Bellefonte, Pa., February 19th, 1904. FARM NOTES. —It costs more to feed ducklings than chicks, but the ducklings will grow twice as fast. A duckling of the Peking breed should weigh five pounds when 10 weeks old, while a chick will seldom reach two pounds at the same age. —Boracio acid is valuable in various dis- eases of fowls. When afflicted with roup, give teaspoonful of the solution twice a day, pouring it down the throat. For cholera, mix equal parts of powdered boracic acid and borax and administer a teaspoonful once a day. —1It is always wise to keep some form of muloh about the roots of bearing trees rath- er than let sod form about them, to choke and rob them. Even cut the weeds about the neighboring fields and place around the bases of the trees, or give them a share of the manure from the stable. —Carrots are not very natritious,as they are composed mostly of water, but their value as food rests more upon their dietary effect on stock than as an addition to the ration. The dry food of cattle and horses in winter is somewhat constipating, hence any change to succulent food is an advan- tage in promoting digestion and assists in keeping the animals thrifty. —While some farmers are deploring the loss of profit on wool, the knowing ones, are raising ‘‘hothouse,’”’ or early, lambs, and make more profit from one ewe than they formerly did with half a dozen sheep kept for wool. They use the mutton breeds, attach but little value to the fleece and make larger profits from sheep than they have ever done before. — Protection from the cold is but one of the benefits from a windbrake on the wind- ward side of an orchard. The lessening of the loss from windfalls muss not be over- - looked, nor the less liability of the trees "n breakage. There follows, too, a more u- right growth to the young trees. In ad- dition there is a decreasing amount of evaporation from soil and vegetation. —It will not be very long before onions muss he planted. As soon as the weather permits of so doing the land that was manured last fall should be plowed under, and she more manure worked into the soil the better. This being done, spread some very fine and thoroughly decomposed manure over the ground, there to remain until ready for putting in the crop. By this careful preparation the yield will be large and the onions make rapid growth early in the season. —Hogs suffer with rheumatism, much like the superior man who eventually eats them. This trouble is usually” attributed to pens that are either subject to draughts or damp. Evidently, therefore, this being the case, the proper thing is to remedy the defect by arranging the pens so that the floor is kept dry and that the pigs havea heavy bedding of dry material every night during cold or wet weather. Their water should also be scrupulously clean and no direct drafts of air should be allowed to blow over them at night. ’ —Extremes are dangerous. One class of farmers do not feed enough for profit, espeoially after grass is gone, while the other class believes in the theory of ‘the more feed the more product.’” Both are wrong. An animal may zonsume more food than it can digest, making the product expensive. Feeding depends upon variety. Too much corn or ground grain in the summer season will cause bowel difficulty, and an excess in winter, without the ad- dition of bulky material, gives no ocor- responding benefit, as it is voided. Give the animals a sufficiency, but not exclu- sively of one kind of food. ." "—As nearly all horses are troubled with indigestion, due largely to sameness in ra- tions, and many are subject to attacks of colds, it is a good plan to have on hand some simple digestive which may be mixed with the feed given the horse. Horses that ‘are subject to stomach disturbances should be given bran mashes several times a wzek, at night, and oats should constitute u very considerable portion of their grain ration. In feeding the bran mashes mix ‘in each a sablespoontul of powdered charcoal. If the animal objects to it at firs, reduce the quantity and then increase to the quantity named. Horses subject to colic should be carefully worked, and it such attacks ap- pear with any regularity, daily exeroise should take the place of work and the horse be treated by a veterinarian. Try this charcoal treatment, do it regularly, and you will find the digestive organs of the horse much improved. = —1It the method of testing cows could be made in a different manner, and, instead of recording the fact thas some particular cow produced a large amount of butter per | week, the test demonstrated the amount of butter produced according to a given pro- portion of food consumed, it would then be of no consequence whether a cow pro- duced 10 pounds of buster per week or 20, provided she gave a large profit on the amount of food, capital and labor required for the production of the hutter credited to ber, whesher her production be great or little, and, instead of tracing pedigrees to cows of large records, let the foundations be laid upon cows that are capable of yield- ing the greatest quantity at the least possi- ble cost. A cow that is sapable of assim- ilating a large quantity of food isa valu- able one, but the quantity should be in proportion to the production of the ani- mal, and until informed folly in regard to the trne merits of she cow regarding her ‘value (leaving out the question of the “‘fancy’’ or fictitious estimate) to the farmer as a machine for converting oue kind of product into another, the tests are only matters of competition for notoriety, and afford no light ou the actual merits of the animal for the purpose of the dairy. Se —————— Farm Animals in United States. heir Number aud Value as @iven by Agricultural Department. The acting statistician of the Depart- ment of Agriculsure has completed his estimate of the number and valae of farm animals in the United States on Jan- nary 1, 1904. The totals’ for the country are shown in the following table: Farm Animals. ~~ Number. Head Value, HOrses ....: vinta 16,736,050 $1,136,040 Mules orem LOT6T,916 217.532. Milch cows 17,419,817 508,841,480 Other cattle 629,498 178,134 Sheep .... eastern sos nn BE £30, 144 099 SWING. .yveeeiirsanssa +4 aiadhangsonss 47,000,367 224,627 is what the Woman a word in edge-ways. suffers who can’t ——TUntold agony FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN. To cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.—Johnson. The soft white stocks still rules the neck- wear world. Stains of oil and grease frequently may be removed from carpet by the brisk appli- cation of buckwheat flour, removing the flour as soon as it has absorbed the oil, or until the spots shall have completely dis- appeared. Whether the spots are made by milk, oil or grease, the process of remov- ing them is practically the same; the surest method is by absorption. Another way is to cover the spots with wet fuller’s earth, place a newspaper over thisand let it staud for two or three days; then brush off the dry paste; and unless the stain wasan old one it will have disappeared. In case there is any trace of the grease left repeat the op- eration. Should it be inconvenient to les the earth remain on the floor so long,stand a warm iron on the paper when it is placed over the fuller’s earth, and the grease will be extracted in a few hours. Grease stains on marble may be subjecs- ed to this treatment: Dissolve a quarter of a pound of concentrated Iye in half a pint of cold water; add to this enough whiting and fuller’s earth—half of each—to make a thick paste. Spread a thick layer on the grease stain. Let it remain for several days then brush off. If any trace of the stain remains, wet the dry mixture with boiling water and put on another layer of the paste. Sa As to spots on varnish. Spots that are not too deep or of long standing may be re- moved with kerosene. Pour a little of the oil on the spot and rub with a piece of flan- nel. If the spot is deep and of long stand- ing, rab it with linseed oil and powdered rottenstone. It seems hardly necessary to suggest that kerosene or like inflammable fluid should never be used near the fire ora light. } The chief point about a walking suit is the skirt—and the chief point about the new skirt this spring is its length. When women first put on walking skirts they were only ankle length. Gradually they have grown longer=-until this spring’s skirts are as long as they can be without touching the ground. The little jackets are mostly Eton with all the new trimmings and braide—occa- sionally you will find a military coat or a fly-front jacket among them. An excellent plan in a small house is to furnish two rooms in one tone, to give a greater idea of space and a less ‘‘patohy’’ effect. A room situated so that it does not get any direct sunlight, but only reflected light, may be made more cheerfal if the walls are covered with a paper that has a hackground of some delicate yellow shade. The painted woodwork should be of a creamy tint, and withyellow India silk or muslin draperies at the window one can al- most imagine oneself in a room with a southern exposure. So many different varieties of white ma- terial are to be seen as to make it quite cer- tain white will be fashionable again this summer. The white linen and pique gowns of last year will be copied this season, aud white corduroy that was so popular last summer is already in great demand now. Long coats are, ’tis said not to be so fash- ionable as short jackets, and yet the lead- ing tailors are making up long coats in pique, linen and corduroy on exactly the same lines as last year. Of course, there are no end of smart little jackets as well, bus the long coats were very useful, so be- coming and smart it wonld be quite impos- sible to eliminate them from the complete outfit. Heavy white costumes will be very smart, and these are made either after the long coat model or in some fancy design of short Eton bolero or ‘pleated jacket. The latter must be carefully made so that the pleating will not ges out of place when the coat is laundered or cleaned, for the rule is that a white frock shall always be immac- ulately fresh, necessitating constant trips to the laundry or cleaner’s. Cat the pumpkin into inch cubes, re- moving therind. To each pound allow balf a pound of sugar and two ounces of whole ginger root. Put the pumpkin, sugar and ‘ginger in alternate layers in a jar and let them stand three days, when a quantity of syrup will be formed. Pour all into a preserving kettle and boil slowly until the pumpkiu looks clear, Store in small jars or glasses, covered with paraffin. This pre- gerve strongly resembles ginger. It may be added to sances and is very good when rved with ioe oream or frozen pud- ngs. : PRA BELEN mies You notice at midwinter dinner parties that efforts have been made to keep the ta- ble decorations ‘as low as possible. The flowers are set in very low bowls of cut orystal or of silver. High flower stands. tall vases and high comports have vanish- ed from the scene of hospitality. They say it is beoause the high soreens of flowers wonld prevent one looking across the table and so interfere with the social gayety; but it’is far more likely that the low bowls are preferred to the high centrepiece because they are novel, and because high-built cen- tre pieces of flowers have Wi#8 used for so many seasons. % ‘One always notioes AR guests are seated in obairs with low } * At dinners where the guests are seated olose together it is difficnlt for even . trained servant to serve the varied jourses il be has to stretch his arm over the HSuldar of a guest seated in a wall-back chair. ES bot "Therefore dining tablg LATE TOW made with backs quite I) gh to per-’ niit smooth and rapid sertlee of the waiter who serves your guests. If the seat of the chair is not too deep and the back is set sofficiently far forward the chair will feel comfortable the diner-ous, although the back is not very high. I. Stff Launching Grease, $5,000 Great Cost Entailed by a Steamer Sticking on the Ways. — An effort made y morning to lanneh the Savan Line steamer, City of Columbus, whigh stuck on the ways last week at Roaoh'a shipyard. The ways were taken from beneath the hall and re- oiled and steam pipes bave been run he- low the hall so prevent the tallow from freezing. I ig believed that the ship will go off without trouble. The fai of the City of Columbus "ways last week has cost $0 leave the bad (rom 35.000 to $6,000. It 3 essel p ‘of $40,- 000, $0 be made when tlié v . is safely overboard. Washingtonia. —As the age of 17 George Washington wrote in his mother’s Bible: ‘‘George Washington, son to Augustine and Mary his wife, was born ye 11th day of Febru- ary, 173 1-2, about 10 in the morning, and was baptized on the 3d of April following. Mr. Beverly Whiting and Caps. Christo- pher Brooks, godfather, and Mrs. Mildred Gregory, godmother.”’ —1It issupposed that the Father of His Conntry-to-be omitted a numeral in the date of his baptism. —His mother was left a widow at 37, with five children of her own. Her two step-sons were grown. George was 11 at the time. —Washington’s step-grandson (who was adopted) told a story of his proverbial truthfulness. A blooded sorrel colt, prized by Madame Washington because he’d been bred by her husband, bad grown up un- broken because he was so fierce. George decided to make the attempt. There was a wild struggle, and, making a desperate effort, the colt burst a bloodvessel and fell dying to the ground. The boys, greatly alarmed, went in to breakfast. Madame Washington, asking after her blooded colt, and, adding, “My favorite, I am told, is as large as his sire.” Embarrassment was general for a moment. Then George said: “‘Your favorite, Madame, isdead.’”’ Though grieved, she rejoiced in her son, ‘‘who al- ways speaks the truth.” —When he left school he lived almost continually at Mount Vernon with his half-brother Lawrence, who took a great interest in him. Lawrence had married into the family of Lord Fairfax. Much of his courtly grace was acquired at their seat, Belvoir, as well as at Mount Vernon. —Mount Vernon was called the Hunting Creek Estate, when Lawrence Washington inherited it from his father. He changed the name in order to call it after the gallant Admiral Vernon. —This estate, when Washington came into it, along with the paternal plantation on the Rappahannock, made him one of the wealthiest Virginia land owners. —He was public surveyor at 16, and a major (commissioned by Governor Din- widdie), at 19. —The residence of Daniel Parke Curtis, called the White House. George Washing- ton lived there for a short time after their marriage, and from it the White House at Washington was named. —Martha Cartis was not Washington’s first love. He wrote sentimental verses to Mary Bland as a lad, and before he was 17 was enamored of the beautiful sister of the wife of George Fairfax. A few years later, on a military errand to Boston, he was be- guiled into tarrying in New York, fascinat- ed with Mary Phillips. While he was weighing the problem with his usual math- ematical skill, Major Roger Morris captur- ed this prize. —1It was ‘“‘love at first sight’’ with Wash- ington and Mrs. Curtis, who had been a widow one year, the richest one in Virginia. —There was much company at Mount Vernon, especially during the hunting sea- gon. “With 101 cows, I am actually oblig- ed to buy butter for my family,”” as his diary goes. —Until the social and domestic life at Mount Vernon was disturbed by the omin- ous clouds of war, both the master and mistress arose at four, winter and summer, and retired at nine. —After his seven o’clock breakfast of Indian cakes, honey and tea or coffee, he'd mouut a horse and visit every one of his farms where work was in progress. —When Patrick Henry and Edmund Pendleton, with Washington, were leaving Mount Vernon for the first Continental Congress, held at Carpenter’s Hall, Phila- delpbia, Martha Washington said, as they rode away: *‘I hope you will all stand firm. I know George will.”’ Still standing at the door, she added: ‘‘God be with you, gentle- men.”’ “The Bargain Hunters.” The Pittsbury Dispatch Makes a Great Hit With Novel Contest. . Much interest was excited in Pittsburg by the appearance of advertising in all the Pittsburg papers referring to ‘The Bargain Hunters.” No person knew just what was meant; many thought it was a new book, but the mystery was dispelled by the pub- lication a large advertisement in The Pittsburg Dispaich and a most liberal dis- play on the billboards of the city, as well as in the various stores interested, which announced that ‘‘The Bargain Hunters’ was a novel contest whioh The Dispatch had devised to test the skill of the reader asa shopper, make him conversant with the stores where he could save money and pay him well while amusing him. Prizes of $40 each week are offered and on the whole: the contest is-déstined "to "be one of the most interesting ever given by a newspa- . Get in ‘“The Bargain Hunters’’ con- test io The Sunday Dispatohs Castoria. A 8 TO R1A eC 2:10%212 c ABT OBI A C A 8 T OO R1A c A 8 T ORI A cece : For Infants and Children BEARS THE SIGNATURE OF CHAS. H FLETCHER. THE KIND YOU HAVE ALWAYS BOUGHT In Use For Over 30 Years. ceCccC A 8 T Oo B..1: A C A 8S T oO R 1. 4A Cc A 8: T OR FIERA Cc A 8 T QQ: R..} A Cc A 8 T OO R 1 A cece Konig T QilR 10 A 4844-21m The Centaur Co.,New York City. first husband of Martha Dandridge, was | A Subterranean Feast. Chicago Press Club’s Banquet Laid on Tables Three Blocks Long Under Bed of Streets. A feast laid on a table three blocks long and forty feet under the streets was a feat- ure of a novel banquet participated in at Chicago on Wednesday night by 600 people, the guests for the most part being members of the Chicago Press club and their ladies. : The banquet was given to the Press club by President Albert G. Wheeler and General Manager George W. Jackson, of the Iilinois Tunnel company. The ban- quet was held in that portion of the com- pany’s undergound workings lying on Jackson boulevard, between Franklin and Clark street : In the twenty miles of tunnels now nearing completion, the company proposes to handle much of the Chicago freight traffic, as well as to operate a telephone system. A ride through three miles of the tunnels was given the gussts before the banquet, the cars, running by electricity, making an average speed of twenty miles an hour. The ‘banquet room’’ had an orchestra at both ends—one at Clark street and the other at Frankiin. At Franklin street also the culinary department. This was some distance from President Carr, of the Press club, who dined at the Clark street end, but; as the table was equipped with a private telephonesystem, he, like others along the route, was able to make known his wants at the kitchen without delay. Speeches were made hy Mr. Wheeler, Mr. Jackson and Mr. Carr during the banquet. Parchased the Canal. The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railroad is in full possession of that section of the Pennsylvania canal extending from a half mile above. Northumberland to a point a mile this side of West Nanticoke. The final purchase was made at Harrisburg Friday, when the railroad company came into possession of all the rights titles and rents derived from that section of the canal. VIN-TE-NA.—The greatest of all tonics, restores a weakened wuervous system, ex- hausted vitality, brain-fag, nerve-fag, nervousness and sleeplessness, by purifying and replenishing the blood supply. Makes pure red blood. Guaranteed. All drug- gists. 48-29. Tempus and Fugit. He—*‘Be candid, and tell me when you want me to go.”’ She—*‘It’s a couple of hours too late for that.’’ ESCAPED AN AWFUL FATE.—Mr. H. Haggins, of Melbourne, Fla., writes: ‘My doctor told me I had Consumption, and nothing could be done for me. I was giv- en up to die. The offer of a free trial bot- tle of Dr. King’s New Discovery for Con- sumption, induced me to try i. Results were startling. I am now on the road to recovery and owe it all to Dr. King’s New Discovery. It surely saved my life.”” This great cure is guaranteed for ali throat and lung diseases by Green’s. Price 50c and $1.00. Trial bottles free. Medical. AYE R'S Feed your hair; nourish it; give it something to live on. Then it will stop falling, and will grow long and heavy. Ayer’s Hair Vigor is the only HAIR VIGOR hair food you can buy. For 60 years it has been doing just what we claim it will do. It will not disappoint you. ey short. Hair Vigor fer a short time it began to grow, and now it is fourteen inches long. This seems a splendid result to me after being almost without my rT.” “My hair used io be But after using Ayer's Mes. J. F. Colorado Fires, Springs, Colo. J. C. AYER CO. Lowell, Mass. $1.00 a bottle. All druggists =—=FOR—— SHORT HAIR. 49-8-1t New Advertisements. MINE EQUIPMENT. : 'CATAWISSA CAR AND FOUNDRY "COMPANY, CATAWISSA, COLUMBIA CO., PA. BUILDERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF Bituminous Mine Cars. Every type. Mine Car Wheels. + Plain. Solid hub oiler. Bolted cap oiler. Spoke oiler. Recess oiler. Mine Car Axles. Square, Round, Collared. Forgings. Bands, Draw bars, Clevices, Brake, Latches, n. Rails and Spikes. Old and New. Iron, Steel and Tank Steel and Iron forged and prepared for any service. We can give you prompt service, good quality, lowest quotations. Distance is not in the way of LOWEST A TRY US. QUOTATIONS, 48-17-2m Groceries. Are now selling the finest Cream Cheese we have ever had—price 16cts. per pound. SECHLER & CO. “BELLEFONTE, PA. on ARMY McCalmont & Ceo. PUTTING MONEY INTO GOOD FUEL One may be justly looked after. is spending money to good advantage, get- ting the best quality at a nominal price. proud of the success of a hobby, and our hobby is to keep THE BEST COAL that can be found on the market. Particular attention is given to all or- ders sent in, weight and quality carefully BEST STOVE WOOD AND KINDLING WOOD. McCALMONT & CO. BELLEFONTE, PA. New Advertisements. Groceries. OR SALE AT A SACRIFICE.—A fine seven room house, good dry cellar, splens did attic, water and woodshed very convenient, on easy terms. Call on or address = HENRY C. VITALINI, 48-7-tf 243 south Spring street, Bellefonte Jewelry. YY ERE TO GET. The Latest Novelties, DIAMONDS, WATCHES, STERLING SILVERWARE, CE ERAT EE HORSES. CLOCKS, JEWELRY, : POCKET BOOKS, UMBRELLAS. SILVER TOILET WARE, An abundant Stock at Moderate Prices. won [ (3 | nmin F. C. RICHARD’S BONS, 41-46 High St. BELLEFONTE PA Meat Markets. GET THE BEST MEATS. You save nothing by buying, r, thin or gristly aE I use Neg 2 LARGEST, FATTEST, CATTLE, and supply ny cusiomers with the fresh: est, pos ky at blood and muscle mak: ing Steaks and Roasts. My prices are 20 higher than poorer meats are else where. I always have ~—DRESSED POULTRY, Game in season, and any kinds of good meats you want. : . Try My SuoP. 43-3¢-Iy P. L. BEEZER. High Street, Bellefonte AVE IN . YOUR MEAT BILLS. There is no reason why you should use meat, or poy exorbitant prices for tender, Nh , Be A ee bey sd 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 yon D MEAT, i. that you have paid elsewhere for very poor. GIVE US A TRIAL— andsee if you don’tsave in the long run and have better Meats, Poultry and Game (in ses- son) han have been furnished Is - 5 GETTIG & KREAMER, gs Pa. Bush House Block EE REI pT, Sewing Machines. «B” FOR The name Eldredge has Sood or ihe Bi in e win achine THIN Here I — Eldred ere is a New YEARS BETTER than EVE n aud Superior to all oth- ers. Positive take-up ; self setting need- le; self threading Scuttle ; automatic tension release; automatic in winder 3 Jioslitve four motion feed : cap- ped needle bar; ball ng wheel and pitman; five px laminated woodwork with a beautiful set of nickeled stee attachments in velvet lined fancy metal X. Ask your dealer for the Improved Eld e “B,”” and do not buy any machine until you have seen it. NATIONAL SEWING MACHINE CO BELVIDERE, 1LLINOIS. 93 Reade Street, New York City. iii 46 Madison Street, Chicago, 4859-6m Hearst Building, San F rancisco, Cal. J OST RECEIVED New invoice Porto Rico Coffee— Fine goods but heavy body — use less quantity. At 25cts cheap- est Coffee on the market. SECHLER & CO. 49-3 BELLEFONTE, PA. wes oman New Advertisement. 00D WANTED.—‘“We are buying the following kinds of Juip wood ; ye pine, yellow pine, white pine, hemlock, maple, eech, birch, elm, ash, cherry, gum, buttonwood, willow, apple, butternut, locust, hickory, poplar, bass, cucumber and quakenasp. Advise quantity of each kind for sale and shipping point.” New York &;Pennsylvania Co., Lock Haven, Pa. J. J. HULBURT, Mills. Purchasing Agent for the Li Ben g Ag ock Haven CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH ENNYROYAL PILLS. Original and only genuine. 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 Jatueulats, testimonials and “Relief for Ladies,” in letter, by return mail. 10,000 testimonials. Sold by all druggists wes CHICHESTER CHEMICAL CO. : -14-1y son Square, P Mention this paper. Se y Pillai Py standing timber, sawed timber, railroad ties, and chemical wood. vy 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, Ete. : 0 Go P. B. CRIDER & SON, 48-18-1y Bellefonte, Pa. Groceries. Fox A CHANGE On Breakfast Food—Try our Grape Sugar Flakes. It will please you. SECHLER & CO. BELLEFONTE PA Flour and Feed. | NAINA TA TAN (CURTIS Y. WAGNER, BrockeruOFF Minis, BELLEFONTE, PA. Ang WHOLE and retailers of ROLLER FLOUR, FEED, CORN MEAL, Etc. Algo Dealer in Grain. Manufactures and has on hand at all mes the following brands of high grade ur : WHITE STAR, OUR BEST. HIGH GRADE, VICTORY PATENT, FANCY PATENT-—formerly Phoe- nix Mills high grade brand. The only place in the county where SPRAY, an extraordinary fin Spring wheat Patent obtained. grade of our can be 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. ILLON SD faa - Bishop Street, ROOPSBURG. VPA TATA TW TAA TATA TS stipe Safe. Always re- .
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