. nm EAE EY ee ————————" FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN. DAILY THOUGHT. Bellefonte, Pa., January 15, 1909. EE ———————————— —When fowls crow at night, which is reas han she oupaciy ofthe hous, hey ty sweat. This sweating causes the feathers to rot at the base, giving Nuss the very appearance of molting. is explains why s0 many flocks look ragged in early sam- mer, —Around Charleston, 8. C., is found the largest aor of purely truock-crop cab- bage in the United States. The United States Department of Agriculture Year Book for 1907 says that the area surround- ing a single shipping point in this region in 1905 produced a bead of cabbage for | BO every inhabitant of the United States. — Fresh bardwood ashes op sumay at least 5 per cent. of potash, 1 per cent. horic acid and a good quantity of ime ; also other materials which are of some value to growing plants and trees. Wood ashes are one of the best prepara- tions for dressing graes lavd, for pota- toes and onions, and tor orchards. —It is claimed that a freshly-laid egg placed in a hucketful of water will sink to the bottom ; one day old will sink nearly to the bottom ; two days old about half- way ap ; three days old will float nos quite at she top ; four days old just touch the top ; five aud six days, rise a little above the sop, rising a little higher as it daily grows older. —Much old dried fruit will be found hanging on the trees at this season of the year. is is especially true to preach and plom trees. In nearly all orchards nearly every tree contains from a dozen to a hun- dred or more of these fruit ‘‘mnmmies.” They are full of the spores of fruit disease germs and will spoil next year’s fruit it not removed this winter. —Here are actual results, each item re- ferring to the product of an acre where the grower was a specialist : Asparagus, 30 hanches, 20 cents a hunch, $600. Cauli- flower, 100 to 300 pounds, $450. Onions, 600 bushels, 75 cents $450. Cabbage seed, 1000 ponnds, 40 cents a pound, $400. Potatoes, 175 hushels, low estimate, $175. Cabbage, 7000 heads, $500. —The possibilities of an acre of good ground are as follows ; One acre of onions can he made to yield from 445 10 600 hush- els ; one acre of tomatoes 300 to 400 bush- els ; one acre sweet potatoes, 500 to 600 bushels ; one acre of beets, 300 to 400 bush- els ; one acre of carrots, 300 so 400 bushels ; one acie of cahbage, 8000 heads ; and one acre of potatoes, 100 to 300 bushels. ~The precise benefis of salt for dairy cattle is hardly koown, but experience shows that it is worth while to feed it quite freely in such quantities as the cows will stake. Cows having salt kept belore them all the time will not eat too much, but they may be overfed with salt if they bave not been given any for a long time. The salt stimulates the appsigens in- creases the flow of body fluids. —Is would in a sense be better to wash eggs sent to markes than to send them ina dirty condition. Bat washed eggs bave vo keeping gnalities. The water appears to dissolve the gelatinous substance which seals the pores of the shell, and air is thus admicted and eoon starts decomposition. The better way to treat dirty eggs is to take a woolen rag only slightly moistened with water and gently rab off the dirt. —An industry which the farmer might take up with profit is not growing. lm- proved nut trees begin hearing at about six or eight years, bearing the same as apple or pear trees. Large trees when grafted begin to hear about the third or fourth vear, and large trees that are hud- ded will bear sooner than small ones, but the small ones bear longest. English wal- nuts oan now be grown in the central States. —A sick animal should be placed ina well disinfected and dry box stall with plenty of bedding and sunlight (avoid drafts). In cold weather place a blanket on the animal, feed sparingly with digesti- ble food, such as bran mashes made of lin- seed tea ; keep manger sweet and clean. Water should be pore and olean, and warmed when necessary. It ia always necessary for new miloch cows to be given warm water, — According to fignres complied by the United States Department of Agriculture relative to the 1908 hog crop, there was on September 1 a shortage of hogs as compared with the same date last year of approxi- mately 5,000,000 head. At the same date in 1907 the total numher of hogs in this country aguregated 54 794,000, while this year the total had diminished to 49,728,- 845 head. This is a reduction of over 9 per cent. in this year’s hog crop. —It is a noted fact that the majority of cases where roop has become epidemic among fowls the latter were orowded in tightly-buils houses when the weather is very cold and allowing the houses to re- main olosed all the nexs day. This creates a moisture which generates dampness, and the whole house feels very much likea vanlt. At night the house is more or less filled with dampness emanating from the fowls’ breath, hat if on the following morn- ing the windows are opened wide this dampness will be dispelled. This is a great point in favor of the scratching shed plan of house. —Acenrding to Dr. David Roberts, Wis- consin State Veterinarian, milk cows re- quire different feed than heel cattle, and not much fat-forming foods should be given, as the cows are then apt to lav on fat instead of producing milk. More silage or roots should be fed in the winter. Daily feed a 1000-ponnd cow 40 pounds of pilage, seven pounds olaver hay, eight ponnds of grain. Theonws that are soon to freshen should he fed on succulent feed. such a« silage or roots. hran, linseed meal with a little cata. Keep the howels and do not feed verv heavy op grain Jast before or after oalvine —A fanny incident happened helare the 680 teachers assembled in county institute at Norristown, Pa , recently, Professor H. A. Snrface, the State Eownomie Z wlogiag, addressed them, and diplayed some wam- ple corn, which had grown to immense gize hereahonts, Tn examining a partion larly long ear, which measnied 17 inches, be fonnd that there had heen some natare faking going on, for the ear came apart and the gine with which it was stuck wan re vealed The anhe in the centre of which a stiok had heen affixsd. were of 8 vo anloms, red and white, the “fake ' no doubt never suspecting thas the *‘hoss’’ inspector would get “nexs.” “] der sometimes if good temper might not be taught. In business we use no harsh lan- guage, say no unkind thiogs to one another The shopkeeper, leaning across the counter, is all smiles and affability—he might put up his shutters were he otherwise. Hasty tempers are banished from the city. Can we not see that it is just as mueh to our interest to banish them from ‘Tooting snd Hampstead ""'—Jerome K. Jerome. ‘ atr-wmpire, is really the best name or it. The style has grown out of tke empire house gown, yet bears no resemblance to the directoire or empire mode. It is made in straight long lines, of course, aud is for afternoon wear, being elaborately trimmed with lace and em- broidery. What is the shorts yoke of the empire wu bas become here a corselet of heavy embroidery tbat reaches far below the waistline, fitting tighsly to she figure. Where this corselet effect ends the skirt of the frock is set, giving an appearance, curious nowadays, of the old-time ‘‘long- waist’’ that used to be the desideratam of the modiste. It keeps in the length and tightoess of sleeve and skirt and in the general empha- sie upon the long straight contoar the dis- tingnishing features of the empire and di- rectuire fashions. Bat gove, at least from this partionlar gown, 18 the short waist, she empire cor- sage, the unbroken line of the sweeping skirt. Can is he that the doom of the short-waisted frock has already beev sonnd- ed by this *‘alter empire’’ gown ? Short sleeves will be seen again vn the epring blouses. Io spite of the present condemnation of all sleeves that do not ball cover the hand, the return of elhow sleeves is already pre- dicted. The reason is that American women, at least, refuse to he ordered by dame Fash- ion to an unswerving and slavish devotion to an uncomfortable siyle. For years women wore elbow sleeves not because they were particularly pretty or becoming —often they were not—bat be- cause they were comfortable. Sleeves were loose, leaving the arm free of “*binding’’ seama, and women who did their own housework reveled io morning shirtwaists made with sleeves that did vos have to be rolled up. Now fashion ha¢ commanded the banish- mens of this easy mode, and the adoption of long, tight sleeves, to he worn morning, afternoon aud night, to the exclasion of all eige, by all folk who wish to be well dress- This winter we are all of us complyivg with the hanghity Dame's decree, and even our shirtwaiss sleeveaare long, tight, un- comfortable, and, in spite of their boasted “‘smartness,’’ very often hideous. Aud so the American woman who is fairly well emancipated from the blind obedience of her Parisian sisters to a senve- less rule of ‘‘style,” says that she won't stand it any longer, and that when the warm weather comes she will wear elhow sleeves, loose sleeves, ruffled sleeves, what- ever kind of sleeve bappens to feel bess. Independent, after all, the American woman. While there is as great a variety to choose from in materials for indoor gowns as for the street and for purely evening wear, those especially to be recommended are the marquisettes, the veilings of all sorts, the crepes meteores, and again, es- pecially the silk cashmeres and the new tussahs. The latter scarcely resemble the summer tussahs, being far softer and silk- ier ; and then, such lovely shades as these come in ! The cashmeres are seen in Chinese blue and in Parma violet ; avd the crepe mete- ores ard marquisettes in § upe avd soft khaki shades, to say nothing of the still lovelier and rarer magenta and garnet shades. These and the striped examples of almost all of these weaves make np a real- ly bewildering list.—‘‘Harper’s Bazar.” Some skins will endure more than oth. ers, but all are fallible. It is not necessa- ry to swathe onesell in veils or to live con- stantly under the shade of a parasol. That would destroy the pleasure, and benefit as well, of life out of-doore, and 1t is compar- atively simple to soothe and comfort the skin with cold creams at nighs, to protect it with cream and powder when a day of extreme and trying exposure is expected, and to use a little restraint in exposure when it is possible. Taken in moderate degrees, fresh air and snoshine are good for a complexion, and certainly the good health resulting from them is the hest pos- sible foundation for a clear beautiful skin. “Harper's Bazar.” You don’t need to be aghast at the idea of washing a plume. The thing is, in fact, almost as simple as laundering a muslin dress. The advice given by one woman is as follows : Lay the plume in a suds made of good white soap and cold water and let it stand for two or three hours. Then put iuto hot water where it should remain about twenty minutes. Then, with a piece of soft cloth or silk dipped in soap suds, remove auy dirt which may remain. Lay it on a clean towel and touch with a ece of cloth rolled up to restore the curl. hen almost dry shake until flafly ; place in tissue paper and put in the warming oven of the stove to dry thoroughly. If necessary use the dull side of an ivory pa- per-outter in restoring the curl. It is best not to put one’s heavy backed silver brush into common use for the bair. At least not in oities where the soot-laden a*mosphere leaves a coating of itself on the hair each day. This is canght by bristles of the brash, which makes it necessary to wash it as least twice a week if not ofsener. This constant washing ruine a brush that has an ve back. Therefore, a brush shoald he used that has an ordinary wood- en handle and back with good stiff bristles to withstand the softening action of water aud borax. Among the best of the new costumes is seen the combination of Ottoman silk and lihersy hroadoloth. The ekirt in of silk, lang, flowing and untrimmed. The coat in also long, is of the cioth, and usually has reveres of silk. O'd circular combs from the time of the Restoration are being revived, and are in great demand. They are worn on the of the head, rather far hack. Some in filigree, thickly set with seed pearls or with corals are primey dainty. Many are decorated with 10 or beade of jade or lapis layali, and with is need a roar! of jade green or lapis blue chiffon, following the largest circumference of the head, ite enda at one side of the back fast- ened in ander the side of the comb. i SPEARING A BEAR. Bruin's Sharp Teeth Bit Through the Copper Sheathed Weapon. “Twice in my chase of bruin I have made use of a bear spear as my weap- on of attack,” writes Count Eric von Rosen, “and 1 may take this opportu- nity to maintain that the use of spear entails no greater cruelty any other mode of attack and every hunter should be armed wi one in reserve, since these beasts have a vitality that triumphs over a stray bullet or more unless lodged in a vital region, and when wounded their retaliation is redoubta- ble and easily fatal. In Karelia, Fin- land, the bear is yet regarded as a noxious horror. The great black haired ‘slagbjorn,’ or killing bear, is still ram- pant there, and a couple of winters back 1 was able to wreak justifiable vengeance on some beasts that had killed over a score of cows and nine horses. News had been brought me that some of these rascals were hiber- nating on a small marsh bound island. “We found no difficulty in locating their lair, and I took up my post at the entrance to it, armed only with my spear. I may explain that a bear spear consists .of an ash staff some two yards long and about a couple of inches in diameter. There is a blade of steel about twelve inches in length, and the shaft is copper cased as a pre- vention against the teeth of bruin. As soon as my gentleman appeared I tried to stick him in the throat, but he par- ried adroitly, and I missed. I made another lunge and succeeded in driv- ing my spear point through his breast. “He started roaring furiously and snapped at my copper cased staff, then made an attempt to strike at my arm with his huge fore paw, so that I might drop my weapon. The powerful brute hung on to my spear at the one end, while I as grimly held on at the other end, His bites went through the copper plate, and he started shredding the wood beneath. Strenuously I checked his further advances, and gradually, for his wounds began to tell, his resistance weakened, and he dropped at last over the aperture of his den. “I pulled out the spear, but so much strength still remained in him that he seized the blade and bit it with a force that left deep indentations in the steel. My companion then finished him off with his own weapon. This struggle from start to finish covered five minutes.” QUEER ENGLISH TAXES. Babies as Well as Windows Used to Help Swell the Revenues. In 1695 a tax of 2 shillings had to be paid by the parents of every “little stranger” born in England except by people in receipt of alms, Curiously enough, a measure proposing au tax on babies was introduced some iime ago in the local parliament of the German princedom of Reuss by which it was propused that the parents or mother when registering the birth of a child should in each case contribute a sum amounting to 10 cents. Some time ago a good deal of merri- ment was aroused by a measure in- troduced in the legislature of New Jersey by which it was proposed to tax beards, but even this is not an original proposal. Queen Elizabeth put a tax on every beard of a fortnight's growth, while a couple of centuries ago Peter the Great insisted that all nobles who wore beards should pay 100 rubles for the privilege. As chancellor of the English ex- chequer Pitt rendered himself very un- popular by the extraordinary means to which he resorted in order to im- prove the state of the country’s ex- chequer. He it was who first intro- duced the income tax, and he also levied a tax upon horses, which caused a certain farmer to use a cow for the purpose of riding to and from market. Even more dissatisfaction, however, was caused by Pitt's increase of the window tax, first imposed in the year that the tax on babies was enforced. This window tax caused property own- ers to wall up as many windows as spossible, in order to reduce the amount for which they were liable.—Philadel- phia Ledger. Buddhist Ceremonies. Some Buddlist ceremonies present a striking analogy to certain Christian rites. An old missionary says: “The very titles of their intercessions, such as ‘goddess of mercy,’ ‘holy mother,’ ‘queen of heaven,’ with an image of the virgin having a child in her arms holding a crescent, are all such strik- ing coincidences that the Catholic mis- slonaries were greatly stumbled at the resemblances between Chinese wor- ship and their own when they came over to convert the natives to Chris- tianity.”—London Standard. SEE. Despite the Jokesmiths. Grocers never put sand in sugar, Architects often build houses within the original estimetes. Coal deaiers usually give a little overweight. Telephone girls are nearly always courteous. : Sel ditto.— Washington Her- A Recommendation. “Ever been in jail?" “Countless times. But that's no det- riment to a man in my basiness.” “And what is your business?” “I'm a chauffeur.”—Louisville Cou- vier-Journal. Like a Streak. “Was his auto going so very fast?" “Your honor, it was going so fast that the bzlidog on the seat beside him Jovkea like 8 dachshund. — Heuston ost. Strange Ceremonies That Mark the Burial of a Spanish King. Strange and almost weird is the cer. emonial which accompanies the burial of Spauish kings. The pantheon, royal tomb, is &t the iwscurial, situated 3,000 level of the sea and some is made on the way, and the corpse rests there for one night. In the morning the lord high cham. berlain stands at the side of the coffin and says in loud tones, “Is your majes- ty pleased to proceed on your jour- ney?’ After a short silence the pro- cession moves on and winds up to the grand portal of the palace. These doors are never opened except to ad-- mit a royal personage, dead or alive. When the casket containing the re mains is at last placed in the vault the chamberlain uniocks it and, kneel. ing down, calls with a loud voice: “Senor! Senor! Senor!” After a solemn pause he cries again: “His majesty does not reply! Then it is true, the king is dead!” He then locks the coffin, gives the key to the prior and, taking his staff of office. breaks it In pleces and flings them at the casket, The booming of the guns and the tolling of bells an- nounce to the nation that the king has gone to his final resting place, Thought of Him. Pgapu—Are you sure that you and mamma thought of me while you were away? Grace—Yes; we heard a map kicking up a great row about his breakfast at the hotel, and mamma sald, “That's just like papa.” — Wile—Will Ialways be the dearest thing in she world to you ? Hosband—I am sure you will, unless the landlord raises the rent. ~—Edith—How do von tell me and my twin sister apart? Tommie—Il it's a pleasant one, it’s Ethel ; it it's a cranky one, it's you. —*‘Madeline ix a decid~l blond. isn't she ?" “Yes, hut she only decided last week." Medical. A UNIQUE RECORD. NOT ANOTHER LIKE IT IN OUR BROAD REPUBLIC. 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