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—Nuw is the time to take an old, dull
hoe aod serape off all the ioose bark from
the apple trees, killing the eggs from be-
neath. Even the children can help at
this. — Davis.
—1t yon find a new bug or worm feasting
on any of your belongings, lose no time in
finding out what it is and if it’s harmful.
It mighs be stamped out if taken at the
stars. —B. L. P.
—Onee ie the morning is often enough
to water honse plants, the water to be of
the temperature of 80 degrees. All water
should be applied at the surface, and there
should be peifect drainage at the bottom of
the pot, as standing water is injurious to
plants.
—It is dering snowstorms and cold
winds entering the barn that young colts,
pigs and calves are checked in growth. A
night's exposure in a cold barn may not
harm an adult, although even in that case
the animal may suffer, but the young ones
will feel the cold severely. The important
matter is to see that all cracks and crev-
jces are closed. It is sometimes the case
that a small stream of air will cause all
the animals to be uncomfortable.
—Ventilation of the stables is important,
but how to ventilate without creating
draughts of air is really a problem to solve.
The first thing to consider is to keep the
cold out, yet the air that comes in during
midwinter is often very cold. An excellent
plan is to have the stalls roomy and to open
the doors and windows during the warm
rtion of the day,and close them at night.
The draughts along the floors will be part-
ly prevented by abundant bedding.
An excellent compost for pot plants or
anything else can be made by skimming
off slices of sods, adding some fine stable
manure und then allowing it to decompose.
Compost may be made in varions ways,
however. Some collect leaf mould, rods |
and dirt, adding lignid manure, and ccoa- |
sionally fresh, solid manure, working iv
over frequently until the whole is fine. It
should not contain too much manure, be-
ing more servicable to the form of rich
dirt.
—D.cide upon what is required in the
garden and secure the seeds early. Begin-
nets on a farm should set out fruit trees as
soon as it can be done. It is in the culti-
vation of fruits and vegetables that the
younger members of the family delight,
and when they become interested in such
they will take more interest in general
farming. It is the rontine of the farm
that is disliked. When the farm work be-
comes more varied it is then less monot-
onous.
HORSE-RADISH FOR BROKEN WIND.
A writer says ‘‘the horse has no use for
horse-adish.” I am not so sure about
that. Recently a market gardener stated
that hie bad a lot of leaves, the waste from
a large crop of horse-radish, and not having
avy other place for it, he gave it to his
horses, one of them being badly broken
winded. This feed effected a complete
cure. The remedy is easily tried, and can
do no harm. If you have a borse thus
afflicted, try the horse-radish leaf cure and
report.
—The cows on many farms would becon-
sidered first-class producers if each cow's
product amounted to 200 pounds of butter
per year, vet it is claimed by some of the
best dairymen that 200 pounds of butter
per year from a cow does not pay. Those
who aim to make the most batter from
their herds have the standard up to 300
pounds per year, and some fix the limit
igher. Every farmer can, in time, bave
the individual members of his herd reach
that amount by breeding for better cows
every year.
—There is no perfect food for all-pur-
poses. Everything depends upon what is
to be accomplished. If the objectis to
fatten an animal the food should contain a
larger proportion of corn; that is, if the
desire is to promote growth. Of the vari-
ous foods grass is equal to any, as it is rich
in mioeral matter, and is also an assistant
in fattening because it promotes digestion,
and io eaten slowly. For milk production
grass oe | he assisted by the concentrated
foods and also by hay, but uly a varies
of food is perfect for ALY n= noe. ’
“Qooseberries are profitable and can be
grown on a more extended scale if given as
much care as is hestowed upon other fruits.
ts are propagated, to some extent,
by cattings, but generally by layers. The
earth is heaped in a mound the
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heavily pruned. The froit grows on the
buds formed on two-year-old wood. Prun-
ing should be done by outting out extra
shoots and also by cutting the new
growth.
—Jt is not too soon to give some facts in
regard to starting plants early. in Ger-
many the seeds of peas, ocnoum
eto., are atarted in a frame, and when
are a little grown they are |
the roots being dipped in a mixture
of olay, moss, water and loam,
and on withdrawal are sprinkled with d
earth. A piece of moss is then fattened
into She Jorn 924 and a little sth
on it, prepared plants are
hen paced on is ple the moss folded
over the root, tied oo in the form of a bal
comb of a bird, though ewhat painfal
a tion, 10 hurd
in the winter
season. This removal of the comb is term-
ed ‘‘dubbivg,’’ and is done when the birds
are about three months old, or a little later
for bantams. The comb and waitles are
out off close to the head with a razor or
shears. It must be done quickly,
the dipped in a strong solution of
alum (to arrest bleeding, ) and after the
lapse of an hour or two the wound may he
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FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN
Certainly in our little sphere each day it
is not the most active people to whom we
owe the most. It is the lives like the stars,
which simply pour down on us the calm
light of their bright and faithful being, up to
which we look and out of which we gather
the deepest calm and courage.— Philip Brooks.
Emyite hints expressed in raising and
rounding the waistline, just barely hinted
at #o far, bave created violent opposition
in those women with the tall, slim figure,
who look their best (and know it) in long-
waisted effects.
In sharp contradiction to Empire teach-
ings, these women demand waists long al-
most to an extreme, and succeed in mak-
ing them popular. So much for the sue-
cers of ind ence, even in fashions.
That tendency toward higher corsets is
doing away with any fullaess in the corset
covers that come over from Frauce. To be
neat almoss to the point of tightness just
above the belt seems to be the aim.
SCARCITY OF LACE BUTTONS.
Lace buttons—those most satisfactory
little things for fastening blouses and lin-
gerie and haby things—are almost impos-
gible to get, the supply never seeming to
equal the demand. Just now it is worse
ge ind the Irish
tis a peasant industry —the Ir peas-
ants most particularly—and the work is te-
dious and slow for the returns it brings.
Once it was a flourishing business, family
after family doing that work in the long
winter intervals between the work of the
fields, banding it down to the next genera-
tion as a matter of course. :
Bat there's not much money in it, and
the younger element of the present day is
looking for something that means not only
more money, but less work, and that ina
different way—anything that doesn’t re-
quire the patient, unremitting, careful
placing of every thread.
As a result, it is dying out; and unless
in a few years it can be revived, 1t will be
a case of finding a satisfactory substitute.
So far there's nothing on the market that
quite takes their place.
MORAL EFFECT OF GOOD CLOTHES.
Every woman who goes along the streets
with her sables knows perfectly well how
great an object of envy she ia to every wo-
man who lacks that richest of all furs, and,
womaulike, displays them just a listle
more ostentatiously.
And, by the way, did you ever notice
how much good clothes have to do witha
good carriage? Setting aside all questions
of the immense differences that exist in cut
and fit and finish, the very knowledge that
you are wearing rich furs, with an appro-
priate setting in the way of a gown or sult,
unconsciously affects the way yon hold
your head and straighten your shoulders.
One wise old doctor used to prescribe
new clothes for patients facing nervous
breakdowns, and declared he got more re-
sults from ‘‘a new hat taken in repeated
doses’’ than from any other formula.
From an economical point of view, it
pays to ges a dress of voile or one of its
indred, if you need something to tide you
over the winter. If you're careful to
choose only a shade which will rank among
the staples, and depend more upon the in-
dividoalisy of the making and trimming
than upon color for its style, you've some-
thing to begin spring in, or to supplement
your spring outfit with.
WAYS OF TELLING IF CLOTH IS WOOL.
Winter shopping is a trial to many wo-
men because they do not know how 10 test
wool and are obliged to take the salesman’s
word that there is no cotton in the cloth
that is to be made into a coat or cape that
must last for several seasons. Frequently
they are diseatisfied with their purchase
because they fear the materials contain
some cotton and will wear bare and look
shoddy when given hard use.
All this aoxiety would be done away
with if women knew how to test woolens,
and there would be no question about
whether the materials are part cotton, for
the purchaser wonld be able to degide this
for hersell. Testing cloth is spch a simple
Jonen that every woman and girl shoald
now how it is dong. Apcording to an ex-
pert woolsa oust e tests never fail, so
that ance applied any doubt »s to the qua.
re the material wonid be settled
“eri
‘The easiest test I know of,” she said,
“and one that can always be tried with a
sample, is to burt the threads. I
take ove of the woof and another of the
warp, unraveling a small piece so I can
test the threads ruuning both ways. If
they are pure wool they will not burn
quickly, bat will smoulder and throw off
odor like burned houes and leave a lit-
charred drop. If the
cloth is of cotton and wool the former will
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To take out ol iron rust dip the
spot in strong solution of tartaric acid and
expose to sun, or wet article in strong suds,
Tub put with ripe tomato juice, expose to
ull pearly dry, then wash in
To take out machine oil spots rub with
butter and cover with soda, then wash in
red 1 with
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. =——Subscribe for the WATCHMAN.
WHEN WE STAND UPRIGHT.
A Special Complex Mechanism Ena
bles Us to Do It.
We are so accustomed to standing
upright as a natural attitude that few
of us think what a special complex
mechanism is required for this pur-
pose. A moment's consideration will
show that the ordinary explanation of
the erect position (the center of gravi-
ty to be directly above the feet) is in-
sufficient. When a man is suddenly
shot, whether from the front or behind,
he drops on his face, for the truth is
that there is much more weight in the
front of the spinal column than be-
hind it.
The fact is that when we are stand-
ing a large number of powerful mus-
cles (both front and back) are simul-
taneously at work, the effects of their
action being to neutralize each other.
Thus the legs would fall forward were
it not that they are kept vertical on
the feet hy the strong tendon (the
“Achilles") at the back of the heel
At the same time the muscies of the
thigh are tightened so as to prevent us
taking a sitting position, and the mus-
cles of the back are pulled tense so that
the trunk does not stoop forward. The
head is prevented from dropping on the
chest by the ligaments in the nape of
the neck.
That the upright is not its normal
position is easily shown by the fact
that a man nods as he is falling asleep,
for as soon as the controlling nervous
force is deadened the head drops for-
ward by its own weight, only to be
pulled back into position again with
a jerk when the brain becomes sud-
denly aware of an unusual attitude.
TWO SCOTCH STORIES.
®rigin of the Macintyres and the
Bloody Hand Legend.
My father, says a writer in Black-
—1I guess that's right. His Uncle Jobn
says he is a blooming idiot.—Chicago
News.
The Angel.
Miss Budd (to famous pianist)—That
music was truly divine, monsieur.
“Ah. mamselle, zat is indeed praise,
for who but an angel would know di-
vine music?”
——Take Vin-te-na and the good effect
will be immediate. You will get strong,
you will feel bright, fresh and active, you
will feel new, rich blood coursing through
your veins. Vin-te-ua will act like magio,
will put new life in you. If not benefited
money refunded. All druggists.
Business Notice,
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the Signature of
CHAS. H. FLETCHER.
wood's Magazine, had no end of anec- | == we oem.
dotes about our ancestors, parts of
which I remember, though I was only a Medical,
schoolroom child of under fourteeni™ EESTI
when I heard him relating them, I
was, however, old enough to feel keen-
ly interested in them. One story that
impressed me very much was related
to account for the origin of the Clan
Macintyre. A party of Macdonells on
one occasion were out in a boat when .
a knot of wood sprang eut, causing a TESTED ARD PROVEN
serious leak, whereupon one of the -
ty stuck in his finger to fill the ho
and then cut it off with his dirk, thus ——
saving the life of the whole party.
From this circumstance his descend- sar .
ants were called the Macintyres, or THERE IS A HEAP OF SOLACE IN BEING ABLE TO DE
sons of the carpenter.
2 hots SUS wien 1 a PEND UPON A WELL-EARNED REPUTATION.
which appears in our coat of arms. A
doubt having arisen as to which of two
brothers a certain estate belonged, it —
was agreed that he whose flesh and
blood should first touch the property
was to be regarded as the rightful own- | For months | Bellefonte fenders, have
er. Accordingly the two young men Ten Kida Pilla and vend se for
started in two boats for the land in pork ney havs don :
question. One of them, seeing that he Srphanih Ne Some idk gi
was losing the race, when near the convincing proof of merit
shore pulled out his dirk, cut off his Mrs. Emma J. Davis, of 246 E. Logan St.,
a a
pro; as i me! na -
flesh and blood had touched it first. lieved of Kidoy complaint and backache
me le
Boy oo Bu BR ply
To Cure Scars. when other remedies had failed. When-
Scars are often very ugly things and Toon orp ‘ee Groans. ph A ne
disagreeable marks when they exist in supply of Doan's Kidney Pills and is
3 promi ent place on the akin. Prob- ayes more than a few doses to
ubly nothing can remove a scar
tissue of which has become fibrous ore ihurn. Go. Bitale, New Tore
Tr the
and unyielding, but the fi » Senta 10} ihe Ui 0 ie chtuke
recipe, to be applied on lint.and allow- na other Doan 0-44-4.0.%,2m
el to remain on the part for a little
tire daily, will effect an im
in small scars and blemishes:
gue_sad a bait SU icy acd
ve grails: Yivcerin, three drams;
or, six ounces, Mix.
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CIIAS. H. FLETCHER
borne the signature of and has been made under
his personal supervision since its infancy. Allow
no one to deceive you in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and “Just-as-good"
are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Chil-
dren—Experience against Experiment.
«- WHAT I8 CASTORIA
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Drops and Soothing
Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcot-
ic substance. Its age is its guarantee.
It destroys Worms and allays Feverish-
ness, It cures Diarrhms and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures
Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach
and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sieep. The Children's Panacea—The
Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CABTORIA ALwaAYs
Bears the Signature of
CHAS, H. FLETCHER
THE KIND YOU HAVE ALWAYS BOUGHT
In Use For Over 30 Years.
THE CENTAUR COMPANY, 771 MURRAY STKREE1, NEW YORK CITY.
50-44-1088.
Groceries
SQECHLER & 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 qoart,
two quart and four quart tin pails, at
120., 25c., and 450. per pail; try it.
Maple Syrup in glass hottles and tin
cans.
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| 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 nus. 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 Nats,
EVAPORATED FRUITS.
Peaches 10c., 120., 150. and 18¢. per
pound. Apricots 150., 180. and 20c.
per pound. Prunes 50., 8o., 100. and
12. per pound. Raisins 10c. and 1%.
per pound, either seed2d or unseeded.
Currants 10c. and 12c. 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 oor 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 bave been a diffienlt proposi-
SECHLER & CO.
Pure Food and Fine Groceries.
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Green's Pharmacy,
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PELrER
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Twelve years ago ground black pep-
per was selling here at 40c. the Ib,—
and not the best at that. We thought
we could save our customers money
by buying in large quantities, direct
from the men who Imported and
rround it—packing it in pound pack-
ages ourselves—we did so, buying
Singapore Pepper, and for five years
sold it to you at 15¢ the Ib.—then itad-
vanced to 20c. For the past three
years we have sold it for 22¢., itis
sifted free from stems and dirt before
grinding and is just what we repre.
sent it.
PURE SINGAPORE PEPPER
The price is still 22c. the pound—we
invite your trade for pure spices.
GREEN'S PHARMACY CO.,
Bush House Block,
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Patents taken Munn & Co, receive
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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
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ation of Terms §3 a year;
four monine 1. Sl qoarpal.
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BELLEFONTE, PA.
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World.
NO ASSESSMENTS. ——
Do not fail to give us a call before insuring
your Life or Property as we are in position to
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Office in Crider's Stone Building,
BELLEFONTE, PA.
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Larger or smaller amounts in pro-
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H. E. FENLON,
50-21 Agent, Bellefonte, Pa.
Saddiery.
10 PER CENT. REDUCTION
ON ALL GOODS SOLD—WHY YOU
SHOULD VISIT THE
COUNTY SEAT
You can combine business with
Plemsure, and make the trip pay
or its:lf. You will save mere
than your expenses by calling at
SCHOFIELD'S HARNESS FACTORY
and purchase bargains that we
are now offering. All leather
goods are advancing in price.
We have now in stock a very
large assortment of
HAND-MADE HARNESS—LIGHT
AND HEAVY —
at all prices. Oar stock of Blan-
kets and five Robes is complete—
and nicer patterns than we have
bad for many a year. We can
supply you with anything in the .
horse jine, Axle Grease, Harness
Food, Chicken Food ; abiy
the market. Money refunded oy
all goods if not satisfactory,
Very traly yours,
JAMES SCHOFIELD,
Spring street,
7 BELLEFONTE, Pa,
ret oat wan
Flour and Feed.
Manufactures and has on hand si all
Hines the following bmuda of high grade
WHITE STAR,
OUR BEST.
HIGH GRADE,
VICTORY PATENT,
FANCY PATENT-—formerly Phes-
nix Mills high grade brand.
‘The only piace in the county where
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INTERNATIONAL STOCK FOOD.
FEED OF ALL KINDS,
Whole or Manufactured,
All kinds of Grain bought at office.
Exchanges Flour for Wheat.
CE and STO! - Bishop
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MILL «= « + ROOPSBURG.
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