RRS FARM NOTES. —Balking is very often caused by abuse, overloading or tight harness. —A sow to raise a strong litter must be in good flesh and well nurtured. —The principal advantage in cooking food for hogs is in making up a variety. —The older the pigs grow, the more food it will take to make a pound of gain. —You can get no more power from a horse than you give him in his food. —The man who will whip a frightened horse ought to have a dose of his own medi- cine. —Xeep the brood sow in an isolated place, away from noise and disturbance. If not overfat or feverish, she should then arrow without loss of the litter. —A farmer who works with poor tools, when he can afford to have good ones, adds very much to his own labor without ac- complishing much, or doing his work well, as if he were supplied with the best imple- ments the market affords. —1It is shown by experiment that animals affected by tuberculosis are in a condition to communicate the disease to other stock, and that when slaughtered and used as beef the health of those who consume the meat is endangered, some scientists claim- ing that consumption may be communi- cated in such manner. —1I¢ takes a man that knows something about cattle to select the kind that will take the raw material and change it into high-priced beef that will be recognized as such when it comes into the hands of the man that is buying for immediate slaugh- ter. In selecting an animal it should be viewed from all sides and not from one side alone. The animal selected should have good length, good width and be fleshy. Sols —Wood Ashes on Farm,—Wood ash is valuable as a source for obtaining potash, but as ashes vary greatly no correct esti- mate can be placed upon them, so far as the percentage of potash content is con- cerned. Ashes are derived from so many kinds of wood that one must depend upon the quality of the ashes rather than the quantity, and many disappointments arise from misplaced confidence in the quality: of material that is mot up to the standard of what is sought by the farmer. Pine wood ashes are considered inferior to the kinds from hard woods; but such is not al- ways the case, as there are many varieties of pine, the small quantity of ashes yielded by pine being a drawback. Of all things on the farm, corncobs are considered the most valuable for ashes, as from 15 to 20 per cent. of the ash is pure potash, and yet corncobs are thrown away on all farms. Nearly 1000 pounds of hard wood ashes contain about 60 pounds of potash,or 6 per cent. of the whole, and when compared with ocorncobs, the latter are much more valuable in the shape of ashes. Ashes from hard woods also contain over 5 per cent. of phosphoric acid (equal to 50 pounds for every 1000), and 300 pounds of lime. to say nothing of magnesia and soda, which amount together to nearly 3 per cent., or 30 pounds. Tne seeming smallness of the percentage of soda and magnesia is magni- fied when one estimates the amount that is spread over the field when a large amount of ashes is applied for the benefit of the coming crops. Estimating the ashes from soft woods, in every 1000 pounds there are from 20 to 40 pounds of potash, 20 pounds of soda, 300 pounds of lime, 60 pounds of magnesia and 45 pounds of phosphoricacid. These proportions, however, are not reli- able, as ashes differ greatly. ASHES AND VEGETABLES. Farmers regard all ashes as being alike in benefiting crops, but it may be mention- ed that good results can be obtained by ap- plying a!l kinds of wood ashes to such crops as potatoes and vegetables, while ashes from some woods do better on clover, owing to the larger proportion of lime they contain. . Plaster is always a useful companion tp ashes, especially on potatoes and clover. Ashes and manure should never be mixed together in a heap, as the ashes are caustic in nature and liberate ammonia; but no damage will occur when they are mixed and applied direotly to the soil, and worked in with a cultivator, though it is not advisable to allow ashes to come in immediate contact with young and tender plants. It has heen an old-time oustom, which is still adhered o in some sections, to burn brush over land intended for tobacco, and, though many of the farm- ers could not give the reason,yet they krew that a plentiful supply of ashes did much in the way of producing a good crop. Bub as tobacco is a plant that also utilizes mag- nesia, it found that article ready for use in ashes. Containing a portion of all thein- gredients that make our'costly fertilizers, except nitrogen,ashes are an excellent fersi- lizer. The main reliance in ashes is the fact that they contain nothing that can pass off in the atmosphere, and as many of the ingredients of ashes are soluble in wa- ter, plants can appropriate them for use immediately. Ashes are easily applied to the land, and they give results for several years, seeming to benefit all kinds of crops. LIME A LARGE CONSTITUENT. As the forests are being reduced the sup- ply of wood ashes is falling off, Cotton-. seed hulls are now one of the principal sources of potash, the soluble potash salts from Germany being largely drawn upon, and more care is also exercised .in saving the liquids of factories that may, contain potash. Some hard woods, such as el ‘and basswood, are not plentitnl, and afford ‘but little ash as a “supply, but the ashes therefrom are rich in potash, the former sometimes containing over 70 pounds in. 1000 pounds of ash, and she latter as high as 80 pounds, which excels some woods; bat the proportion of phosphoric acid is 26 pounds in elm ashes and 30 pounds in bass- wood. In addition so its percentage of posnsh, elm contains about 90 pounds’ of a, 30 pounds of lime and 40 pounds of magnesia. ood contains abouut 60 “pounds of soda; 300 pounds of lime aud 45 Fo TR TAP ee oting that willow ashes. pounds of rash id ahiowp, n of potash, 60 pounds of Tite and’ 85 “pounds. of phosp Thisis a large. quantity ‘the ment, being nearly equal to so lime phos ‘but: = ops age ho woo and fhe tebe aie va. Eva coal ashes are jae oF ess valuable, as sofs coal ashes contain five pounds of ‘potash in every 1000, as well as four pounds a, wo pounds of pl horio acid and 30 pounds of magnesia; but hard coal ashes contain only a pound of each. the is 'perspiration.” : 3 Rhubarb, or pieplant, should be eaten: nds, consain about 80 pounds | soda, 400 pounds of phosphoric acid. latter ele- some of fresh, dried or stewed, FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN: Better to hunt in fields for sEALTH unbought Than fee the doctor for nauseous draught. The wise for cure on exercise depend, God never made his work for God to mend —DrypEN, Cymon. Physiology is a subject with which every individual should be familiar for upon a knowledge of it largely depends the all ime portant matter of health and this is after all the foundation of comfort and happi: pess in the home. The average woman in planning a meal does not always consider the different kinds of foods, their nutritive values or just whiok kind is necessary to best perform different kinds of work. This, of course, varies with the time of year. The difference between fats, carbohydrates and proéeid’s should be clearly understood ‘and how much of each best insures health. Many people believe that the total amount of food eaten is the main thing bus this is a most erroneous idea. As you canno$ run an engine with the wrong kind of fuel, neither can you keep she body in good eon- dition without a proper amount of the right foods. Every woman who has todo with planning the meals should take into careful consideration this important mat- ter. Most cases of indigestion} and {im- paired vitality are traceable to ignorance of is. Find a list of the three kinds of food and in arranging a meal combine vegeta- bles, meats and fruits in such a way as to give the proper amount of each necessary constituent. A little study will make this an easy matter and is the best goarantee against all sorts of organic derangements. Marion Harland has the following to say on ‘‘Medicinal Value of Foods.”’ ‘We spoke last week of the Medicine Chest stocked with drugs as a dangerous thing. I am disposed sometimes to think familiarity with what is technically known as ‘“‘Materia Medica’’ is ‘a snare tothe housemother. She would better leave the selection and the handling of drugs, es- pecially those that contain mineral matter, to apothecary and vhysician. She is pass- ing wise for her generation if she makes a careful study of the properties, values and uses of the contents of larder and store- room. It isnot enongh to say that this meat, that vegetable, or the other sweet disagrees with one. She should know why, and what to substitute for the nnwholesome article. She should know, farthermore, what course of diet will correct stomachic, nervous and intestinal disorders; what to eat in hot weather, and what will supply fuel to the human system in mid-winter. The ignorance of nine-tenths of our other- wise intelligent housekeepers upon the points I have indicated is appalling to one who has even a tolerable degree of famil- iarity with the remedial treasures stored in nature’s pharmacopocia. It is not prac- ticable in the limits of a single chapter to do more than hint sketchily of these treas- ures. The mother who makes this branch of medicinea study converts her market- basket into a dispensary, and constitutes berself the health officer of the district rep- resented by her household. Descending—or rising—to particulars, she will then know the curative properties of vegetables and fruits handled with habitual thoroughness and partaken of recklessly by those for whom she caters. For example, apple sance, hominy, indian meal, mush and wheaten grits are excellent correctives of constipation, and should not be eaten by adult or child who has a ten- dency to laxness of bowels. Rice, boiled plain, or with milk, or made into gruel or jelly, heals irritated intestines, and com- forts by coating the inflamed lining of the stomach. Boiled milk, when taken hot, is a gentle laxative. When allowed to cool it binds instead of loosening. These facts should be better known. Even physicians, in prescribing boiled milk for patients suffer- ing from ‘‘summer complaint’’ or similar troubles, order boiled milk as a dietary without specifying the temperature. The value of celery as a nervine is known to comparatively few. The hankering for it frequently felt by brain workers and ‘‘fidgetty’’ women is generally set down as a whim, when it is, in fact, an eloquent pointing of nature to a specific. The same esonlent is usefal in cases of nervous dys- pepsia and rheumatic gout. fresh and crisp and be eaten freely. Onions are also an excellent nervine. They should be boiled in two waters and ‘thoroughly cooked. For bilious disorders, influenza, insomnia—and muddy complex- ions—their value as a steady diet can hard- ly be: overrated. = Lettuce is highly reo- ommended for insomnia. A light meal of fresh lettuce, not too sharply seasoned, | and thin brown bread and butter, eaten just before bedtime,” will induce drowsi- ness when the ‘doctor’s ‘soothing draughts have no effect. ; ‘Tomatoes act directly upon the liver, cool the blood, are easily digested by dys- peptics—in short, are. invaluable in all classes of disorders for which the old-fash- ioned doctors prezoribed calomel. Asparagus, properly cooked, is easily | digested and a gentle sudorifio,acting npon the skin and inducing frequently by rheumatic ‘sufferers, since it acts directly upon the blood, cleansing it from the uric acid which provokes rheum- atism. gn Lemons are anti-bilious. A Southern ‘planter whose field-laborers and house ser- vants were singularly free, year alter: year, from malarial : fevers = which _scourged neighboring plantations, told me that he laid in lemons by the dozen boxes, dis- pensing them every day to his family and: employes instead of administering quinine. A roasted or boiled lemon, filled while hot _wite sugar, and eaten still hot, just before retiri hoarseness, and oipient cold. Cranberries are almost a specific for erysipelas and for a tendency to ‘scrofu- will induce perspiration, relieve ess often ak ie an in- Figs are a well-known. aperient, eaten They are also rec: ommended for canoerous diseases, Peaches may be called a general regnlator of the internal machinery of the human ‘body. When ripe and sound, they may {'be eaten ‘in’ incredible quantities 'by ‘the ‘fruit lover. By a strange and beneficent {| double action they correct constipation and as effectually brace and heal the too lax intestines.—By Marion Harland, in Pitfs- burg Dispatch. It should be | a flow of healthful | ~ September Weather, by Hicks. In his prognostications for the last two weeks in September Hicks says : One of the most probable earthquake periods in September will be central on the 13th extending twe .cy-four to thirty-six hours before and after thas day. A mark- ed change to high barometer, westerly gales and much cooler will almost certainly fol- low general and severe storms at shis time. Frosts in many localities, especially north- ward, between the 15th and 19th, may reasonably be expected. The next regular storm period is central on the 21ss, this being also the central day of Earth’s antumnal equinox. This period will express itself in falling barometer, ris- ing temperature, threatening storm clouds, with rain, wind and thunder, the crisis falling on the 21st to 23rd, progressively from west to east. It behooves all who navigate the lakes and high seas to keep eyes trained on approaching possibilities at this and other September periods. Another high barometer and change to decidedly cooler will come in from the northwest close behind these storms. The 27th, 28th and 29th are reactionary storm days, not far from the center of the autumnal equinox, and with the moon at new and on the celestial equator on the 28th, and in perigee, or nearest the earth, on the 29th. We predict that within the period embraced between Wednesday 27th, and Saturday the 30th, many wide sweep- ing and violent storms will visit various parts of sea and land all around the earth. Looalities exposed to the ravages of high tides, and violent inrushing of tidal waves, should keep in mind the probabilities of danger at this time, This same period is also one of maximum earthquake proba- bility. Seismic disturbances and volcanic activity will be natural concomitants of all these phenomena. They are all alike the product of universal, cosmic forces that are perturbed and out of a state of nosmalcy ab this particular time. : ——When you throw a friend a bouquet, don’t throw it so he will catch the thorns in his hands. Low Rates to California Via Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway. On a number of days this summer low round-trip rates to California points are of- fered via the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway. Liberal return limits and stop-over privileges. Two through trains every day from Union Station, Chicago, via Chicago, Milwaukee & ‘St. Paul and Union Pacific Line. The Overland Limit- ed leaves 6.05 p. m., and makes the run to San Francisco in less than three days. The California Express, at 10.25 p. m., carries through tourist as well as standard sleep- ing cars, and the berth rate for tourist sleeper is only $7. Complete information regarding rates,rontes and train service sent on request. Colorado-California Book sent for six cents postage. Folders free. John R. Pott, District Passenger Agent, Room D, Park Bldg., Pittsburg, Pa. Low Rates to Colorado. Only $30 Chicago to Colorado and return every day this summer. Return limit Oc- tober 31st. Two through trains every day from Union Station, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul and Union Pacific Line. Leave Chicago 6:05 p. m., arrive at Denver 9:30 p. m. next day. Or, leave Chicago 10:25 ‘p. m., arrive at Denver 7:50 a. m. the sec- ond day. Descriptive book on Colorado and California sent to any address for six cents postage. Folders free. John R. Pott, district passenger agent, room D, Park Bulding, Pittsburg, Pa. Saddlery. Aries 34 YEARS The wise buyer is ‘posted’ in what he buys and where he buys. 84 years of unquestioned ascendency. 84 years of steady improvement in quality and workmanship. 34 years of constant increase in sales and still growing. ——This is the Record of— SCHOFIELD’S HARNESS FACTORY. Are there any who will deny the above. ' Three first-class workmen kept busy all winter making : HEAVY AND/ LIGHT HARNESS VIN-TE-NA for Depressed Feeling, Ex- bausted Vitality, Nervous Debility and Diseases requiring a Tonic Strengthening Medicine. It cures quickly by making Pure Red Blood and replenishing the Blood Supply. Benefit Guaranteed or money re- funded. All druggists. Castoria. oC C C C cco bb bbb nmnmnm HEHEHE 00000 $0 £0 bb tb te Bb bbb the Kind You Have Always Bought has borne the signature of Chas. H. Fletcher, and has been made under his personal supervision for over 30 years. Allow no one to deceive you in this. Counterfeits, Imitations and “Just-as-good”’ are but Ex- periments, and endanger the health of ~ Children— Experience against Experiment WHAT IS CASTORIA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Cas- tor Oil, Paregoric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neith- er Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It re- lieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipa- tion and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children’s Panacea—The Mother’s Friend. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER. IN USE FOR OVER 30 YEARS. THE CENTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY. 48-43-21m Williams’ Wall Paper Store Certainly you do and we wish to call your attention to the size and quality of our stock of Varian WAL LP 4 PIE RAGS It consists of 50,000 rolls of the most beautiful and carefully selected stock of Wall Paper ever brought TO BELLEFONTE. ® ——SPECIALTIES—— Our specialties consist of a large line of beautiful Stripes, Floral De- signs, Burlap Cloth Effects and Tapestries. :esessensOUR PRICES......... Are right, ranging in price from 5c. to $1.00 per roll. We have a large line of Brown? Backs at 5c. and 6c. per roll with match ceiling and two band border at 2c. per yard. Also a large assortment of White Blanks at 6c. to 10c. per roll and matched up in perfect combination, Our Ingrains and Gold Papers are more beautiful than ever before with 18in. blended borders and ceilings to match, in fact anything made in the Wall Paper line this year we are able to show you. t voisserees SKILLED WORKMEN............ OUR STOCK IS COMPLETE IN FARM, TUG, BUGGY, SPRING WAGON AND LIGHT DOUBLE DRIVING HARNESS. | OUR CHAIN HARNESS THIS | YEAR ARE CHEAPER AND BETTER THAN EVER. ; We have a large assortment of —FINE TUG BRIDLES-— ' made in different styles. We invite you to call and examine our goods and get rices. Don’t pay ‘the p for old harness when you can buy new of the same money. Don’t * us toc te with infer. ior made i gy use'only . the best material and employ first-class workmen. | e have over SIX HUN- EE Lam WORT , Tan; n ce from $2 to $4. TooaR fall thrice | these goods before buying, ‘Yours truly, for your trade, : JAMES SCHOFIELD, Spring street, BELLEFONTE, PA. 37 Are aly to put on the paper as it should be puton. e have them and are able to do anything in the business. We do ; Painting, : Graining, Paper Hanging, : House Decorating, Sign Writing, Ete. 1.3 “TRY US AND] BE CONVINCED....... Also dealers in Picture and Room Moulding, Oil Paintings, : : Water Colors, Window Shades, Paints, Ne Glass, Ete, i : ‘8. H. WILLIAMS, vs High street, - BELLEFONTE, PA ‘I'ypewriter. PIrIsBURG VISIBLE TYPEWRITER. = 49-44-10 oi Price $75 ; J'I¢ Reaches the Demands Unexcelled for billing and tabulating. Send for catalog and proposition to dealers, PITTSBURG WRITING MACHINE CO, PITTSBURG, - THE ONLY PERFECT MACHINE MADE. VISIBLE WRITING ; STRONG MANIFOLDER ; UNIVER SAL KEY-BOARD ; LIGHT TOUCH RAPID ACTION. bod of Business. [ PA. Groceries SECHLER & CO. PURE FOOD STORE. at 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 120., 250., and 450. per pail; try is. Maple Syrup in glass hottles and tin cans. NEW ORLEANS MOLASSES The finest new orop 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 but not equal to the Marbots.. Fine Almonds and Mixed Nuts. EVAPORATED FRUITS. Peaches 10c., 120., 150. and 18¢. per pound. Apricots 150., 180. and 20o. per pound. Prunes 50., 8o., 100. and _ 120. per pound. Raisins 100. and 120. per pound, either seeded or unseeded. Currants 10c.. and 12. per pound. Citron, Orange and Lemon Peel. Dates, Figs and fine Table Raisins. ~All these 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 ,ust 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. SECHLER & CO. Pure Food and Fine Groceries. 49-3 BELLEFONTE, PA. Green’s Pharmacy. cet clit Eco Ach ecco cts crt gg J ISHERMEN! 0, cts, Act The fishing season has come, are alll ath you ready for it? If not, leave us help i all you to get ready. We have Rods, Lines, Hooks, Reels, Bait Boxes, Snells, Trout Flies, ~ Baskets, Grasshopper Cages, Landing Nets, - Fly Books, Rings and Keepers, : Sinkers, Silk Worm Gut, 8, 6and 9 foot Leaders, and we think about every thing you need. : JAPANESE CANES 5, 10 AND 15cts, FOR We invite your trade. Don't forget if you wANT THE BEST, you ‘can GET IT AT GREEN'S. A A Hn tea ete et set ect ce ctl GREEN’S PHARMACY CO., 10151. ‘Bush House Block, BELLEFONTE, PA. 44-26:1y 2 ic rent rect gE TT er . Prospectus. 50 YEARS’ EXPERIENCE TRADE MARKS, hg COPYRIGHTS, ETC. Anyone sending a sketch and description m: quickly asce) riain our opinion free w a in. vention is probably patentable. Commu Jurlotly confidential. ee. os ny panes ns for securing patents. SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN p Jentifie joustinls Terms four months, §1. Sold by all newsdealers, MUNN & CO., RE 361 Broapway, NEW Y 625’ Braxor Orrice, F 8r., WasmiNeto¥, D Ss; 48-44. ly er an in- Handbook on patents sent | rough Munn & Co. receive | | special notice, without charge, in the | ; A handsomely illustrated Weekly. ‘Largest cirou.' =| lation of any sc a year; |: Lewis and Clark Exposition. Reund trip tickets Chicago to Portland and return $56.50 via the Chicago, Milwau- kee & St. Paul railway. Tickets on sale daily until September 30th, and good for return for 90 days. Choice of routes offer- ed by this line. Liberal stop-over privi- leges. Descriptive book sent for two cents postage. Folders free. John R. Pots, dis- triot passenger agent, room D, Park Build- ing, Pittsburg, Pa. Insurance. SE— JOHN F. GRAY & SON, (Successors to Grant Hoover.) FIRE, LIFE, AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE. READ / This Agency represents the largest Fire Jusurance Companies in the orld. NO ASSESSMENTS. Do not fail to give us a call before insuring your Life or P rty .as we are in position to write large lines at any time. Office in Orider’s Stone Building, 43-18-1y BELLEFONTE, PA. THE PREFERRED ACCIDENT INSURANCE CO. sin, THE $5,000 TRAVEL POLICY Benefits : $5,000 death by accident, 5,000 loss of both feet, 5,000 loss of both hands, 5,000 loss of one hand and one foot, 2,500 loss of either hand, 2,500 loss of either foot, 630 loss of one eye, 25 per week, total disability; (limit 52 weeks. ) 10 col week, partial disability; limit 26 weeks. PREMIUM $12 PER YEAR, payable quarterly if desired. Larger or smaller. amounts in pro- portion. Any person, male or female engaged in a preferred occupation, in- cluding house-keeping, over eigh- teen years of age of good moral and physical condition may insure under this policy. H. E. FENLON, 50-21 Agent, Bellefonte, Pa. ' Jewelry. FZ THE NEW YEAR Our stockis now complete and awaits your inspection. STERLING SILVER TABLE AND TOILET WARE, FINE UMBRELLAS, POCKET K8, GoLD, JEWELRY, WATCHES, DIAMONDS. F. C. RICHARD’S SONS, High Street; BELLEFONTE, = (= © -in« PENNA. 41-46 Flour and Feed. B28 NA TINA TA TAN : Cops ry: ‘WAGNER, : Baocxzauorr Mus, Beueroxts Pa, Manufacturer, © ow SA '§ morikk rove FEED, CORN MEAL, Ete. Also Dealer in Grain. ‘Manufactures and has on hand at all i $i fimes the following brands of high grade our 2 all WHITE STAR, OUR BEST. HIGH GRADE, VICTORY PATENT, FANCY PATENT —formerly Pho- nix Mills high grade brand. Stes : The only place in the county where SPRAY, - extraordinary fi Spring wheat Patent ode he . obtained, § bod : ALSO: i . INTERNATIONAL STOCK FOOD. "FEED OF ALL KINDS, Whole or Manufactured, All kinds of Grain bought at office. Exchanges Flour for Wheat. Footer Yi remo] pat OFFICE and STORE, - Bishop Stree OR id STORE, - ,Plshop Street, MILL « 1+ =v ROOPSBURG. 47-19
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