g Bellefonte, Pa., February 17, 1905. uA —————————————————— FARM NOTES. —The curry-comb is never more useful than in the winter. Itis a pretty useful thing at any season. —The Courts have decided tbat bees do not injure fruit, and that they are hene- ficial iu distributing pollen. The question now being cousidered is that, if they dis- tribute pollen, cannot diseases also be car- ried by the bees from one tree to the oth- ers, which is claimed by many to be a fact ? —Coal ashes, if scattered over sandy land, will tend to make the soil heavier. They do not possess any fertilizing value of consequence, but they sometimes prove beneficial in preventing the attacks of some kinds of insects. Used for mulebing car- rants and gooseberry bushes, coal ashes have been found of advantage in protect- ing against currant worms. —A' this season repairs for reapers,mow- ers, plows, ete., will be required, many of such being necessitated because of exposure of the implements during the winter. If is unfortunate with some farmers that they are compelled to buy new implements and tools every year, which might be avoided with care in keeping those on hand. Every farmer should also keep his tools sharp and always ready for work. —Much dissatisfaction may exist when cows are purchased, owing to the change made in removing the cows. The best milkers will sometimes fall off in yield when taken to a strange place. A change in the kinds of food, wher made suddenly, will also affect cows in the amount of milk yielded. These facts should also be con- sidered by those who purchase fresh cows to take the place of those that become dry. —As soon as the pigs begin to seek their feed, at any age, they should be taught to drink; good milk should be given them in a trough by themselves. With warm quar- ters, and a plentiful supply of milk, thick- ened with wheat middlings and meal, they should make delicious young porkat 5 months old, weighing from 80 to 100 pounds, or more, and should bring prices that will pay a good profit to the grower. —All the stock on a farm must be care- fully observed. Each individual should be kept under careful watch, so as to guard against diseases or a reduction of flesh or product. The loss of appetite by one ani- mal may be due to some cause that can af- fect the whole, and by attending to the matter in time there may be a great saving in preventing ailments among the other members of the flocks and herds. —ZEvery farmer should have a few sheep in order to save much of the material grown that would be wasted. Sheep will eat a great many plants which cattle reject, and they graze closer to the ground. Young and tender weeds are delicions to sheep, and they, therefore, assist in ridding the fields of such pests. A small flock of mut- ton sheep should be kept, if for no other purpose than to supply the family with choice meat. —When wind-breaks, in the form of hedges or straight rows of trees, are not desirable, a group of evergreens will turn the carrents and break the force of the blast. Itis also well to note that on the cold side generally, the north and west, is the place to set the very hardiest trees. Among them birch,poplar and willow rank first. The birch is claimed to be the hardi- est of all our trees, and may be planted very close as a wind-break. —For large banging baskets the Madeira vine is very satisfactory. It is best not to give it a very rich soil; its growth will not be so strong, but the leaves will be closer together and more attractive. Pinch it back mercilessly until the basket is cov- ered with foliage. After that let a few vines grow, allowing some to droop and others train up along the chains suspend- ing the basket. Keep the glossy leaves olean and you will have a charming plant. —One bushel of ashes represents about two and a-half tons of dry body wood. Wood ashes contain all the required ele- ments of plant nutrition except nitrogen. * Ope hundred pounds of wood ashes con- tain 16 pounds of potash, worth 80 cents ; 3% ponnds of soda, worth 2 cents; 67 pounds of lime and magnesia, worth 8 cents, and 5} pounds of phosphoric acid, worth 26 cents. If one had to buy in the market, in the cheapest form,the manurial material contained in 100 pounds of ashes the cost would be $1.16. : —The profits are sometimes absorbed in a manner that may not easily be noticed, and frequently the loss is in the manner of shipping ab article to market. It costs no more to market $10 worth of butter than it does to send two or three bushels of wheat to market, while wheat is more cost- ly, comparatively, than batter, consider- ing the receipts from each. The best pro- duce should be marketed as such. Inferior grades should never be shipped with that which is good. as the inferior article will regulate the price. —Manure should not be dumped in the fields, but spread on the ground at the time of loading at the barnyard. If manure is dumped, and a rain comes before if is spread, the spot upon which was placed the manure will receive the largest share of the soluble portions. This may be noticed on all fields where the manure has been dumped, as certain portions were enriched and the growth of the crop, especially of grass, being very uneven. These enriched portions show the effects of the extra al- lowance of manure for years, and give good evidence in favor of its liberal use. —Never spray the trees when they are in blossom. One of the latest and best remedies suggested for the San Jose scale is to slake 15 pounds of lime in five gallons of water (using an iron kettle), and while the slaking is in full process add gradually 15 pounds of flowers of sulphur, stirring thoroughly. Add sufficient.water to make a paste, and then add eight pounds of a cheap grade of salt and about eight gallons of hot water. Boil for about 45 minutes, pour through a strainer, and add 50 gal- lons of cold water. It is then ready for use. —Seeds are sometimes planted too close together. Even wheat will give good re- sults when but few seeds are used over a certain area. It is stated that, in an ex- periment made, in which the plants were set out, allowing to multiply, and again divided, a single grain produced 20,000 heads, containing 170,000 grains, which made four and three-quarter pecks, Of course, such multiplication is hardly pos- sible on an acre or field, but the experi- ment shows that a grain of wheat will pro- duce much more than may be supposed. FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN, A DAILY THOUGHT. “If we are not responsible for the thought that pass our doors we are at least responsible for those we admit and entertain.” Cradle Parties and Novel Fads for Smaller Children.—A novel and original entertainment for little foiks is a cradle party. It is especially suited to. little girls, though some boys might enjoy it quite as much. The centrepiece for the table, says the Boston Cooking School Magazine, is a small cradle, fashioned of heavy white cardboard and trimmed with gold paper, which is used as a binding around the edge. Itis filled with blue forget-me-nots. A tiny cradle with the name of the different guests answers for the place cards, and contains salted nuts. The souvenirs of the occasion are larger cradles, with mattresses, sheets, blankets, spreadsand pillows, each containing a baby doll dressed in long gown. The menu for such a gathering should be simple, but wholesome. Below is given a suitable menu’ Cream of Celery Soup. Bread Sticks. Creamed Potatoes. Chicken Sandwiches. Carrant Jelly. Ice Cream. Angel’s Food. Ice cream is always more enjoyable to children if served in fancy molds. At a recent birthday celebration the best part of the feast were the little yellow chicks, which caused many ejaculations of delight when they appeared. At another gathering of little folk the maple-sugar log houses were a sonrce of great delight, and took the place of candy that is so often served. A Birthday Celebration.—A unique birthday celebration recently given origi- nated with the fond mother, and proved the most thoroughly enjoyable children’s party of the season. Each child as he arrived was given a small faney-colored bag, which contained 10 pieces of tin money. An older boy acted as merchant, and a variety of inexpensive toys were found on the counter for sale. There were whistles without number, perfume, sachets, cheap jewelry, balls and a variety of other toys, besides candy. One lad, who had been requested not to eat any candy by his solicitous mother, as he had but recently recovered from a bil- ious attack, was told by the hostess that he could take it home, and remarked that he did not care for candy when there were so many pretty things for sale. Children’s activities must be directed, especially at a social gathering, and then they aresure to enjoy themselves. The Wheelbarrow Party.—A wheelbar- row party is another novelty for small boys. Who would not enjoy one? Arrange this similar to the cradle party, with a tiny wheelbarrow making the different places and a larger one for the centrepiece, filled with flowers. A wheelbarrow race will afford a pleas- ant diversion during the afternoon, with inexpensive prizes, the wheelbarrows used for the contest being retained as souvenirs of the occasion. Kite-flying parties are always enjoyable affairs, if they are given in an open space where there are few or, better still, no trees. ’ Soap-bubble Parties. — Soap-bubble parties lose none of their popularity. Cover the tables upon which the bubbles are to be blown with pieces of flannel or a blank- et. Use tin horns or ordinary clay pipes for blowing. The day before the party shave fine one ounce of white castile soap, and mix with three-fourths an ounce of glycerine, and bottle tightly. Add this to just enough water to make good suds. A Tom Thumb Wedding.—At a delight- ful carnival recently given by a small club of children the main feature of the day was a Tom Thamb wedding, which was most effectively carried Sut. The costumes were made for the occa- sion, many of them real works of art. The clergyman in bis long rohe was most im- pressive. Paper Doll Parties.—Paper doll parties, where each little girl is requested to bring her family of paper dolls, afford pleasant pastime. A variety of fancy paper is pro- vided, and each guest is expected to fash- ion a gown for one of her dolls. Prizes are awarded for the best work. A diverting game for the youngsters in the early hours of evening is pin croquet. Arrange a croquet ground on the kitchen table, using two pins side by side fora wicket and one for a stake driven in by a tack hammer. Use marbles for balls and forks for mallets, playing as strictly as pos- sible to lawn rules. Laths fastened at the sides of the table will keep the marbles from rolling off. If the kitchen table is not available, the game can be set up on the floor and umbrellas used as mallets. The potato and spoon race isalways joliy, every contestant being required to carry a good sized potato about the room in a tea- spoon, having one arm held behind. Rath- er more of a novelty is the orange and pin trial. Large oranges are placed upon the floor in one corner of the room and each person in turn is required to pick up one of the oranges upon a common pin and make a complete circuit of the room with it 80 poised, using but one hand. An egg and fan race will amuse children of all ages. Prepare a sufficient number of eggs by ‘‘blowing’’ them, designate a certain strip of carpet as the race course, starting all at a certain point, then propel the egg shells by the breeze from a fan. A butterfly and fan race can be tried if preferred, the bas: terflies heing made of delicately tinted tissnepaper. A heart hunt is a pleasant entertainment for young boys and girls, hearts of all kinds and sizes being used, from the candy heart with a motto on, to big pasteboard hearts cut irregularly in two. These are distrib- uted throughout two or three rooms within easy reach. Heart-shaped sandwiches and cakes are served for refreshments. : Boys enjoy a game of bean bags very thoroughly and half a dozen sets can be quickly made of some of the pretty art tickings double stitched on the sewing ma- chine and turned, leaving but a small opening to put in the beans and sewed by band to finish. Abny carpenter will make the board with supports which shonld be about twenty-four by twenty-seven inches and bave ahole in the oentre about eight inches across through which the bags are tossed from a given distance. A woman never doubts what her hus- band says when he gets home late. She knows he is lying. ; Points for the Man Who Advertises. Judicious advertising has been the foun- dation stone of many collosal fortunes. In- judicious advertising is a waste of money. Some persons know how to advertise so as to get the full worth of their money; others spend more money but get no apparent re- turns. How to advertise, what to advertise and when to advertise, these are the three ques- tions that present themselves to the busi- ness man, which, if answered correctly, will bring him undoubted success. There are many ways of advertising and the novice in the business finds himself perplexed as to which to adopt. But let him consult any one who has made a for- tune through advertising and in ninety- nine out of a hundred cases he will learn that the medium of success was the news- paper or the magazine. Avy one of a thousand devices may serve to catch the eye and rivet the atten- tion for an instant, but the newspaper and magazine advertisements are read and pon- dered over and remembered, and when the reader wants any particular article he goes to the place where it is advertised to be on sale. The time to advertise is all the time; an advertisement is never idle; it is sending trade to you while you are asleep, or while you are away on a vacation. The bess time to advertise is when business is a lit- tle dull, when custcmers are few and hard to please. Then it is time to stir np busi- ness and force it to come your way. The man who stops advertising becanse trade is dull is like a man who neglects to mend a leaky roof in dry weather because it doesn’t leak then.— Fourth Estate. Redueed Rates to Washington. On account of the inauguration of Presi- dent Roosevelt on March 4th, the Pennsyl- vania railroad company will sell round- trip tickets to Washington, March 2nd, 3rd, and 4th, good for return passage until March 8tb, inclusive, from Harrisburg, Pittsburg, Oil City, Erie, Buffalo, Capan- daigua, Williamsport, Wilkesbarre, Mt. Carmel, and intermediate stations, at rate of single fare, plus 25 cents for the round trip. Deposit of ticket with Joint Agent at Washington on or before March 8th and payment of fee of $1.00 will secure exten- sion of return limit to leave Washington on or before March 18th. For specific rates and full information apply to ticket agents. 59-7. 3. A Wise Son. A father recently overheard his young son use a word he did not approve, and, calling the child to him said : ‘*My son, if you will promise me never to use that word again I'll give yoa a silver dime.”’ The little fellow promised, and, true to his word, refrained. About a week later he went to his father and said, ‘Papa, I've learned a new word worth 50 cents.” VIN-TE-NA for Depressed Feeling, Ex- bausted Vitality, Nervous Debility and Diseases requiring a Tonic Strengthening Medicine. It cures quickly by making Pare Red Blood and replenishing the Blood Supply. Benefit Guaranteed or money re- funded. All druggists. A Chinese Dinner. An officer of the British army says that one of the finest dinners he ever ate was served to him by a Chinese host in Hongkong. He thus describes it: “First on our menu came the lit- tle oysters which cling to the bamboo stems in the salt water marshes of up- per China. They are, I should fancy, the smallest and the sweetest oysters in the world. Bird’s nest soup follow- ed, prepared as it should be. I fancy that a chicken broth was the liquid to which the mest gave its peculiar ‘and attractive taste of the sea at our feast, and the combination was excellent. Tri- pang, which we know as beche-de-mer, followed. It is the sea slug from the Loochoo islands, and served as an en- tree it tastes very much like turtle fat, though richer. To counteract its rich- ness a great china bowl of boiled bam- boo shoots was hand®d round with it. “Next came a very small roast. I thought at first that it was a tiny suck- ing pig, but it had no crackling, and the flesh was like that of an agneau de lait, the little lambs whose meat is snow white. It was one of the .Can- tonese puppies of a particular kind, which are doomed from birth to take their place on the roasting spit and which are fed on rice and milk only. I looked down the table and saw that my friend was eating with zest, so for the first time in my life I ate dog—and liked it exceedingly. With this puppy were served all the vegetables in sea- son and a salad which had the taste of young nasturtium leaf as its strongest flavor. Rice birds followed. They are smaller than ortolans, each tiny plump creature being but a mouthful, but they are the most delicious eating of all the feathered small fry. “Nankin eggs were next brought round. They had been buried for fifty years, and a Chinaman detects some special flavor in them. To me they tasted just like an ordinary hard boiled egg, and their appearance, being al- most black, was not inviting. They were, in my opinion, the one failure of the dinner. The sideboard had been spread with a variety of cold viands, among them pheasants and game pies from Shanghai and a Kobe round of spiced beef. Baskets of fruit were brought in and little orange trees in Sparkles. Be good and you'll be bappy—and prob- ably poor. Culpability is about the only ability some men possess. There is plenty of room at the top for the hair tonic manufacturer. When a man gets the watrimonial fever he catenes it from some woman. No matter how bad a thing is you should be thankful that it isn’t any worse. Some men are born great, some achieve §reamess and some remain little to the end. Perhaps some people are descended from monkeys, while others merely dress dif- ferently. It was probably some married man who first discovered that troubles never come singly. . Florida. rs Personally-Conducted Tour via Pennsylvania Rail- road. The second Jacksonville tour of the sea- son via the Pennsylvania Railroad, allow- ing two weeks in Florida, leaves New York, Philadelphia and Washington by special train February 14. Excursion tickets, in- cluding railway transportation, Pullman accommodations (one berth), and meals en route in both directions while traveling on the special train, will be sold at the fol- lowing rates: New York, $50.00; Buffalo, $54.25; Rochester, $54.00; Elmira, $51.45; Erie, $54. 85; Williamsport, $50.00; Wilkes- barre, $50.35; and at proportionate rates from other points. A similar tour will be run February 28. For tickets, itineraries, and full infor- mation apply to ticket agents, or address Geo. W. Boyd, General Passenger Agent, Broad Street Station, Philadelphia. Castoria. N A" 8 T O'R TA C A ST 0 Bra C AS T 0 RB 1A Cc 4 85. T O.F 1 A Cc A.8 T.0 RB I.A ccc For Infants and Children BEARS THE SIGNATURE OF CHAS. H FLETCHER. THE KIND YOU HAVE ALWAYS BOUGHT In Use For Over 39 Years. CCC A Ss T 0 R 1 A C A S T [0] R I A C A 8S T 0 R I A C A. 8 T 0 R I A Cc A ST Oo R I A cCcceC A Ss Gf 0 R x A 8-4-2lm The Centaur Co., New York City. Saddlery. rr (one TO HEADQUARTERS BUY DIRECT AND SAVE MONEY —BIG-— CLEARANCE SALE JAMES SCHOFIELD’S Harness Store, N. Spring Street, ON 5-A BLANKETS AND ROBES FOR THE NEXT 60 DAYS These goods must be sold to make room for our large stock of Summer Goods. These blankets are the strongest, they wear the longest. We have the only full assortment of Blankets, Robes and horse goods in town. Don’t fail to get our prices on Light and Heavy Harness. : THE LARGEST ASSORTMENT IN THE COUNTY. JAMES SCHOFIELD, Spring street, I McCalmont & Co. Separators, Cooley Creamers, Carriage goods. 49-1 SPECIAL FEBRUARY SALE, Clothes Washers, Clothes Wringers, Feed Cutters, Cream Harness, Robes, Blankets and a full line of Horse and “The Standard Carriage Heater,” a com- bination Foot Stool and Heater, burning prepared Carbon, insuring warmth for the feet, even in the severest weather, with cost of fuel less than five cents per day. All kinds and sizes of Skates, Sleds, Sleigh Bells, Farm and Lumbermen’s Bob-sleds, etc. McCALMONT & CO. Bellefonte, Pa. Churns, Butter Workers. Groceries S— nme ene Jewelry. SECHLER & CO. PURE FOOD STORE. We carry a full line of all goods in the line of Foods and Fine Groceries. MANHATTAN DRIPS A fine Table Syrup in one quart, two quart and four quart tin pails, at 12¢., 25c., and 45c. per pail; try it. Maple Syrup in glass hottles and tin cans. NEW ORLEANS MOLASSES The finest new crop New Orleans—a rich golden yellow and an elegant bak- er. That is the report our customers bring to us. Fine Sogar Syrups—no glucose. MARBOT WALNUTS. These Nuts are clean and sound, heavy in the meats and in every way very satisfactory. We have some very good California Walnuts but not equal to the Marbots. Fine Almonds and Mixed Nats. EVAPORATED FRUITS. Peaches 10c., 12¢., 15¢c. and 18c. per pound. Apricots 150., 18c. and 20c. per pound. Prunes 5¢., 8c., 10c. and 12c. per pound. Raisins 10c. and 1%c- per pound, either seeded or unseeded. Currants 10c. and 12¢c. per pound. Citron, Orange and Lemon Peel. Dates, Figs and fine Table Raisins. All tbese goods are well worth the prices named on them and will give good satisfaction. MINCE MEAT. The foundation of our Mince Meat is good sound lean beef, and all other ingredients are the highest grade of goods. It represents our best effort and our customers say it is a success, and at 12}c. per pound is very reason- able in price. FOREIGN FRUITS. We are now receiving some of the finest California Naval Oranges and Florida bright and sweet fruits. This fruit is just now reaching its very fin- est flavor. They are exceptionally fine and at reasonable prices. Lovers of Grape Fruit can be nicely suited on the fruit we have. Lemons for some time past have been a difficult proposi- tion, but we now have some fine fruit. pots, from which we were invited to | 47-37 BELLEFONTE, PA. 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We know the quality and price will atl. suit you. wilh, : GREEN’S PHARMACY CO., £ Bush House Block, BELLEFONTE, PA. 44-26-1y A —-- p-g-og Flour and Feed. (BETIS Y. WAGNER, Brockeraorr Minis, BELLeroNTE Pa, : : Manufacturer, and wholesaler and retailers of "ROLLER FLOUR, FEED, CORN MEAL, Etec. 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 Phe- 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 w Ula ROOPSBURG. 47-19 PATA FASTA TA WN TATA TY
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