Beworralic iat
Bellefonte, Pa., March 17, 1905.
FARM NOTES.
—Large potatoes are considered best, for
seeding. The potatoes may be sorted into 4
sizes and the next to the largest taken. They
may be cut into pieces of two or three eyes
each. Some advocate splitting the potatoes
endwise into quarters and planting the
seed ends down.
—Get your hot-beds ready for the sweet
potato plants and use only seed that is free
from rot. It is best to procure seed from
some section where the sweet potato is nob
affected by rot, if possible. There are sev-
eral forms of rot, one of them being gen-
erated in the soil. For this reason it is
well to set out the plants on a new loca-
tion every year.
—The earliest potatoes come from the
hill that contains only one vine and planted
with tubers that are uniform. The largest
yield is usually from two or three vines in
the hill, on rich ground,but they will vary
in size, some being very small. With only
one vine to the hill there will be more
large potatoes, proportionately,but a small-
er yield per acre.
—The dandelion has of late become very
popular as a salad herb in England. If re-
quires the same routine in the way of oul-
ture as chicory, viz.: Sow in April, in
driils; take up the roots when fully grown
in autumn, and plant in a dark, warm
cellar or mushroom house. The young
blancked leaves are excellent for making
up winter salads, and they come in at a
time wben the ordinary supply of outdoor
material for salading is at its lowest ebb.
—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.
—One bushel of ashes represents ahout
two and a-half of dry body wood. Wood
ashes contain all the required elements of
plant nutrition except nitrogen. One hun-
dred pounds of wood ashes contain 16
pounds of potash, worth 80 ceuts ; 3}
pounds of soda, worth 2 cents ; 67 pounds
of lin.e 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 an 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 costly,
comparatively, than butter, considering
the receipts from each. The best produce
should be marketed as such. Inferior
grades should never be shipped with that
which is good, as the inferior article will
regulate the price.
—Circumstances will sometimes force
one to adopt better methods. The celery
growers in the region of Kalamazoo, Mich.,
did not adopt celery from preference, but
because it was the only profitable crop
they could grow on their swampy land.
Some growers have produced as much as
$600 worth of celery on an acre. An acre
contains about 25,000 of the plants, and
they begin to ship in July, continuing
until the holiday season ends. The crop
demands considerable labor, bus, although
it is costly to produce, yes it gives large
profits and the farms are valuable.
—To detect adulterations in seeds use the
sieve, water and microscope. Hot water
dissolves powder and dirt and washes off
the coloring matter. The sieve makes the
separation of the true seed from the im-
purities, and the microscope discovers the
shape, natural indentations, protuberances
and discolorations. To determine the vi-
tality of the seeds put ten or a hundred in-
side of three or four sheets of blotting
paper. Wet this and keep it where it will
be warm ali the time and in the dark. In
ten hours the radish will germinate, cab-
bage in eighteen, wheat in twenty-six and
corn in thirty-two hours. These rules are
simple, will cost nothing and may save
much.
—It is during such weather as the re-
cent snow storms that the colts, pigs and
calves receive checks in growth. A night's
exposure in the cold barn, throngh which
cold draughts flow, may not seriously
damage an adult, though even in that case
an animal will suffer; but the young stock
feel the cold severely. Plenty of cat straw
or leaves will assist in preventing draughts
along the floor, but the most important
matter is to look after the cracks and crev-
ices in the walls of the barn. A window
must be open to provide ventilation during
cold weather, and the difficulty will be to
keep the cold fresh air out rather than to
let it in.
—Warfare on insects and fungi must be
kept up, and it is important that farmers
and fruit growers perform their work at
the right time, as well as use the proper
remedy for accomplishing the objects de-
sired. So many mistakes are made in
combating the enemies of plants that the
Agricultural Department never ceases to
send out bulletine of information at all
seasons, while the State experiment sta-
tions also greatly aid in the work. The
use of insecticides and fungicides in com-
bating the many insect pests and plant dis-
eases is well established, and their value
conclusively shown, yet there are many
farmers and fruit growers who are still an-
familiar with the details of their use. Some
do not seem to understand how to separate
the insecticides from the fungicides, and
they apply the wrong remedy frequently
because of a lack of knowledge of how to
proceed. According to the results obtain-
ed at the Rhode Island station the greatest
loss, however, ocours from negligence, or
from not spraying as frequently as necessity
demands. The formulas have been given
frequently, and are well known, hut their
application at the proper period is the most
important. It is not admitted by all ex-
perienced fruit growers that the sprayer is
a necessary adjunct to the production of
fruit, and thas where it is not used there
will not only be failure of crops, but the
neighboring orchards will be also endan-
gered. The best results are obtained when
the growers in a neighborhood are organiz-
ed and work in harmony, for then they not
only protect one avother, but the exper-
ienged can adyise those who may not fully
understand. the proper methods .to. pursue.
FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.
A DAILY THOUGHT.
As ships meet at sea a moment together, when
words of greeting must be spoken, and then sway
upon the deep, so men meet in this world. And
I think we should cross no man’s path without
hailing him, aud, if need, giving him supplies.
CONCERNING THE COAT.
The embroidered muslin coat, trimmed
with Swiss or valenciennes lace, is an in-
novation of the season. It may be worn
with different skirts of thin material, such
as moausseline or voile.
These coats will be of the tight-fitting
style, with a long basque effect.
The linings of some of the mantles and
coats for spring are so beautiful that it
seems a pity they must be worn inside.
To return to the shoe question, long
narrow toes are being worn in Paris—so
long that the shoe is markedly longer than
the foot within. White canvas shoes,
either of the ordinary tennis variety or
evolutionized into colonial ties and fancy
shapes for dress occasions, are to be bad in
the shops, while other evening shoes and
slippers are more elaborate.
For promenading there is the new Greek
pattern, with plain fronts brought very
far up, and these may be had in patent
leather for town wear, or of suede and tan
for the South.
Paris is still urging the handkerchief
with the colored border to correspond with
the toilette in the shade. One variety bas
scalloped frills round the edge. Each frill
is embroidered in the required color, and
has a tiny flounce of lace as a finish be-
neath.
The veil is an expensive adjunct to the
hat this season; for whereas a year or so
agoa black or white veil did duty for half
a dozen hats of every known shade, now
the veil must match the hat with which it
is worn most exactly. To make the matter
worse, the most fashionable colors are quite
expensive, especially those to match the
more expensive furs— sable brown and
chinchilla gray being especially diffloult to
find in chiffon or net.
In mourning veils women and young
girls both wear the long crepe affair hang-
ing from the hat or toque, but over the
face only small bits are worn, reaching
barely over the tip of the nose and curving
up about an inch from the eyes on the
side.
In Paris a rage for black and black and
white seems to have seized the feminine
population, until even an elaborate occa-
sion resembles a funeral from the stand-
point of the costnmes. This was almost
sure to follow after the brilliant colors
which have held sway for so long. Regal
in material and not really too somber are
most of those black gowns; they lack the
ornateness that has hitherto been fashion-
able, but thas is decidedly a relief.
HOME-MADE ROSES.
Artificial fiowers of ribbon and chiffon
are in great demand nowadays, and the
girl of slender purse has discovered how to
make chiffon roses at bome. For the
petals she takes a square of chiffon, and,
after folding, gathers in the three raw
edges, drawing them up quite tight and
stitching them to keep them as they should
be. This forms one petal, and several of
these together form a rose. The squares
of chiffon may be of various sizes, graduat-
ing from quite small in the middle to sev-
eral inches square for the larger petals,
three inches being the average size. The
calyx and stem of an artificial flower way
be added to make the reality complete, or
in making a trailing bunch for a dress, but
when a solid surface of roses is wanted, as
in the case of the new spring toques or as a
binding round the hem or neck of a frock
the stem and calyx are not necessary, and
the flower is fastened directly upon a can-
vas or net foundation of some sort.
THE HABIT OE SLEEPLESSNESS.
It is of common occurrence for some one
to complain of having bad a poor night. *‘I
feel tired out, couldn’t sleep—headache
this morning,'’ and when one comes to
think of it a startling number of people
make this complaint almost daily. For
insomnia does unfortunately become a
habit if it is not checked very soon, and of
all the tortures ingenuisy can invent about
the worst is lying awake hour after hour,
night after night, staring into the darkness
and thinking and planning and worrying
over thousands of unimportant matters
until the tired brain fairly aches with
fatigue.
The fundamental cause of sleeplessness
is worry or overfatigue. Indigestion often
results and the blood is forced to the brain.
In this case the feet should be bathed in
right hot water for a few minutes before
retiring. Sometimes, however, the wake-
fulness is from a directly opposite cause
and in this case, the feet should be elevated
a little by resting them on a pillow and
the head laid flat, so forcing the blood to
the head.
Massaging gently the temples and back
of the neck is an excellent care for ner-
vousness and so soothed the patient will
soon drop off to sleep.
Very few women of today obtain the
proper amount of sleep, and nervous dis-
orders, weakened digestions and sallow,
drawn faces are the result.s The business
woman may go to bed at a reasonable hour,
but she is too apt to lie awake and plan
her duties for tomorrow. The housewife
must puzzle her brain over making ends
meet, and the society woman rarely gets
much of thai before-midnight sleep, so
urged by the beauty-doctors. She is able
though, to snatch a pap occasionally
through the day and that is better than the
woman who is so placed that sleep in the
daytime is an impossibility.
For ordinary cases of sleeplessness, how-
ever, a warm bath followed by a glass of
hot milk drank slowly will be found
efficacious. This not only induces sleep,
but prevents indigestion and its attendant
nightmares.
A FRENCH CUSTOM.
In Frange a newly married couple do not
have the ordinary bridal calls made upon
them. Instead, garbed in their best, the
bride and groom pay visits to all their
married friends. Imagine a shy woman’s
embarrassment when she must call upon
total strangers—especially if she marries
away from her own neighborhood, or her
husband has a country house in a different
quarter.
Green and rose gold are combined. in a
Signet ring set with a diamond on either
side.
::Bonbon baskets. in colonial design ‘of
spierced silver come in larger sizes for
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Oddly Named Towns,
The names of some towns in the Unit-
ed States probably cause their inhab-
itants considerable vexations when
away from home, says the Chicago
Chronicle. These names have certain
peculiar meanings in everyday talk and
as soon as they are mentioned they are
apt to prompt troublesome questions
by funmakers. For example, the, man
from Alone, Ky. might have to ex-
plain to a stranger living in New York
how he could do business if he were the
only inhabitant and how the excise
laws were enforced if the barkeeper,
the toper, the policeman and the magis-
trate were all one and the same and in
case there were more than one person
in Alone if all were bachelors and old
maids. Citizens of Lonely, N. C., and
Lonesome, Ky., would encounter much
the same sort of questions, and all, of
course, would finally be asked if they
were once Jersey commuters.
If a man hailed from Affinity, N. C.,
he would naturally be supposed to be
married and his home life an unpunc-
tuated chapter of bliss. He would be
expected to wear as wide a smile as the
| citizen of Joy or Happy, Tex., or Para-
dise, Cold., with a temper as subdued
as the inhabitants of Purity, Minn.
What would happen, however, if the
man from Affinity should meet a man
from Peace, Ala. would, indeed, be
problematical. They might, after the
fashion of some westerners, boom the
merits of their respective towns with
such ardor that at last these representa-
tives of Peace and Affinity would come
to blows. They might at last develop
as much disrelish for each other as the |
citizens of Cream, Wis., who should
chance to take dinner with a citizen of
Caviar, N. J. On the other hand, they
might become as chummy as the towns-
men of those three towns in the states
of Colorado, Oregon and West Virginia
which all bear the name of Crook.
Any one coming from Eye, N. C.,
could hardly expect to join the New
York police force and find things con-
genial.
Ala., or Blind Bay, La., on the con-
trary, his duties as a metropolitan blue-
coat might prove congenial. If he said
he was from Sodom, O., he would most
likely be told that his own town must
need his services more. If he replied
that it didn’t, he might be recommend-
ed to try to get a position in Pluto,
Miss.
Near the Greene river in Kentucky
and several miles south of Lewiston
there is a town by the name of Pig.
It has never been recorded in any his-
tory of the United States whether the
characteristics of the people of Pig are
any different from those of the people
of Lamb, Ill, or Chickies, Pa. This is
certainly to be regretted. It would
certainly be interesting to know if the
worthy burghers of Pig are any more
happy and contented than other human
beings, whether they have such ills as
insomnia, nervous prostration or mel-
ancholia; whether there is any sale in
Pig for appetizers, and what the good
people do on Fridays.
Should a woman from Big Foot,
Tex., or Antiquity, O., advertise for a
husband it is safe to say she would not
get as many answers as a woman from
Beauty, W. Va. The man who hailed
from Jug, Ala., might have more dif-
ficulty in being elected to the White
Ribbon society than his contemporary
from Dry Town, Cal. The native of
Magic, Ala.,, would no doubt be wel-
comed by certain Wall street officers
where a citizen from Fairplay, Wis,
would find the door shut.
ion, Ga., meet a woman from Jays-
ville, O., the two might get into such a
controversy that at the end they would
both be believed to be natives of Loon-
eyville, N. Y. The citizen of Fossil,
Ore., unlike the citizen of Quick, Neb.,
would no doubt feel very much at
home in Philadelphia, and for much
the same reasons the representative of
Fact, Kan.,, would find a congenial at-
mosphere in Boston. Vegetarians
should go to Grass, S. D.
Any one might think that Ice, Ga.,
would become a more popular summer
resort than Hell Hole, Colo. A jury
made up of men half of whom were
born in Japan, Mo., and the other half
in Russia, N. Y., would be pretty sure
to disagree. At any rate, they would
not call in a man from Jingo, Tenn., for
a peacemaker. Should the girl from
Leapyear, Tenn., become dissatisfied
with things at home there is little dan-
ger of her settling in Bachelor; Mich.
Neither would the man from Langor,
Minn., think of moving to Jump, O.
A man may travel from Dan to Beer-
sheba nowadays and think it a very
short journey. There is a Dan in Ken-
tucky and a Beersheba over the line in
Tennessee. Neither is the trip from
London to Pekin a long one in the
United States. Ohio contains both a
Pekin and a London, and it is not a
long journey from Whisky Buttes,
Mont., to Seven Devils, Ida.
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Stings of Animals Are Similar.
In the examination of the poisonous
machinery of insects and reptiles it is
apparent that the destructive principle
is the same in all and that the fang in
all possesses a hollow through which
the poison flows into the wound the
moment the incision is made. The
sting of the scorpion is precisely like
the fang of the rattlesnake and per-
forms its deadly work on the same me-
chanleal principles.
A Good Precedent,
“My dear,” said Mrs. Mildly as she
dusted Mr. Mildly’s table, “this would
be a great deal cleaner world if there
were not any men in it.” .
“If there were not,” retorted Mr.
Mildly, “the women would do exactly
as the Lord did—hunt around for
enough dirt to make a man out of.”—
Collier's.
No Such Thing as Overwork.
Do we suffer from overwork? A
practical methéd of determining the
measure of fatigue is to trace the tired
feeling to its source. We may learn
that what we have been calling over-
work is nothing more nor less than
worry or boredom. The human ma-
chine was built to work.—Dr. Cater.
Crickets In Japan.
There is a large green cricket in Ja-
pan of which the children of that coun-
try are fond. It is sold in cunning lit-
tle bamboo cages in booths on the
streets and is loved for its cheery chirp.
Several varieties of tree crickets are
pure white, coming at different times
of the year. Some have a note so loud
and insistent that to have two or three
playing their fiddles in a garden at
once makes a noise almost deafening,
If he was a native of Lax,
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while a species that comes late in the
fall has an exquisite note like the quick
ringing of a small bell.
There is no instinct like that of the
heart.—Byron.
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Blankets, Robes and horse goods in
town. Don’t fail to get our prices on
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with cost of fuel less than five cents per day.
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We carry a fall 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, ab
12¢., 25c., and 45¢. per pail; try it.
Maple Syrup in glass bottles 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 Sugar 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 buf not equal
to the Marbots. Fine Almonds and
Mixed Nuts.
EVAPORATED FRUITS.
Peaches 10c., 12¢., 150. and 18c. per
pound. Apricots 15¢., 18c. and 20c.
per pound. Prunes 5e., 8c., 100. and
12¢. per pound. Raisins 10c. and 1%:
per pound, either seeded or unseeded.
Currants 10c. and 12c. 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
7 good satisfaction.
MINCE MEAT.
The foundation of our}Mince Meat
is good sound lean beef, andfall 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 itssvery 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 bave been a difficnlt proposi-
tion, but we now have some fine fruit.
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