thing and shut the eyes and ost
of us keep up too tight; it wears
us out more the work we
been .
The ntage on July 1 was 616, and
it is Rr that conditions have become
worse since then. The combined condi-
tion of the winter wheat and the spri
wheat crops was 73.5 per cent, whi
co with 86.5 per cent. July 1, 1909,
and 83.9 per cent. July 1, 1908. Corn bids
fair, h increased tobe a
crop of about the same as last
year.
~The prudent iture of money
at the right time yi good and full re-
turns. It is false economy to make an
extra outlay to secure a crop thal
will be injured for want of being harvest-
im- |
proved machinery. |
The farmer must be up with the times; |
he must meet the difficulties of labor, |
markets, seasons and surro in a|
tical, business-like manner. Failure |
to do this will result in disappointment,
discouragement and failure, where happi-
ness, success ity ought natur-
ally be the of honest labor.
—One great source of failure is a ne-
ect to preserve the fertility of the land.
e who takes and never
meets his Waterloo. Successive crops in
time rob the soil of humus. We know that
potash and phosphoric acid are needed
plant foods, but the wh of these in an
available form is limi If the process- |
es of nature for these essenti
are stopped, it will not
fertile soil will become barren. The
tation of crops should have close atten-
tion. The farm should be well stocked
with thrifty, profitable animals, and the
number sheuld be governed by the capac- |
ity of the land. In a rolling country |
loose soil subjected to periodical plowing, |
left without sod, exposed to storms, i
floods, very quickly wastes and deterior- |
ates.
With a good turf to turn under, abun-,
dant crops may be and a suc- |
cession of abundant crops pretty certain |
to bring ity. The continued fail- |
ure of grass in many instances caus-
ed the ruination of farmers.
August is the harvest month of the
garden. It is the time of realization and
completeness. The flower garden is now
at hight of maturity. The early
plants have bloomed and done with; but
the later plants—the plants grown from
seed, the rich late flowers, the plants one
has labored for and most wished to see
in bloom—these are now in the perfec-
tion of maturity, and the garden is ablaze
with color as it never was before, as
alas! it soon will not be n. Itis there-
fore, the harvest month, the month when
all the flower lovers’ are realized,
and the harvest of labor is complete.
While the since been
complete, and is now perfected from the
flowering standpoint, there is still work
to be done. Itis a lucky gardener wi.)
has no weeds in August, and the person
who does not, some August morning, dis-
cover some gigantic weed in full e of
Vooming where only flowers should ap-
pear, is fortunate indeed. With the ut-
most care one is continually passing over
weeds which have a habit of maturing in
most Nnexpeced) p Even in these
late days weeder has his occupation,
although his work is slight compared to
what it was earlier in the year.
is conceded that farm life is the
tion of man. Washington said: -
culture is the most healthful, most useful
and most noble employment of man.” A
farm free from mortgage, and with a
wideawake, energetic man back of it, will
yield an independence unknown in any
other business. And yet men fail at
farming. There must be a reason for it.
But then men fail sometimes in all
Nevertheless, a much larger per-
cen succeed, not a few grow
rich. Taken as a class, there are less fail-
ures among farmers than thereare am
business men and merchants. Surely i
health, contentment and virtue are crite-
rions of success, the farmer as a rule
wins.
Inattention to details i a leak
dO th Tard] work
“
close of that memo-
On the one side was the
army in full red coated uni.
with every button In its exact
Opposite was the Ameri
composed, as the theater Lili
cobblers and tiuk-
in their working dress.
of every size and bue.
the curtain dropped, Captain
of Plymouth, Mass., the cap
of a ship then in port, stood up in
seat in the pit and. in a voice as i!
given from a quarterdeck in a squall,
called. “Three cheers for the artisans.
if
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coats.” and, with a wave of his bat, be
gave these with a will For a short
time there was silence in the theater,
followed by an enthusiastic John Bull
appreciative cheer for the pluck and
assurance of the Yankee captain, who
became the lion of the city, receivinz
invitations to clubs and free tickets tc
theatrical and other entertainments
while be remained in port.
Just a Little Too Smart.
A scrubwoman in a Paris theater
found a magniticent diamond stom.
acher in a box in sweeping up. The
honest old sou! determined to restor:
the stomacher to Its owner, and tbe
owner, of course, wasn't long Io tury.
ing up, a young woman splendidl}
dressed and on the verge of hysteria.
“Oh, have you found my stomacher?®”
she cried. “It is a chef d'oeuvre of
Lalique of the Place Vendome.” “Calm
yourself, madame.” said the scrubwo-
man. “Here is your stomacher.” And
she produced it from her pocket. The
other took out a fifty dollar bill, press.
ed it on the honest scrubwoman and
departed with ber stomacher burried-
ly. But ga bour later another lady
called. “Have you found my stom:
acher?’ she asked, smiling. 1 think |
left it in my box.” “Why. yes. ma-
t | dame, but if it was your stomacher.”
said the scrubwoman, “a thief has got
it. She got it this morning. She gave
me $30 reward.” “Why. the stomacher
was imitation,” the lady said. *It only
to | cost $5. Your thief is $4) out.”
Mr. Gladstone's Catch.
“How many members of this house,”
asked Mr. Gladstone once in the course
of a debate on electoral qualifications,
“can divide £1,330 17s. 6d. by £2 13s.
84.7"
“Six hundred and fifty-eight,” shout-
ed one member.
“The thing cannot be done.” exclaim-
ed another. :
A roar of laughter greeted this last
remark. But it was true nevertheless.
returns soon | You cannot multiply or divide money
by money. You may repeat a smaller
sum of money as many times as It is
contained In a larger sum of money.
but that is a very different thing. If
als | you repeat © shillings as often as there
are hairs in a horse's tail you do not
multiply 5 shillings by a borse’s tall.
Perhaps you did not know this before.
Never mind; you need not be ashamed
| of your ignorance, for it was shared,
as has been demonstrated, by the en-
tire house of commons (bar one mem-
ber), including the then chancellor of
the exchequer.
Hunter and Hunted.
A nearsighted sportsman strolled
into a little hotel on the shores of
Loch Carron and complainingly said.
“Just seen a seal, shot at it three
times and missed It each time."
At dinner an hour later he sat next
to a tourist who had a bandage round
his head. ‘
“Had an accident?* asked the sports-
man.
“Accident!” growled the other. “At-
tempted murder, you mean. [| was
baving a bath about an bour ago when
some lunatic with a gun fired at me
three times from the shore and shot
part of my ear off. 1 Jon't know why
such animals are allowed cut without
a license.”
Then silence reigned supreme.—Lon-
don Telegrap!
Lavishness.
“In days of old luxurious people bad
cloth of gold placed beneath their
“Yes,” replied Mr. Chuggins. “But
those times were comparatively eco-
pomical. Now we want nothing less
than rubber tires between
us and the earth.”—Washington Star.
—
There Was No Music.
«what is the greatest tib that ever
impressed itself on your experience,
Snapper?”
“Well, by all odds, the worst one 1
ever heard was that your quartet per-
petrated last night when they came
round to the house and sang ‘There's
Music In the Air"
The Terms of Exchange.
“We wish to arrange for an ex-
change of prisoners.” announced the
South American dictator,
“On what basis?’ inquired the lead-
er of the other side.
“The usual basis—eight generals for
a good, husky private.” —Louisviile
Courier-Journal.
Quick Sprint.
Sandy Plkes—Dat rich guy in de
took quite a fancy to me.
He took me around to de stable, show-
ed me de $5,000 bulldog be had just
bought and asked we if 1 could beat it.
Gritty And what did you say?
Sandy Pikes—Nuttin'. 1 just beat it—
Chicago News.
Was Willing.
Smith—-You and Jones don't seem to
be as friendly as you were. Does he
money? Brown-No, not ex-
actly, he wanted to.
have committed twenty-seven stage
robberies single handed. Northern Cal-
ifornia stage drivers stood in constant
fear of this unique desperado. On va-
occasions
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man,” she said, "will you
please tell me where they keep the
crazy ones?’
“Wh-what?" stammered the college
man.
She repeated her question in some-
what different form.
“] want the insane department,” she
said. *1 have a friend who is a nurse
there. I thought I'd make her a little
visit. Isp’t this the Philadelphia hos-
pital ?”’—Philadelphia Times.
The New Page.
“Look here, Wilkins,” sald a doctor
to his boy in buttons, whom he bad
occasion to reprimand, “1 can’t stand
any more of this nonsense. You'll have
to turn over a fresh leaf.”
“All right, sir.” was the witty re-
sponse; ‘you shan't complain of me
again, sir. I'll be an entirely new
page.”—London Opinion.
All on One Side.
«I am told your bride is very pret-
ty,” sald Miss Peppery.
“Yes, indeed! replied Mr. Con Seet.
“Several of the guests at the ceremony
were pleased to call it a ‘wedding of
beauty and brains.’ "
“Well, well! She must be a remark-
able woman! That's an unusual com-
bination in one person.”
C—O TST
In the Stilly Night.
“What is it? the druggist
inquired from his bedroom window.
“This ish drug store, ain't it?" asked
the man who had rung the night bell.
“Yes. What do you want?"
“Want to look in your city directory
minute an’ shee where 1 live.”—Phila-
delphia Ledger.
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Expanding.
The Old Friend-| understand that
your practice is getting bigger. The
Young Doctor—That's true. My patient
bas gained nearly two pounds in the
last month.
Wanted Help.
Wife (crying in a troubled dream)
Help! Help! Hub—Poor dear: Wor-
rying about the servant problem even
in her sleep.—Bogson Transcript.
The secret of success is constancy te
purpose.— Beaconsfield.
I E—
Medical.
TE —"
Acknowledge it.
BELLEFONTE HAS TO BOW TO THE IN-
EVITABLE—SCORES OF CITIZENS
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Children Cry for
Fletcher’s Castoria.
Thinning Line of Pensioners. Fiour and Feed. Attorneys-at-Law. -_
aol i wes gy um pr
the rest of the old soldiers having obeyed BROCKERHOFF MILLS, ’
The files of the pension office show BELLEFONTE. PA. S Home Fa Pacis nal cour, Ofhce
that $0 suidiery ave STO) fom the Manufacturer, Wholesaler and Retailer of Room Crider Sl-1ly.
ok A or 32.000 bic B. SP. Attorney-at-
That is very close to the actual rate of | N fo al the Courts, Consultation
loss for the last few years, the figures | Roller Flour [sow Se ouecues
year, :
DE TiREr| [Teed EET
a present age of the . fonte, Pa. All kinds of
oe ate he Ee ©. Corn Meal herr cea busing at
department in caring for soldiers who and Grain | Ci ig eg
fought in the Revolution and in the War c= Ni ofc boss sicnded
of 1812, the time when the last Civil war | Manilscturcs and ihe Gaia wt all ae to promptly. Consultation in English or German.
Je Me ad I nt owas dig i -
the Revolution died in 1869 and the last | ETTIG, BOWER & —fttorneys-at-
survivor of the war of 1812 died in 1905, WHITE STAR G LR Bc foie fF
From these statistics it can be figured | OUR BEST Be COun Ca t or Bh aah a1 German.
that the last Civil war Yeteran will be Hy. | HIGH GRADE
os as late Hn Joa. That is considera- | VICTORY PATENT J ee Coie Consitian
more generation hence.—Bos TENT LE Mn RR
ton . FANCY PA (All plcsiona business wil recive prompt
Mix one cup of entire wheat with one. The only place in the county where that | —
half teaspoon of salt and two teaspoons fine grade of spring wheat Patent Fiour Physicians.
cf ey ser, in, i mil si =
white beaten stiff. Bake on a griddle. SPRAY W ® Sails centre coun ba. Bes
: at his 4
Carola. All kinds of Grain bought at the office. Flour a=
— exchanged for wheat. D* ie Room? j Sffice net dior to
| OFFICE and STORE—BISHOP STREET, | ing teeth. Shy i Pani “Prices
| BELLEFONTE, PA. reasonable. ous
| 4719 MILL AT ROOPSBURG
} H. Office
rT,
Money to Loan. of Susity
years experience. work of Superior ty
| NEY TO LOAN on good security an |
fo Tents M. KEICHLINE, Veterinary.
CASTORIA | ww Eh
R. S. M. NISSLEY.
FOR INFANTS axp CHILDREN. Insurance. To ARS RggON
Bellefonte, Pa.,
Bears the signature of
CHAS. H. FLETCHER.
The Kind You Have Always Bought.
In Use For Over 30 Years.
CASTORIA
54-352lm The Centaur Co., New York City.
Fine Job Printing.
tc ce
FINE JOB PRINTING
oA SPECIALTY—0
AT THE
WATCHMAN OFFICE
from the
There is no of work,
cheapest ** * to the finest
BOOK WORK,
we can not do in most satis.
manner, and at consist-
ent the class of work. on or
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3-20-1y* Graduate University of Pennsylvania.
(Successor to Grant Hoover)
Children Cry for
Fletcher's Castoria.
Niagara Falls Excursion.
AUGUST 24, SEPTEMBER 7, 21, OCTOBER 5, 1910
Round Trip Rate $7.10 from Bellefonte, Pa.
SPECIAL TRAIN of Pullman Parlor Cars, Dining Car, and Day Coaches run-
PICTURESQUE SUSQUEHANNA
me od or Buta retoruing.
may be obtained from Ticket Agents.
Tickets £704 Sink FivFas DATS:
Illustrated Booklet of full information
Passenger Frac Manager.
§5.26-13¢.
Accident
Insurance Co.
THE $5000 TRAVEL POLICY
Fire Insurance
1 invite Jour attention to A Fire Ineuz.
ed by
Fire, Restaurant.
| :
Life
: ESTAURANT.
| Accident Insurance. Bellefonte now has a First-Class Res-
{ This represents the largest Fire
gigi in the World. Meals are Served at All Hours
Do not fail to give us a call before insuring your hor any er Sas
| Life or Property as we are in position to write Soups, and can
| faigeiiaes'st- tty ‘Seng, be na w mindics ay wn M-
! Office in Crider’s Stone Building, oh in bottles such as
| @sy. BELLEFONTE, PA. | POPS,
SODAS,
SELTZER SYPHONS, ETC.,
fr ie amis sed bo eves
the purest syrups and
The Preferred C. MOERSCHBACHER,
50-32-1y. High St, Bellefonte, Pa.
Meat Market.
I
Get the Best Meats.
BENEFITS:
%3000 fom of both feet, ¥ nothing by buying poor, thin
ou save poor,
5,000 loss of both y gristly meats.
S000 loss of ane hand snd one foot, ” " a
Ee ne LARGEST AND PATTEST CATTLE
630 loss of one eye, and my Customers with the fresh-
25 per total disability, =~ and Roasts. a
(limit 52 weeks) GE are
10 partial disability,
Dime 36 weeks) I always have
PREMIUM $12 PER YEAR, ~—— DRESSED POULTRY —
payable quarterly if desired. Game in seen. and any kinds of good
Larger or smaller amounts in proportion. TRY MY SHOP.
person, male in a
oe including. house P. L. BEEZER,
age of
may
High Street. 43-34-1y. Bellefonte, Pa.
EE sss
Coal and Wood.
any agency in
EDWARD K. RHOADS
Shipping and © ssi
Merchant, and Dealer in
ANTHRACITE ano BITUMINOUS
COALS
CORN EARS, SHELLED CORN, OATS
and other grains.
—— BALED HAY AND STRAW —
Builders’ and Plasterers’ Sand.
KINDLING WOOD
Proto com sa fs scarumesst ¥ You Mee
RUDY’S PILE SUPPOSITORY.
VALLEY ROUTE.
General Pasienger Ageat.