SEs
Bellefonte, Pa., July 3 1903
FARM NOTES.
. +=The wood crop is a valuable, and the
only obstacle in the way is the length of
time required for its maturity. Growing
trees for timber requires no labor after the
young trees are planted other than to clear
out the ground until they are well started,
for once they secure possession they will
orowd down all opposition. The capital
invested will be the land, the value of
which depends on its location. quality and
adaptation to more immediate and remun-
erative crops. Is is claimed that forest
increases the rainfall, promotes
healthfulness and renders the climate less
variable as well as serving to mitigate the
force of winds and preventing destruction
of buildings and crops. There are-sections
where the walnut can be grown to perfec-
tion, and many of the choice timbers used
in the arts can be grown and made to pro-
duce nuts until the time arrives for cutting
down the trees. There are thousands of
acres of land that cannot be conveniently
worked with the aid of farm implements,
such as hillsides, mountain slopes and
rocky lands that are too stony for cultiva-
tion. The growth of timber along the
roadsides would serve as protection against
drifting snows and scorching suns, and also
add to the beauty and ornamentation of
the grounds. The trees will sometimes
grow where other crops fail, and by utiliz-
ing the unprofitable lands there would, in
time, de derived a large return, while a
general tree planting by the whole com-
munity would greatly aid in mitigating
the severity of drought, also tempering the
cold of winter. Arbor day has been insti-
tuted with a view of inducing co-operative
effect in tree planting, but the work can be
best promoted by the farmers’ clubs and by
a joint operation of the farmers in an entire
section. Allowing each tree thirty feet of
room (that is, planting the trees thirty feet
apart in checked rows, ) an acre will per-
mit of about fifty trees. They will not be
ready for market, to be sawed up into lum-
ber, until they are about twenty years of
age. Their value will then depend on the
kind of trees and the number of feet of
lumber that can be sawed from each tree.
If she trees are twenty-five feet apart about
sixty-five trees can be grown on an. acre,,
but the closer the trees the slower the
growth and the sooner they must be cut
down. Each acre of land can be made to
produce $100 in choice trees in twenty
years, or at the rate of $25 per acre annual-
ly, while the yield of nuts will more than
- pay the interest on the capital. No correct
estimate can be made of the value of an
acre of walnut.
—The lack of rain in sumer is more se-
verely felt than at any other period, as it
is then that the seeds for the various crops
are being planted. The rainfall cannot be
anticipated, the farmer being in a state of
uncertainty until the rain comes. It is
useless to put seed in the ground, to be
followed by a prolonged dry spell, as it
may never germinate, while the delay in
planting may throw the work over into
July only to be met by another dry period;
the season for growing the various crops
being shortened in proportion to the days
lost earlier. Fortunately the lack of rain
exists only in certain sections, as some
regions are more favored at times than
others, but in this section there are locali-
ties upon which no rain had fallen until
are therefore greatly delayed with corn.
Such a condition at this season is not un-
usval, but the danger is that the dry pe-
roid may be extended. There is a limited
period for growing corn, as it may be over-
taken by frost in October, or even as early
pi for several weeks, and the farmers
. 4 as September, and no farmer feels that his
crop is.safe from fall frosts until it is cut
down in the fields and ready for storage.
To plant corn in June is not too late, but
there may be more dry weather and delay
in growth, good rains being worth many
dollars to the farmer. An early start is
desirable, although corn will make rapid
growth if favored with warm nights during
the summer, but there must be plenty of
moisture or the yield will be short.
The remedy is to take care of the mois-
ture in the soil. There issucha thing as
holding on to what is already in possession
and preventing its escape, and it is impor-
tant to apply all the labor necessary for the
accomplishment of that object rather than
lose the crop, as it is better to insure a
little more expense than sacrifice the labor
already performed in the fields. If the
land is ready it should be kept smooth and
loose with the harrow or weeder until the
seed is in the gronnd. Weeds will stars,
as some kinds seem tothrivein dry weath-
er; and the harrowing will destroy them
in advance of planting. One of the
greatest soanrces of loss of moisture is
throngh the weeds. Wherever they exist
they take water and evaporate it. It is
customary to wait until the corn is put in
and destroy the weeds at the same time—
after the first rain that falls—but the
weeds are not so easily killed then as when
the ground is dry, while every day that
they remain means a loss of moisture and
plant food. After the corn is planted it
should be cultivated in a manner to have
the surface always loose, not a weed to be
allowed, and there should be no ‘‘laying
by’! of the crop as long as grass and weeds |
cap be seen in the rows. It is better to
give more room hetween the rows, so as to
cultivate late in the season, than to be
crowded out by having the rows too close
and allow the horse hoe at a time when
weeds and grass ges ahead.
No farmer should depend on a particular
erop. As soon as the opportunity is. gone
of securing a good yield of the preferred
crop take a later one. It is difficult fo
secure a crop of millet or buckwheat after
the season is late for corn, and it is never
too late to grow a green crop for the land.
Late potatoes and cabbage may be planted
late, and as turnips need not be planted
until July or even in (August), there are
crops that can compensate for corn. One
point in favor of corn, however, is that it is
almost sure to produce fodder if not grain,
as the fodder may be cut at any stage of
growth, and if the hay cropshould be short
the fodder will be valuable. But there is
too much dependence on corn. Some
farmers omit other valuable crops making
corn their specialty, and if the corn crop
fails they are compelled to reduce their
stocz. They should grow more root crops,
and not omit other grains than corn. Hun-
garian grass and millet are quick-growing
crops, and will provide against loss should
there be a shortage of grass. It may be
that the summer will be very warm, and
the rains frequent, and if so there will be
an abundance; but the farmer will make
no mistake by preventing the weeds from
robbing him of soil moisture; any stirring
of the ground while waiting for an oppor-
tunity to plant will be so much saved, and
will also be of advantage, whether rains are
frequent or the season dry.
FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.
The following is so good thas we feel we
are doing an act of charity in publishing
it : Many receipes are given for preparing
various shampoos for the bair. Many
writers recommend au egg shampoo; others
bicarbonate of soda; still others, a dash of
ammonia in the water, although ammonia
and borax are both said to destroy the
lustre and vitality of the bair. It is queer
that everybody seems to think little of soap,
yetsoap and water are cheaper than an elab-
orate shampoo, and they do the work
quite as thoroughly. nions differ as to
how often to wash the hair. Some women
"get along with two or three times a year,
and from the color of the water in which
they rinse-off their locks it is evident that
that is quite often enough. Others wash
their hair once a week, and claim thas that
is none too often. Each must decide for
herself. If the bair remains dry and brit-
tle for a week after the shampoo; it has
been robbed of too much oil, either from
using too strong a soap or shampoo fluid or
else because it did not need washing. On
the other band, oily hair will stand wash-
ing oftener. If the hair is naturally dry it
it is a good idea to rub a little vaseline in-
to the roots. This does not mean that the
hair should be gummed up or slicked over
with the grease, but a wee bit should be
taken up on the finger and massaged into
the scalp. Sweets oil or almond oil an-
swers the same purpose.
Give the girl whose limited income
forces her to dress by her wit a half dozen
shirt waists and then jnst watch the result.
With a good style skirt or two, a pede-
strain suit, and perbaps one in a fancy cut,
the resourceful girl is sure to readily ac-
quire a reputation for smart dressing. She
can even do it with less, if economy forces
her.
Her six shirt waists, of conrse, must be
selected with the greatest care. She must
have two made with a tailor like severity
of style, and if she has been dressing by
her wits for any length of time there is no
reason why she cannot make these waists
herself. Heavy linen is the best material
to use for one of these waists, and Scotch
madras in one of its effective striped pat-
terns, or cotton cheviot, for the other.
These waists should be made with a yoke
back, with the fullness in the front laid in
pleats at the neck and the waist line and
with a plain shirt sleeve. This 1s the
style of waist to be worn when playing
golf or tennis or for general early morning
wear with a short walking skirt.
The effect of these two waists can be
changed many times by varying the collar
and belt worn with them. A narrow black
snakeskin helt, with a brass harness buckle
and a small black silk four-in-hand tie,
are good style. A white linen stock and
belt, both made with tab ends, are equally
appropriate. The stock should be worn
with a turnover of hand embroidered linen,
using , for instance, wild strawberries in
their natural color for the embroidered
desigh and baving the same design worked
on the tab ends of both the stock and the
belt. These ends will look well if drawn
through a good sized cotton ring, either
worked in red or white mercerized linen
thread.
Another of the waists must certainly be
of pongee, for there are times when a cool
silk waist of this sort is simply invaluable.
The clever girl will have her pongee waist
made in some dainty feminine style and
with as much handwork around it as she
can possibly have. She will select white
pongee, if she is wise, and bave it made
with inserts of heavy white lace.
A pretty style to copy is a model which
shows the upper part of the waist laid in
fine tucks, forming a deep yoke in fron
and finished with a fanoy hemstitched
hem. The lower part of the waist is fall
and it fastens up the front with conspic-
uously big pearl buttons.
A waist of this sort bas many advan-
tages. When worn with ‘a white pongee
skirt it makes a dainty little gown suitable
for afternoon summer wear. It can also be
worn with a white mohair or etamine skirt
and be equally appropriate. Of course, it
will wash to perfection, and, perhaps best
of all, will dye well, too. In this way it
can profitably serve duty throughout the
entire season. With shirt waists of this
kind, waists of sheer lawn with lace inserts
and waists of allover cotton lace, the girl
who dresses by her wits makes for herself
many different colored feather-bone stiffen-
ed corset covers to wear with them. In
this way she can vary the effect of her
semi-transparent shirt waist many times.
The collarless shirt waists, which are
really dainty blouses more than shirt
waists, are charming to wear with a veilin,
or foulard silk skirt. One of these shoul
su ely go in the collection. The prettiest
ar. made of fine mercefized linen which
have almost the effect of silk, and
they aretrimmed with antique Cluny or
Paraguay lace and oftentimes pearl but-
tons.
An attractive shirt waist in this style is
of pale blue mercerized linen with a pouch
front laid in fine pleats and the waist fass-
ening in the back. A deep yoke effect was
formed of heavy lace finished at the neck
to show the throat. Straps of linen also
trimmed the front of the waist and were
fastened where the yoke ended with big
pearl buttons. This same button and
strip effect was introduced on the sleeves,
the upper portion of which was laid in
pleats, the full puff coming nearer the
wrist than the elbow.
To vary the effect of this waists the deep
lace yoke may be either threaded with
different colored baby ribbons or black
velvet ribbons, or the outlines of the lace
pattern may be worked in coarse silk
.
~ Many of the new chirt waist show much
Mexican drawn work, which is not only
introduced on the front of the waist but on
the sleeves.
The girl who dresses by her wits must
have one short walking skirt and one long
skirt with a graceful demi-train. Un-
doubtedly she will find nothing more serv-
iceable for the walking skirt than a short
skirt of light-weight Knickerbocker tweed.
This skirt, of course, is unlined and yet
escapes the ground all the way around. It
should be made of either light gray tweed
flecked with darker gray or in two shades
of brown. If she can afford to enlarge her
wardrobe she should copy this skirt in
heavy butcher’s linen or crash. The plain-
er this skirt is, the better, though many
of the walking skirts this year are a mass
of pleats, pleats which are tightly stitohed
down to the knees and them which sad-
denly flare, either in groups of small pleats
or in box-pleates. 3 :
It will be hard for even the resonrceful
girls to decide upon what is best for her
long skirs. = If she needs it particularly for
dressy occasions nothing is more attractive
than a skirt of either black crepe de Chine
or black grenadine made over a well-fitted
black silk dropskirt. :
The new skirts are greatly varied in
style this year. Flounced, pleated and
shirred skirts are all worn.
~——Subscribe for theWATC HMAN.
Famous Bucktalls to Round-up Again.
Will Hold Their Next Annual Reunion in Lock
Haven.
The reunion of the Pennsylvania Re-
serves closed Thursday with separate re-
unions of the various regimental organiza-
tions in the headquarters tent in Riverside
tk, at the foot of Market street, Harris-
rg. A$ the reunion of the famous
‘‘Bucktail’’ regiment it was decided to
erect a tablet on the Gettysburg battlefield
to mark the spot where Colonel Fred Tay-
lor was killed.
The Reserves have formed a permanent
organization, of which Colonel R. M. Hen-
derson, of Carlisle, is president, and will
hold a ‘‘round-up” until every survivor
has passed away. Efforts will also be made
to secure an appropriation by the next
lature for the erection of a monument
to Governor Curtin in Capito! park, Har-
risburg.
The ‘‘Bucktail’”’ association decided to
hold its annual reunion at Lock Haven,
the date to be fixed by the executive com-
mittee. These officers were elected :
President, Lewis Hoover, Lock Haven;
secretaries, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Rauch,
Philadelphia; treasurer, Colonel E. A.
Irvin, Curwensville; vice president, Henry
C. White, Kennet Square.
Panctuation Discoveries.
Marks Appear to be Comparetively Modern Inven-
tions.
Punctuation, its rules and its regula-
tions, occupied the compositors as they
smoked and sipped ice cream sodas. The
Senor member of the jovial little party
said :
‘Punctuation is comparatively modern.
The Greeks had none of it. The Romans
had very little. Indeed, up to the end of
the fifteenth century only the period, colon
and comma were in use. In Irish and early
English manuscript the period was used for
everything, and when they wanted to in-
dicate a full stop they would make two or
three periods and a comma.
‘“The semicolon was the invention of one
Aldus Manutins, an early printer. The
interrogation and exclamation points came
later, and the inverted commas, or quota-
tion marks, came last of all. These Gille-
mont invented.’’
White Eagle Resigns.
WHITE EAGLE, Okla., June 21.—White
Eagle, the chief of the Poncas, resigned
to-day and conferred his title upon his son.
Tabgy. The event was made one of great
festivity. Io honor of the new chief 700
ponies were given away as presents and
2,000 Indians participated in the sun
dance. Thousands of whites witnessed the
celebration.
——DLots of things we worry over are 00
trivial to be worth a thought. A year from
now they will be forgotten, so why let
them trouble us now ?
NicHT wAs HER TERROR.—‘I would
cough nearly all night long,’ writes Mrs.
Chas. Applegate,of Alexandria, Ind., ‘‘and
could hardly get any sleep. I had con-
sumption so bad that if I walked a block I
would cough frightfully and spit blood,
but, when all other medicines failed, three
$1.00 bottles of Dr. King’s New Discovery
wholly cured me and T gained 58 pounds.’
It’s absolutely guaranteed to cure coughs,
colds, la grippe, bronchitis and all throat
and lang tronbles. Price 50c. and . $1.00.
Trial bottles free at Green’s drug store.
Medical.
A YER'S
You can depend on Ayer's Hair
Vigor to restore color to your gray
hair, every time. Follow direc-
tions and it never fails to do this
work. It stops
HAIR VIGOR
falling of the hair, also. There's
great satisfaction in knowing you
are not going to be disappointed.
Isn’t that so?
“My hair faded until it was
about white. It took just one bot-
tle of Ayer’s Hair Vigor to restore
it to its former dark, rich color.
Your Hair Vigor certainly does
what you claim for it.”” A. M. Boa-
aAN, Rockingham, N, C.
$1.00 a bottle. = J. C. AYER CO.,
All druggists Lowell, Mass.
——=FOR~—
FADING HAIR.
48-26-1t
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Green’s Pharmacy.
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HEADACHE
CURE
Grows in popular favor every day
Easy to take—tastless, and does
the work—12 konseals in a box for
25cts—SENT EVERYWHERE BY
MAIL ON RECEIPT OF PRICE
~The following is an extract from
a letter from D. W. Howard, lead-
er of the Boston Ladies Orchestra
—being the third one he has writ-
ten us on the subject, when order-
ing under date of April 24th, he
“They are the
says: * %* ¥
] best things I have ever used and
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as [ have had head ache for nearly
50 years you may know what it
means when I say this to you, I
have tried many things but yours
is far away from them for quick
relief and cure.
GREEN’S PHARMACY
Bush House Block.
BELLEFONTE, PA.
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College Hardware Co.
HARDWARE,
STOVES,
TINWARE
AT. ..
STATE COLLEGE.
WE are prepared to furnish our
patrons with a full line of
Hardware, Stoves, and Tin-
ware.
OUR Hardware consists of an as-
sortment of Tools, Cutlery,
Garden Shovels,
Rakes, Wire Screenings,
Poultry Netting, Locks and
all kinds of Builder’s Hard-
ware.
Tools,
STOVES.—We have just received a
full line of the Prizer Rang-
es. We consider these stoves
of the best make. For style
they are unsurpassed, in
weight they are the heaviest.
The flues are large, . with
well regulated dampers mak-
ing them one of the best
working stoves in the market.
Everything that is modern is
found in these stoves. We
ask you to come and see
them for yourselves. The
prices are the lowest, consid-
ering quality, etc.
TINNING.—Our tinning is up to
date. We are prepared to do
all kinds of work in this line.
For spouting and roofing we
use none but the best mater-
ials and the best workmen.
PAINTS, OILS, GLASS. — We
have also a full line of paints,
oils, varnishes and glass at
the lowest prices.
WE ask the public to come and see
our stock. We will be pleas-
ed to quote prices at any
time. It is our desire to deal
fair, as we wish to continue
in business.
COLLEGE HARDWARE CO.
State College, Pa 42.1
HERE'S
A POINT
——=FOR~——
FARMERS!
price.
46-4-13
SISAL AND STANDARD
BINDER TWINE
120. per pound, cash.
Other grades at prices accordingly. Farm-
ers who purchase Binders, Mowers, and oth-
er Harvesting Machinery from us this year,
as well as those who are using said machin-
ery purchased from us heretofore, are allow-
ed Yc. per pound discount from the above
McCALMONT & CO.
BELLEFONTE, PA.
Fine Groceries
New Advertisements.
QECHLER & co.
"FINE GROCERIES |
BUSH HOUSE BLOCK. |
If you are looking for Seasonable Goods
—We have them.
Not sometime—bnut all the time—Every
day in the year.
Don’t spend your strength during this
extreme weather in a fruitless search for
what you need, but come straight to us
and get the goods promptly.
Finest Carirornia and imported
ORANGES. cr rssvnsrasssrrarsssssms 30, 40, 50, 60 per doz.
Lemons, finest Mediteranean juicy
fruit. na 30 and 40cts. per doz.
BANANas, the finest fruit we can buy.
Fresu Biscurrs, Cakes and Crackers.
Sweet, Mild Cured Hams, Breakfast Bacon and
Dried Beef.
Cannep Meats, Salmon and Sardines.
Orives, an excellent bargain at............ mossenne 25cts,
Tasre Oms, home made and imported. *
Pickres, sweet and sour, in bulk and various
sizes and styles of packages.
Pure Extracts, Ginger Ale and Root Beer.
New CHEESE now coming to us n elegant shape.
CEREAL PREPARATIONS. We carry a fine line of
the most popular ones.
Pure Cioer VINEGAR, the kind you can depend
on.
If you have any difficulty in getting suited in a
fine Table Syrup come to us and you can get what
you want.
Our store is always open until 8 o’clock
p. m., and on Saturday until 20 o'clock.
SECHLER & CO.
GROCERS.
BELLEFONTE PA.
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Wall Papering and Painting.
ECKENROTH
THE OLD RELIABLE
PAINTER
re ANT) ween
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 effects. They are the Finest
Wall Papers ever brought to this city. It will pay you
to examine my stock and prices before going elsewhere.
First class mechanics to pnt the paper on the wall and
apply the paint to the woodwork.
All work guaranteed in every respect.
47-3 Bush Arcade,
wn 70 SEERA
E. J. ECKENROTH,
BELLEFONTE, PA.
. 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 wi
blue ribbon. Take no other, refuse dangerous
substitutes and imitations. Buy of your druggist
or send 4c in stamps for ticulars, testimonials
and “Relief for Ladies,” in letter, by return mail.
10,000 testimonials. Sold by all draggists
CHICHESTER CHEMICAL CO.
47-14-1y Madison Square, Phila., Pa.
Mention this paper.
Pure Milk and Butter.
PURE 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 its product is
absolutely pure and healthful. 43-45-1y
Flour and Feed.
Corts Y. WAGNER,
BrockErHOFF Minis, 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
Sbring 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, - Bishop Street,
Bellefonte.
MILL, - - =- - ROOPSBURG.
46-19-1y
Meat Markets.
GET THE
BEST MEATS.
You save nothing by buyin Tr, thin
or gristly meats. I use only'the. ;
LARGEST, FATTEST, CATTLE,
and supply Iny customers with the fresh -
est, choicest, best blood and muscle mak-
ing Steaks and Roasts. My prices are
3 higher than poorer meats are eise-
where.
I always have i
——DRESSED. POULTRY,——
Game in season, and any kinds of good
meats you want.
Try My SzoP.
P. L. BEEZER.
43-34-1y :
High Street, Bellefonte
AVE IN
YCUR MEAT BILLS."
There is no reason why you should use poor
meat, or pay exorbitant es. for tender,
juicy steaks. Good mest abundant here-
abouts, because good catiule sheep and calves
are to he had. yards
WE BUY ONLY THE BEST 3
and we sell only that which is good. We don’t
romise to give it away, but we will furnish you
&00D MEET at Nan that you have patd
elsewhere for very poor. 1
—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 Is A
GETTIG & KREAMER,
BELLEFONTE, PA. Bush House Block
44-18
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