Demorralic ator Bellefonte, Pa., November 13,1903 ——mE—S FARM NOTES. —The fall is the season of the year for applying lime in the soil, though some farmers use it early in the spring. It does well when a green crop has been plowed under the lime broadcasted over the sur- face of the land. Lime is procured in two forms for use on farms, that from limestone being preferred, but lime made by burn- ing oyster shells is also excellent, while wood ashes contain a large proportion, the lime from stone being taken direct froma mineral substance, the shell lime being a a product of shellfish, while that in ashes is produced through vegetable scources. In all cases, however, the lime is the same, bas in variable’quantities, according to the matérials from which it is derived, though stone lime gives the most direct results. When limestone or shells are burned there is a liberation of carbonic acid, the sub- stance being changed from carbonate of lime to lime; but as lime has a tendency to re- vert to carbonate of lime it is disposed to take again carbouic acid from the air or any substance containing it in the soil. | When slaked with water the result is hy- drate of lime, and when air-slaked it takes water from the atmosphere, becoming a fine white powder, in which form it is used on land. If the hydrate of lime is not im- mediately applied, but remains long ex- posed to the air, it unites with the ocar- bonic acid of the atmosphere and becomes carbonate of lime again, being then in the same condition as before being burned. It is really returned to limestone, only it is in the form of a fine powder, and has then lost its power to exert immediate chemical effect. Lime should, therefore, be applied as soon as it is sufficiently air- slaked to become fine. LIME AS PLANT FOOD. Lime is not classed among the fertilizers which are quickly available for plants. While it enters into the composition of all plants it must consequently exist in all soils, but its value depends more upon its tendency to hasten chemical action in the soil rather than upon its use as food for plants, and whether the soil is light or heavy, sterile or fertile, there is some change induced by lime when applied to the land. Its tendency is to work down- ward, for which reason it is advantageous to apply a small quantity each year after the first application, beginning with 20 bushels per acre on light soils and 30 bush- els on heavy land, but even ten bushels will show some results, as lime fits the soil for the presence of micro-organisms which perform an important function when pro- viding plant food, an alkaline condition of the soil being sometimes necessary. As carbonic acid is largely generated by the decay of vegetable matter in the soil, the application of lime creates many chemical changes, in which other mineral and or- ganic substances are broke: vp in their combinations, rendering soluble many inert materials that could not be employed as plant food but which exist in the soil abundantly. While lime is not, there- fore, a necessary adjunct to the soil with other fertilizers, and gives but little direct benefit to a crop itself, yet its indirect action unlocks stores of materials and sup- plies the crop with available - fertilizers. The action of lime in the soil has been in- vestigated years ago, as it has always been known to agriculturiste, yet it is not fully understood at the present day how it changes soils and dissolve substances which are not affected by it outside of the soil, as it seems to play certain parts according to the soil on which it is used. EFFECTS ON SOILS. If lime compels the soil to liberate the plant food it is but nataral to suppose that the constant use of lime will lead to im- poverishment of the soil. With all its ad- vantages lime can cause injury if used im- properly. That it will stimulate the soil to give up its plant food is true, but lime is not to be considered as something to be used alone, or with the expectation of hav- ing it perform the service which belongs to nitrogen, potash and phosphoric acid. Lime gives the best results when used in connection with manure on green crops that are turned under. It is the manure or crop that provides the plant food, and not the lime, but lime induces hasty action and enables the materials added to the soil to assume ghe form, most available for plauts. When the land is sour and grown up with sorrel (which contains oxalic acid) lime is said then to ‘‘sweeten’’ the soil by removing the sourness, but what it really does is to assist in changing the acids of the soil into carbonate and oxalate of lime, throngh chemical combinations, the sour soil becoming alkaline because the lime has taken up the acids which existed before its presence. With the changes thus made follow others, hut they may be rapid or slow, according to circumstances, some- times the benefits from lime not being apparent until the second year; but on soils upon which lime has not been ap- plied for years it never fails to give excel- lent results, and in proportion to the bene- fits derived it cost but little, is plentiful, and should be used extensively. —The following regarding feeds for swine is oredited to Prof. W. A. Henry: Among the grains ground wheat has been found to have the same feeding value as ground corn. Generally speaking, a bush- el of wheat will produce twelve pounds of pork. Wheat for hogs should be ground and fed moistened either with water or milk. Dry whole wheat has not been fed satisfactorily. Even when soaked, a large percentage of the grain passes through the hogs and appears unbroken in the drop- pings. The best results have been obtain- ed where wheat has been fed ground in a mixtare with ground corn. Ground barley has proved about 8 per cent. less valuable for producing gain in hogs five to fourteen months old than ground corn. Pigs relish barley meal most when soaked in a comparatively large amouut of water, at least three pounds of water to each pound of meal. Barley is thought especially desirable for growing hogs and to add variety to the ration. Oats in the proportion of one-third ground oats to two-thirds cornmeal have been fed with good results. Whole oats scattered thinly on the floor is reported excellent for hrood sows when maintenance and not rapid gain is desired. Sorghum-seed meal fed wet had a feeding valine of about 55 per cent. of that of cornmeal. Hogs maintained themselves and made some gain on sorg- bum syrup skimmings alone. When fed with cornmeal good gains were made. Hogs did not relieh pigeon-grass seed alone, but on one-third pigeon-grass to two- thirds cornmeal they made nearly as good gains as on cornmeal alone. When pigeon- grass seed was cooked, it appeared more palatable to pigs than when fed raw. When 80 prepared it may constitute two-thirds of the ration. FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN. Woman will never be man’s equal until she can look upon an unopened telegram without palpitation of the bheart.—Balti- more ‘‘Herald.”’ No matter how the exaggeratedly long coats seem to have stuck the popular fancy, there are exaggeratedly short jackets equal- ly smart and really far more exclusive. Bayadere tucks are more seen just for the moment than the perpendicular kind. The covered dishes of the latest style dinner sets are very much lower and broad- er than the old-fashioned ones. They are round, oval or square, with the oval shape decidedly in the lead. Small boys still revel in the baggy trousers and comfortable jacket of the Rus- sian blouse suit, but for this winter the newest ones are of pin-striped . velvet in grays and browns, with narrow gray, brown, black or white suede helte. One of the best remedies for thin hair is homely and malodorous, but inexpensive and unfailing—that of kerosene. It is claimed to grow hair on bald heads. A very little rubbed in the hair roots every night will soon arrest falling hair and pro- mote a new growth. Vaseline is good al- so. Only as much as the scalp will absorb should be used, so as not to grease the hair. The oil of mace is a powerful hair invigorant. Half an ounce of it added to a pint of alcohol makes a good hair tonic. — Household Ledger. The ‘‘sway-hack’’ victims must indulge in the following exercises every morning. The purpose of this exercise is ‘to fill out the muscles of the back. It is a hard exer- cise to master quickly because our canary- bird-breathing plans do not embrace the back part of the lungs. We breathe only in the upper story of our lung houses— those of us who haven’t learned better. Place the hands on the back above the waist, spreading the fingers ous and down- ward; then distend the muscles of the back, making the greatest effort about three inches above the waist line. The woman who is afflicted with a prominent abdomen should go through this exercise twenty or thirty times every morning, beginning with ten times only and increasing each week. If it is not possible to distend the muscles much, bend the body forward, rounding the shoulders until you get the idea. The muscles will gradually strength- en themselves. . You won't be troubled so much with backache after a time. You won’t be troubled so much with wor- ryache, either, for when the body is ailing the brain is sure to sulk and the nerves will sizzle, and then—oh, then—we won’t say what. The leading note in the fashionable cre- ations for reception and evening wear is length; the velvet dresses that are so much in vogue for afternoon wear are made in long lives without flounces or double skirts, and the evening dresses in crepe de Chine and tulle have this long, swinging effect, although the taffetas toilettes are only seen in the 1830 muchly beruffled style. The latest fashion of dressing the hair is to have a thick, waved piece of hair brought well forward on the forehead and the sides somewhat brushed upwards, and the Parisiennes lightly pin this lock of waved hair to the bandeau of their bat, thus avoiding any ugly break. The French women always prod and poke their hair about after their hat is put on, so that all the indentations of the hat should be gracefully filled up. Undoubtedly the basque is a feature which is to be firmly established in winter fashions, though it is not strictly in char- acter with the 1830 and the Second Em- pire trend of styles. But for those who do nob care to be rigidly bound down to wuni- formisy it is made to take off and on, but- toning on to the skirt above the hips, under a high silk waistband. A successful color scheme for a room should have three parts—a predominate, an intermediate and an accidental. Any- one can match one color, but it takes the ‘hand of an artist to properly mingle three color tones; yet when correctly done the result is perfect. A good scheme for a Colonial setting with white woodwork is green predominating, red as an intermedi- ate and gold as the accidental. The stock is disappearing before the in- roads of the linen collar. This very nea article of dress is back again and will be seen this winter in many guises. The plain high, straightband, turnover collar is fashiorable and women are running to the collar department to get it. It is only a year ago that such a thing as the straight linen collar could hardly be bought, and women who were devoted to it were obliged to buy boy’s collars. But now fashion’s wheel bas revolved and the linen collar is the thing again. They are buying these collars and wash- ing the stiffening out of them. With an embroidery needle the woman of nice tastes now embroiders a pretty vine around the collar and then, when it is completed, she has the collar laundered again. This gives her something handsome and smart in the neckwear line. Collars are made up in blue linen as well as in white, but there is a something abont white that recommends itself above all other colors. The daintiest of the Jinen collars have the vine embroidered in colors. In spite of the usual autumnal predilec- tion for browns, myrtle green and plam color, there can he no shadow of doubt that the novelty so far is in imported robes of the brilliant shade properly called winter blue. These must not be confounded with navy blue or the duller shades of that popu- lar color. ? Winter blues are clear and bright. No one can say of them ‘‘that is a gray blue,” or a dingy purpled-blue. Winter blue is blue, and it is bright. Just what is desired for a long coated two- piece suit for out of doors. The full bloonier trousers of the boys’ Russian suits, so fashionable now, only show an inch or two below the blouse, so iong has Madame la Mode decreed the blonse shall he. All baths should be of short duration. No bath, unless for some special reason, need last longer than ten minutes. In cases of insomnia, the hot bath has been known to produce sleep when nothing else would. It should be taken very quietly, and with as little effort as possible. and the bather should remain in the water just long enough to get the hody heated and then go to bed at once, without delaying a moment, and be sure to cover up warmly to prevent taking cold. ‘Agents, station masters, passenger conduc- Autumn Evening Games, Testing the Five Senses by Amusing Experiments. Guessing games are enjoyed by the older children, and several can be used in an evening. With slight preparation tests of the five senses can be made. On a table in one room have twelve familiar objects, al- lowing one or two minutes for observation, then ask all to retire to another room and write the names of the twelve articles with- out help from each other. An umbrella, flatiron, inkwell, vase, pencil, lemon, tea- cup, purse, book, slipper, key and scissors are suggested. Next in very quick succession let them hear sounds made by a saw, hammer, tea bell, triangle, music box or gramophone, piano or organ, door banging, tearing pa- per, cat mewing, sneeze and other causes, not allowing any memoradum to be made till all noises are over and then limiting the time for writing. For testing the third sense, have small packages as near one size as possible, all wrapped alike,in which there is coffee, tea, cloves, cinnamon, ginger, cheese, soap, mustard, lemon, banana, cabbage and hali- but (or any smoked fish) and allow all to sniff at them for two or three minutes and then make out their list. In a dimly lighted room set 10 or 12 bowls on a table, supply each guest with a tiny spoon and see how quick they are to discover and remember what they taste. In the bowls have diluted vinegar, coffee, cider, weak peppermint tea, maple syrup, catsup (diluted), water, beef broth or clear soup, salted water and chocolate, all of the same temperature—preferably cold. If convenient, prepare a small room for testing the sense of touch, so there may be no accidents to mar the evening’s pleasure. Remove all furniture except one heavy chair, and all pictures or bric-a-brac with- in reach of the outstretched arms. Beside the chair, have a basket and a feather dust- er and a large tin pan in the chair. In one corner have a broom, a fishing pole and mop stick, and in another an ironing board having an old fur cap or boa, or sponge fastened to it. A wooden chopping bowl having artificial flowers in, may be set on a very firm table if the room is large enough, and over the curtains ropes may be hung. After spending three minutes in the dark room, each one must write the name of at least ten objeots touched. If such a plan is not feasible, have the company blind- folded, and hand around quickly a clothes brush, shell, sponge, pencil eraser, pie pan, potato, handkerchief, flower, blotter, egg, whip, paper cutter and a lump of coal the size of the potato. Hard on Fathers. Winks—‘‘What’s the matter, old boy? You look as if you didn’t geteleep enough. Got a new baby 2’? Jinks—‘‘No. Got a daughter old enough to have callers.”’ ——General Manager W. W. Atterbury has issued an order requiring the following employes to wear uniform while on duty : tors, train agents, baggage masters, passen- ger brakemen, ticket examiners, baggage agents and assistants, checkmen, gatemen, ushers, special officers, police officers, watchmen, cab agents, baggage porters, cleaners, station porters, cabmen, dining and parlor car conductors, porters, waiters’ attendants, mail wagon drivers, messenger boys. A provision of the order is for the wearing of white collars and cuffs, and keeping of coats buttoned. ’ Try IL Here is a puzzle that puzzles everybody. Take the number of your living brothers double amount,add to i$ three,multiply by five, add to it the number of living sisters, multiply the result by ten and add the | number of deaths of brothers and sisters and subtract 150 from the result. The right fig- ures will be the number of deaths, the middle will be the number of living sisters, and the left will show the number of liv- ing brothers. Try it and see. DisAsTROUS WRECKS. —Carelessness is responsible for many a railway wreck and the same causes are making human wrecks of sufferers from Throat and Lung trou- bles. But since the advent of Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, even the worst cases can be cured, and hopeless resignation is no lon- ger necessary, Mrs. Lois Cragg of Dor- chester, Mass., is one of many whose life was saved by Dr. King’s New Discovery. This great remedy is guaranteed for all Throat and Lung diseases by Green’s Phar- macy Price 50c, and $1.00. Trial bot- ——1It should be entirely against the dig- nity of any employe to be constantly kick- ing and grumbling about the employer's manner of doing things or conducting af- fairs. If you see wherein his metbods are wrong, go to him and offer your suggestion in the matter, but if you have not the courage to do this, in heaven’s name, keep still. Don’t go-round explaining in an undertone and whisper, by gesture and suggestion, by thought and mental at*itude, that his system is all wrong. Don’t work for him part of the time and the rest of the time against him. You are not nec- essarily menacing him by so doing but you are doing this : you are ‘‘getting yourself upon a well greased chute that will give you a quick ride down and out.’’—The Advocate. oa ws Medical. A YER’S Give nature three helps, and near- ly every case of consumption will recover. Fresh air, most import- ant of all. CHERRY PECTORAL Nourishing food comes next. Then, a medicine to control the cough and heal the lungs. Ask any good doctor. +I first used Ayer’s Cherry Pec- toral 53 years ago. I have seen terrible cases of lung diseases cur- ed by it. Iam never withcut it.” ArserT G. HaMintoN, Marfetta, Ohio. 25¢., 50c., $1.00. J. C. AYER CO. All druggists Lowell, Mass. —=FOR—— CONSUMPTION Health demands daily account of the bowels. Aid nature with Ayer’s Pills. 48-45-1t New Advertisements. (CHEESE If you want a piece of fine Ameri- can or Imported Swiss Cheese. We have it. \ SECHLER & CO. BELLEFONTE, PA. UGGIES FOR SALE.—We have a nice lot of NEW BUGGIES —AND— FOUR SECOND-HAND ONES which we wish to dispose of. Prices to suit the times. Call and see them. : 8. A. McQUISTION, CO. 48-29-tf Bellefonte, Pa. Sewing Machines. ELDREDGE fd «B” : The name Eldredge has FOE stood for the BEST in the Sewing Machi THIRTY Wor tn Se oy YE ARS ere 1s a New redge BETTER than EVER, and Superior to all oth- ers. Positive take-up ; self setting need- le; self threading Scuttle ; automatic tension release; automatic bobbin winder; itive four motion feed ; cap- ped needle bar; ball bearing wheel and pitman; five hy laminated woodwork with a beautiful set of nickeled steel tles free. Castoria. A 8 T 0 BR 1 A cC A ST 0 R 1 A Cc A 8 T O R I A C AST O R11 A c A'S T 0 BR 1 A 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 ana 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. THE CENTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY. 48-43-21m Fee FINE BANANAS, ORANGES, Pine Apples and Lemons, come to us. SECHLER & CO. St hments in velvet lined fancy metal 0X. Ask your dealer for the Improved Eldredge *“B,” and do not buy any machine until you have seen it. NATIONAL SEWING MACHINE CO. BELVIDERE, 1LLINOIS. McCalmont & Co. AN EYE OPENER FOR FARMERS. We saved farmers attractive prices. 46-4-13 HIGH GRADE ACID PHOSPHATE Guaranteed 14 to 16 per cent, Goods, In 167 pound sacks, $11.50 per ton cash at our Warehouse ! a lot of money on Binder Twine this season, and are prepared to do the same thing on Fertilizer this Fall. Choice Timothy Seed and Grain Drills at McCALMONT & CO. BELLEFONTE, PA. New Advertisement. New Advertisements, A FINE ASSORTMENT of Crackers, ‘Biscuit and Confectionery. Sure to please. SECHLER & CO. BELLEFONTE, PA. standing timber, sawed timber, railroad ties, and chemical wood. IF YOU WANT TO BUY lumber of any kind worked or in the rough, White Pine, Chestnut, or Washington: Red Cedar Shing- les, or kiln dried Millwork, Doors, Sash, Plastering Lath, Brick, Etc. P. B. CRIDER & SON, 48-18-1y . Bellefonte, Pa. P CHICHESTER’S ENGLISH aN YROYAL PILLS. ginal and only genuine. Safe. Always re- liable. Ladies ask druggist for Chichester's En - 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, i a and ‘‘Relief for Ladies,” in letter, by return mail. 10,000 testimonials. Sold by all draggists CHICHESTER CH EMIGAL CO. 47-14-1y Madison Square, Phila., Pa. Mention this paper. { Green’s Pharmacy. tt ai ec ns eect tc cll rs ctl cot, cit) (CERISTMAS ; Will soon be here, have you made up your mind what you will give as a presenti. It should be some- thing practical—Perfumes, Combs and Brush Sets, Military Hair Brushes, Hand Mirrors, Shaving Sets, Manicure Sets, Pocket Books, make suitable presents—You have rt rt Erm te nc mcm 0 ccc ls. a betler selection to pick from if amet you buy early—We will be happy to show you what we have and to give you prices. Abe rt FE st GREEN’S PHARMACY Bush House Block. BELLEFONTE, PA. 44-26-1y 93 Reade Street, New York City. 46 Madison Street, Chicago, Ill. 48-39-6m Hearst Building, San Francisco, Cal. Wall Papering ee fe A oe = = A i Rr a and Painting. THE OLD —a————— BELLEFONTE, PA a ha i RAO . ani ECKENROTH RELIABLE PAINTER rere A N Dee 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. 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, It will pay youn E. J. ECKENROTH, BELLEFONTE, PA. FINEST PURE OLIVE OIL, Salad Dressing, Olives, Pickles, Sardines, Potted- Meats. SECHLER & CO. BELLEFONTE, PA. 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. A You can make yearly contracts for milk, cream or butter by calling 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 . NAS TINA TA TAY CET 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 our WHITE STAR, OUR BEST. HIGH GRADE, VICTORY PATENT, FANCY PATENT—formerly Phos- 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, - Bishop Street, Bellefonte. MILL, - - - - ROOPSBURG. 619-1y Meat Markets. GET THE BEST MEATS. You save nothing by buying r, thin or gristly ie I use I ? 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 Shop. P. L. BEEZER. High Street, Bellefonte 43-34-1y AVE IN YOUR MEAT BILLS. There is no reason why j;:: should use poor meat, or pay exorbitant prices for tender, juicy steaks. Good meat is abundant here- abouts, because good catile sheep and calves are to be had. WE BUY ONLY THE BEST and we sell only that which is good. We don’t romise to give it away, but we will furnish you §ooD MEAT, at prices that you have paid elsewhere for very poor. GIVE US A TRIAL andsee if you don’t save in the long run and have better Meats, Poultry and Game (in sea- han have been furnished you . S98) lms hav GETTIG & KREAMER, BELLEFONTE, PA, Bush House Block 44-18
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