yoke, each side of the box pleat, must be done directly on the finished blouse fronts. Fall fashions indicate that flared flounc- es will advance in favor as well asin num- ber. Tucking will figure in heavy cloths as it has in chiffons. Stunning Norfolk suits in heavy black and white checks are among the new walking suits. Cream ap- pliques are still to figure on black lace. Black braiding on white cloth trims dark cloth costumes effectively. Pendant ef- fects are to be a part of handsome braid trimmings. A number of straw hats are being sold for fall wear, but it takes a very stylish woman to carry one off after the snow flakes. Pleated skirts in the differ- ent styles are being made up. Velvet strap pings will adorn some of the less severe tailor costumes. The blue and green fad is likely to break out again ia the shape of Scotch plaids. How about your duck and linen suits? Have you enough to carry you through the summer? If you haven’t make a duck suit like this : Have the skirt cut to flare, fin- ish the bottom with some Cluny insertion, an inch and a half wide,set in between two bias folds of duck embroidered with black dots the size of a dime. . Have a blouse with a wide and rather full sailor collar with a row of Cluny inset between embroidered folds of duck and slash the sleeves from the insertion of Clu- ny, bordering the slashed places with folds embroidered in black. If you cannot get the embroidered duck get duck that is pol- ka dotted in black and use it for a trim- ming, or, if you prefer, black duck polka dotted with white. A white linen or duck hat should be worn with a dress of this kind, or you may wear a straight-brimmed old-fashioned sailor draped with a long veil of black chiffon embroidered with white. Nearly all of the late summer gowns show the new yoke effect in the skirt. This gives a decided smart appearance to the gown. These yokes will be much used in all fall dresses. Especially itis suited to the crepe de chine voile and soft, cling- ing materials, that will be so much the vogue. Yokes are becoming to the stout person, and when shirred or elahorately tucked gives a far better figure to the very thin woman. Many of these yokes are made of lace. These have applique on them. Others are ornamented with rows of insertion. A munch better effect is gained by having the yoke cuf deeper in front aud very much narrow er in the back. A figured foulard siik is very pretty made with strips of plain taffeta set in the yoke and bodice. A much better effect is produced this way than if the foulard alone be used. A little olive or cocoanut oil is useful in promoting the growth of the eyebrows and eyelashes. As to the eyes themselves they need a daily bath in warm water; once a week a weak solution of salt water is used for washing the eyes. : In getting ready for college the girl has to begin early, in order to get her thousand and one belongings in readiness for trans- portation. All of the chief things, the clothes; hats, shoes and class hooks, do not,indeed,allow themselves to be forgotten, but there are dozens of lesser things upon which the col- lege girl’s happiness will, to a large extent depend. [iinas Every girl going to college is determin: ed, like her brother, to make a record in athletics, and so must think about the tog- gery she muss get together in order to do this. There is, first of all, the ‘‘gym’’ suis, with its bloomers and skirted blouse of light weight flannel in the color prescribed by her college, but this is not required for gymnasium only, hut for all games on the campus and the river. : : Basketball is played bareheaded, but a Rough Rider hat is a good fall hat for golf and general utility,and a visor cap is jaun- ty also. ‘A red waist and short skirt are es- sentials of the outfit, and a Norfolk jacket in some stylish gray or brown cloth, willbe found a great standby. 1 Though, of course, a girl wishes to take some pretty gowns for evening wear, when invited out to the homes of her college mates, or to attend the many entertain- ments given in the course of the year by the various Greek letter fraternities, or “frats’’ as they are called in college lin- go, it is considered bad taste to dress very expensively while a student, and valuable ornaments and jewelry are left at home. Laced shoes with broad soles and com- mon sense heels are the only sort fit for outdoor sports, and a corded underwaist, instead of a corset, is best for exercising in. : Some very useful things which the girl, who is preparing for her first year at col- lege should not forget, are a hot water bag, of rubber, and a flannel one, in which to enclose it. This is invaluable in attacks of neuralgia or a chill, and ought to go in every outfit. Besides this, there are lots of other bags to he counted in—a laundry bag, a linen one lined with oiled silk for the sponges one for a duster and a ball of cord and one called a ‘‘comfort bag containing a little of everything. But the dearest fad with the college girl is her room, each trying to outdo the oth- ers in individuality, though there is not as much difference in them, to an outsider’s eye, than their owners,seek to make. Each girl can, though, give her own touch to her room with her cherighed photographs, poss- ers, pillows and dressing table silvei—but the craze for innumerable pieces is on the wane. Galvanized iron pails for drinking water should not be used. The zinc coating is rapidly acted upon by the water, forming a poisonous oxide of zine. Illiterates of the Civilized World. It appears that in education the three Slav countries, Roumania, Servia and Rus- sia, are the least civilized. In these coun- tries the number of those who cannot read or write is in the percentage of 80 for every hundred of population. Among the Latin races, Spain has the least enviable record, namely, 65 for every hundred, next comes Italy, with 48 to 100. In Hungary, the proportion is 43 to 100. In Austria, 39,in Ireland 21, in Holland 10 and in England, 8. The white population of the United States counts 8 to 100 and Scotland 7. The countries purely German show a remark- able reduction in the number of the illiter- ate, the German empire having but one il- literate to every 100 of population. In Ba- varia,and above all,in Baden and Wurtem- berg, there are scarcely any. In Scandina- via, homo ignorants is a species that has en tirely disappeared. Opium Curse In China. The statement that a German firm has of- fered the Chinese government $15,000,000 annually for the exclusive ights tosell opium throughout the empire is significant for the evidence it affords of the hold which the opium curse has upon the Chinese people. 1t is quite as consistent for the Germaus to gecure a monopoly of this miserable stuff in the future as it was for the English to force it upon China in the first place,butin neither case is the transaction creditable to a professedly Christian nation. The use of $15,000,000 worth of opium per year will go far toward offsetting all the good that all the missionary forces of other nations can do in China, and the fact that a traffic in the drug of such dimensions can be car- ried on successfully, is not a hopeful au- gury for the future of the Celestial Empire. Her Prayer. Representative Lamb, of Virginia, tells a good story about a little girl who lives in Petersburg and is just fourand a half years old. She kneels every night at her moth- er’s knee and after reciting the Lord’s Prayer silently adds a little prayer of her own. One night, her mother, rather curi- ous’ asked her daughter what she had told the Lord. ‘‘Mamma,’’ said the youngster ‘IT asked the Lord to please remove that mole on your face, but,”’ added the little one, ‘‘I also told the Lord that I thought the mole had come to stay.’ A Precocious Diplomatist. Boy--Oh, mamma, I upset the salt cel- lar over my clean clothes. Mamma—That was careless. Go and brush the salt off, and see you don’t soil the clothes. ‘‘But, mamma, when anyone spills salt they have a quarrel, don’t they ?' ‘So they say.”’ ‘Well, then, if they don’t spill the salt they don’t have a quarrel. Isn’t that 802?" Yes, that is so. But why do you ask?” ‘‘Well, because, mamma, it wasn’t the salt I spilt; it was the ink.” Small Nail Saves Brakemamn’s Life Seized with vertigo while standing on a box car in the middie of a train that was running at high speed, Charles Mahar, a Pennsylvania Railroad brakeman, of Reno- va, swooned and fell, rolling to the edge of the car roof. Just as he seemed to fall to an awful death, his clothing caught on a projecting nail and held him until his predicament was discovered by the firemen, who epied the unfortunate fellow dangling by the side of the car, and assisted him to safety. Death List Increasing Five bodies were found in the ruins of the Jessup & Moore Paper Co’s. digesting rooms at Wilmington, Del., Friday bringing the number of known dead up to 16. The bodies found were those of Wm. Ruth, E. N. Mousley, Bernard Sween- ey, Wm. Scott and Joseph Henry. Joel Hutton, who was a fireman in the digest- ing room, and was in the building when the explosion occurred, is the only employe now missing. The injured in the hospital will recover. Fell 1,200 Feet and Lives. At the Homer fair at Danville, Ill., Fri- day afternoon, 12,000 people saw the aero- ‘naut L. W. Sartell, of Fairwell, Mich., fall 1,200 feet. When he cut loose from his feet were driven into the earth six inches, and there was a compound fracture of both legs. He may recover. Sartell’s wife was killed two months ago hy a fall from a bal loon near Cairo, Ili.,the parachute refusing to open. Opinions Differ. ‘Men are like wagons,’’ remarked the man who dispenses aphorisms. ‘‘They make the most noise when empty.’’ ys Your trolley is off the wire,”’ rejoined the contrary person. ‘‘A man ‘makes the most noise when he’s full.”’—Chicago News. New Skin on His Leg Necessary. Roy DeHass, who had the flesh of his leg badly torn some time ago by being run ov- er by a car on the branch road of the brick works at Beech Creek, was brought to the Lock Haven hospital Friday. A skin grafting operation, it is believed, will be necessary. : Tron St. Helena. bse, St. Helena is a great place for caves and hills, Geographically speaking,the island is largely if not wholly volcanic, and a lot of extinct craters are apparent. Some of the pinnacles have queer names, such as Lot’s Wife, the Man and Horse, the Asses’ Ears and Holdfast Tom. ——1In August we get after the borers in the orchard. We find them by the wood dust around the stem of the tree. We go after them with a sharp knife and a small wire, If we do not get the job done in Au gust, we do it in September, says the Farm Journal. As Explained, Customer—Have you any tramp cider ? Grocer —Tramp cider! Customer—Yes. Cider that has never worked, you know.—Chicaz o News. Mistake in the Program. ‘She married him to reform him.?”’ ‘“‘And what was the result ?”’ “She wishes she had reformed him to marry him.—Chicago Post. balloon his parachute failed to open. His Read—Read Carefully. We sell harness to every part of the county, and over a large part of the State. Why should you run around looking for cheap goods when you can buy first class goods almost as cheap from us? We guarantee all goods and price, and have at the present a very large assortment of light, single and double harness—at AWAY DOWN PRICES. Don’t fail to see this line of goods. We have also placed in stock a big line of shoe findings, sole leath- er inside and cut in strips. We carry a big line of men’s working gloves and mit- tens at all prices. We are employing four first class work- men and your orders by mail will have our prompt attention. When you come in to see the show be sure that you see it all—as you will miss a good thing if you fail to examine our line of dusters, nets and horse sheets. Respt. yours, JAS. SCHOFIELD. An Ostrich to Race Fair. The Big Bird Will be Only One of Several Prominent Attractions. at Lycoming The Lycoming fair this year, which will be held on Sept. 20d, 3rd, 4th, and 5th, promises to be one of the best ever held in the city since the organization of the asso- ciation. Arrangements are about com- pleted, and the line of entertainment will will be an especially interesting one. As for horse racing, there will be something decidedly fast. The association offers $4,- 800 in purses, which will attract the fast horses traveling on the Lake Erie and the other circuits. In view of the fact that the local fair will follow the Punxsu- tawney and Hornellsville fairs, the field of horses will be unusually large. In the free-fcr-all race the purse is $600. One of the features of the fair, and which will prove a big drawing card, will be ‘“Oliver W,”’ the racing ostrich. This is a wonder, and hitched to a vehicle he will “‘go’’ in races with fast horses. The ostrich has a public record of one minute and four seconds for one-half mile. On Tuesday afternoon, Sept 2nd, he will take part in one race, and on Wednesday and Thursday he will race two horses each day. On Friday he will take part in only one race. The fair association has secured half fares five miles. Starved Amidst Plenty. Woman to Proud too Tell of Her Impouverished Condition. Mrs. Sarah Schumacher, aged seventy years, was found dead in her room in Bal- timore late Friday night and her daughter Martha was wandering in a half-crazed condition ahout the lower floor of their bome. \ Coroner Jones said that Mrs. Schumacher had died from starvation. Martha Schu- macher said she and her mother were too proud to tell any one of their impoverished condition and that for several days neither had a meal. It is said the Schumachers have well-to- do relatives in Philadelphia and Virginia. Ill health has rendered Martha, the sole support of her widowed mother, unable to work for several weeks. JusT LOOK AT HER.-— Whence came that sprightly step, faultless skin, rich, rosy complexion,smiling face. She looks good, feels good. Here’s her secret. She uses Dr. King's New Life Pills. Result—all organs active, digestion good, no headaches, no chance for ‘‘blues.’”” Try them yourself. Only 25c. at Green’s Pharmacy. mata Wall Papering from all towns within a radius of seventy- McCalmont & Co. A LOSS OF TIME FINEST IMPLEMENTS 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 implements. 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 That wont pay. Come and your work will go on smoothly and profitably. You will get more done in a day and you wont be Joosing money by wasting your time. you have good implements, dons forget that FRESH SEEDS AND GOOD PHOSPHATE Then when 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. A.S TT 0 R I. A cC A 8S T OR I A C AS. T 0. .RB I A Cc A 8.7.0. BR I. A c A'S TT 0 BR 1 & ccc 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, Imitations 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 Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness, It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. = It re- lieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipa- tion and Flatulency. 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. =r CENTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY. A ———— A —— — and Painting. THE OLD Wall Papers ever brought to this city. ECKENROTH RELIABLE PAINTER mm AN Drs PAPER HANGER. Our entire stock of Wall Paper, Window Shades and Picture Frame Mouldings. I have the exclusive sale of Robert Graves Co., and M. H. Burges Sons & Co. Fine Florals and Tapestry effeats. They are the Finest It will pay you to examine my stock and prices before going elsewhere. First class mechanics to put the paper on the wall and apply the paint to the woodwork. All work gnaranteed in every respect. E. J. ECKENROTH, 47-3 Bush Arcade, - BELLEFONTE, Pa. ————————————————————————E———— EE ——————————————— Wall Papering and Painting. 70 THE PUBLIC: Your patronage. Yours Crider’s Stone Building, 47-8 BE I. Ld ROBERT H. Just a few words to let you know that I am still in business and better prepared than ever to serve you. at the old stand, with the same old methods and fine workmen that have been so satis- Jactory 0 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 MONTGOMERY, BELLEFONTE, Pa. 46-4-13 BELLEFONTE, PA. New Advertisements. Castoria. 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 your druggist or send 4c in stamps for particulars, testimonials and “Relief for Ladies,” in letter, by return mail. 10,000 testimonials. Sold by all gros ists CHICHESTER CHEMI AL CO. 9-14¢1y Madison Square, Phila., Pa. Mention this paper. 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. You can make yearly contracts for milk, cream or butter by calling on or address- in J. HARRIS HOY, Manager, Office, No. 8 So. Allegheny St. Bellefonte, Pa. The fine Dairy Herd at Rock Farms is regularly inspected so that ite product is absolutely pure and healthful. 43-45-1y Flour and Feed. QBs Y. WAGNER, BROCKERHOFF MILLS, BELLEFONTE, 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 WHITE STAR, OUR BEST. HIGH GRADE, VICTORY PATENT, 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, i Whole or Manufactured. All kinds of Grain bought at office. Exchanges Flour for Wheat. OFFICE and STORE, - Bishop Street, i Bellefonte. MILL, = = « = ROOPSBURG. 46-19-1y Meat Markets. GE" THE BEST MEATS. You save nothing by buying, r, thin or gristly meats. I use only the LARGEST, FATTEST, CATTLE, and supply my customers 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. I always have ~—DRESSED POULTRY,~— Game in season, and any kinds of good meats you want. Try My Suor. P. L. BEEZER. High Street, Bellefonte 43-34-1y AVE 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. WE BUY ONLY THE BEST and we sell only that which is good, We don’t promise to give it away, but we will furnish you 00D 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, Bush House Block BELLEFONTE, PA. 44-18 NRO ois a AS SER |
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