—Oil up the work barness now while
you bave time. Is will pay.
~—In choosing cows for butter
the quantity as well as the richness of the
production
milk mast be considered.
~The laxative effect of wheat bran as a
stock feed ie due to an organic phosphate
compound kuown as phytin.
—Doun’s plant poor, weak seed corn next
spring. Is is sime and money thrown
Ve is plenty of good strong seed
—A cow testing 3 per cent. butter fas
may produce more butter than one which
tests 5 per cent. provided she makes up in
quantity of milk.
~The carl in a pig’s tail is an indication
of geod health. the ourl begins to
straighten ous, leok for disease and give
medicine or a change of feed.
—Timothy bay Wuvks youd saw feed.
If you have a surplus of simothy and are
short on clover, it will pay tosell the
timothy hay and buy olover hay for the
cows.
~—For best results the soil should be fat-
i Eoghei " a,” for good
a , are
Jicldots of profit YN investment, but the
should never be allowed to run down
to the point where fertilizer is but imper-
feot restoration of lost capital. Fertilizers
should increase the native capacity of the
soil, rather than replace excessively lost
energies,
—The tanction of balk in the feed is
more than the mere furnishing of nutri-
mens for in a mechanical way it aids di-
gestion. Pigs require less bulky feed than
other domestic animals, bus recent experi-
ments show that to a certain extent bay
feeding is very valuable in pork notion.
Where animals have been ntained for
an extended period on feed which was ex-
olusively of a concentrated nature, derange-
ment of digestion has invariably resulted.
—Some hardy climbing plants may be
started this spring, so that they will be in
ot res of wieoenion ate) year. "
m roses, rangeas, wistera,
AOD oreeper, trumpet vines
and boneysuckles are good climbers lor the
ambitious gardener.
Masses of color along fences are often
effective. For this purpose no vines are
better suited than nastartiumes, sweet peas,
or some of the many varieties of flowering
beans, like the scarlet runner or the hya-
cinth bean.
Morning glory, ornamental gourd, moon
flower, Japanese hop, or wild cucumber
may be trained to cover unsightly walls or
high board fences. They are also effective
when trained over trellises and old trees.
—Cold wes raine and young lambe do
not go well together. Keep them separate
with s good roof and a windbreak.
When separating ewes before lambing be
sure that the pens are tight at the bottom,
80 the little lamb will wos crawl ons.
Dou’s gramble if it is necessary for yon
fo get up in the night a few times during
lambing season. It won't hart you an
y
and is will belpa 1 in bringing the
flock through ey »-
In many oases ewes are not able to prop-
erly nourish twin or triplet lambs, and the
extra one must be removed and put upon
other feed, it baving been found in many
instances very profitable to raise lambs
apon cow's milk. The mutton produced
Suup such sheep is said to be very high
e.
—With young ohioks there is as muoh
danger of over feeding as under feeding.
Feed often and regularly, instead of too
much at one time. All young animals
should bave nourishment at (frequent
intervals.
Swollen eyes is usually due to roup, due
to the fowls roosting ina damp house or
one where there are cold draughts. Bathe
the head of the affected fowl with swees oil
or vasaline, and use chlorate of h in
the drinking water, a teaspoonful to each
quart of water.
4 vige before all the chickens are
batobed, to keep different ages separate.
The small ones are crowded ous and
stippled or killed by the older ones. Sev-
feeding coops should be provided, each
for separate sizes.
Remember shat batching chickens is nos
half the task. Raising them without loss
isa far greater task. The greater part of
success lies in sustaining the young life
Sad inaleing it develop into vigorous ma-
¥.
Large breeds in general eat more than
small ones during the growing period.
Early hatohed chicks grow faster than
late batched ones. April 1st seems to be a
desirable time for hatohing in this latitude.
The amount of feed required to produce
a pound of gain increases as the chioks ap-
proach maturity.
Between the ages of six and thirteen
weeks it required from four to four and
three-quarters pounds of feed to produce a
pound of gain. Between the ages of shir-
teen and twenty-six weeks it required from
four ani three-quarters to five and shree-
quarters pounds of feed to produce a
pound of gain.
Chicks forved when young do not make
as rapid growth as they approach maturity
yy fed a more moderate ration.
The loss among chicks on wet mash was
much greater than smong those on dry
feed, even when weighing less than one
pound each.
Tbe slaughter tests indicate that the
American breeds dress out better than
either she Mediterranean or Asiatic breeds,
and that in general pullets dress ous better
than cockerels. When rather small, weigh-
ing less thao three and a baif pounds live
weight, the cookerels of the Mediterranean
and Asiatic breeds seem to dress out better
ES, sr
set about Apr seemed to
dace she highest per cent. of ohioks. pro:
Foroed moalting seems to first depress
then increase slightly eggs production, but
the net resalts at the end of three months
were against forced moulting.
The eggs of the different breeds in order
of their weight were as follows: Black
Wier te Whos, Sad Bk
te " te Wyandotte, Rhode
hite Crested Black Poliah.
Buff Coohin. A great deal may depend
Jpon iy strain, ae itis Juiun that some
ens of any breed, normally la
than others of the same breeds. Toe opm
The weight of chicks when hatched does
not seem to he in direot proportion to
nol ms than od and
w one
a half or more do bess on dry —
the frequent difficulty of collecting
bills. One milliner tells of a letter she
received from the wife of a man who
in a brief time had advanced from
poverty to great wealth. His family
was still in obscurity, but was prepar-
ing to emerge.
“I want you should make a bonnet
and two hats right off,” wrote the
wife, “for me and the girls, and ex-
pense is no account.
“My measure is nearly twelve inches
from ear to ear over the head and
eight under chin and six from top of
forard to back hair, and that's near
enuff for both the girls.
“I'm sandy, Jane is dark, and Lucy”
got red hair. We want lively colors,
and | want blue flowers and strings
on mine, besides some plooms.
“Jane wants hers green, and Lucy
wants pink. We don’t care what shapes,
but they must be becoming and so as
they won't blow to peaces in the wind.
Nor we don’t want them loud, for my
husband won't hear to such.
“Please send within five days, and
if satisfatory bill will be paid at once.”
—Youth’s Companion.
Curly Hair Means Obstinzcy.
The curly headed man uttered an ex-
clamation of maze.
“Strange,” he said, “I have been
drawn for juries time and again, but
I bave never served. They always
challenge me. I wonder why?”
“It is your curly hair,” said a law-
yer. “A curly headed man kills a jury.
He always causes it to disagree.”
“That is not true. You must be
crazy,” said the other.
“It is the gospel truth,” the lawyer
persisted. “Curly heads are as obsti-
nate as mules. They think they know
it all. They disagree with everybody.
“It Is because,” he hastened to add,
“their curly hair makes them so good
looking. In childhood they are spoiled
by their parents, and in maturity wo-
men spoil them, falling in love with
them on every side. So they become
conceited. They disagree with every-
body. Lawyers the world over recog-
nize that as jurymen they would never
do.””—New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Had an Answer.
This story is being told on a Swede
in central Kansas who was given to
excessive use of the bottle. He was
working at a certain house, doing odd
jobs, and the daughter of the hous.
knew of his reprehensible habits. She
thought it time for some one to re-
monstrate with him on the error of his
ways.
“Why.” she asked, “are you not
ashamed to spend all your wages and
make your wife take in washing?
Why don't you give her some money?”
“Well,” he answered, “I have an in.
come besides my wages.”
“Oh, is that so?’ said the daughter,
somewhat mollified.
“Yes,” he said, “I have an income
from the queen of Sweden.”
“What for?” asked the girl
“For minding my own business,” an-
swered the Swede, going on with his
work.— Kansas City Journal.
The Troubles of a French Academician.
The candidate, once elected, is bound
to pronounce a harangue before he is
allowed to take part in the work of
the noble body. The director who hap-
pens to be in office answers him. This
oration is invariably, or at least should
be, composed first of thanks, more or
less humble, for the great honor con-
ferred, then of a panegyric of the hap-
py one’s predecessor. And, oh, how
difficult that sometimes must be! More
than one has rushed to the encyclope-
dia, then to the libraries, so as to get
some clear notion of the illustrious ex-
immortal! Then fate is often ironical.
A historian may have to celebrate the
talent of a writer of light comedies, a
legitimist may have to praise a Soclal-
ist, or else the newly elected member
may have to speak of his most inti-
mate enemy.—Jeanne Mairet in At-
lantie.
Ancient Derricks.
Probably the oldest derricks still in
use are the two buiit at Trier. in Ger-
many, in the year 1413 and the one
built in 1554 at Andernach, also in Ger-
many. All these three derricks are
built on the same principle. In the
middle of a massive A frame tower is
located the swinging or main boom,
20 by 20 inches, whose iron pivot
moves in a pan shaped bearing cup.
On top are fastened the guy ropes and
the cap, which Is also movable. The
derrick can be moved by crossbars
fastened to the main boom. The load
is chain lifted by tread wheels sixteen
feet in diameter.
Wagner to the Musicians.
Wagner's little. admonition to the
musicians was most characteristic and
worthy to be noted by many an or-
chestra of this day. “Gentlemen,” he
said, “I beg of you not to take my
fortissimo too seriously. Where you
see ‘fl’ make an ‘fp’ of it, and for piano
play pianissimo. Remember how many
of you there are down there against
the one poor single human throat up
here alone on the stage.”—Neumann's
“Personal Recollections.”
Got Even.
“I'll never >ffer to be a sister to an-
other man.”
“Why not?”
“The last one under the guise of
brotherly advice told me some very
unpalatable truths.” — Louisville Cou-
rier-Journal.
mss oman
A Diplomat.
“Does he always speak the truth?”
“l guess not. All his friends praise
his judgment.”—Detroit Free Press.
He who swears distrusts his own
words.—Latin Proverb.
Every Price Should Have a Reason.
It must be remembered always that
it is not the price of an article which
is important, but the reason for the
price.
The bankrupt stock, the fire sale, the
manufacturer's remnants, the annual
clearance, the removal sale, the disso-
lution of partnership sale—what are
Because there is no reasonable expla-
nation for the reduction. Why should
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£8
one is business without imagination,
and the other is business with it.—
Lorin F. Deland in Atlantic,
The Characteristic National Meal.
It is not only in Scotland that break-
fast is the characteristic national meal,
Travel where you may, the first meal
of the day is the one that strikes the
foreign note, luncheon and dinner hav-
ing gradually absorbed cosmopolitan
qualities that are not even confined to
hotels. But you never feel so much of
an Englishman as when Switzerland
gives you rolls and butter and honey
and nothing more with your coffee or
when France makes this into one ex-
quisite crumbling “croissant,” with an
inch or two from a yard long loaf, or
when Denmark adds cream instead of
milk to the coffee and a dangerous
plece of pastry to the black bread and
round white roll. Yet our English
breakfast became an institution only
in the eighteenth century. Before that
only royalty breakfasted off meat,
bread and cheese and ale. The com-
moner, such as Pepys, took merely a
morning draft of buttered ale.—~Lon-
don Chronicle,
A Compromise.
A struggling art student, a native of
Pont Aven, went to Paris to study and
occasionally visited an uncle there, an
elderly shoemaker on the Rue Vaugi-
rard. The shoemaker was to be count-
ed on for a square meal and sometimes
even for & small loan. One morning
the uncle welcomed the student far
more warmly than was his habit.
“Just in time,” he said, rubbing his
hands. “The kitchen door wants paint-
ing, and I was about to give the job to
the commissicanasins far 3 francs. But
you can have it now. I'll pay yon $5.”
Bellefonte Shoe Emporium.
"I'he stuzent uusnea ama oit OIS Up.
Hard up as he was, he could not
degrade his art as to paint a kite
door. Yet he needed money badly.
“Uncle,” he said, smiling as a ha
thought came to him, “I'll tell y
what to do. Let the com
paint the door for 8 francs, as you
intended, and give me the 2 francs d
ference.”
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Why Men Cooks Seldom Smoke.
“Men cooks make a mistake to
smoke. Men cooks that smoke have a
hard time to get work.”
“Why so?” inquired a woman cook.
“Because you don't like your cook to
bend over the cooking with a cigar in
his mouth. It doesn’t look neat when
you go down into the kitchen to see
bim finger the wet stub of a cigarette
and then plunge his hands into the
puff paste. Sometimes, in fact, if you
have a man cook that smokes you will
find ashes op the steak. I know a cor-
poration lawyer who once found a ci-
gar end in the soup. Do you think he'd
ever employ after that a smoking
cook ?’—Cincinnati Enquirer.
Man Eating Lions.
Of African lions Miss Kirkland in
her book on Africa writes: “As a rule,
it is only old lions which attack human
beings. They grow too decrepit to be
able to catch the more agile antelopes,
which are their lawful prey; so, goaded
by a hunger which age cannot wither
or lessen, they pounce on unwary mor-
tals.”
Respectability.
Max O'Rell was once staying with a
friend at Edinburgh. Starting for a
walk on Sunday, he took up his walk-
ing stick. “Do you mind taking an
umbrella?’ asked his conscientious
host. “It looks more respectable.”
Parental Prejudice.
“But why didn't you consult your
father and me before you were mar-
ried?”
“Because, mamma, 1 was afraid you
might prejudice me against him.”—
Life.
At the Bal Masque.
Gertle—You danced that twostgp dl-
vinely. Who taught you? Nell—-My
two stepsisters.—Illustrated Bits.
The Zones.
Teacher—How many zones are there?
Small Boy—Six. Teacher—No; there
are but five. However, you may name
six if you can. Small Boy—Torrid.
north temperate, south temperate.
north frigid, south frigid and ozone.
Chicago News.
His Genius.
“Why do people think he's a genius?
Nobody can understand what he's talk-
ing about.”
“No, but he can make people believe
that he does.”—Exchange.
WALK-OVER
SHOES.
YOU CAN TELL
by merely looking at it
whether a shoe is stylish or
not but you have to try it for
yourself to discover whether
it feels comfortable, retains
its shape or renders good ser-
WALK-OVER Shoes
not only look well but are
equally satisfactory in every
other particular. It isn’t sim-
ply what they see but what
WALK OVER wearers find
out for themselves that
make them come again.
vice.
Prices $4 and $5
YEAGER’S SHOE STORE.
successor to Yeager & Davis.
Bush Arcade Building,
BELLEFONTE, PA.
Wey 80 WEAK?
LIFE AWAY.
HAVE LEARNED THIS FACT.
When a healthy man or woman begins
to run down w t t cause, be-
comes weak, languid, hy sufters
batkache, headache, Jodie and
urinary d re, look to kidoeys for
the cause of it le the
well and they will keep Loa well. Doar's
Kidney Pills cure sick kidoeys and keep
them well Here is Bellefonte testimony
to ve it
rs. John Andress, 3. Spring St., Belle-
fonte, Pa., says; “hoan's Kidney Pills
have been a great blessing to me. I suf-
fered severely from a constant, dun, hag.
og backache and pains across the loins,
could hard|
day and no
ambition 10 H work. [ could hardly
walk without falling and was Io a very
serious condition when Doan's Kidney
Pills were brought to my attention. 1
procured a box at Green's
the promptness
relief from the aches and pains was grati-
fring. [ am giad to recommend Doan's
Kidney Pills.”
For sale by all dealers, Price 50 cents,
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York,
sole agents for the United
Remember the name—Doan's—and
take no other. 5-17
sadaiery.
KIDNEY TROUBLES MAY BE SAPPING YOUR
BELLEFONTE PEOPLE
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 she market for
this class of goods you can’t do
better than call and supply your
wants at thie store.
We have the largest assortment of
SINGLE axp DOUBLE DRIVING
HARNESS
in the county ana at 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 speoial effort to sup-
ply you with a harness that yon
may have no concern about any
parts breaking. These harness
are made from select oak stook,
with a high-grade workmanship,
A GUARANTEE FOR TEN YIARS
with each set of harness. We have
on hand a fine lot of harness
ranging in price from La
$25.00.
We carry a larg? line of oils, 2 «le
grease, whips, onrry-
combs, sponges, and everything
a about a horse.
We will take Pleasure in Sowing
our s whether you
av ive ue a call and see for
yourself.
Yours Respeotfally,
JAMES SCHOFIELD,
Spring street,
34-37 BELLEFONTE.
(rT Y. WAGNER,
Brocxeauory Minis, Berrevoss Pa.
ROLLER FLOUR,
FEED, CORN MEAL, Ete.
Also Dealer in Grain.
Manufactures and has on hand at all
Jithes the following brands of high grade
WHITE STAR,
OUR BEST.
HIGH GRADE,
VICTORY PATENT,
FANCY PATENT -—formerly Phes-
nix Mills high grade brand.
The only place in the county where
SPRAY,
extraordin. grade of
Spring wheat er Flow can be
ALSO:
INTERNATIONAL STOCK FOOD.
FEED OF ALL KINDS,
Whole or Manufactured,
All kinds of Grain bought st office.
Exchanges Flour for Wheat.
OFFICE and STORE, - Bishop Street,
Bellefonte,
- - -
ROOPSBURG,
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Insurance.
ve avavaee
me: PREFERRED ACCIDENT
INSURANCE 00.
THE $5,000 TRAVEL POLICY
AVL VW LHTAH VTA
PREMIUM $12 PER YEAR,
payable quarterly if desired.
Larger or smaller amounts in pro
portion. Any person, male vr female
preferred
ina in.
I iyied dtcupation, 13
teen of age of good moral and
Ls condition may insure under
policy.
FIRE INSURANCE
: I invite your aiteatioute my fire
nsurance Agency
and Most Extensive Line ot Sond
Companies ted
afeosy in Cintial Penneylvania.
H. E. FENLON,
Agent, Bellefonte, Pa.
50-21
Coal and Wood.
EPWakD K. RHOADS
Shipping and Commission Merchant,
DEALER [Nw—
ANTHRACITE axp BITUMINOUS
fren
==CORN EARS, SHELLED CORN, OATS «ww
sad other grains,
—BALED HAY and STRAW
BUILDERS and PLASTERERS' SAND
~KINDLING WOOD-—
by tha bunch or cord as may suit purchasers.
Respectfully solicits the patronage
friends and the public, at
saasee HIS COAL YARD......
Telephone Calls {Contest 1: oe.
near the Passenger Station.
1-18
JOHN F. GRAY & SON,
(Successors to Grant Hoover.)
AND
ACCIDENT
INSURANCE.
a
~——NO ASSESSMENTS, —
Do not fail to give us a call hefore insuring °
Jour Lite of 5 as we are in position
Office iu Crider's Stone Building,
43-18-1y BELLEFONTE, PA.
D. W. WOODRING.
GENERAL FIRE INSURANCE.
Represents only the strongest and mos!
prompt paying companies. Gives reliable
insurance at the very lowest rates and pays
promptly when losses occur. Office at 119
East Howard street, Bellefonte, Pa. 68:80
Fine Job Printing.
= JOB PRINTING
0w=A SPECIALTY~—o0
AT THE
WATCHMAN OFFIOE.
There is no style of work, frome the cheapest
Dodger” to the finest
{—BOOE-WORK,~—}
that we cannot do In the Joost satisfactory man.
ner, and
Prices consistent with the class of work. Call om
or communicate with this office.
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