Bellefonte, Pa., June 28, 1907. FARM NOTES. —The flavor of butter largely depends on the food the cows eat. —Regularity in feeding and milking makes cows give more milk. —Yonog chickens ou pasture need feed three time a day ontil a month old, then twice a day. — It is an useless waste of time and mon- ey to have more poultry than 2an be taken care of well. —Gilt-edge batter iz not due wholly to . the excellence of (the cow, but also to the intelligence and management of the farmer who attends to the stock and looks after all the details necessary in order to prodoce a superior article, in order to get the highest prices. —In selecting cantaloupes do not aim to secure a large size for family use. The best flavored and sweetest varieties are the small kinds, aud they are also the earliest. Watermelons, however, should be large, as the larger the melon the less waste, while they are also fully equal in quality to the smaller kind. —Keep the blossoms picked off the pansy plants or they will cease to bloom, as the roduction of seed is an end to flowering. ork a small quantity of fertilizer into the soil around each plant occasionally, and at the end of the year trim them muich with | straw, and the old plants can then be nsed another season. —It is not necessary for a cow to give only a small quantity of milk in order to ive rich milk. One can use a breed that famous for large yields of rich milk rath- er then to get rich milk aud low yields. Every farmer should look around him be- fore purchasing a cow, and he should make x a point to know the characteristics of the reeds. — When currants and gooseberries have been injured by the borer as soon as the leaves start the defective canes are easily discovered and should be cut out as far down as the pith is eaten out and burned at once. The egg is laid about June Ist, and as soon as hatched the young borer eats its way into the cane, there remaining until the following season. —Hemp can be easily grown in all seo- tions of this conutry, bat the obstacle to its successful cultivation is the labor of pre- paring it for market. There is a wide field for inventive genius in devising appropriate machinery for specially treating hemp and other fibrous plants which demaud more labor in some sections than can he profit. ably bestowed on them. —Oune of the safest and best ways to send a few choice cut flowers toa distance is to cut slips in potatoes and insert the flower stems, taking care that they are firmly fas- tened in and supported by a little cotton or per. An ordinary potato will keep most owers fresh for two weeks or more in a moderate temperature. Potatoes can also be nsed in floral decorations, being dis- guised by leaves and flowers. -—Mauariuste of potash is a product of the Stassfart mines in Germany, and its sale is controlled by a German syndicate. Both acid phosphate and tankage are five, dry meals, in perfect condition to be used ina fertilizer drill, and mixing them does not alter their condition. Muriate of potash reserubles common ealt in appearance, ex- cept that it is usually somewhat yellowish in color. In its commercial condition it is about ball actual potash. — Weighing the milk is the best means of registering the capabilities and peculiari- ties of a cow and her yield. I! done one day each week, and noted down, the table 80 constructed will be a most effisient guide to the total quantity yielded, the rate of increase, the average or season’s yield, the time of calving, the time of going dry, the effects of a particular food, ete., while a sudden decrease may indicate the first symptom of any disease or trouble. —The effort to produce the seeds of ap- ples exbausts the tree more than to prodance the much larger quantity of meat, because seeds contain a much larger proportion of the mineral elements. As much meat for pulp can be grown on 500 fine large apple trees as upon 1000 small, inferior ones, but the production of seeds will only be one- hall as great. Thus ‘‘thinning’’ not only adds to the value of the present ciop, but economizes the energies of the tree for fa- ture use. —Stock should be fed a variety of food. Many flocks and herds have to subsist al- most entirely upon grain foods the entire I°™: which is an injudicions mode of feed- . Yefotables, either raw or cooked, or or with ground grain, are excellent, but there is nothing squalisg 2 liberal sup- ply of grain morning and nig t, with plenty of grass Suing the day, and if the pasture is supplied with a mixed herbage so much the better. Variety conduces to health and promotes thrift. —Sometimes we see trees which dry up the under them, while in the same neighborhood will be 3196s under which the grow greener w t is not thus shaded. An orchard that has | been roots band and when a dry time arrives the grass under it lacks moisture and is very sson killed out. good melons select a and eigeteen inches d Fil the n eep. es with , well rotted com and hill up over the holes. Before vg iu the com- post lay a few chips at the bottom, in order to assist the moisture to pass down and ad- mit the air. Plant five seeds and thin down to two plants. Do not work among the Yines,ds Shey should never be distur bus keep the soil clean where there are no vines. Place bills ten feet apart, and remove all weeds and grass by hand. —Growers of peaches are using cow as cover crops in the orchard. shade the land, and be turned under when the pods are y ripe, or may re- main as a mulch in winter. It is more profitable to use the vines for food for cat- tle, but at the same time, if a mulch is re- quired, it is well to grow the mulch, es- pecially when a leguminous plant answers 80 well. One advantage in growing the is that it i= almost a sure crop, | FOR AND ABOUT WOmEN i ! DAILY THOUGHT. It is easier to prevent iii Lahits than to break | them. — Malt on Platc’s ring. Some of the most exclasive dres-makers bave this year borrowed ideas from pictures | old masters, of course with modifica. tions to suit modern requirements. Nothing is prettier than the Gainsbor- | ough frock in white muslin, with its | tucker of white net run through with Row- | pey blue ribbon, which, by the way, is not the fashionable bloe. The long, high- | waisted frocks, quaintiy carried oot ia Lib- | erty satins, are extremely pretty, always rovided the baud is placed iu a manner | Pk to the wearer. The trend of fashion is toward the short- | waisted effect, but this can no longer be called Empire; personally, I consider this au improvement, for the modern line is peculiarly becoming, lengthening the leg and giving a pretty idea of a waist, which in the days of the old Empire frocks was conspicuous by its absence. Although peo- ple talk abou: beautiful Old World fash- ions, nothing hitherto has reached the height of perfection attained by more mod- | ern productions. The clothes we buy ready-wade to day bave many claims to elegance, grace and beauty. Now that bandeanx have almost disap. peared from the back of the bat a new comb bas been devised in order to keep the hat | properly iu place It is an ordinary shaped | long comb with wavy teeth—in order to better hold—with five outstanding pear- shaped knobs, that are quite oranamental as well as ueeful. The crown of the hat, or the bandean, sets on these and thus pre: vents slipping. “Khaki'’ was some few years ago carry- | ing all before it as a fashionable shade, and bas once more made its appearance under | two or three differest names, which givea | fictitious suggestion of novelty to the famil- | iar color. In Tussore silk it loses much of its char- | acteristic crudeness, and in combination | with a certaiu tone of Japanese blue, intro- | daced in the form of embroideries all round | the skirt, it i= fall of modistic possibilities. | Oue of the prettiest creations seen lately at | a leading couturiere consisted of a dress of this description in kbaki colored Shantuong, | embroidered in Chinese roses in soft shades of blue witha blouse of ‘‘spider’s.web'’ | pet dyed to correspond, and crossed with | bretelles of Tassore embroidered in the | same design and color as the skirt. | With this was worn a tiny Tassore wrap | in kimono form outlined with a little box. | leated ruche of satin ribbon in the same | baki shade, the belt and mitred stole frout being likewise worked iu Chinese roses. | Up toa very short time ago milliners | vowed flowers would not be seen on the | best hats. Now we see little of anything | else, except aigrettes or plumes. When flowers are employed they are used by | themselves and are put on io great loose | bunches. The violets garnishing a large | blask bat are most beautiful. They are posed at the front aud almost on the top of the crown. i A shade of bine that has many followers is that known as blen de Jony. It is beau. tifal 10 toile and linen and fashions many | of the vests of tailor-mades. It is av imi. | tation of the old de Jony made centuries ago near Versailles, which could not bedu- | plicated anywhere else in the world, and | when this fact became known it was at once adopted at court and fora century | composed a large part of the decoration of | both men and women. It was afterward | proved that there were certain qualities in the water of the streams around Versailles | that had the result of giving a rich shade | todyes manufactured in the vicinity. Time was when the orauge was a luxary; | now it has become a necessity even to fawi- | liesol very moderate means, We have come to realize that this fruit is more than | palatable—it is health bringing, except where overacidity of the blood exists, and! even then the orange may often be taken | when all other fruit is forbidden. Fortunately, with Calilornia’s competi- tion, and the rivalry between the spicy, seedless navel varieties of the Pacific coast and the sweeter but uncomfortably seeded fruit of the India river aud othef parts of Florida, the orange has become so cheap that it can form part of our daily menu. If cost is at all a question, then dispense with meat occasionally. About the only drawback to the orange is the eating of it. Juiciness is delicious; but juiciness on face, fingers or frontofa fresh white blouse bas its disadvantages. The proper method of serving is therefore a somewhat important subject. There are two distinct ways in which the orange is used : one as afruis, pure and simple ; the other as a part or accompani- ment of salad or dessert. When eaten for iteeif alone, the orange usually forms a first course at breakfast or a last at dinver and lancheon. Now, opin- ions differ very much as to the best way in which to treat it for this meal. Nine out of every ten people cut it in balf and usea spoon. While this method is nudoubtedly more sightly than many others, it, to my mind, quite destroys the real flavor of the fruit. It also bas the uncomfortable habit narrow bowl is used, but the best way is to remove the core and loosen the pulp trom the skin, so each section may be lif! out intact. Probably the neatest method of orange eating is to remove the skin entirely, get off all she pith with a Shaep katte then separate into sections. It fruis bas many seeds, they should be removed belore they reach the mouth. An knife babit of cutting the frais in wise unpeeled sections, Rolding An in each band and eating from the skin. (4 Bueas, on yer Seen . woman in te process oe dis an o is appeal to ‘‘some ow been even more impassioned. As a rule, oranges are served whole ina [ruit dish or basket, she deep orange tints bringing out the paler colors of less s:rong- ly toned fruits. There are, however, several nty and novel ways of preparing oranges for some special occasion—a children's patty, for instance, Oue of these is to have a platter edged | with large green leaves, from which appear orauges cut to represent water lilies. Cut the peel lengthwise into narrow petal shaped sections to within an inch orso of the bottom, folding the upper half of each back on itsell. Then remove the core and teparate the grange into its different natural divisions. Or the orange may he left whole, the for the core heing filled | price of flour. with candied cherries. Mobile's Regulation of Bakeries Early in the Last Century. In the latter half of the seventeenth and the early part of the eighteenth centuries the regulation of the prica of bread by public authority was a famil- iar principle in the English colonies of America. In New Haven, for instance, the weight of the penny loaf was lated by law about 1660, and in the Massachusetts general court provided a régular assize, fixing welght of the loal according to ti At various times au ing the first quarter of the el century the selectmen of Steg wise performed this duty. It is interesting, however, to note a survival or perhaps a revival of this principle as late as the nineteenth cen- tury in the town of Mobile, a place whose economic history is marked by many peculiar features. After fifty- two years of French, seventeen years of English and thirty-three years of Spanish rule Mobile came under the control of the United States govern- ment in April, 1818, and was included in the Mississippi territory. On Jan. 20, 1814, by an act of the territorial legislature the town received a charter of Incorporation, and at two meetings of the inhabitants, on March 11 and 14, the municipal government was or- ganized and the charter publicly read in English and in French. The popula- tion at this time was composed of French, English and Irish elements. On April 4 following, three weeks after the organization of the municipal gov- | ernment, a “tariff for bakers,” or as- size of bread, was drawn up by the commissioners (the governing body of the town) and proclaimed in English and in French. This fixed the weight of the loaf for the ensuing month in accordance with the price of flou~, In- stead of changing the price of read it was more convenient to muse the loaves lighter or heavier as the price of flour rose or fell. On May 2, 1814, the weight of the bit loaf (the bit being a coin worth 121; cents) was fixed at twenty-eight ounces, and the weight of the half bit loaf was fixed at fourteen ounces. On July 8, 1815, Mr. Martin, the bak- er, appeared before the board and paid the sum of $10, a fine inflicted on him for having his bread too light, one-half of which sum was paid to the police officer. On Jan, 24, 1817, a regular scale of weights for the bit loaf was adopted. Beginning May 3, 1817, the assize of bread was proclaimed weekly instead of monthly, as before, and this system was continued for a little more than two years. The records do not show that the assize was proclaimed after 1819, but the town continued to exer- cise a control over the business of bak- ing. Every baker was required to procure a license and to register his trademark, which was stamped on his loaves. A public bakehouse was also established and seems to have beeu managed in the same way that municl- palities control public markets, the bakers renting the stalls from the town and being subject to Inspection, As late as 1820 in the annual statement of the city clerk the following entry oc- curs in the statement of receipts dur ing the year: “Sales of condemned bread, $1.87."—Quarterly Journal of Economies, Working the Minister. “Don't Imagine ministers have an easy time,” remarked the Brooklyn preacher. “If I gave to every one ap- plying for alms, I would be bankrupt. Then there are agents who always want a minister to purchase their wares so that they may use his name when going to other houses in the neighborhood. Last week a dapper fel- low called with an oil painting. He was a good talker, and, although I did not buy the picture, he did persuade me to give him one of my photographs. The next day several of my church people told me that he had visited them, showed them the photograph and succeeded in making sales. A minis- : i g 2 : : : : gE i i iis: ; 2 3 + i ic the lines are extended. The poet Pope - | refers to this idea in the lines: ‘When reason, doubtful, like the Samian Points him two ways, the narrower the better. —Housekeeper. His Bluff. Watchman (discovering & ats Hold want to see if my deposit is all Rhody can trust his bankers now- { —London Express. The safest way of not being very miserable is not to expect to be very, happy.—Schopenhauer. THE GREAT “WAR COMET.” its Fiery, Spreading Tail Was Fifty Million Miles Long. The wonderful “war comet” of 1861 sprang so suddenly into view and blazed with such unexampled bril- Hlancy as to astonish the astronomers and frighten those unlearned in come- tary lore half out of their wits. The unlearned declared that the civil hy which was just getting well andes headway, must have something to with it. However this may it burst forth, unheralded and uninvite shining with greater brilllancy and magnitude than any phenomena of a similar nature which that genera had ever seen. On the night of July 3 of that year it exhibited a most wonderful spec- tacle. In the evening the nucleus did not appear to be larger than a star in the first or second magnitude. As the small hours of the morning approach- ed, however, the nucleus - creased in both itude and bril- liancy. The tail waved back and forth over our little world in a most threat- ening manner, at times sending rays almost to the zenith. On the morning of July 5 the astronomers announced through the daily papers that the head of the great comet was only separated from the earth by a distance of 12,- 000,000 miles. According to the report sent out from the Cambridge observa- tory, the comet appears to have pass- ed Its ascending node between the 27th and the 29th of June In longitude 270 degrees, the longitude of the earth be- ing 277 degrees at the same time. On Oct. 10 its tail extended over a space of 50,000,000 miles and at sev- eral points was not less than 10,000, 000 miles in width. At first it was generally conceded that it was the famous comet of 1556, the one which caused the Emperor Charles V. of France to resign his im- perial throne, he taking it to be a warning from God. All surmises were subsequently set at rest by the discov- ery that it was the famous Thatcher comet, discovered by Professor A. F. Thatcher at the Rutherford observa- tory in New York city. A STRANGE MAKEUP. When Wilton Lackaye Looked “Like a Sore Finger.” Barrett was a very pompous man, and as my bump of reverence has al- ways been a concavity he early mark- | ed me out for his displeasure. After giving me a list of plays for which to procure wardrobes—plays which he did not do during the season—he suddenly changed his mind and put on “Julius Caesar” in Richmond, Va. It was im- possible to get an armor there. I play- ed Metellus Cimber, first citizen and Phasarius—and a soldier! Luckily I had sandals and fleshings. I borrowed a tunic from Otis Skinner, a toga from the stage manager, who was out of the bill; I had a mob shirt made in the theater; 1 got out a makeup tor Pha- sarius, the barbarian, but the soldier? All of the utility men were compelled to “eke the battle rabble out” as sol- diers in the last act. I could not get in the town a helmet and armor, so I simply “lurked” behind the other sol- dlers clad In fleshings, sandals and Skinner's tunic, which came halfway to my knees. I was then five feet eleven and three-fourths and weighed 130 pounds, so you may imagine the audience hardly became conscious of me until my third entrance. My modest disposition and my desire not to meet the star's eye did not avail me. He spotted me the first thing. As the curtain came down he called me and thundered, “What do you think you represent?” I shyly responded, “A camp follower, sir, lurking behind the main column and robbing the dead.” “Huh!” he grunted, his eye passing up my stretch of shanks in pink flesh- ings, surmounted by the tight little tunic at top. “You look like a sore fin- ger!"—Wilton Lackaye in Bohemian Magazine. A Dame School In England, 1837. On a perch forming a triangle with the corner of the room sat a cock and two hens. Under a stump bed immedi- fowls on the approach of a stranger, was almost deafening. There was only one small window, at which sat the if § ie af hs 4 g i Efgift Ee £5 soiifse esFSsFFeE in man or woman ? Who bas not bad the experience of a conversation with some one w every word seemed to reek with corruption ? Foul breath is only one symptom of a foul stomach. The work of wuiition 1 5 bing. roger gab nutrition is not being ly orm when the breath is tainted. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery will sweeten the breath by curing the stomach and organs of digestion and nutrition. It removes ac- cumulations of effete matter from the sys- tem, clears the machinery of the body from clogging waste, and increases the action of the blood-making glands. When it sweet- ens the wreath it also brightens the eye and clea s the clouded cemplexion. ~The main difference between timothy and clover haying lies in the fact that there is less chance for the loss of leaves with the timothy. Medical. IKE OLD FRIENDS. THE LONGER YOU KNOW THEM THE BET- TER YOU LIKE THEM. Doan's Kidoney Piils never fail you. Bellefonte people know thie, Read this Bellefonte case, Read how Doan's stocd the test For many years. yy It's local testimony and can be investigated. J. Curtis Johnson, 265 E. Bishop St., Bellefonte, Pa., says: “I think even more of Doan's Kidney Pills now than I did in 1897 when | made a statement for publication recommending them. I had been suffering at that time for more than a year with backache and lameness through the loins, At times I was so weak t I could not lift any- thing and if I stooped it wasalmost im- possible for me to straighten up. When driving there was a steady aching over my kidneys the whole time, 1 felt soon free of the whole combination of troubles and was cured very quickly. My wife has used Doan's Kidney Pills for backache and was cured and invig- orated Severally as well, We bot think very highly of Doan's Kidpey Pills and have n recommending them eversince I gave my former statement in 1807 For sale by all dealers. Price £0 cents, Fos- ter-Milturn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name-—Doan’s—ana take no other, 52.20-2-m-e, 0. Ww, Flour and Feed. ih CURTIS Y. WAGNER, Brockesuory Mints, Berieyosts Pa. Manufacturer, and wholesaler aod retailers of ROLLER FLOUR, FEED, CORN MEAL, Ew Also Dealer in Grain. ; 4 » 3 : 4 : : : Manufactures and has on hand st all times the following brands of high grade flour WHITE STAR, OUR BEST. HIGH GRADE, VICTORY PATENT, FANCY PATENT—(ormerly Phos nix Mills high grade brand. The only piace in the county where SPRAY, an extraordinary fine grad Spring wheat Patent Flour ng & 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, - Bi Bellefonte. E Shep Stree, MILL se. 47-19 ROOPSBURG, 4 McCALMONT & CO. with the patented Cau anything be more offensive than foul TNA ASAT BBV BV BS McCalmont & Companv Sell CONKLIN WAGONS greatest wagon ever built. American Woven Wire Fencing, all sizes and heights. Barbed Wire, Poultry Netting. South Bend and Universal Plows, Har- rows, Potato Planters, Corn Planters. McCormick BiINDERs, Mowers, Rakes and Tedders. ; plete line of Farm Implements and. Machinery. FERTILIZERS of all kinds and the prices run: Acid Fertilizer, per ton, . . Phosphate and Potash, Many other grades. You will do well to look us over before buying elsewhere. McCALMONT & COMPANY, BELLEFONTE, PA. Saddlery. MONEY SAVED IS MONEY MADE Reduced in price—horse sheets, lap spreads and fly nets—for the next thirty days. We have de- termined to clean up all summer goods, if you are in the market for this class of goods you can’t do better than call and supply your wants at this store. We bave the largest assortment of SINGLE axp DOUBLE DRIVING HARNESS in the county anc at prices to suit the buyer. If you do not have one of our HAND-MADE SINGLE HARNESS you have missed a good thing. We are making a special effort to sup- ply you with a harness that yon way bave no concern about any parts breaking. These barness are made from select oak stock, with a high-grade workmanship, and A GUARANTEE FOR TEN YEARS with each set of harness. We have on band a fine lot of single harness ranging in price from $13.50 to $25.00 We carry a large line of oils, axle grease, whips, brushes, curry- combs, sponges, and everything you need about a horse. We will take pleasure in showing you our goods whether you buy or not. Give us a call and see for yourself. Yours Respectfally, JAMES SCHOFIELD, Spring street, BELLEFONTE. ACETYLENE The Best and Cheapest Light. COLT ACETYLENE GENERATORS.......... GIVE THE LEAST TROUBLE, THE PUREST GAS, AND ARE SAFE Generators, Supplies and F xtures. . JOHN P. LYON. BUSH ARCADE, General Agent for Central Pennsylvania for the J. B. Colt Co. Headquarters - Bellelunte, Pa. 50-9-lm A FIA, Telephone. OUR TELEPHONE is a door to your establish- ment through which much business enters, KEEP THIS DOOR OPEN by answering your calls romptly as you would ave your own responded to and aid us fn giving good service, . If Your Time Has Commercial Value. If Promptness Secure Business. If Immediate Information is Required. If You Are Not in Business for Exercise stay at home and use r Long Distance A elophons, Our nig. rates leave small excuse for traveling. 47-25-41 PENNA. TELEPHONE CO. McCalmont & Company. McCALMONT & CO. “Truss” axle, the Smooth Wire, A com- Xr my ¥ $11.00 rton . 14.00 rices are right. Siamese
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