Bellefonte, Pa., April Ist, 1904. FARM NOTES. —The strawberry is one of the early fruits, and the vines come into bearing so soon that every family that has a small lot or garden plot should have a ‘‘strawberry pateh.”” A small lot of strawherries re- quires bust little labor, and those who grow berries for a family supply can enjoy a more delicious article than can be found on the market stalls, as there is a great differ- ence between the fresh, well-ripened berry, just picked from the vine, and that pickea in a semi-green condition and allowed to ripen on the journey during shipment. The person who grows his berries has the selec- tion of the varieties he prefers, which is an advantage not to he over-looked. The strawberry has been greatly improved in size, which induces many to select those varieties which produce the largest ber- ries; but in so doing many mistakes are made, as some varieties will not thrive on light soils, while others yield the largest crops where the soil is light and sandy. Inexperienced growers should endeavor to learn which varieties are preferred by those who make a specialty of strawberries in their neighborhood, and should procure both staminate and pistillate varieties, as hy so doing the results will be more satis- factory. - The ground should be spaded or plowed just as soon as it can be done. The best location for strawberries is a piece of land that is well underdrained and which was well manured the year previous to plant- ing. The plants delight in moisture, but will not thrive in a cold, wet location. Properly, the work of preparing thesoil should be done in the fall, so as to have the mavure well incorporated with the earth, and then working the ground early in the spring, soas to give the weeds a chance to start, when the plot should be worked over again. If manure is applied in the spring it should be well rotted, and when fertilizers are used have the ma- teriale well raked in, which will be found excellent. The soil should he made as fine as can be worked, and deep, so as to give the plants a good start. Only strong,young plants with plenty of roots should be used. Lay off the rows so as to allow the horse hoe between them, if the plot is too large to be hoed. but if a small plot the rows may be closer. Set the plants 12 or 18 inches apart in the rows. The runners will fill all vacant spaces in a short time, and the bed will be well matted and thick before the next spring. Some, however, prefer the plants in stools, the runners be- ing kept down, which is done for securing large berries. If the rows between the plants are kept clean the weeds that come up in the rows may be pulled out by hand; but in preparing for a bed of strawberries the ground should be well worked the year before, so as to kill out all weeds. Bat litsle other work should be given until after the berries are picked. The plants are usually set out in April, in this sec- tion, and will bear next year, but the pre- paration of the ground should be made as soon as possible, as stated. It is not necessary to set out a new bed of strawberries every year, although many do so. After the crop has been harvested Jay a marking line on the bed, soas to have the rows straight, and clean out all the plants except those in the rows. If the line is near the edge of the row, so as to include only the runners of last year, so much the better. Allow only one plant every twelve inches and then hoe out the weeds and grass, leaving the row clean and free from all growth except strawberry plants. Next, scatter along each row, and around the plants, a fertilizer composed of 50 pounds nitrate of soda, 125 pounds muriate of potash and 100 pounds super- phosphate, and work the ground again, so as to have it deep, fine and mellow,as such a soil is necessary when the young run- ners start. In this manner a new bed can be made from an old one every year, by marking off the rows a foot from the old one. Strawberry plants will last two or three years. The difficalty is that in old heds thie weeds and grass take possession and crowd out the plants. —The application of liguid manure to the garden crops is one of the surest and quickest methods of forcing vegetables, yet it is not extensively practiced. Perhaps the difficulty of procuring a sufficient quan- tity is the cause of the neglect of such ap- plication, but there is an easy method of making it in a large quantity. Into a tub put the fresh manure in the morning from one horse and cow. Fill the tub half full of water, and let the water and manure re- main until evening. Then fill a tight bar- rel three-quarters full of water and add to it all the dirty water from the house, urine of the stables and the liquids from other sources. If soap suds can be substituted for the water so much the better. Sweep oat the hen house daily and add the clear droppings to the barrel. Pour into the barrel also the liquid manure in the tub, and stir the whole thoroughly. Now add to the barrel two pounds each of nitrate of soda, sulphate of potash and superphos- phate and one pound of salt. The mixture will then he composed of all the elements thas assist in building up the plant stroc- tures, will be in a fine, soluble, assimilable condition, and can be taken up as nourish- ment by the plants at once. The gross feeding plants, such as celery, cauliflower and cabbage, will accept any quantity that may be administered, and will grow the faster the more it is applied. For a garden one barrelful will be found quite an ample supply, provided it is applied at least twice a week. Whenever used, however, it is well to hoe around the plants the next day in order to keep the soil fine acd loose. The advantages of liquid manure do not interfere with the application of solid manure in any manner on gross crops, for there are some garden vegetables tbat can- not be surfeited, among them cabbage, celery and asparagus. Liquid manure not only adds nourishment, but assists the plants during dry eeasons. —Corn ground should be plowed, if possible, as soon as the weather permits, as the action of the frost will render it fine and save much of the labor of preparation later in the season. One mistake usnally made with corn is that of not thoroughly pulverizing the soil previous to putting in the seed. —Work in the garden is very pleasant in the spring, as the weather is then cool and the ground not very dry and hard. Women who make a specialty of flowers, or early vegetables, will find the ont-of-door work very beneficial. The children should each have a little plot for their own use as a means of enjoyment. —The depth of setting milk should vary with the temperature; the lower it is the deeper the milk may be set; the higher, the shallower it should be. Milk should never be set shallow in a low temperature, or deep in a higk one. Setting deep in cold water encourages time, labor and space. FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN. Every season alarmists assert most posi- tively that to be correct skirt and waist must match and that the separate waist is uo longer fashionable. In spite of this, the shops are full of the most fascinating designs for blouses—the smart name for shirbwaists. The truth is, that a coat and skirt suit is now a necessity and a blouse to go with them equally indispensable. While for a dress costume the proper idea is to have the skirt and waist match, yet very often a cloth waist is very uncom- fortable under a coat; so, then, the smart separate blouse is the only correct style. The severer tailor style waists of linen, duck and pique are entirely self-trimmed, the prevailing mode having all the pleats down the front and none in the back. Sometimes a yoke is used where it is be- coming, or the desired effect may be gain- ed entirely with pleated or plain or em- broidered self-staff bands. The upper sleeve trimming, made in one with the yoke and running down from the shoulder, is a noticeable feature of many of the more elaborate blouses. Cool rain water and soda will remove machine grease from washable fabrics. Wax, rosin and turpentine pitch may be removed by pare alcohol. Hard pitch may be softened with lard and removed by tur- pentine and soap. Fruit stains may be steamed out by pouring on boiling water or by dipping in sour buttermilk and dry- ing in the sun. For coffee and chocolate stains, soap and wash in hot water and bold stain over burning sulphur. For dis- colorations produced by acids apply am- monia water. For spots from alkaline substances apply vinegar. For ink stains, iron mold ete., lemon juice or oxalic acid. Rinse off the acid after the spot has disap- peared. For indelible ink stains soak in a solution of common salt, then wash with ammonia. Do not attempt to remove peach stains. Any acid that will take them out will destroy the fabric. Glace Nuts.—Make a syrup of a pound of granulated sugar and a gill of water. Boil without stirring until a drop put into iced water becomes immediately brittle. Take the saucepan from the fire and set it in an outer pan of boiling water. Add to the syrop the juice of a quarter of a small lemon. Run a thin skewer or a fine wire through each blanched and dried nut and dip it up and down in this syrup. Spread on waxed paper to dry. Did you ever sit in an audience hall in one of the back seats and watch the wom- en come in and walk down the aisles? If not, then do so next time you go to such a place. You will be unpleasantly surprised at the awkward, ungainly gait of many of the women. In fact, the way a consider- able proportion of our women carry them- selves is a disgrace to a free country. Mrs. M. Landon Reed, the beautiful Delsartean, herself a teacher of physical culture, de- clares that when the average woman walks her weight is thrown upon her heels, her stomach is usually protruded, her shoulders are either held too far backward or bent too far forward while, she holds her arms stiffly, one shoulder often being shoved higher than the other by the way in which she clutches up her skirt or carries a parcel. This is sad, solid truth ! What is worse, and more of it, Mrs. Reed sells us that thoughts, disposition and feel- ings are plainly shown in the motions of the body. Think, then, what asloppy,un- cultivated, wabbling mentality many girls and women must have if they think the way they walk ! If, as the Delsartean lady insists, we tell on ourselves with every movement of the body,isn’t it high time we were training our walk and carriage? There is really much more in this than most of us know or consider. To get the correct poise stand erect and hold your chest up. Always hold the chest up and breathe as deeply as possible, away around to the very tips of your lungs un- der the shoulder blades. The deep breath- ing habit of itself tends to lift the chest and enlarge it, securing a noble poise. To do real good the air you breathe must be the purest you can find. When you stand erect don’t try to ‘‘throw your shoulders back’’ too far. That is the direction usual- ly given® but it is a mistake. If you hold your chest persistently up, your shoulders will naturally assume the right position without much trouble on your part in the matter of turning them back. The next point is to bear your weight upon the front part of vour feet. It isa horrible walk, that of the girl or woman who goes slump, slamp along with her weight on her heels. It gives the impres- sion of age and oxlike heaviness even toa girl of sixteen. Besides, at every step there are the terrible jar and shock upon the spine and nerves of the back and head. Really, such a walk is enough to shake all the sense out of a woman’s brains. The heel walking habit undoubtedly aggravates the tendency to weakening and paralysis of the spinal nerves and disease of the back. Are you a heel walker ? To illustrate perfectly what I mean, stand before a mirror in which you can see yourself full length. Now, take the posi- tion many middle aged women, and girls as well, let themselves fall into in stand- ing and walking—chest down, stomach consequently protruding and shoulders rounded, with the weight of the body upon the heels and out of all graceful balance. So ! Your reflection is not a pretty sight, is it ? Now stand the correct and beautiful way. Lilt your chest as far up as youn can easily and naturally, take a deep breath or two to fix the pose, then, advancing one foot slightly, throw all your weight upon the front third of your foot. See! Youn will feel buoyant as a hallet dancer. A heavy, slampy old woman can take a dozen years off her figure by assuming the correct poise and keeping it. An old woman can correct bad habits quite as readily as a young woman. The essence of Delsarteiem is, perhaps, that bodily poses affect the mind. Nearly every woman deplores the use of ugly pieces of sandpaper tacked around the house where matches are scratched. Many devices have heen thought of to overcome this difficulty, but none better than the quaint little pictures, framed passe-partout style, and with the glass on some portion of the picture ground to the necessary roughness to ignite the match. This does not wear off, and when soiled can be easily wiped clean with a damp rag. A quaint Datch picture shows windmills, green grass and a rippling stream. In the foreground is a pleasing Dutch woman, with broad expanse of apron. Just there is where the glass is roughened, hut one does not notice it while admiring the picture. An- other pretty one in artistic colors shows the sea beach with people watching an in- coming brig. The fall sail of the vessel is the roughen- ed glass where the match is to be soratoh- ed, but the fact is well disguised. a Sister Marriages ‘in Utah. Bishop Takes Five and Another Man Weds Six of One Family. ‘‘Sister marriages,’”’ where one man he- comes the husband of several members of one family, have been shown during she Smoot hearing to be popular among the Mormons. The first case disclosed during the hearing was that of Andrew Jansen, historian of the church, who married two sisters, and later was ‘‘sealed for eternity’’ to their mother. The following list shows the ‘sister love propensity of men high in the church. ° Brigham Young, two sisters; Andrew Janeen, church historian, two sisters; Lor- enzo Snow, late president, two sisters; Jo- seph F. Smith, president of the church, two sisters; Francis Marion Lyman, apostle, two sisters; George Teasdale, apostle, twn sis- ters; Angus M. Cannon, state president, two sisters—at one time; late Bishop John- son, five sisters; Stephen Moat, three sis- ters; William Maughan, three pairs, or six sisters; Emanuel - Bayley, three sisters; George Stranger, three sisters: Asma Mer- rill, son cf apostle, two sisters; Ole Berg, two sisters, S. R. Parkinson, two sisters; Hyrum Watson, two sisters, who each bore him twins a year later. Knights of Columbus. Reduced Rates to Washington via Pennsylvania Railroad. For the benefit of those desiring to at- tend the meeting of the Knights of Colam- bus, to be held at Washington, D. C., April 13th, the Peunsylvania railroad company will sell round-trip tickets to Washington from all stations on ite line at reduced rates. These tickets will he sold April 11th, 12th, and 13th, and will be good for return passage until April 18th, inclusive. 49-12-26 Tour to the Pacific Coast and Grand Canyon. Rate, $105. Via Pennsylvania Railroad, Account General Con- ference, Methodist Episcopal Church. On account of the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, to he held at Los Angeles, Cal., beginning May 3rd, the Pennsylvania Railroad company will run a personally-conducted tour to Los Angeles, visiting the Grand Canyon of Ar- izona en route, at unusually low rates. A special train of the highest grade Pullman equipment will leave New York, Philadel- phia and Pittsburg on Wednesday, April 27th, running via Chicago and the Santa Fe route to the Grand Canyon. Sunday will be spent at this wonderfal place, and Los Angeles will be reached on the evening of May 20d. Round-trip tickets, includ- ing transportation, one double berth and meals on special train going; and transpor- tation only returning on regular train via direct routes or via San Francisco, will be sold at rate of $106 from New York, $105 from Philadelphia, Baltimore and Wash- ington, and $100 from Pittsburg. Tickets will be good to return at any time hefore June 30th. Tourists returning via St. Louis may stop off for ten days to visit the World’s Fair, by depositing ticket and paying $1.00 fee. A descriptive itinerary will he sent ou application to Geo. WV. Boyd, General Passenger Agent, Broad street station, Philadelphia, Pa. 49 11.2: | Rates to ‘st. Louis World’s Fair. Tickets to be Sold at Very Low Rates Via Pennsyl- not ete. ina nica 25¢, President Roosevelt to Thus Open World's Fair April 80th. Although President Roosevelt cannot at- |* ‘tend the opening exercises of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, he neverthelees will be a participant in them. He has consent- ed to press a button at the White House, which will start the machinery at the Ex- position. This ceremony will take place at 1 o’clock (Eastern standard time) April 30th. The details of the ceremony have in a few days. will send to the officials of the Fair a con- gratulatory niessage on its opening and re- ceive oue in return. VIN-TE-NA Cures Loss of Appetite, Sick Headache, Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Billiouns- ness, Constipation, Dizziness, Torpid Liver, fails to benefit you your money will be re- funded. All druggists. ——The Lady—*“I hope you are not a man that would spend his last dime for a glass of beer ?”’ Rummy Robinson—*No, mum. If I only had a nickel left I would get me beer J MAKES A CLEAN SWEEP. --There’s noth- ing like doing a thing thoroughly. Of all the Salves you ever heard of, Bucklen’s Ar- cures Burns, Sores, Bruises, Cats, Ulcers, Green’s druggist. Will Press a Button. + McCalmont & Co. been worked out yet, but they will be The President probably Jaundice, Heart Burn, Foul Breath, Try a bottle and be convinced. If it 48-45 ‘growler.’—Chicago News. Salve is the best. Itsweeps away and I Boils, Skin Eruptionsand Piles. It’s only and guaranteed to give satisfaction by Medical. PUTTING MONEY INTO GOOD FUEL looked after. 49-1 is spending money to good advantage, get- ting the best quality at a nominal price. One may be justly 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. EE —————————— New Advertisements. Groceries. OUSE AND LOT FOR SALE.—A Ie I a i a a y efonte, A YER’S Ae and Aer on a lot that alsohas a front- J UST RECEIVED Your doctor will tell you thai thin, pale, weak, nervous children age on Logan St. Call on or write to 46-30tf Mrs. SARA A. TEATS, Bellefonte, Pa. become stroug and well by taking Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. Small doses, for a few days. Jewelry. SARSAPARILLA The change is very prompt and very marked. Ask your doctor why it is. He has our formula and will explain. “When 13 years old, for many months no one thought I could live because of thin blood. But in a few weeks, Ayer’'s Sarsaparilla completely restored me to health.” Mgrs. E. BuckmINsTER, Vineland, N. J. $1.00 a bottle. All druggists J. C. AYER CO. Lowell, Mass. ——FOR— THE CHILDREN Biliousness, constipation prevent recovery. Cure these with Ayer’s Piils, 49-13-1t vania Railroad. For the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, to be held at St. Louis, Mo., from April 30th to December, 1st, 1904, several forms of excursion tickets to St. Louis will be placed on sale hy the Pennsylvania rail- road on April 25th, as follows : — SEAsoN TICKETS, good to return until December 15th, 1904, to he sold daily at rate of $33.10 from Bellefonte. SIXTY-DAY EXCURSION TICKETS, final limit not later than December 15th, 1904, to be sold daily at rate of $27.60 from Bellefonte. FIFTEEN-DAY EXCURSION TICKETS to be sold at rate of $22.70 from Bellefonte. Tickets of the forms named above will be sold from other stations on the Penn- sylvania railroad at proportionate rates. TEN-DAY SPECIAL CoACH EXCURSION TICKETS will be sold on May 10th, and on other dates to he announced later, good go- ing only on special coach trains, or in coaches on designated trains, and good re- tarning in coaches on regular trains, at rate of $20.00 from New York, $18.50 from Philadelphia, and proportionate rates, ap- proximating one cent per mile from other points. EXCURPIOR TICKETE BY VARIABLE RouTEes,—Season tickets and sixty-days excursion tickets will be sold via variable routes; that is going by one direct route. Variable route tickets will besold applying through Chicago in one direction at the same rate as apply for the season and sixty- day excursion tickets to St. Lonis, going and returning via the direct routes. On all one-way and round-trip tickets, reading to points beyond St. Louis, a stop- over of ten days will be peamitred at St. Louis on payment of a fee of $1.00 and the deposit of ticket. ! Castoria. 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Judge of our ability as you GET THE BEST MEATS. You save nothing by buying, poor, thir 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 SHor. people have judged us in this way, and have chosen us as their plumbers. R. J. SCHAD & BRO. No. 6 N. Allegheny St., BELLEFONTE, PA. 2-43-6t ‘ New Advertisements. judged of his—by the work 43-3¢-Iy P. L. BEEZER. already done. High Street, Bellefonte Maay very particular 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 catiule 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 sed- son) han have been furnished you. GETTIG & KREAMER, MINE EQUIPMENT. Every type. ‘Mine Car Wheels. Plain. Solid hub oiler. Bolted cap oiler. Spoke oiler. Recess oiler. CATAWISSA CAR AND FOUNDRY CATAWISSA, COLUMBIA CO., PA. Bituminous Mine Cars. Mine Car Axles. Car Forgings. Rails and Spikes. Iron, Steel and Tank Steel and Iron forged and prepared for any service. TRY BELL 44-18 ve, Pa. Bush House Block Sewing Machines. COMPANY, BUILDERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF IL] Square, Round, Collared. ELDREDGE “B” Bands, Draw bars, Clevices, ‘Brake, Latch Chain. Old and New. We can give you prompt service, good quality, lowest quotations. Distance is not in the way of LOWEST QUOTATIONS. 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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, Ete. 0 to P. B. CRIDER & SON, 48-18-1y Bellefonte, Pa. rna— Groceries. Fok A CHANGE On Breakfast Food—Try our Grape Sugar Flakes, It will please you. SECHLER & CO. 49-3 BELLEFONTE Pa Flour and Feed. . rn nr Ae (CURTIS Y. WAGNER, Brocreruorr Mivrs, BELLEFONTE, Pa. Manufacturer, and wholesaler and retailers of ROLLER FLOUR, FEED, CORN MEAL, Fe. 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 SHrng Wiieat 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 . 2 ROOPSBURG. N Also Dealer in Grain. 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