Bellefonte, Pa., January 10, 1908.
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FARM NOTES.
Pastures need drainage as well as the
meadows.
—Farmers are becoming more interested
in horticulture.
—Some one says that horticulture is the
poetry of agricultare.
—The farmer’s garden is ove of the most
profitable spots on the farm.
—A man should bave cool judgment to
fun a gasoline engine properly.
—A pasture properly handled is one, of
the most profitable parts of the farm.
—Bad management teaches bad habits
and lessens the value of breeding stock.
—It does not pay to have the pastures
fed too closely, as that produces a thin sod.
—An acre of well cnltivated is
moe profitable than $wo acres half negleot-
—No practical farmer can succeed when
the entire spirit of the family is for fan and
easy living.
"—-A thin sod in the pasture means that
the grass is drawing plant food only from
the soil near the surface.
‘Secretary of Agriculture Wileon says
the United States bas the healthiest cattle
of any nation on the face of the earth.
—Kentucky blue grass and Canadian
blue grass make a good mixture for pastur-
age, as they mature at different times,
—Try barley next spring as a nurse crop
for grass or clover. Those who bave used
it the past season are much pleased with
the results.
—Alfalla bas shown this season that it
will stand all kinds of reverses and still
make a big crop. Those who were lucky
enough to have a few acres of it are pre-
paring to sow more next spring.
—To eradicate worms, placing a lump of
rook salt where the horse may lick it at
will, is often useful. Oil of turpentine,
one-hall ounce, to be followed by the raw
oil purge, will dislodge the parasites.
—1It never pays to use a cheap grade of
galt in butter. If you bave barrel sals for
table use, buy a little fine salt to be used,
sapecial}y in salting the butter. Barrel
% is too coarse and dissolves too slowly
to make good butter salt.
—Buckwheat has been a very profitable
crop this year. Quite a large acreage wils
sown last spring, and it is now coming in
to the market. The yield is around twenty
bushels per acre, and the price rans from
$1.50 to $1.75 per hundred.
—Salt should be kept where the avimals
can obtain it at all times, but it should
never be mixed with the feed. The ani.
mals can tell better than the owner how
much salt they peed and if it is mixed
with the feed, there is a liability of getting
too much.
—Breeding animale peed an abundauce
of exercise. Feeding animals also need
exercise, but not so much as should be
given breeding animals. It is hest to pro-
mote the tendency toward iaziness, allow-
ing just enough exercise to maintain the
health of the body.
—The air penetrates as deep as we plow.
The deeper we plow the more plant food is |
prepared by the action of the air and more
moistare is carried in the soil to withstand
droughts. Deep fall plowing then is a
great rid in breaking up the compounds of
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PATRICK HENRY.
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His Pale Face and Glaring Eyes Dur-
ing His Great Ovation.
The most overwhelming of Patrick
Heary's great orations is that which
he pronounced before the @onvention
which met in St. John's church at
Richmond March 28, 1775. Already the
mutterings of war were so distinct
that Henry, instead of concealing the
facts, declared that war was even then
on foot.
“We must fight!” he said. “An appeal
to arms and to the God of hosts is all
that is left us!”
Curiously enough, even of this ora-
tion there is no authentic record. Cer-
tain sentences, certain stirring phrases,
were remembered by many who were
there, but the speech as we have it is
almost surely a restoration by William
Wirt, himself an eloquent and brilliant
orator. He supplied the gaps in what
his informants repeated to him, plec- |
ing out their recollections with his |
own vivid fancy. But the spirit of |
Henry flames all through it, and to
Henry may be safely ascribed such
burning sentences as these: |
“I have but one lamp by whieh my |
feet are guided, and that is the lamp |
of experience. 1 know of no way of
judging the future but by the past.”
“Three millions of people armed in
the holy cause of liberty and in such a
country as that which we possess are
fnvincible by any force which our en-
emy can send against us.”
“Gentlemen may cry peace, peace.
but there is no peace!” |
“Is life so dear or peace so sweet as |
to be purchased at the price of chains
and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God!
1 know not what course others may
take, but, as for me, give me liberty or |
give me death!”
As in the case of all orators of the
very first rank, the physical impres-
sion made by Henry was as strong as
the intellectual. There exists a de- |
scription of his appearance while de- |
livering this last great speech—a de- |
scription that came from one who was
present at the time. It tells how,
when Henry rose and claimed the floor, |
there was an “unearthly fire burning |
in his eyes. He commenced somewhat |
calmly, but his smothered excitement
began more and more to play upon his |
features and thrill in the tones of his
volce. The tendons of his neck stood |
out white and rigid like whipcords. |
Finally his pale face and glaring eyes |
became terrible to look upon.” The |
witness of the scene who gave this |
vivid picture said that he himself “felt |
slek with excitement.” When the ora-
tor had finished his speech “it seemed
as If a word from him would have |
led to any wild explosion of violence. |
Men looked beside themselves.”—Lyn- |
don Orr in Munsey's.
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Discreet Silence. |
An excellent plece of advice was |
that once given to George Gray, a |
young Methodist preacher, who was a |
mere boy when he began his work.
Within a few days of the time he was
fifteen and a half years old his name
was on the records of an annual con-
ference as a traveling preacher—the |
youngest candidate ever received in |
the Methodist Episcopal church. He |
was sent to the Barre circuit in Ver- |
mont. As he mounted his horse to set |
she soil, in preparing plant food, in storing out for his appointed field of labor, a |
moisture and in warming the soil for early jaunt of more than 200 miles, his un-
planting.
—An aore contains 6,272,640 square | and humor. gave him a parting ad-
inohes of surface, and av inoh of rain | dress which he never forgot and to
means, therefore, the same number of cubic
inoles of water. A gallon contains 277.27
oubio inches of water, and an inch of rain-
fall means 22,622 gallons of water to the
acre and, as a gallon of water weighs ten
pounds, the rainfall of an aore is 226.220
pounds.
— Artichokes are recommended for bog
feeding by F. A. Elford, of Holmesville,
Ont. He plants them the same as potatoes
and roots, and the pigs harvest the orop,
enongh seed being lefts below the reach of
the bogs for the next year's crop. He
claims that 600 to 2000 bushels should be
grows per acre. The only cultivation given
to go over the land in the spring with a
spring-tooth cultivator, working the sur
face level.
—Professor Raue, of the New Hampshire
station, recommends the American purple
top rutabaga for the following reasons : It
is a fine market sort. often selling in the
markets for double the price of the early
white turnip. It is also a splendid keeper
and is usnally free from all sponginess.
While it cannot be planted as late as the
early turnips, it can be used as a follow
orop after SRFlY perk, provided the seed is
sown not later July 10th.
—A wagon left to the weather and son
is old when one vear bas . A wagon
well cared for and is not old in
five years. The cost of a new wagon will
build the wagon shed. Tools left to the
weather are soon out of shape, and the
wood ruined. The tool shed is not so es-
sential as the dwelling or the barn, bat it
is expensive to do withont it. The only
people who are to be excused are those who
are ‘‘too poor to be economical.” We have
beard of them before.
—1It is claimed by best authorities that
an acre of apple trees in twenty years,
counting ten crops of fruit to that period,
will consume 1336 pounds of nitrogen, 310
pounds phosphoric acid, and 1895 pounds
of potash. To restore the potash alone
would require more than twenty-one tons
of high grade ashes, containing five per
cent., How much of this does the
average fruit grower retaro to the soil? If
we were fattening a steer for market and
shonld give it only half rations, how much
profit would that steer return ?
—When coarse stable manure is plowed
under and there is moisture enough in the
soil and manure to cause its fermentation,
it immediately begins to furnish food for
crops. It does this all the better in early
spring, ae the manure under the furrow
holde it up and admits warm air from
above, which is just what is required to
cause active fermentation. The release of
feel of warm me is to rise.
good reason
dressing during PTS a orig
to be plowed or hoed
spring.
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cle, a Methodist of much shrewdness
which he often referred In later years.
“Never pretend that you know much, !
George,” sald he, looking up at the |
youthful rider from under his shaggy
eyebrows, “for if you do so pretend
the people will soon find out that you
are sadly mistaken, but neither,” he
added after a moment's pause, “need
you tell them how little you know, for
this they will find out soon enough.”
Strainers Made of Men's Hair.
The barber as his patron rose shook
from the apron to the floor the short
locks that he had clipped from the
man’s head. and at the same time a
boy appeared, swept up the hair and
placed it carefully in a large bag.
“Has it got any use? asked the pa-
tron. with an Interested and pleased
smile.
“Of course it has,” said the barber.
“Would 1 save it otherwise?’
“But it is so short.”
“No matter, It has its uses.”
“What is it used for?” said the man.
“What will become of that short hair
which 1 have been carrying about so
long under my hat?”
“Well,” said the barber, “some of it
will go into mortar, some of it will
stuff furniture, but most of it will be
made into those fine strainers which
are used to clarify the best sirups.
There are no strainers equal to those
woven of short human hair, and for all
the hair that we barbers can supply
the strainer makers keep up a steady
demand.”—Los Angeles Times. >
HE SAW THE SIGN.
Cause of the Smashup as Told by the
Old Darky Driver.
The old darky was suing the railroad
company for damages. The man con-
tended that, not being warned by whis-
tle or engine bell, he had started to
drive his rig across the company's
track when a shunted box car of sald
company crashed into his outfit, caus-
ing the death of the horse, loss of the
wagon and minor injuries to himself.
After the prosecution had closed its
gide of the case the company’s lawyer
called the old darky to the stand and
went at him.
“ar. Lamson,” he began, “your rig
was struck by the box car in full day-
light, was it not?’
“1 fink dar was some clouds ovahead,
guh,” answered the caviling witness.
“Never mind the clouds! And only
a few days before this accident the
railroad company had put a new sign
at that crossing?’
“Dar was a sign dar; yaas, suh!”
«And didn’t that sign say: ‘Stop!
Look! Listen?”
“Now, dar am de whole accusation
gb de trouble!” declared the darky,
with animation. “If dat ‘Stop’ sign
hadn't caught dis chile’s eye jes’ 's
Ah war gquare on dat track, dar would-
n't a’ been no smashup!”"—Bohemian. |
THE DEADLY UNDERTOW.
What to Do When Caught In the
Treacherous Currents.
Those deadly undertows which so
often prove fatal to swimmers are pro-
duced by tides and coast currents. The
former only carry out at ebb tide; the
latter usually zigzag along the shore.
“If you are a robust swimmer,”
a professor of the art, “you can
erally overcome them by quick, alert
strokes. If, however, you do not at
once succeed don’t persevere, for this
time, floating or swimming leisurely,
you will have time to take your bear-
ings and either make another attempt
or call for assistance.
“Sometimes you will find the under-
tow runs parallel to the shore. You
may then let yourself be carried along
with the certainty that before long it
will twist inshore, when a short spurt
will bring you to safety.”—Cassell's
Journal.
—— Queen Alexandra's private library is
one of the most remarkable in the king-
dom. Her kindness to budding and fall-
blown authors is as weil known and genuine
as her love of good works, and consequent-
ly few days pass unmarked by the arrival
of a number of sumptuously hound and
beautifully printed books and magazines,
accompanied by requests for her Majesty's
gracious acceptance. Her Majesty always
accepts, and always sees that a civilly
worded note of thanks is despatched to the
aspiring author in retarn. ——
—Dr. O. P. Bennett, Macon, Iil., bas a
bunch of artichokes planted in each of his
poultry yards. These make a dense shade
during the summer and spring up vigorous-
ly vear after year. They require no oulti-
vation and frost does not injure them.
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——QCensus Man—*'Now, little boy, ran
upstairs and tell your mother I forgot to
ask ber when your baby brother was born.”
Little Boy—‘'She doesn’t know, sir.
She was away on a visit.”
—— Tn Massachusetts the illegal sale of
street railway transfers is made punishable
by a fine not exceeding $50 or imprison-
mens for not more than thirty days.
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—The first thing the model hired man
does is to wipe his feet on the door mas.
Castoria.
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(ASTORIA
The Kind You Have Always Bought has
borne the signature of Chas. H. teher,
and has been made under his raonal
supervision for over 30 ag llow no
one to deceive you in th Counterfeits,
imitations and ““Just-as-good” are but Ex-
potunents, and endanger the health of
Biifron—Z2perionce against Experi-
men
WHAT IS CASTORIA
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Cas-
tor Oil, Pategoric Drops and Soothin
Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains pelt:
er Opium, Morphine nor other N
substance. Its age is its tee. It
destroys Worms and allays Feverishness.
It cures Diarrhcea and Wind Colic. It re-
lieves Teething Troubles, cures Soustipa.
tion and Flatulency. It assimilates the
Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels,
giving healthy and natural sigep, The
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Bears the Signature of
CHAS. H. FLETCHER.
In Use For Over 30 Years.
The Centaur Company, New York City.
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Coal and Wood.
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Shipping and Commission Merchant,
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J. M.KEICHLINE®
11y Att'y at Law,
Bellefonte women know how the aches
that come when the k
pains, headaches, dizsy galls, disrenuing
urinary troubles, all tell of kidneys
and warn you of the stealth
and Brigh s disease.
lis permanently cure all
these Here's proof of it in a
Bellefonte woman's words :
Mrs. E. J. H living on West High
St., Bellefonte, Pa., says : “I suffered for
ih weakness of the NiaBeys ae.
compan constan all naggi
backaches a Across my nt
used plasters and liniments but got no re-
lief. My kidneys were weak and too fre-
uent in action and I lost much on
this account. If I took the least it
settled in my back snd kid: and made
me feel miserable. I heard t Doan’s
Kidney Pills and ured a box at
( y gave me relief
at once for the backache ceased and the
kidneys became lar in action. I am
better than | have n in years and give
Doan's Kidney Pills the credit.”
For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York,
sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name—Doan's—and take
no other, 53-40
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 thao call supply your
wants at thie store.
We have the largest assortment of
SINGLE Axp DOUBLE DRIVING
HARNFSS
in the county ana 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 you
may bave no concern about avy
parts breaking. These harness
are made from select oak stock,
with a high-grade workmanship,
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A GUARANTEE FOR TEN YEARS
with each set of harness. We have
on baud a fine lot of single harness
ranging in price from $13.50 to
$25.00
We carry a large live of oils, axle
grease, whips, brashes, ourry-
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 Respectfully,
JAMES SCHOFIELD,
Spring street,
BELLEFONTE.
{vs Y. WAGNER,
Brocxxauorr Miuis, Briuevonre Pa.
Manufactures,
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ROLLER FLOUR,
FEED, CORN MEAL, Et.
Also Dealer in Grain.
Manufactures and has on hand at all
times the following brands of high grade
WHITE STAR,
OUR BEST.
HIGH GRADE,
VICTORY PATENT,
FANCY PATENT—formerly Phes-
, mix Mills high grade brand.
The only place in the county where
SPRAY,
ALSO:
INTERNATIONAL STOCK FOOD.
FEED OF ALL KINDS,
Whole or Manufactured.
All kinds of Grain bought at office.
Exchanges Flour for Wheat.
OFFICE and STORE, - Bishop Street,
Bellefoute,
MILL . + + ROOPSBURG.
47-19
OFT DRINKS
The sabaorlber Pais Son
De in bottle such as
SELTZER SYPHONS,
SARSAPARILLA,
SODAS,
POPS, ETC.,
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of the ps
nated. ablic 1s cordially invited to test
these ks. Deliveries will be made
feof oharge within the limits of the
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Florida Grape Fruit.
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Bananas.
4 Cranberries.
< Sweet Patatoes.
4 Celery.
4 Pure Maple Syrup.
Finest Full Creeam Cheese.
4 Fine Table Raisins.
Canned Fruit of all kinds.
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Bush House Block, -
WE ARE ALWAYS PREPARED FOR THE
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Finest Florida and California Seed-
White Malaga Grapes, reasonable
Oysters,
New Crop New Orleans Molasses.
We will bave a full supply of all Seasonable Goods right along and can
Almonds and Nuts of all kinds.
as Bilk.
Mince Meat, our own make, and
as fine as we can make it.
Pare Olive Oil.
Sauces, Pickles, Extracts, Olives,
Sardines.
We bandle Schmidts Fine Bread,
Shaker Dried Corn.
Fine Cakes and Biscuit and a line
of caretully selected Confectionery.
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SECHLER & COMPANY,
Bellefonte, Pa.
52-1
A E. SCHAD
Fine Sanitary Plumbing,
Gas Fitting,
Furnace, Steam and Hot Water
Heating,
Slating, Roofing and Spouting,
Tinware of all kinds made to
order.
Estimates cheerfully furnished.
Both Phones.
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The Rexall Store,
Bush House Block,
BELLEFONTE, PA.
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Generators, Supplies
and Fixtures. . . .
JOHN P. LYON.
BUSH ARCADE,
General Agent for Central Pennsylvania
for she J. B. Colt Co.
Headquarters .
Bellefunte, Pa.
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